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I frequently need to turn a PHP array such as:
$cols = array ( [access] => N [card] => N [child] => Y [cot] => Y [dinner] => N [ground] => Y [allyear] => Y [pets] => N [wifi] => Y )
// derived from 'print_r', I'm aware this is not how one would construct the array
into a string (part of a query string for MySQL):
$cols_new = "access = 'N', card = 'N', child = 'Y', cot = 'Y', dinner = 'N', ground = 'Y', allyear = 'Y', pets = 'N', wifi = 'Y'"
I've done it with a FOREACH loop, but I'm just curious to know if there's a better way (e.g. an array function I've missed).Implode just gives me a string of the values. "N, N, Y, Y, N, Y, Y, N, Y". I've wondered about 'Array_walk' but even if it were to work there will be at least as many lines of code as with the FOREACH loop:
$cols_new = '';
foreach ($cols as $key => $value) {
$cols_new .= $key . " = '" . $value . "', ";
$cols_new = substr($cols_new, 0, -2); // remove trailing comma and space
I am using this procedure quite freqently, so if there's a better/shorter way it could be handy when I come to anonymise it.In short what I'm looking for is:
$cols_new = someExistingPHPFunction($cols);
Failing which I'll have to write my own based on what I've done so far.
I think IMPLODE() is exactly what you need. The resultant string can become the VALUES() part of a SQL query.If I recall correctly, you can also apply IMPLODE() to an array of just keys and get the SET() part of your SQL statement also.
implode the array_keys for the field names, and implode the array_values for the...well, values.
Thanks for your replies
The only syntax I know for UPDATE is "UPDATE tablename SET column1 = 'value1', column2 = 'value2',... WHERE...". This means I need a string "column1 = 'value1', column2 = 'value2',..." which I'm currently getting via my FOREACH.Implode just gives me a comma separated string of values, which isn't what I need here.
I think your suggestion would work for INSERT, with the syntax "INSERT INTO tablename (column1, column2,...) VALUES ('value1', value2',...) WHERE..." (grouping all the column names and then all the values).
Sorry, yes. For an UPDATE query this wont work. A most frustrating thing. Foreach is pretty much the best way to do it. You could probably get there using some complex series of array functions and implodes, but...
Prepared statements makes it a bit easier since you don't have to worry about quotes and escaping.
function update($tableName,$keyName,$data)
// Build set list
$set = '';
foreach(array_keys($data) as $name)
if ($name != $keyName)
if ($set) $set .= ', ';
$set .= $name . ' = :' . $name;
$sql = "UPDATE {$tableName}\
SET {$set}\
WHERE {$keyName} = :{$keyName};";
$stmt = $this->pdo->prepare($sql);
But with a few mods you could stick the values directly into the sql statement.
I'm not sure how that eliminates the need for a foreach loop when it ... uses... a foreach loop...itself?
The example posted does not. I edited the post accordingly. The post provides a more or less general solution for doing a sql update of one record.
However, depending on how the app is organized, you could write one sql statement for each table$sql = 'UPDATE xxx SET col1 = :value1, col2 = :value2 WHERE ...';After which you could just pass your array of values to the execute statement. No foreach required.


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A source from the rapper's hometown of Detroit claims to have witnessed Eminem's transformation firsthand through some of his recent actions, according to AllHipHop.com.
He stated that Eminem has been going through many changes as of late and has removed himself "from the depths of the music industry," and has also refused to conform to what is expected from him in the business.
Eminem, known for his shock value lyrics as well as his vivid storytelling and superior lyrical capabilities confessed to being a Christian on a song on his first album Infinite, which was released before his major label debut The Slim Shady LP.
"But in the midst of this insanity, I've found my Christianity through God and there's a wish he granted me," raps Eminem on "It's Ok." "He showed me how to cope with this stress and hope for the best, instead of moping depressed."
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Oct 192012
The Holbrook Youth Basketball League will hold signups for the upcoming season from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, at Roadrunner Stadium.
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Why Not to Miss 'Synecdoche, New York,' The Best Film of 2008
Charlie Kaufman's directing debut Synecdoche, New York is the most inaccessible, challenging, infuriating, stupefying, heartbreaking film of 2008. It's also the best American movie we've seen this year, and as noted here this morning, it's required viewing this weekend for anyone who wants to be on our good side. Or history's good side, for that matter — and here are five reasons why.1. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Period. When we called our shot for Brad Pitt as the likely winner in a crowded Best Actor field, we hadn't yet seen Hoffman as Caden Cotard, a Schenectady, N.Y., regional theater director at odds with his painter wife Adele (Catherine Keener) and his own chronically afflicted body. When Adele and his young daughter leave him for new, famous lives in Berlin, Caden spends the next 30 years funneling a Macarthur "genius" grant into staging his masterpiece: A city within a city, populated by himself, his doppelganger (Tom Noonan), his doppelganger's doppelganger and those of the people closest to him. Yet nobody and nothing is as close to Caden as his own admitted psychosis, the layers of which collapse onto and into each other in scene after scene. Sounds great, right? Except, well, it is. Portraying a man vexed by doctors, lovers, work and ultimately himself (aging decades in the process), Hoffman digs into an adventure of suffering as ludicrous as it is bittersweet. In one crucial scene when the hunt for his estranged daughter takes him to Berlin, what little interaction they have both validates and fetishizes his paranoia — just one of dozens of metaphysical stunts that make Hoffman's performance thrilling and really kind of inspiring. He not only gets but owns all this mindbending melancholy, and for the maybe first time ever, we felt like we had a guide in our tumble down the Kaufman rabbit hole. 2. Six extraordinary roles for women. Starting with Samantha Morton as Caden's theater receptionist-turned-lover-turned-right-hand Hazel (and then Emily Watson as the woman who depicts her in his play), Synecdoche features enough dynamic parts for actresses to fill its own Oscar category. Michelle Williams and Dianne Wiest contribute brilliant turns as Caden's second wife and fourth doppelganger, respectively, but Hope Davis walks away with her scenes as arguably the world's worst couples therapist: 3. Charlie Kaufman gets to be Charlie Kaufman. Like director and former collaborator Michel Gondry, whose screenwriting debut Science of Sleep found a grandly ambitious balance of theory and technique that slipped through the twee seams of their Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kaufman and his vision seem more potent and personal on their own. (Don't get us started about his overrated work with Spike Jonze.) It's another nifty trick under the circumstances; as Manohla Dargis alludes to in her fantastic NYT review, an opus about failure is itself a staggering creative success that took decidedly less than a lifetime to make. And for better or worse, it can happen to you. Maybe not the part about bedding Michelle Williams, but that never ends well anyway. 4. Hazel lives in a house on fire. Why? Kaufman professes not to know, but it makes already great scenes (and a classic, climactic bit of dark humor) altogether memorable. 5. Adele Lack's paintings. The square-inch canvases on display through the weekend at the Montalban Gallery are too absurdly small to require the paint-spattered basement workshop where Keener's character composes them, but we think their clues to Caden's past, present and future symbolize the rewards viewers earn for accepting an artist's challenge. Sound familiar? Like so much of the rest of Synecdoche, New York, it really is your life. We'd sincerely hate to see you miss it.


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and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
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Quickly and cheerfully carrying out the direction of those who are responsible for me.
Obedience is commonly viewed in terms of ones respect for those in authority. Obedience also refers to ones actions and attitudes that earn respect from authorities. Ultimately in the obedience relationship, there are responsibilities and there is respect going up and down the chain of command.
Obedience involves three aspects: Fulfilling the words of my authorities, fulfilling the wishes of my authorities, and fulfilling these with a cheerful attitude. Of these three aspects of obedience, it is the third that is often most difficult. In any position, an individual will face duties that are not necessarily enjoyable. Obedience is proven by maintaining a cheerful attitude in an unpleasant duty, or by putting ones whole heart into disheartening work.
The following incident, taken from the life of a twelve-year-old boy, illustrates one simple idea that people of any age can use to foster a good attitude in the face of disliked duties. As a student in the sixth grade, William disliked health class more than any other class and dreaded his homework assignments. However, William did enjoy art. Williams parents urged him to do his best in health class, so he decided to change the way he did his homework. Instead of rushing through the health book, he took extra time to think about what he was reading. He wrote his answers out neatly and drew pictures from the textbook to illustrate his answers. After a few weeks of this practice, health became a favorite subject.
Why the change? Because William invested something that was valuable to him his time and his drawing talent in a task he did not enjoy. Consider how you can invest a little extra into those undesirable responsibilities you are given. If you can think of nothing more creative, at least invest a smile. Abraham Lincoln observed, Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Rather than emotion determining attitude, attitude should guide emotion. Obey with an expression and effort that demonstrates genuine loyalty to those in authority.
Teach your children that whining compliance is not obedience. Before you can enact such a standard, however, you must check the consistency of your own cheerful attitude toward sometimes unpleasant authorities.
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Vegan Restaurants Around the U.S.
These vegan restaurants were recently added to our online restaurant guide. To find restaurants in your area, visit: http://www.vrg.org/restaurant/index.php
Garden Secrets Restaurant
538 W. Grand Ave., Hot Springs, AR 71901
(501) 623-9700
Vegan/international. Garden Secrets offers an all-vegan menu of American, Mexican, Chinese, and Italian cuisines. Enjoy wraps, subs, burgers, soups, salads, and entrees. Garden Secrets is located near the heart of Hot Springs and just around the corner from Bathhouse Row and Hot Springs National Park. Open Sunday through Thursday for lunch and dinner. Open Friday for lunch. Closed Saturday. Full service, take-out, catering, smoothies, VISA/MC/AMEX/DISC, $-$$.
Like No Udder
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 419-8869
Vegan/ice cream/food truck. Like No Udder is a vegan soft serve ice cream truck! Serving various locations and events in Providence and beyond, visit their website to track them in (almost) real time and to view their calendar of events. In addition to non-dairy soft serve, they offer vegan treats including shakes, floats, frozen slushies, and candy bars. During day-long events or festivals, they offer hot food items such as vegan hot dogs and vegan meatball subs. No hydrogenated ingredients are ever used. Cash only. Hours vary. Take-out, catering, special beverages, $.
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2842 Rogers Dr., Falls Church, VA 22042
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Vegan/Asian/American. Loving Hut is an international vegan restaurant chain with the slogan, "Be Veg. Go Green. Save the Planet." They offer gourmet vegan cuisine "for those making the noble transition to a plant-based diet." Although the menu varies by location, it typically includes appetizers, soups, salads, entrees, desserts, and special beverages. Both Asian and American meals are served including mock meat and vegetable dishes. Loving Hut was created with a vision that all beings could live in peace, love, and harmony with each other and the planet. Open Thursday through Tuesday for lunch and dinner. Closed Wednesday. Full service, take-out, special beverages, VISA/MC, $.
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Pitchers propelling Rockies lately
By Thomas Harding / MLB.com
DENVER -- The sample size is small but important. From July 5 to Monday night's opener of a four-game series with the Marlins, the Rockies posted a 2.80 ERA -- third-best in the National League.
The Rockies are trying to hold or make up ground in the NL West. After dropping some distance, mainly because of an offensive slump, the pitching is starting to matter. They went into Monday on a 4-2 run that reduced their distance from the first-place D-backs by a game, to 3 1/2, by compiling a 1.18 starter ERA -- lowest in baseball over that period. It included two wins by Juan Nicasio, one by Jhoulys Chacin and one by Tyler Chatwood, plus a strong effort in a no-decision by Jorge De La Rosa.
"It's hard to say collectively, since individually guys have their own approach, but collectively they've done really well," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "It usually comes down to commanding the strike zone, no matter who you are. If you're in bad counts, you have a hard time pitching in this league."
The Marlins entered Monday with a club-record 37 straight scoreless offensive innings, but Weiss isn't taking for granted that Miami is an easy mark, especially at Coors, where offenses are known to wake up. The Marlins put up a pair of runs in the first inning.
"There was a time this year where the Marlins were one of the hottest teams in the National League for a stretch," Weiss said. "They're a young team, and if they get confidence over the course of the series, sometimes it's hard to stop that type of momentum. It's important that we execute the game.
"Most hitters look forward to coming here. There's no doubt it's a hitters' park still. There are several hitters' parks in the National League these days."
Oswalt says he's ahead of schedule in rehab
DENVER -- Rockies right-handed pitcher Roy Oswalt believes he is ahead of schedule in his rehab from a left hamstring strain, and he hopes to throw a bullpen session this weekend in Atlanta.
Oswalt suffered the injury while covering the plate after a wild pitch on July 7, and hasn't pitched since. If he does throw the bullpen session in Atlanta, it's still not clear when he would be deemed ready to return to the Rockies' rotation, but it would be a major step.
On Monday, Oswalt did resistance training with weights, increased the pace of his running and played long-toss, using his legs for power. He thought it was a jump in intensity level from his exercise program last week.
"It's going pretty well," Oswalt said. "They're looking at me kind of funny, like it's going too fast. It's not going fast enough for me. I know they don't want to push me until it gets completely healed, but it feels great right now.
"The first time I threw, I was a little leery of putting my legs into it, but, knock on wood, I haven't really felt it the last two or three days. Give me four or five more days of stretching and doing different things, I should be able to throw a pretty decent bullpen."
Like every team in contention, the Rockies -- 3 1/2 games behind the National League West-leading D-backs and three behind the second-place Dodgers -- would like to improve the back of their rotation. That's the reason they signed Oswalt in May, but he went 0-4 with a 7.64 ERA in four starts before the injury.
The Rockies don't like giving up prospects for pitchers who could leave at season's end, and therefore are not expected to make a big trade, but in the past have made under-the-radar deals late in the year. No matter what the club does, Oswalt wants to remain on the Rockies' radar.
"That's part of the game you can't control, just control what you do on the field," Oswalt said. "If you control that, everything else takes care of itself. I want to get back out there. I hate sitting on the sidelines."
LeMahieu gets shot to be starting second baseman
DENVER -- DJ LeMahieu wants to make his turn as the Rockies' starting second baseman last.
LeMahieu began the year at Triple-A Colorado Springs, but after being called up on May 16, he supplanted Josh Rutledge as the Rockies' regular second baseman. July hasn't been as productive offensively as May and June, but LeMahieu (.268, one homer, 12 RBIs, 11 stolen bases) has played consistently above-average defense.
Not that he needed confirmation, but LeMahieu received it Monday, when the Rockies sent Rutledge to Colorado Springs for the second time this year. Jonathan Herrera will serve as the utility infielder and occasional starter, but the position will continue to be primarily LeMahieu's.
"You never take anything for granted," LeMahieu said. "I started the year in Triple-A, so I know things can change quickly."
Before Monday night's start against the Marlins, LeMahieu was hitting just .232 in July, although he is on the upswing. He started two games against the Cubs -- the team that traded him and Colorado Springs outfielder-first baseman Tyler Colvin to the Rockies for third baseman Ian Stewart in December 2011 -- and went 3-for-9 with a double.
But LeMahieu, who played more shortstop and third base than second with the Cubs, has displayed the quick hands on defense that helped lead the Cubs to select him in the second round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of LSU. Even more, his knack for positioning based not only on scouting reports but on how a game is progressing has helped his learning curve.
"I'm always trying to read guys' swings and know how our pitchers are pitching to hitters," LeMahieu said. "Our advance coach and Stu Cole [the third-base coach and infield coach] do a good job. But I'm always trying to read swings. That goes for all of our infielders.
"It's not fun when you're slumping, but you've got to do something to get yourself out of it. If I can make a big play defensively or steal a base, it helps the team out."
Rockies manager Walt Weiss said, "He's played aggressively, he's stolen some bases and looked for opportunities to do that. He's stolen some bases and given us some consistent, good at-bats over the past several weeks."
Rutledge optioned to Triple-A for second time
DENVER -- The disappointment of 2013 continued for Josh Rutledge, who began the year as the starting second baseman but on Monday received his second demotion to Triple-A Colorado Springs this season.
Manager Walt Weiss needed Rutledge's roster spot because the Rockies recalled left-handed pitcher Drew Pomeranz from Double-A Tulsa to start Monday night's game against the Marlins.
Last year, Rutledge hit .274 in 73 games after being called up from Tulsa to replace shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, who missed most of the year with a right groin injury.
The Rockies banked on Rutledge handling the switch to second base, but sent him down to Colorado Springs on May 20. He was on and off offensively at .242, but the Rockies felt he could relax and complete the position transition under less pressure if he did it in the Minors.
The team recalled him after Tulowitzki suffered a broken rib on June 13, but between Rutledge's return and Sunday, he hit .143 in 70 at-bats and saw his playing time evaporate. DJ LeMahieu has earned the second-base job.
"We just needed Josh to get at-bats, and the way it's gone up here and the way DJ has played, it would be tough in the near future to get consistent at-bats," Weiss said. "I told Josh we still think enough about him that it's important that he gets consistent at-bats. If we didn't think of him as fitting into our future plans, then it wouldn't matter that he was not getting consistent at-bats."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Alone with his wife and children, Chen Guangcheng periodically switched on a cell phone Thursday to tell friends and foreign media he felt scared and wanted to go abroad, and that he had not seen U.S. officials in over a day.
He even called in to a congressional hearing in Washington, telling lawmakers he wanted to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is in Beijing this week. "I hope I can get more help from her," Chen said.
Chen's high-profile effort to keep his case in the public eye increased pressure on Washington and embarrassed Beijing as it hosted Clinton and other U.S. officials for annual talks on global political and economic hotspots.
U.S. officials said they would speak with Chen and his wife again Friday, then approach the Chinese with possible options. They did not say what those options could be, or if they expected to visit Chen in person. They were unable to do so Thursday, when they spoke to him by telephone.
Clinton, who will meet with President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, is expected to raise Chen's case. She will also hold a news conference later Friday.
Chen last week escaped his rural home where local officials had kept him under house arrest for years. He made it to the U.S. Embassy, where he stayed for six days before the U.S. and China reached a deal that would allow him to stay in China, as he had requested. But hours after leaving the embassy Wednesday he said he and his family would not be safe unless they left the country.
Taken aback at Chen's change of heart, U.S. diplomats spent much of Thursday trying to confirm the family wanted to leave, and eventually said they would try to help him. Still, it remained unclear how they might do so now that he has left the embassy, or whether the Chinese would be willing to renegotiate a deal that both sides thought had been settled a day earlier.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Mark Toner confirmed U.S. officials weren't able to see Chen in person Thursday but spoke twice with him by telephone, and once with his wife, Yuan Weijing, outside the hospital.
"It's our desire to meet with him tomorrow or in the coming days," Toner said. "But I can't speak to whether we'll have access to him. I just don't know."
Earlier, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said U.S. officials would continue to work with Chen and his wife to try to find a satisfactory new solution. "We need to consult with them further to get a better sense of what they want to do and consider their options," Nuland said.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration's handling of the case drew sharp criticism from Mitt Romney and Republican lawmakers. Campaigning in Virginia, the Republican presidential candidate said reports that American officials allowed Chen to leave the embassy represented a "dark day for freedom" and a "day of shame for the Obama administration."
Rep. Frank Wolf, a fierce Beijing critic, told the congressional hearing held to discuss Chen's case that the Obama administration's handling of it was "naive," adding that "a purported diplomatic triumph evolved into a diplomatic fiasco."
In a phone call from his hospital room in Beijing, Chen told lawmakers: "I want to meet with Secretary Clinton. ... I want to thank her face to face."
He also expressed fears for the lives of his other family members, including his mother and brothers, and voiced concern that people in his home village were suffering retribution for helping him.
"I want to thank all of you for all your care and all your love," he concluded, speaking in Chinese that was translated into English by a rights activist at the hearing.
A self-taught lawyer, the 40-year-old Chen became an international human rights figure and inspiration to many ordinary Chinese after running afoul of local government officials for exposing forced abortions and sterilizations carried out as part of China's one-child policy. Until his escape last week, his nearly seven years in prison and abusive house arrest with his wife, 6-year-old daughter and mother fueled outrage and added to his stature — and in turn upped the stakes for Washington in helping him.
Chen said throughout his six-day stay at the U.S. Embassy that his desire was to remain in China with his family, and U.S. diplomats said that was their goal in negotiations with Chinese officials.
After several days of talks, U.S. officials said they extracted a guarantee that Chen would be relocated outside his home province to a university town where he could formally study law. U.S. officials said they would periodically monitor his situation, though they did not specify how.
But hours after a gleeful Chen left the U.S. compound, he changed his mind, driven in part by his wife's tales of abuse and retribution in the days after Chen managed to escape from his rural farmhouse.
Under the deal that brought him out of the embassy, the family was reunited and taken to Chaoyang Hospital, where Chen was treated for a foot injured in his escape. There, Chen's wife told him what had happened after local officials discovered he was gone.
She "told him his family was tied to chairs and interrogated by police, and that his nephew attacked somebody and is on the run outside and might be in life-threatening dangers," said Li Jinsong, Chen's lawyer. "These things undoubtedly have left an impact on him."
Chen also felt abandoned by the U.S., finding no embassy staff at the hospital to assure his protection.
"The embassy told me that they would have someone accompany me the whole time," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview late Wednesday. "I felt they did not tell me the truth on this issue."
On Thursday, Chen sent a message through a friend clarifying that he does not seek asylum from the U.S. but wants to travel or study in the U.S. temporarily. He mentioned he was considering an invitation to visit New York University.
In the Chinese language statement released via email and on the Internet, Chen said he was grateful to Clinton and other U.S. officials and did not feel pressured or forced to leave the U.S. Embassy and did so of his own free will.
An activist lawyer and friend of Chen's, Jiang Tianyong, tried to visit him at the hospital Thursday evening but was taken away by police, Jiang's wife said. Another activist, Zeng Jinyan, who tweeted her conversation with Chen late Wednesday, said in postings Thursday that state security agents told her not to discuss the case anymore.
The unraveling of the deal that set Chen free puts Washington and Beijing at odds at a time both governments are trying to contain their ever sharper jostling for influence around the world.
Having involved itself in the fate of an activist of Chen's stature, the Obama administration can ill afford to abandon him and risk election-year criticism. China's authoritarian leadership is also in the midst of a once-a-decade transition to younger leaders in which taking a hard line against dissent and foreign meddling is politically safe.
Among the issues to be resolved is whether China will negotiate over its citizens, and if it lets the Chens go, whether they will be allowed to return.
With Chen no longer at the embassy, Washington seemed to have little sway. China's authoritarian government dislikes human rights negotiations in general, seeing its treatment of its citizens as a domestic affair. In Chen's case, the Foreign Ministry has criticized the U.S. for bringing a Chinese citizen into the embassy and harboring him.
"The U.S. has now forfeited a great deal — though not all — leverage in the situation. Possession, as they say, is nine-tenths of the law," said Don Keyser, a retired career foreign service officer who served several tours in Beijing.
Keyser, who was involved in negotiations with Beijing after astrophysicist Fang Lizhi sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy after the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, said U.S. officials might have sought a too-hasty resolution to Chen's case ahead of the two-day high-level talks with Clinton that opened Thursday.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, February 25, 2013, 9:43 AM
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Hundreds of guns collected at East Palo Alto buyback
Original post made on Feb 25, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, February 25, 2013, 9:43 AM
a resident of South of Midtown
on Feb 25, 2013 at 10:37 am
Many Thanks to the organizers, law enforcement agencies, and those who volunteered or donated funds for this effort!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 25, 2013 at 12:46 pm
How many of these guns were used in crimes in Palo Alto?
What an easy way for someone to get rid of a murder weapon?
Glad that they are off the streets though.
a resident of Meadow Park
on Feb 25, 2013 at 12:51 pm
What a wonderful display of honesty and loyality to the people exchanging guns for monies. Very well done to all concerned and hopefully round two shall produce even better results.
a resident of Midtown
on Feb 25, 2013 at 1:11 pm
Great. Are they aware that most of the people who turned up bought $20 guns at a pawnshop and made a quick profit? Do they have plans to run an alcohol buyback or drug buyback to combat DUI?
Gun control is a good idea. Gun buyback is a stupid way to do it.
a resident of Barron Park
on Feb 25, 2013 at 1:14 pm
Yes, buy a gun for $35 and sell it to the "trade in" for 100$ so they can buy a better one. Sounds like the Hollywood crowd came up with this idea. So the ususal suspect organizers can feel good about themselves and put a gold star on their honor card for the day. More idiocy.
People should have spent the time teaching someone how to read or math or gone to the shelter and walked a dog, which would all make a difference to the community. This is the usual cheap power play.
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Feb 25, 2013 at 1:52 pm
No one turned in an "Assault Rifle". Your political masters continue to lie to you and you swallow every bit and plead for more!
Assualt Rifles are machine guns, any one turning one in would be arrested on a Federal Weapons charge. (maybe they get a free pass 'cause they are "the good guys")
How many were charged with possesing unregistered hand guns? (none I'm sure (same free pass)
Point is: The state is not interested in enforcing the existing laws, only passing new ones and playing "feel good" games.
No Gang Banger or Drug Dealer divested themselves of ANY firearms, they always have a good laugh at "Buy Back Follies". Lots more unarmed sheep to fleece. Probably even profit by getting rid of junk.
P.S How may someone "buy back" something they never owned?
Clever but pointless rhetoric.
Please think, think, and think again!
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Feb 25, 2013 at 2:25 pm
Are you negative commenters psychic? How do you know what people will do w/the money? How do you know where the guns came from? How do you know they're not assault rifles? Were you there? Did you take inventory & interview thf hundreds of people in the Bay Area who went to it? Do you have secret squirrel police info?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 25, 2013 at 4:04 pm
Chances are good that a lot of these guns were stolen and sold cheaply on the black market, then sold to the buy-back program for a pretty profit.
I often wonder if many of the guns are also old and rusty, or not operative, and that the owners are turning in useless guns while keeping the shiny new ones.
A good point was made about the possibility that some of these weapons were used in crimes, and have now been disposed of with a payoff.
If something seems to good to be true, it usually IS too good to be true, and that is how this buy-back strikes me. It is just too simple.
a resident of Stanford
on Feb 25, 2013 at 4:16 pm
Maybe Cash cow can actually research how the buybacks are organized and how they are regulated. You really think THAT many criminals showed to with guns used in crimes?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 25, 2013 at 7:49 pm
> How do you know what people will do w/the money?
> How do you know where the guns came from?
> How do you know they're not assault rifles?
> Were you there? Did you take inventory & interview
---thf hundreds of people in the Bay Area who went to it?
> Do you have secret squirrel police info?
All valid questions. And all questions that should have been answered by the police as a matter of course.
Wonder if the police will be making this information available to the public, or not?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 26, 2013 at 10:20 am
> Activist Mindy Finkelstein, who has been working with
> the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence, told the
> story of how she was shot at 16 years old along with
> several others at the North Valley Jewish Community
> Center by a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi.
> "Our rights should not go on without regulation," she said.
> "(Dianne) Feinstein's regulation won't pass without our support."
Ms. Finkelstein's comments should be seen as truly offensive to every good American. We have spent over four centuries trying to create a country that is free, and where we have a rights-based society, where we individuals can expect to be free of an oppressive government, and where our rights can not be taken away from us at the whim of some special interest groups, or people like Diane Feinstein.
The idea that Ms. Feinstein, or Finkelstein, would "regulate" our 2nd Amendment Rights makes if likely that both would have no trouble regulating our 1st, 4th and 5th Amendment Rights, also. These four fundamental rights (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th), and "habeas corpus", have separated the US from other countries for over two centuries now. It's very difficult to imagine our society with any of these rights diminished. Yet—we have someone like Mindy Finkelstein, ready to trash the basis of our American Experience. Why? What contributions to America can Ms. Finkelstein point to that differentiates her opinion, her knowledge, her goals, from the rest of in a way that she believes that her opinion should prevail over that of the rest of us?
Has Ms. Finkelstein ever served in the US military? Has she ever saluted our flag with pride, knowing that over 80M American men and women have served under that flag, to keep America free? Or would we find that Ms. Finkelstein would be horrified because these men and women bore arms, and in many cases—were forced to kill other human beings to preserve her the freedom to speak so recklessly about the future of our Rights?
Ms. Finkelstein is probably more dangerous in her thinking than most of the criminals with guns are.
a resident of another community
on Feb 26, 2013 at 2:18 pm
None of the line officers endorse this, only the political shills of the departments. Most worked the detail as they are cutting back on overtime. We shake our heads in wonder at the attacks on legal gun owners, while the criminals remain untouched by the courts, encouraged and protected by the libs and progressives Why is it ok for you to attack my civil rights? don't you think there will be push back at some point? Lets see how long the online staff will let an opposing view remain on before they remove the post!
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Feb 26, 2013 at 3:43 pm
How do gun buybacks hurt legal gun owners or erode their rights? Answer: They don't, so grow up & quit creating a problem where there isn't one.
And really to the other nasty commenter - it's already been proven that Mindy Finkelstein isn't nearly as dangerous as a gun-toting criminal. She's lucky to have lived to tell about it. Your slippery slope argument doesn't work, pal. How dare you disparage a woman who, as a youth, was shot by a criminal committing a hate crime? [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
a resident of another community
on Feb 26, 2013 at 5:46 pm
[Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.] Take the guns away from the law abiding citizens and leave the rest to the bad guys. Gun buy backs do not work. It gives cash to the hand wringing liberals, gives the do gooder's that know whats best for the rest of us something to do and allows criminals to give the police evidence of their crimes to destroy for them. "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you," they say, all the while taking away the rights of those that oppose the agenda you favor. The online staff will protect your opinion. I watch the double standard everyday, specially when you post. They only allow liberal opinion, in spite of that document your side treads so heavily upon. They, like the government, will soon silence the opposition.
a resident of Los Altos
on Feb 26, 2013 at 9:14 pm
...and a hearty congrats to "twolitergunowner" for her Godwin Award!
Other than that, her post is nonsensical: gun buybacks DO work - they remove unwanted guns. That's all they are intended to do, and that's all that they do.
Enjoy your trophy.... thanks for playing!
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Feb 26, 2013 at 11:35 pm
Yes, twoliter - I'm a fascist. Wait, I'm a lib. No, wait, I'm a Nazi! Me & my pal Obama are coming for your guns right now! That's what a gun buyback is - we're so good at it, we manipulate you into bringing your own guns to us, sitting in traffic while we make you wait, eating donuts w/the cops & politicos.
Ironically, the friends I have who've willingly turned guns in to the buybacks are both Repub males who believe heartily in their right to own weapons that so easily kill. So they're the only ones I know who've had money handed to them. But at least they're not paranoid!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 27, 2013 at 7:33 am
Yesterday there was something that appears to have been a shoot out in a private garage area in Santa Cruz and two police were shot and killed.
Anyone who defends gun ownership for protection must think deeper than "rights". Those police officers had "rights" too, and so did their families. They had the "right" to do their job and their families had the "right" to expect them home at the end of the day.
The shooter may or may not have been a seasoned criminal, he may or may not have had mental illness, he may or may not have owned the gun legally. But he had no "right" to kill police.
This country is changing and I for one do not like what I see. Shootings are a daily occurrance and they are not always gang/drugs related, or nutters. There is no sane way to prevent this country from returning to the Wild West without strict gun control. Even in a country with some of the strictest gun control in the World, Oscar Pitorius can kill his girlfriend either by mistake or in the course of an argument, all because he owned a gun for self protection.
Less guns in society must be the goal.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Feb 27, 2013 at 9:15 am
Resident - the Santa Cruz shooter was first a Peeping Tom who then allegedly sexually assaulted a woman, then he became a murderer when the cops came to interview him, then he became dead. If he didn't have a gun, the situation could've been de-escalated, most likely. It's horrifying. But it's the fault of gun buybacks & fascists & people who've survived mass shootings who want to improve gun control.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Feb 27, 2013 at 9:51 am
I agree with you that the the situation could have de-escalated if the shooter didn't have a gun. He may now have been arrested and the law investigating his alledged crimes but cop killing would not have been one of them. It is horrifying, agreed.
But, I can't see that it can be blamed on gun buybacks and people who have survived mass shootings. I don't blame it on the gun either, but the hands that held the gun hold the responsibility.
My point is that we can never tell if someone who has a gun in their possession is going to use it to kill others. I can't see how we can tell if a gun owner is going to use it unlawfully. It seems that more and more gun owners are using them unlawfully or having them stolen by those who will use them unlawfully. I can't see how we can tell if someone has some inherent breakpoint where their behavior may turn irrational. I can't see how we can tell if someone is a potential peeping tom, domestic abuser, or vigilante. Those questions aren't likely to be covered on any form. Every potential shooter is completely innocent at some stage in their life before they have a criminal history. At that time of being innocent it is quite possible that they may choose to be a gun owner completely unaware of how they may use that gun in the future. We can't possibly find a method of weeding them out before they start their life of crime. We can't possibly say to one person, you are a potential threat to society before that person has even committed one crime. Therefore there is no way of discriminating who are the sane and resposible people to allow them to be gun owners.
There is a factory shooting in Switzerland today. Switzerland has one of the lowest crime rates in the world and the highest gun ownership. Once again, the system has not prevented the deaths of innocent people and changed the lives of many of the survivors and all their families forever. Lives have been changed by gun ownership.
I think we have to ask ourselves some hard questions.
a resident of College Terrace
on Feb 27, 2013 at 10:35 am
Wow. Contentious debate. Never would have expected. But Serious.
@John Galt: I agree with you about the fact that much of the general public, and especially the news media, does not know the difference between an "Assault Weapon" and a hole in the ground. Like you said, "Assault Weapons", which are fully automatic, are already illegal under the NFA. However, one goal of Gun Buybacks is to give people the opportunity to turn in firearms, illegal or otherwise, without consequences. So yes, it's illegal to remove to serial numbers, have a sawed-off, etc. - gun buybacks temporarily suspend prosecution of these crimes with the goal of removing these weapons from the market. Whether criminals will obtain/make more illegal weapons is a totally different question.
@Resident - "Every potential shooter is completely innocent at some stage in their life before they have a criminal history. " Agreed. So is every person who gets behind the wheel of a car and ends up killing someone, either because of negligence, or drinking, or whatever. The difference being, there is a constitutional amendment protecting individual rights to gun ownership. Don't get me wrong, SCOTUS has also stated that this right is not unlimited - I can't own a howitzer, for example. But your argument is exactly the kind of "slippery slope" that many law-abiding gun owners fear. I don't own any firearms, but I worry when people question a legal fact because they are scared of the consequences. If you don't like firearms, then you should try to get an amendment passed which prohibits private ownership of firearms.
IMO, the current gun-control debate is eerily similar to some groups "chipping away" at the rights of women to an abortion. For example, new laws which require 'waiting periods', or parental notification, or that a doctor must show you an ultrasound of the foetus... Just my two cents.


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12 arrested for providing alcohol to minors
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Comments (11)
a resident of another community
on Mar 17, 2013 at 4:54 pm
What a waste of resources.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Mar 17, 2013 at 7:34 pm
Throw the book at them. This is how teenage drunk driving happens, one of the leading causes of death to American teenagers.
a resident of Woodside: other
on Mar 17, 2013 at 10:07 pm
This is entrapment and will not save lives. Teenagers have no problem getting alcohol. Teaching our children how to drink responsibly will save lives.
a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Mar 18, 2013 at 10:25 am
It would be nice if our overpaid police force would spend more time solving/preventing violent crimes and theft.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Mar 18, 2013 at 10:42 am
JeffS is a registered user.
They really had nothing better to do than set people up?
This is the WORST form of policing.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Mar 18, 2013 at 10:51 am
If the police have enough free time to create criminals to punish, perhaps we don't need so many police. Maybe it's time to cut their budget and put more money into community services that actually help people.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Mar 18, 2013 at 11:59 am
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
Considering the potential consequences of alcohol consumption by teens this is a very good use of police resources:
"On average, it is estimated that more than 3,000 teenagers die every year as a result of injuries obtained during vehicular accidents attributed to driving under the influence. Why does this occur? Oftentimes, teens pressure each other into drinking and driving. Responsible parents would not allow their children to drink at home, so teens resort to drinking in neighborhood hangouts and parties. Inexperienced with alcohol, they consume more than they should and intoxicate themselves before driving home.
Alcohol is the most abused drug among teenagers. Nearly 70% of teenagers at one point or another have consumed an alcoholic beverage, whether it is a beer, glass of wine, or hard liquor. It is also one of the easiest to obtain. Nearly every supermarket in the country carries one kind of alcoholic beverage. While it is illegal to sell alcoholic beverages to minors, there are irresponsible people who do just so.
Who are the most dangerous drivers? Apparently, 18 year olds have the highest crash rate in the nation. Teenagers feel like they are indestructable. Mix that with alcohol and they make up ingredients for disaster. According to the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA), the number one cause of death among 15-20 year olds is car accidents. Twenty-eight percent of teens killed in car accidents had been consuming alcohol while driving an automobile. It does not take super intelligence to know that teen drinking and driving accidents are very serious and often result in fatalities ."
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Mar 18, 2013 at 12:22 pm
Gang suppression and traffic enforcement would be a better use of resources instead of the Ordinary Joe getting caught up in a confidence scheme, put on the police. Using private property and a decoy makes the public distrust the police even more. Put up a sobriety checkpoint outside a Stanford Game. Wrong type of drag net here.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Mar 18, 2013 at 2:08 pm
I wonder if the buyers were offered extra money if they'd buy the beer.
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Mar 18, 2013 at 8:01 pm
Sorry, this is a pathetic use of public money.
I imagine the scenario is something like this: an attractive, well-dressed older teen approaches someone who seems to be down on his/her luck. Explains that s/he just moved here from Europe, where the legal age is 18, has an urgent need for a bottle of wine ("mom is hosting a party for her boss and she realized she needed this at the last minute, and I didn't realize I wasn't legal!") and throws in some money to sweeten the pot.
Does anyone really believe that this carefully-staged charade prevents one single teen death?
If the police really want to reduce the level of accidents and death, they could spend their time hanging out in our neighborhoods ticketing reckless drivers and speed demons. Not as dramatic as putting on a little play outside a liquor store, but far more effective.
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on May 8, 2013 at 5:06 pm
another parent you are so right, our children should be taught how to be responsible with alcohol not have it taken away and tempted with it. we should change the drinking age just like in Europe
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Rumor has it that Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth and Vampire Diaries Nina Dobrev are dating. The pair were spotted at a bar in Atlanta, Ga. over the weekend.
"They were there together and were with a couple other friends," a source told Celebuzz. "They were having a great time. They were definitely acting couple-y."
The source also says the twosome shared a kiss.
"They stayed around two to three hours and Nina left before Liam, and as she was leaving they gave each other a good night kiss… [and] she ran off into a car service with her friend," the source added.
Check out a candid snap that's been making the rounds on Twitter below:
Dobrev formerly dated Vampire Diaries co-star Ian Somerhalder. The couple split up last year but were on-hand at the People's Choice Awards in January to accept the trophy for Favorite On-Screen Chemistry. Meanwhile, Hemsworth — who's currently in Atlanta shooting The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — parted ways with fiance Miley Cyrus in September.
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The Role of the FMC in Today's MTO Industry
Thanks for the invitation to speak to you today and for that gracious introduction. It is great to be out here on the West Coast with the L.A./Long Beach Propeller Club.
The terminal industry is facing some major challenges these days. The statistics are staggering: the Port of Los Angeles anticipates a three-fold increase in the number of container units by 2020. Even if you were to deflect even half of the cargo elsewhere, you would still have 1.5 times the amount of cargo that is being handled now. The Port of Long Beach has reported that at the current growth and per acre productivity, in 18 years, LA/Long Beach will require 3,624 new acres of container terminals. In the very short term, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce projects that 75% of the nation's top ports will experience significant capacity shortfall by 2010.
With maritime, rail, road and air infrastructure operating at or near capacity, issues like security, congestion, pollution, aging infrastructure and intermodal connectors, and ailing land-side infrastructure add to the challenges. Solutions to these challenges must come from public and private initiatives alike. This will require multilevel, creative and collaborative efforts from local, state and federal government, as well as the industry itself. I can tell you that from a federal level, you are not alone, as the government is paying close attention to port issues. Today I will tell you about the role of the FMC in the marine terminal operator industry and how the Shipping Act not only serves as a vehicle to the terminal industry to creatively solve challenges, but also to bring certainty and stability to MTO business processes. I will also update you on some other federal efforts to address port issues that will facilitate public and private collaborative action.
The Commission and Marine Terminal Operator Agreements
The Shipping Act allows for MTOs to enter into agreements with each other to discuss rates, conditions of service or to engage in exclusive, preferential or cooperative working arrangements as long as agreements involve ocean transportation in the foreign commerce of the U.S. The Commission reviews and processes MTO agreements. Certain terminal agreements become effective upon filing under Commission rules that exempt certain classes from the waiting period requirement found under the 1984 Shipping Act. Terminal agreements not entitled to exemption are processed under applicable statutory requirements. As of today, the Commission has 299 terminal agreements on file: 190 lease agreements; seven MTO discussion agreements; nine assessment agreements (arrangements to pay for labor); 33 services agreements; 13 joint ventures; 14 cruise agreements (MTOs & cruise operators: mainly property leases);16 cooperative working agreements; and finally, 17 leasing agreements. Up until four years ago, most agreements on file were made up of discussion agreements, service agreements, joint ventures, and cooperative working agreements. Lately, we have seen agreements that are quite novel.
Because post-9/11 Coast Guard and DHS security requirements have not been completely paid for through government funding, the industry has worked to find ways to cover costs through agreements. Twenty carriers and 15 MTOs initially came together to work out security issues jointly. While this agreement is still on file with the FMC, the groups have refocused as carriers and branched out to do their own security efforts. MTOs have taken a regional approach, where stakeholders have come together to solve security issues in ways that fit their particular areas. An example of this is the Gulf Ports Association, which has an agreement regarding minimum security fees.
As cargo volumes increase in virtually every major U.S. port, MTOs and ocean common carriers are seeking ways through agreements to expedite the movement of cargo to and from ports and to improve utilization of space at marine terminal facilities. LA and Long Beach have instituted a reduction in terminal free time to encourage shippers to pick up containers faster. They have gone from five free days for import containers and seven free days for export containers to four days for imports and six days for exports. By mid-2006, the California Association of Port Authorities is considering reducing free time to three days for imports and four for exports.
Some agreements have allowed MTO parties to implement extended-gate-hour programs. The U.S. West Coast Terminal Agreement, an agreement on file with the Commission that authorizes MTO parties to discuss and agree on a variety of matters related to the operation of their facilities on the U.S. West Coast, enabled the creation of PierPass. While the Commission doesn't regulate the PierPass program, we monitor the activities of the parties through media reports and informal feedback from industry stakeholders.
MTOs are also using Shipping Act agreements to establish chassis pools at ports, another short-term solution to congestion. Most chassis pools are limited to one terminal (for example, Seagirt Marine Terminal chassis pool at Port of Baltimore; Maher Terminal chassis pool at Port Elizabeth, NJ; Norfolk Southern Inman Intermodal Facility chassis pool near Atlanta, GA), but earlier this year an agreement was filed with the Commission for the establishment and management of a single chassis pool for all publicly-held terminals in Virginia. The Hampton Roads Chassis Pool Agreement called for all ocean common carriers utilizing one or more terminals to participate in the pool by contributing chassis or paying user fees to a chassis pool manager. Parties to this agreement reported that everyone is pleased with results.
Carriers are pushing for the establishment of chassis pools at other ports. The Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association recently amended their agreement on file with the Commission to allow parties to form companies that will own and manage chassis pools at marine terminals, rail terminals and intermodal terminals. The parties would use this authority if no other entity agreed to take on the ownership and management of a chassis pool.
We anticipate more agreements between MTOs to discuss security and congestion, especially MTOs in Oakland or the Pacific Northwest under the West Coast MTO Agreement. As most of you know, Port of Oakland's Oakland International Container Terminal, operated by Stevedoring Services of America, introduced extended gate hours starting September 6, 2005. The Port of Oakland drove this as a trial project, but should the port decided that it is a success, MTOs at the port could certainly establish a program similar to PierPass pursuant to their authority under the West Coast Terminal Agreement. The MTO industry has found a way to make opportunities and deal with challenges by looking to its regulators for a framework. By setting the parameters in which to operate, the FMC brings in consistency and certainty into the operating arena. That way, MTOs do not have to reinvent the wheel with every new deal they execute.
Federal Government Efforts: The Committee on the Marine Transportation System
Up until very recently, the federal government has had widely distributed and therefore, potentially suboptimal oversight of the marine transportation system. No single agency has the lead responsibility. Instead, it has fallen to 17 different federal agencies and 11 departments. Recognizing the ever-expanding problems that we're discussing today (congestion, strained infrastructure, and limited funding for upgrades), the Bush Administration decided that MTS stakeholders would be best served if the whole MTS was assessed in a collaborative effort by these different agencies and departments.
In the President's Ocean Action Plan of December, 2004, a directive was issued to form the Committee on the Marine Transportation System at the Cabinet-level. Its mission is to create and carry out a joint strategic plan that will ensure that America's MTS achieves the expansion goals required to support the level of traffic expected in the 21st century in a safe, environmentally sound and coordinated manner for all MTS stakeholders. The agencies involved are the departments of Transportation, Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, Treasury, State, Interior, Agriculture, Justice, Labor, Energy, EPA, the Office of the President, the Office of the Joint Chiefs, and the FMC.
The effort is still very much in the early stages, but one thing is clear: while it will be government led, directed and coordinated, the joint strategic plan will not be created in a vacuum. The CMTS will be looking to the industry for input and guidance on issues to ensure that any and all plans reflect the true needs of the MTS. The idea behind this initiative is for the government to work smarter and to pool resources that we already have, be it money, manpower, or brainpower. It is my hope that next time I see you, you will have already experienced the benefits of the Committee's actions.
50th Anniversary of Containerization and Industry Collaboration
Next year marks the 50th anniversary of containerization. Malcom McLean, truck-driver-turned-Father-of–Containerization, faced the same congestion issues that we do today. He was looking for a more efficient way to transport cargo other than trucking. As a trucker languishing in long terminal lines, he observed the inefficiencies at both ends of terminal functions: in the slow unloading of trucks and the slow piece-by-piece loading of the ships. Moreover, states were adopting weight restrictions and levying fines on heavy loads. These factors combined were making it too expensive and inefficient to do business. This drove, if you'll excuse the pun, Mr. McLean to go coastwise.
When he decided that ships would be a more cost effective way around shoreside weight restrictions, McLean acquired the Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company (which then led to the sale of his trucking company due to Interstate Commerce Act conflicts); redesigned truck trailers into truck beds on wheels with detachable, stackable containers; converted an oil tanker (the Ideal X) to handle containerized cargo, then sailed from Port Newark, New Jersey to Houston in April 1956.
Not only did he change the trucking industry, McLean forever changed the shipping industry, which was itself stuck in a rut. The Wall Street Journal reported, "One of the nation's oldest and sickest industries is embarking on a quiet attempt to cure some of its own ills. The patients are the operators of coastwise and intercoastal ships that carry dry cargoes." McLean breathed new life into the shipping industry. He developed a process to move cargo better, cheaper and faster.
We've been fortunate enough to build upon Mr. McLean's foundation to develop even more streamlined processes. Back when transportation was segmented by mode or trade, there was often confusion as to who was responsible for what. In today's world of supply chain management, where one party is responsible for cargo door-to-door, great opportunities for efficiency abound. However, fundamentally, containerization has not changed that much. What has changed is the transmittal of information and our ability through government regulations and your own alliances to work together.
I was reading in the press about some of the key messages to come out of the National Industrial Transportation League annual transportation conference. One speaker, Gill Hicks (former regional general manager of the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority) stated that the economic health of the U.S. depends on billions of dollars of investment to expand Southern California's port and intermodal capacity. He went on to say that despite the diversion of cargo this year to other ports up the western coast, Southern California will remain the dominant gateway for the growing Asia trade. I also read that shipper panelists from the NITL conference recognize, albeit reluctantly so, that infrastructure upgrades will come at a cost to the private sector and that all parties should equitably share the burden. I thought that Mick Barr, Associate Director of Global Physical Distribution of Proctor & Gamble, put it best when he said, "We have to be able to deliver our product in order to sell it."
The Asia trade will continue to grow because of America's demand for the products. Governor Schwarzenegger was promoting China-California trade ties just a couple of weeks ago, so it is safe to say that this cargo is not going anywhere. And rightly so. In my opinion, it is important to Southern California to encourage the modern-day "Malcom McLeans" to find ways to transport goods better, cheaper, faster and as cost effectively as possible. Keep them here and continue to deliver their cargoes thru this gateway instead of diverting them away. Too much is at stake to do otherwise. I understand that there has been a backlash of unintended consequences to the volume that ports and carriers collaborated to induce thru L.A./Long Beach. However, if the port went away, the backlash would be worse. The impact on the economy—both locally and nationally-- would be too great. Jobs would be lost, and communities supported by the port will suffer.
There are also grave security concerns, on the other hand, if the ports maintain the status quo for too much longer. God forbid this area experience a Katrina-sized natural disaster. If incident response is hampered by clogged roads and congested terminals, no aid would get in and out of the port, and again, the community would suffer. There is balancing to be done: conflicting state and Federal transportation laws and policies must be reconciled; the flow of trade must continue unimpeded while security is bolstered; the financing of port infrastructure improvements must produce a tangible benefit of quicker thruput and connectivity to landside infrastructure. Achieving the balance will be a process in itself. In the interim, your collaborative efforts are crucial.
As I said, containerization and supply-chain management have revolutionized what was a disjointed transportation process. However, if there is misalignment in the chain, problems arise, and that is usually when parties come to the Federal Maritime Commission to resolve their Shipping Act-related disputes. My observation is that a good number of the disputes before the Commission stem from a failure to communicate. The solutions to the challenges of today's shipping industry must be created together. Together we can keep Mr. McLean's process evolving, and succeed in the years ahead.
Thank you.
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Warner Bros. Cancels Dark Knight Rises Paris Premiere, Scraps Press Conferences in Aftermath of Shooting
Warner Bros. has cancelled Friday's premiere of The Dark Night Rises in Paris and pulled the cast and director Christopher Nolan from media interviews following the Colorado shooting.
The studio addressed the tragedy in a statement Friday morning:
"Warner Bros. is deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident. We extend our sincere sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims at this tragic time."
The Hollywood Reporter writes that journalists present for a daytime press conference at a Paris hotel with Nolan, Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, and Morgan Freeman were told to leave.
French actress Marion Cotillard was scheduled to appear for an interview this evening on France's most viewed news channel, TF1. Her appearance has also been cancelled.
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But more importantly, Houston's currently the second most popular basketball team in China, and with Lin they look poised to retake that undisputed top spot they had during the Yao years. Even minor Rocket players made millions more in endorsements than they would have anywhere else when Yao was around. Chuck Freaking Hayes has multi-millions in Chinese endorsements.
James Harden is hella marketable. Financially this is great for him.
Way too early to tell but Harden looked pretty darn good in his first game.
Considering Harden's stats per 36 last year (including efficiency and especially his stats without Durant and Westbrook) and considering a max contract after a rookie contract is something different than a max contract for veterans and considering the the contracts being handed out to players like Lin,DeRozan et al, I don't see why Harden wouldn't be worth a max contract.
Now that OKC and Toronto love eachother. Maybe OKC should give us a gift of friend ship? how bout Landry fields for Kevin Durant? hahaha
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Hi guys, overnight my Opera install updated itself from 11.62 to 11.64. Running on WinXP Pro 32bit.
It seemed all fine until I tried to access Facebook *yes I use it.. runs*. It loads part way - the top blue bar, grey lined frame that goes around content, the bottom about/contacts etc text - but the content in the middle never loads. I tried clearing cache and cookies but to no avail. Did a brief google search and apparently someone else is having trouble with youtube where it doesn't load content.
So has anyone else had problems with theirs?


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City/County Drainage Board Seeks Volunteer
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
The City of Colorado Springs and El Paso County are seeking volunteers to serve on the City/County Drainage Board. Applicants should be actively engaged in the construction and sale of housing in Colorado Springs and El Paso County.
The City/County Drainage Board acts as an advisory board to City Council and the Board of County Commissioners regarding (1) subdivision codes and regulations relating to the drainage and control of flood and surface waters and (2)administration of the Subdivision Storm Drainage Funds. The Board also works closely with the City Engineer and the County Engineer. Meetings take place the first Thursday of each month at 3 p.m. at Colorado Springs City Hall.
Please send applications and resumes before Friday, February 28, 2014 to Samantha Gunther, email@example.com or mail the information to City Council; Attention Samantha Gunther; P.O. Box 1575; Colorado Springs, CO 80901.
Applications can be found at www.SpringsGov.com under the "Get Involved Tab" then by clicking on "Committees, Commissions, & Boards". For questions or more information, please call (719) 385-5453.


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Jingle Nodes is a relay auto-discovery service that provides Jingle Relay Type Candidates that can be used in ICE-UDP and also on RAW-UDP Jingle sessions. Relay candidates can provide NAT traversal for users who don't have STUN/TURN Support, but also for users with STUN/TURN support for whom negotiation failed. It is designed to allow you to communicate freely with your friends without being attached to closed service providers like Skype or telecommunications carriers.
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Scenic is a free software suite for streaming audio, video, and MIDI between live events. It was created at the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT) to give artists a powerful tool for telepresence in live arts contexts, and new media installations. The streaming is done over RTP with the GStreamer multimedia framework. Users can also choose low-bandwidth or high-quality codecs, depending on what is available on their system. It offers up to as many audio channels as your audio device supports. It consists of a desktop application and several command-line utilities: scenic (a Desktop application to stream audio, video, and MIDI over RTP); milhouse (streams audio and video over RTP); midistream (streams MIDI notes and controls over RTP); dc-ctl (controls connected DC IEEE 1394 cameras); firereset (resets an IEEE 1394 bus to help in case of problems); and jack-info (prints information about running JACK servers).
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Would you guys agree with Steve, or do you think he's being a little critical of Triano? Is the Jose & Jack backcourt destine to never work?
Source - Click herePlaying the high scoring 8-2 Phoenix Suns in their own building where the Suns are undefeated on the season looked like a near impossible task for the reconstructed 5-4 Toronto Raptors.
But the Raptors were game on this night and took the Suns to the brink of defeat when Hedo Turkoglus last second shot failed to fall as time expired. Suns 101, Raptors 100.
However, the game should never have gotten to a last second shot for the win.
The Raptors had played the Suns even and ahead for the entire game. Ending each quarter with a slight lead. Even when the Suns finally managed to tie the game early in the fourth quarter, the Raptors looked like they were not going to let this game get away.
But for some strange and illogical reason, Jay Triano decided to go back to the worst defensive guard line-up the Raptors have put on the floor this season.
At the 8:28 mark of the fourth quarter with the score tied at 84, Jay Triano substituted in Jose Calderon for Hedo Turkoglu to reunite him with Jarrett Jack. Let the bloodshed begin!
As has been discussed on numerous occasions this line-up simply doesnt work.
As recently identified in the True Hoop Article: Whats Working For The Raptors, when Jose Calderon and Jarrett Jack are on the floor together, the Raptors are surrendering 136.8 points per 100 possessions. Now thats unbelievably bad! Its historically bad! Toronto Raptors: Evidence of Defense
With Calderon and Jack on the floor together, in just two minutes and 16 seconds, the Suns, who had not led since the first quarter, outscored the Raptors 7-2 to take a 91-86 lead. Jack going 0-1 with a turnover.


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Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 9, 1866.
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Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 9, 1866.
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Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated April 9, 1866.
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Florence April 9 66
Dear Baird
I have yours of Feb 18' and have considered it. Also I sent Salvadore thy missive. The bird book has not come but en revanche, I have seen Elliot's monograph of the Pittidae. I say nothing of his science, but his English might be bettered. I read your pamphlets on vagabond birds with much interest. The facts you state about transition varieties, transitory or permanent, are very interesting, and of course, have a very important bearing on the species question and other greater questions which lie behind that. In a box which goes to N.Y. about this time, I send you a small Italian vogelbach (or Fischbuch, I forget which) I think the Italians are not doing much in a scientific way. Matteucci is great, I know, and what is more, is an excellent friend to us, but he is completely broken down with over work. I regret it greatly, for many reasons. Have you seen Mantegazza's essay on animal grafting? I dare say you have, or other things as good, but very curious it is, particularly the transplantation of a cock's spurs from his heels to his head, and other like oddities. I did suspect you of having a hand in the Academy business, but I -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- thought the Academy's operations were confined strictly to the natural & physical sciences. I do not think [...] plan of a separate Academy good. The French Institute system is better. We [...] are, sadly deficient in method about everything. They do these things better in France--Why not extend the plan of our Academy in a similiar way? I see one objection in some people's eyes, plain enough. A. B. and C. can [...] an Institute of one ["brands?"] , not so easily, if it has five. By the way you say I am assigned to the section of Nat. Hist. Ethnology & Archeology. Secretary Gibbs puts me down to Ethnology & Philology. Well, it does not matter much. --
I fear we cannot do anything with booksellers about exchanges, because the Italian booksellers have no organisation. If a Naples booksellers publishes a volume, he advertises that if anybody will send him a P.O. order for the price, he will forward the book, but he never thinks of sending it to a Florentine bookseller to sell. Of course, nobody -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- will take the trouble to get a P.O. order for three francs, & his book remains unsold. Three months ago, a book I wanted was published at Bari, with which place we have a daily RR communication. My bookseller did not get it in less than eight weeks from the order, & then only on writing a third time. In short, bookseller knows nothing of booksellers in Italy, but they get French & German publications readily enough. The trouble is partly with the nefarious management of the RR. There are no expresses, if you send a grande velocita you pay as much for freight on your parcel [as it] is worth; if a piccola velocita, your correspondent never gets it, or at best months afterwards. I had a small box of books sent from Genoa--12 hours by RR--last autumn. It was two months before it was delivered, & then only after an energetic interference on the part of the government. -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- There is here however, a German bookseller who has the breath of life in him. He is now away but when comes back I will see him. ---
Don't know "weentry" conjecture it to be an improvement on Scotch wee. I perceive, however, that in some English dialects to ween is to whimper. Perhaps that is a more probable etymology. I am full of delight over a [...], or ["lever-wood?"] Alpenstock my brother Charles has sent me, It is not too heavy, and it is stronger than all the woods of Europe. I hope to flourish it over some glaciers this summer.
Mrs Marsh is poorly & will be obliged to go to Paris to consult abler physicians then she can find elsewhere
She joins me in love to you all
Yours trulyG P Marsh note:Prof Baird


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Zebre 7-14 Cardiff Blues, RaboDirect PRO12
Sweeney strikes for Cardiff
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November 25, 2012
Ceri Sweeney kicked three penalties in Cardiff's win
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Ceri Sweeney kicked nine second-half points to give Cardiff a 14-7 win which ends their miserable recent run in the RaboDirect PRO12.
The Welsh side had lost their last four games, but Sweeney's accurate boot enabled them to see off the competition newcomers, who are still seeking their first win.
The Italians led 7-0 lead through Samuele Pace's try midway through the first half, taking advantage of the extra man after Robin Copeland had been sent to the sin-bin
Within three minutes of Copeland's 12th-minute departure, centre Pace ran through to score a try which was converted by Daniel Halangahu.
Cardiff responded in the 27th minute as prop Nathan Trevett bundled over, although Sweeney was not able to take advantage with the conversion.
The hosts went in with a 7-5 advantage, although the gap would have been five points had Gonzalo Garcia not sliced his penalty wide at the end of the first half.
Cardiff's Mike Paterson came on for Macauley Cook five minutes after the restart for his first appearance of the season, following operations on both shoulders.
The visitors responded well to the return of their player of the year, with Sweeney edging them into an 8-7 lead in the 56th minute.
Although the 32-year-old missed another attempt five minutes later, he kept his nerve with kicks in the 68th and 70th minutes completing the turnaround and lifting the Blues to seventh in the table.
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