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Address Book Database- A simple address book example using a database
Autocomplete Capabilities- Add autocomplete features to textbox and combbox controls
Calculator Example- A simple example of making a small calculator program with basic features
CD Class Module with Example v2.1- A class for playing cd audio disks and a example on how to use it
Change Windows Desktop Wallpaper- An example of how to set the desktop wallpaper to a custom wallpaper
Check if a File or Directory Exists- A example that uses the Dir function and FileSystemObject to see whether a file or folder exists
CPU Usage Example- Uses the GetSystemTimes APi call added in XP Service Pack1 to calculate the cpu's usage
MP3 Player Examples- There are examples for playing MP3,Wave,WMA files using MCISendstring library and the windows media player control
Shutdown, Restart, Log Off Example - A example of using the ExitWindowsEx API or Shell to restart, shutdown, loggoff Windows XP/Vista
Timing Examples- some examples of using the GetTickCount/timeGetTime, and the QueryPerformanceCounter API for High Resolution timing
Latest Site Updates - 2011, November 22nd
November 22nd 2011
- I added a new version of the csEasyEncoder EXPress Edition program. It has been updated to version 2011. The major new features includes the ability to specify the B-Frames and Reference Frames to use for the video encode, mainly for MPEG based formats. Also included is the ability to specify both the Resolution and the Aspect Ratio to use when encoding your video files. Another addition is the ability to use video de-interlacing when encoding the video file. I likewise added the latest ffmpeg.exe encoder and the changes that needed to be made for the program to be compatible with the new version of the ffmpeg encoding library. Some minor changes was made as well like cleaning up some code and trying to make some of the code more efficient. The main download for the compiled program and setup installer is under the Software section. The example source code for Visual Basic .NET 2010 is on the Examples webpage and under the VB 2005 and Higher section near the bottom of that page. Hopefully the update will be useful to you. :)
October 3rd 2011
- A new example for VB 2005 and Higher has been added on how to very easily do Simple Zipping and Unzipping of files using the DotNetZip library. The example itself is pretty simple and basic. It highlights the basic functions of the DotNetZip library to zip-up and compress multiple files, then unzip and uncompress the files to a specific location. I do have some other code outlined as well though like getting progress updates for the zipping and un-zipping operations along with how to create a self-extracting .exe file using the DotNetZip class. The example was made with Visual Basic 2008 but the source code is compatible with VB.NET 2005 and VB 2010 as well. Located on the - Visual Basic.NET - Examples page near the bottom of the page under the VB 2005 and Higher section.
September 23rd 2011
- I added a new example called csEasyMailer v1.0. It is a complete program with many advanced features for sending email messages using SMTP with Google Gmail, Microsoft Hotmail, and Yahoo as the smtp host. It has full support for multiple recipients, multiple carbon copies (cc), multiple attachments and much more. It also can send email as plain text and as html. You can send multiple email views which will allow the email provider to decide which view to show to the user. It has basic contacts support and support for sending email messages with a custom html based signature. It has a feature that will allow you to preview your html email viewing its full formatting and all. It was made with VB 2008, but the codes will work in Visual Basic.NET 2005, and Visual Basic 2010. Located in the VB.NET - Examples section near the bottom of the page. I will have a new v1.5 version done later on that fixes some issues and has better support for saving contacts and such.
June 28th 2011
- A new example for Visual Basic.NET 2005, 2008, and VB 2010 has been added. I used Visual Basic 2008 but the code itself is usable in basically all dotNets. The example is on how to get the computers total cpu usage and display that value as text in the windows system icon tray. It will also plot a graph of the cpu usage history with lines. It uses the GetSystemTimes API call to get the total cpu usage. This is similar to the sysmonlite example but more refined and more features. So if you want to know how to put or add text to the system tray, or icon tray as some call it, then check this example out. Located at the VB.NET - Examples, page under the VB 2005 and Higher section near the bottom.
April 21st 2011
- I added a new example on how to play embedded wave files compatible with VB.NET 2005, VB 2008, and Visual Basic.NET 2010. Shows adding a .wav file to your project and then setting the Build Action to Embedded Resource. Shows how to access the wave file through The Reflection.Assembly class and accessing the: GetManifestResourceStream stream to pass to the wave player. Uses the SoundPlayer class in .NET 2.0 and above to perform the playback of the .wav file. While .NET 1.0 and 1.1 based VB.NET supports embedded resource files, it would have to use the PlaySund api call to perform the playback.
December 21st 2010
- Added a cool new program I called csEasyEncoder 2010 eXPress Edition for download and the source code in the VB.NET 2005/2008/2010 - Example page. This application will encode music and video's into other formats. It can convert MPEG4 .MP4, Flash Video .FLV, .AVI, MPEG2 .MPG using Video CD (VCD), SVCD (Super Video CD) and DVD quality presets to many different formats like thoses already mentioned and even HQ (High Quality) H.264 MP4, and Windows Media Video. Very easily convert Flash Video to or from .MP4 MPEG 4 or really most of the popular formats. You can also convert to .FLV Flash video. If you have a Music Video, or a video you only want the audio/sound/music from then this program will strip/save/convert the audio portion only and save it as a .MP3 or .WAV file! There are more features and formats available but can't list them all here. This program uses the very nice FFMPEG.exe library to perform all of the encoding tasks. FFMPEG has been around for awhile and has grown into a very popular and easy to use commandline utility for encoding/decoding media files and more. This program completely interacts with the ffmpeg.exe file and gives you a fully working gui without the user ever seeing a console window or even suspect the encoding is coming from a external .exe library. The example shows how to send input commands and flags plus parse the output from the library to provide progress and media statistics to display to the user. So if you ever wanted to make your own Visual Basic based Video/Music encoding program without all of the major bit manipulating or paid libraries, then check out this example with the ffmpeg.exe library. This is also the first program and example i've made with Visual Basic 2010 thus far. I actually used the Express edition of VB.NET. The source code is 100% compatible with older versions of dotNet as well. I may port it down to a older version of Visual Studio .NET at a later date though. The program also takes advantage of multi-core cpus/processors (Dual Core, Quad Core, Hex Core), using multi-threading where possible. Some formats like wmv and flv only support a single thread though. Anyways, the csEasyEncoder 2010 eXPress setup download for the program is under the Downloads - Software page and the full source code along with the ffmpeg.exe and x.264 hq based preset files are located under the: Visual Basic.NET - Examples page, in the Visual Basic 2005/2008/2010 only section. Have fun! :)
November 13th 2010
- A new example has been added using VB.NET 2005 (The source code itself is usable in basically ALL versions of .NET). The example is how to determine if the operating system your program is running on is 32-Bit (x86) or 64-Bit (x64) and whether your program itself is running in 64 Bit (x64) mode or in 32 Bit (x86) mode. I include about 5 methods to determine the addressing mode the OS is running on and about 4 ways to determine which mode your application itself is running in. Some of the methods I use is checking a registry key, using environment variables querying the "PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE" and "PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER" variables, API calls like GetSystemInfo/GetNativeSystemInfo, WMI and more! You should have a pretty good idea about the computers addressing environment after using the methods in this example. The example is located under: Visual Basic.NET - Examples page under the VB 2005/2008/2010 section called: Check If OS is 32 Bit or 64 Bit. I should also mention that Visual Basic 2010 (Really .NET Framework 4.0) has a new feature built-in called:
, which is a property that will return True if the operating system is 64Bit and False if the os is NOT 64 bit (x64) but is 32 Bit (x86).
October 12th 2010
- A new and perhaps unique vb.net based application, setup, and example program called: csYoutubeDownload XPress1 for downloading youtube video's has been added. The example app actually has some slightly advanced features and shows how to download a backup of your youtube video files using DownloadFileAsync, and use DownloadData for downloading into memory which I use to save a copy of the thumbnail image associated with the youtube.com based video and how to use a couple url tricks to get google to give you the video download in the mpeg4, .mp4 based format if its available and the normal .flv format (Flash Video) format. This example uses the DownloadFileAsync feature of the .netframework to download the video's and will provide alot of various info about the download like the download speed, elasped time, how much time is left for the video to be finished and much more! It can also tell you the title of the video, format types. I use a simple little class I found at thecodeproject.com which will format the youtube based url's into downloadable urls straight to the video. I made this program for my personal use and educational purposes. You should not use it to download any videos other than the ones you uploaded yourself. So please keep that in mind if you decide to use any code from this example. Also included a setup project in case you ever want to export your program using a pretty cool setup utility that you have quite a bit of control over compared to the very limited clickonce utility that is included in the express edition ide's. Anyways, this program was made with Visual Basic .NET 2008 that targets .NET 2.0. The source code will work perfectly fine in Visual Basic 2005 and VB 2010. I mainly used VB 2008 because the actual program needs elevated permissions (Admin Access) to work properly and uac (User Account Control) is much easier to implement using VB 2008 than VB 2005 which you have to do a hack to request elevated uac access. The example download includes both the program project source, plus the setup project in the same solution. The compiled setup program is available in the Software section of this website. Anyways, Have fun!
July 18th 2010
- Added a new example using Visual Basic .NET 2005 but is fully compatible with VB 2008 and Visual Basic 2010. The example is how to download files from the internet and then save the contents to the computers hard drive, usb drive or other location on the target computer. I use the Webclient class and more specificially the Webclient.DownloadFileAsync subroutine. I use this sub to download files to the computer from a url/uri and add 3 different handlers to fire a couple methods to get progress information and such. Some of the features are getting the bytes the download is currently at, how big the download is. I also added custom code on getting the approximate download speed the file is downloading at in both Kilo-Btyes and in Kilo-Bits format, and more minor features like the elapsed time for the current download is included. Another advantage of using the DownloadFileAsync sub instead of the normal DownloadFile sub is that it won't consume your applications thread. In other words your application will still respond and be usable while its downloading. The normal DownloadFile will make your application freeze unless you run it in a seperate thread apart from your main programs thread. Located on the Visual Basic.NEt - Examples page under the VB.NET 2005 section. Enjoy!
July 18th 2010
- I finally got around to make a simple program and update the website. I want to mention that the example also includes a project I made for this program on making and customizing a setup project/executable for your programs. It shows many things you can do with the setup options like specify the background image of the setup dialogs, custom icons to use, setting up your shortcuts into the start menu, desktop, and much more! Definitely worth checking out if your wanting to know alittle bit abount the Setup project type. Anyways, the new program is called csCPUTargeting eXPress v1.0. What this program does it help make the task of Targeting a cpu artchitecture alitte easier than doing it manually using the Express Editions of Visual Basic. Basically the problem with VB Express 2005, 2008, and VB 2010 is that Microsoft removes the simple option of targeting either a 32-bit cpu or 64-bit cpu for your applications. If you ever get a crash with: BadImageFormatException error with the message: "An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)" it could be a cpu targeting problem. Usually by default your applications uses the 'AnyCPU' targeting option which will run in both 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) operating systems. But lets say your accessing a regular C++ based .dll that was compiled and setup for the 32-bit x86 format and your application is running in 64-bit mode. You could very well get that Incorrect Format crash since your targeting a x86, 32-bit assembly. By specifying your applications to run specifically in 32-bit mode your applications will interop just fine the way its meant to with x86 32-bit assemblies. Anyways, what this tool does is load the .vbproj file for your project and add a line of xml code: "
". Between those tags you can put either 'x86' for 32-bit or 'x64' for 64-bit targeting. The application makes it possible to add the code to either/both Debug and Release configurations. Then the tool will save the edited project .vbproj file with the changes you made. You also have the option to backup your original project file as well along with some other features. The compiled execute will be under the: Software section of the site and the programs source code will be on the: Visual Basic.NET - Examples webpage. This tool was made using Visual Basic 2005 and includes some code commenting as well. Anyways, hopefully this application and/or source code will be useful to you. BTW, the XML added to the project file is:
with either x86 or x64 inserted between the tags. :)
December 30th 09
- Site has finally been updated with something! To bad its nothing much to write home about. But anyways, I've added a new application example called: csWindowsCDKeyTool v1.0 that will get the DigitalProductID of the installed operating system and then convert/decode/decrpyt that value which is the cd key for the windows currently installed. The GetProductID key is located in the system registry under: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\". The code that does the actual transformation of the product id code into the windows cdkey was Not made by me. The example lists the possible author of the code. Anyways, I added some other stuff to the app that will get alot of various info on the windows installation, like whether windows is 64-bit or 32-bit. The code uses wmi (Windows Management Instrumentation) using the System.Management.DLL reference and System.Management.ManagementClass plus the ManagementObject class to check whether the os is Windows 32 Bit or 64 Bit(32bit/64bit). The rest of the code uses the dotnet .net framework, and environment variables to get the info. The cd key tool works with ALL versions of WindowsXP, Windows Vista, and Windows7 (Should work on the servers as well like Windows Server 2008). The example vb code is VB 2005 and Visual Basic 2008 compatible and located under the VB.NET 2005/2008 examples page. Have Fun!
December 30th 09
- As you may already know, this site has not been updated in over a year. I've been very busy building and fixing computers and havn't had the desire to do any type of programming either. But I wanted to update the site with something before the year ended. So I will be adding a basic application example on getting the windows cdkey shortly.
September 21st 08
- A new application called: csComputerInfoTool v1.2 - The Vista Edition has been added under the software section. The example is under the VB.NET 2005/2008 - Examples page. This app uses the registry, performance counters, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), and the .NET Framework to get alot of various info on the computers cpu/processor, motherboard, video card, memory/ram, c: hard drive, and the Windows OS. The tool was made with Microsoft Vista in mind but it may work fine in Windows XP. Some features or problems could pop up though. IF you just want the example then the OS shouldn't matter unless a feature is not available in the older operating systems.
August 19th 08
- A new example for VB.NET 2005/2008 has been added on how to set cpu/core affinity to your applications process. It uses the System.Diagnostics.Process.ProcessorAffinity Property located in the Process Class. Since many computers these days are running AMD Athlon X2's and Intel Core2's you may want to set which core you want the process to run on. The example was made with .NET 2005 but the codes do work with earlier Visual Basic.NET 2002/2003 versions of vb.
August 5th 08
- A basic .NET 05/08 example has been added on how to get some lower level volume information about a hard drive or other disk drive. It uses the GetVolumeInformation API which returns the volumes serial number, filesystem, maximum supported characters and such. Located on the VB.NET - Examples page under the VB 2005/2008 section. While this API does return a unique serial number when querying a hard disk drive, it is the serial number for the Volume and NOT the actual Manufactors serial number given to the harddrive. To get that you can use WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) which 'should' give you the true serial number value for the harddisk. An example will be added soon. The WMI class you want to use is: "Win32_PhysicalMedia" and the property to use is: " SerialNumber". Just in case you wanted to know. :)
July 15th 08
- I added a new example for VB 2005 and/or VB 2008 on how to play movies and videos on your windows desktop. I also included code on how to set the transparency/opacity level for the movie window so you can see what is behind the screen only. I didn't include any position or resizing code since this simple example focuses on basic playing of videos and movies while setting the desktop as the parent for the movies window screen. The older csMovieLibrary for .NET has all of those features though if you want them and includes Much more as well (So does the VB 6 based Movie Module class library). While this project won't open in Pre-2005 ide's, the codes in this example should be compatible with 02/03 versions with just some minor code changes. Even VB6 can use the codes with code changes. I may include a example for VB 6 in the future though. I guess its also worth mentioning that this app plays most all of the popular movie formats including the normal .avi, .mpg, .mpeg, .wmv extensions. But it can play mpeg4 divx, apples quicktime mov, and many others as long as the codec for that format is installed. Thats all for now!
June 11th 08
- The complete source code to my csAudioCD Library v2.5 for VB 2005/2008 has been released. It is under the VB.NET - Controls page version 2.5. Read the license agreement in the source code. Have fun :)
May 8th 08
- Another example for VB.NET 2005 and 2008 has been added that shows how to use the System.Collections.Specialized.StringDictionary class to store pairs of strings in a collection. IT shows how to add, remove, count, find/search for items and more. This String Dictionary example is on the Visual Basic .NET - Examples page near the bottom under the 2005/2008 area.
May 7th 08
- A new class has been added called csAudioCD Library v2.5 - The Professional and Enhanced Edition for VB 2005 and VB 2008. This is the ultimate class library made with Visual Basic 2005 to make a very feature rich audio CD player based application. There are over 50 features available and are very easy to understand and use. Most all of the subs/functions/propertys are fully XML commented with descriptions and explanations. It of course has your basic play/stop/pause features but some of the other features include opening and closing the CDRom and/or DVDRom drive, auto-scan the computer for available CD/DVD drives and can detect whether a CD Disk is in the drive and see if its a audio cd or not. IT can return some useful info about the CD and about the tracks on the CD's. Has available different time-format features as well for getting the length and playing position for both the audio CD and the Tracks for the CD. Way to many features to list here. A example application has also been added that shows how to use this library and implement some of its features. The compiled class by itself is on the VB.NET - Controls page and the Example application which already includes the compiled class .dll is available on the VB.NET - Examples page under the Visual Basic 2005 and Visual Basic 2008 section. I might release the source code to the class library soon. Have Fun!
April 21st 08
- A new example for VB.NET 2005 and Visual Basic 2008 has been added that shows how to create a simple image or picture viewer and features a basic slideshow feature. The slide show will go through the list of images while having a simple pause before each image changes. There is a audio sound or music feature as well if you want to play a audio file while the slideshow is running. The example shows how to use a sortedlist with a key and value related to that key to hold the entire path of the image but making it so the user will only see the filename instead of having to see the entire path with the filename. There are basic picture/image Left and Right rotation features as well. Located in the VB.NET 2005/2008 - Examples page near the bottom of the page.
April 8th 08
- A new example for Visual Basic 6.0 has been added that simply shows a couple ways on how to check if a file or a directory or folder exists at the specified path or not. It uses the Dir function and the FileSystemObject in the Windows Script Host Object Model to do the checking. Located in the VB 5.0 and VB 6.0 - Examples page.
April 6th 08
- There were two new examples added to the site. One is for Classic VB and the other is for VB.NET. They are both on how to hide or show the caret (blinking cursor) for a textbox and combobox control using the HideCaret and ShowCaret API calls. Remember that the control whose caret you want to hide/show Must be the owner of the caret at the time of calling these APIs. Also when the control loses ownership of the caret it will reset the caret and you will have to call the HideCaret API call again. But if you want the caret (blinking, flashing; cursor or whatever you want to call it) to stay hidden try putting the HideCaret code in the controls GotFocus event. Which whenever the control gets focus, it will hide the caret from the user even if another control temorary gets ownership.
March 24th 08
- Another example for VB.NET was added as well. This example uses the LinkLabel control to mimick a real webpage link. The control will look and act like a common link on a webpage. When the link is clicked, it will open the default webbrowser application and load the address specified in the LinkData property of the control. Compatible with all .NET VBs including Visual Basic 2005 and 2008.
March 24th 08
- A new example for VB.NET has been added named Ultimate Textbox Manipulating. As the name entails it shows how to do Many things with the standard textbox control. Some of the codes are: searching, selecting text, page right/left, line right/left, page up/down, line up/down, getting line and character information, along with cut/copy/paste and adding, replacing, selecting text. Check out the example or the screenshot to see what all is available.
March 13th 08
- I updated the VisualBasic.NET version of the Scrolling Textbox to Top/Bottom example. There is now another way to scroll the textbox editbox to the top and bottom my using the Windows API. It uses the SendMEssage API to be precise. I plan on doing the update to the regular visual basic version later on sometime.
March 10th 08
- Added two new examples to the site. One is for VB.NET and the other is for Visual Basic 5.0/6.0. They are both on how to scroll/move to the top/beginning of a textbox controls text contents and likewise scroll or move to the bottom/end of the textbox controls contents.
March 8th 08
- If the .info download server is down, you can replace .info with .org to try and get the download. Example: http://www.vbcodesource.info/myDownload.zip can be changed to: http://www.vbcodesource.org/myDownload.zip. I will try to eventually add a secondary/backup link on all of the website pages like I did on the VB Classic - Examples page.
March 8th 08
- A new example for VB.NET has been added that will check a IP, URL, or UNC (Universal Naming Convention) name using the "IsDestinationReachable" Windows API call to see if it is reachable or not. It can return the to and from speed of the network used to try and reach the destination along with the type of network available. This can somewhat be considered a pinging example in a sense but you wouldn't get accurate reply times since the API will also get the Network type and the To/From speed before returning control to your application. But it would be good to see if a specified destination is available or not. VB 05/2008 already has a full Ping class for checking a destination. I would recommend you use that class if using those versions unless you want the network to/from speed or whatnot.
March 5th 08
- An example for Visual Basic .NET has been added that shows how to convert Unix Time to a Structured Windows based time. It converts and displays the Unix time based on UTC Time and the Computers Local Timezone. The example displays the current Timezone and the Timezone offset compared to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time or Universal Time Coordinate) as well. This example is compatible with all versions of .NET including VB 2005 and VB 2008. A simple upgrade process is all thats needed for 05/08.
March 4th 08
- A new example for VB.NET has been addded. Its basically a near clone of the VB 6.0 version that uses the GetPerformanceInfo() API Function to get various low level computer information. It mainly returns various memory info along with some thread and paging data. I am pretty much Computer Info'ed out so I may not be making anymore computer performance info data examples.
March 3rd 08
- I went ahead and changed the download links to point to my www.vbcodesource.info web server. The original .org server is down and I don't have any idea when it will be running again. But anyways, all of the downloads and screenshots SHOULD be working. Please send me a feedback message if there is a download not working.
March 2nd 08
- As you may already know is that the downloads are currently not working. Unfortunately the server that all of the downloads and screenshots are on is down at this time. All I can tell you right now is to try again later. Sorry :(
February 19th 08
- A new example for Visual Basic 6.0 and 5.0 has been added on how to get high resolution timing using the QueryPerformanceCounter and QueryPerformanceFrequency API counters. This timer supports sub-millisecond resolutions which is better than timeGetTime and far better than the getTickCount timer. This timer will usually use a 3.6 Mhz clock on the motherboard for timing but sometimes it could use your processors rdtsc counter. Examine the QueryPerformanceFrequency returned data from its ByRef parameter to see what the ticks per second of the timer is. If the function returns a 0 then the computer does Not support the timer or you did NOT pass the APIs parameter ByRef(By Reference) which is Required. Do Not pass the parameters for these two (2) QueryPerformance APIs ByVal(By Value) because they WILL fail. You Must pass them ByRef. IF you need very precise timing, then this counter should be the way to go.
February 18th 08
- Another example for Visual Basic.NET 2002/2003 and compatible with VB 2005/2008 has been added. This example shows how to perform basic Math calculations using string variables/objects. It shows the Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division based operators. The main purpose I guess is how to perform Math operations on Strings in a somewhat safer way. It basically uses the Val() Function which will examine a string and if the string is a number or if the string starts with a number then it will convert a object/string to a double or a Char to a integer type. IF the string contains no number or doesn't begin with a number then it will simply return a 0 which will keep your application from throwing a improper casting error message and/or crashing. A VB 6.0 version may be put up soon.
February 17th 08
- A small example made with Visual Basic.NET has been added that shows how to use delegates and callbacks to create and use a higher resolution windows based API Event Timer. This example uses the timeSetEvent/timeKillEvent APIs which supports much higher resolutions than the original SetTimer/KillTimer APIs at about 1 milli seconds compared to 15-16ms. This timer is actually a part of the winmm.dll multi-media library that has most of the multi-media based apis like the Playsound and mciSendString apis. Anyways, its located in the .NET - Examples page.
February 8th 08
- A new example made with Visual Basic.NET 2008 on using the Managed Windows API Timer from the DotNET Framework was added. The codes in this example is compatible with VB.NET 2005 but the project will Not load in 2005. The managed timer was added in version 2.0 of the framework which VB 2005 is based on. This example shows how to create a timer and have it call a function of your choice each time the specified interval has elapsed. This timer appears to be a managed wrapper around the SetTimer/KillTimer APIs from the User32.dll library that I made a example for VB.NET a few weeks ago. The resolution is only about 15/16ms. You can try using the Un-Managed multi-media timeSetEvent/timeKillEvent APIs which supports resolutions up to 1ms and is based on the winmm.dll library. I do have a example on these multi-media apis but never released it. I may do that later on though.
February 8th 08
- The example on how to Clear All Textboxes, Manipulate or Set properties for all conrols on a form has been updated. The update has new codes that shows how to skip over or bypass controls specified in the code and clear or set the rest of the controls that are Not specified to skip.
January 29th 08
- I added a new Control I made with C++ with _stdcall exports so it can be used by Visual Basic under the .NET - Controls page. The control will return some various basic cpu info like the model, vendor, stepping, clockspeed, ect... A example on how to use the library made with VB.NET 2002/2003 and compatible with Visual Basic 2005/2008 has been added to the .NET - Examples page.
January 28th 08
- I meant to post this along time ago but forgot too. Microsoft now has available all of the Visual Studio.NET 2008 Examples that were included with the RTM (Released To Manufacture) versions as a seperate download. There are actually very MANY examples available for Visual Basic 2008 that covers everything from Excel, Powerpoint to LINQ, Tablet Based Programming, Server based, and Database programming. While the examples may NOT open with VB 2005, the codes in many of the examples should work with Visual Basic 2005 as well. Obviously examples like LINQ based source code won't work with .NET 2005 since LINQ was not supported until VS 2008. Anyways,
Click this Link
if your interested. The download is alittle more than 9 MB, so if you have Dial-Up it may take awhile. :)
January 24th 08
- An example for Visual Basic.NET has been added that shows how to get the Textbox Controls - current line number (#) in VB.NET 2002/2003 (The VB 2005 and VB 2008 Textbox has a feature for this, but is Not in this example. Might add later), getting the total numbers of lines in the textbox, and getting the text/characters at the current line position.
January 17th 08
- A new example for Visual Basic 6.0 (the code in the example is VB 5.0 compatible) has been added that shows how to use the GetEnvironmentVariable API call function to access some pre-defined variables and get/retrieve their values. You can see some Environment Variables if you go to the 'Start' then 'Settings' menu and click on 'Control Panel'. Click on the 'System' icon and then the 'Advanced' tab. Click on the button that says 'Environment Variables' which should display a window with pre defined variables and their values.
January 16th 08
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- Note: The word "halobacterium" is also the singular form of the word "halobacteria".
In taxonomy, Halobacterium is a genus of the Halobacteriaceae.[1]
The genus Halobacterium ("salt" or "ocean bacterium") consists of several species of archaea with an aerobic metabolism which require an environment with a high concentration of salt; many of their proteins will not function in low-salt environments. They grow on amino acids in their aerobic conditions. Their cell walls are also quite different from those of bacteria, as ordinary lipoprotein membranes fail in high salt concentrations. In shape, they may be either rods or cocci, and in color, either red or purple. They reproduce using binary fission (by constriction), and are motile. Halobacterium grows best in a 42 °C environment. The genome of an unspecified Halobacterium species has been sequenced and comprises 2,571,010 bp (base pairs) of DNA compiled into three circular strands: one large chromosome with 2,014,239 bp, and two smaller ones with 191,346 and 365,425 bp. This species, called Halobacterium sp. NRC-1, has been extensively used for post-genomic analysis. Halobacterium species can be found in the Great Salt Lake, the Dead Sea, Lake Magadi, and any other waters with high salt concentration. Purple Halobacterium species owe their color to bacteriorhodopsin, a light-sensitive protein which provides chemical energy for the cell by using sunlight to pump protons out of the cell. The resulting proton gradient across the cell membrane is used to drive the synthesis of the energy carrier ATP. Thus, when these protons flow back in, they are used in the synthesis of ATP (this proton flow can be emulated with a decrease in pH outside the cell, causing a flow of H+ ions). The bacteriorhodopsin protein is chemically very similar to the light-detecting pigment rhodopsin, found in the vertebrate retina.
Species of Halobacterium[edit]
- Halobacterium cutirubrum > Halobacterium salinarum
- Halobacterium denitrificans > Haloferax denitrificans
- Halobacterium distributum > Halorubrum distributum
- Halobacterium halobium > Halobacterium salinarum
- Halobacterium jilantaiense
- Halobacterium lacusprofundi > Halorubrum lacusprofundi
- Halobacterium mediterranei > Haloferax mediterranei
- Halobacterium noricense
- Halobacterium pharaonis > Natronomonas pharaonis
- Halobacterium piscisalsi
- Halobacterium saccharovorum > Halorubrum saccharovoru
- Halobacterium salinarum
- Halobacterium sodomense > Halorubrum sodomense
- Halobacterium trapanicum > Halorubrum trapanicum
- Halobacterium vallismortis > Haloarcula vallismortis
- Halobacterium volcanii > Halobacterium volcanii
Description and significance[edit]
Halobacteria are halophilic microorganisms, which means they grow in extremely high salinity environments. This archaeon can act as a good model for some aspects of eukaryotic biology, such as DNA replication, transcription, and translation. Comparing a halophile genome to that of other prokaryotes should give insight into microbial adaptation to extreme conditions.
Genome structure[edit]
The Halobacterium NRC-1 genome is 2,571,010 bp compiled into 3 circular replicons. More specifically, it is divided into one large chromosome with 2,014,239 bp and 2 small replicons pNRC100 (191,346 bp) and pNRC200 (365,425 bp). While much smaller than the large chromosome, the two plasmids account for most of the 91 insertion sequences and include genes for a DNA polymerase, seven transcription factors, genes in potassium and phosphate uptake, and cell division. The genome was discovered to contain a high G+C content at 67.9% on the large chromosome and 57.9% and 59.2% on the two plasmids. The genome also contained 91 insertion sequence elements constituting 12 families, including 29 on pNRC100, 40 on pNRC200, and 22 on the large chromosome. This helps explain the genetic plasticity that has been observed in Halobacteria. Of the archaea, Halobacteria are viewed as being involved in the most lateral genetics (gene transfer between domains) and a proof that this transfer does take place.
Cell structure and metabolism[edit]
Halobacterium species are rod shaped and enveloped by a single lipid bilayer membrane surrounded by an S-layer made from the cell-surface glycoprotein. Halobacteria grow on amino acids in aerobic conditions. Although Halobacterium NRC-1 contains genes for glucose degradation as well as genes for enzymes of a fatty acid oxidation pathway, it does not seem able to use these as energy sources. Even though the cytoplasm retains an osmotic equilibrium with the hypersaline environment, the cell maintains a high potassium concentration. It does this by using many active transporters.
Many Halobacterium species possess proteinaceous organelles called gas vesicles.
Halobacteria can be found in highly saline lakes such as the Great Salt Lake, the Dead Sea, and Lake Magadi. Halobacterium can be identified in bodies of water by the light-detecting pigment bacteriorhodopsin, which not only provides the archaeon with chemical energy, but adds to its reddish hue as well. An optimal temperature for growth has been observed at 37 °C.
On an interesting note, however, Halobacteria are a candidate for a life form present on Mars. One of the problems associated with the survival on Mars is the destructive ultraviolet light. These microorganisms develop a thin crust of salt that can moderate some of the ultraviolet light. Sodium chloride is the most common salt and chloride salts are opaque to short-wave ultraviolet. Their photosynthetic pigment, bacteriorhodopsin, is actually opaque to the longer wavelength ultraviolet (its red color). In addition, Halobacteria make pigments called bacterioruberins that are thought to protect cells from damage by ultraviolet light. The obstacle Halobacteria would need to overcome is being able to grow at a low temperature during a presumably short time span when a pool of water could be liquid.
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Halobacterium. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
Further reading[edit]
Scientific journals[edit]
- DasSarma, S., B.R. Berquist, J.A. Coker, P. DasSarma, J.A. Müller. 2006. Post-genomics of the model haloarchaeon Halobacterium sp. NRC-1. Saline Systems 2:3.
- Judicial, Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: (2005). "The nomenclatural types of the orders Acholeplasmatales, Halanaerobiales, Halobacteriales, Methanobacteriales, Methanococcales, Methanomicrobiales, Planctomycetales, Prochlorales, Sulfolobales, Thermococcales, Thermoproteales and Verrucomicrobiales are the genera Acholeplasma, Halanaerobium, Halobacterium, Methanobacterium, Methanococcus, Methanomicrobium, Planctomyces, Prochloron, Sulfolobus, Thermococcus, Thermoproteus and Verrucomicrobium, respectively. Opinion 79". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55 (Pt 1): 517–518. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63548-0. PMID 15653928.
- Oren A, Ventosa A (2000). "International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 16 August 1999, Sydney, Australia". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50: 1405–1407. PMID 10843089.
Scientific books[edit]
- DasSarma, S. 2004. Genome sequence of an extremely halophilic archaeon, in Microbial Genomes, pp. 383–399, C.M. Fraser, T. Read, and K.E. Nelson (eds.), Humana Press, Inc, Totowa, NJ.
- Lynn Margulis, Karlene V.Schwartz, Five Kingdoms. An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth (W.H.Freeman, San Francisco, 1982) pp. 36–37
- Gibbons, NE (1974). "Family V. Halobacteriaceae fam. nov.". In RE Buchanan and NE Gibbons, eds. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (8th ed.). Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co.
- Elazari-Volcani, B (1957). "Genus XII. Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani, 1940". In RS Breed, EGD Murray, and NR Smith, eds. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (7th ed.). Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co. pp. 207–212.
- Elazari-Volcani, B (1940). "Studies on the microflora of the Dead Sea". Doctoral dissertation, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. pp. 1–116 and i–xiii.
Scientific databases[edit]
- PubMed references for Halobacterium
- PubMed Central references for Halobacterium
- Google Scholar references for Halobacterium
Further reading[edit]
- ^ PIJPER A (1953). "Halobacterium halobium". J Gen Microbiol 8 (1): viii. PMID 13035061.
- ^ BAYLEY ST, KUSHNER DJ (1964). "THE RIBOSOMES OF THE EXTREMELY HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM, HALOBACTERIUM CUTIRUBRUM". J Mol Biol 9 (3): 654–69. doi:10.1016/S0022-2836(64)80173-X. PMID 14216609.
- ^ Oesterhelt D, Stoeckenius W (1974). "Isolation of the cell membrane of Halobacterium halobium and its fractionation into red and purple membrane". Methods Enzymol. Methods in Enzymology 31 (Pt A): 667–78. doi:10.1016/0076-6879(74)31072-5. ISBN 978-0-12-181894-4. PMID 4418026.
- ^ Oesterhelt D, Stoeckenius W (1971). "Rhodopsin-like protein from the purple membrane of Halobacterium halobium". Nat New Biol 233 (39): 149–52. Bibcode:1971Natur.233..149.. doi:10.1038/233149b0. PMID 4940442.
- ^ Stoeckenius W, Bogomolni RA (1982). "Bacteriorhodopsin and related pigments of halobacteria". Annu Rev Biochem 51: 587–616. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.51.070182.003103. PMID 6287921.
- ^ Lozier RH, Bogomolni RA, Stoeckenius W (1975). "Bacteriorhodopsin: a light-driven proton pump in Halobacterium Halobium". Biophys J 15 (9): 955–62. Bibcode:1975BpJ....15..955L. doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(75)85875-9. PMC 1334761. PMID 1182271.
- ^ Ng WV, Kennedy SP, Mahairas GG, Berquist B, Pan M, Shukla HD, Lasky SR, Baliga NS, Thorsson V, Sbrogna J, Swartzell S, Weir D, Hall J, Dahl TA, Welti R, Goo YA, Leithauser B, Keller K, Cruz R, Danson MJ, Hough DW, Maddocks DG, Jablonski PE, Krebs MP, Angevine CM, Dale H, Isenbarger TA, Peck RF, Pohlschroder M, Spudich JL, Jung KW, Alam M, Freitas T, Hou S, Daniels CJ, Dennis PP, Omer AD, Ebhardt H, Lowe TM, Liang P, Riley M, Hood L, DasSarma S (2000). "Genome sequence of Halobacterium species NRC-1". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 97 (22): 12176–81. Bibcode:2000PNAS...9712176N. doi:10.1073/pnas.190337797. PMC 17314. PMID 11016950.


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Recently, the Obama administration quietly updated its list of "evidence-based programs" that "met the effectiveness criteria" for preventing teenage pregnancy and are therefore endorsed by the Department of Health and Human Services. This list includes the Heritage Keepers Abstinence Education program. Which is weird because, like basically all abstinence-only programs ever, it doesn't work.
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"Males and females are aroused at different levels of intimacy. Males are more sight orientated whereas females are more touch orientated." The implications of this difference are explained further: "This is why girls need to be careful with what they wear, because males are looking! The girl might be thinking fashion, while the boy is thinking sex. For this reason, girls have a responsibility to wear modest clothing that doesn't invite lustful thoughts. " (Heritage Keepers, Student Manual, p. 46)
"Sex is like fire. Inside the appropriate boundary of marriage, sex is a great thing! Outside of marriage, sex can be dangerous." (Heritage Keeper, Student Manual, p. 22)
"Cohabitation (when two people live together before marriage) is not like marriage! [Heritage Keepers, p. 30] When couples live together outside of marriage, the relationships are weaker, more violent, less [equal], and more likely to lead to divorce." (Heritage Keepers, Student Manual, p. 26)
"One reason may be that when people bond closely through sexual activity, then break up and bond with someone else, and then someone else, it may become increasingly difficult to maintain a lasting bond." (Heritage Keepers, Teacher Manual, p. 56)
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- What is the SBIC Program?
- What is the current size of the program?
- Who benefits from the SBIC Program?
- How does the SBA fund the SBIC Program?
- What are Low/Moderate Income ("LMI") Debenture Securities?
- What are the requirements for obtaining an SBIC license?
- What is the status of the Participating Securities Program?
- What types of investment styles and fund types fit best with the SBIC Program?
- How do I know if I have what it takes to receive an SBIC license?
- Does the SBA participate in the management of SBICs?
- What kinds of companies are eligible to receive financing from an SBIC?
- What are the rules governing an SBIC's ability to take control of a small business?
- What are the benefits to fund managers of forming an SBIC?
- How does the SBA prevent fraud or wrongdoing in the SBIC Program?
- What are the historical returns of SBICs as an asset class?
For F.A.Q.s related to the SBA's Form 468, please refer to our SBIC Licensee section.
The Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program, administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), is a private-public partnership created in 1958 to fill the gap between the availability of growth capital and the needs of small businesses. The SBA's Investment Division licenses qualified private equity fund managers and provides them with access to low-cost, government-guaranteed capital to make investments in U.S. small businesses.
2. What is the current size of the program?
At the end of FY 2011, SBA had over $8.2 billion invested in 299 funds. Together with private capital of approximately $8.8 billion, the program totals over $17 billion in capital resources dedicated to America's entrepreneurs.
3. Who benefits from the SBIC Program?
Small businesses which qualify for assistance from the SBIC program are able to receive equity capital, long-term loans, and expert management assistance. Investment managers participating in the SBIC program can supplement their own private investment capital with funds borrowed at favorable rates through the federal government. Most importantly, the Nation's economy benefits from the program as the small businesses financed by SBICs continue to create hundreds of thousands of jobs and generate tax revenues over the program's life.
4. How does the SBA fund the SBIC Program?
The SBIC Program is designed to operate on a "zero-subsidy" basis, meaning no tax dollars are used to fund the program. To obtain SBA capital, SBICs issue debentures guaranteed by the SBA. Pools of these SBA-guaranteed certificates are sold to investors through periodic public offerings. The debentures have a term of ten years and provide for semi-annual interest payments and a lump sum principal payment at maturity. The ten-year debenture allows for prepayment without penalty, but it must be pre-paid in whole, not in part, and can only be prepaid on a semi-annual payment date. The rate of interest on debentures is determined by market conditions and the rate of the 10-year treasury securities at the time of the sale.
5. What are Low/Moderate Income ("LMI") Debenture Securities?
SBICs are eligible to use LMI Debentures, which are deferred interest debentures that are issued at a discount and require no interest payments or SBA annual charge for the first five years. LMI Debentures are available in 5 and 10 year maturities. The use of LMI Debentures is restricted to LMI qualified investments. Qualified investments are small businesses in which 50% or more of the employees or tangible assets are in a LMI Zone (as defined by applicable government agencies) or 35% of the full time employees of the small business have primary residences in a LMI Zone.
For more information on the LMI Debenture, please visit the LMI Debenture section of our website.
6. What are the requirements for obtaining an SBIC license?
SBICs must be privately managed, for-profit investment funds formed to provide equity and/or debt capital to U.S. small businesses. SBICs are licensed by the SBA. For more information on the characteristics the SBA looks for in prospective SBIC fund managers, please refer to The SBIC Program: Application Process section of our website.
7. What is the status of the Participating Securities Program?
The Participating Securities program, which was established in 1994 to better match how SBICs were funded with the equity needs of entrepreneurs, ceased issuing new leverage commitments on October 1, 2004. Based on projected losses in excess of $2.7 billion, it was decided that while the Participating Securities program has provided benefits to small businesses in the past, the structure of the current program and related cost to the taxpayers cannot be supported.
The Debenture Securities program, which dates back to the inception of the SBIC program in 1958, continues to issue new leverage commitments and is most appropriate for investment management funds focused on providing later stage, expansion capital to cash-flow-positive or nearly cash-flow-positive companies.
8. What investment styles and fund types fit best with the SBIC Program?
Historically, no particular style or type of SBIC was preferred. Among the existing SBICs, there are multiple investment styles and fund types. Today, because only the program is only issuing debenture leverage commitments, the best fit for the program is funds focused on providing later stage, expansion capital to cash-flow-positive or nearly cash-flow-positive companies.
9. How do I know if I have what it takes to receive an SBIC license?
The full SBIC licensing process, including the qualifications expected of SBIC fund managers, is outlined in detail in the SBIC Program: Application Process section of our website.
10. Does the SBA participate in the management of SBICs?
No. The SBA is not involved in the management of SBIC funds. Instead, the SBIC Program is a public-private partnership in which qualified private equity fund managers access government-guaranteed capital to make investments in small businesses. The SBA is not involved in making investment or portfolio management decisions.
11. What kinds of companies are eligible to receive financing from an SBIC?
SBIC may invest only in qualifying small business concerns, which can generally be defined as businesses with less than $19.5 million of tangible net worth and less than an average of $6.5 million of net income over the prior two years, calculated at the time of investment. SBICs are also generally prohibited from investing in the following: other SBICs, finance and investment companies or finance-type leasing companies, unimproved real estate, companies with less than 51% of their assets and employees in the United States, passive businesses not engaged in regular and continues operation, or companies which will use the proceeds of an SBIC investment to purchase farm land. SBICs may not provide funds to a small concern whose primary business activity is deemed by the SBA to be contrary to the public interest. Detailed regulations are available in the SBIC Licensee section of our website.
12. What are the rules governing an SBIC's ability to take control of a small business?
An SBIC is permitted to control, either directly or indirectly, a small business for a maximum period of 7 years. With SBA's prior written approval, an SBIC may retain control for such additional period as may be reasonably necessary to complete divestiture of control or to ensure the financial stability of the portfolio company.
13. What are the benefits to fund managers of forming an SBIC?
SBICs supplement their own private capital by issuing debentures securities up to three times private capital, although typically this is limited to two times. This capital is provided at a significantly lower cost than traditional limited partner equity investments. The effect of the leverage can have a very powerful impact on return enhancement to fund managers.
Additional benefits to fund managers include:
- Concentration of a large portion of funding from one source reduces fundraising burden and administrative / reporting requirements.
- Community Reinvestment Act credits available to financial institutions that invest in SBICs open up a source of private funds to SBICs that they might not have otherwise.
- Enhanced deal sourcing through network of over 400 SBICs.
- SBIC MAQ application process helps to crystallize strategy and can be presented to private investors as part of a larger marketing package.
- SBA's financial reporting criteria help SBICs develop standardized and comprehensive investor relations processes.
- SBA's licensing process is well defined, with early milestones which help potential licensees assess their likelihood of funding early on.
14. How does SBA protect against fraud and other wrongdoing in the SBIC Program?
Prior to receiving an SBIC license, the applicant must undergo a rigorous licensing process. Upon receiving a license, the SBIC is subject to an annual regulatory audit by the Office of SBIC Examinations. These audits are designed to ensure that SBICs are in compliance with the regulations or to uncover those instances when they have failed to do so. Potential fraud is often uncovered after an SBIC has been transferred to the Office of SBIC Liquidation. These cases are referred to the Office of the Inspector General for investigation and possible referral to the Assistant US Attorney for prosecution.
15. What are the historical returns of SBICs as an asset class?
An analysis of historical SBIC returns along with other program data can be found in our Reports & News section.


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Respect the Jux
In Jamaica . . . he learned the art of the "jux": robbing people by studying their everyday movements. By the age of eight, Cat was shoplifting and purse-snatching. By ten, he had his first gun. At fifteen, he committed his first murder.
In New York City . . . he created The Order: a secret society of thieves who played by Cat's rules. He taught his crew how to pull off the perfect jux. Made them swear on a bible and a bullet. Robbed dealers, pushers, thugs. And raked in millions. Then Cat was betrayed—by one of his own men.
In Miami . . . he set up a new operation. Bigger game, bigger stakes. The targets are prime—athletes, politicians, drug lords, celebrities—and the payoff is huge. But the party scene is as dangerous as the ladies are beautiful. Cat has to watch his back and remember the rules: Never trust a thief. Never get caught. And always . . .
A novel based on true events, written by a man who experienced it within two degrees of separation.
- Gallery Books/Karen Hunter Publishing |
- 256 pages |
- September 2010
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As a kid growing up in Jamaica, Cat learned that life was simple: you hustle, or you get hustled. He decided that he wanted to get his, and he wasn't going to let the law stop him. Then at sixteen, his world was uprooted and brought to the streets of Queens. Cat's first jux happened after spotting a "baller," a man with a knot of cash. He was too flashy with his cash, so it was taken from him. This is the code Cat lives by; this is the code that gives rise to The Order of Thieves.
The Order, founded by Cat, consists of a disparate group of men who have all proved themselves in action. They do not consider themselves gangsters, but gunmen; they go down shooting. Cat, Banit, Cloud, James, Prince, and Ozzi are the members, but one of them is a cop, and one of them is about to get killed. Forced to split up, the crew plans to reunite in Miami and team with party promoter Gamble to pull off the biggest jux any of them has ever seen. Will their pasts catch up with them before they can pull it off, o see more


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Amarillo, TX. - Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of the
Amarillo-based Priests for Life organization, issued the following statement
after the Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 1150, the Parental Consent Act:
"The Senators who voted for this measure did the right thing, and
represented well the convictions of most Texans, and indeed most Americans.
While abortion supporters often speak about how agonizing the abortion decision
is, they defy logic when they seek to exclude parents of minor-age girls from
that decision.
"I urge the Texas House to likewise pass this measure speedily, and I
urge all Texans to communicate with their representatives today and express
their support for the Parental Consent Act."
For information on Priests for Life, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit invites applications from highly qualified candidates for the position of Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Washington. This position will be available on September 9, 2013. The selection process may take up to 10 months to complete. The official duty station for this position will be in Spokane, WA.


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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The family of ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela has told the South African Broadcasting Corporation in an interview that the liberation struggle icon is not "doing well" but is continuing to put up a courageous fight from his "deathbed."
His daughter, Makaziwe Mandela, told SABC television news: "Tata is still with us, strong, courageous. Even for a lack of a better word .... on his 'deathbed' he is teaching us lessons; lessons in patience, in love, lessons of tolerance.
"Every moment I get with him I'm amazed. There are times where I have to pinch myself that I come from this man who is a fighter even though you can see he is struggling, but fighting spirit is still there with him."


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Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (US - BD RA)
Gabe loads up on silver and whatever else kills werewolves in this movie...
A monstrous creature terrorizes a 19th Century European village by moonlight and a young man struggles to protect his loved ones from an unspeakable scourge. During his studies with the local doctor (Stephen Rea), Daniel (Guy Wilson) witnesses the horrific consequences of werewolf attacks. Watching as the beast's fearsome reputation draws bounty hunters, thrill-seekers and charlatans to the tiny town, Daniel dreams of destroying the ruthless predator. So when a mysterious stranger (Ed Quinn) and his team of skilled werewolf hunters (Stephen Bauer and Adam Croasdell) arrive to pursue the monster, he offers to join them, despite his mother's (Nia Peeples) protests. But it soon becomes clear that this creature is stronger, smarter and more dangerous than anything they have faced before. As casualties mount and villagers see their neighbors transformed into raving monsters, the townsfolk take up arms against each other to find the true identity of the werewolf. Amid the hysteria, Daniel begins to suspect he's closer to his target than he ever dreamed. (From Universal's official synopsis)
When was the last time you saw a good, original werewolf movie? Not just a movie where a werewolf appears, like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, I mean a movie where a werewolf or werewolves are an integral part of the film. John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps in 2000? Neil Marshall's Dog Soldiers in 2002? After a decade of inferior product, I'm not sure I have faith I'll ever see another good werewolf movie, but then I remember there are always gulfs in subgenre quality and I approach Werewolf: The Beast Among Us with cautious optimism. Perhaps too much cautious optimism, because I think that, with lowered expectations, I would've liked it a lot more. What really should've thrown me off was the fact that it was originally envisioned by Universal as a STV sequel to Joe Johnston's 2010 The Wolfman remake.
I'd never seen any of director/co-writer Louis Morneau's largely straight to video catalogue, which includes unneeded sequels to The Hitcher and Joy Ride (similar to an unneeded sequel to The Wolfman). With only this film to go on it's very difficult to pin him down. Werewolf: The Beast Among Us runs a gamut from genuinely effective and energetic, to utterly incompetent. At best, he makes great use of his handsome production design and tells his story with effective, sweeping camera moves. Other times, he seems disinterested in the whole thing and shoots like he's filming a stage play. The bigger problem is that, in the face of a modest budget that likely doesn't allow for excessive stunt and effects work, Morneau and editor Mike Jackson try to create the illusion of a more dynamic experience by over-cutting almost every sequence in the movie. This frustrating lack of rhythm sort of works in the case of some of the action sequences (though even here the heavy editing grows tiresome), but makes zero sense for simpler dialogue sequences. No one can fault the filmmakers for not being ambitious, but perhaps the better option is to work within a budget, because among Morneau's biggest obstacles are some really ropey CG werewolf effects. Thankfully, there is a fair amount of old-fashioned, physical effects gore in this unrated version, which is almost enough to overlook a more modest production's lack of CG funding.
Co-screenwriters Catherine Cyran and Michael Tabb don't instill much more faith in this project. Everything they've written is either another unneeded STV sequel or impossibly obscure. The script features hints of originality in its mythology and character's traits. I like the idea of a town so commonly beseeched by werewolves that the townsfolk are almost blasé on the subject and I like the attempts at creating something of a super-werewolf that isn't simply bigger than other werewolves. I also like that, pre-credit sequence aside, we mostly come into this story as it's already in progress. The problem is that the plot surrounding these almost unique elements is wholly commonplace and any attempt at characterization is marred in sloppy exposition and overused genre clichés. The dialogue is entirely made up of the most obvious things that the characters in a tough-guy werewolf movie could possibly say to each other. A character honestly states 'It looks like the hunters just became the hunted' without a hint of irony. The cast is also confusing. Somehow, the coolest characters are almost always the worst portrayed, while the blandest characters are given measured, natural performances. It's almost painful watching Rachel Dipillo and Guy Wilson fighting their way through mouthfuls of the same words and phrases you've heard a thousands times before and trying to make it sound good.
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us is a forgettable STV mediocrity, but it looks pretty good (if not a bit inconsistent) on this 1080p, 1.85:1 transfer. Shot on Red digital HD cameras (a format so close to taking over the industry that I'm probably going to stop noting its use soon), the film is given every advantage throughout. The inconsistent qualities refer to the transfer's tendency to look particularly 'digital.' Some shots look highly detailed, crisp, and 'filmic,' while others appear flat and over-blended. Among the better shots are some gorgeous fine textures both in background and close-up elements. These are well-separated without much in the way of compression effects or other digital artefacts. The less impressive shots, which are the more rare, feature little texture, minor blocking effects and both jutter and smoothing effects (some of which, I suppose, may be done on purpose). Colours remain consistent despite differentiations in image quality. The palette is sort of 'default era' and made up of mostly warm earth tones with eerily blue undertones and bringt red highlights. Hue separation is strong and the bulk of the gradations are complex without a lot of banding. Some of the darkest shots (and, in a film like this, they're mostly 'darker shots') are too dark to really discern the action, but usually highlights prevail over mud. Edge enhancement effects appear most often during these blue-struck night sequences while the darker, browner interior shots feature an uptake in the minor blocking effects I referred to earlier.
This DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix is certainly lively. The film begins with a werewolf attacking a home from mostly off-screen – tearing off the wooden roof and smashing windows with severed horse heads. The attack features heavy portions of properly-placed directional work and gives the appropriate sense of immersion within said house. Similar sequences throughout the film follow suit, but none quite equate the dynamic range or strong sense of movement as this opening sequence. As the film proceeds, it's clear that the sound design staff is working largely from library sources rather than preferred original foley work. This creates something of an artificial track where a more natural one is needed, but isn't really a problem for the Blu-ray's sound, specifically. Michael Wandmacher's original music is used quite a bit throughout the film and works best during quieter moments where it blends with the dialogue and helps iron out some of the unnatural effects. When the score is given a bigger range, it suffers from being placed almost exclusively in the two stereo channels where it sits too low in terms of volume and its synthetic production becomes more obvious.
The extras begin with a commentary track featuring writer/director Louis Morneau and producer Mike Elliott. Morneau very much rules over the track while Elliot sits so silently, it's sometimes hard to believe he's even in the same room. The track covers the behind the scenes facts with an eye for being as screen-specific as possible without missing a beat on the bigger story of the film's inception. It turns out that Werewolf: The Beast Among Us started life as a project for hire at Universal, who, for whatever reason, wanted a new, lower-budget, standalone werewolf movie and, for whatever reason, went to Monreau for ideas, then apparently started pre-production without him (likely under a Wolfman 2 banner). This kind of explains the appearance of waxing and waning filmmaker interest throughout the film. The space on the track is well used with only minor bouts of empty air and the participants do a good job being inclusive without incessantly patting backs.
Next up is Making the Monster (9:20, HD), a featurette featuring behind the scenes footage and interview with Morneau, Elliott, production designer Dan Hirschfield, costume designer Oana Paunescu, and actors Ed Quinn, Adam Croasdell, Steven Bauer, Ana Ularu, Nia Peeples, Stephen Rae, Rachel Dipillo and Guy Wilson. It covers the cast, production design, costume design, shooting on location in Romania, and stunts. Transformation: Man to Beast (6:10, HD) covers the film's special effects with more set footage and more interviews, including VFX on-set supervisor Stefan Cios, animatronics supervisor Josh Head, Wolf Man suit performer Robert Freeman, and first AD Franklin A. Vallette. Monster Legacy (4:00, HD) finishes things off with the cast and crew discussing Universal's monster movie tradition.
I hate to say things like this, but this really is a case where lowering one's expectations will make for a better viewing experience. If you're one of those people that really craves B-monster movies, like me, you can do a lot worse than Werewolf: The Beast Among Us. On the other hand, it has some brutally bad dialogue and character clichés, so be prepared. This Blu-ray's image and sound quality are a bit hit and miss, but I believe this is mostly due to limitations in the source material.
* Note: The images on this page do not represent the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
titanius719 Member Join Date: September 2012 Location: United States Posts: 5
Every one I talk to in my office at DISH either loved Werewolf: Beast Among Us or hated it. I have had some pretty bad run ins with werewolf movies too, but after reading a few reviews think I'll at least give it a try. Since it did not cost any extra I threw the blu-ray version in my Blockbuster at Home queue. If the CG effects are as bad as you say they are then I don't think I should give the DVD version a chance.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 9th October 2012
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, DTS 5.1 Spanish
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Director and Producer Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Making the Monster, Trasnformation: Man to Beast, Monster Legacy, Trailers, DVD Copy, Digital Copy, UltraViolet Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Louis Morneau
Cast: Ed Quinn, Stephen Rae, Guy Wilson, Nia Peeples, Rachel Katherine DiPillo, Adam Croasdell, Steven Bauer
Genre: Action and Horror
Length: 94 minutes
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