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+Announcement: scikits-image 0.9.0
+=================================
+
+We're happy to announce the release of scikit-image v0.9.0!
+
+scikit-image is an image processing toolbox for SciPy that includes algorithms
+for segmentation, geometric transformations, color space manipulation,
+analysis, filtering, morphology, feature detection, and more.
+
+For more information, examples, and documentation, please visit our website:
+
+    http://scikit-image.org
+
+
+New Features
+------------
+
+
+
+Additionally, this release adds lots of bug fixes, new examples, and
+performance enhancements.
+
+
+Contributors to this release
+----------------------------
+
+This release was made possible by the collaborative efforts of many
+contributors, both new and old.  They are listed in alphabetical order by
+surname:
+
+- Ankit Agrawal
+- K.-Michael Aye
+- Chris Beaumont
+- François Boulogne
+- Luis Pedro Coelho
+- Marianne Corvellec
+- Olivier Debeir
+- Ferdinand Deger
+- Kemal Eren
+- Jostein Bø Fløystad
+- Christoph Gohlke
+- Emmanuelle Gouillart
+- Christian Horea
+- Thouis (Ray) Jones
+- Almar Klein
+- Xavier Moles Lopez
+- Alexis Mignon
+- Juan Nunez-Iglesias
+- Zachary Pincus
+- Nicolas Pinto
+- Davin Potts
+- Malcolm Reynolds
+- Johannes Schönberger
+- Chintak Sheth
+- Kirill Shklovsky
+- Steven Silvester
+- Matt Terry
+- Umesh Sharma
+- Riaan van den Dool
+- Stéfan van der Walt
+- Josh Warner
+- Adam Wisniewski
+- Zetian Yang
+- Tony S Yu