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Hi Everyone..
Hope you can help me with this...I would like to rewrite this link
to this
Do I rewrite that like this?
RewriteRule ^viewgallery/([0-9]+)/([A-Za-z0-9-]+)?$ viewgallery.php?cid=$1&pid=$392 [NC,L]
Am I doing this right?
Thanks for any help..
Hi yath!
You were close ... see edits of your code below:
Be sure that you have Options -MultiViews in your .htaccess file. If not, MultiViews will allow the viewgallery directory to be hijacked to the viewgallery.php script and you will not like the consequences.
Your example required that the cid value be supplied (as digit(s)) so I eliminated the letters and the ? which made the cid value optional.
Because the URI is case sensitive, you do NOT want to use the No Case flag!
You might benefit from reading the mod_rewrite tutorial linked in my signature as it contains explanations and sample code. It's helped may members and should help you, too.
dklynn... Thank you for your answer. Every word you said is a learning experience!. I have to look them up quite a bit! After going through your tutorials I realized that I need to use RewriteCond and use redirect in my links. I am not sure how to do it quite yet. But I tried to do it..can you please help me with it...
Currently my link structure is this...
But I would like the viewer to see this link xyz.com/viewgallery/Colorado-Fall/Touched-By-Light ( This means redirect?)
Then rewrite back to my link. ( ?? This is how I understand it)...
So I wrote...
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /viewgallery.php\?cname=(.*)&pcaption=(.+)
RewriteRule ^viewgallery\.php /%1/%2/?%3 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/(.+)$ /viewgallery.php?cname=$1&pcaption=$2 [L,QSA]
Is this correct? I am sure it looks like gibberish ..sorry about that!...
Thanks for your help..
I finally got this ...I think this is the right one but it is still not working... is makes the large image itself disappear...
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine OnRewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s/+(viewgallery)\.php\?cname=([^&]+)&pcaption=([^&\s]+) [NC]RewriteRule ^ /%1/%2/%3? [L,R=301,NE]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-dRewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ /$1.php?cname=$2&pcaption=$3 [L,QSA]
What am I doing wrong?
Since I'm not familiar with either your design or your requirements, I can only comment on your code (and request that you use the [noparse]
[/noparse] wrapper for your code to prevent it from disappearing from the quoted response):
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# FollowSymLinks should already be in the httpd.conf, i.e., superfluous
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# This is dangerous but only because it can redirect to the DocumentRoot without your intending to do so
# redirect ORIGINAL request FROM the serveable version to the /'d version
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\\s/+(viewgallery)\\.php\\?cname=([^&]+)&pcaption=([^&\\s]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1/%2/%3? [L,R=301,NE]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ /$1.php?cname=$2&pcaption=$3 [L,QSA]
# / is not necessary and could cause problems
# BECAUSE Apache will first go to the server root to look for $2/$3 then your DocumentRoot
Thank you DK.....thank you for explaining everything. I have a question... do pretty URLs work only with absolute paths to images and directories?
If your mod_rewrite code is changing the directory level (as seen by the visitors' browsers - this is what you're doing), then the answer is yes, otherwise, it's not necessary.
For more information, I have a section of my signature's tutorial Article entitled "Relative Links are Missing!" which should explain it better than the above sentence.
Thank you DK... your tutorials really helped. Right now I have the re-direct working. But I have a problem with images. Just .jpgs , won't show up if they are in sub-folders. If they are placed in the root folder, it is all okay, they will show up. I can only get the images to show up in sub folders If I remove the .jpg extension!. This is what I have in .htaccess now... can you give me some directions please? Did I write the .htaccess code right?
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s/+viewgallery\.php\?cname=([^&]+)&pcaption=([^&\s]+) [NC]RewriteRule ^ /photos/%1/%2.jpg? [R=302,L,NE]RewriteRule ^photos/([^/]+)/([^.]+)\.jpg$ /viewgallery.php?cname=$1&pcaption=$2 [QSA,L,NC,NE]
Hi Yath!
Sorry for the long delay on my part - out of town and quite ill.
I'm glad that you have found the tutorial useful, too!
Okay, a problem with images will normally be an indication that you've changed your directory level with a redirection (to relative links are displaced), however, your code shows something else:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
This, I have found, is unnecessary and can cause unintended problems if used.
# /viewgallery.php?cname=Colorado-Fall&pcaption=Poked to /photos/Colorado-Fall/Poked.jpg
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\\s/+viewgallery\\.php\\?cname=([^&]+)&pcaption=([^&\\s]+) [NC]
Using {THE_REQUEST} forces you to handle (or [B]ignore[/B]) the http and post URL data
- I loathe using this so much I have to look it up every time I need it!
Moreover, it doesn't appear to coincide with your RewriteRule's regex. Please explain.
RewriteRule ^ /photos/%1/%2.jpg? [R=302,L,NE]
Is the {REQUEST_URI} really supposed to be empty?!?
RewriteRule ^photos/([^/]+)/([^.]+)\\.jpg$ /viewgallery.php?cname=$1&pcaption=$2 [QSA,L,NC,NE]
It just seems to me that you're trying to avoid redirecting in a loop while using viewgallery.php to serve the .jpg image. Correct interpretation?
DK..thank you. I hope you feel better. Thank you so much for taking time to reply even when you are ill. I have written these rules with the help of a friend of mine. This is what I understand...
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s/+viewgallery\.php\?cname=([^&]+)&pcaption=([^&\s]+) [NC]Using {THE_REQUEST} forces you to handle (or ignore) the http and post URL data - I loathe using this so much I have to look it up every time I need it!Moreover, it doesn't appear to coincide with your RewriteRule's regex. Please explain.
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\\s/+viewgallery\\.php\\?cname=([^&]+)&pcaption=([^&\\s]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/%1/%2.jpg? [R=302,L,NE]
The first one basically detects if request is made for /viewgallery.php?cname=foo&pcaption=bar while capturing foo & bar in %1 and %2.Then it make external redirection of that request to /photos/%1/%1 i.e. /photos/foo/bar
RewriteRule ^photos/([^/]+)/([^.]+)\\.jpg$ /viewgallery.php?cname=$1&pcaption=$2 [QSA,L,NC,NE]
This rule works matches any /photos/foo/bar request and internally forwards that to /viewgallery.php?cname=foo&pcaption=bar
So /viewgallery.php?cname=foo&pcaption=bar is always the call that is made to PHP code but a user will always send /photos/foo/bar from the browser.
I think the answer is 'yes' here.
RewriteBase /This, I have found, is unnecessary and can cause unintended problems if used.
I removed this now.You did mention this before. Careless me...left this on again.
RewriteRule ^ /photos/%1/%2.jpg? [R=302,L,NE]Is the {REQUEST_URI} really supposed to be empty?!?
I am not sure how to answer this. As I understand that is the part that converts the ugly part '/viewgallery.php?cname=foo&pcaption=bar' to the format I would like to have which is '/photos/foo/bar'.
Here is the live demo of these rules. http://http://www.rajeevthomas.com/photos/Colorado-Fall/Touched-By-Light.jpg
I don't know if I am wishing for too much here...but I would like the link to show up without 'photos' to make it show up as www.xyz.com//foo/bar or www.rajeevthomas.com/Colorado-Fall/Touched-By-Light but whenever I tried to do that , it lead to massive errors or images never showed up!.
Hope this explains everything...I am still such a newbie about all this.. thank you for you help DK..
No worries.
It was a bit confusing (to me) the way that your code was written. Since the HTTP is not required and some other things could be better coded (IMHO, of course), let me give it a try.
# RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\\s/+viewgallery\\.php\\?cname=([^&]+)&pcaption=([^&\\s]+) [NC]
#RewriteRule ^ /photos/%1/%2.jpg? [R=302,L,NE]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} viewgallery\\.php?cname=([^&]+)&pcaption=([^&]+)\\.jpg
# This eliminates the HTTP with version, the \\ in front of the ?,
# the space in the pcaption's character range definition and
# the No Case flag (you're using range definition which don't specify capitalization)
# Don't you need the .jpg stripped or is this handled by your viewgallery script?
RewriteRule .? photos/%1/%2.jpg? [R=301,L]
# I prefer an optional character to a start anchor followed by nothing but label that personal preference.
# If this is in your website's DocumentRoot, the leading / in the redirection is not required
# (and will tell Apache to look at the [B]server's root[/B] before the website's DocumentRoot).
# 301 is a permanent redirect and forces browsers to display the .jpg link.
# I removed the NE flag ("noescape|NE Prevent mod_rewrite from applying [I]hexcode escaping of special characters[/I]
# in the result of the rewrite.") because I don't understand what you're trying to do with it.
The first one basically detects if request is made for /viewgallery.php?cname=foo&pcaption=bar while capturing foo & bar.jpg in %1 and %2.Then it make external redirection of that request to /photos/%1/%1 i.e. /photos/foo/bar (where bar ends with .jpg)
RewriteRule ^photos/([^/]+)/([^.]+)\\.jpg$ /viewgallery.php?cname=$1&pcaption=$2 [QSA,L,NC,NE]
This rule works matches any /photos/foo/bar request and internally forwards that to /viewgallery.php?cname=foo&pcaption=bar&{prior query string}
I'm a bit concerned over the .jpg and any prior query string so please label this as another source of confusion (for me).
That's merely a "pet peeve" of mine as it generally does nothing at all ... but could cause unexpected redirections.
I am not sure how to answer this. As I understand that is the part that converts the ugly part '/viewgallery.php?cname=foo&pcaption=bar' to the format I would like to have which is '/photos/foo/bar.jpg'.
Actually, because this is so different than normal treatment (are your images provided as stand alone rather than embedded in web pages?) that it has led to confusion on my part ... and, especially with the .jpg issue, probably on yours. Otherwise, I'd suggest kudos for how far you've gotten!
DK...thank you... for your help. I hope you are feeling better now.I was trying to figure this out based on your notes. But the rules you worked on is not redirecting the links. The original link structure shows without any changes.And the link shows as rajeevthomas.com/viewgallery.php?cname=Colorado-Fall&pcaption=Facing-Colors ( This is the original link which is produced by the PHP code.)
So I just want make sure it is
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} viewgallery\\.php?cname=([^&]+)&pcaption=([^&]+)\\.jpg
RewriteRule .? photos/%1/%2.jpg? [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^photos/([^/]+)/([^.]+)\\.jpg$ /viewgallery.php?cname=$1&pcaption=$2 [L,NC,NE]
But the old code (with some of the changes you suggested) is...
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
# /viewgallery.php?cname=Colorado-Fall&pcaption=Poked to /photos/Colorado-Fall/Poked.jpg
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\\s/+viewgallery\\.php\\?cname=([^&]+)&pcaption=([^&\\s]+)
RewriteRule ^ /photos/%1/%2/? [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^photos/([^/]+)/([^.]+)/$ /viewgallery.php?cname=$1&pcaption=$2 [L,NC,NE]
And it now shows the links like this rajeevthomas.com/photos/Colorado-Fall/Touched-By-Light/
But of course the images still won't show if they are in sub-folders. :rolleyes:
My images are not embedded.
Let me know, if you need to know more information from me.


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STATEHOUSE (Feb. 5, 2013) – State Sens. Jim Banks (R-Columbia City) and Dennis Kruse (R-Auburn) held a press conference today announcing an unprecedented meeting of the Senate Committee on Education and Career Development focused solely on higher education issues.
"We have never seen this many higher education bills come through the committee at one time," said Kruse, chairman of the committee. "We chose to dedicate this Wednesday's meeting to hear testimony on these bills and begin the process of turning some of them into law. I expect this issue will generate much discussion on both sides of the aisle."
Kruse said the agenda includes the following legislation:
"Currently, only 36 percent of young Hoosiers have a college degree, and that has remained unchanged since 1960," Banks said. "Senator Kruse and I have drafted legislation in order to combat this problem, which can only be done by lowering costs, improving administration accountability and providing more credit transfer opportunities."
The Senate Committee on Education and Career Development will hear this legislation at its meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 1:30 p.m. in the Senate Chamber.

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A MAN who threatened and attacked ambulance staff, as well as urinating in an ambulance, after they were called to assist him has been given a community order.
Matthew Braithwaite, 32, from Clitheroe, appeared before Blackburn magistrates following the attack on December 22.
He pleaded guilty to assault, criminal damage and possession of cannabis.
The court heard the ambulance was called to the Dog Inn, Clitheroe, where they found Braithwaite with a head injury following an assault. He was put in the ambulance, but became abusive and threatening.
Paramedics were forced to stop the vehicle near the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, in Clayton-le-Moors, and call the police. The vehicle needed to be taken off the road to be deep cleaned before it was ready to treat other patients.
Braithwaite was made subject to a 12-month community order, a supervision order, fined £85 fine and must pay £150 compensation.
Ian Walmsley, Acting head of service for Cumbria and Lancashire, said: "The behaviour of this individual is totally unacceptable. When an incident like this occurs, it puts additional pressure on other crews in the area, as well as an unnecessary cost to the organisation.
"There is also the psychological effect on staff to consider, assaults can have a detrimental effect as they are here to care and treat the public, not be attacked by them.
"We fully welcome this sentence and hope it sends out a clear message to anyone who assaults our crews that they face the possibility of prosecution.
"The protection of our staff is a priority and we go to great lengths to ensure our staff can treat patients in an environment that is safe and secure."


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SANFORD, Fla. - Robert Zimmerman Jr., the brother of the man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, apologized for his controversial and offensive tweets.
In one, Zimmerman juxtaposed a photograph of Martin with a picture of 17-year-old De'Marquise Elkins, one of two teenagers charged with killing a baby in Georgia.
Both Elkins and Martin appear to be flipping off the camera.
"A picture speaks a thousand words. Any questions?" Robert Zimmerman Jr.'s tweet reads.
In another tweet, Zimmerman writes: "Lib media shld ask if what these2 black teens did 2 a woman&baby is the reason ppl think blacks mightB risky."
Speaking on CNN's Piers Morgan Live on Wednesday night, he apologized for the messages, saying they weren't the "right thing to do."
"I realize those were controversial and offensive and I did publicly apologize for them," he said. "I'm a human being. I'm being upfront about what I did. I made a mistake ... Unfortunately (it) may not have helped George."
His brother, George Zimmerman, has been charged with second-degree murder. George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch leader, acknowledged shooting Martin but said it was in self-defense. Attorneys for Martin's family have accused Zimmerman of racially profiling Martin and shooting him "in cold blood."
Robert Zimmerman Jr. said he was trying to make a larger point in his tweets about the "media and their honesty in portraying the person who encountered my brother February 26, 2012.
"We've been led to believe that it's a junior-high-school-aged person because of the pictures," he said, referring to Martin.
"The analogy is these are two people who chose to represent themselves in this way. One was accused of killing a baby, and whatever's in his social media makes the rounds immediately ... However, the other person who almost killed my brother had he disarmed him -- my brother had every indication to believe he would have killed him -- his social media is off limits."
Zimmerman's tweets prompted a quick response from his brother's defense team.
"The Zimmerman case has started a conversation about race in America," attorney Mark O'Mara said in a statement.
"We must talk about race in a way that brings us together, not in a way that drives us apart. Robert Zimmerman Jr.'s recent comments about race only drive us apart. Robert does not speak for the defense and he does not speak for George."
George Zimmerman's murder trial is scheduled to begin in June.
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Intel's Silverthorne Unveiled: Detailing Baby Centrinoby Anand Lal Shimpi on 2/20/2008 12:00 AM EST
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HelpfulVisitor - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - linkAnand wrote the following:
"The at 2.0GHz, running at 1.0V, Silverthorne runs at 90C and dissipates 2W. The CPU temperature alone should be indication that this is too hot for an ultra small iPhone-like form factor"
When the specs state TDP power at a given temperature, they are not claiming that the chip will dissipate that high of a temperature. They are baselining the TDP measurement, because leakage varies over different temperatures, and TDP needs to account for worst case conditions. It is standard practice to use the max Tcase temperature as a baseline, which is the temperature that the chip cannot exceed without permanent damage. Most chips operate WELL BELOW this.
While I cannot argue that Silverthorne would be inappropriate for iPhone, it is not because of the 90c degree specification. The 90c degree measurement only refers to where the thermal contraint specification has been measured. Reply
Torched - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - linkGoing for the GeodeLX's jugular. Reply
puffpio - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - linkMaybe Microsoft's answer to PSP and DS will use this hcip Reply
ViRGE - Thursday, February 21, 2008 - linkI don't think so, the chip uses too much power. To give you an idea of the DS's power consumption, it comes with a 3.7v 1000mAh battery (in other words, 3.7watt-hours). Given that the DS lasts over 10 hours, you're looking at an average power consumption of 370mW for the entire device, meanwhile Silverthorne (just the CPU) is around 600mW before any other chips are added. The PSP/DS have the same power/thermal envelope as the iPhone, so you can count Silverthorne out of any similar device. Reply
Visual - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - linkthis just doesn't make sense... if it uses (and dissipates) less power than the scaled-down core cpus that are already in UMPCs, why would it's temperature be higher? why would it be harder to cool? why would it not be feasible for UMPCs?
less is less, no matter how i look at it. i don't understand... Reply
Visual - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - linkoops, yeah. you said it wont be feasible for an iphone, not umpc.
sorry i got confused... i guess it is just because i cant visualize the difference, not having seen either in person. Reply
michael2k - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - linkUMPC is about twice as big as an iPhone.
UMPC is about half the size of an ultraportable laptop. Reply
Calin - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - link"Inevitably the comparison to VIA's recently announced Isaiah CPU will be made, but Silverthorne is really aimed at a different market. Isaiah is a higher performance out-of-order core, while Silverthorne is eventually designed to make its way into highly integrated CE devices. We expect VIA's latest creation to outperform Silverthorne"
I've never believed I'd live to see that - VIA outperforming Intel.
True, they might be targeting different power envelopes, but certainly Intel used to run circles around its competition from VIA Reply
marsbound2024 - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - linkOn the "Who is Silverthorne" page, you repeated a paragraph talking about the sensibility of executing two IPC. Just wanted to throw that out there. :) Reply


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FRAMPTON COTTERELL got their title charge back on track with victory at Dursley, who slipped to the bottom of the table for the first time this season.
They are six points clear at the top of the table with six games left, but Drybrook have three games in hand and head coach Paul Beet felt it was crucial to find the winning formula again after a shock defeat at Bristol Saracens the previous week.
He said: "Other sides have got games in hand but we can only keep playing and keep winning. "We're confident we can keep going for the rest of the season."
The hosts started by far the stronger and looked much sharper than in recent weeks. A good kick through by Joe Bilous had just a little too much weight on it for centre AJ Caddick, who chased it down just in time to see it bobble over the dead ball line.
Dursley put the first points on the board after ten minutes following heavy pressure in the opposition 22 to win a penalty in front of the posts that was easily slotted by Matt Billett, making his debut at fly half.
The front five of George Sheldon, Liam Ackhurst, Danny Morgan, Simon Camm and Scott Udal put in some sterling defence with hooker Ackhurst stealing ball at the breakdown.
Following a Dursley infringement at the lineout, Frampton were awarded a free kick which they capitalised on with some good handling for Mike Jordan to score the first try of the match with Matt Lawrence's conversion added off the upright, bringing the score to 3-7.
Wingers Chris Perrett and Scott Barrett both used their speed and guile to make good breaks only to be held up short by the Frampton defence and the back row of Sean Hughes, Jack Rowe and Tim Wilcox worked tirelessly to secure possession.
Lawrence added two more converted penalties, extending Frampton lead to 3-13. With half time looming Frampton extended their lead from a five metre line out and Jack Gibson drove over for an unconverted try.
The second half began much as the first with some strong work done by the forwards to win a penalty which Billett accurately kicked from 30 metres out, closing the gap to 6-18.
With only eight minutes played in the half Frampton added a try through Rob Kier. Dursley upped the intensity and with it came Frampton ill-discipline, with two props being sent to the bin within minutes of each other for high tackles and slowing the game down.
With uncontested scrums in place and scrum half Tom Head adding variety to the game, Dursley capitalised on the reduced numbers and their pressure paid off at last with a well worked try from Tom Broomfield that was converted from out wide by Billett, closing the gap to 13-23. The home side continued to press but were unable to find the all important bonus point.
Dursley are hoping that their improved performance will continue and stand them in good stead for the away fixture on Saturday against Gordon League, having beaten them 22-5 at home early in the season.


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Turin, Italy -- The VIEW Conference has announced the European premiere of Pixar Animation Studios' latest short film, Partysaurus Rex, to be presented by award-winning director, animator, actor, storyboard artist and writer Mark Walsh.
Walsh graduated from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 1997, winning a Student Emmy for his animated short film, Extra Crispy. At Pixar, Mark became part of a group of fellow actors and stuntmen, animating on such films as A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., the animated short Presto, and the Academy Award-winning feature The Incredibles.
Known for his acting skills – a crucial ability for animators – Walsh served as directing animator on the Academy Award-winning Finding Nemo, helping guide a team of animators to bring the character of Dory to life.
Walsh then served as supervising animator on another Oscar winner, Ratatouille. Inspired, he moved into writing and directing original short content at Pixar, creating shorts for Up, humorous teasers for the Toy Story and Toy Story 2 re-release in 3D, and original commercials for Toy Story 3.
Most recently, Walsh completed his directing debut for a theatrical short, Partysaurus Rex, a Toy Story Toon that saw its theatrical release in front of Finding Nemo (3D).
The 2012 VIEW Conference will also feature award-winning sound designer and animated film director Gary Rydstrom from Skywalker Sound, writer/director Eric Darnell from PDI/DreamWorks who directed the Madagascar trilogy, television director and winner of the Directors Guild of America award Dan Attias, creative director of all the Halos, Josh Holmes, who brings to VIEW the premiere of Halo 4, award-winning writer and director Chris Perry, academy award-winning computer graphics pioneer Glenn Entis, academy award-winning author and Autodesk Fellow Tom Wujec, ILM's Jason Smith, visual effects associate supervisor will discuss The Avengers, and many others.
VIEW Conference 2012 is made possible with the support of: Compagnia di San Paolo, Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino, Città di Torino, Fondazione CRT, Camera di Commercio di Torino and Autodesk.


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This started out as a post about four collection videos we released last week (you can view those here, here, here and here.) It morphed into a missive on what we produce and why. Hope you enjoy!
When planning digital media projects, it is easy to get caught up in the sensational exhibition cycle at a museum. We hop from one new topic to the next and always work on an exciting new initiative for the next big show. The IMA's media team has managed to churn out hundreds of video and audio productions, including trailers, interviews, lectures, documentaries, and nine unique TAP mobile tours in three years. Much of this work is focused around our exhibition schedule, with the tours alone consisting of dozens of videos, audio clips and images that focus on the themes, artists and artworks of the special exhibitions.
Realization! Special media dies with special exhibitions
What we came to realize, however, is that when these shows leave the museum, a lot of the value of these precious stories (and the time invested in them) leaves with the loaned objects. The videos and tours take hundreds of hours to produce, assemble and deploy, but at the end of the day, it's for an experience with an expiration date. Like most museums, we have limited resources for production, so we need our media output to have the most impact and the longest shelf life possible. We were falling for the lure of the short news cycle.
Change of thinking to more long-term (or hyperopic) view
In an attempt to shift our focus to the more long-term, about a year ago we began working on creating content around works from our permanent collection. Not a mind-blowing revelation, but an important pivot for the 'mission' of our team. As this has become more second-nature, the goal of creating as much multi-use content as possible became evident. Our approach to modular content means we can use the resulting product in a variety of ways: on collection pages, in exhibition microsites, and for future mobile tour experiences.We only produce projects with a clear vision of how it will be published through these channels.
Positive benefits from a year of this thinking at IMA
Within TAP tours, we focus (when possible) on telling stories about works owned by the IMA. Part of this process involves careful planning to maximize time with our experts. When we sit down with curators or conservators for other projects, I always take a few minutes to have them speak about a work or two from their collection area. A great example is the video we made featuring curator Ellen Lee discussing the IMA's Bonnard La Glace de la Chambre Verte (Mirror in the Green Room). We had Ellen in the studio to record segments for the Snapshot TAP tour, and so we spent some time discussing a few IMA pieces. The result is a video that can be used for many years to come about a beloved work in our collection.
The benefits to our visitors are many and will compound over time. We have produced about 30 collection-related videos in the past year, with more in production every month. It has become part of our working model and an important vision for the Publishing and Media department. We updated the layout of our collection pages to feature more and different types of media, including articles and excerpts, videos, images, and external links. As we continue to update and enhance collection pages on our website as we create this content, we create the groundwork for future in-gallery mobile experiences and tours.
Why this is important to Museums everywhere
Museums are places where hyperopic thinking fits naturally within the larger goals of our work. Our curators and conservators work to stretch the life of physical objects out as long as possible. We think about being stewards of objects for generations. Shouldn't the stories associated with those objects last as well? As museum technologists, how can we incorporate this kind of long-term thinking into our everyday work? If museums think about the variety of stories around objects as intrinsic to the life of the object itself, we can build models for preserving the stories and continuing to find new ways of delivering this core content to our visitors.
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INDIO - Fans on the last day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival here were looking forward to headliners the Red Hot Chili Peppers and hearing rumors about U2 singer Bono possibly performing.
Tom Trowbridge, 38, of New York City said Bono was at a Coachella party Saturday night and he hoped he would perform with some act today but was not holding his breath.
"I doubt" he'll sing with someone but "it's cool he's here," Trowbridge said of Bono.
A source who didn't want to be named Sunday afternoon, however, said Bono was not at the festival but instead attended a private party Saturday night in the desert area to support his wife's clothing line. The singer has since left to Las Vegas, the source said, adding Bono's daughter and friends were at the festival.
Meanwhile, Trowbridge said was looking forward to Staten Island hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan and British new wave Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark or OMD.
He added it was "random" R & B superstar R. Kelly performed with Phoenix but he liked the set.
Tatum Moore, 25, of Austin via Austrialia said she felt the chili peppers and Pretty Lights were "rock stars" that would entertain fans today.
She added she enjoyed house producers and acts Fedde Le Grand and Benny Benassi in the Sahara Tent on Saturday but the R. Kelly performance was "weird."
Calgary, Alberta canadians Arianna Gingras, 24, and Taylor Stewart, 23, were divided on the acts they saw Saturday night.
They couldn't agree on if they liked Los Angeles electronic duo Postal Service, Scottish rock band Biffy Clyro or if they would watch the chili peppers tonight.
Both did agree one thing.
"We haven't heard any rumors" on who would be surprise performers tonight at Coachella.
First time Coachellagoer Peter Antall, 43, of Westlake Village, said he had enjoyed the festival this weekend.
"It's fantastic, well organized and the music is really good," Antall said, adding he would come back.


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Jessica Alba is threatening to sue Playboy for putting her image on their cover, claiming that Hugh Hefner & Co. are trying to make it seem that she appears in a "nude or semi-nude pictorial." The Smoking Gun has a copy of the legal threat letter which requests that Playboy cease distributing the magazine and provide Alba with a "monetary settlement" for its unauthorized use of her image for commercial purposes.
The ploy might have worked better if Playboy had picked a somewhat new image as opposed to the Into the Blue promo that everybody's already seen. It'd be like Newsweek putting the Ghostbusters poster on their cover and pretending they've got exclusive pictures of Bill Murray with real live ghosts.


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Mick Davis's departure from Glencore-Xstrata without serving a six-month transition period at the merged company is a classic dog-bites-man story. It looked inevitable even when my colleague Helen Thomas and I met him in January for an interview, but the Xstrata chief executive and cricket fan played a straight bat to questions about whether he would sit patiently in his office after what he plainly described as a takeover by Glencore. Read more
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Dealing with big banks can feel stressful and frustrating for many account holders, but a new lawsuit takes those troubles to a new level.
In a story first reported by WSOC-TV in Charlotte, N.C., John Stecher, a 61-year-old man from North Carolina, claimed that Bank of America caused him to have a heart attack in 2011. Stecher alleges that the bank lost his mortgage payment and employees began calling him to warn that his credit history would be negatively impacted or, even worse, that he could face foreclosure. After a series of phone calls, Stecher says he went to a local branch to sort out the confusion in person.
Apparently, the face-to-face banking experience didn't go very smoothly. Stecher's lawyer, Paul Goodson, says his client's conversation with the branch manager ended with Stecher becoming distressed while feeling shortness of breath.
Stecher had a heart attack and is suing the bank.
"Before this incident, he was in good health," Goodson said in an interview with WSOC-TV. "The doctors pointed out that this health issue was stress-induced."
The lawsuit has a long way to go before Bank of America could be forced to pay any damages, but here's one snippet of information that reveals just how difficult it can be to switch banks. Despite the fact that Stecher believes Bank of America actually caused him to have a heart attack, he is still with BofA.
Based on the initial report, do you think BofA is at fault here? If so, how much should the bank pay Stecher?


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MidAmerican Energy Co. has revealed details about its plans to develop 1.05 GW of new wind generation in Iowa by the end of 2015. In August, the Iowa Utilities Board signed off on the projects.
MidAmerican says construction activity is now under way at each of the five project sites, and the company has released information about the developers, turbine supplier, contractors and project size by location.
MidAmerican recently reached an agreement with Highland Wind Energy LLC, an Invenergy Wind LLC company, for the acquisition of the approximate 500 MW Highland wind project site in O'Brien County. Agreements also were reached with EDF Renewable Energy for the acquisition of the approximate 250 MW Lundgren wind project site in Webster County, as well as with two RPM Access LLC companies for the acquisitions of the approximate 138.6 MW Wellsburg wind project site in Grundy County and the approximate 117 MW Macksburg wind project site in Madison County. In addition, MidAmerican Energy's existing Vienna wind farm, constructed in 2012, is being expanded by 44.6 MW in Marshall County (Vienna II wind project).
After the conclusion of a competitive tender process, MidAmerican says it has selected Siemens as the turbine supplier for all project sites. The blades for the expansion will be manufactured at Siemens' Fort Madison, Iowa, facility, while the nacelles will be manufactured at the company's Hutchinson, Kan., facility. Siemens will provide turbines utilizing technology from its 2.3 MW G2 platform for all five projects. The contract also includes a service, maintenance and warranty agreement.
Minnesota-based Mortenson Construction will build the Highland, Macksburg and Wellsburg wind projects, while North Dakota-based Wanzek Construction Inc. will build the Lundgren and Vienna II wind projects. MidAmerican expects approximately 1,000 construction jobs to be added to Iowa's economy during the two-year construction period, with about 40 new permanent jobs being added when the expansion is complete.
In addition, MidAmerican says the wind expansion is slated to provide more than $3 million in landowner payments each year and more than $360 million in additional property tax revenues over the next 30 years. The company adds that the expansion will be constructed at no net cost to its customers and will help stabilize electric rates over the long term.


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Russian Technologies, the state industrial combine headed by Sergei Chemezov, a close ally of president Vladimir Putin, is selling control of one of its many strategic assets – the world's biggest titanium company.
It would be nice to bill this as a harbinger of wholesale privatisation at Russian Technologies, a behemoth specialising in military hardware. But the truth is more prosaic – the sale of VSMPO-Avisma looks like a pragmatic debt-restructuring deal. Read more


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