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What is Pinball Publishing?
Pinball is a Creative Publishing Company.
Our Portland, Oregon headquarters include an integrated printing plant, design studio, editorial offices, and a book manufacturing facility. Within its walls, we combine craft and ingenuity to produce results of the highest quality.
Fueled by a passion for ink, paper, and collaboration, Pinball powers Scout Books and its editorial arm Good Ink, as well as a variety of custom projects. With all of these endeavors, we use 100% recycled papers, vegetable-based inks, and renewable energy sources.
Over the past decade, we've had the pleasure of working with hundreds of amazing people and businesses all over the world, and logged thousands of hours producing our library of projects.
Our ultimate goal is the manufacture of beautiful, meaningful things. We'd like to work with you next!
What do we do?
Scout Books
Scout Books are a powerful, pocket-friendly publishing platform that allow you to create custom book and notebook projects. Scout Books transform your big ideas into tangible tools for marketing, communication, and notetaking.
Outpost is a resource for high-quality screenprinted wooden signage.
View some of our favorite projects.
Seeds on Hard Ground
Seeds on Hard Ground: A Chapbook by Tom Waits. (Yes, that Tom Waits.)
Seeds on Hard Ground was inspired by Michael O'Brien's photographs of the homeless. Designed by Johnny Brewton of X-Ray Book Co., carefully crafted by Pinball and expertly released by the team at Anti-Records, this chapbook's sales raised nearly $90,000 in assistance for the homeless.
The chapbooks are completely sold out, but you can read a re-arranged version of the poem alongside O'Brien's portraits in his book Hard Ground.
Good Ink: American Shorts
GOOD INK is the new book imprint of Scout Books; a unique publishing venture designed to create new opportunities for contemporary artists, connect with our literary and publishing history, and showcase the power of the Scout Book format.
Our inaugural series, American Shorts, mines 100 years of the U.S.A.'s literary canon of immortal short stories, from the horrific ("The Fall of the House of Usher") to the heartwarming ("The Gift of the Magi"), with many stops along the way. Each 32-page volume of the 10-part American Shorts series will pair a classic American author with a modern illustrator, creating a unique artistic collaboration across the years. The books will be released in limited edition, published twice a month from September-December 2011, culminating in a special boxed set release in time for the holidays. A perfect fit for literature lovers, design connoisseurs, or just about anyone who could use a great book for their pocket.
Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Punch Cards. Brew Guides. Screen Printed signs. Newsletters. Postcards. We're grateful to have an amazing relationship with Portland-based Stumptown Coffee Roasters.
Postcards for the Ace Hotel
The Ace Hotel has locations in Seattle, Portland, New York and Palm Springs. The Portland Ace is located in historic downtown, near Powell's bookstore, PSU and the Pearl District. It has a charming atmosphere that includes both modern and vintage inspirations. This postcard was designed by the wonderful OMFGco and features a historic illustration of the hotel reproduced in full color process printing on a natural linen paper. You can pick one up in the lobby!
33 Books
Beer. Wine. Coffee. Cheese. Whiskey. Portland designer Dave Selden of 33Books has built a series of fantastic tasting journals utilizing the Scout Book format.
33 Books are designed for portability, ease of use, and feature a custom flavor wheel to help quickly recall unique flavors long after consumption. They are excellent!
The Sketchbook Project
The Sketchbook Project (run by Art House Co-op in Brooklyn, NY) collects and archives sketchbooks from across the globe. Their collection includes thousands of creative works, which have been catalogued and organized into a traveling exhibition.
In 2011, Scout Books worked in collaboration with Art House Co-op to create a custom-designed sketchbook featuring 100% recycled papers and wire binding.
All images courtesy of the Art House Co-op Blog.
The 826 Pocket Activity Book
826 National is a non-profit tutoring, writing and publishing organization that works with students in urban centers across the country. Started in 2002 by author Dave Eggers and educator Nínive Calegari, the program has grown to eight locations across the United States and now serves thousands of students with after-school tutoring, in-school workshops, field trips and other programs designed to improve writing skills and create lifelong learners.
In collaboration with illustrator Will Bryant, we created a Pocket Activity guide for 826 National's after-school programs.
Nikki McClure Posters & Cards
Nikki McClure is a Pacific Northwest artist who creates gorgeous, intricate paper cuts from a single piece of paper with an x-acto knife. Her powerful imagery transfers beautifully to two-color offset printing. Pinball is proud to work with Nikki and Buyolympia to produce beautiful posters, note cards, and art prints featuring an ever-changing array of her illustrations.
Art prints and cards are available from buyolympia.com.
Jill Bliss Posters & Cards
We are lucky to create posters and cards for the talented artist, illustrator, designer and educator Jill Bliss. Together with Jill, we've worked to create a meticulous 5-color process that ensures accurate reproduction of the vibrant colors in Jill's original artwork.
Art prints and cards are available from buyolympia.com.
Doane Paper Goods
We have the pleasure of working with designer Chad Doane to create utility notebooks using his signature lines + grid page design. Printed using vegetable-based inks on Environment PC100 100# Cover and Quinault 60# Text, these notebooks are super hardy and perfectly pocket-sized. Pick up some up in the Doane Shop.
Designer Cards
Our Designer Card series features the work of some of our favorite contemporary artists and illustrators on 3.5″x5″ pocket postcards. Each piece utilizes unique paper and printing options—everything from fancy felt weave to hardy chipboard, with fun metallic and fluorescent vegetable-based inks.
These pieces show off our creative approach to the offset printing process, as well as allow us to create stunning pieces of print with some of our favorite makers.
Designer cards feature the work of: APAK, Emily Martin, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Ian Lynam, Lisa DeJohn, Carson Ellis, Melani Brown, PatternPeople, Jess Hirsch, Jill Bliss, Nikki McClure, and Aaron Draplin, among others.
Postcards for Studio DUNN
Studio DUNN is a small furniture company in Providence, Rhode Island that creates original, hand worked hardwood designs. We produced these beautiful full-color (CMYK) postcards on Environment White PC100 120# Cover to showcase their stunning furniture.
We are an awesome team.
Yup, that's right—an awesome team of passionate print-lovers who will guide your project to awesome results. We are talented printmakers, writers, artists, illustrators, designers, cross-country cyclists and treehouse builders.
Laura Whipple
Austin Whipple
Creative Executive Officer
Dave Authier
Production Lead
Lindsay Arth
Marketing Director, Lead Accounts Manager
Ellery Harvey
Production Lead
Walker Cahall
Press Operator
Nicole Lavelle
François Vigneault
Editor, Accounts Manager
Rose Lavelle
Shipping and Inventory Coordinator
Jake Tinsley
Bindery Operator
Meg Peterson
Project Manager
This is where the magic happens.
1003 SE Grant St.
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View some of our clients and collaborators.
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In addition to the printed goods available via Scout Books, we're also excited to collaborate on a small number of custom print projects. Please get in touch with us to discuss your ideas.


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Citi will acquire Capital One's portfolio of Best Buy private label and co-branded credit card accounts for $7 billion.
Capital One announced the sale this morning, adding that the bank and Best Buy have agreed to end their contractual credit card relationship early.
The sale, which is subject to customary closing conditions, and early termination of the Best Buy partnership are expected to be finalized in the third quarter of 2013. Upon closing, Capital On said it expects that the proceeds from the sale will approximate the book value of the accounts, resulting in no significant gain or loss on the transaction.
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Cellar/Tasting Notes "One of the greatest young wines I have ever tasted, the monumental 2009 Cos d'Estournel has lived up to its pre-bottling potential. A remarkable effort from winemaking guru Jean-Guillaume Prats and owner Michel Reybier, this blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot (33%) and a touch..
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University of Kentucky
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tel: (859) 257-3887
Welcome to the Department of Retailing and Tourism Management.
Our name has recently changed to the Department of Retailing and Tourism Management to reflect our expansion of scope and commitment to teaching, research, and service.
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Retailing and Tourism Management
School of Human Environmental Sciences
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Retailing and Tourism Management
Our goal is to provide students with the most current application of technology programs and strategies used in both the retailing and tourism industries. Our curriculum is composed of instruction and hands-on applications, with strong emphasis in business practices and operations, decision-making and planning skills.
Graduates of the Retailing and Tourism Management program demonstrate abilities in the following areas:
- INDUSTRY OPERATIONS: Students are able to apply their knowledge of management, planning, staffing and controlling to organizations and business activities.
- CULTURE AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR: Students can articulate awareness of cultural elements important to members of another culture in relation to history, values, politics, communication styles, economy, business, and beliefs and practices.
- GLOBALIZATION OF RETAILING and TOURISM MANAGEMENT: Students demonstrate an awareness and sensitivity to retail, hospitality and tourism management operations in an international marketplace.
- ETHICS, SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY: Students can:
- Evaluate social responsibility, professional behavior, and ethical impacts on individual, organizational, and corporate decision making.
- Analyze and evaluate environmental and environmental sustainability's impact on industry activities and processes.
- CRITICAL THINKING: Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate and compare diverse perspectives.
- CREATIVE THINKING: Demonstrate the ability to develop logical and consistent solutions to organizational problems.
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Students can apply career planning concepts and job search strategies to diverse industry opportunities.
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Merchandising, Apparel, and Textiles:
The Merchandising, Apparel, and Textiles program develops graduates who are consumer and technology focused with a global orientation. Students study concepts and develop skills necessary for understanding consumer and market trends, strategies, and industry structures that facilitate the development, sourcing, marketing, and merchandising of consumer goods and services in the domestic and international marketplace.
Students are required to complete a senior internship, which provides students the ability to apply classroom knowledge to real-world applications.
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Books are wonderful things. Books about quilting – the best! Here are books to instruct, to inspire, to guide you. Most of these books have several projects. You'll learn more from each one and will have the book on hand to go back to over and over. As you grow in your quilting, and as your life changes, you'll find yourself coming back to a book with a different outlook and you'll glean different things from the same book. What value! Some of these books focus on particular methods with detailed instructions. Some are geared towards a particular season. Others are designed with certain cuts of fabric in mind, such as fat quarters or charms.
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FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec - the leading audio/video codec library. See the Changelog for recent changes.
Our server hosting the Trac issue tracker was vulnerable to the attack against OpenSSL known as "heartbleed". The OpenSSL software library was updated on 7th of April, shortly after the vulnerability was publicly disclosed. We have changed the private keys (and certificates) for all FFmpeg servers. The details were sent to the mailing lists by Alexander Strasser, who is part of the project server team. Here is a link to the user mailing list archive .
We encourage you to read up on "OpenSSL heartbleed". It is possible that login data for the issue tracker was exposed to people exploiting this security hole. You might want to change your password in the tracker and everywhere else you used that same password.
We have made a new point releases (2.2.1). It contains bug fixes for Tickets #2893, #3432, #3469, #3486, #3495 and #3540 as well as several other fixes. See the git log for details.
We have made a new major release (2.2) It contains all features and bugfixes of the git master branch from 1st March. A partial list of new stuff is below:
- HNM version 4 demuxer and video decoder - Live HDS muxer - setsar/setdar filters now support variables in ratio expressions - elbg filter - string validation in ffprobe - support for decoding through VDPAU in ffmpeg (the -hwaccel option) - complete Voxware MetaSound decoder - remove mp3_header_compress bitstream filter - Windows resource files for shared libraries - aeval filter - stereoscopic 3d metadata handling - WebP encoding via libwebp - ATRAC3+ decoder - VP8 in Ogg demuxing - side & metadata support in NUT - framepack filter - XYZ12 rawvideo support in NUT - Exif metadata support in WebP decoder - OpenGL device - Use metadata_header_padding to control padding in ID3 tags (currently used in MP3, AIFF, and OMA files), FLAC header, and the AVI "junk" block. - Mirillis FIC video decoder - Support DNx444 - libx265 encoder - dejudder filter - Autodetect VDA like all other hardware accelerations
We recommend users, distributors and system integrators to upgrade unless they use current git master.
We happily announce that FFmpeg will be represented at `Chemnitzer Linux-Tage' in Chemnitz, Germany. The event will take place on 15th and 16th of March.
More information can be found here
We invite you to visit us at our booth located in the Linux-Live area! There we will demonstrate usage of FFmpeg, answer your questions and listen to your problems and wishes.
If you have media files that cannot be processed correctly with FFmpeg, be sure to have a sample with you so we can have a look!
We are looking forward to meet you (again)!
The server on which FFmpeg and MPlayer Trac issue trackers were installed was compromised. The affected server was taken offline and has been replaced and all software reinstalled. FFmpeg Git, releases, FATE, web and mailinglists are on other servers and were not affected. We believe that the original compromise happened to a server, unrelated to FFmpeg and MPlayer, several months ago. That server was used as a source to clone the VM that we recently moved Trac to. It is not known if anyone used the backdoor that was found.
We recommend all users to change their passwords. Especially users who use a password on Trac that they also use elsewhere, should change that password at least elsewhere.
Since the splitting of Libav the Debian/Ubuntu maintainers have followed the Libav fork. Many people have requested the packaging of ffmpeg in Debian, as it is more feature-complete and in many cases less buggy.
Rogério Brito, a Debian developer, has proposed a Request For Package (RFP) in the Debian bug tracking system.
Please let the Debian and Ubuntu developers know that you support packaging of the real FFmpeg! See Debian ticket #729203 for more details.
We have made a new major release (2.1) It contains all features and bugfixes of the git master branch from 28th October. A partial list of new stuff is below:
- aecho filter - perspective filter ported from libmpcodecs - ffprobe -show_programs option - compand filter - RTMP seek support - when transcoding with ffmpeg (i.e. not streamcopying), -ss is now accurate even when used as an input option. Previous behavior can be restored with the -noaccurate_seek option. - ffmpeg -t option can now be used for inputs, to limit the duration of data read from an input file - incomplete Voxware MetaSound decoder - read EXIF metadata from JPEG - DVB teletext decoder - phase filter ported from libmpcodecs - w3fdif filter - Opus support in Matroska - FFV1 version 1.3 is stable and no longer experimental - FFV1: YUVA(444,422,420) 9, 10 and 16 bit support - changed DTS stream id in lavf mpeg ps muxer from 0x8a to 0x88, to be more consistent with other muxers. - adelay filter - pullup filter ported from libmpcodecs - ffprobe -read_intervals option - Lossless and alpha support for WebP decoder - Error Resilient AAC syntax (ER AAC LC) decoding - Low Delay AAC (ER AAC LD) decoding - mux chapters in ASF files - SFTP protocol (via libssh) - libx264: add ability to encode in YUVJ422P and YUVJ444P - Fraps: use BT.709 colorspace by default for yuv, as reference fraps decoder does - make decoding alpha optional for prores, ffv1 and vp6 by setting the skip_alpha flag. - ladspa wrapper filter - native VP9 decoder - dpx parser - max_error_rate parameter in ffmpeg - PulseAudio output device - ReplayGain scanner - Enhanced Low Delay AAC (ER AAC ELD) decoding (no LD SBR support) - Linux framebuffer output device - HEVC decoder, raw HEVC demuxer, HEVC demuxing in TS, Matroska and MP4 - mergeplanes filter
We recommend users, distributors and system integrators to upgrade unless they use current git master.
Welcome art-inclined readers of this rather technical website!
Again it is time for a contest to select a new banner for the coming autumn season. It is your chance to display your art to the world and make this site a little bit more artistic for the coming months.
Please read ticket 2891 for further directions.
Deadline is on 20th of September.
And as always: Happy painting!
We have made a new major release (2.0) It contains all features and bugfixes of the git master branch from 10th July. A partial list of new stuff is below:
- curves filter - reference-counting for AVFrame and AVPacket data - ffmpeg now fails when input options are used for output file or vice versa - support for Monkey's Audio versions from 3.93 - perms and aperms filters - audio filtering support in ffplay - 10% faster aac encoding on x86 and MIPS - sine audio filter source - WebP demuxing and decoding support - new ffmpeg options -filter_script and -filter_complex_script, which allow a filtergraph description to be read from a file - OpenCL support - audio phaser filter - separatefields filter - libquvi demuxer - uniform options syntax across all filters - telecine filter - new interlace filter - smptehdbars source - inverse telecine filters (fieldmatch and decimate) - colorbalance filter - colorchannelmixer filter - The matroska demuxer can now output proper verbatim ASS packets. It will become the default at the next libavformat major bump. - decent native animated GIF encoding - asetrate filter - interleave filter - timeline editing with filters - vidstabdetect and vidstabtransform filters for video stabilization using the vid.stab library - astats filter - trim and atrim filters - ffmpeg -t and -ss (output-only) options are now sample-accurate when transcoding audio - Matroska muxer can now put the index at the beginning of the file. - extractplanes filter - avectorscope filter - ADPCM DTK decoder - ADP demuxer - RSD demuxer - RedSpark demuxer - ADPCM IMA Radical decoder - zmq filters - DCT denoiser filter (dctdnoiz) - Wavelet denoiser filter ported from libmpcodecs as owdenoise (formerly "ow") - Apple Intermediate Codec decoder - Escape 130 video decoder - FTP protocol support - V4L2 output device - 3D LUT filter (lut3d) - SMPTE 302M audio encoder - support for slice multithreading in libavfilter - Hald CLUT support (generation and filtering) - VC-1 interlaced B-frame support - support for WavPack muxing (raw and in Matroska) - XVideo output device - vignette filter - True Audio (TTA) encoder - Go2Webinar decoder - mcdeint filter ported from libmpcodecs - sab filter ported from libmpcodecs - ffprobe -show_chapters option - WavPack encoding through libwavpack - rotate filter - spp filter ported from libmpcodecs - libgme support - psnr filter
We recommend users, distributors and system integrators to upgrade unless they use current git master.
FFmpeg developers want to support more voice and speech codecs. We are looking for samples of EVRC-WB , EVRC-B and SMV codecs. Some cell phones may record the audio in qcp, mp4 or 3g2 formats.
Please upload these codec samples to us (ftp, trac, etc) so we may take a look. Or you can email them to firstname.lastname@example.com , thanks!
We happily announce that FFmpeg will be represented at LinuxTag in Berlin, Germany. The event will take place from 22nd to 25th of May.
We will have a shared booth with XBMC. So just come over and visit our booth to have a chat with us. And please bring along your media samples if you possess any that do not work correctly with FFmpeg!
More information about LinuxTag can be found here
We are looking forward to see you in Berlin!
We have made a new major release (1.2) It contains all features and bugfixes of the git master branch from 7th march. A partial list of new stuff is below:
- VDPAU hardware acceleration through normal hwaccel - SRTP support - Error diffusion dither in Swscale - Chained Ogg support - Theora Midstream reconfiguration support - EVRC decoder - audio fade filter - filtering audio with unknown channel layout - allpass, bass, bandpass, bandreject, biquad, equalizer, highpass, lowpass and treble audio filter - improved showspectrum filter, with multichannel support and sox-like colors - histogram filter - tee muxer - il filter ported from libmpcodecs - support ID3v2 tags in ASF files - encrypted TTA stream decoding support - RF64 support in WAV muxer - noise filter ported from libmpcodecs - Subtitles character encoding conversion - blend filter - stereo3d filter ported from libmpcodecs
We recommend users, distributors and system integrators to upgrade unless they use current git master.
Spring is approaching on the northern hemisphere. So it is time to announce another episode of our seasonal art contest.
Please read ticket 2255 for further directions.
The deadline is on March 15th.
Happy painting!
We happily announce that FFmpeg will be represented at `Chemnitzer Linux-Tage' in Chemnitz, Germany. The event will take place on 16th and 17th of March.
More information can be found here
We hereby invite you to visit us at our booth located in the Linux-Live area! There we will demonstrate usage of FFmpeg, answer your questions and listen to your problems and wishes.
We are looking forward to meet you (again)!
We have made a new major release (1.1) It contains all features and bugfixes of the git master branch. A partial list of new stuff is below:
- stream disposition information printing in ffprobe - filter for loudness analysis following EBU R128 - Opus encoder using libopus - ffprobe -select_streams option - Pinnacle TARGA CineWave YUV16 decoder - TAK demuxer, decoder and parser - DTS-HD demuxer - remove -same_quant, it hasn't worked for years - FFM2 support - X-Face image encoder and decoder - 24-bit FLAC encoding - multi-channel ALAC encoding up to 7.1 - metadata (INFO tag) support in WAV muxer - subtitles raw text decoder - support for building DLLs using MSVC - LVF demuxer - ffescape tool - metadata (info chunk) support in CAF muxer - field filter ported from libmpcodecs - AVR demuxer - geq filter ported from libmpcodecs - remove ffserver daemon mode - AST muxer/demuxer - new expansion syntax for drawtext - BRender PIX image decoder - ffprobe -show_entries option - ffprobe -sections option - ADPCM IMA Dialogic decoder - BRSTM demuxer - animated GIF decoder and demuxer - PVF demuxer - subtitles filter - IRCAM muxer/demuxer - Paris Audio File demuxer - Virtual concatenation demuxer - VobSub demuxer - JSON captions for TED talks decoding support - SOX Resampler support in libswresample - aselect filter - SGI RLE 8-bit decoder - Silicon Graphics Motion Video Compressor 1 & 2 decoder - Silicon Graphics Movie demuxer - apad filter - Resolution & pixel format change support with multithreading for H.264 - documentation split into per-component manuals - pp (postproc) filter ported from MPlayer - NIST Sphere demuxer - MPL2, VPlayer, MPlayer, AQTitle, PJS and SubViewer v1 subtitles demuxers and decoders - Sony Wave64 muxer - adobe and limelight publisher authentication in RTMP - data: URI scheme - support building on the Plan 9 operating system - kerndeint filter ported from MPlayer - histeq filter ported from VirtualDub - Megalux Frame demuxer - 012v decoder - Improved AVC Intra decoding support
We recommend users, distributors and system integrators to upgrade unless they use current git master.
Before this year ends we want to use the occasion and give you some news about recent developments in FFmpeg.
The subtitles filter makes it possible to merge subtitles supported by libavformat/libavcodec into a video stream. This process is also known as burning them into the video or simply hardsubbing. This filter depends on libass and thus is only available in builds configured with --enable-ass.
The subtitles filter is also useful to play external subtitle files with ffplay. An example of this usage can be found in the following entry about TED captions.
TED provides video downloads for their talks. Not all of these are available with subtitles and when they are the subtitles are burnt into the video. Now with this new FFmpeg feature you can download the subtitle files and just display them on the fly when playing the video with ffplay:
ffplay ted.mp4 -vf subtitles=ted.json
This is another filter ported from MPlayer. It allows you to arbitrarily change luma and chroma values for each pixel of the movie individually. To learn more look at the geq documentation and the evaluation syntax description. Do not forget to give it a try:
ffplay input.movie -vf "geq=p(X\,Y):if(gt(Y\,H/2)\,128)+ifnot(gt(Y\,H/2)\,cr(X\,Y)):if(gt(Y\,H/2)\,128)+ifnot(gt(Y\,H/2)\,cb(X\,Y))"
This filter analyses audio streams as recommended by EBU recommendation R128. The output can be either logged or visualized in a generated video stream.
The FFM2 format has been introduced to provide better interoperability between different versions of the FFmpeg tools. It is usually used to provide input to ffserver. It improves on its predecessor FFM by making the format backward-compatible and extensible. This means the generated files are are no longer dependant on specific FFmpeg versions.
You can encode Opus now via Xiph's libopus.
IDX/SUB file pairs can now be played back or be remuxed into other formats such as MKV.
Finally H.264 with resolution and/or pixel format changes can be decoded multithreaded.
In an on-going effort, the documentation is split, reordered and extended to make it more accessible and more complete.
Of course we can't possibly cover all changes since our last release in a single news article, but we encourage you to read the Changelog yourself.
We wish you all a happy new year!
As the days are getting shorter for some of us, we are proud to announce a new episode of our FFmpeg seasonal banners contest! This is your chance to get your art on top of this website for the coming winter season.
Please read on here for further directions.
The deadline is on December 14th.
If you are member of an artist community we encourage you to spread the word about this contest.
Frosty painting!
We have made a new major release (1.0) It contains all features and bugfixes of the git master branch. A partial list of new stuff is below:
- INI and flat output in ffprobe - Scene detection in libavfilter - Indeo Audio decoder - channelsplit audio filter - setnsamples audio filter - atempo filter - ffprobe -show_data option - RTMPT protocol support - iLBC encoding/decoding via libilbc - Microsoft Screen 1 decoder - join audio filter - audio channel mapping filter - Microsoft ATC Screen decoder - RTSP listen mode - TechSmith Screen Codec 2 decoder - AAC encoding via libfdk-aac - Microsoft Expression Encoder Screen decoder - RTMPS protocol support - RTMPTS protocol support - RTMPE protocol support - RTMPTE protocol support - showwaves and showspectrum filter - LucasArts SMUSH playback support - SAMI, RealText and SubViewer demuxers and decoders - Heart Of Darkness PAF playback support - iec61883 device - asettb filter - new option: -progress - 3GPP Timed Text encoder/decoder - GeoTIFF decoder support - ffmpeg -(no)stdin option - Opus decoder using libopus - caca output device using libcaca - alphaextract and alphamerge filters - concat filter - flite filter - Canopus Lossless Codec decoder - bitmap subtitles in filters (experimental and temporary) - MP2 encoding via TwoLAME - bmp parser - smptebars source - asetpts filter - hue filter - ICO muxer - SubRip encoder and decoder without embedded timing - edge detection filter - framestep filter - ffmpeg -shortest option is now per-output file -pass and -passlogfile are now per-output stream - volume measurement filter - Ut Video encoder - Microsoft Screen 2 decoder - Matroska demuxer now identifies SRT subtitles as AV_CODEC_ID_SUBRIP instead of AV_CODEC_ID_TEXT - smartblur filter ported from MPlayer - CPiA decoder - decimate filter ported from MPlayer - RTP depacketization of JPEG - Smooth Streaming live segmenter muxer - F4V muxer - sendcmd and asendcmd filters - WebVTT demuxer and decoder (simple tags supported) - RTP packetization of JPEG - faststart option in the MOV/MP4 muxer - Several security fixes
We recommend users, distributors and system integrators to upgrade unless they use current git master.


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You can also read manga online try the Choumaru manga!
You're reading Choumaru 3b online. You can try some of the related manga below or try some other manga from our manga list.
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'Boris Spassky in critical condition'
Russian media report that Boris Spassky on Saturday suffered from a stroke and is in critical condition. Medics are said to have found the 10th World Champion lying on a bed in a semiconscious state. He was taken to hospital and doctors are said to be fighting for Spassky's life.
The Russian site Life News brings a worrisome report about Boris Spassky, which we translate here.
10th World Chess Champion was taken to a Moscow hospital in serious condition
Doctors are fighting for the life of International Grandmaster and Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Boris Spassky.
Last Saturday at about 11am the ambulance received a call on board from the Moscow apartment of the grandmaster. When the medics arrived, they found 73-year-old Boris Vasilievich lying on a bed in a semiconscious state. He has a paralyzed left side of the body - arm and leg.
The famous chess player was urgently hospitalized in the intensive care unit at the 13th city hospital.
The patient had a cerebrovascular accident - the clinic told Life News. His condition is serious and doctors are doing their best.
On October 1, 2006, Spassky also suffered a stroke, during a chess lecture in San Francisco. From this he recovered well. Last week he was a special guest at the Women Blitz Championship in Moscow, together with Nona Gaprindashvili and others, and Spassky suggested to organize matches between veterans and you talents. The news comes in an already dark year for chess, in which former legends Andrei Lilienthal, Vassily Smyslov and Bent Larsen passed away.
3 years 6 months ago
Very sad to hear of this. Thoughts and prayers to Boris Vasilievich and his family and friends.
3 years 6 months ago
bummer! what a gentleman. think of his behavior vs fischer as opposed to topalov's vs kramnik. and he was still playing beautiful chess, i really liked that win w/ black vs korchnoi in thier recent match in a reversed silcilian.
3 years 6 months ago
One can only hope that the treatments will bring about a full recovery, although with a stroke, it is often a lengthy and difficult recuperation.
3 years 6 months ago
I'll be saying a prayer for you today Borya, and will play a King's Gambit. Hang in there...
Hi how about putting in a target="_blank" in your links so that new links open in a new window and the chessvibes window remains? I love reading your reports.
Anastasia, I already made that suggestion once iirc :) So I support that suggestion :)
3 years 6 months ago
The target="_blank" is not customary since it breaks the browsing history. If you want the link to open in a new window, click the secondary mouse button and choose the option "Open in new tab (or window)".
Hope that Mr. Spassky recovers. From what I have heard: he is a gentleman and a great ambassador for chess.
3 years 6 months ago
My prayers are with Boris for a full and complete recovery.
I am really sad to hear that. I never met Spassky but in the interviews and speechs he seemed a good and ethical man to me. I hope he recover soon, the chess world needs people like him. God save him.
3 years 6 months ago
"Hi how about putting in a target="_blank" in your links so that new links open in a new window and the chessvibes window remains? I love reading your reports."
It would be a "programming" error (no choice for the user). If you want to open a link in a new tab, use a mouse gesture (if supported by your browser), click it with a relevant key (like SHIFT or CTRL+SHIFT in Opera, which open the link in a new tab on top or in a background, respectively) or open it via the context menu.
3 years 6 months ago
It's so sad to see the giants slip into legends. We have so few adequate replacements.
3 years 6 months ago
firstly can someone remove Pierre's SICK COMMENT!
My thoughts are with Spassky and his family at this terrible time.
I was really upset reading this after Larsen's recent death.
We are with you Boris! Fight!
3 years 6 months ago
I was saddended to read this. Get well soon Boris! The whole chess world wishes you a speedy recovery.
SDX: It's a widely used and good practice of webmasters to use the target=_blank for links "outside" the own website. So a link to "Chess News" should open in a new Window. You can close that one and you are back at chessvives, in the other case you may click a link on Chess News and go to some other website and don't find the way back to chessvibes.
3 years 6 months ago
I hope Boris will recover and play chess again...
I see last scene of "Diagonale du fou"....
3 years 6 months ago
It is not a good idea to bury people alive, Pierre.
Recover Boris. You are one of the brightest lights of the chess world - both on and off the board.
3 years 6 months ago
@felix SDX is just right on this - even html5 has dropped support for target=_blank (so, it'll just be invalid)
3 years 6 months ago
When I look at that picture above, the words "don't call me Shirley" keep popping into my head.
Get well soon Les-, er, Boris!
Juan Ramón
3 years 6 months ago
What a strong bad news from Moscow!
I hope that Mr. Spassky recover his health soon.
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3 years 6 months ago
wishing boris a speedy and full recovery
a wonderfull style and many splendid games at the highest level,
my favourite player by a mile
3 years 6 months ago
I pray for his full and speedy recovery. I last saw Boris in Dresden, 2008. He hugged me. I am looking forward to the next hug.
3 years 6 months ago
Thanks for removing the horrible comment of Pierre. As a chesslover i always was in awe with Boris..he needs all the positive thoughts we can give him. A great champ a modest and brave man! a 10-of-a-guy! Thumps up chessies and maybe he will be with us for a decade+. And remember he was a brave man and wille be!!
What a sad year in chess for the legends of the last generation...Hopefully Boris pulls through.
3 years 6 months ago
Chess and sportsmanship have often been disconnected terms. It may appear to be a gentleman's game but it's usually a war in which winners often step on the losers' fallen bodies to collect their trophies. In such a world people like Boris Spassky stand as wonderful exceptions. When I saw the 1972 documentary, I was struck by how one man stood amidst the throttling politics of two huge nations and acted calmly, in his accordance, for the love of the game. I think there were two victors in 1972. Get well soon Boris!!
3 years 6 months ago
The news article mentioned that it was not Boris' first stroke. This is a very
bad sign - second strokes are commonly fatal.
We're all pulling for you, Boris, to survive this. You won't be the same but that
is of little consequence.
3 years 6 months ago
Hoping for a speedy recovery. You are a class act, sir.
3 years 6 months ago
a real chessman, but above all a beautiful person.
Hopefully we keep Boris the GREAT with us for many years!!!
3 years 6 months ago
very sad news indeed - wishing a fast and speedy recovery to a gentleman of our game
Everyone have Boris Spassky in their thoughts/prayers for a very successful
recovery!! What a first class gentleman & chessplayer!! I met him at a Reno,NV
chess tourney about 5 years ago and my wife & I were totally impressed by his
demeanor & personality!!
3 years 6 months ago
It is sad to hear that Boris Spassky is so unwell.
As a chess fan, it is a shame that he has not written a book of his life and games.
It shows we have to "seize the day"
I saw Grandmaster Spassky give a talk in 2008 at the Hay on Wye Literary festival and he was full of humour and stories then. I am glad in the question and answer session after I was able to compliment him on his great moment of sportsmanship after game 6 of the match in Iceland when he joined in the applause for Fischer's famous win in the Tartakover Makaganov Bondarevsky variation.
That was probably one of the great moments of sportsmanship in all sport , not just chess.
3 years 6 months ago
i with millions of chess players, pray for the speedy recovery of this colourful, gentleman champion of chess!
spassky belongs to the vanishing breed of gentlemen-world champs like tal and smyslov.
sundararajan ganesan
pudukkottai south india
3 years 6 months ago
I met Boris in León (Spain) in 2007 after over ten years of postal exchanges.One of the most important moments in my life.
He is a gentleman, an absolutely educated and polite man, an intelectual.
I personally owe him much because he has always inspired me not only in chess but in life too. I am shocked and only hope he recovers as soon as possible.
Boris, please, fight. You are not allowed to give up.We cannot afford losing your kindness,your passion for chess,your example,.You are the beacon light for many people.
Chess Enthousiast
3 years 6 months ago
He may be way out of my generation, but from what I have read in biographies and histories he seems like a respectful and down-to-earth kind of guy. He could have easily walked away from Bobby Fischer's demands and win the title. Everyone at the time was laughing at Bobby Fischer as some nut who had unreasonable demands. Instead of walking away, Spassky, gave him a try. He probably asked himself "what if... What if Bobby is a real strong player... What if I meet his conditions...". If it wasn't for Spassky generosity and openmindedness a whole different turn out would have happed for Fischer. Spassky is a gentleman. Pure and simple.
3 years 6 months ago
Please inform us about the latest condition about his health.
capt av malhotra india
2 years 9 months ago
the best ever chess player. gentleman to the core. my idol. i am extremely worried about the ill health of the legend. i pray god for his speedy recovery. pl do update me on his recovery.
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Those are two very nice calculators! I'm impressed. I started writing my large digit calculation program yesterday, so I'll continue with that. Plus, I'm not very good at examining programs written by others, and I like writing things from scratch.
Or ...
Well I wrote a perfectly working function for sine but my compiler is screwing up. :-( Its a pretty cool function though.
The following web page says you can use any value of x in the cosine summation and the sine too.
Might be a good idea to first automaticly reduce the arguement. I don't know this languagel but, as the first step of the function, in C++ you could just say
It works in all four quadrants, but the floating point math isn't that precise in this language I used
Code looks right to me. Does it work in all quadrants (90° to 360°) ?
I wrote this in Just BASIC v1.0.
'Note: dangle is angle in degrees and rangle is angle in radians for dangle = 0 to 90 step 5 pi = 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944 rangle=(pi*dangle)/180 'Note: cos(x) = 1 - x^2/2! + x^4/4! - x^6/6! + ... rangleSqrd=rangle * rangle diver = 0 nextTerm = 1 cosineNow = 1 for iter=1 to 10 for d1 = 1 to 2 diver = diver + 1 nextTerm = nextTerm / diver next d1 nextTerm = 0 - nextTerm nextTerm = nextTerm * rangleSqrd cosineNow = cosineNow + nextTerm next iter print "Cosine( ";dangle;" ) = ";cosineNow next dangle
"^" means to raise to a power. It's necessary on plain text documents that don't support superscripts. It's also an operator in many programming languages, including, I think, C/++, so you can use it in your programs to raise things to a power.
Hmm...what does "^" mean? Is that something used in calculus or something? Never enountered it in my math book.
It is better to remember "TOA CAH SOH". It means "fat old woman" in hokkien (If I remember correctly ).
This may help.
I would like to right some simple C++ programs to do some vector calculations and stuff but I need a way to calculate sine, cosine and tangent. I take it most computers have the formula's built in somewhere but I think it might be educational (mathematicly) and good programming practice to write my own algorithm. I've seen a few differant formulas for more or less accurate calculations on the internet but the explanations are often quite confusing. Using words to express yourself is not what mathematicians do best.


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Kyle and her husband moved to Brookfield in 1986. She became active in local politics and started blogging in 2004. Her focus is primarily on local issues but often includes state and national topics, too. Kyle looks at things from the taxpayers' perspective in a creative, yet down to earth way, addressing them from a practical point of view.
Now is the time...come to the aid of your political party
Do they still use that old typing exercise? Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party? It never made much sense to me when I was in high school. It sure does now!
Well, that time, the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party, is now. With just 31 days to go until the midterm elections, we are in the homestretch.
It's time to roll up your sleeves, dig in your wallet, and prepare to hit the streets to help your favored candidates win this November. They need help distributing literature, making phone calls, manning the office desk, and doing whatever else needs doing.
For example, Representative Leah Vukmir, running against Democrat Jim Sullivan for State Senate, sent out a help request last weekend and this for literature distribution. Click her volunteer link or come to campaign headquarters on Saturday and Sunday from 9am - 6pm.
Gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker is holding a fundraiser luncheon featuring New Jersey's Conservative Governor Chris Christie at the Country Springs Hotel on Monday. Maybe you would consider attending.
Senate candidate Ron Johnson, who is leading Russ Feingold by 12 points in the latest Rasmussen poll, could use your help too. He will be at the Trinity Bar on Saturday, Oct. 2 from 2:30 - 6pm for a fundraiser. (125 East Juneau in Milwaukee) You can watch the Badger game and help Ron at the same time!
At the very least, make a donation and put up a yard sign for your candidate.
Speaking of donations, you might consider helping Conservative candidates in other states too. Here are just a few: Sharron Angle in Nevada is running against the well funded Democrat Harry Reid. Michele Bachmann could also use your help in Minnesota. Joe Miller in Alaska won the primary but RINO Murkowski won't call it quits.
If you were interested in these out of state campaigns, talk show host Mark Levin frequently interviews many of these Conservative candidates, and Senator Jim DeMint has a PAC called the Senate Conservatives Fund. DeMint has been instrumental in helping true Conservative candidates get their message out.
So get involved. This is especially true for those of you who participated in Tea Parties over the last year and a half. Protect your investment of time and energy in protesting the current government by working on the behalf of candidates who more closely represent your views.
I have worked on various campaigns over the years and it is a worthwhile investment in time. This year, it is essential, if we are to reverse the Liberal/Progressive agenda and rampant, irresponsible spending. I don't mean to be dramatic here, but our future and our children's futures depend on the outcome in November.
So thankful Brookfield train station question has been delayed
Before too much time goes by, I wanted to say, thank you Mayor Ponto, for delaying the decision on the Brookfield train station until AFTER the November election. Mayor Ponto informed the Aldermen of this delay Friday, Sept. 24th. He wrote, "I do not intend to place this matter on the Common Council agenda prior to the November 2nd election."
The Journal Sentinel article last Monday reported "Ponto said it makes no sense for the council to consider whether to endorse the station project without knowing its costs and without knowing who will be governor next year."
Mayor Ponto and I have emailed back and forth on this issue a few times. He wrote: "I must tell you that I would not recommend moving forward with a rail station in Brookfield on the information I have seen thus far." and "When we have a final proposal, I will tell the Council what I think and do so substantially in advance of the relevant meeting."
Right now we are debating if Wisconsin can afford this "free" short little rail line from Milwaukee to Madison, that will cost American taxpayers nearly $1 Billion dollars and Wisconsin taxpayers somewhere in the neighborhood of $10 Million a year to operate. (Let's see, that works out to how much per mile?)
That $10 Million a year that comes right out of Wisconsin's Transportation Fund to operate just 70 miles of track that only serves the Milwaukee/Madison area. How will our state, or country for that matter, afford the additional runs to Minneapolis, LaCrosse, KRM, and Green Bay, not to mention the other proposed rail lines in our nation? (The Wisconsin Transportation Fund was to pay for needed infrastructure like bridges, the Interstate, and Wisconsin highways that most Wisconsinites utilize, not a rail line that only a small minority will use.)
We must stop this train. It isn't a matter of wouldn't it be nice to have a train?; we simply cannot afford it! (It would be nice to have a solarium on my house too, but it costs too much.) Our state of Wisconsin is projected to be $386 Million in the hole by December 2010. We cannot afford what we now have, much less a whole new train system.
So how do we stop the train? Elect Scott Walker.
Last Tuesday, Gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker again stated his opposition to the Milwaukee to Madison train project at a press conference near the proposed Brookfield train station site. Walker affirmed he would STOP the train, should he be elected as Wisconsin's next governor. He has cited the Blue Shirt sculpture as an example of how it is possible to stop already contracted work.
We must knock "high" speed train off its rails before Wisconsin is railroaded into a new massive, wasteful spending project that we cannot afford.
In the meantime, thanks again Mayor Ponto for delaying the Brookfield train station decision. It was a step in the right direction.
If you have not contacted Mayor Ponto and your Aldermen, please do so.
More Reading: Brookfield Mayor delays decision on train station until after election
Mayor Ponto's September 24th memo to Aldermen
Past Posts: STOP the Obama & Doyle waste-of-money train
Walker rally made political hay, ad gained national attention
Every vote should count...but only once! Become a POLL WATCHER
Last April, I became acquainted with some local women* who launched We're Watching Wisconsin Elections. They created this group to help fight voter fraud in our state.
They are following legislation that affects voting and voter fraud and are also involved with educating volunteer Poll Workers and Election Observers.
While it is too late to become a Poll Worker for this election cycle, you may still become an Election Observer this November. (Deadline for the 2011/2012 Poll Worker registration is this November 30th.)
The group, We're Watching Wisconsin Elections already held a series of poll watching education sessions, but you can still take part in this important effort. They are holding a new series of training classes across the state, with 2 in our area on Oct. 18th at the West Allis Library at 6:30pm and on Oct 19th at the Waukesha Republican Headquarters on Pearl and HWY 164 at 6:30pm. (I am glad they are doing this since I was out of town for the previous ones.) Other dates and locations are listed here.
Election Observers can volunteer to watch at the actual Poll on Election Day, at the Poll AFTER the poll closes, and at your City Hall absentee ballot counting place. Since absentee voting just started, volunteers are already watching at nursing homes and City Clerk's Offices.
The Election Observer Sign-Up page states: "Election observers are integral to restoring integrity to Wisconsin elections. Your participation in the statewide election observer program will help to ensure that our elections are honest and without fraud. Please sign up below to be a part of the program. We will be providing training seminars throughout the state leading up to the elections. Once you are signed-up you will be contacted as to the training seminar in your area. You may also contact Jon Waclawski – Chief Counsel and Election Day Operations Director – with any questions: firstname.lastname@example.com / 608-239-2996."
If you care about fair, honest elections, do sign up. Without a photo voter ID law in Wisconsin, this is one of the few tools we have to curtail voter fraud.
We're Watching Wisconsin Elections Campaign email alert
*News from Rally against Vote Fraud at Milw. City Hall Turns out, I knew 2 of the ladies in this group--in fact I rode the same bus to the Madison Tea Party with one of them the next day.
Attack of the Giant Tomato Plants
This year was the year of the tomato plant at my house. I have never had such big, beautiful plants. In fact, every time I opened the back door, it seemed they were getting bigger. Could it be they were trying to get in through the back door? ;-)
I planted about 14 plants this summer--not all of them grew as successfully as my back door buddies though. As I have mentioned before, my vegetable garden has some sort of virus in the soil; tomatoes won't grow there. Last year I tried planting them in a bag of top soil or pots. That didn't work well. The plants were puny and the tomatoes few.
This year I improved upon the plant it in a bag idea and got those large, sturdy contractor bags. I figured the plants needed more soil. I also enhanced their living conditions. In addition to the bag of top soil that I dumped into the contractor bag, I threw in a bag of composted cow manure too. The manure was the key, I think.
Now the plants I put in the veggie garden did do better than last year, but they still didn't thrive. They seemed to pick up the virus symptoms despite my use of the bags. (I think there might be a HG&D lesson there.) The plants might have become infected through the drainage holes I poked in the bottom of the bag or just from the proximity of the plant to the soil itself. It is also more shady where my veg. plot is, that might be a factor too. At any rate, that is it for tomatoes in the vegetable garden--next year I will just stick to beans, herbs, squash, and raspberries there.
But next to the house? Oh my, tomatoes sure like a sunny, warm location! It seemed the tomatoes I planted in the bags did the best. There are actually 5 plants crammed into that stretch by my back door stoop. (Yes, I know that was too close.) Two of the 5 were planted in the ground; the rest were in the bags.
So what accounted for the vigorous plant growth? I am now wondering if it was the back porch light? We leave it on all night. That night light might also account for the prolific plant growth with not-so-hot tomato production. Since tomatoes ripen at night, maybe the plants didn't know it was nighttime? Well, that will be next year's experiment. If they are going to grow so tall, I also need to rig a better tomato tower system. That tomato tree at Disney was truly amazing. Too bad our growing season isn't longer!
I did get some lovely, large tomatoes out of my garden this summer, and they are still coming; it is just never enough for my taste.
New varieties this year were: Yellow Grape, about 1 to 1 1/4 inch in length--very prolific, Hillbilly, a yellow and red stripe type yielding 4" diameter fruits, Pineapple, which was supposed to be red with yellow, but never did too much, Black Krim and Black Knight, two more of those dark tomatoes that failed to meet my standards of taste and productivity.
Out of the new ones, only Yellow Grape makes the cut for next year. I still like Green Zebra, Lemon Boy, Mr. Stripey and Aunt Ruby's German Green the best.
If someone out there has a favorite heirloom red tomato, please share. I could use a red one or two in my fold.
So how did your garden grow this year? What was your best producer? Inquiring gardeners want to know.
2 meetings tonight discuss: Is a Target on Bluemound & 124th to be or not to be?
My Aldermen Lisa Mellone and Renee Lowerr informed me that there are 2 meetings tonight at City Hall discussing plans to build a Target store at the old Quebecor site.
The 124th & Bluemound Road Neighborhood Plan Task Force meets first in Council Chambers at 5:30pm. They are "to discuss possible amendments to the Neighborhood Plan because of the Target proposal." If you remember, there was another mixed use plan in place 4 years ago, but that project did not move forward.
In my opinion, the neighborhood, which is in my District 7 but not my immediate area, would be better off without the apartment/condo aspect of the project. Certainly our city already has enough rental property, which is often the downfall of the adjacent single family homes and community.
Brookfield also has an abundance smaller store strip malls, which are part of the mixed use concept. How many nail salons, take and bake pizza places, and coffee shops do we need? Brookfield Marketplace on Greenfield and Brookfield Commons on Bluemound have never been completely occupied since their completion and since the recession, have seen stores leave. At another area strip mall at Calhoun and Bluemound, the former Flanners has been vacant for years.
It would seem that if you have a larger store, with a good reputation, willing to move into Brookfield, this would be a better option that all those transient smaller stores. The neighbors have a legitmate concern with shoppers cutting through their neighborhood, but like Brookfield Commons, this area is rather land-locked too, with the freeway and parks to the south--it wouldn't seem to invite cut-through traffic. Yet the general consensus from a 2006 Plan Commission meeting was, "don't allow the new development traffic to invade their peaceful Columbia Gardens Subdivision Neighborhood!" Neighborhood traffic needs to be controlled.
While I would rather have a Woodman's or a Trader Joes move into that location, Target at least has a nicer image than other big box stores like K-mart and Walmart. Target seems to attract a different, more upscale clientele than the other stuff-marts.
If you live in that area, do attend the 5:30pm meeting.
Right after the Task Force discussion, the City Plan Commission will discuss this same project. "This is an open meeting and [all] are welcome to attend but there will be no opportunity for public comment."
There will be a future Public Hearing on the Target proposal amendments where you can voice your opinions, however.
While the jobs created from a Target are not high paying, at least Target would be a more consistent job and property tax provider than the coffee shop that is here today and gone in a month.
Alderman Lisa Mellone attached related materials for your perusal:
City 124th Street & Bluemound Road Neighborhood Plan
Map of Target Development Proposal
Target Memo from Ryan Company.pdf
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Quebecor Target Store at Plan Commission tonight, 4K Tuesday, Bike Race Friday
Can it be? A Target in Brookfeild? How about a Trader Joes too?
Connectivity will make neighborhood streets a racetrack! Neighborhood concerns over traffic from the Plan Commission 2006 Plan Public Comment session.
Yikes! Must be a Parallel Universe? Libs favor Walker, Johnson
Did we enter an Alternate Universe since last Thursday? Maybe Mirror Universe would be a more accurate way to describe 2 Madison publications, The Isthmus and Wisconsin State Journal, going CONSERVATIVE!
That's right, on Oct. 7th, The Isthmus, a very liberal Madison publication actually slammed Russ Feingold in "The case against Russ Feingold, His maverick image is backed only with bluster and cheap shots" and ended with "Three reasons to vote for Ron Johnson:"
Need a job? Try Brookfield's new ParkSide23 restaurant
While shopping at Angelina's Deli, my favorite Italian food store on this side of town, I noticed some construction workers across the street at the former Pilgrim Square.
Wow, something is finally going in at the vacant Sticks and Stones restaurant, just south of Dixon Elementary School, on North Avenue.
There were also 2 big lime green HELP WANTED signs.
Need a reason to vote Ron Johnson? Ask Michelle Obama
First Lady Michelle Obama campaigned for Russ Feingold Tuesday at a Milwaukee fundraiser.
She said, "even though change hasn't come fast enough for some citizens, it would be a mistake for voters to return Republicans to power next month."
..."This election isn't just about all that we've accomplished these past couple of years," she said. "This election, Wisconsin, is about all we have left to do in the months and years ahead."
..."But my husband can't do this alone," she said. ".... He needs strong leaders like Russ to help him." (My emphasis)
The leftist Liberal Progressives just don't get it, do they.
Enough said.
Ron Johnson for Senate
For shame, Tom Barrett, Scott Walker SUPPORTS Stem Cell research!
We should be used to it by now, the misleading, or to put it politely, the pants on fire campaign ads that paint the opposing candidate as being heartless and against something as wholesome as Mom and Apple Pie.
In this case, it is Gubernatorial Democrat candidate Tom Barrett wearing the hot pants. He points the accusatory finger at his opponent Republican Scott Walker. The Mom and apple pie issue here is stem cell research.
Barrett's ad is intended to tug at your heart strings in hopes that you will make the leap that Scott Walker is heartless and against helping those in need because of his pro-life beliefs. The ad wants you to believe Walker is turning a deaf ear to the pleas of the featured mother, talking about her diabetic son and how embryonic stem cell research would help cure her son.
This ad was so outrageous in its claims that it prompted Gary Nosacek to write an outstanding piece in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Oct. 7th titled, The stem cell confusion. He states he is a "father, brother and nephew of diabetics, and the husband of a doctor, I'm really upset by this ad."
I also found out that Walker's own wife Tonette is "a type 1 diabetic" and she says, "I CAN PROMISE YOU, my husband is full of hope! Hope for me, hope for our family, and hope for Wisconsin!"
Tonette goes on to say, "Regardless of what Tom Barrett has said, Scott will NOT ban stem cell research. Scott supports adult stem cell research- research which science has shown to have the most promise to cure my disease and which does not destroy innocent human life. "
So what is going on here? Democrats support government funding for Embryonic Stem Cell research instead of Adult Stem Cell research. Why? Is it that Embryonic Stem Cells work and adult ones don't? NO.
In fact, Embryonic Stem Cell breakthroughs continue to be fraught with serious side effects such as tumor growth and rejection. They have shown very little positive results. There is not one cure confirmed to date.
Contrast that with Adult Stem Cell research and treatments, which have already helped 1,000s of people. Nosacek's points out that even with moral issues aside, the Embryonic Stem Cells are a waste of money.
He writes, "There are over 167 adult cell treatments and cures being used by doctors every day. There are more in clinical trials and in animal testing phases. As for embryonic cells, there is not one cure to be found. There are only two in human trials, but so far there are no results. As a rule, embryonic cells haven't done much of anything in any lab in the world other than promised to be promising someday in the distant future. Walker isn't against stem cell research. He's against spending millions on research that hasn't worked at the expense of what is working!"
He goes on to tell us that Adult Stem Cell research on diabetes was being carried out at Harvard but it has been a painstaking process because they couldn't get funding. All the government grants were going to Embryonic Stem Cell research. Finally funding came from "Lee Iacocca, who has a diabetic grandchild. Harvard is now in human trials. They are being bankrolled by anyone who wishes to contribute."
So why isn't the proven and more promising type of ADULT Stem Cell research being funded by Government grants? Because IF the Liberal, Pro-abortion advocates can get us all on board with using embryonic stem cells, we will have lost the pro-life, life begins at conception fight.
Just this month we learned there was a Baby Born From 20-Year-Old Frozen Embryo. This leaves little doubt that embryos, even ones frozen for 2 decades, aren't human. Here we have one born to a New York woman! Would she give up her son for stem cell research? Of course not. So why are we asked to accept that these humans be sacrificed for the sake of Leftist researchers?
This is nothing new here. In the 2008 presidential campaign Obama ads accused McCain of being against helping people through stem cell research, which was not true. Like McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin, Scott Walker and other Conservatives just favor life respecting ADULT Stem Cell research.
President Bush had to endure this criticism too with his position to not allow Federal funding to go toward Embryonic Stem Cell research. The Republicans were all Pro-Life.
I asked this question in 2008:
"What if I had a cure for Parkinson's, leukemia, diabetes, or paralysis caused by spinal cord injury? All you would have to do is take an infant, remove all of its stem cells (sorry, the infant dies), tweak the cells, and transfer them to the ill patient.
District 7 residents: Information Meeting Thursday, Oct. 21st
From my 2 Aldermen, Lisa Mellone and Renee Lowerr: There is a District 7 Information Meeting this Thursday at City Hall Council Chambers, from 7 - 8pm. (District 7 covers the southeast corner of Brookfield.)
They hold these meetings several times a year and are your opportunity to ask questions, discuss your concerns, and talk about your ideas for our city. Some of the current topics are the
Target Store proposal, Train Station, and the 2011 budget.
Since the election is less than 2 weeks away, remember we no longer vote at Heritage Christian School, but instead must go to St. Lukes Catholic Church on Greenfield Avenue and Davidson Road, west of our district.
Related Past Posts: Is a Target on Bluemound & 124th to be or not to be?
So thankful the Brookfield train station question has been delayed
Email Aldermen & More re: Brookfield train station
Stop the Obama & Doyle waste-of-money train
Quebecor Target Store at Plan Commission tonight
Can it be? A Target in Brookfield? How about Trader Joes too?
Tuesday, Oct. 26: Dr. John Whitcomb presents "The Creator of the World"
What an opportunity! Bible scholar and pioneer of modern Creation Science Dr. John Whitcomb is coming to Brookfield on Tuesday, Oct. 26th, at 7:30pm, to present his talk "The Creator of the World" at the Creation Science Society of Milwaukee's monthly meeting.
"Dr. Whitcomb will use a powerful multi-media presentation to unfold scriptural teachings about this Creator, His work, and His methods." He will be speaking at Brookside Baptist Church at 4470 N. Pilgrim Road (north of Capitol Drive and south of Lisbon Road). His presentation is free and open to the public.
Those of you who have done some reading on Creation Science might be familiar with some of his books on the subject. He co-authored with Dr. Henry Morris' The Genesis Flood and wrote the books The Early Earth and The World That Perished.
Those of you who do not believe in the Biblical account of creation or think you have to check your brains at the door to even accept Intelligent Design & a young earth over evolution, might want to come on Tuesday to hear a different point of view.
People on both sides of the creation/evolution question may also be interested in a new movie, Persuaded by the Evidence.
This movie features scientists who believed "evolutionary dogma was a 'fact'" but found their "own research compelled [them] that evolution couldn't possibly be true."
Here is the trailer:
Hope you can make it on Tuesday to hear Dr. Whitcomb.
Speaking of rare opportunities... Creationist Ken Ham will be coming to Brookside on Sunday evening, January 30th, 2011, to speak on creation. Ken Ham is founder of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum.
How sickening. Jim Sullivan & supporters slam Leah Vukmir with untrue attacks CORRECTION
Democrat Wisconsin State Senator Jim Sullivan is in the fight of his life to hold onto his 5th District Senate seat this November, and the tone of his campaign shows it. Having campaigned as a moderate Democrat, Sullivan's performance and voting record in Madison these past 4 years has been anything but moderate.
Jim Sullivan fancies himself as an independent, a maverick, yet Sullivan voted with Jim Doyle 99% of the time! (Sullivan rather reminds me of another so-called maverick in the US Senate: Russ Feingold. Maybe Sullivan is a Feingold wannabe?)
To the casual observer, Sullivan did vote no on the last budget, which might make you think he is a maverick. But his NO vote was only because the Democrats didn't need his vote. (Candidates facing a tough challenger are often given permission to vote no.) Sullivan still managed to bloat the 2009 budget at the committee level--not very maverick-ish. He also voted in favor of the 2007 budget and voted for expensive and destructive bills like Healthy Wisconsin, Combined Reporting, Badger Care Plus, etc.
Every day the airwaves, billboards, and mailboxes are being assaulted with misleading and downright untrue campaign pieces against Sullivan's opponent, Leah Vukmir, from PACs and Sullivan himself. Since I just blogged about Scott Walker's support for adult stem cell research and Tom Barrett's accusations to the contrary, we will start there.
As I mentioned,"there is nothing new here" in Democrats deception when it comes to stem cell research. Obama accused McCain and Palin of being against it. Feingold accused Ron Johnson, Barrett accused Scott Walker, and now Jim Sullivan accuses Leah Vukmir.
In all of these cases, the accusations were not true. Let's call these accusations what they are: they are out and out lies. All 5 of these Republicans support Stem Cell Research. They support the kind that works--the kind obtained from adult and umbilical cord stem cells.
Jim Sullivan's campaign piece goes a step further, however. He also accuses Vukmir of voting to criminalize stem cell research! "Vukmir voted to criminalize stem cell research that could help cure debilitating diseases like Alzheimer's (AB 499, 6/23/05)", Sullivan proclaims.
Now in the days before the internet, it would have been difficult to see if these wild accusations were true. But we do have the internet. So here is the bill Sullivan is referring to: "2005 Assembly Bill 499, AN ACT to create 146.347 of the statutes; relating to: human cloning and parthenogenesis and providing penalties."
"This bill prohibits human cloning and parthenogenesis; attempting to perform human cloning or parthenogenesis; transferring or acquiring a human embryo produced by human cloning or parthenogenesis; and transferring or acquiring any embryo, cell, tissue, or product derived from a human embryo produced by human cloning or parthenogenesis."
The bill is NOT about Stem Cell research; it IS about Human Cloning.
In 2006, the race between Incumbent Republican Tom Reynolds and challenger Democrat Jim Sullivan was close: *Sullivan won by 2,462 votes, a 1.2% margin. Brookfield's Mayor Bloomberg endorsed Sullivan back then saying he would serve and represent the people of the 5th district effectively. (I did NOT agree.)
People voted for Sullivan in 2006, trusting that he was a moderate. I don't think they will be fooled again.
If you see campaign material that just doesn't ring true, check it out for yourself. We need honesty in Madison, someone who will fight to reduce taxes and respect life, like Leah Vukmir, not "barely true" Jim Sullivan.
UPDATE: What a whopper! "Jim Sullivan supports law enforcement, Vukmir does not" Unbelievable
Leah Vukmir does not"
But there it was, big as life, on the LED changeable billboard sign at Hwy 100 and Bluemound Road.
Did I read that right?
I saw the flashing sign last week but wasn't sure it really said what I thought it said. It just didn't ring true.
Plus, I couldn't read who paid for it. Was it from the Sullivan campaign or another group?
So I checked it out. Last night I managed to snap this picture. The disclaimer reads Paid for by Wisconsin Professional Police Association.
Who is the Wisconsin Professional Police Association? It is a Madison based group that also endorsed* other Democrats such as Russ Feingold and Tom Barrett.
So does Jim Sullivan also have the support of most of the police associations in his district?
No, but his opponent Representative Leah Vukmir does!
Leah Vukmir has been endorsed by the Milwaukee, West Milwaukee, and Brookfield Police Associations. She is also endorsed by JB Van Hollen and recently received the Wisconsin Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Association endorsement as well. Sullivan only has the West Allis Police endorsement from within his district.
So this is a perfect example of you can't believe everything you read, not even if it is in HUGE text flashing at you as you drive by.
UPDATE: Leah Vukmir Earned the Endorsement of Milwaukee Firefighters today:
"My opponent continues to run a negative campaign falsely claiming I will cut local fire and police," stated Vukmir. "Clearly these claims are untrue, as my solid record of keeping our families and community safe is reflected by the strong support I've received from local police and fire."
Also on November's ballot, a Transportation Fund Advisory Referendum
I voted today.
Brookfield's City Hall had a room all set up, complete with voting booths, for those of us who need to vote early. (If you enter through the north entrance, you CAN'T miss it!)
Here I was all set to just quickly make my one mark on the ballot and vote straight ticket (Republican of course), but the ladies manning the voter rolls informed me there also was an Advisory Referendum question on the back of the ballot. That was news to me.
It is a separate question; you must complete the line for a Yes or No answer. It isn't on every county's ballot, but Brookfield is in one of the 52 counties that chose to include it on their ballots.
For your convenience, they had an explanation of the Advisory Referendum question posted on green paper in the room and at each voting booth.
The actual question reads: "Should the Wisconsin Constitution be amended to prohibit any further transfers or lapses from the state's segregated transportation fund?"
The reason for asking is to hopefully put a STOP to RAIDING the fund.
The intent of our gas tax and vehicle registration fee money was to have it go into the Transportation Fund for road improvements. But since 2003, Wisconsin has siphoned off more than $1.3 BILLION from that fund, to pay for other non transportation related programs and projects in the state. This has got to stop. Our infrastructure is suffering.
"[St. Croix Highway Commissioner Tim Ramberg] pointed to reports that show $1.3 billion has been diverted since 2003. Over $850 million of that was replaced with borrowed money, but the net loss to the transportation fund was over $435 million." Raiding funds was one of Doyle's budget balancing tricks.
To get an idea of how this raiding has affected Wisconsin counties, read Referendum seeks to ban raids on state transportation fund.
This is only an Advisory Referendum, meaning if passed, it still needs to go through the amendment process where an amendment to the state constitution must pass 2 separate sessions in the legislature before going on the ballot for Wisconsin voter approval.
Getting a Constitutional Amendment through both houses of the legislature for those 2 consecutive sessions is not that easy. You may recall that the Constitutional Amendment for Voter Photo ID nearly made it through the last phase of the legislative amendment process. It would have made it to the voters, to decide the question once and for all, had it not been for the Senate Democrats in 2009. Read Dems Block Photo ID: The Roll Call. To save you the trouble, yes, State Senator JIM SULLIVAN voted NAY on bringing Photo ID to a vote. (Leah Vukmir voted YES in the State Assembly.)
Hopefully this advisory referendum on the Transportation Fund will pass. Too bad they didn't also include that Transportation Funds couldn't be used to study commuter and high speed rail in this referendum. But we may not need that language after all if Scott Walker is our next governor.
This is an important election. If you are in doubt as to if you will be able to make it to the polls on Tuesday, vote early. In Brookfield they certainly make it easy.
District 7 residents, on Election Day, remember you now vote at St. Lukes Catholic Church on Greenfield Ave. and Davidson Road.
Dem signs conspicuously absent from known supporting households
"They" say the race between Jim Sullivan and Leah Vukmir will be tight. Same with Russ Feingold and Ron Johnson. Scott Walker vs. Tom Barrett seems to be more predictible, after all, The Journal Sentinel endorsed Walker. (Chalk that up to Everybody loves a winner --they don't want to be on the losing side--or they were trying to show they were not always in the tank for the Democrat.)
But have you noticed that Sullivan, Feingold, and Barrett signs are not at all of the usual pro-Democrat households in your area? I have. These would be homes that in the past have always shown their political alliance at election time.
There are a few houses in my neighborhood that are always for the Democrat. This election cycle, all but one have a bare yard.
True, yard signs don't win elections. But when staunch supporters don't place one, I think that is telling us something.
The residnets may just quietly cast their vote on the D side of the ticket anyway, or maybe they will sit this one out. But one thing that is plain to see, they aren't advertising for their party.
Time will tell. Thankfully we don't have to wait too long for the answer.


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Aleene's® Button Snowflake Ornaments
Material List
- Aleene's® Original Tacky Glue®
- Cereal Box
- Scissors
- Craft Sticks
- Pencil
- Acrylic Paint – White
- Paintbrush
- Wax Paper
- Glitter – Iridescent
- Paper Plate
- Buttons – Plain White and Decorative White
- Rhinestones
- Toothpick
- Craft Wire
- Round Nose Pliers
Project Instructions
Step 1 Cut cereal box so that it lies flat.
Step 2 Lay three craft sticks on plain side of cereal box, overlapping to create snowflake pattern. Use pencil to trace around craft sticks.
Step 3 Use scissors to cut out design.
Step 4 Paint front of snowflake with acrylic paint. Let dry. Paint back of snowflake. Let dry.
Step 5 Brush glue to front of snowflake. Hold over paper plate and sprinkle with glue. Shake off excess and let glue dry.
Step 6 Stack buttons into desired patterns.
Step 7 Glue fancy button in center of snowflake. Glue stacked buttons onto snowflake. Glue rhinestones on top of buttons. Let dry.
Step 8 Cut approximately 6" length of wire. Use pliers to swirl ends. Fold in half and glue to back side of snowflake. Repeat to complete design.
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Sitting on the southerly curve of a vast, well-protected bay, Vietnam's third largest city, Da Nang is the principal port in the central part of the country and still retains much of its French colonial ambiance. Visit the intriguing Cham Museum, filled with wonderful artifacts of the Cham culture centered here for a millennium and famed China Beach. But Hue, the former imperial capital on the Perfume River beckons. Now undergoing a renaissance enjoy its lovely temples, pagodas and imposing citadel protected by a moat. Browse the shops for locally woven cotton cloth, lacquerware and charming silk paintings on note cards. Savor Vietnamese cuisine including bountiful lobster. shrimp, crab, and fish dishes as well as noodle dishes and soups.
The following Shore Excursions are available for this port on this cruise, and may be reserved beginning 240 days before the cruise begins for guests receiving Concierge amenities, and 180 days before the cruise begins for all other guests. Guests receiving Concierge amenities will receive a 5% discount off of the prices shown below for Regent Choice tours.
Discover the historic natural beauty of Vietnam during this orientation tour of Hue, and a delightful cruise on the Perfume River.
Depart Chan May Port for the 1-hour and 45-minute drive to Hue, the former Imperial City of Vietnam during the 19th century. Upon arrival, a visit will be made to Thien Mu Pagoda, the symbol of the city and one of the most holy pagodas in all of Vietnam. Founded in 1601 AD, the Thien Mu Pagoda was the scene of anti-government protests during the early 1960s. Today, by contrast, it is home to a more serene setting that features bonsai gardens and monks delivering incantations in the main temple.
Next, you will embark a dragon boat in front of the Heavenly Lady Pagoda for a cruise on the Perfume River. Along the way, you will take in the scenic views and photo opportunities on both sides of the river. A stop will be made to visit the magnificent tomb of Emperor Minh Mang, considered the most brilliant Emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty.
On the 1-hour and 45-minute return drive to the city, you will stop at a restaurant in the citadel for a Vietnamese buffet lunch accompanied by traditional Imperial music and formalities. After lunch, a visit will be made at the Royal Citadel, built by Emperor Gia Long in 1804. From here, you will proceed to the impressive Noon Gate, followed by the Palace of the Supreme, which has been impeccably restored to its original grandeur with regal red and gold columns, and lavish furnishings. From here, you will walk to the Imperial Enclosure, where the Emperor's official duties were once carried out. A citadel within a citadel, the Forbidden Purple City was reserved for the private life of the Emperors. From 1802 to 1945, 13 Emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty ruled from the Forbidden City.
Your tour will conclude with a stop at Dong Ba Market, the largest and oldest market in the city, which features a variety of items and handicrafts for sale. Some time will be made available to browse through the market before returning to the ship.
Please note: The order of sites visited may vary.
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Material List
- Tulip® Fashion Glitter™ Glitter Assortment – Primary
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- T-Shirt – Black
- Freezer Paper
- Craft Knife
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- Iron
- Craft Sponge (or Cosmetic Sponge)
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- Newspaper (or Sheet of Plain Paper)
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Project Instructions
Step 1 Enlarge pattern to desired size.
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Step 4 Press T-shirt to smooth. Position freezer paper stencil on top center of shirt and press with iron (shiny side down). Fit the heart and the letters "B" and "O" centers in stencil and press.
Step 5 Lay piece of paper or newspaper below T-shirt and shirt board between layers.
Step 6 Squeeze some Fashion Glitter™ Bond on foil. Use sponge to tap glue then into the outer heart stencil. Immediately sprinkle red glitter on top. Very gently press with finger or a piece of paper.
Step 7 Tap some glue into the "I" stencil. Sprinkle some silver glitter and gently press with paper, as with the red.
Step 8 Continue gluing the upper portion of the "Zombies", one or two letters at a time, making sure the glue is moist enough for the silver glitter to adhere. Tap in lightly and press down.
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