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Comments on Comments on Comments
In the article "In Praise of the Lowly Comment," Mike Gunderloy presents a good case for the sorts of comments that are appropriate and necessary. I agree with many of Mr Gunderloy's points, including one particularly important one, that "software [development] is hard." We also both are skeptical of the notion of self-documenting code.
Gunderloy summarizes four types of comments that are worthwhile for particularly difficult sections of code:
- "Todo," or placeholder, comments
- Summary comments
- "Why," or intent, comments
- Explanatory comments
I think these are worthwhile categorizations, and I'll add my, uh, comments to Gunderloy's thoughts.
Placeholder Comments
Placeholder comments are great reminders of things that need to be done. I use them occasionally. However, as Gunderloy mentions, you want to review these prior to shipping, to ensure that no embarrassing comments remain. My stance on placeholder comments is a bit more stringent: You don't want them to exist past an iteration or release boundary.
Placeholder comments are much like warnings and rabbits. As soon as you have a couple or more that stick around, they rapidly proliferate. This is the "broken window syndrome." Unfortunately, most teams aren't good at doing anything about such comments, so they often stick around forever. I've been embarrassed by "TODO" comments of my own that lay dormant in code for over a year.
The important thing is that developers get in the habit of looking for and actually fixing these hopefully small problems. First, as Gunderloy suggests, developers should use standard tag names (such as Eclipse's TODO) for such ephemeral comments. That will at least allow their regular and immediate perusal. Second, developers should have the attitude that placeholders represent incomplete work, and must be resolved by release or iteration end. At that time, any remaining placeholder comments are removed. Bigger "todo's" that can't be resolved in time get represented on some sort of external task list (which elevates their visibility).
Summary Comments
I've found summary comments to be occasionally valuable in explaining code. However, I tend to write summaries for classes, not methods, because there's usually a better way to represent code chunks within a method. Gunderloy mentions, "the more procedural the code gets," the more likely it needs a comment. My reaction is to refactor code to the point where it isn't so procedural (I'm talking about object-oriented code here).
The code in Listing 1, from a library system example codebase, is not atypical for most of the hundreds of systems I've encountered. Most developers would consider this code and its associated comments as perfectly acceptable. When teaching test-driven development, however, I have students work at improving the checkin method by using basic refactoring techniques.
My term for summary comments appearing within a method is "guiding comments:" They supposedly help you step through the body of a longer method. To me, they are beacons that often suggest application of the Extract Method refactoring.
Most students end up with a checkIn method similar to that shown in Listing 2. Each of the extracted methods, not shown, is now similarly short (most of them can be further cleaned up, and some could be moved to more appropriate classes). The code in checkIn now provides a readable, concise summary of a check-in policy. The willingness to extract methods and to freely rename variable and method names quickly turned a difficult method into a comprehensible one.
Listing 1: Difficult code
public void checkIn(String barCode, Date date, Branch branch) { Holding hld = findBarCode(barCode); // set the holding to returned status List holdings = null; hld.checkIn(date, branch); Holding patHld = null; // locate the patron with the checked out book Patron f = null; Patron p = null; for (Iterator it = getPatrons().iterator(); it.hasNext();) { p = (Patron)it.next(); holdings = p.holdings(); for (Iterator it1 = holdings.iterator(); it1.hasNext();) { patHld = (Holding)it1.next(); if (hld.getBook().equals(patHld.getBook())) f = p; } } // remove the book from the patron f.remove(hld); // check for late returns boolean isLate = false; Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); c.setTime(hld.dateDue()); int d = Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR; // check for last day in year if (c.get(d) > c .getActualMaximum(d)) { c.set(d, 1); c.set(Calendar.YEAR, c.get(Calendar.YEAR) + 1); } if (hld.dateLastCheckedIn().after(c.getTime())) // is it late? isLate = true; if (isLate) { int daysLate = 1; // calculate # of days past due switch (hld.getBook().getType()) { case Book.TYPE_BOOK: f.addFine(Book.BOOK_DAILY_FINE * daysLate); break; case Book.TYPE_MOVIE: int fine = Math.min(1000, 100 + Book.MOVIE_DAILY_FINE * daysLate); f.addFine(fine); break; case Book.TYPE_NEW_RELEASE: f.addFine(Book.NEW_RELEASE_DAILY_FINE * daysLate); break; } } }
Listing 2: Clearly stated policy
public void checkIn(String barCode, Date date, Branch branch) { Holding holding = findHolding(barCode); holding.checkIn(date, branch); Patron patron = findPatron(holding); patron.remove(holding); if (isLate(holding)) addFines(patron, holding); }
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Leighton Meester Performs at American Eagle -- VIDEO
Leighton Meester dons a colorful pair of skintight tie-dye pants as she performs a five-song set at the American Eagle Outfitters flagship store preview party on Tuesday (November 17) in Times Square, New York City.
The 23-year-old Gossip Girl actress performed Cobra Starship's hit song "Good Girls Go Bad" as well as "Somebody to Love" (mixed with Sha-DJ — from her producer Shahine Ezell), "Playing Games," "Not as Cool," and "Your Love's A Drug."
Among the celebs in the crowd: Co-stars Sebastian Stan (her boyfriend), Jessica Szohr, Michelle Trachtenberg and Matthew Settle, as well as Ashlee Simpson, Entourage's Adrian Grenier, Ugly Betty's Eric Mabius, and designer Christian Siriano.
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[202 Pages Report] Biofertilizers market report categorizes global market by Types (Nitrogen fixing, Phosphate Solubilizing & Potash Mobilizing), Applications and geography; forecasting revenue and analyzing trends.
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Malarchuk, Theismann and McCarthy: A Humbling Triumvirate of Danger
One and a half times. That is how many times I have been able to watch the Brandon McCarthy play where a darting Eric Aybar comebacker destroys the Oakland A's pitcher's skull. Holy mother of invisible friends, that hurts.
The first time I saw it my stomach dropped and I got real dizzy. When the replay was shown again — this time in slow-motion — I anticipated the skull crushing but still wasn't able to get through it. I thought I was going to be sick.
I was sick the first time I saw Clint Malarchuk get his neck sliced by a Steve Tuttle's skate back in Buffalo too. In fact, I remember asking my dad if it was even real, hoping that the spewing, rhythmical blood staining the ice might be some cute Hollywood trick designed to draw in more fans. Sadly, the situation was quite real.
As was Joe Theismann's career ending leg snap, courtesy of Lawrence Taylor. Even Homer Simpson had a hard time stomaching that!
The truth is, as much as we enjoy our professional sports, they do carry with them an incalculable element of danger. Even with all that open space in Oakland, a ball can still easily find one's head. It found Brandon McCarthy's, and it will find someone else's too someday. It's all a part of the game.
Which reminds us that these people we watch and cheer and boo, they're real people. They bleed too, just like us. And while they may have more zeroes in their bank accounts, they are putting themselves in danger for our enjoyment. I think it's important to remember that.
A baseball, a skate, a weakside linebacker, they can all become deadly weapons, at any time.
Get well soon, Brandon. And here's to hoping you get that threesome someday.


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After reading numerous interesting and entertaining posts in this forum, I am intrigued by the frequent use of "ghits" as a noun. The posts make it clear from their aggregate context that "ghits" refers to the number of google search hits for a given expression. For example, let us take one of my favorite eggcorns and say the following:A google search for the expression "cut to the cheese" yields 52 ghits.
It occurs to me that we can compress the "ghits" concept into a slightly more powerful form using math function notation. Without loss of generality, we can restate the sentence in the above example with the use of function notation as follows:ghits( "cut to the cheese" ) = 52.
To the mathematically initiated, this function notation might seem reasonable enough, or at the very least reasonably unreasonable. I apologize to the uninitiated who might find this notation not so easy on the eyes.
To enhance notational clarity, an exact copy of the entire google search key belongs inside the parenthesis so that the numerical results can be verified should the need arise. Moreover, the subtle issue of the difference between unique ghits and total ghits can be resolved by including the entire advanced google search key (complete with its associated obscure query syntax). I like this function notation because we can conserve screen space and elegantly describe potentially cool stuff, uniquely or otherwise. On a whim, I am toying with the idea of defining a Relative Usage (or RU) value for an eggcorn by using a modicum of elementary algebra. For example;RU = ghits( "cut to the cheese" ) / ghits( "cut to the chase" ) = 52 / 837K = 0.0062%.
I am not the original RU inventor, for several posters have previously alluded to the same conceptual ratio, though not in this explicit form. Note that the candidate- or traditional- expression always lands 'upstairs' or 'downstairs' respectively. We are not attempting to safely transport an eggcorn to the moon and back. So, I round the percentage value to two significant figures, too. This RU value represents the candidate eggcorn expression's eccentricity score ('eggcentricity'?) that we can use to rank or sort eggcorns if we want. It also can help us to prioritize our efforts and to refine our thinking about the scale and proportionality of usage in the wild. I am guessing that the RU values for most slips and typos are even smaller, say in the neighborhood of RU < 0.001%.
To avoid loosing even more audience share, I intentionally ignore the fact that google search results for a given search key may vary from day to day as web content entropy is marching into the future. It is potentially interesting to track a given eggcorn's RU value over time in order to spot a usage fad or discern a trend. Then again, it might not be of interest; who knows? As for the remaining and more subjective eggcorn criteria, we must not loose sight of the philosophy that the development of a really good eggcorn story is neither quantifiable nor an 'eggzact' science.
Is this like drawing a sword just to attack a mosquito? Any kind suggestions or pleasant comments?
I'm mathematically-challenged, but I suspect that if you just start using the RU formula in your postings, others will follow suit, just as most of us have picked up and use the "'X' for 'Y'" formula that forms the headers of most new postings.
(Ooh…! "'X' for 'Y'" formula sounds pretty mathematical, doesn't it?)
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Feeling quite combobulated.
Thanks Jon. Ooh…! You probably already knew that I would completely agree with your preposition proposition for English descriptions of the form, " 'X' for 'Y' ." It is much better than my verbose descriptions " 'X' as from 'Y' " or " 'X' as spawned from 'Y'." I don't know why I missed the last and most obvious step in the description simplification sequence. I was also distracted by a theoretical problem concerning the use of verbs such as "vs." The crux of the problem is that the sentence " 'X' vs. 'Y' " might have the same meaning as its reversed version, " 'Y' vs. 'X' " and is therefore potentially too ambiguous for an automated eggcorn analysis tool (that is yet to exist).
Having said all that about the virtues of your English sentence " 'X' for 'Y' " to describe an eggcorn substitution; the " 'X' << 'Y' " notation (as motivated by a thoughtful suggestion from WhirlingD) has several subtle advantages. Without going into too much detail at this time, these advantages become more apparent when we commence to build a software tool to lexically parse the description sentences. This lexical parser is a first step in a process that automatically evaluates eggcorn Relative Usage (RU) formulae and the like. However, my incomplete thoughts on this subject have yet to coalesce sufficiently. Since my initial post on this [quasi-math] topic, I have observed several counter intuitive phenomena during my continuing eggcorn education that are causing me to refine or expand some elements of the conceptual framework that I originally proposed. More on that later. Since I am currently very busy working on other cool stuff, this could turn into an interesting and useful term project for an undergraduate computer science major. So, please stay tuned and don't touch that dial! Thanks again for your consideration and feedback.
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Rather than a relative factor like the RU, an absolute measure like the total number of eggcorn usages located is the best measure of eggcorn "goodness". Eggcorns based on a widespread misconception have the greatest potential to wind up in the Eggcorn Database. If you can locate an eggcorn with100's of citable examples, then you've got a really good one on your hands.
jorkel, Thank you for your clarification. I now submit that my partially-baked idea about relative usage (RU) is a prime candidate for deletion. Fortunately, it died in the talk phase before any real effort was invested. I hope that other eggcorn novices [afterthought: 'eggcornitas'?] have benefited from this ill-fated tangent as much as I have.
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I'm not sure that bigger is always better where eggcorns are concerned. I tend not to post potential eggcorns for which I can find only a tiny handful of citations—though I'll happily break that self-imposed rule if I really like the reshaping.
But for me, some of the most interesting eggcorns are those that radically reimagine the original word. "Eggcorn" itself is a good example, and so is DavidTuggy's recent "infactically" find. If I remember correctly, "eggcorn" had only 62 hits when first discovered. And "infactically" doesn't get a lot more. That's understandable—reshapings that look markedly different from any standard spelling are more likely to be noticed before they're posted/published; they show up less frequently as a result.
Both big-number and small-number eggcorns are interesting in different ways, and I hope both the forum and the Database will have room for both types.
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A call from the sheriff's department in Sampson County gives North Carolina State University professor Nick Polchak a chance to escape the beginning-of-the-school- year receptions that he abhors. Professor Polchack is known as "the Bug Man" and he assumes that Sampson County authorities know his reputation and requested his services. But they didn't. It's the dead man's wife who asked for Nick. Kathryn Guilford made her first series appearance in Shoofly Pie, but in the intervening years a lot has happened, including her marriage to a bi-polar man who is the murder victim.
The authorities think that the killing is drug-related but early on readers learn that the victim was connected to a new NCSU graduate student with ties to a sinister, wealthy Russian. What takes Nick time to discover is that the grad student's interest in Nick's work may be his way to keep track of the investigation. Nick can be forgiven for being a little slow on the uptake. His feelings for Kathryn re-emerge as they eat meals together and he sees how she mothers her autistic daughter. Alena Savard, the dog trainer from series novel Less than Dead, has also come to the farm to aid in the investigation. She's clear on her feelings for Nick and she knows that Kathryn and her daughter are rivals for Nick's heart. Bioterrorism, entomology, and matters of the heart vie for center stage in this book. Rest easy, the terrorism threat is resolved; romantic matters will be settled later.
This is the fifth novel in the Bug Man series. Not all of the books in the series are set in North Carolina.
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Black Friday proved to be a mixed bag for local reatailers. The national trend showed foot traffic was up by 3.5 percent but sales were down by 1.8 percent, according to ShopperTrak, the world's largest counter of retail foot traffic.
"This year was a little better than last year," reported Marie Stevens, owner of Toys Ahoy located in Periwinkle Place. "We had quite a bit of foot traffic, too."
However, Aqua Beachwear in Periwinkle Place reported sales did not meet expectations for the day and sales were not as good as last year. Renee's Jewelry and Island Girl owner Ron Dioguardi said business was slow on Black Friday, but felt his customers had already done their holiday shopping before returning north.
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Holiday shoppers at Periwinkle Place can find plenty of shade and places to take a break from their busy shopping experiences.
"Leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday sales were very good," he said.
Lily & Co. Jewelry Gallery agreed Black Friday did not really play a role in their exceptional sales on Black Friday. "We had a smashing good day," reported Danielle Cimeo of Lily & Co. But the jewelry gallery had also just hosted its annual holiday extravaganza, which helped drive in the foot traffic.
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(a) An enhanced emergency telephone system, at a minimum, shall provide that:
(1) All the territory in the county, including every municipal corporation in the county, which is served by telephone company central office equipment that will permit such a system to be established shall be included in the system: Provided, That if a portion of the county or a portion of a municipal corporation within the county is already being served by an enhanced emergency telephone system, that portion of the county or municipality may be excluded from the county enhanced emergency telephone system;
(2) Every emergency service provider that provides emergency service within the territory of a county participate in the system;
(3) Each county answering point be operated constantly;
(4) Each emergency service provider participating in the system maintain a telephone number in addition to the one provided in the system; and
(5) If the county answering point personnel reasonably determine that a call is not an emergency, the personnel provide the caller with the number of the appropriate emergency service provider.
(b) To the extent possible, enhanced emergency telephone systems shall be centralized.
(c) In developing an enhanced emergency telephone system, a county commission or the West Virginia State Police shall seek the advice of both the telephone companies providing local exchange service within the county and the local emergency providers.
(d) As a condition of employment, a person employed as the director of an emergency dispatch center who dispatches emergency calls or supervises the dispatching of emergency call takers is subject to an investigation of their character and background. This investigation shall include, at a minimum, a criminal background check conducted by the State Police at its expense. A felony conviction shall preclude a person from holding any of these positions.
(e) As a condition of continued employment, persons employed to dispatch emergency calls in county emergency dispatch centers shall successfully complete:
(1) A 40-hour nationally recognized training course for dispatchers within one year of the date of their employment;
(2) A nationally recognized training course in emergency cardiovascular care for telephonic cardiopulmonary resuscitation selected by the medical director of an emergency medical dispatch center. This training course shall incorporate protocols for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and continuing education, as appropriate. The training requirements of this subdivision are effective not later than July 1, 2020. Persons employed subsequent to July 1, 2019, shall complete the training within one year of the date of employment; and
(3) An additional nationally recognized emergency medical dispatch course or an emergency medical dispatch course approved by the Office of Emergency Medical Services not later than July 1, 2013, or if employed subsequent to July 1, 2013, within one year of the date of employment.
(f) On or before July 1, 2013, the director of each county emergency dispatch center shall develop policies and procedures to establish a protocol for dispatching emergency medical calls implementing a nationally recognized emergency medical dispatch program or an emergency medical dispatch program approved by the Office of Emergency Medical Services: Provided, That a county emergency dispatch center, which utilizes a one-button transfer system, may continue to use this system if the county emergency dispatch center establishes policies and procedures which require the agency to whom the call is transferred to remain on the call until a first responder arrives.
(g) Each county or municipality shall appoint for each answering point an enhanced emergency telephone system advisory board consisting of at least six members to monitor the operation of the system. The board shall be appointed by the county or municipality and shall include at least one member from affected:
(1) Fire service providers;
(2) Law-enforcement providers;
(3) Emergency medical providers;
(4) Emergency services providers participating in the system; and
(5) Counties or municipalities.
The director of the county or municipal enhanced telephone system shall serve as an ex officio member of the advisory board.
(h) The initial advisory board shall serve staggered terms of one, two, and three years. The initial terms of these appointees shall commence on July 1, 1994. All future appointments shall be for terms of three years, except that an appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. All members shall serve without compensation. The board shall adopt such policies, rules, and regulations as are necessary for its own guidance. The board shall meet monthly or quarterly. The board may make recommendations to the county or municipality concerning the operation of the system.
(i) Nothing herein contained may be construed to prohibit or discourage in any way the establishment of multijurisdictional or regional systems, or multijurisdictional or regional agreements for the establishment of enhanced emergency telephone systems, and any system established pursuant to this article may include the territory of more than one public agency, or may include only a portion of the territory of a public agency.
(j) All public safety answering points that answer calls for emergency medical conditions shall, in the appropriate circumstances, provide telephonic assistance in administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation directly or transfer calls to a call center to provide assistance in administering telephonic cardiopulmonary resuscitation.


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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Lincoln" was nominated for a leading seven Golden Globe Awards, including Best Drama, in Los Angeles Thursday morning.
Quentin Tarantino's blood-soaked, 19th century-set revenge picture "Django Unchained" and Ben Affleck's Iran hostage-crisis nail-biter are each up for five prizes, while the movie musical "Les Miserables," the mental-illness comedy "Silver Linings Playbook" and the hunt-for-Osama-bin-Laden thriller "Zero Dark Thirty" each earned four nods.
"Argo," "Django Unchained," "Life of Pi," "Lincoln" and "Zero Dark Thirty" are nominated for Best Drama film.
Shortlisted for Best Comedy or Musical film are "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," "Les Miserables," "Moonrise Kingdom," "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" and "Silver Linings Playbook."
Up against Affleck, Spielberg and Tarantino for Best Director are Kathryn Bigelow for "Zero Dark Thirty" and Ang Lee for "Life of Pi."
In the running for Best Screenplay are Chris Terrio for "Argo," Tarantino for "Django Unchained," Tony Kushner for "Lincoln," David O. Russell and Matthew Quick for "Silver Linings Playbook," and Mark Boal for "Zero Dark Thirty."
The nominees for Best Actress in a Drama are Jessica Chastain for "Zero Dark Thirty," Marion Cotillard for "Rust and Bone," Helen Mirren for "Hitchcock," Naomi Watts for "The Impossible" and Rachel Weisz for "The Deep Blue Sea."
Competing for the Best Actor in a Drama are Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln," Richard Gere for "Arbitrage," John Hawkes for "The Sessions," Joaquin Phoenix for "The Master" and Denzel Washington for "Flight."
Vying for the prize for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical are Jack Black for "Bernie," Hugh Jackman for "Les Miserables," Bradley Cooper for "Silver Linings Playbook," Bill Murray for "Hyde Park on Hudson" and Ewan MacGregor for "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen."
Nominated for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical are Emily Blunt for "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen," Judi Dench for "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," Jennifer Lawrence for "Silver Linings Playbook," Maggie Smith for "Quartet" and Meryl Streep for "Hope Springs."
Mentioned for Best Supporting Actor are Alan Arkin for "Argo," Leonardo DiCaprio and Christoph Waltz for "Django Unchained," Philip Seymour Hoffman for "The Master" and Tommy Lee Jones for "Lincoln."
Up for Best Supporting Actress are Amy Adams for "The Master," Sally Field for "Lincoln," Anne Hathaway for "Les Miserables," Helen Hunt for "The Sessions" and Nicole Kidman for "The Paperboy."
Foreign-film nods were given to "Amour," "A Royal Affair," "The Intouchables," "Kon-Tiki" and "Rust and Bone," while animation nominations went to "Brave," "Frankenweenie," "Hotel Transylvania," "Rise of the Guardians" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
The Weinstein Co. led all distributors with 14 nominations, followed by Sony Pictures with 12, Touchstone with seven, Warner Bros. with six and Fox Searchlight with five.
The Golden Globes will be handed out at a ceremony Jan. 13 in Los Angeles. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are to serve as co-hosts of the event.


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Hawaii research innovations and technology companies featured at Hawaii Technology Showcase in California
Showcase will be held in Santa Clara in conjunction with TechConnect Summit 2007, one of the world's largest multi-sector technology gatheringsUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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HONOLULU — The University of Hawaiʻi's Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development (OTTED) presents its 6th Technology Showcase, which will be held for the first time on the U.S. mainland in Santa Clara, Calif., on Tuesday, May 22, 2007. Three promising UH inventions and two emerging Hawaiʻi technology companies will be in the spotlight at the Hawaiʻi Technology Showcase 2007 event at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Rooms 203-204, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., with a networking reception to follow from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Business executives, venture capitalists, scientists, former kamaʻaina interested in returning home, and others interested in technology development in Hawaiʻi are being invited. Attendees will learn about exciting new innovations developed at UH, meet the inventors and other UH representatives, and hear from two promising Hawaiʻi start-up companies, Nanopoint ( www.nanopointimaging.com) and Sopogy ( www.sopogy.com).
The UH inventions that will be presented include a novel solar-powered system for producing hydrogen and oxygen gases from water (for hydrogen fuel cell, medical, and industrial applications); unique nanocomposite materials with improved strength, stress, and fracture resistance (for use in aircraft, vehicles, consumer goods, and many resin-based products); and breakthrough technology enabling detection of multiple people through barriers, and remote, wireless, non-contact monitoring of heart and respiration rates (for use in military, search and rescue, and medical products).
Hawaiʻi Business and Entrepreneur Acceleration Mentors (HiBEAM) and the Hawaiʻi Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) are co-sponsors of the event with UH.
A registration fee is required to attend, and is $25 for early registration and $35 for late and on-site registrations. Early registration deadline is Monday, May 14, 2007. For more information about the Hawaiʻi Technology Showcase 2007 event or to download a registration form, visit www.otted.hawaii.edu.
The Hawaiʻi event is tied in with TechConnect Summit 2007, one of the largest multi-sector gatherings of technology developers, technology-based ventures, industrial partners, and investors in the world. TechConnect Summit 2007 is being held concurrently with three other large technology conferences at the Santa Clara Convention Center—Nanotech 2007, Nanotech Ventures 2007, and Cleantech 2007, which together expect over 4,000 attendees.
UH is an exclusive Platinum Sponsor of TechConnect Summit 2007, where pre-screened technologies and early stage ventures will be presented to an exclusive audience of leading industry, academic, investment, and government representatives looking for the most promising technologies and early stage companies from across the globe. Two of the UH inventors in the Hawaiʻi Technology Showcase have been accepted for presentations at TechConnect Summit 2007.
"TechConnect Summit 2007 is an ideal venue for the University of Hawaiʻi to showcase its most promising technologies because of its prominence as a premiere technology event and its international audience," notes Richard Cox, Director of the UH Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development. "We are excited about presenting new technologies developed in Hawaiʻi, finding new partners to license and commercialize UH inventions, fostering business spin-off opportunities, and bringing recognition to UH research and innovation."
For more information about TechConnect Summit 2007, which is scheduled for May 23-24, visit www.techconnect.org/Summit2007/.
About the University of Hawaiʻi's Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development
The University of Hawaiʻi, which received more than $230 million in research grants in 2006, hosts world class research programs in a variety of disciplines. Besides the scientific acclaim that UH receives from its research programs, such research often leads to new inventions that may have future commercial value. The university's Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development (OTTED) manages the patents and intellectual property related to UH inventions, and markets these inventions to industry, with the goal of securing license deals and spinning off start up companies. OTTED also works closely with government and community leaders to promote business and economic development in Hawaiʻi. For more information about OTTED, visit www.otted.hawaii.edu.
About HiBEAM
HiBEAM, founded in 2000 and based in Honolulu, is a nonprofit organization that provides mentoring and advice to early stage Hawaiʻi technology, biotechnology, and life sciences companies to help them accelerate their growth and attract funding. The companies in the HiBEAM portfolio have raised over $60 million in equity funding to date. HiBEAM members include venture capitalists, corporate investors, angel investors, entrepreneurs, the University of Hawaiʻi, law firms, accountants, doctors, and public relations professionals. For more information about HiBEAM,, visit www.hibeam.org.
About the Hawaiʻi Strategic Development Corporation
The mission of the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) is to develop a sustainable venture capital industry in Hawaii, which will support the growth of viable new businesses. A state agency established by the legislature in 1990, HSDC has the primary objective of promoting economic diversification and technology development by providing investment capital to businesses in order to stimulate commercialization of research, employment, and market expansion. HSDC has committed $16 million to ten venture capital limited partnerships, which have provided equity and/or debt financing to over 60 businesses. Those companies have leveraged over $500 million in venture capital investment. The agency has also formed a diversified venture capital fund of funds and invested in an international merchant bank. For more information about HSDC, visit www.htdc.org/hsdc.
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In the end, and after hiking up his skirt to show the professionals some leg, it was much ado about nothing.
First announced via a tweet from the Twitter account of the school's media relations director, Notre Dame confirmed that Brian Kelly will remain with the Irish as their head football coach. Kelly, who just completed his third season at the school, released a surprisingly candid statement addressing the overtures and flirtations with the NFL:
"This week, I had an incredible opportunity to speak with one of the premier organizations in sports about becoming their head coach," said Kelly. "Like every kid who has ever put on a pair of football cleats, I have had thoughts about being a part of the NFL. However, after much reflection and conversation with those closest to me, I have decided to remain at Notre Dame.
"This decision was motivated purely by my love for Notre Dame and the entire Fighting Irish community, the young men I have the great fortune to coach, and my desire to continue to build the best football program in the country.
"We still have a lot of work to do and my staff and I are excited about the challenges ahead."
Kelly had met with officials from the Philadelphia Eagles regarding their vacant head-coaching position on Tuesday, one day after the Irish lost to Alabama in the BCS championship game. A second meeting between the two sides had been scheduled for this weekend, after Kelly returned from a vacation with his wife; at this time, it's unclear if that meeting came to fruition.
There is no word yet on what type of enhanced contract for Kelly and/or his coaching is involved, although even before the rumors surfaced connecting Kelly to the Eagles the university vowed everything was on the table to retain the coach. In his statement on Kelly's decision, athletic director Jack Swarbrick expressed confidence that this would be Kelly's decision all along.
"I was always confident that Brian would continue to lead our football program, I am very happy to have that confirmed and share Brian's excitement about what lies ahead for our program," Swarbrick's statement read. "I appreciate the Eagles reaching out to request permission to speak with Brian, and I also appreciate Brian keeping me fully informed throughout this process. We all look forward to what's ahead for Notre Dame football."
It should be noted this was the third time a coach from the collegiate level was connected to the Eagles' vacancy, and the third time the coach returned to his school — Kelly, Oregon's Chip Kelly and Penn State's Bill O'Brien — likely armed with an extension and a raise.


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Jacques Semou (ca. 1531-1569)
Jacques (Jacob) Semou, perhaps identical with Jan de Schaper, an Anabaptist martyr, born at Bethune, French Flanders, a weaver, 38 years of age, living at Borgerhout near Antwerp. He had been (re) baptized at Ghent about 1558 by Joachim Vermeeren, and was arrested while attending a meeting in the house of Jan Poote at Antwerp in February 1569. Twice he was severely tortured, but refused to tell the inquisitors who had preached the sermon. On 19 March 1569 he was burned at the stake at Antwerp together with Jan Poote, Hans Vermandele, and Joos van Beke.
Génard, Petrus. Antwerpsch archievenblad: XIII, 344, 368, 398, 440; XIV, 641, No. 714.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Jacques Semou (ca. 1531-1569)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 14 Jul 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jacques_Semou_(ca._1531-1569)&oldid=130167.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Jacques Semou (ca. 1531-1569). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 14 July 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jacques_Semou_(ca._1531-1569)&oldid=130167.
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19 Oktober 2011
EJ200 is the powerplant for the Eurofighter Typhoon (photo : Eurofighter)
Seoul is tentatively exploring engine options for its proposed Korea Fighter Experimental (KF-X) programme, with the Eurojet consortium putting forward its EJ200 powerplant.
According to industry sources at the Seoul air show, the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration has issued requests for information to Eurojet for its EJ200 and to General Electric for its F414.
"We are offering the EJ200 as it is for KF-X, and would allow them to manufacture 60% of the engine," said Eurojet vice-president sales Paul Herrmann.
"This would involve 60% technology transfer, and help make them self-sustaining."
He added that it was up to Seoul to decide what 60% of the engine it would produce locally, adding that it seems particularly interested in full authority digital engine control technology.
The EJ200 is the powerplant for the Eurofighter Typhoon (above), a contender in South Korea's F-X III competition for 60 fighters. Herrmann stressed that the EJ200 offer for KF-X is not associated with Eurofighter's F-X III campaign. The F414 powers the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
Though the KF-X is likely to require 50,000lb (220kN) of thrust, Seoul has yet to decide if this will be achieved with two engines of the EJ200 and F414 size, or with a single larger engine such as the Pratt & Whitney F135, which powers the Lockheed Martin F-35.
P&W has not received an RFI in relation to KF-X, but said it would be willing to explore the possibility if approached. P&W is the dominant powerplant supplier for the Republic of Korea Air Force, with its F100 engines powering the 21 Boeing F-15Ks obtained under the F-X II competition, as well as the service's fleet of Lockheed KF-16s.
The KF-X is intended as an F-16 replacement. Although Seoul has been interested in the programme for some time, it was only in July that Korea Aerospace Industries and the government signed a contract to develop the aircraft. Indonesia is also part of the programme, with the two governments opening a combined research and development centre in August.
On 14 July, Indonesia's Antara official news agency said Jakarta would participate in the programme, contributing 20% of the development costs. The two partners have agreed to produce 150 to 200 units, of which Indonesia would get 50.
Industry sources have said Washington is highly dubious about the KF-X programme. It may be wary of providing advanced technologies for an aircraft that is being co-produced with Indonesia, a country that has been subject to US arms sanctions in the past.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a US government official has also said KF-X will place a tremendous strain on South Korea's research capabilities and defence budget, resulting in a fighter less effective than others available in the international market.


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This is a downstream E-blocks peripheral module, designed to be controlled by one of the upstream E-blocks processing boards which are available in a variety of MCU/CPLD architectures.
This E-block allows the use of high-power-demanding applications such as running medium-sized motors, relays and many other applications. The board allows processors in the E-Blocks range to provide the power demand that is required for these high-power applications. The board uses two 4-channel industry-standard power chips L293D. Each channel can be used individually, forming up to eight 600mA power output stages. Two channels can be grouped together to form a full H-Bridge configuration that allows bi-directional motor control thus enabling a total power output per H-Bridge of 1200mA. On-board resettable fuses automatically trip when too much current is consumed. These are rated to trip at 500mA in order to protect the L293 chips. The board is E-Blocks compatible and can be used with up-stream devices to boost the available output power of the processor.
E-Blocks can be put together to form a variety of systems that can be used for teaching and learning electronics, and for the rapid prototyping of complex electronic systems.
Each E-Block has one or more 9-way D-type connectors that provide up to eight input/output lines and a ground line. These D-type connectors allow connection between E-Blocks to be made in buses of multiples of 8 lines, just like a real electronic system. Power is routed separately to those E-Blocks that need it.
Processing E-Blocks based on PIC, dsPIC, ARM or AVR microcontrollers control the whole E-Blocks system. Processing E-Blocks provide up to five input/output ports with up to eight lines per port.
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This is the last post of our trip to Xi'an, and the last schedule post of our recent trip to China.
It deals with the most amazing thing I saw this year: the Terracotta Army. It's often called the Terracotta Warriors, but it is not merely a number of buried soldier-dolls. For reasons I'll speculate at below, the Terracotta forces are well organized and clearly well-run in their burnt-earth world.
So come with us, and experience that wonder of the world only discovered in the 1970s: the Terracotta Army.
The terracotta army is located outside of Xi'an, and instead of spending a fortune on a taxi we went back to the train station…
… and took a countryside bus for 7 RMB (less than one dollar). Besides seeing no other tourists and plenty of farmers, the sites by the road were pretty interesting too. I've mentioned that Xi'an is touristy before — but did you know that it's also home to an ancient Egyptian civilization?
Once we were in the Terracotta parking lot, we noticed that the Communist party, as the guiding ideology of the monument, erected a giant statue to the Qin Dynasty.
Before we entered the park itself we ate at the Hong Kong Star Restaurant, which is just outside the grounds
The experience was bizarre. The service was the same ernest-incompetence that characterizes so much of Chinese entry-level labor (as opposed to the stereotypically American attitude of surly indifference), and they stole from us through a fake receipt. But the "pizza italiante," when it finally came, was delicious. One of the best I have ever had.
The entry gate reminded me of the exterior of Mount Rushmore
Once we were inside the gate there was still a long way to go
We stepped into Pit 1, and at first could only see other tourists. What was the big deal?
Oh. This:
And this:
And this:
And this:
And this:
I suddenly realized, looking at the scope and enormity of the pit, that the Qin Emperor planned on invading heaven. The Terracotta Army is no honor guard or collection of trusty friends-and-relatives. Rather, it is a spawling Grand Army in at least four pits with hierarchical leadership, Imperial look-alike sedans, and all the rest. The Emperor was prepared for both conventional resistance and assassination attempts from the forces of Heaven. And he planned to win.
Finally, though, admist this grandeur there was goofiness too.
Who can resist dressing up as the warriors of ancient days and putting on a big smile? Especially after such a trip as ours!
Xi'an, a tdaxp travelogue
Prologue, The Last Express
Old Town
Terracotta Army
Xi'an Technological University
Big Wild Goose Pagoda
Epilogue, "I'm —-ing tired"


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Coverage of the 2012 Primary Election
On March 20, 2012, Illinois Public Media aired live coverage of the 2012 primary election hosted by News and Public Affairs Director, Craig Cohen.
The three-hour broadcast included the latest results and analysis in the GOP Presidential primary, the Democratic and Republican 13th Congressional district primaries, plus races for state legislative seats, the Champaign County Board, Auditor, and Circuit Clerk, and municipal electric aggregation referenda in Champaign-Urbana.
Throughout the evening, Craig was joined by Robert Rich (Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, Kent Redfield (Political Science Professor, University of Illinois at Springfield), and John Jackson (Visiting Professor, Paul Simon Policy Institute at the Southern Illinois University in Carbondale).
The Election Night special was produced by Sean Powers, with assistance from Kimberlie Kranich, Celeste Quinn, Jeff Bossert, Pam Dempsey, Jill Disis, Azra Halilović, Mary Barrineau, Jack Brighton, Carina Lee, and Dan Davis. There was additional reporting from Illinois Public Radio's Willis Kern, Charlie Schlenker and Brian Mackey. The technical director was Jason Croft.
HOUR 1 +NPR News in Washington, DC +Panel discussion on the various races, campaign contributions, and the redistricting of legislative and congressional district maps +Interview with Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten at the Brookens Administrative Center about voter turnout +Update from Illinois Public Radio in Springfield +Panel discussion about the Presidential candidates
HOUR 2 +NPR News in Washington, DC +Conversation with Tom Kacich, editorial page editor of the Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette. Kacich talked about races for circuit clerk, auditor, and county board in Champaign County +Illinois Public Media's Jeff Bossert reports on the municipal electric aggregation referenda +Update from Illinois Public Radio in Springfield +Panel discussion about the 13th Congressional race, including reports from Illinois Public Media's Sean Powers and Illinois Public Radio's Willis Kern
HOUR 3 +NPR News in Washington, DC +Panel discussion about races during the night +Update from Illinois Public Radio in Springfield +Illinois Public Media's Jeff Bossert reports from the Brookens Administrative Center about results from the county races +Illinois Public Radio's Brian Mackey reports from Springfield about how Congressional races across the state are shaping out +Illinois Public Radio's Charlie Schlenker reports from the Double Tree Hotel in Bloomington on the 53rd Senate race between Sen. Shane Cultra (R-Onarga) and State Rep. Jason Barickman (R-Champaign)


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French in a Flash: Stoplight Piperade with Spicy Broiled Salmon
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I love quirky French regional dishes. Some, like sauce mistral—an almond sauce from Provence—for example, really haven't make much of a splash. And others, like piperade—a pepper stew from the Basque country—have become international sensations (at least, in fashionable brunch spots).
Piperade is a stew made from peppers, onions, and tomatoes that is flavored with a very special, and very au courant, ingredient: piment d'Espelette. It's a kind of exuberant red chili powder from the Basque region of France that is lightly spicy and very earthy. Traditionally, and in a lot of brunch places, as I was saying, the trend is to bake eggs on top of the stew and serve them together.
Well, I'm kind of bored of that, and I'm allergic to eggs. So here's a new way to do piperade (and, incidentally, a new way to do salmon, which is always useful). Stew together the onions, garlic, olive oil, red, yellow, and green peppers, tomatoes, and piment d'Espelette low and slow until everything is soft and tumbling into each other. Then, pulse it to the texture of pico di gallo. Then, you can either broil salmon and spoon the cold piperade over the top, or set the salmon into the piperade and broil them together. The richness of the salmon is cut by the spicy, garden-ness of the piperade, and it's a French dish with a decidedly Spanish accent. It's light and healthy, but it packs that piment d'Espelette punch.


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By Jason Keidel
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So now the fallout from the nuclear tight end, and his former employer from his memory at light speed.
Rolling Stone has stirred the pot with a gripping feature on Aaron Hernandez, adding to the surreal saga of a great athlete gone wrong, and affirming the notion that no miscreant breaks bad in a vacuum.
He needs a confluence of events, the needle bending all the way from nature to nurture. A rotten childhood helps, as do cash, cachet and enablers. And the New England Patriots want no part of that last one. Which is why they cut Hernandez the second the cuffs clicked on and he was charged with murder.
Many consider New England the exemplar of pro football, the shine on the shield. Many would have you believe that wearing the Patriots uniform not only imbues you with special athletic splendor, but also biblical virtue.
While the team would have us believe that drafting Hernandez and then releasing him were part of some larger, empathic narrative, the truth is pro football is a zero-sum affair. And both actions were an adjunct of that truth.
Let's be honest, the Patriots' sense of honor is commensurate with their ability to win without the splash of sin on their logo. We recall that they also drafted Hernandez and gave him a $40 million contract extension last year. Where was the righteousness when they forked over that $12 million signing bonus?
Bob Kraft and Bill Belichick, the king and prince of the Patriots, cut Hernandez to cover their behinds as much as uncover the truth. This doesn't make them foul. This doesn't make them fine. It makes them normal.
The Patriots took a chance on Hernandez and got burned. Standard fare. Throw a dart at the NFL map and you'll find a team doing the same. Even my beloved black and gold — the Pittsburgh Steelers, perhaps the most adored and revered franchise in football — have dealt with dirty goods on occasion. Plaxico Burress and Santonio Holmes are hardly Papal candidates. Neither are Albert Haynesworth, Chad Johnson, Donte Stallworth, Randy Moss and Corey Dillon: all dubious characters whom the Patriots have given the ever-exclusive "second chance" afforded to those with special physical prowess.
This doesn't make Bob Kraft a bad person or owner. For all we know, he's a great guy and greater boss. But he is not these things because he cut Hernandez. Kraft said he and his club were "duped." The Rolling Stone piece suggests that the Patriots were hardly blindsided, and found that Belichick was so keen on keeping his team bulging with Pro Bowl talent, he "signed so many players with red flags they could have marched in Moscow's May Day parade."
The article also talks about confrontations between Hernandez and Belichick, during which the coach threatened to cut the chord, to trade or release the troubled player. The magazine also asserts that Hernandez was constantly high and was radioactive with attitude and paranoia. Duped, indeed.
Hernandez was a creep when the Patriots drafted him, and they knew it. Why else would someone of his obvious, abundant talent get passed over until the fourth round of the draft? He's got the skill and will of a top-ten pick. Teams far less gifted and virtuous as New England heeded the red flags and passed on him.
New England took his talent over his legal and moral disposition. Since he was a teen, Hernandez seems to have interpreted the law with a very liberal lens. So be it. Just stop pretending they didn't know it.
It's inherently American to confuse victory with virtue. We assume someone is good because he's gifted, that a team adheres to high standards because of their place in the standings. In truth, the Patriots have been a model franchise largely because of their franchise quarterback. The difference between good and great is as arbitrary as a Mo Lewis blast on Drew Bledsoe, opening the door for a slow, lanky QB from Michigan. Tom Brady took care of the rest.
There has always been an implicit caste system in pro sports. You have the iconic tale from Jimmy Johnson, who cut an inconsequential Cowboys linebacker for falling asleep during a meeting. When asked if it were Troy Aikman who snoozed on the session, Johnson famously said he'd nudge Aikman's shoulder and gently whisper him to lucidity.
But not if he's smoking angel dust, which isn't exactly Five Hour Energy. Most of us thought the lethal drug was the province of the '70s, somewhere between bell-bottoms and clogs. According to the profile, Hernandez was hitting that most dubious doobie, and had the extensive, expensive nightlife comparable to the most heralded writer in Rolling Stone's history: Hunter S. Thompson.
Whatever doesn't come out in the wash is revealed in the rinse. There's no chance Hernandez's malfeasance was missed entirely. Not with the conga line of former cops working with NFL teams. Not with more scouts than Stonewall Jackson. Not living in the locker room crucible six months a year.
It's nearly impossible to buy the "duped" defense. We're supposed to believe that Bill Belichick, who made his name as a defensive savant who studies more film than Roger Ebert, and spies on the enemy like the KGB, didn't know that his electric yet toxic tight end was up to no good? And we're supposed to believe that Bob Kraft built an empire by ignoring detail?
You can call the Rolling Stone piece poppycock. The Patriots, of course, are doing just that. They ardently refute much of the story, particularly the part that has Hernandez fearing for his life and, after sharing his fear with Belichick, was told to find a safe house.
We can parse the particulars all day, but the truth is somewhere between his deeds and his roots. New England is no more responsible for Aaron Hernandez's crimes than the rest of us. Let's just stop the evangelical praise for a team that acted in concert with its conscience, or lack thereof. They signed and then cut Hernandez because they thought each move was good for business.
The Hernandez story, tragedy, and horror has all the flavors to sooth our ravenous, voyeuristic palate. But while digging into his life, we forget that he's charged with taking another.
Odin Lloyd's family would be right to wonder why we care what makes Aaron Hernandez tick, or why the Patriots are so self-righteous in releasing him, or why media members (like me) pound on the Patriots. There's only one victim here, and it sure isn't any of us.
Maybe we're all part of the apparatus that allows people like Aaron Hernandez to prosper. We're so obsessed with winning that we ignore the journey, and the fact that if you're no good off the field it doesn't matter how you perform on it.
To the victor belong the spoils. But what if the victor is spoiled?
Twitter: @JasonKeidel
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Queenslander Matthew Guyatt takes a surprise lead
QUEENSLANDER Matthew Guyatt has a wife, three kids and a mortgage ... and as of Wednesday night he had a two-shot lead in the Australian Masters.
Guyatt was a virtual unknown coming into the tournament, and had not even played a round at Kingston Heath before this week.
But that didn't stop him firing eight birdies and a bogey for a seven-under par 65, two clear of a trio of chasers including tournament favourites Adam Scott and Ian Poulter.
Guyatt, who gave golf away a decade ago and spent three years playing AFL at Queensland state level, said he was only playing on the tour thanks to the financial support of an anonymous benefactor.
"A couple of years ago I was just enjoying my life and enjoying coaching (at a golf club in Brisbane).
"I played in the pro-am and just happened to meet a guy who was willing to help me out," Guyatt said.
"He said, 'You're too good to be teaching, you need to go and have a crack.
"I said, 'Well, I've got a mortgage and three kids and I'm not going anywhere unless I can have some support.
"He's been kind enough to do that, so it's been a great opportunity."
Guyatt said while he had never been in the situation of leading a big tournament before, he wasn't going to get ahead of himself.
"It's the first day of four and we all know that it takes four good days to win a tournament, particularly against the calibre of those guys," he said.
Scott was happy with the way he played in the morning, and Poulter said he had lucky enough to roll in some lengthy putts in what were unusually good afternoon conditions for scoring.
"I holed a couple of nice 25-footers but I made a real pig's ear of 16," he said.
"I think five-under is acceptable, but it's a golf course that if play well and you give yourself a lot of chances, you'd expect to hole a lot of putts.
"The greens are perfect and, if you hit your line, it's got a great chance to go in."


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It's days like today when we feel like the world is yanking our chain just a bit. Deceptively sunny, yet brisk temps lull outside, and then a hue-drenched lookbook comes along — taunting us with images of sweet spring ventures accompanied by breezy threads that we wish we could slip into right now. Berkeley-based designer Erica Tanov's latest sartorial endeavor conjures up memories of days lounging at the park, lakeside excursions, and well, just warm-weathered moments all around.
Tanov's cheerful collections never fail to wow us, and once again she's hit the nail on the head. The spring '13 lookbook doesn't just feature fruitful textiles and garments designed by the R29 fave. Nope, this time she culled talent from Oakland non-profit Creative Growth — a visual arts foundation dedicated to supporting artists with disabilities. Gorgeous clothes that support and showcase an equally enthralling cause? We couldn't think of a better reason to indulge in some cabin-fever captures! Have at it.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
NASCAR Regains Digital Rights
The buzz has been around for several months, but Monday it was made official. After many years of the Turner Sports Interactive group running the NASCAR.com website and controlling all the digital (Internet) rights to the sport, big change has arrived.
Here are excerpts from the official news release provided by Turner Sports:
NASCAR and Turner Sports announced today a restructuring and extension of their long-standing digital partnership. The new agreement takes the relationship through 2016, with NASCAR managing business and editorial operations for its digital platforms beginning in 2013 and Turner Sports continuing to oversee advertising sales and sponsorships across NASCAR-branded digital platforms.
"Turner Sports has been and will continue to be a great partner for NASCAR," said Brian France, chairman and chief executive officer of NASCAR. "Taking a leadership role as it relates to our digital rights is something we as the sanctioning body know is important for the future of our sport, the development of our drivers and most importantly the experience for both our current fans and future followers."
"Turner Broadcasting and NASCAR have helped make each other successful for more than 28 years through a working relationship that, over time, has evolved with the media and technology landscape," said David Levy, president of sales, distribution and sports, Turner Broadcasting System Inc. "The latest extension of our partnership is a strategically and fiscally enhanced business model for our company and ensures that NASCAR.COM remains a core asset of Turner's leading digital ad sales portfolio. Our unrivaled sports assets and scale offer advertisers the means to deliver the most targeted and relevant marketing messages across multiple digital and mobile platforms and properties."
Under the new partnership, NASCAR will assume operational control in 2013 of all of its interactive, digital and social media rights including technical operations and infrastructure of all NASCAR digital platforms. Turner will continue to represent sponsorships and advertising for all NASCAR digital platforms, with the unique users from the NASCAR digital properties continuing to roll up to the Turner digital portfolio.
NASCAR's comprehensive digital and social media portfolio includes NASCAR.COM, fantasy games, video highlights, social media elements and in-depth editorial content. NASCAR.COM, and the sport's other digital and social media platforms, have been managed by Turner Sports since 2001.
"This move is about the media, our sponsors and most importantly, our fans," said Marc Jenkins, vice president of digital media for NASCAR. "We will build an innovative portfolio of platforms that strives to be as diverse as it is comprehensive. For our fans our digital platform will become the online destination for all things NASCAR. For everyone else, it will be the vehicle we'll use to turn them into fans."
The bottom line is that NASCAR has taken back full control of its online content from a third party. Not mentioned in the release is what financial agreement really made this deal happen. Speculation was that NASCAR would be on the hook to pay Turner anywhere from $25 to 50 million to get out of the existing agreement.
Perhaps, the news that the relationship is going to continue in several key revenue areas through 2016 mitigated or negated the payment issue. We should eventually know those details as the story continues to be reported in the media.
This is good news for fans and opens the door to NASCAR scrapping the current NASCAR.com model and creating a viable and modern home website for the sport. This change should be a springboard for portable live video, online streaming of SiriusXM content and much more. Stay tuned for details as this story continues to evolve.
We welcome your comments on this topic. To add your opinion, just click on the comments button below. Thanks for taking the time to stop by The Daly Planet.
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- Anonymous said...
What does it <1actually/i> mean to me, Joe/Jane Fan? The press releases are stanadrd "best new thing in the world what ever was!" gobbledygook.
- January 30, 2012 at 1:14 PM
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If you jump over to the NFL or NHL home websites you can see the changes on the way.
NASCAR can now use it's own in-house digital assets like the NASCAR Media Group and it's own public relations peeps to provide content for fans.
How opinion and commentary is provided is an issue for the future NASCAR.com management.
In the meantime, issues like streaming SiriusXM weekday content online, providing online video from the NASCAR archives and letting live video migrate to smart phones and other devices can now be controlled by NASCAR.
In other words, NASCAR ran a sport it could only present on TV and radio as it sold the Internet rights for cash. That deal came back to bite the sport big time.
Change is on the horizon and we will keep track of what happens now that this huge issue has finally been resolved.
- January 30, 2012 at 1:21 PM
- KoHoSo said...
Aside from all of the items JD brought up of which each Planeteer cares to a different extent, let me focus on one of the main things I hope to see changed...the most terribly-designed and laid out website of any major sport where each redesign made it even more confusing and drove more people to Jaysiki's and elsewhere for their NASCAR news.
The sad thing is, this deal does not begin until 2013...so, one more year of Turner control.
- January 30, 2012 at 1:38 PM
- Dylan said...
NASCAR.tv on my Playstation/Boxee/interweb-thing... let's go streaming boys!
- January 30, 2012 at 2:11 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Great point, Dylan. This opens up all kinds of possibilities!
- January 30, 2012 at 2:27 PM
- Jonathan said...
Great news to my ears! JD you say the Sirius feed will be streamed now will the fans be able to pay just for that. I never got Sirius or XM cause I would have no use with any other station, always wished they would offer the Nascar 24 hours station on its own! Anyways its about damn time just wish it would start this season :) But I cant be greedy just happy to hear the news
- January 30, 2012 at 4:20 PM
- terr said...
The one smart thing BZF has finally done....
- January 30, 2012 at 4:57 PM
- Jonathan said...
terr Brian is a lot smarter than you think.
- January 30, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- Sally said...
@Jonathon...he hides it well.
- January 30, 2012 at 5:11 PM
- AncientRacer said...
Do not be so quick to judge. On the one hand we do not know the details, while on the other hand we do have a track record.
For me, at least for now, while pleased to hear this I'll simply quote Stephen King: "Hope is a good thing; perhaps the best thing."
- January 30, 2012 at 5:12 PM
- Buschseries61 said...
I hope this will help clean up the messy NASCAR.com. All the content on the website is just stuffed on the homepage. Articles, twitter, polls, schedules, results, points, pictures, driver ratings, ads, etc. just crammed in where they can fit. Not only is the site unorganized, but NASCAR.com is usually the last website to report 'new' NASCAR news. Change has been long overdue.
- January 30, 2012 at 5:43 PM
- Ian Schrader said...
I noticed John you referenced a couple of times streaming of Sirius weekday programing, not all programs. I can understand wanting to control/sell access to actual race coverage, but shows like Press Pass, Front Stretch and Claires pre and post race shows would be great to offer as well.
- January 30, 2012 at 7:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
I have always had trouble understanding how the weekday programming on sirius even fell under the agreement. I guess it's because it's PRN/MRN produced? It's not NASCAR produced and there's nothing about the shows that requires NASCAR approval. The exact same shows could be on the air with or without NASCARs consent. The only NASCAR aspect is that the channel is called "NASCAR Radio". So can you explain why this was ever an issue to begin with? it's always confused me...Moody used to talk NASCAR before Sirius was NASCAR radio just not 100% NASCAR.
- January 30, 2012 at 7:17 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Ian, thanks for raising that point. It's tough to describe, but basically we are talking about all the non-racing programming on Sirius since there is an existing deal with MRN and PRN for the live races.
It should be interesting to see what kind of deal emerges when all the parties are finally able to sit down (without Turner) and try to do what is best for the sport.
- January 30, 2012 at 7:19 PM
- Newracefan said...
Thank goodness, but it certainly sounds like someone at Turner made a ton of money on the whole thing.
- January 30, 2012 at 7:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD...since Sirius/XM is paid content-not really sure why nonsubscribers should ever receive it for free?
- January 30, 2012 at 7:57 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 7:57PM,
You are the only one who said the word free.
We have been talking for five years about trying to get NASCAR included in the current SiriusXM streaming package. Deals were just done for Howard Stern and the NFL, but once again Turner was the block for NASCAR.
I would expect this to be a priority for 2013.
- January 30, 2012 at 8:01 PM
- Anon 7:57PM said...
JD - Thank you for the clarification...I agree with you that it should be streamed/ap.
- January 30, 2012 at 8:04 PM
- saltsburgtrojanfan said...
Good for them
Now if they can get rid of the cot and get anthem singers to sing the anthem properly like tg sheppard
- January 30, 2012 at 8:22 PM
- The Mad Man said...
On the down side of this, you have to think of who will be controlling this. The same people who dictate what we see on TV. So we'll be getting more of the same propaganda just from the digital outlets. So don't be disappointed or surprised when you hear/read the "everything is beautiful" mantra.
- January 31, 2012 at 10:21 AM
- Anonymous said...
Making this change doesn't make Brian a smart person. My 17 year old son couldn't understand why it was sold away either.
So, now that this is a done deal for 2013, my biggest concern is that it will be run by the same folks that have made so many stupid decisions management and otherwise in the past.
Do you really think it will be that good?
- January 31, 2012 at 11:04 AM
- Fed UP said...
Follow the money......
IMO, what will this mean? Absolutely nada. However, it will be one more avenue for Nascar to gouge its fan to watch an unwatchable product.
- January 31, 2012 at 12:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thoughts: The audio/video posted by the NASCAR media group is a boring snooze-fest most of the time. Let's start with some media training to help these drivers find some personality and passion! Also, let's hope doesn't get so anxious to jump on the latest technology that we have to upgrade our machines yearly. Last year's Trackpass was so advanced they were giving away free months to compensate users who had to buy more RAM. (I know, I was one.) Oh and I'm still LOL'n over somebody name checking T.G. Sheppard.
- January 31, 2012 at 2:23 PM
- GinaV24 said...
good news! It's about time. Can I say I second KoHoSo's comment about the WORST designed website I've ever seen.
Thanks for keeping us up to date, JD.
- January 31, 2012 at 6:43 PM
- GinaV24 said...
Sirius has been sending me offers to re subscribe. I want to see what this change will do for NASCAR programming before I spend any more $.
- January 31, 2012 at 6:45 PM


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Jut a quick reminder that you have one more day to enter this weeks Lili of the Valley Challenge we have a £10 voucher to spend in the store for one lucky winner. Our theme this week is "I believe in fairies".
Tuesday, 31 May 2011
A Quick reminder
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Stamps: Lili of the Valleys "Little Lorri Bear"
Papers: My Minds Eye
Thanks for looking
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Weekly Candy Draw
Happy Sunday everyone! I'm back with this week's Lili of the Valley candy. This prize is a £10 voucher to spend in the store.
Entry is open until Wednesday 1st June. All we ask is that you put our Ideas to Inspire Blog Banner on your blog in your side bar with a link back to us - then leave your details in Inlinkz below and a winner will be chosen at random next Wednesday.
Good luck!
Cheers Everyone.......
Heather xx
Saturday, 28 May 2011
Little Karate Kid IS a Star!!!!
I would like to share with you a card that is perhaps one of the most difficult I have ever made although for many of you, you will think that it is easy as can be!!!! It is always so very difficult for me to make masculine cards but the Latest Release at LOTV-One for the Boys makes it so much easier AND so much fun! The base and all matting is Bazzill and the DP is all from the MME Lime Twist-Fly A Kite Collection. Gosh such bright and vivid colors are so fun!!! All of the background panels are machine stitched. The cute, cute, cute image I used is LOTV Karate Kid from the Latest Collection of One for the Boys!!! This cutie was stamped on Cryogen White and colored with Copics. This little green belt darlin' was emphasized in the Karate Belt tie with a horizontal of emerald green satin. For additional embellishments I used a couple of star buttons and the sentiment is computer generated with Chinese Takeaway font and placed on double Concentric Stars Nesties. The image was cut with Square Nesties and turned on its end. And SHUCKS in the picture his face looks smudged and dirty but I can't see it at all in real life...lol...Cameras and computers drive me NUTZ!!!!!
Thanks for dropping by and we would love to see you here at Ideas for Inspiration often! Enjoy your day!! Hugs from Jacque!
Friday, 27 May 2011
Believe in Fairies
That's this week's theme on the Lili of the Valley challenge and as poor little On Tiptoe has been so neglected and I do think she is my favourite Lili of the Valley stamp.
Tiptoe has been coloured with copics and a dash of Prismacolor pencils
Skin: E21, E00, E000, R20, R30
Hair: E33, E51, E50 and light umber pencil
Dress, shoes and flowers: R20, R00, R000, R0000 and Tuscan Red pencil
Wings, Socks: BG10, BG70 and Jade Green Pencil
Leaves, grass: YG63M YG61, G20 and Olive Green pencil
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Kitty's Heart
This fabulous heart wreath was made by Kitty Frampton using the 'love grows' image.
This and several other designs were coloured in on the Lili of the Valley Colouring Masterclass last weekend.
Thanks for sharing this Kitty, lovely to see something a bit different done with the stamps!
If you want to know the details have a look at Kitty's blog http://kittyskrafty.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Trying a bit of Clean and Simple
WoooHoo!!!! my new camera arrived late yesterday afternoon so I am back in Business, as I was saying yesterday I have been trying my hand at clean and simple not sure yet whether I am cut out for this style, I really admire all you girls who produce such stunning cards without the use of embellishments and backing papers, I have a long way to go I am afraid.
Here are my first 3 efforts all using Lili of the Valley Images. I know they need refining.
The Copics used to Colour my Lili of the Valley "No 7 Bear"
I will show you another couple of Clean and simply cards , I am very brave as these should really go straight in the bin but I would really appreciate your comments on where I can improve on this style any criticism and advice would be appreciated as I would really like to conquer this style. Both cards have been made using Lili of the Valley Stamps.
Martha Stewart Border Punch and Fleur De Lys Spellbinder have been distressed with Distress Ink "Forest Moss" The Copics used on Lili of the Valley Garden of Wishesare:
Flesh: E21, E00, E000, R20
Hair, E71, E70, E40
Dress & Wings : B04, B02, B00, B0000, Goo, G0000
and finally my first effort
This one was made using flowers and swirls from the Lili of the Valley Folk Flowers A5 Sheet from Clear Additions Collection. I know I have been a bit heavy handed with the Distress Ink on this one, (I told you it should of gone in the Bin).
I did promise I would do a few tutorials on colouring hair, folds and pleats I will make a start today now I have my camera.
Hope you have a good day
Jacqui xxxx
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Cards from the Masterclass Day
Sue attended our Masterclass at the weekend and has kindly allowed me to share the cards she made from the images that were coloured on the day. Thanks Sue, they are brilliant!
Monday, 23 May 2011
A Fantastic Weekend
Hugs Jacqui x
Happy Day from the Bouquet Fairy!!!
I would like to show you a peek at a card I made for the Wild Orchid Challenge this week and hope it will inspire you to use so many of the darling LOTV stamps.
I used Bazzill for the base and all double matting and all background panels are machine stitched. The DP is from The Paper Studio's Mirabelle paper kit. I just love the multi-colored Toile de Jouy paper!! The darling image I used is LOTV Fairies-Bouquet which I stamped on XPress It Blending Card and colored with Copics, adding MS Florentine Gold glitter to her crown, Prisma Glitter to her wings, and Stickles and Liquid Pearls to the bouquet. She was cut out with triple Nesties and the image panel was dry embossed with the Nesties. For the vertical I used LOTV Clear Additions-Vintage Backgrounds heat embossed with Adirondack Cranberry EP onto a faint gingham check from the DP collection. For the right corners I used WOC Gold Filigree Corners and embellished them with WOC Self-Adhesive Pearls. I also added the same pearls to soften other corners and to give some definition to the left side of the card. For the horizontal I used an olive organza ribbon with a Webster's Pages Sparkler added to the bow. All of the floral treatment is from Wild Orchid Crafts.
For the first panel on the inside I used more of the heat embossed gingham paper and more olive organza ribbon and bows for the horizontal. I also heat embossed the lovely LOTV sentiment from the LOTV Set 10 - A5 Verses. For the second panel I used a pre-cut floral escutcheon shape topped by dry embossed triple round Nesties for the jotting spot. For a touch of dimension I also added additional WOC Self-Adhesive Pearls as well as another organza bow.
Thank you so much for dropping by LOTV Ideas to Inspire and we hope you will come by often!! We would love to have you check out all of the amazing creations of the DT. Have a marvelous week and until tomorrow I send big hugs!! Jacque
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Zoom Zoom
Good day everyone !!!
I am back today to show you my Little Lorry Bear from Lily Of The Valley. Isn't he adorable???
I colored him with my copics and have used some ribbon from The Ribbon Girl . I used a fiskars border punch and I had this bottle cap in my stash, thought the little fellow was taking a road trip so made it perfect.
Well enjoy the rest of the weekend and thanks for stopping bye today.
Sending Big Hugs your way (((((((())))))))
Weekly Blog Candy
Happy Sunday everyone! I'm back with this week's Lili of the Valley candy. This prize is a £10 voucher to spend in the store.
Entry is open until Wednesday 25th May. All we ask is that you put our Ideas to Inspire Blog Banner on your blog in your side bar with a link back to us - then leave your details in Inlinkz below and a winner will be chosen at random next Wednesday.
Good luck!
Saturday, 21 May 2011
It's a Boy Thing
Hello dear Lily Of The Valley Fans. How is everyone doing today?? Enjoying your weekend I hope.
I wanted to show you a couple cards I made the other day that I forgot to post on here. I have used this adorable Astronaut from the new release of It's A Boy Thing. This cutie has been colored with my copic's. and I have used some papers from SU. The tickets are also from Lily Of The Valley from the Clear additions collection called Grunge Tickets. Folks these Clear Additions is a must have I am telling you!!! I have used a fiskars border punch of Stars and I also used the Stars from a sizzix die.
Next up I have Happy Times here. What a perfect image for Father's Day coming up. Also colored with my copics and I have used the sentiment from the Calendar Collection.
I do hope you all enjoy the weekend and I hope you have a wonderful time using these cuties. Hey pop me an email so I can see your lovely cards you have made. I would so love to come and visit to see them.
Sending you all Big Hugs ((((((()))))))
Friday, 20 May 2011
DAD is indeed the Word!!!
The stamps in the latest release over at LOTV are perfect for all the men in your life! They're great for every occasion including Father's Day so you won't be stuck for inspiration anymore when faced with those oh so difficult cards to make for boys!!
For my card I used Bazzill for the base and PTI for all double matting. The DP is from the BG Life of the Party Paper Pad and all background panels are machine stitched. I used the darling little Dad's The Word stamped on XPress It Blending Card and colored with Copics. Is he not the cutest little bear you have ever seen?!?!? For the left vertical I used some red star buttons threaded and tied with red/white baker's twine. And for the right vertical I used a corrugated kraft strip topped with stitched red grosgrain ribbon for a belt effect with the little nickel buckle. I also replicated the tools from the image with a several buttons.
Thank you so much for dropping by!!! It is always a real joy knowing that you have been here at LOTV Ideas to Inspire! Big hugs...Jacque
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Here Comes Summer
Hello dear friends. I am back today to show you this adorable Pirate Bear from Lily Of The Valley.
Isn't he just adorable??? My sentiment is also from Lily Of The Valley from the Clear Additions Collection.
He has been colored with copic's and I used some brads from my stash and a fiskars border punch.
The new challenge is up over at Lily Of The Valley Challenge Blog so I do hope you come and join us as the theme is Here Comes Summer.
Thanks so much for stopping bye and hope to see you over at the Challenge Blog. Hugs
Candy Winner
Father's Days is a comin!!!
Heather xx
Lili of the Valley Challenge
This week at Lili of the Valley challenge the theme is Summer.
So I thought I would go with a bit of cricket, a row of bunting and lots of plaid.
Stamp: Cricket from Lili of the Valley
Paper: Fancy Pants Like Father Like Son (I think!!)
Tools: Quickutz Star die (from Ebay), Spellbinders alphabet dies, Whimsy Banner die, Martha Stewart Zig Zag border punch
Ribbon: Craft Fairy
Wednesday, 18 May 2011
It´s A Boy Thing ... Cheers Bear
Hi dear Lili of the Valley friends,
today I would like to show you another card of me. I´ve made this time a tag card, because I totally love this kind of card and I selected therefore the sweet image *Cheers Bear* of the brand new collection *It´s a Boy Thing* from Lili of the Valley.
I also used some fab sentiments and additions clear stamps from Lili of the Valley, thought they are just great for the inside of my card.
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Stamps: Cheers Bear, Happy Circular Sentiments, Verses, Stamp Calendars, Cute as a Button, Folk Flowers, Words for Tags all from Lili of the Valley,
I wish you a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Have Fun !
Good day dear Lily Of The Valley Fans !!! I trust you all are doing well.
I just can't get enough of coloring these new stamps they are just so adorable. So today I have Mini Bear to show you. My sentiment is also from Lily Of The Valley in the Clear Additions Collection
I have colored my image with my copic's and used some ribbon from SU. My papers are from K&Co.
My washer I have under the brad says Adventure on it but I can't get a good picture for you to be able to read it. Sorry !!!
So glad you dropped bye today and once again Click on over to Lily Of The Valley and get your new stamps. I am telling you they are WONDERFUL as always.
Big hugs to you (((((((((((()))))))))
Good day dear friends and Happy Monday !! I hope everyone's week has started off to a good start.
I have another one of these cute adorable bears from the new release of It's A Boy Thing from Lily Of The Valley to show you today.
He is called Football Shirt Bear !!! He's so handsome isn't he??
I have colored him with my copic's and the sentiment is also from Lily Of The Valley from there Clear additions collection.
Papers are from DCWV and I used a punch from SU as my border. The star brads were from my stash.
Thank so much for stopping bye and I do hope you click on over to Lily Of The Valley and get your new stamps before there gone. I know you all know how fast these sell out.
Sending you big hugs (((((((()))))))))


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Practicing the Fine Art of Bitchitude
If she tells you she's 25, she's lying, lying, lying. She's just two and half months younger than me, which means she just turned 26.
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NetBeans 6.5 L10N Platform Engineering Process (for Community Language)
There are big two changes in engineering process at NetBeans 6.5 releases:
New versioning system of netbeans.org. Our home repository is : http://hg.netbeans.org/release65/l10n. You can get our files by
% hg clone http://hg.netbeans.org/release65/l10n
l10n-kit structure
The structure of l10n-kit has been also changed dynamically. We now use the same(almost) structure of nbm/jar files. Please check the detail in NB6.1MLPlan
- The top directory is based on cluster name, the 2nd directory is based on nbm name
- All .properties files are generated from nbm/jar files, which means most comment lines are removed. Only #NOI18N comment are there.
1st l10n-kit (200808141419)
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NetBeans 6.5 is still under development. So it's not final but you can start translation from this l10n-kit.
- NetBeans Platform nb65-community-nbplatform.zip
Once your team finishes the above l10n-kit, please try the entire l10n-kit. But it's not small so please discuss which clusters you will translate first. Please check the list of clusters corresponding to installer. "Java SE" should be localized first.
- Other files nb65-community-other.zip
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Note 200808141419 is obsoleted. Pick up 200810140201.
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You don't need to translate all files again, if you completed the translation of 200808141419, please translate only updated files below. However, if you need to update translations among entire files, you need to use above files for generating all files again.
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NetBeans IDE is an application written in Java. So the localization means mainly translating .properties files. Please refer the documents especially
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Finding a hotel room with its own bathroom and more than a 1-star Yelp rating under $450 was nigh impossible three weeks before Oracle OpenWorld began. And with Howard Street between Moscone North and Moscone South, along with another road or two, closed, driving and parking were a mess.
Not to say this reporter, a veteran of constant Southern California traffic jams, felt sorry for the denizens of San Francisco. After all, this event lasted only six days.