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As it appears there is now a near consensus that a change is needed, I am curious as to what game/season did you in as a DM supporter?
For me, it was a combination of several games:
1) Attempting a FG against CU down 4 with 5 minutes to go in '98.
2) Kicking the ball to Tutu Atwell for 3 touchdowns in the Metrodome. The first was called back on a holding penalty.
3) Blowing an 18 point 4th quarter lead to Wyoming in '96.
4) Blowing a 4 point lead against OU by going into prevent defense in '98. And the coup de gras for me
None of those. I supported him through all of that, as I understand winning is an attitude that takes a while to create - especially when losing has been so common.
I stood firmly behind him until the Texas Tech game this year. That was it for me - and the K-State and Kansas games only solidified my position.
The game when K-State was top 10 I beleive, and we had a 28-0 lead into the locker room. Lost 35-28. Saddened and stunned it took my family an hour and a half to leave the parking lot. And there was no traffic.
The UCONN game in 2002 was my breaking point. You could just tell Mac could not lead a division one program at that point.
I would have to say KU game last year. With a full on chance to redeem the screw up of '04, and a lead over a sub par team playing with their 3rd string QB, we went right for the prevent d (which had been responsible for our other 3 losses) and so ruthlessly snared defeat from the jaws of victory. That prompted me to start a facebook group called "Dan McCarney Greatly Contributes to my Alcoholism", and subsequently I lost any faith that I had left in his ability as a head coach.
In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection.
KU last year.
I think Mac has proven that, even with the talent needed to win, his poor coaching gets in the way.
Good idea for a post...
UNI game this year was my breaking point. I was on the fence with Dan until I saw the product he put on the field that night. I almost vomited at halftime I was so stressed out. Since then, amazingly, we have won zero games and it was all evident on Sept 30.
Winning the coin-flip for overtime against Wyoming and electing to go on offense first!
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I would have to say KU game last year. With a full on chance to redeem the screw up of '04, and a lead over a sub par team playing with their 3rd string QB, we went right for the prevent d (which had been responsible for our other 3 losses) and so ruthlessly snared defeat from the jaws of victory. That prompted me to start a facebook group called "Dan McCarney Greatly Contributes to my Alcoholism", and subsequently I lost any faith that I had left in his ability as a head coach.
Oh, how true.
For me. it was Homecoming 2000. We were 5-1 trying to become bowl eligible for the first time in 11 years, and certainly the first time since Dan had been named coach.
We played a pretty good Texas A & M team, not one of their really good wrecking crew teams, but a solid 8 win team, and played one of the most uninspired lackluster games that I had ever seen.
I realized at that point that with everything that there was to play for, and that was the effort that he could get out of the "best" team in Iowa State history, that all he was ever going to do was make us the best of the bad teams in the Big 12. And as it turned out, that wasn't even the case as the last two years have shown.
2000's 9 win team lost to the three good teams that we played that year, and lost by big margins. The Nebraska game was exciting, but A & M and especially K State were massacres.
But there are so many examples of why Dan wouldn't have been employed anywhere else as long as he has been here.
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He lost me with the season ending home loss to Mizzou in 2004, denying us an outright North Title. Granted he didn't miss the FG at the end of regulation, but we were 1st & goal on the three and he played for the FG. Hicks was running thru the Tiger D like it was paper...
In OT, they threw a jump ball to Jon Davis INTO THE WIND, which was absolutely howling. No need to call that play and no excuse to throw it to Jon Davis when Todd Blythe was on the field...
In my mind, this loss was the beginning of the end...
Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain
The "We won the second half" quote in the Colorado blowout.
In 2002 when Oklahoma was pounding on our team and we recovered a fumble at the 1 and four straight plays Seneca handed the ball off! Mac claims he wanted to prove they could play smash mouth with the Number 1 team in the counrty.
The KU loss last year. Three overtime Big 12 road losses in 4 games and the 2nd straight overtime loss with the Big 12 North Division on the line. I, as well as everyone I was watching the game with, saw the loss coming from a mile away and when it was over, any hope I had for DMac getting better as a coach slowly faded away. He doesn't adjust, never has, and never will. That did it for me.
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Hi there,
As i look for a new golden buddy I seem to find breeders that feed Purina quite a bit. My question to forum members is: why?
Over the years there have been so many new brands on the market. I for one feed raw but am curious as to the reasons breeders would continue to Purina? Is it because it is a brand that they find is tried and true?
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sometimes the tried and true is what people use, especially long time breeders, there is a saying "if it isn't broken don't fix it" I know many who have fed Purina Pro Plan (specifically) with great success... it is not what I feed, I am also a raw feeder, but I do think there is something to be said about using the food that your dog does the best on and if they are successfully feeding Purina then who am I to tell them not to.
The other piece of this is that many breeders have multiple dogs... I personally have 9. Some of the newer foods ie. Earthborn and others are very expensive for those of us with multiple dogs to feed. So we make a choice and find a high quality less expensive kibble. Many of us would like to feed some of these newer high level kibbles but honestly feeding 9 dogs a bag of kibble that costs upwards of $60 a bag is just not doable...
That having been said ... I have one dog, my wolfhound who eats Fromm Classic Adult kibble... she is doing great on it and has grown slowly without issue... I don't see any point in changing her over to raw when she has done so well on the Fromm.... My others eat raw but honestly I have been considering switching them over to the Fromm kibble it is much less expensive to feed and Natalie has done so well on it I might give it a shot.... but feeding a very expensive kibble is just not an option ....it's a whole different story when you just have one or two dogs to feed
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IMO, it's because it works. It's because those breeders have probably used it for years and they find their puppies grow well on it--as well as their other dogs. I don't believe breeders shell out thousands of dollars on clearances/health tests/showing to take a decision like dog food lightly.
Dog food is very personal and controversial. I think the important thing to remember is not one food is going to work for every dog--therefore, feeding what works for the dog is the important thing. No matter what it is. Doesn't make one's preference right or wrong and I personally am OK with someone feeding Purina or Iams or Acana or Raw (or whatever they choose)--as long as they are feeding the dog.
I have fed Pro Plan (a Purina product) with great success for 20 some years. I've only switched once during that time and it was a disaster. Never again.
There is a reason that most of the top winning dogs shown by top handlers feed Pro Plan - it works.
That said, feed what your own dog does best on. Don't overlook Pro Plan if you are considering a commercial food for your dog, it is an excellent product. *NOT the Shredded Blend formulas, however, as the little meat-looking bits are soy.
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I just found it interesting. thank you for enlightening me. It seems similar to human food, as we develop more and more foods, sometimes the basics that have ben around for years are as good if not better.
Funny thought, I have just assumed my new pal (when we find him) will like raw. I better not rush out and buy a ton in case he does not.
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You might want to consider using the same puppy food for awhile when you bring home your new pal. The transistion can cause a bit of an upset tummy! So it's best to stick with whatever puppy food your breeder uses for awhile. Then the next question you will have, is how long do you use puppy chow before switching to adult food, but that's a whole other issue.
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I brought puppies home and kept them on whatever food my breeder was using for one full bag then switched over to raw cold turkey after that... I agree with Alaska making to many changes at once is not a good thing... so bring home pup... use the breeders food and then do your switches slowly, one at a time... over a period of time...
good luck with the new kiddo
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The geophysical province of this the Western Gulf coastal grasslands ecoregion is a distinct ecosystem in the southern USA, due to its more temperate climate, proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and associated natural processes (e.g., tropical storms), and geological origin with subsequent succession since the Pleistocene era inundation.
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About 700 species of vertebrates have been found in this ecoregion; approximately 145 of these taxa require immediate protection, and some 86 are endangered or threatened. There are 342 birds (with three near-endemics) and 86 mammals (including two endemics) recorded.
Near-endemic birds include the Red-crowned Amazon (Amazona viridigenalis), and the Tamaulipas Crow (Corvus imparatus). The Yellow-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis flavovelata) may be restricted to this ecoregion, but this ecoregion endemism is not fully confirmed. Other notable avifauna found in the Western Gulf coastal grasslands are the Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris), Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio), Audubon's Oriole (Icterus graduacauda), White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi), and the White-collared Seedeater (Sporophila morelleti).
The nesting beach of the ecoregion endemic Critically Endangered Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), that was unknown until its discovery about half a century ago at Rancho Nuevo in Tamaulipas, where virtually the entire population nests. In 1942 there were 42,000 turtle nests, but fewer than 1500 turtles were nesting by the mid 1990s.
Other characteristic and distinctive vertebrate species include: Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), Jaguarondi (Puma yagouaroundi), Lesser Yellow Bat (Scotophilus borbonicus), Mexican Spiny Pocket Mouse (Liomys irroratus);
There are a number of amphibians found in the ecoregion including the Río Grande Chirping Frog (Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides), a sometimes fossorial taxon also known to hide in moist spaces; Mexican White-lipped Frog (Leptodactylus fragilis), often found near marshes or ephemeral lentic ponds; Cope's Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis), an anuran, when inactive, hides under tree roots or leaf litter; Couch's Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus couchii), a fossorial species that can create burrows, or borrow the burrow of another species; and Southern Crawfish Frog (Lithobates areolatus); Eastern Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis).
Current Status
Less than one percent of these grasslands remains in near pristine condition. Conversion to agricultural production has caused the greatest loss. In addition, overgrazing, conversion to tame grasses, fragmentation, and woody encroachment have affected the area.
The National Wildlife Refuge System possesses several important sites within the USA portion of this ecoregion, although the main emphasis of their acquisition was development of refuges specifically for waterfowl. Tallgrass prairie on these refuges were generally not considered key to acquisition priorities with few exceptions (e.g. Attwater's Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge). The refuges include: Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Rockefeller National Wildlife Refuge, Sabine National Wildlife Refuge, Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge, McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge, Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Moody National Wildlife Refuge, Attwater's Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge, Whitmire Division of Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, Padre Island National Seashore (National Park Service), and other significant areas owned or managed by state or NGOs.
Types and Severity of Threats
Fragmentation of remaining habitat via subdividing large tracts into more marketable ranchettes leads to other degrading factors such as overgrazing, alien plant expansion, lack of fire as a natural or prescribed process, and modification of local hydrological features by means of land leveling. Urbanization around larger metropolitan areas such as Houston, Texas has been another direct cause of habitat loss. This will proceed with the continued proliferation of suburban development.
Coastal wetlands are less suited, in most cases, for high-density development and agricultural conversion. However, channelization projects with all the associated damage to overland sheet flow and hydrological function, continue to impact this portion of the grasslands. Subsidence, erosion, and loss of emergent wetlands are significant problems that are ongoing in this ecoregion.
Further Reading
- Bailey, R.G. 1994. Ecological classification for the United States. Washington, DC: USDA Forest Service.
- CONABIO Workshop, 17-16 September, 1996. Informe de Resultados del Taller de Ecoregionalización para la Conservación de México.
- CONABIO Workshop, Mexico, D.F., November 1997. Ecological and Biogeographical Regionalization of Mexico.
- Diamond, D. D. 1993. Plant communities of Texas. Texas Natural Heritage Program, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin.
- Diamond, D. D., and T. E. Fullbright. 1990. Contemporary plant communities of upland grasslands of the Coastal Plain. Southwestern Nature 35: 385-392.
- Diamond, D. D., and F. E. Smeins. 1984. Remnant grassland vegetation and ecological affinities of the upper coastal prairie of Texas. Southwestern Nature 29:321-334.
- Gould, F. W. 1962. Texas plants: A checklist and ecological summary. Texas Agriculture Experimental Station Leaflet 492. Texas A&M University, College Station. ISBN: 0521357780
- Gould, F. W., G.O. Hoffman, and C.A. Rechenthin. 1960. Vegetational areas of Texas. Texas Agriculture Experimental Station Leaflet 492. College Station: Texas A&M University. ISBN: 0521357780
- Howell, S.N.G. and S. Webb. 1995. A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America. Oxford Univ. Press, England. ISBN: 0198540124
- Jahrsdoerfer, S.E. and D.M. Leslie. 1988. Tamaulipan Brushland of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Description, human impacts and management options U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.
- Johnston, M.C. 1963. Past and present grasslands of Southern Texas and Northeastern Mexico. Ecology 44: 456-466.
- Knopf, F. L. 1994. Avian assemblages on altered grasslands. Studies in Avian Biology 15: 247-257.
- Márquez-M., R. 1994. Synopsis of biological data on the Kemp´s ridley turtle , Lepidochelys kempi. NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-SEFSC-343.
- The Nature Conservancy. 1997. Designing a geography of hope: Guidelines for ecoregion-based conservation in The Nature Conservancy. Arlington, VA.
- Smeins, F. E., D. D. Diamond, and C. W. Hanselka. 1991. Coastal prairie. Pages 269-290 in R. T. Coupland (editor), Ecosystems of the world: Natural grasslands---introduction and western hemisphere. Elsevier, New York:
- Stattersfield, A.J., M.J. Crosby, A.J. Long and D.C. Wege. 1998. Endemic Bird Areas of the World: Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation. Birdlife Conservation Series No. 7, Cambridge, UK.
Disclaimer: This article or contains some information that was originally published by the World Wildlife Fund. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth have edited its content and added new information. The use of information from the World Wildlife Fund should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE personnel, or for any editing of the original content.


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Template:Disambiguate Ronald "Ron" Dowl Moore (born 5 July 1964; age 51) is a writer and producer of several Star Trek series and films, as well as several other science fiction and genre programs.
Moore attended Cornell University through the US Navy's Reserve Officer Training Corps program, intending to be commissioned as an officer in the Navy upon graduation, with his ultimate ambition to pilot the F-14 Tomcat. When he was later medically disqualified from flying, that career path was no longer possible.
However, while at Cornell, Moore had enjoyed "writing on the side", as he put it, and joined a number of campus literary societies. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science, Moore decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a writer. His career was not doing well, but he began dating a woman who worked on the set of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In 1989, Moore, an avid fan of the original Star Trek, convinced her to take him on a tour of the lot. He had written a script for the show, which the producers liked enough to actually film. It became "The Bonding", and Moore was soon hired as a staff writer.
He remained at that position until the end of the series. He co-wrote 27 episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation including the series finale, "All Good Things..." for which he won the Hugo Award for excellence in science fiction writing along with Brannon Braga. Moore and Braga also co-wrote two films featuring the Next Generation cast, Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact. As producer of TNG in 1994, Moore shared an Emmy Award nomination when the series was nominated as Outstanding Drama Series that year.
After The Next Generation ended in 1994, Moore joined the writing staff of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a supervising producer, a post which he held from that show's third to fifth seasons. In 1997, he was promoted to co-executive producer. He is credited as writer or co-writer of thirty episodes of DS9. Moore is something of an innovator in fan interaction via the internet. He regularly ran online chats with fans via AOL during his tenure on Deep Space Nine.
In 1999, after DS9 finished its run, Moore briefly joined the staff of Star Trek: Voyager and publicly suggested he might co-write with his one-time writing partner and Voyager Executive Producer Brannon Braga again. [1] Moore quickly became frustrated by the atmosphere in Voyager's writers' room and left the series after writing one episode and co-writing the story for another; as a result of this experience his relationship with Braga soured for a time. However, the two later recorded a commentary for the DVD release of Star Trek Generations together in which they indicated that any problems between them were now in the past.
Life after Trek
Moore soon left Voyager to pursue other writing opportunities, including the series Roswell and Carnivàle and the updated version of Battlestar Galactica.
The re-imagined Battlestar Galactica ran for four seasons and two TV-movies, receiving accolades from fans of the original Galactica movie and series, including veteran Galactica actor Richard Hatch (who guest starred as a major character in several episodes), as well as media outlets, critics, and fans in both the US and the UK. The series received a Peabody Award in 2006. Ron Moore won the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form for writing the first season's premiere episode, "33". It was the second Hugo Award that Moore has received to date, following up from "All Good Things..." In addition, Moore was nominated for a 2007 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series category for writing the "Occupation/Precipice" episode of Battlestar Galactica, his first Emmy nomination in thirteen years. Damon Lindelof was nominated in the same category for co-writing the season three finale of Lost, but both lost to David Chase, who won the award for writing the final episode of the hit HBO TV series, The Sopranos.
Battlestar Galactica proved to be so successful that the second season was announced just as the second week's episode of the first season was being aired. The Sci-Fi Channel had even ordered advance scripts for the first six episodes of the second season before it was officially renewed or had even aired in the United States. Galactica's first season aired during the same time as Star Trek: Enterprise's fourth season, and Galactica received higher ratings even though it was on a cable channel and Enterprise was on a broadcast network.
The Sci-Fi Channel announced in late April 2006 (near the end of the second season) that it was planning on producing a prequel series named Caprica, detailing the initial creation and revolt of the Cylon robots, and that this new show would also be helmed by Moore. [2]
Continuing his interest in fan interaction, Moore maintains a blog on Sci-Fi.com in which he answers a multitude of fan questions in unerring detail and attention. He also provides podcast audio commentaries for each episode in which he often mentions his involvement with Star Trek and criticisms of what he felt led to its decline. References to Star Trek occasionally appear in Battlestar Galactica; for example, a hatchway on board the Galactica behind which vital plot movements take place is labeled "1701D".
The fourth and final season of Moore's Battlestar Galactica concluded in March 2009. Moore himself made his directorial debut on the fourth season episode, "A Disquiet Follows My Soul." He also went on to write and appear in the finale, "Daybreak." [3] A final miniseries was aired late in 2009, followed by a second Galactica-based TV series, Caprica.
A two-hour TV pilot for a potential series entitled Virtuality, co-written by Moore and Michael Taylor, was greenlit by the FOX network in April, 2008. [4]. It was aired as a made-for-TV movie in June, 2009, though it was not picked up as a series.
In 2011, Moore began work on a new supernatural police drama series titled 17th Precinct, which was to heavily feature many actors who had previously worked with Moore on Battlestar Galactica; this pilot was also not picked up for series, nor has it ever aired to the public.
He also had a cameo in the Trek-spoofing CSI episode "A Space Oddity," which was written by Naren Shankar and featured Liz Vassey, Wallace Langham, and Kate Vernon.
Writing credits
- "The Bonding" (season 3)
- "The Defector"
- "Yesterday's Enterprise" (teleplay with Hans Beimler, Richard Manning, and Ira Steven Behr)
- "Sins of the Father" (teleplay only, with W. Reed Moran)
- "Family" (season 4)
- "Reunion" (teleplay only, with Brannon Braga, Thomas Perry and Jo Perry)
- "Data's Day" (teleplay only, with Harold Apter)
- "First Contact" (teleplay only, with several others)
- "Galaxy's Child" (uncredited polish of the A-story)
- "In Theory" (with Joe Menosky)
- "Redemption"
- "Redemption II" (season 5)
- "Disaster" (teleplay only)
- "Ethics" (teleplay only)
- "The First Duty" (with Naren Shankar)
- "The Next Phase"
- "Relics" (season 6)
- "Chain of Command, Part I" (teleplay only)
- "Chain of Command, Part II" (uncredited)
- "Aquiel" (teleplay only; with Brannon Braga)
- "Tapestry"
- "The Chase" (story)
- "Rightful Heir" (teleplay only)
- "Descent" (teleplay only)
- "Gambit, Part II" (teleplay only) (season 7)
- "The Pegasus"
- "Thine Own Self" (teleplay only)
- "Journey's End" (teleplay only)
- "All Good Things..." (with Brannon Braga)
- "The Search, Part I" (teleplay only) (season 3)
- "The House of Quark" (teleplay only)
- "Defiant"
- "Life Support" (teleplay only)
- "The Die is Cast"
- "Rejoined" (teleplay only, with René Echevarria) (season 4)
- "Our Man Bashir" (teleplay only)
- "Paradise Lost" (story)
- "Sons of Mogh"
- "Rules of Engagement" (teleplay only)
- "For the Cause" (teleplay only)
- "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places" (season 5)
- "Trials and Tribble-ations" (teleplay only, with René Echevarria)
- "The Darkness and the Light" (teleplay only)
- "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" (teleplay only)
- "Soldiers of the Empire"
- "In the Cards" (teleplay only)
- "Rocks and Shoals" (season 6)
- "You Are Cordially Invited"
- "Waltz"
- "Change of Heart"
- "In the Pale Moonlight" (uncredited)
- "Valiant"
- "The Sound of Her Voice" (teleplay only)
- "Take Me Out to the Holosuite" (season 7)
- "Once More Unto the Breach"
- "It's Only a Paper Moon" (teleplay only)
- "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
- "Strange Bedfellows"
- "Tacking Into the Wind"
- "The Dogs of War" (teleplay only, with René Echevarria)
- "Survival Instinct" (season 6)
- "Barge of the Dead" (story)
- Star Trek films
- Star Trek Generations (with Brannon Braga)
- Star Trek: First Contact (with Brannon Braga)
Producing credits
- Star Trek: The Next Generation "Sins of the Father" - "The Best of Both Worlds" - Story Editor
- Star Trek: The Next Generation ("The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" - "Redemption") - Executive Story Editor
- Star Trek: The Next Generation ("Redemption II" - "Descent") - Co-Producer
- Star Trek: The Next Generation ("Descent, Part II" - "All Good Things...") - Producer
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("The Search, Part I" - "For the Uniform") - Supervising Producer
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("In Purgatory's Shadow" - "What You Leave Behind") - Co-Executive Producer
- Star Trek: Voyager ("Equinox, Part II" - "Survival Instinct") - Co-Executive Producer
On-screen appearances
- Extra in Vic's Las Vegas Lounge (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
Star Trek interviews
- TNG Season 4 DVD special feature "Chronicles from the Final Frontier" ("Lt. Yar's Legacy Endures", "Writing for Klingons"), interviewed on 14 March 2002
- TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Five" ("The First Duty"), interviewed on 14 March 2002
- TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "Memorable Missions Year Five" ("Disaster"), interviewed on 14 March 2002
- TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "Intergalactic Guest Stars" ("Crew Profile: Ensign Ro Laren", "Presidential Visit: Ronald Reagan"), interviewed on 14 March 2002
- TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "A Tribute to Gene Roddenberry" ("Gene's Final Voyage"), interviewed on 14 March 2002
- TNG Season 6 DVD special feature "Mission Overview Year Six" (Main segment, "A Visit from Scotty", "Descent - Part 1 Featuring Stephen Hawking"), interviewed on 14 March 2002
- TNG Season 6 DVD special feature "Departmental Briefing Year Six" ("Production", "Writing", "Special Crew Profile: Lt. Cmdr. Data"), interviewed on 14 March 2002
- TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "Mission Overview Year Seven", interviewed on 14 March 2002
- TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "Starfleet Moments & Memories Year Seven" ("A Unique Legacy"), interviewed on 14 March 2002
- TNG Season 7 DVD special feature "The Making of "All Good Things..." Year Seven" ("Writing The Final Episode", "On Location"), interviewed on 14 March 2002
- "Ronald D. Moore - Yesterday's Fan", The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 13, pp. 20-25, interviewed by Maurice Molyneaux
Moore's love of the original series showed itself through a myriad of allusions to the show, presented in many of Moore's episodes, such as the mention of the Tholians in "Reunion" and the first appearance of Starfleet Academy in "The First Duty". It is perhaps because of this fondness that Moore was chosen to write "Relics", which featured Montgomery Scott and the bridge of the original USS Enterprise, and "Trials and Tribble-ations", set during an episode of the original series. His favorite TOS episode is "The Conscience of the King". (AOL chat, 1997) This inspired his first attempt at writing Star Trek, an unfinished novel that would have told the story of Tarsus IV. (AOL chat, 1998)
Moore's hand in "Sins of the Father" gave him the nickname of "the Klingon guy", and he went on to write nearly every Klingon-centric episode of TNG and DS9.
Over the years, a character named after Moore was mentioned in a few pieces of background artwork, such as starships' dedication plaques.
Moore commented:
- "Personally, I think of myself and other writers as artists. I believe in a fairly loose definition of "art" as almost any creative form of expression and that writing (and screenwriting) certainly falls within that category." (AOL chat, 1997)
See also
External links
- RonDMoore.com - official site
- Ronald D. Moore at Wikipedia
- Ronald D. Moore at the Internet Movie Database
- Ronald D. Moore at Battlestar Wiki, an encyclopedia of the Battlestar Galactica sagas
- Posting/Chat archive - Q&A sessions from Moore's DS9 tenure


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- Where do I start if I want a water birth in hospital?
- How can I be sure a birth pool will be available in hospital?
- Can anyone have a water birth in hospital?
- What could prevent me having a water birth once I'm in labour?
- Where do I start if I want a water birth at home?
- Where can I find out more about water births?
If you are thinking about using a birth pool in labour, the first step is to talk to your midwife at one of your antenatal appointments. If you're planning a home birth, your midwife should be able to advise you about hiring or buying a birth pool. If you're having a hospital birth, she will explain how the hospital will assess whether it is safe for you to use the pool.
Where do I start if I want a water birth in hospital?Your midwife will be able to tell you if your hospital or birth centre has a birth pool you can use.
You may also want to ask her about your hospital's attitude to water births. Some units have plenty of midwives who are experienced at helping women labour and give birth in the pool. Others may have the facilities, but lack midwives with the confidence to help you use them (Garland 2011a, Russell 2011).
Ask your midwife the following questions:
- how many women each year use the birth pool for pain relief during labour?
- how many women give birth in the pool each year?
- how many midwives are trained in the use of the birth pool?
- how likely is it that the birth pool will be available when I want it?
- if the birth pool is not available what will I be offered instead?
Her answers to these questions will give you an idea of how much experience your hospital has of water births.
How can I be sure a birth pool will be available in hospital?Unfortunately, there's no guarantee that a hospital birth pool will be free for you when you need it. Many hospitals have only one pool. Another mum-to-be may be using it, or it may need to be cleaned.
The best you can do is call the labour ward or triage in good time once your labour has started. Let the midwife know that you would like to use the pool. If it is available, she can try to make sure it's ready for you when you arrive.
Some labour rooms have ensuite bathrooms or wet rooms. A midwife may support you in the bath or shower instead or until the pool is ready.
If you are keen to use a birth pool and your nearest hospital hasn't got one, you do have other options. You could transfer to another hospital or birth centre, or have your baby at home.
Use the search function to find out which hospitals in England have a birth pool at NHS Choices or look up any UK hospital at Dr Foster.
Can anyone have a water birth in hospital?You may need to check with your hospital that they are happy for you to have a water birth. Many hospitals have a list of criteria you will need to meet first.
Your midwife will assess your medical history before deciding whether she thinks it's safe for you to use a birth pool. She'll look at any previous pregnancies you've had and take a view of how your current pregnancy is going. You're likely to be able to use the pool if:
- You've had a straightforward pregnancy.
- You're giving birth after 37 weeks(RCOG/RCM 2006).
- You are expecting one baby.
- Your baby is in a head-down position.
- Your labour has started on its own.
- Your waters broke before labour or during the first stage, you have no other complications and the amniotic fluid is clear. This means that there is no blood and none of your baby's first poo (meconium) in the fluid.
- Your blood pressure is normal.
- Your baby is healthy and shows no signs of being in distress.
However, you may not be able to use a birth pool if:
- you have a medical condition such as diabetes or epilepsy
- you are very overweight
- you have a history of heavy bleeding during pregnancy or after birth
- your labour is premature (it started before you were 37 weeks pregnant)
What could prevent me having a water birth once I'm in labour?Sometimes changes in the way your labour is progressing mean that it's no longer possible for you to have a water birth. It will depend on your individual circumstances. For example, it may be safe for you to have a water birth if your labour has been induced because you are overdue.
However, it may not be safe if your labour has been induced because of serious concerns for your or your baby's wellbeing. How your labour was induced will also affect whether or not you are allowed to use the pool.
If your labour is induced with a syntocinon drip, it could put your baby under stress. Your baby will therefore need to be monitored continuously using electronic sensors. This type of monitoring isn't usually possible in a birth pool.
If you are more than 41 weeks pregnant, and are induced using a hormone-like substance called prostaglandin, you may still be able to use the pool.
However, it will depend on your hospital's policy (NCCWCH 2008). The prostaglandins will stimulate your contractions, and may make them more intense. If your labour is progressing well, you may be allowed to use the warm water to help you cope with the most intense contractions.
You may also be able to use the birth pool if you are trying for a vaginal birth after a caesarean (Garland 2006). Your obstetrician and midwife will look at why your labour is being induced or why you needed a caesarean last time. They may be happy for you to use a birth pool for pain relief in labour, but not for giving birth. It will depend on the hospital.
If you're advised not to use a pool, ask your obstetrician or midwife to explain to you the reasons why it may be risky for you and your baby (NMC 2012).
Read more about what a water birth is like.
Where do I start if I want a water birth at home?If you want a water birth at home, you can hire or buy a birth pool. Your midwife should be able to tell you about companies offering hire services. It's also possible that the community midwifery team has a birth pool you can hire or borrow.
Another option is to buy an inflatable birth pool. This may work out much cheaper than hiring a pool. You could use it again for your next baby or lend it to a friend.
Bear in mind that you would need to buy a new liner or sterilise the existing one for each use. The first thing to think about is how big you want the pool to be. Take into account:
- How much space you have in your home.
- How heavy the pool will be when it's filled and which room you're going to put it in. Is the floor strong enough to take the weight? Hire companies can advise you on this.
- How much space in the pool you think you'll need. The taller you are, the bigger the pool you'll need, as the water needs to cover you comfortably up to your shoulders. And will you want your birth partner to get in the pool, too?
Some birth pools have filtration and heating systems. This means you can set up your pool and keep it ready for when you go into labour. A lid on the pool keeps in the heat. If you don't have a filtration system, you'll probably want to have the pool filled once you're in labour. If the water is unfiltered, the pool will need to be emptied, cleaned and refilled for hygiene reasons after 24 hours.
You'll need someone to keep the pool at the right temperature for you by bailing out water and topping it up. This is something your birth partner could do, but it could take his focus away from supporting you. Because of this, you may need more than one birth partner.
Check that your hot water supply can cope with filling a birth pool, and work out how long it will take to fill. Think about how you're going to empty the pool afterwards. It can help to have a filling and emptying session late in pregnancy. That way you and your partner will know what to expect when the time comes.
Make sure you know what equipment you need to supply yourself and what is supplied in the hire agreement. Check the guarantees and insurance cover that the hire company provides as part of the package.
Where can I find out more about water births?You may know women who have used a birth pool. If you do, ask them:
- when they got into the pool, and when they got out
- what they found helpful about the water, and what they didn't like
- whether their birth partner got into the pool with them
Antenatal classes should be a good source of information about water birth. When you book your classes, ask whether water birth is one of the topics. At the beginning of the course, your teacher may ask you all what you want covered, so ask for water birth. Other members of the group are likely to be interested as well!
The Water Birth Book by Janet Balaskas (published by Thorsons) and Revisiting waterbirth: An Attitude to Care by Dianne Garland (Palgrave Macmillan) are both useful references.
You could also contact the National Childbirth Trust and the Home Birth Reference Site for more information.
Last reviewed: January 2013
ReferencesCQC. 2010. National NHS patient survey programme: survey of women's experiences of maternity services 2010. London: Care Quality Commission www.cqc.org.uk [pdf file, accessed January 2013]
Garland D. 2006. Is waterbirth a "safe and realistic" option for women following a previous caesarean section? Completion of a three-year data study. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest 16(2): 217-20
Garland D. 2011a. Exploring carers' views and attitudes towards the use of water during labour and birth. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest. 21(2): 193-6
NCCWCH. 2007. Intrapartum care: care of healthy women and their babies during childbirth. National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health, Clinical guideline. London: RCOG Press. www.nice.org.uk [pdf file, accessed January 2013]
NCCWCH. 2008. Induction of labour. National Collaborating Centre for Women's and Children's Health, Clinical guideline. London: RCOG Press. www.nice.org.uk [pdf file, accessed January 2013]
NMC. 2012. Supervisors of midwives: how they can help you. www.nmc-uk.org [pdf file, accessed January 2013]
RCM. 2008. The use of water in labour and birth. Royal College of Midwives, Midwifery practice guideline. www.rcm.org.uk [pdf file, accessed January 2013]
RCOG/RCM. 2006. Immersion in water during labour and birth. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists/Royal College of Midwives, Joint statement 1. www.rcog.org.uk [Accessed January 2013]
Russell K. 2011. Struggling to get into the pool room. A critical discourse analysis of midwives water birth practices. The International Journal of childbirth. 1(1): 52-60


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