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Friday, April 8, 2011
Feeling good about being 40
Not this year.
I turned 40 yesterday and it was undoubtedly the best birthday I have had as an adult. Instead of reflecting, I sat back and enjoyed my day at work, enjoyed my four daughters, and had found great peace in the time that I spent with Jen.
It couldn't have gone any better. For the first time in my life, I can honestly say that I am truly happy. I have everything that I could possibly want at this time in my life.
Despite major budget concerns, I still have a great job. I have great kids that still drive me nuts, however, I wouldn't want it any other way. And, I have a meaningful, loving relationship with a woman who allows me to be me.
As great as all those things are, the most important aspect of my happiness falls directly on the fact that I am content and happy with myself as a person. There is no better feeling to have.
I recently ran into a friend who used to read my blog when I posted on a regular basis and he ended our conversation with a question. His question was simply, "Coach, why don't you blog anymore? You used to write all the time and I really enjoyed your shit."
Seems like an easy enough question to answer, however, I was stumped. It is isn't because I am too busy with work or being a single father. I probably have more free time than ever since I stepped down as my school's head football coach in December.
The answer came as I was driving home and it was answer that I hadn't expected. Simply put, I don't post as much now because I no longer need the affirmation that I received from the readers with their comments and emails after I finished a post.
When I started blogging, I was in a relationship with a woman that I loved dearly. However, the relationship was unfulfilling for us both as we never seemed able to find time for each other. There were other issues, however, it came down to the simple fact that neither of us were truly getting what we wanted or needed in a relationship.
Also during the start of my blogging experience, the constant losing in football made others and myself constantly questioning my ability as a coach and left me miserable more times than not. It was ugly for me in every sense of the word, as my feelings of self-worth centered around what we did on the football field and how people thought of me as a coach.
While myself and a lot of the other people ridiculed me on a daily basis on my team's performances, people who read my blog had no problem complimenting my writing and complimenting me as a father, and with it, I felt good about myself again.
I fed off the comments and would run to the computer at all times of the day, hoping someone left me a comment. It felt good to feel good again about something I was doing.
Two years later, I don't need any one else to make me feel good about myself. All I need to do is look at the relationships I have with my kids, my students, my co-workers, and with Jen, and that is all the affirmation I need now.
If there is anything that I would like to change from yesterday to my next birthday, it is this: I want to blog again on a consistent basis. This time around, I am going to blog because I enjoy writing and I enjoyed getting to know so many of you who I would still consider friends.
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Mark Rippetoe's Resignation Letter to the NSCA
Mark Rippetoe's Resignation Letter to the NSCA
Gentlepersons of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, and
whoever may be concerned:
This letter shall serve as my formal relinquishment of my Certified Strength and
Conditioning Specialist credential. I was in the first group to test for the CSCS in
1985, and was among the minority of applicants to pass the exam and be granted
the credential, which I was proud to hold for many years.
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which I so closely identified 23 years ago. My professional emphasis has remained
on the improvement of strength and conditioning, while that of the NSCA has
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Its internal administrative problems are legend. It has dealt with me in an
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"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance." - Socrates - 01-12-2011, 08:55 AM
I was going to say, "doesn't he do Crossfit?" But it looks like it's Crossfit football.
Rippetoe doesn't need someone backing him like NSCA. He can do this without issue. Upstarts, on the other hand, in the strength and conditioning group may still need their Certs from these places to make it somewhere.
I do like me some Rippetoe though.
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If anyone has been following Ripptoe for awhile most likely has seen a separation of ideology and such for a bit.
As Jabb stated though, it is easy for someone of his stature to do this being Ripptoe and all. Though lesser knwn folks may have a hard time if they choose to go a different route. - 01-12-2011, 09:22 PM
A CSCS only looks good on paper; the test itself is pretty easy and not nearly as rigorous as I anticipated.
M.Ed. Ex Phys
Agreed on the lack of challenge in the test.
However, it seems to be almost a prerequisite in many of the job postings I see around campus from strength coach positions (both at NCAA and Pro level) and professor openings.
It also was a requirement when applying for the M.S. in strength and condition at springfield.
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I dropped my CSCS years ago (got certified in 1995). The CEU's were worthless to me, taught me nothing I hadn't learned getting a master's in ex phys. Was tired of wasting my time and money.
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April 10, 2008 11:03 AM
D.C. eyes Murray as Byrd ails
Posted by David Postman
There is a small flurry of stories out of D.C. looking at the future of Sen. Robert Byrd and what that could mean to his protege, Washington Sen. Patty Murray.
Politico says the stories "were floated" because of "agitation in the party's ranks over whether the West Virginian would be able to manage an upcoming wartime spending bill."
Senate Democrats keep muttering about their 90-year-old chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Sen. Robert C. Byrd, but no one wants to bell the cat.
Murray has more senior Democrats ahead of her in terms of who would become chairman if Byrd stepped aside, or got shoved aside. Politico says she's "far enough down the line that she isn't a threatening figure" to Byrd.
"Sen. Byrd has meant so much to the Senate," she said. "We all owe him respect for that and allow him to make his decisions."
In comments to CQ Politics, Murray made it clear she was not interested in pushing Byrd to do anything.
"We're all doing our job so that he can do his," Murray said. "The future role of Sen. Byrd will depend on Sen. Byrd."
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Murray, a former chairwoman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, came to the forefront last year when she was selected to be floor manager of the Homeland Security appropriations bill, which was drafted by the subcommittee Byrd chairs. The bill was later wrapped into an omnibus (PL 110-161). She also helped manage the previous war supplemental (PL 110-28).At the time, senior Democrats said Murray had been selected for the showcase role because of her standing as a party leader, her seniority on appropriations and her close ties to Byrd.
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Court says state can force-feed inmates
Posted by David Postman
A state Supreme Court deeply divided over the Washington Constitution's right to privacy ruled this morning that prison officials can force-feed inmates who refuse to eat or drink.
The court was ruling on an appeal filed by Charles R. McNabb who was force-fed at the Airway Heights Corrections Center near Spokane in 2004. He had not eaten voluntarily for more than five months before that while in the Spokane County Jail. But at Airway Heights, prison staff force-fed him through a tube in his nose for several days. After that, McNabb resumed eating voluntarily.
McNabb sued the state, saying it was his right to refuse nutrition and to let his fast "to take its course."
The Department of Corrections argued that it had compelling reasons to force food and nutrition to keep McNabb alive.
The lead opinion, upholding a Court of Appeals decision, was written by Justice Mary Fairhurst and signed by justices Susan Owens, James Johnson and Bobbe Bridge, acting as a pro-tem.
Fairhurst wrote that the state constitution's privacy provisions in Article I section 7 does give someone the right to refuse force-feeding. But in McNabb's case, the state's interest in keeping him alive "outweigh his right to refuse artificial means of nutrition and hydration."
In the words of McNabb, "'[m]y only wish is for my personal decision not to eat to be respected and to be left in peace for my fast to take its course.'" Br. of Appellant at 2 (quoting CP at 7). Therefore, death resulting from McNabb's refusal of artificial means of nutrition and hydration will consummate his intent to die. Under these circumstances, the State has a compelling interest in preventing McNabb's intentional death.
We find that McNabb has a limited right of privacy as an incarcerated individual but the State's interests in orderly administration of the prison system, preservation of life, prevention of suicide, and maintenance of the ethical integrity of the medical profession outweigh McNabb's limited right.
Justice Barbara Madsen wrote a concurrence saying agreeing with the result of the lead opinion but disagreeing with the balancing test Fairhurst spelled out.
Prisoners who are otherwise healthy have no right to refuse artificial means of nutrition and hydration in an effort to end their lives.
The extraordinary intervention in this case was initiated only when medical staff issued a written determination that McNabb's health was threatened. McNabb has no right to starve himself to death by refusing sustenance while in the custody of the State -- this is not a privacy right that citizens of the state hold or expect to hold.
The concurrence was also signed by Chief Justice Gerry Alexander and justices Charles Johnson and Tom Chambers.
Justice Richard Sanders dissented, saying that McNabb had the right to refuse nutrition. He says force-feeding is a "practice tantamount to torture."
The lead opinion incorrectly frames the privacy interest at stake as the right to suicide. This case is no more about the right to suicide than Lawrence v. Texas, was about the right to sodomy. Rather, this case is about "the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men," namely, "the right to be let alone."
Even more disturbing than the lead opinion's "balancing" of our privacy right against some majoritarian government bias is the concurrence's conditioning our right to privacy on the existence of a terminal illness. Concurrence at 1. The right to bodily integrity, the inner sanctum of all that is "private," is absolute under our state constitution; there is no basis to conclude terminally ill people have any superior right to bodily integrity than nonterminally ill people. The concurrence's notion to this effect is abhorrent to our tradition of equality.
By extension, does this mean the State could force a woman with a life-threatening pregnancy to submit to an abortion? Or could the State force an inmate who contracted lung cancer after years of smoking to undergo chemotherapy? Technically, both of these "conditions" were "set in motion" by the individual. And yet, forcing an abortion or cancer treatment upon an inmate is unthinkable to most. Likewise, since the State's interest in preventing suicide is based on theological doctrine, its constitutional validity is questionable.
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10th Annual Black History Month Celebration First known as the Bergen Branch of the Free Public Library of Jersey City, the Miller Branch was opened to the public on January 14, 1914 in a rented building at 543-545 Jackson Avenue. The branch was very well received, as reports The Jersey Journal on January 16, 1914. "That the new venture will be a success is evidenced by the crowds of people who visited the rooms on the opening day. It was impossible to keep accurate count, but the library attendants estimate that nearly a thousand people visited the branch during the first day. The majority of these were, of course, visitors who were merely inspecting the rooms, but the large number of persons who drew out books and used the reading rooms and the reference collections indicates that the new library will be popular in the Bergen and Greenville sections." This new library was an immediate success and soon became the largest and most important branch of the public library. Known for that promise, the Miller Branch has always been a branch known for continually realizing that promise, over and over, throughout its 90-year history. Today, the Miller Branch is still known as the "Jewel in the Crown" of the library's system. Since 1921, the Miller Branch site has been at its current location, 489 Bergen Avenue in Jersey City. Within less than 10 years of the Bergen Branch's opening in 1914, a permanent location was secured and five architectural plans chosen from an anonymous competition, with each winner receiving $250.00. The Trustees Board and the Librarian then chose the winner from the sealed bids, naming Arthur Frederick Adams of Chicago as architect. Mr. Adams, in turn, named his associate, John A. Gurd of New York City as supervisor of the project. The new building's dedication, at the branch's current location of 489 Bergen Avenue, occurred on Monday evening, June 26, 1922 amidst a formal presentation by Library Trustee Alvoni A. Allen, who also served as chairman of the building committee, of the building's acceptance, which was then received by Jersey City Mayor Frank Hague. New Jersey Governor Edward I. Edwards and Justice William H. Speer of the Hudson County Circuit Court each gave remarks, with Dickinson High School's orchestra and glee club in performance. The dedication commemorative booklet described the Bergen Branch as "an immediate success and soon became the largest and most important branch of the Public Library. The rapid increase in readers and the steady growth of the book collection soon caused the rooms to become uncomfortably crowded. Early in 1920 the Library Trustees asked the Board of Commissioners of Jersey City to appropriate money for the purchase of a site and the erection of a suitable building. This request was immediately granted." The branch's architectural design, typical of the day, is known as Renaissance, and was seen as a "plain substantial" design in the commemorative booklet, "built of granite and light brown brick, trimmed with granite finish terra cotta." Viewing the façade from the 1926 photograph would reveal carved flourishes, in clusters of three, in each corner underneath the cornice, with medallions over each of the six windows. The words "PUBLIC LIBRARY" and "JERSEY CITY" are on either side of the centered words, "BERGEN BRANCH." With two stories and a basement, including an auditorium and exhibition space, this 86 x 70-foot branch met the fireproof regulations of the day. Where there was wood, it was made of fine oak. Edmund W. Miller served as Librarian and Board Secretary at the time of the Bergen Branch's opening. His illustrious library career began with securing the first rooms from The Provident Savings Bank in 1890 that were used to create the Jersey City Free Public Library. On December 9, 1954, Edmund Miller, at age 87 and a retired city librarian, received the respect due him, as the Bergen Branch was named in his honor. The Jersey Journal, in its December 10, 1954 edition, reported that "Mayor Bernard Berry, speaking at the exercises, praised Miller as 'one of the outstanding contributors to Jersey City's culture.' He related how Miller started the library in 1891 and progressed with it as it grew. He told of Miller's sterling character and said that everyone who came into contact with him loved him." Accolades from then-Library Director William Roehrenbeck included that the renaming was "very fitting" because Edmund W. Miller founded the Bergen Branch. Within the last 50 years, the Miller Branch Library has consistently produced top-flight programs and special events that benefit the community, burnishing its luster as the "Jewel in the Crown" of the Jersey City Free Public Library system. As the only agency in our area serving young adults, children and adults, in the 70's, 80's and 90's, the Miller Branch provides a variety of educational, cultural, informational and recreational activities. Priscilla Gardner, in developing the young adults program when she headed the Miller Branch, petitioned the Department of Personnel to have young adult status added to her title and won the appeal. When Gardner left the Miller Branch to become Assistant Director, she had coordinated over 20,000 young adult and adult programs for the Miller Branch community. These programs give participants an opportunity to improve or learn skills, attend cultural events, be exposed to wholesome role models in a productive and positive environment. These programs bring youth into the library where they come into contact with books, computers and other resources important to their personal success. Gardner passed the torch to Branch Head Reneé Moody, who grew up next door to the Miller Branch and is carrying on her legacy at the Miller Branch and the Computer Learning Resource Center. Miller Branch Computer Learning Resource Center (CLRC) is the first of its kind in the history of the Jersey City Free Public Library and the City of Jersey City. The Gardners – Anthony, Curtis and then-branch head, Priscilla – had the vision, courage and commitment to bypass all obstacles in making this Computer Learning Resource Center a reality, including the doing the interior demolition and erecting of the CLRC in 1994. Since its grand opening in April 1994, Miller has offered the Computer Learning Resource Center (CLRC) to its patrons and has been well received by the Community. The Miller Branch was the first branch within the Jersey City library system to computerize. The CLRC gives patrons the opportunity to learn computer basics at their own pace, through individually programmed instruction materials that guide those wanting to become computer-literate. Built around the concept of self-paced video instructions, the Center boasts the latest in IBM- and Macintosh-compatible hardware and a bevy of software offerings. One can come into the Center and study for the SAT, GRE, LSAT, and GED. Other equipment featured by the CLRC are HP full-page scanners; HP laser printers; Internet and Listening Center; and a 27-inch television and VCR, a CD, cassette tape and record player, and a variety of CDs for your listening pleasure. The Computer Learning Resource Center provides the users with a range of systems skills to compete in academia and the workplace. The user-friendly systems are widely used in publishing, advertising, graphics arts and many other career pursuits by students and professionals. The CLRC is now on-line and the usage is very high. In addition, the IBM Room has a HP Laser Color Printer, full-page scanner, and eight Gateway 2000 computers; four with 21-inch monitors and four with 17-inch monitors. Each PC has its own laser printer. Users of the CLRC have logged in more than 25,000 hours on the IBM computers alone. In November 1995, Miller Branch unveiled the "MacBret Room" displaying four brand new state-of-the-art Macintosh computers, laser printers, full-page color scanner and two 13-inch TV/VCR combos with cordless headphones to be used with instructional videos. The room's name ("MacBret Room") reflected Mac from Macintosh and Bret because of the direct interest taken by former Mayor Bret Schundler, who was instrumental in increasing Gardner's funding for the Young Adult and Adult Programming. Innovative programming throughout the year exemplifies Miller Branch community outreach. From stage plays and craft-making from local artists, to lectures and workshops aimed at specific audiences, with particular attention to the young adult crowd, this regional branch honors its namesake. The Miller Branch is known for its extensive collection on African-American history. As a special annual treat, Friday evening of Thanksgiving weekend, Soul Generation and Prime perform the best R&B and soul heard this side of holding a valid Library Card from the Jersey City Free Public Library at the Miller Branch Library's auditorium. Also housed in the Miller Branch since 1977 is the Community Awareness Series (CAS), which has offered library patrons programs, lectures and workshops that educate the mind and uplift the spirit. CAS was born out of a successful experiment between the Miller Branch Library, its community and the Spirit of Life Ensemble. The Series grew first from a program that stirred tremendous interest, stemming from a group of local artists and musicians affiliated with the Spirit of Life Ensemble, which ran workshops and performed regularly throughout the city. They were the community's ambassadors. The Community Awareness Series has offered a broad multicultural array of programs, i.e. theater, music, dance, publications, alternative health, family forums, outreach and exposure projects for special populations, public schools and the general public. Currently, the library department's programming has consisted of concert presentations and bringing music education to children, young adults and adults. Since its inception, over 3,000 separate programs have been presented at the Miller Branch. CAS also presents two cable Public Access programs, aired weekly: Urban Forum (Wednesdays, 7 p.m.) and Cultural Odyssey (Thursdays, 8 p.m.).


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Cherries have a long association with America
- flour - 2 cups
- baking powder - 4 tsp
- almonds - ½ cup sliced or chopped (sliced is preferable), divided
- wheat germ - ½ cup
- salt - 1 tsp
- orange rind - 1–2 tsp coarsely grated , or to taste
- eggs - 2
- brown sugar - ¼ cup dark
- almond extract - 1 tsp
- oil - ¼ cup
- soy milk - 6 Tbsp
- cherry pie filling - 1 14-oz (400 gram) container (or make your own using this recipe!)
Combine flour, baking powder, half of the almonds, wheat germ, salt, and orange rind in a large bowl, and mix thoroughly.
Whisk eggs, sugar, almond extract, oil, and soy milk until well blended.
Add to flour mixture and stir just until combined. (If mixture appears too dry or stiff, add a small amount of soy milk.) Add cherries and blend together quickly.
Spoon into muffin tins. Sprinkle remainder of almonds on top of muffins.
Bake at 375°F (190°C) for 22–25 minutes or until they just begin to brown on top. These muffins freeze well.
If you have sliced almonds, chop 1/4 cup for the muffin batter and leave the remaining ¼ cup as is to sprinkle on top.
To make these muffins low-fat, use 2 Tbsp oil and 2 Tbsp applesauce in place of the oil. Also, you can sub whole wheat flour and a few spoons of ground flaxseed for part of the wheat germ.
This recipe originally appeared in Mishpacha Magazine.


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Power Play (episode)
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Alien entities take over the minds of Data, Troi, and Miles O'Brien.
- "Captain's log, stardate 45571.2. We are going into orbit around an unexplored M class moon of Mab-Bu VI. Though the moon was reported to be uninhabited, we have picked up a weak distress call."
As the USS Enterprise-D attempts to identify the source of the distress call, they are confronted with extreme interference due to electromagnetic whirlwinds on the moon, which renders the sensors incapable of picking up life signs. However, Commander Data is able to identify the distress call to be consistent with that of Daedalus-class starships, which, however, have not been in service for 172 years. Captain Picard asks Data to check if any starships have been reported missing in this area. Data determines that the USS Essex under the command of Captain Bryce Shumar disappeared in the vicinity, over two hundred years ago. He also determines, that the signal from the moon is identical to the subspace signature from the Essex. The captain thinks that they have solved the mystery of the Essex, seeing no need to beam down to check a ghost ship, and orders Lt. Worf to notify Starfleet. However, in that moment, Counselor Deanna Troi tells the captain that they have not necessarily solved the mystery of the missing ship, since she senses life on the moon's surface.
Act OneEdit
- "First officer's log, supplemental. The electromagnetic interference on the surface has been judged too dangerous for anyone to transport down. So we've taken a shuttle to investigate."
William T. Riker, Data and Deanna Troi are on board the shuttle Campbell on their way down to the moon surface. However, the shuttle is continually being shaken by the winds, until some systems fail and the crew are forced to emergency land on the moon's surface. On the Enterprise, the crew are worried about the people on the shuttle, however, Ro Laren is able to determine the coordinates where the shuttle crashed.
The crew in the shuttle manage to release the exit door of the shuttle. However, they are unable to communicate with the Enterprise, and all equipment in the shuttle has been rendered inoperable. Riker's arm has been broken in the crash. Troi notices an odd-looking storm front close to their own position. Data does not pick up any life signs in the front with his tricorder, but Troi is absolutely certain that there is life, and it is approaching along with the storm.
On the Enterprise, Geordi La Forge and Chief O'Brien are attempting to find a way to beam the away team from the surface. O'Brien suggests that he beam down by boosting the confinement beam and he will bring with him a set of pattern enhancers, which would allow safe transport for the away team. La Forge reminds the chief that the chances of him making it down to the surface are 50/50 at best, but O'Brien insists that he be allowed to try. As Worf informs Captain Picard that a storm front is moving towards their crew on the moon and Picard allows O'Brien to take the risk.
O'Brien manages to beam down to the away team and starts distributing the pattern enhancers. However, as he tries to activate the third enhancer, it is struck by a violent lightning, knocking the four crewmembers over on the ground. As they lie unconscious, the storm passes over them and glowing orbs enter the bodies of O'Brien, Data, and Troi. A fourth one passes over Riker, but will not enter and flies away instead. He gets up and activates the third pattern enhancer, and the crew are beamed up to the ship, with Data, Troi, and O'Brien still unconscious.
Act TwoEdit
Now in sickbay, Troi's eyes move rapidly and she screams as she opens her eyes. Doctor Crusher comes to calm her down. The rest of the away team are also in sickbay and have all recovered consciousness. Captain Picard enters sickbay to check on his crew and finds them all in a fairly good condition. Troi, Data, O'Brien, Riker, and Picard then enter a turbolift to the bridge. In the turbolift, Data explains how they can continue with the investigation. However, there is a short audible buzz in his voice, which he dismisses as a fluctuation in his speech processors. He claims that he will have it corrected shortly.
On the bridge, Troi asks Picard to have a word with him in private and they proceed to his ready room. Riker orders Ensign Ro to take a synchronous orbit around the shuttle's crash site, but Data claims that due to the EM-patterns it would be best if they begin the search around the southern polar region. Riker is skeptical and maintains to begin the search at the crash site. There is a visible reluctance on Data's face as he hears that.
In the captain's ready room, Troi claims that the entities she sensed on the moon surface were calling her to the southern polar region. She recommends that they should look for the Essex there.
On the bridge, Ro Laren notices that she has been locked out from the helm, but Riker has no explanation for it. He asks Data what may have happened, but Data does not answer. As Riker walks up to Data's console, Data hits Riker and knocks him on the floor. As Worf tries to fire a phaser on Data, he is pulled away and knocked over the tactical station by O'Brien. Ro tries to stun O'Brien with a phaser of her own, but he takes cover and shoots her. Riker manages to transfer all bridge control to engineering, which completely locks out Data from his console. In his ready room, Picard gets knocked on his back by Troi. Data, O'Brien, and Troi enter the turbolift and proceed to engineering.
Riker restores bridge control and Worf walks up to tactical station. There he overrides the control for the turbolift and stops it at deck ten. However, O'Brien has sufficient technical skills to override the bridge command and can get the turbolift to move again. Picard orders Worf to engage emergency bulkheads in the turboshaft. The turbolift is stopped at deck 13 and Picard orders Worf to take a security team there. However, when the security team opens the door of the turbolift, it is empty except for Troi's, Data's, and O'Brien's combadges. On deck ten, the three walk through a corridor, as they get trapped by force fields. Data smashes a computer console on the wall and touches the exposed circuitry, thereby connecting with the computer and overriding the force field. Picard is informed of their break-free and location, and realizes the three are on their way to Ten Forward and sends security there.
In Ten Forward, Keiko O'Brien, Miles' wife, tries to calm her daughter, Molly, who is hungry and crying. In that moment, Troi, Data, and O'Brien enter Ten Forward and force everyone on the floor. A security team arrives, which results in a phaser shoot-out. However, none of the phasers seems to have any effect on any of the three and they successfully seize control over Ten Forward. When Picard attempts to contact Worf from the bridge to see what transpired when the security team reached Ten Forward Troi refuses to let him answer. Instead, proving her control over the situation, she points a phaser at Worf and responds firmly, "Yes bridge, he can hear you."
Act ThreeEdit
- "Captain's log, supplemental. Following an aborted attempt to take control of the Bridge, Counsellor Troi, Mister Data, and Chief O'Brien have seized Ten Forward."
On the bridge, the crew try everything they can to get the situation under control, but without any success. Data isolates Ten Forward with force fields and O'Brien collects all communicators from any of the crew in Ten Forward. Meanwhile, Picard asks Dr. Crusher to see if she can find any clue as to what happened to Troi, Data, and O'Brien. He then contacts Ten Forward and asks the captors to discuss the situation. After some delay, they respond and tell Picard to move the ship to the southern polar region. Picard orders the ensign to move the ship there, but as slowly as possible. Dr. Crusher then comes up with a possible explanation – she has determined that other life forms may have taken control over their people – Riker was not affected because his broken arm inflicted pain, which has prevented him from being taken over by the alien entity. Picard then suggest that inflicting pain on Troi, Data, and O'Brien may free them from their possessors. Ro and La Forge come up with the possibility to fire a plasma shock on their people, which would inflict pain on Troi and O'Brien and incapacitate Data. They suggest that they could place a micro-optic drill in the ceiling of Ten Forward from above, deactivate the force field for a short moment and then fire the plasma shock through the drill. Picard then orders Dr. Crusher to work on a way to contain the alien entities once they have been forced out.
Picard then contacts Ten Forward about the injuries of the people there. Troi tells Worf to inform the bridge about the injuries. Picard then asks Troi to release the injured, in exchange for him as another hostage, and Troi agrees. Riker objects to Picard placing himself in this position, but Picard points out that the whole ship is essentially being held hostage anyway and while he's there he can find out who or what they're dealing with. He leaves with orders that if La Forge and Ro can go ahead with the plasma shock then to, but if they can't or if it doesn't work then for Riker to watch for any opportunity Picard might give him. A medical team and Picard then enter Ten Forward. Troi tells Picard that she is Captain Shumar of the Essex.
Act FourEdit
Stunned, Picard is in disbelief, and Troi tells him that Data is Shumar's first officer, Commander Steven Mullen and that O'Brien is the security chief Lt. Morgan Kelly. She also says that she has no wish to harm Counselor Troi, who is still alive, or anybody else on the Enterprise. She tells Picard that they have commandeered the ship because they have been trapped on the moon for over two centuries and simply want to find rest. For that, they need the help of the Enterprise.
La Forge and Ro have reached a service crawlway just above Ten Forward. On the bridge, Dr. Crusher has determined how she could trap the alien entities – by duplicating the magnetic flux density in the storms on the moon. However, La Forge tells the bridge that it would still take up to an hour for them to calibrate the device to fire the plasma shock.
In Ten Forward, Picard and Worf have a chance to discuss the situation. Worf confides that Klingon history contains many legends of the living being possessed by the spirits of the dead, and Picard admits that Human history has many similar legends. Worf asks if Picard believes that "Shumar" and the others are who they say they are, and Picard, dropping his voice even lower, says absolutely not: if they were Starfleet officers, they would be behaving much less violently. Worf posits that, after years living disembodied on the moon, the crew of the Essex has gone insane. The entity inhabiting Data cuts them off and orders them to sit down apart from each other.
The Enterprise is nearing the southern polar region of the moon and Picard asks Troi for further instructions. She demands that they beam up the skeletal remains of the Essex crew and bring them to Earth for a proper burial. Picard demands that all the hostages are released first, but Data threatens to kill some of the hostages if the Captain does not cooperate.
Meanwhile, La Forge and Ro attempt to fire the plasma charge on the three captors but they miss Data. The alien beings emerge from the bodies of Troi and O'Brien as they slump to the floor. Dr. Crusher establishes the field that traps the alien entities. An enraged Data, still possessed, grabs Picard's neck and lifts him from the floor. He threatens to kill everyone in Ten Forward starting with the Captain if he does not order the bridge to stop. Picard, under duress; gives in. The bridge deactivates the field and the glowing orbs again seize control of Troi and O'Brien.
Act FiveEdit
- "First officer's log, supplemental. The Enterprise has moved into a synchronous orbit near the southern polar region. We await further instructions from Ten Forward."
The ship has arrived at the destination, but the electromagnetic storm activity renders the sensors useless again. The same distortion also makes the use of the transporters impossible and Picard reminds the captors that O'Brien is the only person on board who can get the transporters to work. O'Brien confirms this, but says he needs a transporter pad to conduct the procedure; since there is none in Ten Forward, Picard proposes that he give them safe passage to the transporter in Cargo Bay Four. Picard signals the bridge, telling Riker they have the "opportunity" to end the violence – putting a barely noticeable emphasis on the word that reminds Riker of their earlier conversation.
After some debate, the captors agree, but they each take a hostage. Troi takes Picard, Data takes Worf, and O'Brien takes Keiko, though he agrees to her plea to leave Molly behind, and Keiko gives her to the care of another woman. They deactivate the force fields and leave Ten Forward.
After arriving in Cargo Bay Four, Picard asks 'Shumar' when he will really tell him who he is, but gets no response. On the bridge, Riker explains to Ro that there is only one reason why Picard chose that particular cargo bay: the bridge crew can blow the hatch and decompress the cargo bay if it becomes necessary.
In the cargo bay, O'Brien is able to modify the transporter and beams up hundreds more of the alien beings. Then, Troi tells Picard that he was right: they and the other entities are all condemned prisoners from a system called Ux-Mal, who were brought to the moon over 500 years ago, separated from their physical bodies, and left to drift in the storms; the moon is, essentially, a penal colony. They tried to escape on the Essex, but the ship was incapable of eluding the moon's electromagnetic storms. Now, they intend to use the Enterprise and the bodies of its crew to escape.
On the bridge, Ro reads with alarm that hundreds of the "prisoners" are now in the cargo bay. Riker gives Picard his advantage, ordering Dr. Crusher to activate the containment field she developed. When she does, the entities are now trapped in the cargo bay. Enraged, Troi threatens to kill Picard, but he calmly tells her that her threats have no value now, reminding her that all her fellow prisoners will die if the cargo bay hatch is blown. Data says Picard and the other Humans will likewise be killed, but Keiko and Worf step forward and say they are more than willing to give up their lives to save their friends and loved ones. Picard reminds them that Troi, Data and O'Brien are Starfleet officers who would also give their lives in this situation. He proposes to them that if they free their host bodies, Picard will return all of the entities, unhurt, to the moon's surface. After some thought, the criminal inhabiting Troi gives in and warns Picard not to pass their way again.
The entities leave the bodies of O'Brien, Troi, and Data and join the others on the transporter pad. Using Troi's communicator, Picard informs the bridge that the siege was successfully ended and orders Worf to beam all the entities back to the moon.
- "Captain's log, stardate 45572.1. Dr. Crusher has examined Troi, Data, and O'Brien. There seem to be no residual effects from their experience."
Troi describes her experience of being possessed, explaining that while she could see and hear everything she was doing but wasn't in control, and notes that the being that inhabited her was intelligent but ruthless. Data apologizes to Worf for his behavior and thanks him for his restraint, and Worf notes that Data has 'no idea' how hard it was to control himself. In sickbay, Doctor Crusher finishes checking out O'Brien and he reunites with Keiko and Molly, before apologizing for his behavior.
Log entries Edit
Memorable quotesEdit
"Someone's down there... alive."
- - Troi sensing life on Mab-Bu VI's desolate moon
"A concussive charge would blow out the security fields. We could go in with phasers on wide beam, stun everybody. Sort it out later."
- - Riker, discussing a plan to end the hostage situation.
"I never want to see this part of the Enterprise again."
"I hear you. This is what starship designers call 'easy access'."
- - Ro and La Forge, carrying a bulky device through a narrow service crawlway
"Lunch time, Miles! Let's do it!"
- - Riker, after O'Brien tells him Molly gets angry when he's not feeding her lunch before the away team beams up
"Everyone, get down on the floor!!"
- - A possessed Deanna Troi
"Mr. Worf, acknowledge! Can you hear me, Mr. Worf?!"
"Yes, bridge. He can hear you."
- - Picard tries to contact Worf during the crisis in Ten Forward, while a possessed Troi answers for him
"What are you looking at? You, Klingon. Attack me!"
- - A possessed Data to Worf
"Silence that child!"
- - A possessed Data, to Keiko O'Brien, regarding Molly's crying
"I have no fear of death."
"And I have no fear of killing you!"
- - Worf and a possessed Data
"You have thirty seconds to change your course, or else additional members of your crew will require medical attention."
- - A possessed Deanna Troi, to Captain Picard
"Tell them to stop or I will kill everyone in this room, starting with you!"
"(choking) Picard to bridge! Abort immediately!"
- - A possessed Data and Picard
"Are you ready to sacrifice the lives of these others? They'll all die when the cargo bay hatch is blown!"
"You will die too, Picard!"
"I would die to save the life of my child."
"To die defending one's ship is the hope of every Klingon."
"If you each know the officers you inhabit, then you know they're equally ready to give their lives for this ship."
- - Picard, a possessed Data, Keiko O'Brien, and Worf
"I advise you, Picard, not to pass our way again."
- - A possessed Deanna Troi, to Captain Picard
"Lieutenant, I must apologize for my inadvertent misconduct toward you."
"No apology necessary."
"Your restraint was most remarkable."
"You have no idea."
- - Data and Worf
Background informationEdit
Story and production Edit
- "Power Play" was filmed between Wednesday 27 November 1991 and Wednesday 11 December 1991 on Paramount Stage 8, 9, and 16. The company went on holiday on Thursday 28 November 1991 and Friday 29 November 1991 and the call sheet for 27 November 1991 features the note "Company Holiday – Happy Turkey Day". Additional days of second unit filming were on Thursday 12 December 1991 on Paramount Stage 16, Thursday 19 December 1991 on Paramount Stage 9, and Thursday 23 January 1992 on Paramount Stage 8.
- According to the script, working titles included "The Invaders", "Terror in Ten-Forward" and "Feeling Poorly". [1]
- The basic story went through several treatments by freelancers before being assigned to Brannon Braga and Herbert J. Wright. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)
- Braga recalled "The first time I wrote it, I thought, bottle show: Ten-Forward, Picard and Troi talk. Mike Piller said don't be afraid to write seven or eight page scenes with Picard and Troi. I said, 'Okay, Mike, I won't.' Jesus! Seven or eight pages? I had a tough time writing that and when I turned it in, Piller said he felt that we'd taken it as far as it could go and we shouldn't produce it. If it had been produced as I had written it, the episode would have been a little too familiar as a hostage show. So what happened was Herb Wright had just come in and Mike said we need some new blood, and gave it to Herb. Together we came up with the twist of them claiming to be the ghosts and that's what I think brought the show level up and gave it a dimension of mystery and twists that it really needed." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- Director David Livingston recalled that the most enjoyable part of the episode "was taking three of our continuing characters and having them play something entirely different. It was a chance to work with them and create totally new characters, and that was a lot of fun. We came up with names for them on the set. Marina was Slash, Data was Buzz, and Colm was Slugger." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- Brent Spiner commented, "I always love to play another type of character. The challenge here was to make sure my character didn't sound or act like Lore, and I don't think he did. It's really fun to get those curves, because so much of Data is already defined. When you get to play someone else and let loose like Leonard Nimoy occasionally got to do in the old show, it's really rewarding." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- Livingston noted that difficulties the crew had filming on the "Planet Hell" set on Paramount Stage 16. "It was tough because we had atmosphere and wind and lightning. One of those elements is hard enough. Just being on Stage 16 is enough. But we had all of those elements and eventually all the actors had to lie down in them. The stage floor had a sandy surface, so when you have the wind blowing, the sand starts blowing around and I was real concerned about it getting into people's eyes. In fact, Marina's make-up became so messed up that she had to have a complete redo before we could continue shooting that day. We had to go over to Stage 9 and wait for her make-up to be done. Not through any fault of hers, just the fact that she wasn't presentable on screen, because the sand had sandblasted her and she looked like a house after the guys come through with their hoses." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- In the scene where the crew is thrown backward by the force of the storm, Marina Sirtis (doing her own stunt) "flung [herself] back, onto [her] coccyx," breaking it. She was the only cast member in the scene to do the stunt herself, despite her face being barely visible in the finished shot. Marina later claimed, "It could have been Worf in Troi's costume and we wouldn't have known the difference." (Journey's End: The Saga of Star Trek: The Next Generation, [2])
- During second unit filming on Thursday 23 January 1992 the company also worked on a Trading Card photo shoot. (Call sheet)
- First UK airdate: March 29, 1995
Sets and props Edit
- The shuttle Campbell was named after science fiction author John W. Campbell. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion)
- Besides the Tadeski twins, a stunt prop baby was used during the filming of the Ten Forward scenes. (Call sheets)
Continuity Edit
- Starfleet retired the last Daedalus-class starship in 2196.
- Something rarely seen in Star Trek appears in this episode: seatbelts, in the type 15 shuttlepod Campbell.
- Pattern enhancers make their first appearance in this episode. Here, they are carried in a set of three in a practical carry-bag.
- The broken off nacelle of the Campbell later turns up in DS9: "Battle Lines", oddly enough as a runabout warp nacelle of the doomed USS Yangtzee Kiang.
- Five years later, in DS9: "The Assignment", Keiko O'Brien was possessed by an alien consciousness in a similar way to her husband Miles in this episode.
- "Power Play" was previously a working title for the Original Series episode "This Side of Paradise".
Reception Edit
- Braga remarked, "In the end it turned into a really great action show. To me, it was a breath of fresh air. It had no pretensions. Instead of exploring some theme or idea, it was just action and phaser blasts. What are you going to do, deny that and say it's not fun?" (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- Piller was not as pleased with the final result. "Power Play had the distinction of being one of the best directed episodes of the season, but only made me angry because it was empty. We need to do bottle shows on this series in order to pay the piper...It was meant to be a show that was dark and brooding, and the shows I've always used as prototypes were Key Largo and The Petrified Forest. Very contained situations. We had a hard time making that work and making it interesting for five acts. It's not a difficult premise, it's been done on a lot of shows, a lot of times and television has found a way to make those premises kind of work...Ultimately it became a major action show and instead of helping us get even, knocked us into the stratosphere. I wasn't very fond of that show, but very fond of David's direction. If that show had any merit at all, it was because he directed it with an extraordinary sense of style. The three actors who were given the job of being the aliens carried it with wonderful performances...Brent, Marina and Colm really put together interesting performances, but I was not happy with the script." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages)
- A mission report for this episode by John Sayers was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine Vol. 20, pp. 48-50.
Awards Edit
- This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Series.
Video and DVD releases Edit
- Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 58, 11 January 1993
- UK re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 5.5, 7 October 2002
- As part of the TNG Season 5 DVD collection
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
Also starring Edit
- LeVar Burton as Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge
- Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf
- Gates McFadden as Dr. Beverly Crusher
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
- Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
Guest stars Edit
Co-stars Edit
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- Joe Bauman as Garvey
- Christine Baur as civilian
- Bowman as science division officer
- Michael Braveheart as Martinez
- Camara as operations division officer
- Cameron as Kellogg
- Gerard David, Jr. as operations division ensign
- Elliot Durant III as operations division ensign
- Gina Gallante as science division officer
- Keith Gearhart as science division officer
- Rosine "Ace" Hatem as civilian
- Christie Haydon as command division ensign
- Hunt as operations division officer
- Gary Hunter as science division officer
- Mark Lentry as science division lieutenant
- Marin as command division officer
- Debbie Marsh as command division ensign
- Holly McBee as command division officer
- Melba as civilian
- Lorine Mendell as Diana Giddings
- Jay Montalvo as operations division officer
- Michael Moorehead as science divsion ensign
- Denise Lynne Roberts as Patti
- Joyce Robinson as Gates
- Lincoln Simonds as operations division officer
- Tadeski twins as Molly O'Brien (infant)
- Talbot as Ten Forward waitress
- Patricia Tallman as operations division officer
- Théyard as science division officer
- Guy Vardaman as Darien Wallace
- Christina Wegler Miles as command division ensign
- Harry Young as science division officer
- Unknown performers as
Stunt doubles Edit
- Christopher Doyle as stunt double for Brent Spiner
- Maria R. Kelly as stunt double for Michelle Forbes
- Ken Lesco as stunt double for Colm Meaney
- Rusty McClennon as stunt double for Michael Dorn
- Tom Morga as stunt double for Jonathan Frakes
- John Nowak as stunt double for Patrick Stewart
Stand-ins Edit
- David Keith Anderson – stand-in for LeVar Burton
- Margaret Flores – stand-in for Rosine "Ace" Hatem
- Joe – stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
- Kathy – stand-in for Rosalind Chao
- Tim McCormack – stand-in for Brent Spiner
- Melba – stand-in for Marina Sirtis
- Lorine Mendell – stand-in for Gates McFadden, Michelle Forbes, and Patricia Tallman
- Randy Pflug – stand-in for Colm Meaney
- Keith Rayve – stand-in for Colm Meaney
- Richard Sarstedt – stand-in/ photo double for Jonathan Frakes and stand-in for Colm Meaney, Lincoln Simonds, and Ryan Reid
- Sissy Sessions – stand-in for Rosalind Chao
- Terri – stand-in for Marina Sirtis and Michelle Forbes
- Dennis Tracy – stand-in for Patrick Stewart
- James Washington – stand-in for Michael Dorn
References Edit
air vent; anesthizine; anionic energy; anti-grav lift; authorization code; biofilter; Campbell; cargo bay 4; cargo transporter; communicator; concussive charge; conduit; confinement beam; Daedalus-class; diagnostic mode; distress call; Earth; electromagnetic storm; emergency bulkhead; Essex, USS; Federation; force field; ghost; hostage; impulse generator; ionic cyclone; ionogenic particles; jat'yIn; Jefferies tube; Klingon; Klingon history;, Kelly, Morgan; laser scanner; Mab-Bu VI; magnetic flux; McKinley Park; M-class; micro-optic drill; moon; Mullen, Steven; Narsu, Uttan; neural net; neural pattern; neutrino; neutrino field; number one; O'Brien, Molly; pain receptor; pattern enhancer; penal colony; plasma inverter; plasma shock; polarity; primary speech processor; seatbelt; Sector 25712; security alert; security lockout; skeletal system; Shumar, Bryce; Starbase 12; Starfleet; Starfleet Academy; subspace transponder; synaptic activity; synchronous orbit; thruster; transporter; transporter array; transporter pad; tree; tricorder; turbolift; turboshaft; type 15 shuttlepod; Ux-Mal; Ux-Mal entity
External links Edit
- "Power Play" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- "Power Play" at Wikipedia
- "Power Play" at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
- "Power Play" at MissionLogPodcast.com, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
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U.S. Department of Transportation
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Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology
Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations
Problem: Transportation agencies need a better management approach for a new era
Since construction of the Nation's Interstate System has been completed, the emphasis within the transportation community has shifted from "build it" to "improve system performance." Thus, transportation agencies are under renewed pressure to demonstrate improvements in the performance of the transportation system and are being held increasingly accountable for funding decisions.
To help ease the transition from building new infrastructure to improving the performance of the existing system, many agencies are turning to Transportation Asset Management (TAM), which provides agencies with the tools and structure necessary to set goals, identify priorities, improve processes, and measure results to demonstrate improved performance. By focusing on the performance of the transportation system through the use of TAM, agencies will be able to increase customer satisfaction.
What is Transportation Asset Management?
TAM is not a software or database system. It is a decisionmaking process for allocating resources. TAM provides agencies with a strategic approach to managing transportation infrastructure and enables agency leadership to view the big picture before deciding how to deploy resources.
How does TAM work?
TAM relies on tools and information to analyze tradeoffs among investment options. This decisionmaking process recognizes that transportation assets have a user aspect in addition to a physical or engineering dimension. The focus is on system performance, rather than on how much money is spent or how many miles of roadway are improved.
Solution: Guide explains TAM techniques
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has developed the Transportation Asset Management Guide as a resource for transportation agency leaders.
The guide explains TAM techniques and offers examples of good practice in four areas--policy development; planning and programming; program delivery; and information, analysis, and performance monitoring. The guide also includes a self-assessment tool to help agencies review their asset management practices and identify opportunities for improvement.
How can agencies learn more about TAM?
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has developed a 1-day National Highway Institute (NHI) course titled Transportation Asset Management (NHI 131106), to familiarize seniorand mid-level managers from State departments of transportation (DOT) and other transportation agencies with the concepts, principles, and techniques outlined in the Transportation Asset Management Guide.The course includes presentations, discussions, and exercises that address why asset management is important for a transportation agency; the steps that an agency can take to implement and improve their asset management program; the tools that are available to apply the principles of TAM; and how to conduct a networklevel tradeoff analysis.
Putting It in Perspective
Successful Applications: Agencies are already moving toward an asset management approach
Many building blocks for TAM already exist in transportation agencies. Pavement management, bridge management, and information management systems, for example, provide the inputs necessary for TAM analyses. Most agencies have started the transition to TAM-based thinking through performance-based management and strategic planning. The guide and training course will help agencies build on these steps toward a TAM approach.
National Deployment Statement
AASHTO's Transportation Asset Management Guide, along with the companion NHI course, illustrates asset management principles and identifies techniques and methods that will enable State DOTs to adopt this framework for managing their programs. By using the guide and participating in the NHI course, States will become more knowledgeable about good TAM practices and will have the confidence necessary to implement the practices within their agencies.
National Deployment Goal
By 2009, 17 States will have successfully implemented the principles in the Transportation Asset Management Guide and/or have overcome the barriers to implementation. These States and others will use the TAM principles to help manage their programs to provide the most efficient and effective transportation system practicable based on available resources.
National Deployment Status
As of November 2005, staff from nine States had participated in the NHI training course, including representatives from Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Utah.
Phase of Deployment
PHASE III-Delivery Activities
Additional Resources
For more information on TAM and the Transportation Asset Management Guide, visit http://assetmanagement.transportation.org. Information on the NHI TAM training course is available at http://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/training/course_detail.aspx?num=FHWA-NHI-131106&cat=&key=&num=131106&loc=&sta=%25&tit=&typ=&lev=&ava=&str=&end=&drl= .
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