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Yes, that's right... Oracle Application Express running on Microsoft's Internet Information Server (IIS)! In-between trips to the beach this summer, I decided to write a PL/SQL gateway module for IIS. The result, called the Thoth Gateway, is now available as open source.
This means that the deployment options for PL/SQL web applications are now:
- The Embedded PL/SQL Gateway (DBMS_EPG), which is a webserver built into the database itself
- The Oracle HTTP Server (OHS), which is based on the Apache codebase, with mod_plsql
- Java-based web servers (such as Tomcat, WebLogic, and others) with the open-source DBPrism plugin, or the upcoming, Oracle-supported Apex Listener
- And now, Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) with the Thoth Gateway module
The Thoth Gateway is implemented in C# as an ASP.NET HttpModule and uses the Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET) to communicate with the database.
The Thoth Gateway supports almost all of mod_plsql's features, and even adds a few more (such as CLOB parameter support for values over 32K). Check out the project page for the details.
It's also worth noting that the Thoth Gateway, being a volunteer project, is not officially supported by Oracle in any way. But at least now you have the option of using Microsoft's IIS as the web server for Oracle PL/SQL web applications. In fact, you can use any of the above listed gateways side-by-side for the same PL/SQL web application (all on the same box, or on different physical servers).
I am very interested in feedback if you decide to go ahead and try the Thoth Gateway, so feel free to add comments to this post about any bugs or problems you encounter, or use the project's issue tracker (adding issues requires a Google account).


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As the SQL repository parses the XML repository definition file, it creates an instance of your
RepositoryPropertyDescriptor class and stores it directly in the SQL repository's list of property descriptors for each item descriptor. The SQL repository calls
setItemDescriptor() to associate your property with its item descriptor. The SQL repository then calls one or more methods corresponding to the property's type:
If the property refers to another item's type, this method:
sets the item descriptor for that type, depending on which attributes are set in the
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component-data-type, or
component-item-type. They define the property's Java class, the component's property class (if the property is a multi-valued property), the
RepositoryItemDescriptor for a scalar or a multi-valued property that refers to other item types.
If your property type can accept any of these values, you do not need to override these methods. If your property is constrained in what data types it supports (which is generally the case), you should put error checking logic into these methods to throw errors if an invalid type is specified. Your property descriptor should throw the unchecked
IllegalArgumentException to provide details about what type is required. If your property type is very restrictive, you can implement these methods to return the appropriate values:
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item-type, and
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getPropertyValue() and
getPropertyValue() methods, which, in turn, call the
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getPropertyValue method receives an extra
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setPropertyValue can embed a call to
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If your property is not set, you may choose to return the value of the
getDefault() method on the
RepositoryPropertyDescriptor. This allows the user to set the default value for this property with the
default attribute in the XML tag. This method calls
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false. If you want a user-defined property to be queryable, make sure it extends
GSAPropertyDescriptor. You may also override the methods
isWritable and
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The Fayetteville Fire Department's Fire Training Center is a six-story building that includes over 7,000 square feet of working floor space. The facility provides a safe and secure environment for firefighters from the entire region to practice a range of skills, including confined space operations, forcible entry, rope rescue, high rise firefighting, and roof ventilation. The facility is equipped with three separate Class A burn rooms and a flashover simulator. About 14 acres was allocated to the Fire Department for the development of dedicated training grounds in 2015. Infrastructure improvements began the following year, and were completed in April 2017.The main facility was funded with $600,000 in grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant program and the Department of Homeland Security. The city contributed 10 percent in matching funds.
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On Smackdown last night, WWE rasslers Christian and Sheamus finally adjudicated matters inside the ring, and one fan captured the magic moment with an Aqua Blue 3DS, seen here. I bet this does indeed look lovely in 3D.
For those interested in the final score, Sheamus pinned Christian (following a brogue kick) winning out in a triple-threat match that included Mark Henry, to achieve No. 1 contender status. He'll face Randy Orton for the heavyweight belt next week.
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We are currently looking to sound proof our floor against mainly airbourne noise. I've found a product called quiet floor, but its about £15 per square metre which is over my budget of £250 per room. Does anyone know of any similar products or ways that I can get the same level of sound protection for cheaper.
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Court denies Utah attacker's claims that he suffered emotional distress while stabbing teen
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Court of Appeals has denied a request from a prisoner who wanted his attempted murder conviction overturned because he claimed he suffered emotional distress after he stabbed someone.
The unusual request was made by 25-year-old Cody Jesse Augustine, who argued that the act of stabbing a teenage boy in July 2008 triggered an adrenaline rush, along with fears that a friend who joined the assault using a medieval battle-axe could be hurt.
Augustine's attorney, Stephen Howard, said at a hearing last month that the jury in the 2011 trial didn't adequately consider the distress Augustine was under. Utah state prosecutor Karen Klucznik countered that it wouldn't have mattered, saying no jury would have bought the claim.
The court agreed with Klucznik. In a ruling issued Thursday, the court found Augustine's emotional distress was self-created, making the juror instructions irrelevant.
An emotional distress defense cannot be self-imposed, according to the decision. It must come from a person being exposed to "extremely unusual and overwhelming stress," the court wrote.
The ruling came back quickly — just three weeks after the hearing. The Appeals Court usually takes at least twice that long to make a decision, Klucznik said. The speed of the decision, she said, "reflects the clarity in the law" regarding emotional distress.
"We are very pleased," Klucznik said. "This continues the pattern that the defendant does not get to cause his own distress."
Howard was not immediately available for comment Thursday.
Augustine was convicted of attempted murder after stabbing Justin Ennis several times with a knife while his friend Scott Tyler Stapley attacked Ennis with the battle-ax, which he called a "toy." Ennis was 17 at the time. He survived and spent five days in a hospital.
Augustine and Stapley, 26, both were convicted of attempted murder and were sentenced to three years to life in prison.
Police said the two were Juggalos, a name for fans of the Insane Clown Posse rap group. Juggalos are considered a gang in Utah.
During the Feb. 14 hearing, Howard acknowledged that some of the stress was caused by Augustine's decision to attack the teenager, but he said there were other personal issues that contributed as well, including Augustine's belief that he had contracted a sexually transmitted disease from his girlfriend.
Court documents show Augustine thought Ennis was the original source of the disease he thought he got from his girlfriend. He and Stapley lured Ennis outside by posing as the girl and sending text messages, the documents state.
Howard said proper jury instruction about the emotional distress claim might have led to a conviction on a lesser charge. He also argued a psychologist should have been allowed to tell jurors that Augustine's emotional distress was legitimate.
During the hearing last month, Utah Appeals Court Judges Stephen Roth and J. Frederic Voros Jr. questioned how that testimony would have added anything to the trial.


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He also is threatening utility companies' rights to operate in the state in the future if they don't immediately put power restoration work into high gear.
The governor says there's "no reason to panic" about gas shortages. He said Friday that tankers are now making "great progress" delivering fuel and that his order will help get gasoline to consumers faster. He also says terminals that suffered damage in Superstorm Sandy are coming back online.
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Kell is one of the last Antari―magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between
parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.
Kell was raised in Arnes―Red London―and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody reg
ime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.
Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.
After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.
Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive
- A Darker Shade of Magic
- A Gathering of Shadows
- A Conjuring of Light
If you followed my Read Along-posts, you might have noticed that I wasn't happy with that book at all. I kinda hoped it would get better but now I am finished and still unhappy. What a waste of time.
Positives first – 3 different Londons is a cool idea.
That's it.
Even the 3 Londons are super generic. One is magical and fluffy and colourful. One is grey & bland and there's hardly any magic. One is evil and has evil magic and everything wants to kill and eat you. There's also a 4th London which is cut off, because it went berserk. Because of that, travel between the other 3 Londons is only possible if you are an Antari, which is a powerful wizard, who can control all elements. Antaris have one black eye. There's only a few of them.
One of them is Kell. Kell is our main protagonist. He's okay. Pretty boring to be honest. He sometimes likes to moan and steps into every trap in his way.
The other is Holland. Holland is mean. I think that's it. We didn't get to know a lot about Holland, which is a shame, cause he was supposed to be one of the main opponents. I am sure he will play a bigger role in the sequel, but I won't be there to witness it.
Lila is our second protagonist. She is pretty far at the top of my list of most aggravating & annoying characters of all time. Lila is a thief who is very unhappy with her life and wants a new one. She also doesn't really want to work for it, but thinks everything's unfair and wants it to be handed to her. She feels sorry for herself the whole time, but when anyone shows compassion and wants to help her, she doesn't want any of it.
Instead of taking up an honest profession, she whinges and moans and won't stop stealing. She's also pretty stupid and acts like a child throwing a tantrum more often than not.
Lila and Kell together made me want to run head first against a wall.
The story is nothing we haven't seen before. There's an evil black stone that grants everyone who holds it grand magical powers. It's also dangerous and wants to take control over its owner. Like the one ring. So Kell who thinks the stone is from Black London, wants to bring it there to destroy it. Like going to Mordor, but without a cool fellowship. And there's no Sauron or Saruman, but a bland antagonist couple – The Dane Twins, rulers of white London. They are really disappointing, as we don't know anything about them, apart from them liking torture and getting tricked even quicker than Kell.
Bland, boring, nothing new, disappointing antagonists & unlikeable protagonists.
I don't need more of this.
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Use the interactivity to help get a feel for this problem and to find out all the possible ways the balls could land.
Terry and Ali are playing a game with three balls. Is it fair that Terry wins when the middle ball is red?
This activity asks you to collect information about the birds you see in the garden. Are there patterns in the data or do the birds seem to visit randomly?
What can you say about the child who will be first on the playground tomorrow morning at breaktime in your school?
What statements can you make about the car that passes the school gates at 11am on Monday? How will you come up with statements and test your ideas?
The class were playing a maths game using interlocking cubes. Can you help them record what happened?
Written for teachers, this article discusses mathematical representations and takes, in the second part of the article, examples of reception children's own representations.
In this problem you will do your own poll to find out whether your friends think two squares on a board are the same colour or not.
Have a look at this table of how children travel to school. How does it compare with children in your class?
Investigate how avalanches occur and how they can be controlled
How does the time of dawn and dusk vary? What about the Moon, how does that change from night to night? Is the Sun always the same? Gather data to help you explore these questions.
Do you know which birds are regular visitors where you live?
This article for teachers looks at some suggestions taken from the NRICH website that offer a broad view of data and ask some more probing questions about it.


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US Draganov, are there any updates on this particular series of Saiga 12??
Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller


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Irene does a lot of white doodling on black, white is very dynamic. I just love the look, so here I made some leaves from tracing a piece of chipboard onto black paper and then cut them out and doodled away. It is a great way to add some paza!
The second picture here shows my tag for hidden journaling. Once again I am a big fan of hidden journaling and you will find that on a lot of my layouts. I gold embossed the edges of this tag and mounted it on black card stock and added a lovely button for the pull.
These butterflies are also stamped with StazOn with just a regular rubber stamp, my stamp just happened to have 3 different size butterflies on it so that was kind of nice and worked well. I just cut them out and bent the wings upward at the body to give them more demension and stuck the on with a mini glue dot. The glue dots seem to work the best with the transparency. I really like the look of these. I think they look very elegant and delicate.
June 6, 2008
Doodling, butterflies and hidden journaling
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- Ruth said...
beautiful butterflies and lovely LO's
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What you will find is Unique and sometimes even controversial yoga articles that will make you stand right up and go "hmmmm ... I never thought about that before!" Just take a peek at some of the past articles linked in the right-hand menu and you'll see right away that this yoga magazine truly is "something different!"
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Leg cramps
Leg cramps are very common and usually harmless. They can happen at any time, but most people have them at night or when resting.
Leg cramps happen when a muscle suddenly shortens and becomes tight (spasms).
They can be very painful and make it hard for you to move. The cramps can last from a few seconds to 10 minutes.
They can affect the:
- calf muscle, below the knee at the back of the leg
- muscles in the feet or the thighs (less often)
After the cramp has stopped, the muscle might feel tender for up to 24 hours.
During a cramp
Most cramps go away without you doing anything, but stretching and massaging the muscle can help to ease the pain.
Paracetamol or ibuprofen will not help when cramp is happening as they take too long to work. They can help to ease muscle tenderness afterwards.
Preventing cramps
Regular calf-stretching exercises might not completely prevent cramps, but may help to reduce them.
How to stretch calf muscles
- Stand facing a wall, arm's length away, with your feet flat on the floor.
- Lean forward, pressing your hands against the wall until you feel your calf muscles stretch. Hold for 2 or 3 seconds.
- Stand up straight again.
- Repeat a few times for 5 minutes, 3 times a day (the last time just before bed).
If the number of cramps reduces, you might only need to do the exercise once or twice a day.
Non-urgent advice: See a GP if:
- leg cramps are disturbing your sleep
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- there's a chance you might have got a tetanus infection from a wound
Your GP will examine you to try to find out the reason for your cramps.
They'll suggest a treatment depending on the cause.
This might be:
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- quinine tablets if your cramps are very bad and exercise has not helped
Quinine is not suitable for everyone. Your GP will discuss potential risks and side effects with you.
Cramps can sometimes be caused by:
- ageing
- exercise – putting too much strain on muscles
- pregnancy – usually in the later stage
- medicine for lowering cholesterol (statins) or high blood pressure (diuretics)
- not drinking enough fluid (dehydration)
- liver disease – because of too much alcohol
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Hello everyone!
I have been out of the loop for quite a while, and am trying to figure out how to get back in. Does anyone know what times are good for going to the RPGWW chatroom or hitting people up for character interaction? I appear to hit every dead period.
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By Lynne Tuohy
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DOVER, N.H. — The star witness against a man charged with raping and strangling a University of New Hampshire college student broke down on the stand Tuesday, saying she can't get the image of the victim's death out of her mind.
Kathryn McDonough is a former girlfriend of defendant Seth Mazzaglia, who's charged with first-degree murder in the death of Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott, a UNH student from Westborough, Massachusetts, on Oct. 9, 2012.
During her fourth day of cross-examination Tuesday, McDonough began sobbing as she blurted out that she couldn't remember minor details from that night because the image of Mazzaglia strangling Marriott, who was 19, takes over her mind.
Defense attorney Joachim Barth immediately challenged the authenticity of her outburst.
"You cry without tears, Ms. McDonough?" he said.
No tears were visible in her eyes, and she did not reply.
McDonough originally told defense investigators that she and Marriott were engaged in rough sex involving restraints when Marriott died. She said she lied to protect Mazzaglia but changed her story after being given immunity from prosecution. She is serving a 1 1/2-to-3-year sentence after pleading guilty last July to conspiracy, hindering the prosecution and witness tampering. Her plea deal hinges on her testimony against Mazzaglia.
Barth has peppered McDonough with questions in a bid to undermine her credibility. He questioned her about details she omitted from her grand jury testimony last year, including a text message she received from Mazzaglia that she has testified was a coded reference to an imminent sexual advance on Marriott in the Dover apartment the couple shared. She testified she lured Marriott, her friend and co-worker, to the apartment because Mazzaglia wanted women to join their sexual relationship.
Prosecutors say Mazzaglia and McDonough dumped Marriott's body in a river. Marriott would have turned 21 on Tuesday. Her body hasn't been found.
McDonough talked with investigators from Barth's office two days after Mazzaglia's arrest on Oct. 13, 2012. She had testified she told them one of the stories she and Mazzaglia had concocted to cover the killing, saying Marriott had a seizure and died during rough sex.
"In our office you didn't cry, you didn't flinch," Barth pointed out to her Tuesday.
She answered that it was because she was telling them a lie.
"It wasn't real," she said. "I was able to push the images aside and keep up with the fake story I was telling you."
Barth pointed out that, when asked during grand jury testimony last year whether she had anything she wanted to tell Marriott's family, her response had been, "She got into a bad situation."
He contrasted that with her sobbing statement of remorse last week, when she said, "Because of us she never got to live her life."
McDonough testified Tuesday that she has been "at a loss for words" to describe her emotions since Marriott died.
Jurors on Tuesday also heard a recorded jailhouse conversation between Mazzaglia and McDonough less than two weeks after his arrest, in which they discussed plans to marry despite his incarceration.
"I'm sorry it couldn't have a little more pomp and circumstance to it," says Mazzaglia, who is not expected to testify.
McDonough returns today for a seventh day of testimony.


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Mike McShane Joins Faye Tozer and More in THE TAILOR-MADE MAN, Opening at the Arts Theatre Tonight
American actor, singer and improvisational comedian, Mike McShane will be joining the cast of the new musical, The Tailor-Made Man, when it opens at the Arts Theatre in London tonight, 21 February, previewing from 14 February. He will be playing the role of Louis B Mayer. Also in the cast will be Faye Tozer as Marion Davies and Dylan Turner as William Haines, along with Bradley Clarkson as Jimmy Shields, Michael Cotton, Kay Murphy, Matt Wilman, Lauren Grant, Vivien Carter, Holly Easterbrook and Edward French.
Mike McShane's most recent West End role was as the voice of Audrey II in the Menier Chocolate Factory production of Little Shop of Horrors at the Duke of York's Theatre in 2007. On Broadway, he appeared in La Cage aux Folles in 2011. On British TV, he is probably best known for his regular appearances between 1988-1997 on the British version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and he played Kramer's nemesis, Franklin Delano Romanowski (FDR) on Seinfeld.
THE TAILOR-MADE MAN is the true story of William Haines, the silent screen star who was fired by Louis B Mayer of MGM Studios because he was gay and refused to marry and give up his lifelong partner Jimmy Shields. The new musical will receive its world premiere at the Arts Theatre in London. The limited eight-week season will end on 6 April.
In 1930, William "Billy" Haines was one of MGM's most idolised male stars, second only to John Gilbert. On screen he was tailor-made to get the girl in the last reel. On the back lot he cruised every bit player and stagehand in sight. Billy lived openly with his lover and former stand-in Jimmy Shields. This was tolerated by the studio until rumours started to seep out into the wider world. Louis B Mayer ordered him to marry the sultry silent screen vamp Pola Negri. Billy refused and so Louis B Mayer fired him. Billy's defiance of the studio led to his second and even more successful career as an interior designer to the stars. The Tailor-Made Man is a powerful story about Hollywood and its system and hypocrisy, but above all it is the story of Billy and Jimmy's turbulent, passionate love affair that survived and lasted over 50 years.
THE TAILOR-MADE MAN has a book by Amy Rosenthal with Claudio Macor, music by Duncan Walsh Atkins and Adam Meggido, and lyrics by Adam Meggido. The original play is by Claudio Macor.
THE TAILOR-MADE MAN will be directed at the Arts Theatre by Claudio Macor, with Martin Constantine as the creative associate. Choreography will be by Nathan M Wright, with design by Sophia Simensky, lighting by Humphrey McDermott, sound by Tom Marshall and musical direction by Duncan Walsh Atkins.THE TAILOR-MADE MAN will be produced in London by Stephen McGill.
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A fire caused by faulty electrical equipment killed 13 boys at an Islamic school in Myanmar on Tuesday, the fire service said, although some Muslims voiced concern since it followed a wave of anti-Muslim violence in the Buddhist-majority country.
The boys suffocated after the fire broke out in a dormitory of the school in the central, multi-ethnic Botataung district of the former capital of Yangon at about 2:40 a.m. (2010 GMT on Monday).
Yangon Region Fire Service said it was setting up a team to investigate the fire with the police, the electricity company and representatives of Muslim groups.
"The fire, caused by the overheating of the transformer placed under the staircase, spread, trapping the boys sleeping in the attic. As a result, 13 twelve-year-old boys died of suffocation after inhaling smoke," a fire service officer said, reading from a statement.
About 70 boys were thought to have been sleeping in the dormitory, which is in a mosque compound. Most managed to escape when fire officers broke open the double-locked doors to the building, Colonel Win Naing, chief of Yangon Division police, told reporters.
He said a case had been opened that could lead to action for negligent homicide being taken against those responsible for the mosque. An imam, or religious teacher, was taken in for police questioning on Tuesday, said an official at a mosque where the surviving children were being housed.
Neighbors and witnesses said the doors to the dormitory may have been locked due to security concerns after violence elsewhere in the country in March, and the windows were barred.
Riot police cordoned off the area but a crowd that gathered was peaceful.
Electrical faults are major causes of fires in Yangon.
But, against the background of the recent sectarian violence, many Muslims were "very suspicious" about the latest fire, said Mya Aye, a Muslim member of the 88 Generation Students' pro-democracy group.
"We are worried and sad because innocent children died," he said.
At least 5,000 people attended a funeral service for the victims in the afternoon at a Yangon cemetery, Reuters reporters said.
"The school just reopened yesterday and now my son is dead," wept Ohnmar Lwin as she buried her child.
Yangon, by far the biggest city in Myanmar, escaped the recent anti-Muslim violence although authorities posted police outside mosques and ordered restaurants in some areas to close early on some evenings as a precaution.
Officially, 43 people died in the Buddhist-led violence, which erupted in Meikhtila town in the center of the country on March 20 and included the fire-bombing of mosques.
It spread to at least 15 other towns and villages until President Thein Sein ordered soldiers and police to crack down.
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ITEMS LOCATED: Paper, sand, soil, stone, wood, plastic, glass, steel, coffee, acrylic and gold
REMARKS: Another American obsession, another distraction, another perverse entertainment, "Decaf Mochachino" found at Level 3. God forgive us for what we have done to each other. They used to say He is
the way. Which way to the Way? God left this place a long time ago. Anybody else?"
-Hey zombie why are you so doom and gloomy?
-You think I am the devil but only because I lived in hell. I want out. This place is about to explode. Now that I'm Fat, balding and older things are different, I want to spend my time with someone nice. My bodily dysfunctions? Anybody for? Going once? For? And garbage? The great romantic depot for the greatest romantic despot" What makes him sad is what makes him want. We're all characters of a grand plot who struggle under strongly opposing desires. We seek a new beginning, a renewal. I am preparing myself for the coming take over and I am rearing up on my... Bing Bling Bang Bling Big Bing Bang Bing (decoy)
ITEMS LOCATED: Paper, sand, soil, stone, plastic, glass, photograph, wood and gold
REMARKS: This first discovery was found like much of the others in and under Chatham Square. It was dug out at 4 feet, which for our sake will be Level 2 as opposed to Level 1 which deals with ground level, and Level 3 which deals with digs from 5 to 10 feet deep and ultimately, Level 4 which spans below 10 feet and up to 15 feet underground. This first "leftover" as we like to call them is named "Hare Jordan", and so
for the obvious lack, although strong suggestion of the presence of a hare. It deals with air, with reaching for air, for life…and if for life then deals with a lot more. What ever happened to science fiction?
Just add a few what ifs and it all becomes way to real, and then you find yourself as if frozen in time and space, as in a Pompei like setup with a lava like substance where all freezes in that last action, that
last gasp and all gets rooted, part of the roots. What happened was clearly established, we were waiting for a finisher, a messiah, it had all been foretold, but it all came too fast. Open your veins it's quicker, and with your blood you renew the world from age to age. The hare did run faster. He probably had to, to be up for his sucky job at 6 am.
ITEMS LOCATED: Sand, stone, steel, wood, marbles, plastic, paper, acrylic and gold
REMARKS: The second was dug out a little deeper than the last at about 6feet under or at Level 3, still around what would be Chatham Square. It is named "Hello Kitty" for the undeniable presence of many waving cats. For the Chinese and the followers of their fate and/or superstition these cats stand as lucky charms, as protectors and guarantors of a wish, probably that of financial security, as they are most often than not found at the entrance of businesses and more particularly very close to cash registers. There is no business like the one of money and luck. It follows the laws of supply and demand, but there are always more customers than actual products. What is it really? A substance of value? A value of substance? For all that died for the sake of gold, in all its shapes, for all the ones who survived, money always comes with a price. What the worth? What's the worth of an individual? There is no business. There is income. What do you do for a living?
ITEMS LOCATED: Paper, sand, soil, stone, plastic, electronic circuit and gold
REMARKS: This leftover is dedicated to "Lily", more women, more modern, more sacrifice and eventually more redemption. Because life had decided, had developed in a way where we could be together and it felt
like we should. Muse or Excuse. Beautiful in any country, she had walked up to me and said "Somehow, you don't strike me as the innocent type, you'd think I hadn't met people like you before. I smell you, killing is a way of life". As if. I had never even addressed her. Let's get "tabloid", with the face of an angel, the body of a seductress, the eyes of the devil we can be sure that she'll be around for years to come. O. She had posed nude for a tasteful Marilyn Monroe like spread. She even got to participate in steamy hot sex scene with the secret agent. Neither dress, nor manners fooled her in the least. She got married, divorced
and then dated a tobacco executive. That's when she became eager to show off her softer more mature look. And although you may not recognize her name, she had one of those faces that is almost impossible to forget. At any rate a profound impression. Accordingly the reader assumes full responsibility for the use of the materials contained herein. Why? Why not? Just another unguided forum. Blinders. It's sadness first and then offered relief. How does it feel? We're not children anymore. The Brat is dead. People should get a permit to have children. One day all children realize that all parents are weak, that they should just pull
the trigger. When all they should have said was we won't let any other go, we don't want to lose you just yet, maybe I just give a fuck. Do you really only grow up the day you kill someone?
ITEMS LOCATED: Aluminum, wood, salt, fake pearls, sand, thermometer, steel, photograph and gold
REMARKS: This next chance creation is named Pearl River, found at Level 4. It somehow retained its innocence, like a souvenir. I like pale hues. It's very feminine. It says I am here for lack of a better idea;
too elusive to be a movement but a moment, definitely. A moment can give meaning to a life, to a lie. We see her take back the ownership of her body image, hard work, determination and a killer body. You can
only sabotage your feminist ethics for so long. Well, Hello officer, how can I help you today? You're looking for genuine love. Sorry no I haven't seen any lately. But do come back at some other time, you might get lucky. When the world as you know it is over and you happened to be one of the sole survivors isn't it so nice to talk shit about somebody else…
ITEMS LOCATED: Paper, sand, soil, plastic, glass, aluminum, photographs, goggles and gold
"Right on Target" found at Level 2 under a shopping center on Division Street is proof that American history continues. Just like an old reliable obsession, America plans to extend her brood. Her self-proclaimed disdain for monogamy makes her an interesting little catch, a life long virus, physically debilitating, chemically altering. She's running in and out of hospitals treating exhaustion and
appendicitis. REAL estate opportunities. The goddess of the scaffold shows no mercy. We save the government and that's how they show their gratitude. There are no slaves and masters here. It's cut throat. No hands. No vote. Let's go far right. Who's gonna cast the first stone?
ITEMS LOCATED: Paper, sand, soil, plastic, glass, aluminum, sea shell, electronic circuit, wood and gold on birch wood
REMARKS: "Successful Hunt" was found at Level 1 near Wall Street. At the cultural level there is only one such feat, and it's an idea not an object. It reminds me of the elusive nature of words, wording and calling Words like rude, bitch, anger with angel wings or worse for better or for worse. For better or for words. I should have known better. (Laugh) Humor is the universal language. It lies in style.
New Yorker Agathe Snow's approach to art is more a way of life than a studio practice, informed by personal circumstance, travel, current events, counter-culture, and a drive to engage with and stamp her imprint on the world at large. Often using objects she's found on the street her sculptures reconfigure the detritus of everyday life as deliriously apocalyptic monuments of societal breakdown. In Three (Cross With Balloons), Snow's crucified effigy towers with effete comic horror. Mounted in mud, wrapped in cling film, and bound with a noose, her suburban victim is adorned, adulated and ridiculed with party hat and balloons, a pair of Converse All- Stars dangling from its death rood like a public notice of crime committed.
Snow explains this series of work as being about "cartooning archetypes of power that I hated, with Mother Nature on my side". Drawing together a wide variety of reference points – from
consumer culture to Renaissance painting – Snow's Four (Center Cross) humorously poses as a contemporary St. Sebastian, a stick-riddled martyr of modern decadence. Nailed to a graffitied
crucifix, conveying a medieval jubilee at the display of enemy corpses, Four (Center Cross) is a triumph of loathing and decay, its battered shopping bag and McDonald's flag denoting a member of the foe camp.
Within Snow's work is the intrinsic value of creative methodology and material negotiation, the infusion of her idiosyncratic interpretation and belief into the structures she assembles. The making of Snow's sculptures is an intensely physical process, and for this series of work she created each piece in the gallery where it was originally exhibited, inhabiting the space for the duration of the show. This performative dimension of her work is evidenced in the finished pieces, such as Five (Cross On The Left With Spider Web), which expose her modes of assemblage, spontaneous decision making, and playful innovation, transforming simple objects
such as used clothing and twigs into totems of artistic creation and fictionalised degeneracy.


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Thank you Joy!! This looks like a great recipe for busy women!! (that means all of us!!!) No need to complete it all in one shot….. mix and let rise…. cover and let rise….
"Hi Marlene,
I thought the readers of The Jewish Hostess might enjoy this No Knead Bread Recipe from The Sullivan Street Bakery. Since I have discovered this recipe I have made it many times with different variations, wholewheat, semolina, olives, & roasted garlic with rosemary. It is delicious rustic bread crusty on the outside and chewy and soft with tunnels on the inside…..so easy my 12 year old grandson made it! The trick is to let the dough rest for 12-18 hours….the longer it rests the more complex the flavors get…Jim Lahey of the Sullivan Street Bakery developed this formula: "- Joy Betesh
Items Needed for this Kosher Recipe
- 3 cups (430g) flour
- 1½ cups (345g or 12oz) water
- ¼ teaspoon (1g) yeast
- 1¼ teaspoon (8g) salt
- olive oil (for coating)
- extra flour, wheat bran, or cornmeal (for dusting)
- Two medium mixing bowls
- 6 to 8 quart pot with lid (Pyrex glass, Le Creuset cast iron, or ceramic)
- Wooden Spoon or spatula (optional)
- Plastic wrap
- Two or three cotton dish towels (not terrycloth)
Directions for this Kosher Recipe
Mix all of the dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Add water and incorporate by hand or with a wooden spoon or spatula for 30 seconds to 1 minute. Lightly coat the inside of a second medium bowl with olive oil and place the dough in the bowl. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough rest 12 hours at room temperature (approx. 65-72°F).
Remove the dough from the bowl and fold once or twice. Let the dough rest 15 minutes in the bowl or on the work surface. Next, shape the dough into ball. Generously coat a cotton towel with flour, wheat bran, or cornmeal; place the dough seam side down on the towel and dust with flour. Cover the dough with a cotton towel and let rise 1-2 hours at room temperature, until more than doubled in size.
Preheat oven to 450-500°F. Place the pot in the oven at least 30 minutes prior to baking to preheat. Once the dough has more than doubled in volume, remove the pot from the oven and place the dough in the pot seam side up. Cover with the lid and bake 30 minutes Then remove the lid and bake 15-30 minutes uncovered, until the loaf is nicely browned.
For the whole wheat version, I substituted 2 cups of whole wheat flour for the white flour
For the semolina, I substituted 1 cup of semolina flour (smead) for 1 cup of white flour
For the olive bread, I added 1/2 cup pitted & chopped Alphonso or kalamata olives to the dough mixture just before I let it rise in the towel.
For the garlic & rosemary bread, I sauteed 4 garlic cloves cut in slivers in a teaspoon of olive oil and then mixed the garlic pieces (without the oil) with 2 tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary and added to the dough mixture just before it rises in the towel
Mark Bittman, of the NY Times has a You Tube video on making this bread.
Click above to watch it!


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Yesterday Porsche pulled back the curtain on what is arguably their latest, greatest 911, the 2014 911 Turbo S Cabriolet. It's amazing, I'm sure, but when it comes to Porsches I prefer to go old school.
I bet Jeff Zwart is the same way. He's a photographer, filmmaker, advertising guru, championship rally driver, and hardcore Porsche-phile. He's also the subject of the latest video from our pals at Petrolicious.
Can you blame Zwart for turning out the way he did? The first car he ever drove was an original 911, and now he owns several, including an early white one and a Pikes Peak record-holding 1994 SCCA Pro Rally Championship Carrera 4, which we have seen before. He said he likes 911 because they always teach you something new when you're behind the wheel.
And as an added bonus, there's that sound. I could listen to those flat-sixes all day long. It's good to be Jeff Zwart.


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Ash & Ice
The Kills Celebrate Their 10 Year Anniversary With A Very Special Music Video Directed By Samantha Morton
Over their almost decade-and-a-half career, multi-faceted rock minimalists The Kills have released four records, each one a restless, reckless enigmatic art statement that bristled with tension, anxiety, sex, unstudied cool and winking ennui. Yet not one of them sounded like the previous one. "In an effort to not repeat ourselves, the path of least resistance has never been ours. Change is uneasy. Art should be uneasy", says Alison Mosshart, sitting at a long wooden table in her rented house above Los Angeles' Griffith Park, where she's been residing for a month, right next door to her musical partner Jamie Hince.
This is where the two friends-cum-soulmates finished their long-awaited fifth album, Ash & Ice, due for release on June 3 (Domino). Unlike earlier albums, which have largely been written and recorded at Key Club Studio in Benton Harbor, Michigan, this one had a rather vagabond, as well as protracted, existence with the main bulk of recording taking place in a rented house in LA (using both Key Club's and Jamie's own mobile units) and at the world famous Electric Lady Studios in NYC. Begun three years ago, the project was derailed when Hince broke a finger. The first doctor he saw gave him a shot of cortisone, which caused a painful reaction giving the guitarist sleepless nights, undue misery and the loss of a tendon in his hand. "He couldn't play guitar," Mosshart says, "He began buying all these funny instruments that you would only need one hand to play." But the idea that he would never play again was unendurable, and Hince consulted another doctor. Five operations later, with time out for rehabilitation, Hince was ready to get back to work, but only after learning how to play guitar in a way that didn't include the previously important finger. It was during the guitarist's 18 month long recuperation that he first starting sketching out what would become the songs for the album, including the song that gave the album its title.
"One of the first songs that he brought for the record was called 'Ash & Ice,' and we loved the title," Mosshart says. "I guess he was sitting at some bar or some party or someone's house, people were ashing into a glass of ice, that end of the night thing." In Hince's recollection, he was the ash-icer. "I had a drink, and I just threw my cigarette in this glass of ice, and it was just as simple as that. I liked the idea of it being these two opposite souls. I liked it being the idea of someone with a joint in one hand and a drink in the other." Mosshart likes the connotations as well. "I loved it because it's opposing ideas, because it's black and white and hot and cold and all these things. It is all sides of everything and at the end of it, maybe it's nothing but a memory, a cigarette in a glass of ice." The song itself underwent a change of title, to "Let it Drop" but the name remained for the album title.
Mosshart for her part didn't languish during her partner's recovery from surgery. She made a record with The Dead Weather, her side band with Jack White, as well as doing some serious painting. She'd always been painting backstage while The Kills were on tour — the prerequisite was it had to fit into her suitcase. But after moving to Nashville a few years ago, she moved into a formal studio space, which allowed her to work on bigger canvases, leading to her first solo show at New York's Joseph Gross Gallery last summer. Titled "Fire Power," it featured 127 paintings, drawings, mixed media, and tapestries. That was not to say she ignored the band. During the past few years she admits to having penned somewhere around 120 songs. But writing has never been a problem for Mosshart, who composes quickly and fearlessly, rarely overthinking, just letting the songs move through her, inspired by an overheard conversation, a mood, a person, or just the sound her turn indicator makes while she is guiding her muscle car through traffic. What takes the most time is writing separately and turning it into a cohesive whole. Mosshart expounds, "If Ash & Ice were a painting, it would be incredibly complex. It would be one that looked like it had been painted over and over and over and over. It would be so thick off the wall, it would be coming through the frame."
Explaining their unique and often-misinterpreted relationship, Hince says, "I still get this feeling that it's us against the world. I would take a bullet for that girl. I think she's absolutely fantastic, and I have no friendship like that with anyone else. When she has a passion for something it's just all or nothing. And I absolutely love that. We're creative and driven, and we're also competitive, and I think that's important as well. We're like two little fascists trying to be communists….I think we have mostly a healthy competitiveness. Sometimes we've fallen out over things. Sometimes you have to really struggle with somebody to get to where you're meant to be. I think in music you've got to be really careful about trying to get along. Compromise is the biggest enemy of any artist, and working in synchronicity is disastrous to a creative endeavor."
"I wouldn't say we fight actually," counters Mosshart. "It's like creative fighting. My songs will be so different than what he's coming up with, and The Kills is really the combination of those two things. That makes it really interesting to us."
They say that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and in this case it began with a 6000-mile train trip. To shake up his writing process, Hince decided to book a trip on the infamous Trans-Siberian Express, crossing seven time zones. "I wanted to go away somewhere on my own and find out what I had in me. I just took my guitar, all my notebooks and a camera. The first thing I wrote was 'Siberian Nights.' I had this vision of the record being this icy, paranoid record as I was traveling through Siberia. But the rest of the songs are more about the emotion, the struggle."
Which is very rare for The Kills. Earlier albums had an air of detachment, an emotional austerity or just a psychic ambivalence about feelings, underpinned by an uneasy self-awareness and a seething, unexpressed anger. The 13 songs on Ash & Ice are more understated, less tempestuous and more affecting because of that, exposing the kind of push-pull you feel when you find yourself in a complicated but all-consuming relationship. "I'm really quite a private person that's found himself in this public world. But I felt this time I had to really lay myself on the line and be vulnerable when I was writing. I certainly didn't want to lay my heart on the line in songs, but the floodgates opened up in me anyway."
As the recording continued, at Jamie's rental house in Los Angeles and then at Electric Lady in Manhattan, the band found the whittling down and perfecting of ideas to be the most complex part of the creative process. Mosshart explains, "A record really is a result of changing ideas over time. To get to one place that's cohesive, and a lot happens from the beginning to the end. When we started this record, all of the songs that I had that I thought were going to be on that, they're buried under a sea of a hundred other songs, but they're all part of it. That's the stuff you don't see. That's what's underneath. Getting to that place and getting your writing up to scratch and your ideas to change. At the end you have the thing, which is this flat disc that just seems so simple to everyone who holds it in their hand or plays it, and they don't have to hear the background noise. And that's fantastic, because that's the magic."
Ash & Ice, the resulting 'flat disc' is, says Hince, "the most forward thinking record we've ever tried to make." From the Trans Siberian Railway to the hills of Hollywood and to New York City via London and Nashville, The Kills' epic sonic journey meant discarding not just earlier material but also their own ideas on what it means to be a guitar band. There is a sense with both of them, that the two people who began this album weren't the same as the two that finished it. Hince concludes, "It's a not a retrospective, throwback album by any means. In fact, if anything it's running away from the past. It's a record of now and it's a record for the future."
Jaan Uhelszki 2016
- The Kills Unveil New Single; "List Of Demands" Out Today
- The Kills announce Echo Home - Non-Electric EP in celebration of 15th Anniversary
- The Kills cover Rihanna's 'Desperado' for Sirius XMU plus perform 'Heart Of A Dog' on Conan
- The Kills Share Video for 'Siberian Nights'
- Watch the video for The Kills' 'Heart Of A Dog'
- The Kills announce new album Ash & Ice, to be released 3rd June
- Shoot To Kill(s) - Alison & Jamie Release Luxury Photography Book
- The Kills Celebrate Their 10 Year Anniversary With A Very Special Music Video Directed By Samantha Morton
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Choosing the Path of Intimacy
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Ask a dozen people what it is, and you'll get 13 different answers. Men and women tend to define intimacy differently, and I think there are also some generational differences in how people look at it. It's elusive and hard to pin down. If you ask a married couple if they are feeling intimate with their spouse at any given time, they will probably tell you how they feel (yes/no/somewhat), but they may not be able to say exactly why.
As elusive as it seems, most everyone seems to understand its importance to marriage. As my new reader survey results continue to show, intimacy is one of the most sought after topics on my blog. So even though I've touched on it periodically, I decided it's time to really give the topic the attention it is due.
Intimacy is a Living Thing
It is important to understand that intimacy is organic; it's a living thing. As such it is either growing or dying. Very few living things can stay dormant for very long and still survive.
Regardless of how you define intimacy, you are either growing toward each other or growing away from each other as a couple. I look at this dynamic as a couple either being either on the Path of Intimacy or on the Path of Separation. And make no mistake; you are on one or the other.
When left to inertia and natural human tendencies, intimacy will tend to decline. It just doesn't happen on its own. It takes a conscious effort to get on and stay on the Path of Intimacy, whereas the Path of Separation is easy to enter and even easier to stay on.
This is why so many couples seem to wake up one day suddenly asking themselves questions like: "where has the passion gone?" or "why does he always treat me like that?" or "why doesn't she trust me?" or "why does he leave everything to me?" or "does she always have to be such a nag?" or "isn't she attracted to me any more?"
The Path of Separation that leads to these questions can be a subtle one. You may be on it for months or even years before you realize that you are in a marriage that lacks the kind of intimacy and passion you once had; the kind of intimacy and passion you desire. Often by that time old habits and patterns of thinking are deeply engrained, making it difficult to reverse course and get back on the Path of Intimacy.
But it is possible. Very possible.
Wouldn't you rather wake up one day saying things like: "Wow, I didn't know it could be that good after all these years," or "I can't believe we are still so in love," or "this just keeps getting better and better," or "I'm so thankful I married my best friend," or "You are the best thing that ever happened to me."
I plan to spend some time on the important topic of how to choose the Path of Intimacy. I want to look at how the choices we make either put us on the right or wrong path when it comes to intimacy. I want to examine things that destroy intimacy and things that build it up.
If you desire a more deeply intimate marriage, stick around for this series and join in on the discussion.
Index to the rest of the Intimacy Series:
- Intimacy - It's Not What You Think!
- Intimacy - Choose Trust
- Intimacy - Choose to Lose the Shame
- Intimacy - As Much as You Want
- Intimacy - The Most Important Ingredient
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Ben Butcher, president and CEO of STAG Industrial, Inc. (NYSE: STAG), joined REIT.com for a CEO Spotlight video interview in Chicago at REITWeek 2013: NAREIT's Investor Forum.
STAG Industrial focuses on the acquisition, ownership and management of single-tenant industrial properties throughout the United States.
Butcher discussed some of the overall trends in the industrial sector and the company's robust acquisition activity.
"The industrial economy tends to follow the general economy, so with the gradual improvement in the general economy, we're seeing an improvement in the industrial economy and leasing. Our tenants are expanding," he said.
STAG Industrial was busy acquiring properties in 2012 and has been in 2013, too. Butcher said the company is finding opportunities for accretive growth.
"We grew about 70 percent last year on a square-footage basis and we expect to grow at least 25 percent this year," he said. "The opportunities are there because we do something a little different than the other companies, so we therefore have a little less competition than people that are viewed as peers."
When it comes to whether or not there are geographic regions that are more favorable to the industrial sector, Butcher said that different regions have different strengths. He said STAG Industrial tends to be "relatively agnostic" when it comes to regions.
"We look for assets that provide good cash flow returns to our investors. Having said that, regions like greater Detroit, with the resurgence of the auto business, have done quite well in the last few years," he said.


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Captions are visual lines of text that are synced with a video. Captions are used primarily for closed captioning for the deaf and hard of hearing. Captions can also be used for subtitles, karaoke, scrolling news items, and teleprompters. Government regulators, broadcasters, and streaming services often have specific requirements for closed captions and subtitles.
In Final Cut Pro X, you can create captions for your project right in the timeline, or you can import them into your project. After you've added the captions, you can adjust and arrange them in the timeline, as well as format the text. Using Final Cut Pro or Compressor, you can then share your project with captions embedded directly in the video file, or as separate files.
Choose a caption format
When you're creating captions for your project in Final Cut Pro, choose the format that best fits your delivery requirements before you start captioning.
- For broadcast, web streaming, DVD, or Blu-ray, use CEA-608 (also known as CTA-608 and EIA0608). CEA-608 provides limited text formatting options, and limited support for languages with non-Roman characters. You can export captions in projects using the CEA-608 format embedded in the media file, or as a separate file.
- For delivery to the iTunes Store, YouTube, and Vimeo, use iTT. The iTT format is designed to deliver captioned media to the iTunes Store. iTT supports more text formatting options and a larger range of languages, which makes it more suited for subtitling than CEA-608.
- For posting videos to social websites like Facebook, YouTube, or Vimeo, use SRT. In SRT, each caption has a number, a start, and end timecode, and one or more lines of text with HTML tags. SRT provides limited text formatting options.
Create captions
In Final Cut Pro X, captions are assigned special caption roles. To add a caption role, choose Modify > Edit Roles. If you just want to add captions in the language your Mac is currently set to, click Apply. Final Cut Pro adds caption roles to the library your project is in.
If you want to create captions in other languages, create a subrole for each language. You can author captions in other languages directly in Final Cut Pro, or import translated captions into those subroles.
Position the playhead where you want the caption, then choose Edit > Captions > Add Captions (or press Option–C). Final Cut Pro places a caption clip in the caption lane, and the caption editor opens in the timeline. Type text into the caption editor.
You can also add, edit, and navigate between captions:
- To add another caption, position the playhead, then press Option–C.
- To edit an existing caption, double-click the caption in the timeline, then make your changes in the caption editor.
- To navigate between captions, click the left or right arrow in the caption editor, or press Command–Left Arrow or Command–Right Arrow.
Final Cut Pro X and Compressor automatically check your captions for errors as you create them. In Final Cut Pro, captions with errors appear red in the timeline. An explanation of what's causing the error and possible solutions appear in the Caption inspector. Learn more about caption validation in Final Cut Pro and Compressor.
Format caption text
You can change the formatting and the color of the text, as well as the placement of the captions on the screen. The options available depend on the caption format you've chosen.
To format a caption, select a caption clip in the timeline. Options appear in the Caption inspector. A single caption can have a variety of text formatting.
Arrange captions
After you add a caption, you can adjust the amount of time a caption appears on screen, and its position in the timeline.
To adjust the duration of a caption, drag the start or end point of the caption clip in the timeline.
To adjust a caption clip's position, click and drag a caption clip left or right. You can also adjust a caption's position by nudging them using keyboard shortcuts, or by entering time code.
Try to avoid overlapping captions. When captions overlap, they turn red in the timeline, and error messages appear in the Caption inspector. To share your project, you'll need to resolve any caption overlaps. Choose Edit > Captions > Resolve Overlaps.
Create captions for other languages
After you arrange all the captions in the primary language, you can duplicate the finished set of captions. Then, you can translate the duplicated sets of captions right in the Final Cut Pro timeline.
- Click one of the caption clips, the press Command–A to select all captions.
- Choose Edit > Captions > Duplicate Captions to New Language, then choose a language. A new set of duplicated captions appears in the timeline, and a sub-role is created for the new language.
- If you want to enter caption text in a language that requires special characters, add that language in the Language and Region System Preferences, choose the language from the Input menu in the menu bar, then enter text in that language in the captions editor.
To change the language that appears in the viewer:
- Choose View > Timeline Index > Roles.
- In the Index, select the language you want to see in the viewer.
Share projects with captions
In all caption formats, you can share a separate caption file for each language subrole. In CEA-608, you can also share your project with captions embedded in the media file.
In SRT, you can import and export SRT captions as separate files, but they can't be embedded in an output media file the way CEA-608 captions can. Unlike captions in other formats, exported SRT captions can be read and edited in a plain text editor.
Export captions only
If you want to export the captions only, choose File > Export captions. In the window, select the languages from Roles section, choose a location for the files, and click Export.
Burn in captions
Many share destinations also include an option to burn in captions, so they're permanently visible in the exported file. In the Roles pane of the Share window, click Captions, then choose the caption format you want to burn in from the pop-up menu next to Burn In.
Share with Compressor
You can send your project to Compressor, which you then use to batch process for delivery to YouTube, Vimeo, DVD, and other destinations. You can send a project to Compressor as a standard Compressor batch, which includes one set of captions.
For projects you want to prepare for the iTunes store in Compressor, choose File > Send iTMS Package to Compressor. iTMS packages can contain multiple languages and multiple formats.
Work with captions in Compressor
With Compressor, add captions to a media file by importing them into a job. When you work with projects that already have captions, Compressor extracts the captions when you add the source file to a batch.
You can validate the captions, correct errors, adjust caption text and properties, and you can export captions separately. You can then transcode video and captions using standard transcode settings, or publish the video with captions directly to YouTube. Learn more about working with captions in Compressor.
Learn more
- Overview of captions in Final Cut Pro X (Final Cut Pro X Help)
- Overview of captions in Compressor (Compressor Help)


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As many of you know – once apple season slows down – crafting season begins for me! One of the big things that I do in December is the Craftacular in Madison. The show is actually going to be tomorrow, December 3rd from 10-5 at the East Side Club. I hope you stop by if you have a chance or are in the area.
Also – the apple store itself will be open tomorrow from 9 to 12. If you need cider, apples, honey, canned goods, etc, feel free to stop on in.
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Now, I'm going to talk a little about what I'm offering and how I altered my display a bit.
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One of the new things I'm offering this year are tutu's. I made both my girls one for their Halloween costume and I loved them so much I had to make more for you all to pick from! Not only are there fantastic tutu's but there is also a good selection of 'Magic Apple Wands', funky headbands, and fun hair pins. If any of you remember my display from previous years it was all just brown wood. Well, earlier this week I decided to modify it a bit – I spray painted the earring racks and other display items with chalkboard paint. I tried to spray paint a few of my apple crates white but that really didn't work so I had to go to brush painting white. I think the white will really help you see into the crates at what's displayed inside. Overall – I'm really happy with the new look and can't wait to see what you all think tomorrow! Capri dancing around in the rainbow tutu.Another new item I have this year are hand-dyed t-shirt rosette head bands. Of course, I had to get some fun manikin heads to put them on! Here is a close-up of my earring racks. I organized my earrings this year by price and then wrote with a chalk pen next to them how much they are. This will hopefully ease your ability to shop for the perfect pair! Every time I tried a different tutu on Capri she would come up with a new dance move! It's amazing what those little circles of tulle will do to your child!
I will also be having a few 'craftacular' specials on earrings and ornaments so be sure to stop by my booth! Hope to see many of you at the show tomorrow!