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Splashing the Earth with Flowers
Since 1932 and spanning four generations, the Auwaerter family has been bringing joy through flowers to Long Island. Bayport Flower Houses has always existed at 940 Montauk Highway in Bayport and is a long-standing tradition on the South Shore. Paul and Maria Auwaerter arrived in New York in 1928 from Germany with hopes of establishing a life full of promise. In 1932, they were able to purchase the property and business that is Bayport Flower Houses, planting roots for the future.They began as wholesale carnation growers along with their three children, Norma, Gisbert and Karin, selling to the New York City market. While the carnation crops were being harvested many of the stems would break off short. The wholesale market only demanded long stems so the short stem carnations were put in a bucket and placed outside the packing shed for people passing through to the local cemeteries.
Under the direction of Gisbert, the business changed from wholesale carnations to a renowned Florist & Garden Center with a focus on customer service that never wavered. As the bedroom communities of the south shore began to grow so did business and Bayport Flower Houses expanded to growing cut flower crops such as sweet peas, roses, and field flowers, and developing a niche market in greenhouse plants and florist crops.
Today, over 80 years later – Bayport Flower Houses is still under the management of the Auwaerter family. Karl Auwaerter and his sister, Christine Auwaerter Saroka, head up a dedicated team of horticulturists and floral designers creating beauty with their flowers & plants. Bayport Flower Houses has been named one of the Top Revolutionary 100 Garden Centers in the U.S. by "Today's Garden Center" magazine for the past five years.
As in every family business no one escapes working in the shop or greenhouses. It is marvelous to have this tradition to pass on and each family member has contributed their talents whether they stayed working at the flower shop or entered other professions. The Auwaerter family includes: Gisbert's wife, Jo Ann, a well known, now retired, teacher of the Bayport Blue Point Schools, Karl's wife, Amy, responsible for modernizing and shaping the way you see and shop Bayport Flower Houses, Christine's husband, Les, Landscape Manager, who has served the country as a both a US Army Ranger and a NY National Guard Reservist, Gisbert's sons, Dr. Paul Auwaerter, PhD, Clinical Director, Division of Infectious Diseases at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md., and John Auwaerter, Historical Landscape Architect with SUNY Research & National Park Service, Gisbert's sisters, Karin, a Cranio Sacral therapist and a founder The Guild of Wholistic Practitioners in Sag Harbor, and Norma, a retired teacher of the South Country Schools, now deceased, and niece, Susan Orsinger Hart, a Sayville HS History Teacher. The fourth generation of Auwaerter children, with their busy school and sports schedules, are also helping and learning the business
As or families grow, so does our love of flowers and its reach into each family. Flowers have the ability of enhancing the lives we share and live. We are very blessed and thankful to have the beauty, quality and success in this life of flowers.
If you would like to support Splashes of Hope, you can donate online on our donation page


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Around the world, people living in poverty show strength and resilience in the face of often terrible odds. Today this is nowhere more true than in the Central African Republic, where ATD Fourth World has a team in the capital city Bangui, living alongside families in the midst of tremendous turmoil.
Since March, the Central African Republic has been torn apart by a string of violence between different religious communities that many outside observers have begun to call genocide. More than half of the population of Bangui have fled their homes, the greatest number seeking refuge at the airport, where foreign soldiers and humanitarian aid are located.
And yet what has been most striking to our team in Bangui has been the tremendous acts of solidarity and friendship that help to build peace and promise a brighter future for all.
Neighbors loan clothing to one another so that they will not be easily recognized as Muslim or Christian by the violent mobs roaming the city.
Strangers help one another cross the river to safety, putting their own lives at risk to save another.
A young girl speaks to an angry crowd and saves the life of her aunt, hiding in the room next door.
Our team is working now to run street libraries among children at the refugee camp, using the children's artwork to decorate the emergency hospital built by Doctors Without Borders, and to support as many of the families they know as they possibly can.
Shortly after the most recent string of violence began, friends of ATD Fourth World began to arrive at the team's home in Bangui. As one woman told our Volunteers there: "In all the things that are happening in our country, we are not far from ATD Fourth World. Why? Because we know that if we want to live in peace, we need to be together, […]to exchange ideas and try to find what we need to do for peace to return to our country, and to find out what, as the ATD Fourth World Movement, we can do to make this happen."
Through it all, the courageous acts of every day citizens give great hope for peace and a stable future.
To learn more about the situation in the Central African Republic, you can visit the international ATD Fourth World website.

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Studio & Agency Support Increases
with Growing Revenue!
February 27, 2014 — LONDON, UK — Custom video portal Customs4U.com has expanded its white label partnerships to now include LA Direct Models, ATMLA, Studio66TV, BabeStationTV, and OC Modeling. Performers on partner rosters are now able to provide customized videos for fans through the partner's website portal. Over 200 American porn stars are currently available on Customs4U.com thanks to increased studio and agency support due to growing revenue.
"We're thrilled with the response from fans in regards to our white label partnerships," says Customs4U.com founder and CEO Tim Stokely. "Having great rosters of A-list performers available to our customers, such as those represented by our partner studios and agencies, allow their fans to request custom videos from the best of the best in adult entertainment. We're pleased to provide a service which is very much needed in this industry, and to provide this new revenue stream for studios, agencies, and their performers."
Several members of LATATA.org (Licensed Adult Talent Agency Trade Association) have formed partnerships with Customs4U.com. Combined, they represent many of the top performers in the adult industry.
Superstars Allie Haze, Alexis Texas, Teagan Presley, and Tasha Reign are all represented by LA Direct Models and available for custom videos. LA Direct owner Derek Hay says, "I have to say I honestly had a good deal of skepticism as to how strong the demand from consumers for custom made videos from our stars would be. I am pleased to say I could not have been more wrong. Demand has been unimaginably high, and without question, Customs4U has filled a hole in the market no one heretofore necessarily realized was out there. We see a lot of repeat business once consumers realize how simple the ordering and receipt of their video from their favorite porn star is – we can only anticipate the demand will continue to grow."
Tasha Reign adds, "Customs4U is a great way to bring in extra income, while further connecting with my fans – and now it's even easier for fans to order thanks to the partnership between them and my agency, LA Direct."
Sandra with OC Modeling, which represents custom video regulars Dani Daniels, Elle Alexandra, Holly Michaels, and the Starr Sisters (Natalia and Natasha), adds, "I'm loving the partnership with Customs4U.com! Orders are coming in steadily for all the girls, and it's just going to get better. The site is easy to navigate, and the models and fans love it."
Customs4U.com is the premier made-to-order video clip site, offering a new revenue stream for performers, as well as talent agencies and studios with contract stars. The site has made a significant splash in the American market since its introduction; the site pre-launch drew significant attention from models seeking alternate and new millennium income for their performances.
To date, over 700 models have created profiles on the innovative site and have started to film personalized videos for fans. Scene themes cover a range from a wide variety of erotic fantasies including, but not limited to: ass-worship, ball busting, cuckoldry, foot fetish, small penis humiliation, smoking, up-skirt, hardcore, solo masturbation, toy play, and more. Models are able to set their own prices, limits, and types of scenes available through individualized profiles.
The Customs4U.com affiliate program recently launched for marketers wishing to partner with, and promote, the innovative portal. Keeping in line with its approach to provide models and fans the opportunity to enjoy truly personalized content, Customs4U presents a unique affiliate offering – allowing the marketer to come up with his or her own markup on all sales generated.
Affiliates are also invited to promote white-label Customs4U sites, should they choose to specifically promote contract performers from studios and rosters from talent agencies. Much like independent performers on the site, white label partners do not experience a reduction in their payouts. To sign up for the Customs4U.com affiliate program, visit http://www.customs4u.com/
Talent, agents, and studios interested in adding the Customs4U white label upgrade to their websites are invited to contact firstname.lastname@example.com more information and assistance.
For more information, visit www.Customs4U.com, Twitter.com/Customs4U, or www.Facebook.com/Customs4U.
About Customs4U.com:
Customs4U.com is an innovative adult entertainment website, specializing in the creation and purchasing of made-to-order video clips. The brainchild of Timothy Stokely (GlamWorship.com), Customs4U.com features an international roster of nearly 750 models offering a wide variety of erotic fantasies including, but not limited to: ass-worship, ball busting, cuckoldry, foot fetish, small penis humiliation, smoking, up-skirt, and more. The site's easy-to-use order page allows consumers to select a model and enter a description of the fantasy they seek. They can also pick the duration and quality of the clip and decide on a date of delivery. Customs4U.com customers enjoy unique, one-of-a-kind videos by the model of their choice, under their direction. This creation of custom videos mitigates the chance of piracy, keeps overhead costs down, and creates a direct revenue stream for the talent. For more information, visit www.Customs4U.com, Twitter.com/Customs4U, orwww.Facebook.com/Customs4U.
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Experimental Songwriting
In this class we will be experimenting with writing in the moment- which (musically) means no writing at all.
Each participant will bring his or her instrument of choice- even if it's "just" their voice, and we will play with a variety of methods- everyone "passing the feather," (and we will play with this idea as well). I (Miss Chief) will "host" (teach) the class, by gentle guiding/leading...
Any ability/experience level is fine, as long as each individual maintains respect for each other. If someone is unbearably off, and our ears hurt, we may need them to take a break for a few minutes! Hopefully, you know how to play your instrument somewhat! ;)
Ideally, we would have the equipment with which to record our "sessions/"classes, and eveyone would get a copy via CD ( - though it would probably be more efficient to compile the recordings and give everyone a copy on the last day of class).
This would provide a relaxed, encouraging environment for all walks of talent to collaborate with a variety of people they may or may not have ever met before. A class for the adventurous musician- please come with an open mind and a positive attitude- this should be fun!
Facilitator email(s):
Minneapolis, MN 44504
United States
Phone: 612-483-4656
See map: Google Maps
Facilitator's experience:
vocal training + singing for 28+ years; guitar training- self-taught + professional training, playing for 11+ years, 5+ years experience performing professionally; clarinet- professionally trained + played for 6+ yrs, w/experience in marching band and band; some college with a Certificate of Women's Studies (for what that's worth), Liberal Arts student (originally film- it was too expensive academically) with 12 credits to go... + lots of experimental collabortive experience withing the community.
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Financial News
E.ON Is Last Of 'Big Six' To Raise Energy Bills
The last of the major energy firms to confirm its winter price rises, E.ON, has said its bills will be going up from January 18.
The company is writing to customers to inform them of their plans, which will see the average dual fuel bill rise by 8.7%.
It blamed the increase on rising wholesale prices for energy and other factors such as rising network costs.
The announcement was seized upon by price comparison experts who claimed the increase would take the average UK dual fuel bill to a new record high.
E.ON said the move would mean the average electricity-only price rising by 7.7% with average gas-only prices going up by 9.4%.
But around one in six of its 4.8 million customers would endure no increase at all, the company said, because they were on either capped or fixed products.
Chief executive Tony Cocker said: "We have held back from increasing our prices for as long as we possibly could and at the same time have worked hard to reduce our own costs as a business so that our customers can get the best price possible.
"However, some 16 months after our last price increase, and almost a year since we actually cut our electricity prices, we have had to make the difficult decision to increase our prices."
He explained: "In the next few days every customer affected by this price change will receive a letter from us explaining the detail behind this announcement.
"Wherever we can, we will include the likely impact on the customer's own bill. However, as well as the individual impact, the broader question is not what we are doing but why we are doing it.
"We have worked hard to reduce our own running costs which include tasks such as reading and changing meters, answering queries and managing our customers' accounts."
Mr Cocker also moved to defend E.ON from any suggestion that it was ripping off customers through price rises.
He said: "We also believe our profit levels are fair and will continue to be so.
"Last year our domestic profit margin was less than 2% and we will make public the amount we make this year when we publish our 2012 results.
The company had pledged not to raise its prices during 2012 and was accused today by the founder of MoneySavingExpert.com, Martin Lewis, of being "disingenuous".
Price comparison website uSwitch said the move would take E.ON's average dual fuel bill from £1,260 a year to £1,370 and would make the company the most expensive supplier for standard cash and cheque customers.
The decision also meant, uSwitch said, that the average household energy bill had reached a new all-time high of £1,352 a year - a 23% increase since January 2011.
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- Man Arrested Over Police Constable's Killing
- Stigma Of Sierra Leone's 'Ebola Orphans' Remains
- Obama: Sony 'Made Mistake' In Pulling Film
- Obama: Sony 'Made Mistake' In Pulling Film
- FBI: North Korea Behind Sony Cyber-Attack
- Push To Get More Women Into The Cockpit


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From the Manufacturer:
Roland Amaranth is a gluten-free grain and a good source of both fiber and protein. Enjoy this deliciously, nutty grain in soups, salads, or use as a side dish as a replacement for rice. You can also pop the grain like popcorn or eat as a breakfast cereal! When a recipe calls for a grain, Amaranth is an excellent choice.
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Read The Label
BAZI has your health in mind at all times. We are 100% committed to giving you the most nutritious product we can. Can you say that about other companies? Some energy drinks write on their website, " [Our drinks] are synthetically produced by pharmaceutical companies. This guarantees the highest quality." Oh really? Does that make sense to you? This synthetic manufacturing process seems to be a trend in today's Food Industry.
Have you heard about the Taco Bell lawsuit? A law firm in Alabama claims that Taco Bell beef only contains 36% actually meet. I will share with you the claimed ingredient list (Note: If you have a weak stomach or are eating something delicious skip this blog post!).
- Beef: Horray! Beef. Real ingredients are swell like sunshine in winter. However, this is only 36%. The other 64% is made up of…
- Water: Well if there wasn't any water it would just be dehydrated beef.
- Isolated Oat Product: Apparently this is used a meat extender. At least oat is something I'm familiar with.
- Salt: A classic seasoning. No qualms here.
- Chili Pepper: Equally satisfying as a preservative and band.
- Onion Powder: Not much to say about Onion Powder.
- Tomato Powder: See onion powder.
- Oats: At least they're not isolated and sad.
- Soy Lecithin: This is a wetting agent.
- Sugar: Ain't no thang but a sweet beef…. thang.
- Spices: The variety of foods.
- Maltodextrin: A corn-based sweetener.
- Soybean Oil: Happy Happy Soy Soy!
- Garlic Powder: Vampires beware!
- Autolyzed Yeast Extract: From what I hear this is a cheap substitute for MSG. Great, just what I need – the Kirkland brand of MSG.
- Citric Acid: A meat tenderizer. The more you know!
- Caramel Color: Nothing says beef like the color of candy!
- Cocoa Powder: I Love Cocoa!
- Silicon Dioxide: The last time I saw silicon dioxide it was in a box of new shoes.
- Natural Flavors: You know they had to sneak in "natural" somewhere.
- Yeast: So the beef can rise in the oven!
- Modified Corn Starch: Boy this list is getting long.
- Natural Smoke Flavor: Why not just use actual smoke?
- Salt: The first dash wasn't enough?
- Sodium Phosphate: Another meat preservative.
It's unfortunate that Taco Bell doesn't have a nutritional label on their foods. However, in the energy drink department you're in luck. Check the labels and make an informed decision. In my case I'd drink something that is born in the earth and not in the lab.


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|Temporary Location for Coding Standards Review
The coding standards official location can be found in the Zend Framework Online Manual and are copied here for review and updates before being placed back into DocBook format in Subversion. The manual also contains translated versions that are not available here.
Table of Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 PHP File Formatting
- 2.1 General
- 2.2 Indentation
- 2.3 Maximum Line Length
- 2.4 Line Termination
- 3 Inline Documentation
- 3.1 Indenting
- 3.2 File Header
- 3.3 Require Once
- 3.4 Class Header
- 3.5 Function Header
- 3.6 Inline Documentation
- 4 Naming Conventions
- 4.1 Abstractions Used in API (Class Interfaces)
- 4.2 Classes
- 4.3 Interfaces
- 4.4 Filenames
- 4.5 Functions and Methods
- 4.5.1 Optional Parameters
- 4.6 Variables
- 4.7 Constants
- 4.8 Booleans and the NULL Value
- 5 Coding style
- 5.1 Global
- 6 Appendix: Automatted tests
- 6.1 File Sniffs
- 6.2 Formatting Sniffs
- 6.3 Function Sniffs
- 6.4 Naming Conventions Sniffs
- 6.5 Whitespace Sniffs
This document provides the coding standards and guidelines for developers and teams working on or with the Zend Framework. The subjects covered are:
- PHP File Formatting
- Inline Documentation
- Naming Conventions
- Coding Style
- Errors and Exceptions
- Appendix: Automatted tests
Good coding standards are important in any development project, particularly when multiple developers are working on the same project. Having coding standards helps to ensure that the code is of high quality, has fewer bugs, and is easily maintained.
Abstract goals we strive for:
- extreme simplicity
- tool friendliness, such as use of method signatures, constants, and patterns that support IDE tools and auto-completion of method, class, and constant names.
When considering the goals above, each situation requires an examination of the circumstances and balancing of various trade-offs.
PHP File Formatting
For PHP files the closing tag ("?>") is to be omitted. It is not required by PHP, and omitting it prevents trailing whitespace from being accidentally injected into the output.
Inclusion of arbitrary binary data as permitted by __HALT_COMPILER() is prohibited from any Zend framework PHP file or files derived from them. Use of this feature is only permitted for special installation scripts.
Also using the closing tag to generate HTML output within a method is omitted. Instead use heredoc syntax if needed.
Use an indent of 4 spaces with no tab characters. Editors should be configured to treat tabs as spaces in order to prevent injection of tab characters into the source code.
Multiple assignments must have the same indentation.
Maximum Line Length
The target line length is 80 characters; i.e., developers should aim keep code as close to the 80-column boundary as is practical. However, longer lines are acceptable. The maximum length of any line of PHP code is 120 characters.
Line Termination
Line termination is the standard way for Unix text files. Lines must end only with a linefeed (LF). Linefeeds are represented as ordinal 10, or hexadecimal 0x0A.
Do not use carriage returns (CR) like Macintosh computers (0x0D).
Do not use the carriage return/linefeed combination (CRLF) as Windows computers (0x0D, 0x0A).
Lines should not contain trailing spaces. In order to facilitate this convention, most editors can be configured to strip trailing spaces, such as upon a save operation.
Inline Documentation
All docblock parts which are not keywords have to be under each other with the same indenting.
Also when describing parameters the keywords, parameters, and description have to have the same indenting.
File Header
Each file which is delivered with the Zend Framework must have the following header block:
When other filestypes are used like *.SH, *.BAT, *.JS and so on, the header block must also be contained as header comment. Only when a filetype does not support comments like *.CSS the header block can be omited.
_COMPONENT_ has to be the component which this file is part of it, for example Zend_Db or Zend_Gdata. There are only two exceptions:
All demo files are located in the component Demos and all classes in the incubator have to be handled as if they are in core... so "incubator/Zend/Class" becomes the component "Zend_Class"
_SEPARATION_ has to be a logical separation within this component. Logical separations occur when there are several directories which seperate parts of the same component. The component name if contained in the separation has to be omitted. For example a file which is in Zend/Db/Adapters/* will have Adapters as separation and Zend_Db as component. Only files which are in the main directory of the framework which is "Zend" can omit the subpackage.
_ENDDATE_ has to be the actual year of the release of the framework.
Require Once
All classes/files which are required must contain a @see clause:
This clause has also to be added when a require_once is in the code and not in the file header.
Class Header
A class must have a class header looking like this:
The discription explains what this class does.
_COMPONENT_ has to be the component which this file is part of it, for example Zend_Db or Zend_Gdata.
_SEPARATION_ has to be a logical separation within this component. Logical separations occur when there are several directories which seperate parts of the same component. For example a file which is in Zend/Db/Adapters/* will have "Zend_Db_Adapters" as separation. There is only one exception: All files which are part of the demos directory have to be in the Demos subpackage. Only files which are in the main directory of the framework which is "Zend" can omit the subpackage.
_USES_ has to be the extended or implemented classname. A class which "extends Zend_MyClass" must have a clause @uses Zend_MyClass. Also a class which "implementes Zend_MyClass" must have a clause @uses Zend_MyClass.
_ENDDATE_ has to be the actual year of the release of the framework.
Function Header
Each function must have a function header.
The header has to look like this:
All parameters of the function must be available.
The following types are allowed:
- boolean
- integer
- float
- string
- array
- Zend_xxx (must be an existing class)
- false
- true
- null
If more than one type could be used then the possible types have to be seperated with "|" like show above.
If a parameter can be omitted the description must prepend a (optional) like shown above.
If the function can throw an exception the @throws clause must be declared.
Multiple exception types must be seperated with "|".
A @return clause must always be defined.
If multiple types can be returned the types must be seperated with "|".
An description can be appended, but is not necessary.
If the class itself is returned (fluid interface) then the description
must be added
If the function does not return any value then the return value must be set to null
Inline Documentation
Documentation within a method is good practice and should be done to increase readability of the code.
The only acceptable syntax is phpdoc ("/**") or pearl ("//").
The usage of the ("#") Syntax is not allowed.
Naming Conventions
Abstractions Used in API (Class Interfaces)
When creating an API for use by application developers (as opposed to Zend Framework internal developers), if application developers must identify abstractions using a compound name, separate the names using underscores, not camelCase. For example, the name used for the MySQL PDO driver is 'pdo_mysql', not 'pdoMysql'. When the developer uses a string, normalize it to lowercase. Where reasonable, add constants to support this (e.g. PDO_MYSQL).
The Zend Framework employs a class naming convention whereby the names of the classes directly map to the directories in which they are stored. The root level directory of the Zend Framework is the "Zend/" directory, under which all classes are stored hierarchically.
Class names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Numbers are permitted in class names but are discouraged. Underscores are only permitted in place of the path separator. For example, the filename "Zend/Db/Table.php" must map to the class name "Zend_Db_Table".
If a class name is comprised of more than one word, the first letter of each new word must be capitalized. Successive capitalized letters are not allowed; e.g., a class "Zend_PDF" is not allowed, while "Zend_Pdf" is acceptable.
Zend Framework classes that are authored by Zend or one of the participating partner companies and distributed with the Framework must always start with "Zend_" and must be stored under the "Zend/" directory hierarchy accordingly.
These are examples of acceptable names for classes:
Code that operates with the framework but is not part of the framework, such as code written by a framework end-user and not Zend or one of the framework's partner companies, must never start with "Zend_".
Interface classes must follow the same conventions as other classes (see above), but must end with "_Interface", such as in these examples:
For all other files, only alphanumeric characters, underscores, and the dash character ("-") are permitted. Spaces are prohibited.
Any file that contains any PHP code must end with the extension ".php". These examples show the acceptable filenames for containing the class names from the examples in the section above:
File names must follow the mapping to class names described above.
Functions and Methods
Function names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Underscores are not permitted. Numbers are permitted in function names but are discouraged.
Function names must always start with a lowercase letter. When a function name consists of more than one word, the first letter of each new word must be capitalized. This is commonly called the "camelCaps" method.
Verbosity is encouraged. Function names should be as illustrative as is practical to enhance understanding.
These are examples of acceptable names for functions:
For object-oriented programming, accessors for object members should always be prefixed with either "get" or "set". When using design patterns, such as the Singleton or Factory patterns, the name of the method should contain the pattern name where practical to make the pattern more readily recognizable.
Though function names may not contain the underscore character, class methods that are declared as protected or private must begin with a single underscore, as in the following example:
Functions in the global scope, or "floating functions," are permitted but discouraged. It is recommended that these functions be wrapped in a class and declared static.
Functions or variables declared with a "static" scope in a class generally should not be "private", but protected instead. Use "final" if the function should not be extended.
The opening brace of functions and methods has to be in the next line.
Optional Parameters
Use "null" as the default value instead of "false", for situations like this:
public function foo($required, $optional = null)
when $optional does not have or need a particular default value.
However, if an optional parameter is boolean, and its logical default value should be true, or false, then using true or false is acceptable.
Variable names may only contain alphanumeric characters. Underscores are not permitted. Numbers are permitted in variable names but are discouraged.
For class member variables that are declared with the private or protected construct, the first character of the variable name must be a single underscore. This is the only acceptable usage of an underscore in a variable name. Member variables declared as "public" may never start with an underscore. For example:
Like function names, variable names must always start with a lowercase letter and follow the "camelCaps" capitalization convention.
Verbosity is encouraged. Variable names should always be as verbose as practical. Terse variable names such as "$i" and "$n" are discouraged for anything other than the smallest loop contexts. If a loop contains more than 20 lines of code, variables for such indices or counters need to have more descriptive names.
Constants may contain both alphanumeric characters and the underscore. Numbers are permitted in constant names.
Constant names must always have all letters capitalized.
To enhance readability, words in constant names must be separated by underscore characters. For example, "EMBED_SUPPRESS_EMBED_EXCEPTION" is permitted but "EMBED_SUPPRESSEMBEDEXCEPTION" is not.
Constants must be defined as class members by using the "const" construct. Defining constants in the global scope with "define" is permitted but discouraged.
Booleans and the NULL Value
Unlike PHP's documentation, the Zend Framework uses lowercase for both boolean values and the "null" value.
Coding style
Usage of the global keyword is not allowed. Use $GLOBALS[xxx] instead.
Appendix: Automatted tests
Actually we are writing automatted tests for Zend Framework. All tests are in sum a defined coding standard for Zend Framework using PHP_CodeSniffer and will be delivered with Zend Framework in the future.
These tests are called "Sniffs" and include the following:
File Sniffs
- ClosingTagSniff: Checks that the file does not include a closing tag wether at file end nor inline for output purposes
- LineLengthSniff: Checks all lines in the file, and throws warnings if they are over 80 characters in length and errors if they are over 120
- LineEndingsSniff: Checks for Unix (\n) linetermination, disallowing Windows (\r\n) or Max (\r)
Formatting Sniffs
- MultipleStatementAlignSniff: Checks alignment of assignments. If there are multiple adjacent assignments, it will check that the equals signs of each assignment are aligned. It will display a warning to advise that the signs should be aligned
Function Sniffs
- OpeningFunctionBraceSniff: Checks that the opening brace of a function is on the line after the function declaration
Naming Conventions Sniffs
- UpperCaseConstantNameSniff: Ensures that constant names are all uppercase
- LowerCaseConstantSniff: Checks that all uses of 'true', 'false' and 'null' are lowercase
Whitespace Sniffs
- DisallowTabSniff: Checks if tabs are used and errors if any are found
Feel free to mention tests that should be added...


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As we spin our wonderful yarns and from there create fantastic knitted or woven projects, we start to have little piles of leftovers. Leftover yarn, fiber and roving that is all far too nice to throw away. There is just not enough of it to make something! Or is there?
Hooked rugs are made by drawing yarn through a base cloth of burlap or monks cloth. Often the patterns for the small penny rugs require only a few yards of a particular color of yarn, which is an ideal way to use up leftover yarn. Another technique in rug hooking is to create animals or other textural delights by using locks of fiber that are attached to the cloth then cut with clippers to add a life-like element to the rug.
Thrummed mittens are always a hit. Thrumming is the process of adding locks of fiber to knitted items by drawing a lock of fiber with a crochet hook from the right side of the work to the inside creating an insulated lining. The color will show a bit on the outside of the finished item, so be sure to choose locks that match the knitting yarn.
Needle felting can be a great way to use up both extra yarn and fiber. I have found it works very well to use balls of yarn as the base for needle felting. The yarn can also be wrapped around thick wire to create a pose-able animal or figure. The color of the base will not affect the finished item as long as enough fiber is felted over it.
If you are only using up fiber, a ball can be felted in layers of different colored fiber. This usually works best by wet felting, with lots of soap. As the layers are constructed, try to use high color contrast. Be sure to make it as dense as possible. Build the layers up until the ball is at least the size of a tennis ball. Once it is completely dry, cut it in half with a very sharp knife and you have two pincushions that look a bit like geodes!
Roving that is leftover can be knitted into squares that can be wet felted to create coasters or if it is a large enough square, it can be used as a trivet or placemat. Another option with roving is to weave it on a roving loom made from dowels and a 2x4.
My daughter has a doll house, so it inevitably had to have a spinning wheel. Well, if the occupants are fiber artists, then they must knit. So, my next endeavor will be to break out the sock needles and try to create some sweaters for the doll residents of our house. They may not be finished until the dollhouse has been passed on to some as yet unknown granddaughter, but at least it is on the list!
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Why Extra-Skinny (or Fat) Actresses Win Oscars
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From Hathaway to Britney, Cleopatra, and Christian saints.
Her "shocked face" impression is getting better.
Hugh Jackman can do no wrong.
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"It has hit. It has landed. A bomb has gone off."
Amanda Seyfried wore an intense braid-bun.
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After an extensive cooperative engagement, Jeppesen has successfully passed an EASA Operations Evaluation Board (OEB) review, clearing a major hurdle toward European airline use of Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro and Jeppesen Mobile TC Pro applications for iPad/iOS. This evaluation report is the first that EASA has ever granted for mobile electronic flight bag (EFB) with navigation charting.
The report states, "The EASA-OEB sees no technical objections to the grant by National Authorities of an operational approval for the use of TC Pro iOS and FD Pro iOS software applications taking the recommendations in this report into account." This endorsement clears a path for EASA-based certificated operators to gain Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approvals for the operational use of Jeppesen's iPad applications, and thus further accelerating the tablet EFB revolution.
Because the iPad applications can be used in all phases of flight, integration of tablet EFB allows wide-scale reduction of paper flight materials resulting in substantial fuel savings while providing crew-based mobile platforms as key building blocks towards the ultimate goal of the connected digital airline.
The EASA evaluation report was based on EFB standards JAA TGL 36 and draft AMC 20-25, "Airworthiness and operational consideration for the approval of Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs)." Local CAAs who have working agreements with EASA for EFB can refer directly to the published report in support of operators seeking operational approval of Jeppesen iPad EFB solutions.
"We are grateful for the opportunity to engage with EASA on this project. Their team was professional and knowledgeable," said Thomas Wede, Jeppesen senior vice president and general manager, Aviation. "The spirit of cooperation throughout led to an outstanding outcome, with quality and safety always being the top priority. EASA provided thoughtful feedback, leading to product improvements, and re-emphasized the importance of EFB administration and content delivery tools and processes."
The EASA report is the latest in a series of regulatory milestones for Jeppesen EFB on iPad. On February 1, 2011, Executive Jet Management (EJM) received the first FAA authorization after an extensive joint program with Jeppesen and the FAA. On May 13, 2011, the FAA issued InFO bulletin #11011, codifying the use of iPad and similar tablets for EFB, referencing the work done by Jeppesen and EJM. And recently, on September 18, 2012, the FAA Seattle Airplane Evaluation Group (AEG) issued a Letter of Operational Suitability for Jeppesen's consumer and professional iPad applications.
To date, Jeppesen business and commercial aviation charting customers in the U.S. have amassed approximately 1,000 formal FAA authorizations, most of which cover multiple airplanes or fleets. A significant majority of the authorizations have been granted in less than two years, since iPad was introduced. This number does not include general aviation pilots, who are not required to file formal authorizations.
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A housekeeper made a horrific discovery recently in the Los Angeles hotel room she was cleaning: Body parts in a left-behind backpack, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Police said that body found on Nov. 29 was "cut up into five different parts - basically his limbs were removed."
Police believe that the victim, 49-year-old man Herbert White, was tortured and killed in a botched robbery by suspects Edward Garcia, 36, and his 25-year-old wife, Melissa Hope Garcia, the paper says.
On Monday, the Los Angeles district attorney issued a warrant for a Pennsylvania couple's arrest, charging them with capital murder involving torture, the paper says.
The body was found in a hotel near downtown Los Angeles' skid row, the Continental Hotel. Hotel representatives declined to give the paper a comment.
Additional body parts were found wrapped in blankets underneath the bed, and a knife was found in the hotel room, the paper says. The crime-scene investigation revealed signs that the suspects tried to clean up the scene and remove the body.
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LegUp™ is happy to announce that it has been adapted to the Honda VTX 1800 touring bikes! Now you VTX 1800 owners that could use a LegUp™ can get one.
It took quite a bit of engineering, but as you can see from the pictures the system looks and works great!! The challenge on this bike was...Where do put the Actuator? We wound up using the rear footpeg mount, and a long brace down to the lower plate for strength. This bike is low, but we had just enough ground clearance to make the system work. This system has been fitted on VTX1800 Models from 2002-2010. It may fit later models, but it has not been tried on them yet!
This bike is a classic cruiser and is lower and lighter than some of the bikes we have made LegUp™ LandinGear for in the past. That being said, it is as stable as any models we manufacture and VTX riders need help just like riders of bigger bikes do!
The system costs $3,495 (or consider our LITE system for $500 less!), and is available immediately! If you are having trouble handling the weight of these bikes as they stop, this system is going to make your riding so much more comfortable.
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Although I'd like to think that I'm generally very aware of my surroundings, I have to admit that it took years before I noticed the pattern. There, on the route I take everyday to work on my bike I see them. Some are old, and some are young. Some are sad looking and disheveled, while other are neatly dressed. Some arrive by car, luxury cars, but the overwhelming majority get there by walking. They walk a long stretch, about three miles on this single road, as well as many miles before that. It all happens early in the morning, usually before sunrise, and the number of people walking is amazing. Not only due to the large number, but also because in American cities like this one, so few people walk long distances, especially in roads like this one.
It never dawned on me that the nondescript building they were all walking to was a methadone clinic. I actually had to look up the name of the business (a name as innocuous and nondescript as the building it's housed in), to see if my assertion was correct. It was. The massive amounts of people heading into this small building on a busy city street were going there out of need and desperation, a fact that was further underlined by the horrible conditions in which most of them had to walk to get there, particularly during the winter. Like so many other roads this size in the United States (four lanes total) the street has no sidewalk. There's the busy road, no berm/shoulder, a thin guardrail (sometimes), and then there's the overgrown grass and trees that have never been suitable for walking, but through which all these people travel on a daily basis. In the spring and summer, people walk through the densely wooded area as they would if they were in the jungle, moving their arms furiously to get branches out of the way as they walk. They walk over boulders, and climb over fallen trees. In the winter, the makeshift path is never plowed, not even when nearly three feet of snow fall in one weekend, and snow plows then deposited another two feet on top of that as they clean the busy road. Some people try to walk over the snow, sinking with every step, while others have no choice but to walk on the road, heading opposite to car traffic that routinely goes 50 miles per hour. When they do this, often with their infant children in tow, cars pass by showering them with ice and salt spray.
My dignity
While on my bike, riding on this road, I too feel unsafe. I too get showered with ice and salt spray from the cars. I too feel that I'm robbed of my dignity and my safety due to poor urban planning (I'm a delicate cry baby, I know). I too feel that my needs should have been addressed, and that the city was designed, built and kept up for the needs of drivers alone. But unlike the patients that are walking miles through these conditions, I have some options. They don't. My job affords me the ability to take public transportation for free (an amazing benefit). I could also car pool with co-workers, hell I could drive myself if I needed to. I don't, but I could. It would be costly, and bothersome...but the options exist. I know some cyclists don't have these options...but many, particularly those who are taking up commuting by bike in order to get to white collar jobs, do. Even if they don't own cars, many could. Maybe they would be horribly old cars...but cars nontheless. Cyclists as a group are not homogeneous, since we too range in age, social strata and the like...but in general, it's safe to say that (at least where I live) many cyclists have options. In the other hand, (and at the risk of making a generalization about the people who I see walking to the methadone clinic) I don't think they have these options. Like any other group, these patients are varied in race, income, age and the like. I know that. But the ones that walk, the overwhelming number of those that go to this clinic, are seemingly unable to even take the bus, a car or a bike there. They have to walk, and the way that the city is planned robs them of their dignity as they do so. Regardless of what you think about drug addiction or its treatment (my views on the subject are rather stern, but that's not the subject at hand), I think we can all safely agree that these are people who are going through tough times, and possibly damn near hitting rock bottom in some cases (for whatever reason, and however they ended up there). The manner in which they travel to this location makes me feel (go ahead and laugh) that the city has failed them, and in doing so has robbed them of their dignity. This is not to say that society, governments and cities should treat their citizens like children, spoonfeeding them along the way...but I feel that sidewalks are not too much to ask for. Walking through a damn jungle, or feet of snow without a sidewalk surely makes what is already a shameful death march worse. In the context of that busy road, they look wildly out of place. So while cyclists have needs, and I look forward to the day when at least part of my commute can be made within the confines of some kind of safe bike lane, path or something like it...I always think about those people walking to the methadone clinic. They are reluctant pedestrians. They don't want to be walking, but they have to walk. They could be walking anywhere, since the issue here is not drug addiction, or whatever treatment is being give to them. These people are just individuals who walk because they have to. They don't think about a "pedestrian scene", they don't write on websites about which city is most pedestrian friendly. If they had a car, they would drive it, and would hope to quickly forget the days when they had to walk such distances in the snow. Still, this doesn't make their needs any less real. That's why, when I see these people walking, I realize just how far most American cities have to go in terms of meeting the needs of their populations.
While most city centers in this country have sidewalks, few suburbs (even old ones), or larger roads leading there do. Some will simply argue that this is further proof that urban sprawl is the worst thing on earth, and that humanity will cease to exist as a result of suburbs even existing. Before you go down that path, I kindly ask you to consider that regardless of what you think of it, sprawl exists. People live there. Some are rich, but many are poor. Some of these "sprawling" neighborhoods are actually pretty old, but still lack the necessary infrastructure to serve those who live there. The views that many have of suburbs are actually outdated based on current statistics (a good video about this, which a commenter suggested, can be seen here). Also remember that the "city neighborhoods" that so many now treasure were once urban sprawl too. Cities grow, and you can't curtail the needs or wants (perceived or real) of a population. But you can, or at least should, seek to provide minimal infrastructure for them to live.
My city talks? If so, what is it telling me?
I know you can all safely accuse me of sounding like a stereotypical lefty, commie liberal for saying this...but what message does a city send it's poorest citizens when their needs for mobility, and thus their need to get to medical treatment (I use the term "medical treatment" in general, and not in reference to methadone...which I know very little about), aren't even met? Are cyclists jumping ahead of the line in requesting sheltered bike lanes, when most American cities don't even have sidewalks on most roads? I fully understand that a bike lane's cost is seldom more than some paint...but I wonder who will speak out and be the advocate for those who need to walk through our cities.
As you know, in this blog things always end up having to do with Bogota and Colombia...so here it goes.
As Enrique Peñalosa (mayor of Bogota from 1998 to 2001) said, a city should never rob a citizen's sense of dignity (that word again) due to its poor layout and planning. To the contrary, a city should provide the necessary infrastructure to allow its citizens to move and live, all without being robbed of their sense of self-worth. This means, as Peñalosa himself pointed out, that the person with the $40 bicycle, is worth just as much as the person with the $40,000 car, and that they both should have the same right to mobility. And within the context of the United States, we'd also have to add to that equation the fact that some don't even have a $40 bicycle...and their needs should be met too, since sidewalks here have never been a priority (unlike in Bogota). Put simply, every road should have a sidewalk, and most (if not all) should also have bike lanes. Sounds crazy, and perhaps foolish, but it's also plainly democratic. City planning can't, even if only passively, communicate that those who earn more are worth more than others, not when it comes to something as simple as moving throughout a city. Perhaps some of you will think that this is the foolish commie in me speaking...the unrealistic idiot who thinks everyone should have their way, and that Father Government should provide. Be that as it may, I would excuse myself by pointing out that I'm merely a product of my upbringing (always a safe way of explaining your beliefs), and Colombians tend to lean this way. I would also say that allowing those from different income brackets, or those who make different choices about mobility (within reason) , should be accommodated. I say within reason, because I don't think kite surfing to work is an immediate need in most cities.
Back to pedestrians
Surely some will argue that these pedestrians could be converted to cyclists, if they could only learn the joys of the bike...so in addressing cycling needs we would address theirs. But we would be venturing into a kind of proselytizing scenario that I'm not really comfortable with. Believe me when I tell you that as a person who rides a bike, I want my needs to be met, and I thank the people locally who are helping make those things come true. I can't help but feel, however, that maybe we're jumping ahead of the line when I see people walking miles through the woods along what is at best a highway. Sure, in the ideal world, all needs would be met, and there would be no line to speak of. But that's not the case, so I wonder who is looking out for the needs of those who are willing or unwilling pedestrians.
Cities like Bogota have successfully addressed the needs of both cyclists and pedestrians, but I have to admit that I doubt such an undertaking could take place in most American cities. Bogota has a car free day once a year, it restricts which cars can be driven in peak hours (based on your license plate number), and the city decided to go car free during all peak hours by 2015. To me, this is not a matter of cars versus everyone/thing else. I merely bring these things up because I wonder if any such wildly progressive initiatives could take hold in American cities. I hope they can...but in the meantime, I think most people here would settle for having some sidewalks first.
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And now, to keep with the consistently inconsistent tone of this blog, I present you these two items.
Here's a video in which Jens Voigt, Stuart O'Grady and Andy Schleck discuss (among other things) the differences between techno and trance music.
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Lastly, fans of metal music will appreciate this small detail from the Vuelta A España coverage in the newspaper El Pais, which reader Dave pointed out. It references the fact that Iñigo Cuesta is a big fan of the band Sepultura, and that he would make everyone in the bus listen to them, torturing his team director. Those of you who speak Spanish will surely delight in the fact that the band is described as "punkis".
Apparently Cuesta must be a huge fan of the band, because his taste for their music is referenced in yet another piece, this one in the Diario Vasco.


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PLEHANOV TRIAL: Two girls say they sat in teacher's lap
Two girls testified at Aleksandr Plehanov's trial Wednesday that the former substitute teacher had them sit on his lap.
The first one, an eight-year-old Grade 2 student at Bramblewood elementary at the time of the alleged incident in October 2009, described "Mr. P" as a "fun teacher because he didn't make us do much work."
In her videotaped statement to police, which was played in court, the girl said Plehanov picked her up by the waist and put her on his lap. She also said she saw him do the same to two other girls.
Under cross-examination by defence lawyer Lisa Jean Helps the girl admitted it was difficult to remember the events of that day more than two years ago.
The other girl, a Grade 3 student at Eagle Ridge elementary at the time of the alleged incident in January 2008, also said in her videotaped statement to police that the class spent the day playing games.
She told the officer that Plehanov asked her to sit in his lap by patting the top of his legs and then "gently touched" her, indicating he'd wrapped his arms around her waist and touched her chest and lower pelvic area.
She didn't tell anyone at the time, she said in the statement, because she "didn't know what it meant or that it was bad."
Her mother also testified Wednesday, saying she didn't know anything had happened with her daughter until she got a call from the school's principal in the spring of 2010.
The woman told her daughter about the allegations against Plehanov and described him as a "bad teacher, a bad man." The girl responded by saying, "That's why he touched me like that."
Plehanov is facing five charges of sexual interference and five charges of sexual assault involving girls who were aged seven and eight at the time of the alleged incidents, which date back to January 2008. He is also facing a charge of criminal harassment.
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Living with diabetes means living in a world of limitations—some imposed by society and some by the disease itself. Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 5, I've spent the last 35 years trying to break free of those limitations.
Today, medicine and technology make good control more achievable than ever before, so some of the barriers are falling. But one barrier that seemed destined to never come down was the one erected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): a blanket ban on people with diabetes becoming pilots.
My childhood dream was to pilot a small plane. But, with every glance skyward, I had to resign myself to knowing the closest I'd get was being a passenger.
Lobbying Pays Off
Then, on December 3, 1996, after several years of intense lobbying by the American Diabetes Association, the FAA made policy changes to allow people with insulin-dependent diabetes to apply for a pilot's license. Although this was a victory for people with diabetes, the policy change didn't take place without controversy.
Several organizations lobbied against the proposed rule changes, including the American Association of Endocrinologists (AACE), some Aviation Medical Examiners and other physicians. To avoid the dangers of hypoglycemia, the FAA guidelines required for maintaining an Airman's Medical Certificate specify blood-glucose levels somewhat higher than the range considered optimal by the AACE. The AACE argues for tighter control, fearing that adherence to the FAA guidelines could lead to higher A1Cs and might leave a person with diabetes more vulnerable to long-term complications.
Earning My Wings
The process of earning my wings began not with flight lessons or even with ground school, but rather with the lengthy—and expensive—process of obtaining an Airman's Medical Certificate to fly. Obtaining this certificate requires seeing three or four different physicians, filling out mountains of paperwork, providing complete medical records, and taking tests and more tests.
My first step was to contact Dr. Esmond Braun, an Aviation Medical Examiner in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Braun explained that applicants cannot have had recurrent (two or more) episodes of hypoglycemia in the past five years or any in the past year that resulted in "loss of consciousness, seizure, impaired cognitive function, or required intervention by another party, or that occurred without warning."
To qualify for flight, I must be compulsive about monitoring my blood glucose and keeping records. Before each flight, my blood glucose can be no lower than 100 mg/dl and no higher than 300 mg/dl. At every hour in flight, I must check my blood glucose. (It's not as awkward as it sounds.) If my test result is less than 100 mg/dl, I am required to have a 20-gram glucose snack. If my test result is over 300, I must land at the nearest airport.
Willingness to follow this regimen is an important factor in the effort to become a pilot. As Dr. Braun testified, "Pilots are motivated. They really want to fly. To fly a plane, you've got to be in control. The same as with diabetes."
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I began to wonder whether I had the undaunted commitment to work through the bureaucratic and medical maze. But the blue sky still beckoned.
In my first flight as a student, we walked around the plane for a pre-flight check. Then I did my own pre-flight check. My blood glucose tested at an ideal pre-flight reading of 127 mg/dl. I carried my standard "kit" of two vials of glucose tabs, a can of Coke and my meter.
With a mixture of sweaty-palm fear and nervous excitement, we crawled into the cramped cockpit of the Cessna 152. The heat waves curled up from the tarmac and rose into the clear blue sky.
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Kelly comes from a firefighter family. not only is hisbrother one, but their dad was, too, as was their grandfather. "We understand the risks involved, the potential to get hurt or killed on this job," Kelly says. "But that's traded off with the pride in what we're doing, and the noble calling that it is…. And, God forbid, if you do get killed"—anger flashing in his voice here—"your sacrifice is respected by the citizens of this city."
The rancor of the brawl Kelly's now leading might itself stem from a different sense of obligation. "Firefighters, for the most part, expect a contract fight," a second City Hall source says, noting that "ugly, nasty, terrible, bloody, spitting" disputes are a union hallmark. That last adjective references an episode in 2001, when one of the firefighters protesting at Mayor Menino's State of the City address spat on his wife, Angela, as she and the mayor walked past the picket line and into Hancock Hall. Union members have also been known to stalk Menino as he goes from Christmas tree lighting to Christmas tree lighting, heckling him. At parades, while Menino marched, Local 718 members passed out pro-union stickers. Despite all this, the union has, more often than not, had its demands met come contract time. "There's never been a rallying cry at City Hall to take on the fire department," says Michael McCormack, a Boston lawyer and former city councilor. "There's always been a respect for what they do, and a sense that you should give them a little more because of it."
The scandals of the past 11 months have, of course, changed all that. After the autopsy results for Paul Cahill and Warren Payne, the firefighters killed in the Tai Ho blaze, were leaked, Menino moved to make drug and alcohol testing his top priority in contract talks. The union, in turn, promptly pulled out of a committee the mayor convened examining fire department reforms in December. The committee's lone black firefighter refused to join the walkout, and the union threatened to expel him, which elicited charges of racism. In January—the same month the Globe first reported allegations that firefighters were gouging the city for fraudulent disability pensions—news surfaced that some firefighters had cheated on civil service exams. It went on. In March: A firefighter was charged with smoking marijuana in a department vehicle. In April: a second collared for allegedly buying OxyContin from a Southie drug dealer. In May: a third busted in a Blue Hill Avenue sex sting after allegedly offering an undercover police officer $29 for oral sex. Responding to this last bit of news, Kelly told the Globe, "I think that the pressures of working without a contract are beginning to manifest in the darnedest ways."
But that assumes the job itself is taxing. Sam Tyler, president of the watchdog agency Boston Municipal Research Bureau, notes that many firefighters double up shifts: They'll work two days and nights straight, then be off for the rest of the week. (Which further assumes these guys are working when they're supposed to: More than one in five, to cite a recent example, called in sick on Memorial Day.) Firefighters prefer working two on and five off, Tyler says, because "most of them have other jobs." While Kelly says jakes do this for the extra money, their contracts are not leaving them in poverty. In 2006, firefighters' base pay averaged $71,247, easily besting police officers' average base salary of $67,666—even after factoring in Quinn Bill benefits, which give pay bumps to cops who complete college degrees. Add in overtime, and firefighters' total compensation averaged between roughly $85,000 and $120,000, figures that put Boston at the top of the top tier nationwide. No government agency assembles national statistics on firefighter pay, so a definitive ranking isn't available. But Charlotte, a bigger union city with a smaller fire force, averages just under $50,000, with overtime. And most salaries in Baltimore, a union city with a slightly larger force, max out at around $60,000. To be paid $80,000 is "definitely high for us," a Baltimore Fire Department spokesman says.
Last year the Boston Police Department faced an unfavorable negotiating environment similar to the fire department's, with cops under investigation for drug trafficking and steroid abuse, and for partying with known prostitutes. The police union knew it couldn't stage a vicious public fight, as it had in years past. So it traded enhanced drug testing, management reforms, and a modest 14 percent raise over four years for a loosening of the residency requirement that compels city employees to live in town, a policy the cops have long hated.
"The police didn't push it," Tyler says. "It was to their PR benefit not to be contentious." By contrast, he says, "the firefighters are still
working off the old game plan," i.e., the one that called for upstaging the mayor's State of the City address in January. The following month they called a press conference to announce that the mayor didn't seem to care if a liquefied natural gas tanker incinerated half of Boston while an underequipped fire department watched helplessly. They kept up the blitz in April, marching on the State House, demanding respect.
As he sits in the cramped Florian Hall conference room, Kelly says with a straight face that the union's recent scandals have been twisted to serve a single purpose: "to bully us into an inferior contract," so the city can save money. "The only time you read about alleged abuse and gaming of the system," he says, "is when they're trying to attack us, to put pressure on us at the bargaining table." He says it happened in the 2001 contract negotiations, when the administration hit the union with a series of newspaper scoops about injured-leave abuse. Menino and staff did it again in 2004 by "leaking stories," Kelly says, about sick leave. This time around, it's the disability and pension fraud exclusives.
He contends the union's reported opposition to drug and alcohol testing is a fabrication, too. "We're not defending drug use," Kelly says. "Think about the job we do. The guy on that hose had better have his shit together." He goes on to complain, "Random drug testing became the absolute media-circus feeding frenzy. The mayor beat the crap out of us every chance. I've said no less than a hundred times, 'We're willing to negotiate random drug testing.' They take that and spin it and say, 'They want to get paid to do a drug test.'" Kelly recalls a recent conversation with Globe editorial board member Larry Harmon. "I go, 'When is this shit gonna end?' He says, 'Ed, until you make a deal, the bad stories are gonna keep coming.'" (Harmon doesn't remember the exchange, though he doesn't deny it happened.)
Kelly also says the department's board of inquiry report into the Tai Ho fire was rushed so it would be released before District Attorney Dan Conley finished his criminal investigation; because Conley's inquiry was ongoing, the board itself didn't have access to the firefighters' autopsies. Fire Commissioner Fraser—a Menino appointee—then raised hell when the board's report failed to address the dead firemen's alleged intoxication. "That was another fucking media frenzy which was complete bullshit," Kelly says. "The commissioner basically put the families through hell. I'm sure the commissioner was acting on orders from the mayor." The District Attorney's Office says the autopsy reports were available to the board, but that it never received a request for them.


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A. New York actor Jerry Rockwood visited Whitman to perform a special one man show: "Edgar Allen Poe-A Condition of Shadows."
B. Olin Gallery displayed an extensive collection of Early American Art.
C. Over 366 High school Debaters representing over 35 schools visited Whitman for its annual tournament, which was directed by John Stanton.
D. The Standard grade point system, which awards different grade points for + or -, was implemented.
E. Jimmy Carter won the Presidency.
F. Whitman won the Northwest Conference soccer championships.
G. Poet Diane Wakoski, visited to perform pieces from her collection of poems Diamond Dust.
H. Whitman began Administering GREs.
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World News
A. The Viking 2 spacecraft lands on Mars
B. Mao Zedong dies.
C. Jimmy Carter becomes the first president from the deep south since the civil war
D. "Hotel California" by the Eagles is released.
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Lewis and Clark College Tournament, October 809, 1976
Quarterfinalist, Jr. Debate – Karen Wishart and Kent Phillips
Quarterfinalist, Jr. Debate – Michael Snell and Joel Carlson
Finalist, Oratory and Extemp – Kent Phillips
Pacific University Tournament, October 22-23, 1976
Quarterfinalist, Jr. Debate – Mark Craze and Allen Douglas
Finalist, Jr. Expos – Bill Anderson
Gonzaga University Tournament, October 29-31, 1976
2nd Jr. Debate – Karen Wishart and Kent Phillips
Finalist, Interpretation – Janet Scott
Finalist , Persuasive – Karen Wishart
Tacoma Community College Tournament, November 19-20, 1976
1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Place tie, Jr. Debate – Duane Warehime and Keith Walker
1st Place tie, Jr. Debate – Michael Snell and Brad Canady
1st Jr. Interpretation – David Hartsfield
1st Novice Expos – Chris Earle
2nd Jr. Impromptu – Mike Bugni
3rd Jr. Impromptu – Chuck Harwood
3rd Oratory – Mike Bugni
Finalist Jr. Interp – Duane Warehime
Boise State University Tournament, February 11-13, 1977
Quarterfinalist Jr. Debate – Michael Snell and Bill Anderson
Lower Columbia College Tournament, February 18-19, 1977
1st Place Sweepstakes
1st Jr. Debate – Karen Wishart and Kent Phillips
1st Jr. Oratory – Kent Phillips
1st Jr. Interpretation – Cathy Tanasse
3rd Jr. Debate – Michael Snell and Bill Anderson
3rd Dual Interpretation – Cathy Tanasse and David Hartsfield
Finalist Novice Interp – Duane Warehime
Linfield College Tournament, March 4-5, 1977
2nd Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Maura Walsh
3rd After Dinner Speaking – Maura Walsh
Finalist Extemp Speaking – Vicky Bergvall
Willamette University Tournament, March 11-12, 1977
1st Oratory – Mike Bugni
1st Radio – Mike Bugni
3rd Debate – Craig Ellison and Gordon Hsieh
Finalist Expos – Indrani Sigamany
Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament, Seattle, March 18-22, 1977
Superior – Sweepstakes (515 contestants from 105 colleges and universities)
Superior, Debate – Kent Phillips and Karen Wishart (had highest speaker points of all debate teams.)
Superior, Extemp – Kent Phillips (best score)
Excellent, Debate – Mike Snell and Bill Anderson
Excellent, Discussion – Duane Warehime
Good, Lincoln-Douglas Debate – Maura Walsh
Good, Discussion – Kathy Holden
Good, Oratory and Interp – David Harsfield
University of Nevada Tournament, March 31-April 2, 1977
Finalist, Extemp – Kent Phillips
Semi-Finalist, Oratory – Kent Phillips