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Why Electronic Arts Is Suddenly Roaring Back to Life
A visitor passes an advertisement for the Sony Corp. Playstation version of the FIFA 15 soccer game, produced by Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), during the EGX gaming conference at Earls Court in London, U.K., on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014.
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By Kevin Kelleher
It's been a rough six years for Electronic Arts, as the gaming giant has navigated it way through a rapidly changing world of games while facing a customer backlash, a disenchantment of developers in studios it acquired, and increasingly unhappy investors.
But if the mood of one group – EA shareholders – is any indication, the Redwood City, California company is on its way back. Electronic Arts' stock rose as high as $46.23 Wednesday, its highest level since September 2008, before closing at $45.99. So far this year, EA has risen 100%, outpacing by a healthy margin rivals like Activision Blizzard (up 20%), Ubisoft (up 22%) and casual gaming company Zynga (down 33%).
That recovery has been a long time coming. EA lost its way nearly a decade ago as its push to wring profits from established franchises led to a stagnation in creativity and, ultimately, financial growth. In 2008, then-CEO John Riccitiello offered a mea culpa to a crowd of gaming developers, acknowledging that a strategy of buying gaming companies and forcing their developers to assimilate to EA's culture wasn't working. But despite pledges to change and a restructuring of the company aimed at fostering creativity, EA's revenue stagnated while its stock price slumped.
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Even worse, users began to revolt. For several years after Riccitiello vowed to improve EA's games, complaints began to mount on the company's forums. In 2012, Consumerist's annual reader survey named EA the worst company in America. Complaints centered on high prices, rushed development of games, unreliable technology, and poor customer support. At the time, Electronic Arts brushed off Consumerist's dubious title.
But when EA was voted the Worst Company in America for an unprecedented second time, its executives were put on notice. Meanwhile, stagnant sales pushed EA's stock down below $11 a share in 2012 – what was then its lowest point – and in the spring of 2013 the company made another round of layoffs amid more restructuring.
EA seemed to have focused so strongly on running its businesses smoothly that it lost sight of what its gaming customers wanted. Like Hollywood studios, gaming companies are only as good as their most recent hits, and for years EA navigated the industry's inherent volatility with skill. But gaming enthusiasts are different from film buffs – they are often more passionate, more vocal, and much better at making their complaints heard online.
In September 2013, EA named Andrew Wilson CEO, and quickly made clear it wanted to reform its image with customers. In interviews, Wilson has talked of instilling a "player-first" culture at EA, willing to delay a blockbuster title, for example, if it needs more work. In July, EA said it would push back the release of Battlefield Hardline until next year to ensure a stable launch.
Despite Wilson's intentions, EA continued to suffer snafus in the new CEO's first year. In late 2013, the company was hit by a shareholder lawsuit over the release of Battlefield 4, which disappointed in sales after a bug-ridden release (the delay in Hardline's launch, following focus tests with gamers, is intended to avoid a similar fate) and lingering gripes over its use of in-app purchases in mobile games.
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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Activision's futuristic first-person shooter in which players take on a rogue private military company uses a brand new engine built specifically for PCs and new-gen consoles to handle its cutting-edge lighting, animation and physics.
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Far Cry 4. This pulled back shot of fictional Himalayan region Kyrat is in-game, believe it or not, rendered with an overhauled version of the engine Ubisoft used to design Far Cry 3.
The Last of Us: Remastered. Naughty Dog's meditation on the worst (and best) of humanity is built on technology that reaches back through the studio's pulp-adventure Uncharted series. The graphics are so impressive, TIME recently assigned a conflict photographer to photograph inside the game.
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Alien: Isolation Built from scratch, the Alien: Isolation engine's outstanding deep space visuals all but replicate the set design of Alien film concept artists H.R. Giger and Ron Cobb's work.
Assassin's Creed Unity. Ubisoft says it "basically remade the whole rendering engine" in its AnvilNext design tool to handle the studio's meticulous recreation of Paris during the French Revolution.
Child of Light Inspired by filmmakers like Hayao Miyazaki and artist Yoshitaka Amano, Child of Light's hand-drawn artwork puts the lie to presumptions that graphical richness depends on shader support or polygon counts.
Destiny Built from scratch by ex-Halo studio Bungie, Destiny's game engine was designed to scale across the next decade, says the studio.
Mario Kart 8 Nintendo's kart-racer for Wii U reminds us that raw horsepower is just a facet of crafting a beautiful game world.
Infamous Second Son Sucker Punch's freeform Seattle-based superhero adventure models all sorts of minutia, from the intricate wrinkling of an aged character's face to the way eyelids stick, slightly, before separating when characters blink.
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Monument Valley Escher-like at first glance, Ustwo's mind-bending puzzler was also inspired by posters, bonsai plants, arabic calligraphy and filmmaker Tarsem Singh's The Fall.
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Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar's remastered crime spree opus was crafted from an in-house engine first employed in a game that simulated table tennis.
Forza Horizon 2 Turn 10's Euro-racer actually models light refracted through drops of moisture, the render tech plausibly simulating something as intangible but essential as the earth's atmosphere.
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80 Days Inkle's anti-colonialist vamp on Jules Verne's famous novel uses crisp art deco imagery inspired by travel posters to unfurl 80 Days' tale of intrepid globetrotters Monsieur Fogg and his valet Passepartout.
Tomb Raider Crystal Dynamics' radical reboot of its popular series about an athletic archaeologist uses a modified version of the engine that powered Tomb Raider: Legend in 2006.
In 2014, things have changed — at least within the ranks of some EA investors, encouraged by the company's strong performance throughout the year. In the six months leading up to Sept. 30, the company's revenue rose 34% to $2.2 billion, while net income swung to a profit of $1.05 a share from a loss of 17 cents a share in the year earlier period. Again, video game earnings are notoriously volatile, but the numbers show that Wilson's efforts are paying off — especially a plan to focus more of EA's development talent on fewer of its games.
EA expects to release 10 titles for consoles and PCs this fiscal year, a third of the number it pumped out four years ago. Despite having fewer titles, EA's revenue from Xbox and other console games more than doubled last quarter to $631 million. Mobile revenue, meanwhile, grew 69% to $123 million, or 12% of GAAP revenue. Two years ago, when Zynga was a hot stock, incumbents like EA looked vulnerable as mobile games threatened to sideline consoles. This year, EA is managing to grow console revenue while gaining a foothold in mobile games.
EA's rally this year has left the stock expensive: It's trading at 23 times its estimated earnings this year, above the average for S&P 500 shares. And the fickle nature of gaming consumers, along with the possibility of more delays in EA's reduced lineup, could bring uncertainty to its future.
But for now, Wilson has steered the company on a path of stable growth. Barclays recently initiated coverage of the stock with a price target of $48 a share, 10% above its current price. On Wednesday, Piper Jaffray followed with a $47 target, citing the promise of future growth. As for whether Wilson's efforts have swayed disgruntled customers, the clearest proof may be how it fares in voting for worst companies next year.


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The Halberstadt D.II was a biplane fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by German aircraft company Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke.

It was adopted by the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Army Air Service) and served through the period of Allied air superiority in early 1916. As the first biplane configuration fighter aircraft to serve in combat for the German Empire, it had begun to be superseded in the Jagdstaffeln and other early German fighter units by the superior Albatros fighters in the second half of the year, although small numbers of Halberstadts continued in use well into 1917.

Design and development

The D.II was the production version of the experimental D.I. Key differences between the D.I and D.II included a substantial effort to lighten the aircraft in order to improve its performance; the latter also featured staggered wings and the adoption of a more powerful 120 hp Mercedes D.II engine. The side and frontal radiators that had been tried in the D.I were replaced by a wing mounted radiator, similar to the arrangement that was later used by the Albatros D.III and D.V. In comparison with the D.I, the pilot sat higher in his cockpit, to improve his view over the top wing. This required a dorsal turtleback fairing over the rear fuselage, to improve its lines.

The two bay wings were very strongly braced, but the trailing edge was composed of a wooden member, as opposed to the wire or cable common on many of the First World War-era German single-engined aircraft. Photographic evidence indicates that many examples were rigged with washout on the lower wings – giving the impression of a curved or twisted lower wing trailing edge. In some photos even the upper wings have a similar sort of "trailing edge droop" on the fixed section inboard of the ailerons.

Lateral control was by ailerons, but the Morane-style empennage (common not only to Moranes, but also to the Fokker and Pfalz types of the period) was retained. The inevitable result was extreme fore-and-aft sensitivity and poor control harmonization. The D.II was nonetheless considered to be very manoeuvrable in skilled hands: in particular it could reputedly be dived safely at high speed. A single synchronised lMG 08 "Spandau" machine gun fired through the propeller arc.

If the only performance figures available for the type are accurate, the Halberstadt fighter's speed and climb were little better than the Eindecker's, but it earned the respect of Allied fighter pilots and was a preferred mount of the pilots of the early Jagdstaffeln, until the Albatros D.I became available. Halberstadts were actually retained, or even returned to service by some pilots during the early weeks of 1917, at a time when the structural difficulties with the Albatros D.III first surfaced.

Operational history
Like other early German fighter types, the D.II was at first supplied in ones and twos to the ordinary six-aircraft reconnaissance units or Feldflieger Abteilungen of the German Air Service: then from February 1916 onward through the summer of that year gathered into small specialised fighter units – the Kampfeinsitzer-Kommandos or "KEK" units. When the first true fighter Jagdstaffeln were formed in mid-1916, the Halberstadt was the best fighter available and was used by Oswald Boelcke to demonstrate his famous pioneering air fighting tactics (the Dicta Boelcke) to the new units (although he is also recorded as flying a Fokker D.III at this period). His Halberstadt was painted bright blue – one of the first documented instances of the gaudy personal finishes applied by German fighter pilots to their mounts for the remainder of the war.

For some reason, the Halberstadt-built D-series fighters bore no marked IdFlieg-issued military serial numbers anywhere on their exteriors.  The licence-built Aviatik and Hannover-constructed examples of the Halberstadt D-series fighters usually had IdFlieg-issued serial numbers on their rear fuselage sides.

As the new Albatros fighters came into service the Halberstadts were quickly replaced, although a few survived into early 1917. Manfred von Richthofen flew a red Halberstadt D.II for a few weeks in March 1917, after the spar of the lower wing of his Albatros D.III cracked in combat. He scored 6 of his 80 victories with the type.

Armament and wireless experiments
Believed to have been first tried within the first six months of 1916, future German rocketry pioneer Leutnant Rudolf Nebel, then flying as a fighter pilot with Jasta 5, one of the earliest German fighter squadrons within the Luftstreitkräfte, used a Halberstadt D.II aircraft of that unit in the first known German attempt at arming an aircraft with wing-mounted rockets as long range armament. Leutnant Nebel used a set of four improvised tubular launchers, two mounted per side on the wings, with a signal rocket being fired from each tube for the unofficial trial. According to Leutnant Nebel's apparently "undated" account, he took off on a defensive mission when 25 Allied aircraft appeared in the air near Jasta 5's base. He managed to fire his improvised rocket armament at a distance of 100 m (330 ft) from the Allied fighter formation, in a "head-on" attack at it and scared one British pilot into surrendering as the British aircraft landed safely in German territory, with Leutnant Nebel landing no more than 20 m (70 ft) away, to ensure the British pilot's capture. Just over a week later, Leutnant Nebel used his improvised rocket armament again and blew the propeller off an Allied aircraft, causing it to crash land.

In mid-October 1916, another attempt was made to arm a Halberstadt D.II with rockets, this time for observation balloon attacks with a more formal method, using eight Le Prieur-like rockets mounted on the outer wing struts, the way that the French Nieuport 11 had been armed nearly a year earlier. Problems with the ignition system on the rockets prevented the system from being experimented with any further.

In late 1916, the Halberstadt D.II was the first known aeroplane for an official trial, with a special unit named the FT-Versuchsabteilung (Radio Telegraphy Experimental Detachment), with the "FT" possibly meaning Funk-Telegraphie, of air communications using radio communications (via Morse Code) in directing fighter aircraft. IdFlieg sanctioned the test, which resulted in the creation of a radio-telegraphy transceiver for the flight leader's aircraft, weighing 25–30 kg (55–60 lb) along with the battery, aircraft engine-driven generator and aerials. Receiving gear for the other aircraft in a combat formation was similarly devised, with the radio receiver weighing 12.5–15 kg (27.5–33 lb). By early 1917, the FT-Versuchsabteilung was making combat trials with the radio gear with Halberstadt D.III and D.V aircraft and by late September 1917 with the famous Jagdgeschwader I unit commanded by Manfred von Richthofen, especially Jasta 4. Later trials using the more advanced Albatros D.III and Albatros D.Va fighters used the gear for the first attempts at an air-based version of ground-controlled interception of Allied bomber aircraft, using visual ground spotters as the ground component by the home defence Kampfeinsitzerstaffel units.

Variants
Aviatik of Germany built the D.II under licence. It was originally known as the Aviatik D.I (not to be confused with their Austrian subsidiary's independently-designed Aviatik (Berg) D.I) but was later called the Halberstadt D.II(Av).

The Halberstadt D.III primarily differed from the D.II version in its substitution of the Argus As.II 90 kW (120 hp) straight-six engine, which differed from the usual Mercedes D.II powerplant in having its camshaft in the engine block and using pushrods to operate the overhead valves, rather than having a camshaft running atop all of the cylinders as in a single overhead cam engine. A total of 50 D.III examples were built by Halberstadt, with the first 30 ordered in July 1916 and the last 20 ordered in August 1916.

The D.IV version, of which only three were built to an order placed in early March 1916, changed the wing bracing layout to a single bay, dispensed with the twin bracing struts for the "all moving" vertical tail rudder surface, and used a Benz Bz.III 110 kW (150 hp) straight-six engine for power, with a small conical spinner for better streamlining. Tested by IdFlieg in October 1916, this type was rejected for further evaluation due to a poor forward field of view for the pilot.

The D.V version was a less radical departure from the earlier D.II version and mostly differed from the D.II, in having its four-member cabane strut structure supporting a central panel for the upper wing, rather than both upper wing panel's wing roots meeting along the centreline of the aircraft, for better forward pilot vision. It also used the D.III version's Argus As.II engine and changed the mounting position of the aircraft's 7.92 mm (.312 in) lMG 08 machine gun from the right to the left side of the nose. A total of 57 D.V aircraft were built, from orders placed in October 1916 and January–June 1917, with 31 of these being sent to Germany's ally in the Central Powers, the Ottoman Empire.

Operators

Luftstreitkräfte

Ottoman Air Force

Specifications (D.II)

See also

References

Further reading

 Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914–1980. San Diego, California: The Military Press, 1983. .

 Cheesman, E.F. Fighter Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War. London: Harleyford Publications, 1960.
 Grey, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam & Company, 1970, First edition 1962. .
 Grosz, Peter M. and A. E. Ferko. "Biplanes for the Fliegertruppe." Air Enthusiast, Issue Fourteen, December 1980 – March 1981, pp. 57–67. London: Fine Scroll. ISSN 0143-5450.

 Munson, Kenneth. Fighters, Attack and Training Aircraft 1914–1919 War. London: Blandford Press, 1968.

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Military aircraft of World War I
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Biplanes
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Should Sheldon Ever Sleep With Amy
By Ronko17,
November 11, 2011 in The Show
rubyanjel 779
rubyanjel
Duchess of Salt Lake City
Yes, it will. But obviously at this rate, they might not entirely consume those 5 years in Amy's plans. The character herself said she's way ahead of her schedule. Probably next season, or if they really are serious with that next 4 years of Lorre's contract with CBS, maybe by season 8. Or I'll go with bigbangsheldon.
I can wait. I did not survive 4 years in UP for nothing.
bigbangsheldon 31 posts
MJistheBOMB 22 posts
rubyanjel 15 posts
Oh of course, that's a given that they need to start showing him having sexual desires, I'm in no way advocating they have sex with him still being aloof and innocent!** But considering the ratings th
Did Ar really just use the wub emoticon?! Talk about character development!
Guest I'm not dead Cheryl
IMO I do think that marriage will happen probably before sex, but not because of the religious aspect, or because his mother would want it. I think Sheldon would be a fan of marriage, because marri
bigbangsheldon 9422
bigbangsheldon
kelly coocoo
I still don't know what emo means in this context. But yeah, Sheldon will kiss Amy this seasoonn I think sorry if thats making the show into friends but please dont say that because I've ran out of booze x
Kaizen 50
They might string along the new emo-loving audience for a few years, but it WILL happen.
What does "emo" mean?
Emo- the "emotional" audiences who are all about the "relationships" and the fangirl term, "feels".
awww how cute
im going to call you robos hahaha xxx
Kyzzx 378
Kyzzx
(*The Conqueror)
Wait, I'm confused. Did they renew again or something? I thought it was only going to season 7, as far as I knew.
IDK, but I cant see the show going anywhere...
Hey you can call me by my name princess!
*Takes a shot*
I gotcha covered. Just took a shot. Hahaha.
I didn't mention "Friends". I thought "Friends" triggered a shot. Don't know how you got "Friends" out of that post. If I want to mention "Friends", then I'll mention "Friends" right out in the open for those who can't see the show is turning into "Friends".
That should knock you out for awhile.
No, actually, it's Friends and every time you bitch about the supposed "new emo loving audience" Thank you for your attempt at correcting me though :-).
Edited October 4, 2012 by MJistheBOMB
The "supposed "new emo loving audience" isn't very supposed. You're living proof of that. But, take another shot on me if it makes you happy.
Feeling great.
oh my god im laughing
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alisaperne
Why is it people are so obsessed whether Sheldon should have sex or not? I'm so tired of this question but in my opinion, I think that Sheldon should perform coitus after marriage, I think that is more appropriate and I have a high respect for Sheldon because his different.
Seems highly appropriate for the thread.
I have to say: even though I love both characters, that photo manipulation is creepy. LOL...Amy in particular.
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
i've seen seriously creepy manips and that isn't even half of it, i think the one my princess posted is tame hahaahaha i love it
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Katiekins
Having sex wouldn't make him no longer sheldon, but it would have to be specifically for the purposes of reproduction and not pleasure. Also it would have to be with someone who he considers smart enough so I think Amy would fit that bill.
How can it be creepy? It's not like they DID something here but to sleep on the same freaking bed? Hahaha was it because it's in black and white? You know how I freaked out when I saw her bedroom... ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES.
Amy looks dead. That's why. LOL. It's not the black and white, it's not the fact that they're in bed or anything else. LOL....actually, even Sheldon in this picture looks like he's having a nightmare. LOL. They both should have more relaxed, peaceful faces. But hey, that's just my idea of a good photo manip.
Sorry, this was made out of impulse. Yes, Sheldon was having a nightmare there because it's from the 5.20 episode. And it's just the first time we saw Amy in bed so it's not really a fabulous shot too.
Haha. Hey, whatever works, right? :-)
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Lady-Geek
More so than Lenard - Science should be Sheldon's woman. Sheldon has a huge social gap that makes him so interestingly extraordinary. When that gap is closed he is merely an average man. A basic "Friends" character and no longer the science driven being he was meant to be.

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Renewal's the Rule at NATPE 2015
Open slots are hard to come by with the current season's entire freshman class expected to return this fall
Updated January 12, 2015, 10:25 am PT.
With the current freshman class of first-run shows—CBS Television Distribution's Hot Bench, NBCUniversal's Meredith Vieira, Warner Bros.' The Real, Debmar-Mercury's Celebrity Name Game and Trifecta's Judge Faith—all expected to return for second seasons, availability for new shows is limited. That's being reflected in the small number of new first-run offerings coming to Miami Beach Jan. 20-22 for NATPE.
There are only four new first-run strips being offered to buyers: NBCUniversal's Crazy Talk, Warner Bros.' Crime Watch Daily, Trifecta's The Daily Meal and Disney-ABC's The F.A.B. A fifth potential offering, an access talk show starring Celebrity Name Game's Craig Ferguson, will not go forward.
Of the current offerings, only Crime Watch Daily and The F.A.B. are firm for fall, with Crime Watch Daily cleared by Tribune in 4 p.m. slots, and The F.A.B. cleared by the ABC owned stations.
Another show that had been on the list, Rohrs Media's Safe and Secure With Bill Stanton, will either launch as a slow roll-out this fall or be pushed off until 2016 in the hopes that more time slots will open up. Two potential shows from Sony—GSN's Mind of a Man and a possible court show starring James Carville—are not going forward.
Queen Gets Bench-ed
One prospective opening created by the departure of Sony Pictures Television's Queen Latifah, which ended production last month and is going off the air at the end of March, was quickly filled by this year's surprise performer, Hot Bench, the panel court show created by Judge Judy Sheindlin. Industry watchers had expected that slot to go to Man in the Middle, a panel talk show in development at CTD and starring Jerry O'Connell, but CTD opted not to go forward with that show this year due to economic concerns. It could be revived for 2016, however.
"The shows that have gotten renewed had two-year deals in some places. That's good for the business in some ways, and challenging in others," says Hilary Estey McLoughlin, president, creative affairs, CTD. "It's a catch-22 because stations will hold on to what they have if they're not excited about what's being offered, or aren't able or willing to pay for new programs. But if there are no time slots or economics to support the programs, producers won't be able to develop shows."
It's not just this year's freshman first-run class that's taking up the slots. Last week, the Fox Television Stations renewed entertainment news program Dish Nation through 2016-17, while Bellum and Raycom agreed to bring back their two regionally cleared shows, Flip My Food and Fix It & Finish It, for two more seasons.
Beyond Crime Watch Daily and The F.A.B., the other new shows are still seeking launch groups.
An access talk show starring Craig Ferguson, who currently stars in Celebrity Name Game, had been in the market since last fall, but it was officially dropped last week. The Tribune station group had been interested in airing the show in access, but couldn't get the necesssary clearances to launch it, according to sources.
Celebrity Name Game, which airs in access in many top markets, will return next year and is expected to move into earlier time slots in many markets." NBCUniversal's Crazy Talk is being sold as lead-out of the company's conflict talkers, including Maury, Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos. Offered as a one-hour block of two half-hours, the show will be hosted by New York Live contributor Ben Aaron and Bad Girls Club's Tanisha Thomas. Much like Chris Hardwick on AMC's post-Walking Dead talk show The Talking Dead, or Andy Cohen on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live!, Aaron and Thomas will chat both about what happens on daytime conflict talkers as well as what's happening on reality shows, such as Bravo's Real Housewives or E!'s Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
Trifecta Hopes for a Meal Ticket
Trifecta is currently nailing down a host and shooting a pilot for The Daily Meal, based on website TheDailyMeal.com, which boasts 13.9 million unique visitors per month, says Trifecta head of distribution sales Kim Sterton.
"It's a bit like the Entertainment Tonight of food. Food is the celebrity," says Sterton. "There's nothing really like it in syndication but cable has made a huge business out of food shows."
Trifecta is planning to produce 30 weeks of originals of the half-hour strip to run out of stations' morning and afternoon news starting next fall. Stations will be able to double-run it, just as many of them do with Judge Faith.
"From what we've been gathering in the marketplace, we do think there will be a place for this show," says Sterton.
Meanwhile, Hot Bench, Meredith Vieira and Celebrity Name Game have officially been given second seasons. The Real was sold to the Fox Television Stations for two years and that group is happy with the program. An official pickup for Judge Faith is pending but expected.
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Q: yum install httpd-devel on mediatemple dv 4 I have a mediatemple dv 4 with plesk 11.0.9 installed.
When I run yum install httpd-devel I get the following
httpd-devel-2.2.3-76.el5.centos.x86_64 from updates has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: httpd = 2.2.3-76.el5.centos is needed by package httpd-devel-2.2.3-76.el5.centos.x86_64 (updates)
Error: Missing Dependency: httpd = 2.2.3-76.el5.centos is needed by package httpd-devel-2.2.3-76.el5.centos.x86_64 (updates)

This is the httpd version installed:
 * atomic: www6.atomicorp.com
 * base: mirror.symnds.com
 * extras: centos.aol.com
 * updates: mirror.lug.udel.edu
Installed Packages
Name       : httpd
Arch       : x86_64
Epoch      : 1
Version    : 2.2.22
Release    : 12053112
Size       : 3.5 M
Repo       : installed
Summary    : The Apache HTTP Server
License    : Apache Software License
Description: The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible
           : web server.

How can I get the correct version of httpd-devel to go with this version of httpd?

A: Your server has an httpd package installed that doesn't match that in any of the repositories you currently have. It is also newer than that in any of the repositories you currently have. Interestingly, its source isn't identified there in your yum info output. You might find more information about the package with rpm -qi httpd.
To resolve the issue, you can do one of two things:

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*Get rid of any installed packages which don't match your installed repositories and resync your system's installed packages to the packages which are available. This can be accomplished with a single command:
yum distro-sync

*Discover the source of the httpd package you have, and then install the repository configuration for that repo. This might be more difficult.

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The old and new deities of American Gods have been seen in plaid suits and pink dresses, pixelated sweatshirts, and gowns that appear to be made of liquid gold. Easter blossoms like the flowers of her season. Mr. Nancy oozes vintage glam. Media may appear as Marilyn Monroe or Lucy Ricardo or Ziggy Stardust at any given time.
Costume designer Suttirat Larlarb, who had previously taught a History of Clothing course at Carnegie Mellon University, wanted to fuse fashion with symbolism when approaching both deities who are thousands of years old and those who spawned from modern obsessions. Some interpretations (like Ziggy and Marilyn) are literal. Others have divine meaning woven right into them.
Whether it's Media's multiple transformations or Technical Boy's turbocharged cool, these are the 14 costumes from the series (so far) that we worship the most.
Lucy has some explaining to do as to why she's on all those TV screens — and so does Gillian Anderson for how she could morph into such a dead ringer for the I Love Lucy sitcom icon. It's not just the '50s-era polka dot dress but everything from her perfectly curled red coif down to the way she applies her lipstick that seems to resurrect Lucille Ball.
There is more to Shadow Moon's refreshing change from that brown suit he's always in (which Larlarb dressed Ricky Whittle in to give his character neutrality as he guides us through supernatural chaos ). Purple, the hue of royalty, is supposed to recall the Romans throwing a purple robe on Christ to mock the "false king."
You'd think a shiny gold suit would be right up Wednesday's shady alley, especially after his latest "job" probably got him enough money to trick himself out in bling, but then you're forgetting Nancy is a spider god. Spiders spin silk (apparently, in this case, even gold silk). No wonder he always looks so expensive.
As Neil Gaiman originally envisioned him, Technical Boy was supposed to look more like a basement dweller with a serious case of acne. He needed a 21st century reboot. Slick and ultra-modern, he ditched the black trench coat from the book and dresses like he just sauntered out of a video game or a Silicon Valley startup.
After Shadow rides that creepy carousel and finds himself washed up on the frozen beach of Wednesday's memories, he encounters a vision in an ethereal beaded dress that moves with the wind. Back on the carousel, she blazes in a crown of flames that unmistakably screams "goddess" without saying a word.
Mr. Nancy's rainbow of suits to dress his humanoid form have to be the envy of anyone who wore a suit they regret to prom. The jewel tones in this one from "The Secret of Spoons" isn't just a fashion statement — they reflect the colors of the Ashanti people, whose mythology he first crawled out of.
Maybe Media thought it would appeal to the Old Gods more if she appeared like the blonde that gentlemen prefer, but Gillian Anderson got a boost behind the scenes. Her dress had a built-in fan to make her appear as if she were floating, and she was also riding a robotic contraption with more fans so the skirt kept flowing.
Easter doesn't just dress for spring. She embodies it. That is kind of what the goddess celebrated on the vernal equinox is supposed to do.
It's also made to blow in the wind like a spring storm when she unleashes her power in the Season 1 finale.
So there are no actual spiders on this suit (only in it if you count Nancy as the spider), but the electric stripes seem to glow in the shadows even without any supernatural help.
Now let's talk about that lime green fedora. The hat is part of his getup in the novel, and however mismatched it is, it just works.
This time, Media morphs into a pink-frosted Judy Garland and Technical boy gives the long black coat he wore in the book a nod with an over-the-top suit jacket. Their musical number isn't just for entertainment, either; it's a threat to the Old Gods, just in case those dapper guys with no faces don't get that across.
Really stare at this outfit for 30 seconds and you'll start to see a digital screen that got a severe punch in the face. It might remind you of a program that glitched and suddenly went all pixelated. You can't ignore that hair, either.
The shape-shifting vixen of the New Gods makes it seem like David Bowie jumped right out of his "Life on Mars?" music video and into the backseat of a limo, from sky-blue silk down to matching eyeshadow. This is just one of the reasons why we worship the late singer — and Gillian Anderson for pulling off the best Bowie cosplay ever.
When you're the actual Queen of Sheba, you should dress the part, and Yetide Badaki stuns in a flowy gold gown that shines so brightly, everyone in the temple (even the man she makes her king) is helpless to do anything but worship her.
If you know anything about how she absorbs that worship, you could say her power is all-consuming.
Because a Hindu goddess of war isn't going to hang around in a hotel waitress uniform forever, this reveal is a glimpse at the elaborate regalia she really wears. Her intricate gold crown and gold necklace dangling with skulls burn with the fire of a thousand suns, just like her eyes.


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Obama Roasts Trump
April 12, 2012 April 10, 2022 by Nicole Ashanti McFarlane, posted in Barack Obama, cute, play, politics, race, rhetorics, time, time & temporality, TV, YouTube
I made this video-audio mash-up during my dissertation defense back in March 2012 to serve as an example of Obama's "cute" rhetoric in his roasting of Donald Trump at the White House Press Correspondents Dinner.
This video of Obama's roast with the overlay of his bin Laden announcement demonstrates his uncanny sense of aptum. Obama's expert use of zingers appropriately encompasses the ridiculousness of Trump's demands that he produce a long-form birth certificate to prove the merit of a Black presidency. Because of Obama's easy command of popular slang, central features of his communicative style, Obama's political success is well documented. Yet his virtuosity with African American speech performances proves not only insufficient for solving America's racial problems but paradoxically provides Obama with all the right moves of sounding as though he's speaking candidly to Black folk, while in actuality communicating a whole lot of nothin' to the political mainstream about the mainstream problem of white supremacy that results in anti-Black discrimination. Beyond Obama's AAE as LWC fluency, the double move of using hip-hop to conservative ends is made possible by what Alim and Smitherman refer to as "white audiences' ineptitude" at registering the nuances of AAE . This is especially true when AAE rhetorical tactics of circumlocution are deployed to disarm white and, at times hostile, listeners. I take issue with unequivocal compliments for Barack Obama's political savvy and excuses made for his tendency to give "a little to both sides" when discussing racially sensitive issues (Alim 129). Admiration for the ethics of Obama's rhetoric should be held back when questionably applied as in certain cases.
Given just hours prior to the announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden, we can retrospectively realize Obama's roasting was concurrently orchestrated at the time of bin Laden's killing. At a time when his approval ratings were low, the drop in public opinion was incurred at least partially through the relentless allegations made by the distinctly reactionary "birther" contingent within the Tea Party activist wing of the Republican party. Regarding the integrity of the president's citizenship, Obama's signifying snaps were in response to the bombastic demands made by Donald Trump. Obama disses "The Don" because of his proximity to hip-hop and successfully lumps Trump with the lunatic fringe of conspiracy theorists, some of whom insist the government faked the moon landing and believe there's a space alien cover-up in Roswell. To draw that link would have been funny enough, but the real punch-line is when Obama aligns Trump with conspiracists who believe iconic rappers, Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls are still alive. Obama's LWC dialect meshes with certain paralinguistic markers through non-speech signals associated with AAE, lip-biting and eye-cutting, even a little teeth-sucking (Rickford 170). These gestures, familiar to almost all African Americans, is an unknown communicative behavior for the predominantly white audience. In so doing, Obama paints the hotel proprietor as a buffoon still further w Obama feigns praise for Trump's supposed magnanimity and leadership for sparing Atlanta-based hip-hopper, Lil John after the men's team failed a celebrity cooking challenge by refusing to fire the rap music producer/hype-man during an episode of Celebrity Apprentice. Even though the president had madd jokes for Trump (At one point Obama mock confesses at one point how the gravity of possibly having to fire Lil John would reasonably cause sleep deprivation), all the while actually staying up all night sleep as he plotted bin Laden's assassination. In this instance, Obama looks in Trump's direction while biting his lower lip and diagonally sweeping his gaze away from Trump in mock admiration and wisecracks, "But you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately, you didn't blame Lil' Jon or Meatloaf." For good measure, with just the slightest hint of the suck-teeth Obama adds that Trump instead, "fired Gary Busey."
Not more than 24 hours later after announcing bin Laden's death, Obama delivers the news in a tone that is somber yet resolved. When viewed in conjunction, these two oratorical performances demonstrate unequivocally Obama's ability to rhetorically balance pop-cultural frivolity with the ceremonial tones of a wartime speech, in which he must gauge his language when speaking to Americans about matters of urgent import or fleeting absurdity.
The linguistic assertions made by Obama reveal a two-pronged effect of his rhetoric that impact how he is received as a national leader insofar as he accepts the hegemony of white privilege and its resultant patterns of discrimination aimed at people of color. From this perspective, Obama's AAE merely co-articulates white supremacist thinking, including post-racial conceits held by the "color-blind" constituency of white swing voters to create ambivalent ethical effects. Using the rhythms and commonplaces of AAE in response to highly racialized communication contexts has been Obama's major strategy for handling voters. More specifically (and even more pointedly), Obama comforts white trepidations about his favoritism toward African Americans and other racial minorities through AAE.
Sappy New Year!!!
December 31, 2010 August 13, 2011 by Nicole Ashanti McFarlane, posted in cute, history, rhetorics, sentiment, space & spatiality, time & temporality
One rhetoric of cuteness is expressed through the sentimentality of the New Year. Of course, I'm talking about the symbolism of Baby New Year, which is representational of new beginnings and future possibilities. Somehow most (if not all) of us subscribe to the false linearity of this "hit refresh" chronology. You know, something like a perpetual reset button.
I think this temporal aspect of cute rhetoric can be understood by looking at the spatial conceptualizations laid out by Henri Lefebvre in The Production of Space. According to Lefebvre, social spaces give rise to time spent as social production. This relationship happens so readily that an ostensibly obvious relationship between where we are when we are/were/have been doing something easily lends itself to a tautological frame. As I see it, this a/cute rhetoric of an annual "new year" forecloses on notions of space as arenas of revolutionary production by enclosing our cortical and tactile perceptions of spatial arrangements in such a way that our day-to-day practices actually seem as though they can be readily controlled (and thereby, ultimately predicted).
This workaday rhetoric is expressed through our bodily interactions and "[r]epresentations of the relations of reproduction [as] sexual symbols, symbols of male and female, sometimes accompanied, sometimes not, by symbols of age — of youth and old age" ( 32, emphasis mine). Could this mean that the entire economy of modern global culture significantly depends on a cute notion of temporality for the perpetual renewal and replenishment of libidinally attached families — as the notion of "the family" is seen as the primary incubator that generates and re-generates seemingly natural power relations and structural economies? In other words, do cute spaces offer themselves up to quarters of efficiency?
Of course this social classification process that sorts individuals into various markets is necessarily reproduced in calendars that make time a fetish or object — as though the collection of these little objects — seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, decades, and so on — can be somehow a/cutely contained within a single lifetime or within the span of a few generations. This sense of "legacy" is absolutely necessary for the perpetuation of inherited class standings and all the subsequently naturalized social relations — namely labor markets — that govern the ongoing reproduction of spatial practices in the way that we have come to re-cognize them as unavoidably True. Therefore, cute can be seen as a means of marking time through the sorting of populations. Here's where Marx's conceptualization of time as material history really offers itself to an interesting critique of cuteness.
Actually, if you think about it, cute kitten calendars are a literal extension of this idea. Every single month we face a brand new pay/billing cycle with a furry little friend to help us keep track of it all.


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Q: Using Linear Regression like gradient boosting Can i use linear regression like gradient boosting technique does  For m=1 to M ( no of linear regressions) :
(1) -  Fit the model to the data
(2) -  Predict the Values and find the residuals
(3) -  Replace the dependent variable data with residuals
Output : ill sum the output of all these linear regressions .
My Question here is will it work , if yes/no please kindly justify your answer .
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JACK, ISAAC ALLEN, lawyer and author; b. 26 June 1843 in Saint John, N.B., son of William Jack, a lawyer, and Emma Carleton Kenah; d. there 5 April 1903, unmarried and without issue.
Allen Jack was descended from loyalists on both sides and was the namesake of one of New Brunswick's original judges, Isaac Allen. Educated at the Fredericton Collegiate School, he began higher studies in 1861 at the newly secularized University of New Brunswick (Fredericton). Soon, however, he led several other scions of the Anglican gentry in preferring charges against the institution's first lay, and first non-Anglican, president, Joseph R. Hea, accusing him of ungentlemanly conduct in his treatment of students and staff. Hea's trial before Lieutenant Governor John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton* as university visitor was understood widely as amounting to a tory attack on the Smasher government of Charles Fisher*, which had appointed Hea. The charges, prosecuted by William Jack, were sustained and Hea was dismissed. Nevertheless, Jack chose to pursue his degree at the more genteel King's College (Windsor, N.S.), from which he was graduated with a ba in 1863.
After returning to Saint John, Jack remained in his father's chambers through articling, admission as an attorney (1866), call to the bar (1867), and junior partnership. Like many young lawyers, he often despaired of his prospects. Determined to "dress like a gentleman & wear a smile" in the face of "genteel starvation," he nevertheless contemplated emigration. Professional profit was only $500 in 1869 and $800 the year following. In 1869, in the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, Jack appeared as counsel in Canada's first appellate case on the constitutionality of judicial review of legislation under the British North America Act, urging unsuccessfully that the federal-provincial division of powers be policed by the federal power of disallowance rather than by the courts. In 1885 he was appointed to the prestigious position of recorder (solicitor) of his native city. It was in Jack's office that the Saint John Law School (now the University of New Brunswick faculty of law) was organized on 18 Aug. 1892, and he taught its course in Roman law for three years. His health had broken in 1894, however, and, confined to his room from the following year, he devoted his remaining energies to literary production.
For 21 months in 1870–71 Jack had kept a journal, the most substantial extant for a late-19th-century New Brunswick lawyer. It is a remarkable document, chronicling the vicissitudes of law practice and reflecting in detail some of the literary, scientific, and religious enthusiasms of the age, while not omitting its author's occasional visits to brothels. It reveals Jack as a frequent lecturer at the Mechanics' Institute, an active member of Saint John's important Natural History Society of New Brunswick, and an avid concert goer. Apart from law, its principal concern is religion.
At King's, Jack had fallen under the "magnetic" spell of his fellow student the Anglo-Catholic George Wright Hodgson [see Hibbert Binney*], and at home he attended St Paul's (Valley) Church, the least "low" of the Anglican parishes in and around Saint John. As a loyal member of its surpliced choir he had frequent contact with Bishop John Medley* and his influential son Charles Steinkopff, who put distinctive emphasis on beauty in music, architecture, and ecclesiastical furniture as an aid to faith. Through Jack's diary one can trace a growing appreciation of the aesthetic badges of Anglo-Catholicism. In 1882 he was among the influential members of St Paul's who left to support the bitterly controversial establishment of the ritualistic Mission Chapel.
Romanticism in religion complemented a quixotism in politics. Like his father a tory and anti-confederate, he opposed both the Liberal Samuel Leonard Tilley* and the federal Conservative party with which Tilley became associated. In other words, he was a provincial Conservative but a federal Liberal. Politics stimulated Jack to two notable polemics. In "Canadian aristocracy" (1874) he denounced the political corruption and social degeneration that had accompanied the rise of responsible government and egalitarianism, mourning extravagantly the passing of New Brunswick's polished, Anglican, legal-military élite. The anonymous 1880 novella Memoirs of a Canadian secretary was prompted by Jack's dismay at "that most melancholy subject," the return of Sir John A. Macdonald*'s Conservatives to power in 1878 and the National Policy that followed. Written ostensibly from the vantage of 1928, the memoir portrays a New Brunswick without commerce – its inhabitants reduced to dulse gathering – the province taken over by the St Lawrence French and governed by an "Intendant." Saint John's most zealously evangelical Anglican church is depicted as "Our Lady's Chapel"; Loyalist Day (18 May) is retained in the memory only of elderly eccentrics. Jack's most savage criticism was reserved for the "Marquis of Gagetown" (Tilley), whose manipulation of patronage had accomplished the return of federal Conservatives. In the final scene of the Memoirs Tilley is shot by an assassin.
From the 1860s to the 1880s Jack wrote prose and poetry for many newspapers and magazines, on a variety of subjects. The literary productions for which he is remembered are historical and came during the long period of retirement. A founding member of both the New Brunswick Historical Society and the New Brunswick Loyalist Society, Jack felt the need to attract interest in Maritime history by emphasizing the "well regulated family pride" that came from a loyalist descent. Thus his Biographical review . . . of leading citizens of the province of New Brunswick (Boston, 1900) printed lengthy, sympathetic notices of 360 New Brunswickers, most of them Jack's contemporaries, and focused on genteel ancestry. The History of St. Andrew's Society of St. John, N.B., Canada, 1798 to 1903 (Saint John, 1903) took the form of annals but was more accomplished than the Biographical review. Jack's most notable historical imprint was based on an ironic misunderstanding. Joseph Wilson Lawrence* had presented Jack with Ward Chipman* Sr's lengthy brief in an 1800 test case, arguing the unlawfulness of slavery. The document became the centre-piece of Jack's 1898 article on "The loyalists and slavery in New Brunswick." Though later research has shown that the test case was initiated by Samuel Denny Street* and that Chipman argued the side of the slave owner in subsequent litigation, Jack's celebratory portrait of Chipman still dominates the historiography.
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[Jack's article "Canadian aristocracy" appears in Maritime Monthly (Saint John, N.B.), 4 (1874), no.1: 65–77, and that on slavery in New Brunswick in RSC Trans., 2nd ser., 4 (1898), sect.ii: 137–85. The memoirs of a Canadian secretary: a posthumous paper appeared anonymously under the fictitious editorship of "Ephraim Davis" and bears the fictitious imprint "Toronto, 1928," but was issued by the firm of Dawson Brothers in Montreal in July 1880. There is nothing in the volume to indicate the actual publication details, but these can be determined from the following reviews in contemporary newspapers: the London Advertiser (London, Ont.), 20 July 1880; the Saint John Globe, 24 July 1880; the Saint John Daily Sun, 26 July 1880; the Montreal Herald and Daily Commercial Gazette, 22 July 1880; and the Morning Chronicle (Quebec), 29 July 1880.
In addition to the items mentioned in the text, Jack's publications include Our wildflowers (Saint John, 1896), George A. Schofield ([Toronto?, 1901?]; copy in N.B. Museum), and "A sculptured stone found in St. George, New Brunswick," Smithsonian Institution, Annual report (Washington), 1881: 665–71. He is also the author of two autobiographical accounts: "King's College in the early sixties," King's College Record (Windsor, N.S.), 19 (1896–97): 19–21, 40–42, 55–59, 75–77, 94–96; and "Old times in Victoria Ward," New Brunswick Magazine (Saint John), 2 (January–June 1899): 64–72, 132–40, 195–204.
The I. A. Jack papers at the N.B. Museum include his journal (A20), a scrapbook containing clippings of his anonymous journalism (C36), the manuscripts of eight occasional lectures (A246–50 and A294–96), and the family bible (B182a). d.g.b.]
N.B. Museum, Loyalist Soc. papers. PANB, RS32, C. Univ. of King's College Library (Halifax), Univ. of King's College, board of governors, minutes and proc., 6 Sept. 1892 (mfm. at PANS). Colonial Empire (Saint John), 14–28 March 1861. Daily Tribune (Saint John), 15, 17 Jan. 1872. Nation (Toronto), 6 Aug. 1874. Saint John Globe, 24 Sept. 1875, 11 Jan. 1895. St. John Daily Telegraph and Morning Journal, 1 Sept. 1873. St. John Morning Telegraph, 27 Oct. 1868. D. G. Bell, "Slavery and the judges of loyalist New Brunswick," Univ. of New Brunswick Law Journal (Fredericton), 31 (1982): 9–42. History of the Mission Church of S. John Baptist, Saint John, N.B., 1882–1932, [comp. J. V. Young] (Saint John, 1932), 10. D. R. Jack, "The late Isaac Allen Jack," Acadiensis (Saint John), 3 (1903): 151–54. New Brunswick Reports (Fredericton and Saint John), 12 (1867–69): 556. M. B. Taylor, Promoters, patriots, and partisans: historiography in nineteenth-century English Canada (Toronto, 1989). Univ. of King's College, Windsor, School of Law (Saint John), Calendar (Halifax), 1892/93–1895/96 (copies in UNBL, Law Library).
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I want to read a Rotary-Encoder and do some other stuff like sending data via serial output.On Arduino this is normally made with an interrupt pin.
So I don't get it: Can I use your library in Python? Or could I use your program to run a small Python script that somehow sends the rotary-value to my main Pythons script where all the rest is done?
A general question: On AVR devices you have "real" interrupts in the sense that special pins provide this functionality.
Is is possible on Omega as well? Or is you code just looking for pin-change with the ordinary read functionality of the pin status?
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Q: Integrate MuPDF Reader in an app I am working on some stuff that should be able to read PDF in my app and I want to put PDF view in my custom layout. I had preferred Android PDF Viewer but  when I performed zoomIn, zoomOut it takes too much time.
So currently I am supposed to use MuPDF open source project to integrate in my project, it's based on JNI and I am not used to it.
I am using Cygwin to build the library for native code. Hence I am unclear with few things:

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*how to integrate the MuPDF in my project (as per my question title)?

*once I will succeed to integrated  it then how can I put PDF reader in my custom view (in the XML or programmaticaly)?

A: This is How I achieve on my mac (2012, intel i5):
Step 1 : Get mupdf-1.2-source.zip
Step 2 : Get android-ndk-mac-64
Step 3 : unzip both of them in new folder call Android-pdf and rename unzip folder to mupdf and android-ndk  (you can call them whatever you like)
Step 4 : open Terminal and use command : cd until you are in android-pdf folder
Step 5 : cd  mupdf than command: make (will take about 40 sec. to run all scripts)
Step 6 : cd android (within mupdf dir.)
Step 7 : open finder go to folder Android-pdf that you created than android-ndk drag file call ndk-build into terminal command line and enter (basically adding a path to ndk-build to operate on mupdf lib.)
and after few sec. you should have new folder inside mupdf > android > libs > ... use that in your android project.
How to use MuPDF with your EXISTING Eclipse project:

*

*Copy the 'jni' folder from the /android folder into your existing Eclipse project.

*Copy the /thirdparty folder into the 'jni' folder in your project.

*Copy the /cbz folder into the 'jni' folder in your project.

*Copy the /draw folder into the 'jni' folder in your project.

*Copy the /fitz folder into the 'jni' folder in your project.

*Copy the /generated folder into the 'jni' folder in your project.

*Copy the /pdf folder into the 'jni' folder in your project.

*Copy the /scripts folder into the 'jni' folder in your project.

*Copy the /xps folder into the 'jni' folder in your project.

*Open 'Android.mk' inside the 'jni' folder.

*Change
MUPDF_ROOT := ..
to
MUPDF_ROOT := $(TOP_LOCAL_PATH)

*

*Save 'Android.mk'.

*Open 'Core.mk' inside the 'jni' folder.

*Change
MY_ROOT := ../..
to
MY_ROOT := $(LOCAL_PATH)

*

*Change all the
..
in LOCAL_C_INCLUDES to
$(LOCAL_PATH)

*

*Save 'Core.mk'.

*Open 'ThirdParty.mk' inside the 'jni' folder.

*Change
MY_ROOT := ../..
to
MY_ROOT := $(LOCAL_PATH)

*

*Change all the
..
in LOCAL_C_INCLUDES to
$(LOCAL_PATH)

*

*Save 'ThirdParty.mk'.

*Now execute 'ndk-build' in your project's 'jni' directory.

*Copy everything in the /android/src folder into the 'src' folder in your project.

*Copy everything in the /android/res/drawable folder into the 'res/drawable' folder in your project.

*Copy everything in the /android/res/drawable-ldpi folder into the 'res/drawable-ldpi' folder in your project.

*Copy everything in the /android/res/drawable-mdpi folder into the 'res/drawable-mdpi' folder in your project.

*Copy everything in the /android/res/layout folder EXCEPT main.xml (because if you are copying into an existing project then you should already have your own main.xml or equivalent) into the 'res/layout' folder in your project.

*Copy everything in the /android/res/values folder into the 'res/values' folder in your project. If you already have a 'strings.xml' in your existing project, copy everything in between the '' tags in your /android/res/values/strings.xml into your project's strings.xml (paste between the '' tags). Similarly with the 'colors.xml',  if you already have a 'colors.xml' in your existing project, copy everything in between the '' tags in your /android/res/values/strings.xml into your project's strings.xml (paste between the '' tags).

*Open the 'AndroidManifest.xml' in project.

*In between the '' tags paste all the list of activities from
AndroidManifest.xml inside the /android folder, You should copy from  your working copy of AndroidManifest.xml inside mupdf.

*MuPDF in now in your existing Eclipse project. To use it, call up com.artifex.mupdf.ChoosePDFActivity.class in your application. This is the main class for MuPDF.

*To open pdf with pre-fix file:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("path to pdf file");
Intent intent = new Intent(context, MuPDFActivity.class);
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setData(uri);
context.startActivity(intent);
Hope this help :)

A: Check this project eBookDroid

EBookDroid is an open source (GPL'ed) document viewer for Android based on the VuDroid code base.
Supported the file in following formats:
PDF
DjVu
XPS (OpenXPS)
comics books (cbz,cbr)

A: I don't know how to do this in Windows using cygwin, because I'm using Ubuntu for the development. But I think the procedure should be the same.

*

*Download the file mupdf-0.9-source.tar.gz here:
http://code.google.com/p/mupdf/downloads/list?q=source

*Download the file mupdf-thirdparty.zip

*Extract the sources. By default they will be extracted to the folder: mupdf-0.9/

*Extract the file mupdf-thirdparty.zip into the folder mupdf-0.9/

*Build the project mupdf-0.9 (For windows you should use VS as it is declared in the readme files)

*Then go to the folder mupdf-0.9/android/

*Run ndk-build

*You can get the following errors:

Compile thumb  : mupdfthirdparty <= jbig2.c
In file included from /home/yury/programming/android/workspace/mupdf-0.9/android/jni/../../thirdparty/jbig2dec/os_types.h:53,
                 from /home/yury/programming/android/workspace/mupdf-0.9/android/jni/../../thirdparty/jbig2dec/jbig2.c:22:
/home/yury/software/android-ndk-r6b/platforms/android-8/arch-arm/usr/include/stdint.h:48: error: redefinition of typedef 'int8_t'
/home/yury/programming/android/workspace/mupdf-0.9/android/jni/../../thirdparty/jbig2dec/os_types.h:47: note: previous declaration of 'int8_t' was here
The solution is explained here: mupdf for android: ndk-build problem (error: redefinition of typedef....)
However, you can simply comment the lines of the definition of types in the file /thirdparty/jbig2dec/os_types.h
After that you will receive two libraries: one static and one shared for your android application.
StaticLibrary  : libmupdfthirdparty.a
SharedLibrary  : libmupdf.so

This was the answer on the first question. Also there is a great step-by-step guide in the android/Readme.txt file.
Now the answer on the second question.
In the application for android you can find test project. There are 3 files:

*

*MuPDFActivity.java

*MuPDFCore.java

*PixmapView.java

Simply copy the last two files in your project. And see an example in MuPDFActivity.java how you can embed mupdf layout in your activity. In this file it is done like:
    PixmapView pixmapView;
//...
layout = new RelativeLayout(this);
//...
    RelativeLayout.LayoutParams pixmapParams =
                      new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
                                RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
                                RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT);
    pixmapParams.addRule(RelativeLayout.ABOVE,100);
    layout.addView(pixmapView, pixmapParams);

    setContentView(layout);

A: Some of the source code files for PDF viewer in Android application. Check the links and try it:
http://code.google.com/p/apv/source/browse/
http://code.google.com/p/android-pdf/
http://code.google.com/p/droidreader/
http://andpdf.sourceforge.net/
http://soft.udm4.com/downloading/pdf_viewer_open_source_code_in_android/ (dead link)
http://open-app.org/2011/02/pdf-viewer-a-simple-open-source-pdf-viewer-for-android/ (dead link)
http://androidunderground.blogspot.com/2011/08/pdf-viewer-has-colors-and-speed-but.html (dead link)

A: I have view pager in my application. I need to show pdf files on each fragment in view pager.is there way to get a pdf view from mupdf ? normally we call mupdf as below
Uri uri = Uri.parse("path to pdf file");

Intent intent = new Intent(context, MuPDFActivity.class);

intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

intent.setData(uri);

context.startActivity(intent);

So if i use mupdf for my app i have to call  MuPDFActivity on each fragment.I think its not a correct way?

A: The answer given by star18bit pretty much sums it up, but even folllowing that I faced a lot of issues.
Like the make command didn't work for me and I had to build it using Visual Studio. So I listed all the pre-req softwares. Like ANT. Also we need to add the sdk folder's tools and platform-tools folders in PATH.
Also, I had to do the changes in Core2.mk file, the same ones in Core.mk. I can't give all the information here, cause it is a lot, so I referring this link for complete information:
http://howtojava.net/tutorials/android/integrate-mupdf-with-android-in-windows-7


Whether you're working on revamping your budget or your eating habits, I'm willing to bet that the amount of food you waste (or, ideally, don't waste) is an important factor in your plans. Minimizing food wastage is good for your wallet because it frees you from paying for groceries you don't actually need, and it also reinforces healthy snacking by helping you keep fresh foods available for longer periods of time so you're not always defaulting to the cookie stash. (Not that there's anything inherently wrong with the cookie stash, of course. Cookie stashes are important.) To that end, I hope that you'll find these easy ways to combat food waste helpful. Hey, if nothing else, trying a few of these will make your grandmother proud that you can better stick to her "waste not, want not!" philosophy.
Some of these suggestions will help improve your overall strategy for keeping food in good, usable shape longer, and others will allow you to get more mileage out of specific groceries that tend to go to waste often. With a little extra time and thought, I think you'll find that you're throwing less food — and money — in the trash, and enjoying your meals more in the process.
The freezer is a great place to store almost anything that you don't want to throw away. According to a handy chart from Foodsafety.gov, everything from bacon to soup to pizza can be safely frozen for up to a few months. Epicurious also offers tips for freezing nuts, bread, coffee, and more.
Meal planning might seem like an unnecessary chore to add to your list of weekend to-dos, but it will go a long way toward cutting back on the amount of food that you waste over the course of the week. Taking a few minutes to consider how you might be able to repurpose leftovers or use a single ingredient in multiple recipes over a short period of time will ensure that you're not buying more groceries than you need or setting yourself up to throw food away.
If you feel like you're wasting a lot of food, chances are that you have friends, neighbors, or co-workers that feel the same. Set up a regular leftover swap with someone else who is trying to conserve food. You'll cut back on wastage without being stuck with your own leftovers for multiple nights in a row.
Store leftover avocado halves with a fresh red onion in order to keep them from turning brown for an extra day or two. According to Lifehacker, this approach will prevent the oxidation process more effectively than storing the avocado with lemon juice, plastic wrap, or water. You'll never throw out the second half of an avocado again!
The tricky thing about shaking up your food routine and trying new recipes is that you often find yourself stuck with lots of leftover fresh herbs. Don't let this discourage you from expanding your culinary horizons! Instead, look for ways to repurpose the herbs, parsley, mint, basil, and thyme that you're left with. USA Today suggests freezing them into ice cubes or using them in fresh veggie or chip dips. Extend the life of these herbs by washing them, wrapping them in paper towels, covering them with a plastic bag, and placing them upright in a glass of water in your refrigerator.
When you approach your perishables with baby steps by doing small purges of past-due items every few days, you'll be less likely to go into full rampage mode simply because you're overwhelmed by all the food staring you down. You'll waste less by having fewer items to sort through.
No one's suggesting that you make a habit of eating food that's long past its expiration date, but the truth is that the sell-by dates indicated on a lot of packaged food are really just an indication of the last day that a store can display the food, while use-by dates are often meant to indicate the last day of peak quality. According to the USDA, products can still be safe and wholesome if they're handled properly after those dates — unless, of course, they develop a spoiled smell or texture.
It's so wrong to waste cheese — especially the fancy kind — and to prevent this, Serious Eats recommends wrapping it loosely so that the plastic wrap doesn't actually touch the cheese itself. Tight wrapping promotes bacteria growth and prevents the dissipation of the odors that will tell you when the cheese has actually gone bad.
Stop tossing stale bread. According to Skillet, bread that's a little on the chewy side actually makes the best croutons! All you have to do is cut or tear the bread into cubes, toss the cubes in olive oil and seasoning, then bake them for about 15 minutes in a 375-degree oven.
Have "Clean Out The Refrigerator Night"
If your fridge is already full of perfectly respectable leftovers and other delicious perishables, resist the urge to call for take-out or break out a new recipe. Instead, set out a full buffet of options straight from the refrigerator. You'll save tons of wastage and give yourself a totally legit excuse to go on a grocery spree later on.
Per Reboot With Joe, you can make your spinach, kale, lettuce, and other greens last longer if you rinse the leaves, let them dry slightly, then store them in a container with paper towels in the fridge.
Not sure if you can trust the sell- or use-by date on the carton of eggs sitting in your kitchen? According to Food-Hacks, you can find out if an egg is expired once and for all by testing it in a bowl of cold water. Fill a bowl and place your eggs inside. If they sink fully to the bottom of the water, they're fresh. If they're a few weeks old but still safe to eat, they'll stand on one end at the bottom of the bowl. If the eggs float, toss them! Tests like this will make you a smarter consumer and limit your food waste, since you won't constantly be replacing perfectly good food.
That extra plastic wrapping they give you for produce at the supermarket isn't just destined for the trash. Per USA Today, industry experts now tell us that plastic wrap can keep certain produce from ripening too quickly "by slowing the intake of oxygen and the release of ethylene gas." Leave wrapped food in its plastic packaging until you need it, or wrap fruits and veggies yourself to extend their life in your kitchen. You can even keep bananas fresher longer by separating and wrapping their stems only in plastic wrap, according to Lifehacker.
Stale chips and crackers can come back to life if you put them in the microwave at full-power for ten seconds, per LIVESTRONG.


i like the layout but my videos and pictures are way too small. The videos are practically mircoscopic. I'd keep it on my site... but... i love my videos too much!
i was wonderin why the layout makes muh top 30 pics their original size and not 90px like i had them...big mess..HELP!
we just wanted to know how you did the swirls in the background and which program you used.


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Here's your first sneak peek of Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani together on this season of "The Voice"
We could all learn a lesson in love from Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly
Ken Churilla, March 14, 2016 9:32 pm
Singer Brad Paisley and wife Kimberly Williams Paisley attend the Save the Children 3rd Illumination Gala at The Plaza Hotel on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Donald Traill/Invision/AP)
There's something about Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley. They have been married since March 15, 2003, and while that seems like a lifetime in celebrity marriage world, for them it just seems right.
"I don't know if there's a secret," the singer told Wonderwall back in 2014. "You have to decide early on that failure's not an option and that you're going to evolve together. You're going to change. We've been together now for a decade. You're going to change. I'm so different than the total hillbilly she met."
It's not hard to see how much the "She's Everything" singer loves his wife. In 2015 when the couple celebrated their 12th anniversary, he arranged a wedding vow renewal ceremony as a surprise for his love. In typical Paisley fashion, it was a mixture of romance and rascal as the ceremony had its share of silly antics. Since he wanted it to be a surprise, Brad enlisted Kimberly's best friend to pick out a dress for her. Being as Kimberly didn't know about the ceremony, she didn't exactly dress for the occasion and, well, there was just no way around the wardrobe malfunction.
"You could see my pink panties underneath," she told US Weekly with a laugh. "It was pretty awesome."
About the author: Ken Churilla, Rare Contributor
Based in Chicago but often in Nashville, Ken Churilla is a contributor for Rare Country. Follow him @KenChurilla and join the conversation @RareCountry.


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Scooby-Doo și Invadatorii Extratereștri (engleză Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders) este al treilea din seria de filme animate direct-pe-video bazate pe desenul animat Scooby-Doo. A fost lansat în 3 octombrie 2000 și produs de studioul de animație Warner Bros. (chiar dacă la sfârșitul filmului apare un logo Hanna-Barbera). Nu ca filmele de dinainte, cu toate că are o atmosferă mai sumbră, acesta are și un ton mai deschis pentru că monștrii cei adevărați sunt oamenii buni iar oamenii deghizați sunt antagoniștii principali. Este al treilea din primele patru filme direct-pe-video Scooby-Doo animate de peste mări de către studioul japonez Mook Animation.

Premiera filmului în România a fost în 26 martie 2005 pe canalul Cartoon Network (în cadrul lui Cartoon Network Cinema) și se difuzează și pe Boomerang (în cadrul lui Boomerang Cinema).

Premis
Izolați într-un orășel din deșert, Scooby, Shaggy și gașca descoperă o mulțime de farfurii zburătoare, laboratoare secrete și mulți extratereștri neprietenoși. Dar după ce aceștia îi urmăresc și îi transpoprtă cu o rază la bordul unui OZN, ceva și mai ciudat se întâmplă: atât Scooby, cât și Shaggy se îndrăgostesc.

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Filme de animație din anii 2000
Filme de animație
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Boomerang
Filme americane
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Filme de televiziune din 2000
Filme din 2000
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¿Police warning after cashpoint scam merchants target shoppers
Shoppers are being targeted by hi-tech scammers in a new spate of cashpoint robberies in Manchester city centre. Thieves are using equipment to trap cards in distraction robberies at some of the city's busiest ATM machines.
Thieves are using equipment to trap cards in distraction robberies at some of the city's busiest ATM machines.
Shoppers are being targeted by hi-tech scammers in a new spate of cashpoint robberies in Manchester city centre.
The scammers queue behind customers as they tap in their pin number and attempt to withdraw cash.
When their card becomes trapped a 'helpful' scammer in the queue suggests the customer goes inside the bank to report the problem – before using their pin to steal cash, and the card.
A total of six people have been arrested – including two boys, aged 13 and 14, on Sunday. A device was seized by officers at the same time.
Police have received around two dozen reports of the crime in the past 12 months, most of which have taken place at ATM machines in the Market Place and Piccadilly areas.
Officers are warnig people to be extra vigilant when withdrawing money at any of the city centre's 200 cash dispensers.
City centre neighbourhood inspector Jo Marshall said: "Although we have only had a small number of reports about this type of crime, I would ask that people are extra careful when using cash machines in busy areas.
"The safest place to withdraw cash is at cash machines inside banks if possible and make sure that if people are stood behind you, they are unable to see your pin number.
"We have already made a number of arrests in relation to distraction robberies and attempted robberies, and we will continue to ensure that officers are out and about in the hotspot areas of the city centre keeping residents, workers and shoppers safe. "
Police say most of the reports have come from women under 35.
Among the ATMs understood to be targeted is Manchester's busiest hole-in-the-wall – outside the NatWest bank on Portland Street.
The same dispenser was hijacked in 2006 by a Romanian gang who used wireless computer technology to steal the details of hundreds of unsuspecting customers and lift hundreds of thousands of pounds from bank accounts.
The case ended up in court, and one of the conmen behind bars, after police uncovered the audacious swindle in which a 'skimming' device, tiny camera and transmitting equipment were used to send bank details to a laptop being operated by gang members in a nearby car.
They had also sabotaged a nearby machine to lure people into their trap, the court case heard.
Anyone with information about cashpoint crime should contact the CityCentre Neighbourhood Policing Team on 0161 856 3221 or call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.


Mothers are always very precious. And to celebrate this event we have a collection of heart warming poems and poetries that you will surely love. You can also send them to your mother in order to express your deepest feelings for her. So go through the poem and enjoy and if you like them then feel free to share them with your friends and near ones.
Beyond, in the home of the blest.
To a land where all rejoice.
In that beautiful home of the blest.
When she taught me how to pray.
In the dark urn of destiny.
The dull cold commonplace of life.
A shadow falling to the ground.
A smiling angel of the child.
But—parent, thy hands grow colder!
Have thy lips yet no language—no wisdom thy tongue?
I sent a Mother's Day card away.
I signed it with love and mailed it fast.
It doesn't feel like Mother's Day.
To ship some flowers, to make a call.
There's no more thanking her for all she's done.
I cannot hug her or kiss her cheek.
I cannot even share a laugh.
It all too quickly became the past.
I took each visit with her for granted.
I thought there'd always be more to come.
From her use and mine.
All the memories have been made.
All the letters have been mailed.
Whether on the telephone or talking face to face.
I'd wish for one more conversation either here or at her place.
We'll share the sights of heaven.
We'll kiss….it'll be Mother's Day once more.
Where all the kids can play.
Nor will they cry a tear.
And that is the most beautiful of all.
From the wartime's cruel fate.
There's a need they must fulfill.
Who paid the ultimate cost.
In some conflicts so ill planned.
Enjoyed by all of yours and mine.
With our, "Thanks!", so well deserved.
With the pride and fear and more.
To praise Her Daughter or Son.
Comes Home safe, from over there.
Who stand Strong and Proud, and True.


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COURTESY DAVID ALLENL. Peter Callender
Gripping 'Breakfast with Mugabe' at Aurora Theatre Co.
Nov. 18, 2014 12:00 a.m.
How Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, went from idealistic revolutionary to ruthless despot is only one aspect of British playwright Fraser Grace's fascinating, 2005 "Breakfast with Mugabe."
Much more than a character study, the drama – with its freighted and often electrifying dialogue, historically broad-ranging perspective and theatrical imagination – proves intense and engrossing.
That's due as much to Grace's writing as to Jon Tracy's excellent direction and cast at Aurora Theatre Company's West Coast premiere.
In the early 21st century, as Mugabe was campaigning for an election that would once again assure him of what appears to be presidency-for-life, he was said to be depressed and to have sought the counsel of a white psychiatrist.
In Grace's scenario, Mugabe (played with uncanny precision by a steely-eyed, charming and frighteningly convincing L. Peter Callender) says he is haunted by a malevolent ngozi, or spirit, of a revolutionary comrade and possible political rival (who in fact Mugabe may have murdered; the man was reported to have died in a car crash in 1979).
In Mugabe's Shona culture, an ngozi must be appeased. Mugabe and his wife (an imperious, assured Leontyne Mbele-Mbong) tell the doctor that when the president is afflicted by the spirit of a dead person, then so is the entire nation.
But the doctor (Dan Hiatt, in a fascinatingly complex portrayal) is more interested in digging into Mugabe's familial past, a taboo subject. The only aspect of the past that Mugabe wants to discuss is the late-20th-century revolution, in which he played such a heroic part and which eventually reclaimed Rhodesia from the white minority.
It is believed that Mugabe, in his rise, brutally disposed of human "rubbish." No one knows how many were murdered.
Against this backdrop, the power struggle between the two men, which starts from the minute they meet, plays out across the racial divide on multiple levels that include the personal, the cultural, the spiritual and the political.
One plot-turning element involves Mugabe's governmental decree to seize land belonging to white farmers. The doctor owns a tobacco farm.
A stoic security guard from the central intelligence organization (a hyper-focused Adrian Roberts) watches intently over the proceedings.
All production elements — Nina Ball's elegant, white-on-white set, Callie Floor's beautifully rendered costumes, plus judicious use of archival video footage (Micah Stieglitz) and sound collage (Hannah Birch Carl) — serve to intensify the central conflict in this deeply involving, and disturbing, play.
Breakfast with Mugabe
Presented by Aurora Theatre Company
Where: 2081 Addison St., Berkeley
When:Tuesdays-Sundays; closes Dec. 7
Tickets: $32 to $50
Contact: (510) 843-4822, www.auroratheatre.org
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I am writing in response to Tyson Foods and a real estate firm. They are trying to shove chicken barns down peoples' throats.
I live at 3289 Sims Road. There are 10 chicken barns within a half-mile already and they want to build 10 more about a quarter-mile from me.
All my neighbors do not want the barns. Why are they building so many barns in western Bedford County? It is because of the natural gas and city water.
I would like to remind our politicians that we need help to stop this or come election time, it might be a different vote.