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Have a nice long weekend. I'm talking 10-15 days.
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Cheers, Dave! As long as we still have judi we should be most of the way okay . . .
I plan to party like it's 1899!
I might take a few year's sick leave, too.
See y'all on Tuesday.
Isn't that the same length of time for committing a violent crime in America these days?
There's a place on the web
Where Judi posts almost naked men
But the guys still cheer
Cuz she also posts links about beer
Dave- I was really looking forward to this week's 24 post. Lots of loose ends left loose that need tightening before they get any more loose.
Dave, how will you find the will to live without blogging about how you miss Marwan for 10-15 days?!?
Who you're talking to for 10 to 15 days? I hope not yourself!
Sounds like you're gona be really tired when you come back.
Take care, Dave!
P.S. If you talk low for those 10 to 15 days, you wont be so tired, or sore.
See, but Dave can still phlog, and we've got proof, so he has no excuses for neglecting us now (unless, of course, he wants us to get lives).
A-hem: Proof... of phlogging capabilities.
Okay, links have been disabled for this thread. I quit.
Time to start my weekend.
What about Judi? Doesn't she get some time off? We authorize her to take time off as well.
M.C.'s link
If that works, M.C., I demand...an IOU for a demand at a later time.
Thanks, Marv. Never had trouble before...
Call me out on the IOU next week. Perhaps I can dig up a firmware upgrade to ease your paranoia.
Hey, it worked! Okay, I'm still quitting though. It's 88 degrees in Seattle!
No thanks, M.C., I'm all set with my current firmware. I mean, seriously, the new version of myself never got chicks in bikinis...
And I hope I'm not the only one who thinks that 'firmware' sounds....you know
Also, bye Dave, see you later. I'm sure we can find something to amuse ourselves with in the meantime (and by 'we' I mean judi)
Alright then, Marv, software it is. ;-)
*zips in*
*snif* *pout*
*zips out*
*zips back in*
*looks around*
Hey judi, is Dave gone already???
Let's party!!!!
keep us posted, have a good time at, uh, whatever.
10-15?? So if the first 10 are sucky, we'll see you back on Day 11?
Dave, don't forget -- DO NOT take any Viagra while you're away! ...the blindness thing...
Candy - Dave has a plan. He's only going to take the Viagra until he needs glasses.
10 - 15 days? Does that include the community service? What about good behavior?
*combusts, spontaneously*
C'bol - Riiiiight....I for one am monitoring the news for additional reports of abnormal hair growth in the palm area . Inquiring minds and all...
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Munich, Germany • While Audi's mortal A6 and A7 models are well balanced and a lot of fun to drive, it's the S-badged derivatives that really spice things up. It's not so much the fact that the stallion count rises dramatically that's important — it's the package as a whole. The new S6 and S7 are the latest examples of just how good things get when the engineers are given a little leeway and the purse strings that typically bind a fertile mind are relaxed.
The S6 earns a more aggressive style that is accentuated by the front and rear bumpers, the trunk-mounted lip spoiler, rear diffuser and the four chrome-tipped oval tailpipes that peep out below the rear valance. Inside, the tester arrived with aggressively bolstered sports seats emblazoned with the S6 logo and some very nice trim upgrades. It speaks to the S-ing of the new car. In the grand scheme of things, it is a mild-mannered makeover that serves to keep the S6 a semi-sleeper.
As with the A6, the S6 makes good use of aluminum to keep its mass down. Everything from the front fenders, hood, trunk lid and doors to the front strut towers, bumper bars, firewall and rear crossmember are aluminum, which cuts the body mass by 15% when compared with the same car constructed of steel. In the end, it makes for a stronger, lighter car that has a better power-to-weight ratio.
Beneath the brightwork, the S6 comes with Audi's adaptive air suspension as standard fare. The sportier suspension and variable damping lower the ride height by 10 millimetres, which improves the precision of the handling without compromising ride comfort. To ensure the requisite grip level — and add to the look — the S6 wears P255/40R19 tires or optional P255/35R20s. Take the latter as they fill out the wheel arches with more authority and sharpen the car's response to driver input. Likewise, the inclusion of large vented discs gives the driver the needed retardation. For the more aggressive driver, there's a fade- immune ceramic brake option.
Audi drive select is standard equipment. This allows the driver to tailor the characteristics of the gas pedal, shift points, steering effort and suspension in five stages. The optional torque-vectoring sport differential and dynamic steering, both must-take features, can also be tweaked through drive select.
As I say, the S6 has undergone a fairly modest transformation. However, crank the car to life and the most significant change begins to suck in intercooled intake air. Sitting beneath the hood is a new 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8. It is essentially a detuned version of the motor that gives the bigger S8 its mustard. As such, it is about as subtle as a sledgehammer in a silk purse! First, it cranks out 420 horsepower, each of which has to motivate only 4.5 kilograms of automobile. However, what puts the spice in the drive is the 406 pound-feet of torque that's available anywhere between 1,400 and 5,300 rpm.
The new engine is part of Audi's downsizing philosophy. When compared with the outgoing 5.2L V10, the new 4.0 TFSI (turbocharged, direct injection) is sportier, yet it reduces fuel use by up to 25%. Audi promises an average fuel consumption rating of 9.7 litres per 100 kilometres for the S6.
The massive drop in consumption goes much farther than just lopping off 1.2 litres and two cylinders from the outgoing engine. The new powerplant features idle stop and cylinder deactivation, which means the engine shuts down four of its eight cylinders when the loads are low. To counter the sometimes gruff noise, vibration and harshness that accompany the reduction in the number of active cylinders, Audi employs an active noise cancelling system. Four microphones in the headliner record the cabin's ambient noise and a computer uses the profile to generate a counteracting noise that's played back through the sound system. It works to perfection! This and the active engine mounts mean the occupants remain oblivious to the changing cylinder count.
The long and the short of it, with the emphasis being on the latter, is a run from rest to 100 kilometres an hour in 4.8 seconds. However, it is the alacrity displayed in the passing move that blows my socks off. The S6 spans the 80-to-120-km/h gap in a blistering 3.7 seconds!
The only disappointment is with the lack of any substantive exhaust and/or intake noise. As with the BMW M5, the turbos sit in the vee and the intakes on the outboard sides of the engine. As a result, even when at full chat, the engine remains all but silent. Refined most definitely; visceral not so much.
The engine's power is fed to the road through a fast- shifting seven-speed twin-clutch (S tronic) transmission with paddle shifters and quattro all-wheel drive. Forty per cent of the power flows forward, with 60% going to the rear, which imparts a rear-drive feel. The combination brings speedy shifts and virtually nothing in the way of wheelspin from a standstill when the gas is nailed. The refinement shown at launch is then carried on through the rest of the operating range.
Booting along the narrow country lanes surrounding Munich's airport proved the S6's mettle. Handling is superb, especially with the dynamic steering and sport differential along for the ride, and the response to driver input is so refined it takes a really stupid act to upset the S6's composure.
Perhaps more impressive is the manner in which the powertrain does its thing. Unlike so many turbocharged engines, the S6's is devoid of turbo lag, so, whenever the driver rolls on to the throttle, the reaction is instantaneous. It then tooled through quaint Bavarian villages as sweetly as the regular A6 with none of the hyper-sensitivity I expected.
The S6 will be launched in Canada in September. Pricing has not been announced.
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The Audi S7's interior and exterior upgrades mirror those of the S6, other than the fact that the rear spoiler rises up from the liftgate at speed to deliver the needed downforce and stability. The powertrain combination is the same, although the S7's extra mass ups the time to 100 kilometres an hour to 4.8 seconds and the average fuel consumption to 9.7 litres per 100 kilometres. Otherwise, the differences between the cars are subtle. The S7's driving sensation is the same, with handling just as crisp and the manner in which it behaves on the road every bit as refined. Ironically, it has a more aggressive exhaust/intake tone than does the S6. Nail the gas and the S7 growls sweetly as it warps forth! From a practical perspective, I prefer the S7. While the S6 boasts a roomy 14.1-cubic-foot trunk, the S7 brings greater flexibility and much more space. For the driver with family commitments and the desire to drive a true sports car, the S7 fits both bills equally well. It also makes up for the lack of the S6 Avant that the Europeans — lucky dogs — will see in their lineup.
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John Papale did not miss a shot while scoring 20 points to lead Boston University to an 87-72 victory over Loyola on Saturday night.
Maurice Watson, Jr. hit a 3-pointer to open the second half, giving BU a 45-29 lead. Loyola had a 16-8 run to pull within 63-57 with 5:56 to play. Papale then hit four-straight treys to stretch Boston's lead to 75-59 with 3:39 remaining. The Terriers made 10 of 10 free throws down the stretch to seal it.
Papale finished 7 of 7 from the field, including six 3-pointers. Cedric Hankerson scored 20 points on 5-of-6 shooting for Boston (19-8, 12-2 Patriot League). D.J. Irving scored 14 points, and Watson added 12 for the Terriers.
Jordan Latham scored 25 points on 10-of-16 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Loyola (10-15, 5-9). Eric Laster added 18 points.


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Seattle's needle pointing up after strong first half
Felix, Cano, young nucleus help Mariners come out of break with playoff aspirations
SEATTLE -- As the Mariners come out of the All-Star break, they're looking at something they haven't seen for a while -- a chance to play meaningful games deep into the season and compete for a playoff spot in the second half.
The Mariners' 51-44 record leaves them eight games back of front-running Oakland in the tough American League West, but solidly in position for the second AL Wild Card spot as they're 2 1/2 games ahead of the rest of the pack in that chase with 2 1/2 months remaining.
The surprising Mariners sent four All-Stars to Minneapolis, and they have served notice that they're a team to contend with after four straight losing seasons and 12 years without a playoff berth.
"I think it speaks volumes about what they've accomplished this first half, but it also speaks volumes about where this organization is headed," first-year manager Lloyd McClendon said. "We're certainly moving in the right direction."
Five key developments
1. Felix has been King-ly
The Mariners' ace is having the best season of what has been a marvelous 10-year career, as he's 11-2 with a 2.12 ERA. Hernandez is leading a rotation that has been one of the team's most pleasant surprises with veteran Chris Young and rookie Roenis Elias combining for 15 wins and Hisashi Iwakuma looking strong again after missing the first month.
2. Cano proving his worth
It's not easy living up to a $240 million contract, but second baseman Robinson Cano has provided not only the expected consistent bat in the middle of Seattle's order, but leadership and a willingness to help set the tone for a young club that seems to enjoy his star presence. And a .334 first-half batting average doesn't hurt either.
First-half awards
|MVP: Robinson Cano
Kyle Seager had a tremendous first half and would be a good choice as well, but Cano has been the guiding force for a young team that has followed his lead -- and relied heavily on his veteran presence -- in the lineup and in the clubhouse.
|Top starter: Felix Hernandez
He's not just been the top starter on the Mariners, but the best pitcher in the American League while having the finest first half of his career.
|Top rookie: James Jones
Roenis Elias and Dominic Leone have played big roles on the pitching staff, but Jones gets the nod after injecting much-needed speed and life into the top of the lineup and in center field.
|Top reliever: Fernando Rodney
The bullpen has been Seattle's most surprising strength, and Rodney has solidified things with his veteran presence while racking up the most saves in the AL in the first half.
3. The bullpen has been bullish
After having a bullpen that ranked second to last in ERA in the Majors last year at 4.58, the Mariners finished the first half No. 1 out of all 30 teams in that key category at 2.39, with a group that has fallen into place nicely behind veteran closer Fernando Rodney.
4. A new All-Star arrived
Cano needs help in the Mariners' lineup, and that continues to be an issue with an offense that again ranks near the bottom of the league in most categories. But third baseman Kyle Seager had a big first half, leading the team in home runs and RBIs and earning his first AL All-Star berth in the process.
5. The landscape is changing
While the Mariners' improvement has been significant, they're also taking advantage of an AL picture in which the Red Sox, Rays and Indians -- all playoff teams a year ago -- have struggled this season, and the Rangers and Yankees have taken big dips as well. The AL West is still rugged with the A's and Angels having terrific seasons, but injuries have ravaged Texas and the AL Wild Card spots seem wide open.
Five storyline to keep an eye on
1. Searching for some balance
The Mariners opened the season with a decidedly left-handed-heavy lineup that featured five southpaws, two switch-hitters and two right-handed-hitting regulars. When the two switch-hitters -- center fielder Abraham Almonte and first baseman Justin Smoak -- lost their jobs to left-handers James Jones and Logan Morrison, the lean became even more pronounced. Smoak rejoined the team last weekend, but general manager Jack Zduriencik continues looking for a right-handed bat to supplement designated hitter Corey Hart and catcher Mike Zunino.
2. Will youth prevail?
While Seager stepped up with a big first half, several other key players have yet to make the advancement hoped for in their third and fourth seasons in the Majors. Smoak and Dustin Ackley haven't hit with the consistency expected, and second-year shortstop Brad Miller got off to a bad start before rebounding in the last month. Michael Saunders had a solid first half, but he is now on the disabled list for a second time, and he and the rest of the young nucleus need to produce down the stretch.
Players to watch in second half
|Robinson Cano
The six-time All-Star has been one of the AL's top hitters for average from the get-go and a tremendous defender. The only thing missing has been his power, so it'll be interesting to see if he can add that element in the warmest months of the season.
|Taijuan Walker
The Mariners' top prospect made just two starts in the first half due to early shoulder issues, and one of those was a struggle in Chicago. At 21, he's raw and unproven. But the potential is high if the hard-throwing right-hander gets things squared away.
|James Paxton
Much like Walker, the Mariners could add a key element if the 25-year-old rookie gets healthy. He's 5-0 with a 1.75 ERA in six career starts. The question is if his shoulder is going to let him help this year.
3. Is there even more in the rotation?
Hernandez and Iwakuma figure to be strong, as long as they stay healthy, but Young hasn't pitched a full season since 2007, and Elias is entering uncharted innings territory as a rookie. But if James Paxton can get healthy and Taijuan Walker lives up to anywhere near expectations, those two rookies could actually benefit from missing time early in the first half as their innings counts are low.
4. How steep is that learning curve?
Zunino and Jones are in their first full seasons as starters, and both have played critical roles in the first-half success. Zunino has been a rock behind the plate and provided some needed right-handed power. The Mariners need him to stay healthy and strong while playing the vast majority of games at the toughest position on the field. Jones didn't arrive until a month in, but his speed has been a huge asset. There've been growing pains as well, but if he continues to develop, that's a big plus for a team that struggled with Almonte in a similar role through April.
5. How rewarding -- or awarding -- could this season be?
Based on first-half results, the Mariners have several players who could contend for major postseason awards. Hernandez is the odds-on favorite to win his second AL Cy Young Award if he can maintain his outstanding season, though the 28-year-old has had some late-season struggles the last few years. Young is a strong candidate for AL Comeback Player of the Year Award as a 35-year-old who didn't pitch in the Majors last year and has dealt with shoulder issues the past six seasons. And if the team lands a playoff berth, McClendon figures to be in the hunt for the AL Manager of the Year Award after taking over a club that went 71-91 last year.


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Research and consulting firm PriceMetrix is out with a new report that finds a direct correlation between offering fee-based accounts and services and increased revenue growth.
The study, released in the Canada-based company's August newsletter, finds that advisors who increased their assets in fee-based accounts by 25 percentage points or more have seen revenue growth of 47% over three years, more than double the average growth rate of 21%. This compared to a revenue growth of 19% for advisors who increased their assets in fee-based accounts by less than five percentage points in the same period.
The company also found:
- In the past three years alone, the percentage of industry assets in fee-based accounts has grown from 21% to 28%.
- There are few "purely fee" or "purely transactional" advisors—almost all books contain both;
- Increasingly, individual clients are choosing to hold both kinds of accounts;
- An increase in fee asset concentration of an advisor's book leads to an increase in the overall return on assets;
- The pace at which advisors choose to transition their books to fee varies widely;
- The pace at which advisors choose to transition has a meaningful impact on results, not only in terms of asset and revenue growth, but also in terms of the quality of the overall book.
The results appear to track with numbers reported by independent broker-dealers who participated in Investment Advisor's 2012 Broker-Dealer Presidents' Poll in June. Total fee-based revenue of the 70 broker-dealers included in the survey rose by 36% over the past three years, from $3.9 billion in 2009, to $6.1 billion at the end of 2011.
PriceMetrix notes that 91% of advisors in the North American retail wealth management industry have at least one fee account in their book of business. Yet it goes on to note that while fee-based accounts are increasingly a part of everyday life, few advisors have completely abandoned the transactional model; only 1% of advisors have 90% or more of their assets in fee accounts.
"Although advisors often think of themselves as having a 'fee-based' or 'transactional' book, the truth is, most have (at least a little of) both," according to the report's authors. "That said, the trend towards higher concentrations of fee-based assets shows little sign of abating, and as the market for fee-based products matures, both clients and firms are demanding that advisors offer a breadth of products and services to satisfy a wide variety of client objectives."
Investors, for their part, are catching on to the model as well, and appear to be willing to pay a premium for fee programs. PriceMetrix argues fee-based models tend to command higher revenue on assets because they force the advisor to define and clarify the value proposition that will be delivered.
"The average fee-based account is 46% larger than the average transactional account and generates revenue that is more than three times higher." the authors said. "Households that have one or more fee accounts generate an ROA that is 40 to 70 basis points higher, regardless of household size, than households that are purely transactional, across all household sizes examined."


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Connecticut House Speaker Brendan Sharkey working for consensus on gun legislation
HARTFORD -- The pressure is on.
New House Speaker Brendan Sharkey is making bipartisanship the hallmark of his leadership style, something that is important for negotiations with Republicans when it comes time to tackle a tough biennial budget.
But his first step in this relationship has led to an internal fight among the Democratic leadership over gun legislation coming out of the Bipartisan Task Force on Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety.
The task force was appointed after the killing of 20 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School Dec. 14.
Sharkey is threatening not to sign an emergency certification for a bill in March that will incorporate school safety elements, mental health programs and changes in the gun laws unless someone from each of four caucuses is onboard.
The definition of consensus is a majority of the working groups, which would be nine members as long as there is at least one member from each of the four caucuses among them.
The hang-up on the 16-member gun safety working group is agreement across party lines on defining an expansion of the assault weapons ban and a limit on high-capacity magazines.
The final review by the mental health working group will take place Tuesday morning, and the gun working group will come together at 12:30 p.m. in Room 2D, where the recommendations of each party will be made public, as well as where there is bipartisan agreement.
After that, the leadership from the House and Senate will negotiate the terms of a bill to be voted on possibly as early as March 13, if Sharkey and state Democratic President Pro Tempore Donald Williams, D-Brooklyn, sign off on it.
"My hope and expectation is that we are going to have serious meaningful approaches in that March bill that will have bipartisan support," Sharkey said, with other items sent through the normal committee process with a vote likely in early May.
Williams and state Senate Majority Leader Martin Looney, in a letter to Sharkey, however, continued the pressure for the first bill on gun control to be the most comprehensive so the issue does not run into competing agendas as lawmakers deal with the budget later in the session.
"Other states -- New York, Colorado and Maryland -- have taken action since the Newtown tragedy. In Connecticut, we must not bow to pressure from those who would delay action as a way of blocking common sense reform," they wrote.
State Rep. Stephen Dargan, D-West Haven, a member of the gun safety working group, said given the unique nature of the bipartisan task force, however, "some kind of consensus is important" in an arrangement that is more of a unicameral approach.
Looney and Williams are adamant that an expanded assault weapons ban and limiting gun magazines to 10 bullets be part of the initial bill.
Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1 in the House and Senate, and the votes are expected to be there for their agenda, whether it comes out of the working groups or later from the Senate.
Others are hopeful that negotiations behind the scenes will be successful along these lines that will meet the criteria set by Sharkey and his colleagues in the Senate in time for a bill this month.
"I think we are getting closer to consensus," said state Sen. Leonard Fasano, R-North Haven, working off the bipartisan task force and refining it further.
Sharkey also gave himself some wiggle room, adding that some things could be part of the bill that didn't go through the working groups, if leadership is onboard.
While the tragedy at Newtown will continue to dominate the legislative session, Sharkey is staking out positions on the budget in a biennium process where he agrees with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on the need to hold the line on tax increases, while he would temper some of the governor's fiscal proposals as harmful to municipalities.
Sharkey, like Malloy, is critical of the property tax on vehicles as regressive, but he doesn't expect towns to go "cold turkey" in losing the revenue it generates, estimated between $566 million and $700 million, by fiscal 2015, which has been suggested by the governor.
The speaker also has revived the MORE (Municipal Opportunities & Regional Efficiencies) commission to look at a possible statewide standard tax rate for the car tax, or eliminating it over time with state funds to help cushion the blow.
That group will also look at education costs, regional solutions for towns and school boards, rewards for cooperation and mandate relief.
State Rep. Jeffrey Berger, D-Waterbury, who will chair the subcommittee on local revenue options, said lawmakers hope to have some changes in place to affect grand lists this October.
Malloy is proposing consolidating some grants and shifting money to capital projects, with the payment in lieu of taxes for state property sent to enhance education funding, although that would not be mandatory.
"I understand the governor is correct that from a technical standpoint, his view is that he is holding towns and cities harmless again this year. But to convert cash operating dollars to bonding or capital related expenditures is problematic because the state cash grants that are provided to cities and towns go to pay the salaries of firefighters, policemen and public works," Sharkey said.
Sending dollars to a capital fund also requires towns to spend money to qualify for those capital expenditures.
The speaker said there is a "genuine desire" to keep to the two-year $43.8 billion bottom line as proposed by Malloy, but lawmakers are expected to go back to the grant structure in place now, rather than his proposed consolidation.
Picking up that theme, on a municipal taxing level, Sharkey would like to see separate tax rates for municipal services and one for education, so it is clear to residents where their money is going.
He would like to see such a change take effect in fiscal 2015, perhaps as a pilot program, depending on what the MORE commission finds.
On changing the state spending cap, Sharkey said based on his review of the history of the cap that was instituted in 1992, it was not the intent of lawmakers to preclude the state from maximizing federal dollars.
When the Affordable Care Act is fully in effect in January, the state gets reimbursed 100 percent for additional Medicaid costs.
He said in addition to proposed cuts, hospitals took a major mid-year adjustment this year in unanticipated cuts by the state.
Sharkey said they are being told by the hospitals that the cuts will impact services, not just profits, and while the number of Medicaid patients will increase, that funding stream still does not reimburse their full costs.
As for the extension of the tax on power plants and a surcharge on the corporation levy that were set to expire, Sharkey said it has to be discussed with those industries.
He said to grow the economy in a difficult climate, you have to have certainty.
One group that is being wooed out of state are the gun manufacturers who are complaining that jobs will be lost if the state adopts a stricter assault weapons ban and limits magazine capacity.
In a letter to lawmakers, the manufacturers said they contributed more than $1.7 billion in economic activity to the state in 2012 and employ close to 2,900 people.
Sharkey said an assault weapons ban expansion here wouldn't preclude the industry from selling elsewhere.


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Size: 4" x 2 1/4"
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Paper mache is a French word meaning 'Mashed paper'. It is a very delicate decorative art which shows the artistic zeal of craftsmen in Kashmir. The important elements in paper mache designs are objects of nature – such as birds singing or flowers bursting forth in full bloom, historical figures, animals, hunting and battle scenes, court scenes influenced by miniature paintings. The process for making paper mache is relatively simple but takes quite a bit of time and labor. There are two main steps in the process of creating paper mache items. The first is the sakhtsazi, or the actual production of the item, the second is the naqashi, when the item is painted with any number of motifs. The design is painted on free hand and often the painting is done in relief, with certain pieces of the design subtly raised. This gives a quality of dimensionality to design which adds to the beauty of the final product. Paint used may have a metallic quality which adds to the illuminated feel. After the design is complete the final step is adding a layer or more of varnish to give the item its characteristic shine. The ingenious Paper Mache skills are passed down from generation to generation, son taking the place of his father and father taking place of his father this art has been handed down from family to family. Introducing and offering this rare artisan jewelry boxes to my clientele is an honor and I look forward to each collection!


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Pondering over Trine games I got various ideas for the Trine 4 once it gets in development. I know it's though to achieve everything you want to include in the game if you're not funded enough or you have limited resources.
I do hope Frozenbyte reaches neccesary financial goals for creation next Trine installment.
Basically, Trine 4 should be made for wider audience but also keeping the fans.
For the story, my personal preference is more darker high fantasy theme than presented in latest Trine game but keeping the warm characterization of already loved 3 companions.
In terms of gameplay, I would like to go on the course of God of war 3 and Castlevania: Lords of Shadows.
Combat time should be prolongated and enemy A.I. should provide for the player some thinking how to tackle situation using various weapons.
Amadeus could go wild and start using destruction spells.
I'm sure level design will be top notch as already is.
Every character could have his own weapons and skill tree to use and there could be a smith to upgrade the weaponry.
Bosses should be though with some game mechanic as in previous games.
Overall, combat should be challenging but rewarding while keeping the player interested in story, narration, exploration and character development.
Trine 4 suggestions
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These are nice suggestions,but the combat,in Trine especially,shouldn't be overcomplicated,although you're right about Amadeus,he needs atleast one offensive ability,I think he should be able to conjure a small box and throw it as a projectile,instead of a fireball.In the next Trine,if there is one,I think you should be able to use the environment to your advantage,and the heroes should recieve a few skills wich help them control the elements,Amadeus should be able to freeze puddles of water and create platforms,Pontius could be able to give someone a rock armour for a duration and Zoya could use plants,vines and trees to create platforms,ladders and ropes,wich Amadeus and Pontius could swing on.A big thing I hope Frozenbyte could include are three types of chests-Wooden,Silver and Golden,each chest would contain a piece of armour or a weapon,also the armour changes when you equip it,thats a dream though .There might be a fourth platinum chest,but to get to it you would have to use all of the skills of the character the chest is for.Sometimes you would have to return to a level,if you have not unlocked the elemental power and,and use it to get to the chest.I also wish there to be a level wich is like a hub,a small town,filled with merchants from wich you can buy items or health potions.If it is posslible I would suggest more open levels,not so linear.One big thing I want for Trine 4 is a free camera,like Shadwen,It will remove A LOT of platforming frustration.Expirience should be gained from enemies and currency from loot drops.A little more like a platforming RPG and Trine 4 will be a smash hit! I also miss the mini bosses in Trine 3,a big arena-like thing with one of those Trolls would be great in Trine 4.I agree that the story should be a little darker,but nothing more than it already is in Trine 3,the game should be uplifting,relaxing and lighthearted.I've had enough of blood,gore,monsters and heroes who look like they enjoy murdering people.Trine is one of the little franchises that keeps you interested with its lighthearted atmosphere,fairytale-ish graphics and fun,not overcomplex gameplay mechanics,the franchise is heading in the right direction,I only hope the make a fouth one.
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TheraNord wrote:These are nice suggestions,but the combat,in Trine especially,shouldn't be overcomplicated
For casual players there is always casual difficulty which turns combat into a walk in the park.
Suprisingly, if your level and combat is more complex, players would love it more because of the challenge.
If it's oversimplified it gets repetitive and boring over the time.
For example, in Dark souls, Castlevania: Lords of Shadows and God of war 3, player is constantly put on challenge in terms of gameplay mechanics and combat.
I wish this will be a premise and core rule of the Trine 4 and it's my proposition.
Of course, casual players could also enjoy it.
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That is true,yes.What I would suggest is more frequent enemy fights and a mini-boss in every third level,by not overcomplicated I meant not having to use special combos wich require precise timing or 5 buttons to be pressed at the same time to damage the enemy,also I think the enemies shouldn't die from two arrows or two sword hits like in Trine 3.The combos technique could be used on bosses or be included in the hard or hardcore difficulty,if there is one.What I mostly want Is harder platforming,one where you have to use your brain and the items wich were from the first game and if possible to add a visual effect when you equip them.It would also be great if the heroes had elemental attacks some enemies might be made from snow or ice and fire would damage them more than wind,or a big troll like crature made out of lava will recieve critical damage by ice attacks.What I most support you in is the boss fight mechanic in God of War 3 or that Jotun in the frozen lake in Castlevania:Lords of Shadow,It would be great to see boss fights where you climb on these colossal bosses and have to find their weak points,Like Shadow of the Colossus.When I first mentioned the elemental abilites I suggsted places in the world or levels,could be altered by the elemental powers of the heroes,be these places scripted or not.Trine 4 shouldn't be anything like Dark Souls,but yes,it should become harder as you progress,there might be bossess wich can only be defeated if you have unlocked every skill on Zoya or Pontius,these bosses will be optional,of course.All in all,Trine 4 would be better if it's more challenging than it's predecessor.Also if you have played Ori and the Blind Forest,if not you can watch a video,there is a mission called Escape from Ginso Tree,When you finish the puzzle there you have to platform all your way up to the top so you don't drawn in the rising waters,it's similar to Trine 1's final level but more dynamic and requires you to use every single skill you have 'till this moment.Otherwise I like yout suggestions.
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TheraNord wrote:Otherwise I like yout suggestions.
The same.
And I'm enjoying your levels. Great work!
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atronach wrote:TheraNord wrote:Otherwise I like yout suggestions.
The same.
And I'm enjoying your levels. Great work!
It's a nice surprise for me to see you even know about them.
And I might sound crazy or stupid but I wish for a open world Trine with free camera,that won't happen anytime soon though,or it won't even happen.Just Imagine Dragon Age Inquisition or Witcher 3 in Trine style and atmosphere,everything will be magical XD
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TheraNord wrote:And I might sound crazy or stupid but I wish for a open world Trine with free camera,that won't happen anytime soon though,or it won't even happen.Just Imagine Dragon Age Inquisition or Witcher 3 in Trine style and atmosphere,everything will be magical XD
Well, temptation is great but...
I didn't find costs for DA:I. W3 cost about $81 million to make. http://www.destructoid.com/the-witcher- ... 0005.phtml
It's hard to gather that kind of money.
But, Frozenbyte 3 engine is more than capable to make a connected world game as GOW 3, C:LOS . And with outstanding level design as it is now, it wouldn't loose the magical atmosphere.
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I know this won't happen,I just hope that the Trine franchise continues and that Frozenbyte will always be so friendly and open when it comes to suggestions and support,and who knows the people in Frozenbyte are talented as hell maybe they'll do something that will skyrocket them,just like CDPR did.Maybe they'll do a Temple Run style game with Trine characters
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WHISTLER — Germany's Gerd Schonfelder won his fourth medal — and third gold — of the Paralympic Games today, winning the men's standing super-G race at Whistler.
Schonfelder — who had already won the giant slalom and downhill titles, while picking up a silver in slalom — finished in a time of 1:20.11, one minute and 13 seconds ahead of silver medallist Vincent Gauthier-Manuel of France.
Hubert Mandl of Austria was another .73 seconds back, winning bronze.
Canada's Jeff Dickson was 17th, Matt Hallat 19th and Morgan Perrin 21st.
Schonfelder has won 21 Paralympic medal since the 1992 Games in Albertville, 15 of them gold.
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Para-alpine skiing is taking place at Whistler Creekside.
Alpine ski races for athletes with a disability have been held since the late 1940s. The invention of the mono-ski — a seat fixed on single ski — opened the sport to athletes who could not stand to ski. Mono-skis are equipped with short outriggers (forearm crutches with shortened skis attached at the base for balance and steering). Slalom and giant slalom were introduced at the first Paralympics Winter Games in Örnsköldsvik in 1976. Downhill was added to the Paralympic Games in 1984 in Innsbruck, and Super-G was added in 1994 at Lillehammer. Mono-skiing became a medal event at the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Games.
In Paralympic alpine skiing, athletes are classified as standing, sitting or visually impaired and compete against other athletes with a similar disability. Skiers with a visual impairment use the same equipment as able-bodied skiers, but ski with a guide. Skiers with locomotive disabilities may either use the same equipment as able-bodied skiers or a prosthesis (an artificial arm or leg) and stabilizers in place of ski poles (stabilizers are a type of crutch with a small ski at the end). Sitting skiers use a mono-ski.
Alpine events for men and women are downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super combined and super G.
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US inspectors visiting a factory in India owned by drugmaker Wockhardt Ltd in March found torn data records in a waste heap and urinals that emptied into an open drain in a bathroom six metres from the entrance to a sterile manufacturing area.
And when an inspector asked about the contents of unlabelled vials in the laboratory glassware washing area, a plant worker dumped them down a sink and said the contents could not be determined, according to a July 18 letter from the US Food and Drug Administration to Wockhardt, which makes sterile injectable drugs and various forms of insulin.
Habil Khorakiwala, chairman of Wockhardt, last week told shareholders that the problem at its Waluj plant 'is an inexcusable lapse, but we have taken swift and definitive action, both corrective and pre-emptive,' including appointment of a new quality chief and hiring of outside consultants.
India's drugmakers, battered by a rash of US regulatory rebukes including a record fine for Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, face closer FDA scrutiny as the agency ramps up its presence in the country.
Increased on-the-ground oversight reflects India's growing importance as a supplier to the United States, and should ultimately bolster quality and confidence in Indian-made drugs.
In March, India allowed the FDA, guardian of the world's most important pharmaceuticals market, to add seven inspectors, which will bring its staff in India to 19.
India produces nearly 40 per cent of generic drugs and over-the-counter products and 10 per cent of finished dosages in the United States.
"As more trade happens, as more drugs are approved and applications are submitted we will have to inspect more," Altaf Lal, the new FDA office director for India, told Reuters.
"Many Indian firms fairly well understand and they know good manufacturing practices. The problems we have seen with some companies are why we choose to make quality as one of our highest priorities," he said.
The FDA's stepped-up presence should also accelerate what some in the domestic industry hope is a more rigorous attitude towards compliance in a country whose cheap generics have made it the low-cost pharmacy to the world.
In the near term, it means Indian drugmakers could be more frequently hit by enforcement measures or inquiries, unnerving investors.
Shares of Ranbaxy, controlled by Japan's Daiichi Sankyo Co, fell as much as 42 per cent in the months after it pleaded guilty in May to U.S. felony charges related to drug safety and agreed to $500 million in fines.
Ranbaxy, India's biggest drugmaker by sales, remains barred from making US shipments from its plants at Dewas and Paonta Sahib.
Ranbaxy has said the implementation of a consent decree it signed in January 2012 with the FDA to restart shipments has 'progressed as per plan'.
While Ranbaxy shares have recovered, the case put a cloud over the industry.
"We all know how Indian companies function and issues such as Ranbaxy and other import alerts have brought us a very bad reputation globally," said Ajay Kumar Sharma, director of research at the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India.
The urgency to be first with a generic version of a drug coming off patent is the main reason for quality problems,
The company that first launches such a drug enjoys a 180-day exclusivity period, which can be lucrative for the generic version of a commercial blockbuster.
"We need to be sincere towards quality issues rather than following procedures just for the sake of it," said Sharma.
"We are doing things fast but then losing out on certain aspects and facing import alerts."
Wockhardt's once-soaring shares fell as much as 79 per cent in the months after the announcement of an 'import alert' banning shipments from the Waluj factory in May.
By the middle of this week, the stock was down nearly 59 per cent.
On July 31, Strides Arcolab shares fell as much as 17 per cent on worries over FDA scrutiny of its manufacturing practices, although the Indian company said on that day that it had answered the FDA's queries, made in a so-called form-483 letter, and continued to make US shipments.
Its stock has more than recovered.
The FDA's power cuts both ways. Last week, IPCA Laboraties shares gained 7.6 per cent on the day it said the FDA had cleared its oral solid formulations plant in Indore for US shipments.
In November, IPCA had voluntarily reported 'non-conformances' at the plant to the FDA.
"More inspectors initially could mean some more enforcement actions, but eventually that would end up meaning even fewer enforcement actions going forward," said Macquarie analyst Abhishek Singhal.
India is the biggest overseas source of medicines to the United States and is home to over 150 FDA-approved plants, including facilities run by global players.
Pharmaceutical exports from India to the United States rose nearly 32 per cent last year to $4.23 billion.
As US demand for generics grows, especially under President Barack Obama's healthcare programme, the FDA is under pressure to clear product applications while ensuring quality.
New US legislation requires the agency to inspect global plants on the same schedule as domestic facilities, and to clear its backlog of drug applications within five years.
Indian firms account for more than one-third of US drug approval filings.
Lupin Ltd was the top Indian drug seller in the US market last year by prescriptions, followed by Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Cadila Healthcare and Aurobindo Pharma, according to IMS Health.
All have had past FDA run-ins.
In May 2009, Lupin received a warning letter from the agency over deficiencies at a plant in Bhopal, which it resolved in January 2010.
Last year, the FDA lifted an import alert at a Mexican plant owned by Dr Reddy's.
In 2011, Cadila's parent received an FDA warning letter over its plant in Ahmedabad, which was resolved last year.
In March, the FDA lifted an import alert that it imposed in 2011 on non-sterile products made by Aurobindo at a plant in Hyderabad.
The companies did not immediately reply to requests for comment from Reuters.
Many in India note that drugmakers globally, including in the United States and Europe, have also run afoul of increasingly stringent FDA inspection.
"When you are such a major player for the US market, you will also have larger number of inspections," Ranbaxy CEO Arun Sawhney said in June. Additional reporting by Toni Clarke in Washington


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I listen to rap music and most of my music is in the form of mixtapes. Many of which have a DJ and quite a few have multiple DJs. As there isn't a "Disc Jockey" tag, I add them to the Composer tag. I'd appreciate being able use symbols (semicolons [ ; ], etc.) to separate multiple entries within the Composer tag, the same as can be done with the "Genre" tag. Thank you.
id3 multiple artists ID3 tag support
mcsltr posted a topic in Feature RequestsHello Poweramp is the best player out there so far. Lots of important features are there, really nice modern design, and pretty easy to use But it would be awesome, if you would support multiple artists (like in collaborations). In mp3tag editor you input this like »Artist 1\\Artist 2« and the editor is then saving the same tag twice with either name in it. Windows displays those Artists correctly seperated like »Artist 1; Artist 2«. Poweramp should seperate them too, currently it's displayed like »Artist 1 Artist 2« combined like one name and listed like that as a seperate entry in the library too. Creates a mess and you can't find all songs of one artist including the collaborations. I think, this is important, since collaborations are a common thing. same goes for other multi-entry fields like Genre, Album Artist etc. involving the same method. Please update that 🙇🏽♂
Poweramp v3 build-853 Unable to Read/Save Tags on Some Files
ktcw posted a topic in Bug ReportsI'm running Poweramp v3 build-853 on a FiiO M6 DAP. It's unable to read the tags on some of files in my ALAC collection. I've tried to edit the tags from within Poweramp, but nothing changes upon saving the tags. If it matters, files are stored on MicroSD. The tags are readable by the native FiiO Music app on the M6 and iTunes, xld, kid3 and MusicBrainz Picard on my Mac. I've attached a couple of these files for testing here (ZIP Archive).
View of the complete title of song
JoseMata92 posted a topic in Feature RequestsCan we show all the title of the song like it was before? That the title keep passing trough all the display? Grettings
Turning the useless comment field into something amazing
DarXide posted a topic in Feature RequestsWho actually uses the comment field in the ID3 tags of songs? Perhaps no one Who has at least once lost a playlist of theirs that they spent a lot of time and effort creating? Perhaps everyone Who would like to have a song permanently remember which playlist it was a part of? Certainly everyone This is what this feature intends to achieve, via "tags" i.e. comment boxes Message for Poweramp team: I have yet to get an outside opinion on this, but given how many people love categorizing and organizing their music, this feature may be ground-breaking. So it would be something to seriously consider. "Permanent Playlists" sounds attractive, and this concept is incredibly simple to implement. This is your entire music collection You type in a keyword such as "gym" and the list filters songs that have at least "gym" in its comment field You can add more keywords to make your list even more specific, this brings up songs that have "gym, crazy" in the comment field And the list can be made even more specific. Of course, the 3 results mean that there are only 3 songs with at least the following tags: gym, crazy, instrumental Comment fields are where these tags will be. These tags can be edited into the song by 1) via Poweramp itself (Max will need to enable comment field being edited. Will take a LONG while to tag your entire collection cause the tagging is one song at a time) Example: or 2) Using a software like MP3Tag on a computer or another ID3 editor app, and mass-tagging a bunch of songs' comment field. Example: (look at the left side comment box) Of course, there can be tons of other additions to this. The simplest edition: - All the Poweramp team/max needs to do is somehow make it able to search the comment field of a song. This can be enabled (so it doesn't interfere with normal searching) by first typing in [tags] (like in the picture) or [comment] or some other way/button. - Make each comment box of a song edit-able in the "Info/Tags" edit screen The best edition: The above two features... plus: - Comment filtering can be "Match only one tag," "Match any," "Match at least" etc - Songs can be multi-selected within Poweramp itself and then have one/two/ten tags apply to all of their comment fields The BEST part about this feature is it is permanent! Changing your phone/tablet/device? Factory resetting your phone? Categorizing your music into different folders? Transferring your music to another memory card? Changing the filename of a song? It won't matter! All your tags will still be saved permanently on the songs. Organize your music knowing you will never lose your "tags" i.e. playlists. Comments/Opinions/Questions/Criticism? PS: all images have been photoshopped to give an idea of the feature.
Hi Folks, I love Poweramp and have been using it for years. Definitely my favorite music player for Android. I'm not sure if a lot of people would like a feature like this, but I think it would be quite a unique feature. I have a lot of music and I'm consistently adding files from various free sources and think it would be cool to have a plugin for MusicBrainz integration. Ideally, you can select your music files and compare them to MusicBrainz and clean up the ID3 tags / download album art / rename and move the .mp3 files to a specified directory. On a PC I can update the ID3 tags, get album art and have MusicBrainz clean up the filenames and put them in a specified folder and I think this feature would be great. As an example it'll pull the ID3 tags and art and when writing, the program changes the directory and file names to something like Music / Artist / Album / ## (song number) - XXXXXX (song name).mp3 . That way if I download an .mp3 to my 'downloads' folder and it populates in Poweramp, I can select the file and have it sync with the ID3 tags and have Poweramp move the file over to my Music folder on my external SD card where I have more storage space and fully clean up and write the folders with the artist/album/ ## XXXX.mp3 naming convention. I know it seems complicated, but it could be another great feature as Android doesn't have any particularly good music management apps for cleaning up a lot of music and Poweramp could be the first. It doesn't even have to be MusicBrainz, I'm just using it as an example. Anyway, thanks for reading the rant and hopefully it's something other people like and is something to consider.
[solved]Writing lyrics to mp3 files
proteus posted a topic in General Poweramp ChatterHello, I wanted to write a little about my experience of getting lyrics to display in Poweramp. If anyone has the same problems as me, maybe they'll find this through a search engine. I was trying to write Japanese lyrics to id3 tags in bulk on a Linux system. Firstly I found that there are a plethora of tag editors, but some don't include unicode support. I also wanted command line support to allow for bulk writing with a for loop. The tool that worked for me was eyeD3, which I downloaded via pip. It has an option to add lyrics from a text file, but I had some problems initially. This option writes to the USLT frame that is read by Poweramp. The USLT frame takes the "description" and "language" options, and I found that setting the language as Japanese resulted in the lyrics not being displayed. After that, running the "add lyrics" option without specifying description or language (so that it uses the default English) worked for me. Success!
Rating from id3 tag?
magician369 posted a topic in General Poweramp Chatterhi.... i just want to say thanks to the devs here for making such an amazing audio experience i just noticed that stars ratings from id3 tags are not displayed in Poweramp,it is like Poweramp has its own rating data??is there an option for this i missed?i rate my music library in windows and i want to see it in Poweramp and vice versa.
Добрый день, хотелось бы иметь опцию транслитерации тэгов при произведении музыки через bluetooth. Некоторые автомобильные магнитолы не поддерживают отображение кириллических тэгов. Например моя JVC KD-X50BT поддерживает русские тэги при чтении с флешки, но через bluetooth киррилица не отображается. Вариантов решения данной проблемы 2: передавать тэги в другой кодировке (в андройде по умолчанию UTF-8), но передача тэга идет на уровне приложения bluetooth Android, так что скорее всего это не вариант; 2й способ это передавать транслителированные тэги. Буду очень благодарен за добавление такой опции. Спасибо за замечательное приложение Poweramp. ---- Hello, I want to request transliteration of cyrillic ID3 tags via bluetooth feature, the problem is bad representation cyrillic tags on display of auto radio such as JVC KD-X50BT. Problem have 2 solutions: 1. Send tags in different from UTF-8 codepage. But I thing that is not possible, because the data are exchanged via bluetoth android application. 2. Transliterate cyrillic tags. Sincerely yours, Alexander. Poweramp is the Best.
ID3 Tags are not showing
timblahkeks posted a topic in Poweramp v2 Discussion (Legacy Version)I have a samsung galaxy s3 and with my old sdhc cart everything was fine today i upgraded to a sandisk ultra micro sdxc 128gb and copied my 80gb music on it ALL mp3 files have perfect tags. everything from album cover to publisher. but the app wont read them properly. I got like 2000 songs that are listed as no artist and no album and everything is unknown. but like 9000 songs are listed correctly is this a problem of the sd cart or with the app or is the database size limited? would be nice to get a solution (btw: got the newest Poweramp version available)
Full ID3 Tag support
quesst posted a topic in Feature RequestsHello everybody First of all - thanks for creating and maintaining such a great app. For me there is one big thing missing. I have a library >10k songs and use ID3 tags to keep everything consistent (rating, play count, last played, etc.), no player specific libraries. I konw that the request was brought to your attention more than 2 years ago. Yet, I could not find any progress on this one. Is there any information on how you plan (if ever) to implement this? Thank you and best regards quesst
Which lyric and ID3 tag is supported?
Darshan posted a topic in General Poweramp ChatterI am used to embedd lyrics with SYLT Edit by merging .lrc file with .mp3 file but could not able to open in Poweramp by simply going onto Menu>Lyrics>Auto>Show (Error is: No lyric tag found in the song) Please help how could i embedd to show directly on screen by clicking "Show Button" (also tell me which version is supported by Poweramp for lyrics among and for ID3 among ID3v1, ID3v1.1 and ID3v2.2, ID3v2.3, ID3v2.4) .
I'm not sure whether this is a bug or not, but after opening an album from my music library on Poweramp I noticed the tags for title were all replaced by lots of chinese characters. It's not the first time this happened. The same thing happened some 6 months ago but I didn't give much attention to it. And since then, phone model, ROM, Android version and Poweramp version all changed. I've searched within the files where these characters came from but couldn't find a thing. Everywhere I looked the tags were with the title displayed in english as it should. But only in Poweramp I get the chinese characters. I've already tried changing the metadata charset to UTF-8 for the files, I've tried rewriting the tags on foobar2000, I've disabled ID3v1 tags but nothing worked. This is where I first encountered the problem: http://i.imgur.com/BnmubCk.png Tags seen in Poweramp: http://i.imgur.com/BIR7UML.png The files seen in Windows: http://i.imgur.com/qTMJiEc.jpg Tags seen in Windows: http://i.imgur.com/G9AeuDR.jpg Tags in foobar2000: http://i.imgur.com/3EFKj6C.jpg Tags in Mp3tag: http://i.imgur.com/1btwxMD.jpg PS: I found a way to 'fix' this. I'd have to re-edit every single file with the tags. e.g. change title from "Scarlet Devil" to "Scarlet Dev", then change it again to "Scarlet Devil". That's what I did to make the album title be displayed correctly, but doing this with titles would imply me changing ~200 files one by one.
Poweramp V 2.0.9 558 play Samsung S4 mini 4.2.2 The sorting of albums appears problematic. On windows 7 explorer my files are tagged by Album, Title, Album Artist, etc... However, when I use Poweramp and select Album, I see like 60 songs sorted as individual albums by the "Title" tag instead of the "album" tag shown in windows (i.e. Poweramp thinks the "title" tag is the "album" tag). On windows, using windows media player or winamp, have never had this problem. Accordingly, instead of having 1 album with 60 tracks I have 60 albums with 1 track. Not very suitable for searching. All those tracks are in 1 folder and I am searching by library and not folders. FYI, some albums are correct and sorted properly but others are not. FIGURED IT OUT - SOME FILES TRANSFERRED INCORRECTLY AND DID NOT HAVE PROPER TAGS.
I submitted this bug using the Google Forms, but given the scarcity of the fields, I'm re-posting here with more details, in hope someone with the same issue has some clues. So I have this album with plenty of different art for most of the songs, and very strangely PA does not want to display the album art it is supposed to. Here's an idea of the different art for each song for the first part of the album: Note that the behavior I will describe here is mostly only on this album, I can't recall having seen it on other albums with similarly embedded art for each song (but not 100% sure about that, it's been a very long time I have noticed this issue and am only reporting it now). My Poweramp settings as regards the art display are these: What may be of interest or peculiar about my setting is: 1) Many of my ID3 tags content are using UNICODE (Japanese) 2) The album content itself is split among two folders (CD1 and CD2), but all the mp3 files in both folders share the same album name. Interestingly when it comes to pick a random picture, PA takes it in either of the folders indistinctly. 3) The embedded art files are using either jpeg OR png (this actually cause a side effect with VLC player) 4) Running PA 2.0.9 build 555 on CyanoGen Mod 11 (Kitkat 4.4), Samsung Galaxy S3 As for the actual behavior, here it is: Say I want to play the first song on the album: Then if I tap the song name to have it displayed in full screen, I have the wrong art. The art displayed above comes from an other song actually in folder CD2 while this song is in folder CD1. I don't have any jpeg file roaming in my mp3 folders so I have no idea why PA has been choosing this art rather than the one for the first song of the album. Now, if I press my android screen for a few sec, the PA UI provides me with the art selection pop-up: And the "530x530 Embed Album Art" is the correct picture ! This means that PA is properly reading the ID3 tag content but for an unknown reason display an other one. The other pictures below are coming from the Internet and are NOT in my mp3 files or folders (despite me not having selected the "download art" option). Don't be fooled by the picture down on the right of this screenshot above, it is NOT the one used by PA initially, it comes from the Internet (I can tell because not same cropping and size). Now the weirdness goes on if I select the proper picture (the one labeled "530x530 Embed Album Art" above), then this picture will be used for all the other songs on this album instead of the one arbitrarily chosen by PA first, and each time I chose a picture this way, PA will ignore the songs embedded pictures and instead use it (at this point, it *may* be a feature I'm not sure). But this is not all, there are a few songs in the album not behaving this way !! These 5 songs share a common property: the Artist ID3 tag is "GUMI" instead of "初音ミク" (Miku Hatsune). This is why I suspect that whatever this bug is, there is maybe something to do with UNICODE, though I tried with other albums having a mix of artist names using Latin and UNICODE character sets without this issue... If anyone wants to fiddle with this issue or need some songs with UNICODE tags, I put the whole CD1 folder shown above available for download here: http://goo.gl/IeJ0Dr
Genere issues
rafaeltrenton posted a topic in Feature RequestsOn older versions of Poweramp I was able to use the generes as i currently have them saved on their id3 tags, such as the following 3 examples: - Garage / Psychodelic / 60's / Classic - Rock - Speed / Classic / Power / Heavy - Metal - Death / Black / Thrash - Metal Right now when I synchronize the songs the tags are now all separated, the above will have multiple tags such as - Garage - Psychodelic - 60's - Classic - Rock - Speed - Power - Heavy - Metal Was anything changed on this section? I still have older songs sorted out the right way, showing a single genere tag with multiple descriptions, instead of them being separated.. any ideas? The tags still remain the same on the songs, so that doesn't change on the tag, but it seems the program separates it now.
Allow editing tags of a file set in one operation
kubrick posted a topic in Feature RequestsHi, I'd really appreciate being able to edit the tags of a whole folder / album in one single operation. IE. I've got a folder which contains an album but the files have no tags at all, it would be cool to be able to set the album name and artist on all the files in one go. Other example, on one of my albums, I have a spelling mistake in the artist's name (whichi it's not grouped with the other albums by the same artist), being able to batch change the name of the artist for this album would be great. This could be done by adding the option when long-tapping on a folder / album name. Cheers, F.
Rating location
nascent posted a topic in Feature RequestsI'd really love to be able to use my ratings with the app. They're all stored in an id3v2 tag RATING with values 1-5 and when I see the stars in Poweramp it saddens me they don't correspond. I'm assuming they currently are stored in a Poweramp settings file, it'd be great if there were an option to read them from the mp3 files themselves if they exist (or if option chosen).
Batch editing or a Built in file explorer maybe
theUsualSuspexx posted a topic in Feature Requestssorry if this is a retread im dealing with wimax which is so slow im not gettin whole pages loaded but what about addong a batch edit type feature? sonething to make moving songs into correct or new folders a bit easier. getting my 44gb collection on my phone sorted properly has been going at a turtle like speed lol also just kinda a cherry on top, ever consider like a generic diy skin theme type deal? sonething not too fancy but where people can change up colors and stuff on thevplayer themselves. seen alotvof peoplw on market conplaining to decs bout colors being off. dont care much myself but thonk tbere may be a buck to be made tbere
editing id3 comments field
Fabrizio posted a topic in Feature RequestsHi, Version 2.0 is awesome, however I really miss the ability to edit the comments field of id3 tags in my mp3 files. Kind regards, Fabrizio
search based on id3 tag
Fabrizio posted a topic in Feature RequestsHi, I would like to be able to search songs according to what's in their id3 tags. In particular, I use the comments field in id3 tags (which is not editable in Poweramp v2.0, by the way) to store my own tags and create (dynamically autogenerate on my pc, manually maintain on Poweramp so far) playlists based on them. Being able to filter on strings contained in comment field of id3 tags would be very useful to me. Thanks, Fabrizio
mp3s without id3 tags
laxtrappa posted a topic in Feature RequestsI have a lot of older mp3 albums, missing id3 tags. i managed to find settings to display songs by filename in folder list, and also play them in correct order. now for my request, in the "player" view, the songs still appear as "unknown artist" and "unknown album". how about displaying the songtitle and album name for songs missing id3 tags. what would be really cool, would be a setting where you could switch to this view for all albums. somehow i prefer seing the filename before id3 tags
Album artist tag support
dreadflopp posted a topic in Feature RequestsPlease add support for album artist in id3 thus solving the problem with mixed artist albums cluttering the artist list. Shouldn't be a problem in 2.0 since you added your own library scan, if i understood correctly? Thanks for a great player. Cheers
ID3 Question
Kiltak posted a topic in Archive (2013 and earlier)Ok I got this problem and not sure how to fix not even sure if its a but. All my songs have Artist and song genre and what not. I use MP3Tag to do this. However when I load up my music folder in to my droid and then pull up Poweramp it will show a fews songs as Unknown Artist. However when I play the song it shows the album cover and artist. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?


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We waited up for my father all night. No one slept. Everyone else had returned from work, but he had not. In the morning, we were told that our father had been murdered. My mother was left to raise six children.
During the first actzia, I succeeded in fleeing the ghetto for a nearby village, where a Gentile woman, a family friend, lived. I had hoped that my mother would be here as well. The Gentile woman didn't recognize me, I was so filthy, but eventually she allowed me to stay the night.
Afew hours passed and her son, a Ukrainian policeman, returned from his shift. She told him about me and he wanted to turn me in to the Germans. She and her husband pleaded with him not to turn me in. I slept that night under a bench and fled the next day. I wandered the fields for a day and returned to the ghetto. There I learned of the deaths of my mother, my sister Rivka and my five year old brother David.
Several months passed and the ghetto faced another actzia. We hid in our usual places, but the Germans found us using dogs. They brought us out in our threadbare clothes, into the heavy snow and the bitter cold. They brought us to Tarnopol, intending to put us aboard a train for the death camps. For some reason, we were put on a cart, pulled by a tractor. My brother and I decided to escape, no matter the cost.
We jumped and fled. Back towards Skalat. It was bitter cold. We avoided the road and sank in the mud. We could not stay on the road, for it was full of German traffic.
We reached the town and asked for shelter with one of the Gentiles, but he refused. Another agreed to take us in, after we promised to give them all our money and belongings that remained in the ghetto.
In the morning we left. We wandered the fields for a full day and returned to the ghetto that night,
One actzia after another, until finally the last one. The Germans declared the town Judenrein and any survivors were required to report to the Gestapo. My brother Yaakov and I wandered among the Gentiles in the villages and they kept threatening to turn us in. We ate weeds and wheat from the fields. Occasionally a piece of stale bread from one of the gentiles. We slept on a pile of straw.
One morning we awoke to the sound of voices speaking German. The had set an ambush for a group of Partisans believed to be hiding in the same stack of straw. Fortunately the Partisans did not come that night. If they had, they would have been burned in the straw and we with them. When the Germans saw that the Partisans had not come, they left.
Our hunger grew from day to day. We were filthy, tired and our nerves were on edge. We decided to leave the area of the town and head for the villages, where we were not known. I approached the village of Piznanka, where, I saw a farmer on horseback. I stopped him and asked if he needed a hired hand. He didn't, but suggested I accompany him as perhaps other villagers might. On the way he asked where I came from. I told him that I was from Tomachew Lubelski, that my name was Ivan Kubelczyk. I had left my widowed mother with many children and run away from the man I worked for, because of his cruelty.
When we reached the village, night had fallen. Fortunately, we met a farmer who needed a hand. He asked me about my family and I told him the same story. It convinced him and he hired me. I helped with all the farm work. The farmer's mother was from my hometown of Skalat and she owned many fields in that area. He worked those fields and gave his mother a portion of the crop. When harvest time came, the farmer had me accompany him to Skalat. I was afraid someone might recognize me, but I had no choice.
It happened as I had feared. By the bridge at the entrance to Skalat, a group of boys - goyim who knew me - shouted that I was a Jew from Skalat. The farmer looked at me and kept on going. When we reached his mother's house, he told her what had happened. They summoned me and questioned me - was I really a Jew. I denied it and the farmer confirmed that I behaved like one of them. They believed me. On the way back to the village, the farmer insisted upon the truth, that I mustn't be afraid of him. I revealed to him that I was a Jew.
For two weeks he continued to treat me well. Afterwards he began to change. he didn't give me enough to eat and he beat me. I wanted to run away, but it was autumn and very cold. Eventually, he himself decided to throw me out.
I wandered among the other villages until I found another farmer who would take me in, but he insisted that the first farmer give me clothing. I had no choice but to go back to the first farmer to ask for clothing and to my surprise he suggested I stay. I stayed with him, because of the cold winter, but I remained in torn clothes and bare feet.
A peddlar woman used to visit the village and she needed a boy like me. I told her about my circumstances and she took me to her village, about thirty kilometers from Skalat - a village called Kozivka. I worked hard and in return received meager food and drink. Every day I went to bring milk and on the way would run into local boys, around my own age. I became friendly with one of them. He told me that his uncle needed a worker like me and that perhaps I would have a better time of it. I considered it. but the uncle refused to take me because I was too scrawny. Eventually he did take me on and my conditions imporved. I stayed with him until the Red Army came.
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Afterwards, we returned to our own apartment and found looting and destruction. You could see the fear in Mathilda's eyes. Her joy had gone forever. She suddenly became an adult. She was not allowed to play outside and was always near me. Pela (Cipora) was a year old and, of course, understood none of this.
My younger daughter Pela grew up in abnormal conditions, but she was bright and art age three understood the situation. One night, before the April actzia, I came home with the feeling that an actzia was about to take place and said that we must wake the girls. Pela said that she was not asleep, but that we must wake Mathilda. We mustn't forget her, she said. As it happened, our bunker was discovered and we were brought to the main synagogue before being killed.
As a child, I saw the synagogue as a holy place, but now it was shocking. People were drained, half-wild, alternately praying and wailing. In their travail, they asked that the earth open and swallow us all. There was a small attic in the women's section and I decided to hide there. there was no ladder, but Moshe Katzlov helped me and the girls join tens of others. It was hard to convince the other adults, who feared that my daughters would make noise and give away our secret place. I promised that my daughters would remain silent. The girls lay day and night without making a sound.
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The order was given, Disrobe! All the clothes into a pile! The Jewish policemen urged and hastened them. Anyone who objected was beaten. A carpet of colored paper spread across the ground - paper currency torn in pieces by the Jews, to prevent the murderers from profitting. Wails of children and cries of Shema Yisrael mingled with screams of Hurry! Hurry! and the pile of clothing grew higher. Men, women and children stood unclothed as newborns.
Berl the Rabbi's son refused to disrobe. A German struck him on the head and he fell bleeding. A few kicks to the stomach. He cried the Shema prayer and his soul left him as his body lay on the bloodied clothes. A German rolled him to the edge of the grave and hit the body once more as it fell. Berl the Rabbi's son - the first of the murdered of Skalat - lay in the grave wrapped in a shroud of red, clutching his tefillin which never left him.
|Rosa Pickholz (second from left)
Suddenly Rosa Pickholz, a teacher in the high school, arose and turned to the naked crowd. I call on all of you to be brave. We are innocent people! You are not people, interrupted the Sturmfuhrer and slapped her cheek. Now you may continue speaking, whore!
She continued - her wrath directed at the heads of the murderers. Your end is near. Forests of hanging await you all! The German couldn't tolerate that. A bullet entered the heart of the naked speaker and she fell to the ground.
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Latin scholars are engaged in a vigorous debate over whether Ashley Alexandra Dupre's "Tutela Valui" tattoo, spotted last weekend when the ex-Spitzer hooker made a rare appearance on the secluded Jersey Shore, is so dumb as to be a tattoo dealbreaker. "One California professor translated it as 'I have been highly proficient in support' - which he further simplifies to 'I have been an expert escort,'" notes the Daily News. Which brings me to the obvious but as yet undiscussed here topic of love and tattoos. As in: when is a tattoo so bad you have to reeeeally like someone to get over it? July's Marie Claire features a story by a woman who met a dude whose body art was almost a bonerkiller. ("It had something to do with his interest in the medieval artist Hieronymus Bosch. And there was a mention of total respect for the tattoo artist. Oh, and, These designs are exactly what brain synapses look like...") As you might expect, the writer gets over it, because there are only a handful of tattoo types you can really use as an excuse to dump someone in this town, and they are, according to my roommate, who spent 11 years living in Philly where getting tattooed is really one of the only things to actually do.
1. tribal
2. Celtic
3. Confederate flags, etc.
4. Irredeemably awful band logos.
Here are some tattoos, meanwhile, that we have tolerated fucking:
1. Giant Black Flag logo
2. Giant Black Flag logo in the shape of Pennsylvania with an orange star marking Philadelphia.
3. crudely drawn Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast At Tiffany's
4. very-crudely drawn "Broken" written on chest [Exhibits 2-4 on same person]
5. Spider (symbolizing Spiderman)
6. "If found, call 215-[Phone number]
And actually we don't remember the rest. There are too many.
Also my brother has a tattoo on his calf that he designed himself that is apparently Tolkien-inspired.
It's Latin To Them [New York Daily News]
Is Love Skin Deep? [Marie Claire]