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H1N1 Nasal Spray Vaccine (cont.)
When should the 2009 H1N1 nasal-spray flu vaccine be given?
Flu vaccination should begin as soon as vaccine is available and continue throughout the influenza season, into December, January, and beyond. By early October 2009, extensive 2009 H1N1 flu activity was being reported in the United States. It's possible that there may be waves of 2009 H1N1 activity during the 2009-2010 flu season that hit communities more than once over the course of the influenza season, which typically peaks in January or February but can last as late as May.
How many doses of nasal spray vaccine are needed?
In adults, only one dose of 2009 H1N1 vaccine, including the 2009 H1N1 nasal spray vaccine, is needed for protection.
All children 2 through 9 years of age getting a 2009 H1N1 vaccine will need two doses of 2009 H1N1 vaccine (either the 2009 H1N1 flu shot or the 2009 H1N1 nasal spray vaccine), The first dose should being given as soon as vaccine becomes available. The second dose should be given 28 or more days after the first dose. The first dose "primes" the immune system; the second dose provides immune protection. Children who only get one dose of vaccine when they need two doses may have reduced or no protection. Be sure to follow up to get your child a second dose if they need one. It usually takes about two weeks after the second dose for protection to begin.
Can people who got the flu shot last year get the nasal-spray flu vaccine LAIV this year?
Yes, people who got inactivated influenza vaccine (the flu shot) last year can get the nasal-spray flu vaccine this year.
Can the nasal-spray flu vaccine be given at the same time as other vaccines?
The nasal spray flu vaccine can be given at the same time or around the same time as an inactivated (killed) vaccine or any other live vaccine except for the seasonal nasal spray vaccine. (The seasonal nasal spray vaccine and the 2009 H1N1 nasal spray vaccine should not be given at the same time.) The 2009 H1N1 flu shot (inactivated 2009 H1N1 vaccine) can be given at the same visit as any other vaccine, including pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.
Can the 2009 H1N1 nasal spray vaccine and the seasonal nasal spray vaccine be given at the same time to the same person?
No. The seasonal nasal spray vaccine and the 2009 H1N1 nasal spray vaccine should not be given at the same time. This is because the nasal spray vaccines might not be as effective if given together. It is fine to receive the 2009 H1N1 nasal spray at the same time as the seasonal influenza (flu) shot, or the seasonal flu nasal spray at the same time as the 2009 H1N1 flu shot vaccine.
Can the nasal-spray flu vaccine be used together with influenza antiviral medications?
If a person is taking an influenza antiviral drug (including Tamiflu® or Relenza®, then the nasal spray flu vaccine should not be given until 48 hours after the last dose of the influenza antiviral medication was given. If a person takes antiviral drugs within two weeks of getting the nasal spray flu vaccine, that person should get revaccinated. (The antiviral drugs will have killed the vaccine viruses that are supposed to cause the immune response against those viruses.)
Antiviral drugs can be taken with the inactivated (i.e. killed) flu vaccine.
If a child under the age of 9 years is getting seasonal influenza vaccine for the first time and requires 2 doses, does the same type of vaccine have to be used for both doses?
Ideally the same type of vaccine should be used for both doses as we know a series of two doses of the same type of vaccine has worked in clinical trials. No information is available about how effective a series of two different vaccines might be. If different types of vaccine are used for the first and second doses, however, there is no need to revaccinate a child. The doses should be separated by at least one month (28 days).
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- "Au théâtre ce soir"
- La corde (1971) TV episode, Played by Gilles Béhat (as Graniello)
- The Rope (1968) (TV) Played by Eddie Brugman (as Granillo)
... aka "De strop" - Belgium (original title)
- Köysi (1967) (TV) Played by Ville-Veikko Salminen (as Granillo)
- "ITV Play of the Week"
- Rope (1957) TV episode, Played by Ian Holm (as Granillo)
- The Wooden Dish (1957) TV episode, Played by Ian Holm (as Granillo)
- Rope (1953) (TV) Played by Kenneth Fortescue
- "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre"
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- Rope (1947) (TV) Played by Dirk Bogarde
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Born: February 6, 1971 in Detroit, Michigan
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College: Tennessee State University
Draft: Seattle SuperSonics, 1st round (11th pick, 11th overall), 1994 NBA Draft
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Pretty hideous.
Type: Posts; User: dumkopf
Pretty hideous.
This thread and memories of my '93 Si have me scouring craigslist. I had to go and run it out of oil. Sigh...
I didn't have the stock mount. Mine was stuck right in the opening.
That's not a ute.
For the lulz?
Go Bucks, indeed! While I like the idea, and it is a neat way of relocating the plate I'd rather just avoid it altogether. Hope that law dropping front plate requirement gets through the legislature!...
Now that you've brought this to my attention, I definitely will! On my day off too, hooray! :thumbup: Guess I'll have something to do once summer school is out and beyond!
I haven't seen that that often. 95% of the time, I see people running their front plates. I would definitely be up for something like this. Been wanting to go to C+C Columbus, as well. Now that I...
I work downtown and live near campus, but in both areas I have access to garage space. Do my odds then decrease? :laugh::thumbup:
'94 Miata. Front plate brackets covers 2/3 of the radiator grille. :mad::banghead:
I recently moved to Ohio and long story short I need to know how strictly enforced our front plate laws are. I know there's something coming down the tubes about dropping the requirement from the...
Is he still around? :laugh:
[QUOTE=VadGTI;77670422]Is that on GMR itself? I can't remember any spots with guardrails on both sides :D.
Is anyone down for a "TCLers-Mod-Vad's-M3-Prior-to-GMR" day?
What I need:
1) Large...
I can take care of that! :thumbup:
It's very run-able nowadays.
Good question. I think the FXX hands down would be the quicker car. 240 kilos lighter and about 100 hp more. :eek: Sounds like a winning recipe to me!
Not a problem. :thumbup: I know what...
X2 Pic ain't that great either.
:what: I don't get it. Put it in neutral and pull the handbrake up.
ftfy. :wave:
That's pretty ugly. I'll take a previous gen Focus RS, or in america, An MS3, WRX or even BRZ.
Looks pretty damn good to me! :thumbup:
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No, it's not okay to eat veal.
If you're already eating adult animals, why pussy out at baby animals? They all die for your pleasure anyway.
The "bland old-fashioned veal" was so off-putting.
Heirloom Veal is where it's at.
Once we solve the guilt-free foie gras problem our utopian carnivoria will become a reality.
All this Slog commenting makes me question how I am still employed.
Oh, right.
Veal is vile.
Now, why not switch to Buffalo Veal? Less methane, free range, but still morally objectionable ...
'Now if only they can figure out a way to deal with that methane problem '
That's right Erica, demand that someone else take responsibility and do something about it.
Go eat some bacon hotdog, and quit complaining you whinyass.
Ask, and the Germans deliver. A pill that helps cows digest methane. Supposed to be good for them, too: more energy extracted from the feed.
i eat lamb. they're young & cute.
i eat eggs from "cage-free" chickens.
so why say no to veal if they're "cage-free"? since i've crossed the cute-baby-animal line already, i don't think i can.
I will only eat veal that has been force-fed pate'.
I'm so glad I don't eat meat anymore, the longer I go without it the more disgusting the whole prospect is. I don't miss it one bit, there are so many other things to eat besides little cute well fed baby calves.
Thanks @8- looks like you have alot say to say on your blog about the transit issue. it's just too complex of an issue for me to belabor, but kudos to you.
i like comedy and technology best. Sarah Silverman has a sort of funny song in that movie of hers last year. She comes down real hard on jews for driving german cars. i don't know, I think the germans have superior scientists, thank god they exist, and i've gotten to ride as a passenger in a Mercedes, which felt like heaven. This Methane pill sounds like a good thing.
Really, eating veal already helps address the methane problem. Specifically, if you eat 'em while they're young, they have less time on the planet to produce methane, so total methane production per cow/calf is reduced compared to the year/18-month cows that most folks eat. Plus the little guys are tastier :)
(I'm kidding about the methane problem by the way, because it requires more calves to produce the same amount of protein in the bigger cow, so it's probably all about equal in the end)
Methane is only a fraction of the problem. The meat industry produces more greenhouse gasses than all of the cars/trucks in the world combined. The meat industry is the single greatest destroyer of the environment in the world (air, land, and water).
Not to mention that eating meat cuts an average of 6-10 years off your life and supports major Republican financial backers.
Eating meat is probably the least environmentalist or progressive choice you can make in your day-to-day life.
I'm with jamier. Fuck cows and their emissions. If Sound Transit would divert .05% of its tax revenue to killing cows, I'd get behind ST2. Let's cut GHG's!!!!!!
Jamier brings up a good point, and it's the only one that consistently provides me with a good reason to stay veg.
Another interesting thing about that stat - Livestock raising creates huge amounts of methane and nitrous oxide (37% and 65% respectively, but far less CO2 than automobile use. Methane and nitrous oxide are far, far more effective greenhouse gases than CO2, i.e. they trap much more UV radiation. However, CO2 stays put in the atmosphere for far longer. The way I read this? If we cut down on the amount of livestock we raise for meat (or at the very least, use smarter/greener methods) it will cut down on atmospheric greenhouse gas faster than if we cut down on auto use. ('course, CO2 is bad for other reasons, such as oceanic acidity, but that's a whole new can of worms)
They haven't changed anything about veal raising in Whatcom county in Washington. They've got those damn little plastic beehives all over the place. If you're going to eat veal, please, know where it came from - don't assume it's free-range. I've got no problem with eating meat, but the conditions those calves are in are pretty horrific. Otherwise, that's good news. I've been hoping for a while that people would wise up to raising them that way.
And for you guys opposed to eating calves because they're cute... veal is a byproduct, not a primary product. It's something that exists because dairies only need so many cows. The cows have to calve every year to continue to give milk, and once a herd is up to size, the calves aren't needed. They'd be killed one way or the other - so I'd just like it if they had a decent life on the way through.
The average vegetarian human produces as much methane as the average cow.
I ate meat for over thirty years, until I came to the realization that to kill another animal so that I can eat when there are non-violent alternatives available was wrong. I hope there will come a time when we understand as a people that animals are not ours to destroy, but instead are our responsibility to protect.
As Albert Einstein said:
"Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet"
See, this is why I like seafood.
OK, admittedly, I've got a 20 pound ham that I just bought (99 cents a pound!) in my fridge for dinner this weekend - and lunch - and dinner - and lunch ...
Your post reads like a news release from the Cattlemen's Beef Board. You can continue to "like" your meat, furthering your contribution to undue suffering and environmental awfulness or you can amend your diet in favor of a more compassionate and sustainable world.
I was under the impression that "real" or "original" veal was from an unborn calf, tender and succulent meat, such as it is, back in Roman/kind of end of Roman times, up to Gallia...
in any case Demi-glace and Espagnole are sublime, and making them is something of an art unto itself.
I only eat babies on special occasions. Grown ups for regular meals.
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CHICAGO -- Life off the court for Shameka Christon has been different in Chicago than it was in New York.
In New York, she found her way around the city with no trouble after spending six years with the Liberty. On her first day in Chicago, Christon turned a short drive to the store into an hour-plus adventure on her first day, and she still won't navigate any further from the street names she knows.
Chicago also feels much colder than New York to her, and as any true tourist, she still believes it's nicknamed the Windy City because of its weather.
The adjustments that Christon has made off the court are no different from those of any WNBA player who was traded during the offseason. What Christon, a 2009 All-Star, didn't expect when coming to the Chicago Sky from the Liberty, though, was a difference in playing basketball. That, too, has been different, and she's not complaining.
"It's a very big difference," said Christon, a 6-foot-1 forward who came to the Sky with Cathrine Kraayeveld in a three-team trade in March. "It's unreal to me, honestly. In New York, a lot of things are very, very structured. You didn't want to deviate outside of the structure. And here, it's more free flow, and they're just wanting you to relax and play basketball.
"That's one thing I have to say that I love because I don't have to worry about anything but playing basketball. It's more or less, 'Use your instincts.' I can't sit here and say it was like that in New York."
To be fair to the Liberty, Christon could see changes being made last season when Anne Donovan replaced the fired Pat Coyle as the Liberty's head coach. The restrictions were lightening up.
Sky coach Steven Key's basketball mentality is still different from that of any coach Christon has encountered. Key wants his players to experiment on the court without worrying about boundaries and consequences. When they do eventually make a mistake, Key will explain what went wrong.
"It's funny; Coach Key is like, 'Shameka, I want you to penetrate, go, take that,'" Christon said. "But I'm like, 'Wait, it's the first pass. Are you sure?' It's like [in New York], 'You better not shoot or take it on the first pass.' He's like, 'I want you just to play basketball. Everyone will play around you. It'll all work out. We'll all jell that way.'
"It's completely different. For me, I feel like I have to go back and relearn the game."
Christon flourished under New York's disciplined structure. Her numbers improved in each of her six seasons there, and in 2009 she was selected to her first All-Star Game and averaged a team-best 16.1 points a game.
Key believes that Christon is capable of even more in his system, and that's why he worked so hard to acquire her.
"We were looking for some talent at the wing spot," said Key, whose Sky open the regular season on Saturday at the Connecticut Sun. "Someone who can probably shoot 3s, as well as drive the ball and is a good defender. Her name kept popping up. In my mind for the last couple years, I've kind of identified her as the ideal person I like at the wing spot."
Sky guard Erin Thorn knows exactly what Christon is capable of in Chicago. Before joining the Sky last season, Thorn played her previous five seasons with Christon in New York.
"I think anybody benefits from a little bit of freedom," said Thorn, who also has been Christon's guide to Chicago off the court. "Obviously, there's some structure, but there's more freedom here than in New York. I believe a player like her that's aggressive, can attack the basket and is quick off the dribble, I think that plays to her advantage. If a defender is playing her the wrong way, it's not, 'You have to wait for this or wait for that.' You can just attack. I think that will help.
"It's just her fitting in the system now. She's got the full package."
Christon achieved one major goal by becoming an All-Star. Now she has her eyes set on a championship ring.
"I had to work hard for it," Christon said of her All-Star selection. "I didn't go to a big college. That was my choice. I don't regret it. But it wasn't like, 'Shameka Christon of UConn or Tennessee or Duke.' [Arkansas] wasn't a big-name school like that. I couldn't ride on the coattails of my school or teammates. I'm not taking anything away from those players because I think they're all great players. But I'm just saying I had to start from the bottom and and prove that I should be an All-Star.
"For me, that speaks volumes. It's such a great accomplishment for me. It's a small accomplishment of the bigger picture of what I really want. What I really want is a championship. A championship."
Scott Powers is a writer for ESPNChicago.com and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Mortgage lenders in California typically take an "assignment of rents" from the borrower when they originate loans. However, if the borrower fails to pay timely, many California lenders are quick to start trustee's sale or foreclosure proceedings but are reluctant to make rent demands as allowed by their assignments of rents. Why?
I think some of the reluctance is historical, because the relevant law was significantly changed in 1996. Even though that seems a long time ago, the California real property markets were so buoyant from 1996 through 2006 (but for a relatively small hiccup in 2001 or so) that many practitioners have never really learned the new laws, which are much more favorable to lenders.
First, some background: in California, when a lender makes a loan secured by real property, it is entitled to foreclose on the real property (either judicially – through a court action — or through a trustee's sale). What's more, the lender's rights are limited: the lender must enforce the loan against the collateral for the loan (other than in a few very limited circumstances), and does not have the ability to sue the borrower directly and to ignore the real property collateral. (I've discussed these "one-action" and "anti-deficiency" rules in earlier blogs.)
A lender with a mortgage or deed of trust encumbering real property collateral does not have the right to take the rents from the property – which are considered personal property, not real property — unless it has a valid assignment of rents from the borrower. If a lender doesn't have an effective assignment of rents, it has no right to the rents generated by the property from the time of the borrower's default until it completes its foreclosure. Since this process takes some time – around 4 months as a minimum – lenders understandably can get fed up with borrowers collecting and keeping the rents from the real property while failing to pay their loans.
But if the lender has an effective assignment of rents, and makes the right moves to enfoce it, the lender may collect the rents from the property (even before a foreclosure or trustee's sale is completed) if the borrower defaults under its obligation. (The rents must be applied to the obligation by the lender, and some other rules must be carefully followed.)
Assignments of rents must be in writing and signed by the borrower to be enforceable in California. California Civil Code Section 2938 is the key statute governing assignments of rents. Section 2938 was extensively rewritten in 1996 to clarify inconsistent earlier case law about how and when a lender's interest in rents was created, perfected and enforced. To get priority against other folks claiming a right to the rents from the property, an assignment of rents must be recorded. These provisions may be included in deeds of trust or mortgages, or drafted and recorded as separate documents, or included in both the mortgage or deed of trust and as a separate document.
The biggest gift of the California legislature to lenders in the 1996 revisions to Section 2938 was amending the statute to provide that upon a default by a borrower who has provided an assignment of rents, its lender is entitled to enforce the assignment of rents in one or more of the following ways:
(a) by obtaining the appointment of a receiver;
(b) by delivery to any one or more of the tenants (with copies to the assignor and certain other required parties) of a written demand for turnover of rents, issues, and profits in the statutory form specified in Cal. Civ. Code Section 2938 (k);
(c) by delivery to the assignor (with copies to certain other required parties) of a written demand for the rents, issues, or profits.
While obtaining a receiver is a worthwhile remedy (the right to which was also changed in the late 1990s to fix some problems with inconsistent case law), as a practical matter, Section 2938 allows lenders to make demands directly to the tenants of the real property collateral, or to the borrower, or both, that they pay over all rents to the lender. This can be done in a matter of days after the borrower defaults!
These sorts of rent demands were virtually never done in the last (late 1980's – early 1990's) serious real estate lending recession because case law suggested that making such a direct demand for the rents might violate the one-action rule, and therefore might result in a lender losing its lien against the real property. No lender wanted to take that risk!
Now, however, revised Cal. Civil Code Section 2938(e) expressly provides that neither such rent demands, nor any collection, distribution, or application of rents, issues, or profits by the lender after such an enforcement action will constitute an action, render the obligation unenforceable, violate Section 726 of the Code of Civil Procedure, or otherwise limit any rights available to the assignee with respect to its security (other than with respect to marshaling requirements).
Further, Cal. Civil Code Section 2938(e) expressly provides that such rent demands do not make the lender/assignee a mortgagee in possession of the property, or any agent of the assignor, except if the assignee obtains actual possession of the real property. Nor does such a rent demand bar a deficiency judgment against the borrower. As noted above, the revised statute places some limitations on the lender: it must apply the rents collected to the secured obligation, and must, if requested by the borrower, pay certain expenses of the property out of the collected rents. Other restrictions are spelled out in Section 2938. Also, using Section 2938 rent demands is not completely without risk: the revised statute has not been fully tested in the courts, so some borrower may convince some court to construe it more narrowly than its plain language would suggest.
However, rent demands are (relatively) cheap, and can be done quickly, as they don't require court approval.
Strategically, making rent demands can quickly cut off a defaulting borrower's access to the money generated by the real property collateral – and that may bring a borrower to the table to negotiate a consensual resolution more quickly, since it may be blocked from using the lender's collateral to build a war chest to pay its counsel to fight foreclosure or to file bankruptcy. These are great tools for lenders seeking to enforce defaulted commercial real estate loans in California.


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The European Union has praised a United Nations resolution aimed at destroying Syria's chemical arms cache for "setting a standard" against perpetrators of poison gas attacks.
The resolution represented "a major step towards a sustainable and unified international response to the crisis in Syria" and EU would provide "forceful" support in the case of non-compliance, foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said in a statement late Friday.
The UN Security Council unanimously passed a landmark resolution on Friday ordering the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons and condemned a murderous poison gas attack in Damascus.
"This decision should pave the way to the elimination of chemical weapons in Syria, and set a standard for the international community in responding to threats posed by weapons of mass destruction," Ashton said.
The plan calls for Syria's estimated 1,000 tonnes of chemical weapons to be put under international control by mid-2014. Experts say the timetable is very tight.
Ashton said the European bloc "reiterates its readiness to support actions foreseen under the resolution," including "a forceful international reaction in the event of non-compliance."
The United States says an August 21 attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta left more than 1,400 dead. It blamed Assad's government for the sarin gas assault and threatened a military strike over the attack.
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Someone asked their pizza delivery guy to write his deepest, darkest secret on the box. Here's what he wrote.
If you play that Madonna record less I'm sure your girlfriend will discover that you're straight.
This is the pizza box received by redditor _GO_AWAY_ after asking in the special instructions field for the pizza delivery guy's "deepest, darkest secret." I think this is a lie. You don't get to be a pizza delivery guy without seeing some shit. You spend your life entering people's homes. Strangers at their hungriest and neediest call you to come to them and bring them sustenance when they have nowhere else to turn. The pizza delivery guy deals exclusively with the desperate. You don't walk the night with an insulated pizza sleeve unless you're willing to carry a whole lot more secrets than just "I like to rock out to 'Vogue'."
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This is a discussion on Rick Perry and Guns within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; It is good for us...when the nobility of this country admit they carry..Jeb Bush got jammed up at Sea-Tac (before 9-11) walkin on with a ...
It is good for us...when the nobility of this country admit they carry..Jeb Bush got jammed up at Sea-Tac (before 9-11) walkin on with a small carry gun in his attache' case..memory serves poorly .. he was between jobs..you know, banker , governor, what ever..but he gave US ,the affernative defense for haveing a pistol in forbidden federal space....I FORGOT...that is correct ,Fed officals did jam him up in Seattle Federal court , and that was his defense ,I forgot I had it in my carry on..I always carry....and he walked....
Living in Texas my entire adult life, I've seen them come and go. Perry is not one of my favorite people, but then again, most that tend to rise to high office aren't either. I will say that he's very pro 2nd Ammendment and has supported everything coming out of the state legislature, and has pushed for some that haven't made it through. He's awfully cozy with with the money men and there are some curious decisions that reek of favoritism, but by and large he's done a decent job.
For those that talk about his time as a Democrat, most people don't realize that Texas Democrats are typically more conservative than most Republicans out there in the other 48. I would imagine that supporting Gore was simply toeing the partly line and being a good soldier. Mistakes of youth can be overlooked.
I remember the coyote story well. He shot it with a Ruger LCP with a Crimson Trace laser when it came up on him and what I believe was his daughter's dog.
If I have my facts straight, I believe he flew C130's as an Air Force Captain.
I voted for him in the Texas gubenatorial primary over Kay Bailey Hutchison, and will most likely support him in the Republican primary as well. I would love to see Ron Paul make it through, but fear he's not electable.
One Riot, One Ranger. Long live the Republic of Texas.
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Ranbir Kapoor's Barfi has still been trending well at the collection centres in the fourth week. The Anurag Basu directed romantic comedy has added Rs 6.5 crores nett to its 24 day total Rs 112.15 crores nett. It has done better business than the new release Kismet Love Paisa Dilli (KLPD) starring Vivek Oberoi and Mallika Sherawat in leads.
The business of Barfi has dropped by 40% in the fourth weekend when compared to its performance in the third weekend. But trade analyst feel that its collection is still better when compared to new releases. What is keeping it alive in collection windows is a positive word of mouth, which has been playing magic for the movie.
The collection of Barfi, which had collected Rs 1.75 crores on the third Friday, fell down to Rs 1 crore at the domestic Box Office on its fourth Friday. Its business showed a jump by 150% on Saturday with its collection reaching Rs 2.5 crores nett. The film showed further improvement and collected Rs 3 crores on its fourth Sunday.
However, Barfi had collected Rs 58.6 crores at the domestic Box Office in the first week, Rs 28.55 crores in the second week and Rs 18.5 crores in the third week. The movie, which has already raked in Rs 6.5 crores in three days, is expected to score another Rs 5.5 crores, taking its fourth week total to Rs 12 crores.


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In the Bible in Zechariah 3:8-10, 6:12-13, Isaiah 4:2-3 mention the Branch. What are they talking about?
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Jesus is prophetically referred to as "the branch of David" (Is 11:1) and a "branch from the roots of Jesse" (Jer 33:15).
In general, "branch" can refer to offspring and "root" to parents (think "family tree"). Children can be referred to as "fruit" ("be fruitful", "fruit of the womb", "house of Judah ... bear fruit", "fruit of my body")
Here is a nice summary of the Bible's teaching on the branch (or, the Branch).
As with so many scriptures in the Tanakh, the meaning of a particular term can have two meanings and associated referents. The concept of types and antitypes depends on this "double meaning" or "double application" of prophecy to the prophecy's fulfillment.
The Tent of Meeting (or Tabernacle), for example, is replete with types, which are fulfilled primarily in the antitype of the "new and living way," which the writer of Hebrews refers to in 10:19-20. This new and living way is Jesus, who IS "the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6). Through Him and the efficacy of His work of redemption which He accomplished at the cross, we enter that new and living way today by God's grace, through faith. In Old Testament typology,
Interestingly, as soon as Jesus expired on the cross after asking His Father to receive His spirit, we are told that
A key word in the NT regarding types and antitypes is shadow (see Hebrews 8:5; 10:1; and Colossians 2:17, though a different word might appear in various translations). A shadow, of course, is cast behind someone or something. The shadow is not the real person or thing, but it "points to" a real person or thing. So it is with OT shadows of the Branch.
In the scriptures the Branch is a shadow of both a restored remnant of Israel (see Isaiah 11:11-14) and a particular branch (B-ranch, actually) which springs forth from the stump of Jesse (Isaiah 11:1 and 10); namely, "the Branch of Jehovah" or "the Righteous Branch of David" (Isaiah 4:2 and Jeremiah 23:1,5; 33:15).
This branch, also known in Isaiah's prophecy as the "Servant of Jehovah," in chapter 49 and following, has an inauspicious beginning:
but He would develop into a mighty Branch, whose antitype is laid out for us quite nicely in a four-fold paradigm of Messiah Jesus in the Gospels:
This Branch of Jehovah, though He had humble beginnings as a "tender shoot", with no particular "beauty or majesty," would one day become "beautiful and glorious" (Isaiah 4:2). To us today, living as we do in the "church age," Jesus is indeed both beautiful and glorious! Moreover, some day yet future, the whole world will be filled with the glory of the LORD, concerning which the prophecies appear as early as Numbers 14:21:


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What was Franklin's condition in life when he arrived in Philadephia?
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When he arrived in Philadelphia, he was very poor, having sold some of his precious books to get the money for the journey. Arriving in Philadephia, he soon began to regret leaving home. He had very little money, was exhausted and starving, he looked like a vagrant, and was approached as a possible runnaway servant because he was so dirty.
He held two jobs at once, working for both William Bradford, a printer and at Keimer's Printing House. Working for both these men, Franklin felt that they did not understand the nature of the business. He writes in his autobiography:
"These two printers I found poorly qualified for their business. Bradford had not been bred to it, and was very illiterate; and Keimer, tho' something of a scholar, was a mere compositor, knowing nothing of presswork." (Franklin)
For greater detail on Franklin's arrival in Philadelphia, read chapter three of his autobiography at the link below.
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Cleveland vs San Antonio Recap - Spurs Win 116-92
Cleveland was run off the court by the Spurs on Saturday as San Antonio blasted the Cavaliers 116-92 at AT&T Center.
San Antonio was a favorite by 10 points and came through with an ATS victory for bettors. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 201.5.
San Antonio got 19 points from Tony Parker and another 18 points from Tiago Splitter. Tony Parker contributed 9 assists, while DeJuan Blair cleaned the glass with 9 rebounds.
Cleveland got 21 points from Mo Williams in a losing cause and another 17 points from Daniel Gibson. Mo Williams contributed 6 assists for the Cavaliers, while Anderson Varejao had 9 rebounds.
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The campaign launched by the hacktivist group wasn't complex, although it did involve several waves of attacks, resulting in multiple compromised systems and credentials, according to "How the Syrian Electronic Army Hacked The Onion," posted Wednesday to the satire site's Tech Blog.
Here's how the attack commenced: Starting Friday, May 3, a handful of Onion employees received emails that asked them to read a story, and included an apparent Washington Post link. In reality, the link led to a hacked WordPress site, which redirected to a googlecom.comeze.com site that requested their Google Apps credentials, which, if entered, redirected users to their Gmail account.
"These emails were sent from strange, outside addresses, and they were sent to few enough employees to appear as just random noise rather than a targeted attack," according to the Onion's attack overview. "At least one Onion employee fell for this phase of the phishing attack."
[ Is it easier to catch a hacker with honey? Sweet Password Security Strategy: Honeywords. ]
Early Monday morning, attackers used the compromised account to send the same phishing message to more employees. "Coming from a trusted address, many staff members clicked the link, but most refrained from entering their login credentials. Two staff members did enter their credentials, one of whom had access to all of our social media accounts," according to the Onion's recap.
The same day, attackers defaced the Onion's Twitter account page and began issuing bogus tweets. In response, the Onion's IT team issued a company-wide alert, telling all employees to reset their Google Apps passwords. But attackers used another account that they'd compromised to issue their own password-reset warning. To make this third wave of attacks more difficult to detect, attackers cleverly didn't send the phishing email -- which included a "password-reset link" that instead redirected to the malicious phishing website that requested a user's Google Apps credentials -- to any IT employees.
"This third and final phishing attack compromised at least two more accounts," according to the attack overview. "One of these accounts was used to continue owning our Twitter account." At that point, the IT department forced all employees to reset their Google Apps passwords, which allowed them to finally regain control of the accounts and begin a mop-up operation.
The Syrian Electronic Army is allied to the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad, and hacktivist group member "Th3 Pr0" told The New York Times that the Onion Twitter account takeover was meant to be revenge for its recent Assad-attributed editorial titled "Hi, In The Past 2 Years, You Have Allowed Me To Kill 70,000 People."
What lessons can be learned from the successful Syrian Electronic Army phishing attack against the Onion? The company's IT team reported that "a few simple security measures" would have blocked the attacks. For starters, the attacker connected to compromised accounts from the IP address 184.108.40.206, which is the same domain used to host a Syrian Electronic Army leaks website. Obviously, blocking all connections from that IP address, or other sites associated with the group, would be a good start.
To help block phishing attacks, the IT team also recommended using one email address system for everyday emails, and an entirely different one for Twitter accounts. In addition, it said that employing an intermediary social media management system such as Hootsuite would make it much more difficult for an attacker to fully compromise an organization's Twitter accounts.
For an industry that's predicated on reporting, it's notable that the Onion is the first news outlet -- satirical or straight -- to detail exactly how its Twitter accounts were owned by the Syrian Electronic Army. That's despite the hacktivist group having exploited the Twitter feeds of such organizations as National Public Radio, Reuters, the BBC and the Guardian.
But the Syrian Electronic Army's most infamous outing to date was its compromise of multiple AP Twitter feeds, which it used to issue a hoax alert that President Obama had been injured in explosions at the White House. The compromise led to reports that Twitter was finally prepping two-factor authentication to help users block some types of account takeovers.
According to the Syrian Electronic Army, it seized control of the AP accounts via a phishing campaign that compromised at least 50 employees at the news agency, including social media editors.
People are your most vulnerable endpoint. Make sure your security strategy addresses that fact. Also in the new, all-digital How Hackers Fool Your Employees issue of Dark Reading: Effective security doesn't mean stopping all attackers. (Free registration required.)
The cybersecurity profession struggles to retain women (figures range from 10 to 20 percent). It's particularly worrisome for an industry with a rapidly growing number of vacant positions.
So why does the shortage of women continue to be worse in security than in other IT sectors? How can men in infosec be better allies for women; and how can women be better allies for one another? What is the industry doing to fix the problem -- what's working, and what isn't?
Is this really a problem at all? Are the low numbers simply an indication that women do not want to be in cybersecurity, and is it possible that more women will never want to be in cybersecurity? How many women would we need to see in the industry to declare success?
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Open Movie Editor How-To: Fade to Black Transition
After my previous overview of Open Movie Editor (OME), I decided to create a small How-To regarding an easily obtainable piece of functionality that's not yet standard within OME.
Open Movie Editor natively contains only one transition between clips – a simple cross fade. However, one of the most used transitions in video editing is a fade to black. By adding a black still image, between two clips on a single video track in OME, it is possible to generate exactly what you need.
Here's how by following the steps below:
1. Open your favourite image editor, in this example we've used the GIMP.
2. Create a new image with a solid black background, at the same size as your video clips. We've used PAL 720×576.
3. Save the image as a PNG, although JPG will also work.
4. Switch to Open Movie Editor and navigate to your footage in the Media Browser window. We've previously downloaded two QuickTime clips from stock footage supplier BBC Motion Gallery, to use in this example.
5. Add the first clip to video track one.
6. Add the black still image to the same video track.
7. Add the second video clip to the same video track.
8. Now, overlap the beginning of the black still image with the end of the first clip. A blue area with a red cross through it should appear – this is the length of time that the fade will occur.
9. Adjust the length of the black still image to suit the speed of the fade to black required.
10. Now, drag the beginning of the second video clip over the end of the still image, so that another blue box and red cross appears.
11. Move the timeline marker before the first blue box and test your fade out to and in from black.
Easy! Move the clips, and adjust the length of the black still image until you are happy with the fade.
To make is even easier, we've created a screen cast for you to watch, complete with a couple of extra fades created in OME. Don't adjust your volume, there is no sound.
Get Flash Player 9 to see this movie.
var so = new SWFObject('https://stream0.org/flash/flvplayer.swf','player','640′,'500′,'9′);
so.addVariable("screencolor", "0x000000");
so.addVariable("autostart", "false");
so.addVariable("shownavigation", "false");
so.addVariable("overstretch", "fit");
This screen cast was created with RecordMyDesktop, edited with Open Movie Editor, and transcoded into an x264 file, using a custom Perl script to control FFmpeg.
Open Movie Editor – Surprisingly Robust
Despite some commentators deploring the state of Linux video editing tools, I continue to believe that somewhere out there is a non-linear editing program that is feature rich, intuitive and stable for the Linux platform. Maybe I'm deluded, but I would settle for a nice tool in its current state, that has an active community, a development road map and doesn't crash all the time!
Yesterday, I decided to give Open Movie Editor a chance. I thought this project was largely dead, but a new release was made on January 2nd 2008, so it looks to be still very much alive. I was also somewhat put off by the screenshots on the website. The GUI looks poor and clunky. After installation I am pleased to say that this isn't entirely the case.
Unfortunately, the packages in the Ubuntu repository are only for older versions. Installing Open Movie Editor (OME) from source was reasonably straight forward, but there are some tips and tricks worth following. To maximise the number of video formats that OME can decode, be sure to have a reasonably new version of FFmpeg installed. For rendering (encoding) output, OME uses Libquicktime. I already had FFmpeg installed, with a lot of extra libraries to cater for x264 and FAAC encoding, amongst others. I also decided to install Libquicktime from source, rather than the Ubuntu package, as configuring with –enable-shared will pickup additional libraries, like libmp3lame, libx264 and libfaac if they're present.
Configuring OME also meant adding some new libraries to the default Ubuntu set, these included Gmerlin, libsndfile and the Alsa dev libraries. I sourced all of these from Ubuntu's repositories and installed through Synaptic. Building OME went smoothly, although it should be noted that at the end of the process, there will not be a nice icon in the application menus. OME needs to be launched from the command line, which is actually quite handy for viewing error messages.
Once up and running, I was surprised by the GUI. It's not nearly as bad as I feared from the screenshots, although there is still plenty of room for improvement. There are also two other skins to choose from, but unfortunately these and any other layout changes made are not remembered by OME between sessions, meaning everything needs to be setup again at startup.
My aim with OME was to perform some simple editing tasks and here's what I found:
- Adding clips to a project is very simple, just navigate to the folder on your local hard drive where the clip is stored, then drag it to the timline. There's no time consuming re-factoring of clips when adding them to a new project.
- OME supports a wide range of formats. I threw MPEG2 (m2t and vob), MOV (MJPEG and x264) and AVI (xVid and x264) files at it. They were all handled correctly. Although, it should be noted that the range of formats is dictated by your FFmpeg setup.
- Adding new video and audio tracks is easy and straightforward
- Splitting clips is possible using mouse clicks, but could be better with keystrokes for more accuracy. Splitting should be performed at the exact current frame of the marker position.
- Merging two clips together on the timeline creates a nice video crossfade, but this is the only transition available by default. To create a fade out to black, and in for the next clip, a black image must be added to the timeline between existing clips. The two existing clips then crossfade to the black image. The length of the fade is determined by the amount of clip overlap and the length of the black "image". A little clunky, but it works well.
- If a video clip has original audio, this can either be entirely muted, or the volume adjusted using the "Automator" tool.
- If you just want to edit the audio of an existing video, drag and drop the file to an audio track on the timeline, rather than a video track.
- Various effects are supported by the Frei0r video plugins. I have installed them, but not really used them, although there appears to be a wide range available.
- There is currently no video preview available, unless the clip is already on the timeline. This means that viewing clips not already on the timeline, needs to be done outside of OME. This is a productivity loss.
- Arbitrary clip padding, cropping and rotation is not available.
- HD support currently not available.
- It is not possible to move along the timeline one frame at a time with keystrokes. This can only be achieved by dragging the timeline marker with a mouse, which is not very accurate.
- Rendering a project is straightforward with many options to choose from. This is a major strength of OME. Render options, as mentioned before, are handled through Libquicktime and so far I have no complaints.
However, the one biggest positive of OME for me is stability. I have had only two segfault crashes so far, and this was when zooming in and
out, or moving left/right on the timeline very quickly. Other Linux
NLEs I have tried – say KDEnlive or PiTiVi – crash very regularly. It
is a real plus that OME is so stable.
I've also had some interesting conversations with OME's lead (and currently only) developer Richard Spindler. He's been very helpful and patient with my inquiries. When asked about a future roadmap for OME, Richard said that it revolved around the following two points:
- Improve the User-Interface and Editing-Feature-Set to cover most of the Basic Use Cases that an Amateur/Indie Movie Artist and Home Video Producer needs. This includes basic Compositing.
- Improve the Technical Backends, to RELIABLE deal with "legacy" Video Technology that is available to the general public. Compatibility to Camcorders, Video-Files and Formats, DVD-Players, etc. There remains a lot of stuff to do in that Field, for Open Movie Editor, as well as for the Linux and the Open Source/Free Software Community as a whole.
When asked if there was a desire for OME to become a Professional level video editing tool, or always aim at the Amateur/Indie/Home User, Richard felt that, "The Lines between Professional/Amateur are blurring, you can do quite amazing stuff with "cheap" HDV Camcorders today.
With Open Movie Editor I will try to do both, provide a level of quality in Image Processing and Format support that is good enough for the "Professional", while keeping the Interface User friendly enough for Newbie users. Of course, I am not yet finished with those requirements.
As for the Interface: Ideally, the default will be simple and plain, but the more complex tools would live in Plugins and Extensions. So the Goal is definitly having both: iMovie and Final Cut Pro in one Application. I think it is possible, the question is only how long it will take."
I was surprised by the stability of Open Movie Editor. The interface is easy enough to use, although still with plenty of room for improvement. The addition of some extra productivity features and shortcuts will really enhance the power of Open Movie Editor. Give it a try, you might just be surprised.
Fluendo Updates their Codec Packs
Although not yet noted on the Fluendo News page, customers who have previously purchased codec packs from Fluendo are receiving an email regarding updates.
In summary, here's a list of the codecs offered by Fluendo in the Complete Set Pack:
Windows Media Audio Decoder (Windows Media 7, 8, 9, 10, Pro, Lossless and Speech)
Windows Media Video Decoder (Windows Media 7, 8, 9 and VC1)
Windows Media ASF Demuxer
Windows Media MMS Networking
MPEG2 Video Decoder
MPEG4 Part 2 (DivX) Video Decoder
H.264/AVC Video Decoder (32 bits only)
MPEG2 Program Stream and Transport Stream demuxer
MPEG4 ISO Demuxer
MP3 Audio Decoder
AC3 Audio Decoder
AAC Audio Decoder (32 bits only)
Below is the text of the email being received. It looks like some good optimisation work has been completed on the Windows Media and MPEG2 decoders:
You are receiving this mail to inform you that the Fluendo product you bought has been updated…
Here are the details on updated products :
– Windows Media Video now supports Windows Media 7 and 8 on top of
previously supported formats Windows Media Video 9 and VC1.
Additionally this codec has received a lot of optimization love which
makes it possible to play big HD clips on smaller hardware. Products
including that codec : Complete set of playback plugins, Windows Media
playback bundle, Windows Media Video.
– Windows Media Audio now supports Windows Media 10 and Windows Media
Speech on top of previously supported formats Windows Media 7, 8, 9,
Pro and Lossless. This codec has been optimized and consumes almost
50% less CPU. Products including that codec : Complete set of playback
plugins, Windows Media playback bundle, Windows Media Audio.
– MPEG2 Video decoder has been optimized to reach similar performances
than other competing decoders. Products including that codec :
Complete set of playback plugins, MPEG playback bundle, MPEG2 Video
– H.264/AVC and AAC have been added to the 32 bits Complete set of
playback plugins -64 bits should arrive in Q2 2008. You can now play
your AAC songs or watch QuickTime movies using a highly optimized set
of decoders for those formats. Products including that codec :
Complete set of playback plugins.
– MMS network source has been thoroughly tested with a lot of Internet
streams. Lot of improvements were done to support as much streams as
possible. Products including that network source : Complete set of
playback plugins, Windows Media playback bundle, Windows Media MMS.
Fluendo's team wishes you a happy new year for 2008.
Best regards, Fluendo Support Team , FLUENDO S.A.
So, perhaps consider purchasing your video and audio codecs from an Open Source company, rather than installing w32codecs or Gstreamer Bad and Ugly.
Optimised x264 Encoding with FFmpeg
A request on the Ubuntu forums asked for some assistance creating x264 files from footage originating on DVD. The following FFmpeg command represents input from a couple of users regarding what might be the best options:
ffmpeg -y -i input_file -an -v 1 -threads auto -vcodec libx264 -deinterlace -b 5000k -bt 175k -flags +loop -coder ac -refs 1 -loop 1 -deblockalpha 0 -deblockbeta 0 -parti4x4 1 -partp8x8 1 -me epzs -subq 1 -me_range 21 -chroma 1 -slice 2 -bf 3 -b_strategy 1 -level 30 -g 300 -keyint_min 30 -sc_threshold 40 -rc_eq 'blurCplx^(1-qComp)' -qcomp 0.7 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 -i_qfactor 0.71428572 -maxrate 5000k -bufsize 2M -cmp 1 -s 720x480 -f mp4 -pass 1 /dev/null
ffmpeg -y -i input_file -v 1 -threads auto -vcodec libx264 -deinterlace -b 5000k -bt 175k -flags +loop -coder ac -refs 5 -loop 1 -deblockalpha 0 -deblockbeta 0 -parti4x4 1 -partp8x8 1 -me full -subq 6 -me_range 21 -chroma 1 -slice 2 -bf 3 -b_strategy 1 -level 30 -g 300 -keyint_min 30 -sc_threshold 40 -rc_eq 'blurCplx^(1-qComp)' -qcomp 0.7 -qmax 51 -qdiff 4 -i_qfactor 0.71428572 -maxrate 5000k -bufsize 2M -cmp 1 -s 720x480 -acodec libfaac -ab 256k -ar 48000 -ac 2 -f mp4 -pass 2 new_file.mp4
This command, as an overview does the following:
- Uses libx264 as the output video codec
- Uses libfaac as the output audio codec
- Deinterlaces the original DVD sourced footage
- Allows FFmpeg to choose the number of threads to use for multi-core systems
- Sets the output video bitrate at 5000kbps (or roughly 5Mbps)
- Sets the output audio bitrate at 256kbps
- Deblocks the output footage
- Uses CABAC encoding
- Uses .mp4 as the output file container
- Uses B-Frames
- Uses 2 pass encoding – directing the first output to /dev/null and the second pass to a new file
There are of course many other options included in this command. Further useful reading can be found on the FFmpeg documentation page:
Also, this Mencoder specific page has some useful information regarding encoding using x264:
Elisa 0.3.3 – Media Centre for Kids
Initially I was quite excited by the release of Elisa 0.3.3 from the team at Fluendo. In general, I like the work Fluendo does – amongst other initiatives they have codecs for sale that alleviate any legal qualms you may have about installing "non-free" video codecs from various locations, they have an interesting Java streaming video applet called Cortado and they provide a reasonably priced online streaming service. So, high hopes for Elisa 0.3.3. Unfortunately, it looks like I won't be using this software.
Installation was straight forward, using the Ubuntu package found on their packages page. That's about as far as the good news goes. Elisa installs a link in the Applications > Sounds & Video menu under Gnome. However, the application is clearly following KDE design principles. Immediately I was reminded of the post over at Planete Beranger about useless, annoying cartoonish design icons and effects. That's Elisa 0.3.3. Huge, quite ugly, cartoon-like graphics. The interface could have been so much slicker. Of course it is possible for someone to re-skin the application on top of Elisa's functionality, and I sincerely hope someone will. The default graphics are bad enough, but choosing one of the other two icon themes only makes things worse; didn't anyone teach these guys how to anti-alias?
The other reason I was so keen to try Elisa 0.3.3 is the screaming text on the project's homepage stating that the software will "Automatically detects IPods, cameras, USB hard drives, etc." Great news! I can now finally use my iPod Touch with a Linux application for managing my music. Nope. It's a vicious lie. Connecting my iPod via USB results in the usual pop-up message alerting me that a camera has been detected, but nothing in Elisa. An external hard drive, also connected via USB was recognised correctly, but not the iPod. What a disappointment.
Support from the Fluendo team is also lacking. There is a forum available, where I posted a query about the non-detected iPod, but nobody from the Fluendo development team seems to be answering questions. As of this post, there are 14 unanswered posts in the Help section dating back to January 22nd. Granted, a forum can and should be used by users to help each other, but shouldn't there be someone from Fluendo regularly looking in to help out?
Elisa 0.3.3 – at the moment useful only for kids who like cartoons and don't own iPods
FFmpeg Codec Comparison Test – xVid vs x264
Recently I took the time to run a quick comparison test using FFmpeg for producing content with the x264 and xVid codecs. x264 produces H.264 content, while xVid encodes in MPEG4. I was a little surprised with the results.
The input file was sourced from BBC Motion Gallery.
It was an MPEG2 Program Stream with I-Frames, encoded at approximately
50Mbps. It also contained a single MP2 audio track at approximately
356kbps. To see the clip on BBC Motion Gallery, click here.
The clip was chosen because it is only 2 seconds long, so I could
transcode it quickly, and there is also lots of movement, so I expected
The output file container is QuickTime MOV, the video bitrate
around 2Mbps, the audio codec aac (through libfaac) at 128kbps. I
performed a 1 pass and 2 pass encode with x264 and xVid. The output
file was to be 720×404 in size, this is 16:9 aspect ratio. All files
were played back on a Windows XP machine using QuickTime Player 7.1.3.
Some cropping of the original MPEG2 was required to remove VITC at the
top and some black padding left and right. An example FFmpeg command
line I used is outlined below. As you can see, there are very few
optimisations other than the base settings.
FFMPEG command for the second pass x264 encode:
ffmpeg -i 2573-9.mpg -vcodec libx264 -f mov -b 2000k -acodec
libfaac -ab 128k -s 736×442 -croptop 34 -cropbottom 4 -cropleft 8
-cropright 8 -deinterlace -pass 2 2573-9_h264.mov
The final output file sizes are as follows:
- x264 1 pass: 599.558 kilobytes
- x264 2 pass: 553.767 kilobytes
- xVid 1 pass: 577.232 kilobytes
- xVid 2 pass: 559.947 kilobytes
So, while xVid one pass produced smaller file sizes than x264 one
pass, the x264 2 pass file is smaller than the xVid 2 pass file. Due to
the short duration of the input file, no comparison of encoder speed
could really be made. However, anecdotally from other ad hoc encoding
jobs, xVid does seem to be quicker.
Now, to the real proof of the pudding, what was the quality like. Have a look at the following image file, click the thumbnail for a larger version:
This is where I was surprised. The x264 files are on the left. 1
pass is bottom left. 2 pass is top left. The xVid files are on the
right. 1 pass bottom right. 2 pass top right. Clearly, the 1 pass xVid
file is superior to the 1 pass x264 file. I also believe that the 2
pass xVid file is slightly better quality then the 2 pass x264 file.
Areas for close inspection (we're looking at the two top files here):
- Bottom right corner. There is more blocking and artifacts on the x264 file.
- Top right wing tip. The xVid file has better definition here.
- The underside of the wings and tail. Again the xVid file has better definition.
- The background fire. I think the xVid file has less artifacts and better definition in general.
- As there aren't a lot of colours in the example video, it's hard to
say which codec handles colour better, but there is obviously more
depth in each of the 2 pass samples, compared to the 1 pass output.
I was surprised that to my eye the xVid
content appeared to be superior to the x264 output. Perhaps with a more
complext FFmpeg command and options this would have changed.
After a couple of tips on the FFmpeg user mailing list, I re-ran this test with some command optimisations. Specifically:
- De-blocking loop filter enabled with -flags +loop
- CABAC enabled with -coder ac
New FFMPEG command example for x264, second pass is:
ffmpeg -i 2573-9.mpg -vcodec libx264 -flags +loop -coder ac -f
mov -b 2000k -acodec libfaac -ab 128k -s 736×442 -croptop 34
-cropbottom 4 -cropleft 8 -cropright 8 -deinterlace -pass 2
New screen grab is here, again click for a larger version:
x264 still on the left, xVid on the right. Old 2 pass files
bottom. New 2 pass files, with – coder ac and – flags +loop added to
the FFmpeg command, on top.
The new x264 file is slightly larger than the old one (50 bytes increase). The xVid file is the same size.
From the new screen grab, it can be seen that the x264 output is
now clearly superior. In this case it can be really proved that
optimising the FFmpeg command can truly make a difference.
How-To: Find and Extract Video File Details
Using FFMpeg it is relatively simple to query an existing video file to find details such as video codec, audio codec, bitrates, duration and dimensions.
Use the following FFmpeg command in a terminal window:
ffmpeg -i input_file.extension
FFmpeg will just open your input file without doing anything to it. Something like this will be returned in the terminal window:
phillc@phillc-laptop:~$ ffmpeg -i 848_Termi.mov
FFmpeg version SVN-r11213, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
configuration: –enable-gpl –enable-pp –enable-libvorbis
–enable-libtheora –enable-liba52 –enable-libdc1394 –enable-libgsm
–enable-libmp3lame –enable-libfaad –enable-libfaac –enable-libxvid
–enable-pthreads –enable-libx264
libavutil version: 49.6.0
libavcodec version: 51.49.0
libavformat version: 52.2.0
built on Dec 13 2007 20:20:36, gcc: 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from '848_Termi.mov':
Duration: 00:00:51.7, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 862 kb/s
Stream #0.0(eng): Video: h264, yuv420p, 480×360 [PAR 0:1 DAR 0:1], 25.00 tb(r)
Stream #0.1(eng): Audio: mpeg4aac, 44100 Hz, stereo
Must supply at least one output file
All very interesting, but what if you want to do something more with this information, like write it to a file for use in another program, or just want a more convenient way of viewing the details without having to remember an FFmpeg command? Write a small script to do the work for you. Here's one I created earlier in Perl…….
# Read command line input file
$input_file = shift;
# Read details of input file and display to user
$ffmpeg_input_details="ffmpeg -i ${input_file} 2>input_file.txt";
@inputfile = <INPUTFILE>;
@input_file_video = grep (/Video:/i, @inputfile);
@input_file_audio = grep (/Audio:/i, @inputfile);
@input_file_duration = grep (/Duration:/i, @inputfile);
print "Details for the file $input_file.\n";
print "It contains the following video data:\n";
print "@input_file_video\n";
print "It contains the following audio data:\n";
print "@input_file_audio\n";
print "It has a duration and bitrate of:\n";
print "@input_file_duration\n";
To use this script simply type the following at your command prompt:
perl scriptname.pl input_file.extension
Good luck extending this small script for your own uses.