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If the standard boot-from-CD install method doesn't work for you
(or you just don't like it),
help is now here. This document serves to
provide a repository of alternative Gentoo Linux installation techniques
to those who need them.
Or, if you prefer, it serves as
a place to put your wacky installation methods. If you have an
installation method that you yourself find useful, or you have devised an
amusing way of installing Gentoo, please don't hesitate to write something
up and
Download Smart BootManager
Either compile the package from source or just grab the binary. There are several options that can be utilized while creating your boot floppy, as seen below.
sbminst [-t theme] [-d drv] [-b backup_file] [-u backup_file] -t theme select the theme to be used, in which the theme could be: us = English theme de = German theme hu = Hungarian theme zh = Chinese theme ru = Russian theme cz = Czech theme es = Spanish theme fr = French theme pt = Portuguese theme -d drv set the drive that you want to install Smart BootManager on; for Linux: /dev/fd0 is the first floppy driver, /dev/hda is the first IDE harddisk driver. /dev/sda is the first SCSI harddisk driver. for DOS: 0 is the first floppy drive 128 is the first hard drive; -c disable CD-ROM booting feature; -b backup_file backup the data that will be overwritten for future uninstallation; -u backup_file uninstall Smart BootManager, should be used alone; -y do not ask any question or warning.
# sbminst -t us -d /dev/fd0
Now simply place the floppy in the floppy drive of the computer you'd like to boot the LiveCD on, as well as placing the LiveCD in the CD-ROM and boot the computer.
You'll be greeted with the Smart BootManager dialog. Select your CD-ROM and press ENTER to boot the LiveCD. Once booted proceed with the standard installation instructions.
Further information on Smart BootManager may be found at
Booting from the
Boot from the Knoppix CD. It generally does a really good job of hardware detection. Although, you may have to add some boot options.
By default Knoppix boots into a KDE 3.0 desktop. The first thing I did was open a konsole and typed
Next, I su to root and typed
I then typed
# mount -o bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc # mount -o bind /dev /mnt/gentoo/dev
Burn a LiveCD iso.
Get the latest portage snapshot from
You'll also need a package list for the stage packages. Place the following dl-list.sh script on the same medium as the portage snapshot, you'll need it later.
#!/bin/bash # set your defaults here: user_defs() { # portage directory (without a trailing "/"): portage_dir="/usr/portage" # default download mirror (without a trailing "/"): gentoo_mirror="http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" # default sourceforge mirror (unc, telia, belnet): sourceforge_mirror="unc" # fix gnu mirror entries gnu_url="ftp:\/\/ftp.gnu.org\/pub\/gnu" } #------------------------------------------------------------ # function to remove temporary files cleanup() { rm -f $temp_file_1 $temp_file_2 exit $1 } # set user defaults user_defs # set the complete url for the sourceforge mirror # (the \'s are needed because this goes in a sed command) sourceforge_mirror_complete="http:\/\/$sourceforge_mirror.dl.sourceforge.net\/sourceforge" # initialize counters num_files=0 num_alt_urls=0 total_size=0 # initialize lists (arrays) declare -a def_urls_arr declare -a alt_urls_arr # create 2 temporary files temp_file_1=`mktemp -t dl-list.XXXXXX` || cleanup 1 temp_file_2=`mktemp -t dl-list.XXXXXX` || cleanup 1 # run "emerge -p <args>" (too easy to forget the "-p" in the command line...) emerge -p $@ > $temp_file_1 || cleanup 1 # remove the lines that do not contain the word "ebuild" sed -n -e '/ebuild/p' $temp_file_1 > $temp_file_2 # count how many lines were left num_ebuilds=`wc -l $temp_file_2 | sed -e 's/\(.*\) \(.*\)/\1/'` # extract the useful information from those lines: category, package and version #sed -e 's:\(.*\) \(.*\)/\(.*\)-\([0-9].*\) \(.*\) \(.*\):\2 \3 \4:' $temp_file_2 > $temp_file_1 sed -e 's:\(.*\) \(.*\)/\(.*\)-\([0-9].*\):\2 \3 \4:' $temp_file_2 > $temp_file_1 # display starting message :) echo -n "Generating list " >&2 # process each package in turn while read category package version rest do # form the name of the digest file digest_file="$portage_dir/$category/$package/files/digest-$package-$version" # process the contents of the digest file while read md5_flag md5_sum file_name file_size do # form the default url to download the file def_urls_arr[$num_files]="$gentoo_mirror/distfiles/$file_name" # increment the file counter num_files=$(($num_files + 1)) # update the size accumulator (in kilobytes) total_size=$(($total_size + $file_size / 1024)) done < $digest_file # form the "ebuild depend" command line ebuild_depend_cmd="ebuild $portage_dir/$category/$package/$package-${version}.ebuild depend" # execute the "ebuild depend" command $ebuild_depend_cmd || cleanup 1 # form the name of the dependency file dependency_file="/var/cache/edb/dep/$category/$package-$version" # read in the 4th line from the dependency file, # which contains the official download urls alt_urls=`head -n 4 $dependency_file | tail -n 1` # ignore empty url list if [ -n "$alt_urls" ] then # split the urls list into $1..$N set $alt_urls # process each url in turn for i in $@ do # remove the (use)? strings from the url list alt_url_tmp=`echo "$i" | sed -e '/\?$/d'` # remove the "mirror://gnome" urls alt_url_tmp=`echo "$alt_url_tmp" | sed -e '/^mirror:\/\/gnome/d'` # remove the "mirror://kde" urls alt_url_tmp=`echo "$alt_url_tmp" | sed -e '/^mirror:\/\/kde/d'` # remove the "mirror://gentoo" urls (already included) alt_url_tmp=`echo "$alt_url_tmp" | sed -e '/^mirror:\/\/gentoo/d'` # translate the "mirror://sourceforge" urls into valid urls alt_url_tmp=`echo "$alt_url_tmp" | sed -e "s/mirror:\/\/sourceforge/$sourceforge_mirror_complete/"` # translate the "mirror://gnu" urls into valid urls alt_url_tmp=`echo "$alt_url_tmp" | sed -e "s/mirror:\/\/gnu/$gnu_url/"` # ignore empty urls if [ -n "$alt_url_tmp" ] then # add the url to the list alt_urls_arr[$num_alt_urls]=$alt_url_tmp # increment the alternate url counter num_alt_urls=$(($num_alt_urls + 1)) fi done fi # a progress bar :) echo -n "." >&2 done < $temp_file_1 # display ending message :) echo " done." >&2 # display default urls list for i in ${def_urls_arr[@]}; do echo $i; done | sort # display alternate urls list for i in ${alt_urls_arr[@]}; do echo $i; done | sort # display totals echo "Totals:" $num_ebuilds "ebuilds," $num_files "files," $num_files "default urls," \n $num_alt_urls "alternate urls," "${total_size}Kb." <&2 # remove temporary files and exit cleanup 0
Follow all instructions of Gentoo Install Doc up to
On the new console (F2) continue with the Install Doc up to running the bootstrap.sh script.
Go back to the first console (Alt-F1, without chroot) and mount a second CD on
# umount /mnt/cdrom # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/mnt/cdrom2 # mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/gentoo/mnt/cdrom2 # cp /mnt/gentoo/mnt/cdrom2/portage-$date.tar.bz2 /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage # cp /mnt/gentoo/mnt/cdrom2/dl-list.sh /mnt/gentoo/usr/sbin # cd /mnt/gentoo/usr/portage # tar xvjpf portage-$date.tar.bz2 # chmod +x /mnt/gentoo/usr/sbin/dl-list.sh
Switch back to the F2 console. Now if you try to run bootstrap.sh it will fail because it won't be able to download any files. We will fetch these files somewhere else and put them in /usr/portage/distfiles (on F2 console).
You need a list of Stage1 packages: glibc, baselayout, texinfo, gettext, zlib, binutils, gcc, ncurses plus their dependencies.
Now use the dl-list.sh script to generate the package list that you need. Then copy the subsequent list to a floppy.
# dl-list.sh glibc baselayout texinfo gettext zlib binutils gcc ncurses > stage1.list # mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # cp /mnt/gentoo/stage1.list /mnt/floppy # umount /mnt/floppy
Take the floppy to the computer that has fast access and feed this list to wget:
# wget -N -i stage1.list
Once you have obtained all the files, take them to the computer and copy them to
The requirements for a netboot install are a host computer than can
provide a tftp server and a computer
that can netboot itself via either bios or a floppy drive used to boot GRUB
or another network bootloader. A dhcp server might also be necessary. Of
course, you will also need the latest build ISO, which can be found at
In order to load images off the network, the first thing a netboot machine
must do is obtain an IP address. There are multiple ways of obtaining
an IP address, and any
one of them will do. Personally, I prefer to use GRUB for everything, but if
your computer supports booting from a network already then grub might not
be necessary, even if it might be easier to just use GRUB's
Once your computer has obtained an IP address, the next logical step is to find out what you are going to be booting and where it might be held. Once again, it would be easiest to do this with GRUB commands as opposed to setting up a bootp or dhcp server. You will also need to specify how to obtain an initrd and tell the kernel that it will be using this as it's root filesystem.
With your kernel loaded and root filesystem mounted, you may proceed with installation as normal. The build image could be loaded from a cd, or it can be downloaded from the network via tftp.
To use GRUB for network booting purposes, you must first have GRUB
compiled with support for your network card. It doesn't matter if you install
to floppy, or to the hard drive of the computer you wish to install Gentoo
on. If your install target already has GRUB with network support installed,
then you are one step ahead. GRUB can be downloaded from
A configure example for enabling tulip support, the network card in my box:
# ./configure --enable-tulip --prefix=/usr # make && make install
If you are currently in Gentoo and wish to install GRUB using Gentoo tools, then you need to install step by step in order to configure in support for your network card. An example for using ebuild to install GRUB with tulip support:
# ebuild /usr/portage/sys-apps/grub/grub-0.91.ebuild clean fetch unpack # cd /var/tmp/portage/grub-0.91/work/grub-0.91/ # ./configure --prefix=/usr --sbindir=/sbin --mandir=/usr/share/man \ > --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-tulip # make # touch /var/tmp/portage/grub-0.91/.compiled # cd /usr/portage/ # ebuild sys-apps/grub/grub-0.91.ebuild install merge
Now that we have the GRUB shell itself installed, we need to install to
a boot sector. Although you could install GRUB to the boot sector of your
install computer's hard drive, here we will assume that you are installing
GRUB on a boot floppy. There are two ways of doing this. You can use the GRUB
shell itself, or you can use a provided script called
# mkfs.ext2 /dev/fd0 # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/ # grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/floppy/ '(fd0)' # umount /mnt/floppy/
# mkfs.ext2 /dev/fd0 # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/ # mkdir -p /mnt/floppy/boot/grub/ # cp -v /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/* /mnt/floppy/boot/grub/ # grub grub> root (fd0) grub> setup (fd0) grub> quit # umount /mnt/floppy/
Now that we have a bootable GRUB floppy, we need to set up the host tftp server
(I suggest netkit's tftp server)
for loading our kernel and initrd. If you use inetd then you will need
a line in your
tftp dgram udp wait nobody /usr/sbin/tcpd in.tftpd
To install the netkit tftp server under Gentoo Linux, emerge net-misc/netkit-tftp
Now that we have our tftp server ready, we need a kernel and a root initrd to put in it. You can compile a custom kernel yourself, but make sure it has all the things necessary for running Gentoo (like devfs) and for netbooting (like initrd support). The root initrd will be the rescue.gz included in the Gentoo ISO.
# mkdir /tftpboot # mount -o loop /path/to/gentoo-ix86-1.1a.iso /mnt/cdrom/ # cp /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/kernel /mnt/cdrom/isolinux/rescue.gz /tftpboot # chmod 644 /tftpboot/* # umount /mnt/cdrom/
Boot the machine you want to install to with your incredibly useful grub floppy. Once booted you need to specify a way for the machine to get its IP address, specify where to get a kernel and it's options, and where to get it's initrd.
grub> ifconfig --address=
ip.add.re.ss--server= ip.add.re.ssgrub> root (nd) grub> kernel /tftpboot/kernel devfs=nomount vga=normal load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=24000 root=/dev/ram0 rw (all on one line)grub> initrd /tftpboot/rescue.gz grub> boot
Now that you have your machine booted, you can install as normal. Refer to the from source cd install howto.
You will need a network card on the diskless client that uses the PXE protocol to boot, like many 3com cards. You will also need a BIOS that supports booting from PXE.
Create directories: The first thing to do is to create the directories where your diskless system will be stored. Create a directory called
# mkdir /diskless # mkdir /diskless/eta # mkdir /diskless/eta/boot
DHCP and TFTP setup: The client will get boot informations using DHCP and download all the required files using TFTP. Just emerge DHCP and configure it for your basic needs. Then, add the following on
option option-150 code 150 = text ; host eta { hardware ethernet 00:00:00:00:00:00; fixed-address
ip.add.re.ss; option option-150 "/eta/boot/grub.lst"; filename "/eta/boot/pxegrub"; }
For TFTP, emerge
INTFTPD_PATH="/diskless" INTFTPD_USER="nobody" INTFTPD_OPTS="-u ${INTFTPD_USER} -l -vvvvvv -p -c -s ${INTFTPD_PATH}"
Setup GRUB: To provide PXE booting I use GRUB. You have to compile it by yourself to enable the PXE image compilation ... but that's quite easy. First, get the latest version of the GRUB source code (
# tar zxvf grub-0.92.tar.gz # cd grub-0.92 # ./configure --help
In the options you will see a list of supported network interface drivers. Select the driver compatible with your card. Herein referenced a $nic# ./configure --enable-diskless --enable-$nic # make # cd stage2 # cp pxegrub /diskless/eta/boot/pxegrub # nano -w /diskless/eta/boot/grub.lst
default 0 timeout 30 title=Diskless Gentoo root (nd) kernel /eta/bzImage ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=
ip.add.re.ss:/diskless/eta For the nfsroot option, the IP address is the one of the server and the directory is the one where your diskless client files are located (on the server).
Setup NFS: NFS is quite easy to configure. The only thing you have to do is to add a line on the
# nano -w /etc/exports NFS file systems being exported. See exports(5). /diskless/eta eta(rw,sync,no_root_squash)
Update your hosts: One important thing to do now is to modify your
127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.10 eta.example.com eta 192.168.1.20 sigma.example.com sigma
Reboot the server on a Gentoo LiveCD. Follow the standard install procedure as explained in the Gentoo Install Howto BUT with the following differences. When you mount the file system, do the following (where hdaX is the partition where you created the /diskless directory). You do not need to mount any other partitions as all of the files will reside in the
# mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
Stage tarballs and chroot: This example uses a stage3 tarball. Mount
# cd /mnt/gentoo/diskless/eta/ # tar -xvjpf /mnt/cdrom/gentoo/stage3-*.tar.bz2 # mount -t proc /proc /mnt/gentoo/diskless/eta/proc # cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/gentoo/diskless/eta/etc/resolv.conf # chroot /mnt/gentoo/diskless/eta/ /bin/bash # env-update # source /etc/profile
Kernel configuration: When you do the
- Your network card device support - Under "Networking options" : [*] TCP/IP networking [*] IP: kernel level autoconfiguration [*] IP: DHCP support [*] IP: BOOTP support - Under "File systems --> Network File Systems" : <*> NFS file system support [*] Provide NFSv3 client support [*] Root file system on NFS
Next configure your diskless client's
# nano -w /etc/fstab /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
Bootloader. Don't install another bootloader because we already have one - pxegrub. Simply finish the install and restart the server. Start the services you'll need to boot the new client: DHCP, TFTPD, and NFS.
# /etc/init.d/dhcp start # /etc/init.d/tftpd start # /etc/init.d/nfs start
For the new client to boot properly, you'll need to configure the bios and the network card to use PXE as the first boot method - before CD-ROM or floppy. For help with this consult your hardware manuals or manufacturers website. The network card should get an IP address using DHCP and download the GRUB PXE image using TFTP. Then, you should see a nice black and white GRUB bootmenu where you will select the kernel to boot and press Enter. If everything is ok the kernel should boot, mount the root filesystem using NFS and provide you with a login prompt. Enjoy.
In order to install Gentoo from your existing Linux distribution you need to have chroot command installed, and have a copy of the Gentoo installation tarball or ISO you want to install. A network connection would be preferable if you want more than what's supplied in your tarball. (by the way, a tarball is just a file ending in .tbz or .tar.gz). The author used RedHat Linux 7.3 as the "host" operating system, but it is not very important. Let's get started!
We will first allocate a partition to Gentoo by resizing our existing Linux partition, mount the partition, untar the tarball that is mounted, chroot inside the psuedo-system and start building. Once the bootstrap process is done, we will do some final configuration on the system so as to make sure it boots, then we are ready to reboot and use Gentoo.
The root partition is the filesystem mounted under
# mount /dev/hdb2 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hdb2 4.0G 1.9G 2.4G 82% / none 38M 0 38M 0% /dev/shm
As we can see, the partition mounted as
Parted is an utility supplied by the GNU foundation, an old and respectable huge project whose software you are using in this very moment. There is one tool, however, that is extremely useful for us at the moment. It's called parted, partition editor and we can get it from
Look up on that page the type of filesystem you want to resize and see if parted
can do it. If not, you're out of luck, you will have to destroy some partition
to make space for Gentoo, and reinstall back. Go ahead by downloading the
software, install it. Here we have a problem. We want to resize our Linux root
partition, therefore we must boot from a floppy disk a minimal linux system and
use previously-compiled parted copied to a diskette in order to resize
Get tomsrtbt boot/root disk (free of charge) from
# mkfs.minix /dev/fd0 480 inodes 1440 blocks Firstdatazone=19 (19) Zonesize=1024 Maxsize=268966912We will now proceed with the build of parted. If it's not already downloaded and untarred, do so now and cd into the corresponding directory. Now run the following set of commands to build the utility and copy it to your floppy disk.
# mkdir /floppy; mount -t minix /dev/fd0 /floppy && export CFLAGS="-O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -static" && ./configure && make && cp parted/parted /floppy && umount /floppy
Congratulations, you are ready to reboot and resize your partition. Do this only after taking a quick look at the parted documentation on the GNU website. The resize should take under 30 minutes for the largest hard-drives, be patient. Reboot your system with the tomsrtbt boot disk (just pop it inside), and once you are logged in, switch the disk in the drive with your utility disk we have created above and type mount /dev/fd0 /floppy to have parted under /floppy. There you go. Run parted and you will be able to resize your partition. Once this lenghty process done, we are ready to have the real fun, by installing Gentoo. Reboot back into your old Linux system for now. Drive you wish to operate on is the drive containing the partition we want to resize. For example, if we want to resize /dev/hda3, the drive is /dev/hda
# mount /dev/fd0 /floppy # cd /floppy; ./parted [drive you wish to operate on] (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/hdb: 0.000-9787.148 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.031 2953.125 primary ntfs 3 2953.125 3133.265 primary linux-swap 2 3133.266 5633.085 primary ext3 4 5633.086 9787.148 extended 5 5633.117 6633.210 logical 6 6633.242 9787.148 logical ext3 (parted) help resize resize MINOR START END resize filesystem on partition MINOR MINOR is the partition number used by Linux. On msdos disk labels, the primary partitions number from 1-4, and logical partitions are 5 onwards. START and END are in megabytes (parted) resize 2 3133.266 4000.000
Once you have resized, boot back into your old linux as described. Then go to
# env -i chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash


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Candidate presented by: Dr. Thomas H. Wenzel
Dr. John E. Breen is an acclaimed civil engineer and educator who has influenced the principal design and construction standards for concrete bridges and buildings nationally and internationally. He is the Nasser I. Al-Rashid Chair in Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has served as a member of the faculty since 1959. He has been active in the development of new and innovative reinforced and prestressed concrete bridge and building systems.
His research has garnered recognition and awards from organizations such as the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Concrete Institute, the Prestressed Concrete Institute, the American Segmental Bridge Institute, and the International Federation for Prestressed Concrete. He received the 2003 Bridge Engineering Research Award from the Bridge Engineering Association, which cited him for his excellence in structural concrete research, column design, reinforcement development, general structural integrity, segmental bridge design, corrosion protection, and bridge aesthetics.
He is a member of a committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers which sets the design loads for buildings, and is also a member and past chair of the American Concrete Institute Building Code Committee for Structural Concrete. This committee develops the design and construction rules for all concrete buildings in the United States and in many foreign countries. Dr. Breen is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the nation's highest honor for engineering professionals.
He was chosen by the University of Texas at Austin Graduate Engineering Council to receive their Faculty Appreciation Award in 2003, an award which recognizes a faculty member who has fostered the well-being and professional development of engineering graduate students. In receiving this award, Dr. Breen commented, "I am aware of the extreme demands made on graduate students and want each one that I come into contact with to know that I respect their opinion and welcome their visiting my office. The students keep me young."
He earned his bachelors degree from Marquette University in 1953 and went on to earn his master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.
Because of his many contributions to civil engineering
and because of his remarkable skills as an educator of future engineers,
Reverend President,
I hereby recommend John E. Breen for the Marquette Degree of Doctor
of Science, honoris causa.

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text: On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 12:22:12PM -0600, Randall Jouett wrote: > With all kidding aside, I can see how (in some applications) > check-point files are and absolute necessity. My only beef > with the situation is that a large amount of time is being > spent doing IO on a "maybe." I do, however, see how they > can be useful. Most people don't waste large amount of time. What they do is compare the average loss of computation due to a failure with the loss of computation due to the extra I/O. Example: My machine fails on average every 24 hours. It takes me 1 hour to checkpoint. Therefore if I checkpoint every 8 hours, the average loss from a failure is 4 hours, and I spent 3 hours doing I/O. That's an ASCI-class example; most small clusters only need a few minutes to checkpoint and have a failure every month. -- greg


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Calm before the storm
The Alps are reached with a fairly straight forward run through the ruggedly beautiful Drôme region to Gap. The overall contenders will be happy to save themselves for three much-tougher days to come, which all but guarantees a break going early and staying clear all the way to the finish. The road rises steadily all the way until the main difficulty of the day, the 2nd-category Col de Manse. At almost 10km, this climb is long enough to split the lead group. The drop from it into the finish takes in the Rochette descent where Joseba Beloki memorably came to grief in 2003.
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Highest point: 1,268m
Category: Medium mountains
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text: Wheat Breeding Advances January 6, 2013 08:29 PM Tweet Wheat breeding should advance now that the wheat genome can be deciphered in smaller, more workable segments. © Nature TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ben Potter AgWeb Social Media and Innovation Editor Email Researchers tackle the tough wheat genome Wheat truly feeds our world. It accounts for 20% of the calories we consume, and 35% of the Earth's population depends on it for their very survival. Yet the crop has remained relatively elusive to scientists, partially due to its complexity at the genetic level. The wheat genome has about 17 billion paired DNA bases, which makes it even more complex than the human genome. Because around 80% of the genome contains repetitive sequences, it has been difficult to interpret readouts and determine whether a particular sequence is unique. However, a recent breakthrough has allowed an international team of scientists to complete a "shotgun sequencing," breaking up the wheat genome into smaller, more workable segments. Shahryar Kianian, professor of plant sciences at North Dakota State University and one of the collaborators, says the project has been in progress for several years. Generating the necessary information was a fast, relatively inexpensive process, he says—but assembling and arranging this information required quite a bit of brainpower and computer processing. "Essentially, we put together the world's largest jigsaw puzzle," he says. Why go through all the trouble? Researchers hope the study will lead to multiple positive outcomes. For example, the sequencing project greatly multiplied the number of genetic markers for plant breeders to use, Kianian says. They could be used to more effectively breed and adapt wheat to parts of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa to improve drought tolerance, or create varieties that are more resistant to disease. "Fifteen years ago, we had about a thousand markers," Kianian says. "This breakthrough put us in the millions. Now, if you are targeting UG-99 resistance, for instance, you can transfer genes more easily and more cleanly." Not there yet. There is still much work to be done. Bikram Gill, distinguished professor of plant pathology and director of the Wheat Genetics Resource Center (WGRC) at Kansas State University, says the next step is to develop a "gold standard sequence" for wheat. Scientists will anchor the complete sequence to a genetic map of agronomic traits important to the wheat industry. Researchers at WGRC and elsewhere are also studying wheat's polyploid properties, which could lead to breakthroughs in other food crops such as cabbage and broccoli. "Polyploidy is both a curse and a blessing," Gill explains. "It provided the evolutionary novelty that made wheat the world's most important crop, but at the same time it made the genome more complex and a hard nut to crack." For now, the gene sequencing of wheat has allowed researchers to identify, categorize and record individual genes and gene cluster locations. Gill considers it a rough map, but loaded with points of interest for future studies. Like his collaborators, Gill says his focus is still on the true prize—the gold standard sequencing. "With funding from the USDA and the National Science Foundation, center scientists have made sequenceready physical maps," he says. "But lack of funding is hurting the U.S. effort for gold standard sequencing of the wheat genome." Top Wheat Producing States in 2011 (millions of bushels) 1 Kansas 276.5 2 North Dakota 199.9 3 Montana 175.0 4 Washington 167.9 5 Idaho 116.0 6 South Dakota 104.8 7 Colorado 81.8 8 Oregon 74.5 9 Minnesota 70.5 10 Oklahoma 70.4 You can e-mail Ben Potter at email@example.com. Back to news


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We scheduled the interview with Zoran and Tatsiana for the next day after they won the Amateur Latin competition at UK Open 2010 in Bournemouth,
England. We did not recognise Zoran at first when they arrived - he looks so different off the dancing floor. They are the Croatian national champions,
IDSF Grand Slam winners from 2009 and finalists of the European and World championships. See their
results page and photos in our galleries.
[Zoran and Tatsiana] Thank You!
[Zoran] I am Slovenian and have Slovenian and Croatian Passport and Tatsiana is Byelorussian and has Byelorussian and Slovenian Passport and we dance for Croatia. We dance for Croatia for 2 years. We live in Llujbiana, Slovenia.
[Tatsiana] I started when my mother and my father were dancing so it was decided I would dance for sure so I could not walk properly but it was decided I would dance. I started when I was 6 and danced my first competition when I was 7. I was born in Minsk, Byelorussia and when I was 20 I was dancing with a Byelorussian boy and we were quite successful in our country and then Zoran invited me to Slovenia.
[Zoran] I started when I was 9 a little bit later than her. It's actually quite a funny story because in the beginning I never thought I would be a dancer. When I was 5 or 6 years old I started to play tennis. I was really serious and everything was about the tennis. Then after 3 years I became sick and I did not continue with the tennis and just at this moment dancing was just starting in Slovenia. I don't know how come but suddenly the dancing became really, really popular and everybody went to dance. The other thing is that it was really, really cheap in our money it was like now 1 or 2 Euro for a course of 8 lessons. So I tried. There were so many people going to dancing for the first time and they picked some people and they gave an envelope to say you were picked to be a dancer and if you would like to join us please come. One year after that I started to compete in Juveniles.
[Zoran] I have to say I had quite a successful career. In Junior I, I think this is 12/13 years, I won Junior Blackpool in Ballroom and was 3rd or 4th in Latin. In 15/16 years I won International Ballroom and was 2nd in Latin. At Blackpool I was 2nd in Ballroom 3rd in Latin. Then as Youth I was World Champion at 10 Dance and 4th in Ballroom World Championship. Then when I was 20 Tatsiana and I began to dance together and then our career started.
[Zoran] This maybe Tatsiana should tell you
[Tatsiana] I was at a competition in Hradec Kralove (Czech Rep) dancing with my previous partner. I remember this competition so well there was something so special about it , It was my first International Open Competition and I had very nice new dress and I just put the new tan and everything was going so good. It was the first time we reached the final and we were 4th. There were 3 judges and I still remember their names, Hubert De Maesschalck from Belgium, Branko Bohak from Slovenia and Jerry Abrate from Italy who were looking at me all the time during the competition and they marked me 1st. I was saying "Oh that was the best competition of my life". And it was a very good beginning. I was also dancing ballroom at this time and the next day it was the ballroom competition and one couple hit me with the elbow on the head and it was the finish of the comp for me so it was very nice and also sad because of the end of the competition. But from the beginning to the end there was something so very special about this competition. So after 2 months....
[Zoran] No, no, it was one month. It was one month after
[Tatsiana] But it was 2 months before I received it. After 2 months we have a competition in Minsk and the wife of the President comes to me and puts in my hand a small piece of paper and says "I have something for you" and she disappears. I am thinking what is wrong here what this piece of paper is. So l looked at it and it was a fax from Slovenia and it said "Please can you help us to find the address of Tatsiana Lahvinovich". Because I had never thought that I could be like some people who go to dance for another country. I was never thinking about this because I was quite happy with my life in Minsk I was already teaching in the school. I had my students my couples. I am thinking, Oh my God. Even when I had this paper I thought "I don't know maybe I lost something and the Slovenian has found it" so I sent a reply "This is me" and in 5 minutes I get this long letter saying: "we have this Zoran Plohl here" and all his results.
When I was reading this we had never competed against each other. My partner was older so I was competing in different age group and this was the age when you moved from one to the other quite fast. So we had never met. At first I did not believe it and I thought "No it's not possible, the World Champion. We better check if it is true". And it was true. They said "We really want you to try to dance together if you are interested please answer to us". I still could not believe that this was happening so I wrote back one sentence "Yes I am interested" (laughing). Again I received a long letter with all the conditions and all the plans, everything. After this things happened very fast. as there were competitions and for all these Soviet Countries you needed Visa. My partner and I we planned to go to Copenhagen Open and I needed to give my passport to get the Visa. So then I had to explain to my partner that I wanted to go to Slovenia and so we cancelled the competition and he said to me that he understood and he would do the same in my place.
[Zoran] You did not tell them the most interesting thing which was that we never saw each other.
[Tatsiana] Yes we never saw each other, it was the teachers
[Zoran] My teachers said to me there is girl with which you should dance and I said OK I trust you, because I trust my teachers all the time. I really thought that's it because at this time there were a lot of propositions of girls that I should try but I never wanted any of these I only wanted to dance with her. And it was not really a try out because she arrived with all her stuff.
[Tatsiana] Yes. Because they were writing the plans and the date of the competitions. What I liked most was they wrote in three weeks we have Slovenian National Championships
[Zoran] So we will dance
[Tatsiana] They write in half a year it will be European 10 Dance Championships
[Zoran] So I did not know what she looks like and I go the airport with my family
[Tatsiana] 20 years old
[Zoran] So I am waiting at the airport and I am looking for some sign, some bag with a name or something because I did not know what she looked like at all and she did not know what I look like.
[Tatsiana] At this time they did not have telephones like today.
[Zoran] So one girls comes out the airport and my father says (excitedly) "That's it. That's her" and I say "No, it's not" and he says "That's it go, go, go" and I say "No, no, no that's not her" then straight after this girl there comes girl through the door like this ... (at this point we were treated to the sight of Zoran (much amusement) bent over staggering backwards and miming the pulling on the strap of some heavy object)... pulling a huge bag, a huge bag. This small girl and this huge bag and I say "That's her" and my father (despair) "Oh no!" and I say "Yes that's her, look, it's a Choice bag, that's a dancers bag so thats her" and I go to her and say "Hello, Tatsiana" and she says "Tanya" and I was thinking, OK, it does not matter, let's go.
So we get to the car and I was thinking for 5 minutes while we are going in the car "Did I take the right one" (more amusement). So we sit in the car
[Tatsiana] (softly speaking under Zoran) he told me all this later! In my country Tatsiana is the full name and Tanya the short one but in Slovenia they are two separate names totally different.
[Zoran] For me it was strange when I say "Tatsiana" and she says "Tanya". Oh my God. So now I must check if it's the right girl so I say "So which do you like better Ballroom or Latin" and she says "Latin" and I think that's OK. I will take her now. So after we get to Slovenia because we picked her up in Vienna we get home and have dinner. Half an hour after we have the dinner Tatsiana says "Come on, we go" it is after 8.00 o'clock at night and I say "Where do we go?", and she says "We go to train, to try" so OK we go. We come to the hall and we try maybe one minute I say "Yes" and Tatsiana says "Yes".
[Tatsiana] We just put our heads together and we move a little bit.
[Zoran] It is not like today where it is maybe one week, one month, it was just one minute. Then we practise and after 3 weeks dance Slovenian National Championships and we were 3rd. And this was good because we were Amateurs and Skufca was 1st and Krajcer 2nd. So it was really top couples and this was very good for us.
[Zoran] Year 2000, 10 years ago.
[Tatsiana] Then same year we danced European 10 Dance Championship and we were 4th. Everything was moving fast. Very, very fast.
[Zoran] And this is funny and strange because I had many very good propositions and also at this time there were problems with the money and I never saw her. But I said I think I want to dance with her and when we try then I knew I was right. You just feel it and this is the best.
[Tatsiana] It's difficult. It's different... I remember very well my first National Championship and I remember in the car driving home and I was thinking "Oh my God, I must be the happiest person in the world because it was so great". That was the first one and the second one for me was the World Championship in Hungary 2005
[Zoran] Yes, of course but 2006
[Tatsiana] Again we were 3rd. I remember standing on the podium and I was thinking "but you can't handle it you are so filled with happiness". Then of course last Blackpool. Because Steffano was in the competition and we did not worry about the result at all. We said we could not think about the results. We will make the final and that's it. We had such a strong wish to enjoy this final because it's a great experience and somehow the whole competition everything was perfect and when they call us 2nd and Zoran was running on the floor and parents and everything and I can't believe it's happening.
Then of course yesterday it was so good standing on the floor and I liked very much how Len Armstrong said to us "Now nobody can take it from you. Now you are dance history as winner of UK". Afterwards when I was talking with my Mum on the phone I said "Can you imagine even in 100 years it is still my name that is shown winning this competition". You really feel proud that after all these hours of work and sacrifices you are rewarded.
[Zoran] We did this before, we did this a lot. Like all people we checked this and checked that but in time you understand that it doesn't matter. What matters is how you dance and what result you get. You cannot influence anything. The only thing you can influence are the dancing and your performance and this is what we do we are the dancers. Now for the last 2 years we never check it. The people around, they check it and tell us. Before who was judging panel was really important but now not so and especially this last Blackpool gave us a good lesson.
[Tatsiana] If you are really good it does not matter who is judging you will get the result.
[Zoran] It depends on you. They will reward you, if you show that you are good, that you improved, you are really occupied with our art, with the dancing. People will reward you and that's a nice thing.
[Tatsiana] At the International yes we know that if one mark in jive was different we would win the competition
[Zoran] Yes it was 3 2 in the dances against us with Alex and in the jive there was that one mark which if it changed we would win the competition. It is very true what you say. I think we are all very different at the moment.
[Tatsiana] Especially the first three couples
[Zoran] One judge likes this and another one likes something else, so it is what they prefer, but in the end it is close.
[Tatsiana] It was because I used his words. Just yesterday when we were sitting in the changing room he was so quiet and I said to him "Are you happy?" and he said "I feel so good I feel so rewarded for all the sacrifices I made in my life", so this was why I looked at him I used his words. Actually though I think that all dancers all couples make a lot of sacrifices.
If you talk to some normal person who is not involved with the dancing they just do not understand how we can live like this. For example now we will be away from home for nearly one month because you always need to travel. From here we go to Paris, from Paris we go to Gotteborg, from Gotteborg we go to Pforzheim. Some people think that it is interesting and it's exciting.
[Zoran] (breaking in) Not if you do it for 20 years.
[Tatsiana] But it's very difficult. You never get opportunities to just relax at home
[Tatsiana] It is much better now; we travel less than we did. Two or three years ago somebody was counting and we beat the record. We danced the most competitions of all the couples but now we try to be more clever with planning
[Zoran] I think we started to understand that if you dance so many competitions the quality of your dancing suffers. You lose the inspiration you lose the freshness. It becomes more mechanical more competitive and sporty
[Tatsiana] You want to improve yourself and don't have time
[Zoran] And this is not the way. We tried to cancel as much as possible and instead practise as much as we can. We want to dance the big competitions and at these competitions produce good work and do the best that we can
[Tatsiana] To come back to your question. I never have a problem with time changes because I always feel so tired from practise and everything so it is a case that if I can sleep OK I sleep now. But for Zoran it is not good.
[Zoran] I always have a problem. I can never sleep
[Tatsiana] When the World Championship was in Melbourne Australia we knew that Zoran would have this problem so we travelled 5 days before and after 4 days he was OK and we danced the competition.
[Zoran] You know this was in previous years and we had this idea it was good. And maybe we were too good and you feel you have a responsibility to say yes. That is one thing and then the second we wanted to do competitions for our own promotion but then you have all the Grand Slams plus all the International Open competitions because it is very important for us to get the points for IDSF Rankings, then World Cups, European cups
[Tatsiana] But we also felt that we must be very supportive
[Zoran] We were dancing almost every week and we did not recognise it until we said Oh this is too much let us do less. When we danced very week we felt very good because you really stay in shape dancing a 5 round competition every week. So the good thing is that you always stay in good shape but the bad thing as I said you lose the freshness, you lose the interesting qualities that make good dancing.
[Tatsiana] No. No.
[Zoran] I think our world is a different world. We do not know the real world. We live in the dancers world and however you turn it and talk about sacrifices I think it is a beautiful world.. All these competitions, all these nice people, we do not see or feel the reality of the outside world. I do not think anyone from the dancing world can complain and we all have to enjoy the beautiful world we have.
[Tatsiana] Fo me it was always very clear, this is my thing. This is my life. From the very beginning I know that I want to do this,
[Zoran] Sometimes you think oh I feel so bad, so poor, I feel so tired but overall you do it
[Zoran] OK, this I have to say. Tatsiana can't speak about this. (Very firmly spoken but with humour) I have a partner, now how do I say this I have to find a nice word, not organised. Bossy, very bossy (laughter) so if I don't do so many hours of practise believe me I think she would hang me!
[Zoran] Oh, my God. Usually if we do not do at least 5 or 6 hours she says we are not practising enough. She says what are we doing? Come on lets go lets practise.
[Tatsiana] People go to work and the dancing is our work
[Zoran] There was one time we were practising like crazy and I could not walk anymore and she says "We go to practise" and I say "where" (shocked tone) now it is the evening and she says "We go to Semley".
[Tatsiana] We were in London.
[Zoran] I say No I cannot do this, I cannot walk any more she says "No we go to practise" and I say "No, I cannot" then she pushed and pulled me up and I say "Listen I am only a Slovenian I can't do it"
[Tatsiana] (in a very plaintive voice) "I am just a Slovenian I cannot do it" (heavy stress on "just" leading to an outbreak of laughter)
[Zoran] It is like Monsters these Russian people. Oh my God there is no stopping, no limit they will go on and on and on.
[Tatsiana] But he went to practise
[Zoran] Yes I went to do it I have no choice I have to do it. Even when I can't walk we have to do it. But really this is a good thing to push yourself to go over the limit and people who do go over the limit are successful.
[Zoran] We used to be but we have not been for a long time now.
[Zoran] Actually we live together and we are the best friends. She knows everything about me and I know everything about her. We live together 24 hours per day. Actually the most difficult thing is if you are together as a couple at the beginning and then you split.
[Tatsiana] Yes, this was quite difficult
[Zoran] This is a very difficult period. Most couples have a big problem here but we went through it very well because we knew most important we were dancing together and we do everything for the dancing.
[Tatsiana] Yes both of us we really want to dance together no matter what problem we have no matter how difficult so we knew we would solve it.
[Zoran] That's why it is so now it is so peaceful, so calming, now we really know where we are.
We always know how it is. There is no problem. Whenever there is a question we know there are Rules. We did not set the rules but there are some rules where we know what and how. We have danced together 10 years so we know each other.
[Zoran] To have something serious is very difficult because we are together all the time, we travel so much, and you really don't have time. We have some friends, but they are friends it cannot be serious. Because if you do have something serious it is not fair to the other person.
[Tatsiana] They are alone, they are at home waiting for you, and you are with your dance partner travelling around the world.
[Zoran] All our "friends" are from the dancing world because I don't see myself with another girl who is not a dancer, everything is different, already how she walks is wrong (laughing)
[Tatsiana] Once he came to me and he said to me "I don't like her nails" (laughs) What?
[Zoran] That's just how it is
[Tatsiana] Even if I watch a movie it is the movement, even how they walk. The movement and the music; I love the music and the connection between the two. The body - how it moves with the music, how it feels. And how it looks. For me this is the most beautiful thing in the world. I love it very much.
[Zoran] For me, and I am very different and to be different can be a good thing, I am a very big child inside and for me dancing is like playing and I want to play all the time. .If I can go to this zone, to this place, so that I can achieve it in competition that I can really play and enjoy it and I am really alone in my world and this is really nice. It's about being you.
[Zoran] We so love the music at Blackpool.
[Tatsiana] OK so I can understand somebody that is listening to the music but they are not at Blackpool saying this but when you are in Blackpool in this atmosphere in this hall I cannot imagine OK I am not a big fan of Blackpool music I don't listen to it when I am at home but when I am in Blackpool I just cannot imagine that they would play different music there. It just fits together, this music, this competition, this place.
[Zoran] I think this is mainly the people the couples who are, shall we say much younger but all of us who are more experienced perhaps already at the top we all just love the Blackpool music, also the Ross Mitchell Orchestra, it's just the music that makes you want to dance. It gives you this "go" so I think its just the young people. In recent years there has been too much disco music that is not connected to our art, to our system. It does not suit at all.
[Tatsiana] It is like when they play Don't cry for me Argentina for Paso Doble I cannot believe, this it is incredible. You cannot dance to this.
[Zoran] I think it is both. First of all if you wish to make it to the top you have to have stamina. You have to be prepared, to make preparations as a sportsman but when you are on the floor and dancing then it is an Art. It cannot be a sport because it is not about how many turns you do, it is not about how high you jump in the air, it is not about how fast you are or how big a step you take. It's about the dynamics, it's about the rhythmical things, it's about the body movement, it's about the partnering, it is all much deeper but we cannot say it is only Art because only Art is the ballet, we have to be prepared as a physical person.
[Tatsiana] Yes, that is not a good comparison.
[Zoran] It's a little bit different they don't need so much stamina. We need more stamina
[Tatsiana] I do not agree, my respect is in ballet
[Zoran] I don't think so.
[Tatsiana] I am thinking more of those people about the dancers that are like in basic. Every person who wants to be a dancer they need to be very fit to be a sporty person. After he can create the art but if you don't have the physical base it's just not possible and it's not going to happen. OK it does not happen that often, but you do see couples and they are dying on the floor. You cannot see it as art because that is not art, you can see them suffering. So the sport is on the base and the art is on the top.
[Zoran] You know we tried many things during the years of our career. We tried to jog. Actually I like to run a lot but it is different muscles which are working and also it's a different stamina and you can still be totally tired on the floor. The best thing is to make finals and dance finals. Especially if you can do 3 or 4 immediately before a big comp or of course dance one or two finals every week.
[Tatsiana] Also, for instance, dance jive 10 times with full energy
[Zoran] It has to be in our way the dancing way. For instance I don't think running or bicycle riding is good, it may be working the muscles and for the shape for the structure of the body but not for the stamina on the floor which is completely different.
[Tatsiana] We also have some extra special exercises for dancers by Shirley Hancock these are for special muscles which dancers use.
[Zoran] All the time have to know which muscles you use, you have to know which muscles to improve so that your body will look in better shape because as we know there is a lot about how your body works how you stand your posture. You cannot win nor have a good result if
your posture is not right. You have to do these repetitions so that the muscle memory becomes stronger.
[Zoran] I think this is the only girl in the world who never has a problem with Stamina. I think I am very fit, very strong and can easily go through the final, but how many times has it happened that I was tired but she is never tired so that's why I have to keep it up.
[Zoran] She has a devil inside!
[Tatsiana]I like it when someone says which Horoscope sign are you and I say I am a Pisces which is fish and Zoran says "No, she is a Piranha". (laughter) Small but dangerous.
[Zoran] Well, first of all we want to win everything that it is possible to win in the Amateurs.
And this result was very good so now it needs to continue. After that we want to go to the Professionals. But it depends how fast it is going to happen. If everything goes perfect this year and we win all the titles straight through then maybe next year Professionals otherwise one more year.
[Zoran and Tatsiana] Slovenia!
[Zoran] We want to have the work in Slovenia, where we live, we want to have a good base in our country but of course we travel a lot and we have a lot of work around so it is no problem but still I want something in my country. This is the base and everything fits around this. We don't want to travel around because something gets lost and you need some security in your own place.
[Zoran] I think the first thing that you need to achieve a good result and it's not just us but all couples including Michael and Joanna because sometimes we practise together and also Riccardo and Yulia, is to be a fanatic about this sport, this art. If you are not a fanatic you cannot make it.
[Tatsiana] If you are not prepared to give everything then it will not happen. It will be the biggest love of your life and you must have faith in yourself and practise and practise
[Zoran] But it is not only about the practise. People don't seem to understand. Sometimes people say "I did everything". Then I say so what did you do. They say "well, this month we practised 4 hours a day" or sometimes they say "I practise every day". "Everything" means you get a plan and you plan "every little thing" and you practise 8 hours a day. Sometimes you don't sleep or sleep only a couple of hours. You have to earn the money and then give it away to put it into you career but sometimes people don't want to do that. They see the money and then they think oh I will buy myself this. It is not about "this".
You have to sacrifice when you work on the stamina because you come to the point and you say "Oh no, I can't any more" and they stop. No sacrifice, which is the most difficult because you have to do everything. Tough. You have to go on you have to go over your maximum to become a better dancer/artist/sportsman. This, I think, is the biggest sacrifice because you have to do every aspect also around the dancing more than normal and in the end you have to keep going.
[Tatsiana] Believe in yourself
[Zoran] Believe in yourself because you will have a lot of going up and down. A few years ago we were 3rd in European and suddenly we are not in the final.
[Tatsiana] No the best example is one years we were 8th In European and one week later we came to Blackpool and we are 86th.
[Zoran] 86th. You are going up and down.
[Tatsiana] Yes it happens sometimes
[Zoran] (with great passion) You still don't give up, you still don't practise less, you don't say it's the judges, the judges are wrong or blame the judges. You don't blame the partner. Most people blame their partner. It's your fault we will split. No! You stay together. Everybody has their bad moments. Believe in yourself and believe in the direction in which you are going. There is only one direction and if you go just a little bit off you will lose time.
Everybody blames the judges this is the normal thing but we cannot go away from it and it makes no point to talk about it. The thing is what you can do.
[Tatsiana] (laughing) This one is very good!
[Zoran] Of course everybody blames the judges and it makes no sense.
[Zoran] Through my career I remember it was really funny, I was small it was Donnie and I had pictures of Donnie all around. Then after it was Bryan I like how Bryan danced but at the moment I think it is about our style, this is me, this is how I dance. Of course you look at the people but it is the case that each person has something special. This one it is this, that one it is that so you have to pick from each one a little bit. You think "Oh yes this I could do"
[Tatsiana] But you must still do it your way.
[Zoran] Yes, it must be your way. At the moment I love how my trainer dances so I always say what's he is doing for me it is always interesting. Really, it changes but in the end it is my way.
[Zoran] You know it's difficult, we tried both. At first, the beginning we had only one or two teachers and its OK but you come to the point where you have to get this other information that you feel and you see. So you need to get what other people don't appreciate what other people don't like so they give you their point of view. So you have to get this point of view but be open minded, open ears you can get all the information. After we get the information from the other people we get some new trainers to help us and give us their information.
[Tatsiana] You should have one or two main teachers or they add to each other or working together so they are like a team
[Zoran] One team so they are following the same line but you need other opinion otherwise you cannot succeed. You cannot stay in the box if you are only with the same people all the time with same opinion you stay in the box. You must get the information from other people so you change and you can improve.
[Zoran] Yes 3 people because 1 is not enough but with 3 you have who helps you a lot and then you get the other opinions
[Tatsiana] I think it is necessary to have both. It's really necessary because it is different and also the female teacher is better for the female because sometimes it is the opposite. I think also the female teacher is good for the partner so, yes, it is necessary.
Thanks to dancesportinfo for these interviews. Sounds like Zoran and Tatsaiana are very dedicated but have great sense of humour
What a wonderful attitude they have.
Good Luck for the future and may they achieve their ambition to win every title. They deserve this.


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Digital Production
The Gnomon Workshop offers the most comprehensive set of Digital Production tutorials anywhere. The broad scope of the tutorials contained in this section range from foundational understanding of the software tools all the way to the professional application of these tools and concepts used by artists working in the film and game industries.
Entertainment Design
The Gnomon Workshop is widely regarded as the global leader in training tutorials for the designer working in the entertainment industry. With tutorials ranging from foundational drawing and design concepts to process tutorials from some of the top concept and character designers in the world, there is surely something here to inspire.
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The Gnomon Workshop offers professional training on most of the software applications used in today's digital pipelines. There are foundational titles to introduce users to the software and tools, as well as advanced production titles that discuss application tools and processes vital to the production of digital assets and media.
Professional Training for Artists
The Gnomon Workshop seeks out the most highly-regarded traditional and digital artists and technicians currently working in the entertainment and design industries. Our instructors have shared their practices working at such top studios as Pixar, ILM, Blizzard, and many more.Instructor GalleriesInstructor Interviews
Nate Stephens has been working as an environment artist in the video game industry for the past 10 years. Through work on many projects Nate has become an expert in all disciplines including modeling, texturing, animation, and lighting. Over his career he has worked for such companies as Sony Santa Monica Studios, Blizzard Entertainment, Swingin' Ape Studios, and Cryptic Studios. Currently as Lead Environment Artist at Sony Santa Monica, Nate works to push the envelope in developing award winning games that raise the bar in terms of graphics and gameplay. Nate has been a driving force on such games as God of War 3, God of War 2, Starcraft Ghost, City of Heroes/City of Villains, and a new exciting unannounced project.
"Nate is an Environment Artist that offers the whole package. He can model, texture, light, and manage a file with the best of them. On top of this he has the a good sense of game design, and how art can augment it. Simply put, Nate rocks. Listen and learn."
"I had the pleasure of Art Directing Nate on God of War 3. He is a very talented Sr. environment artist that has an excellent understanding of how to make professional artwork for games at a very high creative level that is technically sound. There is a lot to learn from Nate's approach to building environments, I highly recommend this tutorial."
"It's not hard to find Nate's 3D levels and scenes in God of War franchise. His massive epic environments that were masterfully modeled and sculpted in Maya has been praised by critics and fans worldwide. I have worked closely with Nate for more than 5 years at Sony. He's truly one of the most experienced and talented 3D environment artists I've met. This tutorial will guide you through how Nate will translate my 2D concepts into 3D game assets. I recommend highly for anyone who wants to take a peek at high-end AAA game production. "
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Customer Reviews
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What You'll Get
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Domino's has been decorating dough canvases with flavorful sauces, an assortment of cheeses, and high-quality toppings that range from classic to unconventional since 1960. Domino's dough is tossed daily and stretched by human hands, not by clumsy catapults and model airplanes flying in opposite directions. Treat friends to a tasteful feast by checking the online menu and crafting a custom masterpizza with Domino's wide range of ingredients.
Famished diners too starved to choose their own toppings can select from Domino's American Legends, featuring signature flavors from across the land. Pizzas like the Pacific Veggie, Honolulu Hawaiian, or Wisconsin 6 Cheese impart all the delicious diversity of a road trip without the hassle of decoding an atlas.
This Groupon is valid for online carryout ordering only, and Domino's has a wacky system to redeem Groupons; after entering an email address on the special Groupon page, customers will be sent a unique website at which to redeem. Once a pizza is ordered, track it using Domino's Pizza Tracker, saving you the trouble of hiring yet another private investigator to shadow your food.
*Although individual locations sometimes feature discounted prices online, this Groupon, when used for its full $20 value, still offers the best deal available for a large pizza from Domino's.
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The Fine Print
Promotional value expires May 19, 2011. Amount paid never expires. Limit 3 per person. Limit 1 per order. Must order online. Must provide email address upon redemption to receive unique PIN and URL; you will not be added to Domino's mailing list. Carryout only. Valid at all US locations except those in Alaska or Hawaii. Not valid with other offers. Tax not included. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About Domino's Pizza
Started as a single restaurant in 1960, Domino's has grown to a multi-national company that operates more than 12,600 restaurants and delivers more than one million pizzas each day. And Groupon Coupons can help you save on everything they serve up with in-store deals and coupon codes.
Domino's is no stranger to innovation, from pioneering insulated bags to keep pizzas hot during delivery to, more recently, allowing customers to order delicious pizzas, sandwiches, and more via text emoji. Speaking of sandwiches, the company has recently branched out beyond pizza to offer pasta, chicken, and more to round out a robust menu.