[scifinoir2] Albert Einstein on Race and Racism
A new book is being released about Albert Einstein and his relationship to African-Americans: http://www.einsteinonrace.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0813536170/ Art Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: 'Star Trek's' Scotty, James Doohan, dead at 85
cool. Send the article when it's published, so we don't miss it Here's the link to the article in today's Boston Herald newspaper: http://theedge.bostonherald.com/tvNews/view.bg?articleid=94673 George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) http://home.earthlink.net/~ekistics10/mcnair/ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Star Trek's' Scotty, James Doohan, dead at 85
Congratulations! Two other thoughts came to mind when reading this. One, I always laugh when the press covers genre specific topics and don't quite get it right, as the reference to Dr. Spock shows. Two, he called you a TrekKIE! Now that's what I'm talking about--none of that nouveau, trying-to-be-acceptably-cool TrekKER junk! -- Original message -- cool. Send the article when it's published, so we don't miss it Here's the link to the article in today's Boston Herald newspaper: http://theedge.bostonherald.com/tvNews/view.bg?articleid=94673 George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) http://home.earthlink.net/~ekistics10/mcnair/ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group scifinoir2 on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: 'Star Trek's' Scotty, James Doohan, dead at 85
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Congratulations! Two other thoughts came to mind when reading this. One, I always laugh when the press covers genre specific topics and don't quite get it right, as the reference to Dr. Spock shows. Two, he called you a TrekKIE! Now that's what I'm talking about--none of that nouveau, trying-to-be-acceptably-cool TrekKER junk! Even someone with only a passing familiarity with 'Star Trek' could hardly mis-designate such an iconic figure (in the genre) as Mr. Spock. The error was stark and hard not to notice. That being said, the included fan quotes were a fine tribute to James. Well done, Mr. Jenkins. :-) Brent -- Original message -- cool. Send the article when it's published, so we don't miss it Here's the link to the article in today's Boston Herald newspaper: http://theedge.bostonherald.com/tvNews/view.bg?articleid=94673 George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) http://home.earthlink.net/~ekistics10/mcnair/ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
RE: [scifinoir2] Halle looks Great in HDTV! (see who doesn't...)
Not to go the obvious route, but lists like this usually irritate me. One, I've seen Kournikova, and no way her skin looks better than many Sisters I've seen. Black skin tends to be smoother, younger-looking, and less wrinkled than just about any other racial group. Second, one person who's part Black in the top ten, and she's half white. Then they list Beyonce Knowles, who's on the lighter side too. Okay, there's Janet Jackson and Brandy, but that's it for the darker ones. What about Angela Bassett? Gabrielle Union? Serena Williams? From what I've seen, darker skinned Black people actually tend to have smoother skin than lighter skinned ones. It seems to me this is more of a list of white-to-light skin that they find beautiful, combined with the stars they simply find popular. I know this is all in fun, but I just see another example of how the media hypes a certain look and convinces us that look is beautiful. How else can *anyone* put blonde Kournikova ahead of women like Zeta-Jones or Selma Hayek? And the number of darker Sisters---and Latinas--whose skin would put most of these women to shame is staggering, but barely a knod to them. Finally, most of these celebrities are the same ones you see on other most beautiful and most popular lists. I know from my wife--who keeps up with fashion and beauty trends--that many celebs you think have perfect features owe it to a team of makeup experts whose job it is to make them look flawless. Don't let this list fool you. Okay, so I only got three hours of sleep and my cranky self is blowing this *way* out of proportion! :) -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kelly Wright Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 18:47 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Halle looks Great in HDTV! (see who doesn't...) 6. Halle Berry Wow! She looks great on regular TV, but her beautiful skin and lips make her irresistible in high-def. This Catwoman wouldn't have to work hard to bring home the kittens.. http://www.TVPredictions.com HDTV: Beauty Is Skin-Deep There is no escaping the naked lens of High-Definition TV. The picture is so clear that aging signs and skin imperfections are clearly visible. Below is our Top 10 list of which celebrities look better -- and worse -- in high-def. If you're a member of the media and would like to interview our president, Phillip Swann, about HDTV and/or The List, call 703-505-3064 or e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also see: The 10 Scariest People in HDTV! Here is OnHD.TV's top 10 celebrities who look even better in High- Definition TV. 1. Anna Kournikova The occasional tennis player looks even more beautiful in high-def. Her skin is glistening and luscious. It's easy to see why her matches sell out despite her limited talents. It's not love-15; it's love Anna. 2. Catherine Zeta-Jones The star of Chicago and Traffic is absolutely gorgeous and it shows in high-def. Pity the aging Michael Douglas when he has to stand beside her in the high-def broadcast of an awards show. (See Worse) The actress is so beautiful in high-def that even the hyphen between Zeta and Jones looks good. 3. Charlize Therzon Whoever did her makeup for Monster should have received an Oscar. This woman is gorgeous and it's hard to believe that she was made to look so horrific in the film. At the recent Oscar awards, Theron was glowing under the HDTV lights. 4. Sting Isn't it bad enough that this guy has all that musical talent? In his fifties, Sting still looks great in high-def. 5. Scarlett Johansson The Lost in Translation star has the skin of a porcelain doll and looks incredible when seen in high-def. It's easy to see why Bill Murray would get lost in her gaze. 6. Halle Berry Wow! She looks great on regular TV, but her beautiful skin and lips make her irresistible in high-def. This Catwoman wouldn't have to work hard to bring home the kittens.. 7. George Clooney His animal magnetism is legendary in Hollywood and it comes through in HDTV. The Oceans 11 star must be living right. 8. Angelina Jolie Breathtaking. Like Berry, her skin and lips are just juicy. The only negative: The actress has a small mole on her forehead. In high-def, it looks like Mt. Everest.. 9. Liv Tyler How can she look so great when her father is headed for Keith Richards territory? Beautiful skin. 10. Penelope Cruz How did Tom Cruise break up with her? Talk about Mission Impossible. Honorable Mention Ashley Judd Maria Sherapova Jennifer Garner Beyonce Knowles Antonio Banderas Rebecca Romjin-Stamos Mariah Carey Meg Ryan Gwyneth Paltrow Mandy Moore Alex Rodriguez John Travolta Susan Sarandon Janet Jackson Nicole Kidman Natalie Portman Lee Lee Sobieski Lucy Liu Heidi Klum Jay Leno Rob Lowe Jessica Alba Salma Hayek David James Elliott (JAG) Naomi Watts Brandy Jill Hennessy (Crossing Jordan) Leah Remini (King of Queens) And here is OnHD.TV's top 10 celebrities who look worse in
[scifinoir2] Scotty,' we hardly knew yee ...
'Scotty,' we hardly knew yee ... http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05203/541806.stm Friday, July 22, 2005 By Peter Leo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Boldly going where all men go As a youth, this Morning Filer spent many happy hours plopped in front of the console television, watching Star Trek reruns when we should have been outside exercising or at least not eating so many potato chips. Warp speed! Phasers on stun! Live long and prosper! That's just the type of dork the MF was, and it helps explain why MF never lettered in any high school sports. And it also explains why MF was so saddened to learn that James Doohan, the actor who played chief engineer Montgomery Scott aboard the Starship Enterprise, died Wednesday at age 85. As is often the case, you learn the most about a guy's real-life heroics only after he dies. According to the Associated Press obituary, at 19, the Canadian-born Doohan escaped turmoil at home by joining the army. He became a lieutenant in artillery and was among the Canadian forces that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. That night, he was machine-gunned, taking six hits: four in his leg, one in the chest and one that took off his middle right finger. He hid the missing finger on screen. So today's Morning File is dedicated to the man immortalized by the phrase, Beam me up, Scotty. Misquote of the day William Shatner's James T. Kirk, captain of the Enterprise, never actually said, Beam me up, Scotty, during the show's three-season run. So claim the people behind www.filmsite.org. He came close -- Scotty, beam me up, and Kirk to Enterprise, beam us up, Scotty -- but the captain never uttered the S.O.S. call most often attributed to him. Small detail, but trekkies are nothing if not sticklers for accuracy. The Scotty misquote is Star Trek's version of the famous Luke, I am your father quotation, which any true Star Wars geek can tell you was never precisely said by Darth Vader. Other common misquotes, courtesy of filmsite: In Cool Hand Luke, Strother Martin never told Paul Newman, What we have here is a failure to communicate. Instead, he said, What we've got here is, failure to communicate. Joe Friday, played by Jack Webb in the TV series Dragnet, never said, Just the facts, ma'am. He said, All we want are the facts, ma'am. Neither Humphrey Bogart nor Ingrid Bergman said, Play it again, Sam, in Casablanca. Bogart said to the nightclub pianist, Play it, Sam. You played it for her, now play it for me. In Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the wicked queen never asked, Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? She said, Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all? And contrary to popular belief, MF did not lean over the bow of a boat and shout to the sea, I'm the king of the world! The quote was, I think I'm gonna hurl. Stunning news Whenever they beamed down to new planets, Scotty, Kirk and the crew always carried their trusty phaser guns, whose energy pulses could be turned up if you wanted to blow away a nasty alien, or turned down if you just wanted to give the nasty alien a good tickle. Now the Morning File, through its top-level government source (we'll call him Deep Rove), learns that the U.S. military is getting closer to creating such a phaser device, which would use beams of electromagnetic energy to incapacitate or kill a foe. Directed-energy pulses can be throttled up or down depending on the situation, much like the phasers on 'Star Trek' could be set to kill or merely stun, the AP's Brian Bergstein reports. Among the simplest forms are inexpensive, handheld lasers that fill people's field of vision, inducing a temporary blindness to ensure they stop at a checkpoint, for example. [A] separate branch of directed-energy research involves bigger, badder beams: lasers that could obliterate targets tens of miles away from ships or planes. Such a strike would be so surgical that, as some designers put it at a recent conference, the military could plausibly deny responsibility. The Morning File vows to keep Deep Rove's identity a triple mega-atomic secret, unless we're threatened with jail time, in which case we'll sing like a canary. Good dog Among registered purebred dogs, the Scottish Terrier -- Scotty, to its friends -- is the 42nd most popular dog in the U.S., says the American Kennel Club The Final Frontier Doohan stuck with his space explorer gig to the very end. Before he died, the actor asked to have his ashes launched into outer space, as was done for Star Trek's creator, Gene Roddenberry. Houston-based Space Services, which specializes in space memorials, plans to send a few grams of Doohan's ashes aboard a rocket later this year. Remains are sealed in an aluminum capsule that stays in orbit up to several hundred years before falling and vaporizing in the Earth's atmosphere, the AP says. Last word From Hank Stuever in the Washington Post: The real tribute to James 'Scotty' Doohan, 39 light-years after he first saved the USS
