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Afghan boys from nominated film to walk red carpet
KABUL, Afghanistan—Fawad Mohammadi has spent half his life peddling maps and dictionaries to foreigners on a street of trinket shops in Kabul. Now the 14-year-old Afghan boy with bright green eyes is getting ready for a trip down the red carpet at the Oscars.
It will also be his first time out of the country and his first time on a plane.
Mohammadi was plucked from the dingy streets of the Afghan capital to be one of the main stars of "Buzkashi Boys," a coming-of-age movie filmed entirely in a war zone and nominated in the Best Live Action Short Film category.
The movie is about two penniless young boys — a street urchin and a blacksmith's son — who are best friends and dream of becoming professional players of buzkashi, a particularly rough and dangerous game that somewhat resembles polo: Horseback riders wrangle to get a headless goat carcass into a circular goal at one end of the field.
It's also part of an American director's effort to help revive a film industry devastated by decades of civil war and by the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist movement that banned entertainment and burned films and theaters during its five years in power.
Sam French, a Philadelphia native who has lived in Afghanistan for about five years, said his 28-minute movie was initially conceived as a way of training local film industry workers — the first installment in his nonprofit Afghan Film Project.
"We never dreamed of having the film come this far and get an Oscar nomination," French, 36, said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles, where he is preparing for the Feb. 24 Academy Awards and raising money to fly the two young co-stars in for the ceremony.
The two boys playing the main characters — Mohammadi and Jawanmard Paiz — can barely contain their excitement about going to the Oscars.
"It will be a great honor for me and for Afghanistan to meet the world's most famous actors," said Mohammadi, whose real-life dream is to become a pilot. He's also hoping to go see the cockpit during the flight.
The farthest Mohammadi has ever traveled was to the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif when he was younger.
Mohammadi's father died a few years ago, leaving him with his mother, five brothers and a sister. He started selling chewing gum when he was about 7 years old and soon expanded his trade to maps and dictionaries.
He learned to speak English hustling foreigners on Chicken Street, the main tourist area in Kabul with shops selling multicolor rugs, lapis bowls and other crafts and souvenirs, and gained a reputation for being polite, helpful and trustworthy. He was even able to enroll in a private school, thanks to the generosity of some other foreigners unrelated to the film project.
In the movie Mohammadi plays the blacksmith's son, Rafi, whose father wants him to follow in his footsteps.
"His life was so much harder than mine," Mohammadi said. "The blacksmith made him go out on the streets. I came myself here (to Chicken Street). My family didn't make me come. I wanted to make money to feed myself and to feed my family. He didn't have a home. They lived in the blacksmith shop."
Ironically it's not Mohammadi but Paiz, the youngest son of a well-known Afghan actor, who plays the homeless boy Ahmad.
Paiz, also 14, already was an experienced actor: He's appeared in films since the age of 5 and has gone to the Cannes Film Festival.
Paiz and Mohammadi had a lot to learn from each other and became friends. He gave Mohammadi tips for acting and handling himself in live interviews, while Fawad taught him about life outside his sheltered surroundings.
"When I saw Fawad was such a good actor even though he was a street boy and he was so brave in acting, I was very surprised and I said to myself, 'Everybody can achieve what they desire to do,'" Paiz said during an interview this week, shivering in the snow-covered courtyard of the Afghan Film Institute while a local TV series was being filmed nearby.
French, who co-wrote the script and produced "Buzkashi Boys" with Martin Roe of the Los Angeles-based production company Dirty Robber, launched a fundraising drive that's raised almost $10,000 so far to help bring the boys to Los Angeles for the ceremony. Any extra money will be placed in a fund to provide for Mohammadi's education and help his family. The boys will travel with an escort and will stay with the extended Afghan family of one of the film's producers, French said.
French said he's aware of the pitfalls in working with child actors from developing countries.
The makers of "Slumdog Millionaire," the rags-to-riches blockbuster about three poor Indian children, have struggled to make a better life for the young stars, and four boys who acted in "The Kite Runner" had to leave Afghanistan out of concern they could be ostracized or subject to violence because of a rape scene in the movie.
French said he and others involved in the "Buzkashi Boys" took pains to involve the community and made sure to avoid any scenes that could be offensive.
"We're not filmmakers who just do a film and leave. We remain there and present," he said. "We had lots and lots of tea with lots and lots of people."
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences says there have been three documentary features nominees filmed at least in part in Afghanistan since 2007 — all about the U.S. military. The Kite Runner, which was nominated for original score in 2007, was set in Afghanistan but not filmed there.
Afghanistan had a burgeoning film industry starting in the early 20th century, but it suffered from fighting during the civil war and the Taliban campaign to stamp out entertainment. Actors and film industry workers like Paiz's father and the actor who plays the blacksmith, Wali Talash, fled the country. They returned only after the 2001 U.S.-led assault that ousted the Islamic movement and its al-Qaida allies.
Talash, 56, said he hopes the "Buzkashi Boys" will show the world the rich culture of Afghanistan, which too few in the world know beyond reports of roadside bombs and suicide attacks.
"I hope if this movie wins that it will be an earthquake that will shake the industry and help Afghan filmmakers get back on their feet," he said.
Mohammadi, meanwhile, says he knows the money and fame he earned from the movie can carry him only so far. He still sells maps, though not so often as before, because he has school.
"For my work I used to know a lot of foreigners and I still do, but before they used to know me as a map seller. Now they know me as an actor," he said, waving a plastic-covered map as weary Afghans walked by on the muddy street. "Most of them take pictures with me and sometimes they buy maps from me even if they don't need any just because they spotted me in the movie."


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To: undisclosed recipients
Subject: Fw: Florida man choked to death in roach-eating contest
MIAMI - A Florida man choked to death after downing dozens of live roaches to win a contest earlier this year in which the grand prize was a python, according to an autopsy released Monday.
Edward Archbold, 32, of West Palm Beach died as a result of "asphyxia due to choking and aspiration of gastric contents," according to the report released by the Broward County medical examiner's office. It said his airway was obstructed by the roach body parts, which caused him to not be able to breathe.
"There is a flap called the epiglottis that is supposed to stop objects from going into the lungs," medical examiner Craig T. Mallak wrote in an email to the AP. "Unfortunately, it doesn't always work. In the video you could see him trying to swallow and breathe at the same time. We can't do both simultaneously."
Lab tests for drugs came back negative. The death has been ruled an accident.
"It's hard to even think about it," said Kim Crawford, co-owner of Busch Canvas & Interiors where Archbold worked for four years. "It does bring a little closure because not knowing always puts that question mark out there." Crawford described Archbold as a "smart, good guy" who was "really good friends to people. She said a photo of Archbold and news clippings of the accident still hang in the main office.
"It's just a tragedy." Archbold died after downing the bugs as well as worms in the Oct. 6 contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, about 40 miles north of Miami.
Messages left with the store's owner and his attorney were not immediately returned.
Archbold became ill shortly after winning the contest and collapsed in front of the store. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. About 30 people ate the insects, but authorities said none of the other contestants became ill.


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The much loved Gujarati snack – khandvis made green with spinach puree and enriched with cheese spread.
Ever wondered why the phrase "say cheese" is used just before a photograph is clicked? Simply because 'cheese' makes one smile! Not only the word but cheese as a food makes a lot of palates happy. It is an inexpensive, versatile and nourishing food. We have our very own Indian version as well as the ones made from soy milk that are even healthier. Whichever form, this is one food that is loved by one and all!
Prep Time : 26-30 minutes
Cook time : 16-20 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Easy
Taste : Mild
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The Arbor
Clio Barnard
Verve Pictures
Critically acclaimed upon its release in cinemas last year, Clio Barnard's directorial debut, The Arbor, tells the powerful true story of Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar (The Arbor, Rita, Sue and Bob Too) and her daughter Lorraine. Andrea died tragically at the age of 29 in 1990, leaving 10-year-old Lorraine with bitter childhood memories. The Arbor catches up with Lorraine in the present day, also aged 29, ostracised from her family and in prison undergoing rehab.
The film is a tragic representation of Lorraine's wasted existence. Emphasised by Barnard's approach, where actors lip-synch to recorded audio interviews with members of the Dunbar family and residents from the Butterworth estate, the tenuous relationship between documentary and fiction, truth and artifice, is laid bare.
Real-life stories of poverty in Britain's forgotten cities are common, and many have found humour in the theatricality of shows like Shameless, yet The Arbor presents a unique position. Whilst it makes uncomfortable viewing, Barnard's striking film sweetens the grit with real humanity and belief.
Bethany Rex


text: Space | 15. October 2013 | posted by Jan Wörner Science, science management, science policy… Part 2 In the previous blog entry about various aspects of research and development, I attempted to cast some light on the different roles of science, science management and science policy. Let us assume for reasons of simplicity (and quite contrary to reality) that all protagonists involved behave in their respective fields of responsibility in such a way that, ultimately, science operates optimally. In a slightly liberal interpretation of what Saint-Exupéry wrote: 'Science is not there to foresee, but to enable.' (The original quote by Saint-Exupéry is: Your task is not to foresee the future, but to enable it.). But this is by no means the end of the journey in practical terms. Engaging in research becomes particularly difficult when the plan is to step into new and unknown areas. It all starts with an idea that frequently and fortunately diverges from the beaten track. There is a tendency to describe the nature of this idea as 'disruptive' because it 'interferes' with the prevailing opinion. The description of Earth's geometry, the movements of bodies in the Solar System and the science of genetics all had this common denominator. All great inventions also have disturbing or at least unsettling effects. With the benefit of hindsight, we are all quick to appreciate previous accomplishments, considering them more or less self-evident. Whether it was Faraday with the discovery of electrical induction or Einstein with his revolutionary theory of relativity, used today as a matter of course to ensure the precision of satellite navigation – time and again these ideas were initially viewed with suspicion or, in the worst case scenario, considered superfluous. This fact presents a special threat to groundbreaking research in our bargain basement society, with its utilitarian focus. Are we willing to follow great minds, to invest money when, like George Stephenson, inventor of the steam locomotive, they proceed according to the motto: "I can't tell you how I'll do it, but I can tell you I will do it"? There is a willingness expressed on all sides to support innovative ideas, but all too frequently, the tide turns to "We have never done things this way!" or "Everything's fine the way it is. Where is the need for change?" in the face of practical considerations. This kind of expression is voiced in all three areas – science, science management, science policy – for each respective field, although the greatest risk for the future of success is found in the present. Or put a little differently: complacency is extremely dangerous! It is imperative that we give disruptive thoughts time and space. 'Out of the box' thinking must not culminate in a discussion on how big the box should be, its material properties or other qualities. And let it be said to all those who like swimming against the current: we cannot expect the water to suddenly change its course and we should not be taken by surprise if a great many people end up swimming towards us! We need personal dedication and endurance to allow science to crack the hardest nuts. It is unfortunate in practice that as soon we have broken down one wall we just find ourselves in the adjacent 'cell'… So the motto must be: Don't give up! Image top and centre Research in the arc-heated wind tunnel at DLR in Cologne – model in simulated Martian atmosphere. Credit: DLR, CC-BY 3.0.


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Is Your Unclaimed Tax Refund Among the $1 Billion Being Held by the IRS?
There are still a few weeks left to file your 2012 tax return, but April 15 of this year marks another important deadline for taxpayers: it's your last chance to file for a refund on your 2009 taxes.
Most people three years to claim their refund, and that deadline is fast approaching. If you qualify for a refund, you won't have to pay a penalty either, so it's an especially good idea. Refunds that go unclaimed after three years are deposited in the U.S. Treasury.
Nearly one million taxpayers who did not file a return in 2009 are owed nearly $1 billion in unclaimed refunds. If you did not file in either 2010 or 2011, or if you currently owe taxes exceeding what your 2009 refund would be, then you wouldn't get a refund.
You can receive all the proper forms from the IRS's website here, or by calling 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676). There is a full chart of how many people in each state are owed refunds, and what the average refund is in those states over at the Wall Street Journal's Total Return blog. More than 100,000 people in California, for example, have a potential average unclaimed refund of $518.
[MarketWatch, WSJ]


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This sailor worked on the Royal Mail trains
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Class Central Tips
The opportunities for learning are practically endless in a social network. Who are the "influential" members of the network? What are the sub-communities in the network? Who is connected to whom, and by how many links? These are just some of the questions you can explore in this project.
We will provide you with a real-world data set and some infrastructure for getting started, as well as some warm up tasks and basic project requirements, but then it'll be up to you where you want to take the project. If you're running short on ideas, we'll have several suggested directions that can help get your creativity and imagination going. Finally, to integrate the skills you acquired in course 4 (and to show off your project!) you will be asked to create a video showcase of your final product.


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Mylyn Charter
The Mylyn Application Lifecycle Tools Top-Level Project is an open source collaborative software development project dedicated to providing an extensible, standards-based platform to address a broad range of needs of accessing task and application lifecycle management tools and services using the Eclipse platform.
- Descriptive name: Application Lifecycle Tools
- Nickname: Mylyn
For details on the structure of the project see the Restructuring document.
The mission of the project is to provide:
- Frameworks and APIs for Eclipse-based task and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
- Exemplary tools for task-focused programming within the Eclipse IDE.
- Reference implementations for open source ALM tools used by the Eclipse community and for open ALM standards such as OSLC
This document describes the composition and organization of the project, roles and responsibilities of the participants, and development process for the project.
- A task management tool for developers
- The revolutionary task-focused interface
- A broad ecosystem of Agile and ALM integrations
Framework Projects
The project will initially be structured into the following sub-projects, each representing an ALM category and providing common APIs for specific ALM tools. The primary consumers of this project are ALM ISVs and other adopters of Eclipse ALM frameworks.
- Tasks - Integration with Agile, issue, bug and defect tracking servers. The project provides rich task editing, task list management and offline synchronization for ALM servers. Central portion of the ALM integration framework used by other projects, eg, task-based changed tracking for the SCM project.
- Contexts - Usage monitoring, degree-of-interested modeling and the task-focused user extensions implementation for the Eclipse UI, which re-aligns the user experience around tasks and provides features such as workspace focusing and one-click multitasking.
- Versions - Eclipse integration for source code and configuration management tools(SCM, SCCM) and bi-directional linking to change management tools. This project and APIs it provides builds on the existing Eclipse "Team" APIs.
- Builds - Integration of continuous integration and build systems and seamless access to software build and assembly technologies. Mylyn users will be able to access continuous integration processes, control build execution and associate build results with tasks and context.
- Reviews - Eclipse-based code review functionality that's seamlessly integrated with the Tasks and SCM systems supported by Mylyn. Eclipse integration for Agile code reviews, the formal IEEE code review process, review reports with BIRT and aim to support many Eclipse artifact for reviews, e.g. JDT (Java files), CDT (C/C++ files), EMF (models).
- Docs - The scope of this project is Eclipse-based access to documentation systems such as Wikis and other portals. This builds on the Mylyn WikiText framework.
- Commons - The scope of this project is to provide a framework of common UI, web service, REST and test utilities to be used by the rest of Mylyn and by other Eclipse-based tools (see Mylyn_Integrator_Reference#Commons_API).
- Incubator - New development in areas that are relevant to the other sub-projects.
Tool Projects
The primary consumers of the tool projects are developers using Eclipse and wanting integration with their application lifecycle tools. Each of these projects fits under a framework sub-project, but typically will its own branding and user community, which builds on the community defined by the corresponding ALM or application development tool. While the number of tool projects will grow, the goal is only to provide reference implementations, and not the comprehensive set of open source and commercial integrations provided by the Mylyn/Extensions ecosystem.
- Bugzilla Connector: Mozilla Bugzilla bug tracker integratoin
- Trac Connector: Trac ticket tracker integration
- Java Bridge: Context management for Java development with JDT
- C/C++ Bridge: Context management for C/C++ development with CDT
- EGit: the new top-level project is proposed as a new home for EGit/JGit
- CVS Connector: Task-based change set management for CVS, depends on team.cvs
- Hudson Connector: Continuous integration access for Hudson
- R4E: The reviews tool leverages the above integrations, and does not require a separate server integration, just a compatible Tasks and SCM integration
- Task-based Reviews: Lightweight code reviews shared through task repositories
- Gerrit Connector: Gerrit code review integration for Git repositories
- WikiText: Wiki-based markup editing for popular dialects
- RichText: HTML/XHTML/RTF markup editing
Incubator Projects
The Mylyn Incubator will focus on new development in areas that are relevant to the other Mylyn Project sub-projects, which because of their nature would not be appropriate for direct inclusion in the effected sub-project. This could be because the work is still experimental, will have a longer timeline than can be contained within a single release, has dependencies on external IP that has not yet cleared the Eclipse Foundation IP process, or is simply potentially too destabilizing in nature.
Incubator: Trac Wiki Integration, UI Experiments, UI Usage Reporting
- Web Templates Connector
- WikiText Sandbox
Project Management Committee
The Projects under this Charter are managed by a group known as the Project Management Committee (the "PMC"). The PMC's duties are described in "4.6 Leaders" of the Eclipse Development Process.
The work of the PMC is shared by the PMC members. All PMC members are expected to contribute actively. In particular, PMC members are expected to take responsibility for overseeing certain areas of work in the Project, and reporting to the PMC on these areas. Because of the diversity amongst individual projects, PMC members are not expected to maintain anything other than general currency with projects outside their assigned technical areas.
Active participation in the user newsgroups and the appropriate developer mailing lists is a responsibility of all PMC members, and is critical to the success of the Project. PMC members are required to monitor the main Project mailing list, and the developer mailing lists for all Projects and components they are overseeing.
The Projects under this Charter are operated as meritocracies -- the more you contribute, and the higher the quality of your contribution, the more you are allowed to do. However with this comes increased responsibility.
Users are the people who use the output from the Project. Output will typically consist of software in form of extensible frameworks and exemplary tools. Software in this context means intellectual property in electronic form, including source and binary code, documentation, courseware, reports and whitepapers.
Users who contribute software, documentation, or other materially useful content become developers. Developers are encouraged to participate in the user newsgroup(s), and should monitor the developer mailing list associated with their area of contribution. When appropriate, developers may also contribute to development design discussions related to their area of contribution. Developers are expected to be proactive in reporting problems in the bug tracking system
Developers who give frequent and valuable contributions to a Project, or component of a Project (in the case of large Projects), can have their status promoted to that of a "Committer" for that Project or component respectively. See "4.7 Committers and Contributors" of the Eclipse Development Process for the process and responsibilities that entails.
At times, Committers may become inactive for a variety of reasons. The decision making process of the Project relies on active committers who respond to discussions and vote in a constructive and timely manner. The PMC is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of the Project. A Committer who is disruptive, does not participate actively, or has been inactive for an extended period may have his or her commit status revoked by the PMC.
Active participation in the user newsgroup and the appropriate developer mailing lists is a responsibility of all Committers, and is critical to the success of the Project. Committers are required to monitor and contribute to the user newsgroup.
Committers are required to monitor the mailing lists associated with all Projects and components for which they have commit privileges. This is a condition of being granted commit rights to the Project or component. It is mandatory because committers must participate in votes (which in some cases require a certain minimum number of votes) and must respond to the mailing list in a timely fashion in order to facilitate the smooth operation of the Project. When a Committer is granted commit rights they will be added to the appropriate mailing lists. A Committer must not be unsubscribed from a developer mailing list unless their associated commit privileges are also revoked.
Committers are required to track, participate in, and vote on, relevant discussions in their associated Projects and components. There are three voting responses: +1 (yes), -1 (no, or veto), and 0 (abstain).
Committers are responsible for proactively reporting problems in the bug tracking system, and annotating problem reports with status information, explanations, clarifications, or requests for more information from the submitter. Committers are responsible for updating problem reports when they have done work related to the problem.
The work under this Top Level Project is further organized into Projects. New Projects must be consistent with the mission of the Top Level Project, be recommended by the PMC, and confirmed by the EMO. Projects can be discontinued by recommendation of the PMC, and confirmed by the EMO.
When a new Project is created, the PMC nominates a Project lead to act as the technical leader and nominates the initial set of Committers for the Project, and these nominations are approved by the EMO. Project leads are accountable to the PMC for the success of their Project.
Project Organization
Given the fluid nature of Eclipse Projects, organizational changes are possible, in particular: dividing a Project into components; dividing a Project into two or more independent Projects; and merging two or more Projects into a single Project. In each case, the initiative for the change may come either from within the Project or from the PMC, but the PMC must approve any change, and approval must be confirmed by the EMO.
If a Project wishes to divide into components, commit privileges are normally granted at the component level, and the committers for a given component vote on issues specific to that component. Components are established and discontinued by the PMC. When the PMC creates a component, it appoints a component lead to act as the technical leader and names the initial set of Committers for the component. The component lead is designated as a committer for the Project and represents the component in discussions and votes pertaining to the Project as a whole. Component committers do not participate in votes at the level of the Project as a whole, unless they are also the component lead.
In cases where new Projects are being created, either by splitting or by merging, the usual procedures as set forth in this Charter are followed. In particular, developers will not necessarily have the same rights after an organizational change that they enjoyed in the previous structure.
The PMC works with the EMO to ensure the required infrastructure for the Project. The Project infrastructure will include, at minimum:
- Bug Database - Bugzilla database for tracking bugs and feature requests.
- Source Repository -- One or more source repositories containing all the software for the Projects.
- Website - A website will contain information about the Project, including documentation, reports and papers, courseware, downloads of releases, and this Charter.
- General Mailing List - Mailing list for discussions pertaining to the Project as a whole or that cross Projects. This mailing list is open to the public.
- Project Mailing Lists - Mailing list for technical discussions related to the Project. This mailing list is open to the public.
- Component Mailing Lists - Mailing list for technical discussions related to the component. This mailing list is open to the public.
- Newsgroups - Newsgroups where users, developers, and committers can interact regarding general questions and issues about the project. The newsgroup is open to the public.
Each framework project is represented as a component under the Mylyn product, e.g. Mylyn/Tasks. Tools and incubator projects have their own product that maybe prefixed with the top-level project name, e.g. "Mylyn Bugzilla Connector". Tools and incubator projects may vote on their own components.
The Development Process
Each Project lead must produce a development plan for the release cycle, and the development plan must be approved by a majority of Committers of the Project. The plan must be submitted to the PMC for review. The PMC may provide feedback and advice on the plan but approval rests with the Project Committers.
Each Project must identify, and make available on its web site, the requirements and prioritizations it is working against in the current release cycle. In addition, each Project must post a release plan showing the date and content of the next major release, including any major milestones, and must keep this plan up to date.
The Committers of a Project or component decide which changes may be committed to the master code base of a Project or component respectively. The PMC defines the decision process, but that process must include the ability for Committers to veto the change. The decision process employed may change with the phase of development. Common decision processes include:
- Retroactive - changes are proactively made by Committers but can be vetoed by a single Committer.
- Proactive - for efficiency, some code changes from some contributors (e.g. feature additions, bug fixes) may be approved in advance, or approved in principle based on an outline of the work, in which case they may be committed first and changed as needed, with conflicts resolved by majority vote of the Committers of the Project or component, as applicable.
- Three Positive - No code is committed without a vote; three +1 ('yes' votes) with no -1 ('no' votes or vetoes) are needed to approve a code change.
Vetoes must be followed by an explanation for the veto within 24 hours or the veto becomes invalid. All votes are conducted via the developer mailing list associated with the Project or component. Special rules may be established by the PMC for Projects or components with fewer than three Committers.
The master copy of the code base must reside on the Project web site where it is accessible to all users, developers and committers. Committers must check their changes and new work into the master code base as promptly as possible (subject to any check-in voting rules that may be in effect) in order to foster collaboration among widely distributed groups and so that the latest work is always available to everyone. The PMC is responsible for working with the Eclipse Foundation to establish a release engineering and build process to ensure that builds can be reliably produced on a regular and frequent basis from the master code base and made available for download from the Project web site. Builds in this context are intended to include not only code but also reports, documentation, and courseware.
Each Project is responsible for establishing test plans and the level of testing appropriate for the Project.
All development technical discussions are conducted using the development mailing lists. If discussions are held offline, then a summary must be posted to the mailing list to keep the other committers, and any other interested parties.
All contributions to Projects under this Charter must adhere to the Eclipse Foundation Intellectual Property Policy.


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Category: Generate a Schedule
The LeagueAthletics.com Scheduling module will generate a schedule based on the parameters entered. The system can automatically create a practice schedule for a given set of teams, a balanced "Round-Robin" type schedule - where each selected team plays each other a specified number of times, a "Best Fit" if there isn't sufficient time for full round robins, a tournament series where multiple games are played each day - or a Single/Double-Elimination tournament - in which case, Tournament Brackets will be created and appear in each selected team's area.
This service is designed for organizations that need to create/generate their own schedules. Organizations that receive their schedule from a third party or create their schedule offline should use either our Import or New Games tool to enter schedules into the site.
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I have tried all sorts of different planners and I often switch things up from year to year since our needs are always changing. Last year, I decided to go the digital route, but I found that I was less organized than usual with our daily schedules and planning. I would go into the calendar to input dates, but it wasn't my cup of tea when it came time to do my weekly planning and look at my Day at a Glance.
What can I say, I simply like to write things down, carry my planner, and be able to open it up and jot goals and notes and meal plans all on one happy and colorful place.
So, I created a 2013 planner pages printable, which you can find in my Etsy shop here.
Here is a look at what the printable includes:
Personalized Planner Cover |
Special Dates Page |
12 Dated Monthly Calendar Pages |
52 Weeks of Daily Dated Pages |
Notes Page |
Weekly Meal Planning & Grocery Shopping Page |
The pages can be printed {I have them set up to easily print front/back duplex style}, and used within a binder, professional bound {like I did with my blog planner}, or used with the Discbound system from Staples, which is what I ultimately went with.
Ready to see her all up close and personal?
As I mentioned, I decided to ultimately go with the Discbound system {found at Staples}. You all actually introduced it to me and thought it would be something that would tickle my fancy, and boy have I been smitten since! So THANK YOU! I love that I can easily mix and match items to insert, reuse everything from year to year and just swap out pages that need updating, and basically customize it to fit my personal needs! LOVE doesn't begin to describe it. New baseball schedule? Just punch it and pop it in! Mess up a page? Just reprint and pop it in! Special notes and reminders? Punch and pop. Fantastic. And I also adore that it makes it smaller than the typical binder.
Inside the cover makes me grin ear to ear every time I open it!
On the left, I have color coded stickers, a sticky note pad for quick note jotting, calendar stickers, page tabs and some of my business cards.
And on the right is my coversheet, which I laminated like a pro....
Inside, there is a clear pocket to hold things such as important notes, birthday cards, invites, etc... along with our Special Dates printable.
I used sticky tabs combined with my label maker to divide each month.
And decided I would try the color coding method, so each family gets a special color inside.
Behind the monthly calendar, is where the magic really happens. I printed everything two sided to save paper and for ease of use. So, the next pages are a side by side view of the entire week:
Each week is pre-labeled with the specific dates.
And since we are big meal planners, I wanted to jot down the meals for the week inside each day.
On the other side, I included a spot to set some goals/to dos for the week.
And in the back, I printed off a bunch of blank note pages since I am always thinking up things that need a place to live.
Oooh la la lovely right? Keeping a family of five on the same page can be a challenge, so here is hoping this planner will act as our glue this year. And all of the colors keep me excited to clutch it day after day!
Cheers to the New Year and happy planning!!
Personalized blog planner printable pages can be found in my Etsy shop here.
Updated Planner FAQ's:
- The paper I printed on is standard letter size, 8 1/2" x 11. 98 bright & 32 lb from Staples.
- When printing, be sure to print a few test pages ahead of time to be sure to understand your printer setup. Unfortunately, every printer is different and has different settings and options. What worked best for ours was to select "double sided printing" and to be sure that the "Auto Rotate Pages" box was selected since some are portrait and others are landscape. Our printer settings allows us to print different page sizes, but it requires us to feed the paper of that size in manually.
- The pages are designed to be printed on standard letter 8.5" x 11" paper. The files are in PDF format which open best with Adobe Reader which can be downloaded for free here.
- Here is the link to the binder cover I purchased {I removed the sheets from the inside and replaced with my own}.
- Here is the link to the discbound paper punch I purchased and used {yes, it is compatible with both the Martha Stewart discbound system and the Staples Arc system}. A reader mentioned that a less expensive option that also worked for her was this Levenger punch.
- Here is the link to the notepad in the front cover.
- Here is the link to the sticky tabs.
- Here is the link to the calendar stickers.
- I use Papermate Flair Porous Ultra Fine Point pens and I love them. Great writing and no bleeding.
- Since I plan on reusing the cover year after year, the title was added with vinyl I cut with my Silhouette {the vinyl can be removed}.
- The planner is 129 pages of prefilled dates/calendars. Plus a Special Dates, Notes & Meal Planning doc. I printed double sided so I used half that in paper.
- Staples does offer a printing service and binding service {or you can print at home and just have staples bind it for you}. You would have to contact your local Staples to confirm their services as they may vary from store to store.
- Here is the link to my label maker.
- In the front cover, the stickers slide into the pouch and the notepad was originally stuck there, but didn't stay so I may try a command strip to hold it better.
- I am not affiliated with Staples in any way to share their services/items, I went there based on your recommendations and my love for the Martha Stewart line.


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September 07, 2011
Guess Ötzi's Y-DNA haplogroup
39 comments:
- Eduardo Pinto said...
Haplogroup: I2a1
If Ötzi has indeed lived around 5300 BP, this seems to be a coherent choice.
Has for the ancestral mix, very much like Sardinians, minus the North African affinity.
BTW Dienekes, would it be possible to do an analysis in which the dodecad participants could be ran against Ötzi, IBD and IBS wise? - Wednesday, September 07, 2011 1:19:00 pm
- B.M. said...
G-men formed a small group but were an enterprising kind of people, often living in the mountains.
- Wednesday, September 07, 2011 1:35:00 pm
- Dienekes said...
I'm hopeful that if they compared Otzi with other populations, they would have converted his sequence to something usable. If it's only going to be only raw sequence data that need a lot of cleaning, alignment etc. I'll probably not bother.
- Wednesday, September 07, 2011 1:47:00 pm
- Vincent said...
I went with G, given Ötzi's era.
And while R1b is a reasonable guess, I'd quibble with calling it "conservative": if Ötzi is R1b, he would predate the next oldest confirmed R1b ancient DNA sample by nearly 4,000 years. R1b would actually be quite stunning and, given the possibility of deriving from modern contamination, possibly controversial. - Wednesday, September 07, 2011 2:46:00 pm
I vote for Eduardo Pinto.
- Wednesday, September 07, 2011 2:50:00 pm
- Gioiello said...
I have already expressed my opinion on other forums. I am for R1b (exactly R-P312) because this would be a confirm of my theories, that of an Italian Refugium of R1b and other haplogroups, that of the expansion from the Italian Refugium to Central North Europe till the British Isles, and Oetzi could be the haplogroup ancestor of the R1b found in these places. But I have said that I would be very glad of any other haplogroup which is esteemed more recent, and this would falsify all the theories about the Mutation Rate we have discussed in these last years and I have always opposed.
- Wednesday, September 07, 2011 2:59:00 pm
- AdygheChabadi said...
I chose Y-haplogroup I...Maybe he was from the Germany area?
I think Y-haplogroup I is also a very good guess besides R1b. - Wednesday, September 07, 2011 3:07:00 pm
- Insightful said...
Dienekes, the reconstruction of Ötzi is very realistic, but he does have unusually long arms for a central European. Do you think so?
- Wednesday, September 07, 2011 4:30:00 pm
- pconroy said...
I guessed R1b, as he was probably part of an intrusive Copper mining community
- Wednesday, September 07, 2011 5:37:00 pm
- idurar said...
'as for the ancestral mix, very much like Sardinians, minus the North African affinity.'
Depends on what you mean by "North African". If you are referring to the Northwest African ancestral component, it's still not a very satisfying one (just by checking Mozabites' results). I don't know what Dienekes thinks about it though.
Anyway, I think Ötzi would have hypothetically a mediterranean component dominating on the Dodecad v3 (I know, I am not very audacious). - Wednesday, September 07, 2011 7:20:00 pm
I went with I.
- Wednesday, September 07, 2011 8:16:00 pm
- pconroy said...
I'd expect that his skeleton actually had "unusually long arms".
Note: The Irish people have some of the longest arms - compared to height - in Europe. Is there a link here?! - Wednesday, September 07, 2011 8:51:00 pm
- Fanty said...
I dont see any "unusual" long arms.
If he has unusual long arms, then I do too.
I copied his pose in front of a mirror and my hand reaches the same part of the thigh while my elbow also is at the same place.
People are just not used to see an skinny old man naked. ;) - Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:12:00 pm
- imipak said...
I'm not confident enough in my understanding of migrations to offer much. As far as northern Italy is concerned, R and I seem to be paleolithic and E seems to be neolithic, so those would seem to be the logical ones to pick from.
The paleolithic peoples had slightly longer heads and sloping foreheads than the neolithic farmers. Trying to tell that from an artist's impression is not going to be easy but will tell you which of the two periods to look in. - Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:31:00 pm
- ivano said...
Not sure about long arms..but hands are huge...comparatively.
- Thursday, September 08, 2011 5:47:00 am
- eurologist said...
I agree that R1b is the safest bet. Of course, whatever group/subgroup it is, it may have an important impact on dating.
During that time, north of the alps settlements started to move from the low-lying Loess regions to less fertile grounds and higher elevations (e.g., Cham and Horgen cultures). There seems to be some similarity with North Tyrol, the higher elevations of which then also were used for seasonal grazing, so I wouldn't be surprised if a ~20% or so Westeuropean component would be found. - Thursday, September 08, 2011 7:00:00 am
- eurologist said...
In the wishful thinking category, since there is almost an even bet it is L, T, G, or something along those lines, I simply hope it is R1b so perhaps we find out more on that. The other ones are just so much more difficult to interpret, and give us less information on Europe as a whole (for now).
- Thursday, September 08, 2011 12:45:00 pm
- Unknown said...
Well his mitochondrial haplogroup is closest to North America( http://anthropologynet.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/otzi-phylogenetic-mtdna-haplogroup-k-comparison.jpg ), but I suspect that is White folk of Utah North America. Next best candidate (red)is Spain.
I am going R1b because it is highest in North Italy, darned high in Austria, uber in Spain. And the patterns of R1b look to me like it has been in the area for a very long time. - Thursday, September 08, 2011 4:53:00 pm
- pconroy said...
Interesting Map of K, I just checked 23andMe and I have Relatives who are mtDNA K as follows:
1. K1a - 6
2. K1a1 - 3
3. K1a1b1a - 5
4. K1a1b2a - 1
5. K1b1 - 1
6. K1b1a - 1
7. K1b1a1 - 1
8. K1c2 - 4
9. K2a - 2
10. K2a2a - 2
11. K2a6 - 2
12. K2b - 2
13. K2b1 - 2
14. K2b1a - 1 - Thursday, September 08, 2011 6:03:00 pm
- apostateimpressions said...
I would guess that the gent is of the I haplogroup, which I consider to be the indigenous Ice Age European Yhap. Frozen alps would have been inhospitable or even inaccessible to Neolithic farmers (E, J). Also, 5,500 ybp possibly just predates the spread of Bronze Age culture from the SE (possibly associated with R); in any case, BA groups presumably wouldnt have hung around in frozen alps.
- Thursday, September 08, 2011 8:18:00 pm
- Aargau said...
I'm a Zurich born Germanic J2a4h who is mt K1a4a1, so going with the dark horse pick J.
- Thursday, September 08, 2011 10:36:00 pm
- marcantonio said...
According to an interview with an austrian scientist Ötzi is G2a4!
- Friday, September 09, 2011 1:03:00 am
- eurologist said...
The alps aren't "frozen." There are plenty of places in the alps that have much milder climate than many parts of north-eastern Europe that saw agriculture over a thousand years before Ötzi.
The Ötztal (valley) itself (north of Ötzi's suspected home village)is quite mild: grapes and chestnut trees grow there.
Introduction of bronze was a very, very slow process in most of Europe: there was no invasion or anything of that sort that brought bronze with it. - Friday, September 09, 2011 9:10:00 am
- Aargau said...
As a Zurich born Germanic with mt K1 and y J2, going with the dark horse J.
- Saturday, September 10, 2011 4:24:00 am
- Belenos said...
The way weird admixture things are happening at the moment, I'm gonna say it'll be totally unrecorded group that appears to have diverged from all known Y's 150,000 years ago.
Of course, there is virtually no chance of this happening, but I'll look ace if it does. No I'm off to buy a lottery ticket... - Sunday, September 11, 2011 5:33:00 pm
- Dienekes said...
According to an interview with an austrian scientist Ötzi is G2a4!
Link? - Sunday, September 11, 2011 8:23:00 pm
- Der Frost said...
Based on his morphology (he looks Carpatid) I'll go with I.
- Sunday, September 11, 2011 9:39:00 pm
- marcantonio said...
According to an interview with an austrian scientist Ötzi is G2a4!
The source of this information is an interview with Dr. Eduard Egarter-Vigl, Head of Conservation and Assistant to research projects of the Archaeological Museum in Bozen, given in a documentary on Ötzi broadcast by 3sat on 10th august 2011. See also the following link for more info on this documentary:
But unless you speak German this link will be of no interest! - Monday, September 12, 2011 12:43:00 am
- Gioiello said...
Imagine if a similar news had been given on 10 August? Had anybody spoken about it? I didn't find anything on that program. Only this, with a little mistake: Wikipaedia says he was 1,65 high.
Der Mann aus dem Eis war 1,59 groß und zu Lebzeiten etwa 50 kg schwer. Er war zwischen 46 und 47 Jahre alt, feingliedrig gebaut, hatte Schuhgröße 38,und braune Augen. Er hatte ältere Verletzungen und Krankheitsbilder und starb an einer Verletzung durch eine Pfeilspitze. Soweit die Fakten.
But hg. G would be one of the candidate. These two Italian haplotypes are on the FTDNA hg. G project:
E11979 Savioli UMBERTO SAVIOLI 1907-1976 Italy G2a4 13 22 15 10 14-14 11 12 11 14 11 30 18 9-9 11 11 23 16 21 30 12-13-15-16 11 12 20-20 15 14 18 18 33-38 11 11 12 8 15-16 8 11 10 8 13 12 12 21-22 18 10 12 12 17 8 13 25 21 15 12 11 14 10 11 11 11
33943 Ricchiazzi Ricchiazzi Italy G2a4 14 22 15-17 10 13-14 11 12 13 13 11 29 18 9-10 11 11 22 16 21 30 14-14-14-16 11 11 20-20 15 14 18 18 33-39 11 10 11 8 16-16 8 13 10 8 12 11 12 19-19 15 10 12 12 16 8 11 22 21 13 14 11 14 10 11 11 11
Using the usual method, not mine, we can count 38 mutations, not considering the double value on DYS19:
I'd say that considering my "mutations around the modal" (it is a little bit believable that the fast mutating markers from DYS607 to CDYb have had only 1 mutation whilst others very slow mutating ones have mutated many times), these two Italian haplotypes have a Common Ancestor much before the life of Ötzi. - Monday, September 12, 2011 5:18:00 pm
- Pascvaks said...
R1a1a - Couldn't resist.
- Monday, September 12, 2011 11:06:00 pm
- Gioiello said...
Sardinia gets also a high percentage of R-U152 amongst the R haplogroup and also R-M18, one of the most ancient subclade of R1b1/V88-. Don't you remember when a phantom (who is now again furtive amongst the forums, after having left his paradise under his plants, and he isn't the Communism) wanted to convince everyone that it was Lebanese? Perhaps he spread the news, because I looked at all the interviews from South Tyrol and nobody spoke of haplogroup G, they said "genes" not "G".
And who spoke of this news? Marcantonio, written in Italian: the monkey clomb down a tree. - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:29:00 am
- eurologist said...
the monkey clomb down a tree
I like that preterite form of to climb. ;) Reminds me of German erklimmen, erklomm, erklommen. When did you learn English - 1,500 years ago? <-- intended as humor, not as insult.
Anyway, yes. I also scoured many German and Austrian sources and could not find any reference to G2a4. Of course the fact that Eduard Egarter-Vigl is not a Geneticist may speak for it, in the sense that he could have been naive enough to break the embargo... ;) - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:26:00 am
- Gioiello said...
Of course my knowledge of English has many lacks (I know a dozen of languages, and none perfectly), but I used that verb intentionally. I don't know of course which is the effect on an English speaker, but "clomb" is to "climbed" as "marcantonio" is to " Marcus Antonius", like in the past "Jules" was to "Julius".
I said that Julius (Caesar) didn't sleep only with all the men of Rome, but also with all the women, and I gained my second banishment. But I am something, others less than nothing. - Tuesday, September 13, 2011 3:09:00 pm
- Dora Smith said...
The Y DNA results are allegedly back. Seen on Austrian TV. Not by me. G2a4.
- Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:38:00 am
- Dienekes said...
The Y DNA results are allegedly back. Seen on Austrian TV. Not by me. G2a4.
Again, what is the source? I have a suspicion it is recycled from the comment by 'marcantonio' above.
Has anyone actually seen that documentary? Surely there are some Austrians among my readers. - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:47:00 am
- matt said...
Assuming the G2a4 holds, compare to the Treilles findings.
http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2011/05/y-chromosome-mtdna-and-autosomal-dna.html - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:16:00 am
- eurologist said...
All the links I could find point back to the same "interview" by Eduard Egarter-Vigl that you can find on youtube - and no mention of the y-DNA results in that one.
I think the program was also aired in Germany (by ARD), so one would assume interested people or the media would have taken notice. - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:37:00 am
- eurologist said...
"compare to the Treilles findings"
Yes, we know - G2a was European 5,000 years ago and many, many generations before then. It is also quite prevalent in Europe today (~10% in many regions in and around the alps). Which is why many of us here have suggested it as a possible candidate. The "problem" is, if it turns out to be similar to the Treilles result, it really won't answer any question - other than that 5,000 years ago, regional groups where patrilocal and may have wildly differed in their y-DNA. - Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:49:00 pm
- McGonagall said...
Since he looks just like me (after a hard night at the bar) he must be a Scot. (I refrained from voting as I'm not up to scratch in this field.)
- Thursday, September 15, 2011 3:37:00 am


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Fun, quirky, informative, nostalgic, poignant - all descriptions of so many Sepia Saturday challenges and contributions.
Sepia Saturday give bloggers an opportunity to share their family history through photographs.
This week's prompt shows the kitchen of a hospital train in the First World War
"I had to assist the wounded at a dressing station and stuck to it for about 40 hours. It's blooming hard work being a stretcher bearer in the field."
These were the words of my great uncle George Danson, written three weeks before he was killed on the Somme.
One of the many embroidered cards sent from Flanders by her sons to my widowed great grandmother, Maria Danson, nee Rawcliffe. |
George Danson was the youngest of eight sons (surviving infancy) of James Danson and Maria Rawcliffe of Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. Born in 1894, he was followed three years later by the birth of an only daughter Jennie. The photographs and memorabilia here come from Jennie's collection.
George joined the Royal Army Medical Corps in 1916 and I was lucky enough to trace his service record on www.ancestry.co.uk as many were destroyed in the Second World War. On his enlistment, George's medical report stated he was 5'3" tall, weighed 109 lbs. (under 8 stone), with size 34 1/2 chest and he wore glasses - so a slight figure to be a stretcher bearer in the turmoil of war.
"At present we are abut 8 miles behind the firing line. I had to assist the wounded at a dressing station and stuck to it for about 40 hours. It's blooming hard work being a stretcher bearer in the field. On Friday I was in a big bombardment and will say it was like a continual thunder and lightening going off. As I write there are blooming big guns going off abut 50 yards away every few minutes. Don't I wish that all of us could get home. Wouldn't that be great, lad, there's a good time coming and I hope we shall all be there to join in."
George remembered on Poulton War Memoral along with his brother John who died in 1917.
I have written about George before on my blog but it is such a poignant tale,
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Gluten-free corn muffins with a pumpkin twist.
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Today's muffin recipe is seasonal favorite- a tender and golden pumpkin corn muffin. It's one of the most popular recipes on Gluten-Free Goddess.
The coyotes were up bright and early this morning, yelping in the cool blue air as my old English tea kettle sputtered and complained. Tea for breakfast is not an efficient way to wake up. It's more of a coaxing than the throttle of a double espresso fueled Americano, but right here, right now, it will have to do. At least this week.
The closest cafe is an hour's drive away.
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Pumpkin Corn Muffin Recipe
These sunny golden gems are tender and not-too-sweet. And Darling, they reheat beautifully. I halved and toasted mine in the toaster oven for a brunchy bite with green chile stew.
3 large organic free-range eggs or Ener-G Egg Replacer for two eggs
3 large organic free-range eggs or Ener-G Egg Replacer for two eggs
1/2 cup olive oil
3/4 cup organic pumpkin puree
3/4 cup organic light brown sugar
1 teaspoon bourbon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 cup Bob's Red Mill Gluten-Free Cornmeal
1 cup Pamela's Ultimate Baking Mix or other gluten-free pancake and baking mix
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper cups.
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper cups.
In a large mixing bowl, whisk the eggs till frothy, and add the oil; whisk to combine. Add the pumpkin puree and whisk well. Add the brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, and Pumpkin Pie Spice and whisk to combine.
In a separate mixing bowl whisk together the cornmeal, Pamela's Ultimate Baking Mix, baking powder, and sea salt.
Using a rubber spatula or wooden spoon, add the dry ingredients into the wet; and stir by hand just enough to make a smooth batter. Drop the batter by spoonfuls into the twelve muffin cups.
Bake on a center rack in the preheated oven for about 20 minutes or so, until the muffins are firm to the touch and golden. Check with a wooden pick, if necessary; if it emerges clean, the muffins are done. [Remember, Dear Reader, I bake at high altitude, so please use your own tried-and-true guidelines for baking times.]
Place the muffin pan on a wire to cool a bit- maybe five minutes- then remove the muffins from the tin and place them on the wire rack to continue cooling.
Serve warm.
Store leftover muffins (wrapped and bagged) in the freezer. Thaw and reheat by toasting or grilling.
Makes twelve muffins.
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I made real clothing labels for less than $13? No really. I am not a magician... or a mime. But I don't know what that has to do with anything.
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Have you heard of Spoonflower? They will print fabric for you. It's awesome. If you've ever uploaded photos to be printed and sent to your house on shutterfly or snapfish, it's pretty much the same thing... except on fabric!
I took my blog header, and made it a jpg. I think you can do this in Paint. Sorry to be all fancy, but I have Illustrator and Photoshop, which I used... but seriously, it's a jpg. You can do it in Word I think. And if you can't, Google how to convert what you have. You don't even need a "logo". You can just type out "Mommy made it" or something like that and save it as a jpg. Are you still reading?
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Location of Event : | Earth [1] |
Year : | 2285 [1] |
Nature of Event : | Past Incursion [1] |
In 2285, Admiral Kirk and several of his officers stole the USS Enterprise from Spacedock and took it to the Genesis planet in an effort to reunite the katra of Captain Spock with his regenerated body. Although they were ultimately successful in this goal, the Enterprise herself was destroyed during the attempt and the renegade officer found themselves in possession of a stolen Bird of Prey. They travelled to Vulcan to allow Spock's katra to be replaced in his body by a Vulcan priestess. [2]
Over the following months Kirk and his officers remained on Vulcan whilst Spock was rehabilitated. Meanwhile the controversy over the Genesis planet continued; the Klingons were enraged at what they termed Kirk's murder of the Bird of Prey's crew. They demanded that he be extradited so they could place him on trial for his actions, and were little mollified by the fact that the Federation instead planned to charge him with violation of Starfleet regulations. On Vulcan, Kirk and crew voted to return to Earth in the HMS Bounty, their captured vessel, and face the consequences of their actions. Spock chose to return with them so as to testify as to what had happened. [1]
On route to Earth, Uhura began to receive distress calls from the planet. An enormous alien vessel, apparently a probe of some kind, had approached Earth whilst transmitting a message of such enormous power that it neutralised all Starships and space stations which approached it. On arrival at Earth the probe directed the transmission at the planet's oceans, vaporising huge amounts of water. This produced a blanket of clouds which covered the entire globe. Combined with the effect of the probe on the planetary power grid, a disaster unparalleled since the V'Ger crisis was threatened. The President had no choice but to transmit a planetary distress signal warning all spacecraft to keep their distance. [1]
On the Bounty Spock managed to identify the probe's transmissions as being identical to the songs sung by humpbacked whales. He theorised that the whale song may have been an aspect of some advanced form of communication with an alien intelligence. When humpbacked whales became extinct centuries before the aliens sent the probe to find out what had happened. [1]
Reasoning that there is no way to answer the probe except by producing a humpbacked whale, Kirk decided to travel back in time to the late 20th century by using a slingshot manoeuvre around Earth's sun. [1] This method had been successful in throwing the USS Enterprise back in time on three other occasions [3] - once whilst breaking free of a disintegrating planet [4], once whilst passing close to a black star [5], and once as a deliberate act as part of a historical investigation. [6]
The slingshot was successful, and the Bounty arrived in 1986. Kirk landed in a park in San Francisco, using the cloaking device to hide it from view. Unfortunately the slingshot had required so much power that the dilithium crystals had become damaged and were beginning to decrystallise. Spock suggested that high energy photons could be collected from one of the nuclear fission reactors used at the time and used to repair the crystals. Kirk decided to split his crew up; Commander Scott, Lieutenant Sulu and Dr. McCoy were assigned the problem of building a holding tank for the whales, Commander Chekov and Lieutenant Uhura were assigned the problem of locating a fission reactor, and Admiral Kirk and Captain Spock went looking for whales. [1]
Although the 23rd century crew found life on 20th century Earth confusing and difficult to adapt to, each team was ultimately successful. McCoy and Scotty managed to convince the Plexicorp company to provide materials for the whale tank in return for the formula of transparent aluminium - Scotty reasoning that this was not a temporal violation as for all they knew it was Plexicorp who had originally invented this material. Sulu was able to obtain a Huey helicopter to transport the materials to the Bounty. Kirk and Spock located a pair of humpbacked whales named George and Gracie who were being held in captivity. Meanwhile Uhura and Chekov located a large warship powered by a nuclear reactor - ironically none other than the USS Enterprise. [1]
Whilst Kirk established a friendship with Dr. Gillian Taylor, the director of the cetacean institute which held George and Gracie, Uhura and Chekov infiltrated the Enterprise and began to collect the photons from the reactor. Unfortunately their presence was detected, and whist Uhura was able to beam out in time Chekov was badly injured whilst attempting to escape on foot. [1]
The following morning Dr. Taylor went to the Cetacean Institute only to find that George and Gracie had been released into the wild; the institute had been unable to continue funding the whales, and in any case the pregnant Gracie was considered unlikely to be able to give birth successfully whilst in captivity. The release had long been planned, but the date had been brought forward without Dr. Taylor's knowledge. Distraught at losing the whales she went to the Bounty and met with Kirk. He enlisted her help in mounting a rescue mission for Chekov, recovering him from the hospital he was taken to and returning to the ship. Although Kirk planned to leave Taylor on Earth she stowed away aboard the Bounty, deciding that with no ties on Earth she would be happier in Kirk's time - and in any case, if George and Gracie were to live in the future then they would need a Cetacean expert to look after them. [1]
The Bounty successfully beamed up the whales, rescuing them from a whaling ship which had been in pursuit, and returned to its own time, actually arriving mere moments after it had left. The ship lost power when it approached the alien probe and crash-landed in San Francisco bay. The crew abandoned ship whilst Kirk released the whales. George began to sing almost immediately. Both the nature and content of his communication with the probe remains a mystery; all that is known for sure is that after a few minutes the probe ceased transmission and set a course away from Earth. [1]
In the aftermath of their return, Kirk and his officers were brought before the Federation council to plead guilty to the charges facing them. In light of their recent actions all charges were dismissed save one - that of disobeying an order. This charge was levelled only at Kirk; as punishment he was demoted to Captain and, in the words of the President, "as a consequence of your new rank, you be given the duties for which you have repeatedly demonstrated unswerving ability - the command of a Starship." Kirk and his officers were immediately assigned to a new vessel, none other than the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-A. [1]
Canon source | Backstage source | Novel source | DITL speculation |
# | Series | Season | Source | Comment |
1 | Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home | |||
2 | Star Trek III : The Search for Spock | |||
3 | Various Original Series episodes | |||
4 | TOS | 1 | The Naked Time | |
5 | TOS | 1 | Tomorrow is Yesterday | |
6 | TOS | 2 | Assignment: Earth |
Film: | Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home |
Film: | Star Trek III : The Search for Spock |
Series : | TOS Season |
Episode : | Various Original Series episodes |
Series : | TOS Season 1 |
Episode : | The Naked Time |
Series : | TOS Season 1 |
Episode : | Tomorrow is Yesterday |
Series : | TOS Season 2 |
Episode : | Assignment: Earth |
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The main focus of CLI SAPI is for developing shell applications with PHP. There are quite a few differences between the CLI SAPI and other SAPIs which are explained in this chapter. It is worth mentioning that CLI and CGI are different SAPIs although they do share many of the same behaviors.
The CLI SAPI is enabled by default using --enable-cli , but may be disabled using the --disable-cli option when running ./configure.
The name, location and existence of the CLI/CGI binaries will differ depending on how PHP is installed on your system. By default when executing make, both the CGI and CLI are built and placed as sapi/cgi/php-cgi and sapi/cli/php respectively, in your PHP source directory. You will note that both are named php. What happens during make install depends on your configure line. If a module SAPI is chosen during configure, such as apxs, or the --disable-cgi option is used, the CLI is copied to {PREFIX}/bin/php during make install otherwise the CGI is placed there. So, for example, if --with-apxs is in your configure line then the CLI is copied to {PREFIX}/bin/php during make install. If you want to override the installation of the CGI binary, use make install-cli after make install. Alternatively you can specify --disable-cgi in your configure line.
Because both --enable-cli and --enable-cgi are enabled by default, simply having --enable-cli in your configure line does not necessarily mean the CLI will be copied as {PREFIX}/bin/php during make install.
As of PHP 5, the CLI binary is distributed in the main folder as php.exe on Windows. The CGI version is distributed as php-cgi.exe. Additionally, a php-win.exe is distributed if PHP is configured using --enable-cli-win32 . This does the same as the CLI version, except that it doesn't output anything and thus provides no console.
Note: What SAPI do I have?
From a shell, typing php -v will tell you whether php is CGI or CLI. See also the function php_sapi_name() and the constant
A Unix manual page is available by typing man php in the shell environment.