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They Break Your Heart…
As soon as the game ended, I wanted to come on here and write everything that I was feeling. It would have been the most impulsive, scapegoating article you may have ever read. I tend to forget that the emotions following the end of the season (especially a bad end) come in waves.
postseason debut… the fact that he performed the way that he did as a rookie is astounding. Not to mention the fact that Daniel Bard got out of a bases loaded jam with no outs with minimal damage.
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I think the difference between Jim Rice & Yaz and Tek is that Rice and Yaz knew when it was time to call it a day. And disrespecting players? What about what happened to Carlton Fisk? Tek is a classy player and I think even he understood why what happened did. I hope and pray that he knows enough to say "enough" this time.
Pap might have lost game 3 for us (Wags two earned runs didn't help either) but it was lost way before then. Our post season was lost from the All-Star break on. All the intensity we had early in the season seemed to disappear. We lost focus, we were inconsistent and sadly, we just didn't have it. This off-season will be very interesting – I can't wait to see what the team will look like come April.
Sneak a pretzel? and launch the Manny statue..? You're such a great fan of your team. I am sorry they were booted out of the Post Season. Our teams do indeed break our hearts. But, that's ok. You know? It's our passion. We love 'em .. .win or lose.
funny how the last guy on the mound gets the blame, when really they shouldn't have needed him in that game….
Outside the Phillies Looking In
It is usually very petty to scapegoat one player for a whole series. The Red Sox know that well with Buckner, but the whole thing reminds us of Donny Moore in the 1986 ALCS with the Angels. I'm sure this has already been talked about and written, but man, somewhere Donny Moore is smiling over that one.
I credit the Angels, Papelbon is the kind of pitcher that challenges you up in the zone. The Halos really rose to the occasion there. Sorry, about your heart breaking though, and you fastings/superstitions going to waste. lol. I used to clench my fists really tight in close Jay games, I couldn't/wouldn't let go until they won.
Your Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame trip must have been great. So much history there. I hope the place just gets bigger and better over the years.
The bad news is, your heart is gonna get broken from time to time. The good news is, you're a part of the NEW Red Sox Nation. Think about those who lived 80 years and never saw a World Series trophy and you've already seen two. Remember that. Remember the Rangers, the Mariners, the Nationals…. teams that have never won it…. EVER. That should help you put things in perspective. Besides, I'm feeling equally blue. It happens🙂
wow. way to not give any credit to the Angels.
Just admit it. the Red Sox got outplayed. Swallow your pride and congratulate the Angels on a well played series.
-Adrian Jara reddiamind.mlblogs.com
Besides all of his bad calls… and more bad calls… and well bad calls in the playoffs… and.. well that's not the point. At least he is a nice guy. : )
PS – I don't think the Red Sox faithful cares if he is nice or not.
I don't like how sometimes, one player gets blamed for the entire series. From 2005-2007, A-Rod got the blame for the postseason failures because he made the most money, but no one else was hitting well either.
I know how you feel I felt the same way when my Twins lost,it sucked.Its hard hwen you have a game won and your great closer blows it,and yeah there has really been some bad calls so far.
Elizabeth, Jeff is exactly right. A fellow Red Sox fan lived on our street, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday. He's one of those who has seen exactly the same number of WS titles as we have, and he is twice my age! Perspective…
And the Angels DID play better than we did this postseason, plain and simple.
Yes, it was a tough one to take, getting swept by the Angels. The Angels?!? Haha. But the Red Sox got shut down by their pitching, and the Angel hit in the clutch while the Sox didn't. There have been plenty more heart-breaking moments than this. This was far more disappointing to me.
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I'm so sorry you cried, Elizabeth. I know how it feels to lose when the expectations are so high, and it stinks. And I always blame myself for not sitting on the right cushion too! The fact is, we can't control the outcome of these games, as much as we'd like to. We can just be fans and love our teams and hope they'll do better next time. Great post.
I am glad you waited to post. You saved the best for last kid. Great posts
I am so sorry the team made you cry but as you know, it goes with the territory. With time you will feel better and look back at the highlights of this year and look forward to cheering your babies come Spring. It will be here before you know it but in the mean time the Hot Stove already started for some teams.
Well, that didn't come out too good for the good guys🙂 hoping today brings a little better game from LA.
I truly am almost sorry. But I'm not. Hehe sorry it just isn't gonna happen.
Oh well, I thought the Red Sox had this series. Too bad the Angels had to ruin the fun and send Jon Papelbon to the showers. Next season it should be really fun. Feel better.
Matthew Tang
Hey Elizabeth – the Latest Leader's List is out with a twist – it is for the whole regular season – 4/4-10/4 and you are #6! Congrats!
glad to see your still hanging in there. theres always next season-my pirates motto. so does your friend in pittsburgh feel his brothers to south in morgantown are good people? i wouldnt think so
After the game I sat there with the TV off for about 30 minutes. I then walked down stirs where some people are Yankee fans and cried as they laughed at me. I don't care if you like any team its just rubbing it in is what hurts. Also after the game I told everyone that Bard can close and we should trade Papelbon.

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Dear all,
Word associations have been very important in the study of word meanings in cognitive science. Currently, different professors are trying to build a network of word associations in English. In order to do this, we need many native (or at least very fluent) English speakers to participate in a small fun tast that does not take more than five minutes. In the task, we present a short list of words and ask people to write down the first three words they think of after reading the cue word. In order to build the network, we need about 100 participants responding to every cue word for thousands of cue words. That implies that we need thousands of participants. It seems a lot, but we've done this before: we succeeded over the past few years of reaching about 80.000 perticipants in Flanders and in the Netherlands to do the task in Dutch. However, since English is THE scientific language worldwide, it would be much more interesting to build a similar network in English. So it would be great if teachers encourage their pupils (from age 16 onwards) or their students to spend five minutes of their time by visiting
As the dataset will be open for all interested scientists, you will help many of us by participating. It would even be better if participants spread this call by e-mail, facebook, or other means. If you have suggestions about other ways in which we can reach people willing to participate in this small task, please don't hesitate to contact us. My coordinates are given below.
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Thanks for that!
If teachers are interested in how words are associated with other words (and if anyone who is interested wants to see how this is related to the meaning of the words): as soon as the network takes enough shape, we will provide a tool on the site in which you can type in a word and you can see the frequencies of the different responses. However, for the moment we have had 3000 participants, which is not enough yet. We could start with that application if we have about 10.000 visitors.
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Follow the cars hauling canoes, kayaks and fishing gear to Grayling for the full river experience. The editors of Michigan Travel Ideas share their picks for enjoying the Au Sable River, home to some of the state's best trout fishing.
River Fun
Clustered along the Au Sable River, a handful of outfitters offer canoe and kayak trips. Sign up for a two-and-a-half-hour trip, an all-day excursion or even a five-day expedition to paddle the 120 river miles to Oscoda.
- Cheri Hunter of Borcher's AuSable Canoe Livery says the two-and-a-half-hour trip is by far the most popular. If you want the river mostly to yourself, paddle weekdays, she adds. Saturdays are the busiest.
- Saddled with a reputation as an elitist sport, fly-fishing is anything but on the Au Sable. Old AuSable Fly Shop offers low-cost rods and gear to rent or purchase, plus free casting lessons every Saturday at 11 a.m. "We can usually get you casting in 15 minutes," promises owner Andy Partlo. If you're a newbie, hire a one-on-one guided four-hour instructional fishing trip.
Other Outings
When you're ready to step back on dry ground, dock your boat and take a peek into the past on these land adventures.
- Just north of town, hike the three-quarter-mile Virgin Pine Trail through groves of redwood-size white pines towering 150 feet above the mossy forest floor at Hartwick Pines State Park. Many of the trees sprouted a century or more before the Revolutionary War. The trail takes you past Hartwick Pines Logging Museum with frontier lumbering gear and featuring a replica bunkhouse.
- Southwest of Grayling, 60-acre Wellington Farm Park interprets rural life during the Great Depression at a blacksmith shop, grist mill and other structures. Count yourself lucky if your visit coincides with something tasty, and usually sweet, being prepared in the Summer Kitchen.
Where to Eat
A full day of fishing and hiking are sure to work up an appetite. Whether you're craving comfort food or a good old-fashioned hamburger, Grayling has a restaurant to fit the bill.
- Dawson and Stevens Classic 50's Diner features an old-fashioned soda fountain and more than 7,000 signs and other pieces of Coca-Cola memorabilia.
- Spike's Keg 'O' Nails is Grayling's traditional canoeing stop for a big Spike burger and a beer.
Where to Stay
Listen to the Au Sable gurgle as you settle in for the night riverside at lodges or bed-and-breakfasts.
- Borcher's offers riverside bed-and-breakfast rooms and lodging and canoeing package specials.
- "If it was good enough for Henry Ford …" says Todd Fuller, owner of Fuller's North Branch Outing Club, a National Historic Site. The bed-and-breakfast drew the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Edison and big auto men from Detroit back in the day.
- Penrod's AuSable River Resort features one- and two-bedroom cabins riverside and canoe and kayak rentals.


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Type: General season
Species: Buck deer
Weapon: Archery
Chalk Creek/East Canyon/Morgan-South Rich
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In the aftermath of WWII, an alien virus struck the Earth, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. Originally published in 1987, the newly expanded saga contains additional original stories by eminent writers.
©1986, 2010 George R.R. Martin (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"A True Classic!"
Remembering back to the 80s and what a splash this series made, I had to give the audio treatment a try. Very well done presentation with a large variety of unique character voices.
The story itself is a classic, treating the impact of superhuman (and non-human) characters on the 'real' world. If you aren't familiar with this series, but enjoyed the TV series Heroes, give this a try!
"Worth waiting for!!!"
Loved these books when they came out and was overjoyed they had finally been released as audiobooks. And as a bonus there are some stories in the collection that didn't make it into the book... at least into the UK edition. Definitely worth a listen by anyone who enjoyed the books or later shows like Heroes and Alphas
"Nice Surprise"
I decided to give this book a try after reading the reviews and am very pleased I did. It shows a world where an alien virus has infected the population post WWII. I greatly enjoyed the format of jumping POV's and showing how our timeline might have been effected by such an event - something I think was handled quite artfully by the writers.
The "Wildcard Virus" has effected people in several ways ranging from the Aces (superheroes) to the Jokers (those deformed or negatively effected) - and that isn't counting the overwhelming majority of those that get it that simply die horribly. With this in play it effects more than just everyday social interaction, it effects government, entertainment, crime, and quite a few other things in between.
There were characters and storylines I enjoyed more than others (the Sleeper, the Turtle, and the government anylist who can stop time being among my favorites) but all in all it was thoroughly enthralling with a wonderfully narrator to guide the whole thing.
I've read some of the books. It was an experience to hear it brought to life by a voice. Dr Tachyon's voice was not what I imagined but then I never fully read or digested his description in the book. All the characters came to life for me in this work.
Each chapter is a new story. There are several "literary voices" in this work. Each chapter is written by a different author. This very feature lends itself to the idea that each chapter was written by the character most prominently featured in the segment.
His voices weren't as distinctive as some readers I've listened too in past. However his voice had a feel, sound and quality that lent itself to the era where the story began and progressed through.
Super heroism is a disease. Look out "Body Snatchers," we've got one up on you this time.
Some of the segments of this book are not for young listeners. Personaly those stories too heavily focused on sex did not appeal to me as much now as when I read the books. For that reason the Fortunata chapters got skipped. Not that his story wasn't interesting and poiniant I just didn't like them as much as I did in my younger years.
Paid reviewers, after two weeks get 4-8 votes and have that power to strike unhelpful against others. Check their history! Your money!
"Dry Politics"
I was excited about this book, George R.R. Martin is a great author. The premise for the book is excellent. A virus from outer space attacks Earth, resulting in lots of freaks and some super heroes. For every ten freaks, there is one Ace.
The prologue sets it up well. The first story by Howard Waldrop starts the book out with an exciting story about Jet Boy, the main hero. The next story by Roger Zelazny is really good. Then Walter Jon Williams gets extremely political and the list of nobody authors that follow continue the politics. There are several hours of McCarthyism and black lists. Like the holocaust we need to be reminded of these black parts of our history, so we don't repeat them, but this pretty much killed the series and droned on for hours. Martin comes in with his story and with his brand of sex and realistic horrors tries to bring the series back to interesting. Victor Milan's and Stephen Leigh's stories help, but my mind had already gone numb from the 19 hours of disappointment.
The narrator does nothing to help. I ended up toward the end putting him on fast play and that helped a little. If you have to be put on fast play to be interesting, that is saying something.
I have a soft cover of this book and there are three stories in this expanded version that are not in the soft cover. I also have volumes 2,3 and 5. I will try reading them the old fashioned way instead of listening. Do not be fooled by the amount of books in this series. There are plenty of series out there that are not worth reading.
"Virus Creates Heroes, Monsters, & A Good Audiobook"
An alien supervirus mutates a percentage of the population, creating great powers in people (Aces), or grotesque deformities (Jokers), both with no warning, reason or rhyme. Take this concept, and let loose some of science fiction's more imaginative writers to take this framework, and write stories in their own style and direction, and you have a must hear audiobook. Outside of the slow beginning, which sets up this universe, each story is different, yet still manages to tie in common events just enough to provide continuity and flow.
A few specific characters show up in most of the stories, but overall, the stories can stand alone, and actually weave together just enough to move an overall storyline along. My favorite Ace was one that hibernates, and when he awakens, has a different set of powers, good or bad, as well as a different body. There are definitely many others and you'll find your favorite, too. What I found most interesting, was that some characters I first thought were Aces actually were Jokers, and vice versa - Be ready for a few surprises.
If you want elegant prose that trips softly off the tongue, stop here. This is written in the language of the people reflected in each story, so you'll feel that this is almost a recording of the events, allbeit in a very positive way. Some of the writers provide a deep backstory, others build an action-heavy drama. All-in-all, this is a nice mix of writing that you'll enjoy. Do keep in mind that this series is so popular, that a good number of followup books were written in similar fashion. No surprise there.
In a few words, this audiobook is a delight, and if, after you're finished hearing it, quickly buy the second in the series, I wouldn't be surprised in the least. You'll like this one. I know I do.
a man on the edge
"Excellent beginning to this series."
Excellent beginning to this series. Voice performance is high quality with a vast array of voices.
"Has potential!"
This is a collection of short stories set in the same world. Some of these stories are really really good like the story about croyd AKA the sleeper and the turtle. That being said some of the stories in this book are absolutely boring like the story of fortunato.
"Alternate reality never felt so right!"
I'm an old Wild Cards fan. I own all of the books to the series and have loved reading them for years. When I found out that there was an audiobook of book 1 I had to have it and I was not disappointed. Luke Daniels is a great reader of the stories and his voice acting was great. I really enjoyed the new story of Ghost's origin with the Sleeper (Roger Zelazny's immortal character).
My favorite part was Luke's reading of
My favorite scene is where the Radical (Mark Meadows) and the Lizard King (Thomas Marion Douglas / this world version of Jim Morrison of the Doors) team up to fight Hardhat during the 60 counterculture movement.
No. Not because it wasn't good but because it's one of my favorite books and I like to savor it like a fine wine.
If you know of or have been introduced to the Wild Cards shared universe this is a great production of book 1. If you know nothing about it I highly recommend it. It is kind of a Super Hero / Villain in an alternate reality of our world which diverged shortly after WWII into a realistic vision of our world with super powers.
"10 out of ten for style..."
With a cast of writers such as W J Williams and the late, great Roger Zelazny (who is NOT listed as an author, though his character Croyd Crieghton (sp?) is one of the best), this is a great anthology by great science fiction authors in the tradition of great "comic books." Good work, and I look forward to the next three chapters.
"If it's Demise, Don't look in his eyes..."
"A Super Effort"
Listening to this great little anthology I have read in my early 20's. I am glad at last these books are finally being audiobooked.
I found Luke Daniels vocal talents gave each character a voice of their own, male and female.
The new additional stories added a little extra to a great series of stories. Roll on getting the audiobooks for the other novels in the series.
(I can hope the next anthology series from my youth they audiobook would be the Thieves World Anthology. I can dream).
"Loved these as a series"
Good adaptation of the original stories, well read and well paced - the narrator captures the "feel" of the stories very well.
Hope more of the series are to follow (already purchased the 2nd)
"Wild cards a good, gritty story"
Absolutely, like a good movie you wtch twice or three times, a complex saga such as this deserves more than one listen. Characters and story lines intermingling with one anther can become a bit confusing, but this is what i enjoyed about it. Sometimes you just have to go back give it another listen which is fine because you always pick up plots and twists you didn't hear the first time.
I enjoyed Jetboys story, and i liked the fact that despite his abilities he was still mortal and had his limits.
deep, american,
I listened this story while i worked, and often found myself listening and not working. it kept me hooked from start to finish. A couple of laughs, a bit of irritation at the politicians interfering in the four aces story line.
If you are a fan of nightwatchmen you should enjoy this story.
"Interesting Ideas"
If you didn't already know, George RR Martin's 'Wild Cards' series is a collection of short stories by various authors set in the same world. The standard varies, as you would expect, but for the most part are well written and entertaining. The stories fit together well, even though there is no big overarching plot, and many have you craving to hear more about certain characters.
There's a good mix of heroism, horror and humour in the stories. The highlight for me was probably the Croyd Crenson stories, but I'm sure everyone who listens will find their own favourite characters. There were a few stories that I didn't particularly enjoy, but since it's a short story collection, I didn't have to wait long for the next one.
The style, and storylines very much give the book a 'comic-book' feel. Whether or not that sound like your thing, I recommend giving this a go, for the intelligent way everything has been put together. It's quite different to anything else I've read.
An amazing twist on a big genre! multiple writers across multiple stories works brilliantly! can't wait for the next ones.
"One minor irritation but otherwise excellent"
Wasn't sure what to expect from the compilation of short stories, but it worked really well. I look forward to the rest of the series.
Very well written, although I didn't detect much difference in writing style between the authors, with the exception of Dr Hunter S Thompson's contribution. It didn't matter though, building up into a very complete picture of an alternative history from a multitude of standpoints, as it affected a large cast of characters.
Excellent narration would have been improved enormously by gaps between scenes and chapters, and if Audibles allowed the naming of chapters in its interface.
"Brilliant: Vigilantes and government taskforces"
Real Superhero Aplication
The sleeper
The Sleeper escape from the wedding
It was great I laughed alot and cringed at other parts
it was brilliant, strongly recomend
narrator good, premise interesting, execution lacking. By maintaining the historical events of the 20th century unchanged regardless of the huge impact that a superman virus would have on said events, I spent half the time thinking, 'well wouldn't x have taken over the world, etc?' so the suspension of disbelief fought with itself. An alien virus that can re write genetic code and break the laws of physics, biology, chemistry, OK, cool. Apparently the same virus has no effect on works/US history? umm, no. I can't get on board with that. narrator was good though.
"A sum greater than its parts"
The range of stories is great but some stray a little too close to fan fiction in terms of tone and ideas for my liking. That said, there is a consistent undertone to the stories that is testament to the steady editing hand of Martin. It's a shame that this series is overlooked in favour of a more current crop of 'normal super hero' trope books. Think Watchmen rather than xmen and you're on the right track.
Great. A lot of different styles to contend with but he pulls it all together
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Tag: Bloomberg's app
Financial App Review: CNBC
- 5:12 pm Friday, June 20th, 2014 by Dian Vujovich
Free. It's something I'm a fan of. Consequently, all of the financial apps I've reviewed thus far have been free for the user and are iPhone and iPad centered. None of that is likely to change in the near future mainly because I'm Apple-centered and have been since the 1980s. And, free is very refreshing. On that note, here's my review of the newly updated in May 2014, CNBC financial app.
CNBC App
•Overview: Walk into my office during the day and you'll hear classical music playing and see CNBC on the TV. The latter totally muted, of course. I turn [More]
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Naranja based barbecue sauce
I like to make my own barbecue sauce using the following mixture:
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 2 tbspn organic paprika
- 1/3 cup vinegar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 3 tbspn olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
- 1 tspn dried crushed habaneros (use cayennes for a tamer sauce)
- 1 tbspn honey
- 2 tspn chili powder
- 1/4 tspn cinnamon
- 2 tbspn Benito's Original Naranja
Finely chop, mince, or mash the garlic and saute' in olive oil in a medium sized pan (on low/medum heat) for about 3 minutes. Add other ingredients. Let the mixture mellow out for about twenty minutes on low/ medium heat. Add the Naranja last and stir repeatedly for a nice blend. Now you have your sauce, so just use a nice BBQ Brush to apply to meats before, during and after cooking.


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Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Project
NIDILRR Now Part of HHS
Program Office: National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)
CFDA Number: 84.133P
Program Type: Discretionary/Competitive Grants
Also Known As: Research Training Grants, RTG, formerly known as Research Training and Career Development
The Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) program provides advanced rehabilitation research training for persons with clinical or other experience, who may be lacking certain formal multidisciplinary research training needed to improve rehabilitation research methods and outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
Grants are made to institutions to recruit qualified persons with doctoral or similar advanced degrees with clinical, management, basic science, or engineering research experience and prepare them to conduct independent research on problems related to disability and rehabilitation. This research training may integrate disciplines, teach research methodology in the environmental or new paradigm context and promote the capacity for disability studies and rehabilitation science. These training programs must operate in interdisciplinary environments and provide training in rigorous scientific methods.
The program is designed to give postdoctoral trainees the skills needed to become independent rehabilitation/disability researchers (e.g., provide advanced education and training in rehabilitation research to engineers and clinicians), and thereby, to build capacity in the field. The majority of the ARRT grant funding goes to training stipends to support the postdoctoral fellow's training.
A grantee for an ARRT project provides training to postdoctoral fellows that is at least one academic year, unless a longer training period is necessary to ensure that each fellow is qualified to conduct independent research upon completion of the course of training. In addition, fellows receiving training under an ARRT project shall devote at least 80% of their time to the activities of the training program during the training period.
- Approximately 20 post-doctoral fellows finish their fellowships each year in areas such as:
- Rehabilitation and biomedical engineering,
- spinal cord and traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, and
- rehabilitation counseling and psychology.
- The vast majority of fellows find employment in academic rehabilitation and disability research
- Each year several ARRT fellows are selected to present at the annual meeting of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine at a special ARRT fellows session.
Advanced Rehabilitation Research and Training Center Grants
- View a list of Advanced Rehabilitation Research and Training Center Grants maintained by the National Rehabilitation Information Center.
Additional Information
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Home List of Titles Phase characterization of the reflection on an extreme UV multilayer: comparison between attosecond metrology and standing wave measurements
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- Phase characterization of the reflection on an extreme UV multilayer: comparison between attosecond metrology and standing wave measurements
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- Loch, R. A.; Dubrouil, A.; Sobierajski, R.; Descamps, D.; Fabre, B.; Lidon, P.; van de Kruijs, R. W. E.; Boekhout, F.; Gullikson, E.; Gaudin, J.; Louis, E.; Bijkerk, F.; Mevel, E.; Petit, S.; Constant, E.; Mairesse, Y.
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- We characterize the phase shift induced by reflection on a multilayer mirror in the extreme UV range (80-93 eV) using two techniques: one based on high order harmonic generation and attosecond metrology (reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transitions), and a second based on synchrotron radiation and measurements of standing waves (total electron yield). We find an excellent agreement between the results from the two measurements and a flat group delay shift (+/-40 as) over the main reflectivity peak of the mirror.
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- 0146-9592
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Historic Nance Farm is located at 1325 Greenbrook Drive, in the Mantlebrook Subdivision in DeSoto, Texas. Nance Farm was designated as a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark in 1976.
Otway Bird Nance (1805-1874) brought his wife and ten children from Illinois in 1851 and purchased 640 acres from Peter's Colony. Patriarch Otway B. Nance built the milking barn and the home that same year. He acquired more land, and within the next several years, the Nance Farm property had doubled in size.
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|"Future's End"
|VOY, Episode 3x08
Production number: 150
First aired: 6 November 1996
|49th of 168 produced in VOY
|49th of 168 released in VOY
|436th of 728 released in all
| Written By
Brannon Braga & Joe Menosky
Directed By
David Livingston
|50312.5 (2373/1996/1967)
|Arc: Future's End (1 of 3)
After encountering a Federation timeship from the future, Voyager is flung back to 20th century Earth.
Earth, High Sierras, 1967. A young hippie with a tattoo is camping in the mountains. In the sky, he spots a strange phenomenon: a starship seems to be crashing to earth.
Act OneEdit
USS Voyager encounters an artificially generated graviton disruption, from which the 29th century timeship Aeon emerges, firing on Voyager. The pilot of the timeship, Captain Braxton, claims that Voyager will be responsible for a temporal explosion in the 29th century that will destroy the entire solar system. Captain Kathryn Janeway responds with force to calm Braxton and eventually Voyager overpowers the timeship, causing Braxton to lose control of it. The graviton field begins to collapse and both ships are pulled in. Voyager finds itself in orbit around Earth, but in the 20th century, 1996.
Captain Janeway, Commander Chakotay, Lieutenant Tuvok, and Lt. Tom Paris transport to the surface, where they have detected some unusual readings near Los Angeles, leaving Ensign Harry Kim in command. The subspace readings they are picking up are quite unusual since Subspace technology should not exist for close to 100 years; they may come from Captain Braxton, the only person who could send Voyager back to his time.
Act TwoEdit
A young woman named Rain Robinson has been hired by a business man, Henry Starling, to watch for a certain kind of radiation (gamma radiation from Voyager's nacelles). She reports her findings to Starling, who turns out to be the man with the tattoo who saw the starship crash in 1967, but is told not to reveal her discovery to anyone else. When she finds the radiation, Voyager receives a standard SETI greeting from Rain's Observatory. Kim gives an order not to respond. Meanwhile, Janeway sends Tuvok and Tom Paris to find whatever information has been gathered about Voyager and destroy it.
Following the subspace readings, Janeway and Chakotay find a homeless man, who turns out to be Braxton. He explains that he was trapped on Earth 30 years ago, when his timeship crashed in the mountains. He was unable to reach the ship in time and instead it was found by Henry Starling, who began exploiting its 29th-century technology, beginning the microcomputer revolution of the 20th century on Earth. Braxton explains that Voyager did not cause the explosion in the 29th century, but Henry Starling flying into the future without recalibrating the temporal matrix of the timeship. The police takes Braxton as he is claiming he comes from the future, and Janeway and Chakotay are going to search how to reach Starling.
Act ThreeEdit
Meanwhile, Tuvok and Tom Paris head to the lab that detected them. Rain catches them in her office, and all three are then forced to flee when Starling's assistant, H. Dunbar, attempts to vaporize them because Rain told one of her friends about her discovery.
Janeway and Chakotay break into Starling's office and begin downloading his database, hoping to find where the timeship is being kept, just as Starling walks in. He threatens them and orders Kim to abort the download. Kim knows the captain is in trouble, but because the transporters were damaged by the rift, he orders the ship into low orbit for emergency transport, rescuing Janeway and Chakotay.
As Voyager flies by, they attempt to transport the timeship onboard as well. Starling blocks their attempts and uses their transporter to download over 20% of Voyager's database, including The Doctor, who appears in Starling's office. Voyager suffers minor damage in the attempt.
Unfortunately, the worst damage is soon realized as Neelix alerts the bridge to a news broadcast coming from the surface. Watching on the main viewscreen, Janeway is deeply troubled to learn that someone in Los Angeles has videotaped Voyager flying through the sky, potentially altering history.
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Log Entries Edit
- Operations Officer's log, supplemental. We've been on full sensor alert, looking for signs that anyone else has detected Voyager. As a precaution, I've also asked Neelix and Kes to monitor all media broadcasts.
Memorable Quotes Edit
"Far out."
- - Henry Starling, after the Aeon crashes in the High Sierras
"We could've worn our Starfleet uniforms. I doubt if anyone would've noticed."
- - Tuvok on the fashions worn by the late 20th-century inhabitants of Los Angeles.
"My mission is your destruction. You must not resist!"
- - Braxton, to the crew of Voyager
"For all l know, she could be my great, great, great... great grandmother."
"She does have your legs."
- - Janeway and Chakotay
"No, no, no! No more questions! No, no more surveys! Damn social workers coming around all the time!"
- - Braxton, homeless in 1996
"Shall I respond, sir?"
"Absolutely not."
- - Marie Kaplan and Harry Kim after Rain Robinson sends an extraterrestrial greeting to Voyager
"Come on, take off your shirt."
"And risk dermal dysplasia? No, thank you."
"Aww, Vulcans. Deep down you're all a bunch of hypochondriacs."
- - Paris and Tuvok, discussing the California sunshine
"It's crap. The component density is too low, the voltage variance is out of spec, and I don't even like the color!"
- - Henry Starling, appraising a new chip designed by his company
"At first I thought it was a warp core implosion...But, then, someone here stole my time ship...then it started to dawn on me. If someone were to fly my timeship into the future, without re-calibrating the temporal matrix, that could cause the kind of explosion that I witnessed in the 29th century!"
- - Captain Braxton, explaining the temporal explosion to Captain Janeway and Chakotay
"You stay right where you are...you quasi-Cardassian totalitarian!"
- - Captain Braxton, insulting a police officer
"Your curves don't look so great."
- - Tom Paris, on Rain Robinson's Fourier analysis
"I can't wait to see if Blaine's twin brother is the father of Jessica's baby."
- - Neelix, on a soap opera he's watching
"Who are you, and what's that thing in your pants?"
"I beg your pardon?"
- - Rain Robinson and Tuvok, referring to a tricorder Rain saw Tuvok hide in his pants.
"Nobody will know the difference!"
"I'll know, Sharon! He's my brother! How can I face him, knowing that our son...is his son?"
"All you need to know, Jack, is that I love you."
- - Excerpt from Neelix and Kes' soap operas.
"What does it mean, "groovy"?"
- - Tuvok, to Tom Paris
"Time travel. Ever since my first day in the job as a Starfleet Captain I swore I'd never let myself get caught in one of these god-forsaken paradoxes. The future is the past, the past is the future. It all gives me a headache."
- - Janeway to Chakotay at Starling's computer.
"I've got a starship in orbit that can vaporize this building in the blink of an eye."
[Chortles] "And you along with it!"
"If necessary."
"Captain . . . you've got some cojones."
- - Janeway and Starling
"Ensign Kim, you have an impeccable sense of timing. Not bad for your first day in the Big Chair."
- - Janeway to Kim after he rescues Janeway and Chakotay from where they are being held hostage
"USS Voyager, Intrepid Class, much bigger than I expected and much less advanced. Says here your ship was launched in the year...2371? You're from the 24th century? And here all this time I thought you were from the 29th. Looks like I have the home field advantage."
- - Henry Starling to Captain Janeway
Background Information Edit
Story and Script Edit
- This episode begins the second two-parter in Star Trek: Voyager's run, after "Basics, Part I" and "Basics, Part II", the two-parter that bridges the series' second and third seasons.
- This two-parter was originally slated for the cliffhanger, but it was saved for the third season. (citation needed • edit)
- Despite being credited solely to Brannon Braga and Joe Menosky, this episode's two-parter, according to Braga, also involved the input of other writers from Voyager's writing staff. "It was really a group effort," Braga explained. "It was me and Rick [Berman] and Joe Menosky and the group of writers we had there, at that time. We all had a lot of things we wanted to do." (Braving the Unknown: Season Three, VOY Season 3 DVD special features)
- Brannon Braga was intent on using this episode's two-parter to set a trend. He recalled, "One of the things I knew I wanted to do was... I got this crazy idea in my head that we would do, we would make it a tradition to do great, epic two-part episodes." (Braving the Unknown: Season Three, VOY Season 3 DVD special features) Braga also stated, "Voyager started its turnaround for us, personally and creatively, when we did the very first two-parter because we said to ourselves let's start having fun. What's fun to write is fun to watch and we've been toiling with the Maquis storyline and we've been having these angst-ridden characters deal with being lost and it's not much fun to write anymore and we felt that it couldn't possibly be all that fun to watch. Let's let it all hang out and do something insane... What seemed more insane back then – but if you hear about it now it sounds ridiculously antiquated – Voyager in 1996! And we conceived of big action sequences and big concepts with an epic villain [....] Things that we never would have thought of even attempting on The Next Generation or in the early days of Voyager. It's crazy, but we did it and we pulled it off." (Star Trek: Voyager Companion) Braga also remarked, "It was a romp. It was intended to be [....] The fun of the episode is seeing the Voyager people in a society we all recognize as 1996. We wanted to see our folks walking along Venice Beach. We wanted to see our folks getting into trouble with contemporary people." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 29, No. 6/7, pp. 109 & 110)
- Executive producer Jeri Taylor noted the complexity of the episode's two-parter: "It was very high-concept." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 84)
- The final draft of this episode's script was submitted on 5 August 1996. [1]
Cast and Characters Edit
- Brannon Braga was ultimately very proud of the creation of the Henry Starling character. "Henry Starling was our first great Voyager villain," Braga declared. "It sounds like a pat on the back, but I think we created great single individual villains and that was the first one, played by Ed Begley Jr.." (Star Trek: Voyager Companion)
- In fact, Ed Begley, Jr. was one of Hollywood's most notable environmental activists. Executive producer Rick Berman remarked, "Who better to play a man willing to destroy the environment of the solar system than the most committed conservationist in Hollywood?" (Star Trek Monthly issue 22) Begley was also a Star Trek fan. Regarding the "Future's End" duology, he himself enthused, "They were really perfect episodes for me to do." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #11) He also noted, "It was about time that I finally did one of the Star Trek shows." (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 60)
- Ed Begley held the episode's plot in high esteem, being particularly fond of Starling's role in the installment's two-parter. "I thought the script was a lot of fun and very inventive," he enthused. "I loved that it suggested that Starling caused the whole late 20th Century computer boom by cannibalizing the equipment from a starship. I loved that it's Starling who created this whole time warp thing that could cost billions of people their lives. I loved the idea that the USS Voyager crew had to come to the 20th Century to try and stop [him]." (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 60) In addition, Begley said of the episode's duology, "They were examples of the kinds of stories that Star Trek has done so well over the years, in films and on the TV series, in which they present the moral dilemma of how an action committed today can have profound implications on the future." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #11)
- Ed Begley reveled in his malevolent role, particularly the fact that the character of Starling was totally unlike his own personality. "Most people probably figured I'd play a good guy if I ever did a Star Trek episode," he reckoned. "I liked the idea that I was playing someone completely unlike me, who does things I could never live with were I to do them myself. I was obviously quite pleased that the Star Trek producers were willing to cast me as Starling, because he is, I guess, completely opposite to me." (Star Trek Monthly issue 26, p. 60) Of his role, Begley also commented, "What was interesting to me was that I got to play the villain. I loved that. I loved that it was my character's actions which force the Voyager people to deal with the impact on the future, that it was my character's actions which force the audience watching the show to think about how what happens now can have tremendous cause-and-effect implications on the future; our own, very real future. I loved that in the beginning I was this hippy and later, I'm this slick guy." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #11)
- Years previous to appearing here, Ed Begley had twice acted alongside Chakotay actor Robert Beltran – namely, in the movies Eating Raoul and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills.
- On the other hand, Ed Begley was initially unfamiliar with Janeway actress Kate Mulgrew. "I didn't know Kate Mulgrew before doing the shows," he noted. (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #11)
- Joe Menosky once described the character of Rain Robinson as "this late 20th century alterna-chick." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 109)
- The opportunity to perform material that was unusual for her drew comedienne Sarah Silverman to accept the role of Rain Robinson. "I'm a stand-up comic too," she remarked, "so I am always sent situation comedies. I saw so much more potential for real humor in this Star Trek, [and the opportunity] to act a little bit more in the realm of reality than in a sitcom [...] I'm unhappy with almost one hundred percent of all sitcoms that are on. I'm just not interested in them [...] but to be able to do a show which is an hour long that takes itself seriously enough that I can look at this character realistically, was just exciting. This was a person that you could go in a few different directions with, instead of like on a sitcom where the roles are so familiar already." (Star Trek Monthly issue 25, p. 61)
- After she was cast as Rain Robinson, Sarah Silverman found that she could relate to the character's unfamiliarity with the Voyager personnel. "I was on the outside looking in as Sarah Silverman on the show, so it was kind of pure and neat to be a character in the show that was also on the outside looking in," Silverman reminisced. "There was a reality to it for me because I played somebody who didn't know these people and didn't know their lifestyle, and I was that in real life too." (Star Trek Monthly issue 25, p. 61)
- The precision expected of her dialogue, in this episode's two-parter, took Sarah Silverman aback, somewhat. "I remember I wanted to change one word in the line," she recalled, "and they got the cell phone out. They called the producers. They called the writers. It was wild." (Star Trek Monthly issue 25, pp. 61-62)
- Although she shared no scenes with Kate Mulgrew, Sarah Silverman was admittedly a fan of hers. "We would work 16-hour days, and they'd say, 'Okay, you can leave,' and I would stay to watch her," Silverman commented. "They'd say, 'How can you not go home?' but I feel like you have to take opportunities to see people when their work is really good. She's really an excellent, professional actor." (Star Trek Monthly issue 25, p. 62)
- Tuvok actor Tim Russ thoroughly enjoyed this episode for its plot. "It was a great story," he raved. (Star Trek: Voyager Companion) He also commented, "Those two shows are one of my favorites because the concept, again, the story's great. Time travel's always fun." (Braving the Unknown: Season Three, VOY Season 3 DVD special features)
- Paris actor Robert Duncan McNeill enjoyed appearing alongside Tim Russ in this episode's two-parter (as well as the later third season outing "Worst Case Scenario"). "He and I sort of have this odd-couple relationship that [...] surfaced in the two-parter last year," McNeill stated, during Voyager's fourth season. "We have a comic side that comes out of both of us when we share the screen, so those episodes were a lot of fun." (Star Trek Monthly issue 37, p. 44)
- Despite only featuring in a single scene of this episode, Robert Picardo later stated, "I had a great deal to do in the Venice Beach shows." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #10)
Production Edit
- Filming for this two-part episode included five days of location shoots around Los Angeles, the Griffith Observatory exteriors being filmed on 14 August 1996. (Star Trek Magazine issue 143) Another location used was the Santa Monica Pier, near Venice Beach. (Star Trek: Voyager Companion)
- Partly due to this episode's location work, the episode was a favorite among the cast and crew, especially with Tim Russ. He related, "What's even more fun [than the two-parter's storyline] is to be able to go to the beach and work. I enjoy doing that. I mean, I kind of miss it because the shows I worked on prior to that, we were always on location. So, we were always at different places all the time, which gives you, you know, you don't get tired of it. There's something that's always a new challenge, a new space to work in. We had a dozen locations, and we could play in those environments in a different period in time. It was fun, it was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed that tremendously." (Braving the Unknown: Season Three, VOY Season 3 DVD special features) Russ also reminisced, "I'd have to say that 'Future's End' was the most fun episode to shoot. Those were two great weeks. We were outside the studio. We were in the city. We were running around all over the place, different locations and that's just a blast because shooting inside gets to be kind of boring sometimes [....] It was just a lot of fun to shoot that episode." (Star Trek: Voyager Companion) In addition, Russ related that the fun he took from this episode was "because we were on location in the city of Los Angeles with beautiful weather." (Delta Quadrant, p. 148)
- Other elements of the production that Tim Russ enjoyed were the departure from his usual clothes and make-up that the two-parter's plot allowed him. "I was able to wear casual clothes," he recalled. "And, because I wore a cap, I didn't have to put the ears on. Which took less time in the make-up chair in the morning." (Delta Quadrant, p. 148)
- According to the unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 150), the set of Starling's office – in this episode and the next – included light fittings that were reused after having appeared in Lidell Ren's Banean home in the first season Voyager installment "Ex Post Facto". While identical-shaped light fittings appear in both productions, they seem to be additionally covered by a metallic-looking framework in this episode's two-parter.
- The black-and-white photo of Nixon and Starling shaking hands is actually a retouched one of Elvis Presley and Nixon from 21 December 1970. {The original version of the image can be found here.)
Effects Edit
- Those who went on location around Los Angeles included members of Voyager's visual effects team, who were tasked with capturing shots of such sights as the exterior of Chronowerx headquarters and the timeship bay that is, according to the story, inside that building. Visual effects supervisor Ronald B. Moore recalled, "We went out and shot [background] plates. I enjoyed doing this [...] because I was able to bring out my old 4" x 5" camera from school and shoot a lot of stills on big 4" x 5" negative. Then we could go in and manipulate the buildings. We did the Transit Building, downtown L.A. It became the [Chronowerx] building [....] We looked all over. [The story includes] a place where we were up in Starling's office and he looks down, and you can see the timeship inside. We tried to get into TRW, which we thought was cool because they shot some of the original series there. I thought it would be fun to go back down, but we couldn't find a place that we liked that they would let us shoot in. So, we finally found a [laboratory] down in Long Beach [or Seal Beach] where we went in, and it was just this real high-tech.... Outdated for that, I guess, but we had lots of wires and pipes and big tanks and stuff. And Dan [Curry] and I went out with still cameras and shot all of this, and then we took it back and then added CG ships, and what-have-you, to that." (Red Alert: Amazing Visual Effects, VOY Season 3 DVD special features; Cinefantastique, Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 98) Moore elaborated, "[With] CGI we added the timeship, and the stands that it's sitting on, and the hoses it's connected to." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 98)
- According to the unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 148), the timeship Aeon was constructed around a shuttlecraft studio model and a life-size prop.
- CGI Effects Director Ron Thornton extremely enjoyed the creation of shots involving Voyager's interactions with a contemporary Earth in this episode's two-parter, such as the newsreel footage at the end of this installment. "We were able to do Voyager flying over Los Angeles, and that was great fun," Thornton enthused, "doing some nice hand-held shots that were supposedly shot with a video camera of this UFO, which was really Voyager flying over LA." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #16)
- Ed Begley, Jr. was impressed by the effects of this episode's two-parter. "I got a kick out of the special effects," he raved. "For a TV show, they really pour it on. They certainly have the best computer graphics on TV. It's film-quality stuff." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #11)
Continuity and Trivia Edit
- This episode marks the first mention of a future Starfleet that monitors and repairs the timeline. In this case, it is the 29th century Starfleet using a timeship. As is established in TNG: "A Matter of Time", timeships exist as part of Starfleet beginning in the 26th century if not sooner. However, all mentions prior to this episode pertain only to Federation historians using the ships to study the past. The earlier-produced DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" establishes that, as of at least 2373, a unit known as the Department of Temporal Investigations exists as part of the United Federation of Planets, for purposes of investigating and reporting on all incidents of time travel involving Federation citizens. This department may very well have been the precursor, in Star Trek's chronology, to the 29th century Starfleet depicted in this episode.
- The cockpit of the Aeon would later be reused as the cockpit of an Entharan starship in "Retrospect" and as Kes's starship in "Fury".
- This episode is one of three Star Trek productions that involve a crew traveling back in time to a strictly contemporary setting, with the other two such productions being TOS: "Assignment: Earth" and the Star Trek film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. The episodes TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" and ENT: "Carpenter Street" both feature an almost-contemporary setting, with the former involving scenes set in 1969 (although it was first aired in 1967) and the latter being mostly set in 2004 (despite the episode originally airing in 2003). Regarding this episode, Jeri Taylor stated (shortly prior to the installment's original airing), "That will be the first time we've done a contemporary location." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #10) It would not, however, be the last; other than the second half of this episode's two-parter, a subsequent Voyager episode to involve a near-contemporary setting is "11:59" (which is partly set in 2000 but first aired in 1999).
- In this episode, Voyager's crew discovers that they are in the past because they cannot pick up Starfleet signals, but are receiving radio transmissions. The same occurrence helps Captain Kirk and his crew determine that they are in the past in the episode TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday".
- Although this two-part story is mostly set in 1996, there is no allusion made to the Eugenics Wars which, according to both TOS: "Space Seed" and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, took place at this time. Prior to this episode's first airing, Jeri Taylor told a convention audience, "I think that those of us who entered into the Nineties realize the Eugenics Wars simply aren't happening and we [the writers] chose not to falsify our present, which is a very weird thing to do to be true to it." (Star Trek Monthly issue 22) Furthermore, in an audio commentary for Star Trek: First Contact, Brannon Braga states that it was decided not to have the Eugenics Wars in this episode because "it would just be kind of strange." This decision was also made, however, because Voyager's writing staff didn't want to bog the "Future's End" two-parter down by having to explain the Eugenics Wars to the majority of the audience (who, according to the series' research, were irregular viewers of Voyager and not hard-core fans of the series). The DS9 episode "Doctor Bashir, I Presume" (produced soon after this one) mentions the wars as having taken place in the 22nd century and not the 20th century, which may account for the wars' exclusion from this episode's two-parter (although writer Ronald D. Moore himself admitted that the DS9 episode's dating of the wars was merely an error on his part–recalling the already iffy "two centuries" quote from "Space Seed" and then forgetting that the DS9 episode took place 106 years later–despite Joe Menosky suspecting differently). (Cinefantastique, Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 110) The novel series Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars would later seek to retcon them as a secret history in which various Augments, largely fighting amongst one another, were responsible for numerous real-life calamities from the early 1990s, making seemingly isolated events all part of one wider conflict; ironically, Los Angeles, the city whose untouched-by-war appearance brought their existence into question, is actually portrayed as an EW "battlefront", its 1992 race riots being one such incident.
- Despite no explicit allusion to the Eugenics Wars here, Rain Robinson has a toy model of the SS Botany Bay near her window and a photograph – stuck to a filing cabinet in her office – that depicts the same sleeper ship's launch; the Botany Bay is established, in "Space Seed" and Star Trek II, as having been launched very soon after the Eugenics Wars. Rain also has, on her desk, a Talosian action figure, which was released as part of the Star Trek 30th anniversary line-up from Playmates Toys.
- There's a very subtle gag in this episode involving the communicators. Right after Harry receives the "Greeting from Earth" message from Rain Robinson, he proceeds to contact the away team on the surface. As the captain's communicator beeps, all of the native Angelenos walking past the away team immediately reach for their cellphones to answer them.
- Although this episode contains no direct references to Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (which is set only ten years prior to it), Tuvok's question to Tom Paris as they exit the observatory, "What does it mean, 'groovy'?", is very similar to a question that Spock asks James T. Kirk after they are ejected from a bus in that film: "What does it mean, 'exact change'?"
- Janeway refers to late 1990s computer technology as "stone knives and bearskins". In TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever", Spock makes the same analogy when referring to the technology of the 1930s.
- This episode has the only mention of the word "teleport" anywhere in the Star Trek franchise, when Starling exclaims, "They are trying to teleport the ship!"
- Chronowerx Industries' name is misspelled as "Chronowerks" on a wall in the laboratory where the timeship Aeon is kept.
- Captain Janeway's original hair bun hairdo makes its last regular appearance in this episode. However, it would be seen again in four subsequent episodes with scenes set either in a holodeck simulation or in 2371 as a result of time travel: "Worst Case Scenario", "Relativity", "Fury" and "Shattered".
- Janeway's new regular hairdo, a hair-clipped ponytail, makes its first appearance here. This hairdo will remain for a year, until the Season 4 episode, "Scientific Method". For the remainder of the third season, Janeway wears a different style, shape and color of hair-clip. In the fourth season, she alternates between previously seen hair-clips, until the appearance of her short loose hairstyle in the "Year of Hell" two-parter until the Season 7 episode, "Endgame".
Reception Edit
- Shortly before this episode's first airing, Jeri Taylor said of the episode's duology, "We're all very excited about it, it's gotten a lot of good 'buzz', and we think it will be a great two-parter." (Star Trek Monthly issue 20) She particularly liked the present-day setting that the members of Voyager's crew find themselves in, noting, "I like the idea of our people landing in Venice Beach and seeing what is truly an alien culture." Taylor also cited this particular episode as one of several that she collectively referred to as "some very fun adventures in our November sweeps period" (another such installment being "The Q and the Grey"), noting that they were airing due to her conviction that Voyager's crew members, in the third season of Voyager, should have more fun than they had had in the previous two seasons. (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #10)
- This episode's duology was the first of several two-parters that were produced to air during the all-important sweeps period, soon to become an annual event on Star Trek: Voyager, and eventually led to two-hour movie nights in future seasons of the series. (Star Trek: Voyager Companion, p. 121)
- This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 5.6 million homes, and a 9% share. [2]
- After but in the same week as the episode's initial broadcast, Jeri Taylor commented that the installment "did spectacularly well." She also related that the success of the character dynamic between Tuvok and Paris here did not go unnoticed and that their relationship would continue to progress along those lines in subsequent episodes. (Star Trek Monthly issue 23)
- This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series.
- Cinefantastique rated this episode 3 and a half out of 4 stars. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 29, No. 6/7, p. 95)
- Star Trek Monthly scored this episode 5 out of 5 stars, defined as "Gold-pressed latinum!". (Star Trek Monthly issue 25, p. 60) It was the first time that the magazine awarded an episode of Star Trek: Voyager such a high rating.
- The unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 150) gives this installment a rating of 8 out of 10.
Video and DVD releases Edit
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3.4, 10 March 1997.
- In feature-length form, as part of the UK VHS release Star Trek: Voyager - Movies: Volume 1 (with "Basics"), 14 August 2000.
- As part of the VOY Season 3 DVD collection.
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Main CastEdit
- Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway
- Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay
- Roxann Dawson as Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
- Jennifer Lien as Kes
- Robert Duncan McNeill as Lieutenant Tom Paris
- Ethan Phillips as Neelix
- Robert Picardo as The Doctor
- Tim Russ as Lieutenant Tuvok
- Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim
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Co-Stars Edit
Uncredited Co-Stars Edit
- Tarik Ergin as Ayala
- Jennifer Somers as a science division officer
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