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William Gray,III passed away this week. He was seen regularly on C-SPAN as Majority Whip, Budget Committee chair, and head of the United Negro College Fund. Altogether he has 133 appearances on C-SPAN including 110 on the House floor. Here is a clip in which he talks about how the House has changed.
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A group of five UC San Francisco graduate students and a postdoctoral scholar won a national video competition called "Stand Up for Science" to convey the importance of basic science research.
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A look at National Institutes of Health funding to UCSF in 2013.
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Did Chris Brown Rough Up Rihanna?
Teen dating violence is on the rise all over the country ... now it hits Hollywood.
Last week was national "National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week." But teen dating violence was back in the spotlight over the weekend as 19-year-old Radio Disney sensation Chris Brown allegedly assaulted his girlfriend Rihanna over the weekend.
Domestic violence often starts early, and teens and young adults ages 16 to 24 are at the highest risk of their lives, according to experts working to get that message out.
"Dating violence is something that is unfortunately very common, and certain red flags are considered normal in our society," said Becky George, teen dating violence education coordinator.
Teenagers and young adults sometimes think jealousy, for instance, is a way of showing love, George said.
It's actually one of the warning signs of a potentially abusive relationship.
Other red flags:
⢠excessive text-messaging or calling
⢠monitoring calls and e-mails
⢠frequently showing up unannounced
⢠telling the other person what to do and wear
⢠publicly embarrassing the other
⢠frequent accusations of "cheating" or flirting
⢠keeping the other from doing things they enjoy
⢠threats of suicide or self-injury in the event of a breakup
Some research shows that 98% of teenage girls who have been abused continue to date the abuser. Your teen could be one of them.
If you suspect your daughter is in an abusive relationship, the following are some classic warning signs to watch out for:
⢠She apologizes for his behavior and makes excuses for him.
⢠She loses interest in activities that she used to enjoy.
⢠She stops seeing friends and family members and becomes more isolated.
⢠When your daughter and her boyfriend are together, he calls her names and puts her down in front of other people.
⢠He acts extremely jealous of others who pay attention to her, especially other guys.
⢠He thinks or tells your daughter that you don't like him.
⢠He controls her behavior, checking up on her constantly, calling and paging her, demanding to know who she has been with.
⢠She casually mentions his violent behavior, but laughs it off as a joke.
⢠She often has unexplained injuries, or the explanations she offers don't make sense.
⢠You see him violently lose his temper, striking or breaking objects.
"Teens' views on healthy relationships are based on what they see at home, in the media and with peers, which can be very detrimental to their own lives if their parents are in an abusive relationship," George said.
In a 2007 interview with Giant magazine, Brown said his mother had been physically abused by his stepfather. "He used to hit my mom," he was quoted as saying.
In a statement, police say Brown and his companion (presumably Rihanna) "became involved in an argument. After stopping his car, Brown and the woman got out and the argument escalated. The woman suffered visible injuries and identified Brown as her attacker."
By the time officers arrived on the scene, Brown had split.
An eyewitness tells RadarOnline.com: "It was some time after 12PM [Sunday] and I had been waiting in the ER department corridor at Cedars Sinai hospital when Rihanna was brought through the back entrance on a gurney, flanked by two LAPD officers. It was impossible to know it was her at first because when they wheeled her past me, she had the hood on her fuchsia-colored sweatshirt tightly drawn round her face and she was wearing big brown sunglasses. They took her into room 14 which was opposite me. It had a six-foot glass door but the nurses drew a privacy curtain around it."
"I knew the person was famous because of all the attention she was being given by security and medical staff. However, they didn't draw the curtain all the time and I was finally able to make out that the woman they had brought in was Rihanna. She was lying in bed. While the two police officers waited outside, Rihanna was seen by the doctor. When he left, a plain clothes officer in a mismatched suit went in. I figured he was a detective because I saw the handcuffs in his belt. He stayed in there for about an hour."
"When he left, Rihanna's two female assistants went in to see her and a private security guard stood outside. The police officers were given room 10 to use which was close to Rihanna's. "Rihanna was clearly very upset by what had happened and I could hear her screaming. Rihanna was trying to get her point across about something, she sounded like she was crying as she tried to get to put her point across."
"Her staff was also very shaken by what had happened. Later on I saw one of the assistants crying into the shoulder of the security guard. I left at 4 PM, happy to get out of the place, something terrible had clearly happened to Rihanna."
Brown, 19, turned himself in at the LAPD's Wilshire station around 6:30 PM Sunday and was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats, a charge that carries a maximum penalty of four years. The case will now be sent to the district attorney's office and further charges could be filed. He was released from jail after posting $50,000 bail.
"He was very professional and didn't appear to have injuries," said Sgt. Bridget Pickett, adding, "He's a good looking young man."
Both Chris Brown and Rihanna in turn withdrew from scheduled performances at the Grammys.
Wrigley has told "Extra" they plan to "suspend" the gum commercials featuring the singer. The statement says, "Wrigley is concerned by the serious allegations made against Chris Brown. We believe Mr. Brown should be afforded the same due process as any citizen. However, we have made the decision to suspend the current advertising featuring Brown and any related marketing communications until the matter is resolved."
We will keep you posted as this disturbing story develops.
It's great that Wrigley decided to "suspend" the commercials with Brown. What kind of example did he think he would be setting after that type of display? He's a disgrace.
im sooooooooooooooooooo happy
im sooooooooooooooooooo happy
im sooooooooooooooooooo happy
I dont know what to think after he did that. I thought he was diffrent from the other celebes! I was wrong!!!!!!!!!
chris brown
is a handsome singer and a great dancer,with a bright future ahead of him,what he did to his girlfriend rihanna,this situation is going to follow him for the rest of his life
i wish him all the best!!!!
i am glad that she pressed charges and took a clear stance against such violence.
I think this is a shame he has little girls as young as five years old following him. Women abuse is no message to be sending to young girls. Shame on you chris brown.
Sooooo… Chris Brown turns himself in suspicion of commiting a felony and Michael Phelps gets a slap on the wrist for being photographed smoking an illegal substance. Riiight.
Wonder what would have happened had it been the other way around? Would any one be crying shame on Phelps? Or perhaps Chris would still have to turn himself in. Chris…. you shoudda known better. You've got 3 strikes against u. 1. you're BLACK in a WHITE America
2. You're young and good looking
3. You're wealthy….not on welfare depending on middle (white) income America.
WOW!!!!! i CAN'T BELIEVE HE DID THAT WOW!!!!! U NEVER SEEMED VIOLENT JUST SWEET AND MELLOW AND THIS IS DISAPPOINTING
There is no excuse for abuse. However, everyone makes misstakes. We should not judge. I hope Rihanna and Chris can get pass this and move on.(without each other if there is violence)
Chris and Rhi should both get help, but mainly Chris. If he comes out publically, makes a serious effort to change, and can still deliver in the talent department, he should be fine. They're both so young that it's obvious early exposure to abuse played a major role, and that's not something Chris or Rhi could have had control over.
chris brown u r straight up crazy how did this even happen?????
chris I've been following your/Rhianna's careers and I am a female. I've read articles of Rhiannas' rages against other women and yourself simply because they looked at you. Not too long ago an article cited an incident where she slapped you upside the head in an airport due to female attention. It's not a far cry for me to believe that she probably attacked you first and you were put in a position of defending yourself to get her off of you. Evenso, man the damage done was a bit extensive. I am so hoping you are treated fairly in this ordeal and your career can continue in a positive path.
omg!chris what happen to u,i taught your a gud man but what you did to rihanna is terrible!shet!haha.lol.tsk3.i taught your the perfect man for me..hahah just kiddin'
Are people not entitled to make mistakes? The guy is only 19 years old…I'm sure everybody here has made some..there's no microscope shining on them… all you perfect people make me sick..PRAY for the guy instead of bashing him!
I feel bad but you can't really blame chris..untile we understand what really happened..(Rich women could be terrible e.g just like Rihanna)


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Are we on the brink of creating a human-like digital mind?
The human brain contains some 100 billion neurons, grouped in specialized function zones, connected by a hundred thousand billion synapses - the neurons representing individual data processing and storage units; and synapses the data transfer cabling, connecting all the processing units.
Correlating its processing ability to a supercomputer, it's been estimated it can perform more than 38 thousand trillion operations per second, and hold about 3.6 million gigabytes of memory. Equally impressive, it's estimated that the human brain executes this monumental computational task on a mere equivalent of 20 watts of power; about the same energy to power a single, dim light bulb. In today's technology, a supercomputer designed to deliver comparable capabilities would require roughly 100 megawatts (100 million watts) of power; an energy equivalent that could fully satisfy the power consumption needs of roughly a thousand households.
An ambitious $1.3 billion project was very recently announced in Europe to simulate a human mind in the form of a complete human brain in a supercomputer. It's named the Human Brain Project. A similar project in the U.S. planned by National Institutes of Health (NIH) is called the Brain Activity Map project.
Assuming we learn enough from these efforts to design a new architecture in computer processing which can approximate the ability of the human brain - what's to stop us from creating the cognitive faculties that enable consciousness, thinking, reasoning, perception, and judgement? After all, we as human beings develop these abilities from data we acquire over time through sensory inputs connecting us to our experiences, and from information communicated to us by others.
Think about it. Is there anything related to our experience - be it physical, historical or conceptual - that cannot be described in language, and therefore be input as executable data and programming to create a human-like digital mind?
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arun nainaMar 27 2013: What does 'consciousnesses' mean though? What currently separates human mental capacities from that of the modern PC?
To me, the main distinction of 'life' is the ability to evolve and reprogram itself. Not just through evolution or selection, but rather cognitive, willing self-change. You can come to a point where you start to disagree with what your biology wants you to do, disagree with social programming, and come to a point where you become fully aware of what everything is trying to make you do, and then, alter it or change it (for example, just realizing how aggressive you might be, seeing the underlying causes of it, and then, change your behavior).
I mean, who knows what the future will hold as well, and what science will allow us to change about ourselves?
I think that's what a program would have to do in order to actually mimic consciousness. It has to have the capability to be aware of its own set of instructions, study them, and have some capacity to actually re-write itself if it wants to. When you think about that, and how we currently do that, it's pretty amazing. It's like an OS on a PC constantly re-writing itself and making its own changes/upgrades/etc.
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With cyber age threats like hackers and identity theft looming ever larger, safeguarding your online accounts, be they crucial (bank accounts) or not (Quizno's loyalty program) has become a whole lot more vital to protecting yourself. And yet, many of us don't exercise the best judgment when it comes to choosing passwords. A recent PC Mag article by Jill Duffy hit home, starting with the title: "You Have Exactly Three Passwords, Don't You?" Um, guilty. But not anymore.
Duffy cites studies that show that a large percentage of people use the same password across accounts with different security levels, like Facebook and email, or Gawker and Sony, both of whom experienced hacks and password leaks earlier this year. Duffy has some tips for creating and remembering unique passwords, but I wanted to get our developers' takes, so I asked around the office.
If you're looking for a password manager, Ross Heflin uses Oplop, while Tushar Samant suggests KeePass. These applications help generate and organize unique passwords from a master keyword; what's critical, of course, is picking a strong master that's not readily ascertainable, since if that gets out, you're an easy target. While it sounds simultaneously obvious and risky, the general consensus is that writing down your passwords in a secure place is a wise move. Greg Baugues goes so far as to incorporate a complicated sequence he can find on his desk, like a monitor's serial number or a random client fax number.
Tushar gave me some other great password tips:
- Make your password a sequence of unconnected words, separated by spaces, hyphens, or whatever you like. DO NOT pick a meaningful phrase. Commonly used expressions, your likes or dislikes, catchphrases, band names, profanities, etc.–all off the table. Knowing more about you shouldn't reveal your passwords, and knowing your passwords shouldn't reveal more about you. In short, make up a boring, random phrase, then give it a meaning.
- Stick to one case, upper or lower.
- If you're multilingual, you could use words in a foreign language–just make sure you have the spellings correct.
- Write down your passwords and keep them in a safe place (i.e., NOT a sticky note on your monitor).
- Pick an emergency contact person who knows where to find your most important passwords.
- Remember that technology advances (sometimes in unexpected directions), authorities are fallible, and crooks are smart. Accepted best practices evolve, so be kind to experts who keep changing their minds.
Guess it's time for me to go change "kittenmittens." Sigh.
Anyone else have any good password advice?
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Mental Illness is No Laughing Matter
Throughout history, mental illness has met with confusion, misunderstanding and mistreatment—even horror, persecution and torture. Though we have made progress in fits and starts, people with mental illness have never had more hope for productive life than they have now. But despite the progress, we live in a society that is still deeply confused about mental illness.
Misinformed by the media
Have you ever paid attention to the way people with mental illness are portrayed in popular media? While some outlets treat mental illness with honesty and sensitivity, most of popular media treats the mentally ill as frightening, funny, or both. Most people don't seem to give it a second thought, but for people whose loved ones suffer from ongoing mental illness, such portrayals are hard to ignore.
Try watching movies like Psycho, Strange Brew, Crazy People, The Shining, Misery, and Fatal Attraction through the eyes of someone who struggles with mental illness. Or turn on the TV this week and watch with a new perspective. On any given evening, you should be able to find at least one show that either reinforces terror of the mentally ill, or makes light of their illness for a cheap laugh.
Misinformation, as well as entertainment that pokes fun at people with mental illness—and in some cases encourages laughter at the idea of their mistreatment—accomplishes three things:
- It further marginalizes and dehumanizes people with mental illness by treating them as caricatures. It's easy to laugh if we forget we're laughing at real people suffering from real illnesses.
- It encourages persecution and mistreatment.
- It discourages people from seeking help for mental illness. In an environment that vacillates between mockery and horror, who wants to be the one to raise a hand and say, "Yeah, that's me. I need to go to the doctor to get my medication adjusted."
Serious mental illness has mythological status in our culture. No wonder so many people in the church—just like those outside the church—have no idea how to relate to a real person who acknowledges or displays a mental illness. This general societal misunderstanding of mental illness affects all of us.
Creating a loving Christian response
In her book Darkness Is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Illness, Kathryn Greene-McCreight shares journal entries, stories and spiritual insights from her experience living with bipolar disorder. She mentions this about Christians' response to mental illness: "Christian communities still have a fear of the mentally ill. In part they do not understand mental illness, in part there is a false assumption that the Christian life should always be an easy path, and in part the problem of suffering is hard to grasp."
Amy Simpson is the managing editor of marriage and parenting resources for Today's Christian Woman and the editor of GiftedForLeadership.com. Connect with Amy at amysimpsononline.com.
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Very True
especially when there are many women today that are like this, and it may have a lot to do with the divorce rate being so very high nowadays too.
Thank you for sharing this article in such an articulate way. I have endured a lengthy and recurring series of depression. I sometimes struggle because I know that as I get to know my savior and obey His statutes, I become more and more free. Sometimes its two forward and anywhere from one to three back. But He is changing me. I can actually see it in myself now. But during times of struggle I resist sharing with my brothers and sisters because of the way some can respond without mercy or compassion because it is...insert your christianese term that brings shame here. I have been blessed with a godly counselor, there needs to be more educated the way God works in our healing process. He does not heal everyone instantly. I tell people that "I see men as trees walking." In other words, I am halfway there, Hallelluiah!!
Robert Millward
I am always glad to be humbled by conversations like this one. Most days I have to admit that I know very little about mortality but I have a bright hope that Jesus Christ will replace all components of mortality with glorious new components. Until then we suffer with diseased bodies, diseased wills, diseased hopes, and yes diseased minds. While Jesus did not, himself, appear to suffer from mental illness, I am confident he understood it and had compassion on those who did and I pray that I can have a measure of that compassion. If living the Christian life was to bring instant and permanent healing then Jesus would never have felt the pain of awareness of the killing of all those dear children under two years old while his family fled to Egypt let alone a miserable, naked death on the cross.


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Using MySQL from PHPby John Coggeshall
Welcome back to PHP Foundations. My previous column finished the crash course on using MySQL to store and retrieve data from a database using the Structured Query Language (SQL). In today's column, I will begin to use everything I have shown you thus far to work with and create database-driven web pages using PHP. Let's get started by discussing how a database interacts with a web application.
Database-Driven Architecture
For those of you who have been reading my column on a regular basis since it began (thank you, I'm aware of at least a few of you), way back in 2001 I provided you with a flow diagram outlining how PHP works within a web server. Back then, the diagram was pretty generic, but today I'll revisit it in more detail to describe a database-driven architecture.
In database-driven applications, three different players produce the final output of the web page you view with your client: the web server, the scripting language (PHP), and the database back end (MySQL). When the client browser requests a page from your web site, the following steps occur:
The web server receives the request via HTTP for a particular web page and resolves and retrieves the requested file.
Depending on the nature of the file (i.e., if it ends in .php), it is pre-processed using, in our case, the PHP engine.
The script's application and presentation logic executes, performing database queries as necessary.
The PHP engine uses the results from the database in its application logic to construct the HTML document, returning it to the web server and, finally, the client.
We will focus on steps three and four in our discussions here. Looking at those steps in more detail, we can summarize the process of accessing and working with a database connection from within a PHP script in the following steps. (The steps in parentheses are optional, depending on circumstance.)
- Establish a connection to the database server.
- (Validate any user input.)
- Select the database on the server to use.
- Execute the desired query against the database.
- (Retrieve and process the results.)
- Create HTML or perform actions based on results.
- (Close the database connection.)
Connecting to a MySQL Database
From a development standpoint, connecting and executing queries from PHP is
as simple as calling the appropriate functions. Let's look at the basic
functions used in almost every database-driven application. As I have already
explained, the first step is to connect to the database — in our case,
this is done via the
mysql_connect() function, whose syntax
mysql_connect([$server [, $username [, $password [, $new_link [, $flags]]]]])
If you have worked with MySQL's
mysql client application, most
of these parameters should already make sense to you. The first parameter,
$server, is the address of the MySQL server to connect to using
the username and password provided by the
$username and
$password parameters. When I say "address," however, I am not
necessarily talking about a TCP/IP address. This parameter can take multiple
// Connect to the server at hostname using the default port
$server = 'hostname'
// Connect to the server at hostname using the specified port
$server = 'hostname:port'
// Connect to the server on the local machine using the provided local socket
$server = ':/path/to/socket'
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Note: when specifying a server using the hostname, it is worthy to note that
the MySQL extension in PHP will attempt to connect using a local socket (or
named pipe in Windows) instead of via TCP/IP, if the hostname is of the form
localhost, or
localhost:port is used. Although this is
generally desirable (and recommended), you can also force a TCP/IP connection
by using the IP address 127.0.0.1 instead.
The fourth parameter,
$new_link, indicates if a new link should
be established, even if one already exists for this request. This only applies
if you call
mysql_connect() multiple times to the same server with
the same authentication information. Normally, PHP will reuse an already-opened
connection. This parameter will override that behavior, creating a new
The fifth and final parameter is
$flags. This parameter is any
combination of the following constants bitwise
ORd together:
Establish a connection to the database using a compressed version of the protocol.
Ignore white space after function names in queries.
Use the
interactive_timeout settings of the MySQL server
instead of the default
wait_timeout setting when determining if
the connection is inactive and should be closed by the server. (See the MySQL
documentation for more information on these settings.)
When executed, the
mysql_connect() function will attempt to
establish a connection to the database and return a resource representing that
connection. If the attempt fails for any reason,
will return a Boolean false.
Selecting the Database to Use
Once you have a database connection, the next step is to select the database
that you will be performing queries against. (Remember the SQL
USE statement?) To do this, you'll need the
mysql_select_db() function which has the following syntax:
mysql_select_db($database [, $link]);
$database is the name of the database to use, and the
optional parameter
$link is the database connection resource
returned from the
mysql_connect() function. This function will
attempt to select the specified database and return a Boolean indicating
success or failure.
Note: As is the case with almost all of the MySQL extension functions, the
$link parameter is optional. In every case, PHP will use the last
opened connection. If no connection is open, it will attempt to open one
automatically. It is strongly recommended that you provide a
explicitly to avoid problems as your applications become more advanced.
Performing a Query Against a Database
Now that you know how to connect to the MySQL database, let's see how to
perform a query against the database from within PHP. To do this, use the
appropriately named
mysql_query() function, whose syntax is as
mysql_query($query [, $link]);
$query is a single SQL query to execute (without the
terminating semi-colon or
\g) and the optional parameter
$link is the value returned from
mysql_connect(). As
usual, PHP will use the last opened connection if you do not provide the
$link parameter.
Upon successful execution,
mysql_query() will return a resource
representing the result set or a Boolean false if the query failed. Note that a
query is considered a success even if no results are returned;
mysql_query() will only fail if the query itself was malformed or
otherwise unable to execute on the server. Determining if any results were
actually returned from a query requires a different method.
Retrieving a Result Set
Now that you know how to perform a query, it's time to learn how to access
the data from a result set. PHP has many different methods to accomplish this
task, but they all have the same general form. For our purposes, I'll explain
things in the context of the
mysql_fetch_row() function. Its
syntax is as follows:
$result is the result resource returned from a successful
query executed using the
mysql_query() function. This function
will return a single row from the result set as an enumerated array, where
element zero represents the first column, element one represents the second,
and so on. Each subsequent call will return the next row in the result set
until no more rows remain. Then,
mysql_fetch_row() will return a
Boolean false. Generally, this function is used in conjunction with a
loop to traverse the entire array as shown in the below example snippet:
/* Connection code omitted */
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM books");
if(!$result) die("Query Failed.");
while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)) {
$row[0] now contains the first column of the current row,
index 1 is the second, etc.
As I stated earlier,
mysql_fetch_row() is not the only function
available that allows you to access rows of a result set in this fashion. Each
of the following functions has an identical syntax and use as
mysql_fetch_row(), but each provides the row in a different format
as described:
Return the current row as an associative array, where the name of each column is a key in the array.
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result) $row['column_name']
Return the current row with both associative and numeric indexes where each column can either be accessed by 0, 1, 2, etc., or the column name.
$row = mysql_fetch_array($result) $row[0] // or $row['column_name']
Return the current row as an object with member variables for each column in the result set.
$row = mysql_fetch_object($result) $row->column_name
Closing a Database Connection
Although it is not strictly necessary, sometimes it is advantageous to close
an open connection to the database when you no longer need it, instead of
waiting for the end of the request, when PHP will do so automatically. Use the
mysql_close() function with the following syntax:
$link is the database connection resource returned from
mysql_connect() function.
More PHP/MySQL to Come
That's all for today! My next column will introduce even more MySQL PHP functions that do things like determine the number of rows in the result set and deal with errors. Soon after that, I'll pull together all of these ideas to create a front end to the book information database we worked with previously. See you then!
John Coggeshall is a a PHP consultant and author who started losing sleep over PHP around five years ago.
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converting from files to db
2009-09-13 15:41:39 wizardeyes [View]
Hello, I have been programming my wiki-style site for a few years but only recently been able to go live on a php-supporting host. I have played with php and learned about it quite well regarding files, text and logic. However, building a site that contains thousands of articles, each containing several parts, I figured I would start out as a newbie using text files that get included. This type of "mudulation" helped me, but now is getting a bit of a nusance.
I need to have several different db's for the management, members, articles, history, logs etc. And I want them to be stored on the site so I can FTP backups. I do have some experience in Excell and am looking to do something similar. How can I convert my data processing from filing to db stored on the site's folder system rather than "localhost"? something like "memberships.db" or whatever. I look at the php codes and they never call a file. It reminds me of using a registry editor, where the files aren't "files". Anyone care to help?
drop down date option not inserting into database
2009-03-12 06:11:24 krishkrish [View]
i want to post my date into database. i am putting drop down box for date. it doesn't accept the input. it display (0-zero) in database. i am using separate function for to get date month year. how i correct my problem . anybody please help me.
drop down date option not inserting into database
2009-08-17 04:16:48 jyotiranjan [View]
insertind date data into table
2009-03-04 22:02:35 krishkrish [View]
i have a poblem in inserting data into table. i am puting dateof birth as select oprion as month, year,date. the user select this and post to table. but i create only date_of birth field as date data type. hoe i insert these there input into one field in table. please anybosy help me. the following coding only use. is ther eany error suggesstion please reply me.
// Connects to your Database
$host="localhost"; //Host Name
$username = " root"; //mysql user name
$password =" sivagami"; //mysql password
$db_name ="tms" ;//database name
$tbl_name ="employee" ; //Table Name
mysql_connect("localhost", "root", "sivagami") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("tms") or die(mysql_error());
$emp_id =$_POST('emp_id');
$emp_name =$_POST('emp_name');
$address =$_POST('address');
$bdayyear = $_POST['yyyy'];
$bdaymonth = $_POST['mm'];
$bdayday = $_POST['dd'];
$date_of_birth = " $bdayyear, $bdaymonth,$bdayday"; // or whatever format you want
// It would be printed as, for example ' December 22, 1987 ' Though you can change the format.
// When you insert the Bday into the mysql table, just use the $bdayfull variable
// $date_of_birth = $_POST('date_of_birth');
// $date_of_join =$_POST ('date_of_join');
$bdayyear = $_POST['yyyy'];
$bdaymonth = $_POST['mm'];
$bdayday = $_POST['dd'];
$date_of_join = " $bdayyear, $bdaymonth,$bdayday"; // or whatever format you want
$designation =$_POST('designation');
$sql ="INSERT INTO $tbl_name (emp_id, emp_name,address,date_of_birth,date_of_join,designation) VALUES ( '$emp_id', '$emp_name','$address','$phone','$date_of_birth', '$date_of_join','$designation' )"or die(mysql_error());
$result= mysql_query($sql) or die('Error updating database');
echo "successfull";
mysql php database connectivity problm
2009-03-02 07:30:17 krishkrish [View]
function connecttodb($servername,$dbname,$dbuser,$dbpassword)
global $link;
$link=mysql_connect ("$servername","$dbuser","$dbpassword");
if(!$link){die("Could not connect to MySQL");}
echo 'Connected Successfully';
$database = 'tms';
mysql_select_db($database [,, $link]);
is this correct or not. it display the message connected successfully. but if i insert it doesn't work. what to do. any body help me.
Getting PHP script to contruct MYSQL query
2008-02-25 13:10:03 Fletch187 [View]
Hi There, I am a newbie to PHP and struggling to figure out how I can develop my script to construct the query based on available form data.
Form entered by user has 6 possible outputs
Name, Lname, Town , Postcode , Telephone......
User only fills in Name & Postcode
How can I construct a script to create $query = Name & Postcode, having checked all variables for the existants of strings from the form post.
The reason I want to do this is to give the user options on what they want to search with....
Thanks for any advoce / examples you can give me...
Using mysql from PHP
2007-08-14 03:53:45 suamya [View]
In a single PHP code, I want to connect to two different hosts with totally different authentication information. Is it possible?
Right now snippet of my code looks something like this:
$db_list = mysql_list_dbs($conn_2);
while ($row = mysql_fetch_object($db_list)) {
echo $row->Database . "\n";
However when I try to list all the databases in host2, it instead lists the database in host1.
host1 and host2 are different machines and the databases in each of them are entirely different.
I read that the new_link parameter might be used here but I couldnt figure out how to do that.
I am new to PHP...so any help would be great!!
Connect to MySQL DB
2006-05-09 17:00:30 Cleo [View]
I have a hosting account with GODADDY.com where I've been assigned a MySQL database. But I'm having trouble connecting to it. My code is as follows:
//Connect To Database
$yourfield = "F_Name";
$conn=mysql_connect($hostname,$username, $password) or die ('Error connecting to mysql');
# Check If Record Exists
$query = "SELECT * FROM $usertable";
$result = mysql_query($query);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
$name = $row["$yourfield"];
echo "Name: ".$name."
What's wrong please?
Connect to MySQL DB
2007-12-15 08:23:06 krsbuilt [View]
Your Problem is that the database connection isn't using the mysql connection. If you did it like this:
mysql_connect($hostname,$username, $password) or die ('Error connecting to mysql');
it might work. since you were making the mysql cnnection a variable, your database connection couldn't use it. now if you make the mysql connection not a variable then anything in the script can access it.
Connect to MySQL DB
2009-06-22 20:04:54 mfoster978 [View]
I need help. I have been working on my site for days now and am having a problem. I am receiving an error saying the script could not connect to my sql. My script seems perfectly fine but it won't connect. Also I am using godaddy and a windows hosting account. Is there a chance it won't connect unless I change to linux?
My script is below:
* Connect to the mysql database.
$conn = mysql_connect("p3nlmysqladm001.secureserver.net:", "loginform978", "************") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db('loginform978', $conn) or die(mysql_error());
I have also tried this:
* Connect to the mysql database.
$conn = mysql_connect("p3nlmysqladm001.secureserver.net:3306", "loginform978", "************") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db('loginform978', $conn) or die(mysql_error());
Please help me. If you need to please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mike Foster
Connect to MySQL DB
2009-07-05 20:17:09 Reloaded2010 [View]
Remove the colon : after the server name. Use just p3nlmysqladm001.secureserver.net and you should be ok.
Connect to MySQL DB
2007-11-04 03:21:29 dashtimothy2000 [View]
hi good day to you. i got similar problem. Im new to php and i cannot connect to my databse either heres my connection code:
$link = mysql_connect("localhost","my_db","my_passwrd")
or die("Could not connect : " . mysql_error());
Wander if you have got the reply on your prob and if you can help me with ths.
Thank you
Connect to MySQL DB
2006-05-31 23:12:22 PrabhjotSingh [View]
I am facing a similar but a litle diffrent problem. My hosting too is at godaddy.com and my sql server is too here but now i want to connect to this mysql from my another web server which is not on godaddy.com. I think its netsol or somewhat. If you get solution for urs could you solve mine pls.
Connect to MySQL DB
2006-06-03 05:16:23 sandeep_raju [View]
I am facing a similar but a litle diffrent problem. i just want to know the all code of connecting and
retrieving data from mysql using php.
Connect to MySQL DB
2006-06-02 13:08:43 Aethenoth [View]
According to their FAQ, you cannot connect to the godaddy mysql servers from outside of godaddy. Access is limited to code you run on their hosting packages.
Results not displaying first record?
2005-12-01 02:57:31 Electra [View]
>sql query:
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `events`") or die(mysql_error());
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
$ID = $row["ID"];
$Dt = $row["Dt"];
$Event = $row["Event"];
echo $Dt . "$nbsp;nbsp;" . $Event . "
>There are 3 records in the database, but only records from the 2nd row are displayed. Using mysql_fetch_row($result) displays nothing? I've also added LIMIT 0,30 to the query to try and force the first row, but with no luck.
Results not displaying first record?
2006-02-20 06:11:02 amjohnno [View]
I had this same problem. The issue with mine was that I was using mysql_fetch_array() to verify that there was data in there before I used it again. The first time it was called used the first record, and so it was no longer visible when I ran the second call.
escaping syntax for MySQL in PHP - need help
2005-07-06 02:00:07 gluino [View]
I'm new to MySQL / PHP, most of my problems are with quotes and escaping quotes etc...
Can you spot my error(s)?
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
echo "<option value=\"$row['coyid']\">$row['name']</option>";
PHP error is:
"Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in /var/www/html/test/dataentry.php on line 62"
(line 62 is the echo line above)
escaping syntax for MySQL in PHP - need help
2005-07-06 02:19:04 gluino [View]
ok this works:
echo "<option value=" . $row['coyid'] . ">" . $row['name'] . "</option>";
trouble getting PHP5 to connect to SQL database
2005-04-10 23:23:31 jtomsovic [View]
I am new to PHP and MySQL. I am using windows
XP OS. I have installed the Apache server, MySQL and PHP5. When I run "localhost" it shows that the apache sever is running. I can run a test which shows that PHP and Apache work together. I have SQL running and I can create databases, etc uing the command prompt or the MySQL Admin program.
But I cannot get PHP5 to connect to the databases. What am I doing wrong? Help is very much appreciated.
Below are the paths to the various programs
C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2>
C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 4.1\bin\mysql.exe
trouble getting PHP5 to connect to SQL database -- FIX
2006-11-24 17:38:55 bluexv1 [View]
locate your php.ini file which is most probably located in either the windows folder (C:\WINDOWS), the system folder (C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32), or in your php folder.
Find and set this...
extension_dir = "C:\php\ext"
Find and uncomment this...
restart server, reboot, etc...
trouble getting PHP5 to connect to SQL database
2006-03-04 02:07:22 Toshu [View]
I'm also having same problem.
I got an error message on my browser:
Fatal Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect().
If you find any solution please reply me.
or mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Any help from any one will be highly appriciated.
trouble getting PHP5 to connect to SQL database
2005-08-02 03:34:37 Deepak1 [View]
I m also having same problem
Kindly reply me in case u find some solution
PHP tutorial
2004-12-01 04:53:39 Roommatesville.com [View]
Roommatesville would like to thank you for detailing more of the sytax of PHP and Mysql.
Abstraction Layer
2004-09-08 06:27:48 Steve_K [View]
I recommend to use an abstraction Library for database access.
The built in mysql commands in php are quite nice, but if you ever need to change your database to Oracle f.e., you have a lot of work to do :)
You may say that this is not neccessary, so did i.
But spending dozend of hours editing my source made me think over it.
In my case, i use ADOdb, which is really easy to use and its OpenSource too.
ADOdb at sourceforge
Give it a try. Once you are familiar with the basic commands its easy to use and it has some quite powerful function, too.
If you ever need to switch the type of your database, you just edit one word and that's it :)
Maybe this is helpful to some of ya.
best regards
No one started as a master:
My very first site. Back online *g*
JDBC Connecting to mySQL server at Unix
2004-02-25 08:37:06 weckenmc [View]
I just read your article on PHP connect to mySQL database.
// Connect to the server at hostname using the specified port
$server = 'hostname:port'
I need to connect from my Windows app w/JDBC to the mySQL server on a Unix platform across the net. In your connect statement above, how do I get the port value?
Any insights is very much appreciated!
JDBC Connecting to mySQL server at Unix
2004-05-07 17:11:16 Seigo [View]
The default value of mysql port is 3306.
So you can use 'hostname:3306'.
2004-02-23 04:33:53 goyanks [View]
I'd dare say that there are well over 1,000 tutorials out there on the Web devoted to basic PHP/MySQL interaction, do we really need another one? Now I'm all for learning about a topic from more than one point of view, but hasn't this one been done, oh perhaps a bazillion times or so? How about touching upon some more timely topics, say PHP 5?
2004-08-08 16:13:05 supertone44 [View]
Hey, cool your jets! Some people are just getting started and need these types of tutorials. If you have been there and done that, then why don't you dig into PHP 5, learn it, then post your comments for others to learn. By the way, how did you come across this tutorial? Were you searching for it? I thought you have seen them a bazillion times? A well versed PHP-MySQL connector would not need to search for something like this.
2004-07-05 08:54:38 stewballs [View]
Im glad that this introduction is done aswell, its allot more helpful than the "bazillion" other sites ive been to
2004-02-23 05:08:36 John Coggeshall | [View]
I understand where you are coming from, however I'd wager there are many people who do appreciate this sort of introduction. This is, after all, a beginner's column.
As far as PHP 5 goes, expect to see some articles outside of the PHP Foundation series on PHP 5 in the coming weeks!
2005-08-07 13:07:14 belghoria [View]
In which way connect the othere database by create dsn.
If I know it so it will be very helpfull to me.
thanks Sumanta
2004-05-11 21:23:31 Citaya [View]
I for one most certainly appreciate this sort of introduction!


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Arrival We drove to miami the day before our cruise about 13 hours in the family truckster without any major issues and no major arguments from the kid department. (everyone seems to be happy on the way to vacation) We spent the night at a hotel, sleep in til 0830 then got dressed and headed for the ship. The port is not too bad and its well marked, area G is where the freedom parks and nothing you get from RCCL will tell you that. I felt safe with the parking and it was fairly expensive $140 for seven nights. $200 if you lose your ticket. Again this information should be on the RCCL web site but quite frankly it sucks and is not customer friendly. The first thing that happened is we went thru security and our family was pulled aside and my 6 year olds backpack was seized. He had happily marched towards the ship with his red backpack, pirate hat, and of course his trusty light saber and the usual assortment of hot rod car models and a few robots and army men. The police were called and his backpack was searched upon a table by an officer with rubber gloves. He said "Ah Ha!" and reached into the backpack producing a wooden blunderbuss toy pistol ala Walt Disney World's Pirate of the Caribbean ride, bright plastic caps and all. They presented it to the sherriff's department while I tried not to laugh. It was tagged and bagged, whisked away by Security and I still didn't know what to say. My 6 year old looked confused and kept telling the officers, "Can't you see it's a toy? Give it back!" With that behind us, I told the family "Let it go" and of course had to promise a replacement. On to the next phase of boarding. Check in was pretty easy and Sea Passes were made. Now done with everything, it was 10:45 and we were told that the ship would load at approximately 11 to 11:15am. We proceeded to the final cattle call waiting area and were lined in rows at the back of the room. 11:15 came and went and so did 12 noon, RC personnel were talking and people started asking questions. It was then we discovered the ship had come in code red and had to be disinfected more than normal. This was not a warm fuzzy. About 1pm we finally got on the ship and had been told that our rooms would be available between 1 and 1:15pm. At 2:30 all the passengers seemed to be on board lugging around their carry ons. It was obvious that some had come from overseas, that is when a dec member told us that we could not go to our rooms until 3:30pm. All the personnel started to serve drinks and tried to start the party, but no one wants to be part of a party when you are dragging around your tired kids and all of our carryon luggage. During this waiting period, our kids decided to swim as they had come prepared and had their swimsuits in their backpacks. That seemed to help pass the time until we started looking around for towels. Of course, all of the towel bins were empty and when we asked an attendant for a towel, they said that we had to get it from our room. When trying to go to our room to just get a towel, we were redirected back on deck until the appropriate time of 3:30pm. No one could even figure out how to get us a towel and a good hour passed before someone finally brought us one. Great start, NOT!
The entertainment was good, shows were excellent, especially the ice show and the cruise Director Richard Spacey was the best I have ever seen. He is funny, everywhere and he truly loves his job or needs an Oscar! Hey RC promote this guy, he gets it. Let him fix the food! Great job Richard, I always appreciate excellence. They had a classic guitar soloist who was unbelievable and the ship itself is truly amazing and spectacular. You can always find some quiet area and the pool system is good except no slide in the kids pool and more staff is needed to keep everything open on sea days as times in some areas are limited. Also clean the pools between Midnight and 0600 not at 8 at night and now my wife on the kids programs.
It seems a great marketing angle to promote something that the kids would love, not to mention the family. But RCCL missed the boat, and the ship, on this one for both parents and kids. Our two boys, being 10 and 6, have a lot of energy and love to play games. They were really excited about each going to their own club, expecting new friends and things to do. Our youngest was in the Explorers club, ages 6-8. The club area was ok, but for the biggest cruise ship in the world, it seemed to be an afterthought. The staff were great and patient with everyone as it got hectic coming and going. Club time didn't start until 9 am and then you had to pick up your child by Noon or pay an additional fee to have your child stay in the club for lunch. I'll get to the lunch part in a minute, it's a doozy. So for 3 hours of the morning in the club, these kids are stuck in a small cubby of a room. Half of the kids were on computers playing games and the other half were huddled in a play area doing group activities such as dance, games, projects, science, etc. Not much to this! After lunch, the kids had some playtime again in the club area and we saw the same old thing. Afternoon pickup was at 5pm, and by the way, no were on the RCCL website does it talk about closing times for the clubs or that there is a $1.00 a minute late fee, per child, beginning at the 16th minute following posted closing times. So you ended up dropping off and picking up all day( sound like carpool? ). I had decided that as long as the boys were having fun, I would go with the flow but to be honest, it felt like I was signing them into daycare rather than offering them the exciting kids club experience we had looked forward to. RCCL needs to take some lessons from Disney, they did it right! The Voyagers was the 9-11 year old club and what our 10 year old had in store. Again, the room was an afterthought and activities not much to mention. Our 10 year old seemed to like it better than our 6 year old but the older kids can entertain themselves much easier. Same schedule for the most part with the older kids and don't forget, drop off, pick up, drop off, pick up, etc. We picked up our kids at noon each day except for our time at St. Maarten which my husband and I decided to shop by ourselves. We paid the extra $7.95 per child to eat with the staff and they had a huge selection of pizza and cold fries. No other choices, just hold up your plate and plop on the food. Was this the school lunch line? To top this off, our older son who we had purchased the soda pass for, could not get a soda with his lunch as they told him that they didn't care if he had a pass or not, he could only have juice or water. What did we buy the pass for then? This horse is dead also. By the last few days, our kids asked to NOT go to the club and just wanted to stay in the room and watch TV. Definitely something we do NOT do on a cruise. Needless to say, we were disappointed.
I'll finish it with saying we still had fun a vacation is never a bad thing. I won't sail the freedom again , but might try a smaller ship. We have booked the east Caribbean on the disney magic Feb 1st only, 3 months out of drydock so look for our review in late feb. I forgot to say the jeep trip in St Thomas was definitely worth the money. Had a blast, rent a scooter in St Maarten. Good times there too. Hope this helps both the customer and RCCL. Beautiful ship and entertainment fix the nickel and diming and the food and you'll get back in my four category. I've only given one 5 and that was to crystal.(Not a kid cruise) Fair Winds and Following seas.
MilFamily cruiser's :-)


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DeMarcus Cousins has a sign in his locker reminding him to get fewer technical fouls this yearDan Devine at Ball Don't Lie17 hrs ago
As you might have heard, DeMarcus Cousins has a bit of a reputation for being a hothead. The Sacramento Kings center has led the NBA in technical fouls in each of the past two seasons, and has finished in the top five in that less-than-stellar stat in all four of his pro campaigns. Some of that, perhaps, can be attributed to the former Kentucky star not getting the benefit of the doubt from NBA officials; some of it, indisputably, can be attributed to groin-striking, throat-forearming and "effing female"-ing. Wherever your sympathies lie, the numbers don't — Boogie's been a double-digit tech-getter ever since he left campus, and his penchant for punishment's become one of the defining characteristics of his early career.
BDL's 2014-15 NBA Season Previews: Indiana PacersDan Devine at Ball Don't Lie20 hrs ago
Looking back on a season that began with nine straight wins, a 25-5 record by New Year's Day and a 40-12 mark in mid-February, Paul George offered a brief assessment of the 2013-14 Indiana Pacers: "We peaked too early."
With a new campaign approaching, it seems the '14-'15 edition won't peak at all.
The 10-man rotation, starring the unique resolution to the Morris twins' contract negotiation
A look around the league and the Web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out.
C: Bright Side of the Sun. From Phoenix Suns Media Day, Dave King relays the story of how the team re-upped twin brothers Markieff Morris and Marcus Morris to four-year contract extensions: "With the agreement of managing partner Robert Sarver and GM Ryan McDonough, [president of basketball operations Lon Babby] offered a total of $52 million over 4 years to the brothers as a package deal, and asked them to split it how they wanted."
James Harden: 'Obviously, there's times my defense is pretty bad ... I have to be a lot better'
When James Harden proclaimed himself the "best all-around basketball player in the NBA" this summer, the claim was met in many quarters with a hearty laugh, followed by a link to one of the supercuts of his poor defense that have gone viral over the past year. As it turns out, the reigning All-NBA First Team shooting guard heard every last chuckle, even all the way over in Spain for the 2014 FIBA World Cup, and while he understands the skepticism regarding both his commitment and capacity to play both ends of the floor, he's entering the 2014-15 season intent on making us all into believers.
Here's Harden discussing his defense during the Houston Rockets' Monday media session, thanks to ClutchFans:
High-flying new-look Timberwolves show off athleticism in 'Dunks After Dark' camp kickoff (Video)
Ricky Rubio entered the Minnesota Timberwolves' 2014-15 training camp looking to find out if the sky really is the limit with his new young running buddies, most notably first-round draft picks Andrew Wiggins and Zach LaVine.
"I like to run and I like to throw the ball up in the air," the effervescent Spanish point guard said during the Wolves' media day session on Monday, according to Jerry Zgoda of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. "They're players who can catch the ball. Hopefully, they make me look good. I haven't seen them in real life, but I've seen them in video and they can jump high. So I'm going to throw the ball over the backboard and see if they can catch it."
Here we go again: Warriors, Magic, Rockets unveil new sleeved alternate jerseys for 2014-15 season
It's been two seasons since the NBA and apparel partner Adidas introduced short-sleeved jerseys into teams' uniform rotations, and it seems like the only thing expanding as quickly as the number of squads wearing the new duds has been the complaints about them, from writers, the0, the1 and players. All the squawking — first from the2, then from the3, and the4, and the5, and the6, and, on the7 the8, LeBron James — made the NBA appear to be prizing merchandising and marketing more than the actual feelings of the players who had to wear the things. (On that score, I'm guessing LeBron's concerns carried a bit more weight with the decision-makers than Beno's did.)
LeBron James' much-talked-about hairline seems to be fluctuating a bit these days (Photos)
Here's a photo of LeBron James during the 2014 NBA Finals back in June:
Here's a photo of LeBron James during a Nike event in Beijing, China, in July:
Here's a screencap of LeBron during his interview with Rachel Nichols that aired on CNN on Friday, Sept. 26:
And here are photos of LeBron participating in the Cleveland Cavaliers' first training camp practice on Saturday, Sept. 27, as captured by the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Photo of @kingjames this past weekend practicing with @dionwaiters3. Where did LBJ's new hair go? pic.twitter.com/QBht397p7b
The photo below was taken the other day. @KingJames, we don't know what happened to your hair, just cut it off bro. pic.twitter.com/AZ9OKepgCL
Thunder center Steven Adams grew a mustache just for his media guide picture (Photo)
Here is what Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams looked like in mid-August:
Here is what the rising sophomore bruiser looks like now, as captured at Thunder Media Day on Monday afternoon:
Hmmm. Something's different. Can't quite put my finger on what, though. Maybe if I take a closer look.
Oh, right — the mustache. Pretty impressively '70sy, Mr. Adams. Very "Orange is the New Black," too, which is a bonus.
So to what do we owe the pleasure, Steven? And can we count on you hanging onto the flavor-saver throughout each of OKC's many high-definition, nationally televised tilts this season?
Adams says the mustache is just for the media guide picture: "So that when someone opens up the book, stache."
BDL's 2014-15 NBA Season Previews: Chicago Bulls
Every year, as the injuries pile up, Tom Thibodeau invokes the mantra: "We have enough to win." This time, that might actually be true.
After grinding out a first-round win before a gentleman's sweep in Round 2 without their leader, the Chicago Bulls entered the 2013-14 season hoping for a return to prominence helmed by Derrick Rose, finally healthy following his April 2012 left ACL tear. Just 10 games later, though, Rose was back on the shelf after tearing the meniscus in his right knee, and Thibodeau was back to scratching out wins one stop at a time.
The 10-man rotation, starring how Erik Spoelstra will go about plugging the biggest hole everDan Devine at Ball Don't Lie5 days ago
A look around the league and the Web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out.
C: Sports Illustrated. Lee Jenkins hits another moonshot, this time detailing Erik Spoelstra's rise from "The Dungeon" to the highest points of NBA success, the fear of failure that drives him, and the process he'll take to rebuild the Miami Heat after losing LeBron James in free agency. Phenomenal detail and openness from Spoelstra.
PF: ESPN.com. Brian Windhorst on what the return of an "all-business" version of LeBron means for his new teammates and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers organization: "He is going to live up to his end of the bargain. If anyone with the Cavs doesn't live up to theirs, and that starts with owner Dan Gilbert and goes right down to the ball boys, James is not going to let them get away with it."


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Police have made an arrest in the Coon Rapids hit-and-run crash that injured a 9-year-old after a Minneapolis auto body repair shop led officers to a man who was trying to get a truck with suspicious damage repaired quickly.
A criminal complaint accuses 32-year-old Nathan Wade Boese, of Coon Rapids, of criminal vehicular operation resulting in great bodily harm and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident.
Boese turned himself in to authorities on Tuesday evening. His bail has been set at $100,000, and he remained in custody after his first court appearance on Wednesday.
At about 7 p.m. on June 13, Coon Rapids police were called to the intersection of 111th and Kumquat Street after Amir Taylor was struck while riding his bicycle by a park. Neighbors who saw and heard the crash told police the driver fled the scene even though it was clear Taylor was severely injured.
Taylor, who is still undergoing therapy, spent three days on life support. The long-term effects of his injuries are still unknown. He is now listed in fair condition at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare.
After the crash, officials released images of a vehicle similar to the pickup truck thought to be involved. Police said the 1990s Chevy pickup with Z-71 stickers would have driver's side damage, a missing mirror on the driver's side.
Two days after the crash, Coon Rapids police were contacted by an auto body repair shop in Minneapolis following media reports of the crash. Workers told police they had gotten a call from Boese the day after the crash saying he needed work done right away and would pay in cash.
Employees told investigators that Boese arrived at 11 a.m. in a 1996 black Chevy Z-71 pickup truck with Minnesota license plate 459-DMX and told them he needed the driver's side mirror replaced and the windshield repaired. He also asked about fixing the dents in the driver's-side door.
When police came to investigate, they saw that the Z-71 stickers appeared to have been removed recently and Boese appeared to resemble the suspect description from witnesses at the scene.
Officers said Boese told them he had not been in any crash when questioned. Instead, he said the damage to his vehicle was caused by an act of vandalism in Minneapolis, which he had not reported to police. He also said the Z-71 stickers had been removed years ago by his father.
Yet, investigators say that Boese arrived his girlfriend's workplace about 30 minutes after the crash in the same truck, which appears to be damaged in video. The video also shows Boese wiping the area of the truck where Taylor would have been hit.
Police towed the truck to investigate it further, and officials said blood was found on the driver's side door during the examination.
Officers contacted Boese on Friday, but he told them he was "out of town" and they would have to find him; however, an attorney claiming to represent Boese said his client would turn himself in if a warrant was issued.
On Tuesday afternoon, Steven J. Meshbesher, of Meshbesher & Associates Attorneys at Law, issued a statement acknowledging the charges. Neither the firm, Boese or his family had a comment other than to say Boese planned to turn himself in.
If convicted, Boese could face up to seven years in prison. Boese already has a criminal history including convictions for drugs, drunken driving and burglary.
After hearing that a warrant was issued, Taylor's mother, Ravesha Harris, said, "There are still a lot of unanswered questions, but today we are one step closer to knowing what really happened."
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All this company has done so far is inflate a big bag in a sports stadium. If you look at their previous designs none of them were useful and were very underpowered in particular. I doubt this design will prove to be some game changer for the lighter than air industry.If you want to see more on modern airships, past, present and future see: www.airshipblimp.com or if you just want a helium sniffing laugh try www.airship.me the worlds only lighter than air comedy site, with lots of funny pictures and U tube links fit for all the family.
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I'm having a hard time building the inner part of my chest. Compound moves like benching don't seem to target that area. Do you have a better exercise alternative?
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You are correct in starting with multi-joint exercises, which are best for building muscle mass. When more than one muscle group is lifting the load, you can handle more weight, and in turn encourage greater muscle growth. But barbell and dumbbell presses don't do a good job of stimulating the fibers nearest your breastbone. That's because one of the functions of the pectorals is to adduct the arms—or bring them toward the midline of the body—and this function isn't required during a regular bench press.
So to really hit the inner part of the pecs, you need to perform exercises where the arms don't just extend out in front of you, but where they cross the midline of the body. I developed an exercise with this in mind: the cross-body cable press.
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37th Meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee
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Draft Resolution X.00
[Danube Delta]
Submitted by Romania
|Note from the Secretariat: The Secretariat suggests that this draft Resolution submitted by Romania, in the form approved by Standing Committee during its 37th meeting, should be incorporated into or annexed to the draft Resolution on "The status of sites in the Ramsar List" now proposed under the number DOC. SC37-14. This DR was untitled as submitted.
1. DEPLORING the lack of willingness of certain States to provide detailed information on the status of threatened Ramsar sites under their jurisdiction;
2. RECALLING the provisions of Resolution IX.15 adopted by the 9th meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands in 2005, in particular paragraph 27 iv) dedicated to the development of the deep water Bystroe navigation channel in the Danube Delta;
3. BEARING IN MIND the repeated requests made by the Standing Committee since 2006 for Ukraine to report on the progress accomplished in implementing the recommendations articulated in Resolution IX.15;
4. NOTING WITH GREAT CONCERN that Ukraine has not taken steps to improve the communication in this respect;
5. DEEPLY REGRETS that Ukraine has pursued the works aimed at finalizing the project without having previously drawn up a full environmental impact assessment in accordance with international requirements and Resolution VII.16 and, in particular, without having adopted the required mitigation and/or compensation measures;
6. EXPRESSES ITS DISAPPOINTMENT that the recommendations articulated in Resolution IX.15 have not been put into practice by Ukraine;
7. EXPRESSES ITS GREAT CONCERN for the adoption by Ukraine of the "Final decision concerning the Full-scale Implementation of the Danube-Black Sea Navigation Route Project in the Ukrainian part of the Danube Delta" without having previously properly consulted all stakeholders involved, including Romania as a party affected by the transboundary negative effects of the project;
8. URGES Ukraine not to implement the final decision and to resume the dialogue in order to ensure an adequate protection of the ecosystem of the Danube Delta, one of Europe's most important wetlands; and
9. REQUESTS Ukraine to provide full documentation on the project, including measures to reduce and eliminate the transboundary impact, as well as possible alternatives to the proposed activity, including the no-action alternative, in order that that documentation may be examined by international experts, and to report on a regular basis on the evolution of this file in order to jointly identify a positive solution.


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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun suggested posting our most memorable Halloween. That took me off into another area of memory that my dad told me of his teenage Halloween antics. They were not quite what we think of in our day and age.
Looking at this innocent face you just would not think that in 6 years from this time he would be a naughty mischevious teenager.
His most memorable Halloween was when he and about 6 other teenage boys got together and decided to trick on of their "grumpy" neighbors. Now neighbors were not next door like what you think of today. More like miles apart. Back to the story.
These boys began by thinking up mischevious things to do weeks ahead of Halloween.
They waited until dark, and how they did these things I don't know, but the first farmer was awakened then next morning to his mules on top of his shed. (They were really naughty, they didn't tell they did it or go by and offer to get the mules down). Shame.
The second farmer didn't have to wait for morning because his son went out in the night and fell in the hole where the outhouse had been. They had moved the outhouse just behind the hole. Yuck!
Apparently, these farmers had not developed a good relationship with these teenagers. My dad said no one ever owned up to the deeds and he was telling me when he was 60 years old and explaining the difference between Halloween then and now. He still thought that the face of the farmer would have been funny to see when he saw his mules on top of the barn.