From 2/22/1976 ( The Point Of No Return - my Orion space ship and I survived a catastrophic collision with a meteor and I decide to continue my mission as planned to divert Comet Lucifer in the outer solar system ) To 11/29/2009 ( premiere UK TV series "The Queen" ) is 12334 days
12334 = 6167 + 6167
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) To 1/21/1976 ( my first landing on planet Mars and my documented and lawful exclusive claim to the territory of planet Mars ) is 6167 days
From 5/12/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy aviator and U.S. Astronaut ) To 11/29/2009 ( premiere UK TV series "The Queen" ) is 16272 days
16272 = 8136 + 8136
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) To 6/12/1981 ( U.S. President Ronald Reagan : Proclamation 4848—National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day 1981 ) is 8136 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1558120/
"The Queen"
Episode #1.1 (2009)
Original Air Date: 29 November 2009 (Season 1, Episode 1)
Emilia Fox ... The Queen
Katie McGrath ... Princess Margaret
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1365539/officialsites
Official sites for
"The Queen" (2009)
Channel 4 [uk]
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-queen/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1
The Queen
Series 1 | Episode 1 | The Queen
On TV
First Shown
Date Time Channel
Sunday 29 November 2009 9 PM Channel 4
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Star Trek: Generations
:40:13
Your family history
is very important to you, isn't it?
:40:23
What? [ DVD ]
Oh. [ DVD ]
From being a boy, I can remember
hearing about the family line.
:40:29
The Picard who fought at Trafalgar.
The Picard who won the Nobel Prize.
:40:35
The Picards who settled
the first Martian colonies.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43942&st=&st1=
Proclamation 4848—National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day, 1981
June 12th, 1981
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Throughout American history our prisoners of war have been called upon to make uncommon sacrifices. In fulfilling their duty as citizens of the United States they have defended American ideals while suffering unimaginable indignities under the absolute control of the enemy. They remained steadfast even while their treatment contravened international understandings and violated elementary consideration of compassion and morality.
All Americans ought to recognize the special debt we owe to our fellow citizens who, in the act of serving our Nation, relinquished their freedom that we might enjoy the blessings of peace and liberty. Likewise, we must remember the unresolved casualties of war—our servicemen who are still missing. The pain and bitterness of war endure for their families, relatives and friends—and for all of us. Our Nation will continue to seek answers to the many questions that remain about their fate.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday, July 17, 1981, as National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day, a day dedicated to all former American prisoners of war, to those still missing, and to their families. I urge all Americans to join in honoring those who made the uncommon sacrifice of being held captive in war, and to honor as well their loved ones who have also suffered valiantly and patiently. I also call on appropriate officials of the Federal, State and local governments, as well as private organizations, to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fifth.
RONALD REAGAN
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=43941&st=&st1=
Remarks on Signing a Resolution and a Proclamation Declaring National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day, 1981
June 12th, 1981
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to what I think is a very important and worthwhile little signing ceremony here in the Rose Garden. I am pleased that I'm going to sign a joint resolution and a proclamation designating July 17th, 1981 National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day.
The brave men and women who fought for our country should all know that America does remember and is grateful and will always be proud of their courage and honor on the battlefield. And it's fitting that we pay this special tribute to those who so heroically endured the hardships and torture of enemy captivity—unusual in any war in our history, because it was the longest period that American fighting men have ever been held in captivity. Just the thought of the terrible pain that they suffered and endured should be seared in our memories forever. And let us remember, too, that 6 years after American involvement in Vietnam, in the war, we still don't have a full accounting of our missing servicemen from that conflict, an accounting that was guaranteed in the Paris peace accords that brought the fighting there to an end, an agreement which has been violated.
Recently there have been reports that Americans are still being held captive in Indochina. None of these reports, I'm sorry to say, has been verified, but the world should know that this administration continues to attach the highest priority to the problem of those missing in action. We intend to seek the fullest possible account from the governments involved.
I'm grateful that we have with us here today one of America's outstanding heroes from the Vietnam war, one of the former prisoners of war, and now the Senator from Alabama, Jeremiah Denton, accompanied by his lovely wife Jane. July 17th, it is just 16 years—or that will be—to the day that he was shot down over Southeast Asia. Now, lest someone think that there's a little confusion there, he was shot down on July 18th, 1965, but when it was the 18th there, on this side of the dateline it was the 17th. Jeremiah Denton. Who will ever forget on that first night in that first plane that arrived at Clark Field in the Philippines, and he was the first man we saw come down the ramp from the plane, salute our flag, ask God's blessing on America, and then thank us for bringing them home.
They're joined here by leaders of the House and Senate, many of their colleagues, Cap Hollenbeck and Bob Dornan, John LeBoutillier and Bill Hendon and John Paul Hammerschmidt and Tom Lantos from the House, and Senators Dennis DeConcini and Bob Dole, along with Senator Jeremiah Denton.
And now, I'm going to have the happy task of signing the proclamation and the bill.
Note: The President spoke at 3:02 p.m. at the signing ceremony in the Rose Garden at the White House.
As enacted, S.J. Res. 50 is Public Law 9713, approved June 12.
"Space: Above And Beyond"
"Pilot"
September 24, 1995
Episode 1 DVD:
00:00
[ First lines ]
Colonial Governor Borman: Tonight we stand beneath a new heaven. After 150 years of calling out the silence of the universe assures us that life is unique. We are alone. You and I are among the first to bring life to the stars - to this planet - the farthest any human has ever ventured. I know there are those at home who say that we are here only as a status symbol. Others say that we are fortune hunters or that we're running away. But I know we're here because of faith - faith in each other, in a better world. The rocket fuel that brought us here can be burnt away but our belief in ourselves, in one another - in the future never can be; never will be.
[ Crowd Cheering ]
[ Clock ticking ]
[ Dog barking ]
Sleeping colonist: Aw, come on, Buzz. What is it?
[ Dog barking ]
Sleeping colonist: It's ok, Buzz. It's just a meteor shower.
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Memorable quotes for
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
[first lines]
Captain Hikaru Sulu: Stardate 9521.6. Captain's Log, USS Excelsior. Hikaru Sulu commanding. After three years, I have concluded my first assignment as master of this vessel, cataloguing gaseous planetary anomalies in Beta Quadrant. We're heading home under full impulse power. I'm pleased to report that ship and crew have functioned well.
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Memorable quotes for
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Captain Hikaru Sulu: Don't tell me that was any meteor shower!
From 2/22/1976 ( The Point Of No Return - my Orion space ship and I survived a catastrophic collision with a meteor and I decide to continue my mission as planned to divert Comet Lucifer in the outer solar system ) to 9/24/1995 ( premiere US TV series "Space: Above and Beyond" ) is: 7154 days
7154 = 3577 + 3577
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 5/1/1973 ( my graduation from University of Oxford at Lincoln College includes law degree ) is: 3577 days
From 3/13/1978 ( U.S. Department of the Army Order 31-3 General Of The Armies of the United States applies to me personally and professionally as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) to 9/24/1995 ( premiere US TV series "Space: Above and Beyond" ) is: 6404 days
6404 = 3202 + 3202
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 4/21/1972 ( I was Apollo 16 Orion astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 3202 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112173/
"Space: Above and Beyond" (1995)
TV series 1995-1996
Release Date: 24 September 1995 (USA)
Plot: Earth is embroiled in a desperate war against invaders and this series focuses on one squad of marines involved in it.
James Morrison ... Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius "T.C." McQueen
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112173/quotes
Memorable quotes for
"Space: Above and Beyond" (1995)
[first lines]
Lt. Col. Tyrus Cassius "TC" McQueen: [narration] We thought we were alone. We believed the universe was ours. Until one night in 2063, on a Earth colony 16 light-years away, they struck. Now we're at war. We fight when called, in space, on land, and at sea. To lose this war means more than defeat; to surrender is to never go home. All of us must rise to the call... above and beyond.
http://www.cswap.com/1980/Mad_Max/cap/en/25fps/a/00_06
Mad Max
:07:01
You're gonna get it this time.
:07:03
-He had his indicator on.
-Shut up!
:07:09
No, you're not going on. Stay off the road!
:07:11
Of course, I'm going on. Shut up!
:07:13
People's lives are in peril!
:07:16
What are you doing? You gone nuts?
:07:24
I'm gonna have him!
:07:27
Stay off the road!
:07:32
I got him! Shut up! Stay on him!
http://www.cswap.com/1979/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture/cap/en/25fps/a/01_04
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1:04:07
Opinion, Mr. Spock.
1:04:09
Recommend we proceed, Captain.
1:04:11
- Mr. Decker?
- I advise caution, Captain.
1:04:15
We can't withstand another attack.
1:04:17
That thing is 20 hours
away from Earth.
1:04:19
- We know nothing about it as yet.
- Precisely the point, Captain.
1:04:22
We don't know what it'll do.
1:04:24
Moving into that cloud
at this time...
1:04:27
is an unwarranted gamble.
1:04:30
How do you define "unwarranted"?
1:04:36
You asked my opinion, sir.
1:04:45
Viewer. Standard ahead.
1:04:57
Navigator, maintain course.
1:04:58
Helmsman...
1:05:01
steady as she goes.
http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/Solar
Solar System: Mon 1976 Jun 7
Saturn
Distance (AU)
9.797
http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_all.htm
Welcome to OnlineConversion.com
All Length and Distance Conversions
Result:
9.797 astronomical unit = 910 686 222.41 mile [survey, US]
From 2/17/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy SEAL ) to 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe and the Saturn moon Phoebe territory belongs to me and my wife ) is: 4128 days
From 6/7/1976 ( my first landing Saturn moon Phoebe and the Saturn moon Phoebe territory belongs to me and my wife ) to 9/26/1987 ( premiere US TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation"::series premiere episode "Encounter at Farpoint" ) is: 4128 days
From 11/8/1970 ( my first ascent to Mount Everest summit ) to 9/26/1987 ( premiere US TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation"::series premiere episode "Encounter at Farpoint" ) is: 6166 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 1/19/1976 ( U.S. congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 General of the Armies of the United States applies to me personally and professionally as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) is: 6166 days
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Encounter at Farpoint
Original Release Date: September 26, 1987
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094030/
"Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Encounter at Farpoint (1987)
Original Air Date: 26 September 1987 (Season 1, Episode 1)
Patrick Stewart ... Captain Jean-Luc Picard
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/farthest
farthest
most distant or remote.
at or to the greatest distance.
at or to the most advanced point.
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/f/foreigner/long+long+way+from+home_20054849.html
Foreigner
Long, Long Way From Home
It was a monday
A day like any other day
I left a small town
For the apple in decay
It was my destiny
Its what we needed to do
They were telling me
Im telling you
I was inside looking outside
The millions of faces
But still Im alone
Waiting, hours of waiting
Paying a penance
I was longing for home
Im looking out for the two of us
I hope well be here when theyre through with us
I was inside looking outside
Oh the millions of faces
But still Im alone
Waiting, hours of waiting
I could feel the tension
I was longing for home
Im looking out for the two of us
And I hope well be here when theyre through with us
Im coming home
Monday, sad, sad monday
Shes waiting for me
But Im a long, long way from home
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046816/quotes
Memorable quotes for
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
Lieutenant Tom Keefer: "There is no escape from the Caine, save death. We're all doing penance, sentenced to an outcast ship, manned by outcasts, and named after the greatest outcast of them all."
From 7/2/1976 ( I intercepted Comet Lucifer in the outer solar system and set to work at diverting it ) to 6/27/1981 ( USS Kidd DDG 993 commissioned into U.S. Navy active service ) is 59 months 3 weeks 4 days
'59-34' ( my birth date UK )
From 9/2/1965 ( my first day as university student and graduate student instructor at Princeton University where I earned Medical Doctor degree ) to 6/27/1981 ( USS Kidd DDG-993 commissioned into U.S. Navy active service ) is 15 years 9 months 3 weeks 4 days
'1-59-34' ( my birth date UK )
http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/DDG993.htm
KIDD (DDG 993)
GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYER
Class: DDG 993
Commission Date: 06/27/1981
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_C._Kidd
Isaac C. Kidd
Isaac Campbell Kidd (March 26, 1884 – December 7, 1941) was an American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy who was killed on the bridge of the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He was the father of Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, Jr.. He was a posthumous recipient of his nation's highest military honor — the Medal of Honor. The highest ranking casualty at Pearl Harbor, he became the first US Navy flag officer killed in action in World War II as well as the first killed in action against any foreign enemy.
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Memorable quotes for
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Dr. Stephen Maturin: They're exhausted. These men are exhausted. You've pushed them too hard.
Capt. Jack Aubrey: Stephen, I invite you to this cabin as my friend. Not to criticise nor to comment on my command.
Dr. Stephen Maturin: Well, shall I leave you until you're in a more harmonious frame of mind.
[he stands and is about to leave]
Capt. Jack Aubrey: What would you have me do, Stephen?
Dr. Stephen Maturin: [turns back to him and knows what to say] Tip the ship's grog over the side.
Capt. Jack Aubrey: Stop their grog?
Dr. Stephen Maturin: Nagle was drunk when he insulted Hollom. Did you know that?
Capt. Jack Aubrey: Stop 30 years of privilege and tradition. I'd rather have them three sheets to the wind than face a mutiny.
Dr. Stephen Maturin: You see I'm rather understanding of mutinies. Men pressed from their homes, confined for months aboard a wooden prison...
Capt. Jack Aubrey: I respect your right to disagree with me, but I can only afford one rebel on this ship. I hate it when you talk of the service in this way. It makes me feel so very low. You think I want to flog Nagle? A man who hacked the ropes that sent his mate to his death? Under MY orders? Do you not see? The only things that keep this wooden world together are hard work...
Dr. Stephen Maturin: Jack, the man failed to salute. There's hierarchies even in nature. There is no disdain in nature. There is no...
Capt. Jack Aubrey: Men must be governed! Often not wisely, but governed nonetheless.
Dr. Stephen Maturin: That's the excuse of every tyrant in history, from Nero to Bonaparte. I, for one, am opposed to authority. It is an egg of misery and opression.
Capt. Jack Aubrey: You've come to the wrong shop for anarchy, brother.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(nautical)
Captain (nautical)
The Captain or Master of a merchant vessel is a licensed mariner in ultimate command of the vessel. A Ship's Captain, also called Shipmaster or Skipper, is responsible for its safe and efficient operation, including cargo operations, navigation, crew management and ensuring that the vessel complies with local and international laws, as well as company and flag state policies.
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Gerald Ford
XXXVIII President of the United States: 1974 - 1977
656 - Toasts of the President and Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
July 7, 1976
Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness, distinguished guests:
We are deeply honored to have you, and Prince Philip with you, this evening. On behalf of all Americans, Mrs. Ford and I take the greatest pleasure in extending the hospitality of the United States to you and your party who are visiting us.
Your Majesty, this evening we honor a very remarkable relationship between two sovereign nations. During our 200 years as an independent nation, the United States has never forgotten its British heritage. Nearly four centuries ago, the British came to a wilderness and built a new civilization on British custom, British fortitude, British law, and British government.
Note: The President spoke at 10:47 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House. Queen Elizabeth II responded as follows:
Mr. President, thank you for your welcome and for your gracious words tonight. We are deeply grateful for having been invited to visit the United States in the main week of your Bicentenary. It was a generous gesture and apposite. After all, nobody can say that what happened on the Fourth of July, 1776, was not very much a bilateral affair between us. [Laughter] We were indeed happy to accept your invitation.
Two hundred years ago this week, America declared its independence from Britain, and for several years the English-speaking world was at war with itself, and families on both sides of the ocean were deeply divided.
So, too, was the British Parliament, whose greatest orators of the time denounced the measures which provoked the war and the separation. But when Britain eventually recognized the independence of the United States of America, a new chapter in history opened.
In the summer of 1785, John Adams, America's first envoy to the Court of St. James, paid his first call on King George III. My ancestor said to him, in Well-known words which are worth repeating, "I was the last man in the Kingdom to consent to the separation, but the separation having been made, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power."
Mr. President, history is not a fairy tale. Despite the good intentions, hostility soon broke out between us--and even burst into this house. [Laughter] But these early quarrels are long buried. What is more important is that our shared language, traditions, and history have given us a common vision of what is right and just.
Both our peoples believe in the worth of the individual and the family, in freedom of religion and expression, and the right to change a government by the ballot box rather than the gun--perhaps, the best definition of democracy. That is why time and time again, in the testing days of war and the constructive years of peace, we have stood together on the things that matter.
The world has changed a great deal since that Declaration was signed in Independence Hall 200 years ago. Over the generations, the British people have watched with admiration--and can I say with pride--how you, with ingenuity and resource, first peopled and settled the continent and then undertook a world role which has brought great and lasting benefits to humanity.
Britain, too, has undergone many changes. The British Empire, with imagination and goodwill, has been transformed into a Commonwealth of nations. And in this age, when the relationship between the developed and the developing countries is a central issue, I have no doubt that this Commonwealth link of friendship and understanding is of true value.
At home in recent years, Britain has sought to ensure that everyone has the opportunity for self-fulfillment and a real stake in the future development and prosperity of the country. She is a country much concerned about things that matter--the creation of the necessary wealth to support a prosperous society, the preservation of a clean and healthy environment, the education of the young, the care of the elderly and the sick.
While maintaining the closest links with the commonwealth and the United States, Britain has become a member of the European Community, and this gives us yet another opportunity to work through a wider grouping for the benefit of all.
Interdependence is a feature of the modern world, a world that has become smaller, yet more complex. Today, no nation can stand alone. We depend, as never before, upon each other.
Mr. President, we live in times of uncertainty, even of apprehension, and with forces that we cannot allow to escape from our control. We must be farsighted and adaptable. But we must never lose sight of our basic values, nor underrate the worth of what we know to be certain.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976
1976
March 26 – Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom sends the first royal e-mail.
http://www.sat.lib.tx.us/Displays/it70.htm
History & Development of the Internet:
a Timeline (the 1970s)
1976
Queen Elizabeth II makes early network history by sending an email announcing that the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment in Malvern, is available on the ARPANET system.
According to the Queen's Royal Archives, the brief message was sent on March 26, 1976.
From 12/14/1972 ( I was Apollo 17 Challenger astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) to 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 Columbia spacecraft as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) is: 3041 days
From 4/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the STS-1 Columbia spacecraft as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan U.S. Navy ) to 8/9/1989 ( premiere US film "The Abyss" ) is: 3041 days
From 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot ) To 8/9/1989 ( premiere US film "The Abyss" ) is 8136 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) To 6/12/1981 ( U.S. President Ronald Reagan : Proclamation 4848—National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day 1981 ) is 8136 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754/
The Abyss (1989)
Release Date: 9 August 1989 (USA)
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Memorable quotes for
The Abyss (1989)
Lindsey Brigman: It says... It says, uh... "Virgil Brigman back on the air".
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I've written several times of this experience in terms of that Star Trek:TNG episode where Capt. Picard is assimilated by the Borg. While I do not consider myself a "Trekkie", I like the Star Trek series because I am a fan in general of science fiction, and because I like any good story that captures my imagination. There was a follow-on episode to those episodes of where Picard is captured and it was titled "Family." While I typically like the episodes with more action, I always get a kick out this episode because Picard's brother reminded me so much of my sister, in terms of obvious sibling rivalry. I also found myself envying Picard's character for being able to go back to a home like that, where he has roots. I was watching a movie a few months ago based on John McCain's POW experiences and I was thinking of how a lot of it seemed similar. I was most interested in what it was like for him to come back home after his 6 years in captivity but the movie seemed kind of light there. I also found myself envying McCain for his family, especially not only being third-generation Navy but a family of notable service to the Navy.
The original air date of this episode was October 1990, and my formal discharge from the Navy was May 1990. I'm not sure when I actually watched this episode though; probably around the 1994 time-frame. It reminds me of a pivotal point back in 1990. I was leaving the Navy and I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do. I had spent the last 6 months overseas so there had been no way to even do any interviews until I was actually out of the service. As luck would have it, a buddy of mine, who I had worked with on the USS Wainwright, recommended me to a company he was interviewing with and I got that job. I got out of the Navy on a Friday and I was working there that next Monday. Coincidentally, the same thing had happened six years earlier where I graduated high school on Friday and was in Navy boot camp the next Monday.
Synopsis
After taking the U.S.S. Enterprise to an Earth-orbiting spacedock for repairs, Picard, still recovering from the injuries he suffered at the hands of the Borg, returns for the first time in twenty years to the 19th century French village where he grew up. He is greeted warmly by his sister-in-law and nephew, both of whom he has never met. However, his meeting with his older brother Robert, who feels that Picard is arrogant, is filled with animosity.
Back in his village, Picard receives an offer from an old friend to head a project on Earth, and is shocked to find himself seriously considering the job. While Picard anguishes over the decision, his brother seizes the opportunity to torment him, telling him he has changed from the unflappable achiever he once was. The argument leads to a brawl that eventually leaves the sibling rivals laughing and covered in mud. They share a tender moment as Picard reveals the guilt he feels over his inability to fight the Borg after they kidnapped him.
As the U.S.S. Enterprise prepares to depart, it is apparent that more than just the starship was repaired. Worf shares a final tender moment with his parents, Wesley says goodbye to a father he finally feels he knows, and Picard, reconciled with his brother, begins his psychological recovery from his trauma with the Borg.
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Chechaquo
http://www.online-literature.com/short.php/101
But all this--the mysterious, far-reaching hairline trail, the absence of sun from the sky, the tremendous cold, and the strangeness and weirdness of it all--made no impression on the man. It was not because he was long used to it. He was a new-comer in the land, a chechaquo, and this was his first winter. The trouble with him was that he was without imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances. Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty odd degrees of frost. Such fact impressed him as being cold and uncomfortable, and that was all. It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe. Fifty degrees below zero stood for a bite of frost that hurt and that must be guarded against by the use of mittens, ear-flaps, warm moccasins, and thick socks. Fifty degrees below zero was to him just precisely fifty degrees below zero. That there should be anything more to it than that was a thought that never entered his head.
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