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Discovering woke Trek
Angela Stagnato:
I'm a Trekker and a Catholic. I will speak about Trek at the drop of a bathlet.
I know what I like and it's tiresome to be told that I shouldn't like something just because Gene Roddenberry was a selfish, drug-using, philandering atheist. Though Trek sported an anti-capitalist message, Roddenberry was a craven pursuer of lucre and fame even to the point of cheating writers and producers, Sandy Courage and Gene Coon, out of their own fair shares.
Very few writers could withstand Roddenberry's presence because of his legendary abrasive attitude, manipulativeness, selfishness and temper. According to his assistant, Ande Richardson, Roddenberry was a "freaky-deaky dude," and a "sexist … who disregarded women." But despite the fact that I find Rodenberry's personal life to be morally abhorrent, repellant and typical of a narcissistic atheist, I'm not one to judge. I believe that he created something memorable and artistic. I will pray for his soul but his character has never made me give up on Trek.
One might ask how I can separate the two. One might be surprised at my answer. When I get together with like-minded Trekkers, we never discuss the "feelings" screen characters portray. Instead, we try to stump each other with Trek trivia. We ponder the existence of life on other planets and postulate what form that life would take. We wonder if tribbles would make good pets — and thus, they'd be no tribble at all. We contemplate what would be the Earth vegetable equivalent to plomeek soup and what sandwiches would go well with Romulan ale. We tell jokes about Klingons that only other sci-fi aficionados would grok. We never discuss the "feelings" or professed "identity" of any character or actor playing said characters.
Which brings us to Trek's newest iteration, Star Trek: Discovery. Premiering in 2017, Discovery is the seventh Star Trek series. All Trek is great even when it's bad but Discovery is so bad it's irredeemable. It's faddish and therefore has neither moral nor intellectual integrity. Rather than being countercultural, Discovery totes the liberal party line. It's preachy, whereas earlier Trek permutations gave "food for thought" set within a framework (as best they could) of logic and rational thought. Discovery is vindictively and presumptuously narcissistic. It presumes that they have worked out the moral and intellectual implications of their policies and "morality" but the writers never want to show their work.
Discovery has more homosexual, bisexual and transsexual characters than you can shake a phaser at, and they threaten to add even more. They are overrepresented and their characterizations take up a great deal of screen time. At one point, the Mirror Terran Empress Philippa Georgiou (portrayed by Michelle Yeoh) — a particularly vile, repellent and treacherous character —once lambasted another character for not being "pansexual" instead of gay. And worse than that, every character is convinced that their raison d'êtreis to indulge each and every one of their feelings instead of putting their emotions aside in order to fight aliens.
The show is an inept lark redolent with every misandrist fantasy trope imaginable, all devoid of even a semblance of science. Male characters barely have any screentime and when they do, they portray betas obsessed with their "feelings." Now, if I understand intersectionalist theory, I'm not allowed to enjoy the show because I don't see myself "represented" on it. It's simply not entertaining. Its primary purpose is to strike a blow against something — I suspect good taste, good writing, good acting, logic and common sense.
This is the show where every willowy, wispy woman can wrassle with wascally trained assassins well outside their weight class and come out the winner. Kirk at least could be counted upon for a well-placed judo chop every now and again and Spock always had his handy Vulcan Nerve Pinch in a pinch. Discovery exists in a universe where the patriarchy is dead and replaced by a matriarchy obsessed with the feelings of every living creature in the known universe. But, instead of the Age of Aquarius utopia that enlightened matriarchs promised to usher in, these women are still up to slaughtering aliens with an élan that I would label as disturbing. Nothing has changed in the matriarchy of the future except for gender roles and sexuality and, of course, the de rigeur atheism.
In Gene Roddenberry's Original Star Trek (TOS), the Enterprise had a chapel which had hosted at least five marriages and several funerals. His Star Trek: The Next Generation's crew celebrated Christmas on board the Enterprise-D. Discovery, on the other hand, has a cold, empty feel because the characters are living in a godless universe, not at all curious about the vast cosmic wonders circling around them and never once asking, "How did all of this get here in the first place?"
I like science fiction but have no patience for unthinking, feminist, Harlequin space-fantasy novels. Interestingly, the lack of God and the contempt for religion coupled with "creative" sexualities in general is startling on Discovery. I'm reminded of Ven. Fulton Sheen's oft-quoted quote:
A popular God-is-dead book in the United States argues that homosexuality will become normal in a humanistic society where there is no restriction of morals which come from religion. St. Paul declared homosexuality and atheism were related to one another as effect to cause.
A television program that promotes homosexuality, secularism, scientism, atheism and utopia. It wouldn't be the first time anyone ever accused Fulton Sheen — or the Catholic Church, for that matter — of prescience.
Trek isn't a brilliant and creative idea because of all of alien latex masks, ray guns and exploding planets. Rather, as all good science fiction does, it reflects our present society and the nature of humanity. Discovery is bad science fiction because it doesn't reflect anything except for illiberal liberalism. The actors flagrantly abuse the audience's forbearance to withstand their unrepressed emotions expressed in what Tina Fey's 30 Rock character Liz Lemon called "talking like this" — a distracting, whispery, gravely growl meant to convey both sincerity and conviction and ultimately delivering neither.
They come off as self-absorbed lovers softly exchanging platitudes even when discussing the newest alien threat to the ship. It's annoying and pretentious and that's why I believe James Tiberius Kirk to be the superior captain. No matter what the nature of the mission, Kirk was eager to train the ship's phasers on any given planet and blast its citizenry into the next dimension and I welcomed it every week.
My viewership these days is now perfunctory and an exercise in patience rather than admiration of an artistic ideal. I've watched the show dutifully as I've watched every other Trek-related show but now, my patience and its artistry has ebbed away completely. I don't watch Trek for the romance or the airing of the next sexually immoral grievance. I want to see aliens in weird latex masks shooting each other with ray guns and watch planets explode. I'm tired of the gender-bending, the preaching and lauding of atheism, the narcissistic contempt for any opinion other than the wokest of woke. It's a wokist nightmare from which I fear I might not wake. It's time to eject Discovery out of the nearest airlock.
I didn't leave Trek — Trek left me. As a Catholic, I'm required to love people, not television programs. It's time for me to hang up my Spock ears and my all-access backstage pass for Trek conventions. Even 3D chess doesn't excite me as it used to.
The irony of Roddenberry's original Star Trek, which showed itself particularly in The Next Generation, was Roddenberry's progressive belief that humankind could be perfected. It is illogical to assume that human nature can be engineered out of human beings. But humans can choose to rise above their baser instincts.
And as far as Roddenberry's creation vs. real-life Roddenberry, it is also illogical to expect perfection from human beings.
Presty the DJ for April 22


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THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 1915 The Leo Frank case has become well known in American history for several reasons, not the least of which being the several film and television depictions of the trial, but also because Frank was a Jewish-American businessman, his case turning the spotlight on antisemitism in the United States and led to the founding of the Anti-Defamation League. There was also the element of Frank being cast as a representative of Yankee capitalism, a rich northern Jew lording it over vulnerable working women in the South.
Leo Frank was the superintendent of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta, convicted on Aug. 26, 1913 of the murder of one of the factory workers, 13 year-old Mary Phagan. He would be found guilty and in 1915 sentenced to death, but the governor commuted the sentence to life imprisonment, to the great outrage of the citizenry. A mob of some 25 armed men kidnapped Frank from prison and hanged him.
This issue is significant as it reports on the events immediately following Governor Slaton commuting Frank's sentence and the response of the angry mob. The text begins: "The death sentence imposed on Leo M. Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan has been commuted to one of the life imprisonment by Governor John M. Slaton, and Frank is now in the State Prison at Milledgeville...". The headlines are "Slaton Commutes Frank's Sentence; Proclaim's Martial Law at His Home When Menaced By Mob of Georgians" with subheads "Soldiers Now Guard Him" "Crowd of 10,000 Marches Upon the Governor's Country Home" "Mob Attacks the Troops" "Brick Thrown and One Officer Hurt - Governor Hanged in Effigy" and more. The lengthy coverage begins on the front page, fills all of page 6 and nearly all of page 7 as well. We have sold many issues with Leo Frank content, but this issue contains more content than any others.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day are within.
Complete in 24 pages, slight irregular left spine, some small edges tears and chipping, some archival mending to the edge tears. This should be handled with care.
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Expected impact from delay of Saranac Thursdays
Saranac Thursdays is an event that draws in thousands of people every Summer. It was announced on Monday that organizers have made the decision to delay the start of the season by several weeks.
Posted: Apr 28, 2020 10:35 PM
Posted By: Caitlin Irla
UTICA, N.Y. - Saranac Thursdays is an event that draws in thousands of people every Summer.
It was announced on Monday that organizers have made the decision to delay the start of the season by several weeks.
The volunteers were sent an email saying Saranac Thursdays is cancelled through July 15 due to coronavirus.
The event is a fundraiser for United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area and the organization will certainly be impacted by the loss of approximately two months.
"Saranac Thursday and concert series is one of our largest fundraising events," Kristyn Bucciero Beckwith, director of development and marketing at United Way of the Valley and Greater Utica Area said. "A lot of folks don't realize that when you come to a Saranac Thursday, you're actually supporting your local United Way."
The event is a partnership between United Way and F.X. Matt Brewery. To date, over $600,000 has been raised.
"At the end of the day, we cover our costs, but anything we make goes to the United Way and last year I think it was about $42,000," Fred Matt, President and COO of F.X. Matt Brewery said.
Beckwith says with the delay of at least two months, United Way is losing out on a lot of revenue.
"Each year we're raising about $35,000 to $40,000 because of this event," Beckwith said. "When you think about half of the year being canceled, you can think of half of that fundraising dollar being cut."
Beckwith says the United Way is working with the brewery to come up with new ideas to offset the loss.
"These dollars fund United Ways efforts all year round," Beckwith said. "We're raising over a million and a half dollars every year and that's going to support numerous agencies."
Beckwith says currently, the United Way is funding about 30 agencies and almost 50 different programs in the Mohawk Valley.
"When you think about that impact, of course that would have a direct impact on our budget and what we're able to do so we have to make sure we're making up for whatever those missed dollars are," Beckwith said.
As for F.X. Matt Brewery, it was a tough decision, but the right one.
"I think it's the right thing and I think we all have to social distance and do everything the CDC says so we can get rid of this thing," Matt said. "Obviously we'd like to open it, this is a big event for us, it's a money maker for United Way but it's a time we like to come and drink with our friends so for me it's kind of sad."
Matt is hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. He thinks there is a chance the event could not happen this year.
"I don't know if that happens or not, obviously I'm hopeful but we will not do anything that's not safe for us, the community, anybody that comes," Matt said. "If we can do it we will take precautions to be safe, I mean if we have to social distance we'll figure out ways to social distance, if we have to serve beer in cans instead of off draft, obviously everybody would be wearing gloves but we have to make sure people are comfortable coming down here and we're doing it safely."
Beckwith says United Way is taking it day by day.
"There haven't been too many conversations about how firm that date is," Beckwith said."Just like every other business, you kind of have to see how this thing progresses and where we are and as far as we know July 15th is the date right now but it could be longer."
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End to End cycle (JOGLE)
All about Gordon Valentine's John O'Groats to Land's End (JOGLE) cycle
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JOGLE route
Day 01: John O'Groats to Tongue
Day 02: Tongue to Carbisdale Castle
Day 03: Carbisdale Castle to Loch Ness
Day 04: Loch Ness to Glencoe
Day 05: Glencoe to Killearn
Day 06: Killearn to New Lanark
Day 07: New Lanark to Carlisle
Day 08: Carlisle to Slaidburn
Day 09: Slaidburn to Chester
Day 10: Chester – rest day
Day 11: Chester to Clun
Day 12: Clun to Welsh Bicknor
Day 13: Welsh Bicknor to Street
Day 14: Street to Okehampton
Day 15: Okehampton to Treyarnon Bay
Day 16: Treyarnon Bay to Land's End
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Workers set to cycle the length of the country in End to End challenge
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Workers from a building maintenance firm are parking up their vans and getting on two wheels to help three local charities.
Employees from Kier Sheffield, based on Manor Lane, are holding a follow-up event to a ride from Sheffield to Cleethorpes in 2009 and a sponsored coast-to-coast bike ride last year.
This time they are cycling almost 1,000 miles from John O'Groats to Land's End.
Read it on The Star website.
Make a donation: www.justgiving.com/teams/KierE2EChallenge.
Posted by gsvalentine at 11:07 am	Tagged with: Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice, JOGLE, Motor Neurone Disease Association, Sheffield Autistic Society
Hightown's Les Holmes to cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats – and back again – on an old postman's bike Land's End to John O'Groats penny farthing cycle ride
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'Unbreakable' Land's End – John o'Groats record beaten for first time in 17 years
Metfield brothers take on a gruelling cycle challenge
Highgate bowel cancer survivor to cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats
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Tim Kenyon, Scoutmaster for 13 years, shares his experience planning high adventure trips for Troop5, Madison, South Dakota.
During his 13 years as Scoutmaster of Troop 5, Madison, SD, Tim has found the anticipation of High adventure trips encourages the older Scouts to stay active in the troop. High adventure trips are in addition to summer camp and monthly weekend campouts. Tim presents the schedule for high adventure trips years in advance of the actual trip. He has found that early presentation of trip concepts has encouraged the scouts to participate in fundraising activities and helped them to determine which merit badges to take to be prepared for the different trips.
High adventure trips are not appropriate for all scouts. There are many determining factors listed for each of the trips. Within those constraints, every scout has the opportunity to prepare themselves to take advantage of the trip that interests them.
As you read through the information presented about each type of trip you will see that these trips don't happen overnight. There is detailed planning and a specific time-line unique to each trip. An adult in the troop needs to take the lead and be responsible for the details.
Which adults in the Troop are eligible to go on high adventure trips? Tim stresses that the adults who want to go need to be Registered, Active and Trained. They need to be a R.A.T. The trip should be a product of their participation, not their reason for participating. These trips are not family vacations. Siblings and spouses who don't qualify for the trip on their own merits are not included in the trip.
Questions, comments, thoughts, concerns? Contact Tim and ask.


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The Bodybuilding Diet concentrates on creating bulk. This without anyone else can dispense with fat after some time, yet the accentuation is on supplementing a body workout regimen, as opposed to changing one's dietary propensity. This eating regimen concentrates on the high admission of protein and complex sugars.
The High Protein Diet is truly like the Atkins Diet, yet weights on eating twofold the measure of protein affirmation. It's very questionable in light of the fact that numerous specialists trust it to be hurtful and unequal. Its capacity to give quick weight reduction to the individuals who tail it, nonetheless, makes it amazingly common. A low carb eating regimen will promise that your sustenance tastes as it should taste rather than relying upon fake improving or a considerable measure of enhancing to make your food recommend a flavor like, well, something.


My background is in psychology and education, and I am interested in general in cognitive development and educational processes. My research focuses on children's learning of written mathematical representations: written numbers, graphs, tables, algebraic notation, representations for space, data, and measurement, and idiosyncratic notations. My interests lie in understanding how notational and conceptual aspects of children's understandings co-evolve and co-occur.
In this line of work, I investigate children's early learning of mathematical notations. I assume that conventional knowledge is built on prior understandings. From this assumption, it follows that children's ideas about mathematical notations could be constitutive of their later conventional understandings. One of the central tasks of the investigation is to document how children initially represent numerical and mathematical understandings and how and why their expressive repertoire changes over time.
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Caddle, M., & Brizuela, B. M. (2011). Fifth Graders' Additive And Multiplicative Reasoning: Establishing Connections Across Conceptual Fields Using A Graph. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 30(3), 224-234.
Brizuela, B. M., & Alvarado, M. (2010). First graders' work on additive problems with the use of different notational tools. Revista IRICE Nueva Época, 21, 37-44.
Brizuela, B. M., & Cayton, G. A. (2010). Anotar números desde pre-escolar hasta segundo grado: el impacto del uso de dos sistemas de representación en la presentación. Cultura & Educación, 22(2).
Bautista, A., Pérez Echeverría, M. del P., Pozo, J. I., & Brizuela, B. M. (2009). Piano students' conceptions of musical scores as external representations: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Research in Music Education, 57(3), 181-202.
Brizuela, B. M. (2008). Notaciones empleadas por los niños para representar fracciones (Spanish translation of "Young children's notations for fractions" published in 2006 in Educational Studies in Mathematics). 12(ntes) Enseñar Matemática. Nivel Inicial y Primaria, 3, 19-40.
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Brizuela, B. M., & Earnest, D. (2008). Multiple notational systems and algebraic understandings: The case of the "best deal" problem. In J. Kaput, D. Carraher, & M. Blanton (Eds.), Algebra in the Early Grades (pp. 273-301). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
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Alvarado, M., & Brizuela, B. M. (2005). Introducción. In M. Alvarado & B. M. Brizuela (Eds.) Haciendo números. Las notaciones numéricas vistas desde la psicología, la didáctica y la historia. (pp. 9-12). México: Editorial Paidós.
Brizuela, B. M. (2004). Mathematical Development in Young Children: Exploring Notations. NY: Teachers College Press.
Brizuela, B. M., & Schliemann, A. D. (2004). Fourth graders solving linear equations. For the Learning of Mathematics, 24(2), 33-40.
Brizuela, B. M. (2003). Números y letras: Primeras conexiones entre sistemas notacionales. In A. Teberosky & M. Soler-Gallart (Eds.), Contextos de alfabetización inicial (pp. 133-154). Barcelona: Editorial Horsori.
Brizuela, B. M., & Lara-Roth, S. (2002). Additive relations and function tables. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 20(3), 309-319.
Brizuela, B. M. (2000). Algunas ideas sobre el sistema de numeración escrito en niños pequeños. In N. Elichiry (Ed.), Aprendizaje de niños y maestros. La construcción del sujeto educativo (pp. 15-27). Buenos Aires: Ediciones Manantial.
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CelebWatch: Singing Sulu, President Cromwell, Spoiled Visitor, and Concerned Bana
| March 28, 2008 | By: Charles Trotter 58 comments so far
This week, the Watch brings you news on George Takei's singing lessons, James Cromwell getting presidential, Visitor's role on Battlestar, Wheatong geeking out on gaming, Eric Bana's concerns regarding his image, TV appearances for Scott Bakula and Ethan Phillips, a birthday wish for Marina Sirtis, and more!
Sulu Sings (Oh, my… ears!)
Last week, we reported that George Takei (TOS's Hikaru Sulu) would try his hand at country singing on the CBS reality series Secret Talents of the Stars. Now in a new Trek-themed promo from CBS you can see and (oh my) hear it yourself…if you dare.
It's madness, Jim, but not as we know it.
Visitor's BSG Visit + New Movie Screenings
[BSG spoilers] We already know Nana Visitor (DS9's Kira Nerys) has a recurring role in the fourth and final season of Battlestar Galactica, but io9 has some more info regarding her character. It appears her character, Emily, will be a patient in the same cancer-treatment room as President Roslin (played by Mary McDonnell). Before the two ultimately form a bond, but not before Emily annoys Roslin by religiously listening to all of Baltar's radio broadcasts. In the meantime, Visitor's new horror movie Babysitter Wanted will be screened at the Horrorfest in Denver, Colorado, which takes place April 18-20. The festival will run in conjunction with the STARFEST Sci-Fi Convention, which will be honoring Visitor while celebrating DS9's 15th anniversary. Babysitter Wanted will then be screened Germany's 12th Annual "Weekend of Fear" film festival on May 2nd and 3rd. (Business Wire)
Cover Boy Bana Concerned About His Profile
Eric Bana graces the cover of the March issue of GQ Magazine which includes an in-depth feature and photos (also available) of Star Trek's latest bad guy. Bana doesn't talk Trek, but gives insight into why he has referred to his Nero role as 'a cameo.' Apparently the experience working on The Hulk left a bad taste in his mouth for high profile projects and he has become more cautious about roles and his profile in general, telling GQ:
I have been in some high-profile films, but I think I've been pretty careful about what my level of involvement is in them. I find the notion so daunting that a movie is actually all about you. I don't think it's healthy.
Bana: 'it's not all about me'
Wheaton's WIRED for gaming
Wil Wheaton (TNG's Wesley Crusher) knows his games (as this video of his keynote at last year's PAX gaming conference can attest). This week the writer of "Just a Geek" talked to WIRED game blog about his thoughts on the gaming industry, including when he thinks games will be as accepted as films and TV:
Until the barrier to entry is significantly altered, and the growing caricature of gamers as either foul-mouthed teens or psychotic misanthropes is stopped — which is unlikely, because opportunistic politicians have seized on it as the latest version of the Satanic Panic — I doubt videogames will reach the level of popularity and ubiquity that movies currently enjoy.
Cromwell gets presidential
James Cromwell (Zefram Cochrane, etc.) has been cast as former President George Herbert Walker Bush in Oliver Stone's W, a biographical drama (in the same sense that JFK and Nixon were biographies) focusing on current President George W. Bush and his rise to power. The film should start production in April and is expected to be ready for release by the November elections and should definitely be out by the time Bush leaves the White House in January. (Variety)
Cromwell from Cochrane to '41'
Ullman Loves Archer
Scott Bakula (ENT's Jonathan Archer) will be starring with Tracey Ullman on the latter's new sketch comedy series, State of the Union, which will run for five episodes on Showtime beginning this Sunday night. In the series, Bakula plays Chris Fulbright, the co-worker and lover of an investment banker … one of the many characters to be played by Ullman. See Variety for a review of the first episode.
B'Elanna Up for Hugo
Roxann Dawson (VOY's B'Elanna Torres) is among those nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Well, more accurately, the first season of Heroes is up for the award but Dawson, as one of the season's directors, is included in the nomination list. Dawson directed the fifteenth "chapter" of the season, entitled "Run!" We'll find out if she wins or not on August 9th; see The Hugo Awards.org for more.
Dawson directs Masi Oka on how to eat lunch
Neelix Doesn't Want Your Sex
Ethan Phillips (VOY's Neelix) guest-starred in tonight's episode of Eli Stone. Phillips plays the principal of a school who expels a student for playing George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" during an abstinence education assembly. Also guest starring in the episode are Bill Smitrovich (Webb in DS9's "Past Tense") and David Burke (Steven Price in VOY's "Someone to Watch Over Me"). The episode aired tonight at 10/9c on ABC; that means you missed it. Oh, well; see WAPT.com for more information on the episode.
TrekBits
Nicole de Boer's (DS9's Ezri Dax) old Canadian TV show 9B has been picked up by British Columbian broadcaster VisionTV and will begin re-airing on March 31st. (Broadcaster Magazine)
Malcolm McDowell (Generations' Tolian Soran) will be the guest speaker for the 17th Annual Florida Film Festival at Regal Cinemas Winter Park Village 20 on April 2nd. (eMediaWire)
Tony Todd (Kurn, etc.) has will be at Fangoria's East Coast Weekend of Horrors convention, to be held June 20-22 in Secaucus, New Jersey. (Fangoria)
The new book honoring I Am Legend and TOS: "The Enemy Within" writer Richard Metheson, entitled He Is Legend, will be available February 2009 and is available for pre-order from Gauntlet Press.
Tyler Perry (Head of Starfleet Academy in 2009's Star Trek) won't talk Trek but he did talk about everything else over at Urban Network.
Happy Birthday, Marina!
Yesterday, we celebrated the birthday of Leonard Nimoy; this Saturday will be the 53rd (!) birthday of Marina Sirtis, who is of course best known for playing Counselor Deanna Troi. So, from all of us on the TrekMovie.com staff, happy birthday, Marina!
Sirtis at last month's Farpoint con
Here are other Trek luminaries celebrating birthdays this week:
Phillip R. Allen (Capt. Esteban, Star Trek III) is 69
Melvin Caesar Belli (Steve O'Connel, TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead") and Paul Eiding (Loquel, TNG: "Liaisons") will be 51 on the 28th
Anthony De Longis (VOY's Culluh) is 58.
Jon De Vries (Wilson/Victor Granger, TNG: "Up the Long Ladder") is 61.
Lisa Lord (Alijon Prime nurse, DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong") is 44
Sarah Marshall (Janet Wallace, TOS: "The Deadly Year") is 75
Tony Papenfuss (Yeln, DS9: "Second Skin") is 58
Michael Reisz (William Tefler, VOY: "Good Shepherd") is 40
Richard Sarstedt (veteran Trek stand-in) is 66
Norman Snow (Torin, TNG: "Rightful Heir") will be 58 on the 29th
Jon Steuer (Alexander Rozhenko, TNG: "Reunion") is 24
Brenda Strong (Rashella, TNG: "When the Bough Breaks") is 48
Jesús Salvador Treviño (DS9/VOY director) is 62)
Lark Voorhies (Leanne, DS9: "Life Support") is 34
Dell Yount (Tilikia; B'Rat Ud) will be 48 on the 28th.
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George Takei singing….heh. That's new.
Tomaz
btw Sirtis looks awful at this picture.
Looks like Botox is her best friend.
Good gravy I never thought i would be checking out a 53 year old. BUt good gravy…
Mark from Germany
…BREAKING NEWS… BREAKING NEWS…
George Takei has been chosen to perfom the Title Song for the next Star Trek
Movie.
fakesteve
Hmm… the rumors about germans and their lack of humor appear sadly to be true…
[The] TOS Purist aka The Purolator
Oh George Takei, you attention-starved individual…
no, Mark ist just an exception…. so don't blame us Germans will you…
Hey! You try looking hot at the age of 53!! (hehe) That is after all well into grandma years for her. At least we can still look at her in TNG episodes walking around in that skin tight uniform!!
Iowagirl
Hey, is this the thread about Takei singing the title song for IX about Germans and their lack of humor?
LorienTheYounger
Heh. Surprisingly good likeness with Cromwell & Bush.
star trackie
What's the name of that song George is singing? Is it on itunes?
bgiles73
George needs to do a duet with that American Idol guy William Hung…hope I got that right! Any hoo the guy that slaughtered that song and went on to record a few others. That would be great!
Shatner_Fan_2000
I wanna see Sulu and Shatner sing a duet. Perhaps "I've Got You Babe", "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" or the Spice Girls' "2 Become 1".
Capttravis
#2 – I agree. Marina is looking more and more plastic with each passing year. Somewhere around First Contact she was really good looking (not as campy in those awful outfits in TNG that made her chest look small and her bottom look huge), but in the last 10 years I have grown more and more suspicious. Does anyone know what sort of work she has had done? I've often wondered…
MORN SPEAKS
Mr. Poopey face(formerly known as Closettrekker)
#13—How about "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" (David Allen Coe)?
Decker's Stubble
Is it me or does Marina Sirtis get hotter every year?
Also, LOL at Will Wheaton. He's concerned that gamers suffer from a "growing caricature of gamers as either foul-mouthed teens or psychotic misanthropes". You'd have thought Will got frozen in 1971 and just now got thawed out. Dungeons and Dragons has been around since the late 70's, so this stereotype is not new. Watch the South Park episode of "Make Love, Not Warcraft", and you'll see what I mean. Sorry, Will, the geek will not inherit the Earth.
Takei singing??????
This site really does have it all!!!!!!!!!
Shields! SHIELDS!! And Yarnell! Whatever it takes, but stop that noise.
Kidding, George. Have fun.
beerwriter
#3, someday (I hope) you're going to be 53 yourself. Or are you planning to become celibate?
So James Cromwell continues his streak of appearing in movies as people he doesn't resemble at all … Zefram Cochrane, Prince Philip, now GHW Bush. :-)
Good thing he's such a good actor!
Scott B. out.
3 Yeah, I like it. And I checked out a 53 yr old once.
SChaos1701
Happy birthday Marina! You're still as beautiful as ever.
Charles Trotter
#14 Capttravis — No, I don't, nor should anybody really care. What Ms. Sirtis (or anybody, for that matter) does or doesn't do to her own body is no concern of our's.
#17 Decker's Stubble — The geek already inherit the earth. ;)
prime_bitchin
#2…. yeah looks like shes been overdoing the collagen lips aswell… any british guys reminded of lesley ash at all? Google and compare!
Still was well shocked to learn shes 53… not bad lookin for her years.
Rozanne's looking good for 50 too!
D. McCoy
Love Marina.
Reading "(TOS's Hikaru Sulu)" after Takei's name, on a Trek site no less, makes my head explode. It's a bit early (if ever) to be assuming newbies are tuning in and don't know who Takei is.
(Kicking at Takei as he hangs over a volcanic river.)
"I… have had…. enough… of YOU!"
"Oh, Myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!"
(Sizzle.)
#13, 16
C'mon, it's one of those publicity stunts which have developed a life of their own – that's why I suggest "You've got to hide your love away" by the immortal Beatles or "I'm the great pretender" (do let them stick to the original Platters version). And as encore for Mr. Poopey face: "Sign your name (across my heart)".
Irish Trekki
It is scary how much James Cromwell looks like Bush. Met him once, he's a legend!
#28—LOL!
I Am Morg Not Eymorg
11. star trackie – March 28, 2008
Does anyone know the lyrics?
Lord Garth, Formerly of Izar
Was our beloved site scooped yet again?????? Wake up guys!!! Screenrant says a second trailer is coming with Indy in May showing further construction oft the Enterprise
Kirk's Girdle
Malcolm McDowell at the Winter Park Regal? Hmmmmm. That's where I see all my advance screenings. The only Film Festival guest I knew about was Jennifer Tilly.
British Naval Dude
#21 'tis OK… they cast Ernest Borgnine in "The James Cromwell Story"…
Bana's approach ta films is fascinating… humility or laziness? : )
Ya know, Marina do look better recently than when on TNG… who else in Trek looks better now than then? Surely tha Kilngons…
Jimtibkirk
George is MC'ing a sci-fi concert with our symphony orchestra early next year. Maybe he'll step out front and belt out a few numbers.
just a note…stone's jfk is not a biography. it's the story of jim garrison's investigation into the assassination of jfk. W is more like his Nixon film.
#36—Still, that wasn't the point of that reference, IMO.
I think what the author is trying to say is that it probably takes a similar level of dranatic license to that of those other Oliver Stone films. In other words, rational human beings should not take his production of "W" too seriously. Oliver Stone is not particularly credible with his "biographical" and "historical" work.
You may as well watch Pearl Harbor for a history lesson!!! IMO, as a man who has a degree in history and can hardly sit still through crap like what Stone puts out, his work is not any more credible than that.
As for Nixon, I will admit that Hopkins pulled off Nixon quite admirably, as would be expected from an actor of his character, but as a filmmaker, Oliver Stone should stick to strict fiction.
dranatic? I meant dramatic.
Character? I meant caliber. Sorry. A lot of typos today.
#37 Mr. Poopey face(formerly known as Closettrekker) — Exactly. :) I'm glad someone got that, lol!
A VERY Happy Birthday to Ms. Sirtis. I personally think she looks great…and not "just "for her age". So what if she has or hasn't any work done. Guys my age realize that "50 is the new 40". lol I picture her doing "tequila shooters" next to an old Worlitzer to celebrate…ahhhhh, wish I could be there. lol
Fallen_62
I think that Marina was HOTT in the later movies (First Contact, Insurrection, Nemesis), hotter than she was in the series. Something about her in a uniform, with her curly hair down just really got me. Now, she is still pretty, but I liked her looks better then… Anywho…
#21 – If you are referring to the Zephram we see in TOS, he was a lot "younger" then (age wise he was older, but the being had regenerated him), so we don't exactly know how he looked when he was older, and therefore can't actually pass judgement on that ;) Unless he appears somewhere in an episode that I *gasp* haven't seen… There are a few :(
2009 Grammy Awards . . .
In the Category of Best Comedic Song, the winner is . . .
William Shatner and George Takei sing "Go-Go Power Rangers."
(sorry that one didn't deserve a decloak-recloak)
Msnbc is reporting Tom Cruise is in the new Trek movie.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23831305/
You might want to read that article on MSNBC…it CLEARLY states that he is not in the movie…and thank goodness for that. Although, seeing Cruise as a red shirt getting vaporized to enter the afterlife with L. Ron Hubbard does have a certain appeal.
Yeah,…I just read the headline. The headline shouldn't state something emphatically that isn't necessarily true.
The Last Maquis
Uh…why is George Takei wearing a Final fantasy 8 SEED Uniform?
Dr. Image
Marina can photograph really well- or very badly.
In person though, last summer, she looked better than she has in years.
Now Nana photographs well no matter WHAT the lighting conditions are. It's amazing.
But I'm… biased. Heh, heh…
#37-i don't care if it wasn't the point of reference…i was just clarifying that jfk was not a biographical film about john f. kennedy. no matter what you feel about stone's films, both jfk and nixon…plus the upcoming w, as a matter of fact jfk is not a biography on jfk. as i said…it was just a note. that's it…i'm a student and teacher of history (i've only lived since '78…so i haven't lived thru as much as you i guess, but i have studied it throughly) and all i was doing was clarifying and could care less about the point of reference. yes stone uses a lot of dramatic license on nixon which is biographical, but jfk has nothing to do with jfk's life, but the assassination.
all i was doing was clarifying. jfk and nixon are two different films which just happen to do with u.s. presidents.
MSNBC is such a credible source . . NOT!
Under Tom's photo it says he is a fan of "Doctor Spock" . . . how pathetic. Then they go on to talk about all the hubub about casting a film which has already Wrapped!!!! MSNBC — on top (underneath) the ball again!
Recloaking. }:-[
Please tell me they didn't call it "Star Track." Please? With whipped cream and a cherry? ;-D


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Tesla now has pop-up stores folded inside containers, will tour US and Europe
Making sustainability sexy
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Promo image Tesla/My terrible photoshop skills
After the container house, the container store
Tesla's fight to be able to sell its electric cars directly has had ups and downs lately, but that's not stopping the Californian EV and energy storage company (I have to include a reference to the Powerall now; it could become as big as the cars someday) from innovating, even when it comes to retail.
A clever new store called the "Tesla Mobile Container Store" will be able to fold inside a container for transport, and then, once it reaches its destination, unfold to twice the size in just a few hours, making it ready to to act as a pop-up store. The store will feature interactive displays like the regular brick and mortar ones, and will also allow shoppers to test-drive the Model S, the company said.
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The mobile container store will tour the United States and Europe this summer, starting in Santa Barbara this week. It'll stay there for a month before moving to the Hamptons. The company didn't say where to next, but it's "targeting the summer's most popular travel destinations in places where we don't yet have a permanent brick-and-mortar location." Clever.
Mobile Tesla stores are also on tour in multiple locations in Europe, including Denmark, France and Switzerland.
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Falling in like with our children is not always an easy task. This is because our children are their own unique blends of personal qualities, and so they may or may not hit our particular sweet spot when it comes to likability. What do we do when liking our children is the biggest parenting challenge we face? Over the years, I've discovered some things that help parents give themselves and their children the gift of falling in like.
• First, don't blame yourself for how you feel. We cannot help who we are drawn to and who we are not drawn to. Being aware of our reactions allows us to own them and then change them. Sometimes it takes an active choice to like a person, and our children are no exception.
• Accept that your child is challenging for you. It does not make you a bad parent if you find your child to be difficult. Once you acknowledge that that's how you feel, you can begin to do the work necessary to overcome challenges and begin the process of falling in like.
• Make a list of things you like about your child and things they do that you like. By making a list that focuses on the positive aspect of your child's personality, you can start to lay the foundation for a positive relationship. It can also show you how much work needs to be done. I find that the process of making the list requires us to search for the good and likeable qualities in our children. This process can bring about a profound change in the way we see our children.
• Notice how your reactions influence you child's behavior. Most children are motivated by how much attention they want. Your child will engage in behaviors they think will draw you close or push you away, based on how much attention they want. Complicating matters further, your child may not know that positive attention feels ten times better than negative attention. When children connect with this fact, it causes a revolution for the better in their behavior.
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• During times of conflict, try taking a mom or dad time out. This means that when you are feeling heated or exasperated, you take time away from the situation to cool down. I advise telling your child what you are doing because this is a great way to teach them about the need to step away from conflicts as a means to stay calm.
• Decide what you would like your relationship to look like, and write it down. Once you have your goal in mind, write what behaviors you engage in and what behaviors your child engages in that prevent you from having the relationship that you want. After you identify the behavior that is inhibiting the development of the relationship, pick one aspect of your behavior to change and one aspect of your child's behavior to target for change.
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All week my darling husband has been working on a book report for school. Through it all, his only complaint has been a headache. I told him, "Maybe you need glasses." He finally called the doctor towards the end of the week who told him that he probably just had a sinus headache.
I came home from the greenhouse today with some Easter flowers...three hyacinths to be exact...they were 50% off! I bought two of them. The third was a gift from the owners because they just so happened to be giving away flowers to beautiful little girls and my daughter was along. Anyway...I was delighted to have the sweet smelling beauties around the house. The first thing I did when I got home was put one in front of my husband saying, "Smell this!" (With all the enthusiasm I could muster ;) He smelled it and said, "Ewwwww yuck, get that thing away from me." Unfortunately, his sniffer must not be as appreciative of spring smells as mine.
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Pueblo Medal of Honor Memorial at Pueblo Convention Center
Heroes Plaza
Bronze artist David Dirrim and granite artist William Yates, both Colorado natives, were selected in 1998 to create the Pueblo Medal of Honor Memorial outside the Convention Center on Heroes Plaza.
In addition to the statues of Pueblo's four heroes the names of the over 3,500 recipients were incorporated on granite slabs mounted on the walls of the Convention Center just behind the sculptures. Listed by war, the names are in alphabetical order.
Other features are a 35 foot flag pole in the center of a garden which includes three granite columns that have Medals of Honor etched in granite. On the granite bench surrounding the garden are the words of President Dwight Eisenhower who, upon placing the Medal of Honor around Raymond "Jerry" Murphy's neck in 1953 said: "What is it in the water out there in Pueblo, all you guys turn out to be heroes?"
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"The Green Beret"
Drew D. Dix
En route to his first tour in Vietnam, Staff Sergeant Drew Dix was pulled off his beloved special forces A-team and reassigned to the Central Intelligence Agency. As the lone American, Dix was assigned to lead the Provincial Reconnaissance Unit, an armed force of local mercenaries, to fight the communist aggression. The Dix story begins during the Tet Offensive of 1968. Although outnumbered at least thirty to one, Dix lead a small contingent of troops in a harrowing fifty-six hour battle against two Viet Cong battalions. The action earned Dix the Medal of Honor. Determined to rescue the civilians and restore Chau Doc, Dix took matters into his own hands.
He saved a young US nurse, eight USAID volunteers, two Filipino workers, a young Vietnamese girl and the wife and children of the Province Chief. Acting alone, Dix assaulted enemy strongholds, secured key buildings and captured over twenty prisoners including a General Officer who turned out to be one of the highest ranking officials ever seized during the Vietnam War. Drew Dix is the first enlisted Green Beret to have been awarded the Medal of Honor. He received a direct commission to first Lieutenant and retired as a major after twenty years in the Army. Today in the fight against terrorism, his years of experience in special operations and unconventional assignments are being utilized to serve our country in the area of Homeland Security.
Facts about the sculpture:
You will note that Sqt. Dix is holding and wearing some unusual weapons. Because he was with Special Forces he was permitted to use weapons of his choice. The submachine gun is a Karl Gustav or Swedish K. The side arm is a Buntline Special with a 12 inch barrel. He acquired it when a friend asked if he could have the Barretta Dix had never used and insisted that Dix take the Buntline in trade. He first wore it as a lark to a day of target practice and was such a dead shot with it at 100 yards that his Vietnamese troops insisted that he carry it from then on.
William Crawford
At a young age Bill Crawford learned to defend himself by boxing. As a soldier during World War II his fighting skills were put to the ultimate test. Crawford's path to the Medal of Honor began in 1943 in Italy. As the company scout, Army Private Crawford discovered three hidden German machine gun nests. Alone and unable to alert his fellow soldiers of the awaiting ambush – Crawford took matters into his own hands. He single handedly engaged the enemy – with only his rifle and grenades he destroyed all three enemy emplacements. As his company advanced, he volunteered to stay behind to aid a wounded friend only to be captured by enemy troops.
As a POW, Crawford endured nineteen months in a Nazi prison camp. His hometown golden gloves experience came to the surface when he was put to the test and knocked out a Nazi guard during a fight. Back home his family had presumed Crawford was killed in action and his Medal of Honor was presented to his father posthumously. In 1945 his family rejoiced in his liberation from Germany and he returned to Colorado living a very humble life. After his Army retirement Crawford took a job as a custodian at the Air Force Academy and took on a special role befriending and mentoring the young cadets. One former cadet, now an Air Force Colonel has written "The Janitor's Ten Lessons In Leadership" now a mandatory reading for the entire Air Force. It wasn't until over forty years after his heroic action that Crawford was presented the Medal of Honor in person. He was officially presented the medal by President Ronald Reagan at the 1985 Air Force Academy graduation ceremony.
The uniform worn by Bill is typical GI issue used by troops in Africa and Italy. He was in the Texas 38th Infantry Division which landed at Salerno. The small shovel on his back was used to dig fox holes. In addition to the long bayonet on his M-1 rifle, he carried a number of hand grenades and an extra cartridge belt.
Carl Sitter
In the winter of 1950 General Douglas MacArthur declared "the troops will be home by Christmas, but unknown to the US Commander, the First Marine Division was being surrounded by over 120,000 Chinese troops. On November 29th at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea Captain Carl Sitter received his fateful orders to take East Hill. In unbearably frigid sixty below zero conditions Sitter and his men of George Company headed up East Hill. Out numbered at least twenty to one they were engaged by the ferocious Chinese troops for three nights – many times in hand to hand combat. During the brutal battle Sitter remembers feeling as though he was protected by an invisible shield. He gallantly executed his orders and today his heroic leadership is legendary in the annals of Marine Corps history.
He strategically maneuvered his men to successfully take and hold East Hill. A leader by example Sitter yelled words of inspiration and encouragement for his "boys" to perform. Wounded several times Sitter refused evacuation and determinedly led his men out of the Chosin Reservoir trap leaving no one behind. One of "Carl's Boys", now a retired Marine General dubbed his association with Captain Sitter as the "highlight of my life". Sitter retired as a highly respected Marine Colonel. Just one month prior to his death at the age of seventy-seven, Sitter was to graduate from a seminary University with a four year degree
The navy parka, scarf and mittens worn by Captain Sitter were typical attire for soldiers trying to keep warm in the Northern part of Korea at Chosin Reservoir, the site of his Medal action. He wore a Colt .45 in a shoulder holster because he had done so during WWII and it had deflected a bullet and most likely saved his life.
"The Lieutenant"
Raymond G. (Jerry) Murphy
Operation Clambake was a detailed, well-planned raid for the Ungok hill mass in Korea. However, the cold February day of 1953 turned grim very quickly as the 1st and 2nd Marine platoons of Able Company began their assault. 2nd Lieutenant Raymond "Jerry" Murphy was the 3rd platoon leader with the assignment of evacuation. As the raid progressed, Lieutenant Murphy became uneasy and felt his fellow Marines might be in trouble. Defying direct orders, Murphy led a small group of men up the hill to assess the situation. It was as he suspected. The assault had stalled and most of the senior officers and NCOs had been killed.
Knowing the raid had failed, Murphy organized and led a heroic rescue effort. Under intense enemy fire Murphy made countless runs up the hill on a mission to save lives. As the other men pulled back Murphy provided cover and while maneuvering across the hillside stalking the enemy to protect further casualties. Only after he was sure all the Marines were accounted for – would he leave the battlefield. Murphy sustained numerous wounds but refused treatment until everyone else had been treated. Upon presenting Murphy the Medal of Honor President Eisenhower was quoted as saying "What is it in the water out there in Pueblo, all you guys turn out to be heroes." In his final years this hero was still protecting his fellow Veterans by volunteering at the VA hospital in Albuquerque. His heart was devoted to protecting others and aiding those in need.
Lt. Murphy is standing partially on sandbags, one of which is leaking sand from a bullet hole. The area where his MOH action took place was the side of a hill where there were a number of dug-out emplacements that were fortified with sandbags. The heavy parka and gloves were necessary due to the extreme cold of the Korean winters, some were the coldest on record during the years of 1950 to 1953.
Bill Crawford and Carl Sitter died in 2000, shortly before the unveiling of their statues. Mr. Crawford is buried at the Air Force Academy and Mr. Sitter at Arlington National Cemetery. Jerry Murphy passed away in 2007 and is buried at the Santa Fe, NM National Veteran's Cemetery. Drew Dix is retired and living on a ranch in New Mexico.
Memorial in its previous location from 2000 to 2019
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The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States. Generally presented to its recipient by the President of the United States of America in the name of Congress, it is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Pueblo Home of Heroes Association
The Pueblo Home of Heroes Association was first known as Pueblo Medal of Honor Foundation. It was created after Pueblo Chieftain newspaper publisher Bob Rawlings decided to fund raise to create a Medal of Honor memorial in Pueblo, Colorado to honor Pueblo's four Medal of Honor recipients. The project was to be four individual statues with additional names of all Medal of Honor recipients included. As the memorial project progressed, the Foundation was created from a committee of citizens. The group decided to invite the Congressional Medal of Honor Society to Pueblo for their national annual convention in the year 2000, so they could be a part of the unveiling. The Congressional Medal of Honor Society is made up exclusively of all living Medal of Honor recipients. After completion of the Pueblo Memorial and the hosting of the Convention, the committee reorganized to maintain the Memorial and promote it as an attraction in Pueblo, Colorado.
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Streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu and others have revolutionized the way we watch video content. In the digital age, there's no need to wait for your favourite TV shows, or watch a bunch of adverts, as streaming services offer instant gratification. Netflix is evidently the most popular choice due to the superb TV and film library. However, many customers outside the US have to use a VPN as content is restricted on a geographical basis. Nevertheless, the affordable pricing and huge range of shows in the USA is proving a popular combination and according to research firm RBC Capital Markets, 51 percent of US internet users watched content on Netflix during the last 12 months.
Netflix's viewing figures as a percentage even surpassed YouTube which finished in second place. The data is intriguing and illustrates the popularity of streaming services. As a result, it's perfectly feasible for traditional TV to struggle in the next decade as consumers expect more and become sick of TV scheduling. Furthermore, Netflix now offers a premium service capable of 4K streaming, which is bound to please customers with a brand new 4K television. Although, the company has gradually increased the subscription costs over time. Therefore, it's unknown how expensive Netflix might be in the next few years.


ATTENTION: After consulting the irresponsibles security council, Saturday's ride has been cancelled. Forecasts show nastiness in every inch of the county. By past experience, no one will show up anyway except some new person wondering why we are such wusses. So better to fess up to wussdom and simply throw in the towel. However, please post how you spent your free saturday. Your trainer session or your own rain ride route. We want to know that you didn't just sit in bed and enjoy a weekend morning off with a loved one.
DESCRIPTION: A number of riders are meeting in the motel parking lot in Pine Valley on Saturday, September 14, 2013, to begin riding the Laguna Triangle (via Kitchen Creek) at 8:00 A.M. The route will take Old Highway 80 East, left on Kitchen Creek to the store at the top of Mount Laguna for a quick stop. Then the ride will continue down the backside of Mount Laguna to left on SR79 (with a quick refueling stop at the Lake Cuyamaca store), then back south to left on Old Highway 80 through Guatay and back into Pine Valley via a left at Pine Creek (before the bridge) and looping through the neighborhood back to the motel parking lot. The ride is about 60 miles with 6,000 vertical feet of climbing. The route is gorgeous. Kitchen Creek is one of the premier HC climbs in San Diego county and features gates on the top and bottom providing us a remote climb without traffic. The pace will be moderate. If those present feel particularly energetic, the back portion of the ride can be extended, by about 11 miles and 1,350 vertical feet by adding Julian/Engineers Road. Be there for a 8:00A.M. launch.
CAUTION: This is iffy scheduling Kitchen Creek in December due to weather concerns. If it looks like snow or there is snow accumulation from weather this week, look for an updated route recommendation in our Thursday email.
DIRECTIONS: Pine Valley Motel parking lot. Interstate 8 east, Pine Valley exit. Google Maps link.
WEATHER: We are now into San Diego's colder months. Better to be warm and shed layers than be cold. We can experience 35 degree temperature changes from the time we roll out to the time we finish. Pine Valley starts are sometimes in the high 30's. Weather at Start/Finish.


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Pie in the Sky?
Policy Standards for bidders as set forth by the City of San Francisco for its municipal wireless network.
The Network must provide universal service for both indoor and outdoor usage. Providing access in only parts of the City that may be more densely populated or commercially attractive is not an option.
Fees for access to the Network must be priced lower than existing alternatives and must be affordable for low-income and disadvantaged residents and businesses.
The Network must support fixed, nomadic and portable usage scenarios.
The Network must support use by residents, businesses, institutions and government agencies. Examples of usage scenarios for these groups may include:
Residents using the Network for universal, affordable wireless access to applications such as E-mail, web browsing, instant messaging, entertainment and voice services.
Businesses using the Network for remote office connectivity, supply chain integration, customer relationship management and inventory control.
Institutions such as universities and nonprofits using the Network for increased interaction between their institution and students/constituents.
Government agencies using the Network for automatic vehicle location, access by field staff, remote meter reading and remote camera/video surveillance.
Visitors using the network for remote access applications and local information.
The City anticipates the deployment of a "state of the art" Network that is simple to maintain and inexpensive to upgrade. A plan for protecting the Network from the effects of obsolescence is required.
The City anticipates a Network that protects the privacy of users, respects consumer choice, and fosters diversity of information and ideas.
Source: Request for Information and Comment, San Francisco TechConnect Community Wireless Broadband Initiative.
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Students in Dublin City University (DCU) voted overwhelmingly in favour of a boycott, divest and sanctions campaign against Israel, Dublin City University Students' Union (DCUSU) announced, after a technical fault during the last hours of voting raised questions over the vote.
Some 1,400 voters supported the boycott, while 300 voted against in a referendum held March 5th to 7th.
A system error prevented some students from voting during the final hours of polling, which led to the results being withheld by DCUSU.
The referendum asked students to vote on whether DCUSU should affiliate with the boycott divest and sanctions movement.
Later that month, DCUSU's class representative council voted to scrap the result, instead deciding to hold the referendum again at a later stage. This referendum was set to take place before the end of the semester, alongside a referendum regarding the union's drug policy.
DCU Students For Justice in Palestine (SJP) argued during an emergency class representative council meeting that the vote to scrap the result was unconstitutional. However, the emergency meeting did not meet quorum and so a vote to overthrow the decision to reschedule the referendum was unable to take place.
A DCU Vote Yes to BDS Facebook post last night revealed the results of the original referendum, with a vast majority in favour of the boycott, divest and sanction campaign.
This referendum took place following a similar one in Trinity this time last year, when students voted for Trinity College Dublin Students' Union (TCDSU) to support the boycott, divest and sanctions movement with a 64.5 per cent majority.


SIOUX FALLS - Clint Rusk of Brookings judged the Sioux Empire Farm Show Limousin Show Jan. 27 in Sioux Falls.
Rusk chose lot 10, CJSL 030X, a consignment from Linhart Limousin, Leon, Iowa, as champion bull. He was sired by DHVO Duece 132L and out of BOHI Molly 56R. He went on to be the third high selling bull, going for $2,900 to Yackley Ranches, Onida.
Reserve champion bull went to lot 17, Master BRUN Twinkle 1673W, a consignment from Bruner Limousin, Winfred. He was sired by Master BRUN Anapolis 612R and out of BRUN 371P. He sold for $2,600 to Jeff Younie, Alpena.
Rusk chose lot 2, ROMN XOXO 18X, a consignment from ROM'N Limousin, Arlington, as champion female. She was sired by DHVO Trey 133R and out of ROMN Shady Lady 40S. She went on to be the high selling female, going for $5,100 to Brad Albrecht, Arlington.
Rusk chose lot 1, CJSL 088X, as reserve champion female. She was consigned by Linhart Limousin. She was sired by DHVO Deuce 132R and out of CJSL Sylvia 607S. She sold for $1,500 to Amanda Radke, Mitchell.
Lyon River Front Farm, Foley, Minn., exhibited the high selling bull. Lot 15 sold for $4,500 to Paul Grace, Salem. Symens Bros. Limousin, Amherst, consigned the second high selling bull, lot 14. He sold for $3,300 to Leon Etskorn, Harrold.
The second high selling female was exhibited by Bruner Limousin. Lot 3 sold for $1,650 to Dave Nolz, Mitchell.
Chisum Peterson, Pukwana, served as auctioneer for the Limousin Sale. He auctioned nine bulls and four females. Nine bulls averaged $2,694.44, and the four females averaged $2,462.50.


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Cuts risk more child protection plans, 'outstanding' county warns
East Sussex council sets out proposed reductions to children's services as part of bare-minimum offer
By Alex Turner on November 8, 2018 in Children
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A local authority has warned that cuts it is proposing in response to a potential £46 million budget deficit could result in more children on child protection plans and entering care.
Reports published by East Sussex council ahead of a 13 November cabinet meeting set out in stark terms the impact its bare-minimum 'core offer' for the next three years would have on children's services, recently rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted.
Services for families who have had children removed and for young people at risk of criminal exploitation are both under threat, while some training for social workers would also be stopped under the plans.
The council's chief executive Keith Glazier described the core offer as "not the ideal we would wish to be able to provide, but [seeking] to capture what is most appropriate and possible in a time of austerity".
The authority cautioned that even the bare-bones approach may not be sustainable because of ongoing funding uncertainties. These include a lack of clarity over how the £410 million of extra social care cash announced in last month's budget will be distributed.
Further savings of up to £33.4 million could still be required in a worst-case scenario, a statement by the council said.
'Current, very real' problems
A number of English counties have found themselves in dire financial straits this year, with Northamptonshire issuing a section 114 notice, signifying an inability to set a sustainable budget.
Speculation has mounted as to whether others will follow, with Somerset voting in early-help cuts – prompting fears families could later need expensive interventions – and Nottinghamshire warning of financial problems resulting from children in care placements.
Placement costs were a key area of financial concern highlighted in a report issued this week by the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS), which mapped the landscape of increasing demand and shrinking resource councils face.
The Safeguarding Pressures study of 140 councils, the sixth in a series, also flagged up high numbers of children "tipping over" into statutory social care, and spend on agency social workers, as huge issues as budgets recede.
"Interviewees and questionnaire respondents talked about overspends in the millions on 2018/19 budget that were unavoidable," the report said. "This budget shortfall is current, very real, and is not going away as it is driven by demand-led services which local authorities must fund by law."
Safeguarding cuts
Like Somerset, East Sussex is planning to cut its early help services, with a view to saving more than £1 million.
"A review is underway which will be the subject of consultation," the cabinet report said. "It is likely to result in working with fewer families and focusing support to those most at risk of social care intervention."
But the cabinet reports also revealed plans to reduce safeguarding services, including cutting back on some training social workers can access to assist in work with children and families. Ofsted's recent inspection singled out East Sussex's investment in staff as a reason why it has been able to develop a skilled and committed workforce, with many children able to work with the same social worker "for many years".
Other cuts to safeguarding services, which are projected to save £854,000 over three years, include:
Stopping family group conferences, which have been hailed for their effectiveness in facilitating collaborative work
Cutting an outreach service for young people at risk of criminal exploitation, a high-profile area given the rise of 'county lines' networks and associated violent crime, which was highlighted in a recent serious case review
Reducing a service that works with families who have already had children removed from their care.
"The impact of these reductions is likely to mean more children may become subject to child protection plans, or enter or stay longer in the care system," the cabinet report said.
'No winners'
Cathy Ashley, the chief executive of the Family Rights Group charity, said there would be "no winners" under the scenario East Sussex is proposing, which she said was striking for its explicit admission of future impact and for the range of services facing the axe.
"We don't want to get into a blame game with local authorities who are facing severe financial turmoil," Ashley said, noting that East Sussex is a "Tory council who have made clear to a Tory government they need help".
But, Ashley added, "The costs of the short-term measures proposed would be felt long-term by children and by families who are pulled apart unnecessarily – and will cost the taxpayer far more in the process, with more children entering the care system who need not have done.
"Given there is already a crisis across our child welfare and family justice system, and [the Care Crisis Review] made very clear what the way forward needed to be, this is running in the opposite direction," she said.
An East Sussex council spokesperson declined to answer specific questions around the core offer proposals, pointing out that decisions would be taken by full council in early 2019 as part of its usual budget-setting process.
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