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- 1 General Format
- 2 Asteroid and Debris Data
- 3 Sample
General Format
- Asteroid.tbl is used to define all asteroids and debris pieces in-game.
- #Asteroid Types
- Asteroid and debris data
- #End
- $Impact Explosion:
- Defines the effect used when weapon strikes at asteroid
- Syntax: Filename
- $Impact Explosion Radius:
- Defines the radius of the effect
- Syntax: Value, (meters)
Asteroid and Debris Data
- Used to define asteroid types and their physical characteristics
- First three entries are different sized asteroids, small medium and large respectively
- Next three are debris pieces for the 1st species in the species_defs.tbl
- And so on in series of three
- Defines the name of asteroid or debris object
$POF file1:
- Defines the name of the model file (.pof) used for asteroid or debris model
- Syntax: String.pof, filename
$POF file2:
- Note: This does not work for debris chunks. The game will always only use POF file1.
- Defines the name of the alternate asteroid or debris model of the set size
- Syntax: String.pof or none, filename
$POF file3:
- Note: This does not work for debris chunks. The game will always only use POF file1.
- Defines the name of the alternate asteroid model
- If the object in question is has $POF file2: set as none then this entry is not needed
- Syntax: String.pof or none, filename
$Detail distance:
- Definies the distance where the change between different Levels-Of-Details (LODs) occurs
- Syntax: ( Integer list ), comma separated integers, one for each LOD
- Example: (0, 30, 80, 150)
$Max Speed:
- Defines the maximum velocity of the asteroid
- Syntax: Float, meters per second
$Damage Type:
FS2 Open 3.6.10:
- Defines the damage type of the asteroid explosion. REQUIRES ADDITIONAL TABLE FILE.
- Syntax: String, name of the damage type as referenced in armor.tbl
$Explosion Animations:
FS2 Open, 3.6.16:
- Defines the explosion animations used for the asteroid.
- Syntax: Integer list, indices to fireballs defined in fireball.tbl
$Explosion Radius Mult:
FS2 Open, 3.6.16:
- Defines the radius multiplier for the explosion fireballs, with a value of 1.0 causing the radius of the fireball to be equal to the radius of the asteroid. Defaults to 1.5 for large asteroids and 1.0 for others.
- Syntax: Float
$Expl inner rad:
- Radius at which the full explosion damage is done
- Syntax: Float, meters
$Expl outer rad:
- Maximum radius at which any damage is done
- Syntax: Float, meters
$Expl damage:
- Amount of damage done inside the inner radius
- Syntax: Float, damage
$Expl blast:
- The intensity of the blast effect when you're within the outer radius
- Syntax: Float, blast effect
- Defines the hitpoints of the asteroid or debris piece. Hitpoints are modified downward by skill level.
- Syntax: Float, hitpoints
FS2 Open, 3.6.16:
- Defines what kind of asteroids this type of asteroid should split into when destroyed. You may define any number of $Split rules.
- Syntax: Integer, an asteroid index. The first asteroid defined by the table has index 0, the second one has index 1, and so on.
- +Min:
- The minimum number of spawned asteroids. Default 0.
- Syntax: Integer
- +Max:
- The maximum number of spawned asteroids. Default 0.
- Syntax: Integer
- Single asteroid entry fos retail FS2 table
#Asteroid Types $Name: Small Asteroid $POF file1: ast03.pof $POF file2: asta03.pof $POF file3: astb03.pof $Detail distance: (0, 30, 80, 150) $Max Speed: 60.0 $Expl inner rad: 0.0 $Expl outer rad: 0.0 $Expl damage: 0.0 $Expl blast: 0.0 $Hitpoints: 23 #End $Impact Explosion: ExpMissilehit1 $Impact Explosion Radius: 20.0


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Unanticipated consequences of health-care information technology
PHILADELPHIA — Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have developed a framework to help hospital managers, physicians, and nurses handle the tough challenges of implementing health information technology (HIT) by directly addressing the unintended consequences that undermine safety and quality.
As documented in a 2005 JAMA article by Penn's Ross Koppel, PhD, computerized physician order entries, CPOE for short, reduce medication errors due to transcription or hand-writing deficiencies but produce many unintended consequences. For example, in some CPOE systems, physicians must enter the patient's weight before ordering some types of medications. Physicians will often insert an estimated weight just to order the desired medication, without being able to indicate it as an estimation. That number is then used by subsequent physicians for medications requiring more careful weight measurements. Koppel is the Principal Investigator of an AHRQ-supported study of hospital workplace culture and medication error at Penn's Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and a faculty member in Penn's Sociology Department.
In this new paper, co-authors Koppel, AHRQ's Michael I. Harrison, PhD, and Shirly Bar-Lev, PhD, from the Ruppin Academic Center, Israel, show managers and clinicians how to avoid or catch unintended consequences before they cause lasting harm. This study appears in the September issue of the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association – JAMIA.
Use of sophisticated HIT in hospitals is increasing dramatically. In addition to CPOE, other examples in which unintended consequences can occur are decision support systems and electronic medical records. Health care facilities are investing millions of dollars in health care information technology as they seek to improve patient care, safety, efficiency, and cost savings. Yet the results are often disappointing, say the researchers.
"Managers and clinicians need to prevent more undesirable side effects and recognize unforeseeable consequences early on," says lead author Harrison. "Then they can take steps to remedy them before damage mounts."
The authors demonstrate how new HIT changes workplace processes and how practitioners alter these technologies during use. The authors call their new paradigm "Interactive Sociotechnical Analysis."
"We are strong proponents of HIT," say Harrison and Koppel. "But introducing HIT is not like adding a fax machine. HIT involves a whole set of activities and interactions with existing IT, people, the built environment, and with other systems. These interactions generate unpredictable developments. We map these developments to inspire greater awareness of IT implementation problems and increased action to improve new IT systems."
"Decision makers are taking unnecessary risks if they wait for HIT projects to run for a year or two before doing a post-hoc evaluation," observes Harrison. "Real time evaluations can reveal unintended consequences as they emerge, allowing remedial action to be taken."
This release can be viewed at http://www.pennhealth.com/news
PENN Medicine is a $3.5 billion enterprise dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, and excellence in patient care. PENN Medicine consists of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (founded in 1765 as the nation's first medical school) and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Penn's School of Medicine is currently ranked #3 in the nation in U.S.News & World Report's survey of top research-oriented medical schools; and, according to most recent data from the National Institutes of Health, received over $379 million in NIH research funds in the 2006 fiscal year. Supporting 1,400 fulltime faculty and 700 students, the School of Medicine is recognized worldwide for its superior education and training of the next generation of physician-scientists and leaders of academic medicine.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System includes three hospitals — its flagship hospital, the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, rated one of the nation's "Honor Roll" hospitals by U.S.News & World Report; Pennsylvania Hospital, the nation's first hospital; and Penn Presbyterian Medical Center — a faculty practice plan; a primary-care provider network; two multispecialty satellite facilities; and home care and hospice.
Contact: Karen Kreeger
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Study shows an electronic medical records system can pay for itself within 16 months
CHICAGO (July 12, 2007) — A new study to be published in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that one academic medical center recouped its investment in electronic health records within 16 months. The new analysis counters concerns of health care providers reluctant to invest in electronic medical records systems.
The widespread loss of paper medical records in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is one of several factors behind the recent push to get surgeons and other health care providers to go electronic, according to David A. Krusch, MD, FACS, of the University of Rochester Department of Surgery and co-author of the study.
"Health care providers most frequently cite cost as primary obstacle to adopting an electronic medical records system. And, until this point, evidence supporting a positive return on investment for electronic health records technologies has been largely anecdotal," said Dr. Krusch.
The study measured the return on investment of installing electronic health records at five ambulatory offices representing 28 providers within the University of Rochester (NY) Medical Center. Starting in November 2003, the offices implemented a Touchworks EHR system from Chicago-based Allscripts over the next five months. The study compared the cost of activities such as pulling charts, creating new charts, filing time, support staff salary, and transcription when done electronically in the third quarter of 2005, versus the cost of those same activities performed manually in the third quarter of 2003.
The University of Rochester Medical Center estimated that the new electronic medical records system reduced costs by $393,662 per year, nearly two-thirds of that coming from a sharp reduction in the time required to manually pull charts. Given that its electronic system cost $484,577 to install and operate, it took the University of Rochester Medical Center 16 months to recoup its investment. After the first year, it cost about $114,016 annually to operate the new system, which translates to a savings of $279,546 a year for the medical center, or $9,983 per provider.
The complete study, "A Pilot Study to Document the Return on Investment for Implementing an Ambulatory Electronic Health Record at an Academic Medical Center", will appear in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. In addition to Krusch, Dara L. Grieger, MD, of the University of Rochester Department of Surgery and Stephen H. Cohen, MN, CPE, also co-authored the article.
The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational organization of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to raise the standards of surgical practice and to improve the care of the surgical patient. The College is dedicated to the ethical and competent practice of surgery. Its achievements have significantly influenced the course of scientific surgery in America and have established it as an important advocate for all surgical patients. The College has more than 71,000 members and it is the largest organization of surgeons in the world. For more information, visit http://www.facs.org.
Contact: Sally Garneski
Weber Shandwick Worldwide
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Marin County Civic Center has always been one of my favorite buildings. It isn't simply the elegant structure that appeals to me, but rather the uncompromised expression of an entire era and its prevailing ethos. More than any other building this government complex embraces the optimistic spirit, technology, and economic dynamics of the post World War II suburban experiment in a way that's utterly different from the Greco Roman courthouse and library temples that had proceeded it. It's bold, unapologetically broad, and open. It embraces nature and folds itself in to the landscape blurring the lines between inside and out.
The design draws heavily from Wright's 1932 Broadacre City concept of a dispersed land use pattern in which buildings were set far apart from each other and connected by extensive road networks. Nature was to be preserved while knowledge and high culture were freed from congested and polluted urban centers and brought out to the countryside via radio – and later television.
There is no singular entry point to the building. Its vast horizontal wings stretch across three hillsides with multiple arched porticos that draw people in from below.
It doesn't matter much how members of the public or employees wander in, because the interior is one long continuous ribbon. The shopping mall analogy is self evident and was expressly stated by Wright. Government was meant to be as transparent and accessible as possible.
The cafeteria and adjoining patio and manicured lawn overlook the hillsides of Marin County as well as the central rotunda of the library. I've often described it as the world's most extravagant Howard Johnson's. You'll never find orange Formica and gold anodized aluminum look so regal anyplace else. The garden is surprisingly intimate and domestic for a public building and mimics the country club atmosphere and gracious private homes of the surrounding wealthy suburbs.
Exploring the periphery of the complex a series of offices and meeting rooms appear, always with the same interior/exterior sensibility. Greenery and the outdoors are never out of view or more than a few steps away.
Unused remnants of previous customs linger in odd nooks throughout the building. Public telephone booths, newspaper stands, and office pigeonholes sit silently awaiting new vocations. An information kiosk once staffed to direct visitors is now redundant due both to the high cost of labor and the ubiquity of personal wayfinding technology. Meanwhile, new challenges exist having to do with security protocols. How exactly is such a building fortified from current perceived threats? The recent crop of public buildings all look as though they were constructed using Israeli security experts – because they were. Buildings must evolve over time and this one is no exception.
One of the unintended consequences of the Broadacre City model is that far more cars, parking lots, and roadways are required to make it all work than anyone initially imagined. Every inch of flat land surrounding the Marin County Civic Center is paved. Over the years more land has had to be bulldozed into submission to accommodate more parking farther and farther from the building. Parking lots aren't "nature" although every effort is made to cultivate shrubbery and tree islands to help mask the underlaying reality.
The need to expand road capacity and alleviate ever increasing traffic loads creates a dysfunctional dynamic. No one moves to Marin for an urban lifestyle. The area's appeal is in its scenic beauty, private enclaves, and peaceful bucolic charm. You move to Marin to get away from the city. But the existing private realm – even in one of the richest zip codes in North America – doesn't generate enough tax revenue to support all that attenuated public infrastructure. The roads, water and sewer systems… all of it is horrifically expensive. And it's getting old and creaky.
The state and federal government have been able to pony up the required cash for highway expansion so far, but those days are numbered. Everyone up and down the funding chain is functionally insolvent and deep in debt. What was once a four lane highway is up to ten and twelve lanes in spots. So much for scenic vistas as you sit in rush hour traffic on your way to the Civic Center.


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Get meaningful, reliable results from your on-farm research trials
Sound experimental design followed by the use of proven statistical analysis can help producers reliably evaluate new products, practices or equipment on their farms.
New products, practices and equipment are continually being introduced to agricultural producers. Evaluating the new products, practices or equipment in on-farm research trials is an excellent way to determine how well they actually perform. Producers will often evaluate new products, practices and equipment by comparing them side by side in two strips or by splitting a field in half. This practice introduces a tremendous amount of experimental error and does not produce reliable information regarding the performance of the product, practice or equipment. The information generated is heavily influenced by factors other than the practice or product being evaluated. Good experimental design followed by careful statistical analysis can eliminate much of the experimental error and help producers determine the actual performance of the new practice, equipment or product.
Developing and implementing a sound experimental design is the first step to generating meaningful and reliable results from on-farm research trials. One of the most common and effective designs is called the Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD). The RCBD is also one of the easiest to layout in the field. The RCBD reduces the experimental error by grouping or blocking all of the treatments to be compared within blocks or replications. This design improves the likelihood that all the treatments are compared under similar conditions. Blocking the treatments together and replicating the blocks across the field is a simple and effective way to account for variability in the field. Increasing the number of blocks generally increases the sensitivity of the statistical analysis by reducing the experimental error. The Soybean Management and Research Technology (SMaRT) program encourages cooperators to use four blocks or replications.
Another important aspect of a good experimental design is the concept of randomization. Randomly assigning the order of the treatments within each block is critical to removing bias from treatment averages or means and reducing experimental error. Figure 1 shows the actual RCBD design that was used for the 2011 SMaRT soybean planting population trials. It demonstrates the principles outlined above. Note how each of the four planting populations (120,000; 140,000; 160,000; and 180,000) is included and randomized within the blocks or replications.
Figure 1. The Randomized Complete Block Design used for the 2011 SMaRT soybean planting population trials.
|Replication 1
|Replication 2
|Replication 3
|Replication 4
After the trial is harvested, proven statistical methods are used to determine if the differences in yields are due to the treatments or a result of other outside factors. It is important to look at two figures as you interpret the information contained in the tables and graphs printed in on-farm research publications: Coefficient of Variation (C.V.) and the Least Significant Difference (LSD 0.05)
Coefficient of Variation (C.V.)
This expresses the variation in the trial that is not attributable to the treatments as a percentage. The coefficient of variation is commonly less than 10 percent in reliable on-farm research trials.
Least Significant Difference (LSD 0.05)
This is normally expressed at the 95 percent confidence level. The LSD0.05 is a calculated figure that producers can use to determine with a confidence level of 95 percent that the yield difference between two or more treatments is due to the treatments and not other factors.
For example, if the LSD 0.05 is 2 bushels per acre and the average yield for the new product or practice being evaluated was 55 bushels per acre, and the average for the untreated control was 54 bushels per acre, the difference in yield cannot be attributed to the treatment with 95 percent certainty. Therefore, the difference between the two yields is not statistically significant.
Letters are commonly used in the tables and graphs in MSU Extension publications and presentations to identify yields or other measurements that are, or are not, statistically different from one another. When the same letter appears next to the yield or other measureable condition of two or more treatments, the difference between them is not statistically significant. An example of this is given in the figure to the right.
The SMaRT program designs and analyzes on-farm research trials enabling Michigan soybean producers to reliably evaluate the performance of new products, equipment and practices on their farms. In many cases, a given trial like planting populations is conducted at multiple locations and over multiple years. This greatly improves the reliability of the information produced.
If you would like to conduct a soybean research project on your farm in 2012, please contact Mike Staton, MSU Extension soybean educator, by phone at 269-673-0370 ext. 27 or by email before March 1.


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The Power of Positive Affirmations
If you believe the phrase you are what you think, then life truly stems from your thoughts. But we cannot rely purely on thoughts; we must translate thoughts into words and eventually into actions in order to manifest our intentions. This
Despite what we may have been taught, happiness is as simple as just choosing to be happy. When we truly realize this—that happiness is a choice—we instantly empower ourselves in any situation, whether it's a relationship, job, or pattern of thinking that's been creating judgments, worry, doubt, fear, or confusion. The moment we choose to perceive things differently by choosing a loving perception of ourselves, others, and our circumstances, we not only strengthen our capacity to feel happy—we also open ourselves up to limitless possibilities. This is really good news. It means we don't have to wait for everything to be perfect, nor do we have to control anything outside of ourselves in order to feel a certain way. Becoming aware of this truth is a total game-changer, because it means we can choose happiness in this moment.
When you claim responsibility for your own happiness, you also become a catalyst for positive change in the lives of others. That's what the happiness movement is all about. Imagine a world filled with optimism and compassion. It's possible, if we do it together. Here at ShareHappinessNow, we believe that at the very core of who we are and at the very heart of why we exist, we are meant to be happy. We function better, do better, perform better, are kinder and give more when we are happy. We operate less productively, less efficiently, less decently when unhappy.
A life without happiness is similar to a house without a family. A house was meant to house people. Likewise, we were meant to be happy. That's what makes an existence a life. Backed by science, research, and common sense we know that living a purposeful life is what really matters. Join the happiness movement today!
Recently we have seen a dramatic upsurge in scientific studies on Positive Psychology and the science of happiness or to put it simply, discovering what makes happy people happy. Fortunately, many of these studies point to specific ways of thinking and acting that can strongly impact our sense of well-being and happiness.


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GuessIt - a library for guessing information from video files.
Project description
GuessIt is a python library that extracts as much information as possible from a video file.
It has a very powerful filename matcher that allows to guess a lot of metadata from a video using its filename only. This matcher works with both movies and tv shows episodes.
For example, GuessIt can do the following:
$ guessit "Treme.1x03.Right.Place,.Wrong.Time.HDTV.XviD-NoTV.avi" For: Treme.1x03.Right.Place,.Wrong.Time.HDTV.XviD-NoTV.avi GuessIt found: { [1.00] "mimetype": "video/x-msvideo", [0.80] "episodeNumber": 3, [0.80] "videoCodec": "XviD", [1.00] "container": "avi", [1.00] "format": "HDTV", [0.70] "series": "Treme", [0.50] "title": "Right Place, Wrong Time", [0.80] "releaseGroup": "NoTV", [0.80] "season": 1, [1.00] "type": "episode" }
Installing GuessIt is simple with pip:
$ pip install guessit
or, with easy_install:
$ easy_install guessit
But, you really shouldn't do that.
You can now launch a demo:
$ guessit -d
and guess your own filename:
$ guessit "Breaking.Bad.S05E08.720p.MP4.BDRip.[KoTuWa].mkv" For: Breaking.Bad.S05E08.720p.MP4.BDRip.[KoTuWa].mkv GuessIt found: { [1.00] "mimetype": "video/x-matroska", [1.00] "episodeNumber": 8, [0.30] "container": "mkv", [1.00] "format": "BluRay", [0.70] "series": "Breaking Bad", [1.00] "releaseGroup": "KoTuWa", [1.00] "screenSize": "720p", [1.00] "season": 5, [1.00] "type": "episode" }
Filename matcher
The filename matcher is based on regular expressions and tree splitting to guess values from input filename.
It is able to find many properties, like title, year, series, episodeNumber, seasonNumber, videoCodec, screenSize, language. Guessed values are cleaned up and given in a readable format which may not match the raw filename.
DVDSCR will be guessed as format = DVD + other = Screener.
1920x1080 will be guessed as screenSize = 1080p.
DD5.1 will be guessed as audioCodec = DolbyDigital + audioChannel = 5.1.
Here's the exhaustive list of properties that guessit can find:
Main properties
Type of the file.
- unknown, movie, episode, moviesubtitle, episodesubtitle
Title of movie or episode.
Container of the file.
- 3g2, wmv, webm, mp4, avi, mp4a, mpeg, sub, mka, m4v, ts, mkv, ra, rm, wma, ass, mpg, ram, 3gp, ogv, mov, ogm, asf, divx, ogg, ssa, qt, idx, nfo, wav, flv, 3gp2, iso, mk2, srt
Date found in filename.
Year of movie (or episode).
Name of (non)scene group that released the file.
Name of website contained in the filename.
Episode properties
Name of series.
Season number.
Episode number.
List of episode numbers if several were found.
- note: If several are found, episodeNumber is the first item of this list.
List of season numbers if several were found.
- note: If several are found, seasonNumber is the first item of this list.
Total number of episodes.
Total number of seasons.
Some details about the episode.
- Bonus Oav Ova Omake Extras Unaired Special Pilot
Episode format of the series.
- Minisode
Part number of the episode.
Version of the episode.
- In anime fansub scene, new versions are released with tag <episode>v[0-9].
Video properties
Format of the initial source
- HDTV WEB-DL TV VOD BluRay DVD WEBRip Workprint Telecine VHS DVB Telesync HD-DVD PPV Cam
Resolution of video. - 720p 1080p 1080i <width>x<height> 4K 360p 368p 480p 576p 900p
videoCodec Codec used for video.
- h264 h265 DivX XviD Real Mpeg2
videoProfile Codec profile used for video.
- 8bit 10bit HP BP MP XP Hi422P Hi444PP
videoApi API used for the video.
Audio properties
Number of channels for audio.
- 1.0 2.0 5.1 7.1
audioCodec Codec used for audio.
- DTS TrueHD DolbyDigital AAC AC3 MP3 Flac
audioProfile The codec profile used for audio.
Localization properties
Country(ies) of content. Often found in series, Shameless (US) for instance.
- [<babelfish.Country>] (This class equals name and iso code)
Language(s) of the audio soundtrack.
- [<babelfish.Language>] (This class equals name and iso code)
Language(s) of the subtitles.
- [<babelfish.Language>] (This class equals name and iso code)
Other properties
Bonus number.
Bonus title.
CD number.
Total number of CD.
CRC32 of the file.
Volume identifier (UUID).
Edition of the movie.
- Special Edition, Collector Edition, Director's cut, Criterion Edition, Deluxe Edition
Film number of this movie.
Film series of this movie.
Other property will appear under this property.
- Fansub, HR, HQ, Netflix, Screener, Unrated, HD, 3D, SyncFix, Bonus, WideScreen, Fastsub, R5, AudioFix, DDC, Trailer, Complete, Limited, Classic, Proper, DualAudio, LiNE
Other features
GuessIt also allows you to compute a whole lof of hashes from a file, namely all the ones you can find in the hashlib python module (md5, sha1, …), but also the Media Player Classic hash that is used (amongst others) by OpenSubtitles and SMPlayer, as well as the ed2k hash.
If you have the 'guess-language' python package installed, GuessIt can also analyze a subtitle file's contents and detect which language it is written in.
If you have the 'enzyme' python package installed, GuessIt can also detect the properties from the actual video file metadata.
guessit can be use from command line:
$ guessit Usage: guessit [options] file1 [file2...] Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -P SHOW_PROPERTY, --show-property=SHOW_PROPERTY Display the value of a single property (title, series, videoCodec, year, type ...) Naming: -t TYPE, --type=TYPE The suggested file type: movie, episode. If undefined, type will be guessed. -n, --name-only Parse files as name only. Disable folder parsing, extension parsing, and file content analysis. -c, --split-camel Split camel case part of filename. -Y, --date-year-first If short date is found, consider the first digits as the year. -D, --date-day-first If short date is found, consider the second digits as the day. -E, --episode-prefer-number Guess "serie.213.avi" as the episodeNumber 213. Without this option, it will be guessed as season 2, episodeNumber 13 -L ALLOWED_LANGUAGES, --allowed-languages=ALLOWED_LANGUAGES List of allowed languages. Separate languages codes with ";" -C ALLOWED_COUNTRIES, --allowed-countries=ALLOWED_COUNTRIES List of allowed countries. Separate country codes with ";" -S EXPECTED_SERIES, --expected-series=EXPECTED_SERIES List of expected series to parse. Separate series names with ";" -T EXPECTED_TITLE, --expected-title=EXPECTED_TITLE List of expected titles to parse. Separate title names with ";" -G EXPECTED_GROUP, --expected-group=EXPECTED_GROUP List of expected groups to parse. Separate group names with ";" --disabled-transformers=DISABLED_TRANSFORMERS List of transformers to disable. Separate transformers names with ";" Output: -v, --verbose Display debug output -a, --advanced Display advanced information for filename guesses, as json output -y, --yaml Display information for filename guesses as yaml output (like unit-test) -f INPUT_FILE, --input-file=INPUT_FILE Read filenames from an input file. -d, --demo Run a few builtin tests instead of analyzing a file Information: -p, --properties Display properties that can be guessed. -V, --values Display property values that can be guessed. -s, --transformers Display transformers that can be used. --version Display the guessit version. guessit.io: -b, --bug Submit a wrong detection to the guessit.io service Other features: -i INFO, --info=INFO The desired information type: filename, video, hash_mpc or a hash from python's hashlib module, such as hash_md5, hash_sha1, ...; or a list of any of them, comma-separated
It can also be used as a python module:
>>> from guessit import guess_file_info >>> guess_file_info('Treme.1x03.Right.Place,.Wrong.Time.HDTV.XviD-NoTV.avi') {u'mimetype': 'video/x-msvideo', u'episodeNumber': 3, u'videoCodec': u'XviD', u'container': u'avi', u'format': u'HDTV', u'series': u'Treme', u'title': u'Right Place, Wrong Time', u'releaseGroup': u'NoTV', u'season': 1, u'type': u'episode'}
The project website for GuessIt is hosted at ReadTheDocs. There you will also find the User guide and Developer documentation.
This project is hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/wackou/guessit
Please report issues and/or feature requests via the bug tracker.
You can also report issues using the command-line tool:
$ guessit --bug "filename.that.fails.avi"
GuessIt is under active development, and contributions are more than welcome!
- Check for open issues or open a fresh issue to start a discussion around a feature idea or a bug. There is a Contributor Friendly tag for issues that should be ideal for people who are not very familiar with the codebase yet.
- Fork the repository on Github to start making your changes to the master branch (or branch off of it).
- Write a test which shows that the bug was fixed or that the feature works as expected.
- Send a pull request and bug the maintainer until it gets merged and published. :)
GuessIt is licensed under the LGPLv3 license.
0.8.1 (unreleased)
- Nothing changed yet.
0.8 (2014-07-06)
- New webservice that allows to use GuessIt just by sending a POST request to the http://guessit.io/guess url
- Command-line util can now report bugs to the http://guessit.io/bugs service by specifying the -b or --bug flag
- GuessIt can now use the Enzyme python package to detect metadata out of the actual video file metadata instead of the filename
- Finished transition to babelfish.Language and babelfish.Country
- New property: duration which returns the duration of the video in seconds This requires the Enzyme package to work
- New property: fileSize which returns the size of the file in bytes
- Renamed property special to episodeDetails
- Added support for Python 3.4
- Optimization and bugfixes
0.7.1 (2014-03-03)
- New property "special": values can be trailer, pilot, unaired
- New options for the guessit cmdline util: -y, --yaml outputs the result in yaml format and -n, --name-only analyzes the input as simple text (instead of filename)
- Added properties formatters and validators
- Removed support for python 3.2
- A healthy amount of code cleanup/refactoring and fixes :)
0.7 (2014-01-29)
- New plugin API that allows to register custom patterns / transformers
- Uses Babelfish for language and country detection
- Added Quality API to rate file quality from guessed property values
- Better and more accurate overall detection
- Added roman and word numeral detection
- Added 'videoProfile' and 'audioProfile' property
- Moved boolean properties to 'other' property value ('is3D' became 'other' = '3D')
- Added more possible values for various properties.
- Added command line option to list available properties and values
- Fixes for Python3 support
0.6.2 (2013-11-08)
- Added support for nfo files
- GuessIt can now output advanced information as json ('-a' on the command line)
- Better language detection
- Added new property: 'is3D'
0.6.1 (2013-09-18)
- New property "idNumber" that tries to identify a hash value or a serial number
- The usual bugfixes
0.6 (2013-07-16)
- Better packaging: unittests and doc included in source tarball
- Fixes everywhere: unicode, release group detection, language detection, …
- A few speed optimizations
0.5.4 (2013-02-11)
- guessit can be installed as a system wide script (thanks @dplarson)
- Enhanced logging facilities
- Fixes for episode number and country detection
0.5.3 (2012-11-01)
- GuessIt can now optionally act as a wrapper around the 'guess-language' python module, and thus provide detection of the natural language in which a body of text is written
- Lots of fixes everywhere, mostly for properties and release group detection
0.5.2 (2012-10-02)
- Much improved auto-detection of filetype
- Fixed some issues with the detection of release groups
0.5.1 (2012-09-23)
- now detects 'country' property; also detect 'year' property for series
- more patterns and bugfixes
0.5 (2012-07-29)
- Python3 compatibility
- the usual assortment of bugfixes
0.4.2 (2012-05-19)
- added Language.tmdb language code property for TheMovieDB
- added ability to recognize list of episodes
- bugfixes for Language.__nonzero__ and episode regexps
0.4.1 (2012-05-12)
- bugfixes for unicode, paths on Windows, autodetection, and language issues
0.4 (2012-04-28)
- much improved language detection, now also detect language variants
- supports more video filetypes (thanks to Rob McMullen)
0.3.1 (2012-03-15)
- fixed package installation from PyPI
- better imports for the transformations (thanks Diaoul!)
- some small language fixes
0.3 (2012-03-12)
- fix to recognize 1080p format (thanks to Jonathan Lauwers)
0.3b2 (2012-03-02)
- fixed the package installation
0.3b1 (2012-03-01)
- refactored quite a bit, code is much cleaner now
- fixed quite a few tests
- re-vamped the documentation, wrote some more
0.2 (2011-05-27)
- new parser/matcher completely replaced the old one
- quite a few more unittests and fixes
0.2b1 (2011-05-20)
- brand new parser/matcher that is much more flexible and powerful
- lots of cleaning and a bunch of unittests
0.1 (2011-05-10)
- fixed a few minor issues & heuristics
0.1b2 (2011-03-12)
- Added PyPI trove classifiers
- fixed version number in setup.py
0.1b1 (2011-03-12)
- first pre-release version; imported from Smewt with a few enhancements already in there.
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Before you experience a note of his music, check out the cover to Joe Lovano's recent Folk Art album. The portrait alone is a tip off to the soul and charm of the Grammy-winning jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader.
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After attending the Berklee School of Music, the younger Lovano settled in New York and a role in Woody Herman's big band, the Thundering Herd. At age 23, Lovano found himself in the band chair once occupied by veteran Herman sax man Sal Nistico. It was with Herman that Lovano made his Lexington debut in the late '70s.
"With Woody, there's no audition," Lovano said. "You're recommended, you get the call and you go. Your first notes with him are on the first gig. So we played a parking lot in St. Louis. The music is blowing all over the place. I'm all nervous. The pressure of just reading the music was daunting. But when I soloed, I felt Woody was with me. He was listening to me.
"Woody's attitude was, 'Oh, you'll learn the music.' But he wanted to hear the feeling in your sound. That's the kind of leader he was."
Following two-and-a-half years with Herman, Lovano joined the Mel Lewis Orchestra in 1980. The group occasionally toured, but was known mostly for its regular Monday concerts at the legendary Greenwich Village jazz haunt, the Village Vanguard. The club would become a performance home for Lovano in the years to come.
He recorded two of his finest Blue Note albums there – 1995's Quartets and the 2003 nonet session On This Day at the Vanguard. He also performs a two week engagement every September at the club with the Motian trio and will celebrate the Vanguard's 75th anniversary next month with his current quintet, the Us Five.
"I was with Mel's band from 1980 to 1991, playing every Monday night at the Vanguard. It was an amazing period for me. Imagine living in New York, playing every week at the Vanguard and then having the freedom to also play with Paul and these other bands. By 1990, I was recording for Blue Note. And here we are today."
Capping off this summation of Lovano's artistic life in New York and his great jazz good fortune was a thoroughly natural and unavoidably musical coda from the saxophonist – a burst of laughter.
The big breaks: All was well in the jazz world of Lovano last autumn. Performances in Amsterdam with the Us Five were recorded with consideration for a possible live album. Later in the month came concerts with Lovano's Grammy-winning nonet. But a fall following a concert in Lausanne, Switzerland left the saxophonist with a broken left arm. Carrying on with his arm in a sling, Lovano fell again in Barcelona, breaking his right arm. His remaining 2009 concerts were cancelled to accommodate surgery and subsequent physical therapy, which is still ongoing, for repair of busted humerus bones in both shoulders.
"I never had any cast on or anything, so I've actually been practicing since the first week after my surgery," Lovano said. "I was playing mainly soprano saxophone and other horns for the first three or four weeks. The tenor (sax) was a little harder to pick up. I'm still in the middle of some serious physical therapy, but I'm back to playing concerts. Over the last week and half, I played one show in Barbados and one in Panama. So I'm good.
"The accident actually gave me some time off to write some new compositions and re-focus a bit. I've had quite a few jam sessions in my house during that time, too. But music has been a big part of my physical therapy, because my shoulders were affected most in the fall. All the handwork and range-of-motion physical therapy that I've been involved with has probably been something that, in my recovery, advanced me faster than it might have with others who don't play music. Music, of course, is a healer.
"I continue to live in this real creative world of music. I feel its blessing all the time. I'm still thrilled being able to share my ideas at the level I am right now internationally. I just want to carry on."
Joe Lovano performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Singletary Center for the Arts Concert Hall. Tickets are $25, $30, $35. Call (859) 257-4929 or go to www.singletarytickets.com. Lovano will also presets a clinic/masterclass at the Singletary Center for the Arts Recital
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Blacks at Microsoft Scholarship
- $5,000
- Be a high-school senior of African descent (for example, African American, African, or Ethiopian).
- Plan to attend a four-year college or university in the fall of the year following high-school graduation.
- Plan to pursue a bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, computer information systems, or select business programs (such as finance, business administration, or marketing).
- Demonstrate a passion for technology.
- Demonstrate leadership at school or in the community.Have a cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher.
- Require financial assistance to attend college.
The Jackie Robinson Scholars Program
- $28,000
- Be a graduating high school senior.
- Plan to attend an accredited and approved four-year institution within the United States.
- Show leadership potential.
- Demonstrate a dedication to community service.
- Present evidence of financial need.
- Be a United States citizen.
- Have a minimum SAT score of 1,000 combined on the math and critical reading sections or a composite ACT score of 21.
- Not possess a degree from a 2 or 4–year College when applying for the scholarship.
Foot Locker Scholar Athletes
- $20,000
- Be a current high school senior entering a four-year, accredited US college or university in the Fall of 2018
- Be currently a member (in good standing) of a high school sports team or be involved in after-school sports (e.g. intramurals, martial arts, etc.)
- Have maintained an unweighted GPA of 3.0 or higher from ninth grade to first semester of 12th grade
- Be a U.S. citizen or US Permanent Legal Resident
- Foot Locker employees and their immediate family members are ineligible
Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program (METP)
- Worth up to $93,600 (the university cost of attendance for a maximum of four years for entering freshmen
- Entering freshmen must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5
- Seeking a degree in English or Mathmatics Secondary Education, Elementary Education, or Special Education
Christian Leaders of the Future Scholarship Program
- $1,000
- High School Senior
- Christian leadership within their school,community, and church.
Discover Scholarships
- $2,500
- High school seniors 16 years of age or older
- Undergraduate students 16 years of age or older
- Must be planning to attend or continuing to attend an eligible college or university.
AXA Achievement Scholarship
- $10,000
- Be United States citizens or legal residents living or claiming residency in one of the 50 united states, Washington, D.C. or Puerto Rico
- Be current high school seniors who plan to enroll full-time in an accredited two-year or four-year college or university in the United States for the entire 2016-2017 academic year
- Demonstrate ambition and self-drive as evidenced by outstanding achievement in school, community or work-related activities
Elks Foundation Most Valuable Student Competition
- $4,000 - $50,000
- Any high school senior who is a U.S. citizen
- Can not be related to a member of the elks
- Male and female students compete separately
Courage to Grow Scholarship
- $500
- Junior or Senior in High School
- U.S. residents only
Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation
- Up to $20,000
- Current high school (or home-schooled) seniors attending school in the United States
- U.S. Citizens; U.S. Nationals; U.S. Permanent Residents; Refugees; Asylees; Cuban-Haitian Entrants; or Humanitarian Parolees
- Anticipating completion of high school diploma at the time of application
- Planning to pursue a degree at an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution
- Carrying a minimum 3.00 GPA at the end of their junior year of high school
National Collegiate Cancer Foundation
- $1,000
- Applicants must be a young adult cancer survivor or current patient
- Applicants must be between the ages of 18-35. An exception is made if you are 17 and entering college in the fall of 2016
- Applicants must be a US citizen or permanent resident
- Applicants must be attending an accredited college, university or vocational institution in pursuit of an associate, bachelor, master's, doctorate or certificate as of the fall of 2016
Abbott & Fenner Scholarship Program
- $1,000
- Juniors and Seniors
- 500-1000 word essay
Win "A" Scholarship
- $1,000
- Juniors and Seniors
- Just bring your report card in to register your name in a drawing to win a $1,000 scholarship.
- Each "A" allows you a separate chance to win.
Scholarships for Military Children Program
- $1,500
- View website for details.
Teacher Education Scholars Loan/Scholarship Program
- Up to $15,000 Annually
- Seeking a bachelors degree in teacher education at a Mississippi 4 year college/university
Gates Millennium Scholars Program
- Based on cost of education by covering unmet need.
- African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian & Pacific Islander American or Hispanic American
- Legal resident of the U.S.
- Enroll in fall of 2015 as full-time, first-year college student
- Demonstrate leadership abilities through participation in community service, extracurricular or other activities
- Meet the Federal Pell Grant eligibility criteria
ADHD Scholarship by Shire
- $2,000
- Have been diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Are accepted to or will be enrolled in a 2- or 4-year undergraduate program* at an accredited college, university, trade school, technical school, or vocational school located in the US
- Are under the care of a licensed health care professional for ADHD
BigSun Scholarships
- $500
- Senior athlete regardless of sport.
- $1,000
- This scholarship is open to all U.S. high school seniors who plan to pursue college education in nursing, including LPN / LVN, ADN and BSN programs
- Applicants must be in good academic standing and on track to graduate from high school at the conclusion of the 2016-17 academic year.
To apply, click here.
Got a Spine Scholarship
- $500
- Be attending college/university no later than October 2016.
- Be attending a college/university on a full-time basis by October 2016
- Have achieved a GPA of 2.5 or greater during their last academic year
Global Lift Equipment Scholarship
- $500
- Currently attending or planning to attend a post-secondary institution in the US no later than the fall of 2017
- Submit a short story. Instructions can be found on the application page.
Lift Parts Express Scholarship
- $500
- Current Senior in High School or a freshman or sophomore in college/university
- Enrolled or expected to be enrolled by the Fall of 2017
Discover Scholarships
- $2,500
- US citizen
- 16 years old or older
About the Scholarship
- Merit-based scholarships for high school students to learn less commonly taught languages (Arabic,Persian, Russian, Turkish)
- Overseas immersion program
- For more information, please click here.
B. Davis Scholarship
- $1,000
- Must be a high school Junior or senior
- or registered in a post secondary institution
- For more information please click here.
Victor and Gayle Mavar Scholarship
- Provides support to students with learning disability who are graduates of a Mississippi High School. (Preference will be given to students with dyslexia and students with vision or hearing impairment, though any student meeting the above criteria will be considered for the award.
- All interested students are encouraged to apply to Owen Graduate School of Management.
- The scholarship will be offered once a recipient is accepted to and enrolled in a current graduate school program.
- The scholarship can be awarded to students accepted in any of the graduate business programs at Vanderbilt.
- For more information, click here.
Mississippi Educators 2017 National High School Essay Contest
- Grand Prize $2,500 cash and an all-expense paid two-day trip to Washington, D.C., to meet the Secretary of State and tour the United States Institute of Peace. Winner also receives a full scholarship for a Semester at Sea upon the student's enrollment at an accredited university.
- Runner-Up $1,200 cash prize and a full scholarship to the International Diplomacy Program of the National Student Leadership Conference, held annually in Washington, D.C., and New York
- Open to high school students grades 9 - 12 whose parents are not members of the Foreign Service.
- Students must complete the essay which must provide recommendations to the ambassador about the crisis involving refugees and internally displaced persons in that country. For the complete Essay Topic, click here.
ABODO Scholarship
- $500
For official Rules and Requirements, click here.
- $1,000
- Be a U.S. citizen, high school senior, graduating with the current graduating class, from the Forrest, Lamar, Jones & Perry County areas
- Grand Bank employees or children of employees or the Board of Directors are excluded from this scholarship
- Minimum 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale
To apply, please visit the Career Center to pick up an application.
Junior Auxiliary of Hattiesburg will be awarding scholarships to qualified students from the Forrest and Lamar county area schools. Scholarships are awarded based on the applicant's qualifications. As a service organization, special attention will be paid to community service efforts.
To apply, please click here. Paper applications are available in the Career Center.
Regions Riding Forward Scholarship Essay Contest
- Fifteen $5,000 scholarships to be awarded
- Live in a state with a Regions branch
- Will be attending a MS college or university in the 2017-18 school year
Student View Scholarship Program
- One $4,000 scholarship
- Two $1,000 scholarship
- Ten $500 scholarships
To apply, click here.
The Dream Opportunity Scholarship
This scholarship is for students who have DACA or TPS status and who reside in locked-out states where they are either barred from attending college or required to pay out-of-state tuition. More information can be found here.
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Scholarship
- Applicant must be a Year 2017 graduating high school senior
- Applicant must be accepted to an accredited 2 or 4-year college/university for Fall 2017 semester
- Applicant must submit the application and a brief statement (at least a paragraph) indicating the reason you should be the recipient of the Fall 20127 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. Scholarship on or before April 7, 2017, to his/her high school counselor.
- Application must be signed by a high school counselor
- Applicant must have at least a 3.0 / 90.00 GPA
Scholarship Amount: $500
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Academic Scholarship
- Graduate from high school during the academic year in which the scholarship is awarded
- Possess at least a B+ (88) average
- Fully complete scholarship appplication and accompanying documents
- One letter of recommendation from a teacher, counselor, community leader
- Submit the personal essay, "Why I should be awarded the Theta Sigma Omega Academic Scholarship"
Scholarship Amount: $1,000
To apply, click here.
Applications are also available in the Career Center (A117).
Benjamin J. Deen and Liquori Tate Scholarship Fund
Sleeklens Scholarship
Amount: 3 Awards ($2,000)
For more information and to apply, click here.
Paul S. Mills Scholarship
Amount: 6 Awards ($1,000)
For more information and to apply, click here.
Young American Patriotic Scholarship
Amount: 8 Awards ($10,000)
For more information and to apply, click here.
GRHS Scholarships
Amount: 5 Awards ($1,000)
For more information and to apply, click here.
VIP Scholarship
Amount: $5000
For more information and to apply, click here.
SP Scholarship
Amount: 10 Awards ($10,000)
For more information and to apply, click here.
YDI Scholarship
Amount: $1000
For more information and to apply, click here.
Mississippi Municipal League 2017 Scholarship Program
Three scholarships: The MML General Scholarship is open to all high school seniors and is co-sponsored by Mississippi Power Company; The MML Limited Scholarship is open to children or grandchildren of employees or elected officials of Mississippi municipalities and to high school seniors working part-time for a member municipality of the Mississippi Municipal League and is co-sponsored by Phelps Dunbar; The Mississippi Municipal Service Company Limited Scholarship is open to children or grandchildren of employees or elected officials of Mississippi municipalities that are members of the Mississippi Municipal Liability Plan or the Mississippi Municipal Workers' Compensation Group.
Rules: A student may only apply for one scholarship. To apply, a student must complete the application form and write an essay about "Why I Should Consider a Career in Municipal Government." The essay must be 2,000 words or less and typed double-spaced on plain paper. The student's name may only appear on the application.
Applications are available in the career center.
E-Waste Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
For more information and to apply, click here.
Shawn Carter Scholarship
Amount: $2,500
For more information and to apply, click here.
UNCF Scholarships
Amount: $2,500
For more information and to apply, click here.
VIP Scholarships
Amount: $5,000
For more information and to apply, click here.
SP Scholarship
Amount: $10,000
For more information and to apply, click here.
YDI Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
For more information and to apply, click here.
SeniorAdvisor.com Scholarship
Support Collectors ScholarshipIndy Displays ScholarshipWorld War II Museum Scholarshipopen to all high school students


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Eun Ji Won and SS501's Park Jung Min Confirmed to Appear at DSP Festival Concert
K-Pop fans have been reeling in excitement after learning that DSP Media will be throwing a DSP family concert. The excitement is especially growing since there is a possibility that many of the DSP groups may get back together for the first time in a while, such as Click-B. It has also been announced that the Sechskies member Eun Ji Won as well as SS501's Park Jung Min have been confirmed to join the concert.
According to DSP on November 12, the two stars confirmed their appearance in the concert. Despite juggling a busy schedule, Eun Ji Won will be meeting his Sechskies fans for the first time in a while. Park Jung Min, who is currently promoting as a solo artist, will be attending as a SS501 member for the first time in about three years.
DSP also revealed, "We contacted the other Sechskies members but due to their conflicting schedules or personal reasons, only Eun Ji Won was able to join. In Go Ji Yong's case, we can't even reach him right now."
They added, "FIN.K.L's appearance looks to be difficult due to scheduling. In SS501's case, Kim Kyu Jong and Heo Young Saeng are both serving in the military. We are still waiting on Kim Hyun Joong and Kim Hyung Jun's decisions while Park Jung Min has been confirmed to appear."
After Click-B, Eun Ji Won and Park Jung Min have been confirmed for the concert, many are wondering which other DSP artist will be added to the roster.
DSP was once called K-Pop's pioneering big agency along with SM Entertainment in the early nineties with groups such as Sechskies, FIN.K.L and Click-B. Currently, DSP is home to Kara, Rainbow, A-JAX, Oh Jong Hyuk and others.
The DSP Festival will be held on December 14 at the Jamsil Stadium in Seoul.


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Design industry poised at 'a threshold moment'
The tide is turning for design as it starts to gain more credence with clients vis-à-vis advertising as a way of not just promoting, but of creating businesses and products. We hear of clients, particularly in fmcg, making design groups brand guardians and even diverting advertising budgets towards design. It is no longer just about designing a single pack, but about creating a vision for the brand.
Within the creative industries this shift will be helped by Simon Waterfall's stance as he takes on the D&AD presidency (see Profile, page 13). Despite claims otherwise, D&AD is still seen in design as an advertising body. As a digital designer, Waterfall straddles both disciplines, but his industrial design background and belief in interactivity and the sharing of knowledge should give design the edge.
Meanwhile, on an international level, Loewy Group's acquisition of Seymour Powell is set to impact on the structure of the industry (see News, page 3). Both parties talk of 'completing the circle', reuniting the name of seminal US designer Raymond Loewy with product design. But in doing so, Loewy chief executive Charlie Hoult has created a model for creative supergroups that doesn't have advertising at its heart or the stock market as a backer.
By adding Seymour Powell to a line-up already including branding star Williams Murray Hamm, public sector design specialist The Team and digital group Bite, Hoult has opted for design excellence. And with Seymour Powell in the business of innovation as much as product design – largely through its Seymour Powell Foresight research and strategy team and consultancy roles held by founders Richard Seymour and Dick Powell at Unilever and Samsung respectively – Loewy gains great influence on the future.
The upturn in design's finances we detected in our 2007 Top 100 survey was just a start. Moves like these not only promise to maintain that success, but to put design on a positive new footing. As Seymour says, 'It's a threshold moment.'
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Many Door Options For Your Fiberglass Enclosure
We believe that the quality of our doors–from the base construction to the hardware to the gelcoat used for its durable finish–is important and expresses the quality of our entire building. It is the part of the building that experiences the most wear and tear, so it's important to us that it is as strong as we can make it. Solid Protection, safety, security, and smooth operation are all critical. Doors are the #1 stress point of every shelter, so we know they need to of the highest quality possible!
Every aspect of our doors has bee specifically engineered for maximum performance:
Door Options Available
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Double Doors (6' Wide; 6'8″ Tall)
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Optional door awnings provide additional shelter and weather protection for personnel
Roll-up Doors – Heavy Duty, Insulated, Security
Available as manual or motorized operation
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Top-hinged doors provide additional shelter and weather protection for personnel
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Our doors are made with our unique FiberWrap™ technology (check out the video on this page) and are designed to withstand the pressures and forces found in tornadoes and hurricanes. In order to pass the ASTM E330/E330M-14 test, the door had to be able to sustain forces up to 150% of those you might experience in such a natural disaster. Shelter Works FiberWrap™ doors passed with flying colors!
Shelter Works' FiberWrap Seamless Doors™ are designed and built using our proprietary process to maximize long-term performance. We form our doors in a two-part mold under pressure and our fiberglass actually wraps seamlessly around the core, creating an incredibly tough and durable door that will withstand decades of use and exposure without failure.
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Our seamless, integrated door jambs are formed into the wall during the molding process, so they're not separate pieces that are later cut in, or adhered some way, or screwed together as other manufacturers sometimes do. These very wide jambs are about 5 inches deep and prevent wind-blown debris, dust, rain from penetrating into the building. They can be placed anywhere on the wall– to the left, to the right, up or down.
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The door is the #1 stress point for every shelter because the door is the one thing on a building that you interact with, so our doors need to be solid, operate smoothly and provide a sense of security. Three heavy duty stainless steel ball-bearing hinges and an industrial hydraulic door closer ensure that the doors will operate smoothly, even in severe weather. Both our standard 3-point and optional panic hardware have their latching mechanisms surface mounted on the inside surface of the door so that the latches cannot be tampered with from the outside, making them very secure.
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I started something new and something big for me. It's on my ME list. This is a list I will share with you soon, because I am changing almost everything. I want to give more to myself, more to my family and more to others. And, most significantly, I want to see more people. Face to face. I want and need to step away from the screen and into the real every day that surrounds me. I want to feel good about myself, good about others and I want to do good for the world we live in.
A Long Time Coming
We lost a baby I desperately wanted last year. A baby that I still miss every day. A baby I still long for. Whether or not we will have one more child is unknown. On the day I went in for my surgery, I carefully removed all of my jewelry in my room. Through tears, I placed my diamond earrings in my jewelry dish. I removed my wedding ring and my engagement ring and laid them next to the earrings. Finally, I removed the crystal necklace that everyone associates with me. The necklace my husband gave me when we found out we were pregnant with our first child. I had no sparkle that day. My glitter was gone from my body and that day was the last day I would wear jewelry for a very long time. It was also the last day that I sparkled, inside or out, for a very long time.
I was in a very dark place after saying goodbye to that lovely life. It was months before I noticed that I had never put back on my jewelry. My ring finger, my ears, my neck, all unadorned and ignored. Like my heart, ignored. Like my life, ignored.
When I opened my eyes one morning, I went to brush my teeth and noticed my wedding rings and placed them on my finger. I felt comforted. I meant to make my marriage better and I wanted to show my husband my heart with his ring on my finger. I needed him to know that I was committed to getting better. I put on my necklace. I reached for my earrings and found only one. I looked everywhere. It never turned up. I felt like I was trying to put back the pieces of me and that my tiny missing earring was a constant reminder of what we had lost. I continued to work on my inside, but I made little progress on my outside appearance.
Then One Day
Just a few months ago I flew to D.C. for my mother's 60th birthday. My mother is full of light and love and sparkles inside and out. She is a lover of God, her her family, her friends and of jewelry, high heels and Betsey Johnson dresses. My mom is my rock. She is my best friend. I watched her come down the stairs for our birthday brunch cruise in her fabulous dress with all of her accessories and a smile that could brighten the darkest day. I was hit with a load of bricks. I had not smiled like that in a long time. I wondered how she could bounce back. She lost her 2nd sister to cancer just a couple of years ago and I know her heart was broken. She never stopped taking care of herself, her family, her friends and the community around her. I think staying engaged helped her to keep going. I borrowed some jewelry from her for our morning out. It felt good to feel pretty. I thought again of the promise I made to myself and my family to start taking care of myself and I reflected on the idea that perhaps sometimes making ourselves feel good on the outside might help feel better on the inside. The old emotional chicken and egg.
That jewelry made me feel pretty again. The sparkle made me smile. It was Stella and Dot. My sister had just started as a stylist and I bought a few pieces. It sounds silly but with that, I started wearing jewelry again. Just a few things to liven up my daily uniform of jeans and a white or black shirt. It may seem small, but this tiny act of caring for myself was huge. It was a turning point. It meant for me, that I could shine. It meant I was okay with not hiding and hoping I would go unnoticed but instead beaming when a stranger paid me a compliment on my jewelry and then told me I have a beautiful smile. I slowly started to come out of my shell.
I Found My Earring and What I Needed
My new jewelry came in the mail and I took it to my room to put away. As I was re-arranging some things to fit my new baubles, I saw something sparkling in the corner of my jewelry box. I could not believe what I was seeing. My tiny diamond earring was there. I don't know how it got there and I don't care. Ridiculous or not, my life changed. I was by myself and I laughed and the laughter turned to tears and those gentle tears turned to racking sobs as I released the anger I felt after our loss. Finding that earring was cathartic.
I called friends I had abandoned and set up coffee dates or a wine night. I was honest and open about where I was and I might have scared some people, but such is life. I needed my friends and I needed them to know where I was and I wanted them to know that I was on my way back. It was hard. I was not apologizing for my grief, but for perhaps being unaware for a very long time of the things that they had experienced. I had ignored everything.
I realized that as hugely supportive as my online community has been, I need hugs. I need to be social. I need to just chat. I hid behind my screen for a long time and I needed to come out. To cherish my old friends and make new ones. To be a part of my community.
Skip to Just a Few Weeks Ago
I decided to jump all the way out of my shell. I became a Stella and Dot stylist. Why? I have a job and I have made a successful place for myself online. But that's just it. I need people. If a little sparkle can help me, it can make anyone feel just a little but better about themselves and their day. It was not just about making an outfit. That's great, to be sure. It s about not forgetting about ourselves. About treating ourselves and our loved ones to something special every once in awhile. At the end of the day, I'm doing this for more sparkle for me and for you, both inside and out. Getting together with girlfriends, trying on jewelry, talking about our lives, perhaps drinking a little wine and making new friends. It is good for the soul.
Getting Gorgeous and Giving Back
I made a commitment when I started this to give something back from every show. Every single one. Here is the deal. For every show, my hostess will get to choose a charity and I will donate 25% of my proceeds to it. For every show I host, I will donate a minimum of 25% up to 100% of my proceeds.
This month, for my first show, I will be donating 25% to The Urban Ministry Center here in Charlotte. The Urban Ministry Center is an interfaith organization dedicated to bringing the community together to end homelessness, one life at a time. The other 25% will be donated to Hurricane Sandy Relief efforts. If you have a suggestion of the best place to give, please let me know. I am researching but would love to hear where the money could do the most good. Want to help me? Check out all of the great jewelry, handbags and scarves!
I am excited to start this new adventure and get back to being me. It's like spreading sparkles and smiles.
Half of the Stella and Dot line is under $50 and all of it is lovely. If you are looking for someone hard to buy for, grab a gift card and make their day! Orders placed by December 17th will arrive by Christmas via standard shipping and if you are a little late to the party there are faster options. Of course, if you are looking to sparkle in 2013, no worries on delivery. If you want to just say I love you, check out the $19 Love, Light and Courage bracelets. Here is the light bracelet.
I want to sparkle from the light within and I want to share that light with as many people as possible.
There will be more changes coming in the next year. From the blog to my house to my family to my heart, change is coming and I couldn't be more excited or more ready. Thank you for joining me on this journey and for being there for me this past year. I may have seemed distant, but the healing was hard to start and I am coming back. Your support has not gone unnoticed.
Now, go ahead and get gorgeous! Do a little shopping and know that the extra sparkle will make someone's day! Sounds fun, doesn't it?
If you want to help you can shop or you can share! I am just starting this and getting the word with your help would be awesome.
If your are here in Charlotte and would like to host a show at your home, you can give back and get gorgeous with a little free jewelry from the amazing collection. Or you could come to my next show. Just leave me a comment and I will add you to my super awesome sparkly people list. If you are one of my online friends, you can run an online trunk show. Just let me know when and I will be happy to set it up!
Happy Holidays!


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Airbnb is a global hotel filled with the same recurring items. Bed, chair, potted plant, all catered to our cosmopolitan sensibilities. We end up in a place that's completely interchangeable; a room is a room is a room.
An algorithm finds these recurring items and replaces them with the same items from other listings. By clicking them, you can jump between rooms and explore the global hotel. There are many homelike places.
You can find the source code for the various tools we created and used to make this website on Github.
Outcome of a week-long web scraping workshop led by Jonathan Puckey at Non-Linear Narrative, a masters programme at the Royal Academy of Art The Hague.
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I admit it: I received a generous Amazon.com gift certificate for my birthday, and it is burning a hole in my pocket. The timing is actually quite fortuitious, as I have a vacation scheduled for next month, and my plan is to leave all manuscripts at home and bring only published books by people I have been wanting to read.
This is where I would like to ask my readers for recommendations, as (try as I might) I simply cannot keep up with everything that is going on in the genre. Whether you are a writer or a reader, I would appreciate your clicking on the "Comments" button below and recommending a recent favorite to me. Here are the types of recommendations I would appreciate most:
*Of course, I will always give first choice to books published by small or independent presses.
*I would prefer to read books by writers who are relatively new to the game, with, say, no more than two or three books published to date.
Since others will likely be reading these recommendations as well, may I ask that you also mention the "type" of book it is (cozy, hard-boiled, etc.) and a general assessment of the type of reader who will like the book, and those who will not? For example: "People who are comfortable with very hard-boiled will enjoy this new Andrew Vachss book, but it would not be a good choice for people who don't like to read stories about child abuse and depravity." Or "This is a great book for escapist entertainment, with a terrific story and plot, but it wouldn't be good for someone who wants very deep characterization."
Writers are welcome to recommend their own books here, as well; but I ask that you specify early in your recommendation/description that you are the writer.
If I find anything stellar or noteworthy, I will be sure to blog about it in the future.