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So far, Nissan has only sold 6,791 Leafs for the year
Nissan has been shooting for 20,000 total sales of its all-electric Leaf in 2012, but the automaker has finally admitted that it just
won't be able to reach that number
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn reported yesterday that the company will not reach its goal of 20,000 Leafs sold in all of 2012. Nissan was pretty confident throughout the year despite declining sales, and refused to give up the notion that it could double last year's sales until now.
"The forecast we have given ourselves for the year will not be reached," said Ghosn.
For all of 2011, Nissan sold 9,679 Leafs. After nearly achieving 10,000 sales, it declared a new sales goal of 20,000 in 2012 -- doubling the previous year's.
While Nissan had its best sales month in October 2012 with 1,579 sold, the overall year was pretty disappointing. So far, Nissan has only sold 6,791 for the year, making it impossible to even reach last year's 10,000 mark let alone doubling that.
Nissan has even tried to
lure customers in this year with price cuts
It took $3,250 off the price tag of each 2012 Leaf model starting in August. This is a considerable jump from the $850 discounts it was giving back in January. The 2012 Leaf starts at $36,050.
In addition, Nissan reduced lease costs of the 2012 Leaf from $249 per month to $219 per month with $2,999 down for 32 months.
Despite this failure to meet the mark, Nissan isn't giving up. In a video last month, Nissan said it now aims to sell 1.5 million EVs cumulatively by 2016.
While the Leaf seems to be withering in terms of sales, its competitor, the
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, is doing quite well. In the first seven months of 2012 alone, the Volt was already at 10,666 sales. According to
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, the 2012 year-to-date sales for the Volt is at 19,309 units -- nearly hitting Nissan's goal of 20,000 for the year.
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Here is something from Ajahn Amaro http://www.thebuddhadharma.com/web-archive/2012/11/8/the-sound-of-silence.html
PeterB wrote:Surely everyone has heard The Sound Of Silence ?
It goes..' Hello darkness my old friend '........
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Someone has put a University of Hawaii .xxx website address up for auction on the Internet, less than one month after web domain addresses ending in the suffix .xxx became available to purchase for the adult entertainment industry.
While some colleges and universities bought up potential porn web addresses using their names to preserve their reputations, the University of Hawaii did not.
It appears that the University of Hawaii has become the victim of what's called "cybersquatting," which happens when someone not affiliated with a company or institution buys a form of its web address and tries to make money by selling it back to them.
On Monday, KITV 4 News discovered someone is trying to sell TheUniversityOfHawaii.xxx domain name for a starting price of $100,000 on the online auction site eBay.
?They should be concerned about their reputation. But before giving in to these extortionists, I'd start to do research on the alternative ways which are much more cost effective in maintaining their reputation," said Internet security expert Chris Duque, who retired from the Honolulu Police Department in 2007 after spending 17 years as a detective specializing in cybercrime.
Duque said the UH should put a disclaimer on its own website, making it clear any porn websites are not affiliated with them.
"We don't condone, we don't sanction, we don't authorize any sex sites for our organization. If you do happen to come across this, please contact us," Duque said.
Some educational institutions have gone to the ICM Registry website, where people can purchase .xxx online domain names for about $100 a year. The schools have purchased various versions of their names with the .xxx suffix as protection.
"There's too many to buy. So rather than start, they're going to nickel and dime you to death. So rather than do that, I'd say put up the disclaimer and the warning and says that we'll take legal action against anyone who misrepresents us," Duque said.
The person who trying to sell the UH .xxx site on eBay calls himself "chrisasaur," and is offering other suggestive website addresses for sale, including "IHadYourMama.com," for bids starting at $50,000.
He is also listing the HugeBoobies.xxx website for a starting auction price of $2,500.
Duque said the public is much more educated and skeptical of the Internet now compared to 15 years ago, before the use of the web became widespread.
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I'm pregnant with my second and need to get her to sleep on her own without nursing. I am not opposed to continuing to nurse, or tandem nursing if necessary, but the night nursing needs to end!
We co-sleep and she nurses to sleep and to fall back asleep after a night waking anyhwere from 1-5 times a night!
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Spokane sends Hearts for Hope to Sandy Hook Elementary
With the pain still raw after Friday's elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut we all desire to do something to help.
Sometimes the simplest acts can begin the healing process, and at Riverfront Park hundreds have already taken part in a show of hope and healing.
As Ryan Oelrich began placing Christmas presents under the tree for his nieces and nephews, he couldn't stop thinking about the Christmas trees in Newtown, Connecticut and the presents that will remain forever unwrapped.
"I was trying to think of something we could do here, something, however small, that would mean something to the families that have lost so much there," Oelrich said.
So the director of the Ambassadors Foundation, a Spokane non-profit, began cutting out paper hearts and decided he'd ask the Spokane community to write messages of hope and love to the residents of Newtown. He's calling it "Hearts for Hope".
"We've collected over 300 hearts so far in just a matter of hours," Oelrich said.
Three hundred and counting. The fountain at Riverfront Park has become Spokane's gathering place to mourn the loss of 27 lives at the hands of one man.
"I've received some amazing hearts and we're hoping that something as simple as a heart with a message of love from a stranger somewhere in the country will mean something to families over the next year as they begin the healing process," Oelrich said.
In his arms he cradled a bag full of hearts and began to read them out loud.
"I'm sorry, so sorry, I love you, I love my teddy, but I'm giving it to you, love you," Oelrich read. "And it looks like that's from a Sam and he's drawn some hearts and a sad face on there."
"One is obviously from a little young lady who can barely write, but took a heart and just scribbled 'love' on there."
From the scribbles of the young to the eloquent prayers from the faithful, every last heart will be sent to Sandy Hook Elementary. And as long as the hearts keep coming, Oelrich will keep sending them.
The blank hearts will remain at the fountain for the public to write on. Oelrich also says you can cut out your own paper hearts and send them directly to the Ambassadors Foundation offices:
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This sometime A+ list mostly movie actor was hammered when he bet almost $500K during a trip to Vegas last week and lost it all. He also spilled a several thousand dollar bottle of wine all over the table. Not Ben Affleck.
Nicolas Cage
He should get a toke in Dumb and Dumber 3ReplyCancel
I call bullshit. He doesn't have 500K to lose.ReplyCancel
Toke is good spelchek HOWEVER I wrote role!ReplyCancel
Good afternoon evening morning I'm back from enjoying outside and cleaning out my brain from yesterday.ReplyCancel
Good morning, sandyboo!ReplyCancel
Well done. Right out of the gates, VioletReplyCancel
Good afternoon, sandy!ReplyCancel
At his prime as an A+ actor, he was making $20 Million per film.
But, still what an idiot!
Afternoon sandy.ReplyCancel
It's not easy to lose that much money as you are Leaving Las Vegas. Especially when they are Raising Arizona property taxes on the condo you own there…ReplyCancel
He makes it and spends it as fast as he can. Why else do think he does 50 movies a year. Also, anyone see the DM article where Sting says he has spent all his money? Is that a Blind Gossip one where Trudie was stuck in an Italian Hotel because she couldn't pay the bill?ReplyCancel
Maybe so Jack but people are stupid when it comes to movie stahs…
The thrill of having Nic CAGE!! on a string might be enough for someone to be foolish and not check his money history.
But I digress…
Bugs said it BEST!
My brain was slightly hungover Violet needed a clearing out. And I come back and see a 242 comment section that was only 204 when I left and no fights!ReplyCancel
Awesome Job, Violet!ReplyCancel
I guess you're right but that sounds like a lot of money to just wave off if somebody even a movie star can't actually pay itReplyCancel
Her we go. Trying to stay Google free….
Maybe he was trying to impress a Valley Girl, TNC?ReplyCancel
Morning sandy, yepper, that was an awesome sight for the site…lolReplyCancel
Casinos don't give a shit about what your actual earnings are or how much to lose, especially if you're famous. They love putting up celebs with gambling problems and bleeding them dry. Junior Seau is a perfect example. He was gambling all over Nevada his last years even though he was having massive financial problems. He gambled away millions upon millions, his average bet was nearly $40K…ReplyCancel
They extend credit to celebs at these casinosReplyCancel
(I agree to your terms Charlie)
I think he might have been. But he wasn't prepared to Faceoff against her boyfriend. Knew he couldn't Kick-ass without winning a lot of money.ReplyCancel
Personally, I don't see why anyone cares. It's not like he's some National Treasure. I find him rather Crood tbh. If I had my way, he'd be Gone in 60 Seconds. Next!ReplyCancel
Casinos must not understand Nic is broke and cant pay them back the extended courtesy they gave him.ReplyCancel
Apparently, when he rolled Snake Eyes, it was the Kiss of Death.ReplyCancel
(Nicely done!)
Yeah. He thought he'd reach for the Moon. Struck out though, sadly.
Don't be mad, it's just that he's Wild At HeartReplyCancel
Just can't see him as The Family Man he used to be. Especially as his wife now has to sell The Rock he have her when he proposed to pay his gambling debts.ReplyCancel
Yup. He tries to say he wants his kids to earn their own living but really he and Spendy blew it all on matching leather pants and threesome partners and drugs. Thanks dad!!
Regarding Tess…I mean nic cage .. it's not like he's broke and owes the Irs anything. Oh wait. ….
Being busted like that, looks like he probably had to fly home via Con Air. He was probably distracted, because Peggy Sue Got Married.ReplyCancel
The casinos will cater to the celebs to attract and keep happy the high rollers who have the actual money to lose.ReplyCancel
Could be. But anyone who blows that kinda money gambling is clearly compensating for something. I've heard it's only 8MM….ReplyCancel
He a mess. And he has no moola to lose according to irs. Notice if he is losing they aint kicking him out, only if you win. Thats so off kilter- the casinos use every dirty trick in the book to get u to gamble- free booze, beautiful girls, dim lighting, free smokes- but god forbid YOU do anything to try to win. Fuck them. Im glad lopez used their rug to take a nap, and glad ol' thin lips affleck counted cards there. I hope he does it again.ReplyCancel
That may be, but you definitely don't want to cross the Lord of War.ReplyCancel
Well maybe he can get some money if he published an autobiography. Just needs to find a good Ghostrider.
*writer. Stupid autocorrect.
(A bit of a stretch I know, but I'm out of movies, and can't figure out how to work Red Rock West in).ReplyCancel
He should have made a visit to the Bunny Ranch. My times there have been… fun.ReplyCancel
He was SO GOOD in Leaving Las Vegas, allll downhill since then. Also Valley Girl and Raising Arizona. Done witchu, Mr. Cage!ReplyCancel
Wait Sting blew all his money? 180mm? Wow and here I am concerned about how much I can drop at the Farmers mkt.
I'm not surprised if a casino let a famous very drunk guy bet that kind of cash. Drunk being the operative word here. That's what they want so you WILL lose.
As Licky pointed out so long as you're losing you can stay. You start winning and it's adios muchachos.ReplyCancel
sting is selling his london mansion w/ more to come i'm sureReplyCancel
FINALLY the perfect moment for this little beauty.ReplyCancel
Cage can pick up a couple million easy peasy by filming a commercial in Japan. Cage is hugely popular in Asia, but a few million won't solve his problems with his penchant for spending. Meanwhile Sting could go on tour for a year or two and generate $50 million but how long could he hold on to it?ReplyCancel
I read the sting article too. First of all, im sure his kids are well educated and living in house daddy bought. And mean no shade, id do same. Secondly, it didnt say he was broke, just that he has plans for his money- they hv a staff, yadda yadda, and prob knows what he is goingvto do with it. Mb donate it? Plus, he really isnt that old- he cld live another 20 or 30 years, so best be careful! He seemed embarassed he had so much money.ReplyCancel
Nah, Sting isn't broke. He's selling the 9-bedroom house in London because they are empty nesters. He said he's not leaving his trust funds for his kids and they don't expect it, but if they needed help of course he would help them. Chances are he's helped them get a leg up on life already.
Nicolas cage lives in Las Vegas nowReplyCancel
Sting said he's not leaving his kids any money because it would be an albatross around their necks. He also said he and his wife spend it as fast as they get it so that there isn't much to leave anyway.
I didn't know he was selling his London digs. I figured he was just blowing smoke so the kids don't shove him down a flight of stairs.ReplyCancel
His real life has become more entertaining than his acting. Check out "Red Rock West", "Vampire's Kiss", and "Raising Arizona" to see him on his acting ascent. All great movies.ReplyCancel


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#138914 - 02/09/05 09:21 AM Greek Gods: Fun Quiz
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Test your knowledge of Greek gods on this pictorial quiz. Only one of the images was somewhat blurred on my screen, but the other fourteen were clear to quite clear. This is a timed quiz that begins as soon as the page comes up. Great fun!
#138915 - 02/09/05 05:49 PM Re: Greek Gods: Fun Quiz
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Replying to myself:
Did anybody try this quiz?
I'm going to link it on my schoolnotes.com page and let my kids try to beat each other's times for fun in the computer lab:
An Olympics for the fingers and brain.
#138916 - 02/10/05 08:52 PM Re: Greek Gods: Fun Quiz
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Sorry, ww. Since I'm on dialup, I tend to avoid image-heavy links. Maybe you can describe the pictures to me.
#138917 - 02/10/05 08:58 PM Re: Greek Gods: Fun Quiz
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I'm on dialup, too, but haven't had any problem with that site's loading.
Well, a nekkid lady with fruit in her hand, and a partyly nekkid lady with a peacock behind her, and a nekkid man with wings on his hat, and a nekkid man with a trident and a dolphin underneath him...
plus eleven others who are also mostly nekkid people, either painted, printed or sculpted.
#138918 - 02/11/05 05:42 AM Re: Greek Gods: Fun Quiz
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You gone show pitchers a nekkid people to your kids? You gone git in big trouble, lady.
#138919 - 02/11/05 06:13 AM Re: Greek Gods: Fun Quiz
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That was fun, WW. I just wish they didn't take off for spelling. My score would have been much better! As it was, I got 70% and had 7:46 remaining
#138920 - 02/11/05 11:56 AM Re: Art and Nekkidness
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Hey, Faldage. That's what an education is all about!
Consuelo: With my kids in the lab, I'll set up the challenge to take the quiz till a perfect score is reached--and then try to get the highest time (which is actually the best time). I've gotten my own up to 12:37 (actually 2 minutes and 23 seconds to test) at 100% correct responses after only three tries, odd spellings included. I agree with you about the spellings, but, shoot, it's pretty easy to convert to, say, Dionysos over Dionysus after that first try.
Probably won't try this with my kids for a few more weeks because we have a lot going on right now...but it will be a fun celebratory lesson one day after their state writing exams are behind them on March 9th.
#138921 - 02/11/05 12:40 PM Re: Art and Nekkidness
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I don't know $&*# about this stuff._________________________
formerly known as etaoin...
#138922 - 02/11/05 01:23 PM Did anybody try this quiz?
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-joe (I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin') friday
#138923 - 02/12/05 02:42 PM Nekkid? Why didn't you say so!
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I'm all for nekkid, in a theoretical, idealized way. The gods and goddesses had a nice immunity to gravity.
But WW, you weren't nearly lascivious enough in your descriptions. At least one of those goddess' bosoms had to be heaving ...
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Like a surging tide, the next wave of technology has landed in hospitals, changing the nature of healthcare delivery. Tablet computers are overturning concepts of how clinicians will use technology, raising work-life balance issues, and having a beneficial impact on hospital IT budgets.
Tablet computers have gone from relative obscurity to something approximating the appearance of stethoscopes: Nearly every doctor has one. What's different with this generation of technology is that demand is coming from clinicians rather than being rolled out by IT departments.
"Certainly the iOS devices from Apple are very popular among physicians," says Ferdinand Velasco, MD, chief health information officer at Texas Health Resources, an Arlington-based system that includes 25 hospitals, more than 21,100 employees, 5,500 physicians with staff privileges, and 3,800 licensed hospital beds.
A recent internal survey of more than 2,000 Texas Health–affiliated physicians found that 80% of them have smartphones and 50% have tablets, Velasco says.
The spread of these devices parallels a recent surge in bring-your-own-device—or BYOD—behavior at hospitals. But the so-called consumerization of IT is hardly unique to healthcare, Velasco notes.
Apple's iPad has been the catalyst for tablets in healthcare, says Frederick Holston, chief technology officer at Intermountain Healthcare, a Salt Lake City–based network that includes 22 hospitals, a medical group with more than 185 physician clinics, an affiliated health insurance company, and more than 33,000 employees.
"We have PCs at every bedside, so tablets haven't been a big thing for us," Holston says. "But for us, the word tablet changed with the iPad, and it changed because we had a long-battery-life device that was very light and had a very intuitive user interface that was very responsive and provided what was really missing in tablets."
Unlike many previous iterations of the personal computer, clinicians want to use them, says Jonathan Perlin, MD, CMO and president of the clinical and physician services group at HCA, the Nashville-based for-profit company that includes about 163 hospitals and 110 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England and employs approximately 199,000 people.
"We love tablets because our providers, physicians, nurses, and pharmacists have an emotional attachment," Perlin says. "They want to use these devices. That makes uptake really easy, and it improves the security because they tend to store their own personal information, have their own apps, so they guard devices judiciously."
More than 5,000 HCA physicians use tablet technology daily, and Perlin describes the technology as providing a new level of work-life balance for these physicians. He describes a typical day in the life of one of those physicians, starting with the ability to log in to a virtual desktop from home, checking Meditech electronic health records and vital signs from her tablet computer.
"In an electronic age, we couldn't possibly have enough workstations in the hospital, and even if we did, the workstations are in one place," Perlin says. "Tablets allow the information to be securely available anywhere a decision-maker needs it."
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Assistant Police Chief Richard Cantu served as the instructor, and Baron said most of the students supplied their own handguns.
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Special awards will be handed out in several categories, including top student and top shooter.
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Some members of this class also are interested in the BPD's offering an advanced class, and Baron said he has had requests to develop a junior class for teens between the ages of 15 and 18.
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Wireless companies put up more stealth' towersBy BARBARA RODRIGUEZ
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A cellphone tower inside the bell tower is seen over the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Ankeny, Iowa. As wireless companies fill gaps in their networks, many have sought to camouflage the ungainly outdoor equipment that carries the nations daily diet of calls, text messages and data.DES MOINES, Iowa One might be hidden in a cross on a church lawn. Others are disguised as a cactus in the desert, a silo in farm country or a palm tree reaching into a sunny sky.
Whatever the deception, the goal is the same: concealing the tall, slender cellphone towers that most Americans need but few want to see erected in their neighborhoods.
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Each community and each neighborhood can be different, so we really have to work on a case-by-case basis with each city and with each zoning authority, said Karen Smith, a spokeswoman for Verizon.
So-called stealth cellphone towers have been around for more than two decades and appear to be growing in popularity. They have been concealed in a wide variety of ways, including in a stop sign in New Orleans, a pine tree in Kinnelon, N. J., and a water tower in San Dimas, Calif.
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The First Presbyterian Church in Des Moines is working with Verizon to construct a tower that will be dressed up as an 11-story cross. The deal, which is being reviewed by a city zoning board, includes annual compensation to the church.
Like a lot of churches, we have to keep each year finding ways to pay our bills, the Rev. Ken Stuber said. Its an unusual church that doesnt have to worry about something like that.
Suzette Jensen said the towers height and color wouldnt match the churchs exterior, making it an instant eyesore. The pastor said that would not happen.
We pay some pretty high property taxes. We feel very strongly that its going to be a detriment to the value of our homes, she said, adding that neighbors are considering legal action.
Scenic America, a nonprofit that works to preserve scenery along the nations roads, has generally opposed the building of more communication towers, but the group has been more amenable to disguised designs.
Weve been in favor of disguising them if you can and you can do it well, said spokesman Max Ashburn. But even some of the disguised towers are dead giveaways.
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Scott Smith was two years old when he became "hooked" on fishing.
"My grandfather handed me a fishing pole took me to the end of his dock," said Scott Smith. "I caught a perch and I have been fishing ever since."
Smith, who has a dental practice in Adrian (south of Jackson/Ann Arbor) and place on the Au Sable River outside of Grayling, now shares his love of fishing with others. He will be one of several volunteer instructors at the 43rd Annual Michigan Council Trout Unlimited Fly Fishing School. The threeday school will be held June 7-9, on the Boardman River at Ranch Rudolph, southeast of Traverse City.
"This is an in-depth three-day school that is geared to anyone regardless of their skill level. We have a novice, intermediate and advanced classes all going on simultaneously," said Smith. "So if you are novice, you will be fully introduced to the sport. We teach everything from how to wade, to cast, plus all the different types of fly fishing. Another important aspect of fly fishing is understanding stream etymology. Also we spend a lot of time teaching casting and we do that in a large open area on the lawn."
Smith fell in love with fly fishing the first time he tried it 30 years ago.
"I went fly fishing with some friends who took me to the flies-only section of the Manistee River," said Smith. "I was having such a good time fishing that I didn't fit in with the group. They basically used the week as a getaway from their wives to drink and gamble. They sort of uninvited me one year."
At a loss as to what to do, Smith started researching fly fishing and learned about Trout Unlimited (TU).
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instructors took me under their wing. Well, some of those instructors moved so I eventually became an instructor."
That was 27 years ago and now Smith is the coordinator for the TU Fishing School.
Smith operates his dental practice Monday through Thursday and spends his weekends fly fishing, primarily in Northern Michigan.
"I have been all over the country and the world but Northern Michigan is a great place. We have so many world class rivers and streams that I spend most of my time on the rivers up there," he said. "I am also a guide and am busy most weekends with my guide service as well."
Will he be taking at least one weekend off from fishing this summer when he gets married?
"Not true. My fiancé Linda who is from Traverse City loves to fish," said Smith. "I am sure fly fishing will be in order for that weekend."
Smith's love of fly fishing also included a short stint owning a fly shop on the "Trophy Waters" section of the Au Sable River.
"I went into partnership with the owner and loved it and worked as a guide out of the shop. We sold the shop a couple of years ago but I remain a guide still there."
Smith became a licensed fly fishing guide 20 years ago and started by working for Dave Leonhard who owns Streamside Orvis in downtown Traverse City.
"We are very fortunate to have Dave here in Northern Michigan as he is one of just two Master Certified Fly Casting Instructors in Michigan," said Smith. "He is also one of the instructors at the TU school in June."
Other key points to the fly fishing school:
• You do not need to be a TU member. If you do not have your own equipment they will provide it to you for the weekend.
• It is Free Fishing Weekend in Michigan so a license is not needed.
• Instruction is typically one instructor to every four students.
• Lodging at Ranch Rudolf is available, with discounts given to spouses and children, ages 12-18, when attending with another adult. All meals are included in the package, as well as two nights lodging.
The 43rd Annual Michigan Council Trout Unlimited Fly Fishing School will be held June 7-9, on the Boardman River at Ranch Rudolph. For info and to register go to tuffs.org or call Scott Smith at 517-442-2926.st


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The USS Defiant (NX-74205) was a Federation Defiant-class escort that was in service with Starfleet in the late 24th century. The Defiant was one of at least three Federation starships to bear the name, and the prototype for her class of starship.
Development on the Defiant began around 2366 in response to the Borg threat. Although officially classified as an escort vessel, the Defiant was nothing less than Starfleet's first design of warship; intended to fight, and ultimately defeat, the Borg. The vessel featured minimal equipment for scientific research and was not designed to accommodate families. (DS9: "The Search, Part I")
Launched in 2370, on stardate 47538.5, from the Antares Ship Yards, the Defiant's trial runs did not end well for Starfleet. The vessel was overpowered and over-gunned for a ship of its size - so much so that the Defiant nearly shook itself apart when the engines were tested at full power. Ultimately these design flaws, combined with the Borg threat becoming less urgent, led Starfleet to the decision to abandon the project and place the prototype in storage. (Defiant dedication plaque; DS9: "The Search, Part I")
Service at Deep Space 9Edit
After the destruction of the USS Odyssey in late-2370, Commander Benjamin Sisko, who served on the team that designed the Defiant, requested that the vessel be pulled out of storage and assigned to Deep Space 9 to counter the new Dominion threat. Arriving in early-2371, the Defiant's first assignment was to attempt to convince the Founders of the Dominion that the Federation posed no threat to them. After a special amendment was made to the Treaty of Algeron, the Romulan Star Empire installed one of their cloaking devices aboard the vessel to aid in its mission - in exchange for any intelligence gained on the Dominion. (DS9: "The Search, Part I")
The mission did not go well for the DS9 crew. Shortly after entering the Gamma Quadrant, the Defiant was attacked by several Jem'Hadar fighters. During the resulting battle, the vessel was boarded and the senior officers were captured and placed into a simulation to test how Starfleet might react to the Dominion attempting to gain a foothold in the Alpha Quadrant. Ultimately the crew was discovered by Bajoran Militia officers Major Kira Nerys and Odo, and were allowed to return to DS9 with the Defiant. (DS9: "The Search, Part II")
DS9's chief of operations, Miles O'Brien, spent two weeks overhauling the Defiant's structural integrity field to overcome the ships design flaws. (DS9: "Shattered Mirror")
Several weeks later, the Defiant transported Lieutenant Jadzia Dax to the Trill homeworld to receive medical treatment. (DS9: "Equilibrium")
When Major Kira was abducted by the Cardassian Union's Obsidian Order, Commander Sisko took the Defiant into Cardassian space in a rescue attempt. To ensure the Cardassian's did not identify the ship, the vessel's shield harmonics were reconfigured to make the Defiant appear to be a Kobheerian freighter. (DS9: "Second Skin")
The Defiant made contact with the planet Meridian during an exploration mission in the Gamma Quadrant. (DS9: "Meridian")
Later in 2371, Maquis operative Thomas Riker hijacked the Defiant and used it to attack several Cardassian targets. Commander Sisko was forced to travel to Cardassia Prime with Gul Dukat to help track down the vessel. Although Dukat initially wanted to destroy the Defiant, he agreed to release the vessel and the Maquis crew to Starfleet custody in exchange for the Defiant's scans of the Orias system and Riker himself. After facing overwhelming opposition from Obsidian Order forces deployed from the Orias system, Riker ultimately surrendered and the Defiant was returned to DS9. (DS9: "Defiant")
The Defiant visited Earth later that year, where the vessel's senior staff was to attend the Annual Starfleet Symposium on the current situation in the Gamma Quadrant. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I")
Several weeks later, the Defiant was used to carry out a joint project between the governments of the Federation, Cardassia, and Bajor to establish communications between the Alpha and Gamma Quadrants. (DS9: "Destiny")
After a joint Obsidian Order-Tal Shiar fleet entered the Gamma Quadrant on a mission to destroy the Founders' homeworld, Vice Admiral Toddman ordered that the Defiant remain at DS9 to protect the Bajoran sector from any Dominion retaliation. Despite these orders, Commander Sisko took the vessel into the Gamma Quadrant in order to rescue Odo and Elim Garak, who were being held on one of the Romulan vessels in the fleet. Despite sabotage of the cloaking device by security chief Lieutenant Commander Michael Eddington, the Defiant ultimately succeeded in its mission and returned to DS9. Admiral Toddman decided not to file charges against Sisko or any of the other officers who had joined him. (DS9: "Improbable Cause", "The Die is Cast")
In late-2371, a Changeling posing as Federation ambassador Krajensky sent the Defiant on a patrol mission of the Federation-Tzenkethi border. During the mission, the Changeling sabotaged the Defiant, causing it to fly out of control towards a Tzenkethi colony that was intended to be attacked; the Dominion hoped it would provoke a second war between the two powers. The crew was eventually able to regain control of the vessel and kill the Changeling. (DS9: "The Adversary")
In early-2372, the Defiant fought its way through Cardassian space against Klingon forces to bring the Detapa Council to Deep Space 9, once briefly using its tractor beam as a 'substitute' shield to protect it from enemy fire when it was forced to drop its usual shields to beam the Council to safety. (DS9: "The Way of the Warrior")
The Defiant was used by Doctor Lenara Kahn and her research team in an attempt to create an artificial wormhole. (DS9: "Rejoined")
Several weeks later, the Defiant traveled to the Gamma Quadrant to meet with a Karemma starship. During the meeting, the two vessels were attacked by Jem'Hadar forces. The Defiant engaged the Jem'Hadar in the atmosphere of a gas giant and took severe damage; several of the senior officers were incapacitated. Under the command of Lieutenant Commander Worf, the Defiant was able to destroy the Jem'Hadar ships and rescue the Karemma. (DS9: "Starship Down")
In mid-2372, Commander Worf took the Defiant to Earth to assist Captain Sisko in foiling a plot by Admiral Leyton which would have overthrown the Federation government and established martial law. While on route, the Defiant was forced to engage the USS Lakota under the command of Captain Erika Benteen; who was operating under the assumption that the Defiant was manned by Changelings. The Lakota eventually stood down when Benteen refused orders to destroy the Defiant, which was allowed to continue to Earth with the evidence Sisko needed to stop the coup. (DS9: "Homefront", "Paradise Lost")
Major Kira used the Defiant to stop the Klingon Empire from mining the Bajoran sector later that year. (DS9: "Sons of Mogh")
The Defiant later became home to Worf, who found adapting to life on Deep Space 9 difficult. Captain Sisko gave him approval to live on the vessel so long as it did not interfere with his duties. (DS9: "Bar Association")
During an escort mission where the Defiant was protecting several Cardassian freighters against Klingon raids, Commander Worf accidentally destroyed a Klingon civilian transport ship. The Klingon Empire requested that Worf be extradited to face justice for the ship's destruction, but was refused when it was determined that the transport ship was unmanned. (DS9: "Rules of Engagement")
After an attack on DS9 by Jem'Hadar rebels, the Defiant pursued their vessel into the Gamma Quadrant. After rescuing the crew of a disabled Jem'Hadar fighter, the crews of the Defiant and the fighter worked together to destroy an Iconian gateway that was under the control of the rebels. (DS9: "To the Death")
In late-2372, the Defiant took Odo to the Founder's new homeworld where he was to be judged for killing the Krajensky changeling the previous year. The Female Changeling allowed the vessel to personally transport him to the Founder's homeworld so long as one of her pilots entered the coordinates for the planet and wiped them from the ship's memory afterwards. While the vessel was in orbit, Garak unsuccessfully attempted to use the Defiant's weapons to attack the Great Link, but he was caught and prevented from doing so by Worf. (DS9: "Broken Link")
In early-2373, the Defiant tractored a Jem'Hadar fighter captured by Captain Sisko back to Federation space. (DS9: "The Ship")
A few weeks later, Captain Sisko took the Defiant to Ajilon Prime to get his son, Jake, off the front lines of the war with the Klingons. (DS9: "Nor the Battle to the Strong")
The Defiant was later transported to the 23rd century, where it encountered the original USS Enterprise during its visit to Deep Space K-7 in 2268. The crew stopped Arne Darvin from killing Captain James T. Kirk with a bomb implanted in a dead Tribble. (DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations")
The Defiant rescued Odo and Quark from an L-class planet their runabout had crashed on after being sabotaged by the Orion Syndicate (DS9: "The Ascent")
While pursuing Maquis-defector Michael Eddington, the Defiant was disabled by a cascade virus that Eddington had installed in the ship's computers during his time as DS9's Starfleet security chief. The vessel had to be towed back to DS9 by the USS Malinche. When that vessel was later disabled by the Maquis, Captain Sisko used the damaged Defiant to continue pursuing Eddington. After Sisko poisoned a Maquis planet, Eddington surrendered to Sisko and was incarcerated. (DS9: "For the Uniform")
Under the command of Worf, the Defiant participated in the Battle of Sector 001 in mid-2373. The Defiant assaulted the invading Borg cube from the Typhon sector to Earth and took severe damage. As Worf was about to order the ship to ram the cube, the USS Enterprise-E rescued the vessel's survivors. The Defiant and Enterprise crews followed a Borg sphere to 2063 shortly after the cube's destruction to stop the Borg from sabotaging Zefram Cochrane's first warp flight. Following these events, the Defiant was repaired and returned to DS9. (Star Trek: First Contact; DS9: "In Purgatory's Shadow")
When the Dominion annexed the Cardassian Union and invaded the Alpha Quadrant, the Defiant was forced to destroy the runabout USS Yukon, which had been commandeered by a Changeling posing as Doctor Julian Bashir. The runabout was carrying a trilithium weapon which was to be detonated in the Bajoran sun, destroying the entire system. (DS9: "By Inferno's Light")
In late-2373, the Defiant became trapped inside a temporal distortion surrounding a planet in the Gamma Quadrant. The planet was inhabited by descendants of the Defiant crew, who revealed that the vessel would crash while attempting to escape the distortion. The Defiant crew and the planets inhabitants worked to formulate a plan that would allow the Defiant to escape back into normal space, while simultaneously creating a second ship that would crash on the planet and land 200 years in the past, thus ensuring the inhabitants survival. However, it was discovered that the plan would fail and Yedrin Dax was setting up the original Defiant to crash. The crew eventually planned to allow this event to take place, but was stopped by the elder-Odo living on the surface, who changed the ship's flight plan so that it would avoid the distortion that would send them back in time. The Defiant returned to DS9 and the colonists were found to have never existed. (DS9: "Children of Time")
Service during the Dominion WarEdit
In an effort to stop the Dominion's military build-up in Cardassian space, Starfleet Command opted to mine the entrance to the Bajoran wormhole, a move that was virtually guaranteed to lead to war. Despite coming under fire by Dominion forces, the Defiant was able to successfully deploy the mine field and evacuate Deep Space 9's Starfleet personnel before the Dominion took control of the station. (DS9: "Call to Arms")
For the next several months, the Defiant fought as part of the Second Fleet, operating out of Starbase 375. When Captain Sisko was made an adjutant to Vice Admiral William Ross, Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax was assigned to captain the vessel. Under Dax's command, the Defiant destroyed a Dominion sensor array hidden in the Argolis Cluster. (DS9: "A Time to Stand", "Behind the Lines")
Sisko returned to the captain's chair of the Defiant to lead Operation Return in mid-2374. The vessel resumed its assignment at Deep Space 9 after the station was retaken. (DS9: "Favor the Bold", "Sacrifice of Angels")
The Defiant was part of a search effort to look for survivors of the USS Honshu after the latter vessel was destroyed by Cardassian forces. Upon completion of that mission the ship was immediately assigned to escort a Federation troop convoy near the Badlands. (DS9: "Waltz")
While studying a subspace compression anomaly in mid-2374, the Defiant was taken over by Jem'Hadar forces. Thanks to the combined efforts of the Defiant crew and the USS Rubicon, the vessel was retaken and the surviving Jem'Hadar were taken to a Federation prisoner of war camp. (DS9: "One Little Ship")
The Defiant rescued survivors from its sister ship, the USS Valiant, later that year. (DS9: "Valiant")
Upon completion of a convoy escort mission, the Defiant responded to a distress call from Captain Lisa Cusak, who was commanding the USS Olympia. The Olympia had crashed on an L-class planet in the Rutharian sector of the Beta Quadrant. Upon arrival at the planet, the Defiant crew found an energy barrier surrounding the planet which had carried Cusak's distress call forward through time; Cusak had been dead three years. Cusak's body was taken back to DS9 and a memorial service was held for her by the crew. (DS9: "The Sound of Her Voice")
The Defiant, along with the IKS Rotarran, led the Federation Alliance fleet at the First Battle of Chin'toka in late-2374. It was the crew of the Defiant that found a way to disable the Cardassian orbital weapon platforms protecting the Chin'toka system. (DS9: "Tears of the Prophets")
Under Worf's command, the Defiant spent the next several months on convoy duty. (DS9: "Image in the Sand")
In early-2375, the Defiant made a supply run to AR-558, a planetoid in the Chin'toka system under heavy siege by the Jem'Hadar. The Defiant crew provided a small reinforcement of the planetoid and helped disable the houdinis that were plaguing the Federation troops stationed there. (DS9: "The Siege of AR-558")
The Defiant later served as part of a search effort to look for survivors of the IKS Koraga, which had been destroyed by Dominion forces in the Badlands. The Defiant managed to recover six escape pods, but was forced to call off its search for the Koraga's captain, Worf, after only three days due to heavy Jem'Hadar patrols in the area. (DS9: "Penumbra")
Later that year, the Dominion, along with their new Breen allies, retook the Chin'toka system with the Second Battle of Chin'toka. The Defiant was among the 311 ships destroyed in the battle. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil")
The USS Sao Paulo was assigned to DS9 to replace the Defiant after its destruction. Captain Sisko was granted special dispensation by the Chief of Starfleet Operations to rename the Sao Paulo to Defiant. (DS9: "The Dogs of War")
Unique characteristicsEdit
Ablative armorEdit
The Defiant was equipped with an ablative armor coating that was designed to disintegrate under enemy fire at a controlled rate. It dissipated the effects of directed energy weapons, decreasing damage to the main hull of the ship and therefore providing an extra layer of defense. As late as 2372, Starfleet wasn't informed that the Defiant was equipped in that way. (DS9: "Past Tense, Part I", "The Way of the Warrior", "Paradise Lost", "The Changing Face of Evil")
Cloaking deviceEdit
After the Dominion threat emerged in late-2370, a special amendment made to the Treaty of Algeron allowed the Defiant to be equipped with a Romulan cloaking device. In exchange for providing the cloaking device, the Federation agreed to share all of its Dominion intelligence with the Romulan government. Additionally, the cloak was only authorized for use in the Gamma Quadrant; although Captain Sisko violated this provision on numerous occasions. Use of the cloaking device was initially supervised by Subcommander T'Rul, although the Romulans later discontinued supervision. (DS9: "The Search, Part I", "Defiant", "The Way of the Warrior")
Because of the amount of power the Defiant used, the cloak did not completely hide the ship from Jem'Hadar sensors during normal operation. (DS9: "The Search, Part I")
First contactsEdit
- Karemma (The Ferengi were the first Alpha Quadrant species to contact them)
- Founders, 2371
- Meridian, 2371
Command crewEdit
The Defiant's permanent assignment at Deep Space 9 as a support vessel meant that it had no specific or dedicated crew complement. The vessel was manned by station personnel; its crew complement, as well as their assignments, often varied by mission.
- Commanding officer
- Captain Benjamin Sisko (2371-2375)
- Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax (2374)
- Executive officer / Tactical officer
- Colonel Kira Nerys (2371-2375)
- Lieutenant Commander Worf (2372-2375)
- Chief engineer
- Senior Chief Petty Officer Miles O'Brien (2371-2375)
- Chief medical officer
- Lieutenant Julian Bashir (2371-2375)
- Helmsman
- Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax (2371-2374)
- Ensign Nog (2373-2375)
- Science Officer
- Lieutenant Commander Jadzia Dax (2371-2374)
- Security chief
- Counselor/Communications Officer
- Engineer
- Additional personnel
The Defiant appears in all Deep Space Nine episode title sequences starting with Season 4 and beyond.
- "The Search, Part I" (Season 3)
- "Equilibrium"
- "Second Skin"
- "Meridian"
- "Defiant"
- "Past Tense, Part I"
- "Past Tense, Part II"
- "Destiny"
- "The Die is Cast"
- "The Adversary"
- "The Way of the Warrior" (Season 4)
- "The Visitor"
- "Rejoined"
- "Starship Down"
- "Our Man Bashir"
- "Paradise Lost"
- "Sons of Mogh"
- "Bar Association"
- "Rules of Engagement"
- "For the Cause"
- "To the Death"
- "Broken Link"
- "The Ship" (Season 5)
- "Nor the Battle to the Strong"
- "Trials and Tribble-ations"
- "The Ascent"
- "The Darkness and the Light"
- "For the Uniform"
- "In Purgatory's Shadow"
- "By Inferno's Light"
- "Soldiers of the Empire"
- "Children of Time"
- "Blaze of Glory"
- "In the Cards"
- "Call to Arms"
- "A Time to Stand" (Season 6)
- "Sons and Daughters"
- "Behind the Lines"
- "Favor the Bold"
- "Sacrifice of Angels"
- "You Are Cordially Invited"
- "The Magnificent Ferengi"
- "Waltz"
- "Far Beyond the Stars"
- "One Little Ship"
- "Honor Among Thieves"
- "Inquisition"
- "Valiant"
- "Time's Orphan"
- "The Sound of Her Voice"
- "Tears of the Prophets"
- "Image in the Sand" (Season 7)
- "Once More Unto the Breach"
- "The Siege of AR-558"
- "Covenant"
- "It's Only a Paper Moon"
- "Prodigal Daughter"
- "Field of Fire"
- "Chimera"
- "Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang"
- "Penumbra"
- "The Changing Face of Evil"
- Star Trek: First Contact
Background information Edit
The main reason for the creation of the Defiant was that Ira Steven Behr and the writers felt that the Danube-class runabouts would not be able to protect the space station from the Dominion, and that something with more muscle was necessary. In the second season finale, "The Jem'Hadar", the Dominion had shown themselves capable of destroying a Galaxy-class starship (the USS Odyssey) and it was felt that viewers would not accept the idea that the Federation's first line of defense against such a powerful enemy was three runabouts. As Behr explains, "We had all these plans for this Dominion, not so much the Dominion War yet, but the Dominion as a three-pronged attack, and what were we going to go after them with? Shuttlecrafts? You know, I mean, with the Galileo or whatever the hell those names were? You know, it just seemed ridiculous. So we needed a ship." Similarly, production designer Herman Zimmerman states, "We needed a ship that would give the writers the opportunity to have more direct conflict." (USS Defiant, DS9 Season 3 DVD special features)
Ronald D. Moore originally wanted to call the Defiant the USS Valiant, but was unable to, as the USS Voyager also began with a "V". It was three years before Moore was able to name a ship Valiant. The USS Valiant appears in the sixth season episode "Valiant".
Rick Berman was originally against the idea of the ship having a cloaking device because one of the tenets of Gene Roddenberry's universe was that Starfleet "did not believe in sneaking around." However, Behr and Robert Hewitt Wolfe were able to convince Berman that the Defiant was a unique ship in a unique situation and, with the added stipulation that the cloak could only be used in the Gamma Quadrant, Berman agreed. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
Early drafts of the script of Star Trek: First Contact suggested that the Defiant was to be destroyed in the Battle of Sector 001. In the DVD commentary for the film, First Contact co-writer and Deep Space Nine producer Ronald D. Moore said that Deep Space Nine's Executive Producer Ira Steven Behr had seen the script and objected to the needless destruction of his ship in a story that didn't even involve the Deep Space Nine characters (apart from Worf). It would also prove to be inconvenient for the television show, so the Defiant was eventually allowed to survive the battle, and a line suggesting that the Defiant was "adrift, but salvageable" was added to clear up any ambiguity. No reference to the damage the Defiant received during the battle was ever made on Deep Space Nine (although a brief reference was made to the battle itself in "In Purgatory's Shadow", when Sisko mentions "the recent Borg attack").
The USS Equinox, a Nova-class vessel, was designed based on the design of the Defiant "Pathfinder" vehicle, registry NXP-2365WP/T, found in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual.
Models of the Defiant have been made by AMT/Ertl, Galoob's Star Trek Micro Machines range, and by Furuta. Corgi planned to release a model of the Defiant in 2007, however this was canceled. In 2008, the Japanese toy company F-Toys released a model of the Defiant, as well as a transparent "cloaked" version.
The USS Defiant could be seen in the Discovery Science program Ultra Science (an episode about time travel).
An unused door signage for the Defiant was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1]
In the video game Star Trek: Encounters, the Defiant appears in the two levels based on Deep Space 9. In addition, the Defiant appears in the game's last level where it briefly visits an alternate timeline in which the Romulan Star Empire has conquered the Federation. The Defiant later helps the USS Enterprise-E, the USS Voyager, the USS Enterprise-A, and the Enterprise NX-01 defeat a combined Xindi, Klingon, Romulan, Dominion, and Borg fleet.
Worf's first mission of the computer game Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Fallen involves Worf being left in command of the Defiant, trying to fight off a boarding party of Grigari troopers.
The Defiant, as well as the Defiant class in general, feature as playable ships in the tactical combat game Dominion Wars.
Also, the game Star Trek: Legacy features a mission depicting the Defiant's shakedown cruise under the command of Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Sisko. The ship encounters Romulan Tal Shiar forces preparing to ambush T'Uerell within Federation space and despite trying to evade them, is captured. The crew and the ship are rescued by a task force led by the USS Enterprise-D.
External linksEdit
- USS Defiant (NX-74205) at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
- USS Defiant (NX-74205) at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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Actor Adam Beach and philanthropist Walter Gretzky among honorary degree recipients at Laurier convocation
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An award-winning Aboriginal actor, an acclaimed Inuit filmmaker, a pioneering physicist and peace activist, and a renowned hockey dad and philanthropist will each receive an honorary degree at Wilfrid Laurier Universitys spring convocation in June.
The university will also bestow one Distinguished Governor Award to recognize a retiring or retired member of Lauriers Board of Governors who has given outstanding service to the university.
Nine convocation ceremonies will be held at the Waterloo campus from June 9 to 13, and three ceremonies will be held at the universitys Brantford campus on June 17 and 18.
Honorary degree recipients:
Zacharias Kunuk is a world-renowned Inuit filmmaker regarded for his attention to the history and culture of the Canadian Arctic, and the environmental changes occuring in the Far North. Kunuk was born in Kapuivik in the eastern Arctic and grew up in the Baffin Island settlement of Igoolik. He joined the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation in 1982 and directed several short films based on Inuit history. He also produced the educational television series called Nunavut: Our Land. In 1990, Kunuk co-founded Isuma Productions, Canadas first Indiginous film studio, and in 2001 he directed his first film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, the first feature film ever to be written, directed and acted in the Inuktitut language. It won more than a dozen major awards, including the Golden Camera Award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Kunuk has gone on to produce several acclaimed films, including his most recent work, the 2010 documentary Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change, which was screened at the United Nations Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change. He will receive an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree Wednesday, June 11 at the Athletic Complex on the Waterloo campus starting at 2 p.m.
Adam Beach is a Canadian Saulteaux actor who has appeared in several films and television shows. Born in Ashern, Manitoba, Beach spent his early years on the Dog Creek First Nation Reserve. He lost both parents weeks apart at a young age, and was raised first by his grandmother and then by his aunt and uncle in Winnipeg, where he began performing in local theatre productions. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television programs. His film work includes the Academy Award-nominated and Clint Eastwood-directed Flags of Our Fathers, as well as Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and Cowboys and Aliens. He has also appeared on numerous television shows, including recurring roles on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and Big Love, and most recently the Canadian drama Arctic Air. In addition to his acting, Beach founded the non-profit Adam Beach Foundation with a focus on native youth suicide prevention and awareness. He has also started a project that brings pop-up cinemas to remote First Nations communities. He will receive an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree Thursday, June 12 at the Athletic Complex on the Waterloo campus starting at 9:30 a.m.
Walter Gretzky is Canadas most famous hockey dad, an author and philanthropist. Born in Canning, Ont., just outside of Brantford, Gretzky married his wife Phyllis in 1960 and the couple raised five children. He worked at Bell for more than 30 years and has kept his roots firmly planted in Brantford through charitable work and a commitment to aiding youth. A strong supporter of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, his fundraising efforts include the Walter Gretzky CNIB Golf Classic Tournament, which is held in cities across Canada. Other initiatives include the Wayne and Walter Gretzky Scholarship Foundation, which helps students with vision loss to study at the post-secondary level, and the SCORE summer program, which focuses on developing students personal development, leadership skills, and civic responsibility. In 1991 Gretzky suffered a life-threatening brain aneurysm and after recovering became a national spokesperson for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. The author of two books, Gretzky has been recognized with many honours, including Brantfords Citizen of the Year in 1996 and the Order of Canada in 2007. He will receive an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree Wednesday, June 18 at the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts in Brantford starting at 10:30 a.m.
Ursula Franklin is a scientist, peace activist and outspoken social critic with a commitment to justice-oriented interdisciplinary research, leadership and teaching. Born in Germany in 1921, Franklin immigrated to Canada in 1948 to complete her post-doctoral studies at the University of Toronto, where she also became the first woman appointed to the rank of university professor in 1984. As a physicist, she pioneered the development of archaeometry, which applies the modern technique of materials analysis to the field of archeology. A committed pacifist, Franklins personal experiences as a Holocaust survivor and leader in the international disarmament movement are the driving forces behind her research and activism, which include a study on the health risks associated with Strontium 90, a radioactive isotope found in fallout. Her research has been attributed as one motivation for the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty stopping aboveground nuclear weapons testing. Franklin has won numerous awards, including being named Officer of the Order of Canada and the Pearson Medal of Peace. She will receive an Honorary Doctor of Science degree Wednesday, June 18 at the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts in Brantford starting at 2:30 p.m.
Distinguished Governor Award recipient:
Claire Duboc (BA 84), chair of the development committee of the Board of Governors, will receive her award June 13 at the 9:30 a.m. ceremony at the Athletic Complex on the Waterloo campus.
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