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Disney's newest, shiniest cash-cow, Star Wars VII, has picked up a writer in the shape of Little Miss Sunshine director Michael Arndt.
The Hunger Games II scribe, who has also recently co-written a sci-fi movie for Tom Cruise, has apparently been working on a "treatment" for the movie for a couple of months, The Hollywood Reporter claims. Lucasfilm has issued a statement confirming that Arndt will write the screenplay for the newest Star Wars film.
Arndt bagged an Oscar for best original screenplay for the 2006 arthouse comedy Little Miss Sunshine, which featured a grandfather teaching his seven-year-old beauty pageant contestant granddaughter a dance he picked up in a less-than-savoury "burlesque" establishment.
His writing on Toy Story 3 also bagged him a nomination for the best adapted screenplay. He has already written the upcoming second film in the Hunger Games trilogy.
Disney got its hands on the Star Wars franchise when it bought Lucasfilm just a few weeks ago and the studio immediately announced its plans to give the world Star Wars VII, VIII and IX and maybe many more. Responses have ranged from horrified Jar-Jar-Binks-related trepidation to cautious optimism given the Mouse's pretty good, and lucrative, job on the Marvel universe.
The Hollywood Reporter reckons that the film will focus on a new generation of heroes, with possible cameos (spirit or otherwise) of old favourites Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher). Harrison Ford has also been reported to be interested in returning as Han Solo.
The next step for the film would be for producers Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas to sign up a director. Animation to live-action director Brad Bird is rumoured to be in the mix after successfully moving from the likes of The Incredibles and Ratatouille to Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.
Both Quentin Tarantino - who is reported to have said: "I'm not interested in the Simon West version of Star Wars" - and Steven Spielberg have declared that they will not direct a Disney Star Wars, with Spielberg bizarrely declaring: "It's not my genre" in his haste to distance himself from the project.
The man who pumped life back into Star Trek, JJ Abrams, was also, perhaps more hopefully than realistically, named as a possibility, but has told Hollywood Life he thinks he'll be going to Star Wars "as a paying moviegoer". ®


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What is it and how is it used?
Copalia HCT tablets contain three substances called amlodipine, valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide. All of these substances help to control high blood pressure.
- Amlodipine belongs to a group of substances called ?calcium channel blockers?. Amlodipine stops calcium from moving into the blood vessel wall, which stops the blood vessels from tightening.
- Valsartan belongs to a group of substances called ?angiotensin-II receptor antagonists?. Angiotensin II is produced by the body and makes the blood vessels tighten, thus increasing the blood pressure. Valsartan works by blocking the effect of angiotensin II.
- Hydrochlorothiazide belongs to a group of substances called ?thiazide diuretics?. Hydrochlorothiazide increases urine output, which also lowers blood pressure. As a result of all three mechanisms, the blood vessels relax and blood pressure is lowered.
Copalia HCT is used to treat high blood pressure in adult patients who are already taking amlodipine, valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide and who may benefit from taking one tablet containing all three substances.
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|What do you have to consider before using it?
|How is it used?
|What are possible side effects?
|How should it be stored?
|Further information
What do you have to consider before using it?
Do not take Copalia HCT
- if you are more than 3 months pregnant (It is also better to avoid Copalia HCT in early pregnancy ? see Pregnancy section).
- if you are allergic (hypersensitive) to amlodipine, valsartan, hydrochlorothiazide, sulphonamide-derived medicines (medicines used to treat chest or urinary infections), or any of the other ingredients of Copalia HCT (see section 6, ?What Copalia HCT contains?. If you think you may be allergic, do not take Copalia HCT and talk to your doctor.
- if you have liver problems, such as liver disorders and jaundice (cholestasis).
- if you have severe kidney problems or if you are having dialysis.
- if you are suffering from an inability to produce urine.
- if the level of potassium or sodium in your blood is too low despite treatment.
- if the level of calcium in your blood is too high despite treatment.
- if you have gout (uric acid crystals in the joints). If any of the above applies to you, do not take Copalia HCT and talk to your doctor.
Take special care with Copalia HCT
- if you have a low level of potassium, sodium or magnesium in your blood.
- if you have a high level of calcium in your blood.
- if you are taking medicines or substances that increase the amount of potassium in your blood. These include potassium supplements or salt substitutes containing potassium, potassium-sparing medicines and heparin. It may be necessary to check the amount of potassium in your blood at regular intervals.
- if you have kidney problems, have had a kidney transplant or if you had been told that you have a narrowing of your kidney arteries.
- if you have liver problems.
- if you have or have had heart failure or coronary arterydisease, particularly if you are taking the maximum dose of Copalia HCT (10 mg/320 mg/25 mg)
- if your doctor has told you that you have a narrowing of the valves in your heart (called ?aortic or mitral stenosis?) or that the thickness of your heart muscle is abnormally increased (called ?obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?).
- if you suffer from aldosteronism. This is a disease in which the adrenal glands make too much of the hormone aldosterone If this applies to you, the use of Copalia HCT is not recommended.
- if you suffer from a disease called systemic lupus erythematosus (also called ?lupus? or ?SLE?).
- if you have diabetes (high blood sugar).
- if you have high levels of cholesterol or triglycerides in your blood.
- if you experience skin reactions such as rash after sun exposure
- if you had an allergic reaction to other high blood pressure medicines or diuretics (a type of medicine also known as ?water tablets?), especially if you suffer from asthma and allergies
- if you have been sick (vomiting or diarrhoea).
- if you experience dizziness and/or fainting during treatment with Copalia HCT, tell your doctor as soon as possible. If any of these apply to you, talk to your doctor.
You must tell your doctor if you think that you are ( or might become) pregnant. Copalia HCT is not recommended in early pregnancy and must not be taken if you are more than 3 months pregnant, as it may cause serious harm to your baby if used at this stage (see section ?Pregnancy and breast-feeding?).
The use of Copalia HCT in children and adolescents under 18 years of age is not recommended.
Copalia HCT and older people (age 65 years and older)
Copalia HCT can be used by people aged 65 years and over at the same dose as for other adults and in the same way as they have already taken the three substances called amlodipine, valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide. Elderly patients, particularly those taking the maximum dose of Copalia HCT (10 mg/320 mg/25 mg), should have their blood pressure checked regularly.
Using other medicines
Please tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are using or have recently used any other medicine, including medicines obtained without a prescription. Your doctor may need to change the dose or take other precautions. In some cases you may have to stop using one of the medicines. This is especially important if you are using any of the medicines listed below:
Do not take together with:
- lithium (a medicine used to treat some types of depression);
- medicines or substances that increase the amount of potassium in your blood. These include potassium supplements or salt substitutes containing potassium, potassium-sparing medicines and heparin. Caution should be used with:
- alcohol, sleeping pills and anaesthetics (medicines allowing patients to undergo surgery and other procedures);
- allopurinol (anti-gout treatment);
- amantadine (anti-Parkinson therapy, also used for influenza treatment);
- anticholinergic agents (medicines used to treat a variety of disorders such as gastrointestinal cramps, urinary bladder spasm, asthma, motion sickness, muscular spasms, Parkinson's disease and as an aid to anaesthesia);
- anticonvulsant medicines and mood-stabilising medicines used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder (e.g. carbamazepine, phenobarbital, phenytoin, fosphenytoin, primidone);
- cholestyramine and colestipol (substances used mainly to treat high levels of lipids in the blood);
- ciclosporin (a medicine used in transplantation to prevent organ rejection or for other conditions, e.g: rheumatoid arthritis or atopic dermatitis);
- cortisone-like medicines, steroids;
- curare derivatives (a medicine to relax the muscles which is used during operations);
- cytotoxic medicines (used to treat cancer);
- digoxin (a heart medicine);
- medicines for the treatment of diabetes (oral agents such as metformin or insulins);
- medicines to increase blood pressure (adrenaline, noradrenaline);
- medicines used for HIV/AIDS (e.g. ritonavir) or for treatment of fungal infections (e.g. ketoconazole);
- medicines used for oesophageal ulceration and inflammation (carbenoxolone);
- medicines used to relieve pain or inflammation, especially non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents;
- nitroglycerin and other nitrates, or other substances called ?vasodilators?;
- other medicines to treat high blood pressure (beta blockers, diazoxides, methyldopa);
- rifampicin (used, for example, to treat tuberculosis);
- some medicines used to treat infections such as amphotericin, penicillin G, tetracycline;
- St. John?s wort;
- vitamin D and calcium salts. Talk to your doctor before drinking alcohol. Alcohol may make your blood pressure fall too much and/or increase the possibility of dizziness or fainting.
Taking Copalia HCT with food and drink
You can take Copalia HCT with or without food.
Pregnancy and breast-feeding
You must tell your doctor if you think you are ( or might become) pregnant. Your doctor will normally advise you to stop taking Copalia HCT before you become pregnant or as soon as you know you are pregnant and will advise you to take another medicine instead of Copalia HCT. Copalia HCT is not recommended in early pregnancy and must not be taken if you are more than 3 months pregnant, as it may cause serious harm to your baby if it is used after the third month of pregnancy.
Breast-feedingTell your doctor if you are breast-feeding or about to start breast-feeding. Copalia HCT is not recommended for mothers who are breast-feeding, and your doctor may choose another treatment for you if you wish to breast-feed, especially if your baby is a newborn, or was born prematurely.
Ask your doctor or pharmacist for advice before taking any medicine.
Driving and using machines
As with many other medicines used to treat high blood pressure, this medicine may make you feel dizzy. If you experience this symptom, do not drive or use tools or machines.
How is it used?
Always take this medicine exactly as your doctor has told you. You should check with your doctor if you are not sure. This will help you get the best results and lower the risk of side effects.
The usual dose of Copalia HCT is one tablet per day.
- It is best to take the tablet at the same time each day. Morning is the best time.
- Swallow the tablet whole with a glass of water.
- You can take Copalia HCT with or without food.
Depending on how you respond to the treatment, your doctor may suggest a higher or lower dose.
If you take more Copalia HCT than you should
If you have accidentally taken too many Copalia HCT tablets, talk to a doctor immediately.You may require medical attention.
If you forget to take Copalia HCT
If you forget to take a dose of this medicine, take it as soon as you remember and then take the next dose at its usual time. If it is almost time for your next dose you should simply take the next tablet at the usual time. Do not take a double dose (two tablets at once) to make up for a forgotten tablet.
If you stop taking Copalia HCT
Stopping your treatment with Copalia HCT may cause your disease to get worse. Do not stop taking your medecine unless your doctor tells you to.
Always take this medicine, even if you are feeling well
People who have high blood pressure often do not notice any signs of the problem. Many feel normal. It is very important that you take this medicine exactly as your doctor tells you to get the best results and reduce the risk of side effects. Keep your appointments with the doctor even if you are feeling well.
If you have any further questions on the use of this product ask your doctor or pharmacist.
What are possible side effects?
Like all medicines, Copalia HCT can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them. These side effects may occur with certain frequencies, which are defined as follows: very common: affects more than 1 user in 10
common: affects 1 to 10 users in 100
uncommon: affects 1 to 10 users in 1,000
rare: affects 1 to 10 users in 10,000
very rare: affects less than 1 user in 10,000
not known: frequency cannot be estimated from the available data
Some side effects can be serious and need immediate medical attention:
You should see your doctor immediately if you experience any of the following symptoms: Common
- dizziness
- low blood pressure (feeling of faintness, light-headedness, sudden loss of consciousness) Uncommon
- severely decreased urine output (decreased kidney function) Rare
- spontaneous bleeding
- irregular heart beat
- liver disorder Very rare
- allergic reaction with symptoms such as rash, itching
- angioedema: swelling of face or lips or tongue, difficulty of breathing
- crushing/tight chest pain that gets worse or that does not go away
- weakness, bruising, fever and frequent infections
- stiffness
Other possible side effects of Copalia HCT:
Common: Stomach discomfort after meal; tiredness; swelling; low level of potassium in the blood; headache; frequent urination.
Uncommon: Fast heart beat; spinning sensation; vision disorder; stomach discomfort; chest pain; increase of urea nitrogen, creatinine and uric acid in the blood; high level of calcium fat or sodium in the blood; decrease of potassium in the blood; breath odour; diarrhoea; dry mouth; nausea; vomiting; abdominal pain; weight increase; loss of appetite; disturbed sense of taste; back pain; joint swelling; muscle cramps/weakness/pain; pain in extremity; inability to either stand or walk in a normal manner; weakness; abnormal coordination; dizziness on standing up or after exercising; lack of energy; sleep disturbances; tingling or numbness; neuropathy; sleepiness; sudden, temporary loss of consciousness; low blood pressure on standing up; impotence; cough; breathlessness; throat irritation; excessive sweating; itching; swelling, reddening and pain along a vein; skin reddening; trembling. Not known: Changes in blood tests for kidney function, increase of potassium in your blood, low level of red blood cells.
Side effects reported with amlodipine or valsartan or hydrochlorothiazide alone, but not observed with Copalia HCT or observed in a higher frequency:
AmlodipineCommon: Palpitations; abdominal pain; nausea; sleepiness; hot flushes.
Uncommon: Ringing noise in ears; change of bowel habit; pain; weight decrease; joint pain; trembling; mood swings; urination disorders; urination at night; breast enlargement in men; runny nose; hair loss; skin eruption; purple skin patches; rash; skin discoloration.
Very rare: Low level of white blood cells and blood platelets; irregular heart beat; heart attack; inflammation of the stomach lining or of the pancreas, gingival overgrowth, abnormal liver function test; liver disorder which can occur together with yellow skin and eyes, or dark-coloured urine; allergic reaction including swelling deeper in the skin and difficulty breathing; high level of sugar in the blood; increased muscle stiffness; skin reaction with skin reddening and peeling, blistering of lips, eyes or mouth; itchy rash; inflammation of blood vessels.
Not known: Stiff limbs and trembling hands.
ValsartanNot known: Abnormal red blood cell test; low level of a certain type of white blood cell and blood platelet; increase of potassium in the blood; increase of creatinine in the blood; abnormal liver function test; allergic reaction including swelling deeper in the skin and difficulty breathing; muscle pain; severely decreased urine output; itching; rash; inflammation of blood vessels.
HydrochlorothiazideCommon: Increase of lipids in the blood.
Uncommon: Low level of magnesium in the blood; rash; itchy rash.
Rare: Low level of blood platelets, sugar in the urine; high level of sugar in the blood; depression; irregular heart beat; abdominal discomfort; constipation; liver disorder which can occur together with yellow skin and eyes, or dark-coloured urine; increased sensitivity of skin to sun; purple skin patches. Very rare: Lack or low level of white blood cells; haemolytic anaemia (abnormal breakdown of red blood cells either in the blood vessels or elsewhere in the body); inflammation of the pancreas; allergic reaction; difficulty breathing, breathlessness; inflammation of the lungs, lupus erythematosus; inflammation of blood vessels; severe skin disease that causes rash, red skin, blistering of the lips, eyes or mouth, skin peeling, fever.
If any of the side effects gets serious, or if you notice any side effects not listed in this leaflet, please tell your doctor or pharmacist.
How should it be stored?
Keep out of the reach and sight of children.
Do not use Copalia HCT after the expiry date which is stated on the carton and blister after EXP. The expiry date refers to the last day of that month.
Do not store above 30°C.
Store in the original package in order to protect from moisture.
Do not use any Copalia HCT pack that is damaged or shows signs of tampering.
Further information
What Copalia HCT contains
- The active substances of Copalia HCT are amlodipine (as amlodipine besylate), valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide.
- Copalia HCT 5 mg/160 mg/12.5 mg film-coated tablets: Each film-coated tablet contains 5 mg amlodipine (as amlodipine besylate), 160 mg valsartan and 12.5 mg hydrochlorothiazide. The other ingredients are cellulose microcrystalline; crospovidone; silica, colloidal anhydrous; magnesium stearate; hypromellose, macrogol 4000, talc, titanium dioxide (E171).
What Copalia HCT looks like and contents of the pack
- Copalia HCT 5 mg/160 mg/12.5 mg film-coated tablets are white, oval tablets with ?NVR? on one side and ?VCL? on the other side.
Copalia HCT is available in packs containing 14, 28, 30, 56, 90, 98 or 280 film-coated tablets, in multipacks of 280 tablets (comprising 4 cartons, each containing 70 tablets, or 20 cartons, each containing 14 tablets), and in hospital packs containing 56, 98 or 280 tablets in single unit blisters. Not all pack sizes may be available in your country.
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Digital-only TV broadcasting starts Friday
By: Tim Cuprisin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The analog TV era ends Friday, with a daylong transition to digital-only broadcasting.
If you don't know about this, you haven't been watching TV - or reading this column - for the past couple years.
But despite the regular updates - including innovative TV spots that featured Milwaukee's competing TV anchors working together to spread the word - it's still unclear just how smoothly this will go.
There's really no reason why the minority of TV viewers who only watch over-the-air with an antenna won't be ready.
Digital TV has been available for years.
You just never know.
Viewers of pay TV services won't have to change their TV-watching habits on Friday, but they won't be getting all the sub-channels available to over-the-air digital viewers.
On Milwaukee's TV dial, Channels 18, 24 and 30 went all-digital back on Feb.12, the original deadline.
Here's the rundown for Friday (although times could change at the last minute):
• 9 a.m. - Milwaukee Public TV's two stations, Channels 10 and 36, and the Fox affiliate, Channel 6, turn off their analog signals.
Channel 58's programming begins to be simulcast on low-power Channel 63.
• Noon - Channel 12, the ABC station, shuts down its analog signal, while Channel 4, the NBC station, turns off its analog programming, replacing it with a graphic explaining the switch.
• 2 p.m. - Channel 4 switches off its analog signal.
• 11:59 p.m. - Channels 58 and 55 switch off their analog signals, completing the transition.
Among Milwaukee's stations, the first to launch was Channel 4. It's making its noon cutoff something of an event, with TV pioneer George Kasdorf turning off the analog signal he switched on back on Dec. 3, 1947.
Source: http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/tvradio/47706637.html


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A's tab 'bulldog' Sonny Gray for Game 5 showdown
- Sonny Gray will start for Oakland against Justin Verlander and the Tigers in Game 5
- Gray gave up four hits over eight innings in a Game 2 victory
- Verlander shut out Oakland 6-0 at the Coliseum in the ALDS clincher last year
OAKLAND -- In three postseason starts against the Oakland Athletics the last two years, Justin Verlander has allowed one run in 23 innings while striking out 33, making him an easy choice for Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland as his starter for Thursday night's Game 5 of the American League Division Series.
Short of an unlikely lineup overhaul, the best counter for A's manager Bob Melvin may be a starter who can match zeroes with Verlander.
Rookie Sonny Gray proved he could do that in a 1-0 victory in Game 2, so Melvin has picked him in hopes of reversing the A's dismal performance in potential ALDS clinching games. Since 2000, they are 1-11 in such opportunities.
Gray, 23, had a sensational outing Saturday night, throwing four-hit ball over eight innings and striking out nine before the A's rallied for a walkoff victory in the ninth against the Tigers bullpen.
That was a major consideration for Melvin as he tabbed a youngster making his 12th career start over 16-year veteran Bartolo Colon, Oakland's only All-Star this season and the staff leader with an 18-6 record and a 2.65 ERA. Colon, though, is 0-8 with a 6.75 ERA in his last 15 appearances against Detroit, including a 3-2 Game 1 loss.
"We looked at it a bunch of different angles,'' Melvin said. "It came down to Sonny's last game that he pitched in similar conditions in our ballpark.''
Gray drew high praise not just for his stuff – a fastball up to 96 mph that mostly stayed in the corners, and a classic 12-to-6 curveball – but also for his poise in a pressure-packed game in front of a sellout crowd of 48,292.
Gray didn't get rattled when Tigers outfielder Torii Hunter loudly took umbrage at a fastball under his chin in the third inning, and he worked out of a first-and-third, one-out jam in the fifth. The impressive start improved Gray's record at the O.co Coliseum to 4-1 with a 1.67 ERA in seven career starts.
"He's a bit of a bulldog. He's scared of nothing,'' Melvin said. "Right away he established what he wanted to do in that game. … Not too long ago he pitched in this same venue against the same team with the same type of crowd we're expecting, and he looked pretty comfortable with it.''
"This kid is a great-looking young pitcher," said Leyland. "It will be a little bit better for us than it was the other night, hopefully, and now that we have seen him, it does make some difference.''
The A's probably won't have to see any more of Max Scherzer, who held them to two runs and struck out 11 in a 3-2 Game 1 win for Detroit. On Tuesday's Game 4, the likely AL Cy Young Award winner earned the victory after throwing two innings – and 47 pitches – out of the bullpen as Detroit came from behind for an 8-6 win.
But facing Verlander may present an even tougher challenge, even if his 2013 season wasn't on par with his MVP and Cy Young year of 2011, or even last season.
For one, Verlander shut out Oakland 6-0 at the Coliseum in the ALDS clincher last year. And going back to his last two outings of this past season, Verlander has thrown a combined 19 scoreless innings – with a stunning 33 strikeouts – in his last three starts.
After blanking the A's over seven innings Saturday, Verlander said he felt he had found the combination of stuff and location that had eluded him all season. On Tuesday, he did not bother pretending the Game 5 start would be just like any other.
"The season is on the line,'' he said. "You can't treat it like just another game. You know it's a little bit different. There's more to it.''
Besides Verlander, who has shut them out over the last 22 consecutive playoff innings, the A's have some history to overcome. They're 0-5 in ALDS Game 5s and have not won in a winner-take-all situation since Game 7 of the 1973 World Series against the New York Mets.


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The Real Luther A Friar at Erfurt and Wittenberg Exploring Luther's Life with Melanchthon as Guide By Franz Posset Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis, 2011 Having read so many dissatisfactory commentaries and biographies on Martin Luther recently, I determined not to spend any more time on modern 'revolutionary' theories regarding him. Personally, I believe that though Luther lagged behind Reformers such as Tyndale, Jewel, Bucer and Bullinger, on such doctrines as Justification, the Work of God's Word on the Soul, Repentance and Christology, he is preferable to Calvin. However, my decision to ignore unimaginative new perspectives on Luther did not last long. This December, I was introduced to Franz Posset's… Full Article
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For Immediate Release
Patricia Kiernan Johnson;
M.L. Falcone, Public Relations
47 new songs commissioned from the nation's leading composers celebrate
the opening of the National Opera Center
New York, NY—
OPERA America
, the national nonprofit service organization for opera in the U.S. and Canada, is delighted to announce the release of its first commission, the
OPERA America Songbook
. The 47 songs were commissioned to celebrate the opening of OPERA America's National Opera Center (official ribbon-cutting on September 28) and are available in a printed score published by Schott Music New York, as an audio CD and as a digital music download. While the
is OPERA America's first commissioned work, the organization has been deeply committed to the creation and production of new opera throughout its 42-year history, having granted more than $11 million to opera companies for the purpose of commissioning new works.
In March 2012, OPERA America invited 70 leading classical song and opera composers to each write a song for solo singer and piano following the themes of opening a new home, the joy of singing or the excitement of new beginnings. Composers invited to participate in the
OPERA America Songbook
project all have strong ties to the organization, from those whose works have received grant support, to panelists at OPERA America workshops and composers whose works have been performed at OPERA America events.
"OPERA America has always been firmly committed to the development of new opera works, which is why the opening of the National Opera Center was the perfect occasion to commission our own celebration of vocal music," stated President/CEO Marc A. Scorca. "We decided to commission a song cycle to include as many of the talented composers in our circle as possible, and to show that commissioning projects can take many forms beyond the traditional full opera. We are truly honored and touched to see how many composers eagerly embraced this project, making it richer and more varied than we could have predicted," he continued.
Selections from the
OPERA America Songbook
will be performed during National Opera Center opening week celebrations, and the entire cycle will be performed in the Center over the course of its first year of operation. Two
Salon Series
events at the National Opera Center, on October 30 and March 19, will feature a number of selections from the
OPERA America Songbook
, followed by a conversation with the recording engineers and publication editors, respectively, led by OPERA America President/CEO Marc A. Scorca.
Participating composers, who include Ricky Ian Gordon, Daron Hagen, Lori Laitman, Nico Muhly, Thomas Pasatieri, Kevin Puts, Howard Shore and Robert Ward (full list below), were invited to create songs of approximately five minutes in length. Composers were free to choose their own texts, resulting in lyrics from historical writers such as William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and Giuseppe Verdi; from contemporary working librettists such as Mark Campbell, Royce Vavrek and Donna DiNovelli; and from the composers themselves.
The full
OPERA America Songbook
score is being published by
Schott Music New York
and is being released as a three-disc CD set. The recording features 33 different singers and 23 pianists, including six composers who performed their own works (Ricky Ian Gordon, Lori Laitman, Lowell Liebermann, Ben Moore, John Musto and Bob Telson). Performers were chosen by the individual composers in collaboration with OPERA America and the project's music director, William Hobbs.
OPERA America Songbook
score is available for purchase now at
. The CD set and digital download will be available for purchase in October. For further details, visit
after September 24.
OPERA America Songbook
composer list:
Mark Adamo
Derek Bermel
David Carlson
Christopher Cerrone
Mary Ellen Childs
Michael Ching
Conrad Cummings
Richard Danielpour
Anthony Davis
Donald Davis
Paquito D'Rivera
Rinde Eckert
Ricky Ian Gordon
Daron Hagen
Jake Heggie*
Aaron Jay Kernis
Paula Kimper
Lori Laitman
David Lang
Lowell Liebermann
David T. Little
Tod Machover
Ben Moore
Paul Moravec
Theodore Morrison
Nico Muhly
Gene Murray
John Musto
Tarik O'Regan
David Ott
Thomas Pasatieri
Jack Perla
Paola Prestini
Kevin Puts
Robert Xavier Rodriguez
Huang Ruo
Howard Shore
Jorge Sosa
Gregory Spears
Lewis Spratlan
Bob Telson
Christopher Theofanidis
Michael Torke
Stewart Wallace
Wang Jie
Robert Ward
Erling Henry Wold
* Note: Heggie's work appears on the CD, but not in the printed score edition of the
About the
OPERA America Songbook
Score Publication
score is published by Schott Music New York and is available for purchase now at halleonard.com. The publication was edited by Scott Wollschleger, Christopher Cerrone and Juan Pablo Contreras.
About the
OPERA America Songbook
was recorded, edited and mastered at Gurari Studios in New York City during summer 2012. The music director was Williams Hobbs and the recording engineer was Jeremy Gerard. OPERA America staff Cara Consilvio, Lyndsay Werking and Laura Lee Everett served as supervising producer, commission and publication manager and executive producer, respectively.
For more information about:
OPERA America, visit
The National Opera Center, visit
OPERA America Songbook
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LatinoReview.com has uncovered the script for Oren Peli's follow up to "Paranormal Activity", titled "Area 51". Still basking in the glow of his recent success, the studio has been trying to keep close tabs on the details for this one. So, if you don't mind spoilers... be sure to read on.
It was rumored some months past that J J Abrams would be taking on the adaptation of Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. As of today, Abrams has officially announced that he is dropping the project.
Hey "Puppet Master" fans, there's a new teaser trailer out for "Puppet Master: Axis of Evil"!
If James Gunn was the only reason you were holding out for "Scream Queens Season 2", I have bad news for you. Gunn has had to bow out of Season 2 due to scheduling conflicts. On the bright side, that means he's making another movie!
ABC has announced that it will not be renewing "Eastwick", the small screen adaptation of "Witches of Eastwick" after its 13 episode run. Don't worry, I'm sure we'll see Rebecca Romijin-Stamos-O'Connel again soon!


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How Work Email Has Ruined Leisure Time [INFOGRAPHIC]
When you clock out of work, do you leave your email behind as well? If so, you're definitely in the minority.
A recent survey of 543 business execs by ad agency Gyro and Forbes Insights found 98% of such workers check email during their "off" time. If that's not bad enough, 63% say they check on their email at least every one or two hours when they're out of the office. The trend holds up when the execs are on vacation — only 3% say they don't check work emails.
Despite the impingement on their leisure time, most of the workers surveyed say they like being able to check in when they're away. As the following infographic shows, they have their reasons.
What do you think? Have such tech innovations made your life better or worse? Sound off in the comments.
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Videos | November 12, 2009
Free Spirit - Plotting an Escape
NASA's long-running Mars rover Spirit will begin critical drives for escaping a sand trap.
Title: Scott Maxwell, JPL Mars Rover Driver
Hi, I'm JPL Mars Rover Driver Scott Maxwell and this is a Free Spirit Update.
I'm sitting here at JPL in one of the operations rooms we use to drive the rover and the software you see running behind me is the
software we use to drive the two Mars rovers.
Now as you might know, back in late May Spirit was traversing North-west around a feature
called 'Home Plate,' when she broke through a hard kind of crusty surface layer of material.
Very much like an ice skater falling through a crust of ice over the surface of a pond and Spirit became trapped in the softer
looser material that had previously hidden underneath.
Our initial attempts to drive her out were unsuccessful and so we told Spirit to sit tight
for a little while on Mars while we figured out how to get her free back here on Earth.
This is an animation that we put together to help us understand how Spirit got into this predicament and what happened on our
first attempts to drive her out.
This is a very useful tool for us to help understand what's going on with one of the rovers
at a critical moment like this. Now even though Spirits been sitting in one place all this time, she hasn't been entirely idle.
She's been using her scientific instruments to help explore this material that she ended up getting trapped in. And this stuff
turns out to be very fascinating on a scientific basis; it gives us some of the best evidence that we found for past water
activity on Mars from either Rover. So for the science team that has been very much like your car breaking down in front of
Even so we would really like Spirit to get back on the road, so we have been conducting a number of tests in order to help us
understand the best way to do that.
In the most recent of these was something we call an Operational Readiness Test, or ORT.
This is a test where we try to do everything with a test Rover in exactly the same way as we would do it with the flight rover.
Rule #1 of an ORT is no peeking.
The other rover drivers and I were kept strictly away from the test bed, weren't allowed to go down there and look at the real
rover. And instead, we had to make all of our decisions based on data that was sent back by the test rover
that's very much like the data that would be sent back by Spirit. And in the same way, we had to command the test rover using
only the same kind of software and the same kind of procedures that we'll be using to command Spirit when we get ready to do this
extracation for real. Mars does not owe us a solution to this problem and there might not be one, but we are very confident that
we have the best possible plan under the circumstances and were ready to begin implementing it very soon.
It's going to be a slow and lengthy process taking weeks or maybe even months, but we'll keep you posted on Spirit's progress and
we hope you'll follow along. I'm JPL Mars Rover Driver Scott Maxwell.
This has been your Free Spirit Update.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology


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In the 1800's, Vermont camps provided ideal locations for youngsters in the Northeast who desired to escape the congestion and summer heat of the urban areas along the east coast. Today, Vermont camps attract campers next door and from around the world.
Come join us this summer. Not only is Vermont especially beautiful with boundless outdoor offerings, all of our member camps are licensed and regulated by the Vermont Department of Health. Vermont Camp Association (VCA) has expanded to represent 55 of the finest camps in Vermont. While some are privately owned and others are not-for-profit, each camp is unique and offers sessions ranging from one to eight weeks with a wide range of fees that are suitable for every budget; and all provide quality experiences which will help your child develop emotionally, physically, spiritually, and socially. Although the VCA is not in a position to help individual famlies select a camp for their children, we hope that by reading about the camps represented on this site you will be able to find a camp that best fits your family's needs. So click on some camps that interest you and join us this summer!
Some VCA Camps have year-round programs and rent their facilities. Consider our camps for an inexpensive idilic wedding, that special family reunion or to experience the winter wonderland that is Vermont.
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If you have a sink that drains slowly or hear gurgling sounds, then you may have a blockage in your plumbing system. Same goes for puddles of water in your home after baths, showers, or running the dishwasher. Perhaps the biggest sign of a clogged sewer is trouble with your toilet system. The toilet runs directly to the sewer line, so it is rare to have a fully functioning toilet with a clogged sewer.
Sewer blockages usually have three main causes.
Tree Roots. Mother Nature can be surprisingly invasive when it comes to sewer lines. Tree roots often infiltrate sewer pipes through cracks or at pipe joints, causing blockages. Waste can collect around the roots, causing backups and decreased flow. Solid pipelines are at less of a risk, but tree roots can invade even the smallest of cracks, causing havoc on your plumbing system.
Foreign Objects. Tampons, diapers, grease, oils, food scraps, and other foreign objects are commonly found in blocked sewers. Even coffee grounds and eggshells can contribute to pipeline blockages. To prevent blockages, be conscientious about what you put in the garbage disposal. For best results, dispose of grease, butter, fats, oils, and even mayonnaise in the garbage can.
Old, Worn Out Pipes. Pipes deteriorate over time. They can crack, split, or sometimes collapse outright. When that happens, blockages and overflow can occur in a hurry. In some cases, the structural defects may be so severe that the entire pipe system may have to be rebuilt.
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Comcast-TWC Customers: Be Afraid, Very Afraid
Feb 19, 2014 10:32 PM PT
While federal regulators mull the possible antitrust ramifications of the proposed US$45 billion merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the companies' customers also are considering the fallout from this deal.
Both companies have a reputation for poor customer service, and the fear is that a combination of the conglomerates may result in the achievement of a new low in customer relations.
Their reputations for shoddy service aside, a merger of any two large companies is bound to result in glitches and miscommunications and possible service interruptions. Companies need a solid communication and outreach framework in place to navigate these changes, and it is debatable whether a Comcast-Time Warner Cable entity can put one together.
Last year, the American Customer Satisfaction Index ranked Comcast last and TWC second to last among Internet service providers. Among pay-TV providers, Comcast ranked third from the bottom and TWC second.
An Industry Held in Scorn
To be fair, customers' reactions to the service provided by the industry in general range from askance, to horror, to outright rage. Some -- much -- of this is justified by hours-long wait periods for appointments, rising rates, and undesirable product bundles.
Some of this scorn might be traced to consumers' just-in-time sense of entitlement, though, Rich Hanley, associate professor and director of the graduate journalism program at Quinnipiac University told CRM Buyer.
"Cable companies, Internet service providers, telecoms, and other public utilities have lousy customer service ratings because the American consumer is impatient when they can't access what they want at a given moment," he said.
The companies basically can't win the consumer satisfaction wars, Hanley said.
"The Comcast-Time Warner deal is not going to materially impact dissatisfaction ratings, as people are going to complain if a connection is not repaired immediately," he predicted.
The other bogeyman haunting the proposed merger -- an expected jack-up in prices -- is not likely to materialize, Hanley suggested.
The company depends on the broad middle class to remain profitable, he said. "The middle class is shrinking, and it's under intense economic pressure even in good times, so any rate increase for any service will lead to an immediate drop in subscribers."
An Unforgiving Spotlight
As Comcast and Time Warner Cable feel their way through these issues -- assuming, of course, the merger is greenlighted -- any missteps they make will be magnified by a closely watching public.
"Most organizations experience a drop in sales and increased complaints about customer service shortly after a merger," Joe Aberger, executive vice president of Pritchett, told CRM Buyer.
"The company is already caught in the glare of the spotlight, with analysts, management, employees of both organizations, and customers all studying how the deal will affect business. If sales and service start to suffer, people blame the merger and typically begin to question the viability of the decision to merge," he explained.
One silver lining for the two companies is that with service viewed so poorly now, the bar is set very low, and any change may be viewed as positive, said Joe Silverman, owner of New York Computer Help.
"Time Warner Cable customer service is slow, painful, and usually just reads for a robotic script," he explained. "We have averaged an hour each call logged into Time Warner Cable, which is way too long, and our customers are upset with how long it takes to even get to the right department."
Customer service can only look up with Comcast and be better than it currently is, he said.


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Alice , Bob and Cheryl had our favorite conversation, the Horizon Report 2010! This is such a good report to provide the vision and checks and balances for our practice. The chat room was rocking too. Thanks for joining us. Let us know what your take is on the Horizon Report.


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The current Grays Harbor Public Market was begun by a handful of people in 1974 in the parking lot of the old hospital that was in the location of the current Pearsall Building on Sumner Avenue in Aberdeen. When the hospital building was going to be demolished to make way for the Pearsall building we had to find a new location. So we moved to an empty gravel and dirt parking lot on State Street near Marshalls Garden and Pet Store. That location lasted a few years but proved to be very dusty so we searched out a new location. The city of Aberdeen allowed us to close down one side of Broadway between Heron and Market on Saturdays which proved to be the most popular location. We were there for many years, however the weather began to tear at us. Many a Saturday the vendors would show up with trucks and car loads of produce, bakery items, flowers, and plants and if the weather was rainy then sales would be poor and the folks would have to haul the products back home. So the hunt was on to locate a building where we could be out of the rain and even go later into the season. We rented a building on F street from Mr Isaacson where we lasted a few years. We didn't get rained on, however we were over the river with cracks so large that you could watch the river flow and it was quite cold. We had some bottles of jams actually break during the freezing weather. Again we were hunting for an indoor location that was a little more body and product friendly. The old Wishkah Mall had many empty storefronts, though it wasn't ideal, it was warm, so we moved in. The mall didn't prove to be a great location but at least we weren't freezing to death, but the look was on. Phyllis Shrauger was mayor of Hoquiam in the early 90's and approached us with a old machine shop on the site of the current market. We looked and decided it could be a good location but we could never get rid of the oil smell so opted out. Then the next proposal came from her after she discovered that a new building could be constructed by the Americorp group for us to move into and rent from the city of Hiquiam and we've been there since the early 1990's.
The market is open Wednesday though Saturdays from 9 to 5 officially, however once the bakery staff is there from the wee hours they will help anybody that walks in the door early, in fact they make espresso drinks early before any other stand is even open. Sundays the market is open during the summer and just before the Christmas holiday.


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(2012-04-02, 01:29)kevdawg Wrote: Tried what you mentioned. No luck. I even found the wizard that will let you force a rescrape of posters but still no luck. Any other ideas? In the meantime I will keep trying and post here if I find anything.
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Today is pianist Artur Rubinstein's birthday (January 28, 1887). I grew up listening to his recordings and I remember my parents talking in reverential tones about seeing him play. He led a fascinating life and wrote two great autobiographies. I HIGHLY recommend them for anyone interested in the arts and in the history of the 20th century. The books are:
• Rubinstein, Artur (1973). My Young Years. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0394468902.
• Rubinstein, Artur (1980). My Many Years. New York: New York. ISBN 0394422538.
Search.Com describes his childhood: Rubinstein was born in ?ód?, Congress Poland, today's Poland, in a Jewish family. Aside from his early and singular fascination with the piano, another interesting childhood trait is that Rubinstein didn't begin speaking until some time around the age of three. Until the time that he developed speech, Rubinstein would entertain his family by imitating non-speech sounds. The descriptions of Rubinstein's delayed speech, his early childhood tantrums and his later virtuosity closely follow a similar pattern of development of other famous late-talkers, such as fellow pianist Clara Schumann and physicist (and sometimes-musician) Albert Einstein, among others.
Here is a short video of Rubinstein playing Chopin.
This is a recording of the beginning of the first movement of the Grieg Piano Concerto, which the San Antonio Symphony is performing this Friday and Saturday. The Symphony's FACEBOOK page is hosting a competition to win free tickets to these concerts!
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Our top Apple news from the last week included a pretty diverse group of topics. They ranged from the state of IPv6 in Apple products to an interview with Apple designer Jonathan Ive, why IBM bans Siri in the workplace (and why others are likely to follow), and Apple's reaction to the Department of Justice's lawsuit over e-book prices. We even discussed Apple's planned "UFO" campus. If you need to catch up, you've come to the right place:
- The future is forever: the state of IPv6 in the Apple world
The new Internet is upon us. Apple has work to do but there's no reason to fear.
- Apple designer Jonathan Ive "winced" over some Apple design choices
And he wasn't inspired by a samurai sword, either.
- Next-gen iPhone expected to sport 16:9 display aspect ratio
Would changing the iPhone from 3:2 to 16:9 throw developers for a loop?
- Report details Tim Cook's changes at Apple, for better or worse
Apple is still Apple, but apparently more open, and more corporate.
- IBM's Siri ban highlights companies' privacy, trade secret challenges
Apple's Siri is persona non grata at IBM, and it's just the beginning.
- Room for improvement? Apple's options for the next iPhone's camera
The iPhone's camera is already pretty capable, so where can it go from here?
- Hands on with Glassboard 2.0 for iOS: simple, private group sharing
Introducing sharing and collaboration for the boardroom, or some friends.
- Apple says DoJ "sides with monopoly, rather than competition"
Apple takes credit for breaking Amazon's "nearly absolute" control over e-books.
- Hands-on: Yahoo offers sync and search features in new Axis Web browser
Axis is available for iOS and through browser add-ons on the desktop.
- Apple looking for neighborly feedback on its UFO-like "Campus 2"
Apple plans to occupy the new campus by 2015, but no outsiders will be allowed.
Have a great weekend everyone! If you're in the US and get Memorial Day off, enjoy the extra time off and try not to cook any of your iDevices on the grill while you're out reveling in the weather.


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I don't do that much scrapbooking these days and thought I would just pick-up a few stickers or a little paper for card-making. Then I found their ribbon section. Amazing deals. These bolts below are 25-yard bolts that scrapbook stores carry and sell as yardage. Each bolt was only $2 for the whole thing! Look there's ric–rac, velvet ribbon, grosgrain, twill-tape, velvet ric–rac for heaven's sake! The other bolts are only 4-yards and were therefore even cheaper. [i can't believe how much i spent. whoa. like my whole paycheck from all those Boyfriend kits.] So at least I now I have a lifetime supply of ribbon!After I let my sister have her pick, I think I'll give some of it away! So keep posted you few faithful readers!
Click on the links above for details if you live close and you want to go. Both sales are going through tomorrow.
And while you're in Utah County, don't miss the Beehive Bazaar. One of my favorite crafty-gift-shows! The talent is amazing and inspiring.
(Just don't do what I did when I went last spring. The venue is in an old part of Provo and when I parked across the street I accidentally rolled my front-passenger side wheel into the former-irrigation-ditch-gutter and couldn't get it out! I had my two girls with me, it was past 8:30 on a Friday night and my husband was on a camp-out with the boys. I felt SO stupid. Fortunately some kind friends got us home that night and a kind neighbor towed the car out the next morning. When I told my girls I would take them again this week, both of them said, "As long as you just park in the parking lot this time, Mom!")


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Woody Allen's lawyer appeared on Today this morning to address the renewed allegations that the writer/director had molested his 7-year-old daughter Dylan Farrow 21 years ago. "In my view, she's not lying," Elkan Abramowitz said. "She's truly believes this happened."
Abramowitz's appearance on Today is the closest thing anyone will get to a response from the notoriously media-shy Allen with regards to the open letter Dylan Farrow penned in The New York Times this weekend.
"[Allen's] reaction is one of overwhelming sadness," his lawyer, adding that the idea that Dylan was molested was "implanted." He went on to reassert Allen's innocence:
"The charges were brought to the Connecticut State Police. The state police got the sex abuse clinic at Yale-New Haven, a nationally recognized group, to investigate those charges. They determined, after a six-month inquiry not only that it didn't happen, but that Dylan was coached by her mother. And that's important, because everybody always talks about the presumption of innocence—he IS innocent."
No one from the Farrow camp has responded to Abramowitz's interview, but perhaps in anticipation of it, Mia Farrow tweeted in early hours of the morning on Tuesday:


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Tiny animals survive exposure to space
Scientists recently revealed that tiny creatures called water bears are the first animals to survive exposure to space. Sending water bears into space is one of several ESA experiments looking at organisms which can survive longer periods in open space.
Water bears, also known as tardigrades, are very small, segmented animals. The largest species is just over one millimetre in length. Water bears live in temporary ponds and droplets of water in soil and on moist plants. They are known to survive under conditions that would kill most organisms – they can withstand temperatures ranging from -272 deg C to +150 deg C, they can be without water for a period of 10 years, and they are extremely resistant to radiation.
Knowing them to be so hardy, the Swedish and German scientists behind the 'Tardigrades in space' (TARDIS) experiment wanted to find out how the water bears would fare in the harsh space environment. For 12 days in September 2007, some 3000 water bears hitched a ride into space on ESA's orbital Foton-M3 mission.
"Our principle finding is that the space vacuum, which entails extreme dehydration and cosmic radiation, were not a problem for water bears," says TARDIS project leader Ingemar Jönsson, from the University of Kristianstad in Sweden.
That the water bears survived, shows just how robust they are. The next step will be to understand what mechanism makes this possible. Jönsson: "How do their cells stabilise the membrane and DNA when they dry out for example?" Understanding these mechanisms can open the door to many insights both in space bioscience and in other areas.
The tardigrades join a fairly select group of organisms which are able to cope with the extreme conditions in space. Over the past 10 years, other ESA experiments have shown that lettuce seeds and lichen were also able to survive exposure to space. If shaded from direct sunlight, bacterial spores are also known to survive for many years under space conditions.
"The water bears are something new. Nobody knew about that capability" says René Demets, ESA project biologist. "The question is why are terrestrial organisms prepared to survive exposure to space conditions? Is there a rationale? Nobody knows at the moment."
Survival in space is often linked to a much wider theory about how life originated here on Earth. "Perhaps the starting point for life was not even here on Earth," says Demets. "Could life as we know it have started elsewhere, to be carried later for instance on a meteorite and delivered here on Earth? Favourable conditions meant that it could further propagate, develop, grow and live on. Now we have actually found some organisms that can survive under harsh space conditions."
If these organisms were to travel on board a meteorite, they would also have to survive the entry through Earth's atmosphere. ESA's series of Stone experiments, also conducted on the Foton missions, show that in the upper layer of the meteorite, up to 2 cm depth, nothing could survive the atmospheric entry because of the high temperature and pressure. Only an organism that could live inside deeper cracks or pores in the rock could perhaps survive.
These space exposure experiments have so far been limited to one or two weeks in mission duration. ESA is now also testing longer duration exposure with an suite of experiments on the International Space Station called Expose. Several trays filled with terrestrial organisms are already installed on the outside of the European Columbus laboratory as one of the nine payloads of the European Technology Exposure Facility (EuTEF). Another Expose unit, scheduled for launch on a Russian Progress cargo carrier in November, will be attached to the Russian segment of the Space Station.
"After about one and a half years we will get the Expose trays back and see what the situation is after long duration exposure," explains Martin Zell, Head of ESA's ISS Utilisation Department. "We could have a brilliant result with survival of the organisms as we have seen with the water bears, or we could have a quite negative result and know for sure that long-duration exposure will never work. With these experiments we are probing the alterations of organisms in space and their ultimate limits of survival."
For more information please contact:
Martin Zell
ESA Head of ISS Utilisation Department
Directorate of Human Spaceflight


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New XAMPP CONTROL PANEL Version 3
In the German forum you can read all about it and download the bilingual (German and English) version including the source code for testing and use - download and extract the xampp_control3.exe into the XAMPP version folder for example C:\xampp and run the xampp-control3.exe from there - may also work in other older versions of XAMPP.
It seems it is also included in the latest beta version.
Just tested it using the English version on XAMPP 1.7.4 with good results and should help many of you who have found the current 1.7.4 control panel a pain - fixes the MySQL Admin issue and the status error issue plus has many nice new features including port checking on startup (nice).
German Forum link here:
Google translate link here:
Download link here (but may change so check the original German post):
http://arloh.de/xampp/xampp_control3.0.2.zip (Exe & Source)
Thanks to Steffan Shrueber for this very nice new Control Panel version and yes Steffan it does help greatly and well received after many years of inferior offerings - well thought out with most of what is needed to "Control" XAMPP included in an easy to use interface.
You may leave your comments in this topic then perhaps Steffan may read them from time to time.
Best wishes.


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LIBERTY, N.Y. (AP) — A 22-year-old Connecticut man who wrote obscenities and "Tyranny" on his speeding ticket payment claims in a federal lawsuit that his free speech rights were violated when he was arrested.
William Barboza is suing two police officers in the Catskill-area village of Liberty over the arrest.
Barboza had replaced the word "Liberty" with "Tyranny" and added an obscenity-laced insult on the payment form accompanying an August 2012 ticket.
The lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union says the Fairfield County man was ordered to town court, where he was handcuffed and arrested for aggravated harassment. He posted $200 bail that day. The charge was dismissed in March.
The NYCLU argues that offensive language is protected speech.
There was no immediate comment from Liberty police.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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STRATHAM — It's hard to ignore the three horses trotting around the fenced-in field in front of the SPCA, but it's harder to ignore the reasons they're there.
Jack, Freedom, and a mini-horse named Coco are just three of 15 horses the SPCA is currently taking care of, and many of those horses are there in protective custody from cruelty and abuse cases.
STRATHAM — It's hard to ignore the three horses trotting around the fenced-in field in front of the SPCA, but it's harder to ignore the reasons they're there.
Jack, Freedom, and a mini-horse named Coco are just three of 15 horses the SPCA is currently taking care of, and many of those horses are there in protective custody from cruelty and abuse cases.
"Just a few years ago, the average number of horses on the property was between two and three," said Sheila Ryan, director of development and marketing at the SPCA. "Every horse is coming in here severely diminished."
The shelter took possession of Jack, Freedom, and Coco in early March after their New Durham owner was arrested in a child abuse case. Two of the horses have been surrendered to the SPCA and Ryan said they are waiting to hear whether the third will be surrendered as well.
Situations like this one have led to a bit of a space issue at the shelter, but also a funding gap as caring for these large animals can be quite costly — especially when they arrive at the SPCA sickly and underweight.
Two horses, Trixie and Missy, arrived in September 2012 and were nearly 500 pounds underweight.
"Rehabilitation can take months," Ryan said. "It's a very expensive process."
The horses need veterinary care, reintroduction to food and water, weight gain, farrier services and recuperation time with constant monitoring, frequent health checks and socialization.
Coco, the mini-horse, has been diagnosed with a disease called Cushings, which affects the horse's ability to shed. Medication to treat this incurable disease costs the SPCA about $130 per month, according to Farm Animal Care Coordinator Suzanne Bryant.
But aside from rehabilitation and the costs arising from health issues, the horses also demand quite a bit of time for basic needs.
"It's feeding, cleaning stalls, scrubbing tanks — it's every day," said Bryant. "It's dealing with it when it's 30 degrees outside or 103."
Bryant stressed they try to get the horses into foster situations, and there are several horses being kept off-site at foster barns. The SPCA continues to cover the medical care and treatment but it frees up space at the shelter.
"We reserve our space for cases of cruelty or neglect," Ryan said, explaining the SPCA's policy due to cost is not to become a drop-off location for people who no longer can or want to own a horse or other animal."Unfortunately, those cruelty cases have gone up, and they tend to come in multiples," she said.
Bryant explained that the problem with cruelty cases is they tend to take a long time to sort out within the court system, and if the animals are there in protective custody and haven't been surrendered to the shelter by the owner, they can't be put up for adoption.
Currently, seven of the 15 horses in the care of the SPCA are there in protective custody.
Ryan said there is currently more than $83,000 in court restitution from owners who have been ordered to pay for the care of their horses, but often don't or simply can't afford to make payments.
"We definitely need, with five times as many horses as we used to have, as many people as possible to help support the care of these animals," Ryan said.
The SPCA has a special fund for donations called the SOS Fund, which was set up specifically for animals brought in by cruelty cases, and those funds raised go toward helping the horses.
Scarlett, who is almost two years old, is ready to be adopted. Scarlett was born at the SPCA to one of the horses that arrived from a cruelty case in 2010.However, Bryant said it's been difficult finding an adoptive home for Scarlett since she's still too young to be ridden. Similar situations are common with horses there that simply don't make desirable pets because they are older and past their riding years.Although a lengthy and expensive process, the horses at the SPCA that were brought in under weight and malnourished are doing visibly better.
Missy and Trixie trot happily around the yard, sometimes dropping down and rolling in the snow to cool off from the hot sun.
"Walking around is fabulous for them," Bryant said. "In just a week's time their energy level perks up."
Anyone looking to donate to the SOS fund to help these animals can make checks payable to the SPCA. More information can be found on their website at www.NHSPCA.org.


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Some of the most beautiful horses in Louisville aren't at Churchill Downs – they are at St. Matthews Jewelers, 3634-A Brownsboro Road. They're far less expensive than their live counterparts, and a lot easier to keep clean.
"We've assembled a collection of horse-themed pins, necklaces and earrings to help the ladies dress up their outfits for Derby,†said owner Billy Lawson. "The designs include horseheads, bits, horseshoes and riding crops. We have fleur-de-lis items, too, which are perfect for Louisville year-round.â€
Billy's grandfather went into business to provide optical as well as jewelry services, a common practice years ago. During World War II, his store made eyeglasses for the Navy; but when son Bill Lawson took the helm, he began to focus only on jewelry.
Bill and a partner opened St. Matthews Jewelers during the early 1980s in the Wallace Center, but moved to its present location in 1988. After Bill's death last May, Billy took over, and now is assisted by his wife, Kelly; Chad Davis, who is married to Billy's sister, April; and jewelry designer Barbara "Bahbie†Cruz. An elderly black Lab named Elvis is the store's greeter ("Wal-Mart has nothing on us,†Kelly quipped).
"This is all I've ever wanted to do, my whole life,†Billy said. "I enjoy everyday interaction with customers in a retail setting, doing whatever I can to help them enjoy something they really like wearing.â€
The Lawsons will celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary in July. They were sweethearts when he attended St. Xavier High School and she was a Sacred Heart Academy student.
"We broke up when we were in our twenties, but got back together in our thirties,†she said. "We reconnected here in the store – I came in to buy a gift in the fall of 2004, but didn't know Billy was working here until he came out of the back room.â€
Customers whom Billy's father served still come in, as do first-timers, for work that ranges from repairs to creating pieces from scratch. The store also replaces about 25 watch batteries daily, provides free ring cleaning and inspection, and buys jewelry.
"We go to several estate sales every month, and spend a lot of time buying broken chains and unused pieces,†Kelly said. "People also bring us their family jewelry to rework into something they want now.†Her own engagement and wedding ring set was built around a diamond from the 1930s.
"I really like estate jewelry,†Billy said. "The history of it – it's fun to figure out where it came from, so we can tell customers when they look at it.â€
This time of year, St. Matthews Jewelers is asked to make one-of-a-kind graduation rings. Many traditional class rings have cluttered designs, are very expensive, and end up in a drawer after only a year or two.
"People are getting very creative,†Kelly said. "They may find a piece at home, or at an estate sale, that has stones matching their school colors. Parents sometimes have things they've been saving for their kids, and decide to use them for graduation rings instead of waiting for weddings. Of course, we have new stones and mountings as well. Either way, the result is a graduation ring the student will enjoy wearing forever.â€
Another trend is the copying of heirlooms for other members of one's family. Barbara, who is skilled at working with platinum as well as gold and silver, is in the process of replicating her mother's cherished Madonna medal.
Other pieces she has custom-made include Kyle's Cross, which was requested by the father of cancer patient Kyle Pratt, who died in 2003 at age 11. Additional crosses have been purchased by friends and relatives of other patients, including Brooke Clemons, who was seven when she died in 2006.
"We appreciate the opportunity to make jewelry that has special importance,†Barbara said. "Engagement rings are especially popular for custom-designing these days. We recommend setting your price point first. You can hand-pick your diamond, and we'll explain the grading system. We can help with the design. That process adds so much meaning – when a young man designs the engagement ring for the woman he loves, he's pretty proud.â€
St. Matthews Jewelers, 3634-A Brownsboro Road, opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, and opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 2 p.m. Saturday. For more information, find them on Facebook or phone 502.403.2808.


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This new segment will provide a connection between downtown businesses, campus for pedestrian walking.
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This project is complete.
How is this project being funded?
Funding for this project comes from the Street Fund. The Street Fund is financed through two sources:
1) Turn-back revenues from the State of Arkansas. The State collects motor fuel taxes, which are returned to the City on a per-capita basis.
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(By Delegates Smith, Pethtel, Moye, Craig,
Ellem, Poore, Reynolds, Hunt, Walters,
Manchin and Brown)
[Introduced January 27, 2012; referred to the
Committee on Education.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §18A-3-2a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to issuance of a barrister's certificate to teach course specific curricula in West Virginia public schools.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §18A-3-2a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§18A-3-2a. Authority of state superintendent to issue certificates; kinds of certificates.
In accordance with State Board of Education rules for the education of professional educators adopted after consultation with the Secretary of Education and the Arts, the State Superintendent of Schools may issue certificates valid in the public schools of the state: Provided, That a certificate shall not be issued to any person who is not a citizen of the United States, is not of good moral character and physically, mentally and emotionally qualified to perform the duties for which the certification would be granted and who has not attained the age of eighteen years on or before October 1, of the year in which the certificate is issued: Provided, however, That an exchange teacher from a foreign country or an alien person who meets the requirements to teach may be granted a permit to teach within the public schools of the state.
Certificates authorized to be issued include:
(1) Professional teaching certificates. -- A professional teaching certificate for teaching in the public schools may be issued to a person who:
(A) Has at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education in this state, has completed a program for the education of teachers which meets the requirements approved by the State Board of Education or has met equivalent standards at institutions in other states and has passed appropriate state board approved basic skills and subject matter tests or has completed three years of successful experience within the last seven years in the area for which licensure is being sought; or
(B) Has at least a bachelor's degree in a discipline taught in the public schools from an accredited institution of higher education, has passed appropriate state board approved basic skills and subject matter tests or has completed three years of successful experience within the last seven years in the area for which licensure is being sought, has completed an alternative program for teacher education approved by the state board and is recommended for a certificate by the chairperson of the professional support team of the person's alternative program or the State Superintendent based on documentation submitted.
The certificate shall be endorsed to indicate the grade level or levels or areas of specialization in which the person is certified to teach or to serve in the public schools. The initial professional certificate shall be issued provisionally for a period of three years from the date of issuance and may be converted to a professional certificate valid for five years subject to successful completion of a beginning teacher internship, if applicable, or renewed subject to rules adopted by the state board.
(2) Professional administrative certificate. -- A professional administrative certificate, endorsed for serving in the public schools, with specific endorsement as a principal, vocational administrator, supervisor of instructions or superintendent, may be issued to a person who has completed requirements all to be approved by the state board as follows: For a master's degree from an institution of higher education accredited to offer a master's degree, has successfully completed an approved program for administrative certification, developed by the State Board of Education in cooperation with the governing boards of the University of West Virginia system and the state college system, has successfully completed education and training in evaluation skills through the center for professional development, or equivalent education and training in evaluation skills, and three years of management level experience: Provided, That anyone having received a certificate during the period from August 30, 1990, until the effective date of this bill without having met the above requirements shall complete those requirements within five years after the effective date of this bill: Provided, however That any person serving in the position of dean of students on the effective date of this section shall not be required to hold a professional administrative certificate. Beginning September 1, 1992, the initial professional administrative certificate shall be issued provisionally for a period of five years. This certificate may be converted to a professional administrative certificate valid for five years or renewed, subject to the regulations of the state board.
(3) Paraprofessional certificate. -- A paraprofessional certificate may be issued to a person who has completed thirty-six semester hours of post-secondary education or its equivalent in subjects directly related to performance of the job, all approved by the state board, and can demonstrate the proficiencies to perform duties as required of a paraprofessional as defined in section eight, article four of this chapter.
(4) Barrister's certificate. -– A barrister's certificate may be issued to a person: (A) Admitted to the practice of law in West Virginia pursuant to the rules promulgated by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; (B) in good standing with the West Virginia State Bar; and (C) demonstrates to the State Superintendent of Schools the professional experience necessary to serve as a volunteer professional educator in course specific curricula. The certificate shall be endorsed to indicate the grade level or levels or areas of specialization in which the person is certified to professionally teach or to serve in the public schools.
(4) (5) Other certificates; permits. -- Other certificates and permits may be issued, subject to the approval of the state board, to persons who do not qualify for the professional or paraprofessional certificate. Such These certificates or permits shall not be given permanent status and persons holding such shall meet renewal requirements provided by law and by regulation, unless the state board declares certain of these certificates to be the equivalent of the professional certificate.
Within the category of other certificates and permits, the state superintendent may issue certificates for persons to serve in the public schools as athletic coaches or other extracurricular activities coaches whose duties may include the supervision of students, subject to the following limitations: (A) Such person shall be employed under a contract with the county board of education which specifies the duties to be performed, which specifies a rate of pay equivalent to the rate of pay for professional educators in the district who accept similar duties as extra duty assignments and which provides for liability insurance associated with the activity: Provided, That such persons shall not be considered employees of the board for salary and benefit purposes other than as specified in the contract; (B) a currently employed certified professional educator has not applied for the position; and (C) such person completes an orientation program designed and approved in accordance with state board rules which shall be adopted no later than January 1, 1991.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit the issuance of a barrister's certificate to teach course specific curricula in West Virginia public schools.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.


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An atomic weapon (also known as an atomic bomb, A-bomb, nuclear weapon, or more commonly nuke or nuclear missile) was a term that generally described a device developed by Humans and other species that utilized the principles of either or both of nuclear fission and nuclear fusion to release massive destructive energies. A relatively low-yield atomic weapon could, for example, destroy a small city. The near-ground detonation of a nuclear weapon could produce a mushroom-shaped cloud and the subsequent radioactive contamination of the surrounding areas could cause radiation sickness and other health problems. Sufficient use of atomic weapons could also result in a sudden reduction in overall planetary temperatures due to particulate matter in the atmosphere, called a "nuclear winter". (TNG: "A Matter of Time"; VOY: "Dragon's Teeth", "Friendship One")
Many cultures have used atomic weapons. Vulcans developed and used nuclear weapons widely in the wars leadings up to the Time of Awakening around the year 350, devastating their civilization. (ENT: "Awakening") The Talosian society was effectively destroyed by the use of atomic weapons. (TOS: "The Cage") A jet plane from the United States of America on Earth that was sent to intercept the USS Enterprise in 1969 was thought by Spock to potentially have missiles armed with nuclear warheads. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday") The planet Zeon fired a thermonuclear missile at the USS Enterprise in 2268. (TOS: "Patterns of Force") Weapons considered by 23rd century Starfleet to be "atomic" (possibly atomic bombs) were used in the Earth-Romulan War. (TOS: "Balance of Terror")
Earth, especially, saw both development and use of atomic weapons. Combat usage was at first confined for over one hundred years to only two nuclear weapons used by the United States of America on Japan at the end of the Second World War, including the bomb, code-named, "Fat Man". Because of the weapon's destructive power, though, countless amounts of nuclear weapons were produced and tested (such as at Bikini Atoll) between 1945-1990, mostly by the US and the Soviet Union. (ENT: "Proving Ground") During this period, which became known as the Cold War, mankind was constantly on the brink of self-annihilation through, among other atomic weapon delivery systems, orbiting nuclear devices. (TOS: "Assignment: Earth"; ENT: "Carbon Creek")
Quark, Rom, Nog, and Odo were able to experience a test of an atomic weapon when they were accidentally transported to 1947 Earth. There they harnessed the beta radiation released by an atomic bomb test in the Nevada desert to return to the 24th century. The Ferengi never tested atomic weapons on their own planet, much less actually used them in combat, and Quark was shocked at the "stupidity" of humans for polluting their own planet with atomic testing.(DS9: "Little Green Men")
In the 1950s, some Earth powers developed another type of nuclear weapon known as hydrogen bombs. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars")
Even though peace was declared between those two nations at the end of the 20th century, Humanity's fear of nuclear holocaust was nonetheless realized beginning in circa 2026 with the Third World War. Six hundred million were killed and major cities were destroyed, many through use of atomic weapons. (Star Trek: First Contact) This led to the post-atomic horror. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint") But in a great irony, Zefram Cochrane's first successful faster than light vessel manned by Humans was launched using the remnants of a nuclear missile. (Star Trek: First Contact)
By the mid 23rd century, advances in deflector shield technology led to nuclear weapons losing their tactical significance. Romulan Birds-of-Prey employed them solely as self-destruct devices, and such a warhead detonated point blank in front of a starship caused relatively light casualties as well as temporary electrical disruption. (TOS: "Balance of Terror")
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