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Star Trek
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Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise based on the television series created by Gene Roddenberry. The first television series, simply called Star Trek and now referred to as The Original Series, debuted in 1966 and it followed the interstellar adventures of Captain James T. Kirk and his crew aboard the starship USS Enterprise, an exploration vessel. The Star Trek canon of the franchise include The Original Series, a series, four spin-off television series, its film franchise. In creating Star Trek, Roddenberry was inspired by the Horatio Hornblower novels, the satirical book Gullivers Travels and these adventures continued in the short-lived Star Trek, The Animated Series and six feature films. The adventures of The Next Generation crew continued in four feature films. In 2009, the franchise underwent a reboot set in an alternate timeline, or Kelvin Timeline. This film featured a new cast portraying younger versions of the crew from the show, their adventures were continued in the sequel film. The thirteenth film feature and sequel, Star Trek Beyond, was released to coincide with the franchises 50th anniversary, a new Star Trek TV series, titled Star Trek, Discovery, will premiere in May 2017 on the digital platform CBS All Access. Star Trek has been a phenomenon for decades. Fans of the franchise are called Trekkies or Trekkers, the franchise spans a wide range of spin-offs including games, figurines, novels, toys, and comics. Star Trek had an attraction in Las Vegas that opened in 1998. At least two museum exhibits of props travel the world, the series has its own full-fledged constructed language, Klingon. Several parodies have been made of Star Trek, in addition, viewers have produced several fan productions. As of July 2016, the franchise had generated $10 billion in revenue, Star Trek is noted for its cultural influence beyond works of science fiction. The franchise is also noted for its civil rights stances. The Original Series included one of televisions first multiracial casts, Star Trek references can be found throughout popular culture from movies such as the submarine thriller Crimson Tide to the animated series South Park. As early as 1964, Gene Roddenberry drafted a proposal for the series that would become Star Trek
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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Star Trek, Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe in the Milky Way galaxy, in the years 2369–2375. In contrast to other Star Trek TV shows, it takes place on a space station instead of a starship, so as not to have two series with starships in the same time period. The show is noted for its characters, original and complex plots, and religious themes. It often showcased darker themes, less physical exploration of space, and, in later seasons, DS9 premiered in 1993 and ran for seven seasons until 1999. The series was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller at the request of Brandon Tartikoff, as overall head of Star Trek production, Berman served as executive producer for the seriess entire run. Piller initially served as executive producer and showrunner, but left the series in 1995 to manage Star Trek Voyager. Writer Ira Steven Behr was promoted by Berman to replace Piller as showrunner, in addition to Berman, Piller, and Behr, key writers included Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Ronald D. Moore, Peter Allan Fields, Bradley Thompson, David Weddle, Hans Beimler and René Echevarria. DS9 began while Star Trek, The Next Generation was still on the air, the stations first appearance in TNG was during the sixth-season episode Birthright. In addition, two Next Generation characters, Miles OBrien and Worf, became members of DS9. The station also appeared in the Star Trek, Voyager pilot episode, each DS9 episode began with the same opening sequence. A small comet is traveling through deep space, leaving an icy trail. As shuttle craft are seen moving about, the ends with the wormhole seen opening. DS9 centers on the formerly Cardassian space station Terok Nor, the station is renamed Deep Space Nine, and a Starfleet crew is assigned to manage it. Deep Space Nine and Bajor quickly become a center for exploration, interstellar trade, political maneuvering, Deep Space Nine becomes a key military base for the Federation in the Dominion War, and is assigned the starship USS Defiant to aid in its protection. While its predecessors tended to restore the status quo ante at the end of episode, allowing out-of-order viewing, DS9 contains story arcs that span episodes. One installment often builds upon earlier ones, with several cliffhanger endings, Michael Piller considered this one of the seriess best qualities, allowing repercussions of past episodes to influence future events and forcing characters to learn that actions have consequences. This trend was especially noticeable toward the finale, by which time the show was intentionally scripted as a serial. Unlike Star Trek, The Next Generation, interpersonal conflicts were prominently featured in DS9, in Pillers words, People who come from different places—honorable, noble people—will naturally have conflicts
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Nicole de Boer
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Nicole de Boer is a Canadian actress. She is known for starring in the cult film Cube as Joan Leaven, playing Ezri Dax on the season of Star Trek, Deep Space Nine. De Boers television debut was a role in Freddy the Freeloaders Christmas Dinner. Her first major work was in the CBC series 9B, followed by a recurring role on the Canadian sketch comedy show The Kids in the Hall as Laura. She subsequently appeared in their 1996 film Brain Candy and she starred in the short-lived 1997 SyFy Channel series Deepwater Black as Yuna. This was followed by a role in the cult science fiction film. She was featured in two episodes of the Canadian-produced series The Outer Limits, de Boers most noted roles have been Ezri Dax on Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, and as Sarah Bannerman on the series The Dead Zone. She played Dr. Alison Porter in the SyFy series Stargate Atlantis, and as Marion Caldwell in three episodes on the television series Haven. Nicole de Boer at the Internet Movie Database Nicole de Boer on Twitter
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United Federation of Planets
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The Federation was first introduced in the 1966–1969 television show Star Trek as the organization that sent the starship USS Enterprise on its mission of peaceful exploration. As the Federation has continued to explore the galaxy and expanded its membership, it has been challenged by hostile alien civilizations such as the Borg. The survival, success, and growth of the Federation and its principles of freedom have become some of the Star Trek franchises central themes, the Federation was originally conceived as an idealized version of the United Nations. The Federation has been well received by critics and fans, becoming one of the most enduring storylines. As part of the message he wanted the show to convey, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry intended to depict the Federation as an ideal. The social structure within the Federation is classless and operates within a money-less New World Economy, the Federation is described as stressing, at least nominally, the values of universal liberty, equality, justice, peace, and cooperation. The Federation also maintains its own quasi-militaristic and scientific exploratory agency, the television series and films depict Earth and humanity as holding a center-stage political role within the Federation, in some ways first among equals. The legislature, the Federation Council, is located at the Presidio of San Francisco, several other bodies of the Federation have been depicted. There is an executive headed by a Federation President, who keeps offices in the Palais de la Concorde in Paris. There is a branch as well, the highest court of which is the Federation Supreme Court. The Federations scientific, diplomatic and defensive/military arm is Starfleet, depicted as being headquartered at Fort Baker, just north of San Francisco across the Golden Gate Bridge. The Federation comes into conflict with other major powers in the galaxy such as the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire, the Cardassian Union, the Borg. The United Federation of Planets has existed as part of the Star Trek universe since the first season of the series and is the primary focus of all the Star Trek series. Several episodes of Star Trek, Enterprise follow events leading up the creation of the Federation, the formation of the Coalition seems to have been the event that provoked the xenophobic Terra Prime incident in the episodes Demons and Terra Prime. After Terra Prime leader John Frederick Paxton exploited the xenophobia on Earth, many of the aliens were unnerved, however, they were convinced by a speech from Captain Jonathan Archer to give the idea of a united organization of worlds a chance. Six years later in 2161, the United Federation of Planets was organized, the Federation is founded under a document known as the Charter of the United Federation of Planets October 9,2161, which is occasionally referred to informally as the Constitution. It draws text and inspiration from the United Nations Charter and other sources and this is intended to prevent even well-intentioned Federation personnel from introducing changes which could destabilize or even destroy other pre-warp-era cultures through interference. Starfleets Omega Directive supersedes the Prime Directive allowing for any means possible to destroy the Omega particle if encountered and it includes a set of guarantees of civil rights, the Seventh Guarantee being analogous to the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and its protection against self-incrimination
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Starfleet
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Starfleet is a fictional organization in the Star Trek media franchise. While the majority of Starfleets members are human and it is headquartered on Earth, hundreds of species are also represented. During production of episodes of the original series, several details of the makeup of the Star Trek universe had yet to be worked out. However, references to the United Earth Space Probe Agency, for example, the Friendship One probe is marked with the letters UESPA-1 in the Star Trek, Voyager episode Friendship One. Other background props included additional UESPA references, such as Captain Jean-Luc Picards family album in Star Trek Generations, during the production of Star Trek, Enterprise, some larger Starfleet insignia designs included the name United Earth Space Probe Agency. However, the Starfleet that is in existence before the Federation is a different organization than that of the Federation Starfleet, Starfleet acts under a Prime Directive of non-interference with developing worlds or their internal politics. The Prime Directive and Starfleets first-contact policies are at the center of several episodes in each Star Trek series, Starfleet Headquarters is shown to be located on Earth, northeast of the Golden Gate Bridge in the present-day Fort Baker area. Starfleet Academy is located in the general area. Additionally, various episodes show Starfleet operating a series of starbases throughout Federation territory, as ground facilities, the flagship of Starfleet is often considered to be the starship USS Enterprise. Starfleet has many components, including the following, As early as the original Star Trek, later series establish it as an officer training facility with a four-year educational program. The main campus is located near Starfleet Headquarters in what is now Fort Baker, Starfleet Command is the headquarters/command center of Starfleet. The term Starfleet Command is first used in TOS episode Court Martial and its headquarters are depicted as being in Fort Baker, across the Golden Gate from San Francisco, in Star Trek, The Motion Picture and Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home. Overlooking the Command from the side of the Golden Gate is the permanent site of the Council of the United Federation of Planets in what is now the Presidio of San Francisco. StarTrek. com notes that many of Starfleets ships are built on Mare Island near San Francisco, the Enterprise-D and USS Voyager are depicted to have been constructed at a shipyard named Utopia Planitia in Mars orbit. The Utopia Planitia served as Starfleets main ship yards throughout a portion of Starfleets existence. After the Enterprise-D encountered the Borg in the episode Q Who the size of the Utopia Planitia shipyards was doubled out of fear of a Borg strike and they were once again doubled after the Dominion threat became more evident. In the 2013 sequel, Montgomery Scotty Scott discovers a covert Starfleet facility, near Jupiter, as one minion of the Dominion in the Star Trek, DS9 episode, Rocks and Shoals notes, Starfleet engineers are reputed to be able to Turn rocks into replicators. Additionally, Pocket Books has published a series of eBooks and novels in the Starfleet Corps of Engineers series, Starfleet Intelligence is an intelligence agency of the United Federation of Planets
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Deep Space Nine (fictional space station)
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Deep Space Nine is a fictitious space station, and is the eponymous primary setting of the American science fiction television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine. It serves as a base for the exploration of the Gamma Quadrant via the Bajoran wormhole and it is run by a joint crew of Starfleet and Bajoran officers, and it is the home port of a number of Starfleet runabouts, as well as the starship USS Defiant. Three sets of docking pylons sweep up and down equidistantly around the ring, defining an almost spherical shape. It is of identical design to another Cardassian station, Empok Nor and this made the station three hours away from Bajor by shuttle as described in two episodes, though it was mentioned as being five hours away in another episode. However, it would appear that the journey could be completed in a shorter length of time if necessary by engaging warp drive within the Bajoran star system. There are normally about 300 permanent residents of the station, though the station can accommodate up to 7,000, originally a Cardassian mining and refinery station named Terok Nor in orbit around Bajor, it was built by Bajoran slave labor under Cardassian rule in 2346. The station was commanded by Gul Dukat, the last Cardassian prefect of Bajor and it was abandoned toward the end of the Cardassian occupation of Bajor in 2369, the Cardassians removed anything of value on their way out. In 2369, the Bajorans assumed control of the station, the Bajoran provisional government requested the assistance of the United Federation of Planets, who renamed it Deep Space Nine and placed Commander Benjamin Sisko in command. Despite the Federation presence, the station remains subject to Bajoran law, shortly after Sisko assumed command, his crew discovered the Bajoran wormhole. The station was moved to the mouth of the wormhole to secure Bajors claim to it, after which the station assumed great commercial, the stations weapons and defensive systems were later heavily upgraded. The total torpedo inventory was increased to 5,000 and these upgrades were first used against the Klingons in their offensive against Cardassia in early 2372. At the beginning of the Dominion War in late 2373, the station was temporarily lost to the Dominion, in early 2374, Federation and Klingon forces retook it after the Battle of Bajor. In late 2375, at the end of the Dominion War, in the continuing story novels, DS9 was forced to jettison its power core due to the actions of rebel JemHadar. As one of his first actions as chief of operations of the station, Nog had Empok Nor towed to the stations location, the remainder of Empok Nor was broken down for scrap and spare parts. Later, DS9 would host Bajors formal acceptance into the Federation, in the year 2383, DS9 – while under the command of Captain Ro Laren – was destroyed by a fleet of vessels belonging to the Typhon Pact. In honor of the station, and the Bajoran people, Starfleet Command, in 2370, the station is the command post for the Alliance authority throughout the Bajoran sector, under the command of Intendant Kira Nerys. The station also serves as a center for uridium ore mined from Bajor. In 2372, the Terran Rebellion wrests control of the station away from the Alliance, the Alliance, determined to recapture the station, sends a fleet under Regent Worf to fight the rebels
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USS Defiant
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The USS Defiant is a fictional starship in the television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine and the feature film Star Trek, First Contact. The Defiants addition to DS9 was intended to solve the problem of cramped runabout sets according to statements by Robert-Hewitt Wolfe, original designs called for a beefed-up runabout-type ship, but this gave way to a full-fledged starship design, initially called Valiant. This name was dropped out of fear that it would conflict with Star Trek, Voyager and its titular starship, also beginning with a V. For a brief time it was considered to retain Valiant as the name of the class, but dialog in The Search, the ships backstory is outlined in its first appearance, the third-season episode The Search. The Defiant is a vessel for the Defiant-class warship, originally developed to counter the Borg threat. It is officially designated as an vessel to avoid giving the impression that Starfleet builds warships, as it is primarily a peacekeeping. Although it was designed to be fast and highly maneuverable with powerful weaponry, the ships structural integrity field needed extensive modifications to keep the Defiant from tearing itself apart. Another asset is its armour, enabling the ship to sustain multiple hits from enemy weapons, even with the shields inoperable. Inside, the Defiant is relatively spartan by Starfleet standards of the time, the ship is not designed to carry family members, has no science labs or holodecks, crew quarters consist of two bunk beds and a general computer interface. The subsiding Borg threat and failed systems tests led the development project to be stalled, following work done at Deep Space Nine, the class would later go into production with at least a half dozen other ships in service by 2374 and onward. First contact with the JemHadar in 2370 convinced Sisko to ask Starfleet for the Defiant so he would be prepared for contact with the leaders of the Dominion. Starfleet agreed and the Defiant was posted at Deep Space Nine under Siskos command, the Defiant allows the stations crew to travel faster and further with far more firepower than the stations Danube-class runabouts can provide. While there is no designated commanding officer, Sisko is most frequently seen in command, the Defiant is the first Starfleet ship to legally carry a cloaking device. Supplied by the Romulan Star Empire, the cloak is initially operated by a Romulan officer serving aboard the Defiant, however, on several occasions, such as the rescue of the Detapa Council, the cloaking device was used illegally in the Alpha Quadrant. In 2373, the Defiant is part of a Starfleet task force that tries to stop the Borg in the Battle of Sector 001, as told in Star Trek, First Contact. While most of the Federation starships are destroyed early in the engagement, however, by then she is shieldless and weaponless, so her commanding officer Lieutenant Commander Worf orders the crew to prepare for ramming speed. This kamikaze action is prevented when the Enterprise arrives and draws Borg fire away, while also beaming Worf, the Defiant is left severely damaged and adrift but the Enterprises crew assure Worf that it can be salvaged. An early screenplay draft called for the Defiant to be destroyed, in 2375, the Breen destroyed the USS Defiant during the Second Battle of Chintoka
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Star Trek uniforms
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Star Trek uniforms are worn by crew members in the Star Trek science fiction franchise. Though design varied among the successive costume designers, the uniforms costumes, costumes were re-designed to improve appearance when filmed and to improve the comfort for actors. Deliberately mixing styles of uniforms from the series was occasionally used to enhance the sense of time travel or alternative universes. The rank system of the Star Trek universe resembles that of the United States Navy, in later television series, ranks are indicated by varying numbers of pips or bars on the individuals uniform collars. The insignia are worn on the left breast by all personnel, originally gold with a black border, but the shape differed based on the ship or base to which the person was assigned as seen in TOS episodes Court Martial, The Doomsday Machine, etc. In the case of the Enterprise, the insignia was a delta or arrowhead shape, in the second pilot, the science/medical and engineering/operations symbols were reversed, and there were other slight variations between the insignia as used in the pilots and in the regular series. A rank of captain is mentioned in two episodes, but no insignia are shown. The original uniform designs were the product of designer William Ware Theiss, the original series uniforms consisted of a colored top and dark pants, with significant variations between the designs used in the pilot episodes and the rest of the series. The original concept used a heavy, ribbed turtle neck collar of the color as the tunic for the men, with a cowl neck variation for the women. Officers in the first Star Trek pilot, The Cage, wear a single gold stripe, with only the officer grades lieutenant. A chief is also wearing a different sleeve stripe. Characters addressed as crewman wear no sleeve insignia, in the first pilot, the uniforms also include gray coats with silver rank stripes on the sleeves, worn on away missions and identical for men and women, and an optional gray cap. In the second episode, Where No Man Has Gone Before, most officers again wear a single stripe. The crew wore a triangular assignment patch that identified them as being with the USS Enterprise, personnel from other Starfleet vessels or Starfleet Command wore different assignment patches. Certain operations and engineering personnel wore red jumpsuits with black undershirts, the frequent death of red-uniformed security officers led to the coining of the popular term redshirt. The most commonly used command division shirts were actually green but appeared gold under the lights used on the set, in later series, the gold color was canonized in dialog. The green tunics may have the stripes on the sleeves or on the collar. The differently colored tunics were worn with dark gray trousers — which appeared black on camera — for the men, miniskirt length dresses with dark tights were worn by the women
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Julian Bashir
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Julian Subatoi Bashir MD is a fictional main character from the television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, portrayed by Alexander Siddig. Bashir is the Chief Medical Officer of space station Deep Space Nine, as a child, Julian Bashir fell behind in school, and was evaluated as having learning difficulties. Because of this, his parents, Richard and Amsha Bashir, had him subjected to genetic engineering, the procedure made him mentally superior to most humans, and greatly enhanced his physical abilities. However, because human genetic engineering is illegal in the United Federation of Planets, Bashir, Bashir graduated second in his class at Starfleet Medical Academy, having intentionally missed a question on his final exam. He also took engineering extension courses during his time there and he had his choice of assignments anywhere in the fleet, and so chose Deep Space Nine for the opportunity to practice real-life frontier medicine. He holds the rank of Lieutenant at the time of the series pilot, early on, his overly enthusiastic and self-important nature made some members of the crew, such as Miles OBrien and Kira Nerys, reluctant to spend time with him. However, he becomes friends with OBrien, Jadzia Dax. Bashir falls in love with Jadzia, who goes on to marry Worf, after her death, Bashir joins Worf on a dangerous mission to ensure Jadzias soul a place in Sto-Vo-Kor. He is also friends with Elim Garak, with whom he often shares lunch in the Replimat. During pre-Dominion war tensions, Bashir is kidnapped and sent to a Dominion prison camp and his replacement attempts to destroy the Bajoran sun, with the goal of wiping out Bajor, DS9, and a fleet of Federation, Klingon, and Romulan ships. The DS9 crew foil the plan, and the real Bashir, along with his fellow captives, the experience began a slow personality change over the course of the series into a much more somber, dark character. Later, Bashir attempts to integrate several other genetically engineered individuals into Federation culture, the covert operations group Section 31 also becomes interested in him and tries twice, unsuccessfully, to recruit him. As depicted in the series finale What You Leave Behind, Bashir remains aboard Deep Space Nine, in the Mirror Universe, the alternate Bashir is a freedom fighter in the Terran Rebellion. It is unknown whether he was given the genetic enhancements his counterpart was. Unlike the regular Bashir, who is friendly and personable, alternate Bashir is an angry, the character of Julian Bashir initially sparked fan criticism. Alexander Siddig also played his role of Dr. Julian Bashir in the Star Trek, The Next Generation season six episode Birthright, Part I, Julian Bashir at Memory Alpha Julian Bashir at Memory Alpha Julius Eaton at Memory Alpha Julian Bashir at StarTrek. com
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Science fiction on television
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Science fiction first appeared in television programming in the late 1930s, during what is called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Special effects and other techniques allow creators to present a living visual image of an imaginary world not limited by the constraints of reality. The combination of initial cost and lower maintenance cost pushed producers into building these techniques into the basic concept of a series. The broad term special effects includes all the techniques here, visual effects involve photographic or digital manipulation of the onscreen image, usually done in post-production. Mechanical or physical effects involve props, pyrotechnics, and other methods used during principal photography itself. Some effects involved a combination of techniques, a ray gun might require a pyrotechnic during filming, stunts are another important category of physical effects. In general, all kinds of special effects must be planned during pre-production. Babylon 5 was the first series to use computer-generated imagery, or CGI, for all exterior space scenes, the technology has made this more practical, so that today models are rarely used. In the 1990s, CGI required expensive processors and customized applications, models have been an essential tool in science fiction television since the beginning, when Buck Rogers took flight in spark-scattering spaceships wheeling across a matte backdrop sky. The original Star Trek required an array of models, the USS Enterprise had to be built in several different scales for different needs. Gerry Anderson created a series of using puppets living in a universe of models and miniature sets. ALF depicted an alien living in a family, while Farscape included two puppets as regular characters, in Stargate SG-1, the Asgard characters are puppets in scenes where they are sitting, standing, or lying down. As animation is completely free of the constraints of gravity, momentum, in general, science fiction series are subject to the same financial constraints as other television shows. However, high production costs increase the risk, while limited audiences further complicate the business case for continuing production. Star Trek was the first television series to cost more than $100,000 per episode, while Star Trek and this enabled merchandising such as toy lines, animated cartoon adaptations, and other licensing. Creative settings also often call for broader story arcs than is found in mainstream television. Science fiction television producers will sometimes end a season with a cliffhanger episode to attract viewer interest. Dark Angel is one of many shows ending with a scene that left critical questions open when the series was cancelled
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Jadzia Dax
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Jadzia Dax /dʒædˈziːə ˈdæks/, played by Terry Farrell, is a fictional character from the science fiction television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine. Jadzia Dax is a joined Trill, though she appears to be a young woman, Jadzia lives in symbiosis with a wise and long-lived creature, known as a symbiont, named Dax. The two share a single, conscious mind, and her personality is a blending of the characteristics of both the host and the symbiont, as such, Jadzia has access to all the skills and memories of the symbionts seven previous hosts. Jadzia holds academic degrees in Exobiology, Zoology, Astrophysics and Exoarchaeology, Jadzia Dax is the stations chief science officer, and is close friends with commander Benjamin Sisko and Bajoran first officer Kira Nerys. Later in the series, she becomes involved with the Klingon character Worf and her character is killed by Gul Dukat during the sixth-season finale. The character of Dax re-emerges in the premiere in the form of Ezri Dax. Jadzia Dax is a joined Trill, Jadzia is the name of the young Trill woman, while Dax refers to a slug-like symbiont that resides in her abdomen, Jadzias actual family name was never revealed on the show. In the novels, her name is said to be Jadzia Idaris. While Jadzia is 28 years old at the beginning of the series, as a result, Dax may be considered the oldest crewmate on Deep Space Nine. Prior to Jadzia, the Dax symbiont had been hosted by Lela, Tobin, Emony, Audrid, Torias, Joran, in the first-season episode Dax, the previous host Curzon Dax is accused of murder. This leads to a hearing to determine whether Jadzia can be held responsible for crimes committed during another lifetime. While the moral question remained unsolved, the issue was resolved when evidence arose of Curzons innocence. In the second-season episode Invasive Procedures, an unjoined Trill named Verad attempts to steal the Dax symbiont, Verad is upset that his application for a joining has been rejected by the Trill Symbiosis Commission, and he plans to steal the Dax symbiont and escape into the Gamma quadrant. He manages to remove the Dax symbiont from Jadzia and partially join with it before his escape is thwarted, later that season, Dax mentors a Trill initiate in the episode Playing God. Dax is responsible for training the young Trill, and for evaluating his suitability for joining, during the episode, Jadzia and Sisko discuss her own training under Curzon Dax, as well as the role that joining plays in Trill society. In the third-season episode Equilibrium, Dax begins to experience unsettling mental problems and she travels back to Trill to discover the source of the problems. On her homeworld, she visits the Caves of Makala, a place on Trill where unjoined symbionts swim in pools carefully and lovingly tended by Trill Guardians. Eventually, she learns that Dax had previously joined with an unsuitable host known as Joran
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Terry Farrell (actress)
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Theresa Lee Terry Farrell is an American actress and fashion model. She is best known for her role as Jadzia Dax in the television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, and later in the comedy series Becker as Regina Kostas. Farrell was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Kay Carol Christine and Edwin Francis Farrell, Jr. Later, her mother married David W. Grussendorf, who adopted Terry and her sister, Christine. In her junior year of school, the nearly six feet tall Farrell submitted her image to the Elite modeling agency in New York City. Shortly after, at the age of 16, she was invited to New York City, after 18 months of modeling, she studied acting with Kate McGregor Stewart while still modeling on the side. Her first major roles were in the short-lived 1984 television series Paper Dolls, playing a model, in the spring of 1989, she began studying acting with Stella Adler and appeared in a number of guest-starring roles in series like Quantum Leap and The Cosby Show. In 1992, she played Cat in a pilot for a U. S. version of Red Dwarf. Soon after the Red Dwarf USA project folded, she was offered a role in Star Trek. The series debuted in January 1993, when she decided to leave the show at the end of the sixth season, Paramount killed Farrells host character. Farrell then co-starred on Paramounts television comedy series Becker and she played Regina Reggie Kostas, foil and love interest to Ted Dansons John Becker, for four years and 94 episodes, before she was replaced by Nancy Travis. Farrell also provided the voice of Six of One in the short film Tripping the Rift. Farrells version of Six was heard once on television. Farrell retired from acting to concentrate on her family and she lived in Hershey, Pennsylvania, with her husband, former Sprint Corporation spokesman Brian Baker and their son, Max. Farrell has appeared with her husband at the Hershey Area Playhouse in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Farrell and Baker have been divorced since December 2015. In an interview in 2011, she said that she and Deep Space Nine co-star Michael Dorn have always been good friends, the asteroid 26734 Terryfarrell, discovered in 2001, was named in her honor by its discoverer William Kwong Yu Yeung. Terry Farrell at the Internet Movie Database
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Nana Visitor
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Nana Visitor is an American actress, known for playing Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine and Jean Ritter in the television series Wildfire. Nana Tucker was born July 26,1957 in New York City, the daughter of Nenette Charisse, a teacher, and Robert Tucker. Visitor began her career in the 1970s on the Broadway stage in such productions as My One. Her film debut came in the 1977 horror film The Sentinel and she adopted the stage name Nana Visitor in the early 1980s. In 1984, she appeared in Season 2, Episode 3 of Hunter, in 1985, Visitor made an appearance in the television series MacGyver, in the season one episode Hellfire as Laura Farren, and in the season two episode DOA, MacGyver as Carol Varnay. Visitor also made an appearance in the 1985 season 4, episode 3 Remington Steele episode titled Steele Blushing, in 1986, she appeared in Hills of Fire, a fourth-season episode of Knight Rider. In 1988, she made a guest appearance on the sitcom Night Court as a patient who is obsessed with the movies. That same year, she made a guest appearance on the television series In the Heat of the Night as the owner of the Sparta newspaper and she also made a guest appearance that year in an episode of Matlock. In 1990, Visitor co-starred with Sandra Bullock in the short-lived sitcom Working Girl, Visitor was then cast as Jean Ritter on the ABC Family series Wildfire, which premiered on June 20,2005. In 2008, she appeared as Emily Kowalski, a cancer patient in Faith. Visitor had a role as Pamela Voorhees in the 2009 version of Friday the 13th. She has also lent her voice in a few guest appearances on the sitcom Family Guy, such as Rita in the episode Brians Got a Brand New Bag, in 2011, she had a small part in the Hammer Horror film The Resident playing the realtor. She appeared in Torchwood, Miracle Day episodes 7 and 8, in 2012, she appeared as Dr. Patty Barker, a canine psychotherapist, in An Embarrassment of Bitches, a season four episode of ABCs Castle. Visitor was married to Nick Miscusi from 1989 to 1994, they have one child together, Visitor began dating her Star Trek, Deep Space Nine co-star Alexander Siddig, and married him in June 1997. Her pregnancy was incorporated into her character and the series storyline and she gave birth to her son Django on 16 September 1996, during production of the episode The Assignment, though her character would remain pregnant until the fifth season episode The Begotten. The asteroid 26733 Nanavisitor, discovered in 2001, was named in her honor by its discoverer, in early 2002, Visitor became engaged to Matthew Rimmer, company manager for the musical Chicago, and they wed in April 2003. Nana Visitor at the Internet Movie Database Nana Visitor at AllMovie Nana Visitor at Twitter
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Kira Nerys
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Kira Nerys /ˈkiːrə nᵻˈriːs/ is a fictional character in the American science fiction television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine. She is played by the actress Nana Visitor, per Bajoran custom, her family name, Kira, precedes her given name, Nerys. She has two brothers, and her parents names are Kira Taban and Kira Meru, the backstory of the character states that Kira Nerys was born 2343, in Dakhur province, Bajor, during the 50-year Cardassian occupation of the planet. She was raised in a labor camp and her family were members of the artisan caste, namely sculptors of clay, or potters. Over time, her sentiments changed and she became one of the strongest supporters of Bajor joining the Federation, though she is a member of the Bajoran Militia, Kira is an invaluable help to Starfleet, often commanding Starfleet personnel directly through her authority as DS9s executive officer. When the Dominion recaptures Deep Space Nine at the start of the Dominion War, Kira remains aboard the station as liaison officer and her role allows her to organize a resistance cell, including Rom, Quark and Jake Sisko. They smuggle intelligence to Starfleet which indicates that the Dominion has begun to dismantle the minefield preventing Dominion reinforcements arriving from the Gamma Quadrant and she also manages to sabotage the weapons systems, which then allows Starfleet to retake Deep Space Nine. Kiras experience in the Bajoran Resistance earned her a promotion to an equivalent to lieutenant colonel. To provide that assistance, Kira, Odo and Garak get smuggled into Cardassia to teach Damar the tactics of organizing a movement with a decentralized command. Their resistance cell manages to infiltrate a Dominion shipyard and steal the Breen weapon that Federation ships were defenseless against and their actions allowed Starfleet engineers to develop shields that could counter the weapon. At the conclusion of the war, Kira takes command of DS9 after the disappearance of Sisko, Kira becomes romantically involved with Vedek Bareil, a prominent Bajoran cleric. Following his death, she becomes involved with Shakaar Edon, a farmer who was a former resistance leader during the Cardassian occupation. After a couple of years, the couple decide to end their relationship, Kira also slept with Bareil Antoss mirror universe counterpart. Kira also becomes surrogate mother to Kirayoshi OBrien, the child of Chief Engineer Miles OBrien. When the pregnant Keiko was injured in an accident, Dr Julian Bashir saves the fetus by transporting it into Kiras womb as she was the only woman in proximity. Kira continues to carry the fetus until birth, essentially becoming a part of the OBrien family, following the conclusion of the television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, the character of Kira Nerys takes charge of the Deep Space Nine space station as its permanent commanding officer. With the conclusion of the first wave of Deep Space Nine novels in Unity, Bajor finally joins the Federation, in Unity, Kira opens every Bajoran Orb simultaneously in a sacred place in order to defeat a monstrous enemy, announcing, You want Bajor. This also caused the return of Benjamin Sisko from the Celestial Temple to the corporeal world, in current novel continuity, Kira has resigned from Starfleet and is now a Vedek in the Bajoran religious order
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What You Leave Behind
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What You Leave Behind is the series finale of the television show Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, the 175th and 176th overall episodes, and the 25th and 26th episodes of the seventh season. The episode was written by showrunner Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler and it originally aired on June 2,1999. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures on Deep Space Nine, the episode was mainly well-received, with most critics considering it a satisfying end for the series, though the final confrontation between Sisko and Dukat was largely criticized. On Deep Space Nine, Bashir wakes up with Ezri, OBrien talks with his family leaving the station after the war. It is the morning of the day the crew leave for the final push in the war. While heading for battle on the Defiant, Sisko receives a vision of his prophet-mother Sarah and she claims that his most important challenge is not before you, but behind you. The battle between the JemHadar/Breen/Cardassian fleet and Federation/Klingon/Romulan fleet begins, in retaliation, the JemHadar wipe out an entire Cardassian city. The insurgents are about to be executed by a team of JemHadar and Cardassian soldiers, in light of this, as an ultimate retaliation, the Founder orders the eradication of the Cardassian race, and the JemHadar begin firing upon and leveling whole Cardassian cities. The JemHadar and Breen retreat from the battle and regroup at their perimeter around Cardassia Prime. Kira and the storm the command center, capture the Founder, and kill Weyouns last clone. Sisko prepares for an assault on Cardassia Prime. Odo beams to the center in an attempt to talk her into surrendering. She refuses, citing her people’s security at the hands of the solids and he links with the Founder, curing her disease. She orders her forces to surrender, Odo explains to Kira that he has agreed to cure the other Founders, but needs to join them permanently, to eventually persuade them to trust solids instead of dominating them. Meanwhile, Bashir and Garak have reunited in the command center, distraught over the loss of life and the destruction of huge swaths of Cardassian culture, Bashir says farewell to Garak, who stays to help rebuild Cardassia. Garak is skeptical that they ever meet again, because they live in uncertain times. Meanwhile, on Bajor, Dukat, still disguised as a Bajoran, and Kai Winn, after she makes them appear around a chasm, Winn poisons Dukat, but he is resurrected by the Pah-wraiths and restored to his Cardassian appearance. A peace treaty is signed on DS9, and the crew celebrates in Vics lounge, however, in the middle of dancing with Kasidy, Sisko suddenly realizes he must go to the fire caves
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Worf
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Worf, son of Mogh is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise. Worf is the first Klingon main character to appear in Star Trek and he is played by the actor Michael Dorn. Initially, Worf was not intended to be a regular character, accordingly, the June 1,1987 cast portrait did not include Worf. Several tall, slim, black actors auditioned for Worf before Michael Dorn came along, walking into the audition in character, the House of Mogh was a family of high social and political rank which was for a time represented on the Klingon High Council. In Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country, Colonel Worf appears as the advocate of Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy after they are accused of killing Chancellor Gorkon of the Klingon High Council and he was also a member of the Klingon delegation at Camp Khitomer. Although not explicitly stated, he was intended to be Worfs grandfather, Worf was born in 2340 on QonoS as the son of Mogh. Five years later, his parents moved to the Khitomer colony, Worfs parents were killed during a surprise attack by the Romulans on the Khitomer outpost. The colonys distress call was answered by the Federation starship USS Intrepid, Chief Petty Officer Sergey Rozhenko found Worf in the rubble and took him in after failing to find any living relatives. Rozhenko and his wife Helena raised him on a farm colony on the planet Gault. Worf also has a brother, Nikolai, with whom he often quarreled. He also spent time on Earth in his parents native city of Minsk, Worf did not take the Rozhenkos last name, preferring to be addressed by the Klingon designation Worf, son of Mogh. However, his son Alexander Rozhenko, who was raised by the Rozhenkos after his mother KEhleyr died, although Worf was raised by humans, he considered himself a Klingon at heart and studied the ways of his people. As an adult, his mannerisms and personality, as well as his sense of honor. Worfs brother Kurn, barely a year old at the time of the Khitomer attack, had left behind on the Klingon homeworld QonoS by his parents. Lorgh, a friend to House of Mogh, was charged with the care of the younger son, lorgh adopted Kurn after the attack, but informed Klingon authorities that he had died with the rest of the family. Kurn was not revealed as being alive until both brothers were adults, in 2357, Worf entered Starfleet Academy. He graduated in 2361 and was commissioned with the rank of Ensign, although Worf took immense pride and a sense of honor from serving in Starfleet, most other Klingons shunned and belittled his choice of vocation
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Michael Dorn
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Michael Dorn is an American actor and voice artist who is known for his role as the Klingon Worf in the Star Trek franchise. He also appeared as Worfs namesake, Colonel Worf, in the film Star Trek VI, Dorn is also an accomplished pilot and owns and operates a Lockheed T-33 trainer jet, which he jokingly refers to as his starship. Dorn was born in Luling, Texas, the son of Allie Lee and Fentress Dorn and he grew up in Pasadena, California. He studied radio and television production at Pasadena City College, from there he pursued a career in music as a performer with several different rock music bands, traveling to San Francisco and then back to Los Angeles. Dorn first appeared in Rocky as Apollo Creeds bodyguard, though he was not credited and he first appeared as a guest on the television show W. E. B. in 1978. The producer was impressed with his work, so he introduced Dorn to an agent who introduced him to acting teacher Charles Conrad to study acting for six months. He then landed a role on the television series CHiPs. Dorns most famous role to date is that of the Klingon Starfleet officer Lieutenant J. G, Worf in Star Trek, The Next Generation and Star Trek, Deep Space Nine. If what happened to the first cast is called being typecast, Dorn says, of course, they didnt get the jobs after Trek. But they are making their sixth movie, name me someone else in television who has made six movies. Dorn is also one of six actors to lend his voice to Star Trek, Captains Chair, dorns appearance in the film Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country was as Colonel Worf, representing Captain James T. Kirk and Dr. Leonard McCoy at their trial on QonoS and also unmasking the real assassin, Dorn directed the Star Trek, Deep Space Nine episodes In the Cards, Inquisition and When It Rains. and also the Star Trek, Enterprise episode Two Days and Two Nights. In 2012, Dorn announced a desire to return to his Klingon role in a series tentatively titled Star Trek. He said, I had come up with the idea because I love and I think hes a character that hasnt been fully developed and hasnt been fully realized. Once I started thinking about it, it became obvious to me that I wanted to at least put it out there, which I have, weve been contacted by different individuals–I cant say who and all that–about wanting to come on board and be part of this. In 2014, Dorn participated in the fan produced Star Trek episode Fairest of Them All, Dorn has appeared in a number of TV shows, films, and video games. He has been the spokesman for Neutrogena T-Gel Shampoo, and has appeared in a car commercial, Dorn has appeared as Worf on Webster and Family Guy, the latter along with fellow Star Trek, The Next Generation stars. He had a role on the television series Castle, playing the therapist of NYPD police detective Kate Beckett
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Alexander Siddig
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Siddig El Tahir El Fadil El Siddig Abderrahman Mohammed Ahmed Abdel Karim El Mahdi is an English-Sudanese actor. He is known by the stage names Siddig El Fadil through the mid-1990s and he is known for playing Dr. He is also confirmed to appear in Gotham as Ras al Ghul, Siddig was born in Sudan but has spent most of his life in England. He was born to an English mother who worked as a theatrical consultant and his maternal uncle is English actor Malcolm McDowell, with whom he appeared in 2008 in Neil Marshalls Doomsday, and his paternal uncle is the former Sudanese Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi. He is a great-great-grandson of Muhammad Ahmad and he attended St Lawrence College, Ramsgate, Kent. He was credited under the shortened name Siddig El Fadil until October 1995, on set, he became known as Sid. Siddig attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art to study acting and after leaving LAMDA and he also worked as a director in a small theatre in London. Siddig first appeared to audiences as Prince Feisal in A Dangerous Man, Lawrence After Arabia. Siddigs performance in A Dangerous Man, Lawrence After Arabia brought him to the attention of Rick Berman who was creating the new series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine. Although he originally auditioned for the role of Commander Benjamin Sisko, Berman decided Siddig was too young for the role, since the end of the seven seasons of Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, Siddig has made prominent appearances in films and television. Highlights include appearing as an Algerian secret agent on the trail of Islamists in the controversial episode Nest of Angels of the British television show Spooks in 2003, in 2005, he appeared as Saladins aide, Imad, in Ridley Scotts film Kingdom of Heaven. He gave a lauded performance as Prince Nasir in Syriana, alongside George Clooney. He played the role in 2006s Hannibal – Romes Worst Nightmare for the BBC. Early 2007, Siddig joined the cast of Un Homme Perdu, in 2009, he co-starred with Patricia Clarkson in the award-winning film Cairo Time as Tareq Khalifa, an Egyptian who battles his attraction to his friends wife. In August 2010, he expressed his doubts about resurrecting his character, Dr. Julian Bashir, from Deep Space Nine, stating that he has other ambitions. In 2013, Siddig appeared as a Syrian-Canadian in the IFC film Inescapable with Marisa Tomei and Joshua Jackson, in 2015 he joined the cast of the HBO series Game of Thrones in season 5 as Doran Martell, the ruling Prince of Dorne. Siddigs roles have often called for him to act out many different accents, he used received pronunciation, Cockney, and he has also given performances in Arabic as the role required as well as French. ExtraOrdinary as King Tut James Camerons Titanic Explorer video game – various voices Whose Life Is It Anyway, official website Alexander Siddig at the Internet Movie Database
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Ira Steven Behr
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He was the executive producer and showrunner on Crash and executive producer on Syfys Alphas. Behr is currently a writer and co-executive producer on Outlander, born to a Jewish family, Behr studied at Lehman College in New York City. After graduating, Behr moved to Los Angeles to pursue a screenwriting career, behrs first writing job was on the dramatic series Bret Maverick. Behr left The Next Generation after a year, but two later, he rejoined Star Trek as a supervising producer on the new series Star Trek. At the start of the season, Behr was promoted to co-executive producer. The following year, co-creator Michael Piller left to produce the next Star Trek series, Star Trek, Voyager and Behr replaced him as showrunner, as showrunner, Behr reported to head executive producer and franchise chief Rick Berman. Behr went on to write a total of 53 episodes of Deep Space Nine, as executive producer, Behr was largely responsible for the story arc of the show, from Bajoran politics to the Dominion War. This prolonged and complex story was a departure from the traditional Star Trek episodic format, Behr also had a significant role in the development of the Ferengi alien race during his work on Deep Space Nine. But it was not until Deep Space Nine, which included a Ferengi character in its regular cast, Behr was involved with most of the early Ferengi-related episodes, and introduced the concept of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition and wrote most of the rules which appeared on the show. These rules were published as The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. Along with fellow Deep Space Nine producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Behr also co-wrote Legends of the Ferengi, vegas In February 2009, Behr was named head writer for the Starz TV series Crash as it heads into Season 2, which aired in the fall of 2009. Lead actor Dennis Hopper died in May 2010 and the series did not continue, the programs lead actor is David Strathairn of Good Night, and Good Luck fame. Behr oversaw the remaining 10 episodes of the 11 episode first season order, since 2014 Behr has served as writer and co-executive producer on Outlander
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Ronald D. Moore
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Ronald Dowl Moore is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on Star Trek, on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series, for which he won a Peabody Award, Moore was raised in Chowchilla, California. He describes himself as a recovering Catholic and is agnostic, Moore dabbled in writing and drama in high school. He later completed his degree through Regents College and he served for one month during the summer of his freshman year on the frigate USS W. S. Sims. Moore spent the three years drifting between various odd jobs and temporary work. As Moore himself recounted in the book, Star Trek, The Next Generation 365, by the fall of 1986, working as a medical records technician at an animal hospital, all the while telling myself that I was actually a professional writer simply awaiting my inevitable discovery. In 1988, he toured the Star Trek, The Next Generation sets during the filming of the episode Time Squared. While there, he passed a script he had written to one of Gene Roddenberrys assistants, about seven months later, executive producer Michael Piller read the script and bought it, it became the third season episode The Bonding. Based on that script he was offered the opportunity to write a second script, two years later, he was promoted to co-producer, then producer for the series final year. He is credited with writing or co-writing 27 Next Generation episodes and he co-wrote several episodes with Brannon Braga, developing a successful working relationship that led to them being offered the chance to write the series television finale, All Good Things. The series also received an Emmy Award nomination in its final year for Outstanding Drama Series, the pair also wrote the screenplay for the Next Generation crews first two big screen appearances, Star Trek Generations and Star Trek, First Contact. Moore then joined the staff of Star Trek, Deep Space Nine for its third season as a supervising producer. And Once More Unto the Breach, with the end of Deep Space Nine in 1999, Moore transferred over to the production staff of Star Trek, Voyager at the start of its sixth season, where his writing partner Braga was executive producer. However, Moore left Voyager only a matter of weeks later, with Survival Instinct, in a January 2000 interview for Cinescape magazine, Moore cited problems in his working relationship with Brannon Braga for his short stay, I have very hurt feelings about Brannon. What happened between me and him is just between he and I and it was a breakdown of trust. I would have quit any show where I was not allowed to participate in the process like that, I wasn’t allowed to participate in the process, and I wasn’t part of the show. I felt like I was freelancing my own show, Moore and Braga can be heard talking together on the commentary tracks for the DVD release of Star Trek Generations and Star Trek, First Contact. After leaving Voyager, Moore briefly worked as a producer on Good vs Evil before joining Roswell as a co-executive producer
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Tears of the Prophets
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Tears of the Prophets is the 26th and final episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, the 150th episode overall. It was first broadcast in broadcast syndication within the United States on June 17,1998 and it was written by Ira Steven Behr and Hans Beimler, and directed by Allan Kroeker. The episode featured the death of Jadzia Dax and the appearance of actress Terry Farrell in the show. Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the crew of the Starfleet-managed Bajoran space station Deep Space Nine, in this episode, the Federation decides to move on the offensive against the Dominion. Captain Benjamin Sisko is warned by the not to leave the station. As Starfleet attack a Cardassian star system, Dukat, possessed by a Pah-wraith, Jadzia Dax and disables the Bajoran wormhole. After Daxs death, Sisko declares that he is leaving the station, the premise of the attack on the wormhole originated as a plan to end the seventh season of DS9, and was again suggested for the end of season six when planning began for that season. The imminent departure of Farrell, who elected not to renew her contract, the episode raised themes of revenge and the conflict between military service and religion. Admiral Ross informs Captain Benjamin Sisko that Starfleet intends to go on the offensive in the war against the Dominion and they evaluate the plans and decide to move against the Chintoka star system. Jadzia Dax discuss their plans to have a baby with Dr. Julian Bashir, both Bashir and Quark mourn the fact that it means that Worf and Daxs marriage is solid and neither have a chance with her. They both visit the holosuite to see Vic Fontaine who counsels them on their loss, Sisko meets with General Martok and the Romulans to discuss the plans for Chintoka and discover that they need to attack immediately as the Cardassian-Dominion are about to improve the defences. The night before the attack, Sisko receives a vision from the prophets, Sisko tells Ross about the vision, who responds that he must decide between his duty to Starfleet and the prophets. Meanwhile, the Cardassian leader, Damar, receives intelligence about the Starfleet movements towards Chintoka, Dukat arrives and discloses his plan to allow one of the enemies of the Prophets, the Pah-wraiths, to possess him. He reveals a Bajoran artifact, which he breaks, a red mist swirls around him and he is possessed by a Pah-wraith. The combined fleet arrives at Chintoka just as the platforms are activated. As the fleet is being destroyed, on board the USS Defiant, Elim Garak informs Sisko that the platforms can be taken if they find. They discover it on a moon and destroy it by tricking the platforms to fire on their own power supply. On the station, Dax is visiting the Bajoran Temple to thank the Prophets for her pregnancy, Dukat, possessed by the Pah-wraith, suddenly transports in
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TekWar (TV series)
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TekWar is a North American television series, based on the TekWar novels ghost-written by Ron Goulart from outlines by William Shatner and developed for television by Stephen Roloff. The series follows Jake Cardigan, a police officer turned private investigator working for Cosmos. The series was broadcast in Canada on CTV and in the United States on USA Network, the series, which was a co-production between Atlantis Films and Universal Television premiered on January 17,1994 and ended on February 9,1996. Set in the year 2045, the series follows Jake Cardigan, although he was sentenced to fifteen years in cryo-detainment, Jake is released after four years, three months, and twenty-seven days. Shortly after his release Jake is contacted by Sid Gomez, his former partner, Sid is now in the private sector, working as an investigator for the large security firm Cosmos. After Sid reveals that it was Cosmoss CEO, Walter Bascom, at the meeting Jake agrees to work for Bascom as a private investigator going after Tek Lords, in return for Bascoms help in clearing his name. Greg Evigan as Jake Cardigan, a police officer who. Eugene Clark as Sid Gomez, a police officer and Jakes partner at Cosmos. Catherine Blythe as Centra, Walter Bascoms assistant who provides support for Jake on his cases. Torri Higginson as Beth Kittridge, an android who possesses all of the memories of the real Beth Kittridge and she is a doctor and is romantically involved with Jake Cardigan. Natalie Radford as Nika, Walter Bascoms assistant who provides support for Jake on his cases. Maria del Mar as Sam Houston, a lieutenant and later Jakes partner at Cosmos. William Shatner as Walter Bascom, President and CEO of Cosmos, maurice Dean Wint as Lieutenant Winger, a police lieutenant who has an ongoing feud with Jake Cardigan. David Hemblen as Inspector Winterguild, Wingers partner and he doesnt believe that Jake was framed by the Tek Lords. Von Flores as Sonny Hokori, a Tek Lord and he framed Jake for dealing Tek and murder. Marc Marut and Christian Campbell as Danny Cardigan, Jake and Kate Cardigans fifteen-year-old son, sonja Smits as Kate Cardigan, Jakes ex-wife and Dannys mother. She is married to wealthy industrialist, Bennet Sands, ray Jewers as Bennett Sands a wealthy industrialist who is married to Kate Cardigan. Dee McCafferty as Wiz, a criminal Jake knows from his time as a police officer and he introduces Jake to Wildside and Cowgirl
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Quark (Star Trek)
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Quark is a fictional character in the American television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine. The character, which was played by Armin Shimerman, was depicted as a member of a race known as the Ferengi. Quark, who served as the shows comedy relief, may have been named after the 1978 Quark. Before opening a bar, known as Quarks, on the station, Quark came to the station while it was named Terok Nor during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor. When the station changed hands at the end of the occupation, in the episode Business as Usual, Sisko admitted that he had cut a lot of slack in the past even looked away once or twice when could have come down hard on. A shrewd businessman, Quark often quotes the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, when the Bajoran wormhole was discovered, Quark helped broker deals between several Gamma Quadrant races and the Ferengi. The Alpha Quadrants first knowledge of the Dominion came through business dealings that Quark, Quarks role in these dealings came about as a result of the interference of Grand Nagus Zek. Quark became Grand Nagus for a period when it appeared that Zek had died, however, Zeks death turned out to be a ruse. Along with Commander Sisko, Quark was also among the first to encounter the genetically engineered soldiers of the Dominion, Quark repeatedly clashed with FCA liquidator Brunt, who believed that Quark was detrimental to Ferengi society and beliefs. The two met initially in a scandal involving Quarks mother Ishka, who had earned profit despite this being illegal for a female, following this, Brunt was responsible for Quark receiving a savage beating at the hands of Nausicaan thugs. The attack was meant to coerce Quark into dissolving the union founded by his brother. Instead, Quark secretly honored many of the unions demands, later, when Quark was falsely diagnosed with a fatal disease, Brunt anonymously bought the Ferengi bartenders remains six days in advance. When Brunt almost became Grand Nagus, Quark temporarily became a female named Lumba and this was in order to convince FCA commissioner Nilva that allowing Ferengi females to wear clothing was an opportunity for profit. Brunt did not believe the charade for a minute, Nilva, owner of Slug-O-Cola, The Slimiest Cola In The Galaxy. on the other hand, was more than convinced that Lumba was a woman, and chased her amorously. Quarks involvement with underworld figures led him to become an important source of information for the crew of the station, in the style of Huggy Bear from Starsky. Quark loved his brother Rom, and occasionally found him useful. Nonetheless, in true Ferengi fashion, he treated Rom with little respect, Quark was also fond of swindling Rom out of his share of the bars profits. They were partners in other business ventures, although Quark routinely made sure to keep Rom in the dark about the true nature of their dealings
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Afterimage (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
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Afterimage is the 153rd episode of the television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, the third episode of the seventh season. It was first broadcast on October 14,1998, in addition to coping with the memories of her symbionts past lives, Ezri Dax must deal with the range of reactions her presence generates on Deep Space Nine. Her presence is not looked highly upon, as people are unsure how to feel about Ezri. Worf has the worst reaction, even threatening fellow friends and officers, garak, who is also not taking Ezri well, suffers problems of his own when acute claustrophobia, worse than ever, strikes him down. At the end of the episode, Ezri leaves her position aboard the USS Destiny, because of her extensive Starfleet experience from her past lives, Ezri receives a promotion from ensign to lieutenant junior grade. Star Trek, Deep Space Nine DVD set, volume 7, disc 1, Afterimage at the Internet Movie Database Afterimage at TV. com Afterimage at Memory Alpha Afterimage at StarTrek. com
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Mascara
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Mascara is a cosmetic commonly used to enhance the eyelashes. It may darken, thicken, lengthen, and/or define the eyelashes, normally in one of three forms—liquid, cake, or cream—the modern mascara product has various formulas, however, most contain the same basic components of pigments, oils, waxes, and preservatives. The Collins English Dictionary defines mascara as, a substance for darkening, lengthening, curling, coloring. The Oxford English Dictionary adds that mascara is used on the eyebrows as well. The OED also references mascaro from works published in the late 15th century. In 1886, the Peck & Snyder Catalogue advertises, “Mascaro or Water Cosmetique… For darkening the eyebrow and moustaches without greasing them and making them prominent. ”In 1890, the Century Dictionary defined mascara as “a kind of paint used for the eyebrows and eyelashes by actors. ”And in 1894, N. Lynn advises in Lynn’s Practical Hints for Making-up, “to darken eyelashes, paint with mascara, or black paint, with a small brush. The Oxford English Dictionary also cites an alternative Catalan definition that describes soot or a black smear, there is even strong support for a possible source from the Arabic word maskharah or ‘buffoon’. The Hebrew word משקרות as relating to womens eyes is found in Isaiah 3,16, latin treatises sometimes used the word mascara when referring to witches. Aesthetic adornment is a universal and mascara can be documented in ancient Egypt. Records from around 4000 BC refer to a substance called kohl that was used to darken eyelashes, eyes, kohl was used to mask the eyes, believed to ward off evil spirits and protect the soul, by both men and women. Often composed of galena, malachite, and charcoal or soot, crocodile stool, honey, through Egypt’s influence, kohl usage persisted in the subsequent Babylonian, Greek and Roman empires. Makeup was considered unsightly and uncouth in Western culture until the Victorian era, during the Victorian era, social opinion shifted radically towards the promotion of cosmetics, and women were known to spend a majority of their day occupied with beauty regimens. Great efforts were made to create the illusion of long, dark eyelashes, attempting this, Victorian women made a type of mascara in their own homes. They would heat a mixture of ash or lampblack and elderberry juice on a plate, the product that people would recognize as mascara today did not develop until the 19th century. A chemist named Eugene Rimmel developed a cosmetic using the newly invented petroleum jelly, the name Rimmel became synonymous with the substance and still translates to “mascara” in the Portuguese, Spanish, Greek, Turkish, Romanian, and Persian languages today. Across the Atlantic Ocean and at roughly the time, in 1913. Later in 1917, he started a business from the product that grew to become the company Maybelline. The mascara developed by two men consisted of petroleum jelly and coal in a set ratio
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Michael Westmore
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Michael George Westmore I is an American make-up artist best known for his work in various Star Trek productions, winning nine Emmy Awards, and is a member of the Westmore family. He won the Academy Award for Make-up in 1985 for his work on the film Mask and his career began at Universal Studios in 1961, and spanned four decades, including working for the CIA creating make-up kits for spies overseas. His family is involved in the Hollywood make-up business. In 1917 his grandfather George Westmore had created the first studio make-up department, michaels father was a make-up artist for Gone with the Wind and his uncle was Bud Westmore, famous for co-creating the creature in Creature from the Black Lagoon. He is a 1961 graduate of the University of California-Santa Barbara and he began working for Universal Studios in 1961 as a make-up artist, and was promoted after three years to Assistant Department Head of Make-Up. He apprenticed to John Chambers on the 1963 film The List of Adrian Messenger, some of Westmores earliest roles at Universal included The Munsters and Land of the Lost. He became a freelance make-up artist during the 1970s and 80s, working on such as Rocky. For Raging Bull, Westmore designed the prosthetic noses which Robert De Niro wore throughout the film, one of the more unusual effects used on the boxing film was a special effect which showed a nose breaking from a punch on screen. He worked with Tom Burman on make-up sets for the Central Intelligence Agency for operatives overseas to change identities, a set created by the pair sold for $20,000 in 2011. In 1985 he appeared in a released on VHS called Looking Your Best with Michael Westmore. He was hired in 1986 to work on Star Trek, The Next Generation, during his time on the shows he developed the make-up for several alien races, including the Ferengi, Cardassians, JemHadar, and further developed the make-up used on Klingon characters. One of his first roles was the development of the used on Brent Spiner to create the character Data. He left the Star Trek franchise in 2005, following the cancellation of Enterprise, following Star Trek, he went into semi-retirement and worked on the musical version of Mask, having previously worked on the movie version. He was responsible for Kamal Hassans make up in the Shankar directed Indian Tamil film called INDIAN and he also spent eighteen months on the Indian film Dasavathaaram, where actor Kamal Haasan played ten different roles which each required prosthetics. He has begun work as a producer and aims to write a two-volume autobiography and he also made a guest appearance on the third series finale of reality TV make-up show Face Off, alongside his daughter McKenzie Westmore who is the presenter of the show. After that, he has appeared in subsequent seasons as a mentor to the contestants of the show. Westmore won an Academy Award for Makeup for the 1985 Cher film Mask and he has won nine Emmy Awards, and was nominated for at least one Emmy every year from 1984 to 2005. The Art of Theatrical Makeup for Stage and Screen, the Official Star Trek, The Next Generation FX Journal
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Star Trek: Voyager
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Star Trek, Voyager was an American science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. The series takes place during the years 2371 to 2378 and it follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant while searching for a renegade Maquis ship. Voyager has to make the estimated 75-year journey home, Voyager was produced for seven seasons, from 1995 to 2001, and is the first and only Star Trek TV series with a female captain, Kathryn Janeway, as the lead character. Berman served as executive producer in charge of the overall production for the series during its entire run. He was assisted by a second in command executive producer who generally functioned as the day-to-day showrunner, four were used throughout the series run, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor, Brannon Braga, and Kenneth Biller. Star Trek, Voyager aired on UPN and was the networks second-longest running series, some streaming services also show the pilot as a single episode rather than splitting it up into two parts. As Star Trek, The Next Generation ended, Paramount Pictures wanted to continue to have a second Star Trek TV series to accompany Star Trek, the studio also planned to start a new television network, and wanted the new series to help it succeed. This was reminiscent of Paramounts earlier plans to launch its own network by showcasing Star Trek, Phase II in 1977. Initial work on Star Trek, Voyager began in 1993, when the seventh and final season of Star Trek, The Next Generation, Voyager was shot on the stages The Next Generation had used, and where the Voyager pilot Caretaker was shot in September 1994. Costume designer Robert Blackman decided that the uniforms of Voyagers crew would be the same as those on Deep Space Nine, Star Trek, Voyager was the first Star Trek series to use computer-generated imagery, rather than models, for exterior space shots. SeaQuest DSV and Babylon 5 had previously used CGI to avoid the expense of models, amblin Imaging won an Emmy for Voyagers opening CGI title visuals, but the weekly episode exteriors were captured with hand-built miniatures of Voyager, its shuttlecraft, and other ships. This changed when Voyager went fully CGI for certain types of shots midway through season three, Foundation Imaging was the studio responsible for special effects during Babylon 5s first three seasons. Season threes The Swarm was the first episode to use Foundations effects exclusively, Star Trek, Deep Space Nine began using Foundation Imaging in conjunction with Digital Muse one year later. In its later seasons, Voyager featured visual effects from Foundation Imaging, the digital effects were produced at television resolution and therefore the series cannot be re-released in HD format without re-creating the special effects. In the pilot episode, Caretaker, USS Voyager departs the Deep Space Nine space station on a mission into the treacherous Badlands. They are searching for a ship piloted by a team of Maquis rebels, which Voyagers security officer. There, Voyager finds the Maquis ship, and eventually the two reluctantly agree to join forces to survive their journey home. Chakotay, leader of the Maquis group, becomes Voyagers first officer, BElanna Torres, a half-human/half-Klingon Maquis, becomes chief engineer
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USS Voyager (Star Trek)
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The fictional Intrepid-class starship USS Voyager is the primary setting of the science fiction television series Star Trek, Voyager. It is commanded by Captain Kathryn Janeway, Voyager was designed by Star Trek, Voyager production designer Richard D. James and illustrator Rick Sternbach. Most of the ships on-screen appearances result from computer-generated imagery, although Tony Meinenger built a model used in the series, the principal model of Voyager used for filming sold at Christies auction in 2006 for USD $132,000. The crews first orders were to track down a Maquis ship in the Badlands, an alien force called the Caretaker transports both Voyager and the Maquis vessel across 70,000 light-years to the Delta Quadrant, damaging Voyager and killing several crewmembers. To prevent a genocide of the Ocampans, Janeway orders the destruction of a device that could transport Voyager, stranded, and with the Maquis ship also destroyed, both crews must integrate and work together for the anticipated 75-year journey home. Starfleet Command eventually becomes aware of the presence in the Delta Quadrant and is later able to establish regular communication. After a seven-year journey, the returns to the Alpha Quadrant via a Borg transwarp conduit with the aid of the time-traveling Admiral Kathryn Janeway from an alternate future. USS Voyager was launched with 141 crew on board, as of 2377, the crew complement was at 146, having gained some crew from the Maquis, the Equinox, Samantha Wildmans child Naomi, and several liberated Borg drones, including Seven of Nine and Icheb. Several recurring characters include Naomi Wildman, the Captains Assistant and daughter of Ensign Samantha Wildman, and the Borg children, Icheb, Mezoti, Azan, the 15-deck,700,000 tonne Voyager was built at the Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards and launched from Earth Station McKinley. Voyager is equipped with bio-neural gel packs, designed to increase processing speed and better organize processed information, the ship had 47 spare gel packs and could not replicate additional packs. The ship also has two holodecks, Voyager was the first ship to be equipped with a class-9 warp drive, which was intended to be tested in deep space, allowing for a maximum sustainable speed of Warp 9.975. Variable geometry pylons allow Voyager and other Intrepid class ships to exceed warp 5 without damaging subspace, like the Galaxy Class, Voyagers warp nacelles are below the primary hull. Voyager is capable of planetary landings, unlike the Galaxy Class, the ship cannot separate the saucer during an emergency, instead, it ejects the warp core. Voyager includes an Emergency Medical Hologram programmed with a library of more than 5 million different medical treatments from 2,000 medical references and 47 physicians, the hologram itself is generated by a series of holographic emitters installed in sickbay. Voyagers EMH is eventually able to leave due to a piece of 29th century technology commonly referred to as the mobile emitter. The ship is equipped with 38 photon torpedoes with type VI warheads. Quantum torpedoes were also compatible with Voyagers launchers, with some modification, Voyager housed five standard torpedo launchers able to fire up to four torpedoes per launcher at once. In the final episode, an alternate future Kathryn Janeway equips the ship with transphasic torpedoes, several pieces of technology from the future were also installed in the final episode, courtesy of Admiral Janeway who went back in time to bring Voyager home
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Starfleet Academy
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In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet Academy is where recruits to Starfleets officer corps are trained. It was created in the year 2161, when the United Federation of Planets was founded, the Academys motto is Ex astris, scientia – From the stars, knowledge. This is derived from the Apollo 13 motto Ex luna, scientia – From the moon, in turn, the Apollo 13 motto was inspired by Ex scientia, tridens, the motto of the United States Naval Academy, meaning From knowledge, seapower. There are also campuses, for example, Tom Paris studied at a campus in Marseille. It was created, based upon principles first postulated by David H. Longstreet, the Star Trek, The Next Generation episode Coming of Age revolved around Wesley Crushers first attempt to enter Starfleet Academy, and includes many details of the Academys entrance exam. Admitted students undergo a program of academics and training, after which they are typically commissioned as ensigns. One of the groundskeepers of the Academy is a man called Boothby, Boothby has offered advice to, and taken interest in the careers of many students, including Jean-Luc Picard and Kathryn Janeway, both later captains. Non-Federation citizens must present a letter of recommendation from an officer in Starfleet before they can take the entrance examination. Commander Benjamin Sisko wrote such a letter for Nog in 2371 when he applied for Starfleet in the Star Trek, given Reeds history with the still extant British Royal Navy, however, one assumes that Dartmouth and comparable officer training institutions were as yet separate entities. In 1997, a game with a story surrounding the Academy, called Star Trek, Starfleet Academy, was released by Interplay. A television series based on Starfleet Academy was proposed, but never produced, an early draft of the script to Star Trek VI, The Undiscovered Country featured a flashback to Captain Kirks time at the academy. According to producer Harve Bennett, that version of the film got as far as preliminary casting, allegedly with offers made to Ethan Hawke for the role of Captain Kirk. The Japanese Garden, located on the grounds of the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys, in 2009, the exterior of Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge was used to depict Starfleet Academy in J. J. Abrams Star Trek feature film. Starfleet Medical Academy is responsible for training Starfleet Medical personnel and it accepts only 200 students each year. It is one of several sub-campuses in the Academy system, list of fictional military schools and academies Starfleet Academy at Memory Alpha
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Psychology
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Psychology is the science of behavior and mind, embracing all aspects of conscious and unconscious experience as well as thought. It is a discipline and a social science which seeks to understand individuals and groups by establishing general principles. In this field, a professional practitioner or researcher is called a psychologist and can be classified as a social, behavioral, Psychologists explore behavior and mental processes, including perception, cognition, attention, emotion, intelligence, phenomenology, motivation, brain functioning, and personality. This extends to interaction between people, such as relationships, including psychological resilience, family resilience, and other areas. Psychologists of diverse orientations also consider the unconscious mind, Psychologists employ empirical methods to infer causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables. Psychology has been described as a hub science, with psychological findings linking to research and perspectives from the sciences, natural sciences, medicine, humanities. By many accounts psychology ultimately aims to benefit society, the majority of psychologists are involved in some kind of therapeutic role, practicing in clinical, counseling, or school settings. Many do scientific research on a range of topics related to mental processes and behavior. The word psychology derives from Greek roots meaning study of the psyche, the Latin word psychologia was first used by the Croatian humanist and Latinist Marko Marulić in his book, Psichiologia de ratione animae humanae in the late 15th century or early 16th century. In 1890, William James defined psychology as the science of mental life and this definition enjoyed widespread currency for decades. Also since James defined it, the more strongly connotes techniques of scientific experimentation. Folk psychology refers to the understanding of people, as contrasted with that of psychology professionals. The ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, China, India, historians note that Greek philosophers, including Thales, Plato, and Aristotle, addressed the workings of the mind. As early as the 4th century BC, Greek physician Hippocrates theorized that mental disorders had physical rather than supernatural causes, in China, psychological understanding grew from the philosophical works of Laozi and Confucius, and later from the doctrines of Buddhism. This body of knowledge involves insights drawn from introspection and observation and it frames the universe as a division of, and interaction between, physical reality and mental reality, with an emphasis on purifying the mind in order to increase virtue and power. Chinese scholarship focused on the advanced in the Qing Dynasty with the work of Western-educated Fang Yizhi, Liu Zhi. Distinctions in types of awareness appear in the ancient thought of India, a central idea of the Upanishads is the distinction between a persons transient mundane self and their eternal unchanging soul. Divergent Hindu doctrines, and Buddhism, have challenged this hierarchy of selves, yoga is a range of techniques used in pursuit of this goal
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Marc Alaimo
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Marc Alaimo is an American actor, known for his villainous roles. He is best known for his role as recurring villain Gul Dukat in the TV series Star Trek, Alaimo has been playing characters in television shows since 1971. He also appeared as Curtis Block in the television movie Case Closed and he also played a poker player who speaks French to Data in the episode Times Arrow. In 1993, Alaimo began playing Gul Dukat in Star Trek, Gul Dukat was a recurring character, who appeared in 37 episodes of that series, and is his best-known character. He also appeared in a Season Two episode of 21 Jump Street, Alaimo also featured in the 2006 video game Call of Juarez, and its 2009 prequel Call of Juarez, Bound in Blood, both times as the voice of the gunslinging Ray McCall. In 2010 he voiced The Dean in the Family Guy episode The Splendid Source, Alaimo was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has a son from his first marriage, Michael Antony Alaimo Jr. who is a writer, story editor and producer known for The Closer, Major Crimes, Invasion, Alaimo has a daughter from his second marriage, Ariel Rose. The Dead Pool Total Recall Marc Alaimo at the Internet Movie Database
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Benjamin Sisko
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Benjamin Lafayette Sisko is a fictional character in the Star Trek franchise. He appears in the television series Star Trek, Deep Space Nine and he is portrayed by actor Avery Brooks. Born in 2332 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Benjamin is the son of Joseph Sisko and his birth mother was a human woman named Sarah. However, Sarah was possessed by one of the Bajoran Prophets, Sarah and Joseph were happily married until Sarah disappeared two days after Bens first birthday, when the life-form left her body. She died in an accident several years later, Joseph eventually met and married another woman, who went on to raise Benjamin as her own son. Benjamin remained unaware of events until well into his adulthood. Ben has a sister named Judith, and at least two brothers, Sisko entered Starfleet Academy in 2350. During his sophomore year, he was in an assignment on Starbase 137. He met a woman named Jennifer in Babylon, New York, on Gilgo Beach, the two eventually wed and had a son named Jake. The symbiotic nature of the joined Trill becomes a significant aspect to Siskos later relationships with his DS9 science officer Jadzia Dax and DS9 counselor Ezri Dax. Sisko served aboard the USS Okinawa under Captain Leyton, who saw potential in the young officer, Leyton promoted Sisko to Lieutenant Commander. It was during this assignment that Sisko and Leyton fought in the war between the Federation and the Tzenkethi, Sisko eventually transferred to the USS Saratoga as its first officer. In early 2367, the Saratoga was one of the 40 Starfleet vessels involved in the Battle of Wolf 359 against the Borg, in an attempt to gain knowledge about Starfleet defenses, the Borg assimilated Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U. S. S. Enterprise, creating a Borg drone known as Locutus, in the ensuing battle,39 of the starships at Wolf 359 were destroyed, and an estimated 11,000 people were lost, including Siskos wife, Jennifer. Sisko is promoted to Captain on Stardate 48959, Sisko and his son Jake reluctantly take up residence on the station. Recognizing that the station is not an ideal environment in which to raise a son. Adding to Siskos discomfort is the presence of Jean-Luc Picard, who briefs him on his mission, Sisko continues to harbor deep resentment toward Picard for his role, however unwilling, in the death of his wife. By studying the orb and nearby stellar phenomenon, Jadzia Dax finds a location of activity in the nearby Denorios Belt
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