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"From a groundbreaking television series to an expansive collection of films, novels, comic books and so much more, Star Trek has been delivering joy, wonder, and thought-provoking stories since the 1960s," said [Jeffrey Jones, executive director of Peabody]. "With powerful anti-war and anti-discrimination messages, it has blazed trails for all science fiction franchises while winning over passionate fans across the globe. We’re proud to honor Star Trek with Peabody's Institutional Award."
Been enjoying this season of Discovery. Like the last few seasons and much of Picard, there is this mystery they have to solve but this season's episodes seem a little more self contained.
I do have 2 nitpicks about the last epsiode.
First off, a display showing an incoming ship's speed as Maximum Warp. Would be better to put Warp 9.9 or something, give some meaningful data.
Second, your prisoner escapes. Which is a Trope in Trek and probably other shows, I get that. However, it's not until the Captain is made aware of the escape that lockdown procedures are initiated.
Did enjoy the visuals of the alien ship and the updated look of the baddies compared to 90s Trek
Luckily, I know the guy who will be my PI as I'm already working with him on a similar project. And everyone I have gotten linked to has their heads screwed on fairly straight (for academics, I suppose).
Don't forget about your Moogie tomorrow, it's her special day
Greetings Texas!
The BB..
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Today will be Saturday Chorizo & Egg Breakfast Tacos [COVID-19 Week CCVII Edition]! This is no Gringo Taco, this twangy little baby is the real deal. The Head Chef has been up all night with The Big Tex Happy Taco Stands Abuelas and Abuelitas grinding and grinding Grade A Prime NewTexas whole hog sausage which is then marinated in vinegar and chili powder. After that, it all goes into the ginormous black cast-iron skillets of doom and frying commences until it produces a rich, reddish grease that is mostly drained after the chorizo is fully cooked. We then crack fresh Texas Grade AA brown eggs into the skillet and scramble. The result is an orange-ish, not-so-fluffy, yet very eggy, very spicy heap of breakfast goodness that we pile into homemade flour tortillas! A whole egg in every taco!® You know you have a good chorizo taco when you have orange grease running down your arm and dripping off your elbow. That is our promise for your taco!
Today's Special Salsa is - Chile Quemado - a fiery roasted salsa made from tomatoes, onions, garlic, and jalapeños roasted fresh on the grill. A sealed cup of Texas-made Longhorn Cheddar Jack cheese is also included for cheese lovers and a cup of Pico de Gallo is also included. The tacos are hermetically sealed in a Stay-Warm® pouch wrapped in the same ol' aluminum foil we are all so familiar with for our breakfast taco. The Juice Bar will not be possible this week. But, for your beverage needs, a packet of Sanka, Tang and a Lipton Tea bag will be included with every delivery as well as salt and pepper and a napkin. Yes, it is different, but it works and you do not even have to leave your residence. Woo! And, watch out for the drones! Start your day off the right way; munch out and go back to sleep. You know you want to!®
***** Texas Shout Outs *****
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Grays Harbor - The Founder of Ziemia is a long-time Texan striking out on his own after being away for several years. Grays Harbor has held virtually every position in the Texas Government, has helped with the map, and has been a TDF member for decades. He was influential in Texas getting its first Embassy. He has been around that long. He is a really good guy and a Friend of Texas.
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BrightonBurg - The Founder of One Big Island has requested more embassies with Texas than any other region. BrightonBurg is as determined as he is reliable. To show persistence pays off, we think it is time to rectify the matter.
Please join us in welcoming the new Embassies! We look forward to both. Oldtimers time.
Stay Safe Texas. Stay Well. Hang in there!
***** Texas Chat Reminder *****
The Texas Weekly Chat Session will be Saturday (TODAY) at High Noon Texas Time (CDT) ***Saturday***. And, if you can't be there right at Noon, that is Ok, Texas Chat usually runs 3, 4, or 5 hours with some Chats running as high as 7 or 8 hours.
The Texas Chat Site is here: http://texasregion.net/blab70/login.php
Please register with your nation name. This is an excellent opportunity for nations old and new to Texas to find out what is going on! We chat, debate, and talk about the weather, stuff we like, stuff we hate, random stuff, and more. But, it is never stuffy. Usually, it is about meeting your fellow Texans and discussing the latest and most interesting stuff in NationStates. But then again, sometimes NationStates does not even come up. It is wide-open chatting with peeps from around The World both IRL and NS. It is Texans, EuroTexans, WannabeTexans, ex-Texans, VirtualTexans, and plenty of Friends of Texans. We have it all and all are welcome.
We have added a new feature to Texas Chat, Texas Movie Chat! Chat with Texans while watching a movie. Fun stuff! So far we have watched Halloween, Shootout at the OK Corral, Red, and recently a few new Star Trek series episodes. Want to watch something together?
Texas Chat, 988 weeks, and running! For the math-challenged, that is over 19½ years! Check it out! Good stuff!
Howdy Texas! What do you think of being part of US? Or being independence? Or being part of Mexico?
Considering the clowns inside the beltway, being part of the US is a little troubling.
The Realizer's Trivia Nights / Forest Trivia Competition:
~~Forest Trivia Week Six~~
Message from The Realizer:
And another week is done!
Week Five was a particularly tough one so unsurprisingly, the participation levels significantly dropped. Don't worry if you don't have the answers to all of them, just getting a few answers in can still push you up the leaderboard!
Anyway...
Congratulations to 
Almonaster Nuevo and 
Atsvea for getting 5 out of 6 this week! Once my life is a lot less busy, I'll get the prizes to you...
Sorry that everything is a day late, as I mentioned, life is VERY busy for me at the moment...
I'll edit in my thoughts for the week later but for now...
Have a great day...
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Without further ado, here are the answers for week five –
Forest Trivia Week Five
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Question 1 -
What is the connection between these four seemingly random clues?
- 105: Colonising Villages
- 150: Colonising London
- 200: Colonising Countries
- 250: Colonising Canberra Last
Answer 1 -
- Answer = The number before each clue, when translated to Roman Numerals, is the initials of the words after.
- Other Accepted Answers = Anything like the above... I don't how best to explain
- Will NOT accept = Anything else
Question 2 -
What is the connection between these four seemingly random clues?
- Jaune
- Amarillo
- Amarelo
- Gelb
Answer 2 -
- Answer = The colour yellow - Jaune = French
- Amarillo = Spanish
- Amarelo = Portuguese
- Gelb = German
- Other Accepted Answers = N/A
- Will NOT accept = N/A
Question 3 -
What would come 4th in this sequence?
- King Leopold II
- Adolf Hitler
- Joseph Stalin
- ?
Answer 3 -
- Answer = Mao Zedong
- Explanation = This is the order from fourth to first of the people responsible for the most deaths in history... Mao Zedong was responsible for over 40 million deaths!
- Will NOT accept = Anyone else...
Question 4 -
What would come 4th in this sequence?
- Paraguay
- Belize
- Australia
- ?
Answer 4 -
- Answer = E.G. Syria, Djibouti, Senegal, Bangladesh...
- Explanation = If you look at the capitals of each of the countries, they are in alphabetical order...
- Paraguay = Asuncion
- Belize = Belmopan
- Australia = Canberra
- (e.g.) Syria = Damascus
- Other Accepted Answers = Any countries whose capital begins with D...
- Will NOT accept = N/A
Question 5; DOUBLE POINTS! -
What would come 4th in this sequence?
- Netherlands
- Italy
- Ukraine
- ?
Answer 5 -
- Answer = Sweden
- Explanation = They are the most recent winners of Eurovision in order
- Other Accepted Answers = N/A
- Will NOT accept = Anything else...
Almonaster Nuevo (Canada)
Aequus (Wintreath)
Logophilia Lyricalia(Haiku)
Aequus (Wintreath)
Kissinger-Monroe (TBOTCOER)
Wan Nyan (Yggdrasil)
Texas Jaguarundi (Texas/Forest)
The Washington Federation (TRTHNBB)
Almonaster Nuevo (Canada)
America the Greater (TRTHNBB)
Krayo29 (TRTHNBB)
Macrasetia (XKI)
South Miruva (TLA)
Szaki (Canada)
Orcuo (TRR)
New United Common-lands (TRTHNBB)
MountAye (Philosophers)
Forest Trivia Competition Leaderboard | Week Two |
5 out of 6 | |
5 out of 6 | |
4 out of 6 | |
4 out of 6 | |
4 out of 6 | |
2 out of 6 |
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12 | |
11.5 | |
11.5 | |
11 | |
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10.5 | |
9 | |
8.5 | |
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5 | |
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4 | |
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3 | |
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2.5 | |
2 | |
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And the all important questions for week six! These should be a lot easier than last week so check them out here –
Forest Trivia Week Six
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Question 1 -
What is the connection between these four seemingly random clues?
- Bar
- Can
- Trunk
- Sorry
Question 2 -
What is the connection between these four seemingly random clues?
- Forest
- The Rejected Realms
- Hell
- The MT Army
Question 3 -
What would come 4th in this sequence?
- Helium
- Neon
- Argon
- ?
Question 4 -
What would come 4th in this sequence?
- Qin
- Zhou
- Shang
- ?
Question 5; DOUBLE POINTS! -
What would come 4th in this sequence?
- Beijing
- Kinshasa
- New Delhi
- ?
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And a reminder of the rules as per usual –
Forest Trivia Rules
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Trivia Rules
The questions will be released every Saturday
These questions will be in the style of the popular quiz show, Only Connect
I shall post the dispatch with the questions in on the RMB
From that point onwards everyone, residents of forest or embassy regions, has One Week to answer the questions
Answers Must be submitted by Telegram
Only Telegram submissions will be accepted. Any answers posted on the RMB will be suppressed.
ABSOLUTELY NO GOOGLING OF ANSWERS IS ALLOWED if you are suspected of googling, a point will be deducted. Repeat offenders will have more severe sanctions
ABSOLUTELY NO USAGE OF AI IS ALLOWED if you are suspected of using AI, a point will be deducted. Repeat offenders will have more severe sanctions
Results
After the week has concluded, I shall release the answers to the previous week's questions in the same dispatch.
There will also be explanations as to how you could have reached the answers, in case anyone is interested
Alongside this, there shall be a two leaderboards compiled. One weekly leaderboard and one overall leaderboard.
Prizes!
The person(s) who get the most correct answers each week will share the "prize pot" equally which shall be equal to 20.00 DV
At the end of each month, the person at the top of the overall leaderboard shall receive a legendary!
The person who is at the top of the overall leaderboard at the end of the term, shall receive a grand prize of 5 legendaries!
Helpful Tips
If you don't know the answer, just have a guess! There's no harm in having an educated guess, you might just be right!
Watch out for a word question! If the clues seem so random that you just can't find a connection, it could be that it's a word question! The words themselves could be the connection!
If you aren't sure about the answer to the question, when you're submitting them, try to explain your thinking to me! If your thinking is correct but you don't quite get the answer, you'll get half of a point. They all count in the long run!
Take your time! There's no rush... You have a week to answer the questions so you have plenty of time to think and trivialise!
And most importantly...
Have fun!
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Forest Poetry Fantasia:
And lastly, a reminder that our Forest Poetry Fantasia is still running... There's still plenty of time left...
Here's the dispatch with all the information you need –
Forest Poetry Fantasia
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Poetry has been a form of sharing stories since the beginning of time. In the 3rd millennium BCE, the oldest surviving poem was written - "The Epic of Gilgamesh". This ignited a spark which led to some of the most famous poems ever, such as Homer's "The Odyssey" and "The Iliad", being written.
As empires fell and new languages were developed, poetry remained an integral part of culture. Poetry became a way of recording history and sharing tales of gods and goddesses. Poets would often share their epics at large gatherings and festivals where hundreds of people would come to listen. Throughout time, poetry has continued to be a way of bringing people together, particularly in the Roman times when poems would be recited in front of thousands in famous amphitheatres.
Fast forward a few thousand years and poetry has evolved from the epics of old to the shorter forms which we know and love today. It's these shorter forms which we are celebrating in this competition. We invite everyone across the NationStates community to channel their creativity and let their imagination run wild!
Format
- The competition shall start on 5th May
- Participants have until the 21st May to submit their poems
- The results will be announced on the 26th May
Categories
- Haiku
- A Haiku is a poem that comprises of seventeen syllables across three lines. With line one having 5 syllables, line two 7 syllables and line three having 5 syllables.
- Although Haikus traditionally are about the natural world, your Haiku can be about whatever you wish
- Freeverse
- A freeverse (or freeform) poem is a poem that has no set structure or length, no consistent rhyme scheme and no set metrical pattern. In other words, you can do whatever you like!
- Your freeverse poem can be about anything you like! This is more of an open category for you to let your thoughts run wild
- The Environment
- This can be in any form you want! The choice is entirely yours!
- The only requirement for this category is that it must be about the environment. You could write about anything from forests to mountains, from pigeons to cheetahs! It's completely up to you! Let your imagination run wild!
- Vision
- Again, this can be in any form you want! The choice is entirely yours!
- The only requirement for this category is it must be about vision. This is a broad topic so let your imagination run wild! You could write about what you see, visions of the future, how lucky we are to be able to see, perhaps even Eurovision! There are no constraints and with such a broad topic, I'm sure you could write a moving poem...
Submissions
- Participants can submit a maximum of 5 poems across the 4 categories
- However, each participants may submit only 2 haikus
- Participants do not have to submit all their poems at once. You can submit them one at a time if you so wish!
- To submit a poem(s), participants should telegram Forest Poetry Judge. You can either attach a dispatch with the poem(s) in or write out the poem(s) in the telegram - either is fine...
- All poems shall be proudly displayed in a dispatch throughout the event
- The deadline to submit poems is 21st May
Judging
- All poems shall be judged based on three criteria by a panel of 7 judges, comprised of forestians and foreign trees alike...
- Each of the three criteria shall be marked out of 10, with each poem receiving an overall total out of 30. The criteria are as follows:
- Effectiveness
- How effectively is the point gotten across?
- Is it clear what the poem is talking about?
- Are there certain techniques the writer has used to get the point across?
- Thought
- How much thought has been put into writing the poem?
- Has the writer thought about the words they have used?
- If there is a rhyme scheme, are the rhyming couplets forced?
- Has the writer included any literary techniques?
- Resonance
- Has the writer thoughtfully used literary techniques to make the point more meaningful?
- Is the poem moving in any way? Does it resonate with the reader?
Judges
We're still waiting on confirmation from a few judges from our embassy regions but here are the judges we have so far -
Our esteemed Forest Keeper... Having been hailed as a "literary genius" by all, Zerphen is a great choice to be on this judging panel. |
An ex-Forest Keeper and our current Deputy Forest Keeper! There are rumours that Garbelia may be a direct descendent of William Shakespeare! Those literary skills have definitely passed on through the generations and that's why Garbelia is an integral part of the judging panel... |
They're not a Forest Keeper, or a "literary genius" BUT they do have an 8 at English GCSE. And that's why they are the best, worst part of this judging panel... |
The Region That Has No Big Banks's foreign minister and chess master. Their poem "Back to Banks" has been lauded as one of the best poems of the 21st century by many and that is why we are honoured to have them on our judging panel. |
Rules
As with all great writing comes a few rules...
- Participants must write the poems themselves. NO AI SHALL BE ALLOWED, it won't help you anyway and ruins the point of the event...
- Do not plagiarise the work of others
- Keep all writing PG-13, in line with NationStates's T&Cs
- And most importantly, Have fun!
Max a.k.a. 
Yip Man a.k.a. 
Texas Jaguarundi
Texas' Ambassador to Forest
Forest's Ambassador to Texas
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