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Nick Plante won two gold medals at the Florida Open Judo Championships Feb. 2 in Coral Springs, part of a six-medal haul for Summerlin Judo of Bartow. Plante won gold in the 15- to 16-year-old, 60-kg novice division, then moved up to the advanced division and won another gold.
Nick Plante won two gold medals at the Florida Open Judo Championships Feb. 2 in Coral Springs, part of a six-medal haul for Summerlin Judo of Bartow.
Plante won gold in the 15- to 16-year-old, 60-kg novice division, then moved up to the advanced division and won another gold.
Jonathon Taylor also won a gold in the 15- to-16, 66-kg novice division, moved up to the advanced and made the finals. But with his finals match tied, Taylor bruised his shoulder and couldn't finish. He took silver.
Austin Fackender took silver in the 17-to-19, 81-kg. advanced, and Madison Grode won a bronze in the 15-16, 63-kg advanced.
Scream Soccer
The Auburndale Scream under-12 competitive girls soccer team won the Premier Division of USA Soccer, going undefeated in their first season in the division.
The Scream scored 49 goals and allowed eight while going 11-0-1. They won Division II last year, their first season playing with USA Soccer.
Free-Throw Winners
Seven Polk County youths won berths in the regional Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship by finishing first in their divisions in a local shoot off sponsored by K of C Council 7091 of Cypress Gardens and a district shoot off that followed.
Both events took place in the gymnasium at Polk State College.
Artonio DeBose, Jr. of Elbert Elementary School won the boys 10-year-old division; Cole Steinmetz of the Davenport School of the Arts won the boys 11; Jackson Farrens of the Davenport School of the Arts took the boys 12; Reid Cross of the Davenport School of the Arts topped the boys 13; and Jamal Metellus of the Discovery Academy won the boys 14.
Malicka Jordan of Jewett Academy won the girls 12-year-old division, while Kendall Brooks of Grace Lutheran School won the girls 13 title.
The regional competition is Feb. 23 in Kissimmee.
Basketball League
Winter Haven is starting an adult basketball league at Winter Haven Recreational and Cultural Center, 801 Ave. T NE.
The league is designed for men and women, 18 and older. Registration is $350 per team, with up to 10 players on the roster. Registration is underway and will continue until the six-team league is full. The league begins March 7, with games being played 6 to 9 p.m. each Thursday. Call 863-291-5675.
Pro-Am Tennis
The Junior League of Greater Lakeland holds its 34th annual Pro-Am tennis tournament Feb. 23-24 to benefit the literacy programs of the Junior League and Achievement Academy.
The weekend of tennis will begin with a poolside party and player draw at the Lakeland Yacht and Country Club on Feb. 22 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 before the event and $50 at the pool. They can be purchased at www.jlgl.org. Friday night's party will feature a silent auction, entertainment and Calcutta. Maurkice and Mike Pouncey, twin NFL football stars from Lakeland High School and the University of Florida, will auction themselves to the highest bidder to play a doubles match against each other between the semifinals and finals on Feb. 24.
Play begins Feb. 23 at 9 a.m. at the Lakeland Yacht and Country Club and Grasslands Country Club. Semifinals and finals are at LYCC on Feb. 24 at 10 a.m.
[ Recreational Quick Hits appear Tuesdays on the Recreation page. To get your news in the paper, please email Ledger Assistant Managing Editor for Sports Andy Kuppers at firstname.lastname@example.com. ]


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By Shana Rowan
The Sheboygan Press Nov. 2 article on Sheboygan's sex offender ordinance did an excellent job of examining residency laws from various perspectives. As an advocate for evidence-based sex offender policies and fiance to a registrant whose crime was committed as a minor, I applaud the paper's integrity.
As discussed in the article, years of research on residency restrictions have found no evidence that they reduce sexual recidivism or prevent new crimes. At best, Sheboygan's ordinance has done nothing to influence recidivism one way or another. At worst, however, it has been counter-productive to public safety. The ordinance does not target those who pose the most risk to commit child sexual abuse (95 percent of all child victims are abused by a family member, friend or acquaintance.)
It also doesn't target registrants who cannot find housing due to the ordinance, and have violated it by not reporting an accurate address, or have become homeless or transient. Law enforcement, departments of correction, treatment providers to both victims and offenders, and public policy researchers have all denounced residency laws as well-intentioned but detrimental to society.
Why do city council members believe they somehow know better? Research on sex offender laws is extremely accessible and the public must begin educating itself rather than relying on lawmakers to deliver the truth, since "it's working" is clearly a subjective assessment.
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One change that may be positive would be to watch the neg-repping. See if anyone seems to be abusing it and unnecessarily singling someone out. It's okay to neg if sincere and deserved, but (imo) not just as feud or to incite agenda.
The big issue, as I see it, is attacking new posters... that, more than anything, makes for a duller site. I personally know two people that only posted about a dozen times and were so frustrated with the onslaught of BS they lost interest in a hurry (and both of these guys would offer very good chat about Jazz bb).


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Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno today (Wednesday) unveiled what he calls a comprehensive strategy to enhance police patrols in the City's downtown and South End. Mayor Sarno says visitors to the downtown and South End will see more foot and bicycle patrols during the day and evening hours, especially on Fridays and Saturdays.
"These deployments might increase with special events. We're going to synchronize this with events going on at the MassMutual, Symphony Hall, conventions, festivals, parades, concerts, other activities going on downtown."
Sarno says the new strategy also includes added street lighting along with anti-prostitution, liquor compliance and noise enforcement details. Sarno says the policing plan was in the works long before the recent spat of violence. Springfield recorded its tenth homicide of the year this past weekend, though all have occurred in neighborhoods outside the downtown and South End. Police Commissioner William Fitchett says criminal activity in the area has already diminished over the past year, but the added police presence should give visitors and businesses a greater sense of comfort.
"I call it showing the flag. In other words people love to see the walking officer; they love to interact with him. So we're going to use those type of patrols, along with bicycle patrols which are very effective and just as personable, I think, the bicycle patrols the officers are accessible. And the monies that are saved from the downtown deployment, we're going to put into the neighborhoods"
Fitchett says the enhanced deployment, scheduled to begin this weekend, is not connected to any security plans related to the proposed resort casino for the city. Mayor Sarno says the plan will cost about $25,000 a month, which will come from cost savings at the Springfield Parking Authority.


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Canada's national women's volleyball team ready for worlds
OSAKA, Japan – The Canadian national women's volleyball team is expected to be in a fierce battle for that final spot in the second round when the 24-country world championships get underway next Friday in five Japanese cities.
Canada ranked 24th in the world is in Pool D with number-three China, number-seven and defending champions Russia, Dominican Republic 11th, South Korea (21st), and Turkey (22nd). Each team plays its pool opponent once in the opening round and the top-four move on to the second round.
"There are four pools and this one is by far the toughest," said Canadian national team coach Arnd Ludwig. "We worked a lot this summer and physically our girls are prepared for the world championships. (Our strengths) are our height, jumping ability and blocking."
While all the players are competing at their first worlds, the team can field some savvy veterans such as team captain Tammy Mahon of Holland, Man., and Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont.
Mahon is a nine-year national team veteran with plenty of professional experience. She was one of three Canadians that played for the pro squad ion Baiku, Azerbaijan last season.
"Over the years, my perspective has changed so much," Mahon told the Toronto Sun. "It has changed from something that I want for me, to something I want for Team Canada volleyball and my country."
She highlighted her side's win over Cuba in a three-match series earlier this month as a cause for optimism. "In nine years we've only beaten Cuba twice," Mahon noted. "You have to learn how to win and our team is in the process of learning how to win right now. It's slow, but it's happening."
Pavan made an immediate impact in her return to the national team this year, leading Canada in scoring several matches.
The 6'5" right side had a standout career with the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the NCAA winning the 2006 national title and was named the NCAA's female athlete of the year (all sports combined) in 2007. She has also played professionally in Italy.
Canada opens the tournament Friday against South Korea, followed by China on Saturday, Russia on Sunday (October 31), Turkey on November 2 and the Dominican November 3. All pool D matches are in Osaka.
Brazil, the U.S., and China are the top-three seeds this year.
Canadian roster for women's world volleyball championships October 29-November 10 in Japan.
Lauren O'Reilly (Langley, BC), Carla Bradstock (Richmond, BC)
Outside Hitters
Tammy Mahon (Holland, MB), Tiffany Dodds (Lucky Lake, SK), Sarah Pavan (Kitchener, ON), Brittney Page (Vernon, BC), Kyla Richey (Roberts Creek, BC), Tonya Mokelki (Weyburn, SK)
Marisa Field (Kelowna, BC), Nadine Alphonse (Montreal, QC), Tasha Holness (Calgary, AB), Jennifer Hinze (Vancouver, BC)
Julie Young (Red Deer, AB), Janie Guimond (Becancour, QC)


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The group tasked with devising a plan to improve C-470 made the right call last week when it decided to pursue the construction of new lanes that would come with a toll. It's not a solution everyone will embrace, but when looking at how to arrive at a more-motorist-friendly highway, the truth is, there is no perfect path.
It's going to take money. It's going to take time. And while the work is being done, it's going to be inconvenient.
So why do anything?
Clearly, the Denver metro area is growing and much of that growth is taking place near C-470, which snakes from I-25 to I-70. The population along the 27-mile corridor is expected, by some estimates, to swell by more than 30 percent over the next 20 years.
Already, some stretches of the highway see more than 100,000 vehicles a day. During morning and afternoon rush hours, the road is plenty congested now. Throw in thousands of extra vehicles per day, and the future of the road as a preferred, or even viable, route doesn't look bright. That's not acceptable for a corridor that includes areas like northern Douglas County, which is quickly becoming a magnet for businesses to open and relocate.
So when the C-470 Corridor Coalition took up the task of brainstorming improvements in 2011, it was an important step. The coalition's decision-making committee is made up of representatives from Littleton, Centennial, Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch and from Douglas, Arapahoe and Jefferson counties. The group's focus, for now, is on the 13-mile stretch from I-25 to Kipling, identified as the swath most in need of immediate assistance.
After months of doing research, reaching out to communities and polling residents, the coalition was left with three logical choices: toll only new lanes, toll all lanes or try to raise taxes (sales or property).
To be sure, the Feb. 7 decision to move forward on the plan for a minimum of one new express toll lane in each direction was neither hasty, nor uninformed.
Tolling all lanes was the least-popular option in public polling and was rightfully dismissed. An all-toll highway might have backfired by keeping too many motorists away and costing municipalities more headache, gridlock and construction costs through the wearing down of local arterial roads.
A property-tax increase surely would have been voted down, but there was some support in citizen polls for a sales-tax hike. We agree, however, with local officials who said such a measure could be unfair to communities located in the new taxing district.
"I think we see it as a competitive issue having a retail tax here that we (wouldn't) have in other locations, just outside the boundary," said Lone Tree Mayor Jim Gunning, whose city is home to the popular Park Meadows mall.
Imposing a toll only on new lanes makes the most sense, and as it would not require an election like the taxing options, would be the quickest to implement. It's also the most fair: It would be a motorist's decision to use the new lanes and thus pay the fee. We venture to guess many would pony up to zip along at a quicker, less-encumbered pace.
As mentioned, the plan, which carries a tentative price tag between $230 million and $350 million, isn't perfect. The coalition acknowledges there may be a need to find additional funding sources if revenue from the toll lanes doesn't fully pay for the project. It's not an insignificant risk, but it is one worth taking, given the potential reward.
The group plans to take some time to refine the conceptual design and cost estimates and there are environmental, traffic and revenue studies that must be done before anything is final. Even if everything goes as planned, it could be up to two years before construction begins. And that doesn't cover the second-phase, from Kipling to I-70, which a different set of officials will get to work on shortly.
So while we're not there yet, at least we're not stuck in rush-hour traffic, wishing for a magical way out.


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By Brad Locke/NEMS Daily Journal
STARKVILLE – Jalen Steele feels like his old self again.
Mississippi State's junior guard has played four games since returning from a fractured wrist, which kept him out of action for nearly seven weeks. In Saturday's 72-61 win at Georgia, Steele scored a career-high 21 points, making 7 of 16 shots and 4 of 8 from 3-point range.
"That Georgia game, I really felt back to normal. Everything felt good," Steele said Monday. "The shape that I was in during that game, it felt very good. Just everything (is) clicking right now for me."
Just three days earlier, Steele was cramping up in both legs against South Carolina. He was limited to seven minutes in the second half of that game and finished with four points on 2 of 8 shooting.
Coach Rick Ray took measures to make sure that didn't happen again, and they paid off.
"I thought Jalen started to see some opportunities for himself by the way he cut and the way he moved," Ray said. "And I thought also our guys did a great job of going and finding bodies of guys he was screening."
Steele is a huge piece for this team and easily the most experienced. If State (7-7) hopes to build on its 2-0 start in the SEC, it will need Steele to keep playing this way.
"We were playing defense well, we were playing offense well," Ray said of the Georgia game. "But at the end of the day, Jalen Steele rolls up and makes some huge shots for us, and that gave us our cushion that we needed."
Sword should play
Freshman guard Craig Sword hasn't been practicing lately because of a sprained ankle, but Ray expects him to be available for Wednesday's home game against Alabama (8 p.m., CSS).
He's wearing a protective boot and will be limited this week.
"He should be able to play, but how effective he is continues to be a concern," Ray said.
Sword missed two practices last week, but with a heavy wrap and a brace on his left ankle, the 6-foot-3 guard scored 16 points against Georgia.
He said Monday that the ankle is "all right" and will be getting lots of treatment.
Threes finally fall
After missing all 10 of its 3-point shots against South Carolina, MSU made 9 of 20 against Georgia. Ray thinks taking better shots is paying off.
"Towards the beginning of the season they were taking contested threes, but I felt like in the last few games that they've been taking good 3-point shots, they just haven't been going in," he said. "So to see those guys have the success with the 3-point shot, it bodes well for hopefully some confidence for the rest of the season."
MSU is hitting 27.8 percent from behind the arc.


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February 16 - Incredible Buys Every Week at Foreclosure AuctionsFebruary 16th, 2013, 5:00 am by rcottrell
Look at what people just like you bought at Trustee Sales in California, Arizona, and Nevada.
In the last week (February 11th thru February 15th) investors just like you were able to buy foreclosure properties at tremendous discounts in California, Nevada, and Arizona. Foreclosure Auctions are held every week day. Perhaps you already have a Home in California and you are thinking about a Retirement Home in the desert or a Vacation Home along the Colorado River or a Condo near the ski slopes on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. Or you might be looking for Income property like 4-Plexes in Long Beach or Garden Grove so that you will have Cash coming in each month while you enjoy your Golden Years. Whatever you are looking for, there is one answer that you should keep coming back to:
The Best Prices on Real Estate are to be found through the Foreclosure Auctions.
Here are just a few examples of great buys from last week:
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June 26, 2013
"I found these wedges in Silver at my local DSW store and fell in love! They work with almost every outfit. They are very comfortable. I did find them to be a bit narrow, but not too bad that I can't wear them for several hours. I might have to get the brown ones too!"
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May 23, 2013
"I found these shoes on another site and had been admiring them for weeks...then was so happy to find them at DSW at $20 off retail price. THEN was even more excited to find out that they had been marked as a clearance item at my local DSW. I ended up getting these for almost 1/3 of the list price! I got a size 7 in the cognac color and they fit perfectly. I took off one star only for the simple fact that the right shoe was SLIGHTLY darker than the right. This may have been because one was the floor model and perhaps it changed color due to the constant handling? Regardless would recommend this shoe to anyone."
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- 01-16-2013, 08:47 AM Thread Author #1
ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
Hi to everyone!
New version ArkMC will be available very soon!
we are improving for you!
Please take a look at ArkMC DLNA/UPnP application for iPhone,iPod touch and iPad.
You can try a Lite version first https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/arkmc-lite-dlna-upnp-media/id640095560
What can ArkMC do?
ArkMC UPnP DLNA home media streaming centre and video player
* Very easy to use, straightforward menu to discover, select, and stream all your movies, music, videos and photos
* The only DLNA/UPnP application to stream all your videos from iPhone / iPad to HD TV, MAC, PC, Xbox360, PS3 or any other screen
* Simultaneous streaming of different media files – to different screens – at the same time (multi screen playback)
* Download videos on your iPhone/iPad, and watch them whenever you want – offline
* Integrated powerful ArkMC media player, supporting most of the popular media formats: 3GP, AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MKV, MPG/MPEG, TS, M2TS, 3GP, VOB,
* Your HD TV can find & display your photo, videos, music stored on your iPhone/iPad (Camera Roll, iTunes, Documents)
* Access your media servers also outside your home network environment – through VPN connection
* Enjoy iPhone stored HD Movies, videos and photos, on your TV or any other screen, without any wires or plugs needed
* Find wireless your favourite media files on MAC, PC, NAS, Media Box, etc and stream it to the screen you like
* Exchange media between any DLNA and UPnP devices (NAS, TV, Xbox360, PS3 etc)
* Playback control of volume, pause, stop, scroll, forward, and backward
* Watch & control movies, photos and video on your iPad or iPhone, even when they are stored on other devices/servers
* And much more to come…
A unique high-end DLNA and UPnP solution, offering you the rich experience to control, stream & enjoy all your media, with just a few taps on your iPhone or iPad. Have fun with your friends and family and stream -to any screen- your favourite movies, videos, music or photos.
To share media files in your home wifi network, ArkMC offers the easiest user interface, with impressive performance and a list of unique features. In a few seconds ArkMC connects a DLNA and UPnP compatible display (TV/PC/TABLET/MOBILE/GAME CONSOLE) or music installations with the media stored on your iPhone/iPad, NAS, Xbox360, PS3, MAC, PC, Tablet, Smartphone, etc. The user interface is straightforward and offers complete control of your media files within your WiFi home network.
For your convenience, we build in the very powerful Ark Media Player – which supports most of the popular formats (3GP, AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MKV, MPG/MPEG, TS, M2TS, 3GP, VOB, FLV, MOV, M4V).
You can send media from external devices to your iPhone/iPad and control it at the same time. Your HD TV can find and display your photos, videos and music stored on your iPhone/iPad (Camera Roll, iTunes, Documents)
Another great feature is the option to discover your media via a VPN connection, so that you have access to all your media when you are traveling, at your friends place or on vacation.
The enthusiastic and motivated Arkuda Digital team is dedicated to offer its customers the best experience, and will continue to surprise ArkMC users with cool features and performance updates. If you have any suggestions, just drop a line and we will come back to you.
Sharing makes life Beautiful!
Tested media Servers:
- XBMC Media Server
- Windows media Player
- Foobar2000 Media Server
- My Book live
- Playon
- Twonky Media Server
Tested media Players:
- Samsung TVs, Philips TVs, LG TVs, Panasonic TVs, SONY TVs
- XBMX Media renderers
- WD TV Live
- Windows Media Player
- Foobar2000 media renderer
We are trying to make ArkMC application better and we would appreciate to have your feedback:
e-mail: arkmc(at)arkudadigital.com
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- 01-18-2013, 08:50 AM Thread Author #2
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
Digital Media Player (DMP)
- - Searching media servers in home network;
- - Browsing content of a media server, selecting media item (examples: video, audio or photo);
- - Playing media stream from DMS;
- - DMP can't be discovered or controlled by other software, which operates in home network.
Digital Media Controller (DMC)
- - Discovering media servers and media renderers in home network;
- - Browsing content of a media server, selecting media item (examples: video, audio or photo);
- - Selecting digital media renderer (DMR) and connect it with digital media server (DMS) in order to play selected media from server.
Digital Media Renderer (DMR)
- - Makes itself available for discovering and control in home network.
- - Play media streams from a digital media server (DMS);
- - Handle commands from remote UPnP/DLNA software such as pause, seek, change volume etc;
- - Reports "track duration", "current position" etc. to remote UPnP/DLNA software.
Supported file formats: 3GP, AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, MKV, MPG/MPEG, TS, VOB, FLV, MOV, M4V
Browsing media files stored in media libraries on UPnP/DLNA-compliant servers (PC, laptop, Tablet PC, NAS (network attached storage), Smartphone)
Controlling playback of all media files on all networked devices at once (pause, stop, forward, rewind, volume control)
Local Playback (play media files on your device media player)
Multi-playback - enables instant sharing of locally played files with all DLNA-enabled devices in the network and controlling them from ArkMC
Album art view album covers, artists, genres and other files characteristics
Play-To feature send image/music/video files from any external Windows Media Player to ArkMC
Last edited by ArkMCdev; 02-04-2013 at 07:30 AM.
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
Hello. Have anybody tried this application?
- 01-28-2013, 02:44 PM Thread Author #4
- 01-30-2013, 06:09 AM Thread Author #6
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
You have to use software that would works as a server on your PC.
It could be Windows Media Player - you just need to set it up. It could be also XBMC.
But experience shows that the best one for music sharing is Foobar2000 ( foobar2000 ). It is specially designed just for music.
After installation of Foobar2000 you have to install DLNA plugin - UPnP/DLNA Renderer, Server, Control Point 0.99.45
The advantage of Foobar2000 is its speed of work. It works almost instantly with no delays.
Last edited by ArkMCdev; 01-30-2013 at 06:23 AM.
- 02-01-2013, 09:58 AM Thread Author #8
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
Device with ArkMC could be also connected to external speakers throught mini jack and work as music center.
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
I have 2.1 speakers at my kitchen. Usually I was connectin my MP3 player here. But yesterday I have tried to connect my smartphone. It works nce.
- 02-05-2013, 07:43 AM Thread Author #10
- 02-07-2013, 06:32 AM Thread Author #11
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
We have tested interoperrability of ArkMC with Serviio media server.
ArkMC works good with Serviio bouth with video and audio sharing.
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
I have tried serviio too. It works nice.
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- 02-12-2013, 06:51 AM Thread Author #13
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
We are starting to prepare new version of application with interesting functionality.
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
I have visited my friend. He has Sony Playstation 3. I have conntected to his home network, but I didn't see Sony Playstation in the list of renderers, though it is DLNA compatible. What could be the reason of this?
- 02-18-2013, 06:27 AM Thread Author #15
- 02-20-2013, 08:20 AM Thread Author #16
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
Here is the information about different DLNA classes:
DMS - server, can share media information, can be accessed by controller and player.
DMP - can browse servers, select media and play it.
DMC - can browse servers, select media and sent it to another devices and controll playback.
DMR - can receive media from controllers and play it, can be controlled.
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
Thanks for the information. I have taken a look at DLNA site and I see that there are another DLNA classes DMPr, DMU, DMD.
Are you planning to add something of this to ArkMC?
- 02-22-2013, 05:16 AM Thread Author #18
- 02-25-2013, 07:58 AM Thread Author #19
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
Question to AkMC users: what servers and rederers do you use at your home network?
- 03-26-2013, 03:21 PM Thread Author #20
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
Hi to everyone
We have new ArkMC version 1.7!
New featuring:
Watch & control movies, photos and video on your iPad or iPhone, even when they are stored on other devices/servers
Your HD TV can find & display your photo, videos, music stored on your iPhone/iPad (Camera Roll, iTunes, Documents)
Enjoy it!
- 04-09-2013, 09:30 AM Thread Author #21
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
ArkMC 1.7.1 version is released!
The main improvement - complete new and much more powerful video player! Much more flawless playback with lower power consumption.
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Dear Sir,
I have installed in my Sony XPeria Z (Android), and it is fantastic - all can be played without problem. All my pictures, videos and music are put on NAS (Buffalo LinkStation ProDuo), and I accessed it using uPNP or DLNA.
Just recently, I got iPad mini (Iwith the latest iOS), and I have installed this application also, but I experienced some porblems:
- I cannot play DVD file (the picture is shown up, but no sound).
- Some of small MKV file is working fine, but most of them is only sound - picture is like "freezing" since the beginning.
- When I chose a file (I cannot get the pattern), the application is just closed - quit without any message. This happened not only for video, but also music file - mainly with flac format.
These problems are never happened in my android.
Do I have to install other application (codec maybe?) to solve these issue?
FYI, I just installed this application yesterday, so I think that is the latest version, but not light version.
Any suggestion?
- 10-31-2013, 11:55 AM Thread Author #23
Re: ArkMC Media Center DLNA/UPnP application
We are sorry for long responses.
Our support team finally works properly!
Ask, post, be up-to date with news!
We are going to update ArkMC in approximately two weeks!
Also we are launching two new apps!
Looking forward to hearing from you!
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Looking at the earnings health of the stock, analysts are expecting that the company will report earnings of $-0.03 per share for the current quarterly period on or around 2017-02-08. Last quarter the firm posted earnings of $-0.03 for the quarter. This was $-0.01 away from the analyst consensus, yielding a surprise factor of -50%. Large surprise factors can lead to significant stock price movement in the days and months following an earnings report. The Street will be watching to see if the firm will meet or beat this quarter.
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IntroductionAustralia (ôstrālˈyə) [key], smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. 20,090,000), 2,967,877 sq mi (7,686,810 sq km). Australia's capital is Canberra. Its largest city is Sydney, closely followed in population by Melbourne. There are five continental states (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia, in addition to the aforementioned Tasmania) as well as the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (an enclave within New South Wales, containing Canberra). Australia's external territories include Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
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Sweet...thanks for the info Cross.
^Birthday Sig & Ava from Mikessc88 <3 v Birthday Sig from Imotochan <3Lords of the Boredom Zone: Arhazivory Redsquirrel and Crossx21
gintama is an AWESOME series, i think it's waaay underrated though.
also, what's weird, is that i prefer the anime better, which is odd since i usually prefer the manga. but the manga is sometimes too cluttered, and seiyuus (VAs) for gintama are just amazing, they add so much to it XD
anime is nice because you get to see and hear the hilarious things that go on in the world of gintama.......
Ava&Sig by Ravona
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." -William Shakespeare
ipsa scientia potestas est
Senjougahara Fascination!
Anime is back, f*cking hilarious with the time skip reference. Shin's realization about his sis and gorilla left had me rolling. Kyubai lol!
Onto the thread, idk any companies fansubing, but I know if you look at Gintama wiki it'll say who produces it, you can look there. I'm sure they have subs for sale.
awesome gintama is back, all the one piece paradies in this ep was supper funny
^ Gintoki's Yamcha Dragon Ball change pretty funny too, who was Kagura suppose to be? And how they showed how powerful they become lol! Instantly jumping on Shin's head. Following it up with the explanation in their minds haha! Damn I missed this show.
@ Airicks you know your replying to a really old post that member long vanish into the lurker abyss if anything. But I guess you just wanted to answer it regardless.
Gintama's started a new season!?
FenixMarco, you just made my week.
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1About 50 feet of copper pipes and fittings valued at $2,000 were taken from a vacant home in the 8800 block of North Iroquois Road between Dec. 19 and Jan. 3. A real estate agent reported the theft.
2A 12-year-old Milwaukee girl was arrested for theft of items valued at $334 at Kohl's, 9060 N. Green Bay Road, at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4. The girl was wearing some of the nine items taken including a new pair of shoes leaving behind her old pair in the shoe box. The girl got into a car driven by a relative and all items were recovered.
3A driver's license, debit card and $47 cash were taken from a wallet left in a secured men's locker at the YMCA, 9250 N. Green Bay Road, between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Jan. 9.
A 38-year-old Milwaukee man was ordered to appear before the Milwaukee County District Attorney for damage to property/domestic violence related after arguing with a woman and then damaging her cellphone at 3 p.m. Jan. 18. The man, who left before police arrived, was called and told to appear or a warrant would be issued for his arrest. He hung up.
A 25-year-old Brown Deer man was arrested for criminal damage to property/domestic violence related after knocking a hole in a bathroom door the afternoon of Jan. 18. His ex-girlfriend said she had allowed the man to live with her because he had no where else to go. She also said he had been arrested in Florida for domestic violence when the two of them had been there. She signed a 72-hour no contact order.
4A 26-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for theft at Kohl's, 9060 N. Green Bay Road, at 6:45 p.m. Jan. 18. The woman, who had taken perfume and clothing valued at more than $180, said she had the money to buy the items but had "no intention of purchasing them legitimately."
A 23-year-old Brown Deer man was arrested for criminal damage to property/domestic violence related at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 21. He was arguing with a relative over the meaning of "Titletown" and the Green Bay Packers and punched a hole in the bathroom door. The man had a preliminary blood alcohol content of 0.154. The relative did not sign the 72-hour no contact order.
A 52-year-old Brown Deer man was arrested for disorderly conduct/domestic violence related after choking and twisting the arm of a male relative at 8:10 p.m. Jan. 22. The victim signed the 72-hour no contact order. The man, who had not taken his medication for depression and anger issues, had a preliminary BAC of 0.140. He posted bail and was released.
5Two men, one 24-years-old, residences not listed, are suspects in fraud after purchasing more than $4,500 of carpeting using worthless checks from Kern's Carpet, 8643 N. Port Washington Road, the week of Jan. 7 and reported Jan. 14. The store reported that a man and woman came to the store on Jan. 7 and purchased two sections of carpeting valued at more than $1,700 paying by personal check. They then made three more purchases of the same carpeting again using personal checks, at least one from a different bank. After that final purchase, the store was advised that the first check was on a closed account and worthless. When the men returned to the store, police reported that the 32-year-old was "wearing female attire." These same men are suspects in similar incidents in Brookfield and Milwaukee and are under investigation by police and the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department.
Residents reported receiving a collection letter from Enhanced Recovery Co. for $1,196 for unpaid bills to the Dish Network on Jan. 24. The residents had no account with Dish and have advised the collection agency.
6A 16-year-old boy, residence not available, was cited for damage to property and warned for a curfew violation at Longacre Skating Rink, 7343 N. Longacre Road, at 11:50 p.m. Jan. 18. When police arrived, another boy was attempting to push him out while he revved his engine. That wasn't possible because part of the car was in 1 1/2 feet of water. He said he drove onto the ice to do "some doughnuts." A tow company was called and the car removed.
7A 40-inch Dynex flat screen TV valued at $400 was taken from a room at the Radisson Hotel, 7065 N. Port Washington Road, after 5 p.m. Jan 14 and reported Jan. 17. The theft was discovered after a guest complained that the box TV in that room should be replaced with a flat screen TV. A check revealed the flat screen TV had been in that room but it was now gone and replaced by an older TV moved from a nearby room.
8A 30-year-old West Allis man was arrested Jan. 22 for a fraud at Concours Motors, 5990 N. Green Bay Road, on Dec. 14. He had purchased a BMW valued at $46,540 in December and had it financed by BMW. He then reportedly altered the title removing BMW as lien holder and sold the car to a Waukesha CarMax dealership Jan. 21.
9A 26-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for trespassing at The Apple Store, 5715 N. Centerpark Way, at 8:30 p.m. Jan. 19. The man had been at the store Jan. 18 and was warned not to return or he would be arrested after being disorderly in the store and following an employee to her car. He returned and was arrested.
10An obscene drawing using shaving or whipping cream was found on a driveway in the 400 block of West Daphne Road at noon Jan. 20. Rubber bands were also found on the driveway and lawn.
11An 18-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and obstruction/resisting after taking a Dodge Grand Caravan from the 4800 block of North Port Washington Avenue at 3:09 p.m. Jan 20. Police followed the car to the 4700 block of North 19th Place where the man jumped out and ran but was found by canine officer Boomer. When stopped, he denied taking the car and when reminded he was driving it, said, "Ya, but I didn't steal it." He did say, however, that he and two other males "may have entered" other cars in Glendale. Cars were entered with two ignitions damaged, a window broken and items taken in the 4600 blocks of North Elm Tree Road and North Ironwood Lane and the 4900 block of North Navajo Avenue. At least one item was found in the stolen Dodge.
12Two condenser coils with a total weight of 200 pounds of copper tubing were taken from air-conditioners on a roof in the 4300 block of North Green Bay Avenue sometime after September and reported Jan. 22. The value was not listed.
A 34-year-old Glendale man was criminally charged with misdemeanor battery/domestic abuse after he was arrested for that and resisting/obstruction also domestic related about 2 a.m. Jan. 23. Police responded to the residence after a neighbor called 911 reporting a man yelling and a woman crying. The woman, who also called 911, had a bloody lip and said her live-in boyfriend had been drinking and would not let her leave and he jumped on the car cracking the windshield. The man, who was found hiding in the garage, denied hurting the woman saying he had no idea how she got a bloody lip. She signed a 72-hour no contact order.
No reportable incidents this week.
13A 47-year-old Milwaukee woman is a suspect for attempting to have a fraudulent/forged oxycodone prescription filled at Thompson's Serv-U Pharmacy, 1421 E. Capitol Drive, at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15. She fled the store when told the doctor was to be called to verify the prescription which was fraudulent.
14A 34-year-old man, residence not listed, was cited for trespassing at a relative's home in the 1600 block of East River Park Court at 7:15 p.m. Jan. 18. He had been warned about two hours before to leave and not to return or he would be cited. He returned and was cited.
15An apartment was entered but nothing taken in the 3900 block of North Cramer Street before midnight Jan. 18. An exterior window was broken to gain entry.
16A 44-year-old Milwaukee man was cited for disorderly conduct after a witness reported him urinating against a building in the 1300 block of East Capitol Drive at 9:36 p.m. Jan. 20. The man said he had to "go really bad."
An 18-year-old Shorewood man was arrested for unlawful use of a computer and disorderly conduct after sending "threatening messages" via Facebook to a juvenile the afternoon of Jan. 22.
17A smartphone and case valued at $220 were taken when left unattended in the weight room at Shorewood Fitness Center, 3839 N. Oakland Ave., between 7 and 7:45 p.m. Jan. 24.
18A front window was damaged in the 5500 block North Berkeley Boulevard on Jan. 19 or 20 and reported Jan. 22. The amount or cause of the damage was not reported.
A 23-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man, both of Whitefish Bay, were arrested for disorderly conduct/domestic related at 1:46 a.m. Jan. 25. A child was turned over to a relative. Police were informed that an Assistant District Attorney "declined to issue charges" and that the Milwaukee Bureau of Child Welfare would be notified of the incident.
19A resident reported a male looking through a mailbox in the 4900 block of North Wildwood Avenue at 1:10 p.m. Jan. 25. The man, described as wearing a red and black jacket and a blue hat, "took off" when he noticed he was being watched.
20A smiley face painted with chocolate syrup was found on the hood of a 2011 Chevy Camaro convertible in the 5500 block of North Hollywood Avenue at 9:25 p.m. Jan. 25. The owner reported his car had been vandalized before. No damage was reported.
21Three bottles of vodka valued at $103 were taken by a man who threatened employees as he fled the CVS Pharmacy, 240 E. Hampton Road, about 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26. The suspect left in a blue Toyota Corolla.
Firefighters responded to 139 calls, 96 emergency medical and 43 fire/rescue, Jan. 21 to 27.
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About BlitzMax
OverviewBlitzMax is the new, next generation game programming language from Blitz Research. BlitzMax retains the BASIC roots of Blitz3D and BlitzPlus, but adds a ton of cool new features and abilities.
Enhanced BASIC languageBlitzMax is BASIC...but with a few twists, including:
Multiplatform supportBlitzMax has been designed from the ground up for multiplatform support, and BlitzMax programs can be compiled for Windows, MacOS X and Linux. The BlitzMax license is 'all in one' - buy BlitzMax once and run your programs on all three platforms!
Modular designBlitzMax is largely based around the idea of modules, collections of commands stored in special files. You can add your own modules to the system, allowing you to cleanly reuse code in your own projects. Modules are also a great way to distribute libraries of commands, and Blitz Research have many weird and wonderful modules lined up for future release!
Easy to use 2D command setBlitzMax includes the Max2D module which contains a set of very easy to use 2D commands. On MacOS X and Linux, Max2D uses the OpenGL API, while on Windows PCs you have the option of using either the OpenGL or DirectX APIs. Both OpenGL and DirectX use 3D hardware to draw graphics to the screen, allowing for advanced effects such as realtime blending, rotation and scaling.
Intelligent build systemBlitzMax allows you to split a project up into multiple source files which can be pre-compiled to massively reduce development time. This process is handled automatically by the included BMK ('Blitz make') utility and is completely transparent to the developer.
IDE and DebuggerThe BlitzMax package includes an 'integrated development environment' (IDE), which is used to enter your programs, and a debugger for tracking down bugs.
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GLGraphics 640,480 While Not KeyHit( KEY_ESCAPE ) glClear GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT glBegin GL_TRIANGLES glVertex2i 0,1 glVertex2i 1,-1 glVertex2i -1,-1 glEnd Flip WendIn addition, a module based on the popular 'Glew' library provides support for all OpenGL extensions.
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Oh Canada!
January 03 2011 09:21AM
Team Canada plays the Americans today in the latest battle with our friends to the south. The World Juniors have a special place in the hearts of this nation, partly because it's a preview of coming attractions (see photo). Edmonton Oiler fans have learned to pay special attention to the World Juniors over the years. It's a chance to see future Oilers and has been from the beginning.
Pick a former Oiler star and chances are he played for Team Canada at the World Junior's. Here's a partial list:
- Dave Hunter 7gp, 6-0-6 (1977)
- Wayne Gretzky 6gp, 8-9-17 (1978)
- Marc Habscheid 7gp, 6-6-12 (1982)
- Gord Sherven 7gp, 1-3-4 (1983)
- Jeff Beukeboom 3gp, 1-0-1 (1985)
- Selmar Odelein 7gp, 1-5-6 (1985)
- Emanuel Viveiros 7gp, 1-1-2 (1986)
- Martin Gelinas 7gp, 0-2-2 (1989)
- Geoff Smith 7gp, 0-1-1 (1989)
- Ralph Intranuovo 7gp, 3-2-5 (1993)
- Tyler Wright 7gp, 3-3-6 (1993)
- Nick Stadjuhar 7gp, 1-4-5 (1994)
- Ryan Smyth 7gp, 2-5-7 (1995)
- Mike Watt 5gp, 1-2-3 (1996)
- Boyd Devereaux 7gp, 4-0-4 (1997)
- Jason Chimera 7gp, 2-2-4 (1999)
- Jarret Stoll 7gp, 0-2-2 (2001)
- Danny Syvret 6gp, 1-2-3 (2005)
- Andrew Cogliano 6gp, 1-4-5 (2006)
- Andrew Cogliano 6gp, 1-2-3 (2007)
- Sam Gagner 6gp, 0-0-0 (2007)
- Jordan Eberle 6gp, 6-7-13 (2009)
- Jordan Eberle 6gp, 8-5-13 (2010)
- Taylor Hall 6gp, 6-6-12 (2010)
Curtis Hamilton and Olivier Roy joined that list this season. That's a helluva list.
The ultimate prize awaits four teams: Canada, Russia, Sweden and the United States of America. Canada is not the favorite, in fact a reasonable seeding would have them 3rd behind the Swedes and the defending champions. Never go against Canada when the sporting event takes place on ice or involves drinking adult beverages WITH ice. It's a loser's bet.
Game time for RUS-SWE is 1:30 this afternoon and the CAN-USA game goes at 5pm. tsn has the video and Team 1260 the audio.
Bless you boys, bring back the Zeta-Jones.
USA Hockey just doesn't get it, and probably never will at this rate.
They continue to have a hard-on for NCAA players in selecting their roster for this tournament, and other than last year's gold medal (on the shoulders of a OHL goaltender), what has that preference done for them?
January 03 2011, 09:07PM
Game plan obviously to take the body at every opportunity. Ties in with GSC comment. NCAA can be cheap / dirty but not as "in your face" physical as CHL. Nice to see WHL guys carrying the mail. Props to Hamilton who moves from 13th forward at start of tournament to top line. Not the smoothest skater I have seen but he is big, goes to tough areas and is very responsible. ~Now can we make him a center and teach him to take draws~.
January 04 2011, 12:30AM
gotta wonder if pitlick coulda got something started for the states
January 04 2011, 12:31AM
and the united states brass is totally unjustified for punishing players that leave theyre system
January 04 2011, 11:43AM
USA Hockey just doesn't get it, and probably never will at this rate.
They continue to have a hard-on for NCAA players in selecting their roster for this tournament, and other than last year's gold medal (on the shoulders of a OHL goaltender), what has that preference done for them?
Jack Campbell wasn't in the OHL last year when he helped win gold for the US. Other than that, I agree. It's hard to win when you don't take the best possible team.
Granted I don't know if this US team was the best possible team or not, but they have been reluctant in the past to take CHLers.
I still don't understand why the United States were favoured. They won gold last year but didn't do much to actually win it.
If Jake Allen doesn't serve 3 goals up on a giant silver platter (not to mention the OT stinker on Allen), the game isn't close.
You can't win a game (as we saw when Sweden beat Canada in the round robin) when your goaltending gives up 4 bad goals.
January 04 2011, 01:06PM
(not to mention the OT stinker on Allen)
Should be not to mention the OT stinker on Jones.


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RIP, Rik.
You were my boy in The Young Ones …
That is too young. RIP.ReplyCancel
Violet sleeps with Enty 😉ReplyCancel
@Dingle, more like since Enty steals all his blinds from the Daily Mail, it would only be proper to give the Brits a shout out…;-)ReplyCancel
Oooooooo, Violet has some serious pull with Enty. And then look at that sassy comeback to Dingle. Our little ginger Brit is all fired up today.ReplyCancel
So sad. Rik never really recovered from the quad bike accident.
My fave character of his was Alain B'stard, the New Statesman.ReplyCancel
Gutted. I loved him growing up.
Who's gonna look after Snot Face now??ReplyCancel
Very sad, very young. RIP.
Am I ghoulish to want to know cause of death? :-((ReplyCancel
I'm distraught about this. Far far too young. I grew up watching him. The young ones, bottom (TV and live shows) Blackadder, king arthurs disasters…drop dead fred, the new statesman (my fave). He will be sooooo missed xxxxxxxxReplyCancel
Loved him in The Young Ones. "Look out! CLIFF!!!"ReplyCancel
We would sit around (smoking hash) and watching The Young Ones, Bennie Hill, Monty Python and Dr. Who (Tom Baker!). In the very early 80's there was quite a bit of British TV available in the states. There was nothing like it at the time and quite frankly there's been nothing like it since (nothing like that hash either). RIP Rik.ReplyCancel
Death 'not suspicious' say police. Very sudden. His wife found him this morning. Dreadful for her and children.ReplyCancel
That B'stard thing was the first comedy series I ever watched (local and foreign).
I was about 15 when my friends and and I used to sit around laughing at him and the anarchic humour of The Young Ones.
This is such sad news. Rest in Peace xReplyCancel
The Young Ones were the best ever!!!
There was always a weird "blip" on the screen-every episode. If you slowed the VHS tape down, you would see that a random picture had been inserted.
Every one.
Enty, how could you not mention "Drop Dead Fred"?? It came out when I was about 10 and everybody I knew around my age *loved* it.
Sometimes when I'm annoyed at someone I still think of Drop Dead Fred's solution for Lizzie's ex-boyfriend. "I know! We'll harpoon him through the head!" LOL.ReplyCancel


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Our testers were impressed with the near-seamless construction of the upper on the RC1600. The only two exposed seams occur in areas just forward of the heel where friction is unlikely, making it an excellent shoe for going sock-free without irritation. In terms of fit, we found the RC1600 offers a fit similar to the RC1400 – expect a snug toebox for performance with a medium-fitting upper elsewhere in the shoe.
The RC1600 offers a firm and responsive midsole, with cushioning sufficient for distances up to the marathon. Of course, its lightweight package is suitable for shorter races as well. Outsole traction is excellent, with rubber grips placed in the forefoot that prevent slippage during toe-off. Overall, we expect this shoe to catch on with runners looking for high performance in races up to the marathon.
This is a great shoe for someone looking for a sleeker shoe than the RC1400, with a bit more cushioning than shoes like the RC5000.
The RevLite compound in the midsole is pretty responsive and light, while offering a surprising amount of protection from the ground.
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At a news conference in Chicago on Thursday with the other mayors, Emanuel said he and other leaders, while supporting tougher gun legislation in Washington, must push state lawmakers to do the same.
Besides the ban on assault weapons, the mayors want a ban on high-capacity ammunition clips like the ones that allowed the man who killed children and teachers last week in Connecticut to fire dozens of shots.
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The following types of organizations are key DSpace and Fedora users:
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- Public Institutions of Knowledge: interestingly, our first two pilot partners are not with universities but with public institutions. NYPL and BHL (Smithsonian and Missouri Botanical Gardens) have shown particularly high enthusiasm and interest in innovation with the cloud.
Those 1,200 repository implementations, however, only account for just 3% of the total yearly downloads of DSpace and Fedora. Corporations, consultants and independent IT contractors also download and use DSpace and Fedora software.
As indicated in DuraSpace's Articles of Incorporation, the objective of DuraSpace is to benefit the public directly through the creation and deployment of open source software and services aimed at supporting scholarly communication and scientific research, improving the quality of education, promoting free and open access to the latest scientific discoveries and intellectual perspectives, and helping to ensure the longevity of our digital history.
Individuals can find out how to be a contributor and, or committ code for the DSpace or Fedora Open Source projects here:
You may also decide to participate with a global network of colleagues to tackle the challenges of key areas that DuraSpace suports by joining a DuraSpace Community Group.
Help and Support Services
Does anyone offer consulting services on how to use DSpace and, or Fedora, for specific types of use cases?
DSpace and Fedora offer "getting started" step-by-step instructions:
DuraSpace offers periodic web seminar series with partners Oracle, PASIG, SPARC, BPress and ePrints. Subscribe to the DuraSpace news blog to receive web seminar updates. Previously recorded web seminars are also available.
Various independent service providers also offer private and independent training and instruction for DSpace and, or Fedora. More information is avaialable directly from service providers:
DSpace and Fedora User Group meetings are held several times each year in locations around the world. These events are community-sponsored, and convened with the purpose of providing users and developers in a particular region with updates and networking opportunities regarding software implementation in local communities. Subscribe to the DuraSpace news blog to receive user group meeting updates.
The DSpace and Fedora communities host lively discussion lists where subscribers both ask and answer specific implementation questions on a daily basis. By joining the DSpace and Fedora mail lists, wikis and by subscribing to RSS news feeds and following DuraSpace on twitter you can take part in this open exchange of knowledge, expertise and opportunity.
Open Source Development Process
DuraSpace's role is to provide leadership to ensure the health of the processes that support our open source projects modeled on the Apache Software process as a best practice. Developing open-source software with a community-based process requires dedicated effort by both developers and users. The DuraSpace organization provides coordination, tools and services for community contributors who are working for institutions that are committed to collaboration towards shared benefits for all.
- Open technologies exhibit one or more of the following qualities: open source software, transparent, open standards, open interfaces, and, or open communities. Open technologies are transparent which helps them to evolve gracefully promoting both durability and long-term access that do not lock communities into a singular way of managing digital assets, particularly because open communities participate in the onging development of open technologies. Open technologies are more easily integrated with other technologies because they use open standards. DuraSpace technologies exhibit all of these qualities.
- Open source projects give direct access to the code used to produce the software. This permits adopters - or third parties with whom they contract - to audit, rebuild, extend, and support the software without a direct dependency on the original authors, or any specific organization. In most cases this results in an ecosystem around the project which creates a robust solution.
Open Technologies
Over the years, (institutional) repositories and content management systems (CMS) have seen a great amount of feature overlap. However, both systems remain distinct in their underlying purposes and the needs they fulfill.
Although this is a generalization, repositories and content management systems tend to differ in the following ways:
Content Management Systems (CMS)
- Generally speaking, a CMS may be thought of as a digital content creation & publication system
- Geared towards content creation / production and online publication
- Geared towards collaborative creation/modification of content
- Geared towards general usage (used for any general digital content)
- May also be geared towards building websites and creating content for the web
(Institutional) Repositories
- Generally speaking, a Repository may be thought of as a digital "archives" system
- Geared towards long-term storage, digital preservation and accessibility of completed content
- Geared towards ensuring and maintaining provenance of completed or published content
- Primarily used for scholarly and/or published content (though may be used for general content as well)
- Tends to also follow latest library/archival best practices (around metadata, preservation, persistent URLs, etc.)
There are scenarios where one may wish to choose either a CMS or a Repository:
Some general benefits of a Content Management System:
- More conducive to collaborative creation of content/documents
- Often better for highly dynamic content ("living documents")
- Often better for building websites (which by nature are rapidly changing / evolving)
Some general benefits of a Repository:
- Often provides more digital preservation tools or integrations with such tools (e.g. file format validation/verification, integrity checking, integrations with Antivirus software, etc.)
- Often provides persistent URLs (Handles, DOIs and/or PURLs) for all digital content to help ensure long term access
- Tends to follow latest library and archives best practices around metadata (e.g. Dublin Core, MODS, METS, etc.), digital preservation (e.g. OAIS, TRAC, PREMIS, etc.), and interoperability (e.g. OAI-PMH, SWORD protocol, OAI-ORE, etc.)
- Often better at long term preservation & access of finished/published documents
It is worth noting that choosing a CMS or a repository is not necessarily an "either/or" option. Based on your local needs, you may wish to use both systems in your document creation and preservation workflow. For example, a CMS may be used to collaboratively create your digital content. Once the digital content is completed, it may be archived/preserved within a repository. Alternatively, your CMS may wish to pull archived content from an external repository in order to allow for content reuse/remix, or to simply expose your archived content through the same interface as your dynamic/collaborative content. Many popular Content Management Systems provide modules or add-ons that allow them to integrate directly into popular repository platforms.
Some examples of using a Repository with a CMS:
- Islandora is built on the Drupal CMS platform and stores its content in a Fedora Repository
- Drupal's DSpace module allows one to pull DSpace repository content/metadata into a Drupal CMS
- Joomla's DSpace module (J-CAR) allows one to pull DSpace repository content/metadata into a Joomla CMS
Additional Points of View:
- "Alternatives to Repositories", published by JISC infoNet
DuraCloud is an independent cloud-based service focused on preservation and access services that are complementary to DSpace and Fedora. DuraCloud is integrated with DSpace and Fedora repositories to provide replication of local content to the cloud. In the future, DSpace and Fedora will most likely be offered as a hosted service within the DuraCloud platform.
For some time there has been interest expressed among DuraSpace communities in having Fedora act as either a robust storage layer or archive layer behind the DSpace application while maintaining the out-of-the-box DSpace experience including workflows, and look and feel. There is work underway than may eventually enable the option to run the DSpace application on top of a Fedora repository. To achieve this requires a series of developments:
- A way to extract the items from DSpace's current internal store, along with all of their relationships (communities, collections, and Epeople). DuraSpace is currently developing this as a general, roundtripping AIP capability for DSpace.
- An implementation of the DSpace data model using the Fedora repository. There is prior art (which would need to be updated) for this from 2008 and 2009.
- A conversion, crosswalking, or import utility for the above two items. There is neither a schedule nor a committment for this yet.
- Designing an integration of the DSpace business logic, User authentication and authorization with Fedora. This is no schedule or committment for this yet.
- Porting the DSpace user, administrative, and web services interface applications to run against the resulting environment. There is no schedule or committment for this yet.
Not all of these steps need to be complete for some models of operation involving running DSpace and Fedora as distinct, cooperating applications.
Also see DSpace-Fedora Integration FAQ for a more DSpace-specific Integration FAQ.
DSpace: DuraSpace Open Technologies spec sheet; Fedora: Open Technologies spec sheet, and; DuraCloud: description of project.
DuraCloud is a hosted service and open technology that enables organizations and end users to use cloud services. It is a cloud-based service that leverages existing cloud infrastructure to enable durability and access to digital content. The service is particularly focused on meeting requirements for academic, scientific, and cultural heritage. DuraCloud leaves the basics of pure storage to those who do it best (storage providers) and overlays storage solutions with additional functionality that is essential to ensuring long-term access and ease of use. DuraCloud offers cloud storage, plus replication of content across multiple providers. Once digital content is stored in the cloud, compute services are the key to unlocking its value. DuraCloud provides services that enable digital preservation, data access, transformation, and data sharing. DuraCloud offers customers an elastic capacity with a "pay as you go" approach. It is appropriate for individuals, single institutions, or for multiple organizations that want to make use of cross-institutional infrastructure. DuraCloud has been in a pilot phase during Fall 2009. Plans are to release DuraCloud as a service hosted by the DuraSpace not-for-profit organization in Summer 2011.
Fedora is a robust, modular repository system for the management and dissemination of digital content. It is especially suited for digital libraries and archives, both for access and preservation. It is also used to provide specialized access to very large and complex digital collections of historic and cultural materials as well as scientific data. Fedora's flexibility enables it to integrate gracefully with many types of enterprise and web-based systems, offering scalability (e.g., millions of objects) and durability (e.g., all of the information is maintained in files with no software dependency, from which the complete repository can be rebuilt at any time). It also provides the ability to express rich sets of relationships among digital resources and to query the repository using the semantic web's SPARQL query language. Fedora has a worldwide installed user base that includes academic and cultural heritage organizations, universities, research institutions, university libraries, national libraries, and government agencies.
DSpace is a turnkey institutional repository application. Globally, it is the most widely-used open source repository software with over 1,000 known installations in over 90 countries. Out-of-the-box, DSpace is primarily used for the creation of institutional repositories and open access repositories. DSpace is installed by organizations, especially libraries, as a way to provide access to research output, scholarly publications, library collections, and more. DSpace stores any type of content (text, image, audio, video) and offers built-in workflows for content submission and review. The DSpace application provides many features and tools for managing digital content and enabling digital preservation. Organizations can easily make their digital collections available on the Web using DSpace's customizable end user interfaces along with many community-developed features and utilities.
There are several ways to support the DuraSpace organization. Please consider providing financial support through the DuraSpace Members Program. Contributions of code and community expertise to DuraSpace open source projects are encouraged. Find out how to get involved by contributing your time and skills here: Fedora Developers; DSpace Developers. Being involved in, or organizing a new Solution Community is also a great way to work with other community members on new strategies, requirements and initiatives around areas of mutual interest.
The organization has a Board of Directors with deep connections to library, industry, higher education and open knowledge communities. The Board works with the executive team consisting of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Strategy Officer, and Chief Technology Officer to execute the organization's strategy and business models. The Directors for Marketing, Communications and Community Programs provide leadership, services and information to support DuraSpace programs and communities. From a technology perspective, DuraSpace provides technical leadership and coordination for each open source repository project (DSpace and Fedora) as well as for new and emerging technologies (e.g., DuraCloud).
DuraSpace is funded through multiple types of financial and in-kind contributions from a variety of sources, sponsors and individuals which include member contributions and partner sponsorships at three levels, corporate sponsorship, foundation support through grants, and revenues from services.
We provide leadership to inspire community-driven projecs that have resulted in exciting innovations and the continuous growth of Fedora and DSpace. With deep experience in the open source software developement process, DuraSpace Solution Communities engage technically-aware managers, technical practitioners and their organizations in the open source process to define the mission for software development as well as in strategies for its successful completion. DuraSpace also continues to develop cutting-edge technologies, such as DuraCloud, to help organizations take advantage of cloud-based services that support digital preservation, archiving, and data curation.
DuraSpace is committed to providing leadership and innovation in the development and deployment of open technologies that promote durable, persistent access to digital data. We collaborate with academic, scientific, cultural, and technology communities in creating practical solutions to help ensure that current and future generations have digital access to our collective heritage.
DuraSpace is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. DuraSpace software and services are used worldwide as solutions for open access, institutional repositories, digital libraries, digital archives, data curation, virtual research environments, and more. DuraSpace provides leadership and innovation in the use of open source and cloud-based technologies to serve libraries, universities, research centers, cultural heritage institutions, and other knowledge stewards. The organization's open source technology portfolio includes the DSpace open access repository application and the Fedora open repository platform. DuraSpace is the home of the DuraCloud project, a new technology and hosted service that leverages existing cloud infrastructure to enable durability and access to digital content. The DuraSpace team includes recognized leaders and experts in the management of digital information. The team works with an active and diverse international community committed to the durability of digital resources.
The DuraSpace technology portfolio inherently addresses the issue of durability of digital content. Our values are expressed in our organizational byline, "open technologies for durable digital content."


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During the March meeting of the Emery County Public Lands Council, Bryan Torgerson from SITLA gave an informative presentation about the school trust lands organization and how it works. In the February meeting the council requested of Torgerson a more detailed report on how SITLA and the Division of Wildlife Resources have worked out the agreement to allow hunting on SITLA lands and the compensation for SITLA to allow this use.
Torgerson explained the SITLA organization. Trust lands were granted to Utah schools by the United States Congress in 1894 (two years prior to statehood) for the financial support of Utah's public schools. The lands were granted in a trust, with public schools as the primary beneficiary of the trust. They are not public lands. This fact is backed by Utah's Constitution, state law, and 200 years of case-law. Utah law states that the trust beneficiary "...does not include other governmental institutions or agencies, the public at large, or the general welfare of the state."
In 1994, following a two year legislative task force and a one year citizen task force, the legislature reorganized the administration of trust lands and clarified its mandate to be operated similarly to a business. Because it is run as a business, no general fund dollars are used for the management of trust lands. SITLA is required by law to receive fair market value for the use of trust lands, especially where commercial opportunities present themselves. This includes commercialized hunting opportunities that are clearly out there and in strong demand.
In 1997, SITLA entered into an agreement (a memorandum of understanding) with DWR. Essentially, the agreement provides that most of the 3.4 million acres of trust lands are open for public hunting. This access for unencumbered (non-leased) trust lands was granted in return for an annual payment of $200,000. It was recognized that the $200,000 was below market value at that time and that both agencies would also pursue additional general fund appropriations from the legislature for access to trust lands by the general public (this never occurred). Moreover, this agreement precluded the use of trust lands by Cooperative Wildlife Management Units for its 10 year term. The agreement expires in 2007.
SITLA recently hired independent hunting consultants to determine the potential value of hunting access on trust lands. The appraisal identifies almost 1 million acres of trust land that could be commercialized and leased to outfitters and adjoining landowners for marketing hunter access.
SITLA has data that provides substantial reason to believe that the prime hunting areas on trust lands could be leased for much more than the $250,000 current annual payment for hunting access. SITLA would prefer to keep these lands open for public access to hunters if a way to provide fair values to the schools can be found.
For the past three years, SITLA has engaged DWR in discussions to formulate a new agreement that more accurately reflects current fair value for hunter access to trust lands.
Most importantly, SITLA prefers to keep school lands open to the public for hunting. But consistent with its mandate, it must receive a fair return in order to preserve that option on its commercially marketable lands.
In February 2007, SITLA and the DWR entered into another 10 year memorandum of understanding. The MOU terms allow public access to trust lands for hunting, trapping, fishing, and viewing of wildlife; prohibits participation in any Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit or big game landowner association on trust lands; SITLA cannot convey to another party any hunting, trapping, fishing or wildlife viewing rights on any trust lands; prohibits the establishment of a domestic elk hunting park or other facility for hunting of privately owned big game animals on trust lands; DWR shall pay the trust land account a base amount of $500,000 for a one-year term, commencing Sept. 1, 2007. Thereafter, annual payments shall be made on or before the end of the first fiscal quarter of each year, and to bring the annual payment closer to the fair market value it will be adjusted annually by compounding the yearly payment by 5 percent
The trustland's ability to generate revenues from various sources is very important for the amount of dividends that can be paid. The trust land dividend to Utah's schools must not be underrated. The amount of that dividend has increased dramatically in just a few short years. The direct distributions began in 2000. That year the distribution was $4.9 million. This school year (2006-2007) the distribution increased to more than $18 million. The amount of money distributed is nowhere near the total annual revenues generated from trust lands. It is the amount of money generated from interest and dividends on the Permanent State School Fund and is limited by current state law.
Torgerson said the goal of SITLA is to get the trustfund to $1 billion in the next few years. After this goal is reached the payout to schools will increase. Currently interest is also going back into the fund to achieve the $1 billion goal as soon as possible.
Torgerson said the agreement with the DWR will benefit all involved. The school trustlands monies are allocated to each school in Utah on a percentage basis. The school trustlands committee meets and decides where the trustlands money will be spent. Emery County schools have spent their money on a variety of programs since the year 2000, the money has increased each year. Money can be spent on books, computer programs, technology, science, math, reading, etc. There are stipulations to what can be purchased. It cannot be used to purchase equipment such as desks, curtains for the stage, and other like items. After the trustlands committee select where the money will go, they fill out and submit the plan to the school board for their approval, after their approval the plan is forwarded to the state office of education afterwhich the money will be sent to the district and then to the individual schools.
Torgerson said that SITLA is largely misunderstood. In Utah, some trustlands are put up for sale, if it is an advantage to do so. But, he said at the rate they sell their land it would take 300 years to sell all the SITLA land and that is not the plan. SITLA is more land rich than money rich. The $1 billion goal is a benchmark which has been set by the legislature. The permanent fund keeps increasing and just the interest from this is spent. The fund itself isn't touched.
The public lands council thanked Torgerson for his presentation on SITLA. The next public lands council meeting is slated for April 10 at 10 a.m.


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Well-designed research assignments can develop students' critical thinking skills and deepen their subject knowledge.
Keep in mind the tips below when designing a research assignment. Librarians are also happy to work with you on assignment design. And there are many alternatives to the research paper!
Clarity/Unambiguous Terminology
- Explain the assignment clearly, preferably in writing. BE SPECIFIC.
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- If you expect students to use primary source material, be sure they understand what you mean by primary.
- Be clear about differences between popular and scholarly resources; state differences between types of sources when there is a specific requirement to use (or not use) them.
- If you discourage the use of "web sites", be sure to clarify that web-based research databases subscribed to by the library are acceptable.
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- Check with your subject librarian to be sure that the library has the resources your students need to complete the assignment.
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