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Nov/Dec 2009 THE WRIGHT STUFF Vol XX No 6 The Official Newsletter of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk NCC-1659 Nov / Dec 2009 C O N T E N T S A VIEW FROM THE CATBIRD SEAT ................................3 J.R. Fisher SCIENCE REPORT ................................................3 Elaine Pischke SECURITY REPORT ...............................................4 Spring Brooks COMPUTER OPERATIONS REPORT .................................4 John Troan FROM THE KITCHEN .............................................5 Volume 20 - Number 6 Lynn Stone is a publication of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, the VOYAGER - DEALER'S CHOICE ....................................6 Raleigh, N.C., chapter of STARFLEET, an Brad McDonald international STAR TREK fan organization. This publication is provided free of charge to UPCOMING EVENTS .............................................10 all chapter members in good standing. Subscriptions for non-members are $12.00 per year (six issues). Please address all corres- pondence to CATBIRD Publications, 5017 Glen Forest Dr., Raleigh, N.C. 27612. This publication is a non-profit enterprise and is not meant to infringe upon any copyright or trademark held by Paramount Pictures, Gulf & Western, or any other holder of STAR TREK copyrights or trademarks. Unless otherwise noted, ENTIRE CONTENTS ARE COPYRIGHT © 2009 CATBIRD Publications, THE WRIGHT STUFF. Nothing in whole or in part may be used without the written permission of the publisher. THE WRIGHT STUFF assumes all material submitted for publication is gratis. The publisher and editors reserve the right to edit all submissions. Publisher ....................J.R. Fisher Editors ..................... Jane Fisher John Troan TOOL BOX: Latitude D810; HP LaserJet 1200 & DeskJet 722C; Lotus WordPro; Adobe Acrobat. IMAGES - Title Banner Wright Flyer from NASA/Ames PAO photo archive; U.S.S. Kitty Hawk (USN CV-63) from navicp.navy.mil; Constitution class cruiser from gwu.edu/~rljones/khawk. IMAGE - Featured Front Page Snow cover in Nov 2009, as seen by NASA's Terra satellites. These three sats, celebrating their tenth anniversary of operations, regularly monitor Earth's surface for changes and look for links between different areas. A View From the Catbird Seat By J.R. Fisher A happy holiday hope to have a report to the We have had a very good to all! The crew early next year. year and I hope that next year season is upon In that same vein, I want to will be even better. Festival will us and I hope thank those who helped at be coming up real soon and I that every one of Suncoast on November 21st to hope we can get a really large you has raise awareness as well as crowd again this year. There completed your shopping, promote STARFLEET, the Kitty are a number of good cons to decorating and meal planning. Hawk and push the sale of the go to and I would like to see the Ho-Ho-Ho! We do know better. DVD of the new movie. While ship have some away trips with As a group we are trying to we have not yet seen any a larger contingent of the crew finish our to-do lists as well. At tangible results of recruiting, we in attendance. the last meeting on the 5th of have high hopes that we may Please have a safe and happy December, we voted to spend a see some new faces on our holiday and come back in portion or our treasury to finish ship. January renewed in your the shopping for our class of The collection of school enthusiasm for Star Trek, the needy children. The teacher supplies lagged behind the Kitty Hawk, and in helping your and I will go out in the coming clothing effort, but we did get fellow man. One man or days and buy the necessary four large bags of materials for woman can make a difference. coats and winter clothing for the the kids. It was surprising how Esse Quam Videri most needy of her class that much notebooks and such cost! have not yet been helped. We No wonder there are shortfalls in our school system. Science Report By Elaine Pischke The news coming out of for much of China and India, is the scientific community from Copenhagen does not bode well already causing food shortages. coming up with some creative for the planet. Not surprisingly, As to the future, without ideas for dealing with the the nations in attendance are significant reductions in problem. Some ideas being unable to come to any greenhouse gases, we can considered are artificial ‘trees’ meaningful agreement about expect major changes by the end that generate electricity, huge how to deal with global warming. of this century. The island nation solar panels that can be located As usual, short term national and of the Maldives is expected to in space (no worries about economic issues have taken completely disappear long before cloudy days there!), an energy precedence over longer term, then. The government is already island that uses the difference planet-wide concerns. But the looking for a place to relocate its between warmer surface air and problem is no longer in the people. Closer to home, most of colder deep water to generate ‘someday’ category. Droughts in New Orleans will be underwater, power, with desalinated water as Africa are already causing this time permanently. And even a byproduct, and more artificial dispersal of refugees from the closer to home, in North ‘trees’, this time created to scrub worst hit areas. Fires in the Carolina, expect Dare, Tyrell and C02 from the air. Some farmers forests of California are due to Hyde Counties to be pretty much are already ‘recycling’ methane draught. The disappearance of gone. Bye, bye Kitty Hawk. produced by dairy cows to ice from the Tibetan plateau, On the bright side, the lack of produce energy to power their which is a major source of water action by politicians has not kept farms. THE WRIGHT STUFF PAGE 3 NOV / DEC 2009 Security Report By Spring Brooks holidays are a time for enjoying priced hotel or motel and Holiday Travel Safety Tips your family; there’s no need to complete the journey the next With the holidays become angry when you hit a day. approaching, it’s important to patch of traffic. Practice defensive remember that safety should be Be Aware of Changing driving: Unfortunately, some a number one concern, right up Weather Patterns: Advances people use the holidays as a along with Black Friday deals in meteorology have time to indulge past their limits. and getting the mistletoe transformed what was once a If you see a driver ahead of you positioned just right. Along with guessing game into a much on the highway swerving over home security and the risk of more exact science. Check the the lanes, hold back. There’s no intrusion while you’re out of forecast a couple of days ahead need to attempt a dangerous town, one of the most of time, and make adjustments pass. Instead, put a call into the dangerous aspects of this to your travel plans accordingly. state troopers on your cell special time of year is the If things look dicey, it pays to phone and let them handle the increased risk of motor vehicle wait. situation. You may need to pull accidents. Here are some tips Never Drive When Tired: over in order to use your cell to help you arrive at your We’ve all been there before – phone. Your first priority should destination safely. home is only a hundred miles be getting home safely. Give Yourself Enough down the interstate, you’ve The holiday season is a time Time: Try to holiday traffic into been away for days, and all you for celebration. Be aware of the your estimate for travel time. want to do is switch off your increased travel risk during this That way, you won’t feel alarm system, open the door time, and you can proactively compelled to speed or drive and get into bed. Still, if you’ avoid dangerous situations. dangerously if you get behind yawning and feeling groggy schedule. Remember that the behind the wheel, don’t risk driving. Find a reasonably Computer Operations Report By John Troan (With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore.....) 'Tis the day before Christmas and all through the house Not a creature is stirring 'cause, let's face it, cats don't stir much. The nephews' presents are perched by the chimney with care, Waiting to be wrapped in paper that will be shredded only a few hours later. Out on the phone line there arose such a clatter, As I make one last round of work calls to close out the year. Next year's projects are lined up and on hold, So that I can enjoy a much-needed (and too-short) vacation. As I get the year's final Wright Stuff sent on its way, I wish, "Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!" THE WRIGHT STUFF PAGE 4 NOV / DEC 2009 From the Kitchen By Lynn Stone Chinese Creole Okra The Chef aboard Archer's Enterprise thought it would be fun to turn the tables on the crew. He set up an irresistible challenge. Find a particular food that most people hate and come up with a recipe that changes everyone's mind about it. Okra was voted the all-time most disliked vegetable and the crew set about creating various ways to fix it. The winner was Hoshi Sato and her recipe follows. Main Ingredients y A bowl full of okra cut into sections about 1/2 inch long, discarding caps y Cut a sweet red pepper into pieces about the same size y Cut a purple onion into pieces about the same size y Cut the kernels off an ear of sweet corn y A pint of cherry tomatoes, rinsed and dried Sauce Ingredients y 2 TBSP.
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