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Former Louisiana governor's wife gives birth
08/01/2013 3:16amFormer Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards' wife, Trina, has given birth to a baby boy.
Nikolaus Bachler: Keeping the soul in opera
08/01/2013 4:42amThe man who runs Germany's biggest opera house says a chance encounter with an American colleague brought home to him just how fortunate he is.
Twitter threats highlight blight of online trolls
08/01/2013 4:43amIf Twitter is the chirping chatterbox of the Internet, trolls are its dark underground denizens.
Review: Bieber not in pop star form at concert
08/01/2013 5:50amFor all the negative publicity that's surrounded Justin Bieber in recent months _ the alleged drinking, smoking, spitting, fighting with a paparazzo and more _ he entered the stage at the Prudential Center in angelic form: In all white, he descended to the center of the stage with wings on his sides as nearly 20,000 fans screamed at the top of their lungs.
AP PHOTOS: Israeli Jew is devout gay drag queen
08/01/2013 6:42amJust shy of midnight, Shahar Hadar trades his knitted white yarmulke for a wavy blond wig and a pink velvet dress.
Bus drivers begin strike in some Phoenix suburbs
08/01/2013 6:55amHundreds of bus drivers are on strike in the Phoenix area, shutting down service that serves some 57,000 riders daily within several suburbs and on routes to other cities.
'Parks and Rec' loses 2 cast members
08/01/2013 7:18amNBC's "Parks and Recreation" is losing two of its cast members.
Chaplin cane, 'Sound of Music' clothes auctioned
08/01/2013 7:29amCharlie Chaplin's cane, costumes from "The Sound of Music" and a jacket worn by Steve McQueen in "Bullitt" have sold for several million dollars at an auction of Hollywood memorabilia.
Review: 'Pikmin 3' both delights and frustrates
08/01/2013 8:51amSince the arrival of the Wii U eight months ago, early adopters have been thirsting for a killer app, that one game that shows off the flair and imagination for which Nintendo's best-loved hits _ such as "Super Mario Galaxy" or "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" _ are known.
Vince Gill, Paul Franklin revisit Bakersfield era
08/01/2013 9:40amVince Gill, country music's modern ambassador, and Paul Franklin, Nashville's most sought after steel guitar player, are bringing the twang back to country with a new collection of songs from the Bakersfield era.
No need to get in a pickle over making pickles
08/01/2013 10:05amEveryone loves a good homemade pickle. But not everyone loves to break out the canning equipment for the occasion.
Anthony paying $25,000 to avoid writing life story
08/01/2013 10:16amCasey Anthony has agreed to pay $25,000 to her bankruptcy estate to avoid having to sell her life story.
Airline donates to coral reef restoration project
08/01/2013 10:25amAlaska Airlines is partnering with The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii to restore near-shore coral reefs.
Actor Dwayne Johnson leaves wrestling career open
08/01/2013 10:27amIf Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson never steps back into the ring for a professional wrestling match, he won't have a problem staying retired, even though his last bout was a loss to nemesis John Cena.
'Matilda the Musical' says goodbye to 2 stars
08/01/2013 10:32am"Matlida the Musical" is losing its two British imports _ Bertie Carvel and Lauren Ward.
Russia will enforce anti-gay law during Olympics
08/01/2013 10:41amRussia will enforce a new law cracking down on gay rights activism when it hosts international athletes and fans during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, the country's sports minister said Thursday, appearing to contradict assurances to the contrary from the International Olympic Committee.
Budget fashion chain H&M opens US online store
08/01/2013 10:42amAfter several delays, Swedish budget fashion chain Hennes & Mauritz AB on Thursday launched its online sales operations in the United States.
Women in the spotlight at Lollapalooza in Chicago
08/01/2013 11:02amWomen are preparing to rock this year's Lollapalooza music festival.
BBC apologizes over obscene Prince William doodle
08/01/2013 11:03amThe BBC has apologized for accidentally broadcasting a picture of Prince William in which an obscene doodle has been drawn onto his head.
Yellowstone's Steamboat geyser sees rare eruption
08/01/2013 11:45amOld Faithful it's not.
UK to Kelly Clarkson: Hands off Jane Austen's ring
08/01/2013 12:18pmThe British government has stepped in to stop singer Kelly Clarkson from taking a ring once owned by author Jane Austen out of the country.
'Rent' star Anthony Rapp joins 'If/Then'
08/01/2013 12:20pmAnthony Rapp has joined "If/Then," the new musical led by Idina Menzel from the creative team behind "Next to Normal."
Drama veteran Andre Braugher loves getting laughs
08/01/2013 12:23pmAndre Braugher has had two decades of acclaim for his serious TV roles, ranging from "Homicide" to "Last Resort."
Fox to adapt popular British drama 'Broadchurch'
08/01/2013 1:13pmFox says it's launching an American version of a popular British crime drama _ and U.S. viewers will get to sample the original series beginning next week.
Playboy, Penthouse get the ax at military stores
08/01/2013 1:16pmPlayboy, Penthouse and other sex-themed magazines will no longer be sold at Army and Air Force exchanges _ a move described by the stores' operators as a business decision based on falling sales, and not a result of recent pressure from anti-pornography activists.
A shark talk show highlights Discovery's week
08/01/2013 1:38pmComic Josh Wolf may not want to hear the word "shark" after next week, much less bump into one.
Teen Choice awards to feature Cyrus, Bullock
08/01/2013 2:27pmDarren Criss of "Glee" and Lucy Hale of "Pretty Little Liars" will co-host Teen Choice 2013, which will include a performance by country group Florida Georgia Line.
Pay attention when playing peek-a-boo with sheers
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Fox animated shows loaded with celebs this fall
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Colo. police seek help with high-profile cold case
08/01/2013 3:22pmColorado investigators are asking for help finding a man suspected of killing Sid Wells, a 22-year-old college student who was dating actor-director Robert Redford's daughter when he was shot to death three decades ago.
Experts: Health risks higher from packaged greens
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Rajskub, Sutherland to reunite on '24' miniseries
08/01/2013 3:57pmFan favorite Mary Lynn Rajskub is reteaming with Kiefer Sutherland for a 12-episode run of "24: Live Another Day" to debut next May on Fox.
Valerie Harper starts work on TV movie
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Renovations at NY Public Library strike a nerve
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Ramsay holds his tongue working with kid chefs
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Fox sitcom 'Dads' blasted weeks before its debut
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Lawsuit against Shakira by ex-boyfriend dismissed
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Lawsuit against Shakira by ex-boyfriend dismissed
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Cowell says 'X Factor' female judges reflect music
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New Youth Development Windsurfing Team forming
US WINDSURFING announces the new Youth Development Windsurfing Team, endorsed by the US Olympic Sailing Committee.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 Youth Windsurfing Development Team (YWT) -- a new, youth pipeline team endorsed by the US Olympic Sailing Committee (OSC). With an expanded emphasis on the development of talented sailors competing at an international level in the RSX and Techno-293 Classes, YWT was created for young athletes who have been identified as Olympic Windsurfing prospects.
Those selected as part of the Youth Windsurfing Development Team (YWT) will receive experienced coaching, guidance, and mentoring to build the necessary skills to compete at the Olympic level. The YWT athletes will be required to participate in the following activities during the calendar year 2010, in pursuit of Olympic competition:
1. International Regatta: At least one (1) international regatta
2. US Regatta: At least three (3) national level windsurfing regattas
3. Windsurfing Training Camp: At least one (1) windsurfing training camp
4. Supervised or Independent Training*: At least forty (40) days of on the water training, documented in a training log
*Note: Competition days are not included in the count of training days
The YWT is seeking a total of 8 to 15 sailors who are ages 12 through 23, as of January 1, 2010. Applicants will need to provide a resume of their sailing/windsurfing capabilities, results and parental approval for those under age 18. Important criteria which will be considered for selection on YWT includes:
• Documented ranking in windsurfing and sailing competitions
• Demonstrated skill and independence
• Willingness to work with a team
• Commitment and desire to train for the purpose of competition in the Olympics
• Referral from an experienced sailor
• Minimum "C" grade point average or equivalent
Based on applicant resume, the Windsurfing Task Force (a task force named by the Board of Directors of US Sailing), will choose qualified candidates up to a maximum number of 15 sailors for the following classes:
• RSX Class
• Techno-293 Class
The Youth Development Windsurfing Team (YWT) is affiliated with Team USA Windsurfing. For additional details regarding Training Camps and Regattas, please refer to the Team USA Windsurfing site: http://www.teamusa-windsurfing.blogspot.com/
Applicants must be current members of US SAILING and US Windsurfing.
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The deadline for the first round of applications is February 15, 2010. YWT members will be announced in March, 2010.
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'TUF: China' Cast Includes 0-0 Yoga Instructor Who Doesn't Know How to Fight
(The soon-to-be-forgotten and/or fired TUF China cast. Photo via the Global Times.)
That The Ultimate Fighter: China features the powerhouse *coaching* duo of Tiequan Zhang (currently riding a 3-fight losing streak with his sole UFC win coming over Jason Reinhardt) and Hailin Ao (retired) should say more about the talent level of its contestants than we ever could, but you guys have got to read this.
The premiere episode of TUF: China transpired last Saturday. While most of us here in the states failed to take notice of this, f4wonline's Mark Harris recently published a recap of the episode and offered some insight. You should check out the entire summary here, but the following paragraphs truly emphasize how fucked this season is going to be (emphasis mine):
The fighters on this season are a mixed bag of promising talent and hapless newbies…The quirkiest character this season is Li Jin Ying (0-0, welterweight), who admitted to having no MMA experience before sparring in front of the cameras. His appearance on the show is so bizarre I have to wonder if he's only on to illustrate to viewers the level of training and experience that's needed to succeed in MMA.
Li is a spiritualist yoga instructor "eager to be Asia's biggest MMA star". Yes, a yoga instructor. He has a photogenic face, the kind of face UFC would probably want to put on advertisements in China, but he apparently has no MMA experience and describes himself as shy.
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The good news is that Sunday Times photographer Paul Conroy, wounded in the attack that killed Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik, is now reported to have made his way out of that battered city and into Lebanon.
The bad news is that, the whereabouts and condition of three other foreign journalists who were in the city – Edith Bouvier, William Daniels, and Javier Espinosa – are not known. And in the case of Mr. Conroy, his escape came at the expense of more blood. The Guardian reports that a number of the Syrian activists who smuggled him out of the city were gunned down in the process:
The dramatic nature of Conroy's evacuation underlines the high level of risk being faced by those who have been trying to run medical, food and other supplies into the besieged suburbs of Homs and evacuate the injured, including foreign journalists. The regime of President Bashar al-Assad, which has recently moved the elite 4th Division commanded by his brother Maher into the battle for Homs, has been using a foreign-supplied drone to target its artillery and mortar fire into the city. Conroy had twice refused to leave Baba Amr without the body of Colvin, who was killed during a rocket attack last Wednesday. The group of reporters has been holed up in Baba Amr ever since and protracted negotiations to evacuate them have failed.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said earlier today that Le Figaro's Bouvier, who suffered a serious leg injury, had also made her way safely to Lebanon. But he soon retracted that comment.
Though the world's focus should be on the citizens of Homs, who have born the brunt of a ferocious onslaught for weeks, the killing of the foreign reporters has brought a spurt of international attention to the Syrian crackdown. The deaths, as well as the passing of The New York Time's Anthony Shadid as he was being smuggled out of Syria, have also led to a fair deal of soul-searching and debate among the community of reporters who cover conflict in the region.
The reporters in Homs were gathered in what's been described as a media center, but was effectively a makeshift office for foreign reporters and opposition activists. The office was a node of phone calls and other forms of communications that Assad's forces probably have the ability to monitor. Brian Conley, who runs an NGO that trains local journalists in conflict zones in how to get their stories out safely, says the center apparently had a VSAT hookup for Internet communications, which would have been a like a "giant radio beacon" if the Syrian military had the equipment to detect it. A site with signs of that kind of activity would be an inviting target for Assad's gunners.
Now in online forums and articles, there's a lively debate about how to stay safe. On private mailing lists and discussion groups for reporters, there have been complaints about news reports revealing too much detail about how reporters are smuggled in and out of Syria, and worries about deliberate Syrian efforts to kill foreign reporters.
Jillian York and Trevor Timm write for the Electronic Frontier Foundation that: "Authorities can find the position of a satellite phone using manual triangulation, but in order to track a phone in this manner, the individual would need to be relatively close by. Nowadays, however, most satellite phones utilize GPS, making them even easier to track using products widely available on the market .... Some of these products allow not only for GPS tracking, but also for interception of voice and text communications and other information."
Whether calls can be listened in on or not, using a GPS satphone or a VSAT for Internet access is like putting a sign over a location that reads to Syrian officers "there's something interesting here." A rebel, a civilian activist, a foreign reporter? The Syrian military don't appear to be interested in those distinctions at the moment.
Stephen Farrell at The New York Times writes that this latest round of conflicts feel far more dangerous than the Iraq and Afghan wars, where the practice of embedding and the luxury of fortified bureaus helped keep reporters safe. But not entirely safe. Mr. Farrell and his translator Sultan Munadi were abducted in Afghanistan in 2009. Mr. Munadi was killed in the British-led raid that freed Farrell, as was Cpl. John Harrison. In March 2011, Farrell, Mr. Shadid and two other New York Times journalists were detained by Libyan government forces in Ajdabiya. The foreigners were released about a week later. Their Libyan driver has been missing since, and is presumed to have been murdered.
As the correspondents of this era seek to adjust to the ever-shifting hazards of war reporting, there is a sense that the conflicts in Syria and Libya are taking even more of a toll on this generation of foreign correspondents than the latter years of the Iraq and Afghan wars. And all these countries remain infinitely more dangerous for the reporters, photojournalists, citizen journalists, translators and fixers of those countries who, unlike foreign correspondents, cannot jump into a taxi or aircraft when it gets too hot and do not have the protection of a foreign passport or an embassy when at the mercy of their own governments."
Certainly any presumption that Mr. Assad will treat reporters, foreign or local, as anything but enemies at this point is be misplaced. State media has been running an intense campaign seeking to brand foreign reporters as spies and worse, much as Qaddafi tried to do in his war. Shortly after the deaths of Ms. Colvin and Mr. Ochlik, Syrian state television (video clip with subtitles below) speculated that they must have been in Syria with "ulterior motives: foreign intelligence, military spies, or terrorists."
The claim is preposterous and false. But it's a signal of Assad's intentions. And with the foreign journalists left in Homs trying to get out, the chances for full, independent reporting on what's happening there have grown dimmer.


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Oh, I was planning on learning like that, but I meant that docking is required for a station, whereas it hasn't been for everything else I've been doing, so I've been putting it off
Docking is quite satisfying.
Agreed, although for the sake of expediency I'm going to give the Lazor docking port camera a go. Rendezvous and rough alignment I'm getting better at - and yes, there is something very satisfying about seeing those two spacecraft flying just 10s of metres apart! The actual docking though I'm just not getting, despite all the good advice on this forum. I've docked once after much trial, error and wasted monoprop but given the number of missions I have in mind that will require docking, relying on my manual docking skills is going to be an exercise in frustration and fighting with camera angles.


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Nvidia's GTX 460 GF104 line is the second version of the Fermi GF100 cores targeted for the midrange mainstream market. Positioned between the GTX 470 and the GTX 465 especially, the card is equipped with a the GF104 GPU specialized toward gaming and video editing. Compared to the GTX 465, the GTX 460 consumes less power and features less transistors.
The GF104 has two Graphics Processing Clusters (GPCs) containing 4 SMs each, for a total of 8 SMs adding up to 384 CUDA cores. However, the GeForce GTX 460 is shipped with 1 of the 8 SMs disabled, leaving it with 336 enabled CUDA cores. Despite the cut-down, Nvidia has made significant changes to the design of the SMs for GF104 and the Fermi architecture in general. The company has added superscalar dispatch abilities to GF104, NVIDIA has also made a number of other tweaks to the Fermi architecture for this GPU.
Today we have in our labs Inno3D's overclocked version of the Nvidia GTX 460, which also comes with 1GB of memory. We have already tested the Inno3D 460 768MB model and it's interesting to see where the new card stands in terms of performance compared to the GTX 465, the GTX 470 and also AMD's 5850 solution, which retails at the same price point.
The Inno3D GTX 460 1GB OC card comes pre-overclocked at 750MHz for the GPU, 1,500MHz for the 336 CUDA cores and an effective 3,800MHz for the 1GB GDDR5 frame buffer. Compared to NVIDIA's reference speeds - 675MHz, 1,350MHz and 3,600MHz, respectively - that's an average bump of nine per cent.
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The Ino3D GTX 460 1GB OC packaging is different than the company's 400 series of graphics cards. It has a reflective metallic look to it that refracts rainbows in the light. The top left, in capitalized gold lettering, states that this card is overclocked from the factory:
Opening the package reveals the typical cardboard box inside. This design uses two containers to separate and protect the pieces inside.
The supplied accessories include a software disc with both the drivers and applications. A DVI to VGA adapter is included, as well as a dual female Molex to male 6-pin PCIe adapter (the card requires dual 6-pin connection to run). The GTX 460 is protected in the standard translucent anti-static bag with a sticker warning against the dangers of static and proper handling, while also sealing the bag.
The dual-slot card measures just 8.25" (length). That's smaller than the ATI 5800s cards. The card should be installed into a PCI Express x16 slot:
A single SLI connector permits two-way GTX 460 action, and at 210mm in length, the card's the same size as NVIDIA's reference design.
Inno3D's card offers a pair of dual-link DVI ports and a mini-HDMI connector.
That's all for the packaging and the card's looks. We installed the card and fired up the GPU-Z utility, which confirms the card's basic specifications:


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Missing three races because of a mystery illness, Casey Stoner put any critics he had from his sudden departure in 2009 to bed with his masterful race at Phillip Island. Racing in front of his home crowd, Stoner slid around the Australian course to a decisive victory, in what we called one of the top races of 2009.
Making the moment even more special for Australian fans, and Ducatisti alike, was the special race livery that Stoner ran for his home race. Hoping to commemorate that race and Stoner's contributions to the Marlboro Ducati team (Stoner is leaving Ducati for HRC next year), a French Ducati dealership in Moulins-lès-Metz has decided to sell a limited number of Casey Stoner Ducati 1198S Phillip Island replicas.


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Teen punches two teachers
NORWALK -- A 15 year-old boy suspected of being on drugs entered a school through an unlocked door and punched two teachers in the face Monday afternoon.
Police received several 911 calls from the Side by Side Charter School at 10 Chesnut Street at 2:48 p.m. reporting a disturbance, said Lt. Paul Resnick, the Callers reported that a youth had entered the school's annex building through a rear external classroom door, walked through the classroom and then into the lobby area.
A teacher confronted the teen and was in the process of escorting him out of the classroom when the suspect punched the teacher in the face. A second teacher went to his collegue's aid and was also punched in the face, Resnick said.
The teachers, both male, were not seriously injured, the police spokesman said, and the suspect fled the building. The teen "is known to officers,'' he said.
"Officers arriving within one minute of the initial 911 call spotted and engaged the suspect, (who) then turned and ran, heading to the rear of the school and climbing over the wooden railing of a portable classroom deck in the process,'' Resnick said.
Officers caught and arrested the suspect in the school's parking lot without further incident.
Based on the suspect's behavior and motor skills, police believe that the suspect was on drugs and transported him to Norwalk Hospital for evaluation.
Side by Side School was placed into lockdown briefly while the incident was handled.
Resnick said that police found that the suspect had initially pounded on one door but then entered a classroom through a second door which was closed but whose lock was not fully engaged.
The teen was charged with criminal trespass on school grounds, risk of injury to a minor, two counts of third-degree assault and possession of less than 0.5 grams of marijuana.
He was issued a juvenile summons and released in the custody of his grandmother, Resnick said. The teen is scheduled to appear Wednesday at 9 a.m. in Norwalk Superior Court.
Side By Side Charter School functions independently and is not part of the Norwalk Public Schools, officials said. It wasn't immediately clear whether the teen is a current or former student of the school.


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I have been trying to find somewhere accessible to plug in my mini-notebook in my office and I've run out of power points. Again. How is this possible?
Let's count them. My office at the moment has two power points in the wall, on opposite sides of the room. One has a single, 6-point power board, into which is plugged in:
- a desk lamp
- old camera battery charger (the batteries are never the same, are they!)
- cordless phone charger No 2. (No. 1 is in the other office)
- phone connection for the cable TV (so we can order pay-per-view movies)
- empty at the moment, but the old laptop is usually plugged in here.
I seem to remember removing a phone that needed power when I decided against the job where I'd need to wear a headset.
The power point nearest my desk has a 4-point power board with surge protector, into which is plugged:
- Bose Wave Radio
- desk lamp
- new camera battery charger
- 5-point power board with surge protector
This second power board has:
- laptop
- external hard drive
- laptop stand
- MP3-player charger
- empty at the moment but likely to get the floor lamp back now that it is no longer needed for a guest bedroom
Fortunately I don't have to accommodate the printers, cable modem and the old desktop computer, which are in the other office with their own spiderweb of cables and power boards.
Finding enough power points is a constant struggle. Why do we have so many electrical appliances?
Phones didn't used to need electricity, and now they do. The cordless phone has 4 handsets, and we can usually find one when we need it, but they all have their own chargers that need power.
Speaking of the other office, it has a single 4-point powerboard on the wall. Into that we have:
- an 8-point powerboard with surge protection
- a 4-point powerboard
- cordless phone base unit with answering machine
- kept empty for visiting laptops
These two powerboards have in no particluar order:
- the old black-and-white laser printer
- the more recent multi-function-printer that also scans, copies and faxes
- the flatbed scanner
- the slide-and-negative scanner
- charger for the husband's PDA
- desktop computer
- the monitor for the desktop computer
- wireless router
- cable modem
- desk lamp
- empty
Our phone chargers, one for each phone because they change over time, are downstairs in the bedroom where we are more likely to remember the phone when leaving the house. The bedroom, of course, also requires two desk lamps, clock radio, mozzie zapper and air filter.
Never mind the mess of cables and power boards behind the TV, catering for the cable TV receiver, DVD player, and home theatre system! We got rid of the record player, cassette deck and the VCR.
No wonder we use so much more electricity than we used to! It makes me wonder how many of these appliances are on standby, drawing power when they're not being used. The desktop computer certainly does, it's on all the time because the laser printer is plugged into it. The cable modem and wireless router are always on. The cable TV receiver is always on, even when it's off. Clock radios, phone chargers, battery chargers… how much power do they draw just to keep that little light turned on?
Probably a lot more than we think.
Do we really need all this stuff?


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Agrh, argparse!
Did you ever say "argh" trying to remember the details of optparse or argparse API? If yes, this package may be useful for you. It provides a very simple wrapper for argparse with support for hierarchical commands that can be bound to modules or classes. Argparse can do it; argh makes it easy.
In a nutshell
Here's a list of features that argh adds to argparse:
- mark a function as a CLI command and specify its arguments before the parser is instantiated;
- nested commands made easy: no messing with subparsers (though they are of course used under the hood);
- infer agrument type from the default value;
- infer command name from function name;
- add an alias root command help for the --help argument;
- enable passing unwrapped arguments to certain functions instead of a argparse.Namespace object.
Argh is fully compatible with argparse. You can mix argh-agnostic and argh-aware code. Just keep in mind that argh.dispatch does some extra work that a custom dispatcher may not do.
$ pip install argh
A very simple application with one command:
@command def echo(text='hello'): print text parser = ArghParser() parser.add_commands([echo]) if __name__ == '__main__': parser.dispatch()
The powerful API of argparse is also available:
@arg('text', default='hello world', nargs='+', help='The message') def echo(args): print args.text
The approaches can be safely combined.
Argh runs on Python 2.x (since 2.6, incl. PyPy) and 3.x. See documentation.
See the complete documentation for details. If it's not complete enough, feel free to ask your questions or submit bugs.
Real-life usage
Among applications that use argh are Tool, OrgTool, Watchdog, Poni, Pyg and more. Well, there's probably no need to keep a complete and up-to-date list. Still, please let me know anyway if you use argh in your project. I'll be glad to know. :-)
Argh is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Argh is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with Argh. If not, see <http://gnu.org/licenses/>.


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Shelter gas chamber bill fails in Legislature
Legislation would have prevented shelters from using gas chambers
A bill to ban shelters from using gas chambers to kill animals did not make it out of the Legislature.
The measure passed the Senate with no objections, but it never made it out of a House committee.
Animal rights leaders said it means some animals will continue to be euthanized in what can be a long and agonizing process.
Thousands of Mississippi animals with no place to go are put down every year. Most are euthanized by injection, but some shelters use carbon monoxide gas chambers.
"Certainly, very disappointed. I think Mississippi needs to catch up with modern times," Mississippi Animal Rescue League representative Debra Boswell said.
Boswell's shelter euthanizes 11,000 animals by injection each year. She said gas chambers cause unnecessary suffering.
"It's sad enough that we have to euthanize these animals in our shelters. We feel like the least they deserve is a kind hand and a personal touch," Boswell said.
"It can take anywhere from five to seven minutes -- even up to 20 minutes and sometimes longer," Humane Society of the United States representative Lydia Sattler said.
Rep. Bill Pigott, R-Tylertown, who is the chairman of the House subcommittee that rejected the bill to ban gas chambers, said he doesn't support the use of gas chambers but didn't think a law was necessary.
"The subcommittee felt that the animal rights organizations could work with that town to improve the method of euthanasia by injection," Pigott said.
Pigott said if more shelters begin using gas chambers, the Legislature could consider a law again.
Animal rights advocates said they're working with the city of Lucedale to change the euthanasia method to injection, and they're planning to bring the issue up again at the next session.


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The core structure of a phone begins with the internals that make the phone tick. It then moves onto the aesthetics, making the phone beautiful. For the final touch, it carries into the software, making the phone usable. Today, we'll take a look the first two facets: the hardware and the aesthetics of the LG G3.
The LG G3 is LG's 2014 flagship, and it has some stiff competition. To make the G3 stand on its own, LG pulled out all the stops when it came to design and hardware. From the narrow bezels to the perfectly positioned power button, the G3 screams detail. Detail that makes LG's user experience better than ever.
Let's begin with the externals, shall we? The G3 is solidly built, with Gorilla Glass 3 expanding across the face of the phone. The front is blissfully minimal with a simple speaker grille set at the top. Below the screen sits a small patch of accent glass that matches the color of the phone. A subtle, reflective LG logo sits in the middle, reminding you who crafted the phone.
On the sides, we find an attractive yet restrained silver and white trim that loops around the G3. The sides are relatively unadorned, but on the top sits an IR blaster, microphone and, interestingly enough, an extendable antenna. The review unit we've been given is a Korean LTE-A model, and the antenna is used for picking up Korean television signals. Moving down to the bottom of the phone, we find another microphone, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a microUSB port.
Sweeping around to the back, we can see white, curved plastic sheathing the phone. A brushed design gives a premium look to the plastic and allows it to have a faux metal appearance. The backplate is treated with anti-fingerprint and anti-smudge coatings. Pleasantly surprising was the fact that both coatings worked well. The G3 didn't scratch during my testing. Even more impressive was the anti-fingerprint coating that entirely resisted skin oils and food smears. How LG did this, I know not. But if this coating can be applied to screens, LG could have a real marketing feature on their hands.
On the back of the G3 we find a camera that's flanked by a dual-LED flash and laser autofocus. Directly beneath the camera are the volume and power buttons. I initially doubted LG's claims about the rear buttons being more intuitive, but eventually I found that the setup worked better than any other I've used. With the size of the G3, your finger rests almost directly on the power button. When your finger is already there, you don't have to worry about doing finger acrobatics to reach a top-mounted power button. The placement is unconventional, yes, but there's no doubt that it works.
The LG G3 is one of the best-designed smartphones to date. The phone is large, and unashamedly so. Rather than trying to narrow or slim itself down, the G3 features what LG is calling a "floating arc" design. The phone naturally curves itself into your hand with a solid feel thanks to its added weight and thickness. Without a doubt, LG took the right move in bypassing slimness and opting for comfort.
Where the magic really happens is on the front of the phone. Pressing the power button brings to life a stunning 5.5-inch QHD display. The resolution of 2560×1440 allows the G3 to embrace the the title of having the highest resolution smartphone display available, with a PPI count of 538. The display is more than just a gimmick, though, offering beautiful color reproduction and superior brightness (even outdoors) compared to devices like the HTC One (M8). Take a look at the comparison shots in the gallery and notice the difference in color and brightness between the two devices. In person, the rift grows even more vast.
UPDATE: One of our eagle-eyed readers has pointed out to us an unfair comparison between the G3 and the One (M8). Although in testing both devices were set to max brightness, the One (M8) had power saving enabled, which doesn't actually allow the screen to reach max brightness even when the brightness scale is set to full brightness. Thus, we made a claim about the G3 providing superior brightness that should be revised to something more along the lines of, "The G3′s display is brighter, but only marginally. Colors also appeared more natural on the One (M8) when compared at max brightness." We're going to call the display a toss-up as both displays have their own great features. Two new pictures of the devices at max brightness have been added at the bottom of the gallery.
Were those thousands of extra pixels necessary? It pains us to say no. While it gives LG a great feature to sell, the extra pixels make no change to the naked eye. The pre-loaded content looks great, but in everyday use, the boost over 1080p isn't noticeable. And due to the high resolution, you occasionally get a stutter when flying back and forth as the processor whirs to keep up. We applaud LG for making an effort, but a gentle reminder about the specs race might be necessary.
A standout feature of the LG G3′s design is a small part that usually goes unnoticed, and that's the bezel size. The G3 has some of the thinnest bezels to date and, while it's a small change, it makes a big impact. Coming from an HTC One (M8), I immediately noticed the reduction in bezel size. After a few days, I became hooked, with the bezels on the One (M8) seeming massive in comparison. Not only do those small bezels allow for increased screen size, but they also allow the phone to be more usable, with less of a stretch around the device. Still, people with smaller hands may still need to use two hands while operating the G3.
One final aspect to mention is the sound. Plenty of you asked us to compare it to the HTC One (M8) and we did. Needless to say, the One (M8) outperformed the G3. However, for a device with only a single rear speaker, the G3 performed admirably and produced sound far more pleasing than most smartphones. Sound quality through the audio jack was also great. The sound output by the G3 through the audio jack is comparable to the One (M8), though we will say that the M8 has a slightly cleaner, crisper sound.
Looking at the G3 hardware as a whole, we can conclude that it is one of the nicest smartphones to date, and certainly LG's best designed device. From the curved, oil-resistant back to the thin bezels on front, the G3 has serious design chops that allow it to compete with the big dogs like the One (M8), even if we're not crazy about the plastic.
Check out the gallery below for even more pictures of the G3.


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ASU STEM turns kids on to science
When the lights went out, they all screeched with excitement -- the Sierra Grande kindergartners and first-graders were excited to watch one of the many new films available at Adams State University's Zacheis Planetarium. Their Feb. 21 visit to campus was part of outreach to local schools conducted through Adams State's STEM program (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), designed to increase interest in scientific and technical careers.
STEM Activity Director and Outreach Coordinator, Cindy Bervig, organizes planetarium visits by school groups and community members. "We've had everyone from Head Start kids to senior citizens from The Bridge," she said.
The planetarium was renovated and refurbished last summer with new equipment and presentations, to become the centerpiece of outreach efforts. The improvements were funded through a $3.6 million grant from the Title V Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) STEM program, awarded in 2011 from the U.S. Department of Education. The five-year grant aims to help more Hispanic and low-income students earn a STEM degree.
Bervig is also organizing the second annual Summer STEM Academy, to take place in June, for students entering tenth through twelfth grades who demonstrate academic talent and interest in scientific fields. Up to twenty San Luis Valley high school students will live on campus during the Academy and explore a range of scientific areas and career opportunities. Last year's Academy featured a geological field trip and robot building workshop.
For more information about STEM outreach activities and the Summer STEM Academic, contact Bervig at 587-7586
By Julie Waechter


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Enduro One offers diversified races in mountain bike enduro format. The six events of the 2017 season lead the participants in cool MTB areas and promise great variety and action.
Enduro reflects the idea of mountain biking in its basic features. Various assessments require skill, speed, but also endurance. The license-free races with a wide sporting orientation are open to all. The different classes of classes guarantee an exciting and fair competition. In addition to the classification by age, gender and driving experience, a class for e-bikes is also available. Enduro One is about uncomplicated and varied driving fun


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Wild and wondrous, rainforests extend from as far as Alaska and Canada to Latin America, Asia and Africa. They nurture thousands of plants and animals found nowhere else on Earth and provide life's essentials such as our medicines, food and water.
The Nature Conservancy is working around the world in places like Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula to protect rainforests, engaging local and indigenous communities in creative solutions that balance the needs of people with nature.
Besides providing food, water and air to the rest of the world, rainforests offer critical habitat for many of the Earth's most interesting and rare plants and animals. And temperate and tropical rainforests play a key role in climate change, helping to regulate the Earth's temperature and weather patterns.
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Over the last 40 years, one-fifth of the Amazon has been cut down.
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Capturing DNA samples from Grizzly Bears along the Koeye River in Canada's Great Bear Rainforest.
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SAN JOSE — Authorities have made two out-of-county arrests — spanning Northern California and Washington — in separate San Jose gang killings from last year, including one that involved the beating and execution of a 16-year-old boy, the San Jose Police Department announced Tuesday.
The most recent arrest occurred Friday in the Humboldt County city of Fortuna, when Andrew Daniel Rodriguez, 20, of Hayward, was spotted by local police who recognized him from an arrest warrant issued in Santa Clara County.
His arrest involves the killing of 20-year-old Pedro Meza Hernandez, who was shot in the head the night of Nov. 15 while driving a pickup near a shopping center at West San Carlos Street and Leigh Avenue. Police said Hernandez was involved in a "disturbance" with the occupants of another vehicle when shots rang out.
Rodriguez was booked into Humboldt County jail and is expected to be taken back to Santa Clara County this week, said Officer Albert Morales, a spokesman for SJPD.
In an unrelated case, police in Lakewood, Wash., on Jan. 8 arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with the June 19 killing of 16-year-old Manuel Urzua in a neighborhood near Virginia Avenue and King Road. The arrest is the seventh made in connection with the killing, in which the victim was mercilessly beaten by a gang mob and then shot in the head execution style.
The juvenile suspect, who was living in Lakewood, awaits extradition back to San Jose, his hometown.
The Hernandez and Urzua killings accounted for two of the 10 known gang-related homicides recorded in 2013.
Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002. Follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.


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Charlotte museum to cut hours, trim staff
Charlotte museum to cut hours, trim staff
Officials at the Mint Museum in Charlotte say they will cut operating hours and trim staff in its first major cutback in four years.
The Charlotte Observer reports the museum's Randolph Road and Uptown galleries will be closed on Tuesdays and hours will be trimmed the rest of the week. The two locations are normally closed on Mondays.
Mint spokeswoman Leigh Dyer said three positions will be eliminated, but affected employees will be able to apply for jobs that were formerly frozen. Dyer said savings from the moves should be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
In its latest annual report to the Internal Revenue Service, the Mint reported $6.3 million in revenue against $10 million in expenses for the year ending in June 2012.


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Quadrilateral Tangram Investigations
Lesson 1 of 10
Objective: SWBAT investigate properties of quadrilaterals using tangrams
Big Idea: This lesson is a pre-assessment to identify what the students know about the properties of quadrilaterals. They use tangrams to form shapes and write about what they discover.
Do Now
As the students walk into the classroom, I hand them each a set of tangrams, which consists of two large right isosceles triangles, two small right isosceles triangles, one medium sized isosceles triangle, a square and a parallelogram. I ask them to draw or trace each unique piece into their notebook and identify the specific type of shape they have drawn. After they have drawn the shapes, I allow time for the students to play with the shapes and create their own shapes or designs.
Teacher's Note: I have enough tangrams in my classroom for each of my students to work with, but if tangrams are not available, they can be printed out tangram template 1 or even created by folding paper. An alternative Do Now would be to have your students create their own set of tangrams; however, that takes more time and may take away from the time students have for the activity.
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In today's Mini-Lesson, we talk about tangrams. Some students have used them before and know what they are for, while others are seeing them for the first time. Tangrams are Chinese puzzles, or models of shapes (see Tangram Puzzles). Each piece is called a "tan." They are used to create different shapes, the base shape being a square (see Tangram Color Puzzles). The specific origins of the puzzle are not known, but they were introduced to the West in the early 19th century and became popular in the late 19th century. In this lesson, we will use only some of the tans to investigate properties of quadrilaterals.
After the introduction to tangrams, we look at the individual shapes and discuss their properties, i.e. all three sizes of the triangles are similar. Identifying the properties and seeing the relationships between the shapes will help students create their shapes in the activity part of the lesson.
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In this activity, my students will use their tangrams to investigate the properties of quadrilaterals. I use the activity as an informal assessment to identify what they know already about quadrilaterals. The hands-on work with tangrams will build on our prior work with triangles and provide an introduction to the work that we will do in this unit on Proving Theorems about Parallelograms (G.CO.11).
The worksheet asks students to construct shapes using a specific number of tans. Then, they have to sketch the shapes and answer questions about the shape. Some questions involve creating the same shape using different tans. Most require students to analyze the structure of the shape (MP7).
Because some students struggle with tangrams at first, I usually have my students work in pairs. I find things go better when students can help each other see which tans are needed to form a shape. Since some questions have more than one right answer, students benefit by discussing their answers and justifying to each other how they know their shapes are correct (MP3). As they work, I circulate and ask guiding questions. This video shows my students working and some of the questions that I ask.
At the end of the lesson, we go over the questions on the activity worksheet. Students answer the questions and describe the properties of the quadrilaterals they found out. I call on students to show some of their solutions to the questions on the document projector. Several of the answers have multiple solutions. As the students present their answers, they justify their solutions. This discussion prepares students for the proofs they will write in the lessons that follow, which address standard G.CO.11.


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God is "beyond" science!
29-12-2012, 06:46 PM (This post was last modified: 30-12-2012 03:56 PM by GodlessnFree.)
God is "beyond" science!
I am assuming that the people reading this are smart enough to know that the desert myths are false. I usually have an easy time debunking the anecdotes/ logical fallacies that theists use to prove the existence of a god/ their god.
However, yesterday I was having a conversation with my aunt who unfortunately happens to be a nun and I asked her for evidence for her god. She replied that she didn't need any evidence because it was not a "scientific claim" but rather a claim that is beyond the "realm of science". I asked her then what was her reason(s) to believe in her god, her reply was "faith".
According to her, faith is simply "the way to know the reality beyond science". Then, she said that I was closed to faith because I had been absorbed by the deceit of "scientism". She also claimed that she couldn't explain me her reasons for believing in her god because since I believed in "scientism" my mind was "closed to anything beyond science".
That seems patent bullshit.
This isn't the first time I find this ridiculous argument. Popular christians of different intellectual capabilities ranging from John Lennox to VenomfangX always try to "debunk" atheism by equating it with "Scientism". Francis Collins said that scientism was a sign of close-mindedness.
Lennox illustrated his criticism of scientism with a metaphor: Aunt Matilda's Cake. The metaphor is often praised among faitheads, I suggest you watch it in case you haven't done so yet. In a nutshell, the metaphor of the cake explains that science can allow us to know the physical properties of the cake (density, weight, volume, material composition) but not the metaphysical properties of it (purpose, maker, proper use). Then the cake is compared to the universe and Lennox claims that the universe also has metaphysical properties that are beyond science and require another way of reasoning in order to be known.
Well, enough of my rambling, I wanted to hear opinions/objections towards this high-sounding but really fallacious argument of "The Limits of Science". The best I got yet is AronRa's brilliant response: "Science may not have all the answers, but some answers are better than no answers at all, and that's what religion gives you".
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RE: God is "beyond" science!
When ever the majority of arguments for theology fails, the last ditch effort to save their imaginary being is to say he is beyond, transcends, or is some how greater than reality.
The sad thing is that I agree with the theologian, our fantasies and fictions are often much greater than reality. In our imaginary worlds, dreams, simulations, video games, and paintings; We are able to do things impossible in the real world. Unlike him I'm willing to separate fact from fiction, and enjoy both worlds.
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RE: God is "beyond" science!
Every claim about god is a scientific/physical/material claim and as such requires physical evidence.
The type of claim matches the type of evidence needed.
If you claim god is physically healing people, then that's a physical claim and requires physical evidence.
If you claim god exists, that too is a physical claim and requires physical evidence.
Existence in a material universe means that the item in question has values that can be measured.
Creatures of my imagination do not exist in the material and I'm glad they don't.
I can still fear them if I want. I can build altars to them and try to appease them when I think they are upset.
I can believe with all my might that they exist, but my beliefs do NOT change the structure of reality.
I cannot wish something into existence. I cannot believe it so strongly as to bend the rules of reality with my mind.
We have a word for that. It's called magic. I cannot speak words in an incantation and create anything in reality.
I can only do this in my imagination, within my own mind, and that's where all the gods reside, within the mind of the people who believe.
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RE: God is "beyond" science!
One of the problems, as I see it, is that of operational definition. When pushed about the characteristics of god many, if not most, theists give increasingly vague definitions about the abilities and properties of their pet deity. If it can't be defined then it can't be measured and renders the notion irrelevant as a scientific inquiry. That said, there are possible definitions that could be measurable and still beyond the ability of science. At least beyond the ability of science currently. Theists that make arguments that god is beyond the pale of science often forget or ignore completely the realization that science is a fluid endeavor. We can measure, detect and manipulate things today that we could not yesterday and the same will be true tomorrow.
RE: God is "beyond" science!
Hey, GLF.
Here's the patent bullsihit litmus test. Are you open to things beyond science? If yes, then bullshit. If no, well, she's got you cold.
Scientism sounds like one of those vague made up pejorative terms. I'd ignore that term myself. Sounds Fox Newsesque.
Actually, the cake thing isn't too bad. In human systems theory, we talk a lot about process and content; why something happened verses what happened. I've always felt that science is supreme in its ability to explain the what of things, but that it's pretty impotent at explaining the why of things.
Science can make no comment on the non-empirical. God and the rest of the metaphysical is by definition non-empirical. So no, science can't make any statements about it.
While faith has many other applications and has unfortunately been co-opted by the Atheism/Theism debate to mean simply "without evidence", she's right to say that it isn't a scientific question. She doesn't require evidence of a non-empirical metaphysical supposed phenomenon, because none exists either way. So she has faith in it regardless. Not saying she's right to have faith. Just saying it is what it is.
I personally love the shit out of science. But I also feel strongly that there is more to humanity and our relationship with the world than pure science. That's not a statement that devalues science. I like what my boy Ran says about it.
Quote:What we call "science" is only one particular science, a style of filtering experience that has been designed by and for a culture of uniformity and central control. It accepts only experiences that can be translated into numbers, that are available to everyone, and that can be reproduced on command. This is what scientists mean when they demand "proof." But this is only a tiny thread of all possible experiences, most of which are unique, not quantifiable, not reproducible, and not the same for all bservers.
To sum up, she doesn't need evidence, just faith. The "deceit of scientism" seems like a manufactured issue/boogeyman. Science cannot comment on the metaphysical and, I believe, metaphysical questions and beliefs are a lush part of the human experience that should not be devalued; however, they should neither be confused for science either. Never the twain shall meet. Saying she couldn't explain it was kinda presumptive and pretentious on her part, but she has a point if you do in fact shut out anything scientific.
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RE: God is "beyond" science!
GodlessnFree ... I know yer new here but your about to get a pretty rough first impression of me.... and who I am...
just responding to your post topic... God is "beyond" science!........
My dick is "beyond" and more real than God......
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -- Voltaire
RE: God is "beyond" science!
God might be beyond science, but any action he takes in the material world must at some point cause material effects. He must manipulate matter, energy, or forces to cause miracles, and that manipulation should at least be hypothetically measurable or detectable.
For instance, if god cures a blind person's cataracts, then science should be able to detect whatever force or materials are causing those cataracts to break up, even if the ultimate cause is supernatural. Same goes for a supernatural soul, by the way.
E 2 = (mc 2)2 + (pc )2
614C → 714N + e– + ̅νe
2 K(s) + 2 H2O(l) → 2 KOH(aq) + H2 (g) + 196 kJ/mol
It works, bitches.
RE: God is "beyond" science!
Quote: For instance, if god cures a blind person's cataracts, then scienceI agree, although should be able to be detected is not the same as will be able to be detected. It is common enough in science that scientists can observe a result from an experiment and fail to recognize that something was actually observed that they have given it a name: Type II error.
RE: God is "beyond" science!
Well but if science can't tell us the purpose of the cake, how does religion determine the said purpose ?
RE: God is "beyond" science!
I'll take issue with the "metaphysical properties of it" (purpose, maker, proper use)
What she is calling metaphysical is really just informational
Purpose is something that humans create for any object. There are a million different purposes for cake.
Given the hypothetical uses for any period of time, a cake could be used as a door stop (fruit cake)
It can be birthday cake, a wedding cake, a sunday cake with family after dinner.
Some cultures might throw cake on certain holidays or give them as gifts.
There is no "proper use" for cake.
As for the maker of cakes. Anyone can make one. Science could pick out a box cake versus a home made cake.
Given 100 examples of each, you can analyze consistency of the levels of ingredients used and probably which box manufacturer made the cake ingredients.
Here's a test for your aunt. Take a straw and cut a 1/4 inch off of the straw. Now take that 1/4 inch section and ask her what it's purpose is. Without her knowing that you cut the straw, ask who made it. Ask her how her religion determines it's proper use.
We assign purpose to objects because we use them.
That 1/4 in piece of straw is used with some thread to make a necklace.
It is used to chew on for people who are trying to quit smoking.
It's a reminder for someone to buy more straws.
The cake metaphor doesn't answer any questions. It only takes a silly question that has x number of answers and tries to convince you that because science can't give you the exact value of x then science doesn't know everything, therefore there is a god.
In other words, it's bullshit and critical thinking can be used to detect bullshit.
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Jefferson County Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. also asked that outside judges be appointed to prosecute any individuals the grand jury might charge.
In response, Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor of the State Supreme Court on Thursday appointed a retired Summit County judge to handle the grand jury, which meets in April.
Bruzzese noted in his March 14 request "a substantial controversy surrounding this case provoked primarily by nameless bloggers making allegations of cover-up."
"These nameless bloggers, while having produced no evidence of a cover-up have managed to assemble quite a following locally, nationally and internationally," the judge said.
As a result, no local officials should have anything to do with the grand jury proposed by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, Bruzzese said.
Two high school football players were convicted Sunday of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl in Steubenville last summer after an alcohol-fueled party. One was sentenced to a minimum of one year in juvenile detention, the other to two years.
A special judge, Thomas Lipps of Cincinnati, handled that case, including the five-day trial last week. Immediately afterward, DeWine announced that a grand jury would investigate whether others should faces charges, including anyone who failed to speak up following reports of the rape.
School officials and Steubenville's 27 football coaches could possibly face charges if they knew about the rape but didn't report it because they are among those required by state law to report possible child abuse.
O'Connor appointed retired Judge Patricia Ann Cosgrove to oversee the grand jury.
Cosgrove is no stranger to high-profile cases. In 2011, she handled the trial of Kelley Williams-Bolar, an Akron woman convicted of falsifying documents to enroll her daughters in the Copley-Fairlawn schools from 2006 to 2008. Gov. John Kasich later reduced the felony convictions to misdemeanors.
In 2005, Cosgrove convicted a prominent Akron restaurant owner's wife of aiding in the drive-by shooting death of a former lover by the third member of a love triangle. Cosgrove sentenced Cynthia George to 20 years to life following the nonjury trial.
Two years later, George was released from prison after the 9th Ohio District Court of Appeals in Akron overturned Cosgrove's decision, ruling the judge lacked sufficient evidence to convict George.
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Where Do the Rudest Americans Live?
TwitterHeatmap has created a number of animated heat maps displaying the density of Tweets sent by Americans that include the phrases 'good morning' and 'fuck you'.
For each phrase a number of daily animated heat maps have been created so you can view the spread and density of these messages throughout the day and over a number of different days. To launch an animation just choose a date from the sidebar, then click on one of the options, after that click on the play button to run the animation.
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Despite being primarily a build tool, Apache Ant is
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AntBuilder exposes Ant tasks directly using the convenient builder notation that
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Announcement: Winner declared for Book of Yum Contest and gluten-free recipe roundup
As you know, this month I celebrated the one-year-anniversary of the Book of Yum by holding a contest for readers to win a Bette Hagman book or copy of Peanut Butter Planet. All together we had 29 wonderful entries, and I got so much blog love I think I'll be vain for a month. You know, when I started this contest, I was just hoping to find out what my readers enjoyed most over the previous year so I could expand on that. What I found out was that my readers have as varied of interests as I do! Some of you like the more traditional, bread-type recipes, while others enjoy travel articles, others enjoy my vegetarian experiments with tofu, and still others love exploring international foods. Others were touched by our tribute to Bette Hagman, or enjoyed posts on local produce. You said my blog was "wild" (I got a huge kick out of this), "different" and "unique." Nobody said "weird," but I don't mind admitting that sometimes this blog can be weird, especially given the mix of posts in a given week- we might hop from Austrian rosti to Japanese bento and then to traditional American banana muffins. How tasty would that be all together in a meal? We're practically talking pickles and ice cream here, folks! But ultimately, my goal is to take something that can be restrictive, like our gluten-free diet, and share some wild and crazy international ways to have fun with it. You can look forward (I hope, I hope) to lots more vegetarian experiments with Asian, European, and North American (Southern, aww yeah) cuisine in the future.
By our reader's vote, the two most popular posts this year were for vietnamese summer rolls with three votes and this Savory Tofu Peanut Sauce Stir Fry with two votes. These were two of my favorite recipes as well, so I'm glad we agree!
Some things will stay the same, but as I keep hinting, the blog will be getting an aesthetic and functional makeover in the immediate future. DH is programming his little fingers to the bone as we speak, in fact, and we've got all the visual elements designed. I've got lots of ideas on how to make the blog easier to navigate, including diet-specific navigation and category based browsing. But this would be the perfect time to hear from YOU about what type of entries you'd like to see OR what functions would make the Book of Yum more user-friendly.
PLEASE POST any ideas you have for improving the site or any topics you'd love to read about IN THE COMMENTS. After all, I do this site for you guys!
Now, about that contest…
I am pleased to announce that a winner has been selected (from a basket, actually, not a hat OR a shoe box), and our winner is…. drum roll…
Mary Frances of Alabama, a GF and dairy free, vegetarian reader with a lovely blog of her own, Gluten-Free Cooking School. Mary Frances is a self-confessed onigiri-aholic and her favorite post is Like Water for Onigiri 2: with a Vegetarian Sesame Spinach Onigiri Recipe that she says is "out of this world."
UPDATED Feb 2 '08 *Mary Frances emailed me back right away, and she asked me to pick my favorite of the four books, since she didn't have any of them. It was tough to pick between The Gluten-Free Gourmet Bakes Bread: More Than 200 Wheat-Free Recipesand The Gluten-Free Gourmet Cooks Fast and Healthy: Wheat-Free and Gluten-Free with Less Fuss and Less Fatbut ultimately we went with the latter. Her book has been ordered and should arrive any day now!*
On that note, here's a roundup of your favorite posts:
We Like Travel/ Restaurant Reviews!
Theresa needed travel advice for her trip to Oregon, so she liked my posts on GF Portland, Oregon restaurants and bakeries. She drove 1 1/2 hours EACH WAY to visit a certain GF coffee shop DAILY during her whole trip and said that she was in HEAVEN eating there. Portland GF Coffee shop Post
Theresa's daughter will also be traveling in Germany soon, so she also enjoyed this post on Health food stores and gluten-free food in Germany and Austria.
Orlando resident Lisa Vance was excited to see the post on Indian Buffets because she used to love Indian Buffets.
StillLearning said that this post made her realize that if Sea can travel to the ends of the earth (India and Austria) and still eat gluten free, surely she could live in a foreign country and do the same. (Awesome!)
We like international foods!
Southern California resident Shelly loves Chinese food and my Zucchini Szechuan Pepper Chili Fried Rice Recipe is something that her boys scarf down like candy and she and her DH can dress up with something more.
Super-nice North Carolina resident Carrie, the Ginger Lemon Girl, said she likes the Book of Yum because it introduces people to real international cuisine and vegetarian cooking! Her favorite post is this Savory Tofu Peanut Sauce Stir Fry because it was the first tofu dish that she has ever made that she enjoyed. (Yay! some tofu-love!)
Local Bay Area resident AllergicToAll loves indian food, especially things wrapped in dough so she liked this recipe for Aloo Samosa.
Canadian Heidi really liked this post on salad/summer rolls because she was always too intimidated to try making them and the post encouraged her to try them. (Yay!)
MoviePalaceFan took those same Vietnamese wraps on a trip and they were fantastic! (they really are perfect for travel… I need to make some! mm!)
Diana Pierce also enjoyed the various posts on spring rolls and has saved many of our recipes.
North Carolina resident Natalie liked the Mexican soup with corn dumplings, but she likes pretty much anything with greens too! :)
Maryland resident Mars loves international foods, esp Japanese and our Okonomiyaki was something her whole family enjoyed making together. (She notes that where she lives, "a traffic jam is usually the result of farm equipment on the road." heh heh)
We have multiple allergies!
Virginia resident Cheryl liked this allergy friendly PB quinoa cookie recipe because she can't have gluten, but also can't have dairy, eggs, soy, yeast, corn (she subbed it), pb (she used almond) etc…. Her wedding anniversary was July 17th and she wanted to make cookies for her sweetie and herself and the post came out a few days before and saved the day. When she find a recipe that she CAN have, it's cause for total shock, followed by great celebration. Thanks! (Awesome story, Cheryl, I'm so glad the recipe worked out for you!)
Mostly vegetarian Washingtonian Gaile (aka Fidgety Budgie) had to cut out cheese, which may explain why she loves this pine nut ricotta recipe so much. In fact, it has graced her kitchen three times in the last 6 weeks in lasagna as well as stuffed shells. She also enjoyed following the blog on our trip to India, and has been inspired to try more India recipes, especially those filled idlis that remind her of her much missed bao.
We like eating local Vegetables and/or are Vegetarian!
Virginia resident Julie enjoys reading about our travels and is a big fan of eating locally and organically whenever possible, so she likes this post from August about heirloom tomatoes. She also grows her own tomatoes in the summer, but squirrels take at least half of her fruit. (Doh! And I thought them stealing my bird seed was a problem!)
Ontario, Canada resident Queen Adeena loves our chebe pizza experiment with grilled veggies but also re-discovered brussels sprouts in these posts. Until she read these posts, they only bought the frozen kind, and ate them rarely. Now, they roast up a batch of fresh 'Barbie cabbages' once a week. Super Yum. The Maple ones are their favourite – but they also roast them with a drizzle of honey. (Yay, fantastic to hear!) She also loved reading about our recent travel adventures and drooling over the pictures! (Great! I'm glad we could share them with you!)
Japan resident Vegetablej's favorite post about Southern Fried Tofu prompted her to try a similar recipe with great success, around Christmas time. Since everyone here in Japan was eating chicken, she was able to enter into to spirit of the celebration and stick to her vegetarian diet.
Karen Mahoney said that it was hard to pinpoint a favorite, but finding a good gluten free, vegetarian burger for summer cook outs was tough until we had this portobello "burger" recipe in August She has celiac and is vegetarian and her son has celiac as well. (Great! Karen, did you see this post on gluten-free prepared veggie burgers?)
SF Bay-er Carla loved the the roasted veggies and our 4th of July (cuz it's her favourite US holiday!) post but her favourite so far has been the peanut tofu stir fry
We cook for Gluten-free Kiddies!
Rhode Island resident Esther cooks for people with single digit ages so her favorite blog post that she's most likely to successfully make and feed to people (esp. glutenoids) is our recent Pamela's Banana Muffin recipe. She plans to make some for Saturday morning when she's the "Treatmaster†for a meeting she'll be attending. (Cool! I hope they go over well. Re: agave- I would try an established recipe like these Babycakes brownies rather than subbing it into an ordinary recipe. Those brownies are legend for DH, who LURVED them, and my own experiments were a flop.)
Keri in Antioch said that her favorite post is for Fish Cheese Crackers. Her 3 year old son is the celiac in our house, and the one thing he misses that she couldn't find a substitute for was Goldfish crackers. Once she finds a fish cookie cutter she is going to make them.
We love Bette Hagman!
Oregonian Donna Spencer especially likes soy-free posts about roasted veggies and our Bette Hagman's bread recipe recommendations.
Debi Bussell's favorite post was the tribute to Bette Hagman because it gave her an opportunity to express to her eternal gratitude to Bette Hagman and her work.
Happy Anniversary
Kate sweetly said that she doesn't have a favorite post… she just loves it all. (aww, so nice!)
Sheltie Girl @ Gluten A Go Go said congratulations and that she hopes there are many more anniversaries] to come for the Book of Yum. (awww, me too!)
Ontario Grand Pooh Ma Janet (who has 12 GF kids, including Queen Adeena and 14 GF grandkids- wow!) says that she doesn't really have a favourite but your blog is my favourite gluten-free spot out in cyberspace. (Aww, thank you!)
Jaye from the Pacific North West said Happy Anniversary, and shared that all four of their family are disgnosed celiacs, with dairy intolerance and soy causes problems also.
Betty wished us a happy anniversary as well. (Thanks!)
It has been really fun re-living the year's posts through your comments, so thank you! You all made my week a bit brighter, and made all the love and work I pour into this baby worth it. With love and thanks, Sea
PS Don't forget to tell me what you'd like to see NEXT YEAR in the comments! Post wish list, anyone?
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