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SAGINAW, MI – Admit it, it's in your blood, it's in the blood of all Frankensteins.
If you know where that bit of Mel Brooks lunacy lurks, you might want to audition Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 6 and 7, for Pit and Balcony Community Theatre's production of Brooks' "Young Frankenstein."
For the uninitiated, it's an irreverent take on the classic monster story as the original Dr. Frankenstein's grandson recreates his grandfather's experiment. Most will remember the 1974 film, made unforgettable by Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Cloris Leachman and Madeline Kahn.
There's room for a cast of thousands in Pit and Balcony's production, said director Jim Gaertner, with seven men and three women in lead roles and the others villagers and ensemble members.
The auditions begin at 7 p.m. at the theater, 805 N. Hamilton. Dancers are asked to bring music and actors will give short readings from the script, Gaertner said.
Noel Howland is the musical director and the performance dates for "Young Frankenstein" are Oct. 4-6 and 11-13.
Call 989-754-6587 or go online to pitandbalconytheatre.com for more information.


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Jury Concludes Anna Nicole Smith's Entourage Did Not Knowingly Enable a Drug Addiction
"Prosecutors contended that the defendants were dazzled by Smith's glamor."By Mike Vilensky
"Prosecutors contended that the defendants were dazzled by Smith's glamor."By Mike Vilensky
She says she can't have defamed Howard K. Stern by saying he had gay sex, because there's nothing wrong with being gay!By Chris Rovzar
LAW • James Colliton, the former Cravath associate embroiled in a sex-crimes suit, got a lighter sentence after he admitted to paying a mother for sex with her two teenage girls. [Law Blog/WSJ] • Debevoise and Plimpton's marquee new hire, the former attorney general of the U.K., has a few scuffs on his highly polished shoes: He carried on an affair while in office with a leading woman barrister. [Above the Law] • When $1,000 an hour isn't enough, premium billing — a kind of law-firm tip for a job well done — is the best way to really start raking in the profits. [DealBook/NYT]

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BATAVIA, NY The State College Spikes got an array of great defensive plays and Matt Skirving's eighth double of the year, but the Batavia Muckdogs came from behind to defeat the Spikes, 4-3, in the bottom of the ninth inning for the second time in three nights.
Although Batavia (12-10) scored the first run of the game in the first inning on Roberto Reyes's RBI single, State College (5-17) quickly responded with a pair of hits by Matt Skirving and Chris Lashmet followed by a Jorge Bishop fielder's choice to tie the game in the second. The Spikes then took the lead, 2-1 when Taylor Lewis crossed the plate off of a third-strike wild pitch in the third inning.
The Spikes' defense also got into the act, as Kirk Singer started two lineout double plays from his shortstop position in the early going, and State College got out of a pair of bases-loaded jams in the third and the sixth thanks to a stab by starting pitcher Nick Kingham and a running catch in center field by Lewis.
Batavia tied the game, however, when Reyes stole home in the fifth on a pickoff attempt at first base. State College came right back to retake the lead, 3-2, in the sixth when Skirving delivered his double to right field, advanced to third on a groundout, and scored on a wild pitch.
The Spikes maintained that lead into the ninth, when Reyes led off by reaching on State College's fourth error of the game. A wild pitch by Rinku Singh (0-2) sent Reyes to second base, and Jeremy Patton's base hit to right scored him to tie the game. The very next hitter, David Medina, then ended the game with a double to center field that scored Patton to give the Muckdogs the win.
Singh took the loss for State College, allowing both ninth-inning runs (one earned) on a total of two hits and a walk over 2 1/3 innings. The left-hander added a pair of strikeouts. Josh Poytress added three innings of middle relief, yielding one unearned run on two hits while walking three and striking out one.
Adam Bileckyj (2-1) earned the win for Batavia by finishing the game with three shutout innings of relief, giving up just one hit and striking out six.
The Spikes and Muckdogs will begin a new three-game series at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park tomorrow at 7:05 p.m. Left-hander Mike Jefferson (1-1) gets his second start of the year for State College. Jefferson has rebounded from a slow start to allow just one hit and no runs over his last 2 2/3 innings on the mound. Batavia will start left-hander Jonathan Cornelius (1-0).


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I have a confession to make — after I bought three Taylor Swift concert tickets back in December, I went to my bathroom and cried like a baby. I cried so hard, that I set off my own mother's Mommy Radar in Alabama.
I was sitting on the floor sobbing when my phone rang, and on the other end was Shuggie. "Baby, what are you doing? I was just sitting here and I couldn't stop thinking about you and felt like I needed to call. Are you okay?"
I was doing that thing where you cry so hard that words sound like the cries of a wounded animal and I moaned into the phone, "I just spent so much money on concert tickets and I feel horrible. I'm such a bad steward of what God has given me. I need to repent and return them. The girls don't even know I bought them so it won't matter," I choked and sputtered and blew my nose.
Shuggie, in addition to having excellent Mommy Radar, is also one of the most frugal people on the planet. I waited for her to tell me what I already knew — I had to return the tickets. But just when I think I know that woman, she throws me a curveball.
"Honey, it's okay. You never do stuff like this and your girls will never forget this — you aren't paying just for tickets. It's going to be the whole experience of taking them on a trip and going somewhere. Get off the floor and quit crying. Y'all are going to have so much fun."
So, this weekend I took my two oldest, Aubrey and Emma to Nashville with my best friend Lizzie and her daughter Elizabeth to see Taylor Swift. I was ready to have some fun, but I failed to take into account that the older my kids get, the more awesome they are and the more I love to hang out with them.
As much as I travel for work, I'd never considered that my kids have never really stayed in a hotel, so it was too cute to see their faces when we walked into the high rise and they saw a glass encased elevator going up to the 10th floor. They squealed as the bellman escorted us to our room and one of them yelled, "This is nicer than my house," as we walked through the doors. (It was a nice hotel room, but it was just a hotel room.) Their sheer joy at each new experience brought tears to my eyes.
I didn't realize when I was crying on the bathroom floor that I had purchased VIP tickets which not only provided us with dinner, a comfy little room to chill in before the concert but with a photo booth full of props and costumes for the girls to dress up in, as well as a candy bar. And I don't mean a Hershey's bar — I mean a bar, stocked with candy and empty bags that the girls could fill themselves. I knew when Emma downed her first Pixie Stick that this was going to be a night to remember.
I had tried to explain the concept of a concert to my girls before we got there, but it wasn't until we walked into the Bridgestone arena, where thousands of people were singing in the dark, glowsticks and cellphones waving in the air, that the girls finally understood.
We made our way to our seats — third row, center stage (you're beginning to understand why I was crying, right?) and waited for Taylor Swift to take the stage. Aubrey sat with her fingers in her ears through most of the opening acts, saying she was "saving her energy for Taylor." As Emma stood in her tiny little cowboy boots and skinny jeans, her eyes weren't wide enough to take it all in.
When Taylor Swift took the stage my kids went nuts. When she walked to the end of the stage — directly in front of us — I thought they might blackout. She was so close I could've touched her, but I didn't feel like spending the night in jail.
I took turns holding my 9-year-old and 7-year-old so they could see over the few people in front of us. At the end of the concert, as confetti cannons boomed and paper hearts flew through the air toward my daughters' outstretched arms I realized that my mother was right.
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Besides Lionsgate, few indies charging ahead with hi-def releases
When it comes to new formats — and format wars, in particular — independents are generally happy to let the studios spend the big money to develop the market.
And as expected — with mastering costs alone for hi-def discs far exceeding that for standard-def DVD — the smaller indies are generally standing pat as Blu-ray and HD DVD compete for supremacy at retail.
"I think hi-def is really going to change things, but we're waiting to see who wins out," says Dennis Hedlund, president and founder of specialty disc supplier Kultur. "We waited a year before we released our first DVD."
Still, coming relatively soon after standard-definition DVD quickly mushroomed into a global consumer phenomenon, indie producers and distribs are certainly thinking long and hard about hi-def disc.
"We're actually producing most of our stuff in high-definition, and we require a lot of the content we acquire from independent producers to be on hi-def masters," says Jeff Clanagan, prexy-CEO of Codeblack Entertainment, which acquires and produces programming aimed at African-American auds and distributes through Vivendi Visual Entertainment.
In fact, with many small indie producers having business relationships with larger distribs, the hi-def subject is coming up a lot these days.
Lionsgate, for example, just released its first flurry of Blu-ray titles, including Oscar best pic winner "Crash," "Terminator 2," "Saw," "The Punisher" and "Lord of War." At VSDA, CineTelFilms prexy Paul Hertzberg says he has meetings set up with Lionsgate — his company's distribution partner — to specifically discuss Blu-ray possibilities.
"It hasn't figured into our business model yet, but our distribution partner, Anchor Bay, just yesterday sent me an email asking if we'd considered issuing a Blu-ray version of (upcoming release) 'Beowulf & Grendel,'" adds Paul Gardner, president of Union Station Media.
Meanwhile, besides Lionsgate, there are a few indies charging ahead with hi-def releases. BCI-Eclipse has four titles skedded for simultaneous release on standard-def DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray in August.
And Magnolia Home Entertainment — which is no stranger to innovation — released four HD DVD titles in May including docu "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" and Steven Soderbergh's window-slamming "Bubble."
As for Magnolia's motivation to get into the hi-def disc market early, company VP Randy Wells sounds a tone very similar to that of the major studios:
"We've now reached a stage where consumers are seeking content in this format. The demand is there, the hardware systems are available, and we want to put our product out there so consumers have something to support their new systems."


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Bacteria levels rise after sewage line spill
The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment has issued a health advisory for people living along a storm drainage ditch in Leawood.
The area of concern extends from just south of 97th Place and Ensley Lane to the intake of Indian Creek at 104th Street.
A sewer line broke in the area on July 15. Temporary repairs were made to the line and the spill was cleaned up, but officials said recent rains have increased bacterial counts. While those counts could be attributed to factors besides the spill, officials urged people to avoid water in the drainage ditch and to keep their pets away.
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This is a discussion on [News] Attendance in Linux Conference Grows Sharply, Charitable Element Included - Linux ; Linux conference helps the needy. N2Net Community Outreach at Linuxfest ,----[ Quote ] | N2Net will be sponsoring a canned food drive to benefit the Salvation Army of | Columbus, Ohio at the Ohio Linuxfest on Saturday September, 29th 2007. ...
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Heavy rain for the last several weeks has led to mudslides throughout southern Mexico. The death toll currently stands at 32.
Officials say that Mexico had three consecutive weeks of intense rain from what was left of a hurricane and then a tropical storm.
Oaxaca state's Civil Protection operations coordinator, Luis Marin, said the state had seen three days straight of intense rain. The state government warned residents south of the city of Oaxaca of flooding from overflowing rivers and opened shelters in other parts of the state.
More than 810,000 people have lost their homes because of the mudslides and flooding.
Some of the slides have occurred in some of the remotest mountain towns in Mexico, and search crews have had to travel long distances to reach the slide areas.
It's the annual rainy season in Mexico, and officials have reported it is the wettest on record.
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Hi SDN-Experts,
I have a question concerning the new authorization concept.
I created an authorization for 0COSTCENTER which also contains the 3 special characters 0TCAACTVT, 0TCAIPROV and 0TCAVALID. I inserted a customer exit variable for 0COSTCENTER. The exit reads datasets from a db table which contains authorizations for the actual user. The authorizations have different formats, e.g. "1000", "1000;1200", "25*" etc.
The internal table e_t_range is filled as followed in the exit:
i eq 1000
i bt 1000 1200
i cp 25*
This does not work. It works if I only use "eq" OR "cp". But not both at the same time.
How can I achieve to use the different authorizations in the db table for the bi authorization?
Thanks in advance...
I am not sure about the probelem exactly but did you define your variable as selection option?
Did you try with EQ 25* insrtead of using CP?
Try with filling this variable during SETP = 1 and check what is the system displaying when you start the report (also turn the var temporarily as "ready for input")
let us know...
Hi Olivier.
Yes, the variable is defined as selection option and I did also try to use "EQ" instead of "CP".
I tested again with another variable which is "ready for input" and is not used in an authorization. The Variable is filled in the customer exit. This is the code:
... WHEN 'ZJGR_COSTCTR_TEST'. l_s_range-sign = 'I'. l_s_range-opt = 'BT'. l_s_range-low = '0000001000'. l_s_range-high = '0000001200'. APPEND l_s_range TO e_t_range. l_s_range-sign = 'I'. l_s_range-opt = 'CP'. l_s_range-low = '0000002*'. APPEND l_s_range TO e_t_range.
The result in the variable screen in BEx Analyzer is the following:
1000 - 1200;0000002*;
And it still does not work. It seems that you could not mix EQ, BT and CP. But this is exactly what I have to do with the authorization variable...
Do you have any other tipps that I might try out?
as far as I understand, the varscreen is showing your selection properly but the execution doesn't work, am I correct?
now that you have the opportunity to change the variable defaults before execution, does it work when you remove the iterval and only keep the CP?
perhaps this is not supported and you'll have to generate another interval representing 0000002*, that is [0000002000;0000002999]....
hope this helps....
A "CP" selection on the variable screen like "2*" seems not to be supported.
I created two more variables with customer exits which I also included in the authorization for 0COSTCENTER. Each of these three variables now contains the "EQ", "BT" or the "CP" selection. This seems to work properly.
So I played around and deleted variables again. Now I just have two different exit variables, one for "EQ" and "BT", the other one for "CP". This works so far. The authorization checks work as expected.
But I wonder whether this could be the right solution???
well, if it works properly then it is the right solution!
so your problem is solved, right?
Yes, it is.


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Despite the frequency and clinical importance of nondiabetic ketosis in childhood, there have been relatively few investigations concerning its mechanism. Recently, the knowledge of ketosis has been considerably extended, due largely to investigations on normal and diabetic subjects. That the interrelationship between the metabolism of fat and carbohydrate plays the major rôle in the mechanism of ketosis has long been known, but the subject has been considerably clarified by the more recent work of Woodyatt, Shaffer, Ladd and Palmer and others.
It now seems reasonably well established that diet operates in proportion to the quantities of fatty acids and glucose made available to the metabolic mixture, and that excess of a definite fatty acid to glucose ratio tends to result in ketosis. Although subject to some variation, it seems probable that in adults the threshold of ketosis is represented by an approximate ratio of fatty acid 1.5 to glucose 1,
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text: Call for papers - What Future for the European Social Models? The scientific quarterly journal L'Europe en formation invites would-be contributors to submit paper proposals for the forthcoming thematic issue on What Future for the European Social Models?, to be published in Summer 2014. Although many discussions and publications have been raising the issue of European Social Model (ESM) for several decades, it is clear that the convergence of the national models of the EU 28 is far from being achieved. The ESM is characterized by providing a certain level of protection of individuals against the economic, social and existential risks. It concerns the protective regulations and redistribution institutions that embed individual relationships within a collective framework ensuring a certain degree of stability of both employment and income, as well as access to social services. ESM has several characteristics: 1 / Protection of employees (labour law relating to the employment contract, working hours, safety at workplace). 2 / Certain level of protection against key social risks: sickness, old age, unemployment, poverty. 3 / Participation of the trade unions and management representatives in the process of regulation of work and employment conditions through collective 'bargaining' at various levels (national, branch, company) and participation in the management of social insurance schemes. 4 / Promotion of equality between women and men, especially within the labour market. The ESM is an ideal model that is constrained by the disparities between European countries. The harmonization of the social model was one of the goals of the European integration in the Treaty of Rome. However, it has never been a condition for the creation of the common market and was subsequently abandoned when it was agreed that each member would remain master of its own social system. In addition, each of the enlargement waves have further complicated the defining of the common social standards—with every new membership, the diversity among the protection schemes continues to increase. So far, not only social Europe has been forgotten by the Union, but additionally, the differences between the policy makers, social partners (including trade unions) and the sovereign people are numerous in regard with what should be the social model, its major goals, its budget, its funding, and all this in a context of deficits and critical debt, on a one hand, and a sluggish growth on the other. Under these conditions, the major interrogations are whether some models are out of breath (as the French model, for example) and if budgetary constraints in an aging Europe will eventually challenge the most protective models? Simultaneously, in the context of withdrawal and a decline in certain forms of solidarity, will we be witnessing a rise of individual behaviour (or individualistic)? Antagonisms (real or perceived as such) between young and old, sick and healthy, employed and unemployed, public sector and private sector, active employees and retired, employees receiving or not a minimum wage, nationals and immigrants etc.—will they contribute to alienate the Europeans from the solidarity that was born during the post-war years and was set up, for example, with the social model inspired by Bismarck or Beveridge? Each social model sets the establishment of a respective social policy that should be distinguished from social protection and, of course, from the welfare state. 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Atom, billed as the world's fastest painter, is to appear 11 a.m.-3 p.m. He is known for creating works of art in three minutes, using a can of spraypaint and a knife.
Having learned his technique in Mexico, he has traveled extensively and performed for ABC, Sony Pictures, RUN-DMC and Universal Studios, among others. This event is free.
At 7 p.m., comedian Jay London is to entertain. A native of Bronx, N.Y., London appeared on seasons two and three of "Last Comic Standing." He also has appeared on several television shows, including "The King of Queens," "Street Smarts" and "All Star Reality Reunion.
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Alta Sierra Elementary School's first casino night takes place Feb. 23 at Alta Sierra Country Club. The event, which includes a live and silent auction, evolved from recent years' wine tasting fundraisers to appeal to larger crowds.
"We really wanted to make this a community gathering, as well as a fundraiser," said Katrina Paz, Alta Sierra Elementary parent teacher committee president. "This should be an evening of parents, friends and neighbors coming together for a night of fun while raising important funds for our school."
Tickets for the event cost $25 per person/$45 per couple and include appetizers, desserts and $500 in chips. Prizes include tickets to Disneyland, artwork and photography, tickets to Sonoma Raceway, rounds of golf at the Resort at Squaw Creek, private catering, spa services, overnight stays at Atlantis Casino Resort, Truckee's Cedar House Sport Hotel and the Grand Sierra Resort, the opportunity for a student to be a reporter for a day at The Union, one free year of after-school care, packages from Wolf Mountain Day Spa, fly-fishing lessons and various gift certificates to local shops and restaurants. The festivities begin at 6:30 p.m., and childcare will be available with advance reservation.
Funds raised that evening will go toward upgrading the computer lab, as well as field trips, assemblies, classroom equipment and supplies, art classes, library services and music, sports and recreational programs for more than 330 students.
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on November 19, 2012 - 12:01 AM
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The attempt by the county executive to trim the budget for the county Comptroller's Office has a familiar ring to it.
Back in 2010, then-County Executive Chris Collins took an ax to then-County Comptroller Mark C. Poloncarz's budget, zapping numerous auditor and tax receiving staffers. Poloncarz filed a lawsuit charging that the county executive violated the county charter by trying to slash more than a third of the comptroller's staff.
Poloncarz worked hard to restore the jobs, even making a request to the county control board to fund those positions so that the Comptroller's Office could maintain its necessary controls and functions. While what occurred a couple of years ago under Collins was a scorched-earth campaign compared to this year's surgical strike on a single high-level job in the office, it seems disingenuous for Poloncarz, now that he is the county executive, to imply that the level of staffing he fought for while comptroller is no longer necessary.
There remains a strong argument, as there was back in 2010, that only the County Legislature, not the county executive, can modify the budget requests of the county's independently elected officials. Some legislators are questioning Poloncarz's recent request to reduce the comptroller's staff.
The position in question happens to be held by Gregory Gach, who, as budget director for Collins, helped craft the plan to slash Poloncarz's staff. Gach had worked for Poloncarz before leaving for Collins' staff.
Gach has worked in various financial positions in county government since 1985, and currently holds the title of director of grant accounting services in the Comptroller's Office. The job was his old civil service position in the Comptroller's Office.
It was also the job Robert Keating held before Poloncarz brought him on to become the county budget director. So, after Poloncarz was elected county executive, Gach and Keating essentially traded places.
And then Poloncarz's budget for 2013 cut the grant accounting services position, which consists of checking and filing for reimbursements on grants and ensuring compliance. Gach is responsible for a myriad of duties within the Comptroller's Office.
Those vital duties involving tracking millions of dollars in grants to the county must still be performed. Moreover, the change in command of the Comptroller's Office will elevate the importance of the grants position, at least for now, with the new comptroller short on government and financial experience.
Former TV news reporter Stefan Mychajliw defeated Democratic incumbent David Shenk for comptroller two weeks ago. Shenk was appointed by the Legislature in February to fill the seat vacated when Poloncarz became county executive. Shenk leaves office arguing in favor of keeping the grants services accounting position.
Still, shed no tears for Gach. He has served in a number of top positions in the county and Mychajliw should consider keeping him on somewhere if the grants position is eliminated. But this story is bigger than just the elimination of one position.
The Comptroller's Office serves as a watchdog over county government. That ability shouldn't be diminished, especially when it has the appearance of trying to settle an old score. The argument for a fully staffed Comptroller's Office is just as valid now as it was a couple of years ago.


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Lashon hara is Hebrew for "evil tongue," which I imagine looks something like a serpent's. It is forbidden in Judaism not just to gossip, but to say anything that might hurt another person, even if true. That is why working in the Jewish media—yes that is different than MSM—demands a delicate dance. It seems secular newspapers, however, are concerned about lashon hara as well. (That is an over-generalization; journalists are very good at them.)
The hottest story in LA right now is the rockstar mayor's failed marriage. Though the LA Daily News recovered nicely this week by being the first to identify TV newscaster Mirthala Salinas as the vixen who sparked Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's divorce, the paper never published this story by Tony Castro, filed in mid-January, that revealed the mayor hadn't worn his wedding ring since at least September and hadn't been seen with his wife since before then.
Quite presciently, Castro wrote in that unpublished article, now on his blog, that "(h)istorically, the coverage of marital troubles in the marriages of Los Angeles politicians has made for queezy stomachs among local mainstream journalists."
The 2003 breakup of then Mayor James K. Hahn, for instance, received scant coverage and apparently was first reported in a dot-dash column of The Wave, a community weekly in South Los Angeles which had long been a Hahn family stronghold.
âIf Los Angeles worked like New York City, competitive pressures already would have flushed out any gossip involving the mayor,â Jewish Journal senior editor Howard Blume wrote at the time in his publication.
âWhy is it in Los Angeles that the personal life of actor Robert Blake looms more newsworthy than the mayorâs? Is it a reflection of Los Angelesâ civic culture that the mayor barely seems to qualify as a public figure?â
So breaking the news that Antonio's marriage was on the rocks fell to cowboy blogger/porn watchdog/Orthodox Jewish convert Luke Ford. (Yes, all those adjectives are accurate.) After Ford wrote on his blog Jan. 29 that the mayor and Corina Villaraigosa were separated, the mayor told an LA Times reporter at the Getty House that the blogger's claim was untrue. Corina, however, couldn't spare the time to appear at his defense, and Villaraigosa's ball of yarn began to unravel quite publicly.
Ford, who was profiled last month by Castro in the Daily News' porn series, is now enjoying the limelight. He got a mention on Slate, interviewed by CNN and a Q & A at LAist.
But what about lashon hara?
* I sent Ford this post and asked him how he balanced the interest of reporting with the gossip taboo. He sent back this synthesis of his thoughts, these related thoughts and this comment about when reporters have the right to rake muck:
Unlimited right to publish about public officials in the public performance of their duty.
If they do things in their private life that make them vulnerable to blackmail, conflicts of interest, perjury, etc, also fair game.
If someone is flagrant about violating social norms publicly (as Villaraigosa has been over the years with his serial philandering, much of it was Mirthala Salinas was pretty public), then I don't see a problem with reporting on it.
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Nowlin's contract will begin Jan. 1, and he will replace Superintendent Phil Hammonds, whose contract expires in February.
According to his contract, he will receive a 3.5 percent pay raise each January upon receiving a satisfactory annual evaluation by the board. In addition to his base salary, he will receive a $925-a-month car allowance and a $1,000-a-month housing allowance.
Nowlin has served as superintendent of Lee County schools since 2008 and was an interim superintendent there before his full-time appointment. Before working in Lee County schools, he served as interim superintendent of Madison city schools, and was an associate professor of educational administration at Jacksonville State University for nearly 10 years.
Nowlin received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Tennessee at Martin, and received his educational doctorate from Tennessee State University.Nowlin was one of three finalists for the job, after the board narrowed the list from five. The other two finalists were Karyle Green from East Allen County schools in Indiana and Dale Robbins, retired associate superintendent of teaching and learning support in Gwinnett County, Ga. Nowlin was hired Oct. 11.
Age: 64
Current position: Superintendent of Lee County schools since 2008
Current salary: $165,000
Enrollment of Lee County schools: 9,800
Residence: Opelika
Family: Been married to his wife, Linda, a retired kindergarten teacher, for 41 years; has a 27-year-old daughter, Nancy.
Education: Bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Tennessee at Martin; educational doctorate from Tennessee State University.
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Marlins Acquire Brian Bogusevic
Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports that the Marlins aquired OF Brian Bogusevic from the Chicago Cubs for Justin Ruggiano.
Marlins acquire of brian bogusevic from cubs for ruggiano— clarkspencer (@clarkspencer) December 12, 2013
Ruggiano has some final words for Miami:
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I like you but i don't love you. i love you but i don't like you. do we all agree that the 2nd line doesn't make sense?
Makes perfect sense. You can love someone and not like who they are. That's wonky aspect of love. Sometimes it just happens that way.
i get the second line. it's the love that you can't help kinda like the love you feel for a family member that is a horrible person. for instance my sister. i had to cut her off because she is nuts. i love her and care for her well being but because of her ways i have to keep her away. i don't like her ways. so i love her but i don't like her;) some people can stay in your heart but not your life.
No I do not agree. There are family members whom I love completely. I would give my life for them if it became necessary, but that doesn't mean I like them or even want to spend time visiting with them.
no they were words my mother often used to me i didn't like them but always knew from being young that she loved me but that i was not wanted because i was diffrent from my older brother and reminded her of my dad
It can make all the sense in the world to a parent.
No u can love some one but not like them like the way they are or act family is a good example of that loving them because there your family but not liking the way they are as a person
No. Most people literally hate the person they love.
No, what about loving your child or a parent? Plenty of people might love but not like! You don't choose those you are related to.
The second line is someone in bad need of fooling themselves.
absolutely....bunch of coblers
You can love someone without liking them. You can like someone without loving them. You can't do both at the same time.
I met the mother of a serial rapist/killer. Trust me she didn't like her son, but she sure did love him.
I think the 2nd line DOES make sense..I can easily see loving someone but not really 'liking' them as a person or even a friend......strange but true!!!
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Christmas is traditionally a time of huge spending, on presents, food, alcohol, parties, and holidays. Figures from the Australian Retailers Association show that Australian adults spend between $500 and $1,000 on Christmas presents alone.
All of this festive consumption results in significant environmental damage. The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) produced a report in 2005, The Hidden Cost of Christmas, which outlined the impact of Christmas spending in terms of greenhouse pollution, water use, land disturbance and materials used.
ACF's Consumption Atlas has shown that it is through the products and services bought each year that Australian households make our greatest contribution to climate change, due to the embodied energy and water in these manufactured items. In addition to excess consumption, the festive season is also traditionally a time of wastage, with food uneaten and unwanted gifts unused.
We hear much talk of financial hangovers in January when we realise how much money has been spent over Christmas, but all this festive spending and wastage means a big hangover for the planet, and that's nothing to celebrate.
Doom and gloom aside, lightening the impact of this year's festive season relieves our strain on the planet without compromising the joy of celebration.
Here are my top GreenHome festive season tips:
1. Buy a service, not a product - to reduce embodied greenhouse emissions and water, buy someone a voucher for a massage for example, rather than a massaging appliance. Tips: vouchers for services (for example massage, gardening, housecleaning), film tickets, theatre tickets.
2. Buy gifts that give twice - Give your friends and family membership to charities, overseas aid groups or environment groups. Tips: membership to ACF; Oxfam Unwrapped Christmas gifts, or see Karma Currency for more charity gift voucher ideas.
3. Buy carbon offsetting - you can choose the amount you want to spend, and offset someone's car travel, household energy use or airline travel, one-off or for a year. Make sure you encourage the recipient to reduce their energy use too!
4. Think 'green' when you buy - look for recycled and recyclable content, minimal packaging, certified organic chemical-free contents and buy products that are made to last.
5. Think 'local' - buy food that is grown close to home to reduce food miles, with the exception of items which are FairTrade accredited - sometimes it's better to buy things like coffee, chocolate and rice which are produced overseas under FairTrade conditions. The same applies for gifts - support local industries and artists, as well as considering FairTrade options.
6. Cut down on paper - use recycled wrapping paper, or re-use paper from gifts that friends have given you. Make Christmas cards yourself, from recycled paper and re-used magazine images. Or buy 100 per cent post-consumer waste recycled cards, or better still, send e-cards.
7. Reduce the amount of gifts you need to buy by organising a Kris Kringle with family and friends, and buy good quality items even if they cost more (rather than buying lots of cheaper items).
8. Get a really green Christmas tree: go for an Australian native tree in a pot which you can use year after year, or can plant in the garden after Christmas. Tips: support the campaign to revive the native Wollemi Pine, an endangered Australian native which makes a great Christmas tree!
9. Eco-decorate your house for the festive season with sprigs of native plants, wreaths made from fresh herbs and flowers, FairTrade decorations bought from charity shops - avoid buying single-use decorations which will only end up in landfill.
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Here's the nutshell: we have not had internet or mobile phones – AT ALL – on this expedition. I think I may have made this whole blog process look easy from the other side, with all the photos and stories I've sent. But let me tell you the whole story. As I said the other day when we had "technical difficulties" and I couldn't post anything but that small note, we have been in one of the most remote areas of the Earth. So, how have I been getting these posts out to you? Teamwork! Every day, I have been listening to scientists, watching experiments, asking questions, taking pictures, writing stories, and replying to all of your questions from the previous day (I also make sure to get input from the scientists for your questions). Then I reduce the size of the photos (by a lot), and put all the blog posts, pictures, Twitter/Instagram posts, and replies to your comments into just ONE document on my laptop. Each day, I take that document on a flashdrive up to my friend Oleg in the radio room, who attaches that document to ONE email – my only email of the day. I insert a sim card that I brought with me on the expedition into the Iridium Satellite Open Port, and wait, and wait, for the email to be sent with the slow connection. And for reference, sending email costs $13 per megabyte. (Next time you attach a beautiful high-resolution, 5megabyte photo or attachment to an email and hit send, look at the size of the email and remember that number – that's why I reduce the image size by a lot before sending.) So, I send that one email a day to my colleague and friend back home. Then everything is copy/pasted into the blog, Twitter, Instagram, etc, along with all my replies to your comments. And every day, I pick up my incoming email (in paper copy form), with all of the new comments ready to be answered. And I start a new day again!
Imagine this – I have been communicating with you, and creating this blog, and I can't even see it for myself! How crazy is that? As I said, this place is REMOTE. And nothing works on the ship, or with this blog, without teamwork. In any case, how could it possibly not be worth it to share photos like these with all of you???


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SHS Class of 1945 will meet today
SALEM - The Salem High School Class of 1945 plans to meet for lunch at noon today at the Salem Hills Golf and Country Club.
Artisans Festival Committee will meet
LEETONIA -The Leetonia Artisans Festival Committee meeting begins at 6 p.m. Thursday at village hall.
Rummage sale fund raiser scheduled
COLUMBIANA - A rummage sale fund raiser will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church, 28 E. Park Ave.
Proceeds will be given to the Columbiana High School speech team.
Open house planned at CCC&TS
LISBON -The Adult Education Department will host an open house from 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 1 at the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center. Potential students will have the opportunity to meet with staff and administrators, see classrooms and labs, and view course schedules.
Financial aid representatives will be on hand to assist with scholarships. The CCCTC has recently completed a Health Wing renovation and the welding lab renovation will be complete by the beginning date for school this fall.
Sebring Chamber hosting garage sale
SEBRING -The Sebring Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its 11th annual garage sale on Aug. 2, 3 and 4 with most sales occurring all three days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The sale is always held the first consecutive Thursday through Saturday of August.
Any Sebring or neighboring resident may have their own sale at their own home. Sellers register their sale to be included on the list with a map of Sebring.
Lists are available at the village hall, 135 E. Ohio Ave., Ashton's 5 & 10, Leonard's Hardware, Perkins Restaurant, Mae C's Restaurant and Van Camp's Gas Station and by e-mail from firstname.lastname@example.com.
'Back to school' clothing giveaway is Aug. 8
COLUMBIANA - The "back to school" clothing giveaway, for families in need, will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Aug. 8 at the First Christian Church, 39 Cherry St.
Hagen Strength Team will appear
EAST LIVERPOOL -The East Liverpool Area YMCA, in partnership with the Tri State Ministerial Association, will present the Mike Hagen Strength Team to the East Liverpool YMCA downtown location at 6:15 p.m. Aug. 9.
The Strength Team is comprised of professional athletes who travel all over the world performing amazing feats of strength while sharing the powerful message of Jesus to this generation. These athletes come from all different backgrounds including professional football, college football, body builders, baseball, strong man competitors, power lifters and many other athletic fields. They have been seen on CNN, ESPN, NBC and CBS as well as by students in over 1,000 school assemblies.
Food and beverages will be provided by the Tri State Ministerial Association from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., free of charge. Donations will be accepted.
Guests will have the opportunity to take their own pictures and obtain autographs after the show. There is a $2 suggested door donation and a freewill offering during the show.
For more information contact Shelly Pennybaker, YMCA of East Liverpool Christian Emphasis director at 330-385-6400 Ext. 210; email@example.com or 330-385-4534.
Destiny House hosting Community Day
EAST LIVERPOOL - Destiny House Church will hold its fourth annual Community Day from 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 11 at 49345 Calcutta-Smith Ferry Road.
Backpacks filled with school supplies will be provided to the first 500 area children, in kindergarten through fourth grade. Children must be present to receive a backpack.
Signature Styles Salon will provide back-to-school haircuts. There also will be free eye exams. scoliosis screenings, a fresh produce distribution, inflatable jumps for the children, music, hot dogs and beverages.
Bears to Bee Preschool accepting sign-ups
LEETONIA -Leetonia Bears To Bee Preschool is now accepting applications for the 2012-13 school year.
Two and three-day classes are available. For more information call 330-427-6075 or 330-427-6403.
Leetonia Library hosting 'Duct Tape Craft'
LEETONIA- The Leetonia Community Public Library will host a "Duct Tape Craft" program at 6 p.m. Monday. There will be two projects available- a small purse or a wallet. Ages 12 and up are welcome.
Adults are also invited to participate. To register call the library at 330-427-6635 or stop in at 181 Walnut St.
Library will present 'Flying with Star Wars'
SALEM - The Salem Public Library will present "Flying with Star Wars" where participants build light sabers, fold paper origami-style Jedi Fighters and Millennium Falcons and use the Force to play games.
This free program, for students in first-sixth grades, begins at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Quaker Room at the Salem Public Library.
For more information or to register stop in or call 330-332-0042 option 3.
Kooltime Kruisers hosting cruise
COLUMBIANA - The Kooltime Kruisers will host a Midnight Car Cruise, from 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday, to drive out hunger at Pizza Hut in the Oakmont Plaza (rain or shine).
The entry fee for cars is $5 or five non-perishable food items to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank.
Admission to the show is free to the public, but spectators are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items. Sponsors of the Midnight Cruise are Brittain Chevrolet, Stadium GM, Columbiana Chrysler, and #1 Performance Center a division of Columbiana Cadillac, Chevrolet, Buick.
Special guests this year are the Ohio State Cars-A-team van, Bumble bee Transformer, The Bandit, Knight Rider and my 2005 General Lee Drifting movie car. Fans will have the opportunity to take their photo with their favorite Ohio State car. For more information on the Midnight Cruise contact Steve Zimmerman at 330-424-9503.
For every $1 given, the food bank will be able to distribute $15 worth of food in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties. Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley distributes food to 153 hunger relief organizations in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
These organizations include church pantries, homeless shelters and soup kitchens, shelters for battered women and after- school programs. For more information on how you can help feed hungry people in our community visit www.mahoningvalleysecondharvest.org.
Look?Nook Gift Shop
hosting Aug. 1 book signing
SALEM - The Look Nook Gift Shop at Salem Community Hospital is hosting a special book signing on Aug. 1. Local author Karen Biery will sign copies of her latest novel, "Chattels," from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
"Chattels" is set in the 1860s and tells the fascinating tale of George, a twice-captured slave from Oak Bend, Ga., who embarks on a journey to freedom with the help of abolitionists.
As George settles in the rural community of Salem, Ohio, he faces tribulations and constant pursuit. Local history buffs are sure to enjoy Biery's depiction of Salem and its role in the Underground Railroad.
Biery's other historical novels, "Believe" and "Pieces," are also available for purchase in the gift shop which is accessible by entering the hospital through the main lobby and taking the glass elevator to the second floor, or by taking the elevated walkway over State Street. Hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Winona Area Historical
Society will meet Aug. 2
WINONA -The Winona Area Historical Society plans to meet at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 2 in the Winona Friends Meeting House. The community is invited to attend.
Sterling House will host
rummage sale on Aug. 3
SALEM - Sterling House will host a rummage sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 3. Proceeds will benefit the Alzheimer's Association. Table space is available for a $10 donation. For more information call 330-337-9096.
Getting Crafty class will
begin Aug. 13 at Salem Library
SALEM - A Getting Crafty class begins at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 13 in the Salem Public Library's Quaker Room.
Some scrapbooking materials and tools are available for use. Registration is required for this free program by stopping in or calling 330-332-0042.
Leetonia Shade Tree Comm.
pruning trees in curb lawn
LEETONIA - The Leetonia Shade Tree Commission is currently pruning trees in the curb lawn. They are removing the trimmings but not any others. There is no scheduled brush pick up by the village until later in the year.
Greenford School Alumni
Banquet will be held Aug. 18
GREENFORD - The 108th Greenford School Alumni Banquet will be held on Aug. 18 at Angels for Animals, 4750 W. South Range Road, Canfield.
The social hour begins at 5 p.m. followed by a buffet dinner at 6 p.m. Cost is $22 per person.
Members of the honored class of 1962 will receive their dinner for free. Reservations may be made by calling Stevie Kelly Coleman at 330-702-1161 before Aug. 7.
WB?Band 1990-1991 Alumni
Classes will meet for reunion
BELOIT - West Branch High School Band Alumni, Classes 1990-1999, will meet for a reunion from 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at Quaker Canyon Park on Valley Road in Damascus. For more information or to register, visit westbranchbandreunion.blogspot.com/, www.facebook.com/WestBranchHighSchoolBandAlumni, or e-mail Hilary Kimes Bernstein at email@example.com.
Crestview HS becomes part of
Paper Retriever Recycling
COLUMBIANA - Crestview High School is now part of the Paper Retriever Recycling program with two recycling bins located on the bus garage drive off of Crestview Road and the Rebel stadium parking lot. Paper Retriever is a community-based program that combines recycling and fund raising.
All paper products such as newspaper, magazines, catalogs, mail, folders, shredded paper, phone books, soft cover books should be placed in the yellow and green bins. No cardboard is accepted.
Community members interested in helping with this program are asked to deposit their paper, during school hours, by using the bin located on the bus garage drive. The funds generated from the paper recycling program will be used for student support.


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A new Windows vNext team has been formed to ship apps in upcoming releases of Windows. In this post, I reveal the name of the team, its mission statement, and shed some light on "vNext."
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Windows Phone 9 testing begins; also, Windows 9 gets a mention from Microsoft
Windows Phone 9 and Windows 9 have finally been mentioned by employees and Microsoft, respectively; but with Windows Blue currently on the docket and slated for an end-of-2013 release, what does that entail for Windows 9 and Windows Phone 9?
Windows 9: all but the official code name for the next version of Windows
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MS Employee Leaks Plans: Windows 9 to be Voice-Controlled Only
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Marquez is one of the smartest active boxers but Floyd Mayweather is the smartest active boxer. He also has more power, speed, and athleticism.
Can Marquez knock manny out?
No but if he comes in real sharp he could win a decision. He has slowed down a little but so has Pacquiao. This will undeniably be the toughest fight for manny since the last time he fought marquez
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#1: I think I'm in the minority here when I say that I give Márquez a good chance at beating Pacquiao this November. Márquez is older and fighting out of his weight class, but to look at his fight with Floyd and say, "Look, see?" is stretching it. He looked bad because of two reasons:
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B. Floyd's a clean counterpuncher and Marquez needs people to engage with him in order for him to get his counterpunching working. Márquez is a counterpuncher but he needs opponents to stay inside in order for him to do that
...which is why Pacquiao's style lends itself to him. In addition to that, Pacquiao may have gotten accustomed to fighting guys that never really had a proper style to beat Pacquiao in his last three fights. Mosley had a shot by landing a bomb (that was it). Margarito had zero defense. He beat Pacquiao up a little but he was never in that fight. Clottey...turned into a ninja turtle in that fight. The last fighter Pacquiao faced that was somewhat competitive or had boxing technique was either Cotto back in 2009 (and he got his ass kicked)...and Márquez in 2008. Márquez is not the same fighter nor is he in his weight class, but I think he's going to surprise people if he doesn't turn into Clottey or Mosley...and I say this because these two guys did not offer ANY kind of resistance and seemed content to cash in. Margarito, who didn't deserve his fight with Pacquiao, at least fought his ass off en route to a shut-out.
#2: No. We do NOT need to see Márquez/Floyd again. Even if Márquez busts Pacquiao up for 12 rounds and they go on for a fourth fight and Márquez knocks him out in the 1st round, the fight is useless. Floyd's style doesn't suit Márquez. Styles make fights. The same way that [Victor] Ortiz would've gotten his ass kicked had he beaten Mayweather and gone on to fight Pacquiao. Ortiz would've been bludgeoned by Pacquiao. It's the styles. Márquez CANNOT beat Floyd. No need for a rematch under ANY circumstances.
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- 2 c chopped dates (can mix with flour and chop in food processor)
- 3/4 c boiling water
- 1 c melted butter (2 sticks)
- 2 c sugar
- 2 t baking soda
- 1/2 t salt
- 4 beaten eggs
- 2 c chocolate chips
- 5 1/2 c flour (pack down)
- 1/2 c sugar for later
InstructionsPour boiling water over chopped dates, stir with fork and set them aside to cool.
Melt butter for 90 seconds. Let cool.
In bowl combine sugar, baking soda, salt and eggs. Beat well.
Add cool dates and mix thoroughly.
Add chocolate chips and mix. Then add melted, cool butter and mix thoroughly.
Add flour in half-cup increments, beating after each addition. Cover with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for at least 2 hours to chill. (Overnight is fine too.)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Roll dough into walnut-sized balls with your hands. Return dough to refrigerator if too sticky.
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Daisuke Watanabe (渡辺 大祐 Watanabe Daisuke?) is a Japanese video game writer who is an employee of Square Enix. He is mostly known for his work on the role-playing video game series Final Fantasy and the action role-playing video game series Kingdom Hearts.
Watanabe first became interested in writing in junior high school in 1988, after reading the Wizardry novel Tonariawase no Hai to Seishun by Benny Matsuyama. Before he joined Square, Watanabe wrote manga novelizations.[1] Final Fantasy X was the first Final Fantasy game that he worked on as scenario writer.[2] Among others, he was responsible for the dialog in the Zanarkand Ruins which he almost wrote in one single night.[1] He joined the Final Fantasy XIII team in early 2004 but left it again about half a year later.[1] He instead became part of the Final Fantasy XII development team in November 2004.[3] The original scenario writer Yasumi Matsuno left that project in August 2005 due to sickness.[4] Hiroshi Minagawa, the co-director of Final Fantasy XII, expressed his regrets that many of the story ideas by Watanabe had to be dropped so the game could meet the deadline for the release.[5] In March 2006, Watanabe rejoined the Final Fantasy XIII team after Kazushige Nojima and Motomu Toriyama had conceived a mythology and story for the game, respectively. He was shown a rough outline of the plot until chapter eight and was asked by Toriyama to flesh things out and to correct how it would all connect. Watanabe decided how Toriyama's rudimentary cutscene ideas should play out, wrote the script and adjusted the personality of each character to emphasize what the story tried to express.[1][6] He said that the Final Fantasy XIII series was an exhausting project with little time to breathe and that his feelings toward it were "complicated".[1] Watanabe not only wrote the scripts for the games but also a three-part novella titled Final Fantasy XIII Reminiscence: tracer of memories that was published in the Japanese game magazine Famitsu.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f "『ファイナルファンタジーXIII REMINISCENCE -tracer of memories-』著者、渡辺大祐氏にインタビュー" [Final Fantasy XIII: Reminiscence -tracer of memories-: Interview with author Daisuke Watanabe]. Famitsu. 2014-07-11. Archived from the original on 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- ^ a b Studio BentStuff. Final Fantasy X Ultimania Omega (in Japanese). Square Enix. pp. 191–193, 476.
- ^ Studio BentStuff, ed. (2006). Final Fantasy XII Scenario Ultimania (in Japanese). Square Enix. ISBN 4-7575-1696-7.
- ^ Niizumi, Hirohiko (1 August 2005). "FFXII producer steps down". GameSpot. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
- ^ "Video interview with FINAL FANTASY XII Directors". FINAL FANTASY XII Collector's Edition Bonus DVD. Square Enix Co., Ltd. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
Hiroshi Minagawa: In the course of development, Jun Akiyama and Daisuke Watanabe came up with many ideas but ultimately we had to abandon many of them. I'd heard their original ideas and I wish we could have included them all. Once we began development and many of the systems were in place, the team had many progressive ideas. It was the most enjoyable part of the project. But as we approached the project's end, I had to point out features we had to drop in order for the game to be finished. Which is unfortunate, since I'm sure people would have enjoyed the game that much more if we could have left all our original ideas in.
- ^ Final Fantasy XIII Scenario Ultimania (in Japanese). Tokyo: Studio Bentstuff. 2010-02-01. pp. 388–390. ISBN 4-7575-2775-6.


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West Nile Virus (WNV)
Common Questions
What is the West Nile Virus?
West Nile Virus, a virus spread by certain mosquitoes, has been found in birds, humans and some other mammals in Africa, Eastern Europe, and both West and Middle Asia for several decades. Certain types of mosquitoes (Culex species) get the virus by biting infected birds.
Can humans get West Nile Virus?
Although the risk of getting West Nile Virus is low, humans can get West Nile Virus if they are bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus.
What illnesses does the virus cause in humans?
Usually a human infected with the West Nile virus does not become ill, and is only found to have had the virus when a blood test is done.
Less frequently, a person who gets the virus notices flu-like symptoms such fever, headache and aches and pains all over the body. This is called West Nile Fever.
Occasionally, a human with West Nile virus infection develops encephalitis or viral meningitis with symptoms of severe headache, high fever, stiff neck, vomiting, drowsiness, confusion, muscle weakness and/or coma. People with encephalitis or meningitis are very ill and require medical attention.
Can anything be done to control the spread of West Nile Virus?
- Help control the mosquito population by eliminating mosquito breeding grounds and places where they gather.
- Protect yourself and your family from mosquito bites.
What type of clothing should be worn to prevent mosquito bites?
- Long-sleeved shirts and long pants.
- Hats, especially for those with thin or missing hair.
- Light coloured clothing does not attract mosquitoes as much as dark clothing.
- A small amount of insect repellent can be applied to cuffs and collars to discourage mosquitoes from climbing under clothing to feed.
How can I help control the mosquito population?
- Change the water in birdbaths twice weekly.
- Empty water twice weekly from containers or sites where water may collect such as wheelbarrows, children's toys, pet bowls, wading pools, etc.
- Cover rain barrels tightly with mosquito screening and put screening over the out flow of the down spout.
- Remove old tires or drill holes in them so water will drain.
- Clean or repair eaves where water may become stagnant.
- Fill tree holes with sand so they can't collect rainwater.
- Prevent ruts from forming in driveways where water can collect.
- Collections of water that cannot be dumped or drained and are not directly accessible by pets can be treated by adding a few drops of dish detergent, to reduce surface tension of the water and help prevent mosquito breeding.
What birds are most likely to be infected with West Nile Virus?
The most commonly infected birds are crows, blue jays and ravens.
If a dead bird is seen outdoors, is it likely to have died from West Nile virus?
No, there are many reasons for birds to die including several bird diseases, being involved in an accident or simply becoming old.
Even in areas where the West Nile virus is found, not all dead birds found will have died from the virus.


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