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Decorators are pretty common in modern Python. While not strictly necessary, they can reduce code size while enabling control of function input, invocation, and output. They also enable separation of responsibility and DRY. Many explanations of decorators are brief and leave the listener somewhat confused. This book is an attempt to remedy that. It is based on popular tutorials given at PyCon and in Python user groups.

A real and honest - often too honest - look at the struggles people face with being overweight or, dare we say it, being fat! No more perfectly sculpted bodies, just real, overweight people doing real, overweight exercise and looking after themselves. A 60-day lifestyle and exercise program together with motivational portrayals of honest, gritty, and funny issues relating to overweight people and the struggles we all face.

While considering scripture, always bear in mind that it is a story of salvation and not secular history, that the characters - from Adam to Jesus - are states of consciousness. The first five books of the Bible are called the Torah, or the Law, with Abraham as the symbol of the beginning of civilization.

Get the lowdown on unittest and doctest as well as some doctest gotchas. This book is a portion of Treading on Python Vo1. That book covers beginning Python and syntax. If you are interested in learning Python and testing, check that book out. Otherwise, this book provides a brief introduction to testing with unittest and doctest.

Are you dreaming of finding and falling in love with "the one" ?While some are still waiting on that dream to become a reality, many have connected with their mates for life and are trying to build happy homes with them.This book will teach you a thing or two about the science and emotion of love and provide you with ways to establish a relationship that is filled with unwavering passion.

Until gold was discovered by James Marshall, California was a far-off land and San Francisco a shantytown. But once the world heard of the gold strikes, America was on the move! This essay on how the California gold rush really did change the face of America is for anyone whose feet get itchy just thinking of what those days must have been like. The author is a long-time history buff and Amazon best-selling author. When not writing about history she spends as much time as she can walking in history's footsteps.

"All are men in eternity. Rivers, mountains, cities, villages, all are human, and when you enter into their bosoms, you walk in heavens and earths; just as in your own bosom you bear your heaven and earth, and all that you behold, though it appears without, it is within, in Your Imagination of which this World of Mortality is but a Shadow."

This book spells out what global banks intend to do with our savings during the next banking crisis. Americans, including ourselves, feel that when we put our money in our local bank, the money we put in is ours. Not anymore! Once the teller takes your money and gives you the deposit slip, it becomes the bank's money. Chapter one explains the new rules that we all must live with as of November 2014.

Ryan Biddulph shares practical tips for turning blogging criticism into blogging profits in the 38th book of the Blogging from Paradise series. Learn the critical secret behind criticism that will accelerate your online profits quickly. Prosper by converting harsh feedback into tangible products. Avoid common criticism-related mistakes made my newbie or even veteran bloggers. Who knew venom could be so helpful?

If your life is not exactly as you'd love it to be, and you've been struggling to make the law of attraction work for you, I want you to know that you are not alone. In this audiobook, you will learn the four missing secrets to make the law of attraction work for you. You will understand the key missing factors essential to your ability to create the life you truly desire.

Discover the strange life of Mary Shelley (8/30), the optical illusion of Goldy Goldsmith's curveball (8/16), the reason Robert E. Lee tendered his resignation to Jefferson Davis (8/8), and much, much more! Today in History - The August Edition contains 31 fascinating stories about the people, places, and events that shaped our world . . . making it short enough to be listened to in a relaxing evening at home or on the road.

Ryan Biddulph shares how he became a trusted, influential blogger in less than six months. He shares practical tips - along with a few entertaining travel stories - to help you become a professional, full time income generating blogger.

Joseph Tiritilli, aka Joey Jet, exemplifies the success possible in America today by using ambition, a willingness to take risks, and a strong work ethic to make the most of available opportunities.

The average adult has at least $14,000 in credit card debt. It can take years to pay off, and even double the amount if you only make the monthly payments. That is the grim reality of what can happen when you have too much debt, but you don't have to be a statistic. In this book, you will get practical solutions that help you change your financial situation. It doesn't matter how much money you owe. It doesn't matter who you owe it to either.

Market your blog on the cheap. Build bonds with influential bloggers. Learn the great blog commenting secret ignored by most blog commenters. Prevent one dreaded commenting mistake to promote your online success.

In this book, Father R. Scott Hurd writes of the spiritual, psychological, physical, and social benefits of learning how to forgive and find peace. Drawing from his pastoral experience, Hurd examines how human weakness affects such things as our ability to forgive and reconcile, our capacity to trust, and how we cope when a plea for forgiveness is rejected by a person we have wronged.

Mission Under Fire is the true story of a short-term mission trip in Haiti that went terribly wrong the night 14 Americans were terrorized above a humble medical clinic in the Port-au-Prince countryside. The missionaries fought off six bandits armed with semi automatic pistols, with nothing more than knives, coke bottles, and prayer. In a miraculous fight for their lives, these brave survivors lived through hell, but have Heaven to thank for the experience.