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LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY —Livingston Manor's first Birds of Prey Day will be held Saturday, September 29 at the Livingston Manor Central School (LMCS). The event is hosted by falconer Peter Chiavaro, a resident of Livingston Manor. Dozens of bird of prey will be on hand, including falcons, hawks and owls.
The public is invited to get close to the birds throughout the day. An outdoor tent will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Demonstrations will be held in the LMCS gymnasium at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. A flying event will be held at 1 p.m.
Craft and food vendors also will be on the grounds and many businesses on and around Main Street will offer special events for Birds of Prey Day.
Tickets cost $3. Funds raised will benefit low-income families of the LMSD.
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The Legislature's budget committee continues its road show next week, with two opportunities for the public to speak out about Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal.
The first hearing by the Joint Finance Committee is Monday at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. The second one is on Wednesday at the Kalahari resort in Wisconsin Dells.
The committee is soliciting public comment on Walker's two-year, $68 billion budget plan. It held its first hearing on Thursday in Greendale near Milwaukee.
A fourth hearing is set for April 18 in Baldwin.
Once the hearings are over, the Republican-controlled committee will begin the process of voting on changes to Walker's plan before the full Legislature takes it up in late June.


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Your Turn: New iPads, Old Buildings, Familiar Problems
Diane Rutherford has the day off, so Brian Ashley took a deep dive into the Your Turn mailbag, and came up with lots of dissatisfaction with government in the north country.
On Friday, 7 News reporter John Friot reported every St. Lawrence County legislator is getting a new iPad, courtesy of the federal government. The justifications? Well, using iPads cuts down on paper agendas and memos, and in case of a county wide emergency, they'd be part of how legislators get information and communicate.
The iPads were not a big hit with viewers.
Angela Wilhelm wrote... 'We can cut federal employees pay like the border patrol agents by 30 - 40% but then turn around and the federal government can provide the county legislators with new i-Pads... How about we serve the taxpayers and keep the borders protected?
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There is no way LA would go for that trade. Regardless of how little value Z-Bo has, the Lakers want to use Pau Gasol at the PF and Bynum at Center. They will use Odom at the SF spot. They don't need a PF, they need a SF.
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There is no way LA would go for that trade. Regardless of how little value Z-Bo has, the Lakers want to use Pau Gasol at the PF and Bynum at Center. They will use Odom at the SF spot. They don't need a PF, they need a SF.
This is why the ESPN Trade Machine is NOT A TOY but a tool for grown ups.
why settle for odom... why not include starbury, jerome,jefferies, and get back kobe and gasol... so leaving will be
starbury 22m - kobe 21m
zach 15m - gasol 15m
jeffies 6.2
jerome 6.0 -odom 14m
we might have to include a small contract to make it work... maybe include 2 small contracts and maybe the lakers will throw in bynum..
After that game when Zach Randolph blew up in (President & Coach) Isiah Thomas face by yelling at him plus refusing to take the seat that Isiah offered him during that game made Zach value as a player a grade C (for Cancer).
I strongly believe that their is not one NBA coach in the league that will approve the acceptance of Zach character and his $44 million dollar contract on their roster.
With all of the pull & juice that Donnie Walsh have in this NBA league, I'm sure that Owner Dolan wants him to get Zach Randolph off this Knick team ASAP. That is why all the Knick players that Walsh mentioned in his interview he did not mention Zach name untill forced on him by reporters.
Walsh know that to get rid of Zach Randolph will cost the Knicks the performance of David Lee in that trade.
I know Balkman had a terrible season but I like what he adds on the court when playing alongside of my two favorite players "Lee & Nate".
I wished this Knick team would've kept "Demetris Nichols" for the sake of him and Chandler putting in that extra practice together this season to become more creative on the peremeter in providing defense and preventing the passing-lane to be so easy on the Knicks.
I would've LUV to see a second-unit team come off the bench this season in C-Morris, PF-Lee, SF-Chandler, SF/SG-Balkman, SF/SG-Nichols, and PG-Nate Robinson, just to show that the addition of two veteran leadership players added to this lineup next season to make an 8-man rotation would keep this Knick Team at the 500 mark all season.
I dont see players like Marbury, Crawford, Jones, Q.Rich, Jefferies, Malik, Zach, and Curry, improving and changing their talent & skillz to what's best for the team because they all have long contracts inwhich each are way over paid for the performance they give each game. They all know they will never get paid higher than what they are making for the Knicks. Their performance look like they are all jealous of the wisest Knick player Jerome James in the lockerroom...


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Village voters also re-elected Trustee Colin James and elected Charlie Hunter to a spot on the board as well.
Riccio, executive director of the Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce, had 217 votes to 80 votes for former Village President Lance Allen. Trustee Deb Wright, who was running for village president as well as her trustee position, received 77 votes.
Hunter was the top vote getter for trustee with 197, James had 173 votes; other candidates were Scott Falzo with 154 votes, Leslie White with 138 votes, and Wright, who got 61 votes.
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After a two-year stint in the army during the Korean War, the Goliad County native returned home and found work painting houses in Victoria and later used his brush skills at a local sign company.
It wasn't until 1965 when, to the dismay of his parents, he decided to embark on a career as an artist.
"My family didn't discourage me to paint, but they sure didn't encourage me, either," Windberg said.
"I didn't know any artists who were doing this for a living. It scared the heck out of me. I didn't know if I was going to make it or not. But I guess I lucked out."
Fifty years later, Windberg is considered one of Texas' legendary artists. Known for his "smooth surface" technique, Windberg has sold original paintings for as much as $75,000 and has galleries in Taos, New Mexico; Aspen, Colorado; San Antonio; Houston and other cities throughout the Southwest.
Windberg has more than 240 prints and has sold out several editions.
Discovering his talent
Windberg was raised in the Kilgore Community and attended Goliad public schools. He often found himself uninterested with his classes and doodled to pass the time.
"I didn't really catch on to school that much," Windberg said. "One of my teachers told me I should take some art lessons at the Catholic school that was right across the street from the public school."
Windberg took the teacher's advice and learned the basics of painting and how to mix colors from a nun at Immaculate Conception Catholic School. He sold his first painting at the age of 16 while taking lessons in Victoria from noted Rockport artist Simon Michael.
Windberg was drafted into the army at the age of 19 and spent the majority of his military service in Germany, where he learned to appreciate the European style of painting.
"I went to many museums over there and that inspired me to paint," Windberg said. "I admired the techniques of the artists and what they were trying to do. They were all smooth paintings with no brush strokes. I told myself that I was going to paint Texas like that when I got back home."
Beginning a career
Windberg didn't get enough nerve to pursue art as a career until six years after returning from Germany. He produced 365 paintings – one a day – his first year and sold many of them at street markets throughout South Texas.
"I had to paint that many just to survive," Windberg said. "The cheapest painting I ever sold was for $2.75 right here in Goliad."
Windberg continued to take lessons from Michael and eventually began teaching classes in Cuero, Yorktown and Goliad to make enough money to get by.
"It was a hard gig," Windberg said. "You just didn't run into too many artists in this part of the country. I would tell people that I was an artist and they would ask me what I really did for a living. It was considered a hobby.
"As my paintings started selling, I dropped teaching the classes. I finally got some of my paintings into some galleries and then the print business took off. It grew from there."
Windberg said he followed a unique marketing strategy to increase the exposure to his work.
"Once I sold a painting to somebody, I didn't care to sell them another one. I wanted to find somebody else," Windberg said. "One person may have only 10 or 20 friends who will see the painting. You don't want all your paintings in the same house. You want as many people as possible to see them.
"I would tell anyone getting started to not fall in love with their paintings. You can put too high a price on them. No matter who owns your painting, it is still yours. You just want to get them hanging in someone else's home, not yours."
Windberg learned early in his career that customers appreciated paintings of landscapes that were close to home.
"I found out that people in Texas didn't care about a painting of a snow-capped mountain," Windberg said. "Here in Texas, they wanted paintings of things they see outside their own window like bluebonnets. They wanted some kind of local connection."
Windberg said another key to his success was to offer something other artists didn't.
"I always looked around to see what everybody else was doing," Windberg said. "I told myself that I didn't want to compete with these people, so I had to find something that they were not doing. At the time, nobody was painting classic night scenes. They also weren't painting anything that had glassware in it. So I started painting pictures of glassware."
Teaching again
Windberg, who lives in Georgetown where he operates out of his Windberg Art Center, now produces about 10 paintings per year. He and his son, Michael Windberg, travel the country offering lessons to aspiring artists. In March, the Windbergs brought several of their students with them to Goliad for a series of classes.
"Teaching is a challenge sometimes," Windberg said. "Sometimes it is frustrating for me to get things across. But it is always rewarding when you can pass on something that you've learned to somebody else. A lot of things I learned, I learned on my own. I couldn't find anyone teaching what I wanted to know. I had to find out myself.
"Back when I was learning how to paint, it was like rocket science. One artist would never tell another their secrets. Artists would go to the grave with what they would do. I like to share what I've learned."
Nancy Balmert of Clear Lake has been a student of Windberg for over 10 years and was in Goliad for his latest class.
"Dal has got to be the greatest living artist at this point in time," Balmert said. "He can look at something and know what value and intensity the paint needs to be."
Windberg, who resides in Georgetown with his wife, Evelyn, has been the subject of two biographies: "The Paths of the Masters," published in 1978 and "Dalhart Windberg – Artist of Texas," published by the University of Texas Press in 1984.
Windberg said he has no plans of putting a paint brush down anytime soon. His passion appears as fervent as ever.
"It's so important to love what you do," Windberg said. "I tell everybody that what I do sure beats working for a living."


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MLB Pocket Schedules
Tim and I are now three weeks into our 2011 schedule and just had our first "off weekend" of the early season. Kellan is still waiting for his first game action of the season. Plenty of baseball left on the Cook & Son schedule for 2011. Seems like a good enough reason to share our baseball pocket schedule collection.
Each year, I try to grab a few pocket schedules at every ballpark we visit. We have a baseball card album full of them. Let's take a look — and lets do it in the order Tim first saw each of these teams play a home game.
First, our Mariners pocket schedules:
Second, our Phillies pocket schedules:
Third, our Orioles pocket schedules:
Fourth, our Yankees pocket schedules:
Fifth, our Pirates pocket schedules:
Sixth, our Reds pocket schedule (featuring Ken Griffey, Jr.! #3):
Seventh, our Indians pocket schedules:
Eighth, our Mets pocket schedules:
Ninth, our Diamondbacks pocket schedule:
Tenth, our Nationals pocket schedules:
Eleventh, our Red Sox pocket schedules:
Twelfth, our Cubs pocket schedule:
Thirteenth, our Twins pocket schedules:
Fourteenth, our Brewers pocket schedule:
Fifteenth, our White Sox pocket schedules:
(This is one of my favorite schedules. The picture of Ramirez's homerun celebration couples just perfectly with the fireworks. Good job, White Sox!)
Sixteenth, our Blue Jays pocket schedule:
Seventeenth, our Athletics pocket schedule:
Eigthteenth, our Dodgers pocket schedule:
Ninteenth, our Padres pocket schedule:
Twentieth, our Angels pocket schedule:
Twenty-first, our Giants pocket schedule:
Twenty-second, our Spring Training pocket schedules:
One more to come here…still need to photograph the 2011 Spring Training Schedule. By the way, these include all Cactus League games for all of the teams in the Cactus League.
Bonus, our Reading Phillies pocket schedules (MiLB):
There you go, that is it for our MLB pocket schedules collection. We plan to add plenty to this list in 2011. In fact, by the end of the season, I hope to be able to add new schedules for the 2011 Mariners (actually already added), Orioles, Nationals, Phillies, Pirates, Yankees, Mets, Tigers, Reds, Rangers, Astros, Marlins, Braves and Nationals.
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What a great idea! I never even thought of getting some of those when I was up at the Jake last year. Now I wish I would have. That's a really cool way to remember games (aside from the blogs of course). Do you write in them? By that I mean do you mark the games that you went to, or who you went with? Just curious. Can't wait for Memorial Day weekend buddy!
Nah. I don't write in them. I used to keep a Mariners schedule in my wallet and record "W" or "L" for each game…but I stopped long ago. So I just collect 'em. Definitely looking foward to our Texas trip. We'll be in Arlington in exactly one month!


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The following is an outline from a lesson I delivered in a Bible study group.
Question: Have you ever doubted God? When God says He will do something, have you ever denied that He would do it?
Impatience is unbelief
- It rises in your heart when you begin to doubt God's timing
- When you doubt the wisdom of His guidance
- It springs up when the road to success gets muddy or a tree falls across and blocks it from where you thought you would be and when you thought you would be there
There's a difference between impatience and desire
- God doesn't want us to be impatient
- God wants us to desire Him
- Not to be apathetic
- It's OK to desire something, be patient
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If you like rock, you may also like...
Date: 16-Apr-1999 11:44:43
From: dave
*The first 3 Mahavishnu Orchestra recordings
*Soft Machine:'Bundles' and 'Softs'
*Return to Forever: 'Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy'
*Billy Cobham "Spectrum"
*Tony Williams' Lifetime: "Believe It" and maybe "Turn it Over" & "Emergency" for the more fearless.
*Jan Hammer Group: "Oh Yeah"
*Previte / Doran / Thomas / Helias: "Corporate Art"
*Miles Davis: "Agartha", "Jack Johnson"
*Terje Rypdal: "Chaser"
*Ginger Baker Trio: (the first CD with Haden & Frisell)
....many, many other possibilities
Date: 21-Apr-1999 13:03:43
From: Lauri Pursiainen (email@example.com)
Steely Dan:Aja (Marvellous drum work by Steve Gadd)
Date: 02-Jun-1999 23:04:13
From: Brian Laine (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Mr. Bungle- Disco Volante (Jazz-meets-metal freakout!!)
Date: 21-Jun-1999 03:34:48
From: John Wilson (email@example.com)
Try listening to two Jazz Albums by 80's pop stars Hue & Cry. They have been making the transition to Jazz over their 12 year career and are signed to the Scottish Jazz Label 'Linn Records'. Their 1996 release 'Jazz Not Jazz' was likened to Steely Dan's 'Aja' and their new album 'Next Move' is released today 21st June. I have an advanced copy and it's really kicking.
Want more info, check out our website :-
Date: 03-Jul-1999 19:26:54
From: phil (email@example.com)
Stanley Clarke - Schooldays
The bass riff of the title track is reminiscent of
Deep Purples' Smoke On the Water, but he breaks free of the dead end Ritchie Blackmore takes you. Research Stanleys catalogue and the people he worked with ( Chic Corea , Flora Purim etc) and you'll soon appreciate why he wrote his 'song' for John Coltrane.
Date: 20-Jul-1999 15:44:30
From: Jeff Gray
Mahavishnu Orchestra- Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire
Billy Cobham-Spectrum
Chick Corea-Return To Forever, Where Have I Known You Before, Crystal Silence
Herbie Hancock-Headhunters
Keith Jarrett-Bremen/Lusanne Solo Concerts, the early Atlantic albums(esp. w/ Gary Burton and the American quartet), the early ECM albums(both the American and European quartets)
Gary Burton-any album
Date: 13-Sep-1999 22:24:47
From: dthree (firstname.lastname@example.com)
No one mentioned Brand X yet?
Date: 26-Oct-1999 11:34:11
From: Jeff Buckridge
If you like fiery Latin Rock, ala Carlos Santana, you will
appreciate Al DiMeola's work, especially his earlier stuff.
He's like Carlos on speed, a tad overkill at times, but fun
never the le
Date: 24-Nov-1999 08:41:41
From: krock
Brand X represents the true fusion rock band. Leaning toward the rock spectrum they are definitely worth listening to. Their first album "Unorthodox Behavior" is a great start. "Morrocan Roll" is their most varied album and really represent what they can do. But it youll like it!
Date: 29-Nov-1999 11:52:27
From: Dave Reaboi (email@example.com)
some downtown suggestions:
John Zorn & Naked City "Grand Guinol"
John Zorn & Masada "Live in Middelheim"
Tim Berne & Bloodcount "UNwound"
Tim Berne & Paraphrase
Date: 17-Dec-1999 21:46:58
From: Micah Holmquist (firstname.lastname@example.com)
"Ask the Ages" by Sonny Sharrock did the trick for me.
Date: 02-Jun-2000 17:02:30
From: Kristopher Hooper (email@example.com)
Nels Cline made the bridge for me from Sonic Youth, Mike Watt to jazz. Great guitarist!!! Chest by the Nels Cline Trio is great (somewhat like Ask the Ages by Sonny Sharrock). Also, check out his chops on Mike Watt's Contemplating the Engine Room.
Date: 21-Nov-2000 15:36:09
From: um...
how can u find jazz entertaining. I find it tremendously boring
Date: 08-Dec-2000 22:29:55
From: manicmike (firstname.lastname@example.com)
actually, re-transplanted to the Boston scene, just checking out music web-stuff... freak-out!! seeing name-o-Jeff Buckridge... thinkin I know that dude! Cheers mate, good to see you are still rockin! mrule
Date: 08-Jun-2001 16:46:56
From: Alvaro (email@example.com)
-Soft Machine
-King Crimson -> "Lizard"
-Kurt Rosenwinkel
-Al di Meola
-Companya Electrica Dharma
-Bill Bruford
-Eumir Deodato
Date: 28-Sep-2001 15:43:43
From: Coypu
I would suggest two bands who have mixed jazz with technical death metal, the result is a fast furious journey into technical perfection and pure chaos. Theese albums must be heard by any fan of fusion
Cynic - Focus
Atheist - Peice of time, Unquestionable pressence and Elements.
Date: 28-Sep-2001 16:15:54
From: Coypu
I forgott Fredrik Thordendal's amazing album - Sol niger within. An album which fuses weird rhythms with some of the most amazing guitarr solos ever recorded!
Weather Report - "Weather Report (1971)"
"To us, who were of necessary birth, for the earth's hard and thankless toil, silence 'as no meaning." -LKJ, Two Sides Of Silence
what about the best fusion Rock-Jazz Band from 1968 to 1971 Blood Sweat and Tears.
International Club of Percussionists
Them theres Bill Chase's early '70's group "Chase".
It may sound a bit strange but if someone's into Cream then they are already nearly there.
Jack Bruce being a jazz musician first has said that he and Ginger Baker wanted to play Jazz but Rock was the thing to play so they got Eric Clapton and played jazz (although they never told Eric this).
I'd also recommend lots of the 80s UK bands like Pigbag and Weekend if coming from a more punk direction and a lot of the newer bands like Zu and Spaceways Inc.
(Pigbag being an excellent next step from a lot of the new punk-funk groups like Franz Ferdinand)
Hi youngukjazzfan
Take a step back before Cream, and you will find the Graham Bond Organisation featuring Graham, Ginger and Jack and Dick Heckstall Smith.
Graham also played with Don Rendell on the Roarin' album.
There are wheels within wheels
Birth Controller to the Jazz Community. (click on the underlined text for more information)
Hi-- being "new" to jazz some of you watching this thread are probably more familiar with more Popular genres of music that Jazz is fusing with. Would be great if you could give your input at my related post here (or maybe join me on this treasure hunt ...
Moderator: I'm not sure if the rules in this Forum allow cross-posting as I'm new here; let me know if this was ok
If you want to cross-over from Jazz to Rock - i'd recommend giving The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex's "Life Begins Again" a listen. Jimmy Chamberlin plays for the Smashing Pumpkins, but is a classically trained Jazz drummer. Chamberlin's early musical training was primarily as a jazz drummer under the instruction of future Yanni drummer, Charlie Adams, although he was also taught by several other teachers and learned Latin, Brazilian, and big band drumming techniques. This record, his first solo-outing is in the vein of Tony Williams, and indeed on the live tour back in 2005 they played a cover of "Fred".
Chamberlin often cites Elvin Jones, Chick Webb, Mitch Mitchel, Buddy Rich, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Captain Beyond, Weather Report, and Return to Forever as influences and you can hear them all in this record. The track "Loki Cat" was written on the day that Elvin Jones died, and Chamberlin's drums play tribute to his unique feel.
I believe Chamberlin is one of Rock's greatest drummers, and had he turned his hand to Jazz full time, and judging by this record, i have a feeling he would have been regarded as one of the great Jazz drummers had he followed that particular path...
in fact - i'd recommend listening to Smashing Pumpins especially Gish, Siamese Dream and Zeitgeist if you like his drumming
What do you guys think of the Alex Skolnick Trio?? This is amazing stuff, he's the extremely talented guitarist of Testament and he made all the heavy metal classic songs into jazz...
Metal Israel @ Jemsite
Da Boss @ Metal Israel
I would cite the Carlos Santana/John McLaughlin 1973 release 'Love Devotion and Surrender' as getting me from Rock to Jazz, particularly the two John Coltrane covers 'A Love Supreme' and 'Naima' on this release. These two versions are inferior to the originals, but I can't be the only person who got motivated to check out Jazz as a result of this project. Santana also toured with Miles Davis in 1970,went on to record an album with Alice Coltrane, so though I don't personally rate anything Santana has done since 1977, I have to be grateful to him for his interest in Jazz during early the 1970's.
All of the above but also the great Montreux / Newport winning, jazz rock fusion pioneers Nucleus
Roger F
"Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." - Frank Zappa
Ian Carr and Nucleus
My "stepping-stone", way back when, was the first couple of albums by the English group IF.
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KINGSVILLE, Texas — Freshman Evan Orsak pitched 4 1/3 strong innings in relief and sophomore Keith Balderaz earned a school-record ninth save as Eastern New Mexico University outlasted Texas A&M-Kingsville 8-7 in 12 innings on Saturday in the first game of a Lone Star Conference South Division doubleheader.
The Javelinas came back to take the nightcap 3-2, capturing three of the four games in the season-ending series.
Orsak (1-1) allowed two hits and no runs after taking over for starter Evan Courteau to begin the eighth. He left after giving up a single to Javier Molina and a sacrifice bunt by Jorge Pena to start the 12th.
Balderaz, who couldn't close out Friday's opener in his first save opportunity since tying Steve Montoya's 1996 school mark in just the team's 20th game on March 4, then struck out Will Alexander swinging and retired leadoff man Dustin Brooks on a grounder to short to end the 4-hour, 5-minute marathon.
The Greyhounds (24-32, 6-14 South) took the lead in the top of the 12th on doubles by Mike McDuffie and Brian Green off Kingsville's Zach Gordon (3-3), who pitched the final 4 1/3 innings. They were ENMU's only extra base hits in the contest.
The teams combined for 34 hits and stranded 29 baserunners — 17 by Eastern. Six pitchers — three for each team — threw a total of 415 pitches, including 244 by the Javs.
The Hounds took a 6-3 lead with a five-run fifth after the first two hitters were retired, the rally capped by Gilbert Alvarado's two-run single. Kingsville responded with a four-run fifth to regain the lead, keyed by back-to-back homers from Andrew Sweet and Matt Emerson.
Shortstop Steven Lopez-Barela, who went 4-for-6 in the game, then tied it for ENMU with a two-out RBI single in the sixth and the teams settled in for a while.
Designated hitter Tyler Brown went 4-for-5 for the Hounds, while Green finished 3-for-7.
Kingsville (35-19, 9-11) held on in a more routine seven-inning nightcap, played in just over two hours. The Hounds threatened in the seventh when Seth Clabaugh walked and Derrick Kennedy singled with one out, but Chris Nabors got Justin Gee and Mike McDuffie on strikes to earn his first save of the season.
Emerson (2-3) went five innings, allowing four hits, and also hit a two-out, two-run single in the third for a 3-0 lead. ENMU pulled to 3-2 in the fifth on an RBI double by Ryan French and a run-scoring single by Kennedy.
Senior right-hander Kelly Crain (5-7) pitched a complete-game six-hitter for the Hounds, striking out four.


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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Sunday said he will not back down from the battle to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act even though some Republicans think the party should move on.
Ryan dismissed criticism that House Republicans have virtually no chance of dismantling the signature legislative accomplishment of Obama's first term and their efforts might be better expended elsewhere.
He said his budget assumes the repeal of the healthcare law, in an interview on "Fox News Sunday."
When host Chris Wallace challenged him on that assumption, Ryan said he would not give up the fight.
"That's not going to happen," said Wallace.
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Name of Product: Little Tree Mini Learning Cube
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|Dominion War
|USS Sitak (bottom left) is destroyed and USS Majestic (center) is badly damaged during "Operation Return", one of the hard-won victories by the Federation Alliance
|Federation Alliance
|Dominion-Breen Alliance
|Notable commanders
| Federation:
Captain Benjamin Sisko
Admiral William Ross
Klingon Empire:
General/Chancellor Martok
Chancellor Gowron†
Romulan Empire:
Senator Kimara Cretak
General Velal
Cardassian Liberation Front:
Legate Damar†
| Dominion:
Female Changeling
Cardassian Union:
Gul Dukat
Legate Damar† (later started rebellion)
Legate Broca†
Breen Confederacy:
Thot Gor
Thot Pran
|Unknown number of ships.
|At height: 30,000 starships
|Casualties and losses
|Unknown, severe
|Over 807 million Cardassians, near complete destruction of Jem'Hadar forces in the Alpha Quadrant, unknown number of Breen losses
|Federation Alliance
|Dominion-Breen Alliance
"The Alpha Quadrant seems wracked with chaos – it could use some order...."
"Imposing your type of 'order' on the Alpha Quadrant...may prove more difficult than you imagine."
- - The Female Changeling and Odo, 2371
The Dominion War was a two-year interstellar conflict fought between the Federation Alliance and the Dominion from 2373 to 2375. It was one of the most destructive and bloody wars in galactic history. By the time the conflict ended, the Alpha Quadrant had lost a notable power (the Cardassian Union), the Klingon Defense Force was set back for decades, and there remained a catastrophic death toll for all powers involved.
Prelude Edit
"You have no idea what's begun here.'
- - Eris, 2370
Following the Federation's first official contact with the Dominion in 2370, a cold war developed between several of the Alpha Quadrant's major powers and the Dominion that lasted for three years. By placing Changeling infiltrators in important positions within the governments of the Alpha and Beta Quadrant's major powers, the Dominion was able to wipe out the Obsidian Order, drastically reduce the capabilities of the Tal Shiar, nearly cause a war between the Federation and the Tzenkethi, and start a war between the Klingon Empire and the Cardassian Union, an act which concurrently caused a conflict between the Federation and Klingons. (DS9: "The Die is Cast", "The Adversary", "The Way of the Warrior")
The conflict between the Klingons and the Cardassians is what paved the way for the Dominion to gain a foothold in the Alpha Quadrant. In mid-2373, Gul Dukat, frustrated with the losses his people had taken from the Klingons, negotiated the entry of the Cardassian Union into the Dominion. The Dominion immediately began fortifying Cardassia with weekly convoys of warships and troops from the Gamma Quadrant. With his new Dominion allies, Dukat was able to make good on a promise to drive the Klingons from Cardassian space and wipe out the Maquis resistance in the Demilitarized Zone. At this point, the Federation and Klingons renewed their alliance and agreed to stand side-by-side against the new Dominion-Cardassian threat. (DS9: "By Inferno's Light", "Blaze of Glory")
Although a technical state of war did not yet exist, several skirmishes occurred near the Cardassian border over the next several months, with ships such as the USS Tian An Men and the IKS B'Moth either being destroyed or reported missing. Additionally, the Dominion began securing nonaggression pacts with several of the Alpha Quadrant's regional powers, including the Tholian Assembly, the Miradorn, the Bajorans, and perhaps most significantly, the Romulan Star Empire. Hoping to prevent any further Dominion reinforcements from reaching Cardassia, the Federation opted to mine the entrance to the Bajoran wormhole, a move that Starfleet believed would lead to war. (DS9: "Soldiers of the Empire", "In the Cards", "Call to Arms")
Total war begins Edit
"We're losing the peace, which means a war could be our only hope."
- - Benjamin Sisko, 2373
Upon learning of the Federation's intent to mine the wormhole, a large Dominion fleet was dispatched to Deep Space 9 to capture the station. Despite the heavy armaments, the station did not have the resources to fend off the Dominion fleet without reinforcements from the Federation. Shortly after the activation of the minefield, DS9's Starfleet personnel were forced to abandon the station aboard the USS Defiant and the IKS Rotarran.
Shortly before the Dominion forces boarded Deep Space 9, now returned to its original name Terok Nor by the Cardassians, Bajoran Militia officer Major Kira Nerys activated Program Sisko 197, which had the effect of sabotaging the station and rendering it a nearly lifeless hulk. The minefield surrounding the wormhole operated independently and resisted all initial attempts to deactivate it. Furthermore, while the Dominion forces were occupied with their attack on Deep Space 9, a combined Starfleet-Klingon taskforce destroyed the Dominion shipyards at Torros III. (DS9: "Call to Arms", "Behind the Lines")
Dominion success and stalemate Edit
Over the next three months, the Federation and Klingon fleets engaged Dominion forces in a large number of bloody battles. However, each time the Federation-Klingon alliance was forced to retreat. In one attempt to stop the Dominion's advance into their territory, the Federation dispatched its Seventh Fleet – a force composed of 112 vessels – to the Tyra system. The Seventh Fleet was also forced to retreat, but only fourteen ships were able to make it back to their lines; a disastrous defeat for the Federation. Although Federation citizens at home were apprised of the military situation on the front lines, matters were far worse than the news service was reporting. (DS9: "A Time to Stand")
Although Starfleet was yet to defeat the Dominion in a major operation, they were able to score some minor victories here and there. Over three months following the outbreak of hostilities, Captain Benjamin Sisko lead an infiltration mission which destroyed the Dominion's primary ketracel-white storage facility in Cardassian space, further complicating their supply problems. Dukat responded by pushing deeper into Federation-held space, hoping to score a crushing victory over the Allies before the final rations of ketracel-white would be distributed (provided the wormhole could not be reopened). By the end of the following month, the front line extended across Federation territory, with the Vulcan and Bolian home systems finding themselves within contested regions. Shortly after another infiltration mission which managed to destroy a massive Dominion sensor array in the Argolis Cluster, Starfleet launched an operation which managed to alleviate the pressure on the Bolian front. Nevertheless, morale was plummeting to such levels that even the Klingons were beginning to doubt whether they could defeat the Dominion. (DS9: "Behind the Lines", "Favor the Bold")
By the second quarter of that year, after months of retreating from Dominion forces, Captain Sisko attempted to persuade Starfleet Command that the Federation must go on the offensive. He proposed a plan to recapture Deep Space 9 using a task force consisting of the Second, Fifth, and Ninth Fleets. Admiral Coburn objected to the plan, fearing too many ships would be diverted away from Earth, leaving it open to a Dominion attack. Sisko was eventually able to convince him that the key to winning the war was preventing Dominion reinforcements from coming through the wormhole. The plan was approved; however, the Federation received intelligence that the Dominion was only three days away from deactivating minefield and the Ninth Fleet was still four days away. In addition, the Klingon Empire had not yet agreed to participate in the operation, citing the same fears as Admiral Coburn, only that it would leave the Empire vulnerable, and not just Earth. Nevertheless, Starfleet felt it had no choice but to deploy its task force with only the Second and Fifth Fleets in order to reach DS9 before the minefield was deactivated. Without the minefield, the Federation would almost certainly be overrun by the Dominion reinforcements. The task force of over 600 Federation ships departed from Starbase 375 and headed towards the Bajoran system. Realizing that the Federation fleet was on a direct course for Deep Space 9, Dukat pulled a significant number of Dominion ships off the front lines to crush the enemy fleet and prevent them from retaking the station. With only hours left until the minefield was destroyed, Weyoun assured Dukat that all the ships lost during this engagement would be easily replaced with the 2,800 Jem'Hadar ships waiting on the other side of the wormhole. He reiterated that holding onto the station was the top priority. (DS9: "Favor the Bold")
A Dominion fleet of 1,254 ships intercepted the Federation fleet and the battle to retake Deep Space 9 began. Captain Sisko attempted to draw out Cardassian forces and open a hole in the Dominion's lines, in order to punch through and reach the station in time. Dukat, realizing Sisko's plan, saw an opportunity of his own: He would allow the Federation to force its way through, only to be surrounded and closed in by the overwhelming force at his disposal. With the Federation forces taking heavy casualties, the battle seemed almost lost. However, a massive Klingon fleet suddenly decloaked and engaged the Dominion forces, turning the tide of the battle to the Allies' favor and enabling the Defiant to break through the lines to Deep Space 9. Although Dukat made good on his promise to destroy the minefield, it proved useless to the Dominion, as Captain Sisko entered the wormhole and persuaded the Prophets to wipe out the Dominion reinforcements entirely. With no reinforcements on their way, and the fleet battle in favor of the Federation-Klingon forces, the Dominion was forced to withdraw from the station. Operation Return was the first major alliance victory of the war, and also saw the end of Dukat's leadership of Cardassia. His underling, Damar, replaced him. (DS9: "Sacrifice of Angels")
The war entered a temporary lull at this point; the Dominion retreated to within Cardassian space, and activity along the border was rare. During this lull, the Dominion sued for peace with the Federation, even offering to withdraw their forces from a sizable amount of territory which would be ceded back. An analysis by a genetically engineered think tank led by Doctor Julian Bashir determined that the Dominion was merely trying to acquire the Kabrel system, which would allow them to produce ketracel-white in the Alpha Quadrant, addressing the supply problem they were facing without wormhole access. However, Bashir's think tank projected that it was actually favorable to take the territory without a fight while they had the chance, despite giving the Dominion the ability to produce ketracel-white in the process, because it would be more difficult for them to retake all of the Dominion's large amount of controlled space without incredible casualties if they did not. Although the Dominion would use the opportunity to regroup its forces, they warned, the Federation and Klingons were in far more need of a respite than the Dominion, and would take away more from a short pause in fighting. Weighing the pros and cons, the augments suggested the Federation accept the peace proposal. Instead, the Federation made a counter-proposal, much to the Dominion's dissatisfaction. Fighting resumed some weeks later. (DS9: "Statistical Probabilities")
Despite their successful retaking of Deep Space 9, the Federation and Klingon forces were far from victory. Ships patrolling the Cardassian border were frequently attacked. The USS Cortez was lost with all hands during a border patrol. The Dominion also began breeding Jem'Hadar in the Alpha Quadrant, to compensate for the lack of reinforcements from the Gamma Quadrant. By 2375, the Dominion's Ketracel-white shortage was mitigated when the Son'a began producing the drug for the Jem'Hadar. (DS9: "Far Beyond the Stars", "One Little Ship", "Resurrection", "Penumbra"; Star Trek: Insurrection)
In late 2374, the Dominion launched a successful invasion of Betazed from the Kalandra sector. The Federation was caught off guard because Starfleet Intelligence had mistakenly believed the Kalandra sector was too far from Dominion supply lines to pose a threat. In addition, the Federation's Tenth Fleet, which was assigned to defend Betazed, was caught out of position during a battle exercise. Betazed's own planetary defense systems were obsolete and undermanned. With the capture of this system, the Dominion was in a position to invade Vulcan, Andor, Tellar and Alpha Centauri. Furthermore, the Federation was suffering a manpower shortage after sustaining massive casualties up to that point, and many of their shipyards were still being rebuilt. The Dominion's shipyards, on the other hand, were producing at 100% capacity, and legions of Jem'Hadar were being bred at an incredible rate. Without help, it was only a matter of time until the Dominion would defeat both the Klingons and the Federation. (DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight")
The Federation began growing more desperate for allies. Ensign Nog, the only Ferengi in Starfleet, was dispatched to personally deliver a message to Grand Nagus Zek of the Ferengi Alliance from the Federation Council, a message Jake Sisko speculated was a proposal for an alliance. Additionally, the USS Enterprise was ordered to welcome the Evora as a new Federation protectorate despite the Evora only developing warp drive one year earlier. The Federation Council believed that in light of their losses to the Dominion and the Borg, the Federation needed all the allies it could find.
But perhaps the most important ally it needed was the Romulan Star Empire.
Turning of the tide Edit
"Think about it, they're in the perfect position. They get to sit back and watch as their biggest rivals slug it out in a long, bloody war. No one's threatening their interests. Why should they risk their necks? There's simply no reason for them to get involved in our war."
- - Jadzia Dax, 2374
The Romulan Star Empire had to this point declared itself neutral in the conflict, though they were allowing Dominion ships passage through their space. Realizing the war was lost without the assistance of the Romulan Empire, Captain Sisko undertook an act of coercion with the help of Elim Garak, implicating the Dominion in an assassination plot against a high ranking Romulan senator. Their ploy was successful, and the Romulans joined the alliance. Within hours of joining the war against the Dominion, the Romulans attacked fifteen bases along the Cardassian-Romulan border, opening up a new front and drawing forces away from the Federation and Klingon lines. In some of their most violent engagements, the Romulans used Reman shock troops as cannon fodder. One such commander of those forces was Shinzon - who was (unknown to the Federation at the time) a clone of Captain Jean-Luc Picard - and led twelve successful engagements against the Dominion. (VOY: "Message in a Bottle"; DS9: "In the Pale Moonlight", Star Trek Nemesis)
With the Romulans now part of the Federation Alliance, the Allies had the necessary resources, ships and manpower to go on the offensive. The Federation and the Klingons wished to proceed, however the Romulans were hesitant at first. The Romulans believed that an invasion of Cardassia would only result in an appalling amount of casualties. In the end, Captain Sisko managed to convince them that the only way to achieve a lasting victory against the Dominion was to invade their territory and begin destroying their shipyards and cloning facilities. The Dominion forces were spread thin after being forced to divert ships to the Romulan front. Only five squadrons of Jem'Hadar attack ships were available to defend the Chin'toka system, which became the first target attacked by a combined Federation-Klingon-Romulan invasion fleet. Without reinforcements from the Gamma Quadrant, the Cardassians resorted to deploying orbital weapon platforms, reducing the need for starships to defend the system. These weapon platforms were well armed and were nearly successful in fending off the Allied invasion fleet. However, Garak discovered a weakness that allowed the Federation to destroy the platforms' power grid. As a result, the Allied fleet emerged victorious at the First Battle of Chin'toka. Federation troops beamed down and seized control of both planets in the star system. This was the Allies first push into Cardassian territory, and was a monumental morale booster. (DS9: "Tears of the Prophets")
After the initial success in capturing the Chin'toka system, the invasion of Cardassia had ground to a halt. Allied casualties continued to mount while Dominion forces managed to keep the Allies bottled up in the Chin'toka system. The Dominion was pushing its shipyards beyond their limits in an attempt to construct enough warships to retake the system. At this point, the war had entered something of a stalemate. Early- to mid-2375 was spent with neither side offering a firm push forward into the other. A Klingon fleet attempted to advance against Dominion forces at Monac IV, but it was repelled and suffered at least thirty percent casualties. Allied ships and ground troops in the Chin'toka system came under constant attack from Dominion warships and ground forces determined to retake their territory. (DS9: "Image in the Sand", "The Siege of AR-558")
One very important event that changed the shape of the war was occurring behind the front lines: a debilitating disease was attacking the Founders. It would later be claimed that Section 31 had a hand in the infection. The Founders' abilities as leaders were being compromised just as their military was taking severe punishment from the emboldened alliance. (DS9: "Treachery, Faith and the Great River")
Gradually, Damar began openly criticizing the war effort and deriding the Founders' leadership. Cardassia had taken heavy casualties during the war. Damar believed that there was not one Cardassian family that had not lost someone in this conflict. Dominion leaders began seeking a new ally, and in late-2375 they entered into negotiations with the Breen, a mysterious but powerful race. In the ensuing months, an alliance was formed and the Breen took more and more of the Cardassians' responsibility, their leadership, and even Cardassian territory. The tide had turned in favor of the Dominion, but Cardassians grew more restless by the day. (DS9: "'Til Death Do Us Part")
The Breen entered the war with a shocking attack on Starfleet Headquarters itself. Most of the Breen attack force was destroyed by Starfleet forces, but not before the Breen had already inflicted a great deal of damage and casualties. The Breen considered the attack a success despite the fact that so few of their ships survived the assault. That they were willing to sacrifice so many of their ships and troops in order to strike at the very heart of the Federation proved to the allies one thing; the Breen were a race of warriors.
The Breen's second operation was a counterattack against the Allied forces in control of the Chin'toka system. The Breen broke through Federation lines in two places and the allies immediately began assembling reinforcements. A Federation Alliance assault fleet arrived at Chin'toka to fend off the advancing Dominion fleet. During this battle, the Breen unleashed their energy-draining weapons that quickly immobilized and disabled the entire Allied fleet. The Federation, Klingon and Romulan ships were rendered completely defenseless against conventional weapons. The Dominion won the Second Battle of Chin'toka with ease, destroying all but one of the three hundred and twelve allied vessels, thus regaining control of the system. The Klingons by sheer luck stumbled upon a modification that made them immune to the weapon. Subsequently it was up to the Klingon fleet to hold the front lines on their own until a countermeasure could be found for Starfleet and Romulan ships. To do this, General Martok brought 1,500 starships to the border as the Allies' defense by the following day. Even with this sizable fleet, the Klingon force was outnumbered twenty-to-one by the Dominion, Breen and Cardassian forces. To compensate, Martok would have his fleet operate in small battle groups, remaining cloaked until they would engage the enemy, in an attempt to keep them off balance. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil", "When It Rains...")
Although the war turned significantly in the Dominion's favor with the Breen's entry into the war, the Dominion's obvious favoring of the Breen finally frustrated Damar to the point that he formed an active resistance on Cardassia. A number of Cardassian officers, including Gul Rusot, who shared Damar's frustration, remained loyal to him. Joining his rebellion, they attacked the cloning facilities on Rondac III. Although the fleet was successful in destroying the facility, half of Damar's entire military force was destroyed in the battle. Despite this, the Dominion realized they could not hope to win the war against the allies until the internal rebellion was crushed. This gave the allies the time they needed to obtain a counter measure to the Breen's energy dissipator, although without a working version of the weapon the research proceeded slowly. (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil")
End of the warEdit
"Legate Damar may be the key to saving the Alpha Quadrant."
- - Benjamin Sisko, 2375
Realizing Damar's rebellion would be crushed without a necessary change in strategy and outside support, the Federation dispatched Kira Nerys (with a new commission as a Starfleet commander), Elim Garak, and Odo to help train the Cardassian liberation forces in guerrilla tactics, while also providing food replicators and weapons to sustain the rebellion. With Kira's knowledge of guerrilla warfare passed on to Damar's forces, the rebellion began destroying individual ships via sabotage, and was successful in the destruction of the Tevak shipyards. (DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind")
Unfortunately for the allies, Chancellor Gowron took control of the Klingon forces in an attempt to defeat the Dominion without assistance from the Federation or Romulan Empire. During his brief campaign, he ordered General Martok to engage the Dominion at Avenal Seven – a world deep inside Dominion territory. Outnumbered six-to-one, the raid on Avanal Seven was an utter failure, losing seven ships, with another five seriously damaged. It soon became clear that Gowron had come to view Martok as a political threat and by launching these raids, he hoped to have the general discredited or killed. Realizing that these useless raids could not continue, Captain Sisko ordered Lieutenant Commander Worf to "deal" with Chancellor Gowron. After killing him in battle, Worf declared Martok the new Chancellor of the Klingon Empire. (DS9: "When It Rains...", "Tacking Into the Wind")
With the help of Odo, the Cardassian rebellion was able to capture a Jem'Hadar attack ship fitted with one of the Breen's energy dampening weapons from the Kelvas repair facility. With the weapon delivered to the Federation, a counter-measure was able to be produced for both Federation and Romulan ships, thus returning the tactical advantage into the Allies' favor. Shortly afterward however, the rebel Cardassian forces were completely wiped out by the Dominion after Gul Revok betrayed them, allowing all eighteen rebel bases to be found and destroyed.
After successfully destroying the rebel bases, the Dominion realized that the Federation Alliance had developed a counter measure to the Breen's weaponry. As a result, they withdrew all of their forces from Klingon, Federation and Romulan space and created a new defense perimeter within Cardassian territory. The perimeter was heavily fortified, requiring a major Allied offensive to break through and result in the loss of thousands of ships. The Dominion had hoped that the Federation would not attempt such an offensive, giving them the time they needed to rebuild a sufficient armada to destroy Allied forces. The Federation Alliance decided instead to proceed with an invasion, in spite of the heavy losses that they would suffer. A three-pronged attack into Cardassia was organized and led by Vice Admiral William Ross, Captain Benjamin Sisko, Chancellor Martok, and (presumably) Velal. (DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind", "The Dogs of War")
A Federation Alliance invasion fleet departed Deep Space 9 and engaged a combined Jem'Hadar, Cardassian, and Breen fleet at the Dominion's new defensive perimeter. Allied losses mounted as the battle raged on, with the Dominion managing to destroy one third of the Allied invasion force, including the Romulan flagship. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
Although Damar's military rebellion had been crushed, his brief but effective campaign had left quite an impression on the Cardassian people. After a raid on a Jem'Hadar barracks on Cardassia Prime in late-2375, Damar was able to rally the support of the entire civilian population on Cardassia. (DS9: "The Dogs of War") During the Alliance invasion, these civilians caused a planet-wide blackout, cutting off all communication from the Dominion Headquarters to their fleets in combat. In retaliation for this, the Female Changeling ordered the destruction of Lakarian City as a deterrent to further acts of rebellion. This action had the opposite effect however – when the Cardassian fleet learned about the fate of Lakarian City, it switched sides to assist the Federation Alliance and opened fire on the Jem'Hadar and Breen ships. With the Cardassian fleet turned against them, the Dominion had no choice but order a full retreat back to Cardassia Prime, where they were surrounded by the pursuing Federation, Klingon, Romulan, and Cardassian ships.
The situation was now hopeless for the Dominion, but the Founder refused to surrender. Instead she ordered every Jem'Hadar and Breen soldier to fight to the last man. She also ordered the Jem'Hadar to begin exterminating the Cardassian population for their betrayal. Jem'Hadar troops rampaged through the streets of Cardassia Prime killing millions. Finally, members of the resistance were able to break into Dominion headquarters and capture the Founder, though she still refused to order her troops to surrender, therefore Odo beamed down to link with her. While linked, Odo cured the Founder of the virus and convinced her to order the remaining Dominion forces to stand down. She agreed to turn herself over to Federation authorities to stand trial for war crimes. In exchange, Odo would return to the Great Link and cure the rest of their people of the virus that had been crippling them. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
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"This is a moment worth savoring. To victory! Hard fought, and well earned."
"Suddenly I'm not thirsty."
- - Martok and Benjamin Sisko, 2375
The instrument of surrender, the Treaty of Bajor, was signed on Deep Space 9 only days after the Battle of Cardassia. Following the end of the war, the Dominion was forced back into the Gamma Quadrant, the Cardassian Union was in shambles, and the Klingon Empire was estimated to be set back by at least a decade. The war also prompted a change in leadership in the Klingon High Council, as Lieutenant Commander Worf killed Chancellor Gowron for squandering the Empire's resources on a political vendetta against General Martok in the final weeks of the war. Worf passed the Chancellorship onto Martok immediately after Gowron's death. (DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges", "Tacking Into the Wind", "What You Leave Behind")
Although both the Federation and the Romulan Empire suffered a heavy death toll, Section 31 operative Luther Sloan speculated that these two powers would be the ones struggling for control of a post-war Alpha Quadrant. Even before the war's end, many in both the Federation and the Romulan Empire believed that their alliance was only a temporary war-time coalition. There was concern that the Romulans would not cede worlds they liberated from the Dominion, such as Benzar, back to the Federation. By 2379, the Neutral Zone was still in effect, and serious peace talks did not begin until late that year. (DS9: "The Reckoning", "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"; Star Trek Nemesis)
Foremost in the aftermath, however, was the state of Cardassia Prime. Eight hundred million civilians were dead, and the entire Cardassian Union was in danger of total collapse. The Alpha Quadrant had lost a major power, and the effects on galactic politics would continue to be seen for many years to come. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
|Major battles of the Dominion War
|2373: Second Battle of Deep Space 9 • Battle of Torros III
|2374: Battle of the Tyra system • Operation Return • Battle of Betazed • Liberation of Benzar • First Battle of Chin'toka
|2375: Battle of Monac IV • Siege of AR-558 • Battle of Ricktor Prime • Invasion of Septimus III • Breen attack on Earth • Second Battle of Chin'toka • Battle of Rondac III • Battle of Avenal • Battle of Cardassia
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Ira Steven Behr and Ronald D. Moore were the writers most involved with the creation and development of the Dominion War. Rick Berman wanted the war to be over within three or four episodes at the most. Behr and Moore knew the series would never be able to wrap up the war in that many episodes. Berman also criticized the "depressing" and "violent" stories. Moore later said "It's a fuckin' war! What do you mean it's too violent?!" [1]
Majel Barrett criticized the arc in a letter published in Star Trek Communicator, claiming that Gene Roddenberry would have never approved of a continuing war in a Star Trek series. Berman has espoused similar sentiments, noting that his opposition "was all based purely on the fact that Gene had been very specific to me about not wanting Star Trek to be a show about intergalactic wars, interspecies wars. He didn't want it to be about humans fighting wars against other species." [2] Responding to the former, Moore admitted, "She's probably right. It would've been very hard to argue Gene into going this way and maybe he'd have never gone for it. However, I would've still argued for doing the Dominion War with him and if he'd rejected it, I would've thought he was wrong. I respect Gene and his work, but I don't think he was always right and I'm not going to pretend that I do. The Dominion War has been one of the better storylines we've come up with whether Gene would've agreed or not." (AOL chat, 1999)
The Dominion War was only directly referred to on three occasions outside of Deep Space Nine: VOY: "Message in a Bottle", Star Trek: Insurrection and Star Trek Nemesis.
In Rising Son, it is revealed that the inhabitants of the Gamma Quadrant refer to the war as the "Quadrant War".
The war is frequently mentioned in Pocket Books novels and reference books, and there is also a section on it in the Star Trek: Star Charts.
Novels Edit
- Tales of the Dominion War
- Star Trek: The Dominion War
- What You Leave Behind
- The Battle of Betazed
- Hollow Men
Video games Edit
External links Edit
- Dominion War at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
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Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday its new Opteron processors with increased clock-speed as well as included a breed of server and workstation microprocessors produced using 90nm process technology into its lineup. All the new chips feature SSE3 instruction set as well as support 1000MHz HyperTransport bus.
AMD's New Opteron Chips Enter the Scene
The new AMD Opteron processor 152, 252 and 852 intended for 1-way, 2-way and 4/8-way workstations/servers respectively are clocked at 2.60GHz, incorporate dual-channel PC3200 memory controller, 1MB of cache and SSE3 technology, something that only Intel Corp.'s chips have sported so far. The chips are designed for Socket 940 infrastructure, but have a little bit higher thermal design power than typical Opteron chips: instead of 89W, the models 152, 252 and 852 have TDP of 92.6W.
Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices also has numerous chips with the same E4 core produced using 90nm SOI technology for various 1P, DP and MP applications in its lineup. The chips also feature SSE3 as well as 1000MHz HT bus. All such chips clocked from 1.60GHz to 2.40GHz have thermal design power of 85.3W. AMD also sells Opteron chips with 2.0 – 2.20GHz clock-speed based on D4 stepping with TDP of 67W.
Due to higher speed HT bus it is unclear whether AMD Opteron with E4 core stepping are drop-in compatible with existing infrastructure based on AMD8000-series of chips. AMD has consistently stated that its future Opteron products, including dual-core products, would be compatible with servers, workstations and mainboards build upon AMD8000-series logic that officially supports only 800MHz HyperTransport bus. AMD did not comment on the compatibility.
SSE3 is an instruction set found in Intel Pentium 4 processors code-named
The AMD Opteron processor Models 852 and 252 will be available to partners within 30 days, AMD said. Volume server solutions based on the AMD Opteron processor Models 852 and 252 are expected to be available this quarter, the chipmaker informed. AMD Opteron processor 852 is priced at $1514 in 1000-unit quantities, the model 252 is priced at $851 in 1000-unit quantities. AMD Opteron processor 152, for single-processor workstations and entry-level servers, is scheduled to be available
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Server and workstation systems featuring the AMD Opteron processor will soon be enabled with AMD PowerNow! technology with Optimized Power Management, according to an AMD's statement.
The integration of AMD PowerNow! technology with OPM can reduce power consumption in the datacenter by dynamically changing power states based on workload utilization. While AMD claims its processors with PowerNow! technology can reduce power consumption by up to 80% when the capability is enabled, the company does not give away much details and exact power consumption numbers.
In mid-2005 Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices plans to introduce server chips with two processing engines, typically referred as cores. The chips will reportedly consume 30-95W at launch and up to 105W of power eventually, which is inline with guidelines AMD provides for its 90nm chips. Intel Corp. is expected to release its dual-core processors for servers only in 2006.


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Recent Dollar Dip Marks a Buying Opportunity
Dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested that there is no immediate need to start scaling back on quantitative easing programs, and that monetary stimulus could continue even if we see stable recoveries in U.S. economic data. In addition to this, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) completed its July meeting with no additions to its own stimulus programs and offered a generally upbeat outlook for Japan's economy.
These events are not entirely in agreement with the over-riding expectations seen in the market, as the Fed is widely expected to be the first central bank to begin phasing-out its stimulus programs. So, the next question for investors is whether or not these statements and policy decisions are enough to reverse the bullish trend in the U.S. dollar that has been in place over the last five weeks. But most of the evidence suggests this is unlikely, and that, if anything, recent weakness is more the result of profit-taking in long-dollar positions, rather than a genuine expectation that market conditions have changed.
For these reasons, short-term dips in the U.S. dollar should be viewed as buying opportunities.
Steady improvements in labor markets and confident economic assessments from policymakers should bring buyers back into the U.S. dollar, which will continue to look more attractive relative to its most commonly traded counterparts (such as the euro, yen, and Australian dollar). Indications that the Federal Reserve will, in fact, begin cutting back on its monthly purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities have been voiced by Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser, who reiterated the need to start reducing stimulus in September.
The proximity of Plosser's comments to Bernanke's tells us that there are at least dissenting voices in favor of adopting a more hawkish policy stance. This is something that is missing from the Fed's global counterparts, as policymakers in the eurozone, England and Japan have yet to rule out further easing measures.
From a growth standpoint, U.S. GDP forecasts are seen in the neighborhood of 2.7%, and while this might seem sluggish, it is still well above what is expected in other regions of the globe. The combination of these factors will continue to support the U.S. currency into the end of the year, as alternative options for currency investors remain limited.
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High school teachers and college professors helped CSU Long Beach student Jerry Rivero discover his voice. Now he's using it to empower Latino communities throughout Los Angeles County.
The first generation college student is one of 20 student fellows selected by the California Campus Compact, an organization dedicated to strengthening higher education's public service role in California. More.
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Every year, thousands of California taxpayers get a helping hand from CSU students at more than a dozen Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites, where students prepare tax returns free of charge. More.
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Representatives from Chico, Fresno, Sacramento, San Francisco, Sonoma, and Stanislaus participated in "Steps to College" at the Mexican Consulate in Sacramento on Feb. 2. Nearly 3,000 high school students attended the annual event, aimed at explaining the array of resources available for Latino students to finance their higher education. More.
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During South America's rainy season, the rivers rise up to the treetops, bringing piranhas with them. A clumsy egret chick loses balance and plunges into the maelstrom.
South America has more than 20 species of piranha.
The most notorious is the red-bellied piranha...and they're about to earn their reputation.
In the rainy season, rivers crest their banks and flood the land.
Piranha follow.
The rain brings a bumper crop of prey: Great white egrets nesting in the only dry place left.
Awkward young egrets aren't ready to fly so if they lose their balance, they're goners.
Like sharks, piranha have sensors to detect other creatures' movements.
Once blood is shed, piranha can detect a drop from two miles away.
Thrashing only draws more piranha.
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December 11, 2013 —
LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY — The Catskill Art Society will present local author Patricia Eakins and poet Bertha Rogers for "Animal Avatars: Real and Imaged Beasts," a public reading of fiction and poetry at the CAS Arts Center at 48 Main Street, on Saturday, December 14 from 3 to 4 p.m. This event is free and open to the public, and small donations will be accepted at the door.
Eakins, a writer with strong ties to Sullivan County who is currently based in New York City, will read from her collection of stories "The Hungry Girls," a book of counterfables about imaginary animals and feral people. She will also read excerpts from "The Marvelous Adventures of Pierre Baptiste," a novel in the voice of a slave who taught himself to be a natural historian in the tradition of Buffon, and other excerpts.
Rogers is a poet, translator, book artist and director of the Bright Hill Literary Center in Treadwell. She will share her translations of the Anglo-Saxon riddle-poems from the ancient Exeter Book, as well as her original riddle-poems and her poems on the theme of humanity's treatment of animals and nature, and will share from her translation of "Beowulf."
The entire event explores rural life and culture through literature focused on timeless subjects of wildlife. Books will be available for sale and the writers will answer questions from the audience following the reading.
For more information, visit www.catskillartsociety.org [1].