diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+import ConfigParser, os
+
+def load_settings():
+    configfile = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
+    configfile.read('settings.cfg')
+    config=dict()
+    config['mail']=configfile.get("general","mail")
+    config['start_date']=configfile.get("general","start_date")
+
+    config['username']=configfile.get("blogsettings","username")
+    config['xmlrpc_endpoint']=configfile.get("blogsettings","xmlrpc_endpoint")
+    config['blog_id']=configfile.get("blogsettings","blog_id")
+    config['participants_page_id']=configfile.get("blogsettings","participants_page_id")
+    return config
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