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Leeds v Sutton, Last time out (With highlights)
As Leeds United look ahead to their FA Cup tie against Sutton United this weekend it's pretty easy to do the head to head results on this fixture. Played one, won one. Likewise that game was in the fourth round of the FA Cup, Leeds came away six nil victors on that occasion. That was back in 1970 though and the great Peter Lormier (2) and Allan Clarke (4) provided the goals.
The draw for the Fourth Round of the 1970 FA Cup handed United a trip to Gander Green Lane, home of Isthmian League side Sutton United. United were overwhelming favourites to swamp the minnows, but the ever-cautious Don Revie was taking nothing for granted and organized a practice match on East End Park WMC's Skelton Road ground as part of the build up to the tie. The Leeds Manager expressed his reservations for the safety of his players because of the closeness of the crowd to the playing area.
Plans to put in an extra six hundred seats on the touch-lines were reduced to four hundred after discussions with the Leeds camp who finally declared themselves satisfied with Sutton's ability to stage the match. There had been talk of switching the game to Leeds, but Sutton pressed ahead with their plans to stage the game and managed to squeeze 14,000 fans into their tiny arena.
Sutton, the first Amateur club to reach the Fourth Round of the FA Cup in seventeen years, included in their ranks teachers, a GPO Engineer, a Billingsgate fish salesman, a jig borer and a panel-beater. Those who expected to see one of the greatest giant-killing acts in the history of the competition were disappointed as Leeds turned on the style with Allan Clarke leading the way with four of the goals.
He netted the opener after fourteen minutes by turning in a Norman Hunter cross, and tapped in the third from Peter Lorimer's pass just four minutes after Lorimer's twenty-five-yard power shot had slipped through the hands of goalkeeper Dave Roffey. The match won, the game was a stroll for United in the second half with Clarke showing razor sharp reactions to complete his hat-trick, knocking the ball home after his initial header came back off a post. Clarke and Mick Jones let a Norman Hunter cross run through their legs for Peter Lorimer to bundle in the fifth, and Clarke completed his great day when Lorimer's pass released him on a run from the halfway line to slot the ball coolly past Roffey thirteen minutes from the end.
The brave Sutton, while thoroughly outclassed had their moments with Larry Pritchard hitting the bar and John Faulkner having a goal disallowed. Leeds were in total control and had four other efforts disallowed, but the way young John Faulkner kept Mick Jones off the score-sheet impressed Revie, who soon returned to Sutton to sign the tall defender. Sutton's Dario Gradi, an England amateur international, later became manager at Crewe Alexandra, where he developed the likes of David Platt and Rob Jones into England Internationals.
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What coming in robots? More than just the butler bot, we can expect to see many robots in all aspects of our life – home, work, hospitals, schools…. Single task robots will permeate our lives, as will telepresence bots giving us the ability to truly bi-locate. Noone can predict the future, but we can get a sneak peak.
David Calkins is a widely respected robot builder and expert. He teaches robotics and computer engineering at San Francisco State University, is the president of the Robotics Society of America, Founder of the international RoboGames/ROBOlympics competition, Program Chair of the RoboNexus Consumer and Entertainment Expo, and co-chair of the RoboSot competition for FIRA – the Federation of International Robosoccer Association. He was one of only ten US members of the Japanese Trade Association's Robotics Mission to Japan, an official US-Japanese robotics technology business development and research mission.
As one of America's most respected robotics authorities, David Calkins offers a rare blend of both technical and marketing insight into the world of robotics. He speaks on robotics to such diverse groups as the Young Presidents Organization, Stanford University, the San Jose Tech Museum, the Business4Site conference, the RoboNexus and RoboBusiness conferences, JavaOne and many others. Mr. Calkins stars in the San Francisco local weekly TV show "Mister Robotics", and was also featured in two documentaries: the Discovery Channel's special "Dungeons of Alcatraz" (in which he designed and built a robot used to explore tunnels beneath Alcatraz) and the Tech TV special "Bucket of Bolts". He has also been featured on History Channel's "Tactical to Practical", Tech TV's "ScreenSavers" and "Call for Help", G4's "Attack of the Show", Outdoor Channel's "Inside R/C", GSN's "Games Around America", and has been profiled by CNN, Time, and the New York Times. He is also a prolific author in his own right; he writes two monthly columns for Servo Magazine and Robot Magazine, and has been published internationally.
Mr. Calkins works with NASA's Robotics Education Project to involve kids in the building and competition of robots. He also enthusiastically helped mentor San Francisco's John O'Connell High School USFIRST robotics team in 2005. On the business-side, Calkins has been a consultant for Sun Corporation's JavaNator robotic development group, Evolution Robotics original ER-1 robot, and assisted DARPA on the creation of their Robotic Grand Challenge. In addition to serving as president of the Robotics Society of America since 2000, he also serves on the Board of Advisors for QBox (a mechanical, kinetic and electronic arts group) and BotBall (Robotics Educational Foundation). Calkins also judges for BotBall, FIRST Lego League, BattleBots, and the Robot Fighting League. He recently co-founded a company to build both competition robots and home-based consumer robots.
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There was seemingly more talk about the history of robotics – the Aibo, Heathkit, etc… than the future.

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Bishop John Schol took time in the midst of an extraordinarily busy stretch to answer questions about how the Greater New Jersey Conference, which he oversees, is coping with Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy damage and relief efforts. Managing editor Sam Hodges posed the questions and the bishop responded by email.
You reported Nov. 8 that seven parsonages are uninhabitable in the Greater New Jersey Conference are uninhabitable. How are you taking care of thos pastors and their families?Evaluation of parsonage damage continues. Pastors have been displaced. One pastor is using the second floor while the first floor has sustained damage.
Pastors and their families are relocated and living in new housing. Pastoral care for the families is provided by the district superintendent, bishop and out pouring of support from the surrounding area clergy. Necessities, clothing, food, etc., and spiritual support have been provided.
Are any church buildings out of commission due to flooding? If not, can you share the names of one or two that are badly damaged?
Macedonia UMC in Ocean City. First UMC Belmar. Kynett UMC in Beach Haven Terrace. Over 12-15 churches are without electricity. There have been other types of damage, not flooding, but trees through education buildings, roof damage etc.
Are you any closer to an overall damage figure to church properties?
A number of churches throughout the conference have sustained damage from flooding and downed trees. We continue to conduct a full inventory and should have a number by the end of the week.
I gather that more than one UM church in GNJ has become important as a base for relief efforts. Would you share an example?
Over 70 churches are involved in relief efforts. There has been a great groundswell of hospitality and ministry from our local churches across the state. Many congregations have opened their doors to provide housing, food, supplies, clothing, a warm place to be, an opportunity to charge electronics, as well as pastoral care and relief work. We have seen our churches serve centers of community life in urban areas as well as in suburban and coastal locations.
Caldwell UMC in Caldwell served as a warm place for hospitality, food, charging, etc for a week after the storm. They opened their doors up to a local synagogue for Shabbat services on Saturday.
Park UMC in Bloomfield, served as an overnight shelter, day shelter and provided food for some 600 people, using 150 volunteers.
UMC in Union City, an Hispanic congregation, collected food to distribute to local residents, as the town grocery store's shelves were almost completely empty for two weeks.
Lacey UMC in Forked River has become a holistic rescue, relief and service center for a large surrounding area. They are hosting 30 individuals overnight and have been serving around 2,000 hot meals a day, 1,300 of them being delivered to homes and other locations. The entire church is serving as a food pantry, a clothing depot, and a public kitchen, where anyone can get 3 hot meals a day. Many major businesses in the area have been donating food, supplies and money to the church to support their efforts. They have also been training volunteers to go out in teams and support residents through remedial work to remove water, or initialize cleanup efforts.
Morrow Memorial UMC in Maplewood has served up to 600 people a day as a day shelter and community center, with designated space for work, socializing, children, youth and families. Hot meals were provided throughout the day and extra food was distributed to different churches and neighborhoods in Newark and Union City.
Manasquan UMC in Manasquan is serving daily meals and has become a clothing closet.
St. John's UMC in Hazlet became a "staging area" for supplies and resources so those who were helping others had a central place to find what they needed
St. Paul's UMC in Bay Head has become a main community hub for food, clothing, and more. It's serving three meals a day, every day. People from around the world have been reaching out to them to help.
Atlantic Highlands UMC in Atlantic Highlands has been dubbed the "moving Mini-Mart" because they have been delivering coffee and food items in cars to the hard hit areas.
FUMC Keansburg is where the local police department has been operating out of their church because their building was damaged
Middletown UMC has become a major staging area for the initial disaster response deliveries from UMCOR/Mission Central
Oasis UMC in Pleasantville is serving food, providing clothing, portable heaters and more.
What will the focus of the GNJ Sandy Fund be, and how much have you raised?
We have raised $131,000 through 40 individuals for GNJ Sandy Relief so far. It is just getting started. Church contributions will begin to come in during November.
The Greater New Jersey United Methodist Response will focus on four areas:
- Relief – We meet immediate human needs by focusing on shelter, food, clothing immediately following a disaster. Immediately following Storm Sandy, we have been providing day and overnight shelter, including feeding programs and clothing for several thousand people.
- Repair – We work with community residents, non-profit organizations, churches, and local, state and federal agencies to assess damage and work to repair homes, particularly for the elderly and poor whose insurance and other agency support does not cover all of the damages. We utilize thousands of trained volunteers under the supervision of professionals to repair homes and renew people's lives.
- Rebuild – Bringing a sense of normalcy involves more than hammers and nails. It is community building. We provide case management and community building strategies to develop community leadership and strengthen community organizations. This may also include repairing community centers, churches and non-profit organizations.
- Renew – One of the harshest results of Superstorm Sandy will be the emotional and spiritual toll it has on people's lives. We will provide counseling for several years to help children, youth, parents/adults renew their hope and faith for the future.
We have draft goals for relief work, to be firmed up this week.
- Repair 200 homes damaged by the Superstorm Sandy focusing on the elderly and low income families where there are not sufficient resources to complete repairs
- Distribute 10,000 flood buckets to clean flooded homes
- Distribute 1000 medical kits to families
- Provide day and/or night shelter for 3000 people
- Distribute food, clothing and basic supplies to 5000 people
- Provide case management for 300 individuals and families to help them access the necessary resources and information for people impacted by the storm
- Provide trauma counseling and support for 500 people impacted by the storm
- Recruit, train and coordinate 10,000 volunteers over three years from New Jersey and across the country to repair homes and staff programs for children, youth and their families
Are you encouraging folks to give to that instead of to UMCOR, or in addition to UMCOR?
We are encouraging churches outside of NJ to give to the Advance. The GNJ Sandy Relief Fund is a designated fund for individuals, churches and businesses within the bounds of the GNJAC to support our recovery efforts by giving directly to the conference office, without delay. UMCOR through The Advance will provide much needed support from outside of the GNJAC. Both giving channels assure that 100% of each gift will go to its designated area of mission or ministry.
Any particular images that have stuck with you as you've toured damaged areas?
I learned that my ninth grade high school English teacher who is in her 80's who retired in NJ found herself in a shelter with 145 other people.
I toured parsonages with clergy families and saw and experienced the deep pain of losing much and trying to lead a congregation that has been evacuated.
I ran into a United Methodist couple who had just been married and were volunteering at a shelter with more than 900 people
I met with Drew students who were in one of our church shelters and saw how appreciative they were because while most students went home, these students from Korea, Africa and the West Coast could not get home. I heard how grateful they were for all the church was doing.
Any particular prayer or Bible verse you've found yourself sharing with hurting folks?
"For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope." – Jeremiah 29:11
"When you have done it for the least of these, you have done it for me" – Matthew 25:40
"The Lord is my light and my salvation, of whom shall I fear" – Psalm 27:1
Has this catastrophe set back your leadership plans for the GNJ Conference?
While Super Storm Sandy took away many homes, jobs and a sense of normalcy across the state, the response of our churches, clergy and laity have been tremendously inspiring. The ways in which we have already begun to work together in teams throughout the conference are solidifying relationships, building trust and offering space for us to be in prayer with one another.
GNJ is a strong conference with highly gifted lay and clergy leadership who are responding with great courage. Other leaders are also stepping up and the conference is still moving forward with a strategic ministry planning effort, starting a new Hispanic congregation in a flooded area, raising funds for Imagine No Malaria, building a new urban garden at the Camden Neighborhood Center (started by deaconesses 100 years ago). Grace Korean Church that just celebrated its 35th anniversary whose building power did not come on until this past Friday has broken ground for a new community/education center. We move forward this month with starting six new breakfast ministries to serve the homeless and low income people and we continue planning for a bishop's retreat in January and planning for the 2013 annual conference session, etc.
Did Sandy impact our ministry? Yes. Will it stop us? No. Working together for the sake of others has helped forge relationships and brought us to live together in a sense of trust and purpose, following God's leading. With God's help and the support of the connection we will come back stronger as we make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.


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Many people blush a little when they see someone they think is attractive.
But for 20-year-old University of Washington student Brandon Thomas, the fear of blushing might have been so strong it caused him to take his own life in May. Now, Brandon's parents, Steve and Dawn, want to raise awareness for the little-known disorder, according to MSNBC.
When Brandon called his mom last fall and confessed his struggle with chronic blushing, it came as a surprise. Brandon had fair skin and a flush of color didn't seem like a concern. However, after urging from their son to look deeper into the issue, both parents realized blushing can be a serious disorder.
Pathological blushing is an uncontrollable reaction triggered by an overactive nervous system. MSNBC reports that Dr. Enrique Jadresic, a Chilean psychiatrist who specializes in the disorder, says it can wear down self-esteem and even the desire to live.
When they found out about Brandon's problem, his family tried to get him help, taking him to doctors, a counselor, and even considering surgery. By that time, however, Brandon had already lost hope in the issue. In his 5-page suicide note he writes that he had started taking extreme measures to keep from blushing, even avoiding people he knew.
Brandon's family, including his twin brother Devin, is still not sure what final event caused Brandon to jump off the 11th floor of his dormitory at UW.
They plan to speak out about chronic blushing, and create a website with information about the condition.


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^ This.Grumblesaur wrote:Pragmatic though this "I'll believe it when I see it" stance may be, I feel there are heaps of ways to meta-argue about why you don't want to have an argument.Zanteogo wrote:Yes.JanB1 wrote: Sooo...you're questioning if Josh will deliver in the end?
I don't plan to get into a massive debate about it because I do like the "good vibes" we have going on here. Plus as I said, I have lost the concern of him actually releasing any end product or not now. I will of course pick up any end product he comes out with.
My reasoning's, if you really need to know, are based on two massive disappearances he had. Again, I don't plan on debating this and do not plan to clarify this further. No offence intended.
Anyway, I won't go too deep into that.
Things are now (on our end) more as they were prior to Josh's first flight below the radar, although a change in methodology is evidenced subtly in his more recent logs.
Earlier logs had a great focus on notes about programming tricks, visual features, and details about game features. The most recent ones (post ajoshalypse), in addition to Josh's remarks elsewhere on the forums, have discussed more of his process, work-life balance, simulation optimizations, and real-life demonstrations of Limit Theory. While it's still next-to-impossible to glean whether we're closer to 0% or 100% on the great LT loading bar, I have a good feeling we'll reach 100%.
It's understandable to be disillusioned about the outcome of something this big with so many setbacks, but I think now, more than ever before, Limit Theory is more a matter of "when" than "if".
Couldn't have said it any better. Exactly my thoughts Grumblesaur.


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Come, thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace.
Streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount–I'm fixed upon it–mount of thy redeeming love.
Hitherto thy love hath blessed me; thou hast brought me to this place;
and I know thy hand will bring me safely home by thy good grace.
Jesus sought me when a stranger wandering from the fold of God.
He, to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood.
O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter, bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander–Lord, I feel it!–prone to leave the God I love.
Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above.
O that day, when free from sinning, I shall see thy lovely face!
Full arrayed in blood-washed linen, how I'll sing thy sovereign grace!
Come, my Lord! No longer tarry! Bring thy promises to pass!
For I know thy power will lead me till I'm home with thee at last.
–Robert Robinson, 1735-90


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NEWS- Pork bust: Improper labels lead to farmers' arrest
Richard Bean raises pigs for slaughter on his Nelson County farm. Last week, he and his partner Jean Rinaldi were arrested for putting old labels on their pork products.
Back in Massachusetts, says Jean Rinaldi, Richard Bean was her butcher for over 20 years. When changing fortunes and divorces finally brought them together, they decided to pull up roots and start their own small farm in rural Virginia. When she was buying her pork chops from Bean all those years ago, it was hard enough imagining him as her future partner, she says, much less anticipating being arrested with him for putting the wrong labels on their products.
But that's what happened on Friday, September 21.
Bean, 62, and Rinaldi, 60, owners of the Double H Farm in Nelson County, were arrested for violating several FDA regulations. At the same time, state agents seized Double H pork products from area restaurants, and "denatured" or bleached, an entire roasting pig (to render it inedible) at the South African restaurant Shebeen, according to Rinaldi.
The couple were released on their own recognizance and appeared in Charlottesville District Court Friday, September 28, to learn that their case will be heard October 25. They were back selling their produce at the City Market the next day, where they sold out, Bean reports, thanks to support from customers who had heard about the arrests.
The news of the arrest came as a shock to many restaurant owners and supporters of the local food movement– often called the "slow food" movement– who trust Double H.
"These charges, to my knowledge, do not arise from any complaints on the part of people who have purchased and eaten Double H products," wrote local food activist Erika Howsare on a forum. "They represent a decision on the part of the state of Virginia to target two people who happen to be outspoken advocates of small farmers' rights."
Upscale restaurants buying their food include Hamiltons', Fleurie, Revolutionary Soup, and Café Feast.
"It was pretty scary," says Revolutionary Soup's Will Richey. "We don't buy pork products from them, but we heard that agents were going around checking restaurants."
However, no one appears more shocked than Rinaldi.
"I never would have dreamed that the government was so controlling," she says, describing 10 state agriculture agents, one state trooper, and a Nelson County sheriff showing up at her farm, arresting her and Bean, seizing their computers, and placing the couple in separate cars. "It was terrifying."
"We're aware of the situation," says Elaine Lidholm, communications director for the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, when asked about the arrests. Lidholm explained that State Police, not the Department, conduct arrests in such situations, but she declined to elaborate. "We don't speak about active cases," she says.
According to Rinaldi, state agents have been "harassing" the couple for a year, and she calls the arrests "overkill." Specifically, Rinaldi describes one agent following Bean around town as he made deliveries, constantly pulling him aside at the Nelson and Charlottesville City Markets, and showing up unannounced at their farm.
The charge? "Distributing uninspected pork products to defraud," reads the one felony charge. "Using the wrong labels as price tags," explains Rinaldi, who concedes the labels say "certified organic" even though the pork isn't "officially" certified.
"We hadn't got the new ones in yet," she says. "They just don't like that we were processing the pigs ourselves."
Indeed, transporting uninspected pork, goat, and sheep products is illegal in Virginia. The two farmers were attempting to comply, she says, driving their pigs to a processing plant in Fauquier County, but it was costing as much as $1,300 for four pigs. "We're not rich," she points out.
"Seems to me, as soon as you comply with one regulation, they come up with another," Rinaldi says. "We've recently been told we can't sell our homemade bread or watermelons at the City Market, either. When was the last time you heard about a case of salmonella poisoning from a piece of watermelon at a city market?"
"Using the old labels was a knucklehead move on our part," admits Bean, acknowledging the "rule is still the rule, even though it may be wrong.
"But," he adds, "it was certainly not an attempt to defraud anyone."
Bean, who just finished a term as president of the Virginia Independent Consumers and Farmers Association, an organization dedicated to promoting "farmer-to-consumer trade," says he had been expecting the arrests, and he hopes their court case might be a chance to change the rules, which he thinks are unfairly applied to small farms.
"Taking action against them for those alleged violations, when there were no complaints of quality or food safety, is ludicrous," says Kathryn Russell, who runs nearby Majesty Farms. "The same meat that is safe if they give it away, is illegal being sold. Yet only a fraction of the meat sold each and every day in supermarkets and restaurants is actually actively inspected. Food imports from foreign sources are rarely inspected."
Coincidentally, the arrests happened around the same time as a recall of 21 million pounds of ground beef– one of the biggest meat recalls in history– from the New Jersey-based Topps Meat Company. The company realized their hamburger patties might be contaminated with a strain of E. coli bacteria, and a statement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said that 25 reports of illness are under investigation in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Bean alleges that deadly bacteria strains are a byproduct of the way animals are treated on corporate farms. "They're not being fed the way their bodies are supposed to be fed," he says. "They're hopped up on steroids and fed corn."
Bean says the best way consumers can protect themselves from tainted or contaminated food is to know their supplier.
"I try not to blog angry," writes local blogger Waldo Jaquith. "But it has been two days since I first wrote about this, and I'm only getting madder. Here's hoping some enterprising reporters will dig into this story, finding out how these anti-farming laws continue to exist and who in the General Assembly will work to repeal them."


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City sees shift in types of crimes
By Olivia Sundeen
Farmer Intern
Law enforcement officers in Watford City have had their work cut out for them in the last few years.
With an influx of people, close quarters housing, increased traffic, etc., crime has begun to be more prevalent than ever in the community of Watford City.
"At this time it is hard to compare statistics since the year isn't over yet," stated Watford City Police Chief Jesse Wellen.
According to Wellen, call-outs from January to July in 2012 totaled 3,391. In 2013, call-outs in those months increased to 3,439.
"Last month, we had a 100 more calls than last year at this time," stated Wellen. "But this month we are lower than last year, so overall, it appears our call-outs fluctuate, but remain on the higher side for this year."
Currently, Wellen has been working with nine officers, but has just hired a tenth.
Wellen believes the number of officers is necessary to handle the increase in crime.
"We are midway in our year," stated Wellen. "Currently, we are seeing bigger increases in certain crimes."
According to Wellen, DUIs are increasing non-stop. In 2012, there were 130 DUIs, and for 2013, there has already been 153.
Along with that, traffic crashes seem to be through the roof. However, the statistics are similar to last year with numbers coming in at 91 compared to 93.
"We have had six traffic crashes inside the city limits in one day," stated Wellen. "That is insane."
Driving with a suspended license is one crime that has seen a big jump from 65 to 91
Property theft, drug violations, bar fights, vandalism and domestic violence are also rapidly increasing.
Wellen believes they all are somehow related to the oil boom. For example, domestic violence has increased from 19 in 2012 to 48 in 2013.
"Domestic violence calls have especially increased since the oil boom," stated Wellen. "Someone works 12 plus hours a day. They come home, often to close quarters, and begin to take their frustrations out on loved ones."
Wellen's assessment is that all types of crime have increased overall.
"We have spikes," stated Wellen. "Bar fights for example. We thought things had mellowed out and then we had eight calls last weekend."
And while Wellen would like to think that the amount of law enforcement activity will level off in the final six months of 2013, he knows that is just wishful thinking.


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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Race to the finish: Hublot and Ferrari celebrate sensational year
As Hublot bow out of their involvement with Formula 1 next year and make way for mighty Rolex, they can at least reflect on a fantastic year in their partnership with legendary Italian sports car marque Ferrari.
Hublot and Ferrari have enjoyed a highly successful first 12 months both in terms of sales and a boost to each brand's respective image and, as the year draws to a close, Hublot together with Ferrari chose the Finali Mondiali in Valencia, Spain, to celebrate and unveil plans and ambitions for the 2013 season.
Over 130 events were organised worldwide in 2012 where both Ferrari's sports cars and Hublot's exclusive timepieces were showcased. The companies' teams collaborated closely to enhance their marque's synergies in events staged in important new emerging markets, such as Taiwan, as well as in support of exceptional international activities, such as the successful attempt at setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest ever parade of Ferrari cars at Silverstone.
Another nod towards the increasing recognition between Ferrari and Hublot is the signage now in Place Vendôme, Paris which was inaugurated on the 1st of December 2012.
The Big Bang Ferrari in Titanium and the Magic Gold watch were launched at Baselworld in April. Magic Gold is the first ever scratch-resistant 18-carat gold, a technological material invented by Hublot. The presentation was presided over by Jean-Claude Biver, Chairman of Hublot, and Ricardo Guadalupe, the company's CEO. During the launch 20 magnificent carbon Tourbillons produced exclusively for collectors in China were presented, as well as a watch produced exclusively for owners of the Ferrari 250 GTO at the gathering to mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary car.
These ventures are already sparking ideas for new models yet to come. Ferrari and Hublot enthusiasts are encouraged to attend the Geneva Trade Show in January to discover what both brands have in store for the future.
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Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology conference on
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at the University of Texas at Dallas
April 13-14th, 2012
Keynote Speaker: Kevin Elliott, University of South Carolina
The Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology seeks proposals for papers and symposia for a conference to wrap up our 2011-2012 public lecture series on "Funded and Forbidden Knowledge: Science, Politics, and Cultural Values." The conference will be interdisciplinary, engaging the areas of science and technology studies, history and philosophy of science, science and technology policy studies, ethics and political philosophy, and science policy in exploring the interactions between science and policy-making, with special attention to the role of values in those interactions.
In these areas of scholarship, several categories of discussion concerning science and policy have emerged. Some focus on the role of science in the policy process, while others look at the inverse relationship of how politics influence scientific research. Some approach the topic in a very empirically grounded and particularistic fashion, while others take a normative approach and aim for general accounts. While there have been important interdisciplinary conferences in this area, the scholarship remains somewhat disjointed and piecemeal, whereas tackling the major issues in this area requires thinking across such boundaries. This conference will emphasize that the relationship between science and politics is mutually influential rather than unidirectional; it will emphasize the importance of normative or critical approaches that are also empirically grounded in the practice of science and realities of political institutions. We seek submissions that bring to the forefront issues of values in science-policy interactions.
Suggested topics (not an exhaustive list):
* Democratization of science
* Evidence-based policy
* Policy and the value-free ideal of science
* Forms of scientific and political representation
* Theories of scientific expertise
* Models of science advising
* History of science policy
* Lessons from environmental policy-making
* Scientific expertise and political advocacy
* Commercialization of science and the public good
* The aims of science and choice of research priorities
* Science and justice in political institutions
* Science, non-scientific views, and public reason
* Expertise and elitism in democratic deliberation
* Science and democracy in comparative and international contexts
* The influence of science on ethical values, and political ideals
* Obstacles to socially or politically responsible science
We're especially interested in proposals that cross the boundaries between already-established research programs.
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We welcome submissions of both individual paper proposals and proposals for symposia and other multi-participant panel formats. For contributed papers, please submit a 250-500 word abstract. For symposia and other multi-participant panels, submit an abstract up to 250 words describing the panel and descriptions of up to 100 words describing each participant's contribution.
Submissions are due February 15
Send any questions to centerforvaluesutdallas@gmail.
Organizing Committee
Matthew J. Brown, UT Dallas - Philosophy of Science
Richard Scotch, UT Dallas - Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences
Magdalena Grohman, UT-Dallas - Psychology
Sabrina Starnaman, UT-Dallas - Literary Studies
Program Committee
Heather Douglas, University of Waterloo - Philosophy of Science, Science Policy
Kevin Elliott, University of South Carolina - Philosophy of Science, Applied Ethics
Mark B. Brown, CSU Sacremento - Political Science
Jeremy Farris, Harvard Law School - Political Philosophy


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Joe Corvo had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes won their third consecutive game, a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday.
Jussi Jokinen scored the go-ahead goal, and Jeff Skinner had two assists for Carolina.
Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes, and his brother Eric Staal extended his point streak to an NHL-leading 11 games with an assist on Corvo's goal, the first of three for the Hurricanes in the second period.
Nazem Kadri scored for Toronto, which had its four-game winning streak ended.
Dan Ellis made 22 saves for Carolina.
Ellis, Cam Ward's backup, has won three of his four starts this season. Ben Scrivens made 30 saves for Toronto.
Jokinen gathered in a loose puck in front of a sprawling Scrivens and put Carolina ahead 2-1 at 12:58 of the second period. Skinner set up the score with a rush on the power play, and he also assisted on Jordan Staal's goal at 15:09 of the second.
Corvo kept a puck in the Toronto zone and then took advantage of misplays by the Toronto defense. Eric Staal was knocked off the puck as he attempted to pass from behind the net, but the puck drifted into the slot for Corvo, who scored to Scrivens' right side at 6:06 of the second period.
Carolina's Bobby Sanguinetti was whistled for a penalty 22 seconds later, and Toronto took advantage. Dion Phaneuf's shot bounced off Carolina's Jamie McBain and then off the shin of Kadri for his fourth goal of the season, tying it at 7:51 of the second.
Carolina outshot Toronto 33-23, including 13-10 in the second period and 12-5 in the third.
NOTES: The teams met for the second of three games in the lockout-shortened season. Carolina won the first meeting 4-1 in Toronto on Feb. 4, part of a 4-1-1 road trip. ... Defenseman Michal Jordan made his NHL debut for Carolina after getting called up from Charlotte of the AHL. ... The Hurricanes played without injured defensemen Joni Pitkanen and Tim Gleason, and forward Chad LaRose was a healthy scratch. ... Carolina's Skinner has a six-game point streak (two goals, seven assists). ... Toronto's Scrivens has been playing after James Reimer went out with a knee injury in the second period of the Leafs' win over Philadelphia on Monday. ... Kadri leads Toronto in points (12).


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MALMO, Sweden — Tickets for the 2015 world junior championship in Toronto and Montreal are going fast.
Pat McEleney, tournament executive director, said today in Malmo that packages for the Toronto portion are almost sold out and the Montreal games are over 50 per cent sold.
Tickets went on sale Dec. 30.
The goal is to set a tournament attendance record. The current mark is held by the 2012 Calgary and Edmonton tournament with 444,718 fans, according to Hockey Canada.
"It's important to us to have full buildings," McEleney said.
Canada will play its preliminary round games in Montreal and the medal round will be played in Toronto.
The two cities host the tournament again in 2017, with Canada playing its preliminary round games in Toronto. The medal round is in Montreal.


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DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says Washington must act to open more foreign markets to American products, and calls for the president to have new authority to negotiate such agreements.
Romney also wants what he calls a "Reagan Zone of Economic Freedom" that would include U.S. free-trade agreement partners who are committed to open markets and "playing by the rules." Such an alliance could operate through the World Trade Organization and in other arenas to push trade agreements as well as labor, environmental and other reforms.
"Governor Romney would seek to expand these efforts to include the European Union and other nations that agree to meet these standards, while challenging China and others advancing agreements that exclude America," the plan said.
The agenda items are part of Romney's proposal for free trade, which he was expected to discuss during campaign stops in northern Iowa on Thursday. A copy of the plan was provided to The Associated Press.
Free trade proposal
In it, the former Massachusetts governor says the president should have trade promotion authority, saying the U.S. cannot afford to be cut out of any more deals. The proposal says the U.S. is excluded from more than 300 trade agreements globally.
Earlier this year, the Democratic-controlled Congress stripped President Bush of his power to negotiate "fast track" trade agreements without intervention from Congress. Since 1975, only one other president, Bill Clinton, has been stripped of that authority, which was designed to speed the reduction of trade barriers and open new markets with other counties. Bush won't get it back, and the next president might not, either.
Rather than promoting new free trade accords, some lawmakers want the government to concentrate on rewriting old deals such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, going after countries such as China that manipulate their currencies, strengthening product safety and pushing anti-sweatshop legislation.
The U.S. 'needs his kind of experience'
Romney, who amassed a vast personal fortune as a venture capitalist, says a president who is going to grow the economy through new trade agreements needs his kind of experience. He also calls on Americans to "reject the Democrats' policies of retreat from the world."
Many Democrats and their labor and environmental allies are leery of free-trade deals, saying they lead to jobs being moved overseas, and to the exploitation of foreign workers and their environments.
"Denying America the ability to negotiate to open markets while our competitors gain advantages is no strategy," the proposal says.
Some of the proposals were laid out in terms of how they would affect Iowa, which traditionally launches the presidential nominating season. Video: Romney's smooth talking
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
Doha Round, global trade
Romney calls for a conclusion to the Doha Round of global trade talks, discussions that were launched in 2001 but became bogged down because of differences between rich countries such as the United States and developing nations such as Brazil and India over farm and manufacturing trade.
"The Doha Round and free-trade agreements can be huge opportunities for Iowa if we ensure no unilateral disarmament on agriculture and demand that they provide strong benefits for farmers and companies across Iowa," Romney's policy says.
The proposal says existing trade agreements must be enforced if states like Iowa are going to succeed in the global economy.
Romney also wants U.S. leaders and those in other countries to help end currency manipulation in China and other countries, and to protect intellectual property rights. He also touches on improving standards for the safety of food and products entering the United States.
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The international dispute over the iPad name has come back home to the Bay Area.
Chinese company Proview Electronics filed a lawsuit against Apple over the iPad trademark in a Santa Clara County court.
The company has already tried to block the sale of the iPad in China because it says it owns the trademark to the name.
A judge rejected that plea earlier this week.
But the new suit, combined with the older one in China, threatens to hurt Apple's expansion into the quickly growing Chinese market.
Just last week it was revealed that Apple has sold more iOS-powered devices in one year than the company sold Macs in 28 years.
And the Cupertino-based company has ridden the success of the iPad to become the No. 1 seller of personal computers in the world.
Apple's iPad Lawsuit Comes Home
The international dispute over the iPad name has come back home to the Bay Area.


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The next round of the NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament for the Hope College Flying Dutch will be played at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill.
The next round of the NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament for the Hope College Flying Dutch will be played at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Ill.
Tickets are now available through Hope's DeVos Fieldhouse ticket office. The cost is $8 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens. Children under two are free. All tickets are general admission. Hope fans will have a designated section in the gym.
Ironically, the four teams in the Sectional will be seeking to advance to the final four scheduled to be played at Illinois Wesleyan University a week later on March 19-20.
The teams in the Sectional have combined for a 108-9 record this season.
Hope (29-1) will play Marymount, Va. (28-1) in Friday's first game with a 5 p.m. CT tipoff, followed by host Illinois Wesleyan (28-1) against UW-Stevens Point (23-6). The Friday winners will meet at 7 p.m. CT on Saturday.
The Flying Dutch have advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the third straight year after defeating DePauw, Ind. 68-54 in a second round game on Saturday. Hope is making its 12th appearance in the NCAA tournament and for the fifth year in-a-row.
The Saints of Marymount will be a first-ever opponent for the Flying Dutch. Located in Arlington,Marymount has an enrollment of 4,100 students. The Saints are making their 16th aoppearance in the NCAA tournament. Their only final four appearance was in 2002 when they finished fourth. Hope and Marymount shared Adrian of the MIAA as a common opponent this season. Hope defeated Adrian three times (77-53, 58-56, 66-54) en route to winning the championship of the MIAA. Marymount defeated Adrian 66-58 in a holiday tournament in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Hope is riding a 20-game winning streak while Marymount has won 13 in-a-row.
The Titans of Illinois Wesleyan are appearing in the NCAA tournament for a seventh time, but have never advanced to the final four. The Pointers of UW-Stevens Point are also in the post-season tournament for a seventh time and have hoisted the national championship trophy twice (1987 and 2002).


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With the number of veterans entering higher education rising, universities are exploring ways to cater to the needs of this growing constituency. Accessible fitness equipment and intramural sports teams are important components, but Rebecca Smith, a fitness instructor at the Hawley Armory Fitness Center at the University of Connecticut (UConn) believes that programming for student-veterans should go beyond serving those with physical disabilities.
A student-veteran herself, Smith began teaching a free yoga class at the veterans' house on the university's Storrs, CT, campus after a Vietnam veteran in one of the regular yoga classes she teaches told her how practicing yoga had helped him.
"I thought that it had to be useful for the next generation of veterans, too," Smith says. "So I started to do some research. It's already widely known that yoga can help with anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a form of anxiety disorder."
Although formal studies of yoga's benefits for PTSD sufferers are limited, preliminary research is promising. One study, funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and conducted through Harvard Medical School, found that veterans diagnosed with PTSD showed marked improvement in their symptoms after just 10 weeks of yoga classes.
Some of PTSD's most common symptoms are re-experiencing traumas (when memories are so vivid they make the sufferer feel that he or she is actually living through the ordeal again and trigger physical responses), feeling distant from others and being on-edge.
"Yoga helps with living in the moment," Smith says. "It really creates a connection between the mind and the body."
Another benefit of yoga, Smith says, is that it helps the practitioner adapt to change and new challenges—something that certainly applies to all returning veterans.
Smith worked with UConn's veteran services coordinator, Paul Gaines Jr., to purchase yoga equipment specifically for the campus veterans' house class. She says that offering the class at the house allows greater flexibility in scheduling, and it offers a more controlled environment than the rec center does.
The house also is a familiar space where students won't feel trapped or feel that they are being watched, something that is important for those with PTSD. Practicing yoga in a comfortable environment makes it easier for any student to participate fully and mentally, Smith adds.
"Most of my students don't have PTSD, but some of the soldiers that come do," Smith says."There are particular things about teaching a yoga class for people with an anxiety disorder that you want to account for without making them feel like you're accounting for it or making them feel like they stick out."
Smith graduates from UConn this month and plans to open her own fitness studio. She says she wants to continue her yoga instruction for veterans on and off campus.
"These are my brothers and sisters," she says. "I want to do what I can to help."


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Architecture: K-12 invites the community to explore, create and learn about the practice and value of architecture through consistent, relevant youth and family program opportunities. If you are interested in teaching children about architecture, we value your involvement at any level! Please join us during our regular monthly meetings, the first Friday of every month at AIA Austin.
In 2019 we are strengthening AIA Austin's educational programs for school-age children and seeking volunteers and committee members. We will combine the familiar programs of past years with new opportunities, such as Earth Day's Box City and Hip Hop Architecture summer camp.
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[Verse 1: Domo Genesis]
Guess with a few exceptions, yeah, I'm living honest
Except I promised my momma that I would finish college
Started chasing profit
Sorry ma, I ain't forget about it but if money evil
I'm hoping that you could see through all the drama
And watch me get these dollars
And my ambition burn so hot, it's like I'm bleeding lava
Haters be pleading me to stop but I don't even bother
Though my approach is seeming awkward, I could see it proper
See success and I just see the fact that I don't need a father
Doms hotter than the drop of Harry Potter shit
Pedal to the metal, high-level, full throttle shit
Still searching for a reason why niggas ain't acknowledge this
I'm lost in an era where real shit does not exist
I need the sway of things, I'm everyday cooling it
I'm getting blazed and laughing at the way they overdoing shit
I'm just a old soul sticking to a newer script
I guess I got to prove this shit, I'm truly too legit to quit
[Verse 2: Earl Sweatshirt]
I'd like to send a shout to the fathers that didn't raise us
To every old hater, now unable to say much
To critics doing dirty with comments, a nigga paid for an apartment
Yesterday off some songs I haven't yet made up
Black Cressida, pay up
Bars going hard as the ashtray where I place guts
Shouts to the eses who paid pesos to play us
Riding in the barrio
Huff and puff blowing kush in Huf clothing articles
Kenny rolling blunts got us stuck like a barnacle
To the bottom of your shit, ironic cause the audios
As nautical as ships, look momma, look momma
Look, your product is legit, I promise, honest
This karma got me balling up my fist
'Til I demolish your clique, pardon the clips
I am honestly as bomb as it gets
Regardless of who is talking, I'm farming, harvesting hits
Just me and Domo and lit marijuana to split between two of us
Rocking boxes easy as warming some ramen noodles up
So, searching for a way to state it right
Young, black, and jaded, vision hazy strolling through the night
The 15th and final track on the album "Doris" featuring Domo Genesis
The two artists in the song highlight their childhood without a Father and the success that they have achieved without a Father to guide them in life.
Throughout each verse, Domo and Earl's voices are noticeably slowed and pitched down before the beat stops and restarts.
The song samples The Magictones' "I've Changed".
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Star Trek: The Animated Series, originally and formally titled Star Trek and The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, was a continuation of the voyages of the USS Enterprise, previously featured in Star Trek: The Original Series.
- Main Title Theme file info (composed by "Yvette Blais" (Ray Ellis) and "Jeff Michael" (Norman "Norm" Prescott, main partner of Lou Scheimer in Filmation Associates Animation House)
Summary Edit
On the television network NBC, 22 episodes of The Animated Series were aired between September 1973 and October 1974. Reruns continued on NBC through 1975. The series was produced by the experienced animation house Filmation and the episodes were scripted by professional science fiction and Star Trek writers, including Larry Niven, D.C. Fontana, David Gerrold and Samuel A. Peeples.
Some of the stories were sequels to episodes from the original series, such as "More Tribbles, More Troubles" (the follow-up to "The Trouble with Tribbles"), "Once Upon a Planet" (a sequel to "Shore Leave"), and "Mudd's Passion" (the follow-up to "Mudd's Women" and "I, Mudd").
With the exception of Ensign Chekov, all of the regular characters from the original series continued to appear, voiced by the original actors from that series (Chekov was absent to cut down on costs of hiring the voice actors, although Walter Koenig penned an episode of the series,"The Infinite Vulcan"). Dr. McCoy is a full commander, and Nurse Chapel is a full lieutenant. New characters, such as Arex and M'Ress, were also featured. The show was the most expensive animated show on the air at the time, primarily because six "name" actors from Star Trek: The Original Series provided the voices for their characters. Nearly all the aliens and guest characters were voiced by James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols and Majel Barrett, although some actors reprised their roles from the original series. Leonard Nimoy (Spock) is the only actor to voice his character in every episode of TAS. James Doohan, however, voiced different characters in every episode of the series, but missed only one episode as Montgomery Scott, the episode being "The Slaver Weapon".
Among the returning guest actors (and characters) were Mark Lenard (as Sarek), Roger C. Carmel (as Harry Mudd), and Stanley Adams (as Cyrano Jones). Although the characters Amanda Grayson, Bob Wesley, Kyle, Kor, Koloth and Korax returned in The Animated Series, their voices were provided by the aforementioned voice talents of Majel Barrett and James Doohan.
The show featured a handful of new technologies like the recreation room (later the idea was reused in TNG, where it was known as a holodeck) and the aqua-shuttle. It also features many non-humanoid alien species (and even some alien officers aboard the Enterprise) who could not have been featured within the original series' budget.
With the release of The Animated Series DVD, the studio appears to have changed its stance, and is leaning towards the animated series being part of established Star Trek canon. [1](X) [2](X) [3](X) Previously, The Animated Series was not considered part of established Star Trek canon by Paramount Pictures. References from the series have gradually become more accepted in other Star Trek series, most notably on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Enterprise (see the "questionable canon" section below for the complete list of references). Gene Roddenberry said that if he had known there would be more live-action Star Trek in the future, the animated series would have been far more logical and "canonable," or he might not have produced the animated series at all.
The series, which lasted two years, could be viewed as the completion of the Enterprise's five-year mission. D.C. Fontana personally viewed all 22 episodes as year four. StarTrek.com considers the seasons collectively to represent the fifth and final year of the mission. [4](X)
A DVD collection of the complete series was released on 21 November 2006 for Region 1.
Cast Edit
Starring the voices of Edit
- William Shatner as Captain Kirk
- Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock
- And
Also starring the voices of Edit
- George Takei as Sulu
- Nichelle Nichols as Uhura
- Majel Barrett as Chapel and M'Ress
- James Doohan as Scott and Arex
Episode list Edit
Season 1 Edit
TAS Season 1, 16 episodes:
|Original Airdate
|Beyond the Farthest Star
|5221.3 - 5221.8
|One of Our Planets Is Missing
|5371.3 - 5372.1
|The Lorelei Signal
|5483.7 - 5483.9
|More Tribbles, More Troubles
|The Survivor
|The Infinite Vulcan
|5554.4 -5554.8
|The Magicks of Megas-Tu
|Once Upon a Planet
|Mudd's Passion
|The Terratin Incident
|5577.3 - 5577.7
|The Time Trap
|5267.2 - 5267.6
|The Ambergris Element
|The Slaver Weapon
|The Eye of the Beholder
|The Jihad
Season 2 Edit
TAS Season 2, 6 episodes:
|Original Airdate
|The Pirates of Orion
|6334.1 - 6335.6
|The Practical Joker
|5275.6 - 5276.8
|How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
|6063.4 - 6063.5
|The Counter-Clock Incident
|6770.1 - 6770.6
Background information Edit
Origins Edit
Former Original Series writer D.C. Fontana reported in the fanzine Star-Borne of 22 June 1972 that, "Paramount... [is] enormously impressed by the quantity (and quality) of fan mail they continue to receive. The possibility seems to be slowly developing of a Star Trek feature movie for theatrical release, aimed at becoming the new Star Trek television pilot… on the network front, NBC still expresses great interest in doing Star Trek in some form. Both NBC and Paramount continue to receive a great deal of mail and have had to assign secretaries for the sole job of answering it." [5]
NBC's surprising complete turnaround (as it were they who had canceled the live-action precursor in 1969, purportedly for poor ratings performance) not only stemmed from the spectacular resurgence of the Original Series in syndication, but also from its own accounting department. Shortly before Fontana's report, NBC had replaced its old Nielsen rating system with a new and updated one. Mystified by the success of a show in syndication they were convinced was a flop, they decided to run the original Original Series figures through their new system they and found out much to their surprise that it had not only reached full penetration into their most coveted target audience, the male population between 18 and 45, but also that the series had been one of the most successful series the network had ever aired. The sickening realization hit upon the dismayed network executives that they had slaughtered the proverbial goose that laid the golden eggs, something that every Star Trek fan at the time could have told them. Hurriedly approaching Roddenberry to see if the series could be revitalized, it turned out to be unfeasible, as Paramount had only a few months earlier cleared out their warehouses from the vast majority of the remaining Star Trek production assets, they either being scrapped, given away or simply stolen. Recreating them, calculated at US$750,000, was deemed far too cost-prohibitive. It did however lead NBC to commission the creation of The Animated Series. (Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before, pp. 51-52)
Even though they did not produce the new series themselves, Paramount Pictures, possessing all rights and title to the Star Trek brand, was legally the owner of the new property.
The first recordings Edit
The first recording session for the animated Star Trek series was in June 1973 (on or prior to the fourth of that month). (The Star Trek Compendium, 4th ed., p. 143; Star Trek: Communicator issue 119, p. 32) This was with the entirety of the series' regular cast and was the first time they had reunited since production of the original series ended in January 1969. The recording session was held at Filmation's studios in Reseda, California, where the performers recorded the first three scripts for the series ("Beyond the Farthest Star", "Yesteryear", and "More Tribbles, More Troubles"). (Star Trek: Communicator issue 119, p. 32)
Lou Scheimer reminisces about the cast; "The glorious thing was getting them all together for the first recording session […] It was a joyous occasion." ("Drawn to the Final Frontier – The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series", TAS DVD) William Shatner recalls how he got into character; "[Kirk had] been locked away inside me for almost four years, but as soon as I opened my mouth to read his first line he was back. Slipping back into that character was like putting on a comfortable old sweatshirt; it fit." (Up Till Now: The Autobiography, p. 171)
On 4 June 1973, NBC publicly announced that the initial recording session had gone ahead. (Star Trek: Communicator issue 119, p. 32)
Emmy win Edit
In 1975, the animated series of Star Trek won a Daytime Emmy Award in the area of "Best Children's Series" for the 1974-1975 television season. Although Star Trek's original series had repeatedly been nominated for Emmys, this was the first such award that the franchise actually won. It became also the only best-series Emmy ever won by Star Trek as of 2020. It beat out Captain Kangaroo and The Pink Panther. (Star Trek: The Animated Series-special features: "Drawn to the Final Frontier – The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series"; Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before, p. 57, et al.)
The series essentially won the award on the basis of a certain episode. "When Filmation submitted Star Trek for the Best Children's Series Emmy, ['How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth'] is the episode they submitted," explains David Wise, a co-writer of that installment. ("How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" audio commentary) The episode's other co-writer, Russell Bates, comments, "[The episode] became the only credential submitted when Filmation received an Emmy nomination for the series, and thus was instrumental in the winning of a 1975 Emmy Award." Bates also notes that the Emmy was not the only accolade that the episode attained. [6]
Shortly after Hal Sutherland and his family moved out of Los Angeles to Washington state, he received a call that informed him of the Emmy nomination. He remembers, "This was exciting news and I spread the word to all of our friends and neighbors in case Filmation picked up the Emmy." As he learned prior to the event, it was to be presented in New York and Lou Scheimer decided to bring his own family to the festivities. [7] The ceremony was actually on a boat in the New York harbor. Lou Scheimer's son, Lane, heard a practice session, below-decks, of the announcements being rehearsed. The elder Scheimer reflects, "He said, 'Dad, don't worry, I just saw them down there and they said it was Captain Kangaroo' [....] So I was sitting there, drinking wine, not worried, and [getting] half-plastered." (Star Trek Magazine Souvenir Special, p. 58) Scheimer also personally doubted that the animated Star Trek series was about to receive the award. He states, "I was absolutely certain we weren't going to win; there was no way that show could win because it really was not a kids' show." (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 16, p. 68)
Hal Sutherland recalls tuning into the televised coverage of the event; "I remember gathering the family to watch the award ceremonies with me. I hoped to make them proud of what we had accomplished in some way. Sitting in front of the TV, I watched with anxiety as the nominations for best animated series came up […] The award envelope was opened and Star Trek was announced the winner for its category." [8] Lou Scheimer (who says he was "a nervous wreck" at the time), also recollects the announcement; "Cyril Richard gets up there and says, 'And the best children's programming for Saturday morning is Star Trek and Lou Shimmer [sic]. I didn't know what to do. You cannot tell, but I was floating." (Star Trek Magazine Souvenir Special, p. 58) Hal Sutherland continues, "Lou stepped to the podium to make his acceptance speech." [9] A transcript of that speech follows:
- "My son overheard the rehearsals and he heard it was Captain's Kangaroo, so I don't know what to say… except a very, very special thanks to my very, very special friend and co-producer, Norm Prescott, and my lovely family, my wife, Jay… my son and my daughter, Lane and Erika, and to all those great, great people who produced for us – in the art of animation, at Filmation – those wonderful shows. Thank you very, very much." ("Drawn to the Final Frontier – The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series", TAS DVD)
Lou Scheimer recalls the shock of having to collect the award; "I was totally flabbergasted when we did [win]. I didn't know what to say; I was not prepared. I was just aghast at the idea of being in front of all those people, waiting to hear me say something meaningful." (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 16, p. 68)
Watching Lou Scheimer's acceptance speech was a very emotional experience for Hal Sutherland and he was enormously disgruntled that Scheimer thanked Norm Prescott rather than him. Although Sutherland never expressed his extreme disappointment to the award recipient, Scheimer finally apologized to Sutherland in 2004. "He […] sorrowfully related to me an apology for his 'drunken' statement at the Emmy affair regarding his confusion between Norm and I and the production credits," explained Sutherland. "We'd both carried that haunting memory all those many years, neither wanting to bring up the tender subject. We later kissed [and made up, putting the issue behind them]." [10]
Lou Scheimer criticized the winning of the award, saying that – even though it was "the only Emmy I've ever gotten for a show" – it was inappropriate for the animated Star Trek to receive an award for a children's show, since the series was actually meant to be "a show for the entire family and anybody who was really a fan of the original live-action show." ("Drawn to the Final Frontier – The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series", TAS DVD) Norm Prescott, on the other hand, considered the award to be a high point in Filmation's history. (Star Trek: Communicator issue 119, p. 79) Both Filmation, in general, and the writers of "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth", were happy that the episode gained the series the award. David Wise reminisces, "We, Russell [Bates] and I, considered that an achievement. Filmation was thrilled and invited us to an Emmy party and all sorts of fun things like that." ("How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth" audio commentary) Gene Roddenberry regarded the award win as "the best proof" that the animated series had been "a fairly good job." (The Making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, p. 20) D.C. Fontana was also "pleased" that the franchise had finally won an Emmy, later stating, "I was thrilled to death." ("Drawn to the Final Frontier – The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series", TAS DVD) In their text commentary for series finale "The Counter-Clock Incident", Michael and Denise Okuda describe the Emmy win as the series having been "honored." The book Star Trek - Where No One Has Gone Before (p. 57) refers to the win as "a fitting send-off" for the series.
Questionable canon Edit
According to Voyages of Imagination, the Animated Series was officially removed from canon at Gene Roddenberry's request in 1988, with the exception of some parts involving Spock's youth, from Fontana's episode "Yesteryear". This had already been confirmed previously by reference book author Mike Okuda in the introductions of his works. (Star Trek Chronology (2nd ed., p. vii); Star Trek Encyclopedia (4th ed., vol. 1, p. introduction); [11](X)) Paramount Pictures has followed suit by elevating the request to policy, having officially declared the series non-canon. (Star Trek Encyclopedia (1st ed., p. iii))
Despite this request, Memory Alpha recognizes The Animated Series as a valid resource. There were also strong indications from the official website that TAS was formally re-added to the official canon in 2006 by the franchise in order to commercially promote the occasion of the series' release on DVD that year. ([12](X) [13](X) [14](X); See also the content policy).
Writers from later Star Trek series have integrated various references from the series into their works. Star Trek: Enterprise writer/producer Manny Coto once remarked, "They did some great stuff in the animated series and why not use some of that?" (Cinefantastique, Vol. 37, No. 2, p. 37) Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine writing staffer Ronald D. Moore likewise commented, "It's kinda cool to throw in the odd reference [to TAS] here and there." (AOL chat, 1998) The following references were used in subsequent series:
- The episode "Yesteryear" has been considered canon or "semi-canon" by some of the production staff, and as such, information from this episode is more prevalent in later series:
- The city of Shi'Kahr resurfaced on an okudagram in "The Emissary" called the "Shi-Kar Desert Survival, Vulcan", which was also a reference to Spock's kahs-wan. The city was again indirectly mentioned in "Fusion" in reference to the Shi'Kahr Academy, and later served as the namesake for the USS ShirKahr, seen but not mentioned in "Tears of the Prophets". A Vulcan city which looks very similar to Shi'Kahr was shown in the new establishing shots used in the remastered version of "Amok Time".
- An okudagram featured in "Eye of the Beholder" referenced the Sepek Academic Scholarship, which coincides with the name of a Vulcan child in "Yesteryear".
- Vulcan's Forge was later referenced in "Change of Heart" and was the focus of a three-episode ENT arc: "The Forge", "Awakening", and "Kir'Shara".
- Both Lunaport and the kahs-wan were mentioned in "The Catwalk".
- The sehlat, which first appeared in "Yesteryear" in animated form, was recreated in CGI in ENT: "The Forge".
- The nearby planet seen briefly behind Shi'Kahr made it into the original version of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. For the director's cut it was decided to remove the planet (named Charis or T'Khut in the novel Spock's World).
- The title of "healer" for a Vulcan physician was referred to for Healer Senva in "Prophet Motive".
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country confirmed Kirk's middle name as "Tiberius", a name first revealed in "Bem". The name had been used in novels, including in the preface to The Motion Picture novelization.
- A chart of Federation space, seen in "Conspiracy", contained references to solar objects first mentioned in TAS, including the planets Canopus III, Lactra VII, Omega Cygni, Phylos, and Kzin, and the stars Beta Lyrae and Pallas 14.
- In the episode "Once More Unto the Breach", Kor recalled his former vessel, the IKS Klothos, which was the ship he commanded in the "The Time Trap". It was a D5 Klingon ship (where D5s were later shown in Enterprise), rendered as a questionably-drawn D7, but in both cases it was commanded by Kor.
- The episode "Broken Link" referred to Edosian orchids, the episode "These Are the Voyages..." mentioned Edosian suckerfish, and there were several other Enterprise references to the Edosian slug – all homages to the Edosian Lt. Arex.
- Coincidental references which may or may not be attributed to terms first used in The Animated Series include Klingon Imperial Fleet ("The Time Trap") and Starbase 23 ("The Terratin Incident").
- Amanda's maiden name, Grayson, was given in the series, and later established in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
- The holodeck concept first appeared in "The Practical Joker", and was later adopted into Star Trek: The Next Generation. The use of holograms was used in "Lethe", showing that USS Discovery was equipped with similar technology during 2250s.
- The idea of an additional turbolift on the bridge first appeared in TAS, and ultimately adopted in the live-action franchise from Star Trek: Phase II onward.
- The act of entering the warp nacelles first appeared in TAS, and later appeared in the TNG episode "Eye of the Beholder" and in the ENT episode "The Catwalk".
- In "The Counter-Clock Incident", a race is shown that has a lifespan where individuals start out old and grow younger until death. Star Trek: Voyager later reused this idea in one of its episodes for a race of aliens.
- In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, two members of the Caitian species are seen, which FASA's RPG sourcebook, Star Trek IV Sourcebook Update, identified as the same species as M'Ress.
- The robot grain ships from "More Tribbles, More Troubles" have later been established in the 2008 remastered TOS episodes "Charlie X" (manned version) and "The Ultimate Computer" (robot version) as belonging to the Antares-type class of starships.
Several non-canon productions have also made reference to TAS:
- A second exit for the bridge, referenced in Franz Joseph's Star Fleet Technical Manual.
- DC Comics' writer Len Wein reintroduced M'Ress and Arex into the post-Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home comics, and they were further developed by Michael Carlin and Peter David until that series went into hiatus.
- Some of the worlds and aliens in the series were included in the 1989 book called The Worlds of the Federation.
- Author Peter David later integrated M'Ress and Arex into his 24th century book series Star Trek: New Frontier, beginning with the novel Gateways #6: Cold Wars. They also appear in IDW's "New Frontier" comic miniseries, Turnaround, by David.
- The trilogy Crucible by David R. George III includes the plot from "Yesteryear" in its history.
- The IDW comic miniseries Star Trek: Year Four takes place during the TAS timeframe and features appearances by Arex and M'Ress.
Production inconsistencies Edit
One unfortunate reality of an animated television series was the occasional color discrepancy.
The most notable color discrepancy was shown with several appearances of the color pink. Unknown to the rest of the production staff, director Sutherland was colorblind, so to him, pink was light gray. ("Drawn to the Final Frontier – The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series", TAS DVD)
The following images were unintentionally featured in the color pink:
Several other unintentional coloring issues also cropped up. Kirk's type 1 phaser had its color scheme reversed (black on silver/grey, instead of silver on black), and some shots featured characters wearing Starfleet uniforms of the wrong division or colors.
As a result of the use of recycled footage, there were also many instances of randomly misplaced characters and equipment. Recurring inconsistencies in this vein include the random appearance of Lt. Kyle in several transporter room scenes, close-up shots of Scott operating the transporter controls, the interchanged appearances with Uhura and M'Ress at the communications station, and the appearance of characters on the bridge while simultaneously appearing in another section of the ship or on the surface of a planet.
Another inconsistency that appears sometimes is Scott shown with the rank of captain, and Kirk with a unknown rank insignia.
The Animated Series also made substantial changes to set locations used in the original series:
- A second turbolift is installed on the bridge, next to the main viewscreen.
- The bridge stations are rounded, and form a perfect circle, instead of the hexagonal TOS bridge set.
- The access stairs to the upper level engineering deck (seen in TOS seasons 2 and 3) are gone.
One production glitch that was avoided from being televised was Uhura having white skin. "Someone in the paint department used Nurse Chapel's colors on Uhura, who turned Caucasian with the flip of a brush!" exclaims Malcolm C. Klein, a management and marketing consultant to Filmation. "Fortunately, that one was caught before the film reached the lab." (Starlog, Vol. 2, No. 6, p. 47)
Related topics Edit
- TAS directors
- TAS performers
- TAS recurring character appearances
- TAS writers
- Composers
- Star Trek Logs by Alan Dean Foster
- Undeveloped TAS episodes
Media Edit
- Star Trek: The Animated Series on VHS
- Star Trek: The Animated Series on Betamax
- Star Trek: The Animated Series on LaserDisc
- Star Trek: The Animated Series on DVD
- Star Trek: The Animated Series on Blu-ray
|Star Trek television series
|The Original Series • The Animated Series • The Next Generation • Deep Space Nine • Voyager • Enterprise • Discovery • Picard
|In development: Untitled Section 31 series • Lower Decks • Untitled animated series • Strange New Worlds
|Companion series: After Trek • Short Treks • The Ready Room
External links Edit
- Star Trek: The Animated Series at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Star Trek: The Animated Series at Wikipedia
- Star Trek: The Animated Series at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
- The Making of Star Trek: The Animated Series(X)
- The Animated Series Gets Real(X)
- Guide to Animated Star Trek
- Star Trek: The Animated Series at Ex Astris Scientia
- Star Trek: The Animated Series at the Internet Movie Database
- Star Trek: The Animated Series – fan site


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Australia's armed forces still appear addicted to offensive social media activities, a new investigation has found.
Over 1000 serving and former soldiers from the Royal Australian Regiment have been busted for partaking in an offensive closed Facebook site which features consistent comments and images denigrating women, Muslims and other targets.
The ABC's 7.30 Report programme yesterday revealed the contents of the social media site which includes hundreds of abusive and un-PC postings and messages.
The Facebook page, which was set up as a community outreach group for ex and current soldiers, exemplifies disturbing levels of violence towards women, ultra racism and homophobia.
The Australian Defence Force and Ministry or Defence has confirmed that an investigation has been launched to uncover whether serving Defence Force members are responsible for the extreme sexist and racist comments posted. Lowlights of the posts include pictures of drunk women passed out with the comments: "She looks a little used to me."; "Which woman isn't."
Women are variously described as "filthy, lying whores" while Muslims are referred to as "ragheads' that "should be shot".
The revelations come after six separate reviews into defence culture were instigated last year following a number of sex scandals that involved innapropriate online activity.
One such investigation, into the Skype scandal at ADFA in March 2011, continues.
The Minister for Defence Stephen Smith said in a statement: "In April 2011, I announced a range of comprehensive reviews into aspects of culture within the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to address ongoing concern in relation to appropriate ADF conduct. One of these reviews was the use of social media within Defence.
"The impact of social media has created new challenges for the ADF and the Defence organisation. I expect to release these reports and the Government's response in the very near future. The Secretary, the CDF and I have zero tolerance for inappropriate behaviour, including inappropriate use of social media. All members of Defence must meet modern day community standards and expectations."
Army chief Lieutenant General David Morrison said in a statement that the issues raised were serious and that the targeting of any person on the basis of their gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation "is repugnant and contrary to both Defence and Army's values." "Where they have been I intend to take action to deal with them to the extent that our policies and the laws allows," Lt Gen Morrison said.
The ADF recently conducted a Review of Social Media but Morrison said it was not intended to look at the content of specific social media sites, but to consider more broadly what Defence's obligations are in using social media. "Following the Social Media Review, Defence will adapt its policies, procedures to acknowledge the complexity and increasing use of social media by our current and prospective employees and ensure that we respond effectively to mitigate risks and to harness opportunities," he added.
Current Defence policy on social media falls under the same auspices that govern public comment and the dissemination of official information by Defence personnel.
"Defence personnel are expected to exercise high standards of professional judgment in their use of social media. They are to ensure that the information they post does not breach operational security or adversely affect the safety and wellbeing of Defence personnel," LT Morrison said. ®
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Anyone else experience the terror of driving in the vicinity of a man driving a minivan? An aggressiveness matched only by FIBs. I think they're just ticked off because they lost the which-car-should-we-buy-next argument.
Men driving minivans – watch out
6 Responses to "Men driving minivans – watch out"
Aaron Rogders Says:
April 29, 2011 at 11:42 am |
Glad I am not the only one that notices this….
Nick Says:
April 29, 2011 at 1:17 pm |
I like the guys that get the "turbo" or more souped up ones. Like they are going to need to beat a Mustang off the line anytime soon……
Still drive it like a Ferrari though, with less handling, speed, style, and swagger.
A good thumbs up always does the trick for me with them.
Dave K Says:
April 29, 2011 at 1:32 pm |
Hey! I drive a mini-van! Only vehicle that can fit four kids and when I take the seats out I can fit a 4×8 sheet of drywall/plywood in the back. I gave up looking cool for functional about 10 years ago! BTW, when is the last time you saw a mini-van pulled over by the police? They save their speeding tickets for you cool guys in the Mustangs.
Scott W. Says:
April 29, 2011 at 1:50 pm |
If you MUST buy a mini-van, DO NOT succumb to the urge to buy/wear Obama Mommy jeans. Not a good look!
Cate Says:
April 30, 2011 at 2:06 pm |
Like Davek – I need the mini-van to cart all four of our kids around. And, I am remodeling my basement and the have been transporting sheetrock etc. in it. Could not be happier. But I have managed to get a couple speeding tickets in it, so yeah they'll pull you over in one.


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Srandall74 brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 50 Designs von 13 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
PropertyPro Manager - Real Estate Software
PropertyPro Manager is a startup company developing a mobile and internet property management solution that helps real estate property managers manage their buildings.
The software application, accessible from web-browser or a mobile device, has several major modules, including:
• Information Manager. Helps property managers track buildings, tenants, vendors and employees.
• To Do Manager. Helps property managers keep track of all of their to-do's associated with their tenants, employees and vendors
• Tenant Portal. Private password-protected website where tenants submit service requests and view important building information.
• Building Maintenance Manager. Helps property managers manage all of their regularly-scheduled preventative maintenance and tenant-submitted service requests.
The scope of this project is to design the 4-page website whose sole purpose is to get customers to sign up for our service. (Note, this project does not include designing the service itself – this will be a later project).
No, but we have wireframes that convey the content that we are trying to achieve.
The look/feel of the site ought to be a friendly, web 2.0 look and feel. Our target market of small-midsizes property managers is not necessarily the most tech-savvy, so a friendly, colloquial, hand-holding voice may be desired.
Sites we like:
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-box.net. good clean signup process, friendly icons, though probably "too corporate" feel for us
-mint.com Good look/feel
See wireframes for more specific look, and Product Grid for the associated content. We do not currently have a logo, or any images to use.
--Home Page. Overall introduction of service, We did a wireframe on this, but feel free to experiment with different takes on this. This is the page I feel least confident about.
--Plans and Pricing. Shows grid of what features are available in each of our 3 plans. The page itself will continue down, and list all of the features on the attached Product Grid. Thought is that mousing over the question marks will describe each feature in more detail. Objective of the page is to get users to "Start Free Trial". I think a grid feels like a good way to convey this information.
--Features. Describes all of the features that we offer, as detailed in the attached
Product Grid. You can see that each feature has a brief description associated with it. I think it is important to convey this information, but feel free to change layout/design as you see fit.
--SignUp. This is the page where user selects their plan.
Target market: small to midsized property mangers. The "basic" customer will be a single-person property manage who manages an average of 5 properties, and is also responsible for leasing. Think of this person as the jack-of-all-trades manager who has a million things going on at once. He is not technically sophisticated – over 30% still have a basic cell phone (not a smart phone). The next size up is a little more established – with between 2-10 property managers in their organization. A little more sophisticated, but real estate property managers are not cutting edge by any measure.
As mentioned earlier, this project is to convey what we do and get them to sign up for a free trial. The sole metric of our this site, once launched, will be conversion rate, and I expect we will continually experiment with design/copy to boost conversion rate. In that sense, this project is a direct response site.


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