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To obtain a U.S. Passport you must provide the following:
- Proof of Citizenship (certified birth or original naturalization certificate.)
- Valid picture identification (Driver's License or State I.D.)
- 2" x 2" passport photo (white or light background.)
- Passport Application - available at Clerk's office, do not sign until instructed to do so.
- Further Information - U.S. Passport Website
Passport Fees
Effective January 18th, 2016
(Passport Form DSP-11)
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|Under 16
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|Expedite Fee (Additional)
|Overnight Return Mailing
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New Requirements for Travelers Between the United States and the Western Hemisphere
Areas that fall under the WHTI:
- Canada
- Mexico
- Bermuda
- The Caribbean region (includes 17 regions)
Air Travel
ALL PERSONS traveling by air outside of the United States are required to present a passport or other valid travel document to enter or re-enter the United States.
Land and Sea Travel
ALL PERSONS entering the United States at sea or land ports of entry are required to have a passport, passport card, or WHTI-compliant document.
Note: The passport requirement does NOT apply to U.S. citizens traveling to or returning directly from a U.S. territory.
U.S. Passport and WHTI Compliant Documents
U.S. Passport: U.S. citizens may present a valid U.S. passport when traveling via air, land or sea between the U.S. and the aforementioned Western Hemisphere countries.
The Passport Card: U.S. citizens may present a valid limited-use, wallet-size passport card for land and sea travel between the U.S. and Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean region, and Bermuda.
WHTI-Compliant Travel Documents for U.S. citizen travel via land or sea, as of January 31, 2008:
- Trusted Traveler Cards (NEXUS, SENTRI, or FAST)
- State Issued Enhanced Driver's License (when available)
- Enhanced Tribal Cards (when available)
- U.S. Military Identification with Military Travel Orders
- U.S. Merchant Mariner Document when traveling in conjunction with official maritime business
- Native American Tribal Photo Identification Card
- Form I-872 American Indian Card
For further information see U.S. Customs and Border protection.
About WHTI
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative is a result of the Intelligence Reform and Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), requiring all travelers to present a passport or other document that denotes identity and citizenship when entering the U.S.
The goal of the initiative is to strengthen U.S. border security while facilitating entry for U.S. citizens and legitimate foreign visitors by providing standardized documentation that enables the Department of Homeland Security to quickly and reliably identify a traveler.
DISCLAIMER - The above requirements can change at anytime. Please verify requirements at travel.state.gov
Renewal Passport Fees
Effective July 13, 2010
(Passport Form DSP-82)
You may use this form if you meet the following:
You can submit your most recent passport OR Your previous passport was issued on or after your 16 birthday and was issued within the past 15 years.
Total Fee $110.00 (check or money order)
Add $74.85 per Application for Expedited Service. Price includes urgent mailing or delivery service from the Passport agency to you. We provide Express Mail service through the United States Postal Service. The Express Mail charges will be collected at the time the passport application is made to send the application to the Passport agency ($18.30).
Passport services available Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Lansing City Clerk's Office, 124 W. Michigan Ave, 9th Floor, Lansing, MI 48933.


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Reflexology Inspired Design
A key element in all Okabashi footwear is the massaging, supportive insole. Okabashi's reflexology-based insoles are both comfortable and good for circulation. Although every Okabashi style is slightly different, the massage beads are placed across the forefoot and arch (Reflexology Group A), or across the midfoot and arch (Reflexology Group B).
Scroll over the feet below to see how reflexology inspires our design:
The early Chinese, Indian and Egyptian peoples practiced the art of healing known as reflexology. Foot reflexology is the health practice of stimulating and opening blocked meridians, or energy channels, that are responsible for maintaining the body's healthy balance. Blockage in the six main meridians in the feet obstruct the body's energy flow, which causes tension and susceptibility to illness caused by the body's failure to heal itself and ward off ailments. Accompanying the important meridians found in our feet, are over 7,000 nerve endings that are interconnected through our spinal chord and brain, which send crucial messages throughout our bodies. Okabashi shoes are designed to achieve the benefits of reflexology; each step stimulates vital spots on the soles of the feet.

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24 May 2012 - Forecasters from the Met Office are saying that the weather will be hot with unbroken sunshine as the Torch Relay makes its way to Cardiff on Friday.
Forecasters from the Met Office are saying that the weather will be hot with unbroken sunshine as the Torch Relay makes its way to Cardiff on Friday.
Temperatures could reach as high as 26 °C as the relay heads into Wales for the first time.
This week's continued settled weather is good news for the Olympic Torch's journey from Powick and into Wales on Friday. If you are planning to head out to follow the Olympic Torch then you can check one of our local forecasts available for locations along its route. The sun's UV levels are likely to be quite high and the public are encouraged to stay up-to-date with the Met Office's UV forecasts across the whole of the UK.
Cardiff Council Leader, Councillor Heather Joyce, said: "Cardiff is busy preparing for the Olympic Torch arrival this Friday. It will be a memorable event for the whole of Wales and, for all those who will be coming along to welcome the Torchbearers in the capital city, I hope the sun will be shining. I know whatever the weather a warm Welsh welcome will be awaiting the Olympic Torch."
Forecasts for the Olympic Torch Relay are available on our website as well as on mobile phones and on our iPhone and Android Apps meaning you are never far from a local, detailed weather forecast.
Forecasts for sporting venues at the Olympic and Paralympic Games will be available as the Games draw closer.
The Met Office is providing weather forecasts to LOCOG, as well as local and national government for the Torch Relay, Olympic and Paralympic Games to support event organisers, competing athletes and visitors and spectators alike.
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There is a poet in every person and a good hike through nature is a great way to bring it out. Some of the greatest poets and poems were inspired by nature. Poetry uses short, concise, and often powerful language to explain experiences. Join Park Interpreter Flanary for a short hike using our senses and through a guided activity, explain and see the world around us in a different way.
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May 24, 2016
News Release: Madison County Sheriff's Office
Madison County Sheriff Ben Stewart reports that on Thursday the 28th day of November 2013 at approximately 12:48 PM, Madison County Sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched to the Dollar General Store located in Greenville, FL in reference to a possible theft.
Upon arrival deputies made contact with the store employee who reported an unidentified female entered the store carrying what appeared to be an empty purse. The unidentified female walked around to several different areas of the store then departed without purchasing any items. The employee further stated that when the unidentified female departed her purse now appeared to be full.
A second employee overheard the female tell a second unidentified female that they would return later as they walked out. Deputies informed the store employee that they would remain in the area and to call back as soon as the two females returned.
At approximately 1:50 pm the two females returned again to the Dollar General Store and deputies were called to return. Deputies waited until the two females exited the store and made contact with them. While questioning the female with the purse it was discovered that the purse did contain items from the store that were stolen. The female was arrested for retail theft and identified as the following:
Arrested and charged:
Romane Breanna Morris
115 SW Overland street Greenville, Fl.
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The Misses
From the same Sundance class as "Reservoir Dogs" and "El Mariachi" (and winning the Grand Jury Prize that year, no less), this Steve Buscemi-starring flick about a struggling screenwriter, from director Alexandre Rockwell, was expected to go on to great things even before the Tarantino and Rodriguez films blew up. But it failed to ignite much interest, going to now-defunct small-fry Triton Films (best known for putting out "Apocalypse Now" doc "Hearts of Darkness") for a sum unrelated by history, and made a mere $250,000 at the box office. After collaborating with Tarantino and Rodriguez (and fellow Class of '92 grad Allison Anders) on the omnibus "Four Rooms," Rockwell was barely heard from again.
A decent little rom-com that marked the proper directorial debut of Brad Anderson, with Hope Davis and Philip Seymour Hoffman among the cast, "Next Stop Wonderland" became the hot sensation of the festival in 1998, with Harvey Weinstein picking up the film for Miramax for a hefty $6 million, declaring, "I want to be in the Brad Anderson business." But not for much longer: the pair fell out when Harvey Scissorhands made Anderson reshoot the ending (presumably not helped by a middling $4 million take for the film), and they've never worked together since. Anderson perhaps most notably made "The Machinist" since then, but he's more recently split his time between TV work and questionable genre fare like the upcoming "The Call."
Three years after "The Spitfire Grill" (which was hardly a smash, but at least made its price tag back) set the record for Sundance purchases at $10 million, it was equaled by "Happy, Texas," a modest comedy about two escaped convicts (Steve Zahn and, for some reason, Jeremy Northam) posing as a gay couple. Locked in a bidding war with Fox Searchlight, Harvey ended up spending the full ten mil on the picture, only to see it die on release that October, the film taking under $2 million. It's since become a byword for Park City hubris, and director Mark Illsley has had only one credit since.
With the failure of "Happy, Texas" still ringing in their ears, buyers were much more cautious the following year; the highest profile buy was "Girlfight," the boxing drama that introduced the world to its young star Michelle Rodriguez. Paramount, Fine Line and USA Films were all in the hunt, but it was Sony's Screen Gems that won out, hoping for a commercial crossover hit, paying $2.5 million for the privilege. Sadly, it didn't come off. Karyn Kusama's film made only $1.5 million at the box office, and the director took her vengeance by subjecting audiences to "Aeon Flux" and "Jennifer's Body."
A Sundance flop so obscure that you've barely heard of it, "Introducing The Dwights" was known as "Clubland" when it premiered at the festival, a charming, if unexceptional rom-com starring Brenda Blethyn and Emma Booth (then tipped as the next big thing). Warner Independent Pictures won the bidding war, paying a not-inconsiderable $4 million for the picture. But they botched the release, retitling it in the most generic way possible, and opening it on the July 4th weekend, opposite the first "Transformers." It made under $400,000 before it left screens, and a year later, WIP ceased to exist.
Harvey Weinstein's approach to the awards season can sometimes be summed up as "throw it at the wall and see what sticks" -- anything with even the sniff of awards hopes is often pounced on by the mogul, only to be forgotten when hotter prospects emerge. One such picture was "Grace Is Gone," picked up from Sundance in the early years of Harvey's new company. James Strouse's drama about a father (John Cusack, in one of his best performances) taking his children on a road trip in order to delay telling them about the death of their soldier mother was acquired by The Weinstein Company for around the $4 million mark, planning an awards push for the lead role. But even with a new score by Clint Eastwood, of all people, it never got any traction, and made a dreadful $50,000 in theaters.
Arguably the best film on this section of the list, "Son Of Rambow," the impossibly charming coming-of-age tale that marked the second film from music video veteran Garth Jennings, who made his debut with studio picture "The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy," was the big buy at Sundance 2007, selling to Paramount Vantage for $7.5 million. But rights complications (owing to both the title and the use of clips from "First Blood") held up the release for over a year, and while the film was a hit in its native U.K. and elsewhere (taking $10 million worldwide), it made less than $2 million in the U.S after opening head to head with "Iron Man."
Ever since "Napoleon Dynamite," buyers had been on the lookout for the next big summer comedy sleeper, and it seemed to arrive in the shape of "Hamlet 2," a high-school set laffer from "The Craft" director Andrew Fleming, "South Park" writer Pam Brady, and starring the long-in-search-of-a-breakout-vehicle Steve Coogan. Focus were the ones who bit the bullet, stumping up a record-equaling $10 million after a bidding war, but the curse of that sum hit again, and the film only made $5 million back after a questionable August release date.
2008 was not a great year for the festival, with films like "Assassination Of A High School President," "Transsiberian," "What Just Happened," "The Escapist" and "The Great Buck Howard" all under-performing when they finally made it to screens. So on reflection, given the lack of competition, it's perhaps more understandable why Fox Searchlight paid $5 million for Clark Gregg's "Choke," a not-especially-commercial Chuck Palahaniuk adaptation starring Sam Rockwell, Kelly Macdonald and Gillian Jacobs. While reasonably well-received, it never quite got a foothold with audiences, and made back only $3 million for the shingle.
We suppose we could see how this could be attractive -- an offbeat, dark comedy with a starry cast including Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta, Dennis Haysbert and Kerry Washington. And certainly Harvey was gung ho, with The Weinstein Company beating out Summit and paying a staggering $7.5 million plus making a P&A commitment upward of $10 million. Well, your guess is as good as ours as to where the money for marketing went, because it quickly became clear that Harv and co. cooled on Jacob Aaron Estes' film. Sitting on the shelf for well over a year, the movie was quietly dumped on VOD and given a cursory theatrical release last fall where it picked up a measly $63,000. But don't worry about Estes, David Fincher is producing his next film.


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Upbeat Agbonlahor credits squad for strong start
Gabby Agbonlahor believes Villa are in good shape heading into the international break.
The striker opened his account for the 2014-2015 season a quarter of an hour into Sunday's match against Hull City and was a standout performer.
Strike partner Andi Weimann also netted in the 2-1 victory and Agbonlahor is hopeful the claret and blues can take this form into this month where they face Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea.
He said: "I think with the way we're defending we've got a good base and we're always going to create chances.
"We've tried to start playing a bit more and Andi (Weimann) was on fire on Sunday too.
"He's played me through and I thought I'd take the shot quickly. It's always nice to get off the mark early in the season.
"There's a lot more you have to do as a striker now with defending. I think I've done that quite well even though I'm not scoring the goals and I'm pleased I'm still doing a job for the team.
"Andi's (Weimann) a quality player, his work rate is great and for me, he is the best finisher at the club."
Villa have equalled their best ever start to a Barclays Premier League season, unbeaten in three games, conceding just one goal in the process.
Paul Lambert has opted for experience in his summer signings, a trait evident in Villa's league matches so far and Agbonlahor reckons the mix of youth and experience will prove crucial when they resume league action on September 13.
He added: "I think you need experience as well as youth and I think over the last couple of seasons, maybe we've not been strong enough and this season we are looking stronger.
"The defence and the whole back four look strong and there's competition for places.
"It's always good and keeps everyone on their toes in every game."
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A View Through the Lens, A Photographic coffee table style book of my travels through southeast Asia.
I'm a photographer from Australia and my passion is travel and nature photography, what started out as a hobby has eventually became a way of life for me. My travels so far have covered a large proportion of south east Asia and of course my own Country, it has been a very interesting and rewarding journey.
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Carbon–hydrogen functionalization
Huw Davies, professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Buffalo and cofounder of Dirhodium Technologies (Buffalo, NY), recently reported on an alternative method for metal-induced carbon–hydrogen insertion. Carbon–hydrogen activation is an important tool in asymmetric synthesis. It typically involves the insertion of a highly reactive metal complex into a carbon–hydrogen bond, thereby activating the system for transformation. A challenge of this approach is being able to achieve the desired catalytic activity of the metal complex. One strategy to address this problem is to use neighboring functional groups to direct the metal complexes to the carbon–hydrogen bond. An alternative approach, forwarded by Davies, is to use a divalent carbon, or carbene, or a monovalent nitrogen, or nitrene, coordinated to a metal complex for insertion into a carbon–hydrogen bond. The benefits of this approach are higher levels of regioselectivity and steroselectivity (2).
Ketone α-alkylation
Don Coltart, an associate professor at Duke University, reported a new method for ketone α-alkylation, a reaction used to create chiral ketones with alkyl groups on the α-carbons. These structures are found in many natural products and pharmaceuticals. In traditional approaches to asymmetric ketone α-alkylations, chiral hydrazine auxiliaries are often used to direct enantioselectivity through the formation and subsequent deprotonation of hydrazones. This approach, however, requires the reaction to be run at low temperatures (–110 to –78 °C), and the chiral auxiliaries are difficult to recycle.
Coltart reported by substituting conjugated electron-withdrawing groups onto the chiral hydrazine auxiliaries, a ketone can be combined with chiral N-amino cyclic carbamates to form a hydrazone, which is reacted with an alkyl halide to form the enantiomeric product. The reactions can be run at higher temperatures (–40 to 0 °C), and the chiral auxiliaries can be recycled with an acid treatment (3). Coltart and Duke recently applied for a patent on the process, according to a Duke University press release.
Other carbene catalysis
Karl Scheidt, an assistant professor of chemistry at Northwestern University, is exploring catalytic multicomponent coupling processes, organosilicon chemistry, and new catalytic reactions with N-heterocyclic carbenes. In carbene catalysis, his research group has developed several approaches to carbonyl/acyl anion equivalents, homoenolate reactivity, hydroacylations of ketones, formal [3 + 3 ] cycloadditions, Michael reactions, aldol reactions, and acylvinyl anion equivalents (4, 5).
Scheidt's work further focuses on the construction of complex natural products containing oxygen heterocycles. Using new Lewis acid-catalyzed cyclization reactions with dioxinones, his group is researching the synthesis of tetrahydropyran-containing natural products with antitumor activity, and it recently reported the catalytic enantioselective synthesis of flavanones. The group used bifunctional thiourea catalysts to promote an asymmetric oxo-conjugate addition to β-ketoester alkylidene in high yields with enantioselectivity of 80–94% ee for aryl and alkyl substrates. Decarboxylation of the β-ketoester proceeds in a one-pot procedure to produce enantioenriched flavanones and chromanones (4, 5).


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(DEKALB CO.) -- DeKalb County School District announced a new registration process for International students on Wednesday.
According to DeKalb Schools, all new students to DeKalb born outside of the United States or whose first language is other than English will register directly at their neighborhood school. They said schools will provide interpretation services for all parents needing assistance.
The International Student Screening Center, in North Druid Hills will no longer be used for centralized registration purposes.


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Mobile gaming success defined by user quality, not quantity
Not since Wilt Chamberlain was in the prime of his NBA career has anyone put up numbers as impressive as Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). The latest milestone: Apple announced this week that consumers have downloaded more than 40 billion iOS applications from the App Store, including close to 20 billion in 2012 alone and a record-high 2 billion during the month of December.
Apple also said it has now paid out more than $7 billion to its iOS developer partners. In a press release trumpeting the news, the company singled out mobile gaming success stories including Imangi Studios, which reports downloads of its bestselling Temple Run surpassed 75 million in 2012, as well as Backflip Studios and Supercell, which raked in more than $100 million combined for their respective freemium titles Clash of Clans and DragonVale. Temple Run is a household name at this point, but the revenue figures attached to Clash of Clans and DragonVale may raise a few eyebrows--unless you pay more attention to the App Store's Top Grossing list than its Top Paid Apps, that is. While big-name casual gaming franchises like Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja dominate the Top Paid ranks, lesser-known freemium titles like Clash of Clans, Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North and Candy Crush Saga control the Top Grossing charts.
Mobile games on the Top Grossing list may not have the name recognition and eye-popping download volumes synonymous with titles like Angry Birds and Temple Run, but mobile metrics firm Onavo contends they have something even more significant: a deep-pocketed, deeply-engaged userbase. Onovo analyzed the Top 25 Grossing iOS games of November 2012 according to chart ranking, market share positioning (i.e., the percentage of U.S. iPhone users playing each game), average engagement (sessions per month) and the relative value of the title's users (represented by a scoring system based on average revenue per user). The company found that the highest-grossing games with the largest market share--Angry Birds Star Wars (played by 3.9 percent of iPhone owners), Subway Surfers (3.5 percent) and Bike Race Free (3.4 percent)--were not the top moneymakers for the month. In fact, Bike Race Free ranked No. 19 on the Top Grossing list and Subway Surfers came in at No. 24, both hampered by low player ARPU scores.
It's a very different story at the opposite end of the Onavo chart. Fantasy MMORPG battle card game Legend of the Cryptids, though played by just 0.1 percent of U.S. iPhone gamers, ranks tenth on November's Top Grossing chart thanks to its userbase's impressive APRU score. Another card-based game, Rage of Bahumut, ranks No. 3 despite a market share of just 0.4 percent, while Big Fish Casino comes in at No. 12 with a market share of 0.6 percent.
"The moral here? Size doesn't always matter," Onavo says. "It's the quality of users that really catapults games into the Top Grossing list."--Jason


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Craigslist Deal of the Week: $1395 Studio by Dolores Park
On the one hand, this studio is located in a pretty sweet spot: It's one block from Dolores Park, two from the J-Church, three from Tartine and Delfina, and right in the midst of all the shopping and restaurants the Mission has to offer.
Craigslist Deal of the Week: $1525 Laurel Heights 1 Bedroom
We don't ask for much; give us a low price, workable kitchen, and (if we're lucky) some hardwood floors and we're interested. So when we find a Craigslist deal that has all that and is smack-dab in the middle of one of the most livable areas in the city, well, that's a nice surprise. Make the rent at least $200 less than would be expected and we're downright giddy. Located at California and Presidio, this one bedroom apartment is across the street from the Jewish Community Center, a short walk to Cal-Mart and Trader Joes, and only a block from the Vogue Theatre. You're steps from the California-1 to take you downtown, and several other bus lines are nearby.
Craigslist Deal of the Week: $1760 1200 Sq Ft Apt. in Russian Hill
1200 square feet in the city for under $2000? That's a Christmas gift we wouldn't mind receiving. But this big, newly remodeled apartment has plenty of other desirable details, besides just size. Inside you'll find crown molding, French double doors, hardwood floors, a classic (but colorful) paint job and an updated kitchen. It also includes panoramic windows in the bedroom and a walk-in closet, all located on the side of Russian Hill. What more could you ask for? Well, both cats and dogs are allowed in the unit (with an additional deposit), so it's perfect for any animal lovers out there too. It's available now and probably won't last long, so what are you waiting for?
Craigslist Deal of the Week: $1995 Pac Heights 1 Bedroom with Pet
Finding a pretty, pet-friendly apartment in this city is like discovering a four-leaf clover: If you're lucky enough to spot one, pluck it up immediately. Of course, you'll no doubt have to pay a little more for such a place, but what's a few extra dollars between you and man's best friend?
Craigslist Deal of the Week: $1625 Cole Valley 1 Bedroom
Given their small size, the drastic contrast a San Francisco neighborhood can have from one side to the other can be staggering. For example, apartment deals in Cole Valley usually place you directly along the N-line, which kind of goes against the peaceful vibe you might expect from the area. This week's Craigslist deal doesn't do you like that though. Located on quiet, residential Downey Street, it's just slightly off the beaten path but feels so secluded by comparison. You get a residential setting that's only blocks away from the Haight and Carl and Cole; the N-Judah isn't rattling your windows but it is still close enough for downtown commuters - really, it's the best of both words.
Craigslist Deal of the Week: $1425 Marina Studio
If the rental market is any indication, we believe that San Francisco might be facing its greatest shortage of collar poppers since the late 1960s. How else can we explain the rise in affordable apartments currently available in the Marina? Did they all move to SoMa? All joking aside, the plethora of inexpensive rental options north of Union hasn't gone undetected by our trained Craigslist eyes. Perhaps the neighborhood isn't as fashionable as its heyday (we're guessing the 80s and early 90s treated it very well), but that shouldn't detract deal hunters from checking out potential apartment openings in the area.
Craigslist Deal of the Week: $1300 Studio on Telegraph Hill
Last week we were proud to show you a 'junior one bedroom' that actually included a room for a bed. This week... well, we're back to the closet, but this place definitely still has potential. We'd ditch the bed-in-closet set-up (it only fits a full-size, after all) and treat the space like a studio. Use the closet space for what it's intended and stick the bed in the main living area - with rent at only $1300 a month, it'll be worth it.
Craigslist Deal of the Week: $1550 Jr 1 Bedroom in Pac Heights/Cow Hollow
In the city, "junior one bedroom" apartment listings often mean that you'll be sleeping in a closet. This week's Craigslist deal isn't going to do you quite like that. With a bedroom measuring 9' x 9', you'll be able to fit a queen-size bed in there, and since the room actually has a closet inside of it no one can dog you for sleeping where your clothes should go (we'll disregard that said closet has mirrored doors and the bedroom only three walls - you've got to pick your battles).
Craigslist Deal of the Week: $1800 Noe 1 Bedroom
We know it may seem a little out of sync to have a two bedroom apartment for $1895 as a deal last week and follow it up with a one bedroom for $1800 today, but stick with us: This week's Craigslist deal is worthy of the name. Why? Well, for one, location. Situated smack-dab in the middle of Noe Valley at Noe and Alvarado (between 22nd and 23rd Street), it's a great spot that's within easy walking distance of 24th Street and is right over the hill from the Castro.
Craigslist Deal of the Week: $1895 2 Bedroom in the 'Set
Some people love the frenetic energy that comes with living in a city; others need to escape from it once the work week ends. If you consider yourself the latter, this apartment in the Sunset might be just right for you. It's a two bedroom unit located in the quiet lull between 9th and 19th Avenues, within walking distance to some of our favorite eateries (The Taco Shop at Underdog's–aka Nick's–,Gordo, Marnee Thai, and more), only two blocks from the park, and less than a block from the N, for easy access to downtown.


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Try this Turkey Cake for Dogs recipe, or contribute your own.
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You can reduce this recipe to a smaller scale by using 1 pound of meat and cutting all the other ingredients by a fourth. The cake tastes good as it is, but people might want to add salt or other seasonings. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease two 9-inch round or square baking dishes, or a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. (If using a dog-shaped cake mold, place it on a greased baking sheet.) In a large bowl, mix the turkey, cooked rice, carrots, celery and parsley; set aside. In a small bowl, mix the beaten eggs, garlic and oil. Add to turkey mixture and mix well. Add to baking dishes and bake 1-1/2 hours or until meat is fully cooked. Cool loaf. Reserve about 1/2 cup mashed potatoes; ice the cooled loaf with the remaining mashed potatoes. Thin the reserved potatoes with milk; add beet juice to desired color and pour into a pastry bag fitted with a round or star tip. Use to make decorations and to write the dogs name on top. Make rosettes and add carrot rounds or shredded carrots, or any other vegetable your dog likes. And dont forget the candles. Makes 20 servings (for dogs and their human friends) Per serving: Calories: 254 (29% protein, 24% carbohydrate, 46% fat) Protein: 19 grams Fat: 13 grams Cholesterol: 68 mg Carbohydrate: 15 grams Sodium: 199 mg Source: Adapted from "Wild About Dogs, 1" by Serafin Boitel; as published in the Oregonian FoodDay; typos by Dorothy Flatman 1996 From: Dorothy Flatman Read: Yes Replied: No Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #2 by "Rfm"
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I'm turning 55 next year and and having wild thoughts about getting back into a few races in Masters 55+. I raced quite a bit in the late 70s & early 80s, including a few years of Cat 1 &2 races.
Here in Northern California, it looks like there are many events with a Masters 45+ 4&5 category, and some even have 55+ 4 & 5. I wouldn't plan a full season, but pick races where I wouldn't be in with Elites or young 4s & 5s. I never quit riding completely, have been riding about 4000 miles/year for the last several years.
I have a 7 year old 19 lb. aluminum race bike with Ultegra 9 speed, a Mavic Open Pro wheelset and a second Neuvation (Performance Titan) wheelset. Even though I know a lot of Masters have money to burn, I don't see my equipment being a huge handicap. I'd consider a modest wheelset upgrade, maybe even a newer (used) race bike if I find a hot deal.
Is this a realistic goal? Any tips or other thoughts?


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Cryptology Programs
Computer programs can aid the cryptographer in generating cipher documents as well as helping the cryptanalyst in testing algorithms for 'cracking' the codes. This page is a collection of my own short utilities written to experiment with classical cryptology as well as a gathering of links to other authors' programs.
Most of the cipher utilities are written assuming an alphabet of 26 latin-based uppercased characters but they can easily be adapted to extended (eg. accents, numerals and/or punctuation) or non-latin alphabets. The string ALPHA in each program contains the current alphabet. Use the comments link at the bottom of this page to contact me about quirks to be addressed, features wanted and programs showing other techniques. A request from a reader for a way to encipher/decipher images has led to a simple byte-oriented substitution program.
Note: The programs are written in Java using the Unix philosophy of command line switches for option selection, system streams for redirection and modular construction for ease of modification. Program sources, batch files and test documents are delivered in zip format. Unzip the folder to your project directory/folder, compile with Java's JDK and have some fun. Those interested in learning how to program using Java may want to look at my Java tutorial site.
prep scans a file, removing characters not in the defined alphabet (displaying a summary) and formatting in character groups. Command line options include: /f (figures written as words), /p (punctuation written as words (stop, query, etc.), /r random null characters, /u (uppercase letters) and /# character groups. The /a option aborts preparation as soon as a non-valid character occurs. prep defaults to five letter groups, X as null and removing figures and punctuation.
atbash enciphers plaintext by inverting the alphabet. 'A' becomes 'Z', 'B' becomes 'Y', etc. Options include choosing fold points so that the alphabet can be split prior to inversion. Decipher by using /d on the command line or by running the ciphertext through atbash a second time.
caesar enciphers plaintext by shifting the start point of the alphabet. For example 'A' becomes 'D', 'B' becomes 'E', etc. Command line options include /<integer> to set the displacement (shift). Decipher by using /d on the command line or by running the ciphertext through caesar with a negative displacement of the same amount.
keyword enciphers plaintext using a key phrase known to the sender and receiver. The replacement phrase is the key phrase with duplicate characters removed and extended by the remaining alphabet characters. The command line option string is the keyword or phrase to be used. The command line option /<integer> adds a shift on the replacement phrase to hide short keyphrase issues. Decipher by using /d on the command line.
mapper is a generic monoalphabet translation program that can be used to encrypt or decrypt text. It is based on a twenty six character long string that is used as the map. This string can be created manually or by the mapset utility. A simple batch file is:
java mapper defghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzabc /caesar_shift=3 <plain.txt >cipher.txt
mapset will create an appropriate batch file for mapper to use. Its syntax is also very simple such as:
java mapset /atbash >mapAtbash.bat java mapset /caesar /3 >mapCaesar.bat java mapset /keyword /5 twas the night before christmas >mapKeyword.bat java mapset /testmap >mapTest.bat
mapper can also be used as a cryptanalysis tool. For example, if a frequency analysis had identified 'A' as the most common letter and you want to test for 'A' remapped back to 'E', you could start with a batch like:
java mapper e????????????????????????? <code.txt >rpt.txt
which is easily built from the mapset /testmap example above.
Vigenère is a generic polyalphabet translation program that uses a keyword to select the alphabet used in generating the cipher character. The set of alphabets are simple displacements from the original alphabet. The command line option is the keyword or phrase to be used. Decipher by using /d on the command line.
StreamIt is an example of a synchronous streaming cipher which merges characters/bytes in plaintext with an encoding password or pseudorandon source using either modular addition or the XOR operator.
Character merging first tests for valid characters, then converts both streams to integer representation. After mudulo 26 addition, the result is converted back to a character for output. Merging bytes rather than characters allowings digitalized images and audio to be enciphered.
StreamIt accepts plaintext from the standard io stream. Use /C for character based encryption (byte form is default). Running the program a second time will reverse the encryption.
Frequency Counting
freq scans a file and issues a report of letter counts including digraphs and trigraphs. If the input file is plaintext, cryptologist may find that it is too 'regular' and tuning is needed before transmission. If the file is ciphertext, the report could be used in a first principles trial for solution.
Word Counting
wcPlus scans a file and prepares a report of word counts. If the input file is plaintext, careful use of the report would eliminate some patterns that make a text easy to analyze. For example, it would spot overuse of 'the' and 'of'. If the file is ciphertext, the report can be used in a first principles trial for solution.
Noise is random changes to letters or strings of letters. It can be deliberately introduced at the source or accidentally when messages are prepared, transmitted, received or transcribed. Noise.java introduces this randomness into messages to challenge analysis using letter/word counts. pending
Links To Programs By Other Authors
Many students of cryptology have designed software for encryption and decryption of various codes. These are some that I have found on the internet:
Java Utilities
Ganzúa or PickLock by Adolfo Garcia is a multipurpose cryptanalysis tool.
jkrypto is a generator or analyzer and includes Kasiski testing.
JavaScript Utilities
Codebreaker has many JavaScript utilities for you to enjoy.
Affine Substitution Cipher (setting a=1 and b=3 yields Caesar Code).
Playfair Cipher Demonstrator lets you choose a keyword for generating the matrix.
Base64 is a standard method of enciphering bytes into ASCII text, developed for sending pictures and executables via e-mail. It can be used to hide messages from the naive but is not secure as deciphering utilities abound.
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India's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has expanded its loans to small size self-help groups or SHG in seven states with a total book size of Rs 1,000 crore. It is planning to extend the reach in another three states: West Bengal, Odhisa and Chhattisgarh.
"It is not a business of lending money as we do not look at profitability," said Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director & CEO at ICICI Bank, which was celebrating the international Women's Day here in Mumbai. On the occasion the lender handed over a cheque of Rs 1,74,029 to SHG representatives who hail from the rural Maharashtra.


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Apr 16 2009 / Thursday
Touring this May!
Trust me; it's just time. Catch our boys next month:
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Sunday May 3rd. DANS Competition event at Louisville Skatepark
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Tuesday May 5th. DRIVE Day
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Wednesday May 6th. STAFF BMX event at STAFF BMX.
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Thursday May 7th. 2by4 BMX event at 2by4 BMX Lakewood, NJ
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Friday May 8th
Pennsville, NJ to Baltimore, MD
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Saturday May 9th. Baltimore Journeys event
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Event ends at 7.00pm..ish.


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Does the current acceleration of universe imply that our universe is open? If the universe is closed, from the Friedmann's equation, the acceleration of universe wouldn't be possible, would it be? (Of course, except for the very earlier time of inflation era.)
No. Universe that is accelerating can be open, closed, or flat in principle. The latter attributes are determined by how much matter/energy is in the universe relative to the critical value. If the energy is greater than critical then the universe is closed, if it's less than critical the universe is open, and energy equal to critical the universe is flat.
On the other hand, the condition for the universe to accelerate is for it to have a component with negative enough pressure (in technical terms, this is entirely obtained from the second Friedmann equation that gives the acceleration of the characteristic scale of the universe, which is not required when talking about flat/open/closed).
[That said, it happens that current cosmological data strongly favor a universe that is flat. But this is mostly independent of the statement that the universe is accelerating. ]
Without dark energy open/flat (closed) universe implies one that is expanding forever (ends in a Big Crunch). But with dark energy that drives the acceleration of the universe, this "geometry is destiny" link is broken. In particular, the future of the expansion can be arbitrary, as it depends on the future behavior of dark energy. However, if the dark energy continues to accelerate the universe as it is doing now, then the universe will expand - and also accelerate - forever.


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In bite-size portions, Hendricks encourages understanding, self-awareness, and honesty-all vital elements in a conscious life. A Year of Living Consciously teaches us to relish the journey that results in greater self-esteem and emotional literacy, achievements that can only come from leading an examined life. Quotes from historical and literary figures reinforce the timeless importance of honesty and self-knowledge. By helping us see, comprehend, and ultimately embrace the secrets we often hide from ourselves. A Year of Living Consciously brings us into accord to create clearer understanding, genuine change, and self-realization.
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The circuit of Buttermere is an absolute delight, following a gentle lakeside path walk with stunning scenery. The surrounding fells providing a magnificent backdrop to simply make this a wonderful place to be and time well spent! The path is easy to follow, the kids can run on ahead and explore and there's opportunity to picnic or take time out all around the lake. The walk is suitable for pushchairs, although the latter stages of the return leg are best completed along the roadside. On returning to Buttermere, refreshment is amply available in the pubs, cafes and an ice cream parlour.
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SOUTH BELOIT (WIFR) -- We have a clear shot of a guy suspected of stealing $1700 worth of gold from a store in South Beloit.
The man is accused of taking gold jewelry while the clerk at "L and B Coins" wasn't looking. Police say the man was accompanied by a woman and both were spotted leaving in a dark blue or black sedan with black honeycomb style wheels. If you recognize the man or the woman he's with call Rockford Crimestoppers at (815) 963-7867.


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I have a set of Weinmann CN520's that came stock on my bike and I was wondering what would be the skinniest set of tires I could fit on my rims? I currently run 28's, but i wouldn't mind going slimmer.
I am aware of various fit charts out there and it says the recommended minimum size is around what I have now but I want to know how far beyond the recommended I could safely go.


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ICv2 has a brief primer on La Nouvelle Manga, for those who are feeling bewildered by all this talk of Fanfare/Ponent Mon titles. Here's their advice for retailers:
Retailers in urban areas, college towns, specifically those who do well with alternative comics should definitely consider carrying the Fanfare/Ponent Man line of Nouvelle Manga as well as the thematically related gekiga titles of Yoshihiro Tatsumi (The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo) published by Drawn & Quarterly.
I'd like to see some of them in my local chain bookstore as well! David Welsh adds
And while you're at it, order a few copies of Sexy Voice and Robo (Viz). I swear you won't regret it.
Also at ICv2: vol. 15 of Fruits Basket topped the graphic novel charts over the holidays, selling over 12,000 copies in the week ending December 17. Volume 12 of Naruto came in second, with three other volumes also making the top ten. Good analysis, as always, at the link.
The IMAF Awards winners are up, and the winner of the award for outstanding contribution to anime and manga is Helen McCarthy, author of The Anime Encyclopedia: Revised and Expanded Edition.
In other literary news, the Boston Globe has a review of Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.
At Anime on DVD, Ed Chavez issues his report card for Broccoli Books.
At Comics-and-more, Dave Ferraro lists the first half of his Top 25 Comics of 2006, which includes, not surprisingly, quite a few manga.
The anthology Yuri Monogatari 4 will be premiering at Winter Comiket, and Erica will be there!
A panel in Japan is concerned about kids reading adult comics on their cellphones.
Reviews: Lots of good ones today. At Anime on DVD, Sakura Eries reviews Project X: Seven Eleven (7-11). Tangognat looks at the first two volumes of Night of the Beasts. Mangamaniaccafe reads Time Lag. David Welsh finds a new obsession: ES: Eternal Sabbath. Kethylia, on the other hand, finds little to like about vol. 3 of Old Boy.


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The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department has charged a local man with lustful touching of a child and felon in possession of a weapon.
Chief Deputy Ward Calhoun said 46-year-old Willie Roger Starks of 6869 Russell Topton Road in Toomsuba was charged after an investigation that started Monday night.
Calhoun said deputies were contacted by personnel at a Meridian emergency room after a 15-year-old female was treated there.
Bond on both charges totaled $15,000.
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By Phillip Whitten
HONOLULU, September 2. THE Waikiki Rough Water Swim usually is one of the most enjoyable, smooth-water swims on the open water circuit. Not this year. This year the event lived up to its name. And then some!
County, federal teams and private boaters were called into action yesterday when rough seas, made rougher by the approaching Hurricane Jimena, left swimmers competing in the annual event stroking furiously for their lives.
Of over 1,000 swimmers who started the race, a mere 356 finished. More than 600 were rescued by eight units of the Honolulu Fire Department, including its helicopter unit. The Coast Guard also joined in the rescue operation with a helicopter and boats and private boaters in the area pulled several swimmers out of the water.
As reported on The HawaiiChannel.com, as swimmers rounded the fourth buoy the swim turned into a struggle for survival.
"'After about 50 minutes I said, 'This isn't going anywhere. I'll be out here for 10 hours.' And I watched everybody else drifting past me," swimmer Ron Carlson said. "It was unbelievable. You couldn't move. You'd go harder and harder and see the reef slipping. You know you wouldn't get closer. You keep slipping backwards.'"
"An hour into the swim it was obvious hundreds were in trouble. The Fire Department was summoned and it turned into one of the biggest water rescue efforts in Honolulu history, according to officials.
"The fear was that someone might have been swept away. Lookouts were posted along the beach and as far away as Diamond Head.
"Witnesses said swimmers came out of the water gasping and crying. Some swimmers were pushed far off the course and clung to buoys.
"The first swimmers to cross the finish line said the ocean conditions were some of the toughest they've had to swim in.
"At the beginning of the race, announcers warned swimmers of the conditions and advised those who were not strong swimmers to bow out of the event. The organizers also told swimmers to hold on to buoy lines if they got in trouble and teams would pick them up."
Despite the large number of swimmers and the fearful conditions, not single soul was lost, thanks to the brave efforts of the Honolulu Fire Department and US Coast Guard.


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Motorola RAZR MAXX
- koldmeat
awesome battery. best android fone so far. i will buy it for sure.
- 02 May 2012
- uNVL
- armin89
this phone is very very nice . moto when this phone come to iran . about 4 month I wating fo it
- 02 May 2012
- 3AGn
- Zom
Motorola, are you planning to launch this model in India? If yes, then when?? Can't wait to buy it...Please hurry !!!! :)
- 30 Apr 2012
- sam
the battery is non user replaceable? so you have to take the phone to a centre to have the battery replaced when the shell life is over?
- 29 Apr 2012
- fu$W
- ashish1450 7 1
battery maen:O
- 28 Apr 2012
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- Denzo
naim, 27 Apr 2012Is it take much time for recharge the battery !?Special time for you, maybe 5 min - full charge.
- 27 Apr 2012
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- koldmeat
Surely the 3300 mah battery is the USP.
- 27 Apr 2012
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- Anonymous
come soooon to midle est
- 27 Apr 2012
- dQAL
- Anonymous
The pictures which the DROID RAZR MAXX took came out great. They have great contrast, nice metering and dynamic range for a phone camera shots, along with top-of-the-line resolved detail and pleasant colors. Check out a few of samples below.
Video quality is really nice with plenty of detail and good colors. On the negative side, theres no continuous auto focus, the camera focuses before the start of recording. Also, the automatic exposure does its job quite noticeably since the changes in exposure are anything but smooth. Below you will find a couple of video samples from DROID RAZR MAXXs camera.
- 27 Apr 2012
- dQAL
- naim
Is it take much time for recharge the battery !?
- 27 Apr 2012
- PEqh
Saw d pictures samples ... such a shame Moto u made this nice phone with crap camera !!!
- 26 Apr 2012
- JbR0
- Flip-backflip
DAN13L, 24 Apr 2012I agree with you. Motorola is the best to me. My first phone was... moregoogle's claim that it buys motorola mobility for its huge patent portfolio is just a myth.Google's is actually eyeing its separate handset buisness like apple+iOS for google it wud be Motorola+android its crystal clear
- 26 Apr 2012
- Flip-backflip
4 hours of GPS navigation and still 40 percent of battery left! thats the power of RAZR MAXX anything other lyk gs2 who just has half a battery of maxx wud have been dead after 2-3 hours usage
- 26 Apr 2012
- kanagadeepan 24 16
MOTOROLA, just SHUT UP and take my money for this wonderful phone...
- 26 Apr 2012
- XuUM
& what about middle east. Its a very big mobile market out there.
Android is lagging behind apple only bcos of battery issue. If motorola has manage to solve that problem with MAXX they should coquer the world with that. hope they release it worldwide quickly.
- 26 Apr 2012
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- Anonymous
Come on people, by now we think its safe to say that most people are totally enchanted by the battery life of the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX. Seriously, just using it on a normal everyday basis, shows exactly why its the king in terms of longevity whereas others simply flail as they run out of juice.
Well, to further make the point as to why their product is superior over other smartphones for Verizon, Motorola decided to run a test where they pit the DROID RAZR MAXX against the iPhone 4S and LG Spectrum. In fact, they juiced every one of them to 100%, strapped them to the top of a car, and drove around while running the VZ Navigator app on all three.
If youre one who happens to be a constant user of turn-by-turn navigation apps, youre more than aware about its stress on a handsets battery life. As the video shows, the first victim to go is the LG Spectrum, which lasted a paltry 2 hours and 27 minutes. Next up, the Verizon iPhone 4S taps out completely at the 3 hour and 45 minute mark though, its worth noting that it was running off of 3G, as opposed to LTE like the other two. Finally, the car reaches its destination at the 4 hour and 12 minute mark, and interestingly enough, the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX is still chugging along at 40% capacity.
So there you have it folks, if you werent convince before or otherwise, the video again shows the battery longevity of the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX over its rivals.
source: Motorola
- 26 Apr 2012
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- Anonymous
TOM, 25 Apr 2012Guys ... how is Moto in camera quality ? Can they beat NOKIA N8 ? ThxLOL how can u expect people to tell u about camera clearity? its better watch a review or possibly a face off video of N8 and RAZR MAXX
- 26 Apr 2012
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Guys ... how is Moto in camera quality ? Can they beat NOKIA N8 ? Thx
- 25 Apr 2012
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- fabian
moto!!!!faster launch this phone!!!!
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DAN13L, 24 Apr 2012I agree with you. Motorola is the best to me. My first phone was... moreI also hope they will not sell Motorola to Huawei. If they bought them last year, they should NOT sell it. They could be in top 3 if they will make great phones for the whole world. Moto was smart to release this in Europe as well. I will buy this phone.
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Fair Opens June 7 and continues through July 6
Dates for the 2014 San Diego County Fair, presented by Albertsons/Sav-on, were approved today at the 22nd District Agricultural Associations Board of Directors meeting.
The 2014 San Diego County Fair will open on Saturday June 7 through Sunday, July 6. The Fair will be closed on Mondays and the first two Tuesdays.
The San Diego County Fair is the largest annual event in San Diego County and the fourth largest Fair in North America, drawing more than 1.4 million visitors annually. The theme for the 2014 San Diego County Fair is scheduled to be announced at the October 8 Board of Directors meeting of the 22nd DAA.
The 22nd District Agricultural Association is a State of California agency that owns and operates the Del Mar Fairgrounds, Surfside Race Place, Horsepark Equestrian Center and the Del Mar Golf Center. The 22nd DAA produces five events each year: The San Diego County Fair, the Del Mar National Horse Show, The Scream Zone and Holiday of Lights (returning in 2014). The Fairgrounds hosts' more than 350 events annually, the largest of which is the live horse racing meet each summer, which is operated by the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club for the 22nd DAA and the State of California. For more information about the Fair, go to the Fair website, www.sdfair.com. For more information on the Fairgrounds, visit www.delmarfairgrounds.com.


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Video: Soldiers Support Red River Flood Response
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Minnesota National Guard Soldiers of 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry, 34th Red Bull Infantry Division conduct levee patrols, monitor water pumps and secure road blocks in the communities of Moorhead, Oakport Township and Georgetown Minnesota. This video available in high definition. Includes interviews with Staff Sgt. Dennis J. Anderson, 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 34th Infantry Division, and Capt. Tim Sevcik, Company Commander, A Co., 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 136th Infantry, 34th Infantry Division.
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The first BR case in CT (2007)
I will be more specific,
The first BR case in CT was filed in Feb 2007. We then moved to KY in Apr. 2007 and never followed through with CT BR ie (did not complete credit counseling), so we thought CT BR would be dismissed. She filed here in KY on Nov 2011 believing that CT BR was dismissed. To our surprize, the US Trustee here in KY moved to dismiss this case and produced a "CT discharge" order dated Feb. 2009 from the CT BR Court. Apparently the CT case sat in the CT Court for 2 years then a clerk signed the discharge order. We "objected" here in KY to the KY dismissal, but Judge said, "nothing I can do, CT granted discharge in 2009. Judge here in KY dismissed the nov 2011 petition. There was no unprotected assets listed on petition. Q. Are there any special rules in new BR rules that allow trustee to continue case for creditors once case has ben dismissed.
Very strange to say the least, if the second case is dismissed then the trustee and the judge should not have any jurisdiction to pursue any assets in the second case.
Yes, it was strange that the first BR was granted and disscharged, but that was some screwup in CT. Not strange for CT Courts. I have in hand the dissmissal order from KY Judge for this second case. My question is, before I go back to Court, do you know of any special statute, rule or trustee handbook option that would allow a trustee/Court to continue matter once it has been dismissed. There was no filing of any motions to reopen matter....
Thks, Jim
I did a search of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and it does not cover the topic.
11 USC Section 349 seems to cover the topic the best, XXXXX XXXXX last sentence which relates to re-vesting of the property. When a case is filed the property immediately becomes part of the bankruptcy estate, after the case is dismissed it re-vests to the original entity, being your wife.
(a) Unless the court, for cause, orders otherwise, the dismissal of a case under this title does not bar the discharge, in a later case under this title, of debts that were dischargeable in the case dismissed; nor does the dismissal of a case under this title prejudice the debtor with regard to the filing of a subsequent petition under this title, except as provided in section 109 (g) of this title.
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The First Italian Exit Polls Are Out
And here we go with the first Senate exit polls from RAI:
As for the chamber:
Visual summary from Il Giornale - Senate:
And Chamber:
The turnout of the elections is estimated to be 76.6%, compared to 80.6% in 2008, and the lowest since World War 2.
Expect more data, lots of it conflicting in the coming minutes and hours. To summarize: Berlusconi+Grillo may end up with a majority, yet due to the way the Senate seats are assigned, the current outcome may be sufficient for Bersani.
As a reminder, the Senate winner needs 158 seats for outright majority (more here)
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. Bersani a ``former`` communist, he'll fit right in the Eurocracy.
communisme... WHAT'S YOURS IS NOW MINE!!
what's next.... namechange to UNITED STATES OF EUROPE?!
before becoming a communist he was a philosopher; and before that he was a alpine mountain climber and before that he was a Renaissance paintings nut "angeli del fango".
Italy is a land of many faces; and pastas.
But the MOST IMPORTANT MESSAGE IS THIS :
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/italian-election-results-2013-2#ixzz2LvID4Lkn
So much for being a Commie...he is totally Euro Oligarchy compatible!
Berlusconi - 30/32%. LMAO
Well, the EUR certainly doesn't like that. Heh-heh.
Grillo and 5-star doing slightly bette than expected. You have to be impressed with that, the guy came out of nowhere and built a party that is now a player in national politics.
Also, the vampire squid tentacle is doing substantially worse than the previous polls suggest, so that is positive.
Too bad Italy going Left, but eh, too late for Europe.
Side by side, Grillo looks to be the most honest of the bunch.
if he sings ô sole mio like Berlu and ave maria like Pavarotti he will be elected pope and PM.
Bunga bunga time ! Il Cavaliere will be throwing a Swedish Smorgasbord, SS, to celebrate europe, with IKEA meatballs on menu! All Grillo members welcome as they love swedish delights in southern italy!
Avanti Forza Italia!
HOW DO I GET INVITED TO SUCH ILLUSTRIOUS PARTAYY? Is there going to be an orgy inside a dead horse carcass after the feast?
Graci mille!
you gonna eat that?
Outside of a horse, a book is a man's best friend.
Inside a horse, it's too dark to read.
HA HA! vafanculo cazzo!
That worthless technocrat Monti, is getting a "Bitch Slapping". They're coming for you next Draghi!
Stupid Italians voting for more austerity and more Europe. Cowards.
Election results are proudly supported by Diebold. /s
did they throw away all the newspapers with monti wins??? if you vote you just support the crimes of deibold and soros, do they off shore the vote totals like the progressive USA?? what do you call an italian and american voter: dumb and dumer
"Berlusconi - 30/32%. LMAO
Well, the EUR certainly doesn't like that" Yep!
Well, the EUR certainly doesn't like that"
SUPERTRAMP "If Everyone Was Listening" His name is Silvio?
His name is Silvio?
I congratulate Italy to its COMMUNIST Governement
Horse head from Czech Swedish meatball factory may end up in Bersani's bed tonight. [/too funny]
Nah! If you want to stay true to the trade, you get 'em locally or from your target's farm/ranch, and then send in the present. Heh-heh-heh.
Exit polls typically undercount candidates like Grillo because people vote one way in protest but then do not like to admit they did. Could be Bunga time. And if Bersani pulls something together but has less than 50% of the votes, how long will that last?
Berlusconi just found out that the Vatican was unoccupied next Sunday. Win or lose, he is planning to celebrate with a "festa delle castagne" in the great Italian tradition!
looks like 46% of italians are wothless sheeps
3,5% of people voted for a guy who's party's name is "civil revolution" ???? LOL
in italy revolution means evolution if you include a sweetener...
so what?
America elected a president that said: YES WE CAN!! not you... WE! and who's WE? well... NOT YOU...!
i'm not italian, i don't even speak the language but seeing the results i think i should have gone for it creating a party named ... erm "whatever", "loot the banks" or "let's make war to kazakstan" ;-)
im rooting for the guy who will send the market crashing. whomever that guy is, hope he wins
Exactly. The sad thing is, the guy who will send the markets crashing has already been priced in.
lol, your idea of democracy begins in the market.
That just summarises our current Zeitgeist of shoddy financialista world.
that's not a guy, that's the whole of them not agreeing on who's the boss now ;-)
well... I just want to say.... THE HORSE THAT IS LAST IN THIS RACE WILL BE LASAGNE BY NEXT WEEK!!!
why are 10yr italian bond falling
You linked Spanish - regardless, it's risk on for that region.
who knows .... ?
Exit polls in Italy are mostly BS... anyway.
Black Swan : Lega Nord takes Lombardia and Italy ends up seperating in 2 states, creating an Italian civil war... some of my friends in Italy fear this exact scenario...
can someone explain what's the point of NOT voting for Monti to vote for Bersani ???? They think JPM's logo more fashionable than the GS's ?
Micheal McDonald running in this poll? He's soooo talented in soooo many ways.
The emotional, female reaction is to veer left in a crisis (FDR, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Castro, Chavez, Kirchner)! These weak, divided PIGS governments appeal to me .... they are more likely to do nothing .... and let people cheat on their taxes ! The Italians are hanging on to their gold, the people are hoarding their own gold and they're milking the Euro Zone for all they can get .... I wish our government was looking out for us ! That cruise ship captain still hasn't gone to trial .... they cover their own ! Italy will muddle through .... worry about us !
Monedas wrote: "I wish our government was looking out for us!"
The only 'wish' I have for our government is that it would fit on the head of a pin...
Hey look, a libertarian(-ish) party: Fermare Il Declino (Stop the Decline).
"The core goals of FiD include the reduction of the national debt by 20% of GDP in 5 years, the reduction of the public expenditure by at least 6% of GDP in 5 years, the reduction of the tax burden on citizens by at least 5% in 5 years, the introduction of a serious federalism, university reform, liberalizations and privatizations."
"The turnout of the elections is estimated to be 76.6%, compared to 80.6% in 2008, and the lowest since World War 2."
To be fair Italy had compulsory voting until 1993 and weather was really bad. Just keeping it real.
italian (or any country for that matter) voting instructions:
please use your (non open source easily manipulated) voting machine to select the rothschild minion sabre rattling freemason murderous satanic jew scumbag of your choice. all hail democracy in action!


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Redei, Miklos and Werndl, Charlotte (2011) On the history of the isomorphism problem of dynamical systems with special regard to von Neumann's contribution. [Preprint]
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This paper reviews some major episodes in the history of the spatial isomorphism problem of dynamical systems theory (ergodic theory). In particular, by analysing, both systematically and in historical context, a hitherto unpublished letter written in 1941 by John von Neumann to Stanislaw Ulam, this paper clarifies von Neumann's contribution to discovering the relationship between spatial isomorphism and spectral isomorphism. The main message of the paper is that von Neumann's argument described in his letter to Ulam is the very first proof that spatial isomorphism and spectral isomorphism are not equivalent because spectral isomorphism is weaker than spatial isomorphism: von Neumann shows that spectrally isomorphic ergodic dynamical systems with mixed spectra need not be spatially isomorphic.
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I'm a new rider, looking for a fun recreational bike for easy rides. I visited Recycled Cycles on the Ship Canal a few times and fell in love with the Raleigh Venture/Passage models and after a little research on this forum, came to the conclusion that I'd be best off with a Passage for the versatility and comfort.
Well, long story long, I purchased a used Passage 3.0 at Recycled Cycles last weekend. Haven't ridden it yet, as I am waiting for a longer seat post to arrive. The salesperson sold me the bike with the seat raised so high that it was way beyond the safety mark. I know nothing about bikes, and I trust the sales guy to be the expert, so assume this is OK.
So on my way out, I stopped by the service desk to make sure the settings were all correctly adjusted for my height/frame, and the repair guy informed me that the seat could not be pulled that far up, and put in a special order for a longer seat post for me.
I was back in there today to buy a pump, and explained to the sales guy that I was coming back in with the bike in a few days to get the new seat post installed so I could also get fenders and a rack installed at that time. He said that if the bike required a seat post extension, it was not the right size, and advised that I don't ride it in the meantime (I'm not) and we'll sort it all out when I bring it back in.
Problem is, there are no larger Raleigh Passage bikes there larger than 15" and it was used, so I'm limited to what they have on hand. I'm afraid that I may end up having to return this bike and start from scratch.
My experience so far has left me a little bit leery of Recycled Cycles (although this third guy seemed to know what he was talking about), and I'm interested in other local shops that carry Raleigh bicycles.
Any advice, ideas, suggestions?


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The Experts: On Global Manufacturing (The Wall Street Journal)
June 13, 2013
The Wall Street Journal asked a group of experts, including the Tuck School of Business' Robert Howell, to weigh in on the following question: Where will manufacturing be in five years?
Howell, the David T. McLaughlin D'54, T'55 Distinguished Visiting Professor of Business Administration, explains that there will be a new division of labor in terms of where goods and services come from. "The migration of high-volume, relatively simple, high labor content, low cost to produce and ship products, which do not need to be delivered instantaneously, will continue to chase low labor cost locations in the developing, and even underdeveloped, parts of the world," Howell tells the Journal.
"On the other hand, 'one off' or very low volume, more complex, more challenging to produce and much more expensive to ship products, will be produced closer to their ultimate end customer," he continues.
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Closed 5 years ago
#5089 closed Bugs (Fixed)
Seeking broken in most ASF/WMV files
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Seeking is entirely broken in most ASF/WMV files. It seems almost random which work and which don't. I would estimate that 80% of are unseekable.
Symptoms are as follows-- when playing the WMV, seeking or skipping (using the right/left or up/down keys) will fail and instantly skip back to the beginning of the file. Note that all the various linux media players I tried could seek through these WMV files just fine. I tried totem, mplayer using openGL, etc.
When I try to fast forward instead of seeking, it works for a short time and then immediately skips to the very end of the file and ends. 2X and 4X FF work much better than 8X, which always skips to the end. It's pretty bizarre.
My test case WMV file can be found here. I can upload it elsewhere if you don't want to use this source.
Debug log is here. It has me starting XBMC, loading up the test case WMV, and trying to seek through it.
I'm running hardy on a C2D at 3Ghz with 2GB RAM and a 9500GT PCIe graphics card and the new 177.78 beta nvidia drivers. Vsync is off, but I've tried it on, with flipping enabled, etc. Nothing seems to help. This really does look like a problem with dvdplayer and not my configuration.
Please let me know if I can provide any more information to help you guys out, this bug really bugs me!
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comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by VDRfan
Please provide a more "legal" sample for us :)
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by rodalpho
It's a 5 year old clip from a british public TV show, so I wouldn't worry too much about the legality. Try this source:
Thanks and again please let me know if I can do anything to help you narrow down the bug.
comment:3 Changed 8 years ago by Gamester17
- Cc pike sho SandmanCL ShortySco arnova added
Can someone replicate this? Linux only or other platforms as well?
Anyone willing to help Team-XBMC troubleshoot this further please see: http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=HOW-TO_help_with_Quality_Assurance
comment:4 Changed 8 years ago by rodalpho
Another enduser replicated it on windows, link to the XBMC forums:
This is a very longstanding bug.
comment:5 Changed 8 years ago by arnova
Is this the same bug that makes it impossible to seek in mms:// streams?
comment:6 Changed 8 years ago by apanloco
I have the same problem with seeking in wmv files, and took a shot at narrowing the problem down.
I tried playing many problematic wmv-files with ffplay from XBMC ffmpeg copy and also with ffplay from latest ffmpeg svn. The former gives me the same problems as in XBMC (cannot seek, and skips the first key frame giving blocky output). The latter works fine (Can seek perfectly, and gives nice initial picture).
So, the problem is definitely in ffmpeg and not in XBMC, and I'm certain that upgrading ffmpeg (or wmv-specific parts) in XBMC will solve this problem.
comment:7 Changed 8 years ago by apanloco
Forgot to say that I run this on Vista (mingw), and regarding samples -- I havn't found a wmv that doesn't have this problem, yet.
comment:8 Changed 8 years ago by sho
- Milestone changed from 8.10 to 9.04
ffmpeg will not be touched until after 8.10
comment:9 Changed 8 years ago by Gamester17
- Cc elupus vulkanr yuvalt added
- Owner set to elupus
- Status changed from new to assigned
comment:10 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
FYI, this behavior is not fixed after the ffmpeg update in SVN 16804.
comment:11 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
As of the latest builds, instead of immediately returning to the beginning, skipping forward once immediately goes to the very end of the video. Fast forward 2X works fine, ffwd 4X and above works for a couple of seconds and then also skips to the end. Seeking in WMV/ASF files is still totally broken, just with a slightly different behavior.
comment:12 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
FYI, this is not fixed after the FFMPEG update in 17760. Same behavior where skipping forward in WMV files goes all the way to the end of the video.
comment:13 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
This is also not fixed as of the FFMPEG update in 18445. Same broken behavior.
comment:14 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
Still broken in post-VDPAU builds.
comment:15 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
Still broken as of babylon beta 1 and SVN 19701.
comment:16 Changed 7 years ago by tiben20
this bug is for windows too
comment:17 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
Boxee on linux version 0.9.14.6795 works much better. I can seek through WMV files that crash XBMC, although it only seeks like 10 seconds at a time and FFWD/REW does not function.
Any chance of porting their fixes to XBMC?
comment:18 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
I take it back, boxee is better on SOME videos but not others. On the really bad ones that it tries to buffer, it still goes to pause then crashes when trying to seek. Still broken everywhere.
comment:19 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
This is still broken as of the latest FFMPEG update in SVN release 21993. Same behavior.
comment:20 Changed 7 years ago by elupus
ffplay is equally broken right? (or mplayer with "mplayer -demuxer lavf")
comment:21 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
No, this problem is only with XBMC's implementation of ffmpeg. These ASF/WMV files are fully playable in totem, mplayer, ffplay, vlc, etc. It's _only_ XBMC (and it's derivatives, like boxee) that can't seek through these files.
comment:22 Changed 7 years ago by tiben20
elupsus even the timestamp when your start playing a wmv is wrong.
comment:23 Changed 7 years ago by WiSo
I noticed on one wmv sample that the duration increases constantly when ff.
comment:24 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
Yes. When the duration increases, you can actually seek through the file, you just need to fastforward to the end first. Those WMV files are only half broken-- behavior is wrong, but you can watch them. The real broken ones don't let you FF/seek at all, or immediately seek to the very end of the file and don't let you seek/FF/RW in the middle, or for some reason pause the player and then XBMC invariably crashes when you hit stop.
comment:25 Changed 7 years ago by gulp
I'm getting this problem on virtually all wmv files. No problem with mplayer,vlc,mpc.
comment:26 Changed 7 years ago by p1nky
I'm having the same problem and can confirm it's still not fixed in the latest builds. Seeking/skipping/fast forward broken in at least 90% of WMV files, there are a couple that do work tho. Wondering if this bug will ever get resolved - entered almost a year ago, confirmed by anyone that tried to reproduce it and no change in status :(
comment:27 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
This is still broken as of the ffmpeg update in 23484.
comment:28 Changed 7 years ago by rodalpho
This is still broken as of camelot beta SVN 24465
Please note that compiling XBMC with external libraries as described in the forum thread linked below significantly improves behavior. WMV files with previously constantly extending duration are fully seekable with external libs. However, WMV files that were totally unseekable with internal libs remain totally unseekable. This supports my hypothesis that the problem lies somewhere with dvdplayer's integration of ffmpeg.
Forum thread: http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?t=56339&page=8
Configure line: ./configure --disable-debug --enable-external-ffmpeg --enable-external-liba52 --enable-external-libdts --enable-external-libmpeg2 --enable-external-libass --enable-external-libogg --enable-external-libwavpack --disable-pulse
Ubuntu packages for external lib support: libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libavutil-dev libpostproc-dev libswscale-dev liba52-dev libdts-dev libmpeg2-4-dev libwavepack-dev ftgl-dev
comment:29 Changed 6 years ago by rodalpho
The partial fix I reported 5 weeks ago was actually in XBMC, not external libs. XBMC correctly displays the full duration of WMV files now. External libs do behave differently when seeking through WMV files (it pauses then ignores all seek/rew/ffwd commands, rather than just instantly skipping to the very end of the file) but it's not actually superior in any way. Skipping/seeking still doesn't work in most files.
Sometimes, in files I can't skip, I can start to fast forward. When FFwding, the playback freezes up and is non-recoverable. So I'll fast forward to say 11 minutes in, and playback will be frozen. Then hit stop to exit the video, and resume from my previous position, and it will correctly start up the video at 11 minutes in. This workaround is not particularly elegant, and often doesn't work, but I thought it worth mentioning.
This is still broken as of camelot 9.11 release candidates and SVN 25783.
comment:30 follow-up: ↓ 31 Changed 6 years ago by rodalpho
This is still broken as of SVN release 30055, may 12th 2010.
Fast forwarding has been largely broken for the last couple of months. While previously I could fast forward maybe 10-15 minutes, now if I go past 4X speed it immediately skips to the end and brings me back to the file selector. Seeking remains totally broken, instantly skipping to the end. So performance has actually degraded somewhat. But really when you get right down to it, WMVs didn't play right 2 years ago and they still don't now.
comment:31 in reply to: ↑ 30 Changed 6 years ago by p1nky
Replying to rodalpho:
This is still broken as of SVN release 30055, may 12th 2010.
Fast forwarding has been largely broken for the last couple of months. While previously I could fast forward maybe 10-15 minutes, now if I go past 4X speed it immediately skips to the end and brings me back to the file selector. Seeking remains totally broken, instantly skipping to the end. So performance has actually degraded somewhat. But really when you get right down to it, WMVs didn't play right 2 years ago and they still don't now.
A few days ago I tried one of the files that I know playback in Linux is broken for and guess what? It's broken in Windows too, exactly the same symptoms! The Windows version I have installed is 9.11 r26017. I cannot share the file here for copyright reasons but it is called "zafira_m_1920.wmv" and it is from the "AllInternal" porn site. The problem is the same in Linux and in Windows. If you try to skip or jump forward then XBMC always hangs for a very short time and then starts playback from the beginning. As said behaviour is the same in XBMC Linux (any version) n the Windows version mentioned above. As described multiple times above other players will play the file just fine. For example I tried in MPC-HC and I can jump and skip around in the file as much as I want and it works.
comment:32 Changed 6 years ago by alien
Still broken and still very annoying :(
release 9.11 R26018 on linux.
comment:33 Changed 6 years ago by sho
- Cc CrystalP added; vulkanr yuvalt pike sho SandmanCL ShortySco removed
There are no valid samples linked (legal or otherwise). I am not saying it would solve everything, but it sure would not hurt having one.
comment:34 follow-up: ↓ 35 Changed 6 years ago by rodalpho
To tell you the absolute truth, I'm having a great deal of difficulty finding a sample that isn't hardcore porn. For whatever reason, porn studios collectively decided to use WMV, probably because windows movie maker came with their dells. If you wouldn't be offended by that, I can put a 45MB sample up for download. If not, I"m sure one of the other people following this ticket can produce a sample for you.
comment:35 in reply to: ↑ 34 Changed 6 years ago by CaptainScarlet
Replying to rodalpho:
To tell you the absolute truth, I'm having a great deal of difficulty finding...
You just havent looked hard enough :)
The smallest sample here is 16MB. The only one I have tested is the "Super Speedway" one (135MB), so if anyone wants to test others from my link and report back please do. The are all .exe files but self-extracting zips so can be opened by any unzip software.
Hope that helps. Would be nice to get a serious bug fixed that was sorted out years ago in the Xbox builds (I realise they are different playback systems underneath but still, feature for feature WMV support is effectively broken on Linux).
comment:36 Changed 5 years ago by tiben20
https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/8f46517cbb2ca39a72a9140ff7cf1340065458a3 this is actually fixing the problem with all the sample i have. The problem was a old patch made for playing incomplete asf/wmv files.
comment:37 Changed 5 years ago by rodalpho
I can confirm that after THREE YEARS (I opened this ticket in late 2008) this bug is FINALLY FIXED! Tested it with several files, many of which were known bad with dvdplayer previously, and they all seeked properly and did not jump to the end or stall entirely.
Please note that this exposes a problem from 3 years ago; when seeking through WMV files, the video gets really stuttery as the FPS drops to 3.94 for between 2-10 seconds, depending on the file. I assume this is dvdplayer waiting for the audio to sync up with the video, but the way it's implemented is jarring. Mplayer does not exhibit this behavior.
But hey, not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth. Thank you for FINALLY fixing this!
comment:38 Changed 5 years ago by sho
- Owner changed from elupus to Anssi
comment:39 Changed 5 years ago by sho
10.1 material?
comment:40 follow-up: ↓ 42 Changed 5 years ago by Anssi
That commit simply reverted a change that was made several days ago, so it couldn't have been the actual fix. It is also in Dharma.
Maybe it was the FFmpeg update that fixed it instead? (d21c544a8af8b7b284a4f95c3ff46b6ff6c9a95d)
comment:41 Changed 5 years ago by rodalpho
I very strongly doubt it was the FFMPEG update. XBMC has gone through maybe 7 or 8 (literally) FFMPEG updates since I first opened this ticket 3 years ago. I used to update the ticket after each one going "nope, still not fixed".
Ffplay and mplayer worked the entire time-- the problem was always a bug in dvdplayer. Whether that ASF patch was at fault or not I couldn't tell you, but it wasn't ffmpeg's fault.
comment:42 in reply to: ↑ 40 Changed 5 years ago by tiben20
Replying to Anssi:
That commit simply reverted a change that was made several days ago, so it couldn't have been the actual fix. It is also in Dharma.
Maybe it was the FFmpeg update that fixed it instead? (d21c544a8af8b7b284a4f95c3ff46b6ff6c9a95d)
One of the 2 patch was actually made for playing incomplete wmv by not parsing the entire asf index. Parsing the entire index is required when it come to seeking in asf container this is why dvdplayer was acting really strange on seek. This is why i requested 2 months ago to remove those patch when we were going to update ffmpeg but we omitted to inform you when you did update ffmpeg
comment:43 Changed 5 years ago by sho
- Milestone changed from Future / Pending to 11.0
- Resolution set to Fixed
- Status changed from assigned to closed
Also see #10126.
Closing this as fixed.