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Data Crow is the ultimate media cataloger and media organiser. Always wanted to manage all your collections in one product? You want a product you can customize to your needs? Your search ends here! Using Data Crow allows you to catalog all your collectables, no matter how large your collection is. Using the excellent online services you can instantly retrieve the information on your books, software, games and movies. This combined with the file import, which can parse information from your e-books, software, images, music and movie files you won't be doing a lot of typing.
Are you collecting something which is not (fully) covered by one of the standard collection modules? No problem, either customize an existing module by adding the fields you need or create your own module entirely.
Once your collection resides within Data Crow you can even run your own server and allow your family and friends to view the information via the web or even by using a full Data Crow client.
It's a feature packed product which luckily comes with an internal help system (F1) to guide you on your journey through Data Crow.
Catalogue Software, Movies, Music, Images and Books. These modules, as we call them, are standardly supplied.
Create your own collection modules, straight from within the software. Export your modules to share them with your friends and family. You can even modify the existing modules.
With the Loan Administration you can track who has borrowed your items and when they should return them.
Why type the information yourself when Data Crow can find the information on Software, Movies, Books and Music using one of the standard Online Services (such as Imdb.com, Bol.com, Amazon.com and many more).
Data Crow offers various reports. For the reporting the power of JasperReports is used. Use one of the standard reports or create a new one yourself using the free Jaspersoft Studio software.
Import information from AVI, DIVX, XVID, MP3, MP4, OGG, JPG, SVG, PNG and many other formats.
The Data Crow server allows you to make your information available over the web. The embedded Tomcat web server hosts your data reliable and dependable.
The Data Crow server is also a capable application server. Enjoy the full feature set of Data Crow while working together on the same Data Crow server.
Please note that Data Crow has its very own Youtube channel
with tutorials on a growing number of topics.
Chinese or other characters not displayed correctly
This is not due to Data Crow but depends on the Font settings. The selected font needs to be able to represent the symbols and characters. The "Arial Unicode MS" for Windows environments is for example perfect for displaying any kind of characters (supports Unicode and thus Chinese, Japanese, Arabic and other languages).
Change the Font settings from within the Settings menu: Settings > Settings > Fonts.
Data Crow 64bit states Java not installed
The Data Crow executable comes in two flavours, 32 bit and 64 bit. Which one to start? It depends solely on the version of Java installed (and set as default) on your machine. If you have a 64bit Windows version but a 32bit version of Java installed you can only start Data Crow using the Data Crow 32bit shortcut / executable.
How To Install Data Crow 4.x On Ubuntu, Debian And Derivative Systems
An excellent article has been published on this very topic. You can find it here.
Data Crow does not allow images to be changed
Please make sure you are not using OpenJDK as Data Crow is not fully compatible. Changing images for example will fail if this version of Java is used. Please use the Java version as delivered by Oracle.
2 April 2018 - Data Crow - the end .
This is where it ends, for my part in Data Crow. I have enjoyed creating the program, giving the support, receiving both praise and also criticism. However, as must have been noticable over the past few months and years, my attention is no longer with this project. It has taken me a good few months to reach this decision as I have always cared for this product. Over the past 15 years, yes, fifteen years, I definitely had periods of not working on Data Crow but it was always naturally followed by long stretches of me putting heart and soul into it. But, as turns out, even though it's (really) hard for me to stop Data Crow it's just as hard to remain enthousiastically involved after fifteen years.
The software will remain downloadable, including the source. If you have an interest in taking hold of the datacrow.net domain, for the purpose of continuing Data crow, drop me a line and I'll get it arranged.
I want to express my gratitude to all of you who downloaded the product and gave it a good old try.
Cheers to all!
23 August 2017 - Data Crow 4.2.2 has been released
Updated most of the external libraries as used by Data Crow to their latest versions and fixed an issue with the file importers online search. I have also fixed most of the issues with Amazon searches. I had to follow registration processes for each region as used by Data Crow. Yes, sorry, I was notified many times over by Amazon that this would be required but date X. I had just forgotten the actual date. It should slowly move into a working state with the applications being approved by Amazon. Hopefully I won't get any rejections on my applications, but, we'll see. See the change log for the full list of changes and fixes.
27 June 2017 - Data Crow 4.2.1 has been released
The Imdb.com online service decided to act up and I was made aware that a previous fix for the server clients was not working as expected. Now, the imdb.com thing was an easy fix, pay a monthly amount to make use of Imdb.com external API and all is well again. The client server bug has haunted me now for over a year but somehow, when looking at it again after weeks and then some, I spotted the fix immediately. Also, and this was a tad annoying, I read on a forum somewhere that the installer for 64 bit systems did not have the required permissions to install to the Program Files folder in Windows. Now, I did point people to the right-click menu to make it work in Windows, but, hey, even if you're software is free people will start ranting and barking if something is not working in their opinion. Next time I would recommend to ask for a refund, or, register it as a bug, which ever you think is more benficial. The solution? Create new executables with an external paid for tool. This is now working correctly, see, I do like things to work as well. Note that a Polish translation has been updated, many thanks, Ariel Chylek!
18 February 2017 - Data Crow 4.2 has been released
That took a little longer than I expected. But.. here it is, Data Crow 4.2 has just been released. It contains many fixes and improves upon the web version of Data Crow. See the change log for the full list of changes and fixes.
Note that a Polish translation has been added. Many thanks to Ariel Chylek for delivering this.
10 December 2016 - Development update
I am currently working on getting all fixes in as reported. An update will follow soon.
16 June 2016 - Version 4.1.1 Revival Patch has been released
After a long period of silence, Data Crow rises again to the surface. This patch updates the external libraries and fixes the most urgent problems. Luckily 4.1 has proven to be very stable indeed. It's time to continue onwards to version 4.2!
5 July 2015 - Youtube channel with tutorials
Data Crow now has its very own Youtube channel with tutorials on a growing number of topics.
4 July 2015 - Version 4.1 Crossroads Edition has been released
That took a while, right? Finally the web server has been released! The server edition now has the capability to host both web and full Data Crow clients at the same time.
This version contains the new web server as part of the existing server architecture. This replaces the old web module as was delivered with version 3 but never made it into version 4. The web server delivers the following functionality:
Searching for items (Search..), Creating new item (File > Create New), Edit item (Right-Click > Edit), Navigation between items (for example, open a software title, then click on it's category, then see which other items have been assigned to this category, etc.), Picking fields for the overview and the item form (web). (Settings > ..) and the full security model has been implemented. This web server delivers the same basic functionality (with a tad more style) as the old web module and will be expanded upon with each and every normal (4.x) delivery (see the roadmap section).
The web server is a module of the existing (since 4.0) server edition. The web server uses an embedded version of Tomcat, version 8.0.23.
26 June 2015 - Roadmap
I have added a roadmap to this page. It's a first rough sketch which I will update and extend upon based on the feature tracker of Sourceforge.net and my plans and ideas for the future of Data Crow.
28 May 2015 - A new version, numbered as 4.0.16
With the last release being delivered in January some parts have started to break down. Data Crow's feathers were a tad disheveled; time for a new release. While fixing the necessary parts I have also squeezed in a new online service for TheGamesDB.net. Fab! There's more:
see the change log for the full list of changes and fixes.
15 May 2015 - Development update
Last months have seen zero to no progress. Starting July 2015 I will be actively involved again with the Data Crow project. Please be patient and enjoy the current features of Data Crow, which are pretty much solid. I will deliver one minor release this month to fix the most urgent issues as registered in the bug tracker.
Despite my absence in the past couple of months I can assure you I have not lost my interest in Data Crow. What's a couple of months of absence compared to my invested time in over a decade eh?
I am grateful for the active community, the e-mails, the requests, the donations, the bug reports (hmm..), the help and your interest in Data Crow in general.
Wishing you all the best, Robert.
22 January 2015 - Data Crow 4.0.15 has been released
The connections between the server and the clients has been improved; the data is now send encrypted as well as compressed. The server can now also initialize the data folder by itself (for new installations). Additionally some bugs have been resolved as well:
º Boosted traffic between client<>server. Implemented JSON-IO to limit data send.
º Data Crow Server can now initialize the data folder.
º Server communication has been encrypted (simple encryption, nothing fancy).
º Server communication is now compressed.
º Older installation can have duplicated module files starting with .#. These will now be ignored when starting Data Crow.
º Find & Replace had an error when trying to apply the replacements.
13 January 2015 - Data Crow 4.0.14 has been released
Improvements for client-server installations.
5 January 2015 - Data Crow 4.0.13 has been released
Fixes the issue where the images are not saved after using the online update.
3 January 2015 - Data Crow 4.0.12 has been released
This release contains two fixes and the Portuguese help files as created by Pedro (username pmraps) (many thanks!!).
1 January 2015 - Data Crow 4.0.11 has been released
This release fixes a number of critical issues of Data Crow 4.0.10. Please see the change log for the full list of fixes.
1 January 2015 - 2014 Development Report
It has been an active year for Data Crow. 2014 has seen the release of Data Crow 4; a complete overhaul of the internal Data Crow code structure. As stated in the development update of November 2014 the development has been continued. Bugs are on 4.0 version are being fixed and work on version 4.1 has been continued after just a few months of inactivity.
I am not announcing any releases just yet for 2015. The initial deadline for 4.1 as announced in 2014 has not been met. I any case; there will be a 4.1 in 2015. Of that I can assure you. In the meantime I am quite happy with the stability of the 4.0 version. Realizing the number of lines of codes (Data Crow has an estimated total of 91.000+ lines of pure code) that have been rewritten, refactored, added and deleted it is good to see that the product has now been stabilized.
Looking back it is now also clear that the donation driven feature request is not working. In 4 months time the targets as set have not been reached. The closest I got to reaching a goal is 15.5%. I have decided to pull the plug on the donation driven feature requests. Persons having made a donation specifically for a feature should be happy to hear that I will be implementing the features regardless. 2015 will bring the web application back to live and will see it's first steps in replacing the current GUI altogether.
Happy New Year and thank you all for your support over the past years.
22 November 2014 - November Development Update
After a nice and relaxing break development on version 4.1 has been continued!
26 September 2014 - September Development Update
I took a short break from development due to a new job, a short holiday and a new game called Destiny. Of course I have been suporting users but development on version 4.1 came to a complete stop. The 4.1 version was planned to be released in September but has now been delayed until October 2014.
It seems that in the month September the 4.0 version has been stabilized and is now in a good place once again. The replacement of the reporting engine was, after a fix, rather successful as well. Requests for help have diminished and or now at the level of the 3.12.5 version.
On the donation side of things it was a very, very quiet month. 35 euro's were donated (thanks to all persons having made a donation!) but the donation driven development has not yet caught on. I'll have to see how I can improve this.
2 September 2014 - Data Crow 4.0.10 has been released
With this release the following has been fixed:
- Fixed an upgrade issues for the Audio CD and Music Album merge. The error occurred in case online services were never used and the columns SERVICE and SERVICEURL were therefore missing.
- Fixed an upgrade issue for the Audio CD and and Music Album merge. The error occurred in case the new tables already exists due to a faulty earlier upgrade or because the user installed version 4.0 on top of version 3.12.5. Now, Data Crow will delete empty tables required for the new Music Album module. If they contain records, the upgrade will fail.
- The module wizard did not handle special characters correctly.
- Tabs containing special characters were not stored and retrieved correctly.
27 August 2014 - August Development Report
I have been working hard on stabilizing the 4.0 version. As you can see I have released today another bug fix release for the reporting. Overall, stability has much improved. Not all bug fixes were related to the 4.0 development, such as the 4.0.9 version which fixes a pre-4.0 bug.
One note worthy change has been the removal of the XSLT driven reports. It was clunky at best as you could only create reports by creating XLST templates with the use of a text editor. Additionally you would require separate templates for PDF and HTML reports.
The new report engine use Jasper Reports from Jaspersoft. These reports can be designed using there free for use Jaspersoft Studio. I have updated the Create Reports Guide for users wanting to create their own reports (to be found in the download section).
This web site has also seen some changes; I have included the donation driven feature development. Of course this is a way for me to generate some additional money but it also brings added benefits for persons donating to Data Crow anyway as they can determine which features to be developed first. I would like to stress that I will keep on working on Data Crow and that Data Crow will remain free for use at all times. Even features developed through the donation process will be released freely to the public, including the source code.
I have moved the download location over to Fosshub.com while still having the files available on Sourceforge.net as well. Fosshub brings Data Crow additional benefits and is also very professionally looking.
In the meantime I have also been working on the web version of Data Crow. Development with Primefaces 5 is still a breeze. The components they offer are smart looking and quite easy to implement. I am still on schedule for the 4.1 release in September. First tests have proven the Data Crow web version to be very responsive (it's blazingly fast!). The combination of the improved Data Crow 4 architecture, Primefaces 5 and the Jetty Web Server has proven to be quite powerful. Onwards to the future!
Users following @data_crow on twitter have seen the sneak preview:
27 August 2014 - Data Crow 4.0.9 has been released
This release contains a bug fix for the reporting. Many users had an issue where the report was not generated at all (this also happened in version 3.12.5 and earlier). I have finally been able to fix the issue (which wasn't easy; on all my test environment it worked correctly).
As a reminder; the Create Report Guid has been updated. You can find it in the download section.
- Problem resolved for report creation; report not created. Was reported fixed in version 4.0.8 but was still failing for some. The functionality has been tested and has been confirmed to solve the issue.
- After a module has been created and a field has been marked as descriptive the view still shows empty labels.
- The upgrade will now silently copy missing reports and translations to the user folder. Existing files will no longer be overwritten.
- Added additional report types; Word Document (DOCX), Excel Document (XLSX), Excel Document 97-2003 (XLS).
- Added titles to the various message and question boxes.
- Added nicer descriptions for the report types.
- Added various tool tips for the define field dialog (create module wizard).
25 August 2014 - Data Crow is now hosted at Fosshub.com
Data Crow is now hosted at Fosshub.com. The download links for the software have been changed so that they bring you directly to the Data Crow landing page. Please pay a visit to their site, it's very nice!
25 August 2014 - Data Crow 4.0.8 has been released
Maintenance release. Note that a new version of the Create Report manual has been released as well, fully updated with the changes of Data Crow 4.0.7.
- GUID (internal ID) shown for Contact Person in the loan history of the Loan Information panel.
- Problem resolved for report creation. This was an old issue which was hard to simulate. An additional check has been added to check whether the file is accessible.
- Not all fields can be added to the Item Report.
- _Persist fields could be selected for the Quick View.
- Server didn't have the library jacksum added to the class path which caused failures for file hashing.
- The item exported now ignores system fields. Additionally the importer now only tries to match an item on import by ID in case the match and merge option has been checked.
- The Create Report manual has been updated.
20 August 2014 - Data Crow 4.0.7 has been released
A new version. Bug fix much? Yes.
- The old reporting engine has been removed. This version now features full support for Jasper Reports (http://community.jaspersoft.com/project/jaspersoft-studio). The main benefits of this switch is that it is no longer required to created separate reports (XLST scripting files) for PDF and HTML reports. The reports of JasperReports can be saved as PDF, RTF and HTML. Additionally you can use the free Jaspersoft Studio Software to create reports, graphically. This brings a lot more power to the reporting capabilities of Data Crow. Data Crow generates the reports on the exported XML files.
- Apache Fop and Avalon Framework (discontinued) have been dropped from this release.
- Icons for message and question boxes have been changed, making use of Java 7 features.
- Error on startup when the images were supposed to be migrated to the new location.
- NullPointerException when importing files which already are registered in the system.
- Fixed an issue with saving child items.
- Removed defective library which caused image import errors.
- Item Importer bug has been fixed which could cause field values not to be imported
- Still some numbering inconsistencies for music tracks.
17 August 2014 - Data Crow 4.0.6 has been released and website update
Website update
I have updated the website. A new section Custom Modules has been added. I have added the one module which was send to me a long time ago. If you are the author, let me know so I can add your name as the author of this module. The Donation information has been changed as well. Most importantly I have introduced the concept of the funded feature development. Read the donations section for more information.
Version 4.0.6
An new minor release fixing a number of problems in the software. I have decided against making any changes in the code, focusing solely on fixing issues and avoiding the introduction of new issues. I am starting to realise I do need a tester for this software...
- A NullPointerException for the item import has been fixed.
- Potential NullPointerException in case a query fails.
- Logging panel was registered too late in the startup process; missing messages.
- A bug has been fixed where the module importer consumed too much memory. This occurred for larger module exports holding an x number of large images. As an added benefit it works now much faster.
- Server startup error; modules could not be loaded.
- Record label list is now sorted by name.
- Fixed an issue where the quick filter bar is shown underneath the toolbar. The quick filter is now placed directly on the toolbar itself. The setting [toggle quick filter] has now been removed.
- The Drive Manager functionality was broken.
- Resource Editor save issues.
- File Tree panel inconsistencies have been resolved.
- New Item Wizard - pictures not saved for newly saved items.
- Create Multiple Items lacked the option to save.
- The help (F1) has been updated to explain the Quick Search functionality.
- The German translation has been updated; thanks to Ralf Geiss!
- On startup after any upgrade you'll be asked whether you want to use the new translation files.
- File tree panel now shows folder icon for folders which are present on the file system.
- Splash screen was shown quite late in the startup process.
15 August 2014 - Data Crow 4.0.5 has been released
More bugs to be fixed. With the complete overhaul of Data Crow, which was the upgrade from version 3.0 to 4.0, a lot of small issues have crept in. With this release I have the latest reported issues fixed and closed out. Due to the maintenance of this version I have not done any development on the web version this week. Looking at the current schedule I am still on track though. This weekend however I will focus on the reports first.
- Data Crow hangs in case there are unsaved changes in the table view on exiting.
- In rare cases the grouping pane showed zero items while x number of items are present.
- CSV and XML import issues have been fixed.
- Module naming inconsistencies which caused the alter module wizard to fail for various modules, such as the book and container module.
- Items with ID's created before 2006 were not shown anymore in the tree views when clicking on a node.
- Behind the scenes, the view was loaded twice on the initial startup.
- "Retrieve Music Albums" now adds the retrieved CD information to the overview.
- Required field check failure; items were not check upon required fields.
- Record label module; name is now required and checked for uniqueness. Note that custom Record Label settings will be reset to accommodate for this minor change.
12 August 2014 - Data Crow 4.0.4 has been released
Minor release, introducing a new quick filter toolbar. It also improves the handling of startup problems.
- Improved Error Handling for recovery. When the database load fails due to inconsistencies Data Crow would in the past just show the user login page. Now, Data Crow will rename the database, show the correct error and close Data Crow. On a next start Data Crow is started with a clean new database. The user can now restore the last backup. The faulty database does still exists and can be send by email to analyze and fix if possible.
- Improved the handling of user folders; You can now switch between user folders without copying the data over from the existing folder. The option to copy the data has been made an option from the user folder selection dialog.
- Improved handling of old databases; it was always the idea for users to perform an restore of existing backup in the latest version. Most users however upgrade directly which is actually almost enforced by Data Crow. Data Crow will now warn the user in case the old database requires a different upgrade path, such as first upgrading to version 3.12.5. Data Crow will not allow the user to continue to avoid database corruption.
- Quick filter is now a search all field; it will search for text and numbers in all applicable and search enabled fields at once. On the quick filter bar I have now also placed an icon to quickly open the advanced filter dialog. With this change the quick filter bar is simpler to use whereas the advanced filter dialog can be used to create filters of a high complexity (and remember, these can be saved for re-use). Note; it is not possible to use regex expressions in the quick filter (not supported by the underlying HSQL database).
- Added Find & Replace to the Filter menu.
- Upgraded HSQLDB (http://hsqldb.org/) to the latest version (2.3.2).
- Added a "Create Support Package" menu item to the help menu. Creates a zip file
containing all files needed for identifying and resolving problems.
- Find and Replace was not working correctly.
- Open Item from the right-click menu did not work.
- Fixed an issue in the Database Editor; first column was not shown in the query results.
6 August 2014 - Data Crow 4.0.3 has been released
A small but important bug fix was required. The bug causes a startup error, introduced by the 4.0.2 version released yesterday. I've fixed 2 additional upgrade issues which occurred for some users.
- Error message; full control needed for the install directory. This message was intended for the server installation only. The client doesn't need this anymore with this version.
- Upgrade error in case the old images folder contains sub-directories.
- Fixed an error for the Audio CD and the Music Album merge.
5 August 2014 - Data Crow 4.0.2 has been released
This release fixes many small issues. It also makes changes to the quality of the images shown in the overviews. Important: this release requires Java 7 or higher.
- Performance issue for network clients has been fixed.
- No message box in case of a warning when deleting or saving an item (only message
in the log file).
- New Item Wizard did not close after saving and view was not updated.
- Right-click in view, create report, added all items instead of the selected items.
- Error when creating report, invalid path for fonts, report was created though.
An empty fonts folder will now be created by the installer.
- CSV import was no longer available.
- NullPointerException after entering wrong username / password.
- A faulty library has been removed. The library caused issues with the tree panels
such as incorrect item counts or even preventing loading the items at all.
- Server could not run headless.
- Create multiple for music tracks did not show the track number field.
- Create multiple for music tracks; NullPointerException when adding tracks.
- Custom modules were not loaded.
- Patch applied for #625, thanks (StringUtils.normalize2; invalid characters)
- Server no longer requires the file importers, synchronizers and online services to
be present (architectural change).
- TrueZip upgraded to the latest version (from 7.7.1 to 7.7.6).
- Image sizes have been increased as well as the quality of the thumbnails. Storage
size will increase by approximately 20% due to this change.
- The wwwroot folder will be removed from the user folder. You might be asked to remove
it manually in case it was not fully successful.
- Additional error handling for faulty modules.
- Changed the font size and color for the help files for better reading.
- Upgrade of the metadata-extractor library to the latest version.
27 July 2014 - Data Crow Development Update #6
Version 4.0
A major milestone had been reached with 4.0 version. You migth still be looking for the major changes in your version, thinking "ohhh-kay, where is it?". Long story short; all the hard work I have put into will not be apparent to you if you are using Data Crow as a standalone version. What this version has brought to you is the capability of running an application server on your own home / work / wherever network. To achieve that I had to rewrite most of the Data Crow coding around accessing and managing data. I had to do this anyway at some point as the code was quite old and with new insights could do with major improvements. It clears the way for me to start thinking about replacing the good old Swing GUI in the long run. In the short run it makes it much more suitable to create a web server.
Data Crow 4.0 has been well received, looking at the bug reports and various emails which have come in. Long time users of Data Crow ran into upgrade issues as I totally forgot (sorry) about old upgrade scripts which are no longer part of my test environment. These were fixed with version 4.0.1. Most issues seem to have been resolved by now. In case you experience any upgrade issues; let me know.
The upgrade path to version 4 was a bit adventurous due to my decision to (late in the project) merge the Audio CD and the Music Album modules. It has annoyed me for a long time that I in the past had decided to have a separate file based and a separate CD based music module. I have always refrained from merging these as user made changes would be lost. In the end it had to be done anyway; it just didn't make sense. If you have made extensive changes to either of these modules, let me know, your data will not have been lost but manual steps will be required to bring your data back into version 4.
Version 4.1
I am working on the web version of Data Crow which will replace the old web version as part of Data Crow 3. This weekend I have looked into adding Jetty 9 (a web server) and Primefaces 5 and stumbled upon some minor inconveniences in the Application Server coding; it needs to load the online service. Additionally the File Synchronizers and importers are loaded. These require different versions of the libraries as required by the web server. As the file synchronizers and the online services have no use on the server anyway I will change this as to remove these dependencies altogether.
As the previous web version was written in just a couple of days I expect to have a new web version available within the next 2 months at the latest. Version 4.1 will not contain any other major functionality. It will however fully complete the architecture of Data Crow, making it available as a standalone application, an application server with thick (chubby?) clients and a web server with thin clients. The standalone version and the application server are already part of version 4.0. Android App development will start after the 4.1 version.
Bug fixes will also be postponed (apart from critical bugs) to version 4.1.
25 July 2014 - Data Crow 4.0.1 has been released
This is a patch release for Data Crow 4.0. It fixes the reported upgrade errors and contains a performance fix. Additionally I uploaded the latest versions of the manuals (see download section). Marco Artioli was so kind to deliver an Italian version of the Client-Server documentation (download).
Do not install this version on top of an old Data Crow 3 version (3.12.5 and earlier). Install it to a new location instead.
24 July 2014 - Data Crow 4.0!
The latest major version of Data Crow is now available for download. The main change is the addition of a full application server to which clients can connect. Do not install this version on top of the old version. Install it to a new location instead.
18 July 2014 - Data Crow 4.0 second test version released
I have uploaded an new alpha version of Data Crow 4.0. It can be downloaded from the Sourceforge.net site: Data Crow 4.0 alpha version. This is a zipped version only. You'll find a PDF file describing how the server and the client works.
This is a test version only and is not yet the full and complete 4.0 version.
Please help me in testing this monstrosity! Fight the bugs!
Please register you remarks / findings in the forums.
16 July 2014 - Data Crow 4.0 first test version released
I have uploaded an alpha version of Data Crow 4.0! It can be downloaded from the Sourceforge.net site: Data Crow 4.0 alpha version.
This is a zipped version only. Unzip and read the instructions in the txt files.
For testing the server-client make sure to supply a correct -userdir: for the server. The -userdir: command needs to point to an existing user folder. You can create a new one using the client.
For testing the client make sure to start the client using the -client parameter as otherwise it will start the full client.
This is a test version only and is not yet the full and complete 4.0 version.
2 July 2014 - - Data Crow 4.0 Development Update #5
Architecture overview of the new client-server structure.
28 June 2014 - General Update
A long period of inactivity. I am just back from a long holiday and am all charged up and ready to continue. The last months have been hectic. Now however I can finally fully focus on the 4.0 development.
14 February 2014 - Data Crow 4.0 Development Update #4
I have been working on the restructuring of the event triggering. It's a long a boring task but the end is in sight. Meanwhile I have created and tested the first network hooks. So far it's looking good! I have planned a full week of development in the week of february 24 to finish most of the network coding. I'll definitely release a beta version first as I have changed so much in such as short period. Testing will be essential. I have most likely broken several things along the way..
I won't comment on the donation status for this month. Let me just say January was great!
29 January 2014 - Data Crow 4.0 Development Update #3
After all the updates on the structure I have finally have the old functionality (running on a single machine) working again. Next is the network layer for which the structure is already in place.
28 December 2013 - Data Crow 4.0 Development Update #2
The architecture is getting there. I have fully divided the code into the three main parts; server, client and core. I have worked further on the server code and the connection layer between the client and the server. First I will however have to make sure that the old mode (standalone application) is working. To achieve both I have put in place a connector layer. A connector takes care of all the communication between a client and server but also of direct connections (the standalone mode). This architecture works great since this will allow me to create other connector types in the near future.
24 December 2013 - Data Crow 4.0 Development Update #1
One month (well, ok, almost two months) has past and I thought it would be about time for an update on the upcoming 4.0 version. I have recently shifted priorities in the development (what!?) and have decided to give priority to the development of a full server client architecture. I have been updating the code and separating it into three parts; datacrow-core, datacrow-client and datacrow-server. (This is where it gets a bit more nerd-ish) The new core and server library have no dependency towards the GUI. There will be no more code mixture (bad practice) between GUI and "infrastrure" code. A headless server (this actually has been requested over and over and over again) will therefore be fully possible. Better yet, that is precisely what I am working on.
I know that not all of you (okay, most of you) will not be interested per se in running a client-server program at home. No fear, running just on one machine will be fully supported (as it always has been).
So will you benefit? Yes. Why? Because it will allow for more extravagant feature development such as a media streaming server, running it in the cloud (to throw in one buzz word) and having one single point of access for you and your partner / kid / friend.
What else? This will neatly tie in with the new web development and the Android App development in the near future (the deadline is now pushed back to summer, 2014). Maybe I will run a server myself, somewhere in the cloud, to allow for a central repository. Anyway, that's not on the road map, so I'll stop right there.
Server-client mode; what will it do? You will be able to run a server (it will not be a complicated thing to do, promise) and connect with as many clients as needed to this server. Technically the server will be the host for the application settings (not all of them, only settings such as the field and other data related settings). Also it will be the owner of the data, the modules and the reports. If a client has administrative rights he or she can decide to change the settings and push these to the clients. Same goes for module and report changes.
What else will be in version 4.0? The following still applies:
- Parts for items are introduced allowing a book item for example to contain multiple articles, a movie items multiple files / episodes and a software item to consist out of multiple files. - The above allows all items to have an unlimited number of files. - Unlimited number of images per item. - Documentation update; module create guide, reporting guide, developer guide.
I am doing all of these changes at once as I have been withholding these for too long. The Data Crow platform is a solid one, but, it could do with a bit of a makeover. Solid, as I have noticed that many parts of the code are actually well suited for server-client development.
The weakspot will still be the web application. Development of which will start right after the 4.0 version. Long term (>1 year) I am looking to replace the current GUI with a solid web application. All of this will run on the, currently in development, new architecture.
Schedule: end of March 2014 the production version has to be live. Beginning of March I will have a beta version available for testing purposes. Confident I can make this date as the server code and the restructuring is well under its way.
Merry Christmas! -Robert
1 November 2013 - Data Crow 4.0 Announcement
Data Crow, the ultimate cataloguer, needs one more major overhaul before I can confidently wrap up the App development. So here it is, the announcement of Data Crow version 4.0!
Major changes:
- Parts for items are introduced allowing a book item for example to contain multiple articles, a movie items multiple files / episodes and a software item to consist out of multiple files. - The above allows all items have an unlimited number of files. - Unlimited number of images per item. - Documentation update; module create guide, reporting guide, developer guide.
All of the above will make the Data Crow framework much more flexible and will accommodate for some of the most requested for features (of all time). This is going to be awesome! :)
9 October 2013 - Data Crow 3.12.5
I just can't stand it when you think you have squashed a bug and all of the sudden... it's back! For now and ever I have fixed the issue where ratings are not shown correctly in the Quick View. Fixed some other minor bugs. No new functionality.
Read the changelog for more information (text file, opens in a new window).
Still working on the Android App.. "Screenshots?" - "No, not yet."
6 October 2013 - Data Crow 3.12.4
imdbapi.com was down today (hopefully temporarily) and I have decided to quickly switch to omdbapi.com. Little loss of information (aspect ratio and other technical details) but at least it is working now. Mobygames.com decided to change their layout; the online service has now been fully rewritten. It's also a bit quicker then the older version, so all is well. Other fixes are mainly in the area of module creation and item import.
7 September 2013 - Data Crow 3.12.3
Small issues have been fixed by this release. Thanks to Bill's Bargain Basement Books for helping with testing.
15 August 2013 - Data Crow 3.12.2
Bugs! Ahhh! Okay... nothing major but they needed to be squashed regardless. Enjoy!
4 August 2013 - Data Crow 3.12.1
I had time today and won't have time in the upcoming days (note to burglars: no I am not going on a holiday, you are too late!). Although you have to be crazy to be developing on a (too) hot summer day I actual did just that and managed to fix a problem I wanted to fix for a long, long time. What is it? read the change log just this one time and you'll know. I squeezed in a couple of changes here and there as well. You won't see another release soon (unless critical bugs start to pop up) so enjoy!
3 August 2013 - Data Crow 3.12
Poor version 3.11. It only took a couple of days and then it got replaced by version 3.12. This really is for the most part a cosmetic edition. I have changed the layout a bit further. This is also a preparation for the web GUI since I want to keep the layout for both the same, for as far as possible. Due to the list of changes made and the addition of new functionality I have decided to release this as a normal version instead of a minor version. I wanted to add a bit more but was ill for a couple of days, shame!
30 July 2013 - Data Crow 3.11.1
Bugs? Just a couple. Imdb.com was not functioning due some site changes. Additionally I wanted to introduce fixes for launching files as well as to introduce some new features in that area. Not much else!
22 July 2013 - Data Crow 3.11
A whole new version! Medium in size and packed with changes and new functionality. TheMovieDB online search has been added, tags can be added to items and loans can be exported to an iCalendar file.
2 July 2013 - Data Crow 3.10.2
Pfew... after a long holiday and then some I have finally managed to squeeze out a (quick) fix version. I have been using Jar2Exe to generate new executables for 64BIT platforms to fix the Java detection issue. That's not the only fix (see the change log below).
For the next version I will focus on the web version... work on the Android App also continues.
23 May 2013 - Data Crow 3.10.1
Important bug fixes for the online search functionality and the mass update functionality.
18 May 2013 - Next week's project of the week project on Sourceforge.net: Data Crow
I have been notified that Data Crow will be project of the week, next week. This means Data Crow will be listed on the frontpage of Sourgeforge.net. Great!
18 May 2013 - Data Crow 3.10
This release mainly focuses on the help file, which has been greatly improved. During the writing of the help file the discovered issues have been fixed. Small improvements to the GUI have been made to improve the experience in using Data Crow. This is the first release since a long time having a completely up to date help. Note that the help is still only available in English; translators are, very, welcome to help out...
Special thanks to mrpenguin007 for the updated German translation! Find his module development page here.
12 May 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.26 has been released
Went through the product and saw areas needing some attention. This release contains small changes as well as bug fixes. The fixes are for the module import and export processes. The changes are costmetic for the most part. When starting the new version you most likely will get a message saying there are new resources / language files available. This is because Data Crow now checks whether the installation folder holds newer files then the user folder. You can choose to leave everything as is or to update the user folder with the new files.
10 May 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.25 has been released
A small release to fix issues as reported to me by email. One is a problem in the loan administration panel where the title of the item is not displayed. The second issue is another upgrade issue from old versions. Additionally I discovered performance issues with the table view. Then I took another look at the new module bar and thought it could do with a small adjustment.. so here we are, looking at another release package to download and install. I'll try and not release anything for the next couple of days, promise ;-).
9 May 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.24 has been released
One more release! I have had some doubts about the version number for this one as I have changed the UI quite a bit. It's a first step to simplify the GUI (so I have kept it as a minor release for now). Let me know if you like it (or not!) on the forums. Of course there are bug fixes as well.
30 April 2013 - Website updated
I have added some more information in the donation section. It now shows an overview of donations made in the past 4 months. Would it be a good idea to mention persons here as well? Let me know what you think. Oh and, also, I have fixed the contact form as listed at the bottom of this site.
30 April 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.23 has been released
A wee bit earlier than I expected... Data Crow version 3.9.23 has seen the light. I had some time to spend today and worked through some of the outstanding issues and smaller improvements I wanted make. You can safely upgrade from version 3.9.22 or the older versions. Enjoy!
29 April 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.22 has been released
Quite an important bug fix release. I have added fixes for the upgrade and am really hoping to have solved all the issues now. It will check on startup if anything has gone wrong.. Let me know if you are still having issues (or also if you are not :). Other smaller fixes have been added as well.
I apologize for not having been too actively working on Data Crow. A new job and vacations have caused some disruptions and this will continue for the next couple of weeks. Releases for fixes will still arrive but other work is currently on hold.
10 February 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.21 has been released
This release contains a fixes for the upgrade process as well as some other minor fixes. See the changelog for more information.
4 February 2013 - Development news
Currently I am stabilizing Data Crow. You have seen numerous small versions being released over the past few days. This was all due to the two changes that were made; one was the upgrade of the database (engine) to the latest version which was not easy and two was to use a separate data folder (user folder). The latter caused lots of small problems but I am sure I have fixed the most of them. The best thing is that it allows you to share your data crow data with other installations on the network. The second best thing is that I no longer have to write data into the installation folder which was becoming more and more of an issue on the Windows platforms (Microsoft actively denies changing files in the "C:\program files" folders).
I am also busy with my secret side project; Data Crow on Android platforms. I hope I will have some more concrete news in the upcoming weeks. It is not part of the normal Data Crow project but it will allow you to run your modules and see your data on your Android phone or tablet. The initial version will be very basic (and cheap). It's going to be interesting!
It does explain this better looking website a bit as well, doesn't it? :)
2 February 2013 - A new version: Data Crow 3.9.20
This release contains a fix for the backup and restore process.
25 January 2013 - A new version: Data Crow 3.9.19
This release contains fixes for issues caused by the upgrade of the database engine. Also issues have been fixed for users upgrading from version 3.8.16 and older. This release also delivers smaller changes.
21 January 2013 - New website has been released
After years.. I have decided to change this website completely. It's simpler, has less text and more fancy stuff. I quite like it and hope you do to!
18 January 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.18 has been released
Pfew, the changes I made took quite a number of releases. I hope to have it under control now. The backup and restore now works correct again. The issue with the upgrade of the database not working is mainly a security issue on the various platforms. The only solution is, when prompted, to run the command as stated in the message box from the command line / command prompt / terminal.
12 January 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.17 has been released
Added a parameter (-userdir:) to indicate the user directory to use. This allows you to run multiple instances of Data Crow looking at different user folders. Additionally I have added small fixes for potential problems while defining a user folder within the current Data Crow installation folder.
11 January 2013 - Data Crow 3.9.16 has been released
Linux fix for upgrades and a new feature. You can now select a user folder where all data is stored. This helps in avoiding the Windows problem of protected folders in the C:\Program Files\ folders as well as protected folders on other systems. On startup you will be asked to select the user folder. After selecting the folder Data Crow will migrate your data to this folder and will use this folder from then on. Please see the changelog for the details!
Data Crow's project page is hosted on Sourgeforge.net. Register at Sourceforge.net and you'll be able to log bug reports and change requests. This helps me in improving Data Crow of which you will benefit as well. You'll get automatic updates on tickets you created by email.
For more updates follow Data Crow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/data_crow
Forums are hosted on Sourceforge.net
where you can post your questions or discuss any Data Crow related topic.
Of course email is always an option too. Send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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(Cabarete, Dominican Republic-June 25,2002) The largest field in Kiteboarding competition history converged today on Cabarete Beach for the third Event on the PKRA World Tour! Forty-three Men vied for 16 slots, and 17 women vied for10 open seats into the Freestyle Main Event today in 18-20 knot side-on shore winds. Registration closed at 11am and the Trials were under way by 2pm, after seating was completed for the Qualifications ladder. With winds staying stable til 6:30pm, 25 heats were completed that now insures a full 32 Men's and 16 Women's ladder, for a start into the Freestyle Single Elimination Event scheduled for tomorrow.
Takoon kites ,being the local Sponsor for the Event, was rewarded with 3 wild cards, the fourth wild card was decided in a National contest for local riders, where 14 year old Jose Luiz Ciriaco , on Gaastra kites, won and will now be in the Main Event. The Takoon riders with wild card status are; Franz Olry FRA, Luciano Gonzales DR and Herve Bouret FRA. They will join pre-seeds:(alphebetically-)
Marcus Austin USA Naish
Sebastian Cattelan FRA Wipika
Jaime Herraiz ESP North
Will James USA North
Steve Kellner SA Slingshot
Adam Koch USA Naish
Abel Lago ESP Slingshot
Ruud Overwater NED Wipika
Mark Shinn UK Naish
Jeff Tobias USA Slingshot
Mauricio Toscano MEX RRD
Martin Vari ARG Cabrinha
The Men advancing from today's Qualifiers are: (by heat-)
Marcelo Cunha BRA Wipika
Jonah Lepak USA Gaastra
Harold Quinquis Martinique
Andre Phillip ANT Cabrinha
Fernandes Rodriguez VEN Wipika
Marc Ramseier SUI Cabrinha
Royce Reid NZL RRD
David Tyburski USA Wipika
Steph DeJong NED Wipika
Jerson Peralta DR
Joseph Carnelro BRA
Sky Solbach USA Naish
Danny Seales UK Flexifoil
Nacho Yuste ESP North
Fonz Vervoort NED
Julien Sudrat FRA Slingshot
The Pre-seeded Women are: (Alphebetically-)
Claire Bunton UK Takoon
Laurel Eastman USA North
Anke Kirchner GER Cabrinha
Ingrid Kollbichtler AUT
Cindy Mosey NZL North
Julie Prochaska USA Cabrinha
Joining them in the Freestyle Main Event are: (by heats-)
Anne Pegon FRA Wipika
Andreya Wharry UK Flexifoil
Fabienne D'Ortoli FRA Cabrinha
Michele Glazman ARG Cabrinha
Fiona Wedenig SUI Naish
Dana Pinto USA Caution
Sheldon Plentovich USA Gaastra
Sonja Dushek GER Takoon
Laurence Lignieres FRA
Kristin Boese GER
The Freestyle Single Eliminations begin tomorrow at 12pm.
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My Letter to HIV: A Letter From Mark Milano
March 25, 2012
Dear HIV,
Thirty years ago, before any of us even knew you existed, you came into my body. You've caused a lot of problems over the decades, but I've never hated you. You're just doing what we're all trying to do -- survive. Can't blame you for that.
But, listen -- killing your host isn't too smart, is it? That's why I offered you a deal many years ago: you can live in my body (like many other viruses and bacteria) and have some of my CD4 cells. But leave some for me! That way, we both win -- you survive and I survive. While I won't be transmitting you to anyone else, at least you'll have a nice warm place to live. Isn't that better than a corpse?
I made a truce with you years ago, and so far it's working. Let's keep it that way, okay?
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Details emerge about Poland's first face transplant
A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time frame to date for such an operation. It was Poland's first face transplant.
Face transplants are extraordinarily complicated and relatively rare procedures that usually require extensive preparation, typically months or years. But medical officials said the Polish patient's condition was deteriorating so rapidly that a transplant was seen as the only option. The patient is now being watched for any potential infections.
The patient worked at stonemason's workshop near the southwestern city of Wroclaw where on April 23 a machine used to cut stone tore off most of his face and crushed his upper jaw.
The man, identified only as Grzegorz, received intensive treatment at a hospital in Wroclaw, but an attempt to reattach his own face failed, leaving an area close to the brain exposed to infections, doctors said. The damage was too extensive for doctors to temporarily seal the exposed areas.
So he was taken to the Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Gliwice, which is the only place in Poland licensed to perform face transplants. The center has experience in facial reconstruction for patients disfigured by cancer and its experts have practiced face transplants on cadavers.
Doctors at the center said the 27-hour face and bone transplant was performed May 15 soon after a matching donor was found.
The surgery reconstructed the area around the eyes, the nose, jaws and palate and other parts of the man's face. Pictures show surgery stitches running from above the patient's right eye, under the left eye and around the face to the neck.
The donor, a 34-year-old man, was chosen from a national registry of potential donors after his age, gender, blood group and body features were determined to be a good match for the injured man.
The head of the team of surgeons and other specialists, Dr. Adam Maciejewski, said the operation was the world's first life-saving face transplant carried out so soon after the damage. Face transplants are usually a last resort after conventional reconstructive and plastic surgeries have been tried.
"In such an extensive injury, where the structures close to the skull base and in contact with the brain area are exposed, any infection would be dangerous, not to mention the impossibility to function normally including problems with breathing, with eating," Maciejewski said. "All that led us in one direction."
"We assume the surgery will allow the patient to return to normal life. He will be able to breathe, to eat, to see."
The patient is now breathing on his own and responds to questions by nodding his head or squeezing the hands of doctors. But his condition is serious and it will be months before the doctors can describe the procedure as a full success, said Dr. Krzysztof Olejnik, head of the team of anesthesiologists.
Another member of the transplant team, surgeon Dr. Michal Grajek, told The Associated Press that the patient is receiving drugs to ward off any potential viral, bacterial or skin infections.
Though he is in sterile isolation, the patient has started the rehabilitation process. He will stay on special drugs for the rest of his life to prevent rejection of his new face.
A picture of the patient taken Tuesday, six days after the surgery, showed him giving a thumbs-up sign from his hospital bed. Another picture, based on computer tomography, shows the extensive damage to his skull.
More than two dozen transplants of the face or parts of the face have been performed around the world. The first one was a partial face transplant in a woman maimed by her dog in France in 2005. The United States performed their first facial transplant in March 2011. Dallas Wiens, a 25-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, received a new face at Brigham and Women's Hospital at Boston, after his face was horribly burned by a high-voltage electrical line in 2008. He has been able to keep his new face and regained the ability to smile. He married a burn victim he met in a support group in March 2013.


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OS Command Properties
Items added to the OS Commands tool can be configured to run within a particular environment using the dialog shown when the item is added from the OS Commands tool or by selecting an item and using the Edit item in the Options menu.
There are three types of OS Commands: (1) Command Lines, which are executed in the environment configured in the OS Command itself (2) Python files, which are executed in the environment configured in their File Properties, and (3) Named Entry Points, which are executed in the environment configured by the selected Named Entry Point.
Shared Properties
All OS Command types share the following configurable properties:
Title -- This is the user-assigned title to use for the command. If not set, the command line or file name is shown instead.
I/O Encoding -- This is the encoding to use for text sent to and received from the sub-process.
Key Binding -- This field can be used to assign a key binding to the command. Press the keys desired while focus is in the field. Multi-key sequences may be used if pressed within a few seconds of each other. To replace an incorrect value, wait briefly before retrying your binding. To reset the value to blank (no key binding), select all text and press Backspace or Delete.
Raise OS Commands when executed -- This option causes the OS Commands tool to be shown whenever this command is executed. When disabled, the tool will not be brought to front.
Auto-save files before execution -- Enable this to automatically save any unsaved changes in open files before the command is executed.
Use pseudo TTY -- This option is only available on Linux and OS X. When set, Wing runs the subprocess in a pseudo tty and tries to (minimally) emulate how the command would work in a shell. Many of the ANSI escape sequences are not supported, but the basics should work. For some commands, adding options can help it to work better in the OS Commands tool. For example, bash -norc works better than bash if you have bash using colors, and ipython -colors NoColor works better than ipython alone.
Line mode -- This option is only available on Linux and OS X (on Windows, all I/O will be done line by line). When it is unchecked, Wing will enter raw mode and send every keystroke to the subprocess, rather than collecting input line by line. Often, but not always, when a pseudo TTY is being used then line mode should be disabled. Some experimentation may be required to determine the best settings.
Hostname -- In Wing Pro, command line style OS Commands can specify a configured remote host as the place to run the command line. This is done under the Environment tab. See Remote Hosts for details. For Python file and Named Entry Point style OS Commands, the hostname on which the command will execute is determined by the location of the Python file.
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The Environment tab provided for command lines allows specifying the Initial Directory, Python Path, and Environment, which act the same as the corresponding values configurable in Project Properties.
Test Execute
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text: Here's a video submitted by a reader (thanks, reader!) in which a cat encounters a very dangerous-seeming leaf floating in his water bowl. While the cat's methods don't follow basic cat-cop protocol, I think we can all agree that the ends justified the means. That leaf — which ended up being the same leaf behind a series of gas station robberies — is now off the street and in cat custody.


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There's no question that The Growlers are a band with a strong work ethic. Hardly leaving the road for more than a week or two, the Californian five-piece worked on a number of self-released offerings before signing to FatCat records for this year's full length LP Hung at Heart. New EP Not. Psych! will be released exclusively in Europe and features seven brand new songs full of the band's jangly, surf-friendly indie pop.
Lead vocalist Brooks Nielsen has one of those voices that could not belong to anyone else; albeit it is somewhat reminiscent of Julian Casablancas' early warbling for The Strokes. It sounds like the guy has smoked a lot of cigarettes and drank a load of straight whiskey over the years. But to be honest, it's done him some good, producing the kind of signature wails perfect for the psychedelic-indie genre. Opener 'Dogheart II' starts off in usual Growler fashion - sun-kissed strums and almost lazy snare hits, it sounds as if these guys have been drinking on the beach all day and decided to have a jam in their basement. You can almost see one of their girlfriends with her Farrah Fawcett hair swaying from side-to-side, as Nielsen utters his poetic imagery "Use the moon to steal the sun's kiss".
'Hiding Under Covers' puts the band's influences at the forefront, with Manzarek-like synths and simple, psychedelic song structure. Nielsen's effortless vocals do come off a little lazy here but the execution is a charm of The Growlers and one that they make full use of. 'Tell It How It Is' speaks of a self-involved protagonist that could easily be autobiographical. Again, the simple song structure works here but the easy drum thwacks do become a little tiresome. You're almost willing the band to take things a little further, knowing they're capable of more - it's frustrating to hear them recycle the same beats and wholly similar riffs.
'Humdrum Blues' is the 'single' of the EP. Starting with a moody bass line and a thumping tom with Nielsen sounding better than ever. Speaking of a girlfriend that wants a "ring on her hand" rather than a vague commitment that isn't "enough to keep her wondering what I do when I'm gone", Nielsen's emotional, cracked execution evokes certain feelings that the band had yet to conjure on the previous offerings. As he sings "I never wanted money/ never wanted to chase these dragons/ not afraid of being lonely/ but if she leaves I don't know what will happen", it showcases the heartache of balancing a band and a relationship that most artists will no doubt be able to relate to.
'Ol' Rat Face' is immediately reminiscent of The Doors' 'Alabama Song', with tales fit for a hard-working bartender. This is band that like to tell drink-fuelled stories but often, they get to the point of that annoying mate who won't stop spieling come 3am. They've pinpointed their sun-kissed, psychedelic-indie genre but it does end up a little too obvious at times. Not. Psych! continues in this fashion, with 'Change in Your Veins' and 'Nobody Owns You' sounding a little like cut-offs from full length Hung at Heart. Sure, their pop aesthetic is appealing and the opening finger picking in 'Nobody Owns You' is more than a little catchy but these are songs that really don't jump out - they're the kind of music you stick on and almost forget it's playing.
Self-producing the E.P. is an impressive feat and one that The Growlers should be proud of - sticking to their guns and offering up their token D.I.Y. take on songwriting. Whilst 'Humdrum Blues' is a stand-out, pop fuelled track, the rest of the offerings are a little lacklustre - showcasing what we already know about this band and unable to conjure up any new excitement. Hopefully as winter approaches, this Californian bunch will hibernate and come out fighting in the new year.
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Every runner has heard the term VO2 max, but what is it exactly and why should you care? Your VO2 max (aka maximal aerobic capacity) is the highest rate at which your body can transport oxygen to your muscles, which your muscles can then use to produce energy aerobically. VO2 max is an excellent predictor of running performance for races of 1500 meters to 5K and a significant contributor (along with other factors such as lactate threshold pace) to performance for longer races.
As with most physiological measures, your current VO2 max is determined by your genetic potential and your training status. With the right types of training you can increase your VO2 max up to your genetic potential. Improvements in VO2 max occur due to increases in the amount of blood your heart can pump with each contraction (your heart's stroke volume) and a variety of adaptations in your muscles such as increases in the size and number of mitochondria in your muscle fibers, and increased capillarization.
A 2006 paper in Sports Medicine reviewed over 150 studies investigating VO2 max and running performance and concluded that it is still not entirely clear what range of running intensity is optimal for increasing VO2 max. The review recommended, however, that "well-trained distance runners should progressively increase training intensity to . . . VO2 max," and elite distance runners should include "progressive increases in the volume of training at or near VO2 max." What this means is that the fitter you already are, the closer to your current VO2 max you need to train to further improve your VO2 max.
Designing effective workouts
For well-trained and elite distance runners, the strongest stimulus to increase VO2 max appears to be provided by interval workouts that accumulate as much time at 95 to 100 percent of current VO2 max as possible. Effective VO2 max interval workouts can be run on tracks, golf courses, playing fields, trails or roads and can be flat, rolling or uphill. Training faster than your VO2 max pace does not provide as great a stimulus to increase your VO2 max because lactate builds up rapidly in your muscles and you cannot sustain that intensity for nearly as long.
The most accurate way to find your running speed at VO2 max is to be tested in an exercise physiology lab, but for well-trained runners your pace when running as hard as you can for eight minutes is a reasonable estimate. Experienced distance runners can typically maintain 95 percent of VO2 max for about 15 minutes. This range equates to about 3K to 5K race pace for elite male runners, and somewhat faster than 3K to 5K pace for everyone else.
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The heart rate zone that coincides with 95 to 100 percent of VO2 max is 95 to 100 percent of maximal heart rate. However, if you use that range there is a risk of running too hard because your heart rate stays essentially the same whether you are running at VO2 max or sprinting and exceeding it. For that reason, it is better to use prescribed paces or perceived effort for your VO2 max interval sessions, or to stay a few beats per minute below your maximal heart rate.
Using the strategy of maximizing time in the optimal intensity zone helps you to determine how long your intervals should be, how many to do, and how much recovery to take between efforts. When you start an interval, it takes a minute or so for your oxygen consumption to get up to the optimal range. Short intervals, therefore, have a higher proportion of "wasted" time than longer intervals. If your intervals are too long, however, you will not be able to maintain the optimal intensity range for the entire workout.
Intervals of two to six minutes typically allow runners to accumulate the most time at 95 to 100 percent of VO2 max. For many runners, workouts consisting of a total distance of 6,000 to 8,000 meters of fast running provide an effective balance between providing a strong training stimulus but not requiring too many days to recover. My favorite workouts are six efforts of 1200 meters or six reps of four to five minutes uphill.
How much recovery is optimal between efforts?
The objective of the recovery interval is to allow you to complete your workout at the planned pace. For VO2 max intervals, the work-to-recovery ratio should be in the range of 1:1 to 2:1 (i.e. your recovery would be two to four minutes after a four-minute effort). If your recovery jogs are too short then your subsequent efforts will have to be slower than the optimal pace or you will need to cut the workout short. If your recovery is too lengthy, however, your oxygen consumption decreases so that it takes longer to increase to the optimal range during the next interval.
To create a measurable increase in your VO2 max generally requires one targeted interval session per week, or three sessions every two weeks, for a minimum of six to eight weeks.


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Commercial Banks: Background
In the 2014 campaign cycle, people and political action committees associated with commercial banks gave more than $28.2 million to federal candidates, committees, parties and outside money groups that support them. Besides trade groups such as the American Bankers Association, the industry includes financial institutions such as Quicken Loans, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase.
In the early 1990s, the industry split its support between Democrats and Republicans, but since then has heavily favored Republicans, with the exception of the 2008 election cycle. In recent years, the lean has become even more pronounced. In 2014, 72 percent of the industry's donations to candidates and parties, or more than $19 million, went to Republicans.
In addition to increased scrutiny over executive compensation, the industry also suffered setbacks thanks to the passage of a bill commonly known as Dodd-Frank; the law aimed to curtail some of the practices of banking interests that were blamed for contributing to the Great Recession. The industry has lobbied heavily to minimize, or even roll back, the increased regulatory oversight the law has brought.
In 2015, the industry spent more than $63 million on lobbying -- the American Bankers Association, Wells Fargo and Independent Community Bankers of America were major players on this front, each spending more than $5 million.
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A master scuba-dive trainer, Cannatella has operated local scuba and snorkel tours since 2005 and felt the time was right to expand his enterprise with a retail business.
"I looked for a commercial property that offered the space, location, parking and price that I needed and then spent 40 days remodeling it to take the next step," he said.
PB Sports is a loose, island-style-looking store offering a wide variety of ocean activity equipment, including standup paddleboards, surfing, skim and bodyboards for purchase or rental, along with a wide range of dive and snorkel equipment that is especially popular during summer season.
Skateboards are also available for after-ocean fun.
"I wanted to add variety, a one-stop-shop for beach activities," said Cannatella as he manned the store's open-air, thatched-hut counter space with his bulldog, Emily. "We will be adding plenty of accessories as we head toward summer, too."
Cannatella originally grew up in Shreveport, La., and got certified to scuba dive when he was just 12 years old. After attending Louisiana Tech, he moved out west.
"I've always loved the great outdoors and worked in the ski patrol at Angel Fire, New Mexico and Lake Tahoe. In 2005, I came to San Diego, basically with the money in my pocket and got a job at a dive shop and worked my way up into a certified P.A.D.I. (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) open water scuba instructor. I started a scuba and snorkel tour website and things have now progressed into this new venture."
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Here are the latest Pulsations, links to fresh stories and visuals about Japan, shout-outs to fellow bloggers, and highly clickable stuff that we think you might enjoy.
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- Pepsi Energy Cola — How does it taste? (from Grinning Studios): Pepsi Energy Cola is back, and Darth Vader is endorsing it. Blogger Grin gives a brief review of the drink and tells you where you may find it before it vanishes off the shelves again.
- JapanaEight: Eight things that scare us (from Japanator): Think "kigurumi" cosplayers are creepy because you don't know who's underneath all that extra padding, and if they are wearing anything? Terrified of introducing women to your large anime figurine collection? You just may have something in common with one of these eight contributors.
- Renewing my driver's license (from Dru's Misadventures): Need to renew your driver's license here soon but don't know what to expect? Blogger Dru shares his own experience with the process.
- A giant pop-up jungle gym emerges in Tokyo Midtown (from Spoon & Tamago): For young and old Tokyoites alike, Design Tide Tokyo 2012 is offering a giant wooden playground. You should hurry if you wish to check it out, though; it will be taken down on Nov 4.
- Halloween in Japan 2012 (from The Japan Times): We know you read The Japan Times Online daily, but just in case you missed it on the first scroll …
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The Japanese performance group World Order has released a music video for their song "Permanent Revolution." The video, a commentary on the recent disputes among the Japanese, Chinese and Koreans, delivers the message that "We are all one" in a lighthearted manner. The members act as robot-like sightseeing, feet-soaking salarymen who, at the end, sign peace treaties with their other Asian counterparts. Nothing quite eases tension a little the way humor and goodwill do, no?


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Jimi Hendrix and the Flying Eyeball are images indelibly linked in the psychedelic poster art of the late Rick Griffin. Griffin discovered The Eyeball, in a much more benign form, in the 1950s auto detailing art of California pinstriper Von Dutch and reworked it over time to become the winged, bloodshot figure parting a ring of fire with serpent-like tentacles. The highlighted lettering, vivid color, and complicated imagery reflect Griffin's attention to precise details and the influence of Indian lore on his work.
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The 1st printing poster is identified by the placement of the "105" in which the "0" falls over the "I" in "Tickets" in the bottom left hand corner. It is on uncoated index, was printed before the concert and measures 14" x 21 1/2". Our remaining 1st printing copy has been professionally restored.
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AUSTIN — Former Texas football assistant coach Dick Tomey attended Saturday's game against Baylor and visited with several friends on the staff, but has not been hired as a consultant, a UT spokesman said Sunday night.
Longhorns assistant athletic director John Bianco refuted a report on the popular blog Barking Carnival saying that Tomey, who was an assistant at UT in 2004 before serving as San Jose State's head coach from 2005-2009, has been hired to advise head coach Mack Brown.
Saturday's loss to Baylor dropped the Longhorns to 4-4 overall, ensuring their worst record in over a decade, but Bianco said Brown is not looking for outside assistance.
"(Tomey) has three friends on the staff," Bianco said. "He was here with his wife and was just visiting. Mack is at his best when things are tough. He doesn't need help."


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BFenix wrote:thats awesome and all but how about the rest? like damage, range and cost? they stay the same??
Range has been changed too, it's all in the shiny online version chapter 7.3, just check for yourself: http://www.brikwars.com/rules/2005/7.htm
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NEW YORK (AP) - Miley Cyrus' memorable moment at the MTV Video Music Awards may not have been good for her, but it was great for MTV and social media.
NEW YORK (AP) � Miley Cyrus' memorable moment at the MTV Video Music Awards may not have been good for her, but it was great for MTV and social media.
An estimated 10.1 million people watched the annual program Sunday night, up 66 percent over last year for a show that is fueled by the buzz from talked-about moments, the Nielsen company said.
And few were talked about more than the former child star, who twerked, gyrated, stripped and swayed during her moment in the spotlight. Twitter said a new record for tweets per minute � some 306,000 � was set during Cyrus' medley of her own "We Can't Stop" and a duet with Robin Thicke on "Blurred Lines." It broke a record set by Beyonce during her Super Bowl halftime performance.
Cyrus eclipsed Lady Gaga's opening performance of her new single, Katy Perry's closing rendition of her latest hit and Kanye West's artsy set. The 20-year-old even grabbed more attention than Justin Timberlake's reunion with his 'N Sync band mates.
In her eye-popping performance, Cyrus stripped down to a nude bikini, grinded on Thicke and made suggestive moves with a foam hand. The wild child also slapped a girl's butt onstage.
With all the suggestive moves, MTV made one edit: censoring the lyric "Molly" in Cyrus' "We Can't Stop." That's considered a slang reference to the drug Ecstasy.
Within hours, the Buzzfeed site was posting the "15 Weirdest and Craziest Moments" from Cyrus' performance, which was aired live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
"Amazing. I thought it was awesome," fellow former child star Selena Gomez said backstage of Cyrus' performance. "I love Robin Thicke, too, so I like that they collab'd."
The watchdog group Parents Television Council, which lists Cyrus' dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, on its advisory board, criticized MTV for serving up sex to young viewers.
"How is this image of former child star Miley Cyrus appropriate for 14-year-olds?" said Dan Isett, public policy director for the PTC.
Artist to watch winner Austin Mahone also seemed to enjoy the performance: "I thought it was pretty creative. I thought it was pretty cool."
Brooke Shields, who played Cyrus' mom in a few episodes of "Hannah Montana" on the Disney Channel, took note of that on the "Today" show Monday: "I was Hannah Montana's mom! Where did I go wrong?"
On MSNBC's "Morning Joe," co-host Mika Brzezinski said that the performance was "disgusting and embarrassing," and that people involved should be ashamed.
Though they were attention grabbers and nominated for four moonmen each, Thicke and Cyrus walked away empty-handed Sunday night.
Timberlake earned three awards, including video of the year and best male video for "Mirrors." Days ahead of the VMAs, his rumored reunion with 'N Sync dominated headlines, and he and his former band mates delivered at the awards show.
As Timberlake performed a medley of his solo hits, JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick emerged from the bottom of the stage in suits to sing some lines from their hits "Girlfriend" and "Bye, Bye, Bye." Gomez, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and possibly the entire venue were giddy as the members of the boy band danced like they did a decade ago. Even rappers Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J admitted on the red carpet they were excited to see 'N Sync hit the stage.
"Half of the moonmen I've ever won, I won with those four guys right there," Timberlake said of his band mates when he accepted the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award. "So above all else, I'm going to share this � we can keep it my house � but I'm going to share this award with them."
Cyrus wasn't the only pop singer with edge at the VMAs. Swift also turned heads. The 23-year-old, who won best female video, appeared to utter an expletive to Gomez when Swift's rumored ex, One Direction member Harry Styles, was onstage. The boy band also earned boos when it won best song of the summer for "Best Song Ever," beating out Gomez, Thicke, Cyrus, Daft Punk and Calvin Harris.
Rapper A$AP Rocky also provided an awkward moment Sunday when standing next to NBA player Jason Collins, who were both announcing Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' performance. Collins, who is the first active player in the NBA to say he was gay, spoke about coming out as A$AP Rocky looked uncomfortable.
"The next artist is a good friend of mine and he stands up for everything he believes in as far as everybody being equal, color, homosexuality," the rapper said as he pointed to Collins in another awkward moment.
But that was followed with a touching performance of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' same-sex anthem "Same Love." It featured the song's original vocalist, Mary Lambert, as well as Jennifer Hudson. The video won best video with a social message, while their hit "Can't Hold Us" won best hip-hop video and best cinematography.
"I never dreamt I would be on a stage accepting an award, any of the awards, in particular for that song," Macklemore said of "Same Love" backstage. "It's much bigger than the music. It's equality, so that was the most special for me tonight, but all of them were incredible."
Bruno Mars, who won best male video and choreography for "Treasure," twirled with his two moonmen backstage, while Gomez admitted she thought Thicke's "Blurred Lines" should have won best pop video instead of her seductive "Come & Get It."
Lady Gaga kicked off the awards show in a less dramatic fashion compared with her past performances. She did change her clothes � and hair � various times onstage while dancing and singing her new hit, "Applause." She finished in a thong, revealing her toned body.
Katy Perry closed the VMAs under the Brooklyn bridge in a boxing ring, singing her smash hit "Roar."
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A serious effort is under way to raise this as in issue in need of fixing. Over the long term, effectively driving research conferences to locate outside of the US seems an unwise policy. Robert Schapire is planning to talk to a congressman. Sally Goldman suggested putting together a list of problem cases, and Phil Long setup an email address email@example.com to collect them.I'll second that. DON'T BE SHY. Efforts like this can actually work, and what makes them happen is access to the right people, and a good set of cases to fight for. The more cases there are (and all of us know of at least a few), the more powerful an argument we have. So please send mail to the above address.
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If You Want To Encourage Free Press And Free Expression, Subsidize Broadband, Not Newspapers
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First, direct subsidies for journalism are the wrong way to go, even dangerous. But we absolutely could use the kind of indirect help -- taxpayer-funded deployment of high-capacity, wide-open broadband networks -- that would be an analogue to the early American postal subsidies, and then some. This would be essential infrastructure, aimed at beefing up all 21st Century commerce and communications, including but not limited to journalism.Gillmor then goes on, in great detail, about why this makes sense, in that it actually promotes a lot more competition and opportunities for journalism to thrive, rather than just trying to prop up the old system of journalism. There are, of course, other issues with subsidizing broadband, but if the focus is on journalism, encouraging widespread access to information and the ability for others to create information definitely does seem like an area worth exploring.
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