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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Vol 29(12 Issues in 2018 ) Print ISSN: 1045-3873 Online ISSN: 1540-8167 Impact Factor: 2.873
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (JCE) keeps its readership - which includes members of the Heart Rhythm Society - well informed of the latest developments in the study and management of arrhythmic disorders. Edited by Eric N. Prystowsky, M.D., and a distinguished international editorial board, JCE is the leading journal devoted to the study of the electrophysiology of the heart.
Each issue of JCE contains peer-reviewed original clinical and basic research articles, editorials, case reports, EP Images and Arrhythmia Rounds. Special feature sections include Molecular Perspectives, Techniques and Technology and Clinical Reviews. In addition, time-sensitive information is frequently published as supplementary issues.


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LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have won early financial backing for a new kind of anticoagulant drug they believe may prevent dangerous blood clots without causing bleeding - a previously unachievable goal.
Index Ventures, working with GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson via an early-stage biotech fund, said on Monday it was investing $11 million in XO1, a new company set up to develop the experimental medicine.
Called ichorcumab, the new drug is still miles from reaching the market - clinical trials are only slated to start within the next two years - but the product may create a stir in a commercially important field, given its unusual properties.
It was created by scientists at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital following the observation of a patient in her 50s whose blood appeared unable to clot but who had no major bleeding problems after a head injury in 2008.
The researchers pinpointed her unusual response to a unique antibody, which they went on to synthesise.
Currently, anticoagulants are used to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, but doctors have to weigh up carefully their benefits against the danger of triggering uncontrolled bleeding.
"This antibody can deliver a high degree of anticoagulation without increased bleeding; we've never seen that before," said Jim Huntingdon, a professor at the Cambridge Institute of Medical and one of the scientists behind the project.
Warfarin has been a mainstay of anticoagulation therapy for many years. More recently new drugs have been launched, including Boehringer Ingelheim's Pradaxa, Bayer and J&J's Xarelto, and Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb's Eliquis.
The $11 million start-up cash for XO1 comes from a $200 million life sciences fund launched last year by Index in an unusual collaboration with GSK and J&J. The fund aims to invest in companies with just one or two projects - a so-called "asset-centric" approach.
Under the three-way deal, the venture capital firm controls all investment decisions and the two drugmakers have no preferential rights to acquire any new drugs, although they do get a useful inside view should they wish to compete for assets.
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A lonely toy bear on an empty shop shelf on Christmas Eve in 1956 first captured the attention of Michael Bond, who kindly shared Paddington with the world.


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LIFE-LONG MIDDLEBURY resident Charlie Novak was presented on Sunday with a belated bronze service star in recognition of his service in the Pacific during World War II.
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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — It was 62 years ago that an Army medic all but laughed at the notion of recommending Charlie Novak for a Purple Heart for a shoulder wound he received in 1945 during an air raid on the island of Leyte in the Philippines during World War II.
Novak, a Middlebury native, never really felt slighted by the medic's actions.
"I kind of got a kick out of it," Novak, now 86, said last week.
Well, the United States government last month made up for any shortchanging of recognition for Novak and more than 70 soldiers who served with him in the 317th Troop Carrier Group of the U.S. Army Air Force. In a belated move that has yet to be fully explained, the U.S. military last month awarded Novak and his comrades the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star Attachment, in recognition of their actions during WWII in the Pacific.
Gov. James Douglas formally presented Novak with the award, along with two other medals, at a special ceremony at the Middlebury American Legion headquarters on Wilson Road on Sunday, Oct. 28.
"I'm very proud," Novak said, his voice brimming with emotion as he looked down at the shiny medal that was more than a half-century overdue.
"I have some good memories, but also some bad memories, because a lot of good guys were killed," he said.
His military journey began in 1941 in a rather unconventional fashion.
November 1, 2007
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Undocumented migrant workers in Addison County who have steered clear of the public eye for fear of being deported can now walk openly without fear in Middlebury — providing they abide by the law, just like any citizen.
The Middlebury Police Department recently adopted a new policy on how to respond to reports of undocumented foreign nationals. The policy stipulates that Middlebury officers will only report to federal authorities undocumented foreign workers who:
• Have committed a crime.
• Are "suspected of conduct or conspiracy that is criminal in nature … or which undermines homeland security."
• Are suspected to be involved in human trafficking, or have "no credible means of identification nor any U.S. citizen or consular officials to provide identification, country of citizenship, residence and purpose for their presence for the United States."
The new policy, unanimously endorsed by town selectmen last week, also states that Middlebury police will accept the validated Mexican Consular ID card, or "Matricula Consular," as proof of identity and documentation. Middlebury now becomes one of only a few communities in the state to recognize the controversial Matricula Consular as a valid ID.
"We wanted a standardized way on how to deal with undocumented immigrants," Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley said. "Obviously, it's a looming issue in Addison County, with the numbers (of undocumented foreign workers) we have here."
November 1, 2007
By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — At a doctor's visit about a year and a half ago, Jade Denny, who was 19 and five feet tall at the time, weighed in at 60 pounds. She had been anorexic since her junior year at Vergennes Union High School, but it wasn't until this appointment that she acknowledged she had a problem.
If Denny didn't get help now, her doctor told her, she was going to die.
"When am I going to die?" she asked.
"A week or two, a month, maybe more," she recalled her doctor saying.
But it wasn't easy getting help. On paper, Denny looked fine. Her pulse and blood pressure were normal; the hospital wouldn't admit her.
Over the next month or so, a nutritionist tried to reintroduce her to food. She ate, knowing it was a matter of life or death, but still entrenched in her eating disorder, she began refusing liquids. Her mother, Maria Farnsworth, would later see this as a blessing in disguise; dehydration was her ticket to Fletcher Allen Health Care.
Once admitted, Denny and her mother could meet with a mental health team to talk about treatment for her anorexia.
According to ANAD, the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, approximately 7 million women and 1 million men in the United States currently suffer from eating disorders, including anorexia, or self starvation; bulimia, eating large amounts of food and then purging that food by vomiting or using laxatives or diuretics; or binge eating.
Denny was one of about 2 percent of adolescent girls in the U.S. with anorexia.
"I said to Jade that day (at Fletcher Allen), 'This is the hardest thing I've ever had to say, but this isn't working and you can't come home,'" Farnsworth said. "'You need to go and get help.'"
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Last week my back gave out. In the space of a few minutes I went from a minor twinge in my lower back to significant pain. A few hours later I was in absolute agony, trapped in bed and unable to so much as lift my head or shift my legs.
At its worst, I wasn't thinking about much of anything at all. I debated waiting and seeing how things unfolded, versus calling for an ambulance to take me to the emergency room. I contemplated the jar next to the bed, and whether I'd have to use it or whether I might manage to escape the bed long enough to make it to the bathroom. I looked at my ceiling and counted the screws in the old, sealed and painted-over light fixture. Two of them. Flatheads. I counted them again. They were still a pair of flathead screws. I started to fantasize about having a screwdriver and making them turn. About what a fixture would look like up there, and what I'd want it to be.
I turned the pages on my Nook, dimly aware of what I was reading. A Warhammer 40K novel about the crippled Inquisitor Gideon Ravenor. I thought about his character trapped in a chair, a mind roaming free but pinned to a ruined body. Then I'd think about how tired my arms were, holding the reader over my head. I'd plan my next move. Maybe I'd try and wriggle a few inches toward the wall, so I could get my head propped a bit. Not yet, it still hurt too much, but maybe in an hour.
Eventually things started to get better. A friend called, a physical therapist, and she told me what was probably going on and how to start fixing it. Some videos followed a few minutes later, showing me how to do things like get out of bed without screaming. She said I had to get out of bed: standing and moving was the only thing that was going to help. I mentioned that was going to be tough and got a glimpse of her professional side: understanding but also uninterested.
"Yeah, it's going to suck. Get out of bed."
She was right, of course. With MK's help I was able to stand and start shuffling around the apartment. It hurt. A lot, and then a bit less. And then less after that. Enough that I could even start to joke about it.
I guess I'd say I was startled. Not by the injury, really. The truth is I probably should have seen this coming. I have lived in my office chair since September, pulling ever-longer days on oh-so-urgent work and professional play. I kept waking up with a stiff lower back, a pain that was in no way normal but became normal through habituation. My weight was slowly but steadily increasing, well beyond any numbers I was comfortable with.
But all of this was trouble for later. I needed to work, needed to make money. After that, I could address all the other things I was letting go to hell in my life. I never noticed that there was no "after". That I was saving health, fitness, and rest for a time that would never arrive, because work never ends. So when my body finally shut me down, I wasn't surprised. It was almost part of the plan.
But what did surprise me was how quickly my life reoriented itself around my health. How everything that had been important on Monday was irrelevant and forgotten by Wednesday night. Unlike anything else, it revealed how distorted my perspective has become over the last year. Work that I thought was urgent, too important to be delayed even an hour, was set aside indefinitely without a second thought. Editors that, in my head, I imagined as waiting impatiently for my next draft were the first people to tell me to forget about work and not to worry. In the space of 48 hours my overbooked and stressful life became simple and uncluttered.
Nobody wanted me to hurt myself. Nobody needed anything so badly that I should put it ahead of my well-being. All of that worry and stress that contributed to this injury proved to be my own creation. Everyone seemed to have a better sense of what my priorities should be than I did.
And as the agony of Tuesday and Wednesday fade into memory, I begin to worry I'll forget the clarity brought on by a few days of near-paralysis and over a week of pain and discomfort. I worry I'll forget what healing felt like, what it felt like to put my well-being first. I worry I'll once again start telling myself that I can't take a walk or a trip to the gym because it's more important to publish a preview two hours earlier.
I guess I never really did take my health that seriously, in part because my chosen pursuits and occupation are all mental, not physical. Aches and pains would be nice to live without, but it's not like I needed to be all that fit to do what I do. My always-limited time seemed like it was better invested in more work, play, and reading. Things that could translate to me being better and more effective at my job.
But having briefly lost my health, I finally see how everything hinges on the physical soundness that I took for granted and abused. There's no life of the mind when you're pissing into a jar and thinking, for the first and only time in your life, how nice a catheter would be. There's no play when you can't sit down and, even standing, your thoughts keep getting yanked toward the lances of pain shooting through your back and down into your hips.
It all just went away, briefly, like a brownout on an over-capacity powergrid. And as I lay there in the darkness, I realized I would have done anything to have the lights come back on, to have my life once again be about the things I can do, instead of the things I could not.


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Howdy. I've continued to investigate this monochrome/maroon square thing. The Dev and Moderator's solutions work ("I" triggers it.) I also read Jordan's blog post on the minimal tutorial. And I have some thoughts I'm willing to offer up as a player and user. (Also, you'll note these screenshots were taken in the "beautiful" setting, so they're significantly clearer.
1. I like the minimally invasive tutorial. I've been speed-walking on a treadmill lately while playing Assassin's Creed 2. No joke, I've been walking and going through the tutorial for that game since last Friday. Too much tutorial disincentivizes play.
2. Just as too much is harmful, too little is also harmful. Given that I had accessed a core component of the game, that is, inventory, and thought it was a bug, one might argue that there is then far too little. I think something as simple as "Inventory (i)" printed either at the top of the screen, at the top of the "character card," or even along the top base of the maroon square would immediately clear this confusion up.
3. Clicking off a character, or selecting another, ought to immediately close the previous inventory. As it is, I can have multiple inventories open at once. It makes for a confusing play space, especially when I'm trying to figure out who's inventory is who's. If the Devs want to have multiple inventories being open as a thing, then either connect the inventory square to the possessing character with a colored line, or find a work around. I can see how having multiple opoen would be useful when constructing, or even combatting, but having them as static overlays isn't effective.
One Inventory Open:
(Note that the inventory square covers a character. Not very useful in a pinch; also, why is it in color with inventories open?)
Two Inventories Open:
(At this point I'm totally baffled; one character appears to have Antorian walls I can't move, while the other has pellets I can't move, and both squares cover characters who can no longer be selected while the maroon squares cover them).
Then there's this mess:
(In this case, I teleported back to find that my engineer had decided he'd rather be security, and that the refrigerator was overlaid on one of the crew (he's probably dead now, fridges are heavy), and then the Antorian Wall-filled inventory locked and wouldn't close. I opened another just because, which didn't lock. But at this point the build became unplayable.)
I'm not sure this is the most intuitive version of inventory management SC can use. If the Dev is looking for simplicity and streamlined efficience...after having gone at this for days, I'm just not convinced this is as simple as it could be. And I agree with Jordan's blog that simplicity and cross-comprehensibility is the best of all worlds for video games like these.
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I don't talk about this here, since this ain't the right venue for it, but my first geek love, long before I ever enjoyed bourbon or gin, is the comics. Not the stand-up sort (although I love them, too–don't get me started on NYC's Moonwork, or I'd-be-here-all-week-try-the-veal), but the printed type. Peanuts, Bloom County, New Yorker gags, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes, Jules Feiffer, Little Annie Fanny, the beat goes on.
This is all to say I really dig on what Doc Bamboo's been up to. I can barely even post once a month, let alone draw a crazy-lovely picture with each post. I know from cartoonists, and I think Craig's a damn good cartoonist. And on top of it all, he makes a good drink.
Which finally gets to the point of this post: the Raspberry-Thyme Smash. Craig and Mrs. Bitters both read Bon Appetit, and the Raspberry-Thyme Smash caught their eyes. Craig's already posted it, with a great cartoon, a funny story about a muddler, and the recipe for the drink.
Jen and I are lucky. When we moved to Providence, we landed in a place with raspberry bushes in our patio. And we're growing thyme for cooking purposes, so the Raspberry-Thyme Smash was a natural. After all, we always have gin around.
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Lizo Mzimba of BBC News (if something happens in Doctor Who, he's the one who always reports it!) has confirmed that a number of missing episodes has been returned. It gave no details as to which ones they are or whose Doctor they are from, but they did confirm that further details, such as which episodes, will be revealed at a BBC Worldwide press conference later in the year.
BBC Worldwide is expected to confirm the find at a press conference in London later this week.
What episodes do you think has been returned? The Web Of Fear? Enemy of the World?


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British Go Journal No. 56. June 1982. Page 17a.
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It is possible to use the aji of captured stones to glean the odd extra point or two in the corner.
Diagram 1
Black is to play in Dia 1, many players hane at A only to be surprised by White responding at B, forcing C before adding D to take the necessary liberty from the black stones.
Diagram 2
Diagram 3
Correct play for black is that shown in Dia 2, where Black's result is three points better. White can prevent Black's gain by playing 2 in Dia 3 but then he has to fight a ko for his entire corner.
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Diagram 5
A similar position is shown in Dia 4. Correct play for White is as in Dia 5, where White 1 threatens to capture three black stones. Going back to Dia 4, because white A is sente the white hane at the marked stone is a play worth seven points, (assume for counting purposes that a player will always achieve his own sente moves) - seven and not six because if Black were to play this move, B will eventually be his sente forcing White to connect at C.
If Black wants to take away White's sente of A after the marked stone, then his best move locally is to play A himself. When the dame are filled Black will then have to go back and take a liberty from the three white stones. If you do the sum, you will find that a black play at A saves three points, thus white at the marked stone in Dia 4 is worth either seven points in gote or four in sente. Usually Black will prefer to let him have the seven in order to play elsewhere (on the basis that elsewhere is worth about seven points at the time when White should play at the marked stone.)


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SuperKaramba is a tool that allows one to easily create functionality enhancement modules on a KDE desktop. Such modules are interactive programs written in Python, Ruby or KDE JavaScript that are usually embedded directly into the background and do not disturb the normal view of the desktop.
This screenshot shows the Aero AIO Karamba Theme running on KDE4 as Plasmoid (aka Plasma Applet).
SuperKaramba does differ between 3 kind of elements. Commands define something that should be done (actions), meters are used to display something (GUI widgets) while sensors are to get something (data delivery).
Themes in SuperKaramba consist of two parts. A theme file that defines the shape and size of the theme, and possibly many other things and a script file that adds interactivity to the theme. Basically, whenever an event happens, such as the user clicking the mouse on your theme, a function is called in your script file to let you react to the event.
The theme files, those files with the fileextension *.theme, are text files that contain layout information and information about the values that will be shown.
The simplest form of Karamba is to load a file containing the word karamba. This will give you a empty transparent window with the size 300x300. A better idea is to enter something like this in a file:
karamba x=30 y=30 w=400 h=200 interval=2000
This will bring up a window at 30,30 with the size 400x200, and the window will refresh every 2000 milliseconds = 2 seconds.
The graphics elements of Karamba are called meters. The meters can be connected to sensors. A sensor can get, e.g., the current CPU load, the uptime, the date, and a lot of other things. It is also possible to display the output of an external program in a meter.
Creating a meter is not that hard. A text label can be created by putting this line in the file:
text x=10 y=10 value="This is a test"
To add some more spice we connect a sensor to a meter:
text x=15 y=25 sensor=uptime
A graph that logs the CPU load can be made like this:
graph x=10 y=40 w=200 h=60 sensor=cpu
Adding an image (the path is either relative to the configuration file or an absolute path):
image x=10 y=270 path="picture.png"
An introduction to the format parameter for a text meter:
text x=10 y=330 sensor=memory format="You have %tm MB memory"
Using of a the "time" Plasma::DataEngine:
text x=0 y=0 sensor=plasma engine="time" source="Local" format="%Date %Time"
Please note that only one meter per line in the configuration file is allowed. No spaces are allowed around the '=' characters.
In Karamba all the graphic elements inside one configuration file have the same refresh rate. So it could be wise to split up a configuration into smaller parts, if different parts need different refresh times. An area showing a log file, for example, probably does not need the same refresh rate as an area showing the CPU load. The refresh rate of the sensors can be set individually. Also Karamba does not work with backgrounds without a picture, i.e., solid color, gradient, or pattern. One can get around this bug by creating a transparent PNG image (the size can be 1x1 pixel) and selecting this as the background picture.
The script file adds interactivity to the theme and can be written using the Python, Ruby or the KDE JavaScript language.
Now lets add interactivity to your theme file. If you have not written a theme file yet, you need to do that first like described at the "Creating the Theme File" chapter above. It will define the size, location on screen, and other basic elements of your theme.
Now that you have a basic theme file, load it with SuperKaramba. If there is nothing defined in the theme file other than size and location, you will have made an empty, transparent square that might be hard to find on the desktop. Let's assume you have made a basic theme that just shows a few images in small area. To make your theme do anything interesting, it needs to be able to react to events.
Basically, an event is anything that can happen that SuperKaramba knows how to handle. Some examples are: the user moves or clicks the mouse, a new program is started on the desktop, a certain amount of time has passed, etc. So to make your theme do something, you add Python or Ruby scripting code to the event callback that corresponds to the event to which you want to react. This is not nearly as hard as it sounds.
First, you need the template.py or the template.rb or the template.js template script file, depending on what scripting language you like to use. Download this file to where your theme file is. Now rename those just downloaded template file from template.py to mytheme.py or from template.rb to mytheme.rb where mytheme is the name of your theme. For example, if you wrote a coolbar.theme and like to use use Python, renamed the just downloaded template.py to coolbar.py and put it in the same directory as coolbar.theme.
Now, lets open up your coolbar.py (or coolbar.rb or whatever you named it to) scripting file. Look for the event callback that reacts to mouse movement. If you chose Python as your prefered scripting language, it may look like this:
#This gets called everytime our widget is clicked.
# widget = reference to our widget
# x = x position (relative to our widget)
# y = y position (relative to our widget)
# botton = button being held:
# 0 = No Mouse Button
# 1 = Left Mouse Button
# 2 = Middle Mouse Button
# 3 = Right Mouse Button, but this will never happen
# because the right mouse button brings up the
# Karamba menu.
def widgetMouseMoved(widget, x, y, button):
#Warning: Don't do anything too intensive here since you don't
#want to run complex piece of code everytime the mouse moves.
Notice how the template gives your instructions on what data each callback gives you. In this case, you can see that you will know the x and y co-ordinates of the mouse, the button being held down (if any), and a reference to your widget.
Delete the line that says pass and add in some code. This code will run whenever the mouse is moved over your widget. But you say, "What in the world am I supposed to write to make something happen?". Good question! Go on to the next section below!
====How to "make stuff happen" from your script file====
SuperKaramba has a powerful API (Application Programmer's Interface). This is just a fancy way of saying SuperKaramba has a bunch of special commands you can run from your Python or your Ruby scripting code to make something happen in your theme. All of the commands are listed in one big list:
* [[Projects/SuperKaramba/API|The SuperKaramba API (or Function List)]]
Here is how the callback might look after you add some code to it:
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
def widgetMouseMoved(widget, x, y, button):
myText = karamba.getThemeText(widget, "mouseText")
karamba.changeText(widget, myText, "mouse at %s:%s" % (x,y))
This Python scripting code simply changes the text called "mouseText" (which we defined in our theme file) to tell us the current position of the mouse.
How did I know what parameters karamba.changeText() and karamba.getThemeText() used? How did I even know those functions existed in the first place? Well, thats what the [[Projects/SuperKaramba/API|API]] tells you. The API and the template.py or template.rb script file basically contain everything you could ever need to know to write your own theme.
To test your new Python or Ruby scripting code, just open your theme file in SuperKaramba.
You DO NOT open your .py or .rb file in SuperKaramba! Open the .theme file and if a matching .py or .rb file is found, it will be automatically loaded.
You DO NOT need to compile your scripting code. SuperKaramba will do that automatically and tell you about any errors. In fact, you can't run your .py or .rb file directly in regular python because it doesn't know anything about the karamba.* functions. Those functions only exist inside of SuperKaramba's Python and Ruby interpreters. But you are for sure able to just use SuperKaramba as your interpreter direct from within the commandline. Just start SuperKaramba with something like:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
superkaramba ./coolbar.theme
To ease the development, SuperKaramba will automatically reload your theme when you save your changes to the theme file or the script file. This allows you to see your modifications immediately without reloading the theme manually.
Have fun making themes!
===SuperKaramba on KDE4===
While we were able to see a lot of rumours and speculations regarding SuperKaramba and it's role on KDE4, it's planned to continue to support SuperKaramba and it's unique feature-set, the bunches of themes that do already exist and those that will be written. We will stay backward-compatible and rocking stable, improve the feature-set as needed and wish you fun with the result: the next generation of SuperKaramba :)
===SuperKaramba and Plasma===
SuperKaramba runs as standalonea-application - just run the program "superkaramba" - as well as [[Projects/Plasma|Plasma]] Applet embedded into the Plasma Workspace. Also SuperKaramba provides full and transparent access to the Plasma::DataEngine's with it's sensor functionality.
See also the [[Development/Tutorials/SuperKaramba#Plasma|Plasma script samples]] section.
===Scripting Interpreter Backends===
SuperKaramba uses the [[Development/Languages/Kross|Kross]] scripting framework to provide scripting with Python, Ruby and JavaScript as described at the [[Development/Tutorials/Kross/Introduction#The_Interpreter_plugins|Interpreter plugins]] section.
===Defining Python Source Code Encodings===
As described at the Python Enhancement Proposal [http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html Defining Python Source Code Encodings] it is recommed to start a python script file with following both lines:
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
#!/usr/bin/env superkaramba
# coding: utf-8
The first line is the shebang that causes Unix-like operating systems to execute the script file using the SuperKaramba interpreter. You are then able to start the karamba script with;
chmod 755 myKaramba.py
The second line defines that the script file is encoded with utf-8 or whatever the script file is actualy encoded in. This seems to be needed at least with Python >=2.5.
==Script Samples==
===A clock with Ruby, Python and JavaScript===
Let's take a look at one of them, the
[http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeutils/superkaramba/examples/rubyclock/clock.rb?view=markup clock.rb]
theme written in Ruby. The theme just displays the current time in a RichText widget.
<syntaxhighlight lang="ruby">
require 'karamba'
def initWidget(widget)
Karamba.resizeWidget(widget, 300, 120)
@richtext = Karamba.createRichText(widget, Time.now.to_s)
Karamba.moveRichText(widget, @richtext, 10, 10)
Karamba.setRichTextWidth(widget, @richtext, 280)
def widgetUpdated(widget)
Karamba.changeRichText(widget, @richtext, Time.now.to_s)
The initWidget method will be called once if the widget got initialized. Here we setup the RichText widget where we display the current time in. The widgetUpdated will be called each second once (the interval is defined in the [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeutils/superkaramba/examples/rubyclock/clock.theme?view=markup clock.theme] themefile) and just updates the text display in the RichText widget with the new time.
Let's take a look at another theme. The [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeutils/superkaramba/examples/text/text.py?view=markup text.py] theme written in Python just displays some text widgets. We take this as example to create our own script, that does the same as the [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeutils/superkaramba/examples/rubyclock/clock.rb?view=markup clock.rb] above, that is to display the current time within a text widget.
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
import karamba, time
text = None
def getTime():
return time.strftime("%Y-%M-%d %H:%M.%S")
def initWidget(widget):
global text
text = karamba.createText(widget, 10, 10, 200, 120, getTime())
karamba.moveText(widget, richtext, 10, 10)
def widgetUpdated(widget):
global text
karamba.changeText(widget, text, getTime())
In the initWidget method we create our text widget that is updated once per second (or per interval as defined in the matching theme file) at the widgetUpdated method to display the new current time.
The [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeutils/superkaramba/examples/JavaScriptClock/clock.js?view=markup clock.js] sample provides us with the same sample written using the JavaScript language.
There we have the currentTime() function that returns the current time as string. That function is used within the initWidget() and the widgetUpdated() functions to display the current time within a textwidget.
<syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">
var text = 0;
function currentTime() {
var now = new Date();
var hours = now.getHours();
hours = hours < 10 ? '0' + hours : hours;
var mins = now.getMinutes();
mins = mins < 10 ? '0' + mins : mins;
var secs = now.getSeconds();
secs = secs < 10 ? '0' + secs : secs;
return hours + ':' + mins + '.' + secs;
function initWidget(widget) {
text = karamba.createText(widget,0,20,200,20,currentTime());
function widgetUpdated(widget) {
See also...
* [http://www.kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=38 Themes]
* [http://www.biodesign.com.ar/blog/?cat=2 More Themes]
===Forms and Modules===
Modules are libraries loaded on demand provided by Kross. One of them is the [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdelibs/kross/modules/form.h?view=markup forms] module that implements some basic dialog and widget functionality. To display just a simple messagebox or load widgets from a UI-file those module can be used within all supported scripting languages.
The following sample Python script demonstrates how to display a messagebox.
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
import karamba, Kross
def widgetClicked(widget, x, y, button):
forms = Kross.module("forms")
if button == 1: #left
elif button == 2: #middle
While the next sample Python script displays a dialog with an embedded "Open File" widget.
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
import karamba, Kross
def widgetClicked(widget, x, y, button):
forms = Kross.module("forms")
dialog = forms.createDialog("MyDialog")
openpage = dialog.addPage("Open","Open File","fileopen")
openwidget = forms.createFileWidget(
openpage, "kfiledialog:///openfile")
openwidget.setFilter("*.txt|Text Files\n*|All Files")
result = dialog.exec_loop()
if result:
print openwidget.selectedFile()
For sure you are also able to use those handy UI-files the QtDesigner produces like demonstrated on the sample below.
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
import karamba, os, Kross
def widgetClicked(widget, x, y, button):
forms = Kross.module("forms")
dialog = forms.createDialog("Sample")
infospage = dialog.addPage("Title","Caption","iconname")
# the ui-file is in the same directory our script is in
uifile = os.path.join(karamba.getThemePath(),"my.ui")
infoswidget = forms.createWidgetFromUIFile(infospage, uifile)
if dialog.exec_loop():
# here we print the content of the in the ui-file defined
# lineedit-widget that has the name MyLineEdit
print infoswidget["MyLineEdit"].text
===Embed KHTML Webbrowser===
Starting with Qt 4.4 and KDE 4.1 SuperKaramba is able to embed any kind of QWidgets into the canvas that is used to display something. That means, you are able to add a QLabel, a QPushButton or any other widget just direct into your Karambas.
The following python sample code, which is also available as [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeutils/superkaramba/examples/WebBrowser/webbrowser.py?view=markup webbrowser.py], demonstrates this by embedding a full webbrowser into your Karamba by using the [[Projects/SuperKaramba/API#CanvasWidget|CanvasWidget]] functionality.
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
#!/usr/bin/env superkaramba
# coding: utf-8
import karamba, Kross
khtml_part = None
def initWidget(widget):
# the Kross forms module does provide methods to create
# widgets for us. You are for example able to load a UI
# file, create layouts or just any other supported widget.
forms = Kross.module("forms")
frame = forms.createWidget("QWidget")
forms.createLayout(frame, "QHBoxLayout")
# here we load the KHTML KPart that is our full powered
# webbrowser widget.
khtml_part = forms.loadPart(frame, "libkhtmlpart")
khtml_part.javaEnabled = False
khtml_part.pluginsEnabled = False
# now we add the frame to our widget and will earn a
# proxywidget for it.
proxywidget = karamba.createCanvasWidget(widget, frame)
# the following lines demonstrate, how to control the
# KPart does provide different signals we are able to
# connect our own functions too. Just see here the
# kdelibs/khtml/khtmlpart.h file.
def selectionChanged():
print khtml_part.executeScript("window.scrollBy(0,50);");
khtml_part.connect("selectionChanged()", selectionChanged)
# and finally we like to load an url and display something.
def widgetClosed(widget):
# if the job is done, we may like to free our KPart again.
if khtml_part:
The following sample uses KSpread to read a OpenDocument spreadsheet file and to display it within a table.
For this we are loading the [[Development/Tutorials/KSpread_Scripting|KSpread Scripting]] library and control it. Compared to dbus we don't need a running KSpread instance but just load and use the library direct (so, you still need to have KSpread installed).
While the sample is written in Python, the other supported backends like Ruby are able to access the whole same rich API.
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
import karamba, Kross
# The OpenDocument spreadsheet file to read.
filename = "/home/kde4/kspreaddocument.ods"
# This is called when your widget is initialized
def initWidget(widget):
# Fetch the KSpread module.
kspread = Kross.module("kspread")
if not kspread:
raise "KSpread is not installed"
# Try to open the file.
if not kspread.openUrl(filename):
raise "Failed to open %s" % filename
# Get the sheet we like to display.
sheet = kspread.sheetByName( kspread.sheetNames()[0] )
text = "
\n"
# Iterate now through all cells on the sheet.
for row in range(1, sheet.lastRow() + 1):
# Put the content of the row into the record-list.
record = []
for col in range(sheet.lastColumn() + 1, 1, -1):
value = sheet.text(col, row)
if value or len(record) > 0:
# If the record has at least one cell print it.
if len(record) > 0:
text += "
"
for r in record:
text += "%s	" % r
text += "
\n"
text += "
\n"
# Create the richtext widget to display the text.
richtext = karamba.createRichText(widget, text)
karamba.moveRichText(widget, richtext, 10, 10)
karamba.setRichTextWidth(widget, richtext, 345)
See also...
* [[Development/Tutorials/KWord_Scripting|KWord Scripting]]
* [[Development/Tutorials/KSpread_Scripting|KSpread Scripting]]
* [[Development/Tutorials/Krita_Scripting|Krita Scripting]]
===PyQt with Python===
The following python script shows how to use [http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pyqt/ PyQt] which provides the nice Qt-API pythonized. The sample just displays a "hello world" dialog if you click on the widget.
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
import karamba
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
def initWidget(widget):
karamba.resizeWidget(widget, 200, 200)
def widgetClicked(widget, x, y, button):
class Dialog(QtGui.QDialog):
def __init__(self):
label = QtGui.QLabel(self)
label.setText("Hello World")
dialog = Dialog()
See also...
* [http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Docs/PyQt4/pyqt4ref.html PyQt4 Reference Guide]
* [[Development/Languages/Python|Python Development Language]]
===TkInter with Python===
You are also able to use the default toolkit Python comes with, that is TkInter. The following sample just displays a TkInter "hello world" dialog if you click on the widget.
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
import karamba
from Tkinter import *
def widgetClicked(widget, x, y, button):
root = Tk()
w = Label(root, text="Hello, world!")
See also...
* [http://docs.python.org/lib/module-Tkinter.html Tkinter, Python interface to Tcl/Tk]
* [http://wiki.python.org/moin/TkInter Python Tkinter]
* [http://www.pythonware.com/library/tkinter/introduction/ An Introduction to Tkinter]
===QtRuby/Korundum with Ruby===
The following sample script written in Ruby demonstrates that you are able to use [http://rubyforge.org/projects/korundum/ QtRuby/Korundum] within your Ruby scripts.
<syntaxhighlight lang="ruby">
require 'karamba'
require 'Qt'
class Dialog < Qt::Dialog
def initialize
self.windowTitle = 'Hello World'
def widgetClicked(widget, x, y, button)
dialog = Dialog.new
The script does implement only the widgetClicked function that got called if the user clicks on the widget. What we do within that function is to create an instance of the Dialog class that implements a QDialog using QtRuby and then execute that modal dialog.
See also...
* [[Development/Tutorials/Qt4_Ruby_Tutorial|Qt4 Ruby Tutorial]]
* [[Development/Languages/Ruby|Ruby Development Language]]
The following sample script written in Python just prints a list with services available via [http://dbus.freedesktop.org/ D-Bus];
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
import karamba, dbus
def initWidget(widget):
bus = dbus.SystemBus()
dbus_object = bus.get_object(
dbus_iface = dbus.Interface(
dbus_object, 'org.freedesktop.DBus')
services = dbus_iface.ListNames()
text = "".join( ["%s
" % s for s in services] )
karamba.resizeWidget(widget, 520, 520)
richtext = karamba.createRichText(widget, text)
karamba.moveRichText(widget, richtext, 10, 10)
karamba.setRichTextWidth(widget, richtext, 500)
The following Python script uses [http://dbus.freedesktop.org/ D-Bus] to display a list with all the devices accessible with [http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal HAL];
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
import karamba, dbus
def initWidget(widget):
bus = dbus.SystemBus()
dbus_object = bus.get_object(
dbus_iface = dbus.Interface(
dbus_object, 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager')
devices = dbus_iface.GetAllDevices()
text = "".join( ["%s
" % d for d in devices] )
karamba.resizeWidget(widget, 520, 520)
richtext = karamba.createRichText(widget, text)
karamba.moveRichText(widget, richtext, 10, 10)
karamba.setRichTextWidth(widget, richtext, 500)
While those both samples are going the most easy way to just synchronously call dbus functionality, you are also able to asynchronously call methods or just write a dbus-server by using the with python dbus supported Qt main event-loop as shown in the dbus-python tutorial below - but don't wonder that the samples printed there may not run since it seems the dbus-python module got largely refactored while the with it shipped documentation did not :-/
See also...
* [http://dbus.freedesktop.org/doc/dbus-python/doc/tutorial.html dbus-python tutorial]
* [https://trac.luon.net/data/ruby-dbus/tutorial Ruby D-Bus Tutorial]
* [http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/hal/hal/doc/spec/hal-spec.html?view=co HAL Specification]
Following scripts are showing how to use the Plasma functionality in SuperKaramba.
See also...
* [[Projects/Plasma|Plasma Project]]
* [http://kross.dipe.org/skapplet.png screenshot]
* [http://kross.dipe.org/skapplet.mpeg screencast], 2.4MB, mpeg4
* [http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2907 SuperKaramba and Plasma, Part 2]
* [http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3305 SuperKaramba and Plasma Packages]
* [http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/KDE/kdeutils/superkaramba/examples/plasmaAppletClock/ AppletClock sample]
====Plasma::DataEngine as SuperKaramba Sensor====
Following Python sample demonstrates usage of the Plasma::DataEngine functionality by using the TimeEngine to display the current local time.
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
import karamba
def initWidget(widget):
karamba.resizeWidget(widget, 400, 400)
text = karamba.createText(widget, 10, 10, 380, 380)
engine = karamba.getPlasmaSensor(widget, "time", "Local")
connector = engine.connectSource("Local", text)
connector.setFormat('%Date %Time')
You are also able to provide an own handle that defines what should be done if the Plasma::DataEngine has new or updated data for an widget or a meter.
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
# Import the SuperKaramba module.
import karamba
# This method got called by SuperKaramba on initialization.
def initWidget(widget):
karamba.resizeWidget(widget, 400, 400)
# Create the text-widget (aka meter).
text = karamba.createText(widget, 10, 10, 380, 380)
# Create the Plasma::DataEngine sensor.
engine = karamba.getPlasmaSensor(widget, "time", "Local")
# Connect the text-widget with the engine.
connector = engine.connectSource("Local", text)
# An own handler for the connector.
def func(source,data):
# Only display the current time but not the data["Date"].
karamba.changeText(widget, text, data["Time"])
# Set empty source else the sourceUpdated() signal will not
# be emitted.
# Connect the sourceUpdated() signal with the handler.
====Plasma in a SuperKaramba Theme====
And here is the shortest version that needs only one single line of text. Just put following line into a SuperKaramba theme file;
text x=0 y=0 sensor=plasma engine="time" source="Local" format="%Date %Time" poperties="reportSeconds:true,someOtherIntProperty:815"
====Plasma and SuperKaramba====
Now lets take a more detailed look at a longer sample that uses SuperKaramba and the PlasmaApplet module. While the sample above runs in all cases, the following sample does not cause the used PlasmaApplet module will be only available if SuperKaramba is running as Plasma Applet. If you are running SuperKaramba as standalone application this wan't work (is there interest for this? - but both ways provide the same rich API functionality to work with Plasma::DataEngine's anyway).
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
# Import the needed modules.
import karamba, PlasmaApplet
# Fetch the TimeEngine Plasma::DataEngine object.
engine = PlasmaApplet.dataEngine("time")
# We like to update it each second.
engine.setProperty("reportSeconds", True)
# Following lines are here to demonstrate that we are also able
# to dynamic handle the sources. It's not needed for this sample.
#def sourceAdded(source):
# print "sourceAdded '%s'" % source
#def sourceRemoved(source):
# print "sourceRemoved '%s'" % source
#def sourceUpdated(source,data):
# print "sourceUpdated '%s' '%s'" % (source,data)
#engine.connect("sourceAdded(QString)", sourceAdded)
#engine.connect("sourceRemoved(QString)", sourceRemoved)
#engine.connect("sourceUpdated(QString,QVariantMap)", sourceUpdated)
# Connect with the TimeEngine's source named "Local"
# This is the richedit widget we use to display something.
text = None
# This method just returns some text to display.
def getText():
t = "name: %s\n" % PlasmaApplet.name()
t += "category: %s\n" % PlasmaApplet.category()
t += "boundingRect: %s\n" % PlasmaApplet.boundingRect()
t += "sources: %s\n" % engine.sources()
t += "data: %s\n" % engine.query("Local")
return t
# This method got called by SuperKaramba on initialization.
def initWidget(widget):
global text
karamba.resizeWidget(widget, 400, 400)
text = karamba.createText(widget, 10, 10, 380, 380, getText())
# This method got called by SuperKaramba on update.
def widgetUpdated(widget):
global text
karamba.changeText(widget, text, getText())
Following does the same as the sample above but connects the time Plasma::DataEngine with a meter-widget of SuperKaramba. The script will run once and compared to the sample above it's not needed to provide a widgetUpdated function but SuperKaramba will take care of updating the meter if the time Plasma::DataEngine provides new/updated data.
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">
# Import the needed modules.
import karamba, PlasmaApplet
# Fetch the TimeEngine Plasma::DataEngine object.
engine = PlasmaApplet.dataEngine("time")
# We like to update it each second.
engine.setProperty("reportSeconds", True)
# This method got called by SuperKaramba on initialization.
def initWidget(widget):
global engine
karamba.resizeWidget(widget, 400, 400)
# Create the text-meter widget.
text = karamba.createText(widget, 10, 10, 380, 380, "")
# Connect the dataengine with the text-meter.
connector = engine.connectSource("Local", text)
# Set the formatting. This is how the data should be
# displayed. The local time-engine source provides the
# '%Date' and the '%Time' values.
connector.setFormat('Date: %Date\nTime: %Time')
# Following lines are here to demonstrate that you are also
# able to implement an own handler for the connector.
#def func(source,data):
# karamba.changeText(widget, text, data["Time"])
# Set empty source else the sourceUpdated() signal will not
# be emitted.
# Connect the sourceUpdated() signal with the handler.


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(Vatican Radio) Christians are called to be courageous in their weakness. We must
recognize that we are weak and that, at times, we have to flee from sin without nostalgia,
without looking back. We must not let temptation or fear keep us from God. Instead
we must learn that 'he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day!' This
was the lesson at the heart of Pope Francis' homily at morning Mass on Tuesday. Emer
McCarthy reports, Listen:
Acting with hesitancy, always looking back, being afraid to turn to the Lord, the grace of the Holy Spirit. Pope Francis took his cue from the daily readings to dwell on four "possible attitudes in conflict situations, in difficult situations." The first attitude is that of the "slowness" of Lot. He decided to leave the city before it was destroyed, but he does so slowly. The angel tells him to run away, but he carries within an '"inability to detach himself from evil and sin." The Pope noted that we want to go out, we are determined, "but there is something that pulls us back," and so Lot begins to negotiate even with the angel.
"It's so hard to cut ties with a sinful situation. It is hard! Even in a temptation, it's hard! But the voice of God tells us this word: 'Escape! You cannot fight there, because the fire, the sulfur will kill you. Escape!' St. Therese of the Child Jesus taught us that sometimes, in some temptations, the only solution is to escape and not be ashamed to escape; to recognize that we are weak and we have to escape. And our popular wisdom, in its simplicity, says as much, somewhat ironically: 'he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.' Escaping to go forward along the path of Jesus."
The Pope continued that the angel then says "do not look back," to escape and keep your eyes faced forward. Here, he said, is some advice on how to overcome our nostalgia of sin. Think of the People of God in the desert, he stressed: "They had everything, promises, everything." And yet "they were nostalgic for the onions of Egypt" and this "longing made them forget that they ate those onions on the table of slavery." There was the "longing to go back, to return." And the advice of the angel, the Pope observed, "is wise: Do not look back! Move ahead!" We must not do as Lot's wife, we must "leave behind all nostalgia, because there is also the temptation of curiosity."
"Faced with sin, we must escape without any nostalgia. Curiosity does not help, it hurts! 'But, in this sinful world, what can we do? What is this sin like? I would like to know . . . ' No, do not! This curiosity will hurt you! Run away and do not look back! We are weak, all of us, and we must defend ourselves. The third situation is on the boat: it is fear. When there is great upheaval at sea, the boat was covered with the waves. 'Save us, Lord, we are lost!' they say. Fear! Even that is a temptation of the devil: to be afraid to move forward on the path of the Lord."
There is a temptation that says it is "better to stay here," where I'm safe. "But this – warned the Pope - is the slavery of Egypt." "I fear moving forward - the Pope said - I'm afraid of where the Lord will bring me." Fear, however, "is not a good counselor." Jesus, he added, "so many times, said: 'Do not be afraid.' Fear does not help us." The fourth attitude "is the grace of the Holy Spirit." When Jesus calms the agitated sea, the disciples on the boat are filled with awe. "Faced with sin, nostalgia, fear," he said, we must always turn to the Lord.
"Looking to the Lord, contemplating the Lord. This gifts us the beautiful wonder of a new encounter with the Lord. 'Lord, I am being tempted: I want to stay in this situation of sin, Lord, I am curious to know about these things, Lord, I'm afraid.' And they looked to the Lord: 'Save us, Lord, we are lost!' And wonder at a new encounter with Jesus followed. We must not be naive nor lukewarm Christians, but brave, courageous. We are weak, but we must be courageous in our weakness. And often our courage must be expressed in escaping without looking back, so as not to fall into the trap of wicked nostalgia. Do not be afraid and always look to the Lord! ".
Mass was concelebrated by Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro and Archbishop Beniamino Stella, and was attended by a group of priests and employees of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary, and a group from the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy.


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So Friday my family went to Italy. The whole Italy trip is a complicated and dangerous subject, and I won't get into it! You can't make me! The bottom line is they all went and I did not. Which I thought I was totally over because after all I had six months to get used to the idea; they were going on my birthday (well, okay, two days before) and I was a little sad about that, but it's not like I usually see my family members on my birthday anyway, so whatever. When they originally made these plans I hadn't known we were going to move, so feeling set apart from them in our New New Jersey-ness didn't help my feelings about the trip, and on my birthday I found that I was perhaps more upset about it than I had anticipated (read: wept until I thought I might throw up). And yes, I know, we moved two hours away, it's not like we live in Alaska, OMG GET OVER YOURSELF, but wow, I felt sorry for myself that day.
And that night! I started losing my hearing! And by Monday morning my right ear was throbbing and shooting pains were radiating into my brain and also! Peeing felt like I was being stabbed in the pelvic region, and we all know what that means, don't we, girls? So I call my nice New Jersey doctor, who calls in antibiotic drops for my poor ear and antibiotics for my poor bladder and I stagger around yesterday feeling like a steaming pile of dung, but as I pointed out to my husband, at least I can't hear my screams when I'm trying to pee!
I woke up today fully expecting to 1) feel better and 2) there's no #2, but in fact my bladder feels worse, and I went to see my doctor! And he says! That! I need another antibiotic for my ear because I have a more serious infection than he previously thought, and that it seems my bladder infection might be resistant to these antibiotics, and I really should see a female urologist as I get bladder infections if I look at a cup of coffee or if I even say the word "tampon," and I'm sitting on the examining table hearkening back in my mind to my bladder surgery when I was ten, and please oh pleeease don't make me do that again, and I want my mommy! But I don't tell the doctor that! Because I think he would have climbed on a plane to go get her!
But then I was waiting in the waiting room (where you wait) for the doctor to provide me with yet another passel of prescriptions (does my local pharmacist believe that I have the clap? Oh, yes he does) and while I'm waiting, the man sitting next to me is talking on his cell phone about his medical problem. And he says, "I'm calling about my swollen bone."
And I started to laugh. And I couldn't stop. I'm hiding behind More magazine (because I'm not over 40 yet, but it's only a THREE YEARS AWAY) and he keeps saying it. "I'm just not getting relief with this swollen bone. This swollen bone is really a distraction for me. I'd really appreciate it if you could get your hands on my swollen bone."
He didn't really say that last part, but my god—thank you, sir. I'm sure your condition is painful, but it brought me joy.


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Laura's Guest Appearances
It was so much fun sharing my Minty Cucumber and Carrot Soup recipe, from Jazzy Vegetarian's Deliciously Vegan, on Scene on 7 with Jamarcus Gaston! You can get an autographed copy of my new book here.
Laura Theodore AKA the "Jazzy Vegetarian" on THE TALK!
Laura Theodore had so much fun cooking up a jazzylicious meal of Spaghetti and Wheatballs with hosts Julie Chen and Sara Gilbert on THE TALK - while Sheryl Underwood, Sharon Osbourne and Carnie Wilson sample the White Bean Cashew dip!
Laura Theodore, AKA The Jazzy Vegetarian, on Better TV Monday, August 20, 2012! Laura wows host Audra with her Raspberry "Green Dream" Smoothie and her Surprise Blueberry Muffins.
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Laura Theodore, AKA the Jazzy Vegetarian shared a wonderful fall soup recipe from her cookbook!
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Laura Theodore, AKA The Jazzy Vegetarian, on AM Northwest on Friday, September 21, 2012! Laura shared a simple recipe from her new cookbook, Jazzy Vegetarian: Lively Vegan Cuisine That's Easy and Delicious.
Laura was invited to MC an event for Farm Sanctuary in Los Angeles last Saturday night, which was a huge honor, along with attendees like Bones star Emily Deschanel and SNL alum Kevin Nealon. Laura was featured on ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT ONLINE in a story about the Farm Sanctuary event. (Hair and Make Up for Ms. Theodore: Cristina Waltz).
NBC NEWS4 MIDDAY in Washington DC
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Redevelopment funds are good for the city
I was very happy to see that our city — among others including the city of Los Angeles — has taken action to protect redevelopment funds California dearly wants to obtain in order to solve budget problems in Sacramento ("Council fights to save redevelopment money," Jan. 22).
Being a Glendale resident since 1975, I have seen the use of redevelopment agency funds do many good things for our city.
For example, I have seen downtown Glendale flourish with new jobs, buildings, sidewalks and median strips, and now the Americana at Brand. I strongly believe that Rick Caruso would not have built his mixed-use center had the Redevelopment Agency notstood behind new development where it was sorely needed.
We cannot let Sacramento take over our city, which has been very conservative in its fiscal responsibility to its citizenry.
Arthur D. Rutledge
Too much trash ends up on the freeway
I have noticed there is often a lot of trash on the Golden State (5) and Glendale (2) freeways — and I'm not just talking cigarette butts and bits of paper. I saw an entire refrigerator box sitting in the way of traffic.
I've also seen a trash can, one of those exercise balls used for stretching and a scattered pile of metal shards. These things easily cause large accidents that can cost people their lives. It's understandable why it's hard to clean these types of large obstacles off, knowing how busy these highways are.
It might make sense, though, to pass a regulation on having things inside the back of pick-ups and similar vehicles tightly tied down so they don't fall out.
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
"belle of the ball" by e.e. anderson
20 comments:
- Glenda/MidSouth said...
So Pretty!
Looks like your painting is in great company with a lot of other eye candy.
Hope you had a great Mother's Day..
- May 13, 2012 at 3:28 PM
- Laura @ 52 FLEA said...
Your painting is breathtaking...very beautiful! Thank you for the tour of this wonderful shop. Happy Mother's Day Erin! :)
- May 13, 2012 at 4:10 PM
- Vickie @ Ranger 911 said...
Enchanting and magical!!
Your painting is even more beautiful than all the lovely treasures on display. A proud moment for you!
Happy Mother's Day!
- May 13, 2012 at 6:39 PM
- Georgianna said...
I'm stunned, Erin! You know I've always loved your paintings (ONE day I will have one. :)) And Laurence's are fabulous. So aren't you very, very clever and talented to do your own version which is gorgeous beyond words!!!!!! It looks perfect having in Gina's store. Congratulations!!!! Happy Mother's Day, dear! xo – g
- May 13, 2012 at 8:58 PM
- Becca said...
Erin, you deserve it! Your work is stunning!
- May 13, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- It's me said...
Wowwww...that painting is so beautiful !!!!....wowwwwwww.....love Ria...xxx...xxx..
- May 14, 2012 at 12:58 AM
- Erin DuFrane-Woods said...
Beautiful piece Erin. Love, love, love it and fits right in in that lovely quaint shop. Are your paintings for sale online? I have been a huge fan of your blog and photos.......so pretty. Congrats on the display!
- May 14, 2012 at 8:51 AM
- Cindy said...
Your painting looks Absolutely Stunning in her beautiful shop. Your work complements the shop, and her decor complements your painting... what a perfect combination!
- May 14, 2012 at 8:52 AM
- stefanie said...
oh, it is beautiful!!! you are soooo talented!
- May 14, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- michele said...
erin! i love it, and you've created such an inspiring painting. i absolutely love the styling and hope you do a whole collection of these!
- May 14, 2012 at 10:33 AM
- Angelsdoor * Penny said...
Dear Erin
There are no words to express the beauty of this painting...LOVE IT!
Your soft color palette is so YOU!
Gentle, yet stunning....
I hope your Mother's Day was enjoyable.
- May 14, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- Donna said...
The painting is gorgeous and I would love to have it hanging in my house! You are so talented. Love all the pics. I would love to visit the shop.
Hope you had a great Mother's Day!
- May 14, 2012 at 7:10 PM
- Charlene said...
LOVED the comment you made on Suzan's post about Mothers/Mothers Day. I'm afraid I'm a member of your club. But, you are right... they taught us to be better mothers!
LOVE the painting. So beautiful & magical. Your talent is a blessing. Thank you for sharing & good luck in all you do.
- May 14, 2012 at 9:05 PM
- Dawne Boynton Polis said...
What a beautiful painting!! Kudos to you!! And being in that store...well, it just all reflects the same beautiful aesthetic!
Love what you said about being a mother. So true!!
- May 15, 2012 at 4:55 AM
- koralee said...
So pretty.....I did see Laurence Amelies tutu paintings...pure joy but so is yours. xoxoxo Hugs hope you are well.
- May 15, 2012 at 8:39 PM
- The Magical Christmas Wreath Company said...
Erin, the painting looks fab in that shop. It'll be snapped up in no time.
- May 16, 2012 at 12:15 AM
- KarenB said...
Thats SO exciting! I agree with Michele that you should make it a series. It's really beautiful and looks like its in a perfect place.
- May 19, 2012 at 5:28 AM
- Don said...
I think you found your "sweet spot".
- May 24, 2012 at 10:34 AM
- Castles Crowns and Cottages said...
Dearest ERIN!!!
It is so good to see you! I had not seen you in so long, but you are smart to take time away from the computer as I know you do! LOOK WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISH! My, your horses always inspire me and make me want a white horse EVEN MORE than ever. And how perfect your painting goes in this awesome shop! My work will be in the Twin Cities this summer as well!! Go watch Roman Holiday my dear; it just may inspire you in your art. Audrey and Gregory Peck are just charming and dreamy! Have a fabulous Memorial Day weekend! Anita
- May 26, 2012 at 12:05 PM
- Angelsdoor * Penny said...
Dear Erin
I cannot tell you how much I love this painting... Well, I just love all your paintings.. Your style with the brush is touched by heaven itself.
I seem to be right behind dear Anita today... Hello dearest!
Thank you so much Erin for your most kind words about my sketch.. I just had to give it a try after seeing Anita's beautiful post with Audrey in Rome. Inspired!
Sending a big hug your way.
See you at the Paris party I hope.
Enjoy your day..
- May 27, 2012 at 10:14 AM


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Central Connecticut sophomore Monte Mullen (75/67/79/80/301) of the Blue Devil men's golf team finished tied for 32nd after the final round of the New England Amateur Championship on Wednesday. Christopher Swift (68/69/73/72/282) of Connecticut claimed the tournament championship at one-over par.
The 83rd Annual New England Amateur Championship was held at Falmouth Country Club in Falmouth, ME. Golfers who were eligible for the tournament must have had a USGA/GHIN Handicap Index of no more than 5.4. Athletes from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont made up the event's field.
Falmouth Country Club is a par 71 course that plays 6,798 yards long. The three day tournament began on Tuesday, July 17th with the second round being played on Wednesday, July 18th. Thursday was the third and fourth (final) rounds of the tournament.
Mullen penciled in a 75 on day one of the event registering two birdies and making par on 11 of 18 holes. Day two saw seven birdies from Mullen which placed him tied for fifrth after marking down an impressive 67 for the day. Mullen shot a 79 in round three and finished off with an 80 in the tournament's final round. The Blue Devil recorded a total of 301 strokes which put him at +17 to par.


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Credit card issuer Capital One Financial Corp said it would buy back shares worth up to $1 billion after it completed the sale of its Best Buy Co Inc portfolio.
Capital One is selling its $7 billion portfolio of private label and co-branded credit card accounts linked to electronics retailer Best Buy to Citigroup , a deal expected to close in the third quarter.
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The credit card issuer passed a Federal Reserve stress test in March, under which the regulator allowed it to raise its dividend and repurchase shares.
The company raised its quarterly dividend to 30 cents per share from 5 cents per share in May after receiving Fed's approval.
Shares of Capital One, which has a market capitalization of about $37.2 billion, closed at $63.59 on Monday on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Reports from lifeguards, District 1 City Councilwoman Sherri Lightner's office and the La Jolla Village Merchants Association (LJVMA) indicate the problem with persistent foul smells from the Cove has subsided — at least for now.
However, it's difficult to determine if that change can be attributed to a new weeks-old city policy allowing humans out onto the bluffs, discouraging marine mammal haul-outs, or whether it can be chocked up to seasonal factors like winter marine-mammal migration or natural tidal flushing.
"We've heard from some of the Village merchants that allowing access to the bluffs has helped [with the smell]," said Jill Esterbrooks, a spokesperson for Lightner. "In addition, the high tides and rains [in January] also served as a natural flush of the area."
Esterbrooks said the city is "evaluating conditions daily and is ready to hire a contractor should there be a need for additional clean-up efforts at The Cove."
Lifeguard chief Rick Wurts agreed noxious odors from the Cove appear to have decreased.
"The sea lions were part of that, but there are also issues with the birds, as well," Wurts said. "There are fewer birds and sea lions in that area right now."
Wurts believes the smell situation has improved for a variety of reasons.
"It's my understanding sea lions go out to the Channel Islands to spend the winter," he said. "We've also had some pretty high surf for awhile, which has contributed to a flushing of that area. Those things have all probably contributed to making the smell less."
Though Cove smells may be in remission, "It's not going to be handled and then be over. It's definitely going to be an ongoing issue," said La Jolla Village Merchants Association executive director Sheila Fortune.
Fortune said she hasn't heard any further complaints about smells from restaurateur George Hauer or the La Valencia Hotel, two merchants who collaborated on the filing of a lawsuit against the city weeks ago alleging it was local government's responsibility to abate Cove stench problems.
"The city is monitoring [the smell], though they have no schedule of any other treatments at the moment," Fortune said. "They are on call and ready to go if it's necessary to do more treatments."
Meanwhile, the City Council will again soon be dealing with the vexing issue of whether to close La Jolla's Children's Pool between Dec. 15 and May 15 annually to protect harbor seals from human harassment during pupping season.
In December 2014, the city Planning Commission balked at completely closing off Children's Pool, voting 4-3 not to prohibit human habitation of the beach during harbor seal pupping season.
La Jolla architect Tim Golba, a planning commissioner, has expressed frustration that it's taking so long to achieve shared-use of Children's Pool.
"It is unfortunate that a long-term solution to cohabitation of the Children's Pool has not been brought forward," Golba said. "There should be a way to expand upon the lifeguard proposal or some mechanism that could ideally be a key to cohabitation by both the seals and humans and has the ability to be seasonably regulated or adjusted to each parties' demands and use.
"Ideally, this solution would also push forward a solution to the lack of ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act) access, as well," he said. "Given that we can afford to spend $3.8 million on a lifeguard tower in La Jolla Shores, it would seem adequate funding could be sourced to develop a solution where both humans and seals win instead of lawyers in perpetual lawsuits that never resolve the underlying shared-use issue."
The lifeguard proposal suggests "faux boulders," or some other more natural-appearing landform other than the rope barrier traditionally used to separate humans from seals, could be devised and shifted seasonally to safeguard the animals and assure peaceful shared use at the pool.
Attorney and animal-rights activist Bryan Pease, who has been battling in court for years to get greater protection for seals from humans and to get Children's Pool closed off to human access during the marine mammals' five-month pupping season, said the City Council's Feb. 24 vote could be the last say on the matter.
"The upcoming vote is the final vote the council needs to take on this issue," Pease said. "The council voted 7-2 in 2010 to close the rookery for pupping season in conformity with other cities' sound management practices along the coast. Only Lightner and Young voted against. This vote upcoming is just to approve the LCP amendment that was called for by that first vote. So it's not moving in circles but actually moving forward exactly as planned, albeit at a slow pace."
The City Council was expected to meet at 2 p.m. on Feb. 24 in Council Chambers on the 12th Floor of the City Administration Building, 202 C St. in downtown San Diego.


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text: Dating Spreadsheets: Useful or Disastrous? A smart way to organize -- just keep it to yourself Last week, I wrote an article about man whose 1600 word post-date "email rant" to the woman who had spurned him had gone viral (much to his chagrin). Well, it seems another man's private dating writing has gone viral post date, but this time it was a Dating Spreadsheet replete with names, photos, a rating system and a "monitoring" system. Apparently, he had mentioned this Dating Spreadsheet to a very hot date and she asked to see it. Disarmed, he emailed it to her and she was so amused that she could not help but share it with her friends and then the world via the web and the New York Post. Oh, how he regrets that! He has issued a public apology saying his spreadsheet was crass and has removed himself from Match.com and most likely lives in mortal fear that he will never get, umm…another date again. It's a shame too, as his cachet of dates were all very attractive women, though one received a modest 7.5 and a "keep monitoring to a minimum" rating which made me laugh out loud. I guess it's something about the word "monitoring" that brings to mind the image of a physicist overseeing nuclear reactors. What's even more of a shame is that I do think it was very smart of him to keep a dating spreadsheet, regardless of its crassness. As he said himself, he's very busy and wanted to keep track of his dates. And who can blame him, you meet a lot of people on online dating sites and it can benefit you to keep a record of the details, especially if you get to the date two stage with someone. You'll want to remember details about that person from the first date so that you can make great conversation and charm your way to date three, right? With that in mind, here is some advice for your personal dating spreadsheet – and again I can't emphasize PERSONAL enough: Details: The best thing about a Dating Spreadsheet is to keep track of details so you don't mess things up (say the wrong thing to the wrong guy). Keep track of his username (if online) & real name, what does he do, where he's from, how you connected? It's easy to forget these details when you're nervous on a first date. Also, what did you talk about? Where did you go? What did you like or not like about him? And if you're like most of us, what did you wear? Wouldn't want to repeat an outfit (only partly joking here)! A to F or 1 to 10? A rating system is entirely up to you. It's for your eyes only after all. A rating system might help you, especially after consecutive dates. Someone who seemed a 7 on date one might be a 9 on date two. I recommend an A-list, B-list, and so on – just keeps it easier. Again, unless the date is really terrible, you should go on a second date to see if chemistry develops (chemistry can come WAY later in the game for women). Tracking: This is where a Data Spreadsheet can really come in handy. Do you tend to have good first dates that don't lead to seconds? Or are you impressed on the first date but never on the second? Sometimes, it might be you. If you're not getting second dates, what might it be? Was it a tough day at work, and you were complaining about work – giving him the impression you're a negative workaholic? Or, if you never want a third date, maybe you may be too picky and should ask yourself why. Is it fear? Analysis: This is the most valuable use of a spreadsheet. As I've said before, waiting for love to come to you without putting any work in is not the way to approach dating. You have to put in effort and a spreadsheet can help you organize your dating life and remember important details. And because you are dating consistently, as you should, you will see over time that patterns do develop. Perhaps you might see you are attracted to attractive men only, but who disappoint you emotionally. Or maybe you like someone emotionally, but don't want to go further because they're not attractive enough. This is where you analyze all of the details and can learn not only about your dates but about yourself, your past and how you can improve. Finally, dating is work but there's always a reward: great dates, hopefully that lead to an end of spreadsheets! *Original article posted at TCW* Attachment Posted on Thu, July 5, 2012 by Bela Gandhi


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Digital wallet services are flooding the market, despite the many barriers between them and consumers pockets. Apparently, Google is trying to alleviate some of this existing friction with a tangible solution. Android Police received an anonymous tip and series of screenshots showing off a Google Wallet app promoting a physical Google Wallet card. According to the screenshots, the Google Wallet Card will be a physical credit card used in lieu of the multiple credit cards you have in your physical wallet.
The screenshots might have been taken by someone who had early access to an updated Google Wallet app, and it shows off a leaked informational page explaining the advantages of a Google Wallet Card. The cards are likely intended for brick-and-mortar shops that haven't adopted NFC reading terminals or even iPad-based solutions.
The card is supposed to bridge the gap between the new and old payment systems we're stuck in. On one hand it's a credit card like any other, but it digitally stores all of your existing cards so you can leave the multiple pieces of plastic at home. Users will defer to the Google Wallet app to indicate which credit card stored on the physical Google Wallet Card they want to swipe.
There are a few advantages to this system. For instance, if you lose your wallet, you're not forced to cancel all your cards. In fact, "you only need to cancel your Google Wallet Card (not every card in your wallet)." You'll also probably be able to request a new Google Card with the press of a button in the Google Wallet app. Some bonus security measures appear to include 24/7 fraud monitoring, and the ability to remotely disable your card at any time.
The second part of the leak introduces withdrawing money or sending money to a "Wallet Balance," which seems to be a debt-like account where you can store, send, or spend money. It may suggest being able to soon use the Google Wallet Card as a debit card itself, independent of the stored credit cards. Finally, the screen shot shows evidence of the ability to add a transit card, like a New York City Metro Card for instance.
Of course until Google gets back to us we're merely speculating, but the screenshots are incredibly telling: Google is aggressively entering this market and competing with the likes of Square and even more so Apple Passbook.


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NY woman's videotaped arrest being investigated; hit on head, thrown to ground by cop
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The police chief in Rochester, N.Y., says officers showed "tremendous restraint" while subduing a teenage boy and his sister during an arrest that was videotaped and posted on YouTube.
The video was shot Tuesday by the son of a neighbor. It shows the 21-year-old woman resisting an officer's efforts to cuff her hands behind her back as she repeatedly tells him she's pregnant. While other officers are trying to handcuff her 16-year-old brother, the officer hits the woman in the head and takes her to the ground.
Police Chief James Sheppard says officers were trying to arrest her brother following a family dispute when the woman pointed a can of pepper spray at them.
Sheppard says the officer's actions during the arrest will be investigated.