def METHOD_NAME(stuff):
  """ Trivial wrapper for python multiprocessing """
  args, kwargs = stuff
  #print str(args)  + "\n" +  str(kwargs) + "\n----\n"
  return lbfgs(*args, **kwargs)
  #params, _, result = lbfgs(*args, **kwargs)
  #if result['warnflag'] != 0:
  #  logging.warning('lbfgs failed')
  #return kwargs['args'][0], params