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Michale.....

She was the voice of the computer in EVERY Star Trek series, from Star Trek TOS all the way thru Star Trek:Enterprise.

Truly a sad day for Trekkers.

However, there is a ray of sunshine..

For all you HEROES viewers, there will be a new treat in store for us next season.

Michael Dorn, the irrepressible WORF, will be appearing in Heroes as the President of the United States..

Hows THAT for art imitating life... :D

Dorn's appearence marks the second Trek alumni to appear as a regular in HEROES. The first was (and is) George Takei.

Michale...

Long Live Number One, Nurse Chapel, the Computer's Voice, and Deanna Troi's Mother!

-CW

The pint's war with the half-liter was actually predicted in 1947 by George Orwell:

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"You telling me you ain't got a pint mug in the 'ole bleeding boozer?"

"And what in hell's name is a pint?" said the barman, leaning forward with the tips of his fingers on the counter.

" 'Ark at 'im! Calls 'isself a barman, and don't know what a pint is! Why, a pint's the 'alf of a quart, and there's four quarts to the gallon. 'Ave to teach you the A, B, C next."

"Never heard of 'em," said the barman shortly. "Liter and half-liter -- that's all we serve. There's the glasses on the shelf in front of you."

"I like a pint," persisted the old man. "You could 'a drawed me off a pint easy enough. We didn't 'ave these bleeding liters when I was a young man."

"When you were a young man we were all living in the treetops," said the barman, with a glance at the other customers.

. . .

" 'E could 'a drawed me off a pint," grumbled the old man as he settled down behind his glass. "A 'alf liter ain't enough. It don't satisfy. And a 'ole liter's too much. It starts my bladder running. Let alone the price."

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-- from "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
(when Winston Smith goes slumming in a prole bar)

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-CW

I'm fascinated by the Ireland story. It's a perfect example of the local vs global tensions of our age. The fact Ireland even had to win a special exemption speaks volumes about the process, but the fact Ireland DID get an exemption says everything about the outcome. It's exactly the sort of report we would have dissected for an hour in International Studies 110.