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The hospitality industry has always been recognized as a place of technological innovation. Traditionally, that's one of the reasons guests frequented hotels and luxury resorts - to gain access to amenities that they did not have at home. Increasingly over the last decade, however, the infiltration of top-end technology into American homes has outstripped that of the hospitality industry, which struggled, for a variety of reasons, to provide a superior on-property technological experience.
But that has all begun to change. With plasma and LCD television prices falling, hotels are investing in chain-wide replacements of their tube television sets. Now that the Blue-ray format has won its battle with HD DVD, hotels can safely invest in the technology and begin leveraging it as part of the guest experience. But television technology is just the tip of the iceberg. Here are some of the most notable developments of 2007 and 2008 signalling the return of the hotel to the IT edge.
Montgomery, Alabama's Renaissance Montgomery Hotel and Spa at the Convention Center recently implemented an IP Telephony-based solution from Avaya (www.avaya.com) that allows guests to carry hotel-supplied IP wireless phones off the property, which they can use to check stocks, weather and view street-level city maps. The phones also benefit the hotel via integration with the property management system (PMS), allowing guests to make spa, dining or show reservations.
The Renaissance's converged environment also supports wired and wireless voice service, high-speed wired and wireless data networking, as well as IPTV and video on demand. The system is similar to that of the Cove Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, Bahamas. Installed under the guidance of parent company Kerzner International and CIO Bernard Gay, the system is the industry's largest. Kerzner expects it to ease the future implementation of guest technologies, including self-service kiosks and RFID communications.
Building Connections
The hospitality industry has been involved in the social networking game for a number of years, with notable examples being Starwood's 2006 debut of TheLobby.com, designed to foster a community of Starwood Preferred Guests; Starwood's preview of their aloft brand in the online virtual world Second Life; and McDonald's creation of the social media platform Awareness, enabling employees and partners to blog and participate in communities. However, 2008 will be the year that the industry begins to make a major push into social networking.
The hotel space will want to take note of Kango.com, a travel review aggregator that went live in December 2007. Kango users can perform travel searches based on price and amenity, but takes it one step further with its semantic search tool, which allows customers to perform narrow, focused searches using terms such as "family-friendly," "pet-friendly" and "romantic." Additionally, users can access customer reviews from websites across the Internet.
The Bleeding Edge
And then there are those organizations that have the opportunity to debut a technology that few if any consumers possess, and on top of that, use it to tailor the guest experience. Starwood and Harrah's Entertainment will use Microsoft Surface (www.microsoft.com/surface) to do just that.
Expected to launch with Starwood's Sheraton Hotels & Resorts and Harrah's Entertainment in the Spring of 2008, Microsoft Surface is a computer in the form of a table top that responds to physical touch without the use of a traditional keyboard or mouse. It allows for dynamic, collaborative interaction with all forms of digital content on the 30-inch display.
"We are creating new and engaging ways for our guests to connect with their passions while away from home. Microsoft Surface puts us at the forefront of technology and allows guests to interact with each other and our hotel in a revolutionary way," says Hoyt H. Harper II, senior vice president, brand management, The Sheraton Group.
Starwood and Harrah's indicate that Surface will enable guests to do any number of tasks from browsing and listening to music, to ordering food, booking spa treatments and serving as a virtual concierge.
Personalization comes in the form of Surface's object recognition ability which triggers different types of digital responses when objects are placed on the screen. For example a tagged wine glass could trigger a digital display suggesting food pairings guests and providing pictures of the vineyard from which the wine came.
After struggling to find its way in a world of technology proliferation, the hospitality industry has found its footing and has only just begun to leave massive footprints on the consumer experience.


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Stone Temple Pilots announce tour & EP With Chester Bennington
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The Stone Temple Pilots are making the most of their new singer this year. Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington made his debut with the band in May a few months after original singer Scott Weiland was fired. And now, they've announced plans to hit the road and release a new EP this fall.
The record - which doesn't have a title or a specific release date yet - will be STP's first with Bennington, although the new lineup unveiled the stand-alone single "Out of Time" back in May.
Meanwhile, the group's outing is scheduled to start September 4th in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Tickets go on sale Tuesday morning at StoneTemplePilots.com.
Stone Temple Pilots fall tour dates:
9/4 -- Bethlehem, PA -- Sands Bethlehem Events Center
9/6 -- Sayreville, NJ -- Starland Ballroom
9/7 -- Atlantic City, NJ -- House of Blues
9/9 -- Boston, MA -- House of Blues
9/10 -- Huntington, NY -- Paramount
9/13 -- Oklahoma City, OK -- Downtown Airpark (with Mötley Crüe)
9/14 -- Newkirk, OK -- First Council Casino
9/17 -- Sunrise, FL -- BB & T Center (Florida Panthers Event)
9/18 -- Orlando, FL -- House of Blues
9/20 -- Columbia, SC -- Township Auditorium
9/21 -- Ft Myers, FL -- Shockwave Festival at Jet Blue Park
9/24 -- Midland, TX -- La Hacienda Event Center
9/26 -- Tempe, AZ -- Marquee
9/27 -- Las Vegas, NV -- Freemont Street Experience
11/1 -- Biloxi, MS -- Hard Rock Live
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With all the channels on broadcast TV and cable and the inevitable episode repeats, it's hard to sort out what's new or worthwhile. Let us sort it out for you so you don't miss anything worth watching. Times may vary with region; check your local listings for exact hour and channels.
Monday (July 30)
Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern: The food gets weird in New Mexico, where cultural appropriation has made for some seriously bizarre foods. 9 p.m. ET, Travel Channel
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: A coast to coast tour is the theme on this episode of DDD. Expect catchphrases, flat tops and plenty of bling... 10 p.m. ET, Food Network
Tuesday (July 31)
Freaky Eaters: Meet Americans who are addicted to cheesy potatoes. Such a specific food fixation might seem a bit strange, but wait until you see how hard it is to quit. 4 p.m. ET, Discovery Fitness & Health
Throwdown with Bobby Flay: BBQ spare ribs are one of the staples of any barbecue cook's repertoire. Bobby takes on a couple of Richmond, VA legends. 6:30 p.m. ET, Cooking Channel
Wednesday (August 1)
Adam Richman's Best Sandwich in America: America's southwest sets the scene for the latest installment of Richman's search. Tex-mex is a given. 9 p.m. ET, Travel Channel
Restaurant: Impossible: Robert Irvine solves yet another restaurant disaster with his mix of professionalism, tough love and English accent. 10 p.m. ET, Food Network
Thursday (August 2)
Barefoot Contessa: Ina teaches us how to make the most out of fresh herbs with several recipes that highlight their freshness. 4 p.m. ET, Food Network
Iron Chef America: Neal Fraser takes on Cat Cora in a battle for Kitchen Stadium. 11 p.m. ET, Cooking Channel
Friday (August 3)
My Life In Food: One of Al Roker's old food specials that paved the way for shows like DDD. He joins Fat Dave on a tour of Harlem's neighborhood eats. 8 a.m. ET, Cooking Channel
3 Days to Open: Bobby Flay saves the day as he guides restaurant owners through a 3 day crash course in service, food and experience improvement. 10 p.m. ET, Food Network


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Small Conversations
A Series of Small Works in Fabric
de Cynthia Corbin
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Small quilts can speak softly, reflecting aspects of conversation.
"Small Conversations" is an exhibition catalogue for one of my solo shows, this one featuring small works. It was presented at the Canon Beach Historical Museum in Canon Beach, Oregon in 2009.
Características y detalles
- Categoría Arte y fotografía
Cuadrado pequeño, 18×18 cm
34 Páginas
- Fecha de publicación sep. 24, 2010
- Etiquetas Art, Fiber, Textiles, Quilts
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I like the consideration of something intangible, and the attempt to invoke that in my work becomes a challenge that grabs me every day. Cynthia sees her work as an eclectic personal expression based on the classical form of the quilt. Drawing on her love of both folk art and abstract art, she explores dyeing and painting, intensive machine quilting, and a problem solving, seat of the pants approach to quilt construction. She lectures and teaches nationally, applying her passion to the development of each student's individual voice. As an artist, Cynthia has devoted herself to extensive study, working to deepen her understanding of the processes that drive her work. As a teacher, she encourages her students in the search for uniqueness and authenticity in their own work.
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Engineers to determine fix for failed Dorchester Road project
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Tuesday the Dorchester County Sales Tax Transportation Authority will release a progress report on road work around the County. Mr. Mark Pilgrim, Vice Chairman of the Authority, is expected to brief county council on the nearly two dozen projects underway.
One of those projects is the widening of Dorchester Road, which has been delayed because of weather, utility relocations, and failures with some of the new pavement structure. An investigation by engineering firm Davis & Floyd and the SCDOT determined base material for the road has a cement content below the specified amount. That isn't acceptable. A remediation plan for the base has been developed by the contractor, and it is being reviewed by Davis & Floyd and SCDOT. The remediation plan could start within a month at the expense of the contractor.
The issues pushed the completion date of the project back from November 2013 to March 2014.
Extends from US 17A to near Trolley Road, approximately 5 miles
Realigns Dorchester Road at US 17A to improve the intersection
Widens Dorchester Road from two to five lanes with 4' paved and 6' grass shoulders from US 17A to approximately 0.14 miles west of Orangeburg Road
Widens Dorchester Road from two to five lanes with curb & gutter and 10' multi-use sidewalk on the north side from Oak Drive to Trolley Road
Lengthens the culvert at Sawmill Branch
Continuation of utility relocations throughout project
Continuation of work on first noise wall
Continuation of work on various retaining walls
Additional base placement & asphalt paving should start soon
Drainage construction ongoing
With voter approval of the one-cent sales tax, the Dorchester County Sales Tax Transportation Authority implemented a program that includes 22 road improvement projects. Projects include constructing new roadways, widening existing major thoroughfares, paving 260 miles of dirt roads, improving intersections, resurfacing streets, and repairing sidewalks.
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Billie Joe Armstrong joins The Replacements at Coachella
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Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong played a bit of a replacement himself during the Replacement's set at Coachella this weekend.
Billboard says the rocker took the stage with the iconic alt-rockers Friday night to help an ailing Paul Westerberg with the guitar parts. Westerberg was plagued by back trouble, and spent much of the set singing and playing from a sofa. He joked that Armstrong was an "expansion" of the band, which the Green Day leader and longtime Replacements fan called a dream come true.
The Replacements' performance was part of the opening day of Coachella's second weekend. Other performers at the festival in Indio, California included OutKast, Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, Arcade Fire, and more.
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Report: Biogenesis Suspensions To Come After All-Star Break
(New York, NY) -- Major League Baseball is getting set to hand out suspensions related to the Biogenesis scandal. ESPN.com reports as many as 20 players are expected to be penalized sometime after next week's All-Star break for their alleged connections to the Miami clinic. Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun are two of the biggest names who have been linked to the clinic. Biogenesis founder Anthony Bosch reportedly cut a deal last month to cooperate with MLB, which has been investigating the clinic since spring training for allegedly distributing performance-enhancing drugs.


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FBN's Bolling hosts George Allen to criticize oil moratorium without noting his oil industry ties
Yesterday on Fox Business' Money Rocks (yes, that's the actual name), host and GOP booster [1] Eric Bolling spent eight long minutes discussing oil with former [2] Sen. George Allen (R-VA), who argued against an oil drilling moratorium and the "cap and trade scheme." Left unmentioned by Bolling: Allen's organization received backing from the oil industry, and his political strategies company says it provides "lobbying counsel, consulting and strategic advice on a range of issues including energy."
During the segment, on-screen text identified Allen as the founder of American Energy Freedom Center and Bolling noted Allen's position with the group.
According to its website [3], AEFC "is a project of the Institute for Energy Research." George Allen's website states [4] of AEFC: "Associated with the Institute for Energy Research, the American Energy Freedom Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization
The Washington Post reported [5] of Allen in 2009: "These days, he says, he is focused on his consulting business, his book and the work of his think tank, which is a project of the oil-industry-funded Institute for Energy Research. The aim of the nonprofit, nonpartisan group is to promote a conservative vision for the country's energy future, Allen says."
As Media Matters noted [6], ExxonMobil Corp. has disclosed [7] that it has provided funding for the institute. Further, the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation -- the president of which is an executive vice president of Koch Industries, whose subsidiaries "have been in the petroleum business since 1940" -- donated $85,000 [8] in grants to the institute between 1997 and 2005, according Internal Revenue Service data compiled by mediatransparency.org [9], a website of the Media Matters Action Network [10].
Allen is also the president of the conveniently-named George Allen Strategies LLC, which states [11] that it provides "insightful and effective lobbying counsel, consulting and strategic advice on a range of issues including energy, technology and business development."
None of these oil and energy ties were mentioned during the segment. In the language of Eric Bolling, that does not "rock."
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Milwaukee landscape is full of little landmarks
Published Jan. 25, 2013
Lately, I've been writing about a lot of famous Milwaukee buildings. Everyone knows City Hall and St. Josaphat and The Pabst Theater - important structures, one and all. That work got me thinking about how looking at the city's big landmarks has also opened my eyes to its little landmarks.


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The public sector is an important source of employment opportunity in the UK and is essential to all aspects of the nation's infrastructure. While at least 23 million people are employed in private industry positions, nearly 6 million work for governmental agencies. If you are interested, you can learn more about working for the Civil Service at Gov.uk.
Public sector jobs provide desirable working conditions, advanced benefits, and steady job security. They also give employees the satisfaction of work that contributes to social institutions and promotes the common good.
This is especially true for the social housing field, which provides adequate and affordable living conditions for thousands of underprivileged individuals and families. The vast majority of work in the sector is based in large metropolitan centres, and London offers a significantly higher percentage of jobs than any other region in the UK. Some popular positions in social housing are Housing Youth Officer, Benefits Fraud Investigator, and Housing Manager.
Salaries can vary widely but tend to range from about £15K up to £55K annually. The field rarely requires formal entry requirements for junior positions, but more advanced roles typically require a relevant academic degree or NVQ. London and Scotland are the highest paying regions, while those working in Yorkshire and Humberside often earn less than their counterparts in other regions. Overall, the average income is about £30K.
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27th February 2012 11:35 PM #1
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How did you get your toddler off the dummy?
I've received some great advice so far on this site thanks! My toddler is almost 2 1/2 and I know it's way past time to wean her off the dummy yet it breaks my heart when she cries for it. What is the best way to say goodbye to the dummy? Thanks for your advise.
28th February 2012 09:48 AM #2
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I tried all sorts of things to help my son get rid of his dummy when he was the exact same age. I threw out all but one, tried only to let him have them at nap or night time, I even poked a hole in it so it lost suction (I heard they will lose interest and give it up on their own -- but not my son). The only thing that finally worked was when we lost the very last one. We all searched the house for it my husband and I, as well as he and his brother. No one could find it. I explained that it was gone and that he was such a big boy I knew he's be able to go to sleep without. He woke up a few times missing it but went right back to sleep. When he woke up in the morning we all made a huge fuss over him and how great he did without his dummy! The first two days were hard but he didn't cry about it he just kept asking me where it was and I'd remind him that we lost it but he didn't need it anymore, which - I reminded him - was VERY exciting!
It's not an easy thing but remember it's not the end of the world if she uses it for a bit longer. Have you tried just letting her have it just for sleeping? That might be a good way to trasition her way from it. Then going without it all together might not be so difficult.
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One mother told me that she tied the dummy to the crib and only let her child have it when he went to bed or (in his case) when he wanted it bad enough to just stand by the bed and suck. After awhile he simply wasn't interested anymore because playing was much more fun than standing next to his bed. I'm guessing you'd have to put a pretty short string or ribbon on it in order for it to not be a choking hazzard.
Other than that, I don't have any experience with weaning a child off of a dummy - mine simply gave it up around 5 months of age (but I didn't use it much, so that made it easier).
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Day-Care Center 22Th Anniversary
This cake celebrate the 22th anniversary of a day-care center (Centre de la petite enfance Petits Murmures) in Quebec city. I put on the butterpecan cake a lot of classics toys, they are all made of fondant. I also added childrens drawing all around the cake. I like the colorful effect of this cake!
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March 16, 2004
Families of September 11 – Call for Volunteers!
Over the past year, Families of September 11 has expanded its impact and reached more and more 9/11 families worldwide, offering support to families located as far as Hawaii and Poland. The success of our outreach is largely due to increased member participation, ongoing communication with our membership, and important feedback from FOS11 members like you. We continue to watch our membership increase, and have heard from many family members that they are ready "to assist FOS11," "help other families in a situation like my own," and "would really like to connect with people in my area."
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Empathy is unusual in the animal kingdom. So empathy must have had some major survival benefits for it to have evolved. What might those benefits have been?Empathy seems to have evolved in three major steps.First, among vertebrates, birds and mammals developed ways of rearing their young, plus forms of pair bonding – sometimes for life. This is very different from the pattern among fish and reptile species, most of which make their way in life alone. Pair bonding and rearing of young o … [Read more...]
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How Did Humans Become Empathic?
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Brevard, N.C. - The weekly Brevard College Coaches' Corner at Dugan's Pub makes the transition to Tuesday next week as Basketball Coaches Mark Prosser and Shannon Reid begin their portion of the show starting on November 15th at 12:30 p.m.
The show will take place at Dugan's Pub, located on West French Broad Street, located in the French Broad Plaza across the street from the campus of Brevard College.
The first show of the 2011 winter season will feature both BC basketball coaches starting on Tuesday, November 15th, at 12:30 p.m. The show, which will be broadcast live on WSQL 1240 AM, will discuss various topics such as the Tornados' upcoming opponents and insights as well as other various questions that could arise as the Tornados open their fourth season as full members of both the NCAA Division II and the South Atlantic Conference
The show, which will continue every Tuesday for the remainder of the season is open to the public and as always, members of the community and media are invited to attend the show and interact with the coaches.
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text: I'm trying to think of a celebrity marriage that has been analyzed more than Beyonce and Jay-Z. Prior to the elevator purse beat down by Solange most of the trouble in their marriage stories came from sites and blogs like this one who weren't afraid to talk about the marriage or their issues or the cheating. Now, with the mainstream tabloids involved, it seems as if every photo is scrupulously looked at and body language studied to see if the couple is splitting. One day they are and the next there is a photo of them smiling at each other so they must be doing ok. Throw in the mix, a bunch of photos supplied by Beyonce to show the couple at their most happy which is frequently with their daughter and you have no idea what is going on. Isn't that the way they want it? Do you remember before they married how many times they left people guessing when or if they already were married? Until Beyonce released a few seconds of their wedding video a few weeks ago, it still was something most people speculated about rather than knew anything. No one is getting anything from Jay or Beyonce. It just isn't going to happen. The weak links are the people they come into contact with for a short enough amount of time where they don't sign things to keep them quiet. If the elevator fight was not on video would we have heard about it? Nope. We would have all been wondering what caused Solange to delete all her photos of Beyonce from Instagram but wouldn't know the back story. No one still knows what happened in the hallway or who triggered the outburst from Solange. We all have guesses and it doesn't look like anything has really changed in their marriage. He does what he wants and she does what she wants and they try to keep it all private.


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Getting to Know the 'Beyoncé Voter'
Fox News, which always has its thumb so squarely on the pulse of what The Youngs are up to, figured out why the Hobby Lobby ruling has caused such a flap. No, not because it's deeply unsettling that a corporation can impose a religious, unscientific belief on its employees. It's because there are lonely ladies whose bitter singleness has calcified and become malignant.
"I call them the Beyoncé voters, the single ladies. Obama won the single ladies by 76 percent last time, and they made up about a quarter of the electorate. You know, they depend on government because they're not depending on their husbands," said contributor and noted Lady Expert Jesse Watters. "They need things like contraception, health care, and they love to talk about equal pay."
To be fair, this is one of the least-insulting comparisons Watters could have made. Beyoncé is to women under 40 as tiny flag pins and Ronald Reagan are to conservatives. Near-universally popular, and if you don't like it, well, you'd better keep that to yourself.
So Watters has me—and all of us!—on this one. Or one-quarter of the American electorate, at least. For those of you who aren't Beyoncé voters, I'd like to give you a peek into our world. Every word of the following applies to one-quarter of the American electorate. We are a monolithic block, each and every one dedicated to premarital sex, hedonism, socialism, white wine, and tweeting about misogyny.
We are unmarried. Since we have no husbands, we have been dropping constant hints to the federal government that it's about time we tied the knot so that Dream Wedding Pinterest board can finally be used. Sadly, the federal government has stopped texting us back, but we're hoping it's just because the federal government is sick or busy with his mom or something.
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Rev. Troy Elmore is an Instructor of Religion and the Chaplain
at Lindsey Wilson College. Elmore received a Bachelor of Science
degree in animal sciences from the University of Kentucky. He also
holds a master of divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary
and a Masters of Arts in Christian Leadership from Lindsey Wilson
Troy is an ordained United Methodist pastor and has served
churches in the Columbia District since 1995. He currently serves
as Senior Pastor at Antioch United Methodist Church in Adair
County. He serves as one of Columbia District's Candidacy Mentors
and the Camp Loucon Board. He also serves on the board of directors
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recipient of the Francis Asbury award for outstanding leadership in
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Troy is married to Shellie Thrasher Elmore, who is a worship
leader and piano teacher. They have one child, Caleb. The Elmores
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There is a scam making the rounds, targeting South Florida taxpayers over the phone with threatening calls from supposed IRS agents. But, according to the Internal Revenue Service, there's a foolproof way to know you're dealing with the real thing.
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Max Vangeli has created quite a few hits for the dance floor with best friend AN21, and now he's teamed up with Danny Ray for a hard-hitting peak-time track to keep you dancing.
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Seven believes that a visiting weapons merchant assaulted her.
Captain Janeway is bargaining with Kovin, a self-interested Entharan trader, about the purchase of an isokinetic cannon. He agrees to help install it, for a fee. Despite misgivings about his attitude, Janeway agrees to have Seven of Nine work on the installation as well.
While working on it, Kovin pushes Seven out of the way. She takes offense and hits him. Kovin is unsurprisingly upset, but Seven is as well. While The Doctor is examining her, Seven has an anxiety attack. The Doctor, always eager to try out new programming, tries to uncover the cause of her distress.
After some prodding, she recalls an incident which took place on the Entharan planet. While she and Tom Paris were trying out some of Kovin's disruptors, Seven and Kovin went back to his lab to make modifications. When they got there, Kovin fired the disruptor on her. She awoke, restrained, on an examination table. Kovin and a female assistant examined her, extracted nanoprobes, injected them to another subject, and removed her memory of the incident.
The Doctor believes Seven's story completely. The rest of the crew is more hesitant (especially Tuvok) but is more sympathetic to Seven than Kovin, who responded somewhat haughtily to questioning. Kovin, though reluctant, agrees to let an Entharan magistrate assist in the examination.
The Doctor, Tuvok and the Entharan magistrate examine Kovin's laboratory in his presence. His guilt seems confirmed when they find regenerating nanoprobes. Kovin transports away, back to his ship. When Voyager tries to keep him from fleeing, Kovin disables their sensors with a photonic blast and enters warp. Voyager gives chase.
As Janeway and Tuvok discuss the situation, Tuvok believes that their investigation has been impartial, but Janeway admits that her misgivings about Kovin influenced her judgment. When experiments with nanoprobes show that the probes regenerate when fired on by Kovin's disruptor, Janeway, Tuvok, and The Doctor realize that Kovin may be innocent. Seven believes Kovin is guilty and refuses to listen. When she asks The Doctor to tell them that she was attacked, he admits that her neurology is still a mystery to him, and she could've misinterpreted what really happened with her experiences with the Borg. Seven wants Kovin to be punished, and she will not settle for anything less.
When Voyager catches up with Kovin, they try to convince him that they've found evidence of his innocence. He is convinced that it is a trap, and attacks Voyager. His weapons destabilize, and his ship is destroyed. Seven tries to come to terms with a new emotion: remorse.
Meanwhile, The Doctor feels extremely guilty over the part he played in Kovin's death, and asks Captain Janeway to delete the additional subroutines that he's programmed himself with over the years, believing that his desire to expand his programming has caused him to overstep his boundaries and step in where he wasn't required. However the Captain refuses, saying that everyone involved is responsible to some degree.
Voyager continues its journey home, with two of its crew sadder but wiser for their experiences.
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Log entriesEdit
- "Captain's log, stardate 51679.4. We've detected the warp signature from Kovin's ship and we're now in pursuit. In the meantime, Tuvok and I have been examining the tools from Kovin's lab."
- "Chief medical officer's log, stardate 51658.2. I've spent the past three days being cross-examined by the Entharan authorities, but the matter is finally resolved."
Memorable quotesEdit
"I do not feel perfect."
"What do you mean?"
"I am preoccupied by Kovin's death."
"Join the club. It's all I can think about."
"As a Borg, I was responsible for the destruction of countless millions and I felt nothing, but now I regret the destruction of this single being."
"It's called remorse, Seven. It comes into play when you make a mistake, and you feel guilt about what you've done. Another new emotion for you to experience."
"I do not enjoy this remorse any more than I enjoyed anger. Will the feeling subside?"
"Yes. But not quickly."
"I would rather not have to wait."
"I'm afraid you don't have much choice." [Pauses as he watches Seven leave] "But maybe I do."
- - Seven of Nine and The Doctor, in sickbay
"You've made your point, Mr. Kovin. I want the cannon."
- - Captain Janeway, to Kovin
"That guy is worse than a Ferengi!"
- - Tom Paris, on Kovin
"Seven, stop!"
- - B'Elanna Torres, to Seven after she punches Kovin in the face
"When I started helping you improve your social skills, I'm fairly certain I didn't include a boxing lesson."
- - The Doctor, to Seven of Nine
Background informationEdit
Story and script Edit
- This episode had the working title "Mnemonic". [1]
- Originally, the episode's story – as pitched by Andrew Shepard Price and Mark Gaberman – involved an alien computer dissecting Seven of Nine (similar to the plot of Demon Seed) to create an army of drones that it intended to use for galactic conquest. (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #18)
- Although the story changed considerably from the original pitch, the writing staff of Star Trek: Voyager composed the plot's final version by essentially weaving the initial story idea together with a theme that comments on false memory syndrome. Staff writer Bryan Fuller remarked, "That's kind of what we had to fall back on for this one." Regarding false memories, he commented, "We hear so much about how they can essentially ruin peoples' lives, how well-respected and credited doctors have been completely dethroned, how teachers and parents have been humiliated." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #18)
- Before co-writing this episode's teleplay and joining Voyager's writing staff, both Bryan Fuller and Lisa Klink had attended the Star Trek Writer's Workshop at the Grand Slam convention in Pasadena, California and had made small contributions to the writing of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. They literally wrote every other scene of this episode, sharing the same anxieties as each other over the script. "I initially had my concerns," Fuller explained, "because we were trying to distinguish it from a TV movie about date rape [....] We [...] removed the sexual elements." Fuller believed that the turning point for the story's development was the addition of The Doctor to the plot. (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #18)
- The episode's final draft script was submitted on 7 November 1997. [2]
Cast and characters Edit
- Analyzing The Doctor's actions in this episode, Bryan Fuller remarked, "He's dragging Seven into her frustration, and essentially filling the role of the psychologist who's manipulating the patient–not with malevolence, but because he sincerely thinks that something happened. But he goes about solving the mystery in such a haphazard way that only chaos can ensue." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #18)
- In agreement with Bryan Fuller's interpretation of the plot, Robert Picardo remarked on the character arc that his regular role of The Doctor undergoes in this episode: "[He] completely loses his self-confidence in a way I don't think we've seen thus far. It was actually kind of touching [....] It's really quite touching, because it's basically the enthusiasm of someone really trying to help out, and really trying to be more than he's supposed to be, in a crisis situation." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 86) Picardo also described the request that The Doctor makes at the end of this episode as "quite dramatic." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #18)
- Ethan Phillips (Neelix) does not appear in this episode.
Production Edit
- Director Jesús Salvador Treviño was presented with the difficulty of creating an unusual look for certain sequences of this episode. "For me, the challenge was in conveying the flashback moments," the director explained, "and making them succinct and different enough that we would get a sense of how different this perspective is to [Seven of Nine] and whether it's real or not." To help create the desired effect, Treviño filmed the flashback sequences at eight frames per second, rather than the usual twenty-four frames per second. (Star Trek: Communicator, issue 119, p. 68)
- In one of the flashback scenes, Kovin's assistant is armed with a rifle reused from the earlier fourth season installment "Waking Moments". (Delta Quadrant, p. 226)
- The interior cockpit of Kovin's ship was, evidently, a reuse of the cockpit from the timeship Aeon, which appears in the third season two-parter "Future's End" and "Future's End, Part II".
Reception Edit
- Ultimately, Bryan Fuller believed that he and Lisa Klink had successfully differentiated this episode from a television movie about date rape, and that the decision to remove the sexual aspects from the script had been made "wisely". He said, "I think it succeeded [...] and I think it's a solid episode." An element of the episode that Fuller especially liked was that it showed The Doctor was not infallible. "That's the great part of the story, that he screwed up," the writer opined. Nonetheless, Fuller also cited this episode as probably being his least favorite from those he wrote for Voyager's fourth season and related, "I found myself distanced from it. I'm always disappointed in a story when it turns out not to have happened, and it's based on some sort of illusion or memory wackiness." (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine, issue #18)
- Contrastingly, Jesús Salvador Treviño liked the vagueness of this episode's conclusion. "I thought that was very daring for the Voyager writers," Treviño remarked. "That was really nice the way they left it totally open-ended. We don't know whether it really did happen or if it didn't; we have our suspicions and the clues are placed either way." (Star Trek: Communicator, issue 119, p. 68)
- This episode achieved a Nielsen rating of 4.2 million homes, and a 7% share. [3](X) One of the installment's initial audience members was Robert Picardo himself. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 86)
- Cinefantastique rated this episode 2 and a half out of 4 stars. (Cinefantastique, Vol. 30, No. 9/10, p. 101)
- Star Trek Monthly scored this episode 3 out of 5 stars. (Star Trek Monthly issue 43, p. 57)
- The unauthorized reference book Delta Quadrant (p. 227) gives this installment a rating of 5 out of 10.
Video and DVD releasesEdit
- UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 4.9, catalog number VHR 4630, 7 September 1998
- As part of the VOY Season 4 DVD collection
Links and referencesEdit
Also starringEdit
- Robert Beltran as Commander Chakotay
- Roxann Dawson as Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres
- Robert Duncan McNeill as Lieutenant Tom Paris
- Robert Picardo as The Doctor
- Tim Russ as Lieutenant Commander Tuvok
- Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine
- Garrett Wang as Ensign Harry Kim
Guest stars Edit
Co-stars Edit
Uncredited co-stars Edit
Stunt double Edit
- Chester E. Tripp III as stunt double for Michael Horton
Stand-ins Edit
- Brita Nowak – stand-in for Jeri Ryan
adrenaline; Amanin; assimilation tubules; astrometric chart; Betazed; bio-ablation pump; blood pressure; Borg; Borg Collective; boxing; brig; centimeter; chemical imbalance; chromoelectric force field; combadge; compression rifle; counselor; dermal regenerator; diagnostic bed; disruptor; dizziness; duratanium; electro-dynamic probe; electro-optic implant; emitter matrix; engram; engramatic activity; Entharan; Entharan colony; evasive maneuvers; Ferengi; field generator; genome; gesture; hairline fracture; headache; hippocampus; Hirogen; isokinetic cannon; isolinear buffer circuit; isolinear processing chip; Jungian; kilometer; Kovin's starship; magistrate; manhunt; metagenic pulse; medical tricorder; memory center; memory reconstruction; meter; micro-caliper; monofilament stimulator; monotanium; nanoprobes; oscillator; photonic emitter; photonic pulse; power cell; power grid; premaxilla; psychiatric subroutine; Raven, USS; red alert; scattering field; slide (science); target buoy; terawatt; terawatt powered particle beam rifle; therapist; thermal guidance sensor; thoron
External linkEdit
- "Retrospect" at Wikipedia
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