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Monday, March 03, 2008
Scribble Your Way to Clarity
First, the list of newly-confirmed 1,000 Knitters shoots for March and April wasn't all-inclusive; it included only several dates that had just landed on the calendar. The April 19 shoot at Wool Gathering in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania is still very much on. Poor Jackie was slammed with e-mails asking whether it was cancelled. Nope.
If you're ever curious, the complete list of public shoots (past and present) is available on this page of the project blog.
Second, on a related topic, I swear I'm not deliberately ignoring London; Atlanta; New York City; Washington, DC; Seattle; or Portland, Oregon. Please...how could I? Here's the deal.
When I started 1,000 Knitters, it never occurred to me that the project might involve travel. I assumed I'd work on it slowly, with knitters sitting as they happened to visit Chicago or when I happened to be on the road with my camera for other reasons. So there's no underlying grant support (or small, private fortune) to pay for traveling shoots. They happen if/when I'm contacted by a host who feels the cost of sponsoring me is worth the fun of participation.
I've had requests to visit from bunches of knitters in the cities above, but haven't had any offers to host. As new shoots are confirmed (and now that March and April are settled I'm focusing on a few other offers for the future), you bet I'll keep you posted. In the meantime, I appreciate all the support and the interest more than you can imagine.
Cover Me
Now, about the photograph vs. cartoon portrait question. The publisher's vision for the little mock-up they'll use for publicity–calls for a drawing rather than a photo. That's all. Interweave didn't tell me my actual face would break the printing press. They just asked for a different take on the concept. A cartoon portrait for a book of cartoons. I'm fine with that. They know what they're doing. They've sold more books than I have and they fairly ooze talent.
I never realized until I finding myself in the thick of it what a relief it is to not be in charge of every single thing about the book. I'd learned from Stephanie Pearl-McPhee that an author doesn't have control over many things you would think s/he might, including the title and the cover design. That seemed hideously unfair until I realized that when you're up to your neck in making the content, the last thing you want to deal with is the container.
Scribble Scribble
Speaking of the content, I got a really amusing question via e-mail the other day from somebody who wanted to know how many cartoon ideas I come up with every day. Heh. Heh heh. Heh heh heh.
Here's how I work. I draw every day, which does not equate to necessarily drawing a cartoon every day. I wish...oh, how I wish...that each morning around 8:30 a fully-formed idea would pop into my head, whereupon I would sit down at the drawing board with a cry of "Eureka!" and put it on paper. I would then send it to Interweave, which would respond with shrieks of laughter and the adjective, "perfect."
Also, I wish I had a pony and a second home in the Kentish countryside.
I draw every day, no exceptions, in small sketchbooks. Sometimes at the end of the day all I have are a buncha pages that look like this.
We call those "bad days."
But I have to do it because it's like calisthenics. The humorous and graphic faculties are mental muscles. If you exercise them, they grow. If you don't, they atrophy. And the mindless, stream-of-consciousness doodling does with surprising regularity lead to a finished idea. There's even one cartoon in the book that arose six weeks later from a nearly incomprehensible doodle one inch square.
Sometimes the doodles even look a bit like a finished cartoon, though I don't really know what the joke is. Here's an example.
If you have any idea what's happening here, feel free to chime in.
And now I have to go doodle.
89 comments:
- =Tamar said...
Is she lecturing about modern intarsia design? The sweater looks slightly like some "southwestern" designs - diagonal designs, battling/ howling/ dancing coyotes, and a worried sheep (hoping its wool won't be used to knit coyotes?) - darned if I know, but it's funny without words. Maybe it doesn't need a caption.
My verification word is mvnxmcs - is that some kind of New-Age Roman numerals? - 1:11 PM
- sheeponmystuff.com said...
I'm with Tamar; it looks like a lecture on intarsia. The sheep seems intimidated or confused; perhaps she thinks she's being told that she has to grow wool in those patterns? "But I only come in one color!"
I am endlessly enamored of the way you draw sheep! :) - 1:23 PM
- Big Alice said...
I imagine it's some demonstration of intarsia gone horribly wrong, but I'm more bitter than witty this morning.
In regards to your wish for a pony: http://litterbox.zawodny.com/i/pony.jpg - 1:28 PM
- Dixie said...
"Knit some happy reindeer here..."
- Chris said...
You ought to run a contest for the caption! I thought it looked like she was pointing out the complexities of Scandanavian knitting -- with sheep in the pattern, and the sheep just recognized that it looked like one of her long-lost relatives!! And I, too, love the way you draw sheep!
Chris. - 1:31 PM
- Sarah said...
I think theres something in that last picture about a third nipple...
- Jessica said...
"And here is where I ran out of yarn. The colorway was, of course, discontinued. It took me 17 years to find the last three balls to complete my opus."
- Amber in Albuquerque said...
Oh boy. I don't have a clever caption, but for some horrible reason I was instantly reminded of the scene in the (B) movie "Milk Money" (Melanie Griffith is a hooker with a heart of gold and Ed Harris is 'the guy'...Dolores has probably seen it) where Melanie's character is explaining the female anatomy (using her scantily clothed body as the visual aid) to a classroom full of 10-year old (or so) boys (including Ed's movie kid). Ick. I hadn't thought of that movie since my husband made me watch it.
It also sort of reminds me of Crazy Aunt Purl's 'flaming nipples' posts. - 1:57 PM
- Diane said...
"Note the scotties rampant.
They are from my early Scottish period." - 1:57 PM
- Julie said...
"The historical folk pattern of the mating ritual of the Scandivian Mule Deer was lovingly portrayed for the recipient by his mother in a heavy weight red and white yarn for Christmas 1987."
For the record, great job photographing yourself for Interweave. - 2:07 PM
- Frances said...
the teacher is commenting that this is not a proper holiday sweater as it has only two reindeer and a shocking lack of other holiday motifs, such as tinsel and trees and bells.
- Luise said...
However, you're right. It's your book, so you should certainly at the very least approve the title and jacket/cover design. Just wait. Once you're famous, you can call the shots and ask for anything you want in your contract. Think of the fun ahead.
- Hedgehog Librarian said...
I know exactly what that is--it's a library science professor pointing out to students the merits of wearing insanely crazy holiday sweaters to work. It's a required workshop for children's librarians.
(I'm a children's librarian who doesn't wear much in the way of intarsia....) - 2:52 PM
- Steph said...
"As shown here, men happily wear these ghastly intarsia / fair isle dancing sheep motif sweaters if only to get their significant Knitters to put out."
I see the lady in your cartoon as the Sue Johanson of knitwear.
That's my theory at least. (Have you not seen the strained smiles on the male sweater models in some knitting magazines? I find they quite often look as if they have to poop.) - 2:59 PM
- Eileen said...
Re: title & author having no choice
Too bad Interweave didn't look up "It Itches" in urban dictionary before deciding on the name.
Well, I 'spose you could find ... um ... interesting meanings in anything.
--gassho-- - 3:02 PM
- pacalaga said...
Dunno. All I can think of is something like those "later years" Geico commercials. You know, like, "After high school, Charlie Brown earned spending money as a model for the Our Lady of Euphemism sketch class". Sorry, my mental humor/drawing muscles have atrophied beyond the point of resuscitation.
- Anonymous said...
Namaste - I love the comment from the hedgehog librarian! I also work in a children's department at the county library and think she's hit it on the head. Our big dressup is Halloween but maybe I should suggest it for all major holidays. Anyhow, keep up the good work; it really helps me get through the day. Take care - Joe, in Wyoming
- Liz in NoWhere PA said...
"One can place design elements anywhere on the taut masculine chest. Use more care when attempting the undulating, geographically unstable feminine landscape. Reindeer do NOT belong at the knee."
- Berry Gal said...
love the tag lines....
As you can see the recipient of the sweater has stragically split egg nog... here here and here... Thank goodnes you used superwash... - 3:59 PM
- PICAdrienne said...
Intarsia class is what I thought as well, looking at the cartoon. Well, actually, my first thought is that she had one of the reindeer on a leash, then I noticed it was actually a pointer.
- Chelsea said...
Doodle. Hee!
I just like saying it. Or, rather, typing it as the case may be.
Doodle. - 4:02 PM
- bigdee said...
I think it's an astronomy lesson...
"And here, above Orion's Belt, is the constellation known as "Reindeer's Frolic" - 4:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
When I saw the cartoon, the first thing that came to mind was a tour guide (lady with the pointer)making sure the tour group (the sheep) noticed all "points of interest." Admittedly one sheep does not really a tour group make; but perhaps a few more sheep, including a stereotypical tourist-looking one with a camera, would make it more of a "group"... or perhaps it was just a slow day at the History of Wool museum.
- Lizabeth said...
I have no idea what the joke is, but something about that drawing is inherently funny. It cracks me right up... do think of the joke and let us in on it.
- Velveteen said...
"And this is the man's heart, which will surely burst with pride and gratitude upon receiving such a thoughtful gift!" said the bitter knitter divorcee.
- Em said...
What about Toronto? (Here's hoping, anyway...)
I think there's probably a whole series that could go with that drawing, a kind of "lectures" with Ms. X the know-it-all knitter and her bewildered sheep companion... A "where does my fleece go?" series, perhaps? - 4:36 PM
- catmum said...
"Knitters: this design element requires considering whether the model might need a manzierre."
- Tanya said...
It sort of reminds me of the lecture hall demonstration scene in Young Frankenstein. I'm really intrigued & curious by the fact that the sweater model seems so happy! For some reason that seems important in this unknown story.
- Kelly said...
"It is important to remove the wooly board prior to wearing..."
- Anonymous said...
honey, remember that birds & bees lecture?? The deer are um, flirting
Jr goddess
- KellyD said...
Looks to me like someone from the humane society is presenting one of Michael Vicks sweaters which portrays a dog fight as evidence against him. As big alice said in her comment "intarsia gone horribly wrong"
can you tell I havent been to bed since my shift last night? LOL - 5:48 PM
- Marcia said...
The happiness of the wearer increases in direct proportion to the number of intarsia reindeer present.
- Carol said...
"Note how I have cleverly used the intarsia motifs to disguise Bob's third nipple."
You're welcome. - 6:05 PM
- Lola and Ava said...
I'm imagining the teacher/knitter pointing out what might happen to a naughty little sheep's wool should he/she not be compliant when traipsing about in the muck. "See, you too could be turned in to really horrid intarsia that only a grandchild would wear." But I could be biased.
- Linda said...
I work for a small book publisher.
Bless you for not feeling obligated/entitled to design absolutely everything - interior, cover, marketing material... yeah, some folks get like that. - 6:11 PM
- --Deb said...
"And here, class, you can see what happens when you mistreat your wool. Things go horribly, horribly wrong...."
- Karin said...
It's Mrs Teitelbaum, actually. Dolores is at her feet. Dolores is looking at the sweater and getting ideas about walking on two feet.
- Anonymous said...
And this was your Great-Aunt Edith...
- trek said...
Two words:
Caption Contest
Doesn't even need a prize. - 7:16 PM
- knitnzu said...
Dogs going for the throat? This sweater might be one of those that is gifted to somebody in 'the organization' who needs to be taken out by 'the dogs'?? The sheep is worried because this guy is so good he isn't one of the 'black' sheep, he's pure and white, but still needs to go, and maybe the sheep wonders if he'll be next? Hmmmm... just browsing through the comments... I thought the were dogs, oh well, now I think the one on the right looks like a goat... old goat? My first thoughts WERE along the lines of Amber's... something about dogs dancing on nipples (must be from watching all that Danish tv...)
- Elizabeth said...
And I thought they were dogs, the pointer-stick was a fancy embellishment that looks like a leash, and that the two dogs were fighting.
- marianne said...
Sorry Franklin, but I'm a lurker with a question I bet you could answer if anyone could. Yo My Booties. The coolest for the new babies. But they're 50 bucks. Any idea how they made them and what kind of angora they used. I have 2 new grand daughters and want to knit some. And if you don't know, then just a big thank you for your interesting, provocative blog read!
- castingaway said...
First thing I thought of was the lady was explaining the story behind the sweater...like the sweater tells the story. Oy! That isn't coming out at all like what I mean. I mean, can't you imagine some lady depicting a scene from a afternoon walk where 2 dogs attack a young man as an intarsia design?
- SallyT said...
I'm thinking EZ lecturing on how ez it is to add design to your knitware.
For some reason I had an overwhelming impulse to give you a hug. As you are not here, I'll have to give my husband one instead. He will be pleased. - 8:49 PM
- southern gal said...
Yes every day is what it takes.
see this from Jerry Seinfield
Years ago when Seinfeld was a new television show, Jerry Seinfeld was still a touring comic. At the time, I was hanging around clubs doing open mic nights and trying to learn the ropes. One night I was in the club where Seinfeld was working, and before he went on stage, I saw my chance. I had to ask Seinfeld if he had any tips for a young comic. What he told me was something that would benefit me a lifetime...
He said the way to be a better comic was to create better jokes and the way to create better jokes was to write every day. But his advice was better than that. He had a gem of a leverage technique he used on himself and you can use it to motivate yourself—even when you don't feel like it.
He revealed a unique calendar system he uses to pressure himself to write. Here's how it works.
He told me to get a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page and hang it on a prominent wall. The next step was to get a big red magic marker.
He said for each day that I do my task of writing, I get to put a big red X over that day. "After a few days you'll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You'll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job next is to not break the chain."
"Don't break the chain," he said again for emphasis. - 9:05 PM
- Cheri said...
I have no idea what the joke is, but I love the picture and find it funny.
- Anonymous, too said...
"Class, this Fair Isle sweater illustrates the difference between knitting for men and knitting for women. On a woman's sweater, never, never, NEVER center an animal over each breast!"
- s.kate said...
"Nando, be a dear, cue the music back up, and let's all go over these arm movements again... K - N - I - T!"
- Knitting Painter Woman said...
I agree with Chris-- you can be like the New Yorker and have a caption contest. (You DO read the New Yorker, don't you?)
- quatrefoil said...
"And this bit was made from your auntie Zelda ..."
- Shirley said...
#1 "You should be careful where you place your designs. For example, you might not want animals looking like they are going to attack the wearer's throat. Unless, of course, you are hinting at something."
#2 "I told you you wouldn't want to know where your fleece ended up" - 5:15 AM
- Meribeth said...
"Dolores was kind enough to be our model for the Battling Ninja Rams motif."
- DEEP END OF THE LOOM said...
I think Delores is the sheep and she thnking, "Poor Schmuck, you shouldn't have agreed to anything just to get a guy's night out".
Or maybe it's the knitter's curse and he'll break up with the knitter girlfriend as soon as show and tell is over. - 9:01 AM
- Ros Ritchie said...
It reminds me of an old battle-axe (can't quite remember her name) who used to appear on UK TV back in the 1980s. The programme was about training your pet dog and her catch-phrase was "SIT!" - imagine the commanding, bone-shakingly terrifying tone of the woman. It made me think of her - she'd try and tame anything that moved and probably plenty of things that didn't, including animals knitted into a pullover.
- Ros Ritchie said...
Senility has briefly left me and I've remembered the TV dog-trainer's name - Barbara Woodhouse. A reference probably lost on an American audience unless you had the misfortune of having her grace US TV too.
- Ann (yet another) said...
Ah, Barbara Woodhouse. She showed up here on PBS. Actually not a bad obedience instructor, especially for her observation that while the dogs she was called in to train usually were fine, the owners were often loony. And it was "WALKIES" - you can tell a trainer of a certain age around here if they still use that tone for a walk.
As for the cartoon, I thought those were dogs on the sweater as well. Can't think of a caption, though the sheep looks worried and the man looks oddly happy. - 11:25 AM
- AmyS said...
"Now then, Ewenice, if you prefer, you may add the dog motifs after knitting with a nifty little trick called duplicate stitch."
Oh, and "zfuuzht!" - 3:23 PM
- Longhorn Diva said...
"The Day Henry Failed Intarsia 101 and Didn't Care"
Teacher bubble: "COWS jump over the moon, people!! NOT SHEEP!!!" - 3:26 PM
- Susan said...
I know this one!!! It's you (as sketcher, not the sketchee)at knitting camp with Meg Swansen! Isn't it?
- Gotta Knit! said...
Well I can only hope some wealthy knitter will fund your way to Atlanta.
Sally Melville said the same thing about her books and publisher. - 3:45 PM
- Cindy in Happy Valley said...
I'm afraid the sheep looks either scandalized or confused.
Maybe trying to figure out what his/her relationship is to this strange garment? - 4:08 PM
- Kathleen said...
Mary Maxim appears to be using the deer motif as a prop to her lecture on knitting kits offered in her mail order catalog.
Lovely work... looking forward to the book! - 4:10 PM
- Jeanie said...
These frolicking creatures on a man's sweater are lovely, but on a busty woman, not so much.
ps I have a pony, named Ja'Mocha, she is the Princess of the Pasture. - 7:54 PM
- kt said...
Personally, I quite like the "bad day" sketches. They have a flavor of Herge o them, methinks.
Do you know Tintin? - 12:13 AM
- Adele said...
"And here's one I prepared earlier..."
Or you could change the man to a child and the pointer stick thing to a dog lead, which would make the joke (mostly) visual. - 4:59 AM
- Loquacious Chase said...
"...and after all that work, if he DARES to say that it itches, or that the neck is too tight or the sleeves are uneven, HIT HIM WITH A REALLY BIG STICK! He'll change his tune."
- Fe said...
Teacher: "So,in trying to fall asleep, you only count the sheep AS they jump. Charles was successful in his efforts, as you can tell by his well-rested smile."
Sheep: (thought bubble) "Huh. Give them opposable thumbs and they call themselves Lords of Creation...." - 10:02 AM
- Barca Viola said...
Talk about heights of joy and depths of despair in a short time: The Yarnery is hosting you in my town...but on the same day as the MN Knitters Guild Yarnover...which is on the opposite, opposite side of the Cities...during which I am taking an all day class? Please tell me that they are hosting you at Yarnover? Please?
Gerrie in MN - 11:12 AM
- Tomme said...
HA! MInnetonka, MN, is actually within reasonable driving distance of here, so look out, Franklin, I'm coming to Yarnover! I'm psyched at getting to be a part of the 1,000 Knitters project, and at the prospect of offering you a hug for keeping us all entertained here on The Panopticon.
- Senora Fuerte said...
"If you don't like it when he says he doesn't care what you knit... knit him this."
- Sahara said...
"You missed a spot?" that little ball of yarn better be careful.;-)
How much would it cost to bring you to NYC? A place, meals, care, in the style you're accustomed to? Let me start raising some money! - 2:24 PM
- tracey in michigan said...
"Please note the careful placement of various animals to hide the "manboobs" a much simpler solution than exercise"
Says the knit design educator to her class...
ps you know the political environment is BAD when Dolores is cleaning the place up.... scary. quite scary. - 2:46 PM
- Betsy said...
Henrietta knew it was time to retire from teaching when she had her husband don her latest creation so she could do "Show and Tell" for the sheep...
- swan/dragon said...
I think it's part of the original story board for Day Six of "How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days." Maybe it's just me; does anyone else find trying to get a man to wear colorwork to be akin to trying to grow a third earlobe?
- NeoYankee said...
"Please note the culturally insensitive use of a Finnish feral sheep motif on what is, ostensibly, an Icelandic pullover. The knitter was forcibly divested of her stash as a result."
- FiberQat said...
Sheep: When is she going to finish? He's supposed to take me to Dolores' cocktail fundraiser at the Sheraton.
Your sketched dog reminds me of George Booth's dogs. Love em! - 8:46 PM
- gtwife said...
A Rorshach(sp?) test for a knitter in therapy.
- Anonymous said...
An archeology presentation, but instead of mud paintings on the wall, you have knitting motifs....
"And here we see the offerings made to the knitting spirits for a good wool harvest that season...." - 10:52 PM
- famousthecat said...
come to bloomington, in! (although i am seriously considering just making the trek to my homeland, chicago, for the march 18/something-or-other date, too). so, in short, no worries, and amazing project!
- KarenJoSeattle said...
Definitely a lecture on the rutting habits of various species of males as delivered at a private girls school in New Zealand. Maybe an example of the traumas in Dolores' formative years that made her what she is today. I'm mean, Miss Brodie never wore Uggs.
- Roxie said...
Caption :"With gentle patience and consistency, you too can train your men to cheerfully don, display and wear even the most appalling of your knitting efforts."
- Rhiannon said...
Okay, maybe I'm deviant, but how about "She didn't realise he was a closeted submissive until he demonstrated the use for that weird i-cord leash he had her knit for the sweater." I don't know exactly how one would phrase that, but it's the first thought that popped into my head.
- Mike Smith said...
...and in a few months we'll have some little OXOs.
- Karen Frisa said...
Thanks so much for sharing a page of your sketchbook! I love getting a peek at the artistic process. If I could have a "bad day" like that I'd be ecstatic! :)
- Caroline / purplish said...
I love what neoyankee said!
- Dougal said...
Quite useful info, thank you for the article.
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Version 51 (modified by Andre Miras, 5 years ago) (diff) |
Git Plugin for Trac
This is yet another plugin for Trac 0.10/0.11 which enables GIT to be used instead of Subversion for the trac:VersioningSystemBackend
- Browsing source code in a Git repository via the TracBrowser
- Viewing the change history of a file or directory using TracRevisionLog
- Performing diffs between any two files or two directories
- Displaying submitted changes in the TracTimeline (0.11)
- (Optionally) caching TracChangeset information in Trac's database (0.11)
- Caching Git commit relation graph in memory (0.11)
- Using the TracSearch page to search change descriptions (0.11)
- Annotation support, also known as "blame" operation (0.11)
- Interpretation of 40-character wide hex-strings as sha1 commit checksums
- ...
0.10 Plugin | 0.11 Plugin/0.11-py2.4 Plugin | 0.12 Plugin | |
Trac | 0.10.x | 0.11.x | 0.12dev (trunk) |
Python | 2.4+ | 2.5+/2.4+ | 2.5+ |
GIT | 1.4.4+ | 1.5.2+ (for plugin v0.11.0.1) 1.5.6+ (for plugin v0.11.0.2+) | 1.5.6+ |
Example Sites
- nanosleep.org's GitPlugin branch (using trac 0.10)
Sites that were previously using GitPlugin
- The GIT repositories at Fedora Hosted
- GNU Parted
- ReductiveLabs Puppet
- Ohloh Labs
- assignment help
- essay help
- Hosting
Bugs/Feature Requests
As this is for now just a proof of concept implementation, it has quite some deficiencies, some of which exist as tickets already:
- #746
- Improve performance of GitPlugin
- #2633
- It should be possible to see the branch in the timeline and for each changeset
- #2685
- shortrev_len does not work
- #4227
- Cannot detect GIT version: All git commands result in git usage output which is unparsable.
- #4318
- Enhance Documentation
- #4505
- Resetting HEAD on a remote branch causes GitPlugin to complain of missing changeset
- #5357
- UnicodeDecodeError on UTF-8 encoded filenames
- #6398
- Internal error if ticket text references SVN-like revision number (changeset)
- #7381
- GitError: GIT control files not found, maybe wrong directory?
- #7665
- post-receive hook is not working when default repository is speciefied
- #7860
- Browse branches as virtual top-level folders
- #8016
- File rename not supported
- #8087
- UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 5-7: invalid data
- #8102
- Can't install plugin properly.
- #8260
- Browse with 'bare' repository fails
- #8354
- Invalid changeset link in ticket comments is produced by the post-receive-hook for multiple git repositories
- #8401
- filedescriptor out of range
- #8465
- Trac[git_fs] ERROR: GitError: Could not retrieve GIT version
- #8473
- Problem with Trac 0.12.2 and GitPlugin (BrowserModule)
- #8522
- Browse Source defaults to HEAD, I'd like to be able to specify a branch instead
- #8639
- PyGIT._get_branches fails with ValueError on commit messages with line feeds
- #8658
- missing links in messages
- #8844
- «No changeset HEAD in the repository»
- #8880
- Support for submodules in source browsing
- #8944
- Problem with cyrillic file name. (UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode)
- #9134
- git post-receive hook - remote: error: command not found
- #9552
- TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable
- #9560
- GitPlugin not loading, error in git_fs.py:415
- #9581
- 'Popen' object has no attribute 'terminate'
- #9641
- Source browser fails with SMB hosted git repository
- #9646
- WindowsError: (5, 'Access is denied')
- #9657
- GitPlugin crashed under Win7 while using cygwin
- #9778
- OSError: [Errno 10] No child processes
- #9879
- GitNode *must* throw NoSuchNode on invalid revisions for Bitten to work
- #10151
- GitPlugin on Trac 0.12 with Python 2.4
- #10460
- some problem with TRAC 0.12 and GIT 126.96.36.199 (Apple Git-33)
- #11056
- TypeError: execv() arg 2 must contain only strings
...and other potential issues/todos which aren't ticket-tracked yet:
does not highlight sha1sums automatically- issues with filenames containing newlines (seems to be a Trac bug)
- ...
Existing bugs and feature requests for GitPlugin are here (all including closed ones are here).
If you have any issues, create a new ticket.
Download, Source
Download the zipped source, check out GitPlugin from Subversion, or browse the source.
(An experimental branch of this plugin with a hacky caching feature and some bug fixes is available from here.)
See also generic instructions at trac:TracPlugins
If you have a recent setuptools version installed, you can directly install GitPlugin from the Subversion repository.
For Trac 0.11:
easy_install http://trac-hacks.org/svn/gitplugin/0.11
or alternatively the Python 2.4 backport:
easy_install http://trac-hacks.org/svn/gitplugin/0.11-py2.4
For Trac 0.12
easy_install http://trac-hacks.org/svn/gitplugin/0.12
Simply point your Trac instance to a local git repository:
[trac] repository_dir = /var/git/Test.git repository_type = git ## the following is only for the 0.11 branch [git] ## let Trac cache meta-data via CachedRepository wrapper; default: false cached_repository = true ## disable automatic garbage collection for in-memory commit-tree cache; default: false persistent_cache = true ## length revision sha-sums should be tried to be abbreviated to (must be >= 4 and <= 40); default: 7 shortrev_len = 6 ## executable file name (optionally with path) of git binary; default: 'git' git_bin = /usr/src/git-dev/git
/!\ NOTE: the Test.git above needs to be the .git repository directory (i.e. the one containing the file HEAD and config), not the working tree directory that holds the .git/ folder.
/!\ NOTE: If you are noticing a slow down in trac with a repository above 500 commits, try disabling the caching. It seems to bog things down as a repo grows.
If installed globally, don't forget to enable the plugin:
[components] # for plugin version 0.10 gitplugin.* = enabled # for plugin version 0.11.0.1+ tracext.git.* = enabled
post-receive hook scripts
For Trac 0.11 see attachments below.
With Trac 0.12 a VC independent plugin approach to handling ticket references in commit messages has been put into place. Thus for 0.12 in you basically need to enable the CommitTicketUpdater component in trac.ini or via the webinterface under 'Admin/Plugins'. Additionally you have to call trac-admin TRAC_ENV changeset added <commitid(s)>, e.g. by putting a post-receive script into yourRepository.git/hooks/ along the lines of:
#!/usr/bin/env python import sys from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, call GIT_PATH = '/usr/bin/git' BRANCHES = ['master'] TRAC_ENV = '/srv/trac/myproj' REPO_NAME = '(default)' def call_git(command, args): return Popen([GIT_PATH, command] + args, stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0] def handle_ref(old, new, ref): # If something else than the master branch (or whatever is contained by the # constant BRANCHES) was pushed, skip this ref. if not ref.startswith('refs/heads/') or ref[11:] not in BRANCHES: return # Get the list of hashs for commits in the changeset. args = (old == '0' * 40) and [new] or [new, '^' + old] pending_commits = call_git('rev-list', args).splitlines()[::-1] call(["trac-admin", TRAC_ENV, "changeset", "added", REPO_NAME] + pending_commits) if __name__ == '__main__': for line in sys.stdin: handle_ref(*line.split())
You will also need to change your trac.ini file accordingly.
09/06/2010 I was able to get this running with ubuntu karmic, trac 0.12rc and git version 1.7.1 (served with a gitosis install) after encountering the issue mentioned in bug #5480 ("GitError: GIT control files not found, maybe wrong directory?") with:
chmod o+rx /home/git/repositories/blah-blah.git
12/13/2009 Anyone get this working in a shared hosting environment? I've tried with trac 0.11 and I get errors about it not finding the Git component (I did all the trac.ini stuff). If you have instructions please contact me, codecraig -at- gmail -dot- com ....thanks
15/04/2010 Apparently this does not work at all... At least not for me. trac 0.11. Please file a ticket with a decent problem report, instead of writing random notworkings on the wikipage.
13/07/2010 I've managed to get it to work (at least, for it not to complain about the plugin being missing) by adding:
file = /etc/trac/trac.ini
to the \[inherit\] section of the individual projects' trac.ini. Or, of course, you could probably just configure the plugin for that particular project's trac.ini directly.
Recent Changes
Author: Herbert Valerio Riedel
Contributors: Hans Petter Jansson
Attachments (7)
added by s.noack@… 6 years ago.
post-receive hook for closing and referencing tickets
added by s.noack@… 6 years ago.
post-receive hook for closing and referencing tickets
added by cameronsstone 6 years ago.
post-receive hook for closing and referencing tickets - now auto-creating git_seen table
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added by silk 4 years ago.
Old example from main site
added by silk 4 years ago.
Add commits from all branches, but only those that are new to the repository. Properly handles many branches in one push. Added version number.
added by juanf.jaramillo@… 3 years ago.
Correction of the previous version, and add log file to detect errors.
added by scorphus@… 2 years ago.
post-receive hook for closing and referencing tickets - updated to trac 1.0; fixed syntax; removed unused imports
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'Big' Small Kitchens
With the new consumer focus on "downsizing," smaller, smarter homes will likely be the new construction norm in the future. Clients planning to renovate will select designers who can manipulate existing spaces, avoiding costly room additions.
While the interest in small homes is not new (several great books have been written about smart, smaller homes), wonderful kitchen examples are hard to find.
Last September, I went on a kitchen tour sponsored by the NKBA Puget Sound Chapter. On the tour, I saw several small kitchens we can all learn from.
Additionally, I recently judged a Wellborn Design Competition, and was inspired by several examples of great small spaces. One in particular from the Portland area caught my eye. So join me in studying several solution-slanted successful kitchens created by Pacific Northwest professionals.
Planning Strategies
Before we study these award-winning solutions, here are several ideas that these designers employed in their projects:
- Make sure you understand the client's priorities. Do not assume "downsizing" means "downgrading." Train yourself to never say, "You can't have," or "I can't do…because…" Replace such negative comments with, "Together, I think we can find a way for all of your requests to be met. We just need to prioritize equipment, thinking about staging activities, planning multi-tasking spaces and possibly moving some activities out of the core kitchen floor space area."
- Look outside of the boundaries of the existing kitchen to determine if other rooms can "give up" some square footage.
1. Can a laundry room become part of the kitchen, rather than a separate room?
2. Can a coat closet be relocated, downsized or share floor space with a pantry?
3. Can a buffet, entertainment center or other special-purpose section of cabinetry be placed in the adjacent dining room?
4. Can a dining room adjacent to the kitchen become part of the kitchen activity zone or do "double-duty" as the library, home office or other center of activity? - Find alternatives to a freestanding table or island. Banquettes or bench seating with table and chair combinations have been growing in popularity over the last several years. Islands are being replaced with peninsulas, saving one 36" to 48" walkway on one side. Minimize walkway space anywhere, everywhere, whenever possible!
- Eliminate visual chaos. To make a space look bigger, keep the design details understated. The more activity in the overall surface selections or materials used, the smaller the space will appear visually. I believe this is one of the reasons we have seen such a growth in popularity of quartz countertop materials. Their monochromatic aesthetic is much more subtle than the active pattern movement found in natural stone slabs.
Think carefully about proportion as well. In smaller spaces, mantel hoods should be replaced with interesting – but much smaller in scale – decorative metal and glass ventilation systems. Try to minimize the "bulk" of professional-looking cooking equipment. Major manufacturers are introducing much more streamlined appliance designs that work well in small rooms. Try to integrate the refrigerator so that it does not extend into the room. One solution that has worked for me is recessing the freestanding refrigerator into an adjacent utility or laundry room.
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To illustrate some of these creative ideas for smaller kitchen spaces, let's look at four Pacific Northwest kitchens that provide unique design solutions.
The first kitchen, created by Marie Lail Blackburn, CMKBD, MLB Design Group, in Seattle, WA, features elements that make it extremely efficient, including:
- Investing in a functional corner storage system;
- Locating the dishwasher away from the corner so that it's accessible;
- Using crisp contemporary appliances;
- Using 12"-deep tall cabinets (rather than 24"-deep base and wall combinations);
- "Stealing" space for the eating counter by extending it around into an adjacent space.
Another member of the NKBA Puget Sound Kitchen Tour, Joseph Irons, CGR, GMB, CAPS, CGP, with Terence Tung, CKD, revitalized a small kitchen in a 1930s Tudor home without sacrificing the personality of the home.
Although the "footprint" of the kitchen could not be dramatically changed, the clients had three objectives:
¦ Relocate the kitchen walking path so it did not pass through the middle of the kitchen.
¦ Create a more open feeling between the rooms.
¦ Add storage for the homeowner's expensive liquor collection.
Crystal Kennedy of Pacific Northwest Cabinetry, a competition winner in the Wellborn Design Contest, created a very functional small kitchen by adding 24" onto the existing home. Oftentimes, such a small addition can be accomplished without major exterior changes. Much like a bay window, a small "bump-out" addition can be accomplished under the existing roof overhang.
Cantilevered construction (acceptable for local building codes) allows the footing and foundation footprint to remain intact. This is an affordable way to add a small extension, which can result in big gains in size.
Another project by Marie Lail Blackburn that I had the pleasure of actually standing in during the tour is an example of a small kitchen that dramatically increased in size when the designer was able to expand into adjacent spaces.
Design Solutions
When challenged with a small space that needs to feel "big" to get the sale, consider these space stretching approaches:
- Think vertically. Rather than standard 24"+ base cabinet depth, increase walk space by replacing traditional wall and base cabinets with 12"- to 18"-deep tall storage cabinetry. This eliminates lost backsplash wall space, while increasing walkways.
- Whatever the room's shape or size, plan multi-tasking areas. For example, a small kitchen cannot accommodate a freestanding table that you walk around that is only used for dining. Counters/tables need to serve for prep/dining/computing/etc.
- Move away from the idea of full-sized, single-purpose appliances. A tiny kitchen with a double oven doesn't work. However, a small kitchen with a drop-in or freestanding range (featuring a whole-sized oven) can be easily coupled with a microwave/convection oven combination.
- Use the backsplash. This is the most wasted space in a kitchen. Utilizing storage systems designed for hanging shallow items allows this area to replace a drawer bank.
- Reintroduce yourself to improved downdraft ventilation systems. Too often, we settle for a microwave/hood combination in a small kitchen because we remember past downdraft system engineering that didn't exhaust well. New equipment does a much better job.
- Learn about the functionality of induction cooktops. They provide countertop as well as a cooking surface. (Some appliance experts predict that this type of heat transference will replace space-consuming high BTU-rated gas burners for surface cooking in the future.)
- Integrate chopping/draining/rinsing activities right into the sink design itself. Rather than assuming these activities need to be accomplished at the countertop adjacent to the sink, look at new 30"- to-36"-wide sinks that are designed with food preparation accessories that work within the sink area.
- Consider separating the primary refrigerator from its corresponding freezer. Accessibility to the fresh food storage is the most critical element in a small space. To create the most workable arrangement, the freezer might need to be located in an adjacent space.
- Consider shallow base cabinets in some areas. This may allow you to intersect a wall with a door or other structural element. It's important that you maximize counter space as well as the cabinetry.
- Reintroduce yourself to some of the new hardware that allows for pull-out chopping surfaces or pull-out tables. We first saw these types of "multi-tasking" surfaces in the mid-'80s. One new table system from Häfele America pulls out on legs. It is as sturdy as a free-standing table. I've seen some examples of tables that are at the end of a cabinet run with sliding hardware so that the table can move along the work surface at a 90-degree angle to the counter. Häfele has a great pull system that allows a small counter to be against the wall, then it rolls around on casters to serve as an eating area.
- Don't overlook the functionality of a corner sink, whether there's a window or not. Placing a single sink in the corner in a diagonal cabinet allows you to maximize the length of an uninterrupted counter surface on one or both sides of the water appliance. Even if a window is along the counter space elsewhere, don't automatically think you need to tie the sink to the window.
- Take another look at tall, narrow pantry pull-outs. They were first introduced some years ago with wire shelves. Many designers found their clients did not like cleaning these "oven rack" shelf systems. Today, these storage units have a solid "non-skid" surface. Beautifully engineered and of very sturdy construction, they could be just the answer in a small 12" space next to a refrigerator or in another area.
- Find extra floor and wall space adjacent to the kitchen by installing new stacking washer/dryer combinations. New laundry equipment is very efficient and can handle regular loads as well as hand washables. The high value for this appliance is that the full-sized, front-loading washer and dryer can be stacked on top of one another in a 30"x30" cube.
- If you haven't seen the movie Julie & Julia, do enjoy it! Or, go online to the Smithsonian and take a look at Julia Child's original kitchen. In her small Connecticut home (where she filmed her original TV shows), she used a peg board wall hanging system to keep all of her frequently used pots and pans easily accessible. If you have a shallow wall space, think about hanging the pots, pans, lids, pot holders and oven top utensils. This is an excellent way to save base cabinet space for something else. An alternative to the "Julia Child" look: rather than her peg board solution, stack two to four wall-mounted bars with S hooks. The advantage to such bars is that the
S hooks are completely free to move in any direction based on what type of utensil they are storing. - As you will see in many small kitchen solutions, shallow, tall pantries are excellent alternatives to wall and base combinations – once your countertop requirement has been met. The smaller the kitchen, the easier it is to lose things in it – because, when space is at a premium, we tend to pack things onto shelves and cabinets without much thought for how easy they will be to find later. The same goes for worktops, which get cluttered with gadgets, utensils, storage jars and plug-in electrical equipment, so you find that you have to move things just to find space to work on. Tall cabinets can contain clutter better than bases and open counters!
"Big" thinking is a winning approach for designers challenged with existing small kitchens. These Pacific Northwest kitchen solutions demonstrate how to maximize existing square footage, add new small footage economically and "trade places" by reorganizing living/activity spaces adjacent to the kitchen.


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Trout looks to continue birthday success
Angels star hopes to celebrate 23rd with win over Dodgers
Mike Trout turns 23 on Thursday, and he has already enjoyed two happy birthdays as a Major Leaguer. He has homered on Aug. 7 in each of the past two years and owns a .333 (3-for-9) batting average on his birthday.
His b-day success seems primed to continue in the Freeway Series finale, as the Angels outfielder has hit safely in 20 of his past 21 Interleague games, including a .375 clip with six doubles, a triple and four homers in 14 games against National League opponents this year.
Perhaps Trout's recent tear as well as his birthday success can help Angels lefty C.J. Wilson as he aims to reverse his fortunes opposite fellow southpaw Hyun-Jin Ryu and the Dodgers at Angel Stadium.
Wilson limped into a stint on the disabled list with a right ankle sprain following a rough outing on July 9. That wrapped up a four-start stretch that saw Wilson's 3.34 ERA increase by nearly a full run. Unfortunately for Los Angeles, Wilson's return to the hill was also tough.
He surrendered six earned runs on six hits in only 1 1/3 innings against the Rays on Saturday. His ERA in his past five turns is 12.50.
"Obviously it was his first start back. We wish it would've turned out better for him; we're all pulling for him," Halos pitching coach Mike Butcher said. "Really just some pitch execution. He got himself into some deep counts. He's got to not let the counts run so deep and give himself a chance to get some early outs in the game."
Butcher was asked if Wilson's tendency to over-adjust may be what plagues his performance, but the pitching coach believes the key to a turnaround is simply execution, something Wilson achieved with a 2.89 ERA and 10 quality starts in 14 trips to the mound between April 7 and June 8.
"Sometimes, you can be as prepared as you want, but it's really all about going out there and executing the game plan," Butcher said. "I think the biggest thing is, he's been working himself into some deep counts, and when you're doing that, sometimes you're showing all your pitches early in the game. It kind of works as a disadvantage because now they've seen every pitch."
Angels: Smith keeping foes scoreless
Angels reliever Joe Smith has notched 22 consecutive scoreless outings since June 22, a stretch encompassing 22 2/3 innings. Although he has given up hits in four of his past five outings, Smith owns a 0.44 WHIP during the streak.
The right-hander has made a Major League-leading 54 appearances this season and is enjoying a career year. Both his 1.83 ERA and his 0.83 WHIP are in good position to become new career-high marks.
Dodgers: Ryu enjoying strong run
Ryu has notched 12 quality starts in his past 14 outings, and he is 3-0 with a 2.42 ERA in his past four, including a no-decision in his last start, as he gave up two earned runs in seven frames against the Cubs on Saturday. He threw 108 pitches, his most since logging 112 on April 17.
Ryu credited the combination of his slider and his changeup for the 14th start in which he allowed two earned runs or fewer this season.
"I think [my slider] was good today," Ryu said. "I was able to use the changeup when I needed it. I got two outs with it. I think overall, every pitch was working today."
Worth noting
• Since June 6, the Angels lead the Majors with a 36-18 record.
• The Dodgers have gone 10-9 against American League opponents this season after going 12-8 last season. Thursday's Freeway Series finale will be the team's last Interleague matchup of the year.


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Army awards $10B contract to speed up communications technology deployment
Monday - 11/26/2012, 2:26pm EST
The Army awarded 20 companies a spot on a $10 billion contract to provide a simplified approach to developing, producing, testing and implementing communications technologies.
The Global Tactical Advanced Communications Systems (GTACS) contract is a five-year, indefinite delivery,indefinite quantity type of contract with a small business set-aside requirement for all task orders worth $4.5 million or less. Army contract users otherwise would have to justify awards to large businesses at or under that threshold. The Army made awards to 14 large and six small businesses under the program.
GTACS replaces the World Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract and will be run by the Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T).
"This is a one-stop shop for a very broad range of hardware and services," said Lt. Col. Greg Coile, the Army's product manager for Satellite Communications, in a statement. "The contract's range, flexibility and consolidation capabilities will enable the Army, Department of Defense and other agencies to spend more efficiently and get needed capability into the hands of Soldiers at a faster pace."
The GTACS contract covers three functional areas: Research and development, production and deployment, and sustainment and logistics.
The Army said this is one of the largest multiple-award contracts it plans to award in the next few years.
The contract awardees are:
- CACI Technologies, Inc.
- D & S Consultants, Inc.
- DRS Technical Services, Inc.
- Envistacom, LLC
- General Dynamics One Source LLC
- Globecomm Systems, Inc.
- Harris Corp.
- ITT/ Exelis Corp.
- L-3 Services, Inc.
- Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Inc.
- Morgan Franklin
- Nexagen Networks, Inc.
- Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.
- Raytheon Comp.
- Rockwell Collins Satellite Communications Systems, Inc.
- Scientific Research Corp.
- Telecommunications Systems, Inc.
- Trace Systems, Inc.
- Viasat, Inc.
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Max Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)Suite, 1 Bedroom
Max Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 3 infants)Suite, 2 Bedrooms
Max Occupancy: 6 guests (up to 5 children, 3 infants)Ocean-view condominium resort with a swim-up bar, near Playa Delfines
Nestled on the beach, this Hotel Zone condominium resort is 0.8 mi (1.2 km) from Playa Delfines and 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from El Rey Ruins. Playa Ballenas and Playa Marlin are also within 3 mi (5 km).
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At The Royal Islander - An All Suites Resort, spend the day on the beach where you can enjoy volleyball. Then return for a meal at one of the condominium resort's 2 restaurants.
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All 179 soundproofed condos feature free WiFi and pillowtop beds. For a bit of entertainment, guests will find flat-screen TVs with cable channels, and other amenities include balconies and premium bedding.
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The Royal Islander - An All Suites Resort features an outdoor pool and a children's pool. Dining is available at one of the condominium resort's 2 restaurants. The property also offers a grocery/convenience store. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the condominium resort's bars, which include a swim-up bar and a poolside bar. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
This beach condominium resort also offers tour/ticket assistance, an arcade/game room, and multilingual staff. Guests can use the outdoor pool at a partner hotel. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available 24 hours) is offered to guests. Onsite self parking is complimentary. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge).
The Royal Islander - An All Suites Resort has designated areas for smoking.
- Outdoor pool
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 179
- Number of floors - 8
- Babysitting or childcare
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- Arcade/game room
- Elevator/lift
- Tennis on site
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Concierge services
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Designated smoking areas
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Grocery/convenience store
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Multilingual staff
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Year Built 1993
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Free self parking
- Beach towels
- Shopping on site
- Number of buildings/towers - 8
- Supervised childcare/activities
- Children's pool
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Swim-up bar
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Grocery/convenience store
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare
- Arcade/game room
- Playground on site
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Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Premium bedding
- Balcony
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- Climate control
- Soundproofed rooms
- Access via exterior corridors
- Free local calls
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Phone
- Cable TV service
- Flat-panel TV
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Individually furnished
- Individually decorated
- Free WiFi
- Pillowtop mattress
Where to Eat
The Royal Islander - An All Suites Resort has 2 restaurants on site.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Windsurfing nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Playground on site
- Sailing on site
- Tennis lessons on site
- Volleyball on site
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Aerobics on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Pilates classes on site
- Beach volleyball on site
- Boat tours nearby
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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Check-out time is 11 AM
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- Breakfast fee: MXN 162 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: MXN 375.00 per person (roundtrip)
- Late check-out fee: MXN 1500
- Deposit: MXN 1500 per night
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Fall is the season for picking apples and such is true for the Dell Rapids Public Elementary School. The Dell Rapids Public Elementary School has received 90 Apple mini iPads along with 40 fourth-generation iPads. The mini iPads were acquired through a pilot program funded by the school district, in which teachers were asked to submit ways they would like to energize their classrooms using technology. The 40 iPads for the kindergarten students where acquired through a grant that was submitted by Superintendent Summer Schultz.The mini iPads have now all been placed in classrooms around the elementary school building. Each classroom received six mini iPads. Each kindergarten classroom received nine iPads. Teachers are in the process of finding apps (programs for the iPad) that will enrich student knowledge and understanding in their classrooms. Currently the list of applications contains math, spelling, phonics, geography, memory and other curriculum tools. I bet that our students will gain more knowledge from their Apples than Sir Isaac Newton did from his apple.Nancy Brekke, a Dell Rapids Middle School teacher, received 30 Acer Chrome books through the Pilot program. Nancy and her students have been using the Chrome books every day to take part in numerous activities in their social studies and Language Arts classes. Many times Nancy will use the chrome books to have her students watch presentations. After watching a presentation, her students answer questions about it using the same Chrome books. She really enjoys the ability to stay current on what is happening and believes it keeps the kids interested and on task in class. Mrs. Nancy Brekke's classes also use the Chrome books to collaborate with each other. Her goal is to promote a higher level of student understanding and learning. The students will often collaborate by sharing documents they have written in Google docs (an online document creation tool available from google.com) with one another. They can use the Chrome books to critique eachother's documents in order to help produce a well written article.The Chrome book is a fun and exciting tool that has helped Brekke go out and discover new and interesting happenings that relate to her classes.The technology office is happy to have the opportunity to help students succeed by implementing new and exciting technology throughout the Dell Rapids School District.
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Cancer had act one. Isabel received the encore.
There are few things more shocking than the words "your child has cancer." You may be feeling anxious and overwhelmed. It's important to remember that those words are not the end but are part of a journey that can lead to hope and health. At Children's National Health System, we offer comprehensive, specialized, and long-term care for children battling cancer.
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Some individuals have no family history of cancer and may be the first person in his or her family with a cancer predisposition syndrome. Oftentimes this is due to a new mutation in that individual. When an individual has a cancer predisposition syndrome it does not mean that the person will definitely develop cancer, only that the risks of cancer is greater than that seen in the general population.
The genetic counseling process involves reviewing a family's medical history to better understand the types of cancer and pattern of inheritance in a family, and to determine whether an individual and family may be at risk for cancer predisposition syndrome. During the genetic counseling session, our specialists educate patients and their family members about the specific cancer syndrome in question, how it is inherited, and who in the family may be at risk. The discussion includes available testing options, explore the pros and cons of genetic testing, and whether testing is the most appropriate course of action for the family. Depending on the medical findings, a consultation may also involve an evaluation by a geneticist. Families should understand that genetic tests are different from other blood tests. Insurance preauthorization (approval) is usually necessary before testing. Once obtained, the testing process may take a few weeks to a few months, depending on the specific test being performed. When test results become available, a follow-up consultation is scheduled to review the meaning of the results and to develop an appropriate plan of care.
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3 killed as strong winds hit Northern California
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Three people have been killed in Northern California as high winds knocked out power to thousands of residents in the region.
The Contra Costa Times reports ( http://bit.ly/1bWzT3n) a man was killed late Thursday in Oakland when a power line fell to the ground and electrocuted him. Authorities say another man in Oakland died less than an hour later as he tried to avoid debris in the road. In Yuba County, a 52-year-old woman died when a tree fell on a parked car in which she was sitting.
Strong winds continued to batter the region early Friday.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said tens of thousands of customers were without power late Thursday. There was no estimate when power would be restored.
Information from: Contra Costa Times, http://www.contracostatimes.com
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