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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- We're getting close to the end of this year's Consumer Electronics Show, which wraps up Friday afternoon. The most interesting items we've seen here haven't been the traditional, bread-and-butter stuff you'd expect, like TVs, headphones, laptops and home entertainment systems.
Instead, we've been more fascinated by the left-field entries like brainwave-controlled toys, lightbulbs that communicate with your iPhone, $1000 tablets built for gaming, and laser-powered heads-up displays for your car.
Sure, there are plenty of cool TVs we want to take home (we've got one in this very round-up) but the real fun of CES is dipping into the non-stop stream of inventive, conceptual, crazy -- and crazy-expensive -- products on the showroom floor. Here's today's greatest hits.
Razer Edge
Finally, a Windows 8 tablet I actually want to use (sorry Surface). At CES 2013, Razer debuted the Edge, a powerful new tablet designed specifically with gamers in mind. We saw a prototype of this device last year called "Project Fiona," but now that Windows 8 has arrived and new hardware options are available, Razer has finalized the design. So this is the real deal, and it will be available early this year.
The Edge runs every Windows app, and does everything else the dozens of Windows 8 tablets out there do. But, the Edge adds a ton of oomph that gamers will appreciate, thanks your choice of an Intel Core i5 or Core i7 CPUs, Nvidia's GeForce GT 640M graphics processor and 8GB of RAM. There's also a 10.1-inch 1,366 x 768-pixel display, a USB 3.0 port and an HDMI port.
Razer is also selling a Game Pad Controller case, which adds full controller-style buttons, triggers and joysticks to either side of the tablet, as well as a keyboard case which docks the Edge upright so you can type on it as you would a laptop. Each case adds another three USB ports, so you could hook up three Xbox controllers if you'd like.
The Edge won't come cheap, but it will sell for about as much as it'd take to build a decent, custom gaming PC that, unlike the Edge, you would upgrade with new parts over time. The starting price is $1,000 with a Core i5 processor and a 64GB SSD built in. There will also be a $1,300 Core i7 model, with 128GB of storage, or a $1,450 Core i7 version with 256GB of storage. -- Nathan Olivarez-Giles
Cubelets Robot Construction Kit
If you remember Capsela or the Lego Technic sets with electric motors -- both hot mechanical construction kits back in my day -- then you'll immediately grasp the appeal of the module-based Cubelets. But instead of gears and propellers, Cubelets' magnetic modules contain light sensors, potentiometers, servos, LEDs and the like.
Kids (and not-kids) can construct simple robots by daisy-chaining multiple, task-specific blocks. Start with a battery block, then add a light sensor block and an LED block to create a simple flashlight that automatically switches on when the ambient light grows dim. Or, attach a proximity-sensing block to a wheeled block to create a robot that moves away from you when you wave your hand close to it. There are logic blocks, too. One will invert the program you've constructed, so your flashlight works in reverse, or your proximity-sensing robot will move toward moving objects instead of away from them.
But here's the kicker: there's also a programmable block that connects to your computer and lets you enter commands in C, so once the kids get bored building simple modular robots, they can open a console and code up the machines of their dreams.
Colorado-based startup Modular Robotics is selling Cubelets in kits -- a six-pack of modules goes for $160. The company is only doing direct business through its web store now and keeping things small (the kits are all assembled in the U.S. by the company's staff), but the Cubelets will show up on retail shelves soon. -- Michael Calore
Geonaute 360-Degree Sports Cam
No surprise: there are gazillions of helmet cams at CES. Once GoPro and Contour broke through into the mass-market, companies realized there was mucho money to be made from energy-drink-fueled extreme sports enthusiasts. Unfortunately, most helmet cams are just variations on the same theme.
Geonaute's camera, however, shoots a nearly full spherical view of the action. It will still attach to your bike-riding, snow-sliding, surf-catching head, but it captures nearly everything that happens in a 360-degree panorama. You get video of everything happening behind, next to and even above you. The only "dead spot" is directly below the camera. The Geonaute has three separate, 8-megapixel cameras with wide-angle lenses. They shoot both video and still photos, and the camera will last two hours on a charge.
The videos can be viewed with a mobile app, on the WeSphere website, and via a desktop app. The files can also be exported as panoramic videos.
The Geonaute 360-Degree Sports Cam will be available this summer for $400.-- Roberto Baldwin
JVC/Kenwood Laser Head-Up Display
All the latest performance cars -- and even some less-than-sporting offerings -- are coming equipped with head-up displays. I want one. Desperately. But unless I'm willing to shell out for a new car, I'm out of luck.
That's where JVC/Kenwood's solution comes into play. Mounted on the dashboard, just ahead of the instrument panel, is a laser scanning module that pulls in speed, navigation and alert data from an embedded unit connected to the car's CPU. A two-axis mirror reflects the laser source 60 times a second, projecting onto the windshield perfectly in the driver's line of sight. Unfortunately, this application is only a concept for now and Kenwood doesn't have any plans to bring it to the U.S. anytime soon, despite selling a similar system in Japan. -- Damon Lavrinc
Puzzlebox Orbit
Show off your Jedi superpowers by flying the Puzzlebox Orbit, a $190 brainwave-controlled helicopter. A battery-powered NeuroSky MindWave EEG headset beams your thoughts via Bluetooth to an infrared adapter that hooks up to the audio port on Apple or Android devices. Software then translates your brainwaves into signals that command the chopper to start spinning its blades.
The chopper only flies when you're actively concentrating on something, like saying the alphabet backward or naming all the streets in your neighborhood. Through an app, you can set the level of difficulty so that you can choose how much brain muscle needs flexing for liftoff. I managed to keep it in flight for a bit, but then the blades distracted me and the whole thing went down. Luckily, the blades are protected by a circular cage.
The downsides: you can't change the direction of flight once the chopper takes off, and it takes a while for the headset to factor out ambient noise. -- Daniela Hernandez
Sharp ICC Purios Ultra HD TV
No, you shouldn't buy a 4K TV this year. But if you've got oodles of dough lying around and you simply must have the latest technology, you might as well dump all that cash on the first THX-certified 4K TV, the Sharp ICC Purios.
Set to launch this summer for an undisclosed price (In other words, "Yikes. Seriously?"), the 60-inch LCD display delivers a "natural 3D lifelike experience" thanks to the ICC part of its name, which is an integrated cognitive creation image processor. In a darkened room at Sharp's booth, the TV delivered stunningly sharp, color-rich images with noticeably more depth than other sets. Sharp also includes an upscaled that modifies your old-school HD content to it looks almost as good as true 4K. Good thing, too, because there's precious little 4K content to watch on these TVs. Christina Bonnington
As the name suggests, Displair is an interactive display made of air. Well, not exactly air -- Water vapor shoots out of a stand to create a moving, undulating and truly unique display that floats in front of you. Your computer or tablet screen is mirrored on the display, and you interact with it just as you would with a touchscreen. Tap buttons, pinch to zoom, and swipe just like you usually do. I did all that and more while playing Fruit Ninja.
A camera behind the display picks up movements, much like the Microsoft Kinect. What makes Displair's camera especially impressive is that it can recognize movements with an accuracy of down to one centimeter, allowing it to register fine movements like taps.
Displair plans to bring the product to market in the first or second quarter of this year. And at $15,000, it isn't cheap. The high price means it will probably only be marketed at advertisers, hotels and exhibitors, but the Russia-based company hopes to make one for consumers at some point.
Though it's pricey and not very practical, at least it can double as your home's humidifier. -- Alexandra Chang
QNX Bentley Continental GT Concept
The Bentley Continental GT is a brilliant driver, but its infotainment and navigation system leaves a lot to be desired -- particularly for a car costing upwards of $200,000. So QNX did the unthinkable, ripping out the dashboard and replacing it with a positively massive 17-inch display.
The capacitive touchscreen is slightly curved, fitting the line of the interior and slightly eschewing the slab of glass aesthetic in the Tesla Model S. 3D navigation, with rendered buildings and ultra-quick response times is combined with natural voice recognition provided by AT&T's Watson engine. The instrument cluster is completely reconfigurable depending on the driving mode, and in a nod to Bentley's heritage, QNX retained the Breitling clock the adorns the dash, but digitized it and embedded it inside a beautifully knurled control knob. If Bentley's smart, they'll get their orders in now. -- Damon Lavrinc
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EVANS, Ga. (WRDW) -- A local high school senior was shocked when she woke up one morning to find her mother dead from a sudden heart attack.
A year and a half later, Evans High School senior Melissa Steves is turning tragedy into tribute, using her broken heart to help heal other hearts right here in our community.
"No other families should have to go through what we did," Steves said.
Words from a brave high school senior as she remembered a painful morning.
"In 2011 we lost my mom unexpectedly to a heart attack and found out that it was coronary artery disease that she had no idea she had," Steves said.
That's not the end of the story. Steves decided to use her experience as the inspiration behind her senior project. Her mother was the driving force.
"My family has always been into cars. My dad has always had drag cars and stuff, so we decided we were going to have a car show," she said.
It wasn't just a car show, it was a fundraiser, and all the money would go to University Hospital's Heart and Vascular Institute in honor of her mother.
"Even though my mom's not here, we can still do things to help people," Steves said.
"She's going to help us touch more hearts not only through her contribution, but with the awareness she's helping to raise," said University Hospital's VP of Community Affairs and Human Resources Laurie Ott.
Steves raised $628 for the institute to help combat the very disease that took her mom.
"Losing a parent to heart disease, it doesn't give you the chance to say goodbye, and it doesn't give you a chance to get your affairs in order, and it also means that parents aren't there to see their kids get married, to walk daughters down the aisle," said Ott, a victim of a parent fallen from heart disease herself.
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"This is a huge issue for our community. It means there's a great opportunity for us to educate people on what they can do to stay heart healthy. Hopefully to prevent heart attacks and keep folks from needlessly dying of this number one killer," Ott said.
"I really hope it inspires them to keep striving for donations to help other people that are in situations like ours," Steves said.
One generous heart is helping keep others' pumping strong.
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This may be a very basic query, so apologies, but this is the first LLP set of accounts that I have prepared !
On line 32 of the P&L account, I have a loss before members remun etc of £5,000
Then, line 34 takes you to the notes page, line G54 - which I need - the automatic division of profit (or in this case a loss) - but it has a TB reference that I cant follow. I need to be able to split this loss on the face of the P&L, but cannot see how I do this ? I think I am becoming very confused, and Ill be honest some of the LLP terminology is very new to me!
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I suspect there might be as many as four issues involved here:
- How are profits allocated in an LLP?
- What needs to be disclosed?
- Should losses be treated differently to profits?
- What entries are needed in the VT trial balance?
How are profits allocated in an LLP?
Automatic divisions of profit are shown as a deduction from profit under the heading Members' remuneration at the bottom of the profit and loss statement (a bit like the way dividends used to be shown in companies). This contrasts with profits available for discretionary division which are credited to Other reserves.
What needs to be disclosed?
There is no requirement to disclose the split between members, although you could add this to the VT template.
Should losses be treated differently to profits?
The SORP is silent on this matter. It seems odd to show negative members remuneration. Also, do you really want to show losses as being recoverable from the members? The alternative is to debit Other reserves. I think this one is up to the members/accountant to decide depending on the circumstances.
What entries are needed in the VT trial balance?
The formulas on the face of the profit and loss account refer either directly to the TB, or indirectly to the TB via a note. You do not really need to follow them. If you get the TB right then the accounts will be correctly stated.
If you have an automatic division of profit, you need to make the following entries in the TB to credit the members and show the amount being deducted under Members remuneration on the face of the profit and loss account:
- Debit P/L - Members remuneration: Automatic division of profits (last row in P/L section of TB)
- Credit BS - Profits due to members: Members remuneration
Any remaining profit is in effect automatically credited to Other reserves by VT.
There is more on all of this in VT's Accounting for LLPs – a brief guide.
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Recorded: Monday, November 28, 2011
The American Economic Association (AEA) takes pride in celebrating its founder Richard T. Ely. This pride is strange, given the character of Elys thought, which is revealed in The Independent Review article The Shaping of a Future Presidents Economic Thought: Richard T. Ely and Woodrow Wilson at The Hopkins by Gary M. Pecquet and Clifford F. Thies, as well as the Econ Journal Watch article Richard T. Ely: The Confederate Flag of the AEA? by Clifford F. Thies and Ryan Daza. In this podcast, Thies is interviewed by the economist Lawrence H. White and explores Elys ideas, values, and impact. Thies is the Eldon R. Lindsay Chair of Free Enterprise and Professor of Economics and Finance at Shenandoah University.
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Is the U.S. Now Provoking an Arms Race in Space?
Recorded: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The 1967 Outer Space Treaty designated space for peaceful purposes as the province of all mankind. Virtually all spacefaring nations now favor a new treaty to accommodate major changes in geopolitics and military technology. The United States, however, has blocked negotiations, citing potential threats to U.S. rights, capabilities, and freedom of action.
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Mahou Tsukai no Yoru's Trailer, coincidentally with my favourite Vivaldi piece (L'inverno of Le quatro stagioni).
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Shirozaki wrote:Mcjon uploaded a teaser to youtube.
See here. (Skip to 3:00 for some hot kamehameha action, don't forget to turn on HD)
Also the script has been extracted.
For anyone caring; Nasu has written Mahoyo relatively early, when he was in college but never got around to release it until this month. However, he also said that he has never finished writing part two and three, because he was already busy writing Kara no Kyoukai, and planned to complete it once he settled down. He has said in his last interview that he wishes to finally complete it as a project that has spanned over ten years.
This might of course just be another "Tsukihime II" story, but eh.
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The Power of Independent Thinking
The Supreme Court and the Battle for Second Amendment Rights
Recorded: Thursday, July 22, 2010
In June 2008 the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling on the Second Amendment individual right to keep and bear arms with its Heller v. District of Columbia decision. Two years later, in June 2010, a second historic decision squeezed through the highest court in the land.
Experts: Stephen P. Halbrook, Donald E. J. Kilmer Jr.Type: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Culture/ Society, Gun Control, History (U.S), Law Enforcement, Litigation, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Race Issues
Bureaucracy vs. The Environment: What Should Be Done?
Recorded: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
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Environmental quality has been a major public concern since the first Earth Day in 1970, yet the maze of environmental regulations enacted since has fostered huge government bureaucracies better known for waste and failure than for innovation and success.
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In this blog, I return to a great feature in the Action 3D compositor. Source nodes. This multi-function tool can really expand and change how you work in the 3D compositor. Some may call it pre-composing or nesting. New for most and a great refresher for others.
With Autodesk Smoke on the Mac, you can easily work with other Mac-based video editing applications like Avid Media Composer. Conforming timelines from Avid Media Composer is an easy process that allows you to bring your timeline into Smoke and reconnect either to the original media or the Avid DNxHD media.
With Autodesk Smoke on the Mac, working with other Mac-based video editing applications like Final Cut Pro 7 is quite straight forward. Conforming timelines from Final Cut Pro 7 is an easy process that allows you to bring your timeline into Smoke and reconnect to the original media.
One blog post containing all the videos from the video series that looks at Autodesk Smoke with Final Cut Pro users in mind. Hosted by Grant Kay and Final Cut Pro editor, Rick Young.
The Light Wrap technique is often used to blend the edges of a chroma key with its background by "bleeding" the background colours over the keyed subject. This helps to better integrate the composite. Check out this cool technique using Pixel Spread inside the Modular Keyer.
This week's video looks at the barebones basics that editors, designers and compositors use on a daily basis. The good old gradient ramp. Used for so many different workflows, we can't live without it. But did you know just how flexible the gradients are inside of Autodesk Smoke. You are in for a big treat!
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The MIMER_STORE Schema
In this base schema most of the objects supported by Mimer SQL are introduced: collations, databanks, domains, idents, sequences, synonyms, tables and views. They are used to demonstrate some of the functionality that is available - constraints; primary, unique and foreign keys; secondary indices; NOT NULL; default values; and column and table check clauses. The schema also includes examples of PSM routines and triggers.
When an ident, other than a GROUP, is created, a schema of the same name is created by default. Objects in the MIMER_STORE schema have to be created before other objects can reference them.
A databank is the physical file where a collection of tables is stored. There are three databanks defined in the example environment; the databank where the tables containing BLOBs will be stored is defined with the TRANSACTION option. The databanks have names that start with the prefix MIMER_.
There are a number of domains defined. In essence, a domain is a column data type specification that can be used in a number of table column definitions.
A number of different data types are introduced. The domains introduce the idea of consistency in the table definitions and demonstrate how to use check clauses, including the equivalent of NOT NULL.
A sequence is an object that can provide a unique integer value. The sequences start with initial values other than the default to give the various sequences different number ranges; this is sometimes helpful when looking at data. The sequence names have a _SEQ suffix to help to clarify when they are being used.
Data in a relational database is logically organized in tables, which consist of horizontal rows and vertical columns. Columns are identified by a column-name.
A relational database is built up of several inter-dependent tables that can be joined together. Tables are joined by using related values that appear in one or more columns in each of the tables.
All the foundation tables are created under the MIMER_STORE schema; these tables provide a reasonably complete set for an introduction to SQL.
The tables CURRENCIES and COUNTRIES are used in many of the basic examples in this manual and contain entries for almost all countries and currencies, providing a moderate amount of data for any exercise.
Table name
CURRENCIES Holds currency details.Introduces the use of domains (qualified with the schema name) and the decimal data type. Demonstrates that column constraints can include the primary key definition. Introduces the concept of NOT NULL in column definitions.Uses the CHARACTER data type to show the difference compared to CHARACTER VARYING.The table is created with the schema name explicitly included, after this example the default option is used.Note the table is not defined in a specific databank, the system determines which databank to use; all other tables are created in a named databank.Examples of creating comments on the table and columns follow this table creation; these are the only examples of comments. COUNTRIES Holds country details.Introduces the concept of naming constraints; as when naming objects, a consistent approach will give benefits. Includes a unique constraint.Introduces a foreign key definition linking the currency code to an entry in the CURRENCIES table. The column in the referenced table (CURRENCIES) is explicitly named; in future this is only done if the columns are not defined as the primary key. CATEGORIES Product categories, i.e. Music and Books. A category of `Video' is included for course work.Shows the use of a collation in a column definition. A collation is a set of rules that determines how data is sorted and compared. Character data is sorted using collations that define the correct character sequence, with the capability to handle case-sensitivity and accents.In this table create statement the primary, unique and foreign keys are defined as table constraints. This is the style that has been adopted in the rest of the schema, the previous examples were to show the syntax possibilities; again a consistent approach will make it easier for others. FORMATS Product formats, e.g. Paperback, Audio CD.A domain could/should have been used for the CATEGORY_ID columns in the CATEGORIES and FORMATS table.There are two unique constraints, both defined on two columns.A DISPLAY_ORDER column has been included; the idea is that this can be used to display the different formats for a particular product in an order other than alphabetic. PRODUCERS Name of the record label or book publisher i.e. the organization that made the product.Shows the use of a column default value that refers to a sequence. PRODUCTS Name of the product, i.e. name of the album or title of the book. It may be that the same product name is the title of a book and an album.Until this point these referenced tables had been defined with the primary key as the identifier and the associated `name' as a unique key; this demonstrates the reverse.This table holds a Soundex value of the name. As we shall see later the name is processed before the Soundex value is taken. A secondary index is defined on this Soundex value. IMAGES An item may have an image associated with it; for example the image could be an album or book jacket cover.Note that this table is in the MIMER_BLOBS databank and therefore changes are not logged. ITEMS This forms a link between a product name and the different formats in which it is available. For example an album may appear in a number of different formats: Audio CD, Cassette, DVD Audio and Vinyl.The table contains a number of attributes for the item, such as price (in euros) and stock level. There is also a reorder level but that is an extension for the classroom (i.e. a trigger can be used to place an order).This table references a number of other tables and introduces the ability to specify what action to take when a referenced row is deleted. Both the PRODUCER_ID and IMAGE_ID permit a null value, which allows outer joins to be demonstrated.A date data type is introduced in RELEASE_DATE. A secondary index is created on the date column allowing examples of how date ranges can be used.The European Article Numbering (EAN) code is a useful example; it is the barcode that appears on everything these days. It is a unique key in its own right but the table has ITEM_ID as the primary key, making the EAN_CODE a candidate key. Obviously the EAN_CODE could have been used in referencing tables but in general it is a mistake to use external identifiers to join tables; this conflicts with the use of the International codes in the CURRENCIES and COUNTRIES tables but the data in these tables can be considered to be static.A property of an EAN code is that it is a 13-digit number that incorporates a check digit. A PSM function to validate the check digit is included later in this schema; an ALTER TABLE statement then uses the PSM routine in a check clause to validate the EAN code. CUSTOMERS Personal details for store customers, whether they are on a mailing list or are Web users.Shows the use of current_date as a default value against the REGISTERED column.The idea is that when customers order through the Web-site they will be prompted for their e-mail address and password; the table check clause makes sure that the e-mail and password are either both defined or neither is defined.Secondary indices are defined on the date of birth and post code columns, these are both useful when trying to identify a customer (e.g. when there are too many John Smiths to search through by name). ORDERS A record of when a customer placed an order. ORDER_ITEMS What items went into an order and the price at the time that the order was placed.This is the first time that a multi-column primary key is used.VALUE is an SQL reserved word; the definition shows how to force the use of a reserved word. STOP_WORDS Contains the 100 most common words in the English language.
Note that the CUSTOMERS, ORDERS and ORDER_ITEMS tables are grouped together in the MIMER_ORDERS databank.
It could be argued that the ITEMS table is not fully normalized - the PRODUCER_ID is repeated for each different format. But if you think about it you will realize that there is no benefit in introducing another table, only a penalty.
PSM Routines
The MIMER_STORE schema also introduces some fairly simple PSM routines (defined in a module named ROUTINES). These routines provide a basic introduction to functions and procedures; they demonstrate the general syntax of a number of PSM statements, including deterministic and access options.
Routines defined in a module cannot be modified without dropping the module, in which case all the routines in the module are dropped.
Note: The use of the `@' character which is used in BSQL to delimit SQL statements whose syntax involves use of the normal end-of-statement character `;' before the actual end of the statement. The `@' character may be used to delimit any statement; this is useful when dealing with large statements as the error reporting facility in BSQL shows more information in such cases.
You can debug PSM routines using Mimer SQL's Java-based graphic debugger. The debugger has support for watching variables, step-wise execution and setting breakpoints. You can debug procedures, functions and triggers.
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AGE_OF_ADULT Procedure that returns the age that a person is considered to be an adult.A slightly contrived procedure to introduce the in and out parameter types; also includes an interval data type and a case statement. CAPITALIZE Function that processes a string making the first character of a word uppercase and the remainder of the word lowercase. CAST_TO_DATE Function that takes a character string (dd/mm/yy) and converts it to a date data type.Note the use of the like comparison.Introduce the concept of signaling, but this can be skipped over at this point. EAN_CHECK_DIGIT Function that returns the check digit for an EAN. EXTRACT_DATETIME Function to return just the variable component from a datetime or interval value. The value has to be cast to a character string in the call.Uses `is not null'. EXTRACT_DATE Function to show how EXTRACT_DATETIME is used. INDEX_TEXT Function to process a character string, removing all punctuation characters. Also removes any of the words that are held in the table STOP_WORDS by using the exists predicate. PRODUCT_SEARCH_CODE Function to return the Soundex value of a character string after it has been processed by the INDEX_TEXT function. RECIPIENT Function to form the recipient details, e.g. for a letter address - Mr J Smith.Note that the use of `is not null' is redundant. SALUTATION Function to create a formal or informal salutation based on the age of the person.Performs simple date arithmetic using the AGE_OF_ADULT function. STOP_WORDS Database load procedure to extract the words from a character string and insert them into the STOP_WORDS table. VALIDATE_EAN_CODE Function to return the EAN code with the correct check digit.Example of large number arithmetic.
The ITEMS table is altered to include a check clause using the VALIDATE_EAN_CODE function to ensure that only valid EAN codes can be entered.
After the definition of the views (see next section for details) there is another PSM routine, it shows how to create a standalone procedure.
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No Aramis No Runs
The Cubs are toast without Aramis Ramirez.
They can't seem to score without him, and it's costing them dearly in the standings.
Doesn't matter that Ramirez won't be fully healthy for the remainder of the season, the Cubs just need whatever he can give.
D-Lee could use the protection, Fukudome could use the leadoff spot and the starting pitching could use the support that was present with Aramis batting fifth.
Until Aramis' return, however, we're subject to watching the Cubs' offense repeat its struggles from the season's first half.
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Four Maine farmers are hoping to take on seed and chemical company Monsanto in court. They're among a group of more than 80 plaintiffs who are trying to protect farmers from patent infringement lawsuits when their crops are accidentally contaminated by Monsanto's genetically modified seeds. Their initial case was dismissed last year in federal district court. A federal appeals court heard oral arguments today in Washington, DC to decide whether it should proceed.
The Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association, a national non-profit based in Maine, is the lead plaintiff in the case. At the helm is president Jim Gerritson, who is also farmer from Aroostook County. Gerritson said the case should give every american something to chew on.
"If organic farmers cannot be protected in their right to farm, then every consumer, every American citizen, has lost their right of access to choice in the marketplace for something other than genetically modified food" said Gerritson.
Here's the issue: Monsanto produces genetically modified seeds, and farmers who use them must buy them every year. But Gerritson said those seeds can inadvertently drift into other farmer's crops, and when they do, Monsanto files suit against the farmers with the contaminated crops alleging patent infringement. That, he said, is an over-reach of their patent protection.
"We are not customers of Monsanto, we don't want their technology, we certainly don't want them to trespass and contaminate our crops, and that as the innocent victim of their contamination, we don't feel we should have to defend ourselves in court," he said.
But when a district court judge heard pre-trial arguments for the case last year, she dismissed it, saying plaintiffs' claims were unsubstantiated because none of them had actually been threatened with a lawsuit. She noted in her ruling that Monsanto filed an average of just 13 lawsuits per year from 1997 to 2010 against other farmers. Other sources such as the Center for Food Safety, an advocacy group that opposes genetically engineered foods, contends there are likely hundreds of other additional cases that are settled confidentially out of court, typically in Monsanto's favor. The challenge for the plaintiffs in this current case is to convince the appeals court that they face an imminent threat of lawsuit.
"The federal circuit is really friendly to patent holders, and I don't see them changing their stripes," said Rita Heimes, a clinical professor of law at the Maine School of Law.
"The problem with this case I think for the plaintiffs is they're not infringing Monsanto's patents. They're not even engaging in behavior that might infringe Monsanto's patents," said Heimes. "So for them to bring a case claiming that Monsanto's patents are invalid is a significant stretch."
Heimes said Monsanto, with perhaps just a couple exceptions, does not tend to sue organic farmers who have traces of genetically modified seeds in their crop. Heimes said regardless of whether or not farmers are successful bringing this current lawsuit forward, the case has other benefits.
"It is a wonderful way to put forward in a very public light the concerns that organic farmers have about GMOS by using patent law as a way to get their story out," she said.
Maine farmer Meg Liebman is another plaintiff in the case. She said getting the story out is what keeps her going in the case against Monsanto, no matter what the outcome.
"While this lawsuit, if we were successful, it would serve to offer protection for the folks trying to grow GMO-free seed, it wouldn't offer consumer protection from these products, or education around the issue, so I think this is a tiny battle in a long fight," Liebman said.
Monsanto declined MPBN's request to be interviewed for this story. Instead, the company provided a written statement regarding the appeal, saying plaintiffs are trying to create a controversy where none exists. Monsanto also maintains that there is neither a history of behavior nor a reasonable likelihood that it will pursue patent infringement matters against the Plaintiffs.
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The Westport News reports that Mike Hvizdo, who was forced to resign as the Weston (Conn.) boys basketball coach on Feb. 7 after school officials learned he appeared in a raunchy nine-minute comedy film in 2003, was reinstated on Friday.
School administrators released a statement, which read, in part: "Through further discussion, we have worked through the issues surrounding Mr. Hvizdo's resignation, which he has been permitted to rescind, and have clarified the district's expectations concerning his performance. We welcome Mr. Hvizdo back to our coaching staff, and we wish him and the Boys Basketball team every success for the future."
Weston, which is seeded 23rd in Class M, opens state tournament play against 10th-seeded University tonight. Hvizdo, who missed five games, said tonight's game will be "emotional." Hvizdo also said he wasn't surprised that he was reinstated.
"This whole ride has been surreal and kind of shocking," he told the Westport News. "I'm probably still in shock over the whole ordeal and how silly it was."
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|VOY, Episode 5x23
Production number: 217
First aired: 5 May 1999
|115th of 168 produced in VOY
|115th of 168 released in VOY
|570th of 728 released in all
| Teleplay By
Joe Menosky
Story By
Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Directed By
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|(April 22, 2376 / December 27 - 31, 2000 / 2050)
Kathryn Janeway discovers the truth about one of her famed ancestors, Shannon O'Donnell, realizing that who Shannon was differs vastly from what Janeway had believed all her life.
Captain Kathryn Janeway walks through a corridor on her way to a turbolift when Neelix, USS Voyager's chef and morale officer, joins her. He hands her the requisition reports for that week and asks her what she could tell him about the Great Wall of China, who built it and why. Janeway states the obvious, that it was built by the Chinese to keep people out. When they enter the turbolift, Janeway orders it to deck one, while Neelix tells her more facts about the wall and that it was one of the only objects before the 22nd century that could be seen from Earth's orbit with the naked eye. Janeway congratulates Neelix on his knowledge about Earth.
When the turbolift arrives at the bridge, Janeway is told by Commander Chakotay that they are on course to the class Y cluster and will arrive in about three days, while she and Neelix walk to her ready room. Janeway asks why Neelix is so interested in the Great Wall of China, and he tells her that he has been studying Earth landmarks. In her ready room, Neelix tells her that he and Tom Paris have been exchanging cultural knowledge about Earth and Talax and that Paris has become very knowledgeable about Talaxian geography. Janeway then asks Neelix what he knows about the Millennium Gate.
Neelix recites the Millennium Gate specifications – its height, base width, and surface material. He states that it was built in the United States of America in the 21st century. It is also one of the objects which can be seen from Earth orbit. Janeway tells him that it became a model for the first colonies on Mars and that one of her ancestors, Shannon O'Donnell, built it, not with hammer and nails, but with words. On family gatherings, Janeway was always told that Shannon O'Donnell was one of the first women astronauts and the driving force behind the Millennium Gate, the first of a long line of Janeway explorers. Neelix asks Janeway to tell him more, so he can impress Tom Paris. He learns that Shannon O'Donnell was in the space program at the time and that she was asked by the governor of Indiana, who wanted her expertise about re-cyclic life support systems. According to Janeway's aunt Martha, Shannon was flown around in a private aircraft.
In the early morning of December 27, 2000, Shannon O'Donnell drove through the state of Indiana. Her car made a strange bumping noise while she added one of the state's curiosities, the world's largest ball of string, to her personal log, which was a small cassette player on the passenger seat. Seeing the Millennium Gate billboard, she headed to Portage Creek, where she hoped that someone could take a look at her car.
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Driving through the town, she stopped to ask a passer-by where she could find food, gas, and lodging. The man told her those things could not be found any more in Portage Creek. Irritated, Shannon drove off but failed to look ahead and ran into another car. The other driver asked if she had insurance and she told him it had run out. He said that two hundred dollars would be enough for the damage, but she told him that she did not have that kind of money. The other driver accepted his loss and left. When Shannon tried to start her car it failed to start.
After Shannon called a tow truck, she looked around for a place to keep warm while she waited. She found that Alexandria Books was the only open store. Once inside, she met the proprietor and his son, Henry and Jason Janeway, and asked them if she could wait for the tow truck in their store. She told them she was trying to get to Florida when her car broke down. She heard Jason joking that Shannon was a corporate hit man and she grinned as she explained to him that she did not do that kind of work anymore. Henry Janeway welcomed her and offered her a cup of coffee.
Shannon observed that most stores in town seemed to be closed. Jason replied that their store would never close. As she noticed their fliers lying on the counter, they told her that they were fighting the building of the Millennium Gate, "the world's first self-sustained civic environment" according to Jason. Henry found this to be propaganda; he thought it was nothing more then a glorified shopping mall. Shannon offered to help distribute the fliers using her computer if Henry would hire her. But they told her that they did not need any help. Edging towards the door, Shannon asked again for a job. She said she really needed the money to pay for her car repairs. After an uncomfortable silence, Jason pleaded for his father to hire her. Henry reluctantly agreed.
Later that evening, Shannon and Henry visited a local bar and discussed Portage Creek. They talked about the Millennium Gate and why Henry was against it. Shannon learned that Henry would have preferred to have lived in the classical age. Shannon preferred the modern age. They summed up the pros and cons of each. They got stuck on the presence of cold beer in the classical age or better the absence of it. When Henry asked her if she had plans for New Year's Eve she told him that it would be no different than last year – she planned to be asleep. She asked if Henry believed all the noise about the beginning of a new millennium, whether it would cause all those problems like so many said, and if he believed all those hucksters who claimed that 2001 was the real millennium and not 2000. As far as Shannon herself was concerned, those years were nothing but numbers on a calendar. Shannon mentioned Jason telling her that the bookstore had belonged to his family for generations and told Henry that she was just the opposite. She loved to visit places where she had never been before and didn't like staying in one place for too long. She found that she was an explorer. Henry grinned and told her he thought her car looked more like a sailing ship than a real car. She told him that it was actually a rocket ship. Their conversation was interrupted when a rumbling sound shook their beer glasses. They left the bar to see what this sound was and saw trucks driving by.
The next day Henry Janeway argued with Gerald Moss, who was being interviewed by Marci Collins of 3 Action News. Henry plead his case and returned triumphantly when he overheard Moss tell Collins that if Henry's resistance was not resolved, then the Millennium Gate would be built somewhere else. Henry told Jason and Shannon that all they had to do was to stand firm until New Year's Eve. When Henry and Jason walked into the store Shannon watched Gerald Moss making a phone call. He seemed to have noticed her presence.
That evening Shannon and Henry had a simple meal in the bookstore, which was illuminated by a few lamps and candles. Henry pretended they were in Paris. He placed a book about that city alongside the table and told Shannon he never had left the state of Indiana; he found himself more comfortable with his books. She asked Henry about her car and he told her that it had been repaired and it was parked behind the garage. Shannon remarked that he should have mentioned that earlier that day. Henry said he forgot. Shannon said she would leave the next day but Henry reminded her that she promised Jason to show him some tricks on her computer. Remembering, Shannon agreed. She thought he made it difficult for her to say goodbye. During their meal they seemed to get along quite well despite their differences.
Act Two
In astrometrics, Captain Janeway was viewing technical data on the Millennium Gate when Seven of Nine walked in. She asked Seven to help her find more information about the era in which the Millennium Gate had been built, because most of it was lost or damaged. Janeway told her that the Gate had been built by one of her ancestors over three hundred years earlier. Although Seven found the Millennium Gate impressive, she questioned its relevance to Voyager's mission. Janeway told Seven that it was relevant to her. When Seven replied that she possessed only a fraction of her ancestor's DNA, Janeway told her that it was not about chromosomes but about character. Seven asked her to explain and Janeway replied that Shannon O'Donnell inspired her when she was young – she had a great influence on her imagination and goals, and she was the reason why Janeway joined Starfleet.
Later, Seven was researching historical data in the mess hall when Tom Paris and Neelix walked in. They were testing each other's knowledge about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Paris poured himself a cup of coffee just as Neelix was about to name the seventh wonder, but he could not remember it. Paris tried to recall it, but he could not remember what it was either. Their contest was interrupted when Seven of Nine told them that the seventh wonder was the Lighthouse of Alexandria, built by Ptolemy II in 280 BC. Paris sarcastically named Borg photographic memory a modern wonder of the world and told Neelix the knowledge test was a draw and walked away.
Neelix, curious as always, asked Seven what she was doing. Seven told him about her Shannon O'Donnell project. Neelix offered to help and noticed the PADD containing information about a Sven "Buttercup" Hansen, an ancestor of Seven's. The captain encouraged Seven to research her own genealogy but she questioned Buttercup's relevance to Seven's life. As far as she was concerned their name likeness was a coincidence. Neelix told her that there was some of him in her just as there would be some of Seven in her descendants. Seven replied that this only would be the case if she chose to procreate, and that she could not appreciate Neelix's joke about a "Seven of Nine Point Five" running around. When her computer could find no references on Shannon O'Donnell, Seven said that her research had failed. Neelix told her that researching genealogy was a lot like fishing – she had to use a wider net, and ordered the computer to expand its search to non-Federation databases, personal archives and photographic indexes. When the computer finished searching it displayed one reference about Shannon O'Donnell.
In the captain's quarters Neelix and Seven showed Janeway what they had found: a picture of Shannon Janeway with her children and grandchildren. Neelix told her that the photo came from a Ferengi database. Eleven years earlier a Ferengi historian collected vast amounts of data about the origin of Federation space travel. The Ferengi wanted to market this information as nostalgic gift items. Janeway said she probably would be his first customer. Seven told her that they also found journalistic articles about the resistance against the building of the Millennium Gate. Janeway observed that the entire town was against Shannon O'Donnell. She asked Neelix to download the image so she could frame it.
Act Three
Shannon O'Donnell was watching 3 Action News in the local bar. She was planning her route to Florida where she wanted to visit a cousin of hers, when Gerald Moss walked in. He quoted the slogan her class came up with during her NASA period. Moss felt sorry for her that she had not made it at NASA and asked if she had stayed in touch with her former classmates. When Shannon told him she did not, Moss told her that a classmate of hers made it into to the space program and was scheduled for four months on the space station and that he was sorry that she had lost her job. He found that engineers did not receive the respect they deserved. An annoyed Shannon told him he had nothing to do with her personal life on which Moss told her that they always screened their future candidates and made her a job offer. Shannon could be an consulting engineer on the Millennium Gate project, but the catch was that she had to convince Henry to give up his resistance against it. Moss thought Henry might listen to her because she seemed close to him, Shannon told him she had to think about his offer whereupon Moss told her not to wait too long.
The next morning Shannon woke up from a dream about the first landing on the moon, which she watched on television when she was eleven years old. When she walked into the bookstore she found Jason playing with her computer. He enjoyed the games but got vaporized when playing Matrix of Doom, and she advised him to launch a flare before entering the steel fortress. Shannon was offered a cup of coffee by Jason who told her his father went out shopping in Bloomington and that he was in charge of the store for the time being. When Shannon was asked by Jason if she had any children she told him that she never got around to it and in return asked him were his mother was. Shannon learned his mother died when he was very young and she asked him if he liked working in the bookstore and what his opinion was about the Millennium Gate. Jason thought the Gate might be pretty cool. When asked by Shannon if he ever saw the first landing on the moon he told her that he saw it once in his science class.
Just after eleven o'clock Henry Janeway got back with supplies and Shannon read the article about him in the local newspaper and got into an argument with him about the Millennium Gate project. Shannon found the Gate more than a glorified shopping mall and admitted there was a commercial dimension but explained that it was an experimental biosphere. It was a completely self-sustained city that would help scientists to learn more about the environment so, one day, they could recreate it on other worlds. Shannon confessed she would like to leave Earth and its problems one day and told Henry that the Millennium Gate had a lot of potential. She accused him of living in the past, of being afraid of the future. Shannon told Henry that Gerald Moss had offered her a job, at which he accused her of sleeping with the enemy. Shannon told him she might be a consulting engineer on the Millennium Gate project; Henry got angry with her and asked her what would happen if he told her not to accept. Shannon told him she did not wanted to live in her car any more. When Henry asked her to stay she told him she could not, Shannon was afraid to get stuck in Portage Creek like Henry was. An angry Henry Janeway helped her pack when Jason walked into the room; Shannon told him she had to go when Jason asked her why she was leaving.
Act Four
In Captain Janeway's quarters, she, Harry Kim, Tom Paris, Neelix and Seven of Nine passed their leisure time by exchanging family stories. Kim was telling about his uncle Jack, who commanded a mission to Beta Capricus in 2210, a deep space mission at that time. The journey took six months and his uncle piloted the spacecraft the entire time – the rest of the crew was in stasis. When he arrived it turned out that Beta Capricus did not exist, but was indeed just the misinterpreted image of a distant galaxy. Jack did not wake his crew because there was nothing to do or see and returned to Earth. When they arrived six months later, Jack brought the crew out of stasis and they wondered why they hadn't left Earth's orbit. The laughter of Kim and his colleagues was interrupted by the door chime; it was The Doctor, who wanted to hand the captain a report but who did not want to intrude. When Captain Janeway told him they were talking about their ancestors, he asked if he might join them. When Janeway agreed, he told them that he, too, had ancestors. When Tom Paris joked that his cousin was an electric shaver, he was corrected by the Doctor who told him he was compiled from the most advanced holomatrices in the Federation; his cousin was an advanced prize-winning chess program. Seven of Nine told Ensign Paris that he did not yet tell them about his ancestors. According to Paris there was not much to tell; most of his ancestors were salt of the earth type of people. Some were planetary colonists and others were farmers, and one of his ancestors was a pilot who flew the first orbital glider over the lower Martian plateau. When Neelix mentioned that his ancestors might have know Captain Janeway's, he asked for her name, but did not recall Shannon O'Donnell ever mentioned in relation to a Mars mission, and he knew every Mars mission from the 1970s on, and who participated in them, by heart.
Captain Janeway was in her ready room reading a newspaper article on her computer terminal about Henry Janeway when Chakotay entered to show her the ship's status reports. She had found some more data from the 21st century, but most of it was fragmented and incomplete, so she made guesses about the contents of Chakotay's report: "The holographic engineer was having trouble with her program, Neelix the Cardassian cook was low on supplies, Seven of Twelve was regenerating and Captain Chakotay was doing fine." She explained that she was wondering how future historians would piece together their lives on Voyager. Smiling, Chakotay replied that it depended on how big the pieces were. Janeway went to dozens of history files about 21st century Earth and found that every alien culture saw Earth's history differently. Vulcans described First Contact with a savagely illogical species, Ferengi revered Wall Street and even viewed it as holy ground, and Bolians expressed their dismay about the low quality of Human plumbing. So she researched the basics – birth, death and marriage certificates, court records, housing records, etc. but she found it all incomplete. When Chakotay asked her if Shannon O'Donnell existed, a slightly disappointed Janeway told him Shannon did exist, but she only trained to be an astronaut and did not work on any of the Mars missions. She was an engineer who worked on the Millennium Gate as a consultant and the Gate itself was welcomed with open arms; there was no opposition except by Henry Janeway. Shannon married him but did not change history, only her name. Chakotay told Janeway not to be so hard on her, that Shannon did not know she had to live up to the expectations of Kathryn Janeway. Janeway tried to sound upbeat, saying that the worse part is how she'll break the news to her aunt that the great family legend is false.
Act Five
Three hours before Moss' deadline, he and Shannon O'Donnell watched 3 Action News in the local bar. Henry Janeway's resistance was still the main news topic. Moss told Shannon that the building of the Millennium Gate would be delayed if Henry Janeway could not be persuaded to give up his resistance before midnight. Shannon told him she had to leave for Florida but Moss told her he still could use her on the alternate building site of the Millennium Gate in Canton, Ohio. When Gerald Moss wanted to leave the bar, Jason Janeway came running in and told Shannon his father still refused to leave the bookstore and that a crowd was gathering; even the police were present. Shannon told Jason his father could take care of himself. When Jason plead her to talk to him she told him that he would not listen to her, although she liked Henry and Jason Janeway she told Jason she was sorry, it didn't work out.
At 11:15 pm Shannon drove out of Portage Creek and recorded her experiences into her personal log. She would not forget the last days and found Henry Janeway an interesting man – he liked to talk, but refused to listen to anybody but himself. Shannon reminisced about her dinner in Paris with him and found his son Jason as bright as his father. While eating a chocolate chip cookie, she decided to return to Portage Creek.
When Shannon drove into the street where the bookstore was located, she noticed the police line and walked up to the bookstore, where Gerald Moss told a policeman to let her through. Followed by a 3 Action News camera, Shannon walked to the bookstore entrance.
Shannon knocked on the door and told Henry to let her in. When she entered the store, she grabbed his coat and told him they were leaving; she even threatened to drag him out of the bookstore if he refused. Shannon told him it was over and accused him of living in the past without any thoughts about the future of his son or Portage Creek. When Henry asked why she had returned, Shannon told him it was because of the chocolate chip cookies which she bought when she left Portage Creek – they didn't taste the same without him. Shannon told him she'd like to stay with him and Jason but she did not want to work in a bookstore for the rest of her life. Shannon told him that he lived in the past while she wanted to live in the future, and maybe together they could try to live in the present. She also told him about the offer Gerald Moss made to her, but that she was prepared to turn him down if Henry wanted her to stay. Henry hesitated for a short time and told her he could re-open his bookstore in the Millennium Gate, whereupon Shannon told him she probably could get him a nice location in the Gate where nobody would bother him. When Henry asked her if she would ever leave him again she told him that if she would, they would leave together. When Henry asked the time she told him it was 11:59. Just before midnight, Shannon and Henry left Alexandria Books bookstore and Henry closed his store for the last time. When they left the store they were applauded by the gathered crowd.
Kathryn Janeway was in her quarters staring at the stars when Neelix contacted her via her combadge. He asked her to come to the mess hall; there was no emergency but he wanted to speak to her personally.
When Captain Janeway entered the mess hall, she was greeted by her friends who toasted "Ancestors Eve". When she asked what it was all about, Neelix told her it was April 22, Ancestors Eve, a holiday he had established that very day. Commander Chakotay told her Neelix had a point: an evening of reflection in honor of those who had come before. Harry told him that his uncle Jack would approve and B'Elanna Torres had at least a reason to crawl out from under the warp conduit she was working on. Janeway appreciated the gesture, but was interrupted by Tom Paris, who told Neelix to give her the present. Neelix handed her a framed photo of Shannon O'Donnell – Janeway – he said that he had done some more research and told her it was taken around 2050 in a park near Portage Creek, 38 years after the dedication of the Millennium Gate. Neelix thought a nice place for it would be on the shelf near her desk in her ready room. Janeway thanked him but told Neelix she was not sure that Shannon O'Donnell belonged there. Seven of Nine told her she was wrong, Shannon captured her imagination and historical details were irrelevant. Tuvok concurred with her analysis and Chakotay told Janeway that she would not have joined Starfleet if it wasn't for Shannon O'Donnell. The Doctor grabbed his holo-camera and placed it on the bar. After he prepared it he told everyone to gather around the captain and to face the camera. They toasted to family when the camera took its picture.
In the Portage Creek park, Kieran gave his sister "bunny ears" after their picture was taken. Shannon told him to stop it and placed him on her lap and pointed towards the camera which brought his attention to it and a big smile upon his face.
Background Information
Story and script
- This episode was inspired by an undeveloped Q episode for Star Trek: Voyager, thought up by John de Lancie, and was originally to have included a recurring character from Star Trek: The Next Generation. "For awhile [Executive Producer] Brannon [Braga] and I were thinking about doing Janeway's distant ancestor and Q in the year 2000," explained Supervising Producer Joe Menosky. "We also thought about Janeway's distant ancestor and Guinan, and this might have been a Whoopi [Goldberg] episode." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 51)
- It was important to the writers that this episode be timely. Said Brannon Braga, "We wanted to do a show dealing with the millennium, before the millennium came. We wanted to tell a story of Captain Janeway's great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, played by Kate Mulgrew [....] It's a story about history, and how history can be misinterpreted." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 55)
- When it came time to actually write the installment, the writers attempted to involve no hard science fiction in the episode and opted to include no guest stars from previous episodes. Joe Menosky stated, "Our original inspiration for this was to do an episode where we didn't see Voyager at all. All we saw was Kate Mulgrew playing a distant ancestor [of Kathryn Janeway]. The idea was to tell a quintessentially Star Trek story without any science fiction. I wrote a teleplay, and it was a very painful [script] to write, because our premise wasn't working. We realized that we couldn't tell a story just on Earth without having Voyager to ground us in some way. We ended up doing a third of the episode set on Voyager." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 53)
Cast and characters
- Joe Menosky, Brannon Braga and director David Livingston found Kate Mulgrew's turn as Shannon O'Donnell to be notably successful. "Kate really loved playing a character that was not herself," Menosky stated. "She plays the founder of the Janeway clan, but she's a very reluctant hero, and a very damaged hero. She walks around with her hands in her pockets, and her head slightly bowed. She's a more withdrawn and vulnerable person than you can ever imagine Janeway being. It was quite nice to see her do that performance." Livingston concurred, "What's wonderful in [the episode] is that Kate plays a totally different character [....] It's a wonderful character study. We cut back and forth between Janeway and Shannon, and you get to see this wonderful contrast between these two." Braga enthused, "It's a real acting tour de force for Kate Mulgrew." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, pp. 53-55)
- David Livingston was delighted with Henry Janeway's bookstore in this installment, describing it as "wonderful." He also opined, "The bookstore was phenomenal, one of [Production Designer] Richard James' best sets." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 55)
- The exterior of the bookstore was filmed at Paramount. Joe Menosky stated, "David Livingston did it on the New York Street on Paramount lot. They brought in tons and tons of snow and blew it all over the street." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 55) Livingston himself remembered, "The production values were great. We shot it on the backlot at Paramount, and made it look like a Midwestern city. It was supposed to be in the winter, and we had snow, and we shot both day and night." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 55)
- David Livingston was also pleased with the makeup that Kate Mulgrew wore, in the role of the elderly Shannon O'Donnell. "The makeup looks wonderful on her," the director remarked. "Kate said when she looked in the mirror it scared her, because she looked so much like her grandmother." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 55)
- There is a model of the Apollo Lunar Module hanging from the rear-view mirror of Shannon O'Donnell's car. According to the unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 309), this was a commercially available model kit.
- In the dinner scene, there is a pinball machine behind Shannon. Though blurry, it is Fish Tales.
Continuity and trivia
- The date of the episode is given as April 22, 2376.
- Both David Livingston and Brannon Braga considered this episode to be very different from others in the Star Trek canon. Livingston remarked, "It is the only Star Trek show that I know of that has no science fiction. It is not a Star Trek show." Braga agreed, "Ultimately, it's a very unique off-concept episode."(Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 55)
- This episode predicted that the Y2K bug would not "switch off even a single light bulb," which was almost correct; a nuclear power plant in Japan had a monitoring computer go down briefly, and minor events elsewhere occurred, but nothing major.
- When Neelix suggests that the Great Wall of China is visible from space, he takes a popular Earth myth as fact and Janeway, a capable science officer, does not correct him. While it is true that – under very optimal conditions and if one knows where to look – the Great Wall is visible from low orbits, other structures (such as pyramids and the Eiffel tower) also become visible from such orbits. In fact, the only thing truly visible from space is the artificial province Flevoland, in the Netherlands.
- Janeway has extensive (albeit, somewhat incorrect) knowledge about Shannon O'Donnell that she says she learned at family gatherings, when she was younger. In the third season installment "Future's End", Janeway claims that she does not know anything about what her relatives were doing at the close of the 20th century. One explanation for this apparent incongruity is that O'Donnell's legend takes place during the 21st century and that Janeway did indeed not know what O'Donnell was up to, before the Millennium Gate was built.
- While the officers exchange family history, they discuss the subject of being a single awake crew member while the rest of the crew are in stasis, for an extended period (here, six months), and Seven exclaims that she would prefer stasis to being the single awake individual. Fourth season's "One" establishes that she was the single awake individual for a month.
- The photo of Shannon Janeway with her children and grandchildren, circa 2050, shows no signs of the destruction resulting from World War III, or the following Post-atomic horror.
- Joe Menosky regretted the decision to exclude science fiction elements from this episode. He related, "Ultimately, to me, it was a lot of domestic scenes, which I am not interested in writing [....] More than anyone, I wish that we had had something of [the hard science fiction] element in to drive the plot. [Executive Producer] Rick Berman called to say he loved it. I just kind of shrugged. You just never know." Conversely, David Livingston expressed his interested reaction to the episode; "The story is really intriguing [....] I hope that the audience and the fans will be intrigued by it." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 31, No. 11, p. 55)
- According to the book Delta Quadrant (p. 309), an advertisement for The Planetary Society that aired during this episode's third commercial break involved Robert Picardo, standing on the set of Voyager's sickbay, as he encouraged children to design Mars colonies for one hundred people.
Video and DVD releases
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 5.12, 22 November 1999
- This is the final Voyager volume released by CIC Video; Paramount Home Entertainment released the remainder of the series following CIC's dissolution.
- As part of the VOY Season 5 DVD collection
Links and references
Also starring
- Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay
- Roxann Dawson as Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
- Robert Duncan McNeill as Ensign Tom Paris
- Ethan Phillips as Neelix
- Robert Picardo as The Doctor
- Tim Russ as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok
- Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine
- Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim
Special guest star
Guest stars
- Christopher Curry as a Driver
- James Greene as a Passerby
- Kristina Hayes as a Field Reporter
- Majel Barrett as the Computer Voice
Uncredited co-stars
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As a follow-up to the previous JaicraB JFW DH PS3 Custom Firmware videos came a video (below) by pdnked of a PS3 Slim Retail console running Rebug 3.66 Custom Firmware (which is actually PS3 OFW 3.66 with a few Debug files added) from Dospiedras1973 via Spanish site Elotrolado.
A rough translation from Teknoconsolas states the following:
Dospiedras1973, EOL and user who has already managed to do the downgrade recently consoles INFECTUS using FAT for that necessary, has released a firmware that allows PS3 to version 3.66 with options debug a machine operative. Some clarifications are annotated by the developer:
Download: Rebug 3.66 CFW (Spanish) PUP / Rebug 3.66 CFW (Spanish) PUP (Mirror) / Rebug 3.66 CFW (Spanish) PUP (Mirror #2)
Dospiedra Modified Firmware details to note:
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- The 3.55 homebrew installed no longer work.
- There is no package installer (for now).
- Full access to PSN.
- Works on both Fat and Slim (as shown in the video), no tricks hardware and could suggest a user in the comments.
Of course, install under your own responsibility, nor do I Dospiedras not responsible for any errors or omissions performed by the user.
Shortly following, Rebug developer Cyberskunk stated via *********.net/forum/threads/206-?p=1380#post1380 the following warning: "DO NOT INSTALL THIS. After ripping this PUP apart it appears the rundown will be VERY VERY SHORT.
This is RETAIL OFW 3.66 with just a 'few' of the files from DEBUG firmware.
- vsh.self
- index.dat
- version.txt
In conclusion, those without an Infectus Mod who do not wish to risk their JailBroken PS3 console and lose the ability to run PlayStation 3 back-ups and homebrew should avoid this PS3 CFW at the present time... whether further progress will change this or not only time will tell.
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