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Playing with older brother has Upton pumped
ATLANTA -- As Justin Upton's frustration and anger grew over the past few months, he eagerly awaited the opportunity to begin a new chapter in his young baseball career. Still, as he longed for the opportunity to escape the D-backs and an endless string of trade rumors, Upton never imagined gaining a change that would bring joy to his entire family.
While it might be arguable that the Uptons are baseball's most talented family, it seems silly to doubt the belief that they have indeed been baseball's happiest family since the Braves acquired Justin Upton from the D-backs late last week.
Some of that happiness was on display as the Braves officially introduced Upton during a news conference at Turner Field on Tuesday afternoon. As Justin Upton donned his new No. 8 jersey for the first time, he was looking out at a small crowd that included his proud parents and his older brother, B.J., who had signed a franchise-record five-year, $75.25 million contract with the Braves in November.
"The last few days have been good," Justin Upton said. "Walking in this clubhouse and shaking hands, it feels like a place where they want to win and they want me to be part of it."
As the Braves attempted to reconstruct their outfield this offseason, they held out hope that they would eventually be able to strike a deal with the D-backs. Negotiations started to improve nearly 10 days ago, and late last Wednesday night, an agreement was made.
Atlanta received Upton and corner infielder Chris Johnson in exchange for Martin Prado, Randall Delgado and three Minor League prospects: Zeke Spruill, Nick Ahmed and Brandon Drury.
"This is a special day for my family," Justin Upton said. "It's a great opportunity. I'm excited to put this uniform on and play for this organization."
Before attending the news conference, the Upton brothers and their parents, Manny and Yvonne, spent some time in the home clubhouse at Turner Field. Adding to the splendor of the day was a visit from Hank Aaron, who wanted to welcome the two newest members of the Braves' reconstructed, star-studded outfield.
"Nice, unbelievable, unbelievable," Manny Upton said when asked about seeing Aaron take time to welcome his sons to Atlanta.
Most of the past six days have seemed unbelievable to the Upton family. Everything changed late Wednesday night when Justin received a call informing him that he had been traded to the Braves. He told his parents, who were with him in Phoenix, and left a message for B.J., who had already gone to sleep in preparation of his early Thursday morning workout in Tampa, Fla.
"It made my workout pretty easy that morning," B.J. Upton said. "I don't know how many guys get up at 6:30 and they're happy. But I was that morning."
Some of that energy should still be present when Spring Training begins in two weeks and when Atlanta begins the regular season on April 1. Separated by three grades during their scholastic years, the Upton brothers have never previously played competitively together.
There were many days when young Justin Upton would tag along to be part of teams that included his older brother and three future Major League third basemen -- David Wright, Ryan Zimmerman and Mark Reynolds. But this season will mark the first in which the two brothers have competed with each other.
"We're going to butt heads a little bit, and that's going to be the fun part," Justin Upton said. "We grew up in the same house. We butted heads then. Now we're going to be the same clubhouse, and we're going to butt heads at this level. It will be fun."
Standing 6-foot-2 with a solid frame that can comfortably carry 220 pounds, Justin Upton likes to point out that he is bigger than his older brother. But the soft-spoken and confident B.J. made it known he will always be able to handle his younger brother when necessary.
"We'll definitely push each other," B.J. Upton said. "It's just kind of understood. I've known him my whole life. I grew up with him. I know when he means business, and he'll know when I mean business."
With the two Uptons and Jason Heyward, the Braves arguably have the game's most athletic outfield. Heyward, who won his first Gold Glove Award last year, is expected to stay in right field, and Justin will move to left -- a position he has never previously played.
"I've caught a fly ball before and fielded a ground ball before," Justin Upton said. "The more reps I can get from the left side of the field is going to be key in Spring Training. I think it's going to be a pretty smooth transition. Obviously, it's a change. So it's going to take a little time. But I think I can get used to it."
Upton can certainly get used to his new surroundings and the opportunity to spend at least the next three seasons playing alongside his older brother. During most of the past two seasons, he has dealt with uncertainty as Arizona regularly shopped him on the trade market. The frustration grew this year as Upton battled a thumb injury and hit .280 with 17 homers and a .785 OPS.
But with Spring Training just two weeks away, Upton no longer has reason to worry about the thumb or a once-uncertain future with the D-backs. Instead, he can simply look forward to living the dream of playing alongside his brother at the Major League level.
"I didn't think it would happen this year," Upton said. "You don't get that lucky. But for us to have that chance now, it's tough to really put into words how it feels. We're excited about it and looking forward to it."


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A cultural revival is proving a big hit with visitors and locals alike: For two days each September 17 to 18, which is symbolized an auspicious day the 17th of the second month of autumn, according to the oriental calendar, the steppes of Mongolia are alive with the sound of nomads, in what's become an extraordinary revival andpreservation of Mongolian nomad culture. It is organized by in-bound Mongolian tour operator Selena Travel brings local nomadic groups to the beautiful Gun-Galuut natural reserve in Bayandelger soum (county). In just five years, it has grown from a small local tourist event to widely celebrated cultural festival.Before Gun-Galuut became a nature reserve, the locals only lived on their livestock, milk, cashmere, wool and meat. It was not much for these families, so there was a gradual exodus from the countryside to the nearest towns. Now the reserve and cultural tours- including the Nomads Day festival – are giving the local communities a chance to make an income from tourism.
Another purpose to organize this festival is that in general, tourists come to Mongolia for on average 7 to 10 days. But in that short time they can't see all aspects of Mongolian lifestyle, festivals, horse racing, archery, wrestling, try Mongolian dishes and sense the culture. Tourists who come to Mongolia in July can see the Naadam Festival, but those come in other seasons can't. Therefore, Nomad's day festival is dedicated tourists to show them aspects they are interested in within two days and it is a holiday to inspire the nomads to reinstate traditions and compete with each other too.
You will meet real nomads in their traditional costumes and competing with their incredible heritage on nomadic traditions, witness young nomadic kids showing off their mental ability, see the contest of traditionally dressed beautiful nomadic couples, see a thrilling folk concert of various nomadic groups and will be treated with mouth-watering steppe delicacies and a mini Naadam - Three Manly Games of the Mongols "Archery, Wrestling and Horse Racing".
It begins with rival families competing to put up and take down a ger (the Mongolian tent dwelling made from canvas, felt and wooden poles), and over the two days kids and adults play games, guys on horseback try to pick the things off the ground at a gallop, and women make rope. Another event is called Smiles of Mongolia, a kind of beauty/talent contest for riding couples, and then there are the Three Manly games of Mongolia. The evening feature a wonderful folk festival and the festivities conclude with a "Delicacies of Chinggis" gala dinner and bonfire party to enjoy the best of nomadic traditional cuisine enriched with some Western tastes.
They have enjoyed themselves so much that they were already planning to return next year.
What had they liked most in Mongolia? Loren thought for a while, and said, "In America the culture of ownership prevails. This is different here. Everyone shares the land and shares hospitality, food, and animals. Sharing is such a wonderful thing and in America we don't have this."

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FS#767 - Merging/Combining segments of a straight line into one
Opened by Christian Aigner (caigner) - Monday, 18 February 2013, 13:12 GMT+2
Sometimes you end up with a straight line which is broken/split into several parts. It would be great to have a tool to merge/combine these segments into one.
That would be the opposite/complementary tool to the "Split Entities" tool.
Isn't this achievable with the Draw Polyline > Create from segments tool?
Not really.
Consider a rectangle where all sides consist of split straight lines. If you use the "Draw Polyline > Create from segments tool", you end up with one rectangle where all four sides are members of this block.
I suggest a tool, where you can select the entities you want to be merged.
Maybe an option in the Draw Polyline - 'Create from segments' tool to choose/identify the segments to convert into a continuous polyline?
If you create a polyline from two straight line segments, you get a straight line with a point in between. That's not the result I am thinking of.
Therefore the Polyline menu seems to me not the right place for this.
To clarify, I understand completely what you are saying here and currently in QCAD 3 we have this option (Polyline > Create from segments) to use and a further option could be added to identify/choose which segments to convert into a polyline.There is currently also the option to delete nodes within a polyline.
Please explain the benefit of introducing a new tool to merge/combine line segments into a continuous line. To my understanding merging/combining individual line segments into a continuous line is creating a Polyline/string line. Unless I`m missing something here.
If you merge three segments into one line, you end up with one entity which has two points (at the start and the end).
If you create a polyline from three segments, you greate a chain of segments, which has four points.
Yes, they are both straight lines. But because of the difference in points they behave differently, for instance when stretched.
I give you an example (Image 1):
Here we have a straight line composed of four individual segments, which were then turned into a polyline. To the right is a normal straight line.
Now, we try to stretch them. (Image 2)
The result is shown in Image 3; Now it should become clear why having this kind of tool will make sense.
Yes agreed, with your example this is true but as I have already stated you can delete the nodes within a polyline - then using your example the results will be the same.
Right now, when I want to convert a segmented straight line into one continuous line, I have to first create a polyline from the segments, then remove the nodes. Ok.
But when you are in the middle of a complex drawing, it is not easy to create a polyline, because I cannot select the single segments I want to be part of the polyline. The tool "Create polyline from segments" just grabs any adjacent line segments.
So at the moment deleting all the segments and replacing them with one straight line is the only option I have. My proposal should make that process a bit more userfriendly.


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The sixth annual Industry Trends Survey, released Monday by WealthCounsel and Trusts & Estates magazine, found 37% of respondents predicting a significant increase and 57% expecting at least some increase.
"Professionals in the planning industry are certainly aware of the opportunities that this generational shift presents," WealthCounsel's CEO, Matthew McClintock, said in a statement.
"More importantly, attorneys and advisors know how important small businesses are to the owners, their employees and to the economy at large. Considering the strong connection between business planning and estate planning, professionals who have a balanced practice will be best positioned for growth in the years ahead."
The survey drew some 1,500 respondents comprising primarily practicing attorneys (61%) and financial planners (27%), as well as bank trust officers, CPAs and insurance professionals.
Other key findings from the 2012 survey include:
- 97% of respondents expected taxes to increase because of the budget deficit
- 71% experienced growth in their practices in 2012, compared with 59% in 2011, and 94% expected growth over the next five years, compared with 89% a year earlier
- 57% said their clients had engaged in planning primarily to avoid chaos and discord among heirs
- 50% of estate planning clients were 50 to 69 years old
- 26% of respondents reported that clients had taken advantage of the $5.12 million gift tax exemption as of Oct. 19, when the survey closed; of those, most had a net worth of $10 million or more.


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After the success of Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials for the iOS, MumboJumbo has brought another PC franchise that made them both a good deal of money and fame, Samantha Swift series of hidden objects and adventure games, to the iPad. Samantha Swift and the Fountain of Fate takes you to six exotic locations around the world and manages to immerse the players into the local culture through the objects, puzzles, visual and music. The gameplay feels expansive and the graphics will win your heart.
If you have played Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials and are looking for the exact type of gameplay, you might not find it all in Samantha Swift and the Fountain of Fate. But if you are a hidden objects fan with a sense of adventure, Samantha Swift offers plenty of both in its well designed levels and authentic scenes filled with authentic items. The game takes you from Florida to Iran, China, Turkey, Arizon and Bahamas in search of answers to the Fountain of Youth mystery. The game tells a simple story in cell-shaded slide shows and sprinkles some puzzle/board games like a picture puzzle, a match-3 game, etc. But the heart of the gameplay is pure hidden objects, unlike in Salem Witch Trials. The scenes are filled with items that fit right in with that location, and they vary dramatically in culture and style that you never feel that you are playing the same level or the same location over and over.
While the focus of the gameplay is quite different, there are many similarities in game mechanics between Salem Witch Trials and Fountains of Fate. The lighting bolts and swift birds in Samantha Swift replaced the crows and clovers in Midnight Mysteries. But if you can manage to find most of them, you will gather hints and unlock the unlimited hidden objects gameplay. The game also offers inventory slots where you can store important items that you can use to find other items. This is a part of the puzzle side of the gameplay built in MumboJumbo games. There isn?t however combining items in Samantha Swift like it was in Salem Witch Trials.
Another similarity is the way of naming the items you must find in the hidden objects levels. Here, some items aren?t named directly. For example, horseshoe is called steel footwear, fan is called handheld cooler, and arrows are called quiver?s companion, so on and so on. Midnight Mysteries started the word playing but Samantha Swift extends it with lots of items named with this word game. Many of them are easy to decipher, but once in a while, you might just get stumped.
Samantha Swift, as a veteran adventure and a skilled treasure hinter, also collects museum pieces and game trophies. You can view the museum pieces in the museum, and the trophies in the form of stamps both from the main menu screen. You can unlock the unlimited hidden objects mode, and make in-game purchase for even more levels and unlimited match-3 gameplay.
MumboJumbo made its name with Midnight Mysteries thanks partially to the atmospherically effective graphics. Samantha Swift is a much brighter game with much brighter scenes, but the styling, drawing and design are equally top-notch. Scenes are artistically sharpened and wonderfully illuminated. There were some cell-shading scenes in Salem, but the Fountain of Fate made cell-shading its core graphics style that works well for the gameplay. This is one of the few hidden objects game in which scenes are so memorable that you'd still see them and think about them long after you?ve put down the game.
The audio package is also high quality. Each location has its own signature music tracks that work with the visual to put you in the zone. The game arranged the tracks so that they match the gameplay speed, and you never feel the music repeating. Sound bites are fun, light and appropriate.
Porting big PC hits has been working for casual game publishers, MumboJumbo is doing their part to bring PC gaming experience to the iOS devices. And why not? The iPad?s screen is perfect for these games and with customized controls, the games certain can flourish on a new platform. Samantha Swift and the Fountain of Fate follows the footsteps of Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials but is never overshadowed by it. Sure, mystery solving gamers might be looking for more ?mysteries?, but hidden objects gamers will fall in love with the eye-pleasing visuals, awesome locations, well-designed levels and the heavy gameplay all effortless presented in Samantha Swift. The game has smooth controls, but there are some bugs and glitches that need to be fixed in the next update.
Ratings (scale of 1 to 5):
Graphics: - 5 -
Bright scenes with sharp graphics that you will enjoy looking at.
Sound: - 5 -
Nice mix of different style music tracks that fit the locales.
Controls: - 5 -
Controls are simple and very responsive.
Gameplay: - 4.5 -
Mainly hidden objects gameplay with some puzzles mixed in, fun and plenty. Has some bugs.
Playing Hints and Tips:
- Make sure you collect all swift birds and lighting bolts. Hints won?t work on these.
- As we mentioned the game plays word game on you, like a mimic expert is a parrot, so look at the items in the scene to work with these word games.
- The game offers hints if you need them.
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"The leaders of five major magazine companies—Charles H. Townsend, Condé Nast; Cathie Black, Hearst Magazines; Jack Griffin, Meredith Corporation; Ann Moore, Time Inc.; and Jann Wenner, Wenner Media—today jointly announced the launch of one of the largest print advertising campaigns ever created to promote the vitality of magazines as a medium."
O.K. then. Here's the campaign logo – how many fonts from different mags do you recognize? Hint: "Es" is from Esquire (but even I knew that. I got the "M" and the "g" right as well, but everything else…)
Y&R NY made a clever graphic, I'll give you that. But whenever you hear a Betty harshing on a Veronica, you start to think that the Betty is playing a losing game. For example, how bon are these mots?
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Forensic scientists shared a mixed bag of results from the DNA testing and fiber analysis of samples submitted in the murder case of 21-year-old mother-to-be Misty Lynn Carter.
Forensic scientists shared a mixed bag of results from the DNA testing and fiber analysis of samples submitted in the murder case of 21-year-old mother-to-be Misty Lynn Carter.
Her roommate and former lover, 39-year-old Jermaine Deprie Glover, has been charged with her murder and is on trial in Henderson County Superior Court. But the DNA of another individual — Dewayne Boyd, the father of her unborn child — also showed up in trace evidence tests, according to scientists' testimony Monday.
A majority of the blood stains found inside the home Carter and Glover shared showed a "mixture" of DNA from them both, said Erin Ermish, a forensic biologist with the State Bureau of Investigation.
A sexual assault kit performed on Carter revealed a mixture of her DNA and Boyd's, but no trace of DNA from Glover, she added.
Surveillance footage from the Mountain Energy truck stop, 5445 Asheville Highway, showed Carter's black Mitsubishi Eclipse drive into the parking lot at 2:44 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Carter's nude and charred body was found less than four hours later on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Two swabbings, one of a steering wheel and the other from a gearshift in Carter's car, showed a "mixture" of DNA mostly from Carter, but also Glover and Boyd. Blood stains on the front passenger seat of Carter's vehicle and on the inside of the front passenger door were found to match Carter, not Glover or Boyd.
A stain on the living room floor of the house Glover and Carter shared also showed a lone match for Carter. But other stains in the house — on the back rest of a loveseat, on a living room wall and on a white blanket — were matched solely to Glover's DNA.
The victim was found with a burned black plastic material and charred white sheet wrapped around her head, and matchsticks were found near her body on the parkway. Forensic scientist Kristen Crawford testified Monday that she found "residual gasoline" on the black plastic and white sheet.
Detectives of the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office and SBI agents searched the home at 52 Piney Ridge Court as a possible murder scene.
Inside the home, investigators said they found a cloth tie, similar to the one used to secure the shroud around the victim, on the kitchen floor. They also found a pair of freshly laundered jeans in a full wash tub. A matchstick, like the ones near the body, was found sticking out of a front pocket, Buncombe County Detective Jeff Eaton said Friday.
Alison Gantt, a forensic scientist specializing in fiber and textile analysis in the trace evidence division of the state's crime lab in Raleigh, said she found some similarities among the matchsticks.
She examined the matchsticks collected from near the body, from a pocket in the jeans found at the home, from the driver's seat of Carter's car and from an Enmark dumpster. She told the jury that she was unable to complete a comparison of the burned matches found in the dumpster, but the other samples were "consistent" in color, construction and composition.
They "could have originated from the same source," she said, but added that she could not "conclusively" rule out the possibility that the matchsticks came from somewhere else.
Gantt said she also compared the cloth ties found at the home and the parkway and found that the four-fiber blend of both ties were "fairly unusual." She told the jury the samples she tested "could have originated from the same source."
However, a piece of black plastic found in the laundry room of the home did not originate from the same source as the black plastic material that was around the victim's head, she said.
'Take care of the problem'
Jessica Levitt, who worked as a cashier at Enmark in October 2009, testified that she knew Carter from high school and Glover from the gas station, where "he was a regular." She told the jury that she had been to their home in hopes of purchasing a vehicle from Glover.
Upon one interaction with Glover, she testified that he told her things "weren't doing too well" with Carter and that he suspected she was cheating.
"He said he was going to take care of the problem," she said.
Levitt gave a statement to detectives with the Sheriff's Office on the evening of Oct. 21, 2009.
Defense attorney Greg Newman asked Levitt if she remembered Glover inquiring of any single girls she could hook him up with.
"Yes," she said.
"Do you recall saying, 'No... Why? What's going on with you and Misty?' Do you remember saying that?" Newman asked.
"Yes," she said.
"And him replying in your statement that he said, 'Things aren't doing so well. She's cheating on me with a friend of mine. It's gotta stop or put an end to it or she's getting kicked to the curb?'" Newman asked.
"Yes," Levitt said.
"Would you agree with me that in this statement, at no place did he say he was going to hurt or kill Misty Carter?" Newman asked.
"Yes," she said.
Dog ate the cushion
William Byrnside, an assistant manager at the Hendersonville Rent-A-Center, testified that store employees went to collect the couch and loveseat from Glover's home after he missed a payment. Byrnside said he noticed a cushion of the couch was missing when it was returned. His driver told him that Glover said his "dog had chewed it up," Byrnside told the court.
Eaton testified Friday that no one was home when they arrived to search the residence on Oct. 20, 2009 and no pets or signs of pets were found. All three couch cushions were present at the time.
Although Byrnside did not testify as to the exact day or time the furniture was retrieved, he did say that he noticed a small stain, about the size of a silver dollar, underneath where the cushion would have been.
"It looked to me to be dried ketchup," he said.
Ermish, the forensic biologist with the SBI, said the spot tested positive for the presence of blood, not just from one person, but at least two. She said that she found a "mixture" of DNA, predominantly from Carter, and that Glover "could not be excluded as a contributor."
'Not going to confess'
Kelly Foster, a branch manager at American General Financial Services, testified Monday that she spoke with Glover several times when he came in to explain late payments on the truck he was driving.
She said he told her about the murder investigation, that he was a suspect and that he could not have physically lifted Carter's body to put "in a car" or a truck because of his amputated leg.
Foster said he was "irritated" about not getting information from the family on Carter's funeral or memorial service.
Newman asked if she remembered Glover saying he was "not going to confess to something he did not do."
"Yes," she answered.
Camera footage
A large monitor was wheeled into the courtroom Monday as the state presented two pieces of evidence — surveillance videos from two gas stations — that it contends are clues in Carter's murder.
The jury sat quietly while watching the screen as Carter's Eclipse appeared in and then out of the camera's view at Mountain Energy truck stop. The car was spotted by detectives at the truck stop around 3:30 a.m. Oct. 20, 2009.
Another video, recorded the day Carter's body was found, showed a man identified as Glover asking to throw a bag of household trash in a dumpster at an Enmark station three miles away. Another screen shot showed Glover tossing a black bag into the dumpster.
Cindy Lanning, who was working the station's kiosk when Glover approached, said the defendant was a "regular" at their store.
"He came all the time to buy gas and cigarettes," she said. But she testified that he never asked to dump trash before.
"He was always polite," said Patricia Jervis, the store's manager. "We never had a problem with him."
Assistant Special Agent in Charge Tom Ammons of the SBI said he was called out to check the dumpster at the Enmark station on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009. In the dumpster, Ammons testified that he found a black bag of trash containing items "consistent with Misty Carter and Jermaine Glover."
Letters addressed to Carter, Glover and Glover's wife at the time, Dawn Glover of High Shoals, were found in the bag, he said.
Ammons testified he also found four matchsticks in the trash bag. He told the defense that he did not recall finding any cigarette butts.
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Instructions for setting up Puppy to allow typing in non-latin character sets, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Arabic, etc. This is different from a localization because the underlying system is still in English or other Western language.
You might want to do this if:
- you share a computer with friends or family members who speak different languages from you.
- you are learning a new language or languages, and don't yet feel knowledgeable enough to handle menus in the new language(s).
- you are running an internet café, or a multi-lingual workplace. You may want have several languages available to users, and still have the underlying system in the local language for support purposes.
The software used for this is SCIM (smart common input method).
Basic Installation:
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The Scim help thread on the Puppy forums:
History: How it all began—a need arises…
by RR Koothady of the Puppy forums
The Scim files are here http://puppylinux.ca/members/Scim/
and here http://puppylinux.asia/members/Scim/
In June 2008, Puppy celebrated its 5th Birthday. It was born as an (Australian) English speaker. For the first 2 years, it remained that way. Then it slowly learned to speak a few more languages. For Puppy, learning new languages was not that easy, initially.
First, it had to allow the Locale of a new language to get integrated into itself. Then, it had to allow specific key input methods to work properly with the many applications it had. The many keyboard layouts available out there had to be integrated also. Its Window Manager and the File Manager had to be translated. It had to become Unicode compatible. And, finally, its own Genetic Code - namely its Scripts - needed translation.
Language Timeline
|Australian Barry Kauler created the original English version Puppy Linux from scratch
|Hacao Puppy was released. This was a completely Vietnamese localised Puppy. It became instantly popular in Vietnam.
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|Release of Muppy - the German language Puppy by Mark Ulrich.
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|Japanese Puppy was released by YoN in Mid-2007.
|Russian Puppy was created in 2007 by magerlab and team.
|Early 2008
|Greek Puppy was created by Hamsters.
|2006 to early 2008
|Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, Korean Puppies have also been released during this period.
Contributions by Non-English Puppy to the main English based Puppy
1. Desktop Environment - Windows Managers and Filer Systems
The need to create a German language Puppy pushed Mark Ulrich to explore and work on topics like 1) Windows Managers and Filer Systems, 2) Language Locales.. The original Puppy remained contented with Joe's Windows Manager and ROX Filer System. Mark's exploration resulted in introducing first KDE Desktop Environment to Puppy. ICE Windows Manager
was introduced simultaneously and was adopted by many Puplet develepors.
This initiative induced many to search for newer Windows Managers other than the default JWM of Puppy Linux. Xfce, Enlightenment, Fluxbox, Gnome Desktop were worked upon and adopted by these Pioneers for use in Puppy subsequently. Developers and Users of other Linux distros have translated many of these WM and Filer Systems into most other languages. However, to use these translated WM and Filer Systems readily, Puppy had to have working Locale Files for all these languages.
2. Language Locales
Making Non-English Locales (especially UTF based ones) work in Puppy remained a difficult problem till Puppy Version 3. When that Puppy Version was released, and was found to work easily with Slackware packages, a great rush to bring in Slack packages into Puppy ensued. The most notable package that was grabbed from Slack for Puppy was the "Locale" files that Slack was using. While the locale files from other Linux Distros refused to synchronise and work in Puppy, Mark Ulrich had found the Slack Locale files working perfectly in Puppy. Since then, one of the main impediments to have User Interface of Puppy in non-English languages- namely having working Locale files of these Languages - remains removed once and for all.
Apart from these practical achievements, the most important achievement of these two works was that they had highlighted the need to support Unicode Encoding System by Puppy.
3. Language Input Methods
Creation of Vietnamese Hacao Puppy highlighted this issue for the first time. After much work by Hacao, Mark Ulrich and others Vietnamese Input was made possible in Puppy. However, other language users had to struggle to adopt their language specific Input Methods for Puppy once again. (Eg: Russian, Greek)
When the work on Chinese and Japanese Puppies began, this lack was felt acutely. Nyu was the first Puppian who set out to explore Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) for its adoption into Puppy. His work and the work by YoN of Japanese Puppy brought SCIM into Puppy for the first time. However, their work was Chinese and Japanese specific, even though SCIM had the capacity to support 41 language inputs.
4.Applications become Multi-Language Friendly
Appearance of non-English Puppies created a necessity where it was felt that any new application developed exclusively for Puppy Linux should contain scripts written in a way so that they could be translated into languages other than English without much pain. The leader of this thought process was Zigbert (Sigmund Berglund) of Norway. As an avid Puppy lover, he began to write in early 2007, the now popular 'P' series of softwares (like PFind and PBurn) exclusively for Puppy. These applications were translated immediately into French, German, Russian and Japanese. These applications supported Unicode.
5. Altering Puppy's single language Genetic Code...
Clarion call for rewriting the mono-lingual Scripts of Puppy Linux to accept Multi-Language translation was sounded by Nathan F, Mark Ulrich and the Russian Puppy team in 2007. Nathan F has given an open call to all Puppians for taking up this task. Mark has proposed more than once, how this could be done. The Russian Puppy team had succeeded in translating the Puppy's Boot English Scripts into Russian. However, much remains to be done in this front.
6. Birth of the Multilingual Puppy
Works on Localisation and non-English Input Methods from 2006 to early 2008 has brought in much into Puppy. However, on the Input Methods side still much needed to be done. For example, there was no easy way to input say Indic, Amharic, Arabic and many other languages in Puppy even as late as March 2008.
Besides this, no concerted effort had been taken till March 2008 to check whether all the applications used in Puppy would be able to receive non-Latin inputs.
a) Smart Common Input Method and the GTK/QT Tool Kits
Work on finding an input method that could be used by most Language users started in April 2008. Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) was found to fit this requirement. Compiling it for Puppy began. GTK version of SCIM was compiled for Puppy 2, 3 and 4 easily. However, compiling it with QT-3 and QT-4 toolkits was immensely difficult. David Muggins worked relentlessly over a month and solved this issue forthright. Compiling QT-3 input module for Puppy 3 remained an unsolved issue solved in early July 2008.
b) Choosing and Testing Applications with SCIM Compatibility
Listing the applications that are basically necessary for Puppy began in May 2008. Swarup had proposed that a Full Text Search application, a Text Editor with continuous spell checking function and a light weight Database application must be included in the ML Puppy. RR Koothady had wanted poedit, touch typing tutor and font encoding converters to be an integral part of the ML Puppy. Apart from this, it was felt, that all the applications used in Puppy (that is, in Puppy 2, 3 and 4) should be tested with the SCIM compiled with GTK and QT toolkits.
Google Desktop Search tool was compiled and tested successfully but was not accepted by the ML Puppy team members because of its "closed" source nature. After a long search, the team settled for RECOLL text search application and it was successfully compiled and packaged for Puppy by David muggins. poedit was compiled and packaged successfully for the first time for Puppy
Extensive testing brought out some of the previously unknown and much valuable/interesting information.
c)Test Results
Abiword 2.6.2 was found initially to render Indic fonts correctly (earlier versions had lacked this). However, on further testing it was soon found out that Abiword is unusable with SCIM for Indic languages.
Open Office was successfully tested with SCIM.
Owing to Oo's size it and the non-usability of Abiword, it was decided to give priority to "text editor + Desktop Publishing" application combination rather than to the Word Processors. This decision prompted the team to search for a Text Editor with dynamic spell check functionality. It was however found that not many text editors in Linux have this functionality. TEA and Geany were shortlisted finally.
TEA was packaged for Puppy by David muggins immediately. However its spell check tool was found to be cumbersome, so it was decided to approach the Geany Developers to include a spell checker in their editor. Enrico Trogger, the chief developer of Geany readily agreed, and started working on the spell checker. Nathan F and David muggins had packaged the test versions for Puppy. Nathan F has made an easily installable pet package out of the every available aspell language dictionary. Aspell and Geany put together has been found promising and fine tuning of Geany's spell checker codes is being pursued currently. Nathan F has evinced interest to compile Hunspell and Myspell Dictionaries for Puppy. These Dictionaries are used by Open Office applications.
Compiling Scribus with QT-3 and QT-4 toolkits was taken up by David muggins. The work is in progress.
Work on testing Portabase's compatibility with SCIM is in progress. Work to know whether klavaro Touch Typing tutor (compiled by David muggins) can be used for non-Latin languages is also being pursued. Work on Font encoding converters is yet to begin.
Nathan F has evinced his interest to compile SKIM for those Puppies that may prefer to use the KDE Desktop Environment. He has also promised to compile Fontforge - the only decent Font Making Tool in Linux - for Puppy.
d)The Future
i) Mark Ulrich's Multiple Desktop Environment Tool
Mark Ulrich has recently come out with a method by which the Windows Manager of Puppy can be switched from one to the other on the fly. This will be a great boon to ML Puppy.
For example,it was found that some Windows Managers work comfortably with the Unicode Encoding Standard and that they tend to render non-Latin fonts correctly. Also, Windows Managers and Desktop Environments like KDE, Gnome and Xfce have been translated fully or at least partially into most non-English languages. Having Mark's multiple WM solution means having these Desktp Environments as Squash File System (SFS) files on the hard disk drive and choosing the required DE from Mark's Multiple WM Console. So, as and when new Puppy Versions are released with their default Windows Managers (mostly JWM, ICEWM), multi-language Puppians need not worry. They can use Mark's solution and have their own preferred Desktop Environment.


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The event -- in its fourth year of existence -- featured All-Star teams of high school players from the United States and Japan and began on Thursday. Darrell Miller, the vice president of youth and facility development for Major League Baseball, said he was thrilled at the way it's grown.
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Indeed, while you won't be seeing any of these players in the World Baseball Classic just yet, they may get a chance to represent their nations in tournaments of some type down the road. Many of the players on the American side will be drafted or playing for top-level colleges at this time next year.
"These guys can play," said Miller. "We've had a lot of guys drafted off the team we put out there to play Japan. Last year, we had nine guys drafted off this club alone. I know we're going to have at least that this year. The scouts are out here for a reason. I know that this team from Chiba will be real competitive. Being right next to Tokyo, they always put together a great club. We're looking forward to having a wonderful competition and extending grace to each other on this Christmas holiday."
And in some cases, there's a case of divided loyalties. Former big-leaguer Shigetoshi Hasegawa, who was born and began his professional career in Japan, served as a coach for the American side on Wednesday. Hasegawa, who threw out the first pitch, could also claim another purpose.
The right-hander was on hand mostly to root for his son, Kohto Hasegawa, a right-handed pitcher for the U.S. roster. The elder Hasegawa said he first became involved in the tournament two years ago, and then kept coming back for a chance to soak it in from his unique perspective.
"We're just going to keep doing this," he said of hopes for the series expanding in the future. "It's only 30 minutes from my house -- no traffic. This is a great place. Of course, I have my office and a batting cage. But this is a more real field, so I want to come here a lot, and I can help the American kids."
Hasegawa said he never had the chance to travel internationally until he enrolled in college, and he said that the two teams would learn a lot from each other in the way they approach the game.
"They learn a lot," he said. "The American team is going to learn a lot defensively from the Japanese team. And probably the Japanese is going to learn something from the American team too, [maybe] hitting or aggressiveness in running or stealing. This is a good opportunity to get to know each other."
Dominic Smith, one of the most prominent American players in the mix, said he was looking forward to the experience for a variety of reasons. Smith, a power-hitting outfielder and a strong-armed southpaw pitcher, said he looked forward to testing his talents against players from across the world.
"To be selected against Japan is a great honor, and I'm just going to enjoy myself, play hard and try to beat these guys," he said. "We get to see what we're up against across the world. And Japan is pretty good. We can't take them lightly. We're going to do everything we can to win."
Smith will not be part of the UYA team that visits Japan in 2013, but he knows that this type of series can prepare him for his future against top-shelf Division I talent or professional players. And for Miller, that's the point, raising the next generation of talent and teaching it along the way.
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Geography of Mongolia
For your travel in Mongolia, we want to give some knowledge about the geography of Mongolia. So, you can ready for the climate, weather and ladscape features during your travel. The northern part of the country is covered by forest mountain ranges and the southern part by desert, desert steppe, and steppe areas with low mountains. High snow-capped mountains and glaciers and the eastern part by vast plains and wild heaths dominate the western part. The Mongolian environment has a large variety of features. Mongolia can be divided into six zones; desert, mountain, mountain taiga, mountain forest steppe, arid steppe and taiga.
The mountain belt of the Mongol Altai, Khangai and Khentii mountainous regions, with their perpetual snow, glaciers, traces and signs of ancient ice covers, has been well preserved due to a constantly cold climate and strong winds. The area is inhabited by some endangered animals: and Altai Snowcock) and plants (such as the Dwarf Siberian Pine and White Gentiana). About 81% of the country is higher than 1000 meters above sea level and the average elevation is 1580 meters. The highest mountain is Tavan Bogd in Bayan Ulgii Aimag at 4374 meters and the lowest point is Khukh Nuur in the east at 560 meters.
Mountains and dense forests predominate central and northern Mongolia and grasslands cover large areas of this region. Across the eastern part of the country stretches the vast land grasslands of the Asian steppe. The steppe grades into Gobi Desert, which extends throughout southern Mongolia from the east to the west of the country. The Gobi Desert, which extends throughout southern Mongolia from the east to the west of the country. The Gobi is mostly gravelly, but also contains large areas of sand dunes in the dries areas of Gobi near the southern border. The country has numerous saltwater and freshwater lakes. Although it boasts over 260 sunny days a year and is known as the "Land of the blue sky", Mongolia's climate is extreme. Long subarctic winters are harsh with average tempratures
dropping to -34'C (-88'F) in January and early February. So some rivers remain frozen until June. The general landscape of the country is concerned its natural origin, which is comparatively less destroyed by human activities and remained keeping its original nature.
Geographical Map of Mongolia
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