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AROUND TOWNStanford to conduct test of campus emergency notification system
Stanford University will conduct a test of the campuswide [http://web.stanford.edu/group/SUDPS/Alertsufaq.shtml AlertSU]...Original post made on Sep. 30, 2014
Last comment by neighbor, on Sep 30, 2014 at 1:15 pm | 5 comments | 2113 Views
AROUND TOWNPalo Alto Buddhist Temple marks milestone
It was born out of an idea discussed in a cemetery and it grew as a place of worship for Palo Alto's Buddhist community....Original post made on Sep. 28, 2014
Last comment by Truthseeker, on Sep 30, 2014 at 1:03 pm | 4 comments | 5713 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESTree Cutting Connection to City Government
I can only understand the bizarre choices made by the city as to when and how to cut trees by positing a financial connection...Original post made by Spoiler on Sep. 29, 2014
Last comment by Ahem, on Sep 30, 2014 at 12:06 pm | 5 comments | 632 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESPalo Alto VA employee alleges retaliation, gag order for flagging errors
An inpatient pharmacy technician supervisor at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System's Palo Alto facility said he experienced...Original post made on Jul. 22, 2014
Last comment by Another Frontline Clinician, on Sep 30, 2014 at 10:39 am | 15 comments | 9864 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSLegal costs soar as Palo Alto school board begins OCR lobbying
The Palo Alto school district spent more than $200,000 in the first seven months of 2014 in legal fees related to its cases...Original post made on Sep. 23, 2014
Last comment by George Orwell, on Sep 30, 2014 at 7:52 am | 57 comments | 7276 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSMcGee calls for committee work on new elementary school
The Palo Alto school district's debate over the urgency to open a 13th elementary school, defined by years of delays in decision...Original post made on Sep. 24, 2014
Last comment by JLS Mom, on Sep 30, 2014 at 12:13 am | 44 comments | 6539 Views
AROUND TOWNTwo notable events, PAW has no report or pictures.
This weekend had the airport open day and the sneak preview of the Mitchell Park library. The Weekly has not advertised either...Original post made by Resident on Sep. 29, 2014
Last comment by common sense, on Sep 29, 2014 at 8:42 pm | 4 comments | 585 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESCity looks to unleash local dogs with 'shared-use' park
Dog owners yearning for new places to let their companions run free might soon get a little treat from the city. Palo Alto...Original post made on Sep. 24, 2014
Last comment by Tired of Stepping in Dog Poop, on Sep 29, 2014 at 7:32 pm | 67 comments | 7260 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUEScode violations
anyome hear tired of baseless complaints by neighbors for zoning or code violations? one neighbor complained a fence was...Original post made by frank on Sep. 28, 2014
Last comment by resident 1, on Sep 29, 2014 at 7:16 pm | 8 comments | 732 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTSAirport Day aims to raise visibility of Palo Alto facility
The Palo Alto Airport Association will hold its free, public Airport Day, featuring tours, appearances by special aircraft,...Original post made on Aug. 29, 2011
Last comment by musical, on Sep 29, 2014 at 2:19 pm | 6 comments | 2699 Views
SPORTSBowen reaches elite goal in Stanford water polo history
Stanford senior driver Alex Bowen joined the elite in Cardinal men's water polo history by scoring his 200th career goal...Original post made on Sep. 29, 2014
Last comment by Martin Johnson, on Sep 29, 2014 at 1:16 pm | 1 comment | 1644 Views
SPORTSMenlo College introduces a solid baseball recruiting class
Menlo College baseball coach Jake McKinley likes what he sees from his 14-player recruiting class that will take the field...Original post made on Sep. 29, 2014
Last comment by Hmm, on Sep 29, 2014 at 10:15 am | 1 comment | 1881 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSParents, school board candidates repeat pleas to repeal OCR resolution
As the Palo Alto Board of Education moves forward on efforts promised in its June resolution against the federal Office for...Original post made on Sep. 24, 2014
Last comment by Anonymous22, on Sep 29, 2014 at 1:24 am | 14 comments | 4711 Views
AROUND TOWNTransplant survivor is flying high
Jennifer Julian sat in the flight simulator's cockpit and soared through the clouds. Before her, the large computer screen...Original post made on Sep. 26, 2014
Last comment by PAA noise, on Sep 29, 2014 at 12:13 am | 4 comments | 5955 Views
AROUND TOWNDeveloper proposes 30 homes for Maybell Avenue
The new owner of the Maybell Avenue site at the heart of last year's citizen referendum in Palo Alto is proposing a housing...Original post made on Sep. 18, 2014
Last comment by Local, on Sep 28, 2014 at 6:35 pm | 62 comments | 9758 Views
AROUND TOWNStreet Level-- The Unreported News: SEIU Shuts Down University Avenue
There has been a total regular news blackout of the Service Employees Industrial Union (SEIU) demonstration in front of Apple...Original post made by Chuck Jagoda on Sep. 22, 2014
Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Sep 28, 2014 at 10:16 am | 16 comments | 884 Views
MOVIESA Walk Among the Tombstones
Writer-director Scott Frank brings clever writing and moody atmosphere to this crime thriller centered on ex-cop and recovering...Original post made on Sep. 27, 2014
Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Sep 27, 2014 at 11:27 pm | 1 comment | 9954 Views
AROUND TOWNCell Phone Tower in Midtown Parking Lot going in without a murmur
All the talk over the past couple of years about cell phone towers on lampposts and Little League, I am surprised but very...Original post made by Midtown on Sep. 26, 2014
Last comment by Resident 1, on Sep 27, 2014 at 11:21 pm | 4 comments | 719 Views
AROUND TOWNWhy no mention of the celebrations for Mitchell Park Library Opening?
Just drove past Mitchell Park Library, something going on. Is it opening day? A little publicity and letting us know about...Original post made by Resident on Sep. 27, 2014
Last comment by dates, on Sep 27, 2014 at 8:30 pm | 3 comments | 1088 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSAround Town
15 and GIFTED ... He isn't old enough to drive or vote, but this week Arun Jambulapati, 15, started his...Original post made on Sep. 27, 2014
Last comment by Nice Story, on Sep 27, 2014 at 1:00 am | 1 comment | 1237 Views
My Son Turned 20
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Questions About the Acquisition of the Buena Vista Site
By Steve Levy | 19 comments | 3,356 views
Guns or Butter?
By Laura Stec | 19 comments | 1,957 views
Nonstarter killed after 2 decades
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Kids and transitions
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When I saw the star power of the actors in "Jayne Mansfied's Car," which included Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Billy Bob Thornton, Robert Patrick, and a host of others, I figured the movie had real potential. I guess even the strongest actors can't save a dull script.
Directed by Billy Bob Thornton and screenplay by Thornton and Tom Epperseon, "Jayne Mansfield's Car" muddles along trying to establish a plot, but never really gets there. Jim Caldwell (Robert Duval) is a World War I vet raising a fairly dysfunctional family in Morrison, Alabama, during 1969. Jim's sons Skip (Thornton) and Carroll (Kevin Bacon) served in World War II, but have returned to the homestead with mental and physical scarring that has permanently damaged them. Jim's eldest son, Jimbo
(Robert Patrick) is the only one of the boys who has not served in the military, yet he is the one that seems to endorse the old man's military zeal the most.
Jim gets news that his ex-wife, who had remarried and was living in England, has died and that she had requested to be returned to Morrison for burial before passing. Kingsley Bedford (John Hurt), her second husband is travelling with his two grown children, Phillip (Ray Stevenson) and Camilla (Francis O'Conner) in order to attend the funeral, and the stage for a showdown between the two clans seems imminent when Jim's daughter ask the Bedfords over for dinner.
There is an underlying military banter on the pros and cons of war throughout the movie and Jim and Kingsley, who is also a vet of the "Great War," eventually bond. This is actually the highlight of the film and closest thing resembling a plot that the movie gets to. The rest of the film resembles a play with dull dialogue and no ending. Thornton needs to find a new vehicle other than "Jayne Mansfield's Car."
Reviewer's Notes: The title "Jayne Mansfied's Car" refers to the vehicle that Mansfield died in after a car crash in 1967 at the age of 34. During the movie, the car is on display in Morrison, and Jim's creepy obsession with death is satisfied for a few seconds while viewing it with Bentley.
My Rating: 2 of 5 Car Wrecks.

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The reasoning behind Bethesda's online subscription fee for The Elder Scrolls Online isn't to gouge gamers for money but rather so the studio can provide solid additional content for the title, according to a report today from VG 24/7.
In an interview with Computer and Video Games, Bethesda vice president of marketing Pete Hines said that Zenimax Online Studios and they agreed on the charge to allow for fans of The Elder Scrolls Online to experience a variety of content, not just a something here and there as in the case often with DLC.
"We felt like the subscription model fit best what we wanted to do, not because we want you to pay per month to play the game, but because we want to provide real and meaningful content support on a regular basis," Hines said. "That's not just a few items or a thing here and there, that's real significant stuff that adds to the game in a whole host of ways, and doing so needs a good sized group of people who are working on and creating new stuff."
Hines gave the example of The Elder Scroll's Dark Brotherhood guild, which is a quest line not currently in the game until Bethesda figures out how to pay developers to work on it.
"You can't set aside a bunch of people to work on a cool Dark Brotherhood quest line unless you've figured out a way that you're going to pay those bodies to spend that time," Hines said. "Otherwise you'd just put them onto something else."
In the end, Hines said it's about giving value to the gamers who choose to play The Elder Scrolls Online, to give them a "reason to look forward to the next new thing that come's out."


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Alzheimer's Disease Health Center
Common Blood Pressure Drugs May Help Slow Dementia
The study included 361 dementia patients, average age 77, who completed standard tests of memory, planning and other mental abilities. Of those, 85 were already on a centrally acting ACE inhibitor, and 30 more started on one during the study period.
On average, test scores declined by 1.8 points every six months among patients who were already on ACE inhibitors. That compared with 2.1 points for patients not on the drugs.
Among patients who newly started an ACE inhibitor, test scores typically rose 1.2 points in the first six months -- which was as long as that group was followed. The rest of the study patients were tracked for about a year-and-a-half.
Those are small differences in test scores. But if they persisted over years, that could add up to a significant difference in dementia patients' rate of decline, said Dr. William Molloy, one of the researchers on the study.
Clinical trials are needed to confirm whether certain ACE inhibitors do, in fact, slow down dementia, according to Molloy, a professor of gerontology and rehabilitation at University College Cork in Ireland.
He said he does not think the benefit linked to ACE inhibitors is explained by better blood pressure control. There is animal research showing that ACE inhibitors that cross into the brain may have a stronger effect on brain functioning than ACE inhibitors that do not breach the blood-brain barrier.
One possibility, Molloy said, is that the drugs reduce inflammation in the brain.
But another expert not involved in the study urged caution. "I don't think these findings should be used in any clinical decision-making," said Dr. Jacobo Mintzer, chair of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America's medical advisory board.
"This study supports the general concept that controlling blood pressure and other cardiovascular risk factors could have an effect" on dementia progression, said Mintzer, of Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, S.C.
But he agreed with Devi that the specific medication you take for high blood pressure should be the one -- or ones -- that best rein in your numbers.
The study was funded by government and private grants; none of the researchers reports any financial conflicts of interest.
Copyright © 2013-2015 HealthDay. All rights reserved.


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Rambler Ranch
Rambler Ranch
The museum is made up of several buildings on the Rambler Ranch estate. This private museum may be viewed by car club members by having the president of your club contact Mr. Gale and setting up an appointment for your club to view the cars. There are several buildings to tour through in this lovely rural mountain estate. The Nash building was the first one built and the gigantic AMC Building was completed in 2007. It also contains the new "lounge" which is filled with period furniture. You can easily believe you stepped back in time when using this facility. American Motors, Nash, DeSoto, Dodge, Chrysler, Edsel, Chevrolet, Ford, Renault, Rolls Royce, Porsche, Kaiser, Studebaker, Wolsley Packard, Fiat, Mercedes, BMW, Vauxhall, Lincoln, Mercury, Allstate, Opel, Jeep, Bricklin Funwagon, Citroen, Pontiac, Acura, GMC, Honda and more are represented in the museum. This facility offers a unique opportunity to car fans of all ages. Food Services are available upon request. There is a lounge inside as well as a outdoor area with many tables and chairs. The museum not only contains hundreds of cars but thousands of various types of memorabilia. Visit the Rambler Ranch website for more information at
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"We will look at the film, (where) it will be easier for me to just go in there," Payton said. "I thought Jarred Fayson made a couple of good plays and we will see how they do."
The 6 foot, 213 pound Fayson had a 30-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Luke McCown during team drills, and several receptions during the morning practice.
"I'm just going every day, trying to work my butt off, and see where it goes from there," Fayson said.
The 25-year-old Fayson has spent time with the Saints before, originally signing with New Orleans as a rookie free agent in 2011. He was released by the Saints after training camp and spent time on the Indianapolis Colts' and New England Patriots' practice squads for the next two years before rejoining the Saints' practice squad in December.
Fayson's career has been all about bouncing around. He was originally a highly touted recruit who was part of Florida's 2006 stellar class that included Percy Harvin and Tim Tebow. But he transferred to Illinois after two seasons, where he had 54 receptions for 573 yards and two touchdowns in his final two seasons.
Years later, with Fayson yet to see NFL action, he's taking Payton's mantra of "be quiet and do your job" to heart. He just hopes to make his first active NFL roster by the end of the summer.
"It means a lot, to be part of the team with this caliber quarterback, these caliber guys, the group of wide receivers we have," he said. "I'm pretty fortunate."
Although Fayson has drawn some chatter about his ability while lining up at wide receiver, he also hopes to make an impression on special teams.
"It's an opportunity to block punts or cover a kick. It doesn't matter if you're a starter, or whatever you are, you want to be on the roster," Fayson said. "That's the main goal."
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Awards, Trophies, and Honours
"We've won the Cup! We've won the Cup!"
-- Angelina Johnson, Katie Bell, and Alicia Spinnet (PA15)
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Barnabus Finkley Prize for Exceptional Spell-Casting
Albus Dumbledore won this before his eighteenth birthday (DH18).
"Dangerous" Dai Commemorative Medal
Given each year to the Quidditch player who has been the most reckless, in honor of "Dangerous" Dai Llewellyn, a notably reckless player for the Caerphilly Catapults (QA7).
Gold Medal for Ground-Breaking Contribution to the International Alchemical Conference in Cairo
Albus Dumbledore won this before his eighteenth birthday (DH18).
Medal for Magical Merit
Given to Tom Riddle 50 years ago. Since Tom was one of the brightest wizards ever to attend Hogwarts, this award may be one for achievement in academic studies (CS13).
Most Charming Smile award
This somewhat silly award is given out by Witch Weekly Magazine. It has been won quite often by Gilderoy Lockhart.
award for special services to the school
Gold shield awarded to Tom Riddle for exposing Hagrid as the one who opened the Chamber of Secrets and released the monster (CS13).
Harry and Ron received Special Awards for Service to the School after they rediscovered the Chamber and defeated the basilisk (and the memory-Tom Riddle as well) (CS18)
House Cup
Won each year by the Hogwarts House that has earned the most House Points.
Quidditch Cup
Won each year by the top House Quidditch team
Triwizard Cup
Awarded to the winner of the Triwizard Tournament and held as an honor by the victorious school until the next tournament.
trophy for the winner of the annual broom race in Sweden
Shaped like a Swedish Short Snout dragon (since the race runs through the Swedish Short Snout reservation, which thins the ranks of contestants somewhat) (QA2)
Gryffindor Quidditch shield
In PS/f, a shield is shown with several names on it. At the top it says "Gryffindor" and prominently displayed in the center is a small shield with James Potter's name on it, listing him as playing Seeker in 1972. The other names are R. J. H. King (1969) and M. G. McGonagall (1971). This shield is "film fiction" and not canon since Rowling has stated that James played Chaser ( "About the Books: transcript of J.K. Rowling's live interview on Scholastic.com," Scholastic.com, 16 October 2000).
Order of Merlin
The Order of Merlin is a great honour, bestowed on wizards who have demonstrated their devotion to the principles of living harmoniously with Muggles. The Order was created by Merlin, the famous wizard of the Middle Ages, to pass laws against using magic against Muggles (fw). It is likely that the true meaning of the Order has been somewhat lost over the years, since Sirius Black's grandfather had been given an Order of Merlin, First Class. The medal was found on the drawing room shelves during the cleaning of that room. Sirius said he'd gotten it for donating a lot of gold (OP6). Others who have received the Order include:
Albus Dumbledore - Order of Merlin, First Class
Cornelius Fudge - Order of Merlin, First Class
Newt Scamander - Order of Merlin, Second Class
Peter Pettigrew - Order of Merlin, awarded by the Ministry posthumously, or so they believed
Gilderoy Lockhart - Order of Merlin, Third Class
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Massachusetts Concludes Ohio Trip Thursday At Bowling Green
Dec. 18, 2013
The Last Meeting
December 19, 2012
Amherst, Mass. (Mullins Center)
Most Recent Meeting: Bowling Green 64, Massachusetts 61
The Minutewomen extended their advantage to as much as seven during the second half, using a converted free throw by Rashida Timbilla with 8:01 to play to go in front, 52-45. However, Bowling Green fought back into the contest with a 12-5 run over the following five minutes of game action, tying it at 57-57 with 2:57 remaining on a Danielle Havel free throw. The back-and-forth play shown throughout much of the first half continued into the final minute of action, with Alexis Rogers giving the Falcons the lead for good, 62-61 on a pair of free throws with 28 seconds.
The Minutewomen earned a quality attempt on the other end of the court with two seconds remaining as Millie Niggeling's jumper from the paint rattled around the rim before falling to the left of the basket. Rogers was able to pull down the defensive rebound following the close miss and force UMass to foul, hitting the ensuing free throw attempts to reach the final score.
Scouting Bowling Green Women's Basketball
BGSU is on a four-game winning streak with victories over Old Dominion, Ohio State, Monmouth and most recently Milwaukee on Dec. 8. The squad has also defeated Michigan, Iona, Niagara and Butler while its lone loss was to the perennial MAAC favorite, Marist.
Erica Donovan leads a well-rounded group of scorers with 12.1 points per game earned on a 42-for-77 mark on field goal attempts (54.5 percent) and 17-of-27 performance from the free throw line (62.0 percent) over nine starts in as many games played.
Alexis Rogers has nearly matched Donovan's success, producing 12.0 points in each game while securing the second-most rebounds on the team with 8.0 pulled down per appearance. Jillian Halfhill follows with 11.3 points per game while Miriam Justinger chips in 9.7 and Deborah Hoekstra provides 7.9 in each contest.
As a team, Bowling Green is limiting foes to just 57.0 points per game against 69.3 produced for a +12.3 margin in scoring. The Falcons also hold a sizeable advantage in rebounding, 39.7-to-30.9 with more assists, 122-92 and steals, 65-56.
Jennifer Roos is in her second season as the head coach of Bowling Green and 13th year working with the program overall. She holds a 32-12 record at the helm of the squad and previously helped the Falcons as an assistant for 11 seasons, including eight as the associate head coach.
Last Time Out: UMass Rallies To Defeat Kent State, 69-61
Nola Henry contributed nine points - all in the second half - and eight rebounds and Paula Tarnachowicz chipped in six points on a 3-for-4 day on field goal attempts to go with seven boards.
Amber Dunlap and Montia Johnson each earned 14 points for Kent State. Mikell Chinn and Janae Peterson provided seven rebounds apiece to lead the Golden Flashes.
Down by as much as six in the second half, 39-33, the Minutewomen used a 14-3 run to move in front, 47-42 with 12:15 left to play. Pierre-Louis started the stretch with a layup before Henry added a basket at the rim. Pierre-Louis secured the next five UMass points of the game to turn a 39-37 deficit into a 42-39 advantage.
Larissa Lurken answered for Kent State, hitting the back-end of two free throws before knocking down a jumper during the Golden Flashes ensuing chance down the floor to even the game at 42-42.
However, Harris drew a foul and hit both attempts at the foul line and Mital knocked down a three-pointer to push the Minutewomen in front for good, 47-42.
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In comparison, during her sophomore season Pierre-Louis only produced 4.4 points per game while shooting 32-of-72 on field goal attempts (44.4 percent) and 19-of-28 on free throws (67.9 percent).
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Frank Caliendo, Dish Network To Be Sued Back To The Stone Age?
Of course just about everyone loves Frank TV: Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews ... our admiration for the voice stylings of Frank Caliendo is the only thing on which we can all agree.* Two notable exceptions, however, are John Madden and Charles Barkley, who do not take kindly to Caliendo using their likenesses in…
Frank TV Successfully Lands On Earth
The anticipation is over, everyone; last night, the sainted moment finally came. "Frank TV" debuted! (For four episodes!) So ... how was it? Don't ask us; we didn't watch it. What, you think we're crazy?
"Frank TV" Destined To Live Up To The Hype
If you were to add up all the time spent promoting "Frank TV" on TBS during the baseball playoffs, we'd guess it totaled about four years. (Give or take.) And how many hours of the show will end up being aired? Thanks to the writers' strike, about four.
Frank TV Has Decided To Promote Itself
We know: You thought the end of the postseason on TBS meant that the promotional blitz for "Frank TV" had ended. You figured, jeez, we can just hope we remember whenever that show was supposed to start. (Sometime in November. We think.) But nope! They're just getting warmed up!
Frank TV, The Show We Hated A Month Before It Began
It's a sad day, folks: This is the end of our Frank TV advertisements. The NLCS ended too quickly; we felt like we were just getting to know young Frank Caliendo.


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A guilt-free Thanksgiving
Editor: President Obama will get a break from "Obamacare" when he pardons the traditional Thanksgiving turkey. Each of us can also set aside our cares by pardoning a turkey and choosing a nonviolent Thanksgiving observance — one that gives thanks for our good fortune, health, and happiness with a life-affirming, cruelty-free feast of vegetables, fruits, and grains.
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■ You will stay alert through the entire football game.
Editor: This week the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington is being observed with marches, speeches and speculation on what causes Dr. King would embrace today.
He would certainly continue to work for racial equality. But he would also likely advocate for a rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan, workers' rights, gay rights and animal rights.
Editor: I was delighted to read the new USDA guidelines requiring schools to serve meals with twice as many fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, less sodium and fat, and no meat for breakfast. The guidelines were mandated by the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, signed by President Barack Obama in December 2010, and will go into effect with the next school year.
The new guidelines offer a welcome change from USDA's tradition of using the National School Lunch Program as a dumping ground for meat and dairy surpluses.
Editor: The shootings in Tucson are a dramatic reminder that we are one of the world's most violent societies. Violence governs our foreign relations, our sports and video games, and our daily diet.
Editor: Last week's withdrawal of the diet drug Meridia marks the latest setback in a long and frustrating quest for a pharmaceutical solution to our national obesity epidemic. Despite millions of dollars spent by drug companies, none of the handful of diet drugs on the market is considered very effective.
Editor: With Tuesday's opening of the international climate conference in Copenhagen, the world's attention is focused on global warming and the resulting coastal flooding and extreme weather patterns.
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Shout! Factory always leaves us shouting good news.
Now we scream, since their subsidiary Scream Factory will haunt your every move with so many fright flicks.
Brace yourself for more high octane sci-fi terror and apocalyptic alien and zombie mayhem with Dead Shadows on Blu-ray and DVD. Boasting a large cult following in France, Japan and U.K and a festival favorite at the 2012 STIGES International Fantastic Film Festival, Dead Shadows is a wildly entertaining thriller that combines heart-racing suspense, sci-fi action and alien terror with plenty of jaw-dropping surprises. This highly anticipated Scream Factory release marks the North American debut of this movie.
Produced and directed by French Filmmaker David Cholewa, Dead Shadow, starring Fabian Wolfrom, Blandine Marmigère, John Fallon and Rurik Sallé, tells the terrifying story about a young man, Chris, whose parents were brutally killed 11 years ago, on the same day that the Halley's comet could be seen from earth.
Tonight, a new comet is going to appear and everyone in his building are getting ready for a party to celebrate the event. There's even an apocalypse theory going around.
As the night falls, Chris starts to discover that people are acting strange – and it seems to somehow be connected to the comet. People are becoming disoriented and violent and it doesn't take long before they start mutating into something from beyond this world.
In a fight for survival, Chris has to try to escape from his building with the help from some other tenants–but will they make it out alive?
Hungry for more?
Inspired by twisted tales of cannibalistic survival like the real-life Donner Party, cult terror feature Ravenous graphically depicts a twist on an old cliché: You are who you eat. Directed by the late Antonia Bird, this unnerving cult thriller stars Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer, Stephen Spinella, Neal McDonough and David Arquette. The film has steadily and deservedly grown a large following over the last 15 years. Beyond its darkly comic take on gruesome subject matter and some fantastic scenery and cinematography, the film features a unique, quirky soundtrack by acclaimed composers Michael Nyman and Damon Albarn. The two contributed compositions separately, collectively serving up a musical stew combining 19th century American folk instruments, electronic sounds and orchestral flourishes; a romantic past filtered through an anxious present.
It's a recipe for nonstop action and excitement when the inhabitants of an isolated military outpost go up against a marauding band of cannibals in a deadly struggle for survival! Ever watchful of the enemies who might literally tear them apart, the uneasy alliance of soldiers must fight brutal elements of the Sierra Nevada wilderness–as well as their own murderous instincts to stay alive.
Capt. Boyd (Guy Pearce), a disgraced veteran of the Mexican-American War, gets quietly shipped out to Fort Spencer, an isolated Sierra Nevada mountain outpost inhabited by a motley crew of soldiers half-mad with boredom. But then a frozen stranger named Colqhoun (Robert Carlyle) arrives spinning a terrifying tale of settlers trapped in a cave and forced to eat one another. Using the pretext of survivors needing help, Colqhoun leads many of the fort's men into a deadly ambush, but Boyd escapes, wounded and delirious. Will he and the remaining soldiers be safe from the madman's hunger?
Welcome to Camp Arawak, where teenagers learn to experience the joys of nature, as well as each other. But when these happy campers begin to die in a series of horrible "accidents", they discover that someone–or something–has turned their summer of fun into a vacation to dismember. Fans of celebrated cult film writer/producer/director Robert Hiltzik know well the shocking tale of cult slasher thriller Sleepaway Camp (1983). Hailed by fans and critics alike as one of the all-time greatest twisted endings in horror film cinema, this film spawned a sleuth of popular sequels. We invite loyal fans and horror enthusiasts to relive the thrills and suspense of this all-time '80s cult slasher classic when Sleepaway Camp Collector's Edition Blu-ray, packed with insightful bonus content and all-new interviews.
After a terrible boating accident killed her family, shy Angela Baker (Felissa Rose) went to live with her eccentric Aunt Martha and her cousin Ricky. This summer, Martha decides to send them both to Camp Arawak, a place to enjoy the great outdoors. Shortly after their arrival, a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers. Has a dark secret returned from the camp's past. . . or will an unspeakable horror end the summer season for all?
Looking to combat the stress associated with long office hours and final exams? We suggest a double dose of '80s high-camp horror romps when Eric Weston's Evilspeak, starring Clint Howard, R.G. Armstrong, Joseph Cortese, Claude Earl Jones, Haywood Nelson, Don Stark, Charles Tyner, Lenny Montana, Richard Moll and Jimmy Huston's Final Exam, starring Cecile Bagdadi, Joel S. Rice, arrive on Blu-ray for the first time.
Prior to its U.S. theatrical release, the distributor of the film requested that the graphic violence be cut to avoid an "X" rating from the MPAA. The film has been completely restored from a newly discovered 35mm inter-positive source including all of its long rumored scenes of bloody carnage. This new edition includes all-new extras including a new commentary by producer/director Eric Weston.
Life sucks for Stanley Coppersmith (Clint Howard), a teenage outcast who's bullied by everyone at a strict military academy. When Stanley discovers the crypt of a 16th Century Satanist beneath the chapel, he creates a computerized Black Mass that unleashes unholy revenge upon his tormentors. Now, all hell is about to break loose!Evilspeak is not for the faint of heart.
Final Exam
At Lanier College, the semester is almost over. Exam week is coming to a close when some upper classmen play a prank by staging a phony terrorist attack. But the next moment of excitement at the school won't be a prank. And it's something a lot more final than an exam. Students are falling prey to a knife-wielding maniac stalking the school, bent on making sure that for some, school is out . . . forever!


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Washington State Rowing Head Coach Jane LaRiviere and the Cougar rowing team recently dedicated two boats in honor of WSU personnel, both past and present.
The Cougars new Pocock 8 racing shell was named in honor of long-time head coach Tammy Crawford, who was at the helm of the program from 1990 to 2002.
WSU's Vespoli 4 shell was named after Pam Bradetich, Associate Athletic Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete and Staff Development. Bradetich has served at WSU since 1989.


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Volume 19, Number 4—April 2013
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Risk Factors for Influenza among Health Care Workers during 2009 Pandemic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Medscape, LLC is pleased to provide online continuing medical education (CME) for this journal article, allowing clinicians the opportunity to earn CME credit.
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Medscape, LLC and Emerging Infectious Diseases. Medscape, LLC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Medscape, LLC designates this Journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
All other clinicians completing this activity will be issued a certificate of participation. To participate in this journal CME activity: (1) review the learning objectives and author disclosures; (2) study the education content; (3) take the post-test with a 70% minimum passing score and complete the evaluation at www.medscape.org/journal/eid; (4) view/print certificate.
Release date: March 18, 2013; Expiration date: March 18, 2014
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
• Define an influenza pandemic in this study
• Report signs and symptoms of influenza
• Determine whether the risk of influenza was higher in health care workers (HCWs) than in non-HCWs
• Report risk factors for influenza among HCWs
CME Editor
Jean Michaels Jones, Technical Writer/Editor, Emerging Infectious Diseases. Disclosure: Jean Michaels Jones has disclosed no relevant financial relationships.
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Disclosures: Stefan Kuster, MD; Brenda Coleman, PhD; Janet Raboud, PhD; Shelly McNeil, MD; Jonathan Gubbay, MBBS; Kevin Katz, MD; Mark Loeb, MD; Donald Low, MD; Andrew Simor, MD; and Allison McGeer, MD, have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. Gaston De Serres, MD, PhD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: served as an advisor for GlaxoSmithKline; received grants for clinical research from GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Pasteur. Todd Hatchette, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: received grants for clinical research from GlaxoSmithKline. Tony Mazzulli, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships: served as a speaker for Merck.
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mutisite support in joomla.
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Aleksey commented
It's time already. Many other CMS, multisite support.
Samuel Mehrbrodt commented
Hi everyone.
This issue is a big deal for me, so I'm willing to pay USD 20.00 for it.
This offer is registered on FreedomSponsors: http://www.freedomsponsors.org/core/issue/372/multisite-support-for-joomla
If you solve it (according to the acceptance criteria described there), please register on FreedomSponsors and mark it as resolved there
I'll then check it out and gladly pay up!
Oh, and if anyone else also wants throw in a few bucks on this, you should check out FreedomSponsors!
Oliver König commented
what is a "m u t i s i t e"? a typo?
Cor Kevenaar commented
yesss i need thiss so much becaus i have more than 60 sites to update :(
Michael Reiter commented
this would be useful because you have to update joomla only once for all the sites. But ONLY if updating joomla to the next version (including the extensions!!!) is a smooth process. Remember the migration from 1.0 to 1.5 and 1.6. Should the update create problems, it would mean it creates problems to all your sites!!!
Larry Fleisch commented
I have actualy had several requests for this. Would be very useful!
tom commented
Multisite with multi database system would be perfect.
Sheikh Pervez Hameed commented
Very much required
Anonymous commented
This could be useful since the available third party extensions are very complicated. WordPress has this ability build in as well, but I [resume it will be not so easy to put this in the core without creating a lot of overhead for people who do not use this function.
Perhaps the solution could be to give an option during install so that no redundant code is installed if there is no need for it.
Slava Aliev commented
Great idea, I use this feature in Bitrix CMS. very useful
Haldor commented
I think Guy Jeffries said it best. What people mean by "multisite support" are a multi database Joomla in one instalation (availiable in Joomla 2.5 if I´m not mistaken), where the databases used are determined by the url. This can be used to have multiple domane names in one instalation and / or multiple databases for one domane name.
bharat commented
We Need this feature. i have made same way as Core Multilanguage functionality in joomla 1.6+. N site with one admin. but people want this feature in core in near future.
Guy Jeffries commented
This idea is underdeveloped as described here. Look at the multi site solutions that already exist and you can see the devs have had to work up a few options to cope with different scenario's and I have different ones which are not represented by any assets that currently exist on the JED.
I think this would be better packed down into it's component parts and by bringing these part together it will be possible to make a variety of different solutions as well serving other possibilities that are not about different sites, such as landing pages from email campaigns or multi databases for one site.
I think what is actually being asked for here is a multi database/prefixed-table-set which can be chosen based on the url. A plugin which does that alone would do the majority of the heavy lifting for a multisite solution, this could even just pick on some tables and share others. Perhaps a URL choosing rules system not unlike the ACL system with the users being domains and the access being db tables. After that it's just a way of presenting different database set-ups based on the data set for the site - cloning, new install etc.
One area of multi-sites which look to have have added massive complexity is different load outs of assets which with the ACL system appear to me to be redundant now.
Asiri Warnakulasuriya commented
A must have!!!
Fabio Perri commented
Very very great idea !
adronbeast commented
may be usefull...
Rafael Santana commented
Please! Essential
pedro commented
jmanu80 commented
Yes multisite yes for multisite
aneesh commented
yes, we can do it by developing a component. like onrevenue.us/aneesh. But joomla need some core level modification.


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Why I Don't Give Up
I've been a Minnesota sports fan (Twins & Vikings, primarily) since the late 1990s. Since that point, I have learned two undeniable facts:
1. The Vikings will ALWAYS let you down. Even when you think they couldn't possibly let you down any worse, they go out and do that exact thing. Case in point…
2. The Twins will NEVER completely let you down. Yes, they may lose in the playoffs to the Yankees every #$%^&*! year, but at least they play hard and give it everything they have:
If the Twins are somehow able to get back into this division race by the end of the season, it would truly be their most incredible feat ever, I think.
This is why I don't give up. Why I continued watching the blown leads and blow-outs in April and May, night after night. Because until the Twins are mathematically dead and buried, they HAVE to be accounted for and every team in the division will second that notion.
They used to play this old video up on the Jumbotron at the Metrodome, and it really sums up the '11 Twins to this point:
THAT is why I don't give up!!
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The Twins are a much better team than the level of their early play would indicate. In order to finish in first place through, they would have to win upwards of 60 games yet, which is highly unlikely. The injuries this year, to almost every player, has really hobbled them.


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Last week was the international launch event for BlackBerry 10, and yours truly was front and center in New York City as a member of BlackBerry's VIP Elite program. One of the many perks of being BlackBerry Elite was taking a tour of New York after the event and completing a sort of scavenger hunt using my brand new Z10.
First on the list of tasks was heading over to Katz's Deli. We sat down with other BlackBerry fans and a few executives and chatted about the many apps that would be available in BlackBerry World.
After that we bolted over to the iconic Charging Bull sculpture and used Time Shift to capture the perfect in air shot.
Next on the list was going to Pier 17 to film a short video about BlackBerry 10 using Story Maker. You'll spot a short snippet of my team's video at the 1:09 mark in the clip above.
Lastly, we found ourselves at The Tippler where I was able to meet BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins and CMO Frank Boulben. I was pretty star struck as I shook their hands, and as you can tell from the photo, they're both considerably taller than I.
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Here is a link to a nice detailed video discussing "How to choose an acoustic guitar" ... this is great for newbies, but of course a lot of the discussion covers points that experienced guitarists already know. However, there are a couple of things revealed that may come as a bit of a surprise even to old hands. Check it out! NOTE: Sorry ... the opening intro is sort of annoying ... some video producer's idea of adding excitement, I suppose.
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Parents and Students are having the blues. Going back to school is the most exciting time of the year. Everyone is shopping for school supplies, shopping for those favorite outfits and shoes. What are you most having the blues about? What does your school supply list look like? What is your budget for Back To School? The average household have more than one child to shop for.
There have been many deals arising in the last couple of weeks, from school age to college bound students. Walmart thus far has been popular for it's low prices on school supplies. Viewers have shared that fifty cent folders, fifty cent paper, and fifty cent crayons are unbelievable deals. Shopping for clothes has been a full-time job as your children are dragging you from one store to another. There has been a recent sale at Maurices, buy one get fifty percent off, or fifty percent off select jeans. Kohls Department store had a no tax day plus the use of ten dollar off coupons. Deals are everywhere, you can't believe your eyes. Target had 20% off the cover price on select books.
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MIT student Kaitlin Goldstein was found dead after she went on a jog in India on June 14. The 28-year-old woman from Rhode Island was reportedly jogging when she slipped and fell several hundred feet off a cliff.
Huffington Post reports June 22 that Goldstein was a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was working on getting her doctorate degree. MIT officials say the student was found dead in a ravine below a trail in a secluded area of northern India called Ladakh. Kaitlin reportedly went running in the morning. Her parents told officials at the institute that she slipped on loose rocks.
The MIT student had gone to India to attend a workshop on energy and development. She planned to also help with the installation of solar panels at a Buddhist monastery.
Huffington Post goes on to report that Kaitlin Goldstein was a fourth year student at the institute and majored in architecture.
According to Boston Globe on June 24, that when Kaitlin didn't return from her run, students and instructors at the Students' Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh campus began searching for her. Local police in the area searched for the Goldstein then the case brought in the Intelligence Bureau of India, the US Embassy in New Delhi, the Bureau of Consular Affairs at the US State Department, and the FBI to help find the missing woman.
Kaitlin was a competitive runner and is said to have been interested in helping the poor. She majored in engineering as well as architecture, Boston Globe reveals.
It's a tragedy that MIT student Kaitlin Goldstein was found dead due to what should've been an innocent, minor fall without life-threatening danger.


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On Aug. 21, "The Hollywood Reporter" reported the return of Max Adler to "Glee" to reprise his role as Dave Karofsky. Karofsky formerly bullied then declared his feelings for Kurt (Chris Colfer) and later attempted suicide after being taunted and harassed by kids at his new school when they discovered his crush. Kurt gently let Dave down and also supported him in the hospital following his attempt to hang himself.
Could Karofsky's return mean he'll somehow come between Kurt and Blaine (Darren Criss) in "Glee's" upcoming final season?
Gleeks at large are already bracing themselves for the impending bittersweet season six return that will mark the end of a television series-turned-pop culture phenomenon. The Emmy awarding-winning and critically-acclaimed series arguably helped ignite a nationwide anti-bullying campaign, while promoting tolerance, inclusion and giving the underdog a loud and proud voice. Fans watched core characters like Rachel (Lea Michele), Kurt and Blaine evolve and grow during a difficult season fifth season in the wake of Cory Monteith's tragic death.
Rachel realized a dream by starring as Fannie Brice in "Funny Girl" on Broadway, and the end of the season found her considering starring in a TV show, with a character written exclusively for her. (Does this sound familiar?) Kurt and Blaine, meanwhile, wrestled through some growing pains in season four and some jealousy last season when Blaine questioned Kurt's relationship with Elliott (Adam Lambert).
Season five also brought the very intense episode, "Bash," in which Kurt was brutally beaten in a homophobic attack. And, Blaine relocated to NYC and began studies at NYADA. After living together, then deciding to continue their relationship but live separately, Klaine seemed to be in a happy place heading into the final season.
"Eonline" previously reported a season six time jump. Is it possible something will have happened to split up one of "Glee's" remaining fan favorite couples when the show comes back this fall? Could Dave Karofsky's return have anything to do with a potential Kurt and Blaine split? Or, will Karofsky simply return to McKinley or bump into one of the many beloved "Glee" characters and thus start a recurring storyline?
"Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy stressed to fans more than once via Twitter that he believes in "happily ever after." Sadly, Cory Monteith's death forced Murphy and the entire "Glee" creative team to reshape the series ending that originally was supposed to feature Rachel and Finn finding their happily ever after. Rachel was supposed to come home following show business success to find Finn living his dream as a teacher at McKinley. Now, something else has to be the focal point of an ultimately satisfying conclusion for the show that fans around the world have come to know and love with fierce intensity.
"Glee" has broken a lot of ground in featuring Kurt and Blaine's love story as an openly gay teenage couple who fight for their love against all sorts of odds. Blaine even took a huge emotional step in proposing to Kurt and he accepted. Like any fresh-out-of-high school couple, they are very young. So, it's possible lack of pre-engagement life experience could ultimately mean Kurt and Blaine split up before actually tying the knot.
If a Klaine split is in the works, it simply wouldn't seem right to have one of this beloved pair fall for someone else from their past like Karofsky. It would make more story sense for one or both of them to find someone completely new.
But alas, Kurt and Blaine living happily ever after together has not been definitively ruled out. A lot of mystery still shrouds "Glee's" final season and maybe that's for the best. Whatever it's end, "Glee," most assuredly will take its final bow with all the beauty, grace and heart it has always delivered and what the Gleeks around the world will love forevermore.


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Why Shortening Dormancy Periods Adversely Affects Account Holders
When the length of a dormancy period is shortened, it significantly increases the likelihood of unclaimed property california entering into dormancy and being seized by the State.
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Such accounts typically see little or no activity over lengthy periods of time as owners either leave them alone to appreciate in value, or continue to auto-deposit into the accounts. Unfortunately, deposits are not considered interaction between the account holder and financial institution holding the account. Unless those account holders are notified of the changes to dormancy periods, many will find their IRA's, savings, and investment accounts have been turned over to the State.
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The signing will take place at 11 am. John Force Racing has been a partner of Flow since 2012, and Force continues to trust the company's waterjet solutions to support his racing team.
In 2012 John Force Racing added a Flow Mach 4c waterjet for custom parts production to their 160,000 square foot Brownsburg, Indiana facility. Precision parts have been a critical component of this team's success-18 time winners of NHRA Mellow Yellow Funny Car Championships and winning over 232 national events. They brought machining in-house to ensure quality control, speed up production, and maintain their competitive edge by designing and manufacturing proprietary components.
"In order to be the best, you need the best," explained John Force, 1996 Race Car Driver of the Year. "We need the best machine tools to help us design, build and maintain our Funny Cars in top condition. That's why we selected a system from Flow."
The Mach 4 system is the flagship of the Flow line of cutting tables. The Mach 4c which John Force and his team rely on is supported by Dynamic Waterjet® XD bevel cutting and taper compensation alongside a HyperJet pump rated at 94,000 psi.
"Flow is excited to invite you to meet John Force Racing this year at IMTS" said Fred Mooneyham, vice president of North American sales at Flow International. "As fans ourselves, we are proud to be able to sponsor such an exceptional racing team with a world class manufacturing environment to support them."
The signing will take place at 11 am on Wednesday, September 10th at IMTS 2014 in booth N-6217.
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On March 11, 2011 Japan was struck by an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 that shook it to its core. The earthquake caused a tsunami that swept away a majority of the northern coast. On March 11th at 2:46 Pm, Japan was changed forever.
Less than an hour after the earthquake, the first of many tsunami waves hit Japan's northern coastline. The waves reached up to 128 feet and traveled inland as far as 6 miles. The waves overtopped and destroyed the tsunami protection walls in most coastal cities. More than 18,000 people were killed in this disaster and most of those lives were taken by the water.
Japan is a country of earthquake and tsunami "pros", the small island experiences them regularly so when the March 11th earthquake struck only 58 percent of people headed for higher grounds. Many people underestimated their personal risk or assumed the tsunami would be as small as the ones they had encountered previously.
If an earthquake and tsunami weren't enough, the nuclear meltdown quickly began. The earthquake and tsunami caused a cooling system failure at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, which resulted in a level 7 nuclear meltdown and the release of radioactive materials.
Now, three years later Japan continues to rebuild itself. The people in Japan continue to hold dear to their hope and they continue to celebrate the joys in life. In the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami the United States Military and Japan Self Defense forces worked together in the Tomodachi Operation and provided immediately relief to the Tohoku area. This Operation was such a success that not long after the Tomodachi Initiative was started. The Tomodachi Initiative utilizes the support of the U.S. and Japanese government. It focuses on the next generation of Japanese and American leaders through educational and cultural exchanges as well as leadership programs.
Today is a reminder of the lives that were lost in this devastating natural disaster just three years ago. As Americans continue with their everyday lives, there are people who are STILL living in the aftermath of this devastation. Today is a reminder of how precious time really is and how a nation like Japan has united to"rebuild" their beloved land.


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There is plenty of snow up at A-Basin and they could definitely extend. The best place to go to get the beta is Chief Operating Officer, Alan Henceroth's blog or Al's blog. They have had over 430 inches of snow at A-Basin.
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How to Create a Movie Player (Step 2: Adding the Movie Player to NetBeans IDE)
By Geertjan-Oracle on Jan 22, 2007
"Have you thought about video streaming? Is it possible? It would be so great if i could stream my camera view of the scientific instrument directly into my Netbeans RCP control suite."
And Oliver's use case is:
"I am working with motion anlysis in my docoral research in the gaitlab Heidelberg. I have included my modelling and data analysis sofware in Netbeans and it will be great if can also look at the row patient video also inside netbeans."
The case of streaming, suggested by Stefan, should be possible, since JMF seems to support that (click here). I'd like to experiment with it, but don't know exactly what I would need to have or set up in order to try it out. I mean, what would be a scenario that I could play with easily? In Oliver's scenario, if I follow it correctly, one would have a database with videos, which one would like to see in one's application on the NetBeans Platform. That's completely doable, depending on whether JMF supports the video's format (i.e., file type). And, if it doesn't (such as in the case of the movie format that I make use of), you'd need to get some extra library (like Fobs or FFmpeg).
In both cases, I highly recommend following the instructions in How to Create a Movie Player (Step 1: Setting Up and Testing JMF). In that blog entry, there are two sets of instructions. In the first, you install and configure all the libraries you need. You then open a movie (or whatever you want to play) in the JMF application "JM Studio". Once your application works in there, you build a very simple Java application that results in a Swing movie player. Once your application is playing correctly in that simple application, you're making very good progress. You will possibly have a lot less hair at that stage, or the hair that you had at the start will have gone grey, because of frustrations with JMF, but... if you get that application to work, you're very far along in your journey to movie integration with the NetBeans Platform.
At this point, having overcome various obstacles, you run the application, see a file chooser, select a movie, and then the movie begins in the movie player:
Now click the small button on the right bottom corner of the player. You now see the "Media Properties" application, thanks to JMF. In the "Plug-in Settings" tab, click "PlugIn Viewer". Now you see this:
The above tells you (a) whether both audio and visual are working and (b) which decoders (registered either automatically by the JMF installer or manually by you, when you configured your own additions to JMF, such as Fobs or FFmpeg) are being used. For me, the strange thing is that I see different decoders in use at different times, which tells me that I have several decoders available for the same movie format, and that for whatever reason, sometimes one and sometimes another of my decoders is chosen. So, we need to investigate in the JMF Registry. When I do that, I notice that the decoder that I registered was right at the bottom, so I move it to the top:
Tip: Always click "Commit", otherwise your changes will not be saved!
And now look at the quality of the visual component, much better than before (which tells me that in this instance, you can't provide everything to your end users via NetBeans modules in an update center; quite a few things need to be defined by the end users themselves, on their own system):
And, yes, my self-installed decoder is used instead of the default provided by JMF:
However, now that our Swing application is running so nicely, you want to go one step further -- integrate the functionality into NetBeans IDE. This is really simple. But one principle is important (in general, when porting an application to the NetBeans Platform or any other platform). Do you want to replicate you existing application or do you want to leverage the platform? For example, currently our application consists of a file chooser and a JPanel. When we move the application to a NetBeans module and install it into the IDE, there is no need for a file chooser, because the IDE's Favorites window serves the same purpose. We'll need to make sure that our file type is recognized by NetBeans IDE though, which simply means working through a wizard that generates the necessary code. So, we forget the file chooser, because we're going to leverage the Favorites window. Secondly, we have a JPanel. To integrate it with the NetBeans IDE (i.e., NetBeans Platform), we'll need to create a TopComponent instead (click here for details on TopComponents). This is simply an embeddable visual component for display in NetBeans Platform applications, such as the IDE. There's a wizard for that. Once we have the TopComponent, we'll simply transfer our code from the Swing application's JPanel to the TopComponent.
So, let's port our Swing application to a module that we will install in NetBeans IDE:
- Creat a module project called MoviePlayerModule.
- Use the New File Type wizard to generate code that will let the IDE recognize files with the extension used by your movies (e.g., AVI, or MOV, or FOB, or all three). Choose an icon in the wizard, so that you'll be able to see that the IDE distinguishes your file type from all others.
- Use the New Window Component wizard to generate a TopComponent.
- Now install your module. In the Favorites window (Ctrl-3), notice that you can right-click and browse to a folder of your choice. If you browse to a folder containing your movies, with the file type you specified in the New File Type wizard, you should see that the movie files have the icon that you specified in the wizard:
You see? There's no need to create a file chooser in our module, because we already have one in NetBeans IDE (it is part of the NetBeans Platform so is available to any application built on top of it).
- Next, we want our files to open inside our TopComponent. If you look in your file type's DataObject code, you'll see this line in the constructor:
cookies.add((Node.Cookie) DataEditorSupport.create(this, getPrimaryEntry(), cookies));
As a result of this line, the file will try to open in a very simple text editor (provided by DataEditorSupport). This is not good news, because we have binary data. Let's tell the constructor that we will create a new class that will handle the opening of our files. So replace the above line with this one:
getCookieSet().add(new MyOpenSupport(getPrimaryEntry()));
You'll get a red underline because you haven't created that MyOpenSupport yet. Create it now and implement it as follows:
public class MyOpenSupport extends OpenSupport implements OpenCookie, CloseCookie{ public MyOpenSupport(MyDataObject.Entry entry) { super(entry); } protected CloneableTopComponent createCloneableTopComponent() { MyDataObject dobj = (MyDataObject)entry.getDataObject(); MyTopComponent tc = new MyTopComponent(dobj); tc.setDisplayName(dobj.getName()); return tc; } }
- Now you need to make your TopComponent public, change the constructor to public, receive the data object in the constructor, and change the TopComponent's extension class to CloneableTopComponent. (This will let us open multiple movies, while simultaneously meeting the expectation of OpenSupport.createCloneableTopComponent().)
Now there are several methods that you need to comment out for now: getDefault(), findInstance(), as well as the writeReplace() and ResolvableHelper at the end. You can just delete the content of the action's performAction(), because we don't need the entire menu item anyway.
- Install the module again. Now go to the Favorites window and notice that when you right-click a movie file and choose Open... a new window opens, with the name of the file placed in the tab. Hurray! We're now almost there. All we now need to do is transfer the code from our Swing application to the TopComponent.
- Take all the code we added to the MediaPanel previously and stick it into the TopComponent's constructor, after the last line that is there already. (That code could be more complex, but let's leave that for another time. This is not a JMF tutorial, after all. Go here for JMF documentation.)
However, add this within the try/catch block, to replace some of the work done by the file chooser in the Swing application:
URL mediaURL = FileUtil.toFile(dobj.getPrimaryFile()).toURI().toURL();
Again, if you have the JMF JARs and related libraries installed on your system, you don't need to provide them with your module. If you want to provide them with your module, create a module suite project, add a library wrapper module project, and declare a dependency on the library wrapper, using the module's Libraries panel.
And that's it! Now install the module again. Open the movie file and notice that it now displays within the TopComponent. You probably want it to display in a JPanel instead. You can tweak the code in the TopComponent's constructor accordingly. In addition, you probably want to make sure that the player closes when the TopComponent closes (Player.close() in TopComponent.componentClosed()).
And now you've ported your Swing application to a NetBeans module and installed it in the IDE. Hurray!
An advantage of having your own module that runs movies is that you can extend it. (Unlike all other movie players out there. Is there even one movie player in the world that allows you to add completely new functionality? I'm willing to bet that there isn't.) For example, let's say you want to see movie reviews while watching your movie. You can create a completely new module that provides a "Read Review" action, which opens the related movie page from the Internet Movie Database. Here the related review opens in the Swing browser, but it could also be an external brower or Rich Unger's JDIC browser:
Of course, none of this functionality need be limited to NetBeans IDE. You can take the Favorites window, "Read Review" functionality, and movie player...
...and then you can reuse these features in any other application based on the NetBeans Platform, such as the JFugue Music Player, for example. Or... you could make an entire application dedicated to playing movies. That's what the final part of this series will discuss.
Postscript. If you're considering working with JMF, I highly recommend that you read JMF 2.1.1 - Known Issues. Better to know beforehand where you're likely to get burnt. For example, this is issue 18:
- 18. JMF may run out of memory in the following situations:
- The close method is not being called on Players or Processors when they are no longer being used. Without calling close, the Players or Processors will not release the memory and other resources (e.g. live threads).
- There are still some external references to an unused Player or Processor such that garbage-collection is not taking place. References may come in many different ways. One of the less obvious ones is the player's visual and control component not being removed from their container components.
- Some movies might require more memory to play than is available from the Java VM. In this case, you'll need to allocate more memory for JVM to run. For example, by issuing the command: "java -mx32m".
- JVM might temporarily run out of memory after playing a few movies in succession. This is usually temporary and the VM can recover after garbage-collection. If you reload the movie a second time, sometimes it will work.


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In what was surely welcomed news for New Orleans Saints fans, quarterback Drew Brees was not listed in the team's injury report Wednesday, although he practiced with a brace on his sore left knee and expects to play with it.
Brees took a shot on the knee from Atlanta Falcons defensive end John Abraham - a tackle Brees said was not late or dirty - late in the fourth quarter of the Saints' 27-24 loss Sunday at the Superdome. But the swelling and pain have subsided since Monday, Brees said.
"It's all right; it's just sore," he said. "It's gotten a lot better since Monday. I'm very confident that by game day it will be fine."
And Coach Sean Payton moved aggressively to stop any speculation the Saints' star quarterback is nicked in any way that will influence the team's performance.
"There's no situation," Payton said. "His knee is sore from the game. There's no specific injury other than that he has soreness. We didn't put him on the report. He took all the reps. There's not an injury to report. I was pleased with how he functioned. He functioned fine. It's something that as the week goes on, I think he'll have no problem with, and he did a real good job in all the team stuff today."
The brace provides "stability and comfort" and doesn't hamper his mobility, Brees said. He had no issues Wednesday planting his left leg or pushing off of it. He is used to such a device. He tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee his junior year at Westlake High School in Austin, Texas, and played his senior season with a brace.
Brees' status was but one injury question surrounding the defending Super Bowl champions as they try to regain the offensive magic that defined them for much of 2009.
This season, the Saints have scored 63 points in their 2-1 start and rank last in the NFL in rushing at 57.3 yards per game. Their 2.6 yards-per-carry average slots them 31st.
And in that area, the injury report was less reassuring. Starting running back Pierre Thomas did not practice Wednesday after injuring his left ankle in the fourth quarter. Thomas returned against Atlanta, but if he can't play against Carolina, the Saints could be shorthanded.
Free-agent rookie Chris Ivory and nine-year veteran Ladell Betts would be the main backs, and the team would consider bringing DeShawn Wynn off its practice squad. Ivory had an inauspicious professional debut against the Falcons, gaining just 13 yards on seven carries and fumbling on a fourth down.
Payton reiterated Wednesday the team has no immediate plans to sign another running back, and he again expressed confidence in Ivory. Still, the situation may change later in the week, depending on how Thomas responds to treatment. Thomas did not appear in the locker room during its open period Wednesday.
The Saints have been snakebit at running back thus far in 2010. Lynell Hamilton and P.J. Hill, backups the coaching staff likes, were placed on injured reserve before the season, and Reggie Bush broke a fibula at San Francisco in the second game.
Nevertheless, Payton displayed no real concern about the position.
"We have flexibility with the players that are here right now," he said. "We'll see where Pierre is at (today). Really, he had some swelling. Fortunately, the soreness for him is not as significant as you might expect with some ankles. It's not a high ankle sprain, it's not any of that, but there is swelling enough to where we held him out today. But there's nothing that we're looking to do right now. But we're certainly paying attention to it, starting with his health."
Brees and several other players acknowledge the team's lack of ground production has had a ripple effect in the offense, but overall he said he feels the offense is close to coming together.
"There's no soul searching at this point; we're a field goal away from being 3-0," Brees said. "But there are a lot of things that need to be corrected and need to be improved. So even if we were sitting here having won that Atlanta game, we'd still be sitting here saying, Ôwell, we're at the bottom of the league in these categories.' "
Brees also offered some explanations for the inconsistent offensive performance thus far Ñ the team ranks sixth in passing yardage per game and 14th in total offense Ñ and the most telling, in his opinion, is a failure to convert on third downs with any regularity.
Consequently, the Saints have fewer snaps, fewer chances to get in rhythm, and fewer big plays than they did a year ago.
"When I look at our maybe lack of points, when compared to last year, the objective isn't Ñ well, yes it is to score as many points as you can but it's really just to score one more than they do," he said. "And we've been able to do that quite a bit, especially in critical situations. So I'm happy about that, but I think we haven't had as many big plays this year thus far as we're used to. I think it's maybe a time-of-possession thing more than anything. We haven't been great on third downs, therefore we haven't possessed the ball that much and haven't had as many opportunities. That's what I attribute it to."
But the season is young, Brees noted, and no one is close to panic.
"Not alarming, but if we want to be a great offense like we know how to be, then we've got to be able to convert those (third downs)," he said. "Last year, we did a great job of that. We haven't started off that way this year, but we've only played three games. So the good news is we have time here in the very near future to fix that, because moving forward, we're obviously going to have to capitalize on that."
What everyone would like to see, of course, is "one of those three-touchdown victories," Brees said.
"It seems like we've done just enough to get by and to get victories, but by no means have we even scratched the surface of playing a complete game," he said.
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