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The invention relates to the generation of video displays on a display screen from video data which is received as an encoded MPEG stream of data and then decoded and processed to be displayed. In the invention the video display can be generated in a conventional format or at least one use selectable alternative format, known as trick mode stream, such as a fast forward or fast cue display. The method of the invention allows the amount of data to be placed into the buffer memory prior to decoding and display of the data in the alternate format, to be calculated without reference to the MPEG stream information which is unavailable in the trick mode stream of data. The method therefore minimizes delay in the commencement and end of the display of the trick mode stream display format when selected by the user.
1. A method for generating and processing data for the display of a stream of video data on a display screen connected to a data processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
processing a motion picture expert group compliant data stream of video data selected to be viewed by a user in a first format via said apparatus, the largest frames of said video data known as I frames;
pre-filling a buffer memory in the apparatus with a first threshold level of said video data prior to decoding said video data, the user viewing the same in the first format;
said user selecting with selection means to view said video data in an altered format, and in response;
changing the required level of said video data to be held in said buffer memory for the altered format to a second threshold level;
wherein at the second threshold level the buffer memory substantially accommodates no more video data than that corresponding to a single I frame, plus a small tolerance percentage value;
filling the buffer memory with said video data corresponding to a single I-frame plus a same tolerance percentage value; and
thereby generating an altered format for said video data, wherein the altered format is a fast cue or fast review video display.
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9. A method of generating a video display in a first standard motion picture expert group format and a second user selectable fast forward or fast cue format, said method comprising the steps of:
upon user selection of a fast forward or fast cue format during generation of the display in the first format, obtaining a value indicative of the separation of received encoded frames in a video data bitstream;
using said value as a replacement value to indicate a new threshold level of data to be held in a buffer memory device prior to the commencement of the decoding;
filling the buffer memory device with video data corresponding to a single I-frame;
displaying the frames of data for the fast forward or fast cue display; and
wherein said new threshold level of data is substantially no more than that corresponding to the single largest frame in said video data bitstream plus a small tolerance percentage value.
10. A method of generating a video display as set forth in
This application claims priority to British Patent Application No. 0104785.1 filed 27 Feb. 2001.
The invention which is the subject of this application is related to the provision of broadcast data, from which television programs and other services, such as home shopping, games, internet services and the like can be generated, and particularly to the provision of streams of data which are referred to as "trick mode" streams of data.
The provision of transmitted digital data which is broadcast by service providers for reception at a large number of subscriber premises is increasing and can provide to users a range of functions and services in addition to the core television and radio programming. The data is transmitted in a specific international format set out by the Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG). The broadcast data is received by a Broadcast Data Receiver (BDR) at each premises and the BDR decodes the encoded data received and generates video and/or audio for display via a display screen and/or speakers as appropriate, most typically those of a television set. Although reference is herein made to the invention with respect to a BDR it should be appreciated that the same can be applicable to other apparatus which generate video data such as, for example, DVD players, hard disk memory devices and the like.
In addition to the generation of video and audio there are an increasing number of different forms of user selectable services which can be selected via the BDR. One known service is Video on Demand (VOD). In this service the BDR user can select to view a program or film at that instant, or at a designated time in the future, and so the user does not have to be bound by any particular television or radio program scheduling imposed by the broadcaster. Typically the user is provided with a menu or list of available programs or films and can select to view the same, typically having been required to make a payment to the broadcaster. Upon selection, access to the necessary received data and decoding of the same is commenced via the BDR and the selected video and audio is then available to the user for the selected program or film.
As part of the video-on-demand service, which is typically defined as a "single-user service" for the specific user, the user can be presented with the opportunity to request that the MPEG format stream of data for the selected program or film is presented on screen in a fast cue/fast review form in which the picture moves more quickly, similarly to the Play Fast Forward function on a Video Cassette Recorder. This is conventionally achieved via a method whereby the video data server in or connected to the BDR delivers the said MPEG stream of data containing no audio data, and containing some or all of the "I-frames" from the video data (an MPEG video stream will typically contain an I-frame every half second or so).
Digital data in an MPEG format is typically provided in a series of hierarchical levels, one of which defines the generation of frames of the video display. The frames are defined in different categories, typically "I-frames" which are fully coded and can be decoded without reference to data for any other frames; "P frames" which, to be generated for display, need to be decoded with reference to data for earlier I or P frames, and "B frames" which, to be generated, need to be decoded with reference to previous or later I and P frames.
The I frames of data also allow for service data acquisition and for error recovery purposes, and importantly, can be decoded entirely without reference to adjacent frames of data.
However, in practice, when the provision of the fast review or fast cue service occurs, a problem arises due to the fact that at the transition between the generation of the video display generated from the normal stream of data and that generated for the fast cue/fast review service, (hereafter referred to as the trick mode stream of data), it is necessary to flush the video decoder buffer memory in the BDR of all data from the normal stream of data in order to avoid decoding and/or frame reordering errors. Thus, and as also the case at the recommencing of playing the normal stream of data, the BDR processing means is required to go through a phase of flushing and then pre-filling the video buffer memory device with the appropriate video data before decoding of the new stream of data, such as the trick mode stream of data, can commence. The level of data required to be placed into the buffer memory in the BDR is required to be set which is problematic as now described.
The problem with this process and particularly when transferring to the trick mode stream of data is that, unlike with a normal stream of data, the BDR has no access to the header fields "bit_rate" and "vbv_delay" data from the video stream which are normally used to determine the pre-fill data threshold of the buffer memory which is required to be reached to achieve the successful decoding of the data. The access is denied because the International Standard ISO/IEC 13818-1(MPEG) defines "bit_rate" and "vbv_delay" data to be invalid in the case of the display of trick mode streams of data even though the actual data used for both formats of video display is effectively the same but dealt with in a different manner to generate the required video display format.
A conventional approach to overcome this problem is to generate a quantity of data into the buffer memory which is equal to that specified by the data field "vbv_buffer_size", which is a header field that is still valid for trick mode streams of data. However, in practice, this can lead to relatively large time delays of one or more seconds following the user selection of the trick mode stream and before the user can view on screen the trick mode stream display. This is especially so if the bitrate of the original data stream is somewhat below the defined maximum for the MPEG specified data profile/level.
The aim of the present invention is to provide a method which leads to the MPEG data decoder in the BDR, and hence the BDR service, being more responsive in the transition between the generation of displays between the normal streams of data and the trick mode stream of data.
In a first aspect of the invention there is provided a method for generating and processing data for the display of a stream of video data on a display screen connected to data processing apparatus, said apparatus processing an MPEG compliant data stream of video data selected to be viewed by a user in a first format via said apparatus and said user provided with means to select to view the said video data in an altered format, said altered format generated by the apparatus and characterized in that, following the user selection of the altered format, the method includes the step of identifying the required level of data to be held in a buffer memory in the apparatus prior to decoding the first frame of video data for the alternative format.
Typically the method includes the step of identifying a value for the separation of the encoded frames in the video data bitstream and using this value as a substitute for the various header field values of the MPEG data stream which are unavailable.
In one embodiment the identification of the value includes the step of referring to the timestamp information included in the bitstream of received data.
Typically the altered format is a fast cue or fast review display, hereinafter referred to as a trick mode stream of data.
In one embodiment, in a first step of the method, an estimation of the required buffer memory size for the largest frames of data, the I frame data, in the trick mode data stream is determined.
Typically, when the estimation is determined, a video buffer memory occupancy requirement is set at a value to avoid delay in the transition between the generation of video from the normal and trick mode video data streams. Typically the value set is at, or substantially at, a level so that it is of sufficient size to accommodate the data for the estimated size of the I frame.
Typically the MPEG format stream of data comprises a number of hierarchical levels, one of which is known as the systems layer and in which layer is included data referred to as time stamp data. This data acts as a reference to allow data in the other levels to be time synchronized and, at intervals, resynchronized by referring to and retrieving a common reference time from the time stamp data.
In a preferred embodiment the method includes the use of the time stamp data to estimate the size of the I frame data and hence the required video buffer memory size estimation. By using the time stamp data so the need to directly determine the amount of data in a single compressed frame can be avoided.
In a further aspect of the invention there is provided a method of generating a video display in a first standard MPEG format and a second user selectable fast forward or fast cue format, said method involving the steps of, upon user selection of the fast forward or fast cue format, obtaining a value indicative of the separation of received encoded frames in the video data bitstream and using that value as a replacement value to indicate a required level of data to be held in a buffer memory device prior to the commencement of the decoding and display of the first frame of data for the fast forward or fast cue display.
Thus, the invention relates to the use of a direct measurement of the separation of encoded frames in the video data bitstream to replace the use of various header fields which could be used in a normal MPEG data stream, but which are defined by MPEG to be invalid in the case of trick mode streams of video data and the use of timestamp information in the bitstream of data to complete the measurement.
Specific embodiments of the invention are now described with reference to the accompanying figures; wherein
As discussed in the preamble one form of frame for video data in an MPEG stream is the I frame. The I-frames typically comprise the largest amounts of data compared to the other frame types. In a conventional MPEG video stream the data for the I frames is usually compressed into a size which is largely uniform for each I frame such that the data sizes for all the I frames are similar to within a few percent. This means that the video buffer memory occupancy requirement will not vary greatly from I frame to I frame.
A first step of the method of the present disclosure is that the compressed size of the first I frame encountered once the trick mode data stream is selected following a user selection, is used to set and estimate the buffer memory occupancy requirement to be satisfied before each and every subsequent picture frame decode is initiated to generate the video display. However, to directly determine the amount of data in a single compressed MPEG I frame can still be a fairly intensive operation, so the second part of the method of the application is to use the quantized nature of the timestamp data in the systems layer of the MPEG stream of data to efficiently estimate the size of the first frame, and therefore the required pre-fill threshold over time for the buffer memory.
For a normal MPEG stream of data, it is unnecessary to estimate how much data is required for the video buffer memory occupancy before the first picture is decoded, as the "vbv_delay" data from the picture header data in the MPEG format data stream provides the length of time that the data for the picture should spend in the buffer before it is decoded. By multiplying this by the "bit_rate" field from the sequence header data in the data stream the required threshold value is obtained.
However, for trick mode (fast cue/review) video data streams, neither the "vbv-delay" nor the "bit_rate" data can be used as, in accordance with International Standard Compliance requirements (see ISO/IEC 13818-1 section 126.96.36.199, under the description of "trick_mode_control") the use of the header data is prevented and, in order for the BDR to be MPEG compliant, which is typically commercially required, the BDR system cannot therefore use the same.
As a result, conventionally, the only option for such streams of data has been deemed to be to wait for the buffer to reach the "vbv_buffer_size" header specified in the sequence header data. Although this is a safe option, in as much as it is guaranteed that taking this approach will never lead to the buffer memory under-running, and hence the video generated being stopped, it does have the drawback that it is difficult for video data encoders to accurately determine the appropriate value for "vbv_buffer_size" for a given stream. Because of this it is found that the encoder is typically set to have the "vbv_buffer_size" value at the maximum level allowed for the MPEG profile and level. This is often a gross exaggeration, especially for lower bitrate data streams, and it can lead to unacceptably long delays between the user selection of the trick mode streams being made and the display of the first decoded video picture display. This problem is illustrated in
The invention of this application sets out a solution to this problem based upon analysis of the data for the I-frames which I frames are typically of consistent size, usually within a few percent of each other in terms of amount of data. This, in conjunction with the fact that for trick mode data streams it is permissible for a decoded frame to be displayed repeatedly until the next frame is ready to be decoded, provides the design of a buffer memory data processing method as illustrated in
However, parsing the video stream in this way can be a relatively intensive task, so there are two steps taken to improve the method in accordance with the invention. Firstly, as the I-frames in the frames of data received are relatively uniform in size, the wait operation for the frame start is only performed once, as indicated by line 6 in
Secondly, at the start of the reception of the frames of data in the trick mode stream, reference is made to the systems layer data received by monitoring the PTS's (presentation time stamps) in the packet headers. Because the PTS's are quantized in steps of one frame, then as soon as the PTS is seen to change, it is deduced that the next payload of the data packet refers to the next frame received.
In practice, the data encoders prior to data transmission to the BDR tend to encode a PTS for each frame, but just in case one is encountered that doesn't, the BDR can be designed to use the vbv_buffer_size header value 5 as a fallback threshold, for the buffering time requirement.
One specific example for a typical trick mode stream display is as follows:
Prior to user selection of the tick mode stream, the MPEG stream of data received by the BDR has the following characteristics:
Main profile at main level, so vbv_buffer_size is 1835008 bits.
Original bitrate 3 Mbits/s so the Frame rate is 30 frames/s.
Every 15th frame is coded as an I-frame.
Mean I-frame size is 276720 bits (standard deviation 4%).
If the user then selects to view a trick stream mode of data display such as a "�2 cue" trick mode stream then the following two procedures could be performed, the first illustrating the conventional approach and the second illustrating the solution in accordance with the invention:
Firstly by referring only to the I-frames from this stream of data, then the actual bitrate for the trick mode is 4*276720=1106880 bits/s.
If the conventional approach of determining the prefill value of the buffer memory with reference to the vbv_buffer_size was used then the time to reach the required prefill threshold value 5 would be: 1835008/1106880=1.66 seconds.
However, in accordance with the invention a different prefill threshold value 8 is determined whereby the time required to reach the prefill threshold 8 using the method of the invention would be:
Mean I frame size divided by bitrate for the trick mode stream and so in this case 276720/1106880=0.25 seconds.
Thus the method of the present invention allows a faster response to the user selection of an alternative format of video display and also, when the BDR returns from a trick mode stream display to a normal display, a "cleaner" transition can be accomplished and hence improves the appearance of the display and the provision of the service to the user.
While the invention has been described with a certain degree of particularly, it is manifest that many changes may be made in the details of construction and the arrangement of components without departing from the spirit and scope of this disclosure. It is understood that the invention is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein for purposes of exemplification, but is to be limited only by the scope of the attached claim or claims, including the full range of equivalency to which each element thereof is entitled.
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On March 21, 2014, in Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. v. Shiu, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia reached a seminal decision in a case challenging a final rule promulgated by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The rule, which is scheduled to go into effect on March 24, 2014, implements new regulations under section 593 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires that government contractors "take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities."
The federal district court considered three challenges brought against the rule by Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. (ABC), a trade association representing construction-industry firms. According to ABC, portions of the rule should be enjoined because, (1) OFCCP exceeded its section 503 authority in promulgating the rule; (2) the rule is arbitrary and capricious; and (3) the rule does not comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act. The court rejected these arguments and denied the trade association's motion for summary judgment.
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The ease with which the court in this case dealt with the alleged Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) conflict and the 7 percent utilization goal estimate is surprising. But the battle is not over yet. We are likely, of course, to see ABC appeal this decision, although any requested stay should apply only to construction contractors. Most federal contractors (both supply and service and construction) have been diligently preparing for the new section 503 regulations and are anticipating working cooperatively with OFCCP to ensure compliance and inclusion of qualified individuals with disabilities into their workforces.
Ogletree Deakins' Affirmative Action and OFCCP Compliance Practice Group has prepared an Implementation Checklist and Guide to assist its clients in complying with the obligations imposed by OFCCP's new veteran and disability regulations that became effective today, March 24, 2014. The Implementation Checklist is a quick tool to use to identify key requirements of the regulations.
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WelcomeSubmitted by Dan Aukes
We are pleased to announce the release of popupCAD, a design tool which facilitates the development of laminate devices, popup mechanisms, and flat-foldable structures.
This project is early in development, and can hopefully be used as a platform for collaboration across labs. If you are someone with a desire to make laminate devices in a slightly new way, or if you're interested in applying your own internal manufacturing rules into a new plugin, I'd be happy to set you on the right path and get them developing new modules specific to your own needs.
The source code is available, which should currently run on windows, mac, or linux under python 2. Python 3 support might work, although I don't test on it often enough to verify it works. There is also an installer for 64-bit windows. There is some documentation on getting the source code to run on a variety of platforms. And, if you are willing to help, I could use all the documentation help I can get.
The software is currently licensed for research and personal use at academic institutions until we work out a longer-term plan for release. As your feedback is important to our decision-making process, we would love to hear whether and/or how you feel you can use this in your own case.
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The Rally Onion wants 150 fans before Opening Day.
Burn down the disco. Hang the blessed DJ. Because the music that he constantly plays, it says nothing to me about my life.
Also for the football HOF if you have played in and won Super Bowls you have a far better chance of being voted in if are in any way marginal. Of course, that doesn't explain Wherli. I think there is much more prejiduce in voting in the football HOF. If you are on the outs with any of the voters or they just didn't like you for some reason you aren't getting in.
Reds Fan Since 1971
Small market fan... always hoping, but never expecting.
It's also not the same electorate that are voting on these guys. The guys that elected Mays aren't all the same guys who elected Aaron or Seaver or whomever. Old guys retire or die and new guys take their place or the electorate decreases or it increases if no one retires or dies.
The Rally Onion wants 150 fans before Opening Day.
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From 1982
And yet nine voters chose to ignore Henry Aaron. Historically, of course, it wasn't surprising. Three years ago 23 voters chose to ignore Willie Mays; in 1966 there were 20 who ignored Ted Williams; in 1969 there were 23 who ignored Stan Musial; in 1955 there were 28 who ignored Joe DiMaggio. In this year's election there were 45 who ignored Frank Robinson, too. With 312 votes necessary for election, he received 370 votes, a landslide by Hall of Fame standards.
Jack Lang, a baseball writer for The New York Daily News and the secretarytreasurer of the B.B.W.A.A., would not divulge the names of the nine brethren in keeping with the tradition of a secret ballot. But he did describe some of the ballots, each of which permits a voter to select as many as 10 of the 42 candidates.
"One ballot was from a Latin-American writer who voted only for Luis Aparicio," Jack Lang said. "Another was from a writer in a Midwestern city who voted only for Juan Marichal."
One or two ballots omitting Henry Aaron would be understandable. Perhaps a member of the brethren was weary. Or hungover. Or in a hurry. Understandable, but not excusable. But nine votes? Never.
As for the NFL HOF and Ken Stabler, Stabler's candidacy has been hurt by an incident in the late 1970s when drugs were planted in a writer's car while he was in Alabama to interview Stabler. Stabler denied any involvement and nothing was ever proved against him, but some writers, including SI's Paul Zimmerman, lead a vendetta against Stabler and were able to blackball him from Canton.
It is also ridiculous that Dan Fouts is in the HOF while Stabler and Ken Anderson are not, and that Jerry Kramer was on the all time NFL team but not in the HOF.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
Yes I do remember that very well. I had the SPORT magazine article about it...... and also how Stabler said Al davis wanted to bury the hatchet after a lackluster 1978 season where Fred Biletnikoff was pushed to the side because they said he lost speed...that Kenny said he never had, John Madden had ulcers...all because of Al Davis, who Stabler said he would love to bury the hatchet with, right between his shoulder blades.
That was a direct quote.
I do remember a San Diego writer who disliked Ken Anderson because he was "Not very nice and forthcoming with me" and held it against him since 1981! Forget his name but he was the head beat writer of the San Diego Tribune.
No Braves cap for Maddux on his plaque?
Kinda surprised to see that.
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PAUL GIGOT: In our Briefing and Opinion segment each week, we'll pick a major story or issue, assign reports to bring you a briefing from the field on the basic facts and background, and then we'll tell you what we think about it.
For our first program, with about six weeks to go before the election, we decided to do some of the reporting from the field ourselves. Dan and I were joined by editorial page writers Jason Riley and Kim Strassel. The public opinion polls agree that the election is close, with an unusually small number of undecided voters. So what's happening in the 16 swing states you see here, is especially crucial. These states total 172 electoral votes, and neither candidate can win without adding a big chunk of them to the vote he figures to win easily.
We focused on Pennsylvania, and especially the Lehigh Valley, where voters have an almost perfect record over the past 20 years of picking the winners. They chose President Reagan twice, than President Bush, then President Clinton twice. They voted narrowly for Al Gore, as the nation did in the popular vote.
PETER LEFFLER: The Lehigh Valley is a microcosm of the state. Up until about a generation ago it was heavily blue collar. It still is in a sense that people could and did follow their father and grandfather into Bethlehem Steel and Mack Trucks, as everybody probably knows from the Billy Joel Song, that's changed.
In the 90's here there was a boom, part of the high tech wave. Unfortunately that has collapsed. And so right now, we're kind of in between. There's no boom going on here right now.
CHRIS BORICK, INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC OPINION, MUHLENBERG COLLEGE: It's a place where no single party dominates, a place that you could say truly has a balanced political competition between Republicans and Democrats.
PAUL GIGOT: And going with the winner?
CHRIS BORICK: It has a great record of going with the winner, a fairly good bell-weather for American presidential politics?
PAUL GIGOT: So what are the dominant issues now as we go into the last 50 days of this election?
CHRIS BORICK: Three issues have dominated these discussions in all our polls and all our focus groups.
CHRIS BORICK: It's the economy. It's terrorism. And it's the war in Iraq.
PAUL GIGOT: Talk to us about the impact of the war here.
PAUL LEFFLER: We have our couple of guard units in the Lehigh Valley.
PAUL LEFFLER: People here have served.
KIM STRASSEL: Do your friends, neighbors now that there's a war going on, does it sort of change the way they deal with you?
CAPT. JOSEPH HAWKINS, PA. NATIONAL GUARD: No. Not really.
KIM STRASSEL Does it come up any more,the subject?
CAPTAIN JOSEPH HAWKINS No.
PAUL LEFFLER: Some of our folks in fact were at the prison, in Iraq, where the abuses, alleged abuses went on. Here in the Valley it's playing like anywhere else. It's the big wild card.
PAUL GIGOT: What's on the minds of voters as they consider President Bush versus Senator Kerry?
WOMAN OF TWO: I would think terrorism.
MAN ON STREET: The war as it stands has been a big mistake.
PAUL GIGOT: Is the war on terror and the perception of a strong commander-in-chief, the best issue President Bush has?
CHRIS BORICK: It's a very powerful issue. When you compare Senator Kerry to George Bush and how Pennsylvanians view them in terms of fighting terrorism, it's no question that the President drives more support.
PAUL GIGOT: Who's going to decide this election in the Lehigh Valley? Are the people who are genuinely undecided are going to make up their mind at the last few days? Or are these people who are right now committed but will break away from either one of the candidates?
CHRIS BORICK: My gut instinct is it's going to be those undecideds.
JASON RILEY: What are the big issues for you two this election year?
BRIAN GOTWALD: Prescription medicine, we're getting older. Health care. Health care.
MRS. GOTWALD: You can't keep up with it.
BRIAN GOTWALD: Both candidates ought to spend more time helping senior citizens.
LABORER: I'm a union laborer, okay. It's jobs. There's 400 laborers in my local that's off. A couple hundred carpenters, pipefitters, everybody. There's just no big job.
KIM STRASSEL: Is national security and the war the main thing you vote on this time?
LADY ON LINE: It's one of the things. Nobody wants to have to send anybody to war. I have two sons that possibly could go any time too.
KIM STRASSEL: What will make you decide, and when?
LADY ON LINE: I really don't know.
PAUL GIGOT: The President tried to make the Iraq War an integral part of the war on terror. Has he been successful in making that link with voters here?
CHRIS BORICK: No. And in fact, this has been one of the key weaknesses I think for the President in Pennsylvania and I think an opportunity for Senator Kerry. If he could disentangle terrorism and Iraq. The war in Iraq, although rebounding slightly, is still not very popular in Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley.
PAUL GIGOT: Kerry was here, right?
OWNER: Yes he was. He stopped in here for breakfast.
PAUL GIGOT: What happened to the Kerry posters?
WAITRESS: There's pictures over there.
OWNER: All the pictures are over there.
PAUL GIGOT: If Iraq is the biggest issue, what's going to turn it for you for either for President Bush or Senator Kerry??
PATRON: I'm looking to see an end to it. The final thing. Just end it. We don't want another Vietnam.
PAUL GIGOT: Are you decided or undecided yet?
PATRON: Undecided yet.
PAUL GIGOT: Undecided. Who'd you vote for last time?
PATRON: (LAUGHS) Bush
PAUL GIGOT: You voted for Bush. Okay. Is there an important issue for you, is there one overriding issue?
PATRON: The health care issue.
PAUL GIGOT: The health care issue.
PAUL GIGOT: You haven't mentioned health care. It's not a top three issue?
CHRIS BORICK: It's not a top three. But it's knocking on the door.
PAUL GIGOT: So Bush has the lead and momentum. But Iraq is a big wild card?
CHRIS BORICK: Very much so. I'd say that, you know, it's a statistically dead heat. Bush has the momentum right now. But as many people have said, the issue that might determine this election has yet to happen. And I think people around the Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania are very much in that, in that wait and see pattern.
PAUL GIGOT?: Kim, George Bush has been the incumbent now for three and a half years, which by definition means if you're undecided, you're undecided about his tenure. That suggests an opening for John Kerry. What did you hear from voters about what they're looking to hear from John Kerry to go with him?
KIM STRASSEL: Yeah, I think John Kerry does have an opportunity, if only he can bring this debate back to the domestic issue. And that's a big if. Most of the people I talked to down there, if they'd made up their minds they were people who were making it up on national security. They'd already decided. They liked the war, they didn't like the war, they liked Bush's leadership, they didn't like it.
The people who were undecided were ones who wanted to hear a lot more from the candidates about domestic issues. And in particular, they were talking about health care costs, they were talking about school costs. Now this is stuff that John Kerry did bring up in his campaign in the beginning. He talked a lot about a middle class squeeze. Can people have enough money to make everything go around?
The question is, having focused so much on the war issue up until now, can he change that debate back to the domestic question.
PAUL GIGOT: Interesting dilemma, Jason. I mean, if you want to go domestic in an election where a commander in chief is going to be one of the central issues, that's a tough thing for Senator Kerry. What did you hear about from your voters?
JASON RILEY: Well, I would add to what Kim said that Kerry's got to get a message out, period, whether it be on domestic issues or foreign policy. The media keeps talking about how nuanced his positions are. I think the voters are looking for clarity. And I think it's interesting that as you mentioned, Bush from now until the election has been president -- from now until the election, he can talk about what he's done, he can show voters his accomplishments. Kerry has the challenge of convincing the American people that they should switch presidents, that they should fire the guy we have now and elect him. He has to tell people in a very clear way where he wants to take the country. And I think the polls reflect that he's been unable to do that. That his position is so suffocated and nuanced that people don't know where he wants to go. So we end up with this sort of paradox, where we have this supposedly inarticulate president who everyone understands completely, and a hyper-articulate challenger that nobody can figure out.
PAUL GIGOT: I was really struck by the big billboards, the Bush-Cheney billboards. They were red, white and blue, and they say, "Defending our Nation," or "A Secure America." You may not agree with that, but that's a pretty clear message.
Dan, any surprises you've found?
DAN HENNINGER: Not really. The Friday night we were there, John Kerry came to town, as you recall, for a big rally at the Allentown Fairgrounds. And what was the big message he put across during that speech? That he supported the expiring ban on assault weapons. Now you'd say, this is kind of a weird thing to bring up, right? But this is not just some guy running for president. He's running as the candidate of the Democratic party.
The next day I was up at the Nazareth Speedway, and ran into three guys who said the second biggest issue for them in this campaign is guns. So clearly John Kerry is going for Democratic turnout.
PAUL GIGOT: Thanks, Dan. We're going to have to leave it at that. We'll be following the voters of the Lehigh Valley to see if we spot changes as election day gets closer. Next subject.
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Probably half a dozen times per week I meet with someone who has been notified that their next check is going to be a quite a bit lighter – wage garnishment. If you are living paycheck to paycheck finding out your wages are going to be garnished is terrifying.
Here in Arizona once a creditor obtains a judgment against you they can take up to 25% of your paycheck.
And what is most surprising is that for many of the people I meet with this is the first time they have heard anything about this judgment and often the creditor.
How can this be? Isn't this America where people are given their day in court? How can someone get a judgment and start garnishing wages without so much as a letter notifying them that all this court stuff is going on? How did this happen!
While it is true that a creditor must give you notice of their lawsuit against you, "notice" doesn't always mean what you think it means. Generally after a creditor files a lawsuit against you they hand off the lawsuit to a process server who is hired to come out to your house and "serve" you with a copy.
However, if they can't find you – or at least tell the court they can't find you – then the creditor can go back to the court and ask the judge to give them permission to serve you some other way than giving you a copy of the lawsuit in person. This is called "alternative" service.
Here in Arizona alternative service is often done by putting a copy of the complaint and summons in the legal classified section of the local newspaper. You are likely saying to yourself – but hey! No one reads the legal classified ads! And you would be right. No one does read them, and this means that you will likely not get actual notice of your lawsuit.
And even though you didn't get actual notice of your lawsuit, the clock starts ticking for you to submit your written Answer to the court. And if you don't file an Answer the court will give the creditor/plaintiff every single penny they are asking for.
Once the judgment is entered, bam! Now your wages are being garnished. And that is how your wages can be garnished without you ever even knowing that you had a judgment entered against you.
Now what do you do? Once a judgment is entered against you there are really three options:
1) Settle the debt - this is where you pay an amount less than what is owed and usually in a lump sum.
2) File a Motion to Vacate the Judgment – this is often an uphill battle. But if you can show some defects in the way that your default judgment was entered you may be able to get the judgment set aside and get a new trial.
3) File bankruptcy. If this is just the tip of the ice berg you can always file for bankruptcy and eliminate this debt completely.
I fully realize none of these are great options. But as with all debt collection issues, if you are facing a debt collection lawsuit you need to act and act soon. The longer you delay the less likely you are going to be successful.
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Heavy rainfall across Mumbai since Thursday evening has hit normal life in the city on Friday .
Many arterial roads witnessed waterlogging, with commuters facing a tough time in areas like Colaba, King's Circle, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Link Road, Mahim Causeway, Hindmata, Dadar TT, LBT, and Parel Road. Also, traffic jams have been reported on the Eastern-Western expressway.
Water logging at Parel- Hindmata. Motorists adviced to take alternate route @smart_mumbaikar @TrafflineMUM
— Little Yadav (@littleyadav) July 11, 2014
Waterlogged! #RainsAndRoads RT @Aaty9994: @TrafflineMUM @smart_mumbaikar .SOUTH MUMBAI PAREL pic.twitter.com/VbT9Fep3Rc
— Traffline Mumbai (@TrafflineMUM) July 11, 2014
According to the Met department, Colaba has recorded 13.4 mm rain, while the figure stood at 44.8 mm in Sanatcruz till 11.30 am. Thane, Kalyan, and Raigad also witnessed heavy rains.
Local train services across the city and the suburbs are severely hit. Services on Harbour line have been badly hit, while the Central line trains are running around 30-45 minutes late due to waterlogging at Kurla. The Western line fared no better, with an average delay of over 20-25 minutes.
The Metrological department has predicted heavy rainfall in the city over the next 48 hours for the city.
Rainfall in Mumbai till 8:00 Am
Mumbai city : 67 mm
Eastern suburb: 51mm
Western Suburb: 40 mm
Waterlogged! RT @abhayparulekar: @jeeturaaj ohhh Dadar TT with single line towards south mum. #RainsAndRoads pic.twitter.com/93JuVKFZgB
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@TrafflineMUM @smart_mumbaikar Monsoon Finally Lashes Mumbai With Heavy rain... slow down traffic pic.twitter.com/3dTv0HCAZp
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After Singer's death in 1875, Isabelle and her children moved back to Paris. Although known within private social circles to be lesbian, Winnaretta married at the age of 22 to Prince Louis de Scey-Montbéliard. The marriage was annulled in 1892 by the Catholic church, five years after a wedding night that reportedly included the bride's climbing atop an armoire and threatening to kill the groom if he came near her.
In 1893, at the age of 29, she stepped companionably into an equally chaste marriage with the 59-year-old Prince Edmond de Polignac (1843-1901), a gay amateur composer: he died in 1901. Although it was likely to have been a mariage blanc (unconsummated marriage), the union was based on profound love, mutual respect and understanding, and artistic friendship, expressed especially through their love of music.
After her husband's death, Winnaretta Singer-Polignac used her fortune to benefit the arts, sciences, and letters. She decided to honor his memory by commissioning several works of the young composers of her time, amongst others Igor Stravinsky's Renard, Erik Satie's Socrate (by her intercession Satie was kept out of jail when he was composing this work), Darius Milhaud's Les Malheurs d'Orphée, Francis Poulenc's Two-Piano and Organ Concertos (The Organ Concerto being initially a commission to the young Jean Françaix, who didn't have the time and passed the commission to Poulenc), Kurt Weill's Second Symphony, and Germaine Tailleferre's First Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Manuel de Falla's El retablo de Maese Pedro was premiered there, with the harpsichord part performed by Wanda Landowska. (Kahan 2003)
In addition to Marcel Proust and Antonio de La Gandara, the Princesse de Polignac's salon was frequented by Isadora Duncan, Jean Cocteau, Claude Monet, Serge Diaghilev, and Colette.
She also acted as patron for many others, like Nadia Boulanger, Clara Haskil, Arthur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Ethel Smyth, Adela Maddison, the Ballets Russes, l'Opéra de Paris, and l'Orchestre Symphonique de Paris. In addition to performing as pianist and organist in her own salon, she was an accomplished painter who exhibited in the Salon de Beaux-Arts.
In addition to playing piano and organ, Singer-Polignac enjoyed some success as a painter; a number of her canvases were accepted for annual exhibitions of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. One canvas eventually appeared in the showcase of an art gallery, advertised as being a Manet.
During World War I, working with scientist-inventor Marie Curie, Singer-Polignac helped convert private limousines into mobile radiology units that could used to help wounded soldiers at the Front.
Polignac had a relationship with painter Romaine Brooks, which had began in 1905, and which effectively ended her affair with Olga de Meyer, who was married at the time and whose godfather (and purported biological father) was Edward VII. Alvilde Chaplin, the future wife of writer James Lees-Milne, was also involved with Singer for a time. In the early 1920s Polignac became involved with pianist Renata Borgatti. From 1923-1933 her partner was the British socialite and novelist Violet Trefusis, with whom she had a loving but often turbulent relationship. Trefusis, when she and Singer met, was just coming off a very stormy relationship with writer Vita Sackville-West, which had ended badly.


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