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Cursors and the Aggregation Framework
With MongoDB 2.6 released, the PHP driver for MongoDB has also seen many updates to support the features in the new MongoDB release. In this series of articles, I will illustrate some of those.
In this article, I will introduce command cursors and demonstrate how they can be applied to aggregations. I previously wrote about the Aggregation Framework last year, but since then it has received a lot of updates and improvements. One of those improvements relates to how the Aggregation Framework (A/F) returns results. Before MongoDB 2.6, the A/F could only return one document, with all the results stored under the
results key:
<?php $m = new MongoClient; $c = $m->demo->cities; $pipeline = [ [ '$group' => [ '_id' => '$country_code', 'timezones' => [ '$addToSet' => '$timezone' ] ] ], [ '$sort' => [ '_id' => 1 ] ], ]; $r = $c->aggregate( $pipeline ); var_dump( $r['result'] ); ?>
This code would output something like:
array(242) { [0] => array(2) { '_id' => string(2) "AD" 'timezones' => array(1) { [0] => string(14) "Europe/Andorra" } } [1] => array(2) { '_id' => string(2) "AE" 'timezones' => array(1) { [0] => string(10) "Asia/Dubai" } } [2] => array(2) { '_id' => string(2) "AF" 'timezones' => array(1) { [0] => string(10) "Asia/Kabul" } } …
MongoCollection::aggregate() is implemented under the hood as a database command. The method in the PHP driver merely wraps this, but you can also call A/F through the MongoDB::command() method:
<?php $m = new MongoClient; $d = $m->demo; $pipeline = [ [ '$group' => [ '_id' => '$country_code', 'timezones' => [ '$addToSet' => '$timezone' ] ] ], [ '$sort' => [ '_id' => 1 ] ], ]; $r = $d->command( [ 'aggregate' => 'cities', 'pipeline' => $pipeline, ] ); var_dump( $r['result'] ); ?>
Because a database command only returns one document, the result is limited to a maximum of 16MB. This is not a problem for my example, but it can can certainly be a limiting factor for other A/F queries.
MongoDB 2.6 adds support for returning a cursor for an aggregation command. With the raw command interface, you simply add the extra
cursor element:
$r = $d->command( [ 'aggregate' => 'cities', 'pipeline' => $pipeline, 'cursor' => [ 'batchSize' => 1 ], ] ); var_dump( $r );
Instead of a document with all results inline, you get a cursor definition back:
array(2) { 'cursor' => array(3) { 'id' => class MongoInt64#5 (1) { public $value => string(12) "392201189815" } 'ns' => string(11) "demo.cities" 'firstBatch' => array(1) { [0] => array(2) { '_id' => string(2) "AD" 'timezones' => array(1) { [0] => string(14) "Europe/Andorra" } } } } 'ok' => double(1) }
The cursor definition contains the cursor ID (in
id), the namespace (
ns), and whether the command succeeded (in
ok). The definition also a portion of the results. The number of items in
firstBatch is configured by the value given to
batchSize in the command.
To create a cursor that you can iterate over in PHP, you need to convert this cursor definition to a MongoCommandCursor object. You can do that with the MongoCommandCursor::createFromDocument() factory method. This factory method takes three arguments: the
MongoClient object (
$m in my example), the connection hash, and the cursor definition that was returned. The hash is required so that we can fetch new results from the same connection that executed the original command.
To obtain the connection hash, we need to include a by-ref variable as the third argument to
<?php $m = new MongoClient; $d = $m->demo; $pipeline = [ [ '$group' => [ '_id' => '$country_code', 'timezones' => [ '$addToSet' => '$timezone' ] ] ], [ '$sort' => [ '_id' => 1 ] ], ]; $r = $d->command( [ 'aggregate' => 'cities', 'pipeline' => $pipeline, 'cursor' => [ 'batchSize' => 1 ], ], null, $hash ); var_dump( $hash );
The hash looks like
localhost:27017;-;.;26415. Together with the result, you can now construct a
$cursor = MongoCommandCursor::createFromDocument( $m, $hash, $r );
And iterate over it:
foreach ( $cursor as $result ) { echo $result['_id'], ': ', join( ', ', $result['timezones'] ), "\n"; } ?>
As this is all a bit cumbersome, we have also added a helper method for this: MongoCollection::aggregateCursor. This internally does the whole MongoCommandCursor creation dance, and simplifies the previous example to:
<?php $m = new MongoClient; $c = $m->demo->cities; $pipeline = [ [ '$group' => [ '_id' => '$country_code', 'timezones' => [ '$addToSet' => '$timezone' ] ] ], [ '$sort' => [ '_id' => 1 ] ], ]; $r = $c->aggregateCursor( $pipeline ); foreach ( $r as $result ) { echo $result['_id'], ': ', join( ', ', $result['timezones'] ), "\n"; } ?>
This helper also automatically sets the initial batch size to 101. You can change the batchSize for subsequent batches by using the MongoCommandCursor::batchSize() method, and for the initial batch by specifying an option to
$options = [ 'cursor' => [ 'batchSize' => 5 ] ]; $r = $d->cities->aggregateCursor( $pipeline, $options ); $r->batchSize( 25 );
In general, you probably should not change the default batch sizes.
The Aggregation Framework has some other new features in MongoDB 2.6 as well. Please refer to the release notes for more information. I might write another post on some of those features later, too.
My HHVM talk slides from yesterday's Webtuesday
Yesterday I gave a talk about HHVM and Hack at the monthly webtuesday here in Zurich. The slides can be found here
It was a great evening, thanks to Netcetera for hosting it, thanks to Joel and the webtuesday crew for organizing it and also thanks to Johannes for chiming in when we talked about PHP internals.
If you have any question abut HHVM or related things, just ask in the comments, contact me on twitter or meet me personally, if you're nearby (aka in Switzerland).
Three Great New Speakers!
This summer's Crafting Code Tour is coming together, and we have confirmed three speakers to come along to various locations!
We are proud to announce that Adam Culp will be joining the tour for stops in Tampa Bay, Atlanta and Nashville. Adam will be speaking on Refactoring 101, offering up his wisdom on how to refactor legacy applications.
Paul M. Jones will be joining the tour for Dallas, Austin, Oklahoma and Kansas City, speaking about code modernization, a great talk that he's given at numerous conferences in the past year.
And Larry Garfield will join the tour for Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Cincinnati. He'll be doing a reprise of his SunshinePHP keynote, so if you missed it, don't miss it on these stops!
Plus, we are pleased to announce that Mandrill will be providing pizza for all the tour stops.
Mastering Zend Framework: Building and Executing SQL Queries In Zend
The Mastering Zend Framework site (from Matthew Setter) has a new post today showing you how to execute SQL queries directly in a Zend Framework v2 application.Whilst there are many ways for building and executing SQL queries in Zend Framework 2, the two that I usually use, and which are also used in the ZF2 manual, are closures and the selectWith function. I previously wrote a three part series, showing how to get started using the ZendDbSql classes with Zend Framework 2, but I didn't cover how to actually run them. So in today's tutorial, let's do that.
He gives examples of these two methods starting with closures in a "tableGateway" select call. He shows how to add on parts of the query like "wheres" and an "order by" as well as some basic formatting. He then gets into the "selectWith" examples, showing the same criteria just added a different way. He also includes an example of the "tableGateway" objects used for the examples and how they're configured.Link: http://www.masterzendframework.com/php/building-and-executing-sql-queries-in-zend
AWS PHP Development: Testing Webhooks Locally for Amazon SNS
In a previous post the AWS for PHP blog showed how to set up webhooks for handling the callbacks from their SNS messaging service. In this next part of the series they continue the process, showing how you can test these hooks locally without needing to actually send the messages. This eliminates the need to deploy to a public-facing server just to test the hooks every time you need an update.In a recent post, I talked about Receiving Amazon SNS Messages in PHP. I showed you how to use the SNS Message and MessageValidator classes in the AWS SDK for PHP to handle incoming SNS messages. The PHP code for the webhook is easy to write, but can be difficult to test properly, since it must be deployed to a server in order to be accessible to Amazon SNS. I'll show you how you can actually test your code locally with the help of a few simple tools.
Using PHP's own built-in webserver and a tool called ngrok to tunnel from the public internet to a local server. He includes the commands to set up the PHP script directory, the code to intercept the POSTed data from the request, validate it and send the subscription confirmation request. He helps you create an SNS "topic" through the management console and walks you through a sample test request while tailing the logs.Link: http://blogs.aws.amazon.com/php/post/Tx2CO24DVG9CAK0/Testing-Webhooks-Locally-for-Amazon-SNS
Sameer Borate: Calculating descriptive statistics in MySQL
Sameer Borate has shared some examples of how to generate some meaningful statistics about the contents of your database in a new post to his site today.Descriptive statistics can be quite useful for simple analysis of records in a database. For example, to calculate average numbers of sales or products for a particular duration, or the Variance of sales for a month etc. We can easily calculate standard descriptive statistic measures in MySQL such as MEAN, SUM, STANDARD DEVIATION, VARIANCE, MIN and MAX using built-in functions.
He includes both the SQL and a bit of PHP code showing how to get these statistics (based on a simple data set of student scores). The PHP is required to more correctly evaluate the median and mode values as it's easier to evaluate those in PHP.Link: http://www.codediesel.com/data/calculating-descriptive-statistics-in-mysql
SitePoint PHP Blog: PHP Extension Development with PHP-CPP: Object Oriented Code
The SitePoint PHP blog has posted the second part of their look at the PHP-CPP tool and how to use it for developing PHP extensions. In this second part of the series Taylor Ren builds on what was learned in part one and talks more about the OOP features of the tool.In this part, we further elaborate its OO features. We will mimic a complex number (in the form of 3+4i) class to demonstrate some more useful and powerful sides of the PHP-CPP library.
He walks you though a few changes to the environment files (the .ini configuration file and the Makefile) to set things up. He then gets into the C++/PHP constructor and getters and setters for private class variables, much like PHP's __get and __set. His example shows a set of methods that do some mathematical calculations including one to show the result in a "more friendly way". He includes the code for registering these functions and, finally, the steps to compile, install and test the extension.Link: http://www.sitepoint.com/php-extension-development-php-cpp-object-oriented-code
Finally! 1.1.0-RC1
Once we released 1.0, we did not sit idle. Instead we immediately began work on improving the CMF. In fact there was such a continuous stream of good ideas and things that felt like a must have, that we let ourselves slip quite far from our defined release process. Or lets say we had every intention of aliging ourselves with the Symfony2 core release cycle by releasing within 1-2 months of core which would have meant a 1.1 release in January. Instead it tooks us 6 months to get to RC1, which on the upside is inline with what we intended for future releases.
As we feared, it turns out that we had to do a few minor BC breaks which we tried to document as much as possible in the CHANGELOG.md files in the respective packages. We also have updated the documentation already with lots of details on the new features we added. Unfortunately due to limitation in the current symfony.com website, we cannot provide a rendered version just yet. So for now please review the dev branch. Hopefully we will eventually also be able to provide multiple versions of the CMF documentation just like it is possible for the core documentation.
Let me briefly highlight some of the key improvements that are coming with 1.1:
- A lot of effort was spend in making the CMF more resilent towards edge cases and given better more helpful error messages.
- Support for newer version of Jackalope and PHPCR ODM, that bring lots of bug fixes, speed improvements, and better debugging and profiling (including Symfony2 debug toolbar support).
- The routing system was made even more flexible, meaning there is even less code to write when implementing a new storage backend. As a result much less code is now needed in SimpleCmsBundle for routing.
- The menu system has seen several tweaks, most noteably it is now possible to configure a fetch depth, which can give drastic performance improvements for deeply nested menu structures.
- A new Bundle was added for handling SEO meta data.
- A totally reworked Standard Edition that is based on the core Standard Edition to make it easier to understand what is necessary to add to a Symfony2 application to integrate the CMF.
So what is still left until we can go stable? For now we want to give at least 2 weeks from now to allow the community to do some testing and to focus on bringing all the documentation up to date. So expect a stable release at the earliest towards the end of April at the latest sometime in May. Other than this the main areas where we might still see some changes are:
- The Bundle for handling media data might see some more improvements for handling of uploads.
- The Bundle for handling routing might see the addition of a solution to do batch lazy loading.
- The CMF Standard Edition will be aligned more closely with the Symfony2 core Standard Edition.
- Updating documentation and ideally figuring out a solution to provide both the 1.0 and 1.1 docs in parallel.
- More testing and fixing any edge cases that our users discover.
To get an idea of what is needed to update to 1.1, have a look at the PR to update this website to the new version. Also note that the CMF sandbox has also already been upgraded to 1.1.
We are also very happy with the growing eco-system around PHPCR. Most noteably there is now a PHPCR shell to interact with a PHPCR repository as well as finally a PHPCR GUI that supports reading and writing via a web interface!
Getting Started with PHP Extension Development via Zephir
Thien Tran Duy explains how we can get started with PHP Extension development through Zephir, the new language and direct competition to Hack and HHVM from the Phalcon team
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Composer-Assisted Two-Stage Configuration in Aura
After a long period of consideration, research, and experiment, we have found a non-static solution for programmatic configuration through a DI container. It is part of a two-stage configuration process, implemented through a ContainerBuilder.
The two stages are "define" and "modify":
In the "define" stage, the Config object defines constructor params, setter method values, and services. This is the equivalent of the previous single-stage Solar and Aura v1 configuration system.
The ContainerBuilder then locks the Container so that its definitions cannot be changed, and then begins the "modify" stage. In this second stage, we retrieve service objects from the Container and modify them programmatically.
So now, instead of each Aura package carrying a pair of define and modify includes in a subdirectory named for the config mode, we have a single class file for each config mode. The class file is in a subnamespace
_Config under the package namespace. Here are two examples, one from the Aura.Web_Kernel package, and one from the Aura.Web_Project package.
Because they are classes, you can call other methods as needed, subclass or inherit, use traits, create instance properties and local variables for configuration logic, and so on. You could even call
include in the methods if you wanted, keeping the class as a scaffold for much larger configuration files. This gives great flexibility to the confguration system.
To make sure the Aura project installation can find all the package config files, we use the
{"extra": {"aura": { ... } } } elements of the
composer.json in each package to provide a mapping from the config mode to the config class.
Read the whole article at Composer-Assisted Two-Stage Configuration.
Did You Mean Advanced Email Validation in PHP
This e-mail validation package can detect and prevent that users enter incorrect addresses even before you accept them.
Read this article to learn how to use this package to detect incorrect email addresses and get suggestions for the correct addresses so the users can fix them with a single click.
This article is about doing it with PHP but it also points to a similar solution to achieve the same in Node.js.
For whom should you vote?
No, I won't tell you who is the better candidate in the upcoming Quebec elections. I just want to give you some perspective.
Are you able to reduce your expenses while at the same time buying a new car and a perfect house? If you had the choice to do that by putting everything on a credit card and then leave the bill for your kids, would you do it? Running a household is not so easy. You make compromises.
Running a whole province is even harder. The government cannot give you more of everything and have a perfectly healthy budget. When a candidate makes promises, don't think "why is this other thing not on the list?" Think rather "will these things help us improve in the long run?" Here are a few things that I consider:
- Do promises sound ridiculously and unjustifiably expensive?
- Do they align with my priorities in the next 4 years?
- How many people will they help? How many people will they hurt?
- Are they actually useful or just fun to debate?
I mentioned priorities. Here are mine:
- More doctors.
- Fix crumbling roads and bridges.
- Promote productivity and competency.
- Reduce bureaucracy.
- Start paying the 265 Billion dollar debt. more on the debt
When you vote tomorrow, remember what is most important to you. Pick a few items and see which candidate aligns best with these priorities.
Abstract File Systems with Flysystem
Reading and writing files is an integral aspect of any programming language, but the underlying implementation can vary enormously. For example, the finer details of writing data to the local filesystem compared to uploading over FTP is very different - yet conceptually, it's very similar.
In addition to old warhorses like FTP, online storage is increasingly ubiquitous and inexpensive - with scores of services available such as Dropbox, Amazon's S3 and Rackspace's Cloud Files - but these all use subtly different methods for reading and writing.
That's where flysystem comes in. It provides a layer of abstraction over multiple file systems, which means you don't need to worry where the files are, how they're stored, or need be concerned with low-level I/O operations. All you need to worry about are the high-level operations such as reading, writing and organizing into directories.
Such abstraction also makes it simpler to switch from one system to another without having to rewrite vast swathes of application code. It also provides a logical approach to moving or copying data from one storage system to another, without worrying about the underlying implementation.
You can use Dropbox, S3, Cloud Files, FTP or SFTP as if they were local; saving a file becomes the same process whether it's being saved locally or transferred over the network. You can treat zip archives as if they were a bunch of folders, without worrying about the nitty gritty of creating and compressing the archives themselves.
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PHP Extension Development with PHP-CPP: Object Oriented Code
In my Part 1 on building a PHP extension with PHP-CPP, we have seen some basics in using PHP-CPP to create our first skeleton PHP extension and covered some important terminologies.
In this part, we further elaborate its OO features. We will mimic a complex number (in the form of
3+4i) class to demonstrate some more useful and powerful sides of the PHP-CPP library.
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Optimizing MySQL Bottlenecks
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Optimizing MySQL Introduction MySQL is one of the most used databases in conjunction with PHP. Making sure that your MySQL databases are running at their best is one of the most important aspects you have to consider whenever your web application grows. In this series […]
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PHP 5.5.11 got released
PHP 5.4.27 Released
PHP.net: PHP 5.5.11 is released
PHP.net has announced the latest release in the PHP 5.5.x series today - PHP 5.5.11.The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 5.5.11. Several bugs were fixed in this release, some bundled libraries updated and a security issue has been fixed : CVE-2013-7345. We recommend all PHP 5.5 users to upgrade to this version.
Fixes in this release include:
- Updates to core
- Fixes in the cURL extension
- Bugs corrected in the GD extension
- A fix for the CVE-2013-7345 security issue in Fileinfo
You can download this latest release directly from the downloads page (Windows users here and you can find the full list of changes in the Changelog.Link: http://www.php.net/archive/2014.php#id2014-04-02-1
NetTuts.com: Refactoring Legacy Code: Part 2 - Magic Strings & Constants
NetTuts.com has posted the second part of their "Refactoring Legacy Code" series today continuing on from their beginning of the series. They continue the refactor of their "trivia" application.Old code. Ugly code. Complicated code. Spaghetti code. Jibberish nonsense. In two words, Legacy Code. This is a series that will help you work and deal with it. We first met our legacy source code in our previous lesson. [...] The time for the first changes have come and what better way to understand a difficult code base than start to extract magic constants and strings into variables? These seemingly simple tasks will give us greater and sometimes unexpected insights into the inner workings of legacy code. We will need to figure out the intentions of the original code author and find the proper names for the pieces of code that we've never seen before.
They talk about refactoring out things like "magic strings" and other hard-coded return values and checks. They mention updating the tests to reflect these changes while keeping an eye out for "magic constants" as well.Link: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/refactoring-legacy-code-part-2-magic-strings-constants--cms-20527


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Ringbelles Retro: A look back at Women's Extreme Wrestling
After six years away, Women's Extreme Wrestling is reportedly planning a return to TV, according to PWInsider. A poster has been released for a PPV called Booty Whipping, though it seems that it could be a compilation of previous events.
We have reviewed a WEW – former known as Women's Erotic Wrestling – DVD in the past, and while it had its moments, we weren't very impressed with Nude War Games. However, considering it ran for six years, it did fine for itself as a company and it gave women wrestlers another forum to hone their craft. That's why we've posted a video from WEW's YouTube channel.
For example, Nude Takedown from May 20, 2007 features the likes of Velvet Sky, April Hunter, Annie Social, Sumie Sakai, Amy Lee, Daffney, Nikki Roxx, Simply Luscious, Christie Ricci, ODB, Amber O'Neal, Francine and Mercedes Martinez. You can watch the video after the jump, but be ready for some pretty sexist commentary and suggestive content. (more…)
February 1, 2014 | Categories: Retro | Tags: Amber O'Neal, Amy Lee, Annie Social, April Hunter, Christie Ricci, Daffney, Francine, Mercedes Martinez, Nikki Roxx, ODB, Simply Luscious, Sumie Sakai, Velvet Sky, WEW | Leave A Comment »
DVD Review: WEW Nude War Games (22 May 2007)
Women's Extreme Wrestling hosts a five match card at New Alhambra Arena (ECW Arena) in Philadelphia, PA. Two championships are on the line – with one being a guarantee of seeing a title change due to it being vacant – as well as a Blindfold Match and a Hardcore Street Fight.
1. Lucy Furr defeated T.H.A.I. in a Blindfold Match when T.H.A.I. passed out in a "smother".
2. Jazz made Christie Ricci tap out to an STF.
3. Annie Social & Sumie Sakai beat the Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew (Lacey & Rain) to win the vacant WEW Tag Team Championship. Sakai pinned Lacey with a schoolboy.
4. The Hardcore Street Fight between Amy Lee & Butch went to a no-contest.
5. Talia Madison pinned Angel Orsini with a tornado bulldog headlock to win the WEW Championship.
• Lucy Furr (AKA Daffney) cheated in her Blindfold Match to beat T.H.A.I. Lucy took off her blindfold to attack her opponent, and nobody could admonish her as the ref is "blind" and doing a Stevie Wonder send-up. Lucy smothered T.H.A.I. with her bosom until she is unconscious, and even though she's on her front, the ref counted her down.
• Jazz beat Christi Ricci with an STF, which was apparently the same move she used to win on the previous WEW show.
• Annie Social and Sumie Sakai won the vacant WEW Tag Team Championship by beating the Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew. Sakai and Social are painted as a real odd couple with a real language gap.
• Amy Lee and Butch (who is Canadian Jaime D, AKA Sirelda in TNA) go to a no-contest in their Hardcore Street Fight when the ref is sandwiched between them as they go through a table. Another ref throws the match out.
• Talia Madison (AKA Velvet Sky) won the WEW Championship from Angel Orsini thanks to an assist from her manager Noel Harlow. Jazz then came out to stake her claim to the belt. (more…)
August 9, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: Amy Lee, Angel Orsini, Annie Social, Christie Ricci, Daffney, Jaime D, Jazz, Lacey, Rain, Sumie Sakai, T.H.A.I., Velvet Sky, WEW | 1 Comment »

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Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "For just about all of the 48 minutes, the Miami Heat searched for motivation, purpose, the very type of perseverance Al Jefferson was providing for the Charlotte Bobcats. A 15-point lead early in the second period would be cut to six. A 16-point lead later in the quarter would be down to 10 at..." April 24
NBA.com "As the Miami HEAT embarks on its historical quest for a fourth straight appearance in the NBA Finals and our third consecutive NBA Championship, I am happy to announce that we have come to an agreement with Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, subject to the approval of the Board of County..." April 24
Charlotte Observer "Miami's practice ends Tuesday for everybody but Shane Battier. He does what he always does, what he has since he played at Duke. Over and over he sprints, catches the ball and shoots, trying to simulate game conditions on the emptying AmericanAirlines Arena court. "That routine, I've been doing..." April 23
Miami Herald "Miami Heat starting point guard Mario Chalmers is questionable for Wednesday's playoff game against the Charlotte Bobcats after bruising his knee Sunday in Game 1. Chalmers was limited in practice Tuesday and will be reevaluated by team trainers before Wednesday morning's shootaround and then..." April 23
Chalmers is playing
ESPN.com "The NBA has informed teams that it is projecting a rise in the salary cap of nearly $5 million for next season, which could aid clubs such as Chicago and Houston in their attempts to steal free agent-to-be Carmelo Anthony from the New York Knicks, according to sources familiar with the forecasts...." April 21
Charlotte Observer "Miami Unfortunately, it's this simple. If Al Jefferson isn't effective, the Charlotte Bobcats have no chance to beat the Miami Heat. If Jefferson ceases to be Big Al, if plantar fasciitis limits what he can do when he has the ball as well as when Miami has it, Charlotte's season ends..." April 21
Miami Herald "Throughout the final two weeks of the season and now into the playoffs, AmericanAirlines Arena has been playing tribute videos of Heat players during timeouts. Thoughtful and poignant, the videos have been popular among the team to the point that players stare up at the videoboard during..." April 21
Heat's Michael Beasley out today with a bad ankle.
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "It's been nearly a month since Dwyane Wade has played more than 23 minutes in a game, but coach Erik Spoelstra said Saturday there will be no restriction with his All-Star guard when the Miami Heat open the NBA playoffs Sunday against the Charlotte Bobcats at AmericanAirlines Arena. That..." April 19
Here we are in April, where we as fans get to see some familiar and not so familiar faces showcase what they've been working towards for 82 games. Big names will strive to add to their legacy, while rising stars will be looking to make their first big splash. April 19
Michael Beasley says the ankle he twisted against Philly is fine
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "To say Sunday's playoff opener against the Charlotte Bobcats at AmericanAirlines Arena could be a breakthrough stands as the height of hyperbole. The Miami Heat, after all, have won the past 16 meetings. Yet to Dwyane Wade, Game 1 of the best-of-seven series could bring him something he has..." April 18
CBSSports.com "The NBA announced the most popular jerseys in sales for the 2013-2014 season, and the reigning MVP LeBron James remains on top with the presumptive 2014 MVP Kevin Durant just behind him. It is James' sixth time at the top of the list, which he has ruled since winning his second title in..." April 17
CSN Philly "The game may have appeared meaningless, but don't say that to Sixers head coach Brett Brown or the players in his locker room. With their 100-87 victory over the shorthanded Miami Heat on the final day of NBA's the regular season, the Sixers closed out the year on a two-game winning..." April 17
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Heat shut down to get No. 2 seed & now Nets putting No. 6 in play by maybe sitting 6 rotation players. Talk about respect for the Raptors
Washington Post "Andre Miller could have hesitated before rearing back for a full-court pass to Bradley Beal in the second quarter of Monday's game against Miami. And on most nights, the sight of four Heat defenders scattered along the narrow, 90-foot passing lane probably would have deterred the veteran..." April 15
CBSSports.com "The Miami Heat effectively conceded the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference to the Indiana Pacers Monday, pending the results of Monday night's game vs. the Wizards. The Pacers' magic number is one; a win by Washington over the Heat clinches home court throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs..." April 14
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Fox Sports "ATLANTA -- Here are three things we learned from the Hawks' 98-85 victory over the Miami Heat, clinching Atlanta's seventh consecutive postseason appearance and a season-series split against the defending champions (2-all): 1. Kudos to the Hawks for wrapping up a playoff spot earlier than..." April 13
Greg Oden did not travel with the team. Stomach illness, says Spoelstra.
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "The top seed in the Eastern Conference is the Miami Heat's if they want it. And based on what transpired Friday night at AmericanAirlines, you could see how a Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals vs. the Indiana Pacers at home on June 1 might be the preference. But after the 98-86..." April 12
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Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Those speculators who loaded up on Miami Heat first-round NBA playoff tickets in hopes of a series against the New York Knicks? About as shrewd as the Knicks taking an all-or-nothing 3-point approach in what turned into a 102-91 loss to the Heat on Sunday afternoon at AmericanAirlines..." April 07
Pro Basketball Talk "The Heat prefer not to trade good locker room guys who are important to the team's chemistry. So, for them to give up Joel Anthony and some picks in the midseason deal that returned only Toney Douglas, there had to be some very valid reasons. There are two, actually. Anthony is no longer..." April 06
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Minneapolis Star Tribune "Timberwolves players and coaches flailed their arms in exasperation often late in Friday night's game at Miami, demonstrating their feelings repeatedly about NBA officiating and the league's star system. But sometimes things just even out, don't they? They certainly seemed to with a 122-121..." April 05
Ray Allen (stomach virus) will be on tonight's active roster.
Pro Basketball Talk "The NBA doesn't have a Hall of Fame, leaving the duty of honoring its all-time greats to the Basketball Hall of Fame – an organization hung up on honoring players and coaches (way too many coaches) based on accomplishments at lesser levels. Its processes are both screwed up and secretive (though..." April 04
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "It is always a risk for fans to purchase tickets at this point in the season when teams are preparing for the playoffs. There's always a chance coaches will rest their superstars, causing disappointment in the stands. The one exception, however, is Miami Heat forward LeBron James. At least..." April 03
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "They might as well have allowed the Milwaukee Bucks to play Wednesday night's game at AmericanAirlines Arena with Ping-Pong balls. That clearly is where their interest rests, maintaining their top overall seed in the NBA Draft lottery. To a degree, that made Wednesday night's final score:..." April 03
Wade (hamstring) & Oden (back spasms) were both limited participants in morning shootaround, both are listed as doubtful for tonight's game.
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "The maintenance programs? The midseason malaise? The two losses to the Indiana Pacers? Mere bumps on the road to Monday night. The Miami Heat are in sole possession of first place in the NBA East for the first time this season. The No. 1 seed in the conference is now theirs to lose. With..." April 01
Virus Ray Allen has must be vicious, he's likely to miss his 4th game with it tonight vs. Raptors. Dwyane Wade (hamstring) also doubtful
Miami Herald "There are plenty of stats, scores and scores actually, of numerical data that explain and put into perspective just how putrid the Eastern Conference really is this season. But here's one of the best. The Philadelphia 76ers' inglorious losing streak ended at 26 games on Saturday night, but,..." March 30
ESPN.com "Dwyane Wade missed his 20th game of the season for the Miami Heat on Friday night in their 110-78 rout of the Detroit Pistons, this one due to a tight left hamstring that he suffered late in the game Wednesday at Indiana. Wade said he wasn't even able to test the hamstring, leaving his status..." March 29
ESPN.com "LeBron James says he was amazed and a little jealous when he heard Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera signed a contract Friday that guarantees him $292 million over the next 10 years. "I said 'wow,' " James said before the Miami Heat played the Detroit Pistons on Friday. "I wish we (the NBA)..." March 29
Pro Basketball Talk "Shane Battier has hinted that he'd consider retiring at the end of this season ever since last June, but he hasn't been all that forceful with his comments until now. Battier is in the final year of his contract with the Heat, and depending on how things shake out in the postseason, he could..." March 29
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "The Miami Heat gave it everything they had two nights earlier and came up short. Friday night, the Heat were reduced to throwing everyone they had left at the Detroit Pistons. It worked. The fact that LeBron James mixed in his first triple-double of the season was an added..." March 29
Erik Spoelstra says Ray Allen and his family got "wiped out" by a stomach virus. Not in town at DET, not likely tomorrow at MIL.
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Make that 20 games without Dwyane Wade for the Miami Heat this season. Wade reached that total when he was held out of Friday's game against the Detroit Pistons at the Palace of Auburn Hills in the wake of the hamstring injury and cramping that took him out for the final 1:59 of Wednesday..." March 28
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EAST POINT, Ga. -- East Point Police are looking for suspects in an attempted carjacking and beating of an 80-year-old man.
It happened September 14th as Creston Portis was returning to his East Point home after visiting friends.
East Point Police Lt. Cliff Chandler said the crime hit the police department hard because the victim's son used to be a police officer with East Point. "This crime is particularly disconcerting to us at the police department," he said. "We are particularly concerned at the level of violence that was exhibited by these perpetrators."
Police said Portis was approached by two males and one female after they blocked him in his driveway. They were driving a black Mercedes Benz, according to police.
The two males were armed with at least one handgun and threw a brick through the passenger side window and began striking Portis in the head with the gun.
Portis told 11 Alive News he refused to unlock the door. "He (suspect) had like a 45 (handgun) and he's beating on the window and telling me to 'get out the car, get out the car, get out the car'," he said.
Portis said he heard the female tell the suspects to "leave him alone'. "At one time she said 'come on, let's go, leave him alone'," Portis said. "Then I heard her say 'get his money, see if he's got money'."
Portis said the suspects forcefully ripped his pants and stole his wallet.
The suspects fled the area and Portis said he called 911. He suffered a fractured cheek and cuts above his eye.
Police have surveillance photos of a black male and two black females that are persons of interest in this crime as well as two vehicles believed to be involved. Lt. Chandler said they were using the victim's credit card at a convenience store.
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Famitsu has gone up with its latest online preview of Tales of Zestiria, providing us a look at the newly revealed Mikurio, main character Slay's childhood friend.
Slay is human and Mikurio is of the Family of Heaven (or Tenzoku—we're without an official translation here), but both were raised together from infancy. They understand they're of different races, but have never took much notice because of Slay's high spiritual power to always see Mikurio.
Normal humans can't see those of the Family of Heaven. In fact, with the exception of Slay, Alicia is the first human Mikuro is faced towards.
Slay is freehearted, while Mikurio is the calmly considerate type. They're a good match because their relationship is complementary. The pair often argue over Slay's archaeological interpretations.
The Family of Heaven is a mysterious tribe discussed as an object of faith. They exist as pure beings that dwell within material "vessels," and can manipulate nature through "Heaven Echo Artes" (Tenkyou Jutsu).
Only people with a strong spiritual power have the ability to see and interact with the Family of Heaven, therefore they signed a contract to become their vessels. These people are called "Monks" (Doshi). These Monks could use the power from the Family of Heaven freely, but their existence, along with the people from the Family of Heaven who could hand down this knowledge, has been long lost.
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A rival and close friend of Slay's from the Family of Heaven. Since their infancy, the two were raised together in Izuchi. As Mikurio and Slay would play inside the ruins, Mikurio himself also took interest in them. He plays a role in calmly pointing out Slay's erratic behavior, and often argues with Slay about his archaeological interpretations. He can use Heaven Echo Artes, which take on the water attribute. Given that Slay has the spiritual power required to see members of the Family of Heaven, he is able to see Mikurio. Alicia, however, cannot. Members of this divine family have been given a near-ageless lifespan.
Additional images come via Famitsu scans, courtesy of Tokkurin. You'll see Slay with his white coat removed, as well as the Mabinogio Ruins dungeon.
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The Swiss Army Tinker/Classic knife set pairs 2 of the most popular Swiss Army knives.
- The Tinker features 2 cutting blades, bottle opener with standard screwdriver, wire stripper, tweezers and toothpick
- Also includes a can opener with small standard screwdriver, reamer with sewing eye, phillips screwdriver and key/lanyard ring
- The Swiss Army Classic knife offers a bevy of functional tools in a pocket size
- Stainless-steel components are strong and long-lasting
- Rugged handles resist acids and solvents
- Includes scissors and a sharp blade
- Also includes a screwdriver, nail file, tweezers and toothpick
- Crafted by Victorinox of Switzerland, these knives feature rugged stainless-steel components, sturdy handles and aluminum interior housings that ensure they'll last for years
Please note: Swiss Army products can only be shipped to U.S. addresses.
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Wisconsin Lutheran Child & Family Service (WLCFS)
WLCFS Christian Family Solutions is a non-profit social service agency headquartered in Germantown, WI and is affiliated with, but not financially supported by, the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS).
Christian Family Solutions, (previously known as Wisconsin Lutheran Child & Family Service) was founded in 1965 as Wisconsin Lutheran Convalescent Home, a joint outgrowth of the Bethany Convalescent Home in Milwaukee, WI and the Lutheran Children's Friend Society in Wauwatosa, WI. In later 1965, the Board of Directors determined that there was a significant need for a child welfare agency within the Wisconsin Synod.
On January 30, 1966 the official name of the agency was changed to Wisconsin Lutheran Child & Family Service to reflect the two divisions of the agency (child welfare and convalescent/aging). The child welfare division included Christian family counseling and an adoption service.
On September 24, 1967 WLCFS held a groundbreaking ceremony for an 48 bed addition to the 116 bed residence for the aging and a two-story building that housed the child-welfare and administrative offices.
In 1980 WLCFS created a subsidiary named Wisconsin Lutheran Retirement Community, Inc.(WLRC) to build and oversee Luther Haven, an independent retirement community.
In 1994, the adoption service of WLCFS was closed and the name of the existing convalescent home was changed to Wisconsin Lutheran Care Center.
The addition of Wisconsin Lutheran Living Center, an assisted living facility was completed in 1997.
In June, 2009 WLCFS dedicated its latest facility, The Gardens of Hartford, an assisted living facility in Hartford, WI.
In October, 2011 WLCFS became known as WLCFS-Christian Family Solutions.
In February 2012, Christian Family Solutions moved its corporate headquarters to Germantown, WI.
Christian Family Solutions operates 13 Christian Family Counseling offices in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan, in addition to the main office in Germantown, WI. Educational programs and presentations are also available through the Christian Leadership Training division of the agency. Christian Family Solutions also offers The Gardens of Hartford assisted living community for seniors, located in Hartford, WI, as well as in-home technology and care programs for adults and seniors.
Christian Family Solutions is under the direction of a 9 member Board of Directors of called workers and laymen from within the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
Chief Executive Officers
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Rev. James Mattek- 2004-2009
Rev. Robert Michel- 1992-2004
Rev. Ernst Lehninger- 1965-1992
WLCFS Christian Family Solutions
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Campaigners who blame online porn for child murders are letting paedophiles off the hook
According to John Carr, an adviser to the Government on child safety on the internet, in the wake of the conviction of Mark Bridger for the murder of April Jones we should clamp down on porn on the internet. Not just illegal porn, but legal porn too. He says Google and others should set their search settings to the "safest option", meaning that everyone who used them would be blocked from finding both legal porn and the viler, more underground stuff. He reckons that putting up "more barriers" to porn will help to prevent certain men from crossing the line from being perverted to being murderous, and thus "more children will be safe".
On both a practical level and as a matter of principle, Carr's proposals don't add up and should be rejected. Practically speaking, it simply isn't tenable to suggest that the availability of porn on the internet is endangering children, putting them at greater risk of being kidnapped and murdered by perverts than they would be if web-based nastiness wasn't available. In truth, the unstoppable spread of the internet has coincided with a decline in the number of children dying violent deaths. The number of kids who die violently is lower today than at any time since records were kept on such grisly matters. In England and Wales, violent child deaths fell by 40 per cent between the mid-1970s and 2010, from an annual toll of 136 to the mercifully lower 84 today. Most of those kids are killed by people they know. The number of children killed by strangers has always been very low, and this, too, is falling – in recent years, in this era of porn being available at the click of a button, it is running at about six a year. To argue that there's a correlation between the availability of online porn and the killing of children is to turn the facts completely upside down.
And on a principled level, too, Carr's arguments should be challenged. The problem with claiming that Bridger and other individuals are made wicked, or at least made more wicked, by online porn is that it diminishes their moral culpability for what they have done. In a sense, campaigners who are forever pointing the finger of blame for child murders and child abuse at online porn are letting the paedophiles themselves off the hook, or at least are doing them a favour: they are arguing that a large part of the responsibility for their horrible crime lies with modern culture, with the images we are all surrounded by, which apparently warps certain men's minds. This same mistaken argument is also implicitly made by those who campaign against Page 3 on the basis that it turns men into violent misogynists and by those who want to restrict access to violent films on the grounds that they make some people do wicked things. All these censorious campaigners unwittingly act as a friend to violent blokes, gun-wielding teens and even paedophiles, by propagating the argument that these people aren't fully responsible for their crimes.
There's a final reason legal porn shouldn't be blocked: it's censorship. It is insulting to all of us to suggest that officialdom should have the right to restrict access to certain images and words on the basis that these images and words might turn people into psychos. That depicts officials as enlightened and sussed, as pure-hearted moral guardians of what may be seen and read, and the rest of us as empty-headed automatons liable to be made immoral at any minute by the cultures that surround us.
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The holiday retail season was a gloomy one, but luckily it is time to say goodbye to 2007 and turn the page to 2008.
Dana Telsey, chief research officer and retail analyst for the Telsey Advisory Group, shares her retail picks and pans for the new year.
"As we go into 2008, Gymboree is certainly one name that's of interest. It's growing its earnings at a mid-teens rate, it's trading at a multiple of under right around ten times for 2008, has a new concept and also has a clean balance sheet."
Another one of Telsey's picks for 2008 is apparel store Abercrombie & Fitch. "With a potential pickup in square footage growth from their new concept and with their flagship stores happening to be doing so well and margins continuing to hold given that they remain at full price, that's another name for 2008 that's interesting."
In addition to winners, Telsey also shared a few stocks on her 2008 loser list.
"Bebe's is having a very tough time. They're fashion appeal just isn't what it used to be. We see some of their retail prices coming down a little bit and then becoming more promotional than they've been in the past, so that certainly is challenging for them."
On the consumer electronics front, Telsey sees a clear winner and loser going into the new year.
"If you're talking about the electronics war out there it's all about Best Buy, and the fact that prices this year are holding more steady than they were last year, and inventory levels are also in a cleaner position, it certainly makes Best Buy the destination for consumer electronics. Circuit City is having a very tough time and we don't see their ability to rebound in the near term."


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I usually cowash or shampoo, deep condition, use a leave in conditioner, use an oil (olive, castor, coconut or avocado) then a styler. As I Am defining twist cream has defined best. I started using Shea Moisture's curl enhancing smoothie under the oil as a moisturizer since it didn't work well as a styler. I've been reading as much as I can about this natural journey and I did read that glycerin could possibly dry out hair. I found one product with glycerin low on the list of ingredient list, but no styler completely w/o so I don't know if that is the culprit. I've tried eco styler gel, aloe vera gel. Nothing helps. I can get defined curls, but they poof as soon as I pull from my root for a little volume. Last week I did a bunch of twists so I wouldn't have to pull out for volume and though the twists lasted throughout the day this time, the roots were a mess within a few hours. I'm lost. I was thinking of trying ACV, but at this point, I'm sick of spending $ and trying things when I just don't know what the problem is.
Hi Tasha. I can relate to your frustrations. I'm newly transitioning myself and finding my way. How often do you wash your hair? This is my routine: My curls last for about 3-4 days. so My wash days are on Friday, or Saturdays depending on how busy I get. I Pre Poo for about 1hr - 2 hrs (max) I Pre poo using water, organic coconut oil & some cheap conditioner. Then I twist as I go along. When I'm done my hair is parted in 6 sections and 6 braids. I shampoo like that and rinse. Then put some conditioner & leave it for about 15 mins. Rinse out. I have some curl definer product that I use and I either French braid 6 sections, twist out, or flat twist. I use some light gel on top of that & put coconut oil on the ends of my hair and bone rollers after I oil them. Tie a silk scarf. And the next day when it's completely dry I take some coconut oil in my finger tips as I'm taking the braids a loose. This helps so that it won't frizz and I'm careful not to manipulate too much so I don't mess up my curl pattern. It's a process but the more I'm getting use to everything the more I'm loving it. (:
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Another experimental work studying NEO-CUBISM, a technique I am developing and improving since 2006. I am trying to express the fragmented vision of the eye of a fly or something like that... (Made in Synthetik StudioArtist and the Adobe Creative Suite with custom developed scripts and hacks)
Typeface used is PF DIN Display Pro, an amazing font designed by Panos Vassiliou for Parachute Fonts.
Photograph used is downloaded from Shutterstock and has been shot by Luba Nel.
Best viewed in original size (5120 x 6144 pixels).
See more of my Neo-cubism experiments.
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Swimming and diving: UConn to host Husky Open
Published: Thursday, February 6, 2014
Updated: Thursday, February 6, 2014 23:02
The UConn men's swimming and diving team will host the University of Rhode Island, Boston College, Northeastern and Keene State at the UConn Husky Open this upcoming Saturday. The meet is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
The Huskies are looking to continue their winning ways after completing a perfect 6-0 record in head-to-head dual meets this season. The Huskies have yet to lose in Storrs this season.
"Well we've been swimming really well away and at home," UConn coach Bob Goldberg said. "(Wolff-Zackin) is a great pool to swim in, and the team definitely performs well there."
The meet will be contested in a time trial format. This means that there will be no official winners or losers on the day, and no points will be awarded to the schools.
The meet will be a good way for the teams to warm up and stay in practice shape heading into conference championships, Goldberg said. UConn is looking to stay in form as they head to the American Athletic Conference Championships in Louisville, Ky. on Feb. 19.
"(The format) is advantageous to the guys, because everyone has the chance to get into a lot of swims and really test their times," Goldberg said.
Even without a win or loss on the line, Goldberg said the swimmers will be ready. "They like swimming here and competing here," he said.
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A double-dip for Palm Beach State RHP J.D. Underwoodby Matt Porter
For the second week in a row, Palm Beach State sophomore J.D. Underwood was named both state and national junior college pitcher of the week.
Underwood, a Palm Beach Gardens grad who has verbally committed to Miami, threw a complete game and struck out 10 in a 6-2 win on Tuesday over Brevard Community College. He also drove in three runs.
PBSC coach Kyle Forbes said several major league clubs sent their national cross-checker — one organizational rung below a director of scouting — to watch Underwood's start. It's possible he could be a high draft pick in June.
Last Tuesday, Underwood threw a no-hitter and struck out 10 in a 1-0 win over Miami-Dade. In the start before that, Underwood fanned 17 in a win over Broward College.
The 6-foot-2, 200-pound right-hander has thrown five complete games in a row. He is 8-2 with a 1.65 ERA.
Underwood, the son of former major leaguer Tom Underwood, is the ace and No. 3 hitter for the Panthers (35-12), a team loaded with former Palm Beach County players. He's also their key player headed into the junior college playoffs, which begin this weekend.
PBSC finished second in the Southern Conference and hosts the conference tournament Friday and Saturday. They will play the Brevard-Broward College winner in a best-of-three series beginning 7 p.m. Friday. Game 2 will be 12 p.m. Saturday, and Game 3, if necessary, will follow at 3 p.m.
The winner advances to the state junior college tournament next week. Miami-Dade earned an automatic state bid by finishing first in the conference.