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(NEWSER) – The latest video in Dove's "Real Beauty" campaign featured women describing themselves to an unseen forensic sketch artist, who drew them as they were described by themselves and then as they were described by a stranger. The sketches based on the stranger's description turned out more attractive, hence Dove's message: "You are more beautiful than you think." But asScientific American explains, Dove is just plain wrong, and science proves it.


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Mark Highton Ridley is a highly skilled and creative photographer.
He has had work published in Photo magazines, and the BBC has frequently shown his work as well.
His quirky style and aspects of capturing things around has always drawn me to him.
I love the way he can take ordinary scenes and make them extraordinary; he has the ability and skill to apply new perspective to standard images. In other words he manages to add something new to the Contemporary Fine Art Photography.
His photos sometimes incorporate a deep insight, and are many
potentially expressive shots. He's mainly a Black &White photographer , but his photography approach go artistically further than that.
Here's a well-rounded set of pieces that would make any house feel happy.
Here's a an inspiring shot from his last trip to Athens, Greece in April 2010.
I loved his idea of making this in artefact; What I love about this picture is the fact that he gave this shot a treatment that would be dramatically extraordinary. It surely looks like it's made of glass. Don't you think?
Twisting it to a whole different perspective can be amazing!
Who says photography is limited to what a standard frame one can see.
What a terrific idea for holiday cards and gifts this year as well! :)
Some art is worthwhile because is too beautiful!
My darlings, I hope you have a wonderful weekend! xx
(Photos via Highton-Ridley~Fine Art Photography)

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Texas Woman's University Staff Handbook
Employee Benefits: Group Insurance
Effective September 1, 1992, all state employees, except UT and TX A & M, became part of a state wide insurance program. TWU's insurance programs are administered through the Employee's Retirement System (ERS) of Texas.
All regular employees are eligible to participate in the Group Benefit Plan (GBP). A student employee who receives compensation for services rendered to the University pursuant to a payroll certified by the institution that as a condition of employment requires the employee to be enrolled as a student in graduate level courses and who is employed at least 20 hours per week for a full semester or at least 4 1/2 months are eligible for the GBP and must complete paperwork within 31 days of employment to be covered. New employees have thirty-one days from their date of staff/faculty employment in which to select insurance coverage for themselves and eligible dependents without having to satisfy evidence of insurability. Otherwise, employees must wait until the insurance coverage is offered during a later enrollment period, may have to satisfy evidence of insurability, and/or may be subject to limitations or waiting periods. There is a 90-day waiting period before the health insurance goes into affect. The optional coverage are affective the 1st of the month following election.
In accordance with Texas Law, the University will contribute toward the cost of the employee's insurance coverage (100% FTE = 100% state contribution; 50% to 99.9% FTE = 50% state contribution). Employees should be aware that a leave without pay status may require the state contribution to be suspended causing the employee to pay the entire premium in order to maintain coverage.
The following programs are available on an optional basis. Policy provisions are subject to change when contracts are renegotiated. Optional coverage do NOT require participation in HealthSelect (i.e., you may elect to waive the health coverage, but enroll in any of the optional coverage).
Group Medical: The State's group medical plan is called HealthSelect. HealthSelect is self-administered through the Employees Retirement System of Texas. Claims are paid through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. HealthSelect provides hospital, surgical, medical, supplemental, accidental, prescription, and maternity benefits. The HealthSelect medical plan automatically provides $5,000 term life coverage with $5,000 accidental death and dismemberment coverage for the employee. Coverage under the group insurance plans are subject to change.
Term Life: Regular employees may elect to participate in an optional term life and accidental death and dismemberment policy. Coverage is available in an amount equal to one, two, three or four times the annual salary rounded to the next thousand dollars (new employees can enroll within 30 days in one or two times their annual salary without proving eligibility; for three or four times their annual salary, the employee has to prove insurability).
Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability: Regular employees may purchase short-term disability coverage, long-term disability or both coverage. Short-term disability pays a monthly benefit up to five months. Long-term disability pays a monthly benefit for the duration of total disability or until age 65.
Benefits provided by long-term disability will be reduced by income received from other sources, such as social security, workers compensation, or the retirement plan disability benefits.
Dependent Term Life: All regular employees are eligible to participate in the University's dependent term life program. Term life coverage is available for the employee's eligible spouse and children.
Accidental Death and Dismemberment: This coverage is available to regular employees. Coverage is available from $10,000 up to $200,000 in increments of $5,000.
Dental Insurance: Regular employees may participate in one of the group dental plans (Indemnity or DMO).
Insurance Program for Retirees: Upon retirement from the University, a regular employee shall be eligible to continue membership in the medical and life insurance program of retired employees provided:
1. The employee has a minimum of ten years' creditable state service, and
2. The employee is eligible to receive a retirement benefit from the Teacher Retirement
System or from the Optional Retirement Program (and is age 65 or meets the Rule
of 80).
3. The employee was eligible for the Group Benefits Plan (GBP), during the ten years
of service credit, as an employee at a state agency or institution of higher education
that participates in the GBP.
The University will continue the state contribution toward the premiums for the retiree's insurance with the retiree paying any excess premium.
Retired employees who do not enroll themselves and/or eligible dependents in the retired employees' insurance program within 31 days of retirement will be required to provide evidence of insurability prior to enrollment, if they wish to enroll later and a 90-day waiting period will be applied.
The surviving spouse and eligible dependents of a retired employee shall be eligible to continue medical insurance coverage upon the death of a covered employee. The surviving spouse is not eligible for the state contribution. For additional information visit the ERS web site.
Flexible Spending Account: TexFlex is available to regular employees. Employees may elect to set aside specified dollar amounts for a specified plan year and receive reimbursement from that amount for health care expenses, not covered by insurance, or dependent care expenses.
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Over the last 10 years, Lacy English has transformed the ranch-style house at 415 W. Highland Ave. into a mid-century modern showcase, inside and out.
Tiered concrete slabs greet guests to the 1,800-square-foot home, which is washed in "elephant gray." Inside the textured glass front door is the living area featuring a collection of modern and contemporary furnishings, including an Eames lounge chair and Noguchi cocktail table.
Large glass sliders open to a patio and lawn courtyard surrounded by the U-shaped layout of the house. Two bedrooms and two baths occupy one side, while the kitchen, breakfast area, breezeway/patio and two-car garage are in the other wing.
Interior wood doors have multiple horizontal glass panels and floor is wood except for in the kitchen, which is alternating black and white tiles. Kitchen cabinets are original to the house, but feature fresh paint, new hardware and counters made of black granite tiles.
The guest bath features marble flooring, shower, and counters plus a basalt (stone) sink basin. Ceramic tile is in the master bedroom's bath.
Outside, the landscaping continues the modern theme. The driveway is a mix of concrete strips and turf, as is the path from the garage the front of the house. Custom metal gates for the backyard and waste can storage area are reminiscent of a Frank Lloyd Wright design.
"I'm thrilled to be here in this property," said English.
The Y Home Tour is from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 2, and all proceeds support the YMCA of the East Valley Legal Aid program, which provides low-cost legal services primarily to women and families in domestic matters. The demand for these services has quadrupled since 1999.
Tickets for the tour are available online at www.ymcaeastvalley.org, by phone at 909-798-9622 and at the three YMCA branches:
Redlands: 500 East Citrus Ave.
Highland: 7793 Central Ave.
San Bernardino: 808 E. 21st St.
Cost is $25 for advance tickets, $30 on the day of the tour, and $65 for the patron package which includes the tour, brunch and VIP home access. Opportunity drawing tickets for holiday baskets donated by local businesses are also available for $1 each or 15 for $10.
Drawings will be held at the close of the home tour and winners need not be present.
The YMCA is also again hosting its holiday boutique and pantry from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 1 and 2 in the Roy Coble Gym at the Redlands location, 500 Citrus Ave. Entrance to the boutique and pantry are free.


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Still Should've Gone to Jail
Here's Chris Brown's diploma for passing a 52 week domestic violence course which he felt the need to post to Twitter. Although, to his credit, at least he didn't write, "I punched Rihanna in the face and all I got was a lousy piece of paper," but this came close:
i have enough self respect and decency to be proud of accomplishing this DV class.. Boyz run from there mistakes.. Men learn from them!!!thx
Oh, good, Chris Brown has enough "self respect and decency" to openly pat himself on the back for passing a slap-on-the-wrist workshop after biting a woman's neck while beating her to a pulp. And people say there's a shortage of role models out there. What now, bitches?
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San Bernardino County firefighters put out a car fire on Highway 330 near Big Bear Lake on Saturday morning that had caused a traffic back-up.
The fire was not related to the manhunt for alleged killer Christopher Dorner in that area, said dispatch supervisor Kristen Anderson. "There was nothing too exciting about it," Anderson said. "We got it out with no problem." The Ford Explorer was in the northbound lane about 25 miles south of Big Bear Lake when it caught fire about 9 a.m., she said, and was extinguished 50 minutes later.


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Best Of :: Arts & Entertainment
Using an all white-set and a series of mobile screens, Becker created an ever-shifting fun house of mobile space, a perfect setting for Lee Blessing's elusive, dreamlike comedy that offered director Michael Bigelow Dixon plenty of staging opportunities. The space allowed the play itself to expand into the marvelous production that it was. If you wanted to see how it's done, this was the perfect learning ground.
The Lincoln Theatre is intimate enough that everyone in the audience can watch artistic director Michael Tilson Thomas's expressions -- they tell the story. His enthusiasm and excitement about music are written all over his face, as when he introduced an evening of works by Soviet-era composers, part of the contemporary-music series he has put together for his youthful orchestra called Sounds of the Times. So you get lucky with a Shostakovich or two from a big, conservative orchestra. But three twentieth-century Russians in one evening? The series opened with a visiting conductor, Reinbert de Leeuw, who led the symphony through four modern French compositions, though Thomas's ardor for new music was clearly present. Then we had American Lukas Foss conducting his own work on his 80th birthday. Great stuff, but you don't have to wait for a special series like this one to come around. All season the orchestra plays fresh and fascinating concerts, from Mahler and Hindemith to Weber and Britten. Okay, so NWS has the dedicated funding that frees it from having to do Beethoven on the beach -- or anywhere else -- to stay in business. Still the mind for programming a gem like Sounds of the Times is rare, and Miami is lucky to have it. With visionary Thomas holding the baton we surely will be treated to more.
It seems shortsighted to begrudge the rain in a year following such a serious drought, but if the rain had to fall so infrequently, why did it always seem to pour on the Rhythm Foundation's outdoor summer concerts? Colombia's vallenato king, accordionist Alvaro Meza, was completely washed out of the 73rd Street bandshell and showers kept crowds away from a cardiac arrest-inducing performance by Congolese soukous star Diblo Dibala. And the elements had nothing to do with the terrible events of September 11, the global reverberations of which kept Senegal's superhero Youssou N'Dour not just off the stage at Level but away from our shores. Yet all was glory on the cloudless night when saxophonist Paulo Moura performed the old-time Brazilian ballroom music gafieira beneath the stars. And when the Rhythm Foundation teamed up with the Miami Light Project to bring Los Muñequitos de Matanzas to Miami for the first time in the Cuban folkloric institution's 50-year career, there was no greater pleasure to be found in this world or any other. Which just goes to show that the Rhythm Foundation can do more in a couple of shows than most presenters can manage in a full season.
She first dazzled the world, or at least her fifth-grade class, with her rendition of "Be a Lion" in an elementary school production of The Wiz. That might explain her courage. After scoring as a dance diva with "Miracle" in 1998, Henry has opted for a much more challenging career built not on the beat but on the shades of emotion the trained actress turned singer casts with her voice. As a songwriter -- even after September 11 -- Henry is not afraid to remind us of trouble in the home of the brave with her sizzling "Red, White, and Blues." Nor is she timid about identifying with the lowest of the low-down, looking at life "through the bottom of a bottle" in the heart-wrenching "Just Like Me." Henry is even a bit of a lioness when she performs standards, songs that before hearing her fearless reconstructions, we thought we knew. In her smoke and honey tones, "Georgia on My Mind" is all hazy afternoon seduction; John Lennon's "Imagine" is a Delta anthem; and an unplugged take on disco ditty "Bad Girls" is deeper than Donna Summer ever dreamed. Buoyed by the guitar wizardry of co-writer, collaborator, and straight man Lou Duzin, the visually and aurally striking Henry is the complete package: brash, brainy, brawny, beautiful.
The Lincoln Theatre is best known as the home of the New World Symphony (NWS), Michael Tilson Thomas's "training" outfit, who regularly blow their older Philharmonic peers out of the water. But as anyone knows who's caught a concert here when musicians of the NWS have hung their strings up for the night, the Lincoln is one of Miami's premier concert spots -- period. With stellar acoustics, comfortable seats, excellent sightlines, and a residual classical vibe that's stately without being stuffy, the Lincoln has provided a welcome home to visiting musicians as varied as Panamanian jazz pianist Danilo Perez and Cuban balladeers Los Fakires. The lack of live music venues is a continual local refrain -- here's hoping the Lincoln's management takes advantage of the NWS's summer hiatus to keep picking up the slack.
Guitarist Josh Sonntag and singer-songwriter Catty Tasso make for the perfect rock-and-roll marriage -- literally. When Tasso advertised for an axe man on a Guitar Center bulletin board in 1999, Sonntag offered her not only a pair of the best plucking hands in town but also his hand in matrimony. The happy ending is Moxi, a band that weds Tasso's hard-hitting rasp to Sonntag's sophisticated stylings in a refreshing brand of intelligent yet accessible rock. With drummer Frankie Martinez and bassist Raul Ramirez as attendants, the pair has been further blessed by the extracurricular participation of Estefan Enterprises young-gun producer Sebastian Krys, who takes a break from pop-polish to deliver Moxi's self-titled debut CD with powerful punch. Moxi captures the burning intensity of the band's live shows, where Tasso's voice breaks in perfect union with Sonntag's guitar mastery. Distributed across the Americas by indie enabler DLN and supported by an upcoming tour, Moxi may make this our last chance to hail Moxi as a local band. Mazel tov.
BEST STAGE DESIGN: Victor Becker
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- There were two major topics of conversation after Browns practice -- Robert Griffin III, and America's most-watched knee.
The playing status of Washington's exciting rookie quarterback was on everyone's mind as the Browns (5-8) began their practice week for the Redskins (7-6) on Sunday. Griffin sustained a sprained right knee three days ago against Baltimore, and it's not yet known if he will be able to start this week. Griffin practiced Wednesday and the Browns believe he will start an important game for both teams.
Browns linebacker D'Qwell Jackson said the team is "preparing for (Griffin) to play."
Coach Pat Shurmur says his team will be ready to face Griffin or his backup, Kirk Cousins, who came off the bench and led the Redskins to an overtime win over the Ravens.
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Oral board information sessions are being offered to candidates who participated in the October 2013 written examination to assist in preparing for the oral board examinations. These sessions are meant to provide an overview of the oral board interview procedures that will be used and a review of methods for preparing yourself for the interview.
Each session covers the same material and will last approximately one and a half hours. There is no cost for attending an orientation session.
These sessions will be offered on the dates and times indicated below. Please note that each session will be on a space available, first-come first-serve basis. There will be no pre-registration. (If you have questions regarding the sessions, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (206) 615-0581 – before calling or emailing with questions, be certain you have carefully read the information provided here.)
Candidates who are unable to attend an information session may wish to review the handouts to be used for the sessions: Oral Board Orientation Session Handouts.
Candidates should check this Web page for any changes before each session.
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A young woman's death is covered up, and Sidney and Geordie try to hold those responsible accountable for their actions. Friday, July 21 at 8 PM
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The unemployment rate is now the lowest it's been in more than a decade.
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text: The Greek and Roman classics have always been a vital part of Bowdoin's liberal arts tradition. Bowdoin's classics department offers three majors, providing the opportunity for students to focus their program on language and literature, on classical archaeology, or on the classical civilizations from a historical and cultural perspective. Since the nature of all three majors is interdisciplinary, all students are encouraged to include courses on literature, religion, history, philosophy, art, architecture, science, politics, and daily life in the ancient world in their programs of study. The classics program is designed to accommodate both students who have not studied classical languages and those who have had extensive training in Latin or Greek. The goal of the classics major is the study of ancient languages and literatures in the original, involving students in the politics, history, and philosophies of antiquity. Advanced language courses focus on the analysis of textual material and on literary criticism. The classical studies major provides a useful foundation for students who seek a multi-disciplinary view of the ancient world. This major combines coursework in an ancient language with classes that explore the culture, history, and traditions of the ancient Mediterranean. Alumni Prizes Student Prizes in Latin and Greek » Summer Grants New! Apply for a summer academic experience through the Classics department>>


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Part of the Jackson watch rang from Hugo Boss, this men's Hugo Boss 1513459 watch is made with stainless steel and has a quartz movement. With a silver metal bracelet and dial. The Hugo Boss Jackson watch 1513459 is available from Hillier Jewellers with a two-year warranty along with Hugo Boss Watch gift box.
Hugo Boss was founded in 1924 and it is a luxury fashion brand based in Metzingen, Germany and here at Hillier Jewellers we are proud to offer you this fantastic brand. Hugo Boss is a global fashion brand that has built up a well-respected reputation in the fashion industry for providing high quality and extremely desirable items.
Hugo Boss is unique in comparison to other fashion brands as they provide many collections from their designer label which include; Boss Black, Boss Orange, Boss Selection, Boss Green, Hugo, Hugo Boss and many more. Each of the Hugo Boss collections consist of everything from clothing, footwear, accessories, children's wear, fragrances, jewellery and watches.
Here at Hillier Jewellers we offer a fantastic selection of Hugo Boss watches which are available in a fantastic selection of metals, materials, styles, colours and prices to ensure you can find the perfect watch for you or as a gift for a loved one. Some of the materials available from the selection of watches by Hugo Boss include; leather, rose gold, rubber, silver plated, stainless steel and many more. There is also a selection of dial colours to choose from which varies from colours including; black, blue, red, silver and white.
All of the fantastic designer watches by Hugo Boss will suit many smart and casual occasions as their sophisticated and luxury designs are created to ensure they can worn for day to night use. Hugo Boss guarantee on the best craftsmanship that goes into each of their designs which is why they are such an excellent brand to choose.
There are also many other designer brands available for you to choose from which include Tissot, Ice-Watch, TW Steel and many more to ensure you can find the most amazing collections of jewellery and watches.
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We endeavour to process all orders placed before 2:00pm on the same day, however we cannot always guarantee this. Occasionally orders received after 2:00pm will be processed for same day dispatch. Orders received after 2:00pm on Friday will not be processed until the following Monday as we do not have a Royal Mail collection on a Saturday. If you'd like your order to be dispatched on a specific day then please contact our customer support. Orders for special event days such as Valentines, Easter and Mothers Day need to be placed up to 3 working days prior to the required delivery date.
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All orders placed from outside of the UK are sent at the discretion of hillier jeweller. If we receive an appropriate authorisation from the issuing bank of the credit/debit card used, then we will have no problem in dispatching an order. If, however, we cannot receive appropriate authorisation, your order will be cancelled & you will be notified immediately.
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Order No. 2508, as amended (14 F. R. 258; 16 F. R. 473, 11620, 11974; 17 F. R. 1570, 6418; 19 F. R. 34, 1123, 4585), is further amended as follows, to authorize the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to exercise the authority of the Secretary in relation to the classes of matters indicated.
1. Two new paragraphs designated (x) and (y) and reading as follows are added to section 11 Funds and fiscal matters:
(x) The payment of salaries and expenses of officials or representatives of the Fort Peck Tribes and the determination of the length of stay of representatives of the tribes at the seat of government, as well as the advance to the tribes and the approval of the expenditure of tribal funds for such other purposes as may be designated by the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board pursuant to the act of June 29, 1954 (68 Stat. 329).
(y) The approval of partial releases and satisfactions of mortgages given as security for loans from the United States made pursuant to 25 CFR Part 21.
2. Paragraph (o) of section 13 Lands and minerals is amended to read as follows:
(o) The approval of rights-of-way pursuant to 25 CFR Part 256. This authority extends to and includes the issuance of advance authority for preliminary surveys and permission to begin construction prior to final approval of the rights-of-way.
3. A new section 24 reading as follows, is added:
Lease of space, Navajo. The procurement by lease for terms not in excess of 5 years, in accordance with section 3 of the act of August 27, 1935, as amended (40 U.S.C. 304c), and subject to the conditions imposed by the Administrator of General Services in his order of June 3, 1954 (19 F. R. 3361), of the necessary space and facilities in the towns and cities of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah surrounding the Navajo Reservation, in connection with the schooling of Navajo children.
4. Section 25 is amended to read as follows:
Redelegation. (a) The Commismissioner of Indian Affairs may, in writing, redelegate to any officer or employee of the Bureau of Indian Affairs any authority delegated to him by this order or by the regulations in 25 CFR, and he may authorize written redelegations of any such authority.
5. A new section 29 reading as follows, is added after section 28:
Authority in 25 CFR. The Commissioner may exercise any authority delegated to his subordinates by the regulations in 25 CFR.
6. Paragraph (a) of section 100 Revocation; saving clause, is amended to read as follows:
(a) This order supersedes Subpart J—Bureau of Indian Affairs, of Part 4, Title 43, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended (Orders Nos. 2161, 2252, 2311, 2326, 2335, 2356), Orders Nos. 341, 1996 (9 F. R.. 12422), 2466, 2502 (13 F. R. 8718), and 2760 (19 F. R. 3448).
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After all this time doing PHP it never occured to me that the following is perfectly valid:
CLASS testClass{
public $attribute;
public $attribute2=10;
function testClass($a){
} function flag(){
function out(){
echo $this->undeclared=$a;
$b=new testClass(5);
This is just as valid tho extremely more risky if you dont keep track of your own code...
CLASS testClass{
public $attribute; // this is what I am referring to when I say "declaring"
public $attribute2=10; // this is what I am referring to when I say "declaring"
function out(){
echo $this->undeclared=$a;
$b=new testClass();
My question is... other than "organizational" value, what is the real point/benefit to declaring public properties when creating a class when, essentially, you can create them at any point in the code, in same way you would create regular variables (except with $instanceName-> or $this-> preceding the variable). It would seem that there are even some uses to NOT declaring public variables at times. Example , you can tell if the flag function has been called at least once in any particular instance with isset($this->flag).
Am I some how way of the mark here? I would love to hear the opinion of he forum experts on this topic.
Come back to the code in a month a see if you remember what every undeclared property is for.Maintaince, maintaince...
Yes i can see the issue there.
But I guess the point I was trying to bring up is that I thought you couldn't have a $this->variablename w/o having a var variableName. In other words, that the properties of an object were immutable and set at the declaration level. When in fact an object can contain, inadvertently or not, more properties than its creator originally intended. (whether this can be harnessed or not is yet another matter)
Using undeclared properties in a class is generally a bad idea. You sometimes hear people talk about __SET() and __GET() magic methods. Try going through an application that uses magic all over and say write tests for troublesome methods. It can be really messy when it is so much clearer and explicit to declare your properties.
This $this->undeclared=$a; invokes the magic __SET() method.
Magic methods in classes are very heavily setter/getter based these magic methods can be used without too much trouble, but they should be used with caution.
This $this->undeclared=$a; invokes the magic __SET() method.
Even if __SET() is not a function in the class?
Please note that am NOT TRYING to set undeclared properties, I did it by accident and noticed that the the code compiled and functioned fine. It seemes to me that public properties actually behave much like regular variables do outside and can be initially set at any point in the code.... or even from an instance of an object ( for that specific object).
So I guess what I am asking you is is what is happening is this? Remember my classes do not explicitly contain a _SET() function.
1) an undeclared property is set.2) An exception is thrown because this is not actually allowable in PHP3) BUT _SET() is automatically invoked ( I guess by the compiler, since I didn't code the function into my code)4) _SET creates the property as describes and all appears well?
The undeclared property will issue a warning but will still work in php 5.2x. The way I understood it from talk that the php.net team did, was that undeclared variables use the same hooks as __SET() do and issues it like a __SET() would. So PHP is being forgiving in this instance. In php 5.3 this does not work any longer and throws a fatal exception. In php 5.3 you must declare a property or explicity use __SET() to declare or set a value for a object's property. While using php 5.2x then it is recommended as logic_earth indicated for maintenance and in addition not having to deal with warnings. In 5.2x use of __SET() is implicit so no warning is issued.
You can also read this over at PHP freaks with someone that had a similar question
Thanks Steve, That makes a lot of sense. In fact I was using PHP5.2.6; should have mentioned it from the start, sorry. As I said earlier creating a property on the fly is not something I would normally do, so I was surprised when I saw that I could "get way with it" . Thanks again for the clarification.
I'm not sure where you got that from, could you give an example? Maybe I'm misunderstanding your post. (:
Hi Salthe,
I was referring to Dresden's example where he can do this
CLASS testClass{
public $attribute; // this is what I am referring to when I say "declaring"
public $attribute2=10; // this is what I am referring to when I say "declaring"
function out(){
echo $this->undeclared=$a;
$b=new testClass();
On my servers I now use PHP 5.3.3 and it will not let me run this without throwing a fatal exception; however I have one VM running PHP 5.2.6 and I can run this, but when I set error report to ALL it provides "Warning (3 Items) Access to undeclared property 'undeclared'.
I do have a test page which I do have register to a custom error handler and I quickly checked to see if this was raising this error but I did not find it using search, so I thought the warning came from php?
This is not an error generated by PHP, nor would the code that you quoted give any sort of message about the undeclared property being undeclared. This is because the undeclared is being declared when you assign a value to it.
In all versions of PHP 5, the quoted code would give a single E_NOTICE level error with the message "Notice: Undefined property: testClass::$out in <file> on line 12", which is caused by the line: $b->out; This is because, as the notice says, the property is undefined when you try to read it on that line.
Do you run any extensions or other scripts which might display different errors?
When copy/pasting code in you should make sure the code itself works. Things like: "echo $this->undeclared=$a;" will cause problems. Once the errors are removed then the code will run just fine under 5.3+ with no notices. Being able to add properties on the fly is considered to be a feature.
You can however prevent this by simply adding in your own __set method.
class testClass
public $attribute; // this is what I am referring to when I say "declaring"
public $attribute2=10; // this is what I am referring to when I say "declaring"
function out()
echo $this->undeclared;
function __set($name,$value)
echo '*** Adding properties on the fly is not allowed: ' . $name;
ahundiak, when I copied the code to my IDE, I did need to straighten up a little of the code to run it. Unfortunately when I copy something from my Eclipse into the ` window it nukes the formatting, so I simply copied the examples directly using quoting so its' formatting stays ok.
I did find a custom extension that we had compiled for apache, I removed this extension, restarted apach and then did see the notice that Salathe indicated. I subsequently removed this extension on any of our VMs that had it, re ran the test suites for the apps that we have running on these VMS and they checked out fine. After removing this extension I see consistent notices (as described by Salathe).
This line here: echo $this->undeclared=$a;Will always cause a notice (assuming error_reporting) is set.There is no $a nor does it make much sense to to do an assignment during an echo.
I run this directly from the command line using 5.3.5:
class testClass
public $attribute; // this is what I am referring to when I say "declaring"
public $attribute2=10; // this is what I am referring to when I say "declaring"
function out()
echo $this->undeclared;
$b =new testClass();
Got the expected output and no notices. We might be talking about two different things here but I see no indication that the ability to assign properties on the fly is being removed from php?
Hi ahundiak,
When I run you code
class testClass
public $attribute; // this is what I am referring to when I say "declaring"
public $attribute2=10; // this is what I am referring to when I say "declaring"
function out()
echo $this->undeclared;
$b =new testClass();
I get the output of: 5, and you are correct no notices. Sorry I did not catch the $a there so that is what was throwing the notice. The custom extension that I removed was 'messing' with the error reporting that I spoke about earlier. For this I was using PHP 5.2.6 I can't test 5.3.3 until I get to a machine that I can connect to our VMs so I will try this there and let everyone know.
I ran the code on our 5.3.3 machine and we did get notices and the code fails. I don't have time to track down why, but I trust that by default it should work and my systems have something altering this behaviour. Back to Dresden's point, this is an ugly behaviour for objects. I mean one doesn't HAVE TO use it but an accident of forgetting to declare the property should not work... Maybe it is my recent work with JAVA talking
There has been no discussion on that topic that I'm aware of, and cannot see such a proposal ever considered. I'm intrigued in what ServerStorm saw/read that indicated that exceptions would be thrown in PHP 5.3, especially since it sounded like it came from "the php.net team".
Hi Salathe,
My bad I looked it up and this only applies in at least php 5.3.3 to missing static properties. ie, echo Foo::$missingProperty; // fatal error: access to undeclared static property
Sorry for my lack of clarity on this as it has taken a lot of others efforts to clean it up!
Moving forward, I will be more diligent checking before speaking.
That would give the same fatal error in any version of PHP 5.


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Cate Edwards: Dad's Affair 'Devastated' Me
(NEWSER) – In her first interview since her father's campaign finance trial, John Edwards' eldest daughter doesn't mince words about his affair. When he told her about it, "I was devastated. And I was disappointed. I mean, these are my parents," Cate Edwards tells Savannah Guthrie. "I had grown up with a lot of love in my family. And it was hard to see them go through this."


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The Incumbent:
Shonn Greene has been a fixture in the New York Jets backfield since he was drafted out of Iowa University in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. During Greene's first season with the Green and White he split time with veteran running back Thomas Jones. Greene made his first appearance of the 2009 season during Week 7, filling in for an injured Leon Washington. He finished the 2009 campaign with 508 yards on 108 attempts and rushed for two touchdowns, but Greene made a huge impact during the playoffs where he rush for over 100 yards in two out of the three games.
During the 2010 season Greene spelled future hall-of-famer LaDainian Tomlinson, yet still managed to rush for 766 yards on 185 carries including two touchdowns. Greene was named the starting running back before the 2011 season. He finally eclipsed the 1,000 yard plateau, rushing for 1,054 yards and six touchdowns, but Gang Green fell short of the playoffs for the first time since Greene entered the league.
Last season was a roller coaster ride for Greene and the rest of the Jets' backfield. He split carries with fellow running backs Bilal Powell and Joe McKnight. Greene finished with a career-high 1,063 rushing yards and a personal best in touchdowns with eight. He also finished with a career-high in rushing yards in a game with 161 yards along with three touchdowns in the Jets Week 6 victory over the Indianapolis Colts.
Top Free Agent Running Backs:
1. Ahmad Bradshaw-
Bradshaw had great success with the Jetst cross-town rivals, the New York Giants. He has been a warrior for Big Blue since being selected in the seventh round of the 2007 draft. Bradshaw may be willing to negotiate with the Jets front office and settle on a reasonable contract. The biggest reason is that he has only played in New York since joining the NFL and has become a fan favorite at MetLife stadium. Bradshaw is willing to take on any defender possesses elite breakaway speed. There are nagging foot injuries that Bradshaw has dealt with in the past that slowed him down, but this offseason would be an opportune time for Gang Green to take a chance.
Despite the injuries, Bradshaw still finished with 1,015 yards in 2012. He is a two-time Super Bowl champion, so he knows what the postseason tastes like. The ex-Giants running back showed signs of recovery in the last game of the 2012 season against the Philadelphia Eagles when he rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown. Bradshaw is 26, which is still young by NFL standards and there's plenty of reason to believe he has a few more productive years ahead of him.
2. Peyton Hillis- Hillis is another running back who has a great deal of question marks surrounding him. Hillis burst onto the NFL scene at full force in 2010 when he took over as the running back for the Cleveland Browns. He rushed for 1,177 yards and 11 touchdowns. Hillis has been nearly nonexistent since that season. Last season he played for the Kansas City Chiefs serving as the backup to Jamaal Charles and Thomas Jones. He is a high-risk, high-reward type of player. Hillis is a physical runner who is built like a fullback. Like Bradshaw, Hillis is relatively young. He would most likely have a low asking price and could yield positive results if given another chance to start.
3. Chris Ivory- Ivory has been battling for playing time since he joined the NFL in 2010. The Saints signed Ivory during his rookie season as an undrafted free agent. This season Ivory had only 40 carries because Mark Ingram, Pierre Thomas and Darren Sproles all were ahead of him on the depth chart. His rookie season was his best year by far. Ivory rushed for 716 yards and had five touchdowns. Ivory has rushed for 5.1 yards per carry during his career showing a penchant for productivity. Ivory may open some eyes if he is given a chance to start. If the Jets signed Ivory he would most like compete with Powell and McKnight for the starting job.
Top Running Backs in the Draft
1. Montee Ball (Wisconsin)- The Jets franchise enjoys high profile names. Ball is one of the best college football running backs of all-time. He constantly tore apart opposing Big Ten defenses while he played at Wisconsin University. He is the 2012 Doak Walker Award winner which is given to the top college football running back. Ball rushed for 1,923 yards during his junior year in 2011 and followed that up with 1,830 yards during his senior campaign. Ball is the FBS all-time leader in total touchdowns and became the first ever player to score a touchdown in three straight Rose Bowls. Some scouts question his size and speed, but the numbers don't lie, he has potential to be an elite running back.
2. Marcus Lattimore (South Carolina)- Lattimore may not be the safest draft pick, but he is worth the risk. When healthy, he can put on a clinic against opposing defenses. He is a physical running back who possesses the ability to bust into the secondary and breakaway. But, there are still the injury concerns. In 2011 he sustained a season-ending knee injury. Last season, Lattimore had one of the ugliest injuries of the 2012 college football season when he tore his ACL, PCL, and MCL against Tennessee University. That kind of injury may scare away other teams, but he could be a nice pickup in the later rounds.
3. Stepfan Taylor (Stanford)- Taylor had an impressive career at Stanford, but he may be looked at as a dark horse in this year's draft. Like Ball, he does not possess top speed or strength, but he gets the job done. He is another running back who could drop to the late rounds. Taylor played well at the practices leading up to Senior Bowl. Taylor is Stanford's all-time leading rusher with 4,300 yards and finished as the schol's all-leader in touchdowns with 45. He is the complete package because he can pass block and is a good receiver. Taylor could be a solid pick in the 2013 draft.
The Jets had an inconsistent season on the offensive side of the ball. The running game did not show up every week and that is why there may be a new face in the Jets' back field. Yes, you can blame the offensive line, but the Green and White may want a fresh start. Gang Green could save some money by picking a rookie in this year's draft, and any of those players would be good choices. They would also be able to have a young player in the backfield.
Free agency would also be a good option. Some players like Bradshaw and Hillis may come to the Jets for cheap because of they're injury prone. Ivory could also be a nice option because he is begging for more carries. Former general manager Mike Tannenbaum left the Jets in a bad salary cap situation so they will be unable to go after big name running backs like Steven Jackson and Reggie Bush. A fresh look in the backfield is one of the many offensive "woes" the Jets need to address, but it is a good start.


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Topic: Update on John
We went to see the Dr. today to see if John was a candidate for RFA. He wasn't due to the fact he has too many tumors....BUT they are going to do chemo embolization.
Has anyone had this treatment and can you give me any info what to expect? Does it happen 1 time or many times? How soon do you see results if any?
They did tell us that John would have to spend a couple days in the hospital after the treatment.
Any info would be appreciated.


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I am quoted in this article on KARE11 about the FHWA adjusting crosswalk waking speeds from 4.0 ft/s to 3.5 ft/s in 2009:
Crosswalk timing an issue in many MN counties
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ROLLING STONES TO PLAY NEW YORK & LONDON; RELEASE NEW SONGS The Rolling Stones are really starting to kick off their 50th Anniversary activities, including their first concerts since 2007.
Billboard is reporting that the group that was first billed as The Rolling Stones at a concert in London's famed Marquee Club on July 12, 1962, will perform four concerts in November. The band will perform a pair of shows at the Barclays Center, a 19,000-seat arena in Brooklyn that's scheduled to open later this month, as well as at London's 20,000-seat O2 Arena. A source said the band will net $25 million for the shows.
A couple of weeks ago the band was in Paris at a studio rehearsing. They also recorded two new songs. The songs, "Gloom and Doom" and "One Last Shot," are the first new Jagger-Richards compositions to be recorded since The Stones' 2005 "A Bigger Bang" album. They'll be included on "GRRR!," a 50 th anniversary greatest hits set that is being released on Nov. 13 in various ways, including as an 80-song 4-CD set and a 50-song 3-CD box set. It's also being released as a 50-track vinyl box set.
In addition, a new documentary on the band's entire half-century of existence, "Crossfire Hurricane," premiers Nov. 15 on HBO.
A record 36 Rolling Stones albums have made Billboard's Top 10, including nine that went to No. 1; while 57 of its singles charted, placing them in second place behind The Beatles, who have 71 charting singles. Of those 57 charting 45 s, 23 entered the Top 10 and eight hit No. 1.
EDDIE VAN HALEN RECOUPING FROM EMERGENCY SURGERY Guitarist Eddie Van Halen underwent emergency surgery at an undisclosed hospital for "a severe bout of diverticulitis," according to a statement on his band's website. Diverticulitis is a serious condition that affects the wall of the colon and tends to hit its victims after the age of 40.
This condition can cause severe abdominal pain, nausea, fever and altered bowel habits. It's expected that it will take the 57-year-old four to six months to recover. This has forced a postponement of Van Halen's November tour of Japan.
The Van Halen News Desk is reporting that after the surgery, he apparently suffered a setback when a few of the incision's stitches broke and the section of his intestines that weren't removed in the surgery became infected. This caused him to remain hospitalized for three weeks.
The good news is that he's now recuperating at home. On his Facebook page he posted, "Thank you for all of your cool comments! Hanging out, taking it easy and following the doctor's orders."
McCARTNEY TO RECEIVE FRANCE'S LEGION OF HONOUR This weekend, Paul McCartney, described by the Guinness Book of World Records as "The Most Successful Composer and Recording Artist of All Time," will be presented with France's highest decoration, the Legion of Honour, by President Francois Hollande in a ceremony in Paris, according to Reuters.
The honor was created in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte and had five levels, Grand Cross, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer and the highest rank, Knight.
McCartney, 70, will be made an Officer.
Queen Elizabeth knighted the Beatle in 1997. In 2010, he was accorded a prestigious Kennedy Center Honor by President Obama.
YARDBIRDS CHRIS DREJA SUFFERS SERIES OF STROKES In an interview with the Spokane Spokesman-Review, Jim McCarty, 69-year-old drummer for iconic British Invasion band The Yardbirds since its formation in London in 1963, revealed why his fellow co-founder and longtime member, guitarist-bassist Chris Dreja, sat out its spring American tour and isn't on the band's current U.S. tour. "Chris had a series of strokes on the road last year. He's still getting better," is all he said on the subject. No further word on his health has been revealed anywhere.
This weekend, The Yardbirds have shows set in Norfolk, Conn. and Londonderry, N.H.
STEVIE WONDER BACKS OFF FROM STATEMENT ABOUT GAYS Stevie Wonder was asked by the U.K.'s Guardian whether he was surprised in 2012 about "the furor at the revelation that a rapper might be gay."
He responded, "I think, honestly, some people who think they're gay, they're confused. People can misconstrue closeness for love. People can feel connected, they bond. I'm not saying all (that all gay people are confused). Some people have a desire to be with the same sex. But that's them."
This came about when popular young rapper-singer Frank Ocean came out and admitted that he was gay and had fallen in love with another man.
In the aftermath of his comments, Wonder issued a clarifying statement to MTV. "I'm sorry that my words about anyone feeling confused about their love were misunderstood. No one has been a greater advocate for the power of love in this world than I; both in my life and in my music. Clearly, love is love, between a man and a woman, a woman and a man, a woman and a woman, and man and a man. What I'm not confused about is this world needs much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period."
MICHAEL JACKSON CALLED "AN EMOTIONALLY PARALYZED MESS" Confidential emails from entertainment giant AEG, that was producing Michael Jackson's "This Is It" series of 50 concerts at London's O2 Arena and subsequent world tour, refer to the late King of Pop as, "an emotionally paralyzed mess," among other assessments.
The L.A. Times obtained 250 pages of AEG emails that reveal serious doubts from its management about Jackson's ability to be able to physically and mentally get himself together to undertake the shows and tour.
Just prior to Jackson's brief, confusing media appearance in London to announce the O2 shows, music promoter Randy Phillips emailed AEG President Tim Leiweke stating, "MJ is in his room drunk and despondent. I (am) trying to sober him up. I screamed at him so loud the walls are shaking. He is an emotionally paralyzed mess, riddled with self-loathing and doubt now that it is show time," and that Phillips and Jackson's manager had to dress him.
Jackson was ending his self-imposed retirement as a way to get out of massive debt. He was to have netted $132 million for the O2 concerts.
AEG Live exec Paul Gongaware emailed a word of caution to his fellow execs, saying, "This is not a number that MJ will want to hear. He thinks he is so much bigger than that."
Jackson's comeback attempt ended with his overdose death in Los Angeles on June 25, 2009 at age 50, less than three weeks before the shows were to begin.
SLASH SAYS MOM HAD AFFAIR WITH BOWIE Former Gun N' Roses guitarist Slash says he believes that his mother, Ola Hudson, had an affair with David Bowie. Slash's mom was a costume designer to the likes of John Lennon, Diana Ross and others, including Bowie.
The rocker told Australian radio station Triple M that he discovered the Thin White Duke and his mother when he was approximately nine years old. "I caught them naked once," he said.
Of that time and the rock and roll world that he and his mother lived in, he said, "When I look back on that whole combination of people, I can only imagine how freaky it was. Aliens in the backyard are one thing, but in your mother's bedroom? Welcome to the jungle way too early." Slash's mother died in 2009. Bowie has not responded to Slash's allegation.
In other Bowie news, the singer, who essentially retired in 2004 after a heart attack and subsequent surgery, made his first public statement of any sort in two years via a post on his Facebook page. The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is staging an exhibit of his artwork next year and Bowie dispelled rumors that he's actively working on the project.
"Contrary to recently published reports, I am a co-creator and did not participate in any decisions relating to the exhibition." He continued, tongue-in-cheek, "A close friend of mine tells me that I am neither 'devastated,' 'heartbroken' nor 'uncontrollably furious' by this news item."
ENGELBERT, LAUPER, OTHERS TO SING FOR DALAI LAMA The festival style Dalai Lama Love Concert will be held Oct. 9 at the 49,262-seat Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. Headliners include '60 s heartthrob Engelbert Humperdinck, Dave Matthews, Roberta Flack, Cyndi Lauper, Nelly Furtado and Counting Crows. Hosting the event is Whoopie Goldberg, according to WKTV in nearby Utica.
LYNYRD SKYNYRD BACK WITH HIT CD Lynyrd Skynyrd's newest studio album, "Last of a Dying Breed," it's first in three years, debuted on Billboard's Hot 200 album chart at No. 14.
This is four positions higher than the peak performance of the seven-man unit's last CD, "God & Guns" in 2009.
In fact, this is the highest charting album by the band was formed in Jacksonville in 1964 when they originally called themselves The Noble Five, in 35 years, since its 1977 LP, "Street Survivors."
BOYZ II MEN HELP CHARLES BARKLEY NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley was having a heck of a time in the spotlight singing karaoke in a bar in Raleigh, N. C., where he's been participating in a charity golf tournament. Sir Charles was up onstage mangling Boyz II Men's 1992 No. 1 smash, "End of the Road," and clearly in need of some help.
So, who should jump onstage from out of nowhere to provide him with a badly-needed assist, Boyz II Men themselves. The trio was in town participating in the same charity event, the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic, reports TMZ.
STARSHIP GUITARIST ABRAHAMIAN DIES Mark Abrahamian, since 2001 the lead guitarist for Starship with singer Mickey Thomas, died of a heart attack backstage in his dressing room after a concert in Norfolk, Neb. at age 46, according to the Associated Press.
On its Facebook page, the group posted, "Mark was a kind, thoughtful and innovative soul. He was also a friend and family member. Mark also happened to be one hell of a guitar player. We are devastated by the loss of our brother and just dealing with it the best we can." A subsequent concert scheduled in Utah was canceled.
GREEN DAY'S ARMSTRONG HOSPITALIZED Green Day leader Billy Joe Armstrong was hospitalized in Bologna, Italy, shortly after his band canceled its concert there set for that night, reported MSN Entertainment. Local reports said the singer-songwriter-guitarist suffered severe gastric distress. After an overnight stay, Armstrong, 40, discharged himself from the hospital.
The band's other two members, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tre Cool, promised that the show would be made up next summer. Green Day headline the iHeart Radio Music Fest on Sept. 21 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.
NEW RELEASES Among the recently released albums, digital reissues and deluxe box sets are "When I'm President" from former Mott the Hoople leader Ian Hunter; "The Inspirational Collection" from Glen Campbell; "Rattle Them Bones" from contemporary swing outfit Big Bad Voodoo Daddy that formed in Ventura in 1989; "Rockabilly Riot: Live From the Planet" from former Stray Cats leader Brian Setzer; "Silver Age" from former alt rockers Husker Du frontman Bob Mould; "Hot House" from two jazz fusionists, pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton; a 2-CD, "Can't Go Back," the first album in seven years from Brit pop folkie Tanita Tikeram; "The Ringmaster General," from former Eurythmics guitarist Dave Stewart; and "The Ramones Heard Them Here First," a collection of songs from the original artists that The Ramones covered by The Beach Boys, Chris Montez, The Searchers, Ritchie Valens, The Ronettes, Sonny & Cher, The Chambers Brothers, The Music Explosion, The 1910 Fruitgum Company, Jan & Dean, The Troggs, The Seeds, The Byrds, Arthur Lee & Love, The Jefferson Airplane and others.
A 26-song import, "Action! The Songs of Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart," featuring The Monkees, The Standells, Ike and Tina Turner's Ikettes, Jay & The Americans' The Shangri-Las, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Fats Domino, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Del Shannon, Little Anthony, and Dino, Desi & Billy; an import, "Live in Zurich 1960," by The Miles Davis Quintet; and "The Beatles As Performed By," featuring Jackson Browne, Starship singer Mickey Thomas, British guitar legend Albert Lee, The Tubes' Fee Waybill, The Doors guitarist Robby Krieger, as well as members of Deep Purple, Ambrosia, Toto, Santana, Pablo Cruise, Asia and more.
NOW PLAYING Classic acts from the '50 s, '60 s and '70 s continue to perform. Here's what one of them is doing.
During the '60 s, the jingle jangle sound from Roger McGuinn's Rickenbacker guitar was the most identifiable trademark of L.A. folk and country-rock legends The Byrds.
His unmistakable guitar was out front on such all-time classics as Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man," Pete Seeger's "Turn! Turn! Turn!," and the psychedelic masterpiece he co-wrote with fellow band members Gene Clark and David Crosby, "Eight Miles High."
Not only was McGuinn an integral voice to the group's signature close harmonies, but he sang lead on many of their hits, including his compositions "5 D (Fifth Dimension)," "Mr. Spaceman," and "So You Want To Be A Rock and Roll Star" (co-written with Hillman).
And with his long hip Sir Lancelot pageboy hair and ultra-cool rectangular shades, he was easily the main identifiable focal point in a band of stars that included future CSN guy Crosby, singer Clark, drummer Michael Clarke and future Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas, Southern Hillman Furay Band and Desert Rose Band bassist Chris Hillman.
McGuinn turned 70 in July but he's maintaining the somewhat relaxing touring schedule he's kept for years. Next month, he'll do six shows in Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. He and Judy Collins will be in Riverside at Fox Performing Arts Center on Nov. 18.
Steve Smith writes a new Classic Pop, Rock and Country Music News column every week. It can be read in its entirety on www.presstelegram.com. Like, recommend or share the column on Facebook. Contact him by email at email@example.com.


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LONG BEACH - A Long Beach man was behind bars Saturday on suspicion of homicide.
Bunchan Plomma, 46, was arrested in the death of Son Pech, 45, who died after a Sunday night fight near 10th Street and Gardenia Avenue, according to Long Beach police spokeswoman Nancy Pratt.
Pech went home after the fight and was found "unresponsive" the next morning, she said. He was taken to a hospital and died late Tuesday or Wednesday.
Plomma, arrested at his home Thursday, was expected to be arraigned on Monday. Both men are of Cambodian descent.
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World Cup Sets US Ratings Records
(NEWSER) – ESPN and Univision have scored with their World Cup coverage: The US victory over Ghana Monday night set World Cup ratings records for both broadcasters, with a total audience of 15.9 million viewers. For ESPN, it was the highest-rated men's soccer game ever. The ratings were way ahead of the 6 million that watched hockey's Stanley Cup final on Friday night, and weren't that far behind the NBA final between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat, which pulled in 17.9 million viewers, theWall Street Journal finds. Among English-language viewers, the World Cup so far has the highest average ratings in the Washington, DC, area, with San Francisco, Boston, New York, and Orlando rounding out the top five, the Washington Post reports.
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G. Martin Wagner To Receive FGIPC Award
June 21, 1999
Contact: Eleni Martin (202) 501-1231
Washington, DC -- James D. Buckner, President of the Federal Government Information Processing Councils (FGIPC), announced that G. Martin Wagner, Associate Administrator for Governmentwide Policy in the General Services Administration, is the FGIPC's 1999 winner of the John J. Franke Professional Services Award. The award will be presented at the 19th annual FGIPC Management of Change Conference in Dallas, Texas, on June 23.
Wagner directs GSA's Office of Governmentwide Policy. This office collaborates with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, private industry, and other entities to develop policy in the areas in which GSA has expertise - information technology, acquisition, real and personal property, travel and transportation, regulatory information, and use of federal advisory committees.
The award is in memory of the late John J. Franke, Director of the Federal Quality Institute, USDA Assistant Secretary for Administration, and longtime FGIPC advocate. It is given annually to a senior government official who has been a spokesperson for leading IT issues over time. Fifteen to twenty years service in increasingly responsible positions is normally a requirement.
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(Yahoo!) - Last July marked what would have been the 100th birthday of American musical icon Woody Guthrie, who died in 1967 at the age of 55 but whose classic compositions such as "This Land Is Your Land" — as well as his musical political activism (he famously played a guitar emblazoned with the slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists") — have lived on much longer.
In October 2012, a diverse group of musicians gathered to honor him with a special concert, Woody Guthrie at 100! Live at the Kennedy Center, which paid tribute to his unique artistry.
Now, the show — featuring contributions from Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, Judy Collins, Jeff Daniels, Ani DiFranco, Donovan, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, John Mellencamp, Tom Morello, Old Crow Medicine Show, Lucinda Williams, and many more — is available this week as a commemorative CD/DVD package for fans to add to their collections.
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Out of all the contributors to the fete, a standout speaker is singer-songwriter Joel Rafael, who's been interpreting and honoring the "Dust Bowl Troubadour's" work for years. Here, he discusses the legendary folkster's influence.
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Does anyone know if there's a way of controlling the NIC of an android phone through BT5? I tether for internet and have seen that people are able to run an ARM BT on their Atrixes. Unfortunately I cannot be bothered rooting my phone and potentially bricking it to run BT on it so that's out of the question. But obviously the phone's NIC supports injection so!
Anyone know if this is possible? I have tried enabling tethering and checked iwconfig but there are no connected adapters. I'm afraid I'm no linux buff, so any help here would be greatly appreciated.


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I've been re-reading the Old Testament, the Gospels, and Paul's epistles this year. Through this, I've gained a deeper appreciation for the weight of the disappointment that must have been experienced both by God and His people when Israel failed to recognize the gift of the promised Messiah. In spite of such clear prophecies, Israel let the most momentous event in history go by unnoticed. Talk about anti-climactic! Read the rest of this entry »


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Tariq Khamisa was like a lot of 20-year-olds. He had a great family and girlfriend and was anxious to get started in a career after he got his college degree. To make ends meet, he delivered pizzas.
All of that came to a tragic end when Tariq was murdered by Tony Hicks, a 14-year-old gang member, while Tariq was delivering a pizza in San Diego in January 1995.
Tomorrow will be the 18th anniversary of Tariq's death.
Tariq's father, Azim Khamisa, a successful international investment banker, was devastated by the news.
"At first, I did not believe the word from San Diego police, but, on my next phone call, it all came crashing down as I listened to the sobbing cries of my son's girlfriend," he said. "I dropped the phone, felt the life force completely leave my body and collapsed to the floor. Holding my chest, I felt as if a nuclear bomb had gone off in my heart."
Khamisa said he fell into deep grief and despair, but he slowly came out of that depression by turning to prayer and meditation in the Sufi tradition of his upbringing.
"I took a different response to this tragedy," he said. "After months of agonizing pain, as well as anger at a society that could create a scenario for gangs and violence, I came to realize there were victims at both ends of the gun - my son Tariq, but also the young 14-year-old who pulled the trigger."
He was inspired to transform his loss by forgiving Hicks and creating the Tariq Khamisa Foundation to break the cycle of youth violence.
Khamisa, now an author, activist and motivational speaker living in La Jolla, will tell his story Feb. 12 at the 22nd annual Interfaith/Intercultural breakfast of the California Conference for Equality and Justice at the Long Beach Convention Center.
"There is nothing quite so painful as a broken heart, but a broken heart is an open heart," he said. "We continuously confront defining moments in our lives. Sometimes these events are joyous; sometimes they are tragedies. At these moments, it's important to make the right choices ... to produce transformation in ourselves and others."
After establishing his foundation, Khamisa reached out to the grandfather and guardian of Tony Hicks and asked him to join the cause.
"I told him that I couldn't bring back my son and he couldn't get his grandson out of the prison system, but we could help other young people. He agreed."
To complete his journey of forgiveness, Khamisa said he knew he had to eventually meet the young man who killed his son. That happened in 2000.
"We spent an hour and a half together," Khamisa said. "I was trying to see a murderer, but I didn't see a murderer. I saw his humanity, a remorseful, likable person who made a bad choice."
Khamisa has stayed in touch with Hicks, who is 33 now and serving a 25-year-to-life prison sentence.
Khamisa said he has offered Hicks a job at the Tariq Khamisa Foundation whenever he gets out of prison. He said he is trying to arrange a meeting with Gov. Jerry Brown in the hope that Brown will commute Hicks' sentence.
"The young man has gotten his GED in prison. He's writing poetry. He has a powerful story to tell other young people, and they will listen to him. I can't wait to get him out of prison," Khamisa said.
Since November 1995, Khamisa and Hicks' grandfather have reached thousands of young people, primarily in elementary and middle schools, through various programs aimed at helping them choose a life of nonviolence and forgiveness.
Khamisa has been recognized with many awards, including the California Peace Prize, the National Crime Victims Special Community Service Award and the Freedom Heroes Award. Two of his books are "From Murder to Forgiveness, a Father's Journey," and "From Forgiveness to Fulfillment."
Khamisa also is a supporter of a new restorative justice program CCEJ is implementing at Reid High School in Long Beach. Restorative justice uses the practice of dialogue with young students as an alternative to suspension, expulsion and arrest.
Khamisa agrees with Gene Lentzner, CCEJ's longtime treasurer, who says society should be working on programs to prevent young people from committing violent acts instead of sending them to prison, "where they come out more hardened than when they went in."
Wende Nichols-Julien, CCEJ's president, said the program "aims to keep young people accountable for their actions, but out of the school-to-prison pipeline."
Khamisa said they have had great success with his foundation programs. "We have many kids who started with us years ago now going to college, the first of their families to ever go to college," he said.
Khamisa says that violence is a learned behavior, that no child is born violent. It follows that nonviolence can also be a learned behavior, he said.
"However, it is important to teach these nonviolent principles to our children as they will not learn this through osmosis," he said.
What would Khamisa say to the parents of the children killed in Newtown, Conn., last month?
"Their hearts have been broken beyond imagination," he said. "As I can relate, it will take time for these hearts to heal. It is my vision that this tragedy wakes up our nation, and we all commit to creating a nonviolent society teaching principles of forgiveness, gentility and peace."
Khamisa's talk at CCEJ's breakfast Feb. 12 will be held in the grand ballroom of the Long Beach Convention Center. For ticket information, call 562-435-8184.
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leaking breastmilk in relation to baby is hungry
Is it true that one way of knowing the baby is hungry (except crying) is when breastmilk leaks from the mother's breast? If so, would that mean that as much as possible, mums have to breastfeed the babies even when they're asleep? As what I've learned, babies sleep most of the time.
19th September 2013 06:51 AM #2
It is useful to look for 'hunger cues' to help you know when your baby is getting hungry and wants to be breastfed. Crying is actually a very late hunger cue and it is best if the baby does not get to this stage and you feed them when they show the earlier cues. This will allow you to respond to your baby's needs quickly and help in forming a strong attachment between you both.
Cues that a baby may give to indicate they are getting hungry are:
- hand sucking
- putting their fists in their mouth
- sucking/ attempting to latch on to objects around them
- a wide open mouth
- lip-smacking
- tongue-smacking
- moving their head rapidly from side to side (this one is quite a late indicator of hunger - as is crying)
Breastfeeding does not simply satisfy a baby's hunger and thirst it also provides countless advantages to the baby and mum in terms of bonding and the baby's emotional and social development. The World Health Organisation recommend that you only feed your baby breastmilk for the first 6 months of life and then continue to breastfeed your baby (alongside solid food from 6 months of age and when a baby is developmentally ready) until 2 years and beyond.
It is best to breastfeed your baby on demand i.e. whenever they show any of the above cues or any other want to breastfeed. This applies to the day and night. Doing this will ensure that your baby gets all the milk that they need and will also help you to maintain a healthy breastmilk supply. Newborn babies often feed every 2-3 hours, day and night. Breastfeeding mums generally find it easier to have their baby close to them (i.e. in a sling and also by safe co-sleeping). There is an excellent article on co-sleeping and breastfeeding here. The author, Michelle Simmons, writes:
'Breastfeeding infants feed regularly throughout the day and night time during the early months of life. Mothers who are breastfeeding their infants need to be in close proximity to their infant in order to read their infants cues and meet their needs for nutrition, comfort and safety.'
New babies may sleep around 16 hours in a 24 hour period, however, this is in small periods of time at once so that the baby can feed every 2-3 hours.
In terms of leaking breastmilk, it is true that your breastmilk may start to leak when your baby is due a feed (and so the breasts are at their most full) or if your baby gets to the point of crying for milk. However, breastmilk can also leak at other times. I personally have found Lilypadz excellent in helping with leaking breastmilk. They are a type of reusable breastfeeding pad that work by applying pressure to the nipple to gentle stop the milk leaking. Over time the breastmilk leaks less and less. Most mums who breastfeed children past around 6 months of age find that their breastmilk stops leaking.
I hope this answers your questions. Please do post back if you have any further questions about breastfeeding.
Best wishes,
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