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Joined: 10 Mar 2010
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Location: Ontario
Posted: Thu 29 Dec 2011, 13:36
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mtPaint 3.40 - Debian package for Lucid
Proper debian versions for Lucid Precise and Tahr are located
Here's the reason I first became interested in
putting together a debian package of mtpaint.
I installed Ubuntu Lucid Lynx on my computer and looked
around for a debian package of mtpaint but all
I could find was version 3.31 .
There must be a reason why people are not upgrading
to a more recent version, but I don't know that reason.
I was able to get mtpaint 3.34.78 to work on Lucid Lynx
as well as Lucid Puppy 528 , but I didn't test printing
which is known to be difficult.
This is the first time that I've made a debian package but
it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
I would be interested in test reports, for instance
can it be used in more recent Ubuntu versions and
Debian linux?
The best feature in this version
of mtpaint is the dock which allows
layers to be used more effectively.
I included the locales for foreign language since
this is the common practice for debian packages.
Warning: Don't try this package on Slacko!
Get a proper pet package. (The reason is
a libtiff alias.)
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Posted: Thu 29 Dec 2011, 16:29
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Warning: Don't try this package on Slacko!
Get a proper pet package. (The reason is
a libtiff alias.)
Just curious. What about
Host: Mariner Kernel: 18.104.22.168 i686 (32 bit)
Desktop Openbox 220.127.116.11 Distro: Lighthouse Pup Linux
Linux 126.96.36.199 [i686 arch]
which is Lighthouse
sh-3.00# cat /etc/puppyversion
which is slackbased also. Just wondering. I have MtPaint 3.31 installed in this. I guess I could look in gslapt. Just asking in case anybody else wonders don570.
Edit, Nope. Gslapt just shows 3.31 as latest in Lighthouse 431
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Location: Ontario
Posted: Thu 29 Dec 2011, 17:44
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I should have mentioned my pet package
By the way , this was compiled using libtiff.so.3
whereas Ubuntu Lucid Lynx requires libtiff.so.4
So I put an link in the package to fool Ubuntu
but Barry Kauler's distributions are confused by the
link I put in the package.
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Posted: Thu 29 Dec 2011, 22:56
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I'm running Racy Puppy 188.8.131.52 from a multisession DVD. Just for fun I tried installing this Debian package. The installer said it worked, and that the Menu entry is in Utility, but when I found it it was in Graphics and nothing happened when I clicked on it. Maybe I needed to reboot to make it work, but I didn't particularly want to save it.
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Posted: Fri 30 Dec 2011, 12:24
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When I asked for people to try this package I meant that
I wanted people to try it on Debian versions of Linux,
such as Ubuntu Maverick etc. I only have Ubuntu Lucid at
home to test on.
The reason why it won't work on most puppies ( even though
it was compiled on Lighthouse 443) is because I put a link
named libtiff.so.3 that links to libtiff.so.4 which
is found in Ubuntu (and Lucid Puppy as well).
This link screws up your Puppy installation if you install it
in such Puppies as Slacko or Racy. Do an uninstall to fix the Puppy.
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Posted: Fri 30 Dec 2011, 15:58
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I know it wasn't for my Puppy, I just wanted to see what happened when I installed a Debian package.
No harm done, as my multisession Puppy runs entirely in RAM and I didn't save to the DVD when I shut down.
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Posts: 5524
Location: Ontario
Posted: Sat 31 Dec 2011, 12:29
Post subject: version 3.40 debin version available from Dimitry
version 3.40 debian version available from Dimitry
Dimitry has just made a debian version of mtpaint
(the first time???) Here's his message.
I made one too. :-)
This was created without using any Debian/Ubuntu specific tools, but
does install and work OK on Ubuntu Natty & Oneiric (not tested on
other versions; linked against libs from Natty).
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Location: near Woof (Germany) :-) - 3 PC's: DELL SX280 750 MB Pentium4, Acer emachines 2 GB AMD64. DELL XPS15
Posted: Fri 13 Jan 2012, 11:59
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is there an account about the new functions implemented in 3.40 somewhere?
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Location: Ontario
Posted: Sat 14 Jan 2012, 16:22
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Dymitry has renamed his manual available at his mtpaint website
to 3.40 so he must have changed something in it. I haven't had
time to read it yet.
Frankly I've only seen a couple of new options.
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Posted: Sat 14 Jan 2012, 16:59
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I looked at the the manual and it has been changed quite a bit.
I need to sit down and read it again.
But arrowheads still aren't explained very well.
December 2011 - Edition 3.40 (by Dmitry Groshev)
Updates to sections 3.2.7, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.8, 3.5.4, 3.5.6, 3.5.7, 4, 4.1, 5.3, 5.6, 6.5, 6.6.5, 7.1, 7.1.1, 9, 9.1, 9.3.3, A.4.1, A.5, A.6.3, A.6.4, A.7.
Rewrite of sections 4.1, A.1.
Sections 2.4.5, 3.3.9, 3.3.10, 5.7, 6.10, 6.10.1 added.
Sections A.1.1, A.1.2 removed.
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Posted: Sat 14 Jan 2012, 17:04
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This is a complete list of everything Dmitry has done
over the past couple of years.
3.40 2011-12-30
* Tagalog translation added by Anjelo delCarmen
* Hungarian translation added by Ur Balazs
* Czech translation updated by Roman Hornik
* German translation updated by B. Clausius
* Italian translation updated by Angelo Gemmi
* Japanese translation updated by Norihiro YONEDA
* Swedish translation updated by Daniel Eriksson
* Spanish translation updated by Adolfo Jayme
* Brazilian Portuguese translation updated by Valter Nazianzeno
* Chinese (Simplified) translation updated by Cecc
* Russian translation updated
* Eliminated flicker when positioning line, polygon side, or gradient in Windows version
* Scrolling made more smooth in Windows version
* Dock area now holds settings toolbar and layers dialog when their windows are closed
* Main toolbar and tools toolbar now rearrange themselves to fit in window
* Preferences window now has scrollbars when screen is too small to display it whole
* The preview button on the colour selectors is now a toggle to enable interactive previews
* Line tool now displays geometry info on the status bar
* Gaussian blur effect now faster by 20-35%
* Image scaling now faster by 10-35%
* "Protect details" toggle added to Kuwahara-Nagao blur
* Image scaling, Gaussian blur, Unsharp mask and Difference of Gaussians effects now use multithreading to utilize all available CPU cores
* Moving the pointer with the arrow keys now scrolls the canvas when moving beyond the viewport
* Dragging selection frame in canvas window, layer in view window, or colour in palette window, beyond the viewport now scrolls the window
* "View->Snap To Tile Grid" restricts the positions of tools to tile grid points - B key toggles on/off
* sRGB colour scale generation added to palette editor
* sRGB gradients added
* Line tool now uses stroke gradient when no gradient placement exists
* "Palette->Pick Gradient" approximates an A->B gradient using colours from current palette (see handbook section 3.3.9)
* New palette sort mode added - Brightness
* "Image->Segment" added : See handbook section 6.10 for details
* Colour chooser popup added - press 'E' to open
* Posterize function in Transform Colour window now has 3 types - Bitwise, Truncated, Rounded
* Toggle to transform RGB clipboard image added to Transform Colour window
* The Convert To Indexed window now remembers the previous settings in that mtPaint session
* Text pasting tools now support multiline text (use Ctrl+Enter to insert line breaks)
* "~/.fonts" directory added to default font paths for FreeType text tool on Linux
* Animated GIF and multipage TIFF files now can be loaded into layers (one frame/page per layer)
* GIF animation file exploding is now done internally in mtPaint, not Gifsicle
* "Explode Frames" can now save frames in any suitable supported file format
* File actions can now specify file format conversion : See handbook section A.7 for details
* Netpbm file formats (PBM/PGM/PPM/PAM) save/load added
* PCX file format save/load added
* SVG file format import added (using librsvg; requires GTK+ 2.4 or later)
* Better support for loading CMYK TIFF files as RGB/RGBA
* ICC colour profiles embedded in PNG, JPEG and TIFF images now can be applied on load (using LittleCMS)
* JPEG2000 file format support now can be compiled with either JasPer or OpenJPEG library
* GIF loader made more tolerant to truncated or malformed GIF files
* PNG and TGA loaders now convert palette-based alpha into an alpha channel
* "Palette->Open" now can extract palette from indexed images in any supported file format
* "Scale Canvas" now has 3 boundary extension modes - Mirror, Tile, Void
* Filename and modified status now part of undo system
* Transparent colour now part of undo system
* Palette sorting, dragging a colour, or removing duplicate colours now do not lose transparent colour
* New keyboard shortcuts added - J for lasso tool, D for line tool, F for flood fill tool
* Toolbar and menu icons are now themeable (Preferences->Paths->Default Theme)
* Command line globbing now possible using -w option, e.g. mtpaint -w "*.jpg"
* Loading default settings from /etc/mtpaint/mtpaintrc is now supported in Windows version
* Name and location of user settings file is now configurable : See handbook section A.6.4 for details
* "Smart grid" and gamma correction are now enabled by default
* "Selective error propagation" for dithering is now at 85% by default
* Drawing and fill tools now are 2-3 times faster
* Support for compiling with libpng 1.4, libjpeg 8a, and zlib 1.2.5 added
* Configure script rewritten, now understands standard variables and options for installation paths and (cross-)compilation settings
* Minimum required GTK+2 version now can be specified as configure option (e.g., "./configure gtk2.8")
* Workaround for bug in GTK+ versions 2.14.0 - 2.14.2, 2.16.0, 2.16.1 added (spin buttons had wrong max values)
* Workaround for unknown problem in GTK+ version 2.24.4 added (program locked up when trying to save a file when layers list is active)
* BUGFIX - Problems with editing large images at high zoom levels are now eliminated
* BUGFIX - Titlebar now displays new image's filename after loading layers file, as it should
* BUGFIX - Layers list now correctly displays selected layer after loading layers file
* BUGFIX - Layers window now correctly displays transparent colour after it has been modified elsewhere
* BUGFIX - Other layers shown on canvas are now redrawn properly when current layer is moved
* BUGFIX - Loading TIFF files with X or Y mirroring doesn't cause crash
* BUGFIX - Planar TIFF files with alpha now load properly
* BUGFIX - Transparency in indexed TGA files is now read properly
* BUGFIX - Failed operations now do not flag image as modified
* BUGFIX - Gradient colours are now properly updated after converting indexed image to RGB
* BUGFIX - Cut operation in gradient mode when no placement exists now draws shapeburst gradient as it should
* BUGFIX - Drawing arrowheads with tablet enabled now works properly
* BUGFIX - Drawing arrowheads now doesn't produce corrupted undo frames
* BUGFIX - Builtin file selector now properly handles manual edits in directory box
* BUGFIX - Problem with FreeType text dialog occasionally hiding behind main window is now eliminated
* BUGFIX - Lists in FreeType text dialog now don't fail to update or scroll
* BUGFIX - FreeType text renderer now can handle PCF bitmap fonts
* BUGFIX - FreeType text renderer now properly handles TTF fonts with embedded bitmaps
* BUGFIX - FreeType text renderer now doesn't mistake some Unicode fonts for non-Unicode
* BUGFIX - ":unscaled" font paths in xorg.conf are now parsed properly
* BUGFIX - Redraw lag when moving a dialog over main window in Windows is now greatly reduced (fixed in GTK+)
* BUGFIX - Ctrl+T key now draws selection outline as it should - keyboard shortcut for text tool is now Shift+T
* BUGFIX - Handbook installed into a path with spaces in it no longer fails to open in nondefault browser on Windows
* BUGFIX - Internationalization no longer fails on Windows when the current directory is not the installation directory
* BUGFIX - Redraw glitches in builtin file selector on Windows are now eliminated
* BUGFIX - Drag 'n' drop of files with non ASCII characters in names now works on Windows
* "Distance to A+B" palette sort mode removed due to utter uselessness
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This project will create a bicycle and pedestrian connection between the large residential areas north of Wedington Drive (Hwy16) and the Meadow Valley Trail with a new bridge over Hamestring Creek.
The City has received many requests for this connection over the years. Currently people in the Wedington Corridor must choose to ride or walk on the unsafe bridge over I-49 or to go north they cross Hamestring creek over a sewer line capped with concrete. During high water this is not an option. This new bridge will create an all-weather trail connection across Hamestring Creek to the Meadow Valley Trail and the Razorback Regional Greenway.
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In Belgium, newspapers don't publish their official season previews until the week before the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad—the official opening day of the Belgian cycling season. I like doing it that way too—it gives a bit of time to get acclimated with the new season before attempting to sort everyone out. So, over the next 4 days, I'll publish my preview of the Top-20 teams of the 2010 season.
I'll start with #20 and count backwards all the way to #1. Come back daily between now and Thursday to see where your favorites fall. Enjoy!
#20 – Bbox
If it not for the heroics of Thomas Voeckler and Pierrick Fedrigo in last year's Tour, this team might not be around this year. Bumped from the Pro Tour after 2009 (although don't put too much stock in that distinction), Jean-René Bernaudeau's team comes into the 2010 season once again hoping for some domestic one-day wins and perhaps a stage or two in the Tour will be enough to keep the Euros flowing to the Vendée region's home team. Still on the strength of their two stars, they make the ranking for 2010—barely.
The bulk of the team's aspirations fall heavily on the shoulders of Voeckler and Fedrigo. Both ride aggressively in June, July, and August—three of the biggest months in French cycling; and both exhibit the kind of spunk that most French fans seem to appreciate nowadays. As for the rest of the team, you'll be hearing Pierre Rolland's name a lot come the Dauphine—he's yet another in a long line of French "Next Big Things". While some are growing inpatient, it should be noted that he's still quite young, so there's time for him to develop.
In the end, it all boils down to wins for BBox—any wins they can muster. Some are wondering if the Pro Tour snub is the beginning of the end for these plucky Frenchmen. They'll spend much of 2010 just trying to fend-off what many consider to be inevitable.
Man of the Hour: Thomas Voeckler's been been a darling of French fans ever since he took the maillot jaune in the 2004 Tour. Luckily for him, he always manages to come through with a big win just as his stock seems to dip. Aside from his Tour stage, Voeckler narrowly missed adding a stage win in the Giro to his palmares when he finished 2nd on Stage 20—maybe this year he goes one better?
On the Hot Seat: General Manager Jean-René Bernaudeau's got to be sweating a bit. Aside from the heroics of his two stars, his team's hard-pressed for wins. He needs to develop some new talent quickly. Voeckler and Fedrigo won't be around forever, and if his team fails to show the consistency it needs to secure long-term deals with major French sponsors, he could be out of a job.
Up-and-Comer: Everyone's talking about Rolland, but I'm eager to see if Steve Chainel can develop into a classics rider following his strong showing in several races toward the end of the cyclocross season. I know, cyclocross isn't always an indicator for classics success, but let's see if Chainel can make the transition from mud to asphalt in time for a top-15 result in the Omloop on Saturday.
Best Pick-up: When was the last time Colnago sponsored a French team? This is clearly a match made in desperation: Colnago must have been desperate for a big-time team—so desperate it went to France; while BBox must have had a tough time finding a domestic sponsor willing to top Colnago's offer. Regardless, look for BBox to be extra-motivated in this year's Giro, hoping to honor Ernesto's patronage with a stage win.
Biggest Departure: Sadly, few riders left BBox following 2009, a testament as to just how dire the situation truly is.
#19 – Ag2r
If it weren't their brown shorts and several days in yellow during last year's Tour, would you have even known this team existed? They won five races! Were it not for Nocentini's July exploits, Vincent Lavenu's boys might not have even lived to see another year. (Is there an echo in here?)
But this year's off to a promising start. Nocentini claims he wants to win Paris-Nice; he appears to be on his way to the form necessary to do so following a 2nd place on Mont Faron in the Med Tour and a stage win in the Tour de Haut Var. Paris-Nice is another event entirely; but if Nocentini can come close, perhaps winning a stage along the way, it will go a long way to ensuring this team's place in the peloton for perhaps another year or two—perhaps easing some pressure come July.
Overall, Nocentini's a good representative of the type of rider most likely to find success for this team: cunning, punchy, and aggressive when necessary. This is a team that does best when it takes advantage of opportunities presented by others teams trying to dictate the outcome of a race. Case in point: Cyril Dessel. Dessel's not the type of rider to initiate a race-winning breakaway; but he is just strong enough to hang on for dear life, and perhaps accelerate away for the win at the moment you least expect it. Did you know that Tadej Valjavec has had two top-10 overall finishes in Grand Tours since 2008?
Man of the Hour: Tough to say there is one as any number of Ag2r's riders could lead the team in wins this season. Of them all, Nocentini seems the most primed for success—at least at this point in time. He could pull some wins in minor stage races, and when in form is an outside contender for a race like Fleche Wallone.
On the Hot Seat: Everyone is on the hot seat. Like many French teams, no roster spot is safe on a team in need of a few quality wins each year to guarantee the renewals of it sponsorship agreements. In particular, Vladimir Efemkin hopes to return to his form from 2008, a year when he finished 11th in the Tour. He needs a solid 2010 to prove the result wasn't a flash in the pan.
Up-and-Comer: Nicholas Roche turned heads in last year's Tour with several high finishes. He's a talented rider with all-round abilities. Ag2r's hoping 2010 will be the year he gets his first big win. He and Garmin's Daniel Martin are the future of Irish cycling.
Best Pick-up: You have to love someone with the last name "Champion". Dimitri Champion scored the sweetest kind of revenge when he won the French National Road Race Championship for the low-budget Bretagne-Armor Lux team the year after getting dropped by BBox. He also won the 1.1 Tour Finistére and last year's Etape du Tour, which finished atop Mont Ventoux. He's been seen often at the front of races so far this season—here's hoping he has what it takes to score a few wins while wearing his national colors.
Biggest Loss: See BBox.
#18 – La Francaise des Jeux
What a start for Marc Madiot's men in white and blue! If they continue this streak, I'll soon be looking pretty foolish for ranking them so low.
Or will I? Yes, they've won a few races so far this season, and yes, they have some talent (including a rider who finished 10th in last year's Tour de France). But come June, will wins in the Med Tour and Haut Var still look all that impressive? Don't get me wrong though, there are some terrific pieces here, including many riders capable of taking wins. But which wins and how many is another story.
FDJ hasn't had a bona fide star since Baden Cooke. Sure, Sandy Casar's a terrific rider on his day, an opportunist known for his dramatic Tour stage wins. And yes, Frederic Guesdon won Paris-Roubaix—in 1997. Anthony Geslin won a semi-classic in 2009 and Yauheni Hutarovich has already won several races this season—but something still seems missing.
Like so many of the French teams, FDJ's strategy seems to involve throwing everything against the wall and seeing what sticks—hardly the way to run a successful program. In the end, success is quite possible for one of the longest-running teams in the sport. But when and from which riders is anyone's guess. This team needs a true leader, someone the others can ride for, confident in the knowledge that if they do their jobs, he'll do his. Until they find a truly talented and dynamic lead rider, their destined to pick through everyone else's scraps.
Man of the Hour: Christophe Le Mevel stunned many with his top-10 finish in last year's Tour de France. He's started-off 2010 on the right foot, winning the second stage and the overall title at this past weekend's difficult Tour du Haut Var. If he keeps his form, together with Casar and Remi DiGregorio, FDJ might have some hope for success in their first major domestic engagement of 2010: Paris-Nice.
On the Hot Seat: And speaking of Remi DiGregorio, when will we see him capitalize on all the potential everyone thought they saw him indicate in the Dauphiné a few years ago? He's still just 24, but the home fans—and pundits—are growing impatient. Hopefully he'll continue to display the aggressive riding he showed in the Med.
Up-and-Comer: It's not all gloom and doom for France though. 2009 was a banner year for French U23 riders, culminating in Roman Sicard's World Championship win in Mendrisio. Lost in all the excitement over Sicard was young Thibaut Pinot, the winner of the difficult Val d'Aosta stage race in Italy. In Pinot, Marc Madiot might have made his best signing in years—if this young climber comes close to meeting the expectations of those who have seen him ride.
Best Pick-up: Considering there are only 3 newcomers to the roster, signing Pinot has to be the best of this year's off-season haul for FDJ.
Biggest Departure: Again, not many teams are lining-up to steal riders away from French teams right now—at least not at this level.
#17 – Vacansoleil
Vacansoleil is the epitome of a team trying to do more with less. Look at its stars from 2009: Borzic, Hoogerland, and Westra are hardly household names, yet they accounted for more wins than several teams with bigger budgets and more recognizable rosters. In addition to these three, 2010 sees the arrival of France's favorite brothers: the Feillu's. Young Brice endeared himself to many French fans following his fantastic win at Arcalis during the 2009 Tour, while Romain—more of an all-rounder—is a threat in both sprints and from breakaways. Together, they add depth to a squad hoping to steal Skil-Shimano's wild card invitation to this year's Tour.
The meat and potatoes of Vacansoleil's roster come in the form sprinter Borut Borzic and all-rounder Johnny Hoogerland. Borzic won a Grand Tour stage in last year's Vuelta, while Hoogerland finished 12th overall before taking 5th in the Tour of Lombardy. Of the two, Hoogerland has the higher ceiling, as Borzic doesn't seem to fare as well when facing the best of the best. Beyond these two and the Feillu's, there's a solid backbone of strong men able to ride in support of their leaders while making the most of their own chances when opportunities arise. Of these, Bjorn Leukemans remains an outside bet for a one-day win in one of the Belgian semi-classics. (I promise this will be the last year I say that.)
Man of the Hour: Johnny Hoogerland's stock is high following a successful final stretch in 2009. His rides in the Vuelta and the fall classics put him on the radar as a talent to watch in 2010. Now the pressure's on to see if he can raise the bar a little bit higher, perhaps taking a big win or two. Not to be forgotten is Hoogerland's penchant for cobbles—he finished well in several Belgian races last spring. Look for him in Saturday's Omloop.
On the Hot Seat: Assuming the ASO grants Vacansoleil an invitation to the 2010, whichever 9 men make the roster will be under the gun to produce at least one stage win. ASO is a fickle organization, one not too keen on giving hand-outs to non-French squads that don't animate the race. Should Vacansoleil's boys not score on the big stage come July, in 2011 they might find themselves on the outside looking in.
Up-and-Comer: Brice Feillu won the hearts of French housewives everywhere (we really need a new metaphor) when he won Stage 7 in the 2009 Tour. Now he needs to prove he's more than just a flash in the pan. This year, I'd like to see him try for a high overall placing in Paris rather than searching for stage glory. It's a tough choice, as his team will likely be desperate for success; but in terms of this rider's development, a year following wheels in the mountains could reveal much more about his true potential.
Best Addition: For obvious reasons, the Feillu brothers.
Biggest Loss: Some might consider Baden Cooke's departure a big deal, but let's be honest, Borzic's success made him expendable. Cooke's much better off as the latest subject of one of Bjarne Riis' career resurrection projects.
#16 – Euskaltel-Euskadi
With perhaps one or two exceptions, this team's going to live and die on the back of Samuel Sanchez in 2010. A force to be reckoned with in just about any hillier race, Sanchez is more known for the races he's just missed winning (too many to list) than those in which he's actually taken a victory (the Olympics). Big wins just don't seem to come easily for the daredevil Spaniard.
Looking over the rest of Euskaltel's roster, Sanchez can take heart in knowing he'll have no competition for the leadership of his team. Look for him to begin making his mark possibly as soon as Paris-Nice, but certainly no later than the Vuelta Pais Vasco in April. From there, the Ardennes Classics will be next on the agenda before a possible ride in the Tour. All in all, if Sanchez doesn't start winning some monuments soon, he could be Spain's version of Michael Boogerd—an extremely talented rider known more for being a bridesmaid than a bride.
Man of the Hour: Without a doubt, Samuel Sanchez.
On the Hot Seat: Sanchez—there's no one else to share the load.
Up-and-Comer: Romain Sicard won the World U23 Road Race title for France, and then promptly signed with a Spanish team. Remember though, he's Basque, and riding for Euskaltel is like a kid from North Jersey playing for the New York Yankees. Sicard's an exciting talent, and Euskaltel's quickly thrown him in at the deep end, obviously trying to get him top-level experience as quickly as possible. I can't wait to see what he can do!
Best Pick-up: Sicard.
Biggest Loss: Euskaltel's biggest loss in 2010 actually occurred in 2009 when Mikel Astarloza tested positive following his Tour stage win. Astarloza's departure will be missed as he was a strong rider—but the damage to Euskaltel's reputation could prove much more detrimental to an already fragile team.
And that's it for Part 1 of Pavé's 2010 Season Preview. Come back tomorrow for teams 15 through 11 in our Pre-Season Top-20.
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A rush of vertigo, pleasurable but a little scary, descends around the middle of the second act of "Jersey Boys," the shrink-wrapped musical biography of the pop group the Four Seasons, which opened last night at the August Wilson Theater. This dizziness arrives during the kind of big showbiz moment (category: The Comeback) that anyone familiar with backstage back stories knows all too well.
Our superstar hero -- in this case, the singer Frankie Valli, played by a genuine star-in-the-making named John Lloyd Young -- has already scrambled from the mean streets of his youth to the heights of Top-40 glory and started the long, scraping slide downward. But there's this one song, see, that he knows can push him back into the big time, and no one will play it on the radio. So he takes his song straight to the people, and by golly, when he's finished performing it, the crowd goes wild. I'm talking about the real, mostly middle-aged crowd at the August Wilson Theater, who seem to have forgotten what year it is or how old they are or, most important, that John Lloyd Young is not Frankie Valli.
That song, by the way, is "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You," an after-shave-soaked lounge ballad that was a hit in 1967 and is not a personal favorite of mine. But that's not the point. Nor is the point that Mr. Young -- who has been doing a swell imitation of Mr. Valli's trademark nasal crooning throughout this "Behind the Music"-style concoction, directed with more efficiency than originality by Des McAnuff -- has again delivered a spot-on evocation of a voice that continues to dominate golden oldie stations.
No, the real thrill, at least for those who want something more than recycled chart toppers and a story line poured from a can, is that Mr. Young has crossed the line from exact impersonation into something more compelling. It's that sort of melting from perfect wax effigy into imperfect flesh that Philip Seymour Hoffman achieves in the title role of the current movie "Capote."
Inhaling the cheers of the crowd, Mr. Young as Mr. Valli glistens with that mix of tears and sweat, of humility and omnipotence, that signal that a hungry performer's need for approval has been more than met. And everything that has led up to that curtain call feels, for just a second, as real and vivid as the sting of your hands clapping together.
It would be, to borrow a phrase from the aforementioned song, just too good to be true that the rest of "Jersey Boys" should achieve this level of conviction. Shaped by the scriptwriters Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice as a cross between "Dreamgirls" (the Motown heartbreak-of-success musical) and Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas" (the Mafia kneecap-break-of-success movie), the plot follows a much-traveled stretch of highway with few illuminating detours.
But in a year in which one pop-songbook show after another has thudded and died, "Jersey Boys" passes as silver instead of as the chrome-plated jukebox that it is. Unlike the recent Broadway flops "Good Vibrations" (the Beach Boys show), "All Shook Up" (the Elvis show) and "Lennon" (you figure it out), "Jersey Boys" has the advantage of featuring singers that actually sound like the singers they are portraying and a technology-enhanced band that approximates the original sound of their music.
The show's straightforward biographical approach is a relief after the hagiography of "Lennon" and the clunky fantasy story lines, inspired by the perversely inimitable "Mamma Mia!" (the Abba show), of "Good Vibrations" and "All Shook Up." Mr. Brickman (who collaborated with Woody Allen on the screenplays for "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan") and Mr. Elice provide some likably sassy dialogue as they chart the evolution of their main characters from street kids in the urban wastelands of New Jersey to pop gods enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Mr. McAnuff, who won a Tony for repackaging rock for Broadway in "The Who's Tommy" in 1993, lends clarity and crispness to a shifting narrative that lets the different Seasons tell their own sides of their story. They are, in addition to Mr. Valli, Tommy DeVito (Christian Hoff), the group's bad-boy organizer; Bob Gaudio (Daniel Reichard), the genius songwriter; and Nick Massi (J. Robert Spencer), the self-described Ringo (as in Starr) of the bunch. If none of these actors matches the white-hot sincerity of Mr. Young, they are all appealing. And no one overdoes his allotted shtick.
But while "Jersey Boys" is based on fact, it rarely leaps over the clichés of a regulation grit-to-glamour blueprint. (There is at least a clever, expectation-thwarting opening scene, with the Seasons standard "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" sung by a funky French pop group.) Only in the second act, when the group is breaking up, does the show integrate the songs in a way that excitingly enhances and furthers the plot. And the Roy Lichtenstein-style projections (by Michael Clark) that signal time and scene changes in Klara Zieglerova's standard-issue industrial set feel inappropriately arch.
But ultimately what's demanded by the baby-boomer theatergoers that "Jersey Boys" seems destined to attract is a mimetically precise rendering of songs like "Big Girls Don't Cry," "Rag Doll" and "Walk Like a Man," composed by Mr. Gaudio with lyrics by Bob Crewe (portrayed here as a gay diva of a record producer by Peter Gregus). Because the show uses mood-setting standards by other artists in its first quarter, you can feel the audience getting restless, waiting for "the real thing."
But once the Four Seasons classics are rolled out, every other pair of shoulders in the house starts a-twitchin'. With their three-part-harmony behind Mr. Valli's hearty falsetto, the group's songs remain exasperatingly infectious. And as choreographed by Sergio Trujillo, Messrs. Young, Hoff, Reichard and Spencer come as close to simulating the originals as any pop impersonators on Broadway since "Beatlemania."
The chief source of fresh air, though, is Mr. Young, who mutates from hopeful teenaged schlemiel to regretful falling idol with a spontaneity that never fades. When this Frankie Valli sings, you sense him channeling all the messy, happy, angry feelings of his life without straying from the required official voice. Like Mr. Valli, Mr. Young has a quirky authenticity that can't be faked or learned. His intense belief in his character shimmers like sunlight amid the fluorescence of "Jersey Boys."
Jersey Boys
Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice; music by Bob Gaudio; lyrics by Bob Crewe, based on the story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Directed by Des McAnuff; music direction, vocal arrangements and incidental music, Ron Melrose; choreography by Sergio Trujillo; sets by Klara Zieglerova; costumes by Jess Goldstein; lighting by Howell Binkley; sound by Steve Canyon Kennedy; projection design, Michael Clark; wig and hair design, Charles LaPointe; fight director, Steve Rankin; production stage manager, Richard Hester; orchestrations, Steve Orich; music coordinator, John Miller; technical supervisor, Peter Fulbright; company manager, Sandra Carlson; associate producers, Lauren Mitchell and Rhoda Mayerson; executive producer, Sally Campbell Morse. Presented by Dodger Theatricals, Joseph J. Grano, Pelican Group, Tamara and Kevin Kinsella, in association with Latitude Link, Rick Steiner/Osher/Staton/Bell/Mayerson Group.At the August Wilson Theater, 245 West 52nd Street; (212) 239-6200. Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes.
WITH: John Lloyd Young (Frankie Valli), Christian Hoff (Tommy DeVito), Daniel Reichard (Bob Gaudio), J. Robert Spencer (Nick Massi), Peter Gregus (Bob Crewe and others), Mark Lotito (Gyp DeCarlo and others), Tituss Burgess (Hal Miller and others), Steve Gouveia (Hank Majewski and others), Donnie Kehr (Norm Waxman and others), Michael Longoria (Joey and others), Jennifer Naimo (Mary Delgado and others), Erica Piccininni (Lorraine and others) and Sara Schmidt (Francine and others).


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Heil! Heil! Gen. Museveni-- Uganda's Porfirio Diaz?
Ugandans are sitting on an active volcano that could erupt any time as the 28 year dictatorship disintegrates.
Those who are living in comfort at home and abroad do not want to be bothered. They have told us to leave them or their regions alone as though they live in a world of their own completely detached from everything and everyone else. They have told us many times that we should let sleeping dogs lie. Our fear is that should these dogs wake up and are hungry they may tear us apart.
Thankfully, there are many Ugandans – and the number is increasing – who share our concerns and have encouraged us to continue the work we are doing in civic education. It is hoped that those in denial will soon realize that Uganda is about to catch fire and will join with us to save it. Those of us guided by patriotic principles and long term development trajectory will resist an appeasement approach that contributed to the Second World War and provide information truthfully to enable Ugandans take an informed decision. We are fully aware of the political costs involved. Saving Uganda for present and future generations is more important than pursuing a short-term political goal.
What we see happening in Uganda is similar to what happened in Mexico prior to the 1910 revolution and the subsequent ten year destructive civil war. You will see some similarities with Uganda which could help us to take preventive measures and avert a catastrophe.
Mexico under autocrat José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori who was president for over 30 years was largely an agrarian society poorly integrated economically and socially like Uganda is today. Two percent owned land in Mexico. In Uganda land ownership is increasingly concentrated in a few hands. Most rural Mexicans were illiterate as most Ugandans are today. Landlessness and non-agricultural activities created a working class that was exploited but open to new ideas. In Uganda landlessness and unemployment of youth have created a class of unhappy citizens increasingly listening to new ideas.
In 1910 Mexico had been ruled by one man Diaz for over 30 years and his wealthy cronies. Uganda has been ruled for close to thirty years by one man Museveni and his cronies. Diaz became a ruler who encouraged economic growth without distributing the benefits equitably. Museveni has also encouraged economic growth without distributing the benefits equitably. As estate farming spread in Mexico to produce for export markets, many Native Americans lost all their land except what was under their houses. In Uganda peasants are losing their land at a frightening rate except what is under their houses.
Mexico's ability to feed itself declined as it has in Uganda with some thirty percent of Ugandans going to bed hungry every night. Export-oriented enterprises in Mexico failed to create enough jobs to employ the landless as is happening in Uganda.
With increasing political repression Diaz became even more unpopular. He imprisoned his political opponent and declared himself winner of an eighth presidential term.
Frustration reached a breaking point and forces with different interests came together for the sole purpose of overthrowing the Diaz regime. Diaz fled to France where he died four years later in 1915.
The revolution was followed by a destructive ten year civil war. These forces were led by Francisco Madero a believer in political democracy; Pancho Villa a leader of peasants and workers from the northern region of landlessness and foreign-owned export business and Emiliano Zapata from the southern region where the spread of export-oriented estate agriculture had destroyed native American communities.
In Uganda patriotic forces are coming together and hopefully will change Museveni regime without a revolution.
That is the lesson that should be drawn from the Mexican revolution.
Kashambuzi is Secretary General, United Democratic Ugandans
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Total TimePrep: 15 min. + standing Cook: 25 min.
Makes1 dozen
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon shortening
- 1/3 cup warm water
- Oil for deep-fat frying
- Honey, optional
- Confectioners' sugar, optional
- In a large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Gradually add water, tossing with a fork until a loose ball forms (dough will be crumbly).
- On a lightly floured surface, knead the dough for 3 minutes or until smooth. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes. Roll out into a 12x10-in. rectangle. Cut into 12 squares with a knife or cut into 12 circles using a round biscuit cutter.
- In a deep-fat fryer, heat 2 in. oil to 375°. Fry sopaipillas for 1-2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels; keep warm. If desired, serve with honey and/or dust with confectioners' sugar.
Nutrition Facts1 sopaipilla: 57 calories, 2g fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 109mg sodium, 8g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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flavorful, easy to make. prefer without the sweeteners, goes well with spicy foods such as mexican or indian.
Oct 16, 2013
Terrible. Just flavorless crackers. Nothing like what the photo portrays as the end result. Even the honey didn't help.
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One of the best Sopaipillas recipes I have tried in years - will make again
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Very tasty, and so much fun to make!
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I wasn't to pleased with these. The dough was tough to roll out and when i deep fried them they didn't rise...Nothing like the photo, Very Disappointing :(
Apr 30, 2013
The secret to frying sopapillas is this--when you drop them into the fat, they will rise to the surface. Using a cooking spoon or fork, push them back under the surface a second time. They will puff up when you do this, into delightful little pillows. Don't use too shallow a pan. They will turn themselves over if the fat is deep enough and hot enough. Try them with chocolate sauce and add a little cinnamon. Yummy.
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Easy and delicious, they turned out great!
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So good with a spoonful of honey


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I just returned from Monterey California where once again librarians gathered from all over the country to discuss the latest in technology that affects our work and our world.
As in most years, there were a couple of hot topics that seemed to dominate the convention. This year, the topics were e-books and Google (and other search engine issues)
E-books have been a hot topic at the HUC-JIR library too. We've been exploring the many challenges of adding e-books to our collection. The number of options is rather mind-boggling. I'm very curious if and how our readers read e-books. Do you read them at the your computer? download to a reader? or a tablet? Buy from a bookstore? Checkout from your public library? Do you read fiction or non-fiction in a e-book? is it a different experience? Enquiring librarians want to know!
But what I really learned the most about is news about Google; some fun, some scary.
Beginning with the fun stuff. Google has a new feature called ngrams. They taken their massive collection of digitized books and indexed many of the words over time. You can map how word usage has changed over time. For example, this graph shows how mentions of Jews, Hebrews, and Israelites have appeared in literature from 1800-2000.
Another interesting feature is public data You can access many different sets of data about population, retail, health, energy, economy, etc. and create charts and graphs to save and export.
Now onto the scary. Big Brother is not only watching you, he is selling data about you to many buyers. Many different companies (including Google and Amazon) track your online activity; what you search, where you click. One way to find out who is tracking you is by looking atwww.Ghostery.com The business model for google is that you are the product that they sell to advertisers.
This not only affects the advertising that appears on the sidebars, but your actual search results. Google remembers your search habits and delivers results based on that history. So if you and a dozen of your friends do the exact same search, you will get very different results. And probably, the first 100 or so results will have be sophisticated spam pushed to the top by companies that specialize in SEO (search engine optimization) companies.
Some options for "cleaner" tracking free searching are: DuckDuckgo,Scroogle, or Blekko.
I'm hoping to be able to implement some of the other tips and tricks I learned into the library website.


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This lesson pairs Ernest Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain" with Raymond Carver's "Little Things" to guide students to an understanding of the characteristics of minimalist fiction. When asked to think about the reasons behind the popularity of minimalism, students begin to appreciate how literature develops and learn to see it as a reflection of the culture.
Students read both stories, generate a list of characteristics of each, and compare them using a Venn diagram. After reading background information about Carver and his role as an early minimalist writer, students read additional Carver stories and develop a list of the characteristics of minimalist writing. They then apply the list to Hemingway's "Cat in the Rain" and compare the plot, setting, conflict, and themes of Hemingway's story with Carver's "Little Things." Next, students explore the roots of minimalism and write in the minimalist style, an activity that encourages clear, concise prose.
Basic Qualities of Minimalist Fiction: This handout lists the basic characteristics of minimalist fiction.
Venn Diagram: Students can use this online tool to compare any two items, including short stories.
[Raymond] Carver is widely seen as the writer who introduced the minimalist style to American fiction in the 1970s. In doing so, he, like Hemingway decades before, influenced an entire generation of young writers-a group of whom, Jay McInerney among them, became known as the literary Brat Pack. Their very contemporary and very minimalist stories filled the pages of the best magazines and journals in the United States in the early 1980s-and so began a renaissance of the short story. . . .Carver greatly admired Hemingway's writing and saw it as an influence on his own work. He called "Cat in the Rain" "one of my favorite stories by Ernest Hemingway" (Pope and McElhinny 17), so I like to offer my students the story as we begin reading Carver and other early minimalists, in order to remind them that literature develops from the writing that came before it.
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Further Reading
Rubenstein, Susanne. 2005. Raymond Carver in the Classroom "A Small, Good Thing." Urbana, IL: NCTE.


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There are some Young Adult genre books written for teens which appeal to adults as well, such as Hunger Games and The Book Thief. 'The Fault in our Stars' is beautifully written and touched me deeply. Written with a great deal of humour and panache, Green takes a difficult subject and makes it not only easy to read, but unforgettable and wise. Although it is an edgy love story about two teenagers with terminal cancer, it is also honest and real about how to live life in any circumstances, in a way that only a book about death can be.
Augustus and Hazel meet at a Cancer Kid Support Group. Some members of the group are survivors and some are dying of cancer…but wait, let me rephrase that….living with cancer. That is an important distinction in this book. It's about living because the reality is that we are all going to die. The focus is on living as normal a life as possible in the meantime, something which is so important to those struggling with illness.
John Green has written two other books for young adults and I am looking forward to enjoying his writing again. I'm also curious to test-drive his books on the teenage reading group that I lead, to see if young adults are as impressed with his writing as adults are!


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TED-X Boca Raton: Innovation, Reinventing Yourself – Oct 12 @ Carole and Barry Kaye Auditorium at FAU
Oct 12 @ 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm
6:00 pm
Ticket Status – Tickets are now on sale! – Use this early registration code to receive 20% off all tickets: SPRINGPROMO1 Day-of-Event Details – The Registration Desk opens at 4:00 PM on Friday, October 12. The first talk starts promptly[...]
Joint CIO-SIM Event "Creating a Competitive Advantage with Blockchain" – Tuesday, Nov 13 @ Nova Southeastern University
Nov 13 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
5:30 pm
Invitation Only Event: Kindly scroll down to Complete the 'Apply for tickets' form. Creating Competitive Advantage with Blockchain: Spotlight on the Aviation Industry. Is your company leading your industry's Blockchain platform? Or will your company be[...]
CIO Track at ITPalooza – Dec 13 @ Fort Lauderdale Convention Center
Dec 13 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
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7th Annual CIO Track at ITPalooza You are invited to join the CIO Council of South Florida for the 7th Annual CIO Track at ITPalooza Incorporating the CIO-VIP Lunch and Keynote plus the VIP Dinner.[...]
13th Annual, 2019 State of the CIO – March 13 @ Signature Grand
Mar 13 @ 7:30 am – 12:30 pm
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Welcome to the 13th Annual State of the CIO Wednesday, March 13, 2018. The Signature Grand, Davie In Support of the CIO Council Scholarship Fund Tickets and sponsorships available – https://ciocouncilsouthflorida.org/scio Sponsorship opportunities starting at just[...]
CIO Council Advisory Board Meeting @ Private
Jun 13 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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SIM: Digital Transformation Dinner Part 2 "Robotic Process Automation with a side of Machine Learning" @ Carl DeSantis Building Room 3000
Jun 19 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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Click here to register You are cordially invited to join SIM South Florida, for Part 2 of our 'Digital Transformation Dinner' Series featuring a keynote speaker and our panel of industry experts. Gartner refers to[...]
1st Annual CIO-CTO Industry Networking Event and Panel @ Hard Rock Stadium
Jun 20 @ 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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The CIO Council, in partnership with The Miami Dolphins office of the CIO, is proud to present the 1st Annual CIO-CTO Industry Networking Event and Panel, to be held at the Hard Rock Stadium June[...]
12th Annual, 2019 CIO Golf Outing – Sep 20 @ Jacaranda Golf Course
Sep 20 @ 7:30 am – 1:30 pm
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Oct 10 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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Enjoy a cocktail reception and hors d'oeuvres with carving stations followed by an awards program with tasty desserts. Meet the CIO finalists and winners and watch as we countdown the fastest-growing tech companies.
SIM South Florida 2019 Leadership Conference @ NSU's College of Engineering and Computing Carl DeSantis Building
Oct 16 @ 8:00 am – 1:30 pm
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Invitation-only CIO Roundtable "The Art of Being Found" with Korn Ferry @ By Invitation Only
Oct 29 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
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8th Annual CIO Track at ITPalooza 2019 @ Fort Lauderdale-Broward County Convention center
Dec 5 @ 10:00 pm – Dec 6 @ 5:00 pm
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Jun 24 @ 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm
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Google will beef up security in the next release of its Chrome browser (version 25) by encrypting all search queries sent from the software. Currently, only queries sent by searchers logged into a Google account are encrypted by Chrome.
Starting with the next version of Chrome, now in the development and beta channel, searches by anyone will be encrypted using the Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Google Software Engineer Adam Langley explained in The Chromium Blog.
When a browser is using SSL to encrypt information from a browser to a website, a green padlock appears beside the Web address in the address box. Google calls that box the "omnibox" because it does double duty as both a place to insert URLs and type in search terms.
"Serving content over SSL provides users with a more secure and private search experience," Langley said in his blog. "It helps ensure that malicious actors who might intercept people's Internet traffic can't see their queries."
Recently, however, SSL has come under criticism by some in the security community. They say that it has become too easy for Internet bandits to forge the certificates used to encrypt and decrypt data sent between a browser and a website. With such certificates, miscreants can perform "man in the middle" attacks that allow them to compromise the connection between a browser and a website.
According to Langley, Chrome users shouldn't experience any noticeable changes in their browsing experience because of the new feature, other than a speed boost in obtaining search results because of Google's use of the SPDY protocol in the software.
Encryption spreads
Although Google started encrypting search queries for Chrome users signed in to their Google accounts in October 2011, it isn't until now that it decided to extend the practice to all the browser's users whether they're logged into Google or not.
Mozilla enabled encryption for Google searches performed through its Firefox browser in July 2012. Apple followed suit by enabling search query encryption in its Safari browser in September 2012.
While Google didn't explain why it has taken so long to implement general search encryption for Chrome, concern over the impact of the move on marketers may have been a consideration.
Encrypted search prevents a marketer from gathering information from a website about searches performed there. Now about 39 percent of all Google searches are affected by encrypted search, but that number is expected to increase, especially with the expansion of encrypted search in the next version of Chrome.
This story, "Google expands encryption protection in Chrome browser" was originally published by TechHive.


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Police searching for man
Police in New Berlin are searching for a man they believe robbed a Goodwill store Wednesday night.
Officer Daniel Hanlon said a man walked into the store around 9:30 p.m., displayed a silver semiautomatic handgun and demanded money from employees.
Hanlon said the man then tied up two female and locked them in an office before exiting the north side of the building.
Police said a second person may be involved, as store employees said the man was talking to someone on a handheld radio during the robbery.
The man left the store with an unknown amount of cash, and no one was injured.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in his 20s or 30s and between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet tall. Witnesses said he had a medium build and was wearing dark clothing and a dark-colored ski mask
Goodwill said the women are fine and even stopped by the store Thursday.
"The fact that they're safe, and they were able to manage (their way) through the process together as a team, I'm very grateful for that," Goodwill Director of Stores Skip Dexter said.
The store is evaluating security procedures.
Anyone with information is asked to call New Berlin police at 262-782-6640.


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Jeremy Hellickson has won the American League's Gold Glove Award for pitchers. He is actually a co-recipient, tying Jake Peavy of the White Sox.
Gotta admit. This one is a bit of head scratcher. I am not saying Hellickson isn't a good defensive pitcher. But I have never thought of Hellickson as a great defender and I don't recall ever being wowed by something he did with the glove.
He did only allow seven stolen bases all season. But he had just one pickoff.
Then again, it's hard to take the Gold Gloves seriously considering their track record. This is the same award that was given to Rafael Palmeiro in a season in which he played 28 games at first base.


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Grizzled veterans that are what the top of the leaderboard of the 93rd PGA Championship is missing, with one exception.
At 47, Scott Verplank has never won a major championship, but in a career that started in 1992 on the PGA Tour, Verplank has won five times and had his chances down the stretch in majors, but maybe his best chance was here at Atlanta Athletic Club in 2001.
"I played a really good last round and I think I finished about sixth or seventh," Verplank said of his final round 67 when he finished seventh. "But it was huge, because I got picked for The Ryder Cup that night, and obviously I knew that Sunday was a huge round; that if I played good, my chances went up, and I had never been on a Ryder Cup and they had never picked a rookie. So I went out and played very well on that Sunday."
Of course the Ryder Cup is next year, so Verplank is only playing to win his first major of a career that has been very profitable. With career earning of over $27 million, but no significant wins in that stretch.
With a 2011 season that Verplank could easily forget, with only two top 10s, a runner-up finish at the Shell Houston Open and a 9th at The Heritage, the journeyman is 93rd in the FedEx Cup points list and the PGA Championship is the first major he has played in this year.
The Oklahoma State University graduate didn't even know until two weeks ago he was going to be eligible for the event, benefiting from being in the top 100 in the world rankings.
"I was excited to get to play here, " Verplank said after recording his third round in the 60's. "And you know what, I hope that I can turn back the clock a little bit, and go back to when I was about 21 when I won everything I played in. Maybe that will happen overnight."
Stuart Hall is editor of the Golf Press Association.


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Autism Investigated's first presidential election was this year, so AI decided to have special awards dedicated to the biggest autism stories of the election cycle.
Scientist of the Election: Dr. Andrew Wakefield
He may have been fighting the good fight for decades, but this year Dr. Andrew Wakefield met with our now-president-elect who stood up for vaccine-injured children in the GOP debate. Dr. Wakefield played a crucial role in informing people that Donald Trump was the only candidate who would tackle the autism epidemic:
For me, this is a one-issue election. That is the future of this country invested in its children, and if we have mandatory vaccination in this country, in this state as they have in California, then it's all over. And we will achieve that objective by 2032 of 1 in 2 children with autism. There is one person – whatever else you may think about him – who has expressed the fact that he knows that vaccines cause autism, that vaccine damage is real, and this is an issue that will never in his mind lead to mandatory vaccination either statewide or stateswide. Now I had the privilege of meeting him the other day to discuss this precise issue, and he is on our side. Whatever else you may think, I want you to bear that in mind. I'm not going to tell you how to vote; you are free-thinking Americans. But I will say is that we will not get a second chance. Within two years, I would say, of Hillary Clinton getting in – if she gets in – there will be mandatory adult and child vaccination across the entire country.
Autism Investigated reminded readers of what Dr. Wakefield said every time it live-streamed the presidential debates.
Scoop of the Election: Dr. Wakefield completely exonerated.
Autism Investigated was the first to uncover evidence that put the final nail in the coffin of the UK General Medical Council's findings against Dr. Andrew Wakefield. In the below video at AutismOne's annual conference, he gives credit where credit is due and promised to give "very, very serious consideration" to pursuing the restoration of his medical license.
In a later interview on Canadian radio, he reiterated Autism Investigated's reporting that all the findings against him were overturned four years ago and that had he been given the money to appeal, he would still have his license. When questioned by Autism Investigated about why he still didn't have a medical license despite the overturned findings, the UK's General Medical Council responded that it would consider "any further supporting evidence" Dr. Wakefield provides should he apply for re-licensure.
Quote of the Election: Donald Trump speaks out on vaccine-autism link.
In the September GOP presidential debate, Trump made the following statement that would lead to Autism Investigated's formal endorsement of his presidential campaign:
Autism has become an epidemic. Twenty-five years ago, 35 years ago, you look at the statistics, not even close. It has gotten totally out of control.
I am totally in favor of vaccines. But I want smaller doses over a longer period of time. Because you take a baby in — and I've seen it — and I've seen it, and I had my children taken care of over a long period of time, over a two or three year period of time.
Same exact amount, but you take this little beautiful baby, and you pump — I mean, it looks just like it's meant for a horse, not for a child, and we've had so many instances, people that work for me.
Just the other day, two years old, two and a half years old, a child, a beautiful child went to have the vaccine, and came back, and a week later got a tremendous fever, got very, very sick, now is autistic.
I only say it's not — I'm in favor of vaccines, do them over a longer period of time, same amount.
But just in — in little sections. I think — and I think you're going to have — I think you're going to see a big impact on autism.
Irony of the Election: Barack Obama claims there aren't reasons to avoid vaccination…except when there are.
In response to NBC's Today Show co-host Savannah Guthrie, Barack Obama gave the following stance on vaccination (italics mine):
"The science is, you know, pretty indisputable. We've looked at this again and again. There is every reason to get vaccinated, but there aren't reasons to not."
But then in that same interview, Obama gave as a reason to vaccinate the protection of people who have reasons not to vaccinate (italics mine):
"…the folks who can't get vaccinated – small infants for example or the people with certain, uh you know, vulnerabilities that, that can't get vaccinated – they suddenly become much more vulnerable. They're counting on us to create this protective fence because most people have been vaccinated."
Good riddance to Obama's failed presidency.
Dank Meme of the Election: THE DEPLORABLES
The meme was created in response to Hillary Clinton characterizing half of President-Elect Donald Trump's supporters as a "Basket of Deplorables" and includes President-Elect Trump himself along with Vice President-Elect Mike Pence and some of their most loyal supporters.
It is also re-posted under Autism Investigated's livestream of Donald Trump's second presidential debate with Crooked Hillary.
Event of the Election: Donald Trump is elected president, and deplorables prevail.
If you haven't yet watched his victory speech, watch it.
President-Elect Trump's inauguration will be live-streamed at Autism Investigated.


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New applications will inevitably get compared to the competition. But if existing rivals are of a high-enough quality, it's hard for a newcomer to make an impression. And so it is with Nimbuzz, a multiservice instant-messaging application that pales beside the superior Adium.
In use, we found Nimbuzz awkward and not entirely stable – the app crashed a couple of times during setup and didn't pick up contacts from some services until the app was restarted.
The interface, while simple on the surface, lacks options. Even rearranging groups within the contact list appears impossible, and anyone hankering after the under-the-hood flexibility of Adium will be disappointed.
Bundled VoIP and Growl support, along with the fact that it basically works, ensures Nimbuzz isn't a disaster, but we'd rather stick with Adium and Skype.
For now, Nimbuzz resembles a Mac app, but in use feels more like a clunky mobile app with many shortcomings.
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