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STOCKTON - A 27-year-old man met a woman who called herself "Crystal" at a north Stockton fast-food restaurant late Saturday, and the man later wound up being robbed by Crystal's two male accomplices, police said.
The victim told police he met Crystal at the restaurant at Quail Lakes Drive and March Lane about 11:15 p.m. Crystal was driving a white Chevrolet Cavalier, and she agreed to meet the man at a residence several miles north in the 2500 block of Plantation Place.
When the victim arrived, two men approached him with handguns and told him not to run. The man ran anyway, but the suspects caught him and took the keys to his truck, then fled on foot, according to police.
Crystal is described as a 21-year-old Latina with brown hair and brown eyes. The two male suspects, both black, were about the same age, both standing about 5-foot-5 and weighing about 165 pounds. All the suspects were wearing dark clothing.
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The Webb City softball team jumped out to an 11-0 lead and never looked back as it downed Neosho 16-5 on Tuesday at the Neosho Softball Field.
Kaitlin Beason was dominant in both phases of the game for the Lady Cardinals, earning the victory on the mound with seven strong innings, while going 2 for 3 with three RBIs at the plate with a double and a booming home run to left.
Neosho fought back and managed to extend the game with four runs in the fourth inning behind a 3-run home run by Kylee Belcher. The Lady Wildcats (4-8, 2-2 COC Conference) scored another run in the fifth to make it 13-5.
Kylie Bach had two hits and stole two bases for the Lady Wildcats. Bailey Spence had two hits, including a double, and added an RBI. Cassie Dickens, Belcher and Emily Harrell had a hit apiece.
Neosho B defeated Webb City 8-7 on a walkoff single by Kylee Mouse.
Neosho entertains Ozark at 5 p.m. Thursday.
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Jefferson Parish investigators are looking for five people in connection with a shooting that happened in Metairie Friday.
The shooting happened shortly after noon on Friday in the 6000 block of Rickey Street.
St. Matthew's Early Learning Center, a day care near where the shooting happened, was placed on lockdown as police scoured the area for the suspects.
Police said a man was shot in the leg and a bullet grazed his head. He was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said four men fled on foot and a woman fled in a white van.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.


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- Jul 20:
- Oakland protests leave many weary, looking for safer alternatives
- Comic-Con 2013: Jamie Foxx stands with Trayvon Martin's mom 'forever'
- Oakland: Trayvon Martin verdict spurs students, families to action
- Trayvon Martin's parents lead protests over Zimmerman verdict
- Across US, people rally for 'Justice for Trayvon'
- Jul 17:
- Poole: Trayvon Martin case demands commentary from sports figures
- Criminal charges filed against 3 Oakland protesters in Monday's demonstration
- Jul 16:
- Public Forum: The slaying of Trayvon Martin, its aftermath and how media images impact perception
- Oakland's Youth Radio station suffers vandalism, continues focus on Zimmerman verdict
- George Zimmerman verdict is topic of Cal State East Bay gathering
- Stevie Wonder won't sing in Florida after Zimmerman verdict
- Oakland mops up after third day of protests
- Jul 15:
- Demonstrators take over freeway on third night of protests in Oakland
- Oakland: At least two people injured during hours-long protest; freeway briefly shut down
- Oakland merchants, mayor decry damage from weekend's protests
- Tammerlin Drummond: Zimmerman verdict shows insanity of Florida gun laws
- Chat transcript:: Zimmerman verdict sparks anger, property destruction in Oakland
- Mercury News editorial: Zimmerman trial struck chord with deep resonance
- Oakland: Downtown cleanup underway after weekend protests
- Jul 14:
- Acquittal in Trayvon Martin case prompts protests, debate
- Zimmerman acquittal hits Oakland hard
- Hayward: Woman allegedly attacks 73-year-old musician on stage after song dedicated to Trayvon Martin
- Oakland: More demonstrations planned as property owners clean up after overnight protest
- George Zimmerman verdict: More protests planned for Sunday
- Zimmerman, cleared in Trayvon Martin death, faces outrage
- Rallies against Zimmerman verdict being held in US
- Jul 13:
- Antioch police chief writes lengthy message on Zimmerman verdict
- George Zimmerman trial timeline: How the case unfolded
- Zimmerman, Martin families react on Twitter
- Quotes and reaction to Zimmerman verdict
- George Zimmerman found not guilty in death of Trayvon Martin
- Zimmerman cleared in shooting of Trayvon Martin
- No arrests after Saturday night vandalism in downtown Oakland
SANFORD, Fla. — President Barack Obama called for calm on Sunday after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, saying his death was a tragedy and that the country should seek ways to stem gun violence.
Cleared by a Florida jury late on Saturday, Zimmerman walked free from criminal charges in the shooting death of Martin, but still faces public outrage, a possible civil suit and demands for a federal investigation.
The six women jurors who deliberated for 16 hours over two days found Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in a case that has polarized the U.S. public. Zimmerman said he acted in self-defense while civil rights activists said the shooting was racially motivated.
"We are a nation of laws and a jury has spoken," Obama, the first black U.S. president, said in a statement. "I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son."
Obama, who last year said that "if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," added that he was aware the Florida case has elicited strong feelings. "And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher," he said.
The president urged Americans to broaden "the circle of understanding and compassion" in their communities and put some of the emotion the case has aroused into curtailing gun violence.
"We should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis," he said. "We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this."
"That's the way to honor Trayvon Martin," he added.
Critics contend Zimmerman wrongly suspected 17-year-old Martin of being a criminal because he was black, making it civil rights issue, while gun rights supporters saw Zimmerman as a persecuted hero who was exercising his right to bear arms assured by the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment.
Zimmerman's lawyers argued he acted in self-defense the night of February 26, 2012, when he and Martin met inside a gated community in the central Florida town of Sanford. They accuse civil rights advocates of wrongly injecting the issue of race.
"It was such a shame. The whole case nearly destroyed George from Day One. ... That they put a racism spin on this prosecution just hurt him very deeply," said John Donnelly, a close friend of Zimmerman who testified in the trial.
In Sanford, Valarie Houston, pastor of the Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, dedicated a Sunday morning prayer service to Martin.
"I am hurt. I am sad. I am disappointed and my heart is overwhelmed with pains," Houston said. "I thought in my heart that justice would be served."
Civil rights leaders including Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Benjamin Jealous, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), urged the Justice Department to pursue federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
Jealous said Martin's family may bring a civil suit against Zimmerman but said federal criminal charges must be filed because evidence suggests race was a factor in the case.
He told CNN the black community is upset with a situation in which "our young people have to fear the bad guys and the good guys. The robbers and the cops and the self-appointed community watch volunteer who think that they're keeping folks safer."
Sharpton, who called the verdict "a slap in the face to the American people," cited the example of Rodney King, the man whose videotaped beating by Los Angeles police triggered rioting two decades ago after a state criminal trial found the police officers not guilty. Later, the Justice Department brought a federal case that resulted in the conviction of two officers.
The Justice Department has not commented on the case.
Zimmerman, 29, who is white and Hispanic, spotted Martin from his car and called police, believing Martin to be suspicious. The teenager, who was staying in the neighborhood at the home of his father's fiancee, was walking back from a convenience store where he bought candy and a soft drink.
Minutes later, after Zimmerman got out of his car, the two engaged in a fight that left Zimmerman with a bloody nose and head injuries. The encounter ended when Zimmerman shot Martin once through the heart with a 9mm pistol.
Prosecutors had to prove that Zimmerman committed a crime in pursuing and killing Martin and that he did not act in self-defense.
The tense drama that had been building for 16 months climaxed with a court clerk's late-night reading of the "not guilty" verdict. Zimmerman showed no emotion at first, but later broke into a smile after sitting down.
The jurors were sequestered during the three weeks of testimony and remained anonymous by court order. They declined to speak with reporters.
The court unshackled Zimmerman from a monitoring device he had been wearing while on bail. He previously only left home in a disguise and body armor, his lawyer said. His brother said he would remain out of public view for some time.
The acquittal will weaken any wrongful death civil lawsuit that Martin's family might bring, and Zimmerman's lead defense lawyer, Mark O'Mara, predicted Zimmerman would win immunity from a civil suit.
Demonstrators continued outside the Seminole County Courthouse where the trial was held chanted "No justice, no peace" before and after the verdict. Protests broke out in some U.S. cities including Oakland and Washington. The activist group Act Now to Stop War and End Racism called demonstrations on Sunday in New York, Boston, San Francisco and other cities.


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An 82-year old-man is in critical condition after he was robbed at his home on T-Highway, near the Swedeborg area.
Pulaski County Sheriff's deputies found the man after discovering his vehicle on a private farm near the Gasconade River.
After investigating the incident, deputies discovered that the registered owner was a disabled citizen, which prompted a welfare check at the man's residence.
Deputies discovered the victim lying in the floor, severely injured. The victim was immediately flown to a trauma center, where he is listed in critical condition.
The ensuring investigation revealed that numerous items had been stolen from the house.
The Pulaski County Sheriff's Department has identified several persons of interest but is still seeking the community's assistance in solving this case.
If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department at 573-774-6196, or the anonymous Tip-Line at 573-774-7948.
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How do we study the brain?
This is a post by staff blogger Daniel Lightfoot, Ph.D., Director of the Autism Tissue Program.
Autism is a clinically diagnosed disorder. Much of our knowledge about autism comes from direct interactions with people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), listening to parents of children on the spectrum, and conducting clinical studies. Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) studies have added to our understanding by giving us a peek at the autistic brain and structural differences that may be present. Additionally, strong efforts in genetic analysis have discovered genes of interest and regions within our DNA that may play a part in the development of ASD. Though all these efforts have taught us much about autism, we still know relatively little about the autistic brain and why its development is altered. So how do we learn more?
We must look at things directly.
Consider the following analogy. If you were told to study an office building, but could not go inside, you may find yourself walking around the structure and studying its shape. You could interact with the building by touching the stone and steel that form the building. This would be analogous to clinical and behavioral observations typically made of individuals with autism. Engineering plans, may tell you what the building is comprised of (analogous to genetics studies) and even how it is shaped on the inside—where the rooms are and how stairs, elevators and hallways connect them. This last approach would be analogous to structural MRI studies. Despite the value of each of these perspectives, none of these examinations could reveal the happenings within the building. You would know nothing about the people working within the building, what they were doing, how they interacted with each other and what their jobs may have been.
In a similar way this is how we most often study autism, by looking at the outside, taking an indirect perspective. But there are some scientists who look at things differently. They go inside the building. They study brains directly. And what some of these exceptional scientists have learned so far is quite astounding.
Studying brain tissue directly from deceased individuals, enables researchers to look microscopically at the cells within human brains, how these cells are connected with one another, how they are structured on a molecular level and what that most interesting of molecules – DNA – is doing within the cell. Studying the brain directly allows a far more thorough level of research to be conducted; enabling researches to ask and answer questions that otherwise could not have been addressed, to study the cell and molecular bases behind autism, and granting the ability to look at the fundamental underpinnings behind ASD. Scientists need to study brains from both affected and unaffected individuals in order to make informative comparisons. Without both affected and unaffected individuals to study, the brain tissue loses context and is far less instructive.
Recent breakthroughs in brain tissue research
With brain tissue, scientists can look at the many components needed to make and organize proteins within a cell for proper brain function. Investigators have explored genes that synthesize a major inhibitory transmitter (GABA) in the neural cells and found decreased activity in a special type of protein called an enzyme. In addition, other molecules that detect and bind to GABA (called receptors) are decreased in prevalence in several brain regions. Enzymes and receptors are targets for therapeutics (drug intervention) and are therefore important to understand.
A report investigating 26 brains from the Brain Atlas Project describes some of the atypical findings in the brains of individuals with autism: namely defects in the production, development and organization of new neurons in the brain. Using digital images available to researchers from the Brain Atlas Project, investigators showed that cell populations in the brain, organized in distinct patterns termed minicolumns, are more numerous in the autism brains. Scientists postulate that this increase of minicolumns results in higher sensitivity to stimuli coming into the brain, but at a cost to processing and output in the form of behaviors that characterize autism.
Brain tissue evaluation of mitochrondria reveals differences in these critical cell powerhouses. Mitochondria are responsible for producing most of the energy inside a cell. Brain tissue research has revealed defects in mitochondrial proteins important for shuttling molecules across brain cell membranes. Much like a battery, controlling the flow of molecules within different compartments of a cell is one of the key components to the energy production process and one that appears to be functioning differently in individuals with autism.
Oxytocin is a hormone with a role in social recognition, pair bonding, anxiety, and maternal behaviors. Brain tissue research provides evidence of oxytocin receptor deficiencies resulting in a lower level of effectiveness. This means that even if the hormone is produced normally, it has a reduced effect. Treatments to increase oxytocin functionality in the brain are being explored and brain research will continue to contribute to the understanding of the role of this hormone in the brain.
Scientists also use brain tissue to explore findings from other medical assessments. Analysis of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) from subjects with autism has shown immune markers of neuroinflammation. Immune activity found in cells from the brain support the concept that specialized brain cells that respond to infection or damage are active in autism brain samples.
How you can help
Unfortunately, brain tissue is exceptionally rare, thereby hindering this rigorous approach to understating autism
The Autism Tissue Program (ATP), a clinical program of Autism Speaks, is dedicated to supporting scientists worldwide in their efforts to understand autism, autism related disorders and the human brain. The ATP makes brain tissue available to as many qualified scientists as possible to advance autism research and unravel the mysteries of this and related neurological conditions. In fact, it is the only program solely dedicated to increasing and enhancing the availability of post-mortem brain tissue for basic research in autism. You can make a profound difference to all those who struggle with autism by registering as a brain tissue donor with the ATP.
A large part about why we, at the ATP, keep working is that when people with autism die, it is sometimes unexpectedly and with little to explain the cause of death. Detailed analysis of the donated tissue helps provide answers as to why death occurred and helps us learn more about these unique individuals in addition to helping researchers understand autism.
If you are the parent of a child or children with an autism spectrum disorder, are related to a person with an autism spectrum disorder, have autism yourself or are unaffected, your donation can greatly affect our progress in understanding autism. We encourage entire families to consider donations of brain tissue for research.
While in some states and countries, registration for organ donation makes the process automatic at the time of death (as on your driver's license), this is not the case for brain tissue donation. Because brain tissue is used for research and not transplantation, it is not included on most organ donation registries. Therefore, by registering with the ATP, you declare your intent to donate brain tissue as well as making your wishes known to your family in a formalized way. However, registration does not make tissue donation automatic at the time death. This final choice of donation is made by your next-of-kin, which in legal terms, is defined in this order: spouse, adult children, either parent, adult siblings, or guardian at the time of death. Should you choose to become an ATP registrant, and wish to donate your brain upon death, to the ATP in support of autism research, we encourage you to inform others of your wishes, including your immediate and extended family. Helping your friends and family learn more about the ATP and its mission will help them understand your unique choice.
For more information about the ATP and becoming a registered donor, visit our site at www.autismtissue program.org.
August 3, 2010 at 3:59 pm
I would personally urge folks to look at what the Autism Tissue Program actually is. We've supported this program since 1998. My brother became a donor upon his untimely death in 1999 and we are all registered to participate and support this program. Will it happen when we die, that decision will come then, but we feel the work of the ATP is needed and can provide a path to answers. It already is in many ways. Please visit their website and learn more. My brother's story, Mark Coriaty, we hope will assist you in making a decision. But I would ask that folks register to show support as a community if you feel comfortable doing so.
August 4, 2010 at 4:51 pm
As a nutritionist, I believe the more expeditious approach to finding answers as to what is going wrong inside the brain is simply take a look at the gross nutrient composition of the brain. The many nutrients found to be deficient in autistic children are found to be primary components in the brain such as choline, phosphorus, serine, saturated and monounsaturated as well as poly unsaturated fatty acid along with cholesterol to name the nutrients most critical to meeting the needs for the several phospholipids required for an intact myelin sheath without which nerve function will be impaired. In my recent study of autistic children more than 90% reported the diet to be grossly lacking in the foods that could provide adequately for these critical nutrients.
August 4, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Well said Harold. We need to do so much more in the now. We can do so much more.
That said I would sign my son up for ATP. But I want more help and research directed towards his autism while he is still alive.
August 5, 2010 at 12:00 am
Katie, You might be interested in a new study that is underway now. I hope to shed some light on what we can do now for these children. For more information I suggest you visit my web site and review the section on the "survey."
The web site is whostolemyfood.com The test is simple and short term. I am offering a free copy of my book to all participants. With your help we may find the answers we seek.


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Puzzling over China's Growth
You worked with Campbell R. Harvey and Christian Lundblad to apply a wide range of standard growth models to China to try to explain its growth experience with standard growth determinants, such as trade openness, financial development and so forth. You found — not so surprisingly, you say — that the standard models cannot explain China's growth miracle.
We do say that it's not surprising that China doesn't fit the standard models, but our study still yielded some surprising results. For example, usually when there is such strong growth, there's also a lot of volatility — the growth rate moves up and down a lot from one year to another. China has had a lot of growth and very steady growth, without much volatility.
It's also been assumed that trade plays a big role and that China is more open to trade than other countries. A lot of big countries — like the U.S. — do not have large trade sectors relative to the size of their economies, and compared to the U.S., China is actually quite open. However, China's ratio of trade to GDP is actually smaller on average than that of other emerging markets, and in our analysis contributed surprisingly little to economic growth.
What does play an important role in China's growth experience is its enormous investment-to-GDP ratio. Some 40 percent of total resources available are being used for investments; in other countries that number is typically 20 to 25 percent.
In all, even accounting for exceptional investment levels and for some of the measurement problems associated with Chinese statistics, China's growth potential remains a real outlier.
How does all this investment get financed?
It turns out that most of the investments are really financed by a huge pool of local domestic savings. It all gets plunked into investing for growth. If you think about welfare, you want people to consume, you want people to get richer. But individuals are saving a lot of money — because they have to. There's no social security to speak of, so people have to really plan for old age; and they have to save to fund educational expenses, etc. China should figure out how to keep growing fast but at the same time use more of its resources to build a welfare system with pensions and healthcare to care for its people, deal with pollution and other problems. It can do so if it manages to allocate capital more efficiently than it currently does.
The state sector remains huge, but capital allocation by state-owned enterprises is notoriously inefficient. So in some sense what is kind of amazing is that as fast as it is already growing, China could actually grow even faster if it employed capital more efficiently.
The flip side of the huge savings and investment rates is that a smaller proportion of the total resources available is being consumed than is typical in most countries. But if you think about general welfare, it's consumption that should grow, not necessarily investment and GDP. You want the people to benefit from all these investments, and right now China is totally focusing on growth. They will have to make some sort of shift there, I think.
China has also taken a different path when it comes to financial openness. Can you explain the dynamics there?
Typically, when countries open their capital markets for foreign investment, it's a two-way street. Foreigners can invest in the country either through the capital markets or through foreign direct investment [FDI], which most people believe is the most valuable form of capital. FDI involves buying or starting up real companies, as opposed to buying stocks on the stock market. And people in that country can also invest abroad. Whereas I firmly believe that financial openness promotes economic growth, a number of countries that have opened up their markets in the past also went on borrowing binges. While the subject of much debate, some see too much or too fast financial openness as the root cause of the crises Mexico and Southeast Asian countries faced in the mid- to late '90s.
China has avoided such crises perhaps because it has opened up in an asymmetric and controlled fashion. First, Chinese citizens cannot invest abroad. Second, China has very purposely avoided borrowing from abroad; foreign capital mostly comes in the form of FDI. Now, we shouldn't assume FDI is enormous, either. Shang-Jin Wei, who also contributed to the book and is a true China expert, has already pointed this out. While there is much hype about FDI in China, the UK gets proportionally more FDI than China. Foreigners can also invest in the Chinese stock market, but that's still being opened up and is still pretty limited as an option for foreign investors.
How does that affect the local investment climate for the Chinese?
At home, investors have few interesting investment options: they can put their savings under their mattress, they can try to invest in private enterprises — but that can be difficult — or they can go to the local stock market, which last year did really well but over the 10 years before performed terribly. They can also deposit their savings in a state bank, but the real interest rate in China is negative. I suspect those individuals would prefer to put their money somewhere else, probably in Europe or the U.S., but they cannot.
The upshot is that the government is sitting on this massive pool of local savings it uses to invest in the economy, but the return on savings for those individual Chinese is very low. Ironically, the Chinese central bank itself is investing massively abroad, especially in U.S. Treasury bonds, which the Chinese people themselves cannot buy.
So that's another asymmetry: on the one hand, the savings allows the government to invest, which drives overall growth, but the state doesn't leave the people with many good options for increasing their own consumption or welfare through a better return on their individual savings. Yet, our analysis does reveal that the avoidance of foreign debt has played a role in promoting growth, and without a massive pool of domestic savings, China could not have sustained such high investment levels.
What's next?
That's certainly the question, isn't it? It's really hard to predict what will happen. I'm not an expert on China, by the way, but I can offer some perspective building on what I learned doing this project.
China features prominently in the current debate about global trade imbalances. Many believe China's restrictive exchange-rate system has led to an undervalued exchange rate that gives it an unfair advantage in international trade. The U.S. has pressured China to make its exchange rate more flexible, thinking that market forces would make the exchange rate in China appreciate.
I'm not so convinced. Over the long term, probably yes. But if China opens its capital markets further, those with domestic capital might search for better investment opportunities and diversification abroad. This market force may cause the exchange rate to depreciate. Some of the more well-off are already trying to park capital abroad, and the central bank in China is trying to slow this illegal capital outflow down.
However, the current growth model with an emphasis on high GDP growth, without regard to the resources used, is unsustainable. The state has to get out of the way. China needs to focus more on the overall welfare of its aging population. To sustain high growth, it must find a way to grow more efficiently. Using efficient capital allocation through developing its local financial markets and through financial openness is the best way forward.
It's not really an issue of growing faster, it's an issue of growing more efficiently.
Geert Bekaert is the Leon G. Cooperman Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia Business School.
Read more
Bekaert, Geert, Campbell R. Harvey and Christian Lundblad, "Financial Openness and the Chinese Growth Experience." In China's Financial Transition at the Crossroads, edited by Charles W. Calomiris. New York: Columbia University Press, Columbia Business School Publishing, 2007.
Geert Bekaert
Professor Bekaert teaches courses on international finance, empirical asset pricing and investments. His research focus is international finance, with a particular interest in foreign exchange market efficiency, exchange rate determination and international and emerging equity markets. He is also interested in portfolio management. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Journal of Finance


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I am a new member of We Make Zines, and am starting up a new (hopefully regular) zine called Manifesto. The zine is essentially going to be full of articles, opinion pieces, interviews, non fiction, rants, art, true stories and other writing pieces which express what you feel about the world. I'm looking to launch the first issue in the middle of March, and am looking for people to contribute.
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A Different Kind of Glamour
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Who says personal statement and diamond glamour could not go together? Stephen Webster stands to prove they always could, even if barb bracelets and rock music are the stuff that expresses the inner you. It is true that conventional jewelry making veers away from punky or rock and roll themes, but who really wants to get lost in the sea of usual accessories? Certainly not Hollywood's favorite designer, Stephen Webster, nor the throngs of urban fashion icons who cannot get enough of his collections. Webster's jewelry pieces are skillfully crafted and ingeniously designed, bringing together impeccable precious materials and savvy contemporary designs, such as gem-studded barb wires, spiders and bow ties. Platinum and diamond has always been a sophisticated jewelry combination, but Stephen Webster collections dress the time-tested elements and turn them into glamorous personal statements.
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text: Bucky-n-Brooks (Bucky Doren and Lainie Brooks) have been working together since February 2000. Like Bill Cosby once said, "...coming atcha with music and fun. And if you're not careful, you may learn something before it's done!" (Fat Albert intro). BnB host the Cedar Valley's most popular feature (of any radio station) - Gender Bender. It's their version of Battle of the Sexes (M-F 7:35am). You can also hear them each weekday hosting the "90's At Noon" on K-98.5.


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I was wondering if it would be possible to implement a GetGlue http://www.getglue.com plugin a bit like the last.fm scrobbling.
There is a developers part of the site at http://getglue.com/api, and basically I was wondering if it would be possible to do a Check-in http://getglue.com/api#checkin-methods when you watch a movie.
Is there a source code for the last.fm plugin, and I may take a look at it myself to see if there is anything I can do with it (don't hold your breath!!).
Thanks for any input!
Edit: I have just found an alternative site which does similar to getglue, which is http://trakt.tv, there is an API description here: http://trakt.tv/api-docs


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USA, 1976, 77 Minute Running Time
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Though it bears the title of the well-loved children's classic, this movie is a soft-core porn film which focuses on the erotic education of a virginal young woman. Many of the beauties populating this film are former Playboy models. In the story, Alice (Christine DeBell) is a librarian who discovers sex in Wonderland, a place populated with adult and erotic versions of the characters from the famous book. Two versions of this film exist: an R-rated cut, with soft-core sexual content, and an X-rated cut -- for the more adventurous -- with hardcore sexual content. Fans of the picture generally prefer the former version (which is what we'll be screening), complaining that the addition of hardcore material ruins the film's lighthearted tone.
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The Rev. Hugh James came to the United States from Wales only a few months ago, but he already has a deep appreciation for the meaning of Thanksgiving in America.
"Thanksgiving is something that's common to all religious traditions," James, pastor of Christ Episcopal Church in Norwich, said Thursday during a special interfaith service and food drive. "Thanksgiving is so fundamental to our religions that it seems a wonderful time to hold an interfaith service."
Sponsored by the Norwich Area Clergy and Norwich Churches Together, the hour-long service at St. Joseph Church on Cliff Street included the collection of non-perishable goods to benefit the Norwich Food Locker at Central Baptist Church.
"The best way to celebrate Thanksgiving is giving back to others what we receive from God," said the Rev. Tadeusz Zadorozny, pastor of St. Joseph.
Religious leaders from a dozen area churches and faith groups gathered in front of a crowd of about 50 to spread a message of good will and encourage participants to be generous.
"We come tonight from many different spiritual traditions, and that in and of itself is something to be thankful for," said the Rev. Sara Ofner-Seals of Park Congregational Church in Norwich.
The Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness reported 289 people in the New London-Norwich area as being homeless in 2011 as part of its one-day snapshot campaign, including 89 children in families.
"We should thank God every day for what we have instead of blaming him for what we don't have," said Swaranjit Singh, a Norwich resident and member of the Connecticut Sikh Association.
Singh said Thanksgiving carries a universal message that resonates with people around the world.
"People in India even celebrate Thanksgiving," Singh said. "It helps everyone have more joy in their life."
Mahmoud Mansour, imam of the New London Islamic Center, said every religious text ties its teachings into the spirit of Thanksgiving.
"To show your thanks to your creator is something that we shouldn't do just one day when we eat turkey," he said. "This needs to be on a continual basis."
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Mark J. Edlund
Saint Lukes Canyon View Behavioral Health
228 Shoup Ave W
Twin Falls, ID 83301
(208) 814-7900
- 18 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 3
Richard A. Yavruian
Saint Lukes Canyon View Behavioral Health
228 Shoup Ave W
Twin Falls, ID 83301
(208) 814-7900
- 21 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 4
Susan C. Carpenter
Saint Lukes Internal Medicine
414 Shoup Ave W Ste B
Twin Falls, ID 83301
(208) 814-9100
- 15 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 5
Laura M. Musteti-Oprea
Saint Lukes Internal Medicine
414 Shoup Ave W Ste B
Twin Falls, ID 83301
(208) 814-9100
- 18 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 6
Christina Scanlan
Psychiatric Services Behavioral Health Clinic Inc
493 Eastland Dr
Twin Falls, ID 83301
(208) 732-0995
- 1 office location(s)
- 7
Richard W. Worst
Richard W Worst MD PA
140 River Vista Pl
Twin Falls, ID 83301
(208) 734-0446
- 1 office location(s)
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Adrian Dean
Oak Creek Rehabilitation Center
500 Polk St E
Kimberly, ID 83341
(208) 423-5591
- 1 office location(s)
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- 1Canyon View Behavioral Health
228 Shoup Ave W
Twin Falls, Idaho 83301
(208) 814-790
- 2St Luke's Magic Valley Med Ctr
801 Pole Line Rd W
Twin Falls, Idaho 83301
(208) 737-200
- 3St Luke's Jerome
709 N Lincoln Ave
Twin Falls, Idaho 83338
(208) 324-430
- 4Walker Center
605 11th Ave E
Twin Falls, Idaho 83330
(208) 934-846
- 5North Canyon Medical Center
267 N Canyon Dr
Twin Falls, Idaho 83330
(208) 934-443
- 6Cassia Regional Medical Center
1501 Hiland Ave Ste FRNT
Twin Falls, Idaho 83318
(208) 678-444
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Ridgewater College was one of thirteen colleges and universities that earned accreditation for the quality of colleges courses offered in high schools. The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) grants the accreditation to colleges and university that ensures that course content and expectations for student work matches the standards of the sponsoring post-secondary institutions.
Ridgewater College joins a list of eighty-nine concurrent enrollment partnerships nationwide accredited through NACEP's extensive peer-review process. To earn accreditation, colleges conduct a self-study, documenting how their programs adhere to NACEP's seventeen standards, and are evaluated by peer reviews from NACEP-accredited programs. Other accredited schools include: The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, MN; Purdue University North Central, IN; St Cloud State, MN; Syracuse University, NY; and Riverland Community College, MN
"I am extremely proud of the concurrent enrollment partnership that we have with some of our area high schools. Because of this program we are able to offer the kids in our community, college level courses while earning college credits at their high schools; it is through the dedication of our instructors that we are able to ensure our high educational standards are met" said President Doug Allen, Ridgewater College.
NACEP Accreditation Committee Chair Becky Carter remarked: "I'm very pleased to recognize Ridgewater College as one of a select group of eighty-nine concurrent enrollment partnerships nationwide accredited through NACEP's extensive peer-review process. Ridgewater College has demonstrated to its peers that the college courses it offers in high schools are of the same quality as courses offered on campus."
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Sharing services is one way for local governments to cut costs in a time of tiny budgets. Now six municipalities are coming together to consider a regional fire service.
"I think there is general agreement with the fire chiefs and municipal administrators that this does make some sense," said Mayor Victor Loomis of East Lansing.
The cities of Lansing and East Lansing and four townships including Lansing, Delta, Delhi, and Meridian have been talking for several months with their fire chiefs and firefighter unions about the plan.
"There should very well be cuts and closures of fire stations, but we believe if done properly, it could be done in a positive way to still maintain the level of service people expect," said Chief Tom Cochran of Lansing Fire Dept.
All six entities are generally supportive of the plan. Now they are deciding whether to commit to asking the Michigan Municipal League to conduct a study showing the most efficient way to consolidate this many departments.
"This is a great example of full-time unionized departments coming together and that hasn't happened before. So I really think that's an unprecedented move. We can serve as a resource for various information and data---anything we need from that aspect, we can help them with," said Samantha Harkins of the Michigan Municipal League.
City leaders, fire chiefs, and union leaders have all been a part of the disscussion table, but many anticipate not all will find the study agreeable.
"There is going to be a lot of angst from tax payers and citizens as to 'we don't want to lose our fire department," said Cochran.
The municipal league says the biggest challenge will be getting unions to agree to renegotiate compensation contracts to ensure consolidation actually saves money.
"At the end of the day, we meet in the middle---so everyone is changed a little bit. The idea is to make sure there is a cost savings,"said Harkins.
Despite the many challenges to come, all parties agree it is an option they want to consider.
"The point is it's going to be a change,and people struggle with change. But these are times like we've never seen. Change is going to come and we need to be a part of it," said Cochran.
All six municipalities will decide in the next three weeks if they want to officially participate. The group plans to submit a formal request for partial funding and consulting services to the Michigan Municipal League within a month.


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David Irving, Hitler and Holocaust Denial: Electronic Edition, by Richard J. EvansTable of Contents
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(i) Historical background
1. A further link in Irving's chain of documents is provided by a minute written by Himmler on 22 September 1942. The background to the document is as follows. Some time in the autumn of 1941, the former Gauleiter of Vienna and SS and Police leader in Lublin, Odilo Globocnik, was charged by the SS leader Heinrich Himmler to exterminate Jews in the General Government.1 The method chosen for the killing was gas. The site chosen as the first extermination camp was the small town of Belzec (south-east of Lublin) in the most eastern corner of the General Government. Construction started in November 1941. Crude gas chambers were built, connected to an armoured car engine which was set up outside the gas chambers. The carbon monoxide exhaust fumes were used to murder the victims in the gas chambers, who died a slow and agonising death. On 17 March 1942, the first Polish Jews from the General Government, transported to Belzec by train, were murdered.2 To increase the capacity for murder, further death camps were set up in the General Government. The first gassings in Sobibor (east of Lublin) took place some time in April or May 1942.3
2. In the Summer of 1942, there was a serious attempt to accelerate the extermination process. There was some resistance against this, partly because Jews were increasingly used as forced labour, and partly because most means of transport were used by the army. It seems likely that Himmler needed Hitler's support to overcome this resistance. It is possible that he talked about this issue with Hitler during various meetings on 11, 12 and 14 July 1942.4 On 16 July 1942, Himmler's adjutant with Hitler, SS-Obergruppenführer Wolff, had an urgent phone conversation with a leading official in the Ministry for Transport, Dr. Ganzenmüller, concerning the provision of more railway services.5 On 19 July 1942, Himmler ordered that the mass murder of the Polish Jews was to be intensified. He set a deadline on 31 December 1942, by which time 'no kind of persons of Jewish origin should be staying in the General Government any more'. The only exception were those Jews employed for the Nazi war economy in several ghettos such as Warsaw.6
3. Some historians have argued that Himmler acted with Hitler's backing.7 This argument is supported by contemporary documentation. As has already been pointed out, on 28 July 1942, just two days after Hitler's table talk, Himmler wrote to the Head of the SS Head Office, Gottlob Berger, and explained that 'the occupied Eastern territories will be Jew-free. The Führer has laid the implementation of this very difficult order on my shoulders.'8. The acceleration of the killing was clearly also in line with Globocnik's thinking, who had some weeks earlier demanded to be able 'to carry out the whole Jewish action as fast as in any way possible, so that one doesn't get stuck in the middle of it one day'.9
4. On 22 July 1942, Globocnik welcomed Himmler's new order: 'The Reichsführer SS...has given us so much new work that with it now all our most secret wishes are to be fulfilled. I am so very thankful to him for this, and he can be sure of one thing, that these things he wishes will be fulfilled in the shortest time.'10 The next day, killings started in the extermination camp set in Treblinka (north of Lublin).11 Three extermination camps were now in full operation in the General Governement. On 28 July 1942, Dr. Ganzenmüller, from the Ministry of Transport, reported to SS-Obergruppenführer Wolff that 'since the 22.7. one train has been travelling every day with 5,000 Jews on it from Warsaw via Malkinia to Treblinka, and moreover twice a week a train with 5,000 Jews from Przemysl to Belzec.'12 Wolff, writing from Hitler's headquarters, thanked Ganzenmüller for his efforts on 13 August 1942, and noted: 'With particular joy I noted your assurance that for two weeks now a train has been carrying, every day, 5,000 members of the chosen people to Treblinka.'13
5. In the seven weeks from the end of July 1942 until mid-September 1942, some of the worst excesses of mass murder of the entire 'final solution' occurred in the General Government. Apart from mass gassings, German police forces also exterminated entire villages by shooting all Jewish inhabitants.14 'Operation Reinhard' was officially terminated in October 1943, and by November 1943 the three camps had been dismantled. According to conservative estimates, some 1.5 Jews, were murdered in Belzec, Treblinka and Sobibor. Probably more than 90% of the victims came from the General Government, while the others came from territory as far away as Holland, Macedonia and France.15 Many more Polish Jews were shot by German police officials. Himmler congratulated Globocnik for his part in organising the genocide.16
1. J. Noakes, G. Pridham (eds.), Nazism 1919-1945, Vol. 3 (Exeter, 1988), p. 1145; D. Pohl, Von der "Judenpolitik" zum Judenmord (Frankfurt am Main, 1993) pp. 99-101.
2. G. Aly, 'Endlösung'. Völkerverschiebung und der Mord an den europäischen Juden (Frankfurt a.M., 1995), p. 359; E. Kogon et al (ed.), Nationalsozialistische Massentötungen durch Giftgas (Frankfurt a.M., 1983), pp. 151-156, 165-170.
3. E. Kogon et al (ed.), Nationalsozialistische Massentötungen,, pp. 157-165, 175-182
4. BA Berlin, NS 19/3959; cited in P. Longerich, Politik der Vernichtung (Munich, Zurich, 1998), p. 510.
5. M. Broszat, 'Hitler und die Genesis der "Endlösung"', in Vierteljahreshefte für Zeitgeschichte (1977), p. 766.
6. '...dürfen sich keinerlei Personen jüdischer Herkunft mehr im Generalgovernement aufhalten'; Befehl Himmlers an den Höheren SS und Polizeiführer im Generalgovernement Krüger, 19.7.1942; reprinted in P. Longerich (ed.), Die Ermordung der europäischen Juden (Munich, Zurich, 1989), pp. 201-202.
7. For example,D. Pohl, Nationalsozialistische Judenverfolgung in Ostgalizien 1941-1944 (Munich, 1996), p. 403.
8. 'Die besetzten Ostgebiete werden judenfrei. Die Durchführung dieses sehr schweren Befehls hat der Führer auf meine Schultern gelegt. Die Verantwortung kann mir ohnedies niemand abnehmenAlso verbiete ich mir alles mitreden.' Himmler to Berger, 28.7.1942; Third Supplemental Discovery List by Irving, folder 51 (b)
9. '...die ganze Judenaktion so schnell wie nur irgend möglich durchzuführen, damit man nicht eines Tages mitten drin steckenbliebe'; cited in P. Black, 'Odilo Globocnik - Himmlers Vorposten im Osten', in R. Smelser, E. Syring, R Zitelmann (eds.), Die Braune Elite II (Darmstadt, 1993), pp. 103-115, here p. 111.
10. Globocnik to Wolff, 22 July 1942, BDC Globonik SS file, cited in R. Breitman, The Architect of Genocide. Himmler and the Final Solution (London, 1991), p. 238
11. E. Kogon et al (ed.), Nationalsozialistische Massentötungen durch Giftgas (Frankfurt a.M., 1983), p. 163.
12. 'Seit dem 22.7. fährt täglich ein Zug mit 5000 Juden von Warschau über Malkinia nach Treblinka, außerdem zweimal wöchentlich ein Zug mit 5000 Juden von Pzemysl nach Belzec; Nuremberg Document NO-2207, Ganzenmüller to Wolff, 28.7.1942.
13. 'Mit besonderer Freude habe ich von Ihrer Mitteilung Kenntnis genommen, dass nun schon seit 14 Tagen töglich ein Zug mit je 5.000 Angehörigen des auserwaählten Volkes nach Treblinka fährt.'; Wolff to Ganzenmüller, 13.8.1942, Third Supplemental Discovery List by Irving, folder 51 (b).
14. D. Pohl, 'Die Ermordung der Juden in Generalgovernrment', in U. Herbert (ed.) Nationalsozialistische Vernichtungspolitk 1939-1945. Neue Forschungen und Kontroversen (Frankfurt a.M., 1998), pp. 98-121, here 98-99.
15. E. Kogon et al (ed.), Nationalsozialistische Massentötungen durch Giftgas (Frankfurt a.M., 1983), p. 192; R. Hilberg, 'Die Aktion Reinhard', in E. Jäckel, J. Rohwer (eds), Der Mord an den Juden im Zweiten Weltkrieg (Stuttgart, 1985), 125-136, here 131.
16. Noakes and Pridham (eds.), Nazism 1919-1945, Vol. 3, p. 1169.
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Robeks Smoothies Races Down the Growth Track Once Again [1]
Robeks Smoothie first store opened in Phoenix in 2003, and the brand expanded into Tucson and Prescott Valley, Arizona, before the recession hit in 2007. Robeks stopped growing then to focus on helping franchise owners cope.
With the economy growing again, and a series of successful menu additions, Robeks is ready to start growing again.
"I think we can easily double the number of stores that we have," says Kevin Jackson, regional director for Robeks. "We have two stores in Tucson, two in Prescott Valley, and four in Phoenix, and there is huge demand."
Jackson, who opened the first Robeks store in Arizona, is glad to see economic indicators improve: The national unemployment rate is down 1.5 percent from this time in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics; housing prices are up 1.2 percent, according to S&P's Case-Shiller index; and consumer confidence is up 20 percent, according to the Behavior Research Center.
With small business prospects improving, Robeks offers entrepreneurs a business model that matches several emerging trends in the food industry.
Millions of Americans are responding to the nation's obesity and other health crises by adopting more natural diets that substitute fruits and vegetables for processed food.
Nationwide smoothie sales doubled from 2007–2011, reaching $2.4 billion.
Robeks offers a fast, convenient, and tasty alternative to typical fast-food meals. Its smoothies and juices use naturally ripened fruits and vegetables that retain nutrients, live enzymes, and natural flavor.
"Robeks has a delicious menu that doesn't cut any corners," says Robeks president and CEO Steve Davidson. "We've succeeded by delighting customers and winning their trust. Robeks smoothies and juices don't just taste good, they are good."
This year, Robeks has added green smoothies, fresh green vegetable juices, and Greek yogurt smoothies to make its menu even healthier, and systemwide sales have grown.


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if you remove session_register() calls and replace with $_SESSION assignments, make sure that it wasn't being used in place of session_start(). If it was, you'll need to add a call to session_start() too, before you assign to $_SESSION.
session_register — Register one or more global variables with the current session
session_register() accepts a variable number of arguments, any of which can be either a string holding the name of a variable or an array consisting of variable names or other arrays. For each name, session_register() registers the global variable with that name in the current session.
You can also create a session variable by simply setting the appropriate member of the $_SESSION or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS (PHP < 4.1.0) array.
// Use of session_register() is deprecated
$barney = "A big purple dinosaur.";
// Use of $_SESSION is preferred, as of PHP 4.1.0
$_SESSION["zim"] = "An invader from another planet.";
// The old way was to use $HTTP_SESSION_VARS
$HTTP_SESSION_VARS["spongebob"] = "He's got square pants.";
If session_start() was not called before this function is called, an implicit call to session_start() with no parameters will be made. $_SESSION does not mimic this behavior and requires session_start() before use.
Această facilitate a fost ÎNVECHITĂ începând cu PHP 5.3.0 și ELIMINATĂ începând cu PHP 5.4.0.
A string holding the name of a variable or an array consisting of variable names or other arrays.
Întoarce valoarea
TRUE în cazul
succesului sau
FALSE în cazul eșecului.
If you want your script to work regardless of register_globals, you need to instead use the $_SESSION array as $_SESSION entries are automatically registered. If your script uses session_register(), it will not work in environments where the PHP directive register_globals is disabled.
Notă: register_globals: notă importantă
Începând cu PHP 4.2.0, valoarea implicită pentru directiva PHP register_globals este off. Comunitatea PHP îi încurajează pe toți programatorii să nu se bazeze pe această directivă, dar să utilizeze alte mijloace, cum ar fi superglobals.
This registers a global variable. If you want to register a session variable from within a function, you need to make sure to make it global using the global keyword or the $GLOBALS[] array, or use the special session arrays as noted below.
If you are using $_SESSION (or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS), do not use session_register(), session_is_registered(), and session_unregister().
It is currently impossible to register resource variables in a session. For example, you cannot create a connection to a database and store the connection id as a session variable and expect the connection to still be valid the next time the session is restored. PHP functions that return a resource are identified by having a return type of resource in their function definition. A list of functions that return resources are available in the resource types appendix.
If $_SESSION (or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS for PHP 4.0.6 or less) is used, assign values to $_SESSION. For example: $_SESSION['var'] = 'ABC';
if you remove session_register() calls and replace with $_SESSION assignments, make sure that it wasn't being used in place of session_start(). If it was, you'll need to add a call to session_start() too, before you assign to $_SESSION.
Below is a fix that may be included in older code to make it work with PHP6.
When needed it recreates the functions
- session_register()
- session_is_registered()
- session_unregister()
The functions inside the function fix_session_register() are only available after fix_session_register() has run.
Therefore in PHP<6 where there already is a session_register() nothing happens.
// Fix for removed Session functions
function fix_session_register(){
function session_register(){
$args = func_get_args();
foreach ($args as $key){
function session_is_registered($key){
return isset($_SESSION[$key]);
function session_unregister($key){
if (!function_exists('session_register')) fix_session_register();
[EDIT BY danbrown AT php DOT net: Bugfix provided by "dr3w" on 02-APR-2010: "its [sic] function_exists with an S at the end".]
If you have an old code with a lot of call to the function session_register(), and you would like to make it compatible with PHP5 or PHP6, instead of rewriting all your code by replacing this function by $_SESSION['var']="val"; you could use the function set_session_vars(), that is used exactly the same way than session_register() (but there is no implicit call to session_start() ).
function set_session_vars() {
for($i=0;$i<$nb_args;$i++) {
global $$arg_list[$i];
$_SESSION[$arg_list[$i]] = $$arg_list[$i];
Something that hasn't really been touch on when migrating old code, is that changes to variables made AFTER the session_register() call are still included in the session state.
A lot of the implementations above only add the entry to $_SESSION[] at the point it's called.
If the old code relies on this behaviour, you will either need to have code called on exit to assign back to $_SESSION, or replace it in entirety with $_SESSION usage. With over 1000 uses of the session_ functions, this is a bit daunting!
You *MUST* notice that
$_SESSION[$var] = $$var;
it is
if (!isset($_SESSION[$var]))
$_SESSION[$var] = $$var;
when migrating from old style code.
I've noticed that if you try to assign a value to a session variable with a numeric name, the variable will not exist in future sessions.
For example, if you do something like:
$_SESSION['14'] = "blah";
It'll display:
Array ( [14] => "blah" )
But if on another page (with same session) you try
$_SESSION[14] will no longer exist.
Maybe everyone else already knows this, but I didn't realize it until messing around with a broken script for quite a while.
If you are using sessions and use session_register() to register objects, these objects are serialized automatically at the end of each PHP page, and are unserialized automatically on each of the following pages. This basically means that these objects can show up on any of your pages once they become part of your session.
If you want to store an object into the session, you have to check up that object can be serialized at all.
For example, if your object contains aggregated PDO object (which can't be serialized), you will get an error and no data would be stored.
If you have many websites with these functions in the source code (like me) you can include the following functions in some kind of include.php that you have:
function session_register($session)
function session_unregister($session)
In this way the PHP interpreter detects the functions and do not return the error, and the maintenance work is minimized.
Please note that if you use a "|" sign in a variable name your entire session will be cleared, so the example below will clear out all the contents of your session.
$_SESSION["foo|bar"] = "foo";
It took me quite some time finding out why my session data kept disappearing. According to this bugreport this behaviour is intended.
in addition to function set_session_vars instead of replacing all $var with $_SESSION['var'],
you could get all set session-vars in prevoius scripts with this function
function get_session_vars() {
for($i=0;$i<$nb_args;$i++) {
global $$arg_list[$i] = $_SESSION[$arg_list[$i]];
Make sure you put session_start() at the beggining of your script.
My sessions kept unsetting and I finally figured out why.
On my script, session_start() has to be said and uses cookies to set the session.
But I was outputting html prior to calling session_start(), which prevented it from succeeding becouse it uses the header function to place the cookies.
Once html has been outputed, session_start() can't use the header function to set cookies, hence session_start() fails and no session can be started.
For those of you who use this function (session_register that is), even though the manual does specify that this function implicitly calls session_start(), I just wanted to reiterate that fact. It is also important to know that if you ever switch from session_register to using $_SESSION, make sure to call session_start before adding items to the $_SESSION variable, because unlike session_register, no implicit call to session_start is done.
Another reason I explain this is because I ran into a problem in which you can add items to the $_SESSION variable all you want, but if session_start is not called before adding them, they will not actually be saved to the session. Using the same code, though, and replacing the $_SESSION assignments with session_register without calling session_start WILL save that info to the session.
It would be nice to have PHP check for writes to the $_SESSION variable and complain with a warning if session_start hasn't been called.


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Ford and GM Make Pitch to 'App' Developers
By Ian Sherr and Jeff Bennett
LAS VEGAS—Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co., longtime rivals for control of the road, are now beginning a battle to find the right "app."
Both auto makers announced Monday they are inviting anyone from software geeks to the everyday driver to develop applications that can be used in their respective vehicles. There are no plans between the two auto makers to share.
Ford said it is opening up access to a specialized application connection software, called AppLink, so it can expand its current crop of 13 programs that connect to its vehicles.
"We think we're opening up for an entirely new segment of applications," said Julius Marchwicki who overseas Ford's application developer efforts. He said Ford will offer a website with documentation and specialized access codes to help developers get started connecting their apps into its cars.
GM will offer a software development kit through its own website as well. Developers can work with GM in a secure and controlled manner to design, test and customize automotive applications. Until now, GM has only offered select developers access, and they had to interact with the auto maker's OnStar system.
"There will be a category of apps that will be unique to our cars and very different from what people use today on their smartphones or tablets," GM Chief Infotainment Officer Phil Abram said. "It's not just taking phone apps and making them functional in a car."
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Yarn Profile: Peace Fleece
First Impressions
Hagerty—a product of the Milton Academy and Harvard—had moved to rural Maine with his wife to raise sheep, draft horses, and a family. When they began Peace Fleece, their hope was to help diffuse the threat of nuclear war through trade, using agriculture as a medium for bringing people together.
Since then, the demise of the Soviet Union has introduced new challenges in maintaining a steady source of quality fibers for Peace Fleece yarn.
Hagerty has expanded his net to include sources in the Central Asian republics, the Ukraine, and Romania. In the United States, he works with shepherds in Montana, Ohio, Texas, and Maine.
Made from sturdy wool blended with 30% mohair, Peace Fleece yarn is as beautiful, rugged, and complex as the lives of the people who produce it. At first glance, the yarn is rough, basic, and scratchy—like knitting with twine, as one person aptly described it.
But give it time, especially during blocking, washing, and wearing, and this yarn will work its way deep into your heart.
Peace Fleece is available in 36 colors. The heathered hues are truly exceptional for their vibrancy and depth.
Knitting Up
My skein did have periodic flecks of vegetable matter, most of which was easily removed.
I found myself periodically pausing to take in the yarn's rich and marvelous scent of lanolin, which conjured up memories of the New England yarn shops of my youth.
Blocking / Washing
I could feel the fibers bloom and the fabric become more fluid in my hands. There was no bleeding or fading, nor did the gauge change whatsoever.
Once dry, my swatches were clearly softer and more relaxed. The fibers bloomed into place, giving the swatches a far more cohesive appearance of fabric. A glassy halo emerged, presumably from the 30% mohair content. Even non-knitters could feel and see the difference.
Short of sticking them in a blender and turning it on high (which even I didn't have the heart to do), I was unable to force my swatches into early retirement.
The price can't be beat: At $6.50 per 200-yard skein, you could knit a medium-sized women's pullover for under $50.
After more than a decade, Peace Fleece (the company) has expanded its offerings to include handpainted knitting needles and buttons and handmade drop spindles from Russia, as well as a more rugged Israeli/Palestinian/Maine Island wool blend suitable for weaving and rug-hooking.
While his upbringing may have prepared him more for the board room than the sheep shed, Peter Hagerty remains clear on how he can maintain meaning in his life. "It's not about saving the world, not about world peace and famine," he writes. For him, "it is about the little things, doing what you can, keeping a thread of hope going no matter how thin."
Yarn name
Peace Fleece (Worsted Weight)
Peace Fleece
Fiber content
70% wool
30% mohair
4 stitches per inch on 5mm (US 8) needles
Average retail price
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Peace Fleece
Weight/yardage per skein
4 oz / 200 yards
Country of origin
Fiber from Russia and U.S., spun in U.S.
Suggested wash method
Handwash in lukewarm water with mild soap. Roll in towel to remove excess moisture. Dry flat away from direct heat.
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Color used in review
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LOS ANGELES -- Warriors coach Mark Jackson said he doesn't like the uneasiness he's felt about his bench lately. He prefers to view his reserves as a strategic move to impact the game in his team's favor, not an unnerving roller coaster.
"When you go to your bench, the good teams either keep the game where it is or they increase a lead," Jackson said after Thursday's voluntary workouts held at UCLA. "What you don't want is to be thinking 'I've got to get my starters back in there quick.' That's not getting the job done."
Jackson has expressed disappointment in his reserves on multiple occasions.
He yanked them from the final minutes of the game in Utah because of their "embarrassing effort." He gave a ringing un-endorsement Wednesday by playing each of his starters at least 43 minutes.
But in the same breath, Jackson assures his bench will be fine. He said the players just need to get into a rhythm, something that's made a tad more difficult since the Warriors keep it moderate in practice.
Another factor is injuries. First Harrison Barnes missed the first four games with left toe inflammation. Then Stephen Curry's bone bruise upgraded Toney Douglas to the starting lineup. Two games later, Douglas went down with a stress reaction in his left tibia. Two games after that, Jermaine O'Neal bruised his right knee and strained his right groin, knocking him out of action.
And big man Festus Ezeli still hasn't played this season.
"I'm not too concerned," Barnes said. "Right now, it's hard. Every game someone is hurt. We haven't had many games where everyone is all there. In time, I think we've got enough pieces that it will all work out."
Jackson said that in the ebb and flow of a season, teams will go through stretches where the starters have to carry a larger load. And there will be stretches where the reserves save the day.
Jackson believes there is too much talent on his bench for it not to click at some point.
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Here is a look at real-estate news from the weekend and today in WSJ:
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The thing I love most about this show is the flow. Every song from the Buried Alive on is just perfectly placed. It's all good not a bummer in the bunch. The gig was at a ski slope called Big Birch know to locals as the Big Bump. not much of a slope. The scene outside the show was total mayhem. The security were all bikers who did not get in anyone's way. You were allowed to do whatever you wanted. It was totally peaceful and wild at the same time. Inside the venue had set up probably 1000 or so folding chairs in the front of the stage. They may have been ziptied together but in no way permanent. As soon as the show started the chairs went flying in every direction including the stage. There were piles of chairs in random spots through out the crowd. They were also being thrown on stage and the band was dodging them. I remember Brad Sands standing a bit offstage and corralling what he could... It took awhile for all that to settle down. During It's Ice you can hear some feedback and Page sounds like he's fidgeting around a bit. I think that was due to chair chucking. So first set was totally solid but no real hint of what was to go down.
Second set was fire from the second they hit the stage. The Possum from this show is still my favorite version. Trey was totally on fire and the crowd was synced into him. Cavern>Wilson>Cavern was a head scratcher and I think everyone was confused as to what was actually being played. That combo set the tone for the rest of the set which really has to be heard to be enjoyed. NICU was pretty new and pretty rare at the time and it was my first time hearing it. Then they went into the whole Tweezer madness with the bluegrass version of BBFCFM which is really musical improv at it's best. Slave>Suzy with Slave highlights really tied the whole thing together. I walked out of there feeling like my brain had been flushed.
We were too burnt to even consider driving home after that show so we pitched a tent in the parking lot and slept until like 11 the next day. The biker who woke us up was totally nice and understanding. All around best scene/show ever. After this is it was no contest if Phish and the Dead were competing for my time Phish won out every time.


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Dr. Ian Robinson
Under the broad direction of the CEO, Ian has strategic and operational responsibility for IFAW's programmatic campaigns and international operations. The VP provides strategic guidance and direction to ensure the effective implementation of IFAW's priority campaigns and programs across the organization.
Previously, he led IFAW's Emergency Relief (ER) team, rescuing, rehabilitating and releasing wildlife, caring for domestic animals affected by natural and manmade disasters and supporting sanctuaries which provide care for non-releasable wildlife. By working synergistically with other programmes, Ian's ER team helps IFAW to address multiple conservation concerns, saving individuals, populations and habitat in the process.
Working with the Wildlife Trade team, Ian helped develop rehabilitation and release projects that return healthy wildlife rescued from the trade back to their natural environment in Trinidad, China and Russia. Other cooperative projects include collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India, an IFAW partner, to repopulate Manas National Park with rehabilitated wildlife, returning species which had been extirpated by poaching.
Ian pioneered the use of post release monitoring to guide further improvements to the process and gauge the success of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation projects.
In addition to numerous presentations on wildlife medicine at scientific conferences, Ian has spoken to the American Veterinary Medical Association on disaster response and addressed the Food and Agriculture Organisation's OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) on the inherent cruelty of the Canada seal hunt.
- Director, Wildlife Rescue Rehabilitation and Sanctuary Programme, IFAW International
- Hospital Director/Chief Veterinarian, Norfolk Wildlife Hospital, RSCPA, UK
- Veterinary Advisor, Mediterranean Monk Seal Project, CBD-Habitat, Spain and Africa
- Facilitator, Management of Species and Habitat Specialist Group, IUCN Mediterranean Monk Seals in the Eastern Atlantic Workshop, Spain,
- Member, Board of Directors, Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries, USA
- Member, Board of Advisors, Pegasus Foundation, USA
- Member, Steering Committee, British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council
- Member, British Veterinary Zoological Society Council
- Veterinary Advisor, Marine Animal Rescue Coalition, UK
- Veterinary Advisor, British Divers Marine Life Rescue, UK
- Member, Scientific Advisory Panel, World Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Veterinary Degree, Bristol University, UK
Post Graduate Certification, Sheep Health and Production, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, UK
Post Graduate Certification, Zoological Medicine, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, UK
Diploma of Fellowship, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, UK
Books, Book chapters:
- Barnett, J. and Robinson, I. (2003) Marine Mammals. In: BSAVA Manual of Wildlife Casualties, eds Mullineaux, E., et al pp 49-65. BSAVA, Gloucester.
- Bexton, S. and Robinson, I. (2003) Hedgehogs. In: BSAVA Manual of Wildlife Casualties eds Mullineaux, E., et al pp 49-65. BSAVA, Gloucester.
- Robinson, I. (2002) Hedgehogs. In: Hand Rearing Wild and Domestic Mammals ed Gage, L.J., pp 75-80 Iowa State Press, Ames, Iowa
- Robinson, I. (2000) Seabirds. In: Avian Medicine eds Tully, T.N., et al pp 339-363. Butterworth Heinman, Oxford
- Robinson, I. (1996) Waterfowl, feathers and skin. In: Manual of Raptor,s Pigeons and Waterfowl, eds Benyon, P., et al pp 305-310 BSAVA, Gloucester.
Journal Articles:
- Baker, J.R., Hall, A., Hiby, L., Munro, R., Robinson, I., Ross, H.M., and Watkins, J.F. (1995) Isolation of salmonellae from seals from UK waters. Veterinary Record 136 471-472.
- Greth, A., Rester, C., Gerlach, H., Rietkerk, F. and Robinson, I. (1995) Pathological effects of oil on seabirds during the Arabian Gulf oil spill. Wildlife and oil spills, response research and contingency planning. (Frink, ed.) Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research Inc, 110 Possum Hollow Road, Newark, Delaware, 19711, USA.
- Hughes, D.E., Carter, S.D., Robinson, I., Clarke, D.D., and Clarke, C.J., (1992) Anti-canine distemper virus antibodies in common and grey seals. Veterinary Record 130 449-450.
- Hernandez, H., Robinson, I., Aguilar, A., Gonzalez, L. M., Lopez-Jurado, L.F., Reyero, M.I., Cacho,E., Franco, J., Lopez-Rodas, V., and Costas, E., (1988) Did algal toxins cause monk seal mortality? Nature, 393 28-29.
- Jepson, P. and Robinson, I. (1995) A rare congenital heart defect in a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) calf from Cardigan Bay, Wales. Conference of the European Cetacean Society (poster presentation).
- King D.P., Robinson, I., Hay, A.W.M. and Evans, S.W. (1993) Identification and partial characterisation of common seal (Phoca vitulina) and grey seal (Halychoerus grypus) interleukin-6-like activities Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 17 449-458.
- King D.P., Robinson, I., Hay, A.W.M. and Evans, S.W. (1993) The use of monoclonal antibodies specific for seal immunoglobulins in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect canine distemper virus-specific immunoglobulin in seal plasma samples. Journal of Immunological Methods, 160 163-171.
- Robinson, I., (1995) The rehabilitation of seals at the RSPCA Norfolk Wildlife Hospital. Journal of the British Veterinary Zoological Society 1 13-17.
- Robinson, I. and Routh, A. 1999 Veterinary care of the hedgehog in practice. Journal of Veterinary Post Graduate Clinical Study 21 (3) 128-137
- Wood, A.M., Munro, R. and Robinson, I. (1993). Oiled birds from Shetland, January 1993. Veterinary Record
In the video above, Dr. Robinson speaks with m/Oppenheim Associates' "Insight" program. He discusses IFAW's work saving individual animals, animal populations, and habitats through rescue missions, campaigns to prevent animal cruelty, and advocating for the protection of wildlife and habitats all over the world.
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A Siskiyou County, Calif., jury has found Patricia MacCallum of Medford guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband, Michael Christopher MacCallum, in November 2012, according to a reporter at the scene.
David Smith, a reporter with the Siskiyou Daily News, says the jury returned a guilty verdict on a count of first degree murder, with special allegations of using a firearm to cause bodily injury.
Michael MacCallum's body was found Nov. 20, 2012, at an Applegate-area campground, just south of the Oregon border. He had been shot multiple times.
A Siskiyou County prosecutor told the jury MacCallum killed her husband, using a semi-automatic pistol, while he was sleeping. Two other witnesses, including a woman who pleaded guilty to helping MacCallum cover up the crime, said she told them she wanted her husband to die.
That witness, Amber Lubbers, 27, of Medford, pleaded guilty in March in Siskiyou County Superior Court to one count of being an accessory after the fact. She was sentenced to 16 months in prison, but was released after eight months, receiving time off for good behavior and because of time served prior to her sentencing.
Lubbers admitted to being at the scene at the time of the murder and helping to cover up the evidence. MacCallum and Lubbers, who are step-sisters, were arrested Dec. 7, 2012.
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Alliance for a Stronger FDA Explains Why Sufficient Funding for FDA is Critical
Resources Must Keep Pace with FDA's Increasing Responsibilities to Patients and Consumers
05.28.13 | By Sascha Haverfield, Ph.D.
For more than 50 years, biopharmaceutical companies have partnered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help ensure the safety and efficacy of medicines. Due to the vital nature of the FDA's public health oversight, PhRMA supports an empowered agency that is adequately resourced through Congressional appropriations which are supplemented by user fees.
A variety of organizations that work closely with the FDA to support its consumer protection mission joined together to form the Alliance for a Stronger FDA. PhRMA was a founding member and continues to be active in the Alliance, which represents diverse industries ranging from patient and medical specialty groups to trade associations for medicines, medical devices, groceries and pet foods to individual biopharmaceutical companies. We are united in advocating for robust appropriated federal funding to ensure that the FDA has the resources it needs to fulfill its ever-expanding, critical responsibilities.
I invited Ladd Wiley, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA to share more about the Alliance's work and the urgent need to sufficiently fund the FDA.
The FDA regulates approximately twenty-five percent of products that consumers spend their money on in America. The FDA is responsible for food safety and the review of the safety and efficacy of medical products. The Agency protects the American people, their pets, and their farm animals from poorly made, counterfeit, and illegal food, drugs, and cosmetics.
In addition to its public health role, the FDA and the industries it regulates have a significant, positive role in our nation's economy and in stimulating economic growth and job creation. The industries that FDA regulates are generally net exporting industries, and are among the few industries in America that contribute towards a positive balance of trade. Furthermore, the jobs created by these industries generally are high-paying jobs, particularly in the pharmaceutical and medical device areas. You can learn more about FDA's impact on the economy in a white paper titled, "The US Food and Drug Administration: A Cornerstone of America's Economic Future."
The amount of FDA's federal funding does not fully reflect the agency's importance. The amount of federal funding through appropriated dollars is roughly equivalent to the budget of the school superintendent of Montgomery County, Maryland, the county in which the FDA is headquartered. The federal government gives the FDA about $8 per year for each American.
Nowhere else in the federal budget does so little money need to go so far.
The demands on the agency are significant and growing. The FDA regulates industries that have globalized manufacturing and supply chains, the scientific complexity of regulated products is increasing, and Congress continues to ask the FDA to do more.
In the face of these challenges, the Alliance for a Stronger FDA has worked to improve the appropriated budget of the agency. The Alliance is comprised of almost 200 patient, industry, and consumer organizations.
While industry, patients, and consumer groups have a variety of perspectives on how well the FDA is functioning, all stakeholders recognize that for FDA to make science-based decisions, it must have resources to keep up with the demands placed on the agency.
Since the inception of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA almost seven years ago, we have successfully advocated for more funding to allow FDA to hire its first employees based in China and India, invest in regulatory science, advance medical countermeasures and work to improve the clinical trial process.
However, groundbreaking initiatives like these are threatened unless sequestration is lifted and Congress stops adding responsibilities without adequate funding. In the recent across-the-board Federal budget cuts from sequestration, the agency lost $209 million, of which $124 million came from appropriations and $85 million from industry user fees.
In response to these budget challenges, the Alliance is working to:
- Make sure policymakers understand the importance of the agency –from both the public health and economic perspectives.
- Shine a light on the consequences of removing funding from the agency, including both appropriated dollars and industry user fees.
- Explain the concern that user fees should not replace appropriated funding, but instead should augment appropriated funding.
- Advocate for sufficient resources in the appropriations process.
The Alliance's focus is to make sure that policymakers recognize the critical importance of the FDA to America's patients and consumers as they face increasingly difficult decisions in course of the federal budget process.
For more information, please visit the Alliance's website and follow us on Twitter (@StrengthenFDA).


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Foote's Rest Eatery on Frisco Main Street will celebrate its grand opening today. The eatery is right beside Foote's Rest Sweet Shoppe and features breakfast and lunch. Breakfast features homemade donuts alongside other typical morning fare. A bonfire will be blazing for kids to roast marshmallows and the eatery will serve a variety of food and drink throughout the day.
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Most people have not been even aware that also in Italy there have been lots of complaints against a proposed regulation with the same contents as the well known SOPA. In fact the same struggling scenario we have seen in the United States has been replicated here. On one side contents providers and on the other side ICT industry players plus "digital citizens"
Today in Italy there are only 2 entities that are allowed to force ISPs to block access to web contents:
1. Since January 2007 is active a procedural flow between Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni and ISPs to block the access to pedopornography websites
2. Another procedural flow is active since February 2006 between AAMS (Monopoli di Stato) and ISPs to block the access to illegal online game websites
The proposed regulation wanted to force ISPs to block the access to web contents following a request from any interested person or entity.
Finally, after a long path, two days ago one of the 2 parliament houses in Italy has cancelled this proposal.
But that is not the end of the story...
In fact in the next days it is expected to be released a note from the Authority for the Communications that should establish economic and administrative sanctions against "copyright piracy"
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