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27 comments:
- Daddy's Little Corpse said...
I know glittery lime green has sort of worn out it's welcome with a lot of the haunting set, but those slime green glass pumpkins are so beautiful! I like the ceramic jack o lanterns too...
- August 11, 2012 at 10:27 AM
- Sara said...
So I'm curious. When you post these pics, obviously you don't walk home with everything. You pick and choose. So, for you and Bean, what makes the cut? You showed the garland in the last set of pics, and the frame in this set. Is it just a matter of "Have it. Have it. Want it. Need it."? Like if you could, you'd buy it all?Or are there specific....standards that the decor needs to hit? Because as much as I love Halloween and Halloween decorations, I cannot see myself with a green glitter cat on my porch. Even though it's cute in the store....I realize this is entirely way too thought out for a Saturday morning.lol.
- August 11, 2012 at 10:56 AM
- Sarah E. Jahier said...
I visited mine yesterday and they didn't have much out yet (working on my photo post as we speak!)...I will have to check back in a few weeks!
Looks like they have great stuff at yours! - August 11, 2012 at 11:16 AM
- Rot said...
I usually get a feeling of "HAVE TO HAVE IT/I'LL REGRET THIS IF I DON'T BUY IT NOW."
So I spend a lot of time hunting and pecking. The garland and the ceramic pumpkin were like that.
Today we picked up that large brown ceramic pumpkin in the first shot. His tooth was missing so we got him for ten bucks. That's crazy low.
The green cat was just the most peculiar thing. Not something that I'd have in the house, but I'm sure someone would dig it. And I like to take photos of everything just to show people what's in the store. Kinda sad there's so much glitter. - August 11, 2012 at 11:52 AM
- Colleen said...
I went to HomeGoods yesterday and brought home a witch. :) I absolutely love her!
- August 11, 2012 at 12:31 PM
- Merrihel Wednesday said...
I love that white pumpkin in the seventh photo! Do you remember what the material was? (Is that the ceramic pumpkin?)
- August 11, 2012 at 12:49 PM
- sumrtym said...
There's a truly awesome giant black owl (over 2') highly detailed resin sculpture this year with painted orange eyes. The sheer scale and detail are just amazing. Price is $60, and so far, only seeing one per store come in.
- August 11, 2012 at 12:50 PM
- Rot said...
That white pumpkin is the top part of a lid to a small cylinder/container that says "Boo"...we have two of them from last year. It's a plaster type resin I think. Not as strong as ceramic.
I know that some company made those little white guys years ago as just pumpkins. Fit in your palm type things. I could never find them after that. - August 11, 2012 at 12:55 PM
- Autumnleaf said...
O..M..G. Ours had very little out as of Thursday. @ Sumrtym, saw the same black owl. Awesome!! Only it had $99.99 on it instead! Sixty would have been a steal! Waiting for them to put more stuff out.
- August 11, 2012 at 1:15 PM
- Old Fashion Halloween said...
Its probably a good thing we don't have one of those stores in close proximity. I'n on a mercury glass kick right now and really want to do a black and silver mantel display. With the house painted in fall earth tones it clashes but its still pretty.
- August 11, 2012 at 2:24 PM
- Anonymous said...
When I get home, I'm going to check the HomeGoods in my area and see if they have any of those jacko's in the pic that is 4th from the bottom.
- August 11, 2012 at 4:27 PM
- Lisa said...
I personally love the glitter cats, but I'd got for the silver over the lime green.
And the water globes...~swoon~! - August 11, 2012 at 8:35 PM
- JHMDF said...
The pile of skulls under glass is so cool!
- August 12, 2012 at 2:02 PM
- Ryan said...
Just got back from checking out the brand new, just opened today HomeGoods a little bit down from my house. They were packed. I saw about 2.5 aisles of Halloween stuff, looked at it for a second and then got the hell out of there because I hate people and they were getting on my anxiety disorder. This HomeGood's Halloween stuff wasn't near as amazing as yours, but I'll give them some leeway since they DID just open today and it's only August 12th. But I'm not expecting much more in the coming weeks or even next Halloween. Memphis is a terrible, terrible place.
- August 12, 2012 at 5:11 PM
- SaraB! said...
Good lord, what is with all the glitter this year?! I'm trying to celebrate Halloween without infecting my home with craft herpes, thanks. I do love the wide array of different kinds and colours of pumpkins and jackos though- that makes me happy :)
- August 12, 2012 at 5:20 PM
- Prudence Deer said...
I stopped by my local store Thursday but they weren't nearly as well stocked as yours. I'll have to try again later.
- August 12, 2012 at 8:00 PM
- Anonymous said...
I found the blue & aqua items to be an interesting colour... the green is at least a colour you still see that time of year (Here in the Pacific NW). I kind of loved the Howdy Doody Witch. Very peculiar.
- August 12, 2012 at 11:30 PM
- Tippi Toes said...
Went to our local Home Goods in Lancaster, they didn't have nearly as much....bummer, but I still picked up a sweet tin pumpkin w/ hat for 7.99!
- August 14, 2012 at 9:34 PM
- SmartLiLBtch said...
Rot, did you go to Feeney's yet? How is their stock looking? I'm planning to hit up Bucks County stores when my folks come to visit and was wondering if Feeney's should be on the list of stores.
- August 18, 2012 at 11:31 AM
- SmartLiLBtch said...
Rot, did you go to Feeney's yet? How is their stock looking? I'm planning to hit up Bucks County stores when my folks come to visit and was wondering if Feeney's should be on the list of stores.
- August 18, 2012 at 11:32 AM
- Rot said...
yep. we went two weeks ago and they had some stuff out..haven't checked, but I bet in a week they'll have it all out...it should totally be on the list of shops to check out.
- August 18, 2012 at 11:45 AM
- Ben said...
I agree with all the glitter comments, this has been an increasing theme in the last few years unfortunately. You see it at homegoods, cost plus, target, they all are doing the glitter thing, its really...just...gaudy.
- August 19, 2012 at 2:22 PM
- Unknown said...
Fourth picture from the bottom, saw that brown jack with the round eyes. Ran to my home goods, low and behold the had ONE. Its now mine, waiting patiently in the garage...thanks for the pics!
- August 21, 2012 at 2:27 AM
- Shani said...
Hey! Not sure if you're into Spirit Halloween at all...but they are opening a store in the Creekview shopping Plaza in Warrington. It's where Target, Lowes and Giant are on 611. =)
- August 27, 2012 at 11:06 AM
- Rot said...
Cool. Yeah, I like checking those out each year. I forget which one is better: Halloween Adventure or Spirit...I just remember one was pretty lame and one was really fun.
- August 27, 2012 at 11:35 AM
- Shani said...
Here's a link to a video from a Spirit Halloween that is already open. It'll give you an idea of what they have this year and how they've set up the store.
I think Halloween Adventure is the one that is pretty lame...unless you hit Spirit on a bad year. Every time I've been there though it's been pretty incredible. Although...I also told you to hit the Yankee Candle Boney Bunch party this year and that was pretty lame. ;-) - August 27, 2012 at 6:07 PM
- Merrihel Wednesday said...
Rot, I found those squished albino jack-o-lanterns at a local nursery called Roger's Gardens, utterly by accident. Some little ones on jars like you described, others independent and varying 5 to 7 inches across. I was so excited my voice strangled when I asked to borrow my mother's camera phone!
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Hoisin-Glazed Barbecued Ribs - No Photos, but Many Delicious Memories
All those sharp, well-lighted, color-corrected still frames you see in my videos are done with a digital camera, as my cheap camcorder doesn't perform nearly as well. Here you can see a huge difference in quality, as I had to rely on some frame captures instead of photos.
Adding to the problem is the dark red color of the Hoisin glaze (a very hard hue to film), and the distortion the heat waves add. The result is one slightly annoyed video recipe producer. Thus concludes the venting portion of today's recipe post.
Notwithstanding the photographically challenged nature of this recipe, it sure tasted good. When I do pork spare ribs I usually go with the standard American barbecue rub and sauce, but an abundance of leftover Hoisin sauce and a stray can of pineapple juice nudged me further east.
I mention in the video that Hoisin sauce has an interesting story behind it. I probably should have said confusing, rather than interesting, but here it is. According to my extensive research (5 minutes on Wikipedia), "Hoisin" is a romanization of the Cantonese word for seafood. What? Why? It's traditionally served with pork, isn't it?
That was all they had. So, if you have any ideas why Hoisin means "seafood," please let me know (even if you have to make something up). Enjoy!
Full rack of pork ribs
For the marinade:
1/2 cup Hoisin sauce
6-oz pineapple juice
1 tbsp sambal chili sauce or hot sauce
For the rub:
2 tbsp salt
1/2 tsp 5-spice powder
1 tbsp brown sugar
pinch of cayenne
For the basting sauce:
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1/4 cup seasoned rice vinegar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp Asian fish sauce
2 tbsp Hoisin sauce
40 comments:
- Pyrofish said...
Hoisin sauce is from the days when aquatic pigs still roamed the world's oceans. How I long for the days when one could head out to the open sea and troll for pork. Overfishing due to the global phenomenon "Hoisin glazed spare ribs" spelled doom for the tasty-porcine-paddlers. All we know now, are their land based cousins, which will do in a pinch.
- May 18, 2009 at 5:21 PM
- Unknown said...
ohh we miss the "Money shot"...but still love it....delicious BBQ ribs
- May 18, 2009 at 5:33 PM
You know how tuna is the chicken of sea? Same difference except read from right to left since thats how chinese is read. ok, I may have just violated rule two of your Food Bloggers Code of Ethics but at least Im honest about it. As my inaugurial Food Wish, Id like to see you cook a vindaloo curry dish sometime.
- May 18, 2009 at 9:12 PM
I am feeling the real impact of your HDD crash only now. Chef, you don't realize you have turned your followers into perfectionists (Well, bit of an armchair perfectionist, and a kitchen amateur for me ;-) ) and nothing but the best will do for them henceforth. The absence of the plated shots was felt very acutely.
I'm so sorry you lost those shots :-( Take care, and be covered from now on. We want you to save every snap for the posterity! - May 18, 2009 at 9:53 PM
- CollegeGourmet said...
I love spare ribs, but I never know what kind of sauce to make/use, so I usually end up being lazy and using store-bought BBQ sauce. This is a great recipe, and I always have hoisin sauce, I just never thought to use it with pineapple juice to marinade anything in. Thanks Chef!
- May 18, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Well, the Cantonese pronunciation of "Hoisin" is "Si Fu" or "See Foo" for you Americans which has since evolved into "seafood", the closest word English has!
It's lost in translation, that's all. - May 18, 2009 at 10:49 PM
What a great recipe. By the way, Hoisin sause is the kind of sause people used to (they also do it today) use it to dress the "steamed rice rolls" (a Cantonese dish). The sause is also called "sweet sause" because it is actually not made of Season (Hoisin).
- May 19, 2009 at 12:17 AM
- Chef John said...
cool, thanks, but what does Si Fu mean?
- May 19, 2009 at 1:00 AM
"Si Fu" simply means "teacher", Si Fu John. Ulfar, Ive got to hand it to you. That was the best mind-frak yet.
- May 19, 2009 at 2:49 AM
Ok. Let's get some Chinese lessons here.
Hoisin is 海鮮 in Chinese. This spelling is based on Cantonese dialect (used in Hong Kong, Macau, and oversea Chinatowns around the world). In mandarin (which is now the 'standard Chinese' used in countries like China, Taiwan, and Singapore) the pronunciation is HAI XIAN.
Hoi/Hai/海 = sea
Sin/Xian/鮮 = fresh
Hoisin means fresh delicacy from the sea. Seafood it is!
Si Fu is 師傅. The spelling should be SHI FU in Pinyin system based on mandarin Chinese.
Shi/師 = teacher, master
Fu/傅 = teacher
When these two characters combined together to form a word, Shi Fu means someone who can teach you something with his/her specialty. In this sense, it's also commonly referred to a person with advanced skills in his/her profession, such as a kongfu master, an experienced carpenter, and, of course, a fine chef! - May 19, 2009 at 7:32 AM
- PrimeBrit said...
Hey Chef
Can I grill 'em? Maybe do them in the oven then finish on the grill? - May 19, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- Chef John said...
sure, but you probably know the challenges of grilling sauced ribs. tough to not burn.
- May 19, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Chef, that photo of the ribs gleaming in the oven light made me think of the "ribs" from the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes" - they look absolutely blood red in the picture ;P
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- Unknown said...
YUM! Marinading, a rub, then a glaze...DROOLING! I have to try this 8^)
What is that mat on the cooking sheet? Is it better than using foil? - May 20, 2009 at 2:45 AM
- Chef John said...
its silicon mat, foil works fine
- May 20, 2009 at 3:42 AM
- Unknown said...
Thanks Chef John!
- May 21, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- Charlemange said...
I made these on the grill using indirect heat. My sauce was a little different, but it contained Hoisin and fresh pineapple juice.
Just set up your grill with coals on the side and a foil pan in the middle. Cover and baste every 20 mins. They came out great. - May 23, 2009 at 8:36 PM
How would you revise this recipe for barbecuing on a fire or grill? - June 8, 2009 at 3:27 AM
- Chef John said...
I wouldn't. You can finish the ribs on the grill for a short time to get a little smoky flavor, but the glaze with burn if you try this recipe on the grill all the way. IMHO ribs are only good on the grill if cooked very low (hard to control with fire) and then sauced afterward.
- June 8, 2009 at 11:56 AM
- Unknown said...
would beef work?
- July 13, 2010 at 6:39 PM
- Chef John said...
- July 13, 2010 at 6:58 PM
"hoi" means sea and "sin" means fresh
- September 29, 2010 at 7:30 PM
HI John,
are you sure with the 2 tbsp salt and the extra 3 1/2 hours in a 300 degree oven?
I did it, it had a blackish hard crust on it ... and concerning the salt is it really the whole 2 tbsp salt rubbed on the ribs or do you mean 2 tsp salt ?
Thanks! - December 10, 2010 at 1:52 AM
HI John,
are you sure with the 2 tbsp salt and the extra 3 1/2 hours in a 300 degree oven?
I did it, it had a blackish hard crust on it ... and concerning the salt is it really the whole 2 tbsp salt rubbed on the ribs or do you mean 2 tsp salt ?
Thanks! - December 10, 2010 at 1:53 AM
- Chef John said...
worked for me! :-)
- December 10, 2010 at 2:09 AM
- Unknown said...
Chef, can I place these in a slow cooker? If so, for how long would you suggest?
Thank you. - February 27, 2011 at 8:51 PM
- Chef John said...
Sorry don't use a slow cooker. But there are lots of SC websites w recipes you can check.
- February 28, 2011 at 7:06 AM
- ChurroPhan said...
Hi Chef John,
2 Tbsp of salt is a bit much. I agree with one of the posts. My entire family said it was too salty. Maybe 2 tsp was what you meant?
Thanks for the recipe by the way. I follow your blog religiously and this was considered my first failure. - June 19, 2011 at 10:47 PM
- Chef John said...
All seasoning should be to taste so you need less it seems. About 2 tbsp works for me (I never measure rubs, but just sprinkle until coated. Thanks!
- June 20, 2011 at 12:42 AM
I have the same problem with other post that 2 tbsp of salt is toooo salty. I made this last time and I end up throw a whole rack in the trash because of salty....
I think you use 2 tbsp of salt and other stuff combines in a small bowl then you take that mixture and sprinkle all over the meat but you didn't actually use ALL the dry mixture, right?
This is the first time I try your recipe but I was fail. I don't know I am brave enough to try second recipes from you or not. Anyway, thanks for posting the recipes.
Some suggestion if you don't mind, PLEASE use measurement when you do this because I saw you just dump all ingredient together then you write out recipes in measurement with TBSP which is not accurate when people try to follow your RECIPES. Thanks. - July 3, 2011 at 5:33 PM
Cheif John, can I attempt this receipe with baby back ribs. They are smaller so I assume cooking time will differ. Any suggestions? Should the temperature go down as well. I looked at a couple other recipes for your baby back ribs and you backed at 200 degrees, then bast every 10 means (5x's). I think I will try this method. BTW, you are the BEST! I refer my friends and family to your site all the time. I'm made so many of your dishes.
- August 27, 2011 at 9:42 AM
- Chef John said...
Yes use that recipe. Thanks!
- August 27, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Chef John, this recipe is perfect! But recently i had a delayed in my party time and i do not know how to preserved the final product warm. I ended up keeping it in the oven at 100F for an hour end up the meat was kinda dry when i served. Can you advise how can i handle if i faced another similar situation?
Many thanks
Rence - October 22, 2012 at 11:01 AM
- Chef John said...
Don't try to keep warm. Just let cool, and reheat when the guests arrive.
- October 22, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Re-heating as in the same cooking temp and basking them additional time? What temp shuld i use and for how long? Chef John can you be more specific n the instructions?
Very much thank you! - October 23, 2012 at 11:03 AM
- Chef John said...
You can use 350, but I can't give you times. Just do until heated through.
- October 23, 2012 at 11:50 AM
I'll try it and let you know the timing. thanks Chef John!
Rence - October 24, 2012 at 12:09 PM
- cookinmom said...
Did your wife see you wipe that brown sugar on the floor??? I'm tellin'!!! :0)
- December 18, 2012 at 6:57 PM
- danfieldinthekitchen said...
Hoisin sauce (as by the german wikipedia) consists of fermented red soy beans, sugar, wheat flour, garlic, chilli, vinegar, salt, sesame oil.
Traditionally it would have sweet potatos in it, so they say. - May 9, 2017 at 6:54 PM


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Interrupting your regularly scheduled posting ...
I am staring at the cursor blinking away on my screen as I am trying to piece my thoughts together. I had plans for this post … I wanted to wrap up my Christmas 2012 selection with a stunner of a soup. Then Friday happened and I am not sure how I want to go forth.
Do I continue to post as I usually do?
Do I not post at all?
Do I share my thoughts, my pain, my worries?
Do I stay silent?
When I first heard about the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, I was on my way home. Soeren and I were in the car and we were laughing, planning a weekend of ice skating, gift wrapping and baking. As I turned up the volume on the car radio. I felt the wind punched out of my lungs. Was I hearing this correctly?
As the news was pieced together I did not think about the person who committed this heinous act. I did not think about guns or gun laws. I was horrified and shaken, placing myself in the shoes of those parents. They kissed their babies goodbye that morning, the same way I kissed my 10 year old. They probably made plans for the afternoon, for the weekend, the same way Soeren and I did. They probably used their lunch break to sneak into town and collect Christmas presents, the same way I did. You never … ever … think that you might not see your child again when you bring them to class!
I almost felt guilty reaching out for Soeren and being able to hug him … a little tighter than usual.
This Monday I decided to pay my tribute and remember the lost innocent lives of the Elementary School children and the brave teachers who lost their lives too early, with a day of silence. It was what I needed. By Saturday I had turned off the disturbing news on the TV and Monday was another way to shut out the noise and focus on what was important. That was the way I and many of my kind and generous blogger friends joined to pay our respect. My dearest friend Jamie decided to make her voice heard on Monday. She voices her opinion in her article "After Newtown" and nails the issue on hand, daring to ask bold questions. Please take a moment to read it.
The news began putting a face to the shooter, he had a name, he had a life, he too had parents. Only then did Adam Lanza actually became a someone. It was only then I began asking the question Why? and Who does this?
I totally support the cries that are currently being heard all over America to change the gun laws and legislation for gun ownership. It has to happen … it must happen. The Second Amendment is a fossil in our 21st century, becoming warped as time has passed, allowing anyone to possess automatic weapons in the name of freedom. The laws in America need to be changed from it's core. It will be a herculean act in a pro-gun culture like America but there has to be a starting point.
But I believe there is another level to these kind of issues and this level is not just an America-problem but a problem we as humans need to review within ourselves. It is the issue of becoming a stronger supportive society, of not shunning people out for being different or for having mental issues or for dressing differently or for not integrating into cliques.
We are often superficial with our behavior, pushing our kids to extremes because they have to stand their ground in an ever-competing society. They have to be better than their classmates, friends and neighbors kids to make the best of the universities to grab the top-paying jobs. We rob our children of their childhood by forcing them to be high achievers and are easily disappointed at their failures.
Not everyone can take that pressure. I have heard it repeated again and again "Adam Lanza snapped" I also hear his friend say that "up to that moment he was just another kid."
This is absolutely NO EXCUSE or even trying to find reason for what happened. I am merely posing another level that needs to be considered. Just as the guns have to disappear from the homes, shooting ranges, basements, malls, schools etc. and gun culture need to be addressed, in the same way we need to banish hostility, malignity or the extreme superficial world we have created around us by strengthening our children's integrity. The time has come that we act as a strong community - together. In my opinion fighting this from both levels would be the "meaningful action" neded.
I hope it does not sound like I am preaching or that I sympathize with the killer, trying to find some sound reason for his actions. It is not my place to do so. My thoughts are with the parents this week who have to walk a very difficult path of laying their babies to rest one final time. I pray that they will find their peace and I hope with every pore in my body that there will never be another incident like this or a "next time" where the name of the killer is replaced but the story, the crime and the guns are the same.
I owe you all a soup … a fairly stunning soup. But it seems rather trite. So, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. Hold your loved ones close and enjoy each moment and light a candle for those who can't this year.
Thank you for taking time and allowing me this space to vent my thoughts and speak my mind.
Merry Christmas!
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The gods must be crazy
**NOTE: Husband says that this post is evidence that my mind has snapped from lack of sleep. And, he is very alarmed by picture of carrot. For the record, I have gone only slightly insane. And will almost certainly not go Bobbit on anyone.
Normal fun blogging will resume once I have had some sleep.
In which I am going to babble nonsensically and to no interesting end about theology and mythology and the like. Yes, it is heretical. Yes, I am probably going to hell. You might too, if you laugh. You've been warned.
I'm probably going to hear crickets on this one. I understand. But I need this rant. I'm viewing it as a counter-balance to the Flickian enthusiasm that seems to pervade everything else that I write these days.
And, am tired to the point of disassociation. Cannot resist operating heavy machinery.
Last week, in writing about the challenges of caring for an irrepressibly ambitious baby, I invoked the gods. Accidentally. Sort of. In a nice way. I thought.
I said that it was a small mercy from some divine force – God, Nature, the gods, whomever, whatever – that WonderBaby, who no longer sleeps for any significant stretch of time during the day, sleeps through the night. (Mercy, divine forces! I said mercy! I was THANKFUL!)
Maybe it was that I didn't single out the appropriate divine force (I know, Mr. God – I should have no other gods before thee), maybe it was that I referred to their mercy as small (size matters, I guess, among the divinities), maybe there is some obscure commandment against taking God's name in blog. Whatever. Somehow, I pissed someone off, and now they've taken away my night-time sleeping privileges.
WonderBaby is busy during the day. WonderBaby is busy during the night. WonderBaby has commenced round-the-clock ass-kicking.
(And, chomping - CHOMPING - the boobies. To demonstrate her will to power. Which, WonderBaby, if you're reading this - and I know that you are, late at night, after you have sucked me dry and left me collapsed on the floor - I GET IT.)
(Now, am pissing the gods off more, no doubt, with the cursing.)
(But how much more challenging can they make this, really? FUCK.)
Now, I have my suspicions as to who's behind this. God - Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, Israel and Judy Blume, Father of the Christ, etc, etc - is much too important and busy to have been bothered by my ungrateful bleatings about an over-functioning baby. So I'm pretty sure that the mercy of night-time sleep was neither extended nor withdrawn by God. The miracle of life, yes, I'm pretty sure that he's behind that. But the sleep habits of infants, along with the outcomes of the Superbowl and FIFA games and deciding who gets to bear Brad Pitt's children? Prolly not.
In any case, I suspect that God – and I'm sure that the old theologians, like Martin Luther and Augustine of Hippo , and the theistic and theosophic poets, like John Milton and Michael Landon, would agree with me, were they alive to see the 21st century – is off somewhere playing Texas Hold 'Em with Mother Nature and the Holy Spirit and the prophets and their entourages. Leaving the world to spin and tilt and boggle and run askew.
And I think that they've left things in the hands of the Greek Gods. Who are bad mo-fos, yo. Bad. Not to be trusted with babysitting the world while the 'rents get their game on. Was nothing learned from Homer? Please. It's like leaving your children in the care of Courtney Love, Hunter S. Thomson and Jerry Springer. And then suggesting that they invite Tara Reid and Lizzie Grubman over for checkers. And maybe Ron Jeremy, too. You know, to pass the time.
Anyway. The chaotic state of the world as evidence of divine absenteeism is a topic for another day. My current concern is me, and how the gods are screwing me over. Or, at least, how some of the gods are screwing me over. Most of them are distracted at the moment by So You Think You Can Dance. (Which, Hephaestus, you can not. It's sad. Stop, before you become the William Hung of Olympus.)
It's tempting to point the finger at the goddess of goddesses, the goddess of marriage and motherhood: Hera, long-suffering wife of Zeus and reputed tormenter of mortal women. But I don't think that Hera is behind my suffering. Hera gets a bum rap. You'd be a miserable old bitch too if your husband kept shape-shifting for the purposes of getting off on Greek women. And in any case, I think that Hera, aka old Bopis, has a soft spot for other big-eyed creatures, and WonderBaby has the whole cow-eyed thing down.
So, although Hera is the goddess of maternity and reputed to be something of a meanie, I don't think that she's to blame.
I'm calling out Hestia here. Sure, everybody loves Hestia, all sweetness and light, keeping the homefires lit and all that. But that girl's got issues. Issues with penises. And here I've been chattering all over the place about penises and carrots (which may have also pissed off Demeter, but I'm reserving judgment*), penises and dolphins and penises and camels. And invoking Priapus, with whom she has a traumatic past. So I don't think that it's beyond the realm of possibility that she decided that she'd had enough of the penis talk and priapic invocation and got together with her buddie Hypnos to pull the curtain on HBM sleep by making WonderBaby even more wakeful. Thereby, presumably, putting a stop to all of the penis talk
*(I'm thinking, however, that Demeter, she of the wet-nursing gone horribly wrong, might be responsible for the nipple-chomping. So whatever I did to piss you off, Demmie, I'm deeply and profoundly sorry for. Now please make it stop.)
So, I concede defeat. I am helpless before the gods. I will cease all penis-talk immediately. And will make the necessary sacrifices.
Now, can I get some sleep? Please?
Cue music: The Sound of Silence...
Rest, Mommy...
... for I have need of PLAYTIME.
So, um, gods? Are you there, gods? It's me, Bad Mother...


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Most Australian readers would know of the current debate about universities teaching complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). A core question not being addressed in this debate is what other institution is better placed to deliver evidence-based knowledge of CAM.
The latest controversy started when a group called Friends of Science in Medicine (FSM) wrote to vice chancellors across the country asking them to review their health science courses. FSM rightly says that rigorous academic standards and evidence for scientific conclusions and health-care practices are of the essence and should be the basis of all university teaching.
I'm sure that any university lecturer would agree with these principles; most would consider themselves as friends of science in medicine. But it's a matter of concern when the debate and terminology become simplistic, generalised and uninformed.
CAM is a term for many different practices and medicines and there's scientific evidence for a number of them. Some of the modalities are derived from ancient sciences, for instance, and have a very long history of successful traditional use. FSM mentions acupuncture as a therapy it considers pseudo-scientific and argues that it shouldn't be taught at university. But this isn't entirely true.
There's clinical evidence for acupuncture as effective treatment for various conditions, including migraines, tension-type headaches and chronic low-back pain. What's more, there's a Medicare rebate available for acupuncture if it's part of a doctor's examination. Why shouldn't medical practitioners learn about the evidence for this treatment option at universities to increase consumer choices and improve patient outcomes?
The National Prescribing Service's "Review of the Quality of Complementary Medicines Information Resources" can be used to identify which CAM information resources are of high quality, evidence-based, unbiased and well structured. The use of such high-quality resources is available and encouraged at universities.
In Australia, complementary medicines are regulated as medicines by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). The TGA's ambit includes homeopathic and traditional medicines, such as Traditional Chinese Medicines. According to the TGA's guidelines general and medium-level claims (such as the temporary relief of minor self-limiting conditions) for complementary medicine's efficacy can be based on certain traditional use evidence. The guidelines allow the use of such medicines until high-level evidence, that would allow for high-level claims, is available.
A balanced view in this debate is particularly important because about 70% of Australians already use CAM, mostly alongside conventional medicines and treatments.
So the community expects health professionals to be able to provide information and guidance about the quality use of all medicines, which, according to Australian's National Medicines Policy, includes complementary medicines. To be able to do that, health professionals need to be knowledgeable, at least, about the principle, paradigm and available evidence for all complementary medicines, including homeopathic and traditional medicines.
And where else would health professionals gain this knowledge if not at university, during their degree? One of the advantages universities have is the close relationship between research and teaching – students are more engaged and inspired by research-led teaching, and research is informed by queries from students while teaching. Many universities research CAM to generate an evidence base or prove their lack of efficacy.
So why support research but exclude teaching of CAM from universities? Aren't we obliged to translate our research results into practice – starting by teaching new practitioners?
At Griffith University, evidence-based CAM education is integrated throughout the whole pharmacy curriculum. Our teaching research has shown that pharmacy students perceive education about CAM as a core part of their professional degree. We found that CAM research and education had a moderating effect on students\' attitudes towards CAM. The training also encouraged students to look at and evaluate evidence and make informed decisions in the best interests of their patients.
We also offer a specifically designed "Short Course in Integrative Medicine for Pharmacists," which has been accredited for continuous professional development. The course addresses the shortage of CAM knowledge among practicing Australian pharmacists as identified in a recent Pharmacy Guild-funded project, which surveyed Australian pharmacists nationally.
The survey found most pharmacists supported undergraduate CAM education (76%), and the majority (85%) were interested in additional CAM education themselves.
Research also suggests that CAM education may also teach practitioners greater self-awareness, improved core competencies (such as evidence-based practice), enhanced cultural competency and patient-centred care.
So should we turn our back on the consumer-driven trend toward holistic and integrative healthcare, or should we work together to understand, research and teach different principles, practices and evidence to improve health outcomes for customers and patients? I, for one, would prefer the latter.


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Running SoSG is a pretty lucrative gig, and since we've been at it for well over four years now, incremental opportunities for sponsors are pretty limited. Imagine my glee, then, to have been approached by the footwear and apparel brand And1, who has agreed to sponsor this puzzle, PCS Season 4 Puzzle 3, for a princely fee (as if we could afford any richer of a lifestyle, right?)!
We're excited to have And1 on board as a sponsor--and think that they will fit perfectly with this puzzle.
Plus, as an added bonus, those who have submitted correct answers will be entered into a contest for a 2011 Dodgers magnet schedule, shipped at our expense (to any US address), so you can mark off the mounting Dodgers losses on your own refrigerator!
And away we go:
Puzzle Rules: The solution to the puzzle is a Dodger player.
Comment freely in the thread, but if you have the solution, please don't give it away to everyone in the comments section. Instead, do the following:
- Email us the solution (first and last name), along with your reasoning. Submitted answers without the reasoning, or those submitted with the incorrect reasoning, will count for participation only, even if the answer itself is correct;
- Please include your screen name somewhere in the email; and,
- Post a comment simply saying you have emailed your solution attempt. We may not be able to reply to your original email promptly, so please be patient and check back on the comment thread for the latest news; we may confirm correct answers there.
You have until midnight PT tonight--and possibly midnight PT on Friday May 27 (pending appeal to the PCS Gods) to submit your answer. Answer will be posted a 7a on May 29. Depending on how generous I feel (and how busy today gets at work), we may post hints during the day. Good luck!
Not familiar with SoSG's off-day puzzle competition? Read up here. And join the mayhem!
HINT #1 (10:43a): The second picture in collage #3 is WHACKERS (admittedly, this was one of the more difficult ones to ID, the others should be easier).
HINT #2 (1:20p): The fourth picture in collage #2 is PATIOS.
HINT #3 (1:45p): Okay, I'm realizing how people need a bit of boost on the words, the crux of the puzzle. Here are the word lengths:
- Collage #1: 5, 7, 6, 7, 5, 4, 5
- Collage #2: 6, 5, 8, 6, 7, 7
- Collage #3: 5, 8, 6, 5, 7, 6, 7, 5
You do NOT need to identify all the words to be able to solve the puzzle.
HINT #4 (4:59p): Those of you who are staring at your word lists should probably stare at Collage #3. There are a lot of Dodgers swimming around the lists, but no current Dodger in Collages #1, and only one current Dodger in Collage #2.
HINT #5 (6:45p): Current Dodgers (2011 players) in Collage #3 are represented by pictures 2, 3, 6, and 7. The current Dodger in Collage #2 is represented in picture 5. And the player represented by picture 2--whose word you already know from an earlier hint--is one of the six 2011 bobbleheads.
HINT #6 (10:10p): Wow, I had no idea this one was going to be this difficult. Complicating the effort is the fact that I screwed up hints #4 and #5 (now edited). I'm an idiot.
Tell you what, I'm going to delay publishing the answer for a day, and if the PCS gods are okay with me extending the deadline by 24 hours (to midnight Friday 5/28), I will keep this thread open. If the PCS gods are okay with the extension, answers after the original 5/26 midnight deadline will also count; if not, we'll just adjust to take the correct answers before the original deadline. Ruling pending.
Most of you have gotten word lists but are stuck from there, so here is one more push:
Every word identified represents a specific Dodger. In alphabetical order by last name (which does NOT match the order of the pictures on the three collages), those players' initials are: WA, BA, BB, HSC, JC, AC, OD, KG, SG, CK, DL, AM, RM, HN, WO, AP, TS, JS, SS, DS, MT. And there are five current Dodgers in that list.
My apologies for screwing this whole ball of wax up. Good luck--hopefully you have another 26 hours to solve. --Sax


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Judging by the Stonehenge-to-Sgt. Pepper spectacle of the London Olympics' opening ceremonies, Brits take jolly good pride in knowing their history. But here's an early 20th-century episode that Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service apparently forgot: the Venezuela Crisis of 1902, when British and other European warships blockaded and bombarded the South American country's ports to force it to pay foreign debts. It was a classic instance of "gunboat diplomacy," and it's the sort of thing that Latin Americans, given the centuries of often ugly foreign intervention they've experienced, certainly tend to remember.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa remembers it so well, in fact, that he sucked Britain into a diplomatic blunder this week. For much of the summer, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who's wanted in Sweden to answer charges of sexual assault, has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid extradition – not just to Sweden but possibly also to the U.S., where he could face trial for espionage. The leftist Correa professes to admire Assange for releasing thousands of classified U.S. diplomatic cables (one of which gave Correa a pretext for booting a U.S. ambassador out of Ecuador last year). On Wednesday, as Correa moved closer to granting Assange political asylum, frustrated U.K. authorities reminded Ecuador, in writing, of a British law that revokes an embassy's diplomatic immunity if it's judged to be harboring a fugitive.
MORE: Assange's Special Asylum: Why Ecuador Isn't Nice to Anyone Else
But that simply opened the door to accusations from Ecuador that the Brits were threatening to storm the embassy – shades of 1902! – if it didn't hand Assange over. It also gave Correa, who's been accused of offering Assange sanctuary as a way to deflect attention from his petulant crackdowns on freedom of expression back in Ecuador, enough of a diplomatic upper hand to go ahead and give the WikiLeaks leader political asylum on Thursday. "No one is going to terrify us!" Correa tweeted. He succeeded in evoking the ghosts of gunboat diplomacy – and in turning the subject from an extradition case, if not Ecuador's possible flouting of international law, into a heroic standoff between a defiant underdog and an imperialista power.
MORE: Out of Ecuador: Another U.S. Ambassador Bites the WikiDust
It was just the latest example of how absent-minded governments in the developed world can still be when dealing with developing regions like Latin America. That's especially true in countries like Ecuador and Venezuela, where leaders are apt to exploit a national sense of vicitimization. When a coup briefly ousted socialist Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez in 2002, the Bush Administration, wittingly or not, gave the world the impression that it supported the putsch against a democratically elected head of state – even though Washington had to know what a raw nerve the history of yanqui-backed coups in Latin America was (and is). A popular uprising against the coup leaders restored Chávez to power – and ever since, the anti-U.S. firebrand, who looks set to win yet another term this year despite battling cancer, has been able to use Washington's missteps in that episode to leverage his political power and increasingly authoritarian governance.
The Obama Administration hasn't always performed adeptly south of the border, either. In 2009 it decided to move U.S. counter-drug operations in South America from Ecuador to bases in Colombia. But it didn't consult the other South American governments about the possibility that the Colombia-based mission might also include counterinsurgency, even beyond Colombia's borders. This despite the fact that those countries share historically founded anxieties about U.S. military involvement on their continent. Washington's naive failure to allay those fears drew an angry earful from even moderate governments like Brazil's – and dropped yet another gift into the lap of Chávez, who in typically hyperbolic but politically effective fashion declared that the U.S.-Colombia pact had "loosed the winds of war."
Little wonder, then, that Chávez keeps going to that well, especially now that he's finally facing strong opposition in the October election. Last weekend he announced that authorities had detained a former U.S. Marine who tried to enter Venezuela illegally from Colombia – an American "mercenary," Chávez insisted, bent on fomenting anti-government unrest before the presidential contest. U.S. diplomats were finally allowed to visit the man on Wednesday, but so far there's little evidence to back up Chávez's "mercenary" charges.
Still, this week's British slip-up was a reminder of how easy it remains for First World countries to set off the Third World's gunboat diplomacy sirens. It also recalls how easy it is for leaders like Correa – who, given the condemnation he's received from international human rights groups for criminalizing journalists and other critics inside Ecuador, is the unlikeliest of patrons for a free-speech champion like Assange – to use that noise as convenient cover. These are the sorts of things we expect our diplomats, especially in a foreign service as elite as Britain's, to take into account before they move the chess pieces. Correa isn't likely to checkmate London in the end; Assange still faces arrest if he leaves the embassy. But for a moment, at least, Ecuador's president has schooled the Brits in history.
MORE: Correa's Clemency: Why Critics Say Ecuador's Correa Is Still a Threat to Press Freedom


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Season Ep :
x 14
Main Cast :
James Doohan
Montgomery Scott
DeForest Kelley
Leonard H. McCoy
Walter Koenig
Pavel A. Chekov
Nichelle Nichols
Nyota Uhura
Leonard Nimoy
William Shatner
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George Takei
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Grace Lee Whitney
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Guest Cast :
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Galactic High Commissioner Ferris
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as Creature
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Lieutenant Gaetano
Don Marshall
Lieutenant Boma
Eddie Paskey
Lieutenant Leslie
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Grant Woods
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When Kirk hears that there are five survivors on the shuttle, he smiles and gets on with his job. Although attention to his work is fairly laudable, it could be his two best friends that are dead! You would think he would take a little time to find out.
This episode features a heroic effort by Leonard Nimoy to convince us that his leg is pinned by a heavy rock, when in fact it is very obviously just a lump of polystyrene that is so light he has to hold it in place.
So let's talk about shuttles. Specifically, what powers a shuttle. One would imagine that it is some version of an impulse engine, yes? Now there's no canonical description of exactly how an impulse drive works, but it appears to essentially be a fusion rocket. So there's a fusion reactor which is supplied by a suitable gas - probably deuterium. The impulse drive would compress and heat this until it fused, then squirt fusing plasma out of the back end to generate thrust. (There's possibly some wizard-tech mass lightening effect there, but let's skip that.)
Now when the shuttle crash-lands, Scotty informs Spock that "We've lost a great deal of fuel. We have no chance at all to reach escape velocity." But eventually they overcome this difficulty when Scotty decides that "I can adjust the main reactor to function with a substitute fuel supply... Our phasers. I can adapt them and use their energy."
So, my question is this. Are the phaser power packs really supposed to have some kind of
inside them? I always took a phaser power pack to be some kind of high capacity battery. But if it's a battery, how can that energy possibly be used to power a fusion reactor?
The only conclusion seems to be that phasers are themselves miniature fusion reactors, and the "power packs" are actually little bottles of deuterium or other fusion gas. Although even then, wouldn't Scotty talk about draining their "fuel" rather than their "energy"?
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Scotty's reaction to Spock's great flare manoeuvre.
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Three; Lieutenant Latimer, Lieutenant Gaetano, and offscreen Ensign O'Neill.
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John Crawford would later complain in an interview in Starlog magazine that he had found working with Shatner a very unpleasant experience as Shatner would make every effort to hog as much of the screen time as possible.
The mention of Ensign O'Neill is the first time that rank is ever referred to in Star Trek.
In the non-canon novel Dreadnought!, we find that after their rescue Scotty insisted that Boma be charged for his insubordination towards Spock. Although Spock had mentioned nothing of the matter in his report charges were indeed brought, and Boma was court martialled, convicted, and discharged from Starfleet.
The Enterprise has taken time out from a mission to deliver vital medical supplies to investigate Murusaki 312, a "quasar like phenomena". High Commissioner Ferris is aboard the ship to travel with the medical supplies, and is very unhappy about the delay in delivering them. However, Kirk points out that they have five days until they are due to rendezvous and pass the supplies on, a trip that will only take three days. Since they gain nothing by arriving early, and since there are standing orders to investigate phenomena like Murusaki, Kirk is determined to take the time to do so. The ship launches the shuttlecraft Galileo to probe Murusaki, with seven crew aboard; Commander Spock in command, supported by Lieutenant Commander Scott, Doctor McCoy, Lieutenant Latimer, Lieutenant Gaetano, Lieutenant Boma, and Yeoman Mears.
However, once it enters the area around Murusaki the shuttle encounters turbulence and is knocked off course. With sensors and communications rendered useless by the huge interference in the area the shuttle manages to crash-land on a nearby M Class planet, Tarsus II. Kirk now has two days to find his missing crew before the Enterprise will be forced to depart.
Everybody survives the crash landing. Spock sets Scotty to work trying to repair the craft whilst Latimer and Gaetano scout the area. Up in space the Enterprise comes to the planet as the logical place to search, but is hampered by the sensor and communication interference. Kirk is reduced to sending shuttle missions out to the planet to search visually, a daunting prospect. Matters are not by Farris, who insists on reminding Kirk at every opportunity they they will soon have to leave, and that under his authority he can and will order Kirk to do so. Kirk makes it equally clear that he will spend every second that he can trying to find his lost shipmates before he is forced to depart.
On the planet, Scotty has bad news for Spock. The ship has lost a great deal of fuel, making it impossible to reach escape velocity. Even getting into orbit is out of the question unless they can shed at least 500 pounds of weight before taking off. Spock comments that this is the weight of three men, prompting everyone to wonder if he is actually going to order people to remain behind. Whilst Spock makes no decision on this, he seems to think that it would be perfectly logical and reasonable to do so. They set about removing whatever extraneous equipment they can from the shuttle to lighten it, although there is little aboard that is not required for normal operation. The crew gradually become unnerved by the purely rational way that Spock is approaching his command of the mission.
Whilst on their scouting mission Latimer and Gaetano hear strange rasping sounds nearby. They cannot identify the source at first but then a huge furry apelike creature looms out of the mist towards them. They retreat, but a giant spear catches Latimer in the back, killing him. Gaetano fires with his phaser to drive the creature off. The sound brings Spock and Boma to the scene. Boma is horrified when Spock casually disregards the dead officer to examine the spear and comment on the construction method used to create it. When he expresses his anger Spock simply replies that his concern for the dead will not bring them back to life. When Spock offers to help the two men carry the body back they bluntly decline his assistance, obviously frustrated and angry with him.
Kirk increasingly desperate, orders the shuttles to begin widening their search pattern over the planet. This will leave large gaps uncovered in the search area, but will at least result in the bulk of the surface being covered in the time they have.
On the surface McCoy and Mears have managed to dump 150 pounds of machinery. Spock accepts this but comments that with the loss of Latimer they still have a good 150 pounds left to lose. McCoy is disgusted by the idea of leaving somebody behind and tries to talk Spock out of it, but they are interrupted when Boma returns to ask Spock to come and hold Latimer's burial ceremony. Spock seems uninterested in doing so, suggesting that McCoy would be a better choice, but finally agrees to hold the ceremony so long as they continue with the repairs during it. Although he does say that his policy of expending all possible effort on the practicalities of their situation is aimed at ensuring the survival of the remaining crew, his attitude continues to provoke increasing hostility.
However, disaster strikes. As Scotty and Spock work on the shuttle a pipe ruptures, and all of the remaining fuel leaks away. Spock asks Scotty to continue working on any possible alternative, though the engineer sees no solution. Meanwhile the rasping sounds have returned again, noises that Spock identifies as wood on leather. He suggests that there might be some sort of tribal culture at work, which would mean that the Taureans have some sense of unity. Hitting them hard with phasers might therefore drive them off. Although disapproving of the idea of using force Spock concedes that it is logical. However he insists that they fire warning shots only, intending to frighten the creatures away instead of injuring them. The plan appears to work, and the aliens retreat.
Spock orders Gaetano to stand guard whilst he and Boma go back to the shuttle.
There, Scotty has come up with a solution to their problems. With no fuel to use, they can nevertheless drain energy from their hand phasers to power the ship into space. Whilst this offers them some chance to get clear, it does mean sacrificing their only defence against the Taureans. Seeing no choice, Spock orders the procedure carried out.
On the Enterprise they have managed to get the transporters working despite the interference, and Kirk beams several landing parties down.
The Taureans soon return, surrounding the terrified Gaetano. He is attacked, losing his phaser, and tries to run. A Taurean kills him. When Spock, McCoy, and Boma arrive they find no trace of his body, promoting Spock to order the others to return whilst he searches - citing a "scientific curiosity" regarding what happened to Gaetano. He sends his hand phaser back with them, leaving him unarmed. After he leaves, a bemused McCoy comments that Spock will risk his life to find his officer, and yet if he does he is just as likely to order him to remain behind as the rest escape.
Spock succeeds in finding Gaetano's body and carries it to the shuttlecraft. The Taureans attack, but he makes it back to the shuttle. He seems deep in thought after the encounter. McCoy comments that Spock's plan has brought the creatures down on them. Spock cannot understand why the creatures are acting as they are, but to McCoy it is obvious - the phaser fire angered them, something Spock cannot understand. Spock predicts that the creatures will study them for a while but seconds later one one of them begins smashing a huge rock against the craft. Spock is deeply confused by the sequence of events, given that he has made the logical decisions at every point along the way, and yet the results have been less than ideal with two men dead and resentment from the crew boiling over. They electrify the hull to drive the creature off. When Spock states that Gaetano's body will have to be left behind Boma demands a burial, now openly contemptuous of Spock. Spock decides to allow the funeral whilst they creatures are gone.
Meanwhile Kirk gets reports of casualties from one of his landing parties, who were likewise attacked by the Taureans. Ensign O'Neill has been killed by a spear and Lieutenant Immamura is badly wounded. They state that the planet seems to be overrun with the hostile aliens, making it unlikely that the shuttle crew could survive long there. Matters are not helped when Commissioner Ferris arrives to order Kirk to depart. The Captain plays for time, saying that they need to recover their landing parties and shuttles first, but he has only minutes left.
Scotty finishes draining their phasers, announcing that this gives them enough power to attain orbit, hold it for a couple of hours, and then make a controlled landing somewhere on the planet. They go to hold the funeral but the ceremony is interrupted by the Taureans attacking again. Spock is pinned to the ground by a boulder and orders the others to leave him behind, but they refuse and manage to free him. All of them make it to the shuttle and it tries to take off, but the giant Taureans physically hold it down. Spock orders the boosters fired, and the shuttle manages to break free and ascend at last. However, the power drain means that they now cannot make a soft landing. They will fall from orbit in under an hour and burn up in the atmosphere. When Scotty reminds Spock of an earlier comment that "there are always alternatives." Spock ponders that he may have been mistaken about that.
With the shuttles back aboard Kirk reluctantly orders the ship to depart - but at "space normal" speed, a relative crawl. He has the planet brought up on the screen so they can watch as they depart.
Aboard the shuttle, Spock sits deep in thought. He finally reaches out and jettisons all of their remaining fuel in one dump, then ignites it. The others are astonished - the burn will last only seconds, and then the shuttle will fall into the atmosphere. Spock's action has, apparently, doomed them all. But Scotty realises his intent - the burn is a signal flare. Both Scotty and McCoy seem pleased that Spock has taken this illogical gamble as one of his last actions.
Aboard the Enterprise the flare is spotted, and the ship doubles back and beams the survivors off the shuttle just as it is about to burn up. A delighted Kirk proceeds on course at warp speed with everybody safe aboard. Later, he and McCoy needle Spock about his action on the shuttle. Spock calmly replies that he reasoned that with no logical options left, an act of desperation was the only remaining choice - a logical choice, logically arrived at. Kirk characterises it as "you reasoned that it was time for an emotional outburst!" Spock, whilst dubious about the choice of words, is forced to agree.
A cracking episode, this. As a character study of Spock it is great, and will mark something of a turning point for his character. Spock is clearly quite an ambitious man in TOS, somebody who wants to ascend to command and gain power and responsibility. This episode hits him right in the face with the fact that he may not actually be suited for such positions, something he is ultimately forced to accept. It's a major stepping stone towards the Spock we will see in later Trek - the man who refused command of the Enterprise as anything but a training ship in Star Trek II. Here Spock learns the limits of his "logic" and accepts them, and it is a bitter lesson indeed.
That said, this is perhaps a good place to take a look at Star Trek and Vulcan logic. In point of fact Trek badly abuses logic quite often, with the Vulcans being the worst offenders. In Star Trek speak, being logical is the same thing as being
. In point of fact those two things are very different and it is unemotionalism that the Vulcans prize, not logic.
Logic is a method of determining the validity of a conclusion - that is, whether the conclusion follows from the premises. The classic case is the example "All dogs are brown. Spot is a dog. Therefore, Spot is brown." This is a textbook case of a valid logical argument, because the conclusion that Spot is brown follows from the premises that all dogs are brown and that Spot is a dog. The reality is that the argument isn't a good one because even assuming Spot actually is a dog, it's not actually true that all dogs are brown. Spot may be black, or white, or a mix of colours, or whatever else dogs can be. But the truth of the argument has nothing to do with the logical validity of it. A valid argument is one whose conclusion must be true
the premises were true. So the above argument is logical because
all dogs are brown, and
Spot is a dog, then it would have to be true that Spot was brown.
A logically invalid argument would be one like this : "All dogs are brown. Spot is a dog. Therefore, Spot is green." In that argument the conclusion may be false
even if
the premise is true - if we take it as true that all dogs are brown, and we take it as true that spot is a dog, then it doesn't follow that spot must be green. See how that works?
I go on about this because it's perfectly logical to take account of emotions and to behave emotionally sometimes. For example, Spock remains almost completely indifferent to how those under his command feel during this episode. Emotions are "not logical", thus he ignores them. But how about this chain of logic : "Maximum efficiency by the crew is desirable. The crew perform more efficiently when their leader shows concern for their emotional wellbeing. Therefore, their leader should show concern for their emotional wellbeing." That is an argument that is both perfectly logical and quite clearly true, at least in this case. Yet Spock not only doesn't see it, he seems to not even be able to consider it despite the obvious signs that the attitude he is taking is inciting virtual open revolt in the crew.
This is not to say that valuing non emotionalism is wrong; that's a different argument. One can certainly say that one should not use emotion to determine whether a proposition or argument is true or not - by which I mean, for example, that one should not say something like "I feel good about a certain course of action, therefore it must be possible to achieve my goal using that course of action." But Trek and the Vulcans constantly treat logic and emotion as opposites when in truth they are different and unrelated things. And this episode is a classic example. Compare it with an example from The Next Generation, in Redemption Part II. There we have Data, a character who is incapable of emotion, who is in command of a Human crew. When one officer becomes increasingly argumentative and disrespectful, Data finally resorts to angrily snapping at him - an emotional response which Data
, because he reasons that the officer is in an emotional state and will best be managed by an apparently emotional response. And it works!
I have to call out McCoy's behaviour in this episode, too. McCoy is used to being able to speak his mind on the ship, and to sniping at Kirk and Spock a little. Well, a lot actually. But here he is in a very different situation with a very different leader, and yet he continually works to undermine Spock and attack his decisions. Yes, he might be outside the normal chain of command, but he is still a senior officer and a member of this mission. Yet he openly backtalks Spock constantly, and worse, he subverts his authority behind his back with Boma, a man who is already showing considerable signs of disrespect. When Boma starts to openly insult his commander McCoy reacts with shock - seriously Doctor, what did you expect to happen? Not five minutes earlier you stood with that very man and made comments about how you couldn't understand Spock's attitude and behaviour. Bones really needed to be called on his behaviour and told to shut the hell up.
Another flaw was the inclusion of Farris. Well, not so much a flaw as unnecessary and a bit of a missed opportunity. Farris is there to enforce their departure... and yet they don't really need that enforcement to be external. Kirk is a man of duty, he knows that many may die if he doesn't complete his mission. Wouldn't it be more interesting to see him war with himself over the fact that he has to leave, delaying as much as he can but ultimately giving in and departing under his own steam, labouring under the guilt of that? It would serve his character much better than having some flunky standing over his shoulder, I would think.
Still, despite all this it remains a great episode.
Special Edition
This remastered version has been quite extensively updated. The Murusaki phenomenon has been changed into something much nicer and cooler to look at, all the shuttle scenes have been replaced - this giving us some lovely views of the hangar deck in action - and the planet Taurus II is replaced with a much better looking planet. Notably, the really, really bad optical effect of mist on the surface that was in a few scenes has been made to look much better. Still not good, but better than before!
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