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Legislators welcomed back to capitalJanuary 28,2013
Legislators took a break from budgets and committees and enjoyed a taste of Montpelier in the Capitol Plaza Hotel and Conference Center last week as the city of Montpelier celebrated lawmakers return for the session.
More than a dozen Montpelier eateries served house specialties to nearly 300 legislators, Montpelier officials, city volunteers and sponsor representatives.
Mayor John Hollar and City Manager William Fraser spoke briefly to thank those in attendance and wish legislators well.
The Governors Ballroom was lined with soups, sandwiches, and wraps as well as bakery, chocolate and gelato. There were tastes from every corner of the city and a number of foreign countries.
Its a wonderful opportunity to welcome legislators to our great city and to thank our volunteers for making it such a great place, the mayor said.
The annual event has been held for decades and is one of the most anticipated functions on the lawmakers schedule.
Although Gov. Peter Shumlin frequently attends, he was unable to do so this year. Lt. Gov. Phil Scott was happy to serve in the governors absence.
Although sponsored and attended by a number of firms, including several seen frequently in the Statehouse, the evening is almost exclusively social.
Preparation begins months prior to the event. Sandy Pitonyak, administrative assistant to the city manager, coordinates the event and arranges gifts for legislators and city personnel. Krista Metivier, assistant sergeant-at-arms, promotes the evening to legislators and gathers reservations.
The Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce assists with contacting restaurants and sponsors. Veteran committee members Ruth Guild and Teresa Randall assisted throughout.
Fraser and the Chamber appreciate the business sponsors and restaurants that make the evening possible and so enjoyable.
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Grand Valley University Foundation Enrichment Dinner will honor area leaders
Posted on June 02, 2010
The Grand Valley University Foundation will celebrate a "Legacy of Leadership" at its annual Enrichment Dinner, set for June 8 at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids.
Two prominent West Michigan families will be honored at the event. Daniel and Pamella DeVos will receive the Enrichment Award, recognizing their community philanthropy and commitment to Grand Valley State University. The Enrichment Award will also be presented posthumously to the family of Edward J. and Frances T. Frey.
Tim and Barbie Schowalter will receive the Leadership Award, which is presented to next-generation leaders. Mary Seeger, professor emerita and retired dean, will receive the Arend D. Lubbers Award, presented to longtime faculty and staff members for service to the university and community.
Maribeth Wardrop, vice president for Development, said all the honorees continue to reflect the legacy of philanthropic leadership that is firmly rooted in West Michigan. She said: "These honorees represent the breadth of support we've had from this community, including the leaders who founded us, the generations of families who continue to support us and the emerging young leaders who are picking up the torch. We are blessed to be the recipient of such a tremendous legacy of leadership."
• Edward and Frances Frey led a life of civic and entrepreneurial leadership. Edward founded Foremost Insurance Co. and had served as chairman of Union Bank and Trust. He served on the founding committee for Grand Valley in the late 1950s, and was instrumental in hiring the college's first president. The couple established the Frey Foundation in 1974. Today it is one of the largest family foundations in Michigan.
• Dan DeVos is president/CEO of DP Fox Ventures, LLC, in addition to serving as president of the Grand Rapids Griffins and Orlando Magic. Pamella DeVos is president and designer of the PAMELLA ROLAND clothing line; she recently received the Top Woman-Owned Business Award.
The DeVoses are co-chairs of Grand Valley's Shaping Our Future campaign and directors of the GVU Foundation. Their community involvement includes service as board members for the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids Symphony, Hope Network, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, and more.
• Tim and Barbie Schowalter are active in the GVU Foundation. The couple has served on the boards for Hospice of Michigan, John Ball Zoological Society, Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan, Mel Trotter Ministries, and others. Tim Schowalter is president and CEO of Pioneer Construction. Grand Valley's Beckering Family Carillon Tower on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus is named for Barbie's grandfather, Earl Beckering, Jr.
• Mary Seeger and her husband Wilhelm Seeger began teaching German at Grand Valley in 1965. Seeger initiated the Faculty and Staff Campaign, now one of the most successful annual giving staff campaigns in the nation. She retired as dean of Advising Resources and Special Programs in 2005. Seeger serves as an advisory cabinet member for the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies.


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The Washington Monument opens to the public, John Lennon is born, Che Guevara is executed, and President Barack Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, all on this day.
1604: Supernova 1604 becomes the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way. The supernova would eventually become known as Kepler's Supernova or Kepler's Star, after German astronomer Johannes Kepler, one of the first write about it. Observers used only their eyes to study it, because the telescope had not yet been invented. In the first part of the 2000s, astronomers used NASA's three Great Observatories to analyze the supernova remnant in infrared, optical and X-ray light (pictured).


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The regs know who I want, or should anyway. It's Melo and Paul all day..
I've warmed a lot to the prospect of a Melo acquisition over the last couple of months. It just makes sense on so many levels.
Getting Paul is just a no brainer. HOF PG in a PG dependant system. Common guys. He'd be absolutely sick on our team w the two other stars.
Both players along w Amare would give us the best core of any team in the league, in my opinion.
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That is so so true.
When clubs get down to the last 6 fans will they still reject radical changes in case they upset the six??
What sane business would pay any heed to a dwindlling customer base? They would seek to remodel and attract a new bigger one wether the old customers liked it or not.
I suppose the answer to that may be the usual "it's not a business it's a sport".
Well if fans want their clubs to run as a "sport" then join the amateurs and sport away.....
I have always noted how county games in Cumbria over the years seem to have attracted really good crowds and I think the thousands beyond the "refuseniks" would create a potential, but it will all come back to the money to provide the stadium at least - and even then more will be needed.
HKR's break even crowd is 10,000. Now I'm not sure that's achievable by Cumbria especially if they languish in an SL bottom four.
I like the idea of a merged club in NL1 - they'd probably win that annually by a mile. (Hides from Derwent - just a bit of fantasy mate, your clubs are nowt to do with me)


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- Decoding biotech trait choices
- Resistance questions
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- Patent note and future tech
- Farmers have more choices for insect and herbicide tolerance traits than ever before.
- Mixing up trait choices can help avoid resistance, and options are available.
- Know pest profiles - weeds and insects - before picking hybrids.
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The rise of the use of biotech traits in agriculture remains an astounding phenomenon. In less than 20 years, the use of insect and weed-control traits has risen above the 90% mark for both corn and soybeans in the latest figures released by USDA.
Download a table of the accompanying chart to this story (PDF)
It's the success of the technology and its efficacy that has farmers buying, but these days the choices availble to the corn seed buyer alone is tremendous. "We see confusion from customers and competitor's customers," says Jill Wheeler, Syngenta product lead, commercial traits. "The number of stacks available to meet a variety of needs can be overwhelming."
As always an informed dealer can help a farmer pick the best traits, but it's also a good idea to walk into that conversation armed with some knowledge of key selection issues too. Wheeler notes that managing modes of action is as important in seed traits as it is with the crop protection products you use.
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Alexander Wright is a former NFL wide receiver, two-time winner of the NFL's "Fastest Man" competition.
He was drafted as a wide receiver by the Dallas Cowboys in 1990. He was traded to the Los Angeles Raiders (now the Oakland Raiders) and finished his NFL career with St. Louis Rams.
But during his NFL career the past came back to haunt him and everything started going downhill for Wright. His mother became a Christian and asked a pastor to contact her son. After talking with Pastor Kenneth Mack, Alexander knew he wanted to become a Christian, wanted to believe that Christ had died for his sins, wanted God to change his life and wanted to be baptized. Today he is happily married with four children. He is a coach at Cornerstone Christian School and President and CEO for Alexander Wright Ministries based in Amarillo.
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LO will be one next week and has only recently acquired 4 brand new, very sharp teeth. I think he is getting the next few now. We were out at relatives yesterday, in their garden. I BF him after his dinner there (he ate the solids well, so wasn't all that hungry) and after a couple of minutes, with no warning, he pulled away and nipped me really hard. I was able to suppress a reaction (I have quite a high pain threshold, thank goodness), and just ended the session.
My nipple continued to hurt badly for the next few minutes. I had a look, and it was bleeding quite badly
I did what I used to do for cracked nipples in the beginning - rub in BM and allow to dry, use Lansinoh. But now, 15 hours on, it still hurts. I needed to feed from that breast this morning, but I suppose I should try to give it as much rest as possible.
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Wandy Rodriguez hasn't been awful in his first three starts with the Pirates. However, he also hasn't provided the lift Pittsburgh was seeking when it traded three prospects to the Houston Astros for the left-hander on July 24.
Rodriguez is now 0-2 in three starts since the trade after taking the loss Thursday as the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Pirates 6-3 to split a four-game series in Pittsburgh. Rodriguez gave up four runs and seven hits in six innings, walking two and striking out two.
Rodriguez's ERA is now 4.74 as a Pirate. In 19 innings, he has allowed 10 runs on 20 hits while walking seven and striking out 11.
The 33-year-old veteran was 7-9 with a 3.79 ERA in 21 starts for the Astros.
Rodriguez hasn't pitched appreciably better than the man he replaced in the rotation, right-hander Kevin Correia. After winning a spot start against Arizona on Wednesday night, Correia is 9-6 with a 4.49 ERA in 21 games, 20 starts. He has also won seven straight decisions, the longest active streak in the National League.


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Email and technology almost destroyed one of the most popular way of comunicatting of all times: writing a letter.
But … have you noticed that on your cellphone, the sms sign is un envelope? and many of the email programs have un envelope as a signal of new messages? so we wondered: is the envelope the key aspect of the mitical and romantic letter? is that kind of origami wonder of human universal culture the thing we miss most?
The answer is yet to determine, but one thing we managed to find on our investigation on the style of our modern comunications: The Google Maps Envelops.
Combining our beloved technologies and the origami wonder of the envelope and the materiality of the phisical paper, these envelopes are trully fun to make. Usefull, practical and moderne, these envelopes can be the best way to recover the habit of writing and sending phisical letters to each other.
Just an idea that we found on the net of an unknown author to which we hereby render our homage because it is a truly cool idea!


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Obama, Francis find common ground and divisionsap photo
US President Barack Obama meets with Pope Francis, Thursday, at the Vatican. Obama called himself a great admirer of Pope Francis as he sat down at the Vatican Thursday with the pontiff he considers a kindred spirit on issues of economic inequality. Their historic first meeting comes as Obamas administration and the church remain deeply split on issues of abortion and contraception.
VATICAN CITY Face to face for the first time, President Barack Obama and Pope Francis focused publicly on their mutual respect and shared concern for the poor on Thursday. But their lengthy private discussion also highlighted the deep differences between the White House and the Catholic Church on abortion and birth control.
The gaps were evident in the differing accounts Obama and the Vatican gave of the meeting, with Obama stressing the two leaders common ground on fighting inequality and poverty while Vatican officials emphasized the importance to the church of rights to religious freedom, life and conscientious objection. That point by church officials referred to a major disagreement over a provision of Obamas health care law.
The meeting inside the grand headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church marked a symbolic high point of Obamas three-country visit to Europe. For a president whose approval ratings have slipped since winning re-election, it was also an opportunity to link himself to the hugely popular pope and his focus on fighting poverty.
Those of us as politicians have the task of trying to come up with policies to address issues, Obama said following the meeting. But His Holiness has the capacity to open peoples eyes and make sure theyre seeing that this is an issue.
The president said the plight of the poor and marginalized was a central topic in their talks, along with Middle East peace, conflicts in Syria and the treatment of Christians around the world. Social issues, he said, were not discussed in detail.
However, the Vatican left out any reference to inequality issues in its description of the meeting. In a written statement, church officials instead said discussions among not only the pope and president but also their top aides centered on questions of particular relevance for the church leaders in the U.S., making veiled references both to abortion and a contraception mandate in Obamas health care law, which is under review by the Supreme Court.
For Obama, the meeting with the pope marked a departure from the intense focus on the situation in Ukraine, which dominated his first three days in Europe.
The presidents motorcade snaked through the narrow streets of Rome Thursday morning, passing thick crowds near the entrance to the Vatican. Obama and members of his delegation were joined by Vatican officials for a slow processional through the frescoed Clementine Hall, where Swiss Guards stood watch in their brightly colored uniforms designed by Michelangelo.
Obama and Francis, two of the worlds most recognizable men, both appeared nervous as they shook hands before entering the Papal Library.
Im a great admirer, Obama said to the smiling pope. The two men then sat across from each other at a wooden desk for a private meeting that lasted 52 minutes, well beyond the half-hour that had been scheduled.
Obama seem buoyed by the meeting as they emerged, smiling broadly as the pope greeted a handful of Obamas senior advisers. Among them was Secretary of State John Kerry, who pronounced himself a great admirer of everything youve been doing, as a Catholic, for the church.
The president then presented the pope a seed chest with fruit and vegetable seeds used in the White House Garden, in honor of the popes announcement earlier this year that hes opening the gardens of the papal summer residence to the public. The chest was custom-made of leather and reclaimed wood from the Baltimore Basilica, one of the oldest Catholic cathedrals in the U.S, and inscribed with the date of Thursdays meeting.
The popes gift to Obama included a copy of his papal mission statement decrying a global economic system that excludes the poor. The president said he would keep it at the White House and read it during frustrating moments in the Oval Office.
Obama also extended an invitation for the pope to visit the United States. Speaking in his native Spanish, the Argentine pope replied, Why not?
Although the Vatican has not yet confirmed the trip, it is likely that Francis will travel to the U.S. in September 2015 for the churchs World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. Popes have attended these family celebrations five of the past seven times, and Francis has put family issues at the forefront of his agenda.
Before departing the Vatican, Obama asked the pope to pray for me and my family, echoing the popes tradition of ending his meetings by asking people to pray for him.
Obama has visited the Vatican once before as president, meeting with Pope Benedict XVI in 2009.MORE IN Wire NewsUNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. Full StoryTroubling as the details of the McLaren Report were, a news item out of Russia earlier this week... Full Story
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Woman denies shorting Eagles Club $800January 25,2013Woman denies shorting Eagles Club $800
BENNINGTON A Main Street woman is facing criminal charges after police said she cashed at least nine checks while an employee at the Eagles Club, leaving the club at a loss for more than $800.
Jasmine L. Millette, 25, of Bennington, was arraigned in Bennington criminal court Tuesday on nine misdemeanor charges of using false tokens to obtain less than $900. Millette pleaded innocent to the charges and was released on $5,000 bail.
In an affidavit, Officer David Rowland, of the Bennington Police Department, said he had originally been contacted by a representative of the Eagles Club in late 2011. Rowland said he was given copies of checks Millette wrote from her account in November and December, 2011, and cashed at the club although there were insufficient funds to cover the checks.
Rowland said he spoke to Millette at the time and she agreed to work out a repayment plan. However, Rowland said he later learned Millette had not made repayment. The clubs officials asked Rowland to resume the process of pursuing criminal charges.
According to Rowland, Millette did not return calls and failed to meet him at the police station as he requested. He said numerous attempts to locate her were unsuccessful.
Charges were filed in November 2012 and an arrest warrant, which was served Tuesday, was issued.
According to Rowland, Millette has a criminal record in Vermont.MORE IN This Just InBARRE TOWN Firefighters faced a collection of adverse conditions as a house on Granitville Road... Full StoryWILLISTON Police are asking for help identifying the man who tried to steal roughly $800 worth ... Full StoryNEWBURY Police said somebody stole booze and change from a Welch Road residence. Full Story
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Independence Day
See from sea to shining sea, as EarthCam celebrated a nationwide US birthday party with fireworks and fun from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Six fireworks barges stretch up river over 33 city blocks attracting millions on both New York and New Jersey banks of the river. The EarthCam camera on the mast of the USS Intrepid, located directly across from the center of the barges, offers uninterrupted views of the spectacular show.
The tour continues with live views of the exciting display at the Gateway Arch seen from Keiner Plaza and from across the Mississippi River, and fireworks in San Francisco Bay, and the Navy Pier in Chicago.


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February 28, 2014
Misery USA
Ohio near the top of the chart for misery.Continue ReadingPosted by Joe Blundo on February 28, 2014 03:10 PM
February 21, 2014
States of Indecision
What happens when you ask the Internet which is the state for you.Continue ReadingPosted by Joe Blundo on February 21, 2014 01:58 PM
February 13, 2014
Color me skeptical
Colorstrology , a book by Michele Bernhardt, purports to meld "astrology and numerology with the metaphysical power of color."
Isn't that a little like melding superstition and pseudoscience with the metaphysical power of BS?
Yes, but if someone writes a book that assigns everyone a color and a personality, you know you're going to look yours up.
The color assignment is determined, near as I can tell, by consulting the numbered Pantone color chart. Or something. In any case, my birthday is April 17, which makes me ribbon red, tenacious, responsible and purposeful. Wearing ribbon red, it says, will assist in blending my serious and light-hearted sides. Noted.
Since I have this resource at my fingertips, I thought I'd test it on people more famous than I. Let's see what it tells us about the color and personality of:
Barack Obama (Aug. 4)
His color is sunflower and his traits are productive, diligent and courageous. (Obviously, there wasn't a lot of Republican input on this book.)
Hillary Clinton (Oct. 26)
Her color is barberry, and she's powerful, sexy and intense. (I think she'd be pleased.)
Chris Christie (Sept. 6)
The color is veronica, a sort of purple. The traits are kind, artistic, searcher. (Are we sure he was born on this date?)
Justin Bieber (March 1)
He's pistachio green (especially after a night of partying) and is inspirational, artistic and determined.
Petyon Manning (March 24)
His color is mauvewood and he's loving, romantic, artistic. The description goes on to say, "There is something about your phsycial presence that is commanding . . . " (Just not to the Seattle Seahawks.)
Pope Francis (Dec. 17)
He's purple sage and perceptive, deep and strong. (Who's going to argue?)Posted by Joe Blundo on February 13, 2014 04:32 PM


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Onorato & Airport Authority Officials Break Ground on New Development at Pittsburgh International Airport's North Field Site
FINDLAY TOWNSHIP, Pa. March 25, 2009— Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, Allegheny County Airport Authority officials, Governor's Action Team members, Trammell Crow Company executives, and community leaders today broke ground on the PIT International LogisticsCentre, a master planned industrial park at the intersection of Business Route 60 and International Drive.
The development is part of Pittsburgh International Airport's 440-acre North Field site, which includes Dick's Sporting Goods new world headquarters. PIT International LogisticsCentre will be located within Foreign Trade Zone #33, which offers companies the opportunity to reduce or eliminate duties on imported goods.
"Once the PIT International LogisticsCentre is completed, it will be a sparkling addition to Southwestern Pennsylvania's economy, one that Site Selection Magazine recently heralded as the seventh best for major development in the country," said Governor Edward G. Rendell. "Pennsylvania supports and invests in projects like this because they mean good things for the economy, for workers and for the region. We've been dedicated to investing in the companies that stay here, move here and grow here, and this is proof of our commitment."
The PIT International LogisticsCentre will be situated on a 160-acre development site that is currently being prepared, including the reclamation of abandoned mines, installation of water, sewer and other utilities, surface grading and reshaping, and construction of an extension of International Drive. Preparing the 160 acres and installing the public infrastructure is being funded through a $7-million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant from Governor Rendell, a $5-million TIF approved by Allegheny County, Findlay Township and the West Allegheny School District, $2 million from the Airport Authority, and a $700,000 grant from the federal government.
The site will be ready for construction this fall. When fully built out, the 160-acre site could include up to 900,000 square feet of Class A warehouse, distribution and air cargo space, representing an estimated $90 million in private investment.
"Today's event marks another milestone in the development of airport property," said Onorato. "Businesses want to be located next to our world-class airport. By installing public infrastructure and creating shovel-ready sites, we are attracting significant private investment, and the airport corridor is flourishing. The PIT International LogisticsCentre will create jobs and attract even more businesses and development to this area."
"Pittsburgh International Airport's role as an economic generator is two-fold – providing high-quality, competitive air service in and out of Southwestern Pennsylvania, and developing key properties to attract new industry and jobs," said Airport Authority Chairman Glenn R. Mahone. "The Allegheny County Airport Authority is grateful for all of the support we have gotten from Findlay Township officials and supervisors, the West Allegheny School District, Allegheny County and Governor Rendell."
Construction on the PIT International LogisticsCentre will begin this fall, and buildings will be developed in phases during the next several years.
"Trammell Crow Company is pleased to partner with the Airport Authority on this new endeavor and the overwhelming support from County Executive Onorato and Governor Rendell is greatly appreciated," said Managing Director Steven Bradford. "Each of the Phase I buildings is designed to maximize operational and economic efficiency for a wide range of occupants. This is an exceptional location that combined with smart design offering the latest in engineering and construction technology will certainly serve to attract a broad range of new and expanding companies."


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Suppress Thy Sore Loser, Loser
For those of you Cubbie-lovin' pipedreamers out there who still believe in that wretched mantra of "this is our year" — a mantra disproved over and over and over again — then I got another nugget of fact to help bring you down from that dark cloud of praise.
Paul Sullivan, of the Chicago Tribune, writes:
When manager Lou Piniella spoke to [Alfonso] Soriano last week in Pittsburgh and told him he would be
giving him a few more days off, Soriano said he understood. But Soriano
was miffed when he learned his name wasn't in the starting lineup
Wednesday after he had a pair of hits Tuesday night.
"That's why I'm mad," Soriano said. "If he had told me yesterday, then I wouldn't come today ready to play."
Did he really say that? Let's look again:
"If he had told me yesterday, then I wouldn't come today ready to play."
Yep. He said it. And yes, this proves it: Alfonso Soriano is an idiot.
Call me loopy, but if I were making $17 million a year to show up, ready to play baseball every day, then you could bet your behind I would be ready to play baseball — every day. Starter or sub, leading off or in the eight-hole, you're a goddamn professional baseball player, Alfonso Soriano. You're living a dream. Okay, you're living a nightmare, but still, it's a dream and you should treat it as such.
Goats, black cats, Steve Bartman, decking Michael Barrett, Sori's hop, Big Z's hot head, Dempster's celebratory broken toe, Zambrano vowing to lollygag, the defunct abomination that is Milton Bradley…
Is it any wonder that the Cubs continue to disappoint?
I know, I know. Even I am beginning to think my Cub-bashing agenda has become hackier than hack. Still, what has to be said has to be said because the pain is now inching into my personal life.
My nephew is almost one year old now. While his mother (my sister and devout Cardinal fan) tries the best she can, still, having a Cub fan as a father has already begun to affect him with serious, damaging, negative results.
Here's what he looks like when his mom dresses him in Cardinals gear:
And when his Cub-lovin' daddy takes over? Much different story:
In this devastating world of hurt, do yourself a favor and try to smile a little bit, my plebeian brethren. See the light, wear the STL.
And don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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I have to admit.
Even with the sea of fresh,purified and tasty Aquafina water he can handle, Lou Pinella doesn't have the same gusto he had in the past.
How far he has come since his M's days when fire and brime stone were within his reach.
I am not even sure he wants to throw a base or try to kick a baseball cap anymore. He might miss it on the follow-through.
What is even worse is that the Cubs have a huge boatload of talent, but you get pitchers hurt by trying to celebrate with teammates ( Dempster), then you have other hurlers who have personality defects that haunt your clubhouse ( insert several names here).
Best thing that happened to pitcher Chad Gaudin was the Cubs releasing him so he could bask in some kind of sunlight in San Diego.
Worst thing was he was still on a team that is followed by that demon thundercloud overhead nightly.
Rays Renegade
Those are great pics, and wow Alfonso If I was in the MLB I would come to play any day. Even If I was riding the bench, which I would.
I agree. Even if it is a nightmare, it is a dream for many fans.
Alfonso is officially an idiot! Like those pictures, too. They do well in proving your point.
RR — Good points. Don't forget how quickly the fans will turn on their beloved sCrUBBIES. It's downright scary; I'm sure Gaudin is pleased with his new home.
Johnny — That's the spirit!
FBC — Thanks. Yeah, the kid's lookin' good… it runs in our family😉
First off, your nephew is absolutely adorable, even when he's depressed wearing Cubs gear. But he still needs to see the light. He has time. 🙂 As for Soriano, he's a jerk. If I showed up my job not ready to work, I'd be fired. And whatever job I get when I'm back in Chicago definitely won't be paying me $17 million a year. I'll probably be at the mall making $8 an hour if I'm lucky. When I have the chance to do something I love and get paid for it, you bet your *ss I'll be there ready to work every day. God, I hate Alfonso Soriano!
Thanks, Jen. He is a looker (like his uncle😉 The days never get easier for those who rally around the sCrUBS.
Haha, Alfonso Soriano is my least fave player! Gosh. My blog is http://balorioles.mlblogs.com/ if you ever wanna comment!
Reminds of several Septembers ago I gave my baby nephew a Texas Rangers pacifier…he choked on it.
Note to the humor impaired: I don't think they make Texas Rangers pacifiers.
Nothing like a gratuitous typo to ruin a perfectly good joke.
Probably more likely you pinched the poor boy to make him cry cause he was wearing cuby gear…..LOL
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Oh, and I'm stunned at that comment by Soriano, what a knucklehead. THE freaking dream job and he has days that he is does not come prepared. It's attitudes like this that drove me away from following ALL professional sports for several years….GRRR!
Wow, can't argue with any of what you just said. Well reasoned, no doubt. Yet, the standings indicate that the vaunted Cardinals–who obviously have their stuff together, right?–still can't run away from the Brewers and Cubs with the division.
Parity, or mediocrity?
No doubt, the Cubs suffer from the latter. But to be only 3 1/2 back going into a big series with the first place team at the halfway point of the season after the horrendous things that happened to the Cubs in the first half (gasp, gasp) is a minor victory in itself.
Let's see how this series plays out. Should be a good one.
But if you guys get Halladay and Holliday (the announcers will love those moves), then game over, man, game over.
Birdland – I'll check it out, dude. No worries.
Jonestein – I must be a genius cuz I still got your joke (typo included). And they give out Cubbie pacifiers here in the Chi. They do a lot of baby-cryin' y'know.
Dillon – Thanks!
Peter – I didn't, but will remember that next time if he happens to be smiling in the pic. I would have to get past my sister first though. You know how mammas can be. Feisty!
Rays Fan Boy – You make an excellent point. No one expected the Cards to be where they are now, so I don't think we can be disappointed. Still, the Cubs at only 3.5 back, are a scary bunch, injured and clueless as they may be. I think it's a matter of parity. Except for the Pirates, everyone in the NL Central has a shot at this point.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news – but did you boys see this:
Sorry…..and your nephew is ADORABLE!
Julia — Yep, we saw it. I cried. A little. But she's fine… just FINE. And Ffffffffffffffine.
Re: the Erin piece(blog post, that is) – I realize that everyone is entitled to their opinion, I certainly have my share, but it really ticks me off when I hear/read that got-dayumed phrase "Baseball is boring." Makes me feel like the Geico Caveman.
I'm with ya, Jonestein. It ain't right and I ain't havin' it.
Pittpeas — I'd hardly call Sori a success… not this year anyway… but I get what you're sayin'. Thankfully we do have guys who hustle and come to play everyday: Pujols, Pedroia, Griffey Jr., Reed Johnson… these are the guys we should look up to.
Wow, the Cubs look like they don't get along quite well and it doesn't help with these outbursts of frustration. The Cubs need to change things up a bit.
As for the St Louis Cardinals, things are looking great and they look like they are going to run away with the NL Central with plenty of production from Albert Pujols, Yadier Molina, and Ryan Ludwick (could've been in the All Star game too)
Matthew T.
Matthew — I really wish I agreed they'll run away with it. As bad as the Cubs have been, they're still in it (for now). And the Brewers, as long as they can pound out hits like they do, are definitely a contender. But let's keep our fingers crossed for the birds from the 'Lou!
Poor kid, of course he likes the Cards better! He, like the rest of us, is simply blown away by the awesomeness that is Albert Pujols. Or maybe he just has gas in that second photo. Either way.
He also gets that from his Dad, Erin😉
Soriano is a really piece of work.. Almost fitting for the Cubs though.
LOL at the pics of your nephew. I feel sorry for the kid. Tell his father he doesn't seem to have Cubs "pride".. Leave the poor young one alone, lol..
– V [ http://flairforthedramatic.mlblogs.com ]
I will do that, V, as soon as I can get his restraining order against me dropped.
Wow, Jeff you are getting up there! I was at 31 and that is my highest! My last three posts I have gotten
31, 30, 26, and I am already at 12 on my recent post I did at 2 o clock so maybe I could get 35. Please check me out
Jeff thanks so much for commenting! I hope I get to be on the top 100. I know you will so hopefully,….. see u there!
Birdland — Don't sweat it. RSBS was the most trafficked MLBlog of 2008 and I'm here to tell ya, there ain't no prize. Just have fun yo. Just have fun.


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Brookwood Presbyterian Church recently updated its slogan to represent its goal of being "a church for all peoples."
That mission is exemplified in the East Side congregation's new tri-pastorate arrangement, which offers members diversity of race, gender, age, experience and more.
The Rev. John Birkner, 55 and white, said the choice was intentional at the church of about 200 diverse members. He works alongside the Rev. Irvin Moxley, who is 79 and black, and the Rev. Amy House, 41 and white.
"Our country is becoming more multicultural and multiethnic, so how do we find ways of relating the Gospel in ways they find comfortable and understand and live?" Moxley said. "The church of the 21st century has to be a church for all people or not be a church at all."
Brookwood's is the first tri-pastorate arrangement in the Presbytery of Scioto Valley, which includes 104 churches. It was made possible after recent revisions to the Book of Order — part of the constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA) — that give presbyteries more leeway in creating pastoral configurations, said the Rev. Richard Hays of the local presbytery.
"They're an adventuresome congregation," Hays said. "They have such a diverse kind of ministry and a diverse congregation that the possibilities with this configuration are exciting."
He expects that the arrangement, which is initially planned to last for three years, could serve as a model for other congregations.
The trio already have been working together but will be officially installed as pastors at 2 p.m. on Feb. 16 at the church at 2685 E. Livingston Ave.
Among their main goals are to tear down walls and help people of various races, genders, ages and economic statuses respect their differences and come together regularly to worship God.
Birkner arrived at the church 13 years ago after working as an ecumenical troubleshooter who helped turn around failing congregations. He also is the church's music director. Moxley was involved in the civil-rights movement and has been a minister for decades. House, a former tax accountant and financial planner, was ordained this month.
The three came together as Birkner wanted assistance, Moxley wanted to come out of retirement, and House was a seminary student looking for an internship. As a team, they have been able to offer more than one pastor could do alone, Birkner said.
"I do believe the spirit just brought the right pieces together," he said. "None of us would be here except for the serendipity of God."
Most churches operate with a senior pastor who may have an associate or associates but is ultimately responsible for making decisions. At Brookwood, the hierarchical system is gone, and the three pastors share responsibility evenly.
They will rotate main work areas, such as moderating the congregation's council. They'll share preaching duties, including weddings and funerals, and pastoral work, such as counseling or hospital visits.
Each also has specialty areas. For example, Moxley handles multicultural issues and community outreach; House handles Christian education and youth activities; and Birkner is the liaison between the church and the on-site Brookwood Academy charter school.
Though working as a team could present challenges, Birkner said, it can succeed if those involved trust each other and can give and take. A bonus is that the trio are confidantes, rare for solo pastors.
"We break bread together, we pray together, we argue together, we discuss together, and out of that we come to some consensus," Birkner said. "We walk through it, think through it, pray through it."


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Paramount Pictures is the film production and distribution company that formerly owned the Star Trek franchise and which still holds the rights to the Star Trek feature films. Paramount is owned by the current version of the media conglomerate Viacom, which is in turn controlled by National Amusements.
Brad Grey, previously a television producer, is the current CEO. It is his intention to establish Paramount as a leading media company again, willing to take risks and lure creative talent back. As part of this venture, he lured Gail Berman (one of the original producers of Buffy the Vampire Slayer) into the corporate offices as President.
Paramount Pictures has, for decades, operated its own theater, the Paramount Theatre of the Arts (notice British spelling), currently located at 2025 Broadway Oakland, California, for premiere viewings of its productions.
History with TrekEdit
Paramount acquired the Star Trek franchise in 1967 when Desilu, the company producing Star Trek: The Original Series, was purchased by Gulf+Western, which owned Paramount at the time. Paramount, which came under ownership of the former Viacom when that company took over Gulf+Western in 1994, produced and distributed all Star Trek films and television shows from 1977 (when they were working on the abandoned Star Trek: Phase II) through 2005 (the final season of Star Trek: Enterprise).
Paramount Pictures formerly owned the television production company Paramount Television, through which it produced and owned the Star Trek television series. In 2006, the former Viacom was split into two separate companies: CBS Corporation and a new Viacom. CBS Corporation was given ownership of Paramount Television, which was renamed CBS Paramount Television, currently known as CBS Television Studios, and thus gained ownership of the Star Trek franchise and TV series, while Paramount Pictures retained the rights to the Star Trek films through a license from CBS Television Studios.
Paramount Pictures has now finished developing the 2009 feature film Star Trek, directed and produced by J.J. Abrams.
Historical overviewEdit
Founded by Adolph Zukor in 1912, Paramount Pictures is America's second oldest, still-operating, motion picture studio behind Universal Studios. Its logo – the highly-recognizable, majestic Paramount mountain – has been part of the company from the beginning, thus making it the oldest surviving Hollywood film logo.
Paramount Pictures was the company responsible for the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, the silent 1927 World War I picture Wings. Since then, Paramount has produced the Academy Award-winning films Going My Way (1944), The Lost Weekend (1945), The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), The Godfather (1972), The Godfather, Part II (1974), Ordinary People (1980), Terms of Endearment (1983), Forrest Gump (1994), Braveheart (1995), and Titanic (1997). Among the other acclaimed films they have produced are Double Indemnity (1944), Stalag 17 (1953), The War of the Worlds (1953, based on the book by H.G. Wells), The Ten Commandments (1956), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Chinatown (1974), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Grease (1978), Top Gun (1986), Fatal Attraction (1987), Saving Private Ryan (1998), and Zodiac (2007).
Since Star Trek was owned by Paramount Television, many of Paramount Pictures' classic films have been featured or referenced on the various shows, including I'm No Angel (1933), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Sunset Boulevard (1950), Shane (1953), To Catch a Thief (1955), and Rosemary's Baby (1968). The former two are now under ownership of Universal Studios as they own most pre-1950 Paramount sound features.
As a result of Gulf+Western's purchasing of Desilu, Paramount not only came into ownership of Star Trek, they acquired other Desilu-produced television shows such as The Untouchables and Mission: Impossible (both referenced on Star Trek). In 1987, Paramount Pictures released an acclaimed feature film adaptation of The Untouchables, and in 1996, they released the first film of the highly successful Mission: Impossible film franchise starring Tom Cruise. Other television series they produced include The Odd Couple, Happy Days, Taxi, Cheers, MacGyver, Wings, Frasier, 7th Heaven, and The 4400. They also continue to produce the news magazine Entertainment Tonight.
In addition to Mission: Impossible and Star Trek, Paramount Pictures also holds the rights to such successful franchises as Beverly Hills Cop, Friday the 13th, Indiana Jones, and the films featuring Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan character (The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, etc.).
The late Brandon Tartikoff was chairman of Paramount Pictures in 1991 and 1992, during Star Trek: The Next Generation's fifth and sixth seasons.
In 2003, Paramount Pictures relaunched itself, with a new CGI logo, nicknamed the "CGI Majestic Mountain." In 2005, following the CBS/Viacom split, Paramount Pictures purchased the production company DreamWorks SKG.
On 8 July 2007, Paramount Pictures set the record for fastest studio to earn $1 billion at the US box office in a single year, reaching the mark after 189 days. This is the first time they have held this record since 1998. [1] This achievement is due primarily to the success of the Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks release of Transformers, written by Star Trek (2009) scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
The studio's 2008 slate of film releases began with the release of the J.J. Abrams-produced Cloverfield on 18 January 2008. This film, which only cost US$25 million to make, earned US$40 million at the box office in its opening weekend – the best January opening on record. It was the studio's 10th biggest opening after Shrek the Third, Transformers, War of the Worlds, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible III, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Longest Yard, Mission: Impossible, and Deep Impact. Cloverfield broke the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend record, as well, with a four-day total of US$46 million. [2] [3] Cloverfield is also notable as the film to which the first official teaser trailer for 2009's Star Trek was attached.
Paramount's other films opening in 2008 include The Spiderwick Chronicles, Stop-Loss, the highly-anticipated Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the Marvel Comics-based Iron Man, the animated Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar: The Crate Escape, The Love Guru, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Iron Man earned $98.6 million on its opening weekend, marking the studio's best opening for a live-action release. [4] In 2009, in addition to Star Trek, Paramount is slated to release films such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (also co-written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman), Nowhereland (starring Eddie Murphy, Vanessa Williams and Ronny Cox), and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (starring Rachel Nichols).
Paramount Studios sound stages Edit
During production on Star Trek, Paramount Studios had thirty-two sound stages that varied in size from the smallest, Stage 22, to the largest, Stage 16. (Only the latter stage was utilized by Star Trek.) (A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager, p. 49)
- Paramount Stage 4
- Paramount Stage 5
- Paramount Stage 6
- Paramount Stage 8
- Paramount Stage 9
- Paramount Stage 11
- Paramount Stage 12
- Paramount Stage 14
- Paramount Stage 15
- Paramount Stage 16
- Paramount Stage 17
- Paramount Stage 18
- Paramount Stage 25
- Paramount Stage 31
- Paramount Stage 32
See alsoEdit
External linksEdit
- Paramount Pictures - official corporate website
- Paramount Theatre of the Arts - official theater website
- StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
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A new study shows that more than half of public pools contain bacterial evidence of human fecal matter.
Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a new study with state and local public health departments last summer in which they collected samples from pool filters at 161 pools in the metro-Atlanta area. 58 percent of the samples contained a particular bacterium that lives in the digestive tract of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The researchers treated the presence of the bacteria - which is actually E. coli - as "a fecal indicator," they wrote in their report.
The CDC suggests that swimmers delivered some of the bacteria into the water by failing to take a thorough shower before getting into the pool. However, larger quantities of E. coli could be introduced through "a formed or diarrheal fecal incident in the water," the report notes.
Pools in private clubs were less likely to contain E. coli, but investigators still found it in 49 percent of cases. Municipal pools had the highest incidence of the bacteria - 70 percent - followed by water parks, at 66 percent.
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Pipe dump probe by ITC will continue
U.S. steel pipe producers such as Youngstown's Vallourec Star and others are being hurt by foreign imports dumped below market price by nine other countries, according to a preliminary decision issued late last week by the U.S. International Trade Commission.
Following the unanimous vote from all six trade commission members, investigators will begin a more in-depth probe into formal complaints made last month by the nine American pipe producers alleging the resurgence in U.S. oil and gas exploration is being threatened by unfairly dumped imports of steel pipes.
The commission launched a preliminary investigation, reporting its findings last week. That preliminary report won't be released publicly until next month.
In addition to Vallourec, other companies involved in the complaint included Brookfield's TMK IPSCO and a division of JMC Steel Group, the company that operates Wheatland Tube plants, U.S. Steel and five other domestic manufacturers.
The companies are seeking tariffs on "oil country tubular goods" or OCTG products, imported from India, Korea, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam.
As a result of a preliminary investigation, the trade commission determined "there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of certain oil country tubular goods … that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value and allegedly subsidized by the governments of India and Turkey."
According to information released by the trade commission, the U.S. Department of Commerce will conduct its investigation on imports of these products, with a preliminary determinations due Sept. 25, and preliminary antidumping duty determinations due Dec. 9.
The complaint maintains the benefits of supplying the oil and gas industry during the recent resurgence of the industry were cut short for domestic manufacturers "as imports from the subject countries rushed in at an extraordinary rate."
Imports from the nine countries more than doubled in volume from 840,312 tons in 2010 to 1,771,320 tons in 2012.
A congressional letter sent July 31 to the chairman of the International Trade Commission encouraged the commission to take action to ensure competition on a level playing field.
The letter was signed by Reps. Timothy J. Ryan, D-Ohio, and Bill Johnson, R-Ohio.


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1/4 teaspoon of alumni free baking soda, three times a day and the reflux was gone.
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I was diagnosed as having Reflux. I had a burning pain in the pit of my chest, My doctor prescribed a pill for it. I had a lung transplant in 2004 and take a lot of medication. I believed if I could eliminate one of the pill and take something natural for the reflux, it will be better for me. Taking the soda has helped me,now the pain is going away.
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We want to order3 more lbs. We use it in our cancer treatment for curtailing breast cancer.
Aluminum free baking soad
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I live in Scotland and use Baking Powder as a natural deodorant. This baking soda is great as it doesn't contain aluminium which thought to cause health risks such as cancer.
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"Mr. President, sir, Mr. President!" The nervous but earnest young reporter catches up to George Washington as the statesman is about to step into the Erstwhile Inn for an appointment with John Adams.
George Washington had just delivered a sound thumping to Adams in the nation's first presidential election and is eager to shore up his partnership with the sometimes brooding and self-persecuted Adams, who would serve as his vice president.
"George!" "John!" "I feel like we are making history together!"
The two exchange back pats and arm squeezes but no hugging. It is 1789, when men were men.
"Say, John," George says, "do you mind if Deadline Danny sits awhile? Sit down, son, and let me give you some advice. This newspaper thing isn't going to catch on. You need to get behind the plow. But beef up first. That pen seems to be a little much for you."
John Adams has gone into a serious funk. "Newspapers!" he growls. "If you ask me, that guy in Virginia said it all. Remember, George?"
George chuckles. "Yes, that Byrd guy. William Byrd it was. It was something like '…I thank God there are no free schools nor printing and I hope we shall not have these for a hundred years, for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both.'"
"Well, you are here, Poison Pen, so let's do it. You might as well get a quote to impress the Franklins over at the New England Courant. I've seen you sucking up to those guys. This is history, boy, and you've got one chance. Fire your best shot!"
"What I want to know, Mr. President, is if Mart … I mean, Mrs. Washington, has she started to wear bangs?"
The sound of silence engulfs the Erstwhile Inn premises. Other patrons drop their heads, embarrassed for the boy, avoiding his glance. Washington is totally nonplused. "Here you sit with the very first president of what is to become the greatest nation on earth and all you ask about is my wife's bangs?"
The encounter has become so sad as to border on humor. George Washington smiles to comfort the young reporter and gives him another chance. "OK, son, one more and it better be good."
Danny glances at his notes, wisely decides to pass on "find out who designs Martha's dresses!"
"Sir, that amendment everyone is talking about, the one that says 'A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.' "
"Well, of course," the president says, "our freedom is hard won and we will fight in the mountains, on the prairies, on our very streets to beat back the enemy."
"But, sir," the reporter persists, "I met a time traveler from a place called New Mexico and he told me his state will fight forever to guarantee gun rights. They are talking about their right to take guns into bars, and to own semi-automatic attack rifles that can mow down innocent people in a matter of seconds."
President Washington looks perplexed. "Young man, assure your time traveling friend we, indeed, will pass an historic and cherished Second Amendment but it certainly is not our purpose to protect the type of weapon you describe. We're talking muskets."
Scribbling wildly, the young journalist bolts for the door.
The president looks pensively at Adams. "John, this free press stuff could get out of hand in a hurry."
Ned Cantwell — firstname.lastname@example.com — is in the market for a gently used bazooka.


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Cooking with Python
by Robin Parma, Alex Martelli, Scott David Daniels, Ben Wolfson, Nick Perkins, Anurag Uniya, Tim Keating, Rael Dornfest and Jeremy Hylton, authors of the Python Cookbook
Usually Python is straightforward, but there are a few unexpected exceptions.
Credits: Robin Parma
You want to know if the contents of a string represent an integer, which is not quite the same thing as checking whether the string contains only digits.
# try/except is generally the best approach to such problems:
def IsInt(str):
"""Is the given string an integer?"""
except ValueError:return 0
else:return 1
Use exceptions to perform simple tests that are otherwise laborious. If you want to know if the contents of a string represent an integer, just try to convert it. That's what
IsInt() does. The try/except mechanism catches the exception raised when the string cannot be converted to an int, turning it into a harmless return 0. The else clause, which runs only
when no exception is raised in the try clause, gives a return 1 when the string is OK.
Don't be misled by the word "exception," or by what is considered good style in different programming languages. Relying on exceptions and try/except is a useful Pythonic idiom.
Liberal Python lets you rebind any variable; yet, there is an instance where you can protect your variables.
Credits: Alex Martelli
You need to define module-level variables that client-code cannot accidentally rebind, such as "named constants."
# Needs Python 2.1 or better. Put in
class _Constants:
class ConstError(TypeError): pass
def __setattr__(self, name, value):
if self.__dict__.has_key(name):
raise self.ConstError, "Can't rebind const(%s)"%name
self.__dict__[name ] = value
def __delattr__(self, name):
if self.__dict__.has_key(name):
raise self.ConstError, "Can't unbind const(%s)"%name
raise NameError, name
import sys
sys.modules[__name__] = _Constants()
# now any client-code can:
import const
# and bind an attribute ONCE:
const.magic =23
# but NOT re-bind it:
# const.magic =88 # would raise const.ConstError
In Python, any variable can be re-bound at will. Modules don't let you define special methods, such as an instance's
__setattr__, to stop attribute re-binding. An easy solution (in Python 2.1 and up) is to use an instance as "module."
Python 2.1 and up no longer forces entries in
sys.modules to be module objects. You can install an instance object there and take advantage of
its attribute-access special methods while still having client-code get at it with
import somename. You might see this as a more Pythonic "Singleton"-ish idiom (but also see "Singleton? We don't need no stinkin' Singleton: the Borg non-pattern"). Note that this recipe ensures a constant binding for a given name, not an object's immutability, which is quite a different issue.
New Python programmers perennially ask how to write Singleton in Python. Taking a
page from Jon Bentley, Martelli offers us this Python Programming Pearl.
Credits: Alex Martelli
You thought you wanted to make sure that only one instance of a class was ever created, but then you realized you don't really care about the
id() of instances, but rather about their state and behavior.
class Borg:
__shared_state = {}
def __init__(self):
self.__dict__ = self.__shared_state
# and whatever else you want in your class-that's all!
The Singleton design pattern (DP) has a catchy name, but the wrong focus: on identity rather than state. The Borg non-pattern has all instances share state instead, and Python makes it, literally, a snap.
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Note that
__getattr__ and
__setattr__ are not involved--they can be defined independently, for whatever other purposes you want, or left undefined (and
__setattr__, if defined, is not called for the rebinding of
__dict__ itself). This only works with "classic classes" (Python 2.1 and earlier, or classes not subclassing built-in types in 2.2 and later), since their instances keep all their per-instance state in
self.__dict-2.2 classes with
self.__slots__ do not support this idiom quite as smoothly (you can use getters/setters for such advanced, non-classic classes to deal with this issue, if you wish, but sticking to "classic classes" for these needs may be simplest).
The Singleton DP is all about ensuring that just one instance of a certain class is ever created. It has a catchy name (as well, admittedly, as attempting to deal with often-present forces), and is thus enormously popular. However, in my experience, it is most often not a good solution to those forces--it displays different sorts of problems in different object--models. What we should really want, typically, is to let as many instances be created as necessary, but all with shared state. Who cares about identity and behavior? It's state we usually care about! This alternative Pattern has also been called Monostate. Incidentally, I'd like to call Singleton "Highlander," since "there can be only one."
You can implement Monostate in many ways in Python, but the Borg design non-pattern is most often best. Simplicity is its greatest strength. Since the self.__dict__ of any instance (in Python 2.1 or earlier, or for classic classes in Python 2.2) can be re-bound, just re-bind it in __init__ to a class-attribute dictionary-that's all! Now, any reference or binding of an instance attribute will affect all instances equally-"we all are one," and all that jazz. David Ascher suggested the very appropriate name "Borg" for this non-pattern. It is a non-pattern, because it had no known uses at the time of publication. Two or more separate known uses are part of the prerequisites for being a Design Pattern!
Calling this recipe "a Singleton" is as silly as calling an arcade "an umbrella." Both may serve similar purposes (let you walk in the rain without getting wet)-solve similar forces, in DP parlance-but, as they do it in utterly different ways, they're not instances of the same pattern. If anything, as already mentioned, Borg has similarities to the Monostate alternative DP to Singleton (but Monostate is a DP, while Borg is not, and indeed a Python Monostate can perfectly well exist without being a Borg).
For reasons mysterious to me, people often conflate issues germane to Borg and Highlander with others that are orthogonal, such as access control, and, particularly, access from multiple threads. If you need to control access to an object, that need is exactly the same whether there's one instance of that object's class, or twenty-three, and whether those multiple instances share state, or not. A fruitful approach to problem solving is "divide and conquer"-make problems easier by "splitting" their aspects apart. Making problems harder by joining several aspects together must be an example of an approach called "conflate and suffer"!
What's a cookbook without a good curry recipe? This common functional programming
idiom adds the spice of clarity to your programs.
Credits: Scott David Daniels, Ben Wolfson, Nick Perkins, and Alex Martelli
You need to wrap a function, or other callable, obtaining another callable with fewer formal arguments, keeping some of the original's arguments fixed to given values--such as when you need to curry a callable to make another.
class curry:
def __init__(self, fun, *args, **kwargs):
self.fun = fun
self.pending = args[:]
self.kwargs = kwargs.copy()
def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
if kwargs and self.kwargs:
kw = self.kwargs.copy()
kw = kwargs or self.kwargs
return self.fun(*(self.pending + args), **kw)
Currying is a way to bind some arguments with a function and wait for the rest of the arguments to show up later, named after the great mathematician Haskell Curry. You "curry in" the first few parameters to a function, giving you a function that takes subsequent parameters as arguments and then calls the original with all of those parameters. This recipe uses a class instance to hold the curried parameters until they're needed for use. For example:
double = curry(operator.mul,2)
triple = curry(operator.mul,3)
Currying is often implemented with lambda forms, but a dedicated class is clearer and more readable. A typical use of curry is to construct callback functions for GUI operations. When the operation does not really merit a new function name, curry can be useful in creating these little functions. This can be the case with commands for Tkinter buttons, for example:
Curry can also be used interactively to make versions of your functions with debugging-appropriate defaults, or initial parameters filled in for your current case. For example, database debugging work might begin by setting:
Connect = curry(ODBC.Connect, dsn='MyDataSet')
Another example of curry in debugging is wrapping methods:
def report(originalFunction, name, *args, **kw):
print "%s(%s)"%(name, ','.join(map(repr,args) +
[k+'='+repr(kw [k]) for k in kw.keys()] ))
result = originalFunction(*args, **kw)
if result is not None: print name, '==>', result
return result
class Sink:
def write(self, text): pass
dest = Sink()
dest.write = curry(report, dest.write, 'write')
print >>dest, 'this', 'is', 1, 'test'
If you are creating a function for regular use and there is a good choice for a name, the def fun(... form of function definition is often more readable and easily extended. Curry should be used when you feel the code is clearer with its use than without. Typically this will be to emphasize that you are only providing parameters to a "commonly used" (in this application) function, not providing separate processing.
You can curry the constructor of a class to give the illusion of a subclass:
BlueWindow =curry(Window,background="blue")
Of course,
BlueWindow().__class__ is still Window , not a subclass, but if you're only changing default parameters, not behavior, currying is arguably more appropriate than subclassing anyway. You can still pass additional parameters to the curried constructor.
This recipe is all in fun. It's a bit of cleverness we hesitate to show you, but can't resist: lambda, recursion, a ternary operator, all in one line sure to make any Programming 101 instructor's head spin.
Credits: Anurag Uniya
You want to write a recursive function, such as factorial, using lambda (you probably made a bet about whether it could be done!).
f = lambda n: n-1 +abs(n-1) and f(n-1)*n or 1
This recipe implements the recursive definition of the factorial function as a lambda form. Since lambda forms must be expressions, this is slightly tricky. If/else, a statement, is not allowed inside an expression. Still, a short-circuiting form of a Python idiom for "conditional (ternary) operator" takes care of that (see "Simulating the ternary operator in Python" in the Python Cookbook for other ways to simulate the ternary operator, both short-circuiting and not).
The real issue, of course, is that lambda's forte (for what little it deserves being called a "forte") is making anonymous functions-how then do we recurse? This is what makes this recipe's subject a good bet to win a drink from your Python-using friends and acquaintances misguided enough not to have read the Python Cookbook from cover to cover. Make sure the terms of the bet only mention lambda and do not specify that the resulting function is to be left unnamed, of course! Some might consider this cheating, but we Pythmen like to think of ourselves as a bunch of pragmatists.
We aren't sure if we like this one for its ingenuity or hate it for its obscurity! It may be twisted, but if your for loop is only summing things up, consider reducing your recipe.
Credits: Tim Keating
You need to generate pseudo-random numbers simulating the roll of several dice, where the number of dice and number of sides on each die are parameters.
import random
def dice(num,sides):
return reduce(lambda x,y,s=sides:x +random.randrange(s),
This recipe presents a simple but subtle function to let you generate random numbers by simulating a dice roll. The number of dice and the number of sides to each die are the parameters of the function. In order to roll 4d6 (four 6-sided dice), you would call dice(4,6). Simulating a dice roll is a good way to generate a random number with an expected "binomial" profile. For example, 3d6 will generate a bell-shaped (but discrete) probability curve with an average of 10.5.
After trying a more "manual" approach (a for loop with an accumulator), I found that using reduce is generally faster. It's possible this implementation could be faster still, as I haven't profiled it very aggressively; it's fast enough for my purposes :).
Taking advantage of Web services doesn't get much
easier than this. Think of it as a recipe for ordering out!
Credits: Rael Dornfest and Jeremy Hylton
You need to make a method call to an XML-RPC server.
#needs Python 2.2 or xmlrpclib
from xmlrpclib import Server
server = Server("http://www.oreillynet.com/meerkat/xml-rpc/server.php")
class MeerkatQuery:
def __init__(self, search, num_items=5, descriptions=0):
self.search = search
self.num_items = num_items
self.descriptions = descriptions
q = MeerkatQuery("[Pp ]ython")
print server.meerkat.getItems(q)
XML-RPC is a simple and lightweight approach to distributed processing. xmlrpclib, which makes it easy to write XML-RPC clients in Python, is part of the core Python library since Python 2.2, but you can also get it for older releases of Python from www.pythonware.com/products/xmlrpc/.
This recipe uses O'Reilly's Meerkat service, intended for syndication of contents such as news and product announcements. Specifically, the recipe queries Meerkat for the five most recent items mentioning either "Python" or "python." If you try this out, be warned that, depending on the quality of your net connection, the time of day, and the level of traffic on the Internet, response times from Meerkat are very variable: if the script takes a long time to answer, it doesn't mean you did something wrong-it just means you have to be patient!
O'Reilly & Associates recently released Python Cookbook (July 2002) .
Sample Chapter 1, Python Shortcuts, is available free online.
You can also look at the Table of Contents, the Index, and the Full Description of the book.
For more information, or to order the book, click here.
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