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Posted by Kerry Burgess at 2:01 PM
Number 878: The Farthest Man From Home
I am Kerry Burgess. This is what I think.
Sunday, November 04, 2018
Time Enough At Last
http://articles.latimes.com/1992-03-26/business/fi-6562_1_daniel-goldin
Los Angeles Times
NASA Selectee's Unit at TRW Faces Fraud Suit : Aerospace: Daniel Goldin is not a defendant. A former employee accuses the unit of billing the government for the cost of correcting satellite design mistakes.
March 26, 1992 RALPH VARTABEDIAN TIMES STAFF WRITER
A TRW unit led by Daniel Goldin, nominated earlier this month to head the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, was served Wednesday with a whistle-blower lawsuit alleging that the firm made fraudulent claims for payments on government satellite contracts.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, alleges that TRW's Space & Technology group in Redondo Beach used improper design standards for the spy, communications and scientific satellites, then billed the government for the cost of correcting the errors.
Goldin is not named as a defendant. The suit alleges that the former employee, Vitali Efros of Reseda, attempted unsuccessfully to contact Goldin before Efros' dismissal in June, 1989.
"Mr. Efros made a number of allegations while he was an employee at TRW, all of which were investigated and found to have no merit," said Julian Levine, a spokesman for TRW in Redondo Beach.
Goldin, a TRW group vice president, is facing confirmation hearings as early as Friday before the Senate subcommittee on science, technology and space, chaired by Sen. Albert Gore Jr. (D-Tenn.), a committee staffer said.
The Senate staff member said the allegations in the suit will be looked into. They will be considered important if they are borne out, the staffer said. Gore has previously said he wanted the confirmation hearings to go as quickly as possible.
Efros, whose job was "checker" of engineering drawings at TRW, asserted in an interview that he was fired by the aerospace firm after he protested to senior management that TRW was not using the design standards required under its Air Force contracts.
The suit does not cite specific damages resulting from the use of the improper standards, but Efros' attorney, William R. Ramsey of Valencia, said the costs to the government total millions of dollars.
The whistle-blower suit was filed in November, 1990, under the federal False Claims Act, which allows individuals to sue government contractors on behalf of the public and share in any damages awarded.
Under procedures typically followed in such cases, the TRW case was sealed while the Department of Justice weighed whether it wanted to join in the prosecution. Ramsey said Justice officials are still considering whether to join the case, adding that the matter is under investigation by the Air Force's Office of Special Investigations.
Justice Department and Air Force investigators could not be reached for comment.
Efros alleges in the suit that TRW, for the four years of his employment, either failed to use or improperly used design standards established by the American National Standards Institute in 1982. As a result, several hundred drawings for satellite parts had to be redone.
In the interview, Efros said he earned an engineering degree in the former Soviet Union and emigrated to the United States in 1974. He became a U.S. citizen and was granted clearances on top-secret military satellite programs.
In raising concerns about the drawings, he said, "my purpose was to build the best satellites possible to defeat those bastards in the Soviet Union."
Efros said he failed in repeated attempts to help clear up the problem through training other workers in the proper use of ANSI standards and by bringing the problem to the attention of upper management.
Ultimately, Efros says in the suit, he reported the technical problems to the Pentagon's fraud hot line. As a result, he gave a briefing to the Air Force Space Division in October, 1988, prompting the Air Force's investigation into the matter.
But the suit alleges that TRW officials fired him after learning that he triggered the investigation. On two occasions prior to his firing, Goldin, through his secretary, canceled appointments with Efros for unspecified reasons, he said in the interview.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734683/quotes
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The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Time Enough at Last (1959)
Quotes
Henry Bemis: And the best thing, the very best thing of all, is there's time now... there's all the time I need and all the time I want. Time, time, time. There's time enough at last.
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Posted by Kerry Burgess at 6:46 AM
Homeless Veteran Of Microsoft
I am Kerry Burgess. This is what I think.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2018
"C.Y.A."
From 3/16/1991 ( my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate ) To 10/11/2018 is 10071 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 5/30/1993 ( premiere US TV series episode "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"::"Dramatis Personae" ) is 10071 days
From 7/27/1997 ( premiere US TV series "Stargate SG-1"::series premiere episode "Children of the Gods" ) To 10/11/2018 is 7746 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/17/1987 ( premiere US TV series episode "227"::"A Matter of Choice" ) is 7746 days
From 12/20/1994 ( on the ground in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record ) To 10/11/2018 is 8696 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/24/1989 ( the closest approach of the United States Voyager 2 spacecraft to the planet Neptune ) is 8696 days
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From 7/19/1989 ( the United Airlines Flight 232 crash in Sioux City Iowa and the end of Kerry Burgess the natural human being cloned from another human being ) To 8/4/2018 is 10608 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 11/18/1994 ( premiere US film "Star Trek: Generations" ) is 10608 days
From 11/10/1967 ( premiere US TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Metamorphosis" ) To 8/4/2018 is 18530 days
18530 = 9265 + 9265
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA as Kerry Burgess ) To 3/16/1991 ( my first successful major test of my ultraspace matter transportation device as Kerry Wayne Burgess the successful Ph.D. graduate ) is 9265 days
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August 4, 2018 at 2:09 PM Pacific Time USA
https://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-discovery/news/1008706/sir-patrick-stewart-to-return-as-jean-luc-picard-in-a-new-star-trek-series-for-cbs-all-access-/
CBS official website
Sir Patrick Stewart To Return As Jean-Luc Picard In A New Star Trek Series For CBS All Access
The news was announced at the 2018 Official Star Trek Convention Las Vegas today.
Posted on Aug 4, 2018 01:45pm
Make it so! Sir Patrick Stewart will be returning to his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard in a new CBS All Access Star Trek series that tells the story of the next chapter in Picard’s life.
Executive Producer Alex Kurtzman and Patrick Stewart surprised fans today at the Star Trek Las Vegas convention with the news that Patrick will be returning to the iconic role of Picard for a new Star Trek series coming to CBS All Access.
Stay tuned to CBS.com for more information.
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Posted by Kerry Burgess at 2:10 PM
Homeless Veteran Of Microsoft
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018
"The Race for the Double Helix"
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NCIS: New Orleans Season 4 Episode 5
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Aired Tuesday 10:00 PM Oct 24, 2017 on CBS
Episode Summary
Sebastian is placed on administrative leave after his response in a foot chase to apprehend a high-value fugitive is questioned by the FBI. Meanwhile, Pride and the team continue to track the target and try to clear Sebastian's name.
AIRED: 10/24/17
The Passage: A Novel (Book One of The Passage Trilogy)
Justin Cronin
page 613 of 881 (Amazon Kindle Version)
They reached the entrance and crouched by the open window. "I'll go first," Alicia said. She took a drink from her canteen. "If it's clear, we get in and go. I don't want to hang around the base of the building more than about two seconds. Michael, you take Sara's place at the wheel of the second Humvee; Hollis and Mausami, I want you up on those fifties. Caleb, just run like hell and get inside and make sure Amy's with you. I'll cover you while everybody gets aboard."
"What about you?" Peter asked.
"Don't worry, I'm not letting you leave without me."
Then she was up and out the window, dashing for the nearest vehicle. Peter scrambled into position. The darkness beyond was total, the moon obscured by the roof of the portico. He heard a soft impact as Alicia took cover at the base of one of the Humvees. He pressed the stock of his weapon tight against his shoulder, willing Alicia to whistle the all clear.
Beside him, Hollis whispered, "What the hell's keeping her?"
The lack of light was so complete it felt like a living thing, not an absence but a presence, pulsing all around him. An anxious sweat prickled his hair. He drew a breath and tightened his finger on the trigger of his rifle, ready to fire.
A figure raced toward them out of the darkness.
"Run!"
As Alicia dove headfirst through the window, Peter realized what he was seeing: a roiling mass of pale green light, like a cresting wave, hurtling toward the building.
Virals. The street was full of virals.
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The Stand - The Complete & Uncut Edition
Stephen King
Chapter 13
Stu interrupted him with a series of harsh, dry coughs. He bent over with the force of them.
The effect on Deitz was galvanic. He was up off the bed like a shot and across to the airlock with his feet seeming not to touch the floor at all. Then he was fumbling in his pocket for the square key and ramming it into the slot.
“Don’t bother,” Stu said mildly. “I was faking.”
Deitz turned to him slowly. Now his face had changed. His lips were thinned with anger, his eyes staring. “You were what?”
“Faking,” Stu said. His smile broadened.
Deitz took two uncertain steps toward him. His fists closed, opened, then closed again. “But why? Why would you want to do something like that?”
“Sorry,” Stu said, smiling. “That’s classified.”
“You shit sonofabitch,” Deitz said with soft wonder.
“Go on. Go on out and tell them they can do their tests.”
He slept better that night than he had since they had brought him here. And he had an extremely vivid dream. He had always dreamed a great deal—his wife had complained about him thrashing and muttering in his sleep—but he had never had a dream like this.
He was standing on a country road, at the precise place where the black hottop gave up to bone-white dirt. A blazing summer sun shone down. On both sides of the road there was green corn, and it stretched away endlessly. There was a sign, but it was dusty and he couldn’t read it. There was the sound of crows, harsh and far away. Closer by, someone was playing an acoustic guitar, fingerpicking it. Vic Palfrey had been a picker, and it was a fine sound.
This is where I ought to get to, Stu thought dimly. Yeah, this is the place, all right.
- posted by Kerry Burgess 8:04 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Wednesday 07 November 2018
