[scifinoir2] Fw: Great News! FEMA Responds to Our Call to Extend the Deadline

[Amy Harlib]

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Once in a while we get a little bit of good news!


   


FEMA Extends the Deadline!

Messages from 7,500 of you helped make it happen.

You can support our continued work on hurricane-related issues and 
other efforts by contributing today.
   
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  On Saturday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) extended the 
deadline for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to apply for disaster 
assistance until January 11, 2006. Read the FEMA press release here.

  Thanks to the more than 7,500 of you who sent a message to FEMA through 
ExtendTheDeadline.org! Your grassroots efforts made a big difference.

  For the millions of Americans who were victims of the hurricanes, this 
decision by FEMA comes as great news.  Now these families can focus on their 
immediate needs without having to worry about losing out on federal aid to 
which they are entitled. According to the most recent figures from FEMA, 
hurricane victims are continuing to apply for benefits at a rate of almost 
20,000 applications per day.  Had FEMA not done the right thing and extended 
the deadline, it is clear that tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people 
would have lost out.

  FEMA, and the federal government more broadly, has taken a lot of 
well-deserved criticism for the failures in its disaster response.  We want to 
take this moment to thank FEMA for doing something right.

  In the weeks ahead we'll continue to keep our eyes on the federal 
response to the hurricanes - and we'll keep you up to date on developments.  
You can always get our latest analysis on a whole host of issues by visiting 
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[scifinoir2] Fw: World Science: Violent dreams and evolution

[Amy Harlib]

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Love these World Science articles!


* Violent dreams could answer evolutionary 
questions, researchers say:
A bizarre disorder in which sleepers act out dreams 
of combat might help explain how dreaming evolved.

http://www.world-science.net/exclusives/051018_dreamfrm.htm


* "Popping rocks" mystery solved:
Researchers say they have rediscovered a site where 
rocks brought up off the ocean floor explode with 
trapped gases.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051018_poprocksfrm.htm


* How astronomy could help save the whale shark:
Software developed by astronomers to find stars can 
help monitor the world's biggest fish, using its 
starry skin patterns, researchers say.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051018_whalesharkfrm.htm


* Common spice found to halt breast cancer spread in 
mice:
Curcumin, which gives curry its mustard-yellow 
color, inhibits the spread of breast cancer in mice,
researchers report.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051015_curcuminfrm.htm


* Good news for pot smokers:
Contrary to popular belief, marijuana helps grow 
new brain cells, a study suggests. A separate study 
reports pot smoke is less carcinogenic than 
cigarette smoke.

http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051018_potfrm.htm


* Science in images: Gorgeous aurora
Auroras, also known as the Northern and Southern 
Lights, form when solar particles and magnetic 
fields hit the Earth's magnetic field.

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[scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against Black people?

[Meta]

Are any of them on sale anywhere. I could use a Hawk dose.
I was telling my children about these shows and they really want to
see them.
Meta

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "drcsaid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm glad that I taped those Hawk episodes on Spencer and "A Man 
> Called Hawk" series...Wesley, Wendall Pirece, Angela Basset, Samuel 
> Jackson, Eric LaSalle etc were i the cut on those series...
> 
> I'm going to burn them to DVD...hey an I write that here? I don't 
> want this site shut down too!
> 
> 
> 
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > LMAO...I wasn't goiong to say that...but you have a point...On top 
> of that, if anyone can get my mom to say "Boy is he good lookin'," He 
> has got to be impressive...Mom has never uttered that about anyone on 
> TV except Avery Brooks...
> > 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with that. He'd lost the fire 
> after his wife's death.  I'm just saying I wish he'd started out as 
> Captain Sisko of whatever that starship was he was on. But hey, like 
> you say, he grew like hell in what is probably my favorite Trek 
> series.
> > Oh course, ol' boy didn't really shine until he shaved that head 
> and grew that beard, and became Hawk in the 24th Century!
> > 
> > -- Original message -- 
> > Also remember that Sisko was Highly Pissed off at the world when he 
> lost his wife...Realistically, I think that was the reason that, if 
> he was passed over for the promotion, was...From what I gather, It 
> seemed as if Sisko was on his way out of Starfleet as I read 
> it...Hence, his posting at DS9...Very plausible...And I thought he 
> did a helluva job turning himself around in one episode...
> > 
> > 
> > Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Actually I was going back to the premiere, where Sisko was First 
> Officer
> > of his ship. I felt his character should have been a captain of that
> > starship, not the XO.
> > 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of Astromancer
> > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 19:20
> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against Black
> > people?
> > 
> > 
> > On one point, I have to say militarily was incorrect...Sisko was a
> > commander, but of an outpost, not a ship, which I am assuming the
> > captain's rank was reserved for ship's commanders...But I do see 
> your
> > point...
> > 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Your point is dead-on, which is what I
> > meant. Star Trek was the beacon, starting slowly (a Black woman, no
> > Black men in major roles), then grew with Geordi (whose disability
> > definitely raised eyebrows among Blacks) and Worf, and reaching 
> fruition
> > in Sisko. The series matured in its treatment of people of color 
> (though
> > why Sisko was the only lead character in all the shows that started 
> out
> > as a commander instead of a captain was puzzling).  That's what I 
> meant
> > about "Enterprise" going backwards. They literally regressed over 
> three
> > decades and relegated the Black and Asian characters to the same 
> levels
> > of background noise that unfortunately mostly defined Uhura and 
> Sulu.
> > And speaking of Sulu, MAJOR crime to my mind that George Takei, who 
> has
> > great screen presence, was never able to shine in Trek as he 
> deserved.
> > I'd have loved to have seen a movie based on his Excelsior.
> > 
> > And you are so correct in saying that you hate the treatment of 
> people
> > of color on Galactica more now that you like it. I'm the same way. I
> > hated the show when it started, wrote a scathing review in our 
> group,
> > then grew to love it. But then I look up and see the Asian girl 
> being
> > the love interest for two different white dudes, and ditto for the 
> Black
> > girl (Moore hints to a developing love triangle between the Sister,
> > Billy, and Apollo). I see no Brothers playing anything but guards 
> and
> > "muscle", as you say. And i just have to wonder, is it intentional 
> or
> > just more of the same white ignorance? Moore is a white man, and 
> maybe
> > bringing women of color on to be love interests for white men is
> > "diversity" to him. Maybe he hasn't noticed that on several 
> occassions
> > he's used BBM (Big Black Men) as prisoners, and that they're even
> > stereotypically dark-skinned and bald.  Maybe he just doesn't get 
> it,
> > but I know it bothers me a great deal. Like I said, when the entire
> > Pegasus command structure
> > turns out white, and two bald brothers show up as the Admiral's 
> personal
> > guard, I was stunned.
> > 
> > I'm hoping season three will somehow address this problem.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > "tetsuwanatom1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  wrote:
> > 
> > Well, you know, we hold up Trek as the beacon, but it was really 
> just 
> > the first. I don't think they really got it until TNG was deep into 
> > its run.

[scifinoir2] Introduction to Imaro!

[Amy Harlib]

[EMAIL PROTECTED]
With Charles Saunders' permission, I am sharing the introduction by noted 
mythic fiction scriber Charles de Lint to the new, revised, reprinted IMARO - 
first volume of the Afrocentric epic fantasy novel series relaunch.  I hope 
this will spur interest and sales for this very worthy and exciting genre 
publishing project.
Getting "big name " writer Charles de Lint to endorse the endeavor is quite the 
coup!
Ecstatic Cheers!
Amy

Introduction 

 

It's hard to believe that it's been 24 years since DAW Books 
published the first Imaro novel (though of course, Imaro stories had already 
been appearing in small press magazines for at least a decade before that).  
What I find harder to believe is that, in all that time, there have been so few 
fantasy novels based on the rich and fascinating cultures and mythic matter of 
Africa.

But I'm not surprised that no one has yet come close to bringing it 
to life so well as Charles R. Saunders.

*   *   *

Like many of us working in the small press at the time, Charles was 
inspired by the work of Robert E. Howard when he first began to write.  But 
while Howard was, and Charles is, a born storyteller, that's pretty much where 
the similarities end.

"The trouble is,"  he used to tell me in those days, "is that there 
are so few black characters in fantasy or sf who actually matter."

So Charles started creating them--not so much to provide character 
identification for other black readers as that this was a way he could "read" 
these kinds of stories himself.  And in the process he discovered an abiding 
love for the cultures, traditions and mythological matter of Africa that 
continues to this day.

The first thing he understood was that there is no "African" 
culture.  Like the tribes of the North American Indian (who are also lumped 
together in many people's minds as having only one culture), the peoples of 
Africa are part of a wide spectrum of cultural identities as rich and diverse 
as that of any of the world's other continents.  From Yoruba creation myths to 
Anansi trickster tales, from the Dogon temples of Mali to the palaces of 
sultans on the Swahili coast, from the Masaai tribes of the Serengeti to the 
pygmy bushmen of the Kalahari--Africa has enough cultural, historical and 
mythological wealth to fuel the stories of a thousand writers.

Charles delved into this material, mixed it with a brew distilled 
from what he learned reading the heroic fantasies of Howard, Fritz Leiber, and 
other classic masters of the field, then put his own inimitable stamp upon it 
all to create the world of Imaro and the characters that inhabit it.  Bandits 
and warriors, priests and strange monsters, loyal retainers and back-stabbing 
traitors.  

And towering above them all, is the character of Imaro 
himself--still a youth when we meet him in the book you're about to read, 
headstrong, and certainly out of his depth at times, but already a man, willing 
to grow and learn.  A warrior who seeks peace.  An outsider who has been denied 
the companionship of family and tribe, and so has to create his own.

I've never understood why these books have languished out of print 
for so many years.  For me they rank at the very top of the field, not simply 
because the storytelling is so immediate and absorbing, but for the fresh 
wealth of culture and myth to be found in their pages, and the sharp insights 
into the human spirit that Charles brings to each character.

I know why the initial DAW sales stalled and died--that's simply 
the vagaries of the publishing field.  By the time the second book came out, 
the first was no longer in print, so any reader who wasn't there at the 
beginning (snatching up a copy from that initial small print run), could either 
enter Imaro's world in what felt like the middle of the story, or turn to some 
other series where they were able to buy the first book.

Unfortunately, most people don't like missing the beginning, and so 
the series floundered.

Their loss, you might say to those folks.  But it was our loss, 
too, because the Imaro's full story was never completed at DAW, and to all 
intents and purposes, Charles vanished from the fantasy field.

But he never stopped writing.  He simply turned to writing about 
other things.

Moving from Ottawa, Ontario, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the 
eighties, he wrote copy, columns and op-ed pieces for the local papers there.  
He published a number of non-fiction books: Africville: A Spirit That Lives On 
(1989) to accompany an exhibition relating the history of that indomitable 
Halifax community, leveled by the local government under the guise of 
"progress"; Share and Care: The Story of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored 
Children (1994), a superb history of the neglected and unwanted children of 
Nova Sco

[scifinoir2] The 31 Days of Hallowe'en - Ghost V

[brent wodehouse]

G h o s t  V

by Robert Sheckley


"He's reading our sign now," Gregor said, his
long bony face pressed against the peephole in the
office door.
 "Let me see," Arnold said.
 Gregor pushed him back. "He's going to knock -
no, he's changed his mind. He's leaving."
 Arnold returned to his desk and laid out
another game of solitaire. Gregor kept watch at
the peephole.
 They had constructed the peephole out of
sheer boredom three months after forming their
partnership and renting the office. During that time,
the AAA Ace Planet Decontamination Service had
had no business - in spite of being first in the telephone
book. Planetary decontamination was an old, established
line, completely monopolized by two large outfits. It
was discouraging for a small new firm run by two young
men with big ideas and a lot of unpaid-for equipment.
 "He's coming back," Gregor called. "*Quick* -
look busy and important!"
 Arnold swept his cards into a drawer and just
finished buttoning his lab gown when the knock came.
 Their visitor was a short, bald, tired-looking
man. He stared at them dubiously.
 "You decontaminate planets?"
 "That is correct, sir," Gregor said, pushing
away a pile of papers and shaking the man's moist hand.
"I am Richard Gregor. This is my partner, Doctor Frank
Arnold. "
 Arnold, impressively garbed in a white lab gown
and black horn-rimmed glasses, nodded absently and
resumed his examination of a row of ancient, crusted test
tubes.
 "Kindly be seated, Mister - "
 "Ferngraum."
 "Mr. Ferngraum. I think we can handle just about
anything you require," Gregor said heartily. "Flora or
fauna control, cleansing atmosphere, purifying water
supply, sterilizing soil, stability testing, volcano and
earthquake control - anything you need to make a planet fit
for human habitation."
 Ferngraum still looked dubious. "I'm going to
level with you. I've got a problem planet on my hands."
 Gregor nodded confidently. "Problems are our business."
 "I'm a freelance real-estate broker," Ferngraum
said. "You know how it works - buy a planet, sell a planet,
everyone makes a living. Usually I stick with the scrub
worlds and let my buyers do their decontaminating. But a
few months ago I had a chance to buy a real quality planet -
took it right out from under the noses of the big operators."
 Ferngraum mopped his forehead unhappily.
 "It's a beautiful place," he continued with no
enthusiasm whatsoever. "Average temperature of
seventy-one degrees. Mountainous, but fertile. Waterfalls,
rainbows, all that sort of thing. And no fauna at all."
 "Sounds perfect," Gregor said. "Microorganisms?"
 "Nothing dangerous."
 "Then what's wrong with the place?"
 Ferngraum looked embarrassed. "Maybe you heard
about it. The Government catalogue number is RJC-5. But
everyone else calls it 'Ghost V.'"
 Gregor raised an eyebrow. "Ghost" was an odd
nickname for a planet, but he had heard odder. After all,
you had to call them something. There were thousands of
planet-bearing suns within spaceship range, many of them
inhabitable or potentially inhabitable. And there were plenty
of people from the civilized worlds who wanted to colonize
them. Religious sects, political minorities, philosophic groups -
or just plain pioneers, out to make a fresh start.
 "I don't believe I've heard of it," Gregor said.
 Ferngraum squirmed uncomfortably in his chair.
"I should have listened to my wife. But no - I was gonna be a
big operator. Paid ten times my usual price for Ghost V and
now I'm stuck with it."
 "But what's *wrong* with it?" Gregor asked.
 "It seems to be haunted," Ferngraum said in despair.
 Ferngraum had radar-checked his planet, then leased
it to a combine of farmers from Dijon VI. The eight-man
advance guard landed and, within a day, began to broadcast
garbled reports about demons, ghouls, vampires, dinosaurs
and other inimical fauna.
 When a relief ship came for them, all were dead.
An autopsy report stated that the gashes, cuts and marks on
their bodies could indeed have been made by almost anything,
even demons, ghouls, vampires or dinosaurs, if such existed.
 Ferngraum was fined for improper decontamination.
The farmers dropped their lease. But he managed to lease it to
a group of sun worshipers from Opal II.
 The sun worshipers were cautious. They sent their
equipment, but only three men accompanied it, to scout out
trouble. The men set up camp, unpacked and declared the place
a paradise. They radioed the home group to come at once - then,
suddenly, there was a wild scream and radio silence.
 A patrol ship went to Ghost V, buried the three
mangled bodies and departed in five minutes flat.
 "And that did it," Ferngraum said. "Now no one will
touch it at any price. Space crews refuse to land on it. And I
still don't know what happened."
 He sighed deeply and looked at Gregor. "It's your
baby, if you want it."
 Gregor and 

RE: [scifinoir2] "Yo! Adrian!!"

[Astromancer]

LMAO...Yeah, it was a Starbucks commercial..."Glenn...Glenn, Glenn,Glenn!..."

Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Well, hey, didn't we see Survivor in a 
commericial just this year? They
were following some dude around singing his name over and over?

-Original Message-
From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Martin Pratt
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 14:10
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Yo! Adrian!!"


Keith, this is the alum I'm going to slip into your drink, so that your
lips pucker too much to utter those words again. Survivor scoring
another movie. What's next? Letting SciFi handle all science
fiction-related projects?

Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:What can you say about
this? I wish he'd keep making films like the
excellent but underrated "Copland".  I guess they feel "Rocky" is more
commericial, but is it??  Lord, just tell me they're not going to bring
Survivor back to score the film!

Stallone sets stage for "Rocky" comeback film 

2 hours, 32 minutes ago 

Down but never out, actor Sylvester Stallone is forging a movie comeback
for the unlikely boxing champion, Rocky Balboa, who sent Stallone's star
soaring and won Oscars nearly 30 years ago, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer said on
Monday.

Stallone, 59, will reprise his role in the sixth "Rocky" film, titled
"Rocky Balboa," playing the Philadelphia boxer who is lured out of a
long retirement to fight a championship bout while dealing with personal
tragedy outside the ring.

"'Rocky Balboa' is about everybody who feels they want to participate in
the race of life, rather than be a bystander. You're never too old to
climb a mountain, if that's your desire," Stallone said in a statement.

The original "Rocky" in 1976 told of a lowly club fighter in
Philadelphia who gets his one shot at the championship title and loses
in a split decision but wins a personal triumph. It proved to be a box
office smash, raking in $117 million and winning Oscars, the U.S. film
industry's top honors, for directing, editing and best film.

Stallone, who also wrote the screenplay, was nominated for best actor
but lost to Peter Finch for "Network."

Most successor films proved strong with fans as a parade of high-profile
pugilists battled Rocky, including actors Mr. T and Dolph Lundgren. But
"Rocky V" failed to excite fans and earned a meager $41 million at U.S.
and Canadian box offices.

MGM President Dan Taylor said he was convinced that "a whole new
generation of filmgoers (is) ready to be introduced" to Rocky Balboa and
his life in and out of the ring.

The new film will begin production early next year and is backed by MGM,
Columbia Pictures, and Revolution Studios.

MGM is owned by an investor group led by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a
unit of Sony Corp (NYSE:SNE - news). Columbia is a division of Sony
Pictures, and Revolution is privately held. 



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[scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against Black people?

[drcsaid]

Not that I know of…if you email me off line we can work out the 
logistics...my email is [EMAIL PROTECTED]


--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Meta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 
> Are any of them on sale anywhere. I could use a Hawk dose.
> I was telling my children about these shows and they really want to
> see them.
> Meta
> 
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "drcsaid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I'm glad that I taped those Hawk episodes on Spencer and "A Man 
> > Called Hawk" series...Wesley, Wendall Pirece, Angela Basset, 
Samuel 
> > Jackson, Eric LaSalle etc were i the cut on those series...
> > 
> > I'm going to burn them to DVD...hey an I write that here? I don't 
> > want this site shut down too!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> > >
> > > LMAO...I wasn't goiong to say that...but you have a point...On 
top 
> > of that, if anyone can get my mom to say "Boy is he good 
lookin'," He 
> > has got to be impressive...Mom has never uttered that about 
anyone on 
> > TV except Avery Brooks...
> > > 
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with that. He'd lost the fire 
> > after his wife's death.  I'm just saying I wish he'd started out 
as 
> > Captain Sisko of whatever that starship was he was on. But hey, 
like 
> > you say, he grew like hell in what is probably my favorite Trek 
> > series.
> > > Oh course, ol' boy didn't really shine until he shaved that 
head 
> > and grew that beard, and became Hawk in the 24th Century!
> > > 
> > > -- Original message -- 
> > > Also remember that Sisko was Highly Pissed off at the world 
when he 
> > lost his wife...Realistically, I think that was the reason that, 
if 
> > he was passed over for the promotion, was...From what I gather, 
It 
> > seemed as if Sisko was on his way out of Starfleet as I read 
> > it...Hence, his posting at DS9...Very plausible...And I thought 
he 
> > did a helluva job turning himself around in one episode...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Actually I was going back to the premiere, where Sisko was 
First 
> > Officer
> > > of his ship. I felt his character should have been a captain of 
that
> > > starship, not the XO.
> > > 
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > > Behalf Of Astromancer
> > > Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 19:20
> > > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against 
Black
> > > people?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On one point, I have to say militarily was incorrect...Sisko 
was a
> > > commander, but of an outpost, not a ship, which I am assuming 
the
> > > captain's rank was reserved for ship's commanders...But I do 
see 
> > your
> > > point...
> > > 
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Your point is dead-on, which is what I
> > > meant. Star Trek was the beacon, starting slowly (a Black 
woman, no
> > > Black men in major roles), then grew with Geordi (whose 
disability
> > > definitely raised eyebrows among Blacks) and Worf, and reaching 
> > fruition
> > > in Sisko. The series matured in its treatment of people of 
color 
> > (though
> > > why Sisko was the only lead character in all the shows that 
started 
> > out
> > > as a commander instead of a captain was puzzling).  That's what 
I 
> > meant
> > > about "Enterprise" going backwards. They literally regressed 
over 
> > three
> > > decades and relegated the Black and Asian characters to the 
same 
> > levels
> > > of background noise that unfortunately mostly defined Uhura and 
> > Sulu.
> > > And speaking of Sulu, MAJOR crime to my mind that George Takei, 
who 
> > has
> > > great screen presence, was never able to shine in Trek as he 
> > deserved.
> > > I'd have loved to have seen a movie based on his Excelsior.
> > > 
> > > And you are so correct in saying that you hate the treatment of 
> > people
> > > of color on Galactica more now that you like it. I'm the same 
way. I
> > > hated the show when it started, wrote a scathing review in our 
> > group,
> > > then grew to love it. But then I look up and see the Asian girl 
> > being
> > > the love interest for two different white dudes, and ditto for 
the 
> > Black
> > > girl (Moore hints to a developing love triangle between the 
Sister,
> > > Billy, and Apollo). I see no Brothers playing anything but 
guards 
> > and
> > > "muscle", as you say. And i just have to wonder, is it 
intentional 
> > or
> > > just more of the same white ignorance? Moore is a white man, 
and 
> > maybe
> > > bringing women of color on to be love interests for white men is
> > > "diversity" to him. Maybe he hasn't noticed that on several 
> > occassions
> > > he's used BBM (Big Black Men) as prisoners, and that they're 
even
> > > stereotypically dark-skinned and bald.  Maybe he just doesn't 
get 
> > it,
> > > but I know it bothers me a great deal. Like I said, when the 
entire
> > > 

[scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against Black people?

[drcsaid]

Yeah, that was the episode was on A MAN CALLED HAWK, where the lead 
guy from the movie STRICKLY BUSINESS and had played the Navy husband 
on The Cosby Show, was Bailey (Angela) jealous boyfriend with a nasty 
temper.  Her car broke down and Hawk came to help her out. The doctor 
rolls up in his car and seeing Hawk, the Doctor asks Bailey something 
along the line of "Who's that?" (Not the regular "who's that?", but 
the `boyfriend sees another man near his woman' "WHO'S THAT?")

Bailey says that Hawks a friend of the family, but Hawk can tell that 
boyfriend is jealous, says a few words and bounces.

Later in the club, Bailey is dancing with a guy, and the boyfriend 
walks over and punches him in the mouth and drags Angels out of the 
club. 

Later at the house; Baileys mother (ORACLE from the Matrix) TELLS her 
that you can't make excuses for her boyfriend. Bailey tells her that 
she's taking a job in DC. The boyfriend comes to the house pleading 
to talk to Bailey. Mom says, "If I don't let you see her, are you 
going to hit me to?

So Bailey comes down the stairs, the boyfriend pleads for 
forgiveness, Bailey says its to late, blah-blah-blah.

The subplot is that Baileys boyfriend has a gangsta younger brother 
(played by Wendell Pierce) who is involved criminal business of which 
durng one crime job he gets shot by Hawks .357. The younger brother 
convinces his Doctor brother to give him medical care for the gunshot 
wound.

In true comic-book form, they had the cross over of Bailey and Hawk 
on SPENCER FOR HIRE (where she was introduced first)

Bailey Webster (Angela Bassett) gets out of a cab in front of the 
hospital and bumps into Hawk who's just left his her ailing father

-BAILEY
(Gasp) 
Hawk, is he?

They hug each other

-HAWK
(stoic)
No.

-BAILEY 
Thank God.

They look in each others eyes

-HAWK
Do you have a place to stay?

-BAILEY 
No, I just got here.

-HAWK
Keys where it's always been.

Bailey remembers the old days.

-BAILEY
(fighting back a grin) 
No, that ah..won't be a good idea right now.

Hawk signals the taxi in the driveway. It drives over and stops in 
front of them. Hawk opens the door, puts her Louis Vutton in to the 
back seat.

-HAWK
Take her to the Four Seasons Hotel, ask for Jimmy. Tell him Hawk sent 
you.

Bailey looks at Hawk with temptation in her eyes. She walks to the 
cab door.

-BAILEY 
Thank you Hawk.

-HAWK
Anytime babe.



--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Johnson" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I remember the series. I remember the show with Basset on it too. 
Hawk
> lectured her family at the end about staying together or 
something.  It
> was good, but a little heavy on the mysticism thing for my tastes. I
> think Hawk was such a good guest character they had  a hard time 
making
> a fully developed show around him.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of drcsaid
> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 17:24
> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: What does Sci-Fi have against Black 
people?
> 
> 
> I'm glad that I taped those Hawk episodes on Spencer and "A Man 
> Called Hawk" series...Wesley, Wendall Pirece, Angela Basset, Samuel 
> Jackson, Eric LaSalle etc were i the cut on those series...
> 
> I'm going to burn them to DVD...hey an I write that here? I don't 
> want this site shut down too!
> 
> 
> 
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > LMAO...I wasn't goiong to say that...but you have a point...On 
top 
> of that, if anyone can get my mom to say "Boy is he good lookin'," 
He 
> has got to be impressive...Mom has never uttered that about anyone 
on 
> TV except Avery Brooks...
> > 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree with that. He'd lost the fire 
> after his wife's death.  I'm just saying I wish he'd started out as 
> Captain Sisko of whatever that starship was he was on. But hey, 
like 
> you say, he grew like hell in what is probably my favorite Trek 
> series.
> > Oh course, ol' boy didn't really shine until he shaved that head 
> and grew that beard, and became Hawk in the 24th Century!
> > 
> > -- Original message -- 
> > Also remember that Sisko was Highly Pissed off at the world when 
he 
> lost his wife...Realistically, I think that was the reason that, if 
> he was passed over for the promotion, was...From what I gather, It 
> seemed as if Sisko was on his way out of Starfleet as I read 
> it...Hence, his posting at DS9...Very plausible...And I thought he 
> did a helluva job turning himself around in one episode...
> > 
> > 
> > Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Actually I was going back to the premiere, where Sisko was First 
> Officer
> > of his ship. I felt his character should have been a captain of 
that
> > starship, not the XO.
> > 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > Behalf Of Astromancer
> > Sent:

[scifinoir2] TYSON FOODS BOYCOTT

[Oreoblues]

 
TYSON FOODS SUED FOR RACE BIAS AND RETALIATION AGAINST BLACKS; ‘WHITES ONLY'  
RESTROOM AT ISSUE

Rare EEOC Case for Segregated Job Facilities In Deep  South 
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After complaining to Tyson Foods, Inc. about the posting  
of a "Whites Only" sign on one of Tyson's restrooms at its Ashland, Alabama,  
facility, two black employees were subjected to adverse personnel actions by  
Tyson management, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)  
alleges in a discrimination lawsuit announced today. 
The EEOC's suit, EEOC v. Tyson Foods, Inc., CV-05-BE-1704-E (U.S.  District 
Court for the Northern District of Alabama), alleges that Tyson's  violated 
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against  Henry 
Adams, 
Leon Walker, and other black employees, by establishing and  maintaining a 
locked bathroom facility, which on occasion had signs posted on it  stating 
"Out 
of Order" and "Whites Only". Keys to the facility were distributed  to white 
employees only. After Mr. Adams and Mr. Walker complained of the  segregated 
facility, management subjected them to adverse employment actions,  including 
suspensions and disciplinary write-ups. 
"This year the Commission is celebrating its fortieth anniversary," said  
Bernice Williams-Kimbrough, District Director of the EEOC's Birmingham District 
 
Office. "While this country has made great strides in addressing issues of  
racism, unfortunately there are still people who have not yet gotten the 
message 
 that segregation in the workplace will not be tolerated. The EEOC exists to 
make  certain that the promise of equal opportunity in employment extends not 
only to  access to jobs but to equal treatment on those jobs." 
The EEOC filed suit only after attempting to reach a voluntary pre-litigation 
 settlement through its conciliation process. The suit seeks injunctive 
relief,  and compensatory and punitive damages on behalf of Henry Adams, Leon 
Walker, and  the class of black employees. 
"A company's commitment to equal opportunity is measured by more than the  
existence of written policies and diversity training," said Charles E. 
Guerrier, 
 Regional Attorney for the EEOC's Birmingham District Office. "True 
commitment is  measured by the environment in which employees work and their 
understanding of  what equal opportunity means on a day-to-day, one-on-one 
basis. When 
an employee  feels free to lock a bathroom facility and to post a ‘Whites Only' 
sign on it,  even for one day, that employer has not been effective in 
delivering the message  of equal opportunity to its employees." 
According to its web site _www.tysonfoodsinc.com_ 
(http://www.eeoc.gov/press/www.tysonfoodsinc.com) :  "Tyson Foods, Inc., 
founded in 1935 with 
headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas,  is the world's largest processor and 
marketer of 
chicken, beef and pork and the  second-largest food company in the Fortune 500. 
The company produces a wide  variety of protein-based and prepared food 
products, which are marketed under  the Powered by Tyson (TM) strategy. Tyson 
is 
the recognized market leader in the  retail and food service markets it serves, 
providing products and service to  customers throughout the United States and 
more than 80 countries. Tyson has  approximately 114,000 Team Members employed 
at more than 300 facilities and  offices in the United States and around the 
world." 
The EEOC enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits  
employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national  
origin; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which prohibits 
discrimination  against individuals 40 years of age or older; sections of the 
Civil Rights 
Act  of 1991; the Equal Pay Act; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities 
Act,  which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the 
private  sector and state and local governments; and the Rehabilitation Act's  
prohibitions against disability discrimination in the federal government.  
Further information about the Commission is available on its web site at 
_www.eeoc.gov_ (http://www.eeoc.gov/) . 
_http://www.eeoc.gov/press/8-11-05.html_ 
(http://www.eeoc.gov/press/8-11-05.html)   
_http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/tysonfoods831_ 
(http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/bawnews/tysonfoods831)   

Black  Employees Sue Tyson Foods for Maintaining ?Whites Only?  Restroom  
Date: Tuesday, August 30,  2005
By: _Michael H. Cottman_ 
(http://www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/authors/10015)   
Twelve  black employees of Tyson Foods, Inc. are suing the world?s largest 
meat  producer, alleging the company allowed a segregated break room and 
bathroom  which included a "Whites Only" sign posted on the wall in the 
Ashland, 
Alabama  plant.

According to the complaint, in July 2003, a newly-renovated  bathroom at the 
plant remained locked except to a white supervisor and certain  white 
employees. It a

[scifinoir2] Fw: How to respond to everyday bigotry

[Amy Harlib]

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This is excellent!  Spread far and wide!


FYI. Almost everyone on this has encountered
bigotry during our lives. How best to respond to it?
You may find the article below and the downloadable
"Speak Up" PDF document both helpful with some useful
tools, strategies, and words you can use. The *Speak
Up PDF document* is one of the best I've read. It
speaks to what you can do at home, at work, in the
neighborhood, at school, at the supermarket or retail
store, for your children, and with in-laws.

- - - - - - - -
http://www.tolerance.org/speakup/
Your brother routinely makes anti-Semitic comments.
Your neighbor uses the N-word in casual conversation.
Your co-worker ribs you about your Italian surname,
asking if you're in the mafia. Your classmate insults
something by saying, "That's so gay."

And you stand there, in silence, thinking, "What can I
say in response to that?" Or you laugh along,
uncomfortably. Or, frustrated or angry, you walk away
without saying anything, thinking later, "I should
have said something."

In the spring of 2004, the Southern Poverty Law Center
gathered hundreds of stories of everyday bigotry like
these from people across the United States. They told
their stories through e-mail,
personal interviews and at roundtable discussions in
four cities: Baltimore, Md.; Columbia, S.C.; Phoenix,
Ariz.; and Vancouver, Wash.

People spoke about encounters in stores and
restaurants, on streets and in schools. They spoke
about family, friends, classmates and co-workers. They
told us what they did or didn't say - and what they
wished they did or didn't say.

And no matter the location or relationship, the
stories echo each other.

When a Native American man at one roundtable
discussion spoke of feeling ostracized at work, a
Jewish woman nodded in support. When an African
American woman told of daily indignities of racism at
school, a white man leaned forward and asked what he
could do to help. When an elderly lesbian spoke of
finally feeling brave enough to wear a rainbow pin in
public, those around the table applauded her courage.

Speak Up! echoes that applause, encouraging everyone
to take a stand against everyday bigotry.
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[scifinoir2] Re: Cheney to Resign over Plamegate?

[g123curious]

Conservatives have a problem from square one anytime they have to 
put an adjective in front, like "compassionate conservatives" in 
order to convince the poor and middle class that they give a s--- 
when they in fact only care about the rich and their wallets.

George

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Pratt 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Man! That GOP Senate aide going so far as to try and shoot down 
Rice even before she considers a run at the White House by hinting 
that she might be pro-choice? Do these people eat their young, too?
> 
> g123curious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051018/18whwatch.htm
> 
> Wow! Rice to be VP, too.
> 
> George
> Captain
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[scifinoir2] Fw:Darfur - Weekly News and Action Update

[Amy Harlib]

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Weekly News and Action Update - October 20, 2005

Action Items:

60 Seconds of Action:  As you will see below in this week's news summary, the 
Bush Administration has granted the Sudanese government two favors in the past 
week, despite Sudan's refusal to live up to its responsibility to disband the 
murderous Janjaweed militias.  Don't let them get away with this all-carrot, 
no-stick approach to the perpetrators of genocide!  Please take a minute and 
click here to email the President and here to email the Secretary of State and 
let them know that you're paying attention to what the U.S. is doing in Sudan. 

60 Minutes of Action:  As most of you are no doubt aware, talk radio has become 
one of the most important sources of news and opinions for millions of 
Americans.  Whether you love it or hate it, no one can deny the power of 
political talk radio.  With just a little effort, you can harness that power 
for the people of Darfur by calling in and letting listeners know what you 
think about the latest U.S. actions regarding Sudan.  While you will likely 
have to call a number of times before you get through, those few seconds or 
minutes you're on the air are well worth the time and effort.  As you will 
first speak to a call screener whose job it is to pick interesting and topical 
callers, try to tie your comments on Darfur to any discussion of President 
Bush, Congress or foreign policy that has taken place during the show.  You can 
find up to date news to talk about below or on our website.  If you're not 
already a talk radio listener, click here for a list of stations in your area. 

This week in Sudan:

A lasting peace in Darfur seems an increasingly distant reality after a week 
which saw several political and diplomatic setbacks.  The first came on 
Thursday, October 13, when the United Nations pulled all non-essential 
personnel out of all of west Darfur due to concerns for their safety. [Link To 
Article]  The move comes just seven months after UN staff in outlying areas of 
west Darfur were confined to the regional capital of Geneina where it was 
thought that they would be safe.  The recent dramatic increase in violence has 
unfortunately proven that assumption false.  

The UN's decision was followed by what most consider to be two 
counter-productive events here in America.  Specifically, the Bush 
Administration upgraded Sudan's international slavery rating to Tier 2 status, 
putting them on the same level as Switzerland in terms of their efforts to 
combat slavery.  Despite this upgrade, slavery continues to be a very real 
problem in Sudan. Administration officials attributed the change in status to 
an unspecified plan to increase their efforts to fight slavery over the next 12 
months. [Link To Article]

The Administration has also this week issued the Sudanese government a special 
waiver allowing them to hire a Washington lobbyist to improve their public 
image and fight any legislation they deem as hostile.  Several Members of 
Congress, including Virginia Republican Frank Wolf, have expressed their 
outrage that Sudan would be allowed to hire lobbyists here in the U.S. while 
they continue to aid the Janjaweed militias in Darfur. [Link To Article]

Not all in the U.S. government took steps in the wrong direction this week, 
however.  Wednesday, October 19 saw the formation of the Congressional Sudan 
Caucus, a working group of lawmakers dedicated to finding ways to solve the 
difficult problems posed by the ongoing conflict in Sudan.  The inaugural 
meeting, held in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, included 
speeches from several Members of Congress and from renowned Sudan expert Dr. 
Francis Deng. [Link To Article]

Back in Africa, the sixth round of peace talks taking place in Abuja, Nigeria 
unfortunately seem to have come to a dead end for the moment, with all parties 
agreeing to adjourn for a month and resume talks on November 20. [Link To 
Article]  Despite these recent setbacks on both sides of the Atlantic, the 
outpouring of support from concerned citizens, as evidenced by Tuesday's 
National Call-In Day for Darfur, gives everyone reasons for hope.  

For additional information on any of these stories, either click on the links 
embedded in the above paragraphs, or scroll to a list of the articles below.  
In addition, a more complete list of articles on Darfur is available below, and 
here on our website, updated daily.  You may also request daily email news 
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Articles Referenced Above:

U.N. Nonessential Staff Out of West Darfur
Washington Post - 10/13/05

U.S. Government's Elevation of Sudan's Slavery Status Challenged
U.S. Newswire - 10/17/05

Wolf Critical of Lobbyist Representing Government of Sudan
Rep. Frank Wolf, Press Release - 10/17/05

U.S. Congress inaugurates "Sudan Caucus"
Sudan Tribune - 10/20/05

Sudan's Darfur peace talks to adjourn to Nove

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: China's Monster, Second to None

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[scifinoir2] Fw: Congo Documentary: Release starts this Friday, Oct 21 in NYC

[Amy Harlib]

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SEE THIS IF YOU CAN!


  
 Wednesday, 19 October 2005  
 
  WHAT: CONGO: WHITE KING, RED RUBBER, BLACK DEATH 

  WHEN: October 21 - October 27, 2005 

  WHERE: THE QUAD CINEMA
  34 West 13th Street
  Trains 1,2,3,F,A,C,E,L,N,R,4,5 or 6 

  SHOWTIMES: 1:00pm; 2:55pm; 4:50pm; 6:40pm; 8:30pm & 10:15pm

  PRICE: $10 

  TICKETS: Box Office: (212) 255-8800 or online at www.MOVIEFONE.COM 



  CONGO: WHITE KING, RED RUBBER, BLACK DEATH
  Belgium/UK, 2003, 84min, documentary in English, Peter Bate, dir. 

  This true, shocking, astonishing story of what the Belgians did in the 
Congo was forgotten for over 50 years. Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black 
Death describes Leopold II, King of the Belgium's private colony of the Congo 
between 1885 and 1908 as a gulag labor camp of shocking brutality. Leopold 
posed as the protector of Africans fleeing Arab slave-traders but, in reality, 
he carved out an empire based on terror to harvest rubber. Families were held 
as hostages, starving to death if the men failed to produce enough wild rubber. 
Children's hands were chopped off as punishment for late deliveries. The 
Belgian government has denounced this documentary as a "tendentious diatribe" 
for depicting King Leopold II as the moral forebear of Adolf Hitler, 
responsible for the death of 10 million people in his rapacious exploitation of 
the Congo. Yet, it is agreed today that the first Human Rights movement was 
spurred by what happened in the Congo.

  "Nick Fraser's commanding narration lends real punch to Bate's 
tough-minded text [in this] stunning indictment of Belgium's brutal 
colonization of the Congo in the late 19th century." ~ Robert Koehler, Variety 

  "To realize that 10 million African people lost their lives there is 
equivalent to genocide. We need to understand more about the horrors of 
colonialism. and that evil is still with us today. People need to see it [to 
understand] the contemporary context for what is happening today." ~ Nellie 
Bailey, President of the Harlem Tenants Council 
 
  
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