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The U.S. Department of Labor adopted a ruling Thursday that will allow states to set up retirement plans for private employees with no access to personal plans.
The Chronicle's Kathleen Pender reports: "The U.S. Department of Labor adopted a landmark rule Thursday that will let states set up retirement accounts for private-sector workers who don't have access to employer-sponsored plans, such as a 401(k)."
"The move could have a resounding impact on California, where the Legislature is on the verge of passing a bill that would create this type of state-run plan. The Assembly passed the bill 52-26 Thursday. It previously passed the Senate but must go back to the Senate for final approval."
"California is the largest of eight states that are working to create such plans, so the legislation has been closely watched — and criticized by some, who fear taxpayers could be on the hook if returns or participation fall short of expectations, something proponents say will not happen."
Meanwhile, speaking of workers, protests by California farmworkers outside the Assembly has prompted a Monday vote on the bill.
KQED's Katie Orr writes: "Hundreds of California farmworkers filled the hall in front of Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon's (D-Paramount) office and spilled into the Capitol rotunda. They chanted and sang in protest after a bill they had traveled to Sacramento to support failed to get a vote in the Assembly."
"AB 1066 would allow workers to be paid overtime after they work 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. Right now they must work 10 hours a day or 60 hours a week to get extra pay. The bill faces tough opposition. Supporters knew it could be close, but they were shocked when it wasn't even put up for a vote after Assembly leaders were unsure whether it had the 41 votes needed to pass."
"After the Assembly adjourned for the rest of the week, the farmworkers gathered near Rendon's office. United Farm Workers President Arturo Rodriguez insisted the votes were there."
Here's a twist: CTA employees rallied Thursday for pension security from their own entity -- which is itself a poweful advocate for teachers' pensions.
Anshu Siripurapu reporting for Sac Bee: "Employees of the California Teachers Association held a rally outside the union's headquarters on 10th Street Thursday, calling on the union to "secure" their pension benefits."
"CTA employees are represented by two unions, the California Staff Organization and the California Associate Staff, and both are pushing CTA management to go back to the table to hash out concerns over the employees' pension trust."
"Chuck King, the president of the CSO, said both sides agreed to put their pensions in the "red zone" during the bargaining process to address issues of future funding. Pension funds are designated in the red zone when they are projected to pay out more money than they take in."
SEE MORE related to Education: California teachers union to push bilingual education proposition -- Alexei Koseff with Sac Bee; Cal State system pushes students to graduate four years, improve low completion rates -- Larry Gordon with EdSource
Aaron Persky--the judge who resided over the 'Stanford Rapist' case--will no longer be handling criminal cases at his own behest.
East Bay Times' Tracey Kaplan reports: "The Santa Clara County judge who faces a recall threat for giving a light sentence to a Stanford student convicted of sexual assault will no longer handle criminal cases -- at his own request."
"Judge Aaron Persky asked to be reassigned from hearing criminal cases at the Palo Alto courthouse, where he has been under intense fire since early June for sentencing former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner to six months in jail rather than a longer term in state prison for sexually assaulting an intoxicated, unconscious woman outside a fraternity party."
"Ever since, critics have vowed to remove him from the bench, with some, including Stanford law professor Michele Dauber, pushing for a recall election in November 2017 and others complaining to the state agency on judicial performance."
Skid Row is the latest place in the nation to be flooded with a toxic form of 'spice', a synthetic marijuana that caused more than 50 to overdose over this past week.
Soumya Karlamangla with L.A. Times reporting: "When paramedics arrived at downtown's skid row last Friday in response to a 911 call, they found dozens of people who looked as if they'd overdosed. Many were on the ground, passed out. "
"Ambulances and police cars flooded the area. Firefighters closed roads and set up a temporary command station at 5th and San Pedro streets to triage patients. The sickest people were lifted onto gurneys."
""I'm walking down the street — it looks like a war zone," said Georgia Berkovich, who works at the Midnight Mission, a block from the intersection."
SEE MORE related to Cannabis: Emergency motion banning 'spice' headed to L.A. City Council -- Mike Roe with KPCC
The most dangerous railroad crossing in California will get a $15 million revamp.
Laura J. Nelson reporting for L.A. Times: "Los Angeles County railroad crossing that's been called the most hazardous in California will receive a long-planned overhaul, including a flyover ramp to separate traffic from trains, transportation officials said Thursday."
"At a news conference near the Santa Fe Springs crossing, officials said they had secured the final $15 million needed to construct a $137.2-million overpass that will route car and truck traffic above the country's second-busiest passenger rail corridor."
"The tracks slice diagonally through the intersection of Rosecrans and Marquardt avenues, a design that experts say is particularly dangerous because drivers and pedestrians can't always see oncoming trains."
Numbers over the past 5 years are nodding at the notion that realignment for non-violent non-felons is successful -- recidivism rates for inmate populations are reducing drastically every year--but unfortunately, convict recidivism rates for felons remain relatively stable.
AP in Sac Bee: "Corrections officials say former California prison inmates are being arrested and convicted of new crimes at a relatively steady rate after release."
"But more are going to county jails instead of state prisons under a law that took effect nearly five years ago."
"The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Thursday that 45 percent of inmates released five years ago were back in prison within three years. That's down from 54 percent last year and a high of 67.5 percent a decade ago."
Millions of dollars in 'funny money' has the Secret Service interested in the Bay Area -- the possible wellspring of the counterfeit currency.
Mercury News' Mark Hedin reports: "The local U.S. Secret Service office, sitting on almost $6 million worth of counterfeit currency confiscated this year alone, believes a big source of the increase in funny money circulating these days is right here in the Bay Area."
"The Secret Service is on the trail of the printer making $100 bills. In recent years, $5 million in counterfeit $100 bills have turned up, some as far away as Miami, but most in Northern California."
"When we talk about an uptick in counterfeit currency in the Bay Area, this particular note is pretty significant," said Special Agent David Thomas. Of the $5 million collected so far, he said, "the majority has been in the Bay Area."


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Perhaps Singapore's best known attraction: the Singapore Flyer. Standing at 165 meters (540 feet) it is the world's largest observation wheel and a wonderful way to become acquainted with Singapore's amazing landscape. Enjoy a full 360-degree, panoramic view of one of Asia's most triumphant cities for one of the best opportunities to take a great photo of the town.
Although the capsule is only able to rotate 180-degrees, you spend half an hour taking in the views, which not only include the city, but parts of Indonesia as well. You also get to see the more than a hundred ships preparing to enter Singapore's port, as well as the new gardens and Marina Bay. A word to the wise, the Flyer can be quite crowded, but if you can avoid going on the weekends and instead go on weekday mornings, you will face little to no queues.
The huge structure is less than 10 years old, conceived by Dr. Kisho Kurokawa in 2005, and opened to the public only in 2008.
For a bit of extra fun, the flyer comes with several things to keep you occupied and include specialty outlets that include a modern massage parlor and fish spa, specializing in foot reflexology. There is also a start-up pottery studio for making custom ceramics and a modern and fun flight simulator. With the simulator, you get the option to fly in or out of 24,000 airports worldwide, all approved by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority. Not bad.
Getting to the Flyer is virtually effortless and can be reached by Mass Rapid Transport (MRT), taxi, bus, or on foot. By MRT, simply get to the Promenade Station, and it is as five minute walk.
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i3 Idea Challenge Seeks Entries
A total of $30,000 is up for grabs.
Students are asked to submit a three-minute video pitch and a three-page executive summary of their business to the Wilson Centre by April 30.
The ideas are vetted by a panel of judges and the top 3 will win $10,000, $5,000 and $5,000, plus in-kind support that includes mentorship, strategic planning sessions and legal and accounting assistance.
"There are so many talented, aspiring young entrepreneurs at the university, and we want to give them the resources to get their ideas up and running," said Stephanie Yong, director of the Wilson Centre, in a news release.
"Money is great, but having access to mentorship, support and guidance from these in-kind services is even better," added last year's first place winner Lyndon Lisitza.
Lisitza won the 2012 challenge with Renterra Land Auctions, a web-based platform that makes it easier for landowners and land renters to connect.
His business is now up and running.
This year's i3 Idea Challenge will officially launch at the Bassment on Jan. 30 from 5-7 p.m. with a speed networking event to connect students with potential business partners, as well as financiers and mentors.


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Responses to Cyberbullying and Solutions Beyond the Law
10.4.10 | There's nothing fundamentally different about bullying and harassment that occurs in digital spaces, notes Harvard law professor John Palfrey, a participant in a New York Times Room For Debate forum on cyberbullying.
What is different, Palfrey writes, is that where kids interact has expanded to include online spaces such as Facebook as well as physical sites such as schools and malls.
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Palfrey, co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and author of "Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives," examines what we know about cyberbullying and whether current law is sufficient to discourage bullying in new hybrid online-offline environments.
His piece is one of eight responses from legal experts asked to comment on whether the death of Tyler Clementi signals a need for tougher laws against malicious acts online. Clementi, 18, a Rutgers University freshman, jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge Sept. 22, days after his roommate and another classmate allegedly streamed video online of Clementi with another man in his dorm room.
"What we know from research is that the incidence of kids harming one another psychologically in ways that are mediated by new technologies is going up over time," Palfrey writes. "But those same data do not tell us that the overall incidence of bullying is going up, nor that it is getting worse. We also can't say that kids are meaner today than they were in the past."
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What is different today is that the public spaces in which young people interact have expanded. Instead of interacting only in physical public spaces—schoolyards, parks, malls—much of the social life of young people takes place in a converged space that links the online and the offline. These new public spaces are often held in private hands, by corporations like Facebook, Google, MySpace, and many others. Young people are interacting and socializing both in these online public spaces and in the same streets that we, as their parents, grew up in. Bullying is no exception. The activity online is almost inevitably linked to activity in physical space, like the hallways of schools and campuses of universities.
Palfrey points to a new literature review, "Risky Behaviors and Online Safety" (PDF), released by the Youth and Media Policy working group at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. The draft report by Samantha Biegler and danah boyd is available online for public comment.
Palfrey notes that criminal harassment laws can be helpful and law enforcement officials need support to be able to do their jobs in this arena. But a combination of outreach, education, mentoring and "being tough where we have to be" is needed to protect children in these new social spaces.
Read all responses and enter the discussion here.
Plus: The Boston Globe had a wonderful profile last week on danah boyd, a researcher at Microsoft New England, and her work on youth, social media and online privacy. Stay tuned for more interesting work to come from boyd who recently returned from Nashville and had some really interesting reflections on her blog about teens, social networks and technology. boyd's new book, "Growing Up with Social Media: How Networked Technologies Are — and Aren't — Changing Everyday Teen Life," will be out in 2011.
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Sally Jewell Confirmed as Next Secretary of the Interior
Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2013) — Secretary of the Interior Nominee Sally Jewell has been successfully confirmed this evening by an 87-11 Senate vote. Below is a statement from Defenders of Wildlife President Jamie Rappaport Clark.
"We need a proactive Interior secretary who will fight for our natural heritage. Sally Jewell's experience and leadership shows that she has the strength to lead during this critical time for conservation in the United States, when many of the gains we have made for wildlife and public lands are now at risk. As Sally Jewell assumes the role of the nation's chief wildlife steward, we look forward to working with her to protect America's imperiled wildlife and spectacular landscapes."
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Curriculum Vitae
John H. Maher, D.C., D.C.B.C.N., B.C.I.M.
Graduate, Doctorate; Cleveland Chiropractic College , Valedictorian, 5/78
Graduate, Bachelor of Science, New York State University , 1973
Previous Positions:
Co-Founder of and Director of Education and Research for BioPharma Scientific, Inc, CA, 2004 to 09.30.10
Co-Founder and Vice President of Research and Education, Doctors For Nutrition, Inc, CA, 2000 to 2004
Creator and Author, RxforWellness.com, internet anti-aging self help tools and study course, 1999 to 2004
E-zine Editor, Longevity News, 1999 to 2003
Moderator, An Anti-Aging Question and Answer Forum, 1999 to 2003
Clinical Experience:
June 1978 through June 2003, San Diego County, California
Other Professional Training:
Board Certified in Integrative Medicine, present
Diplomat Chiropractic Board of Clinical Nutrition, present
Fellow, American Association of Integrative Medicine, present
Diplomat College of Clinical Nutrition, present
Board Eligible, American Board of Anti-Aging Health Professionals, 1999
Qualified Medical Examiner, CA, 1995 -1997
Graduate, IPS Health and Nutritional Counseling, 1996
Certified, TMJ Multidisciplinary Trauma Course, 1995
Diplomat, American Academy of Pain Management, 1991
Founding Member, Interdisciplinary Tempero-Mandibular Association, 1991
Teaching Experience:
"7 Minutes to Wellness", All-in -Your Backyard, CCA, Fall 2010, 4 hr CE
" The Three Key Secrets to a Successful Nutrition practice from a Business Perspective", FCA, Orlando, 08.10
"The Physiological Functions of Phytonutrients: A Brief Introduction" Webinar, Nutrition, ChiroView Presents, Spring 2010
"Lowering Blood pressure with a Chocolate Shake" Webinar, Nutrition, ChiroView Presents, Spring 2010"The Physiological Functions of Phytonutrients: A Brief Introduction" A4M conference, Las Vegas, NV Dec 2009"The Effects of Whey Zoonutrient Powder Alone and Combined with a Green Phytonutrient Powder on Heart Rate Variability and Pre-Hypertension and Stage 1 Hypertension." A4M Conference, San Jose , CA , Sept. 2009
"Maximizing Results, Referrals and Revenues through Nutritional Wellness" First Tuesday Webinar through Chiropractic Economics. 06.09
"The Effects of Whey Zoonutrient Powder Alone and Combined with a Green Phytonutrient Powder on Heart Rate Variability and Pre-Hypertension and Stage 1 Hypertension." ACC Conference, Las Vegas , March 2009
"The Effect of a Fruit and Vegetable Mix on Hypertension", South Western Naturopathic College, AZNMA Convention, Nov. 2008
"Hgh: Fountain of Youth or Same Old Hype, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Las Vegas , NV Dec. 2008
"The Effect of Proline Rich Polypeptides (PRPs) on the Immune Status of Guinea Pigs and Its Implications on the Potential of PRPs in Human Aging", American Academy of Anti-Aging, July 08, Washington DC , 0608
"The Effect of a Fruit and Vegetable Mix on Hypertension", American Academy of Anti-Aging and University of Miami, First Annual Integrative Medicine Conference, April 2008, Orlando and Miami, respectively.
"Nano-BioTechnology and Bio-available Nutrition", American Academy of Integrative Nutrition , San Diego , CA , 2006
"Metabolic Syndrome", California Chiropractic Convention, Reno , CA 2006
"Physiological Functions of Phytonutrients" CCA, AOM, AAIM 2004-2005
Teaching Experience (continued):
New York Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, post graduate faculty NYCC, 1999
"Systematic Nutritional Muscle Testing", Metagenics, 1992-93
"Interdisciplinary TMJ Therapy", Dental Board of Examiners re-licensing, 1987-88
Preceptor Faculty, LACC, 1984-92
"Hypoglycemia and Behavior", California Dept. of Corrections re-licensing, 1986
Text Books
"The Effect of Proline Rich Polypeptides (PRPs) on the Immune Status of Guinea Pigs and Its Implications on the Potential of PRPs in Human Aging", Chapter, Anti-Aging Therapeutics, Vol. 11, American Academy of Anti-Aging, published Summer 2009
"The Effect of a Fruit and Vegetable Mix on Hypertension", Chapter, Anti-Aging Therapeutics, Vol. 11, American Academy of Anti-Aging , Summer 2009
Articles Published:
Regular Columnist, Health and Wellness, Dynamic Chiropractic 1999 to present
Nutritional Perspectives, JACACN, "The Clinical Implications of the Effects of Whey Zoonutrient Powder Alone and Combined with a Green Phytonutrient Powder on Pre-Hypertension and Stage 1 Hypertension" April 2010 Vol. 33 no. 2, pp 34-40
Nutritional Perspectives, JACACN, "The Effect of a Colostrum Extract of Proline Rich Polypeptides (PRP) on Immune Status in Guinea Pigs and Its Implications on the Potential of PRP in Aging Humans." April 2009 Vol. 32 no. 2, pp 25-31
Nutritional Perspectives, JACACN, "The Effect of a Fruit and Vegetable Mix on Hypertensive Subjects" -Jan. 2009 Vol. 32 no. 1
American Academy of AntiAging News Magazine: "Invivo and Invitro Antioxidant Testing"- Dec. 2008
Frequent Contributor, Anti-Aging and Nutrition, American Chiropractor, DC Products, Chiropractic Economics and Canadian Chiropractor.
Nutritional Perspectives, JACCN, "Nanobiotechnology and Bioavailable Nutrition" -2005
JAAIM Online Journal, "Phytonutrition and Fatal Facts" -2005
Chiropractic Economics, "Nutritional Practice: The Good, the Bad and the Profitable" -2005
Nutritional Wellness, "The New Nutrition, Nanosized Nutraceuticals!" -2005
Guest Columnist, Anti-Aging, Prime Season, Total Man, Entertainment, 1999
Co-Authored, "TMJ Disability Index", Today's Chiropractic, 1997
Authored, "Osteoporosis", CCA Journal, 1995
Co-Authored, "How to Fight Osteoporosis and Win", book with Beth M. Ley, 1994
"Systematic Nutritional Muscle Testing", American Chiropractor, 1993
Columnist and Chiropractic consultant, Wholistic Living News, 1984-92
Regular Columnist, San Diego Weekly News, 1984
Radio and TV
Dr Maher has been interviewed on radio too many times to list. He was featured on Channel 10 Staying Healthy with Carol Lebeau in 1989 and hosted his own "Dial A Doctor " radio program in the mid 1980's.
Clinical Trials
Co-authored with John Zhang MD, PhD, George Oxinos, "The effect of fruit and vegetable powder mix on hypertensive subjects: a pilot study" Journal of Chiropractic Medicine (2009) 8, 101-106 http://www.biopharmasci.com/downloads/2009-JCM-sep-fruit-veg.pdf
Co-author abstract "The Effect of Fruit and Vegetable Powder Mix on Hypertensive Subjects, The Journal of Chiropractic Edcucation, Spring 2007, Vol, 21, No. 1, p. 93 http://biopharmasci.com/downloads/NGBPabstract.pdf
Co-author abstract "The Effects of Whey Zoonutrient Powder Alone and Combined with a Green Phytonutrient Powder on Heart Rate Variability and Pre-Hypertension and Stage 1 Hypertension". Journal of Chiropractic Education, Spring 2009, Vol 23, No. 1p.103
Initiated: "The effects of Liquid Colostrum Extract (PRP) treatment on wound healing in a murine skin injury model and assessment of its anti-allergic properties on system anaphylaxis in guinea pigs. Poster presentation displayed at the Scripps Integrative Medicine Conference, San Diego , January 2008. http://www.biopharmasci.com/downloads/PRPanimalstudy.ppt
Initiated: "Investigation of antioxidant and triglyceride status of rats consuming a diet enriched by a complex phytonutrient supplement, NanoGreens10" http://www.biopharmasci.com/downloads/NG10Russianrat2.pdf
Initiated: "Independent results NanoGreens10 Invitro and Invivo Antioxidant Capacity Testing" http://www.biopharmasci.com/downloads/ElectrOx.pdf
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The Crews Coalesce
Southeast Queens lies at the farthest reaches of the borough, on the Long Island border, a neighborhood so far from Manhattan it might as well be another state. With its wide, almost interstate-like boulevards (Rockaway, Sutphin, Baisley, Guy R. Brewer) and its major parkways (Belt and Grand Central), southeast Queens has little in common with the crowded, narrow streets of Manhattan or even with the remote parts of outer boroughs like the Bronx and Brooklyn.
Though the area is just one small corner of the most middle-class, most immigrant-populated borough, it's not considered a single, unified neighborhood by anyone who lives there. No one says they're from "southeast Queens." This isn't a matter of pride. The area comprises a series of interlocking neighborhoods, each one distinct to its natives. Southeast Queens is home to some of the most sprawling housing projects in all of New York City, most prominently South Jamaica's Baisley Park Houses and the South Jamaica Houses, nicknamed the "40 Projects" because its cluster of tall brick buildings sits beside Public School 40. South Jamaica is composed mostly of public housing though one area, Jamaica Estates, is dominated by the middle class and is the birthplace of Donald Trump. Further to the south are the Springfield Gardens and Laurelton sections of southeast Queens, which are made up of blocks of middle-class housing developments that breed a professional class of doctors, lawyers, and accountants.
Then there is Hollis. Located just east of South Jamaica, the single-family homes of Hollis have for decades been a refuge for lower-middle-class African Americans fleeing the cramped conditions of poor neighborhoods such as the South Bronx and Harlem. Colin Powell's parents bought their first home, a three-bedroom bungalow at 183-68 Elmira Avenue, for $17,500. The neighborhood, Powell wrote in his autobiography My American Journey, "carried a certain cachet, a cut above Jamaica, Queens and just below St. Albans, then another gold coast for middle class blacks." Powell's African-American neighbors no doubt shared his lofty sentiments about Hollis; though many of the homes in the area were modest, single-level units, most had ample front and backyards and even basements, a rarity in inner-city neighborhoods, even in the outer boroughs. In Hollis, residents could feel like they were part of a neighborhood but could keep their distance whenever they needed to, just like in the suburbs.
By the mid-seventies, Hollis's luster began to fade: Spurred by the busing of blacks to white schools and the decay of New York City's infrastructure, panic selling of homes by whites became commonplace, while gangs like Black Rain and Seven Crowns and drug distribution networks controlled by Mafia families flooded the neighborhood with heroin. Like many urban neighborhoods in America, Hollis had experienced a spike in cocaine use in the early seventies; heroin, however, was a far more dangerous epidemic, creating thousands of addicts and fattening the bottom line of drug organizations.
As the Mafia maintained a monopoly on heroin importation routes (the drugs originated in southeast Asia, were refined in Italy, and then smuggled to the United States), their profits measured in the billions. With the heroin trade, the Mafia had the best of both worlds: Dealers and middlemen were forced to come to them for product so they could be choosy about which distributors they did business with, thus reducing the risk of being infiltrated by informants. On the other end, because there were no competing grades of heroin, customers didn't complain about heroin that was "stepped on," or cut with substances like baby powder.
Heroin ultimately ravaged the social fabric of southeast Queens. Addicts were so abundant that senior citizens often shuttered themselves indoors for fear of encountering them. The neighborhood's rapid descent from small-town peace to inner-city mayhem took even law enforcement by surprise. "It used to be that drug dealers crawled out from under a rock and then went right back under that rock," explains former Queens Narcotics Detective Michael McGuinness, "but by the early eighties they weren't going back under the rock anymore." When dopers weren't getting a fix on the streets of southeast Queens they were sticking up bodegas or robbing houses (particularly in Hollis) for whatever they could get their hands on: TVs, household appliances, sneakers, even, ironically, guns tucked away in closets or sock drawers that were meant to protect residents from such intruders. Doped-up burglars with a particularly sick of sense of humor (or an acute lack of shame) would often defecate in the toilets of their victims, leaving the foul mess for the homeowner to find.
Trips to the bank or a check-cashing store became treacherous: Dopers grabbed wallets and pocketbooks from customers the moment they walked out the door. When that breed of victim wised up, heroin addicts turned their sights on easier, but less lucrative marks, mugging Hollis teenagers for their coats or shoes. New York City jails soon became crowded with low-level thugs addicted to heroin.
Addicts who remained on the outside fell victim to predatory business practices from dealers. Success in the heroin business often required killing a few customers with too-pure product; instead of having a deterrent effect, overdoses attracted customers drawn to a potent new product. Heroin was a lucrative hustle, but in the rougher, more competitive sections of southeast Queens, dealing could be just as lethal as using. Most drug dealers would beat or slap around rivals, but heroin dealers famously had no qualms about murdering one another.
For those turned off by the violence, there were hustles far less dangerous than heroin in the seventies. Numbers running was a favorite scheme in southeast Queens; since law enforcement sometimes looked the other way from this seemingly victimless crime in return for bribes, numbers parlors flourished in the neighborhood. Numbers shops were run by easygoing, affable businessmen with nicknames like "Grumpy" and "Chop," entrepreneurs more dedicated to customer service than most owners of bodegas and supermarkets in the neighborhood. Numbers runners set out doughnuts and coffee for gamblers and kept the floors immaculately clean. Best of all, hitting that winning number—the odds were often set at something like 600:1—provided a high no drug could match. (Indeed, the down payment on Colin Powell's parents' Hollis home came from proceeds from a winning number.) Mafiosi involved in the heroin trade viewed numbers runners as the most trustworthy guys on the streets. They were also highly attuned to the tastes of their clients; since hundreds of customers went in and out of the parlors, numbers runners had a good sense of the underground economy. How many people were into heroin? Coke? The numbers runners knew, and they helped the Mafia.
Unlike in the safer, more sedate world of numbers, steely nerves were a requirement for success in the dope business. No one personified the fearlessness of heroin hustlers better than Hollis native Ronald "Bumps" Bassett. Unlike his fellow dealers, Bumps didn't want adulation or notoriety; he was simply out for the cash. When he left his base on Farmers Boulevard in Hollis to hang out at the open-air drug bazaar of 150th Street in South Jamaica all the young hustlers on the block would excitedly cry out "Hey, hey, Ronnie's over here." "They paid homage to Ronnie Bumps," says one former Hollis hustler, "but he didn't care. He was a man among the boys." Bumps looked the part, too: With his long mane of straightened hair, pale light brown skin, and reddish birthmark just above his mouth he was a dead ringer for Ron O'Neal, the suave actor who played the cocaine kingpin nicknamed "Priest" in the classic 1972 blaxploitation film Superfly. Bumps was one of the first real icons of the emerging drug business in southeast Queens, and he would have imitators for decades to come.
The nihilism of the dopers and the flashiness of dealers like Ronnie Bumps served as the inspiration for the generation of hustlers who came of age in southeast Queens in the early eighties. Without the experience or organizational skills of the street icons of the seventies, the new breed of mostly teenage hustlers started out small. The White Castle hamburger stand on Hollis Avenue and Francis Lewis Boulevard was robbed almost daily, and a depot for Mister Softee ice cream trucks in Queens Village provided another favorite target. Unsurprisingly, bitter feuds broke out among petty hustlers over the most lucrative marks in southeast Queens, battles that in turn led to the formation of organized crews in the neighborhood. "It became a competition," remembers one former hustler raised in South Jamaica's 40 Projects. "You had the guys from Hollis, you had the guys from Southside and then you had the guys from off Linden Boulevard. A lot of dudes from Hollis didn't like guys from over here because we were in the projects. And the guys from the projects didn't like the guys from Hollis because they lived in Hollis. It was just animosity."
The rivalry between Hollis and South Jamaica was typical (in southeast Queens, Hollis is dubbed Northside; South Jamaica, Southside) but it was also based in class. South Jamaica hustlers were mostly poor and uneducated while in Hollis many attended private Catholic schools and went on to college. If Hollis, with its single-family houses and neat lawns, was something of a lower- middle-class paradise, South Jamaica was a lower-class hell of towering brick public housing projects that seemed to block out the sky, abandoned, burnt-out buildings, and desolate stretches of blocks where everyone could feel as though they were alone in the area.
Even among the rough-and-tumble scene of South Jamaica, the hustlers from Linden Boulevard stood out. They were poor—many came from South Jamaica's Baisley Park Houses—and frighteningly tough. They rushed headlong into fights with guns and knives drawn, sending even those with seasoned street pedigrees fleeing for their lives. "They used to come with guns and knives and all we had was our bare fists and a quarter to call somebody," remembers the former 40 Projects hustler. "We got into a dispute with those guys in the cafeteria of Andrew Jackson High School and when the fight started we were quickly outnumbered. We barely escaped with our lives."
There was one more striking difference separating the Linden Boulevard posse from the rest of southeast Queens: religion. Many claimed affiliation with the Five Percent Nation, a splinter sect of the Nation of Islam (NOI) founded in 1963 by minister Clarence Edward Smith, aka Clarence 13X. Smith, whose followers called him Father Allah, rejected the belief that NOI founder Wallace Fard was God ("the black man is God," he said), and believed that only 5 percent of the world's population is righteous. "Peace, God" was how Five Percenters greeted each other, earning the Linden Boulevard crew the name the Peace Gods.
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You have just gotten home from a long day at work. You still have to make dinner, clean up and do a couple of loads of laundry before you can even think about relaxing. Your partner gives you that look and motions towards the bedroom. You remember the days when you would put all responsibilities aside to frolic in the bed with the one you love. But now you are way too tired and would rather just lay on the couch, catching up on Grey's Anatomy.
"Not tonight honey, I have a headache."
Low libido, low sex drive or hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD; as it is known in the medical world) is one of the most common sexual problems in women. A survey conducted in 2009 at the University of Chicago found that 33.4% of respondents suffer from low libido. Another study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that 43% of women experience difficulty with sexual desire.
What is happening?
Low libido is a very complex condition. Fatigue, hormonal imbalances, and psychological factors can all play a role in HSDD. Anxiety and depression contribute to the problem, and ironically, so do many pharmaceutical drugs that are used to treat these conditions. Antidepressant medications, the birth control pill, and tranquilizers are just some of the drugs that can lower sex drive in women. To help get you back in control here are 7 Actions To Take Now:
1. Get assessed for hormone levels. Your Naturopathic Doctor can order a salivary hormone test to determine your levels of cortisol (the stress hormone), DHEA (the anti-stress/anti-aging hormone), estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone (yes, women do produce testosterone!). Pre-menopausal and post-menopausal women can suffer from imbalances. There are many natural herbs, vitamins, and homeopathic remedies that can be used to bring your hormones back into balance. Typically, women suffering from low libido have low levels of progesterone, testosterone and DHEA. Estrogen and cortisol levels are most likely out of balance as well.
2. Get assessed for thyroid function. A low-functioning thyroid zaps your energy, lowers your mood, and reduces sexual desire.
3. Get your iron levels and Vitamin B12 levels checked. These are commonly low in females and deficiencies result in fatigue and low motivation.
4. Talk to your doctor about any possible side effects your medication(s) may be having. Anti-depressants and the birth control pill are common culprits. Ask your doctor about alternate medications with fewer side effects. Never stop taking medication without consulting with your doctor first.
5. Get help from your health care practitioner if you are suffering from stress, anxiety, and depression. Don't go it alone.
6. Get The Blood Flowing: Exercise gets the blood flowing, reduces stress, and boosts mood and energy. It increases the release of natural feel-good endorphins, and improves self-esteem and body image. A study done at the University of Texas showed that women who had just completed one 20 minute session of cardio exercise were more aroused (as measured and self-reported) from an erotic film than those who didn't exercise.
7. Spice it up. Try a new position in bed, focus on foreplay, be spontaneous, pick up some new toys, watch a video, and/or give each other a massage. This will add to the excitement and get you in the mood. Physical touch can increase the release of oxytocin, the bonding hormone, which can bump up sexual desire.
Since HSDD is such a complex condition with many causes, make sure you are assessed to determine which treatment is suitable for you to boost libido. Ask your healthcare practitioner about how to use these 8 Herbs To Get Your Mojo Back!
Ashwaganda, Relora, Rhodiola, Licorice, Siberian Ginseng and other adaptogenic herbs help to increase energy, reduce stress and put that spring back into your step!
Damiana acts as a natural aphrodisiac and sexual stimulant. Ginseng may also increase sexual desire.
Maca is a wonderful herb to reduce stress, increase energy, bring your hormones back into balance, and support a healthy libido. It is a root from South America and can be found in a capsule or powder form.
Ginkgo increases blood flow to the female genitalia, heightening arousal and orgasm.
Disclaimer: The information provided in this article is not meant to replace treatment with a licensed health care practitioner. It is for informational purposes only. Consult with a Naturopathic Doctor or other licensed health care professional to determine which treatments are safe for you.
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Denise Kitchen
Published: Thursday, March 21st, 2013
Denise L. "Dede"�Kitchen was born May 24, 1946, in Winner, S.D., to Charles and Joy (Collins) Dillon. She was raised in Winner and graduated from Custer (S.D.) High School in 1964. She also attended Black Hills State College and Greens Beauty School.
On April 23, 1967, she married Jack Kitchen. In 1971, she began her 24-year career with the Custer School District at the Pringle country school. She worked with special needs children for 21 years. She was an avid quilter, crafter, gardener and seamstress, known for her wonderful smile, sense of humor and loving care of many children she held dear.
Dede was a member and supporter of Custer Community Church for 58 years. She was a member of the Council of Job's Daughters, Young Homemakers Extension Club, Stitches in Faith Quilt Club and Board of Christian Education at Custer Community Church. She was known locally for her beautiful quilts and cakes.
Dede died March 7, 2013, at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minn. She was 66.
She is survived by her husband, Jack Kitchen; mother, Joy Dillon; brother, Patrick (Susan) Dillon; sister, Wanda (Butch) Morgan, all of Custer; 12 nieces and nephews; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.
Services were March 16 at Custer Community Church with Pastor Bill Comfort officiating. Interment followed at Custer Cemetery.
A memorial has been established for Dede's family.
Written condolences may be made at www.mccolleyschapels.com.
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Reluctantly, Czech President Sees Euro Limping Ahead
Czech President Vaclav Klaus, a pronounced euro-skeptic and a global warming contrarian, has recently scored reluctant acknowledgements from his opponents that he was right when saying the euro area project was flawed from its conception. The Greek fiscal crisis and concerns about the fiscal health of other euro area member states have proven Mr. Klaus and other euro critics correct, they said.
"As much as I hate to admit that, I have to say that Klaus has been right on euro-zone problems from the start," a euro-friendly politician, who asked to remain anonymous, told this correspondent recently.
Therefore, euro zone guardians should be pleased to know that Mr. Klaus, albeit reluctantly, expects the euro-zone project to limp forward. He may just be proven right again — the euro will survive.
The crisis facing the euro zone may "unfortunately" lead to the creation of a fiscal and political union encompassing the entire currency bloc, Mr. Klaus said in a speech delivered late Thursday and published on the president's personal website www.klaus.cz.
The euro-skeptic Czech president said in the speech that he sees two possible exits from the current crisis of confidence in the euro zone.
"One is that there will be a collapse or an abandonment of this system of (de facto) super-fixed (exchange rates), carried out either partially or fully, and the other is that the current system will be enhanced by a fiscal and political union," he said.
"It would be tempting to say that the first scenario will pan out — even though many expect so. But I think that, unfortunately, the second scenario will take place," Mr. Klaus said.
The Czech president said his preferred option would be for existing euro zone member states to return to the system of different floating exchange rates that would better reflect the varying levels of their economic development in the 16-state single currency area.


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Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today's page is from Ares #2, which was published by Marvel and is cover dated April 2006. Enjoy!
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I've said it before and I'll say it again; Emerald City Comicon is my favorite comic book convention. It truly is all about the comic books, not just for the fans but for the creators too. There is something almost thrilling about how excited everyone gets about the medium, whatever the perspective, the enthusiasm is palpable. I made a postcard about it (right), because this boy's quiet smile and nifty, painted mask exemplify the fun everyone has at ECCC.
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Definition of Israeli in English:
Relating to the modern country of Israel.
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- Many of the houses I visited were riddled with bullets or had lost their roofs after Israeli attacks.
- That will allow the number of illegal Israeli settlements in occupied territory to be increased.
noun (plural Israelis)
A native or inhabitant of Israel, or a person of Israeli descent.
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- National identity for Israelis is to a large extent bound up with their identity as Jews.
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DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MAHC.2008.29
Two resources evolved in the early 1980s to serve the needs of the scientific computing community. These resources were Netlib, a software repository that facilitated distribution of public-domain software, and NA-Net, a file of analysts' contact information that eventually supported an online directory and newsletter digest. The authors who created Netlib and NA-Net explain the history of these resources and their continuing impact.
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We see from the 2011 audited financial statements that there was a $8.0M debt to BSO and a $2.5M debt to the CRA.
This created a $4.9M deficit in the Fund Balance for the General Fund and a $1.7M deficit in the Fire Fund.
Now we hear from what was reported in the Sun Sentinel that now the City has a $2.8M reserve for 2012. Also in comments reported from Lauderdale Lakes Auditor Rod Harvey it has mostly due to a change in accounting and reporting for the BSO debt making it a long term debt, not in anything the City or Jon Allen has done. So MAOS comments hold true in that nothing has changed in L Lakes- only the Allen, Harvey, Eric Haynes trio doing their games.
No one has seen this as there are no financial statements to review. What authorizes these changes? Seems now that Harvey might be having second thoughts about this and putting his seal of approval on it.
The real debt to BSO and the CRA and the payment period (both ballon payments) has not changed, but yet there is new found reserves? Is that why the trio are hiding the financial statements from even the Commission, and worse, yet the public.
Be assured that MAOS will be on this and the LAC Gang Of Four will know about this.
Rod Harvey- it is time for you to man up.
Debt is debt, no matter how you paint it.
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Mostly sunny skies and comfortable temperatures should be expected this weekend. Lots of sunshine and gusty winds will push highs just shy of 80 today. Tonight will be nice with temperatures dipping to around 50. Sunday will be nice, and slightly cooler. A few more clouds and an east wind will hold highs to the low 70's. Again, still very nice. Things begin to go downhill very late Sunday night and early Monday. A strong storm center that will trigger a severe weather outbreak over the weekend in the nation's mid-section will begin to impact the Ohio Valley. While severe weather is not anticipated early Monday, things certainly change Monday night through Tuesday night. Expect several rounds of storms and heavy rain, with severe weather looking increasingly likely. THE REDS ARE ON THE LAST LEG OF THEIR ROAD TRIP. WLWT'S GEORGE
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Maybe Television Idiot Syndrome (a term we just made up) is reversible: a new study says you can reduce the risk of having an antisocial, depressive child if you reduce his television viewing to less than two hours per day by age 5 1/2. Just make sure you don't fill up those two hours with Baby Einstein vids. [Reuters]
You know what made me an antisocial child? Books.
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Word! When I was grounded (which was often), I'd crack open a book. I got to re-read all 112 books in my Baby-Sitters Club series my 4th grade year.
Or The Sopranos, for that matter, though they might learn a thing or two about forging personal relationships.
@jaredgood1: Yep! My parents used to kick me out of the house during the summer — I was a sedentary child, and they wanted me to get some exercise and fresh air and whatnot.
Of course, once I realized the library was within biking distance and air-conditioned…
@ceejeemcbeegee: I went through the whole Hardy Boys series, including all the later series for the same reason!
Ok… so this is filed under "Protecting your Investment". I love kids, don't get me wrong, but since when can they be considered an "investment". I think something closer to "sinkhole" or "money vacuum" would be a little more accurate… You'll never see a dime of what you put into your kids (THEY will enjoy the benefits of it, but YOU won't).
Then again, maybe "charity" or "donations" would be the right categories.
My brother refused to let his cldren watch TV when they were younger, two of the 5 children he has have served time in prison. Maybe NOT watching ANY TV can make you anti-social also?
1. Retirement community membership fees
2. Back-up kidneys
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I've had an iPad 3 since it came out in March, but I quickly switched to the mini because of its portability and supreme pad-ness. Yeah yeah, no retina. Blah. I'll buy the retina one, so will you.
Touch typing has sort of been a thing I like since shortly after the original iPad landed. Its netbook-width display in landscape made touch typing somewhat challenging, but not too difficult to master. It can also be pretty great to leave the house with what amounts to a satchel carrying nothing but a 1.5lb writing slab of greatness that lasts all day. After all, it's the future; might as well try and keep up.
But the iPad mini (and I think any tablet less than around nine inches in Horizontal Mode) presents a challenge for typing because it's just a little too thin in landscape. I've gotten ok at it, but I figured that maybe I could use a little help from a physical keyboard while I try to train my wrists to do what's necessary to type on a 7-inch display.
My second attempt at an iPad mini keyboard setup was the Wingstand, as recommended by Matt Brian on Twitter. It's a pretty handy setup—a compact, simple plastic stand that fits in your pocket, then splits into two pieces to unite Apple's keyboard and basically any bluetooth-endowed iDevice in unholy matrimony. Since it's made of two brackets you slide onto the Wireless Keyboard's battery housing, you can space them apart for an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch in any orientation.
After kicking the tires on this setup for a while, two things disqualified it. The first is that I'm just not digging the process of sliding these little brackets on and off the keyboard every time I want to get setup. It's a minor complaint, I know, but it became one of those things that just ate away at my patience each time I had to do it.
My bigger complaint is Apple's keyboard itself. Wait, let me back up.
Apple's Wireless Keyboard is my favorite keyboard ever. In fact, when you could only find these chicklet keyboards in the MacBook Pro PowerBook, I used to joke that I wish I had the cash to buy one, tear out the keyboard, and hook it up to the iMac and Mac Pro I owned over the years. But this keyboard is designed for Macs, not iPhones or iPads, and it handicaps too much of the iOS workflow. I kinda get why Apple doesn't sell its iPad Keyboard Dock anymore, but couldn't it just sell the iPad-specific keyboard? Yes, yes it probably could. But it doesn't.
Matt really likes this setup but I am afraid to say I had to continue my search. Fortunately, I found an option that, so far, is working quite nicely. I'll write it up soon.


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I'm happy to announce you that we've just released version 1.4.10.
This release contains mainly bugfixes and some improvements (185 changes).
- Release Notes (doesn't contain all changes, see the commit log for more details)
- Commit Log
We hope you enjoy the new release and look forward to your feedback.
And as usual, here are some impressions ;-)
The latest version of pimcore contains some impressive new features, cool improvements and bugfixes (Release Notes).
We hope that you'll enjoy this new release and are looking forward to your feedback on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.
Following some impressions of the new release:
RESTful API (beta)
The new REST API allows you to easily get/update/delete the data in your project from external applications using simple HTTP calls.
Currently only documents, assets and objects are supported, but we'll extend the API in the future to allow service calls to internal entities like static routes, redirects, ...
Click here for more information.
Key-Value Data Type for Objects
This new data type allows to you add an arbitrary number of key/value pairs to your object. This is especially useful for storing product attributes or similar structured content.
Keys are defined and managed in a global list and can be organized into groups (optional).
Click here for more information.
Improved Permissions
Improved Multi-Site Support
Tree Previews
Previews are now generated on save (images, pages, ...) so they are displayed instantly when hovering a tree node.
New Version of CKEditor (True WYSIWYG)
Style Editor for Pages
See in action:
Page Preview for different Devices
Simple Newsletter Tool
Custom Meta Data on Pages
Bounce Mail Inbox
and much more ... ;-)
Hi folks,
it has been a bit quiet out here lately. But that doesn't mean, that the pimcore project is less active. It is more vital than ever before and are happy to see that pimcore is used all over the world. This is amazing.
A few weeks ago we made a small pimcore demo during a barcamp here in Salzburg. Thanks for this opportunity.
In this demo we made some live coding of about an hour and developed a small barcamp website with pimcore.
Nothing big, but
- on the portal page you have area blocks where you can register, login, see tweets.
- Once you are logged in you see a session list
- and for each session you can upload some images or videos and add comments to the sessions.
We want to share the result of this live coding session with you.
You can download the zip-file here: Demo.zip
- The database dump is located in the root folder, please adapt the database settings in the system.xml
- Login für the backend is:
- username = admin
- password = demo123
- An existing frontend member is:
- username = demo
- password = demo123
But please keep in mind, that it is not optimized in terms of securitydemo or performance. Still, it's quite a cool demo and should give you a little head start of how to solve things with pimcore.
We hope you like it ...
Greets from Salzburg,
Christian and the pimcore team
Yesterday we released version 1.4.8 containing many improvements and features.
Some Highlights
Inheritance for Documents
Nested Areablocks
ZF 1.12 - utilizing the new ClassMap Autoloader
Some useful Utilities
Including some useful Keyboard Shortcuts.
Multi-Site Improvements
- Painless linking and hardlinking between different sites (absolutizing Links to different site)
- Better support for Pretty-URL's in combination with hardlinks across different sites
- Site-specific redirects
- Site-specific custom routes
- Site-specific website settings
- ....
Now all languages supported by the ZF can be used for your project and the admin user interface.
see also: The Translation Project
This was just a small overview, for a complete list of changes please visit the release notes.
or even more detailed in the commit history:
We hope you enjoy the new release and look forward to your feedback.
Bernhard & The pimcore Crew
Hey pimcore-friends,
We've just released Version 1.4.7.
This release contains mainly bugfixes and some improvements.
Checkout the release notes for more information:
Bernhard & The pimcore crew
Please visit the release notes to see all the changes in detail.
Following some impressions of the new version:
Bernie & The pimcore crew
Hi folks,
pimcore 1.4.5 with lots of improvements and new features has been around for few weeks now. We hope you like it?
One major objective during the development of this version was performance testing and optimization. In this blog post we want to share with you some of the tests we did and the results we got, and by doing so give you some answers about the performance and scalability of pimcore in combination with big datasets – a question we frequently hear from you, our clients and others.
What we did
Our goal was to test and optimize the pimcore backend and api (cli scripts for importing, updating …) for performance with big datasets. We concentrated our tests on the objects part of pimcore, but all optimizations were also added for documents and assets if possible.
Our dataset
To get a big dataset, we took a real world example of a PIM installation and enlarged the dataset extensively. By doing so, we ended up with the following dataset:
Object count
3.2 mio
Product count
2.5 mio
Relation count
20 mio
Version count
5 mio
The relation count might seem a little low. But this is in fact a quite realistic number because of two reasons:
- There are lots of 'small' accessory products with don't have that many relations for them self
- The clever use of inheritance not only reduces the maintenance effort but also decreases the number of relations to save. If relations are assigned to parent objects and inherited by concrete product, the relation itself has to be saved only once (although many products use this relation).
The products themselves were quite complex product with extensive use of different datatypes for attributes, object bricks, field collections and inheritance.
Attributes per product
Average object bricks per product
Average attributes per object brick
Our results
First of all, it has to be said, that our test dataset was not designed to get good performance results, but to be as realistic as possible and therefore get a real world impression of how pimcore performs. The performance also depends strongly on the data model and use cases. With less complex objects you will get completely different results. So these results can only give a feeling of what is easily possible.
The performance of pimcore while working with the backend is quite hard to quantify since it is dependent from many different factors.
But from an editors perspective, a normal and quick working was possible and the pimcore backend stayed perfectly responsive.
Most of the common interactions (like opening sub trees, opening objects, moving objects, saving objects, searching for objects) were executed in less than a second in most of the time. If the cache was not filled, huge amount of sub objects had to be loaded or a complex fulltext searches were made, the requests needed about two to five, maximum ten, seconds.
But of course there are interactions (like renaming or moving folders with huge amount of objects within them etc.) which took much longer simply because of the data amount that has to be processed.
In terms of batch script performance we made three simple tests – copying products and saving the new ones (to simulate import performance), updating products and saving the modified products and deleting products:
Copy Products
50 sec
490 sec
Update Products
80 sec
480 sec
Delete Products
40 sec
420 sec
Again, one needs to take in to consideration, that in this case the products where quite complex and that the results of such tests are strongly dependent on the use case, data model and so on.
How we did it
First of all, we got our self a server – not the biggest or newest one, but the important thing is a server with plenty of RAM and fast HDD-access:
2 x Quad-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2350
HDD pimcore
HDD database
Installed Software
- Debian 6.0.4
- php 5.3.9-ZS5.6.0
- Apache/2.2.16 (Debian)
Configuration of database
Since MySQL made lots of performance improvements in the last versions, it is important to use the latest version (in our case MySQL 5.5.20).
Configuration wise we supplied the MySQL with plenty of RAM and configured cache sizes etc. optimized for our use case. You can find information about that either in the MySQL documentation, at http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/ or at Google ;).
We also took advantage of the partitioning feature of MySQL and split up the big tables into partitions.
Again the optimized configuration of MySQL is highly dependent on your use case and needs to be planned carefully during the setup of the system. Most performance improvements can be reached by setting up the MySQL properly.
Configuration of cache
Since memcache doesn't support tags, we simulate this feature with a database table. But with these big scale datasets this solution is far too slow.
In our tests we used the NoSQL database MongoDB (http://www.mongodb.org/) as cache instead – with great results. Tagged caching is supported this way out-of-the-box and it is really fast. The MongoDB cache backend (Pimcore_Cache_Backend_Mongodb) is shipped with pimcore 1.4.5 and can be configured in the cache.xml.
Configuration for cli scripts
Since php is only single threaded and not exactly built for long running import processes, we looked for a way to deal with these drawbacks and came up with the job server gearman (http://gearman.org). The idea behind is to
- split up huge workloads (of importing, updating, …) to small work packages and
- run them in parallel.
With gearman and a small framework we built around it, we now have a generic way for this task, can take advantage of multi core server processors and get quite good performance of importing or updating pimcore data.
What we learned
The most important thing we learned is that pimcore is perfectly scalable. Since pimcore is built on a solid technical base, it can take full advantage of all performance improvement and scalability functionalities of this technical base.
So right now we are far from the limit what is possible. In our case we just used one single server with quite old components. Use modern components, Intel processors (for which php is more optimized for), a dedicated database server, more than just one application server to name just a few possible next steps.
But of course, during our tests and with your input in the forum we found a few bottlenecks within pimcore all of which we fixed in pimcore 1.4.5. So if you plan to set up a big system, use the latest version.
So that is that. We hope this gives you a good impression of what is possible with pimcore and how you can make it happen.
As always, comments, suggestions and feedback are welcome.
Whatever you are up to with pimcore in the upcoming weeks, may it be good fun and profitable.
Have a nice day and a good spring,
Christian and the pimcore team
Hey pimcore-friends,
A new pimcore version is available!
It's a mix out of impressive new features, cool improvements and bugfixes (Release Notes).
We hope that you'll enjoy this new release and are looking forward to your feedback on Twitter, Facebook and Google+.
The following gallery should give you a quick overview of this release:
Tag & Snippet - Management
Gives all the freedom to the marketing department ...
Website / HTTP Error Log
See what happens on your website ...
Area Block Improvements
Drag and drop insert / reorder, ... reordering without reloads, ... toolbar, ...
HTML5 Video
Automatic conversion, individual players, ... see here.
lots of performance improvements and many many more.
Let me know what you think!
Bernie & The pimcore crew
Hey guys,
as spring is on its way, we already are thinking about summer activities. One of them could be adding a bunch of new cool features to pimcore. As we could use some help we are thinking about proposing pimcore to Google Summer of Code 2012.
We have some ideas for projects we want to offer. Have a look at them unter Google Summer of Code in our wiki. What do you think about them? Do you have any additional ideas and suggestions? We started a forum thread for feedback, discussion and suggestions and we are happy about any of them - goto the Forum Topic.
And if we get approved by Google and you would like to collaborate with the pimcore core team (with a little help of Google ;-) ), feel free to apply for one of these projects.
Have a nice spring start and stay tuned…
Christian & the pimcore crew
Hi everybody,
We've just released Version 1.4.4.
This release contains mainly bugfixes that can't wait any longer ;-)
For a full list of changes, please see the release notes.
Bernie & The pimcore crew
Hi pimcore-friends,
I'm happy to announce you that we've released version 1.4.3 yesterday evening.
This release comes with lots of new features, improvements and bugfixes. We've really worked hard on that release and I hope that you'll enjoy working with this exciting new version.
We'll present you some of the new features in detail later, in the meantime you can get an complete overview at the release notes.
Also a big thank you to all of you for the great collaboration!
Bernhard & The pimcore Crew
Christmas is over and the pimcore team starts into the new year with the old (and some new) energy and vigor.
It has been discussed several times and there were many feature requests regarding user permissions. Now the time has come: User permissions will be remodeled.With the next pimcore version we are planning to introduce a new permission system based on the classic approach of users, groups and roles. Users will no longer have all permissions by default. Permissions will have to be allocated to users. The same is true for new elements/nodes created. Users will not have all permissions on new elements by default. We still do not plan user permissions on field basis, but we aim at making user permission on element basis better configurable. This implies that a user can be a member of one or more groups. The administration interface will be redesigned completely and thereby shall perform better than the existing one. We set up a Forum Thread. Please let us know your thoughts, experiences and expectations towards a user permission system in pimcore while we are still brooding over that matter.
Merry Christmas Everyone,
this is the second Christmas for pimcore. And let me tell you: We have a lot of presents for pimcore during the whole next year. So, be prepared.
Merry Christmas & Frohe Weihnachten with the pimcore/elements crew.
Hi folks,
weeks ago we released pimcore 1.4.2 but never talked much about it. After the summer break (which wasn't really a break) there is so much to do, the weather during the last weeks was simply too nice, so … well can imagine the rest of the story.
But better late than never and therefore I am going to talk about the most important changes of 1.4.2. Some of them we already showed at a previous blog post, but here they are once more and altogether.
Image Thumbnail pipeline
One of the most significant changes is the all new thumbnail functionality. Now it is possible to define the most complex thumbnail calculations with the image thumbnail pipeline. So far all of the old transformations and some pretty cool new ones (e.g. rounded corners) are supported.
And the best thing of all: new filters and transformations can be added easily.
Have a look at the video and the detailed documentation. Thumbnails
Field specific Image Cropping for Documents
A quite simple jet really powerful feature is the field specific image cropping for documents. Sit back and watch the movie. Image
Copy documents and rewrite relations to new documents
To save editors lots of work we added a new document copy-paste mode. When copying the sub tree /de to /en with 'updating references', links within the sub tree will be rewritten. E.g. a link in the document /de/service to /de/info will point from /en/service to /en/info. Copy documents and rewrite relations to new documents (since 1.4.2)
Hardlinks for documents
Another nice feature for documents are hardlinks for documents. These work similar to hardlinks in file systems. Watch the video for detailed explanation. Hardlinks for documents (since 1.4.2)
Possibility to open elements included by $this->inc() directly in the editmode
If in your template elements are included by $this->inc(), you can navigate to this element via right click in the editmode.
Object data type 'Hotspot image'
In addition to the old image data type there is now an image data type where hotspots can be defined. So important areas within an image can be marked and highlighted for special treatment in the frontend. Other Fields - Image, Image with Hotspots, Checkbox, Link
Object data type 'Objects with metadata'
In addition to the simple objects relation data type, this new 'Objects with metadata' data type makes it possible to store meta data to relations between objects. Href, Multihref, Objects - Relations, Dependencies and Lazy Loading
Object Preview
Another cool feature for editors is the object preview. So editors easily can check how a specific object would look like in the frontend. Enjoy the video. Object Preview (since 1.4.2)
In general we made lots of bug fixes and improvements, which should make developing and working with pimcore an even better experience.
For example we improved working with big amount of objects in the backend. So batch updates, copying and deleting of big and huge amounts of objects shouldn't be a problem anymore.
Additionally we made lots of general performance improvements – especially concerning database (additional indices, optimized storage engines), properties and caching in general.
So is pimcore still alive? The answer is: yes it is. We use it in our daily working live and we as well as our customers are enthusiastic about it. We get lots of inquiries of people and companies how use pimcore or considering using it. And there are you, our community, who use pimcore, make suggestions for improvements and give us feedback. Pimcore is more alive than ever before, even if our weakest point – documentation and communication – still needs much improvement. Speaking of which, we would appreciate your support to complete and improve the documentation.
That said, we hope you like the new pimcore version. Stay tuned, have fun, take care and enjoy the weekend…
Christian & the pimcore crew
Starting with today, we are offering an always up-to-date mirror of our SVN repository on GitHub.
We think it should make it a lot easier for you to submit code contributions, bugfixes, ... to the pimcore project.
Have fun with forking pimcore, and we hope that we'll get lots of pull requests :-)
GitHub project page: https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore
Repository (SSH): git://github.com/pimcore/pimcore.git
Repository (HTTP): https://github.com/pimcore/pimcore.git


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Waterloo - Manulife Financial announced today that it has purchased Pottruff & Smith Travel Insurance Brokers Inc., a leading broker and third party administrator of travel insurance across Canada.
With the announcement of the transaction today, Manulife Affinity Markets becomes one of
"With this acquisition, we are well positioned to serve even more Canadians to meet their broad range of travel insurance needs," said Paul Rooney, President and Chief Executive Officer, Manulife
Gary Pottruff, CEO, founder and majority owner of Pottruff & Smith's travel insurance business, added: "We are very pleased to conclude this transaction with Manulife, which has had a long-standing relationship with our company. This purchase will further develop a dynamic team with the expertise and size to meet Canadians' broad travel insurance needs."
Pottruff & Smith is one of the largest travel insurance brokers and third-party administrators in
Providing a broad spectrum of travel related services, Pottruff & Smith Travel Insurance Brokers Inc. serves clients across Canada including: Transat, AirMiles®, various travel associations and many others.
"Strategically, this is an important purchase for Manulife in this area," added Mr. Rooney. "This gives us the opportunity to more fully integrate our travel insurance operations, plus provides a stronger platform for our long-term growth as a travel insurer serving millions of Canadians."
The transaction is expected to close November 2, 2009.
About Pottruff & Smith Travel Insurance Brokers Inc.
In 1989, Pottruff & Smith Travel Insurance Brokers Inc. was created to offer a complete line of travel and medical insurance packages. Pottruff & Smith Travel Insurance serves some of
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Mom Jailed for Drugs
A MOTHER who was caught transporting almost a kilogram of cannabis in order to pay a drug debt owed by her son will begin a two year prison sentence this week.
Margaret Purcell, aged 47, of Ballynanty, pleaded guilty to possession of the drugs worth €11,930.40 for the purpose of sale or supply on November 10, 2011.
During a sentencing hearing, Garda (police officer) Peter Colleran said he was on routine patrol at Lee Estate shortly before 7 p.m. when he observed the defendant leaving a house carrying a plastic shopping bag and a paper bag.
He became suspicious as she got into a taxi. He told the court she was "visibly nervous and extremely shaky" when he approached the vehicle.
When asked what was in the bags, Purcell replied it was "just dirty washing."
Colleran said one of the bags appeared to contain clothes, but he subsequently found a vacuum packed-bag containing the drugs hidden inside a cushion.Following her arrest, Purcell told Gardai she had been given the drugs outside a Limerick hotel earlier that day and that she had been told to drop the package off at the green area near Ballynanty Community Center after dark.
Colleran accepted that Purcell has been put under "ferocious pressure" by other individuals to transport the drugs in order to repay a drug debt owed by her son who was in prison at the time.
Brendan Nix said his client, who has no previous convictions, was not being paid to transport the drugs. He said she believed her life and that of her son were in danger.
"She was a sprat being cobbled up by these rats," Nix said, adding that his client, a local authority tenant, would lose her home if sent to prison.
Imposing the two year sentence, Judge Carroll Moran said such cases are "really dreadful, adding,
"Drugs are a much maligned influence on society in Ireland and they are everywhere."
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Couples Counseling
THE number of hours of marriage counseling sought by couples in the midwest has been steadily increasing in the past three years, according to a report from ACCORD.
The figures indicate an increase in demand for the Catholic organization's two key services, marriage preparation and marriage counseling.
Figures show that in 2012, 14,232 people nationwide attended ACCORD's marriage preparation courses. The group delivered more than 50,000 marriage counseling hours.
Ennis, the association's Clare centre, saw 1,164 couples attended marriage preparation courses last year, down on 2011 when 2,379 individuals undertook the course. It is up on the 2010 figure however, when 1,123 couples did the pre-marriage course here.
The voluntary Catholic organization reports a marginal decrease in levels of anxiety and stress reported by clients despite the figures remaining high at 87 percent in 2010, to 83 percent in 2011 and to 82 percent in 2012.
Reports of communication difficulties have risen since 2010, when 74 percent of individuals reported criticism and insults and 79 percent reported not listening/ignoring as a problem in their relationship. In 2011 and in 2012 the figures rose to 78 percent and 82 percent respectively.
More than half of individuals, 58 percent, presenting to ACCORD in 2012, rated financial difficulties as a problem.
Levels of emotional abuse reported by clients have risen in the three-year period from 54 percent in 2010 to 59 percent in both 2011 and 2012.
Concerns about separation have risen over the past three years, from 52 percent in 2010 to 57 percent in 2011 and 58 percent in 2012. The number of clients reporting infidelity as a problem has risen slightly over the three-year period, from 24 percent in 2010, to 25 percent in 2011 and to 26 percent in 2012.
Reports of physical violence in relationships have shown a decrease over the three-year period, ranging from 19 percent in 2010 to 14 percent in 2011 and to 13 percent in 2012.
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Calves for Prison
BOTHAR, the Irish international development agency, is calling on Tipperary farmers to send a calf to prison -- literally -- this spring in a project that will turn lives around in some of the poorest regions of the world.
The chief executive of the development agency, which was co-founded by the late farm leader and Tipperary native TJ Maher and uses livestock to lift over 6,000 families out of destitution each year across the globe, has asked farmers to consider donating a dairy calf over the coming weeks to Shelton Abbey open prison where inmates will rear it before it is sent as an in-calf heifer abroad.
Launching its Call for Calves appeal, Bothár CEO Dave Moloney said that the Shelton Abbey experience over the past four years has been a "win-win" for all concerned.
"The Shelton Abbey project is one of the best we have been engaged in over our 21 years in operation. The dairy calves donated by farmers are superbly cared for by inmates under supervision by the farm managers at Shelton, whose support has been amazing," Moloney said.