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Some of the best baseball games of the spring will take place for the next eight Saturdays. The Charleston Miracle League, a baseball program for special needs children and adults, opens its ninth season at 9 a.m. at Joe Griffith Field, 780 W. Oak Forest Drive in West Ashley.
Children under age 18 play 9 a.m.-noon, then adults take over and play until 3 p.m. There are no fees and players or volunteers can sign up at charlestonmiracleleague.org. Summerville also has a Miracle League program that is an offshoot of the Charleston league.
The league's mission statement is to create lasting memories for a lifetime, said Charleston Miracle League Executive Director Colin Meara, a special education teacher at West Ashley High School. In addition to a baseball league in the spring and summer, the Miracle League participants also travel to attend an Atlanta Braves game and to Baltimore to watch the Orioles and former Stratford star Matt Wieters. They also have outings to attend RiverDogs and Stingrays games and to bowl, Meara said.
"We have everything from individuals with autism to individuals with cerebal palsy, Down syndrome or maybe motor skills issues," Meara said. "We have a specialized field where you can have wheelchairs. Anyone that has a disability that doesn't feel comfortable in a regular baseball league can come out here and play."
The two-inning games, which last about an hour, are very similar to youth T-ball. Every player bats, gets a hit and scores a run. Every player also goes into the field. Youths play with a special soft baseball and use aluminum bats; adults use plastic bats and balls. The league also has beeper balls for players with vision problems. Every player is assigned a buddy to assist them in hitting or getting around the bases.
The Charleston Miracle League was founded by Channing Proctor, a former Citadel baseball player who is a pharmaceutical sales representative. He had watched a Miracle League game while living in Atlanta, and when he and his family moved to Charleston, he began working to raise the money to build a program here.
Through a lot of hard work, the board of directors raised the necessary $250,000 to build the field. Joe Griffith, a local Realtor, donated $100,000; Proctor raffled off his 1965 Thunderbird and raised $25,000 and other businesses, and individuals came through. The first game was played Nov. 20, 2004.
Proctor said it was a way to reconnect with baseball. In one of life's ironies, he said, three or four years after the league began, he and his wife, Shannon, had a son who is autistic, Nashton, now 5 and a Miracle League player.
The crowds that gather each Saturday are like a large support group, offering suggestions and guidance to others. Volunteers include high school students, college sororities and fraternities and medical students.
"It teaches young people the importance of volunteerism and giving back to the community at a young age," Proctor said. "These players aren't that different. If you see someone in a wheelchair, it doesn't mean they're not intelligent or can't function. They have dreams and goals. They can laugh and have fun like everybody else. I think it's broken down those barriers for volunteers."
Joe Griffith Field is looking ahead to its fourth stage of development, which will include an outdoor Therapy Play Module, where the therapies that usually take place indoors are moved to a covered outdoor facility.


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LAWRENCE — A northeast Kansas prosecutor's office has quadrupled the amount of cash seized in forfeiture cases since an attorney was appointed to focus on those cases three years ago.
Last year Douglas County seized more than $263,000 from criminals. That is up from slightly more than $62,000 seized in 2010.
District Attorney Charles Branson told The Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/1gkKd9U) it is up to alleged criminals to prove they had a legal right to the seized money.
Branson said his office uses its share of the money to pay for staff training or to provide agencies such as Lawrence Memorial Hospital with equipment like that used to examine sexual assault victims.
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The Student Activity Server has been renamed to the Penn State Student Organizations Web Service and is under new management. These Web pages may be out of date and will be moved to the new site in the near future. Please read http://www.clubs.psu.edu/info/ for information about the new service.
Customize this page!
You must have a valid PSU Access Account.
You must have applied for membership to your organization's webteam and received confirmation.
We have two tutorials on Microsoft FrontPage. One for creating a new site from scratch, and one for updating an existing page. We also have a general FAQ on using FrontPage with clubs.
More to come later.
Using a Secure FTP client (SFTP)
SFTP is a convenient means of uploading changes to your club's website. The software installation only takes a minute, and it uploads content in a way similar to traditional FTP.
Secure FTP is part of the Secure Shell (SSH) program.
Windows: https://www.work.psu.edu/access/ssh/
See our SFTP page for directions on using the Windows client.
Macintosh: Info on ASET SSH page - scroll down to "MacSFTP for MacOS".
Unix users can use sftp from the ssh program or an alternative such as OpenSSH.
When you connect to the SFTP server, use the following info:
<your PSU Access Account username>
<your PSU Access Account password>
/clubs/<your group directory>
Uploading through a web browser using the PASS Explorer
The PASS Explorer is perhaps the quickest to set up and use. It also doesn't require any more software than a modern web browser, and is perfect to use on the go when you are away from your own computer. The downside is you can only upload a single file at a time.
You will need to login to your Portal Account, and add the PASS Explorer following these instructions. Once the PASS Explorer has been added to your Portal account, you can use it immediately upon successive visits.
To find your club directory in the PASS Explorer, click the button in the PASS Explorer window (screenshot #1), and enter
/:/services/www/clubs/wwwroot/<your group directory> .
Upload files with the button in the PASS Explorer window (screenshot #2).
Using the PASS Gateway to map a network drive.
PASS Gateway is more convenient for frequent web authoring than PASS Explorer and SFTP because you do not need to perform an upload step to publish your changes on the web. As soon as you save your files on the mapped network drive, it appears on the web. The downside is PASS Gateway may not work with all off-campus computers.
The PASS Gateway can be set to map to the W: drive on Windows 2000 and XP ASET Lab computers. Your clubs directory would then be
W:\services\www\clubs\wwwroot\<your group directory>
Your PASS directory can be set to map to the desktop on Macintosh ASET Lab computers. We are currently working out the kinks with using it with your clubs account and will update this page with directions soon.
For other computers, follow these instructions, and refer to the following notes for details specific to the Student Activity Server. There are directions for Windows, Macintosh and Unix platforms (including Linux).
Notes for Windows users:
Be sure to map the
\\samba\pass share, not
\\samba\homes so you can see your club's directory.
Your club's directory should be
\\samba\pass\services\www\clubs\wwwroot\<your group directory>. If you mapped
\\samba\pass to
W:, your directory will be
W:\services\www\clubs\wwwroot\<your group directory>.
Notes for Macintosh users:
When selecting the volume you wish to mount, select "PASS Gateway" instead of the one named after your Access Account.
Your club's directory should be
services ->
www ->
clubs ->
wwwroot ->
<your group directory>.
Using Secure Shell (SSH) - for ASET Unix users
Advanced users who like to log into remote Unix computers and edit their files in Unix text editors may prefer this option. You need to have a Unix account with the ASET Unix Group first.
General SSH Instructions: http://cac.psu.edu/internet/ssh/
/:/services/www/clubs/wwwroot/<your group directory>
Note: You cannot log into
ftp.clubs.psu.edu for regular ssh sessions.
ftp.clubs.psu.edu is for file transfers only. The Unix account is valid on other systems.
Other options - http://aset.its.psu.edu/ftp/
Native DCE/DFS clients are available for Windows NT, 2000, Solaris, and other platforms. These are more complicated to install and use than previous options.
Notice - as of June 1, 2002, you can no longer use regular FTP
Regular FTP programs, such as WS_FTP for Windows or Fetch for Macintosh will no longer work with our new "secure-only" service.
The Publish feature in Microsoft FrontPage and Netscape Composer use regular FTP, and thus no longer work with the Student Activity Server. However you may continue to use these programs for web page editing.
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Here is a look at the 13 players who were selected to the News-Journal's All-Area offense First Team.
The 6-3, 300-pound senior was an integral part of the area's biggest and best offensive front . . . The third-year starter wasn't the biggest or fastest among his peers but he was the most consistent, helping Offensive Player of the Year Cameron Hadley and an offense that averaged 297 yards and 27 points per game.
New Smyrna Beach
The 6-3, 230-pound senior anchored NSB's offensive front by grading out at 85 percent on his blocking assignments on the season . . . The quick-footed big man is getting looked at by Florida Atlantic and he also did some moonlighting on the defensive side of the ball at tackle, where he tallied 10 tackles for the area's third-ranked defense.
Flagler Palm Coast
The 6-foot-5 senior lined up at both offensive tackle and tight end on offense and was a dual threat for the Bulldogs . . . At tight end, he caught 16 balls for 174 yards and two touchdowns and as far as his blocking assignments, Bowens graded out at 87 percent on the season . . . Has verbally committed to Florida Atlantic.
New Smyrna Beach
The 5-11 senior receiver was a big play waiting to happen every time he touched the ball . . . The area's fastest player, Clark ran a 4.31 40-yard dash and has over 25 college scholarship offers . . . He hauled in 49 passes and had an area-best 1,112 yards receiving to go with his eight touchdowns on the year.
Spruce Creek
The 6-3, 215-pound senior led the area in receptions with 53 and was the backbone of the Hawks' attack . . . He finished fifth in the area in receiving yards (717) and hauled in eight touchdowns . . . He also played on the defensive side of the ball at linebacker/safety, where he registered 29 tackles.
Warner Christian
Senior 5-foot-9, 220-pound running back returns to the All-Area First Team for the second straight season . . . The bruiser of a back played on both sides of the ball and led the area in rushing with 1,687 yards and 32 touchdowns. Four-year starter was Warner's all-time career rusher with 6,107 yards and 110 touchdowns.
After three seasons at Calvary and an injury-riddled junior season, the 5-foot-8 senior playmaker showed what he could do on the big stage . . . He passed for 1,445 yards and 19 TDs, rushed for 772 yards and seven TDs and had 147 yards receiving . . . Hadley tallied 2,364 yards and 26 TDs this season and finished with 9,208 career yards and 108 TDs.
New Smyrna Beach
The 6-foot-1, 220-pound junior led the area in passing in his first varsity season as a quarterback . . . Johnson completed 108 of 182 passes for 1,946 yards and 18 touchdowns . . . After throwing three interceptions in the season-opener, he threw just six the rest of the year and helped the Barracudas to an unbeaten regular season.
Senior 5-foot-10, 210-pounder returns to the All-Area First Team after another stellar season . . . Committed to USF early and then de-committed with over 20 offers . . . Kemp was second in the area in rushing with 1,464 yards and 23 touchdowns on 256 carries and he also finished second in the balloting for Offensive Player of the Year.
The 6-3, 230-pound junior anchored a Seabreeze offensive line that produced the area's fifth-ranked offense . . . He was the biggest of Seabreeze's offensive linemen and for the season the second-year starter graded out at 91 percent on his blocking assignments for an offense that averaged 320 yards and 30 points per game.
The 6-2, 150-pound senior led the area in point-after and field-goal percentage
. . . Patsch hit 41 of 43 point-after kicks and was good on 10 of 11 field-goal tries while converting a season-long best field goal of 40 yards.
The 5-foot-11 junior running back is slippery, fast and hard to get a hold of . . . He has offers from Boston College, Memphis, Temple and Wake Forest, and more should come after he totaled 1,117 yards and 12 touchdowns . . . Rodriguez rushed for 925 yards and 10 TDs on 114 carries and also had 192 yards receiving.
The 6-3, 220-pound senior anchored a Bulldogs offensive front that produced the area's second-best offense . . . Tyrell graded out at 85 percent on execution and 95 percent on all of his blocking assignments on the year for a unit that averaged 336 yards and 26 points per game.


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Marina's High-waist Floral Skirt
Added Aug 22, 2010
By burdastyle
New York, New Yo...
Let us introduce to you Marina, a soon-to-be high school senior with more sophistication and style than I've seen in a girl her age— and she's really sweet too. Marina interned for us during two crazy weeks at BurdaStyle, during which 5 photo shoots took place amongst other projects for our book in progress.
In a moment of downtime Marina showed us a truly cool skirt variation she'd created from found fabrics and we had to share it with you. All you need is the Sidonie basic A-line skirt and some patterning tools and you're good to go.
"I tend to make a lot of skirts, and I find that each one is fun and special to me because of the funky fabrics I use. Most of them are what I like to call "found fabrics" because I didn't buy them at the fabric store, but rather found them in the attic, in my mother's or other family members' supply, or repurposed them from old garments. This skirt was made using the wrong side of a fabric my grandmother gave me, straight from her own secret stash from who knows when ;) She used to be a seamstress… I definitely think I inherited my love for sewing from her and my mother!"
Material Notes
Waistband interfacing 3/4" (2cm) wide, Fusible seam binding 3/8" (1cm) wide, 8" (20cm) Separating zipper, 1x button.
Fabrics: lightweight wools, crepe fabrics, linen, corduroy
1 1/2 yards (1m 30cm) fabric
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- Material
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Aug 27, 2010, 09.16 AMby anajan
Well done, girl! Your skirt is super cute, and fits you perfectly. Don't you just love when you create a gorgeous garment with no expenses?
Aug 26, 2010, 02.05 AMby minnepolitan
This is great! I love the variation and seeing how the pattern was manipulated to created the new skirt. How cool! Im gonna try it!
Aug 24, 2010, 01.53 AMby lala86
Well, I love it thanks!! I just wish I was thinner to wear this..
Aug 23, 2010, 05.37 PMby dorawarren
i really like the concept of member's recreating a garment from an existing BurdaStyle pattern and these being the project of the week. I don't always see the possibility in the patterns and love these creations.
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Aug 23, 2010, 06.13 PMby alisondahl
Thank you for the insight! We're transitioning in some areas here at BS and this is a new concept that I hope will simultaneously serve the variation creator, spark the interest of the BS community and showcase what wonderful talent we have within the members. Glad you like it!
Aug 23, 2010, 04.50 PMby wonderwonder
I truly love this skirt!! and it suits you so well :) xo Hikaru
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Aug 23, 2010, 06.14 PMby alisondahl
Hikaru your photo is amazing!
Aug 23, 2010, 04.05 PMby nutmeg1
SUPER CUTE! Thanks for the tutorial :)
Aug 23, 2010, 10.05 AMby popbabe7
I have seen so many great projects inspired by Sidonie, it's very inspiring, Your skirt looks amazing!
Aug 23, 2010, 08.32 AMby dannijohnson1
love it! really cute :)
Aug 23, 2010, 05.35 AMby wishofhappiness
Wow! Your soo lucky you got to intern for them! Great job on the skirt! Its super cute and funky :)
Aug 23, 2010, 03.45 AMby amandahaas
freaking love! keep up the good work!
Aug 23, 2010, 01.28 AMby davee09
Aug 22, 2010, 11.31 PMby Passiona Cottee
Congratulations on your internship and your fabulous featured project, Marina. The purple satin pockets are my favourite :)
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Aug 23, 2010, 01.40 AMby marinaglory
Thank you Passiona!!
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Nearly every state representative agrees with state agencies and the governor that public housing is a must in this state, with the exception of the Fall River area's delegation. Are they state reps or city hall's mouthpieces?
Nearly every state representative agrees with state agencies and the governor that public housing is a must in this state, with the exception of the Fall River area's delegation. Are they state reps or city hall's mouthpieces?
Every one of them condemn family developments regardless if they are places where low-income folks from every walk of life must be housed for lack of income choices. These include seniors who grew up here and were left in place by family members, but their places may be too large for them to continue to stay at home and are made to move on. Where to? Public housing high-rises.
Lo and behold, our representatives don't know the difference. They just want to treat them as though they have just stepped into the abyss. Feed them and tell them what they want to hear and hope to get their vote and their families' votes — families who may live in the dreaded family developments.
What started all this stupidity? Not Mayor Carlton Viveiros, who worked well with tenants and their organizations. His board members made sure tenants were always involved in every aspect of Housing Authority operations.
He made sure tenants were given their share of jobs at the authority and participated in functions for the public housing youths. His appointed staff and commissioners knew how to participate.
Well, lo and behold, along came Ed Lambert who became the immediate dictator at city hall.
He was very anti-public housing with the exception of putting his friends in great-paying housing jobs, up to and including his assistant taking over the top management position.
His commissioners kicked all tenant memorandums to the curb, including tenant participation. After everyone was all set, he turned down all the millions of dollars given to Fall River to rebuild public housing areas that were ignored, vandalized and became victims of wear and tear. Unsightly neighborhoods were left to fall apart.
Now along comes a bunch of anti-public housing individuals who have Fall River's representatives, including city hall, championing their quest to ignore all common sense in the rest of the state's quest to provide betterment of low- and moderate-income and senior housing.
They are simply jumping for joy to have their assistance to demean progress that has already been set in motion.
The Fall River Joint Tenants Council, Inc.
William H. King, chairman
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MEncoder is a very powerful tool which is part of the MPlayer software package. It is made from the same code base as MPlayer, and so can read every file format supported by MPlayer.
MEncoder can, for example:
- Re-encode video streams and files
- Demux streams
- Clean streams from errors that occured in the transmission
Useful guides
- Encoding with MEncoder chapter in the MPlayer - The Movie Player documentation (other languages are available).
Working with Analogue TV
- Example scripts:
Capturing VHS video
"Hi, I'm John. I have a BT878/SAA7134 or similar based analog capture card and would like to digitize my old VHS/camcorder tapes using MEncoder."
I'm going to save you some time here: forget about it! Explanation: that may sound harsh, but it's the truth. When using unstable sources (like analog terrestrial television, tapes, etc), TV-cards tend to drop frames when the signal is unstable.
Ignore people who tell you to try -vf harddop, -fps, -ofps, -noskip, -mc or killing MEncoder before it finishes. It won't work. I've tried many combinations.
This means MEncoder is simply NOT SUITABLE for capturing such sources. Capturing from a videogame console, DVD-player or DVB-box may work (as in theory they should never have an unstable signal), but unstable sources cannot be captured (with A/V sync) using MEncoder.
A card with hardware MPEG2-encoder like a Hauppauge PVR-150/250-350 can work around this problem as the trouble of synchronizing is moved from software to the MPEG encoder/muxer on the hardware of the card.
In the end, I found a line that keeps sync, a very basic line really:
mencoder -tv driver=v4l2:norm=pal:input=1:width=352:height=576:buffersize=512:audiorate=48000:amode=0:alsa tv:// -oac copy -ovc copy -ofps 25 -o capturefile
But this stutters, it keeps skipping frames. Cutting the resolution in half does not help. Adding -noskip fixes this and produces a perfectly fluent video (so the performance appears suffient), but there goes your audio sync, out of the window. If you are thinking about capturing unstable sources using Linux, please, please get a PVR-card. I've wasted a lot of time on this so you don't have to.
Mencoder usage on a slow x86
This is the command line I use for recording PAL (UK), using a simple capture card, and an old PC (PIII 700mhz):
sudo nice --10 mencoder tv:// -v -tv \ driver=v4l2:width=576:height=576:input=1:device=/dev/video0:immediatemode=0:forceaudio:outfmt=yv12 \ -o outfile.avi -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg:aspect=4/3 -aspect 4:3 -noautoexpand -oac pcm \ -endpos 00:30:00
I use sudo to ensure that the recording process gets priority over most other processes (via the nice --10). The width of 576 is the maximum that my box can process without dropping frames. The width isn't as important as the height, as the capture card should be able to convert it from 768 -> 576 without losing quality. All the options used are tuned for speed, without dropping too much quality.
If this still takes more cpu speed than you've got, but you've got lots of disk space, you can capture the raw video and uncompressed audio. Substitute these options:
-ovc raw -vf format=yv12 -oac pcm
Once captured I re-encode, as mjpeg with the above options will use around 4gig of disk space per hour of recording. Here's the re-encode line I use, but you'll probably want to play around with it to get what you want. This part of the process can take as long as necessary, and typically takes my box about 16 hours to process a 2 hour plus capture (with a double pass):
nice -+19 mencoder infile.avi -ffourcc DIVX -ovc lavc \ -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1000:mbd=2:v4mv:dia=4:vpass=1:turbo:autoaspect \ -vf crop=560:432:12:72 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=0 -o /dev/null
nice -+19 mencoder infile.avi -ffourcc DIVX -ovc lavc \ -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:vbitrate=1000:mbd=2:v4mv:dia=4:vpass=2:autoaspect \ -vf crop=560:432:12:72 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128:mode=0 -o outfile.new.avi
Using 2 passes improves quality and ensures the target bitrate is achieved within very close tolerances. It's possible to do more passes by using vpass=3 (check the man page on this), but this only helps with very short encodes of a few seconds or less. Don't bother unless you have a very short clip and a very strict bitrate target. In order to improve quality and efficiency, you should also crop the black bars at the top/bottom and sides of your captured image by adding an appropriate "-vf crop" option. Your ideal crop parameters may be different from the one above. A good way of finding out what crop= options to use is:
mplayer -ss 60 -vf cropdetect
This starts viewing at the 60 second mark, and outputs to the terminal the crop= parameters required:
crop area: X: 7..575 Y: 72..503 (-vf crop=560:432:12:72) ??,?% 0 0 86%
For more advice on using mencoder I recommend taking a look at the Encoding with MEncoder chapter in the MPlayer - The Movie Player documentation (other languages are available).
Specifying an ALSA device other than default
To determine which sound devices you have on your system, use
cat /proc/asound/pcm
The devices you can use for capture will have the word "capture" in their description. Note that you will have to "mangle" the device name in order for mencoder to accept it: since the tv:// options in mencoder are separated by colons, you can't call a PCM device hw:1.0 - the correct form is
Correcting NTSC framerate
In some recent versions of mencoder, the default framerate for ntsc with the following command comes out as 29 instead of 29.97:
mencoder -tv driver=v4l2:width=720:height=480:norm=ntsc -ovc lavc -lavcopts \ vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 -endpos 30 -o outfile.avi \ tv:// > /dev/null
This is using Christian Marillat's unofficial package of mencoder for Debian amd64, mencoder_1.0-pre7-0.0_amd64.deb and may or may not apply to other versions.
The fact that the framerate is slightly off is not noticeable in playback, and has been the case for at least three months, from January 2005. What is new is that the latest mencoder version usefully reports "Skipping frame!" once a second during recording. The workaround is to set the framerate explicitly with -fps 30000/1001.
In addition, in the most recent version of mencoder, the default codec for mpeg is FMP4, while it used to be DIVX. To reset it to DIVX, use the -ffourcc DIVX option.
The full command gives great results as before, overriding the poor defaults:
mencoder -tv driver=v4l2:width=720:height=480:norm=ntsc -ffourcc DIVX \ -fps 30000/1001 -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg4:mbd=2 -oac mp3lame -lameopts \ cbr:br=128 -endpos 30 -o outfile.avi tv:// > /dev/null
Note that using "mbd=2" (high quality macroblock decision algorithm) is slower than "mbd=1" -- the latter is the same as "vhq" (deprecated).
For unofficial packages of mencoder for Debian, see Christian Marillat's Debian Repositories.
I don't have a TV card on a x86 machine or other platforms and can't report on whether the same tweaks are required there.
Working with Digital TV
While it is possible to encode on-the-fly DVB streams, this requires a very fast computer and is processor intensive. It is generally better to dump the DVB stream to disk in MPEG-TS format, and then clean up the stream afterwards.
Dumping a DVB stream to disk
To dump a DVB stream to disk, type:
$ mencoder -ovc copy -oac copy -o stream.ts dvb://"STREAM NAME"
This will copy the video (-ovc) and audio (-oac) streams to the file stream.ts.
Transcoding the file to XviD
An MPEG-TS dump of a DVB stream is extremely large (~1GB for 30 minutes). MEncoder will also allow you to transcode the stream dump into something more useful, like XviD.
Example: To transcode a dump to XviD 800kbps video and MP3 128kbps audio, type:
$ mencoder -forceidx -vf scale=640:-2 -ovc xvid -xvidencopts bitrate=800 -oac mp3lame -lameopts cbr:br=128 stream.ts -o output.avi
This command also forces an index to be created (-forceidx) and scales (-vf scale=640:-2) the image to a width of 640 (the height is calculated using the pre-scaled aspect ratio).


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 4th Apr 2013 22:01 UTC
"A year ago today, Apple released a software update to halt the spread of the Flashback worm, a malware strain that infected more than 650,000 Mac OS X systems using a vulnerability in Apple's version of Java. This somewhat dismal anniversary is probably as good a time as any to publish some clues I've gathered over the past year that point to the real-life identity of the Flashback worm's creator."
by judgen on Fri 5th Apr 2013 14:36 UTC
Atleast it did not cause breakage. Simple (or perhaps not so simple) ad revenue scams are gennerally not as malign as many of the other malwares out there that even causes data-loss and corruption or steals credit card info.
I am not defending this Mavook character, but just mentioning that he could have done a lot more harm if he had wanted to.
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I've spent most of my career working with C#, which is also my preferred language. Cascades is great but I'd consider it more of a markup language like XAML, but more interesting because you can mix in javascript. When it comes to learning new languages, I was forced to pick up C++, which I actually hate! But then I discovered Qt, which is very similar to C# (or perhaps it's the other way around) so I did a lot of business logic for WordsPlus in Qt. So this one experience allowed me to touch 3 languages in total (C++, Cascades, Qt).
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I have 2 games (3 technically), Sequent, WordsPlus and WordsPlus: Free Edition. Out of those, both WordsPlus games are BFB.
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MICHIGAN — State Representatives, hunters, bait merchants and farmers have all spoken out on the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' deer baiting and feeding ban and now, Sen. Jim Barcia (D-Bay City), the new chairman of the Senate's Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Recreation Committee, offers up his criticism, calling the DNR ban due to a case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) found in a captive deer in Kent County a "knee-jerk reaction."
"There's a whole lot of things they (DNR) haven't considered," Barcia said, adding the department may not have even thought about its own financial well-being. "The DNR only receives one percent of its funding from the state general fund. The rest is all user fees. … I suspect that they'll see a significant decline in the number of hunting licenses this year."
Barcia pointed out, too, that the DNR was looking to double the cost of license fees from $15 to $30, which would also have an impact on sales. He added the DNR also didn't consider the amount of layoffs of conservation officers that would occur due to the revenue drop caused by the drop in license sales.
Barcia also says the DNR, along with the Natural Resources Commission (NRC), which held hearings on Thursday, Sept. 11 regarding the ban didn't properly evaluate how deer are exposed to one another over food plots and naturally.
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According to Barcia, feed plots, which he says are basically fields that range from a half-acre to five acres in size and were not banned, also expose deer to saliva, nasal, urines and defecation secretions, although the chance may be less than at a small bait pile.
Another issue Barcia noted was how ineffective a ban was found to be in New York and Wisconsin, where cases of CWD were discovered in the past.
The Senator, who says he has hunted for 42 years, said in New York, specifically, 4,000 deer were killed in a region where a case was found 10 years ago.
"None (of the killed deer in New York) were found to carry the CWD marker," Barcia said. "I suspect as in New York, that there will be no more cases of CWD (in Michigan)."
And as reported in past issues of "the Arenac County Independent," Barcia spoke out on the economic hit the ban will cause.
"I have several farmers that have contacted me that have spent $100,000 on sugar beets," he said. "For some of these people we're looking at bankruptcy.
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"They (NRC and DNR) seem to be headstrong in this issue," he said. "What we need to do is take a deep breath, take a step back and let the baiting continue through this year."
Barcia has also joined with 103rd District Representative Joel Sheltrown (D-West Branch) in pushing a resolution through the legislature to lift the ban.
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The man who gave us "Cotton Up" last fall now gives us "Dewussify."
This is the latest term from cotton's senior citizen cheerleader Earl Williams, president of the California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association. At the Central California Cotton Conference last fall, Williams said it was for the cotton industry time to "Cotton Up," borrowing a theme from rodeo where cowboys say when the going gets rough, it's time to Cowboy Up.
Williams is the E.F. Hutton of the ag speakers' circuit. When the former farmer-ginner turned association executive speaks, folks want to listen. Williams has put passion back in the business of agriculture.
He is cotton's junkyard dog. He is a fighter. He is no whiner; never has been; never will be.
There has been too much agricultural whining in the political arena, according to Williams. It's time agriculture quits going to Sacramento or Washington, D.C., with hat in hand apologizing for producing food and fiber.
It's time to "dewussify," says Williams. Webster says a wuss is a weakling; a doormat. Farmers and ranchers are not wusses and its time they and the people that represent them quit acting like 75-pound, namby-pamby weakling, according to Williams.
Agriculture needs to get out front instead of bringing up the rear, said Williams in a pair of speeches recently at the Bayer CropScience Cotton Technology Seminar and the California Cotton Growers Association annual meeting.
Williams cited several areas where "Dewussification" is needed; creating political alliances with urban legislators; education of state legislators; in federal farm bill negotiation; trade negotiations and among others.
One of the biggest issues facing California business and agriculture today is the proposal by the governor to increase minimum wage by $1 per hour. On principle, agriculture would be expected to sign up first to oppose it and whine all the way until agriculture and others who would oppose the increase are defeated at the polls. Last thing the most over-regulated, over-taxed farmers in the nation need is to pay more for labor.
However, the minimum wage will be increased in California. Agriculture does not need to be in front of the train, whining and complaining while being flattened.
Williams says agriculture should support a minimum wage increase in California. Get on the train and maybe minimize the impact of a minimum wage increase by spreading it over a couple of years and making sure it is decoupled from an indexing system that likely will make the minimum wage go up faster in the future.
Williams said he does not know how agriculture evolved into a whiner and a wuss in Sacramento.
I do.
For too long whining has been the approach of California State Farm Bureau; whine long and loud enough and someone may feel sorry for you and maybe you'll get tossed a political crumb.
The Agribusiness Presidents Council formed through the clients of agriculture's most effective Sacramento lobbyist George Soares has changed all that and proved it not only with the passage of the tractor tax relief bill but keeping the tax relief in place since battling efforts to repeal it. California cotton ginners and growers are members of that council.
Farming today is not for the faint of heart, as Williams points out. There are no wusses farming the fields, orchards and vineyards of California's No. 1 industry.
Therefore there should be no wusses lobbying for agriculture or talking to consumers and legislators about the importance of food and fiber in this nation.
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Tom Friedman ventured into the wilds this week, to his home state of Minnesota: I was debating whether to go to the Turkish-Syrian border this week or to visit my old high school in Minnesota. I decided to make the exotic foreign trip and go to Minnesota. I thought it might be useful to look at this election through the window of my hometown of St. Louis Park. I wish »
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Brian Ward and I recorded Episode 35 of the Hinderaker-Ward Experience tonight. This is how Brian described the show: It's a special all Hallow's Eve Eve edition of the Hinderaker-Ward Experience. John Hinderaker and Brian Ward together again and caught up in the fear and excitement of the election season with one week to go before the big day. We discuss the recent polls showing the building Romney momentum, our »
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Labor Department likely to issue jobs report on Friday
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Bargain-hunting drives slight gains for US stocks
Investors went hunting for bargains a day after U.S. stocks racked up the biggest losses in more than seven months.
The buying helped lift major stock indexes out of the red on Tuesday. Prices of U.S. government bonds fell.
The mini-rebound seemed fragile at times, with the market giving up some of its earlier gains by late afternoon.
Markets were coming off a 326-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average on Monday, and the blue-chip index's worst January performance in five years prompted by disappointing news about U.S. manufacturing.
"It was the biggest hole we've seen for quite a bit, so it's not surprising to see a green day after a couple days of red," said Andres Garcia-Amaya, a global market strategist with J.P. Morgan Funds.
Portfolio managers seized on the aftermath of Monday's sell-off to buy, even as many stock watchers acknowledged that the market could still be in for a correction, or a drop of at least 10 percent.
"The one thing you never know is when the bottom is going to hit in a downturn," said Quincy Krosby, a market strategist with Prudential Financial. "So what you might do is at least begin the process of building your position."
Among the biggest gainers on the day were fashion retailer Michael Kors Holdings, water technology provider Xylem and the owner of Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell restaurant chains.
Trading was relatively light for much of the day, picking up by late afternoon. But most of the active stocks were in the green.
All told, the Dow rose 72.44 points, or 0.5 percent, to close at 15,445.24 Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed 13.31 points, or 0.8 percent, to 1,755.20. The Nasdaq composite gained 34.56 points, or 0.9 percent, to 4,031.52.
Even with Tuesday's gains, the Dow is down 6.8 percent this year, and the S&P 500 index is off 5 percent .
Investors are trying to gauge the strength of the U.S. economic recovery. They got some positive news on Tuesday, when the Commerce Department reported that orders to U.S. factories fell 1.5 percent in December, as aircraft orders plunged. That's the biggest drop since July, but it was less than anticipated.
On Monday, the Institute for Supply Management said its index of manufacturing activity fell to 51.3 in January, the lowest reading since May. That unnerved investors already worried about signs of a slowdown in the global economy.
Whether Tuesday's market uptick gains momentum or gives way to another sell-off may depend on what the government's latest jobs report says on Friday.
Employers added just 74,000 jobs in December, the fewest in three years and far below the average of 214,000 added in the previous four months. The consensus forecast for January calls for hiring to rebound to 170,000, according to FactSet.
"These numbers are very subject to revisions and it would be comforting for investors to see that (December) number revised upward," said Krosby. "It would console investors that the economy has not lost momentum."
Between now and then, Wall Street will parse company earnings for more clues about the economy's health.
Among companies due to report on Wednesday: Time Warner, Merck, Yelp, Walt Disney and Allstate.
"For the next couple of days, I think the volatility remains," said David Chalupnik, head of equities for Nuveen Asset Management. "I don't know if we've seen the bottom to this pullback or correction."
Investors rewarded some companies who reported earnings on Tuesday.
Michael Kors jumped $13.24, or 17.3 percent, to $89.91 after the fashion retailer reported stronger results.
Yum! Brands jumped $5.90, or 9 percent, to $72.06 after the owner of KFC reported better-than-expected earnings late Monday. It also indicated it remains confident about its earnings growth forecast for the year.
Water technology provider Xylem made a splash, rising $3.47, or 11 percent, to $36.27, after it reported better-than-anticipated results for its fourth quarter.
Microsoft drew a muted response from investors after the tech giant named Satya Nadella as its new CEO. Founder Bill Gates is also stepping down as chairman and will become a technology adviser to the company. The news lowered shares 13 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $36.35.
Nine out of the 10 sectors in the S&P 500 posting gains.
Utilities were the laggard, with Dominion Resources leading the decline. Shares slid $1.27, or 2 percent, to $65.85.
The Dun & Bradstreet Corp posted the biggest decline in the S&P 500. The company shed $10.80, or 10 percent, to $95.58.
Most U.S. homebuilders were trading higher following a report by real estate data firm CoreLogic that showed U.S. home prices climbed 11 percent in December from a year earlier. Home prices slipped from November to December, the third consecutive monthly decline. Builder NVR was tops among the risers, adding $27.02, or 2.4 percent, to $1,164.02.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note climbed to 2.63 percent from 2.58 percent on Monday as investors sold bonds.
For most of the year, investors have bought bonds amid concern that U.S. growth is slowing after a strong fourth quarter, and because the Federal Reserve had reduced its own purchases of bonds.
The yield remains well below the 2.97 percent it clocked on Dec. 31. That could be good news for homebuyers and companies looking to borrow money.


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"Kelly wins everything!"—Luke Mitrani
Couldn't have said it better ourselves. On a warm, sunny day in Utah, Kelly Clark once again found herself atop the podium this season, this time joined by the "Squid" himself, Luke Mitrani. For Kelly, her 2010/2011 spree makes it hard not to start tacking on "G.O.A.T." to her name. And for the 20-year old from Stratton, Vermont, he finally stuck the run everyone's been hoping for this season, earning him the win and a huge 97 from the judges—the highest score in Dew Tour Superpipe history.
As the Women began to line up above the pipe to begin the event, the "situation" began to come into focus. Spain's Queralt Castellet sat atop the leaderboard for the $25,000 Dew Cup Championship (overall points leader after the Breckenridge, Killington, and Snowbasin Dew Tour stops), with Vermont's Kelly Clark just behind in second. If Queralt rode her way into second or first at yesterday's Finals, she would take the crown. For Kelly, she'd have to win the event and Queralt finish third or lower. It's not to say that the other riders in the event weren't factors in the results—a heavy list that included last year's Dew Champion, Kaitlyn Farrington—but with the way Kelly and Queralt have been riding this year, this was going to be their show. Speaking of Miss Kaitlyn … You know where she was during the live TV time, rider line-ups, introductions, etc? Laughing with the other riders and Men's competitors, having pulled off the outfit switch with one of her friends, who did the NBC duties for her. That sh*t was hilarious—but she would eventually suit up, and spin her way onto the podium in second place. Which means… Queralt did not earn the silver, awarding Kelly Clark the Snowbasin win (which included yet another epic 1080 during her winning run), and the Overall 2011 Dew Tour Championship, the big prize money, and yet another massive vehicle to add to her growing collection of whips this season.
Squid! Formerly "Little" Luke Mitrani has finally grown into his hella growth spurt tall frame, linking up signature tricks and man-sized airs—and to the delight of the riders and crowd—stomping his run at the perfect time. We almost saw a double-Mitrani podium this evening, with Jack Mitrani actually getting bumped out of third place when his lil' bro stomped his banger lap. Jack set the bar early, starting off with an insane 20-foot alley-oop, which Todd Richards tweeted as being "… the best trick in snowboarding", and finishing clean to an early lead. He would soon be passed by Olympian Greg Bretz, doubling his way to the silver position. Rounding out the final podium was Steve "Stevesie" Fisher, who unleashed his previously-unseen front double ten on his last hit.
With one more rider left to drop, current Dew Tour points leader, Louie Vito, strapped in, got focused, and began to drop. Having won at both the Breck and Killington stops, he would only need to finish 6th or better to take the 2011 crown. But after falling on his first run, there was a definite murmur in the Utah air. Vito drops in, goes back-to-back doubles, but skids out on the last hit… would it be enough? The crowd waited, and Louie would do it. Not enough for the podium here at Snowbasin, but more then enough to earn him $25,000 and the overall Dew Tour Championship.
But when the smoke finally cleared, Luke and his huge opening Double Michalchuks would take the day's title. Qualifying first in Thurday's Prelims gave the young guy a huge boost, and would end up foreshadowing a memorable win for the one they call "Squid". Congrats to Luke and Kelly. Hm… 10% rule, Luke? Wait… there's a massive afterparty Vito's throwing in SLC? We out!
Men's and Women's Slopestyle Finals kick off this afternoon here at Snowbasin Resort, Utah.Will Torstein complete the season sweep? Stay tuned for video, photos, and interviews with the riders tomorrow night, right here on TWSnow.com.
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I've been lamenting for a while that while that I really would love to attend a homeschool convention. The idea being that you could pick and choose which talks to enjoy and you could walk the vendor halls. The idea being that you would get a sense of refreshment, new ideas, and be able to check out a variety of homeschool offerings.
It's not that we need new supplies, but it's nice to be able to look at items before you purchase them. I've had a few Nature Titles on my list for ages, but would really like to check them out before purchasing them. Then there's the major curriculum switches we made, it might have been easier to have been able to thumb through all the manuals I was attempting to check out e-versions of.
It's actually more the refreshment aspect that appeals to me. The idea of learning more about the ideas and philosophies we have would be amazing. So it was really neat to stumble across people who took these kinds of matters into their own hands. How? They held their own homeschool conference.
Before you get to carried away wondering which amazing speakers you'd try to invite to come chat with you, let me explain a bit more. They gathered resources and set up in hotels, libraries, and other public places. The idea being that they removed themselves from the everyday in order to concentrate more on ideas and topics they wanted to learn about in order to bring refreshment and new life to their own homeschools.
The idea wasn't just intriguing, it was very possible for me! I might not be able to attend a conference, but for me that's because there aren't any in my area. It's disappointing that people aren't often willing to come to Australia and share their knowledge and products with us. Some of them won't even willingly ship this far which is equally frustrating, but I digress...
A home conference was something I could do! Now, I know some of you are probably wondering what about those free etickets I won to the two well known online conferences and why they didn't fulfill those needs. Two words. Time Differences. Which means I receive recorded sessions, which are just as good as the live. Unfortunately, I haven't had a spare moment to listen to some from one conference and the other conference won't have theirs available for another few weeks yet.
I decided to make a list of all the resources I had that I'd not had the chance to plunge into as I'd hoped. Once I had my list made I based a schedule around that. It all came together really smoothly. The idea is that I'll hit the library and a few other local places to work through my own "inservice" day, better known in the homeschooling world as a convention or conference. Im really looking forward to mine!
Here's a few extra thoughts: I think I could have easily made it a four-day session, but I really didn't want to do that. I also took the suggestion from others to leave the home to get the most out of this time. Less distractions and all that. I avoided doing this on a weekend for a variety of reasons. One, and most likely the biggest, was that our library is only open a short time on Saturdays. Secondly, and equally big and pressing, we enjoy hanging out and being a bit lazy on Saturday mornings. Everyone looks forward to it and in the afternoon we spend a few hours doing something together as a family before each person gets lost in a hobby of choice. I enjoy those moments as much as the rest of my family and I really wanted to keep that time special for them.
I've also set things up so that I can start at 9 am. The idea being that the kids will go hang with a local grandparent while Mr S is off to work, & I'll trek over to the library. Unfortunately, our library doesn't open until 930 so I'll probably do my first listening session while walking on a local walk path. {If you live around my parts and see some women "texting madly" while walking. It's probably just me taking notes on my phone!} Mr S and I all ready agreed to meet up for lunch as our library isn't too far from the office he works in, so there will be minimal travel for me which means I can spend more time listening & learning. I'm looking forward to the refreshment and what it will bring to our homeschool!
Here's links to the resources mentioned in my schedule:
- Heart Of The Matter mp3 sessions -- You can buy 5 for $5 or 10 for $10 and so on.
- Simply Charlotte Mason -- you can find both here as well as other terrific resources.
- Vision 1 & Vision 2 -- they are not other's visions just resources, verses, & ideas to help you make our own
- Charlotte Mason Volume 6 -- this is suppose to be a modernized reading and it's available free; I'm choosing to use it because my volumes are in the US.
- Geography Info -- this could be used as a curriculum on it's own, we don't need a geography curriculum but we love geography and this is free!
- Homeschooling As A Ministry blog post -- I may or may not read this after Sally Clarkson session, but I linked to it because I enjoyed it when I read it the first time.
This post linked to The Carnival Of Homeschooling.


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The Kings are back for another Game 7. No worries.
Just ask Darryl Sutter.
The Kings coach isn't fretting over Game 7 at the United Center in Chicago. On the contrary.
The Kings are 2-0 in Game 7s this postseason, but they sure are in an awfully precarious situation after a 4-3 loss to Chicago in Game 6 at Staples Center in the Western Conference finals.
Sutter was spinning a glass-is-half-full theme after Friday's game, which was the perfect attitude.
Asked what he said to his players after the game, Sutter deadpanned: "Fly at 11."
Not to say it would be easy, but the Kings aren't lacking in experience, savvy and guts in these situations.
The Kings are a resilient bunch. That must make Sutter feel better.
"I don't have to feel better," Sutter said. "I feel pretty good, actually."
Sutter has to be hiding doubts about the Kings' defense.
Chicago star Patrick Kane skated around the ice in the Kings' own end as though no one else was around and scored the game-winner on a wrister with 3:10 left.
What a dagger. Not only was it the back-breaking goal in Game 6, it meant the Kings are headed back to Chicago for Game 7.
Sutter seemed more disappointed the Kings didn't clinch a berth in the Stanley Cup Final after the double-overtime loss in Game 5 at the United Center. The Kings rallied from a 2-0 deficit in Game 2 to win in Chicago. It's been the only opponent victory in Chicago this postseason.
"Going into their building is tough, but we've proven we can go in there and win," captain Dustin Brown said. "It's just a matter of getting that right mindset."
The Kings are acting like Tony Robbins on Red Bull.
Sutter even scolded a reporter for asking him why he wasn't disappointed the Kings didn't close out the series in Los Angeles. How dare someone not share his sunny outlook.
"That's two really good hockey clubs bordering on the top end of the league," Sutter said. "To think that it wouldn't be a (Game) 7 or a 6 or anything like that, I'm not disappointed in that at all. That's a really negative way to look at it if you want to ask a question like that."
The Kings took an early 1-0 lead on a Dwight King goal on a nice pass from Jarret Stoll in the first period. Not only did Chicago tie the game early in the second period, but the Blackhawks scored back-to-back goals in a span of 97 seconds from Kane and Ben Smith to take the lead.
"We haven't lost the series yet," Stoll said. "It's 3-3. Obviously, we've got to win on the road. We've got a game in Chicago, and we've done it before. We're not making easy on ourselves."
The way Kane — who was bottled up early in the series — skated freely around is certainly troubling. He's had seven points in the last two games. But if you wear Stanley-Cup tinted glasses like Sutter, you're not sweating it.
"He had two great plays in the third," Sutter said. "We made some great ones, too."
And then he flashed that sly smile.
The one that showed he's going to be an example of strength, confidence and positivity.
Game 7. No problem.


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Based on new evidence about the systematic looting of art from Jewish owners in the course of hostilities in Europe during World War II, a pair of famous paintings on display at SMU's Meadows Museum created by Spanish master Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1618-1682) of Seville's Patron Saints Justa and Rufina, estimated to be worth more than $10 million, are believed to have been stolen from the Rothschild family in Paris in 1941. The Nazi ERR (Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg) code evidencing Rothschild ownership is still visible on the stretcher bar of one of the paintings; it appears to have been rubbed off the other. The Monuments Men Foundation, recipient of the 2007 National Humanities Medal for its work preserving the legacy of these unknown heroes, which it received from the President of the United States at a White House ceremony, is continuing its research to document conclusively whether both paintings were properly restituted to the rightful owners prior to donation to the Meadows Museum.
These paintings, among tens of thousands looted by the Nazis, were later transported to Germany and Austria where they were discovered in the closing days of the war by the Monuments Men, a small group of men and women - museum directors, curators, artists, architects and librarians - who volunteered for service in an unprecedented effort to protect the great cultural treasures of western civilization from the destruction of the war and theft by the Nazis. This group, empowered by President Roosevelt and General Eisenhower, formally known as the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives section (MFAA), counted among its key members Lt. James J. Rorimer (future director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art), Private Lincoln Kirstein (future founder of the New York City Ballet), and Lt. George Stout (future director of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum), among others.
Robert M. Edsel, Founder and President of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to completing the mission of the Monuments Men, and author of a newly released book, The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History (Center Street, 2009), commented: "The Monuments Men Foundation is proud to announce that after more than two and a half years of effort, University officials at SMU/Meadows Museum have now publicly acknowledged the correct provenance of these two paintings by Murillo, and more importantly, have now, by recognizing the Nazi theft of the artwork on the museum's website, contemporaneously endorsed the "best practices" guidelines of both the American Association of Museums (AAM) and the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD). This is a milestone achievement for the Monuments Men Foundation in fulfilling this portion of its Mission Statement by encouraging all museums to comply with the commonly accepted guidelines concerning objects possibly looted by the Nazis. While we congratulate University officials on taking this important step, we underscore the importance of their completing provenance research on the entire collection and publicizing those results. Additionally, we hope they will promptly follow the recommendations of the AAM concerning placement of the information about the Murillos' Nazi provenance on the AAM's Nazi-Era Provenance Internet Portal (www.nepip.org), which was specifically designed to enable those victims of the Nazis' looting to have the fairest chance possible to locate and recover their belongings. During World War II, two Monuments Men who believed in that concept died during combat trying to protect works of art from the destruction of the war and theft by the Nazis. It is no less relevant today than it was 65 years ago." Mr. Edsel added: "The Foundation's research to confirm that these important paintings were properly restituted to the rightful owners prior to their acquisition by Mr. Meadows in 1972 continues."
The established procedures of the AAMD, of which the Meadows Museum is a member, make specific reference to the work of the Monuments Men during and after World War II "to facilitate the identification of works that were stolen by the Nazis and not restituted" and to "ensure continued transparency in the acquisition and presentation of collections". (To view that document, visit
). The AAM has similar guidelines. Collectively, the guidance of AAMD and AAM constitute the best practices for museums to follow in dealing with objects that may have been subjected to Nazi art looting or other forms of theft during the Nazi era. These guidelines call on museums to research the provenance of works of art in their collections that could have been looted and to publish the results of their research, preferably on the Internet, so it can be widely accessible. The United States government signed the Washington Principles in 1998 and the Terezin Declaration just this year, to emphasize this country's commitment to just and fair handling of artwork that could have been subject to Nazi looting.
Mr. Edsel first became curious about the two paintings in 2006 after completing research for his first book, Rescuing da Vinci (Laurel Publishing, 2006), a photographic telling of the story of the Monuments Men. Having discovered two archival photos which included images of these two paintings by Murillo, Mr. Edsel wondered how it was possible that two paintings he knew to be at the Meadows Museum could have had a Nazi provenance when there was no mention of it in the Meadows' records. In 2006, Mr. Edsel hired one of the nation's leading provenance researchers, Ms. Patricia Teter, from the Getty Research Institute. Ms. Teter has more than 16 years of experience focused on provenance issues, of which the past six have concentrated on Nazi looting. In March 2007, believing that the Meadows' provenance for the paintings was incorrect, Mr. Edsel and Ms. Teter sought to confirm their documentation by examining the paintings, which occurred on April 30, 2007. To the surprise of Meadows Museum officials, who readily made the paintings available for examination, the Nazi ERR code was visible on the stretcher of Saint Justa; it appeared that the Nazi ERR code had been rubbed off the same position on the stretcher of Saint Rufina. Mr. Edsel subsequently provided a copy of the research that his team had compiled to Meadows Museum officials. In keeping with the Mission Statement of the Monuments Men Foundation (
), Mr. Edsel also brought to the attention of University officials the importance of observing the AAM/ AAMD and Washington Principle guidelines governing the identification of works of art stolen by the Nazis, particularly those concerning the need to research the provenance of works of art that could have been subject to Nazi looting, and then publishing those research results. He urged them, and other University officials, to make a joint announcement about these findings to serve as a source of encouragement for all museums to comply with these important guidelines. The Meadows Museum's recent update to its website now makes a definitive statement in support of those guidelines.
In recent months, as Mr. Edsel was completing research for his newly released book about the Monuments Men, he discovered that one of the key figures, Monuments officer Lt. James J. Rorimer, was the person who actually located one of the two stolen Murillo paintings, Saint Justa. In his book, Mr. Edsel quoted Rorimer's reaction to finding the painting by Murillo, along with 157 other stolen works, at a Nazi restoration studio in Buxheim, Germany: "There are few museums in the world that could boast a collection such as the one we found here. Works of art could no longer be thought of in ordinary terms---a roomful, a car load, a castle full, were the quantities we had to reckon with." The other Murillo painting, "Saint Rufina", along with thousands of other priceless works of art including Michelangelo's Bruges "Madonna" and Jan van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece", was found by Monuments Men Robert Posey, Lincoln Kirstein, and George Stout at a salt mine in Altaussee, Austria that stored many of the works of art destined for Hitler's planned "Fuehrermuseum".
In addition to his work as an author and as the President of the Monuments Men Foundation, Mr. Edsel was also the co-producer of a documentary film entitled The Rape of Europa, based on the definitive book about Nazi looting by scholar Lynn H. Nicholas. Mr. Edsel is also the publisher of Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (Laurel Publishing, 2009), the definitive catalogue of the painting collection of Nazi Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering, by scholar Nancy H. Yeide. Mr. Edsel is a graduate of Southern Methodist University (1979), served as a Meadows Advisory Board member from 2003-2005, and has been a financial donor and lender to the Museum prior to these developments. He played an instrumental role in the passage of a Resolution by both Houses of Congress, on June 6, 2007, which for the first time recognized by the United States the service of all 350 or so Monuments officers from 13 nations. In November 2007, Mr. Edsel and the Monuments Men Foundation made a donation to the National Archives of the "Hitler Albums", two albums of photographs of works of art stolen by the Nazi looting agency, the ERR, and then presented to Hitler. Both of the Hitler Albums had been in the possession of the estate of an American soldier who took them from Hitler's home in Berchtesgaden in early May 1945. Chief Archivist of the United States, Professor Allen Weinstein, characterized the Hitler Albums as "one of the most significant finds related to Hitler's premeditated theft of art and other cultural treasures to be found since the Nuremberg trials." Mr. Edsel is a recognized expert on the history of the Monuments Men and frequently speaks on this subject including recent presentations at the Art Institute of Chicago and the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.
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There are three skin care steps that we all should be doing, no matter how old we are and what our skin is like: cleansing, moisturizing and wearing sunscreen.
- Cleansing – There is no need to go expensive with your cleanser. If you have acne-prone, oily or combination skin, look for a gel cleanser. Those of us with normal or dry skin should use a creamy cleanser. If you have sensitive skin, try ZENMED's Facial Cleansing Gel. Wash morning and night (we love facial cleansing cloths for night) and reassess your skin as the seasons change.
- Moisturizing –When you wash your skin, you strip it of the natural oils needed to maintain supple, healthy skin. Adding moisturizer right after you wash your face is a must. Look for a moisturizer that is meant for your skin type and apply after each washing.
- Sunscreen – There isn't a single person reading this article that isn't in need of sunscreen every day. Sunburn, sun cancer and aging skin are all reasons to apply and reapply throughout the day. If you want to have younger looking skin, sunscreen is the #1 way to get it.
From then on, it gets a little decade-specific. Here is a brief overview of each decade with a link to a full article of tips for each.
Teens – The dreaded four letter word in the teen years is acne. There are so many myths on why you get acne and many kids just don't know how to treat their acne or if they should treat their acne at all.
If you have oily skin, look for skin care products that have ingredients such as salicylic acid, benzyl-peroxide, clay or tea tree oil which are known acne fighters. Keep your fingers off your face (no picking, squeezing or popping!) and let a spot treatments do the work for you. They can greatly shorten the length of your pimple.
Read more about teen skin care.
20's – Many of you are still fighting acne, but some of you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Enjoy the best stage you'll have when it comes to your skin and kick your sunscreen use into high gear if you want to continue to have that good skin into your 30's.
Most people in their 20's can get by with a simple routine of cleanser, moisturizer, sunscreen and a once-weekly exfoliation. No need to start using anti-aging products at this age. Your sunscreen is the only one you need.
Read more about skin care in your 20's.
30's – This is the decade where most of us will notice our first early signs of aging. And when we notice them, most of us dash to the skin care products made for aging skin which can actually cause many of us to backtrack into the acne stage. Calm down, grab your sunscreen and make some smart skin choices.
Cleanse, moisturize, sunscreen and exfoliate. You can now start exfoliating twice a week, as exfoliating will slough off dead skin cells, revealing young, new skin at the surface. You can use a manual exfoliator or a chemical one with ingredients like AHA's which evenly and easily get rid of dead skin cells.
Read more about skin care in your 30's.
40's – Now's the time to look closely at the skin care products you are using and find the ones that will give you the most bang for your buck in terms of ingredients. Look for anti-aging superstar ingredients such as peptides and retinol/retinoids which will make a noticeable difference in your skin.
Talk to your dermatologist for specific skin care questions and in-office procedures that can help your skin stay in great shape. And just as every decade, how much you pay attention to sun protection will be visible in your 50's in ways such as wrinkles and sun spots. Slather it on!
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50's – Many women enter menopause in their 50's and with menopause come crazy hormone fluctuations that can cause all sorts of skin problems – from acne (what?) to flushed skin and hair loss to excess facial hair, sometimes you feel like your skin is a mess.
If you think it's time to head to the dermatologist to fight back with professional skin care ingredients, you'll be rewarded with your visit. Prescriptions such as retinol, in-office procedures such as lasers and injectables or simply just talking about product lines that have been shown effective are all great reasons to visit your dermatologist.
Make sure you're doing skin checks for any mole or skin change that you see. One in five people will have skin cancer in their life. And don't forget to do the monthly breast checks for anything suspicious.