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text: Some industrious programmers have found a way to hack the Archos 605 WiFi portable video player to run the Qtopia Linux platform. By the looks of it, the Qtopia hack doesn't add much in the way of extra media features (the Archos does pretty well as-is), but it opens the door to developing the Archos 605 WiFi as a more generally useful and configurable tablet PC. The Qtopia hack appears to work on older models of the Archos players as well, although the Archos fifth-generation players seem to be easier to configure.

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OMS - SK 1-2 Scissor Knife With Pouch
By OMS
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The OMS SK1 / SK2 is a useful and sometimes life-saving tool that should not be missed in any dive. The OMS SK1 / SK2 combines the advantages of a very sharp knife and the useful properties of scissors. The blade is optionally available with a rounded tip (SK1) or a sheep tip (SK2). The OMS knife / shears combination is delivered in a practical nylon pocket which makes it very stowable


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Chapter XXIII.—The patriarchs and prophets by pointing out the advent of Christ, fortified thereby, as it were, the way of posterity to the faith of Christ; and so the labours of the apostles were lessened inasmuch as they gathered in the fruits of the labours of others.
1. For which reason the Lord declared to the disciples: "Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look upon the districts (regiones), for they are white [already] to harvest. For the harvest-man receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal, that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. For in this is the saying true, that one soweth and another reapeth. For I have sent you forward to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour; other men have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours."41314131 John iv. 35, etc. Who, then, are they that have laboured, and have helped forward the dispensations of God? It is clear that they are the patriarchs and prophets, who even prefigured our faith, and disseminated through the earth the advent of the Son of God, who and what He should be: so that posterity, possessing the fear of God, might easily accept the advent of Christ, having been instructed by the prophets. And for this reason it was, that when Joseph became aware that Mary was with child, and was minded to put her away privily, the angel said to him in sleep: "Fear not to take to thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. For she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call His name Jesus; for He shall save His people from their sins."41324132 Matt. i. 20, etc. And exhorting him [to this], he added: "Now all this has been done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken from the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and His name shall be called Emmanuel;" thus influencing him by the words of the prophet, and warding off blame from Mary, pointing out that it was she who was the virgin mentioned by Isaiah beforehand, who should give birth to Emmanuel. Wherefore, when Joseph was convinced beyond all doubt, he both did take Mary, and joyfully yielded obedience in regard to all the rest of the education of Christ, undertaking a journey into Egypt and back again, and then a removal to Nazareth. [For this reason,] those who knew not the Scriptures nor the promise of God, nor the dispensation of Christ, at last called him the father of the child. For this reason, too, did the Lord Himself read at Capernaum the prophecies of Isaiah:41334133 Luke iv. 18. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He hath anointed Me; to preach the Gospel to the poor hath He sent Me, to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind."41344134 Isa. lxi. 1. At the same time, showing that it was He Himself who had been foretold by Esaias the prophet, He said to them: "This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears."
2. For this reason, also, Philip, when he had discovered the eunuch of the Ethiopians' queen reading these words which had been written: "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and as a lamb is dumb before the shearer, so He opened not His mouth: in His humiliation His judgment was taken away;"41354135 Acts viii. 27; Isa. liii. 7. and all the rest which the prophet proceeded to relate in regard 495 to His passion and His coming in the flesh, and how He was dishonoured by those who did not believe Him; easily persuaded him to believe on Him, that He was Christ Jesus, who was crucified under Pontius Pilate, and suffered whatsoever the prophet had predicted, and that He was the Son of God, who gives eternal life to men. And immediately when [Philip] had baptized him, he departed from him. For nothing else [but baptism] was wanting to him who had been already instructed by the prophets: he was not ignorant of God the Father, nor of the rules as to the [proper] manner of life, but was merely ignorant of the advent of the Son of God, which, when he had become acquainted with, in a short space of time, he went on his way rejoicing, to be the herald in Ethiopia of Christ's advent. Therefore Philip had no great labour to go through with regard to this man, because he was already prepared in the fear of God by the prophets. For this reason, too, did the apostles, collecting the sheep which had perished of the house of Israel, and discoursing to them from the Scriptures, prove that this crucified Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God; and they persuaded a great multitude, who, however, [already] possessed the fear of God. And there were, in one day, baptized three, and four, and five thousand men.41364136 Acts ii. 41, Acts iv. 4.
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The grocery store was truly cranking out the hits tonight, and the disco hit parade included a song I'd never heard before. Not only was it notable for being new, but it also included lyrics I would never have expected to hear in a pop song: "Respectfully I say to thee / I'm aware that you are cheating." Which is rather a polite way to call someone out for being a lying bastard, no?
Please note the many kinds of crazy going on in the above video.
Turns out the song is "Upside Down," by Diana Ross, which I find strange because I was under the impression that Ross was a great singer, yet there's nothing vocally spectacular about this song. Still, the choice of words — especially the thee, given what's been on my mind lately — seemed remarkable. Overall, the weirdness of the song reminds me of a far less important pop cultural footnote, but it's also one that I'm happy to post as often as possible: that time Padma Lakshmi sang.
Here's to all the awkward songs.


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Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., introduced legislation last week requiring federal authorities to examine racial disparities in auto insurance premiums, citing a story co-published by ProPublica and Consumer Reports last April.
The legislation, which has six Democratic co-sponsors, is in part a rebuke to the Trump administration for seeking to shift the mission of the Treasury Department's Federal Insurance Office from being a watchdog agency tasked with studying auto insurance pricing into an industry booster. The bill calls for the office to collect ZIP-code level claims data from insurers across the nation, and use the information to study whether higher prices in minority neighborhoods are justified by the risk of bigger payouts in those areas.
"The lack of transparency in the auto insurance market makes it impossible to understand and address potential racial disparities," Takano said in a press release announcing the bill. "This legislation is an important step to determining whether minority drivers are being unjustly overcharged for insurance premiums because of reasons unrelated to risk. Given that auto insurance is a requirement for drivers, and that driving is a necessity for many Americans, there is a strong public interest in studying and addressing discrimination in the auto insurance market."
The insurance industry responded that there is no need for a federal study. "This [legislation] is a solution in search of a problem," said David Snyder, a vice president at the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. "There is no need for this duplicative and costly layer of federal involvement. For more than 150 years, the states have been effective in regulating insurers to protect consumers, foster competitive insurance markets and prevent unfair discrimination."
ProPublica and Consumer Reports found that some major insurers were charging drivers in minority neighborhoods rates as much as 30 percent more than drivers in other areas with similar accident costs. Even in California's highly regulated insurance market, units of Nationwide, USAA and Liberty Mutual were charging prices in risky minority neighborhoods that were more than 10 percent above similarly risky zip codes where more residents were white.
Our analysis of premiums and payouts in California, Illinois, Texas and Missouri shows that some major insurers charge minority neighborhoods as much as 30 percent more than other areas with similar accident costs.
Our analysis was limited to the four states — California, Illinois, Texas and Missouri — that collect the information necessary to do such comparisons. The other states said they didn't have the necessary data. If it is enacted, Takano's bill would require a report on racial disparities in auto insurance pricing in all states to be completed within two years.
As a result of our report, California regulators required Nationwide and USAA to adjust their auto insurance rates. They said their review confirmed our finding that linked the pricing disparities to incorrect applications of a California law allowing insurers to cluster neighboring ZIP codes into a single rating territory.
The Federal Insurance Office was created in 2010 as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. In the final days of the Obama administration, the office published a preliminary report on affordability in the auto insurance market. It pledged to conduct a more comprehensive study and to ask large insurers to contribute the necessary ZIP-code level data.
However, the insurance office — which has been operating without a permanent director since the beginning of the Trump administration — has not completed such a study. (The office's longtime deputy director, Steven Seitz, serves as the acting director.) And in an October 2017 report to the White House, the Treasury Department suggested a revised role for the insurance office, focusing on promoting the industry. Its recommendations omitted the office's original mandate, which required it to protect traditionally underserved communities and consumers.
"The inactivity of the Federal Insurance Office and the Trump administration's consumer protection office has been extremely frustrating to the Congressman and many Democrats," said Josh Weisz, a spokesman for Takano. "Seeking to fulfill the basic commitment to collect data seems like the first right step."
Civil rights groups praised the proposal.
"We see time and again people, especially in communities of color, have trouble finding and keeping mandatory insurance because it is so expensive," said Sam Brooke, deputy legal director of the Southern Poverty Law Center. "This creates a vicious cycle where, because they cannot afford it, they get additional tickets with mounting fees."
Correction, Feb. 1, 2018: This story originally misstated Rep. Mark Takano's first name.


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Photo and caption from the National Archives.
Sadly 38 of the pilots lost their lives. Twenty seven of them in active duty and 11 more in training. Their own families had to pay for the deceased women's bodies to be sent home and there were no military honors. They were not even allowed to drape the coffins with the US flag.
In 1984 each WASP was awarded the "World War II Victory Medal and finally on July 1, 2009 these women were awarded Congressional Gold Medals by President Obama and the US Congress. On March 10, 2010 there were 200 surviving WASPS that went to the US Capitol to accept their medals.
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mDesign Farmhouse Decor Metal Wire Storage Organizer Bin Basket with Handles - for Bathroom Cabinets, Shelves, Closets, Bedrooms, Laundry Room, Garage - 10.25" x 9.25" x 5.25" - 4 Pack - Bronze
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Get the latest scoop about what's new at Memory Alpha! This page is used by the administrators to post relevant announcements, so check back occasionally to get the news. For the latest press releases, check our press releases.
April 2021
5 April: In conjunction with Fandom, Memory Alpha offered a First Contact Day quiz -- with prizes!
November 2020
12 November: Nearly seventeen years to the day since its November 2003 inception, the English version of Memory Alpha reached its milestone 50,000th article with metal fabric.
June 2020
3 June: Memory Alpha is uniting with Reddit's r/startrek, Women at Warp, TrekCore, Priority One, TrekNews.net, Mission Log, Trekland's Portal 47, and TrekMovie.com to ask Star Trek fans to support organizations fighting injustice. Star Trek has always represented the hope of a better future for humankind. Please share this message with #TrekkiesTogether. [1]
March 2016
2 March: The English edition of Memory Alpha reached the milestone of 40,000 articles.
October 2015
Memory Alpha is updating the CC-BY-NC license to 4.0; please see here for more info.
June 2013
Please also take a moment to read about Memory Alpha's recent visit to Wikia's offices in San Francisco, and participate in the discussion about some upcoming changes, including a proposed video policy.
October 2011
Several updates from our host have changed the way you use and view Memory Alpha. Please visit the forum for more information. In response to this, it has been suggested we consider changing hosts. To participate in this discussion, please see the forum.
March 2011
Memory Alpha may be changing its look!
If you would like to take part in the discussion, please visit the forum.
October 2010
Memory Alpha looking different today?
These changes are brought to us by our hosting company - for more information, please visit the forum discussion.
May 2009
3 May: With the release of Star Trek imminent, the Memory Alpha community has agreed to lock the site to editing a period spanning the premiere date. For more information on this, please see our announcement.
April 2009
23 April: The English edition of Memory Alpha reached the milestone of 30,000 articles today.
September 2008
10 September: The Wikia tech team rolled out MediaWiki 1.13.1 to all of Wikia, including Memory Alpha. This is the latest stable release of the MediaWiki software which runs Wikia, and it contains a number of enhancements and bug fixes. You can read more about this upgrade here. While we don't anticipate any major problems, some issues may appear. Please report any odd behavior on this forum page.
August 2008
1 August: Memory Alpha has added a Bulgarian language edition to the ever-expanding international list at MA/bg.
June 2008
15 June: The way Memory Alpha looks is about to change. For more details, read our announcement of the changes.
January 2008
18 January: Memory Alpha expanded to an even dozen languages with the addition of the Japanese version, MA/ja.
June 2007
13 June: Memory Alpha reaches 25,000 articles.
14 June: As you may have noticed, we are currently experiencing difficulties with our wanted pages list. Due to an error created by the staff at MediaWiki which is affecting the EpLink template, the server is creating red links where there shouldn't be any; thus, there are hundreds of unwanted links ending with the "episode" qualifier. These are not actually pages which need to be created, they are simply produced due to the error. Unfortunately, correcting this error is not a top priority for the good folks over at MediaWiki, so the links will have to remain until we find a way to override them. In the meantime, please do not create pages for those links.
Also, there is an error with DynamicPageList function (see the lists at the top of the recent changes) by a recent update. This is currently being looked into so, unlike the above error, this error should be cleared up momentarily, so please have patience.
- Update: this problem has been resolved.
March 2007
30 March: Another new language version of Memory Alpha has been created - MA/zh (Chinese).
February 2007
20 February: A new language version of Memory Alpha has been created - MA/pt (Portuguese).
January 2007
17 January: Two new language versions of Memory Alpha have been created - MA/cs (Czech) and MA/ru (Russian).
December 2006
1 December: A new language version of Memory Alpha has been created - MA/sr (Serbian).
2 December: The image issues mentioned below appears to have been resolved. It is now safe to upload new images over old ones.
8 December: Due to an issue with Wikia servers, all JPEG images on Memory Alpha are currently unavailable.
- Update: The problem has now been resolved for most users. However, Opera users may still experience difficulties seeing images.
October 2006
4-5 October: Memory Alpha has been having some weird issues with its images as of late. On the 4th, the images disappeared entirely. This goes for the ones on the foreign language versions, as well. They were ultimately restored by Jason of Wikia. Now, however, as of the 5th, there seems to be some sort of retrieval error with some of the images; instead of bringing up the newest version of an image, an older revision appears. To make things less confusing (and to prevent the possibility of botching things up even further), we ask that nobody revert or upload over any current images until this whole issue is resolved.
19-21 October: There are still some issues with images at Memory Alpha following a recent database move. Images uploaded to replace previous images with the same file name may not appear correctly (the previous image may still appear, albeit distorted). Uploading new versions of current images should be kept to a minimum, although doing so is not at all required. One possible way of fixing this error upon uploading a new image is to A.) revert back to the previous image, B.) load your revised image without reverting or deleting previous images, and then C.) reverting back to your revision. Note that it may take a few minutes for the changes to take effect, so please have patience.
- UPDATE 1: Correction, the image issue is still not resolved. Sigh...
- UPDATE 2: The JavaScript issue should be resolved for the most part. For the record, the problem was caused by Bp's script changes, so hate messages can be sent his way. On the other hand, Bp also fixed the problem, with help from Splarka, so you should also send him some love. After the hate, of course. ;) That said, if you experience any JavaScript problems, please contact Bp politely at this page here.
July 2006
July 4: Wikia recently ran into some snags with its testing of a newer version of MediaWiki 1.7, which has resulted in some broken templates on Memory Alpha and other Wikis. These templates should now be fixed, but if you see table tags showing up as text it will be due to cached versions of the page. You can add "?action=purge" to the url to reload the page.
- Update: There will be some broken templates now and again while Wikia test new upgrades for the MediaWiki software, so please have patience. Our apologies for any inconvenience.
- Update: Everything should be fixed now, although you may still need to add "?action=purge" to the url to load a page with broken templates. Also, if you find any templates still broken, simply prefix # in that template's code. For example: {{ifexpr:({{{3}}} > {{#ifexpr:({{{3}}}
June 2006
Just to let you know, there is likely to be a short database lock today to allow for a MediaWiki upgrade. It is scheduled for around 19:00 (UTC) today (world clock). The whole process should take less than an hour - all subject to the whole thing going smoothly of course!
- And they never go smoothly :) it's now likely to be around 06:00 UTC tomorrow (world clock)
May 2006
May 22: The upgrade for MediaWiki 1.6 was not initiated. Instead, Memory Alpha is currently running on MediaWiki 1.7 alpha.
April 2006
April 3: Planned downtime – Memory Alpha will be upgraded to MediaWiki 1.6 later today. The exact time has yet to be specified.
- April 4: The planned upgrade has been delayed due to technical difficulties. The upgrade is still slated to go up sometime within the next day.
- April 5: Status of upgrade unknown. Stand by.
- April 10: The upgrade has taken longer than expected due to a few bugs. These issues are currently being taken care of and MA should be upgraded soon.
- April 5: Status of upgrade unknown. Stand by.
January 2006
January 17: Memory Alpha has now been upgraded to MediaWiki 1.5. Please report problems at Wikicities.
December 2005
December 15: We're expecting two new servers to arrive in the next few days, and Jason is planning to push them into service as soon as possible. They are likely to arrive Friday 16 December or Monday 19 December. These new servers will be replacing our current database server and file server. So, getting them in place will mean some (hopefully minimal) downtime for the site, around 06:00 UTC.
- December 20: A new file server and new database server will be put it into service today. There will be a few hours of read-only time from 04:00 UTC Wednesday, December 21. Updates will be posted to openfacts.berlios.de.
- December 21: Upgrade complete, please report any problems.
November 12, 2005
Planned downtime: Memory-Alpha will be upgraded to MediaWiki 1.5 on Saturday November 12 at 4am (UTC). Updates will be made at berlios.
- The upgrade has failed. See MediaWiki upgrade news.
October 22, 2005
Memory Alpha has been named Science Fiction Weekly's (the Sci-Fi Channel's newsletter) Site of the Week!
September 4, 2005
Memory Alpha has been awarded the September 2005 Ex Astris Excellentia award by Ex Astris Scientia. Thank you, Bernd!
June 15, 2005
Memory Alpha will be read-only for a period between 06:00 and 08:00 (UTC) on June 15 for the setting up of database replication.
June 7, 2005
Scheduled downtime: Tomorrow (7 June) at 7am UTC (3am Eastern Standard Time, 9am Central Europe), all of Wikia's servers are moving to a new colocation facility across the street. Memory Alpha will be completely unavailable during this. We are moving at the request of our colo facility, which is putting us into their new fancy facility, since they are planning on shutting down the old one. Our IP numbers and the machines themselves will be unchanged, so you should not notice any difference once the site is back up. The move should take no more than a few hours, but please check the offsite status page or the #wikicities IRC on freenode for updates. A complete set of backups of all databases, images, and configuration files will be made before the move occurs. We're sorry for any inconvenience caused by this.
May 6, 2005
A Swedish edition of Memory Alpha is now available at memory-alpha.org/sv.
March 14, 2005
Scheduled downtime for one or two hours on March 14 from 04:00 (UTC) due to an upgrade of MySQL and MediaWiki.
February 22, 2005
We apologize for the outage yesterday. Due to a power failure at the colocation facility where Wikimedia and Wikia's servers are located, Memory Alpha and all Wikimedia and Wikia sites were down (see related post from the Wikipedia-I mailing list). The servers needed to be rebooted, and databases resynchronized. All should have been done by now, but apparently de:Memory Alpha remains down. Hopefully, this will resolve itself within the next few hours, as the system is restored.
February 9, 2005
Memory Alpha is in the process of moving to a new hosting service. This will involve a major change to our current operating procedure. For the full details, see the announcement about the server move.
February 2, 2005
As most of you have probably heard by now, Star Trek: Enterprise has been canceled. [2](X) Memory Alpha wishes the cast and crew of Star Trek all the best, and thanks them for their efforts and enthusiasm. We're confident that Star Trek will remain alive, and will someday return, in whatever form.
January 2, 2005
Happy New Year! Memory Alpha is currently slowly implementing Categories, to make searching for and finding articles a lot easier. Join the ongoing discussion at Memory Alpha:Category tree to help!
December 8, 2004
With the holidays coming up, I have some good news! We have reached our €100 mark! Again, thanks to all donors. With people like you, Memory Alpha can stay alive!
October 31, 2004
Happy Halloween, everybody. I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who has donated to Memory Alpha. We've almost reached our target of 100 euros! Memory Alpha recently moved to a new server to cope with the traffic, and your donations are being used to pay for our hosting. All this proves that Memory Alpha is a thriving community, thanks to your continuing support.
September 1, 2004
Memory Alpha is currently in the process of upgrading to MediaWiki 1.3, and changing its default skin to Monobook. This means that certain aspects of the site may not render correctly, or may appear strange. The software and appearance is still being worked on, so such problems should be temporary. Please report all bugs and/or rendering errors to <obsolete css link removed>. A full description of the changes and features can be found at Memory Alpha:MediaWiki.
June 20, 2004
Briefly: Memory Alpha has updated its Creative Commons License to match the new version 2.0 of the "by-nc" license, just released by Creative Commons. There are no effective changes with regard to the operations of Memory Alpha or the licensing of its content; the license update is merely intended to re-word and make clearer certain aspects of the conditions of the license. We're just posting the notice here so everyone is aware of the change.
May 14, 2004
Memory Alpha's expansion continues! Today, with the help of Erik and Florian, we've established a new German language edition of Memory Alpha! If you speak or write German, please drop by and lend a hand!
April 12, 2004
Memory Alpha has completed its move to its new server. We are now situated at www.memory-alpha.org. Please update your bookmarks. The database is once again open for editing, with some minor upgrades to the MediaWiki software, and any bugs should be reported to Dan Carlson.
We're pleased to announce the opening of the first multilingual edition of Memory Alpha! The Dutch edition is now open and functional, although it has practically no pages at the moment. If you speak Dutch, please drop in and lend a hand!
March 31, 2004
Harry and I are currently planning to move Memory Alpha to its own hosting account and domain name. We've agreed that the existing arrangement is simply not sufficient for the long term as Memory Alpha grows. The switch will probably happen in a couple of weeks. However, it's going to be a bit of a strain for the two of us to pay for this new hosting account, so we've set up a donation page should any members have some extra funds they can spare us. It would be greatly appreciated!
March 28, 2004
If you try to upload an image and receive an internal error message saying "could not rename file", please contact Dan Carlson. It's likely that someone uploaded an image of the same file name during the "lost weeks"; that means that the file itself is intact in our upload directory, but the database thinks there's nothing there. I will need to know the exact file path of the image that you tried to upload (it's given in the error message, for instance "/hsphere/local/home....").
March 26, 2004
After first backing up the wiki to ensure there wasn't a repeat of this week's unpleasantness, we have finally managed to upgrade the MediaWiki software to the most current version. There are some new features available, try experimenting with them! Updated help pages for features such as the new image syntax will be coming soon.
Please also note that our URL has changed slightly – instead of being located in the /mediawiki/ directory, the pages are now located in the /en/ directory. I've set up a .htaccess redirect, however, so no one should encounter any problems. The /wiki/ shortcut URL should still work, regardless. Please contact me if you have any questions!
March 24, 2004
In an extraordinarily unfortunate accident, Memory Alpha's database was wiped yesterday during an upgrade of the system to MediaWiki version 1.2. This occurred due to an unforeseen error in the database upgrade script. As a result, Memory Alpha has been forced to revert to the last backup – which was made on February 6. All updates after that date have been lost, as have any new user registrations after that date. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.
March 8, 2004
We apologize for the continuing access problems with Memory Alpha (and the other sites on the st-minutiae account). This is due to a problem with the host server, and unfortunately is beyond our (or rather Dan's) control. This may or may not reoccur in the near future. If it does, please watch the SCN for information. For the full detail, please see this page at STM.
February 13, 2004
For anyone who noticed the brief locking of the database, this was because of a potentially major error that was being returned at random points while submitting a new or edited article. At first, it looked like we were going to have to roll back our site to the previous version of MediaWiki. Fortunately, that wasn't the case, thanks to some very useful and timely assistance from the MediaWiki contributors' mailing list. If you encounter any further database errors, please report them so we can look into them.
February 10, 2004
Apologies for the brief outage accompanied by weirder-than-usual error messages; the wiki software was being upgraded to MediaWiki v1.1.0. This version includes several security and bug fixes, as well as a couple of other interesting features that should make things interesting -- like automatic messages built into the wiki system. If you find a bug, as usual, please report it after checking the bug reports link (also found on the quickbar).
February 1, 2004
We apologize for the two-day-long server outage that completely crippled Memory Alpha (as well as the other sites hosted in the same account). According to our host, the server suffered a hard drive failure and had to be restored from backup. In the mean time, FTP access was unavailable so a manual restoration from my hard disk was impossible as well. Hopefully, this will be the last problem with the server for a long time to come.
January 17, 2004
You may have already noticed the new links on the quickbar. Two of these are there for convenience, to pages that already exist: this announcements page, and the Memory Alpha forum at the Subspace Comms Network.
The third link is to a brand-new feature for Memory Alpha – a Trek websites directory. An open directory designed specifically for Trek sites should nicely complement our open encyclopedia. Go check it out, and add your own site to the list!
January 16, 2004
The database problems have finally been solved. After the server software upgrade yesterday, our host experienced further difficulties which were restricting the number of requests allowed to flow into the databases – this had the annoying effect of creating unpredictable and intermittent access to Memory Alpha pages. As of this morning, everything appears to have been solved.
Also, Harry and I have made the decision to change the Memory Alpha copyright policy to adopt a new license, a Creative Commons License. This was done primarily to make it easier for us to display images and other copyrighted media on the site under fair use rules. If you have any questions or complaints, please post them on Memory Alpha talk: Copyrights.
January 15, 2004
Our apologies for the unannounced downtime that was experienced this morning – our host was performing an upgrade of the MySQL server software. Everything should be up and running normally now, however!
December 29, 2003
Our big brother Wikipedia is in trouble! Read this letter to see how you can help!
December 23, 2003
Some cool news: Memory Alpha was mentioned today in TrekToday's news bullets. The word is spreading!
November 26, 2003
The first announcement. Move along, nothing to see here... -- Dan Carlson


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Celebrate the weekend with some fun {Little Projects} from around
the web-they're free and FUN!
Need a fun INSIDE activity? Try these scented paints you can make right in your kitchen for kiddos to enjoy.
Would you like a free recipe delivered to your inbox-I'm thinking a cute cupcake in mine would brighten my day-but you can choose from a variety of recipes from dinners to cookies and soups. Check it out HERE.
I think this is such a fun looking Little Project. If you've got a boy at your house he may love this.
Here is some international fun for kids: songs and nursery rhymes from around the world!
Happy Friday to you all!


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PYthon Piedmont Triad User Group meeting
Come join PYPTUG at out next meeting (February 25th 2013) to learn more about the Python programming language, modules and tools. Python is the perfect language to learn if you've never programmed before, and at the other end, it is also the perfect tool that no expert would do without.
Meeting will start at 5:30pm.We will open on an Intro to PYPTUG and on how to get started with Python, then with News from the community, PYPTUG activities and members projects.
Main talk: venv
The main talk this month will be "venv".Chris Calloway will present venv, the new virtual environment creation module included with Python 3.3:
Lightning talks!
At this point, one has been scheduled:- The Gimp: how to write a plugin in 10 minutes - Francois Dion
We'll then wrap up the meeting.
Monday, February 25th 2013Meeting starts at 5:30PM
Note the change of venue this month, possibly a permanent home at Wake Forest University, close to Polo Rd and University Parkway:Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
See also this campus map (PDF) and also the Parking Map (PDF) (Manchester hall is #20A on the parking map)
And speaking of parking: Parking after 5pm is on a first-come, first-serve basis. The official parking policy is:
can park in any general parking lot on campus. Visitors should avoid
reserved spaces, faculty/staff lots, fire lanes or other restricted area
on campus. Frequent visitors should contact Parking and Transportation
to register for a parking permit."
Mailing List
Dont forget to sign up to our user group mailing list:
It is the only step required to become a PYPTUG member.


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With the infamous Enduropale du Touquet - Le Touquet Beach Race - marking the seventh and final round of the CFS: Championnat de France des Sables, all eyes were on defending champion Nathan Watson to see if he could repeat his 2019 history-making result.
Watson made a good start to the race and was fighting through the field from around 12th position in the early stages of the three-hour event. Unfortunately, having been a little too keen to get his race started, the British-ace was penalized with a 60-second stop-and-go penalty and had to battle hard to ultimately claim third against a 1,200-rider strong field, which was enough to secure the title.
Watson won half of the rounds raced in the ultra-competitive winter beach race series (round three of the championship was canceled) with a podium finish at every event aboard his KTM 450 SX-F. The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider's incredible consistency earned him his second consecutive French Beach Race championship title, which is no mean feat in some of the toughest conditions for both man and machine.
Nathan Watson: "It's been a hard season, but to come away with back-to-back French Beach Race titles is amazing. It's a credit to the team, they worked so hard to get this result. It's me out on the track but it really is a team effort, for sure. Naturally, I wanted to win the championship with victory here today, but the cards didn't fall my way. Between the nature of the track and then the stop-and-go penalty, things were against me. I felt like the track was maybe too fast for me and I needed more corners to slow the early pace down. I hold my hands up about the start, I simply got my timing a little wrong with the bungy being released. I went a little too early. One minute was a tough penalty, especially as I never gained anything and exited the first corner in 12th. But it is what it is. Overall, I'm pleased with the season as a whole. I think that myself and Camille showed we're two of the strongest guys out there and our bikes never missed a beat. Thanks to KTM and the team, we'll celebrate this title for sure!"
Fabio Farioli - KTM Enduro Team Manager: "We are really happy to have taken a second consecutive French Beach Race Championship title. Nathan enjoyed great results throughout the series and he had a very mature approach; he pushed when it made sense and also remained consistent to reach the podium at every event. Of course, our goal at the Enduropale du Touquet was to fight for the victory and while we didn't quite achieve that, Nathan had a good race to secure the title with Camille just missing the podium in fourth. We once again learned a lot and we will aim to come back stronger next year to fight for the top of the podium. Overall we are happy – our riders enjoyed strong performances aboard the KTM 450 SX-F throughout the series and to earn the French Beach Race Championship title again is something we are proud of. The series is growing in interest with a lot of spectators and riders taking part and it is something we are happy to be part of."


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Baby Boomers
exit the workforce
I don't know if most of you realize it, but the Baby
Boomers are getting out of the workforce at record rates. Just who will take
these guys' places?
Are there members within your personnel with the ability
to step directly into those shoes? Are they qualified to undertake this
transition? Are you? Or is your management team going to have to go look for
your next group of leaders? So many questions!
I read an article running in the Boston Globe over the weekend
about this problem; specifically in New Hampshire, but it pretty much applies
nation-wide. (https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/07/31/aging-workforce-skills-gap-strain-manufacturing/I3qo1XR5Kk3ILJtQaccewI/story.html)
There's an open window here and so many things to
consider. As the economy continues to grow, this is a question that must be
sooner the better. Has your organization thought about a succession plan?
Level of
The problem that most organizations are facing is that
the trouble will be at multiple levels of the organization—from top and middle
management, continuing through skilled workers and all the way down to near the
bottom of the staff. The coming purge will effect professionals, skilled and
semi-skilled workers. The Baby Boomers are at every level of companies out
Adding to this trouble is the level of unemployment
existing in most of the country. As low as it is, it's very likely that a great
deal of those on the unemployed list are the un-employable. One also hears of
the great number of those who have just stopped looking for work. This may be
true but a great deal of those people are of the Baby Boomer age who lost their
employment during the recession and now have qualified for retirement and are
no longer looking for work.
I had this same experience several years ago here in my
area. I had been used to gathering some 300+ resumes after advertising a
position. All of a sudden, the unemployment level had dropped to around 2% and
I was getting less than 10 resumes; sometimes as few as two. And, worst of all,
none of the candidates were qualified. We may be approaching that low watermark
once again; especially with talent level and skills. Incidentally, the article
revealed a New Hampshire unemployment rate of 2.8%. Additionally, the state
projects a need to fill 80% of the production jobs available over the next
Katrina Evans, from the New Hampshire "Economic and Labor
Market Information Bureau" stated "We're having to rebuild the entire pipeline
of workers. It's not even so much a skills mismatch as it is a body mismatch."
Here are some of the other concerns expressed by CEOs and
"78% said it would affect their
ability to implement new technologies and increase productivity"
"the shortage of skilled labor
is so severe that it's actually affecting the ability of companies to grow"
What's the
Yes, just what is the answer? The Governor of New
Hampshire, Maggie Hassan, is on the right path. She's created a Manufacturing
Sector Partnership. The initiative connects educators with the
organizations that need help. Other companies have gone out on their own and
sought out their needs, even offering incentives to bring on board the skills
they seek.
What these guys are doing are good answers, but what
about your own back yard?
I would propose that when you are looking for candidates
to step into supervisory roles that you first look internally. Your
organization just might have the resources to fill leadership roles walking
around your own facility and not even know it. Often the case is that skills
have been acquired over years and years of observing those leading them without
the learning individual even knowing they possess the desired knowledge.
Of course, an internal fill does not necessarily solve
the overall problem. Worst of all, you set off a cascade of fills and
back-fills that seems to be never ending until such time as you hire from the
outside the guy//gal that stops the upward or lateral movement of personnel.
Let's Talk
How do you identify candidates for leadership positions
from within? That's often easier than one might think. It's nothing more than
simply discussing the situations that take place on a daily basis. Routine
staff meetings are a real good place to start. Reviewing production, practices,
procedures and goals is a good way to learn what's known throughout the
organization. Members of the management team should be noting these skills and
ideas of those reporting to them as a routine practice (warehousing the data)—how else could they be
collecting information for annual reviews and like requirements.
Discussions held during meetings should involve as many
team members as possible and solicit ideas for all. Sometimes it's that quiet
guy over in the corner that has a good idea, but isn't ready yet to share it.
Draw it out of them; and in the meantime you just might be building a bit of
confidence that will pay off later—like
in the situation we are discussing today.
What can I add?
When I first started writing my book "There's a Moose in
the Guard Shack", I had two specific goals in mind.
My first intention was to document stories that my family
had never heard that concerned some of the situations that had taken place to
and around me during my days specifically in the military and subsequently in
my manufacturing assignments.
My secondary intention was to document situations and
solutions that I could pass on to others to assist them in becoming better
leaders and managers without having to experience the frustrations I had
experienced in trying to better myself as a leader. I knew the Baby Boomer exodus
was just around the corner.
In this light, my book, even through all the changes it
underwent over the several years I worked on it, these two basic goals remained
intact. The stories are there for the family, especially the generations that
have followed me. And, the lessons I learned are there in somewhat of a logical
text form. Also included is an appendix (D – Review of Lessons Learned) which
provides a detailed breakout of the lessons I took away from my experiences in
a handy format that works well as a lesson plan for the conduct of training on
those take-aways.
You can also see this section on the About the Book tab on my website (http://johnhowardhatfield.com/)
just following the book cover about a third of the way down the posting.
I hope you give it a look.


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However, when boluses begin to overlap, a problem surfaces. How much insulin is still working from these recent injections or boluses? Humalog and Novolog continue to lower the blood sugar for four to five hours after they are given. Only by allowing for the long action time of rapid insulins can bolus stacking and hypoglycemia be avoided.
Determining BOB is especially important at bedtime. When several doses of rapid insulin are given during the evening hours, the bedtime blood sugar has to be interpreted in light of how much insulin is still left to work. A normal blood sugar at bedtime may be dangerous if a large residual insulin dose has yet to work. Likewise, a high reading at bedtime may require no additional bolus if sufficient BOB remains to take care of it.
Newer smart pumps have a Bolus On Board feature that can help solve this problem. Enter your blood sugar and the correction bolus you want to take. The pump will tell you how much unused or residual insulin you have left to act and will recommend an appropriate bolus that will not cause a low.
What Is Bolus on Board?
The Bolus on Board (also referred to as Insulin on Board or Active Insulin) tells how many units of rapid insulin are still working. This helps in deciding whether more insulin or more carbohydrate is needed. Never assume you need more insulin simply because your blood sugar is high at the moment. Always determine how much bolus is on board before taking more. If your blood sugar is normal with bolus on board, you may need to decide if carbohydrate is required to keep it normal.
Rapid insulins are commonly perceived as faster than they really are. The kinetics of insulin are when that insulin can be measured in the bloodstream, whereas insulin's dynamics are the time over which it will actually lower the blood sugar. After an injection, peak levels of Humalog and Novolog insulins are seen in the bloodstream about 45 minutes later, as shown by the dashed kinetic line to the right. The maximum effect on lowering the glucose level is not seen until 2 hours after injection or bolus and continues for over 4 to 5 hours. For more information on when these insulins really work, see our Kinetic vs Dynamic page.
From this, we get the Bolus on Board Rule for Humalog and Novolog:
20% of a dose will be used each hour after it is given
The table below provides an easy way to determine residual insulin. Be sure to discuss the use of this table with your physician.
Insulin Left At 1, 2, 3, and 4 Hours After A Dose Of Humalog Or Novolog |
Dose Given | Units Left To Work After: | ||||||
1 Hr | 2 Hr | 3 Hr | 4 Hr | 5 Hr | |||
1 unit | 0.80 u | 0.60 u | 0.40 u | 0.20 u | 0 | ||
2 units | 1.60 u | 1.20 u | 0.80 u | 0.40 u | 0 | ||
3 units | 2.40 u | 1.80 u | 1.20 u | 0.60 u | 0 | ||
4 units | 3.20 u | 2.40 u | 1.60 u | 0.80 u | 0 | ||
5 units | 4.00 u | 3.00 u | 2.00 u | 1.00 u | 0 | ||
6 units | 4.80 u | 3.60 u | 2.40 u | 1.20 u | 0 | ||
7 units | 5.60 u | 4.20 u | 2.80 u | 1.40 u | 0 | ||
8 units | 6.40 u | 4.80 u | 3.20 u | 1.60 u | 0 | ||
9 units | 7.20 u | 5.40 u | 3.60 u | 1.80 u | 0 | ||
10 units | 8.00 u | 6.00 u | 4.00 u | 2.00 u | 0 |
Bolus On Board shows:
- how much insulin is still left to work from recent doses
- how much more insulin might be needed to lower a high blood sugar
- whether carbs may be needed to avoid a low because too much insulin is still left to work
Bolus On Board Tips:
- Be conservative when giving extra insulin, especially before bedtime. Take less insulin than usual if you are not going to be awake four hours later or set an alarm to test your blood sugar again at least 3 to 4 hours after the last bolus of the day was given.
- Try not to take a carb and correction boluses more often than every two hours unless there is a clear reason to do so. It takes at least two hours to get an indication of the effect of the last bolus.
- Always determine how much bolus is on board when you test two hours after you eat. What appears to be a high reading may resolve itself before the next meal once the residual insulin has acted.
- If Bolus on Board, your post-meal correction scale or other means give different estimates for how much insulin you should take, use the one that recommends the smaller bolus.
Bolus on Board is accurate only if you use a basal and bolus approach to your insulin doses, and your TDD, basals, and your carb and correction factors have been accurately set.
Example One: Let's say Joe's blood sugar is above the maximum number on his meter, somewhere above 450 mg/dl (25 mmol), after he forgot to cover several slices of pizza with Humalog. Luckily no ketones are present.
Joe's blood sugar drops 40 points per unit (his TDD is 45 units), so he takes 9 units of Humalog to bring down the high reading. Two hours later, he rechecks his blood sugar and now finds it measures 344 mg/dl (19.1 mmol). Does he need to take another dose of Humalog?
Using the table above, he finds that of the 9 units he took, 9 units X .60% or 5.4 units of Humalog are left to work. Since his blood sugar drops 40 points (2.2 mmol) on each unit of Humalog, he can estimate how many more points the remaining 5.4 units of residual insulin will lower his blood sugar:
5.4 units left times 40 points per unit = 216 mg/dl (12 mmol) left to drop
So Joe knows his blood sugar is likely to drop another 216 points. Since his blood sugar is 344 (19.1 mmol), he can expect to be at 344 – 216, or 128 mg/dl (7.1 mmol) in about 3 more hours when the last of the 9 unit injection is used up.
Joe knows he will need additional Humalog to finish correcting his high blood sugar. To reach his target of 100 from 200 and drop the remaining 28 mg/dl, he will need:
28 points ÷ 40 points per unit = 0.7 more units
Joe can now make an informed decision:
- During the day, he might take .7 units (visually estimating).
- Near bedtime or during the night, he might take only a half unit so he can get closer to his target but avoid a nighttime low.
Example Two: Loren goes out for breakfast at a new restaurant. After ordering pancakes and fruit, she delays taking her Humalog until the food arrives so she can better estimate how many carbs it has. When her plate arrives, she estimates 100 grams of carbohydrate and takes 9 units of Humalog (her TDD is 45 units, and she uses 1 H for each 11 carb grams).
However, two hours later she finds her blood sugar measures 272 mg/dl (11.1 mmol). Her blood sugar drops 40 points on each unit of Humalog. Does she need to do anything about this high blood sugar?
To find out, let's see how much of the 9 units taken for breakfast is still working using the table. After 2 hours, about 40% of the 9 units is gone (20 percent times 2 hours), leaving 40% of the meal dose left to work. The table shows 9 units times 0.6 equals 5.4 units still remaining to work.
So 5.4 units times a drop of 40 mg/dl per unit tells Loren she is likely to drop an additional 216 points. When her breakfast injection is totally gone, her blood sugar should be 272 minus 216 points or 56 mg/dl.
This suggests Loren's high blood sugar will come down without additional insulin. A follow-up blood sugar in 60 minutes will clarify whether this is happening. Loren may actually need a small amount of carbohydrate to avoid a low blood sugar before lunch.
This last example shows clearly why you need to think when using insulin. It takes at least two hours to get an idea of what the last carb or high blood sugar injection is doing if you are using Humalog. Taking extra insulin too soon after a meal can create an excess accumulation of insulin, complicate your unused insulin calculations, and create situations where insulin reactions become likely.
The example also illustrates a problem that may arise when eating out. In this situation, Loren's post-meal blood sugar rises higher than a desirable target of 140 or 150 mg/dl (7.8 to 8.3 mmol) at two hours. Her carb-rich breakfast raised her blood sugar even though she may have taken a slightly excessive dose of Humalog. This is partly because of the quick-acting pancakes and partly because the dose was taken just before beginning to eat.
In many situations like going out for a pancake breakfast, it helps to lead the meal with a partial injection taken a half-hour early. Of course, keep glucose tablets handy as needed.
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PERFORM aims to investigate the effects of the use of innovative science education methods based on performing arts in fostering young peoples' motivations and engagement with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in selected secondary schools in France, Spain and the United Kingdom. In doing that, PERFORM takes action to overcome the remaining distance between young people and science and to break the unidirectional model of scientific knowledge transfer.
The project explores a creative, participatory educational process on STEM through the use of scenic arts with secondary school students, their teachers and early career researchers, who get actively involved in experiencing science. Students also reflect on their own role in the interaction between science and society, and the values embedded in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). PERFORM analyses how such human-centred, science-arts educational approach contributes to foster girls' and boys' motivations towards science learning and strengthen the transversal competences they will need for STEM careers and jobs. The education and communication skills required for teachers and researchers to further replicate the educational process are also explored and addressed in specific training toolkits.
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The FAA will approve Hollywood's request to use drones for filming, government and industry sources familiar with the process have told Forbes. On Thursday afternoon the FAA will announce its decision, and explain the procedures under which production companies will operate and the aviation rules which they are exempted from, the sources say.
In May, seven aerial photo and video production companies asked for regulatory exemptions (known as a 333 exemption) that would allow the film and television industry to use drones with FAA approval. Those seven companies and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), were asked by the FAA to develop the guidelines and safety procedures under which they planned to operate. The FAA reviewed those procedures and is expected to approve the drone-specific rules and standards that will enable Hollywood to be exempt from existing aviation regulations.
The process was an onerous one that began more than four years ago with aerial cinematography companies working to develop internal guidelines. After filing their request for an exemption, the industry began drafting rules and guidelines, with the participation of pilots, lawyers, consultants, unmanned aviation experts, cinematographers, representatives from the studios, and experienced cinematography companies including Aerial Mob, Astraeus Aerial Cinema Systems, Flying-Cam Aerial Systems, Heli Video Productions, PictorVision, Snaproll Media and Vortex Aerial.
A representative from Vortex Aerial, one of the companies involved in the exemption process, said, "We are very proud to be a part of this monumentally historical event. Being the result of over 4 years of industry leader collaboration we can only hope that this most daunting and financially taxing of tasks will finally come to fruition and not be yet another false start for our industry."
Aerial Mob, one of the aerial cinematography companies involved in the exemption process features this image on their website.
Aerial Mob, one of the aerial cinematography companies involved in the exemption process features this image on their website.
The exemption is expected to specify detailed procedures under which companies may operate. The companies involved expect to release clear safety rules and guidelines that will set the standard for other companies to follow. The exemption allows the companies to fly pursuant to specific rules for the types of flights film productions plan to conduct. By definition, the exemption means that Hollywood will not need to to comply with some of the general flight rules covering pilot certificate requirements, manuals, maintenance and equipment mandates and certain airworthiness certification requirements.
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Hollywood is an appropriate industry to be granted one of the first exemptions, said Tony Carmean of Aerial Mob, because it can address the FAA's two major concerns: safety and privacy. "Most studio productions take place on closed sites with an established perimeter, ensuring that personnel on those sites are affiliated with the production and are aware of inbound aircraft," he said. Aerial Mob has worked with clients such as the BBC, Nike, Harvard University and MTV. The company suspended all operations inside the United States while awaiting FAA approval, oftentimes filming in Mexico, which has a more permissive environment for aerial cinematography.
The companies involved in the exemption process have extensive flight experience with both manned and unmanned aircraft, suggesting that certification as a pilot of manned aircraft may be a criteria that the FAA believes is important for the operation of unmanned aircraft. To date, the FAA has received 45 requests for exemptions from large and small companies across a range of industries including agriculture, oil and gas, pipeline inspectors and surveyors. "We have even received an exemption request from a realtor, and a person asking for permission to use a UAS for news gathering," said FAA spokesman Les Dorr.
Currently, Certificates of Waiver or Authorization are available to public entities that want to fly drones in civil airspace. The FAA says that commercial operations are authorized on a case-by-case basis. Such operations require a certified aircraft, a licensed pilot and operating approval. The exemption process under Section 333 provides an additional avenue for commercial UAS operations.Drones Coming to Hollywood
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Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich didn't say much as he left his Chicago home en route to his sentencing hearing in federal court Tuesday.
Blagojevich was greeted by a crowd of media when he walked out of his house Tuesday. Reporters shouted questions about the sentencing hearing, but the normally talkative Blagojevich didn't respond.
He did, however, comment when someone asked him about Chicago Cubs legend Ron Santo. Blagojevich indicated he was pleased that Santo had finally made it into the Hall of fame.
Blagojevich was convicted earlier this year on 18 corruption counts, including trying to auction off President Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat.
Much of Tuesday's hearing will be a repeat of what attorneys have already argued in written motions filed with the court but there is one unknown variable: the governor himself.
Blagojevich will get a chance to address the court and former federal prosecutor Dave Weisman said Blagojevich should read a prepared statement and keep it short.
"If you haven't thought through and kind of critically analyzed what you're gonna say you tend to start to say things that hurt you like, 'I'm really not guilty,' which acceptance of responsibility is one of the things the judge should factor in and if he starts to go down that road that's gonna hurt him," said Weisman.
Last week Blagojevich's defense attorney Sheldon Sorosky said the governor would not be reading from a prepared statement.
The impeached state executive-turned-reality TV star has good reason to feel anxious and afraid at the two-day hearing in Chicago. He faces the prospect of 10 or more years behind bars.
If Judge James Zagel settles on a sentence Wednesday of more than a decade, that would make it one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a long history of crooked politics.
Prosecutors will ask Zagel to imprison the twice-elected governor for 15 to 20 years, arguing he has not only shirked all responsibility for his crimes but repeatedly thumbed his nose at the U.S. justice system.
Blagojevich has already paid a price in public ridicule and financial ruin, the defense argues in proposing a term of just a few years. They also seem bent on an approach judges often frown upon at the sentencing stage: Continuing to insist their client is innocent.
Both sides could finish their pitches to Zagel during Tuesday's hearing, which was moved to a large ceremonial courtroom to accommodate expected crowds. But Zagel says he'll wait until Wednesday to pronounce a sentence — possibly so he can sleep on it.
The 70-year-old judge, who played a judge in the 1989 movie "Music Box," must answer nuanced questions according to complex sentencing algebra, including whether any good Blagojevich accomplished as governor counterbalances the bad.
In describing the humiliation his family has faced, the defense cited Blagojevich's appearances on NBC's "Celebrity Apprentice," where he struggled to use a cellphone, and his wife, Patti, eating a tarantula on the reality show, "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!"
After sentencing, Zagel will likely give Blagojevich weeks before he must report to prison. Once there, the man heard scoffing on FBI wiretaps about earning a low six-figure salary would have to take a prison job — possibly scrubbing toilets — at just 12 cents an hour.
Blagojevich's sentencing comes just days before his 55th birthday and three years to the week of his Dec. 9, 2008, arrest.
The jury deadlocked in his first trial, agreeing on just one of 24 counts — that Blagojevich lied to the FBI. Jurors at his recent retrial convicted him on 17 of 20 counts, including bribery.