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The Inside Man: Michael's Design District Home
Location: Design District, Dallas, TX
Style: New contemporary construction in need of character
This is the story of how one color can totally change the feel of a room. With the help of Valspar Paint, I've been helping Michael redesign his Dallas apartment, and we're preparing for the final reveal on Thursday.
I have to give Michael a shout-out for being really brave on this room re-do and trusting us to try an out of the ordinary color. Before, his living room accent wall was a deep "Chinese Red." It was the previous tenant's choice, and it "worked" but it didn't feel good to Michael. We chose a rustic, Tuscan rose that was much more in line with his aspirations...it was a small color change with a big impact.
I admit, corals and roses aren't the first colors most people associate with masculine style, but Michael's room needed something warm and light. The more I thought about the room, the more I realized we needed to stick with a similar color (red) but change the tone to radically change the room. Sometimes the choice isn't about changing color; sometimes it's about changing the richness and hue of a color you already love.
I sent Michael four different samples, and when he tried them out on his walls, we ruled out three right away and zeroed in on the new tone. The pinks were TOO pink for this room, the coral was a couple shades too light, but Poppy Petal was exactly the kind of color that could brighten the room but keep it warm and inviting as well.
Painting the Poppy Petal accent wallPROJECT #1: PAINTING THE ACCENT WALL
The inspiration for Michael's palette came from a vintage French map that had been his grandfather's. The accent wall has the same warm tones, and will be a beautiful backdrop to the map, which Michael had framed.
In terms of painting, this was one of the simplest jobs we've done. Michael's apartment is in a new building, and the walls are in good shape, so we just had to prime over the red, paint the accent wall, and freshen up the white walls a little. Special thanks to our painter, Chip Alsobrook, who was prompt, reliable, and a pleasure to work with. (Thanks, Chip!)
• Poppy Petal 2001-1C (main accent wall)
• Dove White 7002-7 (neutral walls)
The map that inspired Michael's new wall color
On my last visit with Michael, we rearranged his room to make the sofa face the accent wall. There's a small dining area across from the sofa, giving Michael a few different options when he has guests over.
Michael's new accent wall, with his antique chair
Michael's home is by far the most traditional of all the spaces I've been working with on this tour. Part of the challenge is to find new pieces that will help to tie together his existing collection of family heirlooms and artwork. Our stylist, Joe Maer, has been shopping for items that have the same kind of Old World European aesthetic, but with a contemporary edge.
Look for a full resource list on Thursday.
- Furniture — The main piece we're buying for Michael is a new sofa. We chose one that's got some traditional details, like a tufted back, but feels more modern in shape.
- Rug — I wanted a Kilim rug to bring some color and pattern to Michael's floor and cover up the carpet.
- Curtains — We decided to do a wall of curtains to make the room feel like a French salon.
- Artwork and accessories — Michael already has a lot of pictures, so I just asked him to have his map framed, and we added a few accessories from antique stores to round out his collection.
Looking forward to showing you the final pics on Thursday, when you'll see how we brought it all together :)
We've teamed up with Valspar Paint to create The Inside Man, a special feature dedicated to daily (Monday — Friday) posts from Apartment Therapy and GQ about men's color conundrums and style questions. From sofas with cup holders to brilliant bachelor pads, we're focusing on the décor dilemmas men often bring to us.
• Michael's Design District Home: Phase 2 - The Prescription
• Michael's Design District Home: Phase 1 - Local Inspiration
• Read more about guy style at theinsideman.apartmenttherapy.com.
• Check out GQ's guide to guy style at gq.com/theinsideman.
Photos: Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, Michael Brandes


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Photos: Ryan Taylor. Words: Adam Kisiel.
Located in the middle of Minnesota farmlands, there is a special kind of farm. Not necessarily your idea of a typical farm, but a place where they have some of the strongest stallions and mares that run free and are giving riding a whole new definition. You may have never heard of this place before, but they are not concerned with the east coast, west coast rivalry. They are focused on making a place to call home and being proud of what they have built to share with whoever comes there. This past weekend was harvest time and the industrious farmers sat back with big smiles as one hundred thirty one wild animals ran free on the farm. The farmers were Park Manager, Tanner Bakke, and the hardest working park crew around. The farm was Powder Ridge Minnesota, a little mountain with a big heart no doubt due to the untiring crew there and the parks they are growing.
As the warm sun hit the lands of Powder Ridge, Tanner and the Powder Ridge Park Crew had already been up for hours like any other farmers sculpting a perfect TransAm park not knowing that they were staking their claim in TransWorld SNOWboarding TransAm history. The aforementioned is not an exaggeration, the sun was warm making the days temperatures well past the forty-degree mark and blue skies made for it ideal to reap the shred. One hundred thirty one riders, the most of any stop on the tour thus far, stood at the top of the park hungry for the harvest. One even said he had never seen anything like what was laid out in front of him and he rides Powder Ridge everyday. The Traffic Jam, all animals running free on the course at the same time, was a site to behold. The Dakine Paper Shreds watched as riders 270'd on and off the Dakine down rail as well as threw a plethora of 180 to nose and tail press combos, just to name a few. The High Cascade Marshmallow, not expecting a good roasting, was getting burnt by the sun and the hot action of back flips, 720's, rodeo's, and more one foot action than a peg legged pirate dance club.
Josh Tranby and Megan Julik could be seen from the adjacent silos as they took off the reins and slaughtered the middle line. Josh was gapping the Powder Ridge up flat down rail like it was not even grown to full size. He most notably gapped the middle section with a 360. Megan seemed like she rode the whole course refusing to get bucked by even the wildest broncos, which included the Oakley up box to shark pit gap. Believe me, the sharks were fed and fattened up from this stop with plenty of animals coming up short off the box.
Unlike Megan, Tommy Leach did get bucked. Gasps could be heard as he caught his nose on the Ride Snowboards Slime Wall and in superman fashion threw a forced front flip ending up deep in the landing. Tommy walked away unscathed with Worst Fall Honors. The Zumiez couch was at the end of the flat up flat box feature and had riders gapping over it much like farm animals often jump their fenced in barriers to freedom. The Ultimate Final gave these wild animals ten minutes on each line of the park to earn them top honors for being best overall out in the pasture of pain. The thirty-minute final showcased the top forty riders who were awarded TransAm t-shirts in the Traffic Jam. Jesse Paul, Brent Mohs, Elizabeth Mann, and Ally Groebel led the pack and pulled away with the TransAm Top honors. The fruits of the harvest came in the form of Custom TransAm backpacks from Dakine filled with custom TransAm goggles from Oakley and awesomeness from High Cascade, Zumiez, and Ride Snowboards. Top three guy winners received Nerf guns and top three girls won themselves tickets to ponyville, by receiving My Little Pony setups all provided by High Cascade Snowboard Camp. Top honors raked in new Ride Snowboards, Dakine board bags and backpacks, and the coveted TransWorld SNOWboarding TransAm First Place trophy. Bakke and the boys of the Powder Ridge Park Crew are growing a name and a park that is putting Minnesota on the map as a powerhouse. Watch them as they ride into the sunset.
Congratulations to the top riders:
1st Josh Tranby
2nd Jesse Paul
3rd Brent Mohs
1st Megan Julik
2nd Elizabeth Mann
3rd Ally Goebel
Worst Fall: Tommy Leach

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Louisville Jack O' Lantern Spectacular
The Louisville Jack O'lantern Spectacular includes over 5,000 professionally carved jack-o-lanterns in themed scenes and set to music along a nearly one-third-mile trail through the woods of Iroquois Park.
Because carved pumpkins don't last forever, the display completely changes every seven days.
Proceeds from the Jack O'lantern Spectacular benefit Louisville Metro Parks Foundation.
The event runs seven days a week from October 8 through November 1, 2015.
The trail will be open Sunday through Thursday from 7:15 pm to 11 P and Friday and Saturday from 7:15 pm to midnight (EST).
The trail is approximately 1500 feet long and may take between 30 to 60 minutes to walk.
The Jack O'Lantern trail is a soft surface trail, and there are a few steep slopes.
Staff and volunteers are stationed along the trail and can offer assistance as needed.
The trail is appropriate for children, adults, and active seniors. Only service animals are allowed on the trail.
The Iroquois Amphitheatre can provide one or more escorts for the entire trail for visitors who use a wheelchair or have other mobility needs. Please inform the box office upon your arrival if you require such assistance.
Patrons who use wheelchairs or who anticipate having difficulty navigating the trail may be moved to the front of the line for priority access if they arrive by 6:45 PM. Patrons should notify the box office upon their arrival.
For more information call or visit iroquoisamphitheater.com/


text: Corn, Soybean Yields Increasing? September 21, 2012 09:50 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Sara Schafer Top Producer Editor Email A report released by Informa Economics shows higher levels for corn and soybean acres and yields. Jerry Gulke analyzes the new data. On Friday, Informa Economics adjusted its 2012 acreage estimates, based on the latest USDA Farm Service Agency certified acreage data. The group increased its planted corn acreage estimate to 97.2 million and raised its planted soybean acreage estimate to 77.1 million. Informa reportedly estimates the 2012 corn crop at 11.093 billion bu. with a yield of 126.6 bu. per acre and soybean production at 2.663 billion bu. with a yield of 35.2 bu. per acre. USDA's current corn production is forecast 10.7 billion bushels, with an average yield of 122.8 bu. per acre, Soybean production is forecast at 2.63 billion bushels, with an average yield 35.3 bu. per acre. For 2013, the group estimates corn acreage at 97.5 and soybean acreage at 79.9 million. Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says the report had little impact on the markets. "It's nothing that we didn't expect. Normally the market doesn't really react until they see it written in blood on the wall." He says the estimates are suggesting the U.S. won't lose any corn acres for next year. "We planted just about every acre we could this year. Now they are assuming we'll plant every pothole or acre we can from Canada all the way to Texas." Gulke says the U.S. is at full production, in terms of planted acres. "You'll have a hard time finding any more acres in the United States. Now it is up to the rest of the world to bring in new acres." Farmer Yield Reports USDA has lowered its national corn yield estimate steadily in recent months. Even though USDA current expectation is down to 122.8 bu. per acre, farmer reports to AgWeb's Corn Harvest Map are still coming in lower. As of Friday, Sept. 21, 422 harvest reports were submitted to the interactive map, which account for 148,085 acres. The current average yield is 95.18 bu. per acre. For soybeans, only 50 reports have been made to AgWeb's Soybean Harvest Map, which account for 10,064 acres. The current average yield is 37.93 bu. per acre, which is higher than Informa and USDA's estimates. Gulke was harvesting soybeans this week. He is amazed by the incredible variability on his acres. "Within one of my fields, yields varied 20%. Five miles away yields varied 30% in the same field." Hear Gulke's full analysis: For More Information What yields are you seeing? Submit your report to AgWeb Crop Comments. Read the latest harvest news and check out AgWeb's Corn Harvest Map and Soybean Harvest Map. Visit AgWeb's Market Center. Back to news


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"The pornography filtering system praised by David Cameron is controlled by the controversial Chinese company Huawei, the BBC has learned. UK-based employees at the firm are able to decide which sites TalkTalk's net filtering service blocks." The irony. It hurts.


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Location, location, location. It doesn't really matter if you don't even like poetry. Set in the beautiful courtyard of the Dock Street Theatre, the Sundown Poetry Series offers a picturesque, relaxing way to end the day and begin the evening. Grab a glass of wine (CK), take a seat in the waning sunlight, and let the words wash over you.
Top 10. Ten accomplished poets will read their works throughout the series. Series veteran Horace Mungin kicks things off on May 30 with a reading focused on a 40-year poetic perspective of the cultural, social, and political landscape in America. South Carolina Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth reads on May 31 followed by Lee Robinson, Helen Duckworth, Meredith Davies Hadaway, Jon Jacobs, Frances J. Pearce, Elon G. Eidenier, and Deborah Lawson Scott. L.A.-based performance poet Rich Ferguson, who's appeared on The Tonight Show, will wrap things up on June 10.
Peep the Dock Street. The dramatically renovated Dock Street Theatre made its public debut just in time for last year's festival, and it still feels shiny and new every time we walk in. Don't miss this opportunity to explore the historic building at no charge.


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The Sparkette Program
The Sparkettes feature outstanding young women performing on the Dance Team. They have performed at professional football and basketball games across the country, as well as supporting their very own ISU Athletic Teams and the Terre Haute community. They are proud to represent the University and are a valuable asset to the sports and music programs. The Indiana State University Sparkettes are ambassadors for the university on and off campus.
For more information or questions, please contact the Sparkette Director, Tammy Shike at (812) 249-6406.
If you are interested in having the ISU Sparkettes appear at an event, please contact Tammy Shike at email@example.com or call (812) 249-6406. We look forward to meeting with you!


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At least now we know why Maryland coach Mark Turgeon had been so reluctant to speculate about Maryland's NCAA prospects.
Even after the Duke win, Turgeon sensed there was far too much basketball left -- too much room for error -- to assume that his team had somehow turned a corner and was pointed toward the field of 68.
After watching Maryland's 69-58 loss to Boston College, you get the sense the Terps are a team that can get ahead of itself. The media and fans -- and I'm probably guilty of this – may have drawn too much significance from that emotional Duke game.
Absent its noisy homecourt advantage -- on a routine, rainy Tuesday night in Boston – Maryland wasn't up to the task of beating the Eagles. The Terps weren't yet ready to embrace success.
They are a middling team right now. They're neither reliably good nor reliably bad. They're inconsistent, which I guess is the definition of mediocrity. Turgeon often mentions how "young' his team is. He doesn't just mean chronologically. He means they act young.
Turgeon didn't seem merely upset about this loss, he seemed baffled. There Maryland was, up by seven points at the half on a night that was Logan Aronhalt's best as a Terp.
Consider how the first half ended. Dez Wells raced down court to block a layup by Boston College's Joe Rahon that had looked like a certain basket with one second left. Turgeon sprinted into the locker room – almost as fast as Wells had sprinted down the court— and let out a celebratory hoot. I don't think the coach imagined the Terps would lose at that point.
Turgeon was his usual animated self. In the second half, the coach practically picked up Pe'Shon Howard to get him back on the floor after the guard tumbled head-over-heels over a courtside table.
But, except for some positive moments with their full court pressure, the Terps were flat in the second half.
"Slow start – typical of us on the road," Aronhalt said. "Right before the half I hit a couple shots in a row and I thought that was a turning point."
But rather than put the Eagles away, the Terps lost focus. They surrendered key rebounds and got outhustled for loose balls. Turgeon considers such items as litmus tests.
Maryland had anticipated that the Eagles would double-team center Alex Len. But Len didn't respond well. Like many of his teammates, he seemed less energetic and decisive than the Eagles, who had six blocked shots (all by Eddie Odio).
For Maryland, this was like the Virginia game. It wasn't that the Terps lost that necessarily surprised the coach. It was how they lost.
"Start of the second half, James Padgett has a 3-point play opportunity, goes up weak – shoots an air ball six feet short. And that's your senior," Turgeon said.
"It just seemed like we were standing in quicksand all night – standing watching. They just seemed quicker to the ball all night. All night. First play of the game was a loose ball. They pick it up. They lay it in for a basket. I don't get it and it's hard for me. My team is a challenge every day to figure out what I'm going to get."


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Chef's Choice Pizzelle Pro machine is a non-stick pizzelle-making marvel and a "must have" for anyone who enjoys baking pizzelles for holidays, as well as for other occasions during the year. Thought to have originated in the Tuscan region of Italy in the 12th century, "old-world" pizzelle cookies, made of flour, eggs, sugar, butter or vegetable oil and flavoring, can be rolled, while still warm, into cylinders for making cannolis, too.
Whether you enjoy pizzelles as is, or filled as a cannoli, pizzelles taste great with espresso, now easier than ever to brew with the help of Delonghi's Alicia Electric Moka Espresso Coffee Maker. This cute little 3- to 6-cup capacity machine makes piping-hot espresso without the burn and overflow problems inherent in stovetop models, and includes an automatic shut-off feature, too. When searching for these machines, look for prices of about $50. Also, if you are an online shopper, many merchants are enticing buyers with offers of free shipping, an option just too good to pass up.
Pizzelles and a cup of espresso certainly can be made without the help of an electric appliance, but with products like the Pizzelle Pro or Moka Espresso Coffee Maker, who'd want to? For further information on Pizzelle Pro, visit manufacturer's website at www.edgecraft.com. Folks interested in knowing about the espresso machine should check out DeLonghi at www.delonghi.com/us_en/products/emk-6/.
Sue Ade, a Lowcountry resident since 1985, is a gourmet baker and collector of vintage cooking utensils and cookbooks. She can be reached at email@example.com or 683-0375.
Recipe by Caterina Casola, Buffalo, New York, Courtesy of the EdgeCraft Corporation, www.edgecraft.com
6 large eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons pure vanilla or anise extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1½ cups granulated sugar
6 ounces (1 cup) semi-sweet chocolate chips (for chocolate pizzelles)
In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs until smooth. Add the oil and vanilla or anise extract. Onto the mixture, sift the flour and baking powder. Add the sugar and vigorously blend all of these dry ingredients into the egg mixture until smooth. The mixture will be sticky and stiff. Test by dropping the mixture from a small teaspoon or demitasse spoon. As needed, add a few tablespoons of water so that the mix drops conveniently as a ribbon in two to three seconds.
If the mix is too thin, add a few tablespoons of flour. Set the color control dial of the Pizzelle Pro to 3 to 3½ and bake using the red/green light cycle for timing. Alternatively, bake for approximately 45 seconds, open the lid briefly to examine the color and bake longer as desired to create a darker/browner surface. The baking time can be shortened slightly by increasing the color control dial reading about ½ unit. Makes about 70 pizzelles.
For chocolate pizzelles: Melt 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave or in a small saucepan over very low heat. Stir the chocolate periodically as it melts in order to prevent over-heating. Stirring vigorously, blend the melted chocolate slowly into the pizzelle mixture.
1 cup unsalted butter, at cool room temperature
1 box (3.4 ounces) instant pistachio pudding mix, Jell-O preferred for best color
¼ cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt*
¼ teaspoon pistachio flavor, optional*
2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
2/3 cup shelled, finely chopped pistachio nuts, optional
Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Lightly grease two round 8-inch or 9-inch cake pans. If you worry about the shortbread possibly sticking in your particular pans, line them with parchment, and grease the parchment. In a medium-sized bowl, beat together the butter, pistachio pudding mix, sugar, salt, and pistachio flavor, then beat in the flour. The mixture may seem a little dry at first; keep beating until it comes together. If it absolutely won't come together, dribble in up to 1 tablespoon of water, until it does. This is a stiff dough. Divide the dough in half. Press each half into one of the prepared pans, smoothing the surface with your fingers, or with a mini rolling pin. Use a fork to prick the dough all over; this allows any steam to escape, and prevents the shortbread from bubbling as it bakes. Divide the chopped pistachios between the two pans, spreading them evenly and gently pressing them down onto the surface of the dough.
Bake the shortbread until it's a deep golden brown around the edges, about 35 to 40 minutes.
Remove the pans from the oven, and immediately turn each shortbread round out onto a clean work surface. Using a pizza wheel or sharp knife, cut each round into 12 wedges. (Do this while the shortbread is still warm; if you wait until it's cool, it won't cut easily.) Transfer the shortbread wedges to a rack to cool. Yield: 24 shortbread wedges.
*Kitchen Ade note: I found ¼ teaspoon salt, more than enough for this recipe. (In addition, adding a high quality pistachio flavoring, such as the one made by the Savory Spice Shop, delicious in this recipe. For ordering information visit the Savory Spice Shop website at www.savoryspiceshop.com, or call them at 1-888-677-3322.)
½ cup (4 ounces, 1 stick) butter
½ cup (3½ ounces) granulated sugar
¼ cup (1¾ ounces) vegetable oil
¼ cup (2 ounces) water
1 large egg
2 packages (3.4-oz. each) pistachio instant pudding mix, Jell-O brand preferred*
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/8 teaspoon pistachio flavoring (optional)
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour (spoon into cup, then level off)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease (or line with parchment) two baking sheets.
Beat the butter, sugar and vegetable oil in a bowl until combined, then add water and egg, beating until smooth. The mixture will look curdled at first, but will become creamy as you beat. Add the pudding mix, pistachio flavor, salt and baking powder, beating until smooth; the mixture will turn a lovely pastel green. Stir in the flour. Drop the dough by the tablespoonful (a tablespoon cookie scoop works well) onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between cookies. Flatten the cookies, if desired, using a fork, the flat bottom of a drinking glass, or the end of the pusher from your food processor. If you don't flatten the cookies, they'll bake up in softly flattened mounds; they're lovely either way. Bake the cookies for 15 minutes, until they're starting to brown on the bottom. Remove them from the oven, and cool right on the pans. Makes about two dozen cookies, depending on size.
*Note: Jell-O gives the best color. Your cookies won't be nearly as green if you use a store brand.
Recipe source: Love 'n Bakes, American Almond Company, www.americanalmond.com
½ cup granulated sugar
1 cup Love'n Bake Pistachio Nut Paste*
3 sticks (12 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon almond extract
3 eggs
1½ tablespoons milk (or more according to need)
5 cups sifted flour
8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening
Pistachio nuts, chopped, for garnish (optional)*
Confectioners' sugar, for garnish (optional)
Cream the sugar, Love'n Bake Pistachio Nut Paste, butter and salt. Beat in the almond extract, eggs and milk until fluffy. Add the flour and beat until well mixed. Using a cookie press or a pastry bag fitted with a fluted tip, pipe 2½-inch long finger cookies onto a greased baking sheet.
Bake in a preheated 375-oven for 10 to 12 minutes until lightly browned. In a double boiler set over simmering water, melt the chocolate and shortening. Dip half of each cookie into the melted chocolate (if desired, into some finely chopped pistachios, too) and cool to set on parchment paper.
Baking Tips from American Almond Company: For best results when measuring this quantity of flour, sift the flour before measuring. Spoon the flour into the measuring cup then level off the cup with a table knife. This should help prevent you for adding too much flour. Because there is no stabilizer in our Pistachio Paste, some oil may float to the surface of the can. Simply stir the oil back into the paste using a table knife. It should be uniformly smooth and creamy after 6 or 7 stirs.
There has been a revision to the Gingerbread Biscotti recipe that was printed in the Bluftton Today holiday cookie contest insert after some readers reported having trouble working with the dough due to its being too wet. Recipe author Cris Richardson suggests cutting the hot water in the recipe down to "1 to 2 tablespoons of hot water, enough to make a smooth and kneadable dough. Decreasing the hot water should make the dough more workable." To see the revised recipe, see Kitchen Ade's blog at blufftontoday.com.


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To Catch A Thief: Centennial Collection (US - DVD R1)
Gabe enjoys hours of innocent double entendres and an eyefull of Grace Kelly
For my recent Odd Couple re-release review I decided to look at the obviously classic movie from a modern audience's point of view. There's really no need for deep and intensive critique of a popular classic, but younger viewers may appreciate some contextualization. I'm going to do the same thing with To Catch a Thief, which as a beloved Hitchcock feature doesn't need me to trumpet its awesomeness. If Paramount had been re-releasing Marnie this may've been a different story, as I believe Marnie is the director's most underrated work, but here we're dealing with a pop-culture entry, even if it isn't as enormously popular as Psycho or Rear Window.
To Catch a Thief isn't one of Hitchcock's masterpieces in my eyes, but even the maestro's lesser works (and 'lesser' is an incredibly relative term in this case) are worth seeing for anyone looking to gather a decent amount of film history under one's belt. This is one of the director's most successful light hearted films. Though Hitchcock experts will point out the dark undertones, the underlying perversions of Vertigo and Marnie are mostly missing, as are the more easily observed horrors of Psycho and The Birds. To Catch a Thief is mostly a romantic comedy, and runs on a mix of clever quips, gorgeous and stoic photography (it won the Oscar for cinematography), and an even handed storytelling style. It's not a particularly intricate plot, but there's a lot of it to unfold. Modern audiences should be able to appreciate the film's pacing, even if it's a bit deliberate, simply because the mystery isn't immediately clear, even this many years after release.
The high degree of sexual subtext is probably To Catch a Thief's most historically interesting point. Hitchcock's films all pushed the censors to their very limits throughout his career, and always seemed to have one. The only explicitly violent film in his cannon I can recall is Frenzy, but we all have memories of stabbing knives, rape, dead bodies, and other terrifying images that we didn't really see based on Hitch's expert editing. Besides the many fetishes running under current to the story, there are many obvious visual metaphors and double entendres to be found, not the least of which is a comparison of non-seen sex and rapidly exploding fireworks.
There is some severe edge enhancement on this print, likely due to the compression of a hi-def mastered negative. The whole print practically vibrates with detail that standard definition DVD simply cannot handle. Just look at Cary Grant's horizontal striped shirt during the first act for proof. Seriously speaking the film hasn't looked better in my memory, but I wonder why Paramount didn't just go for the full-on Blu-ray treatment. Hitchcock apparently used the not then outdated three strip Technicolor process, which has only recently been matched digitally on screen. The colours are extremely rich, and Hitchcock's need to feature the local sites assures busy and dramatic backgrounds. These look good, but would've killed in hi-def, much like the recent Bond Blu-ray releases. There appears to be a minor problem with the aspect ratio, which should be 1.66:1, but appears to actually be something like 1.78:1. It's not a huge deal, but sometimes heads are slightly cropped.
Any time Bernard Herrmann isn't involved a Hitchcock score always seems to be missing something. Lyn Murray's score is by no means a throw-away—point of fact it's quite romantic, and reminiscent of early '60s live action Disney scores—but it's missing the indelibility of Herrmann's finest work. The score is the Dolby Surround track's most intensive element, and is reasonably warm for such an old track, and reasonably high in fidelity. The vocal elements are pretty well centred despite not having a discreet centre track. There's a little bit of minor distortion to the dialogue, but the track is consistent. Sound effects are a little shallow, and don't exactly fill the track, but make do based on the limitations of the time.
This Centennial Collection two-disc set starts with an incredibly rich and informative audio commentary with Hitchcock expert Dr. Drew Casper. Expert commentaries can be overwhelming, but Casper strikes a decent balance between packing the track with information, and pacing himself so that his audience may actually absorb the information. This is one of those commentaries that makes you appreciate the film on a different level, and it's enough to make an amateur reviewer second guess his skills. It's like a film school lesson, with the good doctor filling us in on the genius of subtext and framing. I was preparing a more in depth review, but listened to this track, and realized I couldn't have said it better, or possibly been as informative.
Disc two starts with 'A Night with the Hitchcock's' (22:30), a filmed Q and A featuring Hitch's daughter Patricia and granddaughter Mary speaking to a film school class. The questions are mostly of the softball variety, but Patricia Hitchcock is still pretty quick witted, so the answers are at least entertaining. The more personal anecdotes, like Patricia complaining about never dating as a kid, and Mary recalling that the lovebirds from the beginning of The Birds ended up killing each other, are the most amusing.
'Unacceptable Under the Code' (11:30) explores the censorship of the pre-rating system production code, and Hitchcock's efforts to surmount it. The specifics of the code itself are covered first, then the subtextual ways around the code, and then the specifics of To Catch a Thief's stern warnings. Interestingly enough many of Hitch's code beating techniques are still used to get around NC-17 ratings these days.
'Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief' (09:00) starts the making-of featurettes, which like the Odd Couple Centennial release should've probably been re-edited into one more satisfying documentary, like the ones that accompany most of Universal's Hitchcock releases. As the title signifies this featurette concerns the processes of scripting the film (which was based on a book), and the gathering of the cast. With-in the featurette is a reiteration of some of the film's censorship problems, and a description of a scene that was deemed too expensive to film. 'The Making of To Catch a Thief (16:50) continues the behind-the-scenes story, and mostly covers the actual production phase. Subjects covered include location scouting, the advent of Vista Vision, costume design, filming, editing, the score, and release.
'Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly' (06:00) has clearly been made by a different production crew than the other featurettes, and might have been made for television. Here Grant and Kelly are each given brief life histories, mixed with elements of To Catch a Thief's history. 'Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appreciation' (07:30) is another bit that should've been coupled with the other making-of featurettes, and focuses a lot on Hitch's personal life, including home movies. 'Edith Head: The Paramount Years' (13:40) is far too short a look at one of filmdom's most important and consistent contributors. As the title signifies, this featurette doesn't only cover Head's work on To Catch a Thief's costumes, but her work for the studio in general.
The second disc is completed with the original theatrical trailer, a French Riviera interactive travelogue, and image galleries.
You want a double feature for the ages? I'll give you one. Take To Catch a Thief and chase it with Mario Bava's mod explosion thief picture Danger Diabolik. If you're really bored stick From Russia with Love or John Woo's Once a Thief between them. To Catch a Thief is an exceedingly charming film, and if you haven't seen it you really should. Paramount, on the other hand, really should've re-released this particular classic on Blu-ray as well as DVD, as the three strip colour process makes it an ideal hi-def release.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 24th March 2009
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Surrond 2.0 English, Dolby Mono English, Dolby Mono French
Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Extras: Expert Commentary, 'A Night with the Hitchcocks', 'Unacceptable Under the Code', 'Writing and Casting To Catch a Thief', 'The Making of To Catch a Thief', 'Alfred Hitchcock and To Catch a Thief: An Appriciation', 'Behind the Gates: Cary Grant and Grace Kelly', 'Edith Head: The Paramount Years', Trailer, Galleries
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams, Charles Vanel
Genre: Comedy and Crime
Length: 107 minutes
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We give a short proof of a result of G.~Paouris on the tail behaviour of the Euclidean norm $|X|$ of an isotropic log-concave random vector $X\in\mathbb{R}^n,$ stating that for every $t\geq 1$, \[\mathbb{P} \big( |X|\geq ct\sqrt n\big)\leq \exp(-t\sqrt n).\] More precisely we show that for any log-concave random vector $X$ and any $p\geq 1$, \[(\mathbb{E}|X|^p)^{1/p}\sim \mathbb{E} |X|+\sup_{z\in S^{n-1}}(\mathbb{E} |\langle z,X\rangle|^p)^{1/p}.\]
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Some subadditivity inequalities for matrices and concave functions also hold for Hilbert space operators, but (unfortunately!) with an additional $\varepsilon$ term. It seems not possible to erase this residual term. However, in case of compact operators we show that the $\varepsilon$ term is unnecessary. Further, these inequalities are strict in a certain sense when some natural assumptions are satisfied. The discussion also stresses on matrices and their compressions and several open questions or conjectures are considered, both in the matrix and operator settings.
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Grari, A.
Dans les articles \cite{1}, \cite{2} et \cite{3}; l'auteur développe une représentation d'un plan projectif fini par un anneau commutatif unitaire dont les propriétés algébriques dépendent de la structure géométrique du plan. Dans l'article \cite{4}; il étend cette représentation aux designs symétriques. Cependant l'auteur de l'article \cite{7} fait remarquer que la multiplication définie dans ce cas ne peut être associative que si le design est un plan projectif. Dans ce papier on mènera une étude de cette représentation dans le cas des designs symétriques. On y montrera comment on peut faire associer un anneau commutatif unitaire à tout design symétrique , on y précisera certaines de ses propriétés, en particulier, celles qui relèvent de son invariance. On caractérisera aussi les géométries projectives finies de dimension supérieure moyennant cette représentation.
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We consider semicrossed products of the disk algebra with respect to endomorphisms defined by finite Blaschke products. We characterize the Jacobson radical of these operator algebras. Furthermore, in the case the finite Blaschke product is elliptic, we show that the semicrossed product contains no nonzero quasinilpotent elements. However, if the finite Blaschke product is hyperbolic or parabolic with positive hyperbolic step, the Jacobson radical is nonzero and a proper subset of the set of quasinilpotent elements.
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Lazar, Aldo J.
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Rabier, Patrick J.
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Mother Cat Has Turned On Son - Need Advice
This is an enormous post but I'm hoping someone with experience may be able to help:
I adopted Martha and Madison about five years ago. Martha was about a year old and had just been spayed and Madison was about six months. When we adopted them we were led to believe that Madison was a girl, but, surprise, we took her to the vet and she was a he who we renamed Bruce. We had him neutered the next month. For about three years they got along totally fine and then last year Martha started attacking Bruce. Blood has never been drawn but there is a lot of low growling, hissing, posturing and eventually they jump at each other. We are usually able to break them up and separate them. I have kept them apart for week long stretches and then reintroduced them to each other about three times. They will be fine for about a month or two and then the fighting starts again. I have taken the cats to the vet twice on the matter and each time I get the "we don't know much about cat behavior, cats will fight" speech.
Last week we had a terrifying incident. The cats had not fought for at least two months. I was doing the dishes and my husband was watching T.V. when all of a sudden the cats ran into the living room hissing and screaming. Martha pounced on Bruce and she was absolutely relentless, biting his neck and digging her claws into his back. My husband threw cushions at them, I sprayed water but she would not get off him. After about a minute of this, (which felt like an eternity), Martha eventually relented but Bruce was foaming at the mouth. We swooped up Martha and put her in our den in order to separate the cats. We tried to approach Bruce but he kept hissing so we gave him his space. After about a minute, he got up and drank some water. After about five minutes he seemed his old self. We took him to the vet the next day and they said he was fine but both my husband and I are completely shaken by the event, I was honestly surprised that Martha was not able to draw blood.
Since this incident we have kept the cats completely separated. We have also taken Martha to the vet where they said she was fine. My vet seemed genuinely perplexed by the incident and could offer no behavioral advice.
I have scoured the internet and the library for any information that might help and all I found was this from about.com:
It describes a type of female cat aggression where she turns on her son as a sort of 'get out of the nest' aggression. The site goes on to say that this is common in lions, "where a pride of lions will chase off the adolescent males, forcing them to move on elsewhere, to establish their own prides". This leads me to believe that there may be no hope.
Another strange tidbit, Bruce still suckles. Although Martha is not producing milk he still will suck at her tit! The vet told us that we did not need to ween him and that she would just push him away when she felt like it but this never happened.
I love my cats more than anything else in the world, (don't tell my husband ) but I am at my wits end. Bruce is a very fragile sort of cat. He has never stood up for himself and I fear that he is going to get seriously hurt. Has ANYONE had experience with this sort of thing? Do I need to find a good home for one of them, heaven forbid, or is this a salvageable situation?
I just noticed your post this morning and was surprised no one has replied.
I think your situation is salvageable. The link you provided gives some good suggestions for breaking up a fight (water pistol is a good one or throwing a toy or pillow to redirect attention). It's not a good idea to intervene and break up a fight. Too much of a risk of injury to yourself if cat turns on you. I don't like the idea mentioned in the link of "scruffing"---grabbing by the neck and gently holding cat down. For some cats this doesn't work and only infuriates the cat further and then you're the target rather the other cat.
The fact that Bruce still wants to nurse on Madison could be a factor in her attacks. I would discourage him and remove him from her if you see him doing it. On the other hand I have had some females that encouraged and enjoyed it! but it really depends on the individual cat.
The fact that Madison has not drawn blood or broken skin or really injured Bruce sounds to me that she's really just disciplining him...maybe she really is fed up with his nursing after 3 yrs.
Try on getting your cats' attention focused on you. If they do not come to you when you call then, start by teaching them "to come" by offering treats. After they're coming consistently to you, you don't always have to offer a treat, but can reward with lots of "good boy" or "good girl" or chin scratches and caresses/tummy rubs whatever the cat really likes, or offer a catnip toy. Whenever it looks like Madison is going to attack, call her to come. If she attacks 'out of the blue' use a water pistol or some other distraction and say a loud "No! bad girl!" Walk toward her by stamping your feet. Most cats don't like that. Any positive behaviour you see between the cats, e.g. sitting close together, praise them with a "good boy"/"good girl". You want them to be clear on what behaviour you approve of and what you don't.
Hope these tips help out, and an update would be nice.
Mmm, very strange. I have never seen this thread before. Weird. Now I hope she is still checking in.
Here is another thread basically with the same problem. Not mom and son but two cats. Although this one has turned on it's owner as well. May give you some ideas.
Also strange it had 70 views and not one reply. What happened?
Assumptions do nothing but make an ass out of u and me.
We can stick our heads in the sand for only so long before it starts choking us. Face it folks. The pet population is bad ALL OVER THE WORLD!
Last edited by 14+kitties; April 12th, 2010 at 12:54 PM.
I mainly haven't replied because I'm not really sure what to say
It seems like they've done pretty much whatever I'd think of. The only time I've had this happen the 2 cats never did end up getting along. It was just a case of they absolutely hated each other, and neither one was the main instigator.
As far as scruffing, I do agree that it's probably not a good idea. When a cat that doesn't take kindly to this is scruffed by the neck they will stiffen up and can get out of your hand and maul you. Scruffing will calm SOME animals down but not all, it really depends on the personality and how they've been raised and handled. Also, I've seen many people that aren't experienced with cats get mauled trying to grab them by the back of the neck.
Heck, even if you're nearby to a catfight you can get mauled. I've had this happen when 2 cats were in a really heated fight before. They slash at anything and aggression can also be misplaced to anything nearby, so I wouldn't suggest getting close to them while they're in that state anyway.
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Posted: Mon 28 May 2007, 11:25
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Wish I'da known that at the time
..every little bit helps thx. Afaik though, after the 5 second thing (at least live CD) the upgrade'd begin & dunno what might happen by hittin ctrl-p at that point.
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jonyo wrote:
... in a live CD save file to HD setup, if you install an upgrade disk, shortly into the boot, it pauses & you only have
to at least punch in something..like the 'p' in puppy pfix=ram to stop the boot; otherwise pup continues on to upgrade.
jonyo, "ctrl-p" will pause the boot process indefinitely. You can take your time reading and typing, then resume booting with "enter"
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Posted: Mon 28 May 2007, 14:18
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Okay I am going to add to this
Same onboard sound chip, weird thing is I can play .mp3 files and .ogg files but not .wav or say youtube videos. .avi movies work ok.
any ideas?
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Posted: Mon 28 May 2007, 16:13
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GuestToo wrote:
most sound cards, whether intel or via or onboard or a soundblaster card uses the ac97 codec ... the ac97 codec is the digital to analog convertor
Thank you G2 for explaining this. I thought AC'97 was the hw sound card, but it's only the DAC.
Now I understand why the PCI device is Intel 82801DB-ICH4
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Posted: Mon 28 May 2007, 20:26
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Thanks for everyone's replies.
GuestToo wrote:
aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 0: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237]
Subdevices: 4/4
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Subdevice #1: subdevice #1
Subdevice #2: subdevice #2
Subdevice #3: subdevice #3
card 0: V8237 [VIA 8237], device 1: VIA 8237 [VIA 8237]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
I basically get all the controllers on the PCI bus (neat
) and it lists the VT8237 as my PCI and ISA bridge, but I assume the relevant one is:
pci bus 0x0000 cardnum 0x11 function 0x05: vendor 0x1106 device 0x3059
VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller
do you get any error message from this:
aplay /usr/share/audio/2barks.wav
Hmm... it thinks it's playing it:
Playing WAVE '/usr/share/audio/2barks.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 8000 Hz, Mono
does it do anything if you type:
rmmod snd_via82xx
modprobe snd_via82xx ac97_quirk=0
does trying ac97_quirk=1 (or 2, 3, 4) do anything?
The first command gives:
ERROR: Module snd_via82xx is in use
And changing the Quirk does not output anything and also does not let sound play when I test it either.
I read that thread over at Ubuntuforums and I realized it's the same thing I read earlier, which is where I got the idea to try turning everything on in alsamixer.
's suggestion I get:
sh-3.00# lsmod | grep "snd"
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 17328 2 snd_pcm_oss
snd_via82xx 27720 3
gameport 14904 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 90448 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus 2128 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 77592 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 23540 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 10008 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 8112 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 24064 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 7996 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 51396 12 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 9408 2 snd
I notice I have a few extra things in there that Béèm does not, but I am not sure if that is because I tried turning on everything in alsamixer or not... Does anyone see anything out of place?
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Posted: Mon 28 May 2007, 20:38
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Hmm.... (or uh-oh?)
Looking at the Ubuntuforums page again I noticed that it suggested doing a
lspci -v
and that I should see a sound device listed.
I looked at the output of that command I do not see anything that I can identify as a sound device listed. It gives a lot of information like IRQs, memory addresses, and some other info, but unless I really don't know what I'm looking for I don't see anything related to the sound system...
The forum page says that this may be because it is not enabled in BIOS (it is), or the PCI card isn't installed/seated.... I hope this doesn't mean I have a hardware failure and the sound chip is fried!
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Posted: Wed 30 May 2007, 03:38
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Something is very strange.
Doing some checking, it seems that the VIA VT8237 southbridge includes audio functionality, but there is an actual Realtek ALC655 chip on my motherboard, and I am pretty sure that is what it uses.
I wonder if things are wonky because a
K8V-MX motherboard uses an ADI sound chip but my OEM (/S) model uses the Realtek chip....
why do I not see any Realtek drivers listed on the ALSA website or in the file modules.pcimap?
I went to Realtek's website and downloaded a driver(?) file named realtek-linux-audiopack-4.05f.tar.bz2 (Version 4.05f.... I assumed this was a better idea than the slightly newer one written for 2.2/2.4 kernel?) Got it
btw. But I want to know if I'm barking up the right or wrong tree here before I try to deal with this thing called *.tar.bz2 now....
(Is there a more generic existing driver I could try first?)
EDIT: Okay, maybe the two aren't separate after all. Alsamixer calls the VT8237 the "card" and the ALC655 the "chip"... there is talk like this also elsewhere like on the ALSA wiki.
I vaguely recall having to install Realtek drivers to get sound working when I was using this mb with Win XP, so could it be that I need to do the same here?
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Posted: Fri 01 Jun 2007, 18:00
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I tried another distro on this machine (PCLOS) and I couldn't get it to work either....
Am I looking at a hardware problem?
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Posted: Fri 01 Jun 2007, 22:23
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Dunno why you mention "the ac97 codec is the digital to analog convertor"
here or what it means?
"AC'97 (short for Audio Codec '97) is Intel Corporation's Audio "Codec" standard ... Intel's use of the word audio codec refers to signals being encoded/decoded to/from analog audio from/to digital audio, thus actually a combined audio AD/DA-converter"
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Posted: Fri 01 Jun 2007, 22:26
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it looks like the drivers are installed, and aplay is playing the 2barks.wav file ... i'm not sure why you do not hear the sound
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Posted: Sun 03 Jun 2007, 02:34
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Well I give up... assuming I'm not overlooking anything or there isn't something wrong with ALSA (I really doubt it, but who knows...), then I'm looking at the unlikely possibility that the onboard sound is damaged somehow.
I finally got sound to work with Puppy - AFTER I installed an old Creative Audigy card I got my hands on. Hardly the solution I was after and even this obsolete card is overkill, but at least installing it was a breeze. I had sound working in about 30 seconds!
It's strange though, because everything else on the MB seems to be working fine.... pretty selective, whatever messed up the o/b sound.
Anyway, thank you for everyone's help in trying to resolve this.
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Posted: Sun 03 Jun 2007, 14:58
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I don't think it is your mb I have the same sound chip and no success under puppy although it has worked intermittantly. Under Ubuntu it works fine, If you really want to test it use the bootable ubuntu or knoppix disk and see it it works.
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Posted: Wed 27 Jun 2007, 05:28
Post subject: Solution
I cannot claim to have come up with this myself.
Some 18yo on his blog discussed this regarding the MX3230 Gateway laptop.
Seems like it's an issue with the Via sound chip (and yes, it runs a realtek chip for some reason).
Anyways, you have to go into ALSAMIXER and disable the external amplifier option.
don't just turn it down, make sure you switch it off (tab over the EXT amp and hit the <period> key.
Hope that helps. I've managed to get wave files playing now but still can't hear Youtube.
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kleung21 wrote:
I cannot claim to have come up with this myself.
Some 18yo on his blog discussed this regarding the MX3230 Gateway laptop.
Seems like it's an issue with the Via sound chip (and yes, it runs a realtek chip for some reason).
Anyways, you have to go into ALSAMIXER and disable the external amplifier option.
don't just turn it down, make sure you switch it off (tab over the EXT amp and hit the <period> key.
Hope that helps. I've managed to get wave files playing now but still can't hear Youtube.
Doesn't bother me you didn't come up with it, saved me last night when I was trying to setup Puppy on a laptop and sound refused to work. Had ago at your solution and... yeehaa! Thanks!
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Post subject: Pup 4.3.1 retro kernel VIA 82xx sound onboard
Subject description: worked, stopped working, other cards not working, worked again
1GHz DFI computer with onboard via 82xx sound. Sound setup worked,
then when I tried to play 2barks.wav got one bark, a bit of silence,
another bark, then did not work again. Disabled onboard sound.
Put in an ISA Vibra 16 and chose legacy sb16, and that worked, once
but not again. Took it out, tried a Creative SB16 which did not work,
and a Crystal ISA which did not work, and a PCI Ensoniq 1371 which produced
only loud static though it worked in another computer with the same
version of Puppy (126.96.36.199 kernel, 4.3.1). lsmod revealed that the
drivers for the VIA chip were still being loaded along with Ensoniq,
and the Crystal driver was NOT being loaded. Did not look for sb16.
Removed all the cards, left onboard sound disabled, rebooted
and the onboard sound worked, several boots in a row.
Onboard sound is still disabled - puppy must ignore that.
Or maybe it needed to be disabled to work?
Could someone add instructions to Setup that you don't need to run it
for sound unless your card is not automatically detected? Maybe running
it messed things up.
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Standing next to fresh landscaping at the Westgate Memorial Baptist Church in Beaumont's West End, Riggs said his project took about 180 man-hours to complete at a cost of about $2,000.
Riggs said he hit some snags along the way.
"I wanted to get it done during the winter because that's the best time to plant plants down here so that everything doesn't die," he said. "That ended up not working, so I said, 'OK, we can do it during the spring, March and April, before it gets too hot.' Well, then it started raining. We went through a little rainy season there and so every Saturday I would say 'Let's do a work day here,' it kept getting rained out."
Despite the rain, Riggs was able to complete his project within a year.
Bean, too, had his own setbacks along the road to Eagle.
"It was during my football season. The first game I got hit, and I had a concussion," Bean said. "It was not a normal circumstance because when I got hit, my brain lost its sense of balance. I had to go to Houston a lot to learn how to balance myself. I wasn't physically able to build most of it at the beginning, so it was kinda hard to get your friends out there, get 'em building it. You know, you have to sit down; you can't stand up because I'd get dizzy."
Bean's project, a fire station play house for a CASA foster home in Port Arthur, cost at least $1,700 and more than 200 man hours to complete.
He said the Boy Scouts has changed his life in a way no other organization can.
"It's a lot easier to find a group of friends that you can hang out with and not get in too much trouble with," Bean said. "It's taught me a lot about life and leadership, just how to conduct yourself. Through all these merit badges, I kind of understand where I want to go in life. It's probably been the best thing that's ever happened to me."