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This article is geared toward beginning to intermediate developers interested in working with multiple videos in Flash CS4 Professional. General experience working with Flash Professional and FLV video is advised.
Note: The source files have been updated for Flash CS4 Professional with the following additions:
This video template provides a simple way to combine multiple videos into a video showcase. The showcase is easy to edit and comes complete with visual subnavigation and captions for chapters within the videos. The template could be used for anything, but it has a great set of features geared toward displaying your personal video collection. This article provides an overview of the process required for customizing the template.
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This section is for anyone who would benefit from a better understanding of the project files and general process for working with this type of template. If you're already comfortable with the gist of the project, you can skip to the next section and start customizing the supplied files.
You should be familiar with the following terms used throughout this article:
Tip: For the purposes of this template, navigation cue points should be embedded during encoding for progressive video download. Doing so will ensure accurate navigation when the chapter buttons are used.
This version of the video showcase uses a template approach to address the task of displaying multiple videos. Although you will display several different sections of video, you will build only one template page to accomplish the task. By separating the video, image, and text content from the Flash movie (SWF file), you can reuse a single page layout by simply swapping out its content (see Figure 1).
So where does the content go? The content sits alongside the SWF file in folders similar to the way a website would store its files. When the SWF file plays in a browser, it loads an XML (text) file that supplies the showcase with a definition of the video sections. From there the SWF file uses ActionScript to load the text, images, and videos from their external locations.
The benefit of using this type of approach is that you can easily edit and change the content that the showcase displays without having to edit the FLA file. That means that a non-Flash developer can contribute to your site. Another benefit is the ability to switch the XML definition file prior to the SWF file being loaded. That means that you could localize text content to different languages or show different sets of content based on the target audience.
The general flow of the development process goes like this:
The FLA file is constructed very simply. In this template the content exists externally to the SWF, so the resulting SWF file size is relatively small. You'll edit the assets placed on frame 1 of the main timeline to create the look and layout that you're after (see Figure 2).
An XML file is a text file saved with an .xml file extension. XML files do not contain any programming logic or layout logic; they simply contain relationships of data that web applications use to transfer text and information back and forth between the server and the local computer.
XML files are composed of user-defined pairs of tags, similar to HTML tags. The relationship of tags and the nesting of those tags is what defines the structure of the data being described. For the purpose of using this template, you will learn to write the XML file in a specific way to describe your video sections.
The following is a simplified example of the XML format used in the template:
<title>ATV Riding</title>
Notice that a tag is indicated by the word appearing between the brackets (
<>). Each pair of tags consists of open and close tags that surround the content being described. The close tag is the same as the open tag, except that it contains a forward slash. The pair of tags and everything between them is referred to as a node.
The XML file always contains a root node, in this case "showcase," that contains all the other nodes in the document. The nesting of nodes thereafter is what creates the relationships between the data. For example, the XML above describes a list of video sections. Two sections are described in this list. Each section has a title value and a path to a video.
Tip: The easiest way to work with formatting the XML file is to start by editing the file supplied with this template.
It may sound obvious, but once you're familiar with the features of the template, you should stop and take a minute to plan out your customizations. How many video sections will it have? How many chapters within each section? How will you create the thumbnail images? What graphic customizations do you want to make? And so on...
Spend some time brainstorming so that the process will be easier during development.
Adding your own graphics and branding to the showcase template is easy to do. Because the background graphics are only loaded once, regardless of how many video chapters are displayed, you have some freedom to add content to the background as desired. Have some fun changing the graphics by adding your own background graphic, logo, and custom content. Add some text and maybe a title if it suits your presentation. Feel free to change the canvas size, number, and position of the buttons, and anything else you can think of to spice things up.
This page is intended to help you understand how to customize the look and feel of the template assets and change their layout on the stage.
One of the easiest ways to make the template your own is to change the background graphics. It's usually a good idea to start the editing process in Flash with a good idea of the results you'd like to produce. Sketch out your interface design ideas or work in a graphics program to flesh out your approach.
To change the background, follow these steps:
Feel free to add layers and graphics as needed to the Timeline. If you extend the Timeline beyond a single frame, make sure that all the controls appear throughout the length of the Timeline.
This version of the showcase uses the FLVPlayback components for the display of the video. This feature makes development and ActionScript integration fairly straightforward and provides lots of possibilities for extending the template. The FLVPlayback component is the primary control used to display video. The component can display progressive video or streaming video from a Flash Media Server.
To change the video controls, follow these steps:
flvDisplay.bufferBar = myBuffer;
Tip: The UI component will automatically associate itself with the FLVPlayback component when you drag it onto the Stage. The step above should be used to explicitly assign instance names to the FLVPlayback component, but it's not a necessary step in this case.
Feel free to add and remove FLVPlayback UI components as desired. Be aware that some components can conflict with each other when used within a multifunctional template such as this. Experiment until you find the right mix of controls.
Please see my article, Skinning the ActionScript 3 FLVPlayback component, for more information.
The template contains two types of buttons for two types of navigation within the showcase: section buttons and chapter buttons. Section buttons define the different sections (FLV videos) available in the showcase. Clicking a section button loads a new video and chapter information to the screen. The chapter buttons provide a visual metaphor for navigating the cue point sections within the current section. Clicking a chapter button jumps to the related cue point time in the video.
Since the template's content is dynamically driven, you need only edit a single instance of either button to effect a change in all the instances. Then add and remove instances on the stage to create the number of desired buttons. Feel free to move the buttons around and change their appearance as much as you like.
To change graphics included in the buttons, follow these steps:
To change the layout and number of buttons, follow these steps:
The caption window appears when the caption button is clicked. It displays caption text associated with the current chapter.
To change the caption window, follow these steps:
Tip: Figure 6 shows a classic tween built along the Timeline in Flash CS3. You can work with Flash CS4 motion tweens or any of the new Flash CS4 animation effects in your work. See the Animation Learning Guide for Flash for more details.
The ActionScript code that powers the template is located in external ActionScript 3 class files. You can find the files in the code folder in the supplied assets. In general, you won't need to edit the code, but you may find that making small changes is necessary. One of the most common changes would be to switch the cue points between the embedded type or ActionScript generated type.
To change the
importCuePoint setting, follow these steps:
importCuePoint property to
true if you want the cue points to be generated dynamically. Set the property to
false if you want the embedded cue points in the video to be used. If embedded cue points exist, this property should be set to
Now that you've customized the template to suit your needs, you need to produce the video and image content to display in the showcase. The process is fairly straightforward, but some experience in FLV encoding is required for best results. If you're new to creating video for Flash CS4, please see the Video Learning Guide for Flash for a more detailed overview of the encoding process.
This page provides an overview of the process necessary for creating video and images for the template.
Once you have edited your source video, encoding the source file to FLV format is a relatively easy process. The process itself does not require a lot of experience, but knowing the proper encoding settings to use can be a challenge. In general the default settings will work, but you'll see a difference in your video performance if you learn the ins and outs of FLV encoding.
To use Adobe Media Encoder to embed cue points, follow these steps:
Also, when a cue point is selected in the list, you can select the cue point time marker below the timeline and use the arrow keys to move the time to a whole second or the exact time you're after.
For progressive video, cue points have to be embedded in the video at the time of encoding to ensure accurate navigation to those points during playback. Video streams served from a Flash Media Server do not require the cue points to be embedded.
Tip: One of the new features in the CS4 version of this template is the ability to load the cue point times from the Settings.xml file as ActionScript cue points. Switch the
importCuePoints property to
true in the VideoShowcase.as file and then export the SWF file to activate this feature.
The next step is to create the thumbnail images used for each chapter button. You can either capture still frames from the cue point times in the video, or create images containing custom text and graphics.
To create a chapter image, follow these steps:
You may find it easier to extract still shots from the source video using video editing software, or you may want to use different images that are not stills. All of these approaches will work.
Once you have your video and images ready to go, you need to place them in a folder along with the SWF file and Settings.xml file. Creating a well-organized file structure for the website will make it easier to edit and maintain.
To create the file structure for the showcase, follow these steps:
The final stop before testing your work is to create (or update) the XML configuration file. The XML file is the project definition that ties everything together. It supplies text and paths to videos and images to the SWF file. This information is supplied separately, so a single template can be reused for any number of sections. This approach also creates a file structure that is easier to update, edit, and change. For example, you could create localized versions of the template. Let's say that half your family speaks Spanish and the other half speaks English; you could easily create two versions of the site without having to redo your work.
This page is intended to give you the information needed to work with the XML structure expected by the template.
It's probably easiest to work over the top of the supplied XML file, but in the interest of describing how to create an XML file as a Flash data source, here's a complete overview.
To create an XML file, follow these steps:
The big picture is that the XML file contains a list of section nodes at the root of the document. The section nodes define the video sections to be displayed in your showcase. The number of section nodes should match the number of section button instances you have included in your Flash template.
To create a section node, follow these steps:
A section node is composed of three elements; a title, a video path, and a list of cue points for synchronization. Continue to write the XML by adding a title node, a video node, and a cue points node.
To create the three nodes that describe a section, follow these steps. From here on, the process repeats within each section node. One section is shown below for brevity.
Finally, you'll fill in the cue point information in the cue point nodes to complete the showcase definition. The chapters within each section use the cue point values to set the chapter navigation.
To create the definition of the cue point, follow these steps:
<title>ATV Riding</title>
<title>Chapter 1</title>
<caption>Caption text for chapter 1.</caption>
Tip: For best results when using progressive video, the FLV files should have navigation cue points embedded in them that correspond to each
cuepoint entry in the XML file. The time values in the XML should exactly match the cue point times embedded in the video—and should be translated into seconds in the XML. If you don't embed Navigation cue points, then make sure you set the VideoShowcase class's
importCuePoints property to
true to signal the application to generate ActionScript cue points from the settings XML file.
Please see the Settings.xml file in the supplied files for a complete example of the working XML data source.
Now you're ready to test your showcase application. Export the SWF file to see the resulting work. If the showcase does not display properly, it's most likely a problem with the XML file. Look back through your work and compare it to an unaltered version of the supplied files. Good luck!
Working with this template's structure is a good exercise in building dynamic, reusable video templates. As a next step, you might try creating multiple XML definition files and routing to them based on a
FlashVars parameter. This is a great trick for creating localized versions of the site in different languages or for displaying different sets of content based on the intended audience.
For further exploration, check out the other video templates and ActionScript 3 resources available in the Flash Developer Center. Also check out the following articles for related topics:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license, pertaining to the examples of code included within this work are available at Adobe.


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The 2014 Winter Olympics open tomorrow in Sochi and for Potters Bar athlete Kenny Howard they will have extra significance.
The 24-year-old is a member of the British Skelton team and while he will not be competing in Russia, a number of his teammates will.
While Howard will look on from afar this year, he is determined to represent Team GB and has targeted a gold medal at the 2018 Olympics.
He said: "I'm looking forward to watching our guys in Sochi and I hope they can do really well. My main aim is still 2018 and finishing with a gold.
"I would love to go to an Olympics and take in the whole experience. It is my dream to go to Pyeong Chang."
Howard has been involved in the skeleton bob for less than three years after being identified in 2011 through the Power2Podium program – a scheme aimed at finding future Olympic champions.
After two years of brisk development, he began competing in events during the past 12 months and has impressed.
He explained: "It has gone really well. I've spent two years developing and this is my first competitive year.
"I've competed in the Europa and North Americas Cups and the Intercontinental Cup. I managed a fourth and fifth-place finish at Lake Placid at the start of this year which I was very pleased with.
"So it has been a really good year for me and hopefully I can continue to do well over the next couple of years."

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This article was published 21/6/2010 (2620 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
HAMILTON -- There were mistakes. Oh, man, were there mistakes as the curtain came down on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' pre-season Sunday afternoon.
But while many of the same questions that were present when training camp first opened continue to linger, there were also just enough flashes shown in the Bombers' 38-20 loss to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to have everyone intrigued by what might be behind the curtain when it is lifted again for the real games in 11 days.
Question now is, can Paul LaPolice & Co. transform their collection of vets, stars and budding talents into a viable Canadian Football League contender in time for their regular-season opener against Hamilton on July 2?
"What I told the guys is our execution is what matters," said LaPolice outside a steamy Bombers clubhouse at Ivor Wynne Stadium. "I said, 'A lot of people in this room, we're going to need you this year. I don't know when it's going to happen, but in my time in the Canadian Football League you understand that people get hurt and the next guy has to step up and you've got to be successful. We're not going to be in the excuse business.' That's my message to them.
"Yeah, there's a team here."
He's right about that, although it can occasionally be painful to watch a squad go through its metamorphosis. The early-season baby steps included a rough day for kick-return prospect Travis Shelton, who had a ball slip by him -- he insists he didn't touch it -- and ruled a fumble as William Heyward scooped it up for a TD.
They included two drops from receiver Adarius Bowman, too many two-and-outs from the starting offensive unit, a number of offside penalties and enough mental breakdowns to make the coaches go loopy.
But there were some stand-up performances, too, among them:
-- Quarterback Steven Jyles, who completed nine of 14 passes for 152 yards and a touchdown and looked much more comfortable in the pocket.
"I threw the ball pretty well," said Jyles. "Last week (he was just two of eight with an interception) was one of those games. The ball was slipping out of my hand and I was trying too hard, pretty much. This week I said, 'Just play the game, treat it like practice and you'll be OK.' I was comfortable with it. That was my mindset. Just stay calm and make it like practice.
"It's up to (the coaches) as to who is going to start (at quarterback). Like I told them earlier, regardless of what the role is I truly believe within this year I'm going to play. To start the season would be great, but I just want them to be confident in me."
-- Rookie receiver Terence Jeffers-Harris, who had three receptions for 79 yards and a TD, continues to jump off the page.
-- Defensive back Alex Suber, who had four tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
-- Linebacker Marcellus Bowman, who is going to make the coaching staff's decision to pick a weak-side linebacker to replace Siddeeq Shabazz easier after another solid performance.
-- And quarterback Alex Brink completed five of eight passes for 86 yards and a TD strike to Cory Watson.
"There were definitely some good things about it, but there are some things I'm going to look at on film that definitely need to improve," said Brink. "To get a little more time and be able to move the football and complete some passes and score a touchdown -- that's what you want in a pre-season game. I got a lot of help today, too: Cory Watson made a great play in the end zone."
The Bombers left a number of vets at home -- including defensive regulars Doug Brown, Ike Charlton, Joe Lobendahn, Jovon Johnson, Odell Willis and Phillip Hunt -- and it showed early as Kevin Glenn marched the Ticats up and down the field. But the point of the pre-season is to evaluate talent and the Bombers exited Hamilton Sunday night with enough videotape evidence -- good and bad -- to help them piece together their team before Thursday's cut-down day.
"That's why we didn't bring a lot of veterans and there will be a lot of good film to watch of all the players we wanted to evaluate," said LaPolice.
"There were some positives: our defence kept them from scoring sevens. We had too many penalties -- I think we had three offsides in the first half -- which we've got to clean up. I thought we moved the ball at times, but we've got to catch the football better... and just sustain drives. We've still got work to do."


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I've been involved with NFTE for almost 4 years now – wow!
What started as a way for me to utilize my skillsets as an investor and advisor to entrepreneurs in support of my passion for education has morphed into, honestly, a way of life. Late last year I made a career switch and joined an education-focused startup company, www.campusexplorer.com, with the goal of founding my own one day.
While this was the scariest decision of my life, I felt a strange comfort because of two important lessons that have guided me. Interestingly enough, these two lessons are the core of NFTE. It's why NFTE matters.
1. Belief
You have to believe you can make it. Plain and simple. For children with a great support network, this powerful idea seems like common sense. Why couldn't I be anything I want to be? A CEO, doctor, astronaut, etc. These careers are all within their realities.
In underserved communities across the U.S. however, this idea is all but a reality. More often than not, children are taught to "manage their expectations." That based on their resources; there is only a ceiling of success that they can attain. How can you inspire someone who feels as if the cards are perpetually stacked against them?
Entrepreneurial-thinking. You "have to believe" that you can create a sustainable business selling products and services that customers value. Plain and simple.
But an idea is just the start. How can you take this idea and turn it into lifelong success?
2. Framework
Eric Ries of The Lean Startup defines a startup company as "a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty."
Life in general is under a "condition of extreme uncertainty" at all times. This is more so the case for children in underserved communities. The very practice of building a company – the NFTE curriculum and experience – teaches a framework in which to navigate these conditions.
It teaches children how to move forward with confidence as they "make it."
These two lessons are extremely valuable, especially at a young age. When I see how NFTE can reengage children and convince them that they can be impactful is why I continue to support NFTE. It's why you all should also. Learn more about us and support the cause!
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Early Immune System Error Challenges Basic B-Cell Biology in Lupus
New York City, Sept. 19, 2007 – A researcher at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston with funding from the Lupus Research Institute (LRI)—the nation's only organization exclusively devoted to pioneering innovative science in lupus—has made a startling finding. Publishing in the journal Immunity, Thereza Imanishi-Kari, PhD, reports that early mutation of immature, undeveloped B cells may prevent them from becoming a source of tissue-destroying antibodies.
The discovery challenges long-held dogma and changes basic views of B-cell biology in lupus. Until now, scientists thought that only "mature" B cells could mutate their antibody genes.
With LRI funding, Imanishi-Kari has discovered that B cells also mutate during their early development. This early genetic altering of antibodies could prevent the developing cells from making an early immune system error—a mistake in "tolerance"—that causes autoimmune diseases such as lupus.
Imanishi-Kari's discovery offers a new direction for research into autoimmunity. It may explain why the immune system in lupus makes a basic mistake: It fails to recognize its real enemies, and turns on itself—a core error in the autoimmune process. The study results may also pave the way to new strategies for preventing lupus.
"Our findings show that the immune system can influence adaptive autoimmunity much earlier than had been previously thought," Imanishi-Kari said. She and her colleagues are also looking at the role of the protein interferon in forming these immature B cells.
LRI funds lead to important discoveries
"Research on the basic biology of B cells has been somewhat neglected and underfunded. The LRI's funding of novel research in this area has played a key role in high-profile discoveries," said Mark Shlomchik, MD, PhD, professor of laboratory medicine and immunobiology at Yale University School of Medicine.
"B cells are absolutely pivotal to lupus, and any important new insights into how they develop and function are very helpful in creating the 'blueprints' by which we can understand dysfunction in lupus. This study advances our understanding of both normal and pathogenic B-cell responses. Its results could point to how to interfere with them in lupus."
The LRI's $300,000 grant to Dr. Imanishi-Kari is one of 73 that the Institute has funded to foster innovative ideas that can lead to a solution for the more than 1.5 million Americans who struggle with lupus every day. Since it was founded in 2000, the Institute has awarded nearly $20 million to support research studies at 43 academic medical institutions nationwide.
"These awards exemplify the LRI's mission to find and fund only novel ideas that bring new thinking to lupus research," said Margaret Dowd, the Institute's president. "Many are high-risk/high-reward hypotheses – new, untried theories that show promise for changing lupus research."
Many studies that have been awarded LRI funding advance to significant extended funding from the National Institutes of Health. An NIH grant is the next step in the research process.
To learn more about lupus and the LRI, visit www.lupusresearchinstitute.org.
About the Lupus Research Institute
Pioneering Discovery to prevent, treat and cure lupus. The Lupus Research Institute (LRI), the country's only nonprofit organization singularly devoted to novel research in lupus, champions innovation, encourages scientific creativity and risks exploring uncharted territory to bring new scientific solutions to the complex and dangerous autoimmune disease of lupus. Founded by families and shaped by scientists, the Institute mandates sound science and rigorous peer review to uncover and support only the highest ranked novel research. Its bold and proven research strategy places the LRI at the forefront of lupus science as the Institute consistently achieves the breakthrough discoveries, novel insights and solid results that are changing the course of lupus research and bringing new hope to people with lupus nationwide.
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (S.L.E.), commonly called lupus, is a chronic and potentially fatal autoimmune disease and one of the nation's least recognized major diseases. It is considered the prototype autoimmune disease because the body's immune system forms antibodies that can attack virtually any healthy organ or tissue, from the kidneys to the brain, heart, lungs, skin, joints, and blood. Lupus is a leading cause of heart attack, kidney disease, and stroke among young women. No major new treatments for lupus have been approved in almost 50 years.


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If you have a disability and feel that you will need accommodations as a student at Linn-Benton Community College, Accessibility Resources is here to support you.
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The definition of disability set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 does not distinguish between type, severity, or duration of the disability.
It states: "The term 'disability' means, with respect to an individual, a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; a record of such impairment; or being regarded as having such an impairment."
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A photo book about Granville Island in Vancouver, Canada. Granville Island was redeveloped in the 1970s, transforming it from a dilapidated industrial wasteland into what is today one of the city's best loved areas by locals and tourists alike. Visually it is characterized by strong colours and the unique textures of concrete and corrugated walls from its industrial past, as well as by its maritime surroundings, and the spectacular vistas of the high rises of downtown Vancouver.
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- Categoría Fotografía artística
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- Fecha de publicación dic. 25, 2012
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Beeke Bailey is a native of Kiel, Germany living near Vancouver, Canada. She studied art in her home town and worked as an illustrator in Germany. In the 1970s she immigrated to Canada. Over the last few years she has been rediscovering her love for photography.
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The annual Concert series sponsored by BB&T is a must see in downtown Bowling Green. You can come down to our free concerts every Friday evening through July and August starting at 5:30 p.m. at Fountain Square Park for great music and food to be sold by some of our popular local restaurants. The concerts at Fountain Square Park go until 8:30 p.m., after which you can head down to Circus Square Park where the concerts begin at 8:00 p.m. and go until 11:00. At Circus Square Park you can enjoy equally great music. We have 18 amazing local artists that we are featuring this year.
At Fountain Square Park, we have Salvage Town (July 5), Match Daddy (July 12), Band Zazzy (July 19), 4 Alarm (July 26), Black Cat Cadillac (August 2), Canago (August 9), Mudd River Union (August 16), Felonious Funk (August 23) and Shady Jake (August 30).
At Circus Square Park, we have Blue Light Special (July 5), Andy & the Rockers (July 12), Ernie Small Blues Band (July 19), Josh Harrison and Brandon Ray (July 26), Poison Karma (August 2), Fender Benders (August 9), Bueler's Day Off (August 16), Three (August 23) and Skip Bond & the Fugitives (August 30).
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Darcey Bussell has confirmed she will return as a judge for a second year on Strictly Come Dancing and said she was "delighted" to remain with the show.
The former ballet star has signed up for a further series after proving popular as the replacement for Alesha Dixon who quit earlier this year.
Bussell, a former principal at the Royal Ballet, has been keen to give the contestants constructive criticism and tips throughout the series.
Her return was confirmed just ahead of the final which will see Louis Smith, Kimberley Walsh, Dani Harmer and Denise Van Outen strutting their stuff in a bid to land the glitterball trophy.
Bussell said: "I've thoroughly enjoyed my first series as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing and I'm absolutely delighted to be returning next year. After such a fantastic series with some brilliant dancers, I can't wait to see who the viewers will crown their winner for 2012."
Bussell, who relocated from Australia to take part in the show, initially raised eyebrows on the programme after continually adding "Yeah?" each time she spoke to the contestants.
It led some online wags to suggest drinking games based around the number of times she said it, but she quickly broke the habit.
Her arrival has coincided with Strictly consistently beating rival Saturday night show The X Factor.
A show source says: "Darcey has been a fantastic addition to the judging panel and a pleasure to watch this series. We couldn't be more thrilled with her reception from the Strictly audience.
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Camel outrides are offered as a special adventure activity on certain Kalahari guest farms.
Outside the Upington police station in the Northern Cape you will see a large statue of a rider in a pith helmet astride a camel.
In this day and age of fast cars and blacktop highways, it's strange to think that a few decades ago the only way to catch fugitives in the Kalahari or to visit far-flung outposts was on the back of a camel.
The Cape Mounted Police sourced their camels from South West Africa (now Namibia), and many of them had done military duty patrolling the boundaries of South Africa during World War II.
Then there was the legend of Saali Solomons and his travelling Egyptian circus, and the four feisty, unpopular camels in the caravan. They changed hands, being sold to a farmer and then a shopkeeper and then, finally, to the Cape Mounted Police. There, by all accounts, they flourished as upholders of desert justice.
When you drive up to the Kgalakgadi Transfrontier Park, you'll pass a settlement called Askham. A short distance from Askham is Witdraai, which was once a massive camel training centre. At one stage the Witdraai 'boot camp' for camels boasted more than 400 bleating trainees.
One of the difficult tasks of the Cape Mounted Police units was to venture far out into the Kalahari and register various Bushman (San) families they came across. Sometimes these indigenous people would hide in the dunes from the mounted patrols. One sure way of tracking them down and adding them to the national census was to wait until dark, put ears to the ground and listen as the women pounded away at their tsamma melon suppers. They would approach the sound, round up the startled melon eaters and register them – for which the mounted police were paid a bonus shilling a head.
When the robust Ford pickup truck was introduced into the Kalahari in the 1950s, the camel constables were retired and let loose into the desert.
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Upington is less than an hour's flight from both Johannesburg and Cape Town and about 800km by road from both major centres.
Best time to visit
In the spring, when the flowers are out. Many love coming here in autumn as well, when the rains are usually expected.
Around the area
The Green Kalahari has much to offer the adventure tourist, the history buff, the overland traveller and the flower fan. Just having all that glorious space around you is wondrous enough.
Tours to do
See the various Green Kalahari options and match them with your tastes.
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It's been written so many times, spoken over so many empty pints, it's starting to rival "taking pucks to the net" as a hockey cliché.
But it tends to come up as truth, so here it is again: As the Andrew Ladd, Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler line goes, so go the Jets.
Consider how, on Saturday afternoon, the line helped net two Jets goals and some of their more glorious chances.
"It was nice to see some results, for sure," Ladd said afterwards, surrounded by media in the Jets' dressing room. "(We were) struggling a little bit putting the puck in the net. To finally get some offence going is definitely a great thing for us."
The line might have opened the scoring in the first, when Ladd bore down on Philly goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov on a breakaway. But his shot sailed wide, and the Flyers scored soon after. "Those things happen through the course of the game," Ladd said. "I thought I had him. I don't know if the puck jumped or what, but didn't end up putting it in the net."
In the second, the trio pressed harder, and was rewarded with the Jets's first goal. It came when Little slipped a sneaky pass between two Flyers defenders to land squarely on the tape of blue-liner Grant Clitsome, who had jumped up on the rush. Clitsome's shot beat Bryzgalov to tie the game; Wheeler picked up an assist on that marker.
Then, with only 54 seconds left in the second, Little took a pass from Wheeler and fired it into the net to give the Jets a 4-1 lead and a bit of extra breathing room. Ladd earned an assist on the Jets' final goal.
So what helped bring a little fresh joy to joyland? With the Jets' playoff hopes -- for now -- renewed, Ladd mused that the sight of recovering defenceman Zach Redmond helped clear the air in the Jets dressing room.
This week marked the first time Redmond skated with the team since having his femoral artery sliced open during a practice accident six weeks ago.
During the first TV timeout of the game, Redmond's smiling face appeared on the scoreboard screen, as the Jets tapped their sticks and fans offered a thunderous standing ovation.
"Just seeing him definitely took your mind off of what was going on, first and foremost," Ladd said. "To see him back and doing so well is awesome for everyone in this room. It took our mind away from things going on, and all the negativity, and you just focus on how well he's doing and having him around again."


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Returning senior leaders guide Monessen girls into season
No longer is she Gina Naccarato, a player. Pennsylvania's second-leading all-time scorer in high school girls basketball has been transformed into a mentor.
Monessen has been the site of both scenarios.
As she enters her fourth season as coach of the Greyhounds, Naccarato sees a lot of things she saw as a player but views them differently as a coach.
"Being a teacher and a coach, I realize that some kids mature faster than others," she said. "Sometimes, it takes until their senior year to put it together."
She is hoping the team again can excel under senior leadership, just as it did last year.
"Our goal is to win the section and qualify for the WPIAL and PIAA playoffs," Naccarato said.
High school players arrive and depart each year — yes, Naccarato once was one of them — yet the game remains the same. Success comes from practicing hard and playing hard.
It is, after all, the stuff of which Naccarato is made.
"We have a lot of girls who've gotten a little bit of playing time, but they've got to step it up and realize that it is their turn now," said Naccarato, whose 3,364 points at Monessen from 1992-96 rank second in the state and first in the WPIAL.
Just two starters return from Monessen's 20-4 team that reached the WPIAL Class A quarterfinals in 2011-12, but seniors Mariah Ward (20.9 ppg) and Chelsea Szakal (13.1 ppg) are impact players.
They must help the rest of the roster mesh.
"We lost four seniors," Naccarato said. "These new kids appear to have gotten the message, though. Practices have been going well, but it's going to take time."
If Monessen is to make its 24th consecutive trip to the WPIAL playoffs, a supporting cast that includes 2012 part-time starter Monet Wade must step up.
The 5-foot-9 junior is expected to be joined by 5-6 junior Eden Holland and 5-4 senior Asyaa Davis in the Greyhounds' lineup alongside the 5-7 Ward and the 5-8 Szakal, who is hoping to be ready for the season after injuring her knee last year.
Naccarato said the latter two are unquestioned leaders.
"They have to be the leaders on the floor, especially when you don't have a lot of experience at that level," she said.
Naccarato's fierce competitive nature could ignite her players' passion for winning. And it better, she said, because perennial powers Vincentian Academy and North Catholic are looming once again.
"They're hard to beat," Naccarato said. "They've been in the WPIAL championship game for about as long as I've been a coach."
Dave Mackall is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 412-380-5617.


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I am developing a billing system using codeigniter - mysql. I would like to print invoice using window.open() of JavaScript . My code is like below
function invoice(){var wind = window.open('','_blank','width=700,height=700,scrollbars=yes,status=yes');
var html = '<input type="button" id="submit_button" onclick="print_invoice();" value="Submit"/>';$(wind.document.body).html(html);}
I would like to attach a function in the input button id="submit_button" to save the invoice in database.
Could any one say how can I do that?
Instruct the user to go to the File menu and choose Save, or to press Ctrl+S to save the page.
@paul I would like to add a function to window.open()
Thanks for reply
Oh hang on, not save it to a file, but to save the transaction to the database. Sorry, but someone else would have to help you with that.
You should post that question in the appropriate forum for whichever server side language you are using to access the database. Even if you are going to use JavaScript to send the request to the server without reloading the page you'll need to get the version without JavaScript working first and most of the processing will be done by the server script even after you add the JavaScript.
I would use a jquery .ajax call to a php file (or whatever language you are using), and that file should handle writing to the database.
something like : $.ajax({url:'writeinvoice.php?value='+value+'&item='+itemname }
writeinvoice.php has to expect whatever parameters you send from javascript, and include them into an 'insert invoice into database' function.
There's no need to include the entire huge jQuery library just to do one ajax call. Unless you already have jQuery attached to the page you can manage the same call in about a dozen lines of ordinary JavaScript.
Examples of which can be found in this [Bulletproof Ajax book, which has live online [url="http://bulletproofajax.com/code/"]code examples](http://bulletproofajax.com/) that you can view, download, and experiment with too.
Good point. I've been staring at so much jquery lately - I can't think of javascript without it!


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About 40 homes are under threat as fires tear through grasslands and dense acacia scrubland off the Kings Highway east of Bungendore.
The NSW Rural Fire Service has also confirmed a home has been lost on Bogalara Road, near Jugiong, to the ACT's west, where a further 20 properties are under threat.
A very fast moving fire is burning out of control at Cobbler Road, impacting on Burrinjuck Dam Road. It pass Childowla Road shortly before 9pm, although residents were advised to keep watch on conditions.
The RFS said it was too late for residents to leave their homes. Residents should shelter where they are.
There were also reports of stock loss in the area.
On Hazeldell Road, NSW Rural Fire Service crews were racing from property to property warning residents of the impending danger. Choking golden-ash coloured smoke filled the air, as residents ran to their homes to grab what they could.
At least one home is believed to have been lost.
A helicopter filled and refilled from a dam on a property near the highway to battle the blaze, but what had started as a 300-metre fire front Sand Hill quickly escalated.
After the fire spotted into grasslands and raced along hill ridges on private roads off the highway, the Kings Highway was closed in both directions, with flames several metres high leaping into the air for hectares.
Crews from Braidwood, Bungendore and the ACT were brought in to fight the fire.
Kangaroos fled the flames, while several bewildered horses stood frozen in paddocks nearby.
Earlier in the day, NSW Rural Fire Service had warned that rumors that residents were being evacuated from Bungendore, Braidwood and Mount Campbell were false.
At the Queanbeyan Rural Fire Service brigade headquarters, a strike force comprising Fire and Rescue and Parks and Wildlife services, as well as SES and police, has been bunkered down since Tuesday morning monitoring fires across NSW and the ACT.
But they were dismayed at reports coming in early Tuesday afternoon that residents had been told by a radio station that authorities were evacuating the NSW towns of Bungendore and Braidwood.
Separate rumours were flying that Mount Campbell, in the Queanbeyan region, was also being evacuated.
Lake George zone RFS district manager Tim Carroll said social media could be fueling the rumors, and urged people to monitor "reputable" media and emergency service sources, including the Rural Fire Service website.
At the fire control centre in Queanbeyan, which is responsible for the Queanbeyan and Palerang council areas including the NSW towns of Braidwood and Bungendore, authorities monitored two fires near Bungendore during the first part of Tuesday.
The fires began on Saturday, sparked by lightning strikes, and had all but burnt out before again breaching containment lines and being brought under control on Tuesday.
But with winds reaching 105km/h at the 74ha fire at Mount Fairy, 12km north east of Bungendore, crews were taking no chances.
"On a day like today, the danger always is the fire will leap away bend the containment lines," Mr Carrroll said.
"We've had nearly two-and-a-half years of grass build up; the last two seasons were quite wet. So the grass growth has been the best we've seen in 30 years and in the last few weeks the grass has been curing rapidly ... the conditions are quite ripe for development and rapid spread of fires. Our concern really is for the grass fires this year."
The fire that was burning on Tuesday night was a new one.


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The Flanaess is the eastern part of the continent of Oerik and the central region of the World of Greyhawk campaign setting.[1]
- ↑ Gygax, Gary (1983). World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (A Guide to the World of Greyhawk Fantasy Setting), p. 4. TSR, Inc..
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There is an article about the Flanaess at the Great Library of Greyhawk.


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Jurors to deliberate in Fla. missing child case
Published: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 9:08 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 9:08 a.m.
MIAMI — Twelve jurors are going behind closed doors to deliberate the fate of Geralyn Graham, accused of killing 4-year-old foster child Rilya Wilson more than a decade ago.
Circuit Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez decided after closing arguments to begin deliberations on Thursday morning. The trial in Miami has lasted two months and involved dozens of witnesses.
Prosecutors say the 67-year-old Graham smothered Rilya in late 2000 and disposed of her body, which has never been found. The defense case focused on the possibility that Rilya might be alive and might have been sold to someone else. Graham insists she is innocent.
Rilya's disappearance wasn't discovered for 15 months, leading to resignations at the Department of Children and Families and passage of reform laws.
If convicted, Graham faces life in prison.
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A's extend roll behind Chavez's strong start
Righty fans nine in six shutout innings; Oakland wins fifth straight
OAKLAND -- Amid all the extra noise and hoopla spilling over from an all-too-thrilling weekend, the A's just keep winning.
Saturday, they pulled off the blockbuster of the summer, landing a pair of proven arms in Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel from the Cubs to bolster an already formidable rotation. Sunday, they learned Samardzija will be joined by six of his new teammates at the All-Star Game, then went out and completed a four-game sweep of the Blue Jays.
No time for a hangover, though -- not with the Giants in town for their annual visit. On Monday, the A's proceeded to shut them down, 5-0, behind a superb Jesse Chavez in front of a sold-out crowd at the Coliseum to kick off the latest Bay Bridge Series.
"It's exciting to be a part of the Oakland Athletics right now, how we're playing, a couple transactions," said Josh Donaldson, "and right on top of that you get your cross-town rival in here who is one of the best teams in the NL. It makes it fun to come to the yard when you've got that kind of stuff going on."
Make that five consecutive wins for baseball's best team, now 23 games over .500 at 56-33 with six games to play before the break.
Still, the Angels lurk just 3 1/2 games behind after beating Toronto on Monday to extend their own winning streak to five games, another reminder that the A's can't stop for a breath in this wild, wild West.
Since suffering a disheartening three-game sweep at the hands of the Tigers in Detroit last week, the A's have looked near-perfect back at home. Their pitching, in particular, is back to being dominant as ever, with just four runs allowed in the first five contests of this six-game swing at the Coliseum.
That's the fewest surrendered over a five-game stretch in Oakland history.
"Really they've been consistent all year," manager Bob Melvin said of his staff. "Everybody's going to have their hiccups from time to time, but that's kind of what we're built on, the confidence that you have in the starting pitcher when they go out there and take the mound.
"Recently the starters have been outstanding. Beat Toronto four games, and hold them to four runs, that means your starters are doing the brunt of the work."
Chavez, coming off a pair of subpar outings, fired six scoreless innings in the win, allowing the Giants just four hits and two walks while compiling nine strikeouts, tying his career high.
There was speculation that the right-hander could be headed back to the bullpen with Samardzija and Hammel joining the rotation, but it was Tommy Milone who was optioned to Triple-A, allowing Chavez to continue proving his worth as a starter.
The A's are 13-5 on days he takes the mound this year.
"Chavy was lights-out tonight," said Donaldson. "He just did a great job. I looked up in the fifth or sixth inning and saw a bunch of K's and I was like, dang. I didn't realize it was that many. Quality start after quality start, it seems like, and he was just dominating tonight."
"Just finishing with two strikes, whereas the last two starts with two strikes I'd leave it over the middle of the plate a little bit, and those would end up being hits," said Chavez. "Today my main focus was finishing the at-bat if I got ahead, don't give back in, and I think that was a big key today.
"Yesterday watching Jeff pitch is something that I wanted to feed off of."
Donaldson, hit by a pitch in the left hand in the sixth, stuck around to score one of two runs in the inning, then contributed with an RBI single in a two-run seventh to pad the A's lead.
Oakland went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position through the first four frames against Giants righty Ryan Vogelsong, finally breaking through in the fifth when Coco Crisp laid down a bunt single to move Craig Gentry to third and put runners at the corners for John Jaso, who brought in the first run of the game on an RBI groundout.
Fernando Abad, Dan Otero and Ryan Cook combined for three scoreless innings to put the finishing touches on the shutout, the Giants' fourth in their last nine games.
For the A's, it was their 10th win over the Giants in Oakland in their last 12 tries. They lead the all-time series, 51-46.
"It's always fun," said Chavez. "And it's good baseball. Two good teams going together in a city that's great, and I think that's good for baseball."
Jane Lee is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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