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As with so much of what Donald Trump has said in recent months, his positions on Pentagon spending are, to be polite, a bundle of contradictions. Early signs suggest, however, that those contradictions are likely to resolve themselves in favor of the usual suspects: the arms industry and its various supporters and hangers-on in the government, as well as Washington's labyrinthine world of think-tank policymakers and lobbyists. Of course, to quote a voice of sanity at this strange moment: It ain't over till it's over. Eager as The Donald may be to pump vast sums into a Pentagon already spending your tax dollars at a near-record pace, there will be significant real-world obstacles to any such plans.
Let's start with a baseline look at the Pentagon's finances at this moment. At $600 billion-plus per year, the government is already spending more money on the Pentagon than it did at the peak of the massive military buildup President Ronald Reagan initiated in the 1980s. In fact, despite what you might imagine, the Obama administration has pumped more tax dollars into the military in its two terms than did George W. Bush. According to the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies, the United States currently spends four times what China does and 10 times what the Russians sink into their military.
So pay no attention to those cries of poverty emanating from the Pentagon. There's already plenty of money available for "defense." Instead, the problems lie in Washington's overly ambitious, thoroughly counterproductive global military strategy and in the Pentagon's penchant for squandering tax dollars as if they were in endless supply. Supposedly, the job of the president and Congress is to rein in that department's notoriously voracious appetite. Instead, they regularly end up as a team of enablers for its obvious spending addiction.
Which brings us back to Donald Trump. He's on the record against regime-change-style wars like Bush's intervention in Iraq and Obama's in Libya. He also wants our allies to pay more for their own defense. And he swears that, once in office, he'll eliminate waste and drive down the costs of weapons systems. Taken at face value, such a set of policies would certainly set the stage for reductions in Pentagon spending, not massive increases. But those are just the views of one Donald Trump.


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Superstition about Friday the 13th is related to the fear of the number 13. Both are examples of common phobias–that is, uncontrollable, irrational and persistent fears of a specific object, situation or activity, according to the American Psychiatric Association.
Triskaidekaphobia (fear of the number 13) may seem trivial, but phobias can be quite serious. Some people with phobias can become so frightened that they go to extremes to avoid the source of their fear. For them, phobias can trigger intense reactions like panic attacks.
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Sometimes they start in early childhood, but phobias usually first show up between the ages of 15 and 20. They affect both genders equally. Research suggests that genetic and environmental factors contribute to the onset of phobias.
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- Specific phobias are characterized by extreme fear of an object or situation that is not usually harmful. This can include a fear of flying, dogs, closed-in places or heights.
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Baghdad: Iraq has taken control of its airspace for the first time since the US-led invasion in 2003, the US embassy in Baghdad said on Thursday.
"On October 1, 2011, the US Air Force (USAF) transferred management of the Baghdad/Balad Airspace sector to the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA)," the embassy said in a statement, referring to the area north of Baghdad.
The Iraqi air traffic controllers have been directing the movement in the air routes of all aircraft in the area, which is considered the "busiest and most complex airspace in Iraq", Xinhua quoted the statement as saying.
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US military forces are to pull out completely from Iraq by the end of 2011, according to a security pact, named Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), signed late in 2008 between Baghdad and Washington.
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Kyle Williams' hard work for the past few years have not gone unnoticed after the Buffalo Bills defensive lineman agreed to a contract extension Friday.
According toESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter it is a six-year, $39 million deal with $17 million guaranteed.
Williams will become one of the NFL's top-paid defensive lineman thanks to this deal, as his new deal is similar to the five-year, $40 million dealNew England Patriot defensive tackleVince Wilfork reached in March 2010. Williams had two years left on his contract, with the extension locking him up through the 2016 season.
He'll average between $7.5 million and $8.2 million a year depending on if he meets all the contract incentives.
Williams' agent Albert Elias said "He's real happy to remain a Bill. Three contracts in five years shows their commitment to winning, and that's exciting."
Williams has been a starter since Bills drafted him in the fifth round out of LSU. He's been the Bills' most consistent defensive player, and is coming off a season in which he had a team-leading and career-best 5½ sacks.
Overall, Williams has 13½ sacks in 78 games.
The agreement comes at a time when the Bills are being criticized for being penny pinchers. According to NFL.com, the Bills had a payroll of a little more than $96 million two weeks ago, which put them more than $26 million below their adjusted salary cap number for this season. According to the report, only four teams had more space below their adjusted cap.
And that was after the team traded its top offensive threat, seven-year veteran receiver Lee Evans to Baltimore in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick.
The Bills still have a lot of work ahead of them, as they have several key players entering the final year of their current contracts. But with the extension for Williams, management and the coaching staff can rest a little easier when it comes to its defensive line.


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ARs are almost endlessly customizable to suit the needs of the operator. From barrel length to stocks, grips, rails, and optics, the foundation of the AR-15 can be adapted to everything from close-quarters operation work to long-range precision applications.
An AR-type rifle can be configured with a plethora of accessories to adapt it to almost any law enforcement mission. POLICE contributor A.J. George walked readers through one set-up in the May feature, "Customizing Your AR Rifle." View the components he uses. Photos by Mark W. Clark and vendors.
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Latinos plan "Day without Immigrants" boycott to protest Trump's immigration agenda
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Obama asks Congress for $500 million to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels to stem rise of the ISIS extremists more brutal than Al-Qaeda
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Chatting with your baby is admittedly a one-sided affair right now. Even though her responses to your patter are (adorably) unintelligible, don't let that discourage you! Saying her name, speaking to her (a lot), and helping her key in to the sounds around her (that's a bird chirping!) are all wonderful ways to help hasten her first real words in a few months. Try these tips for chatter that matters.
- Pop quiz: Ask lots of questions ("Should we walk to the park or the library?" "Do you think Grandma would like this birthday card with flowers on it, or this one with the birds?"). Then follow up with an answer ("Yes, I think Grandma would like these pretty birds"). Yup, you're talking to yourself, Mom, but you're also modeling the give-and-take of conversation.
- Moment of silence: While keeping up a steady stream of speech helps your baby beef up on vocabulary, she also needs time to try her own hand (or mouth, rather) at talking. When she starts yakking, pause, look at her face, and really listen as she tries to master an "mmm" or an "ahhh." She'll be delighted that you're paying such close attention.
- Play-by-play: Stumped for a topic of conversation? Just tell your baby what you (and she) are doing. "Mommy is zipping up Allie's jacket — zzzip! — to keep Allie nice and warm. Now let's put on some mittens — one, two — and a cozy hat. How about this one with the purple flowers?" Does she know what you're saying? Not yet — but she will soon!
- Surround sound: What's that noise? Point it out to your baby -- "Listen, a doggy is barking!" or "I hear a car going zoom, zoom down the street." This is great practice for the toddler and preschool years, when you'll want her to have good "listening ears" — that is, ears that both hear, and heed, your rules.
- Story time: Books are a super source of new words for a baby. Try nursery rhymes, sturdy board books, even whatever's on your own nightstand (Hey, reading to your baby may be the only chance you get to dig into a novel, so go for it!).


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Person: Andrew Reeder
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Custom Events
Chris Bristol
I have been using Flash in my web development since version 4. As ActionScript became a more powerful language, I found myself fascinated by the interaction between it and PHP and MySQL. In recent years, I have worked at eliminating the use of the timeline altogether, building everything in pure AS3, and making my code reusable. The fantastic resources of the vast online Flash community has been a great source of help and inspiration. I hope to be able to give back a little of that. You can reach me via my website: Xty Digital Design
package ca.xty.myUtils {
import flash.events.Event;
public class CustomEvent extends Event {
public static const CUSTOM:String = "custom";
public var arg:*;
public function CustomEvent(type:String, customArg:* = null, bubbles:Boolean = false, cancelable:Boolean = false) {
super(type, bubbles, cancelable);
this.arg = customArg;
public override function clone():Event {
return new CustomEvent(type, arg, bubbles, cancelable);
public override function toString():String {
return formatToString("CustomEvent", "type", "arg", "bubbles", "cancelable", "eventPhase");
All of the classes we have created in this tutorial and the others I have done are custom classes which extend Sprite or MovieClip. This is the first class which we have looked at which extends another class besides the default Sprite or MovieClip, in this case, the Event class. The reasoning behind this is that we want to use all the capabilities of the Event class as they are, but we want to add the ability, or extend it, to be able to pass back an argument within the event listener.
The variables we declare are both set to public as we will be needing them outside of this class. The first one is a static constant named CUSTOM which is typed to a string. The second one is called arg and is typed with an asterisk so that it can be any type of variable from a String to an Array and anything in between. This functionality enables you to reuse this class anytime you have a situation where you need to pass an argument back.
In the constructor we accept the parameters of type, which will be our CUSTOM variable, our customArg, which can be of any type and is optional because we have given it a default value of null, along with the bubbles and cancelable parameters which are also optional.
We have two public functions which override the clone function and toString functions found in the original Event class. To use this class you do something like this:
someObject.addEventListener(CustomEvent.CUSTOM, someFunction, false, 0, true);
And to dispatch the event you do this:
dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(CustomEvent.CUSTOM, yourArgs));
We'll see this in action when we look at the NextPrev class next.
NextPrev Class
Well, it's be a bit of journey to get to this point, but here we are at last. Once again, first we import the necessary classes.
package ca.xty.myUtils {
import flash.display.*;
import flash.text.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.utils.*;
import flash.net.*;
import fl.controls.Button;
import ca.xty.myUtils.*;
No surprises there. Next we set up our variables.
public class NextPrev extends MovieClip {
private var nextBtn:Button;
private var prevBtn:Button;
private var _numItems:int;// This is our total number of items
private var _maxItems:int;// This is the number of items we want to show at one time
private var itemStart:int;// This is the number we use in our for loop to tell us which point in the array to start counting at
private var _itemsToShow:int;// This is the number of items we are currently showing
private var _txtColor:Number;// Text color
private var _btnColor:Number;// Text color for the button
private var showingItem:int = 1;// This is the visible equivalent of the var itemStart, but it needs to be 1 greater because humans start counting at 1, not like an array who starts at 0
private var _nBtn:Boolean;// This variable lets us know whether the Next button is currently enabled
private var _pBtn:Boolean;// This variable lets us know whether the Prev button is currently enabled
private var statsArray:Array;// This is the array we will be passing back to the main class via our Custom Event
//Display text fields
private var st1:TextField;
private var st2:TextField;
private var st3:TextField;
private var st4:TextField;
//Our text formats
private var showingFormat:TextFormat;
private var showingFormatC:TextFormat;
private var butFormat:TextFormat;
//Our x and y position variables
private var xPos:int;
private var yPos:int;
The comments tell you pretty much what we are doing. Next up is our constructor function. From the main class we are receiving the Total Number of Items, the Number of Items to Show at Once, the visual Number of Items to be Shown, the Text Color, the Button text color.
public function NextPrev(numItems:int, maxItems:int, itemsToShow:int, txtColor:Number, btnColor:Number){
Now we assign our passed in parameters to our class variables.
_numItems = numItems;
_maxItems = maxItems;
_itemsToShow = itemsToShow;
_txtColor = txtColor;
_btnColor = btnColor;
Now we give our TextFormats some values and build the NextPrev buttons and TextFields.
showingFormat = new TextFormat();
showingFormat.color = _txtColor;
showingFormat.align = "left";
showingFormat.size = 10;
showingFormat.font = "verdana";
showingFormatC = new TextFormat();
showingFormatC.color = _txtColor;
showingFormatC.align = "center";
showingFormatC.size = 10;
showingFormatC.font = "verdana";
butFormat = new TextFormat();
butFormat.color = _btnColor;
butFormat.align = "left";
butFormat.size = 10;
butFormat.font = "verdana";
// Set our initial x and y positions
xPos = 0;
yPos = 0;
// Set up our previous button
prevBtn = new Button();
prevBtn.x = xPos;
prevBtn.y = yPos;
prevBtn.width = 60;
prevBtn.height = 20;
prevBtn.useHandCursor = true;
prevBtn.label = "<< Prev";
prevBtn.setStyle("textFormat", butFormat);
prevBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, npHandler);
prevBtn.enabled = false;
xPos += 70;
// Set up our text fields to show the results
st1 = new TextField();
st1.x = xPos;
st1.y = yPos;
st1.width = 60;
st1.text = "Showing";
xPos += 60;
st2 = new TextField();
st2.x = xPos;
st2.y = yPos;
st2.width = 50;
st2.text = String(showingItem) + " - " + String(_itemsToShow);
xPos += 45;
st3 = new TextField();
st3.x = xPos;
st3.y = yPos;
st3.width = 25;
st3.text = "of";
xPos += 20;
st4 = new TextField();
st4.x = xPos;
st4.y = yPos;
st4.width = 25;
st4.text = String(_numItems);
xPos += 35;
// Set up our Next button
nextBtn = new Button();
nextBtn.x = xPos;
nextBtn.y = yPos;
nextBtn.width = 60;
nextBtn.height = 20;
nextBtn.useHandCursor = true;
nextBtn.label = "Next >>";
nextBtn.setStyle("textFormat", butFormat);
nextBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, npHandler);
//nextBtn.enabled = false;
// Our variable itemStart will always be 0 at the beginning
itemStart = 0;
Where the buttons are concerned it's worth noting that they will use whatever the default skins are in your fla file. To change the appearance of your buttons, go into the library in the fla and play with the skins until you get them looking right for your application. This last parameter you pass in the NextPrev constructor is the button text color, so, if your buttons are black for instance, you can set the button text color to white.
After we put the previous button on stage, we add in the TextFields that will display our changing data. The first TextField, st1 simply contains the word "Showing". Next, st2 gives us the showingItem variable plus a hyphen plus the _itemsToShow variable. The TextField st3 just holds the word "of", while st4 displays the total number of items available held in the variable _numItems. Then we set up our next button, and lastly we set the variable itemStart to 0 for the first run through the data.
Now we'll look at the button handler function npHandler.
private function npHandler(e:MouseEvent):void{
case "Next >>":
// Set our Prev button to be enabled
prevBtn.enabled = true;
// Add the _maxItems to our itemStart, _itemsToShow and showingItem variables
itemStart += _maxItems;
_itemsToShow += _maxItems;
showingItem += _maxItems;
// If our _itemsToShow variable is greater than or equal to our _numItems
// we set our _itemsToShow to equal our _numItems and set our Next buttons enabled property to false
if(_itemsToShow >= _numItems){
_itemsToShow = _numItems;
nextBtn.enabled = false;
// Now we update our text field
st2.text = String(showingItem) + " - " + String(_itemsToShow);
// Here we package up our variables into our statsArray and send it back to our main class using our Custom Event
statsArray = new Array();
dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(CustomEvent.CUSTOM, statsArray));
case "<< Prev":
// First we set our Next buttons enabled property to true
nextBtn.enabled = true;
// Now we subtract our _maxItems from each of the other variables
itemStart -= _maxItems;
_itemsToShow -= _maxItems;
showingItem -= _maxItems;
// Now, if our _itemsToShow variable is greater than our _maxItems, then we might have an odd number as our _itemsToSho
// We use the modulo operater % to find the remainder of our _itemsToShow divided by our _maxItems
// Example: if we have a total of 13 items and our _maxItems is 5, and we are at our last possible Next setting then we are currently
// showing 11 to 13 of 13
// So, _itemsToShow was 13, but we subtracted our _maxItems and ended up with 8 and we don't want that because pressing the prev button
// should take us back to showing 6 - 10 of 13, not 6 - 8 of 13
// By subtracting the variable mod (3 in this case) from our _itemsToShow we end up with 5, to which we then add our _maxItems to to end up with 10
if(_itemsToShow > _maxItems){
var mod = _itemsToShow % _maxItems;
if(mod > 0){
_itemsToShow -= mod;
_itemsToShow += _maxItems;
// Now, if our _itemsToShow is less than or equal to _maxItems and our _numItems is greater than our equal to our _maxItems
// then we want to make sure that our itemsToShow equals _maxItems and that our previous button has its enabled property set to false
if(_itemsToShow <= _maxItems && _numItems >= _maxItems){
_itemsToShow = _maxItems;
prevBtn.enabled = false;
st2.text = String(showingItem) + " - " + String(_itemsToShow);
statsArray = new Array();
dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(CustomEvent.CUSTOM, statsArray));
The npHandler function is pretty well commented, and, hopefully, makes sense to you. In a nutshell, what we are doing is adding (for next) or subtracting (for previous) our _maxItems variable from the other variables. We need to check if any of the variables go over or under the limits and adjust things accordingly if they do. By toggling the enabled property of our next and prev buttons we avoid a case where the numbers could go negative, by simply not allowing that situation to take place. In both the next and the prev cases we set up our statsArray to a new, empty array, then add in the updated variables using push() and then dispatch our CustomEvent back to the Document Class to allow it to show the next, or previous, set of results.
The next function takes care of our manual updates for the instance of the NextPrev class that was not clicked, in the case where you are using both a top and bottom instance.
public function manualUpdate(showItem:int, sItem:int, itemsTS:int, nBtn:Boolean, pBtn:Boolean):void{
showingItem = showItem;
itemStart = sItem;
_itemsToShow = itemsTS;
nextBtn.enabled = nBtn;
prevBtn.enabled = pBtn;
st2.text = String(showingItem) + " - " + String(_itemsToShow);
First, we receive in the parameters we sent from the Document Class and transfer them to our local class variables. The next and prev buttons enabled properties are updated accordingly, and we update the information displayed in our TextFields so that now the two instances of the NextPrev class we are using are identical. And that's all there is to it, believe it or not.
A Real World Example
With limited space and somewhat restricted capabilities, it's hard to give you a real world example of this here. I am currently working on the prototype for an upcoming project which will demonstrate the actual usage of pagination with a bit more depth. You can find the example here. The only category that has any test data in it is the Genre category, and you will need to scroll down it's results list until you come to Popular Styles. Click on that and you will get a sub menu, from which you choose Rock. All the buttons to play the music or add to cart are working. Keep in mind it is a work in progress, so no guarantee that everything works as it's supposed to, but it should give you an idea of what things can be accomplished with pagination in Flash versus PHP/HTML.
Where to Next?
Suppose you want to have individual page buttons instead of being stuck with consecutively moving through the list of results using the next and previous buttons? This might be a good idea if your results set gives you 50 pages. All the raw material you need is here. You will need a few more variables, such as numPages, but it should be relatively easy to work out. Give it a try, and if you beat me to it, put up a new tutorial here
on ActionScript.org yourself that extends our NextPrev class. Go on, you can do it!
A Word of Thanks
To all the people who have written to me with questions and suggestions, thank you! It's great to hear from you, and really nice to know that these tutorials have been helpful. Some of you have written with terrific suggestions to tighten up the code, or take care of situations I hadn't imagined, and that feedback is very helpful in my continuing quest to learn and write better code. A frequently asked question I receive is, Are you
available to be hired? The answer is yes, so if you have a project in mind, feel free to contact me and I'll see if I can help out. And, last, but not least, a big thumbs up to the folks at ActionScript.org who make all this community interaction possible through their hard work. The Flash community is a stronger and better place because of you!
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WASHINGTON — While Sen. Paula Hawkins hurried back to her Senate duties here Thursday, her campaign opponent, Gov. Bob Graham, was preparing to poll Florida voters on whether her health has emerged as a major concern in her re-election bid.
A Graham campaign official, who asked not to be identified, said the poll will match Graham against three Florida Republican congressmen to see how the governor would fare in a Senate race against either one if Hawkins, R-Fla., is forced to end her re-election effort because of back and neck injuries.
The Graham poll is coming at a time when some GOP leaders in the state are predicting serious political fallout over attempts by Hawkins and her aides to keep information about her health problems -- including the possible need for spinal surgery -- from the public.
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Although she looked slightly pale, Hawkins seemed in good spirits and nearly sprinted down a Senate hallway after the hearing to avoid pursuing reporters.
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I see this woman in my neighborhood occasionally ( usually when I'm on my bike, this was my first chance to photograph her).
She's always wearing some version of this splatter pattern on every item she's wearing.
I wonder if anyone here knows her story.
Shots like this are challenging because it's tempting to jump to conclusions about her economic situation (which none or few here know the facts) but all that we do know is that she has a wonderful eccentricity.
I don't know what kind of comments are appropriate for a photo like this other than something like "more power to her". Photographers like Lissette Model and Diane Arbus made their careers shooting people on the fringes of society but I wonder if those type of photos today feel informative or exploitive?
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Send any YouTube video to your television, instantly. It's perfect for YouTube parties or anytime you want to comfortably watch a video from your couch. All you need to make living room dreams come true is a media center powered by XBMC and a simple browser extension.
Here's the scenario. You're sitting on your couch, browsing the web. You stumble upon a hilarious video and – being a social creature – you want to share it with the people around you. The usual solution is to tell everyone in the room to crowd around your laptop. Sure, it's a great way to get close to people, but it can get old fast. Which is why I propose to you another solution – hitting a single button below the video to make it play on your TV. It's easy with the magic of XBMC.
In case you didn't know, the latest version of XBMC, Eden, is faster and prettier than ever. If you have a computer hooked up to your TV there's no reason not to install it. It catalogs your media for easy browsing and watching, supports amazing add-ons 5 Amazing Add-Ons for the XBMC Media Center 5 Amazing Add-Ons for the XBMC Media Center Make XBMC even better by adding these amazing add-ons. Whether you're into TV, sports or gaming, these plugins will help you get the most out of your television. Last time, I lamented the end of... Read More including Hulu How to Watch Hulu TV Shows & Movies in XBMC [US Only] How to Watch Hulu TV Shows & Movies in XBMC [US Only] Watch TV shows and movies from Hulu without leaving the comfort of your couch. If you've got an XBMC media center you'd be silly to not install this plugin (assuming you live in the US:... Read More , offers a wide collection of cool skins 6 Coolest Free Skins For Your XBMC Media Center 6 Coolest Free Skins For Your XBMC Media Center Over the years XBMC's skins have evolved from being functional to beautiful and the latest release, codenamed "Eden", adds even more polish. Downloading and installing these skins is all taken care of from within XBMC... Read More and generally makes life without cable fantastic for any TV fan. Even better, you can instantly send any YouTube video you find on your laptop to it.
How It Works
You're browsing the Internet, minding your own business, when it happens. You discover Ze Frank, the original video blogger, is back. The second coming is upon us!
This is clearly a moment you want to share with everyone in the room, right now. Luckily, you've got a television with a XBMC center, and this fancy button:
Yep, the one with the XBMC logo. Clicking this button causes happiness, as Ze Frank's face makes its way to your TV screen.
Now you and everyone in your immediate vicinity can witness amazing. Ready to set this up yourself? You're obviously going to need XBMC running on a computer hooked up to your TV. It runs on Windows, Mac (even PPC!), Linux and Apple TV, so pretty much any setup should be covered. Once you've got that working, follow the next three simple steps.
Step 1: Set Up YouTube On XBMC
First things first: you're going to need to install the YouTube plugin for XBMC. On your TV, head to the "Settings" screen and you'll find the "Add-Ons" menu. YouTube is easily found under "Video"; no special repository is needed.
This plugin is awesome: you can sign in and browse your subscriptions from your couch. Feel free to play with this, but for now I'm moving on.
Step 2: Find Your Network Settings
Now that you've got YouTube installed on your computer, you should pull up the "Network Settings" page of XBMC. Open it, turn on control by HTTP and allow programs on other computers to control XBMC.
Also set a username and password, if you like. Keep this screen open – we're going to need it for the next step.
Step 3: Set Up Your Browser Plugins
Ready for the browser plugin? Grab your laptop and head to the YouTube page on the XBMC wiki. Here you'll find links to extensions for Firefox and Chrome. Install whichever extension you like (or both if you're a browser polygamist).
Once you do so, you'll see this settings screen:
Fill this in using the information from the settings screen still open on your TV. Follow the pattern they offer – username:password@host:port – and all should be well. The default plugin will work fantastically, so don't mess with the second field.
Now head to YouTube and find whatever video you like. The button for playing media will be found beneath your video, as depicted above. Awesome!
I love the Internet way more than I love TV. Having access to the Internet on my TV is pretty much amazing.
Do you know of any other cool television-related YouTube hacks? Share them in the comments below.
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Thanks for detailed instructions. Worked for me! Now i am able to enjoy my favorite youtube music videos on a big screen!
great product
you must heard tv box, with kodi, which support more channels, not only youtube, i bought a tronfy tv box from tinydeal for only about 40 dollars, the problem is that is doesn't support bluetooth, yet it is cheap
Either things have changed or I'm doing something wrong.
For starters, you can only (now?) install chrome extensions via chromes webshop, not via the link on the xbmx wiki page.
Secondly, how do you get to the settings page for the youtube chrome extension?
It doesn't 'just' appear as implied above. If I look on chrome extension setting page, youtube is not listed, even though I have it installed.
Any help gratefully received.
I can certainly see that this was a SPAM. I would love the feet of the monkeys that insure the home of the big world hoping for more passionate spammers to be afraid of their belief. Following your heart will lead you to a puddle of blood. In most cases.
even simpler: XBMC on apple tv supports airplay. if you are on an iphone, ipad or a mac with airfoil installed, you can send it instantly via your wireless network. no pre-setup required. http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=AirPlay
I'll be trying XBMC once I get my Raspberry PI also.
I'm using the Roku, and have used the unofficial Youtube app/channel, but would love to have a better way to navigate YouTube.
Cool, will definitely do this once I get my Raspberry Pi :) Does XBMC also allow showing/browsing my Youtube subscriptions? I assume it does, but I haven't used it in a while.
Very nice Justin I've been wanting to do something like this for a while now.


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Just few days into 2012, HP has recently announced their new line of consumer PCs and a notebook docking monitor that offer stylish design and superb performance. Among the products is the HP Omni27, which is the company's first 27-inch all-in-one PC.
HP Omni27 all-in-one PC
HP has announced their new line-up of consumer PCs, as well as notebook docking monitor with enhanced design, performance and convenience for consumers and professionals. The HP Omni27 all-in-one PC is designed specifically for users who want stylish design, simplicity and performance. It has a brilliant 27-inch high-definition flat panel display with edge-to-edge glass and can tilt up to 25-degree to suit users' viewing preference. The all-in-one claims to be the company's first non-touch PC to feature HP's Magic Canvas software, which allows the desktop to expand horizontally and accommodate photos, videos as well as applications.
With convenient features such as HP LinkUp Technology, users can easily access and edit content from a notebook PC on the Omni27's large display with little hassles. The HP Omni27 offers multi-core processors, advanced high definition (HD) graphics and up to 2TB of storage, and standard features including Beats Audio, Blu-Ray disc drive and optional TV tuner. The HP Omni27 All-in-One PCs are expected to retail in APJ at a starting price of approximately US$1,199.
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The HP Pavilion HPE Phoenix h9 is the company's most powerful Pavilion PC to date, with futuristic design and superb performance for users who enjoy content creation and immersive gaming. It has an armor plating that extends across the top and front of the bezel and attention-grabbing lighting in red, which makes the HPE Phoenix stand out among today's desktop PCs. The HPE Phoenix has room for up to 16GB of DDR3 memory and three internal hard drives, as well as optional liquid cooling system to draw heat away from high-performance processors. It also comes equipped with high-end discrete graphics cards that can support multiple displays, while delivering amazing video performance and picture quality. Gamers can enjoy RIFT Digital Collector's Edition, the latest massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) from Trion. With every purchase of HP Pavilion HPE Phoenix, users can download and enjoy free access to RIFT for sixty days, and following that a monthly subscription of around US$15 for continuous access to the game. The HP Pavilion HPE Phoenix h9 PCs are expected to be available from end January 2012 in APJ at a starting price of approximately US$1,599.
HP Compaq L2311c
The HP Compaq L2311c 23-inch Notebook Docking Monitor is targeted at mobile professionals who wants a desktop experience via an easy connection with a USB cable to their notebook PC with a USB 2.0 or 3.0 port. The Notebook Docking Monitor sports a full high-definition (HD) LED backlit LCD display and features HP Smart AC Technology that powers and charges HP notebook PCs while also detecting and regulating the capacity of the electrical current. It also features a built-in 720p HD webcam and is equipped with HP MyRoom business edition software and Cyberlink YouCam, a productive webcam tool that eases communication with co-workers and clients in any location. The HP Compaq L2311c is expected to be available in APJ at a starting price of approximately US$319. The availability date will be announced at a later stage.
The HP LV1911 and LV2011 are the latest LED backlit LCD monitors that claim to provide business performance at budget-friendly prices. The monitors come in attractive, slim form factors, and consumes lesser power compared to CCFL panel monitors. The HP LV1911 and LV2011 have a 18.5- and 19.5-inch respectively, offer VGA inputs, 3,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratios and 5ms response times. Both monitors are expected to be available in APJ at a starting price of approximately US$125 and US$135, respectively.
Availability date for all HP products will be announced later.


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I'm new to this forum and it seems like a great place to seek advice and help.
Here's the case; I work as a graphic designer (freelance) and I am looking to buy a new computer that can handle really heavy work in Photoshop/Illustrator. I'm also thinking of learning 3D-software, like Zbrush. So a real workstation in other words. My current computer isn't too great for this kind of work but it isn't exactly bad either. It's alright but it can get quite frustrating when working on large PSD files for example.
The specs of my current computer is:
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Windows XP (32 bit)
Now, my instant thought was a Mac (which is dominant in the advertising business). I have been thinking about getting a Mac Pro with the following specs:
2x 2.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon Westmere (8 cores)
12GB RAM (6x 2GB)
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB
Would that mean a big difference in performance compared to my current computer? I know the specs obviously looks better with the Mac, but as I am not too knowledgeable about hardware I was wondering about the processor speeds (the Mac has 8 cores compared to my 4, but also has lower frequency. Does that matter in this case?)
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U.S. Moves Closer to Minority Majority
Cities and their surrounding suburbs are ground zero for the country's changing racial and ethnic composition, with just a handful of metropolitan areas driving the nation's demographic destiny, according to this report released today by demographer William Frey of the Brookings Institution.
The U.S. has long been on its way toward becoming what demographers call a "majority minority" country -- where whites of European ancestry make up less than 50% of the population. Between 2000 and 2010, minorities accounted for 98% of the population growth in large metropolitan areas. This rapid expansion has caused big shifts in racial composition: Between 1990 and 2010, the share of the white population in big metropolitan areas fell to 57% from 71%.
But virtually all of that shift has taken place in big metro areas, according Mr. Frey's report. Growth in Hispanic and Asian populations -- which together accounted for 60% of population growth over the decade -- was especially concentrated.
--Nearly half of the nation's 50.5 million Hispanics live in just 10 large metro areas -- including Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago and Miami -- but those metro areas accounted for only 36% of Hispanic growth over the past decade. Meanwhile, 29 of the 100 largest metro areas more than doubled their Hispanic populations; in two thirds of these, Mexican Americans contributed most to Hispanic growth.
--Fully one third of the nation's 14.7 million Asian population live in the Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco metropolitan areas. While Chinese Americans remain the largest origin group among Asians, Asian Indians are dispersing more rapidly and accounted for more growth than other Asian groups in 63 of the 100 largest metro areas.
--Three-quarters of black population gains from 2000 to 2010 occurred in the South. Atlanta, Dallas and Houston led all metropolitan areas in black population gains at the same time that black population dropped in metropolitan New York, Chicago, and Detroit for the first time.
--An earlier report from Mr. Frey showed that while "majority minority" status is still a few decades away, that day is already here for babies. "The new Census results show 49.8% of infants under age one are members of a race-ethnic minority -- up from 42.4% in 2000," Mr. Frey writes. "Given this trajectory, and the fact that the Census was taken well over a year ago, it is almost certain we have now 'tipped' racially, and more than half of all national births are minorities." (See a map showing the difference between the minority population among babies and seniors.)


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"You let the world down," blared the front page of the New York Daily News.
Numerous world leaders came to Paris Sunday to lead a march in support of victims of Islamist attacks killed during three bloody days in France.
The violence began with a gun attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and ended up leaving 17 people dead.
Millions turned out on Sunday in the biggest protests in French history that included around 1.6 million people rallying in the capital.
But Obama was not among the leaders who walked arm in arm at the head of the procession in Paris, with Washington represented by its ambassador to France Jane Hartley.
"As an American, I do wish that we were better represented in this beautiful procession," said CNN's Jake Tapper from the rally in Paris.
Attorney General Eric Holder was in Paris but did not walk with the world leaders while Secretary of State John Kerry was on a visit to India.
Obama and Vice President Joe Biden had no events on their public schedule for the day.
Kerry announced he would visit France later this week and he downplayed criticism of the administration.
"This is sort of quibbling," Kerry told reporters in India.
"The relationship with France is not about one day or one particular moment," said the top US diplomat.
Political-insider magazine Politico wrote a story about the administration missing the rally under the headline: "Barack Obama's French kiss-off."


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Well howdy,
Sorry it's been so long since I did a real blog entry. Things have been busy, busy, busy.
Winter is always an interesting time for me. I basically come back to town after an exhausting and awesome tour, put on a couple of big shows in San Antone, get back into the swing of things with my bands that I abandon for the big tour, hustle gigs, get my residency rocking, jump back into networking, and push through the holidays where I can crawl into bed for a week and spend a little time with my wife.
This winter has been pretty productive. Been pushing the 2015 LoopFest videos on social media and a few of them are making some small splashes. I love it when my artists get some attention from these efforts. It's a beautiful thing. Another awesome development has been my blogging for www.loopinglive.com. I submit two articles a month that they publish at their discretion. It's a been a lot of fun trying to work within their parameters. My editor, Greg, has been great. He doesn't mince words, is supportive, and has great suggestions and guidance when I need to do rewrites. More than that, he even added a new feature for the site that he asked me do to that is basically doing short reviews of videos of various loopers. That's been a ton of fun and harder than expected. Mostly it's been challenging to find videos to watch that have something useful to learn from and isn't the same thing over and over and over (looper joke!). But it makes me watch a lot of fun, interesting, and sometimes, awful videos. The video reviews are just being rolled out, so we'll see how they are received. If you want to read my articles they are all here: http://www.loopinglive.com/author/noah-peterson/
I did get invite to play the Mexican LoopFests in May...but I just can't swing it at this time. I was invited to Singapore for this month, but that fell through. I keep hoping one of these will pan out. My LoopFests are undergoing some pretty serious changes. It was looking as if things were going to be postponed for quite some time, until some conversations I was having with some supporters of the fests panned out. The Southern California LoopFest is going to be at Cal State Univ Long Beach put on by the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music; it's official. That's pretty awesome. I'm still working on the others. More announcements to come later. I've got the first couple of sponsors on board and looking forward to getting many more. This should be the year for us!
Part of the joys of this time of year, when I'm home in Texas is the joy of life and music in Texas. I spend as much time as I can on my yard. It's been a terrific dandelion battle this year. Every year I pick a new weed to wage war on. Of course, that's all pretty silly as my "lawn" is basically nothing but weeds. But I have some grass starting to take some territory and I'm thrilled about that. My compost pit is rocking, finally. My tomatoes and peppers have lasted through the winter, my fruit trees seem to be doing well. My cacti are flourishing and everything is looking beautiful. Now that the danger of frost is over, I'm all worried about getting my garden really going before the spring rains come. There was so much, so long last year I lost all my avocados. Which was hugely disappointing as it was the first year the tree fruited. I do love my yard work.
Another part is my bands. This time of year is zydeco season as it's Mardis Gras and the crawfish are in season. Jean-Pierre and the Zydeco Angels are hitting are usual holiday and festival gigs and have a regular Sunday north of Austin for a crawfish boil throughout the season. I do love playing zydeco. It's fun to get off the sax and scrub that washboard. It's a lot of work and the drives are long; but I love zydeco.... My other band, La Chichada, is my band of buddies. We don't play that often and we rehearse a lot. But I love the guys and we're a really fun and different band. In some ways we're really epic and original. And the guys in the band have been in and around the scene forever. My crown jewel down here though is West Kings Highway. The band is essentially a trio - me, Johnny, and Sweet Pete. We have a pretty good time and are an excellent band. We have a couple new members, but they aren't really gigging with us a whole lot. Mostly we use subs, guest artists, family members (Johnny's family are all basically musical royalty in S.A.), and the newbies to keep things varied up and rocking. We have a Friday night residency at Sancho's from 7 to 9pm and are getting pretty tight. It's a good band and good guys. I'm doing a little recording here and there and get a few sub jobs; finally starting to get the phone ringing a little....glad about that.
I've also got a couple studio projects that I've been pretty busy with. O.M.N.I with Zack and Ben is coming along pretty nicely now. Zack and Ben have a studio set up in NYC and are getting very efficient. I've got another project with Nick Shan here in S.A., although we've stalled out for the past few weeks as I've been too busy with other projects. I signed a new record from my old friends and former bandmates Irie Impressions and that baby is already out at your favorite online retailer.
And on and on and on..... while I'm going through all of this mostly I'm trying to make it better for everyone across the board. Better, faster, smarter, easier, and more profitable. Doesn't always work...but I can always keep working on it. And then there's the domestic stuff; house work, fixing things, working on the house (got a crappy little fixer-upper that I've greatly improved upon, but still needs LOTS of work), car repairs, hustling work, playing with the cat, keeping my marriage solid, exercise, and once in awhile, sleep.
It's not all sunshine and smiles. Had a couple of deals go south; it's the music biz and there's always jackweeds to deal with. So I've been dealing with that as much as I can so I can be done with it. The up side is I hardly ever run into this crap anymore. But it's going to happen, it's the music biz.
I'm also spending a lot of time looking at web stats. Web traffic is way up, video views are rocking, things seem bright and shiny. Got some rare family time with the in-laws coming up and I'm greatly looking forward to that. Get to see some new parts of Texas and get back to Cali. Should be a great time.
I'll try and be a little more attentive, but I do get caught up in what I'm doing and tend to neglect things.
So stick around, read some stuff, watch some videos, stream some tunes, but a CD or 6, and come see me at a show!


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The objectives of the two-year University of Pittsburgh ACGME accredited Otology/Neurotology fellowship program are to involve the otology-neurotology fellows in an extensive array of medical and surgical experiences, provide a solid foundation in auditory and vestibular sciences, and a thorough understanding of audiologic and vestibular testing. To achieve these objectives, in addition to time spent in the clinic and operating room with the three neurotology faculty members, we have constructed a series of required rotations which will provide in-depth exposure to audiology, vestibular disorders, neuroradiology, neuropathology, facial nerve disorders, stereotactic radiation therapy and anterior skull base approaches. The fellow's experience will be further enriched by a comprehensive didactic program which will include exposure to temporal bone histopathology, basic sciences related to neurotology, and an opportunity to conduct clinical and/or basic science research.
The resident's training will be based primarily at the Eye & Ear Institute and adjoining hospitals (UPMC Presyterian and UPMC Montefiore). During the first year of training, the resident will spend ~2 ½ days/week in clinic, 2 days/week in the operating room and ½ day/week on required rotations in related subspecialties. During the second year, the subspecialty rotation will be replaced by protected research time. Given the size of our core Otology/Neurotology faculty, we believe that it is not in the best interests of the otology/neurotolgy resident to have isolated rotations with individual faculty members. Where the two neurotologists' schedules overlap, we will select with the fellow, the most rewarding and productive educational opportunity.
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So this happened.
Notice how fast she is running away? Sob.
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NO WAY. Un-possible.ReplyDelete
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Thanks! I'm in total disbelief :)Delete
She's so cute. :) Good luck in pre-school!ReplyDelete
Really???? I have been following your blog for years now (and counting down the days until the reveal of your Halloween awesomeness!) and it totally seems like she was just an infant. Time flies! She is absolutely adorable! Those curls!!!ReplyDelete
Awwww. Tutu cute!!ReplyDelete
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It's actually a really inexpensive dress we had from last year. I was planning on dressing her differently but she insisted on this one. Go figure. Here is the link: http://amzn.to/1LjvVnTDelete
And I was just complaining that Ajax is to young to go to preschool this year... hah.ReplyDelete
She looks all grown up and stunning=)
She is so adorable! I can't believe she is old enough for preschool!! Time flies even faster with all my blog friends( my husband refers to as my make believe friends!)ReplyDelete
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Thanks Marnie. We don't think so :)Delete
Oh my! How adorable! Her smile, her curls, the way she 'mans' that backpack? Remind me of MY little girl when SHE ran off just as quick to HER first day of pre-school. Don't blink- or your little doll will be 24 before you know it, and running off to her first job in Manhattan. And now I am sobbing AGAIN! Good sobs, but sobs just the same. Sigh...ReplyDeleteReplies
Oh wow! I can't even imagine it. Hugs to you momma.Delete
She's so adorable. Time sure has moved quickly since you gave birth to her. I bet she loved school judging how happy and excited she looks.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes she loves it which is a big relief for me. Now I can just be sad that I'm an old fart and not that she is isn't adjusting :)Delete
She is beautiful & that is the best back to school outfit ever!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you Simone. She picked it out herself so I can only take credit for buying it :)Delete
My goodness, the cuteness! The expression on her face is just the absolute sweetest. You're such a great photographer!ReplyDeleteReplies
thanks so much Sarah - so nice of you to say. I'm not so great - I just try really hard :)Delete
That is not possible. You just had her yesterday! Hope she's still loving school.ReplyDelete


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text: So I have an Array (NSMutable) of objects and I am trying to filter them by date. Specifically I only want those objects that are less than 7 days old. Last night I toiled away and got NSPredicate to do the job. And it did a BEAUTIFUL Job in the simulator. So I hook up my iPod touch and click Build and Go. Error, NSPredicate, bla bla bla. hmmmmm......So I start searching online and apparently NSPredicate is available in the simulator, but does NOT work on the actual Device. It is not included as part of the Foundation. Great. So now I'm stuck, I don't know how else to do it. The Documentation specifically tells you to use NSPredicate to filter an Array. And that's the only suggestion that it gives you. (In hindsight, it also says that it's not available on the phone. lol) Here is my code: Code: *NSDate nowDate = NSDate date; // Take the Current date and find the time since 1970 NSTimeInterval now = nowDate timeIntervalSince1970; // Take the time since 1970 and subtract the number of seconds in a week. NSTimeInterval weekAgo = (now - 604800); // Create the Predicate to do the Filtering. *NSPredicate predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"startDateTime >= %@", NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970: weekAgo]; // Load a New array with all of the sessions. *NSMutableArray filteredArray = [NSMutableArray alloc initWithArray:appDelegate sessions]; // Fiter that new Array. *filteredArray filterUsingPredicate:predicate; * Are there any suggestions? Sorry about the weird formatting, it's my first post.


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Cardiff travel to Bedwas on Saturday (2:30) looking to bounce back after last week's disappointment
The side shows several changes and a few new faces for this season. In the backline Dan Fish returns from injury at full back with Llywarch Ap Myrddin and Pat Lewis on the wing. Owen Lane moves into the centre to partner James Lewis. The half backs remain unchanged from the side that played Ebbw Vale.
Up front the back row sees James Sheekey return at No.8 to partner Reuben Tucker and Luke Crocker in the back row. There is a welcome return to Blue & Black for Miles Normandale following his move from Rotherham. He partners Ben White with Ian Jenkins moving across one in the front row. That allows club captain Joe Tomlinson to start at hooker.
Head Coach Steve Law said of the game at Bridge Field that ' Bedwas are undoubtedly playing the best rugby in our division if not the entire league and we know that this will be a huge challenge for the team. It will really show us how far we have come in the last nine weeks against a very good side, We are still on the start of our journey together and what better way to measure how far you have come than against the side top of the league.'
'The team came down to earth with a bang last week but have worked hard again in training to put the things which were at fault last week right. It is great to see Miles Normandale back in the side this week and we also need to thank Ebbw Vale for granting James Lewis a permit for this weekend, he has fitted into the squad very well and we look forward to seeing him in Blue & Black this week'
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13 Owen Lane
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10 Ben Thomas
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18 James Greenfield
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<< -- 3 -- Ron Bierman DRAMATICALLY AGGRESSIVE
The Serenade for Small Orchestra is much closer to the symphony in its effect. It is in four well-paced, contrasting movements. Kurka took its inspiration from the poetry of Whitman. The work begins with an allegro molto featuring that wonderful, springy muscularity that characterizes much of his faster music. A short, moody Adagio precedes an athletic and forceful III. The serenade's finale picks up where III leaves off, but with a joyous feeling that brings the program to a satisfying conclusion
[listen -- track 9, 4:07-5:20].
Though not well known, The Grant Park Orchestra of Chicago dates back to 1935. It shines here under conductor Carlos Kalmar in performances that do full justice to this fine music. Strongly recommended.
Robert Kurka Symphonic Works
CDR 90000 077 DDD Stereo FIRST RELEASE 64'00" 2004 Cedille Records
Grant Park Orchestra; Carlos Kalmar, conductorRobert Kurka (1921-1957): Julius Caesar, Symphonic Epilogue after Shakespeare Op 28 (1955); Symphony No 2 Op 24 (1953); Music for Orchestra Op 11 (1949); Serenade for Small Orchestra Op 25 (1954)
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November 16, 2015
CHICAGO — Auto loan balances surpassed $1 trillion in the third quarter, rising 11.1% from a year ago according to TransUnion. In the past year, auto loan balances have increased by $101 billion.
The credit reporting agency also reported that auto balances in the subprime risk tier remained the smallest segment, accounting for 15.3%, or $154 billion, of total auto loan balances. While small, subprime's share of auto loan balances is at its highest since the first quarter 2011, while consumers in the prime or better risk tiers accounted for $670 billion of total auto loan balances.
"As total auto loan balance rises, we're seeing controlled and deliberate growth by lenders," said Jason Laky, senior vice president and automotive business leader for TransUnion. "Consumers continue to feel confident in their employment and job prospects, and their appetite for new auto loans reflects this confidence."
The average balance across all auto loan accounts was $14,515 in the third quarter, a 2.7% increase from a year ago and the slowest pace of average balance growth since the fourth quarter 2011. Additionally, the average subprime auto loan balance increased 4.2% from a year ago to $13,890 in the third quarter — the lowest growth rate since early 2012.
Loans 60 days or more past due remained flat from a year ago, accounting for 1.16% of outstanding balances. And according to TransUnion, nearly 75 million consumers have an open auto loan account, an increase of five million from a year ago and an increase of two million from the second quarter.
"More consumers have access to auto loans, yet delinquencies remain low as [consumers] continue to responsibly manage their payments," Laky said. "Consumers are taking on more and bigger auto loans in today's low-rate environment, but we see no cause for concern as delinquencies remain steady."
After surpassing seven million in new originations in the second quarter, new originations grew to 7.3 million in the third quarter. That's up 13.5% from the first quarter and up 6.4% from the second quarter 2014.
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