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City Council Shows Strong Support For Tourism Marketing District
Council declines to offer amendments to TMD agreement blocked by Mayor Bob Filner
Monday, February 25, 2013
San Diego City Council members today expressed strong support for the city's Tourism Marketing District and declined to offer amendments to an operating agreement that is being held up by Mayor Bob Filner.
Aired 2/25/13 on KPBS Midday Edition.
Joe Terzi,President and CEO, San Diego Tourism Authority
Katie Orr, KPBS Metro Reporter
Christie Hill, Senior Legal and Policy Analyst for Center on Policy Initiatives
Aired 2/25/13 on KPBS News.
Marketing San Diego's sun drenched beaches may seem like an easy sell. But the city's tourism industry says attracting people to the city is hard work. Today, tourism officials will make their case in front of the city council.
San Diego Tourism Presentation
A report on the benefits of tourism marketing.
The mayor has refused to release funds needed to operate the TMD, and since the agency is in limbo, a $5.3 million campaign promoting San Diego as a vacation destination has been postponed. Filner opposes four areas of the deal and says hoteliers could assess themselves without city involvement.
While Councilman David Alvarez expressed some concerns about the legality of the district, neither he nor his colleagues took up council President Todd Gloria's offer to introduce an amendment to the TMD deal.
The council extended the district for 40 years last fall.
"It's a disservice to San Diegans, and offensive to those who elected the eight of us, not to honor the council's legislative intent,'' City Council President Todd Gloria said. "To shoot ourselves in the foot, by not marketing our destination, only adds to our economic troubles.''
With no interest on the panel to amend the agreement or kill the TMD outright, the council members will go into closed session on Tuesday to discuss their third option, which would be to compel Filner to sign the operating agreement.
Gloria said such an action would be to "litigate with themselves.''
Several lawsuits have been filed against the way the TMD funds itself -- a 2 percent addition to the city's 10.5 percent hotel room tax.
According to Filner, a clause in the deal that indemnifies the city against any adverse court ruling is not strong enough. The mayor also wants more of the revenue to go toward public safety, the length of the term shortened to one or two years, and a provision that calls for hoteliers to pay workers a "living'' wage.
Brigette Browning, president of a union representing hotel workers, said a living wage in San Diego would be around $14 an hour. She said many hotel and restaurant employees make much less. She also said the hotel industry should focus in improving wages, not using public money to market the city.
"Not one of these hoteliers themselves are ponying up the money," she said. "And if they want to pony up the money themselves they are free to do that, it's a free country. If the marketing is so great they should have no problem using their own profits to do that."
Browning's union filed a lawsuit against the district today. The TMD itself sued the city Friday to force the mayor to sign the agreement.
Most TMD opponents contended that it benefits large hotel chains at the expense of local employees.
TMD supporters said during a nearly three-hour public hearing that spending by the district is a crucial part of selling the city as a vacation destination in a competitive tourism marketplace. Las Vegas and Los Angeles are in the midst of two large promotional campaigns, according to Joe Terzi of the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Terzi said the state of Colorado once eliminated its tourism marketing program and ended up losing 30 percent of its business.
"We can't spend zero and commit economic suicide like Colorado did,'' Councilwoman Lori Zapf said.
Such an action would cause "a downward spiral'' of less revenue, fewer jobs and reduced city services, she said.
Kris Michell, head of the Downtown San Diego Partnership, said tourism creates 168,000 jobs throughout the region. She said Filner's delay in signing the marketing contract has already hurt the city.
"Because it's not signed today, we're concerned we're going to lose visitors," she said. "And if we lose visitors, we lose jobs. So it's not a Democrat or a Republican issue, or an independent issue. It's really a jobs issue."
In his concluding remarks, Gloria reminded the audience that he was the son of a hotel housekeeper, and was willing to take up a minimum wage increase "directly,'' but not in a way tied to the TMD.
City Attorney Jan Goldsmith said the TMD wasn't empowered to impose a minimum wage on hotels and restaurants, anyway.
KPBS' Alison St John, Patty Lane and Peggy Pico contributed to this report.
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laplayaheritage | February 25, 2013 at 8 a.m. ― 4 years ago
Goldsmith and the City Council gave the Hoteliers a blank check. The solution to increase hotel taxes is to put the issues before voters as required by law.
The issue is not just a 2 percent TMD Hotel Tax increase, it also includes the 3 percent Special Tax for the Convention Center Expansion, plus any incremental revenue increase on the existing 10.5 percent TOT.
If the Convention Center is never built, the 3 percent Special Tax revenue reverts back to the Hoteliers and Tourism Authority.
The 2 percent TMD and 3 Percent Special Tax in an annual $80 million x 40 years = $3.2 BILLION.
The Incremental Revenue on the existing 10.5 percent over 40 years is incalculable
By California law the maximum for a new assessment is 5 years, not 40 years.
Giving money for Civic events like the Rock and Roll Marathon which although is a great cause that should be supported, makes the TMD into a Tax instead of a Fee to Visitors sleeping in Hotels.
philosopher3000 | February 26, 2013 at 6:25 a.m. ― 4 years ago
A voluntary Tourism Market District is fine, but it doesn't make ANY sense to join in a 40 year tax deal with the hotels. That locks the City into a deal that will short change us. We need the ability to adapt to changing conditions.
Sounds like the Hotel Developers and Corporate Owners are going into a long unnecessary legal fight, and the will lose, either in courts or in public opinion. They should just agree to share the wealth with their employees, fund the safety services that help tourists (like Lifeguards), and pay their fair share of the City's logistics. Time for the corporations to become good citizens.
It's not just about slave wage jobs cleaning up after tourists, it's about good union jobs, that can support citizens who live and work downtown. The City Council will either evolve, or be replaced as the economy stagnates. Votes beat money, again and again. Welcome to the new era if cooperation.
marasmom | February 26, 2013 at 6:44 a.m. ― 4 years ago
"Mayor Filner's insistence that the tourism industry should be obliged to pay living wages is a righteous argument. His belief that industries that get public subsidies give back is also a just and eminently reasonable position. And his concern that any deal that benefits the tourism industry also needs to be clearly good for the city legally and economically is both correct and a breath of fresh air. If he is successful we'll get a deal that will help create better jobs and lift all of us up at the same time." http://sandiegofreepress.org/2013/02/why-mayor-filner-is-right-to-stand-up-to-the-real-bullies/
marasmom | February 26, 2013 at 6:50 a.m. ― 4 years ago
Would be nice if this KPBS article referenced its own reporting from last Friday: "But the IBA [Indpendent Budget Analyst] report said there is no way to account for how much the TMD accounts for the city's room tax revenue, known in government parlance as the Transient Occupancy Tax, or TOT.
"While TMD promotions and marketing does support hotel room night stays, which is the basis for TOT assessments, it is extremely difficult to quantify the TOT receipts directly related to the TMD's activities,'' the IBA report states.
"There are many factors that drive the choice of destination for travelers, such as local attractions, recreational opportunities, general economic conditions, visitor age and income, transportation costs and available alternatives. While marketing is surely one of these factors, it is very difficult to isolate its impact.''
Eyesopen | February 26, 2013 at 7:14 a.m. ― 4 years ago
So ...
KPBS and VOSD should put some perspective on this discussion.
The TOT was initially established to fund tourism related expenses includung marketing. So whatever happened to the TOT funds that went to ConVis? In fact, what ever happened to Con Vis?
Year after year the TOT funds intended for visitor related purposes were redirected by the city for other purposes.
Now the hoteliers establish a self funding mechanism that allows them to see that the funds are actually used for the purpose that was promised ... And it's controversial.
dialyn | February 26, 2013 at 8:08 a.m. ― 4 years ago
Frankly I'm with Filner on this one. A 40 year contract is a ridiculously bad deal for the City and there is no proof that visitors will stop coming to San Diego just because we don't have some overpriced, cheesy advertising campaign. What a waste of money, yet gain. I agree with the woman who said the hoteliers should be paying for their advertising themselves. Why are they getting a government subsidy?
Kapich | February 26, 2013 at 11:41 a.m. ― 4 years ago
This is a public-private partnership. Get the facts at www.sandiego.org/WhyTravelMatters. Transient Occupancy Tax was established in 1964 solely for tourism promotion. As the City needed more general fund monies to pay for pensions, police, fire, they struck a deal to keep 100% of TOT for the general fund. The City partnered with tourism to create the Tourism Marketing District so that a self-assessment could raise marketing funds to promote San Diego. The TMD was approved for 39.5 years with operating contracts (requiring the Mayor's signature) of only 5 years. All destinations must market to attract visitors - look at Las Vegas who spends $90 million a year in media and Los Angeles with $14 million. Support our 160,000 tourism jobs.
dialyn | February 26, 2013 at 5:02 p.m. ― 4 years ago
I doubt if Las Vegas would stop getting tourists if they stopped running annoying commercials. Every time there is a weather report showing sun in San Diego when it is snowing elsewhere, San Diego gets free advertising. I would bet most tourists come here because they already know about San Diego, not because of some ad where most of the money is going to management and very little is used to improve the production values. My guess is that the people who make the most money from this scheme care more for their bank accounts than they do San Diego. Locking in the City to a 40 year contract for marginal results is ridiculous in a universe where individuals are doing their own forms of free advertising though various media. I'm more likely to follow the recommendation of a neighbor than pay any attention to a commercial. It's is too bad the Council buys into the old school arguments when the world is moving quickly past outmoded commercial models.
maren | February 27, 2013 at 1:48 p.m. ― 4 years ago
Dialyn: I would love for you to look into the facts surrounding this discussion more: www.sandiego.org/whytravelmatters. Tourism marketing is a standard, not a luxury. If the TMD funding is not released, San Diego will become the ONLY major city in the US to not have a destination marketing organization. This would hurt San Diego's economy greatly. Read the very famous case study in Colorado, "What Happens When You Stop Marketing? The Rise and Fall of Colorado Tourism" by Dr. Bill Siegel of Longwoods International. It illustrates what happened when Colorado cut its $12 million promotion budget to zero. As a result, Colorado's domestic market share plunged 30%, representing a loss of over $1.4 billion in tourism revenue annually and countless jobs. We don't want that to happen in San Diego!
Please also realize that the San Diego Tourism Authority (the non-profit that receives 80% of the TMD funding in order to promote San Diego) does not only run commercials, it handles a wide variety of sales and marketing initiatives in order to keep San Diego top choice in the minds of travelers through every medium possible. We have a Public Relations team that produces more than $15 million a year in UNPAID media (How do you think the New York Times heard about Chicano Park and Barrio Logan?) as well as a robust social media presence. Our Sales team makes sure conventions keep choosing to come to our city instead of our neighbors such as Anaheim or Las Vegas, and last year produced 740,000 room nights through their hard work. This type of work is not a scheme that makes rich people richer; it is a viable piece of San Diego's tourism industry with a proven track record of success. As an employee for the SDTA, I love San Diego VERY much. I eat, sleep and breathe this city. I also make a happy-but-humble middle class income. Please, read more facts, and feel free to ask me any questions you may have. I love San Diego and wish only to serve it and generate more new dollars in San Diego's economy through my work.
lovecalifornia | February 27, 2013 at 6:29 p.m. ― 4 years ago
While its fine to believe that your hoteliers should pay to market themselves, you all should consider this. By creating this modest 2%fee to create a private non profit destination marketing organization it allow San Diego to join with 74 other TMD's currently in existence operating within California doing the same thing who are raising over $150 million to market their destination along with Visit California's $50 million also raised by the fees paid by the travel and hospitality industry now joined by Brand USA which is a private non profit created by President Obama using a fee on international airline ticket sales designed to raise $100 million to for the first time to market the USA. Why? To quote the president :The more folks who visit America, the more Americans we get back to work.Its that simple". So the president wants to market the USA, because people don't know where we are? No because the US has never marketed itself and now for years the USA has lost a leisure travel market share which has equated to thousands and thousands of jobs and millions and millions of travel related revenue. So now LA and San Fran (sorry I have to say this) because they have very smart mayors who understand the importance of travel as an economic driver and jobs engine) are busy putting their TMD dollars together to market their destinations with Visit California and Brand USA on an international platform to attract the international traveler knowing they stay longer and spend more. Did you know that for every 90 additional international travelers that come to California it means an additional job for a Californian. And that the international travel spends almost equally in transportation, retail, restaurant, attractions and hotels? Except of course the Chinese traveler who is poised to come to California in a big way and they just want to go shopping! That's right they just spend a ton of money, do not tax local infrastructure, employ lots of local Californians and go home. But that's ok San Diego you go ahead and talk to your neighbors. I am sure you will get the same results as LA and San Francisco after all everyone knows where you are. So tell me again why companies spend $4 million for a commercial to air on the super bowl oh ya marketing doesn't work. Oh and the TMD in Las Vegas that spends $230 million to make sure that everyone knows "What happens in Vegas,.................... Ya we all know the end of that line now don't we.
philosopher3000 | February 28, 2013 at 1:20 p.m. ― 4 years ago
I'm reading these comments and see those who work in the tourism industry posting advertising links to their web propaganda, but their arguments are specious. If you think tourism in San Diego will die without a PUBLICLY FUNDED multi-million dollar ad campaign you're nuts. If the big hotel corporations really want to maximize their potential they will shell out for the ad funding. That's why they are paying these shills above to make fake accounts and publish their propaganda.
maren | February 28, 2013 at 3:31 p.m. ― 4 years ago
Hi philosopher3000. I am not a fake account. My name is Maren and I am a real person. I work for the non-profit organization that has marketed San Diego for the past 60+ years, the San Diego Tourism Authority (formerly known as the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau). I am posting because I believe what we do (marketing San Diego as a destination for potential visitors) is important for the city of San Diego and benefits everyone who lives here.

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Date: | March 24, 2004 at 4:15:42 AM |
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You saw a meaning given by a disreputable website or book, written by someone with more imagination than research skills or scruples.Edward is very straightforward, it's Old English, composed of the elements 'ead' meaning 'prosperity, wealth; happiness, bliss' and 'weard' meaning 'guard'.
Edward has survived from before the Conquest to the present day with uninterupted use and been exported to a variety of languages, unlike most Old English names.
Sorry to disappoint but there's nothing about mists in your name. It's dimly possible that the meaning you found was copied (extremely common, out of all the books and websites on names out there, 95% are pure copies of other sites - lots of enthusiasts/fans, very few researchers or linguists) from someone with a *little* knowledge of Old English who confused the 'ead' element with 'ea' meaning 'river, stream'...how they would explain that rogue D in there between ea and weard would be a fun question to ask them though ;o)
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Bradley Dredge kept his cool to shoot a three-under-par 68 and take command of the inaugural Made in Denmark.
Dredge, Thomas Björn and Felipe Aguilar played in a manner that belied blustery conditions at Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort to shoot fine 66s on the opening day.
Yet only the Welshman was able to follow that up on a truncated day featuring a one-hour delay due to the threat of lightning, his effort ensuring he took the outright lead ahead of what promises to be a thrilling weekend.
"I'm delighted with the way I played," said Dredge. "There were some chances out there. The wind wasn't quite as strong and in a slightly different direction, and luckily I managed to make some putts. The chip in on 16 was nice and I think I took the chances when I had them."
By contrast, Björn and Aguilar struggled to get anything going, the former hitting 73 and the latter 74.
There is still plenty of optimism among the home support, however, with Björn and Thorbjørn Olesen five shots adrift of Dredge.
They may have a job on their hands if the two-time victor on The European Tour shows similar resilience over the weekend.
Having parred the opening three holes, he endured a bogey-birdie-bogey-birdie run before dropping another on the turn.
But a four on the par five 13th ignited his round, and further birdies on 15, 16 and 18 ensured Dredge, who is not getting carried away with his form, finished in style.
"If someone had said I'll give you a four shot lead after 36 holes you would take it," said Dredge. "We're halfway through the tournament and I've been in similar positions to this before.
"I know a lot can happen and I've got to play really well over the weekend. There are some really good players chasing me so I have to keep playing the way I have been and convert the chances I get."
He was, therefore, four strokes ahead of Simon Wakefield – who earlier made full use of scoreable conditions.
With the weather much calmer than Thursday, when he struck 71, Wakefield produced a fine round of 67.
Having begun on ten, he parred the opening five holes before catching fire to birdie the 15th, 16th and 17th.
A dropped stroke on 18 ruined that run, yet the Englishman picked up strokes at four and eight.
He said: "I actually felt I played pretty well. I was here in 1999 and finished ninth in a Challenge Tour event, but I don't remember the course at all. I remember staying on site in a house, but I don't remember anything of the course.
"So arriving on Tuesday, I was excited to play the course but we didn't get chance to play. The first time to see the course yesterday was nice and I played lovely today."
Precocious 24 year old Olesen, who did not drop a shot in Thursday's 69, endured an up and down round as four gains came amid a bogey and a disappointing double at 13.
But the manner in which he ground out a 70 bodes well for the weekend.
"It was a bit easier today and I was not on top of my game," admitted Olesen. "I put myself in some awkward positions off the tee and I didn't have decent control.
"I made it tricky for myself. It's scoreable out there so I'll probably have some catching up to do. I had hoped to shoot a few under today but I didn't quite play well enough. I was fighting all the time."
Olesen, though, can at least take solace in knowing he will be roared on by vociferous home support.
"The crowds have been great," he added. "It's like playing a major championship out there. I've never seen anything like it. It's incredible and it really gave me a big boost out there. I just tried to keep going for them.
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Björn, who managed just one birdie amid three bogeys, said: "It was just not quite there. My wedges were poor, which is unlike me, and I didn't really take advantage of those short holes. One birdie all day isn't really going to do it as you are going to make some birdies in these conditions."
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3 | ARCHER, Phillip | ENG | 18 | -4 | ||||||
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ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Mickey Wright can appreciate Inbee Park's pursuit of a fourth straight major this year at the Ricoh Women's British Open.
She just can't relate to all the attention over a potential Grand Slam.
"One big difference in golf now and then -- and this was well before Title IX -- is women's golf did not get a lot of hoopla," the 78-year-old Wright told The Associated Press from her Florida home Wednesday. "There was not a lot of hoopla around winning four majors at the same time. I didn't have that kind of pressure. It was internal pressure."
Park begins her bid Thursday at St. Andrews to become the first golfer to win four professional majors in the same season.
Wright is the only LPGA Tour player to hold all four majors at the same time, which she achieved over two seasons -- the U.S. Women's Open and LPGA Championship in 1961, and the Titleholders and Western Open in 1962. Her bid for the calendar Grand Slam in `62 ended on a tough course and high wind in Myrtle Beach, S.C. at the Women's Open.
Her record makes a strong argument as the greatest female golfer ever -- 13 majors over an eight-year span and 82 career wins on the LPGA Tour.
She would love to see Park join her -- and Tiger Woods -- in the record book. Woods also held all four professional majors over two seasons in 2000-01.
"I watch her when they put her on television," Wright said. "She certainly is an unflappable young lady. She's probably the best putter I've ever seen. And I've seen some good ones. I'm hoping she can pull it off, and then win the fifth one in France. No one will ever come close to that unless the LPGA adds a sixth major."
The LPGA, which doesn't have the history or the financial support of men's golf, added the Evian Championship in France as a fifth major this year. That has led to some debate whether Park will have the Grand Slam if she wins at St. Andrews because one more major remains in September.
"What she has already done is absolutely fantastic," Wright said. "I know she'd be satisfied even if she doesn't win this week. I just hope people leave her alone."
That's one aspect Wright knows all too well.
Wright, who had a swing Ben Hogan once said was the best he ever saw, carried the LPGA Tour in its early days and was under intense pressure to play -- and win -- to appease sponsors. She won 68 tournaments in the 1960s, including 44 events in a four-year span. For seven straight years, she won at least one major, including the four straight in 1961-62 and her attempt at a calendar Grand Slam stopped short in 1962.
"There was no talk about a Grand Slam," Wright said. "We were trying to exist. It was a different time. You have to remember, we were the pioneers. We were trying to keep the tour going."
What impresses Wright the most about Park is her calm demeanor and her putting stroke, considered among the best in women's golf. What amazes her is that Park is winning all the majors even though she doesn't overpower golf courses with length or overwhelm the competition with superior ball-striking. The 25-year-old South Korean doesn't have a presence that Annika Sorenstam had during her great run, or Nancy Lopez in the 1970s, or that Wright had for nearly all of her career.
"She has yet to prove that presence and that takes time," Wright said. "This is a phenomenal year, not a career."


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NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil fell Monday as a partial shutdown of the U.S. government loomed over the markets.
Benchmark oil for November delivery dropped 54 cents to $102.33 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil fell as low as $101.05 before recovering. Stocks declined, as did gold and other metals.
The U.S. government will reach its borrowing limit, or debt ceiling, on Tuesday. If Congress doesn't raise that limit, the government won't be able to pay all its bills and some 800,000 of the 2.1 million federal employees will not go to work.
A lasting solution seemed far off as the White House and Republican lawmakers still disagree sharply on spending cuts and other key budget issues.
Goldman Sachs estimated that a three-week shutdown would slow the economy's annual growth rate in the October-December quarter by up to 0.9 percentage points. If so, the growth rate next quarter would be 1.6 percent, compared with market expectations of a 2.5 percent growth.
Political uncertainty also surfaced in Italy, where Prime Minister Enrico Letta will face a confidence vote on Wednesday after ministers from Silvio Berlusconi's center-right bloc pulled out of the five-month government. Markets are concerned that key economic reforms will not be implemented if the government falls.
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AAA said Monday that gas prices could drop another 25 cents to 30 cents through December, possibly falling below $3 a gallon in five to 10 states.
Brent crude, the benchmark for international crudes used by many U.S. refineries, slipped 26 cents to $108.37 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
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Eve is not a hard game at all, Go is a hard game, Chess is a hard game, Eve is a broad game with a lot of things you can choose to learn. The process to build a tech 3 cruiser and subsystems is pretty complex, but buying and flying one doesn't need you to know about that.
I play Eve with my 5 year old daughter (when she's been good of course) and she's quite capable of building a ship and taking it out to run missions, she'll tell you all about her Omen or Punisher and how the colour of the laser affects range and damage. She was even involved in a carrier kill recently, getting a grand total of 5hp damage before her frigate was demolished by smartbombs.
Anyway your characterisation of ' Widespread Protests is so ridiculously wide of the mark that it demands correction, the CSM process includes a method to protest the vote, you simply select the 'abstain' option, and in CSM4 less than 3% of votes registered this option. Turnout is low, sure, but that's more an indication of the indifference by many players, or a general acceptance that the people that do get elected generally are quite committed and don't do a bad job. Even Larkonis Trassler who was kicked off the council for insider trading had been relatively effective at raising issues.
I was also a candidate for CSM this year, wish this story had hit Slashdot yesterday so I could have trying to court the slashdot readers voted.
My kids got interested, and since I had some use for a spare character they both got low level pilots who *love* flying around with me in frigates and blowing things up, they don't have SP or real world skills but they get excited and have a whole lot of fun.
imeem have been doing this for the last few years, and they don't use audible magic, they used the Snocap fingerprint system which apparently was good enough for them to buy Snocap. Their business model has always been built around using the content identification system to make sure the right people get paid for audio played on the site.
imeem is primarily used by people uploading and sharing audio, so using an audio fingerprinting system seems more appropriate than youtube relying on an audio fingerprinter for video content.
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Ah! We've made it past March and into April, where I have actually scrapped a few moments and have only one or two more pages to make! My husband and son really have a shared love of airplanes and we took him to the Kalamazoo Air Zoo for the first time when he was 3. They were both in heaven, and it was so funny to see my husband acting like a kid right along side my son! I used a Sketch from Allison Davis, found here: http://www.sketchsupport.com/ Now, I don't normally use themed embellishments because I don't buy them, but I received these as a gift from my WTTS secret sister at Christmas and they were perfect for this page! TFL!
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5 Things You Need to Know: Cupcake ATM at Sprinkles
As you may have heard, the famous bakery Sprinkles is opening a cupcake ATM (and ice cream shop) on the Upper East Side in the coming weeks - and we're kind of freaking out! But, here's the important question: what does this mean for you? Here are five things you need to know about the one-stop cupcake dispensary.
1. The ATM started when Sprinkles founder Candice Nelson was pregnant, craving a cupcake and realized that she couldn't get her dark chocolate variety in the middle of the night.
2. As New Yorkers, we're typically the first to get everything - from Shake Shack to Top Shop - but not this time. Don't go bragging about this contraption to your LA, Dallas (pictured) or Chicago friends.
3. The store is open and sells the same cupcakes you'll see at the ATM (stocked twice-daily), yet people still line up to swipe their card to use this novel machine.
4. In LA and Chicago, the cupcake ATM dispenses dog-friendly cupcakes, so you can bring your pup along with you for a biscuit cupcake with yogurt icing.
5. The ATM is open 24-hours a day - and takes plastic. We're not saying they taste better at 4 AM…actually, yes we are.


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I'm not able to see any players when joined into a group, and the button to change from player to group to raid is just red.
You've got a problem with your installation... something is breaking at load time and it's probably one of your plugins that you use with nUI
I would suggest you start by turning off everything except nUI itself (including all plugins) then start enabling mods one at a time until it breaks again.... then we'll know which mod is causing the issue. |
Same issue
My looks identical to the first post but I only have one plugin which is the healbot plugin and it is turned off but I am still unable to get any graphics in that area. Also none of the buff bars are showing on the left and right of my screen.
The secret will lie in that buggrabber error list. As you can see from that screenshot it is recording errors again. This signifies something in the region of 50 or more errors from one addon or another. Those errors will help identify the cause.
That said, I have the latest nUI and all but a couple of my plugins running and have no problems. 1. Make sure you are using the latest nUI version on its own with no other addons at all and see what happens and go from there. 2. Just in case it is a configuration error somewhere rename your wtf folder and run wow again. It will reset everything to the default. What does nUI look like now. If after step 1 it isn't working but after step 2 it is then it is something in your settings messed up. I would suggest that it might be in your best interest to re do your settings anyway due to it being a major patch and some addons may have had to do some major changes to reflect that. It is something I tend to do, especially if I get problems like this. |
Still not there
I did both steps and neither one did the trick.
I am still missing the player frames and buffs. |
Still not there
I did both steps and neither one did the trick.
I am still missing the player frames and buffs. update: I deleted the add on and reinstalled it and if fixed the issue. |
Hmm, perhaps a corrupted download maybe.
Glad it resolved your problem anyway. |
I had been having this exact same problem - no players (me or anyone else) in the unit frames boxes since 5.07.18 came out.
I tried re-downloading and re-installing the addon. I poked around in the LUA file. Nothing. I updated all my other addons and turned them all off (and on). I tried a clean WTF file. Nothing. What finally did it for me was to *delete* the NUI file in my WOW/Interface/Addons file. What I had been doing was copying and pasting the new (.19) file over top of the old one (.16), and evidently it was leaving a file that you had meant to be deleted. FYI for any other copy-n-pasters out there. Carry on with a great addon. Nothing to see here ... |
I too am having the same issues. I removed all the addons and just had nUI running. I deleted the nUI folder instead of overwriting, renamed the WTF folder and nothing. Same issues. No player frames.
Here's the interesting part. I've kept the previous versions of nUI+ going back several versions. I removed nUI 5.07.19 plus since that did not work. I then installed nUI 5.07.18 plus...same thing. I went to version nUI 5.07.16 plus and the player frames were there! This issue seems to lie in verion 5.07.18 plus and up. Please advise. Wulfe |
Can you please enable script error reporting in the interface options or install a bug reporting mod like BugSack and let me know what errors are being recorded? There almost has to be an error of some kind being thrown here
I would love to help but am not sure how to enable script error reporting. I see there is a /nui debug command, and am not sure if this is the correct one or not? If so, what level should I set, and where does it place the log data for me to upload?
To enable error reporting...
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Alrighty! I have disabled all other mods, just the nUI ones, and this is the message I get:
Message: Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:310: attempt to call field 'applyAnchor' (a nil value) Time: 04/30/11 12:04:01 Count: 1 Stack: Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:310: in function <Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:199> Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:727: in function `applySkin' Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:791: in function `createUnit' Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_UnitPanel.lua:616: in function `applySkin' Interface\AddOns\nUI\Main\nUI.lua:264: in function <Interface\AddOns\nUI\Main\nUI.lua:137> Locals: unit = nUI_SoloUnit_Pet { changeScale = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:536 Elements = <table> { } active = true scale = 1 setUnitID = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:764 newUnitInfo = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:454 unit = "pet" refreshSkin = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:737 applySkin = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:714 configText = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_UnitFrame.lua:357 skin = <table> { } 0 = <userdata> background = nUI_SoloUnit_Pet_Background { } enabled = true applyAnchor = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:582 applyOptions = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:623 parent = nUI_UnitPanel_Player { } options = <table> { } click_cast = true clickable = false skinName = "nUI_SoloUnit_PetSkin" setVisibility = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:749 width = 124.44444784861 Faders = <table> { } popup = nUI_SoloUnit_Pet_Popup { } cachedSetUnitID = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_UnitFrame.lua:606 applyScale = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:502 height = 157.06667740802 applyFrameFader = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:553 setEnabled = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:469 Labels = <table> { } } skin = <table> { height = 310 desc = "nUI Solo Player Mode: Player Pet's unit skin" elements = <table> { } width = 210 } (for index) = 5 (for limit) = 23 (for step) = 1 i = 5 (*temporary) = nil (*temporary) = <table> { relative_to = "$parent_RaidGroup" yOfs = 0 xOfs = 0 relative_pt = "CENTER" anchor_pt = "CENTER" } (*temporary) = "attempt to call field 'applyAnchor' (a nil value)" skin_elements = <table> { Portrait = <table> { } Label = <table> { } Class = <table> { } Happiness = <table> { } Resting = <table> { } Aura = <table> { } Status = <table> { } Level = <table> { } RaidTarget = <table> { } Power = <table> { } Frame = <table> { } Feedback = <table> { } ReadyCheck = <table> { } Health = <table> { } Role = <table> { } PvP = <table> { } Casting = <table> { } RaidGroup = <table> { } Combat = <table> { } } update_elements = <table> { } update = <table> { type = "Combat" options = <table> { } anchor = <table> { } frame = nUI_SoloUnit_Pet_Combat { } } CreateElement = <function> defined @Interface\AddOns\nUI\Units\nUI_Unit.lua:146 |
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Okay... if you would, please save the attached file in the [ Interface > AddOns > nUI > Units ] folder and then reload nUI and tell me what frame it says does not have an applyAnchor method (it will print in the chat frame)
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Well, it says unknown frame. I've included a screenshot of the nUI info from the chat frame.
Okay... I think I know what the problem is.
Anything I can do to assist with troubleshooting?
Well, I downloaded nUI 5.07.20 plus and the player frames are not there. Along with that, I have no buff bar. As I stated in the earlier post, they work in nUI 5.07.16 plus and previous versions, but nothing after. Any thoughts?
Wulde |
I *thought* this was fixed. :-/ |
No, not really...sorry. I still had the issue with the previous version. You stated you thought you knew what the problem was, in the thread...but that was it. I've been using 5.07.16 plus ever since.
Wulfe |
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On Black Friday I was shopping at The Shoppes at Grand Prairie. I bought several items at Bergner's and they were extremely heavy. When I got outside the store, the large bag broke. I was standing on the sidewalk outside the store trying to figure out what I was going to do.
A very nice couple leaving the store picked up my purchases and took them to my car, which was three-fourths of the way back across the parking lot. They placed them in my car.
I offered to pay them for their kindness and they would not hear of it. They restored my faith in mankind.
Thank you so much and God bless you.
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Ithilien (S, pron. [iˈθiljen]) was a region and fiefdom of Gondor. Ithilien, or Moon-land, was the only part of Gondor on the eastern side of the Anduin, wedged in between the river and the Ephel Dúath. The region was further divided into North and South Ithilien.
Ithilien was a fair and prosperous land during the Second Age and the first part of the Third Age, when Gondor was strong and Mordor deserted. Of old its chief city was Minas Ithil, the Tower of the Moon, but when this was captured by Mordor it was renamed Minas Morgul, the Tower of Black Sorcery. After this event, the majority of the people of Ithilien fled across the Anduin to escape war, but the Stewards of Gondor still kept scouts there, operating out of secret locations such as Henneth Annûn. Those who stayed fled in T.A. 2954 when Mount Doom erupted.
During the War of the Ring, in early May T.A. 3019, Gollum leads Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee through Ithilien on their way to Cirith Ungol and into Mordor. After witnessing an ambush of Haradrim, the hobbits were found by Faramir, the son of the Steward Denethor, but are allowed to continue when he is satisfied they are not agents of Sauron.
During the Fourth Age, Ithilien was ruled by the Princes of Ithilien, a line that started with Faramir and Éowyn, who became known as the White Lady of Ithilien. Minas Morgul was not repopulated, and Faramir had his throne in Emyn Arnen. After the fall of Sauron, Legolas brought elves from Greenwood, and they dwelt in Ithilien, and once again it became the fairest country in all the westlands.


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Thyroid Cysts With an Enlarged Thyroid04/17/2009 |
I have recently been diagnosed with an enlarged thyroid. After the ultrasound, they told me that I have small scattered cysts all over my thyroid. I now have to wait a week before I can see my doctor and have him direct me to an ENT, and I will probably have to wait and see what they will do. I was wondering what the next step might be? I have neck pain (not horrible, but irritating), and I have touble swallowing (again, not horrible, but irritating). I hate the waiting and would like to know what I might expect next! They say I need more testing done. Any info would be helpful.
It is really quite common to have cysts in the thyroid. Your ENT will likely examine your thyroid and your throat and check thyroid function with some simple blood tests. Your ultrasound will be reviewed. What happens next depends on the results.
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Chicago's phenomenal sketch comedy theatre company The Second City introduces its unique and famed "Laugh Out Loud Tour" to the Laguna Playhouse. The show combines improvisation, songs and scripted elements in an evening of stomach-pain-inducing laughter. So come experience America's next top comic legends—don't believe it? Well, considering The Second City is responsible for launching the careers of renowned comedians like Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Bill Murray, don't second guess the hilariousness and bright talent that this trademark show has to offer. The company rejoices in more than 50 years of comedic success with their avant-garde satirical extravaganza, and continues to present the most prominent voices in comedy.
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Headless, and Not Just the Horseman
Long before "Sleepy Hollow" was a television series on Fox, it was a ghost story in Washington Irving's 1820 "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent." Irving located his story about a headless horseman and frightened schoolmaster in "Tarry Town," north of New York City, as though it was fact rather than fiction. The fate of the hapless Ichabod Crane has fascinated children ever since. Was Crane attacked by a ghost? Or did Crane's rival for the hand of the lovely Katrina commit a nefarious deed?


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The Petersburg Little Norway Festival Committee and Chamber of Commerce welcome all residents and visitors of Petersburg to the Annual Little Norway Festival each year.
Little Norway Parade © Glo DeBoer
This annual celebration dates back to May 17th, 1958 when two local women, Bernadine Trones and Alma Wallen chaired the first Little Norway Festival in celebration of our unique Norwegian heritage. Syttende Mai or May 17th, celebrates the signing of Norways Constitution in 1814. Petersburgs Little Norway Festival has grown over these last 49 years to span the 3rd weekend of May and celebrates not only Norways Constitution, but U.S. Armed Forces Day, the coming of spring and beginning of the fishing season.
Residents and visitors, young and old alike dressed in Norwegian bunader (folk costumes) host as well as partake in the Festival events. The rowdy Vikings and Valkyries stir up lighthearted mischief whenever and wherever they can.
Great music always plays a large part of the Festival fun and indoor and outdoor dances are scheduled for Friday & Saturday evenings. Art events include; the Annual Mitkof Mummers Melodrama written and produced each year by the local theatre group, a variety of artist receptions, rosemaling classes and a local Arts & Craft Share. The heart of downtown is barricaded and booths line the street offering a variety of wares and information. Food, always an important aspect of any festival, ranges from traditional Alaskan Native fare and Petersburgs world-class seafood to fine Norwegian delicacies. A parade, a walk/run race, a pageant, style shows, many dedications, receptions and open houses fill out the very full Annual Festival Schedule and insure entertainment for everyone.
Little Norway Revellers © Glo DeBoer
Though the Festival Schedule remains largely the same, each year a preliminary schedule of events will be available through the Petersburg Visitor Information Center & Chamber of Commerce in April of the Festival year.
This year & future Festival Dates:
The Festival dates are customarily the third weekend in May coinciding with May 17th.
May 19-22, 2016
With true hometown flair, The Little Norway Festival is a celebration of Southeast Alaskan life and all are Velkommen til Petersburg!
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If you've dined out in a big group, chances are you had an automatic tip tacked on to your bill.
That practice might soon go away.
Orlando, Fla.-based Darden Restaurants may drop automatic gratuities for tables of eight or more at its chains, including Olive Garden and Red Lobster.
Experts predict others will follow suit. An Internal Revenue Service ruling will treat automatic gratuities as wages. That could lead to higher payroll taxes for restaurants and make record-keeping more complicated.
The change means customers will get to decide just how much to shell out for service instead of paying a flat amount of 15 to 20 percent.
That makes some diners happy, including Mark Puig of Orlando. The 42-year-old, who makes a living selling on eBay, said he thinks automatic tips allow "servers to be lazy when they have larger tables."
But servers say no matter how good the service, they could end up with less money in their pockets if they're stuck with a table of tightwads.
Automatic tipping "protects the server in a lot of ways, because a lot of time and energy goes into those parties,"? said David Hayden, a Kansas City, Mo., waiter who has written a book on tipping and runs websites about the restaurant industry. "There are too many times when you can really end up in the hole waiting on a table because they didn't leave an adequate tip."
For now, Darden has dropped 18 percent automatic tipping at about 100 restaurants.
But it also has started suggesting tip amounts on receipts. Each bill spells out exact amounts for tips of 15, 18 and 20 percent.
Darden, the world's largest casual-dining restaurant company, will decide by year's end whether to get rid of automatic tipping entirely. The IRS ruling goes into effect in January.
"We're testing this change in an effort to determine the best way to preserve tips for our employees while following the IRS' guidance," spokesman Rich Jeffers said in an email.
Darden would not discuss how the recent IRS ruling would affect the company financially.
But for restaurants in general, it "is potentially a dramatic challenge to company profitability,"? Boston University hospitality professor Chris Muller said in an email.
And automatic tips also leave restaurants open to legal challenges from workers over pay, employers' attorneys said.
"I think restaurateurs and businesses are just throwing up their hands and saying, 'We can't afford the risks," said Carolyn Richmond, a New York attorney who represents hospitality employers.
Earlier this year a customer sued several restaurants, including Olive Garden and Red Lobster, for charging automatic gratuities for even small tables in New York City.
Jeffers said that's common practice for eateries in Manhattan, where three Darden restaurants automatically charge gratuities for everyone because many tourists there don't tip well.


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The program on this recording provides a cross-section of pieces written by women in late seventeenth-century Italy and France. This period in European history was rich with possibilities for women's self expression, especially in music.
Includes compositions by...
Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre 1665-1729
Barbara Strozzi C.1619-1677
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Antonia Bembo 1643-1715
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XBack from my break in time to see Eddie Murphy present the Jean Hersholt award to Jerry Lewis. Eddie mispronounces Hersholt, and the camera goes to Jerry's box, where he's not. Clips from his films and material focusing on Lewis's work with MDA. Jerry onstage to get the award. Looking pretty good considering the health problems he's had over the years. He struggles with the speech, but keeps it concise and gracious. Why is Frank Langella not applauding?
Medley of nominated music scores. Oscar orchestra does the music. Zac Efron and Alicia Keys present. Keys is too glamorous for words. Winner: "Slumdog Millionaire." One of the first things I did after seeing the movie was buy the soundtrack. A.R. Rahman takes his time with his acceptance. Keys and Efron stay to intro the best-song nominees. Rahman back onstage to perform. John Legend sings the abbreviated "Down to Earth," which Peter Gabriel declined to do because of the medley decision. And we're back to "Slumdog" and Rahman, for "Jai Ho." Legend joins in.
And back to Keys and Efron for the best-song presentation. Winner: "Jai Ho."
Liam Neeson and Freida Pinto present foreign-language film Oscar, but mention a theme in each nominee instead of the names of the films, which are on a screen onstage. Winner: "Departures." One of the accepters says, "We'll be back, I hope."
Queen Latifah introduces the tribute to dead moviemakers and sings "I'll Be Seeing You" for the clips. Nice touch. The big ovation is for Paul Newman, who ends the clips, gets both a clip and a line. No Ledger, I guess because he received his own homage with the best-supporting-actor segment.


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Crowns, Bridges, Dentures, Implants |
Sores in Mouth11/02/2009 |
I had all my teeth out september I had stitches but they have gone now i have these hard bumps on my gum which is hard and sore please could u advise
These are probably loose or sharp pieces of bone under the tissue. You should return to the dentist who removed the teeth for evaluation and treatment.
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M4L Audio not send~ing to MIDI track
Another M4L problem I'm having has been with trying to send signal data from an audio track via send~/receive~ to a MIDI track to process there. Hooking up scope~, I see that the signal data is making it to the send~ object just fine. However, looking at the receive~ object's scope~, it shows nothing. How might I better send Audio data to a MIDI track's M4L patch for processing?
Quote from the documentation:
"The use of the send~ and receive~ objects to pass audio between Max for Live devices is not supported."
As far as I know there is no alternative.
How about using a VST like wormhole?
Havent tried this by the way
I've set up a little test sending from an audio track using 'plugsend~ left' and 'plugsend~ right':
-- Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. --Copy all of the following text. Then, in Max, select New From Clipboard.----------begin_max5_patcher---------- 419.3ocyU98aBBCDG+YLw+GZ5yLCE7m6M2aKwm1qKKKHTvaozRfxlal4e6iV DDmtohRhuzC91dG28okqq51w.OWrjlhQ2idFYXrJWwPqoTLJELvQtK8Xto5E h4zODyeCatYNIcoTqGyxBSob+0nDHbgrZA7rHfynRs2jR0.AWxcinZWml.tL zCBlecuDYxR2rJkAesC4IvcCv0iUJ7kNVDqdUKN1U5s.3gulP8jEEIwZb97H BgnLiGpeIWB8h1mu61QYyMlWQdvnAsONbZFNpQiQStBzvSDEQ4x8wwSMi.nG ktLv6XfHHIbdQIY0ywTMzWMlOPTkyA3kc+cxQOASjbBQ3rfqsBnN5Qxn1Dty t0fqcaCWG8IWGR6y1oY9f.EjHhPyf2o2Xjd3kCZxI.5hNDSJ5WNo05WB70Gl u1MqQYkaEZxOioEUENEB4tLrY0SGjtjlzTs+3s+1Ov4OOZV7AwLfu2Mv5fpl 3WbLUjk3UVAaxODYal6SSk.2UBBdsEkeQIp1d+Bv2mx24XWD3GK.tbSd7eat mUpYcrTy4hSMkPt4GbJ7ySD -----------end_max5_patcher-----------The receiver is a Max Instrument on a MIDI track with 'plugreceive~ left' and 'plugreceive~ right:
-- Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. --Copy all of the following text. Then, in Max, select New From Clipboard.----------begin_max5_patcher---------- 478.3ocyVFrSiCCDF9bPh2AKetTE6j1lt2X0doRvEthPnzD2zA4XWk3rT.AO 6XOoA0tszsDZP8xXkeOyjweI1ie47y7nS0KEkTxuH2R77dwp3gZNEuFAOZd7 xDYbI5HUIdTO8AZuUyYDKMn9BYUVgHQ.+U7Fo.xla9vGUUNnjBCl.Vi5Lsxn hyEXzWV.wRxu0xz0iRWY1JrZMySKD00MsDxTwRJ4tFOfTLk1p7hAz0eakvyX PL+99M5KhMIyAU181Z2TmwwtoIQic1wibVVTeexcXDud9YtQ6PuiKxjhYmBD KnMDiE5nzPNRL+i.wRz44BkYajcS6PDYhIVBIeBo9XoMqHaZ8JxuePOmIzYs Fla4rCbwGrQMlnk5hCHCeE15iXkwqGF0kz8pSM5NrqoKezOFburJEzDilbkc +9IFnG884LaubNH.QaHR3HF9v3tgyWO4OSHyJz4mhfdXmC55ieQBGEcD379Z dYYxa6Fv710yh++5Y0a+cu3so6UXMl3H4FDzgM7ygT.T+Pc4A6licBIV6gT. dNY3m2hu9ERkfZq6UhI0Mw+PtRcUQRSQu5JHj094OUTZ.UrAzp0bhuoSygzT gZiMmVXuPagvp5XeeNO3RavgVZruUo4DrCuC8HalcA -----------end_max5_patcher-----------As long as both devices are in edit mode or both are inside Live this works for me.
I did not test latency.
I did some testing with Wormhole and some other VST devices with the same functionality. I tried Virtual Audio Cable and ReaRoute ASIO (comes with Reaper) as well.
I got to two conclusions for all setups I've tried:
1. The latency is just not tolerable
2. The setup configurations are clumsy
With plugsend~' – plugreceive~ the delay seems to be around 12 ms. This might be bearable in some situations.
Please read this.
PS. Just did a quick test and measured delay of 44ms!
Thanks broc,
I suppose we can agree that this is really a serious topic. Every attempt to send audio to some other location runs us into serious problems. This is caused by threads not being synchronized. I hope C'74 and Ableton will come up with a solution in the near future or at least with serious improvements.
Well, I think the root of the problem is the conventional inflexible architecture of Live (like most other DAWs), i.e. strict separation of midi vs. audio tracks and limited routing capabilities. The integration of Max would be much smoother if Live had generic tracks for midi and audio with arbitrary routing, as can be found for example in 'Reaper'. So I think the developers should consider some basic redesign in the long term.
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Bike tour !
The shop will be closed for a few days......had to happen some time. This will be wilderness product testing. Dirt/pavement big tire road bike tour .....no camping-motels and wineries. Three nights in central Calif. in search of the best taqueria and most remote through roads. If the roads don't go through, the shop might be closed for an expended time !This will be my first bike tour in 14 years........too busy welding as of late.
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My wife and I think this is a permit, but we sometimes have trouble separating jacks. Are we right?
Thank You,
It sure looks like a Permit to me. Where did you see it?
According to Reef Fish Id, pompano look similar, but "lack orangish area at anal fin". Pompano are usually found just off sandy beaches. Lots of them are caught by anglers by surf fishing off the beaches on both the east and west coast of Florida. I recall from catching them that they don't have the black fins - but I haven't caught a lot of them, and a hooked fish can look very different than a free swimming one. Permit can be seen on the reefs and are commonly seen (and caught) in the Florida Keys backcountry.
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Buoy M3, Molasses Reef, Key Largo, Florida. Thursday, October 21, 2010, depth 26 feet, bottom temperature 85 degrees. Coral reef, consistent with your comment.
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It finally appears that the University of North Carolina Football team is beginning to find out exactly which players they will be without for the rest of year. After the relative "black eye" the program received on Monday following news of the dismissal of Marvin Austin and permanent ineligibility of Greg Little and Robert Quinn, the Tar Heels received some good news as senior Ryan Houston was cleared and will play on Saturday.
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