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Andrés Ruzo
Photograph by Sofia Ruzo
Current City: Peru
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
For me, it was never what I wanted to be, but rather what I wanted to do with my life. I've wanted to be just about everything from a zoologist to an actor to a diplomat, and even a monk. However, what I want to do with my life has never changed: I want to be a force of positive change in the world.
How did you get started in your field of work?
There is really no exact start, but rather, a lifetime of small coincidences that have led me to the world of geothermal energy.
As a boy I would spend my summers on the family farm in Nicaragua, which rests on top of a volcano called the Casita Volcano. I was able to see firsthand the power of the Earth's heat. Later, as an undergrad at Southern Methodist University (SMU), these childhood memories inspired me to take a volcanology class. The first time I opened my class textbook, there on the page was a photo of the Casita Volcano! This created a personal connection with the subject that awakened my passion for geology. My desire to learn more about the Earth's heat, and how we can harness it for power, eventually led me to the SMU Geothermal Lab, where I have studied, researched, and pursued my career in geology for the past six years.
What inspires you to dedicate your life to energy issues?
Energy can turn deserts into fertile cropland, alleviate the struggle for resources, and permit seven billion people to live longer, healthier, more comfortable lives. Simultaneously, a nation's economic and environmental prosperity, as well as its international power, are also tied with how that nation uses and creates energy.
Energy is a kingpin problem. By solving our energy issues, we simultaneously take care of other major world problems. The way I see it, by dedicating myself to energy, I am also fighting for the environment, national security, international relations, overpopulation, and economic problems, to name a few.
Although energy can do all of this, it often comes at a cost to our health and environment. This is where green energy comes in. Although I support all green energy development and believe that the right answer lies in developing local resources, given its base-load nature and its tremendous potential synergy with the oil and gas industry, I believe geothermal is the energy world's sleeping giant.
Good business sense and good environmental practices do not have to be mutually exclusive. It is our job as consumers to ensure that the market demands both practices from corporations. I see geothermal as the best way to reach this end, so it is easy to want to dedicate my life to it—one solution that solves multiple problems.
What's a normal day like for you?
One of the most exciting, and simultaneously challenging, aspects of my line of work is that there is no "normal day." One day I could be working in the lab, analyzing and organizing data on a computer. The next day I could be rushing from one class to another, working on homework and on my thesis. Lately, my days have been spent out in the desert, temperature-logging wells. The coming months will bring weeks spent high up in the Andes searching for old mining holes, as well as days spent in the Amazon rain forest studying the geology of the area. What has become normal for me is to expect the unexpected, and welcome new adventures on a daily basis.
Do you have a hero?
My hero is St. Francis of Assisi, one of the world's first environmentalists. He was ahead of his time, actively working to forge harmony between mankind and nature. Through his words and actions he exemplified the view that humanity forms a part of the natural environment, and as such we are also stewards responsible for taking care of it-a view that is as applicable now as it was in the 13th century.
What has been your favorite experience in the field? The most challenging?
My favorite: Near the small town of Chancos in Peru's Central Andes, I was collecting a water sample from a thermal spring when I noticed an old man staring at me. After a while, he approached me and asked in broken Spanish with a thick Quechua accent what I was doing, where the water came from, and where it goes. At this point, a crowd began to gather around us and listen intently as I described the water cycle.
Just as I finished my explanation, three women in the crowd screamed. A small snake was slithering near them. I rushed toward it, picked it up, and took it to a safe place away from the crowd. When I turned around, no one in the group had moved-they were all staring at me wide-eyed and whispering to each other, saying, "Shaman, shaman."
I didn't know what to make of it at the time. Fortunately, a professor of Andean studies later told me that in my explanation of the water cycle, I had inadvertently described the three worlds of Inca mythology: Hanan Pacha (a higher world), Kay Pacha (this world), and Ukhu Pahca (lower world). Then, after explaining geology, an Ukhu Pacha subject, to the group, I had handled the snake. Snakes are greatly feared in the Andes, and are seen as the guardian spirits of the Ukhu Pacha.
The most challenging: During fieldwork for the "Geothermal Map of Peru," my wife and I were finishing up a temperature log of an abandoned oil well. While manually reeling up the 1,300-foot cable, we discovered thick crude oil covering the line, which had to be cleaned off. Dealing with thick crude oil is unpleasant enough. However, dealing with it in the open desert, burning sun, 138 degree Fahrenheit temperatures, and sand-laden heavy winds was a totally different story. It was like being in a cross between an oven and a sandblaster—not to mention we were in dark blue safety jumpsuits, helmets, and steel-toe boots.
What are your other passions?
There are too many to list, but to name a few: exploring, traveling, history, zoology, art, painting, silversmithing, writing, and cooking.
What do you do in your free time?
All of the above.
If you could have people do one thing to help change the way we use and generate energy, what would it be?
To stop antagonizing each other, stop the politics, and work together.
Energy and the environment have become political issues that far too quickly evoke irrational emotional responses that have their roots in political ideologies. Being "green" is not a issue of "left" or "right." It's a human issue.
I am convinced that the future of green energy lies in the hands of oil and gas companies. The oil and gas industry has spent over a century mastering the production of resources from the subsurface. Because the development of geothermal energy uses virtually the same tools, technology, skill sets and personnel as oil and gas companies, geothermal represents an untapped market with minimal barriers of entry for the oil and gas industry. This is especially true when you consider that the technology that uses abandoned oil and gas wells to produce base-load, green geothermal energy already exists. For many, it may be surprising to find out that Chevron is the world's largest producer of geothermal energy.
If you look at these facts above, it makes sense why both environmentalists and oil and gas companies need to work together—in the end, everyone benefits from a united front.
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viniketa wrote:Greg wrote: Those sharp enough to follow it are sharp enough to see its limitations.
Once one understands the implications of those limitations in terms of all thinking about 'exist, not exist, both exist, neither exist', mahāśūnya is fully realized.
What exists has to do with the permanent basis such as dharmakaya, dharmadhatu, nirvana, etc. And also the function of such basis, such as the conditional component of thinking, delusion or awakening. These two are inseparable and distinct, both co-exist as opposed to an absolute void.

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Greeley and Weld County dispatch center may not split, officials say
April 1, 2013
Only one point in Weld
Emergency responders refer to dispatch and communication centers as PSAPs, or public safety answering points. They incorporate all kinds of calls, from emergencies to radio communications, said Greeley Police Chief Jerry Garner at a recent city council work session.
The Weld County-wide dispatch center is one PSAP. It serves more than 40 emergency agencies, such as fire departments and police stations. Larimer County has five PSAPs — one for the Colorado State University Police, Larimer County, Loveland, Fort Collins and Estes Park. Jefferson County has nine PSAPs, three of which are secondary centers, or not full service centers, Garner said.
He said compared to most other places in the state, Weld is unique in the fact that all of its calls are routed through one central place. The place serving the second-highest number of emergency responders is with the Grand Junction Police Department, where calls are routed to 22 different agencies.
Out of all of the 911 centers in Colorado, the one that serves Greeley and Weld County is the largest and one of the most complicated of its kind.
Serving all of Weld County's nearly 4,000 square miles from the basement of the sheriff's office, 55 dispatchers route calls from agencies in Pierce to Firestone with relative ease. They serve more than 40 different emergency agencies — nearly double the next largest facility that Greeley police chief Jerry Garner said he could find, which was with the Grand Junction police. Compared to Weld County's one dispatch center, Larimer County has five, and Jefferson County has nine.
But as the populations in many Weld County towns continue to boom — in southwest Weld, the growth rate is as high as 5 percent per year — the going is bound to get rough, officials from Greeley and Weld County say.
After jointly running the regional dispatch center for more than two decades, Greeley and Weld County officials last fall cited the anticipated population growth and accompanying 911 calls as reason to part ways. They announced that Greeley would lease a facility updated by Weld County and operate its own dispatch center, which would also provide backup in case of an emergency.
But following even more talks about how to tackle those anticipated challenges, officials now say they probably won't separate.
Nothing is official yet, but the two governments are working on an agreement likely to be settled in the next week or two that would keep Greeley's dispatch with Weld County's.
You never want to talk about cost when public safety is involved, but much of the decision to split the center first came from the fact that Greeley makes up a smaller and smaller portion of Weld County each day, said Greeley Mayor Tom Norton.
Right now, the dispatch center is managed and staffed by Greeley, with equipment, communication towers and maintenance provided by Weld County.
At about 94,000 people, Greeley's population has shrunk from about half of Weld County's population to about a third. During the next five years, Greeley planners estimate a population growth of about 1.5 percent each year. Weld County estimates about 2 percent, with the southwest part of the county growing at 3-5 percent per year.
It came down to a question of whether Greeley's tax dollars were paying for more than they should, when city supplies half of the needs for a successful dispatch center, Norton said.
Equally important was the need to find the right balance of responsibility and management between Greeley and Weld County employees, Norton said. For example, if a piece of equipment fails, Greeley dispatchers could say it wasn't properly maintained, while Weld employees could counter it wasn't used properly.
In some instances, personalities got in the way of effective management.
Mike Finn, Greeley City Council member, said if Greeley and Weld County were to go ahead with separating dispatch centers, egos and personal drama would be to blame.
Because of that, Finn said he is happy with the county's decision to hire a regional communications director.
The county announced several weeks ago that Michael Wallace, who helped divide the Adams County dispatch center and who has 11 years of experience with dispatch operations, would fill the position.
"I think that's a positive thing, and I think it's going to work out that we can get past the egos and just move forward with what is best for the communities," Finn said.
He said the need for a backup facility will still be met. Weld County spent about $800,000 in 2011 to update a facility near U.S. 34 and 35th Avenue, which is where Greeley would locate if it split from the county. Either way, Finn said, the facility is going through a review so that it could still be used in case the main center goes down.
Finn, alongside council member Sandi Elder, has been regularly meeting with Weld County commissioners Doug Rademacher and Barbara Kirkmeyer to find an agreement that everyone is comfortable with.
"I think it's headed in the right direction for everybody," Finn said. He said keeping Greeley at Weld County's center would be a huge cost savings to the city. Greeley staff in February set aside a generous $3.6 million from 2012 carryover money in the case that it did separate. It was a sum Greeley officials said was for the "worst-case scenario."
For the county, whether Greeley stays or goes is less of a cost issue, Rademacher said.
"It really wouldn't change our bottom line at all," he said.
Rademacher said the future of the Greeley and Weld County dispatch center has been identified as an issue to government officials for years.
Moving forward, Norton said nothing technically has to be finalized to keep the center united until later in the year, when Greeley sets its 2014 budget.
"If I had my druthers, I would do it tomorrow, but there's too much to process," Norton said.
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One month prior to your arrival at Sea Base we ask that you provide us with a final count of participants, itinerary, and STEM syllabus or outline.
Your organization should arrive between 2:00 and 6:00 pm on the first day of your STEM Conference. Upon arrival Sea Base Staff will check you into our facility, give you a tour of the property, outline participant expectations, and show you to your rooms.
Organizations who have arrived early in the afternoon will have the opportunity to complete a swim review, check out snorkel equipment, and complete a snorkel lesson. Organizations arriving later in the afternoon will complete the process the next morning following breakfast.
Dinners will be prepared and served in the Sea Base Galley at 6:00 pm on the first and final evening of your conference.
Following dinner, Sea Base Staff will outline your itinerary and provide a slideshow depicting the one living coral reef in North America. Elements of fish and coral identification, coral reef conservation and restoration, and proper etiquette will be covered.
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Your crew will then spend the remainder of the day sailing throughout waters surrounding the Florida Keys, snorkeling, or exploring mangrove islands. The Sea will be your classroom and your captain will adapt the voyage to your request (weather permitting).
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Mankind: The Story of All of Us : Season 1
- Network: The History Channel
- Series Premiere Date: Nov 13, 2012
- Summary: Narrated by Josh Brolin, the 12-hour documentary miniseries traces the beginnings of humanity from hunter-gathers to the modern civilizations we have created.
- Genre(s): Movie/Mini-Series, News/Documentary
- Season 1 premiere date: Nov 13, 2012
- Episode Length: 120
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Positive: 9 out of 14
Mixed: 5 out of 14
Negative: 0 out of 14
This excellent series has too many of the usual experts and way too many ridiculous sound effects.
Mankind: The Story of All of Us is that college freshman survey course, a buffet of tasty data, a little bit about a lot. It might leave you hungry for more.
Stuck on hyper-drive and stuffed with hyperbole, Mankind: The Story of All of Us is history a-go-go from a programmer that used to obey a few speed limits.
Historical re-enactments almost always seem cheesy, especially when accompanied by a soaring score and melodramatic narration (by Josh Brolin). But these are arguably better than most.
The series' bludgeoning aesthetic is silly, but it works. Much of History's programming aims to intrigue viewers who might never crack open a book, while assuring literate history buffs that the filmmakers know what they're talking about.
[Mankind is] filled with overdone battle reenactments, unqualified celebrity talking heads, and slo-mo iron smelting set to electronic dance music.
Score distribution:
Positive: 1 out of 6
Mixed: 1 out of 6
Negative: 4 out of 6
Dec 28, 2012A wonderful experience on the small screen excuse the soumd effects and enjoy yourself.
Dec 4, 2012Wow, great show! But the sound effects are driving us crazy. We watched half of the second episode silently, with the sound on mute! WhyWow, great show! But the sound effects are driving us crazy. We watched half of the second episode silently, with the sound on mute! Why all the whooshes and banging of drums? I think it brings the show down to the level of an advertisement and makes the narration much harder to follow.… Expand
Jul 21, 2013Story of us all? Really? Looks to me the only story about the Americans and English inventors, explorers and revolutionaries. The film barelyStory of us all? Really? Looks to me the only story about the Americans and English inventors, explorers and revolutionaries. The film barely even touches on the Age of Enlightenment or the Renaissance, or the contributions by Japan, India, Russia, Germany, French and all other great nations. Thanks to the China Wall and their invention of gunpowder, the Chinese gets some mention. There is really no mention of music and literature. And hello, there are also other significant religions like Buddhism and Hinduism that deserve mention. Do Asians, Africans, Australians (oh yes, they mentioned the Aboriginals!), Russians, Scandinavians (yes, they mention the Vikings!) count at all because it sounds like they didn't contribute much to human kind. I just hope whoever wrote the script and directed the film will never be world history teachers of our children. Just watch this as entertainment. And seriously, why do they have some TV news reader among the experts to talk about history when he has no expertise at all. But I like the ex Navy Seals guy among the interviewees who says the most obvious things. I like the way he is dramatic. Humorous. I would rate this 3 out of 10 but thanks to the great graphics, animations and photography, the saviours of this awful show… Expand
Dec 12, 2012the show is entertaining but its history is flawed and revisionist . It is full of self loathing for the west, portraying the crusades as anthe show is entertaining but its history is flawed and revisionist . It is full of self loathing for the west, portraying the crusades as an evil conquest of muslim lands instead of an attempt to stem islamic expansion into the west . It was a response to muslim attempts at world domination . It then went on to perpetuate the myth of islamic science and tolerance . The renaisance in Europe was a direct result of a christian and jewish brain drain from islamic tyrany . Who put up the money for this show , Saudi Arabia?… Expand
Dec 22, 2012This series has great visuals, but other than that it is downright terrible. First, It completely skips over ancient Indian civilizationThis series has great visuals, but other than that it is downright terrible. First, It completely skips over ancient Indian civilization (mohenjo-daro anyone?), an ancient people that every ancient historian considers vital to the development of world civilization. I was also equally amazed that the series skipped over the transformation of Rome from a Republic to an Empire (Julius Caesar and Augustus anyone?). Rulers have been calling themselves Caesars/Czars/Kaisers for thousands of years, but no mention of Caesar? Incredibly, the series also omits Charlemagne and the Franks (the group who would lay the foundations for France and Germany), the Byzantine Empire, and perhaps most incredibly of all, Napoleon. I find it absolutely mind-blowing that these subjects wouldn't be included in a history of the world. World War I and II were glossed over, and far too much time is spent on less important events like the invention of the crossbow. The American Revolution and Civil War are similar overblown in their effect on the world. Last but not least, many of the 'facts' presented are either untrue or simply opinions that would be ignored in the academic community. An example of this is the coverage of the American revolution - the involvement of the French is left out and the documentary describes the British surrendering solely to the rebels at Yorktown. In reality, the British surrendered to a mixed army of American rebels and the French army - a victory mde possible by the naval victory of the French over the British off the coast of Virginia. I had really hoped to show this series to my students but instead I will tell them that this is simply an entertainment show that is not to be taken seriously as a historical documentary. Other than Mike Loades I have never even heard of any of these 'historical experts'. I have absolutely no idea why Brian Williams from NBC, a news commentator, is featured in a historical documentary series. There is a plethora of respected historians who could have been consulted for this series - but instead the history channel decides to settle with Brian Williams and a few unknown authors. They should have consulted historians such as Kelly DeVries (UMD) as they did in other more serious historical documentaries. Stay away from this one if you want a serious historical overview of human history.… Collapse
Dec 12, 2012I've watched this series and saved the episodes for possible watching by visiting grandchildren. Having seen all the episodes through episodeI've watched this series and saved the episodes for possible watching by visiting grandchildren. Having seen all the episodes through episode 15, my wife and I have decided that we wouldn't want our grandchildren to watch the series. Much of the photography is well done and the series is fairly entertaining, but we are dumbfounded by the number of historical factual inaccuracies and the burdensome biased political philosophy that is stated as historical fact. The writing is so bad, I tried to find out who the writers were. I discovered that no names are credited for the series, and I understand as I would want to hide my name as well. My wife and I have just deleted the series from my DVD.… Expand
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Downloading now.. if this actually works its worth it... will report back in a few minutes...
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Edit: Tried this on iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 3GS and does not work. 5.0.1, 5.1 and 5.1.1 and no go... sometimes I get it to open photo.app but nothing happens.
I wish the writer would try the app before posting about it because this is a doa. Developer please fix.
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I tried using a Sony W100, Kodak, C530, Kodak Z650 also tried the SD Card reader attachment... again nothing. It seems there is a certain camera or device the developer was using and he got it working with his setup but the rest of us are out of luck.
Rumor has it, the kernel from 5.0b1 - 5.0b3 supported the CCK, on iPhone4 and iPT4.
Later betas had this feature "disabled".
Unfortunately, none of the devs who "discovered" this nifty trick seem to have documented in any kind of detail what worked and what didn't, at least not publicly. And those betas are no longer available or usable by anyone :/
May be a little early to call, but based on reports in this thread, I'm thinking MAYBE FAKE. maybe not fake
Anthony: did you try it out for yourself?
If you're using it with an SD card, try one that has camera photo data on it (as opposed to one that's empty or has other data)
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Maybe not fake. hmmm
could someone who has this run
'dpkg -L org.thebigboss.cameraconnector' ?
I'd be surprised if it were very large. It shouldn't need to be.
What surprises me is that the devs don't indicate which devices it will and won't run on.
Another "review"
could someone who has this run
'dpkg -L org.thebigboss.cameraconnector' ?
No configuration worked, no device worked... even installing on a freshly restored device did NOTHING.
Even doing it at an APPLE store did nothing!
Please note, the adapter has the issue of not detecting devices even when one uses it on the iPad.
For example, I use a Model M 122 PS/2 keyboard, at times, the device goes to sleep and suspends the USB port, which makes iapd go mad and stop allowing devices to be connected. This is rectified by restarting, or reconnecting the device.
The actual USB hardware is a little bit buggy from what I've experienced with all of my devices (which would be: iPhone 4, iPod touch 4G, iPad 1, iPad 3)
Also, for some reason, it does not appear to work properly with 8920/8922 devices, this needs to be looked into for the future, however, an update will eventually be released that fixes these issues.
All 8930+ devices have a full USB OHCI/EHCI controller and support host mode.
The general issue is, iapd is buggy (which is the Apple Accessory Daemon), and only works properly sometimes, when issues prop up:
1) Unplug the adapter and wait for a bit
2) Kill iapd and wait 40 seconds, then try plugging it back in.
3) Reboot the device.
Known bugs for this version:
iapd is not killed after installation, reboot for now.
USB Mass Storage is not supported, wait for an update to rectify this issue.
I'm working to fix some of these issues at the moment.
Now, notice, when the device says "The connected USB device is not recognized", this means that actually it is being misdetected by a device arbitrator (in the case of USB MSC devices). A full IOKit node is created for the device and you can send/receive data. For example, opensn0w for iOS relies on this.
I am sorry about the issues relating to your experiences. I will try to rectify these issues as soon as possible.
The roadmap is currently this:
0.0.1 - USB HID/PTP device support mainly done.
0.0.2 - USB Mass storage support done.
And then general bugfixes and all from there.
Please note, these updates will all be free.
Oh, and the kernel still has prelinked kernel extensions for IOUSBFamily, and the AppleEmbeddedUSBHost/AppleEmbeddedUSBHub.
One more thing: the SD card adapter is really a SD->USB->Dock connector, based on the configuration descriptors, it is another MSC device, which loops into the misdetected arbitrator issue.
Man, after plugged the keyboard in my iPhone 4 and had a reboot ... NOW IT WORKS... Awesome but the tweak should take sometime to improve. Hope to get a fix/ improvement in the near future.
But it's still getting something like "The hardware is not supported blah blah blah" or "This accessory is not supported by iPad blah blah blah"
The Camera Kit has horrible ratings in the Apple Store. Apparently it has a hard time working for dozens of brand name and non-brand name cameras - even on the iPad 2 and New iPad. It may not be that it's the Jailbreak developer's fault. RMS probably has it just right, but the Apple hardware lacks in function with any and/or all iDevices. IMHO
Please let us know how it's going, even if you get stuck and aren't able to make any significant progress anymore.
This is one of the few "killer tweaks" I've been itching for, since the ios5 betas.
If you would consider posting the source (on SVN or something) that would be fabulous,
for people who want to know as much "how it works" as seeing it work.
Sorry for the accusations earlier.
It's just slightly weird to see this tweak show up,
with the reported problems and without having heard from you before.
thanks for posting,
welcome to ModMyI ♥


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PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania field hockey team needed all of regulation, 30 minutes of overtime,a shootout and one finalpenalty stroke before it vanquished Yale Saturday at Ellen Vagelos Field. Carly Sokach punctuated a spectacular day in goal, stopping Georgia Holland's stroke to give the Quakers a 2-1 win in the strokes andthus a1-0 decision in the game.
Penn (11-3, 4-1 Ivy League) remained a game back of Princeton in the Ivy standings; the Tigers are 5-0 after beating Harvard on Saturday, 3-1. Yale fell to 6-8 overall, 2-3 in conference.
The regulation and overtimes certainly presented drama in their own right, but this was the first time Penn had gone to the newshootout system and that was all the discussion afterward. (The last time Penn went to the old penalty stroke formatin a game? Try exactly 11 years ago, on October 26, 2002against this same Yale program. That game ended as a 2-1 Bulldog victory.)
Shooting at the south goal, Penn went first and MaryRose Croddick was denied in her 1-on-1 attempt by Yale goalkeeper Heather Schlesier. Yale's Erica Borgo was next, and she was stopped by Sokach. Katie Harrington and Yale's Rhoni Gericke were next, and both were unable to score.
Penn sophomore Elizabeth Hitti opened the scoring in the top of the third round, getting around Schlesier and firing it into the goal. Sokach then denied Jessie Accurso, giving the Quakers a 1-0 lead after three rounds.
Jasmine Cole tried a speed run around Schlesier, but lost control of the ball and ran out of time. Then Emily Schuckert scored for Yale to tie things up 1-1 heading into the final round.
Senior Julie Tahan went for Penn, and was not denied. Her first shot was saved, but she pounced on the rebound and got it home just before the whistle for a goal.
That left Sokach and Holland. Holland attempted to get around Sokach's left side, was tripped by the keeper and the refs signalled for a penalty stroke. From the spot, Holland attempted to go low left corner but Sokach was equal to the challenge and pushed it aside. That set off a huge celebaration, as Sokach's teammates quickly piled on top of her.
It was a fitting end to this game; Sokach finished the day with 15 saves (tying a career high)in garnering the shutout. The Quakers were also aided by a standout defensive save by Helene Caniglia in the second half, and a Gericke shot that rang off theright post in the first overtime.At the other end Schlesier had six stops and was aided by a defensive save from Holland.
Yale outshot Penn, 27-14, while the Quakers held a 14-13 edge in penalty corners in the game.
Penn returns to action on Wednesday, hosting Villanova at 4 p.m. on Ellen Vagelos Field.
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Feudal Japan made possessing a sword without membership in the Samurai class a death penalty offense. Today, Japan has some of the lowest crime rates and some of the strictest gun control laws in the world. And the Victim Disarmament crowd often espouses adopting the Japanese-style laws to "put a stop to crime and violence" here in America. Since these people tend to be the same people who claim to support individual rights, I thought it would be good to see WHAT it is they are supporting. So, let us look at the socity that the victim disarmament groups hold up as the prime example of why we, in America, need to ban guns "for our own good". Japan.
First, to make the anti- crowd happy, let's show what Japan's current laws are. (Link)
The only type of firearm which a Japanese citizen may even contemplate acquiring is a shotgun.[5] Sportsmen are permitted to possess shotguns for hunting and for skeet and trap (p.27)shooting, but only after submitting to a lengthy licensing procedure.[6] Without a license, a person may not even hold a gun in his or her hands.
The licensing procedure is rigorous. A prospective gun owner must first attend classes and pass a written test.[7] Shooting range classes and a shooting test follow; 95 per cent pass.[8] After the safety exam, the applicant takes a simple 'mental test' at a local hospital, to ensure that the applicant is not suffering from a readily detectable mental illness. The applicant then produces for the police a medical certificate attesting that he or she is mentally healthy and not addicted to drugs.[9]
The police investigate the applicant's background and relatives, ensuring that both are crime free. Membership in 'aggressive' political or activist groups disqualifies an applicant.[10] The police have unlimited discretion to deny licenses to any person for whom 'there is reasonable cause to suspect may be dangerous to other persons' lives or properties or to the public peace'.[11]
Gun owners are required to store their weapons in a locker, and give the police a map of the apartment showing the location of the locker. Ammunition must be kept in a separate locked safe. The licenses also allow the holder to buy a few thousand rounds of ammunition, with each transaction being registered.[12]
Civilians may also apply for licenses to possess air rifles--low-power guns that are powered by carbon dioxide rather than by gunpowder.
Civilians can never own handguns. Small calibre rifles were once legal, but in 1971, the Government forbade all transfers of rifles. Current rifle license holders may continue to own them, but their heirs must turn them into the police when the license-holder dies.[13] Total remaining rifle licenses are 27,000.[14] Even shotguns and air rifles, the two legal types of firearm, are becoming rarer and rarer, as few people find it worthwhile to pass through a burdensome gun licensing process. The number of licensed shotguns and air rifles declined from 652,000 in 1981 to 493,373 in 1989.[15]
Sounds a little extreme to those of us who love freedom, but let's take the next step. Let's see HOW they enforce these laws. From the same link,
Illegal gun possession, like illegal drug possession, is a consensual offense. There is no victim to complain to the police. Accordingly, in order to find illegal guns, the Japanese police are given broad search and seizure powers. The basic firearms law permits a policeman to search a person's belongings if the officer judges there is 'sufficient suspicion that a person is carrying a fire-arm, a sword or a knife' or if he judges that a person 'is likely to endanger life or body of other persons judging reasonably from his abnormal behavior or any other surrounding circumstances'.[32] Once a weapon is found, the policeman may confiscate it. Even if the confiscation is later admitted to be an error, the firearm is sometimes not returned.[33](p.29)
In practice, the special law for weapons searches is not necessary, since the police routinely search at will. They ask suspicious characters to show them what is in their purse or sack.[34] In the rare cases where a policeman's search (for a gun or any other contraband) is ruled illegal, it hardly matters; the Japanese courts permit the use of illegally seized evidence.[35] And legal rules aside, Japanese, both criminals and ordinary citizens, are much the more willing than their American counterparts to consent to searches and to answer questions from the police.[36]
'Home visit is one of the most important duties of officers assigned to police...' explains the Japanese National Police Agency. In twice-a-year visit, officers fill out Residence Information Cards about who lives where and which family member to contact in case of emergency, what relation people in the house have to each other, what kind of work they do, if they work late, and what kind of cars they own.[37] The police also check on all gun licensees, to make sure that no gun has been stolen or misused, that the gun is securely stored, and that the licensees are emotionally stable.[38]
The close surveillance of gun owners and householders comports with the police tradition of keeping close tabs on many private activities.[39] For example, the nation's official year-end police report includes statistics like 'Background and Motives for Girls' Sexual Misconduct'. The police recorded 9,402 such incidents in 1985, and determined that 37.4 per cent of the girls had been seduced, and the rest had sex 'voluntarily'. The two leading reasons for having sex voluntarily were 'out of curiosity' for 19.6 per cent, and 'liked particular boy', for 18.1 per cent.[40] The fact that police keep records on sex is simply a reflection of their keeping an eye on everything, including guns. Every person is the subject of a police dossier.[41]
Almost everyone accepts the paradigm that the police should be respected. Because the police are so esteemed, the Japanese people co-operate with their police more than Americans do. Co-operation with the police also extends to obeying the laws which almost everyone believes in. The Japanese people, and even the large majority of Japanese criminals, voluntarily obey the gun controls.
There is no right to bear arms in Japan. In practical terms, there is no right to privacy against police searches. Other Western-style rights designed to protect citizens from a police state are also non-existent or feeble in Japan.
After the arrest, a suspect may be detained without bail for up to 28 days before the prosecutor brings the suspect before a judge.[42] Even after the 28 day period is completed, detention in a Japanese police station may continue on a variety of pretexts, such as preventing the defendant from destroying evidence. Rearrest on another charge, bekken taihö, is a common police tactic for starting the suspect on another 28 day interrogation process. 'Rearrest' may (p.30)occur while the suspect is still being held at the police station on the first charge. Some defendants may be held for several months without ever being brought before a judge.[43] Courts approve 99.5 per cent of prosecutors' requests for detentions.[44]
Criminal defense lawyers are the only people allowed to visit a suspect in custody, and those meetings are strictly limited. In the months while a suspect is held prisoner, the defense counsel may see his or her client for one to five meetings lasting about 15 minutes each. Even that access will be denied if it hampers the police investigation. While under detention, suspects can be interrogated 12 hours a day, allowed to bathe only every fifth day, and may be prohibited from standing up, lying down, or leaning against the wall of their jail cells.[45] Amnesty International calls the Japanese police custody system a 'flagrant violation of United Nations human rights principles'.[46]
The confession rate is 95 per cent.[47] As a Tokyo police sergeant observes, 'It is no use to protest against power'.[48] Suspects are not allowed to read confessions before they sign them, and suspects commonly complain that their confession was altered after signature. The police use confession as their main investigative technique, and when that fails, they can become frustrated and angry. The Tokyo Bar Association states that the police routinely 'engage in torture or illegal treatment'. The Tokyo Bar is particularly critical of the judiciary for its near-total disinterest in coercion during the confession process. 'Even in cases where suspects claimed to have been tortured and their bodies bore physical traces to back their claims, courts have still accepted their confessions'.[49]
In Japan, the legal system is, in effect, an omnipotent and unitary state authority. All law enforcement administrators in Japan are appointed by the National Police Agency and receive their funding from the NPA. Hence, the police are insulated from complaints from politicians or other citizens.[50] There is hardly any check on the power of the state, save its own conscience.
What does the breadth of police powers have to do with gun controls? Japanese gun controls exist in a society where there is little need for guns for self-defense. Police powers make it difficult for owners of illegal guns to hide them. Most importantly, the Japanese criminal justice system is based on the Government possessing the inherent authority to do whatever it wishes. In a society where almost everyone accepts nearly limitless, unchecked Government power, people do not wish to own guns to resist oppression or to protect themselves in case the criminal justice system fails.
Extensive police authority is one reason the Japanese gun control system works. Another reason is that Japan has no cultural history of gun ownership by citizens.(p.31)
Can you imagine any American Civil Liberties associatiom even the ACLU itself (a notably anti-gun organization itself) that would tolerate these police powers? PLEASE NOTE that these powers are not limited solely to firearms. Household visitation is for EVERY Japanese household, not just where a gun license has been issued. Now, Japan has a violent history. As you can read for yourself, Japan has had a long and violent love affair with swords, considering them the soul of a warrior, and allowing a SAmurai warrior to kill peasants out of hand. Prior to the introduction of the gun, peasants were not completely disarmed, but they were primarily armed with spears for the frequent and bloody internecine wars the various lords engaged in. Then, Japan was introduced to firearms. Again, from the link.
Guns arrived in Japan along with the first trading ships from Portugal in 1542 or 1543. Confident of the superiority of Japanese civilisation, the Japanese dubbed the Western visitors namban, 'Southern barbarians'.[52] The Portuguese had landed on Tanegashima Island, outside Kyushu. One day the Portuguese trader Mendez Pinto took Totitaka, Lord of Tanegashima for a walk; the trader shot a duck. The Lord of Tanegashima made immediate arrangements to take shooting lessons, and within a month he bought both Portuguese guns, or Tanegashima as the Japanese soon called them.[53]
The Tanegashima caught on quickly among Japan's feuding warlords. The novelty of the guns was the main reason that the Portuguese were treated well.[54] Lord Oda Nobunaga noted that 'guns have become all the rage...but I intend to make the spear the weapon to rely on in battle'. Nobunaga was worried about how long--15 minutes--it took to prepare a gun shot, and how weak the projectile was. The Portuguese guns, among the best of their era, were matchlocks (ignited by a match), and Japan's rainy weather made the gun's ignition system unreliable.[55]
Despite some initial problems, the Japanese rapidly improved firearms technology. They invented a device to make matchlocks fire in the rain (the Europeans never figured out how to do this), refined the matchlock trigger and spring, developed a serial firing technique, and increased the matchlock's calibre. They also dispensed with pre-battle introductions.[56] Superior quality guns were produced; during the 1904 Russo-Japanese war, 16th century matchlocks were converted to modern bolt-action and performed admirably.[57]
So, how did they go from fascinated with firearms to almost none? read on, my friends.
Yet as Japan grew more pre-eminent in firearms manufacture and warfare, she moved closer to the day when firearms would disappear from society. The engineer of Japan's greatest armed victories, and of the abolition of guns in Japan, would be a peasant named Hidéyoshi. Starting out as a groom for Lord Nobunaga, Hidéyoshi rose through the ranks to take control of Nobunaga's army after Nobunaga died. A brilliant strategist, Hidéyoshi finished the job that Nobunaga began, and re-unified Japan's feudal states under a strong central government.[67]
Having conquered the Japanese, Hidéyoshi meant to keep them under control. On 29 August 1588, Hidéyoshi announced 'the Sword Hunt' (taiko no katanagari) and banned possession of swords and firearms by the non-noble classes. He decreed:
The people in the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their possession any swords, short swords, bows, spears, firearms or other arms. The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and tends to foment uprisings... Therefore the heads of provinces, official agents and deputies are ordered to collect all the weapons mentioned above and turn them over to the Government.[68](emphasis added)
Although the intent of Hidéyoshi's decree was plain, the Sword Hunt was presented to the masses under the pretext that all the swords would be melted down to supply nails and bolts for a temple containing a huge statue of the Buddha. The statue would have been twice the size of the Statue of Liberty.[69] The Western missionaries' Jesuit Annual Letter reported that Hidéyoshi 'is depriving the people of their arms under the pretext of devotion to religion'.[70](p.33)Once the swords and guns were collected, Hidéyoshi had them melted into a statue of himself.
The historian Stephen Turnbull writes:
Hidéyoshi's resources were such that the edict was carried out to the letter. The growing social mobility of peasants was thus flung suddenly into reverse. The ikki, the warrior-monks, became figures of the past...Hidéyoshi had deprived the peasants of their weapons. Iéyasu [the next ruler] now began to deprive them of their self respect. If a peasant offended a samurai he might be cut down on the spot by the samurai's sword.[71]
The inferior status of the peasantry having been affirmed by civil disarmament, the Samurai enjoyed kiri-sute gomen, permission to kill and depart. Any disrespectful member of the lower class could be executed by a Samurai's sword.[72]
Hidéyoshi forbade peasants to leave their land without their superior's permission and required that warriors, peasants, and merchants all remain in their current post.[73] After Hidéyoshi died, Iéyasu founded the Tokugawa Shogunate, which would rule Japan for the next two-and-a-half centuries. Peasants were assigned to a 'five-man group,' headed by landholders who were responsible for the group's behaviour. The groups arranged marriages, resolved disputes, maintained religious orthodoxy, and enforced the rules against peasants possessing firearms or swords. The weapons laws clarified and stabilised class distinctions. Samurai had swords; the peasants did not.[74]
So, we have established that first, feudal tyranny was a necessary startiing point for Japan's victim disarmament culture. Second, an unquestioning submission to government interference in private life is a must. And last but certainly not least, acceptance of police powers that are intolerable to most Americans. From the looks of things, to me, at least, there is no real way to successfully adopt the Japanese gun ownership model without also adopting Japan's cultural respect for government "authority" combined with a near total loss of individual freedoms such as privacy, no warrantless searches, and a severe restriction on police powers.
Japan, despite being nominally a democracy, is actually a tyranny. It is a Constitutional monarchy (much like England) with even less power for the monarch, but far MORE power for the government. It is my opinion that short of a centuries long (and massively oppressive) program of societal reprogramming, a Japanese-style gun control system could never be successfully implemented here. Nor would it result in the lower crime rates of Japan. For the simple fact that no American will tolerate the massive amount of police intrusion into our lives the Japanese consider perfectly tolerable. As Japanese scholars themselves note (from same link):
The Japanese historian, Nobutaka Ike, observes in modern Japan a 'preference for paternalism'.[100] An American historian writes: 'Never conquered by or directly confronted with external forms of political rule (except for the MacArthur occupation), they remained unaware of the relative, fallible nature of authority. Authority was a "given", taken for granted as an unalienable part of the natural order'.[101] A Tokyo University historian describes 'an assumption that the state is a prior and self-justifying entity, sufficient in itself. This results in a belief that...the state should take precedence over the goals of other individuals and associations...'.[102]
The differing meanings of the phrase 'rule of law' highlight the contrast between American and Japanese views of authority. In America, observes Noriho Urabe, 'rule of law' expresses the subordination of Government to the law. In Japan, the 'rule of law' refers to the people's obligation to obey the Government, and is thus 'an ideology to legitimize domination'.[103]
The Japanese individual's desires are 'absorbed in the interest of the collectivity to which he belongs', whether that collectivity be the nation, the school, or the family.[104] There is no theory of 'social contract', and no theory that individuals pre-exist society and have rights superior to society.[105] The strongest sanctions are not American-style punishments, but exclusion from the community.[106] When Japanese parents punish their children, they do not make the children stay inside the house, as American parents do. Punishment for a Japanese child means being put outside. The sublimation of individual desires to the greater good, the pressure to conform, and internalised willingness to do so are much stronger in Japan than in America.[107]
We, in America, do NOT, as a rule accept this concept of government being our infallible boss. Upon reading the entire article linked, and following many of the included links in said article, I can see no way to successfully implement Japanese-style gun control methods in America. And it CERTAINLY cannot be done if any shred of the Bill of Rights remains intact. Not that I, of course, have any desire to do so!


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Ask the court, or the child protective services agency near you, to tell you where you can get help.
Find your county's child protective services agency and check your county's website. You can also check the county listings in your telephone book.
As a guardian of the estate of the minor, you owe the highest duty the law recognizes to protect the assets of the child's estate. This duty is called a fiduciary duty. It is easy to violate this duty if you do not have special training or a probate lawyer giving you advice. For this reason, it is better to have a lawyer represent you when you are asking the court to appoint you guardian of the estate. The lawyer's fees are paid for by the estate, and must be approved by the court so there is protection for the minor.
Within 90 days after being appointed guardian, you must file financial reports with the court, including an inventory and appraisal signed by a referee showing the value of the assets in the estate. You must:
To determine the value of the child's property, first, get a court-appointed referee, called a "probate referee," who will figure out how much the property was worth when you were appointed.
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ATHENS, Ohio (AP) -- An Ohio University utility worker accused of making threatening comments about taking a shotgun to work will be back in court next month to face misdemeanor charges.
The southeast Ohio school says police arrested 53-year-old Stacy Gorham on Friday and seized eight firearms from his Athens home, including an AK-47 assault rifle. He was charged with inducing panic and having criminal tools.
Police said Gorham had lost keys issued for his work and had told a co-worker he would bring in his shotgun if the university tried to fire him.
Gorham pleaded not guilty in municipal court Monday and was ordered to stay away from campus. He declined to comment by phone Tuesday.
His next court hearing is scheduled for Jan. 7.


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This school is amazing depending on what you are studying. The only school admin cares about funding is the School of Engineering, so if you're an engineer, great! (Side Note: If you want to go to Medical School; DON'T COME HERE (I made this mistake)). Most of the 100 level professors are awful in my experience, so the first year you'll have to put up with shitty professors. The location of this campus is ideal if you are looking for a college town and not a big city. There are a couple nice beaches nearby and great places to hike. The campus dining is AWFUL, so some creativity is needed to not go insane. All of the students at this school are genuinely friendly. Parties. If you are a female, this school is ideal for girls into the party scene. If you are a male, it is IMPOSSIBLE to get into a party unless you are in the frat. The admin here seems like it wants you to fail which makes you feel awful. Athletics aren't that impressive here.
I love attending Cal Poly! After just one quarter, I really have nothing bad to say about my experience here. I would have to say the best part has been the environment and the incredible people I am surrounded by. Everyone from the staff to the professors to the students is helpful and friendly and I feel so welcome here. They did a great job at helping the freshman to have a smooth transition to college life and to make friends. The food is not what comes from a gourmet five star restaurant, but this is college, and there are so many options for everyone. Even more options will be available soon with the new housing and dining areas being built. The surroundings are beautiful and the campus is very active as well! Students are very driven to succeed and I always feel safe on campus. I am so glad that I get to call myself a mustang!
Cal Poly is a tremendous school with a variety of academic opportunities and social activity. The College of Business provides students with a myriad of career resources that prepare students for a profession. The education we receive is nationally recognized. The school also strongly encourages students to live a healthy, balanced lifestyle, and professors are encouraged to support students as best they can. Overall, I have had a phenomenal experience at this university, and am ecstatic to go back for my senior year this fall!


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Hello guys i use bt, for some while about a year, just for curiosity. I have a simples question, backtrack is just and ONLY, for security testing or i can also be used for standard use, same as Ubuntu, Debian, etc?
I wanted to replace ubuntu for backtrack, but i also want to be available to do the same things i used to do in ubuntu (normal stuff)... I think i can be done.
But i want to know what you think!
As Prez mentioned, backtrack was designed for pen-testing. It wasn't meant to be a main distro for daily use. Since it's advanced & not quite as user-friendly as others. The typical advice would be to keep Ubuntu for daily use. Then just use BT for security related tasks. The choice is entirely up to you of course.
Now i have another question, how good bt will work when emulating him using the vmware image on linux and win?
where can I find backtrack 2 command line... please answer cause iam newbie
I have windows xp service pack 3. Currently using VMware workstation and it works like a charm. You can't, however, use wireless through VMware unless you use a usb wlan adapter.how well will bt work that way? In Win and Linux?
When you launch bt and login you should be at the konsole unless you have it autostart startx...??where can I find backtrack 2 command line
D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-G132 is not working with backtrack.i am a new user so pls explain me in detail
You should read this thread from last week on the topic of using BT as a daily use OS:
I'm a compulsive post editor, you might wanna wait until my post has been online for 5-10 mins before quoting it as it will likely change.
I know I seem harsh in some of my replies. SORRY! But if you're doing something illegal or posting something that seems to be obvious BS I'm going to call you on it.


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What happened to the amateur fights? No results for them?
Haven't seen them yet.... :/
Co-Owner of www.AddictedMMA.com and massive MMA Addict!
I thought I'd read in a thread that there was 4/5 amateurs up first. I must be wrong.
Nice one Mr Enlund im happy you won you deserve it.
Good man... Avi had just had it put on him in the first 5 minutes!!
Avi should have kept it standing then at the start of the 3rd he was landing.
Great performance by Turner. Great cage control should be very happy with that. wow that was a fast start by both fighters fair play to them both true warriors.


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The wiki says that there are no problems with that laptop, does it work from the live cd ?
Dear All,
Having not long entered the World of Linux, I have already developed a fundamental understanding of this novel OS through using various distributions such as CentOS, Fedora and Ubuntu and was recently intrigued about BT 2, so decided to give it a whirl.
Unfortunately, when I try to install from CD on my pre-historic Satellite Pro 4600 laptop, an error occurs whilst the setup runs the Linux Live scripts.
It gets to the point of setting up 'union directory' and this is what I get:
* setup union directory (using aufs)
mount: Mounting aufs on union failed: No such device
Fatal error occured - can't setup union (aufs)
* Something went wrong and we can't continue. This should never happen.
* Please reboot your computer with Ctrl+Alt+Delte ...
/ #
Has anybody got any ideas as to what is going wrong here? Perhaps its just my lack of experience getting myself into a muddle? Can someone save me from the depths of Linux Live scripts ?
Many thanks in advance!
The wiki says that there are no problems with that laptop, does it work from the live cd ?
When you say Live CD - are you referring to the official .iso image that I burned onto CD? In which case no, that's the disk I'm trying to boot from but to no avail.
Thanks for your speedy reply!
First things first,
Did you verify the md5sum of your d/l?
Try burning at slowest speed possible?
Are you actually trying to install BT2 (as per your comment) or are you just trying to get it to boot the livecd??
You mention installing, but it sounds more like a "booting the livecd" issue....
If you are actually installing to hdd, which method are you using?
1. Check the MD5 of the iso you downloaded. if corrupt download a new one, if good procede to step two.
2. Burn at the slowest speed possible (2-4x) using imgburn on windows or you favourite linux burning software.
3. Boot again
4. Report back
I have the same problem with live CD. I using DELL inspiron 1501.
I guess that my hard disk is SATA and the live CD wont run by that reason.
But here is no extra boot parameters for this.
The live CD run's perfect on much older PC.
Please advice me!
I have already downloaded the iso from two different mirrors and each time verified the MD5 checksum as well as having adjusted the burning speeds, but that doesn't seem to make any difference.
To reply to Re@lity's comment, I am trying to install BT to HDD, but can't get past the boot phase on the Live CD in order to do so.
Many thanks for your support!
Tried changing CD media to better quality Maxell's, burnt the image and attempted to boot.
I'm pleased to say all is going well and BT is now installing to HDD!
Many, many thanks for your help !
Cheerio for now,
Glad you got it sorted.
It's nearly always going to be a bad d/l (md5sum check) or media must be burned at slower speed, or change to better quality media.
I look up again and saw that my error is different:
linuxrc: linuxrc: 150: cannot create union/etc/fstab: Directrory nonexistent
*changing root directory...
Fatal error occured - Can't find executable chroot command
Something went wrong ....
Please reboot your.....bla...bla


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What is the difference between mysql_fetch_object and mysql_fetch_array?
One returns an array, the other an object.
Anyway, as you can see on those pages, the mysql_ extension has been deprecated, and you really should start using mysqli_ or pdo.
In my opinion fetch object is generally cleaner to use, because you access the data using the object notation rather than array notation.
object notation
array notation
I found the former to be
It also meant slightly less code to change in some situation when eventually switching to PDO.
But using objects is slower and more memory hungry than arrays. In most situations this difference will be irrelevant but in some rare cases when you need to store or access large amounts of data it's better to choose arrays. I was wondering myself what benefits there are in having data in anonymous objects over arrays and I concluded there are none apart from the elegance stuff you mentioned. Therefore if I have a choice I tend to use arrays, though. Also, don't forget there's a whole bunch of aray functions that don't work with objects.
What does it have to do with PDO? All mysql extensions allow you to fetch data either in arrays or objects depending how you choose so PDO makes no difference in this case.
Right, this comment was probably more due to the fact that I duly welcomed the arrival of PDO for use in other objects, replacing as it did the very confusing amount of db abstraction layers the community had sprouted prior to PHP5. So, disregard my final comment.
Until someone starts their column name with a number (mySQL column names may begin with numbers, PHP labels may not)... or calls it 'array'... lot of gotchas potentially out there for object notation.
Insightful comments, I bet the OP is glad they asked.
Do you have stats to back this up? Have you worked out on what scale this would ever make a difference? I bet it would never make any kind of difference that you would ever notice in a real situation.
In general, it's a much better idea to use objects for most things, I find. It leads to generally (but not always) better code, and can really help in the design of a system.
I said the difference in most situations will be irrelevant so I don't know what your point is. As to objects being slower than arrays - just make a simple test with microtime to see objects are slower. But I never said they are slower enough to worry about it. Is there anything to discuss here?
But here we are talking about objects returned by mysql_fetch_object function - they are anonymous objects with no methods and only public properties (these are objects of StdClass in php) and there is nothing dynamic about them. Can you tell me what advantages they have over arrays? I can see they have a drawback that you can't use array functions on them so they are a bit less flexible. What do they offer apart from a bit nicer syntax?
You're right in this particular instance I suppose. I was speaking more generally about using objects as opposed to passing arrays around in general code. With regards to mysqli - yeah, you probably don't get a big advantage.
Yes, this wasn't made clear in this thread what objects we are talking about. It's also important to note that it's possible to use mysql(i)fetchobject in a special way with an additional parameter so that the values from the db are injected into the object of an existing class in our application - then we start getting the benefit of working with objects. But in its simplest form mysql(i)fetchobject returns values as properties of StdClass object, which isn't anything special as you can't do much with it apart form assigning and getting values. Just wanted to clarify in case someone didn't know


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who wins?
i'm worried that GSP's cardio may not be up to his usual high standards. sounds like he made huge improvements in 8 weeks, which doesn't sound long enough to be certain. who knows.
Condit's kicking seems more frequent and dangerous - but maybe he'll hold off, due to fear of takedowns. Bah, no idea who will win.
what do you think?