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WebM

Filename extension	.webm
Internet media type	video/webm, audio/webm
Developed by	Initial developments by On2, Xiph, and Matroska, later developments by Google
Initial release	19 May 2010; 2 years ago  (2010-05-19)[1]
Type of format	Media container
Container for	VP8 (video) Vorbis (audio)
Extended from	Matroska
Open format?	Yes[2]
Website	www.webmproject.org

WebM is an audio-video format designed to provide royalty-free, open video compression for use with HTML5 video. The project's development is sponsored by Google Inc.

A WebM file consists of VP8 video and Vorbis audio streams, in a container based on a profile of Matroska.^[2][3][4] The project releases WebM related software under a BSD license and all users are granted a worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free patent license. Despite this, some in the industry have called upon Google to provide indemnification against patent suits.^[5]

Vendor support[link]

Software[link]

Native WebM support by Mozilla Firefox,^[6][7] Opera,^[8][9] and Google Chrome^[10] was announced at the 2010 Google I/O conference. Internet Explorer 9 requires third-party WebM software.^[11] Safari for Windows and Mac OS X relies on QuickTime to play web media,^[12] which as of 1 April 2011 (2011 -04-01)^[update], does not support WebM^[13][14] unless a third-party plug-in is installed.^[15] In January 2011, Google announced that the WebM Project Team will release plugins for Internet Explorer and Safari to allow playback of WebM files through the standard HTML5 <video> tag.^[16] As of 1 April 2011 (2011 -04-01)^[update], a public preview version of this plug-in is available for Internet Explorer 9.^[17]

Adobe Systems announced that its Flash Player will be updated to support WebM, but no exact date was specified for its addition. ^[18]

Media players such as VLC,^[19][20] Miro,^[21][22] and Winamp,^[23][24] have announced support. MPlayer has native support for playing WebM files.^[25] FFmpeg can now encode and decode VP8 videos when built with libvpx support, as well as mux/demux WebM-compliant files.^[26] On 23 July 2010, Jason Garrett-Glaser, Ronald Bultje, and David Conrad of the FFmpeg team announced the ffvp8 decoder. Through testing they determined that ffvp8 was faster than Google's own libvpx decoder.^[27][28] mkvtoolnix, the popular Matroska creation tools, have implemented support for Multiplexing/Demultiplexing WebM-compliant files out of the box.^[29] Haali Media Splitter has also announced support for muxing/demuxing of WebM.^[29] As of version 1.4.9, the LiVES video editor has support for realtime decoding and for encoding to WebM format using ffmpeg libraries.

MPC-HC as of SVN 2071 and higher builds supports WebM playback with internal VP8 decoder based on FFmpeg's code.^[27][30] The latest official stable release of MPC-HC, 1.6.2.4902 and later versions has full decoding support for WebM.^[31]

Android is WebM-enabled since version 2.3 - Gingerbread,^[32] which was first made available via the Nexus S mobile phone.

Hardware[link]

WebM Project licenses VP8 hardware accelerators (RTL IP) to semiconductor companies for 1080p encoding and decoding at zero cost.^[33] AMD, ARM and Broadcom have announced support for hardware acceleration of the WebM format.^[34][35] Intel is also considering hardware-based acceleration for WebM in its Atom-based TV chips if the format gains popularity.^[36] Qualcomm and Texas Instruments have announced support,^[37][38] with native support coming to the TI OMAP processor.^[39] Chip&Media have announced a fully hardware decoder for VP8 that can decode full HD resolution VP8 streams at 60 frames per second.^[40]

NVIDIA has stated that they support VP8 adoption, but they have no specific plans to provide hardware support.^[41]

On 7 January 2011, Rockchip released the world's first chip to host a full hardware implementation of 1080p VP8 decoding. The video acceleration in the RK29xx chip is handled by the WebM Project's G-Series 1 hardware decoder IP.^[42]

In June 2011, ZiiLABS demonstrated their 1080p VP8 decoder implementation running on the ZMS-20 processor. The chips programmable media processing array is used to provide the VP8 acceleration.^[43]

Services[link]

YouTube offers WebM videos as part of its HTML5 player experiment.^[44] All uploaded files are encoded into WebM in 360p, 480p, 720p and 1080p resolutions. YouTube has committed to encode its entire portfolio of videos to WebM.^[45][46][46] Sorenson Media's online encoding platform now supports VP8 and WebM.^[47] Skype has implemented the VP8 codec into the Skype 5.0 software.^[48] Logitech is planning to use WebM as part of a video calling service.^[49] NVIDIA announced 3D video support for WebM through HTML5 and their NVIDIA 3D Vision technology.^[50][51][52]

Licensing[link]

In mid-2010, Simon Phipps, a board member for the Open Source Initiative, expressed doubts as to whether the original WebM license was an open-source license, since it had not been submitted to the OSI for approval.^[53] In response, the WebM Project decoupled patents from copyright, offering the code under a standard BSD license and patents under a separate grant.^[54] The Free Software Foundation, which maintains the Free Software Definition, has given its endorsement for WebM and VP8^[55] and considers the software's license to be compatible with the GNU General Public License.^[56][57] On 19 January 2011, the Free Software Foundation announced its official support for the WebM project.^[58]

Although Google has irrevocably released all of its patents on VP8 as a royalty-free format,^[59] the MPEG LA, licensors of the H.264 patent pool, have expressed interest in creating a patent pool for VP8.^[60][61] Conversely, other researchers cite evidence that On2 made a particular effort to avoid any MPEG LA patents.^[62] As a result of the MPEG-LA threat the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has started an investigation into the MPEG LA for its role in possibly attempting to stifle competition.^[63][64]

See also[link]

• EBML
• Comparison of container formats
• HTML5 default video format debate
• H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
• Theora
• On2 Technologies
• VP8
• WebP

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• WebM Container Guidelines

Candy Dulfer
Candy Dulfer in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Candy Dulfer
Born	(1969-09-19) 19 September 1969 (age 42)
Origin	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genres	Smooth jazz, funk, nu jazz
Occupations	Saxophonist
Instruments	Alto saxophone, vocals
Years active	1981–present
Labels	BMG, N-coded, Eagle Records, Heads Up[1]
Associated acts	Van Morrison, Prince, Rod Stewart
Website	www.candydulfer.nl

Candy Dulfer (born 19 September 1969) is a Dutch smooth jazz alto saxophonist who began playing at the age of six. She founded her band, Funky Stuff, when she was fourteen years old. Her debut album Saxuality (1990) received a Grammy Award nomination. Dulfer has released nine studio albums, two live albums, and one compilation album. She has performed and recorded songs with other notable musicians, such as her father Hans Dulfer, Prince, Dave Stewart, Van Morrison, and Maceo Parker. She hosts the Dutch television series Candy meets... (2007), in which she interviews fellow musicians.

Early life[link]

Candy Dulfer was born on 19 September 1969 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, as the daughter of saxophonist Hans Dulfer.^[2] She began playing the drums at the age of five.^[3] As a six-year-old she started to play the soprano saxophone.^[4] At the age of seven she switched to alto saxophone and later began playing in a local concert band Jeugd Doet Leven (English translation: "Youth Brings Life") in Zuiderwoude.^[3]

Dulfer played her first solo on stage with her father's band De Perikels ("The Perils").^[2] At the age of eleven, she made her first recordings for the album I Didn't Ask (1981) of De Perikels.^[3] In 1982, when she was twelve years old, she played as a member of Rosa King's Ladies Horn section at the North Sea Jazz Festival. According to Dulfer, King encouraged her to become a band leader herself. In 1984, at the age of fourteen, Dulfer started her own band Funky Stuff.^[2]

Musical career[link]

Candy Dulfer in 2006

Dulfer's band performed throughout the Netherlands and in 1987 was the opening act for two of Madonna's European concerts.^[2][3]

In 1988 Prince invited Dulfer on stage to play an improvised solo during one of his European shows.^[2] In 1989 Dulfer appeared in Prince's "Partyman" video.^[3]

Dulfer performed session work with Eurythmics guitarist and producer Dave Stewart and was a guest musician for Pink Floyd at the band's performance at Knebworth in 1990.^[5][6]

Dulfer's debut album, Saxuality, was released in 1990 and was nominated for a Grammy and certified gold for worldwide sales in excess of half a million. Her song "Lily Was Here" reached #11 on American the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Though Dulfer has had smooth jazz chart hits such as "For The Love Of You" and "Finsbury Park, Cafe 67".^{[citation needed]}

Dulfer was also the featured saxophonist on Van Morrison's A Night in San Francisco, an album in 1993,^[7] and performed with the Alan Parsons Project at the World Liberty Concert in 1995.

Dulfer collaborated with her father Hans Dulfer on the duet album Dulfer Dulfer in 2001.^[7]

In 2007, she released her ninth studio album Candy Store. The album reached a #2 position in Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz charts.^[8] Her song Candy Store and the song "L.A. Citylights" reached the #1 position in Smooth Jazz National Airplay charts in the United States.^[9]

Dulfer is mostly a self taught musician except for some training in a concert band and a few months of music lessons.^[2]

In 2007 Candy Dulfer was the presenter and interviewer in Candy meets..., her own television program for public broadcaster NPS. In the series she met with Sheila E., Maceo Parker, Hans Dulfer, Van Morrison, Dave Stewart, and Mavis Staples.^[10]

Discography[link]

• Saxuality (1990)
• Sax-a-Go-Go (1993)
• Big Girl (1995)
• For the Love of You (1997)
• The Best of Candy Dulfer (1998)^[11]
• Girls Night Out (1999)
• What Does It Take (album) (1999)
• Dulfer Dulfer (2002)
• Right in My Soul (2003)
• Candy Store (2007)
• Funked Up & Chilled Out (2009)
• Crazy (2011)

References[link]

External links[link]

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• For the Love Of You
• Candy Dulfer (official website)
• Candy Dulfer on Myspace
• Candy Dulfer at the Internet Movie Database
• Candy Dulfer at Allmusic
• (Dutch) Candy meets...
• (Dutch) Candy meets Hans Dulfer at YouTube
• Candy Dulfer & Band - live concert video on Fabchannel.com
• Candy plays with Maceo Parker

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Steven Sharp Nelson (born 1977) is a pioneer in “cello-percussion”—an alternative performance method that combines traditional, lyrical cello techniques with unconventional pizzicato and percussive technique. He was born and still resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. He began studying cello at age 8, percussion at age 12 and guitar at age 17. He has invented a new method of playing the cello that combines elements learned from each of these instruments.

He has studied the cello (still his primary instrument) under Ryan Selberg, Stephen Emerson, and John Eckstein. He obtained a degree in music from the University of Utah School of Music, graduating in 2002. :)

Nelson’s true cello career began when he was 15. He was recruited by Peter Breinholt to arrange string parts and perform with Breinholt’s band, Big Parade. Since then he has recorded on over 100 different albums ranging from folk & bluegrass to hip hop. He has also made his way as a solo artist. His first album Sacred Cello (2006)^[1] was atop the Billboard Charts. He has since two more solo albums that have also received significant acclaim (Tender Mercies, 2008 and Christmas Cello, 2010)

Nelson is well known for his collaborations with pianist Jon Schmidt as The Piano Guys – most particularly in their mash-up arrangement of Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” and Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida,” a YouTube sensation. Schmidt and Nelson perform regularly together throughout the United States and the world.

Nelson also teams up often with pianist Paul Cardall and has written most of Cardall’s orchestrations.

Nelson’s shared performance and compositions with pianist Marshall McDonald are also of note. Among other works, Nelson and McDonald have composed two symphonies together (Spanish Trail Suite, 2006 and Africa, 2008), the second of which was featured in the number one classical podcast in the world and was download over 30 million times.^[2]

Nelson’s influences include Victor Borge, Bobby McFerrin, Peter Schickele, Yo Yo Ma, U2, Sting, and James Taylor. His trademark style is to always including parody, comedy, and musical “shtick” in every performance.

Nelson is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He and his wife, Julie, have 3 children.

References[link]

1. ^ Music is an escape, not a vocation, for cellist, Deseret News Article: Steven Sharp Nelson debut album
2. ^ Utah pianist, cellist working together to make beautiful music, Deseret News Article: Marshall McDonald and Steven Sharp Nelson

External links[link]

• Official website
• Carol of the Bells (for 12 cellos). Youtube.
• Jon Schmidt & Steven Sharp Nelson – Love Story Meets Viva la Vida
• «Cello Wars (Star Wars Parody)»
• Steven Sharp Nelson. The Cello Song. Bach is back

Steven Sharp (born 22 September 1962) is a former English cricketer. Sharp was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.

Sharp made his debut for Cumberland in the 1982 Minor Counties Championship against Durham. Sharp played Minor counties cricket for Cumberland from 1982 to 2002, including 65 Minor Counties Championship matches^[1] and 19 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.^[2] In 1986, he made his List A debut against Lancashire in the NatWest Trophy. He played five further List A matches for Cumberland, the last of which came against Leicestershire in the 1994 NatWest Trophy.^[3] He also played two List A matches for the Minor Counties cricket team in the 1990 Benson and Hedges Cup against Sussex and Derbyshire.^[3] In his eight List A matches, he scored 212 runs at a batting average of 35.33, with a high score of 75. His only half century for Cumberland came against Essex in the 1992 NatWest Trophy.^[4]

He also played Second XI cricket for the Lancashire Second XI.^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Steven Sharp at ESPNcricinfo
• Steven Sharp at CricketArchive

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Carmen Aristegui

Carmen Aristegui (b. January 18, 1964 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican journalist born in Mexico City. She graduated from Mexico's Universidad Nacional Autónoma with a degree in communication sciences. She is the anchor of the news program Aristegui at CNN en Español and until recently did the morning news program on MVS Radio 102.5 FM of Mexico City.

Carmen Aristegui has almost 16 years of experience as an anchor and reporter on leading radio and television programs in Mexico.

In radio, she has participated in MVS's Para Empezar ("To Begin With") W Radio's Hoy X Hoy ("Nowadays") and Grupo Imagen's Imagen Informativa (Informative Image). On television, at MVS's En Blanco y Negro ("Black and White") and Círculo Rojo ("Red Circle") on Televisa, "Primer Plano" on Canal 11 and "Noticias Canal 52, with Javier Solorzano."

Carmen Aristegui is recognized as an expert on national politics. For over five years, Aristegui hosted the Federal Electoral Institute's special political programming. In 1997, she also acted as an advisor to a civic group involved in the first election for the head of government in the Mexican Republic's capital.

Aristegui has received the Mexican Press Club's "National Award" in 2001, 2002, and 2004, and in 2003 she was recognized as the "Best National Anchor" and presented with a Public Image Award. She was also named "2004 Woman of the Year" by Mont Blanc, and was selected to carry the Olympic Torch through Mexico as part of its global journey to Athens that same year. In 2005, Aristegui received recognition from the National Institute of Indigenous Languages for her promotion of the indigenous languages of Mexico.

In 2008, she received the Maria Moors Cabot Prize.

In February 2011, her contract with MVS Radio was terminated, a move seen by protesters as authoritarian.

She was reinstated a few days after without any official statement by MVS Radio.

Return to FM radio[link]

MVS Radio and Carmen Aristegui reached an agreement in early 2009 to start a new radio show on the broadcaster's Noticias frequency. The daily show from 6:00 to 10:00 AM deals with issues in much more depth than her twenty-minute TV show for CNN. Guests on this program include various Mexican political figures, such as Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Roberto Madrazo Pintado, and several senators and governors. The show was also the platform for the release of an interview with former president Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado in which he stated his disappointment in his successor, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, because of the latter's family's corruption and links to drug cartels.

On 7 February 2011 her contract with MVS was terminated over a news report in which she invites president Calderón to respond to accusations of alcoholism made by political opponents waving a banner in the Chamber of Deputies.^[1] MVS, on a brief statement said "no news are made by rumors, our ethics code was broken, so our relationship with reporter Aristegui was terminated". She was reinstated a few days after without any official statement by MVS Radio or Aristegui. ^[2]

External links[link]

• Carmen Aristegui profile at CNN.com
• A case study on Aristegui's dismissal in 2011, The University of Oxford
• AristeguiNoticias, her news site

References[link]