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Honestly, YES! If you're thinking about getting Circle Bloom, get it. This was only my 2nd month using it, and I've heard great things about it from other IFers as well. They have a pregnancy program too and I am planning on getting it as well. I think the acupuncture helped too, because ever since I started doing it my C's have been a little shorter and I would ovulate sooner and stronger. I definitely recommend both View Thread
So yes, I tested Saturday morning before the crack of dawn and to my GREAT, GREAT surprise it was actually positive! I couldn't believe it!!! Seriously, I never thought it would happen. I even told hubs when I went to check the results, "Ugh, I don't want to look, but I will. Even thought I KNOW it's going to be negative." And then when I saw it I screamed and he came running. It was a nice, solid positive!! Then I tested again yesterday morning and the line was even a bit darker.
We told our immediate families over the weekend, since they all knew all about our IF and everything we've done over the past two years, and they were really excited and happy for us. It still really hasn't sunk in, to be honest!
I made my appt at the OB/GYN this morning, but I won't be able to get in for over 2 weeks!!! But I had an appt with my acu today which eased my mind somewhat. He said the spotting I had last week was probably the corpus luteum and didn't seem too concerned about it at all. After Thursday it tapered off and was completely gone by Saturday night.
This board has been a GODSEND to me over the past year and a half, and I want to thank ALL of you for all your support!! I'll stick around for a little while (until I know I'm "safe") if that's okay. And know I am cheering all of you on!!! (((HUGS))) to everyone and TRUCKLOADS of baby dust!!View Thread
At least you can now get started on you rnext C, right? Lots and LOTS of luck! And I hope you feel better very soon.View Thread
I'm sorry work is stressing you out too, I totally feel you!! I hope you have a nice relaxing weekend planned out, and you don't have to think about it at all!!!View Thread
Okay, so I thought AF showed up yesterday (CD29, 14DPO), that is, I started bleeding very lightly, which is pretty common for CD1 for me. Normally by the end of day 1, beginning of day 2 I am miserable - heavy flow, cramps, the works.
Well all day yesterday I used only one pad and the blood was just a dark brown/black smudge by the end of the day. When I wiped it was very light brown, and there was very little of it. I still haven't fully started bleeding, it's just light brown discharge, somewhat heavier than my normal CM. It actually seems a little lighter in flow than yesterday. My usual LP is only 12 days, and here I am 15DPO and still no real flow. WTH??? I'm normally very regular and my periods are very predictable. I have had one very light period before (last year), but this is not even half of what that one was!
If I don't start getting a more "regular" flow by tomorrow, I will test with FMU in the morning. Until then, I'm going CRAZY thinking about it!!!View Thread
Congrats to jlhill!!! That's great news!!
Good luck to everyone waiting to O or in the 2ww. I really hope this C is it for at least one of us!!
Myself, I'm currently 13 DPO; my normal LP is 12 days, but I know that doesn't necessarily mean anything! So I'm just driving myself crazy waiting for AF to show up and wishing she won't. I don't have any signs of pregnancy (except sore boobs, which I always get with PMS), and I've been cramping off and on the past two days, so I'm expecting to start today or tomorrow. Oh well!!!
Also I have an appt with my gyno tomorrow to get a referral to the RE. My parents have been offering to help us pay for treatments, so hubs and I are going to talk to them about taking them up on that offer soon. Wish us luck!View Thread
My periods are sort of like yours, but I did have one cycle last year where my flow was much lighter than usual, brown, and all that, but lasted about the same amount of time as usual. I never found out what it was though, my next one was back to normal.
If you're still bleeding maybe put a call into your gyno?View Thread
I don't get it when people "steal" names!! You guys have even worse experiences than mine, and that is terrible. I would go out of my way to pick a different name than someone else's choice, why step on people's toes like that? Well, except in the case where your heart was already set on the name they used! But I'd never use someone else's choice as "inspiration" for my own kid's name.
Your names are all lovely! The names hubs and I have picked out are Adelaide Jane (new niece's name is Audrey Jane, a tad similar for my taste!) or Phoenix [middle name to be determined - possibly Aaron, after hubs>.View Thread
So, my vent...
My SIL (my brother's wife) is pregnant with baby #2, a girl, due in Oct. They're starting to come up with names, and I found out yesterday that for her middle name they want to use the one that I've always had my heart set on giving my would-be daughter - Jane. Jane is my maternal grandmother's middle name; she and I share the same first name, so I always thought it would be special to give my daughter her middle name (either as a first or middle name). My SIL and brother know about our IF difficulties, and I KNOW I've told them the names that hubs and I want to use for our kids. But here they go and get knocked up the first month of trying, and just like that use the name that I've wanted for years to give my child.
I know, she's my brother's grandmother too, and the name is up for grabs (not to mention I have 20 cousins that could potentially use it for their kids too). It's not like they're doing it to spite me or even thoughtlessly, it has meaning for them too. And I know it wouldn't be a big deal if I ended up eventually using the name Jane for my child as well. I'm just bummed; everyone wants to name their baby something special and meaningful, and I just feel like IF has robbed me of even that. I can't think badly of my brother and SIL because they've been some of the most supportive people since hubs and I started dealing with IF, so I feel horrible for being so petty about this. It just SUCKS!!! Stupid IF.
I'll get over it, thanks for letting me vent, ladies!View Thread
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Size matters: 2 Naples wine collectors see the bigger the bottle, the bigger the prize
Find videos, photos and stories about past Naples Winter Wine Festivals
Auction lots featuring big bottles of wine
8 One 9-liter bottle of 2007 Grace Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon and one 9-liter bottle of 2007 Grace Family Vineyards Blank Vineyard Cabernet Suvignon, both in etched bottles made specifically for the Naples Winter Wine Festival
16 Among the 20 bottles of Chateau Lafite Rothschild is a 6-liter of the 1999 vintage
20 Six 6-liter bottles of Shafer Vineyards Hillside Select Cabernet Sauvignon from the 2000 through 2005 vintages
32 Of the five bottles, there is a 5-liter bottle of the 2002 Anakota Cabernet Sauvignon Helena Montana Vineyard
36 Includes a 5-liter bottle of the 2006 Cardinale Estate
42 The highlight of this might be the African safari, but there are also six 5-liter bottles of wine
44 This from Araujo Estate includes, two 6-liter bottles and two 5-liter bottles
46 One 9-liter 2005 Chateau Haut-Brion and one 9-liter Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion
53 Among the 13 bottles of wine in this is a 5-liter bottle of 2001 Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard
58 Two big bottles of Tuscan wine, a 6-liter 2000 Antinori Tignanello and a 6-liter 2003 Antinori Solaia, are included in this Tuscan vacation package.
Source: Naples Winter Wine Festival
What do you call those big bottles
The bigger the bottle the more obscure the name. With the exception of the Imperial, a 6-liter bottle, and the Soverign, a 25-liter bottle, big bottles of wine are named for Biblical figures, usually kings. Some sizes have more than one name.
Here's a list of some of the bottle sizes
3 liters Jeroboam, named for the first king of Northern Kingdom
4.5 liters Rehoboam, named for the first king of separate Judea
6 liters Methuselah, the oldest man in the Bible
9 liters Mordechai, the uncle of Esther, Queen of Persia
9 liters Salmanazar, king of Assyria
12 liters Balthazar, one of the wise men
15 liters Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon
18 liters Melchior, one of the wise men
20 liters Solomon, king of Isreal and son of David
30 liters Melchizedek, king of Salem and a priest mentioned in Psalms 110
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A few weeks back, Larry Andrews and Lee Anderson, along with their wives, went to a dinner where their host opened up a 3-liter bottle of 1921 Petrus, one of only nine such bottles known to be in existence.
It tasted like it was bottled last year.
"If you were blindfolded, you would have thought it was fresh," Andrews says.
"It was amazing," Anderson says. "It was almost 90 years old and still so vibrant."
In baseball terms, it's the equivalent of holding a mint-condition Honus Wagner T206 baseball card — and then burning it.
The bottle was part of an auction lot the friends went in on together at last year's Naples Winter Wine Festival. Partners in collecting, Anderson, 70, and Andrews, 59, scour the festival's auction brochure each year hoping to bag a special breed of wine — large-format bottles.
While most wine sold in the world is bottled 750 milliliters at a time, the bottles Anderson and Andrews prize most are much bigger. In the bar area of Andrews' Pine Ridge home, a half-dozen empty large bottles, all covered in silver and gold signatures, are displayed on built-in shelves.
Each time he opens a big bottle at a party, Andrews has guests sign it to preserve the memory.
"It becomes a piece of history," Andrews says. "It's just like taking a photo. I can look at that bottle and instantly remember that party."
As befits men with large collections, both have custom-built wine cellars in their homes. At both, large bottles hold places of special importance.
In Andrews' cellar, the first thing you notice is a shelf loaded down with 6- and 9-liter bottles of wine like 1989 Chateau Haut-Brion. Another rack to the side holds even larger bottles including a 15-liter bottle that manages to still seem enormous when Andrews, who is at least 6-feet, 4-inches tall, holds it at his side.
Anderson had a special wine rack custom-made just to display a single 9-liter bottle of 2000 Domaine Serene Pinot Noir that long ago was relieved of its contents. His prized possession is a 6-liter bottle of Romanee-Conti Richebourg he won a few years back at the festival and then had signed by the vintner last year.
This is like a Hank Aaron rookie card that you waited in line to get signed by the Hammer himself — well, maybe not quite so populist.
"There is a certain amount of snootishness to have large-format bottles," Anderson admits. "They are a lot less practical than 750s or magnums (1.5 liter bottles). And it's cheaper to buy a case of wine. You pay substantially more for the privilege of owning a bottle. They are collector's items."
Hence why both men have so many unopened in their cellars. Many of those bottles will only remain in their collections until they feel like donating them back as auction items.
But there's something spectacular about them when they are opened, Andrews says.
"They age better than a small bottle," he says. "And they are just something of a novelty. When you open one up, you know it's going to be a special night. And that you are going to have a headache in the morning."
This year, the men have their eyes on a few big bottles, most notably the pair of 9-liter bottles produced specifically for the wine festival by Grace Family Vineyards. Both have won a set before and proudly display in their cellars the etched bottles covered in the logos of the charities the wine festival auction benefits.
"These will never be opened," Anderson says.
Other interesting auction lots
Perhaps the biggest surprise at the 2010 Naples Winter Wine Festival auction is not what is offered, but what is missing — the cars.
Past auctions have featured Bentleys, Rolls-Royces and every other luxury brand you can think of, but this year the only cars offered up are the ones that will tote lot winners around to the various experiences they are bidding on.
The festival has definitely focused on wine this year, with experiences being the extra little something.
Here are four lots that caught our eye.
Lot 28
Included in this experience package for two couples are dinners at Spago and Sona, a lunch at Thomas Keller's Bouchon Bistro, dinner with Kyle MacLachlan, a behind the scenes tour of the "Desperate Housewives" set and that of "Judge Judy" and VIP tickets to "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The surprise? A walk-on part in ABC's new comedy, "Modern Family."
Lot 33
This lot is all about volume. Included in the 100 bottles of Australian wine is a 52-bottle, 12-year vertical of Penfolds Grange, perhaps the most sought after wine from down under.
Lot 54
For those whose desire is to be surrounded by the most glamorous people in the world, this is their lot. The package for two couples includes travel to and accommodations at the Cannes Film Festival. Walk the red carpet with and bump in to the biggest names in Hollywood, all while spending some quality time along the French coastline.
Lot 57
For the Nashville set, this lot offers both a lot of wine and a lot of music. Besides dinners with vintners Valerie and Jeff Gargiulo and various country music stars, the winner gets a chance to record his or her own song in a studio filled with professional musicians.
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page 3 of 6Although growth is predicted to slow in Russia by 2012, with sectors such as hair and skin care reaching maturity, the shift in focus to lifting value rather than volume should keep the sector buoyant. There is also potential in as yet largely untapped product areas—such as natural products, which are increasingly in vogue. Local manufacturers such as Kosmetika XXI are currently leading the way in naturals, but foreign companies with their bigger budgets are expected to rapidly make their mark.
Unlike the other BRIC countries, Russia has a declining population. High mortality and low birth rates mean the population is falling by around 700,000 per year, which will eventually have an impact on the sector.
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India has, so far, been the least impressive of the BRIC countries in terms of fulfilling its early promise. From a $2.9 billion market in 2002, it grew to $4.6 billion in 2007. While this 46% total growth is still above the global average, it is by far the smallest of the four BRIC countries, according to Euromonitor International.
The extent of poverty in the country means sales come from a very small consumer base, and per capita spend is just $4.10. While rising incomes are slowly opening up the market to lower-income groups and driving volume sales, the country's population remains very polarized and inequality continues to rise. High levels of rural poverty and unemployment remain barriers to sector growth.
Bath products, hair care and oral hygiene top India's product table, as a sizeable proportion of Indian consumers can only afford to purchase essential hygiene products. In a bid to draw in low-end consumers, Procter & Gamble, in 2007, began to offer sachets of its Pantene Pro-V for Rs1.50 (US$0.03) and the trend is likely to extend into other product areas.


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The purpose of the media collection is to support and complement the college mission by providing a wide range of lower division, undergraduate resources. The library and the IMC strives for electronic instructional innovation in an effort to meet the demands of a computer-driven work place. In addition to supporting the curriculum, the IMC serves the informational and educational needs of the overall college community. Long term planning calls for an increased emphasis on emerging information technologies. The IMC will acquire those technologies that facilitate information retrieval, storage, and transmission.
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"Love Covers", a stage play by Dr. Dorie McKnight at the Woman's Club of Minneapolis, 410 Oak Grove Street, Minneapolis, MN 55403 on Saturday, August 28th at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm, and August 29th at 7:00 pm. A special guest appearance from Ambassador Dr. N. Cindy Trimm.
The show will feature talent such as: recording artist and actress Tonia Hughes Kendrick, who has worked with Penumbra (Black Nativity) and the Guthrie; Bernice Gregory, an internationally known gospel singer; Marion Robinson, a music director and founder of Kingdom Reality Group; and Sheila Raye Charles, the daughter of the legendary Ray Charles, who travels the world sharing the music of her father. Sheila also is reaching out to incarcerated men and women to help rehabilitate them during their road to recovery.
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Phil Gallagher - A Young Married Man's Recovery From Stroke
Phil Gallagher is a 38 year old bike shop owner from Warragul, who was a fit, healthy and active person and who had a stroke. He was a non-smoker, no family history, low blood pressure, low cholesterol, low stress and no drug use, ever. Why? No one in the medical profession can provide an answer.
While he does not understand the cause of his stroke but maintains that his health and fitness helped him through a major operation and contributed to a very speedy recovery. Phil was lucky, he had some help from the surgeons who used a pioneering operating procedure on him. He says the he looks back at the set of circumstances that previously could have been fatal.
Sunday, 29 September was like any Sunday for Phil. He headed off on a hard ride at 8.00am with a group leaving from Bikeland, his shop on Queen Street in downtown Warragul. They covered the 50km training session at an average speed of between 40 and 44km/h. When he finished he had a headache and generally felt unwell. His wife Trudi and sons - seven year-old James and five-year-old Daniel - were holidaying in Rye where Phil had planned to meet them later that day.
Feeling like he was getting a cold, he passed on the obligatory coffee stop and headed home. His condition did not improve on the drive to Rye so he dosed up on headache tablets. Sometime in the early hours of Monday morning a blood clot moved to the back of his brain. "I was restless, so Trudi had gone to sleep in another room. By the time I was aware of what was happening, I had no: speech and could not move my limbs," explained Gallagher.
Phil was transferred to Royal Melbourne Hospital where a surgical team prepared for the difficult operation to remove the clot. The complex and groundbreaking four-hour procedure was undertaken through an artery via the groin and was a great success. "Without this procedure there was a high probability of this patient either dying or being permanently disabled as a result of the severity of the stroke," said neurointerventionist Dr Rick Dowling who performed the procedure together with colleague Dr Bernard Yan in the RMH's neurovascular angiography suite.
Despite the significant scare, and a recovery that requires a great deal of rehabilitation, the surgeons were confident that the problem had been treated promptly and there would be no need for follow-up surgery and not too much medication afterwards. Gallagher arrived at the hospital with his speech impaired and acute paralysis of the arm and leg, caused by a blocked basilar artery, a critical artery in the brain. "The basic principle is to unblock the artery as fast as possible in order to restore blood flow to the brain," said Dr Dowling before explaining the importance of being able to act quickly. "Brain cells die by the minute in the context of a blocked artery."
Until now doctors have relied mainly on a less precise method of dissolving stroke-causing blood clots in the brain with medication circulated through the blood stream.
This new procedure now being performed at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, known as acute clot retrieval, signals a paradigm shift in the treatment of acute stroke. The hope is that the ultimate aim being to significantly decrease the stroke death and chronic disability rate.
"The one thing that stood out was the sequence when it was explained to me and my wife that surgery was a risk. We were warned before the anaesthetist came in that I might have been saying goodbye to my kids for the last time. It was scary stuff but considering what's happened since, I'm pleased that we took that chance. Life is almost back to normal again."
PHIL HAD TO RELEARN BASIC SKILLS SUCH AS WRITING, WALKING AND EVEN EATING. "The first time I wrote I needed a full page for just simple words. It was like the challenge of colouring in without going over the lines. The use of my right arm is back to 80 per cent although my left arm feels quite good," he explained, three months after the debilitating 'headache'.
Phil was discharged from hospital early because of his rapid recovery. Many people take up to six months for an average recovery, others may take longer. He believes his fitness and a positive attitude helped him through and contributed to his speedy return to normal tasks. He was riding on a wind trainer just weeks after returning home and, after a few months, was back out on the road with the local bunch.
Cycling has been second nature to Phil for as long as he can remember. Although he rides less these days, he has never given it up and attributes his recovery to his level of fitness. He is mindful of the stress the stroke placed on his wife and family. "I was lying there not really able to absorb what was going on. It was Trudi who had to be told the operation may not be successful and I may never be the same again. Later, as I recovered, they told us I had a greater chance of winning Tatts than surviving a stroke... so we bought a ticket and I actually won $20."
"It really makes you look at your life and, for me, from now on that will mean more time at home with the family where it really counts," he said. Phil said it was when he was doing rehabilitation in the hospital that everything hit home. "I realised then how lucky I was. I had a stroke, but I survived and I have made a good recovery."Phil's message to others is to listen to their body and respond as early as possible. "I had seen the advertisements on stroke and had few of the symptoms. My mouth was a bit numb but that was about all. The message for me is that some things are unavoidable for whatever reason, but if you are fit and well you at least give yourself a fighting chance." Phil is philosophical about his life-changing experience and sums it up simply with his trademark grin. "Before this I just thought I was invincible, now I know I am."
*The story above has been précised from the magazine 'On The HighRoad'. The article was previously Published in the Warragul Gazette last December and parts were written by Carolyn Turner
Phil is so pleased with his recovery that he wants to start a ride at 8am from Narre Warren to Sale, on Friday, 16th October, a distance of 175 kilometres. However, as you can read from above, he is a very realistic person and knows that this distance is still beyond him but he will make every effort to ride as far as it is possible for him. His support team members expect the ride to take 6 hours and they will complete the full distance.
He has a very supportive team that includes his friend Ryan Ford, a Director of RMS Agencies,
and his surgeon Dr Rick Dowling, who will be at start of the ride to wish the team well.
Ryan and Phil have been friends since childhood and when Phil had his stroke Ryan grasped the opportunity to help others and raise public awareness of this country's second largest killer.
Geoff Ablett the Mayor of The City of Casey will wave off the ride at 8am from the Casey Council Offices in Narre Warren and has requested the presence of all councillors for the ride wave off. A donation form has also been passed among council. Geoff may even ride with the group for a while after he has started the ride.
The ride will travel through Berwick, Pakenham, stop in Phil's home town of Warragul, stop in Traralgon and arrive at Sale around 3.30pm. The President of the Stroke Association of Victoria Inc. will be providing support for the riding team as a support vehicle driver protecting the group whilst they are on the highway.
Ryan and Phil have been very active in acquiring sponsorship and support.
Retravision Gippsland has approved sponsorship of the ride and will donate $4500 and a large dummy cheque will be presented to the Team from Retravision Gippsland on the day with WinTV Gippsland providing TV News coverage.
Two Autobarn stores at Narre Warren and Traralgon have committed. Craig Sutton owner of Autobarn Traralgon is a keen cyclist and will ride with the Team through Traralgon.
- Casey Radio 97.7 FM has provided 'on-air' advertising of the event thanks to Geoff Ablett the Mayor of Casey. 3TR and Star FM radio in Gippsland are also covering the event as a news coverage.
The purpose for Phil's ride is to raise public awareness of Stroke and the impact that it can have on the survivor, their family and friends. The team are hoping that the ride will raise close to $10,000. All money raised by Phil and his team will be donated to the Stroke Association of Victoria Inc. and will be used to increase public awareness of stroke, its prevention and to provide the availability of support to help with recovery.
If you would like to make a donation in recognition of Phil's effort and support his purpose, you may use either of the options below.
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When Matt Cullen played squirt hockey in Virginia, Minn., he dreamed of playing for the Virginia High School Blue Devils and then the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs.
Pro hockey? As a big Neal Broten fan, any fantasies Cullen harbored about pro hockey revolved around joining the Minnesota North Stars.
None of those dreams came true, but Cullen, 35, has won a Stanley Cup, put in 13-plus seasons in the National Hockey League and will become the seventh Minnesotan to play in 1,000 NHL games when the Wild play host to the San Jose Sharks at 6:30 tonight.
"It's kind of funny to think that I'm that old already," he said after Wild practice Monday at the Xcel Energy Center. "A lot of good memories. I've enjoyed every minute of it."
Cullen, whose father, Terry, coached boys hockey at Virginia High School, ended up playing high school hockey in Moorhead, Minn., after his father took over coaching the Spuds when Matt was 10. By the time he was attracting the attention of college recruiters, St. Cloud State coach Craig Dahl and recruiting coordinator Tom Serratore convinced him his best route to a pro career would be by playing for the Huskies rather than for Minnesota-Duluth.
After Cullen made the Western College Hockey Association all-rookie team as a freshman and was a second-team All-American as a sophomore, he signed with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, who picked him in the second round of the 1996 NHL draft.
His first shift with the Ducks in 1997, when former North Stars coach Pierre Page coached at Anaheim, lasted about three seconds.
"My first game was in Maple Leaf Gardens, actually," Cullen said. "What stands out is I lost the first faceoff to Mats Sundin. Right back to the point and they shot it, the goalie saved it and then they changed. So I was off."
Now a faceoff specialist who has won 54.1 percent of his draws this season for Minnesota, Cullen has 10 goals and 13 assists for 23 points to rank third in points for the Wild, who will be trying to snap a stretch of 11 losses in their past 12 games against the Sharks.
That gives the game more importance than its milestone status for Cullen, but he admits he'll take an extra breath and relish that he's able to celebrate playing in his 1,000th game on home ice in Minnesota.
"It's something special," he said.
Through 999 games, Cullen has 191 goals and 332 assists for 523 points. He picked up 18 points in 25 playoff games to help lead the Carolina Hurricanes to the 2006 Stanley Cup title, and Wild coach Mike Yeo well remembers serving as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins during a four-game sweep of Cullen and the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference finals in 2009.
"What stood out," Yeo said, "is a couple years later, we wanted to get him in Pittsburgh. As coaches, we targeted him. He ended up coming here, but we pushed pretty hard because we felt he'd be a guy that could help us."
Cullen signed as a free agent with the Wild on July 1, 2010.
"I never expected to play this long," he said. "I still just enjoy it every day. It's something you dream about."
Friends from around the country have been sending Cullen plenty of emails about his milestone. They're not all complimentary.
"They've been calling me 'old goat' and things like that," he said.
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During the days leading up to the G8 Summit in Calgary back in 2002, I found myself having to explain to a frightening number of people who should have already known just what it was that protesters were complaining about. Part of the problem was that many of the protesters didn't know. I remember a big march through downtown's Stephen Avenue Mall to the doors of The Gap, where several protesters took their clothes off. The main body of the protest had no idea what it was doing. I saw so many signs with George W. Bush's head and the slogan Stupid White Man, but what did he have to do with the Gap?
But globalization is a strange force, and one that requires attention not just from the heads of the eight biggest industrialized countries, but from the people whom they represent, and those they do not. From a business perspective, we live in a world where business often becomes bigger than government, existing across the globe and accountable to nobody. A company can be headquartered out of the United States and have their operations in third world countries run through subsidiaries and intermediaries to ensure those two golden words, plausible deniability.
In many ways, globalization is a necessary and beneficial force. Putting past the existing barriers between the various races of man allows us to function for the benefit (or, admittedly, the detriment) of all mankind. That is, in my opinion, the only way we can progress along the three classes of civilizations) and embrace the future of our species. One of the great threats that I see is that it is not the altruistic who are leading this globalization, it is politicians and businessmen.
But I am getting off topic, pulled into flights of fancy by Michio Kaku's words. I had intended on sending you off along a link to a fabulous article from Science-Based Medicine by Steven Novella entitled The Dark Side of Medical Globalization, which talks about a lesser known but equally dangerous aspect of globalization.
Ignorance is ultimately our enemy in all endeavors to the future. That can be embodied in the ridiculous "I SEEN IT WORK THEREFORE IT WORKS" mentality of the alt-med movement, the short-sightedness of politicians and business moguls, and the paranoia of the fearmongers, be they 911 Truthers, Zeitgeisters, Christians, or Mayan calendar hippies. But the good news is that we're seeing more and more proof that there are pockets of humanity that can transcend this ignorance. Take for example the International Space Station, a collaborative effort from scientists from many different countries, or the way that people all over the world tend to band together to help out when a major catastrophe strikes. There is hope.
The point of this article is a reminder from me (and to me, too) that we need to rise above the petty differences. All these things that separate us need only be adjectives rather than barriers to a better, brighter future. But we have the responsibility to find ways to act on this. Government and business will not create the future we desire. It's up to us.


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Remarks at: "Rescue During the Holocaust: The Courage to Care – The Story of the Danish Jews." A program hosted by the Department of Public Information, non-governmental organizations at the United Nations in observance of the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.
As a child, one often hears fairytales and legends of heroes who save the day despite all the odds being stacked up against them. The oppressive "bad guys" attempt to blot out all traces of good, but ultimately fail to do so. When I learned about the Holocaust as a child, I learned of the death and destruction brought upon Europe and the Jewish people, as the Nazi regime destroyed millions upon millions of innocent lives. European Jews were humiliated, deported, and murdered and acts of resistance were swiftly crushed by the Nazi demon. But I heard nothing of the heroes of the Holocaust, that is, those who saved lives. When I was a participant on Kivunim, a gap-year program that examines the Jewry of Israel and the Diaspora, I was finally able to find these heroes in places unknown and stories untold. Throughout Europe, courageous acts by Christians saved thousands of Jews, manufacturing hope in what was a dark time for the world.
It is the Danish Resistance and Danish populace that deserve recognition for their heroic acts. In the face of the utmost danger, the Christian Danes risked absolutely everything to save their Jewish brethren and defy the Nazi occupation. It would have been easier to do nothing. It would have been easier to sit back and let the Nazi War Machine deport and exterminate the Jews. But that is not what heroes do. These heroes warned their Jewish counterparts and then successfully smuggled them to Sweden. They were inspired by King Christian X of Denmark, who rode through the streets of his capital during the occupation unafraid of his invaders, instilling a sense of national confidence, independence, and resistance. In fact, when Adolf Hitler asked the King to change his policy towards the Jewish problem, King Christian X responded, "We have no Jewish problem. We have only Danes." While 7-8,000 lives saved may be a small number in comparison to six million taken away, life is precious, and every saved life meant the world to someone and many more thousands in their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. During those ten fateful nights in which the Danish Jews were shipped across the Øresund (Aw-Reh-Soont) strait, Denmark proved that humanistic values could shine through during a time where horrible atrocities were being perpetrated all around them. They did not let religious differences interfere with their humanity. Denmark nationally refuted the Nazi occupation by allowing its democratic ethics and unprejudiced society to fight back against the evil through the salvation of the Jews. Today, the Jewish community in Denmark thrives. Six thousand Jews are integrated into society, making strong impacts in politics, art, and media. Danish values of tolerance, openness, and respect of democratic principles still reign strongly throughout the country, creating the same feelings of equality and cohesiveness that Denmark has sustained for hundreds of years.
This is a remarkable story that very few know about. Why is it that after thirteen years of Jewish education, I never knew about these brave heroes and the many others who fought against the oppressive Nazi war machine? Why has the legacy of the Holocaust only been viewed as the paradigm of the strong against the weak and of a complete darkness enveloping Europe? My experiences on Kivunim with the Jews of the Diaspora gave me hope, and let me find the bright lights that fought against the vast and endless dark. These heroes can be found throughout Europe. People hid their Jewish neighbors in their attics, leaders refused to release the names of their Jews, and Jews mounted resistance in many different forms and places. The story of the Danish people's resistance and the Danish underground, however, is the most widespread as it involved an entire nation making the collective choice to save their fellow countrymen. I am of the strong opinion that stories like this, of the rescue of the Danish Jews, should go hand-in-hand with the stories of the atrocities that the Nazi Regime committed. That the paradigm of study should be : the morally bankrupt against the morally noble. In this manner, not only do the deaths of the six million souls remain in our memories, but we can also use the stories of the morally good to inspire and teach ourselves and our children. The Danish people teach us the importance of maintaining our integrity, that it is in the face of adversity where it is most vital to uphold one's morals, ethics, and principles. When the Danes could have stood idly by, they chose to help even complete strangers in order to protect their high moral standards and defy the Nazi evil, just as we must challenge ourselves and our children to do the same. Such bravery by so many cannot be lost to the abyss of time.
We can also learn to channel the underlying principles behind the actions of the Danish people: religious and societal differences do not warrant animosity, humiliation, torture, or death. It is together that we as the human race must commit ourselves to the greater good and accept one another as fellow humans. It was when the stakes were highest that King Christian X remained steadfast and kept his ground, inspiring his people and the Danish Resistance to stand tall in the face of danger. I want to see more of that in this world. I fear that more people are becoming bystanders while injustice is committed before their eyes. It is the type of person who says, "NO," and does something about it that I strive and challenge US all to become. The story of Danish Jews has personal significance to me given my family's Turkish-Jewish history. Since the Ottoman Empire, Turks have helped Jews during times of strife. After the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the Ottoman Sultan sent ships to bring Jews to his empire where they lived freely to practice their religion. During the Holocaust, Turkish diplomats in France fought for and saved thousands of Turkish Jews and provided them safe transport back to Turkey. It is the example of the Turks and Danes that I want all of us to follow, that it is during our fellow man's darkest of times that we must rise up to uphold our humanity.
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WASHINGTON, DC, May 27 -- US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson completed a 2-day tour of Wyoming on May 21 that included a stop at the state's largest developed unconventional natural gas field.
The federal official also toured a wind farm near Cheyenne and a coal mine near Gillette and flew over a number of coalbed methane developments. Wyoming is currently the nation's largest net exporter of energy, the EPA noted.
Jackson visited Wyoming at the invitation of Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D). "I appreciate her willingness to take the time to visit our state and see on the ground how coal, natural gas, and wind power are produced here," he said as the visit concluded.
"This was an important opportunity for us to discuss issues including carbon sequestration, the management of water produced in coalbed methane development, and the technologies used to recover natural gas in unconventional fields in Wyoming," Freudenthal added.
Jackson stopped at the Jonah field, which contains an estimated 10.5 tcf of tight sand gas, on the second day of her visit. "Wyoming is a place where economic possibilities, environmental and human health concerns, and the pursuit of energy independence all come together. As a home of wind, coal, and natural gas, Wyoming is at the heart of America's energy future," she said before returning to Washington.
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Quade Cooper has been selected as vice-captain by head coach Ewen McKenzie, who has urged second row James Horwill, who led the Wallabies against the Lions, to focus on rediscovering his best form.
"There's no doubting James is a world-class leader but it's important he is putting his own personal performance first and playing to the level we know he is capable of on a weekly basis," said McKenzie.
"By his own lofty standards, James would admit he hasn't been at peak form. So, we've made the decision to this week remove the added pressures and responsibilities of being a captain so that he can focus entirely on bringing his 'A' game.
"Decisions like these are never easy, but sometimes you need to make hard choices for the long-term benefit of the individual. A strong individual performance will be the best contribution he can make to this game.
"Without the captaincy, Ben now gets another opportunity to lead his country, while we're recognising Quade for the ongoing decision-making role he plays on the field and the positive involvements he continues to make in contributing to the culture of the team off the field.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation: Datalore
Original Air Date: January 18, 1988
Teleplay by: Robert Lewin and Gene Roddenberry
Story by: Robert Lewin and Maurice Hurley
Directed by: Rob Bowman
Episode: S01E013
Stardate: 41242.4
Synopsis: After dropping off a bunch of Human Horn for Lurr in the Omicron Persei system, the Enterprise cruises into the nearby Omicron Theta system, to pay a visit to Data's home planet.
Omicon Theta was once a farming colony, but all the colonists -- and everything they once grew -- were all gone when Data was found. Oh! A mystery! Riker leads an away team to the planet's surface in an effort to solve it. (In a scene that was cut from the final episode, the USS Mystery Machine showed up, and captain Fred said, "Dang." before it flew away to the Scary Old Amusement Park galaxy.)
They make their way to the exact spot where Data was discovered: it's sort of a hollowed out area beneath a bunch of rocks, where Data tells them he was found wearing nothing more than a layer of dust. Before anyone can make a saucy reference about 'The Naked Now' to Tasha, Geordi's Visor reveals that the rocks aren't naturally hollow, and the "wall" opens up, revealing a twisty maze of passages, all alike.
After a bit of exploring, they find themselves in the lab of Data's creator, Dr. Noonian Soong. Riker, Geordi, and Tasha all join forces to be sort of an Exposition Voltron, informing the audience that Noonian Soong was the Earth's foremost neuroscientist, until he tried to build Asimov's positronic brain and failed. Everyone thought he did the walk of shame off the planet, but it turns out he just moved to Omicron Theta to continue his work until he got it right. (Coincidentally, on Omicron Gamma, there's a group of former Microsoft employees still working on an MP3 player).
Riker sends Tasha and Worf out to scout around, while Geordi and Data stay with him to search the lab. They find some of the things used to build Data, including several pieces of an identical, unassembled android. Data wants to put it together and activate it, so he can love it and keep it and pet it and call it George, and Riker agrees to let him do it. Hey, what could possibly go wrong? It's not like it's going to be his evil twin brother who eventually ends up selling out Starfleet and humanity to the Borg, right? Damn right! They take the various android bits back to the ship and get to work assembling them while Data watches. It's very, very creepy.
Picard, who has apparently had a falling out with the ship's communicator, has Dr. Crusher tell Data he wants him in the observation lounge for a debriefing. When he gets there, Geordi wonders if they'll know how to turn this new robot on. It's a fair question, but before Picard can send Riker to get Tasha to come and answer it, he reminds everyone that, though Data is a machine, so too are humans biological machines. Slim Goodbody drops in for a little song and dance, and everyone has fun while learning.
Riker kills the party, though, by showing Picard a child's drawing of several sadfaced little kids running away from some sort of crystalline, oh, I don't know, entity, or something. Riker says that there were a whole bunch of these pictures in the lab, all drawn by different children. Hmm . . . a bunch of different children drew essentially the same picture of something big and scary that made them all sad. Gosh, do you think it has anything to do with the disappearance of the colonists?
Before they can examine the mystery of the children's drawing, Dr. Crusher calls the observation lounge to ask for Data's assistance. Picard looks a little bothered, but it's tough to tell if he's annoyed that Data has to leave the meeting, or that Dr. Crusher used the ship's communicator.
In any case, Data meets up with Dr. Crusher and shows her his on/off switch. As he describes it and says, "An android alarm clock!"
Then he smirks, and hopefully asks, "Is that amusing?"
Dr. Crusher remains serious, and slowly shakes her head "no." It's the first genuinely laugh out loud moment of the episode, and the last time we'll be laughing with 'Datalore' instead of at it.
After a brief encounter with soon-to-be ex-Chief Engineer Argyle, Dr. Crusher promises Data that she'll keep the existence of his mysterious off switch to herself. Data asks her if she would want people to know about her off switch, if she had one. She laughs, and nervously glances at a bottle of Jaegermeister in her office.
A little while later, the mystery android has been fully assembled, and is such a good match for Data, Picard wonders aloud which one of them was made first. The mystery android springs to life and says that Data was, "but they found him to be imperfect, and I was made to replace him." Oh, snap! He says his name is Lore, and we get a commercial break to think about that.
When we come back, Data and Picard are in the ready room, talking about Lore. Picard keeps referring to Lore as "it," which totally harshes Data's mellow. Data tells Picard that by calling Lore "it" instead of "him," Picard suggests that Data could fit into the same category. Picard apologizes, and extracts a loyalty oath from Data, just to be sure that he's not going to grow a goatee and get all Mirror Universe on us later. (If I may be sincere for a moment -- and only a moment -- it's actually a wonderful scene, and though this issue will be exhaustively examined in 'The Measure of a Man', it's great to see how Patrick and Brent bring this scene to life. I now return you to your regularly scheduled snark.)
Back on the bridge, Lore is getting a tour of the ship's controls, and really sucking up to everyone, including Wesley, who is in full-on spacenerd mode. When Data comments on Lore's obsequiousness, Lore says, "Because I was designed to be so human, my brother, I enjoy pleasing humans." Data fails to point out that this is something they have in common, while Tasha studiously avoids making eye contact.
Over the next few scenes, Data and Lore get to know each other. Data tells Lore a little bit about the ship and her crew (including this totally not gay observation about Wesley: "He has a child's body, but we have found him to be much more.") and Lore pretty quickly reveals that he's a complete dickwad.
He also gives Data a Scientology recruitment speech, and reveals that he lied when he said Data was built first. The truth is, Lore is the big brother, which doesn't make sense; Lore's such a dick, he seems more like a middle child, but maybe that's because I'm a big brother and -- hey! Got your nose! Stop hitting yourself! Why won't you stop hitting yourself?! Er, sorry. Maybe it does make sense after all.
Lore gives Data a whole bunch of shit about the way he talks, his efforts to be human, and even sings a little song that's centuries old. Data thinks nothing of this and leaves Lore alone in his quarters to have unrestricted access to the Enterprise computer, as long as Lore thinks about what he's done and writes a five paragraph essay explaining himself to the captain. Yeah, that's not going to lead to any shenanigans.
A few minutes later, Picard catches up to the audience and tells us that all those children's drawings were of the thing that killed the colonists. I'll spare you the two pages of exposition that follows and share this dismaying observation: this chamber has no windows, and no doors! Also, Tasha's security console was designed by Dick Cheney and can track the movements of every single being on the Enterprise, including Lore. Data leaves the bridge to go see exactly what he's up to, and Tasha, speaking strictly as chief of security, wonders how much Picard can trust Data, now that he has an identical twin running around. Everyone on the bridge looks at her like she farted, and Picard tells her that he trusts Data implicitly. (Jesus Christ. The crew gets bent out of shape when she does her job, but doesn't care that the Enterprise has a surveillance system that makes 1984 look like Freenet?)
Data catches up with Lore, and Lore shows Data how human he's become by deactivating Data not with his simple on/off switch, but by slipping him a Mickey in a glass of champagne. While Data struggles to stay awake, Lore reveals his devilish plot to give the lifeforms on the Enterprise to the crystalline entity . . . just like he did with the colonists on Omicron Theta! (Anyone who was surprised by this loses a million geekpoints.)
Back on the bridge, ECHELON tells Worf that Data is transmitting something on a subspace channel (apparently Starfleet can develop the most intrusive surveillance system in the universe, but they can't make it any more accurate than Homeland Security's no-fly list) so Riker looks around the bridge, sees all the commissioned officers he has available to him, does a quick scan of the ship's manifest to see who's on duty . . . and decides to send Wesley Freakin' Crusher to "discreetly" sneak a peek at Data. Worf says, "Uh, excuse me, Commander, but since I'm kind of in the security department and all, and I'm a big old Klingon, shouldn't maybe I go check this out?"
Riker replies, "I'm not going to lie to you, Worf: we all know that if there's anything funky going on down there, you're just going to get your ass kicked. So I'm sending the Boy Wonder and his giant brain instead."
Wesley jumps up from his console and shouts, "Wheee! I'm in Starfleet!" as he skips to the turbolift.
Worf growls, but inside he's secretly grateful that he's staying safely on the bridge.
Lore, disguised as Data, is contacting the crystalline entity when Wesley shows up, and discreetly checks up on him thusly:
Wesley: Hi Data! Look at how totally in Starfleet I am!
Lore: Hello, Wesley! I am not Lore, I am Data! Look at Lore who is on the floor while I, Data, am standing here doing nothing suspicious!
Wesley: Wow, that sure does look like Lore! Neat! I'd better not call security or anything since nothing suspicious is going on here. Oh, before I leave, here are all the reasons I, and everyone else on the ship would suspect that you were actually Lore, disguised as Data, contacting the crystalline entity so it could come and eat our brains.
Lore: Hey, it is not unreasonable, I mean, it is not going to eat your eyes.
Wesley: Hey, did you know that in Starfleet? I talk to the captain! I think I'll go talk to him now! Wheeee!
Lore: Thanks for dropping in and observing that there's nothing suspicious going on here. Run along now, you little scamp!
Wesley: Wheeee!
A few minutes later, Lore, having traded facial tics and uniforms with Data, arrives on the bridge just in time for the crystalline entity to show up, and this is where the episode, which had so much promise at the beginning, and had been dangerously close to veering off course for the last fifteen minutes, sets a course for planet Shark, and jumps right over it.
Wesley, who was sent to check up on Data, does what any smart Starfleet officer would do: report to his captain that something fishy is going on with the damn robot, and suggest that maybe they shouldn't trust him.
Picard, the captain who recognized Wesley's intellect and promoted him to acting ensign, and Riker, who chose Wesley over everyone else on the ship to check up on Data and presumably report back on what he found, not only ignore Wesley's concerns, they actually tell him that he's out of line for expressing them! Oh, sure, Picard sends Riker and Wesley with "Data" to check on "Lore," but it's not enough to overcome their confirmation bias, even when "Data" starts acting entirely out of character, they still leave "Lore" -- who they believe has attacked Data and is a danger to the ship -- just laying on the floor in Data's quarters. What the hell? Did all the Redshirts have the day off or something?
A few moments later, when the crystalline entity that killed an entire planet starts attacking the ship, their first response isn't to blow the goddamn thing up, but to let Data simply talk to it! Look, we all know that Picard likes to talk for pages at a time when the ship is in danger, but this is just insulting to the audience. It gets even worse when Data suggests what is quite possibly the stupidest thing ever in the history of Star Trek: use a cargo transporter to beam a large living thing, like a tree or something, out into space, and then destroy it with the ship's phasers. Because, you know, the Enterprise has decks just filled with large trees. (This is the best the writers could come up with? Did someone have to catch a bus or something? I mean, come ON!)
"Data" leaves to bridge -- after making it clear that he doesn't know what "make it so" means and arousing absolutely no suspicions from Picard -- and Wesley decides he's had enough of this bullshit.
"Sir," he says, "I know this may finish me, but --"
And Picard, the captain who recognized Wesley's intellect and promoted him to acting ensign, responds with three words that follow me to this day: "Shut up, Wesley!"
Trekkies around the country gasp in delight as an episode that was veering into 'The Last Outpost' territory suddenly has redeeming value. Basement printing presses, silk screens, and button-makers go into over drive as entrepreneurial fans do what they do best. The convention market is flooded with the resulting merchandise, and children are still attending college today from the sales.
Finally, Wesley points out that everything he said would have been listened to if it came from an adult, or a competent writer. Picard considers this retort momentarily, and sends him to his room. Then, for good measure, he sends Dr. Crusher to keep an eye on him.
Meanwhile, Worf accompanies "Data" to the cargo bay. Somewhere between the bridge and the turbolift, he gets hip to what's going on, but when he tries to stop Lore, Lore kicks his Klingon warrior ass with one punch. (See, Worf? You should have listened to Riker and stayed on the bridge!)
In a scene we don't see, Wesley convinces Dr. Crusher to go with him to Data's quarters to show her that "Lore" is actually Data, because the next time we do see them, that's where they are. At Wesley's urging, Dr. Crusher turns Data on (bow chikka bow wow) and the three of them head out to stop Lore. Alone. Without calling security. Or telling the captain that what they've discovered. Or, really, doing anything that makes any sense at all. Well, that's okay. Surely the ship's incredibly advanced security tracking system, which we've seen in action several times this episode will alert them, right?
Once in the cargo bay, they catch Lore in an intimate moment with the crystalline entity: it turns out his totally unsuspicious plan to beam a big old tree out into space was just a pretense to lowering the shields and allowing the entity to swoop in and eat everyone on board. (Uh, Lore? It's probably going to eat you, too, stupid.) Before they can consummate their craigslist hookup, though, Data cockblocks him, Lore shoots Dr. Crusher with her own phaser, and there's some WWF-style wrestling between Data and Lore before Data launches Lore onto the transporter and Wesley beams him out into the giant plot hole that's opened up when the crystalline entity doesn't leap through the lowered shields to eat everyone on the ship. Instead, it just . . . leaves. Yeah, that's right, it leaves. The giant fucking crystalline entity, the one that destroyed all the life on an entire planet, just takes its football and goes home because Lore isn't there.
There are some hugs, some pithy dialog from Picard, and this once-promising episode comes to a merciful end. But not before Data, who we now know is incapable of speaking in contractions, tells Picard, "I'm fine."
The historical record is unclear, but this may be the moment when "facepalm" entered the modern lexicon.
Quotable Dialog: "How sad, dear brother. You make me wish I were an only child." - Data, ensuring he won't get any more Christmas cards from Lore.
"Lore's gone, sir. Permanently." - Wesley, trying real hard to be an action hero. And failing.
"Shut up, Wesley!" - Picard, giving voice to Trekkies everywhere.
Obligatory Technobabble:
And Helm control are here, with
the ship's heading given in
measurements, we call them
"degrees" with three hundred-sixty of
them in a full circle this way.
... Then you say "mark"...
On the nose!
Which separates it from another
three hundred-sixty degree full
circle like this... on a right
angle to that one.
So by ordering a heading so many
degrees this way, and so many this
way, the ship can travel in any
direction. All three dimensions.
Behind the Scenes Memory: I have two, both related to Brent Spiner. First, I remember shooting on the bridge early in this episode, and the writer's still hadn't worked out if Data was going to use contractions or not. My memory on the actual discussion is very hazy, but I recall a bunch of producers, writers, and Gene himself coming to the set and all standing around the Conn and Ops consoles to discuss it while the entire crew tried to look busy. Data had already used contractions in previous episodes, and it seemed like such a flimsy plot device to separate him and Lore, I thought it was silly, but I was only 15 and knew enough to keep my big mouth shut. Brent, however, didn't. He refused to shoot the scene until they made a decision and stuck with it. I can't say that I blame him.
This episode was a ton of work for Brent. Whenever he switched roles, he also had to switch costumes, which I recall being time consuming and tedious. However, that was nothing compared to dealing with the guy they got to double Brent when both characters needed to be on screen at the same time.
I don't remember the guy's name (It wasn't Guy Vardaman, a dear friend of mine who was my stand-in and Brent's photo double for the entire series after this episode) but he was someone's friend, or a relative, or maybe even worked in production in some capacity. He seemed nice enough to me, but he drove Brent crazy. Whenever he was playing Data or Lore, he moved like a break dancer doing the robot (you can see this when Data and Lore walk together down the corridor after we first see Lore on the bridge) and what started out as comical quickly became annoying. I think the guy was really into playing an android, and his enthusiasm got cranked up to eleven, but by the end of the week, pretty much everyone wanted to deactivate him and sell him to the nearest Jawa.
This reminds me of something Jonathan told me about casting for Lal when he directed 'The Offspring': "You don't realize how brilliant and subtle Brent's performance is until you watch a bunch of other actors try to pull it off . . . badly."
The Bottom Line: Not all first seasons can be as compelling as Lost or as satisfying as Heroes, and at the halfway point of our first season, we're inconsistent enough to irritate loyal fans and alienate new viewers. Our last episode, 'The Big Goodbye', had great crossover appeal, and it's likely that a number of new viewers tuned in to watch another episode. After 'Datalore', I don't know how many of them returned.
The pitch was awesome: "We find Data's evil twin brother, who he never knew he had." Sure, there's nothing original about the evil twin story, but that doesn't mean that it can't be told again in an interesting way, especially with a cool character like Data, played by a great character actor like Brent Spiner supported by a brilliant dramatic actor like Patrick Stewart. How could they screw up this story this badly?
I think it comes down to lazy writing that has things happen because they're supposed to happen, rather than having them happen organically. The characters are credulous when they should be skeptical, the audience isn't surprised by anything after the second act, and there are story problems that should have never gotten past the first draft.
Personally, I hated the way they handled Wesley in this episode. He's already on his way to becoming a hated character, and the writers cranked it up to Warp 11. It was stupid of them to have Picard give him an adult responsibility, and then dismissively treat him like a child when he carried it out. It undermines both of the characters; how is the audience supposed to take either of them seriously? Maybe the idea was that Wesley would prove Picard wrong, with a big payoff at the end when Picard apologies or something and their relationship grows as a result. But all we get is one line in the cargo bay when Picard says, "Can you return to duty?" Really? That's it? How about, "Hey, can you kiss my ass, Captain? How does that work for you? I was right about everything, bitch!"
Erm, sorry.
It's not all bad, of course. The art direction in this episode is some of the best we've seen so far. When Dr. Crusher works with Argyle to put Lore together, it's one of the first times we got to see some really awesome technology on the Enterprise. Sure, we'd seen some spiffy visual effects in other episodes, but this was the first time we got to see just how advanced the Enterprise D was.
I loved 'Datalore' when I was a kid, and I was looking forward to watching and reviewing it as an adult, but it does not hold up at all. All the actors did the best they could with terrible dialog and writing, and Brent does a fantastic job creating distinctly different characters in Data and Lore, but it's not enough to save the episode. If I'd been a new viewer in 1987, this could have been the episode that put me off of watching Next Generation entirely.
Final Grade: D


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Green tax to rise every year" blared the front page of the Mail
this morning - rather predictably - and then (in rather smaller
type) "...
but don't worry, ministers claim overall bills will be lower -
because their policies will make you use less energy".
Why predictable? Because yesterday, the Department for Energy and
Climate Change (DECC) published the latest iteration of its
policy impacts document, which estimates the impact of energy
and climate change policies on energy prices and bills.
The document,
last updated in July 2010, was published alongside the
Annual Energy Statement, which Chris Huhne delivered in a
statement to Parliament at lunchtime. He also launched the
Government's long-awaited
consultation on the Green Deal.
The key prediction that the government made is the rather clunky
one that, by 2020, green energy measures will, on average, lead to
a £94 (or 7%) reduction in household energy bills compared to what
they would have paid in the absence of policies. Policy
measures will, the government say, add £280 to bills; but they
also say that bills will fall by £373 as energy efficiency measures
reduce overall consumption and bring down bills. So overall, the
argument goes, £94 less.
This information was delivered in something of a PR blitz, with
full spectrum press release, some
graphs, a
Q&A, and even an infographic to illustrate the
bills-go-up-come-down message:
There are various schools of thought on whether the government
argument that consumption will fall due to efficiency measures
stacks up, with the Daily Mail taking a very straightforward
approach - focus on the predicted £280 increase and rubbish the
rest of the government's predictions about bills falling. This is
hardly unexpected, given the Mail's editorial line. Even more
unsurprisingly, Benny Peiser of the Global Warming Policy
Foundation is cited (along with the de rigour photo of Peiser -
does the Mail have a contract with the GWPF to print this photo
every time he is quoted?) - slating the Government's predictions on
energy reduction as "not based on any sound economic facts. They
are pure guesswork.'
This is a pretty good line to take, given that in June of this
year the Mail kicked off its anti green-taxes campaign with a front-page
headline and a slew of follow up stories based on an estimate
by the GWPF that 'green taxes' are currently adding £200 to
consumer bills - a figure that has not been explained or
substantiated. The Mail subsequently corrected this figure
following a PCC complaint from Carbon Brief; and
corrected it again after the Mail on Sunday repeated the
figure. The GWPF has never backed it up. But never mind.
Leaving aside the Mail's sourcing policies, they are not alone in
questioning the Government's figures. The BBC reported the story under the
headline "Electricity costs to rise due to Government
the Telegraph reported that "Households face rising energy
bills due to green taxes" and
on Newsnight, Chris Huhne defended himself against accusations
from Jeremy Paxman on abrasive form that the proposed 7% reduction
in energy bills by 2020 were "an entirely bogus statistic".
Amongst all this however (and perhaps this is just because we're
feeling optimistic today) there are a few signs that some sanity is
returning to the debate. A few key points are emerging and
reflected in most of the media coverage:
outlined by Ofgem a few weeks ago, the Government figures
confirm that the blame for recent rises in consumer energy bills
lies not with 'green taxes', but with rising gas prices. According
to the new documents released yesterday, wholesale gas and
electricity costs represent around £600 (48%) of an average
household energy bill; and the wholesale prices of gas this winter
is around 38% higher than last winter. This is now something that
is being featured in coverage of the issue across the board, from
the Mail to the BBC.
The Government estimates that energy and climate change policies
currently make up around 7% (£89) of the average household energy
bill - or more specifically, 4% of gas bills and 10% of electricity
bills. Some Government policies are intended to help householders
save energy (including for example the
Community Energy Saving Programme and the
Carbon Emissions Reductions Target) - thus reducing their
bills. Once these are taken into account, DECC estimates that in
2011, energy and climate change policies are adding £19, or just 2%
to the average household energy bill.
Predicting energy prices is a difficult task which has a
tendency to blow up in your face. But there seem to be strong
reasons to think that energy bills are going to go up whatever
Huhne stated unequivocally yesterday that "Overall, we
anticipate that rising world gas prices will push up bills."
Advocates for shale gas like
Dieter Helm claim it will push down prices in this country, but
they are at odds with others, including the
UK Parliamentary Committee and
The Government's predictions on falling energy bills are dependent
on a high take-up of energy efficiency measures - the Government's
'Green Deal'.
According to the Mail, the government figures will work out
only if electricity use by households is cut by a third by 2020.
Commentators on
all sides of the debate remain sceptical about whether the
energy efficiency measures proposed will really deliver that. As
said in the Mail, "'If take-up is lower than expected, energy
bills will be pushed up even further".
For anyone who wants a fairly reasonable assessment of some of the
key issues, take a look at
last night's Newsnight - which includes a thirty minute segment
on energy bills, with voices from all side.
Only one point seems to have slipped out of the debate - no-one,
anywhere, mentions climate change.
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A soak in herb-laced buttermilk imparts a slight tang to this chicken while tenderizing the meat. The key to grilling chicken is to create two heat zones: one for high, direct heat (over the coals) and one for low, indirect heat (away from the coals).
- 4 cups buttermilk
- 15 garlic cloves
- 1 cup fresh rosemary or thyme
- Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
- 3 whole chickens (about 3 pounds each), cut into 8 pieces each (then halve the breasts on the diagonal)
- Safflower oil, for brushing
Combine the buttermilk, garlic, herbs, 2 tablespoons salt and 2 teaspoons pepper.
Divide the chicken between 2 baking dishes. Cover with the marinade, turning to coat. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight, turning the chicken occasionally. Remove the chicken from the refrigerator 30 minutes before grilling.
Heat the grill to medium with direct and indirect heat zones. Brush the grates with oil. Remove the chicken from the marinade, and pat dry with paper towels. Grill the breast halves, thighs and drumsticks, skin side down, over direct heat for 10 minutes. Flip, move to indirect heat and grill, covered, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of thighs registers 165 degrees, 10 to 15 minutes. Grill the wings over direct heat, flipping often, until cooked through, about 15 minutes.
Helpful Hint:
Serving idea: Grill orange segments and rosemary sprigs over direct heat while the chicken is cooking.
Recipe reprinted by permission of Martha Stewart Living. All rights reserved.
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