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The Fayetteville City Council will discuss an update to the Downtown Renaissance Plan, the city's 2014 Strategic Plan, and the proposed budget at Monday's meeting.
The council will hold a work session at 5 p.m. in City Hall on Hay Street.
The Downtown Renaissance Plan was created in 2002 to guide redevelopment of 3,000 acres from the Cape Fear River through downtown to Fayetteville State University.
The revisions reflect goals that have been accomplished, remove ideas that have become less relevant and note other changes, such as the shuttering of the Prince Charles hotel. The plan provides a vision for a thriving "Fayetteville Crescent."
A 94-page draft of the plan says it envisions the crescent's population doubling to 10,000 by 2030 and the area offering a variety of housing options, attractions, shopping outlets, and commercial and industrial uses.
A draft document of the 2014 Strategic Plan outlines numerous goals for the city and its agencies.
Among them, the city wants to reduce crime, to create a gang task force and to combine its 911 system with Fort Bragg's and Cumberland County's. It wants to foster job growth, and it wants its residents to earn more money. It aims to improve traffic flow, improve recreation facilities and parks, and work on other matters to improve the overall quality of life.
City Manager Ted Voorhees is to present an overview of the fiscal 2014 budget, which begins July 1. Plans call for a series of budget workshops for the council to evaluate different pieces of it through May, a public hearing May 28 and adoption June 10.
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The British actress, comedienne, singer and dancer
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- who began her film career rooted firmly in family-oriented material - traveled far out of her way to expand her dramatic repertoire, with decidedly mixed results.
A music-hall favorite since childhood,
spent the war years dodging Nazi bombs and bowing to the plaudits of her fans. Thanks to her own talents and the persistence of her vaudevillian parents,
maintained her career momentum with appearances in such extravaganzas as 1947's Starlight Roof Revue. It was in the role of a 1920s flapper in
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to Broadway; and few could resist the attractively angular young miss warbling such deliberately sappy lyrics as "I Could Be Happy With You/If You Could Be Happy With Me." Following a live-TV performance of High Tor,
regaled American audiences in the star-making role of cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle in the 1956 Broadway blockbuster My Fair Lady. The oft-told backstage story of this musical classic was enough to dissuade anyone from thinking that
was an overnight success, as producer
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mercilessly drilled her for 48 hours to help her get her lines, songs and dialect in proper working order. In 1957,
again enchanted TV audiences in the title role of
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's musical adaptation of
. Later,
Alan Jay Lerner
Frederick Loewe
-- also the composers of My Fair Lady -- developed the role of Guinevere in their 1960 musical Camelot with
in mind, and the result was another Broadway triumph, albeit not as profitable as Fair Lady.
Although a proven favorite with American audiences thanks to her frequent TV variety show appearances (notably a memorable 1962 teaming with
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did not make a motion picture until 1964. As Mary Poppins,
not only headlined one of Walt Disney's all-time biggest moneymakers, but also won an Oscar -- sweet compensation for having lost the Eliza role to
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for the adaptation of My Fair Lady.
hoped that
Mary Poppins
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(1964). However,
' next film,
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(1965) effectively locked her into sweetness and light parts in the minds of moviegoers. On the strength of the success of
was signed to numerous Hollywood projects, but her stardom had peaked.
Perhaps recognizing this,
started to branch out fairly aggressively by the late '60s, with such "adult-oriented" pictures as Alfred Hitchcock's espionage thriller Torn Curtain. That film, and others (Hawaii, Star!) all flopped. In the late '60s,
fell in love with and married the then white-hot American director
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was also consciously or unconsciously bucking to change her image. Unfortunately, the two began at a low ebb to end all low ebbs. The WWI musical farce
Darling Lili
(1970) featured Rock Hudson, electric musical numbers, stunning dogfight sequences, and - significantly - a semi-erotic striptease number by
. Apparently audiences didn't buy this sort of behavior coming from Mary Poppins: the film tanked at the box office, as did the spy thriller The Tamarind Seed, also starring
Aside from a couple of televised musical specials,
stuck with her husband for each successive film - for better or worse, as they say. Their next collaborations arrived in the late '70s and early '80s, first with the smash Dudley Moore sex farce '10' (1979) and then with the Hollywood satire
(1981). In the former,
took a backseat to sexy bombshell Bo Derek, who catches the infatuation of Moore but delivered a finely-modulated comic performance nonetheless; the latter - an unapologetically 'R' rated comedy about a nutty director who attempts to turn a family-friendly stinker into a porno musical -- exposed a topless
to the world for the first time. This rank, cynical and angry "satire" represented the couple's creative nadir; one critic rightly pointed out that
could have used it as grounds for divorce. The 1982 transvestite musical Victor/Victoria (with
in the lead) fared better; it was followed by Edwards's 1983 Truffaut remake, The Man Who Loved Women (with
as the lover of sculptor Burt Reynolds).
's attempts at image-extending here are obvious in each case; the individual films have various strengths and weaknesses, but - love 'em or hate 'em -- they broadened the appeal of
only slightly - with many perceiving her as either an onscreen accessory to her husband or as an okay straight man in mediocre romantic comedies. The couple fared a thousand times better with the excellent mid-life crisis comedy-drama That's Life! (1986), starring
and Jack Lemmon.
Two esteemed dramatic roles sans Edwards - that of a frustrated multiple sclerosis victim in
Duet for One
(1986), and that of a grieving mother of an AIDS victim in
Our Sons
(1991) - did what the prior films were supposed to have done: they secured
's reputation as an actress of astonishing versatility. Yet, as
aged, she ironically began to segue back into the types of roles that originally brought her infamy, with a series of sugar-coated, grandmotherly parts in family-friendly pictures. Notably, she co-starred in the first two installments of The Princess Diaries as Queen Clarisse Rinaldi, a European monarch of a tiny duchy, who tutors her "hip" teen granddaughter (Anne Hathaway) in the ways of regality.
also used her polished and cultured British diction to great advantage by voicing Queen Lillian in the second and third and fourth installments of Dreamworks's popular, CG-animated Shrek series: Shrek 2, Shrek the Third, and Shrek Forever After. She also maintained her status as a family-film icon by narrating Enchanted, voicing Gru's mother in the animated Despicable Me, and playing opposite The Rock in Tooth Fairy. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Oklahoma Crop Weather Oklahoma Field Office Cooperating with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry P.O. Box 528804 · Oklahoma City, OK 73152-8804 (405) 522-6190 · FAX (405) 528-2296 · www.nass.usda.gov/ok A combined contribution with Cooperative Extension Service, USDA Farm Service Agency and Oklahoma Mesonet -over- USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Information provided by respondents on NASS surveys, will remain completely confidential, as required by Federal law. NASS safeguards the confidentiality of all responses, ensuring that no individual producer or operation can be identified. Volume 36, Number 15 Weekly Summary for May 20-May 26 Issued May 28, 2013 Deadly EF-5 Twister in Central Oklahoma The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado of the highest intensity formed west of Newcastle on Monday afternoon and traveled through Moore, taking 24 lives. In Newcastle and southwestern Oklahoma City, livestock deaths and property damage was severe, while entire neighborhoods in Moore were destroyed. The storm system continued to produce smaller tornadoes, damaging barns and other property in eastern Oklahoma. That system and subsequent storms throughout the week brought heavy rains and even flooding to south central and southeastern Oklahoma. Rainfall averaged almost four inches in the South Central District, with just over six inches recorded in Centrahoma. The western half of the state received very little moisture this past week, and continues to suffer from the other natural disaster in our state, the prolonged drought. According to the May 21st Drought Monitor, 11.6 percent of the state is in an exceptional or D-4 drought, a small increase from the previous week. Overall the percentage of the state in any stage of drought has declined to 74.79 percent, due to multiple rains in central and eastern Oklahoma. Topsoil moisture conditions were rated adequate for half of the state. Subsoil moisture conditions varied widely but 64 percent was rated short to very short. There were 4.3 days suitable for fieldwork. Small Grains: Conditions of wheat and rye were rated mostly fair to poor and oats were rated mostly good to fair, as small grain harvest approaches. Wheat heading was 93 percent complete by the end of the week. Wheat in the soft dough stage of development was 49 percent complete, 33 points behind the five-year average. Rye in the soft dough stage was 67 percent complete by week's end, 21 points behind normal. Oats jointing was virtually complete, and 69 percent had headed by Sunday. Oats in the soft dough stage reached 20 percent by Sunday, 26 points behind normal. Canola was rated mostly good to fair with 42 percent rated poor to very poor. Canola was 37 percent of mature by the end of the week, compared to 99 percent this week last year. Row Crops: Planting and emergence of all row crops was behind normal. However, three quarters of the emerged corn crop was rated in good condition. Corn seedbed preparation was virtually complete and 86 percent was planted by the end of the week. Corn emerged was 54 percent complete, 31 points behind normal. Sorghum seedbed preparation was 72 percent complete, and a fourth of the crop had been planted by the end of the week, 15 points behind the five-year average. Seven percent of sorghum was emerged by week's end. Soybean seedbed preparation was 63 percent complete, and 18 percent had been planted, 24 points behind the five-year average. Peanut seedbed preparation was 93 percent complete, and 67 percent of the crop had been planted by Sunday. Peanuts emerged was 17 percent complete, 23 point behind normal. Cotton seedbed preparation was 91 percent complete by the end of the week. Cotton planting was 36 percent complete and 11 percent had emerged by Sunday. Watermelon planting was 88 percent complete by the end of the week, and 17 percent of the crop was running vines, down 11 points from the five-year average. Hay: Conditions of alfalfa and other hay were rated mostly good to fair. A first cutting of alfalfa hay was 52 percent complete by the end of the week, 29 points behind the five year average. A first cutting of other hay was 22 percent complete, 17 points behind normal. Pasture and Livestock: Conditions of pasture and range were rated mostly good to fair. Rains in the southeastern quarter of the state had improved pasture and refilled stock ponds Livestock conditions continued to be rated mostly good to fair. 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Looking back at making Big Art
Friday, February 25, 2011
Many moons ago, when I was in my early-mid 20′s (which there is about a dime of time's difference to where I am now) I made huge art installations for the Burning Man event in the Black Rock Desert. It was a fantastic opportunity to do very ambitious projects thanks to their generous grant program. I was always amazed at the art out there and would really muster all my forces to do something that contributed to the dialogue of the event.
Ribcage/Birdcage 2000
The first project that I did with my boyfriend at the time was a 17 foot tall Ribcage made from steel pipe (in college I had been doing a lot of steel anthro/biomorphic art so this fit right in). It was also intended to look a bit like a birdcage and even had a wide chain-swing in the middle so a person could swing back and forth, like the heart beating in the body. I hoped that it would convey the sense of eternal hope despite physical limitation.
You can't see the swing in this shot but thousands of people climbed over it during the week-long event.
Up until I really did not have images of the works, but I threw myself on the mercy of photographer Philippe Glade who had taken glorious images of the work over the years. Here are some of his images of The Living Mandala piece I did in 2001.
For this piece, the viewer sat in this stupa-like chair (if you could look a little lower you would see a smiling face on the base…so you were kind of the "third-eye"). From this vantage point, you would look at a line of sculptures that were all aligned in one spot. Each sculpture represented a phase of life according to Shakespeare. At night, these huge black light projectors (disguised as the heads of angels) would shine light on them and they would illuminate. When you sat in the right spot and all the pieces were spinning, it was supposed to form one vision of a mandala (concentric form) in space, thereby representing a person's entire life, made up from individual stages. I even had reincarnation worked in there…it really had everything but the kitchen sink.
I think the only disappointment was that I only managed to make 5 of the 7 stages of life and that any vision disorder would make it so the viewer couldn't see the illusion. Still, when someone saw it…it was a great thing. I used to stay out there and spin the pieces for people like a carnival ride. My friends called me "Vanna White" like from Wheel of Fortune.
The Living Mandala seen from the back.
LotusLand Ballroom 2002
These last images are not Phillipe's, but I would be remiss in not including it. This project was conceived at a friend's wedding and inspired by a drums and bass marching band. I wanted to create a whole ballroom that would be like a pipe organ. That year's theme was Floating World, so it would be a floating lilly or lotus garden where an imaginary waterline would be created with lilly pads and flowers, so as to create an "underwater" and "abovewater" world…making everyone who visited a little fish in the pond.
I worked on this with a Plumber named Paul, who rigged it to shoot giant fireballs at night. When it wasn't shooting fireballs, the flames lit up the pieces like giant lawn torches. Underneath, I'd put in a bunch of green and blue rope lines and randomly-flashing strobes, so that it would have a visual underwater music of bubbles (plus a cool blue/green glow).
It was a fun piece….I imagined it being a grand art deco-like ball room with singers and people waltzing which happened only in the briefest way…..usually the fire mechanisms would get stuck open and people would have ot run around and kick the flower to put them out. It ended up being more of a soccer game which was a blast!!
Here is more about the project form an article that ran in the paper (with cool photos!) You can see me back in my young, punky days….though notice that crafty hat
So that was my trip through those early big art days. I hope to get back to doing large scale works. Thing is….you have to have a place to store pieces like this!!


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Sivory Punta Cana Boutique Hotel has transformed a stretch of private beach and lush vegetation into a soothing paradise. A serene Polynesian-inspired oasis has emerged along the golden sands of the Eastern shore of the island, incorporating unobtrusive but stylish accommodations, facilities and amenities. The 55 suites are spacious, comfortable; some of them are oceanfront & feature personal plunge pools or outdoor showers. Suite feature a king-size bed, large and elegant dressing areas and spacious baths with double multiple-jet showers and oversized soaking tubs. Intimate sitting areas in the guestrooms offer all of the amenities of home. Modern day touches such as Plasma screen TV, complimentary Wi-Fi Internet, CD/DVD player, complimentary mini-bar, tea/coffee maker & a wine cooler. Full-size ETRO amenities are also provided.The fine dining restaurants were designed to reflect the culture and cuisine served at each. Laveranda offers Mediterranean cuisine while Tau offers an Asian fusion fare and features an intimate dining setting with 8 tables and Asian-inspired décor. Gourmond, the most elegant of the three and awarded with 4 Diamonds AAA, is designed to reflect the delicious international cuisine. European flair was included with what is considered to be the most extensive wine collection in the Caribbean of 8,000 bottles of the finest vintages from around the world. The Sivory Meal Plan is available for purchase at the property, please inquire at Check-In for more details and price. No place is the core design goals and objectives evident than in the Aquarea Spa. A complete wellness facility that combines natural essences indigenous to the area with revolutionary treatments and therapies. An island of sensations awaits you at Sivory Punta Cana. Discover them.
- Total number of rooms - 55
- Number of floors - 2
- Number of buildings/towers - 12
- Video library
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Audiovisual equipment
- Banquet facilities
- Tennis on site
- Bar/lounge
- Beauty services
- Billiards
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business services
- Event catering
- Concierge desk
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Full-service health spa
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Media library
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Library
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Massage - spa treatment room(s)
- Medical assistance available
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Free parking
- Free valet parking
- Garden
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Room service (24 hours)
- Private beach - direct access
- Beach umbrellas
- Beach sun loungers
- Pool sun loungers
- Beach towels
- Meeting facilities size (meters) - 255
- Outdoor tennis court
- Meeting facilities size (feet) - 2744
- Sauna
- Security guard
- Spa services on site
- Spa tub
- Swimming pool - outdoor
- Tour assistance
- Wedding services
- Year Built 2005
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Free parking, Free valet parking
- Room Amenities
- DVD player
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Access via exterior corridors
- Premium bedding
- Air conditioning
- Furnished lanai
- Phone
- Voice mail
- Bathrobes
- Bathroom scale
- Bathroom phone
- Turndown service
- Handheld showerhead
- Sewing kit
- Slippers
- Complimentary toiletries
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Complimentary bottled water
- CD player
- Ceiling fan
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Climate control
- Clock radio
- Coffee/tea maker
- Designer toiletries
- Desk
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Extra towels/bedding in room
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Makeup/shaving mirror
- Cable TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- iPod docking station
- Minibar
- Partially open bathroom
- Premium TV channels
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Separate sitting area
- Wake-up calls
- Welcome amenities
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Free movie channels
- Garden view
- Dining
Laveranda - This restaurant is located close to the beach. Guests can enjoy alfresco or indoor dining.Tau - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in fusion cuisine and serves dinner only. Gourmond - This fine-dining restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining.Blu Bar - This poolside snack bar serves afternoon tea, appetizers, and drinks. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining. 24-hour room service is available.
- Recreation
An outdoor tennis court and a full service spa are featured at the hotel. An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and pool table. Off-property excursions are available.Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa, fitness facility, or spa tub without adult supervision. The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Parasailing on site
- Windsurfing on site
- Boat tours on site
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Rowing or canoeing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Boating nearby
- Whale-watching nearby
- Motor boating nearby
- Helicopter/airplane tours nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Rowboats on site
- Snorkeling on site
- Swimming on site
- Tennis on site
- Water skiing on site
- Kayaking on site
- Ziplining nearby
- Spa
Aquarea Spa has 4 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy and hydrotherapy. This garden view spa is equipped with a sauna and a spa tub. Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision. Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa.
- Number of treatment rooms 2
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Garden view from spa
- Massages
- Minimum age to access spa is 18
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express American Express, MasterCard MasterCard, Visa Visa
- Pets
Pets not allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No elevators
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 105 per vehicle (one way)
- Deposit: USD 500 per stay
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Additional Details
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Children 2 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
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Professor Constantine "Connie" Tempelis, age 85, of Berkeley, Calif. passed away on Nov. 8, 2012.
Professor Constantine "Connie" Tempelis, age 85, of Berkeley, Calif. passed away on Nov. 8, 2012.
He is survived by sons Bill and Dan, Daughters-in-Law Corinna and Lizabeth and grandchildren Colin, Andie and Erinn as well as sister Eleanor Austreng and brother James.
Son of a Greek immigrant cobbler and a nurse, Connie was raised in Superior, Wis. and was the oldest of four children. He served in the Pacific with the United States Navy aboard the hospital ship USS Repose in 1945-46.
Connie met his wife Nancy at UW-Madison, and married on Aug. 27, 1955. They were married for 57 years until Nancy passed away on March 18, 2012.
He was the first in his family to graduate from college earning a BS in Biology from Superior State College and a PhD in Medical Microbiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1955. He went on to become a professor at the University of West Virginia before moving to University of California-Berkeley in 1958, where he was a professor in the Graduate School of Public Health until retiring in 1994, and Professor Emeritus until 2012.
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Internet Service Providers (ISP) testified about about securing their communications networks from cyber threats. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) chaired the hearing of the House Energy Subcmte. on Communications and Technology.
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Monday, April 5, 2010
NICE Assignment: Go a Day Without Shoes
Hi guys! Can I just share the excitement I have right now? I am blogging from my new iPad! This is the coolest thing ever. :) I am a total Apple fan girl, so right now I'm in heaven. The whole reason I bought this thing was to use as a blogging and email tool. I have to make sure I make good use of it.
In addition to Apple products, I also love buying shoes. And when you pair cute shoes with philanthropy, well, what could be better? That's why I'm a big supporter of TOMS Shoes. I'm sure you've heard of them. For every pair of shoes purchased, they give a pair to a needy child. That means My purchases have put shoes on the feet of three children, which makes me feel better about buying shoes. :) These are my newest ones pictured to the right.
To raise awareness about their cause, TOMS is declaring April 8th "One Day Without Shoes."
Today's Assignment: Go a Day Without Shoes
It doesn't have to be the entire day. Maybe just a few minutes even. But TOMS is urging you to "experience a life without shoes first-hand" and they are asking you to "help spread the awareness of the impact a simple pair of shoes can bring to a child's life."
Visit the One Day Without Shoes website to search for events in your area, download some banners and signs, and pledge to go without shoes for at least part of April 8th. I'm sure I won't be allowed to walk around my office barefoot, but I'll make sure to give it a shot later in the day. Will you join me?
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- Tay said...
I practically live in my TOMS... love them. I'm excited to see all the events happening on April 8th =)
- April 5, 2010 at 5:41 PM
- Lisa said...
I Love it - and love the photo!
I voted for Operation Nice (how could anyone NOT) and am anxious to head over to TOMS and see if they just might have my size... :) - April 5, 2010 at 6:11 PM
- Suzanne said...
OK, love the shoes! Gotta wait until payday to partake. :( I'll definitely support by going without shoes though.
- April 5, 2010 at 8:58 PM
- manilenya said...
I am not wearing shoes right now lol! that's kind of neat, I was thinking of blogging through my iPhone but iPAD would be really cool, and my boyfriend was thinking I would get one.
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Thanks for sharing this. Awesome!
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- Aubrey said...
i'm waiting for my birthday month to come so i can request these "nice" shoes =)
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dear girl.
i love your toms. i have the black and white (be the change) ones!
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Thanks Tif! You're sweet!
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I loved this story when I read about it. :) Great initiative!
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Nope, never once said that.
I said his scheme is what's hindering us at times. If you noticed this season teams would noticeably bait Nicks and Cruz into the route they wanted them to take like using cheese to catch a mouse. They set a trap. Our division has figured out his scheme and other teams are catching on a bit.
Doesn't mean our talent cannot overcome that but that doesn't mean there is no fault there. We weren't able to this season because of Nicks' health.
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So you are saying the system Gilbride runs has nothing to do with why he doesnt get a HC job?
I'm just gonna stop you right here. What exactly is it that you're trying to prove by bringing this up? You said this:
That's plausible. I would accept that claim. Why the hell are you asking though? Purely an X and O guy, fine! That skill-set is much better suited as an OC, and it's translated into a statistically successful offense, and two SBs.
He's an offensive Wade Phillips. He has the intelligence to put out a fantastic scheme and get the most from his 11 players but any responsibility past coordinating an offense and he struggles mightily.
2014 Giants Mock (Assuming Nicks is let go)
1. Anthony Barr, 'Leo', Clemson
2. Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington
3. Carlos Hyde, RB, Ohio
3. Yawin Smallwood, LB, Connecticut
4. Hroniss Grasu, C, Oregon
5. Rashaad Reynolds, CB, Oregon State
6. JaWaun James, OT, Tennessee
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Sri Lanka will rise from the ashes |
Monday, 08 June 2009 | |
Trevor JAYETILEKE, Consultant in Energy, Logistics and Utilities, Australia. With the defeat of terrorism the Thurstan College educated President Mahinda Rajapaksa the 'Lion of Ruhuna' has captured the imagination of his people as a resolute and judicious leader who sincerely cares for his motherland and all his subjects irrespective of race, religion, ethnicity or dialect. He is a leader with an Iron Fist but also wears a Velvet Glove., and a 'Humble Servant Leader' who prefers to remain a 'Trustee' and The 'Mahinda Chinthana' an Egalitarian Dream' for his people. . The Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004 was a 'Circuit Breaker' which CBK failed to capitalise to our advantage unlike President Udiono BB of Indonesia who grasped the nettle and tamed the Ache Rebels. The election of Mahinda Rajapaksa as President on November 18, 2005 was a seminal moment in our history in that the 'worm finally turned' for Sri Lanka and May 18, 2009 was a 'magnanimous' moment for all Sri Lankans in that we could now breathe real freedom (unlike even Independence from British in 1948 ) which had to be earned with the blood, sweat and tears of our valiant forces and many innocent bystanders and therefore this victory is the 'Sweetest of all'. President Rajapaksa is not just the Commanding Chief of the Armed Services of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka but our 'Champion'. The Greek philosopher Epictetus has stated that 'It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters' and with a Strong Leader like Mahinda Rajapaksa who has a Vision for his people we can adept, re-invent and respond to our situation and like the Phoenix lift Sri Lanka and all its many diverse people from the Ashes. As Mahatma Gandhi said 'Be the change you want to see in the World'. We Sri Lankans have a role to play in the 'Nation Building' process which will take years but we know that we have the 'Dragon in the Belly' to do it. Even after 30 years of unbridled Terrorism there is no real 'Love Lost' between the Sinhalese and Tamil people and we can live in peace and harmony in the future as brothers and sisters of this blessed island and its natural beauty. To get the Nation Building process going now that we have the writ of the entire expanse of our land and sea we have to get the control of our future firmly in our hands. If we are to do it our way as clearly emphasized by the President at the Galle Face Parade and celebrations held on June 3, any outside vested interest eyeing our natural resources must get this message and back off, and let us take control of our destiny. Since Independence in 1948 we have depended on Tea and Sympathy but the time has arrived for us to change our ways and device a time frame of 15-20 years by which we could have a self-reliant economy to service the needs of our people and not just be content with a comfortable 'Microcosm' confined to the Western Province. We should have development oriented administrative boundaries for Sri Lanka and the nine Provinces could be reduced to about five for Good Governance. This is an idea which has been floating around since the 1960s taking into consideration the water resources of Sri Lanka. We could relive our past glory and make Sri Lanka the granary of the east and be self-sufficient in our staple foods. The Indian Ocean is our oyster and we can now fish the entire waters and also stop poachers who fish in our waters with impunity and take our 'Blue Fin Tuna' found abundantly in the southern waters. Further, when we are rightfully granted the extension of our Exclusive Economic Zone to encompass the 'Pra Lanka Samudra' not only will we be able to exploit the natural resources such as Minerals, Oil and Gas, but also the extended Blue Seas of the Indian Ocean. We may be in the shadow of India geographically but in terms of Maritime Logistics the reverse is also true. Sri Lanka could make the Indian Ocean come alive., and the "Marine Silk Road'' will be dominated by India, Sri Lanka and China'. The USA should have no doubts that it will always remain our friend in need and deed, and Sri Lanka will be the Glittering Gem in the British Crown. As proposed by the PM of Australia we could help put together the 'Asia Pacific Community' and till such time Sri Lanka could bring back the ' IOR-ARC' from the back burner. The 18-member Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation could make the Indian Ocean Region an active trading block of three Bln people. For South Asia to become a dynamic entity radical changes should be made without delay. SAARC is moving too slowly to make any major impact to this region of 1.5 Bln people. In my humble opinion SAARC and IOR-ARC should be merged and the joint Secretariat brought to Colombo, the Logistics Hub of South Asia. To have the SAARC Secretariat in the land-locked Katmandu and the IOR-ARC Secretariat in Mauritius a Indian Ocean Atoll far away from the main sea route is not going to help lift South Asia from abject poverty. Three Bln people of this world are living below the poverty line, 600 million people in India have to step outside their dwellings to answer natures calls and 40 Million people in our wonderful world are infected with HIV/Aids. The West that put the whole world into this current induced financial coma summoned a G20 (85 per cent World GDP among them) meeting in London on April 2, 2009 to find a way out of this dilemma but only helped themselves further with lots more trillions and dished out just one trillion to the rest (15 per cent GDP contributors of the World) and even grudging the crumbs from the table to poor Sri Lanka which has the antidote (Mahinda Chinthana) to neutralise Western greed. By 2010 when the Hambantota Harbour Complex is completed we could service the Logistic needs of ships plying in both directions and ensure the energy security to Eastern economic engines like Japan, South Korea and China and also ensure safety from piracy in this part of the world using our world class Navy. According to the wisdom of Issac Newton if Sri Lanka could see a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants like India and China. In the 13th Century Ceylon gifted the 'Relic of the Orient' to China through Marco Polo and ever since China and Sri Lanka enjoy a serene friendship that was clearly visible when MR and the Chinese Leader watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics Games in Beijing together on August 8, 2008. The week before the Indian PM was in Colombo shoulder to shoulder with MR at the 14th SAARC Summit and could say without doubt that we are India's ally,and trusted neighbour in the Sub-Continent. The icing on the cake will be when we discover our hydrocarbon potential in the offshore basins of Sri Lanka and this will happen accidentally in accordance with our very ancient name - Serendip. This the only macroeconomic lever left that could help us to stand on our own two feet and not on those of Co-Chairs who demand their pound of flesh. This is the century of Asia and Sri Lanka its mascot and beacon. Anyone who thought that Sri Lanka was a failed state should think again. May the Triple Gem shine on Sri Lanka., and all its inhabitants live in peace forever. Courtesy: dailynews.lk |
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This is the Mono Project's project ideas page. For general information and rules about participating in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) for the Mono Project, please see our overview page.
This page lists some ideas for Mono GSoC projects that students can apply for. Additionally, we encourage students to submit their own interesting Mono-related project proposals. In past years, roughly 20% of the accepted proposals were original ideas from students instead of from our suggestions. You can submit more than one proposal, so you can submit your own ideas as well as apply for one from this list - but only one can be chosen, of course!
You can use the following links to jump to sections that you're interested in:
Other Ideas
If a project is not listed here, but you think you have a great idea, feel free to contact the Mono team, mentors and org admins to discuss or suggest your own project ideas.
Over the past years we have picked projects that were not listed here because they were great ideas, and we had students that were passionate about those projects. In the end, most of these projects were a success.
Do not be afraid to pick up a project that would be interesting and also help the Mono universe.
You can find some additional ideas on the MonkeySquare ideas page, and on the Gnome ideas page (Mono-based projects in Gnome: Banshee, Blam, Tasque, Tomboy, GBrainy, Mistelix, F-Spot, ChronoJump, SparkleShare, LongoMatch).
Class Libraries and Bindings
Cocos3D for XNA
Complexity: Medium
Area: Graphics, C#, XNA
Cocos3D is a set of API extensions to Cocos2D that brings 3D capabilities to the popular game engine. There is a cross platform C# version of Cocos2D called Cocos2D-XNA. The objective of this project is to port the 3D extensions from Objective-C/OpenGLES 2.0 to C# and the XNA APIs.
The C#/XNA Cocos2D is available here: https://github.com/totallyevil/cocos2d-xna
The Cocos3D is available here: https://github.com/cocos3d/cocos3d
Mentors: Miguel de Icaza
Ogre Bindings
Complexity: Medium
Area: C#, C++, Graphics
Working with the new C++ binding generator that produces C#, create a binding for the Ogre toolkit that runs on Linux.
Mentors: Miguel de Icaza, Joao Matos
Three.js port to C#
Complexity: Medium
Area: C#, Graphics
Port the popular Javascript Three.js library to C#.
Unlike Three.js, we won't initially support multiple backends, we will only have one (OpenGL or MonoGame) and will defer the backend until later.
Mentors: Miguel de Icaza
Mono Runtime
Implement a replacing write barrier for sgen
Complexity: Medium
Area: GC, IL, Assembly
Right now sgen uses a non-replacing write barrier, we want to switch to a replacing one and have fast paths to do so.
Deliverable: Implement replacing barriers with IL then add JIT support for them and implement those for x86, amd64 and arm.
Mentors: Mark Probst
More and better benchmarks for our suite
Complexity: medium
Area: C#
We have a benchmark suite that we mainly use to benchmark our GC, but it's not very comprehensive and many of the benchmarks are very simplistic. Ideally we'd have something along the lines of the DaCapo or SPECjava benchmarks. The goal here is not to implement new benchmarks, but to find existing code that can be turned into benchmarks, and/or adapt or convert benchmark suites of non-CLR languages.
Deliverables: A number of complex, more real-world benchmarks integrated into our suite
Mentors: Mark Probst
MonoDevelop / Xamarin Studio
Revamped Syntax Highlighting System
Complexity: Medium/Hard
Area: Parsers, Text Editor
The syntax highlighting in MonoDevelop is done by defining a grammar as xml file to colorize tokens. Some highlightings are extended with hand written code. The highlighting system can be made faster, more extensible (atm it's difficult to write semantic highlightings) and more scaleable . You will first need to understand how our highlighting files are defined and how the semantic highlighting currently works. After that a new implementation approach needs to be implemented. One of our current drawbacks are that regular expressions could be integrated better - for example span begin/end constructs aren't atm regular. In fact everything should be based on regular expressions. Esp. important is to have a system that allows to plug in semantic highlightings and highlightings should be embeddable. (Semantic highlighting works inside of asp.net files for example)
Deliverables: An extensible syntax highlighting system that reads our xml files or a similar format. It should be scalable even for large files (lazy analysis) and much faster than the current implementation (speed tests included).
Mentors: Mike Krüger
Source Analysis
Complexity: Medium
Area: Parsers, C#
The IDE supports source analysis using NRefactory to parse, understand and analyze source code. There are almost unlimited possibilities what can be done to analyze or restructure source code. The system is very flexible. We already support a set of actions and code analyzation rules. But we need even more - if you like source code analysis or refactoring it's your chance to work in this area.
Deliverables: As much code actions & code issues as possible (we've some ideas for them in our bug tracker)
Mentors: Mike Krüger
On the Fly Formatting Engine
Complexity: Hard
Area: Parsers, C#
The on the fly indentation in Xamarin Studio needs a rewrite. The current implementation is a bit flaky and doesn't respect many formatting rules. The engine should respect all formatting settings and give the user a good typing flow. The engine should format code while typed as sell as possible. There is already an implementation for that but it needs more work. The goal is to implement a really good indentation engine that is fast and scales, which is not that simple.
Deliverables: A working indenter & formatting engine with many unit tests. Some groundwork has already been done.
Mentors: Mike Krüger
CSS Support
Complexity: Medium
Area: C#, CSS
Full CSS support would be very useful for developers writing web apps and embedding HTML pages in desktop and mobile apps. This includes code completion, code folding, syntax highlighting, document outline, etc. It should work in standalone CSS files and inline in HTML, CSHTML and ASPX files. CSS is relatively simple, so there would be potential to investigate more interesting and advanced features such as support for browser profiles, checking for common errors, and pads for interactive editing of styles.
Deliverables: CSS editing support in standalone files and inline in HTML/CSHTML files.
Mentors: Michael Hutchinson, Bojan Rajkovic
Javascript Support
Complexity: Hard
Area: C#, Javascript
Full Javascript support would be very useful for developers writing web apps and embedding HTML pages in desktop and mobile apps. This includes code completion, code folding, syntax highlighting, document outline, etc. It should work in standalone JS files and inline in HTML, CSHTML and ASPX files. The code completion should be capable of handling common JS frameworks such as JQuery. There are several open-source managed JS/AS parsers that could perhaps be used.
Deliverables: JS editing support in standalone files and inline in HTML/CSHTML files.
Mentors: Michael Hutchinson, Bojan Rajkovic
Improve C/C++ Binding
Complexity: Hard
Area: C#, C, C++
The C/C++ binding is an undermaintained area of Xamarin Studio. The first part of this project would be to generally polish it and fix bugs, perhaps adding support for the clang and mingw32 compilers. The second part would be to replace the ctags parser with libclang, and generally improve code completion and code navigation.
Deliverables: Negotiable, but should substantially improve C/C++ code completion.
Mentors: Michael Hutchinson, Joao Matos (triton)
Improve C/C++ build support in XBuild
Complexity: Medium
Area: C#, C, C++
The C/C++ build support in xbuild was much improved in GSoC 2011 but still needs some work to better integrate other compilers than MSVC. The first part of this project would be to generally polish it and fix bugs, and add support for the Clang and GCC compilers. This involves adding a mapping from the VS-compatible parameters to the respective command line options on those compilers. The second part would be to improve the C++ binding in MonoDevelop (see entry above) to use this and be able to compile and load and save MSBuild C++ projects from the IDE in Windows and OSX/Linux.
Deliverables: Negotiable, but should substantially improve C/C++ build support.
Mentors: Joao Matos (triton), Atsushi Eno
Make ASP.NET Awesome in Xamarin Studio
Complexity: Easy
Area: C#, ASP.NET
Xamarin Studio ASP.NET support is still maintained but has not been very actively developed in some time. There's lots of room for polishing it and adding minor but useful features - for example, deploying to remote servers, being able to choose which web browser to launch when running/debugging, C# tooltips and navigation in Razor files, etc. There's a lot of flexibility in this project to propose which features you want to work on - it doesn't even have to include the aforementioned examples.
Deliverables: Polish ASP.NET addin, implement some number of minor features.
Mentors: Michael Hutchinson, Bojan Rajkovic
Windows .NET 4.0 debugging
Complexity: Hard
Port the .NET debugging addin to the new debugging APIs in the Microsoft .NET 4.0 runtime, add support for 64-bit debugging, and generally polish the .NET debugging support.
Deliverables: reliable debugging for 64-bit and 32-bit Microsoft .NET 4.0.
Mentors: Jeff Stedfast
Color Scheme Editor
Complexity: Easy/Medium
Area: Text Editor
The current color style editor is hard to use and is missing some features. It would be nice to have a color style editor that works like http://studiostyl.es/schemes/create. Furthermore it would be nice to have an editor mode where you can just adjust some colors and other colors are chosen using an algorithm providing good contrasts. The implementation should be done using xwt - a great cross platform development library.
Deliverables: an awesome color scheme editor
Mentors: Mike Krüger
Netduino support for Xamarin Studio
Complexity: Medium
Area: IDE, Build, Netduino
References: Netduino.com, http://forums.netduino.com/index.php?/forum/12-mono/
Netduino is an Open Source microcontroller that runs the .NET Micro Framework (.NET MF - www.netmf.com). Currently, there is semi-functional alpha support to write code targeting the .NET Micro Framework using MonoDevelop and the Microsoft .NET MF Bootloader. However, there are several issues that can be fixed and the toolchain overall needs an improvement. This project would entail fixing the issues so that building apps to target Netduino in Xamarin Studio and then deploying them would be a relatively painless experience.
Deliverables: A Xamarin Studio Add-In that allows you to build against the .NET MF and then deploy to a connected Netduino.
Mentors: Bryan Costanich, Nina Vyedin, Alex Corrado, Alex Rønne Petersen
Tools and Compilers
Port the Clang C++/CLI compiler to POSIX platforms
Complexity: Easy
Area: C#, C, C++, C++/CLI
Platforms: Windows / Visual Studio 2012
Right now the C++/CLI compiler uses Mono.Cecil to read the metadata of the managed assemblies. This causes a problem because we have no existing compiler apart from the Microsoft one to bootstrap it. You will modify the compiler (mostly the SemaCLI.cpp file) to use the Mono unmanaged metadata reading APIs and port the compiler.
Deliverables: Compiler compiles and runs examples in OSX / Linux.
Mentors: Joao Matos (triton), Alex Rønne Petersen
Implement missing CLI features in the Clang C++/CLI compiler
Complexity: Hard
Area: C#, C, C++, C++/CLI
Platforms: Windows / Visual Studio 2012
Right now the C++/CLI compiler has support for a lot of CLI features but is still missing support for things like exceptions, events, literal and init only fields, static constructors and other more exotic features. You will need familiarity with the ECMA-372 standard, Clang IR generation code and CLI metadata concepts.
Deliverables: Negotiable, but should at least add a couple of missing features.
Mentors: Joao Matos (triton), Alex Rønne Petersen
Implement mixed-mode calls in the Clang C++/CLI compiler
Complexity: Hard
Area: C#, C, C++, C++/CLI
Platforms: Windows / Visual Studio 2012
Right now the C++/CLI compiler emits CIL code for native and managed classes. You will modify Clang frontend to emit native classes as native code and managed classes as CIL code and emit calls to the Mono runtime when making transitions from native to managed.
Deliverables: Negotiable, but should substantially improve C++/ code completion.
Mentors: Joao Matos (triton), Alex Rønne Petersen
Implement "stack optimizations" in the LLVM CIL backend
Complexity: Medium
Area: C++, C++/CLI, LLVM
References: http://elc.yonsei.ac.kr/publications/treegraphs.pdf
Right now the CIL code generated by the LLVM CIL backend is very naive and generates a lot of spills and loads. You will modify the backend to implement some optimizations so the code keeps values in the stack that will be used later and try to minimize the number of operations on the stack. would be doable.
Deliverables: Negotiable, but should at the very least have optimizations on the basic block level (vs. optimizations across basic blocks).
Mentors: Joao Matos
Improve GTK# binding support on the desktop
Complexity: Medium
Area: C#, C, GLib libraries
There is an ongoing effort to automate the generation of C# bindings on the GNOME desktop by leveraging the new GObject introspection data that is now available for most libraries. GObject introspection data includes xml files and typeobject files (binary) describing the APIs a library exposes. The bindinator project (https://github.com/andreiagaita/bindinator) takes this information and produces gapi files that can then be used with GTK# gapi tools for generating C# bindings.
The task is to finish the bindinator project so that it can generate bindings automatically, preferably with no manual intervention (if possible, sometimes some manual tweaking of bindings is needed to improve the api, fix corner cases or provide backward compatibility with existing bindings). The bindinator is currently at a point where it should be able to generate Webkit-Gtk bindings automatically.
The importance of this project cannot be overstated: having up to date bindings of all major libraries on the desktop is essential for developers to create apps with C# and keeping it alive and kicking in the Linux desktop and across platforms.
Deliverables: Have the core gtk libraries bound (it can be by finishing existing bindings in GTK# and adding new ones via the bindinator) plus Webkit-GTK and GStreamer libraries, with a process in place so that package owners and/or distro package managers can generate new bindings easily.
Mentors: Andreia Gaita, Jérémie Laval
Integrate GTK# bindinator with MonoDevelop
Complexity: Medium
Area: C#, MonoDevelop, ASP.NET
The idea would be to implement something similar to .NET 2.0 WebServices where you can register a WSDL file (Web References) in your project and have the backing code automatically for you. This project would do the same thing by adding a GIR References folder where people can drop in a .gir and have the binding automatically generated for them. The only file needed to compile the project would thus be the .gir file.
Additionally, an ASP.NET website providing a common repository of those GIR files (curated by the community) will be created for use within MonoDevelop. This could be integrated with Cydin (MD addins gallery) which would need to be modified for it or, if not practical, a custom gallery should be created. Once the website is in place, it should be integrated within MonoDevelop so that the available GIR files are directly accessible from the IDE.
Deliverables: A MonoDevelop addin allowing automatic integration with the bindinator. A new gallery website to allow retrieval of GIR file directly from the Web (based on Cydin or custom). Integration from within MonoDevelop with this gallery.
Mentors: Andreia Gaita, Jérémie Laval
Refactoring support for F#
Complexity: Medium/Large
Area: F#
Description: Several projects have considered the need for F# refactoring tools. This project would look at adding the capability to Xamarin Studio/Monodevelop, possibly via a modified version of the F# compiler DLL for AST support. This would in turn enable a wide range of improvements to the F# editing support.
Deliverables: An integration of refactoring support into the IDE, preferably based on a reusable rich interface to the F# AST.
Mentors: Robin Neatherway
Improve Xamarin Studio F# experience
Complexity: Medium
Area: F#
Description: There are a number of rough edges in the F# experience currently. Smoothing these would help adoption. One example is a number of bugs in the tooltip code. New features requested by the community include (i) presenting a type signature when attempting to jump to definition of external code, (ii) automatically resolving missing references based on heuristics and (iii) offering skeleton implementations of interface methods. Other improvements to be suggested by prospective students.
Deliverables: Negotiable, but offering a significant improvement to the current experience.
Mentors: Robin Neatherway
Language interface Type Providers
Complexity: Medium/Large
Area: F# / Python / Java
Description: Recent exciting project are the FunScript project (https://github.com/ZachBray/FunScript) and the R type provider (https://github.com/BlueMountainCapital/FSharpRProvider), allowing strongly typed access to other languages from within F#. Many other languages remain! The prospective student should investigate suitable options for similar treatment and offer a proposal supporting the choice of language. IronPython is one possibility to consider. Interacting with Java is another via one of several routes:
- Import JVM types use IKVM to access them and target .NET
- Import JVM types target Java through quotations and compile for JVM
- Import JVM types target Java Byte Code through quotations and compile for JVM
Deliverables: Complete type provider(s) with documentation and
tutorials showing the facilities offered. Preferably at least one
video demonstration.
Mentors: Zach Bray, Robin Neatherway
Awesome MonoDoc Editor
Complexity: Medium
Area: Application, design, cross-platform
MonoDoc is the documentation format used by every component of the Mono project. We use several frontends on various platforms like Web (go-mono.com/docs), Linux/Windows (GTK#) and Mac (MonoMac). Currently the only way to edit documentation is through raw editing of the produced XMLs.
We would love a sexy editor that was specialized for docs. That editor would be abstracted as much as possible from the backend so that, while it gives access to every style attribute available in MonoDoc, it could be easily ported to other platforms. Additionally, the student should implement at least an XWT frontend on top of the cross-platform core to show it off. A great "stretch goal" would be demonstrating platform-specific additional behavior (e.g., an iOS browser with the ability to mark text for editing / rewrite).
Deliverables: A C#, GUI-toolkit independent editor component, and one or two frontend implementations (among MonoMac, GTK#, Web, and iOS)
Mentor: Larry O'Brien
Contacting the Mono Team
If you have questions or suggestions that you want to make in real-time and talk to a member of the team, please join us on IRC on the server "irc.gnome.org" in channel "#monosoc", "#monodev" or the "#mono" channel. Various mentors and students from past years are usually there and can answer some quick questions about the program and about Mono.
The mailing lists are a very important communication channel, students should use them to get more information and feedback about ideas and proposals. Community engagement is essential for a successful summer of code, so get involved!
For any questions you may have about the program itself and to talk to the Mono GSoC admin, you can use email@example.com.
Mailing Lists
http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list A mailing list dedicated to discussions about developing Mono itself, such as development of the runtime, class libraries, and related Mono projects.
http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodevelop-devel-list Discussion on the development/implementation of MonoDevelop.
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Minimally invasive surgery is becoming more and more common in hospitals. These procedures are performed through tiny incisions instead of one large opening. Because the incisions are small, patients tend to have quicker recovery times and less discomfort than with conventional surgery — all with the same benefits.
During a minimally invasive procedure, surgeons make several small incisions in the skin — just a few millimeters, in some cases. A long, thin tube with a miniature camera attached at the end (called an endoscope) is passed through one of the incisions. Images from the endoscope are projected onto monitors in the operating room so surgeons can get a clear (and magnified) view of the surgical area. Special instruments are passed through the other openings. These instruments allow the surgeon to perform the surgery by exploring, removing, or repairing whatever's wrong inside the body.
In some cases, a patient might be scheduled for a minimally invasive procedure, but after getting a view inside the body the surgeon might have to "convert" the procedure to an open (conventional) surgery. This may be because the problem or the anatomy is different from what the surgeon expected.
Minimally invasive surgery can take longer than conventional surgery, but the pros usually outweigh the cons. Because the incisions are small, the child usually feels less pain, has less scarring, and may recover more quickly than with conventional surgery.
Not all procedures can (or should) be done through minimally invasive methods, however. The removal of cancer tumors, for example, is often best performed through open surgery. Your doctor will tell you what type of procedure is best for your child. Be sure to ask about the possible risks associated with any procedure, as well as the potential benefits.
Reviewed by: Charles D. Vinocur, MD Date reviewed: May 2012