Posters on this blog have had their first official impact on our operations. That's right, less than one week since we began the blog and already you're affecting security in a very positive way.
On Monday afternoon we began receiving questions about airports that were requiring ALL electronics to be removed from carry-on bags (everything, including blackberrys, iPods and even cords). This practice was also mentioned on several other blogs and left us scratching our heads.
So…we checked with our security operations team to figure out what was going on. After some calls to our airports, we learned that this exercise was set up by local TSA offices and was not part of any grand plan across the country. These practices were stopped on Monday afternoon and blackberrys, cords and iPods began to flow through checkpoints like the booze was flowing on Bourbon Street Tuesday night. (Fat Tuesday of course).
So thanks to everyone for asking about this and for giving us a chance to make it right. Our hope is that examples like this validate our forum and show the solid partnerships we can form with our customers - the traveling public - in not only increasing security but in making all of our lives just a little easier.
Thanks again and keep those comments and questions coming.
How did TSA not know that some airports did it this way? Do you not check? Do TSA folk flash some badge & smile and flow through security without noticing these different policies?
Are you really saying this blog is one of the best mechanisms TSA has of regularizing and standardizing their operations?
Power - to the people. The way it should have been in the first place.
There are no Standard Operating Procedures? You guys aren't doing some analysis on where the chain of command broke down?
It's just 'we finally read the internet and turns out we have no idea what our field ops were doing'?
It's an embarassment that the TSA does not know what's going on it its own house without this blog. Rogue screeners have been creating their own rules since the inception of the TSA, yet this is hailed as a major victory?
Please, figure out what's going on in your own house, clean it up thoroughly, then come brag to us about it. This is nothing more than a public relations stunt in which you've allowed things to deteriorate to the point where enforcing your own policies on your employees is considered an improvement.
I think that considering the amount of people who fly the slight delay in getting through the checkpoints is understandable and in fact makes most of us feel safer.
I find the TSA's start of this Blog to be a very good thing. I am a frequent flier and have had good experience with most TSA folk. When one thinks of the number of airports and number of employees nationally, one would expect some problems here and there. Let's thank the blog staff for tracking down the Blackberry issue rather than find one more thing to taunt them about!
so let me get this straight. Several of your local offices held an exercise that impacted pasengers, they did not get authorization from a regional or national office, and the only way you found out was through this blog.
Why am I not surprised. How about giving passengers a way to report these activities or abusive behaviour by staff. Other than a blog.
I've seen quite a few private firms that have communications problems that would put TSA into fits of laughter. Keep in mind that TSA is a VERY new agency and like any private firm that has had to deal with explosive growth; it too is going to have some communicaitons issues to find and fix.
Also keep in mind that you always tend to get training inconsistencies when you're dealing with LOTS of new employees. Especially when you're a gov agency trying to compete with the private sector in the job market. Sometimes bad apples slip through the hiring process...I'm just happy that TSA is taking the effort to weed the bad apples out.
With the current policies in place, I suspect I'll never fly again. Not because I'm on a "no fly" list, or other such thing, but because of the extraordinary amount of security drama in the current list.
Thanks for screwing up the airline industry even more, TSA.
". . . So…we checked with our security operations team to figure out what was going on. After some calls to our airports, we learned that this exercise was set up by local TSA offices and was not part of any grand plan across the country."
Thanks to TSA for recognizing, at least in this instance, that there was a problem and taking steps to address it. If nothing else good happens, the blog has proved its usefulness by helping resolve just that one irritant.
1. TSA can be responsive to issues raised by the traveling public. Despite what many here (including myself) may have believed, TSA management is not totally indifferent to pointless annoyance of the public.
2. TSA can admit that they occasionally fail to get things right. I commend TSA for acknowledging that some local managers or screeners were freelancing the policies and procedures in this case. How refreshing to hear an open admission rather than the old standby, "inconsistency is part of our plan."
3. TSA management is woefully unaware of what is happening in the field. Sorry, but if it took a flood of blog comments for TSA management to realize that policies and procedures are made up out of thin air at various airports then TSA management has simply not been doing its job. The easy part of management is promulgating procedures and policies. The difficult part is following up to ensure they are being observed.
I also have one small nit to pick with TSA (and Christopher) about language. Christopher (and TSA) uses the word "customers" to describe the traveling public. I'll readily admit that I'm very distrustful of TSA (and I think that the agency has earned my distrust) and using misleading language like "customer" to describe me increases my distrust.
A customer normally can choose whether or not to avail himself of the good or service being offered; and except for a few cases,a customer has a choice of suppliers. With TSA, I have neither. If I am to travel by air (a job requirement) I MUST be screened by TSA and only by TSA. If a customer is upset with the level of service he receives and complains he is almost never threated with detention, punishment or arrest. The question, "Do you want to fly today?" - with the implied threat to hold a passenger past flight time - and punitive additional screening are common tactics used by TSA employees. Many TSA screeners will call for law enforcement if you look at them crossways or "have an attitude".
I am not a customer and I would rather not have TSA think that I am. I am a citizen. I am an unwilling participant. I am an occasional victim. If TSA truly thinks I am a customer then let me take my business elsewhere.
This is very good news. Thank you for showing that you do listen. Please keep it up!
I agree with cheebert. Part of the problem with the American culture is that we tend to be backward rather than solution focused. It's always much easier to criticize than to put thought into a solution.
The TSA identified, what may be a solution to a problem. They now have the best watchdog agency (the traveling public with a means to communicate) working to ensure that policy is followed.
Sadly, we have to have a TSA, but since we do, let's do our best to make it work. It's not going away no matter how much we complain. I am assuming that the TSA uses this site to find ways to improve and to take suggestions on how to better prepare for unfortunate situations.
My final suggestion is to never propose a problem without at least offering a solution.
There is no reason to take that stuff out of the bag in the first place why have an x-ray?
I'm surprised at all of the commenters (most anonymous) who are being so negative about this post. Can the TSA do anything right in your minds? No matter what your opinion of the agency is, you have to recognize that they can only improve a step at a time. And if this blog can help get the TSA provide a higher level of service with less impact to passengers, I would think that you'd support positive news like this!
At the risk of oversimplifying, if your dog takes it upon himself to learn to shake, do you punish him for a) not having learned it before, b) not doing it with the right paw, c) not having also learned to do a flip? No, of course not. You wouldn't have expected him to learn this trick at all so you would be pleasantly surprised and encourage him.
Two weeks ago, would you have expected the TSA to start a blog that makes travel easier and gives you a chance to give them feedback? I hardly think you can criticize them, then, for doing it. Remember, recognizing that they have a problem and asking for help is the first step.
Thanks, TSA. (I never thought I'd hear myself say/type that!) I hope this blog fulfills its potential and can give us a safer and easier travel experience.
I am applaud you for the progress so early in the game.
The next thing you need to do is get your "charles in charge" screeners to stop barking orders at citizens. You need a comment/complaint card system at the end of every check point, and employees ID numbers clearly visible in large print on their badge. Every time a screener comes over to me and my girlfriend and yells, "shoes off!, jackets off!, sweatshirts off!" when I haven't even had the chance to do it yet, my blood boils. I want that man/woman to be held accountable for his abuse of power and poor attitude towards the citizens funding his paycheck. Give me a way to do that in a manner that won't have him sending me through additional screening for the next 2 hours. Or worse, arrested and charged with some misdemeanor about creating a scene and subsequently banned from all airports.
I have never in my life felt more like a prisoner than that moment. Yet he continues to be gainfully employed, victimizing people every single day with that attitude. And I'm the one funding his paycheck.
"I am not a customer and I would rather not have TSA think that I am. I am a citizen. I am an unwilling participant. I am an occasional victim. If TSA truly thinks I am a customer then let me take my business elsewhere."
That's the attitude of many many people I know, including myself. You need to fix that.
Thanks for listening and I look forward to future updates.
Here's another issue: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines having to be taken out of their bag to go through x-ray. Since the main issue is that they are medium-sized electronic devices with lots of wires, why not just x-ray the entire bag like you used to, then have me unpack it in one place where everything stays together for the swab process?
As a person who carries my CPAP, I am tired of having to unpack, pick up the parts, start packing, get called out and have to unpack again at the residue test area, then pack up again. It's carefully packed (with all the necessary supplies such as the humidifier, connector tube, mask, filters, and extension cord) just like any other piece of baggage, except it happens to be an electronic device.
1. It is a $2000 piece of medical equipment. I'm not going to leave it out of my sight (except when it's in the overhead bin) or allow it to be tossed, thrown, shoved or crushed by baggage handlers.
2. It goes on my face and I breathe through it every time I nap or sleep. I don't want other people touching it unless absolutely necessary, and I want to watch them when they do.
3. I have a right to carry it on under both FAA and TSA regulations. It is used to treat a disability. If I am on a long-distance flight, I might even plug it in and use it.
At least there's one saving grace - TSA seems to have educated its screeners about what a CPAP looks like, and therefore most of them ask me, "Is that a CPAP?" I do appreciate that effort, but since it's a common enough medical device, there should be a way to streamline the screening process.
Another odd inconsistency that perhaps you can answer. I was in DC (Reagan National) last week and everything was fine, but I happened to get into a line where each passenger had to go through the "bomb blower" machine. This is usually part of the elevated security routine, but in this case, all passengers in that line had to go through the machine. Other lines didn't. Is there there a reason for that?
And while I don't agree with many of the TSA's practices, I do commend you for having this blog and trying to create a spirit of openness.
Newark, NJ, 29 January 2007, 0730. Lots of people in line at the Continental Elite checkpoint in Terminal C.
Two times, the supervisor closed one line and opened another, causing people to have to pick up their belongings and shift position from one place to another. Out of FOUR possible lines, his actions led to there being only ONE line open at any given time.
Also he was fooling around with the formation of the lines themselves, so that newly arriving people were directed to cut in front of people who had already been waiting in line for several minutes.
There didn't seem to be any problem with the equipment, and the TSA employees themselves seemed perplexed as to where they were supposed to be and their exact duties. People were yelling back and forth, and the supervisor verbally corrected several of them in a very impatient manner.
If there were only enough employees to handle one line, he should have just kept it in the same place instead of moving it.
Why did your senior managers not know of this problem?
Just who is in charge at TSA, field personnel or management when policy is promulgated?
Does senior managment need to get out of the office?
Perhaps you have people in place that are not effective!
Thankfully, and surprisingly, I got a reply AND somebody fixed the problem at that airport. But...this venue seems like it will be much easier and more efficient. I wish every government department had a blog.
Back in 1998, I interviewed at the FAA for the position of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Civil Aviation Security. In 2002, this entire office became the TSA, so, I interviewed for what is now Hawley's deputy position. During the interview, one of the things that concerned me was that the field offices were autonomous and took very little direction from the headquarters. This culture has obviously been adopted by the TSA. Further, it's clear from your incredulous remarks that you at the HQ had no idea that there were "rogue" screeners out there doing whatever they darn well pleased.
Now that you have provided lip service to solve this problem, it's time -- long past time -- for your agency to comply with the Privacy Act. Your own IG has written up your agency for blatant and continuous violations of the Privacy Act. When a screener demands that a passenger produce a drivers license and then proceeds to write down PA-protected information, the individual screener is committing a felony punishable by a combination of fines and jail time. It's in the Privacy Act language -- I strongly suggest you read it.
2) Say they are correcting it.
b) Retaliatory screening. Just today there was a report of a passenger at TPA being sent to secondary as retaliation for saying impolite things about TSA policy. It wasn't nice, but free speech doesn't stop at the airport door. Dislike, disgust, and anger toward irrational TSA policies is not grounds for declaring someone a "heightened concern individual." Screeners caught retaliating against passengers should be terminated immediately.
c) Privacy Act: TSA at some stations continues to try to copy down passenger ID info either in response to requests for complaint forms or other situations, and yet still doesn't provide the required Privacy Act disclosures. TSA continues to assemble dossiers on passengers and refuses to release them under PA/FOIA requests claiming they are part of a "criminal investigation." But TSA is conducting administrative searches, not criminal searches. How can we trust TSA when they won't even follow federal law?
There ARE Standard Operating Procedures. But the SOP is like the bible in the sense that people want to interpret it their own little way.
For example, the SOP might state that "miniature" electronics don't need to be taken out of the bag. But how small does it have to be considered "miniature?"
We might agree that a watch is miniature. Compared to a watch, an iPod might not seem miniature. But compared to a laptop, maybe it is, in fact, miniature. But without leaking any sensitive security information this is just an example as to how the Standard Operating Procedures might be misinterpreted and it is one of the reasons different TSA offices run things differently than others.
Then you also have to consider there's more airports than I've ever bothered to count and it's hard to know every little detail that every airport is doing at all times. If some TSA office believes they are living by the SOP and it's such a small deviation from the SOP's actual intention, they're not exactly going to report to everyone "HEY WE'RE MAKING PEOPLE TAKE IPODS OUT OF THEIR CARRY-ON, HAHAHA" sometimes you have to mention it before it is noticed.
Although I'll tell you what.... When you're a TSO on X-ray, that bag looks a whole lot better without all those little electronics in it, and many times I'll call a bag check simply because there's too much crap in there and I can't tell what's what.
Regarding the CPAP user, I don't know if this is a national thing, but at my airport you can have your CPAP in a clear plastic bag while it's in the bin if you want to. Also, you can ask the TSO who tests it to put on new gloves and use new swabs, and they won't argue.
Ok sweet, a rogue-terminal policy was changed, that probably amounted to 5-10 minutes of extra time spent in security, at most. Now how about issues that cost passengers their hard earned money?
A flight to Japan last summer resulted in my checked baggage being opened, and $200 worth of equipment gone missing (knife, surefire, cigar cutter), no TSA luggage check certificate. 2 Weeks ago i flew to Salt Lake City from LAX, and my $300 camera goes missing out of my checked luggage, which was wrapped in two tshirts, no TSA luggage check certificate there either.
Is there an internal affairs division with TSA to track down thieves or theft-rings? I've heard numerous accounts of stuff gone missing from checked luggage, and often times passengers aren't reimbursed fully because of TSA or the airline's policy/reasons, which just is ridiculous.
Judging by the recent reports of TSA's ineffectiveness at stopping actual threats through security checkpoints, i'm debating on whether or not to just start sneaking all my valuables (jet lighters, cigar cutters, pocket knives) through in my bath-stuff bag.
Great! One part of one problem down. Now eliminate the need to screen laptops separately and you will have accomplished something.
Next, eliminate the ridiculous war on liquids.
While your doing that, try making your screeners accountable for their actions.
Contact me once you've accomplished these simple tasks.
This is great news! Praise for the TSA blog!!! But it also a perfect example of rogue TSA employees creating their own rules/laws - TSA PLEASE crack down on these people. We will all benefit from it!
This should have been made more clear, apologies if it wasn't. The 100% of electronics screening were not some "rogue screeners" gone bad. This small pilot program if you will, was at only seven to 10 airports (out of 450) as local TSA management was working to determine the impact the removal would have on our x-ray operations and the impact it would have on checkpoint lines. Sometimes with less clutter, like that presented by electronics and cords and all, it is easier for our folks to see threat items wihtout all the mess. Security operations management was aware of the program.
Complaint forms are still not available prior arrival to airport. One commenter suggested having them at the end of the counter would suffice. I don't think so, some counters would be chronically out of stock.
This is something else you can fix THIS week which would improve the TSA. Complaint forms should be available without having to request them from agents. Requests for forms results in threats of retaliation. Remove the opportunity for threat and you might get actionable feedback that can improve staff training/ discipline.
So what you're telling us is that "our" checkpoints are out of control? Who's getting fired for this? In any chain of command, that is completely inappropriate!
I love the fact that the TSA is apologizing, and having a blog at the same time !! hooray for technology.
Bradley Airport (BDL) is still requesting as of Tuesday that cameras and other electronics be removed from bags. This is a royal pain if you carry any semi-pro or pro photography equipment. And who pays when the camera is dropped or damaged on the other end of the xray? Damage during screening is not a very well covered topic.
I'm plenty critical of the TSA, but I have to disagree with those who are slamming the agency for fixing this problem. The true measure of a service organization is what it does to correct problems.
I, too, travel with a CPAP, and believe that the mandatory intensive testing of the device is nothing less than a naked, deliberate violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. That said, I pulled mine out and put it in a bin long before it became a requirement. I figured that, if it was going to get pulled out anyway, I might as well speed the process so they can check it while I'm waiting on the 5 other items I sent through the X-ray separately to come out.
Hey, to those complaining about thiss process...at least they now HAVE a process. Congrats TSA for figuring out how to collect this kind of data and check back in with a dispersed workforce.
Terrorist is defined as "the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion"
Now which group uses fear to coerce to public to accept a security state?
are you an official spokesperson for the TSA?
You indicate that you know about inside operational matters that are not known by management.
Not a slam, just curious.
My boyfriend and I flew from LAX to JFK on 1/17 without incident. On the way home, on 1/21, however, was a completely different story. I hate to check a bag, so I was sure to comply with the one-quart zip-lock bag with only 3oz or less bottles in it. Upon arriving at the scanner, I did regulation everything - take shoes, coat, sweatshirt, scarf off and place in separate bins, portable compy in its own bin, all other electronics in my purse, backpack, or carryon. But as my carryon was about to go through, I realized that I'd forgotten to take the ziplock OUT of my carryon. So I took it out, and the lovely woman who saw me do this gruffly said, "well I can tell you right now, you can't take these liquids through." I asked her why, and she bitterly responded with, "Because they're not labeled." I proceeded to tell her that I'd flown with these bottles at least 10 times before and that the rules are simply 3oz or less. I've never read, heard, or seen anywhere that the bottle had to have a label.
She didn't seem to understand the rules, so she sent me to her manager who proceeded to explain to me that the bottles had to be labeled. I went through my same explanation. He sent me to his supervisor. He proceeded to also tell me that the bottles had to be labeled. Throughout this whole process, I tried to reason with them, which was to bring up the point that ONE of the bottles was labeled as being 3oz and the rest of the bottles were clearly smaller than that one. So why couldn't they just make a rational, logical judgment that the rest of the bottles in there were less than 3oz? Upon bringing up the reason and logic point, he yelled, "My rules are my rules and the rules are ration and logic." At which point I realized I wasn't going to get anywhere with trying to wax logical with him. I decided to check my bags before saying what I really wanted to say, which was, "So you mean to tell me that if the bottle was embossed with a 3oz label, that I could put anything I wanted in those bottles, like explosives, and they'd get through based on some arbitrary rule that there needs to be a label on there?"
Meanwhile, I realized that my boyfriend, who opted to not take his liquids out of his carry on is standing next to me this whole time without incident and with his bags full of unlabeled liquids.
While I was taking my bag to be checked, my boyfriend was waiting with the rest of our things and decided to take his camera out and take some photos. As he's doing this, a TSA agent walks up to him and says, "Sir, I'd prefer if you didn't take photos of the security line." To which he said, "Is that some kind of rule? I don't see any notices anywhere." She looked at him with condescension, pointed to her felt badge and said, "These stripes right here... these are the rules, I make them up."
What an abuse of authority we have running our airports.
Also: I checked the TSA website when I got home and could not find anything anywhere about a 3oz bottle having to be labeled.
I was also told that different airports have different regulations, to which I said, "Isn't this a FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY? Should the rules be blanket across the whole country?" I was met with a blank stare followed by, "Ma'am, you can surrender the liquids or check your bags."
When I checked my bag at the Virgin American counter, I asked the very nice, polite, respectful young ladies whether they'd ever heard a rule about bottle having to be LABELED 3oz. They looked at each other rolled their eyes and said, "I have no idea why those rules even exist. They do nothing to make flying safer. But no, I've never heard about a bottle having to be labeled 3oz."
Actions speak louder than words. Let's see if this "hoorah" is actually going to make some kind of "difference."
As a note, I don't plan on flying anywhere, any more.
Customers? I am not your customer. I'm a citizen. I do not pay you, I do not like you, I will not put up with your shenanigans any more.
Those who are willing to give up a little freedom for a little security deserve neither. Wake up.
I'm not ripping on TSA for fixing a problem, I'm ripping on TSA for not having management procedures in place that would notice the problem. If this blog post is accurate, feedback through this mechanism is what initiated the change in the system. While that is a score for the bloggers, it is a black mark for TSA management in that they did not notice it themselves.
Really, I'm interested in how TSA management failed to notice this issue themselves. Do they not travel to the different airports? Or do they get special treatment when they visit? Or do they not realize that different places screen differently? Or do they not care that standards are different at different places? None of those explanations would fill me with confidence, but my limited imagination can't come up with any better explanation.
If I'm interpreting the post correctly: The bloggers made some calls, the policies were non-standard, and TSA stopped it on Monday. That really doesn't point to good management, rather it sort of highlights that TSA is reactive.
It's like McDonalds whistleblowers going to the media before McD's ensures they wash their shake machines. Maybe the shakes end up cleaner, and the whistleblowers are to be commended for coming foreward, but it inspires absolutely no confidence that management policies are keeping the rest of the food clean.
TSA management seems out of touch and reactive. Their policies are not well reasoned out or uniformly applied, it looks like they are just winging it and hoping for the best.
At even 1/4 the excess traffic fatalities per month that study found, TSA's useless screening procedures are probably responsible for killing more people than they can hope to save.
1. Train your people in what they need to do.
2. Train your people in how to do what they need to do.
3. Train your people in how to behave while they do what they need to do.
4. Train your people in why they should do things that way.
5. Train your people how to respond properly to things that are normal.
6. Train your people how to respond properly to things that are unusual.
7. Train your people how to respond properly to things that are wrong.
8. Review. Reinforce. Retrain. Repeat.
I'm tired of seeing female screeners who are more interested in repainting their nails than paying attention to the X-ray screen (LAX). I'm tired of hearing loud "guess who I did" discussions between male screeners (O'Hare).
I'm tired of having to explain what a CAC card is (everywhere but Albequerque and Norfolk) and what it is doing in my passport. I'm tired of seeing groups of uniformed soldiers being given a BOHICA near strip-search secondary screening because they dare to have metal buttons on their uniforms.
In answer to the question, yes, I work for TSA and familiar with the program. Sorry for not clarifying.
Not a bad start, but you should be working on retiring the really stupid rules you have in place concerning other issues, such as liquids.
As a matter of public news, the TSA allows better than 75% of actual harmful substances through security, but, by God, we're being protected from that bottle of hair conditioner or potentially explosive breast milk.
Do you really want to know why the TSA has such a bad public perception? It's entirely because you persist in providing 'security theatre', while failing to provide actual security.
TSA needs to take their cue from El Al. Their security is real security, not showmanship. Go after the *REAL* threats, and stop stealing water from the honest passengers.
ang122 said: "it is easier for our folks to see threat items wihtout (sic) all the mess."
It would also be easier if your so-called "customers" come naked and have no carry-ons either! You job is not to make your job easier for yourself by inconveniencing us who pay for your salaries.
As USA Today exposed in 2007 and CNN on 1/28, the Red Team and others are able to smuggle fake bombs on majority of the time (75% at LAX)!
So the solution to the problem is better and more consistent training - not 10 local TSA fiefdoms trying out 10 different OPs to make things easier for their staff.
I see consistent reports of people getting bullied by employees with badges. How are you screening your screeners? They need to be reminded that that little felt badge means nothing. We are citizens, not subjects.
After 9-11, was there a huge rush to fill airport security slots? I think it's time to thin that herd as it were.
Are you saying the all-electronics screening was part of a planned experiment?
In that case: Did the experimenters learn anything useful from the experiment? Did the experiment end early without answering whatever questions it was intended to answer? Did this blogging program interfere with a worthwhile experiment? Or did the experiment end on Monday as planned and the blog post is merely taking credit for something that would have ended without the intervention of bloggers?
From the triumphal tone of the OP, it wasn't clear at all that there was value in the experiment--rather it seemed as if a few blog posters improved security by eliminating a useless inconsistency.


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Q: How to delete a video recorded using an Intent with ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE? I would like to remove a video that has been previously recorded using an Intent:
Intent captureVideoIntent = new Intent(
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startActivityForResult(captureVideoIntent, VIDEO_CAPTURED);

The method onActivityResult() get the recorded video as Intent data. I try to obtain the recorded file and delete it.
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
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But I get the error:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Expected file scheme in URI: content://media/external/video/media/177.
Does somebody know how can I get the path of the recorded video and move or delete it?

A: This answer has how to get the path from a content URI. You should be able to pass its result to the File constructor.

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Salem-area Oregon Health Plan patients getting new insurance coordinator
An estimated 100,000 Oregon Health Plan patients in Marion and Polk counties are likely to get a new insurance coordinator next year after a trio of Salem-area health care providers recently formed a nonprofit called Marion Polk Coordinated Care.
The new coalition would replace Willamette Valley Community Health, whose board of directors voted Wednesday against continuing as a coordinated care organization after 2019.
Across the state, coordinated care organizations funnel medical insurance benefits from the Oregon Health Plan, also known as the state's Medicaid program, to an estimated 1 million residents.
Willamette Valley Community Health has served Marion and Polk county residents since 2012.
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For any Oregon Health Plan members who switch coordinated care organizations next year, "our goal is to have as seamless a transition as possible," said Oregon Health Authority spokesman Robb Cowie. "That includes making sure members receive new membership cards and handbooks in a timely way."
"That said, it's important for OHP members to know that they will continue to be covered by the Oregon Health Plan, as long as they're eligible, regardless whether or not their CCO changes," Cowie said.
The groups behind Marion Polk Coordinated Care — Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics, Salem Clinic and WVP Health Authority — say they will care for the Mid-Valley's Medicaid patients better than Willamette Valley Community Health. They also say they'll prioritize mental health services for children and adults.
The three Salem-area providers are making their pitch to the Oregon Health Authority, the state agency deciding which groups will care for the state's Oregon Health Plan participants in coming years. Contract awards are expected to be announced this summer.
Should Marion Polk Coordinated Care win a state contract for the Mid-Valley, they would serve patients from 2020 to 2024.
A memo from Marion Polk Coordinated Care representatives, dated Thursday, said, "To put it simply, the CCO serving our communities can and must do a better job."
"More than 100,000 individuals in Marion and Polk counties are depending on the CCO to deliver high quality care at a sustainable cost," the memo said. "This requires significant transformation in the way the CCO delivers care."
The memo promised "high quality, seamless care, coordinating the physical, behavioral and oral health needs of people served by the Oregon Health Plan in a way that clearly demonstrates measurable outcomes and lower costs."
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Willamette Valley Community Health "will continue to be the CCO for Marion and Polk counties through 2019," Board Chairwoman Maggie Hudson said in a statement. "There will be no changes in coverage or service for our members for the remainder of this year."
"Willamette Valley Community Health will work with the Oregon Health Authority to ensure a smooth transition for members starting on January 1, 2020," Hudson said.
The organization fell short of certain 2017 patient benchmarks, according to an Oregon Health Authority report published last June.
About 87 percent of Willamette Valley Community Health members who were given necessary help or information believed they had been treated with respect and courtesy by customer service staff members, the report said. The goal was 89.7 percent.
Meanwhile, about 84 percent of respondents believed they were getting medical care and appointments when needed, according to the report. The benchmark was 86.5 percent.
Development:What happened to Salem's Fairview Training Center site
The rate of emergency department visits also missed the benchmark, with a monthly average rate of 44.4 visits per 1,000 members, according to the report. It was supposed to be 42.9, with a lower rates being better.
Still, the organization met its improvement goals for metrics such as childhood immunizations and assessing children in the custody of the Oregon Department of Human Services.
Contact Jonathan Bach at jbach@statesmanjournal.com, call (503) 399-6714 or follow him on Twitter @jonathanmbach.

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Our company SOLES 2 WALK, inc. is a leading manufacturer of footwear components, especially for the German and Austrian market. Moreover, we provide our products to many satisfied customers in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and many other European countries. The long tradition of our company, decades of experience and a skillful staff result in a commitment to superior quality and meeting our customers needs. The biggest German shoe manufacturers know that soles, heels and bollards from us are of guaranteed quality and provide excellent characteristics and long-term durability. Lead by their ideas, we are able to produce any model, crafted from the most suitable material in any shade of colour. In addition to a wide range of standard colours, which can be chosen from our permanent selection, we are prepared to work with specialized companies to create completely new shades of colour, exactly according to the customer's wishes and needs. There is simply nothing we couldn't make when it comes to footwear components.
In addition to flexibly meeting all of our customers' needs, we're very commited to protecting not only our employees' health, but also the environment.
Our modern facilities meet the most stringent European standards, which means that the materials used in our production process are exclusively from certified, leading Czech and foreign suppliers and thus our products meet all criteria for health and safety. All of this is regularly being checked and tested not only randomly in production, but also by specialised research institutes. In addition to that, we cooperate with external consultants who ensure compliance with current laws and regulations.
Therefore, if you produce footwear of any kind, then you are in the right hands with us. Our staff will answer all your questions and are happy to meet any of your requirements. We really live and breathe by the phrase, "our customer, our master" and aspire to fullfill what SOLES 2 WALK stands for: the perfect sole for walking.


Bay Window Rods come with rods, corner connectors, a pair of DR-1,2,3,4,5,6 or 7 finials and a CAD drawing to insure a good fit to the window.
Includes 3 rods and 2 corners connectors. More complicated bay windows can be fit, call for more specifics. Instructions for measuring bay windows are available from Phillips Metal Works.


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Q: Why is the escape sequence \t (tab) not working? this is my code:
print('Yes, my name is\tSwayam')                           # tab
print('Yes, my name is\tSwayam'.expandtabs(tabsize = 11))

this is the output in terminal:
Yes, my name is Swayam
Yes, my name is       Swayam

software used is 'vs code'
what should I do to make \t work?
I wanted a tab after 'is' in first line which is 4 spaces (i guess) and 11 spaces in second line but it's only 7 spaces

A: The default tab width is 8. Therefore:
print('Yes, my name is\tSwayam')

...produces...
Yes, my name is Swayam

...because only one space is needed to align with the next tab position (16 in this case)

A: You can try inserting a space before \t,
like this:
print('Yes, my name is \tSwayam')
print('Yes, my name is\tSwayam')

This is the terminal output:
Yes, my name is         Swayam
Yes, my name is Swayam

Hope this helps you.


Rory has a deep and abiding love for Yoda.
His love has been expressed creatively with this amazing papier mache puppet he made at school. Not bad for a 7 year old.
It is hard to see in this photo, but the eyes are made from shells, with bobble eyes over the top. He clearly has put a lot of thought into the construction. It was made over several weeks, including one session in the Art room where I had to go looking for him after the school bell, as he was ensconced and didn't want to leave. He is definitely cut from the same cloth as me.
I knew it was because, Thursdays are Art class days.
This entry was posted in Designed and made by another, The Kids Are Creative Geniuses by Claire. Bookmark the permalink.
And I love that you framed Yoda against your much beloved purple flowers. When's your moving date?
love your little yoda dude! missed you on thursday, hope you are feeling better. the string blocks are lookin good!


The Crypto Hype Cycle visualizes the current state of crypto. For technical aspects see our Crypto Technology Hype Cycle.
One of the earliest use cases for cryptocurrency is use for buying of illicit items.
Instead of investing in single coins, crypto funds allow users to spread their risk by investing in a wide range of coins.
Decentralized exchanges do not rely on a third party service to hold the customer's funds, but allow for peer-to-peer transations.
Similar to an ICO, but here after crowdsale period ends, the contract will prohibit anyone from contributing any further and a tap variable that restricts withdrawals for the developers.
Bitcoin Futures are an agreement to buy or sell an asset on a specific future date at a specific price. Either a long position, where you agree to buy an asset in the future at a specific price when the contract expires. Or when you take a short position, you agree to sell an asset at a set price when the contract expires.
Bitcoin Futures are listed on Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).


Zotero workshop – drop-in session running in the IT Training Suite in the Faculty Library from 2-4 pm. Bring along your laptop and we'll help get you started and/or show you what this tool can do for you. Look at our page on referencing to get a better idea of what Zotero can do.


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Q: Using a4j:support's onchange event with h:selectOneMenu  <h:selectOneMenu id="selectOneMenu"  value="#{Bean1.val1}" >
    <f:selectItems value="#{Bean1.selectItems}"/>
    <a4j:support event="onchange" action="#{Bean1.onSelectOneMenuChange}" reRender="textbox1 , textbox2 , textbox3, textbox4"  />
 </h:selectOneMenu>

<h:inputText id="textbox1" value="#{Bean1.textbox1}"> </h:inputText>
<h:inputText id="textbox2" value="#{Bean1.textbox2}"> </h:inputText>
<h:inputText id="textbox3" value="#{Bean1.textbox3}"> </h:inputText>
<h:inputText id="textbox4" value="#{Bean1.textbox4}"> </h:inputText>

Bean1.onSelectOneMenuChange() will change the value of Bean1.textbox1, Bean1.textbox2,Bean1.textbox3 and Bean1.textbox4(depending on the value selected (Bean1.val1)). Sometimes, it will change all the textbox value and sometimes it will only changes some textbox value.
When users change the value in the "selectOneMenu" drop down list control , the JSF framework will not call the update model values phase but call the Bean1.onSelectOneMenuChange() directly. After that, the all the textbox are reRender. Because the update model values phase is not called, the values entered by the user is never set the the Bean1 and the original value is shown in the textbox after reRender.
I want to ask:

*

*How can I manually call the update model values phase inside Bean1.onSelectOneMenuChange()? How can I get the value input input by the users inside Bean1.onSelectOneMenuChange() and set it to the corresponding fields of the Bean1?

*Another approach is that only reRender those textbox whose values are updated inside the Bean1.onSelectOneMenuChange() .However , there are many case . For example, a value will change all the textbox value and a values may only change some textbox value.How can I reRender conditionally?  What method is more prefer for maintainability?
Update :
For point 2 , I find that the reRender preperties of the  can accept the EL expression , so I tried to use
 <a4j:support event="onchange"  action="#{Bean1.onSelectOneMenuChange}" reRender="#{Bean1.reRenderIDList}"  /> .

Inside the  Bean1.onSelectOneMenuChange(), I set the Bean1.reRenderIDList to a set of ID that required to be reRender based on the business requirement.  The Bean1.getRenderIDList() runs when the page is refresh. However, when I change the value of <h:selectOneMenu> in the UI , Bean1.getRenderIDList() will never run again. Thus, the textbox cannot be reRender?
Any idea?

A: Your code looks fine. There is no reason for Update Model phase not to happen (you don't use immediate=true). And if you had conversation/validation error, then the action would never be called.  Check what phases you go through.


your creative calling: what would you do if you weren't worried about being judged?
Your idea is your capital.
I don't mean that in strictly a financial sense (although, yeah, that too..). I'm talking about the capital on which you can focus your energy and open doors to your authentic path. Your idea is your soul capital.
Coming to your specific idea of how you would like your future to look professionally and personally feels really complicated and fraught with obstacles. We don't just block the idea; we block the manifestation of the idea.
I'm not selfish enough to want to live my own idea.
My friends/family will think I'm crazy.
I won't be able to do it perfectly. I'm not so good at it.
Look, here's the bottom line. You have no idea what will happen if you manifest your ideas and call the forth. You can't know the lessons that you will learn, the people you will attract, alienate, piss off or laugh with, you have no idea what kind of personal development is in store for you.
You don't know how it will go.
So if you judge your idea as not worth pursuing before you even explore it fully, you've closed the door. Locked it. Thrown away the key. Is that what you want?
It really doesn't have to be that complicated if we lay to the side our self doubts. And if we stop judging how we're going to be judged for going after our idea.
Often we don't manifest ideas into action because of judgment. Not strictly the fear of how others will think about us, but the fear of how we will react to people judging us. Our judgment of judgment. What we think of what people think of us.
Because judgment will always be there.
It's what we do with judgment that will determine our path.
It's that inner voice that keeps us locked in place, that convinces us the risks are too great, we aren't that good, we don't have a chance, we won't follow through, we just shouldn't bother.
We need to shut her up, that inner voice, because she's so busy judging the judgment of others that she couldn't care less about our authentic selves.
We are the shamans of our own energy, the creators of our own light. We ourselves determine the doors that open for us.
How do we start? How can we open our hearts and minds to our best idea?
Wendi is a magical doctor/artist of authenticity, a magnetic energy medium, a colorful, authentic beauty who has reinvented not only her path, but the paths of women everywhere. Here's what she has to say about this very subject.
I'm working with several women on bringing their idea to cohesive fruition. I am absolutely and whole heartedly committed to this work. Do you have an idea you'd like to develop but don't quite know where to start? I'm here to help you do your best work.
I cannot believe that Di Mackey and my Your Beautiful Truth Retreat is less than three weeks away! Energy will be flying on our little hill in the Italian country side.
And last but not least, I'm scheming with my beautiful friend Barrie Davenport on a new course and on-line workshop about this very subject - calling forth your creative idea and manifesting it into your work. The launch will be spring 2014.
What would you do if you weren't worried about being judged? What is your idea? If you felt free from your inner Edna, as Wendi calls her, what would you do?


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Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held 29 July – 11 August 2012 at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Weymouth. The 2012 sailing program consisted of a total of ten events (eight classes). Eleven fleet races were scheduled off the coast at Weymouth Bay for each event, except for the 49er and the Elliott 6m classes. For the 49er class, a total of 16 races were scheduled. Of the 11 (16) races, 10 (15) were scheduled as opening races and the last one as medal race. For the Elliott 6m a series of match races was scheduled. The sailing was done on different types of courses.

Venue

According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Among others, an exception is made for the Olympic sailing events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, Weymouth and Portland was selected for the honor to carry out the Olympic yachting regattas. For that purpose the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy was reconstructed.

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA)

The land based part of the WPNSA includes:
 Administrative and game management center
 Media center
 The "Hangar" for measurement, social events and logistic center.
 (Inter)National sailing center
 Craning, mooring and slipway facilities

Course areas
A total of five race areas were set on Weymouth Bay of the coast of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The exclusion area was limited by a fictive line between Portland and the mainland. All racing took place within this exclusion zone. The five course areas were positioned according to the table below the map but could be moved anywhere within the exclusion zone.

Competition

Qualification

Fifty-seven nations qualified for the sailing events and a further six were allocated places not taken up by qualified nations to give a total of 63 nations participating. The only countries to have qualified in all events were France, New Zealand, the USA and the hosts, Great Britain; New Zealand declined to take up their place in the Women's RS-X.

Overview

Continents
 Africa
 Asia
 Oceania
 Europe
 North America
 South America

Countries

Classes (equipment)

Race schedule

Medal summary

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

Further reading

References

External links

2012 Summer Olympics events
2012
2012 in sailing
Sport in Dorset
Sailing competitions in the United Kingdom

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Trey Canard edged out Phil Nicoletti for the holeshot in the first 450SX heat race. Nicoletti went down in the second turn, collecting his teammate Bobby Kiniry in the process. Davi Millsaps and Jake Weimer also got caught up in the mess, but never went down. Canard held onto first from start to finish over Justin Barcia and Josh Hill. Millsaps and Weimer were able to regroup and climb to fourth and fifth, respectively.
Mike Alessi holeshot the second 450SX heat race over the likes of Ryan Villopoto, James Stewart and Ryan Dungey. Villopoto was able to move past Alessi and into first without much delay, but Stewart and Dungey were still hovering around fifth place. For a lap or so, Ronnie Stewart was actually the highest ranked Stewart in the field while holding down third place! Unfortunately, Ronnie Stewart stalled in a corner, creating somewhat of a chain reaction crash. Justin Sipes went down and stayed down, forcing officials to red flag the race. They continued the race after a staggered restart and Stewart was able to get by Alessi for a second place, but was unable catch Villopoto for the heat win.
Alessi once again nailed the holesho in the main event with Villopoto right behind him, and once again, Villopoto was able to take the lead in short time. Canard, Dungey, Stewart and Barcia were also able to get by Alessi within the next few of laps. While Villopoto was working on extending his lead, a three-man battle was brewing between Canard, Dungey and Stewart. Dungey got a good drive through the whoops to challenge Canard and made a pass stick upon exit of the proceeding turn. Stewart wasn't one to sit back to watch the events unfold. He too made a pass on Canard while exiting the next turn over the single.
Stewart held third for the next couple of laps until a costly mistake before the finish line left his Suzuki laying on top of him for a brief moment. He remounted, but something was visibly wrong. He rolled the track until he was able to exit into the mechanics area.
Dungey looked aggressive for the remainder of the race, and possibly closed a portion of the gap between himself and Villopto, but the defending champ rode unchallenged from the second lap to checkered flag. Villopoto took his fifth-straight win, and eighth total, in the 450SX series.
Wil Hahn and Marvin Musquin cleaned up in their heat races, taking convincing wins going into the main event. Tyler Bowers also finished in front of third-place Blake Wharton in the second heat race for his '13 Monster Energy Supercross debut.
There was a five-plus rider crash in the first turn of the main event, but Freeberg emerged as the early race leader in front of Wharton and Musquin. Freeberg was unable to hold the top position for long. Wharton and Musquin quickly moved by and began their own battle for first. Musquin put a pass on Wharton, but Wharton fired back and regained the lead shortly after the beginning of the second lap. Hahn was close enough to witness the two dicing back and forth.
Meanwhile, Bowers had moved into fifth place by lap four, but Wharton, Musquin and Hahn had already begun separating themselves from the rest of the pack. Musquin looked poised to make a move on Wharton while blitzing the whoop section, but the French rider went off the track and into the tuff blocks, dropping his bike in the process. Musquin reentered the track and immediately got into a three-rider battle with Bowers and Lance Vincent. Musquin was able to get past the two, but not until the sixth lap.
Wharton had some breathing room by this point, but a few more laps allowed Hahn to close the gap on Wharton's lead. Musquin looked unable to contend with Wharton and Hahn in the remaining laps.
Hahn tried to make a move on Wharton from the outside of the turn before the finish line, but Wharton shut the door and forced Hahn to roll the jump. Wharton once again had room to breath. Hahn started closing back in, but two more mistakes in the same area finish line sealed his fate. Wharton grabbed his first win of the season in front of a hometown crowd. He is also the first person in supercross history to win a main event with the number 13.


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Q: What does the output of PHP function 'mysqli_prepare' mean I am new to PHP and prepared SQL sentences and I got one question when reading the documentation.
Function 'mysqli.prepare' returns a boolean value when executed. According to the documentation:

mysqli_prepare() returns a statement object or FALSE if an error occurred.

That's not a very detailed description of the returned value. I mean, when does it exactly fail? Only when the SQL syntax is not correct? Or when we try to execute it and it does not work for any other reason (I base this last supposition on the example shown on the documentation, where almost all the script is enclosed in an if statement)
Based on this, I also have a second question: is it a good practice to run mysqli_prepare() together with an if? Or should the if statement be written when we run the $stmt->execute(); function later on?

A: There are too many reasons why a query can fail. But when the query failed you can get the error message with mysqli_error() and mysqli_errno(). When the query failed the mysqli_prepare() function will return FALSE (and not a MySQLi prepared statement object) to indicate that there was an error. You have to check the return value with an if() statement to handle this case. If you don't check it and try to run $stmt->execute(); you will get an error that you cannot run the execute() method on a boolean value (the value false).
For your second question: You have to check the return value of mysqli_prepare() and you have to check the return value of mysqli_stmt_execute(). You cannot skip the check, otherwise you get errors like mysql_fetch_array()/mysql_fetch_assoc()/mysql_fetch_row()/mysql_num_rows etc... expects parameter 1 to be resource.


The Photo Shop Studio operated for nearly a half of a century, documenting Sitka's ever-changing landscape through photography. This short film explores the history of the shop through the eyes of the family members of shop owner, Luella Smith. The film features interviews conducted with Jim Dangel, the grandson of Luella, Luella's granddaughter Ruth Culp, and Walt Dangel, Luella's son-in-law.


If you regularly attend Mass at St. Thomas the Apostle, we encourage you to register as a member of our faith community. Registering in the parish is a declaration of your desire to be a part of the Catholic community and to make a commitment to the life of the parish. Stating your commitment brings many advantages, recognition and responsibility. Registered parishioners receive all parish mailings. Registration significantly helps several parish processes, including: Infant baptism, Religious education registration, Weddings preparation Sponsorship for Baptism or Confirmation.
WHAT DOES BEING AN ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBER MEAN?
Being an active church member means sharing more fully in the life of the church. Active church members choose to: Worship regularly. Witness and share God's love in their lives. Serve God and neighbor responsibly and faithfully. Give their time, talent and treasure to further the church's mission, locally and throughout the world.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE ACTIVE IN MY CHURCH?
Because you are the Church! The Church is more than the building you worship in. The Church is people — the combined life of all who believe that Jesus Christ is Savior. Because as a follower of Christ, you are called to let your faith and your good works bring light to the world.
A sense of belonging, knowing you are a unique and contributing member in the faith community; Church growth, as a result of renewed Church activity, witness, mission, and service by active members.
A sense of fulfillment, knowing you are carrying out your role as a Christian whether as a teacher, parent, counselor, church leader, choir member, volunteer or other lay person. A renewed purpose from the fact that, as a Christian, you are participating in a special mission and a destiny that goes beyond day-to-day living.
Come into the parish office, forms are also available in the vestibule of the church or you can fill out the online form below.
Mr. & Mrs. Mr. Mrs. Miss Ms. Dr. & Mrs. Mr. & Dr. Drs.


The RAKU 100 is a gas-fired kiln for outdoor operations with standard propane gas. This kiln combines two different furnace concepts: It can either be used as a top loader or as top-hat furnace. In the basic version, the cover is lifted by two bars. As an accessory, the furnace can be supplied with a lifting stand. This frame is provided with a crank drive which makes it very easy to lift the hat. With this version, you can operate the furnace by yourself, without problems. We can also provide the matching propane burner. However, you may decide to use your own model.


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Q: ffmpeg encoding to VP9 results in Google Chrome-unplayable video, while to VP8 works Plenty of time passed, since I have encountered the problem, specified in the subject.
I tried multiple ffmpeg static builds, have built it from Git repository myself with different flags and on all major operating systems, even built libvpx, but the problem still persists. I cannot get ffmpeg to encode a VP9 video, which will not crash Google Chrome.
I have an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 with 4 cores, and for example I use brew-built ffmpeg with the following options:
ffmpeg version 2.8.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2015 the FFmpeg developers
built with Apple LLVM version 6.1.0 (clang-602.0.53) (based on LLVM 3.6.0svn)
configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/2.8.1_1 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags= --host-ldflags= --enable-opencl --enable-libx264 --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libvo-aacenc --enable-libxvid --enable-libfreetype --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libass --enable-ffplay --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libopus --enable-libquvi --enable-libx265 --enable-nonfree --enable-vda
libavutil      54. 31.100 / 54. 31.100
libavcodec     56. 60.100 / 56. 60.100
libavformat    56. 40.101 / 56. 40.101
libavdevice    56.  4.100 / 56.  4.100
libavfilter     5. 40.101 /  5. 40.101
libavresample   2.  1.  0 /  2.  1.  0
libswscale      3.  1.101 /  3.  1.101
libswresample   1.  2.101 /  1.  2.101
libpostproc    53.  3.100 / 53.  3.100

the video in question is:
General
Complete name : OneSecondTestYUV422.mov
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : QuickTime
Codec ID : qt
File size : 13.0 MiB
Duration : 1s 0ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 109 Mbps
Movie name : Untitled Project
Description : This video is about Untitled Project
Encoded date : UTC 2015-10-17 16:43:21
Tagged date : UTC 2015-10-17 16:43:22
Writing library : Apple QuickTime
com.apple.quicktime.keywords : ProRes Samples
com.apple.quicktime.author : No Name
com.apple.quicktime.title : Untitled Project

Video
ID : 1
Format : ProRes
Format version : Version 0
Format profile : 422
Codec ID : apcn
Duration : 1s 0ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 106 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 24.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:2
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 2.138
Stream size : 12.7 MiB (98%)
Title : Core Media Video
Writing library : Apple
Encoded date : UTC 2015-10-17 16:43:21
Tagged date : UTC 2015-10-17 16:43:22
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio
ID : 2
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : lpcm
Duration : 1s 0ms
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 2 304 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 24 bits
Stream size : 281 KiB (2%)
Title : Core Media Audio
Encoded date : UTC 2015-10-17 16:43:21
Tagged date : UTC 2015-10-17 16:43:22

Other
ID : 3
Type : Time code
Format : QuickTime TC
Duration : 1s 0ms
Time code of first frame : 00:00:00:00
Time code, striped : Yes
Title : Core Media Time Code
Encoded date : UTC 2015-10-17 16:43:22
Tagged date : UTC 2015-10-17 16:43:22

and the command I pass to ffmpeg is:
ffmpeg -i OneSecondTestYUV422.mov -map 0:0 -map 0:1 -c:a libvorbis -async 1 -c:v libvpx-vp9 -b:v 17418.24k -maxrate 34836.48k -bufsize 34836.48k -r 24 -s 1920x1080 -aspect 16:9 -trellis 0 -subq 6 -me_range 16 -b_strategy 1 -refs 3 -sws_flags fast_bilinear -direct-pred 1 -sc_threshold 40 -qmin 2 -qmax 51  -copyts -threads 4 -sn -y UnplayableResult.webm

I searched a lot on the Internet, these sites included, but to no avail.

A: Seems like I figured it out (funny enough I had a problem for days and finally resolved it once the question has been published).
ffmpeg sees that the original video has pixel format YUV 4:2:2 and encodes it accordingly, to the same format. However, seems like Google Chrome doesn't work with this pixel format, and it expects it to be YUV 4:2:0.
So, I have passed -pix_fmt yuv420p to the command line and voilà, I have a Google Chrome-playable video!

A: I had a similar problem: Some of the WebM-VP9 videos I had encoded over the last year could be played in Firefox, some couldn't (Firefox 44, 45, Mac OS X). However Firefox 39 could play all of them!?
Thanks to TranslucentCloud's hint I finally checked some of the files using ffprobe. They just differed in yuv422p(tv) vs. yuv420p(tv).
Adding the -pix_fmt:v yuv420p option to the second run of the encoding ended my trouble. Nice, playable videos in all Firefox versions.


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Q: Why go http post gets different result than curl post? I'm trying to implement a Rest API login process. I have verified the process with curl.
With curl, the following command will do the login:
$ curl -i -X POST  https://the-service.mycompany.com/login -d username=<my username> -d password=<mypassword>
HTTP/1.1 200 Connection established

HTTP/1.1 302
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST, GET, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT, PATCH
Access-Control-Max-Age: 3600
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: x-requested-with, content-type, authorization, X-RateLimit-App, X-Spinnaker-Priority
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: X-AUTH-REDIRECT-URL
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
Cache-Control: no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate
Pragma: no-cache
Expires: 0
X-Frame-Options: DENY
Set-Cookie: SESSION=ODdmNGZjZmEtY2EwOC00YzA4LWFmMmYtMjAwNDI1ODM2NjI3; Path=/; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax
Location: http://the-service.mycompany.com
Content-Length: 0
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:38:40 GMT

This command will successfully and returns a cookie in response.
But when I tried to use Go code:
http := http.Client{
}

const body = "username=myuser&password=mypass"
req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://the-service.mycompany.com/login", strings.NewReader(body))
req.Header.Add("Accept", "*/*")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
req.Header.Del("Accept-Encoding")
dump, err := httputil.DumpRequestOut(req, true)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}

fmt.Printf("%q\n", dump)

resp, err := client.Do(req)

dump, err = httputil.DumpRequestOut(resp.Request, true)
if err != nil {
    log.Fatal(err)
}
fmt.Printf("%q\n", dump)

fmt.Println("Dump response ==================")
fmt.Println(resp.Status)
for k, v := range resp.Header {
    fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", k, v)
}

It returned a different response than curl gets, meaning that both response header and body are totally different.
I noticed that, curl returns two status code, 200 and 302. But the go code's resp.Status is 200.
The go code output is:
"POST /login HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: the-service.mycompany.com\r\nUser-Agent: Go-http-client/1.1\r\nContent-Length: 36\r\nAccept: */*\r\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\nAccept-Encoding: gzip\r\n\r\nusername=myuser&password=mypass"
"GET /login HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: the-service.mycompany.com\r\nUser- Agent: Go-http-client/1.1\r\nAccept: */*\r\nContent-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\nReferer: http://the-service.mycompany.com/login\r\nAccept-Encoding: gzip\r\n\r\n"
Dump response ==================
200
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: [*]
Access-Control-Max-Age: [3600]
Cache-Control: [no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate]
Date: [Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:53:07 GMT]
Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: [true]
Content-Type: [text/html;charset=UTF-8]
X-Xss-Protection: [1; mode=block]
Pragma: [no-cache]
X-Frame-Options: [DENY]
X-Content-Type-Options: [nosniff]
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: [x-requested-with, content-type, authorization, X-RateLimit-App, X-Spinnaker-Priority]
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: [X-AUTH-REDIRECT-URL]
Expires: [0]
Content-Length: [1324]
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: [POST, GET, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT, PATCH]

From the output, before do post, the request is a POST, but in when I dump resp.Request, it becomes to a GET, why?

A: Finally I figured out the problem. Let me do a self answer, hopefully it helps future people if they hit similar issue.
Actually, in my case, curl didn't auto redirect, because I didn't use -L option with curl. But the go POST did auto redirect.
So I added a CheckRedirect function to block redirecting:
func check(req *http.Request, via []*http.Request) error {
    return http.ErrUseLastResponse
}

... in main() ...

    client := http.Client {
        CheckRedirect: check,
    }

Then client.PostForm returns same 302 result as what curl gets.


On Friday, 12 November 2010, the Solent Area Fellowship Band (Bandmaster Chris Kennett) presented a concert at Drayton Methodist Church.
The concert, on behalf of the Drayton and Farlington Action Group, who work to improve the lives of local residents, commenced with the band playing a march, Spirit of Joy (Herbert Rive).
After Major Derek Smith offered prayer, the band presented a further three items: the festival arrangement Let There Be Praise (arr. Barrie Gott), Only Love (Vladimir Cosma, arr. P. H. Greenwood) featuring Aubrey Ford on soprano cornet, and the air varié The Old Wells (Eric Ball).
Bandmaster Kennett then conducted the band in the song arrangement by William Himes of Whiter than the Snow and two movements of Morley Calvert's Canadian Folk Song Suite.
Following a short interval, the band played Alan Fernie's arrangement of Troika and two items from "the shows" – Memory (Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr. Goff Richards) and Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (Elton John/Tim Rice, arr. Frank Bernaerts).
Major Smith read Scripture, preceded by the band playing Sweet Hour of Prayer (Erik Leidzén).
The concert concluded with the band playing two contrasting items, Prelude on "Quem Pastores" (Geoffrey Nobes) and the march Flag of Freedom (Bramwell Coles).
Bandmaster Kennett and Anona Harris, representing the Drayton and Farlington Action Group, expressed respective words of appreciation for the evening's activities.
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Girls soccer: St. Charles East strikes often vs. Jacobs
By Chris Walker
Taking more risks going forward, St. Charles East is lighting up scoreboards this spring with a potent scoring attack that showed no signs of slowing down during Monday's matinee at home against Jacobs.
Elle McCaslin, Jamie McDermott, Hannah Miller and Kayla Villa each had two goals and Renee Unterberg also scored as the Saints buried the Golden Eagles early and cruised to a 9-0 nonconference victory.
"Our front three have been pretty good and Hannah Miller has adjusted from outside back for us," Saints coach Vince DiNuzzo said. "We have seven sophomores and a lot of them came back with varsity experience so we returned a good core and added pieces like Elle (McCaslin) and Christina Hull in the midfield with Jenna Sitta. We're just getting more consistency up top and creating chances, which is great."
McCaslin delivered the first of an afternoon filled with big finishes when she scored in the 8th minute from Alondra Carranza.
"I noticed that the back line played really high so I was waiting for the ball to go over the top," McCaslin said. "Emma (Blankenship) switched up top and just ran and let it go over the top and the goalie kind of turned around and went back to the goal, but as she came out I flipped it to the back post."
At this time last year, McCaslin was living in Michigan. After relocating to St. Charles in August, and immediately starting school, McCaslin soon made friends and teammates as she earned a spot on the basketball team in the winter. Her addition to the soccer team has been quite seamless.
"Being new to the school and the team, we're still figuring out how to play with each other," she said. "Team bonding is big. Just this morning we did Feed My Starving Children, so we're just a close group of friends."
And they're a group that is unselfish with the ball as Alondra Carranza, Bailey King, Megan Stout, McCaslin, Blankenship, Miller and Villa all contributed assists.
"I think everything is kind of coming together with our offense," McDermott said. "We finally have a lot of power through the top and a lot of speed, and we're finally figuring our how to get our runs in and connect really well, so I think it's really coming together nicely now."
St. Charles East (4-1) has scored 23 goals during its four-game winning streak as the Saints enjoyed their biggest victory since defeating Addison Trail 11-0 in a 2016 regional game.
"We're trying to make the most of these chances that we get," McDermott said. "Once we get to the big games we'll see those pay off."
Before the game was 10 minutes old, Jacobs (1-3-1) was already down 2-0. The Golden Eagles were down 3-0 midway through the first half and the Saints added three more goals before halftime.
While the ball was on one side of the field for most of the entire half, the Golden Eagles nearly broke the shutout in the final minute of the half as senior forward Baylee Vincent delivered a header off a corner kick, but her attempt was quickly confiscated by Saints goalkeeper Grace Griffin.
"Once they got the first goal they kept coming," Jacobs coach Stephanie Schuck said. "It was hard, obviously, but we kept telling the girls that these are the kinds of teams that are strong and you can't take away anything from. They're fast, they know how to get the job done and how to finish, and one of the things we've been struggling with this year is finding the back of the net."
Being without talented goalkeeper Lindsey Cepa didn't help matters, but thankfully she'll be back soon.
"Our biggest take-away is we're keeping it positive," Schuck said. "It's still the beginning of the season and we're playing strong teams. That's the only way we can get better and I think a lot of the girls are hoping to do better in conference than we've done in the last couple years."
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There is a change in the air. I notice it in August when quiet evenings resonate with the lack of robins singing their courtly songs. Then as August nears it's closing curtain, the breezes carry an earthy scent that brings back memories of cooler days, turning leaves, & harvests of all kinds. September is here & I for one am glad of it.
Just a few reasons why autumn is my favorite time of year!
Next on the repertoire was "Mairzy dotes & does eat oats & little lambs eat ivy. A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?" My mom sang that song while rocking a baby, while baking cookies, while ironing. It's one of the songs I associate with her & always smile when I hear it or think of it. Hearing my son sing these treasured tunes was like my mom & dad were right there with us, smiling & nodding their heads to the soft beat.
We had a wonderful time in Colorado, a road trip that has been added to the annals of fun, fascinating vacations.
The Flower Gathering Junk Journal kits, 1 & 2, have been removed from the blog after a few months offered for free. You can find the kits on Studio on the Corner Etsy shop.
Not far behind apple picking, cooler days, & falling leaves comes Halloween, a favorite time of of year. It's been fun working on crazy things to decorate the home & create a haunting of a good time party. You've all ready heard about Hecate's Apothecary tags, but soon you'll find The Witching Hour Halloween Banner, fun Bone Bags for stowing treats, & more. Before I list digital creations I put them together to see if something needs tweaking & figure out how to write the PDF (directions) that accompanies each listing. The Witching Hour Halloween banner is not quite ready for prime time…yet.
There will be more Halloween goodies in the next week…more tags, favor bags for kids, & who knows what else.
That's it for today! May your September be glorious & filled with the breathings of autumn.
PS…Did you know that each of the new SotC listings includes a little something extra?


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Sumukhi Suresh: Comicstaan 2 will have a new vibe altogetherhttps://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/comicstaan-2-amazon-prime-video-sumukhi-suresh-judge-5825534/
Sumukhi Suresh: Comicstaan 2 will have a new vibe altogether
Comicstaan 2 premieres on Amazon Prime Video on July 12. Sumukhi Suresh, who appeared as a host in the previous season, will be a part of the jury this time.
Written by Sana Farzeen | Mumbai | Updated: July 11, 2019 7:01:22 pm
Sumukhi Suresh will be seen as a judge on Amazon Prime Video's Comicstaan 2. (Photo: Sumukhi Suresh/Instagram)
The second season of Comicstaan is set to release on July 12 on Amazon Prime Video. Sumukhi Suresh, who hosted the last season with Abish Mathew, will grace the show as a judge this time. Along with her, Zakir Khan and Neeti Patla are the new judges to join the panel that also includes Kanan Gill, Biswa Kalyan Rath, Kaneez Surkha and Kenny Sebastian.
Sumukhi gained recognition with her video series Behti Naak and became a star with her web show Pushpavalli. At the sidelines of the launch of Comicstaan 2, the 31-year-old comedy star spoke exclusively to indianexpress.com about turning a judge, the new season and the struggles of women in the field of comedy.
Here are some excerpts from the conversation:
How was the experience of judging the show?
I really missed hosting a lot but this was definitely more fun. As a host, the advantage is that you can be neutral and like everybody. To judge someone is difficult but I really enjoyed the entire experience. I also got to mentor the contestants, which was a lot of fun. With the new judges coming in, this season will have a new vibe altogether.
Was it tough to judge?
I won't call it tough but yes it did take some time. I was nervous and still in the host mode. But all my other co-judges were really helpful. I remember Kenny telling me that I could start talking about things like stage hygiene initially, something that I am a little particular about, and tell contestants on how to fix that. I think that was good advice and it really helped me.
Tell us more about your mentoring experience.
It was amazing. I took charge of the sketch comedy genre. I also realised I was quite a mother to these kids. During the performance, when a judge didn't like one of the acts, I went crazy that 'Mere bacche ko aise kaise bola?' (How dare you say that to my kid?) That was so new to me. I think Comicstaan 2 has helped me find more about my personality.
While most of the contestants from season one managed to get popular, how did the show change things for you?
When you are on a show as big as Comicstaan, everyone ends up knowing you. That also helped my other work on the internet pick up. The show also took comedy to a different level. People now understand the different genres. Naveen (Richard) and I have been working on sketches for a long time and it's now that the audience connects to it much better.
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Last year, you told us how people are not confident in backing a show about an over-weight protagonist. Do you feel things have changed now?
Maybe not and I think that comes purely from the physical attributes. People are still not ready to helm projects for us. If someone wishes to make it, I would be most happy doing it. But till then, we are still considered only as the best friend from Kal Ho Naa Ho.
The previous season had one female judge and this year there are three. Do you feel the ratio of women in comedy is finally increasing?
If we are seeing more women, I think that it has grown for the better. In a time, when girls picking their own career is problematic, being a comedian is really a difficult task. My parents, for the longest time, didn't even know I was doing this. It was only after Pushpavalli that they got to know about it. So yes, it's a challenge. Also, I wouldn't have chosen comedy if I was still in Nagpur. Being in a city like Bangalore, which celebrates the industry, helped me take it up.
Comicstaan 2 will be hosted by Abish Mathew and Urooj Ashfaq.
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50-year-old Brent Christensen, an artist from Alpine, Utah, creates extraordinary structures that I thought only existed in my imagination and really cool fantasy stories. For the past four years, Christensen has spent his time perfecting the craft of making structures as tall as 20 to 25 ft, using nothing but intertwining icicles as building blocks. He developed an interest in the unique craft began way back in 2000, when he and his family moved from sunny California to chilly Utah, and he was looking for some fun outdoor activities.
"We started off doing winter stuff in the yard, playing around with the kids, making igloos, ice forts and slides and stuff," he says. "And it just evolved. One year I stumbled upon the concept of doing icicles by spraying water. We made one with a big wooden frame under it, and when it melted in the spring it was a huge mess with a pile of soaking wood. The following year I didn't use any wood so it would just cleanly melt away. During the course of that winter I stumbled upon the concept of fusing icicles together to make a lattice to spray water on and build upon." It was then that Chirstensen began building his magnificent ice fortresses. Utah locals would often stop by his house to gawk at the castles. Once he got pretty good at making icicle castles, he approached a few resorts nearby and asked if they would be interested in displaying his work for their guests. It took a while before the manager of a small local spa and resort agreed, in 2009, but this small opening got him into the public eye and there was no looking back from there.
Christensen's creations look like they've come straight out of a Disney fantasy movie, but they are quite real and always prove a big hit with children and adults alike. Just looking at photos and videos of them makes you feel like you've left the real world and landed in a magical kingdom of ice. This winter he had two ice castles on display – one in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and a much larger one in the parking lot of the Mall of America near Minneapolis-St. Paul. The public is allowed to visit his ice castles spread out over an area of about an acre and a half, after paying an admission fee. It takes at least a half hour to look around the castles and take pictures. The ice castle he built at the Mall of America took him two weeks to complete, with the help of a team of 20 men. It was opened to public on New Year's Eve. There is no 'closing date' as such for the displays; Chirstensen plans on dismantling the pieces of ice when weather forecasts predict temperatures in the high 30s. He will move these ice pieces into safe piles at the end of the parking lot, a safe place for all the ice to naturally melt away.
To build an ice-castle, the structure first needs a strong foundation. Christensen starts off by running water on the grass and waiting for it to freeze. After that, icicles are simply attached to the foundation and built upon, slowly bringing shape to the entire creation. Water acts as the glue, freezing new icicles to the existing ones. The icicles themselves are 'grown' by Christensen, just like plants. Water is run on custom-made racks, and freezes to form vine-like structures hanging down from the racks. Once the icicles are 'ripe', Christensen and his crew pluck them and put them in custom bags made out of carpet (the best material for this task). 3,000 to 5,000 icicles are grown in a day, and a 20 person crew works non-stop every night to deliver the icicles from the racks to the actual structure. The ice castles are complete with towers, tunnels and stairs. Christensen isn't completely in control of what a castle will look like at the end, because of factors like temperature, wind, snow and the volume of water that's run on the structure. "The weather customizes the look," he says. So sometimes the icicles will look like petals or leaves with veins in them. Or they might be long and ribbony.


Sooner or later, the moment arrives in the career of any sous-chef: amongst the clamour of pots and pans, the chef gives the order to prepare a delicious soufflé. An ominous silence falls over the kitchen, and suddenly the movements become slower, quieter – greater attention is paid to ingredients and temperature. Because behind the seemingly simple term, which derives from the French verb souffler (to blow), lies one of the most beloved delicacies on a menu, and one that is among the most challenging to prepare – one that can knock out even the most expert cook. And yet, even this ephemeral dish follows some simple laws of physics and chemistry. Learning them will help anyone to successfully pull of a perfect soufflé. How? Let's first take a look at the ingredients.
A soufflé really has two basic ingredients: a cream, which for a savoury soufflé is usually made from béchamel, and beaten egg whites. The two must get combined together to form a mixture that is then poured into special moulds and then placed in the oven. This is when a law of physics comes in, in the form of evaporation. The composition first gets cooked externally, along the borders of the mould, trapping the water molecules from the steam from within. When the temperature rises, they seek a way out and the only way is upwards – the only part of the soufflé not confined by the mould. As the top of the soufflé bakes and becomes thicker, the molecules push harder and this is why the top rises. And here lies the crux of the issue: a proper soufflé is one that creates the most resistance for the steam molecules.
The secret to this is to beat the egg whites until they are very stiff, so they create a compact foam that serves as a barrier. Of course, this mustn't become an insurmountable barrier, otherwise the soufflé will turn into the most precarious of disasters; it's estimated that in the best soufflés, just 10% should still be trapped inside once the cooking has completed, which is enough to make the dish rise double or triple in height. Now that we've explained the matter scientifically, it's time to reveal the soufflé recipe from the Guinness Book of World Records.
First, prepare the béchamel. As we heat a litre of milk, put 100 grams of butter in a small pot, let it melt, and add 100 grams of sifted flour, stirring constantly. When the mixture is smooth, turn of the heat and slowly add the warm milk, still stirring. Once the milk has been poured, return the pot over a low flame and stir until the sauce thickens. Turn off the heat, add salt and nutmeg. Only now, beat 7 egg whites until stiff. When done, add them to the béchamel delicately, a bit at a time.
The movement is important: it's important not to stir in a circular fashion, but to "slide" the egg whites into the mixture. Then grease the moulds and pour the mixture in, placing them in the oven. And now comes the last, important, trick: before we begin baking at 190°-200°C, turn on the grill for a few minutes. This will help "reinforce" the top crust, making it more resistant to the interior steam pressure. And then begin baking: for small moulds, baking time should be about 12-13 minutes, but do keep an eye on what's happening – without opening the oven, if at all possible. You'll be amazed at the record-making soufflés that will come out of your oven… and so will your dinner guests!
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30-year mortgage rates dip to record low
WASHINGTON - The effects of falling rates in the Treasury bond market, concern about a possible war with Iraq, and the decision two weeks ago by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to cut interest rates came together last week to cause 30-year mortgages rates to fall to a record low...
By Staff Writer | November 26, 2002 at 07:00 PM | The original version of this story was published on Credit Union Times Magazine
WASHINGTON – The effects of falling rates in the Treasury bond market, concern about a possible war with Iraq, and the decision two weeks ago by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan to cut interest rates came together last week to cause 30-year mortgages rates to fall to a record low of 5.94%. The record-low rate was down from 6.11%, reported by Freddie Mac, and it was the lowest rate since the agency began tracking 30-year mortgage rates in 1971. Rates for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages also fell to a new low last week – 5.32%. The previous week's rate of 5.48% was the lowest level for 15-year fixed rate mortgages since Freddie Mac began tracking these rates in 1991.


Derry Cycle is years ahead of the other guys. Everybody who "works" here (I put works in quotation marks because having this much fun is tough to call work) loves riding, whether it be sportbiking, touring/cruising, ATVing, or dirtbikes. We are also one of the very few, if not the only, shop in the area that does not have a commission based sales staff. This mindset allows us to concentrate on helping YOU instead of helping ourselves. The way we figure it, if anyone deserves a sales commission it's the motorcycle. Because we only stock the good ones, and the good ones sell themselves. Most people want a quality product at a good value, so that's what we offer.