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Gotta say, that's looking pretty nice! Welcome to the Guild Protopop and have some rep for your hard work.
This is an interactive map I'm developing for my fantasy world Nimia. http://nimiaworld.com
Nimia is actually the name of the main continent. The world map cover one half of the planet, known as Ril.
I'd like to work on adding details such as mountains and more icons for places of interest.
It was difficult to handle the file - its 8192x8192 pixels. Now that I've figured that out i will be updating it. It's the backdrop for a new game I'm working on called Nimian Hunter Salvation (http://facebook.com/nimianhunter) which is the sequel to a flash game Nimian Hunter.
Gotta say, that's looking pretty nice! Welcome to the Guild Protopop and have some rep for your hard work.
Thank you Arsheesh. I'm still learning about rep and my way around. I feel like you gave me some gold coins! Much appreciated.
It's funny because I don't think of myself as a cartographer. But seeing all the work here and a whole forum of people devoted to the art of cartography makes me realize how it is an important part of game and world building - a discipline in itself, not just an adjunct or afterthought to it.
I've added a version of the map with borders so we can see the individual kingdoms. I actually need to find a better word than 'Kingdoms' for these divisions because they are not all monarchys. Clicking the drop down on the top right of the map let's you switch between 'border' view and 'satelitte' view. http://nimiaworld.com
What program did you create the map in? It's really good.
Glory is the reward of valour.
My blog at: damonjynx.blogspot.com.au
That satellite view map is just great. The amount of detail you put into it is really amazing. My one critique is that the coastlines in some places are very pixelated looking. If you could smooth those parts out it would be perfect.
The outline is created in Illustrator. Here i crated the coastlines, the country borders, and figured out the names of each place. Working with vectors here is nice because i can zoom in and out easily.
I gathered high resolution satellite images and used photoshop's "content aware fill" to remove any lines or abberations in the textures.
I used Bitmap2Material to create seamless high resolution textures for the different landscapes. You can also use the seamless texture filter in GIMP
I brought the illustartor outline into photoshop and used it as a mask for the textures, and brought the textures together in photoshop. I usually use Fireworks, but it was just crashing. Photoshop seemed to handle the multilayered 8192x8192 file better.
All the text is added outside the map in html. To create the actual panning and zooming map I used this incredible open source map javascript library called Leaflet http://leaflet.cloudmade.com/
I sampled the coastlines from bitmap images of real coasts. Thus the pixels.
Im going to go into illustrator with my original map and zoomin, then start smoothing out those jagged edges.
I appreciate it.
And thank you for the Rep! very cool of you
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This looks fantastic! The level of detail is excellent. Great work.
any basic tutorials on how to do this?


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|Release Date: June 01, 1984
|Running Time: 105 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG
|Box Office: $3,544,668.00
|Genre: Comedy, Supernatural
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From one dominant dirt baller to another, 4-time French Open champ Justine Henin expresses her admiration and respect for Rafael Nadal's achievements, especially off clay, as he works towards a fifth straight Roland Garros title in the coming weeks.
Damn, was JuJu great on the slippery stuff or what? *sigh*
(via Eurosport)
Thursday, April 23, 2009
VIDEO VAULT: JuJu gives it up for Rafa
Labels: justine henin, Rafael Nadal, tennis, video
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¿Qué opinas sobre el caso de la tenista transexual Andrea Paredes von Roth que debutó como profesional a los 38 años en un Womens Circuits jugado en Parque Roca? ¿Te pareció justa la otorgación del Wild Card?ReplyDelete
Vistá Tenis En Español y enterate de esto y mucho más.
No te pierdas la nota de opinión de Enrique Quique Cano sobre el caso de Paredes von Roth. (http://www.tenisenespanol.com/detalleContenido.asp?iRF=951)
Y contanos tu opinión al respecto. Escribinos a email@example.com.
You do and you'll clean it up! ;) My apologies, I say that to everyone I can't understand.
Hmmm...Justine a Rafanatic? I never pictured that.
*joins Richie in Justine Yesteryear*
- AnonymousApril 23, 2009 at 12:33 PM
Gotta say, didn't really appreciate Justine's greatness while she was playing. Was never a fave of mine nor was I a hater. She was just there for me. But now I'm youtubing former matches of hers and wishing she was still in the game. Damn Justine, if Kimmie's coming back you can too right? Retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. We want to see your game again.ReplyDelete
Wise words, Justine.ReplyDelete
I know what you mean anon. I didn't give Justine the heaps of praise that she deserved when she was active. It goes to show that you don't know what you have until you lose it. Now I'm crying because she's gone. The other day I watched the 2006 Wimbledon women's final and felt incredibly sad because we'll probably never again see a final between two women with one-handed backhands.ReplyDelete
What The???...ReplyDelete
Justine likes Nadal???
OMG...that's interesting...
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TEE, I don't think Rich will appreciate your advertising your website here. Deberias pedirle permiso ;)ReplyDelete
And I miss Justine too. Just when I started to become a fan of hers, she was gone. Come back, Justine, and tell Marat that retirement sucks!
- AnonymousApril 24, 2009 at 7:18 AM
Justine gave a big interview to Eurosport, of which this is only a small bit. Go to Eurosport site tennis videos - extremely interesting stuff. In other segments she tells it with no frills about WTA (she praises Williams sisters to high heaven) and about Federer, for example.ReplyDelete
She believes Federer will never manage to win RG, not strong enough anymore. He could somewhat elevate his game once more, but she's afraid his desire is suspect and once that's gone it's over (just as it happened with her).
She said few years ago that she used to watch Rafa on TV in players lounge, amused how physical his game was. Now she respects him.
And Rafa said several times that Justine is a WTA player whose game he likes the most.
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It is nice to see that the admiration goes both ways as Rafa has praised Justine in the past.ReplyDelete


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Russia threatens to suspend US-based GPS in its territory
Newscast Media MOSCOW—Moscow may suspend operations in Russia of the U.S.
space-based satellite navigation system known as Global Positioning System (GPS) as
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told reporters in Moscow on May 13
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by September 1, if the United States does not agree until then to have Russia's
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Side Street Strutters: Hidden Valley Community Concerts presents this Dixieland ensemble; 2 p.m.; California Center for the Arts, Escondido, 340 N. Escondido Blvd.,; $10-$20;
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Pianist Gordon Cheng: Works by Haydn, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Prokofiev; 2 p.m.; Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas; free;
Triptych House Concert: Peggy Watson, Joe Rathburn and David Beldock; 2 p.m.; location will be given with RSVP; $10;
Coastal Communities Concert Band 30th Anniversary Concert: Featuring oboist Tessa Vinson; 2 p.m.; Carlsbad Community Church, Jefferson and Pine streets, Carlsbad; (760) 436-6137.
Valentine's Rock 'n' Roll Revue: Mission Theatre presents this nostalgic revue of '50s-'60s groups, with Doyle Cole's Four Tops Revue, featuring the music of the Tops and the Coasters and The Drifters; 2:30 p.m.; Mission Theatre, 224 N. Main St., Fallbrook; $24; (760) 731-2278,
North County Sunday Opera Soiree's "Fire and Ice": Opera choruses and arias; 3 p.m.; St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 890 Balour Drive, Encinitas; $15 donation benefits a Nigerian aid organization;
Ottmar Liebert: 8 p.m.; Ramona Mainstage, 626 Main St., Ramona;
ramonamainstage.com, (760) 789-7008.
"New Dimensions" debuts: Opening day of this exhibit at the Vista Civic Center Art Gallery, featuring work by local artists; 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays; through March 30; Vista Civic Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Vista; (760) 726-5955.
Quartet Nouveau: Chamber works by Borodin and Schumann; noon; Encinitas Library, 540 Cornish Drive, Encinitas; free; (760) 633-2746.
Meklit Hadero: Jazz/hip-hop/East African singer; 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday; The Loft, UC San Diego, La Jolla; $18-$30; (858) 534-8497.
B.B. King: 9 p.m.; Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach; $99-$174;
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Barbara Cook: 8 p.m.; Sherwood Auditorium, 700 Prospect St., La Jolla; $50-$75; (858) 459-3728,
Dominic Schaner: noon; O2 Performance Studio, Palomar College, 1140 W. Mission Road, San Marcos; free; (760) 744-1150, 2453.
"Time Stands Still": North Coast Repertory Theatre presents Donald Margulies drama about a pair of journalists, one a writer, the other a photographer, trying to settle into suburban life after years of covering war abroad; previews, Thursday and Friday; opens Saturday and runs through March 17; showtimes, 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays; 2 p.m. Sundays; North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987D Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Solana Beach; $41-$47;
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Kix Brooks: 8 p.m.; Casino Pauma, 777 Pauma Reservation Road, Pauma Valley; $25-$45; (760) 742-2177,
The Pat Metheny Project: Peter Sprague & Friends and Frequency Vocal Jazz will present new interpretations of works by jazz composer Metheny; 7:30 p.m.; Concert Hall, Building 2400, MiraCosta College, 1 Barnard Drive, Oceanside; $15, general; $10, seniors, students; (760) 795-6815.
San Diego Jazz Party: Annual three-day jazz party features 20 jazz artists and more than 21 hours of mainstream jazz and a tribute to pianist Johnny Varro as a "Living Legend of Jazz"; guest artists this year include Dan Barrett, Russ Phillips, Ed Polcer, Randy Reinhart, Harry Allen, Houston Person, Antti Sarpila, John Cocuzzi, Johnny Varro, Jason Wanner, Rossano Sportiello, Jacob Fischer, Eddie Erickson, Nicki Parrott, Richard Simon, Dave Stone, Eddie Metz Jr., Butch Miles, Chuck Riggs, and Rebecca Kilgore; concerts run 5 to 11 p.m. Friday; 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 24; Hilton San Diego/Del Mar Hotel, 15575 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar; $220, full festival pass; $125, Saturday only (including jazz brunch); $65, Sunday only; (858) 453-0846,
Leftover Salmon: 9 p.m.; Belly Up Tavern, 143 S. Cedros Ave., Solana Beach; $25-$44;
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San Marcos antique show: San Marcos Community Services presents its 10th annual "Family Heirlooms and Attic Treasures" sale; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; San Marcos Community Center, 3 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos; free;


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Newark, NJ (Sports Network) - Jeff Vanderbeek has made a deal which will allow
him to retain full control of the New Jersey Devils and avoid a looming
In its Thursday report, the Star-Ledger revealed the deal was settled within
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63rd Grand National Roadster Show - Starting The Year Off RightWritten by on May 16, 2012
This year the grand daddy of all shows turned 63 years old and all we can say is, WOW, what a blast! The show is not only a gathering for Hot Rodders but rather it's where gearheads unite to view and show of their latest builds. The cool part about this event is that it's so massive in size, everywhere you look there is classic cars, trucks, motorcycles and low riders.
Held in the beautiful Pomona Fairplex January 27-29, Grand National Roaster Show kicks off the show season with a bang. The show was separated into buildings 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 where different build styles and sub cultures mingle. The main hall gathers some of the top builders in the country and the best of the best quality of cars and trucks are in and around this building. When you walk into the hall, right away you get overwhelmed with quality fit and finish. The other huge indoor buildings hold groups of vehicles like the 32 deuce or the suede palace that actually had some really top-notch cars in it this year. Taking a break from the main buildings outside, the streets were filled with custom cars and trucks that were anywhere from project vehicles, daily drivers to custom builders who wanted to be outside in the sun. As lunchtime was getting ready to happen the smell of sweet BBQ sauce was in the air along with a plethora of other cooked foods. Making my way back inside, an auction was taking place for freshly painted and pinstriped art. The sale of the artwork was donated to nearby charities. Every year the GNRS gets bigger and better and this year show attendants can attest to that. I cant wait to check out the 2013 show. CT
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Owner Frank and Mary Laurence were showing off their sweet '48 Chevy built by Ironworks Speed and Kustoms. The top was chopped 3 inches and the interior was done by Ron Mangus.One of my favorite trucks of the show was Scott Roberts' '41 Ford. Hot Rods and Custom Stuff of Escondido did an amazing job on the fit and finish of this show truck.The amount of detail that Hills Rod and Custom put into Brett Alworth's truck was absolutely mind-blowing—495hp with 510 lb-ft of torque moved this '72 Blazer down the road.Courtney "Tito" Halowell recently passed away but was not forgotten. I had the privilege of calling him a friend and only wished he were around to see what his friends have completed for him. His friends and family completed his project truck in his honor.
Scalloped and pinstriped, Pete Wittenberg from Pete's Rod and Custom. It seams like these '58-59 Chevy trucks are making a comeback, or is it that I lookout for them?This guy was head deep in trying to find out what makes this truck so fast around the autocross courses. The owner of the '67 Ford F-100, Rob Mckeown, stated, "The guy was looking in the wrong spot; that's a stock 390 junkyard motor."We don't run many trucks like this '41 Hudson C20 shortbed, and that's not because we chose not to, its because this was the first one I have seen completed.Dropped, frenched, shaved with suicide doors … Vince Espinoza was off to a great start with his '51 Chevy pickup.Over in the Rockabilly area was Reine Dabuet's air bagged panel. This truck was clean inside and out.Ron Medina and his '63 Suburban were also parked in the rockabilly area where everyone was having a good time.I walked by a guy that looked like Dave Grohl from the band Foo Fighters, turns out it was him. He was showing his '65 Ford Falcon van that had a classic two-tone red and white paintjob.
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Does anyone know the real reason Shane Power left?
seems like an odd question to ask like five years after in happened, prolly had something to do with Larry's workouts or his drinking
Big Shawn, Super Clone!
Still never made it public, but I still enjoy this story even more, Especially the part about Haluska.
Powers decision to leave ISU still a mystery - Sports
Let it go. Everyone has moved on.
My guess is you brought up this topic because it came up on Marty and Miller today. M&M said they know the reason but if they tell they would lose their jobs and be escorted out. Not sure what to think of all that but they claimed it had nothing to do with Eustachy. Weird............
King James
Not odd timing because M&M talked briefly about it. They emphatically stated that it was not an LE issue. They know why he left and said they'd be fired if they said anything on the radio.
Originally Posted by Cydkar
Not odd timing because M&M talked briefly about it. They emphatically stated that it was not an LE issue. They know why he left and said they'd be fired if they said anything on the radio.
I have a hunch.
Originally Posted by clone52
I have a hunch.
Well let's hear it.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775
Originally Posted by brianhos
Well let's hear it.
I'd rather not, although if my hunch is right, I can understand why M&M wouldn't say it. Although I think its dumb they brought it up in the first place.
I don't really have anything to back up the hunch. I was a lab partner with a walkon that year and he was very tight lipped about it. You could tell he knew the reason, wasn't at all surprised and didn't want to say anything about it.
Was he playing for the other team?
Let's just say the real reason is better suited for Days of Our Lives
Originally Posted by BurgundyClone
Let's just say the real reason is better suited for Days of Our Lives
Thats what i heard too. If what I heard is true, I completely understand Shane Powers leaving!!
I've heard something along those lines too, although I don't think it's ever been proven or verified. I also heard it third hand, and what I heard wasn't very detailed.
Water under the bridge....it was too bad to lose him, though. I thought he was a real solid player.
Originally Posted by troyrew
Was he playing for the other team?
That was my guess too, until I read the article linked above that said his GF refused to comment, but then again if it was true to this effect why would she comment.
"It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him."
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M&M were very close to spilling it, but then MArty thought he'd get fired...I'm still confused so if any would feel free to message me the hunch that would be great. I don't care since its been awhile, but my curiosity is getting to me!
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Summary:In one fleeting moment, L.A. firefighter Gordy Brewer loses everything he ever cared about. Running late to meet his wife and young son at a downtown high-rise, the devoted family man arrives in time to witness a bomb explode, showering the area with debris and shattered glass. The explosion is credited to 'El Lobo, The Wolf', an infamous rebel leader in Colombia's decades-long civil war. The intended targets were members of the Colombian consulate and American intelligence agents; its casualties included one civilian woman and one small boy--Gordy's family, innocent people who lost their lives for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Gordy's only consolation for the loss of his famil... Full Summary >>


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Written By Duke Sports Information Dept.
DURHAM, N.C. - The Maxwell Football Club announced
Tuesday that Duke head coach David Cutcliffe is one of three finalists
for the Club's Collegiate Coach of the Year Award.
Cutcliffe is joined on the final ballot by Gus Malzahn
of Auburn and Gary Pinkel of Missouri.
Cutcliffe has guided the Blue Devils to a 10-2 record this
season including the ACC's Coastal Division championship. The 10 wins are the
most in school history, bettering the previous standard of nine set by the 1933,
1936, 1938 and 1941 squads.
Ranked 20th in this week's Associated Press national poll,
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I've been surprised that no one has mentioned the sustainability concerns of the NYC beverage ban. I just put out an editorial discussing this and would be curious to hear your opinion Scott: "Bloomberg Keeps NYC, USA at #1!" http://beverageconsortium.com/index.php/component/content/article/9-news-a-events/711-bloomberg-keeps-nyc-usa-at-1
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Hi and welcome! Unfortunately this request could be problematic, as accepting money to make recreations of copyrighted material is a pretty big no-no. Usually the copyright holders will look the other way for purely personal not-for-profit fan maps, but once you get paid, you've trod on their copyright.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Vorarlberg Spaetzle - Well, they are OK Bets making them from scratch all the time. Kinda fun just to have them handy in a pinch. Kids love them but I thought they were OK. I will purchase again. January 26, 2014
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A look at some of the Hollywood headlines from New Year's Eves of days gone by.
1942: A near-riot of bobby-soxers in Times Square in New York greeted Frank Sinatra's singing engagement at the Paramount Theater.
1947: Singing cowboy Roy Rogers married Dale Evans.
1961: The Beach Boys played their first gig in Long Beach, California. They earned $300.
1973: AC/DC made their concert debut in Sydney, Australia.
1982: Little Steven Van Zandt of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band got married in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Percy Sledge and Little Richard performed "When A Man Loves A Woman" at the reception.
1984: Drummer Rick Allen of Def Leppard lost his left arm in a car crash near his home in England.
1989: Game show host Pat Sajak married former Playboy model Lesly Brown in Annapolis, Maryland.
2005: Dick Clark returned to his "New Year's Rockin' Eve" telecast after missing the previous year because he had had a stroke. He was hoarse and sometimes hard to understand, but he said he "wouldn't have missed this for the world."
Today's birthdays: Actor Anthony Hopkins is 76. Actor Tim Considine ("My Three Sons") is 73. Actress Sarah Miles is 72. Guitarist Andy Summers of The Police is 71. Actor Ben Kingsley is 70. Actor Tim Matheson is 66. Singer Burton Cummings of The Guess Who is 66. Bassist Tom Hamilton of Aerosmith is 62. Actor James Remar ("Dexter") is 60. Actress Bebe Neuwirth ("Cheers") is 55. Singer Paul Westerberg is 54. Actor Val Kilmer is 54. Guitarist Ric Ivanisevich of Oleander is 51. Guitarist Scott Ian of Anthrax is 50. Singer-actor Joe McIntyre of New Kids on the Block is 41. Cellist Mikko Siren of Apocalyptica is 38. Singer Psy is 36.


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As of today there have been 44 wolves harvested statewide. Add that to last year and it's over 100, hopefully we will see elk and moose populations go up because of this.
As of today there have been 44 wolves harvested statewide. Add that to last year and it's over 100, hopefully we will see elk and moose populations go up because of this.
That is awesome! I sure hope these wolves get thinned out to the point of proper population so our herds can rebuild.
I don't Break the rules, I Modify them.
I would like to be optimistic but honestly I dont think hunting and trapping is enough to control them or even keep numbers where they are now. At this point killing 100 is just enough to make them more productive and have more pups. Keep in mind the number the states put out is the minimum that they know are in that state because that is what the regulations require them to do and the actual number is probably 2 or 3 times that.
I agree with the population being much higher than they say. Still 100 dead wolves is a lot better than no dead wolves, this is a big step in the right direction. I have heard that there are quite a few wolves being shot in predator areas that are not being reported.
Im not sure what the guidelines are for reporting the kill, but Im sure there are plenty of kills that are not counted, for numerous reasons. Is it mandatory to report a kill?
It is mandatory but some of the people hear that they are predators so it would be easy to make the assumption that they would be the same as the rest of the predators in the state. There are a lot of people here that don't have the time or don't really care to look at every detail of the regulation.
I agree 100 dead wolves is good! Any dead wolf is a good thing! I just think we need to kill 3 or 4 times that many to really see a difference. They recover quickly and as an example when 100 are taken out they will probably have 150 pups the next year. Im not trying to be negative in any way, thats just what I have learned from research I have done. I know more about Idaho then Wyoming and Montana since I live close to it.
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Often software systems are developed by organizations consisting of many teams of individuals working together. Brooks states in the Mythical Man Month book that product quality is strongly affected by organization structure. Unfortunately there has been little empirical evidence to date to substantiate this assertion. In this paper we present a metric scheme to quantify organizational complexity, in relation to the product development process to identify if the metrics impact failure-proneness. In our case study, the organizational metrics when applied to data from Windows Vista were statistically significant predictors of failure-proneness. The precision and recall measures for identifying failure-prone binaries, using the organizational metrics, was significantly higher than using traditional metrics like churn, complexity, coverage, dependencies, and pre-release bug measures that have been used to date to predict failure-proneness. Our results provide empirical evidence that the organizational metrics are related to, and are effective predictors of failure-proneness.
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Friday, February 8, 2013
The University of West Georgia's Ingram Library will host "FDR: His Vision, Our Freedoms, Still Alive," a national exhibit highlighting President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's leadership and achievements during his administration. The exhibit will be on display in the Ingram Library from Feb. 11 to March 8. It is free and open to the public.
The exhibit will include a display of objects from President Roosevelt's lengthy residence at "The Little White House" in Warm Springs, Ga., located approximately an hour and a half from Carrollton. Roosevelt went to Warm Springs in 1924 for treatment after being diagnosed with infantile paralysis, or polio, three years earlier. Later, he purchased land and built a home in Warm Springs called "The Little White House." Roosevelt traveled to Warm Springs repeatedly during his presidency. He died at "The Little White House" on April 12, 1945.
The exhibit combines historic photographs, documents, cartoons and posters from the collection of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, N. Y. The objects tell the story of the president who led the United States during two of the gravest crises in the country's history. Roosevelt's presidency successfully combated the Great Depression, reducing unemployment by half. In the process, he dramatically enlarged the scope of the federal government. Under Roosevelt's leadership, victory was gained in World War II and the United States emerged from that conflict as the world's greatest power. The exhibit chronicles Roosevelt's style of presidential leadership, his major New Deal programs, his role as president during World War II and his commitment to progressive ideals.
As part of the exhibition, Ingram Library is sponsoring a talk by Allan M. Winkler, professor of history at Miami University in Ohio and author of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Making of Modern America. He will speak on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m. at Ingram Library. Special public parking will be available in the Townsend Center gated lot beginning at 6 p.m.
"FDR: His Vision, Our Freedoms, Still Alive" is a traveling exhibition developed by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and is presented by Ingram Library's Penelope Melson Society. The Georgia Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities support the project along with appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly. The Carroll EMC Foundation provides funding as well.
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Sanders named to lead Chamber of Commerce
Mayor Jerry Sanders will become the next president and CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, ending speculation about his future once he leaves elected office next month because of term limits.
The move comes as the chamber is making a concerted effort to wield more influence over local politics and gives Sanders an advocacy role to continue working on major civic issues, such as the proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center, that he began while in office.
Sanders, 62, starts working for the chamber Dec. 4, the day after his successor at City Hall — Democratic Rep. Bob Filner — is sworn in.
The new job will represent a substantial raise over his current $100,000 salary. Details on Sanders' salary and benefits package are still being negotiated, but his compensation will be similar to the $302,000 his predecessor — Ruben Barrales — made in 2010, said Ashley Hause, a chamber spokeswoman. Sanders will also receive his city pension, which in 2011 reached $110,000, according to the San Diego City Employees' Retirement System.
In a news conference Thursday at Embarcadero Marina Park, Sanders said the convention center expansion and improving the Otay Mesa border crossing will be among his top priorities. The mayor, whose popularity crosses party lines, will also be responsible for raising money for the chamber's political-action committee.
"The question for me was how I could continue to contribute to a city that's allowed me to raise my family and do work over the years that's been extremely rewarding," Sanders said. "... The more I thought about it the more I became convinced that this would be a great job."
The chamber has been a staunch ally for Sanders during his seven years as mayor as he has often relied on the advice of local business leaders. The group has largely backed Sanders on major initiatives, including his proposed sales-tax increase that voters roundly rejected in 2010.
Now Sanders, who endorsed Carl DeMaio in the mayoral race, will be on the other side of that equation, trying to convince and cajole Filner into supporting major civic projects that the business community favors. Topping that list will be projects that Sanders shepherded while in office, such as the convention center expansion and the Chargers stadium search.
Sanders' ability to lobby will be restricted on city matters under rules from the City of San Diego Ethics Commission . He will not be allowed to discuss chamber business with city officials privately for a year, as part of a "cooling off" period. As a former elected official — in contrast with appointed officials — the mayor will be prohibited from speaking on behalf of the chamber before city government bodies even in a public setting, said Stacey Fulhorst, executive director of the commission. The ethics commission rules do not apply to state government bodies, or to other local government agencies like the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority or the Port Commission.
Speculation had been rampant for weeks that Sanders was eyeing the chamber job, but when he was asked about it last month he was evasive. Sanders said Thursday that he was contacted last week about the job opening by Vince Mudd, chairman of the chamber's five-member search committee.
Mudd said the chamber was looking for "a person with the ability to build consensus with diverse political constituencies, business and labor interests, and with the proven record of building strong support for very big challenges."
"We believe we have found the person that exceeds all of our expectations and will place the chamber on a powerful path," Mudd said of Sanders. He would later add, "It's a beautiful match. His public sector experience matches our private sector experience."


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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) -- With the United States 2012 elections rapidly approaching, many Americans are wondering which politicians will be able to capture the hearts and minds of the public and, in turn, pull out victories in November.
But while President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney might be the biggest names involved in the winter battles, one New York state senatorial candidate is making some serious headlines.
Meet Mindy Meyer, a 22-year-old Orthodox Jew who is running on the Republican and Conservative tickets in New York's 21st District election in Brooklyn. She will try to take down the incumbent, Democrat Kevin Parker.
Meyer, a resident of Flatbush, apparently has an affinity for pink, as her entire site, "MindyMeyer4Senate.com" is completely plastered in the color.
Meyer's slogan, tatted across the top of her site in flashing diamond-like text, is "I'm Senator and I Know It" a clear reference to LMFAO's club-banger "I'm Sexy and I Know It".
"Mindy received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Touro College. She is currently working for a real-estate attorney in Flatbush and attending the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in Central Islip, New York in the evening," Her site's "Meet Mindy" section explains. "Mindy intends to use her law degree as a segue into the political arena."
Click here to visit Meyer's site.
"I am looking forward to accomplishing for the 21st District that which the incumbent has not done for over ten years," Meyer says on the site. "I am excited by the prospect of employing new programs in our district to make a real difference in the lives of the people who matter most, the individuals of our community."
There are definitely a variety of views on Meyer's decision to run for office.
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2013 Fall Festivals
by nycgo.com staff, 08/20/2013
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As the weather begins to cool in New York City, the festival scene comes alive with celebrations throughout the five boroughs. The next few months bring exciting events like the Brooklyn Book Festival, the New York Comic Con and Anime Festival and the New York Film Festival. If you're looking to get outside, fall also means lively street fairs and fests, including the FAB! Festival, the Feast of San Gennaro and the Czech Street Festival. Read on for more great ways to celebrate the season.


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LEXINGTON, Va., Feb. 18, 2013 – VMI's robust undergraduate research program doesn't just happen.
It thrives, and thrives only because at VMI we get a whole lot of help from our friends.
Case in point: Maj. Anne Alerding's project to develop clean-burning biofuel from stem residues of prolific soybean plants whose beans have already been harvested for food. Alerding's is one of few biofuel projects that use a common agricultural plant yet do not compete with the plant's use for food – and two cadets are benefitting from extensive work in the lab this year, with many more to benefit in the future as this long-range, many faceted project continues.
Making it all happen are grants from sources both public and private totaling $150,776.
"This is beyond my dreams. … This is a world class lab now; it's competitive with any you'd find at U.Va. or Virginia Tech," said Alerding. "We're well equipped."
Located in a recently renovated portion of Maury-Brooke Hall, a renovation project still under way, Alerding's lab has benefitted first from funding for the renovation, which included $66,500 for an ultra performance liquid chromatography system (UPLC), enabling Alerding, and Cadet Garrett Parsons '15, to measure cell wall chemicals in soybean stems.
For biology major Parsons, the project has introduced a whole new way of thinking about plants.
"The combination of biology – the cellulose, the hemicellulose – [and] the breakdown through acid hydrolysis … was an introduction for me from biology into chemistry." He entered his first chemistry class this fall a few steps ahead of his classmates after a summer working in Alerding's lab on a stipend funded by a $20,000 renewable grant from the Jeffress Memorial Trust.
That grant funded Alerding's own salary over the summer, as well as travel for her and Cadet Matthew Waalkes '13 to several conferences; a $1,300 muffle furnace for measuring cell wall chemistry in soybean powder; a $1,700 column heater and computer for the UPLC machine; $6,500 for consumable lab supplies; and salaries and stipends for research this summer.
Waalkes, too, has learned to think a whole new way about science.
"In a textbook there are a lot of certainties," said Waalkes, a biology major with minors in chemistry and writing. "But in a research lab, you start to realize that science is full of uncertainties. It becomes much more interesting, it becomes much more exciting."
Waalkes has been studying the tissues of the soybean stem through digital microscopy using the biology department's Nikon Eclipse 80i research microscope. He analyzes the tissues using ImageJ software developed by the National Institutes of Health. He analyzes those results using Mathematica, with advice from math department head Col. Troy Siemers.
Waalkes' work on the project includes a Summer Undergraduate Research Institute – SURI – project and travel to present in the graduate student division at the American Society of Plant Biologists Southern Section Regional meeting, both through the Jackson-Hope Fund; study of soybean slides prepared through a contract funded by a Jackson-Hope New Directions in Teaching and Research Grant; and a Swope summer research stipend funded by the VMI Foundation's Watkins-Southard Fund.
Alerding's research began two years ago with the selection and planting of five soybean cultivars. It will continue this summer with the bioengineering of the best of these to produce the cleanest possible fuel and with extensive testing and development by Maj. Tim Moore '97 and his cadets in his lab.
Both studies are part of VMI's Clean Energy and Air Resources – CLEAR – Program, a project that received a $40,000 Dominion Resources Higher Education Partnership Grant last year.
Alerding's work has been supported by a Wetmore Fund grant to Parsons, VMI Foundation Grants-in-Aid of Research funding, Virginia Equipment Trust Fund money, the Carroll Fund, and funding provided by the dean's office, all of which is supporting work that is cutting-edge both in its procedures and in the interdisciplinary nature of its subject.
It all started for Alerding, after all, when she was approached by Moore, an assistant professor of civil engineering who studies pollutants, looking for a collaborator to work with him on a submission in response to a call for proposals on biofuel research."I was approached by a civil engineer on a problem – he didn't know much about plants, and I didn't know much about making biofuel," said Alerding. "We put it together from there."
Alerding continued, "There's a new wave in research for interdisciplinary problem solving."
And, thanks to a lot of help from sources both public and private, VMI's riding the crest.
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If you're planning to explore the infinite variety of landscapes on the Iberian Peninsula, then Spain's motto, ''further still'', could be the leitmotiv of your holidays. Spain is full of the unexpected, from the Pyrenees mountain range to the Straits of Gibraltar, and from the jagged Atlantic coast to the Mediterranean Eldorado. And while you're there, make a point of striking out and going beyond the traditional clichés of bullfighting and flamenco.
There are lots more than seventeen reasons to visit the ancient land of Andalusia (formerly Al-Andalus), one of Spain's seventeen autonomous communities, with its peaceful palaces along the Guadalquivir. And it will take you more than a thousand and one nights to enjoy all the nightlife in exciting Madrid or in the party capital of Ibiza.
Spanish cities have regained their foothold in the modern world with renewed energy since the end of the Franco regime. Cosmopolitan Barcelona celebrates its art and architecture by Antoni Gaudi on every street corner, while Bilbao is delighted to have chosen Frank Gehry to design its amazing Guggenheim Museum.
For a fun adventure, grab your walking stick and scallop shell for a hike along the legendary route of Santiago de Compostela (Way of St. James) . And with all the great seafood and delicious charcuterie they serve at every inn in Spain, there's no need to start out on an empty stomach!
Spain : Must-see towns and regions
Barcelona, located between the Montjuïc and Tibidabo mountains, is the economic and political capital of Catalonia, and is unquestionably one of Spain's most attractive and cosmopolitan cities, offeri...
This lively town is the capital of an agricultural province devoted to cereal farming, cattle and pig breeding. It retains a magnificent historic centre, which takes visitors back several centuries. I...
Originally a Roman city, then capital of the Caliphate, Córdoba is located on the banks of the Guadalquivir, and remains an extraordinary cultural crossroads. Despite the hustle and bustle of its busy...
At the heart of Spain, backed by the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama, Madrid, one of Europe's youngest capitals, is a dynamic city with a welcoming atmosphere. Its dynastic heritage, from the Ha...
Santiago de Compostela is the world's third biggest Christian pilgrimage site, after Rome and Jerusalem. Its old town, with paved streets lined with arcades, is a maze of stone buildings, and is often...
The capital of Andalucía, Seville has managed to maintain its magnificent traditions without turning its back on modernity. The very name Seville brings to mind a host of images – the Guadalquivir, a ...
The former capital of an autonomous Moorish kingdom, Toledo overlooks a deep gorge created by the Tagus. Inside the ramparts, the town boasts a multitude of magnificent monuments bathed in glittering ...
Andalusia, Andalucia, Al-Andalus: a land of a thousand and one nights and a thousand stories whose riches the ancient geographer Strabo compared to the Elysian Fields.
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Microstrip filters can be fabricated directly on a printed circuit board (PCB) with a microstrip line going from the input to the output. Along the microstrip line there are a number of stubs of certain lengths and widths. The design of the filter involves choosing the impedance of the microstrip line, the impedance of the stub microstrips, and the length of the stubs.
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|Meusborn finds success as Calif. baseball coach
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Tom Meusborn, the son of Dwaine (Mike) Meusborn of Holyoke and the late Euletta Meusborn, has been named as an assistant baseball coach at Cal State Northridge in Northridge, Calif., and will join the program for the upcoming season. Meusborn completes head coach Greg Moore's coaching staff as Moore embarks on his first campaign with the Matadors.
Meusborn has spent the past 24 years transforming Chatsworth High School baseball in Chatsworth, Calif., into a national powerhouse.
"We are lucky to have Coach Meusborn at Cal State Northridge," said Moore. "From what he's done in the community to what he brings to the field, we will benefit. Over the past quarter century he has been one of the most innovative and successful baseball coaches in the country."
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Blake Griffin recorded his first triple-
double of the season to lead the Los Angeles Clippers over the Milwaukee
Bucks, 117-101, at Staples Center.
Griffin finished with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists and threw down an
exclamation point on his all-around effort with another sensational dunk
during a game-sealing run in the fourth quarter.
Matt Barnes made six 3-pointers en route to a 20-point effort, Jamal Crawford
chipped in 25 points and Chris Paul added 14 points and nine assists for the
Clippers, who were coming off a home loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Milwaukee had four won in a row coming in, but allowed the Clippers to shoot
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PCC in the News
News: 1-1 Tie For Women's Soccer At ELAC
Cassandra Saaevedra scored the Lancers' lone goal in the 49th minute as the Pasadena City College women's soccer team tied host East Los Angeles College, 1-1, in a South Coast Conference game played Tuesday.
The Lancers remain in third place in the SCC, knotting the sixth-place Huskies for the second time this year by the same 1-1 score. ELAC had taken a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute on a penalty kick goal by Jessica Guzman.
Saaevedra (pictured) knocked in a short-range shot for her seventh goal after Isabella Montano fed her a pass in the goal mouth. The PCC score came only a minute after Nancy Nunez was foiled on a penalty kick. Nunez, who is tied with teammate Vanessa Capra for the conference and team lead in goals with 11, was stopped on her attempt by East LA goalie Belen Rodriguez.
Rodriguez finished with five saves while PCC goalie Tatiana Sanchez made four saves.
PCC (9-4-3 overall) is 5-2-2 in conference matches. The Lancers will host Long Beach City College on Friday, October 27 in a 4 p.m. match at Robinson Stadium.
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SN's Mike DeCourcy takes an analytical look at five significant questions in college basketball this week.
Starting Five: Among No. 1 contenders, Arizona can't afford to lose Solomon Hillncaab January 23, 2013 4:37pm EST January 17, 2013 2:28pm EST Key injuries have hit Duke (Ryan Kelly), Kansas (Ben McLemore) and Louisville (Gorgui Dieng), but Arizona would be hit hardest if it lost senior Solomon Hill, writes Mike DeCourcy in this week's Starting Five.
2 Of the healthy players on the teams contending for a No. 1 seed, who is the most indispensable?
DeCourcy: This might be a surprising answer, but I can't imagine any team that would be more challenged by the absence of a single player than Arizona without senior forward Solomon Hill.
Hill averages 13.6 points and 5.4 rebounds and, for a small forward, shoots excellent percentages from the field and 3-point range. So much of what happens with the Wildcats otherwise is unpredictable at this point. Which one of the freshmen bigs will have a good game: Brandon Ashley, Kaleb Tarczewski, Grant Jerrett, or none of them? Will guard Nick Johnson hit shots? How reliable will transfer point guard Mark Lyons be on a given night?
Over the past five games, all against major opponents, Hill has had at least 15 points each time and played 34 minutes or more.
Any team that loses a star is going to be diminished. But Hill is the one reliable member of the Wildcats to this point.
3 Which team, in your opinion, is the best in the country today?
DeCourcy: I'm not sure how much it actually means. They don't hand out No. 1 seeds in January, and a lot can happen in the two months that remain between now and Selection Sunday. But for those who invest in such things, the best team today in the truest sense is Louisville.
That's true in part because of personnel issues such as Kelly's injury at Duke. The Blue Devils probably have beaten the most good teams, including the Cardinals, but being the most accomplished team does not make them the best.
It's also true because the team with the highest ceiling, Indiana, continues to have minor issues investing fully in the offensive system. The Hoosiers clearly did not trust their offense—and, by extension, freshman point guard Yogi Ferrell—in their loss this week to Wisconsin. Their biggest problems have come when they've declined to move the basketball to the open man (Butler, Wisconsin), and their most impressive basketball came when they worked it to open shooters (the first half against Minnesota).
Louisville, however, knows what it is. Its potential is not as grand as IU's, or even Michigan's or Arizona's, but the Cardinals reached the Final Four last season once they fully committed to their defense, and that has been in place throughout the year. They are No. 1 in defensive efficiency according to Kenpom.com, and they've earned that. They are destructive on the perimeter (12.4 steals per game) and at the rim (2.2 blocks per game from center Gorgui Dieng).
They don't shoot well enough to be a great offensive squad, but they've found a way to make it work, mostly by being a nightmare to keep out of the lane. Will Louisville still be the best by March? It seems doubtful, but here is what's certain: The Cards are one team we can trust to be in the picture.
4 Are the Miami Hurricanes a real threat to push Duke and N.C. State for the regular-season title?
DeCourcy: The nice folks at the ACC asked Miami to start off with three road games in the first four, which isn't exactly a recipe for success, but the Canes went out and won them all. That certainly is.
There's no doubt this is a team built to contend for the league, Miami defends at a high level, which always helps on the road. It'd be nice to get back Reggie Johnson and deepen the frontcourt. We'll see how that goes in February.
Where Miami is at a disadvantage to Duke and State is at home. The Devils and Pack play before huge, enthusiastic crowds that can make a difference in the comfort level the opposing team experiences while playing there. At a typical Miami home game, the best hope for the home team is that the visitors are tricked into thinking the game is no big deal.
When Charlotte visited with a 9-1 record in December, there were 3,275 in the place. When Maryland came in for the first ACC home game last week, the attendance was 5,809. Bank United Center holds 8,000. That's a lot of empty seats, and it makes a difference.
5 Why wasn't Kansas' Ben McLemore listed among your midseason top five freshmen?
DeCourcy: For the purpose of this discussion, I prefer to exclude players such as McLemore and Arizona State's Jahii Carson. It's like with the sixth man of the year in the NBA, when guys who basically are starters—who play starter's minutes, and certainly command starter's pay—happen to open the game on the bench. Then they come in, play like starters, and somebody gives them a trophy. Dumb.
It's not quite as ridiculous to rank McLemore and Carson with the best freshmen of the season, but it's still unfair to those who are entirely new to campus. Though ineligible to compete last year, McLemore and Carson had the chance to practice with their squads in the second semester of the 2011-12 season and to go through the full spring workout regimen.
That's a significant advantage over Pitt point guard James Robinson, who came in with no college experience and showed during preseason practice he was one of the Panthers' top five players.
Was Johnny Manziel really the first freshman to win the Heisman? Or was he the second sophomore, joining Tim Tebow? (You like that, how I worked Tebow into this column? Isn't that what we media people are supposed to do?)
6 Will the win vs. Missouri propel Andy Kennedy's Ole Miss team into the tournament this March?
DeCourcy: No, but the one on the road against Vandy—which the Rebels rescued after being down 13 inside the final 9 minutes—very well might. That would have been a loss Ole Miss could not afford. And it was gained in most dramatic fashion.
If you haven't seen the highlight of the Marshall Henderson 3-pointer that forced overtime, you're welcome. And if you have, you know it's worth seeing again.


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Trading your way out of poverty
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|23 November 2012
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As M23 rebel fighters marched into Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a small group of people in the UK were watching anxiously to see what would happen next. They had spent the past three years working with coffee growers south of the city to get their goods on the shelves of Sainsbury's, one of Britain's biggest supermarkets, as part of a wider initiative to help Africa trade its way out of poverty.
The DRC coffee project was one of the first to get funding from the UK government's Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund (FRICH), which was set up by the Department for International Development (DFID) to encourage the food industry to buy more from Africa.
While British companies were comfortable buying traditional crops from traditional sources - coffee from Kenya, for instance, or cocoa from Ghana - DFID believed further trade with Africa was inhibited by a reluctance to explore products from untraditional sources.
Mark Thomas of Nathan Associates, which manages the Fund on behalf of DFID, explained: "We don't fund the business. We co-fund a project within a business to try something out, to get them over the risk hurdle which is preventing them doing it."
Coffee was a familiar African crop, but DRC was not a familiar coffee source. Farmers in South Kivu had been growing extremely high quality coffee, but because there was no easy access to markets, they had to smuggle it across the lake to Rwanda. There, it was sold for far less than it was worth.
Sainsbury's and its supplier, Twin Trading, got a FRICH grant to work with a growers' cooperative in Kivu to improve the quality and work out the logistics of exporting to the UK.
The scheme was a success, says Thomas. "The important thing was that they proved that extremely high quality coffee could make it out from this area. Now in the latest, fourth round of funding, the idea is to scale-up a bit, moving to the next valley down and another cooperative and put in more equipment. But all the coffee goes out through Goma, so obviously they won't be shipping just at this minute."
Enabling experimentation
For the recipient of another first-round grant, a trading company called Tropical Wholefoods, the risk was not political but about trying new crops and methods.
One of the company's founders, Kate Sebag, told IRIN, "The grant was to help our farmers diversify from pineapples and bananas into berry crops - strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and cape gooseberries. Strawberries and cape gooseberries have been the most successful.
"Raspberries were always seen as the most risky... Although they grew into large bushes, we got very little fruit… I think our farmers felt that if a crop was not going to survive the dry season without watering, it was better to grow something else. We have learned a lot. It's what they call 'action research' - you don't know until you try it."
Sebag says there were other challenges, too. "In a country where there is no tradition of eating dried fruit, it can be a challenge to get people to dry to the right consistency; there's a tendency to over-dry and obliterate the fruit just to make sure there's absolutely no chance of its going mouldy.
"But the grant from FRICH allowed us to take a risk, and to bring in strawberry and raspberry plants and subsidize the sale of drying equipment to the farmers. What I think this fund is good at is enabling innovation, and it is willing to work with private companies. It recognizes that private companies with an ethical orientation have a self-interest in getting the product to market but also a commitment to service provision for the farmers."
While first-round proposals concentrated largely on familiar commodities, recent projects have been more novel. For example the Eden Project and PhytoTrade Africa are exploring a project to import and popularize baobab powder and to develop a range of baobab products for the British market.
Changing perceptions
Something of a breakthrough has been achieved with the first grant to develop a market for African meat in Europe, says Thomas. However, the programme in question will see Namibian beef going on sale in Denmark rather than the UK.
"Right from the start there was some element of consciousness-raising," he told IRIN. "Not all products were going to have Africa written all over them, but we were never going to hide the African-ness of the products. But there are some products from Africa it is hard to sell in the UK - like meat, for example.
"I used to live in Namibia, so I know that Namibian beef is absolutely fantastic, and Namibia is one of only two countries in Southern Africa that are allowed to export meat to Europe. But at the moment, virtually all the meat goes into food processing; it's not sold as a prime cut, and a lot of that is about perception. But the Danish co-op will be selling steaks branded as 'Savannah', an African brand with an acacia tree on the pack."
This round of funding will be the last for the time being. It uses up the rest of the £7.4 million (nearly US$12 million) allocated to the Fund. DFID has recently had a change of minister, with Justine Greening replacing Andrew Mitchell.* "We are going to keep an eye on it, and draw any lessons we can to see where we go from here, but the new minister has already shown a very definite focus on helping countries to trade their way out of poverty," a DFID spokesperson said.


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The Bad News Bears
|Release Date: July 22, 2005
|Running Time: 111 mins.
|MPAA Rating: PG 13
|Box Office: $32,865,161.00
|Genre: Adaptation, Comedy, Remake, Sports
Billy Bob Thornton
Greg Kinnear
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Summary:Grizzled former professional baseball player Morris Buttermaker is bribed by a straitlaced lawyer to coach the Bears, a woefully inept youth baseball team. Buttermaker's got to find a way to drive this gang of 12 misfits to a championship against their hated rivals: the Yankees and their overbearing coach.


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•Played in all 37 games in 2011-12, including 24 as a starter.
•Butler's leading scorer during the Horizon League Men's Basketball Championship and in the College Basketball Invitational.
•Named to the All-Tournament Team at the 2011 Hoosier Invitational.
•Played in three of Butler's 2011 NCAA Tournament games.
•Member of the 2010 Indiana All-Star Team.
•Indianapolis City Player of the Year as a senior at Manual High School.
2011-12 Highlights:
Sat out both of Butler's exhibition games with a concussion...led the Bulldogs against Evansville with a career-high 22 points and a career-high five assists in his first collegiate start...scored 12 points and grabbed a career-high five rebounds against Chattanooga...matched his career-high and led the Bulldogs with 22 points against Gardner-Webb...led the Bulldogs with 19 points in 29 minutes at Indiana...scored 11 points in 20 minutes against Oakland City...had eight points in 17 minutes against Valparaiso, while sitting out much of the second half with an ankle injury...came off the bench with a team-high 12 points, seven rebounds and career-highs of five assists and four steals to help lift the Bulldogs past Milwaukee at Hinkle Fieldhouse...had eight points and three rebounds in a reserve stint at Wright State...came off the bench with seven points and three assists at Detroit...had six points and four assists in Butler's home win over Youngstown State...scored five points in 13 minutes at UIC...came off the bench with eight points and three assists at Loyola...had 10 points in 25 minutes off the bench at Green Bay...returned to Butler's starting lineup against Wright State and led the Bulldogs with 13 points, including a career-best seven of seven free throws...led the Bulldogs with 19 points, his highest point total since late November, at Youngstown State...scored the go-ahead basket with 1:39 remaining and matched his career-high with four steals at Youngstown State...hit a key three-point field goal with just over two minutes remaining and led the Bulldogs against Loyola at home with 13 points and six rebounds...posted 11 points in Butler's BracketBuster's win over Indiana State...scored 10 points at home against UIC...had nine points, four rebounds and three steals at Valparaiso...scored 10 points against Wright State in the first round of the Horizon League Tournament...scored seven points against Milwaukee in the Horizon League Tournament..led the Bulldogs with 18 points against Valparaiso in the Horizon League Tournament Semifinals...topped the Bulldogs with 19 points against Delaware in the first round of the CBI...led the Bulldogs with 15 points and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds at Penn in the quarterfinals of the CBI...had nine points and six rebounds and matched his career-high with 39 minutes against Pittsburgh in the semifinals of the CBI.
2010-11 Highlights:
Saw action in both Butler exhibition games and in 21 regular season games...scored six points in his collegiate debut against Marian...had three points and two steals at Louisville...tallied one point in six minutes against Evansville...grabbed first career rebound against Duke...had a pair of rebounds in 11 minutes at Xavier...matched his career scoring-high with six points in a career-high 14 minutes against Mississippi Valley State...tallied three points and grabbed two rebounds against Stanford...came off the bench with three points and two rebounds at Milwaukee...had two points and a career-high three assists at UIC...came off the bench with a key three-point field goal and an assist in the second half of Butler's victory over Florida in the championship game of the Southeast Regional.
High School: Third team A.P. All-State guard at Manual High School...named Indianapolis Star City Player of the Year in 2009-10...fifth-leading scorer in Indiana (25.8 ppg) as a senior...had a high game of 38 points against Richmond...ranked 11th in the state in steals (2.8) and 14th in the state in blocked shots (2.9) in 2009-10...shot .421 (56-133) from beyond the three-point arc in final prep season...selected to play in the Hoosier Reunion Game post-season contest...named to the Indiana All-Star Team...scored 17 points in Indiana's win at Kentucky and 12 points in the victory in Indianapolis during the summer All-Star series...averaged 17.3 points per game during an abbreviated 2008-09 season, after transferring to Manual from Las Vegas...High School Coach: Jim Merlie.


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Difference: SansaFuzePlusPort (r68 vs. r67)
Warning !! There have been several reports of malfunctioning devices and it is unclear if it is related to Rockbox or not since similar problems happen with the original firmware. Remember that you use Rockbox at your own risks !
Port Status
Bootloader features
The bootloader comes with a number of features which allow to recover from potential problematic situations.
Booting to the OF
The bootloader can either boot rockbox or the OF. By default it will boot rockbox. The bootloader will boot the OF if volume down is hold while powering up. This works independently from the power source. For example, the following actions will boot the OF:
Note that booting to the OF might be necessary to complete a boootloader update if done with rockbox USB by putting
Building the bootloader
The bootloader can be built using three different methods. The recommend one is the automatic method using RockboxUtility. The semi-automatic method requires a working cross-compiler and a copy of the Rockbox source code.
Automatic method
Semi-Automatic method
This method requires the following things:
First you need to compile the bootloader, to do this follow the instructions from HowToCompile and when running the configure script, select the Fuze+ and bootloader build. After the build, you should get a
Then you need to build the mkimxboot tool in
Finally, you need to run the tool with the correct parameters. Assuming you are in
You should replace
Finally, plug your Fuze+ and put the
Of course, to run rockbox, you will also need to do a normal build of rockbox and put rockbox on your device (see HowToCompile but this time to a normal Fuze+ build and go until the 6. Install step).
If you want to boot to the OF, press Volume Down on boot (hold it, press power, wait a few seconds and release it).
Alternative method
you need
Extract the 2 zip file to your player's root directory then perform the usual manual update via booting into OF. (Sansa recommendation applies here too: no SD card, and check that you have enough battery before performing the update)
Recovery procedure
If for any reason your device doesn't work anymore (doesn't boot, stuck in the bootloader and even the OF doesn't work or if a firmware upgrade failed). You might need to recover your device. You should not attempt this without an advice from someone knowledgeable. The point of the recovery procedure is too reinstall the OF and will remove any trace of the rockbox bootloader.
This method requires the following things:
First you need to compile the bootloader, to do this follow the instructions from HowToCompile and when running the configure script, select the Fuze+ and bootloader build. After the build, you should get a
Then you need to build the mkimxboot tool in
Then you need to build the sbloader tool in
Then you need to run the tool with the correct parameters to build a recovery image. Assuming you are in
Then put your device in recovery mode: power it off, hold volume up and plug the usb cable then release volume up after a few seconds. The screen should stay black and the device will report as a HID device.
Finally send it to your device using sbloader(replace
The screen should display a few lines and the device you report as a mass storage but you OS will not be able to mount it. It should have 4 partitions. Assuming that it was detected as
When done, unplug your device and you are done.
Battery Benchmark
See http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaRuntime
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text: We always get inquiries for stickers…fact is, we love 'em now just as much as we did when we were little groms slappin' 'em on our boards, binders & street signs. Last week, Finn Miller hit us up for a few…as you can see, his shred sticks will no longer be bare! Finn also sent us a photo of some street shredding! With the new website will come a special section dedicated to stickers! Send in a photo of a Jetty sticker, request some free ones or purchase some killer vinyl in an array of colors. Until we get that page done, please shoot us an email if you need a few to slap around – firstname.lastname@example.com – and don't hesitate to send us a photo of yourself living The Jetty Life!


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Voice Search: Say What You Want and Get It
In the Voice Search project, we envision a future where you can ask your cellphone for any kind of information and get it. With a small cellphone, there is a heavy tax on traditional keyboard based information entry, and we believe it can be significantly more convenient to communicate by voice. Our work focuses on making this communication more reliable, and able to cover the full range of information needed in daily life.
- Geoffrey Zweig and Shuangyu Chang, Personalizing Model M for Voice-search, in Interspeech, International Speech Communication Association, 2011.
- Dong Yu, Li Deng, and George E. Dahl, Roles of Pre-Training and Fine-Tuning in Context-Dependent DBN-HMMs for Real-World Speech Recognition, in NIPS 2010 workshop on Deep Learning and Unsupervised Feature Learning, December 2010.
- Jui-Ting Huang, Xiao Li, and Alex Acero, Discriminative Training Methods for Language Models Using Conditional Entropy Criteria, in ICASSP, IEEE, March 2010.
- Shankar Shivappa, Patrick Nguyen, and Geoffrey Zweig, Discriminative Template Extraction for Direct Modeling, in ICASSP, IEEE, 2010.
- Patrick Nguyen and Geoffrey Zweig, Speech Recognition with Flat Direct Models, in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, IEEE, 2010.
- Geoffrey Zweig and Patrick Nguyen, From Flat Direct Models to Segmental CRF Models, in ICASSP, IEEE, 2010.
- Dong Yu, Li Deng, and Alex Acero, Using continuous features in the maximum entropy model, in Pattern Recognition Letters, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 1295-1300, Elsevier , October 2009.
- Xiao Li, Patrick Nguyen, Geoffrey Zweig, and Dan Bohus, Leveraging Multiple Query Logs to Improve Language Models for Spoken Query Recognition, in ICASSP, IEEE, April 2009.
- Daniel Bolanos, Geoffrey Zweig, and Patrick Nguyen, Multi-scale Personalization for Voice Search Applications, in HLT-NAACL 2009, Association for Computational Linguistics, 2009.
- Georg Heigold, Geoffrey Zweig, Xiao Li, and Patrick Nguyen, A Flat Direct Model for Speech Recognition, in ICASSP-2009, IEEE, 2009.
- Geoffrey Zweig and Patrick Nguyen, A Segmental CRF Approach to Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition, in ASRU, IEEE, 2009.
- Dong Yu, Balakrishnan Varadarajan, Li Deng, and Alex Acero, Active Learning and Semi-supervised Learning for Speech Recognition: A Unified Framework using the Global Entropy Reduction Maximization Criterion, in Computer Speech and Language - Special Issue on Emergent Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Pattern Recognition in Speech and Language Processing , Elsevier , 2009.
- Dan Bohus, Xiao Li, Patrick Nguyen, and Geoffrey Zweig, Learning N-Best Correction Models from Implicit User Feedback in a Multi-Modal Local Search Application, in Special Interest Group on Discourse and Dialogue (SIGdial), June 2008.
- Xiao Li, Y.-C. Ju, Geoffrey Zweig, and Alex Acero, Language modeling for voice search: a machine translation approach, in ICASSP, March 2008.
- Tim Paek and Yun-Cheng Ju, Accommodating Explicit User Expressions of Uncertainty in Voice Search or Something Like That, International Speech Communication Association, 2008.
- G. Zweig, D. Bohus, X. Li, and P. Nguyen, Structured Models for Joint Decoding of Repeated Utterances, in In Proceedings of Interspeech, 2008.
- Z. Li, Geoffrey Zweig, and Patrick Nguyen, Optimal Dialog in Consumer-Rating Systems using a POMDP Framework, in In Proceedings of SIGdial, 2008.
- Milind Mahajan, Patrick Nguyen, and Geoffrey Zweig, Summarization of Multiple User Reviews in the Restaurant Domain, no. MSR-TR-2007-126, September 2007.
- Dong Yu, Yun-Cheng Ju, Ye-Yi Wang, Geoffrey Zweig, and Alex Acero, Automated Directory Assistance System - from Theory to Practice, in Proc. of Interspeech, International Speech Communication Association, Antwerp, Belgium, August 2007.
- Geoffrey Zweig, Patrick Nguyen, Yun-Cheng Ju, Ye-Yi Wang, Dong Yu, and Alex Acero, The Voice-Rate Dialog System for Consumer Ratings, in INTERSPEECH, International Speech Communication Association, Antwerp, Belgium, 2007.
- Tim Paek, Yun-Cheng Ju, and Christopher Meek, People Watcher: A Game for Eliciting Human-Transcribed Data for Automated Directory Assistance, International Speech Communication Association, 2007.
- Ye-Yi Wang, Dong Yu, Yu-Cheng Ju, Geoffrey Zweig, and Alex Acero, Confidence Measures for Voice Search Applications, in 8th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, International Speech Communication Association, Antwerp, Belgium, 2007.
- EE Jan, B. Maison, L. Mangu, and G. Zweig, Automatic construction of Unique Signatures and Confusable sets for Natural Language Directory Assistance Application, in Proceedings of Eurospeech, 2003.


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Maria Sharapova is starring in a new commercial for Clear Shampoo as part of the $2.5 million deal she signed earlier this year.
This product must be some strong stuff. It's turned Shrieka's hair into liquid gold and did something funny to her voice.
Thanks Maja!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
VIDEO VAULT: Shrieka has CGI hair - and so can you!
Labels: advertising, Maria Sharapova, sponsorship, tennis, video
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Those are some fake hair...jeez!ReplyDelete
- coughingcatOctober 20, 2009 at 12:34 PM
Russian commercials try to appear imported (and, for the most part, they are), so they always come with a translated Russian narration by a voice actor, even when the face of the ad can speak Russian. Just a local quirk.
Yeah it's the same over here... they never let Claudia Schiffer speak German in her L'Oréal commercials for whatever reason.ReplyDelete
Nevertheless, Masha looks STUNNING.
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2009 at 8:13 PM
*Throws shade* Why didn't they use Sveta? I love Maria, but doesn't she have enough loot?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 21, 2009 at 4:15 AM
Because Sveta is not that well known, obviously.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 22, 2009 at 5:06 PM
her hair seems sooooo fake wow, and playing in the dark....in front of mirrors....have we not seen that done (better) before?ReplyDelete


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