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Dave Mulkey of Dovetail Development out of Georgia said the plans have been in the works for 14 months.
The apartment complex will sit on 45 acres of what is now private property east of I-35 in San Marcos on River Road.
Many of the San Marcos residents against the development wanted to see the land used for public parkland instead.


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Office of the Vice President for
Administration and Finance
The University of Houston-Victoria provides holidays, vacation, sick leave, and other leave benefits granted by the State of Texas to regular university employees. Leave benefits may be with or without pay, based on certain qualifying conditions. Eligible employees are entitled to request and be considered for leaves described in this policy. Generally, this policy applies to all regular, benefits-eligible employees. Where there are differences in eligibility under the law, those differences are noted.
All leaves must be requested and approved in accordance with this policy and procedure. The leave must be approved by the employee's supervisor, and, in the cases noted, by the President.
One leave period may involve several types of leave; i.e. sick leave, family and medical leave, extended sick leave, vacation, etc. In such cases, each type leave involved must be requested according to the procedure for that leave and reported accordingly.
The date of return to work shall be specified when the leave is requested; or, if the return date is not known, the employee must contact the supervisor regularly, in accordance with the supervisor's directions.
The employee must report to the supervisor if he or she will be unable to return to work at the end of the leave period and must provide an acceptable reason for the delay. Failure to return to work from an approved leave of absence by the intended date and to provide an acceptable reason will be considered abandonment by the employee of the job (UHV Policy and Procedures, C-14).
As a general principle, time away from the workplace on the university's behalf and/or approved as time worked shall not be considered as leave.
Regular employee: A university employee who is appointed for at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis for a period of at least 4-1/2 months, excluding students employed in positions that require student status as a condition of employment
Leaves of Absence with Pay
The following types of leave are provided to the employee at full pay, and do not affect state service credit, university benefits, or leave accruals, except where noted.
Holidays: The state authorizes the number of annual holidays available to regular employees and provides that institutions of higher education may adjust the holiday schedule to accommodate the academic calendar. The University of Houston-Victoria holiday calendar is approved annually by the Board of Regents and includes most national holidays and an extended Winter holiday break.
Eligible employees who are required to work on a scheduled holiday are entitled to equivalent time off with pay to be taken during the following 12-month period.
Vacation: Regular staff employees and faculty on 12-month appointments are entitled to paid vacation time in each fiscal year. Vacation entitlement is earned according to the schedule established in the biennial General Appropriations Act (outlined below), proportionate to the FTE established for the position in which the individual is employed. Faculty other yhan those on 12-month appointments are not eligible for vacation.
Full-time employees earn vacation hours according to the following schedule:
|Maximum Hours to Be
|Length of Total
|Carried Forward from One
|State Employment
|Fiscal Year to Next
|Less than 2 years
|2 but less than 5 years
|5 but less than 10 years
|10 but less than 15 years
|15 but less than 20 years
|20 years but less than 25
|25 years but less than 30
|30 years but less than 35
|35 years or more
The net balance of unused accumulated leave, not to exceed the maximum cited above, may be carried forward for any employee from one fiscal year to the next fiscal year. Any excess hours over the maximum cited above will automatically be credited to the employee's sick leave balance.
Although vacation hours are earned beginning on the first day of employment, employees are not eligible to take vacation until they have completed six months of continuous employment with the state of Texas. Employees should submit their request to their supervisor for approval and are encouraged to select the dates they wish to take vacation as far in advance as possible. Vacation will be granted as requested, provided the work schedule of the department permits.
An employee who is on paid leave on the first workday of a month may not take vacation leave accrued for that month until the employee has returned to duty.
In computing vacation time taken, time during which any employee is excused from work because of holidays or officially granted administrative leave shall not be charged against the employee's vacation.
Employees terminating state employment after at least six months of continuous employment will be paid for the accrued vacation balance provided they do not return to employment with a state of Texas agency within 30 days of their separation date. Employees transferring between state agencies within a 30-day period will have their vacation balance transferred to the new agency.
A terminating employee may be allowed to remain on payroll to utilize accrued vacation in lieu of being paid in a lump sum. The supervisor must approve the request.
Sick leave: All regular employees are entitled to paid sick leave beginning on the first day of employment. Sick leave is earned at the rate of eight hours for each month or fraction of a month of employment, proportionate to the FTE established for the position(s) in which employed. Unused sick leave is carried forward each month and may be accumulated indefinitely.
Sick leave may be used when personal sickness, injury, or pregnancy and confinement prevent the employee's performance of work responsibilities; for medical and dental appointments; or when the employee is needed to care for a member of his or her immediate family who is actually ill with a documented medical condition. For the purposes of regular sick leave, immediate family is defined as those individuals who reside in the same household and are related by kinship, adoption, or marriage, as well as foster children certified by the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services. Minor children of the employee, whether or not living in the same household, will be considered immediate family for purposes of regular sick leave. An employee's use of sick leave for family members not residing in that employee's household is strictly limited to the time necessary to provide care and assistance to a spouse, child, or parent of the employee who needs such care and assistance as a direct result of a documented medical condition. For the purpose of this policy, parent does not cover parents-in-law of the employee.
An employee who is the legal guardian of a child by court appointment may use sick leave to care of the child. Sick leave may be used for the adoption of a child under the age of three.
An employee who is on paid leave on the first workday of a month may not use the sick leave that the employee accrues for that month until after the employee returns to duty.
- Extended sick leave: Although provisions for sick leave with pay are determined by state law, under special circumstances extensions or exceptions may be granted to extend available sick leave until the employee is eligible for additional relief such as disability benefits or sick leave pool. Exceptions to the amount of sick leave with pay an employee may take must be authorized by the President on an individual basis, after a review of the merits of the particular case. Eligibility for extended sick leave with pay will be restricted to long-service (a minimum of five years System service) employees who are in good standing (not in disciplinary probation status and no record of sick leave abuse) who have terminal or critical illnesses which exceed sick and/or vacation leave accruals. The maximum amount of extended sick leave with pay which may be granted upon exhaustion of an employee's accrued sick leave and accrued vacation time is the amount necessary to satisfy the 90 day waiting period under the System's group long-term disability income insurance policy. This provision applies to each eligible employee whether or not actually enrolled in the System's long-term disability income insurance program. Absence from work because of illness of the employee's spouse, child, or parent does not qualify the employee for extended sick leave with pay.
- Sick leave pool: The sick leave pool provides a source of additional sick leave for employees who suffer a catastrophic illness or injury and have exhausted all accrued sick leave and other leave balances. All regular employees may voluntarily transfer sick leave from their accrued balances to the UH System sick leave pool and apply for benefits from the pool. (see S.A.M. 02.D.02)
Emergency leave (bereavement leave): Regular employees are eligible for up to 3 days of emergency leave (up to 5 days if the deceased lived out of the area) due to a death in the employee's family. For the purpose of this provision, the employee's family is defined as the employee's spouse or the employee's or spouse's parents (or step-parents), brothers, sisters (or stepbrothers or stepsisters), children (or stepchildren), grandparents, or grandchildren. The request should be submitted to the employee's supervisor as early as possible, identifying the relationship of the deceased to the employee. The supervisor may approve up to 5 days of leave for the death as described above. Requests for more than 5 days must be approved by the President or designee.
Emergency leave may be granted, with the approval of the President, for other reasons determined to be for good cause.
Jury duty: A university employee is entitled to leave to respond to a summons for jury duty and to serve on a jury, if selected. The employee will be granted a reasonable amount of time to report for jury duty and to report to work following dismissal from jury duty.
Employees working the evening or night shift are entitled to leave time for the assigned shift on the day(s) they have responded to and/or served on jury duty during the day shift. If an employee is required to work the evening or night shift on the day(s) of jury duty, the employee will receive additional compensation at straight time for the time worked.
The employee is entitled to keep any compensation for jury service.
Administrative leave: In the event of an emergency closing of the campus declared by the President or presidential designee, regular employees who leave or cannot get to the campus as a result of the condition will be granted administrative leave for the period of time the university is officially closed. In such circumstances, non-exempt employees who are requested by their supervisors to stay on campus or to come to campus because of the critical nature of their work will receive additional compensation at straight time for the time they work.
Compensatory leave: As described in university policy C-25, university employees may be entitled to compensatory leave time in lieu of pay for time worked beyond the standard 40-hour workweek. Restrictions and terms differ for FLSA compensatory time and straight-time compensatory leave.
Parent-teacher conference leave: An employee may use up to eight hours of sick leave each calendar year to attend parent-teacher conference sessions regarding the employee's children who are in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Employees must give reasonable notice of intention to use sick leave to attend such conferences. Part-time employees receive this leave on a proportionate basis.
Other paid leaves provided by the State of Texas: The state also provides for paid leave for certain employees for very specified purposes: volunteer firefighters to attend state training; foster parents to attend certain meetings regarding the child; Red Cross volunteers for specialized disaster relief services; bone marrow or organ donation, blood donations, or blind employees to acquaint the employee with a seeing-eye dog. The Human Resources Office should be contacted for information on these approved leaves.
Leaves without Pay
A leave of absence without pay is an authorized temporary release of an employee from the payroll. A regular employee may be granted a leave without pay for sufficient reason for a period not to exceed 12 months. Except for disciplinary suspensions, active military duty, and worker's compensation situations, all applicable accrued paid leave balances (vacation, compensatory leave, and sick leave) must have been exhausted before the leave without pay period commences. The use of accrued sick leave is, however, restricted to those circumstances that would otherwise qualify the employee for sick leave under state law and university policies. The use of compensatory time is not required when taking family medical leave or parental leave.
A leave without pay implies an intent by the employee to return to work and an intent by the university to return the employee to work. Subject to fiscal constraints, the employing department is required to reinstate an employee to the former position or to one of equivalent requirements and compensation upon expiration of the leave.
A leave of absence without pay of longer than 30 days (other than for military active duty, family and medical leave, parental leave, or workers' compensation) requires the approval of the employee's supervisor and cabinet-level supervisor. Leaves without pay of 30 days or less may be granted with the approval of the employee's supervisor.
The President may grant exceptions to these policy limitations for such reasons as interagency agreements or for other education purposes.
Except where specified otherwise, an employee will not accrue vacation, sick leave, or state service credit for any full calendar month (i.e., from the first day of a month through the last day of a month, inclusive) on leave without pay. An employee will accrue these credits if any part of a month is paid. Also, no retirement plan contributions are made by the university while the employee is on leave without pay.
Employees may continue group insurance while on leave without pay by making arrangements with the Human Resources Department to personally pay the total amount of the premium, including what would have been the state's contribution. When on family and medical leave, the state's contribution will be continued, but the employee share of the premium must be paid personally by the employee.
While on leave without pay, the employee is not eligible for holiday pay.
Leaves That May Be Paid or Unpaid
Witness leave: Any university employee called to appear in the employee's official capacity in any judicial action, legislative investigation, or as an expert witness on behalf of the university shall consider and report that time as time worked, not leave. They may receive no witness fees for such appearances. However, employees providing witness services on behalf of the university are entitled to paid travel expenses.
A university employee who serves as a witness for any other reason than on behalf of the university is entitled to receive witness fees, but such time must be requested and approved as vacation time, compensatory leave or leave without pay. If the employee is responding to a subpoena and accrued leave is not available, the supervisor shall be notified and must grant leave without pay.
Because of an inherent conflict of interest, in accordance with state law, a university employee may not serve as an expert witness or consultant in litigation against the state, unless the employee is serving in that capacity on behalf of the university in a case in which the university is in litigation against another state agency or institution of higher education.
Workers' compensation leave: All university employees are covered under the provisions of the Texas Workers' Compensation Act. Under this act, if an employee is injured on the job or sustains a job-related illness and the employee's claim is accepted for workers' compensation benefits, the employee is eligible for workers' compensation leave. When on workers' compensation leave, the employee may elect to take accrued paid sick leave, vacation, and/or compensatory leave time; or the employee may take leave without pay from the university, during which the employee may be compensated at a percentage of his or her salary by the State of Texas Attorney General's office. In any case, the State of Texas covers medical costs. Also, in any case, the injury or illness must be reported to the employee's supervisor immediately.
For additional details of workers' compensation leave, employees should contact the Human Resources Department.
Family and medical leave: As detailed in UHV Policy and Procedures, C-26, an eligible employee is entitled to a maximum of 12 weeks of family and medical leave in a year (as defined) for the following events or conditions:
- The birth of a child and the care of the newborn
- The placement of a child with an employee in connection with the adoption of state-approved foster care of the child
- The serious health condition of a child, parent, or spouse of the employee
- A serious health condition of the employee
The employee taking family and medical leave must use all applicable accrued paid leave balances (including accrued sick leave and vacation, but not compensatory leave) unless concurrently on workers' compensation leave. If paid leave balances are exhausted, the remainder of the 12 weeks of family and medical leave will be on leave without pay.
Parental leave: Under UHV Policy and Procedures, C-27, an employee who is not eligible for family and medical leave is entitled to a maximum of 12 weeks of parental leave for the following events:
- The birth of a child to the employee and the care of the newborn
- The placement of a child under three years of age with an employee in connection with the adoption of state-approved foster care of the child
The employee taking parental leave must use all applicable accrued paid leave balances (including accrued sick leave and vacation, but not compensatory leave). If paid leave balances are exhausted, the remainder of the 12 weeks of family and medical leave will be on leave without pay.
Military leave: Under the General Provisions of the General Appropriations Act and the State of Texas Government Code, University of Houston-Victoria employees who are members of state military forces or a component of the armed forces are entitled to military leave of absence with pay for a maximum of 15 days per federal fiscal year for training or active duty authorized by a proper authority. State law also requires that a state employee's work schedule be adjusted as needed so that two of the employee's non-work days per month coincide with two days of military duty to be performed by the employee. After exhausting the 15 days of paid military leave, the employee may use accrued vacation leave to the extent available and/or be placed in a leave without pay status for the remainder of the active duty period.
Employees called to active duty are entitled to re-employment following discharge if the individual received an honorable discharge, if application for re-employment is made within 90 days of discharge, if the length of active duty does not exceed five years, and if the employee is physically and mentally qualified to perform the essential functions of that position.
Time Away That Is Not Considered Leave
Time away from the office as a witness on the universitys behalf to attend conferences and other work-related training or to attend college credit courses approved under UHV Policy and Procedures, C-18 is considered time worked and should not be reported as leave.
A University of Houston-Victoria Leave Request Form (Attachment A) must be used to request most types of leave. The form shall be completed and submitted to the employee's supervisor for approval with any required documentation attached.
Where a leave period involves more than one type of leave, each type of leave involved shall be requested according to the procedure for that type leave.
Except as noted, the leave must be requested and approved by the supervisor in advance of the leave. Upon approval, a signed copy shall be returned promptly to the employee. Any adjustment to or disapproval of the leave should be adequately explained.
At the end of the bi-weekly pay period, a copy of the completed/ signed original Leave Request Form shall be attached to the employee's timesheet and forwarded to the Human Resources Office.
Vacation or compensatory leave: Departmental guidelines for advance notification and scheduling shall be followed.
Sick leave: Leave for medical appointments or elective procedures must be requested ahead of time and scheduled to accommodate work requirements, whenever possible. When the employee is unable to work because of illness, he or she should contact the supervisor at the earliest practical time in accordance with departmental procedures, and the Leave Request Form must be submitted promptly upon return. In addition, a medical absence of more than three working days requires a written statement from the employee's health care provider indicating the cause or nature of the illness or some other acceptable written statement of the facts concerning the illness which is acceptable. It is within the discretion of the department head to require documentation concerning illnesses resulting in absences of three working days or less.
Extended sick leave or sick leave pool: The Human Resources Office must be contacted regarding the requirements for applying for extended sick leave or sick leave pool. . Ultimate approval of leave from the sick leave pool is subject to the availability of hours in the pool.
Emergency (bereavement) leave: The request shall be submitted to the employee's supervisor as early as possible, identifying the relationship of the deceased to the employee. Upon return from the leave, the employee may be asked to furnish acceptable documentation to the supervisor. Emergency leave for other serious causes may be requested with a memorandum describing the situation on which the request is based. The request requires the approval of the supervisor and the President.
Jury duty: The employee shall submit the Leave Request Form, together with a copy of the jury summons, as soon as possible after receipt. Jury time shall be estimated and revised, if necessary, upon return.
Witness leave: A university employee called to appear in an official capacity must notify his or her supervisor of the time away and report such time as time worked. When an employee serves as a witness for any other reason than on behalf of the university, the employee must request vacation, compensatory leave, or leave without pay in accordance with the procedures for those types of leave.
Military leave: The employee shall submit the Leave Request form, along with a copy of his or her orders, as soon as possible after the orders are received. When the request involves leave without pay, that procedure shall be followed, also.
Family and medical leave or parental leave: The Leave Request Form shall be submitted, along with the Application of Family and Medical Leave or Parental Leave and the health care provider's certification, in accordance with UHV Policy and Procedures, C-26. When the request involves leave without pay, that procedure shall be followed, also.
Workers' compensation leave: Forms prescribed for reporting job-related injury or illness for eligibility for compensation under the Workers' Compensation Act may be obtained from the Human Resources Department. If the leave involves leave without pay, that procedure must be followed, also.
Leave without pay: Except for requests for leave without pay where other forms are required, the Leave Request Form shall be submitted for requests for leaves without pay. The request requires the approvals of the supervisor and cabinet-level supervisor if over 30 days. The leave without pay must be requested early enough to allow time for administrative consideration and approval and scheduling of replacement personnel. If leave is requested for medical purposes, procedures outlined in university policies C-26 or C-27 shall be followed. If leave is requested for military active duty, workers' compensation leave, or witness leave, those sections of this policy and procedure should also be consulted.
Upon approval of the leave of absence without pay, a personnel action request (PAR) shall be submitted, indicating the reason for the leave and attaching a copy of the approval documentation, in the following cases:
- When leave without pay extends across an entire pay period
- When a holiday falls within the leave without pay period
Training, conferences, workshops, professional development, college courses: Time away from the office for approved, work-related training is considered time worked, not leave. However, the employee's supervisor must approve the time away. Time away to attend college courses must be requested and approved in accordance with UHV Policy and Procedures, C-18.
Administrative leave: Authorized administrative leave shall be reported on the time sheet as administrative leave, but leave is not requested.
Holidays: Holidays are not requested and are not reported by exempt employees on their timesheet. Non-exempt, biweekly employees report an "H" on their timesheet on the holiday, but do not indicate an earnings code or hours for that day. The payroll system will automatically calculate holiday pay.
Leave Records
Records of leave requests and leave accrued and taken, including copies of timesheets and copies of leave requests, are maintained at the department level for monthly employees. Bi-weekly leave requests and copies of timesheets are maintained by the Human Resources Department for the current and previous four fiscal years. The official leave records are those reflected in the UH System payroll system.
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Originating department: Human Resources
New review date: 02/22/2013
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Certified personal trainer Mechelle Haflich is familiar with both the highs and lows of physical health. As a bodybuilder, she has won competitions focused on superior strength, and as a registered massage therapist, she has eased injured muscles back into action. Both titles have proven essential in planning FitBody Studio, where she takes a holistic view on wellness through fitness, massage, and spa services. Alongside a team of highly credentialed instructors, therapists, and aestheticians, Mechelle's team adjusts her programs to suit each client's ambitions, which range from losing inches to being able to deadlift a locomotive.
On the exercise side of the curriculum, private training sessions and group classes build endurance—Vinyasa yoga and kickboxing sessions round out the stair climbs and cardio drills of the Bleachers class, which takes place inside the Colorado College football stadium. To repair overworked deltoids, the studio's massage programs relax tendons and target injuries with a mix of modalities. After workouts sculpt bodies, FitBody Studio's spa polishes them smooth with waxing services and custom facials.
As children, we often fantasize about opening a business with our best friend. As adults, we rarely follow through with our childhood dreams. But there are always exceptions. Amanda Dani Hernandez and Brittany Ann McMullen, friends since elementary school, made their joint spa-owning dream come true. After both attended beauty school, the ladies polished their skills while working together at a spa in Breckenridge. A few years later, they decided to combine their talents and launch Colorado Mountain Day Spa in their hometown.
Before officially opening their spa's doors in 2011, Amanda and Brittany carefully designed the space with a unified mountain theme. Each of the four treatment rooms embodies the essence of one season, and the Garden of the Gods–themed bathroom features floral accents and iconic red rocks. While enjoying luxurious spa services such as facials, massages, and body wraps, clients also relish soothing spa sounds ranging from flowing rivers to birds politely requesting that worms come to the table for dinner.
Owner Kimberly Lowman ensures that the Body Detox Center lives up to its name by offering natural, detoxifying treatments that promote optimal well-being. To purge toxins from the skin, clients dip their feet into an electrically stimulated salt-infused footbath. During three cycles of vibrations, Kimberly watches as the water transforms colors and textures, "reading [the] water, like one reads tea leaves…" wrote Jen Mulson for The Gazette. Kimberly's also helps clients detox on the go with a personal line of North Pole Magnets that come in a variety of easy-to-wear accessories including bracelets, ankle wraps, and alloy-woven footie pajamas. The center also carries Phoenix Nutritional supplements available for purchase.
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I originally tried to update this with the Adobe update manager and that failed. Then I tried to download the update and install manually (DVD version) and that failed.
Any ideas?
Using windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP2
Nvidia Quadro 3800
I have the CS5 Production Premium suite installed.
The only remedy for me was a complete uninstall, reinstall and update.
Did you uninstall the entire cs5 suite or just Premiere?
We're looking into issues posted here on 5.0.2, any other details you can add?
Hi ParkerPSU,
I would suggest you to create a new windows user account with admin rights and then update the software again
I noticed it never updated to 5.0.1 either, so I tried to update it to 5.0.1 first but that didn't work either.
The updates for the other CS5 apps all installed properly.
I also installed using my admin account.
I noticed a bunch of minor upgrades this morning, but this and the 5.0.2 upgrade installed for me. I would suggest launching the updates through Bridge, and once initiated close Bridge and every other program that's running. I don't know that it will solve the problem, but I've always been a stickler for closing EVERYTHING during any software installation and it's served me well.
I'm running a Windows (Windows 7 x64) machine with a 3.3 gig quad core with a Quadro FX 5600 and 32gb of RAM.
My Mac also failed to update Premiere Pro while all the other updates were fine.
Mac Pro OS X 10.6.4 16GB Dual Quad GTX-285
My install failed as well on the Media Encoder.
Windows XP Pro
When I try and open Media Encoder it says Adobe Media Encoder components have different versions.
My install failed as well on the Media Encoder.
Windows XP Pro
When I try and open Media Encoder it says Adobe Media Encoder components have different versions.
Donald, you're asking about a Premiere Pro CS5 update but you're using Windows XP? Premiere Pro CS5 won't install on Windows XP at all. Here are the system requirements for Premiere Pro CS5.
You are of course correct. The update on my Vista machine installed correctly.
My XP Pro machine has some components of Production Premium CS5 and a 32 bit version of some of the other products from CS4. I received the notification that some of the products had updates and when I OK'd it to proceed everything seemed to work except the Media Encoder which on my XP machine is 32 bit if I recall correctly.
It still seems to load OK but gives me a message that some of the component versions do not match. Could it be the install didn't anticipate there might be a mixture of CS5 and CS4 products?
Ditto, 5.0.2 won't update. It downloads, goes through the installation process, finally saying nothing more than "Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 5.0.2, Installation failed"
I believe it was 5.0.1 that wouldn't install either. I tried downloading and installing that as a trial and that worked. I don't think it likes the Master Collection serial #.
ADOBE - you have some bugs in your updater. At least give a better explanation so it can be fixed. I used to write code for these things and know it's near impossible to fix without a better failure message...
Win 7 x64, Intel Extreme 8 core cpu, 8G RAM
I'm having a similar experience to Bill.
It downloads, goes through the installation process, finally saying nothing more than "Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 5.0.2, Installation failed".
I see slightly different behaviors between a manual download of the retail AdobePatchInstaller.exe and the Adobe Application Manager (after selecting "Updates..." in premiere)
The installer gets about 80% done, says somewhere between 18-27 seconds left, the blue status bar blinks off and on, then I get the above error message.
Adobe Application Manager:
The blue status bar blinks off and on a couple times, once towards the beginning and another towards the end, it finally says 100% done, then I see the error message.
v5.0.1 installed fine for me.
I'm disappointed that Adobe doesn't give a more detailed error message.
Win 7, x64, 12GB RAM, 940 i7
I suspect Adobe mixed up the "electronic downloads" and "retail DVD". I found that both versions have the same file name " PremiereProRetail-5.0.2-mui-AdobeUpdate.zip".
I guess the "electronic downloads" version should have the file name " PremiereProTrial-5.0.2-mui-AdobeUpdate.zip" instead, as can be confirmed from the Macintosh update.
Can Adobe check it up please.
I suspect Adobe mixed up the "electronic downloads" and "retail DVD". I found that both versions have the same file name " PremiereProRetail-5.0.2-mui-AdobeUpdate.zip".
Yeah, it is weird they have the same filename. I downloaded and tried "electronic downloads" version. That didn't work either.
I also get a failed installation for Premier Pro CS5 on my mac. I upgraded all the other applications of CS5 production premium. I then tried to download and install which failed. I also don't have 5.0.1 so I tried to install that and it failed.
I am having the same install error with version 5.02 and also noticed that 5.01 did not install. It appears that other CS5 programs are updating correctly.
I don't know if this is significant, but I see the following error repeated several times in my Adobe install logs for Premiere 5.02: (C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Adobe\Installers\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 5.0.2 09-05-2010.log)
ERROR: 84 Unable to locate file at "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5\MediaIO\systempresets\414D4520_464C564E\F4V - Web Medium (Flash 9.2 and Higher).epr"
ERROR: 84 Command ARKMoveFileCommand failed.
ERROR: 84 Unable to move file at "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5\MediaIO\systempresets\414D4520_464C564E\Z_F4V - Web Medium (Flash 9.2 and Higher).epr" to "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5\MediaIO\systempresets\414D4520_464C564E\F4V - Web Medium (Flash 9.2 and Higher).epr" Error 2 The system cannot find the file specified.
ERROR: 84 Error rolling back command ARKMoveFileCommand
Then you see a list of ERROR: lines where it says the patch is already installed, but one line says this:
ERROR: - Adobe Premiere Pro CS5_5.0.2_AdobePremierePro5AllRetail: Install failed
I checked back in the 5.01 installer logs and didn't see any errors that stood out. The errors I saw were related to Language Packs not being found and not of the errors were classified as fatal.
I tried running the update from inside Premiere Pro. I tried downloading the DVD version since that's what I installed from originally. I tried the non-DVD version. I ran the Adobe Diagnostic app. It says it didn't find a problem, but when you close the Diagnostic app, it reports in a dialog box that it did find something. Appears to upload it somewhere, but never says what the problem is.
Using Windows 7 Ultimatte
i7 CPU
NVidia Quadro FX 1800
Harm, I was wondering the same thing. When you say you uninstalled, do you mean all of CS5 or just Premiere Pro? Thanks
Harm happens to be off on vacation, maybe later he a can answer.
Nice one Zazz,
I got the exact same error messages in my install logs.
It can't find "F4V - Web Medium (Flash 9.2 and Higher).epr" and then tries to create it by copying "Z_F4V - Web Medium (Flash 9.2 and Higher).epr".
So I copied "Z_F4V..." to "F4V..." myself.
Seems like a step in the right direction. Trying an install after that gave me a new set of error messages similar to the first set...
ERROR: 98 Unable to locate file at "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5\MediaIO\systempresets\414D4520_464C564E\FLV - Web Large, NTSC Source (Flash 8 and Higher).epr"
ERROR: 98 Command ARKMoveFileCommand failed.
ERROR: 98 Unable to move file at "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5\MediaIO\systempresets\414D4520_464C564E\Z_FLV - Web Large, NTSC Source (Flash 8 and Higher).epr" to "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro CS5\MediaIO\systempresets\414D4520_464C564E\FLV - Web Large, NTSC Source (Flash 8 and Higher).epr" Error 2 The system cannot find the file specified.
ERROR: 98 Error rolling back command ARKMoveFileCommand
A workaround might be to duplicate all the files with the Z_ prefix, but I'm going to wait a few days for Harm or Adobe to weigh in since I don't know what repercussions this might have.
Thanks for the feedback and waiting a couple days works for me as well.
Master Collection installed on W7 studio machine with some programs on XP laptop. I get the same Media Encoder error on XP machine. Not going to risk updating my studio PC whilst this problem persits.
Wodehouse, you're asking about an update on Windows XP? This is a thread about a Premiere Pro CS5 update, and Premiere Pro CS5 won't install on Windows XP at all.
I get the same errors on a Mac Pro only difference is error number is 48
Hello Todd
es you are right but please read my message thoroughly. I have installed the Master Collection
on my W7 studio PC with some of the programs on my laptop running XP. The laptop does not have PPCS5 installed but it does have Encore CS5 installed along with DWCS5 / IDCS5 / FWCS5. Therefore, when I updated the media encoder threw up the message as indicated. And, as a result, I will not install the upgrades on my studio PC in case any problems occur.
Thank you
I believe that only Flash, out of that group, uses AME and installs it.
Now question for Todd - is AME 32-bit, or 64-bit, especially the Flash version from CS5? Are there versions of AME for both OS's?
Might make a difference,
There is a 32-bit AME CS5, and there is a 64-bit AME CS5.
The 64-bit version is what is used by After Effects CS5 and Premiere Pro CS5.
Thank you for that. Then Wodehouse's Flash CS5 would have the 32-bit version on the XP machine, and hence an update for 64-bit would not install. Am I correct in that logic?
> Then Wodehouse's Flash CS5 would have the 32-bit version on the XP machine, and hence an update for 64-bit would not install. Am I correct in that logic?
I think so. I'll try to get a better answer after the holiday weekend.
I just updated to 5.0.2 and the installer finished and said installed correctly.
I then started Premiere and loaded an HDV project. When the media was loading Premiere crashed and a message from Windows popped up saying that it will try and fix the issue along with some other things I don't remember. Windows said to restart the program and when I did it seemed to load the HDV project correctly.
I checked the windows crash log and the description for the Premiere crash was a "faulting application path" It came with a problem signature with this underneath it:
problem event name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Adobe Premiere Pro.exe
Application Version: 188.8.131.52
Application Timestamp: 4c731297
Fault Module Name: Pluginsupport.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4c72c90b
Exception Code: c000041d
Exception Offset: 00000000000133ba
OS Version: 6.1.76002.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 5464
Additional Information 2: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Additional Information 1: 9659
Additional Information 1: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Can anybody make any sense of this and why it might have happened?
I've got the some trouble with Pr 5.0.2 update.
The Adobe update service reports installation failed for Premiere.
PremiereProRetail-5.0.2-mul-AdobeUpdate launcher reports dtto
PremiereProTrial-5.0.2-mul-AdobeUpdate launcher succeeds with update process, but Premiere seems not updated at all (5.0.0 at startup banneras well as at About box)
Did complete uninstalling and reinstallingPremiere Pro worked for someone?
Does either of the update launchers create a detailed setup log anywhere?
My config: Windows 7 Ultimate/x64, ACS 5 Master Collection, Intel C2D, 4GB RAM
Appreciate any working solution..
Anakuda, it is evident that you had the trial version installed once. Remove CS5 and then run the Adobe cleanup script and then reinstall
@Bill Gehrke: That`s possible, I had installed Premiere Pro CS4 Trial previously.
Do I have to uninstall all Creative Suite or is Premiere enough?
What cleanup script are you tallking about? I never heard of it.
Also I found some CS4 folders on my HDD, and also uninstall entries for some CS4 components.
I don't use any CS4 products anymore, afaik. Is it safe to delete these entries manually?
I have not been able to successfully install the 5.0.2 update on my Mac either. The auto update tells me that:"Installation failed". My install is from the retail DVD, so I downloaded the retail updater and attempted to manually install. That also gave me the same failure message. I then downloaded the 5.0.5 update for electronic downloads. When I install it, it "installs" extremely quickly and tells me it was successful. Then I open up Premiere and it still shows the version to be 5.0.0.
Macbook Pro 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7
4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
Mac OS X
Version 10.6.4
After unsuccessfully updating from 5.0.1 I uninstalled 5.0.1 using the uninstaller and deleted all the preferences. I reinstalled from dvd back to 5.0.0 and then updated to 5.0.2 and it seems to be working ok. This is on a MAC.
I uninstalled Premiere.
Now I try to install ACS again and setup fails also.
So now I'm without Premiere at all.
What is the workaround?
Did you run the cleanup script?
Hallo an alle hier, bin NEU.
Das Update von CS5(5.02 welches in teilen kam)) im 64 Bit PC unter Win7 Ultimat,
hat warscheinlich den gleichen Fehler wie überall.
Nach der Installation über Internet,
klappt in CS5 fast nix mehr ohne Fehlermeldung.
Die Meldung das es für den Encoder ein update gibt, geht garnicht weg.
Bei Play der Videos in CS5 wird das Programm Weiß und irgendwann geht es nicht mehr.
Ein Runtime Error C++ Fehlertritt auf wenn manOnLocation startetn will. ABsturz.
Adobes Ratschläge wie man vorgehen soll um die Fehler loszuwerden, hilft nicht, denn-
die angegebenen Ordner sind bei mir garnicht vorhanden.
Meine LÖSUNG:
Das gesamte CS5 bei Adobe abmelden.
Alles Deinstallieren vom Mediaplayer bis Help.
Dann alles neu installieren.
Dann die Updates über Programm CS5 /Hilfe/ Aktualisieren holen.
Danach den Encoder hier nochmal über Hilfe nach update fragen
wenn ja dann den rest hier installieren.
Danach lief CS5 mit allen Programmtools wieder einwandfrei.
Die Fehlermeldunge von Encoder bleibt nun weg und OnLokation macht auch keinen Runtime Error mehr.
Wenn Adobe meldet das ein Update zur verfügung steht dann:
Das Projekt Speichern und schließen.
Unter Windows- egal welche version- einen Wiederherstellungspunkt anlegen!
Premiere neu mit einem leeren Projekt starten.
Hier dann unter Hilfe / Aktualisieren/ die Updates machen lassen.
Leider lässt Adobe es nicht zu, dass man diese Updates runterlädt und selber bestimmen kann, wann man das
Installieren will.
Dann kann man das besser vorbereiten und die Installation kann dann nicht von anderen Prozessen
die gerade im PC laufen, gestört werden.
Sorry, ich werde immer in Deutsch schreiben , da ich kein English kann. Hoffe trotzdem das es anderen Hilft. Adobe konnte hierbei nicht helfen.
I believe all issues with wrong file pointers on the downloads page have been fixed.


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For the past few days, since getting the newest update to Adobe Flash Player I've had a very annoying problem with watching youtube videos. The sound quality while watching videos is just terrible. Depending on if it's a song with a lot of bass, singing, or a video with just commentary, the distortion differs. It's a craking, static-y sound, like a poorly tuned radio in some cases. Some videos, especially with certain frequencies of sound as I've said, can be a very heavily distorted.
I was completely fine, with perfect audio all around before accepting the update. I didn't place Adobe Flash as the cause for a while, but after eliminting so many other causes, Adobe Flash is what I feel is the problem. Every other source of audio on my computer still plays perfectly(iTunes, MP3, MP4, etc), it's only youtube. I also tried other video sites such as Vimeo which I believed to run with flash as well and really didn't notice the distortion, but also I can't find a perfect video comparison, so I really can't be sure and don't want to rule them out. Youtube is the only one I absolutely can tell is affected, badly. I checked my firefox Plugins and the Shockwave plugin from Flash is indeed enabled. Also, it happens regardless of whether I watch a youtube video with Firefox or IE. And a final note, I am the admin of this computer, and the only user.
I run Windows 7 64bit
I use Firefox as my main web browser.
I have the lastest Adobe Flash update (188.8.131.52).
I use a Toshiba M645-S4070 laptop.
Intel i5 Processor
4gb ram
Realtek High Definition (I believe this is the soundcard)
I've been looking through threads both here, on microsoft help, and through google search in general trying to solve this and nothing has worked.
I tried uninstalling and re-installing, both with and without full computer reboots between the instalations/unistalations, updating my sound card drivers, checking and disabling my firewall when installing, installing offline, checking to make sure audio enhancement was off (right click on youtube video > settings).
I'm really at loss, and it can be painful to use youtube now as things stand. Also, if I need to post more of my computer's information please say so, since I'm not very knowlagable how to get more specs than what I posted.
Hope someone can help, thanks.
Hello, I just made this account to respond you because I had the same problem and your message was useful to me.
Go to: Control Panel > System > Advanced Options > Config [Performance] > Advanced Opt > Check "Programs"
[Virtual Memory] / Click "Change" / Custom Size [Increase the first number in both fields]
Still not working? Activate HTML5 on YouTube to view videos without Flash: http://www.youtube.com/html5
That's all until Adobe fix its buggy application. Regards.
Thanks for the advice, I tried the settings and that didn't help, but using youtube with HTML5 did help the videos that could use it. Most partnered videos or with commercial music still are affected since HTML5 doesn't work on videos that run ads, but it is indeed better than nothing.
Hopefully a full fix will come soon.
Please take a moment and visit the following bugs:
If these sound similar to what you are encountering I encourage you to cast your vote for a fix. If you believe your problem is different, please open a new bug report.
I had the same bug with bad sound, especially on bass-heavy sound bits, but I found a work arround
Go to Start -> Control panel -> Flash Player -> Advanced
I deleted all "Site Data and Settings"
Sound is back to normal now.
I hope it helps!
trmpah wrote:
I had the same bug with bad sound, especially on bass-heavy sound bits, but I found a work arround
Go to Start -> Control panel -> Flash Player -> Advanced
I deleted all "Site Data and Settings"
Sound is back to normal now.
I hope it helps!
Wow I'm shocked, that's all it took to fix it! I think I saw that suggestion on another issue similar to mine, but didn't try it because I wasn't sure exactly what that action would delete, but I just decided to go ahead with it after your post and it actually worked. Thank you, and I hope this thread will stand for anyone else that goes looking for an answer to this issue if they have it as well.
posting this here, in response to bug
current Flash build 11,3,300,214 (beta) but reproduced on 11.2 release
deleting cache and "site data and settings" only causes a short term fix. A few videos and websites later, sound crackling during playback returns.
In both Windows 7 x64 rc7100 and XP x86, fresh format installs, sound issue persists.
just to add to my post, that this sound popping/crackling issue is MOST noticable while using another flash enabled application or a 3D game like Half-Life2, but I still get sound drops just by moving the mouse and hovering over a tool tip or something that causes a popup. It's as if the video card and the CPU are fighting over which takes priority, the flash audio stream or the screen render. Still hoping for a fix, because deleting the site data and settings did not fix this issue for me.
update - installing flash build 10.3.183.18 solved audio playback stutter/high latency for me. I can duplicate this reliably, after uninstalling and reinstalling each version several times on a freshly formated system. Visual performance is slower on 10.3 but my issue was strictly sound playback via youtube, which 11.2 and the 11.3 beta were the direct cause. Updated bug report. Hope that helps you guys out a bit. Good luck all
Immediately after upgrading to Adobe's Flash player 11.3.300.257 on 6/18/2012 streaming audio from YouTube and Pandora experienced extreme crackling sound whenever I launched another memory intensive application in my case it was an online backgammon game. I could also re-create the "crackling" just by launching Windows task manager and dragging the task manager screen around my desktop. Prior to the upgrade I never had any audio issues. My PC is quite old by today's standards but wanted to post as I did find a simple (Adobe) solution which ultimately resolved my crackling issue. I'll get to that in just a moment.
My PC system configuration is as follows:
Windows XP Professional v2002 Service Pack 3
Internet Explorer v8.0.6001.18702
Dell OPTIPLEX GX270
Pentium® 4 CPU 2.40GHz
The solution which worked quite nicely for me was to simply re-install to a prior version of Flash Player (i.e. Flash Player ActiveX Version 188.8.131.52)
Step one: Download and run the latest Adobe Flash player uninstaller from http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/uninstall-flash-player-windows. html
Step two: Download and install a prior version of Adobe Flash Player. I got mine from http://www.filehippo.com/
In conclusion, unless there's a bug in the latest and greatest version of Flash Player, I tend to think, that one or more of my computer components are just not beefy enough to handle new Flash Player upgrades. My audio driver is from 2003!
I hope my recent, painful experience and its solution may help some other poor suffering fool like myself!
Since the newest flash player update about a week ago, I too have been having some issues similar to what everyone in this thread is talking about - I am not noticing it on YouTube or other videos as much, it is mostly happening when playing some games where the sounds the game makes as you click the game pieces will vibrate or echo really badly. The games are running slower too and freezing up on me as well. I didn't have these issues before the update.
So I have two questions. The first is related to the first solution: start > control panel > adobe flash > advanced. Once I get to my control panel I do not see where to find Flash...I only have a screen showing the main areas such as maintenance, add or remove programs, etc. If I go to add or remove programs I can find flash in there but there is no "advanced" button to click. I have no idea how to find that area to make that change and see if that solution works for me.
My next question is related to the 2nd solution by Starman01370. I uninstalled adobe flash player with the uninstaller you linked to, however when I go to the file hippo site I do not see any versions prior to the 11.3. I put it in their search field as well and only 11.3 is being offered on there as far as I can see. I suppose I could try to search online for another file sharing site for an earlier Flash version, but I am a tad leery in downloading things from sites I am unfamiliar with.
At first I thought it was a possible issue with my drivers needing updating, but they are as up to date as they can be given the age of this computer (see below for my computer specs). All other programs and software are up to date on my computer. Though the newest version of Firefox is causing additional issues as well but I did that update after the Adobe Flash update and had the problems I described here prior to the FF update.
Compaq Presario V5225, Win XP Home Edition SP3, 3000+ processor, 640 MB Ram.
In response to your first question: I probably can't help too much there. I
too took many of the same actions you've taken and had no success. I felt
like there was no clear solution available (and perhaps there isn't) but
there sure are a lot of folks having similar audio issues.
I also wasn't comfortable using file hippo for the very same reason you
expressed, but I was desperate. I've since discovered the Adobe download URL
for their archived flash players. It is as follows:
http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions. html.
Their page is a bit deceiving, but the archive links can be found near the
bottom of the page...just scroll down and select the prior version that you
think might work for you.
I hope this helps. Remember to use Adobe's flash player uninstaller first
and not Window's "Add Remove Programs located in the Window's control panel.
Don't ask me why 'cause I don't have an answer other than I read it
somewhere when I was searching for my fix.
I just reviewed one of the adobe archive zip files that I could have used (but didn't). They appear to contain installation setups for a variety of Operating Systems. If you're running XP, then I believe you'd extract (from the zip file) and run a program like:
fp_22.214.171.124_archive/11_2r202_235_32bit/flashplayer11_2r202_235_win 32bit.msi.
For what it's worth: the installation file I used from File HIPPO was named install_flash_player_ax_32bit.exe.
First, my system specs:
Form: laptop, Dell Inspiron 6000 (Nov. 2005)
CPU: Pentium M, 1.60 GHz
Memory: 504 MB
Audio Device: SigmaTel C-Major
OS: XP Home Edition, Version: 2002, SP3
Browser: IE 8, 32-bit
Thanks, Starman. Your input was most helpful. In applying your recommendations, all went well -- up to the stipulated archived version of Adobe FP. As it turns out, adopting Wildboar's selection of an older version of FP (i.e., 10.3.183.18) was an essential last step. I also should add that your follow-on posting, which included the alternative Adobe Flash Player archives link, was very helpful.
BTW, here's a brief FYI on specific symptoms (mostly stuttering and some momentary and intermittant freeze-ups) of my audio distortion problem:
I had no problems with CD/DVD playback or with playback of Windows Media Player or iTunes content.
The specific problems I encountered were with YouTube and other on-line media playback.
While I don't know for sure how widespread this problem might be, or to what degree Adobe's most recent updates might be implicated in these audio problems, I nonetheless hope that Adobe is taking proper notice. ...
After all, this has been one momunental pain in the ***!
Thanks Starman - I am happy to report that by installing v. 10.3, I no longer have any issues (11.2 does not have the most recent security patches so I went with 10.3 which does). Incidently, I mentioned I didn't have any issues with YouTube or other media type video players but soon after I posted that I started to have those stuttering and freezing issues on there as well. I haven't checked yet to see if installing the earlier flash version solved those issues but I assume and hope it will.
By the way, I found the info and link to the 10.3 version via the Firefox forums - it is a known issue where others are having these same video and sound issues after having installed the latest version of both FF and Adobe Flash and both are working to solve the problem...so hopefully it will all be resolved with the next updates.
Yesterday I got an update from Adobe Flash saying it was the newest "fix" for firefox users to alleviate the issues many were reporting. So I upgraded back to 11.3 with the reported updates, however it did not resolve the echoing/stuttering sound issues - still getting that with the 11.3 version. So back to 10.3 again where I had absolutely no sound issues after I downgraded it last week. Sigh.
I appreciate the on-going follow-up and feedback from other folks who, like myself, are plagued (apparently) with sound distortion problems resulting from the downloading of Abobe's most recent Flash Player update.
I should mention that in the case of MelM27 (and in the case of another poster whose name I can't recall just now) the OS environment they operate in (i.e., Firefox) differs from mine, which is MS XP.
I mention this because I'm not certain whether the outcome of my downloading Adobe's latest FP "fix" and then re-downloading version 11.3 into my XP environment will be any more successful it has been for the two Foxfire users.
For me personally, it would be particularly helpful to receive feedback from anyone in this chatroom who is experiencing this problem and who is also a XP user.
John Patrick Ryan: I'm running XP Pro and use IE8, but after reading
MelM27's most recent post, I've opted not to waste my time Beta testing
another supposedly Adobe G/A flash player update. Since I re-installed back
to an earlier flash player version, life has been good on the sound front.
I did likewise -- with similarly satisfactory results. For now I'm standing pat with v. 10.3.
I haven't checked this thread since the last time I posted here but I popped back in here to see if there was any new info. I actually tried to update again when I received an update notice from Adobe a week or so, maybe two weeks back - I thought/hoped they made yet another fix to this issue, but nope...still same problems so back to 10.3 I went again.
John Patrick, regarding your post above about using a different OS than those of us who use Firefox....Firefox is the browser I use, but I have the same OS as you. I have MS windows XP 2002 Home Edition SP3. I thought this was an issue just between Firefox and Adobe but I guess others are having similar issues using other browsers too. I am still using v. 13 of Firefox and have not updated to v.14 yet...afraid to do so with all these issues so I am keeping things as they are for the time being.
EDIT TO ADD: I just found another thread that was also talking about this issue and found out v. 11.4 has been released (as of 8/21 I believe) and a few were reporting it solved all issues for them....no more sound or video problems. This is good news! I haven't tried it yet but hoping it really does solve all these issues. I think it was advised to uninstall the older version (with Adobe uninstall tool not your computer's uninstall) and rebooting computer, then install the newest version to be sure no remnants are still on your computer of the older version.
You're much braver than I. I had a sneeking suspicion that if I updated, I'd
be disappointed. Thanks for saving me some unwanted grief!
I run Windows XP Home Edition SP3 32-bit (x86 processor) using a Pentium 4 CPU 2.53 GHz with 2.00 GB RAM.
I also have an excellent sound card (Creative Sound Blaster) but just a generic video card because I don't use my computer for advanced gaming or any other advanced video application.
I WAS using the latest version of Google Chrome, which has the latest version of Adobe Flash Player built in. This gave me no choice about which version of Flash Player to use. Even though I uninstalled the self-standing Flash Player from my system, Google Chrome still had Flash Player 126.96.36.199 built-in.
Recently I too began having distorted sound quality while watching YouTube videos. Quality would worsen if I scrolled down on the same page as the video or if I had another tab open where I was scrolling. The audio/video would even play at slower speeds.
I switched to HTML5 on YouTube and the problem was immediately solved. That is, for videos which use HTML5.
However videos that do not use HTML5 and still use Flash Player were still having the same sound quality issues.
I also ran Angry Birds Chrome online (http://chrome.angrybirds.com) on Google Chrome in order to test basic gaming. It had the same buggy sound problems as it had on YouTube.
This told me that the problem lies squarely with the newest build of Adobe Flash Player.
I then installed the newest Firefox 32-bit (while luckily retaining all of my bookmarks from Chrome) and uninstalled Google Chrome. At that point Flash Player was completely uninstalled on my computer.
I then chose to install an older build of Flash Player.
Video and sound quality now work perfectly fine on YouTube with the newest Firefox and the older version of Flash Player on my computer:
Mozilla Firefox 16.0.2
Adobe Flash Player 10.3.183.29
I also ran Angry Birds Chrome online again, this time using Firefox, even though it is supposedly designed for Google Chrome only. It ran perfectly fine on Firefox, without any of the buggy sound problems that it had when I tested it on Chrome.
I do not plan to ever go back to using Google Chrome again. I think it is a poor idea to have Adobe Flash Player built into Google Chrome. These two applications should be separate.
I had a problem with cracking or popping, more blaring than anything after a recent update (this was happening in all browsers and all flash and youtube vids). Resolved by reinstalling 10.3 as suggested. Thanks!
Same for me. But I am not sure yet, if I downgrade or wait for an update.
Sometimes I start to believe in conspiracies. That new grapics drivers that make old graphic chips slower or new flash versions that start to stutter, crackle and crash older systems have the purpose to make us buy new hardware.


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Eureka Police immediately began working with Fresno to locate both suspects. Local law enforcement agencies were notified the suspects could be in the area. Fresno Police and Eureka Police were able to locate the suspects staying in a residence in the 900 block of O st, Eureka. Eureka Police with the assistance of Fresno Police were able to obtain a search warrant for the residence the suspects were believed to be in. Fresno Police immediately dispatched three detectives to Eureka arriving on 3-21-2013..
Due to the suspect's violent history, likely hood of being armed and type of arrest warrants issued the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office Interagency (Sheriff's Office and Eureka Police) SWAT team and the Sheriffs Office Crisis Negotiation Team were activated.
On 03-22-2013, approximately 7:00 a.m. officers and deputies from Eureka Police, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, United States Marshalls Office, Bureau of Land Management, Humboldt County District Attorney Investigators and Humboldt County Drug Task Force blocked off the area around the suspects location and evacuated nearby neighbors. The SWAT team was deployed while this was occurring. Both suspects were then called out of the residence and surrendered immediately to the SWAT Team. No one was injured.
Fresno Police has requested the names of the suspects be withheld along with their booking photos. They are still actively investigating their case. The suspects, both in their 20's, reside in Fresno and were booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility on the arrest warrants. Eureka Police and Fresno Detectives searched the residence the suspects were staying in pursuant to the search warrant.
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Sunday To Tuesday From 11:00 AM To 10:00 PM Wednesday From 11:00 AM To 12:00 AM
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Has anyone noticed how small the plates are? I barely fit my food on and throughout the meal it was constantly spilling off of my plate. For what you are paying, you would think they could afford giving you larger plates. The food was just ok- not good.
Great for Large Parties – Yea, this place is pretty cool, great for large parties, they really do rock. Food comes out at the same time, always hot and fresh. Management does a great job with shaping the menu to fit a budget, then produces custom menu for the party. At night it does turn into a vegas club scene, in the front, Very cool if it is your thing.
Good but not great.. – Food isn't bad but there are better places in Santana Row.
There is a lot of hype about Straights; truth is it's OK.
There is ALWAYS a looong wait; regardless if they're busy or not.
Prices are pretty steep and portions are pretty small..
Fabulous Food / Fun Experience – The only down I can think of is dining at Straits with just one other person, for two people cannot possibly order enough dishes: the more you get to taste, the better the experience.
There were six of us, so we tried, seriously, 12 different dishes, all fabulous!
I wanted more of the Black Pepper Lobster and garlic noodles -- they were great!
average and overpriced food – The food was okay I've had better at other pan Asian restaurants. The one thing that I really enjoy is that the live music is great, but very loud. I was barely able to hear the person next to me.
Overpriced & Nasty – The food here is horrible and terribly overpriced, like a lot of the reviews say. I came here for lunch with 4 friends and all of us walked out with a stomach ache. The food was barely edible, there were pounds of sugar in a lot of the food (even the ahi tuna tartar!!). Their "curry" sauces were bland and flavorless. Curry should be fragrant & flavorful. Do NOT even visit this place!!!
Over-rated, overpriced, worst service ever!!! – I've been a big fan of Straits for years...have been dining at their first location in the city (Geary/Parker, recently moved to SF Shopping Center) since the mid-90's. Though not necessarily the most authentic Singaporean cuisine (but certainly one of the better ones in the Bay Area), their service has been impeccable. Likewise at the other Straits location at Palo Alto & Burlingame.
This one at Santa Row is just unusually bad! Food quality is mediocre, but the service is just horrifyingly bad.
The waiters and waitresses seem so impatient and rude. The waitress will try to recommend some of the more expensive items on the menu (nothing wrong with that). However, when we end up ordering none of what she suggested, she literally snorted, and asked "That's it? Are you sure you don't want to try something better on the menu?"
I'm like, what the hell! You could almost feel the 180 degrees change in her attitude. The 4 of us end up spending close to 80 bucks ordering some small plates of appertizers and some dessert. And we gave her a penny for tips.
Chris Yeo (the owner of Straits): if you truly care about expanding your business, first take care of the issues in-house. This is not the right way to treat your customers.
For the rest of us, stay the hell away from Straits, at least the one in Santa Row. Why should we pay to suffer from such bad attitudes?
high price poor service – The wait staff was argumentative and unfriendly. For these prices I should be allowed to order whatever my heart desires and not get a goofy eye-roll! The food was acceptable, but the attitude did not aid digestion!
great food – I was a little skeptical at first about having dinner at straits since I'm not much of a fusion food fan. However, the menu proved me wrong especially their green curry and the lobster pad thai. It's one of the better that and indian food around here. The atmosphere is great and decor is on the better end of the restaurants business and is a very cozy place to have a dinner gathering with friends. The prices are a little higher than other restaurants, but you will definitely be happy with what your getting.
Poor customer service and forgettable dining experience – Looking to have a good time while you go out and enjoy a nice meal? Through friends and colleagues, I had heard about the poor dining experience at the Straights Cafe - and being a person who believes in experiencing things for myself, I decide to take a few of my clients there. Biggest mistake ever!! Though the menu and food was not bad, it was one of the worst dining experiences I have ever had. It was quite embarassing taking your clients out for a nice meal, only to have the the dining staff not only argue with you and your guest, but also also mock and roll their eyes try to order additional items. For diners who don't mind an unfriendly wait staff, then this may be the place to try. For others, I would not recommend this place to anyone.
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LED art
LED Art is form of light art constructed from light-emitting diodes. Many artists that use LEDs are guerrilla artists, incorporating LEDs to produce temporary pieces in public places. LEDs are very inexpensive to purchase and have become a new way to make street art. LEDs are, among others, used in installation art, sculptural pieces and interactive artworks.
Infamous LED Art[edit]
In early 2007, there was a bomb scare in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States caused by a guerrilla marketing campaign. An advertising firm working for Turner Broadcasting System Inc. to promote Aqua Teen Hunger Force, one of the network's animated television shows, hired two artists to produce art for the ad campaign. The artists placed LED signs featuring a character known as a Mooninite in various locations across 10 cities. However, Boston was the only city that reacted by shutting down bridges and bringing in bomb squads to remove the LEDs. The majority of the light boards were removed and the artists were arrested.[1][2]
Artists incorporating LEDs[edit]
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- Jenny Holzer - One of the most well known artists who incorporates LEDs into her work. She uses familiar statements and reinterprets them to alter their meanings.[3]
- Cell Phone Disco by Informationlab (Ursula Lavrenčič and Auke Touwslager) is an installation that uses the electromagnetic spectrum emitted by the viewer's cell phone and creates a visual interpretation. The LEDs are attached to large grids and when a phone is activated in a section of the room, the lights turn on. They make the invisible environments around us visible.[4]
- GreenPix – Zero Energy Media Wall – created as an environmentally friendly art space. It acts as a low resolution screen for artists to show their work.[5]
- Liu Dao - an art collective in China that uses actors and filmmakers to make animated LED portraits. The group also combines traditional Chinese arts like papercutting with LEDs to highlight China's journey from tradition and modernity, and is directed by Thomas Charvériat to find originality through international collaboration.[6]
- Titia Ex - an independent artist from Amsterdam, The Netherlands, achieved international acknowledgement for her installation 'Flower of the Universe' in which sensors and LED lights create a unique interactive play between visitor and object, resulting in a dynamic piece of art and space.[7]
- Leo Villareal - his work combines LED lights and encoded computer programming to create illuminated displays.[8]
- Jim Campbell - World renowned LED artist based in San Francisco. Jim's use of liminal imagery and custom LED electronics plays on our emotions and memories.
- Craig Dorety - Picking up where Turrell and Irwin left off, he creates mind bending color effects through micro-controlled LEDs, math-based objects, and abstracted digital imagery.
- Al Linke is a California based Maker who led a collaborative LED pixel art project called PIXEL. Pixel artists all over the world contributed 32x32 pixel art mainly in the form of animated gifs for the project. Al designed an LED display that allows the pixel art to be loaded on 1024 RGB LEDs from a smart phone or PC. More info on the project can be found at http://ledpixelart.com
LED throwies[edit]
An LED throwie is a small LED attached to a coin battery and a rare earth magnet (usually with conductive epoxy or electrical tape), used for the purpose of creating non-destructive graffiti and light displays. Artists use them by throwing individual LEDs onto metallic objects, like public sculpture or road infrastructure. By throwing LEDs onto an object, the object itself acts as a canvas. LED throwies were invented in 2006 by the artists Evan Roth and James Powderly the founder of Graffiti Research Lab[9] at Eyebeam Atelier open lab NYC. After Graffiti Research Lab posted the instructions how to make a throwie on Instructables[10] LED throwies went viral on the Internet and could be found in advertising, were for sale as DIY kits or further developed by other artists and hackers worldwide.
Blinkies are small electronic devices that make very bright light (usually flashing) using LEDs and small batteries. They are often sold by vendors at night-time events that have fireworks displays such as Independence Day, Canada Day, or Guy Fawkes Night. They are also popular at raves, New Year's Eve parties and night time sporting events.
There is no industry standard or official name for blinkies, but most common names use some combination of the terms flash, magnet, strobe, body, blink, light, and/or jewelry. Common examples are blinkies, blinkees, body lights, blinky body lights, mMagnetic flashers, or flashing jewelry.
Most often blinkies are used for amusement at raves, parties and night time events. But they can have other uses as well such as:
- Blinkies imprinted with company logos at conventions.
- Safety lights for children during Halloween, or night time events.
- Fun and safety during camping trips.
- Emergency flashers for disabled automobiles or lost hikers (most blinkies have over a 1 mile visibility range at night).
- The term blinky is often used for bicycle lights which flash. In some countries, blinkies can be used as a primary light on a bicycle.
- Blinkies also can be attached to mobiles (cell phones). When the mobile turns on, make a call, receive a call and during calls the blinky will keep flashing.
- "Winky blinkies" can refer to stage and film props which display lighting effects, or "gags," during a dramatic production.[11]
A typical blinky is a small metal cylinder that has threads on one end and a very small etched circuit board on the other. The threaded end is open to accept small button cell batteries, and another cylinder that screws on to hold them in place. The circuit board can be round and inside the cylinder, or larger, shaped, and glued to the outside of the cylinder end. Common designs have a rubber gasket inside the front (between the batteries and circuit board). Tightening the base causes the gasket to flatten and allows the batteries to complete the circuit with the back of the circuit board.
The most common designs use a set of strong magnets, one at the back of the Body Light, and another that can be removed. This allows the body light to be easily attached to clothes, or stuck on any magnetic metal such as buttons or belt buckles. Clips are often used to make earrings, a loop can make a pendant, or a ring can be welded to the back to make a finger ring. Double sided adhesive pads are sometimes used to stick the blinky directly to the body, most often in the navel.
Circuit board[edit]
The circuit board typically has anywhere from 2 to as many as 25 micro-LEDs. LEDs that emit different colors within the visible spectrum are commonly used, whereas ultraviolet or infrared LEDs are less common in Blinkies. Blue, white, violet, and ultra-violet LEDs often require 2 or more battery cells, due to their higher voltage requirements. The visible side of the etched circuit board can be constructed to flash in a variety of ways, especially where there are multiple LEDs in multiple colours. A clear plastic conformal coating material such as silicone, acrylic or epoxy protects the fragile LEDs on the exposed front of the board. Shaped boards have literally hundreds of variations combined with imprinting. Common shapes (besides the classic small circle) are stars, hearts, flowers, flags, animals, holiday symbols (like Halloween jack-o-lanterns), and sports team logos.
See also[edit]
- LED (Light Emitting Diode)
- ^ "Two held after ad campaign triggers Boston bomb scare - CNN.com". CNN.
- ^ "Boston bomb scare - Cartoon Network devices - Turner ad campaign - Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. 2007-07-09.
- ^ "Jenny Holzer | Art21". PBS. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ^ "Cell Phone Disco". Cell Phone Disco. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ^ McDermott, Mat (2008-06-26). "Big Solar LED Art in China: Interview with Simone Giostra, GreenPix Media Wall Architect". TreeHugger. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ^ "The fantastic light at Louis Vuitton". The China Post. 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2012-10-06.
- ^ mondo*arc - International magazine for architectural, detail and commercial lighting. "Flower of the Universe". Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Tan, Lumi. Biesenbach, Klaus, ed. Greater New York, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 2005, p338.
- ^ Graffiti Research Lab. "LED Throwies". Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ Graffiti Research Lab. "LED Throwies". Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ^ Thomas Vaccina. "Richard A. Coyle Interview". RACprops Issue 7. RACprops.com. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
External links[edit]
- LED Throwies Tutorial on making LED Throwies
- LED Throwies blog European blog about LED Throwies
- A tutorial on how to make more advanced LED graffiti: LED tags and figures using perspex and other light leading materials
- Youtube Video of throwies at work
- Graffiti Research Lab


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