Hailing Frequencies August 2015

CENTER SEAT

Greetings from the bridge.

Congratulations on making it through the summer heat of August! For many of us it has been a rather brutal summer. As we enter September I have ordered the environmental controls set so there is just the briefest hint of fall in the air for the morning shift. We continue to perform well, this month, we held our crew briefing and enjoyed a movie “Tomorrow- land” as our fun activity. As cooler weather approaches our chapter usually began to travel at a higher warp we have several large scale activities on the horizon. Dragon Con, several meetings and fun activities, such as planning for Star Treks Fifty Year event, building our float for the annual Christmas parade, our annual gift wrap for charity at Barnes and Noble and the Food Drive in conjunction with the opening of the new Star Wars Movie. There are also new opportunities that I will cover under Regional news. You are a great crew and it is a privilege to represent you

Carnell

Fleet level news: Our Fleet Level project (The Trimble Project: to have the chapters submit question to John and Bjo about their role in saving the series and their work with the show and fandom) has exceeded its deadline with very few chapters responding. This was a great project and it is not over yet. We did run into problems getting this project out of space dock at the very start. STARFLEET was slowed down tremendously by injuries to our Commander, also the main source of communicating to the fleet the Communique had fallen behind. This combined with so many other things fighting for the attention of our membership one can see the project stalling. Note: The Trimble Project is not over though: Admiral Krell is working with Linda Smith a published author to see how this project can continue in another format. Please do not see this as a failure, The Trimble’s are deeply loved by the Star Trek & STARFLEET Community and re- spect that the show and by proxy we as an organization would not exist without their efforts.

Second item: Electronic Communique (E- membership ) versus higher dues at the STAR- FLEET level: At the International Conference the subject of the issues with the STAR- FLEET Communique came up: (Please remember this is done by volunteers) mainly the cost to the organization of the printed and mailed CQ. With many members switching to the cheaper e-membership (ten dollars versus twenty) the cost of forty thousand dollars a year for the paper version is no longer sustainable for the Fleet without raising the cost for paper memberships. I will keep you updated as this issue progresses.

Chapter Participation opportunities: Dessert Party (Crew has approved)

Note T-Shirt Image is a proposal not Final CO is hosting two games and could use the crews help in de- veloping these and hosting!

R1 Video Contest Is this something we want to do again? What are some concepts? We are please to announce the return of the R1 Video Contest for Summit 2016!

We’d love to see what your crew can do. Just to broaden everyone’s chances, we’ve added some new categories and awards:

Short Film: Time limit 15 minutes- This would be scripted entries, mini-movies, documentaries, etc. (Examples: The Exandables; Destination Bigfoot Hunters Quest)

Dance/Music Video: Time limit ~5 minutes- Make a music or dance video such as “Heimdal Style” or “Let’s Do the Heimwarp”! Lip-synching allowed! Note: Some songs may run over 5 minutes in length, but all attempts should be made to stay in that range due to time constraints.

Advertisement or Commercial: Time limit 1 minute- this allows your crew to peddle their favorite product, preview their movie or whatever you can do in a minute! Examples of this would be some of the great “channel-surfing” segments in the USS Star League’s video from Summit 2014.

Rules have been emailed to the crew: We will discuss at our next Crew Briefing! With school starting please watch out for school buses and children waiting on the side of the roads. COOKING WITH NEELIX Boston Cream Pie Poke Cake

A u t h o r : J a r e n

INGREDIENTS

1 box yellow cake mix plus ingredients to make cake

1 3.5 oz. instant vanilla pudding mix

2 cups milk

1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk

F r o s t i n g

1½ sticks butter, softened

¾ cup cocoa powder

½ cup boiling water

1 tsp vanilla

5 cups powdered sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Bake cake according to box mix directions in a 13 x 9 pan.

While cake is in the oven, mix pudding mix with 2 cups of milk. Whisk until combined and let sit for 2 minutes or until thickened. Whisk again for a few seconds.

Whisk in sweetened condensed milk. MIXTURE WILL BE THINNER THAN PUDDING. THIS IS OKAY SINCE YOU WILL LET IT SET UP IN THE REFRIGERATOR.

Remove cake from oven and poke several holes with the handle of a wooden spoon.

Pour pudding mixture all over cake filling all the holes and letting it completely cover the cake. Let it sit until cooled (about 1 hour).

Make frosting by adding softened butter to a large mixing bowl. Add cocoa powder. Carefully pour in boiling water. Add vanilla and beat for about 1 minute or until combined.

Gradually add in powdered sugar beating after every few cups added. Beat until smooth.

Frost cake and refrigerate until ready to serve. BEST REFRIGERATED OVERNIGHT.

NOTES: *Pudding mixture will be thin, and that is okay. This will allow the cake to real- ly soak in the mixture. It will also thicken as the cake refrigerates.

Cover your air conditioner: If you can’t remove your window unit, consider covering it both inside and out. Besides protecting your air-conditioning unit, these September Birthday’s covers also help keep cold air from entering your home through the space around the air-conditioner and can be 8th Lucille Skipper a great way to lower utility bills. 29th Carnell Eubanks

Pluto team name features after Dr Who and Star Trek

By Paul Sutherland on July 29, 2015 3:40 pm / 5 Comments

NASA’S New Horizons team have named newly discovered landmarks on Pluto’s largest moon in honour of scifi shows including Doctor Who and Star Trek.

Four images from New Horizons’ Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) were combined with colour data from the Ralph instrument to create this enhanced colour global view of Pluto, with the TARDIS then added. Pluto Image Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

A large dark region on the moon, Charon, has been dubbed Gallifrey Macula, after the Doc- tor’s fictional home planet. And a neighbouring rift is now called Tardis Chasma by the team that sent their robotic probe flying past Pluto on 14 July.

A large plain on Charon has been labelled Vulcan Planum, and craters within it given the names Kirk, Spock, Sulu and Uhura, from Star Trek.

Other craters on Charon are now called Skywalker, (Leia) Organa and Vader after leading characters in Star Wars, while another has the name Ripley, from Alien. Darth Vader’s crater is suitably darker than the others.

Others to be honoured include Stanley Kubrick, who made the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Douglas Adams, who wrote The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Cont. next page On Pluto itself, several features have been named after important spacecraft, including two hills now known as Challenger Colles and Columbia Colles in memory of the two space shuttles that were destroyed in flight, killing 14 astronauts.

A large crater is now dubbed Burney after 11-year-old English girl Venetia Burney who sug- gested Pluto for the distant world when it was first spotted in 1930. A mountain range is being called Hillary Montes, in honour of Sir Edmund Hillary, who led the first expedition to the summit of Everest in 1952.

The New Horizons team had earlier announced they were calling another range of mountains after his Nepalese sherpa, Tenzing Norgay.

The new names were some of the most popular choices in a public campaign organised by NASA, in conjunction with the International Astronomical Union. The IAU, which officially regulates astronomical names, must now ratify the decisions.

Now read how one astronomer announced a major cosmic discovery by writing a Doctor Who story! end

'Star Trek' Actress Nichelle Nichols to Take Part in NASA Mission

By MICHAEL ROTHMANAugust 4, 2015 10:45 AMGood Morning America

'Star Trek' Actress Nichelle Nichols to Take Part in NASA Mission (ABC News) "Star Trek" icon Nichelle Nichols revealed Monday during a Reddit AMA that she will be involved in an up- coming NASA mission.

"In September, I’m traveling on a NASA SOFIA flight, a second generation Airborn Observatory, which I am honored to have been invited too," she told fans before her "Ask Me Anything" began. SOFIA stands for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, where Nichols will be part of the crew in the aircraft that will study Earth's atmosphere, among other things, from the sky. Read: 'Star Trek' Star Nichelle Nichols Suffers Mild Stroke

The sad part was Nichols won't be heading into space. "SOFIA does not, sadly, fly into space. It's an airborne observatory, a massive telescope mounted inside a 747 flying as high as is possible. I was on a similar flight, the first airborn observatory, back in 1977. It's an amaz- ing experience, you get a totally different perspective than from earth," she wrote. She adorably added, "I do hope someone gets some great pictures." Nichols was also asked about her run on the original "Star Trek" series that began almost 50 years ago. "I loved the whole show, from when I left to the studio to when I got home, and everything in between. My favorite episodes were anytime Uhura got to go to the planet,” she said. “I fought for that, the person who knows the planet and the people better than all of you is the communication officer! They don't need to com- municate to me up on the ship, I've got the communicator right here.” On whether she would ever appear in another movie, she said, "Of course!" "It would have to be a very specific part, and I'd have to agree with the role. I can't imagine being completely OK with the ‘Star Trek’ story without Gene, however," she wrote. A Summer Killer In Waiting From Good Morning America and a medical site on internet Submitted by Mary Holden Summer often means swimming, either in a pool or, perhaps, a fresh water pond or lake. The first may be a little bit over crowded, or the chlorine may seem to strong, but the second choice, though less crowded and maybe more pleasant, could hide an invisible killer. It is a rare amoeba named Naegleria fowleri, and it destroys the brain. It is naturally occurring in warm fresh water, and, with the hot weather we are experiencing , could proliferate more this summer than usual. Although found mostly in southern areas it has recently claimed the life of a teenaged boy in Minnesota (07/11/2015) It can also occur in swimming pools that are not properly maintained or not chlorinated enough. The infection happens when a swimmer’s head goes under the water and water flows up the nose. This brings the amoeba into contact with the nasal passage where it eats in’s way into the structure of the nose and from there up into the brain where they cause tissue destruction and inflammation causing the brain to swell. It is almost always fatal. Although they are usually found in only small numbers, in very hot water they increase, and are found around the world. They are found in hot springs, warm water discharge from industrial plants, swimming pools not properly maintained, inadequate chlorine or no chlorine at all, water heaters it the amoeba has been allowed to infiltrate the water system from inadequate checks or no checks; sediment in the bottom of freshwater bodies; in the soil near warm discharges; higher temperatures and lower water levels in lakes. The infection is called ‘primary amebic meningoencephalitis’ PAM, and symptoms in the early stage are similar to bacterial meningitis. Initial symptoms start about 5 days (rang 1-7 days) after infection. They include fever, headache, nausea ir vomiting. Later symptoms can include stiff neck, confu- sion, lack of attention to people and surroundings, loss of balance, seizures and hallucinations. After the start of symptoms the disease progresses rapidly and usually causes death in about 5 days (range 1-12 days). Death is caused by destruction of brain tissue and brain swelling. The fatality rate is over 97%. Only 3 out of 133 known infected individuals in the U.S. from 1962-2014 have survived. Although several drugs have shown effective against Naegleria fowleri in the la- boratory, the infection acts so swiftly that the patients have died before the drugs could be brought to them. Recently, however, two people survived after being treated with a new drug called miltefosine that was administered along with other drugs and aggressive management of the brain swelling. In fact, therapeutic hypo- thermia is a strong tool against as it not only reduces brain swelling but seems to slow down the destructiveness of the amoeba , as they hibernate in cold weather. Remembering, a swift action when the symptoms first appear is essential! It is not necessary to avoid all contact with fresh water in the summer, as long as precaution, such as nose plugs or clips are used. Swallowing the amoeba is not harmful., Only if it invades the nasal passage. It is also rare, compared to eight infections a year in the entire country against the ten drownings every day. Check with your local water company as to whether they do proper checks for the amoeba, as they can get into the water system if lake water is used. This happened in Louisiana just recently. Again, swallowing the amoeba is not harmful; nor can it be taken in from water mist or spray, such as a shower. But if the water system does become infected, then the use of contaminated tap water to splash over the face or to irrigate sinuses poses a strong risk. Of 35 cases reported from 2005 to 2014, 31 were from contaminated recreational water (lakes and pools), 5 from contaminated tap water( mostly Louisiana) used in nasal irrigation, and 1 from contaminated tap water used on a backyard slip-n-slide. The infection usually occur during the months of July, August and September. Although infections are rare, if a person has recently been exposed to warm fresh water and begins to show any of these symptoms; headache, especially in the frontal region, fever, stiff neck, nausea or vomiting, they should be taken to the hospital at once and the doctor told that they have been in fresh water recently. There are new test being developed to inspect water sources for infection, but those currently in use take a couple of weeks to process. Consider any exposure to warm fresh water a rick. If you use nose protection and donot dive in or swim in a way to disturb th sediment where larger numbers of the amoeba can be found it is considered safe. Protect the nose at all times.

Saturday October 3rd September 5-7 10:00am float work day Dragon Con and cook out Atlanta GA Admirals quarters crew only Sunday September 20th Saturday October 10th 12:30PM DC Briefing 2:00 pm Crew Briefing Taco Bell Friedman Library Washington Rd Augusta GA

Sunday September 20th Following DC Briefing Movie Masters 7 Saturday November 14th 2824 Washington Rd 10-5pm float work day Augusta Ga Admirals quarters Movie will be chosen at briefing Crew only Friday November 27th Sunday September 27th 9am –2pm Gift wrapping 12:00pm float work day Barns and Noble Admirals quarters Augusta Mall Crew only Friday November 27th Lunch and DC briefing following gift wrap

MSR REPORT : USS Star League REGION : 1 REPORT FOR : Jul, 2015 DATE SUBMITTED : 08/04/2015 SUBMITTED BY : FCAPT James Eubanks LAST MEETING DATE : 07/12/2015

Hailing Frequencies, LAST PUBLISHED : 07/29/2015

PROMOTIONS :

None this period

ACTIVITIES :

The crew of the U.S.S. Star League had an informative and adventurous July, due to the holi- day we chose to consolidate our monthly activities into one all-day event. Sunday July 12th, we visited a local multi-use Ferengi establishment, (Adventure Crossing) where we enjoyed lunch at the captain's table. We then held our monthly crew briefing where we planned future activities. After which we took advantage of the holodeck facilities to sharpen our security skills by conducting a Phaser Training (Laser Tag) exercise. I am pleased to report the crew performed well! Other ship activities included the publishing of our monthly newsletter "Hailing Frequencies", our website was also updated. The campaigning has started. Please remember to be respectful of others beliefs and values. It may not be the same as yours but that does not mean they do not feel as strongly about their beliefs or values as you do.

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