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As the International Olympic Committee meets to decide whether Tokyo, Istanbul or Madrid will host the 2020 summer Olympics, we look back to a terrible moment in Olympic history.
On September 5, 1972, Palestinian terrorists stormed into the apartment where 11 Israeli athletes were staying in Munich.
Two men were killed and the other nine were taken hostage. By the time the crisis ended, all of them were dead.
American marathon runner Kenny Moore and his roommate Frank Shorter were staying in a nearby apartment.
Moore recalls the events that day in an oral history that also features the words of Jim McKay, who covered the crisis for ABC.
- See also: Munich Olympics Tragedy Still Resonates
It's HERE AND NOW.
The International Olympic Committee is meeting in Argentina to pick the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The finalists are Tokyo, Istanbul and Madrid. The committee will vote on Saturday to decide the winner. On Sunday, the committee will decide whether to return sports such as wrestling, softball and baseball to the 2020 games. Then, next Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee will elect a new president to replace Jacques Rogge. But today we want to look back on some Olympic history.
JIM MCKAY: OK. They just cued the doves. Here they come. There go the Bavarian doves, 5,000 of them, symbolizing peace, brotherhood, sportsmanship, which is certainly much in evidence here today.
CHAKRABARTI: That's ABC's Jim McKay at the opening ceremony for the 1972 Munich Olympics, where the peace, brotherhood and sportsmanship were shattered by a crisis that started on this day, September 5, 41 years ago. It's an especially painful anniversary for the people of Israel, and this year it falls amid the Jewish new year.
MCKAY: Good afternoon. I'm Jim McKay, speaking to you live at this moment from ABC headquarters, just outside the Olympic Village in Munich, West Germany.
CHAKRABARTI: Palestinian terrorists had stormed into the apartment where 11 Israeli athletes were staying. Two of the athletes were killed immediately, and the other nine were taken hostage. In the end, they were also killed, along with five of the terrorists and a West German policeman in a shootout at the airport.
Marathon runner Kenny Moore was a member of the U.S. team in Munich. Moore and a fellow marathoner, Frank Shorter, were asleep in the Olympic Village when the hostage crisis began.
KENNY MOORE: Frank heard something that sounded like a door slamming; it awakened him enough to make him realize that that wasn't a normal thing at that hour, it was about 4:45 in the morning. And he felt later that that was a gunshot when he put things together.
A few minutes later there was a pounding on the coach's, track coach's door downstairs on the first floor. And our track coach, Bill Bowerman, opened it, and before him there was an Israeli race walker, Shaul Ladany. He said: Can I come in? Can I stay here? And we all said: What for? And he said: The Arabs are in our building.
And Bill said: Well, tell them to get out. And Ladany said: They've shot some of our people. I got out through a window. And then Bowerman said later that changed the whole complexion. He grabbed Ladany and drew him into the safety of the room, sat down and got out of him what he knew. He had escaped when someone had started screaming, get out, get out.
And all the Israelis were - they all had military training. They all responded to orders very well. A lot of people got out when they first attacked the building. And so when Bill called our American embassy, said he didn't know what the situation quite was, but that across the street from us the armed Arabs had moved into the Israeli quarters and that we had Jewish kids in the building, he listed a bunch of them - Mark Spitz was one - said they needed security, and 30 minutes later there were Marines in U.S. - to the entrance of the U.S. building, and in the halls. Bowerman was later reprimanded for that, for bringing Marines in, but by that time everybody knew we had done the right thing.
MCKAY: The peace of what had been called the serene Olympics was shattered just before dawn this morning, about 5:00, when Arab terrorists armed with submachine guns, faces blackened, climbed a fence, went to the headquarters of the Israeli team and immediately killed one man. They've been holding 14 others hostage since then, and the latest report is that one more has been killed.
MOORE: It's interesting to look back and realize that. And until then, and I was 28 - that was my 29th year on Earth - I had believed the Olympics immune somehow to the threats of the larger world. And it was an illusion. It was the highest degree of wishful thinking. But it had been a hell of a strong illusion, and it just rocked me personally to have that shattered.
And I remember sharing that feeling with Steve Prefontaine, also on the team, just remember him raging about the blindness of the terrorists, at what he felt was just a sheer malignant gall as to come in here and - because these were our games. He said anybody who would murder us for some demented cause, no matter what it was, just proves that he can't understand what it is that we do.
MCKAY: We've just gotten the final word. When I was a kid, my father used to say, our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized. Our worst fears have been realized tonight. They've now said that there were 11 hostages. Two were killed in their rooms yesterday morning. Nine were killed at the airport tonight. They're all gone.
MOORE: After the Israelis were killed, the reporters had gathered around the locked outer gates of the airport. And by 11:00 in the evening, someone with Olympic insignia - no one really knows who - came to the fence and shouted all are saved, all are saved. And so that was the word that went around the world. The German government spokesman repeated it. Everybody in the newspapers repeated it, printed it. We saw papers, the early editions, and it was only about 2:00 a.m. that the German armed forces returned with the truth. I remembered feeling, what's the use?
A friend of mine, Miguel Ceriman(ph), who's a Dutch 5,000 meter runner, a wonderfully moral man, went home without competing, even before the announcement the next day that the games would continue because he said if you throw a party and gunman comes in and murders a dozen guests, you don't break out another keg and go on with the party.
And Bill Bowerman would never be more eloquent than what he was in conveying the necessity of the games to go on. I remember him saying from the Olympics - what was it - from 776 B.C. to the 393 A.D., which is like 1,200 years, Olympians laid down their arms to take part in the games. They knew there's more honor in outrunning a man than in killing him. And so one by one, with time and reminders like that, we came one by one really not only to see the truth in that but to feel it, feel a part of it.
I remember Frank saying later - Frank Shorter - the day that we watched as the hostages were held and the day of the memorial service, we went through the stages humans go through, and stress. We went from denial to anger to grief and to resolve, and then we had to decide kind of what to do with that resolve. Frank was the eloquent one then. He said we have to spread the word by performance that barbarism only makes Olympians stronger. We have to say this - as scared as I get, now let's go run.
CHAKRABARTI: And that's exactly what they did. Five days later, Kenny Moore, whom you just heard, and his roommate, Frank Shorter, ran the marathon in the '72 Munich games. Moore finished fourth. Shorter won the gold, and no American man has won it since.
From NPR and WBUR Boston, I'm Jeremy Hobson.
CHAKRABARTI: I'm Meghna Chakrabarti. This is HERE AND NOW. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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PHOENIX (AP) -- Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Richard Carmona got a boost from former President Bill Clinton, just hours after Carmona faced opponent Republican Rep. Jeff Flake in their first debate.
The pair of Democrats addressed a crowd of several thousand at a Wednesday night rally at Arizona State University to kick off early voting, which begins Thursday. Kevin Johnson, a former Phoenix Suns star and current mayor of Sacramento, Calif., also made an appearance on stage to introduce Carmona.
Clinton rehashed points he made at the Democratic National Convention, where he gave a similar speech to give a boost to President Barack Obama and defend his economic policies.
Flake, a six-term congressman, and Carmona, who served as surgeon general under former President George W. Bush, are running for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Jon Kyl. Libertarian Marc Victor, a criminal defense lawyer who served in the U.S. Marines, is also running.
During the debate, Flake tried to link Carmona to Obama's policies. He said Carmona was an "echo" of the Obama administration in that he believes that job creation is the job of the government rather than private enterprise.
"He has adopted the Democratic playbook," Flake said during the one-hour debate produced by KAET-TV in Phoenix.
Carmona said he has been an independent his whole life.
Democrats recruited Carmona, who until late last year was a registered independent, to run for Kyl's seat after it became clear that then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wouldn't campaign because of head injuries she suffered during the January 2011 shooting rampage in Tucson. One of the recruiting pitches came from the president.
Yet at the debate, he said: "I am not here to defend the Obama administration."
At the Carmona rally later, Flake was rarely mentioned by name. Instead, the Democrats tied him to Republican measures such as a GOP budget authored by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the Republican vice presidential nominee.
Clinton also defended the federal health care overhaul, which Flake voted against.
Both Clinton and Carmona drew parallels between Carmona's biography as a veteran and a surgeon, and government programs that they said built a strong middle class, such as the G.I. bill.
Clinton said voters who believe in the "legacy of the G.I. bill that built (Carmona)" should vote for a Democrat to support those types of programs.
"Every life we let go makes the rest of us poorer. And the more we expand opportunity for everybody, the more we build a great middle-class century for the 21st century," Clinton said.
Clinton also tried to appeal to the younger crowd, citing changes to student loans passed by the Obama administration and expressing support for a DREAM Act.
"There are a lot of Richard Carmonas out there today. And they all deserve a chance at their dreams," Clinton said.
During the debate, Carmona charged that Flake's fierce opposition to special funding requests known as earmarks has hurt economic development in Arizona. He said business leaders and a mayor in metro Phoenix have complained that Flake's ideological opposition to earmarks for roads, public-works and water projects has hurt efforts to attract new businesses to the state.
Flake has portrayed Carmona as a hand-picked rubber stamp for Obama.
The Libertarian candidate, Victor, focused on government spending and said both Democrats and Republicans are to blame for increasing the size of government. "They have caused the problem," Victor said.
Flake touted his opposition to earmarks as a move away from patronage and a move toward basing funding for projects on merit. "Arizona is far better without earmarks," Flake said.
Carmona said some earmarks aren't government pork spending, but rather an investment in communities.
Flake and Carmona agreed that Medicare needs to be overhauled, but they differed on how to go about it.
Flake supported a GOP budget authored by Ryan that would change how future Medicare beneficiaries now under age 55 would get health care coverage. Ryan's plan would provide future seniors with subsidies to help buy a private health plan or buy coverage through a government-run program modeled after the current system.
Carmona said he opposes Ryan's plan because it transfers financial risks from the government to seniors and that seniors with chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure will have difficulty getting coverage. Carmona proposed reducing health care costs for the elderly by focusing more on preventing diseases and by getting rid of more waste and fraud.
One clear difference between the candidates is on immigration.
Carmona said he admires Bush and the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy for their attempts at legislation to toughen border security and give illegal immigrants already in the United States a pathway to citizenship.
Flake in the past also has supported comprehensive immigration reform but adopted a narrower position on immigration when he announced his Senate candidacy last year.
Carmona said his GOP opponent changed his position to appeal to voters, while Flake said he eventually concluded that no one will trust the federal government to fix America's immigration woes until border security improves.
Other debates among the Senate candidates are scheduled for Oct. 15 in Tucson and Oct. 25 in Yuma.
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Hey, I Remember That!: A look back at area sports 10, 25 and 50 years ago this week
50 Years Ago This Week – 1962
In the biggest upset in the Western Buckeye League of the season, the St. Marys Roughriders upended the unbeaten Coldwater Cavaliers this week in 1962.
The Cavs entered the contest with the league's best rushing attack and stingiest defense, but the Roughriders ignored all of the hoopla and recorded the 14-6 victory over the Orange and Black, while also snapping their 19-game winning streak.
Coldwater opened the battle by stomping through the 'Rider defense before scoring the first touchdown of the game on a one-yard touchdown run by Ron Grieshop. The score remained the same until the second quarter when St. Marys strolled 71 yards in 12 plays to knot the score at six points. The extra point was off-target following Ronnie Jones' one-yard touchdown jaunt, and the score remained even at six points.
In the middle of the third stanza, St. Marys gained possession at their own 20-yard line after a Coldwater punt sailed into the end zone a few moments before. On the initial play of the series, quarterback Jerry Slife handed off to fullback Terry Young, who busted through the line and sprinted 80 yards for the go-ahead touchdown. Tom Hollman converted the ensuing two-pointer, and the Roughriders extended their lead to 14-8, where it stayed for the remainder of the game.
25 Years Ago This Week – 1987
Twenty-five years ago this week, the New Bremen Cardinals kept their Midwest Athletic Conference title hopes well intact following a 27-13 victory over the St. Henry Redskins in New Bremen.
The Cardinals shot out of the gate with a pair of touchdowns in the first quarter from fullback Bruce Bornhorst, who tied a school record with three total touchdowns in the contest. Refusing to let the Redskins gain any momentum, the Bornhorst added his third touchdown in the second quarter and with the two-point conversion, the Cardinals pushed their lead to 20-0 at intermission.
After forcing the visitors to punt on their first series of the second half, the Cardinals went for the jugular when quarterback Jeff Paul found receiver Cory Schroer wide open and hit him with a 26-yard scoring strike. The extra point was right-on, and the Cardinals extended their advantage to 27-0.
St. Henry quarterback Bob Hoying, making his varsity quarterbacking debut for the Red and White, unleashed a 40-yard touchdown strike to Paco Niekamp for St. Henry's first score late in the third quarter. Although the Redskins scored once more in the final period, it wasn't near enough as the Cardinals posted their third MAC win of the season while improving to 6-0 on the campaign.
10 Years Ago This Week – 2002
This week in 2002, the St. Marys Roughriders entertained fans with another dramatic victory, as they traveled to Lima Bath and disposed of the Wildcats 14-7 in a battle of solid defenses.
The Roughriders got their scoring underway in the first quarter as they began a drive on their own 20-yard line. Following Justin Nagel's back-to-back runs of 27 and 23 yards later in the series, Corey Vossler capped things off with a two-yard touchdown plunge. Nick Pfeffenberger added the PAT, and the Riders were in front 7-0 just before the start of the second quarter.
The Wildcats knotted the game at seven points midway through the second stanza, and it remained that way until the Roughriders pulled out the victory in overtime. Nagel powered the Roughrider offense with 119 yards in the victory.


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If you live in the Philadelphia area and are looking for Irish genealogy instruction, I give genealogy talks at libraries, senior centers, and historical societies. If you would like to meet other Irish researchers in the South Jersey area, you are welcome to join me with my Irish Research Group at the Cherry Hill Family History Center on Evesham Road in Cherry Hill. We meet on the first Thursday of each month at 11 a.m.
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Camelus ferus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Camelus ferus Przewalski, 1878
Common Name(s):
Camelus bactrianus Linnaeus, 1758
|Taxonomic Notes:
|The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2003) ruled that the name for this wild species is not invalid by virtue of being antedated by the name based on the domestic form. Therefore, IUCN considers the wild species of Bactrian Camel under Camelus ferus, while the domestic form is considered under Camelus bactrianus (see Gentry et al. 2004).
Grubb (2005) lists ferus as a subspecies of bactrianus, contrary to most authors.
One-humped camels (Camelus dromedarius) and Bactrian camels (Camelus ferus) can produce viable hybrids (Camelus dromedarius hybridus J. Fischer 1829, unavailable), but hybrid males are thought to be sterile (A.P. Gray 1972).
Samples of skin taken from the remains of dead wild Bactrian Camels have been sent to scientists for genetic DNA testing. The results have been remarkable. Each skin sample has shown two or three distinct genetic differences to the domestic Bactrian camel and a 3% base difference. This answers the charge that the wild Bactrian camel is a domestic runaway. The wild Bactrian Camels in the Gashun Gobi are the only herds which are completely isolated from domestic Bactrian Camels. This lack of an opportunity to hybridize is what makes their survival so vital. It is these remnant herds that the Wild Camel Protection Foundation is striving to save, by establishing, with Chinese government support, the 65,000 square kilometer, Arjin Shan Lop Nur Nature Reserve.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Critically Endangered A3de+4ade ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Hare, J.
|Stuart, S.N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) & Hare, J. (Wild Camel Protection Foundation)
This species is assessed as Critically Endangered. The Wild Bactrian Camel is facing a population size reduction of at least 80% within the next three generations (estimated at 45 to 50 years). This projection is based on observations made during five expeditions (1993 - Mongolian Gobi and 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 - Chinese Gobi). The population is the target of continued hunting (mainly persecution because the camels compete with domestic camels and livestock for water and grazing, but also sport hunting). Mining, both legal and illegal, and the proposed construction of a gas pipeline and the associated industrial development, as well as a proposed kaolin mine, would also have an impact on the main Chinese subpopulation of Wild Bactrian Camel. The effects of hybridization with domestic camels both in Mongolia and China and increased human competition and economic pressures within the designated habitat of the wild Bactrian camel, have also prompted this listing. The Mongolian subpopulation is known to have declined by 46% since 1985. However, due to increased hunting and wolf predation it is now expected that 25-30 animals will be lost annually from this subpopulation (a substantial increase in the mortality rate). Based on these observations and assuming that the trends will continue into the future, it is estimated that there will be at least an 84% reduction in the population size by the year 2033 (approximately three generations from 1985). Given the increasing threats to the Chinese subpopulations (where at least 20 animals are killed annually) there is no reason to expect the situation for these subpopulations to be any different.
|Previously published Red List assessments:
|Range Description:
|The Bactrian Camel is restricted to four subpopulations in China and Mongolia: Gashun Gobi, Gansu, China; Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang, China (this population has declined and may now be extinct); the northern slopes of Arjin Shan mountains and adjacent areas in Lop Nur Wild Camel National Reserve, China; and the Great Gobi Section A Strictly Protected Area, Mongolia, and adjacent areas in China (Reading et al. 1999, Mix et al. 2002, Wang et al. 2002). In Mongolia, the species is found in the Trans Altai Govi Desert (Mix et al. 2002), including the foothills of the Edren Range to Shiveet Ulaan, and the Hükh Tömörtei Range to the state border (Mix et al. 2002, Adiya et al. 2004, Adiya and Dovchindorj 2005).
A domestic form, considered under a separate species name (Camelus bactrianus), exists in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and China (Grubb 2005).
The range of the wild Bactrian camel in historic times extended from about the great bend of the Yellow River, across the deserts of southern Mongolia and northwestern China to central Kazakhstan. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the species had been extirpated from the western part of its range, and persisted only in remote areas of the Gobi and Taklimakan Deserts. These populations have become increasingly fragmented over the past 150 years (Schaller 1998).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:China (Xinjiang); Mongolia
Regionally extinct:Kazakhstan
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
|Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.
|In the year 2004, there were approximately 600 individuals surviving in China and 350 in Mongolia, with numbers continuing to decrease (J. Hare pers. comm.). In 1985 the Mongolian subpopulation numbered 650 animals.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species is found in the Gobi and Gashun Gobi deserts of northwest China and Mongolia. While vegetation is sparse, the desert itself varies from rocky mountain massifs, to the flat pavement-like areas of the extremely arid desert; stony "gobi" desert plains; poplar fringed oases; vast washed-out plains and high sand dunes. In some areas, in the absence of fresh water, it has adapted to drinking salt water slush which the domestic camel will not touch.
|Use and Trade:
|This species is still hunted for food and sport.
|Major Threat(s):
It is estimated from information received from the Protected Area staff and Mongolian scientists working in the 'Great Gobi Reserve A' that in Mongolia, 25 to 30 Wild Bactrian Camels are being killed annually when they migrate across the international border into China on the southernmost boundary of the protected area 'Great Gobi Reserve A'. The hunting is mainly for local subsistence use.
Due to the reduction in water points (oases) because of drought, wolves have increased their predation of Wild Bactrian Camels. This activity is concentrated at the remaining water points in the area. The remaining habitat in Mongolia is also being degraded by domestic livestock.
In China in the new Arjin Shan Lop Nur Nature Sanctuary, up to 20 Wild Bactrian Camels are killed annually by miners and hunters for subsistence use. Economic pressure to use the areas adjoining the Nature Reserve as grazing for domestic Bactrian camels has increased hybridisation on the southern border and this poses a significant threat to the unique genetic strain of the Wild Bactrian Camel which current scientific DNA research suggests is a separate species.
For 45 years, this area of the Gashun Gobi was the nuclear test site area of China. In spite of this, the Wild Bactrian Camel survived and is apparently breeding naturally. Since the cessation of nuclear tests in China, the Wild Bactrian Camel now faces new threats including highly toxic illegal mining and hunting for food and sport. Parts of the Wild Bactrian Camel's designated habitat are likely to be designated for industrial use (gas pipe line laying, exploitation of minerals). Domestic Bactrian camels and goats have also been introduced to the designated areas and hence compete for grazing and water.
|Conservation Actions:
The 'Great Gobi Reserve A' was established in Mongolia in 1982 and in 2000, the 'Arjin Shan Lop Nur Nature Reserve' was established in China. Although the first phase of Nature Reserve construction is now complete, much more work, including the opening of a second Nature Reserve in China is needed.
The establishment of a captive Wild Bactrian Camel breeding programme in Mongolia has been established by the Wild Camel Protection Foundation. This is an urgent conservation priority. Only fifteen wild Bactrian camels are currently in captivity in China and Mongolia. With so few captive animals, the whole species could be wiped out if their natural habitats in China and Mongolia are destroyed. It is therefore important to breed enough animals in captivity to insure against this possible disaster. As each female camel can have young at most once every two years, relying on natural methods would permit the numbers to rise only very slowly.
|Hare, J. 2008. Camelus ferus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T63543A12689285. . Downloaded on 15 August 2018.
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Atomic core and packages
Posted 18 July 2011 - 03:02 PM
atomic core
The idea is to keep Yii2 core small, fast and flexible moving things like zii widgets, webservices and even active record out of it. Things to keep are base ones like autoloading, events, routing or CLI support.
A package is some amount of structured code following a standard, documentation and a meta-description file. That's where all non-core code goes. Package concept will allow to use Yii2 as an atomic micro-framework or as a full-blown solution like current Yii.
Meta file should include package name, version, author, brief description, a list of packages and their versions it depends on.
package manager
Package manager should be simple to use. When one tries to get a package, it should be able to automatically get all dependencies automatically. One should be able to add/remove any package at any time (of course, if it's not required by another one).
ability to store packages at third-party servers
Currently we have extensions and one of the problems is that it's time consuming to upload archives to Yii website when extension code is updated. Overall, it's less time consuming to keep your code in a single place such as GitHub or your own server. So package manager should be able to install packages from different locations.
package repository
Since it will be hard to find a right package it's a good idea to have a central repository. Same idea as current extensions but the difference is that one should only specify URL to the package meta file and Yii website will automatically update description, version number etc. from the package and provide a summary page. Another difference is that files will not be stored at Yii website.
official packages
Among with packages that are maintained by developers we can review and "approve" some packages. Ones with decent documentation and code. These will be marked as "officially approved". It will solve the problem with choosing a stable code to build production system on.
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Posted 18 July 2011 - 04:34 PM
And from the other side, if we want to make Yii a really powerful and extensions-rich framework, we will need this package system. That's why now I'm tending to like this idea But creating & installing packages should be very easy, and probably a web based?
Posted 18 July 2011 - 04:40 PM
Package management built right into Yii would make it so much easier to manage packages, not only Yii official packages, but third-party packages as well. Especially third-party extensions.
Is it inspired by the Phundament2-derived work by Schmunk?
Posted 18 July 2011 - 05:11 PM
- run static code analysis (coding conventions, API documentation depth, code complexity, nesting depth, ...)
- generate API reference
- run unit tests and measure code coverage
from all this, generate publicly visible rating with access to detailed information if requested. Ideally, this should happen automatically (say author creates a new tag in his repo, the server hosting that repo sends a notification. Yii site updates the package locally and starts the build).
Really loved to have something like this...
For the core, I'm not sure it would be such a good idea. After all, it adds complexity both for you as maintainer and for all users which probably only want to use a great framework. Having to search for components and plugging them together... I don't know. I prefer downloading a framework and being able to do all sorts of things with it (including especially WS and AR, but also widgets which I loved to be extended - different styles for CMenu is something I missed for example). Do you feel Yii has grown so fat? What do you hope to improve by separating the framework into smaller chunks?
Posted 18 July 2011 - 06:16 PM
About the core, maybe is a good idea to have pre-configured those packages that are considered now as part of it (AR,WS,Widgets, etc), so to allow programmers to reduce it if some of them are not required but not to search for them, when they were always there before.
Posted 18 July 2011 - 07:05 PM
Posted 18 July 2011 - 08:01 PM
And I love the package repository, I always wanted something like that... I've used somthing like that in Typo3 CMS, I think that CMS has one of the best Package Managers, so we can take some ideas from it.
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Posted 19 July 2011 - 01:54 AM
Posted 19 July 2011 - 04:59 AM
Web based package installer is probably a good idea. Still, it should be doubled by console application in order to be able to automate installing process via shell scripts.
To be honest, I've never reviewed Phundament2. Is there a package manager?
Good idea about automating quality checks.
We'll keep using lazy loading in Yii2. There's no other way to make framework fast and feature-rich at the same time.
Can you post some links to Typo3 manuals/implementation etc.?
Yes, PEAR is quite similar.
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Posted 19 July 2011 - 08:49 AM
The current Typo3 version uses an extension manager as is in these pages:
A glimpse: http://typo3.org/doc....0.0/view/1/10/
A screenshot: http://preview.typo3..._c445b180fa.png
Extensions repository: http://typo3.org/ext...ons/repository/
The new Typo3 v5.0 implements a slightly different way to manage the packages, it is based in a new PHP framework called FLOW3 (still in alpha):
I think we can take some ideas from Typo3, It is a bit complex sometimes (it's being improved in v.5.0) but it implements cool features and ideas.
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Posted 19 July 2011 - 09:37 AM
It is the start of a unified extension/module handling/installation/configuration framework.
Interesting idea.
It sounds very close to the idea of packages.
Although p3widgets currently is concerned with widgets, it is the general mechanism which is interesting.
Posted 21 July 2011 - 07:43 AM
Additionally, maybe some official packages can be in incubation state, which mean that they are close to become official packages, but still not tested/stable enough.
Posted 21 July 2011 - 01:47 PM
If one package === one namespace in Yii 2.0, then this would also make it possible to use pharchives, which would be neat - this would make it really easy to switch to a newer version of a package, and you can comfortably keep the old version of the package around, without storing/deploying (or checking in) hundreds (or even thousands) of individual files.
I like that idea a lot. Fewer files, less mess, easier switching between versions, faster deployment - good stuff.
Posted 28 July 2011 - 04:43 PM
I am very pleased to see this discussion going on
First, isn't it like a package is just a standardized extension format?
Does not matter if a package contains a component or a module ... whatever.
I totally agree with all your points.
And yes, there's kind of a package manger in phundament, it's called p3admin.
Check this posting, it's also shown in the video.
It basically just looks for a migration directory in modules and executes the migrations for database setup via yiic.
I think there should also be a convention about where to store files, i.e. protected/data/<packageName>
Every package should also provide a default configuration, which can be easily merged with the application configuration.
Configuration handling is also an issue in Yii, a package should be able to register itself within the application.
Regarding a package manager and a repository, what's about an yiic wrapper for git commands or for the GitHub API?
Console-based is a must.
I also strongly vote for GitHub! I've just started using it and found zero disadvantages compared to GoogleCode and svn.
And the ability to share code on GitHub is awesome.
Compatibility is also a thing to think about. Thinking especially about different jQuery versions here
But also cross-dependencies between packages.
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Posted 28 July 2011 - 07:29 PM
Posted 01 August 2011 - 07:19 AM
The GUID should change with each major revision of a package, as an indication that it is no longer backwards compatible. Dependencies should be specified with GUID (as well as package name) so that users receive a warning if they're not using the right version of a dependency.
Note that while this eliminates "fighting" for a "package name", packages may still "fight" for a namespace, so that doesn't really address that problem. I think "package name" should be == root namespace of a package by convention, and the Yii site should maintain a namespace registry. When you enroll a package, you reserve the root namespace, so we avoid collisions.
Alternatively, we could use the Java-style convention where the vendor name is used as the root namespace, which virtually eliminates collisions - e.g. "mindplay\ImageManager" different from, say, "somebody\ImageManager". One problem with that idea, is that this is not a convention generally followed by the PHP community, so not much use when integrating a third-party library into a package.
Posted 01 August 2011 - 09:24 AM
Instead of GUID that's not too human friendly we can just use versions:
x.0.0 — Entirely new API.
1.x.0 — partially non BC.
1.0.x — BC changes.
Using vendor name in namespace can be a problem because of autoloader convention for namespace to follow file system. Namespace system at website can be a good solution.
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Posted 01 August 2011 - 12:20 PM
samdark, on 01 August 2011 - 09:24 AM, said:
Not an argument for GUID, but why would that be a problem? Presumably, the autoloader will allow you to point a root-namespace to a particular folder - that's a basic feature of any modern autoloader?
All the Yii packages will likely reside in namespaces under "Yii", so Yii itself already follows that convention.
Posted 12 August 2011 - 01:42 PM
mindplay, on 01 August 2011 - 07:19 AM, said:
SPL is about to standardize on this convention - I think we should consider following that standard.
Posted 13 August 2011 - 09:03 AM
For example:
- vendors/Mindplay/Annotations
- vendors/Mindplay/ImageManager
- etc.
Just one namespace => path mapping to configure, which makes it easy to install and configure third-party packages with many dependencies on other packages from the same third-party vendor.
Also, package managers need only know where the root "vendors" folder is located - they will then be able to automatically install packages and dependencies, without prompting you for paths to each individual package.
And finally, this eliminates "fighting" for package-names, since the full package-name is disambiguated by the vendor namespace-prefix.
In my opinion, this would work very well.


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Following up on this morning's post, here is an extended excerpt from ZAGG, Inc. v. Catanach (E.D. Pa. Sept. 27, 2012), denying the motion to dismiss of bloggers / b-school professors Catanach and Ketz of the Grumpy Old Accountants blog. The full opinion is available from the court as a pdf.
ZAGG, Inc. ("Zagg") has brought this action for defamation and false light under Utah state law1 against Anthony H. Catanach, Jr. ("Catanach") and J. Edward Ketz ("Ketz"), two business school professors at universities in Pennsylvania. Zagg alleges that Catanach and Ketz published false and defamatory statements about it on a blog. Before the court is the motion of Catanach and Ketz to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. …
Catanach and Ketz authored and caused to be published an article entitled "Don't Gag on Zagg" on the Grumpy Old Accountants blog. In the article, they made a number of statements about Zagg's accounting practices. Zagg alleges in its complaint that the following statements from the article are defamatory:
a. "The numbers are giving off so much smoke that we think management may have blinded both the auditors and investors." b. "At worst, management may be 'cooking the books.'"
c. "ZAGG's balance sheet is littered with items prompting valuation and disclosure concerns."
d. "The company includes accounts receivables from credit card processors in its reported cash balances. You know how we feel about this right? … Instead of the Company reporting positive cash flow for 2011, it really 'burned' cash."
e. "[I]t is ironic and worrying that the ifrogz business segment is losing money right out of the gate."
f. "Still not convinced that ZAGG management is massaging the numbers? Maybe the following will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up."
g. "This is a financial reporting debacle in the making."
h. "It makes us grumpy when a firm overstates its cash by adding in some receivables, as note 1 explains. And why did ZAGG do this? In an attempt to fool investors about its cash flows!"
To state a claim for defamation under Utah law, plaintiff "must show that defendants published the statements concerning him, that the statements were false, defamatory, and not subject to any privilege, that the statements were published with the requisite degree of fault, and that their publication resulted in damage." West v. Thomson Newspapers, 872 P.2d 999, 1007-08 (Utah 1994) …
The statements in issue by Catanach and Ketz on the Grumpy Old Accountants blog were not merely nettlesome or embarrassing but rather were capable of damaging Zagg's reputation. They directly impeached Zagg's honesty with statements such as "[t]he numbers are giving off so much smoke that we think management may have blinded both the auditors and investors" and others such as "Zagg's balance sheet is littered with items prompting valuation and disclosure concerns," and "[Zagg is] attempt[ing] to fool investors about its cash flows." These statements imply dishonesty and even criminality and thus are capable of defamatory meaning.
Even when statements may otherwise be capable of defamatory meaning, the Utah Constitution protects expressions of opinion …
The defendants contend that their statements in the Grumpy Old Accountants blog were all expressions of opinion, as noted in a disclaimer at the end of the article stating, "[t]his essay reflects the opinion of the authors and not necessarily the opinions of the Pennsylvania State University, the American College, or Villanova University." They also point out that a number of statements are preceded with the words, "we think." These exculpatory words in and of themselves do not save the statements in issue from being defamatory. See Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co., 497 US 1, 18 (1990). It would undermine the law of defamation if speakers or authors could simply employ a talismanic word formula to absolve themselves of slander or libel. See Id. at 18-19.
Although opinions are protected from defamation liability under the Utah Constitution, any facts implied by the opinion or underlying the opinion are not protected. West, 872 P.2d at 1015. The Supreme Court of Utah … relied specifically on "four factors as useful in distinguishing fact from opinion: (i) the common usage or meaning of the words used; (ii) whether the statement is capable of being objectively verified as true or false; (iii) the full context of the statement –- for example, the entire article or column –- in which the defamatory statement is made; and (iv) the broader setting in which the statement appears." Id. (citing Ollman v. Evans, 750 F.2d 970, 979 (D.C. Cir. 1984) (en banc)).
We will address each factor in turn. The Ollman decision cited by West explained that the first factor, "common usage or meaning of the words used," was relevant for "determining whether the statement has a precise core of meaning for which a consensus of understanding exists or, conversely, whether the statement is indefinite and ambiguous." Ollman, 750 F.2d at 979 (citations omitted). The court reasoned that readers of the statements would be "considerably less likely to infer facts from an indefinite or ambiguous statement than one with a commonly understood meaning." Id. Here, the statements by Catanach and Ketz have commonly understood meanings. For example, when a reader sees "[a]t worst, management may be 'cooking the books'" or Zagg's "attempt to fool investors about its cash flows," he or she understands that the authors are implying false numbers in Zagg's ledger amounting to at least potential criminality.
As for the second factor, the statements by Catanach and Ketz about Zagg are capable of being verified. Accountants are able to look at Zagg's financial records and public filings to determine whether there were manipulations and irregularities giving rise to "valuation and disclosure concerns," as accused.
Turning to the third factor, reading the full context of the blog posting would not lead a reader to believe that the statements were opinions and not steeped in fact. Even though the authors did include at the end of the article that the essay reflected their opinions and at times use the phrase "we think," various statements in the article explained to the reader that the authors had read Zagg's public filings and financial statements and were basing their statements on these factual disclosures. For example, the article states, "[o]ur review of the Company's operating environment and the 2011 10-K leads us to conclude that at the very least, the Company's reported amounts are suspect." This statement is based on data from the 10-K. In sum, the full context of the article would not lead a reader to conclude it was mere opinion.
The fourth factor requires the court to consider "the broader setting in which the statement appears." The Supreme Court of Utah explained that statements in newspaper editorials tend to be more exaggerated than "hard news," and as a result readers are "less likely to form personal animus toward an individual based on statements made in an editorial." Id. at 1009. This led the West court to determine that the statements at issue in that case, which were published in a newspaper editorial about a mayor of a town in Utah, were not capable of defamatory meaning. Similarly, here readers may be less likely to sell their stock in a company when they read about potential disclosure concerns on the Grumpy Old Accountants blog than, for example, on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. On the other hand, the defendants are professors at business schools, with apparently no political axe to grind. Readers are likely to take their statements about corporate finance seriously. …
In West the plaintiff was a public official, and the court explained that this factor was relevant to its finding that the statements were opinions not capable of defamatory meaning. Id. at 1009-10. The context of any statement is critical. Readers expect that public officials will be criticized in newspaper editorials and that these criticisms are opinions. Id. That is just the nature of politics. Here, in contrast, two business school professors are making statements about the dishonesty of a corporation. Public companies are not routinely accused of fraud by business professors, and any such accusations would not be presumed to be opinions. The statements of Catanach and Ketz about Zagg on their blog are therefore not protected opinions under Utah law because the meaning of the statements is clear, they are capable of being verified, and the context of the statements and the broader settings in which they appear do not signal to the reader that the statements are opinions and not facts.
Accordingly, we will deny the motion of the defendants to dismiss for failure to state a claim because the statements of these business school professors about Zagg on their blog are capable of defamatory meaning and are not protected as opinions. We, of course, make no determination of whether the statements are true or false. Whether defamation actually occurred will be for the fact-finder to decide.
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Back in the 80's when 3D was taking its dying breath yet again, as it is starting to do now, a couple of guys based in Italy, American actor Tony Anthony and director Ferdinando Baldi, decided to utilize the format to its fullest potential and create a spaghetti western action picture that would blow any other 3D competition out of the water.
The film was Coming At Ya!, a title that has nothing to do with the story of the film but rather the gimmick they sold it on. And shit does come at ya, by the truck loads.
Tony Anthony is Hart, a man about to wed his beloved Abilene, played by a young and gorgeous Victoria Abril, when a group of bandits storm the church, blow Hart away an kidnap Abilene and leave him to die.
But as western heros are vaunt to do he gets better and pissed off, arming himself with heavy weaponry and an attitude ready to kick some bandit ass all across the desert.
Hart arrives in to a decimated town where the gang has gone through and picked out all women and there he meets an old Scottish coot who rides along with him to the bandit's headquarters.
Abilene is being held by the Thomson gang, ruled over by brothers Pike and Polk who kidnap women from all over and sell to brothels and others who like ill-gotten flesh. They are the typical spaghetti western stable of bad guys, sweaty, grimy and general sleaze balls who do what ever the hell they want. Polk is the worse of the two, a Bud Spencer look alike who seems like a simpleton that needs his brother to tell him to relax when things get heavy. On one such occasion, when Polk has beating the crap out of Abilene for calling him a fat pig, he rides out to let off some steam by sleeping with a peasant girl while the father of her child waits outside. But as luck would have it Hart arrives killing everyone, even the mariachi brought along to provide the mood music, kicks the shit out of Polk and rides out towards the bandit's hide out.
Just in time to interrupt an auction of flesh to dictators and brothel owners Hart busts in guns blazing blowing away the evildoers almost getting away with it but fortune doesn't smile on him that day and he ends up tied up in the brothers treasure cove. Rash decisions and bad planing result in Hart escaping again and what follows is a straight up massacre right in your face.
As a film Coming At Ya is pretty basic as a spaghetti western, cookie cutter characters, a hero we know nothing about except that he wants to kill dudes that fucked him over. We never know what he did before his wife to be got kidnapped or how he got so good with a six shooter and a shot gun. All we know he's out for revenge and for a film like this it's fine really, we are here for the gimmick anyway. But what surprised me was how good the damn thing looked. There are some exceptional sequences in this, utilizing slow mo and great composition. Director Baldi really knows how to frame a shot and when to over crank the camera.
As for the 3D, it's also surprisingly good and well done, considering the low budget they had at the time. The title of the film says it all really, from the very first frame they have things coming at the camera, from snakes, guns, beans, rats, bats, swords, flaming arrows and baby asses, that's right, you get the full on experience of getting a toddler's ass right in your face. It does however get to a point where things coming at the lens are getting ridiculous and over used thus making the whole thing tired pretty quick. Things coming at your face is only exciting and funny for so long. Ask any prostitute.
Overall the film is pretty awesome and would probably work just as well in 2D. Fans of Kill Bill Vol. 1 will no doubt recognize the doomed opening wedding ceremony for instance. Tony Anthony as Hart is a complete bad ass, dropping bodies and one liners like a pro. Victoria Abril is just wonderful to look at but her character jumps back and forth from being a damsel in distress to a tough female who can hold her own against marauding bandits. Gene Quintano as Pike doesn't really have the looks to be a threatening bad guy and it doesn't help that his voice dub is desperately trying to sound tough. Ricardo Palacios however is a psychotic slob of a man you don't want to fuck with.
Coming At Ya! 3D does exactly what it says on the poster and it's fun up to a point. So aside from over use of the gimmick it's a crowd pleasing cult classic.


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Authorities are on the lookout for an 11-year-old girl who was removed from a cancer ward last Wednesday in Phoenix, saying that if the girl is not given proper medical care, she could die.
Identified only as "Emily," the girl has been undergoing treatment for leukemia for more than a month at Phoenix Children's Hospital. Surveillance cameras captured footage of her mother, "Norma," and brother escorting her out of the ward with an IV attached to a chest catheter. The three went into a hospital restroom and emerged with Emily in different clothes and the catheter removed.
Emily and her family have not been heard from since, which has the hospital greatly concerned.
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An improperly removed chest catheter raises the risk of infection and the possibilty of releasing blood clots into her system – potentially fatal if they reach her heart or lungs.
Emily, who was scheduled to be released from the hospital the day after she disappeared, has already had one arm amputated because of infection.
Health care providers worry that a prolonged break in her treatment for leukemia could also put her at grave risk.
"The most important thing, no matter what has happened, is that the child gets seen as soon as possible," Dr. Theodore Moore, chief of pediatric hematology, oncology, and bone marrow transplant at the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, told Today.com.
Authorities have notified the surrounding community to Emily's disappearance urging everyone who may come in contact with her to ensure she receives proper care.


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BRSITOL, Tenn. – With the early signing period over, the King University baseball team has announced the signing of six players. The Tornado inked Letters of Intent from five infielders and one catcher who will begin competing in Navy and Scarlet this fall.
Head coach Blaine Brown on the class
"We are ecstatic about the class we signed early. I can't say enough about the hard work put in by the entire coaching staff. Coaches Luke Howard, Jake Cockerham, Dustin Pannell, and George Laoo did a great job of getting quality players and people. Every player has a GPA over 3.3. They are all high character players, and all have a chance to come in and play early in their careers. They will continue to build upon the foundation we have laid and the continued success of the program on and off the field for the future."
Tyler Pierce, Infielder, Chilhowie, Va./Chilhowie HS
As a junior Pierce posted a 23-game hitting streak while hitting .445. He was named All-District three times, and was named All-Region and All-State as a junior. He played his summer baseball for RBA South. Pierce also has time on the mound, posting a record of 12-1. In the classroom, he holds a 4.2 grade-point-average.
"Tyler is an outstanding student-athlete," head coach Blaine Brown said. "He gets it done on the field and in the classroom. Tyler comes from a great high school program where he has been an integral part of their success. He has great energy and is a perfect fit for our program."
Jonathan Perez-Castaneda, Infielder Miami, Fla./Southridge Senior HS
A four-year varsity starter Perez-Casaneda has been a career .300 hitter while posting a .400 on base percentage. He has also been slick with the glove as he has a career .970 fielding percentage. In the summer he competes for Team Florida. Perez-Castaneda has also been selected as a Pre-Season Under Armour All-American. Academically he holds a 3.6 GPA.
"We got on Jon late in the signing period and he made a great impression on us," Brown stated. "He has great tools that will only get better. As he gets stronger, his ceiling is extremely high. Jon really impressed us with his character and he will be a great addition to our program."
Ben Donaldson, Infielder, Millersville, Md./Old Mill HS
Donaldson hit .365 in his junior year while fielding at a clip of .960. He is a captain of his high school team. In the summer he played for the Rawlings A's Prospects out of Maryland. Donaldson holds a 3.5 GPA.
"Ben has a very high ceiling. Once he grows into his body the sky is the limit for him," said Brown. "He has quick actions in the field and at the plate. He is a great student and will be a great asset to the program."
Tyler Bailey, Infielder/Outfielder, Stafford, Va./North Stafford HS
During his junior season, Bailey hit .422 stealing 24 bases. He prides himself on his speed and versatility as he can play either in the infield or the outfield. He played on the prestigious Richmond Braves in the summer. He holds a 3.3 GPA.
"We have been on Tyler for quite a while. The more we saw him play the more we liked him," Brown stated. "The way he plays grows on you the more you watch. He plays at a great high school program. We have had great success with players from his high school and we expect the same out of Tyler."
Mark Michael, Infielder, Bel Air, Md./John Carroll HS
Michael hit .403 during his junior year, and was named second team All-County as well as the Patriot Newspaper Athlete of the Month. He has been a Captain on his high school team since his sophomore year. Mark competed for Dig In Baseball in the summer. Mark holds a 3.5 GPA.
"We have talked about Mark as a staff since the first time we watched him," commented Brown. "He never stops talking on the field. His energy and enthusiasm is infectious. He has so many leadership qualities that every coach wants in a program. He will put his stamp on our program."
BJ Donathan, Catcher, Tipp City, Ohio/Tippecanoe HS
Donathan comes out of Ohio ranked as one of the top ten catchers in the state according to Prep Baseball Report. He has been the starting catcher, on back-to-back regional teams, since his sophomore year. He held a .351 caught stealing percentage while ranking second on his team in batting average and home runs. In the summer Donathan played for the Raptors Elite. He holds a 3.6 GPA.
"BJ was another guy we got on late in the signing period," Brown said. "He is a great student-athlete with the intangibles you want in a catcher. He has good size and leadership skills that will translate into what we want behind the plate. He is motivated and we can't wait to get him on campus."


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Jenna Shea Exposes Louisville Peyton Siva After He Didn't Pay Hush Money (Photos)
Adult Star/Model Jenna Shea had more than congratulations for Louisville point guard Peyton Siva after his team's National Championship victory. Shea decided to go on a massive twitter rant about Siva and post private text conversations they've had through Instagram and Twitter. Siva who is supposedly in a relationship according to Shea has contacted her multiple times and has tried to meet up with her on a consistent basis.
We've said it many times, you can't trust anyone to keep your business private. Siva is just the recent victim of the screen capping for twitter fame. Too bad because he played lights out during the championship game and his efforts will be second to this story.
Jenna Shea was allegedly paid $20k by James Harden to "hang out" and she also had a few choice words for Lakers Jordan Hill.
Siva actually thanked his girlfriend during his championship speech, hopefully she isn't on Twitter.


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Tough week for Northport
The Northport High girl's basketball team experienced a rough week in a season that was expected to have its share of up and down moments. The Mustangs opened their week with a 56-24 loss to Inchelium before traveling to the Wellpinit Christmas Tournament and losing to host Wellpinit on Friday, 67-1. On Saturday, NHS lost a rematch with Inchelium, 83-20. NHS head coach Erik Stark says that Northport is working hard and despite the lopsided losses, the girls are not giving up on the young season. "Their attitude is great," Stark said. "The kids haven't quit or gotten frustrated. They are progressing. "I was really pleased this week with some of my forwards…they are becoming more aggressive on offense and defense." The base of knowledge continues to grow for the inexperienced squad as well.'More plays' "On defense, we're making more plays and on offense, with the exception of Friday, we're starting to run and execute our plays better," Stark pointed out.While Kathy Higgins was expected to shoulder a majority of the Northport offense, the plan was for other players to develop. One of those players has been Margarita Weiner. "She played as an eighth- grader last year and has really stepped up," Stark said. "She's really become aggressive and is learning about what it takes."RECAPBack on Dec. 17, the Mustangs hosted the Inchelium Hornets and played a competitive first half before Inchelium pulled away for a 56-32 victory. Olivia Williams scored 24 points to lead all scorers, while Allianna Hackenberg led the Mustangs with nine points. On Friday and Saturday, Northport traveled to the Wellpinit Christmas Tournament. The Mustangs' first game was against host Wellpinit and it didn't go well.Jada Colvin had a double-double for Wellpinit with 11 points and 10 assists. Northport's second game was against familiar foe Inchelium. The result was the same as earlier in the week. This time Northport fell 83-20. While the Mustangs didn't threaten the Hornets, Northport did shoot over 50 percent from the free-throw line for the first time this season. According to Stark, the Mustangs may have won three games already this season if they could have hit over 50 percent of their free-throws. The Mustangs are now off for Christmas break and will not play again until Jan. 3 when they travel to Cusick. The girl's game tips off at 5:45 p.m.


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Signs of Life :: Winter 2010
Also ... Brazil proposes ban of new sugar cane plantations in the Amazon
Water Wars
Seeds of a Movement for the Unemployed
For decades, labor unions have ensured that workers have sufficient power to bargain for their rights and for a share of economic gains. But where do working Americans turn when they lose their jobs?
As the economy struggles to recover, groups in Maine, Pennsylvania, and Indiana are mobilizing the unemployed. Led by committed organizers, many of them laid-off union members, the groups' work is reminiscent of unemployed activism that blossomed in the 1930s, and it could be an inspiration for a modern movement of the jobless.
In Indiana, the Unemployed and Anxiously Employed Workers Initiative (UAEWI) emerged as a direct response to the 2008 financial meltdown, and is now lobbying for a seat at the bargaining table of the Northeast Indiana Regional Workforce Board. UAEWI says the Board has announced $16 million for job retraining programs, but unemployed workers currently have no say in how the money will be distributed. "We are establishing a kind of bargaining dynamic with the state … so we can actually be part of that discussion instead of objects in the discussion," says UAEWI founder Tom Lewandowski.
The Philadelphia Unemployment Project (PUP) has been championing the rights of the jobless since the mid-1970s OPEC recession, but their work has taken on new urgency in the last year. PUP educates the jobless on how to access state and federal unemployment compensation and pressures city, state, and federal governments to adopt policies like health care reform that will help those in financial stress.
PUP also represents homeowners facing foreclosure. In 2008, PUP organizers successfully pressured the city sheriff's office to stop the sale of foreclosed homes. Their efforts led the Philadelphia courts to establish a program in April 2008 requiring lenders to participate in mediation with homeowners to seek new loan terms that will prevent foreclosure. The program prevented foreclosure among 80 percent of participating homeowners, according to an initial survey.
Another advocacy group, Maine's Food AND Medicine (FAM) has emerged as a prominent voice for the state's unemployed since its founding in 2002. FAM lobbies extensively for the unemployed and offers them classes on how to organize and take political leadership. FAM also runs a food bank.
This fall, FAM's membership voted to focus on Solidarity Harvest, a program providing hundreds of unemployed workers with locally grown Thanksgiving meals. The campaign garnered substantial press coverage, giving FAM the chance to broadcast its messages about joblessness throughout greater Maine.
The project also helps unemployed people realize they aren't alone. "If you've gotten laid off, it gives you a little bit of spirit knowing that people are trying to help you out," says FAM member Phil Polk.
None of the three organizations has more than a few hundred members, but each relies less on formal membership than on organizing among the populations they serve.
Lewandowski hopes their efforts can spread across the country, perhaps with help from Working America, the AFL-CIO's community outreach affiliate.
"Working America has been extremely encouraging for us and really engaged in the experimentation we are doing," Lewandowski says. "We've been beginning to look around to see if there are other places in the country that might want to take up a version of this model."
—Jake Blumgart is a freelance journalist and frequent contributor to Campus Progress and Publicola.
"If they're too big to fail, they're too big …
In 1911, we broke up Standard Oil—so what happened? The individual parts became more valuable than the whole."
Alan Greenspan, former chair of the Federal Reserve, calls for a breakup of big financial institutions in remarks to the Council on Foreign Relations.
Can Northeast States Grow Their Own Food?
How much of the food eaten in the northeastern United States could be produced regionally? The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced $230,000 in funding to find out.
The grant was awarded as part of the USDA's new initiative "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food," which in its first week provided $65 million in support of local and regional food projects across the country through the 2008 Farm Bill.
Food in the United States travels between 1,500 and 2,500 miles from farm to fridge, according to the Worldwatch Institute. Shipping food cross-country leaves a large carbon footprint and is becoming more expensive as transportation costs rise.
U.S. consumer demand for locally grown food is expected to rise from an estimated $4billion in 2002 to as much as $7billion by 2012, according to the USDA.
The Northeast food study will estimate potential crop production along the East Coast to determine where regional food production could meet current and projected demand.
—Laura Kaliebe is a freelance writer based in Seattle.
Activists Wrangle Forest Victories from Corporations
Fierce pressure from activists has led several major corporations to change purchasing practices linked to deforestation.
Kimberly-Clark, maker of Kleenex brand, now says it will manufacture all of its tissue products from "environmentally responsible sources," such as recycled fiber or sustainably harvested wood.
The decision was a response to a five-year campaign led by Greenpeace, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and other environmental activists.
As part of the campaign, students organized campus actions against Kimberly-Clark, and more than a dozen colleges and universities removed the company's products from bookstore shelves and bathroom stalls.
The campaign prompted shareholders to introduce resolutions asking the company to make its fiber purchases more sustainable.
Greenpeace won a second series of victories after it released a report in June that linked rainforest destruction to cattle ranching. Just weeks after the report was published, the International Finance Corporation, the private lending arm of the World Bank Group, withdrew a loan to one of the world's largest meat producers, Brazilian conglomerate Bertin.
In October, Bertin and three other major meat producers, JBS-Friboi, Marfrig, and Minerva, agreed to a ban on the purchase of cattle raised on newly deforested areas of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, on indigenous lands, on protected areas, or on farms that use slave labor.
Shoe manufacturers Adidas, Nike, and Timberland announced they would cancel contracts for leather products unless the producers guaranteed they have no role in Amazon deforestation and are not using slave labor.
—Laura Kaliebe
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has proposed banning the development of new sugar cane plantations in the Amazon rainforest and the Pantanal wetlands.
Sugar cane-based ethanol accounts for more than 20 percent of Brazil's transport fuel market, but the expansion of ethanol production has resulted in deforestation and labor exploitation. Brazil's Congress will vote on the proposal next year.
River Restoration Ends Klamath Water Wars
More than two dozen environmental groups, state resource agencies, and tribes in Oregon and California recently reached a deal resolving more than a decade of water wars pitting farmers against conservationists and the fishing industry. The draft agreement, released September 30, would remove four Klamath River dams that affect more than 300 miles of salmon habitat along the Oregon-California coast.
The Klamath River once was the third most productive salmon habitat on the West Coast, but two of its original five salmon species are now extinct from the watershed, and one, the coho, is endangered.
In 2001 and 2002, farmers fought to overturn restrictions on withdrawing water from the Klamath for irrigation, but the move left too little water for salmon and contributed to the deaths of tens of thousands of fish.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission refused to renew hydropower licenses for PacifiCorp, the Portland, Oregon, power company that owns the dams, unless the company built fish ladders and other structures that allow salmon to migrate. Even with such improvements, estimated to cost $300 million, KIamath dams might have been denied California water quality certification. The stagnant water behind the dams frequently suffers from toxic algae blooms.
Steve Rothert of American Rivers, one of the groups to sign the new agreement, says fish populations should begin to rebound within a decade of dam removal.
—Susie Shutts
Philly Transforms Stormwater into Gardens
Philadelphia's Water Department has proposed a plan to transform not only the city's water system but the city itself. The plan would channel storm water through a system of porous pavement, rain gardens, green roofs, and trees.
Currently, Philadelphia's water system is a conduit for both sewage and storm run-off. The new landscaping would absorb excess rainwater and help prevent the city sewer system from spewing untreated sewage and pollutants into Philadelphia's surrounding rivers and streams.
The landscaping would cost $1.6 billion and take several years to build, but if the EPA approves the plan, Philadelphia could become an oasis of gardens and greenery, with cooler temperatures, better air quality, and more jobs created from the project.
The green ideas included in the plan are nothing new, but Philadelphia would be the first city in the United States to implement green stormwater engineering on such a massive scale.
—Margit Christenson is a freelance writer based in New York City.
Homeland Security Addresses Rights Violations
In October, the Department of Homeland Security announced reforms aimed at improving conditions for immigrants being held in detention centers.
On any given day, more than 32,000 immigrants—including children and refugees seeking asylum from political violence—are detained in facilities that resemble prisons.
For years, advocacy groups have conducted investigations, engaged in legal battles, and staged national vigils and protests to publicize human rights violations in detention centers.
In 2008, for example, a report by OneAmerica found that detainees at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Tacoma, Washington, suffered from overcrowding, food poisoning, inadequate food, and poor medical care.
In August, the American Civil Liberties Union settled a series of lawsuits to obtain medical care and educational programming for 26 immigrant children held at the T. Don Hutto detention center in Taylor, Texas.
The Homeland Security reforms will place nonviolent detainees in converted hotels and nursing homes instead of jails and detention centers, increase facility oversight, and provide better medical training for detention facility workers.
Judy Rabinovitz, deputy director of the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project, says the reforms are encouraging, but "meaningful reform of the system must also focus on … why they are being detained in the first place."
—Susie Shutts
"You have young activists and gay people from all walks of life converging on Washington, not because a national organization told them to, but because they feel the time is now."
Corey Johnson, activist and blogger for towleroad.com, about the October 11th 2009 National Equality March in Washington, D.C., the largest demonstration for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered rights in over a decade. The march was organized from the grassroots in less than four months.
In Argentina, Activists Celebrate Media Reform
After years of campaigning by hundreds of the country's civil society groups, Argentina is transforming its media regulations. As in the United States, the country's media is controlled primarily by large corporations. A new law breaks up media ownership among commercial groups, non-governmental groups, and the government, putting two-thirds of broadcasting licenses into non-corporate hands.
Thousands gathered outside Argentina's Congress to celebrate the law's enactment. The bill has support from a number of prominent human rights activists, such as Nobel Peace laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel.
Media giants have threatened to fight the new law in court. Critics say the law targets Grupo Clarin, a large media outlet that has openly criticized President Cristina Fernández.
—Margit Christenson
White House Opens Visitor Log to the Public
"We will achieve our goal of making this administration the most open and transparent … in history," President Obama said in a speech announcing the change.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Government calls the move "historic." The government watchdog group has dropped four lawsuits against the Obama and Bush administrations under the Freedom of Information Act, and Obama has met the group's demand for details of visits from coal industry and health insurance executives, and from religious leaders during the Bush era.
Judicial Watch, a group that challenged the secrecy of visitor logs under Bush, remains concerned that the log is not monitored by an outside group and that the policy change still allows the administration too much power to withold names deemed "sensitive."
—Heather Purser


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The jury rendered 12-0 decisions on five counts, 11-1 decisions on six counts and 10-2 decisions on 14 counts. The jury's votes on the three no-verdict counts were 9-3, 8-4 and 6-6. Each count required 10 votes to convict.
At the sentencing hearing, Deputy District Attorney Kate Petersen lobbied for a 100-year sentence. Turnbow's privately-retained attorney, Amy Margolis of Portland, requested a 100-month sentence — about eight years — and cited her client's failing health as the primary reason. She said a lengthy sentence would only serve as a "medical burden" on the state Department of Corrections.
"This is not about practical considerations," Collins said. "It is about a form of justice.
"It was egregious and horrific conduct. This brings some form of closure."
Three victims were in the courtroom. Two others listened to the sentencing hearing via speaker phone. The father of one of the victims addressed the court. One of the victims who listened by phone also spoke.
Given an opportunity to address the victims, Turnbow did not apologize to them. He only chose to profess his innocence, saying, "I am not guilty." He denied all the allegations when he took the witness stand in his own defense during the trial.
The sentence also includes a term of post-prison supervision, court fees and a fine to be determined, in addititon to restitution.
It was an emotionally-charged hearing. Four sheriff's deputies were positioned around the courtroom.
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Spurs 2-0 Palace
Report from the Lane
11 January 2014|Tottenham Hotspur
Goals from Christian Eriksen and Jermain Defoe secured a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane on Saturday, giving us a battling victory in our 200th London derby in the Premier League.
The visitors missed a first half penalty and enjoyed the better of the opening period, before Eriksen broke the deadlock five minutes after the interval and Defoe came off the bench to score a second in the 73rd minute, as we made it five Premier League matches without defeat, winning four of them.
Team news
Tim Sherwood kept the same starting XI that began last week's defeat to Arsenal, while Defoe returned from injury and was named on the bench the day after we announced his move to Toronto FC at the end of February.
Key action
Palace started the game in the relegation zone but they certainly began the brighter of the two sides and created their first opportunity inside two minutes, Cameron Jerome rolling a weak shot wide of the post from Yannick Bolasie's pass.
Three minutes later 19-year-old Nabil Bentaleb tried his luck from 22-yards after some neat possession around the edge of the Palace penalty area, goalkeeper Julian Speroni saved low down and although he spilled the ball, he was able to gather at the second attempt as Roberto Soldado raced in to snaffle the rebound.
And after just eight minutes, Palace were handed the perfect chance to open the scoring from the penalty spot. Damien Delaney threaded a pass into Marouane Chamakh, he broke into the area and went down under Mousa Dembele's challenge from behind. Referee Michael Oliver pointed to the spot and up stepped Jason Puncheon, but he blazed his kick well over the bar and it remained goalless.
Palace were enjoying the better of the half and also keeping us frustrated when they didn't have possession, bringing everyone bar Jerome back behind the ball and we were finding it hard to break them down.
Chamakh headed over from a corner, Jonathan Parr saw his shot deflect off Michael Dawson for a corner which came to nothing and Jerome hit a fine 25-yard half volley after Chamakh's flick on which needed a smart save from Hugo Lloris as the visitors pushed forward at every opportunity.
We had another sight of goal on 31 minutes when Soldado flicked the ball to Lennon inside the box down the right, he took on Parr, cut back on to his left foot and curled a cross which just failed to reach Emmanuel Adebayor lunging in at the far post.
Back came Palace and after Puncheon's shot deflected off Vlad Chiriches for a corner, the Palace player's set piece was nodded on by Danny Gabbidon, Chamakh fired goalwards from eight yards but it hit his own player Bolasie and the ball was cleared from the danger zone.
Our best chance of the half came 11 minutes before the interval from the boot of Bentaleb. Dembele laid the ball off to the French midfielder, who hit a curling right foot shot which beat Speroni but hit the inside of the post, bounced down across the face of the goal and away for a goal kick.
Having seen the visitors open the first half with an early chance, it was us who went close just two minutes into the second period. Adebayor knocked a pass into Soldado, who laid it off to Eriksen inside the area. The Dane shrugged off Mile Jedinak, went past Parr as he was shepherded across goal but his right-foot shot clipped Delaney and went out for a corner.
But a couple of minutes later Eriksen found the target as we grabbed the opening goal. With 50 minutes on the clock, substitute Kyle Naughton's long pass was headed on by Adebayor into the path of the Danish international, who lashed a left-foot shot past Speroni and into the top corner.
The goal gave us just the boost we needed and, after Jerome had hit a shot into the side-netting for Palace, we almost added a second. This time it was Defoe, on as a replacement for Soldado, who collected Eriksen's pass inside the box, left of centre, but his shot went just past the far post.
However, just as Eriksen netted after spurning a chance, so did Defoe! Dembele won possession 25 yards from goal, Lennon picked up the ball and injected pace into the attack, before sliding a pass in to the England striker. Defoe did what he does best inside the box, shrugged off the challenge of Parr and drilled his shot past Speroni to make it 2-0. That was his 143rd goal in our colours.
Palace's attacking impetus from the first half had certainly subsided after the break, with Lloris rarely troubled, although Jedinak headed just wide late on before substitute Adlene Guedioura hit a 30-yard rocket just inches past the post in stoppage time.
The final word went to the visitors, as Chamakh headed goalwards from Guedioura's corner but Lloris tipped it over the bar, and the final whistle blew seconds later to ensure three hard-fought points.
Match data
Spurs: Lloris, Walker (Naughton 48), Dawson, Chiriches, Rose, Lennon, Dembele, Bentaleb, Eriksen (Chadli 76), Adebayor, Soldado (Defoe 57). Substitutes (not used): Friedel, Fryers, Capoue, Holtby.
Palace: Speroni, Mariappa, Gabbidon, Delaney, Ward, Parr, Bolasie (Williams 69), Jedinak, Puncheon (Guedioura 82), Chamakh, Jerome (Gayle 69). Substitutes (not used): Price, Moxey, O'Keefe, Bannan.
Goals: Spurs – Eriksen 50, Defoe 73.
Yellows: Spurs – Naughton; Palace – Mariappa, Jedinak.
Referee: Michael Oliver.
Attendance: 36,102.


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RAID is an acronym of "Redundant Array of Independent Disks". The idea is to combine standard drives into an array which performs better than a single disk and at the same time your computer sees it as a standalone drive. This technology can be used in different ways to achieve different results called RAID Levels/Modes.
Why would you need RAID?
- For Speed and Capacity
- If you need Maximum Redundancy
- If you require an increase in capacity with simple redundancy
- For a perfect combination of speed and security
RAID Levels/Modes
The controller treats each drive as a stand-alone disk, therefore each drive is an independent logical drive with its own drive letter. Standard Mode does not provide data redundancy. It is not a RAID in the sense of the meaning. Nevertheless it is among the RAID levels because the RAID controller manages it.
RAID 0 or striping mode is used to achieve higher storage capacities with maximum speed. The data is split among several disks that are written at the same time. So for example 2 drives of 250GB capacity in RAID 0 are faster than a single 500GB drive.
RAID 1 or mirroring mode is used to make an exact copy of data on each disk in the array. In this mode the capacity is half the capacity of all the hard drives within the array.
RAID 5 or parity mode distributes data across multiple disks making the system fail proof. In this configuration the total capacity of the system is (N-1)*GB where "N" is the number of disks you have in the array, so for example four disks of 250GB capacity provides 750GB of total usable storage. In some more advanced systems is it possible to combine different RAID modes together.
Best used for speed and redundancy. It is a combination of Mode 0 and Mode 1 and gives the read/write speed of RAID 0 and the redundancy of RAID 1.
Combined RAID mode, available on TeraStation® 6 and 8 bays.


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There is an urgent need for new antibacterials to counter the alarming spread of multi-drug resistant infections. Bacterial infections lead to around 17 million deaths worldwide, showing little respect for age, gender or social status.
MerLion Pharmaceuticals is focusing on the development of finafloxacin; an atypical fluoroquinolone differentiated by an outstanding safety profile and enhanced activity in the acidified environments found in many infection sites (e.g. urine, abscesses, deep seated wounds, chronically infected tissues and stomach mucosa) and within the intracellular compartments of infected macrophages. The compound shows impressive activity against persister and biofilm populations associated with chronic or recurring infections.
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