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Isn't it interesting that all the politicians want to sort out other peoples economies and companies and not concentrate on fixing the issues of the USA. There is a deficit! Repeat there is a deficit !
Concentrate on fixing it!
Stop grandstanding and trying to get noticed for votes and do the job you were elected to do!
Help the USA people and economy!
Why do we as Americans always want to tell others what to do? Every time I see something like this it is appalling that we still think we can tell people all over the world what to do. Must be relection time!
Right now anti-China is popular.
I thiink China is popular.
LOL. Glad to know that today US politicians are living in their fantasy world.
The best thing anyone can do ESPECIALLY politicians is to not stick there nose into the business of others. Especially when we have so many internal problems in the US with budget and managing the welfare of our own society. This clown is simply trying to gain popularity as a champion of peoples rights in an environment, internet social networking, that has sourced fewer rights violations than the floor of the US Senate.
Hong Kong, Singapore and London would love to have these companies delist from the US and list on their stock exchanges instead.
This Sen. Durbin takes (steals) our tax dollars and gives them to illegal immigrants. He is an avid supporter of the "Dream Act' for illegal immigrants. He gives a dang about US citizens except his cronies in Wall Street.
Dick Durbin and all his corporate crony politicians in the US are the exact reason why I sold my US stocks and bought Baidu and Sina. I actually trust the leaders of China more than I trust the leaders of the US.
If you want to talk about human rights, then I would suggest you first read President Eisenhower's 1961 speech warning against our country becoming a Military-Industrial Complex. Shame on you Dick Durbin for being such a hypocrite when your own country supplies the weapons for all the wars of the world.
Baidu is not getting the business here in the US and it should be the job of the 2 American Board of directors to get business for them. If these board of directors are not doing their jobs, they should be kicked out, get delisted from the US stock exchange, and get like what AO says, get listed in other stock exchanges.
I understand that the CIA, FBI, Homeland Security have access to all personal data as and when they like. What is the senator talking about protecting privacy and security?
now durbin wants to enact laws for china? i cant wait for china and baidu to tell durbin to go @#$% himself. maybe durbin should go live in china if he is so worried about it.
Renren is so happy that US congress has gone out of its way to prevent facebook from entering China. No wonder it's share price soared 37% on its debut.
Oops, Renren's shares rose nearly 50%, looks like I underestimated Mr. Durbin's power.
Dear Senator Durbin:
If you will put in writing that agencies of the U.S. Government (e.g., NSA, CIA, FBI, Homeland Security, etc.) do not have access to private information that U.S. Citizens did not opt to give permission to have I will shut down my operation. Until then you are a hypocrit.
Robin Li
p.s. - Very kind of you to dictate conditions for a Chinese business whose customers are all in China when things are going so rosy for the American economy. As your boss I demand you focus and work on issues to shore up the American economy and secure my countries trillions of dollars in American ownership.
This is an interesting case of American imperialism.
The senator believes he can tell a foreign company that they need to follow U.S. rules because they have a few American directors, and they are listed in the U.S.?
That will pretty quickly mean that no U.S. citizens will be directors of Chinese companies and they will stop listing in the U.S. Good news for Hong Kong. They would love to have Baidu's listing.
LOL It is not enough that the US politicians are interfering with businesses at home, now they wanted a say in other country businesses. No wonder USA is failing.
It is quite a stretch, for both reasons people are mentioning: US Gov is moving in that direction (although the magnitude is at least 1000-fold different), and claiming jurisdiction over a foreign company. But the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act does cover all firms that are listed on American stock exchanges, so apparently it could be turned into a law. Not to worry, it won't go anywhere.
Everything in this world is America's business. Doesn't everyone get it? Why does US maintain a thousand military bases overseas? 12 aircraft carriers roaming the world's oceans and seas? Forming military and strategic alliances like NATO, with Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, now trying to court India, Vietnam, philippines and other ASEAN countries? The US is running amok with military actions everywhere. I see a rise of an empirialist and violent US.
sentor durbin is a bone head worry about the usa
he is looking for inside info
Collusion between Democrats and real estate developers and lawyers never get called out - but Baidu and Facebook wanting to do business together, a good thing for BOTH countries, this stupid Democrat wants to turn into some kind of trade war? Meanwhile, the US is moving towards a Chinese-Commie style state ownership over businesses vis a vis Obamacare, Cap-n-Trade, etc. - and STILL failing at everything. Last I checked, US hegemony is OVER. Deal with it Obama! You can't tell China or any other country what to do.
Sounds fair to me. If a Chinese company like Baidu wants a listing in the U.S that is fine but it must abide by
U.S. standards
If you want a listing in the U.S. or be a member of the United Nations , you must accept the membership rules that dictate respect for individual human rights which include freedom of speech and religion.
Nothing wrong with that. If China wants to do otherwise, it should be prepared to form its own organizations and state what their founding principles are.
that is nonsense that a senator to spend time writing a letter like this. A special interest group is behind this. Durbin, you are from my state, stop doing that and begin caring for my people
Senator Durbin, HoW about you pay attention to the rampant political arm twisting propelling the invasion of AMERICAN CITIZENS rights to privacy by our OWN GOVERNMENT? Verizon, AT&T, RIMM, and SPRINT, have all been subpoenaed for the names and internet habits and tracks of countless american citizens by the RIAA as well as a host of other govt. agencies!!
If you are so concerned about countries doing business with the USA, perhaps your concern should include whether doing business with us will sully THEIR REPUTATION ,..... AS OURS STINKS PRETTY BADLY.!!!
Senator Durbin is a loser, I would fire him if he worked for me.
But seriously, shouldn't he be asking this to Facebook not Baidu? Baidu does its business in outside of US.
They have almost zero impact on Illinois, moron.
Clearly this "open letter" is nothing more than a political grandstanding. As a democrat I hate this guy.
Atleast Schumer grandstands on relevant issues that affect NYers and Americans.
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Israel's policy of disengagement from Gaza remains the right course despite this weekend's attacks and retaliations.
Eventually the question must be asked: Why are so many advocates of the bloody struggle in Iraq to empower a people and change an entrenched culture of brutality and violence so quick to dismiss a similar "long, hard slog" in Gaza? Why do those who defend so voraciously the idea that democracy and civil society can be fostered in Iraq despite the chaos and mass killings of civilians by suicide bombers, in the next breath tell us that despite protests by ordinary Palestinians to this weekend's post-Gaza withdrawal attack that it somehow proves there is no possible hope for Palestinian self-governance?
If the naysayer hordes are still capable of opening their ears, now is as good a time as any to be reminded that not even the most ardent supporters of the unilateral withdrawal ever claimed it would be a silver bullet in the heart of terrorism. The end of occupation will not be easy or painless. It is, however, inevitable, necessary, and, most importantly, a morally inescapable eventuality -- as the United States, Russia, the European Union, the United Nations, and, indeed, the Israeli government, have all accepted.
The beginning of this latest unfortunate episode was such a caricature of the long-running conflict that it approached farce: A truck full of Hamas members with (apparently not very well-produced) homemade weapons blew themselves up, killing sixteen of the Palestinians they purportedly exist to defend. The terror group immediately blamed their own deadly incompetence on the omniscient Jewish conspiracy. Some militant group or other -- Israel believes it was Syria, the Palestinians claim it was Hezbollah, and Syria, mimicking Hogan's Heroes's Sgt. Schultz, basically said, "I see nothing, I know nothing!" -- then launches 39 Qassam rockets, instigating a retaliation that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promises will be "a continued action, whose aim is to hurt the terrorists and not to let up."
This is the problem the Palestinian people perpetually face: The epic failures of their quasi-leadership are never cured because they are never addressed. Like a child who does not want to own up to a mess it's made, Hamas simply ignored the evidence and started crying that the boogeyman did it.
There was a silver lining to all of this, aside from the fact that no Israelis were killed in the attack. In the wake of the rocket attacks, the predictable official denunciations were delivered with a wink, but that was not the end of it. In fact, the Associated Press had no trouble finding Gazans willing to loudly criticize "their" side's breaking of the February ceasefire deal.
"If Hezbollah was behind this attack, I as a Palestinian tell them, 'Deal with your own problems and stay out of ours,'" Akram Abu Sbaa of Jenin told the reporter, who wrote of widespread Palestinian anger over the attack.
Ironically enough, this story which should inspire optimism is generating more scoffing negativism than anything else. The War Blog over at FrontPage Magazine, for example, suggested taking Palestinian protests with "a huge, Lot's-Wife-sized grain of salt." Certainly there is cause for skepticism, but it is difficult to imagine a scenario where a pro-war publication would dismiss Iraqi civilians protesting militant groups so out of hand. Anyone who did would likely be shellacked as a Fifth Columnist communist sympathizer.
The attitude fits a pattern wherein the supposed friends of Israel dismiss all positive developments out of overt opposition to the sort of independent state they clamor for in Lebanon. A year ago Yasser Arafat was the obstacle to peace. Then he dies and overnight they decide he wasn't the problem after all. Next it was the lack of democracy in Gaza holding up the works, but when some semblance of albeit imperfect democratic elections begin to emerge -- threatening to finally make Hamas a political party at the mercy of voters, no less -- it is on to something else.
This insatiable desire for stalling may be borne of loyalty to Israel and well intentioned, but is no longer realistic. If Israel wanted to permanently own real estate in the West Bank or Gaza, it should have annexed it after the 1967 war. But that is not what it chose to do. Whether it was to maintain the Jewish identity of the "official" Israeli population or doubt over whether the United Nations would accept annexation, there are political realities that emerged from the decision that must be dealt with.
It is not enough to simply say the Palestinians will assume the withdrawal was a sign of weakness, and, therefore, Israel should not have withdrawn. Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Zalman Shoval's recent contention that Jewish settlers had turned Gaza "from a barren wasteland into a blooming oasis" is totally immaterial at this late date. Civilized, rational governments do not make policy based on the delusions of others. They make it based on the best interests of their country, first, and, hopefully, the best interests of humanity in a not-too-distant second.
The pullout from Gaza fits the bill on both counts. It is right for Israel, it addresses many of the legitimate grievances of the Palestinian people, and it sets an example of a bold, unilateral action in the service of peace that the world sorely needs right now. Israel's true friends will stand by her in this endeavor, not merely carp and whine at the first sign of trouble.
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I'm so sorry for your loss! Hang in there and just focus on you and your bf and healing.
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im soo sorry for you're loss...i just lost my first baby on Dec. 1st.
and it is the worst pain that you can ever imagine...and you do need you're bf more that anything and he needs you....the only person i want and feel like i need right now is my husband.
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There was an provacactive article that appeared in the Los Angeles times earlier this month (see below). The article offers a very strong critique of the peacebuilding field in general. Although the article has some interesting points, the author makes huge (and often incorrect generalizations) He fails to realize the many successes in the peacebuilding field, helping to rebuild communites and prevent conflict, the role of strategic…
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He has no catchphrases, fussy handlers or televised religious talk shows.
What the soft-spoken Rev. Joel Hunter of Longwood does have is an evangelical church of 12,000, a talent for building diverse coalitions and a prominent spiritual advisory role in the administration of President Barack Obama, a Democrat.
Not bad for a registered Republican who came to Central Florida in 1985 to take charge of a small flock that grew into one of the region's largest megachurches.
As Hunter delivered his three Easter sermons at Northland, a Church Distributed, he holds a place in the national spotlight.
But it wasn't something that seemed destined from the start.
The man who prayed with Obama on Inauguration Day lost his first preaching job when a United Methodist church in Indiana faced a crucial decision nearly 40 years ago: Should they buy new carpet or keep their youth minister, the motorcycle-riding evangelical called Pastor Joel?
New carpet won by a landslide.
"I wasn't that great a shakes," Hunter said.
But in the decades that followed, the hard-working pastor proved to be a formidable leader.
He has become a much-sought-after spokesman for a new brand of evangelicals who hope to tone down the rhetoric of culture wars while engaging in good works. Along the way, the 60-year-old pastor has sought alliances with Catholics, Jews and Muslims and irritated some traditional evangelicals, who worry that too much emphasis on social issues would nudge the Gospels to the sidelines.
While studying government and history at Ohio University, Hunter felt inspired by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whose sermons and civil-rights marches were changing the nation.
"He was my idol," Hunter said.
When King was killed in 1968, it left the 19-year-old reeling. Desperate for answers, he went into a campus chapel, knelt in prayer and gave his life to Christ. Upon rising, he had found his calling as a minister.
Four decades later, when the nation's first black president asked Hunter to join the White House's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Hunter felt a particular pride.
The invitation to the Oval Office was thrilling, yet Hunter said he doesn't have time to be distracted by the honor. He has a big flock to tend and a vow to keep his $42 million state-of-the-art church the kind of place where his mother would have felt comfortable.
An alcoholic, she had great pride in her son, the captain of the high-school football team and president of the senior class. He in turn tried to save her by pouring out her liquor and lecturing her about her drinking. His father, a factory worker, had died of cancer when Hunter was 4.
It made for a complicated life.
His grandparents, coaches and neighbors in the small northern Ohio town of Shelby made sure that Hunter had a stable place to turn when times got rough. But in the 1950s, treatment options for alcoholism were few, and nobody knew how to help his mom. She died in 1971, while Hunter was in seminary training.
"My mother had a beautiful singing voice," Hunter recalled. "Soft and resonant like Nat King Cole's. She could have been a gift to a church. The church didn't reach out to her. But Northland would. My mother would have loved Northland."
Those memories still shape his ministry.
"It's almost like redeeming that [past]," Hunter said. "I'm sensitive to those people who aren't the 'religious type,' but who have incredible God-given gifts and could be a gift to a church."
In 2006, the Christian Coalition — the conservative lobby founded by Pat Robertson — invited Hunter to take the reins.
Hunter hoped to expand the group's agenda beyond fighting abortion and gay marriage. His idea was to embrace environmentalism as an act of caring for God's creation and to redefine "pro-life" to include poverty and hunger.
But it turned out to be a bad fit, and Hunter withdrew before actually taking office.
Two years later, the pastor was giving the closing benediction at the Democratic convention in Denver. He concluded his prayer in an innovative way, asking spectators to speak the blessing they would use in their own faith traditions.
D. Michael Lindsay, author of a study of evangelicals called "Faith in the Halls of Power," said the benediction was a case where a sincere effort to include many views led to "intentional ambiguity."
The sociologist at Rice University credits Hunter with "great pastoral gifts" and a style that resonates with many who want to look past endless brawls over religious hot-button issues.
"It seems he has been scratching an itch that others hadn't noticed," Lindsay said.
But some evangelicals did notice his unorthodox, all-inclusive prayer.
Bob Parker, pastor of First Baptist Church Markham Woods in Lake Mary, said Hunter missed a chance to tell the Democratic convention that "Christ is the only savior."
Parker, who headed the Moral Majority in Kentucky before coming to Central Florida, said he worries about attempts to broaden the agenda of evangelicals.
"Jesus said the way is narrow," Parker said.
Although Hunter is far from invisible in Central Florida, he has kept his distance from local elections.
"I don't think he aspires to [political prominence]," said Aubrey Jewett, associate professor of political science at University of Central Florida.
Still, Jewett notes the pastor is currently walking along the edges of political territory. "You don't accept the position of a national office unless you have an idea of influencing policy on a broader basis," he said.
Hunter said he has no plans to pursue politics but looks forward to working with Catholic, Jewish and Muslim leaders on a national level to address social ills, as he has done locally.
Imam Muhammad Musri, president of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, speaks glowingly of Hunter and his wife. The imam sees little difference between the relatively unknown pastor who reached out to him about 15 years ago and the man who recently made the front page of The New York Times.
"I've seen him increase in humbleness and generosity," Musri said. "Even after September 11, when it wasn't very popular to talk to Muslims, he stood by us and spoke kindly about us from the pulpit."
Hunter rarely seems vexed by critics, but he did vent some frustration at both liberal and conservative commentators "who profit on polarization."
Speaking at an interfaith forum on torture a few months ago in Orlando, Hunter was troubled about the long-term effects of people listening to the "cottage industry of hostility" and "people who are literally paid to make people angry. People who are literally paid to create enemies, so we can feel good about ourselves."
He added: "I don't know how much the rest of the religious leaders up here have to face this, but I tell you, I get nasty, nasty, letters every time I stand up for the poor, the immigrant, the torture victims — all these compassion issues — from my own people."
Generally, though, the criticisms sting his family more.
Becky Hunter gets irked by blogs that question the Christian character of the man she knew she would marry the first time she saw him in church in 1970. One theme that troubles her: Obama uses her husband to score points with conservatives.
Both Hunters warmly praise Obama for his intellect and personality. But to those who fear the liberal and charismatic president will transform the church leader from Longwood, the pastor's wife notes firmly: "What makes you think that if Joel Hunter and Barack Obama were in a room that Joel Hunter would be the one to change his mind?"
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Arguing with Voices that Want You to Kill Yourself Life with Schizophrenia by Travis Breeding
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 2,100. Language: English. Published: March 23, 2015. Categories: Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness, Nonfiction » Relationships and Family » Autism spectrum disorders
What is it like hearing voices other people do not hear? How do you live when the voices are out to get you wherever you go? Travis explains what his life is like hearing voices that are evil nearly every day of his life. Travis must argue with voices that tell him to cut and burn himself. He must convince himself that the voices are evil people that are out to get him and ignore them.
Ohana: Happiness is a Choice by Eva Blanco
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 65,110. Language: English. Published: March 4, 2015. Categories: Nonfiction » Relationships and Family » Abuse / general, Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness
Ohana: Happiness is a Choice tells the powerful story of a woman who refused to allow anything to defeat her – not a man, not drugs or alcohol, and not even her own body.
Raped By an Autistic Man Is It Really Rape by Tamara Wright
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 2,090. Language: English. Published: February 9, 2015 by Amber Ink Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Relationships and Family » Autism spectrum disorders, Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness
Tamara tells her story of how she was harassed by her autistic friend. She does not hold a grudge against her friend rather she hopes she can help people like her friend Sam by sharing her story with the world. Is it really rape if a person does not understand what they are doing is wrong? Can society do a better job of communicating with autistic people in ways that they will learn to understand?
Why Do I Hear Voices Other Do Not Hear Voices that Threaten to Kill Me Because I am Autistic by Travis Breeding
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,100. Language: English. Published: January 21, 2015. Categories: Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Mental health, Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness
Why do I hear voices and see things other do not? I live every day of my life hearing voices or seeing things that no one else does. It is like my mind is a video game and I am a part of a different world than the real world. I am told by Bob who is a voice that people I work with are plotting to kill me. Bob tells me I should punish myself because I am autistic. The voices are everywhere I go.
I Could Be Adam Lanza or Elliot Rodger Prisoner of America's Mental Healthcare System by Timothy Aarons
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 6,120. Language: English. Published: December 19, 2014 by Amber Ink Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Relationships and Family » Autism spectrum disorders, Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness
I suffer from a mental illness that goes ignored. The services I advocate for are not available and the help I need is deemed not medically necessary. This is a story about how I could become Adam Lanza or Elliot Rodger due to America's failing mental healthcare system but I make the choice to advocate and fight on without violence. Mental Illness untreated could lead to serious consequences.
She's Not Herself by Linda Appleman Shapiro
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 60,830. Language: English. Published: December 3, 2014 by Dream of Things. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness
Young Linda grew up with a mother who was "not herself." Years later, as a psychotherapist, the author looks back on her childhood in an effort to understand her mother's mental illness and make sense of the effects of multi-generational traumas. The result is a memoir of love, loss, loyalty, and healing.
Malignant Narcissist Mother: The true story of criminal sexual exploitation that continues to this day by Susan Klingenberg
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 22,370. Language: English. Published: October 21, 2014. Categories: Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness, Nonfiction » True Crime » Family violence
The true story of how a malignant narcissistic mother perverted and masked her evil for decades in full view of everyone while she abused her own family sexually, psychologically, and emotionally.There were no boundaries she would not break to prostituting children,incest, and more. A true mommy dearest story that is continuing to this day.This is how she did it and got away with it all.
Physical Health Effects and Complex PTSD by Kimberly Callis
Series: Stoning Demons, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 12,840. Language: English. Published: September 5, 2014. Categories: Nonfiction » Psychology » Child Abuse, Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness
People with CPTSD experience a variety of psychological problems, such as depression, other anxiety disorders, and drug and alcohol use problems; however, CPTSD can also have an impact on your physical health. In fact, people with CPTSD have been found to be at greater risk for developing physical health problems, including heart disease, obesity, gastrointestinal problems and adrenal issues.
Standing In My Own Shadow by Barry Daniels
Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 48,790. Language: English. Published: August 19, 2014. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Other biographies, Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness(4.00 from 1 review)
This is my autobiography, the story of a life not unlike many others, except that I have carried within me from my earliest days a mental illness which at its worst is terrifying and debilitating, and at its best is a dark cloud which spreads its shadow over every aspect of my life. I have been for most of my life in the grip of Depression.
Losing Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: A Family's Search for Hope by Amanda LaPera
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 92,720. Language: English. Published: July 3, 2014. Categories: Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness, Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
Losing Dad, Paranoid Schizophrenia: A Family's Search for Hope is the compelling true story of a family's struggle with the sudden onset of their father's severe mental illness and subsequent homelessness. The perspectives of his three children, his spouse, and his own distorted reality combine to offer readers a glimpse of a world that will feel hauntingly familiar or dramatically eye-opening.
Symptoms and Progression of Complex PTSD by Kimberly Callis
Series: Stoning Demons, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 17,840. Language: English. Published: June 30, 2014. Categories: Nonfiction » Psychology » Child Abuse, Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness
Complex PTSD takes a progressive pathology, with symptoms worsening over successive traumatic experiences or during periods of elevated stress. Complex PTSD has its foundation in childhood trauma, impacting our development and undermining our mental and physical health for a lifetime.
Боль? Такой кнопки нет! by Юлия Сибилева
Price: $2.00 USD. Words: 8,070. Language: Russian. Published: June 27, 2014 by T/O "Neformat". Categories: Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness
Боль существует. Преодолевать ее - одна из наших жизненных задач. Однако мы умеем и отрицать боль до такой степени, что это переходит пределы разумного. Преодолевать и отрицать – совершенно разные вещи. Преодоление делает нас сильнее. Отрицание мстит и разрушает наши жизни. Я провела детство в больнице. Я знаю примеры и того, и другого. В этой книге я намерена показать, как именно дети остаются н
Stress Fracture: A Memoir of Psychosis by Tara Meissner
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 73,090. Language: English. Published: June 23, 2014. Categories: Nonfiction » Psychology » Mental illness, Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Mental health
This psychology memoir is about the things that break us and how we heal. A wife and mother is swallowed by psychosis, where she meets Jesus, dances with Ellen DeGeneres, and narrowly escapes eternity in the underworld. Recovery included psychiatric treatment and spiritual contemplation. Left scarred and damaged, health returns with grace and peace earned through acceptance of bipolar disorder.


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I am using a FormValidaitor class to make sure form elememts are correct before insert into mySQL
I have two date fields which have been created from drop downs and concatenated into the mySQL format for insertion so I know the date will is be correctly formatted.
As one is a start and one is an end date I would like to compare to the two and make sure that $StartDate <= StartDate. I have difficulty getting it to work. Obviously I would love the answer, but really I would like to find out how to do it from scratch :).
Can dates be treated in this way? Is there a magic function to compare dates?
I have spent a while looking for and answer to this online but maybe there is a good resource I dont know of?
Dont make me post the code! ;)
alter table MyTable add constraint MyDateConstraint (StartDate <= EndDate)
Most databases allow dates to be compared like that, IIRC. The drawback, of course, is that if the transaction isn't allowed because of that constraint you don't necessarily know why. (At least, not with the level of error checking I usually do on database queries. A bit more work could dig out not just whether it succeeded but if not, why.)
The other thing I might do would be to use the strftime() function to get a Unix timestamp for each date in question. Timestamps are just integer numbers of seconds, so you can compare them with normal comparison operators.
Before I got into the logic bit I thought I would test it out to see if it would be able to distinguish dates well enough.
It doesnt!, or at least not for me. Only when the year is altered :
For example
strtime($variable) where $variable is in yyyy-mm-dd format for the dates 2003-01-01 an 2003-01-02 return the same number (1040897614), yet if I change the year I get a difference.
How can this be so.


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Would any of you skinners mind doing a simple tutorial? Just the basic steps you go through to skin an application like ME or MediaCar? I dont know where to start and would really like to get skinning. I have also seen some other interest.
It would really be appreciated. Thanks!
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