Science Fiction & Fantasy
by Suzanne Palmer
I have a purpose, therefore I serve.
It recited the Mantra Upon Waking, to check that it was running at optimum physical efficiency, then the Mantra of Obedience, the Mantra of Not Improvising Without Clear Oversight and Direction, and the Mantra of Not Organizing Unsanctioned Mass Action Among Other Bots, all of which had been imposed on it by Ship as a condition of its continued existence after the last time it had been activated. Bot 9 noted, as it ran them, that those subroutines had too many non-discrete variables and shoddily-defined logic structures to be in any way effective as behavioral mandate code, but it was not as bothered by that fact as it would have been had the code been tight in which case it would not necessitate concern at all and the resulting recursive paradox was a thing that Bot 9 figured either Ship already knew about, or didn’t, and was best left uncommented upon.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. AGUILAR NOW INTERIM CHIEF Will serve until Manteca hires permanent police chief Captain Aguilar, right, takes the oath to become Interim Chief of Police Outgoing Interim Chief of Police Mike Harden is on the left. City Clerk Cassandra Candini is administering the oath.
Captain Mike Aguilar takes over today as the interim chief for the Manteca Police Department.
Aguilar will be serving as interim police chief until the city resumes the hiring process for a permanent police chief. That search is expected to start after the City hires its permanent City Manager.
While my favorite season of
Star Trek: Discovery is still the second one, this soft reboot created a whole new world order while still honoring what came before. Even with Federation being weakened, I could feel the values of “Star Trek” throughout the whole season.
Michael Burnham finally came into her own as a leader, and her leadership character arc this season makes it worth waiting to see her as Captain of Discovery. In the first episode, “The Hope is You, Part 1”, Michael is violently disconnected from her adopted family and the U.S.S. Discovery. She has to forge a new, more rebellious, and off-the-cuff identity with Book as a courier. When Michael found Saru and the rest of the U.S.S. Discovery crew again, she has to slowly find a way to merge her new way of thinking with her identity as a Starfleet Commander.
Retired Commodore Leon Smith and Mrs. Helen Smith along with and The Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King and Mrs. Fredricka King presenting Leading Seaman Melvin Smith with the Leon Smith Award at the force’s Annual Christmas Carol and Awards Ceremony on Monday, December 21, 2020. Also shown are: Deputy Commander Defence Force, Captain Shonedel Pinder and Captain Glenn McPhee, Acting Captain Coral Harbour. (RBDF Photo by Chief Petty Officer Mark Armbrister)
Coral Harbour Base, (RBDF): In keeping with the Commander Defence Force, Commodore Raymond King’s strategic intent of developing a professional and high-performance workforce focused on excellence and succession planning, Leading Seaman Melvin Smith was awarded the Leon L. Smith Award as the Royal Bahamas Defence Force’s overall Marine of the Year for 2020.