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I know you're probably wondering when I am going to do something other than Halloween stuff, and I don't blame you. Even though many of you have your own ways of making things, there are still people out there that don't know how to start, or even finish a drawing on something or someone they like or love. Hopefully this lesson on "how to draw a Halloween pumpkin", step by step will help those that are confused with making a typical Halloween style pumpkin with a jack-o-lantern face. The tutorial is going to be fun because I made sure that it was broken down into steps in a real simple manner. I know that when you are through, you will be so excited and proud that you just made yourself a pumpkin. So go ahead and relax as you get comfy in your drawing chair because it is now time that you start drawing a Halloween pumpkin of your own. Peace people and don't forget to rate, comment, and fav.
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Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Stories in rhyme -- Juvenile fiction.
Mice -- Juvenile fiction.
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I love Max and Ruby so I have tried a bunch of other Rosemary Wells books, but I always find something I don't really like. This is the story of a middle child who is ignored by the rest of her family and acts out to get attention. Sort of sad. Also her older sister calls her 'stupid' which I thought was mean. Not to be no-fun, but come on, I think there are plenty of better books out there that model a functional family and kindness. If this book was really fun I could maybe let it slide, but it's not really worth it.
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Byron made his BBC Proms solo debut playing the virtuosic masterpiece 'Sequenza V' by Berio in 2012. Other solo performances have included the British premieres of Gyorgy Ranki's 'Tales of Father Goose' and Marco Stroppa's 'From Needle's Eye' and the world premiere of Dai Fujikura's 'K's Ocean' as well as concertos by Jacob, David, Grondahl and Bourgeois.
Byron has recorded Mahler 'Symphony No 3' with the Philharmonia with both Ben Zander and Lorin Maazel conducting. He has performed at the International Trombone Festival in Helsinki 2002 and Birmingham 2006 and been invited to judge ITA competitions on several occasions.
Byron has performed with all the London orchestras and is a regular guest with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. He can also be heard on the soundtrack of many films including Gladiator, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Byron is also a member of London Brass, performing trombone and euphonium on the album Surprise, and teaches at the Royal College of Music.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Retail sales bounced back much more than expected in May, adding to evidence of accelerating economic growth in the second quarter and easing some of the pressure on the central bank to boost the economy.
The Office for National Statistics said on Thursday sales volumes grew 2.1 percent on the month, after posting the sharpest fall in a year in April. May's rise was the biggest since February. Compared with a year earlier, sales rose 1.9 percent, again the fastest increase since February.
The pound pared losses against the dollar while British government bonds fell further, as the release backed views the Bank of England is unlikely to ease monetary policy soon.
However, some economists questioned whether the latest figures pointed to a broad-based return to health and said they still left open the possibility that incoming Bank governor Mark Carney will push for another cash injection for the economy after he takes over from Mervyn King next month.
"I wouldn't view these data as being inconsistent with calls for more stimulus in the UK," said David Tinsley, economist at BNP Paribas.
"There is a genuine debate to be had as to whether the second-quarter figures are part of a sustained recovery or just in some respects an erratically strong quarter," he added.
Retail sales were mainly lifted by discounting at supermarkets and online shopping, the ONS said. Food sales grew by 3.5 percent from April, the strongest rise in two years, while non-store retailing grew by 4.3 percent.
The overall sales figures were also flattered by a poor showing in April, when unseasonably cool weather dented demand.
"Either there was a big influence from the poor weather, the timing of Easter caused some distortions or the whole country was on a crash diet in April," said Alan Clarke at Scotiabank.
Consumers' willingness to spend will largely determine whether the British economy can build on signs of a recovery, such as strong industry surveys, and achieve solid expansion after two years of stagnation.
King cautioned late on Wednesday that "adequate" growth was not yet assured and that the economy needed more support from the central bank, although a slow recovery appeared underway.
Pointing to Britain's patchy economic activity, industry data showed on Thursday that British car production fell 8.4 percent in May from a year ago due to weak euro zone demand.
Some economists also raised doubts that retail sales can maintain the current pace of growth, with wage growth still far behind inflation.
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Originally this four-story building housed the mechanical engineering department. The building is named for Walter Hines Page (1855-1918), a native of Cary, North Carolina, whose father established the towns of Cary and Aberdeen. As a member of the Watauga Club, Page is associated with the founding of NC State.
His editorial work was highly influential. As editor of The State Chronicle, Page expressed his support for industrial education, small farming, and the development of public schools.
After he moved to New York and London, Page spent 20 years as editor of the Forum, World's Work, and Atlantic Monthly. Page also worked for Houghton Mifflin publishers and organized his own company, Doubleday, Page and Company. From 1913 to his death in 1918, he was ambassador to Great Britain, serving with distinction in maintaining close relations with the British government and aiding in wartime diplomacy.


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He'll snap and securely store all of your WordPress and Multisite backups in his private cloud vault. The backup protection you need with simple one-click restoration. Snapshot's got your back...every time.
Version 184.108.40.206
- Fix: Canceling a backup that is in progress will stop all future scheduled backups
ChangelogVersion 18.104.22.168
- Fix: Canceling a backup that is in progress will stop all future scheduled backups
Version 220.127.116.11
- [Fix] Resolve issues reported by RIPS
- [Fix] After a backup restore the View Backup button is opening the home page
- [Fix] The remote snapshots purging issues when multiple snapshots are at the same remote directory
- [Fix] The managed backup restore issues with the WPEngine
- [Improvement] Disable the backup restore on the WPMU DEV staging sites
- [Fix] The managed backup restore issues with the Modern Events Calendar Lite table
- [Fix] The snapshots are not getting cleared out in the S3 bucket when located at an S3 subdirectory
- [Fix] An uneditable file in the WPEngine breaks the restore
- [Fix] Deleting a local managed backup deletes the remote copy as well
- [Fix] The restoration issues with the .acme-challenge folder
- [Fix] The managed backups could not be activated in the WP v4.6.15 (Multisite)
Version 126.96.36.199
- Improvement: Enhance the managed backup's restore UX
- Improvement: Enhanced Managed Backup UX to facilitate activation when sites cannot connect normally to WPMU Dev
- Fix: Managed Backup restore issue when the Snapshot key was reset after the backup was taken
- Fix: When restore is cancelled in the db stage files are not restored
- Improvement: Change "Nightly" to "Daily" for Hosting Backups schedule
- Fix: Managed backup restore issue when user cancels restore and the restore continues on the backend
- Improvement: Add Day of the Week to snapshot schedule frequency display
- Fix: When incorrect destination ID is entered alert icon is improperly aligned
- Fix: Redirect following bulk action returns to wrong page
- Fix: When a backup is created with one version of Snapshot and restored with another
Version 18.104.22.168
- Improvement: Display in the Hub when managed backups are deactivated
- Improvement: Add zip filesize check and remove corrupted backups from being sent to the Hub
- Improvement: Make the symlink ignoring the default choice
- Fix: DB table data import fails due table structure
Version 3.2.1
- Improvement: Use the hosting API for managed backups with WPMU DEV hosting instead of the built-in engine
- Improvement: New reminder that backups for sites on the same server should not be scheduled for the same time
- Improvement: Pause backups while a Shipper migration is underway
- Improvement: Remove assert() and eval() from the codebase
- Bug: Stop the Welcome modal from displaying after the first use
Version 220.127.116.11
- Fix: Exporting doesn't respect the NULL in table schema
- Improve: Add option to cover S3-compatible storage destinations
- Fix: Managed backups restoration fails when reaching the usermeta table
- Fix: Issues at media when restoring a regular snapshot in a different site
- Fix: Deal with RIPS issues
- Improve: Change the icon for local backups on Dashboard managed backup listing
- Improve: Change the tooltip to equal padding
- Fix: Offset option not showing for Weekly / Monthly Schedule at new backup page
- Improvement: Remove activation tooltips
- Fix: Managed backup restore is failing if previously there was a regular snapshot restore
- Fix: Issue with Managed backup Frequency options
Version 22.214.171.124
- Fix: Files not cleaned up after restore with Snapshots
- Fix: Issue with restoring WooCommerce tables with Snapshots
Version 188.8.131.52
- Improve: Disable local backups email triggering and update the copy
- Improve: Handle gracefully incompatibilities with the new AWS SDK
- Fix: Change icon for automated backups that failed to upload
- Fix: Import snapshot from directory URL and see size showing 0
- Fix: Dropbox Import showing error
Version 3.2
- Improve: Update AWS SDK
- Add: Add separate option to select how many snapshots will be kept on remote destination
- Add: Whitelabeling Plugin based on Dashboard Plugin Settings
- Fix: Unreadable files in directory causing error
- Add: Specify different File Exclusions for Managed Backup and Snapshots
- Fix: Can't set a backup schedule from the HUB
- Add: Add notification for when there are local managed backups on site
- Fix: Managed backups can't be cancelled
- Improve: If a managed backup is cancelled, revert the partial backup file from the WPMU server
- Fix: Fix backup downloading on hosts with low memory
- Improve: Disable backup continuation
- Fix: Managed restore doesn't work on WPMU DEV Hosting
- Fix: Issues on WPEngine when restoring managed backup
- Fix: Site broken upon activation on PHPv5.2
- Fix: PHP warning in MU sites
- Fix: PHP error in PHPv5.2 MU sites
- Fix: PHP notice upon deactivation in PHPv5.2 sites
- Fix: PHP warnings/notices on subsites with PHPv5.3
- Fix: Add the Activate WPMUDEV Dashboard message when it is deactivated in MU site
- Fix: Show full log button requires double click to show log
- Fix: Show full log button is not working for snapshot restore wizard
- Fix: Snapshot translation typos
Version 22.214.171.124
- Fix: WP Engine Hub-initiated managed backups
- Fix: Backups Aren't Completing
- Improvement: Remove activation redirection to plugin dashboard
- Fix: Snapshot hosting issue
- Fix: Automate re-enables scheduled backups
- Fix: Cloud Storage Used becomes 0 after creating the backup
- Fix: Error finalizing automatic backup in Managed Backups Log
- Fix: Restore Full Log has some items that are not positioned properly
- Fix: Big snapshot name breaks Dashboard
- Improvement: Add Day header
- Fix: Google Drive setup, blue button has no label
- Fix: Resell links not working
- Fix: Snapshot translation typos
Version 184.108.40.206
- Fix: Larger backups at Google Drive don't complete
- Fix: Restoring from older snapshot versions fails
- Fix: Can't edit/update Destination settings
- Fix: Dashboard Destinations list not aligned correctly
- Add: Snapshot is not working with Google Team Drives
Version 3.1.9
- Add: Specify the backup type (Managed, Automate, Local)
- Improve: Apply coding standards
- Improve: Clean up old UI
- Fix: Pagination in Snapshots screen is broken after a Snapshot is deleted
- Fix: Scheduled backups are not performed when site admin is moved
- Fix: Files are not uploaded to Google Drive on some hosts
- Fix: Error in Managed Backup screen with specific time zones
- Fix: Error on snapshots in php 5.2
- Fix: Invalid link at WP admin top bar
- Fix: Regular snapshots limit
- Fix: Warning appears in logs when backup is created
- Fix: Snapshot says Gzip instead of Zip
Version 3.1.8
- Add: GDPR - export user personal data
- Add: GDPR - erase user personal data
- Add: GDPR - insert plugin information to default "Private Policy" page
- Fix: Activating Snapshot shows 200 OK message
- Fix: PHP Warning with database backup using PHP v7.2
- Fix: Initial application of coding standards
Version 3.1.7
- Fix: Scheduling too far in the future
- Fix: Disperse cron weekday/time starts when scheduling is not set
- Fix: Disperse start backup scheduling, auto reschedule
Version 3.1.6
- Add: Recycle older snapshots on third party destinations
- Add: backups percentage communication between plugin and the Hub
- Add: Hub-initiated backup delete handler
- Fix: Upload status doesn't update in real time
- Fix: Debug info in admin
- Fix: Long Name overlaps with Type Icons
- Fix: Destination setup page for Amazon S3 is not showing options
- Fix: Google Drive Custom Path macro expansion
- Fix: Improvement to avoid timeout on large folders
- Fix: Number of snapshots to restore are limited to 6
- Fix: Not possible to set schedule time and day when WP Cron is disabled
- Fix: Total size of archives does not equal the total cloud storage used
- Fix: No message after clicking Restore Now
- Fix: MS Edge, storage used indicator is not positioned properly
- Fix: Reactivate managed backup without resetting key
- Fix: Success Message in Restoring files
- Fix: Warning if the SQL charset in shapshot and target are not same
- Fix: Update phpsec external library
- Fix: Update key in reset dialog save
Version 3.1.5
- Add: one-click setup
- Add: optional backup via system calls
- Add: separate user- and automate- initiated backups
- Fix: allow extra chars in FTP passwords
- Fix: restore media issues on multisite
- Fix: rendering issues
- Fix: alignment issues
- Fix: PHP notice in snapshot restore
- Fix: scroll bar on log viewer window
- Fix: missing items when editing snapshot
Version 18.104.22.168
- Fix: Backups now works properly when requested remotely from Automate (Hub)
Version 3.1.4
- Fix: Re-added change destination directory feature.
- Fix: Minor UI error on dashbord and snapshot progress bar.
- Fix: Minor error on PHP 5.4.
Version 3.1.3
- New: Snapshot now uses V2 of Dropbox API.
- New: Dropbox authentication uses OAuth 2 instead of OAuth 1, fallback system has been created for old destinations.
- Dropbox destination now requires PHP 5.5 or newer.
- Fix: Remove open basedir from Snapshot system check.
- Fix: Fatal error when restoring snapshot on PHP 7.0
- Fix: Remove PHP notice when restoring a Snapshot.
- Fix: AWS Destination not displaying AWS Secret Access Key value.
- Fix: AWS Destination not saving/updating Storage type/File permissions and Directory values.
Version 3.1.2
- New: The Snapshot name is included in the generated archive filename, for easier identification
- New: An error message is displayed if uploading a Snapshot to a remote destination fails
- New: Snapshot filenames are displayed when viewing the Snapshot's information
- New: Display a single Snapshot overview after editing a Snapshot, rather than overview of all Snapshots
- Restored: Snapshots can be created from and restored to a specific subsite on WordPress multisite
- Fix: Minor UI enhancements and fixes
- Fix: Proper JavaScript not being loaded on some pages in the Network Admin
- Fix: Show log button not working when restoring a snapshot
- Fix: Prevent the storage limit for Managed Backups from being set to a negative number, and allow it to be set to 0 for unlimited
- Fix: Add link to the back button on the snapshot restore page
- Fix: Snapshot scheduling information not always saving correctly when editing Snapshot
Version 22.214.171.124
- Fix: Restore hidden Snapshot settings.
Version 3.1.1
- New: Display a message when backup log is empty.
- Minor UI improvements.
- Fix: Redirection bug to Snapshot dashboard, activation pathways restored.
- Fix: Redirections for all old snapshot URLs.
- Fix: Prevent backup progress bar from getting more than 100% in any case.
- Fix: PHP 7.1 errors.
- Fix: Some typos.
Version 3.1
- Meet the brand new Snapshot Pro! We've given the admin interface a refresh and updated the overall user experience. Setting up and configuring your Snapshots & Backups has never been faster.
- - New: Welcome page to help configure your first backup in just a few seconds.
- - New: All-in-one dashboard.
- - New: Summary panel with last Snapshots/Backups status.
- - New: Clean Snapshots listing table with awesome filters.
- - New: Simple Snapshots creation wizard.
- - New: Awesome pre-flight requirements checker to make sure backups are going to run smoothly.
- - New: Less is better, no more confusing frequency settings, now you can choose run daily, weekly, monthly or once off.
- - New: Clean destinations listing table.
- - New: Easier managed backup activation flow.
- - New: User friendly Managed backup creation process with a brand new progress bar and log system.
- - New: A handy dashboard page for Managed Backups to manage existing backups and global backup settings.
- - New: Easy and clear one page for all plugin settings.
- - Fix: Multi-line manifest data parsing.
- - Fix: Mal-formatted JSON error handling.
- - Fix: Responsive issue with log watching link.
- - Fix: Better managed backups in restricted environments handling.
Version 3.0.4
- Fix: Ensure managed backup pings service endpoint on completion
Version 3.0.3
- New: large file detection in managed backups.
- Fix: updated remote API parameters.
- Fix: minor string fixes.
Version 3.0.2
- New: add managed backups implicit logging.
- New: add managed backups log viewer.
Version 3.0.1
- New: auto-expand failed preflight checks for restore.
- Fix: improve error conditions tracking.
- Fix: some minor markup fixes.
- Fix: improve start event (re)scheduling.
- Fix: issue with snapshot root folders change.
- Fix: improve the restore handler and script error reporting
- Fix: potential issues with backup rotation.
Version 3
- New: Beta release of full managed cloud backups!
- New: add option to remove local snapshots after uploading
- Fix: protocol check for FTP destination
- Fix: update message string
- Fix: add option to store local archives
Version 126.96.36.199
- Fixed PHP7 split deprecated
- Fixed plugin cannot be uninstalled
- Fixed Snapshot time fields disappearing
- Updated Google Destination instructions
Version 2.5
- Various code improvements for Snapshot 2.5
- Added support to backup mu-plugins
- Fixed some issues with scheduling.
- Fixed support for WP_PLUGIN_DIR & WP_CONTENT_DIR
- Fixed listing Amazon S3 Buckets
- Removed GreenQloud destination
Version 184.108.40.206
- Fixed issue with viewing logs timing out in FireFox.
- Added additional security prompts for Snapshot settings when backups folder can be accessed publicly.
- Improved restoring of sites on multisite installations where sites may be empty (e.g. restoring primary site to a new network).
- Fixed messages in translation file that were blocked from being uploaded.
Version 126.96.36.199
- Fixed redirection issues.
Version 22.214.171.124
- Security Update: Fixes possible WordPress XSS bug.
Version 126.96.36.199
- == 22.214.171.124 ==
- - Fixed issue when importing a snapshot on another site (*_options table issue)
Version 22.214.171.124
- Critical update:
- - Fixed a number of issues where using Snapshot together with Domain Mapping plugin.
- - Multisites improvements
- * Path names now resolve correctly and restoring is improved.
- * Improved restoring into another site (a new site within the network must be created first before doing this)
- - NOTE: If restoring a site on a folder based multisite and it appears that your links are broken,
- you will need to go to the site's Settings > Permalinks and click on 'Save Changes'.
Version 2.4.3
- Fixed issue where WordPress core files have been placed in a different location as per http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory
Version 220.127.116.11
- Fixed issue preventing some users to upgrade.
Version 188.8.131.52
- Updated Google API client for Google Drive integration. Not a bad idea to re-authorize Google Drive destinations.
- Fixed issue with file paths causing problems with networks in sub-directories.
- Fixed issue with paths causing issue with Domain Mapping plugin.
Version 188.8.131.52
- Fixed critical bug with 'local server' as the destination. Automatic backup restored.
Version 220.127.116.11
- Corrected reported issues where media files on Windows server was not being included in archive creation.
Version 184.108.40.206
- Corrected PHP warning for non-initialized variable shown sometimes on the restore screen.
- Corrected issues with the restore looping logic user for large tables.
Version 220.127.116.11
- Changes to Google Drive destination logic. Moved loading of external Google SDK into destination init() function of destination class. See if this gets us past the reported library conflicts.
Version 184.108.40.206
- Modified priority for 'cron_schedules' filter registration used within Snapshot to register custom backup intervals for WP_Cron. This is to help circumvent issues when other plugins tend to ignore the proper use of filters.
Version 22.214.171.124
- Corrected reported issue where with one destination defined could not select Dropbox sync via snapshot files option.
Version 22.214.171.124
- Added wrappers to prevent loading Google SDK classes if already loaded by another plugin.
- Added optional define 'WPMUDEV_SNAPSHOT_DESTINATIONS_EXCLUDE' which can be added to the wp-config.php to prevent certain destinations from being loaded. Possible values are SnapshotDestinationDropbox, SnapshotDestinationGoogleDrive, SnapshotDestinationAWS, SnapshotDestinationFTP, SnapshotDestinationGreenQloud. Multiple destinations can be included as a comma separated value.
Version 2.4.2
- Added support for Google Drive as a destination.
- Added support for generic AWS/S3 type system like DreamObjects
- Corrected stray comma on restore SQL.
Version 2.4.1
- Corrected reported issue where the site lookup was not functioning properly on the restore panel when using site ID under.
- Correctes reported issue where if the archive was in a sub-directory on the local server the restore init failed.
- Updated import panel to allow import or archives local server from alternate locations.
- Added support logic when using non-default destination directories. If move of the temp archive to final destination fails then the archive is moved to default snapshot archives folder instead of simply aborting.
Version 220.127.116.11
- Corrected issue with WPEngine and Dropbox include paths for OAuth.
- Corrected to restore logic where non-WordPress tables are included.
- Reworked restore logic for global tables (users & usermeta) to be setup in segments like other tables.
- Corrected issue when restoring global tables when table has zero records.
- Added debug output on Dropbox chunked uploads to write to snapshot process log for investigation of reported issues.
Version 126.96.36.199
- Correction to typo. get_siteurl() should be get_site_url()
Version 220.127.116.11
- Update to migration logic. Added support logic to correct old style (pre-MU 3.5) image URLs stores in posts when restoring to new post MU 3.5 site. In pre-MU 3.5 the image URLs were formatted such http://www.site.com/files/2013/12/image.jpg while in 3.5 and new installs the image URLs are http://www.site.com/wp-content/uploads//2013/12/image.jpg. Prior versions of Snapshot only update the domain part of the URL. Reminder Migration logic is still considered beta.
- Testing for WordPress 3.8
- Update to WPMU DEV Dashboard Notifications library.
Version 126.96.36.199
- Fixed reported issue on files restore. When selecting the 'Restore all files' option in some cases none or not all files were being restored.
Version 18.104.22.168
- Fixed reported issue where blog lookup by ID was no longer functioning under Multi-domain configurations.
Version 126.96.36.199
- Corrected reported issue of snapshot handing when ONLY Files to be included in archive and there are no files to add to the archive. The result is an empty archive containing only the manifest file.
- Under Multisite added support logic for Domain Mapper when selecting which sub-site to backup. Users can now enter full mapped domain instead of just the local sub-domain.
- Corrected PHP Strict Redefining already defined constructor for class error by moving old-style PHP4 class constructor function below PHP5 __construct() function.
Version 126.96.36.199
- Corrected reported issue where files were not being included in manual archives when selecting 'common files'.
Version 220.127.116.11
- Changed logic for handling files when building zip archives to cut down on zip archive overhead.
- Removed legacy support for hp sessions. Now using own containers to hold temporary variables.
- Updated instructions on Import page to help with any confusion between an import and restore
- Fixed some typos on labels.
Version 126.96.36.199
- Corrected reported issue causing 'run now' option to not be available on regular WordPress sites.
- Corrected some PHP Notices and Warnings
Version 2.4
- Added migration logic. This is still considered beta. Migration types supported are Regular to Multisite, Multisite to Multisite (same system or different), Multisite to regular. Using the migration logic you can even change the site URL. Note the destination blog must already be setup and working within WordPress.
- Added backup logic to include users and usermeta data related to the blog being archived. Only user who's primary blog is the archive blog.
- Rewrite of the import logic. You can now pull in external files from public URL instead of needing to upload the archive to your server first.
- Code cleanup on some of the archive logic.
Version 188.8.131.52
- Corrected logic to Zip Compression setting on archive restore.
Version 22.214.171.124
- Removed debug output.
Version 22.214.171.124
- Fixed issue with reported phantom table queries when backup for main site within Multisite.
- Added support for scheduling backups when WP_CRON is disabled.
- Added output on System Info for OpenSSL installed and version.
- Added output on System Info for cURL installed, version and protocols supported.
Version 184.108.40.206
- Fixed issue with blob lookup when using Multisite subdirectories
Version 126.96.36.199
- Correction to FTP destination logic to include ftp_ssl_connect function which allows support for FTP with TSL/SSL
- Modifications to FTP destination screen to replace SSL dropdown with protocol option showing FTP, SFTP and FTP-ES.
- Correction to JavaScript to filter arrays to exclude prototype/scriptaculous automatic methods.
- Correction to ZipArchive logic to strip off leading slashes of sql filenames which causes them to be hidden on Windows systems
- Added code to create empty file CACHEDIR.TAG at top uploads/snapshots directory to exclude snapshot archives from unix system backup tools.
Version 126.96.36.199
- XSS prevention patches
- Correction to logic for purging local archive associated with remote destinations
- Added AWS destination region to Sydney
- Dropbox correction to filter out destination directories with multiple slashes
Version 2.3.3
- Fixed issue where non-WordPress prefixed tables were not showing in tables listing
- Fixed issue with Dropbox missing slash on destination path for chunk send transactions commit.
- Fixed issue where users were using backslashes in in destination paths.
- Fixed page icon not displaying correctly on archives settings page.
Version 188.8.131.52
- Fixed bug on archive purge when set to 1.
Version 2.3.2
- Corrected issue with Dropbox reporting Bad OAuth Request
- Added some support logic to prevent abort on hosts where php_uname is disabled. The php_uname function is used for AWS Destinations library.
Version 2.3.1
- Corrected issue with FTP Destination not setting timeout correctly.
- Adjusted display for Interval to not show percent transfer for all destinations.
- Cleanup some logic for setting/removing scheduled WP_CRON tasks on plugin deactivation and activation.
Version 2.3
- Added blog lookup option on Add New Snapshot form. This replaces the previous blog dropdown used to select the backup target. Should work better for very large systems.
- Fixed but where phantom snapshot directories were being created under sub-site uploads directory tree.
- Fixed issue where Snapshot configurations are only initialized on the Network or primary site admin area.
Version 2.2
- Added logic to support folder and file sync to Dropbox destination.
- Added logic to backup file sub-sections instead of attempting complete section. So instead of trying to submit the entire plugins folder. We are adding each plugin sub-directory, each theme sub-directory, each media year.
- Added logic to Abort currently running scheduled processes.
- Added better scheduled process locking notification.
- Added status column to main listing and archive showing Archive status and Destination count
- Added Destination/Sync progress output percentage to main listing.
- Added logic to show what is running Now and will show trailing log of process
- Added greenqloud as destination option.
- Fixed issue with new snapshot roles on plugin update.
Version 2.1
- Added Selective Restore options. Similar to backup options. Lets you select to restore certain tables, File sets (Theme, Plugins, Media).
- Also on Restore made process more efficient by restoring sections instead of individual files per call. http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/snapshot-takes-40-minutes-to-restore-files
- Correct issue with Windows paths http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/site-restore-not-working
- Added role capabilities manage_snapshots_items, manage_snapshots_destinations, manage_snapshots_settings to allow fine tune of who can access Snapshot. This is Single WordPress sonly. On Multisite this is still only Network Admins. http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/snapshot-features-requests#post-309939
Version 2.0.5
- Resolved http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/save-and-run-immediately-does-not-seem-to-work
- Resolved http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/changes-to-schedule-do-not-actually-change-schedule
- Resolved http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/delete-destination-bug
- Resolved http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/not-backing-up-to-s3-as-configured
- Added scheduling logic to allow specifying specific start time and interval to scheduling processing
- Added display logic to show when WP_CRON has been disabled by other plugins or in wp-config
- Corrected OAuth logic used in Dropbox to not intercept common query strings for other Dropbox plugins.
Version 2.0.4
- Corrected issue with Amazon (AWS) remote destination when server is running open_basedir http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/plugin-doesnt-work-on-debian-squeeze-and-ispconfig-3
- New AWS library used that will handle non-US connections seamlessly.
- For Dropbox destinations moved include for Dropbox ZPI to be used only when needed instead of loading globally. Will reduce initial memory.
- Wrapper on session_start calls to check for existing session id.
- Fixed issue with enquing scripts that was effecting HTTPS on admin.
- Fixed issue on non-WP table selection for non-Multisite systems
- Corrected issue where other plugins are sub-classing $wpdb and snapshot assumed it was running under Multi-DB
- Corrected bad href on cancel button when adding a Destination http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/rogue-code-appearing-in-snapshot
Version 22.214.171.124
- Corrected to logic when determining tables associated with blog. http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/snapshot-table-confusion
Version 2.0.3
- Corrected issue on FTP Destination when using destination directory http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/snapshot-fails-to-put
- Corrected issue with Multi-DB integration. Now correctly selecting other databases. Works on restore as well. http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/snapshot-isnt-doing-anything
- Correct issue which was causing the previous plugin version options data not to be properly loaded on upgrades.
- Corrected JavaScript conflict on manual snapshot creation with jQuery 1.8.2 coming with WordPress 3.5
- Modified File archive logic. Previous logic added a file at a time to zip archive. This is too costly. Now adding files by section: Media, Plugins, Themes, etc.
- Added size of archive file to all listing panels. Added better size logic to provide better kb, M, G, etc. size display.
- Added Settings section for global file excludes. Previously excludes were only at snapshot level.
- Added Settings section for easier control or error abort and logging when performing backup or restores.
- Added WP version and WP database version to archive manifest information.
- Change global object to wpmudev_snapshot for branding and prevent collision with other plugins.
- Changed all public functions to be prefixed with 'snapshot_'.
- Wrapped all class with 'class_exists' code to prevent collisions.
- Updated inline Settings documentation and field instructions.
Version 2.0.2
- Corrected issue displaying non-WordPress tables under WordPress single running BuddyPress
- Corrected label on main Snapshots table listing for core and non-core tables selected.
- Added last archive file size to the main Snapshots row output.
Version 2.0.1
- Correct URL/Path issue on Dropbox authorization when running WordPress in sub-directory. Thanks Arun!
- Added clarification to the Remote Destination form fields on Dropbox, AWS and FTP.
Version 2
- Support for files
- Support for remote destinations: FTP, Dropbox, Amazon S3
- Better support for large file handling
- Support for alternate destination folder on local server and remote destination
- Better WP cron management
- Support for exclusion of file.
- Support for custom remote destinations. More on docs coming
- Better main listing screen complete with standard WP functionality for paging/filtering
- Added secondary archive screen to list all archive for a specific snapshot. Similar pattern supporting paging
- Better log view via thickbox
Version 184.108.40.206
- Minor bug fixes. Changed for PHP 5.4.x issues with lib panel and metabox calls. Corrected Add New dropdown when Multisite installed as sub-directory instead of sub-domain.
Version 1.0.6
- Resolved issues with backup/restore not working when zlib compression it turned on. http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/need-to-turn-off-zlib-compression-for-it-to-work
Version 1.0.5
- Corrected error on missing function when attempting to uninstall the plugin per the support thread http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/unable-to-delete-the-plugin
- Corrected issue on restore processing causing the previous snapshot files to become missing.
Version 1.0.4
- Corrected error where table names were not properly escaped.
- Added Settings panel for Memory Limit control on backup/restore processing
- Added Error Handler logic to trap PHP fatal errors to backup/restore logs
- Added date or last Snapshot to the All Snapshots Archives column information
Version 1.0.3
- Corrected issue on Directory display permissions on Settings > Server Info
- Added more PHP information to 'Server Info' Settings panel. This should help support and users get at information like the PHP timeout values, etc.
- Improved logging logic for new snapshots. Entry and logs now created at start of snapshot instead of on completion. This should allow for better debugging if the table backup aborts.
Version 1.0.2
- Rewrite of core backup/restore logic. Should help Improve stability for users.
- Added Scheduling for automated snapshot creation.
- Dropped the Activity log. Each Snapshot nw contains the set of all archives.
- Logging for scheduling snapshots written to physical file. Should also help for debugging.
- As part of the backup/restore data is handled in 'segments'. The Segment Size can be controlled by a user setting. The segment size is the number of rows to backup/restore per request. So a table containing 80,000 rows can be split into 10,000 row requests. Much easier than trying to do this in one request.
Version 1.0.1
- Time display - When setting the WordPress timezone to UTC values the time displayed remains GMT. See comment http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/new-release-snapshot#post-181304
- ables display - As Timothy point out http://premium.wpmudev.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Screen-Shot-2012-02-11-at-11.05.13.png when adding a new snapshot on the primary site under Multisite the tables listed included all table. Not those just related to the viewed site.
- Uninstall - I had started on the delete plugin uninstall hook but left it unfinished. Now properly removing snapshot files and options entry. On Multisite this delete only occurs on the primary site since the sub-sites do not really have the ability to delete a plugin. http://premium.wpmudev.org/forums/topic/install-error
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Best backup system for WP. More importantly, the easiest restore system too!Burton Kent
Snapshot is a great plugin for Multisite admins to create snapshots of their entire database and all sites.martin_van_dijk
Snapshot pro is the flyest WP backup utility on the planet. Snapshot makes migration to and from Multisite a breeze. Thank you very much for the wizardry.christian
Security, plugins, themes, advice, support, community, education, performance, and now backups! You can't go wrong.Amused
Again WPMUDEV proves how much they value their members! Thank you for the generous 10 GB of free storage and what appears to be, a very elegant managed backup solution.Jonathan
It's amazing to see a company that keeps improving things in a way we can focus more on our clients and less on daily tasks.Loremar Guimaraes
I didn't realize how easy it was to restore a site with Snapshot Pro, until one day I actually needed it. I hit restore and everything was back to normal!matt_sawyers
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Browse and restore snapshots from the WordPress dashboard, the WPMU DEV Hub or even manually restore from a ZIP backup.
Label snapshots so you can quickly find a specific backup point when you need it most.
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Because Snapshot Pro features need the WPMU DEV super servers to function, access to pro features requires an active WPMU DEV membership. For more information see the API Access section in the terms of service.
Start by reading Installing plugins section in our comprehensive WordPress and WordPress Multisite Manual if you are new to WordPress.
Once installed and activated, a new menu item will appear in your admin area.
- When Network Activated on a WordPress Multisite, go to Network Admin > Snapshots > Settings.
- When activated on a single site install of WordPress, go to Snapshots > Settings.
Configuring the Settings
We need to first configure the folder where we want these backups done. Click on Settings now.
You can customize the name of the folder here, and change it to anything you like. We'll move the files already backed up over for you. How cool is that!!
We will then want to set how many records are backed up per request. This is titled Database Segment Size.
The Segment Size can be defined as the number of rows to backup per table per request. The Segment Size controls the backup processing when you create a new snapshot.
During the backup process, Snapshot will make a request to the server to backup each table. You can see this in the progress meters when you create a new snapshot.
In most situations this backup process will attempt to backup the table in one step. But on some server configurations the timeout is set very low or the table size is very large and prevents the backup process from finishing.
To control this, the Snapshot backup process will breakup the requests into smaller 'chunks of work' requested to the server.
For example, let's say you have a table with 80,000 records. This would take more than the normal 3 minutes or less most servers allow for processing a single request. By setting the segment size to 1000, the Snapshot process will break up the table into 80 small parts. These 1000 records per request should complete within the allowed server timeout period.
The next section, Server Info, displays everything you need to know about the particular configuration of your install. This can be very useful information indeed if you ever need to contact support with any issues.
We can then set a new memory limit. Keep in mind if your database is growing in size, then you will need more PHP memory to process that. If there isn't enough, then PHP will time out with memory errors.
The next settings area allows you to specify files or directories that will be excluded automatically from all snapshot configurations.
You can also setup exclusions specific to a single snapshot via the configuration screen (see Starting A Snapshot below). The exclude logic uses pattern matching. So instead of entering the complete server pathname for a file or directory you can use simply use the filename of parent directory.
For example to exclude the theme twentyten you could enter this one of many ways: twentyten, themes/twentyten /wp-content/themes/twentyten, /var/www/wp-content/themes/twentyten. Regular Expression are not allowed at this time.
The Error Reporting section controls how Snapshot will handle an error condition during the backup / restore processing.
There are two columns for each type of error. The 'stop' column controls if Snapshot will abort the current process should that type of error be reached. The 'log' column controls if the type of error and details will be written to the processing log. In most cases you want to set 'stop' for Errors only. And set 'log' for all.
The final section lets you select which zip compression library to use.
The zip library is used during the backup and restore processing by Snapshot.
In most cases ZipArchive is built into PHP and generally faster than PclZIP. ZipArchive uses files whereas PclZIP uses memory for temporary storage when compressing large files.
That's it for the settings — all done.
WPMU DEV Hosted Backups
As of the most recent release, Snapshot can now integrate with our new backup service, which will allow you to store up to 10GB of backups in our cloud. This is a new feature, so please report any issues you find in our support forums.
Using the hosted backup system is very simple. You'll be up and running in a few clicks. You will need to have the WPMU DEV dashboard installed, and be an active subscriber in order to use the Snapshot hosted backup service.
Start by clicking the Full Backups item in Snapshot's admin menu tab. This will bring you to the settings page. There are only three areas to be concerned with. In the left panel, you'll see general information about your Snapshot schedule, and a list of all your current backup files, once you've created some backups.
In the right panel, you'll see a box for creating a backup schedule, and one for settings.
In the settings box, you'll need to enter your Snapshot secret key. There's a link that will take you to the Hub on WPMU DEV, and you'll be shown a pop up with your Snapshot key ready to copy. You can also access this by going to the My Websites tab in your Hub, then choosing the site you'd like to add Snapshot backups to, then selecting the Backups tab.
In the schedule box, choose between daily and weekly backups, and set a time when you'd like the backup process to start.
Store up to 30-days of backups remotely in the included WPMU DEV cloud storage, set up unlimited backups to one of the included 3rd-party cloud storage integrations, and also choose to enable logging, a feature we've carried over from the other destinations in Snapshot.
Once you've successfully created your first Snapshot backup and it's been successfully uploaded to our cloud, you may restore it at any time, from either the Snapshot archive on your site, or from the My Websites tab in the hub.
Easy as falling off a log.
Snapshot Destinations
Destinations are external locations where you can store your Snapshots so they're secure and accessible even if your server crashes.
A destination is a remote system like Amazon S3, Dropbox, SFTP or GreenQloud. Simply select the destination type, then fill in the details. When you add or edit a Snapshot you will be able to assign it a destination.
When the snapshot backup runs, the archive file will also be sent to your selected destination.
To set up a destination, simply click the Add New button next to your preferred service, and follow the directions. Go ahead and set up a destination now for the next steps.
Note for Google Drive destinations: when setting up your destination at Google Drive, you may want to double-check under APIs & Auth > Consent Screen that Email Address & Product Name are filled in, otherwise you may get an error.
Note for Amazon S3 destinations: when setting up your destination at Amazon S3, you must set "Amazon S3 Full Access" permissions in the user policy of the user you are connecting with.
Starting A Snapshot
In the Snapshot menu, click on "Add New."
Here we will want to give our Snapshot a name. It doesn't really matter what you call it because it's all relative to you. You can add some notes, as well as a reminder of what you're performing with Snapshot.
In the next section, you can select which files to include or exclude from the Snapshot.
You can choose to not include any files, include only common files, or select specific files you want to include.
You can also list additional files to exclude from this snapshot. This is handy to exclude very large files like videos that are 2G in size that you may be hosting, but know you have a backup elsewhere.
Next we will want to decide what tables to take a Snapshot of. You have 3 basic options:
- Do not include database tables in this Snapshot.
- Include all blog database tables in this archive. This will automatically include new tables.
- Include selected database tables in this Snapshot.
Selecting the 3rd option will expand the section so you can select exactly which tables you want to include. The first set of options are for the default WordPress core tables — the ones for users, usermeta, and so on.
The next set of options are for the extra tables added by themes and plugins. Any tables added by WordPress, themes, or plugins are all optional, and you can choose which ones you need!
Now we need to tell the plugin when to run & archive the backup.
When selecting the Backup Interval, please note that the Snapshot scheduling process uses the WordPress Cron (WPCron) system. It should be understood that WPCron is not precise. If you schedule a Snapshot for a specific minute of the hour, WPCron may not execute at exactly that time. WPCron relies on regular front-end traffic to your website to kickoff the processing.
You can also specify the total number of local archives to keep for this snapshot. Once the archive limit is reached, older locally stored archives will be removed.
In common cases you may want to set the backup interval to once a week. Then set the number of archives to keep to 52 which would give you a year or backups. But keep in mind on a large site this will be a lot of extra disk space required.
Finally, select where you want to store your backup.
In the Backup Destination dropdown, you can select to archive your backup locally, or choose any of the Destinations you have already set up. If you need another, simply click Add More Destinations.
You can also use the optional Directory to override or supplement the selected destination directory value.
Once you are happy with all your choices here, then all that's left to do is to click on the "Create Snapshot" button. … So let's do it!
You'll then see a new screen that shows you the backup progress as it's working.
If you need to abort the backup at any time and start over again later, simply click the Abort button that appears next to each segment as it is being backed up.
And don't be alarmed if this takes a while or if the backup does not appear instantly. These things take time you know. ;-)
Go grab yourself a beverage whilst you wait if you wish. :-)
Once it's done, the plugin will let you know with a friendly notice:
Where Are My Snapshots? Can I Restore Them?
You will notice in the Snapshot menu there is an option for "All Snapshots." Click on that, and you will get a list of all the Snapshots you have already archived. It really is that easy!
As you'll notice on the page, you can edit, run, restore or delete a backup.
You can even view which core & optional tables you backed up by clicking the corresponding link:
At the far right of each snapshot listed, you'll find links to download the snapshot to your computer or view the archive for that particular snapshot. You can also view or download the log of all actions performed during the backup.
How awesome is all that!!
Importing a Snapshot
If you have Snapshots stored on a remote server, or have manually uploaded them to to your local folder, you must import them first so the plugin will recognize and show the archive in the All Snapshots listing.
Note that if you are importing from a remote server, the remote archive must by publicly accessible as this import process does not yet support authentication.
Once you have successfully imported your remote archive or scanned your local folder, you'll see a success message with the import results.
If you have set up the archive to save to an alternate directory, then enter the full server path to the directory where the archive resides in the URL field.
You can now select your imported archive, or perform operations on it, from the All Snapshots page.
If you're stuck, need some help, or have a suggestion, then get involved with the community through our forums!
See you there!
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- Scheduled backups
- Set backup interval
- Manual backup
- Multisite compatible
- Backup entire site
- Include media files
- Exclude specific files
- Annotate snapshots
- Set custom backup folders
- Downloadable log files
- Simple one-click restore
- Utilize standard WP tables
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Filipinos in Taiwan said on Sunday that they welcomed the government's lifting of a freeze on the hiring of workers from the Philippines as part of sanctions imposed due to Manila's handling of the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman.
"We're so happy," Samuel Bagos, who has spent one-and-a-half years in Taiwan, said when asked to comment on the latest development in ties between the two countries.
Philippine workers who are already in Taiwan "can work here again," the 24-year-old said, referring to Taiwan as a "peaceful place."
He is waiting to be transferred to work in a factory in Taoyuan next month.
Bagos added that the announcement of the lifting of the freeze on hiring Filipinos was also a relief for many of his friends and relatives who had wanted to come here to work or had reapplied to work in the country.
He had also called his friends back in the Philippines, to inform them of the news, saying that "they are happy" about it.
Taganahan Lilia Tomecos shared Bagos' views.
"I'm so happy, not just for me, but for all Filipino workers," said Taganahan, a 59-year-old domestic caregiver, whose contract is set to expire at the end of this month.
Taganahan said she can now renew her contract and follow through with her plan to work for two more years in Taiwan to support her daughter until she graduates from college and to save some money to cultivate a plot of land and rebuild her house in the Philippines.
Many of her friends who were concerned about their work status in Taiwan are also thrilled about the lifting of the labor freeze, said Taganahan, who has been working in Taiwan for six years.
On Thursday last week, the government declared a lifting of all 11 sanctions against Manila over the shooting death of 65-year-old fisherman Hung Shih-cheng (洪石成) by Philippine Coast Guard personnel on May 9, when his fishing boat, the Kuang Ta Hsing No. 28, was operating in the overlapping exclusive economic zones of the two countries.
The hiring freeze took effect on May 15. The Council of Labor Affairs said it would resume processing applications for hiring Filipinos, on Friday last week.
"It's good news," said a woman from the Philippines, who only identified herself as Jocelyn.
Many Philippine nationals want to work in Taiwan to earn relatively higher salaries than in their home country, said the 42-year-old, who works as a caregiver in Taoyuan.
The Filipinos also said they were happy to see both countries become "friends again."
Meriam Hsu, a social worker with the Taiwan International Workers' Association, feels positive about the lifting of the labor freeze, but stressed that it was "unfair" for Filipino workers to have suffered the consequences of something that was not their fault.
The decision to lift the sanctions came in the wake of a recommendation by the Philippines' National Bureau of Investigation to bring homicide charges against eight Philippine Coast Guard officers involved in the shooting, as well as an apology offered in person by an envoy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III to Hung's family.
The Philippine government has also reached an agreement with the family regarding the details of a compensation package, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday last week.
The hiring freeze has affected more than 14,000 Philippine citizens, including about 10,000 whose applications for the renewal of their work permits were not processed after their original permits expired, the council said.


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Fish & Game is welcoming as a "significant victory" the Ruataniwha Board of Inquiry's final decision on the conditions which would govern the controversial Hawkes Bay dam and irrigation project.
The Board of Inquiry had to reconsider its initial decision after Fish & Game and its environmental allies won a High Court appeal in December against it.
In the Board's final decision released today, it has confirmed a nitrogen limit of 0.8 mg/l in waterways in the Tukituki catchment. The Board says that nitrogen limit is already exceeded in large parts of the catchment and has given the Hawke's Bay Regional Council until 2030 to meet it.
The level must be monitored and reported each year.
Fish & Game says the Board's ruling is a victory for environmental common sense.
"The environment can't be sacrificed to satisfy a few developers", said Fish & Game chief executive Bryce Johnson.
"Spending more than half a billion dollars on Ruataniwha to establish intensive agriculture in an unsuitable area defies logic. Such thinking means the environment inevitably becomes the casualty," he said.
Fish & Game's Environmental Manager Corina Jordan says today's decision is a significant victory for the environment.
"The 2030 deadline for meeting the 0.8 nitrogen limit in waterways is a good decision," Ms Jordan said.
"It recognises that large parts of the catchment are already over this limit and sets a trajectory of improvement to meet the limit at a defined point in the future.
"The important thing is that nitrogen limits have been set and that everyone must meet them," she said.
"Hawkes Bay farmers have been told by the dam's backers that if they invest in the scheme, they will be exempt from complying with those limits. The Board of Inquiry has today made it abundantly clear that simply isn't true.
"Farmers need to be aware they will have to comply with the limits and the Hawkes Bay Regional Council needs to acknowledge it will be held accountable for ensuring that compliance," she said.
Bryce Johnson said the High Court case and the Ruataniwha Board of Inquiry's decision should give irrigation scheme supporters serious pause for thought.
"Farmers and other potential Ruataniwha Dam investors need to think carefully about going ahead, as does the Hawkes Bay Regional Council" he said.
Mr Johnson also believes today's decision has implications for the Wellington Regional Council's proposed Wairarapa irrigation scheme.
"The Wellington Regional Council should think long and hard about what these developments mean for its Wairarapa plans. The Resource Management Act demands local bodies be guardians of the environment, not advocating for irrigation schemes.
"The country's long-suffering ratepayers shouldn't be paying for these financially dubious scheme," he said.
The Ruataniwha Dam ran into controversy when its backers, the Hawkes Bay Regional Council, proposed adopting a nutrient control plan which would have made the Tukituki River toxic to fish life.
There was further controversy with accusations the Department of Conservation had been muzzled and prevented from voicing its initial opposition to the plan.
Economists have also questioned if the dam is financially viable.
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draws a linear gauge showing value in a range of 0 to 1.
draws a linear gauge showing value in a range of min to max.
allows value to be set interactively using the gauge.
draws a gauge showing multiple values.
Details and Options
- Values less than min or greater than max are clipped to the respective limits.
- Undefined values or bad input is taken to be missing and typically displays the min value.
- Units may be assigned to value, min, and max by using Quantity.
- The units do not need to be the same, but must be compatible.
- VerticalGauge has the same options as Graphics with the following additions and changes:
GaugeFaceElementFunction Automatic function to draw the face GaugeFaceStyle Automatic style for the gauge face GaugeFrameElementFunction Automatic function to draw the frame GaugeFrameSize Automatic how large to make the gauge frame GaugeFrameStyle Automatic style for the gauge frame GaugeLabels None labels for the gauge GaugeMarkers Automatic appearance for the marker GaugeStyle Automatic style for gauge markers Method Automatic method to use PerformanceGoal $PerformanceGoal aspects of performance to try to optimize PlotTheme $PlotTheme theme to use for drawing the gauge ScaleDivisions Automatic the number and distribution of ticks ScaleOrigin Automatic where to position the scale in the gauge ScalePadding Automatic how to draw the space around the scale ScaleRanges None the sections of the scale to be styled ScaleRangeStyle Automatic how to draw the scale ranges ScalingFunctions None scaling functions for the gauge TargetUnits Automatic units to display in the gauge
- GaugeLabels can take the following forms:
None no gauge labels Automatic include units as labels Full include units and a value as labels All include all values as labels "Value" include values as labels "Unit" include units as labels label use label as a label Placed[label,pos] place label at position pos {label1,label2,…} use multiple labels
- GaugeLabels->Placed[label,pos] can use the positions pos:
Top,Bottom,Left,Right,Center positions within the dial bs position along the scale Scaled[bs] scaled position along the scale {bx,by} scaled position {bx,by} in the gauge {pos,{lx,ly}} scaled position {lx,ly} in the label at general position pos in the gauge
- A list of built-in settings for GaugeMarkers, GaugeFaceElementFunction, and GaugeFrameElementFunction can be obtained from ChartElementData["VerticalGauge"]. A visual gallery is available in the Chart Element Schemes palette.
- GaugeMarkers->Placed[marker,location] can be used to control where the marker is placed in the gauge. The possible locations are:
"DivisionCenter" cumulative markers centered on division marks "DivisionInterval" cumulative markers between division marks "Scale" within the scale region "Center" marker centered on the scale "OppositeScale" within the scale region on the side of the axis opposite the ticks "ScaleRange" cumulative marker within the scale region "Frame" within the dial frame
- ScaleOrigin can take the following values (using the default vertical scale orientation for reference):
r horizontal postion of the scale of the scale Left,Right on which side of the face to center the scale axis {ymin,ymax} vertical locations of min and max for the scale {horizontal,vertical} horizontal and vertical locations for the scale
- ScalePadding can take the following forms:
p the same horizontal and vertical padding {pr,py} different horizontal and vertical padding {{px left,px right},...} different padding on each side of the axis etc.
- TargetUnits->Automatic automatically selects the units based on the input. If no units are present, none will be displayed.
- TargetUnits->unit displays unit in the gauge, even if no units were present in the input.
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เลนส์ Petzval 80.5 mm f/1.9 MKII เปิดตัวเพื่อฉลองครบรอบ 180 ของวงการภาพ Portrait! มาร่วมสนับสนุนโปรเจกต์นี้ผ่าน Kickstarter กันเถอะ
So this is how it all started – General Igor Petrowitsch Kornitzky, right-hand man to the USSR Minister of Defense and Industry, slammed a little Japanese compact camera called the Cosina CX-1 onto the desk of his comrade, Michail Panfilowitsch Panfiloff. Panfiloff, who was the Director of the powerful LOMO Russian Arms and Optical factory, carefully examined the item, observing its sharp glass lens, extremely high light sensitivity and robust casing.
Realizing its potential, the two gentlemen gave orders to the LOMO PLC factory in St. Petersburg, Russia, to create an improved version of the Cosina CX-1 – and the first working sample of the LOMO LC-A was born!
In 1984, the LOMO LC-A began mass-production, with 1200 people working on the camera. Starting at 1100 units per month for the Russian market, the camera's popularity soon spread to then Communist countries such as Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Cuba.
While touring Prague, a group of young Viennese students stumbled upon the LOMO LC-A in a quirky, old-school camera shop, and started shooting from the hip. Upon returning to Vienna, they had their film rolls developed, resulting in strangely beautiful images. Soon the questions started coming from friends, family and strangers – they wanted their own LC-A cameras!
Interest in the mysterious Soviet jewel was rapidly growing and the Lomography founders resorted to carrying out daring backpack raids to Russia in order to satisfy the demand for more and more of these fantastic LOMO LC-A cameras.
It was in 1992 that the decision was finally made to found the Lomographic Society International (LSI). During the summer, the legendary "10 Golden Rules of Lomography" were written and later published in the "Wiener Zeitung" newspaper along with the revolutionary "Lomography Manifesto" on November 5th. Shortly after this, the Vienna City Council provided the LSI with an empty house on Breitegasse in the city's 7th district, which would soon act as a base for all Lomographic operations! It was here that the very first Lomography exhibition was held. At the exhibition, 700 LOMO LC-As were sold and one of Lomography's most defining features was born – the LomoWall!
In 1994, Lomography invaded the world wide web by launching lomo.com. It was also in this year that a momentous Lomographic exhibition was simultaneously held in New York City and Moscow, with massive LomoWalls gracing each city, showcasing colorful Lomographs from the other. Soon, the first Lomography Embassy Store was established in Berlin.
With the LOMO LC-A's popularity continuing to rise, the biggest challenge so far for Lomography arose – the Russian manufacturers of the camera decided to stop its production. But the Lomographic founders bravely scooted to the LOMO Optics factory in Russia and successfully convinced the factory honchos and then-Vice Mayor Vladimir Putin to continue with the LC-A production!
Relaunching lomo.com as lomography.com, the new website introduced a product shop, community interaction, special projects, activities and services, plus the WorldArchive, which displayed a collection of amazing Lomographs from different places across the globe.
Also in 1997, the first Lomographic World Congress was held in Madrid and boasted a LomoWall of over 120 meters – it consisted of more than 35,000 analogue photos!
In 1998, we launched the 4-lensed Actionsampler at Photokina – the largest photography convention in the world. The strange-looking plastic camera takes four sequential images in one 35mm photograph and was an instant worldwide hit!
Designed, manufactured and patented by Lomography, the Supersampler was launched in 2000 and emerged as the "Queen of all Multilens Cameras." The revolutionary camera takes four sequential images in one 35mm photograph.
Among the new community functions launched on lomography.com were LomoHomes — a space for the Lomography community to store all of their analogue photos and make their very own LomoWalls!
The very first Lomography shop in the world opened in Vienna in 2001. The store featured walls decked with Lomographs (LomoWalls), a wide range of innovative products from all over the world and the full line-up of Lomographic items. It also hosted analogue workshops and other activities that catered to the flourishing Lomography community.
In 2002, Vienna hosted the 10th Anniversary Lomography World Congress which was a grand party and showcased beautiful Lomographic shots from across the globe.
In 2003, we introduced the Sidekick TPE bag – designed to hold cameras, films and even a small laptop. This launch kick-started our line of fashion items which now includes T-shirts, tote bags, camera bags and accessories.
In 2004, we installed the biggest LomoWall to date during the Lomography World Congress in China. For one whole week, Beijing was bursting with shiny analogue photos and tons of exciting activities!
2005 was the year we introduced a breakthrough in photography with the world's first compact Fisheye camera. Yielding nearly 180-degrees of circular Fisheye distortion in a 35mm photograph, the Fisheye One offered the easiest and most convenient way to take Fisheye photos!
In 2006, we introduced the LOMO LC-A+. The LC-A+ offers the same endearing qualities of the original LOMO LC-A – sharp contrast, deep saturation and the trademark vignetting – while also adding more exciting features such as a multiple-exposure switch and the option to use newly-developed LC-A+ accessories!
In 2007, the Diana+ was born. Whilst it looks like a faithful reproduction of the 1960s medium-format classic Diana camera, the Diana+ is no mere replica, it also has enhanced features to offer brand new and exciting creative options.
The year also saw the opening of Lomography Gallery Stores in Hong Kong, Paris and Seoul, the World Congress in London and our collaboration with the White Stripes on limited edition Jack Holga and Meg Diana+ cameras.
In 2008, we launched the Lubitel+ – this is our pimped-up version of the twin-lensed classic Lubitel camera. The Lubitel offers the capability to switch between 120 and 35mm film and aperture/shutter guides.
Two photographic techniques – cross processing and redscaling – were made easier with the introduction of the very first Lomography films – the Lomography X-Pro film and Lomography Redscale film.
2009 was the year we launched everyone's favorite miniature Queen, the Diana Mini. With a design modeled on her older sister, the Diana F+, the Mini shoots 35mm film and allows you to pick between shooting 36 square shots or 72 half-frame shots on a single film.
There was also more Diana-based news to come. The international exhibition, the Diana World Tour, set sail this year, with the aim of sharing the very best vignetted square-shots and great parties with Lomographers across the globe. Finally, we saw the Diana+ go instant with the launch of the Diana Instant Back+.
We celebrated the iconic LOMO LC-A+ camera that started it all, with the release of the LC-A+ 25th Anniversary and a South Korean-designed "No Nukes" limited editions!
The Lomography website was re-launched again, with brand-new features and an improved online experience for our expanding global community! We also launched localized versions of the website for Canada, Taiwan, Thailand, Korea, China, the UK and Italy, as well as opening nine new gallery stores worldwide!
2010 will be remembered as the year Lomography ensured that the future would remain analogue once and for all! We took the Cologne Photokina by storm yet again, spreading analogue love and announcing our 10 Prophecies for the Analogue Future!
The revolutionary Spinner 360° was launched and was quickly awarded the European Consumers Choice Award! We then unleashed the time-travelling Sprocket Rocket in October, the first analogue camera dedicated entirely to sprockets!
We also set about ensuring that the future was on film by producing more of our own! We released a whole range of 120 and 35mm format films including special redscale and X-Pro films.
In celebration of the LOMO LC-A that started the Lomographic movement, two limited editions were created: the LC-A+ White & the LC-A+ Gold. Also in this year, 10 groups of film-fanatics from around the world teamed up to join the great LC-A Race – a race from the four corners of the globe back to Lomography headquarters in Vienna, armed only with a GPS, a notebook and an LC-A+ camera!
In 2011, the people of Hong Kong celebrated everything analogue with the incredible Lomography Times Square Exhibition. Over 100,000 people turned up to discover and explore an enormous LomoWorldMap made up of thousands of Lomographic pictures and a collection of four giant, interactive cameras including the Sprocket Rocket, Diana F+, Fisheye No.2 and a Lubitel 166+. It was at this exhibition that we announced the launch of the brand-new Hong Kong City Guide and a special edition White Sprocket Rocket to celebrate the event!
In May, we unleashed the world's widest compact camera, the Lomo LC-Wide; the latest innovation in the LOMO legacy. Featuring a newly developed 17mm Minigon 1 Ultra-Wide-Angle lens, soon Lomographers were head-over-heels in love with our latest member of the LC-A family.
Following in June was the lovable La Sardina camera which featured a brand-new Lomographic flash, Fritz the Blitz. With a wide-angle lens and shooting easy-to-find 35mm film, the La Sardina attracted a whole bunch of newcomers to Lomographic fun.
In July, we spread the analogue love further with the launch of the limited edition LC-A+ Russia Day. We also made a big step in securing the future of film with the release of our brand-new Earl Grey and Lady Grey B&W films.
In November, we launched one of the most exciting innovations of the year – the world's first Lomographic movie camera – the LomoKino – adding a whole new dimension to analogue photography.
2012 was a hugely exciting year for all things Lomography. We launched a whole host of exciting cameras and started a big celebration for our 20th anniversary.
To start with, we announced that Lomography was re-introducing 110 film to the world! This film format had been out of production since 2009 and it was a pleasure to bring it back in style with the launches of Orca B&W 110 film and Tiger CN 110. We then followed this up by producing our very first 110 format cameras, the Fisheye Baby 110 and Diana Baby 110 (you can find out more about them on our dedicated 110 photography site).
In September, we demonstrated our ever-inquisitive nature by producing a huge survey about how the worlds of analogue and digital are involved in Lomographers' lives. The survey was answered by over 5000 people from 82 countries and produced some very interesting results. You can view the data as an infographic on our Analogue vs Digital site.
We left what many would say was the biggest and best news of the year until October. It was in this month that we announced the launch of the Belair X 6-12, the world's first medium format 6×12 auto-exposure camera.
And if all this wasn't quite enough, it also happened to be the year when we reached the ripe old age of 20! That's right, Lomography started all the way back in 1992 – we celebrated our anniversary by taking a look back at some of our favorite memories on our 20th Anniversary Site.
2013 started with a big bang. By the end of January, we had already launched two products. Firstly, we began our first ever Kickstarter campaign with the Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner, which offers an easy way for you to digitize analogue photos.
Then, within only a few weeks, we unveiled LomoChrome Purple Film. Available in both 35mm and 120 formats, with this film you can transform green tones into bright purples; it gives a similar look to the legendary Kodak Aerochrome film and was a sure-fire hit with the entire Lomographic community.
Fast-forward to April and we celebrated the first ever Film Photography Day. Film enthusiasts from all over the world came together on April 12th to party, shoot, meet and generally celebrate film photography in all its forms.
In summer, we had two further launches to enjoy. First came the Konstruktor, the world's first 35mm do-it-yourself SLR camera.
Then in July we had another Kickstarter campaign, this time to reinvent the legendary Petzval Lens. The Lomography New Petzval Lens gives the classic look of old Petzval lenses but allows you to now get this on modern day Canon EF and Nikon F cameras (and other cameras using adapter mounts). The Kickstarter campaign was a tremendous success and reached its funding goal in less than 24 hours.
As if that wasn't enough new products for one year, in October the Experimental Lens Kit launched, which works with all Micro 4/3 digital cameras and gives photographers the opportunity to shoot real optical multiple exposures and color-splash photos with three different lenses.
In the first half of 2014, three new instant cameras were launched. The LC-A+ Instant Camera and Belair X 6-12 Instant Camera turned the iconic LC-A+ and Belair X 6-12 into instant snap-shooters. Then in May came the Lomo'Instant, Lomography's first dedicated instant camera and the world's most creative instant camera! It was our 3rd consecutive successful Kickstarter campaign and made Lomography the first company to ever have 2 projects raise over $1 million in the Product Design category of Kickstarter.
During the year, we also launched the New Russar+ Lens (L36/M Mount), which expands the Lomography Art Lens family. The New Russar+ is a rebirth of the legendary 1958 Russar MR-2, which was the mother of all modern super wide-angle lenses. With the New Russar+, you can shoot sharp wide-angle photos bursting with wonderful character. It's perfect for capturing landscapes, architectural shots, portraits and street photography.
In August, we celebrated a year since we first unveiled the New Petzval Lens by holding the first ever dedicated Petzval competition and displaying the best photos taken with the New Petzval in Lomography Gallery Stores around the world. To coincide with Film Photography Day earlier in the year, we also held two 'Search For Analogue Stars' competitions in order to find the very best photographers shooting film in the 21st century.
We also had a bunch of exciting film launches during the year. In July, we unveiled to the world Cine200 Tungsten Film; it's a real cinematic film which has been specially altered to enable it to be used on 35mm photographic cameras. Having sold out in a matter of days, we were thrilled to be able to offer its follow-up, the 400 ISO Cine400 Tungsten Film, in October. And our film fun was not done yet. Later in October, LomoChrome Turquoise XR 100-400 Color Negative Film was launched. This film works similarly to LomoChrome Purple Film but offers brand new, crazy and fun color shifts to enjoy. It bathes your photos in lustrous tones – turning lighter colors into varying shades of blues from aqua to cobalt, transforming greens into deep emerald shades and changing a crystal clear sea into a golden hue.
In 2015 so far, we are extremely excited to have launched the brand new Lomography Community Site! The site has been totally redesigned and is fully optimized for all screen sizes. We talked with thousands of Lomography community members about the most wished-for new features and improvements for the site. The new site allows you to browse over 12,000,000 photos, read over 50,000 magazine articles and connect with over 1 million talented Lomographers from the world!
In April 2016, we launched a brand new addition to the ever-expanding Lomography Art Lens family. Inspired by the lens that gave the world practical photography, the Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art Lens is perfect for shooting rich, atmospheric images with beautiful bokeh backgrounds. Our brand new Art Lens was successfully funded on Kickstarter in just four hours – we could not have asked for a better response!
Hugely inspired by the support for the Daguerreotype Achromat, August 2016 saw us return to Kickstarter to launch an instant camera unlike any other. Fully automatic, jam-packed with creative features and super easy to use, the Lomo'Instant Automat lets you take perfectly-exposed pictures in any and every lighting situation. Our brand new instant innovation was a huge success, and received excellent reviews from around the world.
We were super excited to take our two brand new inventions to Photokina, the world's leading trade fair for photo and video. We had tons of fun at our booth holding a live instant competition, hosting exhibitions, chatting to visitors, and letting people try out the very latest Lomography products. We were thrilled that so many people came to see us and loved our products!
Competitions celebrating the great photography produced by our talented Community have always been at the heart of Lomography, and that's why we decided to launch the TEN AND ONE Annual Lomography Photo Award. Lomographers are challenged to explore the fringes of photography, think outside the box, and enter their best shots into 11 different categories including "Urban Explorers" and "Breaking Boundaries". The winners of each category then qualify for the TEN AND ONE Annual Lomography Photo Award. In 2016 we received tons of inspirational entries and we were delighted to award the winner over 20,000 EUR worth of prizes at the end of the year!
Back in 2017, we turned 25 — and partied all year long! We curated the biggest LomoWall exhibition in history, collaborating with millions of creatives across the globe to bring countries, cultures and people together with the longest series of LomoWalls ever constructed. We threw crazy parties in Lomography Gallery Stores all over the world, showering our lovely Lomographers with special exhibitions, wonderful workshops and delicious cocktails.
And that's not all! We rocketed back onto Kickstarter with two brand new inventions. Our brilliant backers helped us to create the Neptune Convertible Art Lens System, a handcrafted system with a collection of interchangeable front lenses for unlimited creative possibilities; and the Lomo'Instant Square Glass, the world's first fully analogue camera for Instax square film.
We didn't stop there though. We created a rockin' retro version of the Diana F+ to celebrate 10 years of daring Diana adventures, a gorgeous chrome-plated version of the Daguerreotype Achromat 2.9/64 Art Lens, and poured the purple back into the photographic ocean with new and improved LomoChrome Purple Film.
Topping it all off, we brought the world bolder, sharper instant masterpieces than ever before with the Lomo'Instant Automat Glass Magellan and Cabo Verde editions — and gave in to wanderlust with the Lomo'Instant Murano, Panama, Yangon, and Oxford editions.
And now, you can share your memories with your followers instantly through our new Lomo'Instant App! Our marvelous Community have racked up an incredible 69 million likes so far — create a LomoHome and join the fun. Once you're a member you can enter the TEN AND ONE Annual Lomography Photo Awards — last year, we received over 164,000 entries!
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I've been spending quite a bit of time exploring my neighborhood and downtown Olympia lately. I have my set jogging route, and rarely do I venture from three(ish) tried and true paths. I like the friendly little mileposts that I've come to enjoy along they way. I tend to think of it as "nice graffiti."
I don't know who the artist is or even if it's the same person, but I do know that I kind of like the positive little messages this stranger has left for all of Olympia to see.
We'll just go ahead and pretend that they spelled "beautiful" correctly. It'll be our little secret. I'll take some misspelled friendly graffiti over the usual any day...
I had to walk past this gem by my work twice a day for a week before it was painted over. Oh Olympia.


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Starbucks: China to Become No. 2 Market
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Starbucks isn't worried about consumer spending in China, even if other U.S. food and beverage companies might be. Reason: The chain's established cafes in the region have maintained double-digit sales growth over the past couple of months.
"From a regional perspective, we have seen the momentum of our same-store sales in the fourth quarter sustained in the first two months of the current quarter," said Starbucks's president of China and Asia-Pacific, John Culver, at an investor conference Wednesday.
In the fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 30, Starbucks's same-store sales, including those at cafes open at least 13 months, rose 10% in the China and Asia-Pacific region.
Starbucks stores in China now average $886,000 in annual sales, up from $507,000 in 2008. The company expects China to become its largest market outside the U.S. in 2014.
"We continue to see very healthy growth coming out of China," he added. "We are very aware of the economic environment there, but there is clearly a pent-up demand that is in the very nascent stage of us achieving saturation."
Other major U.S. restaurant chains in China, such as Yum Brands, the owner of KFC and Pizza Hut, and McDonald's have seen sales growth slow in the region recently. Higher food and labor costs have forced eateries to raise menu prices, but Chinese consumers are more cost-conscious due to economic uncertainty, preventing them from spending at the rate they once did.
Starbucks says it still sees potential for thousands of cafes in China, and will reach 1,500 there in 2015.
"China has been a gold rush for U.S. companies and, the truth is, China will not be a lasting success for many of them," Chief Executive Howard Schultz said at the conference. The key, he said, is making sure to stay locally relevant.That way, Starbucks won't become a fleeting fad like other American trends.
One of the pioneers of localization in China, KFC, has lately struggled to maintain its relevance. Yum Brands chief executive David Novak warned last week that the company's same-store sales would drop 4% in China in the fourth quarter, with analysts and customers noting that the once modern-seeming KFC was increasingly being seen by Chinese consumers as "just another food option."
One factor helping Starbucks in China is its loyalty program, with three times the penetration of members per store than in the U.S., the company says.
"The Chinese consumer has embraced this concept," Mr. Culver said. Still, "our most loyal customers are coming to our stores four, five or six times a month, so we have a lot of room to drive frequency there."
Also, Starbucks added that as it accelerates development of company-owned stores, they will become a much bigger contributor to overall revenue, putting less pressure on same-store sales growth.
Starbucks currently has about 700 outlets in China, compared to the 11,000 it has in the U.S., its largest market. The company expects China to become its largest market outside the U.S. in 2014.
-- Annie Gasparro
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Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
Press Releases
Date: Nov. 14, 2013
Contact: Scott Allen or Rhonda Burke
Phone: (312) 353-6976
U.S. Department of Labor
Wage and Hour Division
Release Number: 13-2054-CHI
US Department of Labor recovers nearly $84,000 in back overtime wages, damages for 19 workers at Den-Man Contractors Inc. in Warren, Mich.
WARREN, Mich. -- The U.S. Department of Labor' Wage and Hour Division has recovered $83,734 in back wages and liquidated damages for 19 employees of Den-Man Contractors Inc., a demolition and construction company in Warren. The division found violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act when the company failed to pay workers overtime at a rate of one and one-half times their hourly rates for all hours worked beyond 40 in a week and to maintain accurate payroll records.
"Investigators found that many of the employees were paid for overtime hours in cash off-the-books at the employees' straight-time hourly rates, a clear violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act," said Timolin Mitchell, district director for the Wage and Hour Division in Detroit. "The department is committed to ensuring that workers are paid fairly, in accordance with federal labor laws. We are especially vigilant in areas, such as construction, where these violations are common. No employer should derive an unfair advantage and make financial gains by exploiting their employees."
A total of $41,867 was due in back wages and an equal amount was assessed in damages. The company has completed the back wages and damages payments totaling $83,734 to the affected employees. Den-Men Contractors has signed a settlement agreement that requires future compliance with the FLSA, documentation of employees' daily and weekly work hours and payment of the legally required overtime.
The FLSA requires that covered, nonexempt employees be paid at least the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour for all hours worked, plus time and one-half their regular rates, including commissions, bonuses and incentive pay, for hours worked beyond 40 per week. Employers also are required to maintain accurate time and payroll records. The FLSA provides that employers who violate the law are, as a general rule, liable to employees for their back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages. Liquidated damages are paid directly to the affected employees.
For more information about the FLSA and other federal wage laws, call the Wage and Hour Division's toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243) or visit www.dol.gov/whd.
U.S. Department of Labor releases are accessible on the Internet at www.dol.gov. The information in this news release will be made available in alternate format (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the COAST office upon request. Please specify which news release when placing your request at (202) 693-7828 or TTY (202) 693-7755. The Labor Department is committed to providing America's employers and employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit www.dol.gov/compliance.