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RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his trade and defence colleagues will visit South Africa in mid-February to start raising the less than stellar level of bilateral trade and other ties ahead of the March 26-27 Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit in Durban.
International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane acknowledged the need for an improvement in relations with Russia, particularly given the decades of military and other support the former Soviet Union gave to the ANC in exile.
"We see a lot of potential in working on the historic relations that we have with Russia to improve trade," she told reporters at a briefing on Thursday. Both were mining countries with mutual investment prospects, she said.
South African officials said Mr Lavrov and his colleagues were expected to arrive on February 12 for a short visit a few weeks ahead of the fifth summit of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the grouping that hopes to rival the Group of Eight (G-8) of traditionally wealthy Western nations in the near future.
South Africa's trade exchanges with Russia are low compared with its other Brics partners.
Russian President Vladimir Putin would be one of the world leaders in Durban and would tack on at least a day to his Brics sojourn to pay an official visit to South Africa, the official sources said.
According to statistics from South African officials, the five Brics countries already control 25% of the global gross domestic product, 30% of the world's land and 43% of its population.
China was by far the largest economy in the group and South Africa's biggest trading partner, as well as a significant investor, Ms Nkoana-Mashabane said.
Bilateral trade in 2012 stood at R201bn, according to South African Revenue Service figures, she said at a function at the Chinese embassy in Pretoria celebrating the 15th anniversary of diplomatic relations between South Africa and the People's Republic of China.
The trade was skewed in China's favour. "Both sides have agreed to work towards a more equitable trade balance so that both nations benefit from the trade," she said.
South Africa has more than once made clear it hopes the summit will endorse the creation of a Brics development bank and agree it should be located here because of the country's sophisticated financial services industry. Agreement on the issue is far from assured, with some members doubting the need for yet another development bank.
Ms Nkoana-Mashabane chose her words carefully when she spoke at the media briefing of possible outcomes from the summit.
"We should be able to receive a very positive update on the launch of a development bank. The baby doesn't have a name as yet — wait until the baby is born."


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Practice Questions: Compound Conditionals, Loops and Functions
1. Write a program that prompts the user for 3 integers - store those 3 values in variables x, y and z. While at least one of these variables is less than 100, print the values of all 3 variables and then add 5 to the value of both x and y, and add 10 to the value of z.
2. Write a function randomTriple that takes two arguments a and b, and returns a tuple containing 3 random integers that are between a and b. You may assume that a <= b.
3. Write an area function that takes two arguments length and width, and returns the area of a rectangle with the specified dimensions. Then write a main function that prompts the user for the dimensions of 10 rectangles, prints the area for each, and prints the dimensions and area of the smallest and largest rectangle.


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130 Years Ago
Legislature: A lively assortment of senators, assemblymen, promoters arrived in the city and began to storm the hotels for rooms... There is a general feeling that it is time to open the state safe and dump out the contents. The session will be shorter, but it will howl from the start.
120 Years Ago
An unnatural union: A Utah paper derides the idea of joining Utah and Nevada. The men in charge of this contemporary do not know that they were once one territory.
70 Years Ago
Cupid's messenger is the name given a box car by a man who observed the following note scrawled in red on car numbered 14512 of the Rock Island Line. "A Bachelor: please write Sino Santini, Joliet, Illinois."
50 Years Ago
Population: 400,000 people make Nevada 48th in the nation. Nevada is growing at the fastest rate. "This is a happy occasion for us," Gov. Sawyer said. "And I'm especially pleased that our personal income, employment and other activity are keeping pace with this population surge." The state is gaining 3,000 new residents each month...
30 Years Ago
Governor elect-Richard Bryan says "You've got to stabilize the patient first, then begin to building him up," and it will be the operating philosophy of his administration as his prepares the budget for the 1983 Legislature.
10 Years Ago
Company claims birth of first-ever human clone: A healthy 7-pound girl nicknamed Eve was delivered by C-section. The girl is an exact genetic copy of the American woman who gave birth to her. Cloning experts were skeptical or reserved judgment on the announcement which is touching off ethical, religious and scientific debate...
• Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.


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How to disable the iOS 7 parallax effect
0. phoneArena 27 Sep 2013, 06:42 posted on
Are you experiencing vertigo, headaches or nausea while using the recently-launched iOS 7? Surely, most users won't have a problem with Jony Ive's latest brainchild, but reports are already coming in that the new parallax effect in the homescreen (making the background move as if it's far behind the icons) is making some people experience a similar feeling to having car-sickness...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
This is hilarious! Lol!
2. quesoesgrande (Posts: 217; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
I'm glad you find joy in other people's discomfort.
3. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
No, he just found out that Apple f*cked up the iOS 7... again
6. Timmehor (Posts: 599; Member since: 09 Mar 2013)
Not Apple f*cking it up, but more like how this came to be. It's so weird.
8. Ninetysix (Posts: 2381; Member since: 08 Oct 2012)
Same with the inventor of the automobile.
32. Jillxz (Posts: 149; Member since: 04 Jun 2012)
No , Apple did not mess up the ios 7 . As the article stated. This can be turned off. No problem.
34. PotDragon (banned) (Posts: 214; Member since: 22 Jul 2011)
Of course...iOS users need an article to figure out "settings". Did you need to print it out or could you remember this apparently complicated instructions?
ios7 users get vertigo from attempting to adjust the settings! Lol
35. rallyguy (Posts: 620; Member since: 13 Mar 2012)
I wouldn't call it a screw up. It's a feature that bothers some people. It's good that it can be turned off. No big deal.
30. ardent1 (Posts: 2000; Member since: 16 Apr 2011)
Why is it hilarious?
There are some people that can't play (arcade-type) games due to the blinking lights. Nintendo and Sony placed a warning about this health concern in their handheld devices, respectively.
31. Dingy_cellar_dweller (Posts: 253; Member since: 16 Mar 2013)
Apple customers aren't used to these new features and they should introduce these change more slowly.
4. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
9. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)
$210-$218 for a 64gb to be made and they charge $200 more than a 16gb? That is blatant robbery. At least LG had half the decency to only charge $50 more for the 64GB version of the G2 which is fair but still a small ripoff, nowhere close to this.
14. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Yup, you are right. But there are people enough people out there to be robbed. That's why any phone with SD card slot is awesome :D
18. taikucing (unregistered)
Apple - innovatively deceptive
23. bucky (Posts: 2573; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
They do hike up the prices but what company wouldn't if they could? You think lg are just angels or maybe they are still trying to grab market share to become relevant?
Would buying a phone that is forgotten about in 2 months count as robbery as well?
24. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Even the GS4 has only a $50 difference between memory variants, so your lower prices to stay relevant theory doesn't hold much ground.
27. bucky (Posts: 2573; Member since: 30 Sep 2009)
I see your point there. But trust me, Samsung would gladly trade places with Apple in respect to the phone industry.
28. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Yes, I'm sure any company would like to have a huge, almost cult-like following like Apple has to where they only have to release one product per category a year to be majorly successful.
33. Jillxz (Posts: 149; Member since: 04 Jun 2012)
LG has been around for quite sometime with great phones. The lg g2 won't be forgotten in a couple of months. Duh
5. jb4674 (Posts: 145; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
Apple can sit and rotate.
11. darkkjedii (Posts: 21291; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
They do, on $440,000,000,000.
12. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
So what now?
15. jaytai0106 (Posts: 1888; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Good for them to have $440 billions in cash while the rest of the U.S. is still in recession.
16. kozza3 (Posts: 698; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
they should look into that stock market, i heard you could make some serious cash
7. LiquidGalaxy (Posts: 332; Member since: 03 Jul 2013)
In other news - i've just put brown sauce all over my chips - i'm extremely irate as i actually wanted red...
13. Castro90 (Posts: 41; Member since: 10 Feb 2012)
ouch, the sauce strikes again!
19. Googler (Posts: 813; Member since: 10 Jun 2013)
So it wasn't awesomesauce.
21. tedkord (Posts: 11687; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Ooooooh. You just hate to see a rookie move like that.
36. JC557 (Posts: 1518; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
I wanted orange... it gave me lemon-lime.
It's the maintenance man, he knows I like orange.
10. PhonePhazer47 (Posts: 30; Member since: 01 Oct 2012)
how about a setting to remove all the white and dead grey!!...
17. kozza3 (Posts: 698; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
i really don't like the new look, i wish there were theme packs or something
20. Finest (Posts: 90; Member since: 16 Aug 2013)
IOS 6 is far more better for me its Very CLASSIC compared to this IOS 7 feels like im going back to my childhood stage too colorful . I LOVE THE CLASSICS
25. jimjam (Posts: 257; Member since: 28 Jun 2011)
I went right back to ios 6 after trying 7. To me the animations really were distracting and inserted lag into the OS. Some icon colors were garish and there was just too much inconsistency all around.
Maybe the record number of upgrades should take into account the number of downgrades! I imagine there were many.
I will not buy another IOS device until they bring out ios 8 and rectify this mess. And if they don't well bye bye ios.
22. softfurryanus (banned) (Posts: 232; Member since: 09 Jul 2013)
"How to make irrelevant stories with Ray S"
Title fixed again.
29. Pancholo (Posts: 380; Member since: 27 Feb 2012)
I'm patiently waiting for the "How to charge your iPhone 5S/C" article.
I get that some people are incrediby tech-retarded, and it's ironic as iOS boasts its "most intuitive and easy to use" interface, but come on; there is far better material waiting to get discovered.
PA will pop up in the results when you Google this issue, so I guess it's a win for them.
26. rightcue805 (Posts: 55; Member since: 08 Jul 2013)
hahahaha omg are you serious people are getting sick because of ios7? lmfao that is to dam funny.


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Make a cute coffee mug cozy with an owl on it. This is perfect for medium to large coffee mugs as well as coffee shop cups. Makes a perfect gift for a teacher, co-worker, boss, or any coffee/tea lover in your life.
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Staff Senate Bylaws
PREAMBLE: The mission of the University of North Alabama Staff Senate is to act as a forum and advocate for university staff employees by providing leadership and guidance on issues which affect compensation, benefits, quality of work life, fulfillment of overall university goals and objectives, and providing a safe and fulfilling professional and educational environment which promotes the growth and improvement of higher education at the University of North Alabama.
The name of this organization shall be the University of North Alabama Staff Senate, hereafter called "the Staff Senate." The Staff Senate was created by and shall be advisory in nature to the President of the University, and, within the limits of these bylaws, representative of the employees within the University. As used in these bylaws, the term "staff" shall be defined as all regular, full or part-time, exempt and non-exempt employees of the University other than faculty and with at least six months of service with the University -- with the exception of the president, provost, vice presidents, and deans.
The Staff Senate's purposes shall be:
1) To serve in an auxiliary advisory function to the administration in the area of staff personnel matters and to do so in a positive and constructive manner. The Staff Senate provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, a resource for evaluating proposals, and a mechanism for expressing suggestions and concerns that affect the University and staff.
2) To work with Shared Governance in order to promote better understanding, cooperation, and communication between university staff, faculty, students, and administration on all levels;
3) To be an advocate for changes or improvements that affect the staff.
Section 1. Eligibility: All staff, as defined in Article I, shall be eligible for election to the Staff Senate.
Section 2. Membership: The Staff Senate shall consist of a maximum of 15 members to be elected by staff members from the divisions designated in Article VIII. In addition, the past president will serve as Ex Officio for one year.
Section 3. Terms: A serving term shall consist of three years unless voluntarily relinquished by the appointed member before the term ends or as defined in Section 3 Article III. A staff Senator may also be re-elected by their constituency. Senators shall serve a three-year term beginning in July after election of new officers. A maximum of two consecutive terms (6 years) may be served. A one-term (3 years) interval is necessary before being eligible to serve again.
Section 4. Representation: Representation shall be such that the ratio of exempt and non-exempt members shall equal within 10-15% of the exempt and non exempt University ratio of staff at the time of appointment, and such that the divisions outlined in Section 1, Article VIII, as taken from the University Organizational Chart are represented by no less than two and no more than five representatives with at least one representative as specified. There shall be no more than four cost center heads serving at one time. The Staff Senate shall review its composition every three years or as needed to insure proper representation, taking into account the size of the constituency. Changes in the composition of the Staff Senate shall become effective when adopted by a majority of voting members, voting with a quorum present, and upon presidential approval.
Section 5. Election: Representatives on the Staff Senate shall be those persons receiving the highest number of votes from their respective constituency.
The President of the University appointed the Staff Senate for academic year 1999-2000. One-half of the Staff Senate membership was determined by the President and recommended by the Staff Senate and rotated off at the end of that period, and the other one-half served an additional one-year term. The rotation was such that a Staff Senate member was replaced with an exempt or a non-exempt staff member in accordance with Section 2, Article III.
As positions on the Staff Senate become available, a notice will be sent to the cost center head within that division for nominations to fill the position. Specific qualifications will be included in the notice as well as a deadline for nominations.
Section 6. Duties: The duties of a Staff Senate member are to attend all meetings, to communicate to their constituents information on Staff Senate activities and to communicate to the Staff Senate the concerns and ideas of group members, to work on Staff Senate activities and/or committees and to represent the Staff Senate elsewhere in the University if appointed, and to vote on motions made in Staff Senate meetings.
If a member is absent three scheduled meetings of the Staff Senate within one year, without notifying the president of the Staff Senate and giving good cause for the absence (including but not necessarily limited to vacation, sickness or injury, leave, or university business), the Staff Senate shall declare the position vacant and shall follow the election instructions as stated in Section 3, Article III to elect a replacement to complete the un-expired term. The person having been removed will not be eligible for such election.
When unable to attend a meeting of the Senate because of illness, assigned duties, or other good cause, a Senator may appoint from among the members of his/her area a proxy to attend the meeting in his/her absence. The Senator must send to the President or Secretary a written statement, stating the reason for his/her absence and giving the name of the proxy. The written statement may be brought to the meeting by the proxy. In no case shall a proxy be seated until such a statement has been received by the President or Secretary. Upon being seated the proxy shall have, during that meeting, all the privileges of membership (making motions, debating, voting, etc.), restricted only by the Senate's rules of procedure and by any specific instructions given him/her by the Senator for whom he/she is a proxy.
Section 1. Frequency and length of meetings: The Staff Senate shall determine the frequency of meetings, but the Staff Senate shall not hold less than two regular meetings per semester.
Staff Senate Meetings
Meeting Schedule: The Staff Senate shall meet on the second Monday of each month at 10:00 a.m. When convened during normal university work hours, Staff Senate meetings shall be no more than two hours in duration. All Staff Senate meetings will be open to members of the University Community and/or visitors unless by two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the members present for the purpose of entering into Executive Session. Executive Sessions are entered into only for the purpose of discussing individuals' good name or character.
Agenda: The following is the recommended agenda for Staff Senate:
A. Approval of Minutes
B. Approval of Agenda
C. Staff Senate President's Report
D. Committee Reports
E. Unfinished Business
F. New Business
G. Announcements
H. Adjournments
Section 2. Quorum: A majority of voting members present shall constitute a quorum. Voting by the membership shall be by voice or by show of hands except when deemed necessary by the president of the Staff Senate to vote by ballot.
Section 3. Rules for procedure and agenda: The rules contained in the current edition of Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall govern the Staff Senate in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these bylaws and any special rules of order the Staff Senate may adopt as per RONR § 56, pp. 561-562. The agenda for Staff Senate meetings will include the call to order, recording of attendance, reading and approval of minutes of the prior meeting, unfinished business, new business, committee reports, discussion and recommendations, and adjournment.
Section 4. Archives: The current president of the Staff Senate shall store all Staff Senate records. The president shall have access to and shall maintain these files. All Staff Senate members shall have access to these files, when accompanied by the president of the Staff Senate.
Section 5. E-Business: Items that are brought to the Staff Senate between regularly scheduled meetings which require immediate attention, or which do not require an assembly may be conducted through e-business. Any action requires a response from the majority of the Senate, and will allow forty-eight (48) hours for a response before the item is considered to be closed.
Section 1. Titles, election, terms of officers. The officers of the Staff Senate shall include a president, a vice-president, and a secretary. New officers shall be elected in the spring of their elected term as a Staff Senate member. Voting will be by secret ballot and will be tallied by the vice- president of the Staff Senate. The term of office shall begin July 1. All Staff Senate officers shall be elected to a term of one year or less, with the exception of the vice-president who will serve as president for one term immediately following the vice-president term. The secretary may serve two consecutive one-year terms.
A. At the April meeting, nominations will be accepted from the members for each office. Only current Senate members will be eligible for nomination to Vice-President. If the term of the Vice President expires, he/she may remain on the Senate for a fourth year to serve as President. All other positions will be filled by current senators. Nominations are not valid until the Senate member has received approval from his/her supervisor.
B. Elections will take place at the May meeting by vote of the currently serving Senators.
C. An officer who transfers outside the area he/she was elected to represent, but who remains a staff employee, may exercise the option to serve out the remainder of his/her term of office, with full voting privileges, subject to Executive Committee approval. If an office is vacated, an election by majority vote to select a replacement to serve for the remainder of the term of office will be held at the next regularly-scheduled meeting.
D. The Staff Senate President will be compensated with a stipend which will begin in November and run for six months.
Section 2. Duties.
A. President of the Staff Senate:
1) Preside over all regular meetings of the Staff Senate.
2) Organize the agenda for each regular Staff Senate meeting.
3) Serve as official spokesperson for the Staff Senate.
4) Appoint committees as deemed necessary.
B. Vice-President of the Staff Senate:
1) Execute the duties of the president in the president's absence.
2) Serve as the chair of the Wellness Committee
3) Conduct elections and supervise counting of ballots and notification of elected representatives.
4) Notify representatives in writing of their three consecutive unexcused absences and that resignation from the Staff Senate is required.
5) Arrange for replacement of representatives when necessary.
6) Assume office of president upon vacancy of that position.
C. Secretary of the Staff Senate:
1) Prepare the minutes of each meeting, organize, and supervise their distribution to Staff Senate members after submitting them to the president for review.
2) Maintain a record of attendance at Staff Senate meetings.
3) Maintain records of unexcused absences and report them to the vice- president.
4) Assist in preparing and distributing correspondence and other Staff Senate business to representatives, staff members, etc.
D. Ex Officio (Non-voting)
1) To serve in advisory capacity.
Section 1. Effective Date and Governance. These bylaws shall become effective when adopted by the Staff Senate as determined by Article IV and approved by the President of the University. The bylaws and the Staff Senate established thereby are subject to the official governance and control of the Board of Trustees of the University of North Alabama as provided in Ala. Code 16-51-1 et seq. (1975) as amended.
Section. 1. Amendment of bylaws. Proposals for amendments to the bylaws shall be submitted in writing to the secretary of the Staff Senate and distributed in writing to Staff Senate representatives one week before an official meeting to vote to amend the bylaws. Bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of those present at any regular meeting. The amendment shall become effective as per Article VI.
Section 1. Constituency. All elections shall be held in accordance with Article III and other applicable sections of these bylaws. Each constituency will nominate and elect representatives to the Staff Senate. As of June 2008, Representation on the Staff Senate shall be apportioned as outlined below:
A. President's Area: (1)
1. President's Office
2. Athletics
B. Academic Affairs: (6)
1. Vice President's Office
2. Academic Colleges
a. Arts & Sciences
b. Business
c. Education
d. Nursing and Allied Health
3. Academic Advising Center
4. Enrollment Management
a. Student Financial Services
b. Admissions
c. Registrar
5. Information Technology
a. Continuing Education
b. Library Services
c. Computing and Telecommunication Services
d. Educational Technology Services
6. Center for International Programs
7. Kilby School/Child Development Center
8. Research, Planning, & Institutional Effectiveness
C. Business and Financial Affairs: (5 with a recommended minimum of 3 from Physical Plant)
1. Fiscal Affairs Office
2. Business Affairs
3. Human Resources & Affirmative Action
4. Purchasing
5. Physical Plant
a. Physical Plant Administration
b. Maintenance
c. Grounds
d. Custodial
D. Student Affairs: (2)
1. Student Affairs Office
2. Career Services
3. Health Services
4. Housing
5. Public Safety
6. Recreational Sports and Fitness
7. Residence Life
8. Student Life
a. Academic Resource Center
b. Activities and Organization
c. Greek Life
d. Student Publications
9. University Events
E. University Advancement: (1)
1. Alumni Relations/Annual Giving
2. Foundation
3. Governmental Relations
4. Publications
5. University Advancement
6. University Relations
*Number designates minimum staff senators who can serve in that Division.


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With a love for anything horror, inspired by the the things people are usually scared of Phlesh Klothing has flipped a scary scene into a more bright flamboyant steeze. Doing the norm in the day letting the inspirations flow and Vampin up at night supporting any and every local artist with networking on their grind. This is a group of three young minds with a diverse of ideas and potential to get to the moon and back…. but for now we'll let them "Own The Night" show us how bright shoes walk and let their klothing talk …
-Rissacupcake "Cupcakes To Soften Yo Hustle"
also their mixtape dropped on Halloween, if you haven't gotten it, get it now! click on the covers below to download them for free.
What inspired you to start up a clothing line?
In December of '07, we were always bein complimented on our seperate styles. So we wanted to bring it all together and start our own wardrobe. So us havin that in common was set, then we needed a theme to set us apart and thats when our love for horror movies came in and ideas started poppin up quick.
What does Phlesh Klothing Represent?
We represent the horror side of phashion, something new. Our clothing is jus like a horror movie, we hit u w/ a simple "Phlesh Is My Phashion" crew neck. Then next a bloody shirt like our "Radio Killer" tee, just tryna keep you guessing what we gonna do next.
We own the night, where did that come from?
"We Own The Night" is seen in many places, but for us its like our vampire saying at the moment. The night time is when we all get together and can relax n let loose after a long day of work and business.You have seen us at events just doing our thing networking and having fun, enjoying the growing sucess we are getting and being very humble.
I know you are into vampires, so how does the life style of vampires connect with Phlesh Klothing?
True; we're into all horror but vampires is our first love.You will see other horror shirts from us but, this vampire theme we had to get into first. Because it represents us well the only time we really come out is at night, during the day we're inside grinding whether its handling business or printing up tee's. So thats why we call ourselves vampires.
How did you feel when you sold your first shirt?
The first shirt, we got the money and was like we accomplished what we wanted to do and officially started a real business. It felt great just seeing our first shirts made. We sold about 10 that first day and were really excited, but we knew that was just the begining. Couldnt get too big headed after only dropping one tee and had to keep customers coming back.
Where do you see Phlesh Klothing going?
Thanks to our many customers and advice from fellow clothing lines and support artist out here. We just see ourselves expanding from more then just tee's and crew necks. I mean, we're already inspiring young kids to start their own clothing and subjects their strong in and we are just starting ourselves. So more hard work and business then the only way is up for us is how we see it. Vamp Out.!
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The most memorable 'American Idol' finalists from Texas
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The 12th season of "American Idol" premieres tonight. Since the show began in 2002, "Idol" has seen its fair share of Texas contestants. Here are some of the most memorable finalists from our state. First up: Season 1 -- Burleson's Kelly Clarkson won the whole darn thing, and has since sold more than 24 million albums and 39 million singles worldwide.
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"How could this happen? I was so careful. I picked the wrong play, the wrong director, the wrong cast. Where did I go right?"
These words, uttered by distraught Broadway producer Max Bialystock, aptly summarize the premise of Mel Brooks' wildly successful comic musical, "The Producers."
And when it comes to irony, this show is saturated in it.
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Audiences are treated to hilarious scenes, like this one, at Maui OnStage's production of Mel Brooks' "The Producers." Actors shown here are Jim Oxborrow (from left), Dylan Bode, Mark Bolden, Michael Pulliam, Jason Wulf, Steven Dascoulias, Charles Cook, Francis Tau'a, Beth Garrow, Jeffrey Brackett, Kalani Whitford, and Rueben Carrion.
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"The Producers" centers around a plot to produce a Broadway show so terrible that it won't survive opening night.
That certainly wasn't the case at the Maui OnStage premiere of Brooks' smash hit last weekend. It was a fast-paced, highly entertaining production that left many in the audience, myself included, wanting to see it again.
Under the direction of Jennifer Rose, musical director Stephen Haines and choreographer Camille Romero, this musical comedy delivers riotous fun at its best.
"The Producers" has been leaving audiences in stitches since Brooks' Oscar-winning film debuted in 1968. It later became a Broadway smash hit, sweeping the Tony Awards with 12 wins in 2001.
It's easy to see why.
Set in New York City in 1959, "The Producers" tells the tale of the unlikely friendship forged between a painfully neurotic accountant and wannabe producer, Leo Bloom, played by Michael Pulliam, and the washed-up, cash-strapped Bialystock, masterfully played by Steven Dascoulias.
On a routine visit to audit Max's books, Leo unknowingly helps Max concoct a get-rich-quick scheme after he suggests that a Broadway producer could rake in more money with a flop instead of a hit.
Hilarity ensues as the two proceed to find the worst play imaginable in order to bilk their investors (a group of lascivious little old ladies) out of millions.
And they find it.
Springtime For Hitler: A Gay Romp with Adolf and Eva in Bertechesgaden, penned by flamboyant ex-Nazi Franz Liebkind (Dale Button), is a musical tribute featuring an ensemble cast of singing Nazis and showgirls in Bavarian pretzel hats (among other things).
The co-conspirators also commission the worst director in town, Roger DeBris (Francis Tau'a), and his "common law assistant," Carmen Ghia (Kalani Whitford), as well as a motley crew of notoriously awful actors.
Joining their scheme is seductive Swedish bombshell Ulla Inga Hansen Benson Yansen Tallen Hallen Svaden Swanson (yes, that's her real name). Ulla, played by the effervescent Laura Cole, bewitches Max and Leo (not to mention, the audience) from the moment she saunters through the front door.
With their plan set in motion, the producers intend to sit back on opening night with a bottle of champagne-and wait for the onslaught of bad reviews.
But, in true Mel Brooks fashion, things don't go according to plan.
What does go according to plan, however, is MauiOnstage's rendition of "The Producers." Each of the 32 cast members-from the principal actors to the supporting roles-gives a standout performance, and collectively, the cast is a comic tour de force.
Dascoulias and Pulliam are well cast as the lead characters of Max and Leo. Dascoulias delivers snappy dialogue and caustic one-liners with panache, and Pulliam generates uncontrollable fits of laughter with his pitch-perfect expressions.
Tau'a, Whitford and Button bring enormous talent, wit and eccentricity (and lederhosen) to the stage. Simply stated, all three are plain hilarious, each delivering a knockout performance that supplies no shortage of gut-busting, laugh-out-loud moments.
Additional cast members (and I wish I could name all 32 here), including Joyce Romero, Mark Bolden, Charles Cook, Dylan Bode, Ellen Peterson, Rachel Bega and Rebecca Narrowe, give highly impressive performances that border on the ridiculous and the absurd-but that's exactly how Brooks intended it to be.
The set of "The Producers" is functional, visually appealing and just as clever as the show itself, thanks to set designer Caro Walker. The same can be said for the talented handiwork of costume designer Marsha Kelley, who has created some unforgettable and (ahem) cheeky costumes for the performers.
If there's one thing to be said about this show, it's that those without a sense of humor need not apply. That being said, you should be prepared to laugh.
"The Producers" offers non-stop humor, but the "I Wanna Be a Producer," "Keep it Gay" and "Springtime for Hitler" musical numbers are funny, fabulous and over-the-top-again, exactly how Brooks intended it to be.
If laughter really is the best medicine, then I assure you Maui OnStage's "The Producers" is just what the doctor ordered.
* The Maui premiere of Mel Brooks' "The Producers" opened on Friday, July 6, and will run through Sunday, July 29. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, and at 3 p.m. on Sundays at the Historic Iao Theater in Wailuku. Tickets for reserved seating are $15 to $28, and dinner packages are available with Bistro Casanova. Please note, "The Producers" contains sexual innuendo and language and may not be appropriate for children. For tickets or for more information, call 242-6969; or purchase tickets online at mauionstage.com.
Theatre Theatre Maui's 20th annual summer camp will present a production of "The Wizard of Oz," July 20 through the 22 at the Westin Maui's Haleakala Ballroom.
The six week camp for westside youths has been taken place at Lahainaluna High School since 1991. This summer 31 drama students will perform the weekend production under the direction of Kristi Scott, technical director Derek Nakagawa, musical director Marti Kluth, choreographer Hadley Garcia with costumes by Sarah Loney.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., Sundays 3 p.m. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 children 12 and younger and may be purchased at the door one hour prior to the performance or in advance at Lahaina Music. For more information contact Theatre Maui at 661-1168.
MAPA presents "Disney's Sleeping Beauty," with music and lyrics by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, George Bruns, Tom Adair, Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Sammy Fain and Jack Lawrence. The production is adapted and arranged with additional music and lyrics by Bryan Louiselle and is based on the book adapted by Marcy Heisler.
Its princess Aurora's sixteenth birthday and Flora, Fauna and Merryweather must use their fairy magic to save her from the spell of evil sorceress Maleficent.
The production will include several songs from the classic animated film including "Once Upon a Dream." The production is directed by Kathleen Schulz and features MAPA students age 7 to 12. Performances are July 26 through 29 at the Steppingstone Playhouse, at 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are $12 adults and $8 students 12 and under. For reservations or more information visit mauiacademy.org, call 244-8760 or purchase at the customer service kiosk at Queen Ka'ahumanu Center.
Augie T's "Summer of LOL" comes to the McCoy Theater at the MACC, Saturday July 28. Augie brings his hilarious local kine comedy back to Maui for one night only. Special guest Brad Starks, stand-up comic and impressionist will be the opening act. Performance at 7:30 p.m., tickets $20 general, $35 premium with a special post show meet and greet included. To purchase tickets visit the MACC box office, call 242-7469 or order online at mauiarts.org.


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UNIVERSITY PARK (AP) - The offense is struggling and the kicking game is a mess in Happy Valley.
Luckily for coach Joe Paterno, the defense is in good shape at Penn State.
So while Paterno continues to work out the kinks with the Nittany Lions' two-quarterback system, the defense is watching the offense's back.
"If you want to be a good team, sometimes you have to pick each other up," linebacker Michael Mauti said. "The offense is having a tough time. We'll have to bail them out sometimes ... and the same thing with us."
It's more like the other way around lately.
The Nittany Lions (2-1) showed a little improvement moving the ball last week against Temple, yet still escaped with just a 14-10 victory after scoring with 2:42 left. Through three games, Penn State is last in the Big Ten in scoring (22 points per game), total offense (306 yards) and passing (158 yards).
All with Rob Bolden and Matt McGloin sharing the quarterback position.
Paterno has repeatedly said that he prefers to stick with one quarterback.
On the other hand, he's also said he wants to be fair to both Bolden and McGloin.
"I don't know what I'm waiting for. I think both those kids are so close and both those kids deserve to play," said Paterno, major college football's winningest coach with 403 victories. "One of these days I would like to be able to say, 'Hey, we are going to play one quarterback.'"
Just not Saturday against Eastern Michigan (2-1), apparently.
For the fourth straight week, Bolden and McGloin are both atop the quarterback depth chart. Together they are a combined 46 of 95 passing (48 percent) for 474 yards and two interceptions. Penn State is the only Big Ten team without a passing touchdown.
The so-called "Spread HD" offense that succeeded under run-pass threat Daryll Clark in 2008-9 has grounded to a halt.
The Nittany Lions promise they are working hard to get things going. Receiver Justin Brown said the offense's confidence is improved, especially after making two 4th-down plays late against Temple to set up fullback Michael Zordich's game-winning 1-yard touchdown run.
Fellow receiver Derek Moye, who had a career-high seven catches for 112 yards against the Owls, said Penn State is working on fixing blown assignments and mental mistakes. He had a long touchdown reception called back by a penalty last week.
Moye would prefer the coaches stick with one quarterback, though he said he trusts their decision if they feel neither candidate has created separation.
The QB quandary is just as hot a topic on campus as it is in the press box.
"I wouldn't say it's frustrating. It definitely can be annoying sometimes," Moye said Wednesday. "It's the main theme, and sometimes the only thing people want to ask. It's always about the quarterback controversy."
There's also the issue of finishing drives. Inconsistency at the quarterback position can sometimes be glossed over with a good kicking game, which is absent at Penn State. The Nittany Lions are a Big Ten-worst 1 of 6 (16 percent) on field goals, with duties shared by freshman Sam Ficken and junior Evan Lewis, a former receiver.
Penn State also had a punt blocked last week. Strong-legged punter and kickoff specialist Anthony Fera could be an option on field goals, though Fera primarily punted last season. He's also crawling out of Paterno's doghouse following off-field issues this year.
Fera, a redshirt sophomore, was a highly-rated kicker out of high school in Texas in 2009.
"Our kicking game needs to get better. And we're working on it and hopefully we can improve," Paterno said. "But the proof is in the pudding."
The upside in Happy Valley is the defense, spearheaded up front by disruptive tackles Devon Still and Jordan Hill, with an active linebacking corps and a veteran secondary. The defense has heeded Paterno's plea for more key plays with six turnovers over the first three games.
But no one is pointing fingers on the squad for the early-season struggles, defensive end Jack Crawford said.
"There's never any blame. We're a very close team. ... We don't point fingers," Crawford said. "We know it's a team thing. If (the offense) doesn't score a touchdown that reflects on us, too."


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33 Family Halloween Costumes That Are Absolutely Fantastic
Even if you hate Halloween, you can't deny the awesomeness of these costumes.
1. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of Being Cute on Halloween
2. Batman's Villains will steal your heart (and maybe your candy) this Halloween.
3. Nothing Despicable about this!
4. A freakin' BLT! Bravo
5. Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, Smee and, wait for it… Captain Hook
6. Da da da da! Cute! Cute!
7. Up-ing the ante on family costumes.
8. Who you gonna call? Cutebusters!
9. Masters of the Adorable Universe
10. Woody's Round-Up of awesomeness
11. Holy Radness! More Batman and his villains!
12. Dragonball Z costumes are Gokute.
13. Snow White, the Huntsman, and a kindly old lady selling apples
14. The Breaking Bad trio
Jesse: "I'm gonna go knock on that door and get me some candy, yo."
Walt: "No! I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS!"
15. Uh, is that a Super Mario cute-bomb?
16. This Nascar family will race to all the doorsteps this Halloween.
17. Movie snacks sing, "Let's all go trick-or-treatin'! Let's all go trick-or-treatin'!"
18. Can you bee-lieve these guys?
19. The Force is strong with this family.
20. It's no wonder this family knows how to do Halloween.
21. A rainbow? Seriously, get out of here with this adorableness.
22. Toy Story aliens with the "claw." Ooooooh
23. Adventure Time? More like "Halloween Time"!
24. New School Willy Wonka with his Golden Ticket is all kinds of awesome.
25. The cutest "Milk and Cookies" family ever.
26. The Grinch Who Stole Halloween with a special appearance by The Lorax.
27. A WTF Beauty and the Beast family.
I have no idea what is going on with Lumiere's bodysuit, but this is still brilliant.
28. The Hunger Games is what this family calls Halloween.
29. The family who does laundry together does Halloween together dressed as laundry.
30. The Mary Poppins entourage, including a dancing penguin.
31. Ace Ventura: Cute Detective
32. DJ Lance Rock and the rest of the Yo Gabba Gabba gang.
33. Beetle-cute, Beetle-cute, Beetle-cute!
For more awesome costumes go to Costume Works.com and check out their Halloween Costume Contest as well.
- Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sparred over ISIS, race, and Trump's unreleased taxes during the first US presidential debate 📢
- The Colombia government and FARC rebels have signed a historic peace deal, ending 52 years of armed conflict.
- And no, people aren't drilling headphone jacks into their new iPhone 7's 📱❌


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First off, this is my first SA Linhas Aereas">TR, so please go easy on me. I have wanted to write a SA Linhas Aereas">TR for a long time, but never came around to do so, until today. Secondly, please apologise for the bad quality of the pics. All i have is a crappy, old 2MP cam. Dirty windows, haze and my non existant photography skills added up to it.
Like every week, i received an e-mail by Swiss on Wednesday, advertising their Weekend specials, which is usually a handful of destinations that can be booked for the upcoming weekend at very competitive prices, and it was no different this week. Upon further investigation on Swiss.com, i saw that they had FRA, CDG and LHR on offer aswell as PRG, LUX and DUS. I have been thinking about another spotting trip for quite some time now, and having a choice between three of Europe's major gateways was exactly what I was looking for. After evaluating the pros and contras of each of the three, i finally settled for LHR and booked a Business Class return trip for sunday, as i wanted to try LX's european biz class for the first time. I found out that the fare was just about half of what a normally booked C class ticket for a one-day return trip would have been, and i would get full miles aswell, so it all looked like a great deal.
Sunday, August 5th
LX 316 Zurich-London
Scheduled Departure: 07:10 / Actual 07:40
Scheduled Arrival: 08:05 / Actual 08:10
Swiss Business Class, Seat 3F
Airbus A321 SA)">HB-IOD
On saturday, I went to bed at 10pm just to wake up two hours later and not being able to get to sleep again, so i got up, and killed some time on my PC. A few hour slater, after the usual morning routine, i headed for the train station at 5:30am to catch a train which brought me to ZRH within 5 minutes. After arrival, i headed for Checkin 1 which was deserted as opposed to Checkin 3, which was a mess. I headed for the Business class checkin, where i didnt have to wait and was checked in by a friendly agent, who assigned me seat 3F. On the counter next to us, there were two ladies arguing with the agent, apparently they were holding economy tickets but didnt want to wait in the economy line. After wasting a couple of minutes they realized that they wouldn't come around it and went to the economy checkin, my agent smiled at me and told me that this wasn't a rare occurance at all.
Boarding pass and my passport
After checkin, i had a look at the fairly new departure board. The new departure board is huge, in the pic, you can only see about a quarter of its real size. No prices for guessing which is the predominant airline at ZRH.
I went straight through passport control where the agent didn't even bother to look at mine, then wandered through the Airside center, where most shops were just about to open.
Morning line-up at Terminal A, the Swiss/Star Alliance Terminal.
Security was a breeze even though the Business/First priority security check wasn't open yet,but i was through without problems within minutes. I bought a coffee as my body was screaming for coffeine and headed down Terminal A to my gate A66. At checkin, I got a lounge invitation, but opted not to go to the lounge in favor of watching some morning arrivals land on runway 34, and i knew i made the right choice when i saw a World Cargo MD11(Arriving for an A-Check at SRT) and an Air Slovakia B757 arrive, among the usual LX A332s/A343s and TG, SQ etc. It was close to impossible to get decent pics from where i was though, as you can see here:
This fella was parked at the gate opposite of mine. It had arrived from MCT via DXB and was next headed to CDG. Please apologise for the reflections.
They unloaded quite a number of these, i wonder what was in there.
Both ours and the CDG gates started to fill up and it was getting really crowded. I decided to head over to the other side of the terminal. Morning traffic at Terminal E: LX A343s, MH B772.
Our machine to LHR being loaded
Before i knew it, boarding had already started, by seatrows, and people were queuing for the usual extra passport control for US and UK bound flights. i kept sitting, listened to my Ipod and was reading the sunday newspaper until most people were on board, like i usually do. queuing for boarding is a waste of time in my opinion, as you have you assigned seat anyway.
Eventually when there were only a handful of people left waiting, i got up and headed for the passport control, where I got a big stamp onto my boarding pass saying "documents verified", then headed down the jetway and boarded our plane where i was greeted by two nice F/As and the Captain. I settled into 3F and had a look out of the window where sistership SA)">HB-IOC, the former Olympic comitee plane, was boarding for a flight to BCN.
The plane was fitted with the new Recaro seats. The cabin looks very modern and feels spacious, and legroom is great. As i weas traveling in J, the middle seat was blocked, which was nice, but it turned out that the seat next to me was the only empty J class seat left, jackpot! Y class seemed to be pretty full, i guess load factor was at about 95%.
While we were served preflight drinks and newspapers, the captain came on the PA and apologised for the delay, as our departure time of 7:10am had already passed.
The Reason given was the late arrival of the incoming aircraft from Thessaloniki, he then introduced the whole(!) crew, gave some details about our routing and weather in LHR, and informed us that we would be on our way shortly, but will have to remain at the gate for another 10 minutes due to heavy traffic leaving ZRH. Some 10 minute slater, we were pushed back and this company A319 took our gate as soon as we were out of it.
We taxied towards runway 28 and were apparently number one for takeoff as we pulled onto the runway and while turning onto it, the engines started to power up and we were already on our way, thundering down the runway. It all happened so quickly that i didnt get around to take any pics and after a lengthy takeoff roll we were climbing out of ZRH. The town of Oberglatt on a very hazy sunday morning.
We then made a couple of left and right turns while climbing to our cruising altitude. Swiss landscape between Zurich and Basel.
Shortly afte rthe seatbelt sign was turned off, the cabin was filled with the smell of freshly baked bread, and minutes later, the captain came on the PA again to inform us that we were flying towards LHR "at maximum speed", that our flying time will be about 1 hour and 20 minutes and that we'd have a nice view over the city of Basel in a couple of minutes. Indeed, soon after, Basel was passing below us in thick haze, with the airport clearly visible.
After passing Basel, breakfast service started and consisted of the following:
-Omellette, Hash browns (?)
-Cheese, Ham, "Bündner Fleisch"
-Croissants, bread rolls
-Coffee, Tea, Juices, Soft drinks
I was a bit disappointed about the presentation, but all in all it was filling and the bread rolls and croissants tasted great, warm, fresh, just how it's supposed to be. While eating breakfats, i realized that only ten years ago, you would have gotten the same in Economy class on Swissair intra-European flights. How the time has changed!
The cabin crew came around the cabin with refills throughout the flight and a second bread-round was offered.
When i finished breakfast, we had passed Paris already and were just about to start crossing the channel.
The sirshow was played during the whole flight on the drop-down screens, and for some strange reason, it was only played in French. The sa,e happened on the return flight.
The French channel coast. It sure was a very hazy morning
in the middle of the channel, i felt throttle being reduced and we started our approach. The tray tables were collected and the famous "Thank you for flying Swiss" chocolates were offered, i declined though as i'm not a big fan of chocolate. Again, the captain came on the PA and told us that we would have to fly a few holding patterns over biggin hill due to heavy inbound traffic into LHR. I didn't expect anything else, but i didnt mind as it offered nice views over Central London and Canary wharf with LCY in the distance.
I also made out a few other aircraft holding, particularely an SA B744 which made a nice turn away from us, really closely. Eventually, we turned into finals for runway 27L right over London.
Hyde park
Who can tell me what this is?
The new Wembley
Short finals, BA MRO facilities
The touchdown was a smooth as it gets, and hard braking action followed.
Rolling out. A nice UA morning lineup at T3
We turned off the runway right in front of T3, but i was sitting on the wrong side to get any decent views, instead, I could see BA's morning action at T4 and several arrivals on 27L
This little guy seems a bit lost in the hometown of heavies, heading out for a morning flight to LUX
We turned left into T2 and passed T1
a few seconds later, we turned into our gate. This guy was having a break but didn't seem to be randomly interested in the Airbus that was just passing by him, some people just dont get it
Despite the delay at ZRH, we got into LHR only 5 minutes late. Deboarding was quick as i was sitting up front and immigration was a breeze, which resulted in my being out of the airport within 5 minutes. A new record for me at LHR. I then headed towards the tube station where i had to wait in line to get a ticket to Hatton Cross. Meanwhile, they changed the runways to the 9s, meh, so i watched some 27R takeoffs while waiting for fellow a.net member Kieron747, and onc ehe arrived, we headed to runway 9L by bus, to see some arrivals. Late ron we headed to a nic elittle pub from where there was a nice view on runway 9L arrivals. Here are a couple of shots i took. I'm the king of cutting off wing-edges
Return flight below!


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Iowa State Athletic Director Jamie Pollard had some harsh words today for new Auburn head coach Gene Chizik.
A sample, from the AP...
"He's got to reconcile in himself what he told all these players and what he told our administration and what he's doing now. And if he can live with that, more power to him. I know Jamie Pollard couldn't have done that to this place."
Pollard said Chizik -- who had verbally accepted his offer of a two-year contract extension through 2014 a week before the season finale against Kansas State on Nov. 22 -- interviewed at Auburn last Thursday. He said Chizik left him a voicemail Thursday night saying he wasn't leaving for Auburn, and that Chizik reiterated his stance in a phone conversation between the two on Friday morning.
But Pollard said that neither he nor assistant athletic director Steve Malchow could get Chizik to return their calls or text messages on Friday afternoon, leading Pollard to believe that "something had gone awry."
Chizik told Pollard on Friday night that Auburn had offered him the job and that he and his wife, Jonna, were flying to Auburn on Saturday, to decide whether or not to accept it.
"I told him Friday night 'You can go do that. You don't maybe ever have to talk to Jamie Pollard again or think about Iowa State again. But I thought, based on what I know about you, that you couldn't do that.' For whatever reason, he chose to do that -- and that's his choice -- and, am I mad about it, disappointed, do I feel he betrayed me? I don't know. At this point I don't really care, because he can't help me win or lose another football game," Pollard said.


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Hi, I'm Amanda, the face and voice behind Amanda Romaniello Blogs. Welcome to my blog! I began writing here in April of 2011 and couldn't seem to stop. The blog was born when my boyfriend, M, encouraged me to begin blogging again as a way to write more often. Originally this blog was called "Simple Girl, Simple Pleasures," but I thought I would simplify to my new name. You can read the story of how the former name came to be here!
Since I first began writing in my small space of the world wide web, I've learned a lot about myself. I have had some incredibly happy and exciting moments and also some of life's worst moments. I try to be candid in my writing, but still find I have a slight filter between the real world and my blog world. I share my struggles and achievements with running races. I used to cross silly, and challenging, items off my lists all to be completed before my next birthday. And I spend tons of time whipping up new recipes in the kitchen, however I fail to post them all on the blog.
I'm currently living blissfully in sin with M in Connecticut after doing over a year of being in a long distance relationship. (As of January 2015, we've been dating four whole years.) You can read our about our long distance here, when the distance ended, and what being in a long distance relationship taught me. M is not only my prince charming, but my best friend, and I'm extremely grateful for him. And for someone who loves reading other people's love stories, I'm still working on compiling mine on the blog, but you can check out these posts to start.
I feel extremely grateful for the life I'm living, and I enjoy reading your blogs, so if you're new, introduce yourself, and I'll come say hello! You can also find me on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram. Thanks for stopping by, and happy reading!


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1. Re: Stopping from command line helpVineet Mahajan Oct 28, 2009 10:32 PM (in response to Sorack01)
Your FMLE UID is wrong.
For your FMLE session, the fmle uid should be "rtmp://p.ep9729.i.akamaientrypoint.net/EntryPoint+WNEP-FLASH-LIVE-1@9729"
Hence the command you give to stop the FMLE session should be :-
"C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flash Media Live Encoder 3\FMLECmd.exe" /s rtmp://p.ep9729.i.akamaientrypoint.net/EntryPoint+WNEP-FLASH-LIVE-1@9729
Please try this and let us know if you face any more problems.
2. Re: Stopping from command line helpSorack01 Oct 29, 2009 6:18 AM (in response to Vineet Mahajan)
Perfect, it worked.
Thank you very much!
3. Re: Stopping from command line helpgstrudler Jul 25, 2012 4:16 PM (in response to Vineet Mahajan)
I am having problems stopping from a batch file as well. I can start from a batch file just fine, but the batch file to stop just doesn't work. The strange thing is that I can open a command line window and enter the exact same text and get the encode to stop (so I know I'm entering the UID right), but as soon as I put it into the batch file it doesn't work. Ideas? FMLE is streaming multiple files at the same time, but no DVR and no archiving.
FMLE 3.2 on Win XP (SP3).
4. Re: Stopping from command line helpmicostar Aug 4, 2012 10:00 AM (in response to gstrudler)
I am experiencing the same issue above.
I can start, stop, and unregister streams from the command line with no problems. If I then check FMLEcmd /dvrstate I get the correct results.
However, if I put start, stop, and unregister in a BAT file, the session is not unregistered and I have to either delete the fmesessions.dat file to clean up the error OR I have to rerun the same uid, start, stop, and unregister it from command line.
Just to be extra clear - the session can be stopped from the BAT file. The person above might think that just because an uid appears in the registry that the stream is running and that is not the case.
I am running all of my BAT files as Administrator so I don't think permissions is the issue. This seems like a bug, but I dont know the back end rules about how fmesessions.dat and OsLaunch.dat work together. It seems like the OsLaunch is correct, but fmesessions is not. FMLEcmd is reading from fmesessions.
Any thoughts on how to successfully unregister a uid from a BAT file?


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Putnam Global Health Care Subaccount
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You can lose money by investing in a fund. Any given fund may not achieve its goal, and is not intended as a complete investment program. All funds have risk. The value and/or returns of a portfolio will fluctuate with market conditions. You may have more or less than the original amount invested when you redeem your shares.
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We Need Your Support
to Make Change Happen
We can make nuclear power safer—but not without you. Your generous support helps develop science-based solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future.
Effectively addressing global warming requires a rapid transformation of the ways in which we produce and consume energy. The scope and impacts of climate change—including rising seas, more damaging extreme weather events, and severe ecological disruption—demand that we consider all possible options for limiting heat-trapping gas emissions.
Electricity is the largest source of U.S. carbon emissions. Renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency measures can help dramatically cut the sector's emissions, and are safe, cost-effective, and available today. Yet limiting the worst effects of climate change may also require deploying other low- or no-carbon energy solutions, including nuclear power, which today supplies approximately 20 percent of U.S. electricity.
Like renewables, nuclear power has very low lifecycle carbon emissions. It also faces substantial economic challenges, and carries significant human health and environmental risks. The Union of Concerned Scientists strongly supports policies and measures to strengthen the safety and security of nuclear power. We also favor a price on carbon, which would make nuclear power more cost-competitive with fossil fuels.
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Nuclear power is the third largest electricity source in the United States, though its share of total electricity production has recently declined. Low natural gas prices and costly age- and safety-related repairs have led to some nuclear reactors retiring early, replaced in large part by natural gas.
Though cleaner than coal, natural gas is still a fossil fuel that generates large amounts of carbon pollution. In the long-term, replacing aging nuclear reactors with natural gas is not a climate solution; instead, the cost and safety risks of continuing to operate the reactors should be weighed against replacing them with the most cost-effective low or no-carbon alternatives.
The role of nuclear power in the United States is currently limited by its high cost. A strong economy-wide price or limit on carbon would make all low-carbon energy sources, including nuclear, more cost-competitive with natural gas and coal.
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Nuclear power entails substantial safety and security risks, waste disposal challenges, and water requirements. These risks also make nuclear power vulnerable to public rejection (as seen in Japan and Germany following the Fukushima disaster of 2011).
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Yes, you read that right.
Hello, Nano.
In this news release from Rice University, you can begin to capture the essence of why the realm of nanotechnology — much smaller than even the smallest bacteria — has seemingly magical properties. The news concerns carbon nanotubes, tiny cylinders of carbon that are exceedingly strong, light and electrically conductive.
They also have another intriguing property. When they're damaged, i.e. a chunk is blown away by heat or radiation, they "heal" themselves. Now that's a pretty neat trick considering the human body, which can do the same trick, has 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms, and a small carbon nanotube has only a few thousand. Anyway, here's the story:
A new study by Rice University scientists offers the first explanation: tiny blemishes crawl over the skin of the damaged tubes, sewing up larger holes as they go.
"The shape and direction of this imperfection does not change, and it never gets any larger," said lead researcher Boris Yakobson, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and of chemistry.
"We were amazed by it, but upon further study we found a good explanation. The atomic irregularity acts as a kind of safety valve, allowing the nanotube to release excess energy, in much the way that a valve allows steam to escape from a kettle."
It gets more complicated from there, but the gist remains the same: tiny carbon nanotubes have a way, of sorts, to heal their skins.


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Colin Meloy probably should have been born in another century.
Had he been raised in the 1800s, I'm sure he could have comfortably rubbed elbows and shared notes with novelists and poets of the day like Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry James and Emily Dickinson.
But as a modern-day troubadour with his crew of Decemberists at his side, Meloy may actually strike a more imposing figure with his literature-as-songs, standing out from the fray of too-often mediocre, mainstream rock and pop.
On Monday inside Calvin College's Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex, Meloy and his bandmates continued to elevate that musical conversation, brilliantly displaying their smarts lyrically and instrumentally to engage the sellout crowd of 2,100-plus with a nearly two-hour show that focused heavily on their latest album, "The King is Dead."
The Oregon band – Meloy, accordionist/keyboard player Jenny Conlee, bassist Nate Query, guitarist Chris Funk, drummer John Moen and special guest, violinist/singer Sara Watkins – delivered live renditions of eight of 10 songs from that new collection.
Consider that a good thing, due to the quality of the rootsy tunes on that Billboard No. 1 record and the vibrant way in which The Decemberists generally performed them Monday night.
Granted, the show probably would have been better suited to the more acoustically inclined Covenant Fine Arts Center rather than Spoelhof's Hoogenboom Health and Recreation Center, which lacks much comfort and proper concert sightlines (though the refurbished venue certainly represents an improvement sound-wise from previous years).
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Highlight No. 1: "The Rake's Song," with four band members pounding furiously on drums, energized The Decemberists and the crowd, a mood that continued on the heavy, prog-rock-hued "Won't Want for Love."
Highlight No. 2: "Don't Carry It All" perfectly displayed the band's many strengths, from varied instrumentation to fine harmonies.
Time on stage: 1 Hour, 50 minutes for The Decemberists; 30 minutes for Justin Townes Earle
Add to that some minor early glitches with the sound mix and lighting that bothered Meloy at first.
It also seemed to take several songs for Meloy's energy and upbeat attitude to rub off on the rest of the band, but once it did, with a drum-heavy version of "The Rake's Song," from 2009's "The Hazards of Love," the rest of the evening was a joy to behold – from "The Crane Wife 1 & 2" (and "3") to an encore that featured the splendid "January Hymn," "Sons & Daughters" and "June Hymn."
The diverse set, which has changed dramatically from night to night on The Decemberists' current tour, showed off the breadth of the band's music, from acoustic-based folk to churning prog-rock to jangly, R.E.M-inspired alt-rock.
The evening had started impressively enough with a 30-minute opening set by singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, whose appearance – glasses, short hair, suit jacket and loafers – belied his ultra-authentic, compelling, throwback, gospel-tinged country and acoustic blues songs.
By the time the slender, tall Earle had finished up with, "Harlem River Blues," the title track from his latest album, he had folks on their feet.
And Meloy, who peppered between-song breaks with witty banter, kept the crowd on its feet all night. He made fans laugh, cleverly got them to sing along in inventive ways, and still managed to deliver serious, emotion-drenched tunes such as "Rise to Me," written about his autistic son.
As Query pointed out to me in an earlier interview, Meloy, with a college background in creative writing, "certainly has a more acute interest in vocabulary than a lot of people do."
Consequently, Meloy's colorful musical verbiage includes words such as wont, anon, plinth, fontanel and panoply, and all seem perfectly suited to his erudite, eclectic songs which rightly have earned critical praise.
Indeed, panoply -- defined as "a magnificent or impressive array" -- may be the perfect description of what The Decemberists rolled out on Monday night.
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When I wrote for the East Coast Rocker (now known as the Aquarian Weekly) in the '80s, there was an ad rep there named Dave Stein, and he kept bugging me about listening to this band from Bethlehem, Pa. that he managed, called the Original Sins. I kept putting him off, of course --- what were the chances that a band managed by an ad rep would be any good? But one day, I put on the tape or CD or maybe even vinyl record (I forget which) that Dave had given me, just to be able to tell him that I had. And, shockingly, it was great. One song in particular, "Not Gonna Be Alright," struck me as one of the greatest garage-rock anthems ever.
Anyway, I ended up writing about the Original Sins a bunch of times, and seeing them often when they would play at Maxwell's in Hoboken, or New York. They stuck together for a while and released some fine albums, and had a bit of a following in the garage-rock scene of the day (such as it was -- remember, this is before the days when garage-rock became fashionable again). I don't think the band exists anymore, but frontman John "JT" Terlesky is still making music as Brother JT. Check out his website here.
I lost touch with Dave a long time ago. But ... wherever you are, thanks, I'm grateful for your persistence.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The following incidents were obtained from Berkeley County Sheriffs Office reports:
Four soda machines were broken into the night of Oct. 18 off Market Road in Ladson. About $20 in U.S. currency was stolen from all four machines, and each machine received approximately $500 in damage. A deputy observed yellow paint where the damage occurred.
A Son Drive resident told officers that someone stole two checks from his parked car, a 1995 champagne Toyota Camry, between Oct. 13 and Oct. 17. The victim said the two checks were in the amount of $375 and $475.
The victim was unable to produce any documents from his bank, but was advised of the case number.
Just after 2 a.m. an officer was passing a nightclub on Redbank Road at closing time when the officer heard five to seven gunshots coming from a nearby parking lot. Upon arrival the officer could smell the odor of burnt gunpowder.
The deputy and four other armed security guards searched the area for signs of a crime scene to no avail. Several people were questioned but no witnesses could be determined.
A deputy responded to a Juston Court residence in Ladson on Oct. 22 in reference to a stolen computer printer, valued at $250. A concerned citizen called police and said a suspect was inside a nearby residence and the suspect was not supposed to be there. The back door to the residence in question was slightly opened when the deputy arrived. The deputy cleared the residence and noticed a large Sony flat screen TV was on the back porch. The deputy contacted the victim and advised her of the situation.
The victim said the suspect has lived with her for the past three years but moved out in September. The victim said the locks were changed at the time. The suspect was not evicted because he moved out voluntarily, the victim told the deputy. A nearby witness told the deputy he saw the suspect enter the residence on that day and several times in the past two weeks, sometimes with the victim present and sometimes without the victim being there.
The victim said the printer is usually on the living room table but was not there. The deputy placed the TV back inside.
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COLUMBIA A cybersecurity expert hired by the state in the aftermath of a massive breach at the S.C. Department of Revenue told state representatives today that the attack on taxpayer data was not that sophisticated.
Marshall Heilman, a director with cyber security firm Mandiant, rated the September attack on the agency as a four on a 10-point difficulty scale.
A Mandiant report last month found that the hacker likely was able to infiltrate Revenue Department systems through a malicious email.
And Heilman last month told state senators looking into the breach that a $25,000 dual-password system likely would have prevented the attack.
A state House panel investigating the breach is holding its first meeting today. At the same time, a similar state Senate subcommittee is holding its third meeting on the attack.
The breach at the Revenue Department resulted in the theft of records of 3.8 million individual taxpayers, 1.9 million dependents, 699,900 businesses, 3.3 million bank accounts and 5,000 now-expired credit card numbers.
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For a movie based on a video game, there's a curious dearth of action in Max Payne. I know we've often complained that these movies were ALL action and NO substance, but this one has gone in the opposite direction. Well, except there's not really any substance, either. So it went in the opposite direction, but only part of the way. It stopped in the middle and is now a one-dimensional detective noir rather than an exciting shoot-em-up.
By the way, I have never played the Max Payne video game. Does this disqualify me from reviewing the movie? Then stop reading now! Cuz I'm totally about to review the hell out of it anyway.
Mark Wahlberg takes a break from his talking-to-animals duties to play the title character, a New York City police detective whose wife and baby were murdered three years ago by three assailants, one of whom escaped and was never identified. (The other two are dead and thus unhelpful.) Max now works in the cold case bureau of the department, basically pushing papers around all day so he can focus his efforts on his real objective: finding the guy who killed his family.
Following a lead, he winds up in the company of a sultry Russian named, like all sultry Russians, Natasha (Olga Kurylenko), whose sister, Mona (Mila Kunis), is a villain of some kind. (Assassin? Gangster? At one point Mona reminds Max, "You know what I do for a living," and I thought, "Well, that makes one of us.") Natasha winds up dead with Max's wallet nearby, making him a suspect. The subsequent death of a police officer in Max's apartment makes things look even worse. At this point, rather than cooperating with the Internal Affairs detective (played by Chris "Ludacris" Bridges) and explaining everything he knows, Max becomes surly and combative, acting exactly like a guilty person would even though he genuinely has nothing to hide.
Connected to all this is a new street drug called Valkyr, a serum that comes in little vials, and when you drink it you get terrifying hallucinations that frequently lead to your death. (Yeah, I don't understand the appeal either.) The drug is affiliated somehow with Aesir Pharmaceuticals, a massive company that Max's late wife worked for, where the head of security, BB Hensley (Beau Bridges), is an ex-cop and a friend of Max's.
The conspiracies and secrets run even wider than I have suggested, and perhaps you are wondering where, in all this, is there a place for Max to run around shooting people? And that is a good question! Director John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, the Omen remake) stages it like a classic film noir, particularly in the visuals: lots of shadows, slits of light coming through window shades, smoke and steam everywhere -- cinematographer Jonathan Sela has photographed everything quite gorgeously. Occasional bursts of red remind us that there was recently a movie called Sin City, too. Max, a hard-boiled detective falsely accused of murder who has to find the real doer to clear his own name, is an archetype. There are femmes fatales. You get the idea.
All of this would be a lot more useful if the story surrounding it were better, and if it made more sense. A Valkyr-addicted maniac named Lupino (Amaury Nolasco) is allegedly relevant to the matters at hand, but why, exactly, is he doing what he's doing? What DOES Mona do for a living -- and, for that matter, why is she even in the film? The movie over-explains some things ("The one you're looking for is Lupino!" someone says, whereupon the movie gives us three brief flashbacks of Lupino, in case we forgot who that was), then leaves a lot of other things piled up like a train wreck.
In the last 10 minutes, after numerous lurching plot twists and unsatisfactory explanations, you finally get the gunfights and vengeance you came for, including some of that super-slow-motion stuff that I understand is quite popular in the video games that the kids play on their iPhones or their Googles or wherever. But until then, it's merely a lukewarm police procedural, with very little of the adventure that the video game presumably provides.
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In a wide ranging interview in which he discussed public schools, Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit's future, Mayor Dave Bing said he is working with the Obama administration to develop a plan to import high-level federal expertise into the city.
March 3, Detroit Free Press: "Everybody understands that this is a crucial time for the city of Detroit," Bing told me Wednesday, "and if we don't take full advantage of the support and opportunities that are out there, they may not come again."Staying true to form, the mayor was maddeningly short on actual details about any proposed arrangements with the feds, but he was clear about his desire to focus on these efforts rather than, say, serve as an emergency financial manager for Detroit or take over the city's troubled school district.
President Barack Obama knows that, Bing said, and that's why the mayor and the White House are discussing a unique plan to deploy a group of high-level federal experts -- from the departments of Transportation, Education, Housing and Urban Development -- to Detroit this year to help implement a number of ambitious development efforts.
Mayor Bing deserves credit for keeping it real on this one. He is not the man to lead the schools, certainly not while trying to pull the city out of its own budget hole. And state-appointed financial managers are not the solution for Detroit either, no matter what right-wing legislators in Lansing try to pull.
And besides, why should anyone believe that state lawmakers, many from small municipalities that themselves can barely keep lights on, have any serious solutions for Detroit's fiscal troubles? Sorry, but there's something more than a little troubling about leaders of a broke state preaching to a broke city about how to get its finances in order.
Despite what crazy Glenn Beck wants you to think, Detroit's problems are not solely of its own making. The city has suffered from an absence of a serious federal commitment since the 1980s, back when conservatives began running up huge deficits and trying to punish labor unions. It wasn't that Detroit couldn't rebound from riots as much as the city couldn't rebound from Ronald Reagan.
Over the years since, the U.S. commitment to urban revitalization has waxed and waned but Detroit has never been much of a focal point for wide-ranging renewal.
Frankly, I'm not all that convinced about President Obama's commitment to a serious urban agenda either, but I do find it heartening to hear talk of any kind of federal resources, human or financial, being devoted to developing Detroit.
People got all hot and bothered over Beck's moronic Hiroshima comparison. But what perked up my ears was another too-stupid-to-live remark he made in that segment: "We have to convince the American people that what happened in Detroit...can happen here in America."
Of course, anybody who can read a map knows that it already has. And it's precisely because it is happening in America that Mayor Bing is wise to continually remind the nation of its obligations to one of its great cities.


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Parish residents fear going to Jeff Davis Parish
By Chris Rosa
Some Gueydan residents and other Vermilion Parish residents plan to stay away from Jefferson Davis Parish altogether until someone is arrested for killing seven women in Jefferson Davis Parish.
Jefferson Davis Parish touches Vermilion Parish and is west of Gueydan. Jennings is only 22 miles from Gueydan.
Many Gueydan residents travel to Jennings, with a population of 11,000 instead of Kaplan or Abbeville to shop or eat.
This weekend, a missing Jennings teen, who went missing Nov. 2, may have been found. Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff Ricky Edward said the seventh body was discovered in rural parts of the parish and the fifth to turn up within a two-three-mile radius in the last three years.
The first six women knew each other and were known to have lived the same high-risk lifestyle involving drugs and in some cases prostitution.
A Gueydan resident, who did not want to be identified, said her family quit going shopping in Jennings due to the news articles about the dead women.
Jennings Mayor Terry Duhon gives his advice to visitors. "Be aware of your surroundings. Don't talk to strangers. This person could be living amongst us."
Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon and Abbeville Police Chief Rick Coleman both warn parish residents that despite the murders occurring in Jefferson Davis Parish, parish residents should pay attention to their surroundings when shopping or when they are alone.
"Residents in any parish need to concerned when they are adjoining this parish," Couvillon said. "They should keep their eyes open regardless of what is happening in Jennings."
Couvillon said the Vermilion Parish Sheriff Department has not been called to assist the Jefferson Davis Parish Sheriff Department or the Jennings Police Department in trying to solve the murder cases.
WIth the holiday season quickly approaching, Couvillon and Coleman each have good advice for women who like to shop and travel alone.
"They should never be by themselves," Couvillon said. "They should always have a partner. They should keep their keys in their hand to sound the panic button (on their key ring) or keep their cell phone available in order to quickly dial 911. Most of these cell phones have tracking devices on them."
Chief Coleman said what is happening in Jennings has been ongoing for three or four years and it is not one person all of sudden killing women. "We are asking, especially the ladies, to be very careful when leaving a place of business or any kind of facility going to their car," Coleman said. "Most apprehensions occur between a door and a car . They should try and park in a light."
He said if someone does bother you, make as much noise as possible.
"Get on the horn, scream, yell or kick," Coleman said. "Most of these people are scared of noise and lights. If your car does not have an alarm system on it, you need to put one on it because if someone does bother you, you can push the alarm button and its making noise."
He said ladies should not put their key chains in their purse while walking to their cars. He stresses that they should hold their keys in their hands in order to quickly activate the alarm system from their car. He also said car keys can be used as a weapon. "I would not want to get stabbed in the eye with a key."


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I got these for some reptiles and plants and they work wonderfully. I got a bad one, and they exchanged with brand new one :) I`m really happy, they work great.
The light is very bright. I hope it last long so this investment will be also very affordable on the long run. At any rate the engineering looks high quality.
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