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Green lanes are coming to Boulder
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If the Stones were to perform at Folsom Field today would they change their lyrics to say. "I see a black road and I want it painted Green". OK, so that wasn't funny but green lanes are being experimented with in Boulder as assumed earlier this week. Full details from on this are in the Boulder Daily this week.
From the Daily Camera
The city transportation department applied the initial bright green treatments -- which cost around $2,300 a piece -- at the intersections of Folsom Street and Canyon Boulevard, and Folsom and Pearl Street. The Safe Streets Boulder study, released by the city in February, found these two intersections had some of the highest rates of vehicle collisions with bikes and pedestrians in the city.
Between January 2008 and October 2011, the two locations had a combined 17 collisions, according to the study.
In these two locations, Cowern said drivers turning right often don't see a cyclist in the bike lane next to them and end up "hooking" in front of a cyclist, who must try to avoid hitting or being struck by the moving vehicle.
"The hope is that the bike lanes give the driver that added clue to watch for bikes, to look in the rearview mirror and make sure they're not cutting one off," Cowern said.
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The lanes do hold a purpose different than boxes
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
I want to apologize for my "afraid" comment in the Daily Camera, it was used out of ignorance. Once the city provides information to the media on these new bike lanes we will all understand why they choose this path and not a full bike box as we got word from someone in the know that these new lanes are different from boxes. We are waiting information from the experts to share the difference of the two. Either way, movement in the right direction from my perspective.
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Kris, any new information from the City on mysterious Green Lane
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
It's been nearly a week and I haven't seen any new information on the Green Lanes, I thought this city was filled with "experts". Typical, city once again shows there lack of communication.
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City of Fort Collins provides some insight
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
Joe Olson (Traffic Operations) recently completed an analysis of the Bike Box at Plum and Shields. His team determined that the crash data changed very little. Thus, there was no empirical improvement or detriment as a result of the Bike Box. On the other hand, anecdotal evidence suggests that putting cyclists in this high-visibility position improves safety for all users because motorists are more likely to think about cyclists when they are navigating this intersection and others. FC Bikes is working with Traffic Operations to determine which intersections need improvements for cyclists. Improvements may include signal actuation, lane striping, Shared Lane Markings, Bike Boxes, etc.
Just before this Bike Box was installed, FC Bikes staff created a video with Cable 14 to educate users how to best navigate the intersection. (http://youtu.be/mDWu8bBl4gI) After this Bike Box was installed, FC Bikes staff and BPEC volunteers took shifts (approximately 20 hours total) standing at the intersection explaining the facility to motorists and cyclists. We plan to implement similar educational campaigns for future improvements.
Points: -2
But these are not Bike Boxes!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
What Boulder has put down is not a bike box, they put green lanes
Points: -3
Right, waiting for info from the City of Boulder on new Lanes
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
I know, we are waiting for the City to release information on the new Green Lanes. Once it's out there we will share it with you all.
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In this exclusive interview with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, author, musician and .38 Special founding member and guitarist Jeff Carlisi shares his thoughts on legendary guitarist and Hall of Fame inductee Jimi Hendrix, including seeing Jimi Hendrix live in 1968.
"I actually saw Jimi Hendrix, and I still have photographs, I was a school photographer. I guess it was 1968 in Jacksonville, Florida. I don't remember anything about it. I look at the pictures, and I don't even remember being there, but I remember I had to see this guy because I remember sitting next to my grandmother's radio in Boston, Massachusetts, waiting all night long to hear this song that my cousin told me about, "Purple Haze." He couldn't describe it to me. I said, 'What does it sound like?' I had been playing guitar for a while and he said 'it was like nothing you've ever heard.' Finally it comes on and it was like, 'Oh my God -- you're kidding me.'
"Hendrix was a brilliant guitar player in the sense that he didn't play guitar -- guitar was his paintbrush. It was an extension of his mind. You could hear him play "Little Wing" and every time it's different. Where the mortal guitar players like myself and so many others can spend years trying to figure out how he played "Little Wing" off "Bold as Love," off "Axis," and never get it quite right. Well that was a one-time thing, he just did it and that's hard to comprehend. What I have found from talking to guitar players and some of my peers, most of them appreciate him, but there are those guys who go, 'I don't get Hendrix. I don't understand him. I don't see what the big deal is.' You know why? They are scared to death of him because it's so beyond their realm of comprehension. It is just easier to say: 'No, I just don't care for that.' That is the challenge, to try to understand it. No mortal man could ever come close to Jimi Hendrix. Maybe he was from another planet. I don't know."


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International Student Information
Congratulations and welcome to The Sage Colleges
By now you are probably becoming increasingly excited about your travel abroad and are beginning to make the list of items you will be taking with you. Below is a list of important information. We hope this list will be helpful, but please remember it is only a suggestion:
Arrival to the United States - While most international students will arrive to the United States at a major airport, The Sage Colleges is not near these locations. If you are traveling to The Sage Colleges directly from your home country, you will need to be sure to make your finals destination Albany International Airport in Albany, New York. This is the central airport for both Russell Sage College in Troy and Sage College at Albany. If you will be arriving to the Albany International Airport, then a member of the Cultural Enrichment staff will arrange transportation to campus.
However, if you do not fly into Albany International Airport, you will need to make your own transportation arrangements to campus. John F. Kennedy International Airport, Newark International Airport and La Guardia Airport are all 3 hours away from campus. If you do not get a connecting flight from these airports to Albany, you should consider either a bus through Greyhound or a train through Amtrak to arrive into Albany. You will be financially responsible for these arrangements and transportation.
Please contact the Office of Cultural Enrichment with your flight and arrival information.
Map of Northeast United States including The Sage Colleges
The Sage Colleges is located approximately 150 miles from New York City and Boston, Massachusetts, 240 miles from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and 370 miles from Washington D.C.
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This 15-credit totally integrated summer course uses the Hudson River as a means to study history, the arts, social, political, economic and environmental issues, and techniques of research. You'll travel up and down the river, test the water, do primary research at the Rensselaer Country Historical Society, learn about the rise and fall of cities, hear the songs, view the paintings, and read the stories that have made the Hudson famous. Click here to find out more.
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Orientation is mandatory for all new F-1, J-1, and "Green Card" international students.
International Students at Honor Society Induction
You must have the following information with you:
- Your I-20 or DS-2019 Form
- Your passport
- Your I-94 card (should be stapled to your passport)
Books: Books in the United States can be extremely expensive. To save money on the cost of books, most American students purchase their books used. Once you are aware of your course schedule including the course number and section you may order your books before arriving to the Unites States. You will need to purchase these with a credit card, when you place the order, but then you will not need to worry about the cost upon your arrival to the U.S. For students taking classes on the Troy campus click here for the bookstore and for students taking classes on the Albany campus click here for the bookstore. If you are taking classes on both campuses, you will need to order your books from the two campuses where the classes are held.
Medications: If you take any medication, make sure that you will have packed a sufficient supply. Please know that New York State will not fill any prescriptions written from outside of New York State. Have your physician specify whatever medications (including generic names) you are on and the reasons for this prescription on your health form, which you should have received with your admittance package. Be sure to pack some of your prescription in your carry on bag, in case your luggage is delayed in its transport to the United States.
All International students must complete a health survey before arriving to The Sage Colleges. Please download the following form, have your personal physical complete the form and return it to the Office of Cultural Enrichment and Diversity before your arrival.
Student Immunization and Medical History Form (due by December 15, 2013)
International Student Emergency Contact
Clothing: The weather in Central New York State will change significantly while you are on campus for a full semester. From August until December (fall semester) the weather can range from sunny and warm near 80 Fahrenheit (27 Celsius) to 20 Fahrenheit (-7 Celsius). In the spring semester, January until May, the weather generally will range from 10 Fahrenheit (-12 Celsius) to 75 Fahrenheit (24 Celsius). So you will need a wide range of clothing options.
Students (men and women) typically wear casual clothing to class. Students generally wear jeans/pants (shorts in warm weather) and sweaters/sweatshirts (t-shirts in warm weather) and sneakers (tennis or running shoes). There are a few occasions (plays, art exhibits or concerts) for students to dress more formally, a skirt or dress is appropriate for women, blazer or suit jacket for men. A heavy coat, gloves or mittens, hat and scarf are recommended for winter temperatures.
Bedding: The Sage College will provide J-1 and F-1 undergraduate exchange students only living on campus, a set of bedding, towels, alarm clock, and telephone for their rooms. A shopping trip will be planned on the first day of Orientation for students to purchase the items they need. All new international undergraduate students are required to live on campus.
Each residence hall room is equipped with a twin size bed, a desk with bookshelf and desk lamp, 5 drawer dresser and a closet or wardrobe for each student. You will be expected to launder your bedding throughout the semester.
Currency/Money: Be sure to discuss with your family how to transfer money to you in Troy/Albany, New York from your home if needed. You will need to meet all financial obligations regarding tuition, room and board before your arrival to campus. You will need to have enough money to purchase your books and any personal items you might need. Any traveling you plan to do while living at Sage will require additional funds and you should plan accordingly.
* Never pack large amounts of money in your luggage, due to security reasons.
Weather - The Albany area experiences all four seasons. Resulting in the weather varying from season to season. Temperature ranges from 60° to 85° Fahrenheit (18° to 29° Celsius) in the summer to 0° to 38° Fahrenheit (-17° to 30° Celsius) in the winter.
The Albany, New York area can receive a large amount of snow in late fall throughout winter. During the rest of the year, rain showers can occur unexpectedly, and the humidity level can be uncomfortably high, especially in the summer. Weather conditions are more moderate during the spring and fall.
Shipping Items Prior to Arrival: You may ship boxes or other items to yourself prior to your arrival on campus. Packages should be addressed as follows:
For Russell Sage College:
Your name
c/o The Office of Cultural Enrichment and Diversity
65 1st Street
Troy, New York 12180
For Sage College of Albany:
Your name
c/o The Office of Cultural Enrichment and Diversity
140 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, New York 12208
Please be sure to mark each package International Student and your expected arrival date. The Office will hold these items until your arrival. Please contact the Director of Cultural Enrichment and Diversity via email to let him/her know the number of boxes you are shipping.
Electrical Items: Please note that the Unites States uses 110-112 volt currents (60 cycles) for all electrical items. If you are bringing electrical items with you (hair dryers, computers, and radios) you will need to have the appropriate electrical converter. Please note that the outlets require two flat-pronged and one circular pronged plug.
Personal Items: Please be sure to bring those items which will help you make your room feel like home: photographs of family and friends, addresses and telephone numbers for letters and postcards, music from home, games, musical instruments, spices and other items to help you feel more comfortable. Be sure to bring a few family recipes to cook, share or give to the dinning hall to be made for the entire community.
Visas: International students must have one of two visa types in order to study in the United States. A J-1 visa is for students and scholars visiting the United States for 1 semester or 1 academic year. An F-1 visa is for international students who wish to matriculate at the College and receive a degree from Sage. J-1 U.S visa to enter the United States. You will work with The Sage Colleges' Designated SEVIS (Student and Exchange Visitor Information System) Officer to secure all documentation you will need to apply for your visa. Once you have been accepted to The Sage College and have all appropriate documentation, you must set up an appointment with the U.S. Consulate nearest you to apply for your J-1 or F-1 visa, before you leave for the United States. For more information regarding U.S. Visas you may visit the US Department of States website.
Application Process: If you have not yet been admitted to The Sage College and would like more information on the admissions process please select the college you are interested in:
Russell Sage College for Women (Troy Campus)
Sage College at Albany (Albany Campus)
Sage Graduate School (Both Campuses)
*Attention students planning to drive while in the United States: To obtain a New York State driver's license, you must have a one year I-20 with at least six months time remaining on the I-20 or you must obtain an International Driver's Permit in your own country before you come to the U.S.
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After over 10 months of development and much blood, sweat and tears from Keaton Hashimoto (the game's developer, designer and composer) we are proud to finally announce the world premiere of the world's first ever full-length fan made Linkin Park video game featuring art, stages and themes inspired by the band's music and videos from 2000 till now. The game, titled LPAMAN & The Missing Phoenix, was heavily inspired by Linkin Park's music videos, artwork and music, and features a visual throwback to the classic 8-bit/16-bit era of video games. As such, the game play is very challenging while providing a fresh take on the fan game concept, at least when it comes to music bands. Those who have played video game classics like Mega Man, Super Mario Bros, and Metroid will love the game's tongue-in-cheek nods to those memorable games and their humor, as well as other popular 8-bit/16-bit video games from that era.
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In a time before Linkin Park made it big, there was a void in the name of a missing bassist. Distraught but unable to search for themselves, the band hires help. Enter LPAMAN: A silent-but-deadly agent with an unknown past and the ability to throw fire. Hot fire. From his hands. Upon finding his first lead, LPAMAN soon realizes the greater conspiracy behind the bassist's disappearance.
Can you save the band, and the world before it's too late?
The Game:The play style is a hybrid of Super Mario platforming meets Mega Man combat with a little adventure thrown in, which help boast a strong emphasis of tactile combat and platforming elements. LPAMAN will traverse land, water and a couple obscure locations as he battles to find the missing Phoenix. Utilizing a unique firing system, LPAMAN goes further than simply being a shoot-em-up or a Mario clone, forcing players to learn, adapt and utilize all skills and knowledge. With a very old-school difficulty and diverse Worlds for LPAMAN to travel through, this game asks the players, "Just how much do you want to save Phoenix, the bassist from Linkin Park?!"
LPAMAN & The Missing Phoenix has been built from the ground up to be a completely unique experience and features not only customized graphics specifically drawn for the game, but also boasts a large soundtrack composed specifically for the game as well. Featuring 9 worlds and over 70 levels, LPAMAN is designed to provide hours of game play as well as an extreme challenge for old-school and new-school video-gamers alike.
Working on this project for the fans was an absolute honor, and we hope that both the band and Linkin Park fans across the globe will enjoy this absolutely incredible game and pass it on to their friends. Please let us know your opinions in our comments section of this news post!.
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LPAMan Executable File + Cutscenes (Approxiametely 40MB in size)
LPAMan Manual PDF File
Read-Me Installation Guide
Left-Right: Move LPA Man
Space: Fire
Shift: Jump (jump velocity depends on pressure on shift)
Ctrl: Run
Down and Shift: Superjump (may be deadly! caution!)
Running Jump: Ctrl+Jump (may result in uncontrollable landing, use with caution)
- Game is Windows only. Mac support was unfortunately impossible at this time, however hopefully down the line a mac version will be available.
- Game may be played full screen, however if game is maximized during a cutscene (and not before), any screen resizings will occur after cutscene has finished playing.


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Warehouse/DC Management: RFID settles in
Multi-modal handheld RFID readers with voice technology and scanning capabilities can acquire, in real-time, proof of identification and monitor an asset's location and its current status.
April 01, 2013 - LM Editorial
From keyless ignitions to moisture-sensing diapers, RFID technology continues to permeate everyday living. In today's supply chains, the technology relies on readers and passive UHF tags to automatically and wirelessly capture and leverage electronic product codes (EPC) encoded with product information and serialization.
Unlike a bar code, these tags do not need to be within line of sight of the reader, resulting in increased operational efficiencies. Unloading an inbound container, for instance, which may take about two and a half hours to individually scan, sort, and count cartons, may now take less than half an hour with RFID-tagged cartons.
Despite these proven benefits, however, RFID's adoption in the supply chain has been wrought with twists and turns. Wal-Mart's initial focus of tagging pallets and cartons of consumer goods has for the most part "languished on the vine," according to some experts. Instead, in 2010, the retail giant decided to shift its focus and began tagging at the item level. Other U.S. retailers, including Macy's, Bloomingdales, and American Apparel followed suit, launching their own successful item-level RFID pilots of mostly apparel and footwear, reporting much improved visibility and higher sales at their stores.
Today, item-level tagging remains one of the biggest drivers of RFID adoption. "Those with pilot projects last year are now in full deployment, and that represents big progress for the industry," reports Mike Liard, vice president of auto ID and data capture for VDC Research. "We've got some new retailers on board who are international players and who are significantly enhancing the volume."
In fact, these early item-level adopters are now busy fine-tuning the process. "They want to know how to deploy RFID faster and more efficiently," says Patrick Javick, vice president of retail apparel and general merchandise for the standards-setting group GS1 US. "The question now is: 'How do I get my vendors on board?'" According to Javick, the number of suppliers tagging products with RFID has increased from approximately 200 to as many as 600, and these suppliers now want to know how they can get the extra benefits from the technology.
With suppliers jumping on the RFID bandwagon and more deployments looming in the horizon, the future of RFID remains promising. Being able to automatically capture data by simply passing tagged items through portals and readers—without opening or sorting through cartons—has improved efficiencies in the DC while increasing visibility throughout the chain. In the next few pages we dive deeper into other drivers that continue to push RFID adoption.
Push towards source tagging
For years, it took a retailer's mandate to trigger a supplier to move forward with RFID adoption. According to our experts, however, this is beginning to change as an increasing number of retail partners are looking at item level RFID tagging at the point of manufacture.
"The majority of EPC tagging efforts takes place in the DC where it is just not as cost effective," says Javick. "The last 12 months has seen a significant increase in the number of brand owners (suppliers) in the apparel and general merchandise industry starting to move EPC-enabled RFID deployments back to the source—and industry leaders are expecting to see this trend continue."
As suppliers start to deploy and tag products at the source of manufacture, the goal is for them to also enjoy the benefits with more accurate inbound and outbound audits in their own DCs as well as more efficient receiving and shipping processes.
Managing assets
Increased asset management continues to be another leading reason for growing RFID adoption. In this application, passive and/or active tags are affixed to products, containers, equipment—and even people.
Using handheld computers integrated with RFID readers, organizations can acquire, in real-time, proof of identification and monitor an asset's location and its current status. Adding a Web-based solution allows users to transfer this information online so that upper managers and other interested third parties can also access the most up-to-date data and make timely decisions regarding these assets from any location in the world, as long as there is Internet access.
For years, supply chains have been using RFID to track and manage returnable product containers, especially in closed loop systems. The same technology has also been applied to yard management and even warehouse workers on the floor. Depending on the asset, a wide range of unique specialty tags have been developed to solve specific business challenges.
This year, in support of its vision to improve healthcare efficiency, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it was funding $543 million in a project to establish real-time location systems (RTLS) at all 152 of its hospitals and seven outpatient pharmacies. This deployment would involve attaching millions of RFID tags to medical equipment, surgical instruments and supplies, further driving RFID adoption in the healthcare industry to unprecedented levels.
This project would begin with simple asset management and the management of supplies in laboratories, but is slated to expand to tracking patients and controlling patient wandering. In RTLS, tags attached to objects or people emit wireless signals that determine an asset's location usually within a building or other contained area.
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NAVIGON questions and answers
If you drive using NAVIGON, you'll want the exact details. How to download updates, for example, or install additional maps or services, or how NAVIGON FreshMaps works. You'll find manuals, downloads and answers to your questions here.
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- iPhone: traffic4all Version 1.1 Availability
The traffic4all version 1.1 is available for download in the App Store. The following functions are new:
• InApp purchase to disable advertisements
• improved incidents list view
• one-click button to display or hide incidents on the map
• report button for: "Traffic color on map is wrong"
• optimized Zoom-View in map
• iPhone 4GS and iOS 5 support
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I graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia, passed the CPA exam on the first try, and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. When I went to work for global professional services network KPMG, I was quickly assigned my location's largest client. Later, I took a position with Toys "R" Us and was placed on a fast-track management program.
Then I had children.
I'd always strived to be successful professionally, and held the same standards for myself as a mother. Unfortunately, in the corporate world, I was unable to find a balance between career and family. I opted to start my own practice, serving small businesses with strategic planning, accounting, and tax services.
I eventually hired five other women, all with families, to help serve my client base. I saw many women, mothers just like me, who wanted to stay in the workforce but didn't know how to find opportunities that would allow them to preserve symmetry in their lives. Because of this obstacle, many mothers leave the workforce altogether. At the same time, I noticed corporations were struggling to find high-caliber employees. These observations led me to a distinctive calling. I wanted to create meaningful opportunities for a much larger community of professionals raising families, and to continue serving clients with excellence. I also wanted to fundamentally change the way companies fill their intermittent staffing needs.
This is how Mom Corps was born. Come visit us www.momcorps.com.
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ZF-2801: Constructor of Zend_Controller_Front should be protected to allow extending the front controller
The constructor is currently private, but to extend the Front controller it would be helpful to have it protected.
You can override any method of a parent class, as long as you set the visibility equal to or less restrictive than the visibility in the parent class. In the case of a singleton such as Zend_Controller_Front, you'll also need to extend getInstance() to ensure that the current class is the one instantiated.
I've blogged on this previously: http://weierophinney.net/matthew/archives/…
But: in PHP 5.3 the behaviour has been changed slightly. If the parent constructor is private it can't be called from the extending class. The following example works in 5.2 but no longer in 5.3: {{{ <?php class Parent2 { public static function getInstance() { return new self(); }
private function __construct()
class Child extends Parent2 { public static function getInstance() { return new self(); } }
var_dump(Child::getInstance()); }}}
PHP 5.3 does not have a stable API at this point, and this new behavior could still change. Once the 5.3 API stabilizes, we can revisit this issue.
The point is, calling a private constructor from a descending class is just wrong and will never work. Private properties and methods are only visible to the declaring class. Allowing to call private properties of a class from static methods was a bug and extending Zend_Controller_Front therefore just worked because of this inconsistency in the object model of PHP.
Shouldn't we leave it open or mark it as LATER or something?
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11-05027 Davis, Trustee v. Pham et al (Doc. # 57) - Document Text
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- Published: 06 September 2012
- Written by Judge Somers
SIGNED this 5th day of September, 2012.
Designated for on-line use but not print publication
In Re:
TUNG THANH NGUYEN and
CARL B. DAVIS, Trustee,
and LISA DANG,
Case 11-05027 Doc# 57 Filed 09/05/12 Page 1 of 12
In this adversary proceeding, the Chapter 7 Trustee seeks to avoid under 11 U.S.C.
§ 548 (a)(1)(B)1 Debtor Tung Thanh Nguyen's (Debtor) transfer of his interest in real
property to his sister, defendant Lisa Dang (Lisa), within one year prior to filing for relief
under Chapter 7. The parties stipulated to the jurisdiction of the Court and consented to
the trial and entry of final order by the Bankruptcy Court. An evidentiary hearing was
held, after which briefs were filed.
In September 2007, defendant Thi Hoa Pham (Ms. Pham), Debtor's and Lisa's
mother, decided to purchase farm property located in Reno County, Kansas. The
consideration of approximately $170,000 was provided two-thirds by Ms. Pham and one-
third by her companion, defendant Noel Esplund (Noel), who has since become her
common law husband. The sellers were the conservator of the estate of William N. Neal,
and the wife of William N. Neal. Two deeds conveying the property, one by the
conservator and one by the attorney-in-fact for William's wife, to Ms. Pham and Noel as
joint tenants were executed on September 26, 2007 in Pennsylvania. The settlement date
for the sale, which closed in Kansas, was September 28, 2007. Ms. Pham and Noel
attended the closing, but Debtor did not. On that date, Ms. Pham and Noel executed a
joint tenancy warranty deed conveying the property to Noel, Debtor, and Lisa. The three
deeds, the two deeds from the sellers and the joint tenancy deed, were all recorded on
1 Future references in the text to title 11 shall be to the section only.
Case 11-05027 Doc# 57 Filed 09/05/12 Page 2 of 12
October 2, 2007. The transfer of the property which is the subject of this action, is a quit
claim deed from Debtor to Lisa dated May 29, 2008, for which Debtor received no
Ms. Pham testified that before the sale she arranged to use her son and daughter's
names for purchase of the property. The children agreed to hold her share of the property
in their names, but there was no written agreement. She regards the deeds to her and
Noel as joint tenants to have been mistakes. At the time of the purchase, Ms. Pham had
been tentatively diagnosed with cancer, but did not inform her children of her possible
illness. Ms. Pham wanted to be sure that her children, not Noel, would control her
interest in the property if she were to die. Debtor did not question his mother's decisions
to purchase the property or the manner in which it was titled. Debtor has never seen the
property, did not regard himself to be an owner of the property, and, even though he had
financial problems, never considered selling his interest. Ms. Pham, not her children,
paid two-thirds of the real estate taxes and received income from the property.
In February 2008, Debtor wanted to pay down his credit card debt and contracted
with Financial Independence Resources, a debt adjustment service. He stopped paying
his credit cards based upon the services to be provided. After one year, Debtor
terminated the contract and began considering bankruptcy. Also in early 2008, Ms. Pham
learned that she did not have cancer. She testified that for this reason, she requested that
Debtor's interest in the property be quit claimed to Lisa. The testimony also supports the
inference that additional factors, such as Debtor's financial circumstances and Ms.
Case 11-05027 Doc# 57 Filed 09/05/12 Page 3 of 12
Pham's opinion that her daughter would take better care of her than her son, may have
also motivated the request. On May 29, 2008, Debtor executed the quit claim deed for no
consideration, since in his view his mother had always controlled the property and he was
not really an owner. The deed was recorded on June 3, 2008.
Debtor and his wife filed for relief under Chapter 7 on May 27, 2009, less than one
year after the quit claim deed transfer. A review of Debtor's schedules show that he was
insolvent on the date of filing. Debtor testified that his financial circumstances did not
materially change during the year prior to filing.
A. The Trustee's complaint.
The complaint alleges that the Debtor's transfer of his interest in the property by
quit claim deed dated May 29, 2008, is a fraudulent transfer as described in
§ 548(a)(1)(B), which provides in relevant part:
(a)(1) The trustee may avoid any transfer . . . of an interest of the debtor in
property . . . that was made . . . within 2 years before the date of the filing of the
petition, if the debtor voluntarily or involuntarily-
* * *
(B)(i) received less than a reasonably equivalent value in exchange for such
transfer . . .; and
(ii)(I) was insolvent on the date that such transfer was made . . . or
became insolvent as a result of such transfer . . .; or
* * *
(IV) made such transfer to or for the benefit of an insider, or incurred
such obligation to or for the benefit of an insider, under an
employment contract and not in the ordinary course of business.
Defendants are Ms. Pham, Noel, and Lisa.
Case 11-05027 Doc# 57 Filed 09/05/12 Page 4 of 12
The complaint alleges that the transfer was to an insider, as defined in § 101(31),
that the Debtor received less than a reasonably equivalent value, and Debtor was
insolvent at the time of the transfer, or was rendered insolvent by virtue of the transfer.
The relief sought is that the transfer be set aside and that defendants be ordered to convey
and deliver the transferred property, or its equivalent value, to the Trustee.
B. Debtor held the one-third interest in the property in an implied trust for
the benefit of his mother.
The Court begins its analysis by examining the Debtor's interest in the property
conveyed by the quit claim deed. Defendants assert that Debtor had only legal title to a
one third interest and Ms. Pham held the equitable interest to that portion of the property.
The Court agrees that the evidence clearly establishes equitable ownership by Ms.
Pham. Kansas law provides that "[w]hen a conveyance [of real property] for a valuable
consideration is made to one person and consideration therefor paid by another," no trust
shall arise and title shall vest in transferee, except as provided by statutory exceptions.2
Those exceptions include the following: "where it shall be made to appear that by
agreement and without fraudulent intent the party to whom the conveyance was made, or
in whom the title shall vest, was to hold the land or some interest therein in trust for the
party paying the purchase money or some part thereof."3 Such an implied trust in favor of
the payor of the consideration arises if "the payor can establish (1) it had an agreement
Case 11-05027 Doc# 57 Filed 09/05/12 Page 5 of 12
with the grantee that the grantee would hold the property for the benefit of the payor and
(2) the payor had no intent to defraud its creditors."4
These elements are established in this case. Both Ms. Pham, who paid the
consideration, and Debtor, in whose name a one-third interest was conveyed, testified that
they agreed that Debtor would hold the one-third interest in the property for the benefit of
Ms. Pham. The method of ownership was selected by Ms. Pham because she had
concerns about her health at the time of the purchase. Further, the actions of the parties
after the conveyance fully reflect this agreement. Debtor did not regard the property
interest as his own. Debtor never contemplated sale of the one-third interest in the
property, even though he had financial problems. He executed the quit claim deed when
requested to do so by Ms. Pham because she was in control of the property. Taxes were
paid by Ms. Pham, and she received income from the property. There was no evidence of
fraudulent intent. Ms. Pham has carried her burden of proof to establish an implied trust.
The Trustee contends that the requirements for an implied trust are not satisfied
and the Debtor's interest was a gift from his mother. He relies upon the presumption
under Kansas law that a gift is intended when a transfer of property is made to one person
and the purchase price paid by another, where the transferee is the spouse, child or other
natural object of the bounty of the person paying the purchase price.5 The presumption is
4 Morris v. Kasparek (In re Kasparek), 426 B.R. 332, 341 (10th Cir BAP 2010) (citing K.S.A. 58
5 The University State Bank v. Blevins, 227 Kan, 40, 44, 605 P.2d 91, 94 (1980).
Case 11-05027 Doc# 57 Filed 09/05/12 Page 6 of 12
rebuttable by evidence that the one paying the consideration did not intend the transferee
to have a beneficial interest.6 In this case, the evidence discussed above that Ms. Pham
and Debtor agreed that Debtor would not have a beneficial interest rebuts the presumption
of a gift.
An important factual basis urged by the Trustee for finding a gift rather than an
implied trust is the presence of deeds initially conveying the property to Ms. Pham and
Noel as joint tenants, followed by a deed conveying Ms. Pham's interest in the property
to Debtor and his sister. The Court finds that for purposes of evidence of an implied trust
these deeds should be construed as if the conveyance of the one-third interest to Debtor,
for which Ms. Pham paid the consideration, had been made by the sellers to Debtor. Ms.
Pham testified that the deeds granting the property to her were a mistake, that she had
been assured that title could be held as she directed. The two deeds from the grantors
were executed in Pennsylvania two days before the settlement date. The deed conveying
the partial interest to Debtor was executed on the settlement date, which was two days
after execution of the Pennsylvania deeds.7 All three deeds were recorded on the same
date. The transfer from the Pennsylvania grantors to Debtor, Lisa, and Noel was a single
integrated transaction for purposes of K.S.A. 58-2406.
6 Id. (citing Restatement (Second) of Trusts § 443 (1959)).
7 The Court rejects as not credible testimony that Ms. Pham returned to the title office after the
closing to execute the deed to Debtor. This view of the transaction was frequently repeated by counsel,
either expressly or as an assumption behind the questions asked, but was not supported by independent
testimony. No evidence of what happened at the closing with respect to the deeds was elicited from Ms.
Pham. Debtor did not attend the closing. No witnesses from the title company appeared. Ms. Pham's
native language is not English, and this fact impaired her ability to testify clearly.
Case 11-05027 Doc# 57 Filed 09/05/12 Page 7 of 12
C. The elements for findings that the quit claim deed of Debtor's interest was
a fraudulent conveyance under § 548(a)(1)(B) are present.
In the complaint, the Trustee alleges he is entitled to avoid the transfer effected by
the quit claim deed under § 548(a)(1)(B), the relevant portions of which are quoted above.
It allows the Trustee to avoid transfers which "may be free of actual fraud, but which are
deemed to diminish unfairly a debtor's assets in derogation of creditors."8
The Trustee relies upon two subsections. Both require that the transfer be within
two years before the date of filing and that the Debtor did not receive reasonably
equivalent value. These two conditions are clearly present. It is undisputed that the deed
was executed and delivered within two years of the date Debtor filed for relief under
Chapter 7 and that Debtor received no consideration.
The only additional element required for avoidance under § 548(a)(1)B)(i) is that
Debtor was insolvent on the date of transfer or became insolvent as a result of the
transfer. Debtor's schedules reflect that his liabilities exceeded his total assets (including
his exempt assets) on the date of filing. Debtor testified that his financial affairs did not
change materially during the one year prior to filing. The elements for avoidance of the
transfer under § 548(a)(1)(B)(i) are present. Likewise the elements under
§ 548(a)(1)(B)(iii) are present, since the quit claim deed transferred Debtor's interest to
his sister, Lisa, who is defined to be an insider by § 101(31).
8 5 Collier on Bankruptcy ¶548.05 (Alan N. Resnick & Henry J. Sommer eds.-in-chief, 16th ed.
rev. 2012).
Case 11-05027 Doc# 57 Filed 09/05/12 Page 8 of 12
D. To what remedy is the Trustee entitled?
The Trustee in the complaint seeks an order directing conveyance to him, for the
benefit of the estate, of Debtor's interest in the property, which the Trustee contends was
both the legal and equitable one-third interest. But, as the Court has found, the Debtor
had no equitable interest in the property and did not transfer an equitable interest to his
sister. All the Trustee can avoid is the transfer of bare legal title, an interest which has
essentially no value. The purpose of avoidance, to benefit creditors, would not be served
by setting of the transfer.
In his post trial brief, the Trustee argues that if the Debtor had only legal title at the
time of the quit claim deed, the Trustee would still be able to avoid the transfer under
§ 548(a)(1)(B). The Court agrees that this proposition is technically correct.
But the Trustee goes on to argue that "the trustee stands in the shoes of a bona fide
purchaser of the real property as of the petition date and takes the title free and clear of
implied trust interest."9 The Court is not convinced that this reasoning is correct. The
Trustee's arguments include the language of § 544, which sets forth the strong arm
powers of the Trustee. But the complaint does not allege exercise of § 544 powers, and
the two year period for asserting such a claim has expired.10 Defendants have not
responded to the Trustee's position.
9 Dkt. 54 at 8.
10 See 11 U.S.C. § 546.
Case 11-05027 Doc# 57 Filed 09/05/12 Page 9 of 12
In support of his position, the Trustee cites Kasparek,11 an adversary proceeding
factually similar to this case, which was decided by this court, appealed to the Tenth
Circuit BAP, and reversed. This Court described the case as follows:
This is an adversary action to sell 80 acres of farm ground
located in Kingman County, Kansas (hereafter Farm
Property), jointly owned by defendants, pursuant to a
warranty deed showing the grantees as "Wayne A. Kasparek,
Jonathon W. Kasparek, and James M. Kasparek, . . . as joint
tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common." The Trustee contends that the bankruptcy estate of
Debtor Jonathan Kasparek owns an undivided one-third
interest in the Farm Property and/or the Trustee has the rights
and powers of a bona fide purchaser of such undivided one-
third interest pursuant to § 5[4]4(a)(3), so that the sale of the
jointly owned Farm Property should be ordered under §
363(h). Defendants assert that the estate has no interest in the
Farm Property under § 541(d) since co-tenant Wayne
Kasparek paid all of the consideration to purchase, maintain
and operate the real estate; Wayne Kasparek owns the Farm
Property in its entirety; Wayne Kasparek added Defendants
Jonathon and James Kasparek, his sons, to the deed for estate
planning purposes only; and all of Defendants intended
Wayne Kasparek to be the owner of all equitable interests in
the Farm Property. Defendants further argue that the
Trustee's strong-arm powers cannot be exercised to acquire a
one-third interest in the Farm Property.12
Following trial, the Court ruled in favor of the defendants, finding that the Debtor held
only bare legal title to the property and the Trustee could not avoid the father's equitable
interest using his strong arm powers. The trustee appealed, and the BAP reversed. First,
11 Kasparek, 426 B.R. at 332.
12 Morris v. Kasparek (In re Kasparek), 2009 WL 2366400 (Bankr. D. Kan 2009) rev'd 426 B.R.
332 (10th Cir. BAP 2011)(footnote deleted).
Case 11-05027 Doc# 57 Filed 09/05/12 Page 10 of 12
it held that the evidence in support of debtor's position that he held only bare legal title to
the property was not sufficient under K.S.A. 58-2406. Next, the BAP ruled that even if
the debtor held his interest subject to an implied trust under K.S.A. 58-2406, the Trustee
could avoid that interest under § 544(a)(3) and a Kansas statue, K.S.A. 58-2402, which
provides that no trust shall defeat the title of a purchaser for valuable consideration
without notice of the trust.
The Court cannot accept the Trustee's reliance upon Kasparek without further
explanation of the reasons for its applicability to this case. There are material procedural
differences between this case and Kasparek. In this case, the Trustee sought to avoid
Debtor's prepetition transfer of his interest under § 548 and makes no claim under § 544.
In Kasparek, the trustee contended the debtor's estate included a one-third interest in the
property and he was entitled to sell the estate's interest and the interests of the co-tenants
under § 363(h), either because the warranty deed conveyed a one-third legal and equitable
interest to debtor or because any equitable interest of debtor's father could be avoided
under § 544. The Trustee has presented no argument why the holding of Kasparek, that
the trustee, as a bona fide purchaser, may take free of an equitable interest, applies to the
equitable interest of Ms. Pham in the property transferred by the Debtor.
When addressing the remedy, the Trustee also cites K.S.A. 58-2402. It provides:
"No such trust, whether implied or created, shall defeat the title of the purchaser for a
valuable consideration and without notice of the trust." But, again, the Trustee fails to
Case 11-05027 Doc# 57 Filed 09/05/12 Page 11 of 12
address why, if the transfer by quit claim deed is avoided, he is entitled to rely upon
K.S.A. 58-2402. Further authority would be helpful.
For the foregoing reasons, the Court declines at this time to rule on the remedy to
which the Trustee is entitled.
The Court finds that the May 29, 2008 quit claim deed from Debtor conveyed only
bare legal title to a one-third interest in the property to Debtor's sister, Lisa. The
equitable interest was held by Debtor's mother, Ms. Pham, who paid the consideration
and conveyed the interest to Debtor under an agreement that he would hold the interest
for her benefit. The elements for avoidance of the quit claim deed under § 548 are
present, but the Court declines to rule upon the appropriate remedy at this time because
the issue has not been fully briefed.
Accordingly, the Court directs the Trustee to file a brief addressing the question of
appropriate remedy within 28 days of the entry of this order. Defendants may, if they
so chose, file a response to the Trustee's brief within 28 days thereafter.
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ZF-8382: Zend_Log_Writer_Syslog does not utilize formatter
You can set an formatter for an Zend_Log_Writer_Syslog object. But as it seems this formatter is never used.
In my opinion the formatter should be utilized, once you are allowed to set one... See this very trivial patch to Zend/Log/Writer/Syslog.php:
--- Syslog.php (revision 19) +++ Syslog.php (working copy) @@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ $this->_initializeSyslog(); }
- syslog($priority, $event['message']);
- $line = $this->_formatter->format($event);
- syslog($priority, $line); } }
Hi, I've run into this problem, too.
The above patch will fail with an error if a user tries to write to a syslog with no formatter.
There are two solutions:
(1) Detect if there's a formatter set & use it if there is [chrismsnz-zf-syslog-format-1.patch] - Inconsistent with how the other writer's formatters are initialised
(2) Set a default formatter (same approach as the other writers) [chrismsnz-zf-syslog-format-2.patch] - May need to override the default simple formatter string as it's probably not appropriate for syslog.
Approach #2 is probably preferred.
Cheers, Chris.
Added patches referenced in the above comment
Assigned to [~intiilapa]
The reason we didn't provide formatter support originally is because you're using the syslog facility -- syslog() is expecting both a priority and a message as arguments, and usually indicates the priority in the log itself. Using the Simple formatter, we'd end up seeing the priority duplicated in such logs.
As such, patch 1 makes more sense -- if no formatter is present, simply use the current approach (syslog($priority, $message)), and if and only if a formatter has been explicitly provided, use it.
Reopening in order to correct fix version.


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ZF-3965: Write getter and setter for private $_offset member
I realize that this would invalidate the $_timezone member, but it would be nice if one could manually modify the $_offset parameter using some getters and setters. In contrast, it would also be nice to be able to give setTimeZone something other than the PHP timezones (more along the lines of "-7" or "GMT+0600"). My reasoning for wanting to set the $_offset member myself are that I can get a unix timestamp for the server, and a unix timestamp for the client, so I can get the value of $_offset, but I can't easily get a value that setTimeZone likes.
No, there will be no setter/getter for this private property, because there are dependencies on other members.
Offset is used for holding the offset for the servers time to the real time when using Zend_TimeSync.
When creating a date object you can simply set Timezones by setting a real timezone along the olson database, or a windows timezone using Zend_Locale or simply an hour offset like +0600 or -02:00 by using the proper input formats.
Anyhow you calculate this, you must give an hour offset. All other things will not be recognised as Timezone setting as timezones are ALWAYS hour offsets.
There is also a getTimezoneByString method which could be handy.
Feature would corrupt other features necessary for date calculation.
I couldn't convince setTimezone to accept any kind of hour offset (even in formats like 'UTC+0800' or 'UTC-7'), so my solution ended up being looping over the list returned by timezone_abbreviations_list() and just using the first timezone_id that had the offset I was looking for. This isn't the best solution, but it's the best I could come up with to just allow me to adjust my Zend_Date objects into the offset I want/need.
Long story short, timezone_abbreviations_list() doesn't really work too well. Too many duplicates with different offsets.
timezone_name_from_abbr, however, works like a charm:
<?php echo timezone_name_from_abbr('', -25200, 0); // prints out "America/Denver"
Timezones in date strings are eighter defined as timezone name for example "America/Denver" or as hour offset for example "+0800".
Both are recognised by Zend_Date and the mentioned getTimezoneByString method.
Timezones by second offset are not allowed and therefor not supported. You can simply come around this by dividing 25200 by 3600 and use this as input for the houroffset.


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After twelve-and-a-half years, the curtain fell on Windows XP yesterday: the aged operating system transitioned out of extended support and into a long, dark, unsupported and unpatched twilight. Bespoke patches will still be made for those customers willing to pay enough money—mainly governments and large corporations with significant Windows XP installed bases—but for most of the world, XP is now officially a dead operating system.
Windows XP wasn't the only thing to be shuffled into unsupported purgatory yesterday, though. Also included in the group of applications to be dumped down the memory hole is the browser that everyone loves to hate: Internet Explorer 6.
For all its terribleness now, IE6 accomplished a pretty stunning set of achievements. It's the browser that definitively killed Netscape Navigator and ended the first great "Web Browser War." At its height, IE6 was the browser of choice for ninety percent of the Web's users. Its crushing market dominance also ensured that businesses used it internally as well as externally, developing ActiveX-based Web applications for it and further perpetuating Microsoft's ecosystem lock-in.
In fact, it was too dominant—after its release, the Web browser market effectively froze and stagnated for five years. It took the rise of Phoenix (later to be renamed Firebird, and then renamed again to Firefox) from the ashes of Netscape Navigator to spark another round of competition-driven innovation; the four-browser détente we have today between Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, and Firefox is vastly preferable to those sad days in the mid-2000s when IE6 ruled the Web with its untabbed, exploit-riddled interface.
Most of us have long since moved on, either to one of the mainstream modern browsers or to one of the lesser-used fringe browsers like Opera (though Opera aficionados will probably want to murder me for not pointing out that the Norwegian-developed Opera browser was a viable IE alternative even back in the dark days). However, IE6 is still around—in spite of its dangerous exploitability and lack of patches from here on, it's still going to be used by some small percentage of Web users for a whole host of reasons. According to NetApplications, 4.42 percent of the browsers it has tracked so far this year have been running IE6.
Most mainstream Websites dropped support for IE6 long ago; the weirdly broken Web experienced by IE6 users only vaguely resembles the responsive and dynamic experience the rest of us get with modern browsers. Those holdout IE6 users will experience a broken Web that increasingly diverges from reality—one filled with odd images, partial CSS rendering, and crashes.
This is how the once-mighty IE6 transitions into its own unsupported twilight: in a sad spasm of page rendering errors.
Pure vintage: Windows XP SP2, with IE6 6.0.2900.2180 SP2. If you're still using this, I feel bad for you, son—I got 99 problems, but an ancient version of Internet Explorer ain't one.
Pure vintage: Windows XP SP2, with IE6 6.0.2900.2180 SP2. If you're still using this, I feel bad for you, son—I got 99 problems, but an ancient version of Internet Explorer ain't one.
Unsurprisingly, Ars Technica doesn't look that great under IE6—our fancy menubar and CSS-dependent layout plays havoc with the old Trident engine.
The situation doesn't really get any better if we scroll down.
News aggregator Digg is also a mess, with their grid layout falling apart spectacularly under IE6's outdated CSS interpreter.
Reddit's homepage is a little better, but still essentially unusable. Upvoting and downvoting work, but clicks on the arrows take several seconds to register.
The fancy Node.js-based Ghost blogging platform doesn't work terribly well.
Jeff Atwood's heavily Javascript-dependent Discourse forum doesn't even try to play nice.
Slashdot punches IE in the face with an error message.
The browser then hangs, and I had to kill the IEXPLORE process. Repeated visits yielded the same result. Slashdot really, really hates IE6 (which seems appropriate).
The NYT threw up the same error as Slashdot, but IE6 at least didn't crash.
CNN sort of vaguely worked, though the page header rendering was pretty screwy.
Time.com was another half-formed mess.
Twitter kicked me over into its mobile layout, with a header note explaining what was going on. The mobile site in IE6 was actually pretty usable.
Unfortunately, clicking the "Learn more here" link led to this page, which was hopelessly broken.
What if you want to buy a Mac and rescue yourself from Windows XP/IE6 hell? Popping over to the Apple Store yields a warning that you can browse, but not buy.
...and you can't really browse all that effectively anyway.
You also won't have much luck watching funny viral cat videos: Youtube warns you that IE6 doesn't play well and will be unsupported "soon."
Apparently "soon" means "now," because this is all I could get Youtube to do.
Microsoft Editor Peter Bright suggested I pop over to Chinese search engine Baidu and see how it acted. IE6 still has a significant presence in developing markets (and for our purposes, China is one of those).
Other than missing glyphs, Baidu seems to work OK. It would probably work a lot better if I installed Chinese language support.
Surprisingly, Google Maps worked quite well. It defaulted to the older version, but it was actually quite responsive and functional. I could set destinations, zoom in and out, flip to satellite mode and back, and click on dropped pins.
Yahoo.com also looked and acted mostly normal.
By far the biggest surprise was how well Amazon.com functioned. I didn't go through with actually buying anything, but I was able to browse around and look at products without any problems.
Another shot of Amazon looking and working just fine.
Another site that looks fine is the stalwart Metafilter—unsurprising, considering that the site essentially looks exactly the same now as it did the first time I visited it in late 1999.
Microsoft's Bing.com puts up a valiant struggle and ends up displaying with only a few problems. It even has the site's signature background image display.
Microsoft's homepage doesn't fare nearly as well, though. The modern Web has taken over Microsoft.com as thoroughly as it has any other big company's site, and IE6 thoroughly mangles the layout.
But you know what Microsoft site does render without any issues? Poor old neglected MSN.com. Quick poll: has anyone ever actually visited MSN.com on purpose? I've hit its homepage untold thousands of times, but always because I was opening up a new IE install for the first time. Never once have I gone to msn.com of my own volition.


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