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The Importance of Not Playing Down the Risks
Former German state secretary Jürgen Chrobog and his family have been kidnapped in East Yemen. Their captors obviously want to obtain the release of one or more prisoners in Yemen. The kidnapping of foreign citizens is not a rare occurrence in Yemen, where clan traditions play a major role in society. Peter Philipp reports
There is a long tradition of kidnapping foreign citizens in Yemen. Over the course of the past 15 years, over 200 foreigners - most of whom were tourists - have been kidnapped and temporarily detained. Only last week, two Austrians were taken hostage in order to force the release of several prisoners. They were released on Christmas Eve.
It is likely that the motive for the most recent hostage-taking, that of former German state secretary Jürgen Chrobog and his family, is the same. In this case too, it is supposed that the family were kidnapped to force the release of one of more prisoners.
Chrobog was a state secretary in the Foreign Ministry of the last German government. Among other things, the diplomat was himself involved in the negotiations that secured the release of 14 kidnapped holiday makers in the Sahara in 2003. Now he himself is a hostage.
Nerve-wracking negotiations
Kidnappings in Yemen are usually perpetrated by a variety of regional clans who use the hostages to exert pressure on the central government. It is often the case that the details become known very soon after the hostage's disappearance (including the location at which they are being held), but it still takes days and even weeks to secure their release.
The negotiations between government representatives and clans that lead to a successful release can sometimes be complicated. The former German ambassador to Yemen, Countess Helga Strachwitz, has been involved in negotiations for the release of German hostages in the past.
Even after she had received a new ambassadorial posting, Strachwitz, an experienced diplomat and Yemen expert, was sent back to Yemen to take part in negotiations for the release of a German diplomat. The then commercial attaché Reiner Berns was released after two months of nerve-wracking negotiations in September 2001.
While Strachwitz, who is now Germany's ambassador to Ethiopia, never played down the seriousness of hostage-taking during her time in Yemen, she always stressed that it should not be compared with hostage-taking anywhere else in the world. Hostage-taking in Yemen usually ends without any loss of life.
The demands of the hostage-takers
Once, in late 1998, three British citizens and an Australian were killed when security forces attempted to bring about their release. In order to avoid such bloody conclusions to hostage cases, the authorities generally agree to the hostage-takers demands: the required road or school is built or members of the clan are released from prison.
Sometimes, the hostage-takers are happy to take the off-road vehicle belonging to their hostages. This is a tactic with a long tradition in Yemen: the clans used to demand payment of a toll for the use of certain routes and have always used temporary hostage-taking as a means of forcing concessions from other clans or governments.
Because, however, Yemen is the native home of the Bin Laden clan (from where they moved to Saudi Arabia) and because members and supporters of al-Qaida have moved back to Yemen, kidnappings in this country cannot be underestimated.
There is always the very real risk that Islamic extremists could become active in Yemen, as is already the case in Saudi Arabia. If this happens, it is likely that kidnappings in Yemen will not necessarily end as happily as they have done to date.
This is why the numbers of tourists visiting Yemen has dropped considerably over the past few years. Germany's Foreign Ministry advises visitors only to travel to Yemen with reputable holiday companies and never to organise trips independently. It goes without saying that even this advice cannot always protect against kidnapping.
Peter Philipp
Translated from the German by Aingeal Flanagan


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Senior attackman Max Quinzani registered four goals and an assist for five points, while junior Zach Howell has two goals and one assist. The starting attack unit of Crotty, Howell and Quinzani combined for 16 of Duke's 31 points. Ten different Blue Devils tallied goals on the afternoon and six players registered at least two points.
"Last night I told the guys how proud I was of them for their preparation this past week," head coach John Danowski said. "I felt that all week the guys were really focused and practiced and prepared really well. The guys did a phenomenal job and the success of this afternoon was certainly reflective of how we practiced during the week."
The Blue Devils grabbed a 2-0 lead with goals within 37 seconds of each other. Senior Steve Schoeffel registered the first marker of the game at the 10:46 mark and senior faceoff specialist Sam Payton got on the board 37 seconds later off an assist from Crotty.
Johns Hopkins' Steven Boyle put up a goal at the 7:40 mark to make it 2-1, but the Blue Devils scored four of the game's next five goals for a 6-3 lead early in the second quarter.
Trailing by three goals, Tom Palasek pulled the Blue Jays within two, 6-4, with an unassisted goal at the 11:00 mark of the second quarter. That tally proved to be the last goal Johns Hopkins could manage over the next 33-plus minutes.
Quinzani got the 12-goal run started at the 5:17 mark after Justin Turri helped force a turnover and picked up a ground ball at midfield and found the Duxbury, Mass., native on the crease for his second score of the game. The Blue Devils added one more with 12 ticks until halftime with Quinzani and Schoeffel connecting to make it 8-4 at the break.
"It's been a great two weeks of preparation and Ned [Crotty] and I really got to get in a groove and score a good amount of points. We walked in today feeling really confident. I know the goal looked about as big as an ocean to me and [Ned Crotty] seems to be getting me and everyone else the ball well. We're not afraid to go at the net."
The second half was all Duke as the Blue Devils outshot the Blue Jay s 33-7, picked up 19 ground balls to Johns Hopkins' seven and had just four turnovers to the Blue Jays' 11.
Duke scored early and often in the third quarter with three goals in the opening 4:13 for an 11-4 advantage. Defensively, the Blue Devils were outstanding, holding Johns Hopkins to just two shots in the third quarter, which included 0-for-2 on extra-man opportunities.
Five different Duke players added goals in the final 9:52 of the third frame to put Duke in front 16-4 after 45 minutes of action. Adding two more to the total to start the fourth quarter, Johns Hopkins ended the scoring drought with a tally from Nate Matthews with 7:29 remaining in the contest.
Sophomore goaltender Mike Rock earned his third career start and made two saves in 45 minutes. Rookie Dan Wigrizer and senior Devon Sherwood played in the final 15 minutes with Sherwood making one stop. Johns Hopkins goaltender Pierce Bassett made nine stops in 50 minutes of action. Steven Burke played in the final 10 minutes for the Blue Jays.
For the game, Duke held a 40-15 advantage in shots, won the ground ball game 37-17, and captured 18-of-27 faceoffs. Payton did the majority of damage at the X, winning 14-of-19 restarts and picking up seven ground balls.
Duke will take on the winner of the North Carolina-Delaware game in the NCAA Quarterfinal at Princeton University on May 22 at 12 or 2:30 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU. Tickets can be purchased online by visiting www.goduke.com/tickets. Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for students and are good for both contests at the site.
Game Notes: Duke improves 17-13 all-time in NCAA Tournament history and to 10-3 in first-round games ... The win is the second for the Blue Devils over Johns Hopkins in NCAA Tournament play ... Senior Max Quinzani scored four goals to push his career total to 192, which rank second all-time at Duke and are tied for third in NCAA Division I lacrosse history ... Quinzani now has 61 goals on the season, tying his single-season high and are the third most in Duke single-season history and 13th in NCAA history ... Senior Ned Crotty broke the Duke single-season assists record of 56 held by Matt Danowski with six helpers that pushed his season total to 57 ... Crotty's 57 assists rank 17th all-time in NCAA lacrosse history, while his 141 career assists are second all-time at Duke and are tied for 21st in NCAA history.


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December 23, 2009 > Fate of historic Niles post office still in limbo
For now it appears that the Mission San Jose Post office has been removed from the Post Office closure list, although the fate of the equally historic Niles Post Office is still undecided. Originally, 677 post offices nation-wide were considered for closure; currently, 170 post offices remain on the list for possible consolidation. (The entire list can be viewed by going to www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/stationbranchop.pdf)In this troubled economic environment, the shuttering of a number of neighborhood post offices seems to be inevitable. The United States Postal Service recently reported a loss of $3.8 billion for the 2009 fiscal year. Mail volume continues to decrease and the public's dependence on technology for communication, rather than the postal system, has affected the situation.In November, Niles residents received a survey from the U.S. Postal Service, asking for input concerning a 'possible change' in their postal service. According to the document from Cedric Brown, Manager of Post Office Operations and dated November 19, 2009, "A review of the business activities of the Niles Station revealed that the office workload has declined. This reduced workload and the fact that we have two other Stations/Branches located within a two mile radius suggests that the continuation of Niles Station may not be warranted. Accordingly, we are considering consolidation of the Niles Station."A community meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, January 5, at 5:30 p.m. at Niles Elementary School, Multi-Use Room, 37141 - 2nd Street in Fremont. Niles residents and all others interested are encouraged to attend and express their opinions.Terry Grimmer owns the building that houses the Niles Post Office. He doesn't understand why the post office is being considered for closure. "The Niles Post office did $408,000 in walk-in business this year," says Grimmer. He believes it is vital to the community that it remains open as it is relied upon by many of the senior citizens who live within close proximity.Former Mission San Jose office postmaster, Ralph Bell, recently retired after 23 years there and 39 years overall as a postal employee. Due to the uncertainty of the closures, Bell felt he had no choice but to retire. "I was informed by my union that we were off the list, for the time being, but I was concerned that the situation might change. Long-time employees were offered a financial incentive to retire, which I decided to accept after a lot of consideration," says Bell.He attributes the thousands of letters and phone calls by Mission area residents to the Postmaster General, Congressman Stark and other legislators, as convincing the powers that be to remove the Mission San Jose post office from the consolidation list. Bell is encouraging the Niles community to do the same.According to Congressman Stark's office, in Washington, D.C., "We have been working with the Postal Service to try to keep these offices open."Congressman Stark sent a personal letter to the Postmaster General, dated September 16, referring specifically to the Mission San Jose and Niles Post Offices in Fremont and the Bradford and Mount Eden Post Offices in Hayward.Stark stated in part, "I urge you to do all you can to keep these offices in business. The accessible locations of these post office branches make them indispensable to my constituents, especially since other post offices are miles apart and separated by heavy traffic."Bell is also offering his support to the Niles community and states, "I told the postal union that I'll do anything I can to help keep the Niles Post Office open."The current consolidation list, as of December 14, 2009, can be viewed by going to www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/stationbranchop.pdfIf you would like to let your opinion be known, here is the contact information for the Postmaster General, Congressman Pete Stark and the Niles Community Meeting:Write:John E. PotterPostmaster General and Chief Executive Officer475 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W.Washington, DC 20260-0010Write or call:The Honorable Fortney 'Pete' Stark39300 Civic Center Drive, Suite 220Fremont, CA 94538(510) 494-1388 Fremont office(202) 225-5065 Washington, D.C. officeEmail: www.stark.house.govAttend:Niles Community MeetingTuesday, January 55:30 p.m.Niles Elementary School, Multi-Use Room37141 - 2nd Street, Fremont


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"In "The Writing Revolution," Peg Tyre traces the problems at one troubled New York high school to a simple fact: The students couldn't write coherent sentences. In 2009 New Dorp High made a radical change. Instead of trying to engage students through memoir exercises and creative assignments, the school required them to write expository essays and learn the fundamentals of grammar. Within two years, the school's pass rates for the English Regents test and the global-history exam were soaring. The school's drop-out rate — 40 percent in 2006 — has fallen to 20 percent.
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No to Fowler. Period. Look at his home and away splits...
Dexter is a JOKE on the Road... Maybe not JOKE but not worth the asking price and anyone who wants to trade Bailey for Fowler is NUTS.
Just say No.
Take a look at Upton's road splits. Just as bad as Fowler's. Then take a look at Fowler's 2011 Home/Road splits. He was better on the road than at home. Take a look at Upton's career #'s at GABP, yes, it's only 15 games, but not good...
I have facts behind my question. I'm not blindly spouting just to be a jerk
This is what is going to happen.
The Reds won't get Fowler, our leadoff will either be stubbs/cozart, or we will sign a cheap and short term deal to someone who can play unitll Hamilton comes up. In left field we will either have Ludwick back, or Heisey and someone else like Fraizer or someone from the farm. If we do get involved in a trade, I see it being for the back end of the bullpen.
How about Homer and Stubbs for Fowler and Pomeranz?
I think that evens the trade out a bit. I still like Fowler despite all of the talk about home/road splits. It could be a red flag, but I think it's a little bit overblown. Fowler isn't really quite as good as he was in 2012, but he's still a solid .350-.360 OBP guy who can switch hit. I'll take that at the top of my lineup any day.
Fowler talks heating up. Looks like the Rox have finally noticed how dire their potential starting 5 looks.
Fowler for Leake, Stubbs, Soto/Lotzkar. I would include both Soto and Lotzkar if that's what it takes. Get it done Walt.
The Rockies and Reds have engaged in preliminary trade talks about Dexter Fowler, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports. Cincinnati could trade players from its MLB roster, but right-hander Homer Bailey will likely remain with the Reds, according to Rosenthal.
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1897: Dame Judith Anderson was born. Anderson moved to New York from Australia in 1918 and was a hit on Broadway before moving to Hollywood to make films. In 1984 she joined the original cast of SANTA BARBARA as Minx Lockridge. She died in 1992 at age 94.
1966: On ANOTHER WORLD, Mike Bauer (Gary Pillar) told Emily that he found he had a lot in common with John, since both their wives died when their daughters were young.
1981: Benjamin Hendrickson began a three month run on TEXAS in the role of Chris Shaw.
1989: On GUIDING LIGHT, Reva (Kim Zimmer) and Sonni (Michelle Forbes) began their memorable walk across a suspension bridge.
1992: On THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, Victor (Eric Braeden) continued to think about Nikki even though she was with Jack.
2008: Roy Scheider died at age 75. He played Kenny in THE EDGE OF NIGHT, Jonas Falk in LOVE OF LIFE and Bob Hill in THE SECRET STORM.
2011: THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW aired a soap special featuring Susan Lucci, Debbi Morgan, Darnell Williams, Michael E. Knight, Anthony Geary, Genie Francis and Jeanne Cooper (plus the actors who played Erica Kane's husbands as a surprise).
2012: Actor Michael Lipton died at age 86. He played roles in multiple daytime soaps including Neil Wade in AS THE WORLD TURNS and Stan Kurtz in SOMERSET.
Celebrating a birthday today are:
Roberta Flack (Herself, GUIDING LIGHT) - 76
Jay Pickett (ex-Frank, PORT CHARLES, ex-Chip, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; ex-David, GENERAL HOSPITAL) - 52
Sarah Aldrich (ex-Courtney, PORT CHARLES; ex-Jill, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) - 46
Vince Gilligan (Writer/Producer, BREAKING BAD) - 46
Micheal Dietz (ex-Jake, PASSIONS; ex-Mark; THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Alan-Michael, GUIDING LIGHT; ex-Joe, PORT CHARLES) - 42
Kim Onasch (ex-Jennifer, AS THE WORLD TURNS) - 31
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- 1-1/2 pounds fresh broccoli, cut into florets
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon salt, optional
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 medium onion, sliced into rings
- 1 to 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- Steam broccoli for 1-2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Rinse in cold water and set aside. In a bowl, combine lemon juice, salt if desired, sugar, cornstarch and nutmeg; set aside.
- In a large skillet or wok over high heat, stir-fry mushrooms, onion and garlic in oil for 3 minutes. Add broccoli and lemon juice mixture; stir-fry for 1-2 minutes. Stir immediately. Yield: 6 servings.
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A woman in Kent rang up 999 (the British equivalent of 911) to report a stolen snowman.
I'm willing to bet that prick the sun stole it.
Meanwhile, Wendy's decide to get into the holiday spirit.
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A kid's age doesn't mean **** these days in the current media infrastructure......Jake Steinberg has broken plenty of stories, clearly has some quality contacts, and the guy is barely out of diapers.
i'd love to get DJax, but then i dont know enough about the guys in the draft. the question is...is DJax at 10 million or whatever the number will be, worth more then say Lee, or OBJ at the rookie scale number. i guess thats why Idzik gets the big bucks i will say one thing....we have the cap room, and getting DJax will allow us to go out and draft a CB or TE in round 1...
There's a small rumor going round that the Eagles want a 2nd round pick for him. Fat chance of that
I'm pretty firm in saying that if this guy is not playing in Philly next season and he is playing for someone other than the Jets, than Idzik has done a poor job. D-Jax, Decker, Kerley, Nelson is a very formidable receiving group for whomever is playing QB for us.


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I wanted to direct your attention to the new section on the website called Brains vs. Coffee. It started on twitter.com on Feb 20, 2009 when I typed the following tweet:
"Coffee...*stumble*...coooffee...*stumble*...braiiins ...hm? *shakes head* COFFEE.."
I found myself starting the day addressing the same question: Brains or Coffee? What's a ghoul to do? Can coffee really help me resist the urge for brains as I wake in a zombified state?
And now I'm posting these ponderings (containing 140 characters or less) daily to the website. The most recent post will be displayed in the block to the right. If you miss a couple or want to see all of them, click on the "more" link or the picture of the brain itself.
Hopefully some of you will get a kick out of it.
Lots of art being posted lately, so here's some frighteningly frivolous fun.
Presenting Vincent Price in a commercial for "Tilex".
Here's something more enjoyable: Vincent Price hosts the Muppet show (Part 1).
Ahhh. Much better.
Watch Part 2.
Watch Part 3.
For all my creepy kittens and ghoulish guys, I happily present the work of Joe Vaux.
First, a tiny complaint. What is it with artists and hip designers making their entire site flash-based? While flash-flooded sites are entertaining for a moment (I did enjoy the little critters waving at me on Vaux's site), it can make for tedious navigation (terrible from an accessibility standpoint). Tip for when you visit his site: the barely-visible button to turn off the sound is in the top left corner.
All this was forgiven once I got to the good stuff: his art.
Vaux's work reminds me of Salvador Dali meets Disney's Night on Bald Mountain. There's loads going on visually and so many characters to discover in one piece.
Lighthearted, pretty and fun. Those are the words I would use to describe the art of Mike Mitchell (or Sir Mitchell, or Sir Mike of Mitchell as he sometimes calls himself).
I'm drawn to the warm tones used and the overall softness of the images. I always enjoy when an artist knows how to effectively use shadow without making it feel too dark or sinister.
Little to be found bio-wise, with the exception that he's male, 26, from the States and was born close to Halloween.
I can tell you he has a blog and an etsy shop.
Currently, it doesn't look like you can buy King Skully (pictured left) or Little Pilot Skullington (pictured below).
But if you're determined to purchase something and are looking for gift ideas (I like to pretend everyone wants to buy me presents), I'll take the limited print of Their Day Will Come showcasing a wine-swigging cockroach atop a skull, exclaiming "Marvellous!".
While my props don't usually see the light of day, I make it a point to bring them outside near the end of completion. Sunshine is an unapologetic critic; it shows all the warts (and not the good kind like you find on witches).
It's amazing how different a prop looks in the daylight.
I use this time to scrutinize him. I note elements that worked in low light but fail when spotlighted. I then decide how much I will adjust it.
I am over the moon with how the dog fur looks on him. I think it's the best idea I've ever had. Hands down. While I'm sure it's been done before, I've never seen anyone else use this technique, so there was an undercurrent of hesitation under my enthusiasm as I glued the pieces on. I promise to include more pictures that showcase his fur.
I don't want to ruin how he looks in darker environments, but I want him to hold up when there's no hiding in shadow. This is especially true for Marmota Monax because I think he'll be living a lot of his life in the light.
Painting for the dark is very different from painting for the light.
David MacDowell describes his art as a fun-loving poke at consumerism, pop culture and the cult of personality. His newest show is called The Sins of Atticus Finch, and I love the piece "Parents Just Don't Understand" (pictured right).
Note the mockingbirds on his tie, and the ad on the back of the book he's reading. Details, folks, it's all in the details.
Most of his subjects are from the media - various movies and celebrities. It's a very entertaining portfolio to peruse.
Step right up and pick a door on the Loved to Death website.
Who likes a good riddle? Tell me, which door leads to taxidermy: the one labelled "art", "antiques", "jewelry" or "taxidermy"?
If you said all of them, you win!
Let's start with the 1930's vintage top hat (pictured right). The hat is described as such:
A Victorian inspired framed squirrel taxidermy memento mori piece on the side with a genuine preserved squirrel tail accent in place of a traditional feather. The frame is set on a blood red burgundy velvet backing with genuine taxidermy squirrel feet, a gold genuine squirrel heart and handmade calalily flowers.
Like most children of India in the little village of Bihar, Subodh Gupta grew up carrying a tiffin pot (a three-tiered tin) containing his lunch. Unlike his peers, he became a world class artist and used those same tiffin pots to create Very Hungry God (pictured left).
Many of Gupta's sculptures are made with cooking utensils and other mundane, common household items.
His life is an honest-to-goodness story of rags to riches full of determination, conflict, and even a shady plot point to keep you interested.
I'd send you to the artist's website, but he doesn't appear to have one. Granted, I'm a bit pressed for time today so I didn't dig too far down in my search.
For those of you who wish to know more about the artist, I suggest reading an article written by Tara Kilachand on www.livemint.com.
Visual art takes time. It took me four years to reach somewhere to change, and in between I made so much not good art. When you lose something and become empty, something new comes out.
I just came across Depeche Mode's video for "Wrong".
It's fairly violent and a tad disturbing, so the faint of heart or sensitive soul may want to skip this one. It's also very effective. It grabs your attention and curiosity.
It's like watching a mini horror movie. I couldn't take my eyes off it.
I've watched it three times, a little hypnotized.
I also like the song itself. But maybe it's just because I haven't had enough electric keyboard and drum machine in my life since Depeche Mode went on hiatus.
Normally I get impatient during the prop making process, but it's been different with Marmota Monax. Every stage has been at a slower pace, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
He now has feet and a base coat (white latex primer for the head, hands and feet; black acrylic for the body).
He can hold his little lantern well, and I can easily slip it in and out of his hand.
It's the next step that I am debating. Originally, I had planned on having all his body cloaked but I've been hit with some (slightly odd) inspiration. What if I covered him with fur?
I don't like most of the fake fur products out there, and I really can't justify spending extra money on it at the moment. But...what if...I covered him in real fur?
I'm not talking about buying the hide of an animal, nor using an old fur coat from a thrift shop. I'm talking about the thick hair of a dog.
The best place to find current art and WIPs is Instagram
I'm also on Twitter but be prepared for political commentary
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Even Miley Cyrus can never make farming cool!
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Recently, in my country, there has been a campaign geared towards encouraging young people from Kenya and East Africa to embrace farming as a profession under the banner of "farming is cool". The campaign encompassed using one of Kenyas young and hip celebrity (Juliani) who has a very large following doing a tour and exposing successful farming ventures by other young people. It also involves Amiran (main Sponsors) promoting their merchandise to the audience. I cannot authoritatively report on the failures or successes of this project, but one thing I know is that the tag line is very ambitious. "Farming is cool", it's almost an oxymoron.
Farming and coolness are two very distinct elements, they exist in totally different worlds. It would take millions of dollars in marketing and advertising to be able to make farming cool. The campaign has not come any closer to making farming cool, but it has however been successful to bringing out the potential benefits that farming promises. I attended one of the forums when they came to Nairobi, and I loved the whole experience and even got really motivated to the point where I seriously thought about venturing into farming.
I am taking serious issues with the branding of the whole project. I was told that sometimes we lose the message in the method. In the end, we make a potentially successful project seem flawed. I would rather they talked about how farming works or how farming is profitable but not cool. This brings me to the point about how development approaches sometime fail because of our branding and colossal lack of attention to details. As much as this project was targeting young people, it totally portrayed them as being superficial and as individuals who care more about surface perception than on results.
To any practitioner out there, just because you are developing a project for youth, it does not mean that you purely focus on the conventional definition of coolness or lack of it to sell your idea. We are very much interested in substance, and I would always choose financial benefits over coolness any day.
Farming can never be cool, but it will always promise good returns. And when we want to get African youth into farming, we should not use a mindset that portrays them as being overly superficial to attract them. We need to focus on the reasons and the results, and then brand our initiatives/ interventions based on that. I am sure even Miley cyrus, with her classy personality could not hack such an impossible task. I don't think Kim Kardashian would, either.


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Welcome to the Planning Commission's website for developing the Approach to the Twelfth Plan.
This website seeks your comments through a discussion forum. For each of the twelve challenges, there's a separate page. At the top of the page, you'll find a brief note explaining the challenge. You'll also find a hyperlink that allows you to download a longer more detailed explanation of the challenge. Below, you'll find a discussion forum. Please contribute to those discussion that interest you; or even start your own.


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Lansell Plaza has had another name change and will now be known as Charter Hall Lansell Square.
Charter Hall bought Lansell Plaza from the Centro Group for $32.5 million in January.
Charter Hall's head of retail asset management John Courtney said they believed shopping centres served a vital role in a community.
"We are very excited to be introducing this new name for our centre," he said.
"We believe people should feel at home from the moment they walk through our centre doors and our aim is to make our customers feel relaxed and supported while they shop.
"We are committed to working with our retailers to continue to provide the Bendigo community with an enjoyable and dynamic meeting place."
New signs will be installed over the coming two weeks.
Last week it was announced the centre would get a $31 million makeover with plans currently before Bendigo council.
"We are looking to redevelop Lansell Plaza to provide an enhanced retail centre with new and improved facilities for the community and our retailers," a Charter Hall spokeswoman said.
"As we are currently in the planning phase, with our development application before council, it is too early to comment on the details of the redevelopment plans.
"We look forward to being able to provide a full update on the redevelopment over the coming weeks."


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Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is slated for a PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 release on November 9, preceeded by a multiplayer beta test.
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The Milwaukee Brewers scored five runs in the first inning and defeated the San Diego Padres, 7-1, on Monday to pick up their eighth straight win.
Ryan Braun had a two-run homer and drove in three runs while Yuniesky Betancourt hit a three-run shot for the Brewers, who won the first game of a three-game set.
"I just enjoy coming back to the West Coast, it's always rejuvenating for me," said Braun. "It feels like home. Obviously, it's still a challenging ballpark to hit in, but I think I've enjoyed hitting here over the course of my career and as a team, I think we've enjoyed getting the chance here to come out and play."
Kyle Lohse (1-1) was having a solid start, allowing just one run on five hits and a walk in five innings but in the sixth, as he was reaching first on a bunt, he bumped into Padres second baseman Jedd Gyorko and left the game with a dislocated left pinky.
Jason Marquis (1-2) lasted just 4 2/3 innings, surrendering seven runs on four hits and four walks. Anthony Bass, who came on in relief of Marquis, drove in the lone run for the Padres, who were swept by the Giants over the weekend.
"Today, we got behind the 8-ball early," said Padres manager Bud Black. "But overall, we outhit them, we made some good plays in the field. Just a complete game, we're not playing. Now we got to do that more often, we just can't do it here and there."
Braun put the Brewers on the board with a two-run blast that plated Rickie Weeks. After Jonathan Lucroy struck out, Logan Schafer and Carlos Gomez were both hit by a pitch, setting up Betancourt's shot.
In the fifth, Jean Segura drew a leadoff walk and stole second base. Following a walk for Weeks, Braun hit a liner to left, scoring Segura. Four batters later, Marquis was replaced by Bass, but he threw a wild pitch with Betancourt batting and Weeks reached home to make it a 7-0 game,
The Padres got on the board in the bottom of the inning. Gyorko hit a leadoff double and reached third after Nick Hundley fouled out to right. Bass then grounded out to the shortstop but was able to score Gyorko.
Alfredo Figaro pitched the final two innings for the Brewers, fanning three while allowing three hits to end the game.
Game Notes
The last time the Brewers won eight straight games was August 5-13, 2008 ... The Padres were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base ... Everth Cabrera stole his sixth base of the season, tied with Andrew McCutchen for most in the National League ... Padres batters struck out 10 times ... San Diego has lost six straight at home.


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CHICAGO – Marian Hossa scored a power-play goal just 52 seconds into overtime at the United Center, and the streaking Chicago Blackhawks swept the season series against the Nashville Predators for the first time with a 5-4 victory Friday night.
With Rich Clune in the penalty box serving a 4-minute minor for high sticking, Patrick Kane sent a pass across the ice to Hossa, who one-timed it past Pekka Rinne for his 17th goal of the season.
Kane, Michal Handzus, Duncan Keith and Brandon Saad also scored for the NHL-best Blackhawks, who have won seven in a row.
Slumping Nashville has dropped eight in a row and 11 of 12 overall. Matt Halischuk had two goals, and Kevin Henderson scored in his first NHL game, but the Predators still lost to the Blackhawks for the fourth time this month and the sixth consecutive occasion dating to last season.
Chicago and Nashville were tied at 2 after the first period and exchanged goals again in the second. Kane gave the Blackhawks the lead when he got a pass from Bryan Bickell and slid the puck between Rinne's legs for his team-best 21st of the season at 9:20, but Halischuk then got his second of the game when he followed his own shot on a breakaway, making it 3-3 with 7:29 left in the period.
Handzus intercepted a pass by Victor Bartley midway through the third and beat Rinne into the top of the goal, giving Chicago the lead once again. It was the second of the season for the veteran center, who is in his second stint with the Blackhawks after he was acquired in a trade with San Jose on April 1.
But the Predators tied it when Bobby Butler rushed in for a rebound score with 3½ minutes remaining, beating Corey Crawford high into the net.
The dramatic finish came after a crazy first period that featured two goals for each team.
Keith's third of the season and first in 14 games put Chicago in front. The Predators responded with a pair of rebound scores, then Saad tied it at 2 with his 10th of the season at 13:36.
Saad, a contender for the Calder Trophy awarded to the NHL's top rookie, has seven goals and 15 assists in his last 24 games.
Star of the game:
Marian Hossa, Blackhawks, GW goal 52 seconds into overtime
Up next: Coyotes at Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m. today
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The federal government is delaying its threat to withhold billions of dollars in California transportation grants while negotiations continue with Gov. Jerry Brown's administration.
The U.S. Department of Labor warned this month that public pension reforms promoted by the Democratic governor appear to violate a federal regulation requiring that transportation agencies protect employees' collective bargaining rights.
But department spokesman Michael Trupo said Friday that the government will delay making decisions about transit grants while it works with Brown's administration to resolve the dispute.
A decision on nearly $268 million in grants to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority was expected Friday. Funding for projects in Orange and Sacramento counties also was jeopardized by the initial warning.
The dispute imperils $1.6 billion in federal money statewide this year alone.


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December 30, 2008
Contact: Trey Williams
Department of Social Services Launches Redesigned Web Site
User-friendly site features new logo, updated information and easy links to services
BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Social Services recently redesigned and launched its Web site featuring a new user-friendly design, a new agency logo, updated information and easy-to-use links to DSS services.
"The Web site redesign signals a new direction for DSS - one of transparency, service and access," said Secretary Kristy Nichols. "The new site is a tool for our agency to provide easier access to information and services for clients, providers and the public."
The main page of the Web site now features links to three of DSS's priority initiatives: Louisiana Neighborhood Place, Solutions to Poverty and Quality Start Child Care Rating System. Users can use links on the home page to check the status of child support payments, search for and compare ratings on licensed child care facilities, report fraud and download application forms for the Food Stamp Program, the Kinship Care Subsidy Program, the Child Care Assistance Program and more.
Links on the left hand side of the home page help visitors navigate to information in the most popular categories - Assistance, Parenting, Disabilities, DSS for Businesses, and Service Providers - or by visiting individual office sites. A site search also allows users to pinpoint information they are seeking.
In addition, a news center, monthly service statistics and a section featuring quick facts about the agency are available on the main page. The Web Site, which is 508 compliant for those with disabilities, also allows visitors to increase the size of the text and easily use text-to-speech or text-to-Braille software, along with other ease-of-use features.
DSS currently is completing the Web site reorganization and information update. Additional features to be added in the coming months include a section highlighting DSS client success stories, expanded availability of licensing reports, video, and an online initiative featuring Louisiana foster children available for adoption.
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We are converting LC clustering from UDP to TCP locators, on windows 64 bit, we would like to create a service or find an automated way to call the batch files. This will be vital, when many clusters are patched and restarted, as it is redundant to maunally login and start the locators for each server.
We tried configuring a JavaService but, it wouldn't stop the locator successfully. Due to some incompatibility, we get a null pointer class exception. Therefore, I'd like to know if anyone has a similar setup and how you have achieved it.


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Brussels, 20 June 2012
The outermost regions: Commission unveils plan to support jobs and growth
Today the Commission adopts its communication on "The outermost regions of the European Union: towards a partnership for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth", which proposes a renewed strategy for eight regions: the four French overseas departments, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Réunion and Martinique, the overseas Collectivity of St Martin; the Portuguese autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira and the Spanish Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. The aim is to support the outermost regions (OR) realise their potential above all through diversification and modernisation of their economies. This means developing new practices in traditional sectors like agriculture or fisheries and exploiting the potential for developing new products arising from their biodiversity and marine ecosystems, as well as developing their potential as centre for climate and space research, astrophysics and renewable energy. The Communication also sets out how, across a very wide range of sectors, the Commission will be engaged to mitigate their permanent constraints, to ensure their full integration in the single market, and their improved integration in their geographical neighbourhoods.
Johannes Hahn said: "These regions are assets for the EU. Our aim is to help the OR become more self-reliant, economically more robust and better able to create sustainable jobs, to reduce the disparities with other EU regions".
As recognised in Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, important constraints will always remain, such as remoteness from Europe. But a concerted effort to reform, modernise and diversify their economies - which have been heavily affected by the global economic and financial crisis - will be the best way to ensure a more prosperous future for the OR.
"Each OR is different and distinctive ways forward need to be found for each one. The renewed strategy set out here outlines opportunities for all, but each region will need to design its own path to greater prosperity, according to its specific characteristics" the Commissioner added.
The OR have much to offer the European Union. Altogether, 4 million European citizens live in the Outermost Regions. They are located in areas of geostrategic significance for the European Union, and because of their geographical and geomorphological characteristics they are the ideal location for experimentation in a number of fields, such renewable energies, astrophysics and space research. Their biodiversity offers potential in sectors from health to tourism.
This Communication seeks to help the OR find their place in the many initiatives supporting delivery of Europe 2020, with much more comprehensive attention to their situation across the European policy spectrum than in the past.
They will continue to receive support in traditional areas like fishing and agriculture, (high-quality agricultural produce are grown, such as teas, wines, rum, cheeses, fruit, flowers and ornamental plants) but the Communication also sets out how to support maximisation of their potential in new sectors. It points to where they can find help, or where there are opportunities for them in EU policies on research, innovation, entrepreneurship and skills, to support areas as diverse as tourism and space research. The Communication also explains the support available to maintain the OR' special assets through protection of their environments.
The Commission therefore proposes concrete measures in several relevant fields and policies in order to:
All the outlined measures are to be delivered in partnership. The national and regional authorities concerned should maintain strong commitment to maximising the potential of each OR and ensure that national rules and practices are adapted where necessary to reflect the regional needs.
Commissioner Hahn proposes in particular that each OR together with their respective Member State draw up an Action Plan setting out, with targets and milestones, how they intend to implement the Europe 2020 agenda taking account of their individual situations, and the different instruments at their disposal.
Meanwhile, the Commission commits itself to pursue efforts to strengthen the integration of the OR in the single market and in their geographical environment. By the end of 2017 at the latest, the Commission will review implementation of each of the proposed measures.
The Presidents of all outermost regions will gather on the 2nd and 3rd July in Brussels for a forum to discuss a series of topics relevant for their regions, together with the European Commission. A press point will take place on Monday, 2nd July.
The special status of the eight outermost regions is defined by Article 349 of the TFEU, which refers to the disadvantages they face: remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate, and economic dependence on a few products.
Numerous projects supported by the European Union bear witness to the capacity of the OR to specialise in cutting-edge sectors and implement pilot projects that can benefit the Union as a whole. These include, in particular, innovative projects in the fields of:
Energy - the PLOCAN Consortium for experimentation with renewable energies in off-shore facilities off the Canary Islands; and a pilot plant in La Réunion aiming at producing biofuel from algae),
Observation and natural disaster prevention - The Centre of Volcanology and Geological Risk Assessment in the Azores; and the Project CARTAM-SAT in French Guiana, a dynamic mapping of the Amazonian region from satellites;
Sustainable tourism - the Whale Museum and the 3D whale project in Madeira
Agriculture and environment - in Martinique the FIBandCo initiative producing materials from unexploited resources in the cultivation of bananas; and the Phytobôkaz project developing and marketing healthcare products from plants used in Guadeloupian traditional medicine.
For more information:
'The outermost regions of the European Union: towards a strategic partnership for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth'
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — With his administration under fire and his motives questioned this week for suddenly leaving the long-planned Inner Belt Bridge project shortchanged, Gov. John Kasich on Friday fired back.
And the Republican governor aimed his comments at Cleveland-area leaders, who have accused Kasich of deliberately trying to cripple the city's economic development efforts.
"This is, like, a really hard thing for some people to get their arms around. Some people up in Cleveland have said, 'they stole our money,'" Kasich said during a news conference. "It has nothing to do with that, it has to do with the fact that we are short funds."
The governor also said the timing of the Ohio Department of Transportation's announcement on Tuesday that it was running a $1.6 billion deficit for road projects was not a politically calculated move to drum up support for his unpopular Ohio Turnpike leasing idea, as his critics have asserted.
"You won't believe this because a lot of people view this through a political lens, but let me tell you, this was not done as a result of this whole issue of the turnpike," he said.
Yet that didn't stop Kasich from putting another plug in for cashing in on the 241-mile toll road.
"We're sensitive to tolls, we're sensitive to maintenance, we're sensitive to being responsible to the local (turnpike) communities," he said.
"But I've got to tell you, you get a couple billion dollars from either bonding against the revenue stream or you get a couple billion dollars from leasing it for a period of time where we maintain underlying control," he said, then "we have to absolutely look at that."
Kasich also tied the turnpike proposal to the lack of funds for road projects last week during a meeting with Plain Dealer editors and reporters. In discussing the possibilities for the turnpike, he referred to the "tremendous shortfall we anticipate" for road projects.
Gary Suhadolnik, a former executive director of the Ohio Turnpike Commission, has expressed skepticism about Kasich's motives, suggesting that the governor is using an old political ploy to try to force Northeast Ohio leaders who oppose the turnpike leasing idea to flip their opinions.
Suhadolnik, a Republican, recalled serving in the Ohio Senate with Kasich in the early 1980s when both voted against a tax increase supported by then-Gov. Jim Rhodes. Rhodes then applied pressure by saying without the tax hike, college tuition would go up and homes for the mentally disabled would close.
Suhadolnik suspects Kasich is doing the same thing by using the Inner Belt Bridge as his pawn. "This is probably some effort to drum up support for the turnpike," Suhadolnik said on Tuesday.
ODOT's bombshell not only left the second phase of the Inner Belt Bridge facing an indefinite delay but could also stop other projects in Cleveland, like converting the West Shoreway into a boulevard, which could kill plans for a high-end residential development tied to it.
It has all left Cleveland leaders feeling blindsided and angry with the administration and worried over potentially decades-long gridlock that could emerge from a half-completed bridge into the heart of the city.
Previous storiesJan. 18: Lack of money for Cleveland's Inner Belt project could boost Gov. John Kasich's leasing proposal for Ohio Turnpike: Analysis
Jan. 18: Cleveland's business, traffic would suffer if 2nd Inner Belt Bridge is delayed a decade, officials say
Jan. 17: ODOT says money for second Inner Belt Bridge may not come until the 2020s
Dec. 18: State consultants to study option of placing Ohio Turnpike under ODOT control
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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson on Wednesday called it "disrespectful and another example of the disinvestment in Cleveland." City Councilman Matt Zone promised a "firestorm of protest" aimed at the administration.
Kasich said don't blame him -- blame his predecessors who he says falsely promised infrastructure money would be available when they should have known it would not.
"Look, for many, many governors' terms, Ohioans have been misled, plain and simple," Kasich said. "'You want a project, we'll get you a project, don't worry about it.' Well we're $1.6 billion short."
Kasich said he directed ODOT director Jerry Wray to end the charade and he did.
"To just continue to mislead people and say this is going to happen when it is not likely to happen in our lifetime is not right, it's not fair and we're not going to do it anymore," Kasich said.
"This is the reality of the situation," said the frustrated governor. "I thought we should be clear about that because this story has been getting out of control."
While Kasich blamed previous governors for over-promising funds for ODOT projects, it is worth noting that Wray previously served as ODOT's director from 1991 to 1999 under governors George Voinovich and Bob Taft. Also former Gov. Ted Strickland, when he took office in 2007, raised concerns over whether ODOT had enough money to cover planned projects.
Kasich does have one other option. He could call for an increase in the state's gas tax to boost that revenue. The state also receives funding from a federal gas tax.
"I look at this as the perfect poster child and the perfect advertisement for the need to increase the gas tax," Cleveland State University economist Ned Hill said this week. "It is clear that the gas tax has not kept up with the wear and tear of the roads. I understand not wanting to raise taxes, but we need an increase."
Kasich said he has no idea whether the federal government is considering raising the gas tax but he quickly dismissed any thought that the state would.
"We're not raising taxes in Ohio," he said. "We want to be competitive."


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The New Zealand Rugby League team thrashed the Cook Island Rugby League team in a World Cup warm-up match on Sunday at Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster.
The Kiwis comfortably avoided the avoided the fate that befell 3rd-ranked England and 4th-ranked France, who lost to 13th-ranked Italy (15-14) and 12th-ranked USA (22-18), respectively, by pummelling the Cookies 50-0.
Kiwis' hooker Issac Luke was a constant threat from dummy-half, creating arguably the try of the match, by taking a quick penalty tap before scampering 40 meters down field before throwing a long ball out wide to winger Jason Nightingale, who started and finished the scoring for the Kiwis.
The Kiwis always looked in control of the match, by scoring three tries within the first 16 minutes, through Nightingale, giant winger Manu Vatuvei and loose forward Elijah Taylor.
Bryson Goodwin's try in the 32nd minute closed the scoring for the half, and with a Shaun Johnson-goal, the Kiwis were ahead 24-0 at the half.
Cook Island wing Dominique Peyroux was disallowed a try early in the second half, before more misery was compounded on the New Zealand Warriors-winger, when he conceded a penalty try while trying to dislodge the ball in the act of a Dean Whare-try.
Further tries were scored by Johnson, Nightingale, Goodwin and fullback Kevin Locke, to complete the route.
Coach Stephen Kearney told 3 News the warm-up clash would benefit the kiwis, going into their World Cup opener against Samoa in Warrington in a week's time.
"There were parts of our game that were a bit rusty out there, but it was a good start for us," he said.
There were slight changes to the Kiwis starting line-up going into the unofficial test, with Manly Sea Eagles' vice-captain Kieran Foran being drafted into the squad to replace Thomas Leuluai, who was nursing a hamstring problem, while Roosters rookie Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was added to the interchange list before kick-off.
New Zealand 50 - Tries to Jason Nightingale (2), Vatuvei, Taylor, Goodwin (2), Johnson, Locke, penalty try; goals to Johnson (4), Goodwin (2), Locke.
Cook Islands 0
Referee: Phil Bentham
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Design of path alias
Posted 18 July 2011 - 02:26 PM
In Yii 2.0, we plan to use a new format (the old format will no longer be supported). This is based on our 1.x experience and some feature requests.
A general format of Yii 2.0 path alias is: "@rootAlias/path/to/xyz"
For example, @yii/base/Component.php
By calling Yii::setPathOfAlias(), one can register a root alias.
And by calling Yii::getPathOfAlias(), one can convert a path alias into a path with the root alias part replaced with the registered path.
Both of these are similar to Yii 1.x.
The reason we introduce the '@' prefix is because it will allow us to more easily detect if a path is an alias or not.
And by using '/' instead of '.', our path aliases have more freedom to represent a path (previously, one cannot have '.' as a normal char in a path alias).
Moreover, the new path alias format can allow us to represent not only file path, but also URLs.
For example, if we define '@yiiframework' => 'http://yiiframework.com', then '@yiiframework/doc' can be turned into 'http://yiiframework.com/doc'. This should be very useful, I believe.
Your comments and opinions are welcome. Thanks!
Posted 18 July 2011 - 04:10 PM
Posted 18 July 2011 - 04:26 PM
// with clientside.js being the script file $cs->registerScriptFile( Yii::getPathOfAlias('ext.myExt.clientside.js') );
which should be possible with new spec, shouldn't it?
$cs->registerScriptFile( Yii::getPathOfAlias('@ext/myExt/clientside.js') );
Somehow, I don't like the '@'-prefix yet, but maybe I'll get used to it. After all, it's also a visual indication to the programmer, that an alias is being used, which might be a good thing.
Posted 18 July 2011 - 08:09 PM
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Posted 18 July 2011 - 08:54 PM
Yes, it takes some time for us to get used to this new format. This new format is purely out of practical needs, while the old one was mainly trying to emulate java.
In fact, as you will find later, we will make Yii 2.0 more practical and convenient to use. In Yii 1.x, we still have many places which were emulating some other projects without obvious advantages.
Posted 18 July 2011 - 09:50 PM
nothing to add
I like it very much
translate modue - module to handle translations
multiActiveRecord - db selection in models
redisCache - redis cache component
mpCpanel - interact with cpanel api
mUploadify - use uploadify uploader in your application
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Posted 20 July 2011 - 12:46 PM
What is the case when i want to use the url in a path instead than in an application parameter -where i can easily setup my application url paths.
The only case where I would use this approach is if by using Yii::import('@url/class.php'); I could actually include a component from an external repository.
Posted 21 July 2011 - 02:55 PM
qiang, on 18 July 2011 - 02:26 PM, said:
I'm not thrilled about this proposal.
It seems to me, the reason you ran into problems/limitations with the original syntax, is because it was too simple and based on various assumptions about needs. Now you've extended the assumptions to include support for URLs, but it doesn't feel like a great solution to me, because it's still based on assumptions about a limited number of uses.
I like the approach taken by the stream handlers in PHP. Of course, we're not dealing with streams here, but we are dealing with resources, and the Uniform Resource Identifier is the de-facto standard for identifying resources.
You're trying to expand your custom resource-identification scheme to include URLs, which are just one type of URI - this to me is an indication that you're working backwards; from a limited, non-standard scheme, to a single kind of URI, just one of a broad spectrum of resource-types supported by the URI scheme.
It doesn't look to me like you can even fully support URL with this syntax? For instance, '@yiiframework/doc/api/1.1/CAttributeCollection#properties' works for a URL, but won't work for a file path - so you're mixing two different types of "resources" (using one "alias") that are incompatible.
The benefit of URI, is that type of resource is explicit rather than implied - "http://" clearly means it's a web-address, while "mailto:" clearly identifies an email address, and "yii:" clearly defines an entirely different kind of resource.
The interpretation of each kind of URI is well-defined, yet fully flexible.
For example:
echo Yii::getPathOfAlias('yii:base/Component'); // => '/webroot/yii/base/Component.php' echo Yii::getUrlOfAlias('doc:api/1.1/CAttributeCollection'); // => 'http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/api/...' echo Yii::getPathOfAlias('components/MyClass'); // => '/webroot/app/protected/components/MyClass.php'
The last example (with no resource-type at the start) would imply a default resource-type, which might be called 'alias', so it would be the equivalent of, say 'alias:components/MyClass' - which would be interpreted at run-time the way aliases are interpreted now, searching for a root-alias, then a module, etc.
Each type of resource would need a handler of some sort - some handlers may implement an interface that Yii::getPathOfAlias() can use to obtain a path, some may implement an interface that enables Yii::getUrlOfAlias() to obtain a URL, and others might implement who-knows-what.
Providing a lower-level interface like Yii::getResource($uri) would enable you to identify a type of resource at run-time, and enable you to interact with that resource in different ways.
Other example of candidates for resources:
Images - for example, given a URI like 'image:cat.jpg?320x200', Yii::getUrlOfAlias() might give you 'http://site.com/images/resized/cat_320x200.jpg', while Yii::getPathOfAlias() might give you '/webroot/protected/files/images/resized/cat_320x200.jpg'.
Controllers and actions - for example, given a URI like 'app:posts/show/4', Yii::getUrlOfAlias() might give you 'http://site.com/post/4-article-title', while Yii::getPathOfAlias() might give you '/webroot/protected/controllers/PostController.php'.
Just throwing that out there for debate :-)
Posted 21 July 2011 - 03:33 PM
@mindplay: the main reason for this new syntax is not about supporting URL (even though it does so). The idea is very simple: replace the root alias in a path with a predefined prefix. The path can be anything, file path, URL, or anything else, as long as '/' is used as separator and there is a valid root alias. We can find this need in many places. The reason for the '@' character is to differentiate it from non-aliased path.
What you proposed is something different and may probably cause confusion: alias and protocol are two different things. Maybe I don't fully understand you, but I'm a bit confused at what problem you are trying to solve.
Posted 21 July 2011 - 07:24 PM
Maybe it could be a good thing to include validation within and allow multiple insertions with one call :
// throws an error in case is not a valid URL Yii::setPathOfAlias( array('@yiiframework'=>'http://www.yiiframework.com','validator'=>CUrlValidator) );
This way, we could make sure dynamic aliases are valid ones...
Posted 22 July 2011 - 08:47 AM
Antonio Ramirez, on 21 July 2011 - 07:24 PM, said:
// throws an error in case is not a valid URL Yii::setPathOfAlias( array('@yiiframework'=>'http://www.yiiframework.com','validator'=>CUrlValidator) );
This way, we could make sure dynamic aliases are valid ones...
Another requirement surfaces, demonstrating that you are dealing with a type of resource.
@qiang: what I'm suggesting is that your paths and/or aliases are in fact just resource identifiers - some users wish to expand that concept to include URLs, and Antonio here even wishes to validate URLs as an extra means of achieving early failure, something I strongly prefer over late failure, which is much harder to debug.
What I'm suggesting, is that adding support for "@" to disambiguate aliases may be too short-sighted. Next, you'll be adding "#" to disambiguate URLs, and so forth.
Rather than adding one particular, very specific resource-type discriminator in the form of an "@" character, why not take the full plunge and use a standardized resource-identifier format, such as URI?
Instead of "@", use "alias:" which is more concise - and make the alias scheme-interpreter it's own separate entity, so we can expand on the concept as needed, extending or replacing scheme-interpreters and adding new ones if required.
I could write up some stub code if this still doesn't make sense to you.
The idea that "everything is a resource" is the driving force behind REST, and certain interesting frameworks (such as OpenRasta and InfoGrid) build on the concept of resource-identifiers backed by resource-handlers. Everything begins with the URL, which is just another resource.
You may be right to think that this kind of thinking is overly complicated for Yii's needs - I'm not trying to lead a revolution or completely change the idea of Yii, I'm just throwing this thought on the table for discussion... It may have certain useful aspects, or it may not :-)
Posted 16 August 2011 - 03:04 PM
The KISS and Occam's razor principles tell that we should not code something unless we know the reason for it.
Can you provide a few real-life use cases?
qiang, will there be an way to define custom set of aliases in config?
Maybe there should be a callback API, so that mindplay could implement his resource mappng?
Posted 02 September 2011 - 08:23 AM
grigori, on 16 August 2011 - 03:04 PM, said:
The KISS and Occam's razor principles tell that we should not code something unless we know the reason for it.
You're probably right - this is most likely overkill.
I'm just not a fan of overloading methods at run-time - especially with behavior that parses out strings and changes behavior based on some custom string-syntax. It feels dirty. It always makes me think I'm doing something wrong, and I should have solved the problem by designing an API that supports what I'm trying to do, instead of trying to roll it into some existing function by parsing strings. You know what I mean?
Posted 07 September 2011 - 11:19 AM
That said I can't think of any examples of use as it stands.
Posted 08 September 2011 - 07:11 AM
let's hope people will not get confused with forward - backward slash like windows - unix - namespaces - URL imply this differently.
will this work (using custom defined alias inside path)?
Perhaps this is good place also to sum up predefined aliases:
From 1.X ----------- @system: refers to the Yii framework directory; @zii: refers to the Zii library directory; @application: refers to the application base directory; @webroot: refers to the directory containing the entry script file. @ext: refers to the directory containing all third-party extensions.
I suggest adding:
New in 2.X ----------- @writable: refers to private writable area with cache, logs, etc.., currently corresponding to the "runtime"
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If county commissioners approve an additional $26 million, as expected, the job cuts won't be as drastic as what Gorman and the board have been talking about. "We don't want to notify employees that they are losing their jobs, then have to rescind that," Gorman writes. "We don't want to put our employees through any more anxiety than is necessary and we're glad our Board is deferring this vote."
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Dear CMS employees,As we move closer to the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners' vote on county funding for CMS, the situation continues to be very fluid. The county commissioners will vote tomorrow on our funding and this has led to a change in our schedule.Our Board of Education was scheduled to vote tonight on the reduction in force, giving us the authority to move forward on it. But last week's straw votes by the Board of County Commissioners suggest that we may get an additional $26 million over what we originally planned.We don't want to notify employees that they are losing their jobs, then have to rescind that. So instead of voting for the reduction in force at its meeting today, our Board will defer the vote on the reduction in force until Wednesday. By then, we expect to know for certain what our county funding will be.We don't want to put our employees through any more anxiety than is necessary and we're glad our Board is deferring this vote. The past three years have been so difficult for all CMS employees, our students and their families -- and this year in particular has been hard because we're closing some schools. So it seems wise to wait and see what our county funding will be. Our Board will meet in a special open session at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.The county vote will resolve some of the uncertainty for all of us. We are still waiting on a budget from the state, of course, so we don't know our full budget yet. But we are hoping that we'll get some good news from the county tomorrow night.We'll continue to keep you posted as events occur.PetePeter C. GormanSuperintendentGovernment Center600 East 4th StreetCharlotte, NC 28202980-343-6270 -- phone980-343-7135 -- fax


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Richard Johnson of Sault Ste. Marie passed away at War Memorial Hospital on Dec. 10, 2012. He was born in Marquette on Aug. 13, 1928 to Albin and Anna Johnson. Richard loved dancing, watching the Tigers, Red Wings and Lions. He was a veteran of the armed forces of The United States. Richard was also an avid gardener and won the Garden of the Year twice. Richard was a member of Faith Lutheran Church and the Masons.
Richard was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Dorothy May, in 2008. He was also preceded in death by his siblings.
Surviving Mr. Johnson are his daughter Debrah (Billy) Norton of Sault Ste. Marie, granddaughter Linnea (Joe) Kelly, great-granddaughters Aurora and Alexis Kelly and great-grandson Joseph Kelly.
Visitation will be held at Faith Lutheran Church on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 from 1-2 p.m. Funeral and Masonic services will be at Faith Lutheran Church on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 at 2 p.m. with Reverend Barry Lavine officiating. Memorials may be left to Faith Lutheran Church or Hospice of EUP. Arrangements are in the care of Hovie Funeral Home.
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Phyllis M. Ahlich, 87 of St. Ignace passed away early Sunday morning, Dec. 9 at Tendercare in Sault Ste. Marie following a brief illness. She was born Dec. 22, 1924 in Lakefield Township, Luce County, to William and Ada (French) Ney. She graduated from LaSalle High School in 1942 and married Dell F. Ahlich at St. Bernard of Clairvaux in Detroit on Sept. 30, 1944, and he died Jan. 27, 2008. They lived in St. Ignace many years, and also lived in Trout Lake from 1985 to 2006 then moving back to St. Ignace. They had wintered in Florida for 16 years after retirement. She was a member of St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, St. Anns Altar Society, and American Legion Auxilary, and formerly a member of the Women of the Moose.
Phyllis was a dedicated and loving mother. who, to her final days, always put family first before self. She will be greatly missed by her family and many friends. Phyllis and Dell loved St. Ignace and its people. They loved getting out and about town where their smiling faces were a familiar sight, and friendly dispositions a welcome to any gathering.
She is survived by sons Mark of Kenner, La., Frank (Sally) of St. Ignace, Jim of St. Ignace and Bill (Rickie) of Trout Lake; daughters Carol Haege of Petoskey, Nancy (Conrad) English of Elk Rapids and Barbara Crosby of St. Ignace; sisters Paula Cronan of St. Ignace and Carol and Floyd Howdyshell of Ithaca; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death besides her husband a son, Dell Jr. in 1954, a grandson Daniel Crosby in 2004, and a granddaughter Sandra Kay in 1975, sisters Delta Perry and Muriel Painter, and brothers Guy, Elmer, Donald, Earl, Harold, Gerald, William and Kenneth Ney, and her in-laws Frank and Lucille Ahlich.
Memorial services for Phyllis will take place Saturday, Dec. 15 at noon at Dodson Funeral Home with Fr. Pawel Mecwel officiating. Visitation will be from 10 a.m.-noon. Burial will be in Lakeside Cemetery in the spring beside her husband. Also, visit with family and friends on Saturday from 4-7 p.m. at Timmy Lees on U.S. Highway 2, Moran Township. Memorials may be directed to St. Ignace Hope Chest with envelopes available from Dodson Funeral Home, 240 McCann Street, St. Ignace who assisted the family with arrangements.
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Our beloved ma/granny Geraldine "Gerry" McGill, age 85, of Sault Ste. Marie, passed away Monday afternoon, Dec, 10, 2012 at War Memorial Hospital.
Gerry was born on March 7, 1927 in Munising to the late Joseph and Hazel (Wilderspin) Myrick. She married Gordon Edward McGill on Sept. 7, 1947 in Sault Ste. Marie. She was a member of VFW Post No. 3676 Auxillary. Gerry enjoyed shopping with her friend Dorothy Allen, watching golf, and collecting anything to do with frogs. Right up to this year, she stacked and carried her own wood to keep her house warm. Gerry loved spending time with her family, and caring for her great grandchildren. She also loved drinking coffee and visiting with her longtime friend and neighbor Elsie Klier. She was known for being feisty and having a quick sense of humor.
Gerry is survived by three children: Harris (Debbie) McGill and Chuck (Cheryl) McGill both of the Sault Ste. Marie, and Maggie (Clinton) Clegg of Pickford; five grandchildren: Don Buhro, Jen Groover, Amy McGill, Heather Timony and Chris Timony; three great-grandchildren: Garrett Groover, Maisie Buhro and Tommy Buhro; and three sisters: Barb Huttenen of Sault Ste. Marie, Nancy Campbell of Gladstone and Gail (Jack) Comerer of Pingree Grove, Ill.
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- Electronic dance music has emerged from underground scene to become worldwide phenomenon
- Low cost technology has allowed DJ/producers to build brands without help from major labels
- Their success has led to a shake up of music industry
Electronic dance music was once an underground genre, but its high-energy rhythms and thundering basslines have now exploded into the mainstream.
Its success has made global superstars of DJs who began mixing beats in their bedrooms, and generated revenues that defy the current music industry downturn.
Acts like David Guetta, Tiesto, Swedish House Mafia or Deadmau5 are now household names, adored by millions, and their homegrown success has made the major labels sit up, take notice and even adopt radical new business models.
If further proof was needed that electronic dance music, or EDM as it is more commonly known, is no longer on the margins, this years Grammys saw DJ/Producer Skrillex walk away with three awards and a nomination as "best new artist."
Such is EDM's popularity that more than 250,000 fans and professionals descended for two EDM events in Miami this month -- the Winter Music Conference and the Ultra Music Festival. Even Madonna made a surprise appearance, joining Swedish Producer and DJ Avicii to showcase his remix of "Girl Gone Wild", a single from her upcoming MDNA album.
"Dance music has always been around but I really feel that this time it had absolutely crossed over the line and permeated popular culture, and when it gets into popular culture that's when these types of things happen with music," Glenn Mendlinger, managing director of EMI's dance music label Astralwerks, told CNN.
Mendlinger credits DJ David Guetta, among EMI's roster of stars, with playing a major role in bringing EDM to the American mainstream by breaking down musical boundaries. His collaborations with Rihanna, Snoop Dogg, Black Eyed Peas and others have all risen to the top of the charts.
"I remember having a meeting with David Guetta in Paris ... and he explained his mission statement to me. He wanted to cross urban cross-over music with dance music," he said.
The formula appears to have worked. Among the music executives and artists -- including Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Avicii, Dada Life -- converging in Miami this month, there was agreement that the genre had finally come of age.
"It's getting bigger and bigger and here in the States it has become the genre of 'now'... of course it will have its moments when its more popular or less popular -- just like rock music or hip hop -- but there will always be dance music," said Tiesto, a Dutch music producer and DJ who is now one of EDM's biggest names.
The success of EDM comes against a backdrop of decline in the music industry -- the internet has caused a decline in physical record sales that has not been replaced by digital demand. So how has it managed to flourish?
Prior to the digital era, the high cost of recording, distributing and promoting acts meant that without support from a major label, it was difficult for individual artists to become successful.
Key to EDM's success has been new low-cost technology enabling high quality music to be recorded as easily in a bedroom as a state-of-the-art studio and giving rise to a new generation of DJ/producers.
"Ten years ago you needed access to a half-a-million dollar studio to make a track, now all you need is a program that costs $250 -- every 15 year old kid can make a huge hit right now," Tiesto told CNN. The other benefit of this is that DJs are never in short supply of fresh material to mix into their sets.
Tech-savvy EDM labels have also been quick to leverage social media, using platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube as a means of building awareness and a relationship with their fans, says Tiesto.
"Television and media used to control what we were listening to, radio stations programmed what we were listening to... but nowadays people listen to what their friends are listening to, and through Facebook and Twitter it is so much easier to share music, it's so accessible to everybody and that is why I think EDM became so popular."
These techniques have allowed Armada Music, an independent Dutch label established in 2003, to grow into one of EDM's biggest powerhouses.
"From the outset, Armada was focused on digital," said Maykel Piron, who co-founded the label with David Lewis and superstar trance DJ/producer Armin van Buuren. "While other labels were still focusing on physical record sales, we were focused on online consumption of our artists' music."
Piron said making music available online was often more about building awareness than profit. "At first I was hesitant about putting Armada artists' music on YouTube and making it available [for free] ... but today we create 2.4 million daily views ... so that's a great reach and I'm pretty sure that because we have that reach we sell better on iTunes."
Another key promotional tool for EDM artists have been weekly radio shows. Most episodes of these are syndicated to local radio stations worldwide and are also available for free download.
"I started the radio show out of the belief in using radio as a means to spread dance music -- the love for dance music around the world," said van Buuren, whose "A State of Trance" was one of this new breed of radio shows.
With more than 10 million listeners every week, van Buuren has managed to create a major brand around his show.
Many of EDM's biggest names -- including Armin Van Buuren, Tiesto, members of the Swedish House Mafia and Deadmau5 -- are able to leverage their brand into further revenue opportunities and use it as a platform to promote and support other artists.
"[Branding] opens the doors for major sponsors from around the world and now corporate America [that] see the possibilities [to access specific audience segments]...therefore generat[ing] more funds [for artists] so that we can do bigger and reach bigger audiences,"adds van Buuren.
Many of the biggest EDM names have developed their brands in-house without assistance from major labels, giving them in a strong hand when making deals with music industry players.
This has led to the creation of so-called "360 deals" or joint ventures under which major labels help fund an artist's marketing and tours in return for a percentage of income from all revenue streams.
"From the label perspective it opens up a whole other gamut of people and places to market to ... we will add value to whatever type of artist agreement and if we are in fact involved in merchandising in live and touring and other pieces of that artist's business," says Mendlinger
Live performances are the main revenue source for EDM artists, with some playing more than 250 shows a year, from small, underground venues to music festivals such as Ultra where hundreds of thousands of people pay up to $299 a-head.
Tiesto, a pioneering "arena DJ," says his fans get their value for money.
"Most people went to dance shows but it was basically a table and a DJ playing and not really a spectacular thing," he said.
"I brought the whole production with the effects -- the best sound, the best lighting to blow the fans away."


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