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Ardit needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 129 designs submitted by 35 freelance designers.
A new interactive story line publishing project
The target audience would be kids between ages 1 and 5.
The story must be at least 10 pages/graphics long, or more.
It should be illustrated graphics, plus a story line with text. The story line can be simple/complicated, but something that would be appealing to little kids.
The graphics should be of png format, with minimum 1024x768 (height/width). The graphics can be realistic or cartoonish; it is up to you, but they must be appealing to little kids.
The storyline should be in the illustrated graphics, usually at the bottom.
As for the storyline, use your imagination a bit. Can be with animals, pets, fantasy world, the sea, kids on the playground... etc.
If it is over 10 illustrations, I am willing to pay $50 per extra illustration with story line after the first 10.
E.g. a 20 illustrations book, would be worth $1000
Max per illustrated story is about $1200
A great example of what I am looking for is this:
Also I have attached few sample illustrations of what I am looking for.
Please attach a couple of samples, and we will go on from then. If you have any more questions, my email firstname.lastname@example.com
1. Use your fantasy, and make some dialog between characters and compelling for little children.
If you can't think of a story, let me know and I will provide one. But I prefer you use your imagination with the illustrations.
2. Format, png: 1024x768 resolution (either landscape or portrait, pick one mode and stick with it). Cartoonish look is ok. Black and white, is ok too, as long as the quality is good.
3. I am looking for more than one story. Eg. If there are 3-4 stories that I like, I will take them.
First provide a outline of the story, and at least one slide/illustration of it. If it is ok, I will tell and you can go and build the rest. But at least one or two illustrations are a must.
5. This is going to be for a pilot project. If things do go well and pencil out then we can do even more projects in the future.
6. As for payment, we can do it in stages. Eg. first 5 slides will get you half of the pay, then the rest when everything is done.
The winner of the contest will get the money upfront when the 10 slides are built up, (it is 500 dollars), then the rest will be sent either via paypal, or an alternative payment.
As I said, if I like more than one story I will choose more than one winner. If so, then we can arrange payments.
Good luck guys,
To get started.
1. Write an outline of the story.
2. Present at least one or two illustration to me.
3. I will say the go away.
4. Deliver the first half of it, You will get half of the money.
5. Deliver all the images. You will get all of the money.
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Alabama Takes Series With Auburn
AUBURN, Ala. – Spencer Turnbull threw Alabama's first complete-game shutout in two years, leading the Crimson Tide to a 2-0 win over the Auburn Tigers in front of 3,911 fans at Plainsman Park on Saturday afternoon. With the victory, Alabama wins the Southeastern Conference series to improve to 18-11 overall and 7-2 in conference play. Auburn falls to 16-12 overall and 1-8 in SEC play.
"I told the team before the game, there was more to this game," Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard said. "Today was about representing Alabama and what we stand for and the great man like Coach Moore. I'm just very proud of the way we represented the University today."
If pitching and defense wins games, Alabama got both on Saturday. Turnbull gave up four hits, with four strikeouts and got the Tigers to ground into four double plays.
"Today was the second straight outing that Turnbull was really good," Gaspard said. "It was really good to see that his velocity was still up at the end of the game. We knew he had that kind of performance in him, and he's brought it out he last two games. He's pitching with a lot of confidence and he was just outstanding today."
With nine innings of scoreless pitching against the Tigers, Turnbull has now gone 22.2 scoreless innings since allowing a run in the first inning against Tennessee on March 17. Since allowing a run in the first inning to the Vols, he threw 6.2 scoreless against Tennessee and then seven scoreless last week at Georgia.
The Tide defense did not commit an error and turned double plays in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings. The four double plays in the game give the Tide 37 for the season and matched a season-high.
"The seventh inning was big to get a run there" Gaspard said. "A two-run lead felt like a four-run lead with the way Turnbull was throwing. It was good execution defensively, again getting a lot of big double plays. It was a very good weekend and we played three good games on the road."
Offensively, Alabama had just two hits against Auburn pitchers Will Kendall and Daniel Koger. Kendall (0-2) took the loss after throwing the first three innings, allowing an unearned run on a hit with two walks and two strikeouts. Koger threw the final six innings, allowing one run on one hit with three walks and two hit batters.
Alabama opened the game with a single by Georgie Salem, then didn't get another hit until the seventh when Chance Vincent singled through the ride side on a hit and run. Vincent was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored.
For the third time this weekend, Alabama took a 1-0 lead, scoring an unearned run in the top of the third. After Vincent walked to lead off the inning, a sacrifice bunt by Andrew Miller moved him into scoring position. A hard hit ground ball off the bat of Kenny Roberts went off the glove of Auburn third baseman Damek Tomscha and went in to left field allowing Vincent to score from second.
The Crimson Tide manufactured a run in the seventh to extend its lead to 2-0. After Mikey White was hit by a pitch with one out, Vincent executed a perfect hit and run and singled through the right side to move White to third. Miller then had a successful sacrifice safety squeeze to allow White to score from third.
After playing seven straight games on the road, Alabama returns to Sewell-Thomas Stadium on Tuesday night when it hosts Southeastern Louisiana at 6:05 p.m. CST.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Writer-actress Carrie Fisher has been honored for her candor in dealing with her bipolar disorder and for raising awareness about the condition.
Fisher received the Utah Film Center's Kim Peek Award for Disability in Media on Friday night in Salt Lake City.
The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/TSyTob ) film center founder Geralyn Dreyfous praised Fisher for sharing her bipolar disorder with a mix of humor, defiance and grace.
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By Elizabeth O'Brien
The Fed's latest stimulus program, QE3, has boosted risky assets like stocks and commodities at the expense of the dollar. The greenback dropped 6.5% between late July– when investors became more certain the Fed would take action – through mid-September, a more precipitous decline than following the prior two rounds of stimulus. During that same time, the S&P 500 rose nearly 10%.
Behind the dollar's decline was investors' growing sense in midsummer that central banks on both sides of the Atlantic would take action. European Central Bank president Mario Draghi vowed to save the euro at all costs, sparking a rally in the currency. In the U.S., currency investors saw further stimulus by the Federal Reserve as increasingly likely and began to price in a devaluing of the dollar. As expected, the Fed launched its third round of so-called quantitative easing earlier this month, a program that will increase the money supply as the Fed buys mortgage bonds with money it has created.
The Fed's aggressive moves to stimulate the economy spell long-term weakness for the dollar, many pros say. For them, it's not too late to tweak portfolios to account for this decline. While various factors could cause the dollar to temporarily strengthen against the euro and other currencies — for example, mounting concern over the European debt crisis or escalating tensions in the Middle East could send investors running to the dollar as a safe haven — the currency's long-term downward trajectory will continue, according to these dollar bears.
Many have looked to gold as the dollar began its slide this summer. Drew Kanaly, a financial adviser at Kanaly Trust in Houston, increased his clients' allocations to gold through the SPDR Gold Shares exchange-traded fund (GLD).
Some have looked to capitalize on other currencies' appreciation relative to the dollar. Donald Dempsey, a financial adviser in Williston, Vt., shifted part of his clients' international bond portfolios out of the iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond fund (EMB) and into the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Local Debt fund (ELD). The former gives investors exposure to international bonds but not their currencies, whereas the latter does not hedge out, or erase, the currency risk. Many emerging-market currencies have rallied recently, and the WisdomTree fund allows investors to benefit from this appreciation along with any changes in the underlying bonds' prices (in the opposite direction, investors get hurt if the currency declines).
Anthony Welch, manager of the $12.8 million Currency Strategies fund (FOREX), increased his exposure in mid-July to the Canadian and Australian dollars, which have also recently outperformed the greenback. Both countries' economies are heavily tied to commodities, many of which are priced in the U.S. dollar and tend to rally when the dollar declines. Over the past five years, the Canadian and Australian dollars have risen against both the euro and the U.S. dollar. (The U.S. dollar's movements are often measured against the U.S. Dollar Index, a basket of other currencies of which the euro makes up 57%.)
To be sure, not all pros favor adjusting portfolios based on market direction. "Typically, advisers tweak things at exactly the wrong time, like their clients," says Rick Kahler, president of Kahler Financial Group in Rapid City, S.D. Kahler gives his clients exposure to foreign currencies but doesn't change the mix based on currency moves.
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These dogs have their day playing flyball in Mystic
Mystic - My Dog's Place was a blur of activity for about two hours on Sunday night: running, panting, picking up tennis balls and barking. And that was just the humans in the building.
The Seaside Sprinters, a group of about 15 dogs and their owners, gathers here on Sunday evenings to practice flyball, a sort of advanced game of fetch.
Flyball pits two teams of four dogs each against each other, racing side-by-side over a 51-foot long course. One at a time, each dog must jump over four hurdles placed 10 feet apart and retrieve a tennis ball from a spring-loaded box. Then, after completing the four-legged equivalent of a swimmer's turn, the dog must return to the starting line (over the hurdles again) with the tennis ball in its mouth.
The team to run the course with the fastest combined time and without mistakes wins the heat.
"Dogs of any age can do this, any breed can do this," said team captain Beatrice DeGruttola, who also teaches various training courses at My Dog's Place. "The dogs get to bark and the people get to yell; we're all here to have a good time."
And earlier this month, the team performed a demonstration during the halftime of the Masters Agility Championship at the Westminster Kennel Club. The Sprinters were featured on FOX Sports 1 during the network's coverage of the dog show.
"We're kind of considered a barbarian sport in the dog world," DeGruttola said. "It was a lot of fun to be there and kind of liven things up a bit."
The Seaside Sprinters Flyball Club was founded in 2006 and has expanded to include four teams: the Salty Dogs, Wave Runners, Coastal Clippers and Beach Combers. The club sends teams to about six flyball tournaments in the northeast region each year.
The teams feature dogs of all shapes and sizes - from the long and tall standard poodle named Lucy to the short and stout Chihuahua mix named Pirate. Not only is flyball good exercise for the dogs, the owners said, but the game provides high-energy dogs with more stimulation than they might get in the backyard.
"A big part of flyball is teaching them to ignore the dogs on the other tracks," Steve Kanyock, of Mystic, said. "It's teaching control in an out-of-control way, which is good for the dogs."
Kanyock said flyball is a great activity for Addie, Kanyock's rambunctious and smart 4-year-old Australian kelpie, because it gives her something to focus on and gets out a lot of her energy.
"In here, she doesn't know anything but that box," Kanyock said.
Marge Lineweber, owner of My Dog's Place, said she suggests that dog owners who are interested in getting involved with flyball stop by to see it in person first.
"We also recommend taking obedience and agility classes first to get the dog used to being off-leash," Lineweber said. "And the dog will learn other skills so they can stay focused when you add a ball into the equation."
And though the Seaside Sprinters have won several competitions, the group's main focus is to have a doggone good time.
"That's why I've been hooked to this sport for the last 15 years," DeGruttola said. "We're all in it to have a good time."
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As we have seen previously, the difficulty in JUnit-instrumentation integration stems from the fact that an instrumentation is an entire Android application, started, managed and terminated for testing purposes. One has to work quite a bit to make sure that the test controller is not terminated along with the application under test. InstrumentationTestRunner solves this problem by launching the Dalvik VM in special, instrumentation mode.
You can download the example program from here.
The test subject is our well known Calculator program that was renamed as Calculator2 so that we do not confuse it with the version coming from previous application packages, other than that it is the same simple program. Under aexp.calculator.tests, you will find two JUnit test classes. There are things to note, however.
- Instead of TestCase, the test classes inherit from ActivityInstrumentationTestCase, templated by the activity class under test.
- The constructor of the test class defines the activity under test class precisely.
adb shell am instrument -w aexp.calculator/android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner
The console of the command prompt reads like this:
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Meanwhile, the emulator main window flashes with action. Calculator2 is launched 4 times, each time the key input is automatically provided by the test case. All this is arranged by the Android specialization of TestCase/TestRunner.
Please observe the AndroidManifest.xml of the project. Check out the uses-library tag and the use of instrumentation tag, particularly the targetPackage attribute that refers to the application package under test (and not the Java package name of the test classes). InstrumentationTestRunner automagically looks for test classes that fit the test execution criteria (again, check out InstrumentationTestCase documentation for options), there was no need to organize the test classes into suites.
Note that the arrangement of this project is not typical. I mixed the test classes and the activity under test into the same application. This eliminates a lot of deployment problems that caused so much trouble for so many people when playing with the Android test framework. The typical deployment, however, is to place the test classes and application under test into separate application packages. I will get to that in the next post.


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Twins Bats Tepid In Tampa Tuesday
After shutting down the Royals in his MLB debut, then getting shelled by the Yankees in his second start, Kyle Gibson was somewhere in between on Tuesday night in a 4-1 loss at Tampa Bay.
All four Rays runs came in the fourth inning. Gibson walked the first two batters he faced in the fourth, then allowed both runners to advance into scoring position with a wild pitch. After a flyout and a strikeout, Gibson allowed a walk, then back-to-back hits for a 4-0 Tampa lead.
Gibson ended up allowing four runs on four hits and four walks with three strikeouts.
Ryan Doumit had a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning to make it a 4-1 game, and the Twins got two runners on base in the ninth inning. However, Justin Morneau, Oswaldo Arcia and Trevor Plouffe struck out in order to end the threat and the game.
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The year that I was born, my grandparents were serving in the Peace Corps over in Ghana when my grandma developed some serious heart problems. They loved their time in Ghana, and probably would have stayed longer, but she needed to address her heart issues. The doctors wanted to put her on various heavy-duty drugs with massive side effects, but (in true DIY fashion) - she went to the library and started doing her own research.
She read about the Pritikin Diet (no salt, no sugar, no fat) - and fully committed to it, along with daily exercise. She was devoted to these choices, and they contributed to her living to the age of 89. I am so grateful to her for her disciplined commitment to healthy living, because it meant that I got to know her and love her and learn from her until I was 35 years old.
She did have a sweet tooth (which I inherited!), but she was steadfast in her Pritikin guidelines, and developed a genuine appreciate for the joys of healthy eating. One of her absolute number one things was just to eat plain veggies as a snack - and these were a few of her favorites: carrot sticks, peppers, and leftover steamed green beans. I actually steamed these beans and then put them in the fridge for the authentic experience. She brought veggies when we went camping, she ate veggies as a snack... it just seems to me that there were always veggie nibbles around when I was at her house. What a wonderful model she was for all of us!
Today my mom and I spent 13.5 hours painting the yoga studio I recently purchased... and I was very glad to have this plate of healthy, tasty little snacks for us to nibble on all day long. Grandmommy would have been proud of us: eating veggies and painting the walls together like proper DIY gals!


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Have you ever wondered like me why you can remember the names of so many ancestors and family members, where they came from, what ship they arrived on and seemingly thousands of other facts about your families?
Have you ever wondered why you often can't remember other simple facts and figures at all?
The answer was given to me at the weekend while I read an article in the Easter Weekend Edition of The Sydney Morning Herald - Love is a Battlefield by Bob Carr (Minister for Foreign Affairs). The article was about Bob's cousin Len, an American Civil War expert.
The bell ringing moment to me was this paragraph.
"We are left with the Barry Jones explanation : the more facts you know, the more facts adhere. If you love the subject enough, your memory absorbs every detail." SMH News Review April 6-8 2011, p. 15.
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STARKVILLE -- James Bullard, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, will be a special guest Feb. 14 at a campus forum organized by Mississippi State's College of Business.
Bullard will speak at a luncheon at the Hunter Henry Center given by the college's finance and economics department. Members of the university and Golden Triangle communities are being invited to the 11:30 a.m. event.
The lunch is complimentary, but space is limited. Persons interested in attending must register in advance at business.msstate.edu/special/bullard and bring their printed registration confirmation.
On the day of the forum, registration will be open 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Bullard's presentation begins at 11:45.
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An Indiana University doctoral graduate in economics, Bullard will share his insights on the U.S. economic climate and current monetary policies.
A member of the Federal Open Market Committee, he directs activities of the Federal Reserve's Eighth District head office in St. Louis, and its branches in Little Rock, Ark., Louisville, Ky., and Memphis, Tenn.
"As one of 12 members of the Federal Open Market Committee, Dr. Bullard participates in targeting key interest rates and setting general monetary policy for the U.S. economy. He gives counsel and advice to the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, and he monitors economic conditions in the Eighth District, which includes North Mississippi," said Kevin Rogers, MSU professor of finance and economics and associate dean of the College of Business.
An economist and monetary policy scholar, Bullard joined the Federal Reserve Bank in 1990. His research has appeared in numerous professional journals, including the American Economic Review, Journal of Monetary Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics and Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. A peer reviewer for many periodicals, he currently serves as co-editor of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. In addition, he has participated in more than 150 conferences, symposia and lectures around the world.
Since becoming president in 2008, Bullard has called for the FOMC to adopt state-contingent policy and to give greater consideration to headline inflation than core inflation when deciding monetary policy. In the wake of the financial crisis, he supported quantitative easing and warned about the possibility of the United States' falling into a Japanese-style deflationary trap.
A native of Forest Lake, Minn., Bullard also holds bachelor's degrees in economics and in quantitative methods and information systems from St. Cloud State University in St. Cloud, Minn.
He is an honorary professor of economics at Washington University in St. Louis, where he also serves on the advisory councils of the economics department and of the Olin Business School's Center for Finance and Accounting Research. He also is a member of the University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor's Council and the boards of the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association and the United Way of Greater St. Louis. For additional information, visit research.stlouisfed.org/econ/bullard/.


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2005 GMC Sierra 1500 ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Denali luxury now with Crew Cab room.
The GMC Sierra is nearly identical to the Chevy Silverado but features more mature, restrained styling. It's a look that reflects GMC's history of building trucks, and only trucks, that dates back to 1902, nearly a decade before Louis Chevrolet produced his first car.
GMC also offers more options than Chevrolet, including the luxurious Sierra Denali, a suave, uniquely styled, ultra-luxury pickup whose exclusive features include a high-performance 6.0-liter V8 and full-time all-wheel drive. Denali appeared in 2002 as an Extended Cab pickup; for 2005, GMC has transformed Denali into a Crew Cab with four full-size doors.
GMC continues to offer light-duty 1500 Crew Cab models in SLE and SLT trim. With their 5-foot, 8-inch cargo box, Sierra Crew Cabs are no longer than standard-bed, extended-cab models for easier parking and maneuverability. Crew Cab models offer a rear-seat DVD entertainment center as an option, making these pickups an attractive alternative to a full-size SUV.
At any trim level, and with any cab configuration, Sierra offers first-class hauling and towing capabilities. Extended Cabs, with their standard 143-inch wheelbase and optional Quadrasteer four-wheel steering and heavy-duty brakes, make supremely stable tow vehicles, with towing capacities up to 9,000 pounds. The 1500HD Crew Cab, which returns for 2005 after a one-year hiatus, can tow up to 10,200 pounds. Even the plush Denali tows 8,100 pounds.
Yet all Sierras deliver a smooth, comfortable ride among the full-size pickups. Even compared to more recently introduced or re-engineered pickups from Ford, Dodge, and Nissan, the Sierra rides and handles very well. Sierra's current design dates from 1999, but it was significantly refined and updated for 2003, with cleaner engines, a bolder exterior appearance and more comfortable interiors.
GMC Sierra comes in two- and four-wheel-drive models; in light-duty (1500) medium-duty (2500HD) and heavy-duty (3500) loading and towing capacities; with short-bed (6-foot-6-inch) and long-bed (8-foot) bodies, and with step-side or full-width beds. There are standard-length two-door cabs, extended-length cabs with two auxiliary doors in the rear, and Crew Cabs with four full-size doors.
This review focuses on the Sierra 1500 models. Although nominally classified as light duty or 'half-ton' trucks, the 1500s offer payloads ranging from 1,215 to 2,040 pounds, and tow ratings from 4,100 up to 9,000 pounds, depending on equipment. That's all the truck most consumers will ever need.
Engine choices include a 4.3-liter V6, 4.8-liter V8, and 5.3-liter V8. New for 2005 is an all-aluminum version of the 5.3-liter, used exclusively in four-wheel-drive Extended Cab Standard Box models. Five-speed manual and four-speed automatic transmissions are offered.
Consumers with exceptional needs may find a reasonable compromise in the 1500HD, which returns for 2005. Available only as a Crew Cab with a 6-foot-6-inch bed (instead of the standard 1500 Crew Cab's 5-foot-8-inch bed), the 1500HD hauls 3,073 pounds with 2WD, 2,766 pounds with 4WD, and tows 10,200 pounds. Power is provided by the same 6.0-liter V8 that's used in the 2500HD/3500; but the 1500HD should ride more smoothly than the heavy-duty trucks.
Base models come with ABS, air conditioning, cruise control, AM/FM/CD audio, an attractive chrome grille molding, a chrome rear step bumper, and 17-inch chromed steel wheels. Carpeting and cloth seats are also standard. Regular and Extended Cabs are available, but not the Crew Cab, Base prices range from $21,045 to $31,270.
The W/T (Work Truck) model deletes the CD player, chrome, cruise control and carpeting. These plane-Jane trucks are aimed at commercial and municipal fleets, with prices ranging from $18,770 to $29,540.
SLE trim adds fog lamps; power windows, mirrors, and door locks; a leather-wrapped steering wheel; overhead console; and other amenities. Leather upholstery is optional. The 4.8-liter V8 and automatic transmission are standard on Regular and Extended Cabs; Crew Cabs come with the 5.3 and automatic. Prices range from $25,755 to $34,140.
SLT trim, available on Extended Cabs and Crew Cabs, adds automatic dual-zone air conditioning, leather upholstery, power-adjustable bucket seats with heat and memory, floor console, heated outside mirrors, new Gen6 OnStar telecommunications and 17-inch aluminum wheels. The 5.3-liter V8 is standard, with a higher-performing, all-aluminum 5.3 in 4WD Extended Cabs. Prices range from $33,270 to $38,205.
Sierra Denali ($41,735), the flagship of the fleet, packs a 345-horsepower version of the 6.0-liter V8, along with automatic transmission, vacuum-boosted four-wheel-disc brakes and an exclusive, sophisticated full-time all-wheel-drive system. Denali comes with tone-on-tone leather, extra sound deadening, a Bose audio system with separate controls for rear-seat passengers, and other exclusive amenities. It's equipped with steering wheel controls for the audio system, Gen6 OnStar, trip computer, and other programmable functions. A power sunroof is available.
A Sierra Hybrid is available in some states and, with its unique starter/generator combined with its Vortec 5300 5.3L V8, offers up to a 10 percent improvement in fuel economy while delivering the same 295 horsepower and 335 pound-feet of torque as any other Sierra with the 5300 engine.
Quadrasteer electronically controlled four-wheel steering is available on Sierra 1500 standard-bed Extended Cabs with 4WD, 1500HD Crew Cabs with 2WD or 4WD, and on 2500HD Crew Cabs. Quadrasteer reduces Sierra's curb-to-curb turning diameter by 26 percent and enhances high-speed stability. It comes packaged ($1,995) with a limited-slip differential, heavy-duty brakes and clearance lights.
The front styling of the GMC Sierra ties it closely to the mid-size GMC Envoy, and to some of the great GMC pickups of the past. The chrome-framed grille consists of three black horizontal bars that prominently display a big red GMC emblem. Chromed front bumpers include two airflow cutouts. Up-level models have a body-colored lower front fascia; base models have a light-charcoal fascia. An optional grille/brush guard adds front-end protection. A single OnStar roof antenna combines the GPS and cell-phone functions.
Compared with the Chevrolet Silverado, GMC's styling is more conservative, more mature, with smoother, more sophisticated lines. Overall, it's a look that a lot of truck buyers like: more upscale than the Chevrolet pickup, more conservative than the Dodge or Ford pickups.
Like the Denali versions of the Yukon and Envoy, Sierra Denali features a distinctive front-end appearance. Its chromed mesh grille looks like something from a hot-rod shop. Projector-beam headlamps and unique front fascia and fog lamps add up-market distinction, along with body color on the door handles, side moldings, tailgate handle, outside mirrors, rear bumper and tonneau cover. Chrome running boards with integral mud guards further distinguish the Denali from other Sierras.
For 2005, nearly all Sierras come with 17-inch wheels: painted steel on work trucks, chromed steel on base and SLE, aluminum on SLT and polished aluminum on Denali. The only exceptions are the 1500HD and the Hybrid, which make do with 16-inch rims. Denali models are available with 20-inch wheels for a stronger styling statement.
The load height (the distance from the ground to the bed) for 2WD Sierra models is just 31.6 inches. For 4WD models, it's 33.7 inches. Those numbers start to look a lot more important when you have to lift something heavy into the pickup bed.
All GMC Sierras are built on the stiffest and lightest truck frame General Motors has ever produced. The frame rails are hydroformed, a process that uses high-pressure hydraulics to shape relatively large steel components. Tubular crossmembers and roll-formed mid-rails increase rigidity further. This stiff structure enhances handling and ride quality immensely, while improving crashworthiness.
The GMC Sierra cab remains among the roomiest in the industry, with large door openings to aid entry and exit. The seats are big and cushy. Whether you like them depends to some extent on how you're built and how you like your seats. I don't find them as comfortable as those in other pickups, which use firmer, more contoured, more supportive seats. Other pickup owners find the GM seats more to their liking. Also, the interior door handles are ropey and awkward.
The instrument cluster features highly legible gauges with white backlighting and orange pointers. The Denali's gauges are unique and feature blue backlighting and white pointers. A driver information center reports on as many as 27 vehicle functions with an easy-to-read, single-line LCD display. A compass is incorporated into the overhead console, along with three storage areas for sunglasses, garage door opener, and small items.
Audio and climate controls are sophisticated, yet easy to operate. XM Satellite Radio is available as an option ($325), great for traveling because the stations don't change as you drive across the country, allowing you to keep up on news and weather or listen to your favorite types of music. You still get ads, but XM Satellite seems less commercial than FM. The system comes with AM, FM1, FM2, XM1, and XM2 bands. Steering wheel-mounted audio controls (on SLT and Denali) make it easy to switch among station presets and modes. Set your stations carefully and you can quickly zip to favorite stations scattered among AM, FM, and XM Satellite without taking your hands off the wheel.
New Gen 6 OnStar is easier to use hands-free, thanks to more intuitive dialing and improved voice recognition. OnStar is the leading provider of in-vehicle safety, security and information services in the United States and Canada. Using the GPS satellite network and wireless technology, OnStar features core safety services and OnStar Personal Calling that allows drivers to make and receive hands-free, voice-activated phone calls. If you crash and set the airbags off, an OnStar operator will direct emergency crews to your truck, unless you respond. OnStar operators can direct you to the nearest ATM or the best Mexican restaurant in the area, and they can unlock the doors if you lock the keys inside.
Optional bucket seats come with an extended center console that flows into the instrument panel. It includes a storage compartment and a 12-volt power outlet at the rear. All Sierras come with two 12-volt power outlets at the bottom center of the dash. Vents and HVAC controls for rear-seat passengers are mounted on the rear of the center console on Crew Cabs and Extended Cabs.
Extended-cab models offer surprisingly good back seat accommodations. Climb through the reverse-opening rear door and find a seat that's reasonably comfortable. Rear-seat passengers get their own air-conditioning outlets and a set of drop-down cup holders. When cargo capacity is more important than hauling passengers, the entire rear seat assembly can be loosened from the floor with a wrench and removed through one of the side doors. Not exactly a quick release, but a useful feature.
The rear seats in the Crew Cab models are as roomy as the second-row of seats in a Suburban. Sierra Crew Cabs are capable of carrying six passengers and are very roomy with four. With optional leather, a Crew Cab feels truly luxurious. Rear seats are split 60/40 and fold down, providing a large protected cargo area inside the cab.
A Panasonic DVD system ($1,295) is available for Denali and Crew Cab models, turning them into real family vehicles. The system comes with a seven-inch flip-down screen for watching DVD movies and cartoons, a CD player, two sets of wireless headphones with independent volume control, a wireless remote control and three sets of auxiliary video and audio inputs.
Safety is enhanced with dual-stage airbags (1500 only), which deploy with less force in less-s.
Driving Impression
On the road, the Sierra is quiet and well behaved, more so than other full-size pickups. It's stable at high speeds, particularly the longer wheelbase (143.5-inch) models. It rides well and handles well.
The optional 5.3-liter V8 (327 cubic inches) delivers pleasurable performance around town and on the Interstate. Called the Vortec 5300 by GM, it's rated 295 horsepower and 335 pound-feet of torque, plenty for light towing and hauling. For 2005, an aluminum-block version of this engine produces 310 horsepower, but is available in Extended Cab, standard-box 4WD models only. The base V6 produces 195 horsepower and 260 pound-feet of torque, but most Sierra buyers opt for a V8 and automatic transmission. With 285 horsepower and 295 pound-feet, the 4.8-liter Vortec 4800 V8 is the most popular engine for this truck. With its 6.0-liter, 345-horsepower V8, the Denali really gets with the program.
All of these Vortec small-block V8s are based on the SB-2 architecture introduced on the Corvette and extended to the Camaro and Firebird in 1999. Since 2003, they have featured Electronic Throttle Control for more precise, consistent throttle operation; new oxygen sensors offer improved reliability and reduced emissions during warm-up. All of GM's Vortec engines come with 100,000-mile platinum-tip spark plugs, sequential fuel injection, and 150,000-mile anti-freeze.
A Tow/Haul mode helps the four-speed automatic transmission keep its cool when towing. Press the Tow/Haul button on the end of the shifter, and the transmission holds gears longer before shifting up or down, reducing the annoying tendency to hunt between third and fourth gears in hilly terrain. Shifts are harder and quicker in Tow mode, reducing heat buildup in the transmission. We find it improves the performance of the truck when pulling a trailer and reduces the driver's annoyance level.
Two-wheel-drive 1500s have rack-and-pinion steering, but there is still a fairly wide dead spot in the center when cruising. GMC says this is intentional, to minimize steering corrections on the highway. The steering feels a bit light, but the truck tracks beautifully and handles well on pavement, loose dirt, deep dirt and even off-road. Recirculating-ball steering comes on four-wheel-drive, 2500HD, 3500 and Quadrasteer models.
Quadrasteer makes driving these big pickups so much nicer in tight, crowded parking lots. Available on Extended Cab, standard-box models with 4WD; 1500HD Crew Cabs with 2WD or 4WD; and on 2500HD Crew Cabs; it reduces the turning circle by 10 feet on an Extended Cab standard-box model (from 47.3 to 37.4). We tried towing with a Quadrasteer-equipped truck, and it felt more stable, especially on winding roads, where it was easier to drive, and where the trailer tracked better behind it. If you tow frequently, you really owe it to yourself to test a truck with Quadrasteer. Backing a long trailer into a parking space at a 90 degree angle is much easier with Quadrasteer than without it. The system shortens turning circles with trailers and makes backing up more intuitive.
Brakes are large, 13-inch discs up front with 11.65-inch drums in the rear; 1500HDs, Quadrasteer models and Denali have discs on all four corners. ABS is standard on all models. Dynamic Rear Proportioning (called Electronic Brake Distribution, or EBD, by other manufacturers) improves stability under heavy braking, whether the truck is loaded or empty, and can reduce stopping distances. Jam on the brakes, and most vehicles without ABS will lock up the rear tires, because most of the weight is being transferred to the front wheels. ABS keeps the rear wheels from locking, but you still lose braking effectiveness as most of the weight is transferred to the front tires. With Dynamic Rear Proportioning, brake pressure is transferred to the tires with the best grip, thereby reducing stopping distances.
Two-wheel-drive models can be ordered with traction control ($225). Four w.
Sierra Denali delivers unique styling and sumptuous luxury, along with an exclusive high-performance V8 and full-time all-wheel drive. By upgrading Denali from an Extended Cab to a Crew Cab, GMC has made its flagship pickup more family friendly as well.
All GMC Sierras deliver lots of power, big payload capacities, and plenty of towing capability. They look classy and distinctive, more upscale than the Chevy Silverado. The Sierra pickups are among the smoothest, quietest, most civilized, best equipped, and most enjoyable trucks we've driven. The GMC Sierra is a must-see if you're buying a new full-size pickup.
New Car Test Drive editor Mitch McCullough is based in Los Angeles.
Model Lineup
GMC Sierra 1500 2WD Reg. Cab W/T ($18,770); 2WD Reg. Cab ($21,405); 2WD SLE Reg. Cab ($25,755); 2WD Ext Cab W/T ($24,770); 2WD Ext Cab ($27,200); 2WD SLE Ext Cab ($28,470); 2WD SLT Ext Cab ($28,340); 4WD W/T Ext Cab ($33,270); 4WD Ext Cab ($30,070); 4WD SLE Ext Cab ($31,835); 4WD SLT Ext Cab ($36,630); 4WD SLE Crew Cab ($34,140); 4WD SLT Crew Cab ($38,205); 4WD Denali Crew Cab ($41,735); 1500 HD 2WD SLE Crew Cab ($32,130); 1500 HD 4WD SLT Crew Cab ($39,645).
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Pontiac, Michigan; Flint, Michigan; Ft. Wayne, Indiana; Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Options As Tested
XM Satellite Radio ($325); trailering equipment ($210).
Model Tested
GMC Sierra Denali ($41,735).
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Ramsey, Mn. 55303
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Corrientes GRAND SLAM | 22 - 26 May 2013
Corrientes, Argentina, May 25, 2013—Enjoying the warming sunshine, the player-friendly sand and the gracious fans that helped them elevate their game even more, the women's quarterfinals have set the stage for the semifinals and medal matches of the $440,000 FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam double-gender tournament. Following their quarterfinal victories Saturday morning, making up the final four will be two teams from Brazil along with one each from the Netherlands and the United States.
The women's portion of Round 2 of the 10-event 2013 FIVB World Tour concludes Saturday with the internationally-televised women's semifinals and medal matches later today. Men's final matches will be played on Sunday. With the event being held for the first time in Corrientes, the purpose-built site is located on the sands of Arazati Beach – Costanera Sur. The lighted stadium court has been built to seat 7,500 spectators. The men's semifinals and medal matches close the tournament on Sunday. The men's semifinals and medal matches will start at 2:30 p.m. local time on Sunday for the men's final four matches.
The lineups for Saturday afternoon's semifinals, which begin at 3 p.m. local time, will see Brazilian sisters Maria Clara Salgado/Carolina Salgado meeting Netherlands' Madelein Meppelink/Sophie van Gestal in the first semifinal followed by Brazil's Maria Antonelli/Agatha Bednarczuk, meeting USA's Jennifer Kessy/April Ross.
In the semifinal matchups are experienced players with three of the teams being together for some time and the fourth, Brazil's Antonelli/Bednarczuk competing on the FIVB World Tour together for the first time. As a team, the Salgados have played 105 tournaments together, Netherlands Meppelink/van Gestal are in their 16th, Brazil's Antonelli/Bednarczuk are playing their third and Kessy/Ross are playing in their 74th as a team.
While Brazil's Antonelli/Bednarczuk have not faced each other before, Brazil's Salgado sisters and Netherlands' Meppelink/van Gestel met for the first time in the bronze medal match three weeks ago in Shanghai won by the Dutch women.
Five of the eight players are Olympians as USA's Kessy/Ross won the silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic games, Meppelink/van Gestal finished fifth in London and Antonelli, teamed with Talita Antunes, also finished fifth in London. For these final four teams, this is the 15th final four for the Salgado sisters, fourth for Netherlands' Meppelink/van Gestel, first for Antonelli/Bednarczuk and 34th final four for USA's Kessy/Ross, the 2009 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
To earn the place in the final four with three of the four quarterfinals lasting three sets, Netherland's Meppelink/van Gestal defeated Germany's Karla Borger/Britta Buthe in straight sets, 21-13, 21-19 in 34 minutes while their semifinal opponent Brazil's Salgado sisters advanced by working three sets to defeat Germany's surprising Julia Grossner/Victoria Bieneck, 19-21, 21-11, 15-4 in 47 minutes.
To advance to their second semifinal matchup, Brazil's Antonelli/Bednarczuk upset the Germany's veteran duo Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler, 22-24, 21-19, 16-14 in 55 minutes while their next opponent, USA's Kessy/Ross had their hands full as well before pulling out another three-set victory, this one over Spain's Liliana Fernandez/Elsa Baquerizo, 21-13, 11-21, 15-12 in 52 minutes.
"This was a very, very tough match for us, the Germans are so experienced, so good and we are a new team so winning the match is amazing for us," said Antonelli after she and Bednarczuk pulled out their three-set victory with two sets going to overtime. "We are really started to play well and its great to make the final four in just our third FIVB international event together. Now we want a medal."
While all the teams in the women's quarters have FIVB World Tour experience because of partner switches only two of the matches had teams who had played before. Netherlands Meppelink/van Gestal are now 3-0 overall in head-to-head matchups against Germany's Borger/Buthe and USA's Kessy/Ross have the same 3-0 margin over Spain's Fernandez/Baquerizo although Spain has taken the Americans to three sets the last two times they have met.
With their quarterfinal losses Germany's Borger/Buthe, Spain's Fernandez/Baquerizo, Germany's Grossner/Bieneck and Germany's Holtwilck/Semmler will all leave Argentina with official fifth-place finishes in the 2013 FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam.
USA's Kessy/Ross, the 2012 Olympic silver medalists, continued their powerful tournament start in winning their pool with wins over teams from Argentina, Canada and Kazhkstan and the Czech Republic Friday before Saturday's quarterfinal victory to put them at 5-0 for the tournament so far.
The gold medal teams in each gender in the FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam will each split $33,000, the silver $22,000, the bronze $16,500 and fourth place $12,900. The women's medal matches will be held on Saturday and the men's medal matches on Sunday. The FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam is the 286th FIVB men's event since the FIVB began play in 1989 and the 248th FIVB women's tournament since they started in 1992.
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Corrientes Grand Slam enters business end
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Women's final matches at FIVB Corrientes Grand Slam Saturday
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22.05.2013 21:29:02
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22.05.2013 04:38:55
28 men's, 18 women's duos set for Corrientes qualifying
21.05.2013 12:00:00
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20.05.2013 09:33:14
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Argentina rich beach volleyball history about to get richer
16.05.2013 14:38:12
Switzerland's Gerson-Prawdzic warming up well for Corrientes
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Alison & Emanuel plan 2013 World Tour debut in Corrientes
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Corrientes preparations in full force for the FIVB Grand Slam
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Teams confirmed for Corrientes Grand Slam
03.05.2013 17:23:58
National Federation list confirmed for Corrientes Grand Slam
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Zonta and Gallay spurred on by London experience
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Corrientes Grand Slam officially launched
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Former Comedian to Present Leadership Programby Brandon Stewart '08 • January 16, 2008 Share:
Mary Jane Pories, founder of Fishladder Inc., will present her dynamic presentation Thursday, January 24th sponsored by both the LEAD (Linking Education and Alumni Development) program and the Schroeder Center for Career Development.
The lecture, which will be at 7 p.m. in Korb Classroom, is designed to help students understand how to be better communicators and innovators.
According to Mike Warren, Associate Director of Alumni Affairs, "The L.E.A.D. Program was developed from an initiative in the previous strategic plan as a way of introducing the students, through different activities during their undergraduate years, to the responsibilities and privileges of being a Wabash alumnus."
With this objective in mind, Warren said this presentation is being brought to campus in an effort to "help our students become successful, independent, adults in addition to being active members of the alumni body. [Ms. Pories'] presentation will show needed skills in the areas of motivation, leadership, communication, and teamwork. We feel like this will benefit every student whether they are freshmen beginning their second semester or seniors preparing for graduation."
Pories is an alumna of the comedy and improvisation troupe, Second City which came to campus last fall. After leaving that group, she went on to found Fishladder Inc. in 1999, which brings improvisation into the workplace and beyond in an effort to "improve teambuilding, communication, and creativity."
Since the founding of Fishladder, Pories has put her talents to good use, building up an extensive client list ranging from giant companies to small nonprofits in job markets ranging from engineering to marketing to health.
Her work and the work of her organization has garnered a lot of praise and recognition. Her many awards include the Women of Achievement Tribute Award 2004, the Silver Townie Award for Best Improv Troupe in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, 2003, 2004 nominee; 2002 Neighborhood Business Award: Best Reuse of a Building; 2001 Neighborhood Business Award: Best Response to an Idea or Need; Theater Excellence Award, The Second City, Detroit Free Press Theater Awards, 1999 Nominee; Ben Franklin Award, Actors' Theatre for original play Lakefront Property.
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Posted: Thu 28 Oct 2010, 22:19
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graphics poor on all puppylinux versions
Subject description: but, not on any other linux distros
i have tried to fix it by downloading various drivers including "quickpet" from puppy 5.1.1
i have a toshiba laptop 135A-4527
i even reinstalled Windows Vista (yuck) just to check graphics, the pc still works well with windows, too... and, as stated earlier, every other linux distro... which includes at least 25 of them including ubuntu, mint, fedora, opensuse, pclinuxos, etc, etc
the puppylinux versions are okay, but graphics and text are slightly "grainy"
any suggestions? thanks in advance for your help
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Posted: Thu 28 Oct 2010, 22:56
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This is a video driver, resolution setting, refresh rate issue.
The specs I found on your computer say you have an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950.
Try the Xorg-high video driver in Quickpet.
For resolution settings and refresh rate, use the program Xorgwizard.
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Posted: Thu 28 Oct 2010, 22:57
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the key word to me was laptop - setting the correct dpi makes a difference for text... having more fonts can make a difference too.
That is just my first guess with limited info.
Can you be more specific as to what is "grainy"?
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Posted: Fri 29 Oct 2010, 02:06
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Also under the banner of "laptop", LCD displays are sharpest at their optimum resolution. Find the optimum resolution of your display from your tech specs and set your video driver to display at that resolution. Puppy requires you to do that manually. Many other, bigger Linux versions do that automagically, but the cost is bloat!
I hope that helps.
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Posted: Fri 29 Oct 2010, 04:38
Post subject: Improvement of fonts in Puppies Oct. 29 2010
Here is what my fonts look like, on a Dell 2001FP 20" flatpanel monitor. This is in Quirky:
How to achieve this in Puppy, has recently become greatly simpler than it used to be:
After you install the Xorg-high video driver in Quickpet...and restart X...
Open a terminal and run
xdpyinfo | grep dimensions
xdpyinfo | grep resolution
Now open /etc/X11/xorg.conf in Geany or MEdit or whatever, scroll down to the Section "Monitor" and add a DisplaySize (i.e., dimensions) line and an Option "DPI" (i.e., resolution) line so it looks something like this. Use your own mm dimension size and DPI resolution values, of course, not the values I use for my own monitor:
Section "Monitor"
#DisplaySize 410 310 # mm
DisplaySize 423 317
Option "DPI" "96 x 96"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "DEL"
ModelName "DELL 2001FP"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 31.0-80.0
VertRefresh 56.0-72.0
#UseModes "Modes0" #monitor0usemodes
Option "PreferredMode" "1600x1200"
Now open /root/.Xresources and make its DPI line match what you actually have, for example mine is
!*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-*-*
!*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-*-*
*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-*-*
!*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-*-*
! Xft.dpi: 96
Note: do not use the "Set global font size" utility, in the menu under Desktop. It was and is, in my opinion, a foolish mistake to include this utility in Puppy. Using it will write a different (wrong) DPI value to /root/.Xresources.
Next,...to save space and reduce the distro size as much as possible, Puppy comes only with an extremely limited set of fonts. I suggest you add the latest complete set of DejaVu fonts and the Microsoft Core Webfonts. Get the DejaVu fonts from the DejaVu homepage on sourceforge, google (or duckduckgo or ixquick, if you value your privacy) to find out what the newest version is. Get the MCWfonts from here:
Download these two fontsets to, for example, /tmp, then click on each's .gz file, choose Extract, All, Extract Here, and for each fontset you get a new subdir with a lot of .ttf files in it.
Make a subdir /root/.fonts (if it doesn't already exist) and move all the .ttf files from the new font packages into /root/.fonts (hint: open Rox-Filer on the new subdir, Ctrl-A, drag'n'drop from /tmp/newsubdir to /root/.fonts)
Now some configuration magic.
Create a new file, /root/.fonts.conf.
(take care to not omit the leading "." in front of "fonts")
Make /root/.fonts.conf look like the attached (i.e. just copy it in, taking care to rename it with the "." in front of "fonts"). This will turn on subpixel rendering, full Bytecode Interpreter hinting, and anti-aliasing at font pixelsizes greater than 6, plus will perform some on-the-fly rendering modifications recommended by the DejaVu font team.
Note: if you are a perfectionist and have a lot of time on your hands, experiment with the value in this section of .fonts.conf:
<match target="font" >
<test compare="more" name="pixelsize">
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias" >
to see at what threshold anti-aliasing becomes annoying on your particular monitor. Other values than 6.5 may work better. On my old Thinkpad T21 I like 13.
Now copy /root/.fonts.conf to /etc/fonts/local.conf:
mv -f /etc/fonts/local.conf /etc/fonts/local.conf-original
cp -af /root/.fonts.conf /etc/fonts/local.conf
so that both versions of the configuration file are identical. All up-to-date application programs for about a year now have been rendering fonts using pango, and pango expects the configuration file to be /root/.fonts.conf, but older programs may still be using /usr/lib/libfreetype.so (or, worse, the program may have libfreetype, an older version, statically linked) to do font-rendering, and libfreetype traditionally expects the configuration file to be /etc/fonts/local.conf --therefore I place the configuration file in both places, a belt-and-suspenders strategy.
If you are exceptionally cautious, as I am, then also copy the new font .ttf's (overwriting any which are already there) from /root/.fonts into the subdirectory where all Linuxes up til ...mm, I guess around late 2009, used to keep the fonts, which is
Place a duplicate set of the .ttf font files there, in case any programs from the mists of ancient history (e.g. 2009 or older) are still looking for fonts in the old usual place (or, to save diskspace, place all your .ttf fonts only in
/usr/share/fonts/default/TTF, and make /root/.fonts be just a symlink to /usr/share/fonts/default/TTF).
Now restart X (or reboot) to make it all take effect.
Your fonts should look somewhat better now.
/root/.fonts.conf and /etc/fonts/local.conf for Puppies Oct 2010 with DejaVu fontset + Microsoft Core Webfonts (be sure to rename it correctly)
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Posted: Fri 29 Oct 2010, 19:21
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Subject description: believe this, but i did it
a big thanks to "bigpup / technosaurus / WhoDo / Sit Heel Speak" for all the suggestions...
(Sit Heel Speak)... i followed your directions very closely. The first couple of steps fixed my desktop icons and desttop text. next, i was able to download and extract the dejavu and msfonts. however, i could not load the fonts the way you described, so, i just found and opened the /root/.Fonts folder and manually (one-by-one) copied ALL the new fonts into the folder. Next, i just rebooted my pc and, VOILA.... no more seamonkey/firefox browser graininess problems. i don't know why... but, it worked.
THANKS again to all of you... yr1945
ps: i still have not figured out the correct way to apply downloaded/extracted files from tar.gz????
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Posted: Mon 01 Nov 2010, 04:04
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yr1945 wrote:
ps: i still have not figured out the correct way to apply downloaded/extracted files from tar.gz????
Rox-Filer is an extremely powerful tool, once you've mastered it. Takes longer to explain it than to do it. Pretty soon it will be second nature and you'll wonder why people put up with Windows Explorer. But meanwhile, feel free to ask for clarification if any of the below is confusing:
1. Click on the "Download" button where I offer fonts.conf.gz, above.
2. Presently, a dialog box will appear, giving you the choice of Open or Save, choose Save.
3. A dialog box appears, asking where you want to save it. In the left pane, double-left-click "root", then left-click the "Save" button in the lower right --BUT: on some monitors, not all of this dialogbox is placed onscreen, some falls off the screen. This is one problem with most of the very lightweight window managers which are supplied with "stock" Puppy. Better window managers for Puppy are fluxbox, Enlightenment e17, and, when painstakingly configured, Openbox, but you'll delve into those later.
In case of dialogbox off-screen placement, you must left-button-hold-down-drag-and-release the save dialogbox's titlebar so as to move the dialogbox up and to the left in order to see the "Save" button. Or, hold down the alt key while left-button-hold-down-dragging the window up and to the left so as to center it on the screen.
4.OK, you have now saved fonts.conf.gz to /root.
Now left-click Menu -> Filesystem -> ROX-Filer
This opens a ROX-Filer window on the subdirectory /root
5. (HINT: right-click in whitespace (between icons) in the ROX-Filer window, left-click "Options", left-click "Display" in the left pane, and use the scroll bar in "Default size" to choose Small Icons; then left-click-to-check the box "Order small icons vertically".
Now click the X at upper right to close the options dialog, again to close this Rox window, and do
Menu -> Filesystem -> ROX-Filer
again. With the new smaller icons and vertical ordering, Rox is much easier to use).
6. You will see fonts.conf.gz listed in /root. Left-click on its icon. This will call the gunzip (Gnu Unzip) program, it will ask if you want to unpack it where it is and delete the original. Answer yes and it will do exactly that.
7. Now right-click on the freshly unpacked fonts.conf, left-click Rename, and put a dot (".") in front of the "f" in "fonts" and then press Enter or click the ...mm, I forget, whatever the "OK" or "Save" or "Rename" button is called.
Now you have a file named .fonts.conf in /root. Any file with the . in front is a hidden file, and may not be visible in Rox depending on how you have Rox set up. There is an option in Options to show hidden files. If you can't see .fonts.conf, left-click the eye icon along the top of the Rox window and Rox will show hidden files.
8. When you have .fonts.conf visible in /root,
do Menu -> Shutdown -> Restart X Server (exact names vary among different Puppies) to restart X, and now /root/fonts.conf will take effect.
9. Now make a copy of it as /etc/fonts/local.conf, but first back up your existing /etc/fonts/local.conf, Do this:
Left-click Menu -> Filesystem -> Rox, left-click the up arrow to navigate to the top directory /, left-click the etc subdir icon, left-click fonts, right-click local.conf, left-click Rename, and rename it local.conf--original
10. Now left-button-hold-down-and-drag-n-drop /root/fonts.conf from a /root Rox window into the /etc/fonts Rox window. Then, right-click the new /etc/fonts/fonts.conf, Rename, and rename it local.conf.
11. Now do Menu -> Shutdown -> Restart X Server again, and bob's-yer-uncle.
12. To select all the files in the subdirectory shown in a Rox window, left-click in whitespace to de-select anything that is selected, then hold down the Ctrl key and tap the A key and release the ctrl key. All items in the subdirectory are now highlighted. You can left-button-hold-down-and-drag them as a unit to another Rox window, say for example a Rox window opened to
/usr/share/fonts/default/TTF, and this way copy all the .ttf files over from /root/.fonts in one fell swoop.
(note: the first letter of the filename fonts.conf and the directory name "fonts" should not be capitalized, case matters in Linux)
Rox also lets you lasso files, you'll learn that later.
Be careful when ctrl-A copying all the contents in a top directory (say, for example, /mnt/sda3), not to copy (or delete) the subdirectory "lost+found" (if it exists) as this is important to the filesystem structure and must remain where it is. To de-select an item from a Rox window in which you have selected everything using ctrl-A, hold down the ctrl key and left-click on the item you wish to deselect.
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Sit Heel Speak wrote:
3. A dialog box appears, asking where you want to save it. In the left pane, double-left-click "root", then left-click the "Save" button in the lower right --BUT: on some monitors, not all of this dialogbox is placed onscreen, some falls off the screen. This is one problem with most of the very lightweight window managers which are supplied with "stock" Puppy. Better window managers for Puppy are fluxbox, Enlightenment e17, and, when painstakingly configured, Openbox, but you'll delve into those later.
Wrong, its a problem with older versions of GTK2.
adobe flash is rubbish!
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Posted: Mon 01 Nov 2010, 15:31
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abushcrafter wrote:
Wrong, its a problem with older versions of GTK2.
Well, you may be right, I wouldn't know. Whether the cause is in the GTK2 toolkit upon which the window manager acts to draw things, or in the window manager itself's code, makes no difference as far as the instructions I gave to yr1945.
I may have missed any correction to this misbehavior in Puppy's default window manager, JWM, because I am not using current Puppy (Lucid 501, 511, luci-234, or wherever it is now), but rather a local woof-build of Quirky which I made last September, using painstakingly configured Openbox as the window manager.
So, I was drawing on memory in referring to the problem. I haven't actually seen the dialogbox offscreen problem in awhile.
It's good to know it's been fixed.
Best, SHS
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Posted: Mon 08 Nov 2010, 17:42
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Sit Heel Speak...
I would like to THANK YOU again for all your support. I reinstalled Puppy 5.1.1 a second time. Then, I closely followed your instructions again. My graphics work/ look just fine, now.
Also, I am now working on your second set of instructions relative to "tar.gz" files. I am making good progress. At this point I am sure that I can figure everything out. Bye... and, thanks again for your detailed instructions.
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Posted: Mon 08 Nov 2010, 21:13
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I've changed my mind about /root/.Xresources --I think you should leave it at its original Xft.dpi setting.
Changeing it to 98 or whatever, messes with the size of text in titlebars and gtkdialog boxes. So, leave it at
!*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-*-*
!*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-70-*-*
*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-*-*
!*font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-*-*
! Xft.dpi: 78
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The striker has committed his future to the club until 2017 after a "full and frank discussion" with manager Paul Lambert.
It marks a sudden change of heart from the 22-year-old, with Villa confirming only 11 days ago that he had asked to leave.
Villa manager Paul Lambert said: "I had a full and frank discussion with Christian Benteke on his return to training this week regarding his future. It is my opinion that the best thing for Christian is to remain at Aston Villa.
"He enjoyed a terrific first season at the club and can use that as a platform to hopefully enjoy more success this season.
"I'm delighted, having time to re-evaluate his future, Christian has decided to commit to the club. It's a huge bonus and I'm sure the supporters are every bit as delighted as me to have him on board and raring to go."
Benteke said: "I spoke with the manager when I returned to training and we had a good talk. I am very happy to be back here in Birmingham and at Aston Villa, and to sign a new contract.
"This is a great club and it has given me a lot. Now I have to give back to my team-mates and the fans who have always been right behind me.
"The end of last season was very good and the lads were very strong. It was not easy but we came through it and the confidence is high. So everyone knows what we have to do now - be better. I need to be better than last year."
Keeping Benteke is a huge coup for Villa, with the Belgium international establishing himself as one of the Barclays Premier League's most feared strikers in his first season at the club. Signed from Genk last summer, he scored 19 Premier League goals to help keep the Midlands club in the top flight.


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This Sunday marks your last chance to see the small installation of Kuba Textiles on view in our modern art galleries. The varied patterns are beautiful, and installed in the modern galleries it's easy to draw connections from these textiles to the twentieth-century European art which they influenced.
The critics are weighing in on David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy and they like what they see. It's on view along with a bevy of other exhibitions.
On Saturday and Sunday we have a pair of free lectures, so drop in on the Brown Auditorium while you're here for some stimulating talks. Saturday, author April Dammann will discuss her new book, Exhibitionist, a biography of Earl Stendahl, founder of the now 100-year-old Stendahl Galleries. Damman will talk about this colorful impresario and his impact on art collecting in Los Angeles. The talk will be followed by a book signing.
Sunday, UC Santa Barbara professor Miriam Wattles will talk about the legendary Japanese painter Hanabusa Itcho (1652–1724). Itcho was banished from Edo for more than a decade and became a symbol for the "artist-rebel."
Later that evening the Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra will perform music of the Italian Baroque for our free Sundays Live concert series.
Finally, a heads up for a special event happening on Monday: Lari Pittman and MOCA curator Paul Schimmel will be in the Art Catalogues bookstore to discuss Pittman's art and career on the occasion of his new monograph.
Scott Tennent