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BARNSTORMING Them To Thee SAVIOUR
Johnnie, aviator : Fellow I am teaching is going to learn that
atheism aint tolerable at altitude.
Duncan, owner of flying field : You have been teaching him for awhile.
Johnnie : For three weeks.
Duncan : That is more time then a barnstormer would stay at a town.
Johnnie : Yes; we go from town, to town, to town, to town as you know.
Duncan : You seem to like this area.
Johnnie : Beautiful, indeed.
Duncan : You from around here???
Johnnie : No, Suh; where are you from???
Duncan : Chattanooga.
Johnnie : How far are we from there???
Duncan : About a 133 miles; north.
Johnnie : I have this newspaper; take a look at the writing.
Duncan : Gazette August 17, 1924.
Johnnie : Please read below that.
Duncan : "The Official Beginning To End Barnstorming"
Johnnie : Almost gave me a heart attack reading that.
Barnstorming and Breathing --- they are saying the same thing.
Duncan : The fellah you are teaching; how is he doing???
Johnnie : He has a feel for the aeroplane.
Duncan : Barnstormers do not teach folk how to fly.
Johnnie : That is true. I arrived here, barnstorming.
Gentleman I am teaching asked if I would teach him how to fly.
I declared to him that I had not taught anybody, flying.
He kept asking and you know who won that debate.
He has a business at Jacksboro.
He wants to learn and then plans to buy an aeroplane to be used for the work.
"Young Fellah" --- he is 70 years old : Aint here yet, the Gentleman
you are teaching.
Johnnie : Howdy to yah Young Fellah.
"Young Fellah" : You still planning having him feel drunk up there???
Johnnie : He is about to have a teaching he will nevah forget.
"Young Fellah" : You be careful with that type of flying.
Johnnie : That is interesting you said that. When I had arrived at this
ideal place for flying, you had declared that I was just
another barnstormer. What are your thoughts about that now???
"Young Fellah" (after a few seconds pause) : Johnnie Barnstormer!!!
Johnnie : That is a nice compliment you just gave, Young Fellah.
Duncan : The aeroplane you have been working on, that ready for flying???
"Young Fellah" : Yes, Suh. I will be at the tool shed.
Johnnie : You like having Young Fellah working for yah.
Duncan : He is the best mechanic for aeroplanes in the
old and new worlds. He does not do some things
because he is not as strong as he was. He has
knowledge that is wisdom. Yes, a blessing he is
working for this former barnstormer.
Johnnie : O, but no, Suh!!! Like a marine; once a barnstormer,
always a barnstormer!!!
Duncan : I nevah thought of it like that.
Johnnie : Just before I arrived at this Tennessee countryside,
I met up with a Lady and her shotgun. When we
barnstormers land on a farm it is usually because
there is no more fuel in the tank. Such a landing has us
usually ruining some of the crops. After knocking on the
door, you expect the farmer to answer with his shotgun.
The Lady of the house was standing there with her
shotgun aimed directly at me soul. She quickly said,
"You barnburning buzzard; get off me property!!!"
I quickly declared to her, "That is what Sherman did;
I am a barnstormer." She had nevah seen an aeroplane;
I could understand her nervousness. What was making I
slightly more then nervous; it seemed that
she would pull the triggah and then decide if she
ought to shoot yah!!!
Duncan : I understand exactly what you just declared --- a farmer
and his shotgun is more preferable than a Lady and her's.
Johnnie : There should be barnstorming regularly taking place where
that yankee General was trying to steal the choo---choo
train --- from Atlanta to your hometown.
Duncan : I have barnstormed, Dalton.
Johnnie : About a 144 miles south of the town you just named is Americus.
I was at the airfield, there, when a lad had given,
the Gentleman running that, $530 and his motorcycle ---
he bought an aeroplane. After they put it together,
he said to those standing around, that
he is Chuck Lindbergh and would anybody be willing to teach
him to fly. He learned and flying and him were made for each other.
This took place a few weeks after the periodical, Time, began.
Duncan : Why is he different from others who have learned, flying???
Johnnie : Interesting you ask that, because we who watched him fly
thought he was commanding the aeroplane the same way
a qualified General commands. What is that award that
nobody has tried to win yet???
Duncan : Non---stop from New York to Paris.
Johnnie : Yes. I am not a gambler, but if I were, I would bet that
Chuck would be successful accomplishing that.
Duncan : Why do you think that???
Johnnie : What is the longest you have flown on purpose???
Duncan : Over 3 hours.
Johnnie : I would say 4 and 3/4 hours.
They declare that Chuck flies 13 hours.
Duncan : Are you serious???
Johnnie : Yup!!!
Duncan : With the aeroplanes we fly that is quite a few refuelings!!!
Johnnie : Chuck, in the future, will be a known throughout
whole wide world aviation.
Duncan : I have been thinking, as we have been talking,
that farmers still have things tough. The economy
has bettered for others but not for them. I know some
who are still trying to keep their farms.
Johnnie : I know some, also; and when I am barnstorming,
the farmers spill their hearts. Yet farmers have something
grand coming their way.
Aeroplanes at their best --- helping farmers.
They have begun crop dusting from aeroplanes!!!
Duncan : That sounds great!!!
Johnnie : Yes, indeed.
I like to try that flying --- low and fast just above the cotton.
"Young Fellah" : Yankees are truly among us folk --- boll weevils!!!
The southerners are laughing.............
Johnnie : Your humour is Saturn, Young Fellah.
Duncan : The Gentleman arrive yet???
"Young Fellah" : That is why I am here.
We just talked on that dialing thing you have in the office;
I prefer telegraphing.
He said that he will be a little late.
He is having clutch trouble with the new Model---T he owns.
He was blasting texans as if it was their fault.
Johnnie : You planning being at the next Bonfire, Barnstormers gathering???
Duncan : I hope to be there.
Johnnie : When talking to some fellahs, a number of weeks ago,
about that get together, they started talking about
somebody named Boeing and that he talks about
there will be 300 passengers' aeroplanes.
Duncan : That would be like sound in silent films;
what is the matter with him!!!
Johnnie : He, awhile ago, had to stop building aeroplanes
and started selling furniture.
"Young Fellah" : Yah aint flying those.
Johnnie : When they were finished talking about him,
I declared, it makes you wonder what type of alcohol
they drink over there at Oregon territory.
"Young Fellah" : I am going to see if the Gentleman has arrived.
Johnnie : Walter Beech started building aeroplanes.
Duncan : He no longer barnstorms???
Johnnie : Nope. He has somebody, that aint anybody heard about,
who works with him. I have always had anger toward those
apes---on---wings' types, who do that stupidity and yet
declare being barnstormers. I want them brought down!!!
Suh, Walter Beech wants them shot down!!!
I have had the honour of talking with Walter Beech a few times;
when he was talking to others and I was listening,
I had an amazing thought ---
Walter Beech and General Forrest and we would have
won the war.............
Duncan : The fellah that works with Walter Beech
that nobody has heard about;
what is his name???
Johnnie : Cessna.
Southern Gentleman : Texans almost got me killed!!!
Clutch was not working. I almost crashed.
Howdy, Johnnie, Suh.
Johnnie : The recently built Model---T automobiles
have had clutch troubles. They hurried those
because awhile ago.............
"Young Fellah" : They sold their ten millionth Model---T.
Johnnie : Yes. Although, greed aint just a yankee thing.
Southern Gentleman : Texans have the nerve doing that!!!
Duncan : Texans do not build Model---Ts.
Southern Gentleman : Texans had something to do with the clutch.............
Johnnie : Like I said before, Henry Ford aint a texan.
Southern Gentleman : He the fellah who is trying to buy
the Muscle Shoals property???
Johnnie : That would be him.
Southern Gentleman : Where is he from???
Johnnie : He is from, what we Southerners declare,
the other---side---of---the---world; Detroit.
Duncan : Texans aint from there.
"Young Fellah" : Of yankees, by yankees, for yankees;
what are Southerners doing driving those
Johnnie : I am just about ready to salute what you just said,
Young Fellah.
Duncan : He is a farmer.
Johnnie : Farmers say about him,
"He built a tractor that nobody asked for
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This article will be a novel. I can feel it already.
Many of us were introduced to Michael Jackson and Madonna and Prince and Whitney Houston in the 80s – remarkable, iconic artists who totally changed the game. It's a cliché these days, and even more so in the wake of MJ's death, but they really don't make them like they used to anymore.
She had it rough, of her own doing, but that doesn't change the fact that Whitney Houston is a global superstar. And, in light of all the reality sh-ts running around these days, and the two bit JailBaits who can sign a record deal, we are desperately missing the global superstar.
So yeah, it was a big deal last night. I knew it was a big deal when I was given the assignment. It became a bigger deal as soon as I saw Diane Sawyer and Gayle King standing around waiting to go into the session. Then Martha Stewart walked in. Then Whitney's family walked in, including her mother and Dionne Warwick, and many of the industry's most powerful players. They all came to support the Comeback.
It started with a cocktail hour. And sangria was one of the options. This is not particularly relevant to the story but it was peach and delicious and refreshing and I've decided I don't drink it enough.
Anyway, they were playing her classics in the bar area. I'm Your Baby Tonight. How Will I Know. I Wanna Dance With Somebody. Saving All My Love. Three black sheets were hanging from the ceiling, backlit with some of her most famous lyrics.
Diane and Gayle stood under the best light and chatted animatedly. Diane Sawyer is GORGEOUS. Gayle King has terrible hair. Martha Stewart walked around with her own camera, taking photos like a fan and giggling. It was adorable.
Then we were invited inside the auditorium.
Jazz at Lincoln Centre is spectacular. Seats about 200 – 250 people, semi circle facing a simple stage and podium, backed by a windowed wall overlooking the park – an incredible view. Three large monitors were raised on either side and the middle showing Whitney's new album cover (hate it).
The first 3 rows were blocked off for VIP. Gayle King had the best seat in the house. The Opes was there in spirit, I guess. Diane Sawyer was 3 over from her. Whitney's mom was behind them beside Dionne Warwick. In the third row…well hello Alicia Keys.
The energy was electric.
So then there's a hush. And Clive Davis comes out. Standing ovation.
Clive Davis is one of the architects of the recording industry. He's working with some of today's top hitmakers. But Whitney is his girl. And this is what's so moving about it all. Because he waited for her to sort herself out, and he never stopped believing in her, and when she was ready he busted his ass to make sure she could rise again – the devotion they have for each other, the commitment they share, that kind of loyalty in a business full of backstabbers… I am not an overly emotional person but the way Clive talks about her, the way he would point his finger to the sky when she'd hit a high note during the listening session, as if to say "can you hear that voice! You need to hear this voice! You need to worship this voice!" I had a lump in my throat the entire time.
Clive explained that this album I Look To You was 3 years in the making. He said that it was a return to what Whitney stands for – great songwriting and vocals the way only she can deliver. He dismissed much of the current riffraff heard on the radio – "will you know Flo-rida in 10 years like you know Greatest Love of All?" Heh.
There were 9 songs played last night. The tracks are still a work in progress, the last one was just recorded the night before. Clive said repeatedly that they haven't decided on the first single. But the first they played was written and produced by Alicia Keys called Million Dollar Bill.
So Clive ordered that the scrim be lowered to make sure everyone was listening and not watching the park, and turned up Whitney singing Alicia's song, and it's a hype jam, and people started grooving, and then Alicia f-cking Keys got up OUT OF HER SEAT, waving her iPhone around recording the moment, singing, dancing in the aisle, fist pumping for Whitney like it was the happiest moment of her life, more excited for Whitney than she may ever have been for herself, encouraging other people to get up and dance, like Diane Sawyer who started bopping her head and throwing her head back laughing, and there's Martha Stewart fangirling over it all with her camera, clapping and hopping around in her seat…
And Clive Davis, who is like 800 years old, who had to be assisted onto the stage, and who had a chair set up behind the podium for him to rest during songs, was CHAIR DANCING to the beat. He could do the motorcycle better than Tom Cruise. Cutest thing I've ever seen.
As for those of you wondering about her voice – there is a raspy quality to it, particularly apparent in the ballad you've already heard I Didn't Know My Own Strength (written by Diane Warren), but it works. She sounds good. She sounds strong. She sounds like she's enjoying it.
The songs themselves? Million Dollar Bill is great. And R Kelly wrote a sex groove for her called Worth It that I can't wait to listen to over and over again. Everything else is solid though not super exciting. Would have expected a few more ballads. But they're still four songs from done and they threw in a surprise cover track that had the crowd erupting. I won't spoil it for you.
But Clive does know about theatrics. Because that was the final song of the night and as Whitney's voice soared on a high note, the scrim was lifted, opening up the window view to the park, and out she came, skipping across the stage in her heels, almost nervously, with her arms wide open to greet her mentor, and they shared a knowing look, and she kinda nodded for approval, and he hugged her, and she turned back to the audience hopefully, like she really, really wanted us to love her again. And then she saw her mom, so she stepped down to embrace her family, but Diane Sawyer was in the way, which means the first person she hugged was Diane (?) and then a long, long moment with mom and Dionne, who held her face in her hands and shook it gently with pride.
Whitney was wearing a slick black tight shiny dress, long sleeves, knee length, looked fit and fresh. And her classic hair: short bob at the ears and curly.
When the applause and screaming finally died down, Whitney took the mic and talked about wanting to live on an island and go away but Clive wouldn't let her. Remember her crack is wack interview voice? That whisper? The hoarseness? All that is gone. She speaks clearly now. (But I totally watched that on YouTube last night because…admit it… it was amazing).
Whitney then went on to explain that her momma complained that there was nothing to listen to on the radio anymore. And so the urge came back. But it took them a long time because she had to feel the music. And they had to find the music. As soon as she found the music she said it was like 25 years ago all over again.
She was very, very thankful. She was very, very gracious. And lucid. Yes. Whitney Houston is lucid.
And her album comes out on September 1st. And this is a diva worthy of your support. How many more Whitneys will there be?
Photos from Kevin Mazur/Wireimage
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Dancing With The Stars Cast Members Make 2011 "Best Of" Lists!
A few of our current and past cast members of Dancing With The Stars made some of the "end of the year" 2011 "Best of" lists. First of all, give it up for Tristan MacManus!! He made TV Guide's "2011 Best Breakout Stars" list. Below is what they said about him. Check the link to see who else made TV Guide's cut.
It's only fitting that Dancing added a lucky charm in Season 13. As the two other new pros fell by the wayside in the first two weeks, Tristan took Nancy Grace all the way to the quarterfinals, charming the pants off us with his wit, Irish brogue and boyishly handsome looks, all the while doing what seemed to be impossible: bringing out Grace's sexy and funny sides. And hey, it's not every day that a pro, much less a new one, gets to be the focus of a Dancecenter ad.
It would be a huge mistake for the powers that be of Dancing With The Stars not to hire Tristan back for another season, wouldn't it?
Also, Karina Smirnoff, Mark Ballas, Julianne Hough, and Brooke Burke have all made New York Daily's 2011 Sexiest Swimsuit Body List. Below is Karina coming in at 6th place. Julianne comes in at 27th, Mark at 29th, and Brooke Burke at 31st if you'd like to view them all at the link.


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So there I was having a hard time deciding on my next painting. I was working on something, but was hating it. I get my pallet knife and some blue paint and start covering up the work like Jack The Ripper. I'm slashing blue and then green and adding some white here, some yellow there. I don't even know what I'm doing but at least I was painting and having fun. Well, I step back, and I see that it's looking a bit like the ocean. I'm liking it. More green more white...well, you get it. I wind up with something I'm kind of liking. Okay, it's the ocean.
But when I realize that, I start detailing the waves a little. Then I start to think that maybe it needs a ship. I've never painted one of the old sailing ships before. It was time to give it a try. To make a long story short, I wind up with the second painting.
I like it. But as I look at that first one I wonder if I carried it a bit too far. I liked it enough at that early stage to take a picture of it. I can't help wondering, "Did I paint the life out of it?" The first one has a vibrance and a looseness to it that works, I think.
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The Greek parliament passed an austerity budget yesterday, agreeing to a further €9.4bn of cuts including to all state salaries and pensions. Next year will see the economy shrink for the sixth consecutive year according to government forecasts, declining a further 4.5pc. Unemployment is already at 25pc and, despite spending cuts, state debt will hit 189pc of GDP next year (and rise to 192pc the year in 2014/15 according to Fitch).
The news cycle in Britain may have moved on, but the rioters haven't. A further 15,000 surrounded parliament yesterday. The country is so wracked by financial and social breakdown that it now resembles a hospital patient in a vegetative state, kept alive by measures which only heighten the pain experienced before the inevitable end.
There is no way that Greece can pay back the Troika. It is already trapped in a debt spiral. Greece has a €5bn debt payment due this Friday on a three month Treasury Bill. T-bills, which are short-term bonds designed to be paid off relatively quickly, are the only form of debt the Greeks are allowed by the Troika. This one only came into existence to fund a Greek repayment to the ECB earlier this year (conveniently debt ceilings tend to get overlooked in these cases).
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Research In Motion will be hosting their BlackBerry World conference next week. We expect RIM to launch their new Smartphone and also unveil new OS BlackBerry 6.1.
When RIM acquired QNX, we expected them to announce QNX based handsets by at least mid 2011. RIM has already released their QNX based tablet PlayBook. And despite the negative reviews that it gathered, RIM sold more than 100,000 PlayBooks in its initial week of availability, according to Wall Street Journal. RIM has indicated that Smartphones based on BlackBerry 6.1 will be made available only by end of this fiscal year and that it does not have QNX based Smartphones to showcase at the BlackBerry World Conference next week.
All we can gather from this is that BlackBerry 6.1 won't be based on QNX RTOS, but will just be a major enhancement over BlackBerry 6.0. Apparently, we'll get to see QNX based handsets only next year when BlackBerry announces BlackBerry 7 or 8 which kind of surprises us since BlackBerry eventually plans to move to QNX and yet continues to work on their previous OS.


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Hi My name is April. I live in Southern Indiana. I am married with 2 handsome little boys 2 years old and 3 and half years old and also mommy to a beautiful angel named William that we lost in November just 3 weeks before his due date. I am a SAHM full time but work part time at home for the Harrison County Convention and Visitors Bureau as their in house graphic designer. I have been scrapbooking since I was in high school although when I first started they didn't have all the great scrapbooking stuff they have now. I especially love paper. I have a ridiculous stash. It has only been in the past couple of months that I have taken up digital scrapping. For now it seems like a better fit, especially with the 2 little ones around. I can work a few minutes at time and not worry about them getting into my stuff and "helping." Also with my training in graphic design it seemed like a natural fit. I love photography too and I enjoy turning my photos into works of art through scrapping.
Hello all, Im Christy and I have three awesome kids and a wonderful husband of 8 years whom I love to scrap! I dont have a lot of time for my hobby (obviously) so Im always on the lookout for great style principles that I can use in my pages. My husband is graduating with his PhD in May (hopefully) so there are going to be some big changes in our life soon....!
Hi, everyone! My name is Linda and I live in Ohio. I am a retired elementary school teacher/librarian who has been delving in all kinds of paper crafts for quite a number of years. One of my "after I retire" goals is to learn more about digital scrapbooking using Photoshop Elements. Though I don't think I'll ever totally replace my love of tangible materials (my favorite is patterned paper), it's always fun and good for the brain to learn something new!
Hello everyone...my name is Ferryl, aka Fifi or Fifster in digiland. I am a former school teacher and teaching assistant, originally a French teacher and later an assistant to the multi impaired (physically and/or mentally challenged, high school) who also taught. Many years married, 3 children, (girls) and 3 grandchildren. Digiscrapping is my passion, as well as my family. I love creating pages for my designing women and family. That's it for now. If you would like to see some of what I do go to Deviant Scrap and look for Fifi.
Hi everyone! I am so excited to see the new forum and stuff going on here at PixelScrapper.com!
I'm a mom of three kids and married to a very funny guy. I have been designing and doing digital scrapbooking for about three years. This year I am trying something new and doing Project Life and printing out all my photos and layouts so I will finally get my stuff off the hard drive and onto something "real"
When I'm not digiscrapping I like to read, write, and make music.
Looking forward to getting to know everyone here!
Hi! My name is scarlett and I'm from Indonesia ^o^ Beautiful country with lots of beautiful ethnic stuffs ^o^ I wish I can translate all those tribal and ethnic stuffs to papers and elements for digi scrapbook kits T.T but unfortunately I'm totally newbie in this kind of things! I was accidentally bump on this site and really lucky to find this one! With regards to scrapbook projects... mmm... I'm still working on it I'm on learning process ^o^ Nice to know all of you
Welcome everyone! Thanks for saying hi! It's so great to learn a little about all of you.
Hey everyone!
I'm Sue, from Brazil.
I'm an English teacher here.
I have recently found about digital scrapbooking and went crazy about it. I'm using the patterns and elements to make all the covers of my notebooks!! They're coming out better each time I try!
Thanks for the great site!
Hi I'm Patricia de Venezuela, I'm mom, wife, accountant, merchant, baker with some designer, I am an apprentice of life, happiness and lover of beautiful things, I'm here with the help of my friend google translator and look forward to sharing with you despite being so far thanks to the wonderful technology ... Thank you for allowing
Welcome! Thanks for saying hi!
Hello, my name is Jo and I live in beautiful Wiltshire, in the UK. Hubby and I will be celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary this July and we live in a very busy household which includes our three children, Christopher who is 21, Alexander who will be 18 in July this year and Casey who has just turned 10! We also have two dogs, two cats, two chickens and two rabbits. I am disabled as I have a degenerative condition throughout my spine and as a result, had to give up my job of 11 years. I spend most of my time in my wheelchair. I have a very understanding husband as I still love to fill my craft room with paper and all sorts of other crafty things. Although I love to make cards, I have also started digital scrapbooking, mainly using quick pages as I am a 'fledgling' still. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone gets up to on Pixel Scrapper
Luv Jo x
Welcome Jo!
Hi! My name is Jessica. I'm a graphic designer, and a mother of 3 crazy, but beautiful, children. I always have so many ideas, but sometimes not enough time to make my own graphics. I stumbled across this AMAZING website and have been in love with it ever since
Hi, my name is Danna. I'm from the south and currently live in Tennessee.
I'm still a newbie with all things digital. Learning to use Powerpoint Elements as I go along! I love everything on Pixel Scrapper and love seeing what is new everyday.
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Hi all! My name is Della and I'm 51 years young! I have lived in the northeast corner of Indiana all my life. I'm not a scrapbooker, but I have recently discovered I love to craft with paper (love love love your papers btw). I too found your site by way of google and pinterest. God did not bless me with any human children, but i consider my cat my baby. Her name is Pepper. She is 11 yrs. old and has an attitude lol. She's definately NOT a people person, but she is getting a little more friendly the older she gets. Just don't touch her tail Thanks for your wonderful site!
Welcome everybody! I like to know a little bit about your stories. Hope you enjoy our community!
Hello Everyone,
I am new to scrapbooking, so it may take my awhile to learn how to create anything worth uploading.
Hi there! I'd wanted to say hello from the Netherlands.
My name is Saskia and live in a village near Rotterdam.
I am scrapbooking for over some years now and would love to learn some designing.
First I was looking more than reacting, but I think it is time to join the forum more than only by reading.
Thanks for all the great stuff, challenge, tutorials and so one.
Hi All! I'm Liz from a very small town in Missouri. Haven't been doing any scrapping lately but I do love to make greeting cards. I'm an ER nurse and one of my New Year's resolutions was to make a birthday card for everyone in our department on their special day. So far...so good. I recently found this wonderful website and have been using my downloaded papers and templates for all of my creations. I have an old Cricut Expression and a brand new Sizzix Eclips and use the computer software that I have that works with my machines. I haven't used my cartridges in months since I discovered SVGCuts.com. Thank you Marisa and Jordan for this fantastic website! I'm soooooooo glad I found you!
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Hi everyone! My name is Jill and I currently live in Louisiana (although I'm an East Coast/Dallas girl at heart) with my 2 teenage daughters and golf nut husband. I have been designing digital scrap kits for the past 3-4 years (time seems to fly) and love it! Unfortunately I cannot make a layout to save my life so I have a few wonderful ladies to to that part for me! Other then designing, I teach Zumba 4-5 times a week....designing and Zumba are my happy places!
So glad to have found you!
Hello everyone This looks like a nice place to learn from
Hi everyone, my name is Kristian and I live in Northern Kentucky. I've been an Interior Designer for the past fifteen years and I love EVERYTHING about design. I've been very happily married for eighteen years. We have two amazing children and two equally amazing grandchildren, Hailey and Brayden.
I have to say I came across Pixel Scrapper by accident but I'm certainly glad I did. I think the combination of designs are wonderful and the fact that templates are offered is the icing on the cake. Thank you for sharing your talent and generosity
Welcome everyone! Thanks for stopping by and saying hi!
Hello, My name is Missy. I've been designing scrapbooking kits for almost a year now and scrapbooking just a few months longer than that. I actually got started digi-scrapping on my iPhone not realizing I could do it on my computer...lol. My husband had all the Adobe software on his computer from his college days so I was luck to have access to it. Of course I've upgraded it since Anyways, I live in Michigan with my husband of almost 14 years and our 3 children. I'm so happy to of found your site. I've been a fan for a while and I love your new makeover of the site. Thanks for always being so generous with your designs. Happy to be here and meet everyone
Hi, I'm Michelle. I fell upon this site following a blog train. What a wonderful discovery. This community is very welcoming and friendly. I'm new to digi scrapping but have been paper scrapping off and on since the late 90's. I would consider myself a hybrid scrapper because I have been using my computer in one way or another to add to my pages. At this point I don't think I will give up paper scrapping but I am looking forward to learning more about the digi side of scrapbooking. I have been married to my husband for 27 years. We have 3 daughters, 4 grandchildren and a cat.
Thank you Marisa for this site and all the generosity you and your husband give to all.
Hi ~ My name is Becky... and I am sooo happy I found Pixel Scrapper. I am a proud mama of two gorgeous and super smart daughters, Monique and Amaya. We also have a love sponge of a dog named, Sprinkles. She is a Basenji mix. You will see plenty of layouts of her and my girls.
I started scrapbooking many years ago and started digital scrapbooking about 5 years ago. I love digital scrapbooking more because it is more economical for me. I sell online and work part time for my sister with her jewelry line. In my spare time...Ha!.. I love to go on raod trips, hit the flea markets, see my fave antique stores, hanging out with my family, love going to the movies and of course making my yearly trip to Disneyland and if I'm lucky... Disneyworld!!!


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Yesterday I was part of a panel in the Big Data and Learning Analtyics Symposium at ALT-C. Simon Buckingham Schum, Rebecca Fergusson, Noami Jeffrey, Kevin Mayles and Richard Nurse the "crack team" from the OU gave a really useful overview of the range of work they are all undertaking in the OU. Simon's blog has details of the session and our introductory slides.
We were pleasantly surprised by the number of delegates who came to the session given we were scheduled at the same time as yesterday's invitied speakers Professor Mark Stubbs and Sarah Porter. The level of discussion and interest indicated the growing realisation of the potential and the challenges for analytics across the education sector.
As ever it is hard to report effectively on a discussion session however a few issues which seemed to resonate with everyone in the room were:
*the danger of recommendation systems reducing and not extending choice
*data driven v data deterimistic decision making
*the difference between measuring success and success in learning – they are not the same
*the danger of "seduction by stats" by senior management
*the need for the development of new skills sets and roles within institutions based on data science but with the ability to communicate with all staff to help question the data.
*the increased need for development of statistical literacy for all staff and students
*the potential for learning analytics in terms of expanding the flipped classroom model allowing teachers and students more time for sense making and actually thinking about the teaching and learning process.
Many of these issues will be covered in a series of papers we will be releasing next month as part of our Reconnoitre work. And the discussions will be continued at a SoLAR meeting in November which we are co-hosting with the OU (more details on that in the next few days).


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Fearing a diplomatic incident, CIA and other US agents rarely venture into Afghanistan. Generally speaking, soldiers from the British elite Special Air Service (SAS) work with and train the mujaheddin instead. The SAS provides weapons training in Afghanistan until 1982 when Russian soldiers find the passports of two British instructors in a training camp. After that, mujaheddin are trained in secret camps in remote parts of Scotland. When the US decides to supply Stinger missiles to the mujaheddin in 1986, it is the SAS who provide the training in how to use them (see September 1986). But the SAS is taking orders from the CIA. The CIA also indirectly gives weapons to Osama bin Laden and other mujaheddin leaders. One former US intelligence official will say in 1999, "[US agents] armed [bin Laden's] men by letting him pay rock-bottom prices for basic weapons." But this person notes the relationship will later prove to be embarrassing to bin Laden and the CIA. "Of course it's not something they want to talk about." [Reeve, 1999, pp. 168]
Entity Tags: Special Air Service, Central Intelligence Agency, Osama bin Laden
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, War in Afghanistan
After being recruited by Abdullah Azzam, an Arab Afghan leader and Osama bin Laden's mentor, Essam al Ridi travels to Pakistan to join the mujaheddin fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan. He works for the mujaheddin for about 18 months, mostly as a purchaser of equipment abroad. He buys two sets of scuba diving equipment and six range finders in Britain, as well as night vision goggles and six night vision scopes from the US. He also purchases video equipment and batteries, and acquires equipment in Japan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Al Ridi will later say, as a witness in a US trial, that he travels "extensively almost every 15 days to 20 days" and that he has so many stamps his passport is nearly full by 1985. Al Ridi leaves Asia to return to the US in late 1984 or early 1985, apparently due to an argument about Osama bin Laden's role in the jihad, but he will continue to send equipment to the mujaheddin. For example, he will later purchase assassination rifles for the jihad, apparently with the CIA's knowledge, but it is unclear whether the CIA knows about these earlier transactions (see Early 1989). [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1/14/2001]
Entity Tags: Abdullah Azzam, Essam al Ridi
Osama bin Laden, his mentor Abdullah Azzam, and Afghan warlord Abdul Rasul Sayyaf meet two unnamed men in Peshawar, Pakistan. The two men are "supposed to be from somewhere in Europe" and cannot speak Arabic. As a result, Essam al Ridi, an Egyptian who has lived in the US, attends the meeting as a translator. Al Ridi will later say that the two men speak English "with an accent" and that he was invited to the meeting to translate between the men on the one hand and Sayyaf and Azzam on the other, indicating that bin Laden did not need a translator and could speak English. This is the first of several meetings between bin Laden and al Ridi, who purchases equipment for anti-Soviet fighters (see Early 1983-Late 1984 and Early 1989). [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1/14/2001]
Entity Tags: Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Abdullah Azzam, Essam al Ridi, Osama bin Laden
Journalist Simon Reeve will claim in the 1999 book The New Jackals that US officials directly met with bin Laden in Afghanistan in the 1980s. He will write, "American emissaries are understood to have traveled to Pakistan for meetings with mujaheddin leaders… [A former CIA official] even suggests the US emissaries met directly with bin Laden, and that it was bin Laden, acting on advice from his friends in Saudi intelligence, who first suggested the mujaheddin should be given Stingers." [Reeve, 1999, pp. 167, 176] The CIA begins supplying Stinger missiles to the mujaheddin in 1986 (see September 1986). After 9/11, the CIA will state, "Numerous comments in the media recently have reiterated a widely circulated but incorrect notion that the CIA once had a relationship with Osama bin Laden. For the record, you should know that the CIA never employed, paid, or maintained any relationship whatsoever with bin Laden." [US State Department, 1/14/2005]
Entity Tags: Osama bin Laden, United States
Mujaheddin preparing to fire a stinger missile. [Source: National Geographic]Worried that the Soviets are winning the war in Afghanistan, the US decides to train and arm the mujaheddin with Stinger missiles. The Soviets are forced to stop using the attack helicopters that were being used to devastating effect. Some claim the Stingers turn the tide of the war and lead directly to Soviet withdrawal. Now the mujaheddin are better trained and armed than ever before. [Coll, 2004, pp. 11, 149-51; Clarke, 2004, pp. 48-50] The British Special Air Service (SAS) train the mujaheddin in how to use the Stingers (see 1980-1989).
Entity Tags: Special Air Service
Essam al Ridi, a US-based Muslim who supports the mujaheddin in the Soviet-Afghan War, helps the CIA obtain photographs of a downed Russian helicopter, according to a statement al Ridi will later make to the New York Times. Al Ridi is an associate of leading Islamists Abdullah Azzam (see Early 1983-Late 1984 and Early 1989) and Osama bin Laden (see 1984 and Early 1993), and helps them purchase weapons. Al Ridi will help the FBI after the 1998 African embassy bombings (see October 1998). [New York Times, 6/3/2002] The CIA introduced stinger missiles into the war in late September 1986 to great effect against Soviet helicopters (see September 1986). [Coll, 2004, pp. 149-151] Presumably therefore, the CIA is asking al Ridi to get photos of a helicopter downed by a stinger shortly after they were introduced.
Entity Tags: Essam al Ridi, Central Intelligence Agency
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline
Pakistani nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan supplies North Korea with some basic technology for its nuclear program. The equipment is to be used for enriching uranium, but the Koreans are unable to make full use of the technology as they do not have the technical expertise to master the process alone. This causes co-operation between Pakistan and North Korea on nuclear matters to stall, until it is revived some years later (see Late 1990 or After). [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 220]
Entity Tags: Abdul Qadeer Khan
Timeline Tags: A. Q. Khan's Nuclear Network
The US government sends 25 high-powered sniper rifles to a group of fighters in Afghanistan that includes bin Laden. The armor-piercing weapons have range-finding equipment and night-vision scopes. In an early 2001 US court trial, Essam al Ridi, a pilot for bin Laden in the early 1990s (see Early 1993), will recall that he helped ship the weapons to Abdullah Azzam, bin Laden's mentor. Azzam and bin Laden are close to each other at this time, and al Ridi will later testify he sometimes saw the two of them together. The president of the US company that made the rifles will later state that the rifles "were picked up by US government trucks, shipped to US government bases, and shipped to those Afghan freedom fighters." The rifles are considered ideal for assassination. [Associated Press, 10/16/2001] The order, worth about $150,000 at the time, is a significant one for the manufacturer, accounting for 15-25% of its annual turnover on the guns. Their export would usually require an end user certificate from the US Department of State, but the circumstances of the sale are unknown, as al Ridi is not asked how he manages to purchase such a large number of rifles. [New York Times, 10/7/2001; Sunday Tribune, 10/15/2001] The CIA will deny being involved in the transfer. [Central Intelligence Agency, 3/7/2002] However, al Ridi will say that the CIA was aware that bin Laden ended up with some of the guns. [New York Times, 6/3/2002] This shipment is especially significant because there was a protracted debate within the Reagan administration about sending sniper rifles to Afghanistan due to worries that it could violate a US law against assassinations and put US officials in legal jeopardy. In the end, the US gave less than 100 of such rifles without night-vision scopes to the government of Pakistan to pass on to mujaheddin, but the ones sent to Azzam had night-vision scopes. The timing is also significant since the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 1988 and complete the pull out in February 1989, around when these rifles are sent. The rifles given to Pakistan appear to have arrived before 1987. [Washington Post, 7/20/1992]
Entity Tags: Osama bin Laden, United States, Abdullah Azzam, Essam al Ridi
Pakistan sends a Stinger missile to North Korea. Pakistan obtained the Stinger from the US, which provided them to Pakistani-backed rebels during the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s (see September 1986). The missile is partly intended as a gift for the North Koreans—an incentive for the revival of co-operation between the two countries, which has been stalled for some time (see Late 1980s). In addition, the Stingers held by Pakistan are becoming useless, because their batteries are failing, and the Pakistanis hope that the North Koreans will be able to help them reverse engineer the batteries. The mission to North Korea is undertaken by ISI Director Javed Nasir at the behest of Pakistani army chief Mirza Aslam Beg and nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan, who will later become closely involved in co-operation with the North Koreans. [Levy and Scott-Clark, 2007, pp. 220]
Entity Tags: Abdul Qadeer Khan, Javed Nasir, Aslam Beg
Essam al Ridi. [Source: CNN]Osama bin Laden buys a US military aircraft in Arizona, paying about $210,000 for a converted Saber-40. The transaction is arranged through Wadih El-Hage, a bin Laden employee in Sudan, and Essam al Ridi, a US-based helper for radical Islamists. Before the purchase is made, the two men discuss the transaction on the phone (see August 1992-1993) and El-Hage sends money to al Ridi, who had learned to fly in the US (see Between August 1992 and 1993). Bin Laden apparently wants to use the plane to transport stinger missiles from Pakistan to Sudan, but it is unclear whether it is ever actually used to do this. After modifying the plane, al Ridi flies it from the US to Khartoum, Sudan, where he meets El-Hage, bin Laden, al-Qaeda leader Mohammed Atef, and others. They have dinner, where al Ridi also sees "quite a few" AK 47s, and men in Sudanese military uniforms. Al Ridi also visits bin Laden at the offices of one of his companies, Wadi al Aqiq, and bin Laden offers him a job as a pilot, spraying crops and then shipping them to other countries. However, al Ridi, who argued with bin Laden during the Soviet-Afghan war, rejects the offer, saying bin Laden is not offering him enough money. [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1/14/2001; Sunday Herald (Glasgow), 9/16/2001; Washington Post, 5/19/2002] The plane will later be used to transport bin Laden operatives on a trip to Somalia before the "Black Hawk Down" incident (see Before October 1993), but al Ridi will later crash it (see (1994-1995)).
Entity Tags: Wadi al Aqiq, Wadih El-Hage, Essam al Ridi, Osama bin Laden, Mohammed Atef
Essam al Ridi, an associate of Osama bin Laden and Wadih El-Hage, one of the al-Qaeda operatives responsible for the recent embassy bombings (see 10:35-10:39 a.m., August 7, 1998), is contacted by US government officials working on the case. They want to interview al Ridi, who had various dealings with bin Laden and El-Hage in the early 1990s (see Early 1993, Before October 1993, and (1994-1995)), to help them build a case. Al Ridi, who is outside the US, is not given any assurances that he will not be arrested on his return, but is told there are no charges against him and no plans to charge him. Al Ridi decides to return and does not even bother to bring a lawyer to his meeting with the government. He will testify about his dealings with bin Laden and El-Hage at the trial of the embassy bombers in 2001. [United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1/14/2001] However, al Ridi will later complain about his treatment after the court case. He will be detained, kicked, and held incommunicado during a visit to Egypt in May 2001, and fired by an airline after 9/11 because the FBI again asks for his help. After being fired, he will find it hard to get work. FBI agent Robert Miranda will admit some problems: "I said, 'Help us, and we'll help you,' and it didn't work out." [New York Times, 6/3/2002]
Entity Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Essam al Ridi, Robert Miranda
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I hear footsteps, in the dark
Every day since we first met
Can't even eat a bit
I can't seem to think straight
When I think about how you love me
Everyday is like a holiday
Something like Christmas Eve
My worst day is carefree
When I think about how you love me
When are we gonna grow up?
Why do I love you so much we so touched?
Excited by the drama we like when it show up
The fightin don't slow up, I light you like close ups
And I call you my Calamity Jane, you like my fantasy
Love cause the same chemical reaction in the brain as insanity
Holidays drinkin wit'cha family... passionate folks
Imagine if they had they own reality show - actually no
Desire's like fire; quit playin or get burned
or give it away on camera like Montana Fishburne
Our presence is a gift, a gift is our present
Breakup text call her a bitch under my breath
And then the makeup sex she forgive me in a session
I know she love me, she sendin a mixed message though
You need a chick with some fire
I mean unless you want a wife cold as ice
Livin life with the biggest debutante
Me and you we considered the upper echelon
The only one I come out my fitted for in a restaurant
You can get it huh; remember I was takin your digits
Same night I was makin the visit
Make it the mission to make you cum
When we done sometimes you hate to admit it
You a little numb from the toys
and love the noise that you make when you run from the boys
and comfort your man, insane how we go so crazy with it
This the asylum, so we call relationships committed
You ain't a bird I ain't them others guys that get lost in the name
You the butterfly, and I'm the moth to your flame
Love is dying while the mother's cryin
Big brother eyein me imposin their reality to Shutter Island
Our love is like a Psycho or a trilogy, the drama is killin me
I'm grown but the little boy is still in me
We discuss monogamy polygamy, the I's the probability
Your momma ain't feelin me, it stung like a killer bee
How far from the tree do the apple fall?
The things I said - was it how I felt, was it the alcohol?
Or do I really hate her after all?
I apologize for the statements that I made to her
First I swallowed my pride, then I ate my words
I tried to pass it off acted like it was nothin
The fact is I was discoverin my appetite for destruction
Everything else is bland once you tasted filet mignon
When I'm full I'm takin you home, you a plate for later on
I'll eat it up... or beat it up
Til your love runneth over, yo I need a cup


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Arnie Fenner let me have a preview of the Spectrum 13 cover. Arnie, who's normally quite reserved, has been teasing me all year about how good this new edition will be. It'll be a long summer waiting to see it.
The cover art, Prometheus by Donato Giancola, has an interesting story. It was painted for an exhibit curated by Vincent Di Fate to hang in a Chelsea gallery. However, at 6.5'x9', it was too large to display! Donato put paying commissions aside for 6 weeks to paint it and no one was going to see it. Since then, it has appeared on the cover of Asimov's, gotten a gold medal from Spectrum, secured him a highly prestigious commission from the Untied Nations, and, finally, it is on displayed at the New York Hall of Science. From Donato, "If this isn't a great example of why you take chances, I cannot think of a better one."
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Spectrum 13 Cover
4 comments:
- Josh Jasper said...
The painting's stylistic reference to Baroque paintings of angels is touching and lovely.
- Irene Gallo said...
What a nice comment. I know Donato appreciated it.
I saw Donato give a slide lecture about his influences. He showed slides of paintings that he admired from all the world's great museums and then show some of the paintings that he did after having seen those particular paintings. It was a fantastic lecture.
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Map making is an event that we perform everyday. Whether we try to figure out the best route to a neighborhood park or travel cross-country, all of us "make maps." The process of creating maps for academic research is very much the same.
Data is gathered about a specific place, verified by theoretical or applied means and analysis is rendered. The ability of applied research to create sophisticated "maps" has been profoundly enhanced by using geographic information systems (GIS).
GIS allows users to create, collect, analyze and visualize data in a integrated database for use in a wide array of disciplines. Community based planners can utilize GIS along with contemporary data and local knowledge for capacity-building and long-term sustainability. The use of parcel information and census data as a 'data package' will be explored in this study room.
This video is part 1 of 8 in the Applied GIS: Turning Data into Information series.


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I'm pleased to announce that I've added four new lecture topics to my growing list of genealogy presentations:
- After You're Gone: Future Proofing Your Genealogy Research: Have you ever considered what will happen to your years of genealogy research once you're gone? Learn how to ensure that your hard work carries on. Through a combination of planning, common sense, and new technologies, we'll review how to create an action plan for preserving your genealogy research.
- Genealogy: The Future Is Now: Do you have trouble keeping up with technology, especially programs, apps and websites that other genealogists seem to be using these days? You're not alone. After a quick review of how much has changed in the past 30 years, you'll learn what's hot, what's now and how to prepare for the genealogy technology of the future. Participants will gain more than just an overview of current technologies used in genealogy; they'll understand how to seek out new technologies and determine what works and doesn't work for their own genealogical research.
- Scarce New World: Will Privacy Kill Genealogy?: Learn the history of privacy and our ancestors and how the changing perceptions of what should and shouldn't be kept private will have a serious impact on access to records for genealogical research in the future. Our ancestors lived very public lives – anything they did once they left their home was fodder for public consumption. And thankfully so since we now have access to a multitude of records. But did our ancestors realize that those records would be so easily accessed 100 or more years later? And what about the current move to restrict access to frequently relied-upon records sets – will there be anything left for 22nd century genealogists to research?
- Wearables and Genealogy: Wacky and Wild or Worth the Wait?: What if you could wear a device that would tell you all about a person as you stood in front of their gravestone? What about a device that told you that a DNA match was attending the same genealogy conference? These ideas may seem too futuristic, but they are available now and waiting to be used by genealogists and family historians. As technology advances, the Internet is being made personal in the form of wearable devices. These devices can not only track how far you've walked, what you've eaten and more, they can also present information when you are in front of a gravestone or a historical site. Learn about Google Glass, Smart Watches and in-development devices that are slated to become the next new genealogy tools.
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Default Parameter Values in Python
Fredrik Lundh | July 17, 2008 | based on a comp.lang.python post
Python's handling of default parameter values is one of a few things that tends to trip up most new Python programmers (but usually only once).
What causes the confusion is the behaviour you get when you use a "mutable" object as a default value; that is, a value that can be modified in place, like a list or a dictionary.
An example:
>>> def function(data=[]):
... data.append(1)
... return data
>>> function()
>>> function()
[1, 1]
>>> function()
[1, 1, 1]
As you can see, the list keeps getting longer and longer. If you look at the list identity, you'll see that the function keeps returning the same object:
>>> id(function()) 12516768 >>> id(function()) 12516768 >>> id(function()) 12516768
The reason is simple: the function keeps using the same object, in each call. The modifications we make are "sticky".
Why does this happen? #
Default parameter values are always evaluated when, and only when, the "def" statement they belong to is executed; see:
http://docs.python.org/ref/function.html(dead link)
for the relevant section in the Language Reference.
Also note that "def" is an executable statement in Python, and that default arguments are evaluated in the "def" statement's environment. If you execute "def" multiple times, it'll create a new function object (with freshly calculated default values) each time. We'll see examples of this below.
What to do instead? #
The workaround is, as others have mentioned, to use a placeholder value instead of modifying the default value. None is a common value:
def myfunc(value=None):
if value is None:
value = []
# modify value here
If you need to handle arbitrary objects (including None), you can use a sentinel object:
sentinel = object()
def myfunc(value=sentinel):
if value is sentinel:
value = expression
# use/modify value here
In older code, written before "object" was introduced, you sometimes see things like
sentinel = ['placeholder']
used to create a non-false object with a unique identity; [] creates a new list every time it is evaluated.
Valid uses for mutable defaults #
Finally, it should be noted that more advanced Python code often uses this mechanism to its advantage; for example, if you create a bunch of UI buttons in a loop, you might try something like:
for i in range(10): def callback(): print "clicked button", i UI.Button("button %s" % i, callback)
only to find that all callbacks print the same value (most likely 9, in this case). The reason for this is that Python's nested scopes bind to variables, not object values, so all callback instances will see the current (=last) value of the "i" variable. To fix this, use explicit binding:
for i in range(10): def callback(i=i): print "clicked button", i UI.Button("button %s" % i, callback)
The "i=i" part binds the parameter "i" (a local variable) to the current value of the outer variable "i".
Two other uses are local caches/memoization; e.g.
def calculate(a, b, c, memo={}): try: value = memo[a, b, c] # return already calculated value except KeyError: value = heavy_calculation(a, b, c) memo[a, b, c] = value # update the memo dictionary return value
(this is especially nice for certain kinds of recursive algorithms)
and, for highly optimized code, local rebinding of global names:
import math def this_one_must_be_fast(x, sin=math.sin, cos=math.cos): ...
How does this work, in detail? #
When Python executes a "def" statement, it takes some ready-made pieces (including the compiled code for the function body and the current namespace), and creates a new function object. When it does this, it also evaluates the default values.
The various components are available as attributes on the function object; using the function we used above:
>>> function.func_name 'function' >>> function.func_code <code object function at 00BEC770, file "<stdin>", line 1> >>> function.func_defaults ([1, 1, 1],) >>> function.func_globals {'function': <function function at 0x00BF1C30>, '__builtins__': <module '__builtin__' (built-in)>, '__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None}
Since you can access the defaults, you can also modify them:
>>> function.func_defaults[0][:] = [] >>> function() [1] >>> function.func_defaults ([1],)
However, this is not exactly something I'd recommend for regular use…
Another way to reset the defaults is to simply re-execute the same "def" statement. Python will then create a new binding to the code object, evaluate the defaults, and assign the function object to the same variable as before. But again, only do that if you know exactly what you're doing.
And yes, if you happen to have the pieces but not the function, you can use the function class in the new module to create your own function object.


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Months after the Massachusetts Department of Transportation replaced manned tollbooths with a new electronic tolling system, some lawmakers and privacy advocates are calling for new restrictions on the collection of digital data from E-ZPass transponders.
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Decker is the lead House sponsor of a bill, H.768, that would amend Massachusetts law to prohibit the state from using toll-collection technology to identify a vehicle's location for virtually any purpose other than collecting toll payments or issuing toll bills.
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