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Forget James Bond and Jason Bourne. Put those John le Carré novels back on the bookshelf. Reruns of "24" on Netflix? Meh. There's a much better spy story happening right now, in real life, over in England.
Yes, this story involves our nominee for Spook of the Year, Edward Snowden, but only tangentially. It appears that Her Majesty's Secret Service is none too pleased at the revelations coming out of the offices of the Guardian and has been taking measures to quash them.
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Earlier this week, Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger posted a somewhat startling report about visits from bureaucrats at Whitehall. They wanted -- nay, demanded -- the Guardian hand over everything it had obtained from Edward Snowden. And if the Guardian didn't, well, there would be consequences.
In England, the government can stop a newspaper from publishing a story; it's called prior restraint. That's not legal here -- yet -- thanks to the First Amendment and the Supreme Court's 1971 ruling on the Pentagon Papers.
Rusbridger carefully explained that a) these were not the only copies of this data, and b) the Guardian would continue to report on the revelations from other locations, regardless of what happened to this data. No matter -- one spook told him: "You've had your fun. Now we want the stuff back."
Rusbridger had a better idea. How about if the Guardian destroyed all of the data while MI5 watches? That's what they did, in the basement of the Guardian building, last month. Rusbridger's other options: Hand over the data, allowing the spooks to figure out which of his staff had seen the documents (and potentially hassle them); or do nothing, get sued by the British government, and have a court order the Guardian to halt all of its reporting on the Snowden story.
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Yesterday, the Guardian's Julian Border described what he calls "one of the stranger episodes in the history of digital age journalism." He wrote:
On Saturday 20 July, in a deserted basement of the Guardian's King's Cross offices, a senior editor and a Guardian computer expert used angle grinders and other tools to pulverise the hard drives and memory chips on which the encrypted files had been stored.
As they worked they were watched by technicians from Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) who took notes and photographs, but who left empty-handed....
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THE Greens' proposed ''millionaires' tax'' increase of 5¢ in the dollar would generate at least $790 million over three years, according to a Treasury costing of the policy.
The party has thrown down the gauntlet to Labor, arguing that a boost to the top tax rate on income above $1 million from 45 to 50 per cent would raise enough money to restore payments to single parents cut in this year's budget.
The revenue boost could be higher, closer to $500 million a year, but Treasury has assumed some people on high incomes will not earn as much if their top tax rate is lifted.
The acting leader of the Greens, Adam Bandt, compared the money raised by the tax increase to a similar amount saved by the government when it cut payments to some single parents, which take effect from the start of next year.
''What possible justification could Labor have for hurting single parents and yet not touching millionaires? The Treasurer said he's been listening to Bruce Springsteen but he must've been listening to the records backwards.''
This is the second Greens policy to be costed by Treasury's Parliamentary Budget Office, established by the government as a price of securing the Greens' support in Parliament.
The party plans to release at least two dozen more policies in time for the next election.
This week, it announced a party platform portraying many core beliefs as ''aims and principles'' rather than explicit policies, in a bid to present a smaller target to critics.
The tax increase would bring the top marginal rate to a level it previously sat at in 1987, but would affect only about 8000 people listed by the Australian Taxation Office as recording yearly incomes above $1 million. The expected revenue would double from about $800 million to $1.6 billion in the next four years if Treasury dropped its assumption of ''tax-income elasticity'', which says that growth in tax revenue will fall if tax rates are lifted.
The Greens are framing the policy in the context of cuts that kick in next week to single parents. From January 1, single parents on the parenting payment with a youngest child over the age of eight will be moved onto the lower Newstart allowance, costing them about $60 a week. The measure will save the government about $700 million in the next four years, but it has been criticised by the welfare sector and by some backbench Labor MPs.
The Gillard government argues the benefit of the measure is in encouraging parents back into the workforce.
Mr Bandt said: ''If the government is wanting to improve the budget position by somewhere around $300 million a year, it has a choice: it could either increase taxes on the wealthiest Australians or it could hurt single parents.''
In the 1950s, our top marginal tax rate was 75 per cent. It was above 65 per cent for most of the '60s, and was above 60 per cent for most of the '70s and '80s. It now sits at 45 per cent for each additional dollar earned above $180,000 a year.


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Merton Council has refused to publish the advice it gives traffic wardens on how flexible they should be in interpreting parking bylaws.
After reporting many extraordinary tales from motorists, the Wimbledon Guardian launched its Parking Madness series this year to highlight these stories and hold the authority to account.
Merton Council, like all councils, is given statutory guidance by the Department for Transport (2004) stating it should publish parking protocols to show motorists it is exercising its powers "flexibly and judge each case on its merits".
In July, a council spokeswoman said this document comprised a handbook given to civil enforcement officers (CEOs), but would not release a copy.
Known as an Enforcement Code of Practice, or traffic warden's 'bible', it is readily available on other London councils' websites, including Richmond-upon-Thames, Westminster, and Islington.
Last month, our request under the Freedom of Information Act was also rejected, on the grounds that more detailed guidance would be published "by the end of the year".
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Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade is in doubt for Thursday's third Test with an ankle injury as Australia's tour of India lurches from bad to worse.
Wade didn't train with the squad at Mohali on Sunday after rolling his ankle playing basketball.
Team doctor Peter Brukner said the results of medical scans would be emailed to specialists in Australia overnight before a decision is made on flying over former Test gloveman Brad Haddin, who is on standby.
"Hopefully we'll get that answer back by tomorrow morning," Brukner said.
"There's nothing horrendous there.
"The scan here was quite good but their specialist guy is not here this weekend but we just want to be satisfied.
"...We've got a couple of guys back in Australia who are the best in the world at reading this sort of stuff. We'll email those scans back this afternoon.
"We'll make that decision (on Haddin) probably tonight, or when we get these scans back."
Victoria's Wade has been in the wars on this Indian tour, suffering a fractured cheekbone on the day before the second Test in Hyderabad and playing the match with the aid of painkillers.
"Matt Wade sprained his right ankle playing basketball yesterday afternoon," team physio Alex Kountouris said in a statement on Sunday.
"His ankle is subsequently swollen and painful."
Australia allrounder Moises Henriques said Wade's injury was very unfortunate.
"He could have done it doing anything, but he did it during a casual game of basketball," Henriques told reporters.
"I don't know the extent of the injury.
"He's as tough a little character as there is, so if there's a chance of him playing he certainly will."
Henriques backed his 35-year-old NSW teammate Haddin - who has scored 468 runs at 52.00 in seven Sheffield Shield matches this summer - to take over in grand style if required.
"Bradley being such a seasoned campaigner now and he has toured here before so he has got that experience," Henriques said of the 43-Test veteran.
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Expertise: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), Aplastic Anemia, Bone Marrow Transplant, Bone Tumors, Cancer, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML), Clinical Trials, Ewing's Sarcoma, Graft-versus-Host Disease, Hematologic Malignancies, Hodgkin's Disease, Leukemia, Leukemia/Lymphoma, Medical Oncology, Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS), Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL), Osteosarcoma, Pediatric Oncology, Rhabdomyosarcoma, Sarcoma, Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Soft Tissue Tumors ...read more
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- Director of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Program
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Dr. Loeb has active laboratory and clinical research efforts. In the laboratory, Dr. Loeb studies a gene called WT1. High levels of WT1 convey a poor prognosis for patients with osteosarcoma and soft tissue sarcomas. Dr. Loebs laboratory has shown that WT1 expression is regulated, in part, by the amount of oxygen in a tumor, and that low oxygen levels lead to higher WT1 expression, which in turn leads to an increase in the ability of tumor cells to cause new blood vessels to form. The laboratory is studying both the mechanism by which oxygen levels control WT1 expression and the way WT1 regulates blood vessel growth. In a related project, Dr. Loebs laboratory is working to identify, characterize, and therapeutically target Ewing sarcoma stem cells. Cancer stem cells are thought to be inherently resistant to chemotherapy and are thought to cause most cases of refractory or relapsed disease. In collaboration with the laboratory of Dr. Jonathan Powell, Dr. Loeb has identified one pathway, called the mTOR signaling pathway, that may be important for sarcoma stem cells to resist chemotherapy. This finding prompted the initiation of a clinical trial, led by Dr. Loeb, to test the combination of Doxil, a standard chemotherapy drug, and Temsirolimus, an inhibitor of the mTOR signaling pathway, in patients with high risk sarcomas. Future clinical trials, already being planned, will test additional means by which the inherent chemoresistance of these key cells can be overcome, hopefully leading to significant improvements in the survival of patients with recurrent or refractory sarcomas.
Clinical Trial Keywordsresistance to chemotherapy, osteosarcoma, soft tissue sarcomas
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Savage, W.J.; DeRusso, P.A.; Resar, L.M.; Chen, A.R.; Higman, M.A.; Loeb, D.M.; Jones, R.J.; Brodsky, R.A. Treatment of hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia with high-dose cyclophosphamide. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007 Dec;49(7):947-951.
Loeb, D.M.; Garrett-Mayer, E.; Hobbs, R.F.; Prideaux, A.R.; Sgouros, G.; Shokek, O.; Wharam, M.D., Jr.; Scott, T.; Schwartz, C.L. Dose-finding study of 153Sm-EDTMP in patients with poor-prognosis osteosarcoma. Cancer. 2009 Jun 1;115(11):2514-2522.
Noronha, S.A.; Farrar, J.E.; Alonzo, T.A.; Gerbing, R.B.; Lacayo, N.J.; Dahl, G.V.; Ravindranath, Y.; Arceci, R.J.; Loeb, D.M. WT1 expression at diagnosis does not predict survival in pediatric AML: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Dec;53(6):1136-1139.
Hobbs, R.F.; Baechler, S.; Senthamizhchelvan, S.; Prideaux, A.R.; Esaias, C.E.; Reinhardt, M.; Frey, E.C.; Loeb, D.M.; Sgouros, G. A gamma camera count rate saturation correction method for whole-body planar imaging. Phys Med Biol. 2010 Feb 7;55(3):817-831.
Hobbs, R.F.; McNutt, T.; Baechler, S.; He, B.; Esaias, C.E.; Frey, E.C.; Loeb, D.M.; Wahl, R.L.; Shokek, O.; Sgouros, G. A Treatment Planning Method for Sequentially Combining Radiopharmaceutical Therapy and External Radiation Therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Oct 13.
Loeb, D.M.; Hobbs, R.F.; Okoli, A.; Chen, A.R.; Cho, S.; Srinivasan, S.; Sgouros, G.; Shokek, O.; Wharam, M.D., Jr.; Scott, T.; Schwartz, C.L. Tandem dosing of samarium-153 ethylenediamine tetramethylene phosphoric acid with stem cell support for patients with high-risk osteosarcoma. Cancer. 2010 Dec 1;116(23):5470-5478.
Schaeffer, E.M.; Loeb, S.; Walsh, P.C. The case for open radical prostatectomy. Urol Clin North Am. 2010 Feb;37(1):49-55, Table of Contents.
Activities & Honors
- The Justin Strauss Chordoma Research Award, 2009
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Welcome to Friday's The Crap We Missed featuring Han Solo with New Walking Nap Action, Angelina Jolie just moments before a successful child snatch, Johnny Depp's lesser-known brother Dougie and the underrated Rachel Nichols for your Final Five.
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Serenity's twins: the balcony presentation
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Prince Albert and Serene Charlene of Monaco presented their newborn twins, Jacques and Gabriella, today on the palace balcony. They were born on December 10. It was a big deal. Thousands of people gathered outside the palace. Church bells were ringing. Cannon shots were released – 21 for each baby. Full Story
Serenity's babies and gender specific colours
The first photos of Prince Albert and Princess Charlene's twins were released yesterday – a gift from the Monaco royals. As you can see, Charlene looks bagged. My friend and colleague on The Social, Traci Melchor, has twins. She says it's bananas and every time she describes it, it's two hands, one at each breast, all day… for months! You'll note, the twins are dressed for gender. Full Story
Naming the Grimaldi Twins
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Princess Charlene of Monaco gave birth to twins on Wednesday, a boy and a girl. The girl is older by two minutes, but because of the laws of succession running through males only, he'll be the heir to the throne, not her. So, compared to that irritating and antiquated turn of events, the nonmatching twin names are downright admirable. Full Story
Another awkward balcony kiss
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But this time with twins. Prince Albert and Charlene of Serenity greeted the crowd from the palace balcony in Monaco today during the National Day Parade. They kissed. And once again it was awkward. Maybe all balcony kisses are awkward. You know you're being stared at, you don't want to look like you're counting down to each other during the approach… But Albert is particularly bad at this sh-t. Full Story
The "reluctant" Prince
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It was confirmed last week that the Serene Princess Charlene of Monaco is pregnant with twins. We now know how she told her husband, Prince Albert. When the princess went to the doctor for a routine sonogram, she first telephoned Albert to say, "We're going to have a baby!" his good friend, New York plastic surgeon Dr. Full Story
Serenity's having twins
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According to US Weekly Monaco's Princess Charlene of Serenity is expecting twins. Double Grimaldi! You know what I hear a lot when it comes to twins? I'm no expert at this sh-t but my inbox always fills up with people insisting that in certain cases, there was help. Full Story
Expectant Serenity
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The Grand Highness of Serenity Charlene of Monaco is pregnant. Click here and here for previous posts about the news. Someone called Terry just emailed me asking about coverage so I thought I'd include those links and some new-ish shots I haven't posted from last Friday when Charlene and Prince Albert were at the Monaco Yacht Club. Full Story
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There's a report coming out of Germany about Charlene of Serenity's pregnancy… She's having Monaco's twins? Do twins run in the Grimaldi family? Apparently her dad told a friend who told everyone. Full Story
Serenity's having a baby!
Oh. Holy. Sh-t. She did it! Monaco royals have just announced, with "immense joy", that Charlene of High Serenity is pregnant! Finally! A legitimate heir to the House of Grimaldi! Here are Charlene and Prince Albert at the Grand Prix of Monaco last weekend. She smiled at him and let him put her hand on his knee. Full Story
Serenity's affection
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Check out the cover of German magazine Bunte. I don't think we've ever seen pictures of her looking so happy. And affectionate. Full Story
Serenity on the balcony
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Today is Monaco's National Day. The royal family celebrated with the people. Here are Prince Albert and his Princess participating in the festivities. Charlene looked beautiful and serene in black…without a trace of joy? Oh no, there was joy. She did smile demurely from the balcony next to her husband in his fancy tricked out coat. Full Story


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Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement. --- Shunryu Suzuki-roshi
.248/.324/.364 over the last three seasons.
Coming into today, Frazier was hitting .259/.400/.333 in May.
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Just like Cozart, Todd Frazier this year has a substantially increased ground ball rate and a reduced line drive rate.
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In both cases, the fly ball rates are about the same as 2012.
I'm not equating the two hitters, but it is interesting how they are both hitting many more grounders and their overall hitting lags behind last year.
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Great Bedwyn's promotion hopes suffered a blow as Calne claimed their fifth win of the season.
Bedwyn skipper John Palmer shared stands of 49 and 68 with wicketkeeper Josh Quinn and Robert Palmer respectively before Ashley Perry struck 31 to help his side for 200-9.
Tom Richards took 3-29 and then scored 19 in the reply, but Sean Adams' unbeaten 86 in 95 balls helped his side overhaul their target in the 42nd over.
Devizes were comfortably beaten by 128 runs by hosts Purton in a rain-affected encounter.
Purton skipper Elliot Hill's 106 in 79 balls allowed his side to declare on 238-5after 36 overs.
Devizes' reply ended at 110 in the 30th over, Tom Andrew scoring 30.
Aakarshit Gomel took 5-12 in just 5.4 overs for the home side.


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TOMBALL, Texas - A Marine injured in Afghanistan received the keys to his new home.
Lance Corporal Daniel Peterson was given the keys to his brand new, custom built Tomball home thanks to Homes for Troops and dozens of other area business on Saturday.
Peterson had recently returned from his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, where a bomb explosion left Peterson as a double-amputee.
"To have my independence back is the best gift somebody could give me and I want to thank all of you," said Peterson, who spoke before his family, friends, supporters, and new neighbors.
The custom home will allow Peterson to move about more freely now that he is confined to a wheelchair. People were able to take a tour of the home, which features wider doorframes, automatic doors and hardwood floors throughout to allow easier access for Peterson.
"Having a sense of independence for a guy like me is a huge, huge thing because when you get injured in combat severely that is immediately what's taken from you," said Peterson.
The California native also received a check and gift cards he could use on his new home thanks to donations from the public.
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Editor's note: This market commentary is provided by the Dairy Division at FCStone in Chicago, Ill.
Friends, dairymen, dairy processors and traders in between, lend me your ears (and eyes). There are those that would have you believe the bull move is passed in dairy, and bear claws lie ahead. There are those that would have you believe it is time to sell, but we caution you to moderate your opinions for that is what the market is doing for you ― moderating. Every bull must breathe; every bull must pause, take drink and catch its breath. Every bull that lives will charge again!
The July Class III chart shows the contract month well off its highs, but only now at support. The price has softened, but has only come down to the 38% Fibonacci retracement level. We expect support to come in either now or at the 50% level about another 20 cents below. The price got ahead of itself and profits had to be taken, but much of the price decline has been on much lighter volume than the price incline from before and we put more stock in volume and believe you should, too.
Yesterday, Class III and cheese futures prices opened down and eased off their lowest levels of the day with more volume coming on the uptick than the downtick.
There is market place discomfort with the width of the block/barrel spread, but as people become more comfortable with that, and the pull of powder remains, then we should see more tightness in milk and cheese supply and price. This doesn't mean farmers should be protecting, there are options choices available that still have attractive margin choices when coupled with corn and meal, but we feel strongly that the price break is providing good opportunity for end-users to protect future purchases now.
Spot session results:
Block cheese: $1.915 (up 0.5 cent)
Barrel cheese $1.735 (up 0.5 cent)
Grade A NFDM: $1.7475 (unchanged)
Butter: $1.645 (down 0.5 cent)
Location, location, location…. Wait, this isn't real estate it's grain trading: weather, weather, weather, and the USDA.
Corn prices were off to a plummeting start on fresh weather reports with better planting prospects and stayed that way all day yesterday as exports inspections added some fuel to the fire sale. After the close, planting progress was released and we have planted 12 percent of the corn crop vs. 5 percent last week and 47 percent on average and 69 percent last year — but Iowa and Illinois are both below 10 percent. Beans were unchanged from last week at 2 percent vs. 2 percent last year and 12 percent on average.
The markets overnight are trying to rebound a little bit from yesterday's pressure. It's hard to get a trend going this time of year because of the flurry of weather reports and planting expectations, so it's much easier to think short term and from a contrarian point of view.
This morning, we look for corn to open 3 to 5 cents higher and beans 5 to 10 higher.
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Hoping some of you PHP ninjas can shed some light on this.
I'm currently working between localhost and a remote web server.What I'm trying to do if possible is set a server independent base url formy image, css, js directories.
What I have in mind is to set something like:
$baseURL = $SERVER['SERVERNAME'];
Then I can just reference the aforementioned resources using the variable.
My thinking is that on localhost, the baseURL variable will return well...localhost and on the remote server, it will return something like mysite.com.So in a nutshell, I won't need to maintain a set of definitions for localhost andanother for the remote server.
My main question is, is this even good practice? I've done a bit of research andhave come across articles that mention possible security issues but they all fallshort of outright condemning this practice.
I'd greatly appreciate your opinion on this.
Also if you can shed some light on how you'd approach this problem, I'd be muchobliged, I'm a PHP noob here trying to bring myself up to speed as fast as possible.
Many thanks.
I have used the technique frequently and the only problem encountered was that it fails with subdomains
Yeah, that's really the best way to do it. Some server configurations may not support the SERVER_NAME var, but I'd imagine they are few and far between.
Thanks for your insights @John_Betong and @kduv.
Good to know I need to watch out for "gotchas" on subdomains. I'll look for aworkaround for this. As it stands, I'm using mainly subdirectories for each ofmy site's categories with only two subdomains, one for an online store and theother for a tutorial wiki of sorts.
The server config at my current webhost seems to support this variable, I'm prettysure it's running PHP 5 and latest Apache with support for 'Nix and windows. I'mable to able to customize both php.ini and .htaccess. It's good to know that this issomething I'll need to look out for if I decide to change hosts in future.
Big props folks I'm much obliged.
I would estimate probably 99.9999% of the *nix servers -- I can't speak for the Win servers -- out there support the $SERVER['SERVERNAME']; variable. I can't imagine why a sysadmin would disable it. I just wanted to make you aware of the possibility that some server's "may" not support it.
But really, you're going about it the right way.
I changed my site from using a base url to starting at the root with a forward slash. A lot less characters to send to the client.
img src="/media/images/example.gif"link href="/css/themes/example.css"
The downside I found with using SERVER_NAME is that on NGiNX, SERVER_NAME contains the main server name, even if an alias is accessed, i.e., I have you have a virtualdomain www.example.com with alias example.com and you access example.com, $SERVER['SERVERNAME'] will report www.example.com. Apache handles SERVER_NAME as you would expect though (i.e. reports the accessed host).
I've found that $SERVER['HTTPHOST'] instead of $SERVER['SERVERNAME'] works correctly for both Apache and NGiNX.
I would estimate probably 99.9999% of the *nix servers -- I can't speak for the Winservers -- out there support the $SERVER['SERVERNAME']; variable. I can't imaginewhy a sysadmin would disable it.
Me neither... Still it has been good to know about these gotchas though. Props.
Interesting approach, thanks for your response. Your point about about sending lesschars to the client is with merit, especially for large documents where the extra codethat an absolute URL would necessitate could add up. Gotta shave off bytes and kb'swherever possible right?.
I'm a bit confused though about the url that would be generated and the "portability"henceforth of each page/article so hoping you can elaborate on your suggestion a bit.Unless I've got it totally confused by referencing resources using paths like:
would this not create URLs that are relative to the doc that references the resource?
This will work on a "flat" site but on one with subdirectories, where the resources arekept in a central place, would this not create broken links? It would mean that I wouldneed to change the URL path for each of the docs in the subdirectories so that the linksare relative to the doc/article/page in question. I could just have this twisted!
The reason I'm opting for absolute URL paths for resources like images, javascripts,stylesheets etc is mainly for maintenance and portability reasons. I am also goingto implement a data feed of sorts on most pages that will pull article snippets fromvarious locations on the site and I'm thinking by using relative paths for images andactual links ( to send visitors to those pages/articles) couldcreate broken links.
I would by all means rather use relative URL paths for stuff like imgs, js etc for easeof implementation but since my knowledge of php is near non-existent at this currenttime, I'm not sure how I would go about achieving this easily without some seriousself education first. If you know of a resource or can point me towards one, I'd begrateful. Many thanks.
Awesome, thanks for the info. This is good to know. My current webhost runs Apacheso SERVER_NAME seems to be working as expected on the tests I've run. It's goodto know that if I need to change to a host that runs NGiNX in future, this is somethingI'll need to look out for.
No. If you start with a forward slash it references the root directory of the domain you are in, no matter what sub directory you are in.
It's only when you leave out the first forward slash that it becomes relative
Markdidj ma man today you have saved me a lot of work! :cool:
So apparently this is a "root-relative" path. I fired up a couple of test pagesin obscure subdirectories on my remote server and it worked like a charm.Gotta love it when things just work!
I had a couple of issues on localhost though. I've got my sites set up in sub-directories with each being defined as a virtual host. The root-relative pathwas resolving to localhost instead of the site's root.
For example instead of the URL resolving to something like:
mysite.local.com/assets/img/example.gifit was resolving to something like:
localhost/assets/img/example.gifNeedless to say the images, css, js etc had broken file paths. I got around thisby pointing mysite.local.com to 127.0.0.1 in my /etc/hosts file and the rest as they say was history.
Big props guy!
It was a few years before I realised this as well. I was splitting the URL and concating "../" n times to get to the root.
It was only when I went to see if it could be improved did I realise it wasn't even needed


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Mitsubishi HC7900DW Home Theater Projector Review
As is usual, we will start in the front of the Mitsubishi HC7900DW. This Mitsubishi is one of the smaller home theater projectors out there. It's finished in a shiny black finish all the way around. It's got some sculpted lines.
Mitsubishi HC7900DW Projector - Appearance
I think the HC7900DW might be cute, but it's not a work of art. Still, cute may very well help out with the "partner" factor" (formerly the "wife factor" but that phrase is now apparently politically incorrect). There is no question that a projector's physical appearance, at least outside of a dedicated home theater, is a topic that can cause angst.
The most obvious feature in the front is the recessed 1.5 to 1 zoom lens which has a lot of placement flexibility compared to many other DLP projectors. Overall 1.5 to 1 zoom is about average for home theater projectors although many of the LCD and LCoS models stretch out to 2 to 1. All considered, 1.5 to 1 zoom is pretty good, however the big news is that the H7900DW also has vertical lens shift.
Combining the zoom's range and lens shift, makes for really good placement flexibility. You'll also find an IR sensor for the remote control on the front, and down below – two adjustable front feet.
HC7900DW Control Panel
Moving to the top – towards the back, you'll find the control panel. It's in a round configuration. There's a power switch and indicator lights nearby. The four navigation arrows are in a round configuration. In the middle, are the menu and enter buttons. As I said a moment ago, there's also a vertical lens shift feature on the Mitsubishi HC7900DW, and you will find that in a little hidden door on the top, right behind the lens.
HC7900DW Projector - Input/Output
Move to the rear of the Mitsubishi HC7900DW, and you will find all of the inputs and connectors. The back panel itself is pretty standard with just a couple of surprises. As you would expect, there are two HDMI inputs (both 1.4a, to support Blu-ray 3D), and also your standard red, green and blue RCA jacks for a component video input.
Also present, is a standard HD15 connector best known as the computer monitor connector, that will allow you to hook up your PC to this Mitsubishi home theater projector. What is interesting about the HD15 is that it serves multiple purposes. It can be used as an analog computer input as intended, or as a second component video input, and finally it can also be used for composite video, which is normally found on most projectors as a separate RCA jack color coded yellow. In this case, all three capabilities are rolled up into one jack but it also means you can only choose one of those three input types. The HC7900DW also has a serial port for command and control and next to it, a networking port which could be used for firmware changes and other purposes.
Finally on the far right is the 12-volt trigger. As many of you know, that can be used to cause a motorized screen that is properly equipped to rise and come down as the projector is powered off and powered back on. It can also be used for other purposes, howeve,r that is the most common one.
That covers it for the back and all the connectors, with the exception of course of the power receptacle and there's also a Kensington life lock for security. All considered, the HC7900 is typically equipped. They've saved a few jacks here or there, but they have plenty of inputs you are very unlikely to find yourself coming up short. Also worthy of note, is the venting, none of which is in the back, which means that the HC7900 conceivably can be placed on a rear shelf. That works out great for a lot of folks. I myself have spent many years with projectors on rear shelves, including the last few years. With only a 1.5 to1 zoom ratio, however many people will not be able to place the projector far enough back to find a rear shelf unless they have a particularly large screen. Since this projector isn't really built for huge screens, that means the HC7900 in a rear shelf environment, is probably going to be working something between an 80 and 100-inch screen in a room that is not especially deep. Consider shelf mounting – if it makes sense in your room.
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Boise State National Champions Football Poster
I love this poster. My girlfriend just got it for my birthday, it's one of only 200 printed. I am a giant college football fan, so this poster was perfect. Most people don't know that Boise State won a football National Championship in 1980. This poster is for that and the possibility of a title this season. I would recommend this for any college football fan, especially those who love the underdog.


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Earlier this week, I set out on an assignment to talk with a young local beekeeper about his awesome hobby and to see his bees in action.
I was really excited about this opportunity, because I didn't know much about honey bees.
I blame my lack of knowledge on the fact that I always pass bees up as angry, aggressive attackers. Who wants to learn more about that, right?
During my talk however, I learned my assumption might be wrong, and that in fact bees are clean, busy beings that only get mad when we come near their nest. In my head, I compared them to me. I'd only want to attack when an uninvited being came near my home, too. Relating to the bee put me at ease.
When it was time to get up close to photograph the interesting creatures, I felt a little nervous about the red pants I was sporting. I thought the color might make me look like a serious threat. I learned quickly after asking that black was actually the color they hate, because they associate it with the honey-hungry black bear. Unfortunately for me, I had paired those red pants with a black shirt. I felt a little freaked out, but it wasn't enough to stop me from the assignment.
As we drove up to the spot where the hives were kept, my journalism adrenaline kicked in and I told myself, "I got this." The bees were busy and focused on making honey anyway.
I watched the young beekeeper suit up into his white jacket and pull down netting over his face. It was as if he was going into battle. Obviously, my imagination gets the best of me. The beekeeper lit his smoker and bravely walked up to the bees not letting a single buzz bother him. I stood at a fair distance from the hives at first, but as I got into photo shoot motion and became more comfortable with my surroundings, my journalism instinct got the best of me and I slowly inched forward craving that one good shot I needed.
As I inched closer, the bees spotted me. They must have seen my black shirt and black camera with the crazy one eye-looking lens. A group rushed over to investigate and of course my first instinct was to swat at them. Fighting back with one free hand and camera in the other didn't impress these bees and certainly didn't scare them away.
Before I knew it, the bees were buzzing in the scarf around my neck, they were tangled in my hair and buzzing around my face. I freaked and ran from the scene when BAM! – a pinch of pain hit the inside of my left arm.
I yanked my scarf off and threw it to the ground as I hightailed it from the scene. I felt terrible leaving the young beekeeper and his mother at the hives. I was here to take their picture and now I was running away like a wimp. The bees wouldn't let up as I tried to pull out the stinger in my arm and yank my fingers through my hair to release the bee stragglers.
The beekeeper's mother, who was still in a swarm of bees at the hives yelled, "get in the car! drive, drive, drive!" I laugh out loud thinking back on it now. It was a crazy whirlwind moment in my life. When I dashed into the driver's seat of the vehicle and tried to get a grip on my situation, a mortified thought crossed me as I realized what an idiot I must of looked like. I looked in the back of the vehicle at the mother's two younger children nestled safely in the back, their eyes were as big as saucers and with quiet voices they asked, "are you OK?" Of course, I played it off like "oh, yea no big deal," but when turned back around to look at myself in the rearview mirror I saw my hair tangled and sticking up everywhere and my face was beet red and sweaty from running.
The experience has been the most exciting I've had in a long time and beats any other reporter experience I've had yet. It was a little frightening at the time, but now as I sit safely at my desk I'm thrilled and proud I stepped outside my comfort zone. Showing off my "battle wound" to fellow reporters in the office was funny, too. I cherish the memento I took with me from the assignment.
I now have a deep appreciation for beekeepers, especially the one I hung out with this week. He told me he's been stung too many times to count and he continues to dive back into "battle" with the bees. I'm nowhere near that brave.
Thank you beekeeper family for the experience. I truly enjoyed the ride and the memory I'll continue to share!
BCR Staff Writer Goldie Currie can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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This is going to be my last post for several days as I begin the process of moving to San Francisco. I've basically lived in the Washington DC area for my entire life (other than living overseas, which for some reason doesn't really seem to count), so I figured it was time to give the west coast a shot. Besides, Macromedia just moved into a brand new office space, and I was feeling very left out.
I want to thank all my friends and family here in the Washington DC and Northern Virginia area for everything they have done for me over the years, and for the wonderful sendoffs over the weekend. I will come back and visit as often as I can, and hopefully lure you guys out to California to visit frequently, as well. (JavaOne, Flashforward, Macworld, etc!)
I'm really looking forward to starting a new life out in San Francisco. It's much easier moving coast to coast when you're not changing jobs, and you already have a lot of friends waiting for you on the other end. And I'm really looking forward to working with everyone at Macromedia in person on a day to day basis, as well. They are a great bunch of people working on some very cool technology, and I'm lucky to be a part of the team.
If you've sent me anything within the last few days, or if you send me anything in the next few days, it might be a while before you get a response. This move is going to be a long process, and I can't tell how connected I'm going to be over the next couple weeks. I promise I'll get to everything eventually, though.
Signing off for now…


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A document that could decide the future of Otley Civic Centre has been formally submitted to Leeds City Council.
The feasibility study, created by a working group for Otley Town Council, aims to show that a refurbished building could become self-financing shortly after re-opening.
The report, which was presented to Leeds City Council, on Monday, envisages: l Full annual running costs, including maintenance, marketing, staff and the £30,000 a year loan repayment, of £265,860 l A significant shortfall – about £69,000 in year one – between income and costs in the revamped Civic Centre's first few years l Income rising so that by year five the building would be getting closer to breaking even – generating just under £230,000.
It is now up to Leeds Council, which owns the Grade II listed property and is committed to funding its long-awaited refurbishment should the business case prove convincing, to decide what happens next.
Town council chairman Councillor John Eveleigh (Lab, Ashfield) is optimistic.
He said: "Leeds will take some time to see if it all stacks up and, if the answer is 'yes', will have to identify the necessary capital to pay for the work.
"But we think what we've got is a better-than-evens chance of getting this going from a revenue perspective. We've taken the view that the main hall, as a major entertainment venue, has to be the driver for the whole project and we cannot run the building as it was before.
"We think we've demonstrated that we can make the revenue side stack up, with the town council taking responsibility for paying back the public works loan, over a long period, at about £30,000 a year."
That loan would be for a £600,000 contribution from the town council towards the centre's multi-million pound improvements. Councillors had previously agreed on a £500,000 figure, but a further £100,000 would cover the costs for setting up a cinema – also in the main hall – too.
Leeds Council has pledged £670,000 and proceeds from the sale of some of its properties in Otley to cover most of the work, which would include installing access lifts and turning the hall into a multi-purpose, 400- capacity auditorium designed to attract big names.
Further income could come from: l Taking long-term tenants (East Street Arts, for example, has expressed interest in leasing studio space) l Renting rooms out for one-off events l Leasing the centre cafe and bar.
Councillor Carl Morris (Lab, Manor) said: "This is about moving away from a traditional 'town hall' use to being a dynamic events venue."
Under the plans the town council would take over responsibility for the building and its upkeep following the revamp – and then sub-let it to a charitable trust that would run the centre. The full town council will get its first chance to debate the feasibility study on Monday, January 20.
Town and ward councillor Sandy Lay (Lib Dem, Otley and Yeadon) welcomed the study, but said it must be rigorously checked. He said: "There are a lot of assumptions made around income and therefore it is imperative that the residents of Otley scrutinise these costs because it is they that will be paying for it in higher council tax over the next 30 years, if those assumptions are wrong.
"Also, not all the costs are included. The capital costs of refurbishment are not included and are likely to be another £30,000 to £40,000 per year on top of any running costs.
"I am of the view that this is such a big decision for the town financially that a referendum should take place."