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Housed in a sandstone building with a huge veranda, this eatery boasts locally caught Trout and locally inspired dishes.
The dining room bursts at the seam with ambiance and the lingering aroma of freshly cooked dishes that wet the appetite.
Try the locally caught Trout with hollandaise sauce and fresh fennel, or the Pint o' Prawns which remains a firm favourite with regulars.
Toss back a chilled beetroot and vodka shooter then move onto the award winning wine cellar.
Situated in Bergville in the Northen Drakensbeg, Sanford Park Country Hotel welcomes with a warm and cosy country ambiance.
Relax in a unique dining experience complete with country furniture, endless views of the Ancient Drakensberg ranges and manicured lawns flanked by rose gardens.
Here you can indulge in lazy afternoon lunches or hearty breakfasts prepared by talented chefs who relish in serving the best traditional and continental country cuisine.
The a la Carte menu serves languid lunches, while dinner is grand affair hosted by a five-course set menu.
Enjoy superb South African wines surrounded by classical elegance at Sanford Park country Hotel.
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Tucked away in Bergville, Northern Drakensberg, with views of beautiful gardens and the swimming pool is a local hotspot brimming with flavour.
The stylish and cosy décor make an ideal setting for relaxing and unwinding, either around the pool or in the lapa.
Dine inside or within the boma feasting on contemporary and African dishes prepared using the finest fresh produce and meticulous attention to detail.
The a la Carte menu offers wood-fired pizzas alongside tempting light lunches with a wide variety of dishes to suit the mood.
Relax and indulge at this social hotspot in Bergville and discover the secret of local food lovers.
Please note that the restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner from Monday – Saturday. We are open for lunch on Sundays but close the kitchen at 15h00.
The seasonal menu boasts handmade bread, soups and hearty continental country cooking. Chilly winters are warmed by roaring fires and home cooked meals while summer beacons sunsets lingering around lush gardens and a refreshing dam.
Enjoy continental specialties brimming with seasonal choices such as homemade bread, hearty soups or healthy fresh salads. Start the day with a traditional country style breakfasts in picturesque surrounds at Caldedon Gardens Restaurant in Clarens.
Artist's Café in Clarens is located at the Windmill Center on Clarens Square, flanked by majestic views of the mountains.
This daytime culinary retreat offers a varied selection of light meals, famous country pancakes, sweet or savory and scrumptious breakfasts, grills and platters. Compliment a aromatic coffee with a captivating slice of cake.
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When Christina Chandler transferred to the University of Colorado Boulder as an English major, her advisor pushed her to take a course in classics. It would meet a requirement, the advisor said, and it fit into her schedule.
Chandler, who didn't think she'd be interested in the subject, was not happy. But she gave in.
"I didn't know classics was a thing. I didn't know the word. I didn't know it was a field," she said. "But immediately, I was just so enamored. I think it took me maybe two weeks to declare it as a minor and then another two days to declare it as a second major."
Four years later, Chandler is set to graduate. Her time at CU-Boulder has been filled with a deep exploration of the classical world, including learning ancient Greek and Latin. But a highlight of her undergraduate career has been her research into the impressions of seal stones used in the ancient Persian city of Persepolis, located in modern-day Iran.
Citizens throughout the Achaemenid Empire, of which Persepolis was the ceremonial capital, used seal stones as their signature. The stones, each one carved with distinctive iconography, were pressed into administrative clay tablets to ratify a transaction, such as the disbursement of grain or wine throughout the vast empire.
Last summer, with the help of CU-Boulder's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Chandler worked at the Persepolis Fortification Archive Project at the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, where about 20,000 administrative documents from about 500 BC are stored.
Chandler's job was to examine the seal impressions used on clay tablets and determine if the seal was among the 3,000 or so already documented on the archive. Knowing all the instances in which a single seal was used helps scholars understand the connections between people across the empire.
If the seal had not been used before, Chandler carefully drew the impression and catalogued it for future reference.
"It was very much like a big puzzle or treasure hunt with the ancient iconography," Chandler said. "Because they're on clay tablets, they're not perfectly preserved a lot of the time. So you have to have out your magnifying glass and you have to be under the light just right to see what you're looking at."
A cylinder seal impression of a hero in combat with a winged monster found on a tablet in Persepolis. The seal is likely Assyrian from the ninth to eighth centuries B.C. Image courtesy of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago.
The meaning of warfare scenes
As Chandler worked, she began to notice common themes. It turned out ancient Persians especially liked to depict a hero figure wrestling a beast—either a real animal or a hybrid, such as a winged lion—on their seals. Animals fighting each other and people sitting down at banquets or participating in rituals also were common.
But what was rare, Chandler noticed, were warfare scenes: depictions of people battling each other. Less than 1 percent of the seals identified in the archive are even remotely related to warfare.
"I was really surprised to find so few because this is a giant empire that would certainly depend on human dominance and the military for control and expansion," she said.
Chandler's summer work will help scholars decode connections within the empire in their future research, and her interest in warfare scenes grew into an honors thesis back at CU-Boulder. Chandler compared the warfare iconography on seal stones found in Persepolis with art and seals found in Nimrud and Nineveh, the two great Neo-Assyrian capitals built in the ninth and seventh centuries respectively, said Classics Professor Elspeth Dusinberre, an expert on the ancient Near East and Chandler's advisor.
Chandler found that Assyrian seals dealing with warfare tend to depict glory after the battle, including victory banquets, instead of the actual violence. But the few warfare scenes found on Persian seals were usually violent and tended to clearly show whom the Persians had defeated, for example, a Greek or Egyptian warrior. Those Persian seals stand in contrast to the fact that Persian art, in general, tends to show a world at peace and harmony.
"The specific violence of those few Persian seals showing warfare demonstrates that some individuals in the Persian Empire emphatically departed from the official imperial rhetoric of a world at balance, to emphasize specifically Persian prowess in battle," Dusinberre said. "The research that Christina did last summer paved the way for her to write a thesis that illuminates a completely new aspect of the Persian empire. It is breathtaking in its scope, its learnedness, and its contribution to scholarship."
Chandler plans to continue her study in classics during graduate school: "I don't see myself being able to stop thinking about these things anytime soon," she said. Noting that four years ago she couldn't have predicted that she'd find this passion, she encourages other students to be open to exploring new subjects.
"I think it's important to try things that you wouldn't normally make yourself try and do things that look hard and scary and foreign," she said. "I remember when I declared the major and I learned I had to learn Greek or Latin—I was terrified. But I powered through and it opened up a whole new world."

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My article link (I think) I have figured out. Here it is:
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but then what? I tried this a couple of weeks ago, but don't know how to get the feedback information. I think I have a lot to learn about technology. Can anyone help me?
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Platform markets have two groups of users, and these have both direct and indirect network effects throughout the market as a whole. Platform markets include media markets, credit cards, dating, and video games. There are also auction-based platforms, dealing more with advertising, display, and search. What matters in market design is the focus on efficiency and long-term participation, extracting rents and determining participation and first-order issues between competitions.
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Baltimore City College Rules Poly
The Baltimore City College Knights sustained one of their best football seasons in recent history with a victory Nov. 9 in perhaps the most historical rivalry in Baltimore City high school sports.
The City – Poly Tech Engineers rivalry goes back 125 years, with Poly leading the all-time series with a record of 62-wins, 57 losses and 6 draws. But it's the Knights who will hold the bragging rights this year with a 36-14 win over Poly at M&T Bank Stadium in downtown Baltimore.
The score was tight all the way into the fourth quarter before City began to pour on the points to run away with the lopsided victory. City quarterback Troy Robinson broke an 8-8 tie late in the third quarter with a 10-yard touchdown run, pushing the Knights ahead, 14-8. Robinson scored two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter and running back Dre-Shawn Winston added another fourth-quarter touchdown score to push the lead to 36-8; Poly scored a late touchdown to set the final score at 36-14.
"All week they said on Twitter how they were better than us," said Robinson, who was named MVP of the 125th City vs. Poly classic. "We just shut up and talked with our pads…"
City now holds an 8-2 overall record, good enough for second place in the Baltimore City Division I standings and also second place in the 3A East regional standings. Poly falls to a 6-4 overall record.
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Archive for the 'music' tag
Cisco's Greatest Hit
Dave, a developer from Melbourne, Australia brings an interesting story . He was installing a newly purchased VPN product. When he loaded the VPN client software, he discovered that in the place of the usual boring software was an audio disk with 12 tracks of Spanish music (see Cisco\'s Hit). A lively discussion on Dave's blog tried and successfully managed to identify the musician. You can watch the video below.
Beyond the anecdotal story there are few things that we can learn from this incident. I'm not picking on Cisco specifically: In the past, one of the products that I was managing was built by very large OEM partner that was responsible for building the appliance, packaging, forwarding etc. Though it was very rare, we had few incidents when customer X received parts of a printer with his order (inside the appliance package), while another customer received the wrong CDs etc. Errors do occur and I believe that Cisco will do everything it can to learn from this manufacturing snafu and improve its quality assurance process. However from a security risk management point of view , this incident is a reminder to trust no one:
Every CD should be considered suspicious, even if it arrived inside a box that has the Cisco logo. Due to the popularity of Cisco's gear there's a second hand market and also some fake devices. Softpedia tells that even the United States government is reportedly using some 3500 fake Cisco-branded network devices, including routers, network switches and hubs. "According to the investigation results, the fake devices are worth up to $3.5 million."
Trust no one is the moral of this story. On a side note, this story also explains why the DOD is investing so much money looking for the kill switch.
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An injured worker's diabetes and obesity are not pre-existing conditions that would allow New York's Special Disability Fund to reimburse her employer for workers' compensation benefits, a New York appellate court ruled on Jan. 31.
The self-insured Schenectady Community Action Program Inc. sought reimbursement from the Special Disability Fund for JoAnn LaDuke's workers' compensation benefits. LaDuke was an employee of the program for nearly 20 years when she sustained back and shoulder injuries while assisting students exiting a bus in May 2002, according to court records.
New York's disability fund argued it was not liable for LaDuke's benefits, as the New York State Worker's Compensation Board had initially determined. The New York appellate court reversed the compensation board's decision.
The court ruled LaDuke's diabetes and obesity did not hinder her ability to perform her job.
The "claimant testified that, although she had suffered from diabetes for over 20 years, it was controlled through oral medication and had never affected her ability to perform the job," according to the court's ruling.
As for her obesity, LaDuke testified that she had "always been heavy" and it never proved a hindrance to her job performance. "In any event, claimant testified that she had never been diagnosed with a medial condition that caused her obesity, and there is no instance in which obesity, lacking a medical basis that would ensure permanency, has been found to be a pre-existing condition," the court ruled.
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Woman out of hospital after wagon-SUV crash
A woman injured in the Friday, Sept. 6, crash of a sport-utility vehicle and a horse-drawn wagon is out of the hospital.
The fate of her daughter is unclear.
Linda Yoder, 29, and her daughter Janell Yoder, 5, both of Middlebury, were thrown from the wagon they were traveling in Friday after it was hit by an SUV operated by Janet Dabney. The elder Yoder was taken to Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital after reporting head and lower back pain, and a hospital official said Monday she had been released.
Janell's condition wasn't clear, however. Representatives at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, where she was initially transported, said she was in serious condition Friday but reported no one under her name in the facility as of Monday. The girl suffered "possible life-threatening injuries," according to the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department report on the crash.
Without offering specifics, a Parkview rep said the absence of public records on a patient can mean they've asked that they be kept private, among other things.
The wagon-SUV crash occurred on C.R. 22, just east of C.R. 31, about three miles southwest of Middlebury. Dabney, of Goshen, said she couldn't see the wagon because of glare from the sun and rear-ended the cart.


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Irritated skin is an extremely common skin care concern that typically affects all people at some point in their lives. Sometimes called dermatitis, irritation is a blanket term used to describe skin that is red, puffy and inflamed.
Finding the underlying cause is crucial to prevent irritated skin. Allergic responses often cause irritated skin. Treatments include cool baths, hydrocortisone cream, moisturizer, and soothing products. Always check with your dermatologist.
Irritated skin is an extremely common skin care concern that typically affects all people at some point in their lives. Sometimes called dermatitis, irritation is a blanket term used to describe skin that is red, puffy and inflamed. Irritated skin may be painful or itchy, and in severe cases, may include lesions. Skin irritation can be acute, meaning that it comes on suddenly, or chronic, meaning that it persists for long periods of time and may develop slowly.
Some type of trigger sets off all types of irritated skin. This trigger may be something external to your body that you come in contact with. In some cases, the irritant or trigger is an actual threat, but in other cases, the substance is harmless to most people, but your body perceives it incorrectly. This is known as an allergic response. Triggers can also occur due to a dysfunction in your immune system that makes your body perceive a threat that is not actually there. This type is considered "auto-immune" irritation.
No matter what the trigger of skin irritation is, the same mechanism in your body produces the symptoms associated with it. When your body perceives a threat, your immune system releases chemicals, including histamine, to respond to it and protect your body. The chemicals increase the amount of blood flow to the affected area, which causes the swelling. As the area fills with blood, redness occurs and you may even notice that your irritated skin feels slightly warmer than the areas around it due to the increased amount of blood in the area. Histamine can also cause your skin to become itchy. Depending on the severity of the irritation, your body may also produce scabs, crusty coverings that make up lesions, to protect the skin from the trigger.
A variety of external triggers can result in skin irritation. Some common culprits include:
To properly treat skin irritation, determining the trigger is important; however, in some cases, you may never be able to determine precisely what is to blame for your case of dermatitis, particularly if it is acute and disappears quickly without returning.
When you notice signs of skin irritation, the first important step to take is to think about what you did during the 24 to 48 hours prior to the appearance of the dermatitis. Were you exposed to a chemical or substance that you do not regularly come in contact with? Did you use a new type of makeup or skin care product, wear a new article of clothing or wear something that was washed in a new detergent?
In some cases, irritated skin does not appear with the first use of a product. You may need to be repeatedly exposed over a period of days, weeks or even months for the immune response to be triggered. If you cannot isolate a possible cause by thinking back on your activities from the days leading up to the appearance of dermatitis and the irritation persists, you can try to discover the trigger by eliminating items that may be to blame.
Stop using possible trigger items one at a time and look for changes in your condition. You'll want to select what items you eliminate based upon where the irritation is occurring. For example, if the rash is on your face, you would eliminate cosmetics, cleansers, moisturizers and skin care treatments one by one.
If you cannot uncover the source of your chronic skin irritation, your doctor may be able to help through physical examinations and collecting skin samples to study under a microscope.
In cases of mild, acute skin irritation, you may be able to care for the condition at home by alleviating your symptoms until the dermatitis clears up. Taking cool baths can make itchiness less severe as can cool, wet compresses applied directly to the skin. Applying a 1 percent hydrocortisone cream, a product available without a prescription, can help suppress the activity of your immune system and alleviate your symptoms temporarily.
Clinical studies have found that the use of rice bran can help alleviate some forms of dermatitis. Rice bran oil is available from some health food stores and natural medicinal suppliers. This oil can be applied directly to the rash with a cotton ball or swab. Alternatively, you can make rice bran broth by boiling bran in a pot of water for 30 minutes. Drain the bran, discard it and reserve the liquid. Then, chill the liquid in the refrigerator and apply to the skin as you would the oil.
For persistent, severe skin irritation, your doctor may prescribe a topical corticosteroid cream, such as prednisone. These drugs lessen the immune response in the area to which they are applied. Some people cannot use corticosteroid drugs to treat dermatitis because they have a sensitivity to the creams or ointments that causes additional inflammation. When used for long periods of time, corticosteroids can cause your skin to thin; due to this, your doctor will likely prescribe the drug for as long as your symptoms persist and then instruct you to discontinue use. If you have chronic dermatitis that disappears and then returns again, you'll need to begin treatment anew with each flare-up of skin irritation.
For many types of skin irritation, over-the-counter beauty treatments are able to alleviate symptoms and return skin to its usual appearance. A variety of types of products are available to help you deal with irritation.
If you suffer from skin sensitivity that causes allergic reactions from a variety of products, look for skin care items and cosmetics that are hypoallergenic. Products that are fragrance free are ideal, as often perfumes are common irritants. Some people are sensitive to parabens, a type of preservative found in some skin care products. Many sensitive skin formulations are paraben or completely preservative free.
When treating irritated skin, there are certain natural ingredients that can soothe inflammation and provide relief from your symptoms. Among these are:


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Renovation Update
The Kauffman Stadium renovations have been one of our most popular features on Around the Horn. On Wednesday, we'll bring you new pictures as we count down to April 10. Look for a late afternoon post. Until then, check out the galleries at royals.com or our earlier ATH photos (October and December).
Also on Wednesday, be sure to watch the local television news and sports in Kansas City. We've invited them out for a look at the stadium.
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Any news on the 2009 Royals Caravan? I've looked all over the site and haven't found anything. Just a blank page for the 2008 Caravan. I'm really looking forward to making it to a stop but would like to make sure I take the right day off.
We expect to post caravan information this week — a few details are being finalized.
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"That assignment is for the next five to six years to make a dedicated effort on your behalf to learn more about the civil rights movement in the state of Mississippi, especially in Meridian," said Jones.
Jones also told the students to challenge themselves to further their education.
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Dell SAS 6iR 6/iR Adapter SAS / SATA Controller with RAID Capabilities 341-5793 JW063 - Refurbished
The SAS6/iR SAS Controller from Dell™ provides RAID capabilities. The card supports both SAS and Serial ATA drives. Featuring two internal connectors with 4 ports each, the card features an impressive 8 ports for connecting drives to. The SAS6/iR features PCIe® connectivity and requires a x8 slot for connectivity. The card also offers up to 3 GBps of maximum burst speed per port. With support for S.M.A.R.T. physical drives as well as up to 10 physical drives, this card is ideal for your Dell PowerEdge™Server. This product has been tested and validated on Dell systems. It is supported by Dell Technical Support when used with a Dell system.
PCI-e Controller with Metal back bracket (L-Shaped)
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This is a '''To-Do list''' of things that still need to be done, you are more than welcome to help out with any of these tasks:
This is a '''To-Do list''' of things that still need to be done, you are more than welcome to help out with any of these tasks:
===Major To-Do tasks with high priority===
===Major To-Do tasks with high priority===
* [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] PAPlayer porting to Linux (port DLLs to SO, support ALSA, etc.) - ''
* [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] PAPlayer porting to Linux (port DLLs to SO, support ALSA, etc.) - ''''
* [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] [[MPlayer]] porting to Linux
* [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] [[MPlayer]] porting to Linux
* [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] [[DVDPlayer]] porting to Linux - ''work in progress (in early stages)''
* [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] [[DVDPlayer]] porting to Linux - ''work in progress (in early stages)''
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NOTE! This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.
Currently, a few developers on Team-XBMC have begun the porting of XBMC to Linux (and OpenGL using the SDL toolkit). The goal is for this to become a full port of XBMC with all the features and functions that are available on the Xbox version of XBMC (with the exception of Xbox exclusive functionality as Trainers, launching Xbox Games, and such). This is a huge task which is why we are now making this public request, seeking C/C++ programmers to volunteer in assisting us with this Linux porting development project. Whether you have contributed to The XBMC Project in the past or not, please consider doing so now. Those of you who are completely unfamiliar with XBMC can get a good overview of what XBMC offers for its end-users by reading through the XBMC article on wikipedia.org
- Note to XBMC end-users! Please understand that this Linux port project is not yet mature enough for you as an end-user to play with, no media can even be played back yet. We can not yet give you an ETA as to when it will be useful for end-users. Respect that we can not accept any bug-reports or feature/function-requests for this Linux port yet. If you as end-users have any questions or need to get something of your chest about this then please direct that towards the existing XBMC Linux port end-user discussion topic-thread in our community-forum
1 What is XBMC and why port it to Linux?
For the developers who does not know this; XBMC (short for XBox Media Center, not to be confused with Microsoft's Windows Media Center Extender for the Xbox) is an award-winning free and open source media player, originally designed to run on the Xbox game-console. The GPL/LGPL licensed source code basically consist of a GUI framework that has been written from scratch by Team-XBMC, this GUI acts as a front-end control interface for several audio/video players designed for specific purposes (and those are loaded when needed as DLLs), the GUI is also the user interface to all of XBMC multimedia handling functions such as databases and sorting, etc.. The XBMC Project, (who's members maintain XBMC source code), is a non-profit open source hobby project that is developed by volunteers in their spare-time without any monetary gain. The team of developers working on XBMC have always encouraged anyone to submit your own source code patches for new features or functions, improve on existing ones, or fix bugs.
The difference this time is that we are not asking for new features/functions, what we are asking is for the existing code to be ported so it will compile and run under a Linux operating-system (with the same features/functions that are already available on the Xbox version of XBMC). The main reasons for porting XBMC to Linux are non-technical, (so it is not that the Xbox hardware is too slow or to old for the XBMC GUI or its existing features/functions), the real reasons are that we want XBMC to get a larger end-user and developer-base, because the more people who use XBMC and help maintain the code (and skins) the longer the project will grow and stay alive. The main reason from an end-user point of view is that the Xbox can not playback native high-definition video (at 720p and 1080i/1080p), especially not if the video is encoded with a H.264 or VC-1 codec. Nevertheless, note that we will still keep the old Xbox as the reference platform for standard-definition resolution video for some time (possibly a few more years), which means that the same GUI (and skins) that runs smooth under Linux on a relatively new computer must also run just as smooth on the old Xbox hardware (or a old computer that closely matches the Xbox hardware, at 733Mhz Intel Pentium III CPU and only 64MB shared memory with supported 3D accelerator).
2 Skill requirements and where to start
Proficient in C/C++ programming language, and though not required knowledge of DirectX, Direct3D, OpenGL and/or multimedia programming is a plus, as well as prior cross-platform or porting development experience. You do not need to have access to an Xbox game-console or any special tools/software in order to take part - XBMC development is well underway on Linux (Ubuntu 7.04).
2.1 Where do I start (Linux)?
The recommended Linux development platform is currently Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn). There is a Kdevelop project file available in our SVN (Subversion revision control system). After you've done a SVN checkout, follow the install guide in the SVN (README.linux) to setup the required packages and so on. Team-XBMC developers think that the best thing to start with is just to take a look through the source code and try to understand how it all fits together. Test things out, find what works and what does not, then try and track down why.
Alternatively, you can download a finished VMware Virtual Machine (VM) and run that in the free VMware Player (or use in VMware Workstation, or VMware Server). The VM available for download below is based on Ubuntu 7.0.4 Desktop, and all the pre-requisite software is installed (including KDevelop). Performance is not great using this, as there is no 3D hardware acceleration support under a virtual machine, however it should work good enough to get a lot of development tasks done without you having to bother with install of Ubuntu yourself. Nice is also that you can install/run VMware Player 2.0 and later under Linux as well as Microsoft Windows (including Windows Vista), 32-bit and 64-bit operating-system. The free VMware Player 2.0 and later also enables you to share data seamlessly between the virtual machine and host computer, and also allows you to directly access USB 2.0 devices from within the virtual machine, (experimental support for 2-way Virtual SMP to assign more than a single CPU to a virtual machine is also available for testing purposes).
- Download: VMware Virtual Machine (VM) with Ubuntu 7.0.4 Desktop and KDevelop (userid/password is: xbmc/xbmc).
- Besides from KDevelop, additional development tools included are Subcommander, Doxygen, Sysprof, and PowerTop.
- Note! In order for the PowerTop tool to actually show data, a new kernel needs to be built by yourself.
- Our thanks goes out to tssgery for creating and hosting this first VM for the XBMC Linux port development effort.
- Besides from KDevelop, additional development tools included are Subcommander, Doxygen, Sysprof, and PowerTop.
- Download: VMware Virtual Machine (VM) with Ubuntu 7.0.4 Desktop and KDevelop (userid/password is: xbmc/xbmc).
2.1.1 Hardware requirements
- x86-based computer. No other special hardware is required for development, as developers can compile using the "make sdl_2d option" (see README.linux). However for end-users the minimum requirement is a 3D GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) that at least supports Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL (that features 24bpp or 32bpp for 3D hardware-acceleration support, which XBMC GUI need to run smoothly at an acceptable frame-rate). Graphic adapters that support DirectX version 9.0c or later usually meet all of those mentioned requirements, (Team-XBMC recommends NVIDIA GeForce 6150 or later alternatively Intel GMA X3000 (G965/GM965) or later graphics-controllers as those two manufacturers currently offer the best device-drivers for Linux than other graphic-adapter manufacturers).
2.2 Can non-Linux developers also help?
XBMC can also be compiled for Win32 (Microsoft Windows) operating-systems with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 (7.1) or higher, so even though Team-XBMC will be focusing on the Linux port of XBMC, it will not hurt if some people who prefer and feel comfortable with Microsoft Visual Studio as a development platform also volunteer to help with getting the Win32 port of XBMC up to par with the Linux and Xbox versions, this as a preparation for possible future cross-platform versions of XBMC.
- HOW-TO: Compile XBMC for Win32 from source code (to come soon!)
3 Other tools and resources
Though any other tools or resources are not required they can possibly help in development.
3.1 Development Tools
- Doxygen - Source code documentation generator tool.
- Valgrind (for Linux) - a free Linux programming tool for memory debugging, memory leak detection, and profiling.
- Sysprof (for Linux) - a free System-wide Linux Profiler for tracking CPU usage.
- VTune Analyzer Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer for Linux (free for non-Commercial use)
- PowerTOP - utility by Intel for detecting what Linux programs and kernel tunables are resulting in the most power consumption.
- Intel® Threading Building Blocks (Intel® TBB) for Linux - Threading Analysis Tool by Intel (free for non-Commercial use)
- Intel Threading Building Blocks for Windows - same as above but for Win32 (free for non-Commercial use)
- Intel Threading Building Blocks for Mac OS - same as above but for Mac OSX (free for non-Commercial use)
- Intel® Thread Checker for Linux - Another Threading Analysis Tool by Intel (free for non-Commercial use)
- Dependency walker (for Microsoft Windows) - a free program used to list the imported and exported functions of a portable executable.
- HLSL2GLSL - library and tool that converts HLSL (High Level Shader Language) shaders to GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language)
3.2 Development Resources
- Fast Event Processing in SDL - Using threads to speed up the SDL event loop (only meant as an example).
- NET2 - A fast threaded event based networking library for SDL (only meant as an example).
- SDL programming examples (including glSDL - a proof of concept implementation of SDL on top of OpenGL)
- OpenCV (Open Computer Vision Library) - a collection of algorithms and sample code for various computer vision problems. The library is compatible with Intel Image Processing Library (IPL) and utilizes Intel Integrated Performance Primitives for better performance. Features a bi-linear interpolation and color space conversion functions in IPL, (I also read that motion estimation with block matching and Hough transform is on the roadmap so you might want to check out their CVS).
3.3 Third-party libraries
This is a list of third-party cross-platform libraries that you may or may not want to use in the porting process, you decide:
3.3.1 Graphics and image
- GLEW (The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library) for OpenGL hardware support version detection
- Anti-Grain Geometry - High Quality Rendering Engine (High Fidelity 2D Graphics Renderer) for C++
- DirectX OpenGL Wrapper - emulates API calls thru OpenGL commands and other platform specific commands in order to run DirectX 8 application running on other platform than Windows.
- Intel Open Source Computer Vision (OpenCV) Library Intel's Image Processing Library
- GLVU - cross-platform C++/OpenGL/GLUT based 3D OpenGL viewer and collection of utility libraries
- You can use all these components together, or just take bits and pieces that do what you need
- Glitz - OpenGL image compositing library (enabling features like convolution filters and color gradients)
- SDL_buffer - a SDL extention library that is useful when you have to resize an image multiple times.
- SDL_Resize - basic image resizing library, high quality output suited for prerendering images.
- SDL_bgrab - SDL convertion of libbgrab (a framegrabber lib from the same author).
3.3.2 Interactive interface
- CMIL (Common Media Input Layer) C++ OO framework designed to improve the state of cross-platform input handling
- CMIL is (or will be soon) compatible with both SDL and DirectX (GPL licensed)
- VControl - a flexible library for unifying keyboard and joystick input.
- libmousetrap (The Mousetrap Library) - C library for SDL (LGPL licenced), also see Pymousetrap
- Xbox 360 controller on Linux - experimental device driver for Xbox360 Wireless/Wired controller on Linux computers.
- Interesting fact is that Linux kernel 2.6.19 supports for the original XBOX DDR pads (not Xbox360) out-of-the-box.
- Lirc (or alternative library implementation) for IR/IrDA (infrared) remote controls support under Linux
- Possible also add Wlirc for IR/IrDA (infrared) remote support under Win32 for consistency.
3.3.3 Networking
- SDL_net - a simple cross-platform network library
3.3.4 Performance
- Optimized String and Memory Functions (Math Performance Library) (free for non-Commercial use)
- Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL) for Linux (free for non-Commercial use)
3.3.5 Convenience
- SDL_Config - Library designed for reading and writing configuration (.ini) files in an easy, cross-platform way.
- navfs - Hard drive abstraction layer C library, allowing easy directory navigation.
- GLVU - cross-platform C++/OpenGL/GLUT based 3D OpenGL viewer and collection of utility libraries
- You can use all these components together, or just take bits and pieces that do what you need:
- File libs (glvu/fileutils) -C ross-platform routines for searching directories, and manipulating filenames
- Thread lib (glvu/thread) - An OK thread library that works cross-platform
- Timer class (glvu/timer) - Time your code to see how long stuff is taking!
- GL Utilities (glvu/glutils) - Functions for managing textures and doing framebuffer readback and stuff
- Other stuff . Various other handy things that may or may not be useful
- You can use all these components together, or just take bits and pieces that do what you need:
4 Technical summary of XBMC
4.1 The basics
The XBMC code structure uses a fairly modular design (with libraries and DLLs), and we think that there are enough modules/libraries to keep a wide skill-level range of developers busy for a while in the porting of them all. So please, take a look at the source code, then with the help of our To-Do list (see further down in this article) assess where the porting stage is today and think about where and how you can try to help out. Note that we are not planning on completely abandoning the Xbox hardware any time soon - XBMC will be a cross-platform software application, using the same code on multiple hardware platforms, (the 'old' Xbox still have a good amount of years to live we hope).
4.2 Detailed technical information
For more details please visit the Development Notes section of this manual.
4.3 The XBMC source code
The XBMC source code is in our SVN repository on sourceforge.net. Full instructions for compiling/builing XBMC under Linux is available here:
5 Linux porting
5.1 The Linux port plan
Disclaimer: XBMC Linux port of course excludes all Xbox exclusive functionality (like for example Trainers, launching Xbox Games, etc.):
- Milestone 1 - Get all existing XBMC functionality (features/functions) working as they already work on the Xbox version of XBMC.
- During this first phase XBMC will only need to be running as app in a third-party Linux Desktop Environment (ie. under KDE/GNOME)
- This phase also includes audio/video playback using all of XBMC's player cores (MPlayer, DVDPlayer, PAPlayer, and MODPlayer)
- Milestone 2 - Add Linux specific items (hardware configuration, network settings, multiple input-device support, driver packaging, etc.)
- During this phase support will be added to also run XBMC as its own Window Manager / Windowing system (without KDE/GNOME)
- XBMC will need to have all the built-in settings for mouse, keyboard, joystick, etc. to act as a shell (without third-party dependencies)
- Milestone 3 - Package XBMC with a stripped version of an existing Linux distribution as a bootable LiveDistro (a.k.a. Live CD) (alternatively our own custom Distribution)
- The idea being that XBMC should be installed onto any USB flash drive using this LiveDistro (a.k.a. Live CD) on the target device.
- Though a custom version of the Linux distribution (stripped for XBMC use only) the plan is still to use a vanilla kernel (if possible).
- Milestone ? - After XBMC Linux port reached a certain maturity the "linuxport" branch in SVN will be merged into the "main SVN trunk" --pike 06:00, 14 June 2007 (CEST)yet to be decided
- At this point in time it is impossible to say exactly at what stage or when/if this merger will happen.
5.2 What has already been done
- Kdevelop project file available in SVN
- Linux development and debug environment
- Code fully compiles on Ubuntu 7.04
- GUI implementation of SDL
- OpenGL/SDL - using the GPU, working but relies on an accelerated OpenGL version
- SDL using 2D blitting, working but relies on computer CPU, not recommended (XBMC requires 24bpp to run, so if your graphic card doesn't have 3D accel for 24bpp -as i810 ones- then you have to compile using the option 'make sdl_2d')
- Picture viewing working (including slideshow and it's effects)
- SMB network shares
- PAPlayer and its audio decoder DLL codecs - in progress
- (checkout HOW-TO: Debug Dynamic Link Libraries)
- General Video playback using our DVDPlayer core
- still very early, but works partially for Nvidia & Intel GPU's
6 To-Do
This is a To-Do list of things that still need to be done, you are more than welcome to help out with any of these tasks:
6.1 Major To-Do tasks with high priority
- [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] PAPlayer porting to Linux (port DLLs to SO, support ALSA, etc.) - mostly done
- Open Issues: FLAC playback over SMB, WMA playback over SMB, WMA not playing for Jezz_X, Gapless, fade-in/out
- [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] MPlayer porting to Linux
- [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] DVDPlayer porting to Linux - work in progress (in early stages)
- [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] Pixel Shader video renderer(s) (possibly also hardware overlay via Xv)
- [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] Python interpreter (and python scripts/libraries) - work in progress (in early stages)
- [MAJOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] Network: Servers (FTP, Web, UPnP), Clients (FTP, XBMSP, UPnP, Time)
- Also all network settings needed available to the end-user from the the XBMC GUI settings section.
- [MAJOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] File-Systems: (FAT16/FAT32, NTFS, UN-RAR, ZLIB, UN-ZIP, DAAP, Tuxbox, ...etc.)
- XBMC's virtual file-system is perhaps the most important aspect of XBMC from a 'inner working' perspective.
- [MAJOR - HIGH PRIORITY] CD-ROM/DVD-ROM and CDDA support (ripping, CD-TEXT, ISO 9660, UDF, ISO/IMG, ...etc.)
- All CDIO/CDDA support possible via libcdio as it is a cross-platform library that support all of those functions.
6.2 Major To-Do tasks with medium priority
- [MAJOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] WMA audio decoder codecs for PAPlayer (possible port from FFmpeg?) - in progress
- [MAJOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] Development of a platform-independent wrapper interface to SDL / DirectX / OpenGL / graphic backend interfaces, particularly with respect to how this interface should be exported to visualisations (.vis) and screensavers (.xscr), etc.
- [MAJOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] NTSC and PAL-50/PAL-60 TV-out settings for composite, S-Video and standard-definition component
- [MAJOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] Development of a platform-independent wrapper interface to SDL / DirectX / ALSA /OSS / OpenAL audio backend interfaces.
- [MAJOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] Audio-output hardware settings (and if user got AC3 / DTS capable reciever or not)
- Stereo, head-phones, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, SP/DIF pass-through, etc.
- [MAJOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] Support USB Mass Storage disks dynamically (meaning, inserted/removed after boot)
- [MAJOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] Visualisations: Port all existing XBMC visualizations to also support OpenGL/Linux
- Some kind of detection code and tags will have to be added so only supported .vis is listed under system platform
- [MAJOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] Screensavers: Port all existing XBMC screensavers to also support OpenGL/Linux
- Some kind of detection code and tags will have to be added so only supported .vis is listed under system platform
- [MAJOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] "My Programs" section for Linux (to launch Linux games/applications/emulators)
6.3 Major To-Do tasks with low priority
- [MAJOR - LOW PRIORITY] Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding offloading to the GPU in some shape or form.
- [MAJOR - LOW PRIORITY] Credits (make it support DirectX and OpenGL, detect platform. Plus add some eye-candy)
- [MAJOR - LOW PRIORITY] Hibernation - Suspend to Disk (STD) (code should be completly different from STR)
- Hibernation (Suspend to Disk), only if could somehow be used to speed up the initial boot-time.
- [MAJOR - LOW PRIORITY] Suspend and Resume support - Suspend to RAM (STR) (not to share code with STD)
- [MAJOR - LOW PRIORITY] Sysinfo section under Linux for x86 computers (CPU, GPU, chipset, and HDD temperature, etc.)
- [MAJOR - LOW PRIORITY] LCD/VFD External Display Panel support (USB/RS323/I2C connections) via LCD4Linux or LCDproc
6.4 Minor To-Do Tasks with high priority
- [MINOR - HIGH PRIORITY] Fix hacks which might not work on some platforms (improve cross-platform code)
- [MINOR - HIGH PRIORITY] Support anti-aliased text rendering via FreeType (FreeType2 to be precise)
6.5 Minor To-Do Tasks with medium priority
- [MINOR - MEDIUM PRIORITY] Lirc or alternative implementation for IR/IrDA (infrared) remote support under Linux - work in progress
- Though maybe not possible/best, it might be smart if "IR/IrDA" could be added to SDL via CMIL for platform-independence(?).
- Add default mappings to "Lircmap.xml" of the most popular HTPC-remotes (like Microsoft RC6 MCE controll, Meedio X10 remote).
- Also add WinLIRC for IR/IrDA (infrared) remote support support under XBMC's Win32 (Microsoft Windows) build for consistency.
6.6 Cleanup To-Do Tasks
- [CLEANUP - ALWAYS AN ONGOING PROCESS] Document (doxygenize) all of the current/existing code (using doxygen)
- [CLEANUP - ALWAYS AN ONGOING PROCESS] Valgrind debugging (also back-port any fixes to the Xbox and Win32 code branch)
6.7 Post-trunk-merger To-Do Tasks
After XBMC Linux port reached a certain maturity the "linuxport" branch in SVN will be merged into the "main SVN trunk" which requires:
- Merge dllLoader (DLL loader) and soLoader (SO loader), and rename to just "loader", (similar to MPlayer cross-platform loader library)
- Merge "Lircmap.xml" into "Keymap.xml" (creating a sub-section in Keymap.xml for LIRC)
7 XBMC programming and code formatting convention guidelines
- Note! More specifics to come based on ongoing discussions, see Proposed code formatting conventions for XBMC
7.1 General guidelines
- Code documentation (DocBook, rst, or doxygen for the code documentation steps, preferably the latter, doxygen)
- Self-containment - XBMC should be as little dependent as possible on operating-system and third-party services/deamons/libraries
- XBMC should for example contain all file-system and network-client (like samba) support built-into the XBMC package
- Modular design - independent modules made up by localized/isolated code libraries without dependencies
- XBMC should still compile and run if a non-essencial module/library is disabled or removed
- Aim for the GUI/interface to run smoothly on a low spec computer (less than 1Ghz)
- 3D graphic controller (GPU) will always be required hardware for XBMC so try to utilize the GPU as much as possible
- Avoid harddisk trashing (excess read/write/erase cycles), so no harddrive paging, (utilize RAM memory intead).
- End-users will be running XBMC and the operating-system on Solid-State memory as a Live CD (LiveDistro) of a USB-key
- Fast load and boot times for end-user perception (other thing can still run/start in the background without the user knowledge)
- 15-seconds or less from when the end user press the power-button on the computer till he/she can browse the GUI --pike 06:00, 14 June 2007 (CEST)unrealistic goal for Linux, isn't it?
7.2 User-friendliness is next to godlyness
One of Team-XBMC major ongoing goal have always been to make XBMC and its user interface even more intuitive and user-friendly for its end-users, based on the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) philosophy. We think that usability is very important for media players like XBMC. Many user interface deciscions are being made by developers who often have little experience in user interface design, in order to improve this, we try to listen to XBMC's end-users for how XBMC is actually being used and how we can improve the user experience. We also aim to do regular overhauls, improving existing features/functions, and scrapping outdated code and features/functions (as "to much stuff" can also be a bad thing).
7.2.1 XBMC as a whole must...
- Be easy to install, set up, and maintain, (so that the end-users do not get fed up with it and quit).
- Have an user interface simple and intuitive enough so that less geek-savvy people are not intimidated by it.
- Make common usage easy, simple 'Human–Computer Interaction (HCI)', from the viewpoint of an ordinary user.
- Be able to play audio and video files that have been compressed using divx, xvid, etc. directly out-of-the-box
- Be able to and organize audio and video files in an easy and user-friendly way.
- Use standards and be consistant, (the music section can for example not use completely different controls from the video section)
- Perform actions in the GUI with as few 'clicks' as possible
- Require little to none non-GUI configuration (and all such non-GUI config should be via AdvancedSettings.xml)
- There is still a little work to be done here, for example RSS-feeds settings need to moved to the GUI
- Look nice.
8 Mentors
Mentors are developers from Team-XBMC and members of The XBMC Project that have volunteered to assist and mentor non-official XBMC developers in any non-trivial way they can, helping you by checking, commenting and committing your code patches to our SVN source code tree. These mentors have chosen an area they prefer to specialize in, usually this is an area in which they feel they have most interest, knowledge, and expertise in. Initial patches are welcome, and can and will be merged by the team. If you wish to join the team in an official capacity, please let us know.
8.1 Linux port mentors and developers
If you are a C/C++ porting expert, specialist or guru and like to volunteer as a 'third-party' mentor and/or developer then please let us know.
8.1.1 Linux Mentors (also lead developers)
- Yuvalt: Everything Linux
- Vulkanr: Everything Linux
- Elupus: DllLoader, Mplayer and DVDPlayer
- Spiff: Anything other than DllLoader/MPlayer/DVDPlayer internals.
- JMarshall: Anything GUI related, Music Library, Video Library, PAPlayer, etc.
8.1.2 Additional Linux developers
- D4rk: OpenGL
9 Contact methods
These are developers forums for XBMC development, (programmers/coders only!).
Respect, these are not for posting feature-requests or end-user support requests!
- IRC: #xbmc-linux on freenode official IRC network channel for the XBMC Linux port project
- (you may also sometimes find developers hanging out at #xbmc on freenode)
- XBMC Linuxport Community-Forum
- HOW-TO submit a patch (where and how to submit source code)


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"Our recovery is dependent on hard-working small business owners across America who will create the jobs that America needs. I'm proud to be a part of this innovative program which provides greater access to know-how and capital – two ingredients critical to success."
Warren Buffett, CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
"More than a decade of Inner City 100 winners demonstrate conclusively that growing urban businesses can generate jobs and revitalize disadvantaged communities. The 10,000 Small Businesses program will meet a vital need in disadvantaged communities, which is to provide the training, tools, and relationships, to help local entrepreneurs and their businesses grow and create a self-reinforcing cycle of economic opportunity."
Michael Porter, Founder & CEO, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School
"Small business growth is one of the most important priorities of the National Urban League. Our Entrepreneurship Centers are engines that support small business owners to help them create new jobs and increase growth. We are proud to partner with the 10,000 Small Businesses initiative to reach more small businesses in underserved urban communities. This initiative fills a vacuum and will have significant impact."
Marc Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League
"Kauffman research documents that continued firm formation and growth are critical for overall growth in output and employment. Initiatives like this one, which will provide business and management education at community colleges for small business owners seeking to grow, will help firms achieve this critically important objective. Such an initiative also could not come at a better time, when policy makers and citizens are looking for ways to sustain the recovery after the current stimulus measures end or are unwound."
Robert Litan, Vice President for Research and Policy, Kauffman Foundation and Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution
"New York's vibrant small business community is a major reason why New York has weathered the national recession better than the rest of the country. Programs like Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Small Businesses help provide our small businesses across all five boroughs with the resources they need to create jobs and lead our recovery."
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor, City of New York
"My number one priority is getting the people of Los Angeles back to work, and the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Initiative is the type of program we need in Los Angeles. Not only will this investment set in motion job creation at the most grassroots level, but it will have a real impact on the lives of the 70% of Angelenos that are employed by small businesses by granting them the opportunity to expand their entrepreneurial enterprise through education, loans, and networking."
Antonia R. Villaraigosa, Mayor, City of Los Angeles
"Small businesses play a vital role in job creation for our city's economy. However, due to the lack of a support network, they often struggle more than their larger competitors and lose out on opportunities to grow and create more jobs. The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses initiative will have a real effect on the owners of these businesses, the working Houstonians whose livelihoods depend on them and our overall economy. It can help keep more of our local dollars here at home."
Annise Parker, Mayor, City of Houston
"The future of New Orleans and the heart of our economy are being built by small business owners who live, work and raise families here. Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses is an innovative program that gives our local business owners the practical education and financial tools they need to make their businesses and our community thrive. The initial results are encouraging with over half the scholars have already increased sales or hired new employees. I am confident this is the new model for job creation."
Mitch Landrieu, Mayor, City of New Orleans
"The $300 million this program is investing in CDFIs will make a significant impact on CDFI financing for small businesses, particularly now. This is the largest single-source pool of capital dedicated to CDFI small business financing."
Mark Pinsky, President & CEO, Opportunity Finance Network
"This initiative will make it possible for LaGuardia, and leading community colleges across America, to help create jobs. Right now, nothing is more important. Today, LaGuardia helps thousands of students gain the skills and education they need to work in today's economy. With this innovative approach, we, and other community colleges, will have the resources to provide small business owners with hands-on education, training and consulting that can help them build their businesses. We'll be able to help these entrepreneurs understand their markets, raise capital and position them to attain success and expand their companies, while contributing to the fabric of their communities."
Gail O. Mellow, President, LaGuardia Community College
"We at NFIB know that small businesses are the answer to our economic recovery and work hard every day to support them. But there remains an urgent need to connect small business owners with support and education services in their communities, as well as access to capital. 10,000 Small Businesses will meet that need."
Dan Danner, President & CEO, National Federation of Independent Business
"Innovative partnerships like 10,000 Small Businesses amplify the significant potential of the Hispanic business community. By providing Hispanic business owners with the training and skills they need to build their businesses, this initiative will foster economic development with business owners in communities who need it most."
Javier Palomarez, President & CEO, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
"Our experience as a partner with Goldman Sachs in 10,000 Women has demonstrated the extraordinary power of this model to create economic growth and a shared prosperity for women entrepreneurs around the world. We expect 10,000 Small Businesses also to engender a significant positive impact on individuals, families, communities, and cities across this country."
Thomas Robertson, Dean, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
"As a partner in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women initiative, we've seen that there's an unmet need to provide entrepreneurs with innovative, tailored management education with access to mentors and networks. This approach gives entrepreneurs the practical skills they need to drive two major metrics in their businesses: revenue growth and job creation. We'll see that here in the U.S. when the gap is filled by 10,000 Small Businesses."
Glenn Hubbard, Dean, Columbia Business School
"Community colleges not only offer unparalleled access to higher education that helps students succeed, they work hand-in-hand with small businesses throughout the country and are vital to the success of America's economy. The community college students who will participate in 10,000 Small Businesses will serve as real agents for change and progress in our country."
Noah Brown, President & CEO, Association of Community College Trustees
"Over many years of researching and teaching entrepreneurship, we've seen the power of a practically-oriented management education for small business owners. 10,000 Small Businesses will help more entrepreneurs access that education, which can have a transformational effect on the students and ultimately their communities."
Leonard Schlesinger, President, Babson College
"Community colleges expand access to higher education in this country. This exciting collaboration between 10,000 Small Businesses and community colleges will help high-potential entrepreneurs build their capacity and grow their businesses, to the ultimate benefit of their communities, employees, and the broader society."
David Dodson, President and Managing Partner, Achieving the Dream
"We've been working with disadvantaged small business owners for almost thirty years, and have found that this kind of program works. It is wonderful to see it being launched on such a large scale, and we look forward to seeing the impact it will have."
Paul Danos, Dean, The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College
"The potential is enormous for this initiative to create lasting impact. Like the 10,000 Women program, 10,000 Small Businesses applies strategic rigor to addressing an unmet need. It builds on and innovatively scales the work of community colleges, nonprofits, and government agencies long active in the communities concerned. This 'big bet' comes with a commitment to meaningful and measurable results in the knowledge that excellence in philanthropy is self- imposed. I expect it will set a new standard."
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|Student achievement recognized at PC Family Ed. Service awards
|Written by Holyoke Enterprise
Phillips County Family Education Services, Inc. (PCFES) held its eighth annual awards night Thursday, May 14. This awards program is planned each year to recognize the achievements of the students who participated in adult English as a second language, adult basic education, GED preparation and early childhood classes.
PCFES executive director Kindra Plumb noted Thursday night's awards ceremony was bittersweet, as it is the last one that will be held at the current location, behind Inklings Bookstore, before PCFES moves to the new Event Center building in 2010.
"While we are excited to make the move and expand our class offerings, it will be a bittersweet time, as this building has been our home for the past 12 years," said Plumb. "Paul and Laura (Krogmeier) are the owners of this building and have been tremendous supporters of Family Education Services. Laura has become a sounding board for me to bounce ideas off of and also a source of strength when challenges arise."
Plumb recalled Laura joking with her about missing the microwave and refrigerator, as well as the students and teachers, when they leave the building. So in appreciation of her years of service, Plumb gave the Krogmeiers a gift certificate to Sullivan's Appliance & Air.
This year, two students received their GEDs, having successfully passed all five required tests. These students are Ana Luisa De Leon and Nathan Peregoy.
De Leon was also awarded a special plaque for having the best attendance throughout the school year of all the GED students. The best attendance award for the ESL program went to Elva Soto.
Five other GED students were recognized as well for passing at least one of the five tests. They were Jorge Quintana, Horalia Lopez, Maria Ortega, Jocelyn Bazan and Wanda Winterrowd.
Rena Schneller received her retiring board member plaque from Plumb. Schneller served on the board of directors for three years and was the president in 2008.
"She was a tremendous asset to the board and her guidance will be greatly missed," said Plumb.
Plumb also acknowledged current board members Deb Carlstrom, president; Lynette Harms, vice president; Veronica Marroquin, secretary/treasurer; Jennifer Kral, Gloria Quintana and David Maldonado.
The teachers at PCFES were also recognized for going above and beyond what is required of them. They are Toby From, adult ESL instructor; Shirley Krogmeier, GED instructor; and Lizbeth Ramos, early childhood instructor. Linda Statz also voluntarily teaches a citizenship class one night a week.
Certificates of advancement were passed out to 22 adult ESL students. Each of these students advanced one or more educational functioning levels, according to their pre and post test scores.
Those receiving level completion certificates were Leonor Cid, Alejandra Gonzalez, Nancy Mendoza, Celia Ochoa, Yuliana Quintana, Alma Caraveo, Guadalupe Legarreta, Veronica Llanas, Zulma Morales, Elva Soto, Fatima Blas, Francisco Caraveo, Claudia Martinez, Cesar Quinones, Maurizio Pietrolungo, Alma Rodriguez, Socorro Varela, Hipolito Goytia, Cesar Vargas, Rinara Ribeiro, Martin Almeida and Morgana Silva.


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Testimony :: Rodger Potocki
Senior Program Officer for East Central Europe - National Endownment for Democracy
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Commission:
I welcome the opportunity to be here today to comment on the situation in Belarus, the last dictatorship in Europe, prior to the March 19
presidential election. And I would also like to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and all of the members of the Commission for your continuing support for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) over the years.
Today I will talk about the situation and role of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Belarus on the eve of the presidential elections. Before starting, it is important to keep in mind that although the terms I use—NGOs, third sector, nonprofit, and civil society—may sound academic or theoretical, they represent real people who are struggling against great odds to improve citizens' lives in Belarus. The groups which I will talk about include the teacher educating pupils in their native language, the social worker helping Chernobyl children, the trade unionist seeking greater protection for workers, the local government official trying to improve his community, the minority advocating for equal treatment under the law, and the editor whose magazine inspires young people. In a decade of work with Belarusians, I've come to know these individuals, and hundreds like them, who are the face, the heart, and the soul of civil society in Belarus. It is incomprehensible to me that Belarus' head of state, Alexander Lukashenka, calls these people "hooligans," "extremists," "criminals," "saboteurs" and "terrorists."
NED is a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that helps other NGOs to promote freedom around the world. I can report that this work has become extremely difficult in Belarus, where the regime of Alexander Lukashenka has declared war on NGOs. This policy dates back to the 2001 presidential election campaign, during which the Belarus' third sector played a leading role in helping to inform citizens, mobilize voters, and monitor the electoral process. Since then, hundreds of independent youth groups, human rights organizations, social service nonprofits, think tanks, independent newspapers, and NGO support centers have had their legal registration revoked, been evicted from their offices, had their equipment confiscated, and seen their publications closed down. New organizations are being formed, but if they are independent from the state, they are refused legal registration.
The third sector has borne the brunt of the regime's repression over the past five years. The majority of Belarusian democratic activists who have been arrested and imprisoned come from NGOs. And the situation is getting worse. Understanding that NGOs played a key role in exposing falsified elections and mobilizing citizens in Georgia and Ukraine, Lukashenka pushed through a law in 2005 authorizing criminal penalties against representatives of NGOs for "activities directed against the people and public security." The recent arrest and jailing of independent election monitors was the first time this law has been used, but certainly not the last.
Mr. Chairman, despite repression that has reduced its ranks by 70 percent, Belarus' third sector continues to struggle for democratic reform. Its death has been greatly exaggerated. Today, more than 70 NGOs throughout the country are working with political parties and trade unions in the unified democratic opposition, known as the "10 Plus Coalition." Alexander Milinkevich, the candidate of the united democratic opposition, is himself from the third sector. He founded
, the largest and most successful NGO in western Belarus, which assists local cultural historians, religious and ethnic minorities, young journalists and community initiatives. His wife Inna heads up a leading NGO in Brest region. Both have been NED grantees.
Other NGOs are working independently to promote a free, fair and transparent election. As the March 19
contest nears, they are making a key contribution to promoting democratic reform in Belarus. In a democratic country, nongovernmental organizations play an important and recognized role in the electoral process—they inform citizens, turn out voters, and observe the electoral process. In Belarus, NGOs are trying to carry out these activities. And Belarusian citizens want them to be involved in the process. An independent survey in February found that 81 percent respondents supported the idea that NGOs should inform citizens about independent or opposition candidates; 85 percent thought it appropriate that NGOs monitor the electoral process so that it is free, fair and transparent.
Mr. Chairman, the focus of this hearing is "freedom." This word, the same in Belarusian and Russian--"
"—is also the slogan of one of the major third sector campaigns working to mobilize Belarus' electorate. Organized by the Assembly of Pro-Democratic NGOs, "For Freedom" is designed to bring together the disparate election-related work of the third sector under a common banner. Other civic campaigns include the 16 Solidarity and Jeans Campaigns. Overseen by Charter 97, We Remember and Zubr, the first campaign asks that Belarusians light a candle in their windows on the 16
of every month. The date signifies the day seven years ago when the first of a series of opposition figures "disappeared" in Belarus, presumably abducted and executed by the government. The second encourages citizens to wear and display denim as a symbol of freedom. Both campaigns aim to build social solidarity and reduce the climate of fear in the country. The Hopits!, or "Enough!," campaign is contrasting the ideal social, political and economic image of the country as painted by official propaganda with the ugly reality of hidden unemployment, corruption, and repression in Lukashenka's Belarus. The slogan "Enough!" comes from a speech that Lukashenka made in which he declared that he would leave office when Belarusians told him "enough!" This NGO coalition is trying to hold him to his promise. Two other important civic initiatives that also should be mentioned include the "People's Election" campaign, which nominated 1,120 representatives of civil society to serve in polling stations around the country, and a media monitoring effort to document the unbalanced and unfair coverage of the state-run media.
Despite the threat of criminal persecution, these civic campaigns are making an impact on the electorate. In a January 2006 survey, only 11 percent of respondents had been aware of NGO election-related activities or campaigns. By the end of February, the number had grown to 48 percent. Citizens are being informed and the electorate is being energized. Despite almost no access to the media, Milinkevich is speaking to capacity crowds. The recent March 2
rally in the center of Minsk was the largest civil society gathering in two years. Polls indicate that Milinkevich's rating and name recognition are growing dramatically. Two thirds of the population does not believe that the election will be free or fair. Of the 1,120 civil society representatives of civil society nominated to serve in polling stations, the government selected zero. The last media monitoring exercise demonstrated that Belarusian State Television devoted 60 percent of its total election coverage time to Mr. Lukashenko, while the three other candidates together accounted for just five percent.
It is clear, Mr. Chairman, that "Europe's Last Dictator" has no intention of permitting a free, fair or transparent election to take place. In Lukashenka's authoritarian state, there is no room for civil society. So it should comes as no surprise that NGO activists are arrested for holding "unsanctioned meetings," their offices are harassed by coincidental "fire inspections," their apartments are ransacked in searches for bombs, their cars are stopped because they might be stolen, their meetings are disrupted by skinheads, their publications are confiscated as insults, and their election-related materials are ripped from officially designated spots. In contrast to political parties, which continue to be legally recognized, NGOs, and virtually every election-related activity carried out by the third sector, are declared to be "illegal" by the authorities, As Milinkevich has put it, the regime has transformed the election into a "farce."
What will happen to the third sector after March 19
? If Lukashenka is successful in stealing the election and maintaining power, he has promised to get rid of the opposition "in a tough way." The hard times of Belarus' NGOs are about to get much harder. In recognition of this possibility, I would like to offer the following recommendations:
Civil society must continue to be supported after the elections. The political opposition in Belarus remains weak. Democratic reform can only come to Belarus through the active participation of NGOs in a broad-based civic moment. A key message for and means of supporting civil society would be the reauthorization of the Belarus Democracy Act.
Everything that can be done to sustain, strengthen and expand the "10 Plus" Coalition of Democratic Forces, which includes a significant number of NGOs, should be done. NGOs and political parties must continue to work together and expand their cooperation.
One of the greatest impediments to the development of civil society in Belarus is the lack of legal status of NGOs. The international community should pressure the Lukashenka regime to restore the legal right of NGOs to exist and respect international standards for the third sector.
In the event of a crackdown after the elections, support and assistance must be directed helping NGOs to survive and operate in what will surely be a more underground fashion.
Finally, we must demonstrate our solidarity with our brave Belarusian partners by making sure that resources are available for legal and humanitarian assistance to those who will be imprisoned, hospitalized, expelled or unemployed after the crackdown.
Mr. Chairman, although our testimonies today focus mainly on impediments to a free and fair election next week, we must also not forget the day-to-day human rights abuses being perpetuated by the Lukashenka regime against civil society. Only last week, for example, a Protestant priest was jailed in Minsk for conducting unauthorized religious services, the Belarus Union of Writers was threatened with closure, and the NGO tasked with developing contacts with the Belarusian diaspora was kicked out of its offices. This is business as usual in Belarus, with or without an election.
And today, as we discuss specific names, dates and examples of human rights and election-related violations in Belarus, I also ask that we not forget the tens of thousands of other victims of this regime who remain unknown: those who have been harassed, beaten, arrested, and fined; those who have lost their jobs or been expelled from school; those who have been forced into exile, or chosen to emigrate; those who have lost their dignity and hope. Lukashenka has described his authoritarianism as benevolent and has declared that "the main thing is not to ruin peoples' lives." But this is precisely what his regime is doing. Therefore civil society continues to oppose his dictatorship. Lukashenka may prevail in the election battle next week, but he has already lost the war.


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Top Global Business Schools 2012 Christmas Dinner
10 de diciembre 2012
The INSEAD Alumni Association in Romania has undertaken the initiative to organize an alumni reunion of the world-class Business Schools living and working in Romania, in order to get to know each other better and to explore common opportunities for the future.
1. 18.00 – 19.00 - Welcome Cocktail
2. 19.00 – 20.00 - Business Schools - Who's Who
3. 20.00 – 21.30 - Seated Buffet Dinner
4. 21.30 – last guest - Drinks
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By: Keith Kuetemann
(KSDK Sports) -- The SLU Billikens open up Atlantic-10 conference play when the University of Massachusetts Minutemen come into St. Louis on Thursday night.
SLU, with a record of 11-3, sit just above UMASS in the A-10 standings (10-3), but this match-up between conference rivals should be as competitive as any we've seen all year.
Both teams are riding considerable winning streaks into Thursday's clash at Chaifetz. The Bills will be looking for SLU's first 9-game win streak since the school won 14 straight during the 1993-'94 season. The Minutemen will be putting a 7-game win streak of their own on the line Thursday night.
Both teams have stand-out players who should have big impacts on Thursday night's outcome.
Junior guard Mike McCall Jr. has been the leader of this Billikens team all season long. Much more than just the team leader in points per game (12.1), McCall Jr. has been the vocal leader, the offensive "quarterback", so to speak, calling plays and setting up the offense. Without McCall, this offense simply doesn't work.
The Minutemen counter McCall Jr. with a premiere junior guard of their own. His name is Chaz Williams and he is, arguably, the most productive guard in the entire A-10 Conference. He leads his team in points per game (15.5) and steals (25) and leads the entire Conference with 7.4 assists per game. Last season, Williams rode his 16.9 point per game production to a 1st Team All-Conference nod.
While Williams will certainly be garnering the majority of the Bills' defensive attention, he shouldn't garner it all.
The Minutemen boast another top-notch guard by the name of Jesse Morgan. Morgan scores at a 14.5 point-per-game clip and leads UMASS players with 37 3-pointers. Look for the Williams-Morgan combination to be the focus of this Minutemen offense.
The Billikens and Minutemen tip-off on Thursday night at 8 PM with a 1-0 Conference record and an impressive win-streak to be had by the winner. Expect an intense contest.


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Most parents know how important it is to choose a guardian to take care of their children in case something terrible happens. But what about your children's financial needs? There needs to be a plan in place for those, too. That's why parents should consider creating a trust. Here's what you need to consider.


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