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Not everyone is disappointed by socks on Christmas. For homeless people living on the streets, a fresh pair of socks can mean all the difference between healthy feet and infections, blisters, or frostbite. Charles Mark & Sons, for one, wants the oft-maligned coverup to be the gift that keeps on giving. Fresh off a successful crowd-funding campaign, the Texas startup aims to create high-quality, stylish men's socks that benefit those in need. Cribbing a page from TOMS' playbook, for every pair of socks you buy, Charles Mark & Sons will donate another to The Joy of Sox, a charity that distributes clean socks to homeless shelters across the country.
John McClellan, Eliot Cotton, and Josh Pollick, the company's founders, didn't have to look far to find namesakes for their new business. Their fathers—Charles, Charles, and Mark—were the obvious choice. "Each of these men has made a positive impact on our lives and has instilled in us a drive towards philanthropy," the founders say. "Our vision is to establish a brand that is worthy of their names: creating great products and helping those less fortunate."
The company is named after the founders' fathers: Charles, Charles, and Mark.
The company is named after the founders' fathers: Charles, Charles, and Mark.
Charles Mark & Sons, they say, seeks to create "bold, classic, and versatile" designs that are at once clean and modern. The company's first line certainly lives up to that promise, featuring blue "tips" (cuffs, heels, and toes), plus stripes or polka dots in a variety of color combinations.
After spending countless hours experimenting with different fabric blends and sock structures, the trio settled on a mix of mercerized cotton, polyester, and spandex, which they describe as the "perfect balance" between durability and comfort. "Our socks extend above the calf, ensuring a snug fit, and are reinforced at the toe and heel for added support and improved longevity," they add.


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Scott Schirmer's FOUND feels like a love letter to horror fans, in particular fans that enjoyed the days of perusing the video stores looking for the nastiest VHS cover and judging the movie by that instead of actually reading the synopsis on the back. I remember those days very well, the short jaunt to the video store, heading straight to the horror section (back when they didn't ask for IDs so anyone could get an R-rated flick) and pulling titles like ZOMBIE and DEEP RED off the shelves.
But we're not talking simple horror-fan homages here, though there are those within this disturbingly thought-provoking film. Marty (Gavin Brown) is a horror-obsessed fifth-grader who spends his free time creating graphic novels and watching (crappy) horror films.
He seems like your typical pre-teen, but he's got problems with bullying at school, which leeches into every aspect of his life, causing him to find solace only in the latest B-movie crap-fest. He does have one friend, David, who is also interested in horror and comics, but who doesn't defend Marty very well when the kids at school pick on him (so in my book is a pretty shitty friend). Lest you think this is a simple tale of grade-school bullying, I'm here to tell you it's so much more than that.
When the film opens, we immediately find that there's more to this film than meets the eye. Narrated by Marty, he starts by explaining that he recently went into his older brother Steve's (Ethan Philbeck) closet to borrow his bowling ball and much to his surprise, he found a severed human head inside the bowling bag instead of a ball.
I'm not giving too much away with this revelation, as like I said we're told straight off that Steve is a bad guy. Marty, after discovering Steve's secret, struggles with keeping it to himself while harboring feelings of confusion and fear. Marty's parents are not fans of his horror-centric obsession, and in particular his mom tries to steer him away from his passion. But when Marty has a particularly bad day at school, she allows him to stay home the next day and watch movies, and she willingly permits him to choose horror films to watch. When selecting videos at the store, Marty sees a particularly gruesome cover for a film entitled "Headless". Dismayed to learn that someone has stolen the video and it is unavailable, he settles on a couple other films.
Later when pal David comes over, the two watch the film, which dare I say is pretty fucked-up (for lack of a better term). Featuring copious amounts of the red stuff, a depraved plot, and a completely wacko killer, Marty is utterly repulsed by the movie, even having to turn away on several occasions as the killer has a field day removing victims heads and performing perverted antics with them. But even more frightening are the visions of his brother as the killer in the gory film. It's obvious Marty is having more than a little trouble dealing with (and hiding) the fact that his brother is a deranged murderer.
It's not hard to figure out what happens next, but things take an even darker turn when Steve instructs Marty to fight back when the bully throws his punches and Marty begins to believe he can stand up to those who mercilessly torment him. Is he starting to look up to his brother as someone who can use violence to gain what he wants? Is that something he could do?
I really don't want to say much more about the plot, I'd prefer it be experienced without any more information. Suffice it to say I enjoyed this movie so much more than the countless other remakes and lifeless films I've seen in the past several years. It brings something new to the table, all the while slamming you with a stark dose of reality and a macabre vision.
Just knowing there are probably scores of 'Steves' out there somewhere, just waiting for a reason to remove someone's noggin and hide it in a bowling bag is enough to shatter anyone's pleasant view of the real world.
This terrific yet unsettling independent film written by Schirmer and Todd Rigney (author of the novel the film was adapted from) was recently picked up by The October People (The Invoking) for distribution, so thankfully everyone should be able to check this one out before too long. It made the rounds at festivals, racking up honors and earning praise at every turn, so I can't wait for it to be available to the masses. Believe me when I say you need to check FOUND out, because chances are you may not see a more intriguing film all year.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Found. (2012) : An Unsettling Indie Must-See
Posted by Christine Hadden at 3/04/2014
Labels: Found., Indie horror, The October People
3 comments:
- Heather Santrous said...
Glad you liked this one Christine. I was at the very first screening at a convention in Indianapolis. I gave it some high praise as well. Good to see others are catching on to it as well!
- March 5, 2014 at 3:24 AM
Found was my favorite film of last year and probably in the last 10. It left me disturbed hours after I watched it. I am also proud to say I am now the owner of the bowling bag used in the film and it's still got bloody goo inside.
- March 5, 2014 at 10:15 AM
- Christine Hadden said...
Heather: It would have been great to see this on the big screen. It's really starting to get good press!
Anon: Yeah, this was a really disturbing film on many levels. And congrats on the bowling bag, that's pretty cool!
- March 7, 2014 at 6:08 PM
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Dave Annable & Rachael Taylor: '666 Park Avenue' Premiere!
Dave Annable and Rachael Taylor share a laugh as they attend the series premiere party for their show 666 Park Avenue held at Crosby Street Hotel on Monday (September 24) in New York City.
Dave, 33, and Rachel, 28, were joined by their co-stars Vanessa Williams, Terry O'Quinn, Robert Buckley, Mercedes Masohn, Helena Mattsson, Samantha Logan, and Erik Palladino.
"Off to NYC premiere of @666ParkAve_ABC! So excited to hang with the whole posse tonight!," Dave wrote on his Twitter account. "Serious guys, this show rocks #666parkave."
666 Park Avenue premieres this Sunday (September 30) at 10/9c on ABC!
FYI: Helena is wearing a Catherine Deane dress.
15+ pictures inside of Dave Annable, Rachael Taylor, and others at the premiere party for 666 Park Avenue…


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Consumer credit cards continued their recovery through the end of September, with a major reporting agency's data showing new credit originations returning to levels last seen three years ago. According to Equifax's latest National Consumer Credit Trends Report, the amount of new credit card limits opened in the first three quarters of 2012 hit $675 billion, up from just $523 billion during the same period in 2010.
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However, the report also indicates that those new limits represent just under a third of all outstanding balances. In a statement to reporters, Equifax Chief Economist Amy Crews Cutts cheered the data as a sign that consumers have used credit cards responsibly, even as banks loosen some of their underwriting guidelines.
Although retail credit cards drove most of the gains in 2012, bank credit cards saw a significantly larger percentage increase during the past two years. Retailers and their issuing partners opened up $47.5 billion in new credit for customers through November 2012, a 17% increase from 2010's report. Meanwhile, with over $132 billion in new credit limits through the end of September, bank credit cards have jumped 44% from the low point of the recession.
Credit utilization remains low across most bank credit card accounts, with Equifax reporting that consumers used just 22% of their available limits. During the same period, year-over-year write-off rates continued to drop another 20%, demonstrating a cultural shift to using cash and preserving credit. The number of active credit cards has stabilized among the 300 million mark, however banks have yet to see a downward swing in the quality of their portfolios, Equifax analysts reported.
Because originations remain about one third lower than their pre-recession peak, Cutts suggested that the "consumer-led recovery" has been working, but that Americans still need more time to fully regain the ground they lost in 2008's credit crunch. Equifax officials noted that a new auto loans hit a five-year high in September, mirroring the improvement economists have seen in unsecured borrowing.
The original article can be found at CardRatings.com:New credit card limits highest since 2009, says Equifax


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…that's just made for blogging fodder. If you follow the ACW blogs, then chances are you're already aware of it. If you don't follow them—or comics, movies, and the careers of high-ranking Confederates who served in the Western Theater—then here's the situation:
In 1864, Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne proposed that slaves be enlisted into the Confederate armed forces, in exchange for their freedom. The scheme went nowhere, and Cleburne lost his life at Franklin. About a century and a half later, Cleburne's scheme became the basis of a graphic novel, which added more fuel to the ever-popular black Confederate controversy. Now a film project based on the comic is in the works.
You've got the intersection of the past with popular media, memory, race, and myth—all of it steeped in controversy and played out within the context of a developing news story. This'll keep us history bloggers stocked with material for months.
Country singer, SCV member, and Civil War aficionado Trace Adkins is slated to play Nathan Bedford Forrest. A quick Google search turns up this item from the Civil War Preservation Trust, reporting that Adkins was also a spokesperson at a CWPT news conference a couple of years ago. Here's an excerpt:
Joining Lighthizer at the news conference announcing the report was country music star Trace Adkins, whose great-great-grandfather served in the 31st Louisiana Infantry before being wounded and taken prisoner at Vicksburg, Miss. Adkins, an avid student of history said, 'I've been a Civil War enthusiast all my life. When I visited the battlefield in Vicksburg and stood in a trench where my great-great-granddaddy stood, tears came to my eyes. As a father of five, I believe it is critical that I protect a legacy that belongs not just to my family but to our entire nation.'
I haven't read the graphic novel yet, so I don't know how it handles the contentious issue of race in the Civil War. If the film makes it to the screen, it may well turn out to be a complete historical travesty that perpetuates one of the most irritating myths of the entire war.
On the plus side, though, I think Adkins could do a pretty credible Forrest, with his imposing frame and unaffected drawl. He's also survived a nasty gunshot wound, something Forrest also pulled off in 1862. That's the acting equivalent of hardcore reenacting, I suppose.


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Polaroid preps 3D-ready sunglasses
Out of the sun into the cinema
Polaroid signed a licensing deal with 3D technology company RealD last month, but it's taken until now for World+Dog to take any notice.
We're not at all surprised, since the idea behind the partnership, that Polaroid will offer "premium" 3D glasses for cinema usage, is bonkers.
Cinema-supplied 3D specs are cheap, especially if you don't throw them away. Why pay more for a branded pair?
And while Polaroid's offerings will be "fully UV-protective so that a consumer can choose to wear the product outdoors without risk of UV damage", is it really all that hard to remove your 3D specs and replace them with your sunnies when you leave your local Odeon?
Polaroid and RealD did the deal in July, but Polaroid has yet to say when its first cinema-ready sunglasses will go on sale.
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Lawmakers revisit long-standing feud over new NASA approach to spaceflight
A pair of powerful Republican congressional committee chairmen with NASA oversight have highlighted a growing schism in U.S. space policy with their public charge that a senior NASA manager failed to protect sensitive U.S. defense technology being adapted for civil use. In suggesting that "political pressure may be a factor" in a Justice Department decision not to issue criminal charges in the case, they are raising the stakes in an ongoing debate about the proper roles of government and the private sector in space exploration.
The official in question, Ames Research Center Director Simon P. "Pete" Worden, vehemently denies he has been lax in protecting technology covered by International Trade in Armaments Regulations (ITAR), and says he has never been approached by federal law enforcement officials about the matter.
But Worden and his supporters epitomize the "new space" approach adopted by the Obama administration, including freewheeling efforts to promote innovation, international outreach and open-handed transfer of technology developed at taxpayer expense to the private sector. In the process, they have drawn sharp criticism from some whose interests and experience follow a more traditional line, including the drafters of an unsubstantiated but highly detailed whistleblower document that has circulated on Capitol Hill for months.
The 55-page document charges that Worden has allowed unauthorized foreign nationals access to ITAR-protected technology, including Chinese engineers attending an International Space University session at Ames in 2009, and has favored idealistic young staffers from other nations at the expense of national security.
Reps. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) and Lamar Smith (R-Texas), who chair a key House Appropriations subcommittee and the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, respectively, drew on the whistleblower charges in joint letters to FBI Director Robert Mueller and Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's inspector general, dated Feb. 8.
Regarding a federal criminal investigation into the "alleged illegal transfer of ITAR-controlled technology by individuals at the NASA Ames Research Center," the lawmakers wrote: "It is our understanding that this illegal technology transfer may have involved classified Defense Department weapons system technology to foreign countries, including China, potentially with the tacit or direct approval of the center's leadership."
According to sources at Ames and on Capitol Hill, the technology in question includes propulsion and other systems originally developed for missile defense applications that was adapted for civil spacecraft, including a robotic lunar lander prototype and NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (Ladee), now entering thermal vacuum test at Ames.
Worden, a retired Air Force brigadier general with a long resume in highly classified military space activities, including missile defense, says he has ensured that ITAR technology at Ames is well protected, and that any non-U.S. citizens who have access to it have proper licenses.
"Whenever I get information from any source that makes allegations, I turn it over immediately to the investigative folks," Worden says. "And it's for them to go do what they will with it. I've been in the government my whole career, and I've found the best way to make sure the truth gets out [is to] turn it over to the investigative folks and say 'we'll let the chips fall where they may.'"
Smith, who recently became chairman of the science panel that authorizes NASA spending, and Wolf, a veteran appropriations subcommittee chairman who has blocked NASA from spending any money for space cooperation with China on human-rights grounds, also charged that a computer hard drive confiscated from one member of Worden's staff was "corrupted, as were all the backup copies in the government's possession." In addition to that suggestion of evidence tampering, which a congressional staffer says may have occurred while the hard drive was in the possession of the NASA inspector general, the two chairmen also implied that the Justice Department blocked prosecution of the case for reasons that go beyond evidence and legal judgment.
"We are deeply concerned that political pressure may be a factor and are formally requesting an investigation into the circumstances of the Justice Department's actions with regard to this case," they wrote.
When Melinda Haag, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of California, denied publicly that she had sought indictments in the Ames case, Smith and Wolf said they had information to the contrary from "federal law enforcement sources," and expressed the "hope that the DOJ IG will take our request seriously."
"I think you've had violations of the law," says Wolf, who oversees appropriations for NASA, the Justice Department and the FBI. "You've had the FBI look at this. You've had the U.S. attorneys make a decision to move ahead, and you've had somebody stop it at the Justice Department. I think you have a criminal and a scandal here."
Among the technologies allegedly leaked at Ames are designs for high-performance rocket engines, fuel and oxidizer tanks from an "ASAT" (anti-satellite weapon), guidance and terrain-mapping systems from the Tomahawk cruise missile and a radar altimeter from the F-35, an Ames whistleblower tells Aviation Week, requesting anonymity on advice of counsel.
However, Worden says all of the technology used in the Ladee spacecraft is "100% commercial" and no defense technology "to the best of my knowledge" was used on the robotic lunar lander prototype, a "pretty simple device" which was subsequently transferred to the Marshall Space Flight Center. The non-U.S. staffers mentioned in the whistleblower document no longer work at Ames.
The charges raised by the two committee chairmen are not the first time Worden has run into trouble over his approach to innovation. He tangled with Rep. Pete Olsen (R-Texas) last year about the transfer of NASA arc-jet test gear from Johnson Space Center in Houston to Ames, and he was frustrated with Administrator Charles Bolden in 2010 over the latter's denial of a $10 million request for alternate-fuels research at the Mountain View, Calif., field center.
According to a report by the NASA inspector general on ethics charges against Bolden—later deemed unfounded—Worden complained to Deputy Administrator Lori Garver about the "good ole boy networks" at the agency. The ethics case arose after the administrator sought input on alternative fuels from an oil company in which he held stock.
"This is frankly the worst of NASA and I don't like it," Worden wrote in an e-mail to Garver quoted in the IG report. He continued that theme in an interview Feb. 13.
"Some people accuse me of being the newest of new space," he says. "Others accuse me of being the oldest of old space. We're trying to figure out how to do the really cool stuff NASA has to do in science, in technology and in human exploration, in the most efficient, affordable and effective manner."
Tap here in the tablet edition of AW&ST to read our account of an uproar over space technology transfer to China in the late 1990s, or go to AviationWeek.com/techtransfer


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Hide sensitive tickets with a checkbox
See also PrivateTicketsPlugin.
SensitiveTickets is a plugin that lets users mark tickets as "sensitive" with a checkbox on the ticket form. Sensitive tickets are viewable only to those with the
SENSITIVE_VIEW permission.
It is based on the example vulnerability_tickets.py but uses a checkbox instead of text in the summary or keywords to mark a ticket as sensitive.
To use this plugin you will have to edit your trac.ini file to use the new SenstiveTicketsPolicy permission policy, e.g.:
[components] sensitivetickets.* = enabled [trac] permission_policies = SensitiveTicketsPolicy, DefaultPermissionPolicy, LegacyAttachmentPolicy
(TODO explain what LegacyAttachmentPolicy is, and why one should or should not include it.)
Hooks that send mail on ticket changes will still send mail for sensitive tickets; this may not be what you want.
Bugs/Feature Requests
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If you have any issues, create a new ticket.
Download the zipped source from [download:sensitiveticketsplugin here].
You can check out SensitiveTicketsPlugin from here using Subversion, or browse the source with Trac.
A user submits a security related ticket to a project's Trac, which is generally open to the public. They mark it as "Sensitive" so that only people in the internal team that deal with security issues can see the ticket.
A team uses Trac to handle its business development tasks, but wants to leave the record open for all. Some tasks, however--say, dealing with difficult clients--are sensitive. Those tickets are marked as sensitive and hidden to others but viewable by the business development team.
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What they're saying on the Texas and USC blogs, the morning after ...
• Burnt Orange Nation. "We're Number One! I embraced total strangers tonight the way I do my own family, and I came very close to crying tears of joy."
• IndieWIRE SXSW. "Horns Win! The city of Austin is alive tonight."
• Longhorns Illustrated. Nothing yet. Last post a photo of Matthew McConaughey throwing a football.
• Trojan Wire. "Hats off to the Longhorns and the Trojans. Texas came in and played a great game, and should enjoy their victory celebration. Not much I can say about it in great detail at this point...."
• Student Body Right. No post-game activity. Last post detailed predictions by Jim Rome, Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, who all picked USC.
• Boi From Troy. No post-game activity. Last post: "Shortly, I will be hopping in the car over to Brentwood to take the West LA Trojan Club bus to Pasadena."
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It is almost impossible to see something different from what you understand. With a fixed mind, you cannot see clearly.
When I first met Professor Katsuhiko Shinzato, he started to work on my basics, migrating them to his form of body dynamics. One of the first techniques we worked on was a simple gedan barai (downward block).
I always had a very bad problem with my shoulders rising. This was because I was generating power from my arms, shoulders and chest, which was all I understood until that time.
Shinzato Sensei would show me how he would squeeze his lats, twist his blocking arm, and lightly throw the block using power from his lower body, boosted and directed by the action of his rotary motion koshi (this is really an oversimplification).
I would respond by raising my shoulders and blocking using my chest and arms!
Shinzato Sensei would show me again, breaking down every aspect so that it should be clear.
I would do my same old block.
Now I am not an unintelligent person (hopefully) and I had travelled all the way from Hawaii to Okinawa to specifically learn this from Shinzato Sensei. I really wanted to be there and do my best.
But I just could not see what he was doing. Fortunately, I took a video of the training and over the next few weeks and months I would watch it again and again, until it started to become clear. I could see Shinzato Sensei's method of generating and directing power... at least I could begin to see it and even begin to do it. I must have watched the video more than 100 times in just a couple of weeks.
This made me realize a very important thing -- not that I was a slow learner (which I was) -- but that we can only see what our minds will allow us to see.
When Shinzato Sensei moved, I was trying to interpret his movement by what I knew. I only knew how to move in a rigid manner. Using that framework, what he did made no sense. It was as if his movement was "magic" -- so powerful, fast and explosive with seemingly no effort. With my fixed perception, he was just a magician.
Only in microscopic steps was Shinzato Sensei able to coax me out of my dreamlike state. After a few days with him, I was still terrible, but his magic started to look more like a reality to me -- his fantastic movement was the result of the skillful application of sound body dynamic principles.
Later, I observed a video of Shinzato Sensei teaching a group of Goju-Ryu students. Our style has Fukyugata Ni (Gekkisai Dai Ichi) in common with them, so he chose that kata to work on.
No matter how he moved, they moved in the way they to which they were accustomed -- like Goju-Ryu students. He was trying to show them how to move in a different way, but they could not see it or allow themselves to do it. I am not criticizing them -- I did the same thing.
Again, it is very difficult to see something that is outside of your experience, frame of reference, expections, mindset, etc.
There is another issue. Suppose you have a camera that can take fantastic photos. It can generate 10 megapixel images (that's really big). Unfortunately, you have a really bad printer that can only print crude black and white images. In this case, it does not matter how magnificent the images you take are because they will come out poorly from the printer.
In my case, Shinzato Sensei was a 10 megapixel image and I was a junky old printer. Just about everything he did was beyond my resolution.
But that's Ok. That's how it always is. The sensei has to drop his movements down to our level of perception and then coax and build us into greater levels of resolution.
Please remember that it is difficult to see what a gifted sensei is doing. You have to look as hard as a drowing man gasping for air! See?
Charles C. Goodin
It is almost impossible to see something different from what you understand. With a fixed mind, you cannot see clearly.
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After a year of coming back to the Philippines, I have finally compiled my videos I have taken from my US trip last 2015. Congrats me! Most of the videos were recorded by my GoPro. What took me long to create this compilation was that I didn't have a song in mind. After listening to some music in Spotify, Ben Rector's Brand New played and it was definitely the song that describes my feelings every time I am in the US. So here is my video and enjoy watching!
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The seven games that defined 2012 in this week's MCV
This week's MCV isnow available to view online – and it boasts our huge review of the year where we discuss the seven games that defined 2012.
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Mr. Wilfredo Gonzalez , Ms. Ann Hicks, Dr. William Klostermeyer, Ms. Joan Newton
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Chair Hicks called the meeting to order.
Chair Hicks asked for a motion to approve the minutes for October 12, 2006. The motion was offered, seconded and approved unanimously.
There were no comments from the public.
Chair Hicks asked Vice President's Serwatka and Stone to speak about this item.
Vice President Serwatka stated that there were two sets of changes proposed to the existing bylaws. He spoke about the first set of proposed changes, stating that there were certain SACS requirements that weren't clearly represented in the current bylaws. He referenced the meeting materials, stating that the standards outlined in red referenced the criteria that necessitated the changes – these proposed changes would further define the powers and fiduciary responsibilities of the Board and define the President as the chief administrator for the University.
Vice President Serwatka spoke about the second set of proposed changes which included a code of ethics for the Board, previously suggested by Trustee Halverson.
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Vice President Serwatka referenced a sentence in the bylaws, "Trustees shall not attempt to influence the hiring decision or employment of University employees . . ." He suggested that the trustees might give this sentence a moment of thought, stating that this did not prohibit trustees from providing references for students or inhibit trustees from seeking guidance about a student. Vice President Stone provided further direction, stating that the idea was that there should not be attempts at influencing hiring decisions.
Chair Hicks asked for clarification regarding faculty and staff promotions and salary, and personnel disciplinary action and termination. Vice President Serwatka affirmed that these issues were included but that the language referencing these might not be clear enough. President Delaney agreed that a phrase should be added to capture employment, salary, disciplinary action, termination, etc. Vice President Stone agreed to incorporate these changes prior to the December 14th Finance and Audit Committee meeting.
Chair Hicks asked for a motion to approve the bylaws, including the recommended change of language. The motion was offered, seconded and carried.
Chair Hicks asked Provost Workman to speak about this item.
Provost Workman stated that pursuant to Florida statutes, program reviews were conducted every seven years for each of the University's degree programs. He stated that the reviews required much preparation and the University was deeply engaged in this process.
Provost Workman spoke about the focus of the academic program review process, stating that it was the intent of the process to evaluate academic and administrative quality and productivity, and to determine if they were consistent with the institution's mission, as well as to engage in continuous improvement.
Provost Workman stated that this process began with each program providing a self-study. This self-study was then forwarded to an oversight committee in Academic Affairs. Subsequently, the program was subjected to an external review process using reviewers who came from outside the state and who had no personal relationship with the department.
Provost Workman further discussed the external review process, stating that each department choose the external review team based on individuals who had distinguished themselves and who had experience in program review. He clarified that the departments made these selections because they were best suited to make decisions about experts in their field. He also stated that it was his practice as Provost to instruct reviewers not to seek leverage in the budget process but to provide direction on how to use existing resources to better each program.
Provost Workman stated that the University had been involved in the program review process throughout the history of the institution but administration noticed that the Board of Trustees had not been included in the flow of information. President Delaney stated that it was highly appropriate that the Board be informed about the steps the University was taking to see that there were quality programs, and that the Board should receive the opportunity to provide input into this process.
Trustee Hicks asked for clarification on who hired the reviewers. Provost Workman stated that he hired each reviewer. He further clarified that professional accreditation reviews could serve in lieu of these external reviews.
Vice President Serwatka spoke about the two types of accreditation (regional and professional) – SACS provides regional accreditation to the University as a whole, and professional accreditation is for individual programs or colleges.
Provost Workman stated that the majority of all disciplines that were eligible for national professional accreditation were intact – there were four that were not but these programs were pursuing accreditation.
Chair Taylor asked if faculty salaries were included in these external reviews. Vice President Serwatka stated that faculty salaries were not included. Provost Workman stated that external reviewers were not experts in differential salaries in disciplines, and the University's ability to affect pay had been limited until the recent past. He stated that the external review process included faculty numbers, support people, adequacy of equipment, etc.
Chair Taylor asked if this could become part of the internal review process. He stated that it was the Board's hope to affect faculty salaries. He asked that administration track faculty salaries to determine if progress was being made.
Chair Taylor also asked for clarification regarding mandates from the Legislature, in particular the number of credits that could be included in any program. Provost Workman stated that there were tensions between the state mandates and expectations of accrediting bodies – the accrediting bodies wanted programs to be as full and rich as possible but the state wanted them wanted to be as lean as possible.
Provost Workman stated that it was the intention of administration to share with this committee the results of program reviews as they were received. He spoke about the assessment of student learning, stating that the state mandated that every program stipulate what was expected from every student; therefore, every program established an academic learning compact (ALC). Provost Workman stated that each department had established a way of assessing the ALC and used this to review the curriculum – its scope and adequacy.
Provost Workman addressed faculty performance plans, stating that the tenure and promotion process was included in the meeting materials – this information was prepared for this committee to provide a picture of the evaluation process in place.
Chair Taylor spoke about his concern regarding faculty and the value of publications – there was a propensity in higher education to place value on the number of publications versus the scholarly impact of these publications. He stated that emphasis should be placed on the scholarly content and the true value of the contribution. Provost Workman stated that academia generally had put pressure on faculty to publish in order to advance their careers. He stated that UNF really had appropriately applied a local standard to measure adequate performance.
President Delaney stated that it was his administration's intent to regularly provide to this committee reports similar to program reviews. Chair Taylor stated that this was a good report with great overview and one he felt the Board would appreciate.
This item was presented for information only. No further action was required.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Craig,I didn't know that most brands lower slice count end of of the range, meaning they sell more that way. I am only familiar with what I normally use.Thanks for the information! Norma
Norma,If Trenton Bill used the PizzaHog clone dough formulation that I converted to baker's percents at Reply 32 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,21559.msg219524.html#msg219524, with a hydration value of 92.36%, then the dough would have easily flowed to fill the pan. However, based on the actual ingredient quantities that Trenton Bill gave you, the formulation had a much lower hydration, as indicated in Reply 13 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,21559.msg218034.html#msg218034. In retrospect, Pizzahog has to be given a great deal of credit for what he did to come up with a credible Buddy's clone. Hopefully, at some point we may be able to zero in even more closely to a real Buddy's dough formulation. Peter
Norma,Thank you very much for the latest information on the Margherita #38616-31329 coarse grind pepperoni.Actually, the information on serving size and number of slices per serving size you previously gave me was sufficient for me to do some calculation as to the weight of pepperoni slices on a Buddy's 4-square pizza. However, I wanted to be absolutely certain that the Margherita coarse grind pepperoni slices were smaller but thicker than the most common sizes that I have seen at retail and from my research on the matter. The 35mm diameter size that you got from Armour Eckrich converts to about 1.42" (36 x 0.03937 = 1.42"). You might recall that one of our members reported that the pepperoni slices used on Buddy's pizzas were about the size of a quarter. Since the diameter of a quarter is about an inch, the Margherita coarse grind pepperoni slices are actually almost 1/2" larger in diameter. The 44mm slice is about 1.73".While I was awaiting your update on this matter, I went back to the Buddy's Nutrition webpage at http://www.buddyspizza.com/nutrition.asp and did a comparison of the nutrition information of a basic Buddy's cheese slice and a basic Buddy's cheese and pepperoni slice. I assumed that the only difference between a Buddy's cheese pizza and a Buddy's cheese and pepperoni pizza was the pepperoni slices. I also assumed that there are 20 pepperoni slices on a Buddy's 4-square pizza, or an average of 5 slices per square. I got the total slice number from the photo given at http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08Mf788bNv6xv/340x.jpg. That is the only photo that I have seen with the pepperoni slices assembled on the pizza before the cheese is added on top of the pepperoni slices. For purposes of my calculations, I assumed that there were 16 pepperoni slices per ounce. On that basis, 20 slices weigh 1.25 ounces. Using the above information together with the Margherita Nutrition Facts that you provided at Reply 283 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,21559.msg223137.html#msg223137, I was able to effectively bridge the nutrition information between a Buddy's cheese slice and a Buddy's cheese and pepperoni slice. The factors I looked at included Total Fat, Sat Fat, Cholesterol, Sodium and Protein. There are rounding factors that I could not account for but I believe that the comparison I conducted supports the conclusion that Buddy's is using 20 slices of the Margherita coarse grind pepperoni for a 4-square pizza. This does not rule out the possibility that Buddy's is using a larger size pepperoni slice in one or more of its locations since the number of such slices per serving size is similar to the Margherita coarse grind pepperoni product. The slices would be larger and thinner but weigh the same in total. I have no evidence that Buddy's is using the larger size pepperoni slices.Peter
Thanks for explaining about how much the dough fermented by looking at the pictures and timelines. I did post at Reply 291 http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,21559.msg223345.html#msg22334 5 that the first dough ball was left to temper at room temperature from 1:58 PM when it was taken out of the deli case, until 3:03 PM in the plastic container. Did you get that mixed-up that the dough had doubled in what you posted as 15 minutes, or is it me that is confused? I am not sure I am understanding that.
I didnt know you wanted me to try brick cheese and pepperoni on an attempted Buddys clone yesterday. I was going to put pepperoni (Steves stick brand) under the cheese on that attempt, but got too busy to cut the stick. If you want me to I can try the brick cheese and Steves pepperoni next week I can. I dont know if I am ready to try an emergency dough at market. I am pretty busy in the mornings without Steve, since I am the one that has to do everything. If you think I could make the emergency dough at home, maybe I could try that.
I still dont know how you do the calculations from Nutrition Facts and go from there to clone a pizza, but find it very interesting. How you effectively bridge the nutrition information between a Buddys cheese slice and a Buddys cheese and pepperoni slice is amazing.
If I try another Buddys attempt next week with pepperoni I guess I will go with 1.25 ounces of pepperoni no matter what kind I use, since that is the number you posted. Do you have a preference on what brand I try?
Norma, I believe I stated everything correctly but it is possible that I misstated something because I had to go to several of your posts to piecemeal everything together. However, if you look at the first photo that you posted in Reply 291 showing the two poppy seeds separated by 1 1/4", the dough had about doubled by that point. If you look at the second photo in that post showing the poppy seeds separated by a tad more than 1 1/4", the dough had increased in volume by about another 25%. If you are interested, I believe that this is the entire timeline:9:05 AM to 9:20 AM, Monday: 15-min. room temperature rest before placing the dough in the deli case9:20 AM Monday to 1:58 PM Tuesday: Dough cold ferments in the deli case1:58 PM to 3:03 PM, Tuesday: Dough out of the deli case and tempers in its storage container at room temperature3:03 PM to 4:35 PM, Tuesday: Dough out of its storage container and tempers at room temperature in pan (8" x 10")The total elapsed time I mentioned was up to the point of the second photo you showed with the poppy seeds. The reason why I was interested in a Buddy's 4-square cheese and pepperoni pizza based on using an emergency type dough, brick cheese, and baked in your deck oven at market is because that would be likely to produce the best loss information, especially since your bake temperature and time are similar to Buddy's. That loss information is what would be used with the Margherita pepperoni information and the information that dicepackage provided to try to close in on the amount of dough that Buddy's uses to make its square pizzas. Fo now, I plan to play around with the loss data we have accumulated to date to see what the variances are and whether they are material to the calculations. Peter
Norma,As I previously mentioned, I was not particularly enamored of the Buddy's Nutrition information. However, I felt that analyzing the differences between a Buddy's cheese slice and a Buddy's cheese and pepperoni slice, on the assumption that a Buddy's cheese and pepperoni pizza is the same as a Buddy's cheese pizza but with pepperoni added, would be productive and perhaps tell me what Buddy's is using for pepperoni and in what amount. The math for doing this is very simple. As long as you use 1.25 ounces (35 grams) of pepperoni slices, it shouldn't matter what brand of pepperoni you use. Use a brand that you personally enjoy. Peter
I can try an emergency dough if I get up early enough on Tuesday if you think that will be helpful since my bake time temperature and time are similar to Buddys in my deck oven.
Norma,We have plenty of time to address this matter. The range of losses of the Buddy's clones you have made to date run from about 5.28% to almost 11%. Maybe I can find the one that was closest to a Buddy's cheese and pepperoni pizza and use the weight loss for that clone for my calculations. Peter
Norma, those are some beautiful pizzas. I have never had a Buddy's, but I have had some Detroit style. I like to put the sauce on a few minutes before it is done, then put it back in. I think a lot of the time disparity is oven difference and the fact that in a busy oven, times will expand with use, which is not an issue when cooking one or two
Did anyone ever post whether the pans are covered or not here on the forum at Buddys and do you think it would make any differences?
Norma - in the first picture of the second post of Brown Dog pics, do you know what he's putting along the edge of the crust with the pastry blade? Looks like butter to me.Here are some pics from Tuesday's dinner. I did a 24-hour room-temp (low 70s) rise and didn't want to over-proof, so I used 15g of sourdough starter (2%) for two 350g crusts, 70% hydration, KASL, with minimal kneading up front and two ballings (one after ~12 hours of bulk rise, the second about six hours later, just before panning), then let the dough rise in the pans for five hours before pressing and stretching, followed by about an hour proofing in a warm oven. Used the convection-bake option set at 500F to get the bottom stone to 550F, then shut off the fan and set the temp to 475 for a 15-minute bake.The first pic is of the just-balled dough in the pan, the second following the 5-hr rise. The other two made me hungry for lunch, but I wanted to show the bottom crust in particular - you can see a little more browning than usual, probably because I started the pizzas on the hotter stone. The lower hydration with the KASL made the dough easier to handle but it was still nice and soft on the interior with a crispy bottom and edge - got excellent scores from the happy family!
Norma,According to the former employee of Buddy's, "lufty", Buddy's cross stacked its pans, as noted in Reply 318 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3783.msg136795.html#msg136795. I do not recall that the top of the dough in the pan is coated with oil but some workers at Buddy's apparently oiled their fingers when they spread the dough in the pan, as noted at Reply 126 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3783.msg81436.html#msg81436. BTW, I have been editing Reply 126 recently so that, together with the many links referenced therein, it contains just about everything I know about the Buddy's dough and procedures. The only company that I am aware of that covers its pans for its square style pizzas is Jet's. I noted from the blog report you referenced at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3783.msg81436.html#msg81436 that mention is made that Buddy's adds Parmesan cheese to its pizzas. I believe that that is for the Detroiter specialty pizza mentioned and shown in the report. That pizza has the pepperoni on top and is described on the Buddy's menu as follows: Cheese, pepperoni on top, tomato basil sauce, topped with shaved parmesan cheese and Buddys spice blend.Peter


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Berkman returns to native Texas as Rangers' DH
Berkman told MLB.com on Saturday he had agreed to a one-year with deal with a vesting option for 2014 to be the designated hitter for the Rangers, pending a physical. Berkman said he had been mulling retirement and wouldn't have played if the circumstances weren't right.
The Rangers, who have not confirmed the deal, proved to be the perfect fit for several reasons.
"There is a lot of things," Berkman said. "One is the opportunity to DH. I think that's going to be really good for me from a physical standpoint in terms of staying healthy for a full year and obviously geography -- I'm a Texas guy all the way -- so I could get back to my home state, and being close to home is huge for me and my family. I think the Rangers have an excellent chance to win. I think they have a very solid team, so all those things kind of add up and it makes a lot of sense."
Berkman, who turns 37 on Feb. 10, was considering retirement after an injury-plagued 2012 with the Cardinals. He underwent two surgeries on his right knee and played 32 games, hitting .259 with an .826 OPS, two home runs and seven RBIs. Berkman appeared in only six games and started two after July 29 and was left off St. Louis' playoff roster.
"In my mind, I was retired," he said. "I really felt like I wasn't going to play and then as I got further into the offseason, my knee started to feel better, and the Rangers made me a real strong offer. That sort of got my interest piqued and it just kind of went from there.
"I'm glad that they reached out to me when they did and it kind of worked out. I always told myself I was going to leave the possibility of returning open and let the Lord dictate whether it was time or walk away or there was an opportunity that made sense to keep going. Obviously, this is an opportunity that made a lot of sense."
Berkman hopes he can still contribute at a high level.
"We'll find out," he said. "I'm not ancient, but I'm certainly older for a ballplayer. It's not unprecedented for guys my age to be extremely productive. I still feel like I can do that, and we'll find out if that's the case or not."
Berkman played for the Astros from 1999-2010 and was one of the most prolific offensive players in team history. Houston had interest in bringing him back, but Berkman said he was never made a formal offer. The chances of him returning to his hometown Astros were diminished when they signed Carlos Pena to be the first designated hitter.
In November, Berkman initiated a meeting with Astros owner Jim Crane to talk about the team and get to know each other better, and he also had lunch with new manager Bo Porter and had some recent conversations with general manager Jeff Luhnow.
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Just Don't Call It An 'Interview'Posted: May 4, 2010 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Relatives Leave a comment
I really, really would have loved to talk for hours about genealogy questions with my mother, but she wasn't one to go on and on about herself. Mind you, she told all of us lots of little anecdotes over the years. But try to sit my mom down for a Genealogy Interview, and she not only froze, she got irritable.
What do you need to go into all that for?
It wasn't such a big deal.
I don't remember. It was a long time ago. Is it really so important?
Was she hiding dark, dreadful secrets? That's the obvious suspicion, but no, I don't think so. (Sorry, guys.)
What I think is, my mom came from a generation that didn't like talking about itself. Deep personal revelations smacked of showing off, pulling a Sarah Bernhardt. Memoirs were for generals and former First Ladies, not for middle-aged suburbanites musing over their childhood wrongs.
Yes, I probably made a mistake by trying to sit my mom down armed with a notebook, a pen and an expectant look. But I did succeed with one interview, which I'll describe now in the hopes that someone else might benefit from the method.
I was on a visit back east from Chicago, where I was living at the time. I really wanted to do some sort of genealogy interview with Mom, and time was limited. There was no time for the usual awww-pleaaassee-Mom, tell me about your dad stuff, and I knew it wouldn't work anyway.
So I suggested we meet over her strongbox of family papers. Not to talk about her, oh dear me, no. I just wanted to ask her about the papers in the box. And all of a sudden, we were talking.
Oh, look! Here's Grandpa's citizenship papers. Let's see, when did he become a citizen — Oh, you must have been pretty little then. But you remember him going in for the English lessons? Where'd he go?
Something similar happened with Grandma's immigration affadavit, which was filled out by a cousin of my mother's. I have a page's worth of notes on my mother's comments about the affadavit, including a pointed assessment about the alleged value of my cousin's house ("It wasn't worth THAT much! Typical.").
It was the only classic genealogy interview I ever had with my mother, and it worked because we weren't talking about her, just about some of her papers.
For others with reticent relatives, it might be worth a try. What's to lose?


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Some wealthy people flaunt their status with shows of conspicuous consumption, while others prefer to stay low-key. These preferences extend to their major purchases, from the type of houses they buy, the type of clothes that they wear and type of cars that they drive.
TrueCar.com, an automotive information website headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., conducted a study of the most popular vehicles in the most affluent zip codes, as determined by the I.R.S. These included some of the usual places that one might expect, such as Lower Manhattan, Greenwich, Conn. and Palm Beach, Fla., but also included some unexpected locations, such as Teton Village, Wyo. and Oklahoma City.
The top 10 cars include luxury makes like BMW and Mercedes-Benz as one might expect, but there were other, more economical brands that defy the preconceived notions that people may have about high-net-worth car owners. Of the top 10 cars on the list, only two had a manufacturers' suggested retail price over $50,000.
"The data demonstrate that wealthy consumers of today make value a top priority, as half the vehicles purchased are from mainstream brands, including Honda, Toyota, and Volkswagen, that offer the best in vehicle amenities and comfort that near those of some luxury models," TrueCar.com senior analyst Kristen Andersson said in a press statement.
Read ahead to see the top 10 cars that the wealthy are driving, according to TrueCar.com.
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What's in your freezer? Wait — you don't know? Is there a package of pie crust hidden underneath the bags of frozen dumplings? Or a mystery jar of meat sauce lurking in a back corner? If your freezer resembles a dark and mysterious junk shop, then take inspiration from these five enviably well-organized freezers. Clean, labeled, and dang-well organized!
5 Well-Organized Freezers
• 1 Freezer Smarts – at BHG. Isn't this inspiring? Tiny containers of pesto, stock, and lemon juice. Separate bins for veggies and fish, and a stack of perfectly flattened bags of soup.
• 2 Organizers in the Freezer – at IHeart Organizing. I like how Jen uses easily-found, inexpensive office organizers to keep the freezer tidy. Easy to pull out and find what you need, and easy to clean, too!
• 3 Side-by-Side Freezer – at Organizing to Make Life Easier. Here's a very nicely organized side-by-side freezer, with its skinny width and tall height. I find these harder to keep organized, but this is a great example.
• 4 Freezer Cooking Tips & Tricks – at Thrifty NW Mom. Here's a good example of organizing freezer drawers, top and bottom.
• 5 Freezer Meals – at Southern Living. Once again, freezing things flat makes "filing" in the freezer a lot easier. I like the labels on these little packets.
How do you keep your freezer organized? Does your freezer actually look like any of these?
(Images: Better Homes & Gardens; Jen of IHeart Organizing; Jade of Organizing to Make Life Easier; Kristi for Thrifty NW Mom; Ralph Anderson/Southern Living)


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(written from a Production point of view)
In pursuit of Ferengi marauders, the Enterprise and its quarry become trapped by a mysterious planet that is draining both ships' energies.
The USS Enterprise-D is in pursuit of a Ferengi vessel suspected of stealing a Federation-owned T-9 energy converter from Gamma Tauri IV. The mission is also an opportunity to encounter the Ferengi, who have never established visual contact with the Federation. The pursuit ends when the Ferengi ship gets close to a planet in the Delphi Ardu system and goes to sub-warp speed, possibly suffering a power surge and damage to their engines. After a while, it opens fire on the Enterprise, causing her minimal damage. Captain Picard chooses not to return fire, arguing that the Ferengi are just reacting to the pursuit. Soon after, however, the Enterprise also suffers a power system failure, becoming immobilized with phasers and shields off-line.
Act OneEdit
The crew members believe their ship is trapped by the Ferengi. In the attempt to understand more of their enemies, Data summarizes what is known about them: they are traders, and value profit above all, not unlike Yankee traders of 18th and 19th century North America. Riker and La Forge envisage a way to escape the trap, by jumping abruptly to maximum warp and taking advantage of the relatively slower reaction of the force field. To catch the Ferengi off guard, Picard hails them, asking for the restitution of the stolen equipment, but receives no answer. The Enterprise then attempts the warp jump, but the plan is not successful. Furthermore, the computer data banks are being accessed by some unknown external source. Troi points out that all the attention has been devoted to the Ferengi, neglecting the possible role of the planet.
A conference is held in the observation lounge among the senior officers, and, after discarding the hypothesis of fighting, they decide to try contacting the Ferengi again. Picard hails them, reluctantly asking to present their terms.
Act TwoEdit
After a moment, the Ferengi DaiMon Tarr replies. Much to the astonishment of the Enterprise bridge crew, he says that he is ready to discuss surrender, but not unconditional surrender: he will return the energy converter and offer the lives of the second officers. It is now clear that both ships are trapped, and that the Ferengi are not the actual source of the energy field.
The Enterprise senior officers convene again in the observation lounge. There, Data explains what is known about the mysterious planet, but not before becoming stuck with a Chinese finger trap left in the room by a couple of children, Matthew and Pola. Thanks to the help of Picard, Data gets his fingers released and explains that the planet might be one of the most distant outposts of the Tkon Empire, an ancient and powerful space federation that existed over 600,000 years in the past and was now extinct due to their star going supernova. During the meeting, a probe launched from the Enterprise transmits its information, revealing that indeed both ships are trapped in a force field emanating from the planet's surface.
Act ThreeEdit
Picard again contacts the Ferengi, who have also discovered the true nature of the trap. After some confrontation with DaiMon Tarr over his deception, Picard suggests to exchange information in order to solve the common problem, which is endangering both ships. They each decide to send a joint away team of Starfleet officers and Ferengi down to the surface. Despite the apparent risks, including a loss of communication and no way to beam back on board the Enterprise, Riker, La Forge, Data, Worf, and Yar beam to the planet.
On the surface, the Enterprise members are initially separated and try to rejoin. The planet surface is full of crystalline tree shapes and the sky is beset by thunder and lightning. Worf, Riker, Data, and La Forge are attacked by the Ferengi away team, armed with energy whips, rendering them unconscious.
Act FourEdit
On the Enterprise, the situation is getting critical, as life support is failing. All energy is diverted to the family decks to extend their survival. It is getting colder and very dark. Picard and Beverly Crusher discuss whether she should give a sedative to her son, Wesley, or if he should keep awake waiting for death. Picard thinks Wesley has the right to greet death while awake, which Crusher considers to be a simple male perspective.
The Ferengi on the planet have the Enterprise away team's weapons, and examine Riker's combadge, wondering whether it is gold, while the crew gradually recover their senses, and they begin to argue. With an acute sense of hearing, the Ferengi are disturbed by the planetary thunderclaps. Taking advantage, Worf attacks, and the resulting fight is resolved when Yar intervenes with a phaser. The Ferengi show their surprise for the way Humans work together with their females and keep them clothed.
Suddenly, a mysterious figure materializes and is very loud, sending the acutely hearing Ferengi trio into agony.
Act FiveEdit
The newly arrived entity declares himself as Portal 63, a guardian of the Tkon Empire, and asks the away teams whether they want to enter the Empire. The aged guardian is then told by Riker and Data that the Tkon Empire does not exist any longer, and that several ages have passed. Portal 63 has been asleep for a very long time: hundreds of thousands of Earth years. The Ferengi try to strike a friendship with the Portal, asking for control of their ship, and promising to destroy the Enterprise and its crew. They describe the Humans as savages and barbarians, and misrepresent Humanity by noting their non-interference with other civilizations as proof of being against legal trade. Also, their allowance of females to wear clothing as proof of their "insanity". The Enterprise team, however, accepts the Portal's trial, ready to prove their innocence.
Riker is challenged first. Riker is surprised that the Portal knows his name (Portal 63 can read Riker's mind). The Portal guardian attacks him with his sharp, bladed spear and is impressed by the composure with which Riker faces his fate after the blade lands perilously close to his right ear. Riker replies that, "Fear is the true enemy, the only enemy." The Portal is pleased by Riker's thoughts, unlike those of the deceptive Ferengi. The Portal says to Riker that he wants to know more about Sun Tzu and Earth history, as it is similar to the Tkon's. Then at Riker's request, he immediately releases the Enterprise, restoring its power just in time to let the crew recover from what looks like their slumber, but is their point of death.
The Portal explains to Riker that he would usually destroy both ships since they were fighting, but then he saw that they were curiously trying to cooperate. The Portal askes Riker if he wants him to destroy the Ferengi, but Riker asks him to release them, since they are similar to ancient Humans: they have much to learn, but they can grow. Portal 63 asks "What if they never learn, Riker?" Riker says his values, and that of the Federation, require them to face the possibility of the Ferengi learning how to destroy them. When Riker asks what the Portal will do now that his Empire is gone, Portal 63 says he will sleep until needed again and then disappears in a flash of lightning.
On board the Enterprise, the energy converter has been regained. Picard congratulates the away team for the success of the mission. Riker, with a devilish grin, then asks him permission to beam aboard the Ferengi ship Data's box of the Chinese finger traps as a "thank you for all they tried to do". After Picard commands "Make it so", the two ships leave orbit but not before La Forge has his fingers caught in a finger trap, at which Data enters the course on the helm for him.
Log entry Edit
Memorable quotesEdit
"We offer the lives of our second officers as required by the Ferengi code."
"Fortunately Starfleet has no such rules involving its second officers."
- - DaiMon Tarr to Picard and Data
"What's our acceleration delay between slow reverse impulse and top warp-speed?"
"Well it's point three hundred milliseconds, but... Oh, I see where you're going, we shift down then kick hard into warp nine! Yeah, come back fighting, WOO-WEE!"
- - Riker and Geordi La Forge
"It appears the Ferengi have us right where they want us; in their sights."
- - Picard
"Hello, stranger."
- - Geordi La Forge, when the Enterprise crew gets their first glimpse of a Ferengi vessel
"Yes, the ugliness of the Human was not an exaggeration!"
- - DaiMon Tarr
"Your alien images again shock us!"
- - DaiMon Tarr, to Picard
"Immobilised by the damn Ferengi?"
- - Worf
"If he moves, kill him!"
- - Letek
"It looks like gold. It tastes like gold!"
"It is gold."
- - Letek and Riker, as Letek examines Riker's combadge
"The universe exists to me to create life. I shall sleep, until needed again. "
- - Portal 6-3
"Pygmy cretins!"
- - Worf, on the Ferengi landing party
"They admit the evil that they DO!"
- - Letek referring to Starfleet and the Federation
"You work with your females, arm them and force them to wear clothing."
- - Letek
- - Picard
"Data, what are you doing?"
"Apologies, captain. I seem to have reached an odd functional impasse. I am ... stuck."
"Then get un-stuck and continue with the briefing!"
"Yes, sir. That is what I am trying to do, sir, but the solution eludes me."
"My hero." (laughing)
- - Data, Picard, and La Forge, when Data gets his fingers stuck in a children's toy
"Permission to beam over a box of Data's Chinese finger puzzles over to the Ferengi. A thank you, for all they tried to do."
"Make it so."
- - Riker and Picard
Background information Edit
Production history Edit
- Original story outline: 1 May 1987 (Creating the Next Generation: The Conception and Creation of a Phenomenon)
- Two-page memo of story notes from David Gerrold: 7 May 1987
- Revised final draft script: 7 August 1987
- Filmed: 14 August 1987 – 25 August 1987
- Premiere airdate: 19 October 1987
- UK premiere airdate: 17 October 1990
Story and script Edit
- The original concept for this episode's plot named the planet Gamma Tauri IV "Gamma XII". The Enterprise-D followed the first Ferengi ship and had to face a Ferengi warship while in orbit of a planet. When the ships lost their energy, away teams beamed to the surface and had to face creatures which were described as a mixture of Earth dogs and Ferengi Uvex. Beverly Crusher was part of the away team and it was planned to let the Ferengi have green blood. Portal 63 was originally named "Dilo", a groundskeeper of the planet. At the end of the story, the planet became a library planet for the Humans and the Ferengi. (Creating the Next Generation: The Conception and Creation of a Phenomenon, pp. 79-81)
- After Co-Producer Herbert J. Wright submitted his final draft script for this outing, it was the subject of significant last-minute changes. "The script disc was turned over to the show's typist to format and print out a copy, which would then go to the print shop for formal copying," explained Associate Producer D.C. Fontana. "On our way out of the building, at about six P.M., Herb, his assistant, and I stopped in the script typist's office to say good night. We all saw that there were handwritten changes being made to Herb's script before anyone else had seen it. And before it went to the print shop. From long experience of working with [Creator and Executive Producer] Gene [Roddenberry], I knew it was not his writing. Herb's assistant recognized it as Leonard Maizlish's. The typist confirmed Maizlish was sitting in [Production Associate] Susan Sackett's office, making these line changes. Herb immediately went in and confronted Maizlish. [Co-Producer] Bob Lewin was leaving via that office and was witness to Herb's questioning of why Maizlish, a lawyer, not a writer, was making changes. Maizlish said he was just putting in some word changes that [Supervising Producers] [Robert] Justman and [Rick] Berman wanted and Roddenberry had also had some last-minute thoughts. Herb's counter to that was: how could anyone want word changes or have last-minute thoughts when no one except him had seen the script yet? And, in any event, such changes could have been conveyed to him and he would have made them. Herb immediately took his complaint to Rick Berman and thought he had effectively stopped this kind of script tampering by someone not a writer." However, this episode's teleplay was not the last script that Maizlish meddled with, as he also tampered with the script for later first season outing "Too Short a Season". (The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years, pp. 74-75)
- In Herb Wright and Richard Krzemien's final draft script, the stardates were originally given as 41194.6 and 41194.8. [1]
Production Edit
- According to Armin Shimerman, the actors playing the Ferengi were directed to "jump up and down like crazed gerbils." (Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Continuing Mission, pp. 61-62)
- Kerrie Cullen served as stunt coordinator for this episode. She was among the group of hired coordinators prior to Dennis Madalone's employment with the series. Cullen is so far the only female stunt coordinator who worked on Star Trek, beside Leslie Hoffman, who served as assistant stunt coordinator on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager.
Cast and characters Edit
- Armin Shimerman made his second Star Trek appearance in this episode, after portraying the Betazoid Gift Box in "Haven" (although audiences could first see him here, as "Haven" aired later). He went on to play another Ferengi, Bractor, in "Peak Performance", before being given the role as Quark on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Quark also appeared in TNG: "Firstborn" and VOY: "Caretaker". Shimerman has often said that one of the reasons he took the role of Quark was to try and undo the damage done to the Ferengi in this episode. (DS9 Season 6 DVD: Crew Dossier: Quark)
- Mike Gomez and Tracey Walter went on to play different Ferengi, Lurin and Berik, respectively, in TNG: "Rascals".
- Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher) does not appear in this episode, although Wesley is discussed briefly by Picard and Dr. Crusher.
- Star Trek's most "used" stuntman, Tom Morga, made his first TNG appearance in this episode, doubling Michael Dorn in the role of Worf.
- Darryl Henriques also made his first Star Trek appearance here. He later played Romulan ambassador Nanclus in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Sets and props Edit
- The master systems display table, nicknamed the "pool table" by the production staff, appears for the first time in this episode, though it still looks very much like its previous appearance in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and not like it appeared throughout the rest of the series.
- This is also the first time that two of the four corridors leading to main engineering have been blocked by consoles, so only the main corridors close to the MSD remain. This was the norm until Star Trek Generations, when the wall consoles were removed and main engineering once more is reachable by four corridors.
- In this episode and "The Child", the integrated blinds of the windows are seen, here in the Observation Lounge.
- The logo of the Tkon Empire, seen during the observation lounge briefing, later reappears in the shape of the halberd that Portal 63 wields. The weapon later makes several more appearances, including in "Too Short a Season" and "Sins of the Father".
- The Ferengi Marauder's shape was inspired by a horseshoe crab on the desk of writer Herb Wright. The model itself was designed by Andrew Probert (who added the forward "earwig" pincers) and built by Greg Jein. (Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion, p. 38)
- The hand-held energy whips used by the Ferengi in this episode did not appear again until DS9: "Ferengi Love Songs", in which Quark is seen holding an action figure equipped with a whip. "Actual" laser whips did not reappear until ENT: "Acquisition", coincidentally the last Ferengi episode of Star Trek to be made, albeit the first one (chronologically) to feature Ferengi.
Continuity Edit
- This episode marks the first appearance of the Ferengi.
- Although he is unaware of having done so at this time, Captain Picard had already encountered a Ferengi starship in 2355, while commanding the USS Stargazer, as is revealed in "The Battle" and elaborated on in "Bloodlines".
- The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion notes that the act of Riker beaming the Chinese finger traps on board the Ferengi ship is reminiscent of Montgomery Scott beaming tribbles onto the Klingon battle cruiser IKS Gr'oth in TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles". Scotty, however, did not ask his captain's permission.
- The D'Kora-class Ferengi starship had the capability to "stretch" its neck section, but that only happens in this episode and, perhaps coincidentally, when ship-to-ship visual communications are engaged.
- "Contagion" featured a similar storyline: in each episode, both the Enterprise and a hostile vessel are disabled by an ancient and mysterious device and accuse each other of doing so.
- This is one of the few times that Data uses a contraction: "Captain, this shouldn't be," when speaking to Picard, as well as "I'm afraid not," when later speaking to Portal 63.
- The phrase "The Last Outpost" is parodied, somewhat, in the dialogue of the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "The Dogs of War", when Quark proclaims that his bar will be "the last outpost of what made Ferenginar great!" Coincidentally, that episode suggests Ferengi society, at the time of the episode's events, is evolving to become a more benevolent one, just as Riker suggests they might in this episode.
Reception Edit
- The introduction of the Ferengi has been heavily derided and several production staff members have called it "a disaster." (Quark's Story, DS9 Season 2 DVD special features) On the other hand, Robert Justman thought this episode's portrayal of the Ferengi was the best depiction of the species. (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 12, p. 21)
- Aron Eisenberg was provided with a tape of "The Last Outpost" when he was auditioning for the role of Nog in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. ("In For a Penny, In For a Pound", Star Trek: The Official Fan Club of the UK Magazine issue 8)
- A mission report of this installment, by Eddie Berganza, was published in The Official Star Trek: The Next Generation Magazine issue 3, pp. 12-16.
- The episode received its UK premiere on BBC2 on 31 October 1990, airing out of order.
Video and DVD releases Edit
- Original UK VHS release (two-episode tapes, CIC Video): Volume 3, catalog number VHR 2273, 2 July 1990
- US LaserDisc (Pioneer): catalog number LV40270-107, 4 April 1991
- UK re-release (three-episode tapes, Paramount Home Entertainment): Volume 1.2, catalog number VHR 4643, 4 May 1998
- As part of the TNG Season 1 DVD collection
- As part of the TNG Season 1 Blu-ray collection
Links and references Edit
Starring Edit
Also starring Edit
- LeVar Burton as Lt. Geordi La Forge
- Denise Crosby as Lt. Tasha Yar
- Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf
- Gates McFadden as Doctor Beverly Crusher
- Marina Sirtis as Counselor Deanna Troi
- Brent Spiner as Lt. Commander Data
Guest stars Edit
- Armin Shimerman as Letek
- Jake Dengel as Mordoc
- Tracey Walter as Kayron
Guest star Edit
Co-star Edit
- Mike Gomez as DaiMon Tarr
Uncredited co-stars Edit
- James G. Becker as Youngblood
- Darrell Burris as operations division officer
- Jeffrey Deacon as command division officer
- Tim McCormack as Bennett
- Unknown performers as
Stunt doubles Edit
- Richard Hancock as stunt double for Jake Dengel
- Tom Morga as stunt double for Michael Dorn
- Gary Morgan as stunt double for Tracey Walter
- Unknown stunt performers as
- Stunt double for LeVar Burton
- Stunt double for Armin Shimerman
- Stunt double for Brent Spiner
Stand-ins Edit
- James G. Becker – stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
- Darrell Burris – stand-in for LeVar Burton
- Dexter Clay – stand-in for Michael Dorn
- Jeffrey Deacon – stand-in for Patrick Stewart
- Susan Duchow – stand-in for Denise Crosby
- Nora Leonhardt – stand-in for Marina Sirtis
- Tim McCormack – stand-in for Brent Spiner
- Lorine Mendell – stand-in for Gates McFadden
References Edit
accumulator; act of war; Ages of Tkon; Art of War, The; assassin; automatic scanner; Bastu; battery; black; blue; bridge; British; capitalist; Chinese finger puzzle; Cimi; class M; color; communicator; computer; crystalline tree; DaiMon; Delphi Ardu IV; Delphi Ardu system; D'Kora-class; Earth; electromagnetic pulse; Emergency Manual Override station; energy collector; energy whip; fear; Ferengi; Ferengi Alliance; Ferengi Code; fingernail; France; French; fusion generator; Gamma Tauri IV; Germany; gesture; gold; green; half a million years ago; heart; Human; Human history; Italy; kilometer; Latin; LCARS; lifeform; life support; Makto; matter-energy device; memory banks; merde; Milky Way Galaxy; monitor post; murder; number one; orbit; observation lounge; painting; paw; phaser; primary color; pygmy; red; red alert; reserve power; science team; second officer; sensor probe; shorty; shuttle; star; Starfleet; Starfleet Academy; startime; Sun Tzu; supernova; T-9 energy converter; Tarr's Marauder; tattoo; Tkon Empire; transporter device; transporter room; tricorder; type I phaser; type II phaser; "Uncle Sam"; United Federation of Planets; United States of America; unnamed plants; viewscreen; VISOR; Vulcan; white; Xora; Yankee trader
Other references Edit
Library computer references: 61 Cygni; Alpha Centauri; Barnard's Star; Bayard's Planet; concussion ring; Constitution-class; Diana; Epsilon Eridani; Epsilon Indi; Excelsior-class; extra galactic probe; Galileo; great bird of the galaxy; Greyhound, USS; Groombridge 34; Klingonese; K't'inga-class; Lalande 21185; light year; Luyten 789-6; Martian insect; Muleskinner, USS; Phi Puma; Procyon; Proxima Centauri; Ross 154; Ross 248; sector; Sirius; Sol; supernova; Tau Ceti; Type 7 shuttlecraft; Wanderer-class; Wolf 359
Script references Edit
Age of Fendor; Age of Ozari; baktun
External links Edit
- "The Last Outpost" at StarTrek.com, the official Star Trek website
- "The Last Outpost" at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- "The Last Outpost" at Wikipedia
- "The Last Outpost" at IMDb
- "The Last Outpost" at MissionLogPodcast.com, a Roddenberry Star Trek podcast
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