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I should have blogged about this back in December, but when it comes to sharing thoughts about family, you are never too late. I am extremely blessed to have strong genes to live a long life on both sides of my family.
My Grandmother is one of eight and the eldest, Aunt Lettie in the photo below, is approaching 92 years of age. She's in a Nursing Home with Alzheimer's but nevertheless we enjoy her company. Every time I see my Grandmother visit with her sister I am amazed at the beauty and complexity of the mind. She may not know who her daughter is or where's she is, but when she sees my Grandmother's face she calls her by name and know that she's her sister. This interaction reminds me how important it is to provide a solid, stable, healthy childhood for children. Because what they learn and experience are embedded so deep in the mind that even though my Aunt can't remember what her last meal was or even how to walk, she can still recall episodes and people from her youth.
My Grandmother suddenly lost one of her younger sisters this past weekend, one with who I was very close to, but I praise God that I/we got to enjoy so many wonderful years with her. It's hard to put into words the shock I feel over her loss, even though I know without a doubt that she's in heaven and in a much better place than being here in the pain she was in for the past month. The blessing I see in this loss is that she was very, very ill and suffered very little. I was blessed to rush my Grandmother to her bedside after an emergency surgery over the Christmas holiday. I was blessed that my last visit with her was spent watching Oprah, a show we frequently watched together by phone.
Our family has the choice to wonder why, wish that we could have done more, or just give praises to God for the blessing of her long life and the joy and laughter she brought to all of us. I'll miss my Aunt Margie, she was an elder in my community/culture who understood the peril and evil of untreated mental illness and I thank God for her encouragement to not be afraid to seek help when you need it and to not worry about what others may think. I thank God she was in her right mind, though failing body until the very end.

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Exhibit 23 of how ridiculous most of this episode was: Sookie actually says, "I'll be fine once I wash the pig out of my hair."
The season has tried my patience. It's not horrible, it's not great. Some moments are pretty great in a very campy way (I particularly loved the crazy-bad new villain Sweetie Desarts). And Pam, of course, continues to be the best thing on the show.
But this episode was pretty unbearable, save for the first 10 minutes of a return-to-sassy-form Lafayette. The "Obamas" shifter assassins feeding Hoyt and Sookie to pigs?! The most boring time at the Authority ever (minus a weird sex scene with Salome and Bill)?! Alcide wandering around like a lost puppy?!
Well, at least we likely saw the last of the smoke-fire monster.
Randomly, most of the episode centered on the shifter assassins, now called "the Obamas" because of their masks, which Jason brilliantly deduces are used to hide their identities (which was dumb even for Jason).
Sam and Luna are hellbent on finding out who the Obamas are, so they meddle in the ongoing sheriff investigation. Andy finds the shifter assassins' web site (which really should have been found earlier, right?), and notices some boots he recognizes.
They belong to former sheriff Bud Dearborne, who just happens to get a visit from Sookie who's trying to get more information on her parents' murder. The sheriff was the one who discovered the body, and as Sookie tries to talk to him about it, she's hit over the head by a frying pan wielded by the sheriff's new love, Sweetie Desarts.
Sweetie. Des. Arts. She's plus-sized, likes to wear a short robe and is the "dragon" in charge of the shifter assassins. She hates all supernaturals, or "supes" as she says with much venom. And Sookie discovers, via mind-reading, that Sweetie was once cheated on by a guy who hooked up with a shifter.
That's the root of this. The sheriff hates all supes because he thinks they are responsible for much of the unsolved crimes when he was sheriff. Which may be true, but joining an extremist cult modeled after the KKK seems like a drastic step, Bud.
Anyway, Sookie is tied up and placed in the pig barn with Hoyt. Sweetie and the Obamas decide to then film them feeding Sookie and Hoyt to their pigs. But it all goes wrong when Sam, who has shifted into a pig, comes to human form and nakedly fights with the assassins (Luna does her part, too, and nakedly runs after Sweetie and punches her lights out).
There was lots of nakedness this episode. And pigs.
Andy and Jason leads the sheriff's department to the barn right when the naked Sam fighting is going down, and then kills Bud Dearborne after he raises a shovel and yells, "Humans rule."
And Hoyt almost gets eaten to death by pigs.
Like I said, this was perhaps one of the most ridiculous plots in"True Blood"history (though I want more Sweetie." I feel as though this is a turning-point season for wanting to to keep watching "True Blood" -- even for fans.
Sookie is pushed to the side, just getting caught up in everything bad that happens in Bon Temps. The shifter assassins plot is not well-done: it's laughably bad and not scary and not creepy enough. Hopefully it's over.
Also hopefully over: the Ifrit thing. Whatever the point of that was. Patrick kidnaps Arlene, lures Terry to Merlotte's and is about to kill him until Arlene stabs Patrick in the neck. Terry then ends up shooting Patrick in the head when the Iraqi woman who killed him tells him to "do what is right."
She seems pleased (as pleased as I was to finally say goodbye to Patrick), and then summons the Ifrit and tells it to "take what is yours."
I may have cheered a little bit.
Even the time at the Authority was more boring than usual. The plan to destroy Tru Blood factories is underway (Houston's factory is destroyed, as are a few more later), and Eric is busy plotting his escape -- with or without Bill (and with the random tech girl Molly played by Tina Majorino).
Meanwhile, Bill is busy being sucked into Salome's world. He "doesn't know what to believe in anymore!" he tells Eric, but what is does believe in is having sex with Salome (another naked alert), that turns violent when he sees Sookie in her place, bites her neck and then sees Salome as Lilith, who then bites him and ... ugh.
Later, Eric attempts his escape, kidnapping his sister, Nora, with the help of Molly but then being caught by Salome and her crew. Turns out he was betrayed by Bill ("Traitor!" he sneers) and he's handcuffed. Is Bill really that transfixed by Lilith blood to do this? I'd be more interested in this whole thing if it was a) believable and b) included more all-out war scenes with vampires vs. humans.
Sigh. Well, there were two redeeming moments of the episode: Pam and Lafayette.
Lafayette had a great, quotable scene in the very beginning with Sookie who asks him to try to figure out who the spirit was who scarily encountered her last episode. "Creepy spirit thing, why you in Sookie's bathroom?" he asks.
He doesn't get an answer ("I ain't Whoppi Goldberg in 'Ghost,' he says. "Although I am prettier." Although he does later get in touch with Gran, who tells Sookie to look through a scrapbook, where she finds out that Dearborne discovered her dead folks.
And Pam. Love Pam. Because of the Tru Blood factory bombings, demand for the drink is high, and Tara wants to save some of the bottles for later. Pam tells her to keep serving it -- and stay out of trying to figure out whether the vampires are behind it.
"There's two things I stay away from: humans who eat a lot of fish and politics," she says.
And when Tara says she can talk to her if she misses Eric, Pam has this gem: "Just because we ate a b---- together does not mean we are Oprah and Gayle."
I want to be Gayle to Pam's Oprah.
Steve + Russell forever: Russell and Steve Newlin are sort of a cute couple, even when Russell feeds his blood to the werewolf pack and then kidnaps wolf-Emma and gives it to Steve.
Alcide has a flashback: To when he joined the pack/learned the way of the wolf as a teenager. The young Alcide looked nothing like the current Alcide -- and has crazy eyebrows.
Nice hobby: We learn that Sweetie was the square dancing champion of Louisiana.
Seriously, fairy names are bad: When Claude and his family visit Sookie to tell her vampires are behind the Tru Blood factory bombings, we meet a new Claude-based-name sister: Claudija. I guess they're running out of Claude derivatives.
Makes sense I guess: Jessica informs Jason that she doesn't use the bathroom (or that she doesnt take dumps, to be exact). Um, sure.


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Bruce Nappi at CNPS at http://naturalphilosophy.org asked me to pick a topic for a Special Project in which to try his Structured Discussion methods, derived partly from Deliberatorium, which has been discussed on this forum a few years ago. He's trying to improve CNPS's organization and develop improved Scientific Method and CNPS is working on an alternative science wikipedia.
I chose Geology as the topic for the Project. Bruce wants to develop better "debating", or fact-finding, methods, and use this process to produce a paper on this topic for the CNPS Wiki.
My first step is to compile a list of Earth's main features which theories need to help explain. And then I need to name the most promising Geological Theories and gather the main claims of each theory and list them in a Table for comparisons. This is basically like what Ralph Juergens did to compare theories about Lunar Rilles in his Pensee' magazine paper, Of the Moon and Mars, ca. 1975.
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The Unseen is now on DVD!! Starring Gale Harold, Phillip Bloch, Steve Harris
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"The hardest thing is to look in a mirror and see the ghost of what you never wanted to be." That is one of the torments plaguing Tomas, played by Kamar De Los Reyes, who is the lead character of Love & Suicide, which was co-written and directed by former Union City native Luis Moro and Lisa France."Tomas goes to Cuba and discovers the one thing between love and suicide," said Moro.
So, what is that one thing between love and suicide? You'll find out when you see the film, which opened Friday May 26 at the Mayfair Theatre in West New York and will run until Thursday June 1.
The 85-minute independent film is the first of its kind to be filmed on the island of Communist Cuba.
With beautiful images of the waves engulfing the shores, historical architecture, and the "viejita," old lady, smoking tobacco on the front steps of her home, Moro's film captured the spirit of present-day Havana.
Many of the island's exiles still long for their home country and can now see it for the first time in the film. "A lot of it is based in true events, we didn't have to make it up," said Moro. "It was just what unfolded as they went along with the story."
Filming in Cuba?
The cast and crew of eight had been accepted into the 2003 Havana Film Festival for Moro and France's previous film called Ann B. Reel, about a rapper inspired by the Diary of Anne Frank.
"I always wanted to do a movie in Cuba and we were only there for three weeks, so we shot for three weeks straight," said Moro. "You work hard; independent filmmakers don't fool around."
Some of the remaining scenes of the movie were shot in New York City, but a majority of the picture takes place on location.
At a recent screening at Las Vegas' Desert Film Society, the film opened to a packed audience and garnered rave reviews.
"There was a man there who was an exile and he said to us, 'I thought I could never go home again, thank you for letting me go home,' " said France.
The phenomenal cast of characters included Havana locals as extras.
De Los Reyes, of Days of Our Lives fame, delivered a very engaging and honest performance.
"As far as actors go, he is going to be the next A-List Latin actor. He really delivered," said Moro. "The foundation is there with the soap and independent film worlds."
De Los Reyes was approached about the project after filming ended on Ann B. Reel, which his girlfriend was a part of.
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Born in Cuba, Moro immigrated to the United States with his parents when he was very young and was raised among the adopted Cuban community of Union City. It was during his 3rd grade school play at Washington School that he caught the performing arts bug.
Moro worked in real estate and held a show for 10 years on the local TV station Univision, but in the last eight years he worked on film and stage productions across the country.
"I still do stand-up once in a while and got a couple of opportunities in movies," said Moro, who landed a small role on the film For Love of the Game with Kevin Costner.
"I'll never forget what [Costner] told me: 'just keep your eye on the ball because there are so many distractions,' " said Moro.
Moro now resides in California with his wife and five children and continues to balance his inspiring career with his loving family life.
France and Moro became the best of friends about eight years ago and have worked on numerous projects together.
"Louie is my best friend, and when a person can't go home to their country and see their family, I don't even know what kind of experience that is, so this project is very personal for me in that respect," said France as she fought back tears.
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The film has been receiving good responses since entering numerous film festivals starting earlier this year, and it has also brought up the controversy involving America's relationship with the neighboring island nation.
Love & Suicide is the first American feature picture to be filmed in Cuba in the 46 years of the Cuban Embargo, which bans all travel and trade from the United States to Cuba.
"I personally think this film is going to represent peoples' opinions about the embargo and I think it will have a major part in lifting the embargo," said Moro.
Moro still has some family members in Cuba. Due to the embargo, Moro's family has had to go through other countries to see their relatives, some whom they haven't seen in years.
"[The government] won't let my 84-year-old grandmother go to Cuba to see her dying son – that's ridiculous. I can't even visit my uncle because the government doesn't consider him my family. How many families have been destroyed by this embargo?" said Moro.
Moro has been outspokenly critical of America's political leaders in respect to the embargo, especially those representing the Hispanic community.
"[The politicians] are not representing anybody; not the people in Cuba, the United States or the United Nations," said Moro. "For 46 years Castro has blamed the embargo for Cuba's condition when it's because of the embargo that we're this way. For 46 years it has not worked, and Cuba just made a deal with China for travel and oil. Cuba is going to do just fine without the us."
Moro invited some of Jersey's most powerful political Hispanic leaders like Senator Robert Menendez, a longtime proponent of the embargo, and Assemblyman and Mayor of West New York Albio Sires to the premiere.
Other screenings have taken place in Miami and the Bahamas, and more are scheduled for other upcoming film festivals in New York and California.
The Mayfair, however, will be the first theatrical release.
"It's the first theatrical release for an independent filmmaker from Hudson County; it's amazing. It's like being a rookie in a major league ballgame," said Moro.
|©The Hudson Reporter 2006
Interview with Filmmaker Luis Moro at the HBO NYC Latino Film Festival July 26
Independent filmmaker Luis Moro is one of those eccentric, rare personalities that will elicit emotion out of you upon first meeting him. Praise and controversy over his film, Love & Suicide has skyrocketed this 6'1' dark, handsome Cuban actor/writer into indie stardom. His character Alberto in the film was seamless, with such a carefree attitude one wonders if he knew the camera was on him. "There's a lot of me in Alberto", said Moro during a recent screening at the HBO New York Latin Film Festival. Three hundred people packed the theatre and gave the film a standing ovation. The audience laughed and were moved to tears. Alberto's character is optimistic, persistent and consistently draws laughs. He lives life with a purpose…he has that peace within. Audience members commented after seeing Love & Suicide that Moro's performance was the all out hit of the film.
Luis Moro, was born in Cuba and raised between Union City, NJ and Washington Heights, NY, he graduated from Rutgers University where he studied acting while lettering in Football. He came to the US when he was five via Mexico, after his mother escaped from Cuba. "I was a double immigrant, smuggled in and out of two countries." His boyish charm is contrasted by his exuberant personality. One cannot help but be intrigued by his no nonsense approach to life, but again one contrast after another has led him to an insatiable humor that never quits.
He is tireless, he says, because he loves what he does. You can see that by his welcoming attitude to over 100 fans that stood in line to meet him after the New York screening last week. He has received numerous nods of approval from critics and audiences alike who flock to art houses and festivals to see this indie hit, Love & Suicide, a story of a man (Kamar de los Reyes) who goes to Cuba and discovers the one thing between love and suicide. "This movie is a dream come true for me. As far back as I can remember I wanted to make a movie in Cuba," he reflected. "I didn't know I was going to make history, but I did know I wanted the world to see Cuba."
History is what Luis Moro made when he became the first American filmmaker to shoot a feature length film in Cuba in 46 years. His fearless pursuit of freedom and his constitutional rights has kept Luis Moro on top. His bank ability has been a welcome result to hard work, making five indie films back to back. Industry insiders are paying attention to Luis, and offers are starting to come in for work with people he has only dreamed of working with. "This is a true Hollywood story," said a young Latina standing in line. "He literally started as an extra, and look where he is now," touted her girlfriend.
Sitting at the Four Seasons in New York, his presence alone is distinct. People take a second and third look, or simply stare. Either he just has this presence about him, or maybe his laugh, more of a guffaw, can quiet a room for a second. People are just drawn to him. From the parking attendant that he befriended with one line in Spanish that had this guy laughing probably for the first time that day, to the young hostess, that Luis has giggling.
"My wife, Barbara, really believes in me and has been my biggest supporter, as well as representing me for now," he stated. "She really has my back." They have five children to support on an indie salary. They both have already done the hard work, especially now that AMC Theatres has committed to screen Love & Suicide. They will open the film in the heart of Miami August 11th.
"The thing about him is he charms kids as well as 80 year old's, and everyone in between. I don't know anyone else like him," his wife Barbara said over the phone from their home in Los Angeles. "He likes to really relate to people, it's like a passion," she says.
"Know your Moro" his website proudly says. That is a bold statement, but coming from a bold visionary you can't help but laugh, because if you know your Moro, you will be laughing too.
Written by Marc Justice, Freelance writer
For more info on Luis Moro check www.EverythingCuba.com
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CBS 4 Miami interview
CBS4 Miami Luis Moro interview Aug 26, 2006 10:40 pm US/Eastern Cuban Filmmaker Violates Embargo, Makes Film Dave Malkoff Reporting (CBS4 News) COCONUT GROVE A young Cuban filmmaker violated the embargo against Cuba and went to his homeland to produce a documentary. He feels he was just exercising his 1st ammendment right of freedom of speech and South Florida moviegoers are enjoying the show. The documentary, Love and Suicide in Havana, is now being considered a popular independent film and is being screened in South Florida. The Federal Government is trying to apprehend Luis Moro, the films maker, for entering Cuba to make the film while the embargo prohibiting such actions is in place. Moro says hes willing to talk to officials and has allegedly made no profit from the one hour and a half film. Moro believes he has not violated any laws and said "we decided to go make a movie, so I did. It's my right to freedom of speech." One moviegoer in Coconut Grove, Marty Robertini told CBS4 that "I was surprised at this, and wondered how this happened." Moro spoke to CBS4s Dave Malkoff and told him that the U.S. Treasury Department repremanded Moro in the form of a 13-page letter saying that entering Cuba and filming a movie was wrong and then went on to question him on how much the film cost to make and what exactly he did to get into the country amidst the embargo. Malkoff reports that Moro has been instructed by his attorneys not to share any information with anyone regarding the government's inquiries. "How we did this are trade secrets." Moro says he hopes to see the embargo lifted, but most of all he hopes that people will go out and see his independent film. Moro currently lives in Los Angeles and employed the help of his Miami friend's in preparation and creation of film. Several screenings of the documentary were being shown Saturday at Coconut Groves Cocowalk Theater where. (© MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.) http://cbs4.com/local/local_story_238183137.html
Living piece of art
This has been a journey for my husband Luis Moro, and myself over the last three years. There have been so many people that have shown their love along the way, including the director Lisa France, and producers, and editors (Jokes and Bruno) that became family. We have stories of how this movie came to be, from the moment of conception-to the actual flights to Cuba. As a group we converged in Havana.
A small eager group…a director, a director of photography, sound, and our actors; Kamar de los Reyes, Luis Moro, Daisy Mc Crackin, and myself…we had an amazing journey. I was four months pregnant with our child and I was in amazment of this island that my husband came from. Everything I took for granted was so desperatly lacking there. On the cutting room floor went half the movie, and from that Luis constructed an amazing work of art. A living peice of art, with sounds and sights so vivid you could almost smell the smells of the city. We stayed up night after night for months until it was only Luis standing peicing together a movie that very few people could see a vision from. We lived with our editors, or they with us…we ate and slept together for months until we had our movie.
The story of a man that went to Cuba to find the one thing between love & suicide. It was raw, and enchanting. It gripped you, but the relaxation was inevitable as you took a journey through one of the most unique cities in the world. We have enjoyed every single person we have met along the way, that have seen the movie. We have been to festivals with our movie, and every time people stayed behind to ask questions about how we filmed it, and what as a people can we do about the embargo. At the Black Film Festival in Miami we discovered we made history by being the first American filmmakers to break the embargo and film a feature length film there. And the journey began. Luis and I have five children between us, and with the help of family, friends and supporters we have done the impossible. Live on an Independant filmmakers budget. It has been a road of excitement, trepidation, creativity, and soul searching. Everyone who knows us has in one way or another been touched by Love & Suicide.
AMC Theaters has been the independant strong support we needed to put us in our first big chain theaters, we opened in Coconut Grove, Miami mid August 2006. We surprised our critics, but not our fans, when we we had pre-tickets sales for weeks in advance, and drew crowds just like in West New York, NJ, and Palms Springs, Ca. For that reason this year we have been extended for a record breaking 8th week in our fifth AMC theatre. Remember, this is truly a David and Goliath story. We have no studio backing, very little greenbacks, and just a little film that grips your heart. Check out our the opening scene will give you a taste of the film, and with its lush Cuban music, and its intimate feel, our hope you will leave our film a different person. www.EverythingCuba.com
Opening Scene from our film, Love and Suicide
Shot in Havana, Cuba
AOL Black Voices interview with Luis Moro and Phillip Bloch
Luis has also produced a gripping film called "The Unseen", filmed in Atlanta, Georgia. Here is a brief synopsis of the film:
When Roy Clemens Steve Harris (The Practice & Law & Order), returns to his rural hometown of Haralson, Georgia (population 83) for his father's funeral, he inherits the family store and a mess of skeletons in the closet. Delivering a package, he discovers Sammy Phillip Bloch (E! Channel Celeb Stylist), an old acquaintance who has been locked-up at home by his older brother Harold Gale Harold (Queer As Folk)for twenty years. Sammy and Roy form a bond around a desire to leave Haralson for the city lights ofAtlanta and the elusive comfort they hope it holds, but to get there they must both come to terms with Harold and the secret he shares. Directed by Lisa France (Anne B. Real) and working with a solid cast including Catherine Dent (Shield), Michelle Clunie (Queer As Folk), Judah Friedlander(American Splendor), and Shirley Ceasar (Award-winning Gospel singer). Outstanding photography by Jim Hunter adds to the foreboding atmosphere of a film that is alternately funny and touching.
http://www.TheUnseen2005.com/ www.TheUnseen2005.com
- The Unseen is now on DVD!! Starring Gale Harold, Phillip Bloch, Steve Harris
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- Interview with Filmmaker Luis Moro at the HBO NYC Latino Film Festival July 26
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Baltimore nurse vows to return to Boston Marathon
Alex Halstead helped treat victims of Boston Marathon bombings
Many have credited the top-notch medical team at the Boston Marathon for saving lives, and a Baltimore man will never forget his part in the rescue efforts.
One week after the Boston Marathon bombings, the number of victims injured has increased.
Alex Halstead, a 24-year-old surgical intensive care unit nurse at the University of Maryland Medical Center, volunteered for the fourth year at the Boston Marathon, assigned to Medical Tent A, which was stocked with supplies for sunburn and blisters -- but quickly turned into a mass casualty center.
Halstead said he'll never forget the image of Jeff Bauman Jr. at the finish line.
"He was the first victim coming into the tent, and the moment that I saw him was when the incident became real for me," Halstead said. "We used the tools that we had. We had a lot of IVs. Again, this was a running tent, so we put an IV in all the victims that we had. We got fluids going in all the victims. People were taking off their jackets and using them as tourniquets."
It's triage work that saved many lives.
"These were multiple, multiple patients. It was almost like combat," Halstead said.
Halstead said his team received 97 patients in and out in 20 minutes. While he does this for a living, he said the scene still took his breath away.
"I did have to step back and take a few deep breaths and prepare myself and resettle myself and then get back into it," Halstead said.
He said he will be back in his marathon jacket next year.
"I'm proud to be a Boston Marathon nurse," he said. "This experience is one that is going to be with me for the rest of my life."


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Peggy Fikac: Democrat's immigration ad creates stir
AUSTIN – "We have to crack down on illegal immigrants who break our laws, escape unpunished and take jobs away from Texans."
Is it a campaign ad by a Republican lawmaker who favors bringing an Arizona-style immigration crackdown to Texas? By GOP Gov. Rick Perry?
Nope. It's by state Rep. Patrick Rose, a Dripping Springs Democrat who belongs to the Mexican American Legislative Caucus — and that's why it's raising some eyebrows.
Caucus chairman Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, said the group wants to take a "measured look" at the matter. (He describes caucus membership criteria as "you either have to be brown or have a brown heart.")
"We have very diverse views when it comes to the issue of immigration," he said. "But there's one thing that we're unanimous on: We don't allow people to kick immigrants around like a political football so they can make political hay."
It's clear immigration is a key issue. The nonprofit, nonpartisan Texas Lyceum is the most recent to release a survey (margin of error plus-or-minus 3.75 percentage points) showing that 25 percent of Texans cite jobs and the economy as the most important issues facing Texas, but 21 percent call immigration more important.
"Immigration is going to be the issue that's going to determine, for instance, the next president of the United States, for heaven's sake," said political scientist Henry Flores of St. Mary's University.
Rose's legislative colleagues know its importance. They know Rose is fighting for re-election in a toss-up district against Republican Jason Isaac. But immigration is a sensitive subject for Hispanic Texans, and it's one that threatens a legislative meltdown if not handled with care. And Hispanic children make up the majority in the three largest school systems in Rose's district.
One Democratic lawmaker, who didn't want his name used, described Rose's rhetoric as "a bit of fear-mongering." House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rene Oliveira of Brownsville, a Democrat and caucus member, said the wording about jobs "is certainly on the edge of immigrant bashing."
"There's very little proof that undocumented workers are taking jobs away from Texans that they would ordinarily have or take. That is to me a bogus claim," Oliveira said. But he didn't condemn Rose: "I was surprised and somewhat disappointed, but the man I've worked with ... is a reasonable man and a trusted friend, and I'll certainly ... reserve judgment and give him the benefit of the doubt."
Rose has broken with the Democratic Party line before on issues like lawsuit reform. The political newsletter Capitol Inside reported that his campaign's tone is prompting speculation about whether he'll switch parties after the election.
Rose's campaign (which said he doesn't consider an Arizona-style law the right fit for Texas, in case you were wondering) said both parties will have a chance to shape immigration reform policy "for the benefit of all Texans."
"Representative Rose's record ... in the Texas House demonstrates that he is in Austin to represent the interests of his constituents, not political parties," campaign spokesman Mike Ruggieri said. As for the party-switch speculation, he said, "Representative Rose is a Democrat. Our campaign does not respond to other people's speculations on any matter."
Cost of voter education
Your tax dollars at work: The Texas Secretary of State's office reports the cost of the 2010 statewide voter education effort is $2.5 million, which comes from federal funds. The program includes advertising telethons, face-to-face outreach and the VOTEXAS.org website.
Perry's writer block
The battle between Perry and national editorial writers continues. Perry isn't meeting with Texas newspaper editorial boards, but he spoke at a national conference of editorial writers. Then he got slammed for not taking questions from them (although he stopped to give an interview to a TV reporter).
Perry campaign spokesman Mark Miner earlier said a strong letter from the editorial writers expressing their displeasure "shows their arrogance."
Dan Radmacher of The Roanoke Times in Virginia wrote recently, "What kind of politician thinks a roomful of journalists wouldn't be upset at the inability to ask questions - and wouldn't be observant enough to notice that the excuse of a tight schedule was bogus?"
Tax, debate watch
It's week 18 since Democrat Bill White released his income tax returns for the time he served as Houston mayor, one condition set by Perry for a debate.
Perry said he would not debate unless White, by Sept. 15, also released his returns from his time as deputy energy secretary and state Democratic Party chairman. White didn't. But we're still counting.


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SylvanSport announced its partnership with Lazydays, the nation's largest recreational vehicle dealer. The SylvanSport GO, an innovative camper-trailer that can be towed behind any vehicle, will be available at Lazydays' two locations in Florida and Arizona, according to a news release.
"This partnership is a great opportunity for both Lazydays and SylvanSport," Thomas Dempsey, SylvanSport founder and president, stated in the release. "SylvanSport was founded on the idea of reinventing the RV and addressing the recreational side of small vehicles. Lazydays reaches a broad range of consumers who are increasingly seeking out alternatives to the traditional RV."
The availability of the GO at brick-and-mortar locations marks an expansion of SylvanSport's targeted sales strategy. Previously available only through direct sales, the brand plans to increase its retail presence to engage consumers and drive sales.
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Founded in 2004 by veteran outdoor industry executive and entrepreneur Thomas Dempsey, SylvanSport designs, manufactures and distributes Mobile Adventure Gear from its headquarters in Brevard, N.C. The company is committed to developing smart, efficient, visionary products that encourage responsible and respectful enjoyment of the outdoors. For more information on SylvanSport and its products please visit www.sylvansport.com.


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Version 0.98: integrated webcam player (see below), m3u playlist parser and others. For more information see the "About PVS.MediaPlayer versions.txt" download and the source code of the sample applications (C#/VB.NET).
Library size: 212 KB
Platform: Microsoft Windows 7 or higher - WinForms Any CPU
Requirements: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 or higher
License: The Code Project Open License (CPOL)
PVS.MediaPlayer has built in (part of) the Media Foundation .NET library by nowinskie and snarfle (https://sourceforge.net/projects/mfnet). Licensed under either Lesser General Public License v2.1 or BSD. See license.txt or BSDL.txt for details (http://mfnet.sourceforge.net).
PVS.MediaPlayer (Media Foundation) plays these media formats: .3g2, .3gp, .3gp2, .3gpp, .aac, .adts, .asf, .avi, .m4a, .m4v, .mov, .mp3, .mp4, .sami, .smi, .wav, .webm, .wma and .wmv. PVS.MediaPlayer can play media files with a missing or incorrect file extension, provided the actual format can be played by Media Foundation.
Version 0.98, Copyright © 2019 PVS The Netherlands
PVS.MediaPlayer is an easy-to-use media player library for playing media files in .NET Framework WinForms applications using Microsoft Media Foundation, Media Foundation .NET and other technologies, with:
Please note that a VB.NET version of the article can be downloaded from the link at the top of this article.
Due to the large number of functions of the PVS.MediaPlayer library, not all options can be described here. See the sample applications for more information.
This article assumes that you use Microsoft Visual Studio for software development.
You can use the PVS.MediaPlayer library in your applications by adding a reference to the "PVS.MediaPlayer.dll" file to an application's project:
First download "PVS.MediaPlayer.zip" from the link at the top of this article and extract the library wherever you want on your hard drive. The .xml file contains information for IntelliSense from Visual Studio and is not needed with your finished application.
Next, open your application's project in Visual Studio (or create a new project) and add a reference to the library. You can do this by right-clicking on the project in solution explorer (or using the Project menu) and then select "Add Reference": choose the "Browse" option and locate and select "PVS.MediaPlayer.dll". Now you're ready to use PVS.MediaPlayer.
Finally, to use shorter names in the Visual Studio editor, type at the top of each project file that uses the library:
using PVS.MediaPlayer;
Before creating one or more PVS.MediaPlayer players, ensure that Media Foundation is installed (see also 2. Check if Media Foundation is Installed). But once you've done that and it's installed, here's a simple way to play a movie in a control (in this case, "panel1") in your application:
Player myPlayer = new Player();
myPlayer.Play(@"C:\Videos\MyMovie.mp4", panel1);
To stop playing and remove myPlayer, use:
myPlayer = null;
You should always remove all players by using their Dispose method before your application ends.
The PVS.MediaPlayer library can only be used on computers with Microsoft Media Foundation installed.
You can check whether Media Foundation is installed on a computer using the (static) Player.MFPresent property. This property returns 'true' if Media Foundation is installed, for example:
if (!Player.MFPresent) MessageBox.Show("MediaFoundation is not installed.");
If you try to create a player on a computer without Media Foundation, an exception (error) is thrown and the player is not created.
The PVS.MediaPlayer library also requires the presence of Microsoft Windows 7 or higher. The MFPresent property also checks for this and returns 'false' if not present.
The text and code samples in this article assume that Windows 7 or higher is used and that Media Foundation is installed.
Note: A static method or property can be used without creating a player. Another example of a static property in the PVS.MediaPlayer library is to get the library version number, for example:
label1.Text = Player.VersionString;
If you want to play a media file, you must first create a player. In your application, you can create as many players as you want and also remove them if you no longer need them. You can use them at the same time, even to play the same media file.
Once you have created a player, you can continue to use it to play media files. You do not have to stop a playing media file to play another media file, the player will take care of it.
In the following example, the player's name is "myPlayer" and some lines of code are added to use one of the events raised by the player.
A player can inform you about changes in the playback status by sending you 'event messages'. You can 'catch' these events with your player's event handler and act accordingly. For example, in the case of a MediaEnded event (that tells you that a media file has finished playing), you may want to play another (next) media file (see also 5. Player Events).
Adding a Player with event handler to a new Windows Forms application:
using PVS.MediaPlayer;
namespace MyApplication
public partial class Form1 : Form
Player myPlayer;
public Form1()
myPlayer = new Player();
myPlayer.Events.MediaEnded += MyPlayer_MediaEnded;
void MyPlayer_MediaEnded(object sender, EndedEventArgs e)
switch (e.StopReason)
case StopReason.Finished:
// media has finished playing
case StopReason.AutoStop:
// media is stopped by the player to play next media
case StopReason.UserStop:
// media is stopped with the Player.Stop method
case StopReason.Error:
// media has stopped because an error has occurred
Now all you have to do is tell the player which media file (path and file name) to play and, if it is a movie, where to display it (player display).
Every method and every property of a PVS.MediaPlayer player returns a result (error) code. The result can be obtained through the LastError property of a player (and sometimes from a method itself). You should always check if a method or property works as you expect by checking the LastError property that returns a Boolean value, for example:
myPlayer.Audio.Volume = 2f; // value out of range (0.0 - 1.0)
if (myPlayer.LastError) MessageBox.Show(myPlayer.LastErrorString);
The LastErrorString property of a player returns a description of the last error that occurred and the LastErrorCode property returns the error code (0 = no error).
A PVS.MediaPlayer player does not throw or pass on exceptions, so you don't have to use the try-catch construction with the player's instructions.
However, an exception is thrown when creating a player while Media Foundation is not installed on the system or with an unsupported version of Windows (see also 2. Check if Media Foundation is Installed).
The events raised by PVS.MediaPlayer allow your application to react to certain changes in the state of your player, like when a mediafile has finished playing. You don't have to use any of the events, and if you don't, PVS.MediaPlayer will ignore them too and not send any event messages to your application.
Some player functions can only be activated by subscribing to a player event, such as obtaining audio peak levels or subtitles. Other events can be very useful for updating interface items in different locations (for example, the playback position or audio volume) or checking whether a setting has really changed (for example, when selecting another audio device).
The MediaPositionChanged event differs slightly from the others because it is sent very often when a media file is being played. It provides information about the player's playback position and you can use it to update a number of position indicators on the screen, such as a slider (if you are not using the player's position slider) and / or some 'counters', for example:
private void MyPlayer_MediaPositionChanged(object sender, PositionChangedEventArgs e)
TimeSpan fromStart = TimeSpan.FromTicks(e.FromStart);
TimeSpan toStop = TimeSpan.FromTicks(e.ToStop);
myTrackBar.Value = fromStart.TotalMilliseconds;
label1.Text = fromStart.ToString(@"hh\:mm\:ss")
label2.Text = toStop.ToString(@"hh\:mm\:ss")
Other events that may be sent very often are the MediaPeakLevelChanged and the MediaSubtitleChanged events. Because these events are sent so often, the event handlers should handle the events quickly and efficiently to prevent the application from being delayed.
By using the myPlayer.TimerInterval property, you can change the frequency by which the MediaPositionChanged and MediaPeakLevelChanged events are sent (default 100 milliseconds), for example:
myPlayer.TimerInterval = 50;
This timer also controls the updates of the (both optional) player's position slider and taskbar progress indicator.
To view the video images of media files, your player must have a display. You can use any WinForms control (including a form) as a player display, but a panel would be a good choice because it has the least resources attached and is well suited for that. You can specify the player's display when you create a player or at any other time, even when media is being played. The player remembers which display to use, so you don't have to repeat the setting every time (this is the case with all player settings).
Player myPlayer = new Player(panel1);
myPlayer.Display.Window = panel2;
myPlayer.Play(myVideo, this);
The display of a player can be treated as a 'normal' WinForms control, you can add other controls to it and adjust its properties to your needs. To easily add items to a player's display, with transparency and opacity options, you can use a PVS.MediaPlayer display overlay (see 7. Display Overlays).
You can change the way video images are shown on the player's display in many different ways, for example:
// use one of the preset formats (default: DisplayMode.ZoomCenter):
myPlayer.Display.Mode = DisplayMode.Stretch;
// use a custom format (default: DisplayMode.ZoomCenter):
myPlayer.Video.Bounds = new Rectangle(10, 20, 300, 400);
// use a display shape (default: DisplayShape.Normal):
myPlayer.Display.Shape = DisplayShape.Oval;
A player also offers multiple options to copy the contents of its display (without copying any overlapping windows), for example:
You can use the same display for multiple players if you organize the position of the video with the Player.Video.Bounds property and you can play videos without using a display to hear only the video sound.
If you want to display a player's display on the entire computer screen, you can use the player's full screen option, for example:
myPlayer.FullScreen = true;
Before (or after) doing this, you can use the player's FullScreenMode option to select what is displayed on the full screen:
myPlayer.FullScreenMode = FullScreenMode.Form;
The player's display or its parent can't be inside any other control than the form itself if you want to use mode 2 or 3.
With each full screen display mode, the player's display always remains part of the form on which it is placed (there is no special or separate full screen window).
Each player can have a full screen display as long as its display is not on a form that already has a full screen display of another player.
With a PVS.MediaPlayer display overlay, you can very easily display something (like text, pictures and movies) on top of a movie. A PVS.MediaPlayer display overlay is a form, just like the ones you use in your .NET Windows Forms Application projects. PVS.MediaPlayer just displays it on top of a player's display.
To create a display overlay, just create a new form ("Form2" in this example) and add all desired items, for example, an image logo and some lines of code, and add it to the player as follows:
Form2 myOverlay = new Form2(); // create an instance of Form2
myPlayer.Overlay.Window = myOverlay; // and attach it to the player
To remove a display overlay from the player, set the overlay window to another overlay or to null:
myPlayer.Overlay.Window = null;
A display overlay can be the same size as the player's display or the same size as the video image of the playing media, for example:
myPlayer.Overlay.Mode = OverlayMode.Display; // the default value is OverlayMode.Video
A central point in a display overlay code is the form's VisibleChanged event. This event indicates when a display overlay is activated or deactivated. You can switch the various used items in the display overlay code, for example a timer, on or off accordingly.
See the example applications "How To ..." for a more detailed description of and various tips for using display overlays.
If you want your player to have multiple displays that all show the same image (for example, for use on multiple monitors), you can use one or more PVS.MediaPlayer display clones. A display clone is a copy of the main display including all items that you have added to it and (optionally) its display overlay. Each display clone can have its own independent size and has different adjustable features. You can add a display clone to a player with, for example:
Changing the properties of a display clone differs slightly from the standard methods. You must specify a data structure named CloneProperties to change one or more properties of a display clone. You can change an existing CloneProperties structure or create a new one, for example:
CloneProperties properties = myPlayer.DisplayClones.GetProperties(panel4);
properties.DragEnabled = true;
properties.Shape = DisplayShape.Oval;
myPlayer.DisplayClones.SetProperties(panel4, properties);
You can also use the CloneProperties structure to set the properties of all existing display clones at once.
To play a media file, you can use one of the player's Play methods. With the Play methods, you can also specify the start and end time of the media and whether the media should be repeated when playback has finished.
To create a (tiny) mediaplayer, add a button ("button1") and a panel ("panel1") to your form and add the PlayMedia method (see below) to the code (for a 'standard display look', you can set the background color of the panel to black). Double-click the button on your form and add the PlayMedia instruction in the automatically created buttonclick handler. The project code now looks something like this:
using PVS.MediaPlayer;
namespace MyProject
public partial class Form1 : Form
Player myPlayer;
// Form2 myOverlay; // create a display overlay (Form2)
// with the Visual Studio designer
// Form myDisplayClone;
OpenFileDialog myOpenFileDialog;
string[] myMovies;
int movieToPlay = 0;
Point buttonLocation;
public Form1()
myPlayer = new Player();
myPlayer.Events.MediaEnded += MyPlayer_MediaEnded;
myPlayer.Display.Window = panel1;
myPlayer.Display.Mode = DisplayMode.Stretch;
myPlayer.Display.DragEnabled = true;
// myOverlay = new Form2();
// myPlayer.Overlay.Window = myOverlay;
// myDisplayClone = new Form();
// myDisplayClone.BackColor = Color.Black;
// myDisplayClone.Show();
// myPlayer.DisplayClones.Add(myDisplayClone);
myOpenFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();
myOpenFileDialog.Multiselect = true;
this.KeyPreview = true;
this.KeyDown += new KeyEventHandler(Form1_KeyDown);
void MyPlayer_MediaEnded(object sender, EndedEventArgs e)
if (e.StopReason == StopReason.Finished) PlayNextMedia();
private void PlayMedia(string fileName)
if (myPlayer.LastError)
MessageBox.Show(fileName + "\r\n\r\n" + myPlayer.LastErrorString);
if (myMovies.Length > 1) PlayNextMedia();
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
if (myOpenFileDialog.ShowDialog(this) == DialogResult.OK)
myMovies = myOpenFileDialog.FileNames;
movieToPlay = 0;
private void PlayNextMedia()
if (++movieToPlay >= myMovies.Length) movieToPlay = 0;
private void Form1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Space)
e.Handled = true;
private void ToggleFullScreen()
if (myPlayer.FullScreen)
myPlayer.FullScreen = false;
button1.Location = buttonLocation;
buttonLocation = button1.Location;
myPlayer.FullScreen = true;
button1.Location = new Point(24, 24);
This basic example can easily be expanded with other desired functionality, such as a position slider, a pause and stop button or changing the audio output device. See the text below and the example application "How To ..." how you can do that and for more examples.
A media file can contain multiple audio tracks (streams) and each track can have multiple channels. Multiple tracks are used to provide alternative audio for the media, for example, a commentary track or different languages. The channels in a track contain the audio information and usually, there are 2 channels for stereo output, but there may also be less or more for surround sound, for example.
The media starts playing the standard selected tracks, but these can easily be changed. For example, you can display the tracks in a menu and let the user select one of the tracks.
Information about the available audio tracks in the media being played can be obtained with:
int count = myPlayer.Media.AudioTrackCount; // get the number of audio tracks
AudioTrack[] tracks = myPlayer.Media.GetAudioTracks(); // get information about each track
// the information can be used to display some properties of the tracks,
// for example in a menu:
myMenu.Items.Add(tracks[0].Name + " " + tracks[0].Language); // and for all other tracks
To select one of the audio tracks in the playing media use, for example:
myPlayer.Audio.Track = 1; // select the second audio track
You can change the audio volume and balance settings of the selected track with, for example:
myPlayer.Audio.Volume = 0.5f; // values from 0.0 to 1.0
myPlayer.Audio.Balance = 0.1f; // values from -1.0 to 1.0
or you can change the volume of each individual channel (values from 0.0 to 1.0, up to 16 channels) with, for example:
// get the audio volumes for each channel with:
float[] channelVolumes = myPlayer.Audio.ChannelVolumes;
// to change the volume of, for example, the right (or 2nd) channel, use:
channelVolumes[1] = 0.5f;
myPlayer.Audio.ChannelVolumes = channelVolumes;
and of course, you can temporarily mute the audio (while maintaining the volume settings), for example:
myPlayer.Mute = true;
The volume, balance, or channel volume (and the following audio device) settings are player settings, which means that they will be used for all subsequent media until they are changed again.
By default, a PVS.MediaPlayer player uses the system's default audio output device (if any), but this can be changed using the Player.Audio.Device property. This property uses an AudioDevice data structure.
The AudioDevice data structures of the system's enabled audio devices can be retrieved with:
AudioDevice[] devices = myPlayer.Audio.GetDevices();
// the information can be used to display some properties of the devices,
// for example in a menu:
myMenu.Items.Add(devices[0].Name); // and for all other devices
To select one of the devices retrieved from GetDevices (usually selected from a menu), use:
myPlayer.Audio.Device = devices[index]; // where index represents a device in the list
A player also offers direct access to the system's audio control panels:
Please refer to the sample applications "How To ..." for more information about the audio options and settings of the PVS.MediaPlayer library.
Just as with audio tracks, a media file can also contain multiple video tracks (streams). The media starts playing the standard selected track, but it can easily be changed. For example, you can display the names of the video tracks in a menu and let the user select one of the tracks.
Information about the available video tracks in the media being played can be obtained with:
int count = myPlayer.Media.VideoTrackCount; // get the number of video tracks
VideoTrack[] tracks = myPlayer.Media.GetVideoTracks(); // get information about each track
// the information can be used to display some properties of the tracks,
// for example in a menu:
myMenu.Items.Add(tracks[0].Name + " " + tracks[0].Language); // and for all other tracks
To select one of the video tracks in the playing media use, for example:
myPlayer.Video.Track = 1; // select the second video track
The video image of a media file can be displayed in any desired size and there are various options, such as adjusting the brightness, to change the video image, for example:
myPlayer.Display.Mode = DisplayMode.Stretch;
myPlayer.Video.Bounds = new Rectangle (10, 20, 300, 400);
myPlayer.Video.Brightness = 0.5;
A player also offers direct access to the system's display control panel:
See the sample applications "How To ..." for more information about the video options and settings of the PVS.MediaPlayer library.
You may want to use a trackbar type control with your player to show and change the playback position of a mediafile. That's not a difficult task, although there's more to it than just might seem at first sight. That's why PVS.MediaPlayer can handle this kind of control for you.
Just add a TrackBar control to your form (or display overlay) and tell the player to handle it with:
myPlayer.Sliders.Position.TrackBar = trackBar1;
By setting the myPlayer.Sliders.Position.Mode option, you can have the trackbar show the position between the beginning and end of a mediafile (PositionSliderMode.Track) or between the player's media start- and end time (PositionSliderMode.Progress). The position slider offers various other options.
Similarly, you can also let the player handle an audio volume slider (myPlayer.Sliders.AudioVolume), an audio balance slider (myPlayer.Sliders.AudioBalance), a playback speed slider (myPlayer.Sliders.Speed) and/or a playback shuttle slider (myPlayer.Sliders.Shuttle):
myPlayer.Sliders.AudioVolume = trackBar2;
The sliders controlled by the player are only for input by the user. The values of the sliders should not be set from code. Use the corresponding properties (for example, myPlayer.Audio.Volume = 0.5f) to (also) change the sliders.
myPlayer.Audio.Volume = 0.5f
A PVS.MediaPlayer player can 'play' webcams (without sound) in the same way as media (video) files. Of course, there are a few things missing when playing a webcam, for example, no media duration is known and there is no adjustable playback position or speed. But you have for example the same video options as with media files, such as the many display options, overlays, clones, and high-speed video image copy.
A webcam can be played by using the Player.Play method where the webcam to be played is specified: You can get information about the webcams available on the system with the Player.Webcam.GetDevices method, for example:
WebcamDevice[] webcams = myPlayer.Webcam.GetDevices();
// the information can be used to display the names of the webcams,
// for example in a menu:
myMenu.Items.Add(webcams[0].Name); // and for all other webcams
The Player.Webcam.GetDevices method returns null if no webcams are available. To play one of the webcams retrieved from the GetDevices method (usually selected from a menu), use for example:
myPlayer.Play(webcams[0], panel1);
If the player has already been assigned a display window, the "panel1" parameter can be omitted as usual. Use a player's LastError property in the same way as with media files to detect errors with webcam instructions (see 4. Error Handling).
PVS.MediaPlayer provides easy access to the following properties of a webcam: BacklightCompensation, Brightness, ColorEnable, Contrast, Exposure, Flash, Focus, Gain, Gamma, Hue, Iris, Pan, Roll, Saturation, Sharpness, Tilt, WhiteBalance and Zoom (and maybe others).
To get information about a property of the active webcam use for example:
WebcamProperty focus = myPlayer.Webcam.Focus;
if (myPlayer.LastError) MessageBox.Show("Webcam focus not available.");
A webcam may not support all properties. You can check whether a property is supported by a webcam with (instead of using the LastError property as above), for example:
if (focus.Supported) Messagebox.Show("The webcam's focus is adjustable.");
If the property is supported by a webcam, the property has a minimum and maximum (or on/off) value that can be obtained with, for example:
MessageBox.Show("The webcam's focus minimum value = " + focus.Minimum);
Use the 'Value' setting to change the value of a webcam property, for example:
focus.Value = 50;
myPlayer.Webcam.Focus = focus;
Please note that for example 'myPlayer.Webcam.Focus.Value = 50;' does not set the value on the webcam.
Some properties can be automatically adjusted by a webcam if necessary. You can check whether this option is supported for a property with, for example:
if (focus.AutoSupported) MessageBox.Show("The webcam supports automatic focus.")
And you can check whether the automatic control setting of the property is activated with, for example:
if (focus.AutoEnabled) MessageBox.Show("The webcam's focus is adjusted automatically.")
The automatic control setting (if supported) of a property can be changed with for example:
focus.AutoEnabled = true;
myPlayer.Webcam.Focus = focus;
When you set the value of a webcam's property, the webcam's automatic control of the property is disabled.
A webcam might be able to output video in several different formats. A format includes a size (width and height) of the video frames and a frame rate. The video output format of a webcam can be set with the Player.Play methods for webcams:
You can get a list of the available video output formats of a webcam with, for example:
WebcamDevice[] webcams = myPlayer.Webcam.GetDevices(); // see above
WebcamFormat[] formats = myPlayer.Webcam.GetFormats(webcams[0]);
Because a webcam can easily contain more than 100 different formats, you can make a preselection with the GetFormats method, for example, to only get formats with a frame rate of 30 frames or more per second, use:
WebcamFormat[] formats = myPlayer.Webcam.GetFormats(false, -1, -1, 30);
// the information can be used to display the formats,
// for example in a menu or a ListBox control:
StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder(32);
for (int i = 0; i < formats.Length; i++)
text.Append(formats[i].Width).Append(" x ").Append(formats[i].Height)
.Append(", ").Append(formats[i].FrameRate).Append(" fps");
text.Length = 0;
To play a webcam with a specific video format, use one of the Player.Play methods with the desired video output format as a parameter, for example:
myPlayer.Play(webcams[0], formats[10]);
The player can also choose one of the available formats for you by using the quality option, for example:
myPlayer.Play(webcams[0], WebcamQuality.High);
If you do not specify a format, the player uses the default format of a webcam. Here is a complete example for playing a webcam:
WebcamDevice[] webcams = myPlayer.Webcam.GetDevices();
if (webcams == null) MessageBox.Show("No webcams found.");
if (myPlayer.LastError) MessageBox.Show(myPlayer.LastErrorString);
You cannot use a webcam (a Player.LastError will be reported) if it is being used by another application, if its use is blocked by the Windows privacy settings or if it is not properly connected to the computer. If a webcam is disconnected during playback, playback is stopped and the player's MediaEnded event is raised with e.StopReason = Error, an error code (e.ErrorCode) and a value indicating that a webcam was playing (e.Webcam).
Notes: When using .NET Framework version 3.5 or lower, no more than one webcam is listed with the Player.Webcam.GetDevices method. The parameters of the webcam methods used here are described with Visual Studio intellisense. A PVS.MediaPlayer player cannot record video from a webcam. Starting and stopping a webcam usually takes more time than starting and stopping media files (maybe use 'async/await' or similar with slow starting webcams).
The PVS.MediaPlayer webcam options have only been tested with USB-connected webcams.
PVS.MediaPlayer provides easy access to many standard and advanced media player functions and provides a stable environment for playing media files. It automatically takes care of internal and system changes (such as changes to the sound device used) so that you can fully focus your creativity on playing media files the way you like.
As mentioned, this article provides only a limited overview of the functions offered by the PVS.MediaPlayer library. But that shouldn't be a problem, because the beautiful IntelliSense from Visual Studio is well used by the library and, together with the clearly structured interface, can easily guide you through even the most advanced player options. And then, of course, there are the richly documented example apps, "How To ..." and the large player demo "PVSPlayerExample". And if you still have questions, just ask them here in the comments section at the bottom of this article.
Happy coding!
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)
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Liberals typically argue that marginal tax rates really don't make that much difference to economic behavior. So then why are so many companies rushing to pay special dividends before the first of the year, when taxes on dividends will triple? Chief among them is the Washington Post, which just announced it will pay an early dividend:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Post Co. will pay its 2013 dividends before the end of this year to try to spare investors from anticipated tax increases.
The media and education company said Friday that its dividend of $9.80 per share is payable Dec. 27 to shareholders of record as of Dec. 17. The payout is instead of regular quarterly dividends next year.
Washington Post is the latest company to move up its quarterly payout or issue a special end-of-year payment to protect investors from potentially having to pay higher taxes on dividend income starting in January.
I guess the Post's management doesn't read the Post's editorial page. Hey wait a minute: Warren Buffett is the Post's largest shareholder:
The Washington Post's dividend payment also stands to benefit those with a significant stake in the company, such as Warren Buffett's firm Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire is its largest shareholder with an estimated 1.7 million shares, which means it could get a roughly $17 million dividend payment.
I guess I should stop being amazed at the brazenness of liberal hypocrisy.


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Mount Rainier Climber's Log
BalletBoy - Jul 8, 2006 8:53 pm Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2006Routed Climbed: Disappointment Cleaver
I flew from Colorado to Seattle on the 28th to meet up with a group of 7 from Utah. Took the remainder of the the day to get to Camp Muir. At Camp Muir we rested on Thursday the 29th and then began our Summit bid on the 30th at 12:40am. The weather was perfect and very warm. We had to leave a little early due to the soft snow conditions. What a beautiful mountain and a great view and experience. See my Pics by clicking on my profile.
brusy - Jul 8, 2006 3:52 am Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006Fuhrer's Finger
Descended via DC, couldn't find the other way in white out...
Would never do it again though.
tjbst47 - Jul 7, 2006 7:43 pm Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2006emmons glacier
Went up Emmons glacier. Mostly selected our own path below bergschrund (~13,200 ft). Above this, a path was beaten in and heaviley wanded to summit, which allowed us to make it in whiteout conditions. Too bad I missed the views, ~30 m visibility.
daverobb - Jul 7, 2006 12:59 am Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006Winthrop Glacier / Upper Emmons Variation
Finally kicked her in the nards! Third times a charm. High winds and low visibilty on the summit day, but went off without a hitch. Linked up an alternate variation below the seracs on emmons and up the winthrop ridge then connected back up with the upper emmons below the bergschrund.
Joseph Bullough - Jul 6, 2006 1:39 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006Liberty Ridge
Made a quick hike into Glacier Basin on 6/30, then a strenuous 9-hour day under perfect blue skies to the bivy site at Thumb Rock on 7/1. Summit day on 7/2 began clear but we became enveloped in clouds on the upper ridge, and navigated to the summit in near-zero visibility conditions by map/GPS. As Brian said, this is an incredible route which fully lives up to its classic reputation.
dunsum - Jul 6, 2006 2:58 am Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006Liberty Ridge
Incredible route; fully deserving of its classic reputation. Climbed with Joe Bullough June 30th to July 2nd. The lower portion of the route, up to Thumb Rock, is suffering from the summer's heat and some snow bridges are near failure, but the upper route is in fine shape and the climbing excellent. We topped out in whiteout conditions and had to navigate the summit and the descent by map and GPS.
RModelli - Jul 4, 2006 7:17 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2006win/emmons summit
great climb. no views on the summit, white out conditions. Great!
swampclimber - Jul 4, 2006 6:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 19, 2005DC
Two day ascent of the DC. Beautiful weather.
marauders - Jul 3, 2006 5:06 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2006Route Climbed: Disappointment Cleaver
Summited with a great group of climbing buddies. Great weather and breathtaking scenery. Some slow groups caused a bottleneck at the cleaver because each person was clipping into a fixed line. We wasted an hour waiting behind them, so when they rested at the top of the cleaver we were able to get past them. Other than that frustration, the climb was tons of fun. My first time in glacier terrain. I loved it. I plan on returning to Rainier often to try other routes.
climbhighnow - Jul 1, 2006 3:14 am Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2006Liberty Ridge
kick ass cimb! man what a route, long sustained FUN climbing. weather was clear, sort of warm which meant some serious rock fall (mostly down low). the upper ridge was in great Alpine Ice shape and seemed to just keep going on forever. super classic! calve burner!
shknbke - Jun 27, 2006 6:09 pm Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2006via Emmons Glacier
Climbed Rainier via the easier Emmons Glacier, but it is a serious haul with 10600' of vertical! Weather was perfect other than high winds up high. Crevasse danger was minimal early in the season. It took us 7.5 hrs to reach the crater rim from Schurman, a serious calf burner!
pjc30943 - Jun 27, 2006 5:51 am Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2006DC up, Ingraham down
There are some mighty big seracs on this mountain:)
Very nice snow conditions; weather was flawless as well [aside from high winds near the summit]. Someone just in front of us fell about 20 ft into a crevasse while we were descending Ingraham. Plunged to the tune of no serious injuries fortunately, as his fall was arrested by his veteran-climber brother, and rescue was facilitated by several groups of canadians.
rockrat2 - Jun 20, 2006 2:57 amDisapointment Cleaver
Climbed it in two days, no guide. Fun route but too much traffic. Will pick less travelled route on next trip. Awesome scenery.
GMatthews - Jun 19, 2006 1:32 am Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2006Disapointment Cleaver
I went on the 5 day RMI camp Muir seminar. It was great fun and we had some really great guides. It took are group a just under 11 hours roundtrip from camp Muir to reach columbia crest
(4,392M) summit. This was a great trip.
sierramtngoat - Jun 16, 2006 8:06 am Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2001Disappointment Cleaver
Straight up, I will never again climb with RMI. I'm not sure what is more stupid, sending an unscreened team of newbies up a scree pile in crampons, or doubling the pace at 13,000 ft. to make up for lost time. Needless to say, no one on my rope summitted, but I did get the satisfaction of seeing our "leader" fall on his face down-climbing the scree I questioned him on going up. What a bone head operation. I would have easily summitted had he not changed the pace after everyone else had dropped off; in hind-sight, I think he did it on purpose so we wouldn't be just two on a rope.
thenunz - Jun 9, 2006 3:58 am Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006Where's the sumitt?
See Michael's comments below.
iwlclmeverest - Jun 6, 2006 5:18 pm Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2003Blast
It could be a difficult climb, but we were blessed with great perfect conditions and fun people. Great climb.
MichaelJ - Jun 5, 2006 3:58 pm Date Climbed: Jun 3, 2006Liberty Ridge in six days
On Memorial Day I set off with Scott and Chris to tackle LR. We spent the first night on Curtis Ridge and encountered heavy snow conditions before getting to Thumb Rock around 10k on LR by the second night. We made it to 13k the next day before a storm forced us to bivy. We had two more days of bad weather, including about 5 feet of fresh snow, and two more high bivies, the last of which was about 200 below the Liberty Cap summit, although we couldn't see this in the storm. Winds gusting to around 100 mph the last night almost wrecked the tent and forced us out in the gale to fix anchors a couple times. Summit day was beautiful but Scott got frostbite on all his fingers and three toes.
T Sharp - May 28, 2006 9:22 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2003Several Summits
I have been on 7 climbs of Mt. Rainier with 3 succesful summits all via the Dissapointment Cleaver. I have made 2 winter attempts,notably a Jan.1 2000 attempt that was turned away due to high avalanche conditions. I have been unsuccesful on the Kautz and The Gib Ledges. I have also been up to St. Elmos Pass
but turned around due to bad weather.
PellucidWombat - May 24, 2006 2:35 am Date Climbed: May 20, 2006Route Climbed: Disappointment Cleaver
Weather forced us to bed down at Camp Muir rather than contining on to Igraham Flats Friday night. Snow threatened to shut us down, but by 1am the weather was clear, and we were on the summit by 8am. The sound of a collapsing serac far below was the highlight of the descent.
Our group's speed was rather slow (still faster that the guided groups we got entagled within), so I had enough energy to sprint up the final slope to the summit after crossing the crater. That makes this the 2nd 14er where I've sprinted to the summit :-D
Now I've got to come back and do Liberty Ridge!