Give Yourself A Break From Stressful Social Comparisons!
A very telling study found that women report involvement with the social media site Pinterest as being stressful. The key stressor here is the social comparison that they find themselves engaging in. There are so many amazing projects to do, crafts to make, and ways to look at life, women find themselves feeling lacking. As one friend recently put it, "It's the Martha Stewart Living of social media sites!" Some people find Pinterest to be so engaging that it can eat up hours in their day that they had not planned to devote to social media, making a busy schedule much busier. However, the main stressor with Pinterest is people feeling that they do not measure up.
Another trend that can be stressful for people is the phenomenon of people posting about their peak moments on social media sites like Facebook, but leaving off the negative events and drudgery--a somewhat common phenomenon that has been termed by one clever blogger as, "Facebooking." It is natural for us to want to share our best moments with others, just as it is natural to avoid "airing our dirty laundry" or "Garfielding" (simply complaining about everything inconvenient in life, including Mondays) for fear of chasing off our friends. This can, however, lead to stress when people compare the exciting and blissful events they see in their Facebook feed (the highest moments in their friends' lives) with their own stressors (the lowest moments in their own lives).
Intellectually, we know that many people share their best moments on social media and keep their worst moments to themselves, but when all we see are the best of others, we can forget. It may help to remind yourself of this often.
If you find the stress of social media comes from the sheer time you spend using it, or the importance you place on it, it might be time to take a break (either cut down on your screen time for a while, or take a few days off) and plug back into your life.


A funny yet helpful flowchart to decide if you should Google a person.
GOSF a shopping festival in India kicks off for 3 days but the shopping festival is a misplaced attempt to recreate the American "Cyber Monday" phenomenon as it lacks the logic behind Cyber Monday.
Amazon's Drone Delivery: The Future or Marketing Gimmick?
Amazon shows up Prime Air a drone delivery system that takes 30 mins to deliver packages. The technology seems disruptive but is it really feasible or just a PR exercise for Amazon on "Cyber Monday" day!
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Infographic that explains logic behind some of the 19 most commonly asked questions at a job interview.


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Party group told to stop trashing beaches or 'rack off'
Approximately 200 backpackers have allegedly gathered at an illegal beach party in Byron Bay on the NSW north coast. Pictured is a pile of rubbish left at Belongil Beach following the Boxing Day party. Picture: Supplied
Liana Boss
28th Dec 2020 11:00 PM | Updated: 29th Dec 2020 9:03 AM
BYRON Shire Council workers, local police and members of the community were met with a disgraceful sight after a party left a large amount of rubbish behind at Belongil on Sunday morning.
Tweed Byron Police District Superintendent David Roptell earlier expressed his concerns about large numbers of people having gathered in parts of the Byron Shire in recent days.
Particularly concerning for authorities and the local community was the party involving hundreds of people at Belongil.
A huge amount of rubbish remained in their wake after the group dispersed.
Byron deputy mayor Michael Lyon said the partygoers' behaviour was "pretty outrageous", "disrespectful" and "selfish".
He said the council was working closely with police to take action and prevent similar events occurring.
"We pride ourselves in this community on respecting our environment and the place where we live," Cr Lyon said.
"It's a basic principal that you clean up after yourself."
He said it was disappointing to see people trash the beach while blatantly breaching Public Health Order restrictions on gatherings.
The trail of destruction and rubbish left along Belongil Beach, after 300 backpackers staged a party over the weekend, despite strict COVID-19 social distancing rules. Source – https://www.facebook.com/groups/byronbay/permalink/3871037862927550
At present, outdoor gatherings are restricted to a maximum of 100 people.
Cr Lyon said it is understood "the same cohort" had been involved in "a number of these parties" of late.
"It's a variety of sources but we're pretty well aware of the main group of people," he said.
"We've got some pretty good lines of inquiry.
"We've just got to get that message through, it's just unacceptable and our community shouldn't have to stand for it."
He said there had also been an ongoing issue of prohibited beach fires which aren't properly extinguished, causing a serious safety risk when hot coals remain in the sand.
"If people aren't going to respect (our community), they can rack off," Cr Lyon said.
With New Year's Eve approaching, authorities will be on high alert for further planned events.
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Diego Bonetto is an artist, keen naturalist and award-winning cultural worker. A Sydney-based multimedia artist, Diego is a key member of artists' collectives SquatSpace and the BigFAGPress. Diego's art practice encompasses neighborhood-relevant projects like the Redfern/Waterloo Tour of Beauty and environmental campaigns like the Weedy Connection project. In all his work, Bonetto campaigns for a more culturally aware interpretation of the landscape, based on research provided by disciplines as diverse as biology, anthropology, paleontology, social ecology and ethnobotany.
Diego collaborates extensively with chefs, academics, herbalist, brewers, soap makers, producers, educators and landowners presenting Wild Stories, a program of workshops, tours, community engagement strategies and exhibitions. Diego also works with the scientific and academic community presenting regularly at conferences and symposia about the cultural value of botanical species.
Major recent exhibitions and commissions have included Foodfight (2016), a C3West commission with the MCA and Liverpool Council, Sydney; Beasts of Alderley (2016) commissioned public artwork in Brisbane and Time_Place_Space: Nomad (2014), with Performance Space/ArtsHouse.
Georgina Pollard studied Theatre theory and practice at the University of Western Sydney and Painting at the National Art School. She has participated in numerous group shows in Sydney and regional NSW and has had 5 solo shows, the most recent being at Western Plains Cultural Centre in Dubbo. Pollard has also worked and founded artist run initiatives such as INDEX. space in St Peters and Cementa Contemporary Arts Festival in Kandos. Residencies include Hill End and Kandos. She is also a member of KSCA participating in one of the residencies with The Living Classroom. She left Sydney to live and work in Kandos, NSW in 2013.
Alex Wisser is an artist and creative producer. After graduating honors from the National Art School, he became an active member of the Sydney ARI scene, founding and acting as co-director at a number of art spaces and initiatives in Sydney. In 2013, Alex co-founded Cementa Contemporary Arts Festival in Kandos NSW. This festival engages artists with the social, environmental, and cultural context of the small town that hosts it. Alex's individual arts practice originates in photomedia but he also works in installation and performance. His work has recently developed through large scale, long term projects like Cementa and KSCA into a cross disciplinary, community engaged practice exploring the potential of art to participate in everyday cultural contexts, especially the regional context in which he lives and works. He has exhibited widely across Sydney and has been selected for numerous prizes including Redlands Konica Minolta Emerging Artist Prize, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Prize (highly commended), Fisher's Ghost and The Bowness Photographic Prize, amongst others.
Karla Dickens is a Lismore-based Wiradjuri woman who works with collage, assemblage, installation and painting, exploring the complexity of Australian history, contemporary Aboriginal experience, and working on grassroots community initiatives. An accomplished contemporary artist, her work was recently included in the multi-venue major Australian survey exhibition The National in Sydney. Dickens has shown in many solo and group exhibitions, at Prague Quadrennial of Space and Design, Museum of Brisbane, Old Parliament House, Canberra in, Hogarth Galleries, Perspecta, Columbia University, Tin Sheds Gallery, 24HR Art, Darwin, Northern Territory, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Carriageworks, Ray Hughes Gallery. Dickens' artworks are held in many collections including Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, and Campbelltown City Art Centre, UTS Art Collection, the National Museum of Australia, Artbank, Maritime Museum Sydney, Museum of Arts and Applied Sciences, Black Fellas Dreaming Museum, and the Syron collection.
Dickens has undertaken numerous artist-in-residency programs, including at Brewarrina in 1995 where she worked with 10 local children on a 16-metre mural, and with Asialink in Java and Alice Springs. In 1997 she was the artist in residence at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Sydney and spent three months in Cape York, Queensland. In 1998 she had a two-month residency in Guardella, Italy. In 2006 Dickens was the recipient of the Bundjalung Art Award and the People's Choice Award for her work in the Our Spirit, Our Country exhibition.
Mark Swartz has been working independently and collaboratively with various collectives since 2010. The unifying feature of his work is the exploration of inherent connections between organic and industrial products. His work varies from reshaping recycled car tyres to create large tactile sculpture, copper wire for thin, delicate and detailed works as well as timber and bamboo to explore new large scale skeletal forms. Swartz has exhibited in two solo shows in 2012 at Plump Gallery, Enmore and 2013 at Skunkworks Gallery, Marrickville. He has received several awards, including theDamion Courtenay Memorial Award, Sculptures by the Sea Bondi in 2011 with Tread Collective, first prize at Harbour Sculpture 2014 Woolwich with his work 'Feather Hull', in 2015 first prize at the Australian Bamboo Sculpture prize Wingham. He was a finalist in Sculpture by the Sea Bondi 2017.
In addition to his artistic practice, Swartz has been project managing and fabricating large scale creative projects, including community engagement and development workshops. These workshops travers a wide variety of ages and abilities that span geographically from remote Northern Territory to rural NSW and inner city Sydney.
Imogen Semmler is a creative producer, artist and emerging scientist completing a degree in Ecology at the University of New England. She is passionate about the science of ecological agriculture with a focus on soil and landscape ecology. Her programming and producing work has spanned festivals, theatre, public art, panels, conferences and interdisciplinary art projects. Imogen was founding Artistic Director of Underbelly Arts, an event for emerging and experimental artists in Sydney. She has also worked with a range of arts and media organisations including Sydney Festival, Melbourne Comedy Festival, Creative Sydney, the Australian International Documentary Conference, Art and About, The Great Escape Festival and the Indigenous Remote Communications Association.
Lucas Ihlein is an artist, academic and ARC DECRA Research Fellow in Creative Arts at University of Wollongong. His research uses socially-engaged art to explore cultural innovations in farming – principally in the sugar cane industry in Central Queensland. Utilising a creative practice-based research methodology (including blogging, printmaking, public events and scholarly publication) to explore complex environmental management issues, his current research project, Sugar vs the Reef – Socially Engaged Art and Urgent Environmental Problems, is the focus of his ARC DECRA Fellowship from 2016–18. Ihlein is a founding member of Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation, which in November 2016 hosted Futurelands2, a public forum in rural NSW about transformations in human relationships to land. He is also a founding member of artists' collectives SquatSpace, Big Fag Press, and Teaching and Learning Cinema.
Jonathon Bolitho is an interactive media artist working with light, sound and emerging technologies to create tactile and engaging experiences. He has exhibited several large scale interactive works for Vivid Sydney as well as internationally. With a background in Permaculture, his work often takes inspiration from the natural world, drawing parallels between seemingly disparate phenomena in a playful and inquisitive way. He holds a Bachelor of Media Arts majoring in Interactive Media from UNSW Art and Design.
Laura Fisher is an artist and writer whose work often marries social research and collaborative creative practice. Recent projects have focused on urban cycling cultures, cross-cultural arts, and the role of socially engaged art in bridging the rural/urban divide to foster sustainable land use. She pursued some of this research while a post-doctoral research associate at Sydney College of the Arts, the University of Sydney. In 2016 Laura convened and co-organised KSCA's first major event: Futurelands2, a weekend public forum in the rural town of Kandos. Laura is the author of Aboriginal Art and Australian Society: Hope and Disenchantment.


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ႏြားအုပ္ႀကီးထဲ ငါလည္းပါတယ္ ထင္ပါရဲ႕။ စာရြက္လိပ္ေလး ျဖဳတ္ၿပီး ေရာင္းမစားတာ တခုပဲ ..
ျမက္ရုိင္းေတြထူေလ ၊ႏြားေတြမ်ား ေလ ၾကိ္ဳက္ေလပဲ ေပါ့ မခ်ိဳသင္း ေရ ..
British just leave Burma, they never wanted us to be united and independence country. What Bogyoke achieved at that time is something that was affected and feared by Supreme Power Countries which we can be proud of endlessly.
I really wish we can be proud of being Myanmar again. I never ashamed of being Myanmar but I don't get a chance to be proud.
မ်က္ရိုင္းထဲက ေၾကးရုပ္ကိုလဲ မ်က္စိထဲ ကြက္ကြက္ ကြင္းကြင္း ျမင္ေယာင္လာမိတယ္..
အာဇာနည္ ေက်ာက္တိုင္ ေတြ ေတာင္ တခ်ိဳ႕ျမိဳ႕ေတြမွာ ျဖိဳလွဲ ေရာင္းခ် စားေသာက္ ေနၾကျပီပဲ..။ ဗိုလ္ခ်ဳပ္ေရ.. ရင္မနာ နိုင္ေတာ့ဘူး..
I like so much most of poems of poet, Tin Moe.
Some are still kept in my heart.
We had learned Tin Moe's poems as compulsory subject of Myanmar Literacy.
We never forgot about General Aung San.
Let me copy above heartbreaking poem.
႐ုကၡစိုး မိုက္ကို လာဖတ္ပါဦး အစ္မေရ ..
ေနာက္ဆံုး ဗိုလ္ခ်ဴပ္ေအာင္ဆန္းကို မသိၾကဘူးထားပါေတာ့ ဗိုလ္ခ်ဴပ္ေအာင္ဆန္းရဲ့ သမီးေထြးက ျမန္မာျပည္သူေတြ လြတ္လပ္ေရးအတြက္ သမိုင္းအသစ္ေရးၿပီး ကမၻာက ခ်စ္ လူထုက ခ်စ္ေနၾကပါၿပီ..ေသနတ္ေတြနဲ႔ေတာ့ လူေတြကိုဖိနွိပ္လို႔ပဲရမွာပါ..သမိုင္းကို ဖိနွိပ္လို႔ေတာ့ မရပါဘူး..
ဒီလို ျမင္ရတဲ့ အေျခအေနလဲ တေန့ေသာအခါ ေျပာင္းရမွာပါ.. အစစ္အမွန္ကိုဖံုးထားလဲ မရပါဘူးေနာ္..


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The HCU
It's Thanksgiving again, so you know what that means— yet another interminable post about one of my all-time favorite movies, Planes, Trains And Automobiles!
In 1986's Ferris Bueller's Day Off, actor Lyman Ward played the titular character's father Tom.
One year later, Ward showed up in Planes, Trains And Automobiles as Neal Page's colleague and fellow marketing executive.
The characters bear a striking resemblance to one another and both of them lived in Chicago. I'm convinced they're the same person, and Neal Page is friends with Ferris Bueller's dad.
Note that both movies were written and directed by the late, great John Hughes, and they clearly take place in the same world.
It's all part of the Hughes Cinematic Universe, which existed long before the MCU!
Labels: ferris buellers day off, mcu, planes trains and automobiles
Meet The New Boss
Check out this recent candid shot of Detroit rocker Bruce Springsteen.
Looks like his decades-long genetic experiment to morph himself into Woody Allen is just about complete!
"I was born in the USA, but my lower back is from Israel!"
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The Orville Season 3, Episode 9: Domino
This week on The Orville we get... well, one thoroughly amazing episode! One that's so packed full of plotlines and developments that it could have easily been stretched into two or even three episodes!
Among the many storylines in this episode: There's a Moclan/Krill Alliance, a new weapon that can destroy the Kaylons with the touch of a button, the death of a minor character, a Union/Kaylon Alliance (!), another massive space battle, the death of a major character and a treaty between the Union and their biggest enemy. Whew! All that packed into seventy eight minutes of screentime!
It's a lot to take in, and feels like Seth MacFarlane & Co. are trying to wrap up all the major storylines before the end of the season— almost as if this is the series finale.
Good gods, I hope not! The Orville's currently the best sci-fi show on TV— hands down. Heck, it may be the best series of any genre, period. I swear to Thor, if dreck like STD, er, I mean Star Trek: Discovery and Puke-Hard, er, I mean Picard get four seasons and The Orville doesn't... I will burn Utica to the ground.
This episode definitely subverted my expectations, as I gotta admit I did not see the Union ever making nice with the Kaylon. After building up the Kaylon threat all season long, I just assumed they'd always be the enemy.
Glad to see they worked out their differences though, as it made for a more interesting episode— as well as playing into the whole "Hopeful, Positive Star Trek" vibe the series has.
I also wasn't expecting Charly's demise in this episode, as that was definitely a shocker. But now that she's gone, I can't help but wonder— what the hell was the point of her character?
It's clear that she was introduced so the writers could kill off a member of the Bridge crew without actually losing a major character. And to a lesser extent to create an unlikable character so they could give her and inevitable and obvious redemption arc.
I think they may have gone a bit overboard and made her a little too obnoxious though!
Anyway, on with the review!
MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD!
The Plot:
On the planet Krill, Supreme Chancellor Teleya surveys the capital city. She then receives some surprise guests— Moclan Captain Rechik and his delegation, who propose an alliance. They tell her that together their worlds will pose a formidable threat against the Kaylon.
The Moclans demand to be in charge though, since Teleya's a lowly female. She says she'll only consider the alliance if it's an equal partnership. Rechik reluctantly agrees.
Elsewhere, a Union fleet (including the Orville) protects Xeleya from an approaching armada of Kaylon Spheres. We see that Charly and Isaac have developed a new Anti-Kaylon weapon, and are ready to test it out. Charly reports the device is fully powered, and Mercer orders her to fire.
A wave of glowing energy erupts from the Orville and slices through the Spheres like butter, completely destroying them all! That was easy!
Sometime later at Union HQ, Mercer, Kelly, Charly and Isaac meet with Admirals Halsey, Ozawa and Perry. They congratulate Charly and Isaac for working together and coming up with the Kaylon Killer so quickly. Perry ask about the device's range, and Charly says it's limited only by the amount of power pumped into it. With enough energy, it could theoretically wipe out every Kaylon in the galaxy.
Isaac explains how it works, which is basically by disrupting the wifi signal that connects every Kaylon. He's immune because he disconnected himself from their network.
The Admirals are ecstatic, and discuss building a bigger version of the device to destroy the Kaylons for good. Mercer objects, questioning the ethics of wiping out an entire species. They then discuss whether it's right or not, and Halsey says it's a matter for the Union Council.
Back on the Orville, John, Talla, Gordon and Charly are in the Mess Hall discussing the new weapon. Charly's all for using it of course, as is Gordon. John and Talla aren't so sure, as genocide goes against Union values.
Admiral Halsey informs Mercer and Kelly of the Council's decision. They'll inform the Kaylon of the device and use it to force a cease-fire. If they refuse, then and only then will the Union use it.
Halsey comes aboard the Orville, and they set course for Kaylon-1. As they approach the planet, five Spheres head out to attack. Halsey orders them to stand down, warning them they're armed with the device. The Spheres continue their approach, so Mercer activates the device. Once again it easily cuts through the Spheres and destroys them.
They're then hailed by Kaylon Primary— who's apparently been resurrected after the Battle Of Earth. He grants them access to the surface. The Orville lands and Mercer, Kelly, Halsey and Charly (?) meet with the Kaylons.
Halsey says their demands are simple— end their attacks on all biologicals or they'll use the device to eliminate them. Primary asks if the Union intends to enslave them. Halsey says of course not— they just want peace. Primary says they have no defense against their weapon, so they're forced to agree to their demands. He ominously warns them that they'll find a weakness in their weapon some day.
Sometime later, the Orville crew is celebrating their victory on Earth, in Kelly's family cabin. As the others drink and whoop it up, Mercer joins Charly on the porch. She tells him they made a huge mistake by not destroying the Kaylon when they had the chance.
She says she's seen that Isaac and Timmis could change, but she doesn't trust the race as a whole. Quite rightly she points out that the Kaylon didn't have a moral awakening— the Union forced them into peace. Mercer says it's a fundamental law of the Union not to kill if they don't have to. Charly says she hopes their morals don't get them all killed. Foreshadowing!
Back at Union HQ, the Kaylon weapon is being stored in a secure facility. A lieutenant enters with suspicious orders to transfer the device to a different site. When the guards say they don't know anything about it, he shoots them all, steals the device and places it in a shuttle.
The next morning Admiral Halsey contacts Mercer and the others and informs them the device has been stolen by an unknown party.
Cut to Krill, where we see Admiral Perry (!) presenting the device to Teleya. She says she's surprised to see a Union officer committing treason. He says he's simply doing what has to be done. He says the Union will never use the device to wipe out the Kaylon, but the Krill will. He says once he hands it over he'll return to Earth and turn himself in.
Perry leaves in a his shuttle, and Teleya fires and destroys it. RIP Admiral Perry!
On Earth, Halsey informs Mercer and Kelly of Admiral Perry's betrayal. Mercer takes the Orville to Perry's last known coordinates, where they find his shuttle debris. Isaac runs a scan, detecting traces of Krill AND Moclan weapons (more on that little whoops below). Mercer realizes the two worlds have formed an alliance.
Kelly says the Krill & Moclans won't be able to figure out how to use the device without Charly and Isaac. Bortus says they'll likely to take it to Doctor Kalba, Moclus' most brilliant scientist— who'll no doubt get it working. He says Kalba's stationed on an outpost on Draconis 427, and Mercer orders the Orville there.
The ship arrives at Draconis 427 and the crew secretly observe a huge battle fleet orbiting the planet, with an active base on the surface. Isaac detects a massive quantum core inside the base, bigger than any he's ever seen. Charly says with that much power, the new alliance could wipe out all Kaylon in the galaxy. Mercer grimly says they're gonna need help.
Cut to the Orville back in Kaylon space. Mercer contacts Kaylon Primary and tells him about the Krill/Moclan alliance, and how they're planning to activate the device. He suggests THEY join forces to recover and destroy it. Amazingly Primary agrees to a temporary alliance, saying that once again Mercer leaves him no logical choice.
Primary and two other Kaylon come aboard the Orville, where they're led to the Briefing Room to discuss their strategy. Bortus says the quantum core is deep under the base, and their best bet for entry is an emergency tunnel. Kelly, Talla, Isaac and Charly will infiltrate the base while a squad of Pteradon fighters provides a distraction for the Krill & Moclan forces.
Primary agrees on the plan, but insists on going with the ground team. The combined Union and Kaylon fleets will take on the Krill/Moclan ships in orbit.
The mission begins, as Kelly and the others take a shuttle down to the planet. Gordon and John lead the Pteradons to provide cover. The shuttle's hit and begins losing power, so Talla suggest using "egress packs" (basically spacesuits with jets) to continue the mission.
The team suits up and jumps out of the shuttle right before it's destroyed. They fly low to the ground, landing just outside the base. Talla rips the door off its hinges and they enter.
Back in orbit, the Krill are surprised when the Union ships are backed up by hundreds of Kaylon Spheres. Another fierce and expensive space battle ensues.
Inside the base, we see Dr. Kalba is indeed there, working on a larger, more powerful version of the device. Teleya's there too, overseeing the project.
The Orville strike team sneaks through the base's corridors. They encounter heavy resistance as they make their way to the core. Kelly covers the others while they head for the control room.
Teleya's alerted that the base has been breached, and tells Kalba to hurry it up. He powers up the device, which will take eight minutes to fully charge. When it fires, it'll destroy every Kaylon within 10,000 light years.
Gordon's team sees the device's array powering up, and do their best to damage or destroy it. Unfortunately it's heavily shielded and remains unharmed.
Elsewhere, Kelly's sneaking through the corridors when Teleya appears from behind and holds a knife to her neck. The two then have a VERY violent fight.
Charly, Isaac and Primary burst into the control room. Primary uses his head cannons to take out all the Moclan guards. Charly tries to deactivate the device, but Kalba tells her she can't stop the power up sequence once it's been activated. Charly tries anyway.
Back in the corridor, Teleya gets the advantage over Kelly. Just as she's about to deliver the killing blow, Talla appears and knocks her out. She and Kelly head for the control room.
Doctor Kalba tries to escape, but Primary kills him. Rechik starts to fire on Charly, but Isaac deploys his head cannons and tells him to leave. Rechik slinks out of the room so he can return in Season 4. Primary's puzzled, and asks why Isaac doin't just kill the Moclan. Isaac said it wasn't necessary.
Just then Kelly, Talla and a handcuffed Teleya enter. Charly reports that she can't shut down the device, so she's gonna try overloading it. Unfortunately that means she'll have to stay behind to do so. She tells Kelly and the others to go.
Kelly refuses to leave Charly, saying they can rig a timer or something. She says there's no other way, and they have two minutes before the core blows, which will take out half the planet. Kelly reluctantly leaves, as Charly and Isaac share a look. Primary stays behind a few seconds, puzzled by Charly's selflessness. before he exits as well.
The team piles into a shuttle and blasts off. Kelly contacts the Union/Kaylon fleets and tells them to get the hell away from the planet.
Back in the control room, Charly works frantically. She successfully overloads the core and says, "I'm here, Amanda," as the room erupts in a flash of light. Charly— and everyone else on the planet— are vaporized instantly.
Kelly's shuttle docks with the Orville. Mercer asks about Charly, and Kelly informs him she didn't make it.
Sometime later, Kelly reports to Mercer that Teleya's in the Brig. Mercer turns to Primary and asks what happens next— peace or continued war. Primary asks why Charly terminated her existence. Isaac explains she did it to save the Kaylon race, and that all biologicals aren't evil like their Builders. Primary admits their assessment of biologicals may have been wrong.
Mercer visits Teleya in the Brig. telling her they're taking her to Earth where she'll be tried for war crimes. He says there's someone she seems to have forgotten about, and Teleya hisses that their daughter Anaya is in safe hands. She vows that as long as she's in prison he'll never see his daughter.
At Union HQ, President Alcuzan, Senator Balask and Admirals Halsey and Ozawa meet with Kaylon Primary. Halsey says as long as they abide by Union rules, they can have a provisional seat on the Council. Primary says their form of government is inefficient, but agrees to their terms.
Back on the Orville, Mercer holds a funeral service for Charly. Isaac stands and delivers a eulogy, saying Charly saw him as an enemy but chose to save his life, and later his entire race. He says her existence was brief, but her impact will be felt far into the future.
• This episode begins with a Moclan delegation offering to work together with the Krill to defeat the Kaylon threat.
Wow. Everyone who had "Moclus Forms An Alliance With Krill" on their BINGO card, come up and get your prize! I gotta say, I did NOT see that coming!
I figured the Moclans would end up becoming a threat in their own right, which would force the Union to fight a war on two fronts. I like this alliance idea much better though.
If I had one complaint here it'd be that it seems unlikely that an all-male society like Moclus would ever consider teaming up with Krill in the first place— especially since the planet's currently ruled by a lowly female. Doesn't seem like something they'd be interested in, but eh... I'll allow it.
• In this opening shot we see a massive two pronged skyscraper on Krill. That HAD to be an homage to Barad-Dur from The Lord Of The RIngs! You can't convince me otherwise!
• Teleya meets with a Moclan delegation in her office. Although she calls the central Moclan "Ambassador," he sure looks like Captain Rechik to me. It's tough to tell though, since all Moclans tend to look the same (racist!).
If this really is Rechik (and I'm gonna go ahead and say it is), he's appeared a couple times before on the show, in Deflectors and then last week in Midnight Blue.
• Rechik proposes an alliance to Teleya, but says Moclus would have to be in charge because the idea of a female leader is "offensive" to his culture. She's both offended by his rudeness and impressed with his hubris, saying:
Teleya: "There is a phrase I once heard uttered by a human helmsman aboard the Union ship Orville: You have got balls."
Of course the human helmsman she's talking about is Gordon! Who else?
• Teleya's office contains a fireplace filled with glowing green rocks, which are presumably giving off heat. That's a cool little sci-fi touch!
• We then cut to the Orville, where we see the crew's cobbled together a deadly new anti-Kaylon weapon and uses it to defend Xeleya.
WOW! Where the hell did THAT come from?
I really wish there'd been some kind of buildup or even a slight hint to the fact that Charly and Isaac were working on a doomsday weapon. This is a major game-changer for the series, as all season long the Union's been fretting about the Kaylon threat. Then suddenly in this episode they can wipe out the entire race with the mere touch of a button!
I can't emphasize enough how jarring this new development is. It's bad form for the writers to just pull something like this out of their collective asses. Deus ex machina doesn't even begin to describe this!
At the very least they could have had Charly mention she was working on an idea for a weapon a few episodes back. It didn't even have to be a lengthy scene, just a brief snippet of dialogue. Something that big most definitely needs some foreshadowing!
• Annnnd just like that, the Kaylon armada's destroyed!
Honestly when I first saw this scene I was convinced it was taking place in the Environmental Simulator, and John & Charly were testing out an idea for a new weapon. Nope! Turns out it's 100% real!
• I've brought this up before, but it still makes me laugh every time.
TOS had the "Kirk In His Command Chair Pose," TNG had the "Picard Maneuver" and now The Orville has the "Mercer And Kelly Slowly Stand In Unison Move." You know sh*t just got real whenever you see 'em do that.
They take it even further this time, as both of them walk around the helm and nav stations to stand right smack in front of the forward window. I bet that extra fifteen feet really helped them see the Kaylon debris field better!
• If nothing else, this season has given us a ton of spectacularly impressive shots like this. I love these scenes of the crew visible through the windows as the camera pulls back to reveal the ship, as it gives it a much needed sense of scale.
• Back at Union Central, the Orville crew meet with the admiralty to discuss their new Kaylon Killer. Charly and Isaac explain that the Kaylon are all connected through a synchronization matrix, which links them all across the galaxy. Their device overloads this connection, which creates a feedback loop in the Kaylons and "kills" them.
In order words, it overloads their wifi signal. Sure, why not.
OK, I'll accept the fact that overloading their space wifi will kill the Kaylons. But why in the name of sanity would that cause their SHIPS to disintegrate as well? Whoops!
• Admiral Perry asks if the Kaylon Killer's range could be expanded. Isaac says the weapon's effectiveness is limited only by its power source, and with a sufficient amount of juice its range would be infinite.
This is an old, old sci-fi tradition, one that was seen on every Star Trek series old and new. Virtually every weapon or device on those shows could be made more powerful by simply increasing the wattage.
Problem is, electronics don't work that way. Pump more power into a device and it doesn't work harder or faster, you'll just end up frying it!
• Regardless of how realistic it is, Admiral Perry wants to bump up the weapon's power and wipe out ALL the Kaylon everywhere in the galaxy. Fortunately Mercer's there to object to the idea of the Union committing genocide against an alien species.
The Admirals make some pretty good points too though, as they remind Mercer that the Kaylon are actively trying to eradicate all biologicals from the galaxy. Plus, is it really genocide to wipe out a "species" that isn't really alive in the first place?
It's a classic Star Trek-style morality play. Which side's right? Who knows? That's what makes this show so good!
• I know Isaac doesn't have any emotions, but surely he has something to say about the fact that the Union wants to eradicate his entire species. Or maybe not. After all, he just helped Charly develop the weapon, so maybe he really doesn't give a sh*t!
• Back on the Orville, the crew discuss whether the Kaylon should be eliminated or not. Of course Charly's all for it, which should come as no surprise to anyone who's been watching this season.
But Gordon is as well, as he's back in his "I Hate Kaylons" mode this week. Of all the characters on the show, he's been written the most inconsistently this season, ranging from likable goofball to unlikely genius and now hateful racist!
• Charly goes too far with her anti-Kaylon comments, and gets slapped down hard by John. Good! It's about time someone called her out on her constant harping against them, and the fact that she lost her pal Amanda. She's not the only person whose had loved ones who were killed! Her Persecution Complex is gettin' mighty stale at this point.
• The Orville flies out to Kaylon-1 to demonstrate their new weapon. As the ship approaches the planet, we see Admiral Halsey standing behind Mercer— like he's riding in a shuttle!
Seems like someone could have gone down to the Mess Hall and brought up an extra chair for a freakin' admiral to sit in. How long did he stand there? An hour? More?
• The Orville's given permission to land, and we see the surface of Kaylon-1 again, looking just like it did back in Identity, Part 1. It looks even better this time, thanks to the show's increased budget.
• Oddly enough, the grappling pads that spring into action to hold the Orville in place look identical to the ones used in the Union dockyard. Same round design, same glowing blue tractor field, everything. What are the odds of that?
• Once the ship's docked, the crew's greeted by Kaylon Primary and two of his aides. A couple things here:
First of all, Primary's presence here is quite the trick, considering he "died" when Isaac pulled his head off at the end of Identity, Part 2.
Primary explains that he got better after his death because a Kaylon's neural matrix can be regenerated indefinitely. Hmm... Maybe the crew should have called him for help in the season premiere, when Isaac committed suicide and they were trying to resurrect him.
Secondly, Kaylon Primary— and in fact all the Kaylons we see in this episode— inexplicably have the same body design as Isaac.
In the first two seasons of the show the Kaylons had a completely different and inferior look, which consisted of what looked like a ski jacket and silver pants! They even wore little silver boots! Why the hell would a robot wear pants?
Then in the Season 3 premiere Isaac got a much-needed upgrade, which finally made him like a proper robot. Gone were the pants and boots, replaced with modular armored pieces. It was a superior look in every measurable way.
Unfortunately his new look opened up a huge can of Plot Hole, as it was somehow shared by EVERY other Kaylon in the universe— retroactively. In From Unknown Graves we saw that K-1 somehow sported Isaac's new look, hundreds, and maybe even thousands of years ago! Same goes for Timmis, the friendly Kaylon we met in the present day of that same episode.
And somehow everyone on Kaylon-1 is now walking around with the new design as well.
Obviously what happened here is that the costume designer upgraded Isaac's look for Season 3, and Seth MacFarlane summarily decided that the Kaylons have ALWAYS looked this way (despite mountains of evidence to the contrary). Apparently we're all just supposed to go along with it— even though it doesn't make the least bit of sense.
• I love that Kaylon Primary thinks the Union is there to enslave his race. He needs to drop that notion and realize that all biologicals aren't out to conquer his planet. I guess maybe that's part of the Kaylon's binary thinking— artificial lifeforms are good, biologicals are inherently evil, and there's no in between.
By the way, why the hell is Charly, a lowly ensign, present at this historic meeting with the Kaylons? Yeah, she helped build the weapon they're discussing, but so what? She's not part of the command staff OR a diplomat. There's absolutely no reason for her to be there other than to give her a little more screentime in her swan song episode.
• After making nice with the Kaylons, the Orville crew celebrates back on Earth in Kelly's family cabin.
If the place looks familiar, there's a good reason for that. It's actually the Kelly (!) Gulch Cabin, located in the Blackberry Creek Farm in Topanga Canyon, California. Over two hundred film and TV shows have been filmed at the cabin over the years, including Parks & Recreation, The Good Place, This Is Us, Extant and Entourage.
• Inside the cabin, Gordon entertains the crew with yet another song. Did Scott Grimes have a
rider in his contract guaranteeing he'd get to sing a certain amount of songs this season? Seems like he's done it a lot lately.
Charly joins him this time, as they sing Simon & Garfunkel's Flowers Never Bend With The Rain. Her duet with Gordon's clearly meant to soften her character a bit and make her more likable. Sorry, but it ain't working. Too little too late and all that.
• Back in the first two seasons I had fun mocking the ridiculous looking outfits the crew wore in their off duty hours. Most of their futuristic fashions were truly heinous.
They seem to have really toned that down this season, as the crew's casual clothing doesn't look all that different from 21st Century ensembles. Either the show got a different costume designer this year, or the old one got tired of fans making fun of their designs and dialed 'em back.
• During the party, Bortus and Klyden are frustrated when they can't properly crack walnuts to "access the interior meat."
It's a funny scene, but why are they trying to crack 'em in the first place? We've seen before that Moclans can eat literally anything, including glass. Why don't Bortus & Klyden just pop the entire walnuts in their mouths and be done with it?
• Outside the cabin, Topa plays futuristic catch with Marcus and Ty.
A bit later Claire and Isaac join them as everyone gazes at the night sky. It looks for all the world like Marcus has his arm around Topa in this scene!
I wonder... are they setting up a Marcus/Topa teen romance here? Would Marcus be weirded out by dating a friend who used to be a guy? Apparently not, as 25th Century kids have likely moved beyond stuff like that.
• Outside the cabin, Topa sees the aurora borealis in the sky and admires it. She says that she's never seen such beauty.
Seriously? Sure, the Northern Lights are pretty and all, but they absolutely pale in comparison to the nebula that surrounded Heveena's Sanctuary planet— that Topa just visited last week!
• For weeks now we've been seeing exterior establishing shots of Union Central. In this episode we finally get to see the interior!
I got nothing profound to say about this shot, other than I love it.
• Apparently while we weren't looking, the Orville crew decided to store the Kaylon Killer weapon in a secure storage unit deep in the bowels of Union Central. Of course it doesn't take lone for a rebellious faction to steal it.
Jesus, you'd think something that important would be protected by a bit more security! It literally took just two traitorous officers to steal the thing!
On the other hand, this is the Utopian Union we're talking about here. Most likely the Admiralty never conceived of the notion that anyone would try to swipe their only protection against the Kaylon!
• Once the terrorists pilfer the Kaylon Killer, they radio their contact and report they're rendezvousing with him. We then hear and electronically altered voice reply, "Acknowledged."
Obviously the voice of the Mystery Person on the other end was distorted so the audience wouldn't know their identity. But just two scenes later we find out the Mystery Person's really Admiral Perry. So why bother with the deception? I guess the producers were waiting to reveal his identity in front of Teleya and Rechik.
• Back at the cabin, Kelly & Claire get up early to watch the sunrise and talk about the fact that the Kaylon threat is over.
Claire: "So what are we gonna stress about?"
Kelly: "Today? Hangovers."
Claire: "Ugh. No kidding. It's mornings like this I'm jealous of Talla."
Kelly: "No liver?"
Claire: "Yep."
Kelly: "Yeah, we were born on the wrong planet."
The joke here is that because Xeleyans like Talla don't have livers, they can't get hangovers. Wait, what?
One of the functions of the human liver is to break down and metabolize drugs and alcohol into substances the body can use. Unfortunately hangovers are a side effect of this process. So without a liver, a person would indeed not get a hangover.
On the other hand, if a person didn't have a liver, alcohol would quickly build up in a their bloodstream and kill them. In which case not having a liver would be a bad thing. You'd think a freakin' DOCTOR like Claire would know such basic anatomy!
It's like the writers only read the first half of the liver entry on wikipedia and ignored the rest!
• Admiral Halsey contacts Kelly at the cabin, and asks if Mercer's there as well. She hesitantly replies, "He's... still sleeping."
Did that tentative line delivery mean something? Is Mercer just sacked out by himself in one of the rooms, or did he and Kelly spend the night together like old times?
• Admiral Perry decides to take matters into his own hands and give the Kaylon Killer to Teleya and Rechik. Teyela then mocks Perry, accusing him of treason:
Perry: "I see you've found a new friend."
Teleya: "Friends are scarce these days."
Perry: "Well, that's what happens when your government sanctions kidnapping and torture."
Teleya: "True to his ethics even as he commits treason. What a noble creature."
Perry: "This is not treason. Quite the opposite. I believe in the idealism of the Union. But my compatriots have made a grave mistake. Sooner or later, the Kaylon will figure out a defense against this weapon, and we will lose our tactical advantage. The Union won't do what needs to be done. I know you will."
Sorry, Admiral, but Teleya's right. You ARE most definitely committing treason here. By its very definition, it means "to betray someone or something," which he's definitely doing. I guess he's attempting to justify his actions by twisting logic any way he can.
• As Perry hands over the weapon he tells Telaya, "The device does not come with an instruction manual. At the moment, the only ones who know how to use it are Isaac and Ensign Burke. I wish I could help you there. Your scientists are just gonna have to do some reverse engineering."
What reverse engineering? The heavy lifting's already been done at this point. All they need to do now is hook the thing up to a power source and flip the on switch!
• The second Admiral Perry leaves, Teleya orders her ship to fire on his fleeing shuttle in order to shut him up about the alliance.
RIP Admiral Perry! I definitely wasn't expecting them to kill him off this season!
• The Union discovers Admiral Perry's treason and sends the Orville out to investigate for some reason. Once they reach Perry's last known location, they discover a debris field:
Bortus: "Scans indicate traces of Union alloys, as well. And residual weapons signatures."
Kelly: "What kind of weapons?"
Bortus: "They appear to be Krill... and Moclan."
Kelly: "Isaac. Verify scan."
Isaac: "Confirmed. Data is accurate."
Gordon: "Oh, Jesus."
Charly: "An alliance?"
Mercer: "Molotov-Ribbentrop all over again."
A couple things here. First of all, Bortus and Isaac must both be having a bad day. Just five minutes ago we clearly saw Teleya's Krill vessel— and ONLY her vessel— fire on Perry's shuttle. The Moclan ship next to it didn't do jack. So where'd the Moclan weapon signature come from? Whoops!
Obviously they added this bit so the Orville crew could figure out that Krill & Moclus formed an alliance. Unfortunately it didn't make any sense.
Second, Mercer's little aside refers to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939, in which Russia and Nazi Germany agreed on a policy of non-aggression towards each other. It lasted less than two years before Germany turned on and attacked Russia.
Who knew Mercer was such a student of ancient Earth history?
• When the Orville discovers the device is in the hands of the Krill/Moclan alliance, Kelly says they won't be able to figure out how to use it without Charly and Isaac.
Again I ask, what the hell is there to figure out? All it needs is a power supply.
Think of it this way— imagine you could somehow send a smart phone back to the 1940s. There's no way they'd be able to duplicate it with the technology of the day, but they could probably figure out a way to power it up. Same deal with the Kaylon weapon.
• Mercer then orders the Orville to the Moclan outpost on Draconis 427. Looking at this shot made me realize just how much the Moclans are into hexagons. Their secret bases are hexagonal...
Their uniforms are festooned with hexagons...
Their doors are hexes...
Even their corridors are heagon shaped!
• After finding the Krill and Moclans have formed an alliance, Mercer proposes the Union and Kaylons join forces to oppose them.
As I said in the intro, this episode definitely subverted my expectations! That's something I never expected to see on this show— especially after the events of Identity Parts 1 and 2. Yet here we are.
• There's definitely some MAJOR time compression going on in this episode. Back in Identity, Part 1, Admiral Halsey mentioned that Kaylon-1 is a long way from the Union. This week the Orville goes there, returns to Earth, flies over to Draconis 427, then and zooms back to Kaylon-1 again— all in what seems like a couple of hours. It's gotta be wayyyyyy longer than that though— possibly even days.
Ah, but the time compression gets even worse! Admiral Perry delivers the device to the Krill, and in what appears to be less than a day they reverse engineer it, build a giant version of it and install it in a secret Moclan base. Impressive! As well as unlikely!
Director Jon Cassar seems to have a fetish for cramming as many ships on the screen as possible!
I'm torn on this. On the one hand it looks awfully cool. On the other, spread those ships out a bit, wouldja? They're gonna crash into one another!
• Have we see Kaylon shuttles detach from the circular ships like this before on the show? I don't think we have, but I honestly can't remember.
• Mercer welcomes Kaylon Primary onboard the ship to discuss an alliance. I loved this exchange between Primary and the crew:
Mercer: "Welcome aboard the Orville. If you'll follow us, we'll escort you to the conference room."
Kaylon Primary: We are familiar with its location. As you recall, we occupied this vessel during our previous encounter.
Kelly: I do. And as you recall, we kicked your asses!
• We then get the battle of the millennium as the Krill/Moclan forces attack the Union/Kaylon armada.
Jaysis, those Union ships must be made out of paper. It's like they explode at the slightest touch. We know from past episodes that they have deflectors and shields, but they apparently don't do much.
Hopefully there aren't families onboard all those ships that are destroyed!
• One of the Krill ships is commanded by Captain Dalak (not Dalek!). We've actually seen him before, as he first appeared back in Identity, Part 2. Last time he appeared, he seemed to be a ray of hope for a Union/Krill understanding. Apparently that wasn't to be, as he's definitely a villain here.
• The abysmal Nu-Trek shows could all learn a thing or two about how to do diversity and representation from The Orville.
In order to infiltrate the Moclan base on Draconis 427, Mercer assembles an away team consisting of three female officers and two Kaylons. This lineup's presented so casually and without fanfare that I didn't even think about it till later. He simply chose the right people for the mission, which made if feel completely natural.
Compare that to a show like STD, er, I mean Star Trek: Discovery. They would have relentlessly trumpeted this lineup, pointing out how the all-girl team was infinitely superior to one made of icky old males. And then everyone would have had a good old fashioned emotional crying session. Feh.
• AT LAST! After an entire season of buildup, we FINALLY get a payoff for the Pteradon fighters we've seen in the Orville's Shuttlebay every week, as a squadron of them escort the away team down to Draconis 427!
It's about damn time! I KNEW the Pteradon was gonna play a huge role at the end of the season. Otherwise why would they have made such a fuss about it in the Season 3 premiere?
Note that every week this season we've see one Pteradon parked in the Shuttlebay (usually right smack in the way of approaching ships!). Yet in this episode there are suddenly a dozen or more of them. Apparently the Shuttlebay must have a basement where they stored extras!
• At one point Krill and Moclan fighters attack the shuttle and its Pteradon escort. This prompts John to say, "Group leader to Kaylon, get your shiny asses down here. We need reinforcements!"
Wow, a Futurama reference in The Orville!
• They fly now? They fly now.!
So this week we see the Orville personnel can apparently fly with the help of previously unseen "egress packs." Kelly and her team use them to get to the surface of Draconis 427 after their shuttle's destroyed. Eh, I guess so.
This shot of the airborne team landing is a little suspect though. They're all clearly zooming through the air at a hundred miles per hour, yet they all manage to stop on a dime.
Yeah, I don't think so. In real life they'd have skidded along the ground for several hundred feet before finally coming to a stop.
It's too bad Kelly & Bortus forgot these egress packs existed last week in Midnight Blue. In that episode, the two of them went to another secret Moclan base to rescue Topa. They then parked a good ten miles away though, forcing them to trudge across the barren landscape for several hours before they reached the base. They could have prevented Topa from being tortured if they'd thought to simply fly to her rescue.
• For some reason Isaac can't use his finger tendrils to override the electronic lock on the door to the Moclan base, so Talla just rips it open. Now that I think about it, she hasn't had a chance to use her strength much this season.
• The corridors inside the Moclan base look suspiciously like the ones in the Moclan black ops site from last week's episode! Identical even!
Nothing wrong with that! Makes perfect sense, since they're both Moclan installations. Plus it's good, economical filmmaking!
• Apropos of nothing, Talla detects the Quantum Core 900 meters ahead of the team's current position. Charly says it'll take them about six minutes to reach it. That works out to about 5.6 miles per hour, which is a little fast, but still an entirely possible walking speed. Well done, writers!
• At one point the away team gets pinned down by Moclan and Krill forces. Like pretty much everything else on this show, each race has color-coded energy beams. The Union fires blue blasts, the Krill green and the Moclans a brownish yellow.
• We then cut to Teleya standing wayyyyy too close to the newly-constructed Quantum Core that's powering the Kaylon Killer device (that's her on the platform at extreme left).
As big as the Core is, it still looks a lot smaller than I thought it would be. I expected a power source that could wipe out every Kaylon in the entire galaxy to be the size of a moon or a small asteroid. This Core honestly doesn't look all that much bigger than the one that fuels the Orville!
• Now that the Kaylons know how the device works, couldn't they all just shield their wifi signal in order to prevent the Moclans from using it against them? Or was there just not time to do a major overhaul of their entire population?
• Charly and the Kaylons (that sounds like a band name!) enter the control room and quickly take it over. Charly then starts frantically pushing buttons on a panel to try and disarm the device. Note that the readouts are all in Moclan— which I guess she can somehow apparently read!
Eh, this isn't the first time a crew member's been able to decipher and operate an alien control panel. Mercer and Gordon both did it while infiltrating a Krill ship way back in Season 1's Krill.
• RIP Doctor Kolba— the Moclans' most brilliant scientist. He tries fleeing the control room, but Kaylon Primary zaps him with his head guns. Note that Primary kills all the Moclans in the room except for Rechik. That's because he's an established villain with a thick layer of plot armor, who needs to live another day in order to reappear.
• Charly says the only way to stop the Kaylon Killer is to overload it— meaning she'll have to stay behind to do so. Kelly realizes what she's saying, and wishes her good luck. Charly then exchanges a quick but meaningful look with Isaac.
Once again, you can't tell me that Isaac doesn't have emotions! Primary gives Charly one last look as well, clearly puzzled by her sacrifice.
• Charly manages to overload the Core and save the Kaylons. She says, "I'm here, Amanda" a second before she's vaporized.
Thank the maker we won't have to hear about her dead girlfriend Amanda anymore after this episode! Kee-rist, did Charly's constant whining about her get old fast. I get that she was bitter about Amanda's death, but as I said before, Charly's not the only person who lost a loved on in the Battle Of Earth.
• Kelly and the away team then take off in a stolen Krill shuttle. She contacts Mercer and tells him to get the Union and Kalyon fleets away from the planet before it blows.
She might also want to let everyone know the team's flying in a confiscated enemy vessel and ask them to please not blow them out of the sky!
• I can honestly say I did NOT think we'd see the Kaylons sitting down with President Alcuzan to discuss becoming part of the Union!
Speaking of sitting, I bet it's weird for Primary and his aides to do so. As Mercer found out back in Identify Part 1, there are no chairs on Kaylon-1!
• Mercer visits Teleya in the Brig, where she tells him he'll never see their daughter again. Let's all hope we get a Season 4, otherwise this is a plot thread that'll forever be dangling.
• We then see there's quite a turnout for Charly's funeral. Lots to cover here:
First of all, Mercer says a few remarks as he stands next to a photo of her (since there was nothing left to bury!).
Amazingly this image looks like he downloaded her official publicity shot from the internet!\
Mercer then says a few words about Charly, calling her, "An outstanding Union officer and an extraordinary human being." Wow, let's dial it back a little there, Ed!
When Charly first appeared she was petulant, insubordinate and downright racist toward the Kaylons. Sure, she learned to be a better person, but only after circumstances forced her to— not through any effort of her own. I have to wonder whether she sacrificed her life because it was the right thing to do or because she was simply duty-bound to do so.
We then get this wide shot of the funeral attendees. If you zoom in you'll see that Claire's in the front row, and directly behind her are Marcus, Ty, an Hispanic woman and a green-headed guy. So far so good.
But then in this closeup we see that Green Guy's still there, Hispanic Lady's presumably hidden behind Claire, but Ty's suddenly aged ten or fifteen years— as well as changed into a completely different costume.
What the...? Who the hell's this guy? He doesn't look remotely like either one of Claire's kids! Was he a stand-in who ended up onscreen by mistake?
• Charly's death was clearly meant to be a tragic and heart-tugging moment in the series, one which would leave the audience in tears. Sorry, but I didn't feel a thing when she died, and sat stone-faced through her funeral.
Her character was just too obnoxious and unpleasant for the audience to suddenly care about. And yes, I get that the writers made her that way on purpose, to give her a meaningful redemption arc. But they did a little too good a job of making her unlikeable at the outset. Having her sign a duet with Gordon this week didn't suddenly turn her character around.
Heck, she was still spouting anti-Kaylon rhetoric in this episode, right up to the very end!
• All season long I've been hearing rumors that Seth MacFarlane was dating actress Anne Winters (who plays Charly) in real life. I could never find any definite confirmation of this, but it definitely seemed to fit— she was added to the cast out of nowhere, and she's honestly not that great an actress. How else would she get the gig?
But here we are at the end of the season and she's been summarily killed off. So maybe the rumors weren't true after all. I doubt MacFarlane would kill off his girlfriend— unless he was in the mood for trouble at home!
• Isaac then delivers a heartfelt (for him) eulogy for Charly, mentioning the few personal things he actually knows about her:
Isaac: "Ensign Burke loved pancakes. She consumed them with butter but no syrup and was indifferent to the addition of berries or other condiments. As a child, pancakes were her favorite breakfast. I served with Ensign Burke for 257 days, 17 minutes, and 49 seconds. And yet, my understanding of her remained incomplete. She had an impressive brain for a biological. She perceived the universe in ways others could not. Ensign Burke regarded me as an enemy. Yet despite her animosity, she chose to save my life when no one else was able. And in the final seconds of her own life, Ensign Burke substantiated for all the galaxy her true nature. One of integrity and selflessness. And in her sacrifice, she inspired the enemies of the Union to become friends. Her existence was brief. But, much like the first domino in a succession, her impact will be felt far into the future."
• As I said in the intro, it's obvious that Charly was created so the writers could give her a redemption arc, and so they could have a major death without losing a main cast member. That's pretty much her only reason for existing.
Unfortunately her death here leaves a couple of curiously unresolved storylines.
Back in A Tale Of Two Topas, there was a subplot about the crew discovering a Hemblicite temple on a deserted planet. For no good reason other than to give her more screentime, Charly was placed in charge of this major find, apparently because her hobby was archeology (?). She began obsessing over the Hemblicites, going so far as to create a hologram of what they looked like.
It felt like the whole Hemblicite thing was leading up to something, but it went absolutely nowhere as it sputtered and died.
Then in the third act of that same episode, there was a scene in which Charly accidentally gashed her leg in the Hemblicite tomb, and Doctor Finn patched her up. Based on the amount of screentime this scene had, I assumed this was a setup for a future plotline. Maybe one in which Charly would become infected by Hemblicite bacteria and transform into one of them or something.
Nope! This episode firmly pinched off any possibility of that ever happening. So again I ask, what the hell was the point of the whole Hemblicite subplot? It appears it was simply included as padding to extend the runtime of A Tale Of Two Topas!
• This Week's Incongruous 21st Century (And Earlier!) References:
Again, none that I could see this week. It's like they suddenly became a thing of the past in Season 3.
• This Week's Star Trek Swipes:
There were several I noticed this week.
The Kaylons all being connected with one another through space wifi is virtually identical to the Borg in TNG. There the members of the Collective were linked together by a subspace signal, which created a vast hive mind.
The Away Team captures Tayala and tosses her into the Brig. Note that the Orville's Brig looks exactly like the ones seen in every TNG-era series— complete with a forcefield instead of bars.
Admiral Perry turning out to be a traitor is very similar to Admiral Cartwright's betrayal in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Of course this episode's biggest swipe isn't from any iteration of Trek at all, but from old school Doctor Who. In the 1982 episode Earthshock, the Doctor and his companions travel to the distant past, where they encounter a Cyberman ship. They discover the evil cyborgs' plan to ram their ship into Earth at warp speed, which will destroy the planet.
Unable to stop the Cybermen, the Doctor & Co. flee in the TARDIS. At the last second, the Doctor's companion Adric decides to stay onboard and try to stop the ship. Unfortunately he fails, and is killed when the ship slams into Earth. On the bright side, the explosion wipes out the dinosaurs, allowing humanity to become the dominant lifeform.
Although the situation's a bit different, Charly's sacrifice is identical to Adric's.
Labels: domino, episode 9, season 3, the orville
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Whether you have one day or a whole week, come on up to truly unplug and reconnect on the West Coast. Ucluelet and the Pacific Rim is a wonderful escape. There is so much to do and best part is we're about 2.5 hrs from the Comox or Nanaimo and a beautiful 4hr drive from Victoria!
Come on up for the day to unplug and reconnect on the West Coast. Ucluelet and the Pacific Rim is an exciting wonderful escape. There is so much to do and best part is we're about 2.5 hrs from the Comox or Nanaimo and a beautiful 4hr drive from Victoria!
✓ Wild Pacific Trail's Lighthouse Loop (Takes about 45mins to 1hr and you get some fantastic ocean views as well as the Rain Forest and see the 100+ year old Amphitrite Point Lighthouse).
✓ Visit the Ucluelet Catch & Release Eco Aquarium (seasonal open from March to end of November). See the octopus and the whole family always love the fantastic interactive touch tanks!
✓ Stop in to one of our many tea and coffee shops for homemade delightful treats and lunch (Can't go exploring on an empty stomach).
✓ Grab a day pass for the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve – Iconic Long Beach is a must, along with Kwisitis Interpretive Centre at Wickaninnish Beach, the Shoreline Bog Trail (800m trail dubbed the Broccoli forest because of the stunted, twisted 300-year-old trees; if you can go when it's foggy even better!)
✓ Compare Shoreline Bog Trail to the Rainforest Trail in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (Trail A&B are 1km each). Don't forget to make your way to the top of Radar Hill to truly appreciate the coastline in both directions.
✓ If you've traveled this far, you need to go and stand on Chesterman Beach in Tofino and pop into one of their local restaurants for a bite to eat before venturing back to the eastside. But before you go, regardless of time of year, make sure you stick around for a West Coast sunset; you'll never see colours like this elsewhere!
Come on up for three to four days to truly unplug and reconnect on the West Coast. Ucluelet and the Pacific Rim is an exciting wonderful escape. There is so much to do and best part is we're about 2.5 hrs from the Comox or Nanaimo and a beautiful 4hr drive from Victoria!
✓ Walk the full Wild Pacific Trail fromBrown's Beach parking lot all the way to the Ancient Cedars Loop (see some trees over 800 years old!) and a truly breath taking walk along the ocean, stunning vistas and all intertwined through the majestic rainforest. A do not miss walk. Be sure to sit on Oyster Jim's (the founder and builder of the Wild Pacific Trail) and the main deck perch about half way – just sit and watch the ocean for a while!
✓ Stop in to one of our amazing local restaurants for an outstanding meal (no franchise chains here!), dine in one of the top restaurants in all of BC or pop into a local tea and coffee shop for homemade delightful treats and lunch (Can't go exploring on an empty stomach).
✓ Go to Tofino for the day! You need to stand on iconic Chesterman Beach in Tofino(rated one of the top 50 beaches in the world!)and pop into some of their world class rated restaurants for a bite to eat. Soak in the vibe and culture of Canada's #1 Surf Town.
✓ Go Surfing In Canada! Just a short drive down the road from Ucluelet are some of Canada' longest beaches that can be surfed year round. People come from all over the world to catch a wave; in what is considered one of Canada's top surf destinations!The most accessible surf beaches from Ucluelet, are Wickaninnish Beach and Long Beach in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. Ucluelet has fantastic family friendly local surf shops that provide everything from lessons to rentals.
✓ Experience a West Coast Sunset! Go to Big Beach, the Lighthouse or even Long Beach in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and bask in the glow of a classic West Coast sunset; you'll never see colours like this elsewhere!
✓ Go on a Whale, Bear & Wildlife Tour…Get ready for an experience of a lifetime! Local whale & wildlife tour operators provide a fantastic opportunity for you to experience the breath-taking beauty of coastal British Columbia and the majestic whales and wildlife in their natural environment. March to October is the peak season for tours.
✓ Kayak the Broken Group Islands of the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve. One of the top ten kayaking destinations in the world! Kayaking through the archipelago of over a hundred islands you will discover sandy white beaches, calm lagoons, blow holes, diverse wildlife and unique native history on a day or multi night tour. Watch harbour seals, sea lions, eagles, bears and the occasional whale from your unique vantage point on the water, while gliding past the rocky shores of the Pacific Coast shoreline.
✓ Head out and do some Salt Water Fishing. Ucluelet has some of the best saltwater fishing in North America year after year! The Fishing Charter business here is booming; people come from all over the world to fish off our pristine coastline. The Barkley Sound (just minutes from Ucluelet), has been called the 'Salmon Super-Highway'; Coho, Sockeye, Pink, Chinook and Chum can all easily be fished from here as well as Hailbut and Ling Cod.
✓ Go Ziplining! Soaring through the old growth rainforests, spotting waterfalls along the way and feeling the roar as you glide down the Kennedy River Canyon near the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is a not to miss family fun experience!
✓ Come witness Storm Watching Season (November to March) and one of the world's most unique experiences! Storm Watching on the West Coast of Canada along the top rated Wild Pacific Trail is amazing! Nothing is more exhilarating than the fury of the wind, rain and waves during a winter storm. The raw power of nature has become a fascinating draw for tourists from around the world to Ucluelet.The best time for storm watching is November through March, as gale force winds tear along the coast at over 70km an hour (appx 45mph). Please be sure to pack for all weather conditions (Gortex is always in vogue).
Come on up for five to six days to truly unplug and reconnect on the West Coast. Ucluelet and the Pacific Rim is a wonderful escape. There is so much to do and best part is we're about 2.5 hrs from the Comox or Nanaimo and a beautiful 4hr drive from Victoria!
✓ Walk the full Wild Pacific Trail fromBrown's Beach parking lot all the way to the Ancient Cedars Loop (see some trees over 800 years old!) and a truly breathtaking walk along the ocean, stunning vistas and all intertwined through the majestic rainforest. A do not miss walk. Be sure to sit on Oyster Jim's (the founder and builder of the Wild Pacific Trail) and the main deck perch about half way – just sit and watch the ocean for a while!
✓ Grab a multi-day pass for the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve – Iconic Long Beach is a must, along with Kwisitis Interpretive Centre at Wickaninnish Beach, the Shoreline Bog Trail (800m trail dubbed the Broccoli forest because of the stunted, twisted 300-year-old trees; if you can go when it's foggy even better!)
✓ Stop in to one of our amazing local restaurants for an outstanding meal (no franchise chains here!), dine in one of the top restaurants in all of BC or pop into a local tea and coffee shopfor homemade delightful treats and lunch (Can't go exploring on an empty stomach).
✓ Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) in Ucluelet's protected beach and coves; Little Beach, Terrace Beach and the Ucluelet Harbour (access from the free Pat Leslie Public Boat Launch) are perfect to go SUPing. Pop by one of our local surf shop for full rentals.
✓ Take a cruise or private charter through the Broken Group Islands! Full day, half day or sunset cruise; hop aboard and head out on an adventure of a lifetime. Beautiful boats. Beautiful meals. Beautiful hosts. Unforgettable memories, stunning scenery with a touch of luxury.
✓ Do not miss this! Experience the West Coast from above on a Flight Tour that you will never forget. See the Rainforest, Beaches and the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve from the air to witness the pristine coast line of Canada.
✓ Go Ziplining! Soaring through the old growth rainforests, spotting waterfalls along the way and feeling the roar as you glide down the Kennedy River Canyon near the Pacific Rim National Park Reserver is a not to miss family fun experience!
✓ Come witness Stormwatching Season (November to March) and one of the world's most unique experiences! Storm Watching on the West Coast of Canada along the top rated Wild Pacific Trail is amazing! Nothing is more exhilarating than the fury of the wind, rain and waves during a winter storm. The raw power of nature has become a fascinating draw for tourists from around the world to Ucluelet. The best time for storm watching is November through March, as gale force winds tear along the coast at over 70km an hour (appx 45mph). Please be sure to pack for all weather conditions (Gortex is always in vogue).
Come on up for seven or more days to truly unplug and reconnect on the West Coast. Ucluelet and the Pacific Rim is a wonderful escape. There is so much to do and best part is we're about 2.5 hrs from the Comox or Nanaimo and a beautiful 4hr drive from Victoria!
✓ Grab a multi-day pass (or Annual Pass) for the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve – Iconic Long Beach is a must, along with Kwisitis Interpretive Centre at Wickaninnish Beach, the Shoreline Bog Trail (800m trail dubbed the Broccoli forest because of the stunted, twisted 300-year-old trees; if you can go when it's foggy even better!)
✓ Head to Half Moon Bay along Willow brae Trail in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve at low tide and walk along the edge of the Pacific Ocean on the secluded sandy beach. At Half Moon Bay walk to the left at the end of the stairs towards the rocks to see the many beautiful tidal pools.A true hidden gem!
✓ A 'must not miss' also in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve is Florencia Bay. Florencia Bay is over 5 stunning kilometers long of beautiful, sandy beach, fantastic waves for surfing and seems to have it all. The forest spills over the beach and is alive with colour. The descent down a wonderful set of wooden stairs onto the fantastic secluded beach in breathtaking; Florencia Bay has to be explored to be appreciated.
✓ Stand Up Paddle board (SUP) in Ucluelet's protected beach and coves; Little Beach, Terrace Beach and the Ucluelet Harbour (access from the free Pat Leslie Public Boat Launch) are perfect to go SUPing. Pop by one of our local surf shop for full rentals.
✓ Hot Springs Cove is a wonderful day trip from Tofino by boat or float plane! When you arrive there is a 25 min boardwalk that moves you up and through the rainforest to the Springs. The Hot Springs are appx 50-degree water (122F) and flow from a small waterfall and continue through five natural hot spring pools that lead to the ocean. Please note, bring food and water as there are no food facilities, no glassware allowed, swimsuits are required and a good tip is to bring neoprene footwear that can handle rock and water.
✓ During the fall season take a visit to the Thornton Creek Hatchery. Hatchery staff and volunteers provide tours and it's a great place to view salmon and bears during the salmon run (late Sept – mid Nov). The local charity focuses on education and safe wildlife viewing and they rely heavily on public support from visitors for their work. The dedicated staff are very welcoming and explain in detail how the facility works. Entry is by donation.
✓ Come witness Storm Watching Season (November to March) and one of the world's most unique experiences! Storm Watching on the West Coast of Canada along the top rated Wild Pacific Trail is amazing! Nothing is more exhilarating than the fury of the wind, rain and waves during a winter storm. The raw power of nature has become a fascinating draw for tourists from around the world to Ucluelet. The best time for storm watching is November through March, as gale force winds tear along the coast at over 70km an hour (appx 45mph). Please be sure to pack for all weather conditions (Gortex is always in vogue).
Come unplug and reconnect with family on the West Coast. Ucluelet and the Pacific Rim is a wonderful escape. There is so much to do and best part is we're about 2.5 hrs from the Comox or Nanaimo and a beautiful 4hr drive from Victoria!
✓ Experience a West Coast Sunset! Go to Big Beach, the Lighthouse or even Long Beach in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and bask in the glow of a classic West Coast sunset; you'll never see colours like this elsewhere! Big Beach in Ucluelet is also great for a family beach fire (bring your own wood – Can be purchased at either Gas Station or Grocery Store).
✓ Go on a Whale, Bear & Wildlife Tour…Get ready for an experience of a lifetime with the family! Local whale & wildlife tour operators provide a fantastic opportunity for you to experience the breath-taking beauty of coastal British Columbia and the majestic whales and wildlife in their natural environment. March to October is the peak season for tours.
✓ Stop in to one of our amazing local restaurants, or maybe the retro bowling alley & family restaurant for an outstanding meal (no franchise chains here!). Treat yourself to homemade delightful goodies and lunch with kid friendly awesome sandwiches at one of our local tea and coffee shops(Can't go exploring on an empty stomach).
✓ Come witness Storm Watching Season (November to March) and one of the world's most unique experiences! Storm Watching on the West Coast of Canada along the top rated Wild Pacific Trail is amazing! Nothing is more exhilarating than the fury of the wind, rain and waves during a winter storm for the family to witness. The raw power of nature has become a fascinating draw for tourists from around the world to Ucluelet. The best time for storm watching is November through March, as gale force winds tear along the coast at over 70km an hour (appx 45mph). Please be sure to pack for all weather conditions (Gortex is always in vogue).
We've mastered rain! Gortex and gumboots are always in vogue here. It might be sunny, foggy or raining in Ucluelet, but the rainforest will always embrace you with some of the purest, cleanest air you have ever experienced. Ucluelet's coastal elements will leave you refreshed, restored and rejuvenated.
1) Surfing is awesome in the rain! Make sure to take a family-friendly lesson with one of Ucluelet's local surf shops; there are many options for all levels of experience.
Click here for more info on surfing
2) Ocean Kayaking is another great outdoor option during a mild rainy day. Paddling in the rain can be a wonderful experience (dress accordingly, no cotton). The Ucluelet Harbour is well protected for short kayak excursions year round.
Click here for more info on kayaking
3) Whale Watching & Wildlife Tours are stellar West Coast experiences that you can indulge in, even when it's rainy and not too windy. Going on a boat whale watching, bear and wildlife viewing really are not to be missed West Coast experiences.
Click here for more info on whale watching & wildlife tours
1) The Ucluelet Aquarium is a must do when you visit the West Coast. This eco-friendly catch and release Aquarium will get you up-close and personal with an amazing array of local marine life (Don't miss the Octopus!). The Aquarium has incredibly knowledgeable and attentive staff that are always eager to share their passion for what lives in our coastal waters.
Click here for more info on the Aquarium
2) Big Beach Cinema… Did you know that Ucluelet has its own cinema? That's right! Big Beach Cinema runs year round and is located in the Ucluelet Community Centre's George Fraser room; they offer great films at family-friendly prices.
Click here for more info on the movies playing
3) West Coast Fitness Centre. Need to keep in shape and it's raining way too hard for you to want to go outside? Go swimming, work out in the gym or take a sauna at the West Coast Fitness Centre (located inside the West Coast Motel).
Click here for more info on the fitness centre
4) Shopping & Art Galleries From local hand-crafted artisan gifts to jewelry, clothing and art; take some time to discover Ucluelet's local shops and art galleries.
Click here to discover more info
5) Howler's Family Restaurant. It's a fun family restaurant with a retro bowling alley, vintage arcade and billiards. They are opened 7 days a week until midnight all year long.
Click here for the latest reviews and info
6) Ucluelet Community Centre & Library Stop by the Community Centre! Choose from a range of physical activities, check out their many classes from Yoga to Zumba, lots of programs options, and don't forget the library (all classes allow for drop-in attendance).
Click here for all library info
If you don't feel like going out, you can simply curl up in the bed, get a fire going, read a book, listen to the rain and enjoy the sound of the ocean lapping against the shoreline.
Prepare to unplug and reconnect.
Featured Image by Alisha Fox
One Day photo by Brian Congdon
Three Day photo by Brian Congdon
Seven Day photo by Majestic Ocean Kayaking


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Cedric's Story
Ward 5 Works
The Hundred Plan
Las Vegas 2045 Master Plan
Las Vegas Reinvent Schools
Crear Civic Engagement
Cedric on The Morning Blend for Martin Luther King Jr. Day & Black History Month
Park planned in Las Vegas' Historic Westside neighborhood
Contractors top off conference center at World Market Center
By Richard N. Velotta Las Vegas Review-Journal
The last time Bob Maricich, president and CEO of International Market Centers, talked publicly about the Expo at World Market Center Las Vegas, it was, at that point, the hottest day of the year, in July.
On Thursday, Maricich was at it again on one of the coldest days of the year as contractors Marnell Cos. and the Penta Building... Read More
Las Vegas Aces Honored
Construction, Tech, Healthcare Jobs Seen As Rx For Las Vegas Ward 5 | Nevada Public Radio
Click below to listen to the radio segment.
by Doug Puppel
Las Vegas has enjoyed a remarkable economic comeback in the decade since the end of the Great Recession.
In the last 10 years, unemployment has fallen from 12 percent to below 5 percent, and the Southern Nevada workforce has grown by more than a quarter-million people.
One area that has not shared in the comeback is Ward 5 in the city of Las Vegas. It... Read More
Great Story Alert
This young man Samuel Thomas saw me on TV, his mom was watching KCLV, and thought I seemed like a good guy. He researched me and found out I attended Bishop Gorman and Howard University and played tennis. He dug deeper and also learned more of my history and what I do. Soon after, Sam emailed me saying he really admired and looked up to me. I was beyond humbled. I invited him to spend the day... Read More
Construction and Trade Hiring Fair
Hotel Apache opens at Binion's Gambling Hall
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The historic Hotel Apache is officially back open for business at Binion's Gambling Hall in downtown Las Vegas.
The original hotel opened in 1932.
The new boutique hotel features 81 rooms styled like they were in the 1930s.
Guests will be able to check in at the original registration desk on the casino floor and use the first ever electronic elevator in... Read More
Las Vegas' Kianga Isoke Palacio Park will get new scoreboards | Las Vegas Review-Journal
By Mia Sims Las Vegas Review-Journal
It has been over 15 years since coach Gene Tate of northwest Las Vegas brought divisions of the East Palo Alto T-Ball team and Junior Giants to the Las Vegas area.
For years, the teams have used ... Read More
City Beat - Councilman Cedric Crear COUNCIL OATH
3-COUNCIL OATH: Councilman Cedric Crear was declared the winner in the Ward 5 primary race. We'll take you to his swearing in ceremony and hear from him directly as to why this elected position is so important to him and the city where he grew up.
Is Las Vegas ready to require affordable housing from developers? | Nevada Current
By Dana Gentry, Nevada Current
A City of Las Vegas councilman is suggesting housing developers be required to include affordable (perhaps even low-income) units in exchange for the privilege of doing business.
Councilman Cedric Crear on Wednesday commended city staff for recent redevelopment efforts, which focus largely on hospitality, entertainment, sports and high-end... Read More
Las Vegas councilman, residents catch up over coffee
Carmen Beals of Summerlin has a love for Las Vegas deeply rooted in the heart of the Historic Westside, she said. She and her husband moved to the area to help it grow in a cultural way, she said.
"My husband grew up here," Beals said. "We want to do our part. We have a voice. We have a rich history here and we helped build the city to what it... Read More
New residential community breaks ground at Symphony Park in downtown
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Scheduled to open in 2021, construction on a new 290-unit multifamily community located in Symphony Park in downtown began last week with a groundbreaking ceremony.
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Valley Students Travel to Zion National Park
Changing a Neighborhood - MLS Stadium Development
Road leading into Las Vegas' Historic Westside to get upgrades
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Construction crews are expected to perform roadwork on F Street between the D Street connector and McWilliams Avenue between 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on weekdays, resulting in that stretch of... Read More
2019 Contemporary Art Program Mural
KSNV (NBC) - Las Vegas, NV First Step with Ed Bernstein
Public comment during recent Las Vegas City Council Meeting
Symphony Park: City hopes it's poised for takeoff
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The City Council approved the deal Wednesday with the development company Jackson-Shaw, based in Dallas.
Symphony Park is in Councilman Cedric... Read More
Marriott hotel approved in downtown Las Vegas Symphony Park
A new Marriott convention hotel for Symphony Park has been approved by Las Vegas leaders, drawing a $95 million investment to an integral downtown development with the promise of jobs.
The AC Hotel by Marriott, or a "comparable brand," will be built on the corner of Grand Central Parkway and Symphony Park Avenue, just west of The Smith Center for the Performing Arts and across from the... Read More
Allegiant Travel Company Donates More Than $400,000 Worth Of Aircraft Parts To Rancho High School's Aviation Magnet Program
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Allegiant Travel Company (NASDAQ: ALGT) donated aircraft parts valued at more than $400,000 to Rancho High School as part of the airline's continued support of the school's aviation magnet program.
The Las Vegas-based... Read More
Celebrating Black History in Las Vegas
Celebrate Black History with events happening throughout the month. City Councilman Cedric Crear of Ward 5 highlights some of the amazing events taking place and gives a touching account of his background in our city.
Hiring freeze, reserves will help Las Vegas in next economic downturn
The city of Las Vegas plans to hold open about 85 nonessential positions to save $10 million — and dodge the kind of sweeping layoffs that struck the city a decade ago — in preparation for the next economic downturn.
The managed hiring freeze was borne last spring by a simple objective, according to Chief Financial Officer Gary Ameling: "The realization that we did not want to get in... Read More
City Councilman tackles unemployment issue in Ward 5
LAS VEGAS - Unemployment is one of the biggest challenges facing Ward 5. Across the city, unemployment stands at 5 percent. However, it rose to 15 percent in Ward 5.
"The days of just putting up two pieces of plywood and sheet metal and putting some paint on it are long gone," said Ward 5 City Councilman Cedric Crear.
Councilman Crear wants nothing less than the best in his... Read More
Las Vegas inches closer to getting its first art museum
By Jamie Munks / Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas moved one step closer Wednesday to getting its own art museum, slated to be built just east of the Smith Center for the Performing Arts.
The Las Vegas City Council OK'd Wednesday extending an agreement into 2019 with the nonprofit group behind the museum, setting a fundraising goal for twice what the city has put into it.
Councilman Cedric Crear Swearing In Ceremony - 4/18/18
Incoming Councilman Cedric Crear Focuses On Jobs
by Kristy Totten
The City of Las Vegas held a special election March 27 to replace Ricki Barlow.
The former councilman resigned in January and pleaded guilty in February to a felony charge of misusing campaign funds.
This month, Cedric Crear will take office.
He's a former regent with the Nevada System of Higher Education, and he was also a planning commissioner... Read More
Politics Now: Las Vegas Ward 5 Special Election
LAS VEGAS - This week on Politics Now: A low turnout in the Las Vegas Ward 5 special election, District Attorney candidate Robert Langford sits down for an interview, dozens of opioid-related bills in congress and Ken Starr tells us about investigating the president.
Unofficial tally has Cedric Crear winning Las Vegas City Council seat
Cedric Crear bested 10 other candidates in Tuesday's Las Vegas City Council special election to become the first new Ward 5 representative on the council in more than a decade by earning 627 votes, according to an unofficial tally.
Crear, a Nevada System of Higher Education regent and a Las Vegas planning commissioner, has been a known... Read More
Crear Vows To Protect And Improve Ward 5 Following Election
Following his election to the Las Vegas City Council Ward 5 seat in Tuesday's Special Election, Councilman-Elect Cedric Crear thanked his team, and all his supporters, while vowing to protect and improve neighborhoods.
"I'm humbled that the people responded to my plan to elevate Ward 5," said Crear. "At the same time, I want to spend the next year winning the respect and trust of the... Read More
Cedric Crear files for Las Vegas City Council, Ward 5 in Special Election
(Las Vegas, NV) Nevada University Regent and Las Vegas Planning Commissioner Cedric Crear today filed his formal candidacy documents for the Las Vegas Ward 5 Special Election to fill the vacancy created on the City Council by the resignation of Ricki Barlow.
"It has been an honor to represent the constituents and I'm excited about the opportunity of continuing that service," Crear said... Read More
West Vegas Residents Push for Positive Change
LAS VEGAS -- One of the oldest communities in the Las Vegas valley has seen many changes and experienced a decline since its glory days during the last century.
Even so, historic west Las Vegas is still home to many people who love it.
Located in the present day in a central portion of the valley, its name stems from when it was west of the railroad tracks in the... Read More
What they're saying at UNLV about the Raiders coming to Las Vegas
UNLV officials react to the news that the Oakland Raiders will be relocating to Las Vegas after NFL owners voted 31-1 Monday in favor of the move.
UNLV president Len Jessup
"UNLV and the entire Rebel family welcome the Oakland Raiders to... Read More
Regent scolds UNLV president for athletic department's budget deficit
UNLV officials this month cited dwindling attendance and poor-performing teams as primary reasons for the athletic department's near $5 million budget deficit for the 2016-17 academic year.
On Thursday, the Board of Regents Athletics Committee did not want to hear excuses... Read More
Planning commission votes in favor of proposal to put subdivision on closed Badlands golf course
The Las Vegas Planning Commission voted 4-2 Tuesday in favor of a proposal to put a 61-lot subdivision on part of the closed Badlands golf course.
The proposal will be heard by the City Council in March. Developer EHB Cos. wants to put single-family homes on 61 lots across 34 acres on the shuttered course at the corner of Hualapai Way and Alta Drive.
A twist of fate and city... Read More
Vegas planning commission divided on developing housing on Badlands Golf Course
A divided Las Vegas Planning Commission on Tuesday night approved a fraction of the more than 2,500 housing units proposed for the Badlands Golf Course after a marathon special meeting on the project.
A crowd of roughly 200 people, the majority of whom opposed... Read More
Bump Up program helps minority men get College of Southern Nevada degrees
Michael Davis has spent years juggling odd jobs while inching toward a college degree.
He's worked as a security guard on the Strip, a retail worker at Old Navy, a custodian for the Clark County School District.
But Davis, 23, is anxious to start a career, and with the help of a new mentor, he finally has a plan. In two years, he'll graduate from the College of Southern Nevada.... Read More
Regents weigh plan to change how they oversee some colleges
STATELINE — Nevada's higher education board is weighing a proposal to change the way it oversees some of the state's schools, a suggestion met with a mix of skepticism and support during a special meeting Thursday.
Under the plan, proposed by Board of Regents Chairman Rick Trachok, the state's two universities and its Henderson-based state college would each be overseen by a committee... Read More
Replacements named for planning commission
Las Vegas leaders on Wednesday filled the gaps left in April by a pair of longtime planning commissioners who were controversially ousted.
Former commissioners Ric Truesdell and Byron Goynes — who, combined, have served nearly 30 years on the panel — will give way to Cedric Crear and Sam Cherry next month.
Crear, who serves on the Nevada System of Higher Education's Board of... Read More
Q&A with Cedric Crear, president of Crear Creative Group
Cedric Crear was working as chief marketing officer for a financial services company about eight years ago when he came to a life-changing conclusion.
"I said to myself, 'I think I can do my own thing,'" Crear recalled.
That own thing was starting an advertising agency called Crear Creative Group, which he launched out of his house in 2006. He took out a loan, expanded his small... Read More
Boulder City Resident Returning to Nevada Board of Regents
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Three incumbents and one newcomer have won seats on the Nevada Board of Regents.
Regents Cedric Crear of Las Vegas, Ron Knecht of Carson City and Andrea Anderson of Boulder City all cruised to re-election Tuesday. Allison Stephens of Las Vegas defeated Stavan Corbett for an open seat in District 4.
Crear was victorious over Jeff Eggeman, Knecht... Read More
Three incumbents re-elected to Clark County School Board
The Clark County School Board retained much of the same look after Tuesday's election with all three contested incumbents re-elected for another four years.
School Board President Linda Young was unopposed for the District C spot in the north-central Las Vegas valley.
Incumbent Deanna Wright – a homemaker who came in second in the June primaries – rallied back, maintaining her... Read More
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In honor Churkin suggested naming one of the streets of Moscow
February 21, 2017 RR Russia
Vitaly Churkin
State Duma Deputy from the LDPR Ivan Sukharev addressed the mayor of Moscow with a request to consider naming the deceased on the eve of Russia's permanent envoy to the UN Vitaly Churkin one of the city streets. On Tuesday, February 21, reports RT.
"I think that street in his honor should appear in Moscow. Churkin is the iron voice of Russia, a true hero and diplomat from God," said the MP.
According to Sukhareva, who died the permanent representative of Russia to the UN in his work "embodies the ideals of honesty, lack of compromise and devotion".
The leadership of the school № 1522, where he studied Churkin, will direct the city authorities and the foreign Ministry a similar request. This TV channel "360" announced the principal of the school Faith Vorobyov. "Yesterday, when the news people got, our parents began to call with the offer "Vera Vladimirovna, let's try to reach out and call our school our school name is Vitaly Churkin"" she said.
According to Metropolitan law, the names of famous residents of the city of Moscow, Russian citizens and foreigners can only be assigned to new streets.
Churkin died in new York on Monday, February 20, at the age of 64 years. According to the newspaper the New York Post, the death was caused by a heart attack.
Vitaly Churkin held the post of Russia's envoy at the UN since 2006.
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