Thursday, October 22, 2015

Fun, Friendship, and Fellowship Three Years Later

Fun, Friendship, and Fellowship Three Years Later The following is a reprinting of an article titled “Fun, Friendship and Fellowship Part 2” from CQ #132, published back in early 2006, written by Michael Lewis. STARFLEET has members in many parts of the world. Can we “think globally and act locally” in many parts of the world at least one day a year? Can we do something to improve the environment of the planet as an international organization? “The International Coastal Cleanup engages people to remove trash and debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, to identify the sources of debris, and to change the behaviors that cause pollution.” The main cleanup event is the third Saturday of September each year worldwide. Imagine members of STARFLEET working on one project, once a year, worldwide. Imagine people in close to 100 countries, including the US, seeing members of STARFLEET working in their towns, cities, and rural areas on one project. Imagine members communicating with each other and with non members worldwide. Sounds like fun to me! I participate in the International Coastal Cleanup in Richmond, Virginia with Clean Virginia Waterways each year. I do this as a site captain. STARFLEET chapters in Virginia can do this as well, with me or another site captain. And now, here’s Michael’s follow-up, three and a half years later… I followed my own request of STARFLEET members. I volunteered for Clean Virginia Waterways International Coastal Cleanup events. I communicated with other STARFLEET members during these events. I communicated with non-members during these events. I attended a few conventions in Virginia and one in Maryland. I met some members of Region 1 and Region 7 during these conventions. I talked to some of the members that I met about volunteering for the International Coastal Cleanup. One person I talked with, while I manned a Clean Virginia Waterways International Coastal Cleanup display at a library during a science fiction event, commented that I seemed out of place with the science fiction theme around me. I told him about the article that appeared in the Communiqué and showed him the article. I said that many members of STARFLEET volunteered for charities and organizations that were not science fiction related. So I ask my fellow STARFLEET members again to volunteer for the International Coastal Cleanup in many countries around the world and the Clean Virginia Waterways International Coastal Cleanup in Virginia, USA. Please talk to other members and non-members while you do these cleanups. Let people in many parts of the world see members of STARFLEET working together in their cities and towns. And please have fun, friendship and fellowship with each other and non-members as you do something for the environment.


STARFLEET Communiqué
Number 153
Publisher: Jonathan Lane
Editor-in-Chief: Prasith Kim-Aun, DMD
Content Editor: Jonathan Lane
Layout: Prasith Kim-Aun, DMD
Front Cover: Layout by Jonathan Lane
Proof Readers: Jon Lane and Alex Rosenzweig
Published by:
STARFLEET,
The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc.
PO Box 291
North Hampton, NH 03862

FUN, FRIENDSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP Part 2

FUN, FRIENDSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP Part 2 CMDR Michael Lewis USS Chesapeake, R1 Thanks from Admirals Helen Pawlowski, Sherry Newell and Marlene Miller: We asked for suggestions to promote the ideas of Fun, Friendship & Fellowship and received this very good response! CMDR Michael Lewis of the USS Chesapeake sent a brochure from Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, promoting the effort to clean Virginia’s waterways and beaches of litter, thereby beautifying the area and cleansing the water supply. This is a community service that may be adopted in every state and costs nothing but your time. A day in the fresh air, being a good neighbor, and it’s free! Here’s the article by CMDR Lewis: STARFLEET has members in many parts of the world. Can we “think globally and act locally” in many parts of the world at least one day a year? Can we do something to improve the environment of the planet as an international organization? “The International Coastal Cleanup engages people to remove trash and debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, to identify the sources of debris, and to change the behaviors that cause pollution.” The main cleanup event is the third Saturday of September each year worldwide. Imagine members of STARFLEET working on one project, once a year, worldwide. Imagine people in close to 100 countries, including the US, seeing members of STARFLEET working in their towns, cities, and rural areas on one project. Imagine members communicating with each other and with non-members worldwide. Sounds like fun to me! I participate in the International Coastal Cleanup in Richmond, Virginia with Clean Virginia Waterways each year. I do this as a site captain. STARFLEET chapters in Virginia can do this as well, with me or another site captain. Thank you CMDR Lewis! (see http:// www.longwood.edu/cleanva/ for more info.)
Photo to the left is from Katie Register, Executive Director, Clean Virginia Waterways. She has given us permission to use the photo, and had this to say about CMDR Lewis: “Mr Lewis has served as a Site Captain in the Richmond, Virginia area for several years, and has organized volunteers who have removed several tons of litter and debris from the James River that flows through Richmond.”


Rt: CMDR Lewis, all cleaned up! submitted by Marlene Miller STARFLEET Communiqué Volume I, No. 132 Published by: STARFLEET, The International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. 102 Washington Drive Ladson, SC 29456

Monday, October 19, 2015

STARFLEET Pinterest Board

I am looking at the pins on this board Academy here (https://www.pinterest.com/starfleetsfi/academy/).

Friday, October 16, 2015

California Now Has the Most All-Encompassing Digital Privacy Law in the Country

I am reading this article California Now Has the Most All-Encompassing Digital Privacy Law in the Country by Kim Zetter here (http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/10/09/california_s_digital_privacy_law_calecpa_requires_a_warrant_for_digital.html).

DARPA: Nobody's safe on the Internet

I am watching this video DARPA: Nobody's safe on the Internet online here (http://www.cbsnews.com/news/darpa-dan-kaufman-internet-security-60-minutes/).

A New Way for Tech Firms to Fight Orders to Unlock Devices

I am reading this article A New Way for Tech Firms to Fight Orders to Unlock Devices by Kim Zetter here (http://www.wired.com/2015/10/a-new-way-for-tech-firms-to-fight-orders-to-unlock-devices/).

Book review: ‘Countdown to Zero Day,’ on the first digital weapon, by Kim Zetter

I am reading this article Book review: ‘Countdown to Zero Day,’ on the first digital weapon, by Kim Zetter here (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/book-review-countdown-to-zero-day-on-the-first-digital-weapon-by-kim-zetter/2014/11/21/c35c2ee8-638e-11e4-836c-83bc4f26eb67_story.html).

Watch UW CSE and DARPA hack a car driven by 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl

I am reading this article Watch UW CSE and DARPA hack a car driven by 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl here (https://news.cs.washington.edu/2015/02/09/watch-uw-cse-and-darpa-hack-a-car-driven-by-60-minutes-leslie-stahl/).

Hacks on the highway

I am reading this article Hacks on the highway here (http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/2015/07/22/hacks-on-the-highway/).

UW CSE’s resident car-hacking expert, Yoshi Kohno, in the Washington Post

I am readig this arrticle UW CSE’s resident car-hacking expert, Yoshi Kohno, in the Washington Post here (https://news.cs.washington.edu/2015/07/24/uw-cses-resident-car-hacking-expert-yoshi-kohno-in-the-washington-post/).

NOVA episode "CyberWar Threat"

I watched NOVA episode "CyberWar Threat" online here (http://video.pbs.org/video/2365582515/).

Thursday, October 15, 2015

New Horizons: First Pluto journal paper discusses dwarf planet's origins

I am reading this article New Horizons: First Pluto journal paper discusses dwarf planet's origins By Jonathan Amos here (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34546042).

Pluto among the 'most diverse worlds' in our Solar System

I am reading this article Pluto among the 'most diverse worlds' in our Solar System By Pallab Ghosh here (http://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-34485574).

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

NASA's Pluto mission manager to speak at Henrico's J.R. Tucker

I am reading this article NASA's Pluto mission manager to speak at Henrico's J.R. Tucker here (http://m.richmond.com/news/local/henrico/article_7784892e-1ca9-5147-baa1-bb65623bb73b.html?mode=jqm).

Sunday, October 11, 2015

STARFLEET Sciences Monthly Reports And The New Assistant Regional Division Chief of Region One Sciences

STARFLEET Sciences Monthly Reports are available here (http://webpages.charter.net/alaricrh73/sci/Starfleet-Sciences-reports.html).
I am the new Assistant Regional Division Chief of Region One Sciences (http://webpages.charter.net/alaricrh73/r1sci/R1Science.htm#r).

Ted Bethune At Next RAS Meeting

Ted Bethune, former STARFLEET member who served aboard the USS Nighthawk, is scheduled to give a talk at the next RAS meeting. Monthly RAS Meeting, Tuesday, October 13, 7:30 PM: Please join us for the meeting at 7:30 PM and, if you can, for dinner at Arby’s, across the street from the Museum about 6:00 PM. Ted Bethune will present on “The Space Program from Down Under”and we will provide an update on observing events and RAS activities. For those that cannot attend the meeting in person, we will stream video of the meeting, starting at 7:30 PM, internet bandwidth permitting, at the following link: (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/richastro).

The first photos of water on Pluto are puzzling scientists in 2 ways

I am reading this article The first photos of water on Pluto are puzzling scientists in 2 ways By Jessica Orwig here (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/first-photos-water-pluto-challenging-180313134.html).

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Toyota shows self-driving technology being readied for 2020

I am reading this article Toyota shows self-driving technology being readied for 2020 here (http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_28927644/toyota-shows-self-driving-technology-being-readied-2020?source=rss).

Monday, October 5, 2015

Star Trek-like universal translator comes to Skype

I am reading this article Star Trek-like universal translator comes to Skype here (http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/01/technology/skype-translator/).

Anders Jonas Ångström

I am reading this article Anders Jonas Ångström here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Jonas_%C3%85ngstr%C3%B6m).
According to this article Ångström (crater) posted here (http://www.digplanet.com/wiki/%C3%85ngstr%C3%B6m_(crater)), "Ångström crater is named after Anders Jonas Ångström, a Swedish physicist and one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy."
According to this article ABOUT THE USS ANGSTROM posted here (http://www.ussangstrom.com/?q=node/3), "The USS Angstrom is an Akira Class vessel with Registry number NX-63553. Named for the 19th century physicist ANDERS ANGSTROM."

Friday, October 2, 2015

Exclusive: NASA director Jim Green talks about The Martian and better living through radiation

I am reading this article Exclusive: NASA director Jim Green talks about The Martian and better living through radiation here (http://www.blastr.com/2015-10-1/exclusive-nasa-director-jim-green-talks-about-martian-and-better-living-through-radiation).

NASA's Journey to Mars

I am reading this article NASA's Journey to Mars here (http://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-journey-to-mars).

Liquid Water on Today's Mars

I am watching this video Liquid Water on Today's Mars here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2&v=60T6ztd0CFk).

Jaw-dropping images give us a first glimpse of Mars' liquid water

I am reading this article Jaw-dropping images give us a first glimpse of Mars' liquid water here (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/jaw-dropping-images-us-first-211104638.html).

Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal

I am reading this Live coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal here (http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/10/01/av-059-journal/).

Mars Science Laboratory’s Gateway to Space – The Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center

I am reading this article Mars Science Laboratory’s Gateway to Space – The Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center here (http://www.universetoday.com/89938/mars-science-laboratorys-gateway-to-space-the-atlas-spaceflight-operations-center/).

Ten Strange Lights That Appear In The Sky

I am reading this article Ten Strange Lights That Appear In The Sky here (http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150928-ten-strange-lights-that-appear-in-the-sky?ocid=twert&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_weather&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central).

Atlas V Morelos-3 Mission Booklet

I am looking at this article Atlas V Morelos-3 Mission Booklet here (http://www.ulalaunch.com/uploads/docs/Mission_Booklets/AV/av_morelos3_mob.pdf).

COMPANY OVERVIEW

I am reading this article COMPANY OVERVIEW here (http://www.ulalaunch.com/about-ula.aspx).

#Morelos3

I read this post Spaceflight Now ‏@SpaceflightNow 21m21 minutes ago LIFTOFF of the 100th United Launch Alliance flight and the #Morelos3 satellite to bridge the digital divide in Mexico here (https://twitter.com/SpaceflightNow).

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Science Related Travel Board On Pinterest

As time goes on I add more pins to this Pinterest board here (https://www.pinterest.com/mlewis91/science-related-travel/).