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This is really a extension of what we talked about in StringCheckForChar. The Erlang lists module provides several functions that allow manipulations of strings (since they are simply lists of characters). For example, to remove non-letters from a string, we could define a predicate that recognizes only letters:
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We put this floor in our great room, so the dining room, kitchen, living room, entry way & closets and really love the finished product. We had a professional install it and he glued & nailed all 700+ sq ft in 2 days. The floor is very affordable & beautiful, but like any dark color, shows everything. I bought a Shark steamer to clean it so there aren't any chemicals. Seems to work well. I would get this same floor if I had it to do over!
I was designing our guest room and wanted flooring on a focal wall to bring it all together. I wanted wood with character, slightly rustic with color variances and some texture. At a decent price. This was perfect. I can't say enough how nice this flooring looks in person. The slight color/shade variances allows you to switch up your furniture, not having to be married to one shade/finish on dressers, tables, etc. Also, our goal was to have a contemporary room with some rustic accents thrown in, and this flooring fits both those styles. I think it would compliment any design style - except perhaps, modern.
The sales people at our local Lumber Liquidators were very helpful - didn't miss a beat or make a face when I said it was going on a wall. Since the flooring was only going 3/4 way up the wall, we wanted a nice, clean top. A reducer, since the flooring is only 3/8" thick, was recommended and they were spot on about that, too. My husband installed it over a weekend and did a great job. He did find Liquid Nails paneling adhesive to work best.
Can't tell you how it holds up to foot traffic, though I woildn't mind it on our floors, but it definitely makes a big impact on a focal wall.
We started with the hallway, decided to include our living room and now we want to complete the bedrooms. At first I thought the color would not match the rest of our trim; however, it was perfect. The installation was easy, my son did a great job! We are enjoying no more carpet and awful smells, didn't realize what a difference it would make. Love it!
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Beautiful looking floor. Exactly what I was looking for in our library. I glued the edges for a floating installation. Have installed many a floor over the years & this is one of the best finished products. Made sure I used a tap block to keep the seams tight. Will use this floor in other rooms of the house.
I looks great, and great price
We have installed this throughout most of our house and it looks great! Each board has it's own unique look, grain and color. The installation is a little more difficult than the last time we tackled installing wood (with 3/4 inch boards) because these boards are thinner and don't fit together as easily. The floor seems very durable so far and we are happy with the product.
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Loves: I love the wide plank and dark color of these floors. The hand scrapped finish hides blemishes and scratches pretty well. They look like they were always there. Color goes great with light, cool toned walls.
Bummers: They do scratch a little easy and dirt/dush shows easily as well. Just have to keep on top of the sweeping. Also, if each plank is not evenly set next to the others, the corners can snag on socks and such. Splinters could be a problem! But those are very specific issues if I'm trying to be picky. Otherwise, I love these floors!
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I used the product in my very large family room and used the lighter finished variety to build an inlay into the dark finished variety.
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We installed this in a combined family room/ kitchen/ dining room over a concrete slab in a fifteen year old home. The product was easy to install, the finish is attractive and has enough variety so it looks natural. The client is thrilled, it is a complete transformation from the beige carpet and tile that had been there previously.
This is a great product for the price, but you also get what you pay for. The product itself is made in China, so this is no "American Hardwood". I had absolutely no problems with the product itself, or the installation. It went downn easy, T&G's fit well, all boards were square, but came out with a few scratches during the process. This may have been from my boots, the nailgun, etc, but I do know that it has already scratched. Being only 3/8" thick, the tongue is pretty thin, and you need to be right on with nail gun pressure so to not blow through the tongue or break it off. All in all I would consider putting this product down again, and if you are looking for a decent, conservatively priced, engineered product... I would give it a try.
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A:STEAM CLEANERS OR WET-JET swiffer; Lumber Liquidators does not recommend "Water brooms" "Wet-Jet Swiffers or steamer type cleaners on laminates, corks or hardwood floors. Although steamers may work well cleaning OTHER types of hard surface flooring, the 130° to 240° heated steam vapor can ruin wood or urethane finish resulting in warped or cupped flooring. Water and wood do not mix well, especially steam. Use these products at your own risk.
Q:I installed 1500sq feet of this flooring last year. I have notice that it just looks dull and what is the best cleaner for this flooring
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A:We recommend using Bellwood Hardwood Cleaner. Thank you for your inquiry
Q:I just order the sundance birsh flooring and I have 3 medium dogs the salesman assured me that because it was handscraped that this flooring would do well. I have done some reading and birsch is not recommended when you have pets. Did I make the right choice?
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A:Birch is not the hardest of hardwood however it could hold up okay due to it's quality urethane finish and handscraped profile. I have 3 dogs, two of them large, and a Bellawood Hickory floor and it has held up great to 5 years of hard playing. Nothing is scratch proof and there are nail marks (slight dents) but the finish does not scratch off but rather keeps wood sealed. Harder floors like hickory (41% harder than Red Oak) or exotic floors will dent less easily and light colors hide scratches easier than dark because of contrast. I don't care about keeping the flooring flawless because I understand the limitations of wood flooring. We keep the dog nails trimmed which is very helpful, if I wanted to keep the flooring flawless I would have vinyl dog booties and only socks and sneakers on the flooring. However, real life doesn't isn't always that careful so I simply relax, keep it swept, and clean with Bellawood Cleaner once a month and I could not be happier with my floor. Light colors will hide potential scratches. Remember nothing is scratch proof but some do better than others.
Q:I am putting this in new construction where I'll have a 3/4-inch OSB sub-floor. I plan on nailing it down. Do I need an underlayment or roofing paper to separate it from the sub-floor?
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A:15lb felt paper or White Silicone Paper can be used as a vapor barrier as well as easing installation (working with the boards). The manufacturer recommends its use.
Q:What is the stain color on this birch engineered wood floor?
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A:Unfortunately this stain is not available in a can for retail sale. I would recommend bringing a scrap piece of the flooring (and a piece of the wood transition you will be staining) to a paint store and they should be able to match the stain for you. Thank you for your inquiry.
Q:I have read that some handscraped hardwood flooring is machined processed and some is still done by hand. How was this particular floor processed?
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A:This product is handscraped by hand.
Q:What is the hardness rating on the Mayflower Sundance scraped hard wood?
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A:This material is an engineered product and you can not test those for hardness based on the core of the plank not being the same species as the top veneer - most cores of engineered woods are pine while the top veneer layer is the species of wood you are selecting - the top veneer layer of this material is birch while the core is pine and you can not have a Janka rating for two types of wood in one plank
Q:When you say "floating" installation, does that mean that the boards are locking or would we need to use an adhesive to hold the boards together?
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A:This flooring can be floated using the tongue and groove glue floating method. It is not a locking joint floor like our Quick Clic flooring.
Q:What is the sound rating on this floor?
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A:Solid flooring products (engineered, solid, laminates etc.) are not tested for sound ratings but the underlayments that can go under them are.
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T/Sgt. Richard J.Anthony, has been reported missing over New Guinea Since October 11. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Anthony, of Jersey City, New Jersey, formerly of town, and had been stationed at New Guinea since August, 1944. Mauch Chunk Times-News - Thursday, Oct 26, 1944


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Pronunciation: spik-en-spæn • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: 1. Brand new. 2. Absolutely clean, spotless.
Notes: Since Americans see the household cleaning products sold under the brand name 'Spic and Span' more often than the actual phrase, the spelling spic-and-span is generally accepted as a legitimate alternative to the original spick-and-span. As always, we prefer the original.
In Play: In most of the English-speaking world, today's Good Word still carries the meaning of newness: "When you say that you have a 'new' car, do you mean a new used car or a spick-and-span car?" This is a variant of the ancient epithet span-new "brand new", already in use in the 13th century. Today's Good Word more often, of course, refers to cleanliness: "When I get home from work today, I want to find your room not just tidy but spick-and-span!"
Word History: Today's complex word is, believe it or not, a shortening of an earlier phrase, spick-and-span new. Spick is a variant of spike, while span once meant "chip". The term comes from the ship-building trade at a time when ships were built of wood. A ship was 'spike and chip' new if you could still find the occasional unused spike and left-over chips lying around. Spanking new might be a variant of span new, a phrase that came along about the same time as "spike and span". (In a world flooded with dirty words, we especially thank Henry F. Koch for suggesting such an exceptionally clean one for today's Good Word.)
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The wife of James Chamberlain (1809-1889), Sarah was the daughter of Wm. Barton (1788-1840) and Hannah Oliphant (1787-c1883) and the granddaughter of Rev. Isaac Barton (1746-1831) and his wife, Keziah Murphy (1787-c1883). (Sarah's uncle, David Barton, 1783-1837, was the first U.S. senator from MO in 1821; his brother, Joshua Barton, 1792-1823, was the district attorney for the new state.) James and Sarah Chamberlain were married in Johnson Co., MO, in 1841, moving to TX in 1847 or 1848. They eventually settled in Burnet Co. and were the parents of nine children: Wm. Jeremiah (1843-1924); John Tate (1845-1919); Thos. Andrew (1849-1926); Josephine Catherine (1851-1948); Louis Sumpter (1854-1932); Daniel Ninian (1857-1947); Lawson Watkins (1860-1947); Burkett Barton (1864-1942); and Cora (c1867-c1872).
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Skaggs has trouble finding strike zone vs. Reds
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Tyler Skaggs was succinct in summing up his second outing of the spring.
"I pitched terrible," the D-backs lefty said. "That's it."
Skaggs, the D-backs' No. 1 prospect, is competing with Patrick Corbin and Randall Delgado for the No. 5 spot in the rotation. He came on in relief of Ian Kennedy in third inning and failed to complete the inning, leaving with two outs and three runs already having crossed the plate.
"I felt good, arm felt good, just mechanics were all off," Skaggs said. "Just one of those days where you can't throw strikes and you've got to make an adjustment out there, and I couldn't make it."
Skaggs allowed three hits, walked two, threw a wild pitch and balked.
"Fastball was bouncing, I threw my changeup well, my curveball was bouncing, and you can't get by throwing all changeups. I wouldn't say it's attributed to being early in spring, it's just one of those days you can't throw strikes. It's tough to get outs when you can't throw strikes."
D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said it was possible that Skaggs was putting too much pressure on himself to win the No. 5 spot and that the staff would talk with him Friday after looking at video.
In his first outing of the spring, Skaggs allowed four runs (two earned) in 1 2/3 innings.


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I live about 30 minutes from Seffner, Fla., the small town where a sinkhole recently opened up in the middle of the night and swallowed 37-year-old Jeff Bush along with most of the contents of his bedroom.
While the tragedy unfolded on TV to the abject horror of anyone with a heart, it held additional significance for Florida homeowners who have anxiously watched their homeowners insurance rates climb in recent years, in large part to cover just such a nightmare.
A recent state survey of 211 home insurers operating in Florida found that sinkhole claims nearly tripled between 2006 and 2010, from 2,360 to 6,694. The combined five-year total of 24,671 claims cost insurers about $1.4 billion.
What's with all the sudden sinkhole claims? Unchecked development onto questionable land, weak building regulation, the annual drawdown of localized water tables for agricultural purposes, and the inherent unpredictability of ground collapse are generally cited as contributing factors.
That said, those of us who reside in one of Florida's 10 most sinkhole-prone counties, the bulk of which are located in the greater Tampa Bay area, worry less about losing our homes than losing our home insurance, and with good reason. While it's highly unlikely that a sinkhole will swallow my house, the odds that the cost of sinkhole coverage will swallow my income are growing daily.
What the TV coverage of the Jeff Bush tragedy didn't show is the muddle we've made of sinkhole coverage here in Florida.
Under state law, every insurer authorized to sell homeowners insurance in Florida must provide coverage for "catastrophic ground cover collapse," which basically means that any sighted person strolling by your house would pause and observe, "That place don't look right."
Unfortunately, state lawmakers then went on to define a sinkhole with such specificity that it miraculously turned into a loophole large enough for any home insurer with a sentient legal team to fit through with ease.
In 2011, under pressure from the insurance lobby that fraudulent sinkhole claims were the real culprit, the state legislature passed a law that states that if an insurer denies your sinkhole claim, it will now cost you, the homeowner, up to $2,500 to obtain scientific proof that your sunken living room was not designed that way.
To shift even more risk back onto homeowners, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state's largest carrier and home insurer of last resort, notified its 1.4 million customers last year that it was adding a 10 percent sinkhole deductible on top of a 10.8 percent rate increase.
Insurers have made it crystal clear they want out of the sinkhole coverage requirement. The question on Florida's collective kitchen table is: If property and casualty insurance companies can't or don't care to share the sinkhole risk, what's a homeowner to do?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. And by all means, please copy Tallahassee.
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- Raphael, Cellini, and a Renaissance Banker
- Making of the Museum
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- Off the Wall: Gardner and Her Masterpieces
- Ornament and Illusion: Carlo Crivelli of Venice
- Donatello, Michelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors' Drawings from Renaissance Italy
- The Inscrutable Eye: Watercolors by John Singer Sargent in Isabella Stewart Gardner's Collection
- Anders Zorn: A European Artist Seduces America
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- Master T.° Ve. (active 1520s-1560s), Illuminated frontispiece of the commissione of Doge Francesco Donato to Vincenzo Gritti as Lieutenant of Udine, 1546. Paint and gold paint on vellum, height 24 cm x width 17 cm.
- Leonardo Bellini (active about 1443-1490, Illuminated miniature from the commissione of Doge Cristoforo Moro to Domenico Diedo as Procurator of St. Mark, 1464. Paint, gold paint, and gold leaf on vellum, height 28.5 cm x width 20.5 cm.
- Italian (Venice), Illuminated frontispiece of the commissione of Doge Giovanni Bembo to Francesco Contarini as Procurator de citra, 1615. Paint and gold paint on vellum; height 29 x width 21 cm.
- Mendoza Binder (active 1518-1555), Upper cover of the commissione of Doge Francesco Donato to Girolamo Morosini as Captain of Brescia, 1547. Leather tooled in blind and gold, height 23.5 cm x width 16.5 cm.
- Italian (Venice), Upper cover of the commissione of a member of the Fradello family (?), around 1580-2. Stamped leather with silver leaf and gold-toned varnish, height 22.5 cm x width 16.5 cm x depth 1 cm (closed).
- Italian (Venice), Upper cover of the commissione of an unknown Venetian nobleman, mid-seventeenth century. Gold-tooled leather, height 22.5 cm x width 16.5 cm.
- Italian (Venice), Upper cover of the commissione of Doge Giovanni II Cornaro to Giovanni Bollani as Podestà of Chioggia, 1718. Repoussé and chased, height 22 cm x width 18 cm x depth 3.5 cm (closed).
Illuminating the Serenissima:
Books of the Republic of Venice
May 3-June 19, 2011
La Serenissima, or the Most Serene Republic of Venice, existed for over a millennium from the late seventh century to 1797. At the height of its power in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries it was the center of an empire extending from mainland Italy to the eastern Mediterranean. The head of state was a Doge who was elected for life by the nobility.
Books, called commissioni, are presentation copies of contracts of Venetian noblemen elected to oversee the Serenissima's provinces for usually sixteen months, or to be lifelong administrators of the city of Venice. From the mid-1400s until the fall of the Republic, office-holders had their commissioni elaborately written, illuminated and bound by hand. Commemorating service to the state, personal achievement, and taste, these manuscripts were objects of privilege, power, and beauty.
Isabella Stewart Gardner's commissioni not only reflect her passion for Venice—as seen in her Venetian-style palace and its art from the Serenissima—but also her love of books. She started to collect rare volumes in the mid-1880s before she began to buy art, encouraged by Charles Eliot Norton, Harvard's first professor of art history and an expert book collector. Mrs. Gardner acquired three of the commissioni displayed along with fourteen other Venetian manuscripts from Norton. He sold them to Gardner because he believed that she alone would appreciate the books' artistic and historical value as a collection.
The commissioni are displayed in the Long Gallery where Mrs. Gardner kept them and her other most prized books. Her collection enables us to admire the evolution over three centuries of Venetian book-decoration, illuminating the past glory of the Serenissima.
The following commissioni are displayed in the exhibition:
- Doge Cristoforo Moro to Domenico Diedo as Procurator of St. Mark, 1464
- Doge Francesco Donato to Vincenzo Gritti as Lieutenant of Udine, 1546
- Doge Giovanni Bembo to Francesco Contarini as Procurator de citra, 1615.
- Doge Francesco Donato to Girolamo Morosini as Captain of Brescia, 1547
- Commissione of a member of the Fradello family (?), around 1580-2
- Commissione of an unknown Venetian nobleman, mid-seventeenth century
- Doge Giovanni II Cornaro to Giovanni Bollani as Podestà of Chioggia, 1718.
This exhibition was made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and curated by Anne-Marie Eze, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. She would like to thank for their scholarly assistance: Lilian Armstrong, Matteo Casini, Carlo Corsato, Frederick Ilchman, Hope Mayo, Laura Nuvoloni, Dorit Raines, and Helena Szépe.
The text of commissioni was written by official scribes on vellum (prepared animal skin) and authenticated by a ducal notary. From the 1460s the opening page was decorated by hand with luminous colors, especially gold.
The decoration in late fifteenth-century commissioni was restricted to the border and initial letters of the text, which were adorned with fantastical flowers, gold-leaf circles, and putti (nude winged children) supporting the recipient's coat of arms.
During the 1500s illumination expanded on the page, limiting text to an inscription of the Doge's name. Borrowing subjects from monumental painting and sculpture, such as the leone andante (a full-length winged lion of Venice's patron saint Mark), illuminators created miniatures similar to painted, compartmentalized ceilings.
From the late sixteenth century, writing disappeared from the opening page enabling illuminations to resemble small, framed devotional paintings with a portrait of the noble official, accompanied by his patron saint, adoring the Virgin and Child. This development further personalized commissioni and emphasized their owner's piety.
After a commissione had been illuminated, its leaves were sewn together and fastened to boards, which were covered and decorated. A bolla, the Doge's seal, was then attached to the binding to authenticate the contract within. The quality of bookbinding in Venice increased with the city's emergence around 1500 as Europe's most important center of printing and publishing. Styles of bindings for commissioni grew in extravagance between the late fifteenth century and the fall of the Republic.
Sixteenth-century commissione bindings are characterized by their refined simplicity. Their leather covers were decorated in gold with frames and central medallions enclosing the recipient's name, date of appointment, coat of arms, or the leone in moleca (a frontal winged lion of St. Mark). Toward the end of the 1500s a more lavish style emerged, with sunk panels and arabesque motifs, inspired by painted Islamic bookbindings.
Seventeenth-century Venetian binderies looked to French bindings and the contemporary fashion for wearing lace, using delicate fan shapes and filigree in their work. In the final decades of the Serenissima, velvet bindings with precious metal ornamentation were replaced by full metal covers with figures in relief.
After the fall of the Republic, many commissioni were broken up for their beautiful illuminated leaves and bindings, which could be sold separately to art lovers and bibliophiles for more money than an intact volume. On display are two pairs of empty covers, which Mrs. Gardner probably acquired with their pages already missing, that reflect this regrettable practice.
Join Anne-Marie Eze, curator of Illuminating the Serenissima: Books of the Republic of Venice for gallery talks, special events and a lecture related to the exhibition.
Gallery Talks
Drop-in for a short talk on the exhibition.
Wednesdays, May 4 through June 15, at 1:30pm.
Saturdays, May 14 and June 11, at 1:00pm.
Extended Evening Hours, Third Thursdays, 5-8pm
We're open late! Experience the Gardner after work from 5-8pm on the third Thursday of every month (through June 2011) and savor the unique atmosphere of the museum at night.
Thursdays, May 19 and June 16 at 6:00pm.
Space at talks is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please pick up free tickets from the museum's information desk.
Young Patrons
Get ready for the Young Patrons event in June, Illumina La Notte, by joining fellow Young Patrons for a talk on the exhibition, followed by drinks and conversation (cash bar).
Thursday, May 19 at 7:00pm
The Young Patrons program is designed for young professionals, ages 21-39, interested in philanthropy and the arts. Please contact the Patron Line at 617 391 3950 or firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
Take advantage of your membership privileges and join us for members-only special events. Become a member now!
Special Saturday Thematic Tours
From the Lagoon to the Fens: Art of the Serenissima at the Gardner
Visit Saturday morning before the museum opens to the general public for a closer look at the exhibition and tour of art from the Serenissima in the Venetian-style setting of the museum.
Saturday, May 14 and June 11, 10:00am
$10 per member
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Members' Reception and Lecture
Illuminating the Serenissima: Books of the Republic of Venice
Isabella Stewart Gardner's commissioni not only reflect her passion for Venice—as seen in her Venetian-style palace and its art from the Serenissima—but also her love of books. She started to collect rare volumes in the mid-1880s before she began to buy art, encouraged by Charles Eliot Norton, Harvard's first professor of art history and an expert book collector. Learn more about Isabella Stewart Gardner's friendship with Norton and her collection of Venetian manuscripts.
Thursday, June 16, 6:30pm
Trustees Room, 11th Floor, Tower Building, Massachusetts College of Art
621 Huntington Avenue, Boston
$15 per person. Space is limited; reservations required by phone (617 566 5643), or reserve online. Members in the Dual/Family category and above may RSVP for two.
Directions and Parking: The Tower Building is accessible from both Huntington Avenue and Evans Way. Parking is available for a fee at the MFA garage on Museum Road (40% discount for Gardner members).


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A FRESH insight into the possible meaning of Stonehenge is the focus of a new book by engineer and environmental geologist Paul D Burley.
Mr Burley, who lives in Dorset, claims in the book to have proved a unified theory for understanding the purpose of Stonehenge and its links with other neolithic landscapes around the world, including Eygpt, China and the Americas.
He is an authority on sacred symbolism of ancient and indigenous cultures.
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African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond
April 27, 2012 – September 3, 2012
- View a slide show and comment about the exhibition!
- Buy the book
- Go behind-the-scenes with the museum's conservators on our blog Eye Level
- Read reviews and articles about the exhibition
- Explore a free educational website about teaching African American Civil Rights
- See if the exhibition is visiting your hometown
- Download the full exhibition checklist of artworks and artists
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond presents a selection of paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs by forty-three black artists who explored the African American experience from the Harlem Renaissance through the Civil Rights era and the decades beyond, which saw tremendous social and political changes. In response, these artists created an image of America that recognizes individuals and community and acknowledges the role of art in celebrating the multivalent nature of American society.
The artworks in the exhibition lay out a vision of America from an African American viewpoint. These artists embrace many universal themes and also evoke specific aspects of the African American experience—the African Diaspora, jazz, and the persistent power of religion.
The artists work in styles as varied as documentary realism, abstraction, and postmodern assemblage of found objects to address a diverse array of subjects. Robert McNeill, Richmond Barthé, and Benny Andrews speak to the dignity and resilience of people who work the land. Jacob Lawrence, Roy DeCarava, and Thornton Dial, Sr. acknowledge the struggle for economic and civil rights. Sargent Johnson, Loïs Mailou Jones, and Melvin Edwards address the heritage of Africa, and images by Romare Bearden recast Christian themes in terms of black experience. James Porter and Alma Thomas explore beauty in the natural world.
All 100 artworks in the exhibition are drawn entirely from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's rich collection of African American art. More than half of the featured works, including paintings by Benny Andrews, Jacob Lawrence, and Loïs Mailou Jones, and photographs by Roy DeCarava, Gordon Parks, Roland Freeman, and Marilyn Nance, are being exhibited by the museum for the first time, and ten works are recent acquisitions. The exhibition includes fifty-four photographs, which are incorporated into the display while also organizing the exhibition thematically. Individual object labels connect the artists and their works with the artistic, social, and contextual factors that shaped their creation. The exhibition is organized by Virginia Mecklenburg, chief curator.
Public Programs
April 27, 2012, Renée Ater, Insight and Inspiration for 20th Century African American Art
June 6, 2012 at 5:30 p.m., Conservation of Our Collection: African American Art
June 16, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Juneteenth Family Day
June 22, 2012 at 7 p.m., Black Lens: African American Photographers with Tony Gleaton, Earlie Hudnall Jr., and Marilyn Nance
August 1, 2012 at 7 p.m., Curator Talk with Virginia Mecklenburg
August 14, 2012 at 6 p.m., Facing Forward Looking Back Gallery Talk with Maricia Battle
The exhibition is accompanied by a beautifully illustrated catalogue, written by distinguished scholar Richard J. Powell, the John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University. The book also includes entries about each artist by Virginia Mecklenburg; Theresa Slowik, the museum's chief of publications; and Maricia Battle, curator in the prints and drawings division at the Library of Congress. The catalogue, co-published by the museum with Skira Rizzoli in New York, is available for purchase ($60 hardcover, $40 softcover) in the museum store, in our online shop, and at bookstores nationwide.
In the News
The Washington Post, May 10, 2012, "American Art Museum gives a peek at vast collection of African American art" by Danielle O'Steen
NPR, Morning Edition, May 3, 2012, "Colorful Visions at African American Art Exhibit" by Susan Stamberg
Washingtonian, May 3, 2012, "A new show reveals the Smithsonian's unparalleled collection of work by African-American artists" by Sophie Gilbert
Washington City Paper, April 30, 2012, "Reviewed: 'African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond'" by Louis Jacobson
Express, April 26, 2012, "Hues of History" by Mark Jenkins
Educational Website
Oh Freedom! Teaching African American Civil Rights through American Art at the Smithsonian is an educational website that offers insights into the civil rights movement through the lens of Smithsonian collections. Drawing connections among art, history, and social change, Oh Freedom! Provides educators with tools to help students re-imagine and reinterpret the long struggle for civil rights, justice, and equality.
Behind the Scenes with Eye Level
Go behind the scenes with the museum's conservators to see the varied processes and techniques they use to prepare artworks for exhibition. The museum's blog Eye Level will feature a monthly series on treatments performed in our Lunder Conservation Center to ready objects on display in the exhibition. Highlighted artworks include Frederick Eversley's Untitled, Richard Hunt's Study for Richmond Cycle, Loïs Mailou Jones' Moon Masque, John Scott's Thornbush Blues Totem, and Renée Stout's The Colonel's Cabinet.
Heat, August 21, 2012
Conservation: Treating Frederick Eversley's Sculpture, August 2, 2012
Preparing for African American Art: A Conversation with Renée Stout, July 19, 2012
Preparing for African American Art: Conserving a Work by Richard Hunt, June 21, 2012
Preparing for African American Art: Conserving a Work By John Scott, Part 3, May 31, 2012
Behind the Scenes: Preparing an Artwork for Exhibition, May 24, 2012
No Crystal Stair: African American Art, May 15, 2012
Open Now: African American Art, April 27, 2012
Preparing for African American Art: Conserving a Work By John Scott, Part 2, April 17, 2012
Preparing for African American Art: Conserving a Work By John Scott, Part 1, April 4, 2012
Behind the Scenes: The Moving of a Sculpture, February 22, 2012
National Tour
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond is traveling to seven museums in the United States after closing at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Muscarelle Museum of Art at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia (September 28, 2012–January 6, 2013)
Mennello Museum of American Art in Orlando, Florida (February 1, 2013–April 28, 2013)
Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts (June 1, 2013–September 2, 2013)
Albuquerque Museum of Art in Albuquerque, New Mexico (September 29, 2013–January 19, 2014)
Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga, Tennessee (February 14, 2014–May 25, 2014)
Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, California (June 28, 2014–September 21, 2014)
African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond is organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with generous support from Alston & Bird; Amherst Holdings, LLC; Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation; Larry Irving and Leslie Wiley; the William R. Kenan, Jr. Endowment Fund; Clarence Otis and Jacqui Bradley; and PEPCO. The C.F. Foundation in Atlanta supports the museum's traveling exhibition program, Treasures to Go.


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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I hate my work life and I want to go back to school to become a dentist. My wife is furious. She doesn't want the loss of income and the financial struggles ahead and for her to go back to work. Our child is six and in school full time this year, so what is the big problem? My wife is lazy and loves staying at home, that's the real problem! I always wanted to be a dentist and then she got pregnant "accidentally" and I married her and that was that. I finished my first degree with extremely high marks -- but I ended up working in an insurance office. The two of us are good with money, and we have enough saved for a new SUV -- something she wants -- but I want to turn that into education money. She says I'm only thinking of myself, and I say the same thing back! I know I could get accepted into dentistry in a year or two and want to save a pile to do that for the long-term good of our family, and -- let's face it -- my personal happiness. Please tell me what to say to my wife. -- Longing for Dentistry, Winnipeg
Dear Longing: This is your dream and you postponed it over the pregnancy, but you will be a bitter old man before your time if you cancel it altogether to please your wife. So rock the boat! Crunch the numbers you'd have if you use the SUV money, and she goes back to work, and you work overtime for a couple of years. You may be in pretty good shape money-wise by the time you start school, and the university year has a sizable summer break where you can still earn more. Tell her there will be plenty of money for SUVs and cabin and pool once you become a dentist. She says no? Bottom line: In 2013 you don't need her permission to follow your dream and she would be better off to go along with it and support the dream. If you decide to do it against her will, she may want to end the marriage but since she's a material girl, she'll probably see the wisdom of the long-range plan.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I went up to the family cabin last week to check it out and everything was fine except I could tell the bedroom with the fireplace had been used. I asked my teenage kids if they had been there and they said no, quite believably. I asked my wife and she said, "No, of course not, you idiot!" (She doesn't drive and she's crazy about me). A few other people know where the key is, and I am guessing a buddy of mine might have taken somebody there. I want to get to the bottom of this. What if I ask him and he has been cheating? We have known each other since grade school and I would trust him with my life. But, you may ask, would I trust him not to cheat? Not sure. I love his wife like a sister. What should I do? I can't look the other way.-- Onto Something, North of Winnipeg
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It is crunch-time once again. Presentations, papers, and projects are all due soon—and finals are on the horizon. Good news for all you night owls. Bender Library is moving to extended hours this weekend, when the library will stay open until midnight both Friday (4/18) and Saturday (4/19). Our 24/7 schedule begins on April 20th and provides a comfortable place for those all-night research and study sessions through the end of finals.
Our service desks, including Borrowing and Media Services will still close at 9pm on Friday and Saturday nights, but students are welcome to make use of study space and available materials all night long. Additionally, the self-check machines are accessible whenever the building is open.
After midnight, the building is accessible only to students and requires an AU ID for entry. Students must keep their AU ID on them at all times while in the building.
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Hi! I just want to know if it is alright for pregnant women to get a massage? Is there any particular trimester when massage should be avoided?
Hi! I just want to know if it is alright for pregnant women to get a massage? Is there any particular trimester when massage should be avoided?
Hello Venus,
It is very beneficial for pregnant women to have massages. I had massages throughout my entire pregnancy with my first child - one per month.
The only thing I would caution you about is to be sure that the person giving the massage is familiar with pregnancy massage so that she does not stimulate uterine contractions before the 40th week. Massage therapists who are familiar with accupressure can actually help a woman to go into labour or strengthen contractions once in labour by pressing on certain points of the body.
There is also concern about massage on the legs during the 2nd and 3rd trimesters so precaution should be taken. This video shows very well why massage is beneficial and at the same time, why it's important to use precautions when performing massage on a pregnant woman.
Please post back with your thoughts.
Here's a resource if you're looking for a pregnancy massage therapist.
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Sounds very relaxing - maybe I will get one. You can get specialised pregnancy massages in my area which I would choose rather than a general massage.
Thanks for the info Kate.
Best wishes,
I loved my monthly pregnancy massages - and the massage therapist even came to my home during labour. Unfortunately she ended up getting there as I was pushing (would have LOVED to have had her there earlier) but after the birth she gave me a foot massages, and that felt SOOOO good.
Let us know if you get a massage, and how it was. If we had the funds, I'd have a massage every week because they are so relaxing.
Warm Regards,
Here's an excellent video dispelling myths about massage during pregnancy, and especially addressing the question "Is massage during the first trimester safe?"


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In the West, precipitation is confined to western Washington. Elsewhere, warm, dry weather is promoting spring fieldwork but causing some premature melting of mid- and high-elevation snow packs.
On the Plains, dry, unusually warm weather prevails, except for some lingering cold conditions across the eastern Dakotas. Today's high temperatures could approach 80°F as far north as the central High Plains, helping to coax winter wheat out of dormancy.
In the Corn Belt, cold weather is maintaining a substantial snow cover across the northern tier of the Midwest. In addition, some light snow is falling in the upper Mississippi Valley. Current snow depths include 6 inches at Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, and Madison, Wisconsin.
In the South, a freeze warning is in effect this morning across northern and central Georgia. Throughout the region, cool, dry weather favors fieldwork. Spring planting activities are well underway across the Deep South. For example, the Texas corn crop was 29% planted by March 10, compared to 18% last year at this time and the 5-year average of 22%.
Outlook: During the next few days, a series of fast-moving disturbances will produce generally light rain and snow showers from the northern Plains to the Mid-Atlantic States. Meanwhile, some precipitation will also fall in the Northwest , but mostly dry weather will prevail from California to Texas. During the weekend, a more significant storm system will cross the northern Plains and the Great Lakes region, generating widespread snow. At the same time, rain showers will develop in the East. Elsewhere, warmth currently affecting the western and central U.S. will gradually be pushed toward the nation's southern tier. As a result, chilly conditions will persist into early next week from the Great Lakes region into the Northeast, while markedly colder air will overspread the northern Plains. Cooler air will also eventually overspread the Northwest. The NWS 6- to 10-day outlook for March 19-23 calls for near- to below-normal temperatures nationwide, except for warmer-than-normal weather in the Southeast . Meanwhile, above-normal precipitation north and east of a line from Montana to Louisiana —excluding Florida's peninsula —will contrast with drier-than-normal conditions from California to Texas.


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While the hosted apps, including our MediaWiki, have been unavailable on SourceForge for a couple of days now, you can still download the OSMF 2.0 release here:
While the hosted apps, including our MediaWiki, have been unavailable on SourceForge for a couple of days now, you can still download the OSMF 2.0 release here:
Just a reminder – for quick responses to issues or for more in-depth developer documentation, these are the places to go:
Documentation: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/osmf.adobe/index.php?title=Main_Page
User group: http://www.adobe.com/go/osmf_usergroup
Developer forums: http://forums.adobe.com/community/opensource/osmf/
Feature requests/bugs: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FM
We appreciate your interest!
The online video world continues to grow at breakneck speed and we, at Adobe, have been fortunate to be a big part of making it happen. More video content is available today than ever before and the trend is only accelerating. The World Cup drew a record number of online viewers online and engagement levels were the highest. Users could switch multiple camera angles, watch highlights and watch on demand. I am looking forward to seeing more content, more engaging experiences and higher quality.
Adobe's mission has been to enable you to create great content and bring it to your audiences. We are thrilled to announce the launch of OSMF 2.0. The new version of OSMF 2.0 allows you to create even more engaging experiences for your audience. We worked with some of the largest content owners with the largest online video audiences and have reworked the inner workings of OSMF. In particular, we have made major changes to the Adaptive Bit Rate (ABR) algorithm and the APIs for ABR.
The OSMF Adaptive Streaming provides two modes: i) Manual switching and ii) Automatic switching. As part of the changes, we have improved the automatic switch operation; added more information to the Quality of Service (QoS) information and history; enhanced the metric base, factory and repository; and finally optimized the rule engine to better handle bandwidth and other computer resources. More details on the changes can be found here:
We hope you are as excited about this release as we are. As always, we look forward to hearing your feedback on this latest release. Thanks for your support.
Kelash Kumar, Group Product Manager, Video Solutions
2011 has already been an exciting year in the world of online video. Fabio's battle with the Old Spice Guy, the realization of TV Everywhere, user-generated videos and the Arab Spring (not to equate the importance of any of these!) – these all testify to online video's ability to resurrect careers, entertain, and literally change the world.
As online video evolves, the technology that supports publishing video must follow. With that objective in mind, I am very proud to announce the release of OSMF and Strobe Media Playback 1.6. Over the past several months, you have provided us with valuable feedback, and that became the foundation for this release.
What's new?
Mobile: Video usage on smartphones and tablets continues to grow rapidly. Just today, Knowledge Networks published that video viewing on mobile devices among 13 to 54 year olds has doubled over the last year. As part of the 1.6 release, we have included new features that will help you bring your content to mobile devices.
Enhanced Viewer Experience: One of OSMF's core objectives has always been to enable you to create engaging experiences for your viewers. Towards that end, we have released the following features.
Core Framework: Beyond new functionality, we continue to improve the existing core framework. In OSMF 1.6, we have made improvements to HTTP Dynamic Streaming as well as the ability to better manage bitrate profiles with multi-level manifests.
Documentation: We have made the first major step in improving our documentation with the launch of a completely revamped wiki for OSMF and Strobe Media Playback. We hope this will make finding information and resources on specific topics easier, and I encourage you to bookmark it for future reference.
We look forward to hearing your feedback on this latest release. As always, you can reach me at ckwon at adobe dot com. The developer forums are also great venues for discussion, and the team regularly monitors these as well.
Thanks for your continued support!
Cathi, OSMF Product Manager
We have just released the latest sprint drop for OSMF 1.6, Sprint 5, and the key new feature is support for multiple audio tracks for HTTP Dynamic Streaming, often referred to as "late-binding audio." This feature allows publishers to associate multiple audio-only streams with a particular video and present these as alternate audio tracks to the consumer. For example, if a publisher wants to provide the option of hearing a video in English, Spanish, and English + video descriptions (for visually impaired consumers), they can accomplish this without having to prepare a separate video + audio stream for each. Each additional audio track can be supplied as an audio-only stream, reducing unnecessary redundancy in content preparation workflows and storage. OSMF also supports the ability to switch between audio tracks during playback, providing additional flexibility in the user experience.
Late-binding audio is currently available for VOD only. We are also working on live/linear support, which will be available in our next drop.
Check out Sprint 5 here:
As always, we're eager to hear your feedback! Please feel free to reach out to me at ckwon at adobe dot com.
Cathi (Sr. Product Manager, OSMF)
We have just released the next sprint drop for OSMF 1.6. We continued to address some important bugs, a list of which can be found in the release notes.
We also want to make sure everyone is aware of the following: If StageVideo mode is enabled and a video resource is being associated with a smaller container, make sure that the scale mode will not be set to 'none', otherwise, the video will not be clippedaccording to the containers dimensions (this is the expected behavior).
We've have some really exciting advanced features in development, so be sure to check back with us over the following months. As always, feel free to ping me with any questions or feedback at ckwon at adobe dot com.
Cathi, Sr. Product Manager for OSMF
OSMF 1.6 (pre-release "Sprint" 1) introduced Stage Video support. With Sprint 2, we wanted to see how well the implementation works for advertisement scenarios, so we created a sample plug-in for ad insertion.
Our intent is to provide the best Stage Video support in complex, multiple video scenarios and at the same time we'd like to establish a set of best practices related to implementing advertisement plugins.
The source code is in the OSMF SVN repository and you can get it directly from these locations:
svn checkout http://svn.code.sf.net/adobe/osmf/svn/osmf/trunk/plugins/AdvertisementPlugin
svn checkout http://svn.code.sf.net/adobe/osmf/svn/osmf/trunk/plugins/AdvertisementPluginSample
We have also uploaded the ZIP archive containing the source code to our SourceForge download section (check the OSMF 1.6 – Sprint 2 folder):
You can see a live demo of the plugin within Strobe Media Playback here:
Strobe Media Playback provides a mechanism that allows configuring and loading OSMF plug-ins through a very simple API.
A configuration snippet looks like this:
var parameters = { src: "rtmp://example.com/mp4:sample.f4v", // Load the Ad Plug-in plugin_ads: "AdvertisementPlugin.swf", // Configure the Ad Plug-in ads_preroll: "http://example.com/example.flv", ads_postroll: "http://example.com/example.flv", ads_midroll: "http://example.com/example.flv", ads_midrollTime: 20, ads_overlay: "http://example.com/example.flv", ads_overlayTime: 25 }; swfobject.embedSWF ( "StrobeMediaPlayback.swf", "StrobeMediaPlayback", 640, 480, "10.1.0", "expressInstall.swf", parameters, { allowFullScreen: "true", wmode: "direct" }, { name: "StrobeMediaPlayback" } );
You can view the source of the live demo for additional configuration samples.
To use the plug-in in an OSMF-based video player, you'll need to configure and load the plug-in using the OSMF API.
The AdvertisementPluginSample application demonstrates this:
// This is a normal video player setup. var mediaFactory:MediaFactory = new DefaultMediaFactory(); var mediaPlayer:MediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(); var mediaContainer:MediaContainer = new MediaContainer(); var resource:URLResource = new URLResource("rtmp://cp67126.edgefcs.net/ondemand/mp4:mediapm/osmf/content/test/sample1_700kbps.f4v"); var mediaElement:MediaElement = mediaFactory.createMediaElement(resource); mediaContainer.addMediaElement(mediaElement); this.addChild(mediaContainer); // Load the plugin statically var pluginResource:MediaResourceBase = new PluginInfoResource(new AdvertisementPluginInfo()); // You can load it as a dynamic plugin as well // var pluginResource:MediaResourceBase = new URLResource("http://localhost/AdvertisementPlugin/bin/AdvertisementPlugin.swf"); // Pass the references to the MediaPlayer and the MediaContainer instances to the plug-in. pluginResource.addMetadataValue("MediaPlayer", mediaPlayer); pluginResource.addMetadataValue("MediaContainer", mediaContainer); // Configure the plugin with the ad information // The following configuration instructs the plugin to play a mid-roll ad after 20 seconds pluginResource.addMetadataValue("midroll", "http://gcdn.2mdn.net/MotifFiles/html/1379578/PID_938961_1237818260000_women.flv"); pluginResource.addMetadataValue("midrollTime", 10); // Uncomment the following lines to see a pre-roll, overlay, and post-roll ad. // pluginResource.addMetadataValue("preroll", "http://gcdn.2mdn.net/MotifFiles/html/1379578/PID_938961_1237818260000_women.flv"); // pluginResource.addMetadataValue("postroll", "http://gcdn.2mdn.net/MotifFiles/html/1379578/PID_938961_1237818260000_women.flv"); // pluginResource.addMetadataValue("overlay", "http://gcdn.2mdn.net/MotifFiles/html/1379578/PID_938961_1237818260000_women.flv"); // pluginResource.addMetadataValue("overlayTime", 20); // Once the plugin is loaded, play the media. // The event handler is not needed if you use the statically linked plugin, // but is here in case you load the plugin dynamically. // For readability, we don't provide error handling here, but you should. mediaFactory.addEventListener( MediaFactoryEvent.PLUGIN_LOAD, function(event:MediaFactoryEvent):void { // Now let's play the video - mediaPlayer has autoPlay set to true by default, // so the playback starts as soon as the media is ready to be played. mediaPlayer.media = mediaElement; }); // Load the plugin. mediaFactory.loadPlugin(pluginResource);
We chose to use the MediaPlayer API instead of the ProxyElement, SerialElement, or ParallelElement APIs. There are a few reasons why we wrote custom control code instead of using the composition APIs:
The plug-in relies on getting references to both the MediaPlayer and the MediaContainer instances. The player is responsible for passing them to the plug-in as configuration metadata.
Implementing a mid-roll scenario involves the following steps:
For displaying an overlay ad, we simply add the ad to the same MediaContainer and configure its layout.
These are some starting points. We encourage you to check the source code, and let us know what you think.
For a discussion of Stage Video in OSMF, see the OSMF Developer's Guide. You can find the latest version of the dev guide in the latest OSMF sprint drop zips:
For more on writing plug-ins with OSMF, see the OSMF Plug-In Developer's Guide:
Check some Stage Video related articles and content here:
Technical details about our current implementation:
Getting started with Stage Video support in OSMF and Strobe Media Playback:
We're pleased to announce our 2nd sprint drop for OSMF 1.6. We dedicated much of this sprint to improving OSMF's switching logic for HTTP Dynamic Streaming and addressing some of the related bugs. After testing the fixes and running them through several variable bandwidth scenarios, we observed a definite improvement in switching behavior. The full list of bugs fixed can be found in the release notes.
In addition, we've created a sample advertising plug-in that demonstrates how to insert both in-stream and overlay ads into a video when Stage Video is enabled. The focus here was on the actual insertion, and we hope this can be used as a starting point by someone developing an ad plug-in. A demo of the plug-in as well as more details can be found here.
As always, we welcome and encourage your feedback. I can be personally reached at ckwon at adobe dot com.
Cathi, Sr. Product Manager for OSMF
Part 2 of the three part series of articles by David Hassoun and John Crosby of RealEyes Media has been posted on the Adobe Developer Connection (under Flash Developer Center tutorials) It is titled Part 2: Creating and customizing your player. John and David do a great job of covering both UI controls and the use of serial and parallel compositions with OSMF. The article dives into the the layout and container functionlity that OSMF offers so that you as a developer or designer can have complete control over the visual experince of your player. The article consists of a series of walkthroughs with code snippets and with a complete set of samples files so that you can follow along in the code for each subject as it is discussed. Use it to get yourself up and running quickly with your own OSMF based video player.
The guiding principle of the Stage Video implementation in OSMF is that the current API should allow a video player developer to upgrade to the latest version of OSMF and get the performance boost of Stage Video without having to modify their existing OSMF-based video players. For more on the what, why, and how of Stage Video in OSMF, please check out our other blog post, Stage Video in OSMF.
Here I'd like to describe the new Stage Video-related features in Strobe Media Playback which you can use for troubleshooting your setup. After this, we'll guide you through the process you can use for testing your video player with the latest OSMF codebase.
We have published a live Stage Video demo in our dev space on osmf.org. See it in here.
The player is instructed to show the Info Overlay at startup, so you should see the current version of the Flash Player installed in your browser. You can also see if the hardware-accelerated decoding and rendering is being used or not.
If you don't have a version of Flash Player with Stage Video capability installed, the player will let you know about it:
You can download a version of Flash Player with Stage Video support here:
At this point you should be able to check that Flash Player is properly installed and see it in action:
You can see the performance boost that Stage Video brings by comparing the CPU levels in a player that uses Stage Video against a player that doesn't. To make this kind of comparison easy, we exposed the enableStageVideo property as a configuration setting in Strobe Media Playback. When set to false, the Video object is used, even if Stage Video is available:
Now you are probably eager to test the performance of your video player with the exploratory implementation of Stage Video support in OSMF.
For this you'll need to get the Flex SDK that contains the latest Stage Video APIs, you'll need our source, and you'll need to set up your development environment.
, "StrobeMediaPlayback"
, 640
, 480
, "10.1.0"
, "expressInstall.swf"
, parameters
, {
allowFullScreen: "true",
wmode: "direct"
name: "StrobeMediaPlayback"
At this point you are ready to run your video player.
Normally, your video player should behave exactly as it did before switching to the exploratory version of OSMF.
If the video is not visible, check to see if you have an opaque DisplayObject in your display list that may be covering the Stage Video. To fix this issue, you can make it transparent, for example. This was the only issue that we had to fix in Strobe Media Playback before we got seamless video playback and a great performance boost!
Getting started with Stage Video, by Thibault Imbert:
Stage Video on Adobe Developer Connection:
Get a Stage Video-enabled Flash Player 10.2:
Download the latest Flex Hero SDK: http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexsdk/Download+Flex+Hero
A great blog entry and sample code, also by Thibault Imbert:
Simplifying StageVideo with StageVideoProxy,
by Kenny Bunch from Dream Socket:
Update February 19, 2010:
Here is some background on the underlying implmentation. Feedback wanted!


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St. Vladimir's Displays Strong Presence at All-American Council: Chancellor Elected to Church Body; Seminary Support Resolution Passes
31 October–4 November 2011 • 16th All-American Council
The delegation from St. Vladimir's Seminary to the recent 16th All-American Council (AAC) of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) displayed a strong and active presence at its proceedings and venues. Eighteen faculty and staff members, including our Dean and Chancellor, as well as two official seminarian representatives attended the national church gathering, which convenes every three years and which met this year for five days in Bellevue, Washington.
Archpriest Chad Hatfield, chancellor/CEO of the seminary, made two impressive marks on the council: first, he was elected as an at-large member of the Metropolitan Council; and second, the resolution he put forth encouraging parishes to support OCA seminaries financially passed with unanimous assent (read the resolution here). The Metropolitan Council is a permanent body of the central Church, which exists for the purpose of implementing the decisions of the AAC and continuing its work between national gatherings.
Also highly visible and hard at work was Melanie Ringa, chief financial officer at the seminary, who concurrently holds the position of Treasurer of the OCA. Ms. Ringa presented the official Treasurer's Report, which included a review of the Church's finances for the three years since the last AAC. Included in her presentation was a report from Rob Taylor, audit partner at Lambrides, Lamos & Taylor, LLP, who indicated that with the 2010 Audit Report the OCA had received its first "unqualified" audit opinion since 1998. Following Mr. Taylor's report, the OCA Finance Committee, chaired by Priest Gleb McFatter, presented the 2012 budget and alternatives at three assessment levels. The Treasurer's presentation concluded with a question and answer period during which many delegates asked questions covering all aspects of the Church's financial activities.
Additionally, one of our recent alumni, Priest John Vitko, coordinated the Strategic Planning workshops for nearly 400 of the delegates, and presented the draft Strategic Plan to the full council at a plenary session. Now, Fr. John will transition to an implementation phase, using volunteers from the AAC workshops as his core teams and recruiting other volunteers from the wider Church, as the 10 goals of the Strategic Plan are defined, refined, and developed.
St. Vladimir's alumni enjoyed socializing at an evening gathering organized by Protodeacon Joseph Matusiak, director of Alumni Relations and Recruitment. As a special gift to alumni, Fr. Benedict Churchill, Director of St. Vladimir's Press, and Dn. Gregory Hatrak, Marketing Manager of St. Vladimir's Press and Bookstore, presented each alumnus/a with a volume of The Epistle of St. James, authored by the recently departed Archbishop Dmitri (Royster); the volume also was distributed to alumni of our sister school, St. Tikhon's Seminary.
Listen to all the plenary sessions of the 16th All-American Council on Ancient Faith Radio, here.
See more photos of the 16th All-American Council on the Website of the Orthodox Church in America, here.


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AN antiques expert has gathered a team to put their best feet forward in a long-distance charity challenge.
Auctioneer Philip Serrell has cajoled 19 friends and colleagues to join Team Serrell 'Fat Boys and Pretty Girls' and run the Worcester Half Marathon in aid of St Richard's Hospice on Sunday, May 4.
The hospice patron, who has an auction house in Barnards Green Road, Malvern, will be joined by the likes of television celebrities Thomas Plant, Jonathan Pratt and Will Farmer as well as former professional rugby players Steve Lloyd and Neil Lyman.
The team also boasts ex-England cricketer and Guardian cricket correspondent Mike Selvey, colleagues from Philip Serrell Auctioneers, Mr Serrell's daughter Clementine and the hospice's chairman of governors John Bawden.
Mr Serrell said: "As a local charity I have always been keen to support the hospice, which relies mainly on voluntary income, and last year I was extremely flattered to be asked to become a patron of this great charity.
"The work they do is vital in ensuring that those with life-threatening illnesses and their families receive excellent care and support.
"Having recently lost both my parents I can appreciate how much this means to the families of the patients. With the help of sympathetic colleagues and friends we are hoping to raise as much money as possible to support this fantastic charity."
Jodi Brandwood, community fund-raiser at the hospice, said: "It's great to have Philip and the team on board, helping raise money for the hospice and raising the profile of our work.
"They have really taken to the idea of the half marathon and will be helping each other through to succeed. We are expecting lots of laughs and quite a bit of competition in the team."
To make a donation, go to justgiving.com/teamserrell.


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BRANDON, Fla. – Behind John Norris' 36th-place finish, the Saint Leo men's cross country team concluded the NCAA South Region 10K race in 11th-place, tallying 239 points, Saturday morning from Dover Park.
Norris ran an impressive race for the Lions as he secured a hard-earned time of 34:29. Sophomore Brian Haynes also enjoyed success in his second career 10K, crossing the tape at 34:32, just three seconds off his teammate's pace.
Eric Dirth endured through the 6.2 miles of course and collected a 56th-place finish. Meanwhile, David Malys and Connor Callahan finished 63rd and 65th, respectively. Malys registered a time of 36:16, while Callahan finished in the same group with a time of 36:28.
Michael Berry finished-out his Saint Leo career with a 67th-place finish. He also found himself in the same group with Malys and Callahan as he broke the tape at 36:41.
Jeff Van Natter rounded-out the Lions' field as he registered a time of 38.39.
Overall, the University of Alabama-Huntsville claimed the rights to the top spot as they finished with a team score of 39 points. Meanwhile, Florida Tech's Moses Kirui was the individual medalist as his time of 32:00 eclipsed his closest competitor by 11 seconds.
The race ends an exciting 2011 campaign which featured the rise of a consistently-ranked squad. Stay up-to-date with SaintLeoLions.com for news, updates, and information on the men's cross country team.


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Pride mingled with sorrow as more than 130 mourners said a last farewell to York D-Day hero Roy Rowbotham.
The service at York Crematorium was packed as the Normandy veteran was laid to rest yesterday afternoon.
The 93-year-old from Bishopthorpe died just days after returning from the D-Day celebrations in France last month.
Despite failing health, he had been determined to take his place among his comrades for the 70th anniversary of the landings.
Yesterday fellow veterans stood in tribute as his coffin was brought into the crematorium chapel to the strains of the Royal Artillery slow march.
The casket was draped in the Union Flag with Mr Rowbotham's old beret and medals on the top.
The service was led by Chaplain to the Normandy Veterans' Association and retired rector of All Saints Pavement, David Porter.
He said the struggle of Mr Rowbotham and his comrades had "not been against flesh and blood but an evil which had already overwhelmed one country and was threatening to over run Europe".
"Roy was a courageous man," he said. "Those who have been to war know what an ugly, ghastly, awful thing it is. Roy was in the Army to create God's kingdom of justice and peace.
"He would rather have not have done it. But it had to be done."
The service was told Mr Rowbotham was spared the horrors of Dunkirk because he was too young to enlist in the British Expeditionary Force?.
But he was soon in action in North Africa with the Desert Rats, ?and later fought in Italy. He was in the first wave on D-Day and also survived Operation Market Garden.
While stationed in Germany after the war, he met his future wife Christa and the couple had two children, Angela and Rob.
Mr Porter added: "Roy was the strong and silent type - but always willing to be led by his beloved Christa."
The flags of the Normandy Veterans' Association ? and Royal Engineers' Association were gently lowered as the service came to a close.
A montage of photos celebrating Mr Rowbotham's life was shown to the mourners while Al Johnson's When I Leave The World Behind played ? - just as he had requested.
In accordance with his wishes, no hymns were sung but there was a reading of Do Not Stand At My Grave ?And Weep - which was found among his most treasured possessions.
His son Rob said: "My dad requested for the service to be as plain and simple as possible with no hymns so we kept it that way."


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Thread: How do you organize your games?
Buy a game, install them, then download crackers to remove disc check / whatever stupid check it has, then I dont need disc to play the game. I picked most discs in cardboard boxes and put them away in storage room for years. Never quite motivated to maintain a library management for them.
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D:/games/!storage for zips, .isos, install files, etc
D:/games/ for installed and unzipped games, then chuck a shortcut in that same directory.
Steam, GoG, Origin and ilk installed also in D:/games/
My desktop is completely clear, and psychologically it's so much nicer - just a giant lovely wallpaper image and a clean slate. Windows 7's "hit Windows key and type" is actually faster than anything else, for me, anyway. For games not in the registry I just open /games/ and use the shortcut. The Start Bar search is really, really, really useful.
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My games are all over the place...
I have lots of physical dics based games , loads of stuff on steam, a few on gog , a few on that shitty origin service and a few on other DD services , several that have their own account systems (world of tanks etc) and a bunch of pirated stuff too.
I don't really organise tbh.
I have a few categories on steam to keep things easy to find because my list got too big, and a bunch of shortcuts on my desktop of stuff I still want to play/play that isn't on steam.
The desktop shortcuts are nice, my desktop may look really messy with all the icons and folders but it's nice to randomly notice a game that I haven't played in a while.
Not like there is any other use for the desktop space anyhow with Pin to taskbar and libraries in win7 or just typing in the first 3 letters in the start menu, it has just become a post it board for random stuff that I need to/want to be reminded of or never want to lose track of.
Last edited by Finicky; 07-10-2012 at 11:40 AM.
I bought an hard disk exclusive for games. I've got five folders. Steam, GOG.com, Desura, Retail and lastly Miscellaneous. I also have an encrypted database of all game purchases with links and product keys.


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After producing reference documents such as the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages taught as "foreign" languages, the Council of Europe's Language Policy Unit proposes a new instrument, in the form of this Platform, enabling member states to benefit from the experience and expertise of other member states in formulating their programmes relating to languages of schooling and all language teaching.More
Access to education and success at school depends heavily on language competences. Some pupils may be disadvantaged as soon as they start school because their competences do not match the school's expectations: children from disadvantaged backgrounds, children from migrant families, or children whose first language is a regional language. But all, whatever their language repertoire, must learn to communicate in school. A command of the language(s) of schooling is vital to success at school and social advancement.
One major challenge for education systems is to give learners, during their school education, language and intercultural competences which will enable them to operate effectively as citizens, acquire knowledge and develop open attitudes to otherness: this vision of the teaching of languages and cultures is referred to as plurilingual and intercultural education.
The founding principles of plurilingual and intercultural education are therefore:
Plurilingual and intercultural education covers the languages and cultures which are present in school but neither recognised nor taught, the languages recognised by the school but not taught, and the languages taught. Its aims are to:
The chart below illustrates the different statuses of languages in school and the relations among them: the languages taught are first or second/foreign languages for learners; they are studied as a specific subject or or serve as an instrument of learning in other subjects.
The purpose of the Platform is notably to offer reference tools that can be used to analyse and construct curricula for languages of schooling which are
In order to ensure that plurilingual and intercultural education is explicitly and consistently taken into account in the curricula, a comprehensive Guide for the Development and Implementation of Curricula for Plurilingual and Intercultural Education was published in 2016.
The Platform offers an open and dynamic resource, with system of definitions, points of reference, descriptions and descriptors, studies and good practices which member states are invited to consult and use in support of their policy to promote equal access to quality education according to their needs, resources and educational culture. These documents, which differ in their status, will be put on line gradually.


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A PETITION demanding the government reverses its decision to close Portland coastguard helicopter base has been handed in to parliament.
The document, with more than 100,000 signatures, urges the Department for Transport to abandon plans to close the chopper base in 2017.
The petition read: "Petitioners believe that there may be lives lost as a result of losing this search and rescue facility."
South Dorset MP Richard Drax, who has been at the forefront in the campaign to save the Portland base, said: "Our fight to retain the helicopter continues."
Mr Drax believes the planned service to replace the Portland helicopter will "fall short of requirements."
Speaking after meeting Department for Transport representatives earlier this year, Mr Drax said: "Twenty five per cent of all call outs in the UK happen in our area. All of those must be attended to within what the emergency services call the 'golden hour'.
"That is the first hour, after which casualties' chances of survival decrease with time."
Campaigners are angry at Whitehall plans to deploy helicopters from Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, and Culdrose in Cornwall, to cover emergencies in Dorset and off the Jurassic Coast.
Mr Drax said it could take around 40 to 55 minutes for these aircraft to start up and arrive on scene.
Sea King search and rescue helicopters are provided from eight military bases by the Ministry of Defence. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency operates its helicopters from four civilian bases.
However, the government believes modern helicopters operating from fewer bases will provide a better service.


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A COLCHESTER hospice rubbished rumours proposed changes to services would see a cut to front-line staff.
St Helena Hospice, based in Highwoods, said it planned to increase staff.
Last week the Gazette reported St Helena was planning to change how its day and community services were delivered, but chief executive Mark Jarman- Howe stressed overall care would benefit, not decrease.
Now, in a further statement, he said: "To suggest the changes are motivated by cost-cutting, or that there is any intention to reduce the expert clinical workforce, is simply not true."
Read more in today's Gazette.


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This question was posed in one the emails I received today. I managed to find some information about the relative difficulty of learning particular languages for English speakers, but not for speakers of other languages.
The difficulty of learning a particular language depends on which language(s) you already know. Each language presents you with a different set of challenges, including differences in pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, spelling and writing system. Generally the more differences there are, the harder a language is to learn, though there isn't necessarily a simple correlation between interlingual distance and the difficulty learning.
Most people seem to think that Japanese and Chinese (any variety) are very difficult languages to learn. Having studied both I can confirm this. When learning these languages, the biggest challenge you face is reading and writing them.
Chinese grammar is straightforward; the pronunciation is not too difficult, though the tones take a lot of getting used to. It takes quite a long time to build up enough vocabulary to be to have more than a basic conversation, but the more words you learn, the easier it gets to learn new ones. Most of the vocabulary is constructed from native roots and there are very few foreign loanwords.
Japanese grammar is more complex than Chinese, though a less complex than most European languages, apart from the intricate politeness registers. Japanese pronunciation causes few difficulties, though the irregular intonation is quite a challenge. Japanese vocabulary is a mixture of native words and words borrowed from other languages, particularly Chinese and English. The English loanwords are all changed to fit Japanese phonology, and are often abbreviated and combined with native and/or words from Chinese. As a result, they are difficult to recognise as words that were originally English.
The Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, classifies the languages they teach into four groups based on the number of hours of instruction (English-speaking) students need to attain a certain level of proficiency. In this scheme, the most difficult languages are Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. For more details, see:


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A MAN who downloaded more than 70 hours of child abuse movies from the internet has been jailed for a year and eight months.
Martin Wicks not only used his own computer to access the vile images but also his landlady's when he was lodging with a woman.
Claire Marlow, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court Wiltshire police were contacted by the Met after they got intelligence that he had an interest in the images.
She said they went to the address in Hullavington where the 52-year-old's online details were registered, but he was no longer living there.
They found he had moved to a house in Fyfield Avenue, Penhill, and they arrested him there on Thursday, August 8 last year.
As well as confiscating his computer from the bedroom he rented, they also took his landlady's machines from downstairs. While he admitted he had been getting the pictures and movies from peer to peer websites, he said he had only done so on his computer.
But when both machines were examined they were each found to have the material on them and he accepted what he had done.
Miss Marlow said as well as 451 pictures and movies of child abuse, he also had 132 prohibited images of children and three of extreme pornography.
The court heard that many of the images were movies, totalling more than 70 hours, with one at the highest level being 20 minutes long.
Wicks, formerly of Corn Gastons, Malmesbury, admitted making and possessing indecent images of children downloaded between May 2008 and August last year. He also pleaded guilty to possessing extreme pornography and prohibited images of children.
Paul Grumbar, defending, said his client had been married for a number of years before separating from his wife in 1999. After his next relationship came to an end he moved to Hullavington where he started to download the material.
He then lost his accommodation due to rent arrears and lived in his van for a while before taking the room in Swindon.
"He is a rather sad middle aged man who should have known better and he acknowledges that," he said.
Jailing him, Judge Tim Mousley QC said: "There was a high volume of material found and the majority of it included young victims.
"They are rightly described as victims. One can't imagine the extreme methods that were used to coerce the children into taking part in the making of this type of material. One can't contemplate the harm that was caused to them and will probably last with them for the rest of their lives."
As well as the jail term Wicks must abide by a sexual offences prevention order restricting his liberty and register as a sex offender.


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in the army
1945 — Elberton, GA
Thomas was drafted in 1945. As a farmer and father of two, Thomas did all he could to avoid having to join the army. He had known a man who was able to avoid fighting because he was in a similar situation, but Thomas was unable to avoid enlisting.
Because of his late entry into the army, he was enlisted just shy of a year. During that time he was a member of Cannon Co 7th Inf 3rd Div as a Truck Driver Light in Germany. He was honorably discharged on 14 Jul 1946, two months after V-E day.
While Thomas was away one of his worst fears was recognized: his crops were stolen. He was never able to prove who had stolen his crops, but he had strong suspicions. Shortly after, he gave up farming and moved close to Atlanta for a steel mill job.


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Since it's exceptionally easy to only block the actual ads on swfchan (no ads are actually served from swfchan's own domain) and because the current ruleset is actually causing visitors to see more ads I thought this matter would be quickly resolved. However, I have been trying to contact EasyList for over three weeks now with no response. Therefore I feel the need to ask my visitors to e-mail them as well to bring attention to this issue and show that regular users of EasyList care about swfchan, not just the guy running the site.
They have two e-mails: email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com. The first one is the primary mail but I've sent mail to both and received a reply from neither. Have sent using different mail accounts as well so I know there was no sending issues on my end. I should have written this announcement earlier but this whole thing felt like such an open-and-shut case that I would never have imagined swfchan still being blocked like this after three weeks. Big thanks to anyone helping out!
Note: I'm not writing this because of money, the site's income is actually the same as before (less visitors but less blockers equal same ad views). I am however worried that in the long run, in a year or so, this may lead to less links leading to swfchan which would sure enough finally kill it off the web, especially with the dwindling flash support these days. I also don't think this is a fair practice by EasyList, there's no reason what-so-ever to block swfchan itself. I don't serve ads and an adblocker should block ad providers, not sites that use ad providers. I also don't limit anyone blocking ads from using the site in any way. It feels like the EasyList authors took just a minute to look at swfchan, said "fuck it" and proceeded to block the whole thing instead of only the ads.
So if you have a moment I'd really appreciate it if you took the time to e-mail them about this. Just be polite and ask EasyList to block only the ads on swfchan, not the actual content on swfchan itself. There's a discussion thread over here.
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The sun has got its hat on and that's reason enough to get excited after months of storms and rain.
Here's a list of 12 things that we guarantee will happen in Dorset when the sun comes out - good and bad. Can you think of any others?
1. Bournemouth goes national – pictures and video footage of our glorious beaches packed with sun worshippers will appear in the national papers and on TV
2. Men will walk around with their shirts off to reveal some seriously sore looking t-shirt sunburn
3. Brass bands perform in the bandstand at the Lower Gardens
4. The press will tell you it's been hotter than Jamaica, Turkey, Greece, Spain, Miami, Los Angeles etc etc (sorry about this, folks!)
5. The stag and hen dos turn out in force
6. The giant deckchair makes an appearance
7. People actually exchange pleasantries – well at least a nod of acknowledgement. Who says southerners aren't friendly?
8. Dorset turns into one giant traffic jam. Remember last July when daytrippers were stuck in their cars for hours on the A338 Spur Road?
9. People leave their litter behind. Dirty nappies, bottles and cans were some of the items strewn all over the beaches and in the town centre when 70,000 headed to Bournemouth last year.
10. It becomes a nightmare to find somewhere to park with cars left on verges, pavements and even double yellow lines.
11. You have to queue for ice cream/fish and chips/cold drinks/showers on the beach
12. The hairy caterpillars make an unwelcome return
Have a suggestion that you think should be added to our list? Tweet @Bournemouthecho, email email@example.com or place a comment below.


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