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Whether visiting Louisville for business or pleasure enjoy your own personal Hideaway in Louisville's oldest neighborhood. Walk to some of the finest dining Lousiville has to offer, Jack Fry's,Wick's pizza,, the finest Belgian Beer pub the Holy Grale and breakfast at the Gralehaus. Lot's of unique shopping along Baxter and Bardstown roads. Take the bus downtown or cab to Downtown and NuLu where you can grab a drink and a pizza and Garage Bar and perhaps a craft beer flight at the Louisville Beer Store. We are a fast 4 miles from Churchill Downs, the airport, and the Yum center. Make this your home base in Louisville. We are close to everything.
This studio apartment offers very clean accommodations. It has it's own private entrance, a large sitting area with digital TV, Queen bed, kitchen, bathroom, and premium wi-fi and laundry facilities on premises.
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Proprietors John Webb and Sarah Anderson offer you the finest accommodations for a short-term, furnished rental. We invite you to enjoy the hospitality and convenience of your studio apartment. The Highlands Hideaway is a lovely century old Victorian located in the Original Highlands, one of Louisville's oldest neighborhoods. Why the Owner Chose Louisville We bought our house so we could be located in one of Louisville's finest and most vibrant neighborhoods. We are professional adults who enjoy urban living. We decided to open our lovely home to others to be able to experience and share in the 'local flavor' of Louisville's most independent, locally owned business and restaurant corridors in the state of Kentucky. The Unique Benefits of this Apartment You will be within walking distance to some of the finest restaurants and shops in the Louisville. We are conveniently located 3 miles from downtown Louisville and the world's most famous horse racing track Churchill Downs. We are also centrally located to the University of Louisville and medical facilities downtown.
We had a great time. The home and the neighborhood have a lot of character and it's close to good restaurants. Would definitely recommend
Apt as described. Clean and maintained. Good location. Communication with owner was difficult. Hard to get responses after calling, leaving voicemails, sending texts and emails.
The Highland Hideaway is a really nice property! My husband and I felt very comfortable at the house and it truly is within walking distance to quite a lot. We didn't use the kitchen much at all due to our short stay and close proximity to restaurants. If you love coffee, I highly recommend walking to Quill's on Baxter! You will not regret spending $5 on the Bourbon Vanilla Latte....promise! Cave Hill Cemetery is within walking distance as well, but if you really want to explore the entire cemetery (over 300 acres)....I would recommend driving. We were fortunate enough to get a personal tour from the cemetery manager on our last day in town. We took a short 5 minute drive across Payne Street to Frankfort Ave and rode the trolley for free (until 10pm) during FAT Friday (last Friday of each month). Lots to do and see in/near The Highlands...
One caution: If you are 6' or taller, be careful of the low doorway going into the bathroom. My husband is 6' 4" and hit his head quite a few times on the door frame. It was comical for me since I'm 5' 6" and cleared it with no issues at all! Oh! Another caution.....once inside the house, do not walk out/shut the front door without the key. The door will lock once shut so you MUST have the key to regain entry. We didn't get locked out, but I can easily see someone shutting the door to unload their car, just to turn around and find yourself locked out of the house.
Sarah was really easy to work with and very responsive/timely in her messages back about the house location and access code, etc. I did not need to contact her while at the house since everything was pretty self explanatory once we got there.
Located a block from Baxter Avenue, you could not ask for a better location. Apartment is very clean, and well kept. If you are visiting the Highland, I would highly recommend this Apartment.
I had to be in Louisville for a two-month work commitment. The studio was very nice and Sarah was so kind. I have a senior rescue dog, and given I was going to be away so long, I was very happy that I was allowed to bring him along. The community is very dog friendly and most neighbors seem to have at least two. The community was very safe. Being a single woman, I still had no concerns when I had to walk my dog at night. The studio is conveniently located in the Highlands near Baxter and Bardstown Rd. Unique shops, restaurants, lots to explore and lively atmosphere. Yet, when you get back to your place you would never suspect you are so close to so much nite life. You are near absolutely EVERYTHING including the necessities: drugstore, grocer, cleaners, FedX, etc.! There is on-street parking but amazingly there was always a spot right in front of my door everyday. It was very comfortable with TV, Wifi and everything I needed. When I'm back in Louisville, I would enjoy staying there again. Thank you Sarah!
Comfortable, clean, and convenient pretty much sums it up. We slept well during our week-plus stay, and enjoyed walking up to both Baxter Ave. and Bardstown Road to grab coffee or a meal. We could have used the kitchen to cook more if we'd wanted. No problems with the coffee maker or stove. Really nice old Louisville neighborhood--we felt very safe and loved the general ambiance. Sarah went the extra mile to come over and tutor us on the unfamiliar TV remote. The only reason I'm not giving 5 stars is that the building itself is a bit rough around the edges and needs some outside work. Would definitely stay again!
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This is a basement room located in a two family house with private bathroom. WIFI internet connection. There is microwave, Dinner Table, fan, small portable electric stove, coffee maker AND a WASHING MACHINE/dryer. Our house have security camera. This is a cozy, clean, and comfortable place to be.
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40 min to Midtown
15 minutes to the Yankee Stadium.
The train station is just 2 blocks away. You have your choice of the D Train (Express Train for the West Side) or 4 Train (Express Train for the East Side) Contact me with any questions. I'll be happy to answer them all! I'm very well-versed in helping visitors make the most of their trip so I can refer bars, restaurants, clubs, great, free going's on in NYC no matter what walk of life you come from! Thanks for stopping by.
Parking space can be found on the streets easily.
We accept a long term renting, also, children are welcomed.
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Everything was fine snd the hosts Vanessa and Isaac both were very friendly and helpful. The connection to Manhattan was very fast. I would highly recommend this place for Budget-travellers.
We really enjoyed our stay. The place is very well located in a nice neighborhood, 30 mins from grand central.
The free wifi is also well appreciated.
However from time to time the place can be a bit noisy.
I strongly recommends this place for people who want to remind close from downtown and avoid overpriced places of Manhattan. Plus this is really the best way to feel like a local.
We have a very nice time. The apartment has everything you need and you're just a few steps from the metro which is very useful. Vanessa and her family are really friendly and will help you as much as possible on the way to a nice vacation out of it. Top so!
Wij hebben hier een zeer leuke tijd gehad. Het appartement bevat echt alles wat je nodig hebt en je bent op slechts een paar stappen van de metro wat heel handig is. Vanessa en haar gezin zijn echt heel vriendelijk en helpen je zoveel mogelijk op weg om er een leuke vakantie van te maken. Top dus!
Thanks Vanessa, you're a wonderful hostess. Safe environment, and if there is anything she helps you instantly! If I ever go to NY I come back here! Thank you!
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Very satisfied, everything very very comfortable and we could have everything we asked for. I can say that the neighborood apparently could seem a little bit SCARY! but it's not ! it's quiet and no troubles I have ever got.So don't worry!!! And don't be scared dog that barks does not bite!!!!!!! :))))
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Feds recognize 1,300 same-sex marriages disputed by Utah
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday made the latest contribution to a fast moving legal battle over same-sex marriage rights, as the Justice Department said that the federal government would recognize as lawful the marriages of some 1,300 same-sex couples in Utah even though the state government is largely refusing to do so.
The announcement furthered President Barack Obama's self-described evolution on same-sex marriage rights, and now his administration appears to be edging closer to confronting a state government over its refusal to recognize such rights.
The statement also provided a new twist in a fight that has pitted notions of individual equality against the right of states to define marriage as a majority of their voters see fit. It added to legal confusion surrounding the status of couples who married in a brief window after a U.S. District Court judge unexpectedly struck down Utah's ban on same-sex marriages last month, before the U.S. Supreme Court stayed the ruling Monday, effectively shutting down any further same-sex nuptials in the state for the duration of the litigation.
"I am confirming today that, for purposes of federal law, these marriages will be recognized as lawful and considered eligible for all relevant federal benefits on the same terms as other same-sex marriages," said Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in an unusual video announcement on the Justice Department website. "These families should not be asked to endure uncertainty regarding their status as the litigation unfolds."
Same-sex couples in Utah had rushed to marry after Dec. 20, when Judge Robert J. Shelby of U.S. District Court in Utah overturned the state's voter-approved ban on marriage for gay couples. Utah unsuccessfully petitioned two lower courts to halt those weddings, then succeeded in persuading the Supreme Court to issue a stay while the state appeals.
On Wednesday, Gov. Gary R. Herbert announced that the ban, an amendment to the Utah Constitution, was back in legal force while the litigation continued, something that could take years. During that time, he said, the state would not recognize or confer new marital benefits to those same-sex couples who had married.
But with Friday's announcement, same-sex couples in Utah who married will be able to file joint federal income tax returns and will be eligible for other spousal benefits.


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JUDGMENT S.S. Nijjar, J.
1. This Regular Second Appeal is directed against the judgment and decree passed by Shri N.C. Nahata, learned Additional District Judge (I), Jind, in Civil Appeal No. 96 of 26.09.1998/28.08.1998, decided on 04.11.1999.
2. Can the mother of a deceased employee be denied the grant of family pension as the parents are not included in the definition of "family" as given in Clause 4(ii) (Appendix 1) of the Family Pension Scheme, 1964, is the substantial question of law which arises for consideration in the present appeal.
3. The son of the appellant namely, Dharambir was employed as Assistant Line Man on regular basis in the Haryana State Electricity Board (hereinafter referred to as the H.S.E.B.). He joined service on 09.09.1986 & died while in service on 20.12.1990. Therefore, he had served the respondent-H.S.E.B. for a period of four years and three months at the time of his death. The appellant is a widow, aged about 65 years. The deceased was unmarried at the time of his death. It was pleaded that during the life time of the deceased, the appellant was residing with him and was dependent on him. She claims to have no further source of income. It has been candidly stated that the appellant has four sons. Her two sons namely, Hari Om and Chand Singh are unmarried. They are also unemployed and are living with the appellant. Her other two sons, namely, Ram Kumar and Raghbir are married and are living separately with their wives and children. All the four brothers have only four killas of land in their names. The appellant claimed the retiral benefits from the respondent-H.S.E.B. Part of the retiral benefits were paid to the appellant. A sum of Rs. 7200/- was paid towards death-cum-retirement gratuity of the deceased in December, 1991. In the suit, she has prayed for mandatory injunction directing the defendants i.e. H.S.E.B. to release the arrears of G.P.F. amount of ex-gratia and the monthly pension as a dependent of a deceased employee. She also prayed for a direction to the defendants to appoint the nearest relative of the deceased employee in the H.S.E.B. on compassionate grounds.
4. The learned trial court partly decreed the suit. The relief with regard to the appointment on compassionate grounds has been denied. The appellant has, however, been granted relief of family pension alongwith interest at the rate 15% p.a. from the date of death of the employee i.e. Dharambir, Assistant Line Man.
5. The respondent H.S.E.B. went in appeal before the learned Additional District Judge, Jind. The same has been accepted and the suit of the appellant has been dismissed.
6. Mr. R.K. Malik, learned counsel for the appellant, has submitted that the judgment of the learned lower Appellate Court suffers from total lack of application of mind to the facts and the relevant taw on the issues raised in the suit.
7. On the other hand, Mr. K.S. Malik, learned counsel for the respondent H.S.E.B. submitted that the judgment of the learned Lower Appellate Court is correct. The claim of the appellant did not fall within the purview of the Family Pension Scheme, 1964. In support of his submission, he has made pointed reference to Clause 4(ii) of Family Pension Scheme, 1964, which is as under: -
"(ii) "Family" for purposes of this scheme includes the following relatives of the officer:-
(a) wife, in the case of male officer.
(b) husband, in the case of female officer.
(c) minor sons' and
(d) unmarried minor daughters.
Note: 1.- (c) and (d) include children adopted legally before the retirement.
Note 2.- Marriage after retirement is not recognised for purposes of this scheme.
Note 3.- A judicially separated wife/husband does not lose her/his legal status of wife/husband of the Govt, employee and is thus eligible for the benefit of the Family Pension Scheme, 1964."
8. He has also relied on the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the State of Himachal Pradesh and Anr. v. Kedar Nath Sood and Anr., 1999 (3) R.S.J. 54.
9. Mr. R.K. Malik, learned counsel for the appellant has submitted that the judgment of the learned Lower Appellate Court is contrary to the law laid down by a Division Bench of this Court in Letters Patent Appeal No. 640 of 1990 (State of Punjab and Anr. v. Kharak Singh Kang and Anr.), decided on 20.01.1998 reported as 1998(4) SLR 594. Learned counsel has also referred to two more decisions of this Court in the case of Jaswinder Kaur v. The State of Punjab and Ors.? 2002(1) S.L.R. 253 and Lichhami Devi v. State of Haryana, 20001(4) S.C.T. 642.
10. I have heard the learned counsel for the parties at length and perused the record of the case.
11. I am of the considered opinion that the learned trial court had correctly granted the relief to the appellant. The learned Lower Appellate Court committed a serious error in appreciation of the factual as well as legal propositions. In paragraph 10 of the judgment, it has been held that the appellant cannot be granted the relief of family pension as she has claimed only "monthly pension". I am of the considered opinion that the aforesaid finding is wholly irrational and without any basis, in facts or in law. According to the learned Lower Appellate Court, monthly pension means a pension to be paid to the legal heirs of the employee after the death and the same is paid only after service of the deceased employees had become pensionable. Accordingly, it has been held that since the deceased had worked only for four years and three months, no pension could have been paid. This finding has been given by the learned Lower Appellant Court in-spite of the relevant provisions contained in 1964 scheme itself. The relevant portion of Clause 4(i) of the scheme is as follows:-
".....in the case of death while in service a Government employee should have completed a minimum period of one year of continuous service without break."
12. Having noticed that the deceased employee had served for more than four years, yet the pension has been denied by the learned Lower Appellate Court on the ground that his service had not yet become pensionable. Thus reasoning is contrary to the aforesaid provision contained in the Family Pension Scheme, 1964.
13. The leaned Lower Appellate Court also committed a serious error in not following the law laid down by a Division Bench of this Court in Letters Patent Appeal No. 640 of 1990. The Learned Judge has distinguished the aforesaid judgment on the basis that the Division Bench was dealing with the case with respect to family pension whereas the appellant has sought no family person in the present case. It has already been held by me that the learned Judge has erroneously tried to distinguish between the monthly pension and the family pension. The provisions of the Family Pension Scheme 1964 were considered by a Division Bench of this court in Kharak Singh's case (supra). Therein, the widowed mother of deceased government employee had claimed family pension. This was denied on the ground that definition of family given in the Family Pension Scheme, 1964, did not include the parents of the deceased. The learned Single Judge allowed the petition and declared Rule 5.17 of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume-II, excluding parents from the definition of family, as ultra vires to Article 14 of the Constitution of India. The Division Bench noticed that under 1951 Scheme, father and mother were included in the definition of family for the grant of family pension. Even today, in Rule 6.17 (b), father and mother (including adopted parents) are included in the definition of the family for the purpose of determining the entitlement to the death-cum-retirement gratuity but the parents have not been included in Rule 6.17 for the grant of family pension. After noticing the factual and legal situations, the Division Bench in Kharak Singh Kang's case (supra) held as follows:-
"8. 'Next to God, thy parents', says the poet. Not event next to a judicially separated wife or husband is the mandate of Rule 6.17. Those who gave him birth and trained him up have no right to be included in his family? It does not appeal to logic. We cannot say-Yes.
9. The purpose of the rules relating to family pension is to provide means of sustenance to the members of the family of the deceased employee. It is not unknown that not only the widow and children but very often even the aged parents are dependent on their son for their livelihood. The provision for family pension has been made to help such dependents. There appears to be no valid basis for excluding the parents from the list of persons who should be entitled to the grant of family pension on the death of the employee.
10. It is well settled that every executive action and in particular a legislative measure like a statutory rule governing the grant of pensioner benefits should meet the test of reasonableness as contemplated under Article 14 of the Constitution. Admittedly, the parents of a deceased employee are eligible for the grant of gratuity. They are also eligible for the grant of certain kinds of pension. In the case of an employee who is not even married, they are not entitled to the grant of family pension. The rule has no rationable. It is totally arbitrary. It is not reasonable. Rule 6.17 of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume-II cannot, thus, be sustained to the extent it excludes the parents of the deceased government employee from the concept of 'Family'".
14. The aforesaid observations are squarely applicable to the facts and circumstances of the present case.
15. Learned counsel for the respondent-H.S.E.B. had strongly relied on the judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Kedar Nath Sood's case (supra). The aforesaid judgment is wholly inapplicable in the facts of the present case. In that case, the Hon'ble Supreme Court was dealing with Rule 54(14)(b)(i) of C.C.S. (Pension) Rules, 1972, according to which father will not be a member of the family or dependent to get family pension. Interpreting the aforesaid rule, it was held that the father would not be entitled to the family pension. It was, however, also observed that it is time for the government to consider the amendment of the Rules to cover the situation similar to the one that appears in this case. The facts in the present case are almost identical to the facts in the case of Kharak Singh (supra). Family pension cannot be denied to the appellant in view of the law laid down therein. The aforesaid judgment has subsequently been followed in similar circumstances in Jaswinder Kaur and Lichhami Devi's cases (supra). The aforesaid judgments are binding on this Court.
In view of the above, the present Regular Second Appeal is allowed with costs which are quantified at Rs. 5000/-. The judgment and decree of the learned Lower Appellate Court are set aside and the judgment and decree of the learned trial Court are restored. The respondent-H.S.E.B. are directed to make the payment in accordance with the judgment and decree of the learned trial court together with interest mentioned therein within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order.


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The Me-TV Trend [Need To Know: SXSWi]
New platforms are leveraging social data to create dynamic, personalized television experiences.
As we all begin to look forward to the interactive section of South By South West in March, PSFK has identified five key trends that readers should be monitoring during the festival. One of these trends, we have coined 'Me-TV.'
With the amount of content available through broadcast and online channels, there is a growing need for services that help curate people's entertainment libraries. By identifying and analyzing the preferences pulled from an individual's interest graph, the topics trending within their social networks and direct recommendations from peers, new platforms are creating personalized entertainment channels that streamline the process of managing existing content, while aiding in the discovery of new music, videos, books and other media. As these services move to the cloud, people will be able to access their content anywhere and consume it on their preferred device.
One pertinent example of this trend that continues to come up in our research is video aggregation.
Online Video Aggregator Creates Playlist Based On Recommendations
Shelby.tv is an online platform that aggregates all of the videos being recommended by family and friends on Facebook and Twitter into a single video channel, like a personalized YouTube. Instead of redirecting users to multiple sites, the service offers a continuous stream of content that's both effortless and relevant to what individual users are interested in. From this customized video channel, links can be tweeted or liked on social networks.
Other Manifestations:
1. Crowdsourced Music For GAP Based On Facebook Data
2. Bacardi Uses Data For Party Simulation
4. Wezani: Lonely Planet Guide
6. MTV Social TV Lets You Press Pause And Chat With Friends On Your Phone
7. Check-In App For Television Creates Virtual, Social TV Guide
8. Eye-Tracking Takes Viewers Into The Stadium From Their Couch
10. Aereo Brings Live TV To Mobile Devices And Connected TV Boxes
People to follow regarding this trend:
Reece Pacheco: Reece is the founder of Shelby.tv, a video sharing platform that aggregates video links friends are sharing across social networks to offer personalized video recommendations. @reece
Mike Hudack: Mike is a co-founder of Blip.tv and serves as the company's president and CEO. @mhudack
Click here to check out PSFK's guide for SXSWi, to help you to continue following the ME-TV Trend.


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At work, music plays over the Tannoy to help break the monotony. However, it's the same set of songs looped over and over, and it becomes so mind-numbing after a while that we just become inured to it.
But, music and sound affects the brain in more ways than we first realise, especially if it's played in the background. It reprograms the mind in ways scientists have yet to fully understand. As an example, with the music playing in a continuous loop at work, it does seem to help overall productivity. I dislike some of the songs they play, but I can't help but hum or sing along with them. In fact, now I probably know all the words to songs I never really cared for, and I still dislike those songs.
Even if I attempt to tune the music out, subliminally the song still enters into the brain. Within the workplace – such as a factory or a store – if the same music plays over and over, the brain will associate some of those songs with incidents at work outside working hours. For example, if you're driving somewhere and a certain song plays, you'll often think, "Oh, they play that song at work." and the chances are you'll recall an incident (or anecdote) that occurred during the time that song was playing at work.
Looping music has been played specifically for propagandistic and reprogramming purposes, especially in some of the (now former) Communist countries to desensitise the population. Or to insert messages subliminally.
It's not so much the music itself that affects the brain, but the embedded and underlying frequencies and vibrations. Sounds resonate at different frequencies. Low frequencies affect our physical well-being as well as our emotions, influencing our procreative energy and personality (whether positively or negatively). High frequencies affect our minds and conscience, impacting our sense of individuality, co-operative energy, and internal power. And very high frequencies affect our higher consciousness, directly influencing our sense of purpose and engendering creative energy and "godness".
A few songs go globally viral within a very short time. They're usually the dumb and mind-numbing ones, and the ones with monotonous beats. And it's the background beat that plays an integral part in making the song go viral in the first place, where the brain reacts to the frequencies within the beat to directly influence emotions.
A prime example is Psy's "Gungnam Style", which has attracted over 1.8 billion hits on YouTube, and has topped six categories on Billboard's end-of-year charts for 2013, including "Rap Streaming Song", "World Digital Song" and "Dance/Electronic Sweeping Song". It's stupid and mind-numbing, and I hate it, but it's catchy and yet I can't help but tap my foot or suddenly declaim "Oppa Gangnam Style" as the chorus is playing.
Another song whose beat affects the mind, emotions and possibly the soul is Ylvis's "The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)". This isn't mind-numbing; in fact, it's fairly upbeat and I love to hate it or hate to love it. The beat is vibrant and, yes, I sing along to it, knowing most of the words by heart (sad but true). It has just under 280 million hits on YouTube and it's been played over and over on many radio stations.
On the surface, these might be good or bad songs, depending on personal music preferences, but subliminally they affect us systemically and our brains are automatically programmed (usually within the first few bars or the first or second times we hear them) to instantly recognize them. Maybe even to sing along to them.


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Heidi Klum Holds 12th Annual Halloween Party at TAO
She's been putting together the grandest of celebrity spooky soirees for over a decade, and Heidi Klum played host to her 12th annual Halloween bash in Las Vegas on Saturday night (October 29).
The "Project Runway" babe turned up clad in a "dead body" costume as she was appropriately wheeled into The Venetian Resort and Casino's TAO nightclub on a stretcher.
As for those turning up for the festive affair, Halloween revelers a Hello Kitty clad Bethenny Frankel and a costume-less Gilles Marini worked the arrivals area before heading inside to party to the music put on by special guest deejay Questlove of The Roots.
Miss Klum - who spent hours upon hours applying her intricate costume - recently chatted about her spooky outfit, telling, "It's kind of like a dead body with the first layer of skin ripped off. It's basically like me naked. All my veins and blood will all be visible… You don't feel quite naked with it because it is so colorful."


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Transparent and fast disk-caching of output value: a memoize or make-like functionality for Python functions that works well for arbitrary Python objects, including very large numpy arrays. Separate persistence and flow-execution logic from domain logic or algorithmic code by writing the operations as a set of steps with well-defined inputs and outputs: Python functions. Joblib can save their computation to disk and rerun it only if necessary:
>>> from joblib import Memory >>> mem = Memory(cachedir='/tmp/joblib') >>> import numpy as np >>> a = np.vander(np.arange(3)).astype(np.float) >>> square = mem.cache(np.square) >>> b = square(a) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS ________________________________________________________________________________ [Memory] Calling square... square(array([[ 0., 0., 1.], [ 1., 1., 1.], [ 4., 2., 1.]])) ___________________________________________________________square - 0...s, 0.0min >>> c = square(a) >>> # The above call did not trigger an evaluation
Embarrassingly parallel helper: to make it easy to write readable parallel code and debug it quickly:
>>> from joblib import Parallel, delayed >>> from math import sqrt >>> Parallel(n_jobs=1)(delayed(sqrt)(i**2) for i in range(10)) [0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0]
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Fast compressed Persistence: a replacement for pickle to work efficiently on Python objects containing large data ( joblib.dump & joblib.load ).


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Wow! Can you say wacko. I don't think there is enough alcohol in the world to make a normal person do something like that. Crazy!
Man Gets Probation After Claiming To Be Jack Bauer
A college student was given probation for repeatedly ramming his car into another man's vehicle, claiming the man was a terrorist and he was the character Jack Bauer, a federal agent on the Fox television show "24."
However, the victim, Marlon Cantoral, 30, provided a false address to police and did not appear in any of the court proceedings, prompting prosecutors to enter into a plea deal with the student, Edgar Sullivan, 23, of Elverson, Pa. The student faced up to 10 years in prison for second-degree assault, a charge that was dropped as part of the plea deal.
Cantoral may have been living in the United States illegally, and that may have caused him to provide the fake address, said Wayne Kirwan, spokesman for the Howard County State's Attorney's Office.
According to charging documents, Sullivan was driving his Ford Escape on Interstate 95 last February when he struck Cantoral's van. Cantoral left the highway and was struck a second time before he drove over a grass median strip and fled on foot into the lobby of the Patuxent Institution Correctional Facility.
Sullivan followed Cantoral inside and tried to assault him, shouting "he's a terrorist," according to charging documents. "My name is Jack Bowers (Bauer) and I work for the FBI and the Secret Service. My wife and family was kidnapped by the president and terrorist," Sullivan continued, The (Baltimore) Examiner reported Friday, citing charging documents.
Officers contacted Sullivan's father who said his son was not married and the family was fine, authorities said. In court Thursday, Sullivan apologized for the incident, telling Howard County Circuit Judge Richard Bernhardt that he has been attending alcohol treatment and plans to graduate in May.
Sullivan, a student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County who pleaded guilty in September to drunken driving, smiled but did not speak as he left the courthouse with his parents.
"This is rather embarrassing for him," Sullivan's attorney Charles Broida said after the court appearance.
"It was bizarre, but he doesn't remember it."
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- Romney fans drink Florida Natural, Crown Royal, Coors Light, and Budweiser; Obama fans drink Ciroc, Belvedere Vodka, Kool-Aid, Gatorade, and Dos Equis.
- Romney fans eat at Chick-fil-A; Obama fans eat at McDonald's.
- Romney fans like John Wayne and Clint Eastwood; Obama fans like Jada Pinkett Smith and Bernie Mac.
- Romney fans listen to Ted Nugent; Obama fans listen to Fantasia.
- Romney fans watch College GameDay; Obama fans watch The Rachel Maddow Show.
TYSONS CORNER, Va., Oct. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today delivers a compelling analysis of the Facebook fan bases of Obama and Romney across key battleground states with its Wisdom app. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121026/PH00706-a )(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121026/PH00706-b ) Wisdom, a social intelligence platform, provides powerful insights into the overall preferences of nearly five million US-based Facebook users, representing more than 3% of the US Facebook population. These insights are based on aggregated and anonymized Facebook profiles, which include "Likes" and check-ins, as well as census data. Wisdom currently analyzes more than 535,000 Obama and 172,000 Romney Facebook fans based in the US, and tells us, in aggregate, who they are; where they live; how old they are; what they read; what they watch; what they listen to; what they eat and drink; and where they hang out. To see a comparison of Obama and Romney Facebook fans nationwide and in eight key swing states using Wisdom data, click here. Romney's Facebook fans skew toward male voters, married couples, and an older age demographic, while Obama's Facebook fans are more evenly split between male and female, are more likely to be single, and skew younger. In addition:


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The Multi-Game Campaign
I've wanted to do this but never have. Have you done it?
The idea is simple, the execution complex. For each major chapter in your RPG campaign, you use a different game to resolve the action. You hack and modify the games you want to use like crazy, some more than others. What starts as an investigation lead by various governments in a weary, war-torn metropolis leads to the highest tier of society (Cold City). There, in glorious and lavish penthouse ballrooms untouched by the war below, the glitterati dance and drink and dare each other (via The Dance and the Dawn) to determine who gets whom. That leads to a Fiasco involving miserable spouses, true love, stolen diamonds, and broken hearts that return us to the lowest levels of the city.
Or what about a military campaign that plays out over a century, beginning with complex machinations and paranoia (via Burning Empires) before progressing to the madness of an all-consuming galaxy-wide war (via 3:16 Carnage Amongst The Stars) and finally culminating in the least likely soldiers fighting in the bombed-out remains of the last human city (via Grey Ranks).
A great many of these games don't let many characters out intact, so the traditional notion of following a core cast of PCs on a long literal or figurative journey might not work out. Rather, it might be necessary to tie individual games together with a few standout characters—who are playable only in certain chapters, maybe—or narrative connective tissue like monologues, flashbacks, or just a recurring theme or motif that brings together what would otherwise be a loose anthology.
My gut says this idea would require a lot of cooperation, maybe to the point of demanding certain metagaming choices be made during play, but I think the unique satisfaction from pulling it off would be worth it for the group that finds this compelling. Remember, the game that covers the next chapter wouldn't have to be preordained. It might be that whoever gets the happiest result of the Fiasco story gets to decide what the next chapter is about, for example, so this wouldn't have to be a strictly planned experience.
What games might you connect into a campaign if you could?
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Michael WenmanFebruary 11, 2012
I've proposed this notion to several of my campaign groups over the years, and on two occasions I've actually managed to pull it off. Once running a simultaneous campaign with two separate games handling different types of action within the game world…and a second time running thins more in the manner that you've described (Werewolf the Apocalypse for the events leading up to the end of the world and a stripped-down hack of Cyberpunk2020 to handle the post apocalypse stuff). In retrospect (and with more atmospheric games available now) I'd probably choose different games to do it with, but it's definitely a concept I'd be interested in revisiting.
Jeremy ForbingFebruary 11, 2012
I proposed this exact thing to my gaming group a few months ago, set in a world where mysterious cities (from alternate worlds and timelines) appeared in a remote part of the world, and explorers and scientists formed impromptu communities around them in the course of their investigations. I envisioned it as At the Mountains of Madness meets Planetary. The PCs were basically going to start as local law-enforcement, going from city to city keeping the peace, so I wanted to start with Dogs in the Vineyard. Then it would get into Trail of Cthulhu as they got into archaeological stuff in the cities. Then, since each city would be from a setting of its own, there would lots of more options (a fantasy city, a futuristic city, etc.) for systems, and we could round-robin the DM duties. I think it was a bit too open-ended for my group of players, but I would be excited to hear someone else had made a multi-system game work. To me, part of the fun was going to be taking the abilities the players acquired in one system and figuring out how to translate them into another (a player gains a Charm from Exalted and then we try to model that same power in Gamma World, etc.). Also, I thought a player would get to know his character really well– and what elements of that character were defining– by having to remake it every month.
ColinFebruary 12, 2012
Our group did this between major campaigns as a way of playing a bunch of the games we'd bought over the years but never had a chance to play. We took our cues from the Gaming Guardians comic; we were base-statted into Marvel RPG (the one before the Saga system) and then we not only switch games but also switched GMs as we tracked a baseline event through the systems. We had one core GM that ran Marvel RPG that gave plot points to the other GMs to slot into their games.
Worked really well. Played through BESM, a few White Wolfs, Marvel, D&D 3.5, and a number of others. Since then we've grabbed so many new games we may have to do this again.
We found having a core Character that got translated between systems worked great; it meant the GMs could create the characters into the new system just before their game was run, so the games got running very quickly. Your base Character could advance via XP, and that was always fresh-translated into a new system. Plus, the Gaming Guardians 'conversion matrix' meant if things were tricky, you could remove or alter powers to better fit systems if you couldn't map powers/ abilities exactly.
WillFebruary 12, 2012
Sounds like a fun idea. It reminds me a bit of a time travel adventure from white dwarf in the 80s
I.e when it was still a proper RPG mag.
The party had two sets of PCs one trad fantasy and the other 1920s Cthulhu.
The 20s group disturb a summoning sending it awry and the groups get swapped in time.
The players then have to work out how to get themselves back to own time.
Jason MorningstarFebruary 12, 2012
We did this unintentionally once – we started a campaign with one system that grew increasingly cumbersome for dealing with the direction the game was heading (started out hella fighty, grew less so) and switched to another that handled social and political stuff better. More of a mid-course correction, but it was definitely both entertaining and useful to re-imagine our characters within the new parameters.
ShoeFebruary 12, 2012
I think it's a fabulous idea! In fact, it's such a great idea that I started doing it about two weeks ago, with no idea what I was about, but knowing it was going to be a grand adventure!
ArnoldFebruary 13, 2012
Yes, we've done it a few times. My friend Paul and I like to pair up our games at conventions, and we've run several of these "sagas."
The game will begin in one session, in one game system, and the players will mash against the story and alter it, and that alteration gets fed forwards through the other game sessions and the other game systems.
The game systems flavor our expectation, and they gave us plenty of variety to the stories. They keep the audience and the GMs on a theme.
For instance, in Steam City Saga
-> Started with Dogs in the Vineyard, except that it was re-skinned to be Mafiosos in a steam powered city, investigating another Mob boss's internal affairs. Worked powerful well, and it let the players shake things up and establish facts that we used in other games.
-> Continued to thread in other games, from MAID to Cold City to Ingenuous, to grab different styles of play (meaning different players) and let them all feed information in and be affected by previous information.
Lessons we learned:
This totally rocks.
-> It lets players focus on emulating the tone that the _game system_ is trying to push, because they know there will be a place for levity when they get to play the MAID game, but for right now, we're gritty and unforgiving.
-> It is TOTALLY awesome to work some NPC or some timed event from one game into the next. Players in Little Fears loved it when they heard the tower above them collapse, because a few of those players had been at the table that caused it, and they were giddy with that effect being permanent.
-> Running simultaneous games (in different game systems) is totally fun too. We did this with Unending River and with My Life with Master, because the game systems didn't mechanically interfere with one another, and it was pretty awesome to have players look at the same situation through different lenses. And then talk about it afterwards? Hawt.
-> Playing the same characters throughout multiple game systems needs to be paced properly. I've wanted to start characters off in Little Fears, work them through their loss of Innocence, then go on to Misspent Youth, and let them rage against the way things are as they go through growing pains and angst, and then have them play Dogs in the Vineyard, where they take up the evangelical mantle and enforce their will upon others. But the feelers and indications are that we can't do all that in a single convention. It would work pretty well paced at home.
-> You can take a break from one system and work in another at home. Jon up in Columbia, SC does this all the time with his Shadowrun game. He's done single (or sometimes double) sessions where they re-made their characters into Deadlands, or Puppetland, or Marvel RPG, just to flex a different set of muscles and see what drives them. His players have responded universally well to it, but it is at least partially due to the fact that Jon is a gaming genius and does all the character conversions for them. In my group, we've done one off episodes of Zombie Cinema or Fiasco, and it's helped in the same ways.
It's good stuff. Sorry for the long post. Hope it was helpful.
Will HindmarchFebruary 13, 2012
Thanks for the comments, everyone!
Arnold, that all sounds great. I've done the thing where different campaigns or sessions interact (we had a room full of Star Trek tables that we revealed were all playing in the same "instance," if you will, which went great), sometimes over time to create that sense of permanence you mention. It's wonderful—great fun.
I've remade characters across multiple systems before—this is essentially what we did when I rewrote home-game systems, for example, or when we played Always/Never/Now ten years after the previous session in the campaign. I just didn't think of it as the same thing.
I want to think more on this and then play more on this.


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Clarification: Kia's sales have almost doubled since 2009. An earlier version of this story stated that Kia's sales have doubled since the campaign began.
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