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What's Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – May 18th, 2020
Last week's economic news included readings on inflation, retail sales, and a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. The University of Michigan released a preliminary reading of its Consumer Sentiment Survey; weekly readings on mortgage rates and initial jobless claims were also released.
April Inflation and Retail Sales in Negative Territory
Consumer prices fell in April to a negative reading of -0.80 percent and matched expectations. The Core Consumer Price Index, which excludes volatile food and energy sectors, fell to -0.40 percent from -0.10 percent in March. Analysts expected a reading of -0.20 percent. Consumer Price Indices are used for determining inflation rates.
Retail sales also posted negative readings for April. Overall, retail sales fell by -16.40 percent as compared to the March reading of -8.30 percent and April's expected reading of -12.50 percent. Retail sales excluding autos fell by 17.20 percent; analysts expected a reading of -0.90 percent based on the March reading of -0.40 percent. Retail readings may improve in May as retail establishments and malls start to open.
Fed Chair Expects Slow Economic Recovery
Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve advised business contacts that the economic recovery may be slower than originally expected. In remarks given at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Mr. Powell said, "The path ahead is both highly uncertain and subject to significant downside risks." Mr. Powell cautioned that "the passage of time can turn liquidity problems into solvency problem" and suggested that additional government assistance to households and businesses may be worth it to prevent more damage to the economy.
Mortgage Rates Mixed; New Jobless Claims Fall
Freddie Mac reported little change in average mortgage rates last week. Rates for 30-year fixed-fixed rate mortgages averaged two basis points higher at 3.28 percent. Rates for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped by one basis point to 2.72 percent. Rates for 5/1 adjustable rate mortgages averaged one basis point higher at 3.18 percent. Discount points averaged 0.70 percent for fixed-rate mortgages and 0.30 percent for 5/1 adjustable rate mortgages.
New jobless claims were lower than in the prior week but remained far above traditional readings. 2.98 million claims were filed as compared to the prior week's reading of 3.18 million initial claims filed. Analysts expected a reading of 2.73 million new claims filed.
The University of Michigan released its preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index readings for May. The latest index reading was 73.70 as compared to an expected reading of 69.80 and last month's reading of 71.80. May's reading was in line with Chair Powell's suggestion that consumers are looking ahead to returning to work and shopping as the economy gradually reopens.
This week's economic reporting includes readings from the National Association of Home Builders on housing market conditions along with reports on housing starts and building permits issued. Data on existing home sales and weekly readings on mortgage rates and new jobless claims will also be released.
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Statistically, is Coronavirus now Less Dangerous than Heart Disease? [High Effort Post]#15107581
By Wulfschilde - 15 Jul 2020 04:49
- 15 Jul 2020 04:49 #15107581
Recently I read the CDC and another webpage wrong due to declining interest. In order to redeem myself, I am now making a [High Effort Post]. Reply at your own risk. You have been warned. Trump 2020.
According to the CDC, roughly 12,500 people in the United States die of heart disease each week: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm
* I reached this number by dividing the number of deaths for the year of 2017 by 52, roughly the number of weeks in a year.
Last week in the US, a prospected 950 people died of coronavirus, including comorbidity: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm
* I reached this number based upon the "percentage of expected deaths" figure which has been largely accurate through most of the testing periods.
Based upon this data, one might argue that the coronavirus pandemic is already over: heart disease is roughly 13 times as deadly as coronavirus and they both target predominantly older individuals, which makes comparison appropriate.
Maybe it will go away and maybe it won't. But in light of the greatly reduced death rate, is there a point when people should decide that we just have to live with this thing? Or do we stay locked down forever because there's a new, albeit statistically unlikely cause of death for old people?
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Re: Statistically, is Coronavirus now Less Dangerous than Heart Disease? [High Effort Post]#15107582
By wat0n - 15 Jul 2020 05:05
How many Americans suffer from heart disease?
How many Americans have been infected with SARS-Cov2?
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By blackjack21 - 15 Jul 2020 05:14
Wulfschilde wrote: But in light of the greatly reduced death rate, is there a point when people should decide that we just have to live with this thing? Or do we stay locked down forever because there's a new, albeit statistically unlikely cause of death for old people?
Well, it's getting to the point where the death rate is low enough that they can't really consider it an epidemic anymore--at least according to their own definitions. However, we are in a presidential election season, so I do not see an end to the craziness until after early November.
Outbreaks vs. Epidemics
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been careful to characterize the sharp uptick in flu cases as an outbreak, rather than an epidemic. What's the difference between an outbreak and an epidemic, and where do pandemics fit into the nomenclature of disease?
In terms of the flu, the difference between an outbreak and an epidemic is the percenatge of overall deaths caused by the disease. Every week, the CDC gathers morbidity data from hospitals in 122 cities nationwide and figures out what percentage of the decedents died of pneumonia, cancer, and other prolific killers. If the number of flu-caused deaths exceeds 7.7 percent of the total, then the United States officially has an epidemic on its hands. According to the latest survey, only 7.2 percent of last week's deaths were due to influenza, so there's no epidemic yet.
So we have an "outbreak" of coronavirus now, not an epidemic if we're following CDC guidance from 2019. The US has a confirmed case fatality rate of 3.92%.
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By Unthinking Majority - 15 Jul 2020 05:24
PUT YOUR MASK ON I'M GOING TO CATCH HEART DISEASE
Never let facts get in the way of a good narrative.
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By Godstud - 15 Jul 2020 08:14
A really fucking retarded comparison but I guess we can't expect much more from uneducated twits who think a pandemic isn't something to worry about.
Your heart disease isn't contagious. Why aren't you comparing it to car crashes?
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By ingliz - 15 Jul 2020 09:07
Wulfschilde wrote: death
Death isn't the only outcome to be worried about. A study of Italians hospitalized with Covid-19 who survived has shown that the long term effects of the disease are real and debilitating with 44% of patients reporting that their quality of life was worse than before they were sick.
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By XogGyux - 15 Jul 2020 09:23
blackjack21 wrote: Well, it's getting to the point where the death rate is low enough that they can't really consider it an epidemic anymore--at least according to their own definitions. However, we are in a presidential election season, so I do not see an end to the craziness until after early November.
As usual, you are spewing complete utter unmitigated nonsense.
Epidemic or Pandemic does not refer to any %% of deaths. They refer to the prevalence of a disease. You can have an epidemic of gonorrhea, had zero deaths and still be an epidemic. Your site it is some sort of dubious "Slate.com" and not the CDC.
From the ACTUAL CDC:
https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dsepd/ss1978/ ... hic%20area.
Epidemic refers to an increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in that population in that area. Outbreak carries the same definition of epidemic, but is often used for a more limited geographic area.
Unless you consider the WHOLE United States as "more limited geographic area" or actually the WHOLE World "more limited geographic area". The only thing limited here is any shred of sincerity coming from you.
As for the OP, this has been discussed at length in previous posts. Your "High effort" is laughable.
As @Godstud hinted earlier part of the issue is the nature of the disease. By June, close to 600 healthcare workers have contracted the disease and died. How many healthcare workers do you reckon to get heart disease from their patients and die? . Furthermore, this is under the paradigm that we are "aggressively" taking precautions for prevention of further disease. Now, we can have a whole debate in "how aggressive" are we really doing, arguably not much, but that's another point entirely.
Even under these conditions of large scale precautions... we still have close to 140k deaths in about 4 months. If you kept the same conditions and extended that for a year we would be looking closer to half a million people dying from this shit... and that is under lockdown situations, remove that from the equation and you could have even more.
Now, those are "just" deaths. And I don't mean "just" as if it didn't matter, it does, but what I am also trying to say is that we have other problems other than deaths to worry about.
Part of healthcare being run like a business means that hospitals are optimized to run like a business.
Most for-profit hospitals (and this have increased a lot in the last few decades due to non-profit/rurals going out of business or being bought out) means that they don't really have many "extra resources" (beds, personnel, etc). So they are ill-equipped to handle surges. Furthermore, this disease, even when it does not kill, tends to put people in the hospital for a significant amount of time, further decreasing the resources even when they don't die.
Then there is the issue of the vagueness of the statistics. For statistics to be useful, you need to understand the context and mechanism/how the system works. You need to know how they are reported, etc. Did you do the homework? What does the CDC consider heart disease? How are those reported/counted? At this actual cases or estimates? What degree of overlap exists... for instance if a patient comes with the flu, and has a heart attack while in the hospital does it count as both pneumonia and heart disease or does it count only as pneumonia or only as heart attack? What about a patient with atrial fibrillation that has a stroke as a result of a clot formed in the heart, would that lead to a "heart disease" report or something else?
How many diseases are "heart disease". There is no such thing as heart disease in medicine, rather there is coronary artery disease, heart failure with low or preserved ejection fraction, aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation, atrial fibrillation, and many others. Presumably, heart disease would include many of these.
Now, as I said, none of this is important. Even if you could demonstrate that all those cases are STEMIs, accurate (not estimate and no overlap with other etiologies), etc. You still have to reconcile this with the fact that we are talking about different entities with different pathophysiology.
Seems that most of the rest of the world had an approach that seems to be working. An approach that we failed to adhere to properly. We are paying the price now and we will continue to do so for years.
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The US has been mostly reopened for months now, leading (as we're often reminded) to the rise in cases because the disease can be contagious. Despite this, it is still 1/13th as dangerous as heart disease. Couldn't these things be taken as evidence that the coronavirus isn't very dangerous anymore?
If it's rational to shut the country down to fight the sources of coronavirus, wouldn't 13 times as many deaths mean it would be rational to ban fatty foods?
Also, the comorbidity argument against heart disease statistics is no good because the coronavirus death count is extremely broad, being based upon "deaths with COVID-19" as opposed to the harder to determine "deaths from."
Wulfschilde wrote: Couldn't these things be taken as evidence that the coronavirus isn't very dangerous anymore?
Absolutely not. You simply ignored anything I said and put up your same retarded point again.
The US has been mostly reopened for months now
That is not true. I live in one of those states that "opened early" and there was no real open. Sure, the governor gave an OK, but costumers didn't return back to business right away. Just 1 week ago I went to a barbershop on a weekend at usual peak hour (I was expecting to just walk out if there was a line) and sure enough, there were 4 barbers talking to each other and not a single customer. Same thing with restaurants.
Yes, there has been the occasional party and occasional large gathering... and that is in part to blame for the "uptick" that we are currently experiencing that might force another shutdown (as California already did.)
Even if for an instant I were to grant you "it is not that lethal" for the sake of argument... the fact is the rest of the world is controlling it, we are not. And this has serious implications for our future trade, economics, politics, etc. The right thing to do is to aggressively control it, if not for public health, if not for our populations' health... at this point it is a global economy/diplomacy nightmare if we end up with a country full of infected citizens that won't be allowed in europe, asia, canada, etc.
By Atlantis - 15 Jul 2020 10:51
Without extraordinary interventions such as lockdowns, travel bans, containment measures, etc., Europe would have more than 3 million death by now instead of about 0.15 million for the whole of Europe.
Thus, the global death count would be at least as high as for the Spanish flu.
@Wulfschilde, your comparison is total BS.
In fact, people who are trying to undermine containment measure by claiming that the fatality rate is low want millions to die.
Europe unite against the forces of Imperialism!
I've been pretty open about wanting millions of people to die, in fact that was one of my very first posts here. So please provide evidence for this claim.
My point though is that fried chikkin barbecues are killing 13 times as many people as corona virus and we don't ban corona beer. Hypocrisy much?
Also the quarantines going on sometimes 8-10 months after the virus is speculated to have appeared didn't do shit, the death rate in places that never locked down is similar as to places that did.
Wulfschilde wrote: I've been pretty open about wanting millions of people to die, in fact that was one of my very first posts here.
Then your opinion is not wanted as this is not something most of us want.
Genocidal fuck.
By JohnRawls - 15 Jul 2020 12:58
Wulfschilde wrote: Recently I read the CDC and another webpage wrong due to declining interest. In order to redeem myself, I am now making a [High Effort Post]. Reply at your own risk. You have been warned. Trump 2020.
YEAH, it is so not dangerous that it managed to beat total US war death numbers in couple of months besides the CIVIL WAR and WW2.
So uhhh, apparently the only event that caused more deaths for US besides Covid is basically the Civil war and WW2. And those raged for years. I am pretty sure that if this rages for the same time as the Civil war or WW2 then it will kill more people and finally be the single largest die off event in American history, congrats on the success.
Well that and heart disease don't just appear out of nowhere. It is usually related to older people and you know them getting older. This is something that you can't really prevent reliably unless you turn back ageing.
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JohnRawls wrote: YEAH, it is so not dangerous that it managed to beat total US war death numbers in couple of months besides the CIVIL WAR and WW2.
But you are talking total death numbers, I'm talking about death numbers right now
Wulfschilde wrote: But you are talking total death numbers, I'm talking about death numbers right now
Death numbers right now is on the lower side because more or less we figured out how to treat the fucker, got more ventilators, got more medical facilities and started doing real testing. It is not perfect in every regard but it is better compared to couple of months ago in any country. So no shit that the death numbers will go down even if the amount of infected is increasing. But that is besides the point. First of all, treatment is not perfect and saves you from death not even in all cases and second of all, the side effects of COVID seem to be problematic also in around 25% of cases. So for every dead person, we are getting some kind of health problems for 25 more. Most of which we still have no full understanding about and also if they are permanent/long term/short term. Evidence seems to suggest that there will be a lot of permanent/long term health consequences but the decision ain't final yet.
JohnRawls wrote: Death numbers right now is on the lower side because more or less we figured out how to treat the fucker, got more ventilators, got more medical facilities and started doing real testing. It is not perfect in every regard but it is better compared to couple of months ago in any country. So no shit that the death numbers will go down even if the amount of infected is increasing. But that is besides the point. First of all, treatment is not perfect and saves you from death not even in all cases and second of all, the side effects of COVID seem to be problematic also in around 25% of cases. So for every dead person, we are getting some kind of health problems for 25 more. Most of which we still have no full understanding about and also if they are permanent/long term/short term. Evidence seems to suggest that there will be a lot of permanent/long term health consequences but the decision ain't final yet.
So agree with me then that it's recently been killing about 1/13th as many people as heart disease does and we need to ban fried chicken and big sodas?
Wulfschilde wrote: So agree with me then that it's recently been killing about 1/13th as many people as heart disease does and we need to ban fried chicken and big sodas?
Heart disease is not preventable while COVID is. COVID is a virus while Heart Disease is as the name implies a disease that is not contagious that happens mostly due to ageing. Friend chicken doesn't make you age. It can only make you fat. Which might be a negative thing for your heart disease but is not the underlying cause.
But if you are asking if i could bann super fatsos from eating friend chicken and drinking sodas then sure. I am all for banning chickens and big sodas for people whos body/mass index is beyond some number like 50 or something unless they are an athlete or a heavy gym goer.
JohnRawls wrote: Heart disease is not preventable while COVID is. COVID is a virus while Heart Disease is as the name implies a disease that is not contagious that happens mostly due to ageing. Friend chicken doesn't make you age. It can only make you fat. Which might be a negative thing for your heart disease but is not the underlying cause.
Wow, that's so callous of you. Of course heart disease is preventable. You just have to eat right, for your entire life, until you die of something else. I may be a Nazi who wears a dead wolf on his head but I have empathy for other human beings and that is why I will not stop badgering you until we have banned large sodas.
Wulfschilde wrote: Wow, that's so callous of you. Of course heart disease is preventable. You just have to eat right, for your entire life, until you die of something else. I may be a Nazi who wears a dead wolf on his head but I have empathy for other human beings and that is why I will not stop badgering you until we have banned large sodas.
What, you don't like people being called fatsos or something? Have some standards. I have plenty of empathy for those who deserve it. Also heart disease is not preventable in any way shape or form because of ageing. The older you get, the more problematic it gets. It is not the only disease that is heavily related to ageing but one of the main ones. At best, we can only manage it nowadays. We can never fully cure it in most cases. Medicine and science ain't there yet.
As for you trying to misinterpret my words that i want to bann sodas and chicken nuggets or something Why would i want to bann them if i drink/eat them often. But banning them for super fatsos would be nice.
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A bill introduced this week by Republican Sen. Bob Antonacci would phase out the state's $420 million film tax credit program.
The measure comes as Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday suggested he would be open to rolling back the tax credits in exchange for boosting education or health care spending in the budget.
Antonacci, a freshman Republican from the Syracuse area, wants the program eliminated entirely.
The tax credits have gone toward a number of prominent New York-based productions and post-production projects.
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Cuomo's floating of the tax credit rollback for the film industry may be a way of goading Sen. Mike Gianaris, a Democrat who prominently opposed the Amazon deal and whose district includes Silvercup Studios.
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Finally! Enough of these giveaways to those who don't need it by those taxpayers that don't have it.
How many years did Skelos and Flanagan endorse budgets that included these programs without saying a word? It is easy when you have been voted out of positions of power to make statements and propose bills like this. Now that one party is running NY as voters have rejected the Repubs we have this type of posturing going on! What a bunch of losers/hypocrites!
I am not in the city and like many many of us not in the city, our livelyhood depends on the tax credits. When the tax credits were not in place there was only 1/3 the work. Most "companies" taking advantage of the tax credit are independent film makers who put the money back into the next film. As a small company, I have great employees who I don't want to be let go because there is no work. Additionally MOST of the work we get would not take place in New York if the tax credits did not exist.
Great point, but the problem is everyone's taxes in NYS are too high which makes the state uncompetitive when compared to others. You get a few bucks in relief but the rest of us need to make that up and we're already paying through the nose.
You seem to waffle on the subject of tax abatements, you're for the film and nuclear industries getting big breaks but not Amazon, what's the difference? Or do you like to keep control and decide who will be the winner and who will be the loser? Makes it easier collect the ziti when they need you doesn't it?


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Pets of Tri-I
Audrey Goldfarb
As loyal fans may have noticed, Pets of Tri-I was absent from our November issue. Pooja Viswanathan is moving on to a postdoctoral position at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and sadly must leave this column behind. But never fear, dear readers; Pets of Tri-I lives on in the hands of fauna enthusiast Audrey Goldfarb! Accordingly, pet owners who would like their furry, feathered, or scaly companions to be featured should direct their correspondence to agoldfarb@rockefeller.edu.
For this issue, I interview Sylvia the cat and the rainbow fish, the unlikely roommates who live with our very own Irene Duba (Rockefeller University Ph.D. Candidate). I met Sylvia earlier this year, and we were getting along wonderfully until I accidentally stepped on her tail. I was eager to redeem our friendship after that regrettable blunder as well as to officially meet her new aquatic acquaintances.
Audrey Goldfarb: How old are you? In human years?
Sylvia: Four and a half on December 10! I'm getting stressed about graying so maybe you can print that I'm actually three…?
Fish: We have no concept of the passage of time.
AG: Who was here first?
S: I have been the queen of this domain since the beginning. The others have joined my realm and I do my best to tolerate their presence.
F: This is our tank. There was no before.
AG: Do you have other roommates?
S: My pal Ben and my frenemy Barb the dog. Ben is good at snuggling and chin scratches. Barb just drools everywhere.
F: There are some snails that sometimes live with us, but they're free spirits and frequently escape the tank to travel the world.
AG: Is there a hierarchy?
S: Obviously.
F: We try to exercise power over the snails…
AG: How do you spend your time?
S: I like to luxuriate in the sun, sniff the city air coming through the windows, and train my 10-meter dash up and down the hallway. Sometimes I pull pranks on Barb. She's the village idiot.
F: We swim left, and sometimes we swim right.
Preparing to swim left.
AG: What are your favorite foods?
S: I need my daily dose of faucet water—if it's close to bedtime and I haven't gotten my slurps in, you WILL hear about it.
F: We go crazy for flakes. Brown flakes, red flakes, you name it.
AG: What did you think of each other when you first met?
S: I thought they looked pretty tasty.
F: We admit we were glad there's a glass wall between us and Sylvia!
AG: In this time of anthro-polarization, how do you set an example of peaceful coexistence as traditionally antagonistic species?
S: I choose not to eat the fish.
AG: What is your favorite thing about yourself?
S: I'm an excellent singer. Not many people know this about me. I'm a big fan of musicals. When I try to practice with Irene, she just gives me more food…I take that as encouragement.
F: We can swim from one end of the tank to the other at record speeds. You should feel the wake we leave in our path. Not to brag, but we are very good.
Sylvia is also proud of her ability to think outside the box when it comes to sunbathing.
AG: If you could adopt one trait or ability from each other, what would it be?
S: It'd be great if there were eight of me.
F: She is an incredible napper. We wish we could nap like her.
Maximizing surface area is the key to effective napping and basking, Sylvia says.
AG: How did you first meet your human?
S: Irene and her housemates brought me home from the shelter I was living in as a kitten. It was RAINING when we went outside, and I was NOT HAPPY. I still haven't forgiven Irene for that.
F: We were at the fish store and we got put in a big bag. We sloshed all over inside the bag on a very bumpy bus ride home. But then Irene put us in a tank with fun plants and rocks, so we forgive her.
AG: What is your favorite thing about your human?
S: She's so warm when she sleeps. <3
F: She brings us flakes and for that we are forever grateful.
AG: What is your purpose in life?
S: To run the household.
F: Keep the snails in order. It's an endless chore.
AG: If you could write the rules for your apartment, what would you implement or change?
S: Barb should no longer be allowed to use me as a pillow. Oh, and the faucets should always be slightly on.
F: Sylvia shouldn't be allowed to look at us like food…that would make us feel much better.
"Can you believe this blatant disregard for my authority?"
AG: What is the weirdest thing that has happened in this apartment?
F: Every now and then the tank gets cleaned and it's absolutely traumatizing
AG: What would Irene do without you?
S: I ask myself that all the time.
F: I guess she'd just give all the flakes to someone else…I don't like to think about this…next question please.
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When the Wichita Art Museum (WAM) reached out about doing a children's party for their party collection fundraiser, I knew we could come up with something fun. I had recently purchased Darcy Miller's Celebrate Everything book at that time and it ended up having the perfect inspiration - a color party! I started pulling together ideas and decided to go with "Color Me Happy" as the event title. I wanted it to be bright, happy and full of color. It was time to start brainstorming activites, food and party supplies to pull it all together.
My first bright idea for the event after coming up with the theme, was to involve my talented friend, Sally Cavanaugh. She is a local photographer and we always have so much fun working together. I knew she would help make it great! With her help, we added photo mini sessions to the event for the children attending. We wanted to make sure we had a great backdrop for the photos. We took inspiration from a party Sally's friend threw and one of my favorite blogs, Oh Happy Day. We decided to cover the white wall in our space with balloons of all shapes, sizes and colors. Oh Happy Day has a great DIY. It's a fun backdrop for parties and you can do it in so many different ways.
We also had some fun with balloons bringing the WAM's famous Chihuly glass masterpiece to our small space. Since it was a fundraiser for WAM, I wanted to incorporate it into the event. We mixed different sizes of regular latex balloons. We then added long latex balloons that we curled to give the Chihuly impact. We followed The House that Lars Built tutorial on "How to Curl a Balloon." Worked well! It became a great centerpiece for the event that screamed color and WAM.
For the party supplies and table setting, I wanted to give a rainbow effect by color blocking. We decided to focus on six colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Meri Meri, one of our favorite party supply vendors, sent us plates and napkins that worked with our color scheme. We laid them out across the large white table and it was just the impact we wanted! Next to the place settings, I added a mini water bottled with a simple color label. In the center of the table, I purchased flowers in the six colors and color blocked them across four vases. To keep the impact, we made sure to keep our colors in the specific order with all of our color blocking.
Outside of the photo mini sessions with Sally, we needed other activities to keep the kids busy during the event. Keeping with the color theme, we created a coloring station and candy/cereal necklace making station. They were perfect color party activities because we could color block the supplies and it added to the decor. It took a little effort to sort out the crayons, cereal and candy, but the impact was great. For our other activity, we worked with another local favorite, Wendi with Sweet Sugarlicious. I wanted kids to be able to make their own little cookie art pieces and Wendi was able to bring it to life with Paint Your Own (PYO) cookies. Using a cookie icing pallet, they were able to dip their brush in water and paint on the cookie canvas. They had a great time and it was fun seeing their cookies come to life!
Thank you to everyone that attended our fun, colorful event! We had so much fun bringing this party to life and your excitement made it all worth it. Also, thank you so much to my team for helping blow up lots of balloons and putting it all together. Thank you to Sally for helping put together the balloon wall and capturing the event so well. I should also give a special shout out to my husband that hung our balloon Chihuly and my mother that came to help finish setup.


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Q: In Java , How do I obtain the last number from a file? I have the following code, where I'm counting the lines in a file. And I also want to retrieve the very last line (which is integer) :
try {
        byte[] c = new byte[1024];
        int count = 0;
        int readChars = 0;

       boolean empty = true;
       while ( (readChars = is.read(c)) != -1) {

            for (int i = 0; i < readChars; ++i){
                if (c[i] == '\n'){
                    ++count;
                    empty = true;
                    lastLine = c[i].intValue();
                } else {
                    empty  = false;
                }
            }
       }
       if (!empty) {
        count++;
       }
       System.out.println("the last line was "  + lastLine);
    return count;

I added this line - lastLine = c[i].intValue();
But this gives the error :

C:\Java_Scratch>javac ParentClass2.java ParentClass2.java:90: byte
  cannot be dereferenced
                      lastLine = c[i].intValue();

How do I convert the byte to int ?

A: The reason your error is being thown in because the last byteyou are trying to convert to an integer is not that last integer from the file you want, but the '\n' at the end of the file.
To get the last line you could loop through the file as you do, but create a variable to keep track of the last line. Here's an example derived from this solution:
String currentLine = "", lastLine = "";

while ((currentLine = in.readLine()) != null)
{
    lastLine = currentLine;
    // Do whatever you need to do what the bytes in here
    // You could use lastLine.getBytes() to get the bytes in the string if you need it
}

Note: the 'in' in this case is a BufferedReader, but you could use any other file reader as well.

To extract a number from the last line, use the following:
int lastLineValue = Integer.parseInt(lastLine);

Note: Integer.parseInt(x) takes in any String as a parameter and returns the contained integer

You also asked how to convert a byte to an int. There are two methods:

*

*Preferred: Simply set the int equal to the byte, as follows:
int x = c[i];
This works because this is not an upcast, just like how double d = 5; works perfectly as well.

*Or if you need any other Byte methods for whatever reason, you could create a Byte object with the current primitive byte, as follows:
Byte b = c[i];
 int x = b.intValue();


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Space Shuttle Endeavour Given to LA Museum
When the Space Shuttle Endeavour was retired in May, nobody knew where it would end up. Would NASA sell it to SpaceX to help with commercial space flight? Would they keep it around but in mothballs in case they needed it for something? As it turns out, NASA must need a multi-billion-dollar tax write-off, because the various Space Shuttle pieces are being donated to charities. For example, Endeavour is being donated to the California Science Center, where its new mission will soon begin.
"NASA is pleased to share this wonderful orbiter with the California Science Center to help inspire a new generation of explorers," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement. "The next chapter in space exploration begins now, and we're standing on the shoulders of the men and women of the shuttle program to reach farther into the solar system."
Joining the CSC as the final resting place of the various space shuttles are NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Udvar-Hazy Center, and the Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum. Endeavour has traveled 115 million miles over 25 missions and has carried 139 people into space. Now, it makes one last trip to Exposition Park through the streets of Los Angeles before it finds a new mission: teaching kids about science
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I've had a lot of fun with cartoons over the last year and several people have commented on how much they've enjoyed them. This post from last November was my favorite of the year. Enjoy!
Thanks for the cartoons Barry!
They are worth 3257 words.
Barry wrote: "Tell me about your favorite cartoon! And I'll tell you mine."
Okay, it is square and contains a drawing that conveys wisdom via humor.
Hahhaa, great one! #1 is funny!
Neurobi - Yes, #3 really gets to the truth, doesn't it!
Ted - I want a funnier cartoon! One worth 1,000 words!
I loved the one you posted a while ago with one dog explaining to another "I find that incessant barking eases the pain.".
It is especially funny to me because our local zendo, the Vista Zen Center, has a couple of big barking dog neighbors. Some days these guys really present a challenge to those sitting at morning meditation. A copy of that cartoon now graces the bulletin board in the Center's library.
I must say that the challenge of the barking dogs is ultimately very helpful, I find I can now meditate more easily in various less than ideal settings.
Ted - Most people don't have the insight to find me humorous. That's why you're special.
David - The issue of sound in Zen practice is, of course, quite profound and I'm sure that Ted could do it great justice. I've had some interesting experiences with sound during retreats. Many years ago I sat a 3-day retreat at Dharma Zen Center in L.A. On Saturday afternoon, someone tried to break into the church next door - which triggered a very loud burglar alarm. The alarm continued without stop for 45 minutes, and we continued to sit right through it. Wow, what an experience!
And, some years ago, I did a 3-week solo retreat at Sonoma Mountain Zen Center in Northern California. I anticipated a very quiet retreat in an isolated cabin. The cabin was isolated and quiet, but across the road was a chicken farm and it turns out that chickens are pretty darn noisy in the morning - wow!
Barry, I found your delightful website by chance two weeks ago and have been enjoying reading all of your warm, enlightening posts. Thank you for sharing so much of your practice!
Definitely not "pointless, incessant barking"! [<-- a reference to a cartoon you posted some time ago!] Very nonpointingly pointiful. Mindful. Gracious. Generous.
J - Thank you for your kind comment. I'm glad to have you as a reader!
Ha, my favorite cartoon shows a guy at an intergalactic cocktail party talking to an alien with a big eye poppin out of his forward (or something non-human like).
The caption read, "You're from Earth? Do you know a guy named Bob?"
The universe is truly all interconnected!
Jill - Very funny cartoon! Thank you.


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American Idol finale recap: The Katniss and Peeta season
America has never been as extra as it is tonight
By Justin Kirkland
May 21, 2018 at 11:13 PM EDT
Eric McCandless/ABC
S16 E18
I love an American Idol finale because it lives to be extra. Just rhinestones and absurdity. A parade of B-list singing stars trying to belong on the same stage as Patti LaBelle. But this year, they've somehow pulled a Bachelor/Bachelorette finale on us and stretched this nonsense to four hours. Four. Two yesterday, two today. The whole thing just keeps going and going, so I've watched it all. I've catalogued it below. I actually wrote this during that Jimmy Kimmel presentation of Idol's seasons passed, which is ironic because they insist that this is only the first season. Make up your mind, ABC. Does Idol have a history or not? Anyway, Sanjaya's hairline is gone and so is most of this season: all of it except for these final two hours. By the time it's over, several wigs have flown, a new couple has been announced, and we got greens, beans, tomatoes, potatoes, all served with a drag queen. This is your finale recap, and THIS is American Idol.
Lionel Ritchie, "All Night Long"
I have no idea why this happened, but as the show opened with Lionel wearing a bedazzled jacket that reads, you guessed it, "All Night Long," the first thing I thought was, Nicole Ritchie is this man's daughter. I love that this is how the show opened though because I like to believe that it took a lot of coaxing. He performs with all the contestants, some brass instruments, the memory of both of Nicole Ritchie's failed shows, and all the ghosts of Idol winners who haven't released more than one album.
Caleb Lee Hutchinson, as Lionel Ritchie
This was Caleb Lee's best performance this season. I would pay money to see him do a Lionel Ritchie imitation for an hour.
Mustard feat. Nick Jonas, "Anywhere" / Nick Jonas feat. Jurnee, "Jealous"
Ah, yes, Mustard. Not sure how he got top billing on a song he barely sang on, but good for Mustard. To be honest, I hate a medley. But I'm happy to see Jurnee come back after snatching Ariana Grande's high pony directly off her head. Nick Jonas serves as our constant between the two performances. I have a prediction that when the inevitable apocalypse comes in the next three years, the only thing that will be left behind are Nick Jonas' forearms. And for that, we should be grateful.
Luke Bryan feat. Gabby Barrett, "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset" / "Most People Are Good"
Some notes: "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset" is a dumb song, and I can't say that loudly enough. Now that we got that out of the way, "Most People Are Good" is honestly one of the nicest songs that's ever existed. And if the song isn't enough for you, Gabby sounds really good doing harmony with Luke. Not sure if she carried the song on her own, but with Luke? She sounds incredible. Also, Luke is still a dreamboat in his Canadian tuxedo tonight. I know that he's the quintessential, "I love that you tried and with some apple pie and a prayer, you can win!" judge, but he's been really nice.
Gary Clark Jr feat. Dennis Lorenzo and Cade Foehner, "Bright Lights"
Oh wow, Dennis is really solid as a rocker? And Cade, as it turns out, has chest hair well below his chest. How do I know that? Well, someone gave him a Shimmer Shirt (patent pending) that is legitimately open to his belly button. Performance-wise, this is actually a pretty stellar song. I feel like this is the first time I've understood rock music!
Maddie Poppe feat. Kermit the Frog, "Rainbow Connection"
That's not Kermit. It sounds nothing like him, and i'm legitimately upset about it. Also, of all the people you could have paired Maddie (this year's runaway talent) with anyone, and you chose Kermit the Frog? I love Kermit, but guys. On a strictly cutesy level, it was adorable, but I would have loved to have seen her paired up with someone like Carole King or hell, just a breathing human. Let it be noted that right after the 9:50 p.m. mark, this show went off the damn rails. Maddie sang with Kermit, and then it all went up in flames, because…
Noah Davis and a Damn Alpaca
Noah Davis, the talented guy who probably got cut a little short of his time, is being used as humor fodder as he's introduced to an alpaca. Turns out, they've given him a certificate of adoption, but he can only name it Yanny or Laurel (Noah Davis is a Laurel, by the way). He doesn't sing. He's just an alpaca joke because American Idol is doing everything but soldering my eyes open with gimmicks.
Darius Rucker feat. Caleb Lee Hutchinson, "Wagon Wheel"
This feels a lot like they're prepping us for Caleb Lee's win, and I swear on all that's good, if he pulls it off… Anyway, I come from a very unwarranted place of anger when I hear Darius Rucker sing "Wagon Wheel" because this song belongs to Old Crow Medicine Show. Want to listen to the superior version? Here you go. The performance was fine, just like everything else Caleb Lee has done (save that Lionel impression, which was Maddie-level). Again, Caleb Lee is a wonderful singer, but it feels like a big push for someone who has consistently been outperformed by his two final competitors.
As your completely unbiased and reliable recapper, if you need a break, listen to this.
Bebe Rexha feat. Maddie, Caleb Lee, and Gabby, "Meant To Be"
The final three perform with Bebe in presumably their last performance together. Of course, the song is meant for two country singers to take on with Bebe, which seems a little bit like foreshadowing. I don't know, guys! I'm just feeling super apprehensive about this whole situation. But Bebe leaves the final three on the stage, and from there? Results.
THIRD PLACE GOES TO: GABBY BARRETT
LOL, WHAT. If anyone were a lock for the final two, it was definitely going to be Gabby Barrett. I don't think anyone thought that she would make third, including her. As the results were named, Caleb was the first to be called in the final two, leaving Gabby and Maddie waiting in the wings. It was quite a shock, but at the end of the day, Maddie made the top two, leaving Gabby alone in third place.
LeAnn Rhimes, Layla Spring and Dixie, "Blue"
They're really trying to burn time aren't they? LeAnn surprises the girls in the middle of their performance, but I think the best part of it is Dixie clearly not caring that LeAnn is there because this is her moment.
Katy Perry feat. Catie Turner, "Part of Me"
This is a hard confirmation that Katy and Catie's voices are way more similar than I originally imagined. In what might be her best performance of the entire season, Catie and Katy duet to her song, "Part of Me," and it's honestly out of this world. I'm so happy that Katy made good on the promise to perform with Catie, because it was so much better than any of us could have imagined.
Yolanda Adams feat. Michael J Woodard, "What The World Needs Now"
Well, this was gorgeous. Plus Michael got to wear a crazy little hat.
What. Wait. Caleb and Maddie are boyfriend and girlfriend. I am actually… I have no idea anymore. The formatting of this recap is going to be off the charts bonkers because I just can't anymore. They sing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" while I chug a whole bottle of wine and handle this increasingly violent emotional whiplash. I'm honestly so sorry that this is all in bold. Roll with me the way we're supposed to roll with this finale. Anyway, American Idol is sending these two to Hawaii. My whole world is upside down.
Patti LaBelle feat. Ada Vox, "Lady Marmalade"
Ok, guys. I am blinded by absurdity at this point. They are not having Patti LaBelle and Ada Vox duet "Lady Marmalade." This is what happens when you fulfill both the gay and straight agendas to their absolute limits. American Idol is doing the absolute most tonight, and yes, the vocals are out of this world, but with all of this information, how can you even process it?
So, at the end of this road, we're down to naming one winner. Do you even have the energy to finish this recap? You better because it's the only thing I have left to say. The winner of American Idol, season one or sixteen, depending on what church you pray at is…
MADDIE POPPE
Holy moly! I just had to delete a whole bunch of pre-typed text because I was CERTAIN that Caleb Lee would win, but you guys! American freaking did it. You guys were put in charge of voting for something, and you didn't botch it. Good for us! We all win!
Ryan Seacrest hosts as Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Luke Bryan guide aspiring singers on their way to superstardom.
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September 7, 2017 / 3:45 PM / 2 years ago
Mongolian parliament ousts prime minister in latest reshuffle
Terrence Edwards
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Mongolia's parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat, its website said late on Thursday, after his ruling Mongolian People's Party (MPP) was defeated in a July presidential election.
No prime minister of Mongolia, a thinly populated and mineral-rich country sandwiched between Russia and China, has completed a four-year term since 2004.
Of 73 members of parliament attending the vote, 42 were in favor of Erdenebat's removal.
The outgoing prime minister noted that the country had seen 13 governments in the last 25 years.
"The resignation of a government in a democratic parliament is a normal occurrence, but it can be harmful if a good thing goes beyond its norms," Erdenebat said in a statement on parliament's website.
A former Soviet satellite, Mongolia transitioned to a parliamentary democracy in 1990.
"I believe that dismissing government is a mistake that hinders the development of the country, rather than a positive mechanism of accountability," Erdenebat said.
The MPP gained power in mid-2016 in elections in which it won 65 of parliament's 76 seats.
It is expected to hold a party congress to choose new leadership, said Dale Choi, an analyst and head of Altan Bumba Financial Group in Ulaanbaatar.
"I don't think it means instability" for the government, he said.
"I think it means internal party politics. It's clearing the party's decks after a monumental, unexpected presidential loss."
Last month, some 30 members of the parliament, or State Ikh Khural, signed a petition calling for Erdenebat's resignation in the aftermath of the presidential vote, which was won by populist former martial arts star and businessman Khaltmaa Battulga of the opposition Democratic Party.
The defeat was seen as a rejection of the MPP government's austerity policies and a reaction to allegations of corruption.
In Mongolia's parliamentary democracy, the prime minister is the leader of the government, and the president has limited powers including the ability to veto legislation and to propose laws to parliament.
Higher coal prices this year have helped the resource-dependent economy gain momentum. But earlier this year, a slump in foreign investment and declining commodity prices forced Mongolia to agree to a $5.5 billion economic bailout led by the International Monetary Fund, to relieve fiscal strains and try to restore investor confidence.
Reporting by Terrence Edwards in ULAANBAATAR; Writing by Tony Munroe; Editing by Mark Trevelyan


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Scenery Design - 3D Objects
ModelConverterX
MCX Doesn't open .SCA files.
Thread starter Aidas Patas
Start date 15 Apr 2019
Aidas Patas
Helooo!
I've tried to import a scasm file, which has completely no errors, after being de-compressed from an older bgl format.
The problem is, MCX sits at 40% of CPU usage (I do have a relatively good CPU) for 2, 4, 6 hours stuck at 'Reading SCA'.
Help would be appreciated! Do ask for more information, as what I've provided is very little to help, but that's all I've got for now.
Aidas
GaryGB
What decompiler did you use on the original BGL?
If you ZIP the *.SCA file and attach it here, we will see if Arno can make MCX' "SCASM Reader" more robust.;-)
Regardless of whether- and when- Arno's further enhancement of MCX may happen, we can see if it is possible to edit a copy of the *.SCA file, so MCX can import extracted segments, or the whole (edited) source file.
How big is the sca file? Also reading the bgl directly has better performance typically.
Hi again:
If by any chance you have downloaded the "Lithuania" FS2002 legacy format scenery package, you must use SBuilder for FS9 (aka "SB205") to "Append' the VTPL and VTPP BGLs into a blank project ...in order to view that type of file as a reference object in the workspace with other scenery objects and data types.
Other *.BGL and /or *.SCA files from that package should be successfully imported by a newer (2019) development version of MCX.
These can then be exported as *.SBX 'SBuilder Exchange' files, then Imported to SBuilderX version 3.15 for use as a reference object to be viewed in the workspace with other scenery objects and FSX / P3d format data types.
Last edited: 17 Apr 2019
GaryGB said:
I've used scdis, the original .bgl gives a few errors, and then it says that the file is empty (the .sca file size is 2.2MB) I would need to PM one of you guys, because I am not sure if I CAN share it here
PS.: No, it's not Lithuania, that's a very good assumption though ))
=rk=
Advocating to distribute intellectual property is a condemnation against intellectual property rights.
=rk= said:
Ok, I get your point, no need to point out things that we all know and be a rude person here and in the other post that was by @xirsir.
We've received authorization to unofficially create and distribute, at no cost, an unofficial patch to make the add-on's ground polygons compatible with Prepar3D v4
Appreciate your trying to help and warn me here, but thanks, I'm fine.
Continuing on to the actual thread here, I am trying to convert EYVI - Vilnius for Prepar3D v4+. Which was made for FSX/FS9 and it initially works in P3D up to V4. I found the file which contained the GP information, but since it's compiled using SCASM, I had to decompile it and fix some errors.
/EDIT 1308z/
I love how enthusiastic people are on helping other people here, why ruin that impression?
Aidas Patas said:
no need to point out things that we all know
Then don't.
Hi Aidas:
Although currently FS2002 (aka "FS8") legacy format SCASM-compiled G-Polys reportedly are still compatible with P3Dv4, it is not likely that LM will continue to support display of SCASM-compiled scenery objects in the future.
As you may already know, to fully convert those legacy format G-Polys to P3Dv4 SDK format, they would need to be exported from ex: MCX G-Poly Wizard as P3Dv4 MDL-based objects rather than as legacy format SCASM-compiled non-MDL-based G-Polys.
As you may also know, the new P3D SDK MDL-based G-Poly format offers a number of visual display attributes not otherwise achievable / possible in FSX MDL-based and earlier legacy format non-MDL-based G-Polys.
If you have not already done so, you may wish to PM Arno and ask if he would be willing to take a look at the BGL and/or the *.SCA file in question to see what may be required to enable MCX to successfully import the G-Polys.
Perhaps, as a result, Arno might even be able to further enhance MCX' 'SCASM Reader' in the future.
Hello That's exactly what I am trying to do, decompressed an old SCASM based .bgl into a scasm file, which in my understanding has no change, since importing a raw old bgl into mcx, it gives a few opcode errors, and then gets stuck on the Reading SCA part
I will PM Arno, thanks!
Indeed, MCX has been failing to successfully import SCASM / ASM format scenery objects due to "OPCODE" errors for many years now.
To be fair, obscure methods some authors use to code conditional display may be quite complex to decipher as well.
I hope Arno may be willing to help with this.
Already sent him a DM!
Thanks again, for replying me.
To be fair, obscure methods some authors use to code conditional display may be quite complex to decipher as well. I hope Arno may be willing to help with this.
Perhaps Adias can save Arno some unnecessary effort. Since he is already in contact with the original author, he can inquire about tools, techniques and development materials, to which he may apply current software versions and methods to produce this updated ground polygon.
Doing a bit of digging, perhaps I can save Arno some unnecessary effort. There appear to be only a few versions Vilnius, available for the sim. One of them is a commercial product, so we should be able to rule it out. This particular thread may ring a few bells and at the very minimum provide some insight into how the ground polygon was constructed and the final disposition of the project.
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/vilnius-intl-eyvi-vno.11190/
The scenery is by Aerosoft. All though, since Aerosoft technically owns it, it doesn't know anything how it was developed, Aerosoft just re selled the product that was developed by another developer, which is out of reach.
Aidas, you're probably good. The scenery is by Aerosoft, there is no way anyone anywhere is going to publish anything Vilnius, that has any polygons that match an Aerosoft product. They probably have web crawlers for that kind of thing and when one gets a hit, all AS has to do is contact the webmaster and he is obliged to remove the link. So, it can't really be stolen. BTW, if you look more carefully at the OP's sig, you'll see he's probably the actual author. You'd be the one to know for certain, if the screen shot matches the scenery you've acquired.
It is really important to be clear, imo. It is never ok to steal intellectual property and it is never good to advocate, to say someone should and we should be clear about this distinction. It's a developers site that is supported by developers and in turn, supports developers. That post does seem to imply a description of the complex obscure method this author used to code conditional display, as Gary put it, so maybe something will come of it.
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/mcx-doesnt-open-sca-files.445183/post-820567
IIUC, both posts quoted above refer to scenery content authored in part by Arvydas Cetyrkovskis who, AFAIK is OP of this cited thread:
IIUC, Arvydas is a co-author of an Aerosoft-published scenery package, the copyright and credit info for which, is readily discernible from a review of the product manual at:
http://www.aerosoft2.de/downloads/vilniusx/Manual_VilniusX_Engl.pdf
...linked from the main product web page:
https://www.aerosoft.com/en/flight-...or-2004/sceneries/485/vilnius-international-x
AFAIK, providing Aidas has "previous written consent of AEROSOFT" and Andras "Kozma" (...rather than only one of the co-authors of the scenery content within that packaged product), he may indeed have been granted the permission required to proceed with the activity which he described as the basis for his query in the OP of this thread.
Assuming he has that permission, IMHO, we "should" respectfully focus on trying to facilitate his goals which may have been communicated as best he can ...considering that English may be a second language for him.
If Arvydas Cetyrkovskis or Andras Kozma cannot be reached at this time in order to gain insight on development methods used and/or to be provided with actual source data for the final product, decompilation of a SCASM / BGLC_9 compiled BGL, and subsequent manual disassembly / editing of complex *.SCA or *.ASM code may be the only means available to allow the intended conversion of the G-Polys ...as described in the OP and other posts above.
Andres Kozma is a proprietary developer for Aerosoft. He is the person responsible for insuring 3rd party products conform to the Aerosoft level of quality. He has no authority to permit modification and distribution of a commercial product belonging to Aerosoft, nor would the original author, who would have sold the rights to do so, to Aerosoft. Here is one of Andres' signature airports, perhaps this link will also ring some bells:
https://www.aerosoft.com/en/flight-simulation/flight-simulator-x/sceneries/394/andras-field
Aerosoft has an across the board forbearance against publishing edited files from products, that they distribute, that they also have a legal and financial agreement with other parties. Imagine, if you will, explaining to the board of investors, that allowing piracy, increases sales.
AS does allow and endorse original, supplemental files, that enhance products they distribute, as as example, liveries, or alternative airport.bgl's (afcads). Presumably, Aidas could publish a new, modified ground .bgl, but he'd also have to include an explanation of how to edit it into the scenery (subsequently disabling the protections AS, i.e. Andres, builds into the sceneries) which would almost certainly cross the line. It might interest other developers to know that Aerosoft uses a security measure that disables the photo style ground polygons for a scenery product, that does not properly authenticate.
To assume that Aidas has been given permission from AS to modify, or distribute files, is beyond generous and begs the question, why? Especially in light of the fact that Aidas specifically stated as much.
Aerosoft just re selled the product that was developed by another developer, which is out of reach.
Perhaps you selectively ignore facts, in order to maintain a narrative that is detached from the actual reality, or do you actually support software piracy?
If it is your intention to be respectful and allow people to focus - despite what appears to be a racist assumption about someones perceived ability to communicate - then please, by all means, do so. Aidas has been informed of the situation, Arno has been apprised of the earlier post and a private link has been established. The rest sir, is up to them, imo.
AFAIK, Aidas "should" have "previous written consent of AEROSOFT" and Andras "Kozma" as copyright holders, before proceeding with what he described above in this thread.
Regarding Rick Keller's statement:
"what appears to be a racist assumption about someones perceived ability to communicate"
...One might wonder whether this may reasonably be viewed as a fundamental misunderstanding of what I stated, and why I stated it.
Alternatively, Ricks statement may be viewed as the latest in a pattern of posts intended to cast aspersons on my posts at FSDeveloper.
I believe is it appropriate that posts by FSDeveloper forum participants in a forum where the declared language intended to be used is English, be treated with respect for the "ethnic"- (not "Racial"-) background of the poster for whom English may be a second language.
My interpretation of Aidas' statement:
"We've received authorization to unofficially create and distribute, at no cost, an unofficial patch to make the add-on's ground polygons compatible with Prepar3D v4"
...and his statement referring to a:
"product that was developed by another developer, which is out of reach"
...was that Aidas intended to communicate with the developer for the product cited above, in addition to having been given permission by Aerosoft to proceed as Aidas has described above.
If I have misinterpreted Aidas' statements above, and, if in fact English is NOT a second language for him, I offer him my apologies, and hereby request any such correction and clarification that Aidas may be willing to offer here.
I believe that it is appropriate to try and understand posts which may represent a "best effort" by persons for whom English is a second language, and I believe it is also appropriate to offer ones own interpretation of such posts in the context of an acknowledgement that English 'may' be a second language for that person.
I believe that forum participants should endeavor to understand one another regardless of whether English is ones native language, and that we should focus on assisting others with understanding methods that may help them to achieve their goals, rather than to go off-topic on issues of intellectual property and permissions.
That said, I am doubtful that some content of posts by Rick Keller in this thread is compliant with FSDeveloper forum guidelines:
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/pages/rules/
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/please-keep-discussions-civil.216157/
In my opinion, posting of this type of content at FSDeveloper forums by Rick Keller has been a recurrent problem, and IIUC, Aidas pointed out above one of the other recent threads in which Rick Keller engaged in this type of posting behavior with another person who was also seeking input from other forum participants on a project that he / she had been authorized to proceed with by Aerosoft.
https://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/t...und-polys-work-in-v4-help.444917/#post-820102
https://www.inibuilds.com/airport-patches/aerosoft-dublin-patch
I believe due diligence by a forum moderator would be to consider whether Rick Keller's pattern of posting behavior meets this criteria:
"Fishing for combative responses is trolling."
PS: Those of us involved in the FS Community for years who value facts and accuracy, know who Andras- (not Andres-) Kozma is.
Oh, I almost forgot to post this quote from the Aerosoft product manual cited above:
"Copyright © 2011AEROSOFT / KOZMA. All rights reserved. Microsoft Windows, and Flight Simulator are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other Countries. All trademarks and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective owners."
"Concept: Arvydas Cetyrkovskis
Programming / modelling: Andras Kozma, Arvydas Cetyrkovskis, Gabor Kovacs"
English, is my second language indeed.
At this point, I have completely no words to say to Rick.
Just close this topic, I don't want to start an argument and trash the FSDeveloper's forums name.
I wanted to just get help, but looks like in the end, I am just being flamed at for my communication skills.
I believe we all understand now, what it is you are seeking help for.
If you do indeed have written permission to proceed with what you described above, you may wish to further pursue this topic.
If terms of your 'permission' allow, you may instead wish to create a new P3Dv4 MDL in Blender and use the original EYVI G-Poly texture.
After exported as a P3Dv4 MDL, it may be imported into MCX via the G-Poly Wizard, then output as a P3Dv4 G-Poly.
If Arno is not willing- or able- to assist you with the SCASM / ASM import process at this time, a few others here may offer some help.


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