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The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)
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Dr. Hellstrom: In fighting with superior intellect, we have outsmarted ourselves.
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Red Planet (2000)
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[Urinating on the surface of Mars]
Dr. Quinn Burchenal: Whoa! You sure do get some high arc in this low gravity.
Gallagher: You watching this, AMEE? We're taking the first piss on Mars.
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Richard Nixon
XXXVII President of the United States: 1969 - 1974
128 - Remarks Opening Expo '74, Spokane, Washington.
May 4, 1974
Governor Evans, Secretary Dent, Congressman Foley, Your Excellencies representing the nations from abroad, Your Eminence, all of the distinguished guests and all of those here on this historic occasion for the opening of Expo '74:
I am honored to be here for a number of reasons: First, because the State of Washington, under the leadership of Governor Evans, I think is generally recognized to be the first State in the Nation in terms of trying to protect the environment. We congratulate this State, its Governor, and its legislators.
And then, it is a great privilege to be here on this sparkling, beautiful day to speak about what this particular occasion means, not only for now and the days ahead in this summer--when I hope that hundreds of thousands, and maybe millions, will come to see it but, looking down through the pages of history perhaps to the year 2000, 25 years from now, when we celebrate a new year that comes once in 1,000 years and when we look back to see what we did now to make that a new year that was not only the greatest new year for America but for every nation in the world.
Today, we speak of the environment in terms--as we should---of cleaning up the air and water, of a legacy of parks, of all of those other things that have to do with making our cities and our towns and our countryside more beautiful for our children and those that follow us.
The environment means all those things, but environment also means other things to people. It means, for example, for every family in America a job so that he can enjoy the environment around him. And there are those who sometimes say that the two are in conflict, that it is impossible to have a great, productive society like America--the most industrialized nation in the world--and a clean environment.
We have gone through a period in the energy crisis when there have been evidences that these two great interests--one, production which would provide jobs, and two, a clean environment--seem to come in conflict. But let me tell you what the answer is. We can have both, and we shall have both. And the way we can have both is to develop the great resources of this country in a way that they will not pollute the atmosphere, that they will contribute to a clean environment.
And that is why we are going forward in terms of our huge Government programs in research and development for the purpose of seeing that our coal resources can be developed into a clean fuel. That is why we are going forward in our programs for the development of solar energy and nuclear power which, of course, would be clean fuel.
And I can assure all of you here that your Federal Government, working with the States, working with private enterprise, can and will achieve the goal of not only a better and cleaner environment in terms of our water and our air but also the jobs, the opportunity for all Americans that is so important for us to enjoy an environment.
Another aspect of environment that occurs to each of us, of course, is what this magnificent Expo is going to leave as a legacy. It will leave, I trust, some of these beautiful buildings. It will leave a 100-acre park in the heart of the city of Spokane, which was once a blighted area. These will be physical monuments to what you, the citizens of Spokane and the State of Washington, have done in putting on Expo '74.
But beyond those material things, it will leave something else, and that is a new spirit. And what impressed me as I read about how this Expo came about was that the idea did not come from Washington, D.C., it came from Washington State. Those who worked on it, those who conceived it, and most of the money that went into it, came from the people. And to the people of this State we give you the congratulations for a magnificent achievement.
And it is that spirit, that spirit of individual enterprise, that spirit of doing things and not depending upon someone else to do them for you, it is that spirit that developed the West and the Northwest. It is that spirit that will continue to make America a great nation, we trust, in the years ahead.
There is one other aspect of the environment to which I should like to refer, and it is particularly appropriate that I refer to it in the presence of these very distinguished representatives from the other nations who have exhibits here for Expo '74.
We can have good jobs and fine security and good health and clean air and clean water, and it will make no difference unless we find a way for the great nations of the world to settle their differences at the conference table and not on the battlefield. And that is why we have opened, as you know, negotiations with those who might have been our adversaries, negotiations which did not mean that either we or they agreed with each other in terms of philosophy, but negotiations that had one overriding concern, and that is this: World War I was destructive, World War II was destructive; there cannot be world war III, because it will destroy not only the nations that participate in it, it will destroy civilization as we know it, and we cannot let that happen, and we will not let it happen. That is what we must do if we are to have the kind of environment that we want for the future.
And now in the presence of the representative from the Soviet Union--as he knows, I will soon be having another round of talks with Mr. Brezhnev and his colleagues in Moscow. We will not agree on all things, we will have sharp debates, but let me tell you this: Whether it is with him or whether it is with leaders of other countries they are allied with or neutral countries in the world, there is no disagreement with regard to the need for all nations to cooperate, share their knowledge and their brains in cleaning up the environment of the world. We are not just talking about the environment of Spokane or the State of Washington or of the United States but of this whole globe on which we live. And that is a great enterprise that Expo '74 will be remembered for in the years ahead.
Because, as we look at where the great ideas, the great breakthroughs come which deal with the scourges which have afflicted mankind from the beginning of civilization, we find that no one can predict that it will come from one nation or from one continent or from one race, because that spark of genius might be in the Americas, it might be in Asia, it might be in Latin America, it might be in Africa. What we have to realize is that among the 3 billion people that live on this Earth, there are those men and women who have within themselves that genius that will find new answers that will help us to get the clean air and the clean water and all the other things that we want to have a clean environment.
And going further than that, in that whole world we must recognize that that spark of genius that will find the answer to the diseases that plague mankind, it may not be here in America, it may be in some other country. But the important thing for us to remember in this period when we have ended America's longest war and when we are moving through a generation and longer of peace, let us see that not just America but all nations, whatever their differences in philosophy, work together to clean up the environment, work together in the causes of peace, and in that way, we will make the progress that we want to make by the year 2000 which the whole human race can enjoy.
No national pride should be taken in the fact that one nation or another finds the answer to what may cure cancer in its various aspects, what may deal with some aspects of heart disease and many of the others that afflict mankind.
No one nation can take any jingoistic pride in the fact that one of its scientists or one of its technicians found an answer to the problem of a cleaner environment.
What we must do is to recognize that it is together, working together, thinking together, that we will find answers that we would never find if we were not talking to each other, negotiating with each other. And that is why I say to you, my friends gathered here on this magnificent day in the State of Washington, in the city of Spokane, you are dedicated to a great goal, celebrating a new and fresh environment for tomorrow. What will that tomorrow be, and for all those who are young and who will be here to celebrate that new year 25, 26 years from now?
I will tell you what I think it can be, and this is a beginning: It can be a time when the whole world can look back on progress in conquering the scourges of disease that have afflicted all people wherever they may live. We can look back on a period when the whole world enjoyed the benefits of what our scientists and engineers were able to find out in terms of making our air and our water cleaner and better for everybody.
But most important, let us hope and let us pray on this day that we can look back and say that over that 25 years, the peoples of the world, despite their differences in philosophy, lived together in peace. Let this be a day in which we concentrate, and consecrate as well, not only our efforts in America but also working with peoples in other nations toward the goal of a fresh, new environment in terms of peace for all mankind so that we can enjoy the magnificent environment that you see around us here today.
Thank you.
MARVIN MILLER (master of ceremonies). Ladies and gentlemen, as the fair officially opens, we invite you to celebrate with us "Tomorrow's Fresh, New Environment."
Mr. President, will you say the magic words.
THE PRESIDENT. At I e noon on this day, acting in my capacity as President of the United States, it is my high honor and privilege to declare Expo '74 officially open to all the citizens of the world.
Note: The President spoke at 11:46 a.m. at the Washington State Pavilion.
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William J. Clinton
XLII President of the United States: 1993 - 2001
Remarks at a Reception for Hillary Clinton in New York City
September 11, 2000
And I realize that so many times, people like me in positions of responsibility just mess it up for them, if people play games with power and create illusions in the minds of people about false values
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pervert
Pathology a person affected with perversion.
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Red Planet (2000)
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The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
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USA 16 January 1941
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The American Presidency Project
Franklin D. Roosevelt
XXXII President of the United States: 1933-1945
10 - Message to Congress on New Steel Cargo Vessels.
January 16, 1941
To the Congress of the United States:
I am convinced that the national interest demands that immediate steps be taken upon an emergency basis to provide against the effect upon the United States of a possible world shortage of cargo vessels.
Therefore, I feel that there should be undertaken with the least possible delay the construction of not less than two hundred steel cargo vessels, suitable for use in the present emergency and of such type and design as will permit of their most rapid construction.
Such a program of emergency shipbuilding should be entirely distinct from the long-range construction program with which the U.S. Maritime Commission is proceeding under the 1936 Merchant Marine Act, and interference with that program, as well as interference with the naval construction program, must be avoided. Additional shipways and other necessary shipyard facilities for the building of these emergency cargo ships should therefore be provided, so far as necessary, specifically for that purpose, in the simplest possible manner and in the shortest possible time. Title to such special facilities should in most instances vest in the Government, but the managerial abilities of private contractors must be utilized to the utmost in the construction of facilities and ships. By making use of the experience and administrative facilities of the Maritime Commission and by clothing that agency with appropriate authority, the contemplated emergency program can be handled most effectively and expeditiously, and without the creation of any new or special governmental agency.
Because of the urgency of the situation, and after consultation with the Office of Production Management with respect both to the necessity for immediate action and to the coordination of this ship construction with other phases of the national defense program, I have already allocated to the Maritime Commission the sum of $500,000 from the Emergency Fund for the President contained in the Military Appropriation Act, 1941, and authorized the Commission to enter into contracts for these purposes to the extent of $36,000,000 under the contractual authority contained in said appropriation. An immediate appropriation is necessary for the payment of such contracts, and the proposed resolution provides that the appropriation contained therein shall be available for their liquidation and other expenditures pursuant to this program.
The Commission estimates that the total cost of this program will be $350,000,000. The $313,500,000 provided in the attached joint resolution, together with the $500,000 allocated from the Emergency Fund for the President, and the $36,000,000 which will be available on July 1, 1941, for the payment of obligations incurred under authority already provided, will make up this amount.
In view of the emergency, I ask your immediate and favorable consideration of the attached draft of joint resolution.
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Gerald Ford
XXXVIII President of the United States: 1974 - 1977
357 - Remarks About Proposed Legislation To Increase Enriched Uranium Production
June 26, 1975
I WILL read a statement before signing the message or messages that will go to the Congress.
Because our oil and natural gas resources are fast being depleted, we must rely more and more on nuclear power as a major source of energy for the future.
Today, I am asking the Congress to join me in embarking the Nation on an exciting new course of action which will help to assure the energy independence that we need and significantly strengthen our economy at home at the same time. I am referring to the establishment of an entirely new competitive industry to provide uranium enrichment service for nuclear power reactors.
The legislation that I am seeking will reinforce the world leadership we now enjoy in uranium enrichment technology. It will help ensure the continued availability of reliable energy for America. It will move America one big step nearer energy independence.
This legislation will insure that the billions of dollars required for the construction of new enrichment plants will be borne by the private sector, not by the American taxpayer. But all of us will benefit directly from the service which private enterprise will provide.
I urge the Congress to act swiftly and favorably on this important new energy initiative. With this comprehensive approach, the United States can reopen its uranium enrichment "order book," reassert its supremacy as the world's major supplier of enriched uranium, and develop a strong private enrichment industry to help bolster the national economy.
So, it is with pleasure and hope that I sign the message to go to both the House and the Senate and ask the Congress to move as rapidly as possible in order that we can achieve the objectives which are so important.
Thank you very much.
Note: The President spoke at 11:23 a.m. at a ceremony in the Cabinet Room at the White House.
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tv.com
Code Red Season 1 Episode 1
pilot
Aired Sunday 7:00 PM Sep 20, 1981 on ABC
AIRED: 9/20/81
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Red Planet (2000)
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Gallagher: I prefer one moon, you know? That way you know what to call it: The Moon.
Lt. Ted Santen: [Over the radio] More color commentary from the space janitor.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/nereid/indepth
NASA
Nereid: In Depth
Nereid is one of the outermost of Neptune's known moons and is among the largest. Nereid is unique because it has one of the most eccentric orbits of any moon in our solar system. Nereid is so far from Neptune that it requires 360 Earth days to make one orbit. This odd orbit suggests that Nereid may be a captured asteroid or Kuiper Belt object or that it was greatly disturbed during the capture of Neptune's largest moon Triton.
Discovery:
Nereid was discovered on 1 May 1949 by Gerard P. Kuiper with a ground-based telescope. It was the last satellite of Neptune to be discovered before Voyager 2's discoveries four decades later.
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Total Recall (1990)
Quotes
Dr. Lull: [after Quaid goes crazy at Rekall] Listen to me, he's been going on and on about Mars. He's really been there.
Bob McClane: Use your head, you dumb bitch! He's just acting out the secret agent portion of his Ego Trip.
Dr. Lull: I'm afraid that's not possible.
Bob McClane: Why not?
Dr. Lull: Because we haven't implanted it yet!
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One Night Stand (1984)
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One Night Stand (1984)
Plot Summary
In Australia, four teenagers in the Sydney Opera House are horrified to hear the news that nuclear war has broken out in Eastern Europe. They try to figure out the best way they can survive the coming conflagration. At the film's end, it is left uncertain whether Sydney will be hit by nuclear weapons, although the US spy facility at Pine Gap has been obliterated.
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One Night Stand (1984)
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Sam: Nuclear bombs... if you think about it, if there was a kid in outer-space doing a science project on human-beings, he'd have to say we're all crazy.
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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
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USA 18 November 1996 (Hollywood, California) (premiere)
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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
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James Cromwell ... Zefram Cochran
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Waclaw Sierpinski
Polish mathematician
Waclaw Sierpinski, (born March 14, 1882, Warsaw, Russian Empire [now in Poland]—died October 21, 1969, Warsaw), leading figure in point-set topology and one of the founding fathers of the Polish school of mathematics, which flourished between World Wars I and II.
Sierpinski graduated from Warsaw University in 1904, and in 1908 he became the first person anywhere to lecture on set theory. During World War I it became clear that an independent Polish state might emerge, and Sierpinski, with Zygmunt Janiszewski and Stefan Mazurkiewicz, planned the future shape of the Polish mathematical community: it would be centred in Warsaw and Lvov, and, because resources for books and journals would be scarce, research would be concentrated in set theory, point-set topology, the theory of real functions, and logic. Janiszewski died in 1920, but Sierpinski and Mazurkiewicz successfully saw the plan through. At the time it seemed a narrow and even risky choice of topics, but it proved highly fruitful, and a stream of fundamental work in these areas came out of Poland until the intellectual life of the country was destroyed by the Nazis and the invading Soviet forces.
Sierpinski’s own work in set theory and topology was extensive, amounting to over 600 research papers, and toward the end of his life he added a further 100 papers on number theory. He expended much effort on giving a topological characterization of the continuum (the set of real numbers) and in this way discovered many examples of topological spaces with unexpected properties, of which the Sierpinski gasket is the most famous. The Sierpinski gasket is defined as follows: Take a solid equilateral triangle, divide it into four congruent equilateral triangles, and remove the middle triangle; then do the same with each of the three remaining triangles; and so on. The resulting fractal is self-similar (small parts of it are scale copies of the whole thing); also, it has an area of zero, a fractional dimension (between a one-dimensional line and a two-dimensional plane figure), and a boundary of infinite length. A similar construction starting with a square produces the Sierpinski carpet, which is also self-similar. Good approximations of these and other fractals have been used to produce compact multiband radio antennas.
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CULTURE.PL
Sierpinski: Fractals, Code Breaking, and a Crater on the Moon
2016/03/17
He has his own street in Warsaw, a statue at Cambridge University, and even a crater on the moon named after him. The extraordinary Polish mathematician Waclaw Sierpinski was honoured with all these due to his pioneering work on fractals, contributions to set theory, and his aid in cracking Soviet army codes.
The Sierpinski Tetrahydron
In May 2015, the University of Cambridge unveiled a strange white structure shaped like a futuristic Christmas tree. The occasion was the 100th anniversary of the Sierpinski triangle, a type of fractal. Through the event, Cambridge wanted to celebrate Sierpinski’s mathematical genius and strengthen ties between the university and Poland. The Sierpinski triangle is one of the first fractals ever defined. It consists of an equilateral triangle divided into four congruent smaller versions. The middle triangle is removed and the pattern is repeated, creating a fractal. While the concept might appear difficult to grasp, most of us unknowingly use this triangular fractal every day: antennas based on this particular pattern can be found in most mobile phones.
But what is a fractal exactly?
Fractals are never-ending patterns that repeat themselves at different scales. They replicate very simple processes over and over to create seemingly-complex patterns. The term ‘fractal’ itself was coined by Benoit Mandelbrot, who was also born in Poland (in Warsaw in 1920). While mathematicians such as Sierpinski and Mandelbrot are famous for investigating mathematical versions, fractals actually occur in all sorts of places in nature: in lightning bolts, blood vessels, seashells, hurricanes, and river networks such as the Norwegian fjords. You can see them in the way trees grow through their branching patterns, and even in the structures of entire galaxies.
The Fractal Foundation in Albuquerque uses the Sierpinski triangle as an example to educate people of all ages about fractals, even using it in 2011 to break the world record for creating the largest one ever – it spanned 192 feet (58.5 metres)!
The Christmas tree-like statue in Cambridge is a 3D representation of this fractal triangle, known as the Sierpinski Tetrahydron. At the unveiling ceremony Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, vice-chancellor of Cambridge University, pointed out that the fractal was so ahead of its time that ‘[the Sierpinski triangle] is only seeing its true benefits in the mathematics of today.’ Called the Sierpinski Tree, the statue stands outside between the Institute of Mathematics and the Newton Institute.
‘Hopeless at maths’
Sierpinski was born in Warsaw on 14th March 1882, the son of a doctor. He attended the Physics and Maths Faculty at the University of Warsaw 22 years later, receiving a gold medal for a paper on number theory. By 1908, he was already a Doctor of Science in Mathematics, a title he received from the University of Lviv. He later became an associate professor there, and immediately added a lecture course on set theory to the university’s curriculum – the first ever academic curriculum to include set theory. In 1910, he became a professor there and married Anna Lesniewska. (The latter frequently accused him of being ‘utterly hopeless at maths’ because he couldn’t take care of their bills.) It was in those years that he published his ground-breaking works Number Theory and An Outline of Set Theory. During World War I, he was forced to stay in Russia, but he managed to escape to Poland in 1918 through Finland and Sweden. Shortly after his arrival, he was named head of the Faculty of Mathematics at Warsaw University.
Soviet codes and underground gatherings
During the 1919-1921 Polish-Soviet war, Sierpinski put his talent to use and helped Poland triumph. He was employed by the Department of Codes of the General Staff, where he helped crack Soviet army codes for radio communications. The department’s efficiency was of great assistance to the Polish army - it intercepted over 1,800 Soviet dispatches between June and October 1920 alone. It was the same department that would famously break the codes of the Germans’ Enigma cypher machine, a decade or so after Sierpinski’s departure.
In 1920, along with mathematicians Zygmunt Janiszewski and Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Sierpinski co-founded Fundamenta Mathematicae, the first magazine dedicated to set theory and mathematical logic. Throughout the rest of the interwar period he gave lectures on advanced algebra and measure theory, publishing scientific works like Analytically Representable Functions. During World War II, he worked as a clerk for the city of Warsaw, while secretly lecturing at underground educational gatherings. After the war ended, he regained his position Warsaw University and remained there until his retirement in 1960. In post-War Poland, he was also an esteemed member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and wrote numerous mathematical titles including the influential On the Congruence of Sets and their Equivalence by Finite Decomposition. Waclaw Sierpinski died on 21st October 1969 and lays buried in Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw.
Countless contributions
The sum of Sierpinski’s achievements is nothing short of awe-inspiring. His pioneering work on fractals in the 1910s includes not only the Sierpinski triangle but also the Sierpinski carpet, a square fractal. He was a key figure of the Warsaw School of Mathematics, which thrived in the interwar period. He is also recognised for his contribution to the development of set theory, not only because he was the first person to give a course devoted to it, but due to his pioneering research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis. He also greatly contributed to point-set topology.
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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
PICARD: Quickly, Mister Data. Lock out the main computer.
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The American Presidency Project
Dwight D. Eisenhower
XXXIV President of the United States: 1953-1961
9 - Letter to Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence, Regarding Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities.
January 13, 1956
Dear Mr. Dulles:
In the Hoover Commission Report submitted to Congress on June 29, 1955, relating to the intelligence activities of the Government, there is a recommendation that I appoint a "committee of experienced private citizens who shall have the responsibility to examine and report" on the work of the Government's foreign intelligence activities. I have noted your concurrence.
In accordance with this recommendation, I am constituting a Board of Consultants to review periodically the foreign intelligence activities of this Government, and to report their findings' to me. While the review would concern itself with the sum total of these activities, it would be expected that major attention would be concentrated upon the work of the Central Intelligence Agency. A copy of the letter which I am sending to the prospective members of the Board is enclosed.
The work of this Board together with the regular reviews conducted by the appropriate Committees of the Congress will help to provide a method for assuring the Congress, the public, and the Executive Branch that this highly important and sensitive work is being efficiently conducted.
I know that you will afford the Board of Consultants the fullest cooperation in its work.
Sincerely,
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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The American Presidency Project
Dwight D. Eisenhower
XXXIV President of the United States: 1953-1961
10 - Letter to Dr. James R. Killian, Jr., Appointing Him Chairman, Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities.
January 13, 1956
Dear Dr. Killian:
I am establishing a Board of Consultants on foreign intelligence activities of this Government for the purpose of providing me periodically with independent evaluations of the work of the organizations involved. This Board will consist of eight outstanding citizens in whose high qualifications and discretion I have the fullest confidence. I would like to have you serve as Chairman of this Board.
It is my desire that this Board should meet not less often than once every six months to analyze carefully the work of the Government's foreign intelligence activities. These sessions might involve meetings over a period of several days. While the review by your group would be concerned with all Government foreign intelligence activities, I would expect particular detailed attention to be concentrated on the work of the Central Intelligence Agency and of those intelligence elements of key importance in other departments and agencies. I am particularly anxious to obtain your views as to the over-all progress that is being made, the quality of training and personnel, security, progress in research, effectiveness of specific projects and of the handling of funds, and general competence in carrying out assigned intelligence tasks.
It is my sincere conviction that prompt and accurate intelligence is essential to the policy making branches of the Government in the field of national security and foreign relations. By serving on the Board you can make a real contribution to the task of Government.
It is my hope that you and the others whom I am inviting to serve will be able to meet with Mr. Allen W. Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence, and me in the near future to determine the scope of your review of the work in the foreign intelligence field and to draw up terms of reference to permit you effectively to carry out your assigned task.
Sincerely,
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Note: The President sent similar letters to the following persons requesting them to serve as members of the Board: Adm. Richard L. Conolly, Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, Benjamin F. Fairless, Gen. John E. Hull, Joseph P. Kennedy, Robert A. Lovett, and Edward L. Ryerson.
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Red Planet (2000)
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Chantilas: [Suppose] we just finished poisoning the earth and everyone was dead in a hundred years. Then what was the point of anything? Art, beauty-all gone-the Greeks, the Constitution, people dying for freedom, ideas. None of it meant anything? What about religion? Do we give up on God too?
Gallagher: You didn't just give up being a scientist one day, did you?
Chantilas: I realized science couldn't answer any of the really interesting questions. So, I turned to philosophy. I've been searching for God ever since. Who knows, I may pick up a rock and it'll say underneath, "Made by God." The universe is full of surprises.
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NASA
Apollo 7
Mission Objective
The primary objectives for the Apollo 7 engineering test flight were simple: Demonstrate command and service module, or CSM, and crew performance; demonstrate crew, space vehicle and mission support facilities performance during a crewed CSM mission; and demonstrate CSM rendezvous capability.
Mission Highlights
Oct. 11, 1968, was a hot day Cape Kennedy, but the heat was tempered by a pleasant breeze when Apollo 7 lifted off in a two-tongued blaze of orange-colored flames. The Saturn IB, in its first trial with men aboard, provided a perfect launch, and its first stage dropped off two minutes, 25 seconds later. The S-IVB second stage took over, giving astronauts their first ride atop a load of liquid hydrogen. At five minutes, 54 seconds into the mission, Walter Schirra Jr., the commander, reported, "She is riding like a dream." About five minutes later, an elliptical orbit was achieved 140 by 183 miles above Earth.
Once Apollo 7 cleared the pad, a three-shift mission control team -- led by flight directors Glynn Lunney, Eugene Kranz and Gerald D. Griffin -- in Houston took over. Schirra, Donn Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham inside the command module had heard the sound of propellants rushing into the firing chambers, noticed the vehicle swaying slightly and felt the vibrations at ignition. Ten and a half minutes after launch, with little bumpiness and low g loads during acceleration, Apollo 7 reached the first stage of its journey, an orbital path 227 by 285 kilometers above Earth.
The S-IVB stayed with the CSM for about 1 1/2 orbits, then separated. Schirra fired the CSM's small rockets to pull 50 feet ahead of the S-IVB, then turned the spacecraft around to simulate docking, as would be necessary to extract an LM for a moon landing. The next day, when the CSM and the S-IVB were about 80 miles apart, Schirra and his crewmates sought out the lifeless, tumbling 59-foot craft in a rendezvous simulation and approached within 70 feet.
Cunningham reported the spacecraft lunar module adapter panels had not fully deployed, which naturally reminded Thomas Stafford, the mission's capsule communicator, or capcom, of the "angry alligator" target vehicle he had encountered on his Gemini IX mission. This mishap would have been embarrassing on a mission that carried a lunar module, but the panels would be jettisoned explosively on future flights.
After this problem, service module engine performance was a joy. This was one area where the crew could not switch to a redundant or backup system. At crucial times during a lunar voyage, the engine simply had to work or they would not get back home. On Apollo 7, there were eight nearly perfect firings out of eight attempts. On the first, the crew had a real surprise. In contrast to the smooth liftoff of the Saturn, the blast from the service module engine jolted the astronauts, causing Schirra to yell "Yabadabadoo" like Fred Flintstone in the contemporary video cartoon. Later, Eisele said, "We didn't quite know what to expect, but we got more than we expected." He added more graphically it was a real boot in the rear that just plastered them into their seats. But the engine did what it was supposed to do each time it fired.
The Apollo vehicle and the CSM performed superbly. Durability was shown for 10.8 days -- longer than a journey to the moon and back. With few exceptions, the other systems in the spacecraft operated as they should. Occasionally, one of the three fuel cells supplying electricity to the craft developed some unwanted high temperatures, but load-sharing hookups among the cells prevented any power shortage. The crew complained about noisy fans in the environmental circuits and turned one of them off. That did not help much, so the men switched off the other. The cabin stayed comfortable, although the coolant lines sweated and water collected in little puddles on the deck, which the crew expected after Joseph Kerwin's team test in the altitude chamber. Schirra's crew vacuumed the excess water out into space with the urine dump hose.
A momentary shudder went through the Mission Control Center in Houston when both AC buses dropped out of the spacecraft's electrical system, coincident with automatic cycles of the cryogenic oxygen tank fans and heaters. Manual resetting of the AC bus breakers restored normal service.
Three of the five spacecraft windows fogged because of improperly cured sealant compound, a condition that could not be fixed until Apollo 9. Visibility from the spacecraft windows ranged from poor to good during the mission. Shortly after the launch escape tower jettisoned, two of the windows had soot deposits and two others had water condensation. Two days later, however, Cunningham reported that most of the windows were in fairly good shape, although moisture was collecting between the inner panes of one window. On the seventh day, Schirra described essentially the same conditions.
Even with these impediments, the windows were adequate. Those used for observations during rendezvous and station-keeping with the S-IVB remained almost clear. Navigational sighting with a telescope and a sextant on any of the 37 preselected Apollo stars was difficult if done too soon after a waste-water dump. Sometimes they had to wait several minutes for the frozen particles to disperse. Eisele reported that unless he could see at least 40 or 50 stars at a time he found it hard to decide what part of the sky he was looking toward. On the whole, however, the windows were satisfactory for general and landmark observations and for out-the-window photography.
Despite minor irritations, such as smudging windows and puddling water, most components supported the operations and well-being of the spacecraft and crew as planned. For example, the waste management system for collecting solid body wastes was adequate, though annoying. The defecation bags containing a germicide to prevent bacteria and gas formation were easily sealed and stored in empty food containers in the equipment bay. But the bags certainly were not convenient and there were usually unpleasant odors. Each time they were used, it took crew members 45 to 60 minutes, causing them to wait for a time when there was no work to do and postponing it as long as possible. The crew had a total of only 12 defecations during a period of nearly 11 days. Urination was much easier, as the crew did not have to remove clothing. There was a collection service for both the pressure suits and the in-flight coveralls. Both devices could be attached to the urine dump hose and emptied into space. They had half expected the hose valve to freeze up in vacuum, but it never did.
Chargers for the batteries needed for re-entry after fuel cells departed with the service module, or SM, returned 50-75 percent less energy than expected. Most serious was the overheating of fuel cells, which might have failed when the spacecraft was too far from Earth to return on batteries, even if fully charged. But each of these anomalies was satisfactorily checked out before Apollo 8 flew.
Some of the crew's grumpiness during the mission could be attributed to physical discomfort. About 15 hours into the flight, Schirra developed a bad cold, and Cunningham and Eisele soon followed suit. A cold is uncomfortable enough on the ground, but in weightlessness it presents a different problem. Mucus accumulates, fills the nasal passages and does not drain from the head. The only relief is to blow hard, which is painful to the ear drums. So the crew of Apollo 7 whirled through space suffering from stopped-up ears and noses. They took aspirin and decongestant tablets, and discussed their symptoms with doctors.
Several days before the mission ended, they began to worry about wearing their suit helmets during re-entry, which would prevent them from blowing their noses. The buildup of pressure might burst their eardrums. Deke Slayton in mission control tried to persuade them to wear the helmets anyway, but Schirra was adamant. They each took a decongestant pill about an hour before re-entry and made it through the acceleration zone without any problems with their ears.
The CSM's service propulsion system, which had to fire the CSM into and out of the moon's orbit, worked perfectly during eight burns lasting from half a second to 67.6 seconds. Apollo's flotation bags had their first try out when the spacecraft, considered a "lousy boat," splashed down in the Atlantic southeast of Bermuda, less than 2 kilometers from the planned impact point. Landing location was 27 degrees, 32 minutes north, and 64 degrees, four minutes west. The module turned upside down, but when inflated, the brightly colored bags flipped it upright. The tired, but happy, voyagers were picked up by helicopter and deposited on the deck of the USS Essex by 8:20 a.m. EDT. Spacecraft was aboard the ship at 9:03 a.m. EDT.
Apollo 7 accomplished what it set out to do -- qualifying the command and service module, and clearing the way for the proposed lunar orbit mission to follow. Its activities were of national interest. A special edition of NASA's news clipping collection called "Current News" included front page stories from 32 major newspapers scattered over the length and breadth of the nation. Although the post-mission celebrations may not have rivaled those for the first orbital flight of an American, John Glenn in 1962, enthusiasm was high and this fervor would build to even greater heights each time the lunar landing goal drew one step closer.
In retrospect it seems inconceivable, but serious debate ensued in NASA councils on whether television should be broadcast from Apollo missions, and the decision to carry the little 4 1/2-pound camera was not made until just before this October flight. Although these early pictures were crude, it was informative for the public to see astronauts floating weightlessly in their roomy spacecraft, snatching floating objects and eating the first hot food consumed in space. Like the television pictures, the food improved on later missions.
Apollo 7's achievement led to a rapid review of Apollo 8's options. The Apollo 7 astronauts went through six days of debriefing for the benefit of Apollo 8, and on Oct. 28, 1968, the Manned Space Flight Management Council chaired by George Mueller met at the Manned Spacecraft Center, investigating every phase of the forthcoming mission. The next day brought a lengthy systems review of Apollo 8's Spacecraft 103. Dr. Thomas O. Paine, NASA administrator, made the go/no-go review of lunar orbit on Nov. 11, 1968, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. By this time, nearly all the skeptics had become converts.
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Red Planet
:41:02
God, it really is beautiful, isn't it?
:41:12
I was planning on getting engaged
when I got back.
:41:18
Yeah, well, I'm going to miss
a lot of girls.
:41:21
A lot of girls are going to miss me.
:41:26
I was never supposed to be here.
:41:29
I was just the next lucky guy
on the list.
:41:33
Well, my flying ability
isn't an issue now.
:41:37
With HAB destroyed, it makes no
difference where we landed.
:41:40
You're calculating excuses.
:41:42
Nothing to excuse.
It's moot. No impact.
:41:47
-But chantilas?
-Moot.
:41:50
He'd have died here anyway.
:41:53
Just like us.
:41:58
You're amazing, Mr. Santen.
:42:00
Your life is about to end,
and you still can't accept defeat.
:42:04
I can come across as a hard-ass.
I know that. But technically. . .
:42:09
. . .I didn't fail.
:42:15
Look, what's done is done.
:42:19
-I came up here to forgive you.
-Yeah? Well, screw you.
:42:23
I don't need forgiveness
from a pussy like you.
:42:30
Get out of here.
:42:34
Go away and die like a man if you can.
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Starsky And Hutch Season 1 Episode 0
Starsky and Hutch
Aired Wednesday 10:00 PM Apr 30, 1975 on ABC
AIRED: 4/30/75
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Red Planet (2000)
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[first lines]
Commander Kate Bowman: [narration] By the year 2000 we had begun to over populate, pollute, and poison our planet faster than we could clean it up. We ignored the problem for as long as we could. But we were kidding ourselves. By 2025, we knew we were in trouble. And began to desperately search for a new home - Mars.
Commander Kate Bowman: For the last 20 years we've been sending unmanned probes with algae, bio-engineered to grow there and produce oxygen. We're going to build ourselves an atmosphere we can breathe. And for 20 years it seemed to worked. It looked like we pulled it off. We'd done it. Then all of a sudden, oxygen levels started to drop. We don't know why.
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The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)
Release Info
USA 28 June 1971 (New York City, New York)
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Red Planet (2000)
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Dr. Quinn Burchenal: [looking at the destroyed habitat] Well, at least this thing has enough rocket fuel to keep us warm.
Gallagher: [igniting the fuel with a lighter] Here comes a billion dollar campfire. At least it's good for something.
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The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971)
Taglines
Shocking. Beautiful. Brilliant. Sensual. Deadly... and in the end only they will survive.
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A Queen Is Crowned (1953)
Release Info
USA 6 June 1953 (New York City, New York)
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Red Planet (2000)
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Commander Kate Bowman: Could you pass me the towel, please?
Gallagher: Sure. Sorry.
Commander Kate Bowman: Just pretend I'm your sister.
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Phoebe Cates
Biography
Date of Birth 16 July 1963, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name Phoebe Belle Cates
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Bachelor Party (1984)
Release Info
USA 29 June 1984
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Bachelor Party (1984)
Full Cast & Crew
Tom Hanks ... Rick Gassko
Tawny Kitaen ... Debbie Thompson
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Bachelor Party (1984)
Quotes
Rick Gassko: Attention, passengers, we are now leaving Nun Central and are beginning our journey to Hell and beyond. The captain has turned off the "no smoking" sign, and you may now move about the cabin freely.
[Kids start screaming, reading Playboy, and gambling]
Rick Gassko: Thank you for being Catholic, and for choosing the Saint Gabriel's School Bus.
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:23:07
We're off-target. Terrain's crappy.
:23:09
-I'm dumping the landing gear.
-AMEE's in there.
:23:12
No choice.
:23:28
We now have fire in spheres three,
seven and eight.
:23:36
I'm deploying bags.
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Red Planet
:28:42
Where the hell is HAB?
:28:44
If you hadn't dumped our navigator,
we'd know.
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Red Planet
:32:01
You ready, sir?
:32:04
Unfortunately, I'm staying here.
:32:07
What?
:32:09
My spleen's ruptured.
There's significant internal bleeding.
:32:12
I wouldn't get very far.
:32:14
We have emergency medical gear at HAB.
We can lock out the spine impulse.
:32:18
You can walk us through the surgery.
:32:20
carrying me will slow you all down,
enough to deplete everyone's oxygen.
:32:24
This is no time for misguided heroics.
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- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 6:12 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Tuesday 12 April 2016
