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Opened 9 years ago
Last modified 8 months ago
#16841 assigned defect (bug)
Manually created user roles not showing in author dropdown regardless of assigned capabilities — at Version 29
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|needs-patch needs-unit-tests
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Description (last modified by )
I posted the below on wp-testers hoping to verify or gain experiences from others in order to confirm this prior to reporting it as a bug, but, haven't received any further input, and it's just becoming more evident to me that perhaps it should be posted here, so, I hope I'm not creating a false report here. Please excuse me if I am.
I'm posting this as a link so that it will translate more clearly rather than just cluttering up this message with more text than necessary.
Upon further investigation I have also come across the following: #16451
I'm not an expert at debugging this sort of thing, but, I have attempted all within my knowledge thus far, and in looking at all of the returned objects and entries, the only difference I can spot between how the default user roles ( which show up properly in the dropdown ) and the custom created roles ( which do not ) are being returned is that the default user roles, editor for instance, correctly show the deprecated level_7 entry, and the custom user role ( with more assigned privileges than the editor ) does not show user levels in the capabilities array at all, and shows level_0 in the object.
This is leading me to think that perhaps there is something happening with those user levels in creating the author dropdown on the post editor that is blocking the custom user roles from showing up as expected.
When running the following code:
echo '

Roles
'; foreach ( $wp_roles->role_names as $role => $name ) : echo '

'; echo '
 Role displayed in Admin as ' . $name ; echo ' Database entry: ' . $role . '
'; echo '
 Capabilities assigned to the role of ' . $name. '
'; // print_r( $caps); echo '
'; $rolename = get_role($role); $caps = $rolename->capabilities; foreach ($caps as $capability => $value): echo $capability . ' '. $value . "\n" ; endforeach; echo '
'; endforeach;
the default wp roles return the following capability value pairings
delete_published_posts 1
roles created with Justin Tadlock's members plugin return the following
delete_published_posts delete_published_posts
roles created manually in functions.php utilizing
add_role( 'test_role', 'Test Role' ); //saved and then removed before running the code below ... $role = get_role('test_role'); $role->add_cap('read'); $role->add_cap('edit_posts); $role->add_cap('edit_others_posts'); $role->add_cap('publish_posts'); $role->add_cap('read_private_posts'); $role->add_cap('delete_posts'); $role->add_cap('delete_private_posts'); $role->add_cap('delete_published_posts'); $role->add_cap('delete_others_posts'); $role->add_cap('edit_private_posts'); $role->add_cap('edit_published_posts');
return the following ...
delete_published_posts 1
but lack the user levels as mentioned above.
Let me know if there is any further info I can provide to help sort this out~
Change History (29)
9 years ago
ahA! okay, I believe the use of user_level here is the culprit:
If user level is going to stick around in this way then shouldn't add_cap perhaps take this into consideration?
9 years ago
- Component changed from General to Role/Capability
The workaround would just be to add a 'level_1' cap to your role.
It's PITA, considering how user levels have been deprecated so long ago, but there you go.
9 years ago
PS: Instead of posting the full ticket url, just write
#123, where 123 is the ticket number.
9 years ago
Hmm. I actually tried adding the level caps, but, didn't see any change in the array after.
I was using add_cap.
Perhaps I saved, and then removed my code before it got picked up? I'm going to try it again.
And yes, definitely a PITA ... I saw your comments in having to put it there in the first place ...
As usual, thanks for the tips on proper posting etiquette ;-)
# 123 it is.
8 years ago
Hello, this is my first post on Trac, so I hope it's useful.
I spotted that new users in roles added with add_role don't appear in the author dropdown list. This seems to have been introduced in #15871 when code was added to WP_User_Query->prepare_query to only select users with an old-school user-level of > 0 if 'who' => 'authors' was passed in the args.
I don't quite understand the discussion on the logic of this (in #15871). It seems to me that user levels are deprecated, so shouldn't this select users with the edit_posts capability?
Alternatively (additionally?), perhaps we could have a filter hook in wp_dropdown_users that lets us modify the arguments passed to get_users()?
8 years ago
We still use user levels there because we don't have a good way of getting the same list via capabilties. It's a mess.
8 years ago
And additional (imo) bug stops add_cap('level_1') from fixing this for existing users. I've posted a trac ticket for it #19747
6 years ago
While trying to apply level_1 to my custom role, I didn't remember the custom role name (it is different from display name and it doesn't appear anywhere in backend), so I figured it out with this dirty SQL query:
SELECT meta_value FROM wp_usermeta WHERE user_id = user-id-here;
6 years ago
To clarify, this is all tied into this particular section:
$qv['meta_key'] = $wpdb->get_blog_prefix( $blog_id ) . 'user_level'; $qv['meta_value'] = 0; $qv['meta_compare'] = '!=';
This will end up meaning "give me all users that have a wp_user_level that is not equal to 0".
If you go into MySQL and run something along the lines of this:
[mysql> select * from wp_usermeta WHERE user_id = 19; +----------+---------+------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | umeta_id | user_id | meta_key | meta_value | +----------+---------+------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ | 225 | 19 | first_name | John | | 226 | 19 | last_name | Doe | | 227 | 19 | nickname | @jdoe | | 228 | 19 | description | | | 229 | 19 | rich_editing | true | | 230 | 19 | comment_shortcuts | false | | 231 | 19 | admin_color | fresh | | 232 | 19 | use_ssl | 0 | | 233 | 19 | show_admin_bar_front | true | | 234 | 19 | wp_capabilities | a:1:{s:15:"content-manager";b:1;} | | 235 | 19 | wp_user_level | 10 | | 236 | 19 | dismissed_wp_pointers | wp350_media,wp360_revisions,wp360_locks,wp390_widgets | | 429 | 19 | wpseo_title | | | 430 | 19 | wpseo_metadesc | | | 431 | 19 | wpseo_metakey | | | 432 | 19 | _yoast_wpseo_profile_updated | 1400732591 | | 433 | 19 | googleplus | | | 434 | 19 | twitter | | | 435 | 19 | facebook | | +----------+---------+------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+ 19 rows in set (0.00 sec)]
The line you need to pay attention to is:
| 235 | 19 | wp_user_level | 10 |
When you create your custom role, you need to add something that is > 0 in terms of wp_user_level.
Adjusting the role to increase the user_level is the end goal. To accomplish that you can use the
$role->add_cap('level_1'); method explained by others - as long as it is not
It is important to note that you need to edit the user and re-save them with the add_cap change in place. This will update the database so that
wp_user_level is no longer 0.
6 years ago
- Summary changed from manually created user roles not showing in author dropdown irregardless of assigned capabilities to Manually created user roles not showing in author dropdown regardless of assigned capabilities
5 years ago
+1. 99.8% of users won't ever come across this, but it's a big deal to those of us who use WP as a serious CMS.
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5 years ago
The add_cap('level_1'); workaround will also apply to any existing users with the role you're adding to from r31190 / WordPress 4.2 which at least makes the workaround a little easier.
[Edit: Update typo - 4.2 not 3.2]
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5 years ago
Replying to lgladdy:
The add_cap('level_1'); workaround will also apply to any existing users with the role you're adding to from r31190 / WordPress 3.2 which at least makes the workaround a little easier.
Yep, the only thing is that you still have to change each user's role to something else and then back in order to update the actual user_level field in the database, if they were assigned that role before you added the level_1 cap. (tested a few minute ago on 4.1) So the workaround itself is pretty obscure, and the caveat for the workaround is even more obscure.
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5 years ago
Replying to juiceboxint:
Yep, the only thing is that you still have to change each user's role to something else and then back in order to update the actual user_level field in the database, if they were assigned that role before you added the level_1 cap. (tested a few minute ago on 4.1) So the workaround itself is pretty obscure, and the caveat for the workaround is even more obscure.
That's what has been fixed and will be released in 4.2 - You won't need to do that anymore - add_cap will update any existing users :)
[Edit: Update typo - 4.2 not 3.2]
This ticket was mentioned in Slack in #core by lgladdy. View the logs.
5 years ago
5 years ago
I'm going to write a patch for this one, with the hope of it being included in 4.2
As far as I see it, we should test if they have a level_* greater than 0, or if they have the edit_posts capability.
Is there any other roles that should result in a user being included in the dropdown?
5 years ago
Awesome, thanks for tackling it! That would be a good quick fix - any built-in role that has an inherent user level > 1 will also have
edit_posts, and authorship has never worked for custom roles prior to your patch (without the arcane workaround anyway) so this seems like a safe bet to me.
A more complete solution (maybe step 2?) would be to consider the post type context as well, though: if the user has the equivalent
edit_ cap for a custom post type, they appear in the authors dropdown for those posts. This would allow a user to potentially appear in the authors list for a Post but not a Page, or one CPT but not another, etc.
Again, shouldn't have any BC issues with this because it's never worked before your patch makes it into core. The only thing I wonder about is whether the quick fix will actually create its own BC issues for the more complete fix if that one is done later on. For instance, after your patch, a user with
edit_posts but not
edit_cpt could be set as the author of a custom post type
cpt, and later on when the contextual-author fix is in core, that user is no longer a valid or selectable author of
cpt. This will be an extremely unlikely scenario, but it's worth thinking about whether it's worth skipping straight to the complete fix.
5 years ago
- Keywords 2nd-opinion added
This is going to be harder than I originally thought.
As earlier in the post, the code at fault here is at https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/wp-includes/user.php#L714
If you provide a 'who'=>'authors' key to a get_users command it will return all users with a level greater than 0 using a meta query.
There is no nice way (that I can see) within WP_User_Query::prepare_query for us to do anything smart with capabilities, so i'm thinking there maybe 4 ways to try and fix this.
1) Not use the 'who'=>'authors' key at all, and do a get_users() query to get all the users and then loop through to check their capability. This probably has the potential to be seriously slow on sites with many users?
2) Loop over all the roles, figure out which have edit_posts cap on them and then do a get_users/WP_User_Query query, either using the role option (it currently only supports one role per query, so maybe that could be expanded to support an array of roles? or multiple queries and merge).
3) Add a new capability option into WP_User_Query. This would basically be number 2 anyway - we'd just need to get the wp_user_roles option to figure out the list of roles, and then run that as a query similar to a multiple role search, but someone more familiar with core coding standards, the WP_User_Query class or the Role/Capability component maintainer(s) should be able to say if this is a good idea.
4) Do something inside WP_Roles::add_cap or, more likely, WP_User::update_user_level_from_caps - We could also check if the user has edit_posts and if so, set their default level_* to 1, rather than 0. This seems a bit evil because it's a workaround to legacy/deprecated level_* syntax, and we probably don't want to introduce new code that touches that if the end goal is it not existing at all?
I think 3 actually is a the best idea, depending on how acceptable it would be to use get_option inside WP_User_Query. It would solve the problem, and give developers more functionality.
5 years ago
- Keywords needs-patch needs-unit-tests added; 2nd-opinion removed
- Milestone changed from Awaiting Review to Future Release
As scribu said earlier, this is a mess. @lgladdy, thanks for digging into it.
Something like 2 or 3 is probably worth exploring, at least for the short term. As you suggest, the only capability-related data we can easily query on a per-user basis is the deprecated
level (which is the original problem here in the ticket) and
wpX_capabilities, where
wpX_ is the current blog prefix. The latter piece of usermeta stores a serialized array of a user's roles for that blog, and the 'role' param of
WP_User_Query translates to a LIKE query against this data. Doing this multiple times is going to scale pretty poorly, but it's not a great deal worse performance-wise than what's already there, and it will allow us to fix the various role-related bugs raised in this ticket.


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If you're not a U.S. citizen, you may not have even heard the term "affirmative action" before, or if you have you may not understand what it means.
Basically, back in the heyday of the black civil rights movement, a set of laws were passed under the heading "Affirmative Action" designed to force businesses and institutions in the private sector to show that they weren't discriminating against blacks by enforcing hiring quotas, admission quotas, and so on.
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@ Dale,
Actually the question was:
Does AA do more harm then good?
I can't speak for private business. From my experience in a large agency, I would have to say AA did more good than harm. That should be qualified by by adding that a well designed AA program should expend its energy on recruitment and training and not in attempting to lower standards. I remember railing against the AA program at one point for its inherent flaws which admittedly exist. In hindsight however, the program was beneficial to the mission of the agency. It helped create a more diverse and vibrant workforce. Many of the AA people were of outstanding character and extremely competent. We could not have succeeded as well without our women and minority coworkers.
As for how long these programs need to be in place, that will probably be up to the courts. While few are ecstatic about quotas, some oversight is needed to ensure a level playing field.
What kind of agency? A travel or insurance agency or a government agency? BTW, I believe small businesses and agencies (below some number of employees) are exempt from AA.
It was a State agency that was initally under a court decree. After a number of years and good faith efforts by the agency, the Federal Judge recinded the decree. The agency no longer had to fill positions with a set percentage of women or minorities but it continued to attempt to attract qualified candidates. We maintained our standards which was difficult on many of the minority candidates who had been short-changed by the educational system in the urban areas of the state.
What is the point of hiring undereducated people? Especially when anyone who can put out the effort can, for example, get a GED or take remedial courses or get a college degree one course at a time? Clearly, people determined to put out the effort can improve themselves. Isn't that better than giving them duties they aren't as prepared for than other candidates for the same position?
The goal or assignment was to achieve diversity. In order to best serve the public, the workforce should be representative of that public. No one intended to hire undereducated people. Standards were reasonable and defensible and applied equitably. The fault, if there was one, was with the disparity in the school systems. Initially only a HS diploma was required. When that didn't screen out undereducated people, the standard was raised to 60 college credits or military service. That worked much better.
Btw Affirmative Action works against Indians/Asians now too in Colleges and hiring of jobs in Science, Math and Medical related fields
The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is examining complaints that Harvard and Princeton have discriminated against Asian-American undergraduate applicants, highlighting a concern of many Asian-American parents.
Thomas J. Espenshade, a sociologist at Princeton and the author of "No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College ...," showed in his research that Asian-Americans needed SAT scores that were about 140 points higher than white students, all other quantifiable variables being equal, to get into elite schools.
Another study by the Center for Equal Opportunity, a nonprofit group opposed to racial preferences in college admissions, found that Asian-Americans at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, had median math and reading SAT scores of 1370 out of 1600, compared with 1340 for white students, 1250 for students of Hispanic descent and 1190 for black students.
So now on top of it all, it also becomes who is AA really benefiting? I agree with both sides. Certain aspects of AA have become pointless but yet there are definitely other sides that are still needed in today's world
@ Adam,
I keep trying to understand the goal of AA, is it to remove discrimination from the society or to advantage some individuals over other individuals using claimed ethnicity as the reason for special privilege?
In my view a society that cannot provide an advanced education for all, should strive to provide that educational opportunity to those with the most promise to benefit the society with it.
In my view a society that cannot provide an advanced education for all
I don't know, that's pretty dangerous. That's how ignorant sheeples breed. Education should be for ALL. Everyone should have the right to an equal opportunity to education, not just only those who promise to benefit the society. The opportunity should be there for all.
I think Bill Clinton said it well at the 2012 DNC
certainly was no lack of diversity in electrical engineering. In my last year several times I was the only US citizen in my class, back in the 80's. I remember this one cute german girl. I sat next to her until i realized she was really stinky. Most of the instructors even had a hard time with english, but with math-based stuff, it's no big deal. I enjoy working with and meeting people from all over the world and i'd say AA has run its course in my profession.
LOL ...about the stinkiness.
Some Europeans have a different attitude toward body hygiene than Americans generally do.
I married a German girl who quickly adopted American standards, but when we visited her parents or they visited us I was reminded that for them one or two baths or showers a week was plenty. Part of it was that her Generation (roughly during the worldwide depression and Hitler's times) lived in a relative state of privation and scarcity.
They'd wash their faces with washcloths in the a.m. and maybe give themselves a bit of a "sponge bath," and they'd bathe if we were going out to a restaurant, but otherwise it was stink city.
I did learn something interesting while I was there. They never put eggs in the fridge. They'd leave them in a bowl on the kitchen counter for weeks at a time and they seemingly never spoiled.
at least they are conserving water lol


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14. CHICAGO, Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh, Donald isn't the biggest defensive tackle, but he's very active and can penetrate the backfield. Bears had last-ranked run defense in 2013.
15. PITTSBURGH, Kyle Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech, With Ike Taylor in the last year of his contract, the Steelers need to develop a young corner, and Fuller has turned a lot of heads.
16. DALLAS Odell Beckham Jr., WR, Louisiana State LSU, The Cowboys have more pressing needs than receiver, but they're not in love with the safeties in this class, and if they can't trade down…
17. BALTIMORE, Hasean Clinton-Dix, FS, Alabama, The Ravens have been looking for a free safety since the Ed Reed era ended. This allows Matt Elam to move back to strong safety.
18. N.Y. JETS, Brandin Cooks, WR, Oregon State, Biggest needs for the Jets are wide receiver and cornerback. Cooks gives them a burner who can stretch the field.
19. MIAMI, Cyrus Kouandijo, OT, Alabama, The Dolphins badly need to rebuild their offensive line. Kouandijo is a first-round talent, but an arthritic knee has given teams pause.
20. ARIZONA, Ryan Shazier, OLB, Ohio State, The Cardinals have got to develop a 3-4 outside linebacker who can eventually take over for John Abraham, and that's Shazier.
21. GREEN BAY, Stephon Tuitt, DT, Notre Dame, Year after year, the Packers struggle to stop the run. Tuitt is block-out-the-sun big, and would fit their scheme well.
22. PHILADELPHIA, Calvin Pryor, FS, Louisville, Breakdowns by Eagles safeties were a big problem last season. Pryor would immediately upgrade their secondary.
23. KANSAS CITY, Marqise Lee, WR, USC, The Chiefs got too little production from their wideouts, and need to develop a receiver who can one day replace Dwayne Bowe.
24. CINCINNATI, Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri, The Bengals, who lost Michael Johnson in free agency, are looking for an edge rusher who can turn up the heat on opposing quarterbacks.
25. SAN DIEGO, Bradley Roby, CB, Ohio State, The Chargers were ranked 29th in pass defense last season. If they don't upgrade their secondary, Peyton Manning will pick them apart.
26. CLEVELAND-b, Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville, Even if it's not elite, this is a deep quarterback class. Browns General Manager Ray Farmer likes Bridgewater's leadership and poise.
27. NEW ORLEANS, C.J. Mosley, ILB, Alabama, Mosely is the best available defensive player on this board. Not crazy to think Sean Payton might take QB Jimmy Garoppolo here.
28. CAROLINA, Davante Adams, WR, Fresno State, With Steve Smith gone, the Panthers sorely need a receiver, and they liked Adams enough to work him out on two occasions.
29. NEW ENGLAND, Ra'Shede Hageman, DT, Minnesota, Bill Belichick has a history of throwing curveballs — Oregon's De'Anthony Thomas would be interesting — but Hageman fits.
30. SAN FRANCISCO, Jason Verrett, CB, Texas Christian TCU, If Verrett is still on the board, he would be a good fit for 49ers, who lost corner Carlos Rogers and need someone to play in the slot.
31. DENVER, Kyle Van Noy, LB, Brigham Young BYU, Broncos added DeMarcus Ware and Aqib Talib, but they need a middle linebacker. Also, this could be team for UCLA guard Xavier Su'a-Filo.
32. SEATTLE, Jace Amaro, TE, Texas Tech, Seahawks need eventual replacement for Zach Miller. They like Fuller and Shazier too, but they're probably gone by now.
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Learn why your storage team should be made up of people with experience in a variety of disciplines, such as networking, server administration and budgetary planning.
The two most important assets to any company are its employees and data. Among the employees in your organization, none are more important than the folks who are tasked with keeping your data flowing and protected. The process of selecting the right people for your storage team is critical to the smooth functioning of your business.
The individuals in your storage team should have experience in the following areas:
- Deep operating system (OS) knowledge for all the systems in your enterprise
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- Computing architectures: Peer-peer, client/server, GRID, cluster, mainframe, blade, virtual servers
- Natural ability for troubleshooting complex problems
- Negotiation skills for dealing with equipment purchases
- Storage industry knowledge (SNIA standards, ITIL standards, IETF and IEEE standards and RFC papers)
- Storage networking acronyms (so they understand the lingo from vendors)
As you can see from the list above, your storage team needs to be fairly astute in a number of diverse disciplines, so you want to create your team from the best of the best.
For an effective team, choose individuals from the following disciplines:
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Once your team is in place, they will need to get further training on the critical components that make up your storage infrastructure and data management principles in general. Your vendors will be more than happy to set up training classes. For those seeking more advanced skills, SNIA has created vendor neutral certification exams for storage professionals, which will enhance the career opportunities for your team and help provide your organization with highly qualified individuals.
If your storage team will also be making critical purchasing decisions, you may want to facilitate their access to storage industry events like Storage Decisions, SNIA forums and Storage Networking World. Your team can network with their peers to help make more intelligent decisions on which technology others within your industry vertical are using to solve their business problems.
Your storage team makes sure applications hum, service agreements are met, systems stay up and that data is secure, protected, compliant and recoverable; this makes your customers happy. Choose wisely so that you may live long and prosper.
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HOUSTON -- Jose Altuve started Saturday's game against the A's as the designated hitter for the first time in his Major League career. He continued to bat in the leadoff spot and went 1-for-4.
Altuve played 57 games with the Astros in 2011 after being called up from Double-A Corpus Christi and 147 games last year without ever serving as a designated hitter, primarily due to the fact that the Astros played in the National League.
Marwin Gonzalez, who went 0-for-3 and is hitting .300, moved over from shortstop to start at second base with Ronny Cedeno playing short. Gonzalez broke up Yu Darvish's near perfect game Tuesday night with a two-out single in the ninth inning.
"It's more about Gonzalez played well and we have a night game with a day game tomorrow," Astros manager Bo Porter said. "I was going to pick one of those days anyway [to give Altuve a break in the field] and today just made more sense."
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The Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route - much more than just a trip through Spain
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Cultural interest? Spiritual motives? Adventure? A personal challenge? A different, original way to travel? These are just a few of the reasons why millions of pilgrims have been doing the Camino de Santiago route for years and years. It is a route through Spain that many people find hard to describe and that almost all are keen to repeat.
One thing is for sure. The Camino de Santiago is an exciting and unforgettable adventure. It is a different way to discover Northern Spain, by following one of several itineraries whose common goal is the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, where you will find the tomb of the apostle Santiago (St. James). This network of pilgrimage routes to Santiago gained UNESCO World Heritage status in 1993. But why take the time to do the Camino? Have you ever wondered what is so special about this journey through inland Spain? Why does it attract thousands of people year after year?
The motivations that drive each pilgrim to put on a good pair of boots, sling a rucksack over his or her shoulder, and start walking, are widely varied. There are almost as many reasons for doing the Camino as there are people out there walking it. Mostly, however, it is a combination of personal challenge, time for getting to know oneself, interest in history, art, nature and sport.
Many people approach the Camino as an adventure. They are not mistaken. Year after year pilgrims cover hundreds of miles on foot, by bicycle or on horseback, on trails running through stunning landscapes and hidden, isolated villages, where time seems to have come to a standstill. No day is the same on this long journey, which is sub-divided into manageable stages and is signposted all the way. Equipped with no more than a rucksack and a few basic supplies, pilgrims are challenged by the difficulties that arise along the route. Once they have completed the journey and reached Santiago, all pilgrims agree on one thing: that the effort has been well worthwhile.
In touch with nature
Doing the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route provides an opportunity to discover landscapes full of contrast, with plateaus and mountains, meadows and coastline. Different areas of countryside unfold one after another from start to finish. On the route you will find national parks and exceptional ecological areas: the peaks of the Pyrenees; the banks of the River Ebro, with their fertile vegetable gardens; the broad plains of Castile-Leon, with their fields of cereal crops; climbs to lofty mountain passes; the green meadows and pastureland of Galicia and Asturias. Areas of stunning natural beauty, where pilgrims feel at one with the countryside as they continue their journey towards the Galician capital. Surrounded by these picture postcard landscapes, walkers can relax completely, forgetting about their day-to-day routine. The mind runs free. There is only the route, the countryside and plenty of time for reflection.
The chance to discover Spanish culture
You will find a surprise in the form of art, culture and monuments around almost every corner on the Camino de Santiago. On the way you will come across cathedrals, bridges, Roman roads, monasteries, palaces, stately homes, traditional regional architecture… thousands of buildings, priceless each and every one. Besides discovering this rich historic heritage, you will also have the opportunity to take part in the region's fiestas and experience the folklore and local cuisine. You can be sure that no other journey enables travellers to immerse themselves so completely in the real life of the region.
For many people, the Camino de Santiago has a mystical element. This is for a good reason - its origins are religious: a tribute to the apostle Santiago (St. James). In any case, apart from devotion to the saint, many pilgrims set out on the Camino inspired by a different kind of spirituality, which manifests itself in the need to find out more about oneself, to find the answers to certain personal questions and to discover inner peace. For many, this journey through Spain also becomes an inner journey, where each person can get know himself or herself better. This is an experience that will stay with you for years to come.
Get to know all kinds of people
Pilgrims are never strangers on the route. You will meet friendly, hospitable folk. People you have never seen before might even offer you a place to stay in their houses. On this very special trip through Spain, you will also share extraordinary experiences with pilgrims of all ages, from all over the world, whether in the hostels, on the trails or out on the road. You will have the chance to make new friends and become a better person.
Whatever your motives, it is clear that doing the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route will be a highly rewarding experience. Come and try it for yourself. You will be captivated by the unique magic of this special route through Northern Spain.
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Dec. 8, 2009
SAN BRUNO, Calif. - The West Coast Conference and Zappos.com will continue to partner together in the Zappos.com WCC Shoe Drive in an effort to donate new and gently used shoes to those in need.
This will be the second straight year that the WCC and title sponsor Zappos.com will use the WCC Basketball Championships as a platform to collect shoes and distribute them around the world through non-profit organization Soles4Souls.
"We are thrilled to once again join forces with our friends at Zappos.com to support this important initiative," said WCC Commissioner Jamie Zaninovich. "Our member institutions are committed to community service and I know Zappos.com shares our passion for causes such as this. I look forward to surpassing our aggressive goals and positively impacting the lives of so many in need."
Mirroring last year's initiative, all eight WCC schools will be placing shoe donation boxes around campus and promoting the cause at athletic events. Institutions are encouraged to place donation boxes in each school's gym during the conference basketball season, in hopes that students and fans will join in donating any shoes to the effort. Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representatives and student-fan groups will publicize the event, in order to spread awareness and increase donations around campus and in the community.
When the 2010 WCC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships roll around in March, all shoes will be tallied and the institution that donates the most will be awarded a student fan group party at their institution. The institution will also be recognized during a halftime ceremony in Las Vegas.
In addition, Zappos.com will donate 1,000 new shoes to 1,000 underprivileged youth in Las Vegas during the WCC Kidz Day, powered by Zappos.com. The event will take place before the WCC Women's Basketball Championship Game in Las Vegas on Monday, March 8th.
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RCF Delivers Orchestral Sound to Danny Elfman
After successful sold-out runs in Los Angeles and London, the multi-media celebration Danny Elfman's Music from the Films of Tim Burton held fort for a weeklong run at the Avery Fisher Music Hall in New York City.
Quite a unique event for an orchestra-oriented venue as composer Elfman and filmmaker Burton have teamed on over a dozen projects spanning some three decades, this event inviting attendees to clad in costumes of their favorite film characters, with the orchestra and chorus performing in concert with visuals of Tim Burtons original sketches, drawings, story boards, and film clips on the big screen above.
For such an event, sound is a critical component of the presentation. For that, a RCF TTL line array system was selected comprised a left-right hang of 20 TTL33-A three-way line array modules with four TTS56-A double 21 subwoofers. Four TT052-A dual 5 cabinets were added for front of stage lip fill, and four TT08-A 8 two-way cabinets provided monitoring for the conductor and choir. The system was operated through RCFs RDNet 2.2 software, which provided the house engineer both control and monitoring of the system in real time.
The concert featured a series of suites from 15 scores Elfman has composed in his collaborations with Burton including Beetlejuice, Mars Attacks, Edward Scissorhands, Alice in Wonderland, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Sleepy Hollow, to name a few. The concert event explores the collaborative relationship between music and storytelling and the process and importance that this has in filmmaking. Elfman and Burton have created a unique concert experience, blending music and visuals to celebrate the three decades long partnership of two of Hollywoods top creators. The concert featured the Concert Chorale of New York with the Philharmonia Orchestra of New York lead by Grammy winning conductor John Mauceri. Renowned sound engineer Paul Bevan manned the front of house audio position.
One of the principal challenges for this production is maintaining a very natural orchestral sound at a slightly elevated level than a purely acoustic presentation. With the performance inclusive of a wide range of dynamics, incorporating a male and female chorus, vocal soloists, electronic sounds from keyboards and some pre-recorded tracks from original scores along with the orchestra places a requirement on a sound system that is capable of great clarity.
Bevan has been mixing the Danny Elfman: Music from the Films of Tim Burton project in a number of venues around the world. And having worked in the Avery Fisher Music Hall, Bevan acknowledges, the Avery Fisher Hall is a world-class venue for orchestral music, although it presents many challenges for any kind of amplified show, continuing, When designing a suitable system for this project, RCF TTL line arrays were recommended to me by several people whose opinions I respect.
We had very little time for set-up and tuning the system, notes Bevan. The cabinets went up quickly and easily in a venue that had never seen them before. The prediction software the RCF support engineer Emanuele Moralini used gave an extremely even and natural sound throughout the venue, even before the small amount of tweaking that would be necessary in any venue with any system.
The clarity and separation that I was able to achieve, given the many different textures, made mixing the show in an extremely reverberant hall much easier than I expected. The system integrated these various elements beautifully.
The New York Times reported, This event was a substantive, rich and revealing concert, noting how, Elfmans music and Burtons cinematic images are intricately enmeshed.
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The Avery Fisher Music Hall is a 2,700 seat venue located in New York Citys Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and is home to the New York Philharmonic.
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The 23 man US roster for the Gold Cup, CONCACAF confederation chanpionship has been named. The squad is bonefide "A" team leading me to believe that very few top American players will be sent to Copa America. It is nice to see veterans Frankie Hedjuk and Stevie Ralston called back up for a major tournament, but I was dissapointed that Bob Bradley did not take this chance to give Eddie Lewis another look nor did he try and deepen the player pool up front with a young forward like Chris Rolfe or Kenny Cooper. I hope both Rolfe and Cooper get a call up for the Copa. I am pleased though to see Frankie Simek, Jay DeMerit and Jonathan Spector included in the team.
Here is squad:Goalkeepers: Tim Howard (Everton), Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach).Defenders: Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew), Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham), Jay DeMerit (Watford), Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution), Frank Simek (Sheffield Wednesday), Jonathan Spector (West Ham United), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege).Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), Clint Dempsey (Fulham), Benny Feilhaber (Hamburg SV), Justin Mapp (Chicago Fire), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado Rapids), Steve Ralston (New England Revolution).Forwards: Brian Ching (Houston Dynamo), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City Wizards), Taylor Twellman (New England Revolution)
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Dwelling approvals continue to weaken in February 2011
ABS Building Approvals show that the total number of dwellings approved fell 7.4% in February 2011, in seasonally adjusted terms, after falling 11.6% in January.
According to the ABS, Victoria (-23.1%), Queensland (-11.8%) and Western Australia (-7.4%) recorded fewer dwelling approvals this month while Tasmania (44.6%), South Australia (35.8%) and New South Wales (7.7%) recorded increases in seasonally adjusted terms.
Private sector houses approved rose 0.2% in February with rises in New South Wales (7.4%), South Australia (4.8%), Queensland (1.1%) and Western Australia (0.4%) while Victoria fell (-6.9%).
The value of total building approved rose 13.7% in February in seasonally adjusted terms. The value of total residential building fell by 2.9% while non-residential building rose by 59.3%.
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Super Bowl XLVII leaves its share of mysteries in its wake, and one of the biggest is unrelated to football tactics or the inner workings of the Harbaugh family: What caused the power outage just as the second half was getting started?
A power outage left the game in limbo for more than half an hour, baffling commentators and setting the stage for the dramatic near-comeback of the San Francisco 49ers.
Was it a ploy by Chinese hackers to exhibit their capabilities at a moment that had the attention of some 50 million Americans?
Did Beyoncé's flashy halftime show overtax the Superdome's circuitry?
Those questions sprang naturally to mind for many an average viewer. But so far the hard evidence that's emerged is more mundane.
The company Entergy, which supplies power to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, says a sensor discovered an "abnormality" in the electrical load, triggering the shutdown.
"Shortly after the beginning of the second half of the Super Bowl in the Mercedes Benz Superdome, a piece of equipment that is designed to monitor electrical load sensed an abnormality in the system," says a joint statement from Entergy and SMG, the management company for the Superdome.
"Once the issue was detected, the sensing equipment operated as designed and opened a breaker, causing power to be partially cut to the Superdome in order to isolate the issue," the statement continues. "Backup generators kicked in immediately as designed. Entergy and SMG subsequently coordinated start up procedures, ensuring that full power was safely restored to the Superdome."
The obvious follow-on question is, What caused that abnormality?
The statement said Entergy and SMG are continuing to investigate for an answer on that "root cause."
The fault-sensing equipment, the companies added, operated right where Superdome equipment intersects with Entergy's feed of incoming power. An FBI special agent, quoted by The Associated Press, said terrorism didn't cause the power problem.
The halftime show and the CBS broadcast were operating on their own power sources, separate from the rest of the stadium, a representative of SMG said Monday morning, according to the news site NOLA.com, which covers the New Orleans area. Separately, the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District said the blackout was unrelated to emergency electrical work that was done at the Superdome in December, the news website reported.
The incident was relatively brief, as power outages go. But it occurred at an important time and place – right in the stadium where the National Football League (NFL) championship was at stake, with millions of Americans watching, and with the momentum resting heavily with the Baltimore Ravens.
Jacoby Jones had just returned the second-half kickoff for a touchdown in a Super Bowl record run of 108 yards. The score favored the Ravens 28-6.
The problems appear to have had little effect on viewership. According to ratings reported by TVLine.com, viewership dipped a bit during the outage, but were high throughout the game.
A final audience tally isn't yet in, but TVLine said the "overnight household rating" for the game notched a 1 percent gain over last year's contest, which the NFL has claimed as the most-watched US show ever, with 111.3 million viewers.
CBS commentators struggled to know what to make of the domed darkness. Jim Nantz offered this crack to colleague Phil Simms: "Next time you decide to plug in your phone charger, give us a warning, will you?"
As can sometimes happen in sports, the unexpected delay gave an opening to the trailing team.
When the lights were powered up, and play resumed, the 49ers made it look like a whole new game, rolling steadily toward a nearly even score.
In the end, the Ravens held the line against the Niners final, must-do drive. So Super Bowl XLVII won't be known for an outcome determined in part by an electrical fluke. But the outage may have helped to make the game one for the history books, for the razor-thin 34-31 victory by which one Coach Harbaugh beat another.


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Could a lightning strike that destroyed the base lodge at a small, independent ski area in Maine be the spark that will ignite grass-roots change in an industry increasingly dominated by corporatization?
Matt Hancock, the co-owner of Mt. Abram, is willing to risk finding out. At this point, he figures his off-the-beaten-path mountain 5 miles outside of Bethel has nothing left to lose.
"Am I just crazy, or does anyone else believe that skiing needs to be about skiing?" Hancock asked rhetorically. "We've put a lot of effort into a system we believe in that is 100 percent contrary to the way the industry operates. We're running as fast as we can in the other direction. I've never lost sight of my belief that this is the way for Mt. Abram."
Overshadowed by the sprawling Sunday River complex 12 miles north, Abram usually gets bypassed by anyone other than hard-core locals. But its quirky charms — a minimalist lift system, Maine's first boundary-to-boundary backcountry policy, and an award-winning green energy commitment — have attracted a back-to-basics following.
This year, Abram will be the first ski area in the country to team with Mountain Riders Alliance, a new organization whose long-term goal is to collectively market a network of member mountains where the focus is on quality skiing, affordability, and eco-friendly practices. Think of it as skiing's parallel to the food industry, which in recent years has blossomed with co-ops that highlight local farm stands as alternatives to chain supermarkets.
To understand where Mt. Abram is headed today, turn back the clock to 1990: Hancock, a Casco native, was a Colby College hoops guard fresh off being named NCAA Division 3 Player of the Year. When a tryout with the Celtics didn't pan out, he returned home to work in the family's timber and land development businesses.
"That was the time when the ski industry was rapidly changing," Hancock said. "There was this chase, and everybody jumped into it. You had to have high-end real estate. Sushi bars. Starbucks. Water slides. Hundred-dollar lift tickets and $20 burgers. As an industry, this is not economically sustainable."
In 2008, Mt. Abram came up for sale — for the fifth time in 20 years. Hancock said deterioration was the chief reason it "didn't become part of some corporate portfolio." He and a business partner, Rob Lally, both had homes near the mountain and recognized potential.
"Mt. Abram ended up in this time capsule," Hancock said. "This place has an incredible 1970s soulful vibe with an unpretentious attitude. Great lines and cost-effective tickets. A place where you can grab a cold beer with your buddies in the afternoon. A place where you know it's safe for your kids."
For three years Hancock and Lally plowed money into rehabbing Mt. Abram's neglected infrastructure. They encouraged community involvement by establishing Trimfest, now a summer ritual that allows locals to cut their own "secret stash" woods runs that are kept off the trail map. The Maine Telemark Festival, a free demo-and-lessons event, was lured to Mt. Abram.
Then on July 6, 2011, a lightning strike leveled the three-story base lodge. No one was inside or hurt, but the structure was a total loss, as was the ski patrol and snowmaking equipment stored inside.
"It imploded the building," Hancock said. "Everything was gone — I mean everything. We had to call the sawmill down the road for paper and pencils."
After the initial shock, Hancock became introspective. He long had railed against "big skiing." This was his chance to put up or shut up.
"People always say, 'If I had the opportunity to do it all over differently . . . ' " Hancock said, voice trailing off. "Then I thought, 'Well, here we go.' The fire actually jump-started many of the things we had always wanted to do."
A bare-bones base lodge was erected last season. The insurance settlement finally cleared eight weeks ago. Hancock's focus this year will be the partnership with MRA, a move he had been contemplating even before the fire. He understands there is risk involved in being the test case for an unproven business model.
The MRA "sustainable mountain playgrounds" vision, as outlined on www.mountainridersalliance.com, doesn't lack for ambition or an anti-corporate tone. But the organization is just beginning to take on projects that reflect those values: Aside from trying to attract member mountains, the only other initiative currently listed on the site involves restoring lift access to an abandoned ski area on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska that last operated in 1960.
But in a show of commitment to the Mt. Abram project, an MRA founding partner has relocated to Maine for the season to help launch the program. Hancock said skiers will see no immediate changes, but by next year, he expects Abram will roll out a membership package that gives individuals discounts on lift tickets, concessions, and merchandise. In addition, those who sign up will elect an advisory board, so they can have a say in keeping the no-frills mountain true to its roots.
Hancock said the co-op model at Mad River Glen in Vermont could be a template, but with a twist: Privileges will extend to all MRA member areas — if and when they sign on.
"There's intended to be this accrued benefit beyond the borders of any one individual ski area," he said. Since announcing his alliance in August, Hancock said he has been contacted by two other New England ski areas about joining, but added it would be "imprudent" to mention which ones.
Magic Mountain in Vermont would be a plausible candidate. It closed from 1991-97 but since has been revitalized. In February, Magic Mountain raised $999,000 by selling 333 shares at $3,000 each.
"People who invested did it not for a dollar return, but to ensure Magic is here for the next generation of skiers," said Geoff Hatheway, Magic Mountain's vice president of marketing. "We're very conscious in every decision that we make that we're keeping that vibe and authenticity alive. We don't even call ourselves a 'resort.' We're a ski area."
Hatheway said he's been "intrigued by the MRA, and we're supportive of their message."


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Book description: KUSIKIY A CHILD FROM TAQUILE, PERU, by author and illustrator Mercedes Cecilia is a unique story that draws us into the kaleidoscopic and mysterious world of a Peruvian child. KUSIKIY lives in The Andes Mountains of Peru in a small island in Lake Titikaka. In this wise and peaceful community Kusikiy's father cultivates potatoes and Quinoa; his mother, like her mother and grandmother, weaves intricate traditional designs into her textiles keeping a record of important events. Children will identify with Kusikiy's love for family and his concerns for the effects of climate changes on Mother Earth, as well as with his desire to be of help to his town. This is a book that gives parents and educators a visual and appealing way to engage children in a dialogue about traditional cultures, the meaning of community, sustainability and caring for our environment.
"Taquile is a peaceful island. It is so quiet that you can hear the potatoes growing under the eath and the voices of mothers whispering Quechua songs to the babies on their backs." – Kusikiy by Mercedes Cecilia
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These photographs that hang on my wall meant everything Looking back they all seem like a fading dream But waking now I know that it's just a fallacy [bad word] my eyes and face reality How could I just sit and ignore all the signs Was it easier to say it was fine? Now the words are out in the open air I try to make it right but you don't care Content to be blind, not to see Happy to follow, not to lead But now that I've regained my sight I won't be losing sleep tonight Put up a wall I can't tear down There's no reason, you don't have to shut me out Suddenly it seems that you're too good for me Remember when we were like family? Now [bad word] everything With everything passing day the space between us only grew Whatever happened to the person I once knew? And there were time I called you almost every single day I know you'd see my name and put your phone away Funny how expendable some things can be Like our friendship and your negativity You look down your nose at me with such disdain You're so much better, "friend," how is the cocaine? You're the last that I thought could do this If you needed blood I would have slit my wrist Now you'd cut me open just for spite So I won't be losing sleep tonight It seems that I have been betrayed again By enemies disguised as friends Feels like a gut shot that stripped away my breath And now there's nothing left And now there's nothing left


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DUBLIN, Ireland, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- An Irish climber leading a group up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania was killed by lightning Wednesday, his family confirmed.
Ian McKeever, 42, died "doing what he loved best," his family said on his Facebook page, The Irish Times reported. The lightning strike injured several others in his group.
McKeever himself made a posting to Facebook a few hours before his death: Day 3 -- Shira 2, 4,000 meters (13,000 feet). Torrential rain all day. Spirits remain good even if drying clothes is proving impossible!
"We pray for drier weather tomorrow -- the big day. It's the Lava Tower," he wrote.
The climb was his second in less than a year up the highest mountain in Africa, The Irish Sun reported. In August, he led 145 people up the mountain in just over six days.
That trip raised money for Our Lady's Children's Hospital in Crumlin, Ireland, and the Chernobyl Children's Project.
McKeever had climbed all the Seven Summits, the seven highest mountains on the continents, a group that includes Mount Everest in Nepal, Mount McKinley in Alaska and the Vinson Massif in Antarctica.


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Opinion: Make No Mistake, Putin's Speech Was a Battle Cry
Editorial board member Matt Kaminski on the Russian President's defense of his invasion of Crimea. Photo credit: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Hans Teuscher is dead
The actor died at 78
RP Online
October 31, 2015
The actor Hans Teuscher has died at the age of 78 years. He had died from cancer in Berlin on Saturday, said his agency Nicolai in Berlin.
Teuscher, who was born in 1937 in Dresden, came from a widely ramified family of actors. After the war he lived temporarily in the Allgäu, where he already came to the theater as a child. After graduating from the Higher School of Theatre Leipzig, he played as a member of inter alia, the Berliner Volksbühne, the Deutsches Theater Berlin and the Dresden State Theatre. He soon came to the film industry and worked in the GDR on dozens of productions.
1988 Teuscher went to West Germany and also played there on numerous stages. In Berlin he was seen among others at the Renaissance Theatre and in various musical productions of the theater of the West - for example, in "My Fair Lady" or "States as in Ancient Rome". He was widely known in West Germany including an episode in TV series Tatort and in numerous films in ARD and ZDF "Wer nicht schweigt, muss sterben".
TEUSCHER, Hans
Born: 4/10/1937, Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Died: 10/31/2015, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Hans Teuscher's westerns – voice actor:
Lucky Luke (TV) – 1991 [German voice of David Huddleston]
Don't Come Knocking – 2004 [German voice of George Kennedy]
The Homesman – 2014 [German voice of Barry Corbin]