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Calling all girls!
Edit: Veela is now on our Power Users page. Click here to read more.
Q: How did you start using FL Studio and what were your first impressions?
I first stumbled upon the demo of FL by accident, with no intention for music production whatsoever. I started playing around with the loops and patches already supplied in the program and made little songs. It was fun because I could analyze the demo track "Eternity" (Toby Emerson, Solid Inc) and figure out what Toby had done.
I loved the flow of the program. After taking the time to learn from the tutorials online and by trial and error, I was able to gain a good foundation for the next 7 months to come. I feel like I have a good general understanding of the program and am still learning and getting better all the time. I also am in love with all of the FL plugins. I'm constantly raving about them to my producer friends and they all envy me for the Soundgoodizer. Genius. The Fruity Compressor and the Fruity Dist are fabulous aswell.
Being a vocalist, I can really appreciate the one touch recording that FL provides. The audio setting are so easy to manipulate, making it easier to control the buffer when things start cracking up. And even though I'm using a VERY powerful condenser microphone, the sound translation still comes through smooth enough through FL that I can tack on as many effects as I want and not sound tinny. My deepest production secret? The Slicex. This is almost literally how I make all of my hooks. My music is quite pop and so the hooks are crucial to a catchy tune.. I just stick in one of my lead vox and then slice it up to my heart's content. If this was the only feature I liked about FL, I'd still buy it. Just for this.
Q: Tell us about yourself and your production/working environment?
I'm 17 and living in the wonderful Victoria, BC in Canada. I began using FL 7 months ago. I also started DJing a while back and am still working on honing that skill. I'm primarily a producer and am self taught with the exception of priceless mentoring from the likes of Toby Emerson, Christoph Maitland and Vespers.
New musicians are constantly taling about "needing connections" and being sad they don't have them. If you're not born into connections, make them! I can't tell you how many amazing things have happened for me in my musical career from the decision I made to make a tiny email 6 months ago.
I'm a singer and I produce electropop and breaks. I love breaks more than electropop, because it poses more of a challenge for me. I'm also providing vocals for my mentors aswell as producer Myagi and others. My main love about this whole project is that I'm able to feature talent that may otherwise not get the spotlight. I've had the privilege of working with and featuring the incredible rapping skills of Context (Daniel Laughy), a local guy who is going to do amazing things with his soul and rhythm. I held a rap contest last month and the winner, 16 year old uNeek (Naz Khedri) is going to be featured in the alternate version of my track "Circa 1620" with his silky tone and sexy rhymes at the end of the month.
I work from my bedroom. People enter it and go "What?" It's basically my two Mackie MR5s with my laptop, my AKAI MPK61, my Sennheiser HD280 headphones and my baby, my Neumann mic. Very minimal, though you don't need much when you've got the best production platform around.
Q: Do you have any music you can share with us?
My EP, Prelude, is in the works, though I can reveal one of the songs to be pitched to radio in Canada this summer. It's called "Circa 1620" and it's a song telling the story of the motions of broken love. This is the one uNeek will be featured on at the end of the month. Listen here:
Veela - Circa 1620 [VINTAGE VEELA] by veelabeats
My EP sampler is also on my soundcloud page, and another track (though older), Exposure 3.2, is being streamed on my myspace. Check back on my myspace for snippets of tracks I'm working on as I generally post little tastes of songs for a couple of days.
Q: Do you have any links or other info you would like to share?
www.myspace.com/veelabeats - I post my latest song snippets first, you can also find my EP sampler and leave a nice comment! :D
www.veelablog.com - My personal blog. I'm constantly posting self-help advice, music advice, answering questions, funny things that happen in my life, offensive jokes, wtf pictures and the odd video.
www.twitter.com/veelamusic - Want to hear the uncensored Veela? Follow me, srsly..
www.souncloud.com/veelabeats - My music is posted here. This is also a good place to contact me is you'd like to try a collaboration out!
www.facebook.com/#!/pages/VEELA/154553844073 - This ugly web address is for my facebook fanpage, where all the action REALLY happens. If you want to get the most information in one shot, this is where to get it. It's in your best interest for your wellbeing to become a fan. You'll laugh alot. There's been talk of loin cloths..
www.reverbnation.com/veelabeats - This lovely site is like a better myspace with no creeps. I don't update it as much, but it still looks really cool and I put "press clippings" there. Become a fan.
Number one thing to remember: Ask me questions, or leave me comments. I don't care what it's about, I just love doing question answering videos and blog posts. Also, if you have a talent that you'd like to pitch to me for a collaboration, don't hesitate to contact me! I don't just feature rappers, I feature other vocalists, producers and musicians of all types and experience. If you're just getting a handle on things, have a burning desire to succeed, are funny and are ready to put the work in, I'll be your best friend.
You can get updates about when I'm putting my snippets up aswell as when I post new youtube videos, where my live shows are and satirical humor if you sign up for my mailing list. Just give me a shout at veelamusic [ A T ] live [ D O T ] ca if you'd like to participate!
All my love and admiration for creating this amazing production program! I would be nowhere without it today!
Thanks so much for your time Veela, we appreceate it and wish you the very best with your musical career.
Shout out to the girls!
If you are a FL Studio & or Deckadance using producer/artist/DJ (or know one) contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and let us know what you are doing we'd love to hear.


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This interview is cross-posted from UNICEF Voices of Youth's official website:
Please introduce yourself:
My name is Rehman Siddiq and I was born in the year 1990 in Karachi, Pakistan. I am studying Business Administration and currently in my final year of my studies.
Since my childhood I have always been interested in social work and community welfare activities. I volunteered for various organizations/NGOs in Pakistan like Zindagi Trust, Edhi Foundation, Karachi City Government's I own Karachi project, international students' organization AIESEC for which I worked 2 months in Turkey educating young children and United Nations Volunteers Online. In 2010 I founded a online group/initiative by the name of "Students of Pakistan" which recently achieved the status of an NGO (Non Governmental Organization).
I am also running 2 startups in Pakistan. I like to write/blog and use the power of pen to write about the things that matter. Previously my blogs/columns (letter to editors) regarding social issues have been published in various blogs and newspapers. I have also been a delegate at major events/forums and represented my country in countries like UAE, France, Turkey and Germany.
One of my dreams is to become a politician in Pakistan and serve the nation.
What are the expectations of young people in your country or community?
Pakistan is a country where more than 50% of the population is below the age of 30. I believe a new generation of future leaders is being born in our country and the future looks bright. Pakistan is a third world country and still faces lot of basic issues like illiteracy, severe poverty, lack of clean water etc. In my opinion one of the most important problems of Pakistan is brain drain. The youth in Pakistan wants to work in foreign countries as the opportunities are not available in Pakistan. The youth of our country is somewhat de-moralized with the situation of our country. I believe they should be more active and optimistic and should serve the nation because if all the talented youth moves out of the country then it would severely affect the future of Pakistan.
Youth has to play a major role in shaping up the future of Pakistan. More emphasis should be given to entrepreneurship, joining civil services and politics.
Why is youth participation in today's society very important/necessary?
Youth are the future leaders of any society in the world. The youth has to actively participate in development of any society. As mentioned before, Pakistan still is a developing nation and faces lots of basic problems. Pakistan is not able to develop because we haven't got the right leadership. Corruption and Bureaucracy are prevalent in our society and few powerful families are controlling the country. The youth doesn't take interest in politics and civil services. I think the youth needs to take part in civil services and politics and make sure that Pakistan gets the right leadership. This is the only way all the problems of Pakistan could be solved and we could develop as a nation.
Are you engaged in civic issues ? If so, what do you do?
I have devoted my time in doing social work in Pakistan for organizations such as Zindagi Trust, I own Karachi, Edhi Foundation, international organization AIESEC for which I worked 2 months in Turkey educating young children and United Nations Volunteers Online.
In 2010 I also founded an online group/initiative by the name of "Students of Pakistan" which won the prestigious Best Online Community award in 2011. We recently achieved the status of an NGO (Non Governmental Organization) and currently involved in Pakistan for issues like Education, Youth Empowerment, Poverty, Gender Discrimination and Environment.
I have also been a delegate at major events and represented my country in countries like UAE, France, Turkey and Germany. I have written blogs/columns (letter to editors) regarding social issues that have been published in various international blogs and local newspapers based in Pakistan.
One of my distant dreams is to become a politician in Pakistan and serve the nation. I believe that the problems in Pakistan can only be solved through politics. Although I cannot make a direct impact in the political situation of Pakistan as a young student, but I can make sure to get my voice heard at the top level through the power of pen. Through the platform of Students of Pakistan, I have written letters to the office of Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and current IT minister of Pakistan Ms Anusha Rehman and brought their attention towards certain laws which could/should be amended in the interest of the general public.
What is your motto or your favorite expression?
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world" – Mahatma Gandhi
Is there any advice or message you want to give to youth?
Martin Luther King once said "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter". This is my message to the youth, that don't be selfish and worried about your own life. Think about the people and the world around you. As a devout Muslim and firm believer in God, I believe that on the Day of Judgment, God will question us about the resources we had and how we used it. For example if your neighbor slept hungry and you had a lavish dinner, then you would be answerable to God for that.
If you were born in a rich family, that doesn't make you superior over others. Instead it is that God has given you extra responsibility to take care of others who are not as fortunate as you are.

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"I read The Running Dream on my way to the World Championships. I nearly missed my flight for reading it and inhaled it before I touched down. It's a truly touching story that feels very real."–Katrin Green, Paralympic Gold Medalist
"This heart-touching story is a helpful reminder that we must appreciate each day and each blessing. When I go around "Rigor Mortis Bend" and think of Jessica, my legs do not feel nearly as tired anymore."–Jordan Hasay, four-time USA Track & Field Jr. Women's Champion
"Van Draanen's extensive research into both running and amputees pays dividends–readers will truly feel what's it like to walk (or run) a mile (or 10) in Jessica's shoes."–Booklist
"Inspirational. The pace of Van Draanen's prose matches Jessica's at her swiftest. Readers will zoom through the book just as Jessica blazes around the track. A lively and lovely story."–Kirkus Reviews
"Van Draanen delivers an abundance of interesting medical detail and emotional authenticity in this accessible and inspirational novel."–The Horn Book Magazine
Schneider Family Book Award WINNER 2012
Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Award WINNER 2013
Young Adult Services Division, School Library Journal Author Award WINNER
Maine Student Book Award SUBMITTED
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Illinois Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Award NOMINEE 2014
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Tagged: 2008 World Series Championship
Philadelphia Phillies – Awards: Runs Batted In Champs.
During the team's 126 years existance in the National League, the Phillies would be just as successful producing RBI leaders as they would be creating home run champs. Thirteen Phils would combine to win a total of twenty-three RBI titles for the ballclub, including one title that would be won in a tie with another National Leaguer.
The first Phil to win an RBI title would be Hall of Famer Ed Delahanty, who would win the title in 1893 as he knocked in 146 runs. The next Phillie batter to win the crown would be fellow Hall of Famer Sam Thompson, who would capture the title in 1895 as he would bring home 165 men. Delahanty would regain the title the following year, 1896, as he would send 126 runnerrs home. Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie would become the third Phil player to win the fourth title in the team's history as he would drive in 127 players in 1898. Delahanty would capture his third RBI title in 1899 by driving in 137 runs. Hall of Famer Elmer Flick would make it three RBI titles in a row by Phillies batters, as he would become the fourth Phil to capture the crown, knocking in 110 runners in 1900. Sherry Magee would become Phils' RBI champ number five, as he would knock in 85 batters in 1907. He would then win title no. seven for the organization by knocking in 123 runs in 1910. In 1913, Gavvy Cravath would become the sixth Phil RBI champ, as he would knock in 128 players. Magee would win his third RBI title, and title number nine for the Phils, as he would plate 103 runs in 1914. Cravath would win his second title in 1915, making it the second time in the organization's history that the Phillies would capture the title three years in a row, as he would send home 115 runs, as he would help lead the team to its first National League title. Hall of Famer Chuck Klein would become the seventh Phil to win the title, just one year after knocking in the team's record 170 RBIs, but falling short to Chicago Cub Hack Wilson, who had knocked in the major league record 191 RBIs in 1930, as he would knock in 121 RBIs in 1931. In 1932, Don Hurst would win the title, becoming the eighth Phil to do so, as he would knock in 143 RBIs that season. Klein would regain the title during his triple crown season of 1933, knocking in 120 runs, as the Phils would win the title for three straight seasons for the third time in the organization's history. It would be seventeen years before another Phil would win an RBI title. When it is, it would be done in 1950, by Whiz Kid Del Ennis, as he become the ninth Phil to win the title, sending home 126 runners, as he would help lead the Whiz Kids to the National League pennant. The tenth Phil to win the RBI crown, for the sixteenth time in the organization's history, would be Greg 'the Bull' Luzinski, who would knock in 120 runs in 1975. Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt would become the eleventh Phil to win the title in 1980, as he would knock in 121 RBIs as he would help lead the Phils to their first World Series Championship. He would recapture the title in the strike-shortened season of 1981, as he would knock in only 91 RBIs. He would regain the title in 1984 as he would tie for the lead with fellow Hall of Famer Gary Carter of the Montreal Expos (now the Washinton Nationals (III)) with 106 ribbies. Schmidt would then win his fourth and final title, the twentieth in the club's history, in 1986, as he would knock in 119 batters. In 1992, Darren Daulton would become the twelfth Phil to win the RBI crown, as he would knock in 109 runners. Ryan Howard would become the thirteenth Phillie batter to win the RBI title as he would knock in 149 runs during his NL Most Valuable Player season of 2006. He would recapture the title, winning the club's twenty-third title in the process, in 2008, as he would lead the league by bringing home 146 runners, as he would help lead the Phils to their second World Series title.
Among the thirteen title winners, six would win it at least twice, with Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt winning the most titles with four, followed by fellow Hall of Famer Ed Delahanty with three. Six Hall of Famers would win the title while playing for the Phillies (Delahanty, Sam Thompson, Nap Lajoie, Elmer Flick, Chuck Klein, Schmidt). Ryan Howard's 149 RBIs in 2006 would be the most ribbies knocked in by a Phil who would win the RBI title, while Sherry Magee's 85 in 1907 would be the least. The Phillies would win five RBI titles in the 19th Century, seventeen in the 20th Century and two so far in the 21st Century. Three times in the team's history (1898-1900, 1913-1915, 1931-1933), the Phils would win the title three years in a row, with the first time being done by three different players, all now Hall of Famers (Lajoie (1898), Delahanty (1899), Flick (1900)).
Who would be the most likely Phil to win the next RBI title? Like with home runs, it would most likely be the big man, Ryan Howard.
Source: Wikipedia
Philadelphia Phillies – Awards: Home Runs Champs.
During the team's 126-year existance as a member of the National League, the Phils would have a lot more success producing home runs hitters than they would have producing batting champs. Eight Phils would win a total of twenty-eight home runs titles, including five titles that would be shared with another National Leaguer.
The first Phillie home run champ would be Hall of Famer Sam Thompson, who would win the title in 1889 when he would hit 20 home runs. The second Phil to win the title would be Hall of Famer Ed Delahanty, who would win the crown in 1893 when he would hit 19 roundtrippers. Thompson would win the third Phillie home run title, his second as a Phil, in 1895 when he would hit 18 homers that year. The following year, 1896, would see Delahanty regain the title as he would end the season being tied with Billy Joyce, who would spend the season playing for both the Washington Nationals (II) and the New York Giants (now the San Francisco Giants), with both men hitting 13 home runs. The next Phil to win the home run title would be Gavvy Cravath, who would run off a string of home runs crowns in the 1910s, winning the title outright in 1913, 1914, 1915, 1918 and 1919, and tying with Dave Robertson of the Giants in 1917, as he would hit 19 ('13 and '14), 24 ('15), 12 ('17), 8 ('18) and 12 ('19) home runs respectively. The next Phillie player to win the crown (title no. eleven) would be Cy Williams, who would will the title in 1920 by hitting 15 homers. He would win his second home run title as a Phil, the twelfth title for the Phillies organization, in 1923, when he would hit 41 home runs. In 1927, he would win his third Phillie title, and the fourth in his career as he had won one in 1916 as a Chicago Cubs, as he ended the season tied with Hack Wilson of the Cubs, with both men knocking out 30 roundtrippers. Hall of Famer Chuck Klein would become the fifth Phil (winning title no. fourteen) to win the home run title as he would hit 43 home runs in 1929. Two years later, in 1931, Klein would regain the crown, as he would hit 31 balls out of National League ballparks. He would win the title again in 1932, as he would be tied with Mel Ott of the Giants, with both players knocking out 38 home runs. In 1933, the year when he would win the triple crown, Klein would lead the NL in home runs with 28, winning the organization's seventeenth home run title. It would then be forty-one years before another Phil would win the home run crown. When it finally occurred, it would be done by Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt, becoming the sixth Phil to win the crown, as he would win the title outright in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983 and 1986 and would be tied with Dale Murphy of the Atlanta Braves in 1984, as he would hit 36 ('74), 38 ('75 and '76), 48 ('80), 31 ('81), 40 ('83), 36 ('84) and 37 ('86) home runs, while helping to lead the organization to its first World Series title in 1980. The seventh Phillie home run champ, as he would win home run crown number twenty-sixth for the club, would be Jim Thome, as he would knock out 47 home runs in 2003. The eighth Phil to win the title would do so three years later, as Ryan Howard would knock out 58 home runs, the present Phillies' team record for home runs hit in a season, in 2006. In 2008, Howard would capture his second home runs title, the twenty-eighth one to be won in the organization's long existance, as he hit 48 home runs, as he helped lead the Phils to their second World Series Championship.
Oh the eight Phils to win the home run title, all but one (Jim Thome) have won the title at least twice, with Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt winning it the most times, doing it eight times in the seventies and eighties, followed by Gavvy Cravath, who would do it six times in the teens. Four of the Phils to win the title (Sam Thompson, Ed Delahanty, Chuck Klein and Mike Schmidt) are now in the Hall of Fame. Ryan Howard has hit the most home runs as a Phils' home run champ when he knocked out 58 dingers in 2006, while Gavvy Cravath has hit the least when he hit only 8 homers back in 1918. The Phils have won four home runs titles in the 19th Century, twenty-one in the 20th and three, so far, in the 21st.
Who would be the next Phil to win the title? More than likely Ryan Howard will do it again sometime during the next few years.
Sources: Wikipedia


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Snowdonia Multi-pitch - September 2016
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Our mountaineering instructors have been climbing here for years so you'll benefit from both their indepth knowledge and passion for this stunning national park. As always, we match the content to the participants experience level but this rollercoaster adventure is ideally suited to anyone who has some climbing experience and now wants to take their adventures to the next level.
We keep the agenda as flexible as possible but we usually spend the first day looking at key climbing skills on easier multipitch climbs then we move onto some classic longer mountain routes on day 2. We always run this course with a low instructor to client ratio (1:2) to give you the time and instructor input to ensure your learning is maximised while your safety is prioritised
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Assessor Erroll G. Williams offered an update on property tax issues at a CLE on Thursday, June 19th's. Held at the New Orleans Bar Association, "Meet the Property Assessor" has become an annual program hosted by the Tax Law Committee and Chair, Jaye Calhoun. Several members of the Tax Law Committee, Real Property Law Committee, and others in the legal community attended. Addressing the process in general, as well as recent judicial and legislative developments and new streamlined processes in the Orleans Parish Assessor's office, Mr. Williams made himself available to questions from the attendees.
The open rolls period begins on July 15th and concludes on August 1th. During this period, property owners throughout Orleans Parish may submit appeals online or in person. Click here for "A Property Owner's Guide to the Open Rolls Period in 10 Easy Steps".
Featured in photo: Jaye Calhoun, Chair, Tax Law Committee, and Erroll G. Wlliams.


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Drive On: Chrysler's PT Cruiser is gone but still loved
We take issue with Bloomberg BusinessWeek's recent unfond farewell to Chrysler's PT Cruiser, bidding the retro station wagon "good riddance" in an obituary that said the end of the car's 10-year run was years overdue.
First, a caveat: I'm a junker junkie. I've owned perhaps 75 cars in the $600 to $4,500 range, from a Yugo to Suzuki's X-90, considered one of history's most poorly designed automobiles.
Some of those junkers have lasted all of one day (thank you, Yugo) before breaking down on the highway. So I claim no insider knowledge when it comes to lemons other than the taste, as I've devoured plenty, rinds and all.
But I must take exception to the Cruiser-bashing of late.
Sure, the ride is lousy. It's as top-heavy as Pamela Anderson, and a lot slower. And it's a Chryslerpotamus, with a wide rear end that screams it would rather waddle Sunset Boulevard than cruise it.
But there's a lot to love about the Personal Transport Cruiser.
For one, you can get them for a song nowadays. I just bought my third, a 2001 PT limited with leather, original owner and 60,000 miles for $4,500.
For another, you could never accuse the PT of being camera shy. In a world of bland aerodynamics, the retro car was a customizer's dream. Spend five minutes looking them up online and you'll see why it briefly became Chrysler's best-selling auto.
Style is fleeting, and the PT's distinctive look would be its downfall. But this car was a breakthrough, opening doors for all that would follow. The PT made "boxes" cool again. Without its wind-resistant design (which made for crummy gas mileage), we wouldn't have the square craze that rules automakers now.
The Nissan Cube, Honda Element, Scion Xb and that PT Cruiser clone, the Chevy HHR, might not have left the concept stage were it not for the PT.
The car was also too practical for its own good. Long before smartphones dictated we have power outlets at every fingertip, the PT came decked with two power outlets in the front dash, and one in rear, so you could plug in a boombox on its adjustable rear shelf. Dealers bragged that its folding seats could accommodate an 8-foot stepladder.
Alas, we don't drive for convenience or practicality, and the PT would ultimately succumb to station wagon parallels.
But good riddance? Never.
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The Cannes Film Festival is angling for a "Great" kickoff this year.
Festival organizers announced Tuesday that the glitzy Leonardo DiCaprio starrer "The Great Gatsby" will open the 2013 festival with a splashy premiere on May 15.
The slick reimagining of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic literary tale, directed with signature manic flair by Baz Luhrmann and costarring Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan, will bring the Art Deco-inflected roaring '20s to Cannes' famed Croisette.
U.S. & World
Steven Spielberg to lead 2013 Cannes Film Festival jury
"It is a great honor for all those who have worked on 'The Great Gatsby' to open the Cannes Film Festival," the director said in a statement.
"We are thrilled to return to a country, place and festival that has always been so close to our hearts, not only because my first film 'Strictly Ballroom' was screened there 21 years ago, but also because F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote some of the most poignant and beautiful passages of his extraordinary novel just a short distance away at a villa outside Saint-Raphael."
"The Great Gatsby" will be screened at Cannes in 3-D--only the second such film in the festival's history, following Pixar's "Up" in 2009.
Cannes 2012: Five things we learned from Kim Kardashian, Robert Pattinson and Brad Pitt
Last month, the festival, which runs through May 26, annouced that Steven Spielberg will be heading up the 2013 Cannes jury. With DiCaprio also expected to attend, consider this year's fest a reunion of sorts between the star and director, who last collaborated more than 10 years ago on "Catch Me If You Can."
Over the past two years, the festival has proved to be a prescient bellwether of buzz films that eventually score big on the awards circuit.
"The Artist" premiered there in 2011, and last year, Michael Haneke's "Amour," which won the coveted Palme d'Or, eventually snagged an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, as well as the award for Best Foreign Language Film.


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PPI::Token - A single token of Perl source code
PPI::Token isa PPI::Element
"PPI::Token" is the abstract base class for all Tokens. In PPI terms, a "Token" is a PPI::Element that directly represents bytes of source code.
set_content $string The "set_content" method allows you to set/change the string that the "PPI::Token" object represents. Returns the string you set the Token to add_content $string The "add_content" method allows you to add additional bytes of code to the end of the Token. Returns the new full string after the bytes have been added. length The "length" method returns the length of the string in a Token.
See the support section in the main module.
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- My checklist for the whole speaker--not just what you want to say, but considering your audience, wardrobe, technology, presence and more--topped our list of popular posts this month. It's the list I use to make sure I'm prepared, no matter what. One reader said: "I'm printing it and hanging it in my office!"
- Beginning speakers flocked to our contest posts, and stayed to read this April post on the four stepping stones I suggest to get you started in public speaking.
- Eye contact was cited as an issue by several of our contest entrants, and many of you went back to this post with five tips to improve your eye contact with the audience.
- "It's not just a contest to me" said Stephanie Benoit of Florida, winner of our 15 Weeks to Step Up Your Speaking contest in this post announcing her win. Readers from all over the world have been checking on our winner and are ready to follow her progress--coaching online for her starts in just a few days.
- Handling an introduction is a one of my stepping stones to get speaking--but intros often lack, well, fiber and strength. This older post on ways to beef up your introductions was a winner yet again in August.
- All the contest entrants appeared in this video gallery, and readers checked them out a lot while our judges were deliberating. Check out their videos here.
- Speakers need to learn storytelling. But how? I have three great online resources that will help you watch master storytellers and learn their techniques, another popular post.
- Creating a tweetable presentation was a guest post that got lots of attention in August. It helps you with concrete ideas for helping your audience use Twitter to spread your message.
- Our contest winner sent you a message to test our her prize Flip camcorder. She wants your constructive comments and support as she begins her 15 weeks of coaching.
- Quick: catch your breath, then read these tips for doing just that when you run out of it in a speaking gig. Good breathing can calm the anxious speaker, and it's an essential skill.
Inspiration, ideas and information to help women build public speaking content, confidence and credibility. Denise Graveline is a Washington, DC-based speaker coach who has coached nearly 200 TEDMED and TEDx speakers--including one of 2016's most popular TED talks. She also has prepared speakers for presentations, testimony, and keynotes. She offers 1:1 coaching and group workshops in public speaking, presentation and media interview skills to both men and women.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
August's top 10 tips
August was a big month for The Eloquent Woman: We reviewed all the contest entries and picked a winner, but also featured guest posters and new tips and advice to help beginning and experienced speakers advance their skills. Before we get started with our winner's online coaching--coming up in September--check out the most-read posts from the dog days of August:
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I haven't updated by blog here in quite some time, but wanted to give a quick update as to where I and and what I'm up to in analytics. Back in September 2013, I joined the great team at Search Discovery. This is the company that created the Satellite product that was then later purchased by Adobe, and renamed to Dynamic Tag Management (DTM). Over the last 6 months, I've already gotten to immerse myself in DTM and analytics implementations using this fantastic technology. It really does open things up and change how you will see analytics implementation. Especially for those that are on the analyst side and have always had to wait on dev teams to get analytics requirements in place. The technology can do so much, so easily, that I can't really explain it all here.
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A co-founder of Greenpeace told a Senate panel on Tuesday that there is no scientific evidence to back claims that humans are the "dominant cause" of climate change.
Patrick Moore, a Canadian ecologist who was a member of Greenpeace from 1971-86, told members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee environmental groups like Greenpeace use faulty computer models and scare tactics in further promoting a political agenda, Fox News reported.
"There is no scientific proof that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are the dominant cause of the minor warming of the Earth's atmosphere over the past 100 years," Mr. Moore said. "Today, we live in an unusually cold period in the history of life on earth and there is no reason to believe that a warmer climate would be anything but beneficial for humans and the majority of other species.
"It is important to recognize, in the face of dire predictions about a [two degrees Celsius] rise in global average temperature, that humans are a tropical species," he continued. "We evolved at the equator in a climate where freezing weather did not exist. The only reasons we can survive these cold climates are fire, clothing, and housing.


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Can someone describe explicitly an abelian group $A$ such that the extension $$0 \to \mathbb{Z} \to A \to \mathbb{Q} \to 0$$ doesn't split ?
Background: The Stein-Serre theorem (Hilton, Stammbach: A course in homol. algebra, Theorem 6.1) states that if $A$ is abelian of countable rank (=maximal number of linear independent elements), then $Ext(A,\mathbb{Z})=0$ implies $A$ free. When applied to $A= \mathbb{Q}$, I conclude $Ext(\mathbb{Q},\mathbb{Z})\neq 0$. Moreover, by interpreting $A \in Ext(\mathbb{Q},\mathbb{Z})$ as extension $0 \to \mathbb{Z} \to A \to \mathbb{Q} \to 0$ of abelian groups, there must be an $A$ such that the extension doesn't split. The problem is that the proof of the theorem isn't constructive and doesn't show how to construct such an $A$.


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On Verify Road Trip, reporter David Schechter, takes real people on the road to get their questions answered. They ask their own questions and reach their own conclusion.
Football is an American classic, that's in crisis. The game teaches teamwork and character. But it's also far more likely than other sport to give a kid a concussion.
That's got parents worried.
Jacelynn Myers, from Rockwall, Texas is nine. He asks his mom to play every day. But Pamela Jones, is on the fence
Zero to ten, she admits she doesn't know a lot about concussions. "I'm probably about a 1 or a 2," said Jones.
"A one or a two. Let's see if we can change that for you," Schechter responded. "For Jacelynn's sake, I hope so," she added.
Pamela says she's got an open mind and wants to verify this, should my kid play football?
So, let's start this trip out with a basic. The brain is jiggly, like a jello mold. A hit to the head-- or even the body-- can bang and stretch the brain.
That trauma can actually cause changes in the brain leaving it susceptible to more stress and injury.
Pamela and I start our journey by feeling a hit at Desoto High School, in suburban Dallas. It's one of the top football programs in America. Todd Peterman is the head coach.
"At the age of 9 do you think I should let him play football?" she asks the coach. "In my opinion, I think, you should let him play flag football," Peterman answered.
Did a football coach just say, no tackle football? Yes he did! The coach has his own young son.
"The question is, does my 10-year old play tackle football at the age of 10, that answer is no. There's not trainers around," said Peterman. "There's nobody trained to handle concussions to know what it looks like," he finished.
It's the athletic trainer who identifies and treats a concussion. The National Association of Athletic Trainers says one should present be at all games, without exception. But in Texas, where football is king, schools are not required to have one.
"It sure looks like we're spending a lot on helmets and computers and balls and we have 5 sets of uniforms," said Scott Galloway, the Head Athletic Trainer at Desoto ISD. "Where is the one who is looking out for my kid?" he said.
"Should I let my son play football?" Pamela asked Galloway.
"Yes, but, would be my answer," he said. "I don't want my 9-year old out there hitting heads with one another while their brain health is developing. Would I be comfortable here with my son, under my care, absolutely," answered Galloway.
Next, Pamela and I are at Cerebrum Health. A state-of-the-art clinic where athletes with major concussions go to heal their brains.
Dr. Brandon Brock is testing Pamela's balance by leaning toward a dot on the screen.
"This is hard," she said.
"If you're a football player and you have a head and brain that controls movement we need to be able to monitor that movement to see if its functional, or not," Brock said, explaining why high tech diagnostic equipment is so important.
From Dr. Brandon Brock we're learning-- the brain, inflamed with injury, needs time to heal. Continued to trauma can lead to a brain disease called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE.
You've got these little inflammatory cells in the brain. If you get hit in the head they clean debris up. If you get hit in the head they'll stay on for 2-4 weeks clearing things out," said Brock.
"If you get hit in the head again during that time they'll stay on for 16 weeks. Maybe 12-16 weeks. If you get hit in the head hard during that time they may stay on forever. So now, you're making inflammation continuously," said Brock, while explaining CTE.
Next is a visit with Cyndy Feasel. She's telling us about her husband, Grant. He played 11-seasons in the NFL. In retirement, Cyndy says their life became almost unbearable. He was an alcoholic, impulsive and depressed. She's recently written a book about her experience.
"As the years went on his speech became stuttery, at one point. He would just say the same thing over and over again," she said.
After Grant died at age 52, Cyndy finally learned what caused those changes to his personality. An autopsy proved he had CTE-- something that's even been found in the brains of select number of high school players, too.
"I know it's a money making deal. I know I live in Texas. I know a lot of coaches don't want to hear what I have to say," Feasel says to Pamela and David.
"Maybe some people don't think it's real. Some people haven't even heard of CTE. I would have to say, if you think I'm making this up you still have your son, you still have husband," she said.
"Do you think I should let me son play football?" Pamela askes Feasel.
"Please don't, please don't," she said.
After the interview, outside Feasel's home David asks Pamela, "How were you feeling about that?"
"It really made my heart go out to her. Made me realize, I wouldn't want that for my son," said Pamela.
The final stop is a visit with Dr. Hunt Batjer. He's a neurosurgeon with Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and one of the NFL's top experts on concussion.
New research from Dr. Batjer's department shows, even at the high school level, repeated impacts to the heads of football players causes measurable changes in their brains.
Because of a family issue, Pamela could not attend the interview with Dr. Batjer. So David asked questions for her and played the interview for her later.
"The question that Pamela has is, do helmets prevent concussions?" David asked Batjer.
"No. They protect against the more violent injuries but may magnify the mild ones," he said. "Any marketing that says we reduce concussion by x-percent is nonsense."
"Pamela would ask you, if she was here (9-year old) should my kid play football?" Schechter said.
"12 to 14 is a better age. And I would say, there are lots of things you need to know," answered Batjer.
Here's what they are:
- Kids need strong necks and physical conditioning.
- Schools must have athletic trainers and concussion management programs.
- Helmets should be less than three years old.
- Players must be taught the right way to tackle.
"Then I think you've got a scenario that's going to be very safe for that child. If any of those things are not right, it's going to be a crap shoot," said Batjer.
That's it, for Pamela's journey. Her question was, should my kid play tackle football? What's the answer? What did she conclude?
"My answer is no, not tackle football at 9 years old. I verified that," said Pamela.
She's not against football, altogether. On the one hand, Cyndy made a big impact on her. On the other so did Dr. Batjer's expert advice. So, Pamela has decided she would let him play if he's older, stronger and program is safe.
"What age?" David asked. "I would say, about 14 maybe," she concluded.
So, Jacelynn may play tackle yet. But don't take our word for it… take hers.


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I was thinking about this question, this news, and the general fact that plants can live for a very, very long time.
What are the oldest known cultivated plants in Israel? Are there, say, olive or date trees that we can point to and say "(Biblical or Talmudic or post-Talmudic personality) used these "?
(Of course, the Romans trashing everything doesn't make this easy.)
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Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen returned to the runway this weekend, more than six months after giving birth to baby boy Benjamin.
The 29-year-old represented Colcci at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Brazil, according to Agence France-Presse. She walked in three outfits for the Brazilian fashion house's Spring/Summer collection.
"I was very nervous. But I am very happy, everything went right," Bundchen told Brazilian newspaper Estado de Sao Paulo.
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Bundchen, who is married to New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, has been working with Colcci since 2005.
She raised eyebrows earlier this year with her slim post-baby body when she was featured in a photo spread for Colcci, six and a half weeks after giving birth.
Bundchen, who made $25 million in 2009, is the world's highest-paid model. She is just the latest supermodel mom to return to the fashion world, joining fellow Brazilian sensations Adriana Lima and Alessandra Ambrosio.


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2nd Annual Juneau Maritime Festival is this Saturday
Published: 05/12/2011 13:20:00
This coming Saturday heralds a unique event taking place at Marine Park; the Juneau Maritime Festival. We spoke with the Stuart Gerger, the event coordinator, to find out more.
VIDEO: This coming Saturday heralds a unique event taking place at Marine Park, the Juneau Maritime Festival; and it promises to be a whole lot of fun. (Image: Juneau Maritime Festival)
"Well the Maritime Festival began last year, with its first year in 2010 as an idea to celebrate Juneau's maritime culture, commerce and history. The idea came from the offices of the Juneau Economic Development Council but it's really a group effort by local maritime related businesses and agencies.
Well there's going to be all kinds of great events, obviously there's going to be things for kids, there's a fish casting contest, a dry land casting contest that Kids Hooked on Fishing is sponsoring, DIPAC is going to bring their touch tanks, Discovery Southeast is going to do some outside maritime education and other things.
The Native Community Welcoming Ceremony is at noon and at one o'clock the Coast Guard helicopter from Sitka will be arriving and doing a SARS, a sea and air rescue demonstration.
Later in the day the One People Native Canoe Society will do a racing exhibition from here.
There will be a Coast Guard patrol boat, landing craft, a gillnetter, the native canoes, a charter yacht; all these boats are open for the community to come aboard, to learn about the different kinds of working vessels in these waters."
And for those of you who like to cook what you catch, there's a special contest happening. Stuart explained about that as well.
"And we are calling all folks who think that they can really do, or they really have done, a great salmon marinade to put it together, come on down at 11 and drop that marinade off on Saturday and then the marinade contest, celebrity judges will be putting those marinades on fish or will have soaked them in those marinades and we'll be having a judging contest at 1:15."
If that sounds yummy to you too, the festival runs from 11 to 5 this Saturday at Marine Park
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Clark v. Roccanova, 2011 WL 665621 (E.D. Ky. February 14, 2011)
Is there a violation of the federal laws against child pornography when the accused himself is a minor? A Kentucky federal court says yes.
Three 14-year-old boys allegedly "coerced, enticed and persuaded" a 14-year-old girl to make a sexually explicit video. Later the three boys transmitted the video over the internet. The girl filed a civil suit against the boys for violations of 18 USC §§2251 and 2252.
The defendants moved to dismiss, arguing that the statutes covered only the conduct of adults. The court rejected that argument. It found that nothing in the plain language of the statutes, nor in the legislative history, supported such an interpretation.
Both statutes prohibit creation, possession and transmission of child pornography by any "person." While "person" is not defined in 18 U.S.C. §2256, the statute's definition of "identifiable minor" begins by stating that a minor is a "person." 18 U.S.C. § 2256(9)(A). The court found that indicates that "person" is meant to refer to an individual of any age, not just an adult.


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Having a good internet connection is more important than ever, whether you use it for gaming, streaming, or smart home services – we'll help find the best and cheapest deal for you.
What is broadband?
Broadband is the term used to describe the connection between a device and the internet that lets you connect to the web, generally for things like streaming, online shopping, or browsing social media.
What types of broadband are there?
Broadband comes in a variety of forms, and their availability usually depends on the provider you choose as well as your location. The most common types of broadband are:
- ADSL: ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, and it's the type of broadband that requires an active BT line. It's the most commonly available type of broadband in the UK, and usually offers average speeds of around 10Mb/s
- Cable: While ADSL broadband is dependent on BT's copper phone line infrastructure, cable broadband providers like Virgin Media use coaxial cables instead. They offer faster speeds but aren't usually as widely available across the UK
- Fibre: Optic fibre broadband is significantly faster than cable and ADSL, and therefore tends to come at a higher price. It's not available everywhere but that is currently changing, so it's worth seeing if you could benefit from fibre optic technology in your area
Data collected by Lightspeed/Mintel in January 2019, accurate as of May 2019
How do I choose the right broadband?
When you compare providers and deals, there are various factors to think about before making your choice, including how fast the connection is, how much it costs and whether a provider is available in your area. Keep an eye out for the following:
- Speed: Connection speeds are measured in bits while data is measured in bytes, and both are crucial to understanding how fast your internet will be. Read our guide to bits and bytes to learn more
- Availability: some connection types aren't available in every location across the UK, and most providers will offer a postcode checking service to let you know what you'll be able to access
- Limit: Many providers offer unlimited downloads for home broadband, but not all – if you're a heavy user be sure to check for any download limits
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- Freebies: Many broadband tariffs come with tempting incentives like cashback or vouchers to certain stores – but you should consider whether these are as important as factors such as speed or cost
- Cost: The actual cost of your broadband package is likely to be one of, if not the most important factor in making your decision. This is why shopping around can be such a valuable part of finding the right tariff that gives you everything you need at the best possible price.
37% of people switch providers for a faster internet connection
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Data collected by Lightspeed/Mintel in January 2019, accurate as of May 2019
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Kelly Clarkson – Wrapped in Red [Review]
Kelly Clarkson – Wrapped in Red
2013, RCA Records
Buy the album
1. "Wrapped in Red"
2. "Underneath the Tree"
3. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
4. "Run Run Rudolph"
5. "Please Come Home for Christmas (Bells Will Be Ringing)"
6. "Every Christmas"
7. "Blue Christmas"
8. "Baby, It's Cold Outside"
9. "Winter Dreams (Brandon's Song)"
10. "White Christmas"
11. "My Favorite Things"
12. "4 Carats"
13. "Just for Now"
14. "Silent Night"
This will be the first time and probably only time (unless she releases another Christmas album) I'll ever review a Kelly Clarkson album. I actually don't mind Kelly Clarkson. She's adorable, seems much more down to earth and girl-next-door than your normal pop star and her songs aren't terrible and some even have a rock edge to them. I don't own any of her albums but she's tolerable. My only issue is she keeps dying her hair blonde! I don't think it suits her. She's much prettier as a brunette.
Five of the songs here are originals: "Wrapped in Red", "Underneath the Tree" (which was released as the lead single), "Every Christmas", "Winter's Dreams (Brandon's Song)" and "4 Carats". They're all pretty good songs. "Wrapped in Red" has an upbeat 1960s vibe to it. Reminds me of The Ronettes. "Underneath the Tree" is a modern holiday classic that brings to mind Mariah Carey's Merry Christmas album. "Every Christmas" seems like a modern retelling of "Baby, Please Come Home for Christmas" while "Winter's Dreams (Brandon's Song)" is what I call "American Eagle music". Something that you'd hear playing at hipster stores like Old Navy or Aeropostale. "4 Carats" is a modern pop number.
The rest of the album is mostly comprised of old standards that are dusted off by Clarkson's powerful vocals. We already know these songs are good. The question is always does the vocalist and does the arrangement do them justice? The answer is yes. Everyone else agrees too because the album was a success right out of the gate. It debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 and has already been certified platinum.
With Wrapped in Red, Kelly Clarkson has turned in a classy holiday album that I'm sure I'll revisit over the years. She is truly the only good thing to ever come out of American Idol.
Highlights: "Wrapped in Red", "Underneath the Tree", "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "Every Christmas", "White Christmas"


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State Briefs 7/29/09
Men indicted in death after keg partyPEORIA – A Peoria County grand jury indicted two Dunlap men Tuesday for allegedly supplying and selling alcohol at a keg party that contributed to the June death of a 19-year-old. Facing two charges each of unlawful delivery of alcohol to a minor are Robert R. "Ryan" Wooden, 22, and Scott J. Hoerr, 20. The first charge, a Class A misdemeanor, alleges Wooden sold beer to Hoerr, a person younger than 21, who in turn sold it to Nathan A. Scheeler at the party. In the second charge, a Class 4 felony, prosecutors allege the offense of selling alcohol to a minor – in Wooden's case to Hoerr and in Hoerr's case to Scheeler – contributed to Scheeler's death. According to police reports, Wooden, who was working at R.J. Distributing in Peoria, agreed to sell his friend Hoerr three kegs of beer for the party June 12 while Hoerr's parents were in Florida. Witnesses said Hoerr charged $5 a cup for unlimited drinks. People interviewed by police said the party was attended by at least 50 people, many younger than 21. People at the party said Scheeler was playing beer pong, a drinking game, while there. Scheeler was pronounced dead about 3:50 a.m. June 13 at the scene of a single-vehicle crash less than a mile west of Route 91 on Dickison Cemetery Road in Dunlap. He was found by a passerby about 3:15 a.m., having skidded off the road and hit a tree. Scheeler, who was not wearing a seat belt, was believed to be driving at a high rate of speed. Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll said Scheeler had a blood-alcohol content of 0.207 percent, well in excess of the 0.08 percent legal threshold for those old enough to drink under Illinois law. Marijuana also was detected in Scheeler's system, Ingersoll said. Peoria Journal Star Bradley named one of nation's best PEORIA – For the 11th consecutive year, Bradley University has been named one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education by The Princeton Review. Published this week, the 2010 edition of "The Best 371 Colleges" took into account Bradley's friendly students, athletic facilities, low cost of living and greek community in its ranking. Only 15 percent of the 2,500 four-year colleges in the U.S. are included in the guide. Schools are selected based on institutional data collected, feedback from students and visits to schools as well as the opinions of independent college counselors, students and parents, according to a news release from Bradley. The Review cites Bradley's regional appeal and writes, "With an active eye toward broadening the student body's geographic demographics, the school presents an opportunity for out-of-staters seeking to attend an excellent university without having to endure the grueling admissions process of many private universities." The profile rates schools in eight categories based largely on school-reported data collected during the 2008-09 academic year. Each category is given a score ranging from 60 to 99. The categories include admissions selectivity, quality of life, financial aid and a green rating based the on the school's environmental commitments. Peoria Journal Star Suspicious substance found at Freeport Post Office FREEPORT – The Freeport Fire Department deployed ten firefighters and three emergency vehicles to the Freeport Post Office at approximately 8:15 a.m. Tuesday to investigate a suspicious substance discovered by a postal employee.
Freeport Fire Chief Kevin Countryman said Tuesday afternoon the substance likely posed no danger to Freeport residents, but said any specific identification was "beyond the testing capabilities" possessed by the department.
Firefighters responded to the incident after a postal employee discovered a powdery substance in the bottom of a mail container.
The office experienced a short delay in operations, but resumed normal work within hours. Firefighters remained on the scene for just under two hours, Countryman said. Freeport Journal-Standard Quinn says he'll have more specifics on budget cuts Friday CHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday he expects to release more specifics Friday on what's included in $1 billion in spending cuts he's planning to make.
Quinn said he will meet with his Cabinet officials Friday morning and then make those plans public. He already has announced plans to lay off 2,600 state workers and ask workers to take 12 furlough days to deal with a major budget hole, but more details about what else will be cut have been elusive.
Quinn also could talk more then about how he plans to spend more than $1 billion in discretionary money lawmakers gave him to deal with shortages in funding as the year moves along. Education advocates, social service providers and others will be lining up for a piece of that cash to avoid or minimize cuts they're facing in their programs and services.
Lawmakers and Quinn agreed two weeks ago on a spending plan for the full budget year that still has many question marks and a hole of as much as $5 billion. Quinn insists an income tax increase will be needed eventually to fix the problem, but there might not be enough legislative votes for that to happen until early next year.
The governor said he understands the tough situation he's in but says he's "fired up and raring to go" on dealing with the budget problems. GateHouse News Service State Capitol Bureau


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Total U.S. exports for 2015 are $1.5 trillion. Automotive products represent 9.15% of that total, or more than $137 billion in 2015. Automakers and suppliers are America's largest exporters, beating the next best performing manufacturing sector by more than $1125 billion over the past 6 years. In 2015 alone, FCA US, Ford and General Motors exported more than 1 million American-made vehicles to more than 100 different foreign markets.
Top Five U.S. Exporters (2015, in billions)
As America's largest exporters, FCA US, Ford and General Motors have supported every U.S. free trade agreement ratified. These agreements have reduced tariffs and eliminated numerous non-tariff trade barriers in key markets. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) could generate similar benefits for U.S. exporters, but only if key issues are addressed:
- Eliminate all auto non-tariff barriers in all TPP-member countries.
- Include strong, enforceable currency manipulation disciplines (This is vital, due to Japan's participation in the TPP).
Currency Manipulation by Japan undermines global competition in three ways:
- Makes it harder to export American vehicles to Japan;
- Provides Japanese automakers with an unfair competitive advantage in the United States; and,
- Makes it harder for American companies to compete with Japanese automobiles in other markets, like South America, China, Europe and the Middle East.
AAPC developed a proposal supported by leading non-partisan trade experts that is based on International Monetary Fund commitments already agreed to by all TPP member countries. It asks three simple questions to determine if a TPP member manipulates its currency:
- Did the TPP member have a current account surplus over the six-month period in question?
- Did it add to its foreign exchange reserves over that same six-month period?
- Are its foreign exchange reserves more than sufficient (i.e., greater than three months normal imports)?
If a TPP member is found to have breached its currency commitments under the agreement, the other TPP members shall be entitled to suspend the tariff benefits of the agreement with respect to the violating TPP member.
In an industry where automakers earn about $1,500 on a typical vehicle, Japan's undervalued currency represents thousands of dollars per vehicle.
Weak Yen Subsidy Per Car in U.S.
Based on the October 1, 2012 rate of 78 yen/$, when Abenomics started.
3-4% profit margin on sedan. Source: McKinsey & Company, 2003 Preface to the Auto Sector Cases


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Nov. 28, 2011
Ana Cardona
There are over 3,500 inmates on death row in the United States, spread out over the 34 states that still use the death penalty. Less than 1 percent of death row inmates are women and all 61 of them have been convicted of murder.
Since 2000, 11 states have executed 28 women. The last female executed was, Teresa Lewis, in Virginia on September 23, 2010. Lewis's execution was controversial because her IQ score was 72 and 70 and below would have excluded her from being given the death sentence. Lewis along with two accomplices, Matthew Shallenberger and Rodney Fuller, killed her husband and stepson for insurance money. Shallenberger and Fuller were sentenced to life without parole by the same judge who sentenced Lewis to death calling her the mastermind of the murder.
Fourteen of the women on death row are there for murdering their own children. Here's a look at the crimes they committed.
Ana Cardona
Ana Cardona was convicted and sentenced to death in Florida for the severe abuse and beating that killed her 3-year-old son, Lazaro Figueroa. On Halloween of 1990, Cardona split her son's head open with a baseball bat because he would not stop screaming. Then she proceeded to beat him to death. Cardona had an accomplice in the crime, her lover, Olivia Gonzalez-Mendoza. Mendoza, who pled guilty to second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse charges, received a 40 year sentence. She served 15 years and has been released. Cardona was sentenced to death on April 1, 1992. On July 11, 2002 Cardona was granted the right to a new trial relating to a Brady violation – evidence that the prosecution withheld from the defense that was favorable to establishing Cardona's innocence. Cardona's second trial began in October of 2010. She was once again convicted and sentenced to death on June 10, 2011.
|Debra Jean Milke
- Debra Jean Milke was sentenced to death in Arizona on January 18, 1991 for murder, conspiracy, and kidnapping relating to the death of her 4-year-old son, Christopher. Milke conspired with her roommate, James Styers, to kill her son, implying that his death would be better than having him grow up to be like his father. An accomplice, Roger Scott, who was with Styers at the time of the crime admitted to police the details of December 2, 1989, when he and Styers took Christopher and shot him, leaving the body. Scott, the accomplice, later took the investigators to where the body was recovered. All three were sentenced to death for Christopher's death.
Robin Lee Row
Robin Lee Row had the typical American family with her husband Randy, and two kids, Josh and Tabitha. During the early morning hours of February 10, 1992, she set her home on fire while her family slept; all of them died. Row had a total of $276,000 in life insurance on her family at the time of their deaths. Row had two other children who previously had died under suspicious circumstances: Her son Keith died in a house fire that was ruled accidental; the second was a baby who died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Row was sentenced to death in Idaho on December 16, 1993 by Judge Schwartzman, who called her a pathological liar.She is the only female on death row in Idaho.
- Dora Buenrosto killed her 4-year-old daughter, Deidra, on October 25, 1994 by stabbing her to death and then dumping her body in an abandoned post office. Two days later she stabbed her two remaining children, Susana, age 9, and Vincente, age 8, to death. In the trial, it came out that Buenrosto had killed her children in hopes to frame her estranged husband, Alex Buenrosto. He was questioned and cleared. Almost four years later, she was given the death penalty on October 2, 1998 in California.
Darlie Routier
Darlie Lynn Routier was married with three young sons. Routier stated that while she and two of her sons –Damon, 5 years, and Devon, 6 years – were sleeping downstairs on June 6, 1996, the boys were stabbed to death. Routier also received minor stab wounds. Her husband and infant son were upstairs sleeping at the time of the crime. Routier claimed to have slept through the attack and when she woke she saw a man fleeing the residence. It was later determined her wounds were self-inflicted. On February 4, 1997 she was sentenced to death in Texas in a trial that was held in a separate county due to the publicity of her case. She has been granted appeals to new DNA evidence still claiming that she is innocent. Her husband has stood behind her innocence throughout; however he did file for divorce and retains custody of the youngest son, Drake, who is now 15.
Susan Eubanks
Susan Eubanks, the mother of Brandon 14, Austin 7, Brigham 6, and Matthew 4, shot each of the boys in the head on October 26, 1997. Eubanks, who was under the influence of alcohol and valium at the time of the shootings, shot herself in the stomach after shooting her sons. This was considered to be a failed murder/suicide. Two years later, a jury sentenced her to death in California.
Michelle Tharp
Michelle Sue Tharp, on April 18, 1998 along with her boyfriend at the time, Douglas Bittinger, made claims that Tharp's daughter, 7-year-old Tausha Lee Lanham, had gone missing while they were shopping at a mall. It was later discovered that the pair had driven the body of Tausha to West Virginia and dumped her body. At the time of her murder, Tausha weighed a mere 12 pounds. Bittinger testified against Tharp, stating she refused to feed the young girl or seek medical attention for her.Bittinger received a 15-30 year sentence for his part in the murder. On November 14, 2000 Tharp was sentenced to death in Pennsylvania. She had an execution date in 2004 but it was stayed pending further appeals and has not been lifted.
Sandi Dawn Nieves
Sandi Dawn Nieves, a mother of five, set her home on fire on July 1, 1998, causing the deaths of four of her five children. The four girls Jaqlene 5, Kristi 7, Rashel 11, and Amber 12 were all found dead in the kitchen in sleeping bags and bedding. The only son, David, was 14 years old at the time and he managed to escape the fire, and later testified against his mother. David has refused any contact with his mother since the crime. It was stated at trial that Nieves killed her children because she wanted revenge on the men in her life. Nieves was the 12th women on California's death row when she was sentenced to death on October 6, 2000.
Patricia Blackmon
Patricia Blackmon was convicted in Alabama of killing her adopted daughter, Dominiqua, with a pool cue on May 29, 1999 – only nine months after Dominiqua's adoption was finalized. The medical examiner testified that there were over 30 injuries to this 28-month old baby at the time of her death. Dominiqua had many old bruises, leading authorities to conclude that this was not the first incident of abuse Blackmon had committed on Dominiqua. According to the prosecutor in the case, Robert Valeska, the "evidence was overwhelming" against Blackmon. In an appeal that Blackmon filed, she stated that the crime was not heinous because it was likely that Dominiqua had already been knocked unconscious prior to the majority of the beating. Blackmon was sentenced to death on June 7, 2002, two years after Dominiqua was murdered.
Socorro Caro
Socorro Caro, a wife of a doctor, and mother of four boys, Xavier Jr., 11, Michael 8, Christopher 5, and Gabriel 13 months, killed three of her sons by shooting them in the head on the night of November 22, 1999. She left the youngest son unharmed. After Socorro shot three of her sons, she then shot herself in the head. She survived the shooting to be sentenced to death on April 5, 2002, in California. Socorro had a history of severe violence toward others, and the motive for the killings was revenge on her husband for their failing marriage.
Tierra Capri Gobble
Tierra Capri Gobble was convicted for the murder of her 4-month old son, Phoenix Cody Parrish, by fracturing both of his wrists, several ribs, and eventually fracturing his skull on December15, 2004. Gobble had two children, Jewell and Cody. The State of Florida, citing child abuse, had ordered Jewell removed from Gobble prior to the birth of Cody and placed with her uncle, Edgar Parrish. Cody, in turn, was removed from Gobble's custody within 24 hours of his birth. Cody was placed with the same uncle by the State of Florida. After the children had been placed with the uncle, Parrish then moved to Dothan, Alabama. Gobble and her husband, Samuel Hunter, moved into the same home with the uncle and the children. The medical examiner found numerous injuries on the tiny body of Cody. On that day in December, Gobble admitted she had been the primary caretaker of Cody for the 12 hours prior to his death. Cody's body was never claimed for burial and the town of Dothan buried him. Gobble was sentenced to death on October 26, 2005 in Alabama. Edgar Parrish and Samuel Hunter both received sentences of 10 years in Alabama for their roles in the murder. Parrish was convicted of aggravated child abuse. Parrish was aware that Hunter and Gobble were not allowed contact with the baby, and he disregarded the state's order. Samuel Hunter pleaded guilty to manslaughter.They have both since been released from custody.
Melissa Lucio
Melissa Lucio is the mother of 13 children. On February 16, 2007, she killed her 2-year-old daughter, Mariah Alvarez, with a blow to the head. The medical examiner detected cocaine in the toddler's system. The father, Robert Alvarez, was charged with causing serious bodily injury and failure to provide medical care, and received a sentence of four years in prison.He has since been released. The district attorney stated that Mariah was not the only child being abused at the hands of Lucio. She was the first women in Cameron County, Texas to be convicted and sentenced to death on August 28, 2008.
Christi Michelle Scott
Christi Michelle Scott worked as an insurance agent and she had a husband and two sons. On the night of August 16, 2008 Scott killed her son 6-year-old son, Mason Scott. Mason had been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome – a form of autism. Scott had given Mason some cough syrup that had codeine in it and put him to bed. She then placed an accelerant around Mason's bed, removed the fire alarm, and started the fire in Mason's room. Scott and her other son escaped the fire unharmed. Scott's husband, Jeremy, was out of town during the murder. There was $175,000 worth of life insurance on Mason, part of which had just been purchased 12 hours prior to the fire. Scott's crime was so heinous that it fit the circumstances for a capital murder in three different ways. While the jury voted 10-2 in favor of life without parole, Judge Dempsey did not follow the jury recommendation and sentenced Scott to death on August 5, 2009 in Alabama, just shy of a year since the fire.
Angela McAnulty
Angela Darlene McAnulty made the call to 911 on December 9, 2009 to seek help for her 15-year-old daughter, Jeanette Maples. The paramedics arrived to find a lifeless, 50 pound skeletal framed teenager who was pronounced dead a few hours later at the hospital. McAnulty's husband and younger son stated she had spent the morning cleaning up the blood on the walls and floors from the attacks on Jeanette.They also later stated that she had picked Jeanette out to beat and torture. McAnulty changed her plea prior to the trial from "not guilty" to "guilty" and a jury was chosen to decide her fate. On February 24, 2011 she became the first and only woman on Oregon's death row.


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Magic in the Shadow World
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The sages say that long ago, perhaps before humanity existed, the world changed according to its own rules, without rhyme or reason. A lake might form where a mountain had been, white glaciers moved over deserts, and rivers flowed through the sky. This was a time before the gods, yet ultimately resulted in their creation. The gods, it is believed, were formed out of the land, and their natures bound them to it. Not wishing their natures to change without warning, as did the land, they began to enforce their will upon the world. Mountains, rivers, shores, and seas all took shape and stayed constant, bent to the will of the young gods. A rift was formed between the elements of permanence and transience, creating two worlds where once there was one.
The world of men the gods named Aebrynis. In Aebrynis, the laws of nature and magic both apply: a rock falls when it is dropped, fire burns until it has nothing left to consume, and the mystical energy of a spell discharges according to the rules of magic. The other world is called the Shadow World, a realm of fairy enchantment separate from, but parallel to, Aebrynis. Whereas Aebrynis remains constant, only transforming in response to the actions of its inhabitants over long periods, the Shadow World is mutable and ever-changing. In the Shadow World, the laws of nature are suborned by an even greater force: Awnmebhaighl (also known as the Seeming). An unpredictable force, the Seeming cannot be truly explained, as every rule set to quantify it appears full of exceptions and contradictions. The Shadow World is seeped in the awnmebhaighl in much the same way that Aebrynis is seeped in mebhaighl. Awnmebhaighl strengthens the power of shadow and illusion and it has the power of true illusion.
Since the battle of Deismaar and the destruction of the old gods, the Shadow World has taken an even darker turn. The taint of Azrai has taken deep root in the Shadow World and it has become a world of cold, eternal twilight. The horrors of mankind's darkest fears now walk the Shadow World. Even during midday, most (if not all) of the Shadow World is cloaked in the darkest of winter nights. The Shadow World has become a place of fear and grave danger and now, more than fifteen hundred years after Basarji scholars publicized its existence, only a scant number of people know more than a few tales of the Shadow World and its inhabitants.
Common folk everywhere tell terrifying stories of a Shadowy Lord whose taint now seeps through the Shadow World. He's known by many names throughout the land - the Rjurik call him the Night Walker, the Anuireans name him the Cold Rider, while the Khinasi know him as the Darkling. In any event, the borders between the Shadow World and Cerilia have been growing weaker in recent years, and strange things have been happening in the frontier-lands and wild places. The halflings are said to have originated in the Shadow World, fleeing to Aebrynis in response to this terrible danger.
The Seeming or true illusion dominates existence in the Shadow World. While the Shadow World remains a parallel to Aebrynis, the laws of nature do not always apply there. There, illusions live and shadows walk of their own volition. Powered by the magic of the Seeming, things unreal come to life. Passage between the two worlds is difficult as the rift (or veil) keeps the two worlds apart. Such travel is possible through the use of magic, but can sometimes be managed without the use of magic in areas where the barriers between the worlds are thin. Some halflings retain the ability to still pass freely between the two worlds, but most are loathe to do so for even they now find the ever-changing Shadow World dangerous and difficult to navigate.
The Shadow World confounds all mortal senses. Even the most knowledgeable guides and learned loremasters do not fully understand the workings of this mysterious realm. Those who have crossed over to the Shadow World report that it resembles a dark and distorted version of Cerilia itself. There are mountains and rivers where similar features exist in the daylight world, but the land is cold and empty. The veil between the worlds seems to be most weak in areas where the two worlds most closely parallel each other. Thus the Shadow World is nearest to Aebrynis in places touched by darkness. A musty old barrow may hold nothing but moldering bones in Cerilia, but if one were to enter the same barrow in the Shadow World or even on a night when the Shadow World was near he might find wights, specters, or worse. In the depths of winter, on the darkest nights of the year, and in places far from the habitation of mankind, it is possible for the Shadow World to be so near that one may pass into it unknowing.
Long ago, the mages of Aebrynis learned how to draw upon the power of the Seeming to manifest their will in the real world. Even lesser mages are capable of the minor enchantments necessary to pierce the veil between the worlds enough to draw forth small quantities of awnmebhaighl that can be shaped to the caster's will. The most powerful illusion magics, such as shadow evocation, shadow conjuration, and shades, draw upon the "true illusion" of the Seeming to create quasi-real effects. Likewise, summoning spells such as summon monster draw upon the power of the Seeming to create short-lived but reasonably life-like manifestations of the caster's imagination.
Summoning spells cast in areas where the worlds are close may sometimes be more effective then normal, but such casting introduces the risk of attracting the attention of horrors able to cross the weakened boundary. The effects of most necromantic magics powered by mebhaighl are weak and short-lived, for the power of the living earth is generally in opposition with necromantic effects. Most powerful necromantic magics therefore draw upon the more mutable power of the seeming. The forces that create and sustain permanent undead are always seeped in the power of the Shadow World. Thus, the barrier between Aebrynis and the Shadow World is always weaker when undead are present.
The properties of the Shadow World make it ideal for transportation magic as well. Time flows differently in the Shadow World, and dimensional magics such as dimension door or dimension walk use this property by creating a short-lived passage through the Shadow World. Wizards should be very careful of over-using these spells; more than one mage has vanished and never returned from the Shadow World for its very land can warp itself in ways that trick and test those who bring the creative powers of their fears and desires into that mutable realm. It is believed that, prior to Deismaar and the emergence of the practice of true magic by humans, the most powerful lesser human mages were capable of channeling awnmebhaighl through sources in the much the same way that regent mages channel mebhaighl through sources today. If true, that lore remains a closely guarded secret known to only a select few.
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There is a new closed source Ethereum (ETH) miner that also works with other Ethash-based crypto coins available and it is called Eminer. The miner is available for both AMD and Nvidia GPUs and what makes it really interesting is the integrated local web dashboard that gives you detailed stats for the mining rig the miner is running on. The new Eminer ethash miner v0.6.0-RC1 is written in the Go language and provides performance comparable to that of other top miners for AMD at least with possibly slightly slower hashrate on Nvidia. Eminer comes with support for Stratum and RPC clients with failover, as well as with support for Nicehash's stratum implementation. There is however a 1% devfee included in this miner software, so have that in mind should you decide to give it a try. The Windows version comes with Asynchronous multiworker mode that searched shares with multiple instances and this can supposedly bring increased by 1% ~ 2% share luck. Binaries for Linux and Mac OS X of the miner are also available.
The real gem here is the web-based interface that gives you an overview of the mining hardware and the current mining process, including a graphical representation of the hashrate over time. YOu get information on the available AMD or Nvidia GPUs and their current status such as clocks, hashrate, temperature and fan speed. This allows for quick and easy overview over web of multiple mining rigs without having to spend time decoding the console output from the miner… that one can use some improvements to be more useful, but probably the focus was placed more on the web-based dashboard. Still this new miner looks promising and useful and it never hurts to have some competition among the crypto mining software.
Since it is a closed software with no source available posted by a new user on Bitcointalk some people might have some concerns you can check a VirusTotal scan of the executable here. Not a guarantee that there are no warnings since it is a new miner that is not based on other existing codebase that gets detected as potential threat by some antivirus software.
– For more details about the new Eminer Ethash miner v0.6.0-RC1…


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MWC 15 Special
At the moment, European Palm Pre users cannot buy any paid apps from Palm's App Catalog but can only download free apps. However, in its Developer Blog, Palm just announced that following the launch of the e-commerce program in the U.S., the European e-commerce program is planned to go live in March 2010. The e-commerce program has about 600 new paid apps available in just 2 months, and the extension to Europe gives developers a compelling new opportunity to distribute and monetize their apps. In Europe, Palm Pre is currently available in the UK, Ireland, Spain and Germany.
Further details have to be announced but it's most likely that many of today's U.S.-only premium-apps will also become available for European webOS users. Not yet known is how Palm will handle the payments - either direct or through its carrier partner(s) in Europe.
Cheers ~ Arne
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