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Mortal Kombat Legacy
Mortal Kombat Legacy director no longer tied to Mortal Kombat film
Kevin Tancharoen, creator and director Mortal Kombat Legacy, is no longer slated to direct the Mortal Kombat film which has been in the works since 2011. Taking to Twitter, Tancharoen stated: "After 3 years of Kombat, I've decided to move on to other creative opportunities. I wish everyone involved in the movie big success. Thanks!" […]
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Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 2 released
This seems to have slipped off our radar, but as promised the second season of the web-series Mortal Kombat: Legacy is available now in its entirety. The first Mortal Kombat: Legacy web series had over 60 million views according to director Kevin Tancharoen. We have added the seasons' ten episodes in one handy playlist for […]
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 2 to be released September 26
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 2 starts September 26, it's been announced. The entire season will arrive at once, and introduces Liu Kang, Kung Lao, Kenshi and Ermac to the live-action series. Shang Tsung will be played by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa this season – he's the same actor who played the character in the 1995 Mortal Kombat […]
Mortal Kombat: Legacy show to get tie in game from NetherRealm - report
Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm Studios is said to be working on a new entry to the series that will tie in to the Legacy live-action series. The game was mentioned casually by Legacy's producer Lance Sloane in an interview.
Mortal Kombat Legacy season 2's new characters revealed, will be more brutal
Mortal Kombat: Legacy was the focus of a panel session at Comic-Con yesterday, and during the session a number of new characters have been billed to feature in new episodes, along with an emphasis on fatalities and brutal fighting.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy season 2 trailer says "Get Over Here" twice
Only two uses of Mortal Kombat's most memorable catchphrase appear in the trailer for the second season of Mortal Kombat: Legacy, which I feel demonstrates admirable restraint.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy season two cast photo released
Through the break you'll find a cast photo for Mortal Kombat: Legacy's second season, as shared by director Kevin Tancharoen. Just look at those happy sunny faces. The return of the highly successful web series is thanks to a deal between Warner Bros. and Machinima, and the new episodes kick off on February 17.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy renewed for a second season
Mortal Kombat: Legacy will return next year with a second season of live-action stories based on NetherRealm's gory fighter.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 2 announced
Season two of Mortal Kombat: Legacy has been announced by producer, director Kevin Tancharoen. The video below is just the announcement for the second season, and while it doesn;t show any clips from the live-action web series, Tancharoen at least gives you an idea of which characters will star in it, as well as some […]
New Mortal Kombat game and film in 2013
A new Mortal Kombat movie by the director of the recent web series is on the way – alongside a new game.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy hitting Blu-ray on November 8
Warner Premiere has announced Mortal Kombat: Legacy will arrive in stores on Blu-ray November 8. It includes all nine episodes from the web series, and 30 minutes of bonus content with interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. A disc with featurettes "dedicated to the series' fights, weapons, super powers, and unabashed Mortal Kombat fanatic/director Kevin Tancharoen," is […]
Mortal Kombat: Legacy wraps up with final episode
What started out last year as an unofficial thing, the final episode for official Mortal Kombat mini-series Legacy has breathed its last breath. The final episode mainly focusses on how characters Cyrax and Sektor came to be. You can get it below the break, via GameSpot, and then probably buy the game if you haven't […]
Mortal Kombat Legacy Episode 5 continues Kitana and Mileena's story
Episode 5 of the Mortal Kombat Legacy series was released on May 16, and it's part two of Mileena and Kitana's story.
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Four episodes into Mortal Kombat: Legacy, and we've hit the part voted "most likely to feature scantily clad ladies" – the origins of Kitana and Mileena.
Mortal Kombat: Legacy hits 5.5 million views
Live action web show Mortal Kombat: Legacy is going down a treat, racking up 5.5 million views in its first seven days.
Mortal Kombat creator would like to see more adaptations
Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has said he'd like to see more cross-media adaptations of the gory fighter.
Mortal Kombat Legacy live action web series offers brief teaser video
A very brief but action packed teaser trailer has been released for the upcoming Mortal Kombat Legacy live action TV series.
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Mortal Kombat Legacy director no longer tied to Mortal Kombat film
Mortal Kombat: Legacy show to get tie in game from NetherRealm – report
Mortal Kombat Legacy season 2's new characters revealed, will be more brutal
Mortal Kombat: Legacy season 2 trailer says "Get Over Here" twice
Mortal Kombat Legacy Episode 5 continues Kitana and Mileena's story
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text: Scientists in Japan have worked out a new technique for improving the lifespan of flash memory devices from around a decade currently to hundreds of years. The new ferroelectric NAND flash technology can do rewrites 100 million times, versus the 10,000 or so of existing tech, and can be scaled down to 10nm—one third the size of next-gen conventional flash. Furthermore, the ferroelectric chips use a "wear leveling" system to even-out the usage of memory cells, and can even disable bad cells without killing the whole chip. Plus it uses a rewriting voltage of 6 volts versus the 20+ volts of current chips. Sounds like a promising, long-life, low-power future for solid-state drives. Though as with all these advances it'll be a good while 'til we see actual products. [VNUNet]

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At age 92, former President Jimmy Carter is showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
On Thursday of last week, Carter was spotted on a Delta flight from Washington, DC, to Atlanta, and took time to shake the hands of every passenger on the flight.
Jimmy Carter is on my plane to DC from ATL and just shook every hand of every passenger. #swoon #atl #delta pic.twitter.com/y6otolbhPj— JamesParkerSheffield (@JayShef) June 8, 2017
Earlier in the week, Carter, the nation's 39th president, was honored with the Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service.
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Season 40 Episode 20 | 23m 43s
Tommy teaches Kevin how to calculate the riser height for a set of stairs. The foundation is insulated with a DIY foam system. Radiant heat is installed, and Norm and Richard head to Santa Fe to visit the project they did 30 years ago.
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Australia's Top Real Estate Auctioneer Ben Brady transferred to California early 2014 in order to develop and launch the Harcourts Auction platform, within the expanding Real Estate franchise - Harcourts USA. The Auction platform is a division entirely unique to Harcourts USA with a level of service, support and training unable to be offered by any other real estate franchise in the United States.
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"Breakthrough" as plantation expansion rule sees palm oil company hand back community land
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An Indonesian palm oil company has relinquished over a thousand hectares of its plantation back to the community marking a breakthrough with respect to the workings of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).Pontianak, Borneo – An Indonesian palm oil company has relinquished over a thousand hectares of its plantation back to the community marking a breakthrough with respect to the workings of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
PT Agro Wiratama which is a subsidiary of the giant Musim Mas group and a member of the RSPO had obtained a government permit to develop an oil palm plantation on 9,000 hectares of land in West Kalimantan in Indonesian Borneo but agreed to relinquish more than 1,000 hectares following interventions by the local community and NGOs.
Deputy Director of Market Transformation at WWF Indonesia, Irwan Gunawan said the case shows how the RSPO can be successfully implemented, "This is a real example of how the New Plantings Procedure was designed to work. Early warning of expansion plans and a real willingness by PT Agro Wiratama and parent company Musim Mas to engage with the community and other stakeholders has resulted in a win-win-win for everyone, including the environment.
"It shows that with careful planning and the right attitude palm oil can be sustainable. It can respect communities, generate income and protect wildlife."
He added, "Equally significant is the fact that the company gave back the land even though they had a legal permit to develop it – showing that the RSPO goes further than the law to protect local people and that Musim Mas is keen to foster a constructive relationship with its neighbours."
Under RSPO's "New Planting procedures" member companies are required to publicly announce plans to expand their operations. This ensures that the social and environmental requirements of RSPO are considered before new operations begin.
PT Agro Wiratama's plans were spotted on the RSPO website by the international human rights group, Forest People's Programme, who alerted their partners in Borneo.
The local Indonesian NGO, Gemawan was then able to alert the local community to what was being proposed and assisted them in discussions with the local government and PT Agro Wiratama.
Following a series of meetings that involved the mapping of land use and discussions on land claims the reduction of the concession area was made official by the local regent (bupati).
One of the leaders of the local Kuayan community, Kamarudin said, "We are very pleased that our land is secure now because we've now got a chance to make choices about our lives.
"We now ask all the other parties involved in this decision to respect our choice."
The Head of Mekar Jaya Village, Azim Kitung said, "Our community has been trying very hard for so long to refuse admittance to palm oil plantation developers in our village. We believe that we already had enough with the rubber, timber and rice paddies that we already own."
According to KONTAK Rakyat Borneo, a Pontianak based NGO that also assisted the community in the case; there are 19 palm oil plantations in Sambas Regency, 17 of which are members of RSPO.
Despite the RSPO's standards requiring member companies not to take over the lands of local communities without prior consent, Indonesian laws and land administration do not recognise most communities land rights resulting in permits being routinely handed out to companies even though they overlap areas basic to people's livelihoods.
The National Land Agency statistics show that there are some 3,100 land conflicts in Indonesia between palm oil developers and local communities.


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Footage from a security camera showing two of the murder suspects.
Three of the six Israelis arrested on suspicion of taking part in brutal murder of Palestinian teenager Muhammed Abu Khdeir last week have confessed.
The three suspects reenacted the kidnapping of 16-year-old Abu Khdeir, who was abducted from his home in Shufat neighborhood in East Jerusalem in the early morning hours of 2 July. The boy's torched corpse was found in a forest in western Jerusalem some hours later.
The autopsy showed that the boy had smoke in his lungs, indicating that he was burnt alive.
According to Haaretz, Israeli police suspect the killing was an attack conducted by Jewish extremists in response to the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli settler teens last month.
The police are now investigating whether the six arrested were also involved in the attempted kidnapping of 9-year-old Mussa Zaloum just hours before Abu Khdeir's murder.
Further details of the court case are subjected to a gag order, according to Ma'an News Agency. The remand of five of the suspects has been extended for eight days, while the sixth will be detained for an additional five days. None of them have been allowed to meet with a lawyer yet.
Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch referred to the suspects as "youths." Al Jazeera English reported that the arrested include minors.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly talked to Abu Khdeir's father and promised that his son's murderers would be "dealt with the fullest extent of the law," according to Al Jazeera. The PM described the killing as "reprehensible."
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas demanded on Sunday that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon should create an international committee to investigate the teen's murder, in addition to other Israeli crimes against Palestinians.
News of Abu Khdeir's murder has ignited five straight days of violent clashes between protestors and security forces in East Jerusalem and several Palestinian towns in Israel.
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Chrissy Teigen is setting the record straight.
"Lip Sync Battle's" colorful commentator revealed on Wednesday that she chose to have a daughter during IVF. "I've made this decision," Teigen, 30, told People. "Not only am I having a girl, but I picked the girl from her little embryo. I picked her and was like, 'Let's put in the girl.'"
Teigen went on to say she is looking forward to seeing how her husband, John Legend, handles more female energy. "I think I was most excited and allured by the fact that John would be the best father to a little girl. That excited me. It excited me to see...just the thought of seeing him with a little girl. I think he deserves a little girl. I think he deserves that bond. A boy will come along. We'll get there too, so it's not like we really have to pick. But he definitely is very lucky to have a little girl. And this girl is going to be so completely lucky to have John as her papa – it's crazy!"
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In the wake of her revelation, Teigen was met with scrutiny. She did her best to laugh it off, calling her daughter a "science baby" and saying she has a "taste for bacon," later admitting that she "forgot it's controversial." It became difficult to find humor in her situation, though, so Teigen returned to Twitter that night to defend herself, writing, "from reading everything tonight, i think i made a mistake in thinking people understood the process better than they do, which is my fault..
"We didn't create a little girl. we had multiple embryos. girls and boys. we simply chose to put in a female first (and second)... We didn't 'throw away' anything and still would love to have more of both in the future. hard to explain such a complicated process here. you'd be surprised at how many people you know go through this. also every doctor knows the sex of the embryos, it isn't some grand secret," Teigen told her 1.3 million Twitter followers. "ok done! please clap!"
Of course, Teigen has more important things to focus on than what strangers are saying about her medical decisions. With her daughter due to arrive sooner than later, Teigen said she is looking forward to settling into mommy mode with Legend by her side. "I'm excited to see what he is going to do because I think we'll have two very different styles. I'm excited to see that part of John; We've been together so long, and sometimes we look at each other and we're like, 'I know everything about you and you know everything about me,' but we have no idea what we're going to be like as parents," the model told People. "I think it'll be really fun. I'm excited."
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ZWCAD Well Presented CAD Software Optimized for Ease of Use
Unfamiliar as I am with ZWSOFT and its line of software products, I did a bit of research before starting my review of ZWCAD+. For the benefit of those in the same situation, here we go. ZWSOFT (officially ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd.) is a CAD/CAM software provider with 320,000 customers in 80 countries. Some of ZWSOFT's major clients include Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Panasonic, Carrefour, and Saint-Gobain. Founded in 1998, ZWSOFT now has more a staff of 400 staff. It is headquartered in Guangzhou, China with branch offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Florida, USA.
ZWSOFT has two primary products, ZWCAD+ for 2D and 3D drafting, and ZW3D for 3D modeling and CAM (computer-aided manufacturing). ZWSOFT calls ZWCAD+ "the next generation," equipping it with a new graphics engine for better .dwg support, greater memory control, and code-level API compatibility. I reviewed ZWCAD+ Professional, which offers simple 3D solid modeling using Spatial's ACIS, Microsoft's Visual Basic for Applications, and ZRX API (similar to AutoCAD's ARX).
The Road Test
On my first visit to the ZWSOFT Web site, I looked at the screen shots displayed there and they suggested that ZWCAD+ has drafting environment very similar to that of AutoCAD. (See Figure 1.) Once the package installed, I got straight into using it.
The first thing I noticed was that the command line is there, great! I do like the command line, and short cut keys. There certainly is an uncanny resemblance to better known drafting programs; even with the options, the resemblance is always there. As I looked around the program, I realized that it was speedy. I have ZWCAD+ loaded on a fairly basic laptop, and it kept up with every command I entered. The interface is easy to get a hold of, and so the package becomes easy to use because of this.
Figure 1: The start-up screen of ZWCAD+
I think that what is probably key is the efficient working environment provided; I found that the tool bars aren't busy as the main drafting tools are stripped down to the ones that are more likely to be required most of the time. This makes it easier to use straight away.
I started thinking about how drawings will come in that I received from someone else, and so I opened up a drawing. I expecting there to be some butchering of text or for justification to be thrown out somewhere. Instead, I was surprised to see a fully editable drawing with everything intact there and ready for use.
When I investigated some more, I noticed the App+ bar. (See Figure 2.) I saw an array of applications and assumed that third-party developers provide add in programs. I didn't investigate this further but this gives the program another competitive edge.
Figure 2: Add-on applications available direct through the ribbon
I find it very useful to be able to import DWGs and raster images as underlays, and ZWCAD+ has bags full of options for importing these. With Excel, PowerPoint slides, and more, the list is sizeable. Interoperability between programs, however, falls a little short. There are few options for exporting file formats, such as WMF and SAT.
Figure 3: Insert options on the ribbon
Among export and import formats, SAT files seem to be the way to go for 3D models. I tried them with a drawing made of simple 3D cylinders in another package, and had no problem bringing them into ZWCAD+. It would be good, however, to have a few more export functions though. The software seems to have a limit to 3D functionality; for instance, it would be useful to print out a 3D DWF, but it doesn't seem to have the ability.
Then I noticed a "export" tool that is so useful to me, yet is not found in AutoCAD LT: the Attribute Extraction wizard. (See Figure 4.) The version in ZWCAD+ is so easy to use, as no external template files are required. Just like a Polaroid camera, I point, click a button, and out comes the information as a .csv file. In brief, this lets me export the information from attributed blocks to a nice Excel table. For example, setting out coordinates I can use an SOP block with a reference, say SOP01. The block records the insertion point coordinates (i.e. X, Y, and Z), and then the information can be extracted. The simplicity is nice, but I was disappointed that I could not bring the output into the drawing as a table.
Figure 4: Attribute extraction underway in ZWCAD+
There is another tool I liked that exports dimension styles out of the drawing, and then into another one. (See Figure 5.) This is handier than my workaround, which is to bring in all the information through via a block insertion. Yes, I could use AutoCAD's DesignCenter, but it is long winded, and so I see the utility in ZWCAD+ being very useful.
Figure 5: Exporting dimension styles
The eTransmit utility is for packaging large projects together into a nice emailable or uploadable ZIP file. (See Figure 6.) It maintains the structure of the project by maintaining xref paths, OLE files that may be inserted in the drawing, font files, CTB files, and so on. This is a very handy tool with ever increasing file sizes and the complexity of projects.
Figure 6: Setting up an eTransmit package of drawing and support files
Another one of my favorite commands in AutoCAD is XClip. It clips large survey maps to the area that I need. So it was a joy to see it here. (See Figure 7.) I also found ZWCAD+ has the ability to import and control OLE objects.
Figure 7: Applying xclip to a drawing
ZWCAD has Express Tools, which are familiar to me from AutoCAD. (See Figure 8.) These are useful tools all of which I can imagine needing to use most of the time. For instance, a new one I found is file compare, which swiftly compares two files that appear otherwise similar, but are not. It is a great aid when versions go slightly askew on the server, and so takes away the doubt of what's different. An everyday example is when I work on a drawing from an architect, I add the civil and structural details based on xref files. Then the architect does some further design development,but isn't keen on adding revision triangles to indicate changes. Now I can run the two files through this command, and it highlights the differences for me.
Ther are other littles gems, like the system variable editor, locking drawings, or converting text to mtext. Others include explode attributes to text (Burst).
Figure 8: Express Tools on the ribbon
I continued through my tour by trying the multiline command, one I have never noticed in other CAD packages I've treid (other than AutoCAD). I found it easy to define new multiplines: just set the spacing, number of lines, thickness, and so on, and away I go. I use them multiple ducts on a site layout, and even simple road layouts.
Figure 9: Accessing multiline styles dialog box
I am glad to see a layer translator. (See Figure 10.) I get drawings from architects, and I want to generate an overlay. This can lead to a struggle with the layering convention supplied by the drawing. I xref the drawings as simple referance files; so as to not clutter layers with all the xref'ednames, I convert them all to one layer, named "architects import 01." This makes it much simple for me to switch between references.
Figure 10: The layer translator in ZWCAD+
I try always to find reasons not to like a new program, but I am struggling here. This is a well presented package, with a slick operation and smooth feel. For the cost, it would seem to be a good investment to many kinds of design offices; in fact, at this price, anyone involved in project development could use ZWCAD+ just to be able to view and interact with drawings.
The only problem (and maybe a big one for some) is compatibility with other industry standard formats. The lack of interoperability puts it as a package with not much BIM potential. As well, the current trend towards parametrics doesn't seem to have made its way into this program as yet.
Other than these couple of shortcomings, all in all I find it a good package for the money. It is well worth a look by anyone dealing with drawings who needs the ability to dabble without spending a fortune.
Steve Lynch is a project engineer in the UK with 16 years experience with building structures and major civil engineering projects. He has managed a team of CAD technicians from trainee to senior level and maintained internal resource management system. He has been involved with overall project reviews to ensure clarity, technical content and delivery of design submission's documents is maintained.
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Rotation adjusted due to Chen's stiff back
HOUSTON -- Kansas City manager Ned Yost shuffled his pitching rotation for the rest of the week to accommodate a minor injury to left-hander Bruce Chen.
Right-hander James Shields will start for the Royals Thursday night at Houston instead of Chen. Left-hander Jason Vargas will move up a day to pitch Friday night at home against Minnesota with Chen starting Saturday's afternoon game against the Twins.
"Bruce has got some stiffness in his back," Yost said. "We've been on a six-man rotation the last two or three times through because of the off-days. We can get Bruce's back to calm down a little bit and move Shields up to a regular five and move Vargas up to a regular five and slide Bruce in after Vargas.
"He could have pitched [Thursday]," Yost said of Chen. "But we're going to give him a couple of extra days to get it out of there."
Chen said the injury was actually a tightness in his glute.
"I could have pitched [Thursday]," Chen said. "But we had an off -day [Monday]. We have a chance to put a couple of guys in their five-day [routine] and give me a couple of extra days.
"Right now, it's early in the season, everyone can do their thing and I can get this resolved. I've had it for over a week now. The preparation in between [starts] wasn't what I wanted it to be."
Chen lasted only 3 2/3 innings in Friday's loss at Minnesota, allowing seven hits and six earned runs.
He is happy to be getting another shot at the Twins. "I'm glad I can go out there and perform against a team in our division, especially one that swept us before," he said. He will miss a chance to pitch against Houston. He has a career 3-1 record and 2.72 ERA vs. the Astros.
Shields said he was told Tuesday that he had been moved up to Thursday in the rotation.
"I'm ready to go," he said, adding it didn't matter to him when he pitched. "You have to make adjustments in this game and roll with the punches."


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What is a temporary service suspension?
A temporary service suspension helps you save money by suspending your Bell service while you're away or on vacation for-one to six months. Your service is reactivated automatically on the date you choose.
A single one-time charge of $49 applies to set up the suspension, no matter how many services you suspend (the services must be listed together in MyBell). There are no monthly fees during the temporary service suspension, with the exception of rent-to-own charges and financing.
What to expect during the suspension
Your services:
- Your home phone will not have a dial-tone. When someone calls your number, they will hear that the number is currently out of service. If your alarm service is dependent on your Bell Home phone service, you may not want to suspend it.
- You will not be able to connect to the Internet at home. You can still check your Bell email at bell.ca/bellmail using a different Internet connection (e.g. from an Internet café). Your personal Web space will be deactivated during the suspension.
- You will not have access to your TV programming on any of your receivers. Please keep your Satellite TV receivers connected to an electrical outlet during the suspension. We need to communicate with your receivers to reactivate your service at the end of the suspension.
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I had to take down a ceiling light to remove an old wire while renovating.
I eventually managed to wire everything up correctly, but I'm still puzzled by how I miswired it the first few times. I know I got the pairs of wires mixed up, but I still can't picture any circuit that would do what is described below.
3 pairs of wire come into the box - one set of black and white is the power coming in, one pair goes to the switch for the light, the other continues to the outlet on the wall. The light had a CFL bulb in it, and the outlet had an LED night light plugged in.
Once I restored power:
- With the switch up (can't say for certain if this was on or off), the ceiling light was on, but the night light didn't.
- With the switch down, the ceiling light was off, and the night light was on dimly
- When flicking the switch, the nightlight would get brighter or dimmer for a second
- With the bulb in the ceiling removed, the nightlight wouldn't work at all.
At no point did the circuit breaker trip. Also, the entire circuit has no ground connection.
What kind of messed up wiring would make it do that? I've since figured out the correct wiring, but it still bugs me.
Edit: The closest I can come up with is that maybe I wired the light and outlet in series (incoming black to outlet black, outlet white to light black, light black to incoming white) with the switch between the black and white of the outlet. I think that might do it...


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Small turnout this morning, with just Jim, Erik and myself hitting the trails at Bradbury
Mountain Hill. Too bad, as the cold wasn't that bad and it was a beautiful morning.
We started out on the side of the park that's across the street, but not a lot of it was broken in, so we decided to head back and hit the Boundary Trail, which we mused would be packed down (it's a popular trail).
The Goretex jacket started to seem a bit much, so I shed it when we passed the cars. I wondered if just a long sleeve shirt over a short sleeve shirt would be enough. Jim was running with about the same, but he's a bit crazy, so that had me concerned. However, it was fine. Bit chilly at first, but didn't think much of it after a mile.
The Boundary Trail was as expected, well packed down and relatively easy to run on. Lots of big patches of ice, but the screw shoes helped a lot. A picture is below. However, I think I need to add two to three more per shoe to get a little better traction. The 18 screws per shoe configuration I used the past few years made me feel like Spiderman and gripped superb, but I don't think I need quite that many though to get the desired results.
Ran 7.6 miles @ 10:45/mile pace.
Trails, coated with snow (mix of loose and packed) and lots of ice.
Very hilly.
7F degrees to start, 19F degrees at end, sunny.
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Longtime D.C. United midfielder Santino Quaranta, an Archbishop Curley graduate, is retiring from MLS at age 27 to work full time with a youth soccer club he helped create and to assist a substance abuse program that helped turn around his life and career four years ago.
"As a soccer player, you're expected to push it until you're 33, 34 years old," he told The Washington Post on Sunday. "That's not me. This is it. My gut and heart were telling me, and I'm at peace with it."
Quaranta, a Baltimore native who signed with MLS at age 16 and spent 10 of his 11 seasons in Washington, was let go by United last week. The club didn't exercise the option on his contract and decided to not offer a new deal at a reduced salary.
Quaranta was eligible for the MLS re-entry draft but withdrew his name from consideration before Friday's deadline.
Although five clubs contacted him, he decided to "walk away on my terms. … It's scary. I haven't done anything else since I was 5 years old. But I kept asking myself: 'What are you doing this for anymore?' I don't feel like I've got anything more to accomplish. It's time."
Quaranta, who has a wife and two young children, earned about $120,000 last season. But with the opportunity for a career off the field, he said he didn't want to "keep chasing $100,000 around the country. It's not worth it. I have a lot here [in Baltimore]. There's more to me than playing the game."
Quaranta will devote much of his time to Pipeline Soccer Club, a Baltimore youth program with 35 teams and growing. He and friend Sean Rush launched the club last year. Quaranta is the director of professional development and a vice president on the executive board.
He said he'll also work with Dan Cronin, a substance abuse expert who oversees the MLS and NHL rehab programs. Quaranta credits Cronin with rescuing him from drug and alcohol addiction.
"He's a fantastic man," Quaranta said. "He has mentored me. I want to help others like he has helped me. It gives me a lot of joy."
Although he resumed his career in 2008, Quaranta will forever fight the demons that sent his life into a downward spiral. "People forget I'm in recovery," he said. "It never goes away."
Quaranta began thinking about a nonplaying career about 11/2 years ago and sat down with Cronin to map his future. United's decision not to renew his contract — and the manner in which it unfolded — prompted him to take a harder look at his options.
"The situation in D.C. was handled in all the wrong way," he said. "I never talked to the front office guys, never knew what they wanted to do, just got a phone call from Benny [coach Ben Olsen]. It did reiterate to me the business and selfish nature and the bubble we're in."
Quaranta said his greatest sense of fulfillment after resurrecting his career was playing for the U.S. national team during the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup and scoring against Honduras at RFK Stadium. He said he holds maintains fond memories of the friendships he built during his career, which included 27 goals and 29 assists in 180 regular season appearances (133 starts) as well as 15 caps and that one goal for the United States.
Quaranta contributed one goal and four assists in 21 league matches (10 starts) for United last season.
"I'm stepping away, but it's not a bad thing. It's a good thing," he said. "It's a new chapter."
Longtime D.C. United midfielder Santino Quaranta, an Archbishop Curley graduate, is retiring from MLS at age 27 to work full time with a youth soccer club he helped create and to assist a substance abuse program that helped turn around his life and career four years ago.


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Two years after a contested presidential election, Tehran continued to use the mass imprisonment of journalists to silence dissent and quash critical news coverage. Imprisoned journalists suffered greatly amid the crowded and unsanitary conditions of notorious prisons such as Rajaee Shah and Evin. The health of many detainees severely deteriorated, while numerous others suffered abuse at the hands of prison guards. The detainees also faced a battery of punitive measures, from the denial of family visits to placement in solitary confinement. Authorities continued a practice of freeing some prisoners on furloughs while making new arrests. Six-figure bonds were often posted by the furloughed journalists who faced immense political pressure to falsely implicate their colleagues in crimes. While some large international news organizations maintained a presence in Tehran, their journalists could not move or report freely, particularly outside the capital. Politically sensitive topics such as the country's nuclear program or its plan to eliminate subsidies were largely off-limits to local and international reporters. The government also restricted adversarial reporting by using sophisticated technology to block websites, jamming satellite signals, and banning publications.
Journalists who have fled Iran to avoid prison face a tense and lengthy process toward resettlement, an uncertain financial and professional future, and most of all, fear that the Iranian government will catch up with them. Analysis by María Salazar-Ferro and Sheryl A. Mendez
Iran has sustained a widespread campaign against critical journalists since civil unrest erupted after the disputed June 2009 presidential election.
Authorities routinely placed journalists in solitary confinement, often as a means of coercing false confessions. Of the imprisoned journalists on CPJ's census, about half have been put in solitary confinement at one point during their detention. Journalists also suffered from deteriorating health and abuse by prison guards, CPJ research shows.
Detainees at risk:
12: Suffered from poor health
14: Reported some form of abuse in prison
5: Denied family visits
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Iran and Cuba topped the list of countries driving journalists into exile, according to CPJ research. Iran led the list for a second consecutive year; CPJ's 2009-10 survey found at least 29 Iranian editors, reporters, and photographers had fled into exile. The country's total exodus over the last decade is 66, behind only Ethiopia and Somalia, CPJ research shows.
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Among those being held in late 2011, blogger Hossein Derakhshan, who was detained in late 2008, was serving the longest documented sentence. In June, a Tehran appeals court upheld the 19½-year term on charges of "working with hostile governments," "propaganda against the state," and "insulting religious sanctities."
Sentences being served by journalists in Iran:
6 months to 3 years: 4
4 to 6 years: 11
7 to 11 years: 2
12 to 15 years: 3
16-plus years: 1
Pending: 21
World Bank data show the number of Internet users in Iran, a country of about 74 million, more than doubled from 2006 to 2009, the most recent year available. Iranian authorities maintain one of the world's toughest Internet censorship regimes, using sophisticated tactics and blocking millions of websites, including numerous news websites and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, CPJ research shows. Iranians often use proxy servers to overcome the obstacles. In a May report, CPJ named Iran one of the World's 10 Online Oppressors.


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Designing for Dollars
Do your die-design and forming-simulation efforts, or those of the companies you select to undertake these tasks, keep up with the times?
Thirty years ago, lead time from tool-design start to first-part off stretched from 14 to 20 weeks, even for simple parts and tooling. Today, with a huge assist from die-design and forming-simulation software, eight weeks is the norm, with four weeks not unheard of.
Lead-time reduction is just one area of evolution in the software realm. Accuracy is another, and the list goes on. With such software going mainstream, how can it be best employed moving forward?
Each spring, MetalForming presents a roundup of the latest and greatest in die design and simulation for the metal-stamping process. The articles show that as these technologies continue to improve, they deliver huge cost savings to metal stampers. We present these articles in conjunction with our annual Die Design and Simulation Software Experience (www.metalformingmagazine.com/diedesign), organized by MetalForming and slated for May 28-29, 2014, in Rosemont (Chicago), IL.
Given the ever-challenging business environment for manufacturers, we've surveyed leading software suppliers on how improved die-design and simulation processes can influence the bottom line of tool builders and stampers, and their customers.
Hire This Guy
Consider investing in software for the design-build process, urges Ray Proeber, president of Accurate Die Design Inc., New Berlin, WI, the North American technical center and master distributor for Logopress3 3D die-design software from Logopress Corp. and also a reseller of forming-simulation software from Forming Technologies Inc.
Says Proeber: "We as humans don't think as efficiently or as accurately as computers. Some very seasoned toolmakers do an admirable job of predicting the future based on their experience along. But plenty of smart people have conducted mounds of research and performed years of testing, and they've programmed software with more accurate parameters than anyone can pull out of their brains. With advanced software available today, you are using proven science."
Wear your human-resources hat, instructs Proeber, and the case for die-design and simulation software strengthens.
That's a compelling argument, and Proeber shares an experience highlighting the value of a 'hire' like this.
"Suppose you interview someone who is unbelievably accurate about toolmaking and forming predictions, and knows if something is formable just by looking at a part print," he says, "and also can accurately predict the flat-blank size. If you could hire this person, who will positively affect every employee and process in the shop and can predict the future, for $25,000 per year (roughly the cost of a formidable simulation/design software setup), would you do it? You can have the software for half the cost of a human employee. In addition, the software makes employees and processes, even quoting, much more accurate and efficient."
This thickness map, provided by ETA, shows how software can predict the thickness of a stamped part—just one of many capabilities available in forming-simulation software.
"A metal stamper quoted a die to make a part complete in a progressive die, and when it tried to stamp the part it had major problems," he relates. "The part could not be produced with the planned process in the die. Plans called for a draw station after material had already been cut a. But, in reality the material needed to be cut a after drawing. The tool builder had to rework and simplify the progressive die, and add a four-station secondary die to complete the part. More than $100,000 was lost by the tool-and-die builder, the stamper and the OEM customer. Meanwhile, a $5000 simulation-software package (equivalent to a part-time employee, or perhaps a summer intern) would have caught the problem upfront and enabled the designer to develop an ideal process instead."
This employee also works well with others, Proeber points out.
Work with Any File
Next on the list of software advancements: improved file management. In a manufacturing setting, file snags, or the requirement to adapt or recreate files for different formats, burn up dollars quickly.
"Many parametric products—those using a parametric tree—may require tool builders to redesign the part from the provided file in order to paramatize it for their own use," explains Jack Thompson, sales engineer at TST Tooling Software Technology LLC, Clarkston, MI. TST offers VISI software for tool, die and mold design and build. "Redrawing the part in order to proceed with the tooling side of the build can be a huge undertaking. The ability to use a native file (a VISI feature) saves time and eliminates these opportunities for error."
For example, suppose a part designer provides a file to the tool designer/builder who then has to redraw, or reparamatize, the part. In most cases, according to Thompson, accomplishing this can take a couple of days. That means days lost on design time. Redrawing or reparamatizing also introduces the opportunity for errors that may cause significant challenges down the line during tool design, build and tryout.
"In these situations, the tool designer/builder may recreate a part that is not identical," Thompson says. "But using the file provided by the customer ensures that you are working with exactly what it provided, without the risk of errors in translation and the resulting costs."
Working with multiple files also present challenges.
"Some software systems undertake a large amount of file management in working with assembly and individual files," says Thompson. "Imagine a die that may have 1000 features. Each of these features may be a separate file in some systems, which then save the files together in an assembly. Doing so requires complicated file management. If someone removes or deletes one file, the assembly won't open properly. Some shops may have one employee who spends all day maintaining these files. A single file, compressed to make it manageable, provides an ideal solution."
Another advantage that offers bottom-line payoff for stampers and tool builders: The ability to employ a fully integrated software package from design to manufacture."If machining of the tool occurs in a different package, someone must translate and transfer the files into another format," Thompson explains. "Even if the separate machining software can read the design format from the other software, the files still must be transferred and kept current should any changes occur down the line.
"Full systems using one file format," he continues, "allows shopfloor personnel to look at the part, decide what information is needed and move forward without going back to engineering and asking about design intention or requesting a section view because data were not included in what was sent. These time-wasting interactions are eliminated."
Opportunities to Enhance Profitability
Studies show that during economic recovery, companies stress returning to profitability. How to do that separates winners from losers. For die shops and stampers, simulation may offer the ideal answer, says Charles Hayden III. Hayden works in technical sales for Engineering Technology Associates, Inc. (ETA), Troy, MI, provider of the Dynaform die-system simulation suite.
Hayden offers the example of a customer that throughout the recent recovery has improved profitability two to three times due to controlling and understanding fixed assets and direct labor, because it can predict tool performance and perform precise scheduling.
"Productivity and efficiency leads to profitability," he says, "and this technology allows users to better determine per-piece price so that they have confidence in their costs beforehand."
Gaining confidence in the analysis and accuracy of simulation tools enables expansion into new markets and projects.
"Companies can bid on more complex parts and grow their comfort zone, perhaps expanding from automotive to appliance or aerospace," Hayden explains. "Capabilities in simulation systems can help open doors to new processes that enable entry into new types of businesses.
"Tool-and-die is constantly evolving," continues Hayden, "so players in this arena must be conscious of the new high-strength steels and other new alloys, and need a tool such as simulation to deal with what's new. Standing pat will put you behind the eight ball."
Springback in the new materials Hayden references offers an area where simulation pays big dividends, allowing users to predict how materials will react to force. This leads to improved tool performance and higher-quality parts from the start.
Not only does new simulation technology enable new-market and new-process entry, it continues to quicken development time upfront. Optimization is a case in point. "Proper draw-bead placement for medium or large stampings had not long ago been a week-long testing project," says Hayden. "Now, it can be done in one day."
Complementing Designer Expertise
Placed in the hands of an experienced designer, die-design software reaches its pinnacle and provides an excellent cost- and time-saving tool.
For example, "two designers can proceed with part nesting in two different s," explains David Lindemann, application engineer for Cimatron Technologies Inc., Novi, MI. "One approach is to eliminate as much scrap as possible and form as tightly as you can. The other considers the tool, noting that parts placed tightly together results in fragile tooling. Some software may provide every possible nesting configuration along with scrap-percentage factors, and the designer can choose with the goal of achieving the optimal scrap-percentage factor while retaining good tooling conditions.
"But an experienced designer who understands what process is necessary for making the proper, most-stable tooling in the shortest amount of time can enter a minimum set of conditions based on knowledge and experience," Lindemann continues. "He knows, for example, that the hunk of tool steel should not be less than 1 in. thick given the grade of material to be stamped, so he enters that as a minimum condition. He sees that a certain angle is needed in a certain location, so he sets a condition there. Throughout all of this, the experienced designer can see the scrap-percentage factor change on the screen as the software automatically calculates it."
At this intersection of expertise between designer and software, conditions are optimized, yielding an ideal balance of scrap generation and tool robustness.
"Designers can use their experience, and through that the software helps them arrive at the best solution," Lindemann says.
Die-design software also assists experienced tool designers and adds efficiency by thinking like designers think.
"They know that they must punch holes in the steel before forming," Lindemann adds. "They know that when pulling a punch it must go through a particular piece of steel with so much clearance and then go through another piece of steel with even more clearance, and then go into another piece of steel and hold it. The software stores that in job memory, making it repeatable and ensuring a proper design while saving time in trying to recreate everything."
Through such interactions, the experienced designer adds to the knowledge base in the software system, and through the system makes that knowledge available to those who are less experienced—junior designers, for example, or those in the quote department.
"Good designers know what different features and operations will cost," concludes Lindemann, "and can build up the knowledge database inside of the quote system, for example. Less experienced personnel draw from that, leading to more accurate quotes."
Consider the Big Picture
With simulation software gaining acceptance throughout the industry, lead-time-reduction arguments are losing some luster. Going forward, users of simulation software can differentiate themselves if they leverage its capabilities to see the bigger picture. So stresses Eric Kam, product manager at AutoForm Engineering USA, Troy, MI.
"We challenge people in that, because since computers are so fast and simulation tools have automated things to a high degree, don't we owe it to ourselves to simulate the road not taken?" Kam asks. "Look, for example, at cam trimming versus direct trimming and then flanging down in a later operation. A designer may choose to eliminate the cam and go with the second option, saving money on the initial tooling investment. But how much are you really saving? If eliminating the cam can be shown to save $20,000, is doing so justified? Try simulating with and without a cam, and predicting the cost of both processes. Robust simulation may show that employing the cam-trim operation results in better overall production repeatability, with a 0.1-percent scrap-rate prediction as compared with a 0.5-percent rate by eliminating the cam. The reduction in downtime due to increased repeatability could save tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars over the life of the job. You saved $20,000 upfront but spent perhaps $100,000 more overall. What was the correct decision?
"The future goes beyond feasibility simulation," Kam continues, "and uses simulation results as a factor when considering the overall comprehensive cost for forming the product in a process."
Eliminating process concepts without sufficient justification can be a danger when only using simulation for feasibility, Kam cautions.
"Take, for example, a three-die process that draws, trims and flanges," he says. "Simulation might say, 'yes, that works.' Then, upon springback analysis and other testing, designers decide that they must modify the part to fit into the process window, and allow for a certain amount of part variation due to striking only three times. By simulating an alternative, made possible due to advancements in simulation technology, designers may find that part quality improves enormously without modifications in a four-hit process using a cam. Not modifying the product design could save tens of thousands of dollars over what the simplified process saves upfront.
"So now," Kam continues, "some designers use simulation to validate a suggestion for customers to change the product. They might say to the customer, 'You need a product concession for the part to be makeable, and I have simulation to prove it.' But changing the product can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in assembly costs if, for example, a carryover mating component won't fit the new part and that component must be redesigned, too."
The Conclusion?"People must think in a larger, more holistic ," Kam says. "That is the next rung on the ladder for finding cost savings through simulation. Quantify the potential costs of the tools, blank material and production. Then factor in the potential repeatability of not only the 'leading process,' but also those that we traditionally eliminate due to subjective opinions about costs. Finally, make a balanced decision about the quality, cost and repeatability of the processes we choose and those we eliminate. Many in the industry are just not there yet." MF
See also: Accurate Die Design Software, Inc., ETA Dynaform, TST Tooling Software Technology, LLC, 3D Systems/Cimatron Software, AutoForm Engineering Gmbh
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Goat Cheese Tart
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- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour plus
- more for dusting the board
- Kosher salt as needed
- 13 tablespoons cold unsalted butter divided
- 3 tablespoons ice water - (to 4)
- 3/4 cup chopped shallots - (3 to 4 shallots)
- 10 1/2 ounces garlic-and-herb soft goat cheese (Montrachet recommended}
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 3 extra-large eggs
- 1/4 chopped basil leaves
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
Servings 6
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
For the crust, put the flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Cut 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) of the butter into large dice, add to the bowl, and pulse until the butter is the size of peas. With the machine running, add the ice water all at once and process until the dough becomes crumbly. Don't overprocess. Dump the dough out on a floured board, gather it loosely into a ball, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
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Meanwhile, heat the remaining tablespoon of butter in a small pan and saute the shallots over low heat for 5 minutes, or until tender. Place the goat cheese in the bowl of the food processor and process until crumbly. Add the cream, eggs, basil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and the pepper and process until blended.
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Issue Type: Bug Created: 2006-09-29T04:07:26.000+0000 Last Updated: 2010-03-21T04:51:37.000+0000 Status: Resolved Fix version(s): - 1.8.1 (12/May/09)
Reporter: T.Lechat (zecat) Assignee: Alexander Veremyev (alexander) Tags: - Zend_Feed
Related issues: - ZF-26
Attachments: - patch.diff
When trying to parse an RSS1.0 / RDF feed (rdf namespace), items array is empty.
Example : http://www.php.net/news.rss (-;
Produce : [title] => PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor [link] => http://www.php.net/ [description] => The PHP scripting language web site [items] => Array ( )
the XML dump of zend_feed is :www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" rdf:about="http://
<rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.php.net/archive/index.php"/>
I did a quick review of Zend_Feed, finding that there is a namespace registration which seems to be in trouble, but not sure, and it need probaly to switch the item tag of entryRSS class, or add a new entryRDF class.
It's not a matter, but as this the <www.php.net> feed, it's humoristic (-;
Thanks for all you job.
Posted by Daniel Bezruchkin (visualimpakt) on 2006-10-13T18:43:13.000+0000
Extracting this into your zend directory will get RDF feeds to work.
Posted by Dave Liefbroer (dliefbroer) on 2006-10-30T01:16:16.000+0000
The attached zip doesn't work. It makes a major error (blank page). Will investigate on the error.
Posted by Dave Liefbroer (dliefbroer) on 2006-10-30T01:52:01.000+0000
It's because of: $success = @$doc->loadXML(Zend_Feed::utf8ToUnicodeEntities($string)); in Feed.php
The utf8ToUnicodeEntities function doesn't exist (wrong code version?)
In the previous version it was: $success = @$doc->loadXML($string); That works!
Posted by Bill Karwin (bkarwin) on 2006-11-13T15:26:52.000+0000
Changing fix version to 0.6.0.
Posted by Ronnie Schwartz (rustybrick) on 2006-11-17T11:40:51.000+0000
I have the exact same issue. Any idea when this will be resolved? I've used PEAR's RSS class, no good. I've used Magpie/simplepie, no good. This one was able to parse all of the new feeds but cannot parse the 1.0 rdf feeds. So it's the best so far!
Posted by Simone Carletti (weppos) on 2007-12-01T12:41:20.000+0000
This bug depends on ZF-26. RSS 1.0 lists items outside channel node and Zend_Feed actually can't handle this situation.
Rather than fixing the behavior, I would suggest to add a new RDF class, as proposed in the description of this issue. RSS 1.0 is completely an other branch compared with RSS 2.0.
The main difference between RSS 0.91 branch (created by Dave Winer) and RSS 1.0 branch (managed by RSS-DEV Working Group) is that the latter is RDF based while RDF architecture has been completely removed in RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92, RSS 2.0.
Additionally, I would suggest to add a new class property to return feed type/version. The following seems to be a list of formats currently supported by Zend feed: * Atom 0.3 * Atom 0.5 * Atom 1.0 * RSS 0.91 * RSS 0.92 * RSS 2.0 The following formats should be supported but they are not, right now: * RSS 1.0 Perhaps a new ticket is the better solution for a new proposal, rather than a comment.
Posted by Simone Carletti (weppos) on 2007-12-01T12:42:19.000+0000
I forgot to say that my previous comment has been inspired by http://nabble.com/zend-feed-issue--tf4928553s16154…
Posted by Matthew Turland (elazar) on 2008-02-03T08:24:38.000+0000
The only difference between RSS 1.0 and other versions that is related to this issue is that item elements are not contained within the channel element. The attached file patch.diff modifies Zend_Feed_Rss to check for this and also patches the appropriate test in the test suite so that, without the patch to Zend_Feed_Rss, RSS 1.0 feed tests will fail.
Posted by Simone Carletti (weppos) on 2008-02-07T15:19:01.000+0000
Hi Matthew, I gave a look at the patch you submitted a few days ago.
The following line doesn't really makes sense to me.
{quote} $this->assertTrue($feed->count() > 0); {quote}
_importRssValid method is an utility method and we cannot assume in advance the file he's going to fetch is not a valid empty feed. I would create some valid RSS 1.0 unit tests instead.
The other part of the patch, the code fragment that should introduce RSS 1.0 compatibility it's fine, but I think it's incomplete. Zend_Feed doesn't handle only feed import but it's able to create and edit a feed as well.
Did you think about how an imported RSS 1.0 feed will be printed out? I assume it would be handled by Zend_Feed_Rss class but this library, as underlined by ZF-44, always returns an RSS 2.0 instance. It means, an RSS 1.0 come in and an RSS 2.0 come out... I suppose this is not a good workflow.
What do you propose to fix this consequential issue?
For the sake of completeness, I'd like to share an additional though. http://www.feedparser.org/ is, so far, the best feed parser written in python and probably one of the best feed parsers in the world. Zend_Feed should probably learn something from this library! :)
Posted by Simone Carletti (weppos) on 2008-06-02T05:05:34.000+0000
Any news on this feature? I would suggest to change status to unassigned if work is not in progress.
Posted by Benjamin Eberlei (beberlei) on 2008-11-08T00:53:58.000+0000
I am resolving then reoping this bug, since its occupied over a year now.
Please raise your voice Matthew if this a no go by me :-)
Posted by Benjamin Eberlei (beberlei) on 2008-11-08T00:54:14.000+0000
Reopened issue
Posted by Matthias Sch. (matthias-sch) on 2008-11-19T01:10:10.000+0000
any news on this bug? i think its just including the patch?
Posted by Matthew Turland (elazar) on 2008-11-19T09:21:20.000+0000
As far as I'm aware, no conflicting changes have been made to Zend_Feed_Rss since this patch was suggested, so the patch should work. Note that only the portion of the patch for library/Zend/Feed/Rss.php is really needed.
In terms of the portion that patches tests, it may be a better design decision to create an additional supporting method that first calls _importRssValid and then applies a non-empty check, and have all tests with non-empty test data files call that instead of _importRssValid, so that cases where data is expected to be empty can continue to function as normal.
Thoughts anyone?
Posted by Wil Sinclair (wil) on 2008-12-19T15:05:12.000+0000
Matthew, could you please evaluate the proposed solution and determine what we need to do to get this fixed? According to the votes, there seems to be a lot of interest in this issue.
Posted by Matthew Turland (elazar) on 2008-12-19T17:37:59.000+0000
I've considered Simone's point and have updated my patch accordingly. _importRssValid no longer checks the feed item count in this new patch. Instead, it modifies _importRssValid to return the $feed object it creates to be used by the calling method and modifies the two existing RSS 1.0 test methods to check their respective feed item counts.
I've applied my patch to Zend_Feed_Rss in a current SVN checkout to confirm that it still works. If I run the modified unit tests on the unpatched version of this class file, I get this output:

$ phpunit Zend_Feed_ImportTest tests/Zend/Feed/ImportTest.php
PHPUnit 3.3.8 by Sebastian Bergmann.
Time: 3 seconds
There were 2 failures:
1) testRss100Sample1(Zend_Feed_ImportTest)
Failed asserting that

Posted by Benjamin Eberlei (beberlei) on 2009-01-08T04:38:51.000+0000
Resolved issue, i have verified and applied Matthews Testcases and Bugfixes. Thanks! Two very old bugs gone now :-)
Posted by old of Satoru Yoshida (email@example.com) on 2009-02-02T18:02:32.000+0000
Sorry, not in 1.7.4. I think it may be released in next minor.
Posted by twk (twk) on 2009-05-04T23:06:46.000+0000
The problem is reproducable with some feeds like http://ranking.goo.ne.jp/rss/keyword/…
The source of that feed begins with www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="ja">
Zend_Feed_Rss#__wakeup() checks if the feed is rdf or not with the following code but the firstChild of that feed is "xml-stylesheet" and so it is not treated as rdf. Please improve the check routine. if ($this->_element->firstChild->nodeName == 'rdf:RDF') { $this->_element = $this->_element->firstChild; } else { $this->_element = $this->_element->getElementsByTagName('channel')->item(0); }
Quick fix for the client user: Replace $feed = Zend_Feed::import($url); with something like $string = file_get_contents($url); $string = str_replace('', '', $string); // or whatever between and <rdf:RDF $feed = Zend_Feed::importString($string);
Posted by twk (twk) on 2009-05-05T00:56:07.000+0000
To fix the problem, replace the following in Zend_Feed_Rss#__wakeup() // Find the base channel element and create an alias to it. if ($this->_element->firstChild->nodeName == 'rdf:RDF') { $this->_element = $this->_element->firstChild; } else { with // Find the base channel element and create an alias to it. $rdf = $this->_element->getElementsByTagNameNS('http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#', 'RDF')->item(0); if ($rdf) { $this->_element = $rdf; } else {
Posted by Matthew Weier O'Phinney (matthew) on 2009-05-05T06:04:21.000+0000
Assigning to Alex.
Posted by Alexander Veremyev (alexander) on 2009-05-06T07:23:40.000+0000
Posted by Matt Steele (orphum) on 2009-05-20T19:10:15.000+0000
Was this added to 1.8.1? I don't see a Zend_Feed_Rdf class...
Posted by Nico Haase (osterlaus) on 2010-03-18T15:12:18.000+0000
I don't see this resolved :( A feed which was linked in ZF-6516 is not accessible, neither this one from a german computer-magazine: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/heise.rdf
Posted by Nico Haase (osterlaus) on 2010-03-21T04:51:37.000+0000
Sorry, please forget my last comment - I used an old version of ZF... shame on me...
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