I'm all in favor of paper conservation and keeping our collective environmental footprint in check, so naturally I understand why some people feel obliged to print two 'pages' side by side on one physical page; a phenomenon I like to call 'double-print'.
But even though PDF's are often destined for print, the fact is they are just as often distributed digitally. More often than not, this means you end up with a double-paged document on your computer, or your tablet. When you reach this point, you're no longer minimizing your digital footprint. It's not smart or economical, either. It's just unwieldy.
This article will show you how to split your double-printed PDF pages on Mac OS X, making them more readable and portable. Most importantly, you'll be able to keep in-line text, formatting and images, using only free tools.
There are two prerequisite applications for this tutorial. The first, Preview, should already be present on our Mac.
We'll also need a nifty tool called PDF Sam. You can download it for free from the website. Once you've installed it on your Mac, we're good to go.
In this first step, we'll be separating what will eventually be our odd and even numbered pages. Before you do anything else, duplicate the PDF document. You can call one of the documents 'even-pages' and the other 'odd-pages'.
Open the 'odd-pages' document, and select the portion of the page you'd like to separate. Use the zoom function and the selection handles to optimize your selection, and make sure not to select any abundant whitespace.
Open the thumbnail tray from View -> Thumbnails, click on one of the pages' thumbnails, and select all with cmd + a, or Edit -> Select All. Finally, press cmd + k, or use Tools -> Crop to crop the entire PDF around your selection, and save the file.
Fire up PDF Sam. In the left sidebar of the application, select 'Alternate Mix' in the list of plugins. Next, add the two PDF's you created in the previous step to the application, with the 'odd-pages' PDF first, followed by the 'even-pages'. Make sure the 'Mix options' are both left unchecked, select a target output file, and hit run.
This step will merge the two PDF's, alternating between pages of the two input files. The end result is a single PDF with the double-printed portions neatly separated.
Because of the way cropping PDF's works in Preview and a lot of similar pages, the content you cropped away is not really gone. Rather, it's just out of sight beyond the document's borders. In most cases, you can use the document you just generated as is. However, documents that are cropped this way contain a lot of duplicated content, so can be double the file size.
Using a PDF printer is the easiest way to get rid of this duplicated content, radically decrease the document file size and make the crop permanent.
With your file open in Preview, go to File -> Print. A third-party PDF printer application may give you the luxury of dynamic page sizes, but we'll have to create a paper size that matches our document. To do this, select Paper Size -> Manage Custom Sizes, and create a new profile. For presentation slides, the profile visible in the above screenshot (with a 4:3 aspect ratio) works like a charm. Make sure to empty all the 'non-printable area' boxes.
Finally, with your custom paper size added and selected, go to PDF -> Save as PDF… in the bottom left of the print dialog.
Did you experience any problems with this tutorial? Do you know any other worthwhile workarounds? Let us know in the article comments.
Thank you for these instructions, really helpful!! I used to split PDF with Acethinker PDF Writer, free and works very well, share it here as an alternative solution to Preview.
Hi there, your app is really nice, I have tried it and it works like a charm. However I prefer using open source projects. Have a look at this post to see how you can split pdf in two odd / even pages documents.
In windows though yours is a nice solution.
Thanks for your work!! Keep it up.
Very helpful tutorial! I accidentally discovered a feature that helps with sizing the original crop. In Preview, select roughly the area you want to crop. Then press command-I. A box will open to let you work with measurements in points, inches, or centimeters, and manually type in coordinates for the top/left and height/width of your crop box. This allowed me to set the width of the crop area very precisely so that both my left and right pages came out exactly the same size. Once you have set your preferred dimensions, there are even buttons to crop all pages in the document, or crop the current page.
Let's say we have a scanned book, with annoying scanned wide double pages that need to be separated. This separation would have to result practically in doubling the number of pages of the original pdf document. Can this separation be done automatically, for the whole book at once? Otherwise you would have to go page by page and apply your odd-even cropping method.
agree with saiwal... any option for windows??
Yes, there are. Take a look at the reply to Saiwal's post, it mentions alternative applications for both Windows and Linux.
This is exactly what i was looking for. However i am a windows user. Are there any alternatives for windows/linux. If so please reply.
Any PDF cropper will do. e.g.
The application we used in the article, PDFSam is also available for Windows and Linux.
Again, you can use a Windows or Linux PDF printer. e.g.
- Ubuntu also has a PDF printer built in these days.
I'm glad you liked it! The fun thing about this approach (as opposed to exporting images and recompiling to PDF) is that you can retain the text. This keeps the file small, let's you use reflow, copy-paste, dictionary, etc.


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Insights, scoops, and analysis of the most important election season of our lives
Facebook Glitch Causes Trump's Ads to Disappear From Its Library
Pema Levy
Demonstrators protest near the White House on May 31, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Update 2:30 p.m. ET: Following publication of this story, a Facebook spokesperson informed Mother Jones that "a bug kept some ads from displaying in the Ad Library" this morning. The Trump campaign did not in fact pull its ads; they were simply not visible for a few hours. The original story is below.
After a tumultuous weekend of protests, on Monday morning President Donald Trump's reelection campaign appears to have gone dark on Facebook.
The president has not addressed the nation as it undergoes historic unrest, with the exception of incendiary posts on Twitter and Facebook. On most days, the president's campaign is running thousands of Facebook ads. But on Monday, the Trump campaign's page in the Facebook Ad Library showed virtually none.
The only ads running appeared to be a small number selling "Space Force" T-shirts.
The president's advisers are evidently unsure about how to handle the present moment. Recently, campaign aides and Trump supporters have been pushing for the campaign to unleash its war chest on Joe Biden, while those in charge of the campaign have opted to hold off on such a broadside amid the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the campaign has struggled to find a message that successfully works against Biden.
Now, with the nation at a standstill, crushed by a pandemic, an economic crisis, and protests against police brutality, Trump's behemoth Facebook ad machine appears to be at a standstill as well.
Recently on our election blog
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The House Voted to Urge Pence to Invoke the 25th Amendment
Jim Jordan Claims He Never Said the Election Was Stolen. That's Not What the Video Shows.

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import {HttpClient, HttpClientModule} from '@angular/common/http';
import {TranslateLoader, TranslateModule} from '@ngx-translate/core';
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When it comes to the way business is carried out online, the earth beneath our feet is shifting right now - and shifting quickly. The one-size-fits-all approach is fast becoming obsolete. More and more businesses are learning that the more they tailor-make the messages they put on their sites, as well as how they interact with every single user, the more satisfied customers get - and the more they earn.


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Nikita Komarov Net Worth 2018: What is this ice hockey player worth?
Nikita Komarov is a hockey player who was born on June 28, 1988, in Novopolotsk, Belarus. Komarov's height is 6 ft 2 in. Komarov's weight is 220 pounds. Komarov's career began in 2007. This page will examine Nikita Komarov's total career net worth.
Nikita Komarov Career, Earnings
In competition, Nikita Komarov has played Forward (ice hockey). On the ice, Komarov shoots Left. Komarov's former teams included the Khimik-SKA Novopolotsk; HK Vitebsk; Metallurg Zhlobin; Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg; HC Dinamo Minsk.
Komarov played nationally for Belarus.
Nikita Komarov Net Worth 2018
Salaries for hockey players can vary quite a bit. Some NHL hockey players earn nearly $15 million or more, although most earn quite a bit less. A mid-career pro hockey player in the NHL gets around $2.5 million annually. In the AHL, the average player brings in around $65,000 per year. Olympic ice hockey players bring in almost $100,000 per year, depending on country.
Nikita Komarov net worth: ice hockey salary distribution
So what is Nikita Komarov's net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Nikita Komarov's net worth in 2018 is:
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When insurance companies play word games, doctors and patients lose. Every week, every day, these companies are up on Wall Street posting record profits while trying to find new ways to avoid paying claims. They're even bragging about shaving more profits off Medicare and Medicaid, programs that are supposed to serve the poorest and most vulnerable citizens.
Of course, sometimes tried and true methods work just fine, and declaring that treatment is "not medically necessary" is one of those methods. Another method is to play "he said, she said" games. Let's look at both issues in turn.
"Medical necessity" vs. "Clinical Necessity".
"Medical necessity" is an insurance-defined term for any condition that will lead to a heart attack or a stroke if treatment is not received. If you've ever been baffled and outraged when an insurance company utters a ludicrous statement like, "that cancer treatment isn't medically necessary" you now know what they mean when they say that. The cancer will still kill your patient, of course, but by golly, it won't be a heart attack or a stroke that does the deed, so insurance companies feel fully justified in refusing to pay the claim.
Why did the insurance company deny the claim after saying it was fine for me to treat the patient?
Some policies will pay for clinically necessary treatments with prior authorization—at least on paper. When doctors seek authorization the insurance companies must resort to "he said, she said" to deal with the problem instead. The doctor calls up the insurance company and gets authorization. They'll give that authorization over the phone because they want to see the patient treated. Untreated patients are a PR nightmare for insurance companies. They go to the news. They post on blogs. They tell everyone that the insurance company is happy to kill them. The insurance companies have a vested interest in passing the buck.
But when it's time for the doctor to get paid for the services they've provided the insurance company suddenly develops a bad case of amnesia. They say they never authorized anything. It's their word against the doctor's word, and the doctors often lose.
By law, insurance companies are not supposed to dictate the level of care a patient receives…but it happens anyway.
Over the past 15 years many, many laws have been passed which state that the level of a patient's care is supposed to be determined by the doctor, not by any insurance company. Here in the trenches, however, we know insurance companies do dictate the level of care patients receive, simply because doctors can't afford to work for free. Sometimes, insurance companies in fact determine whether patients can see a doctor at all.
And the insurance company never bases that decision on a patient's level of need. They base the decision on whether or not they can safely deny the claim later.
Is it any wonder so many medical facilities are going out of business?
Here at Claims Resolution we specialize in recovering funds from insurance companies so doctors can stay in business. We know how to eliminate many of the loopholes insurance companies use to avoid issuing that check.
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Für Dich – Live aus Berlin ist das zweite Live- und Videoalbum der deutschen Popschlager-Sängerin Vanessa Mai.

Entstehung und Artwork
Alle Stücke des Albums wurden von externen Autoren verfasst. Die meisten Titel wurden von den Komponisten und Liedtextern Dieter Bohlen, Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder und Oliver Lukas geschrieben. Produziert wurden alle Lieder durch Bohlen oder Gauder; wobei Bohlen durch den Koproduzenten Joachim Mezei vom Hamburger Jeopark Studio unterstützt wurde. Für das Arrangement war ebenfalls Gauder verantwortlich. Die Tonmischung erfolgte im Frechener Tonstudio K, unter der Leitung von Thomas Kern und Alex Spengler. Das Album wurde unter dem Musiklabel Ariola veröffentlicht und durch Sony Music vertrieben.

Auf dem Cover des Albums ist – neben Künstlernamen und Albumtitel – ein Bild Mais, während des Konzertes, zu sehen. Im Inneren des Albums befindet sich ein 24-seitiges Begleitheft mit Impressionen des Konzertes sowie den Mitwirkenden. Alle Bildaufnahmen stammen von Sandra Ludewig, das dazugehörige Artwork von Roland Reinsberg.

Die Liveaufnahmen erfolgten vor knapp 3.000 Zuschauern während Mais Für Dich Tournee, bei einem Konzert im Tempodrom in Berlin am 10. Oktober 2016. Für die musikalische Leitung war Roland Rascher verantwortlich. Rascher ist ebenfalls am Keyboard zu hören. Das Schlagzeug wurde von Florian Schanze gespielt.

Veröffentlichung und Promotion
Die Erstveröffentlichung von Für Dich – Live aus Berlin erfolgte am 6. Januar 2016 in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Das Album ist als CD und Download sowie als Videoalbum in den Formaten Blu-Ray und DVD erhältlich. Das Album besteht aus 26 Titeln die auf zwei CDs aufgeteilt sind und beinhaltet Liveversionen von Liedern aller drei Studioalben Mais. Das Videoalbum besteht aus 25 Titeln und zwei Bildergalarien.

Einen Tag nach der Albumveröffentlichung folgte der erste Liveauftritt zur Hauptsendezeit nach der Veröffentlichung des Albums. In der ARD-Show Schlagerchampions – Das große Fest der Besten von Florian Silbereisen wurde Mai mit dem Schlagerpreis Die Eins der Besten in der Kategorie Sängerin des Jahres ausgezeichnet und präsentierte ihre Lieder Ich sterb für dich und eine Akustikversion von Ohne dich (schlaf ich heut Nacht nicht ein). Letzteres sang sie zusammen mit Stefan Zauner von der Münchener Freiheit in der ZDF-Show Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel.

Inhalt
Alle Liedtexte des Albums sind in deutscher Sprache verfasst. Die meisten Kompositionen und Liedtexte entstammen von Dieter Bohlen, Olaf Roberto Bossi, Felix Gauder und Oliver Lukas. Musikalisch bewegen sich die Lieder im Bereich des Popschlager. Es handelt sich bei den meisten Stücken um Neukompositionen, lediglich bei den Liedern Für dich, Ohne dich (schlaf ich heut Nacht nicht ein), Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann und Ich sterb für dich handelt es sich um Coverversionen. Für dich ist eine exakte Kopie des Nummer-eins-Hits von Yvonne Catterfeld aus dem Jahr 2003. Ohne dich (schlaf ich heut Nacht nicht ein) ist im Original ein Nummer-eins-Erfolge der Münchener Freiheit von 1985. Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann ist ein Cover des Top-10-Erfolges von Nena aus dem Jahr 1984. Bei Ich sterb für dich handelt es sich um eine deutschsprachige Coverversion des Originals And When I Die von Touché. Die Komposition und der Text des Originals stammten ebenfalls von Bohlen, allerdings unter dem Pseudonym "Joseph Cooley". Die Stücke Irgendwie, irgendwo, irgendwann und Ohne dich (schlaf ich heut Nacht nicht ein) wurden von Mai erstmals auf der Für Dich Tournee gespielt und waren zuvor auf einem Album veröffentlicht worden. Bei dem Wolkenfrei Medley handelt es sich um ein Medley, dass aus den Liedern Von Tokio bis Amerika, Du bist meine Insel, Der Zaubertrank ist leer und Ich versprech dir nichts und geb dir alles besteht.

Das Album beinhaltet neben dem Konzertmitschnitt vier Remixe. Es handelt sich dabei um die letzten vier Lieder der zweiten die unter dem Namen Für Dich Album Mix betitelt wurden. Das Videoalbum beinhaltet neben dem Konzertmitschnitt zwei Bildergalerien mit den Titeln Ich liebe dich und Kann's nicht glauben.

Für Dich Tour

Bei der Für Dich Tour handelte es sich um die erste eigenständige Konzertreihe Mais als Hauptact, nachdem sie im Vorfeld bereits an Schlager-Konzertreihen teilnahm oder im Vorprogramm von Fantasy spielte. Die Tour erstreckte sich über einen Zeitraum von zwei Monaten und führte Mai mit ihrer Begleitband durch 21 deutsche Städte sowie drei Mal nach Dänemark und einmal nach Zürich in die Schweiz. Die Setlist variierte während der Tour zwischen 23 und 24 Titeln. Das Programm bestand größtenteils aus einer Mischung der letzten beiden Studioalben Wachgeküsst und Für Dich.

Mitwirkende
Albumproduktion
 Justin Balk: Komponist (Lied 13), Liedtexter (Lied 13)
 Dieter Bohlen: Komponist (Lieder 3, 5–6, 8, 10, 14, 17, 22–26), Liedtexter (Lieder 3, 5–6, 8, 10, 14, 17, 22–26), Musikproduzent (Lieder 3, 5–6, 8, 10, 14, 17, 22–26)
 Olaf Roberto Bossi: Komponist (Lieder 2, 7, 9, 11–12, 16), Liedtexter (Lieder 2, 7, 9, 11–12, 16)
 Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen: Liedtexter (Lied 18)
 Felix Gauder: Arrangement (Lieder: 1–2, 4, 7, 9, 11–13, 16, 19–21), Komponist (Lieder 1–2, 4, 7, 9, 11–13, 16, 19–20), Liedtexter (Lieder 1–2, 4, 7, 9, 11–13, 16, 19–20), Musikproduzent (Lieder 1–2, 4, 7, 9, 11–13, 16, 19–21)
 Lukas Hilbert: Liedtexter (Lied 3)
 Klaus Hirschburger: Liedtexter (Lied 3)
 Alexandra Kuhn: Komponist (Lieder 2, 9, 11, 16), Liedtexter (Lieder 2, 9, 11, 16)
 Michael Kunze: Liedtexter (Lied 15)
 Carlo Karges: Komponist (Lied 18)
 Thomas Kern: Tonmischung (Lieder 1–26)
 Oliver Lukas: Komponist (Lieder 1, 4, 12–13, 19–20), Liedtexter (Lieder 1, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12–13, 17, 19–20, 22–26)
 Vanessa Mai: Gesang
 Joachim Mezei: Koproduzent (Lieder: 3, 5–6, 8, 10, 14, 17, 22–26)
 Oli Nova: Komponist (Lieder 1, 4, 7, 19–20), Liedtexter (Lieder 1, 4, 7, 19–20)
 Tamara Olorga: Komponist (Lied 21), Liedtexter (Lied 21)
 Lena Pesch: Liedtexter (Lied 21)
 Roland Rascher: Keyboard (Lieder 1–26), Musikalische Leitung (Lieder 1–26)
 Tobias Reitz: Liedtexter (Lied 9)
 Thomas Rosenfeld: Komponist (Lied 9)
 Florian Schanze: Schlagzeug (Lieder 1–26)
 Alex Spengler: Tonmischung (Lieder 1–26)
 Aron Strobel: Komponist (Lied 15), Liedtexter (Lied 15)
 Stefan Zauner: Komponist (Lied 15), Liedtexter (Lied 15)

Artwork (Begleitheft + Cover)
 Sandra Ludewig: Fotograf
 Roland Reinsberg: Artwork

Unternehmen
 Ariola: Musiklabel
 Sony Music Entertainment: Musiklabel, Vertrieb
 Tonstudio K: Tonstudio

Rezeption

Rezensionen
Die Boulevardzeitung B.Z. sagte folgendes zum Berlin-Konzert: "Es ist die perfekte Schlager-Party, die Vanessa Mai im Tempodrom feiert."

Charts und Chartplatzierungen

Bis heute konnte Für Dich – Live aus Berlin keine eigene Chartplatzierung erzielen, was daran liegt, dass das Album und das Videoalbum zu sehr dem vorangegangenen Studioalbum Für Dich ähneln und deshalb alle Verkäufe in Deutschland dem Vorgänger hinzuaddiert werden. Das Studioalbum konnte sich allerdings nach der Veröffentlichung von Für Dich – Live aus Berlin in den deutschen Albumcharts um 82 Plätze verbessern und erreichte mit Position sechs nach mehr als einem halben Jahr erneut die Top 10.

Das Videoalbum Für Dich – Live aus Berlin erreichte in Österreich in vier Chartwochen Position vier der Musik-DVD-Charts. In der Schweiz erreichte das Videoalbum in einer Chartwoche ebenfalls Position vier der Musik-DVD-Charts. Für Mai ist dies nach Wachgeküsst – Live aus dem Parktheater Augsburg bereits der zweite Top-10- beziehungsweise Charterfolg in den österreichischen und Schweizer Musik-DVD-Charts.

Einzelnachweise

Album 2017
Album (Pop)
Album (Schlager)
Livealbum
Videoalbum
Vanessa-Mai-Album

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Катарина Кнехтова (, р. 14 марта 1981 в Прешове) — словацкая певица, клавишник, гитаристка, композитор и песенник. Более всего известна своими выступлениями в составе группы Peha. До 1997 года также была вокалисткой в группе IMT Smile.

Биография
Окончила школу имени Джона Адама Рэйманна в Прешове, семь лет училась игре по классу фортепиано в музыкальной школе, игре на гитаре училась самостоятельно. Впервые попробовала петь, выступив с местной группой Prešovčatá. По окончании средней школы один семестр изучала философию.

Не замужем, есть младшая сестра по имени Вероника.

Карьера
На музыкальной сцене дебютировала в 1996 году, в группе IMT Smile с лидером Иваном Таслером. После распада коллектива в 1997 году, вместе с прежним коллегой барабанщиком Мартином Мигашом вошла в состав Peha. Здесь она работала также с клавишником Дьюро Ондко, бас-гитаристом Мареком Белански и гитаристом Каролем Сиваком, пришедшим из группы 67-й Гарлем.

В 1999 году вместе с группой Peha получила оценку «новичок года». В 2001 году завоевала премию Aurel в номинации «лучшей певице». За успешную музыкальную деятельность на словацкой сцене в 2005 году снова была премирована статуэткой премии Aurel в номинации «лучшей певице». В 2007 году по опросу OTO была признана лучшей певицей 2006 года. Тексты её песен тогда писал Владо Краус.

В 2008 году она прекратила свою деятельность в группе Peha и начала сольную карьеру. Свои песни она исполняет с коллективом, состоящим из Виктора Шпака (гитара), Томи Окреса (бас-гитара), Питера Липа младшего (клавишные) и Лацо Ковача (ударные).

Работы
Хотя она является автором текстом множества песен, но как сама признаёт, — основным автором текстов её песен является Владо Краус.

1 декабря 2008 года выпустила свой дебютный сольный альбом «Зодиак», ставший платиновым, его было продано свыше 13 000 экземпляров. Альбому предшествовал промосингл «Vo svetle žiariacich hviezd» («В свете ярких звёзд»), вышедший в ротацию на радиостанциях 21 ноября 2008 года и 12 недель державшийся на первом месте в чартах. С этого альбома вышли три сингла: «V tichu», «V krajine zázrakov» и «Všetko inak vyzerá». Также певица записала три песни, две из которых ещё до выхода дебютного альбома («Do batôžka» и «Môj Bože») и для чемпионата мира по футболу в 2010 году — «Slovensko na nohy».

Певица сотрудничала с лейблами Škvrna records, в 1998 с Sony Music Bonton и с 2005 года — Universal Music.

Дискография

с группой IMT Smile
 1997: «Klik Klak»

с группой Peha
 1999: «Niečo sa chystá»
 2001: «Krajinou»
 2003: «Experiment»
 2005: «Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom»
 2006: «Best of Peha»

сольные альбомы
 2008: «Зодиак» —
 2012: «Tajomstvá»
 2015: «Prežijú len milenci»

Примечания

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 Официальный веб-сайт певицы

Певцы и певицы Словакии
Музыканты Словакии
Композиторы Словакии


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Mammals, fossils, and a paleontological FIGHT
August 12, 2013 September 5, 2013 Jennifer Raff
I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Once in a while when you see "X revolutionizes our understanding of Y" in the science section of the news, it can be a teensy bit overstated.
This isn't one of those times.
Two fossils from the haramiyid group, named Megaconus and Arboroharamiya, have recently been found in China that may totally change our understanding of the mammalian family tree. Haramiyids are mammaliaforms with rodent-like teeth that appeared during the Late Triassic (~215-212 million years ago), approximately 40-50 million years before (primitive) mammals, which are seen in the Middle Jurassic (175 million years ago)
(Here's a timescale of life on Earth, if you want to brush up on your eras and epochs)
Because the fossil record for haramiyids is fairly scanty, it's not well understood whether haramiyids were actual mammals, possibly ancestral to multituberculates, a group of evolutionarily successful rodents.
Reconstruction of Megaconus mammaliaformis
University of Chicago, April Isch. From: http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/36915/title/Fossils-Snarl-Mammalian-Roots/
You'll remember from high school biology class that all modern mammals are a) vertebrates, b) warm-blooded, c) give birth to live young (except for weirdo monotremes like platypus and echidnas who lay eggs), d) have hair/fur, e) feed their offspring milk, and (obviously) survived the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event about 66 million years ago which wiped out all the dinosaurs (except birds).
What you might not know is that there's been a lot of debate as to how and when mammals diversified into their many different forms (a process evolutionary biologists call adaptive radiation), leading to over 5,400 species existing today. Our understanding isn't helped by a poorly preserved fossil record. We know for sure that mammals were present by the Jurassic, but early mammaliaform fossils (like the haramiyids) are difficult to identify as mammals for certain.
Where did I come from???
If we had a much better idea of when mammals originated, it would help us better work out details of their evolution. The majority of fossil-based analyses favor a more recent origin of mammals, while many molecular-based analyses (relying upon the molecular clock) place the origins of mammal orders much earlier.
There are some drawbacks to each approach. For example, with the fossil-based analysis, we have to deal with the fact that some features evolved multiple times (a phenomenon called homoplasy), which can muddle our understanding of which species are ancestral to others. And with the molecular-based approach, we have to make assumptions that genes evolve in a "clock-like" fashion; that is, the rate of DNA mutation is constant and predictable. (There are various ways to deal with this, but that's a subject for another post).
In order to reconstruct the true story of mammalian evolution (and despite what creationists say, the past can be studied without personal observation), the fossil and molecular data should be in concordance. That means that we need both better early mammalian fossils, and good models for mammalian genome evolution.
So that's where these two new fossils enter the picture. They're fairly well preserved, and an analysis of their features ought to shed light on whether haramiyids are mammals or not (and therefore when mammals originated). Both date to between 160-165 million years ago.
The first fossil, Arboroharamiya, was likely a tree-dwelling mammal (with a possible prehensile tail!) described by Zheng et al. Their analysis of its skeletal features groups it (and haramiyids) with mammals, implying that mammals originated during the Late Triassic (more than 200 million years ago). This supports a "long-fuse" model of mammalian evolution: a long delay between the origin of mammals and the diversification (radiation) into their many orders. This interpretation fits best with the molecular evidence.
Zhao Chuang/Jin Meng et al.'s reconstruction of Arboroharamiya. Image from http://www.nature.com/news/fossils-throw-mammalian-family-tree-into-disarray-1.13522
The second fossil, Megaconus,is more complete, and very different morphologically from Arboroharamiya (it was a ground-dweller, rather than arboreal). As described and analyzed by Zhou et al., it is not a mammal . Therefore, it suggests mammals originated in the Jurassic (176-161 million years before present), then immediately diversified. This is a very explosive model of mammalian evolution, and one which many fossil morphologists agree with.
Here's a figure by Cifelli and Davis (2013) that shows the difference between these two results:
So we have two conflicting results based on these two papers*. Does this present an intriguing problem for our understanding of mammalian evolution? Absolutely! We're going to need even more fossils to resolve this, and continued analyses of these new fossils by other researchers will probably produce even more interpretations. It's important to note that both fossils were described and published simultaneously, so that (as I understand it) neither research group was able to use the others' fossil in their analysis. The two haramiyids were different enough from each other that we may actually get a very different model of mammalian evolution with an analysis of the complete data set.
I use molecular clocks quite a bit in my own research, and so I'm particularly curious to see if the fossil record will eventually validate the molecular results. I'm going to venture a prediction that it will someday. Let's keep our fingers crossed that more well-preserved haramiyids are found soon, so we can test this hypothesis!
*Oh, and creationists/I.D.-ers? Just because we don't yet have this resolved yet doesn't mean it's unresolvable. Or that evolution didn't happen.
Sources and further reading:
http://www.nature.com/news/fossils-throw-mammalian-family-tree-into-disarray-1.13522
Cifelli and Davis (2013): "Jurassic fossils and mammalian antiquity," Nature 500: 160-161
http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/36915/title/Fossils-Snarl-Mammalian-Roots/
Zheng et al. (2013): "A new arboreal haramiyid shows the diversity of crown mammals in the Jurassic period," Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature12353.
Zhou et al. (2013): "A Jurassic mammaliaform and the earliest mammalian evolutionary adaptations," Nature, doi: 10.1038/nature12429.
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James R Lumbard September 7, 2013 / 6:17 am
Great piece! A shame those findings didn't come out this time last year for my final year undergrad.


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AJinMoscowinBangkok
Happy New Year, everyone. Keep on Grokkin'!
Reply to AJinMoscowinBangkok
A belated Happy New Year to all! May 2020 be an improvement over last year's clusterf*ck *_*
Reply to Marja
Well, this post didn't age well…..
TonyD
Really sad to read of Syd Mead's passing; his fingerprints could be found on a lot of classic sci-fi movies including Blade Runner and ST:TMP.
Harry Ballz
Reply to TonyD
Watched Joker. Phoenix is good in the part, but NOBODY will ever match Heath Ledger's performance. That was one for the ages.
Reply to Harry Ballz
Haven't seen Joker, but have seen 1917 and Knives Out. Would recommend both.
CmdrR
We must discuss 'Orphan 55' on Doctor Who! Was that Barf's sister or what???
Emperor Mike of the Terran Empire
Just seen Picard. All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!
Reply to Emperor Mike of the Terran Empire
Yes, Emperor Mike, I just watched it as well. Superb.
They finally got it right with Picard. Patrick Stewart is just an amazing actor. The rest of the cast did really well.
Now THAT is some good Star Trek.
The NY Times takes a look at the condition of Star Trek today: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/arts/television/star-trek-picard.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article
Good to see you here, AJ! How are you these days?
AJinMoscow
Doing pretty well. Working in Bangkok the past year. Everyone's worried about our big neighbor to the north and their Corona Virus. And now, it looks like I'll move to Poland in June. Never a dull moment. How's about you, Harry? How's like up (and over) north?
Reply to AJinMoscow
AJ, it's been a trying couple of years. Two years ago (this month) my wife was hit by a TTC bus and almost killed. She was in the trauma ward for a week before being allowed to go home, where she rested and slowly recovered over the next few months. I took most of the next year looking after her around the clock (juggling work at the same time). She has mostly recovered, but still suffers from the major concussion she received. We're lucky she lived through it. It has, in all honesty, diminished her quality of life.
Didn't know that you had all that going on, Harry. Positive vibes and strength to both of you. It's tough when you have to stand in the gap for a loved one.
Reply to Phil
Thanks, Phil. It's amazing how you can find the strength when you HAVE to.
How is everything with you these days?
Wow, Harry. Sometimes life hits us hard in the face. Looks like you met it head on, as did your wife. I hope she makes a full recovery. Best wishes to you both!
Thanks, AJ!
Katie G.
So sorry to hear this!!! Came here to ask what everyone thought about ST:P and found this. How terrifying for both of you. I haven't been here forever so missed a lot. Wishing you both much better times this year. xo
Reply to Katie G.
Thanks, Katie. It's nice to hear from you!
Well, damn. Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash…..
Was in Vegas for a couple of days, for a seminar at the Westgate Resort. Formerly the Las Vegas Hilton, former home of Star Trek: The Experience. Last time I was on the property ST:TE was still there – the monorail station sits out front now, nothing left of the exterior, but a couple of the retail spaces still sport some Treky looking exteriors. Talked to a guest services rep who fessed up that some of the retail spaces were pretty much repurposed as is, but current ownership is renovating the entire facility, so it's just a matter of time before those remnants of Trek are gone, too.
Bronze Elvis is still in the lobby, though. Some things don't change.
Not happy with the Oscars. They did not include Rene Auberjonois in the in Memoriam. I mean. He was not just Star Trek. He was also in many shows. M.A.S.H the Movie, Benson,Star Trek DS9,The Hindenburg,The Ballad of Little JO,The Princess Diaries, and so forth. –
The New Yorker gives ST: Picard a spin: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-welcome-optimism-of-star-trek-picard/amp
Meanwhile, in Paramount movie news….the studio seems to have a hit in it's reasonably priced CGI animation Sonic the Hedgehog. I suspect , while unreported, that when someone wanders into Paramount to pitch a Trek project, they are probably getting cut off three minutes into the presentation and being asked 'can you make this for 120MM….or less?'. So far, I suspect the answers have been no.
It's gotten quiet on the movie news front again. Won't be surprised if Noah Hawley's project bit the dust….
Hey, Discovery is off the Trekmovie banner.
I hope it comes back. Unlike many I LOVE that ship. Gorgeous.
March 4, 2020 12:52 pm
The aesthetic grows on you. Somehow I doubt anyone has done a full deconstruct of what Starfleet would actually look like – space is very big, even with 7K ships in the Discovery era fleet, it's highly unlikely they just wander the universe, looking for stuff. Specific ships to specific tasks….
AJinMoscowinBangkokinWarsaw
So, my company is moving me out of Thailand to lovely Poland (where I spent 3 pleasant years earlier in the century). Was going to happen in July, but COVID-19 led the Boss to tell me yesterday to leave tomorrow (I leave Monday). See you all from there next time!
Reply to AJinMoscowinBangkokinWarsaw
Happy kielbasa!
Good luck in Poland. If you like the music of Chopin, there should be plenty of performances to see!
How's everyone doing these days?
No virus in my Corona. Just hanging out in the office in Corona, CA…feelin fine.
The Great Max Von Sydow has passed. He did many a great movie. From the Exorcist to Jesus in the Greatest Story ever told to Star Wars. Of course a personal favorite of mine as Ming the Merciless in 1980s Flash Gordon.
Max Von Sydow and Timothy Dalton. They must have needed a paycheck….
But wait, there's always a Trek tie in…..Deep Roy!
I just saw the latest trailer for the new Black Widow movie. All action, no real story. Hollywood is so f*cked up these days. Why not have great effects AND a great story?
Unfortunately, that's not where the sci-fi (or action) market is right now. Everything has to be spectacle. Apparently Invisible Man and Call of the Wild aren't horrible, may have to check them out.
I also think this is why we haven't seen solid info on a new Trek movie. I strongly suspect that the studio is telling prospective producers they have to make the next Trek feature on a 100-110MM budget, not a dime over. Whatever comes out on the big screen in the future isn't going to be like any Trek we've seen since Save the Whales.
I can live with that….unless they remake Save the Whales.
Disinvited
More like they'll shoot for something akin to the 1st DEADPOOL movie, but I wish them lots o'luck. The chance of successfully translating THE TROUBLE WITH TRIBBLES into something like that seems miniscule.
Maybe they'd have better success if they include GALAXY QUEST in a cross-over?
Stay healthy, everyone!
Reply to CmdrR
Stuck at home and finding stuff to watch.
Found a good one, The Live action Our Star Blazers based on the Animated one from Japan. Use to love this show as a kid. This was put out a while ago but I just found this today and watched it. Really well done and a great story with pretty good FX. Here is the Link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-T9-nDy4cY
But, no Gamalons??? I do love the Yamato, though!
The Yamato was really well done.
I'll throw this out there – Paramount was on shaky ground financially in a good economy. Now, I'd have to wonder if they can survive at all, considering the entertainment sector is taking a beating…
And CBS isn't doing too hot with all the lost ad revenue: no sports, major retailers laying off and shuttering, daily long COVID19 news conferences interrupting regular programming and commercials, etc.
It's a wobbly ship for certain.
P Technobabble
I don't know if this has been covered already, so forgive me for inquiring if it has: a while back there was an interview with Roberto Orci about his experience working on his first Star Trek film and there was supposed to be a Part Two of that interview forthcoming. Did it ever appear? I couldn't find anything…
Reply to P Technobabble
When it comes to Orci, maybe there was no interest in a follow-up to his interview.
(ooooh, snap!)
Chris Riker
Is anyone enjoying 'Devs?' As much as I loved 'Ex Machina,' 'Sunshine,' and '28 Days Later,' I found 'Annihilation' empty and depressing and get the same vibe from this new show. I couldn't get through the first episode. Likewise, 'Tales from the Loop' makes me think 'stylish' is Hollywood code for boring as hell.
Ok. I'm ready for this bad Pandemic movie to be over with, time to hit the fast forward button.
FF……….oh, s**t, it's Mad Max!
I'm still scratching my head over how Bill Gates became Dr. Evil in all this….
Ok. MY Top 5 Pandemic movies.
1. The Andromada Strain,
2. Outbreak.
3. Night of the Living Dead.
4. I am Legend.
5. Contagion
Not a pandemic movie, but I remember, as a child, watching the original (black&white) Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Scared the living shit out of me at the time.
Silvereyes
Hey mon ami Harry! How is the second nicest Canadian on this site doing? I hope you're staying safe and healthy.
Reply to Silvereyes
Hey Silvereyes! My seminar/public speaking business was completely washed away for March-June. Bloodbath! We shall somehow prevail. Lot's of quiet time to ruminate and reflect on life.
How are you doing, old friend? Hope you are well.
Yes, no time for public speaking now… unless you do it through Webinars. Doing well thank you. Started reading those books I had begun and never finished. Gave up on the current iterations of Star Trek. Discovery lost me in the middle of season 2. I had already lost interest in season one. Never even touched Picard. I'm getting too old for BS and nonsense. It's like they're thinking since it's Sci-Fi anything goes. A mushroom subspace network with a space tardigrade interface… Sci-Fi still needs to make sense no? Take care my friend.
Silvereyes, you may want to watch the Discovery episodes where they showcase the bridge of the USS Enterprise. Of course, you can probably just catch those bits on YouTube.
That was one scary movie as a Kid. Lol.
Chris Pine interview for the BBC. The first third is Trek related. It's a bit salty, asides from that the guy has a very dry sense of humor…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XetYaZRp-4
Is there any talk about making the Arrogant modle ? It is a very nice looking ship
Reply to Chris
Doubt it, it looks like something that's just floating around out there in the land of fan art.
Jim Wong
my only comment on the new Star Trek series, Discovery, Picard, short treks, there is something inefficient or wrong, the story lines for Discovery have not been particularly good, sans, Pike and Spock, and the incredibly long times to complete a season. Discovery season two ended around Feb 2019. I recall a series has a summer hiatus and comes back in the fall with new season episodes, now it is over a year between seasons. why are they not filming next season while showing the current season. seems inefficient to me.
Reply to Jim Wong
I just finished binge-watching (3 seasons) of Medici on Netflix. All about a powerful family running Florence (Italy) in the 15th century. It was superb!
Anybody else catch it?
Caught the first few episodes of Lillihammer over the weekend. Might have to finish that up soon
They don't seem to have the seasonal deadlines we used to have when it was just "TV." They just make it and release it when it's ready, as many punters are expected to wait until the shows are fully available for binge-watching, rather than tuning in for the Fall Season Premiere, and then the same Bat-Time/Bat-Channel every week.
Streaming shows aren't tied to seasonality like traditional broadcast TV was. I don't really have any feelings about it, one way or the other. Things change.
The Inner Light is on tonight. I just noticed, when the beam from the probe is inturrepted, Dr. Crusher struggles to stabilize Picard, including failing cardiac functions….. even though Picard has an artificial heart, and should not be having any cardiac issues at all.
I see Richard Herd passed today. A very versatile character actor…
Angela Alexander
Unfortunately, I haven't been able to seem Picard since it went to CBS All Access. I need to catch back up, but, sadly that will never happen here.
Reply to Angela Alexander
Hi, Angela! What part of the world do you hail from?
JL Murray
Thank you for organizing this virtual event. I hope you consider additional ones in the future as it opens up opportunities for those with limited income to travel and/or mental/physical disabilities that make traversing crowds in person difficult! Just food for thought…THANK YOU!
Nos4r2 McDilligaf
I think all the comments about what's next for Disco 3 have forgot one thing. The time jump to the future has been done before. The great Roddenberry had another child and we all know how that went.
Trekfan4ever
I was sitting around thinking watching Kelvin Movies, and fresh off of watching Picard. We are snobs. Yeah you know the Abrams movie the size of the ship, and technology was awful and not canon. But we are all about our canon. If Kirk isn't in the movie or spock, we hate it or think its awful. Blah blah.
I had an idea for Star Trek 4, making it like an Avengers Endgame movie, bring all the characters back into the fold. There's the gateway in the Guardian of Forever, and instead of killing the character Chekov off simply he was resigned or was reassigned somewhere, the crew are still on their 5 year mission and come across the Guardian and they step inside the gateway to stop Nero, ending up on the USS Kelvin or possibly they enter the future where they meet Picard, Janeway and Sisko and they try and save the Romulans and stop Nero. In the end they prevent George Kirk death, the destruction of Vulcan and Romulus and furthermore repair the Kelvin timeline.
How is this going to work? Abrams Kirk, Spock, Scotty, McCoy, and Uhura. All the original characters have since past away. Kelly, Doohan, and Nimoy. Use digital work like they used in Star Wars for Princess Liea.
I loved Picard. Cried at his death, went hell ya when Capt Riker arrived. They could easily blend in with the USS Titan if Frakes was on board.
or if anyone has read the Q Conflict story that would have worked. Paramount made a great mistake by not listening to Shatners pitch by using his story line the Return to bring him back. Missed opportunity, as I said, we are not satisfied unless Kirk and Spock are in the movies. There can never be a passing of the torch from TOS to TNG because it would not be acceptable.
Reply to Trekfan4ever
Lol, you must be Psychic. They just brought back The Gaurdian of Forever on last weeks episode of Discovery!
New format. New features. New effects.
Still 2020 though. That kinda sucks.
Scott Gammans
I'm not going to retype what I already wrote in the (completely buried) comments section for today's John Billingsley article, and I'm not going to post a link because you'll just flag it for moderation where it will never see the light of day.
Just… please.
I've been here over 13 years now, since almost the beginning of this site, so you know I'm not some drive-by kook. (I'm the permanent kind of kook.)
Take a look at what I wrote, and what others have written, about how utterly broken the site is with the tsunami of super-annoying ads. If this is new normal, I will sadly but surely take my kook business elsewhere.
Reply to Scott Gammans
Yeah, you wern't the only one who noticed that. I'm assuming it was a technical issue, I see a couple and the little pop up in the lower right hand corner, but that's all. Much less annoying….
Hi all. Alive and well, I hope! AJ
Yep, AJ, alive and well. Tested negative about three weeks ago, though a neighbor tested positive a few days ago. In semi-self imposed exile now, as Washington has its head up its collective @$$. Absent anything to do, when not working, it's gardening. Just not Brian May style.
July 1, 2020 8:40 am
That's good news. In Moscow, things are just as stupid as back home, but much less chaotic. My fiancee and I know people close to us who have lived through COVID at home, and we're both mask-wearers despite the locals having given up on the things weeks ago. Russian cases are slowly deceasing now, but most are expecting a move back upward soon. My professional life is at a standstill, but I'm where I want to be at the moment!
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL MY AMERICAN PALS!!
Okay, 2020. That's enough.
https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/grant-imahara-mythbusters-dead-dies-1234705834/?fbclid=IwAR1I0Xa5lIkMDqG3bZYXiw_DQgNNga5dif8ghvXRSoK0dZStx7FuN_-cPyo
Yes, very sad. RIP Grant Imahara. Loved him in Mythbusters. Brilliant man.
TrekMadeMeWonder
I think of Grant most for his role on Star Trek Continues. He brought a lot to the production.
Nice video here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4YlSAywsJ8
Loved that guy. too bad. There was always a great aura about him, all the time
We will see him again someday.
Come on TrekMovie. Where is the tribute article already?
Reply to TrekMadeMeWonder
Very sad. Much too young.
I am also Harry. And also still sad that TM, STILL, has not written even a small article.
Can't believe that.
Did I miss something?
RIP, Grant. Thank you for the fond memories and your many contributions to Trek and our world.
I just binge watched all 3 seasons of DARK, a German sci-fi thriller involving time travel. Convoluted plot, but worth the effort.
I've binged 3 seasons of Babylon 5. Impressed with the characters and concept of Ambassadors Mollari and G'Kar.
In fact they are the main reason I continue watching.
Season 4, ho-hum so far, space battle after space battle.
There have been moments when I was on the edge of my seat, but for the most part, I'm trying hard to get past the writing ideas I saw on several series of Star Trek. Occasionally there are wonderful bits of philosophy dropped by one character or another. But [to me] it's much rougher in execution than Star Trek.
I do like the concept of a multi-year story. A novel I couldn't put down until I got to "Book 4," where the main things that interest me are the Centauran court intrigues and Narn politics after the blows to their society.
And nothing … NOTHING compares with "The Expanse" — not even my beloved Trek, which comparatively, does not even seem to happen in space. Thanks to Cmdr R for so highly recommending The Expanse! Waiting with bated breath for Season 5. Despite the whole Cas Anvar thing. GRRR! [My attitude is, why punish all the other people who worked on the project. Recast Alex with Sendil Ramamurthy who grew up in Texas. Move on past Cas and continue to honor the fans and other cast who saved the show.]
I believe I have rewatched The Expanse 4 times this year … ;^)
A best friend of mine was an extra in the first few episodes of The Expanse.
TM has been weird like that. When real space hero Neil Armstrong died, they were quiet for quite a while, then tossed out a cut and paste obit along with some half assed reasoning why they avoid real world remembrances.
It's not my page, my opinion wasn't sought, and they are free to run it as they see fit. Oh, well….
Anthony Pascale
As we have said before, for memorials (and birthdays) we use our social media. We have a couple of social posts and RTs about Grant. Our Twitter feed is visible on the front page as well.
When a major Star Trek personality passes away we will do something on the site of course. This has been our policy for years, sorry you consider it "weird".
Reply to Anthony Pascale
Hey, Anthony, you ole honey dripper! Nice to know you peek in here once in a while!
Oh-oh, you'll have to behave now Harry!
Behave? Me? NEVER!!! RELEASE THE HOUNDS!!
Good point! Glad you made this clear.
Interesting trip to Nevada this weekend. May have a line on some stuff from ST: The Experience that found its way into storage. Stay tuned…..
But, Phil, what about the old adage, "whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas"?
I finally got around to watching Star Wars: The Last Jedi. What a piece of shit!
Hey Harry, I didn't even see it… I read the reviews and commentary and knew I would feel like you do on it, so I didn't bother. Kind of like Picard actually. Haven't seen that either. Well anyway, thanks for the confirmation!
But it is amazing how Star Wars special FX and CGI are always top notch. It has to be to hold those "movies" together.
You really won't like the Rise of Skywalker, then….
You're probably right, Phil. I'm going to wait until it's listed for free.
I caught the last two SW movies on cable, with an adult beverage. That takes the edge off. Same with the Marvel/DC movies. Can't remember the last one I went to the theater to see…..
That flick is quite the dumpster fire. JJ took Star Wars down a few notches, for sure. Now the Lucas prequels are being reassessed as underappreciated classics.
Well, technically, this would be Boulder City, but that's splitting hairs…..
Barbara Balemans
what I think makes star trek movies great, that there's no real swearing in these movies, a few little things like
"go to hell" but to me no swearing and good entertainment, and some humor is better.
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I wouldn't go far as to say that "no swearing" is what makes the films great. We're definitely not used to hearing our heroes use foul language, so the films make do without it pretty much without fans noticing. It also helps to bring in families who would otherwise look at a Warning on language as a reason to leave the kids at home (kids become new fans). It's also hilarious to hear Spock dryly employ "colorful metaphors" as a commentary on how we all speak in informal situations (in 1986, and in 2020).
Ben Cross has passed, best known for the movie Chariots of Fire, and from here Sarek in the rebooted Trek movies.
He was brilliant in the short lived remake of the series Dark Shasows in 1991 .
Fred Javelina
A bit surprised the site hasn't covered this yet:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/nichelle-nichols-family-turns-to-gofundme-in-an-ongoing-1844774781
Apparently this guy, a self-styled producer, wormed his way into Nichelle's good graces, and managed to defraud her of a LOT of money and somehow got control of her finances when she was ill. Her nephew is now managing her affairs.
Reply to Fred Javelina
I'd not blame the admins for not wanting to stick a GoFundMe on the main boards. Whenever there is an announced appearance by Ms. Nichols, it is questioned how this is occurring in her diminished state. It is a shame she has this much drama occurring in her life in her final days, I'm not sure how you'd generate content around that gracefully….
John Fehling
I can't figure out how to comment on an article. If a story is beyond a certain age, are comments disabled?
I wanted to comment on the story about how the TNG episode "Code of Honor" is racist. I don't understand how it is racist, but I'd be interested in hearing why people think it is. The story just has people saying "it's the most racist episode", but not how or why it is.
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Hi, if an article is more then 60-days old the comments are closed. The article is past that threshold.
That sucks. Chadwick Boseman died….
I've been binge watching 'Babylon Berlin'. A German TV series. F*cking BRILLIANT!
There is a rumour that Paramount is tempted to have a big name in the next Star Trek film. Names being floated are Will Smith, Robert Downey Jr and Brie Larson. Out of that list I would go with Downey.
Hopefully they'll resist that temptation. Not sure any of these names are going to get enough virtual cheeks in the seats to justify the coat. The talent is there with all of them to make a well written character work….but as a lot of people have pointed out, Trek movies have never strayed from the basic formula all that much.
Phil, I agree with you, but at this point, what have we got to lose?
Discussing talent over a friendly pint somewhere will always be a pastime. Unless Paramount has put something together completely under the radar, I don't see Trek returning to the big screen until late 23 – mid 24, if at all. Coronavirus has been a serious disruption to the distribution model, what going to a movie looks like in 12-18 months is likely to change.
Yes, but Paramount seems to be flexing it's muscles in trying to revive the brand. They love franchise movies and this is one of the few brands that they own.
Nothing to do with the character from Voyager, but the execs at Paramount are probably thinking about rolling the dice as they shout, "c'mon, SEVEN!" :-)
Looks like NASA found the Nexus….
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nasas-hubble-space-telescope-captured-123500206.html?utm_content=bufferb5bb4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=yahoofinance
My SoCal DISNEY local KABC just did a bump for an upcoming news story:
How a kiss on STAR TREK led to its cancellation.
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It was part of a series of reports KABC reporter, David Ono, calls FACEISM.
David's colleague , Jovana Lara provides a link to ir on her facebook page:
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It seems as though the Hallmark Christmas movie – Star Trek connection just gets deeper and broader.
At this point, I'm thinking that a crossover Hallmark-Trek panel on one of the virtual cons should be a thing. When one thinks about it both Hallmark and Star Trek are aspirational – one for personal relationships the other for society.
Beyond Doug Jones being an enormous fan of Hallmark movies (to the point of their including him in promotional features for their events), a good portion of the Discovery cast are starring in new Christmas movies. So far Ronnie Rowe and Mia Kirshner are each staring in one of the 40 new Hallmark movies. Patrick Kwok-Chung has just tweeted a photo of himself with his makeup crew for a Christmas movie, so it looks like he has a major role in one of the remaining "to be announced" movies in the lineup.
Last thought: perhaps Hallmark and Star Trek should make a one-off connection beyond ornaments? How about a stand-alone television or streaming aspirational romance movie in the Star Trek universe?
Kurtzman and SH are looking to cover different niches. Well, here's one that's not mapped out.
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It's a Wonderful Trek Life….
Thanks for responding Phil!
"It's a Wonderful Life" is somewhat the flavour. We're definitely not talking about lurid CW melodrama: the Hallmark understated vibe would work better for Trek.
I was thinking though more of the story of how Sarek and Amanda got together. We now have a pair of actors who could pull it off, and Mia Kirshner is younger than she portrays Amanda to be in Discovery.
There are lots of character-driven stories that could fill in the universe, and that would be appreciated by both fans and the Hallmark audience. It could really work as a crossover.
e.g. I can imagine Worf's honour compelling him to return 15 years later to the moon with the prisoner+of-war colony at the edge of Romulan space. He would not be able to leave the Klingons there to be annihilated by the Romulan supernova. Re-encountering the half-Vulcan, half-Klingon Ba'el, now very much adult woman could make for a great romance story.
Or a story of how Leeta, Rom and their younger children come to terms with Nog's death and reaffirm their family.
A "Sarah, Plain and Tall" kind of colonization story could work too.
But in some ways TNG does offer that aspirational Wonderful Trek Life element, even if the family is the made family of the crew and most of the senior officers have fraught relationships with their families of origin.
By the way, completely out of the blue yesterday, my spouse piped ups with, "You know, the romance niche is one that the new Star Trek hasn't mapped out.".
The obvious one off would be Wesley Crusher and Robin Lefler crossing paths several years later. She's a Janeway type captain, not letting anyone too close…until Mister Crusher reenters her life….time to break a rule.
Interesting. Yes Phil, Wesley and Robin Lefler definitely.
And I'm sure there are many fans who would love to see Ashley Judd back on Trek.
Just dropping a further note that the Canadian actors from Discovery seem to be making a significant contribution in terms of raising the diversity on Hallmark movies. Good to see that Trek's diverse casts are helping raise the representation in other domains.
Ronnie Rowe Jr is starring opposite a Latinx actor in the movie that will kick-off Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas this year.
Apparently, this is a huge thing because not only has Hallmark been criticized for having almost exclusively white, straight couples as the focus of their movies, they haven't had interracial couples, even in background roles. (Can't say I knew anything about this until I looked as Hallmark hasn't been my thing.)
So, Ronnie Rowe Jr. is starring as a black man in the first interracial romance story on Hallmark as I understand it.
Mia Kirschner is in a story about a woman discovers she has a Jewish identity. As Kirshner is herself the child of parents who escaped the Holocaust, she brings important representation.
I'll be interested to learn what Patrick Kwok-Choon's role is (assuming it's one of the TBA Hallmark movies on the schedule). Asians haven't had a significant presence in those either it turns out.
Back to Trek romance ideas, perhaps Garrett Wang could get a star turn as a more mature Harry Kim finding an authentic relationship.
At first thought you could also plug LeVar Burton's Geordi LaForge into a similar flick, maybe finally hooking up with Leah Brahms….but if his character ends up appearing in Picard, they may backfill a little of his personal life into the story.
Klingons are a bit too much of a caricature to get the Hallmark treatment. Jeffery Combs Shran, however, hinted at a bit of passion. That could be interesting…..
Oh, yeah, Ashley Judd is a win…..
I'd hope that she'd enjoy being back on Trek, especially as a strong captain.
There'd be strong fan support for this. In fact, I think they could set her up with Short Trek of some sort: Lefler 30 years on, on the bridge, showing her In-game.
There could also be some support for an older Jake Sisko, perhaps visiting Bajor for a holiday event, finds himself with help of a Kai who has unusual connections with his father. I know some are loathe to consider recasting characters, but I believe there is talent out there that could bring Ben Sisko to life. There wouldn't be a dry eye anywhere if a temporarily lineal Ben Sisko is bouncing a granddaughter on his knee….
It's interesting how quickly the two of us have come up with at least a half a dozen stories that would not only draw fans but also appeal to the 25-45 female audience market that Hallmark is dominating.
The thing is, force fitting these kinds of stories into other Star Trek niches, comes off as fan service. Exploring "domestic" and romance stories in their own right could expand the franchise's reach without compromising anything.
Adjacent thought: Nepenthe was a kind of domestic detour story in Picard season one.
Many think it was the best episode.
Others liked the slow paced exploration of life on the vineyard with Laris and Jhabon in the early episodes.
So, we know these can still be done well by Trek writers and producers. It's just that they're not for the audience that's looking for either violence or melodrama.
Hiving them off to their own anthology would spare them from the duty to be context for something else and allow them to breathe.
I'm only just seeing this, but these kinds of ideas have been the staple of fanfic for decades. Romance! Heartbreak! Healing!
I'd watch it!
I admit I haven't seen much fanfic since the late 80s / early 90s.
But it makes sense.
The market niche generally just doesn't get well served…but then Hallmark figured it out and seems to do amazingly well.
Scanning the ratings and review scores, Lifetime also has this type of made-for-TV movies but their ratings are on average lower. Netflix is trying it's own thing, but TV-MA or a bit edgier. Not sure they really get the aspirational idea.
Hi y'all. Not sure who here is watching/enjoying all the new Trek, but I am, and it's superb. The last episode of the 1st season of Lower Decks was immensely satisfying Trek, including some deep-dive fan service. Good stuff. Hope everyone is safe and doing well!
Definitely watching, and happy to hear your enthusiasm AJinMoscow.
Phil and I have been chatting (just below) about the potential to fill in the franchise universe with some lighter, romantic or "domestic" stories.
Since we never thought we'd be enthusiastic for an adult animated comedy, it makes me wonder what other audience and product niches remain that would fit with Trek's aspirational ethos.
A "Holiday Special" would be a nice dry run. I would also love to see the Sareks at home with the kids. Seriously, if you're going there, why not do Sarek and Amanda? So much there to examine.
Sarek and Amanda getting together would be interesting, and was the first that came to mind below.
I would avoid a "holiday special" though: the SW one is infamous enough that just that title should give any franchise exec hives.
I wouldn't necessairly poo poo the idea of a holiday special….time travel seems to be a common occurance in Trek, and Picard was having Xmas dreams while stuck in the Nexus. It would clearly need to be done right, though.
Odd as it sounds, while I've heard of the SWHS, I'd not seen it, or knew anything about it. Just looked it up – a strange alien returns home to participate in a cultural gathering. Not so much different then Amok Time?
A Amanda and Sarak at home movie would be complicated. Taking a hard look at Pon Farr, that's potentially a bit creepy unless Vulcan females also enter a reproductive murderous rage every seven years. Yeah, I don't spend enough time in Trek fandom to be sensitive to the subtle nuances of Vulcan family life.
The Vulcan family life bits we saw with T'Pol, her mother and Trip in Enterprise were amusing (and would answer your questions Phil).
For Sarek and Amanda though, I was thinking of winding back the clock to their initial meeting, how they got together, and what would lead to her choice to join him on Vulcan.
We know he's a diplomat and she was a teacher, but little more than that is in canon.
Spock seemed more puzzled by his father's choice to marry a human, but Amanda's choice was a very difficult one, especially for a modern audience that doesn't assume that a woman will follow her husband and adopt his culture. Choosing a life in a culture that doesn't respect yours and is prejudiced and paternalistic towards your species (as Vulcans demonstrably were in that era) is something many would walk away from.
Discovery portrays Amanda with more respect and sympathy than DC Fontana's TOS episode "Journey to Babel" , but I suspect many fans would be interested to know how it all happened .
It really was a hoot, wasn't it? Loads of "call-outs" to all Trek, and witty to boot.
So you're back in Moscow, AJ. Are you liking it?
Hi, Marja (and all): Moscow in the age of COVID-19 is neither here nor there. I'm getting a bit tired of staying in one place for so long, actually. But, better safe than sorry!
I hope you're getting out and about before the snows really hit.
Moscow is brutal to get around in a car at the best of times, I can't imagine what it's like with people avoiding the Metro.
Vice Admiral Nakamura
I keep this seeing this term "gatekeeping" – used not just in fan contexts but also political contexts. And it makes little sense. Gatekeeping connotes a power on a gatekeeper to keep others out of a group. A random person expressing a personal opinion has no actual power over another and controls no gate or entrance. This term is bestowing an imaginary power on one who does not possess it. Furthermore, if some punter types on the internet, "Discovery will never come close to the intelligence or quality of TNG or DS9" – why does such a bog standard utterance deserve any kind of specialized jargon?
"Wordsworth could never match the genius of Keats."
"Oh you can't say that around here. That's toxic counterflange bombardment. Read the room. Do the work."
Emperor Mike of the Terran Empire.
Good Morning Campers. Looking forward to seeing what Discovery will be up to. I hope it's good. But will see.
I come from the past.
….and I need something to do.
I will return to the end of the beginning!.
Reply to Emperor Mike of the Terran Empire.
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.
Just remember, if time didn't exist, everything would happen all at once.
(whoa, I just blew my own mind, man!)
…dude!
Whoa, dude. DUDE! :-)
WB is tamping down expectations of what 2021 will look like, and are talking about different means of content distribution. Warner, Sony, and Disney won't have issues in the long haul, but it does call into question how a smaller outfit like Paramount may fare. CBS seems to be putting all it's eggs in the streaming basket at this point, most likely this is where we'll see a feature length Trek show up. I'm really thinking it'll be four – five years, if ever, before Trek hits the big screen again…..
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/22/warner-bros-says-tenet-wasnt-a-home-run-not-optimistic-about-cinemas.html
I agree Phil.
Paramount's advantage, like Universal, and Fox/Disney is that they are integrated with a streamer.
ViacomCBS needs to move more quickly in rolling out their streamer internationally content, and generate new content where they can while the entire industry is constrained.
I see Axanar trailers reappearing on Youtube.They have either resolved their legal differences or are just pressing ahead. Unfortunately, I don't pay enough attention behind the scenes to really know what the deal is.
Richard Hatch is in the opening voice over. I'd assume his estate signed off on use of him image if the project is alive again.
UGH. I saw Axanar come up on my YT home screen and thought, "Does it never end?!"
Coming back to my musing with Phil about potential Hallmark-style or analogue Trek productions, I looked up the ratings for Ronnie Rowe Jr's leading man turn in Hallmark's first Christmas movie of the year "Jingle Bell Bride" which premiered on October 24th.
WOW. 2.7 million unique viewers in the United States & 2.8 million households that day (not counting PVR recordings or the replay the following Thursday). Only 3 of the college football games rated higher on cable, and all the cable news rated lower. For the weekend as a whole, Hallmark had over 9 million viewers and was the top cable channel overall.
The Canadian premiere is next weekend on W, a cable channel that carries Hallmark but isn't just that. It's the highest rated channel for target age women.
1). Ronnie Rowe Jr really seems to have leading man appeal – Discovery's writers need to give him more to do since he's quickly getting a Hallmark viewer following — suddenly over 3,200 Twitter followers and rising.
2). This kind of emotionally gentle, aspirational drama has a very large viewship, and there is currently no crossover product with sci-fi to serve this market.
Ronnie Rowe is a VERY attractive man. They bumped him up from the shuttle driver in Episode 3 of Season 1, to Communications Officer on the Bridge, because he has presence. Not to mention a nice voice.
The modern era of Trek has cast some fantastic actors, starting with the Enterprise crew in the Kelvin movies and coming forward to now.
Marja!! How've you been?
Yeah, we've been having the off topic conversation here, about stories that could be told in the Si-Fi universe that are people stories. I knew Hallmark was popular, but I had no idea how popular. There's a creative vein to be tapped here…..
Definitely great to have you join in Marja.
Missed you dropping in on the review threads too.
Thanks TG! Good to see everyone popping in and out.
I've been spending too much time on Twitter, political and Trek, and podcasts, my god, they proliferate by the day ….
I love the Trek podcasts too, but have to avoid spoiling the new episodes for others in the household, so I don't get to listen to as many as I might.
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Highly resistant extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the urine are becoming increasingly common in unexpected patients in the ED.
We need to be aware of the growing threat of highly resistant bacteria. This can happen in patients we would not suspect, who don't have traditional risk factors for resistance. ESBL means resistance to ceftriaxone and ceftazidime.
This was a retrospective study of a single northern California ED. They found 5.9% of urine culture isolates were ESBL. Most, 79%, were E. coli. About half were started on initial antibiotics to which the organism was resistant. Nearly half had no associated risk factors, such as recent hospitalization, age ≥65, indwelling catheter, urologic procedure, functional dependence, or antibiotics in the previous 90 days. There was additional resistance to levofloxacin in 71% and to nitrofurantoin in 23%. ESBL is a growing concern in patients with UTI. Nitrofurantoin is an excellent first choice for most patients with cystitis and will still cover many ESBL strains.
Emergency Department Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae: Many Patients Have No Identifiable Risk Factor and Discordant Empiric Therapy Is Common. Ann Emerg Med. 2018 Oct;72(4):449-456. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.05.006. Epub 2018 Jul 3.


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The majority of the staff at the lodge are from the local community that we have trained for their respective positions. Continuous training ensures that they develop further skills making promotions available to them. With construction completed we have started training, through our qualified Venda guide, some of the building team, who are now out of work, to become guides for the Lodge or at other destinations.
Where skilled people have not been found in the local community or in Venda to fulfil a specialist position we have employed qualified personnel that will not only be responsible for the required role but to train certain members of the local community in this skill. The ultimate goal is of utilizing the lodge as a "hospitality school" for the local communities.
Our advanced eco-friendly management of the reserve and lodge has been recognized as a step forward in solving the world's energy crisis and our equipment and systems are already being utilized in the local community and other areas of South Africa. We are available to show and train people globally in this field.


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Leafs Can Still Conquer the Nation
TORONTO (Mar. 23) — Eastern Canada is safe from the Toronto Maple Leafs but the prairies, foothills and coastal regions are deeply imperiled. The National Hockey League's dandiest outfit north of the border could soon become third–best in the nation. To its own detriment, of course, but habits tend to repeat.
The Leafs are poised, it would seem, to hurdle well beyond prime territory in the first round of June's NHL draft. By elevating its top prospects into an artificial, no–pressure environment, the club has jeopardized an almost–certain last place finish in the overall standings. Though it may prove beneficial in the long run — Willie Nylander, Nikita Soshnikov, Zach Hyman, Connor Carrick, Frederik Gauthier, Brendan Leipsic, Connor Brown and Kasperi Kapanen have obtained invaluable big–league experience — the short–term implication is foreboding and largely antithetical to the club's season–long blueprint. As of today, the Leafs remain 30th in the NHL, but credibly within reach of 25th place; a percentage–odds reduction of 12.5 (20 to 7.5) toward winning the draft lottery, and a likely No. 6 overall selection. In other words, kind of a waste.
IS HOT–SHOOTING ROOKIE WILLIAM NYLANDER HELPING OR HINDERING THE LEAFS? Toronto Star Photo
This inopportune surge (5–2–1) — hardly atypical of the perennial playoff spectator — could imperil the hope of drafting another franchise–caliber prospect. Mitch Marner (London OHL) went fourth overall to the Leafs last summer. His junior hockey resume portends stardom in the NHL. Same applies to the top four–rated draft prodigies this year (according to the mid–season ranking of TSN's Bob McKenzie): Auston Matthews, Patrik Laine, Jesse Puljujarvi and Matthew Tkachuk (all forwards) — one of whom the Leafs would be guaranteed to land with a 30th–place finish. The top–rated defenseman — Jakob Chychrun (Sarnia OHL) — is fifth on McKenzie's list. Which, coincidentally, leaves winger Alex Nylander (Mississauga OHL) as a conceivable No. 6 alternative for Toronto and a potential big–league reunion with older sibling William.
It would be a nice family yarn — undoubtedly drawing analogies to Sedin and Sedin in Vancouver. While the draft is always unpredictable and young Nylander had a good season in Mississauga (28 goals / 75 points), he isn't quite the elite prospect of the top four, any of whom could help alter a struggling franchise. So, the Leafs would be much–better served by tailing off in their final ten games and sticking close to the cellar.
On the flip–side, upward mobility could generate bragging rights west of Toronto, enhancing nationalist fervor. Though Montreal and Ottawa remain safely out of reach, the Maple Leafs are within six points of leap–frogging Edmonton, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Calgary in the standings. The chances are slim — an 8–2–0 record might not even suffice — yet the potential cannot be discounted. Without a doubt, it would rank as the ultimate consolation–prize for the "garbage time" capital of the hockey universe.
THEM vs. ME: Gotta hand it to the tall foreheads at THE HOCKEY NEWS, who collaborated last summer and predicted a Stanley Cup final between Washington and Anaheim. The Capitals (52–15–5) have been the best team in the NHL all season and clinched first place in the overall standings by defeating Ottawa Tuesday night. The Ducks (40–23–9), after a puzzling first half, are seventh overall; a league–best 20–5–2 since Jan. 23. I countered, on the eve of the regular season, with a Pittsburgh–Los Angeles Cup final, imagining that Phil Kessel would provide the Penguins a decisive edge in the East, and that the Kings would continue to alternate championships with Chicago until further notice. The Kessel factor hardly resonated (he has 21 goals in 72 games), yet the Penguins are on a six–game win streak with Evgeni Malkin injured again (arm or wrist; he was sidelined most of February while nursing an undisclosed ailment). The Kings are nicely situated to claim the Pacific Division — leading second–place Anaheim by four points. So, I'm not ruling out my Stanley Cup forecast, though I'd trade predictions with THE HOCKEY NEWS in a heartbeat.
IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE OF A GREAT PRE–SEASON PICK BY THE HOCKEY NEWS.
ARTISTIC MIKE: Armed with newspaper images I've posted on this website from May 3, 1967 — the day after the Leafs last Stanley Cup triumph — hockey author Mike Leonetti designed this rather nifty collage:
1970–71 NHL ALBUMS
For three seasons, beginning in 1970–71, the Toronto Maple Leafs sold game programs within colorfully–illustrated albums of each NHL team. These were available upon entering Maple Leaf Gardens and have become valued memorabilia. Some years ago, I had my albums bound into book–form for safe keeping. While recently visiting the home of "the ubiquitous one" — hockey archivist Paul Patskou — I was shown loose copies of the '70–71 MLG items. Which I promptly borrowed for the purpose of this photo–essay, depicting the front and back covers of all 14 team albums. As you'll see, the color images were shot at the Montreal Forum during the 1969–70 NHL season… and at the same end of the Forum ice. Only the covers of the two expansion teams from 1970–71 — Buffalo and Vancouver — were captured elsewhere.
INSIDE EACH TEAM ALBUM IN 1970–71 WAS A MAPLE LEAF GARDENS HOCKEY MAGAZINE (TOP–LEFT) AND AN INSERT (TOP–RIGHT) WITH LINE–UPS, PHOTOS AND RECENT NEWS.
PLAYER BIOGRAPHIES AND PHOTOS WERE SKILLFULLY LAID OUT IN THE TEAM ALBUMS.
PAUL PATSKOU — IN HIS LATE 'TEENS AT THE TIME — WAS AN AVID AUTOGRAPH HUNTER AND SEVERAL OF THE ALBUMS FEATURE SIGNATURES ON THE FRONT OR BACK COVERS.
THE OTHERS… IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
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