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I meant of course wish a coach for Crysis 3 1.2
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damned. I can not good english.
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nice work with the trainer
It worked well with the 1.0 version of the game (hunter edition).
Unfortunately, Crytek now strikes back.
After the update to the current 184.108.40.206 version of the game the activation of any cheat of the current trainer version immediately causes the game to crash to the desktop.
Dammit, these Crytek fellows really seem to hate trainers
Sounds like a challenge to me
Mabye if you give Chris a pony....
Hey Dimitry...
Mabye if you give Chris a pony....
Edit : However, i hope we see a trainer for the updated version soon. Cheers.
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Nice to see the game getting updates, and we all know the CH team work hard to keep the love coming, so im happy to wait for a new trainer.
Thanks for the last one made the last week of play fracking awesome.
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CROWLEY - The Woodmen of the World Society and local Lodge 6, has a long history of presenting American Flags to worthy nonprofit organizations. Patriotism and reverence for the American flag and for those who have served their country are deeply embedded in the Woodmen's culture. Thus, our society has become one of the largest presenters of U.S. flags in nation. Woodmen members are very patriotic and are proud to be able to provide these flags free of cost to the recipients.
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Federal authorities have agreed to drop three parts of a four-count indictment against an Amarillo man who pleaded guilty Wednesday to selling and transporting an endangered leopard species.
Carmel "Charlie" Azzopardi, entered a guilty plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Clinton Averitte.
Azzopardi was indicted Jan. 18 on the transportation charge and three counts of aiding and abetting the making of a false record of selling and transporting an endangered species, court records show.
The U.S. Attorney's Office and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to drop the aiding and abetting charges if Azzopardi stops all dealings with any endangered or threatened species, court documents show.
Azzopardi faces up to a year in prison or five years' probation and up to $100,000 in fines.
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A Minnesota man told USFWS agents in May 2005 that Azzopardi offered to sell him tiger cubs.
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Azzopardi and the agent stayed in contact through June and July, negotiating a sale.
Azzopardi agreed to sell two clouded leopards - an endangered species - for $5,000 each, and that he would exchange the animals for money at a Clinton, Okla., gas station on July 19.
Azzopardi, his girlfriend, Paula Reams, and three others drove from Amarillo to Clinton to meet the buyer. Azzopardi appeared nervous and told the man he thought they were being watched and he wasn't sure if he wanted to sell the animals.
Azzopardi told the buyer he would give him the animals and the buyer could "donate" $10,000 to Reams.
Azzopardi and Reams loaded the leopards into the buyer's vehicle and the buyer gave Reams an envelope with $10,000.
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Tiggzi is a new app that hopes to level the playing field between highly experienced developers and tech-savvy business owners — and save companies tons of money in the process. Exadel, the creative force behind Tiggzi, is a mobile software application development company that counts Fortune 500 companies among its list of clients. What started as a resource for major corporate companies has provided Exadel with the knowledge to create software for like-minded developers and small business owners. Tiggzi is an app-builder that has the sophistication to meet developers' needs while maintaining enough simplicity to increase efficiency for small business owners. Features. Designing a Mobile App? Don't Make These 10 Mistakes. So you've already learned how to navigate the tricky world of cross-platform app design and worked through all of the common pitfalls of developing your app.
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HxD conference spotlights 7 'mobile myths' for developers. Speaking at the Healthcare Experience Design on Monday, Josh Clark, founder of Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Recently, Northern Devon Healthcare Trust adopted a policy and a platform that allowed non-technical employees to design their own mobile apps. The software is from British software provider NDL. The company's awiMX toolkit is designed to allow non-technical staff to create mobile applications using a drag-and-drop interface. NHS did this in response to a request from the government, and instead of having to hire more people or force their current staff to do unnecessary work, they settled on the awiMX platform. "From April this year, NHS trusts will be obliged to complete the Community Information Data Set (CIDS), which involves collecting 150 different data points on patients, including demographics, care records and referrals." Source: Information Age. How to Avoid the Common Pitfalls of Mobile App Development. The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits, a leading product developer for mobile platforms.
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Having a minimum of three IEP meetings per year certainly provides the opportunity to look back over a school year and analyze how and why your child has progressed to where they are is invaluable. It's also a powerful opportunity to brain storm and discuss your concerns and questions with professionals who have spent many months teaching your child. Read why three IEP meetings per year are necessary »
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Cliff Kupchan, Chairman at Eurasia Group, outlines factors that mitigate the potential threat that foreign ISIS extremists hold upon their return to their home countries.
On Sunday, North Korea slammed fresh sanctions that were imposed upon it by the U.S. in response to the hacking of Sony Pictures, calling them "a reflection of Washington's hostility." CNBC's June Yoon has more.
Former FBI Special Agent Jeff Lanza discusses how new sanctions placed on North Korea by President Obama serve as retaliation for the Sony hack.
President Obama has authorized new sanctions for North Korea, reports CNBC's John Harwood.
The U.S. government tightened sanctions on North Korea in retaliation for the devastating cyberattacks against Sony.
Clint van Zandt, Former FBI agent, says the FBI is still comfortable with their analysis North Korea is responsible for the attack on Sony. Jon Condra, Flashpoint Global Partners, provides perspective on the North Korea narrative.
Discussing "The Interviews" VOD release, Jon Steinberg, Daily Mail North America CEO, explains why the film will break the VOD-movie theater model.
Rentrak senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian, discusses the weekend box office results for "The Interview," and if the film was a success after taking in $18 million in its opening weekend.
DSTRUX is ripping a page from old spy shows by allowing users to destroy sent emails. But is the technology necessary?
North Korea's Internet connectivity was interrupted yet again, experts at DYN Research reported, adding to tensions between the nation and the U.S.
Kara Swisher, Re/code co-executive editor, weighs in on the strong demand for "The Interview," and Sony's VOD strategy.
Terrace Theater owner Paul Brown, discusses the Christmas Day box office sales and demand for Sony's "The Interview."
"The Interview" may be coming soon to a theater near you after all.
Discussing Sony's VOD strategy for "The Interview" and the long-term impact to Sony's reputation, with Bubba Murarka, Draper Fisher Jurvetson partner.
Sony is in talks with Google to distribute "The Interview." CNBC's Julia Boorstin discusses on which platforms it may play.
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Sony will release its controversial film "The Interview" Christmas day in more than 200 theaters. George Kurtz, CrowdStrike co-founder, President and CEO, analyzed the malware used in the Sony hack attack.
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I can see it coming, and I'm certainly not the only one.
MMA in Brazil has reached the pinnacle of popularity in recent years. Fighters are becoming celebrities and, most importantly when it comes to building stars in the sport, the best fighters keep winning. The 2012 campaign kicked off with three UFC Brazilian champions and the potential for more.
But there is a shadow creeping over the sport. It isn't a matter of winning or losing inside the Octagon, but a matter of security for fighters, fans and citizens.
It all started with the marketing ploy to mix soccer, the most popular pastime in Brazil, with MMA, the country's new passion.
Anderson Silva was the first to engage in this sort of relationship. "The Spider" started to show his support for Corinthians -- a club he once tried out for, but failed to make the cut -- before and after UFC fights by waving flags and donning jerseys and hats with the club's insignia. It wasn't long before he was hired by the team for promotional purposes. Since August's UFC 134 event, the middleweight champion is officially considered an athlete of one of the most popular clubs in Brazil -- with all the collateral effects that it brings.
During the buildup to UFC Rio, Silva was heavily booed during an open workout session on Copacabana beach. The workout was meant as a way to promote the upcoming event and have Silva's star shine. Instead, supporters of other soccer clubs flocked to the beach for the sole purpose of cursing the UFC champion.
The booing is "not a problem," Silva said at a news conference the day after. And, at the time, it probably wasn't.
Then, as Chael Sonnen kicked his antics into high gear, the club rivalry issue emerged again. Soccer club Palmeiras, considered Corinthians' most traditional rival, became the topic as Sonnen declared himself a team supporter of the rival outfit.
The results of that second example remain to be seen. But talk of a bout between Silva and Sonnen at Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo have brought a taste of what can happen. The quotes below are from a Palmeiras supporter, posted on a MMA discussion forum:
"I foresee a tragedy at the TUF Finale in São Paulo if Anderson Silva fights Chael Sonnen at a soccer stadium. I'm from São Paulo and a member of Mancha Verde [a Palmeiras soccer gang]. The former vice-president of Mancha Verde, Janio Carvalho, is a Jungle Fight competitor [the biggest MMA event in Brazil]. All members are MMA fans.
And there is a guy from Gaviões [a Corinthians soccer gang] that is also competing in Jungle Fight, called Bruno Capeloza. If Silva x Sonnen really happens at a soccer stadium, the tickets for bleachers will be at an affordable price [around 50 USD]. There will be lots of Palmeiras fans supporting Sonnen, and Corinthians fans will do the same for Anderson, with plenty of mad MMA fighters among them. A melee would [ensue in] a matter of minutes."
The potential scenario described by this fan might be overly dramatic. But it wouldn't be the first time something similar broke out in Brazil. You have to go back only as far as November 2010 when a brawl between Cruzeiro and Atletico fans -- the two most popular teams in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais – resulted in a fatality. The altercation came not after a soccer event, but on the heels of an MMA event in which one of the fighters wore a Cruzeiro jersey.
The next chapter, unfortunately, might come sooner than expected. At UFC 142 on Saturday, José Aldo will wear the red-and-black colors of Flamengo. The UFC featherweight champion is a longtime supporter of the team and usually bears a flag of one of the club's soccer gangs while in the Octagon.
If the relationship between soccer and MMA is of concern to Aldo, he certainly isn't showing it.
"I like this relation between soccer and MMA," Aldo said during a conference call last week. "Soccer came to help us. Of course, the fans of a club can be frustrated because a fighter signed a contract with a rival. But I don't see it that way. I see Flamengo standing for [all of Brazil] in the Octagon."
Unfortunately for Aldo, soon after his deal with Flamengo was announced, a group of Vasco fans threw their support behind American Chad Mendes. Still other Brazilian fighters, including Vitor Belfort, share Aldo's optimism. In fact, Belfort sees this as an opportunity for fans to pledge allegiance to entirely different "teams" based on who they back in the Octagon.
"Those deals are not with soccer," Belfort said. The [fighters] are signing with clubs, and they will be representing those clubs in the UFC. It is an opportunity for a Vasco fan to turn into a Flamengo fan in the UFC."
To most sports fans, Brazil is synonymous with soccer. But bringing the rivalries that come with soccer from the stadiums to the MMA arena isn't a great idea, no matter how much money and interest it generates. Solutions like designating separate areas for fans in large stadiums (to avoid brawls) aren't feasible at an MMA event.
It took years before MMA was recognized by the Brazilian mainstream audience. To associate the sport with gang violence would put it several steps back. MMA doesn't need to associate itself with soccer to be validated as a popular sport -- it already is.


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The present application is a continuation-in-part of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/714,447, entitled "Multimedia Compression with Additive Temporal Layers" by Navin Chaddha, filed Mar. 17, 1997, assigned to VXtreme Inc., herein incorporated by reference in its entirety currently pending.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to multimedia communications. More particularly, the present invention relates to the efficient delivery of multimedia data to multicast group(s) over a diverse computer network.
2. Description of the Related Art
With the proliferation of connections to the internet by a rapidly growing number of users, the viability of the internet as a widely accepted medium of communication has increased correspondingly. Bandwidth requirements can vary significantly depending on the content of multimedia data being delivered and computational capacity of the client computers receiving the multimedia data. Hence, the ability to efficiently deliver multimedia data to a number of client computers over the internet is limited by how the available bandwidth capacity of the network is utilized to provide video information to a diverse group of client computers.
In a typical video delivery scheme, for each video stream, a point-to-point connection is provided by the network between the server and each client computer. From the network's perspective, this scheme is inefficient especially when similar content is delivered to a number of client computers. A more efficient method is to multicast "blindly" over the network without any feedback from the client computers, in a manner similar to a wireless television broadcast. One such conventional video encoding and decoding system is described in "An End-to-End Software only Scalable Video Delivery System," published in Proc. Networks and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video, April 1995. Instead of establishing individual point-to-point connections for each client computer, the server multicasts an entire embedded stream for different resolutions and frame rates onto the network as a set of trees. However, "the server has no idea about the decoders at the destinations" (page 136, lines 4-5) (emphasis added). Primary traffic management is performed by not adding branches of the trees carrying the less important bit streams to the lower bandwidth portions of the network. In addition, switches and routers of the network may react to temporary network congestion by dropping packets carrying the less important bits from the embedded stream.
Unfortunately, with the push multicast model described above, since "the destinations [decoders] are slaved to the flow from the server with no feedback" (page 137, lines 46-47) (emphasis added), the server is incapable of adapting to the actual needs of individual and/or sub-groups of client computers. Packets carrying less important bits are sent to client computers so long as the corresponding portion of the network is capable of carrying the additional information. In other words, the server ignores the actual needs of the client computers. For example, a user at any particular client computer may not be interested in receiving a high resolution and/or a high frame rate video stream, even if the network is capable of supporting the higher bit stream. Alternatively, a particular client computer or its modem may be incapable of processing the higher resolution and/or faster frame rate video stream. As a result, a considerable amount of unused or underutilized information is wastefully multicasted over the network and unnecessarily consumes valuable network resources.
In view of the foregoing, there are desired improved techniques for adaptively providing scalable multimedia data to a broad range of client computers while efficiently utilizing the valuable network resources.
A method of interactively providing a number of client computers with a dynamically selectable and scalable range of multimedia data over a diverse computer network including local area networks (LANs) wide area networks (WANs) such as the internet.
Multimedia data is provided by a server to the client computers includes a base layer and one or more enhancement layers. Enhancement layers can be spatial and/or temporal in nature. Depending on the implementation, the server may also provide information about the multimedia data to the client computers.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the server splits the multimedia data for streaming via multiple multicast group (MMG) addresses. Information about the portion of the multimedia data carried by each MMG is broadcasted to the client computers. Armed with the information about the multimedia data, client computers can intelligently join and leave MMGs as needed.
In some embodiments, the client computers provide feedback about the usage and/or need for the multimedia data, enabling the server to right-size, e.g., grow and/or prune, the multimedia data for network efficiency. With right sizing, the content of the base layer may be increased or decreased with the corresponding growing and pruning of the enhancement layers. Enhancement layers may also be grown and/or pruned independently of the base layer, i.e., without a corresponding change in the base layer.
These and other advantages of the present invention will become apparent upon reading the following detailed descriptions and studying the various figures of the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary computer system for practicing the various aspects of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an exemplary hardware environment for practicing the invention which includes a web server and client computers, coupled to each other by a computer network.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating one embodiment of an encoder in which multimedia data representing an enhanced video image is encoded separately into a base layer and an enhancement layer.
FIG. 4 illustrates an associated decoder for decoding the base layer and the enhancement layer of FIG. 3 to regenerate a base image and an enhanced image.
FIG. 5A is a block diagram of an encoder capable of generating additional enhancement layer(s).
FIG. 5B is a block diagram of yet another encoder capable of generating additional base layer(s).
FIG. 6A is a block diagram of a decoder capable of decoding additional enhancement layer(s).
FIGS. 6B and 6C illustrate decoding circuits for regenerating a similar enhanced image from different base layers and enhancement layers.
FIG. 7A illustrates how multimedia data representing a full temporal sequence can be separated into multiple temporal layers.
FIG. 7B shows an exemplary spatial arrangement of base layer packets and enhancement layer packets.
FIG. 8 is a detailed block diagram showing one embodiment of a server and a representative client computer.
FIGS. 9 and 10 are flowcharts illustrating the adaptive right-sizing of a multimedia stream being transmitted, via a single multicast group, from the server to one or more client computers.
FIGS. 11 and 12 are flowcharts illustrating the adaptive right-sizing of a multimedia stream being transmitted, via multiple multicast groups (MMGs), from the server to one or more client computers.
The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to a few preferred embodiments thereof as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, well known process steps have not been described in detail in order to not unnecessarily obscure the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an exemplary computer system 100 for practicing the various aspects of the present invention. Computer system 100 includes a display screen (or monitor) 104, a printer 106, a floppy disk drive 108, a hard disk drive 110, a network interface 112, and a keyboard 114. Computer system 100 includes a microprocessor 116, a memory bus 118, random access memory (RAM) 120, read only memory (ROM) 122, a peripheral bus 124, and a keyboard controller 126. Computer system 100 can be a personal computer (such as an Apple computer, e.g., an Apple Macintosh, an IBM personal computer, or one of the compatibles thereof), a workstation computer (such as a Sun Microsystems or Hewlett-Packard workstation), or some other type of computer system known to one skilled in the computer art.
Microprocessor 116 is a general purpose digital processor which controls the operation of computer system 100. Microprocessor 116 can be a single-chip processor or can be implemented with multiple components. Using instructions retrieved from memory, microprocessor 116 controls the reception and manipulation of input data and the output and display of data on output devices.
Memory bus 118 is used by microprocessor 116 to access RAM 120 and ROM 122. RAM 120 is used by microprocessor 116 as a general storage area and as scratch-pad memory, and can also be used to store input data and processed data. ROM 122 can be used to store instructions or program code followed by microprocessor 116 as well as other data.
Peripheral bus 124 is used to access the input, output, and storage devices used by computer system 100. In the described embodiment(s), these devices include display screen 104, printer device 106, floppy disk drive 108, hard disk drive 110, and network interface 112. Keyboard controller 126 is used to receive input from keyboard 114 and send decoded symbols for each pressed key to microprocessor 116 over bus 128.
Display screen 104 is an output device that displays images of data provided by microprocessor 116 via peripheral bus 124 or provided by other components in computer system 100. Printer device 106, when operating as a printer, provides an image on a sheet of paper or a similar surface. Other output devices such as a plotter, typesetter, etc. can be used in place of, or in addition to, printer device 106.
Floppy disk drive 108 and hard disk drive 110 can be used to store various types of data. Floppy disk drive 108 facilitates transporting such data to other computer systems, and hard disk drive 110 permits fast access to large amounts of stored data.
Microprocessor 116 together with an operating system operate to execute computer code and produce and use data. The computer code and data may reside on RAM 120, ROM 122, or hard disk drive 120. The computer code and data could also reside on a removable program medium and loaded or installed onto computer system 100 when needed. Removable program mediums include, for example, CD-ROM, PC-CARD, floppy disk and magnetic tape.
Network interface circuit 112 is used to send and receive data over a network connected to other computer systems. An interface card or similar device and appropriate software implemented by microprocessor 116 can be used to connect computer system 100 to an existing network and transfer data according to standard protocols.
Keyboard 114 is used by a user to input commands and other instructions to computer system 100. Other types of user input devices can also be used in conjunction with the present invention. For example, pointing devices such as a computer mouse, a track ball, a stylus, or a tablet can be used to manipulate a pointer on a screen of a general-purpose computer.
The present invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium is any data storage device that can store data which can be thereafter be read by a computer system. Examples of the computer readable medium include read-only memory, random-access memory, magnetic data storage devices such as diskettes, and optical data storage devices such as CD-ROMs. The computer readable medium can also be distributed over a network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an exemplary hardware environment for practicing the invention which includes a web server 210 and client computers 231, 232, . . . 239, coupled to each other by computer network 220. Each of server 210 and client computers 231, 232, . . . 239 can be implemented using a computer system such as computer system 100 described above. In this implementation, computer network 220 supports both point-to-point connections and multiple multicast groups.
In accordance with the present invention, server 210 transmits multimedia data, e.g., video, audio and/or annotation frames, to two or more of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239. Efficiency is accomplished by transmitting the multimedia data in the form of a base layer and one or more enhancement layers to one or more multicast groups, and wherein the multimedia data is shared by two or more of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239. Enhancement layer(s) can be either spatial and/or temporal in nature.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating one embodiment of encoder 300 in which multimedia data representing an enhanced video image 312 is encoded separately into a base layer BL(1), representing a base image 316, and an enhancement layer EL(2-1), representing the spatial difference between base image 316 and enhanced image 312, using a suitable encoding technique such as a Laplacian pyramid decomposition algorithm, known to one skilled in the art.
In this exemplary encoding process, enhanced image 312 is decimated 314, i.e., filtered and sub-sampled, into base image 316 which is compressed 318 to produce base layer BL(1). Next, base layer BL(1) is decompressed 322, upsampled, e.g., by interpolation 326, and then subtracted 342 from enhanced image 312 to produce an error image. The error image is then compressed 344 to produce an enhancement layer EL(2-1) which represents the error data between base image 316 and enhanced image 312. This process can be repeated to produce multiple enhancement layers as described below.
Conversely, in an exemplary associated decoder 400, as illustrated by FIG. 4, base layer BL(1) and enhancement layer EL(2-1) are used to regenerate a base image I1′ and an enhanced image 12′. Regenerated base image I1′ is produced by decompressing 412 base layer BL(1). Regenerated enhanced image 12′ is produced by combining 426 an interpolated 416 base image I1′ with a decompressed 422 enhancement layer EL(2-1).
Referring now to FIG. 5A, in encoder 510, additional enhancement layers EL(3-1), EL(4-1) are generated from enhanced images 518, 512, by combining decimation stages 514, 516, compression stages 524, 528, interpolation stages 534, 538, and summation stages 522, 526 to encoder 300, in a manner similar to the generation of enhancement layer EL(2-1) described above.
Conversely, as shown in FIG. 6A, in decoder 600 a, additional enhanced images I3′, I4′ are regenerated from enhancement layers EL(3-1), EL(4-1), by combining decompression stages 622, 632, interpolation stages 612, 616, and summation stages 626, 636 to decoder 400, in a manner similar to the regeneration of enhanced image I2′ described above.
FIG. 7A illustrates how multimedia data representing a full temporal sequence with frames k, k+1, k+2, . . . k+8, . . . can be separated into a first temporal layer with frames k, k+4, k+8, . . . a second temporal layer with frames k+2, k+6, . . . and a third temporal layer with frames k+1, k+3, k+5, k+7 . . . Accordingly, the first temporal layer is the base layer while the second and third temporal layers are enhancement layers. In this example, in order to optimize network efficiency, the base layer is independent, e.g., includes I frames with complete frame data, while the enhancement layers are additive, e.g., includes P frames with differential data based on other frames. Alternatively, the temporal enhancement layers can also be independent. For example, enhancement frames k+1, k+2, k+3, k+5, k+6, k+7 . . . can also be I frames, but with a corresponding increase in transmission overhead when streamed over network 220.
FIG. 7B shows an exemplary spatial arrangement of base layer packets BP4, BP5, BP6, BP7 and BP8, and enhancement layer packets EP10, EP12, EP14, EP16 and EP18. In this example, server 210 transmits index-planes for different resolutions in different packets. Hence, base packet BP4 corresponds to the base layer with 4-bits of an index, and base packet BP8 includes the 8th bit of the index for the base layer. Similarly, enhancement packet EP14 includes the 4th bit of the index for the first enhancement layer.
Bandwidth scalability with an embedded bit stream can be accomplished using vector quantization (VQ). In one embodiment, a tree-structured VQ (TSVQ) successive approximation technique is implemented. Accordingly, codewords are arranged in a tree structure, and each input vector is successively mapped (from the root node) to the minimum distortion child node, thereby inducing a hierarchical partition, or a refinement of the input space as the depth of the tree increases. Because of the successive refinement, an input vector mapping to a leaf node can be represented with high precision by the path map from the root to the leaf, or with lower precision by any prefix of the path. Accordingly, TSVQ produces an embedded encoding of the data. Pending U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 08/819,579, attorney docket number VXT—712, entitled "Method and Apparatus for Table-based Compression with Embedded Coding" by Navin Chaddha, filed on Mar. 14, 1997, and assigned to VXtreme Inc., herein incorporated by reference in its entirety, describes several exemplary TSVQ implementations that can be practiced with the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a detailed block diagram showing one embodiment of server 210 and client computer 231, representative of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239. Accordingly, the following description of the operation of client computer 231 also applies to client computers 232 . . . 239. Server 210 and client computer 231 are coupled to each other via computer network 220 which supports multicast addresses and multiple multicasts.
Server 210 includes an encoder 812, a source packetizer 814 and a source networking unit 816. Encoder 812 includes a conditional replenishment unit, a Laplacian pyramid encoder with a tree structured hierarchical table lookup vector quantizer (TSHVQ) based on a perceptual distortion measure. Client computer 231 includes a decoder 836, destination packetizer 834 and a destination networking unit 832. Decoder 836 includes a table-lookup vector quantizer with support for color-convertion and dithering. Video decoding is performed on those blocks which change with respect to the previous frame. Encoder 812 can be any one of encoders 300, 510, and decoder 836 can be any one of decoders 400, 600 a.
Server 210 executes the first stage of the encoding process, embedded conditional replenishment, in encoder 812. The blocks which change are encoded using the Laplacian pyramid algorithm with the TSHVQ. Encoder 812 produces the indices for each layer as an embedded stream with different index planes. The first index plane contains the index for the rate 1/k TSHVQ codebook. The second index plane contains the additional index which along with the first index plane gives the index for the rate 2/k TSVQ codebook. Similarly, the remaining index planes have part of the indices for 3/k, 4/k, . . . R/k TSVQ codebooks, respectively. As a result, encoder 812 advantageously produces indices with the embedded prioritized bit-stream. Subsequently, rate or bandwidth scalability can be achieved at client computer 231 by dropping index planes from the embedded bit-stream.
After encoder 812 has completed generating the embedded bit-stream, source packetizer 814 packages the embedded bit-stream into a number of embedded video stream packets based on RTP protocol and appends the respective packet headers. Depending on the needs of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239, source networking unit 816 can now split the embedded video stream packets into one or more multicast groups in accordance with the present invention.
In one exemplary multiple multicast (MMG) scenario, as illustrated by FIGS. 7A and 7B, a first multicast group may receive spatial layers BP4 to EP16 and temporal layers T1 to T3, while a second multicast group receives spatial layers BP4 to BP8 and temporal layers T1 to T2.
In another MMG scenario with joint source-channel coding of two layers, e.g., base layer BL1 and enhancement layer EL(2-1), are split into several embedded layers and sent by source network unit 816 on MMGs after packetization by packetizer 814. Subsets of the embedded bit-stream are sent on different multicast addresses. In this example, spatial layers BP4, (BP5-BP8), (EP12-EP14) and (EP16-EP18) can be sent in temporal layers T1, T2, T3 and T4, resulting in eight different layers which can be sent on different multicast addresses.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, client computer 231 intelligently decides which multicast (address) groups to dynamically join or leave. This is possible because server 210 periodically provides updated information to client computer 231 about the different multicast groups, their associated data transfer rates, which portion of the spatial-temporal embedded stream belongs to which MMG, and information about base layer(s) of the embedded stream. A network bandwidth estimation algorithm keeps track of the available network bandwidth of network 220 supporting the respective MMGs. One such network bandwidth estimation algorithm is described in pending U.S. patent application, Ser. No. 08/818,127, attorney docket number VXT—706, entitled "Dynamic Bandwidth Selection for Efficient Transmission of Multimedia Streams in a Computer System" by Hemanth S. Ravi, assigned to VXtreme, Inc., and is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Armed with the information provided by server 210, client computer 231 is able to reliably predict both the cost and benefit of joining additional MMGs in addition to the MMG(s) client computer 231 has already joined. Accordingly, if there is network bandwidth available, then client computer 231 joins additional MMG(s) till the bandwidth associated with the MMGs is used up. Conversely, when client computer 231 detects that it is consuming more network bandwidth than is available, client computer 231 leaves some MMGs till the consumption of the network bandwidth is less than or equal to the available network bandwidth. In other words, client computer 231 attempts to efficiently maintain a healthy equilibrium between its need and the availability of the network bandwidth. As a result, the dynamic bandwidth adaptation of the present invention, accomplished by intelligently joining and/or leaving MMGs, advantageously reduces network congestion and packet losses, while optimizing the transfer rates.
Referring again to FIG. 8, when the data packets arrive at client computer 231, destination networking unit 832 splits the embedded bit stream packets into MMGs. Packets associated with the selected, i.e., joined, are depacketized by destination depacketizer 834 and provided to decoder 836.
Decoder 836 then use the remaining embedded stream to index a TSVQ codebook of the corresponding rate, e.g., by looking up the reproduction vector in the corresponding rate TSVQ decoder 836 codebook. In this example, since the inverse block transform is performed on the codewords of encoder 812 codebook, there is no need for performing inverse block transforms on decoder 836 codebook.
As discussed above, computational scalability is provided at decoder 836 by the use of the Laplacian coding scheme and the use of TSVQ. TSVQs achieves computation scalability proportional to the bandwidth of network 220 as the computation performed in lookups is different for different TSVQ codebooks and scales proportionately with the depth of the tree. In sum, the streaming of scalable multimedia data which includes a base layer and at least one enhancement layer by server 210 enables client computer 231 to select different MMGs in search of the best match with the bandwidth of network 220.
However, because encoder 510 of FIG. 5A provides a single predetermined base layer BL1 and an associated range of enhancement layers EL(2-1), EL(3-1), EL(4-1), the ability of encoder 510 to adapt to the actual needs of client computer 231, 232, . . . 239 is limited to growing and pruning enhancement layers EL(2-1), EL(3-1), EL(4-1).
In accordance to another aspect of the invention illustrated by FIG. 5B, an expanded encoder 500 b generates additional base layer(s), e.g., an additional higher content base layer BL(2) and corresponding enhancement layers EL(3-2), EL(4-2) from enhanced images 518, 512 in a manner similar to the generation of base layer BL(1) and enhancement layers EL(2-1), EL(3-1), EL(4-1) described above. Hence, expanded encoder 500 b includes decompression stage 554, compression stages 552, 578, 574, interpolation stages 558, 564, and summation stages 572, 576 in addition to encoder 510.
Functionally, by including expanded encoder 500 b in server 210, in addition to growing and pruning the enhancement layers, server 210 is now able to provide one or more MMGs with a choice from two or more different base layers, upon request by anyone of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239. For example, upon a request for a higher content base layer when the lowest bandwidth actually used by any one of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239, corresponds to image 12′, server 210 begins providing MMGs with base layer BL(2), thereby eliminating the need for combining base layer BL1 with EL(2-1) to generate 12′.
FIGS. 6B and 6C show decoding circuits 600 b and 600 c, for generating reconstructed image I3′ from different base layers BL(1) and BL(2), respectively. In this example, decoding circuit 600 b, which exists in decoder 600 a, reconstructs image I1′ by combining base layer BL(1) with enhancement layer EL(3-1), while decoding circuit 600 c reconstructs image I3′ by combining base layer BL(2) with enhancement layer EL(3-2). Hence, by expanding decoder 600 a to include the additional decoding functionality, such as the functionality provided by decoding circuit 600 c, the expanded version of decoder 660 a is now capable of receiving a higher content base layer, e.g., BL(2), thereby further improving network efficiency.
FIGS. 9 and 10 are flowcharts illustrating the adaptive right-sizing of a multimedia stream being transmitted, via a single multicast group, from a server 210 to one or more of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239. As discussed above, server 210 may optionally send information about the content of the multimedia stream to client computers 231, 232, . . . 239.
In step 910 of FIG. 9, server 210 streams the multimedia data which includes a base layer and at least one enhancement layer to the multicast group. Server 210 also listens for feedback on the use of and/or the need for the multimedia data from one or more of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239 (step 920).
In accordance with yet another aspect of the invention, server 210 adaptively right-sizes the multimedia data stream in response to the feedback from client computers 231, 232, . . . 239 (step 930). Right-sizing is the process of pruning and/or growing the multimedia data stream to better match the usage of the streams with the needs of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239. There are two related components to right sizing the multimedia stream. First, the higher base layer corresponding to the lowest bandwidth requested by client computers 231, 232, . . . 239 is selected. Next, unused enhancement layers are pruned, i.e., not transmitted to client computers 231, 232, . . . 239.
Subsequently, depending on the needs of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239, the current base layer may be replaced by a lower content or a higher content base layer. Similarly, depending on the need of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239 and the availability of network 220, the enhancement layers may be grown or pruned. The right-sizing process is repeated until the multicast of the stream is complete (step 940).
Conversely, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, client computer 231, receives multimedia data via the multicast group (1010). Client computer 231 also provides feedback on the use of and/or need for the multimedia to server 210, thereby causing server 210 to right-size the multimedia data in the manner described above (step 1020).
FIGS. 11 and 12 are flowcharts illustrating the adaptive right-sizing of a multimedia stream being transmitted, via multiple multicast groups (MMGs), from a server 210 to one or more of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239. As discussed above, server 210 may optionally send information about the content of the multimedia stream to client computers 231, 232, . . . 239.
In step 1110 of FIG. 11, server 210 streams a first base layer and a first at least one enhancement layer of the multimedia data to a first multicast group. Similarly, server 210 streams a second base layer and a second at least one enhancement layer of the multimedia data to a second multicast group (step 1120). Note that either the first and second base layers, or the first and second at least one enhancement layers, respectively, need to be different.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention, server 210 receives selection(s) of one or both multicast groups from one or more of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239 (step 1130). Server 210 adaptively right-sizes the multimedia data stream in response to the feedback from client computers 231, 232, . . . 239 (step 1140). As discussed above, right-sizing is the process of pruning and/or growing the multimedia data stream to better match the usage of the streams with the needs of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239.
Subsequently, depending on the needs of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239, the current first and second base layers may be replaced by a lower content or a higher content base layer. Similarly, depending on the need of client computers 231, 232, . . . 239 and the availability of network 220, the first and second enhancement layers may be grown or pruned. The right-sizing process is repeated until the multiple multicast of the stream is complete (step 1150).
Conversely, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 12, client computer 231, receives multimedia data via the MMGs (1210). Client computer 231 then selects one or more multicast group(s) from the MMGs (1220). Client computer 231 is also tasked with providing feedback on the use of and/or need for the multimedia data to server 210, thereby causing server 210 to right-size the multimedia data in the manner described above (step 1230).
While this invention has been described in terms of several preferred embodiments, there are alterations, permutations, and equivalents which fall within the scope of this invention. For example, instead of right-sizing all MMGs, it is possible to selectively right-size some MMGs while 'blindly' multicasting to other MMGs. It should also be noted that there are many alternative ways of implementing the methods and apparatuses of the present invention. It is therefore intended that the following appended claims be interpreted as including all such alterations, permutations, and equivalents as fall within the true spirit and scope of the present invention.
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Klout. I've posted about Klout before. I can't say enough about what an amazing company they are. It's an honor to watch them grow from when they first started and blossom into what they are today. Klout is a San Francisco company that basically measures your social influence and helps you leverage your influence. I've received many awesome perks in the past but this trip to Seattle was definitely by far THE BEST.
Seattle's Convention & Visitors Bureau basically picked up the cost for the flight and hotel for me and a guest for 2 days in Seattle. They even gave us a $500 Visa Giftcard so that we could truly experience what Seattle has to offer. My tweets were also showcased on the 2 Days in Seattle website for all to see.
I was given a choice of hotels and I selected the Pan Pacific Hotel. I have actually stayed at several Pan Pacifics before and have never been disappointed. I also thought the Pan Pacific Seattle was located in an area that was perfect for me. Most of the shopping areas and restaurants I wanted to visit were less than a mile from the hotel. The airport was about a $40 cab ride away. We were supposed to be in a standard room but we quickly noticed that we were upgraded to the new balcony suite on the 11th floor. The room was perfect for us! It was more like a condo than a hotel room. With my arsenal of beauty products, I was ecstatic that there were 2 bathrooms. I happily sprawled out all of my products in the bigger of the 2 bathrooms.
The front desk had a gift bag for me when I checked in filled with goodies from Seattle. Not only did I get the $500 Visa Giftcard but I also got a $50 Giftcard to Pacific Place, an indoor shopping area with a theater, restaurants and stores including Barneys New York. I also got a bunch of coupons for the restaurants in Pacific Place. The first time I had ever tasted a salted caramel was in fact in Seattle so I was pretty happy to see a box of Fran's Chocolates in the gift bag. I was even happier when I saw a $25 Giftcard for Fran's which is located at the Four Seasons Hotel. I am not afraid to admit that I did NOT share these and I ate them within an hour of us arriving in Seattle.
We decided to go explore the downtown Seattle shopping area before dinner. We had reservations at Spur Gastropub which I was really excited about because of all the amazing things I have heard about them. I did leave my heavy Nikon at the hotel while we shopped and ate for obvious reasons although I regret not getting pictures of the amazing food at Spur. iPhone pictures of food lit up by candlelight will have to do.
Spur is a very cozy restaurant that I specifically selected because of not only the food but the ambience. I wanted something not too quiet and a little on the trendy side. It was perfect. All of the dishes at Spur are meant to be on the smaller side so we ordered 4 different dishes and shared everything.
Sockeye Salmon Crostini
Mascarpone. Caper. Pickled Shallot.
Alaskan Spot Prawns
Gingko Nut. Celery Root. Brown Butter.
Pork Belly Sliders
Cranberry. Walla Walla Sweet Onion. Scotch.
Wagyu Sirloin
Cauliflower. Baby Artichoke. Almond Gremolata.
We also ordered a delicious chocolate dessert but somebody dug in before I got a picture.
After dinner we decided to check out the HG Lodge in Capitol Hill for some drinks and dancing. We met one of the owners, Marcus, who took amazing care of us. He even fed us after we left the HG Lodge at another one of his establishments, Lil Woody's. Lil Woody's is a burger joint that uses fresh, hand formed ground beef to make their burgers accompanied with hand cut fries. No preformed generic burgers here! I actually opted for an amazing buttermilk fried chicken sandwich. This was THE perfect after club late night meal. They close at 3am on Fridays and Saturdays so be sure to swing by there if you are hungry after a night of drinking.
We started our Sunday with a perfect lunch at the Purple Cafe & Wine Bar. The restaurant itself was open and bright with an amazing wine rack/centerpiece in the center. I absolutely adored the feel of the Purple Cafe. I was even more in love when I caught a glimpse of their wine and beer selection. I opted for beer since I had plans to watch the Celtics game after lunch. PLUS I noticed that they carried the Tripel Karmeliet which I absolutely LOVE.
The Wild Mushroom Bruschetta we started off with was PERFECT.
We planned to keep lunch light so we decided just to share a Maine Lobster Baked Macaroni & Cheese. It was pure decadence and I highly recommend this dish. For the record, we have gone above and beyond our $500 giftcard awhile ago.
We decided to visit Alive & Well, a brand new boutique, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Marcus, owner of the HG Lodge and Lil' Woody's from the night before, is also part owner of Alive & Well along with George & Steve. Alive & Well carries their own in house line as well as other Seattle brands such as Actual Pain & Sausage Skateboards. Being a San Francisco girl, I noticed a Bay Area presence in the store too when I spotted Black Scale & HUF products.
Hope you guys enjoyed a little piece of my trip….
Nymphette- Ill take one in every color please! Confessions of a fashion and beauty addict Makeup Artist. Music Nerd. Foodie. Read more from this author
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That looks like an amazing hotel room!
Amazing pictures!!!! I totally want to go to these restaurants!!
Oh. My. God. I just … this post is … I'm so jealous. Everything about this is AMAZING!
Looks like you had fun! My man would love that that store! I'll have to tell him about it. Great pics!
Dope flicks and editing. Does Alive & Well do internet orders?
You are so talented. Have you thought of doing more food blogging? Or even doing these little posts on boutiques? I love your photography style.
High-class blogger. This is sooo snobby and I love it. "I got a suite and money and tonsa stuff", gosh how I envy you, I badly wanna go to Seattle, too
That room is amazing,such a nice design!
All that food!Great!Now I`m hungry! )


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Dew-Diligence This is for you!
You are an omni-boondogg-ivist
Omni-boondogg-ivist ?
The English language also needs a new word to describe a pied piper that is on all internet message boards(omnipresent character) that pretends to be a pundit and masquerades and boondoggles in the name of "due diligence" with little success.
Omni-boondogg-ivists are generally known for:
1.Pretending to know every single thing in this world
2.Hardly have had any trace of success
3.Wasting time on immaterial stuff
4.Crave attention and following on internet message boards
Consortium's free advice dispensation and readmefirst(Who the F wants that stupid RMF?!) continues despite being wrong on everything from
1. Nobody(Ampha or Teva) will ever get Lovenox approval
2. Settlement will happen before PI order is issued (can a guy be so ignorant?)
Worst of all the guy's EGO is too big to render an apology for all the misadvice, misleading and bullying with 10k ids.
As Koberj said this guy is like Bernie Madoff except he cannot be prosecuted.
Thank you for welcoming me to finance yahoo, even though I before sometime post, maybe under my many aliases
Yes, of course, I am member great and powerful DeeDeeSee.
All your basis points are belong to us.
I guess the above is what you do day in and day out ?
Investorgold, who is the genius that bought at $19? It wasn't Dew, it was you. He bought in the $5's... how does that make you feel? Take that to the bank and cash it, genius!!!
hey Omni-boongavist
"Investorgold doesn't even realize that a preliminary injunction precedes the start of a trial"
you have proven that not only you are arrogant & ignorant boondoggler but indulge in pedagogery .
is this an ego boosting exercise for you or you are here with a hidden agenda ?
You have gone from annoying but amusing to just annoying. Your attacks on Dew are unwarranted, but more importantly, they are completely inaccurate.
Dew is one of the most highly knowledgeable posters I have run across. He provides a hell of a lot of excellent information, and states his opinions quite clearly. You can disagree with his opinions, as all of us can, but his read-me first is a resource of unparalleled value to anyone considering investing in MNTA.
Take a break and enjoy life a bit then come back with a fresh and fair perspective.
"He provides a hell of a lot of excellent information, and states his opinions quite clearly"
There you go. You made his day:-)
Ok. buddy . Please show us theses of his 5 winning picks where he clearly articulated his thesis of an undervalued stock and he made multi-bagger.
Keep in mind his posts in BV board run in to 10000's.
Go check out in AMRN IHUB board what io, ron have to say about dew. They have the exact same opinion. You disagree with him, he cannot tolerate and resorts to anything. As long as you agree with him and say "Dew. Thank you. Great info" "Dew, great post" "Dew-Ask a question" he is ok and that I guess feeds to his LARGE ego.
Considering it is obvious that BV board is really not an attempt at serious stock picking(no history of multi-baggers that I can see) and amount boondoggling that goes on, I am wondering what his agenda is in trying to increase membership of his board ? Is it just to feed his ego ? Or is there any other agenda ?
Dew (how many aliases do u have man ?!)
Biotech Values & Dew Diligence - Primer
I always wondered what his motive is. He must have some hidden agenda. By looking at the discussion there or picks there I don't get the feeling that he or his aliases or his buddies there are successful or have had success in picking multi-baggers or are genuinely interested to find multi-baggers.
I post <10% of what some of those posters post, I have had at least 6 multi baggers(some 8-10 times) in my last 10 years. The other stat(which is equally important) is I have looked at many many undervalued "value traps" and rightly walked away for various hidden risks after extensive due diligence.
I think BV board is at best a boondoggling activity of the Infinitesimal degree[/b]. The funny thing as you say, you have to agree to "dew" or his aliases or his buddies and say "Guru, you are right", "Guru, Thank you", or "Guru-What is this?". The moment you question dew's ideas or statements, they start attacking you with a bunch of aliases:-)Your DHA example is one.
If you post 5 relevant messages on a stock, he says you are "usurping" bandwidth. He posts on everything from deficit to currency to some boondoggling item called "Global demographic tailwind"
His other arrogant(ignorant and equally misleading) posts are his when he says "see I and my BV board have been saying Teva will not be able to launch Lovenox"....with zero information or not having looked at their ANDA and analyzed it w.r.t 5 criteria...but basing it on some speculative stuff on the internet.
[b]Not a single well articulated thesis which has been multi-bagger. So ratio of
time value in finding low risk multi-baggers/time Boondoggling
is 0.000001 ?[/b]
He has been able to go to various boards (including yahoo) in inviting and cajoling them to his board so as to have 785 followers(I bet many of them are just dew's or his assistants aliases)
I guess he craves for following and always like to get some daily messages "dew you are right" "dew thanks".
Incorrect sir.....I'm not DD although I would take that as a compliment....thank you :-)
I concur with dr.vinmanto comments apropos DD and the information, time, efforts that are "invested" in presenting information on the BV board. Enjoy the weekend and please consider keeping a positive attitude towards others and their collective efforts.
Thanks for your time and consideration......
Hi "pot".......


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Fear no Evil played here in spring of 81……………
friday marathon, i think was the summer of 84….
what happened to the 1983 photo that was on here??
friday 2 was playing at brookhaven twin in may of 1981.
Played here in September of 1980
Final Exam played here in June of 1981………..
fall of 1982….
Wow. please. more from the cinemart from 1980. of you can find any. great find..
Mad Max shown here in 1980 also…
Wow, thanks cinebob..you saw the car and orca there uh, must have been 1977. I would love to find some old newspapers from 1980 that showed what movies were playing there , like i wonder if Friday the 13th played there. or halloween.. I hope one day someone can give some info on what movies showed there in 1980.. specially the months leading up to its closing..
I think summer lover's played here also in the summer of 1982.
I showed this theater to my friend and he was shocked that for sitting there all these years, the outside didnt look too bad.. I wonder what it looked like in 83, probably not too bad, seems that it really started to get attacked within the last 10 yrs. Broken windows ect. The box office window was broken but was boarded up yet, till after 2006.
jweckert, wow, thanks. I kinda figured at looking at those photos that's where the bathrooms were..Its kinda eerie that the toilet paper is actually from 1980, and it looks so white still. I really would love to know where i can get some old newspaper clips to see what kinda films showed there in it's last year .. so far. i know only of the Exterminator and now THE FOG.. I wonder if the first Halloween ever showed there. that would have been so cool to see on the big screen. Did it smell in there or what was it like seeing the screen, I noticed the lighting was hard to see in your shots.. But it was probably such a big room to light.. It was cool to see the managers office all 70's looking.
wow, the fog played there !!! i really would wanna know what other B horror movies showed there, specially in 79 and 1980, can anyone remember what other movies showed here.. I wonder if the original Halloween showed here? I would love to see some old newspaper clippings of what kinda movies showed here in 1980, can anyone help? thanks alot…
dennis. i think you are right about that… On another theater site. it has a sign for it. saying sameric. I will try and link it.
hey, jwheckert? It would be cool if we got a hold of some other ads from 1980 to see what other movies played at the cinemart in its last months… specially summer of 1980.. Love your ads you got already. cool rare stuff. http://www.flickr.com/photos/57086731@N05/sets/72157626704767935/with/5768073477/
yo, in sept of 82. Amityville 2 played here. and in spring of 81. fear no evil..
wow, so i quess it only played there for a weekend? only
Hey. anymore ads from 1980 that the cinemart had shown????