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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. -- Saturday is the start of the General Buck Deer Season, and thousands will be heading for the woods to fill their tag.
The bucks should be plentiful this year according to reports from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Wildlife Biologist Terry Farrell says deer populations are solid and conditions are good. "Deer season looks to be very good this year," he said. "We've got a couple of indicators that show us that deer season's going to be pretty good. One is, we've had good fawn production in the last few years. We also had good carryover from the last couple of buck seasons and some mild winters, and so, all those and good forage this year contribute to good conditions for deer."
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) today announced it would not develop a recovery plan for a small population of jaguars threatened by a fence going up between the United States and Mexico. Scientists have urged FWS to create the plan, and environmentalists have sued as well. "The Bush Administration has issued a death sentence for the jaguar," Kieran Suckling, policy director of the Center for Biological Diversity, an advocacy group based in Tucson, Arizona, said in a statement.
Jaguars (Panthera onca) live as far south as Argentina. Although they used to roam the southern United States from Arizona to North Carolina, they were wiped out by hunting and habitat loss. The last known female was killed in Arizona in 1963. However, four males have been spotted in Arizona and New Mexico over the last 11 years. Jaguars are listed by FWS as endangered, but the agency--citing scarce resources and higher priorities--had not created a recovery plan, as required by the Endangered Species Act. Last June, the American Society of Mammalogists adopted a resolution that called for a plan. Two months later, the Center for Biological Diversity sued FWS.
In the new decision, FWS southwest regional director Benjamin Tuggle argues that the jaguar is exempt from recovery planning, because just 1% of its range is found in the United States. "We believe that preparation of a recovery plan for this largely international species will not promote its conservation," he wrote in memorandum approved by FWS Director H. Dale Hall on 7 January. Tuggle noted that FWS plans to keep monitoring the species, cooperate with Mexican officials and nongovernmental organizations, and fund research to help maintain the U.S. and Mexican populations.
Suckling speculates that FWS exempted the jaguar from recovery planning to obviate the lawsuit, as well as to ensure that the Department of Homeland Security can continue to build the border fence. Elizabeth Slown, an FWS spokesperson in Albuquerque, New Mexico, denied the charges, noting that FWS concluded late last year that the fence would not jeopardize the species, even though it could lead to the extinction of the U.S. population.
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Charles Krauthammer's statement in his Jan. 25 column ("Obama asserts his liberal agenda") that President Obama has "nationalized" health care would be laughable if it were not such a serious misstatement of the facts.
Those of us who have health insurance through our employer still buy it from private health insurance companies, who tell us what doctors we can see, what treatments are allowed by those doctors and what drugs we can take. The same will be true for individuals who shop for insurance in the "exchange" that takes effect in 2014 (if we ever get one in New Jersey).
Does the Affordable Care Act bring more regulation of the health insurance industry? Yes, some of which already was in effect in New Jersey. However, regulation is not nationalization.
The president said from the start of his health care reform campaign that he did not want to change the way Americans get health insurance. And, ideological wishful thinking notwithstanding, he hasn't.
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The Leica M Edition 60 is the company's 60th anniversary limited-edition version of its latest M rangefinder. It costs around $20,000 and has no display and no buttons (aside from the shutter). To some, it's ridiculous. To most, it's unaffordable. But after shooting with it for a couple of hours, I can say that if… »


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Monday, October 12, 2009
Augmented Reality added value
I recently wrote about what technically Augmented Reality (AR) is all about and, this time, I'd like to express my opinion on the user experience and interactivity (or lack of it) of current AR applications.
Although AR has been around for a long time, its applications have been limited to controlled spaces and are usually costly. Only recently, thanks to the rapid evolution of computers and cellular phones, the general public has had the chance to try it out.
The release of FLARToolKit, an open-source port of ARToolKit to AS3, made this technology available to any Flash developer. It all started with GE's "plug into the smart grid" and since then everybody is doing it. Unfortunately, most of these applications only show an object floating on top of a marker. This prompted Anatoly Zenkov to create the following sarcastic "Me too!" video:
Me too (doing some AR stuff)! from Anatoly Zenkov on Vimeo.
This raises the big question, what does augmented reality add to the current interfaces and user experience? From the online AR applications I've seen, not much. Check out the presentation of John Mayer's AR video clip at the Adobe MAX 2009. Really cool, for 5 minutes. Notice that the presenter, although enjoying it and smiling, has to change hands holding the marker. Arms become heavy after a little bit in that position. Moving the marker, moves the virtual camera, allowing to see the scene from different points of view. That can also be done with a mouse, like in Street View of Google Maps. The frame rate is awful. Flash brought us back 20 years on 3D programming…
Mobile AR applications suffer from these same problems. What does it add compared to the oriented map displayed by the Maps Ap with pins for points of interest?
On the map I can better visualize distances and best routes. It's a bit like comparing analog and digital speedometers. When looking at the pointer of an analog speedometer, even at a glimpse, it's possible to see, current value, relative position to minimum and maximum values, rate of acceleration, etc. The digital meters are cool but most cars have the analog meters…
The user's position when using mobile AR causes not only the "heavy arms" problems but also, like Supert3d mentions on Twitter, "using an augmented reality app in public makes me look like a real creep. Trying to see tube stations turns into pervy guy videoing girls".
I don't want it to sound like AR is useless. It's quite the opposite. It's just that, although the concept exists for a long time, real world applications are still in their infancy.
Virtual reality went through this same process in the late 90's. It failed to deliver most of the promises but it's still used where it makes sense. Let's see where AR will fit in…
YDreams is also following this quest based on our experience in this and other fields. We were pioneers in the development of maps for mobile phones, one of the first location-based games for mobile phones, 140 versions of the Cristiano Ronaldo game to make sure it would run on most mobile phones, etc. And we've had our share of successes and failures…
There is a couple of in-depth articles about interaction design in augmented reality that I suggest reading: "Inside Out: Interaction Design for Augmented Reality" by Joe Lamantia, and "Enhancing User Interaction With First Person User Interface" by Luke Wroblewski.
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Dellipack 2: A Free Icon Set
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We are always looking for creative and talented artists and designers. Once we find them, we ask them to cooperate with us and release something for free. We provide them with the full freedom to showcase their professionalism and express their creativity. You can find our previous releases in our section Freebies1.
Today we are glad to release The DelliPack 2! icon set. This second set of "delicious icons" contains 15 icons: a build icon, a home icon, an interact icon, a monitor icon, a pen icon, a phonebook icon and other icons which can be useful for both corporate and personal projects. You can use the set for free — without any restrictions whatsoever. You can also take a look at the Dellipack 1: A Free Icon Set3
The icons are available in the .png-format in the resolutions 256×256px, 128×128px, 64×64px, 48×48px, 32×32px and 16×16px. This icon set was designed by Wendell Fernandes4 and is now released as a gift for Smashing Magazine and its readers.
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You can use the icons for private and commercial projects, blogs and web-sites for free, without any restrictions whatsoever. However, you are not allowed to sell or redistribute the icons without author's and Smashing Magazine's permission.
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We are regularly looking for creative designers and artists. You may not know it yet, but we might feature you in one of our upcoming posts.
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- 10 http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/12/grunge-photoshop-brushes-set/
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After some listening tests performed during two years, Ive experimented something new, based on this discussion. This time, I've tried to perform a multiformat blind comparison based on a much larger group of samples, but without ABX confirmation. Tests are still performed within a double-blind methodology: only difference is that I havent spent time to confirm the audible differences with an ABX session. The spared time was invested in something more interesting (to my eyes but also for statistical analysis tools): 150 samples instead of the 15 usual ones.
1.1/ classical samples
Few words about this extravagant number. I was used to perform comparisons on a limited number of classical samples (15 20). It was probably enough to draw reliable leads about relative quality of various codecs, but such limited collection couldnt represent the fullness of classical music, which consists of numerous instruments played in countless combinations, offering for most of them a wide dynamics. There are also voice, electronic, and to finish all variants linked to technical factors (acoustic, recording noise, etc ). Thats why Ive tried to build a structured collection of classical music situations, which of course doesnt aspire to completeness, but which should represent most situations. The collection is made up of very hard to encode samples as well as of very easy ones, loud (+10 dB) and ultra-quiet (+30 dB); noisy and crystal clear recordings; ultra-tonal and micro-detailed sounds. Ive split it in four series:
artificial: electronic samples most should correspond to critical samples for lossy encoders. Total: 5 samples.
ensemble: various instruments (no voice) played together. Ive divided it in 2 categories: chamber music and orchestral music (wider ensemble). For each category, Ive distinguished period instruments (Middle-Age, Renaissance, Baroque) and modern ones (~19 and 20 century). Total: 60 samples.
solo: instrument played alone. Again, Ive created separate categories (winds, bow, pinch strings [i.e. guitar family: lute, theorbo, harp ], keyboards). Total: 55 samples.
voice: male, female, child in solo, duo and chorus. Total: 30 samples.
(note#1: all samples are deliberately short. First, its easier to upload them. Second, theres only one acoustic phenomenon to test per sample, and it makes comparison between different tests a bit more interesting. The exact length for the collection is 25 minutes; it corresponds to 10.00 seconds per sample on average).
(note#2: all samples were named following a simple convention. The first letter (A, E, S, V) corresponds to the category (artificial, ensemble, solo, voice). The number to the catalogue number. Then, additional information is tied: nature of instrument, type of instrument or voice, etc
ex: S11_KEYBOARD_Harpsichord_A
ex: E35_PERIOD_CHAMBER_E_flutes_harpsichord.mpc
To make short, samples will be called S11, E35, etc )
With such a collection, I should obtain very precise idea of different lossy encoders performance on classical. For me, its interesting, especially if I plan to buy in the near future a portable player supporting one new audio format, as Vorbis, AAC or WMAPro. Id like to know how good these new formats are compared to MP3. These 150 samples may also help developers/testers for evaluating the performance of codec on a wide panel of situations.
1.2/ various music samples
Last and not least, Ive decided to give more audience to this test by adding samples representing some other genres than classical. For an elementary reason 99.9% of my CDs are classical- I cant build the same kind of structured collection with what I will call now to make short various music. I used all samples selected by Roberto during his listening tests, removed all classical ones, and kept the 35 samples representing various music. Its much less than the 150 above, but more than the double of what was used during all previous collective listening tests.
=> total = 150 classical + 35 various = 185 samples.
1.3/ choice of bitrate
For my first test based on these samples, Ive selected a friendly bitrate (at least as tester): 80 kbps. It may appear as uninteresting, thats why I must explain my choice.
First, I plan to perform similar tests at higher bitrate. My dream is to build a coherent set of tests including all bitrate from 80 to 160 or 192. But this project is very ambitious too ambitious certainly- and Ill possibly stop my tests (in this current form) at ~130 kbps.
But why 80, and not 64 kbps? To my ears, there is currently no encoder that sound satisfying at 64 kbps. Theyre all disappointing or unsuitable to listening on headphone, even crap ones, even on urban environment (I repeat: to my ears). But Ive noticed that the perceptible and highly annoying distortions Ive heard at 64 kbps are seriously lowered once the bitrate reaches the next step. Vorbis has less problems, AAC-LC (at least advanced encoders) also seems to improve quickly beyond 64 kbps. Its a bit like mp3, which was considered as acceptable at 128 kbps, but which quickly sunk below this value. I would consider as reasonable the *idea* of an acceptable quality at 80 kbps with modern encoders. Lets see the facts...
2.1/ competitors
One big problem with this kind of test is the choice of competitors. Choosing the formats is easy: tester has just to select want he considers as interesting. Here, Ill exclude outdated formats (vqf, MP3Pro) and unsuitable ones (MPC, MP3 this last one would also be interesting to test, just for reference...). Remains: WMA, WMAPro (if available at this bitrate), AAC-LC, AAC-HE, Vorbis. But what implementation should I use? Nero AAC or iTunes AAC? Nero AAC features a VBR mode, but is VBR reliable at this bitrate, especially for samples which represents a wide dynamic? And for Nero, which encoder would be the best: the high one (default, which has verified issues with classical) or the fast one (which performs better with classical, but maybe not as well with various music, and which is still considered as not completely mature by Neros developers)? Vorbis CVS or Vorbis aoTuV? Id say aoTuV, but if vorbis fails people will (legitimately) suspect the other one could have performed better. WMA CBR or WMA VBR? VBR is theoretically better than CBR, but tests have already shown that VBR could be unsafe at low bitrate.
My first idea was to test them all. Schnofler ABC/HR allows the use of countless encoders in a same round (ff123 software is limited to 8 contenders). But after a quick enumeration of all possible competitors (iTunes AAC, Nero AAC CBR fast, Nero AAC CBR high, Nero AAC VBR fast, Nero AAC VBR high, faac, Vorbis aoTuV, Vorbis CVS, Vorbis ABR, WMA CBR, WMA VBR, HE-AAC fast, high, CBR & VBR...) and a mental calculation of the number of comparisons I have to perform with 185 samples and so many contenders, Ive immediately canceled this project. Last but not least, multiplying the competitors in a single test will lower the significance (statistically speaking) of the results.
Then, I came to a second idea: testing all competitors for one single format in a single pool, and put the winner of each pool in the final arena. Its like sports: qualification first, final for the best. Remaining problem is the additional work. Ive planned to test 4 5 codecs per bitrate with 185 samples, not 13 or 14. Thats why Ive reduced the number of tested samples for the preliminary pools. Ive limited the number at 40 samples, using 25 samples coming from different categories of the complete classical collection and 15 from the 35 samples representing various music. The imbalance in favor of classical is intended: the whole test is clearly focused on classical various music is just an extension or bonus.
2.2/ Encoding mode and output bitrate
Other problem: VBR and CBR. Testing VBR and CBR has always been a source of controversy. In my opinion, testing a VBR encoder which outputs the targeted bitrate on average (i.e. a full set of CDs) is absolutely not a problem, even if bitrate reach amazing value on short tested samples. Its not a problem, but the test should meet in my opinion the following condition: the test must include samples for which VBR encoders produce high bitrate as well as low one. VBR encoders have the chance to automatically increase the bitrate when a difficulty is detected possibility that CBR encoders dont have, and they sometime suffer from that handicap, especially on critical samples. But VBR encoders also decrease the bitrate of musical parts they dont consider as difficult and this diminution is sometimes very important; theoretically it shouldnt affect the quality, but we know the gap between theory and reality, between principle and implementations of the principle. Testing the output quality of non-difficult part is therefore very important, because these samples are the possible handicap of VBR encoders; otherwise theres a big risk of favoring VBR encoders over CBR by testing only samples apparently favorable to VBR (whatever the format).
My classical music gallery is not exclusively based on critical or difficult samples; most of them dont exhibit any specific issue. The sample pool should therefore be fairly distributed between samples with lower bitrate than the targeted one and samples with a higher bitrate. Ill post as appendix a distribution curve which confirms this.
2.3/ degree of tolerance
By testing VBR profiles, its not always possible to match the exact target. Some encoders dont have a precise scale of VBR settings. With luck, one available profile will approximately correspond to the fixed bitrate; sometimes, the output bitrate will deviate too much from the target. CBR is not free of problem either, although theyre less important. With AAC for example, CBR is a form of ABR: output bitrate could vary a little (but fortunately not very much).
Thats why trying to obtain identical bitrate between various contender could be considered as an utopia, even when the test is limited to CBR encoders only. The tester has therefore to allow some freedom: not too much of course in order to keep significant comparisons and not too less in order to make the test possible. I consider a deviation of 10% as acceptable, but again, at one condition: 10% between the lowest averaged bitrate and the highest averaged one, and not 10% between all encoders and the target. As example, if one encoder reaches 72 kbps (80 kbps - 10%) and another 88 kbps (80 kbps + 10%), the total difference would be ~20%: too much.
However, I will possibly allow rare exceptions: when a VBR profile is outside but close to the limit or if it would be more interesting to test a more common profile (example : musepack quality 4 instead of quality 3.9). Of course, the deviation mustnt be exaggerated; and Ill try to limit the possible exceptions to the pool, in order to keep the fairest conditions during the final test.
2.4/ Bitrate evaluation for VBR encoders
Now that rules are fixed, we have to estimate the corresponding bitrate for each VBR encoder and profile. Its not as easy as we can suppose. Ideally, I had to encode a lot of albums at each profile. But with my slow computer, its not really possible. And doing it would only help to obtain the corresponding bitrate for classical; according to my experience, this average bitrate could seriously differ from the output value that other people listening to other music (like metal) have already reported. Think about LAME sf21 issues, which could inflate the bitrate up to 230 250 kbps with preset-standard, and compare it to the average bitrate I obtain with classical: <190 kbps! Other but different example: lossless.
For practical reasons, I followed a methodology I dont really consider as acceptable, and took the average bitrate of the 185 kbps as reference for my test. I dont like it, because short samples could dramatically exaggerate the behavior of VBR encoders, and therefore distort the final estimation. Nevertheless, with 185 samples, this kind of over- and underrating occurring with some samples would normally be softened. And indeed, it seems that the average bitrate of encodings Ive done of the full suite with formats Ive used in the past (lame preset standard, MPC) are very close to the average bitrate of my ancient music library. I cant absolutely be certain that my gallery works like a microcosm and that bitrate matches the real usage of a full library, but Im pretty sure that the deviation isnt significative (+/- 5%, something like that).
2.5/ Bitrate report
Theres, before starting to reveal the results one last problem Id like to put in the spotlight. It concerns the different way to calculate the bitrate. Ive tried to obtain the most reliable value, and thats why Ive logically thought to calculate it myself with the filesize as basis. As long as no tags are integrated within the files, the calculated bitrate should correspond to the real one (audio stream). But the problem is somewhere else. Some formats are apparently embedded in complex containers, which weigh the size down. Its not a problem in real life: adding something like 30 Kb per 5 Mb file is totally insignificant. But when these 30 Kb are appended to very short encodings, the calculation of the average bitrate is as consequence completely distorted. Concrete example: iTunes AAC. Just experiment the following thing: encode a sample (length: one second exactly) in CBR. At 80 kbps, we should obtain an 80 Kbits or 10 Kb file (80 x 1 / 8). But the final size is 60 Kb, and it corresponds to a 480 kbps (60x8) encoding! Whats the problem? Simply because iTunes add for each encoding something like 50 Kb of extra-chunks. The problem could be solved with foobar2000 0.8 and the optimize mp4 layout command: filesize drops to 14 Kb. But even here, the 14 Kb correspond to ~128 kbps bitrate, and the audio stream is only 80 kbps.
iTunes is not apparently alone in this situation. I havent looked closely, but it seems that WMA (Pro) have the same behavior, and we have no optimize WMA layout tool to partially correct this. If we keep in mind that the average length of my samples is 10 second with some of them at only 5 seconds, we have to admit that calculating the bitrate with filesize/length formula is for this test anything but reliable.
Thats why I followed the value calculated by specialized software. MrQuestionMan 0.7 was released during my test, but the software have some issue to calculate a correct average size on short-sized encodings (iTunes AAC encodings as example). Foobar2000 appeared as the most reliable tool, and Ive decided to trust the calculated value. For practical reasons, foobar2000 is also preferable: the copy name command could be modified to easily export bitrate in spreadsheet.
2.6/ notation and scale
The -really- last problem
Each time I have to evaluate quality at low bitrates I regret the inappropriateness of the scale in use in ABC/HR. At 80 kbps, encodings would rarely reach the 4.0 state (slight but not annoying difference). 3.0 (slightly annoying) would rather be the best quality degree that modern encoders could obtain at this bitrate. It implies that the notation will fluctuate within a compressed scale, from 1.0 to 3.0. Its not very much, especially when big differences in quality between contenders are noticed by the tester.
To solve this issue, Ive simply mentally lowered the visible scale by one point. Example: when I considered an encoding to be annoying (state corresponding to 2.0) I put the slider to 3.0. The scale I used for the test was:
5.0 : perceptible but not annoying
4.0 : slightly annoying
3.0 : annoying
2.0 : very annoying
1.0 : totally crap
If exceptionally one encoding appeared as corresponding to perceptible but not annoying Ive put the slider on 4.9, which means 5.0; if the quality was superior to this state, I wrote the exact notation in comments. A transparent encoding obtained 6.0.
When the tests were finished, Ive removed one point to all notation. 6.0 became 5.0, 3.4 -> 2.4 and 1.0 were transformed in a shameful 0.0! By doing it, I maintain the usual scale; only change is therefore a lower floor, corresponding to an exceptionally bad quality.
The redefinition of the quality scale could directly be redefined with Schnoflers ABC/HR software, but apparently the tester have to type the description for each new test (did I miss an option?); it was faster for me to do this small mental exercise rather than typing more than 200 time the same content
Now, the pools !
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Great job. I agree with the most part of the statements. And HE-AAC doesn't sound great comparing to OGG, AAC-LC. Indeed at lower bitrate situation is different.
It would be interesting to see 64 kbit/s in same way. Ande see how OGG is good comparing to enchased HE-AAC.
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QUOTE (IgorC @ Jul 11 2005, 12:17 AM)
Indeed at lower bitrate situation is different.
It would be interesting to see 64 kbit/s in same way. And see how OGG is good comparing to enchased HE-AAC.
Hope that a collective listening will start soon.
I must say that the poor results of HE-AAC don't really surprise me. In my opinion (at least to my ears), Vorbis quality would quickly drop below ~70...80 kbps, whereas HE-AAC performance are probably stagnate above 50...60 kbps.
I suspect that the amazing difference between vorbis and other contenders is very specific to this bitrate. At 96 kbps, AAC-LC is probably stronger (much stronger?) than what I've heard on this test; at 64 kbps, AAC-HE screeching artefacts are probably more acceptable when compared to other form of distortions audible with non-SBR products.
It's just a suspicion. To confirm or infirm it, I'll probably start the second test very soon, and evaluate the relative quality of these contenders at 96 kbps. It should be less fastidious (less pools). Then, 128 kbps should follow (august, if I'm motivated enough). This one will be much harder
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AAC-HE screeching artefacts are probably more acceptable when compared to other form of distortions audible with non-SBR products
I guess it's just a matter of taste… Personally, I can't stand that awful SBR sound. It just beats the high frequencies to a violent death, as I can hear it.
Edit: BTW, what else do we need to make the merged 1.1.1+b4 version the recommended one? It seems that it is at least not inferior to 1.1…
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Edit: BTW, what else do we need to make the merged 1.1.1+b4 version the recommended one?
Probably additional listening tests, or maybe calling into question the way recommendations are done.
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QUOTE (Mo0zOoH @ Jul 12 2005, 02:10 AM)
Edit: BTW, what else do we need to make the merged 1.1.1+b4 version the recommended one?
Probably additional listening tests, or maybe calling into question the way recommendations are done.
I'm open to suggestions. In the beginning, we didn't even have a recommended vorbis encoder thread, so I put one together very quickly at the time. Now that vorbis quality is starting to take some of the limelight, I think it is time to work out a systematic way of doing this.
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QUOTE (guruboolez @ Jul 12 2005, 11:27 AM)
I'm open to suggestions. In the beginning, we didn't even have a recommended vorbis encoder thread (...)
I suggest that we (note that I say "we" and not "you") don't recommend any specific encoder. There are many possible reasons to not recommend a specific encoder, but the less acceptable one is the one linked to the lack of listening tests. We have the chance to have people working hours and hours to improve the quality of an encoder (it's not necessary the case), and we can't tell them "bravo, but sorry we don't have any feedback to recommend your work".
If the community can't spent one hour of free time to make a listening test, the community don't have the right to give recommendation based on missing knowledge. It's just a sign of respect and the minimum we can do for the creative and innovative persons working for thousands or even millions people.
The recommendation should therefore be limited to explain the use of the encoder:
why users shouldn't tweak the default profiles
how people could solve some issue (pre-echo with --ITP as example)
explain all known problems with the encoder (specific artifacts)
why VBR and not ABR; tips to avoid playback problems with some flash players
There's no need to recommend an encoder, especially older one over newer and not-tested ones (I don't like the expression "non-tested": it supposes that developers are throwing their work to the public without bother to test it themsleves and it also supposes that the lack of report is a sign of lack of tests; I'd rather say: no news = good news ).
Couldn't we simply precise that:
1.1.1 is the latest CVS version, that quality is essentially based on the work performed by Aoyumi for aoTuVb2, and that this version is obviously not the most advanced version of vorbis?
aoTuV b4 is the latest version, and that this encoder solves x, y and z issues or bug, and consequently should offer the best results?
there are also other encoders, {slightly} outdated now, like GT2/GT3, Megamix, QK, ModestTuning and give of short description of them
I know that people like and request explicit answers to their problem: they want THE best encoder and THE transparent setting. As someone starting to have a good experience of multi-codec/multi-format blind listening comparisons, I can say that such encoders and such settings don't and probably won't exist. aoTuV b4, lame 3.97, Nero AAC... could outperform all their competitors, there are still problematic samples for them, some problems audible with the most advanced encoders but not audible with less recommendable encoders.
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Dr. Seuss and Obamacare
During his marathon one-man, 21-hour show to try to stop Obamacare, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) read from his daughters' favorite bedtime story, Green Eggs and Ham, the story of a Sam-I-Am who is stubbornly opposed to trying something new (green eggs and ham), and then to his surprise, ends up liking it. (Some observers have noted the irony—isn't the Senator, and others like him who absolutely know that they don't like Obamacare before they and the country have even tried it, aren't they the ones acting like Sam-I-Am?)
But I was reminded of a post on this blog from December, 2009, when I re-wrote my favorite Dr. Seuss story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, into a humorous account of Republican Senators' efforts, at that time, to block a final Senate vote on the ACA by filibustering it. (They didn't succeed, of course.) I was struck by how, almost four years later, so little has changed—the GOP is trying one more time to block Obamacare from going into effect, this time by insisting that the law be delayed a year as a condition of keeping the federal government funded past midnight tonight—even though the current effort has even less chance of success than the December 2009 failed filibuster.
So in the spirit of trying to bring a bit of levity into what otherwise is a depressing day on Shutdown Eve in Washington, DC, I have updated the 2009 verse, to reflect the current GOP effort to stop Obamacare. (Note to my readers, especially Republicans—this is all meant to be in good fun. I am really not suggesting that the GOP's motivation for opposing the ACA is akin the Grinch hating Christmas. But it works for the rhyme scheme).
How the GOP (Tried) to Stop Obamacare
The Democrats
In Congress
Liked Obamacare, a lot...
But the GOP
Who sat to their right,
Did NOT!
The GOP hated ObamaCare! The whole legislative season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be their base is far to the right.
It could be, perhaps, that money is tight,
But I think that the most likely reason of all
Is Republicans want to keep government small.
Whatever the reason,
Their base or their views,
They stood there on September 30th, hating the bill,
Staring down with a sour, disapproving frown
And vowed they would bring Obamacare down.
"It's socialized medicine!" they snarled with a sneer.
"Yet Obamacare is coming! It's practically here!"
Then they growled, with their fingers nervously drumming,
"We MUST find a way to stop it from coming!"
For on Tuesday, they knew...
The marketplaces in each state
Would open up bright and early. And offer insurance
To the young and the old,
Then the uninsured would sign up for a government feast.
And they'd feast! And they'd feast!
And they'd FEAST! FEAST! FEAST! FEAST!
On taxpayers' dollars to feed the government beast
Which was something the GOP could not stand in the least!
And the more they thought of Obamacare coming,
The more they thought, "We must stop the whole thing!
The time has come, it must be now,
We MUST stop Obamacare from coming!
... But HOW?"
Then they got an idea!
An awful idea!
THE House GOP
"We know just what to do!" They laughed in their throat.
"We'll shutdown the government without an ACA delay!"
And they chuckled, and clucked, "What a great GOP trick!
Even if it shuts the government down, this time, and we'll make sure that it sticks!"
"All we need is for the Senate to agree ..."
They looked around.
But soon discovered support from the Senate was not to be found.
Did that stop the GOP...?
No! They simply said,
"The government must shut down until Obamacare's declared dead
We must stop all 2000 pages, every chapter and verse
We must stop the uninsured from living off the taxpayers' purse."
Then they took to the floor, with a smile most unpleasant,
Around the whole room, and demanded to all present!
No matter what it takes! We must stop Obamacare from coming,
Even it if cuts off all government funding.
It was right before midnight...
On Monday when government funding was set to expire
But no matter the consequences, no matter how dire
Government funding was allowed to come to halt
As the GOP declared it was the Democrats' fault,
"Pooh-pooh to the Dems!" they were heard to be humming.
"They'll soon find out no Obamacare is coming!
They're just waking up! I know just what they'll do!
Their mouths will hang open a minute or two
Then all the Dems will all cry BOO-HOO!"
"That's a noise," grinned the GOP,
"That we simply must hear!"
So they paused. And the GOP put a hand to their ears.
And they did hear a sound rising, it started out low
Then it started to grow...
But the sound wasn't sad!
Why, this sound sounded merry!
It couldn't be so!
But it WAS merry! VERY!
They stared down at the Democratic side
The GOP popped their eyes!
Then they shook!
What they saw was a shocking surprise!
Obamacare had opened, everywhere, in states big and small,
The uninsured would be able to get insurance, it was now the law,
They HADN'T stopped Obamacare from coming!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!
And the GOP couldn't figure out where they should go,
They stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?
It came despite death panels! And Rush and Glenn!
Despite the Tea Parties and their angry young men!"
And they puzzled three hours, 'till their puzzler was sore.
Then they thought of something they hadn't before!
"Maybe Obamacare," they thought, "means something more.
Maybe it will help provide coverage to even the poor."
And what happened then...?
Well ... in Washington they say
That the GOP took heart
And vowed to fight on anyway!
"We can still kill Obamacare, if we just do it right,
We'll do it in the debt ceiling, we'll continue this fight
This time, we've promised our Tea Party base, our efforts won't cease
Can still slay the ObamaCare beast!"
Today's question: What Dr. Seuss story do you think best describes the current situation in Washington?
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Last week, Rep. Glenn Nye, a Democrat from the Virginia Beach region, said the Navy has delayed its project carrier move from 2014 to 2019. He made his announcement after visiting the Florida base.
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Neelie Easton goes for a run outside her home.
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Local mother Neelie Easton has decided to run in the Boston Marathon this April.
After qualifying to run in the marathon last spring by running the 26.2 mile Utah Valley marathon in three hours and 35 minutes, the Bunkerville mother had to decide if she would actually make the trip east to participate.
At first, Easton was hesitant. There were the travel costs and other reasons plagued her thoughts and she was unsure if she would register or not. ...


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Cranberry to offer additional parking for commuters at North Boundary Park
Commuters can use North Boundary Park in Cranberry beginning Monday as an alternative to the Route 528 park-and-ride lot in Jackson, Butler County.
New Castle Transit has been looking for an alternate site, as construction to expand the lot has created a parking shortage there.
Nearly 40 parking spaces are available at the Route 528 lot through Jan. 31, and the lot will close the next day as construction continues for the next three to five months. Once completed, the lot is expected to have more than 200 parking spaces.
Though there are 199 parking spaces at the Cranberry park, township officials said they expect about 75 commuters will use the lot daily.
Pickup and dropoff times will remain the same at the North Boundary location. Commuters should go to the water park adjacent to the lot for parking and pick-up.
For more information, visit www.newcastletransit.org or ww.butlertransit.com.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Tire failure may have caused a casino worker
shuttle bus crash that injured 29 people, including three who remained hospitalized, authorities said Monday.
"There's evidence that the bus may have suffered tire tread separation," Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Kevin Honea told The
Associated Press. He said the findings were preliminary, pending
the results of an investigation.
Three people remained hospitalized at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, including a 72-year-old woman, a 51-year-old woman and a 61-year-old man, said Tammy McMahan, a hospital spokeswoman. McMahan said patient privacy laws prevented her from disclosing
medical conditions.
Honea said the bus driver was one of those still hospitalized after the crash that occurred about 7 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 15 some eight miles south of the Las Vegas Strip. The driver's name was not immediately made public.
Clark County fire spokesman Scott Allison said that of 33 people on the bus, 29 were taken to area hospitals for treatment of injuries ranging from cuts to broken bones. The most seriously hurt were taken to UMC.
The injured were casino and mall employees returning to Las Vegas from Herbst Gaming Inc. properties in nearby Primm, said Ferenc Szony, company president. He called the crash "a very difficult and tragic situation," and said company officials were helping the injured and their families.
The daughter of the hospitalized 72-year-old woman said her mother was being treated for a broken neck and fractured ribs.
"She's a firecracker, so I know she'll make it," Debra Meier told KLAS-TV. She gave her mother's age as 70, and did not identify her by name. Attempts by the AP to contact Meier were not immediately unsuccessful.
Honea said it appeared Meier's mother was the most seriously hurt in the wreck.
"We had numerous walking wounded," Allison said of a crash scene that he said stunned him.
"The driver's side front tire looked like it went through a meat grinder," the fire spokesman said. "It was just shredded completely."
Bus parts including axles were strewn about the freeway and median, he said.
Honea said witnesses in other vehicles saw the white full-sized bus veer suddenly to the left, where a metal guardrail sheared the wheels and undercarriage from the bus. The coach section crashed into the center median and remained upright.
"This could have been catastrophic if it went into the other lanes or turned over," Honea said. "There's a lot of worse scenarios."
It did not appear that the bus was speeding, Honea said, adding that investigators recovered a bus data recorder that is expected to show speed and mechanical measurements.
An employee at bus owner AWG Charter Services of Las Vegas
referred calls to an insurance adjuster who did not immediately
respond to a message.
The crash was the second this year involving Herbst casino workers being shuttled 40 miles between Las Vegas and Primm, a freeway casino town on the Nevada-California state line.
A Jan. 17 wreck injured at least 25 of 30 people on a bus heading from Las Vegas to Primm after the bus scraped against a guardrail, toppled on its side and caught fire.
Everyone got out before fuel ignited and the bus burned to a charred metal skeleton. That bus was owned by Herbst Gaming, not AWG.
Herbst Gaming owns 16 casinos in Nevada, including the three Primm properties it bought in April 2007 from MGM Mirage Inc., and properties in northern Nevada that it acquired in January 2007 from Sands Regent Casinos.
The company operates more than 7,000 slot machines in Nevada bars and restaurants, and owns casinos in LaGrange, Mo., St. Joseph, Mo., and Osceola, Iowa.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Physician, Student Receive State Honors
Dean Steven L. Berk, M.D., and student Justin Berk were recognized by the Texas Medical Association for their outstanding service.
Written by Suzanna Cisneros
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) recently honored two people from TTUHSC with prestigious awards at the TMA House of Delegates.
C. Frank Webber, M.D., Award
Steven L. Berk, M.D.
Steven L. Berk, M.D., executive vice president, provost and dean of the School of Medicine, was named this year's C. Frank Webber, M.D., Award recipient.
Each year the TMA Medical Student Section honors a Texas physician for outstanding service to the section and its members. Berk was honored for his continuous support through recognition of student efforts and eagerness to promote student involvement in organized medicine.
President Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., said Berk's commitment to medical students is outstanding.
"Dr. Berk does an outstanding job with our students, not only with their education but by directing their talents and time to make significant contributions to our community through their outreach," Mitchell said. "From the Student-Run Free Clinic, to School of Medicine health fairs and community events that bring awareness to health care issues, his support of these students is worthy of this honor."
Berk also works to involve students in their community and in organized medicine. He has co-chaired the March of Dimes March for Babies, helped students promote the Lubbock City Lights charity gala, and lends financial assistance for students to participate in TMA and American Medical Association conferences and student chapters.
Berk's superior teaching and service to medical students has earned him several awards, including 10 James H. Quillen College of Medicine's Teacher of the Year awards, both East Tennessee State University's and TTUHSC's Distinguished Service Award, and the 2012 Boston University Distinguished Alumni Award. In 2011, Berk's book, Anatomy of a Kidnapping, his firsthand account of surviving an abduction, won the ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year award.
Created in 1987, the C. Frank Webber, M.D., Award is named after the late Texas family physician and educator C. Frank Webber, M.D., former dean of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Webber's efforts prompted the development of the strong student organization within TMA.
Medical Student of the Year
Justin Berk
Justin Berk, second-year medical student, received the TMA Medical Student of the Year Award. This award is given annually to the Texas medical student exemplifying outstanding service to the TMA Medical Student Section.
TMA stated, "Justin Berk is a champion of local health care needs, a mentor to other students, and an integral member of the TMA chapter. Justin mobilized many students to participate in shaping health care policy by organizing newsletters to address current issues in health care policy, pamphlets and lunch lectures.
"In addition, Justin was deputized by the local election office to register voters for the 2012 election; the subsequent event registered more than 100 students. Under Justin's leadership existing TMA events like 'Be Wise Immunize' were integrated into the School of Medicine Free Clinic expanding our community footprint."
TMA created the Medical Student Section in the late 1970s to gain a student perspective among members and provide future physicians with a voice in TMA policy. This organized membership section helps focus attention on issues unique to Texas students and provides a forum for students to communicate with each other.
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Since 1969, the School of Medicine has graduated more than 3,000 physicians. The school aims to provide quality lab space, recruit creative, innovative research faculty, and develop graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for lifelong careers in medical research.
Today, more than 20 percent of the practicing physicians in West Texas have graduated from the School of Medicine or its residency programs.
Beginning in 1969 as Texas Tech University School of Medicine, TTUHSC now is a six-school university with campuses in Abilene, Amarillo, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, Lubbock, Midland and Odessa.
TTUHSC has trained more than 20,000 health care professionals, and meets the health care needs of more than 2.5 million people in the 108 counties including those in the Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico.


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Hi everyone!
After a dreadful weekend and a 3lb gain at group last night, I am firmly back on the wagon this morning! I am, however, feeling terribly bloated and my stomach feels like it's taken a total beating!
Anyway, my plan for this week is to do a week of Success Express which will hopefully give me the boost I want this week and kick that 3lb straight back off next Tuesday.
You can find all of the details for Success Express in your pack, but to cut a long story short it is basically:
- 2/3 of your plate SuperFree foods, rather than the usual 1/3.
- One or two A choices and two B choices each day
- Counting the higher Syn value (i.e. if a sausage is 4.5 Syns on Red and is 7 Syns on Green, you would count 7 Syns)
Each day I'm going to list what I've eaten that day, similar to my food diary, so I am accountable to anyone reading. And will also try and post photos to vouch that I'm having my 2/3 SF!
I'm aiming to lose 3lb this week, to get rid of last nights gain. If anyone would like to join me, then feel free!


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Police arrested an Iowa City woman after she allegedly struck her sister with the lid of a toilet tank.
Nitasha Camilla Johnson, 20, of 2401 Highway 6 E. No. 3805, was arrested at 3:57 a.m. Sunday. She is charged with domestic abuse assault without causing injury and interference with official acts.
Johnson's sister and her sister's husband told police that Johnson, who had been living with them for the past two months, removed the toilet tank lid and struck the her sister during an altercation. Police said they found the sister lying on the floor bleeding from her foot. She also had an injury to one of her fingers.
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Nudist Too Close To Naked Flame
Illawarra Mercury
Monday April 3, 2006
A NAKED man suffered burns to one-fifth of his body when he tried to set fire to a spider at a nudist resort in the Southern Highlands.The 56-year-old Sydney man tried to kill what he thought was a funnel web spider by pouring petrol down the spider's burrow and igniting it with a match. The fuel exploded and the man was left with burns to his upper leg and buttocks. The incident happened shortly before 1.30pm yesterday at the resort, west of Bowral. Resort staff treated the man before paramedics arrived to stabilise him. The man was flown by helicopter to Sydney's Concord Hospital, where he was in a stable condition on arrival. The man's lack of clothing probably contributed to the extent of his burns, Careflight said.
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Corn And Basil Pudding
Fresh corn from the Farmers' Market is an all-American treat. It's ideal for eating many ways, from corn on the cob to a delicious summer corn pudding, like this one I am preparing.
- 6 ears corn, off the cob
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 tsp. garlic, min
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- black pepper to taste
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tbsp. butter
- 3 chicken boullion cubes
- 5 eggs
- 1 2/3 cup milk
- 1 tbsp. flour
- 3/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 cup basil, chopped
To get started, shuck 6 ears of corn and remove the corn from the cob with a knife and scrape each cob to get all of the milk. This makes about 3 cups. Then add the chopped onion and minced garlic along with the salt and pepper.
Saute all of this together over medium heat for about 10 minutes in olive oil and butter. And to give it a little extra zip, add the chicken bullion cubes.
Next combine the eggs, milk, flour and grated Parmesan cheese and blend all together. Be sure the corn saute is cooled, then add it to the mixture. For the final ingredient, fold in the fresh coarsely chopped basil.
Blend this together and put it in a 1 quart baking dish that has been greased and bake it for about 40 minutes at 375 degrees F.
Time to prepare: 1 hour.
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New Year's Eve In SF: 50 Parties
Believe it or not, 2014 is quickly coming to a close. So, we rounded up the top 50(!) events around the Bay Area to ensure you kick off 2015 in style.
'Rocky Horror' Rings in New Year with Midnight Show at the Clay Theatre
Rather than wandering from one overcrowded bar to the next this New Year's Eve, risking obnoxious run-ins with lightweight boozers and wasting your cash on inflated cover charges, head to the Clay Theatre this Saturday for a special midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show to ring in 2012.
New Year's Eve 2012: Swanky Dinners + More Places to Dance
Whether you're on a budget or ready to make it rain this New Year's Eve, we've got a slew of amazing events to hit up on the big night. Now, it's up to you to get yourself a New Year's kiss and some resolutions to keep.
Blackbird Bar's New Year's Eve Free For All, 2124 Market Street at Church, 415-503-0630
Join forces with fellow revelers for a night of expertly handcrafted drinks and merriment at this Church Street corridor staple. There will be a free champagne toast at midnight, free party hats, noisemakers, confetti blasters and "other deliciously crude devices" to help welcome 2012 into existence. All that and no cover charge!
New Year's Eve 2012: Music, Dancing, & Comedy
Whether you're on a budget or ready to make it rain this New Year's Eve, we've got a slew of amazing events to hit up on the big night. Now, it's up to you to get yourself a New Year's kiss and some resolutions to keep.
How to Drink on New Year's to Avoid a Hangover
Ah New Year's Day, a time for resolutions, bowl games and... hangovers. For those who want to feel on top of the world on 1/1/11, try these drink recipes from the Trader Vic's Bartenders Guide to keep a slow buzz going all night.
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Adapted from Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, Revised
.75 oz The Bitter Truth Sloeberry Gin
.75 oz Italian vermouth
.75 oz French vermouth
1 dash The Bitter Truth Old Time Aromatic Bitters
1 dash The Bitter Truth Orange Bitters
Shake ingredients with ice cubes. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a cherry.
New Years Eve: The Best Parties, Music and Food Events
You're going to need somewhere to go to celebrate the new decade, right? Our picks for the best ways to throw down.
Best Bets for NYE-Worthy Party Dresses
Only two days to go before the decade's officially done-zo, and you've got a whole lot of nada to wear for the occasion? Pause, breathe. Then try one of these local shops for the perfect New Year's Eve party dress.
Spinning Into 2010: NYE Parties At City Hall, Concourse And More
Whoa, as usual there's far too much is going down on New Year's Eve in the hard-partying SF. The major and simply awesome DJ nights to snatch? Consider this just the first of many dispatches on the eve's bashes and mash-ups.
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10 New Year's Eve Gigs to Jumpstart the New Decade
Skip the hoards of tourists and families trying to stake out a spot for fireworks along the Embarcadero and opt to ring in the new year at one of this year's hip events instead. From all-out dance party to mellow beer pairing dinner, here's our list of Top 10 NYE to-dos.
A Hip Hop Happening Affair
The Roots: The Philly-based rap group known for their trailblazing hip hop will headline a show at the Warfield with Orgone and DJ Harry D. Expect high-octane energy and band members parading through the audience.
20 Ways to Spend New Year's (The Eat + Drink List)
Chef Hoss Zaré hosts a five-course dinner at Zaré at Fly Trap on New Year's Eve, featuring Persian-inspired dishes paired with wines from around the world (along with a complimentary glass of champagne at midnight, of course). Festivities take place from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dinner costs $105 for the first seating and $125 for the second seating; wine pairings are an additional $42 per person. 606 Folsom St., 415-243-0580 or visit zareflytrap.com


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You Down With IPP? (Yeah, He Knew Me)
Posted By Greg Prince On November 13, 2012 @ 3:31 pm In 1 | Comments Disabled
Filtered through the prism of an era when Generation K was other people's nickname for IPP (a.k.a. Izzy, Pulse and Paul), Rey Ordoñez was clearly the keeper among young New York shortstops and a dial-up modem ushered a Mets fan into a virtual Mezzanine you had no idea existed, comes an interview between James Preller and me at 2 Guys Talking Mets Baseball [1]. As noted on this site recently [2], 2 Guys is a conversational blog between James and Michael Geus, two fellow AOL travelers from Jason's and my time getting our Internet feet wet in the mid-1990s. I'm honored to have been asked to share some thoughts with James on those seminal days and many other days as a Mets fan (including some exciting days ahead as regards the imminent availability of a new book series whose first volume I will elaborate on in short order in this space). You can read our dialogue here [3].
And a few other followups:
• Identify our Fifty Sheas of Krane [4] and win the greatest Mets DVD set ever [5].
• The Mets' food drive to help victims of Sandy (the storm, not Alderson) takes place tomorrow at Citi Field; details here [6].
• David Cone lends his mixology talents to storm relief at Foley's Thursday night; details here [7].
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[3] read our dialogue here: http://2guystalkingmetsbaseball.com/?p=1229
[4] Fifty Sheas of Krane: http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2012/11/12/fifty-sheas-of-krane-the-contest/
[5] greatest Mets DVD set ever: http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=13117891&cp=1452359.2184772
[6] here: http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2012/11/05/step-right-up-and-help-the-mets/
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Treetop Continues Multifamily Expansion
BELLEVILLE,NJ-Treetop makes $39 million purchase in Essex County, and a property here becomes part of a niche portfolio.
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