THE WRIGHT STUFF Vol XIV w No 5 The Official Newsletter of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk w NCC-1659 September 2003 C O N T E N T S A VIEW FROM THE CATBIRD SEAT ................................3 J.R. Fisher MEDICAL REPORT ...............................................3 Amy DeJongh COMPUTER OPERATIONS REPORT .................................4 John Troan ENGINEERING REPORT ...........................................4 Brad McDonald Volume 14 - Number 5 MAP TO PISCHKES' ...............................................5 is a publication of the U.S.S. Kitty Hawk, the UPCOMING EVENTS ..............................................6 Raleigh, N.C., chapter of STARFLEET, an international STAR TREK fan organization. This publication is provided free of charge to 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. 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IMAGE - Featured Front Page Jeff Cohn took this image of Mars from his home in Durham on the evening of its closest approach to Earth, August 27, 2003. A View From the Catbird Seat By J.R. Fisher Welcome back to tour and tasting. They have offer. If you are interested in doing duty on board the enlarged their facilities and have a telethons, make some inquiries as to U.S.S. Kitty Hawk. greater selection of wines for tasting. others on T.V. and let us know if any We wish more of A trip to Kinston seems to be in of them need our help. you could have the offering with a visit to the Enterprise is back! I'll say! Sex, made it to the Confederate ram "Neuse". Both the language and violence; not your September meeting original ship (in sad shape) and a full parents' Star Trek! Seriously folks, and cookout; try to make the next size replica are there for those of us not a bad beginning. A lot of new meeting which is October 4th. with a love of history. A return to races and a new story arc that will Our fall schedule is starting to the U.S.S. North Carolina in probably last at least one year, if not come together and we hope Wilmington might be a good idea. more. everyone can make at least one of With the events in Kitty Hawk in The Pischke's have volunteered the events. Meg Hale is going to set December putting so much pressure to host our Halloween party / up a list of times to go to the State on everyone at an already busy time November meeting on Saturday, Fair in October. Check your of year, we moved our anniversary November 1 at 4:00 p.m. As usual, calendars to see what day or dinner to January 17th at the Kanki there will be food, so contact Elaine evening would work best for you or at Crabtree. This also helped them to see what you can bring for the your family. We usually try to pick a as far as their scheduling goes as event. weekend (since there are two) time well. We can handle up to 36 As we write this, we are looking so if the first one gets rained out, we people and already have for hurricane Isabel to make landfall have a fall back date. Bring your commitments from 18 members and on our coast. Hopefully none of us choices to the October meeting. family. So let us know soon. or our families will be harmed. If For those of you wondering what circumstances merit, Jane and I will Region I fall conference is in happened to the Duke radio-thon: go down to take care of our mothers. Charleston, September 26 - 28. they seem to have lost our request Otherwise, we hope to see everyone October is a good month to go for our time slot and when contacted on October 4. and to do things. A visit to the by Amy, said that the only time slots Esse Quam Videri winery off I-40 has been suggested. available were during the week and We went last year and enjoyed the 6 a.m. Sunday. We passed on the Medical Report By Amy DeJongh With Hurricane Isabel leaving our not recommended for children under your list of emergency phone midst and a few weeks of hurricane age 12) numbers season left, now if the perfect time to extra prescription medications (if the blanket (stored nearby) create, update, or restock your personal family is going on vacation or if a first aid kit. Basic contents should be – disaster is imminent.) Choose containers for your kits that first-aid manual tweezers are roomy, durable, easy to carry, and simple to open. Plastic tackle boxes or sterile gauze sharp scissors containers for storing art supplies are adhesive tape safety pins ideal, since they are lightweight, have adhesive bandages in several sizes disposable instant cold packs handles, and offer a lot of space. elastic bandage calamine lotion After you have stocked your first aid antiseptic wipes kits, be certain to read the entire first aid alcohol wipes or ethyl alcohol manual so you'll understand how to use soap thermometer the contents of your kits. (If your children antibiotic cream (triple-antibiotic plastic gloves (at least 2 pairs) are old enough to understand, review ointment) with them as well.) Store first-aid kits in flashlight and extra batteries antiseptic solution (like hydrogen places that are out of children's reach mouthpiece for administering CPR peroxide) but easily accessible for adults. And (can be obtained from your local Red lastly, check the kits regularly. Replace hydrocortisone cream (1%) Cross) missing items or those that may have acetaminophen and aspirin (aspirin is become outdated. THE WRIGHT STUFF PAGE 3 SEPTEMBER 2003 Comp Ops Report Engineering Report By John Troan By Brad McDonald To keep this issue to an even number Hello! This month has been a real had lots of extras, including three of pages, my column will be a little roller coaster ride, and adding to this documentaries on production and the shorter than normal, especially with the feeling is the approach of Isabel as I sinking of the Titanic. Enterprise episode information included finish this report. It’s a perfect ending to a Of major concern, is the recent power at the bottom. wild month, hope Isabel spares you and failure throughout the northeast. A special note on this month's feature yours any major trouble. According to the engineering associations photo. In previous months, I've My nine-to-five work aside, the home and professional organizations in our scavenged through NASA's photo front jobs continue. So far it’s been minor country, it’s just a symptom of many archives to find the target of choice for the repairs and paint jobs, but next is the things that need working on. For front cover. This month, Jeff Cohn -- one upstairs bathroom. I gave it a facelift instance, the overall investment in energy of our members -- sent a photo that he about 15 years ago, now it’s time for a transmission was $2 billion in 2000, down took. After some minor editing to remove major makeover. Should be lots of fun, from $5 billion in 1975, yet demand has the excess black from around the edges, not as bad as a kitchen, but a challenge, increased steadily. More important Mars filled up the front very nicely. none the less. though, this just a tip of the iceberg. As noted on the back page, the final Speaking of fun, I’m currently Nearly every facet of our infrastructure three seasons of Deep Space Nine will be recovering from surgery. Nothing needs attention, even more so since this released the first Tuesday of the next serious, mind you, just correcting an alarm was sounded over ten years ago. three months. The Star Trek V special ongoing problem that’s been bothering The great interstate highway system was edition DVD is also due out in October. me for the last 20 years or so. (No, not started when I was just a kid, now It (All dates are from Amazon.com.) my face, that’s a 50 year problem!) Any needs repair and some serious work. It’s Upcoming Enterprise episodes, as way, by next meeting I should be 100%. estimated that $1.6 trillion is needed over listed on StarTrek.com: On the technology front, the big news a 5 year period to get the job done. A concerns the current round of lawsuits 6-cent a gallon national tax has been Air Date Episode over song sharing via the Internet. Since proposed to help pay for the work which Sep 24 Extinction revenues in CD sales continue their includes water treatment and transport, Their ongoing quest for the Xindi leads downward slide, corporate bigwigs feel sewage treatment and transport, bridges, everyone must be stealing the music dams, tunnels, roads and other the Enterprise crew to a tropical alien instead of buying it.