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 Admiral Mudd and Friends Site Ring Newsletter for April, '06
Our Featured Members of the Month
21stCenturyDoctorWho.com : Rate and review episodes. Full selection of downloads. Gallery. Postcards. Fully functioning chatroom. Forum! Full and detailed episode guide plus much more. URL: www.21stcenturydoctorwho.com
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Editorials and Special Interest Articles
The Human Race by Amy Lynn
I have been thinking about this for awhile, and now watching all of Deep Space Nine on DVD really has me thinking even more about the human race. How often have you come across a question asking what your race is? Have you noticed that it has a listing of a bunch of colors? I'm sorry, but I'm not a color, nor am I defined by such and the human race shouldn't be defined by color either. There is only one race on this planet so far -- it's not like we are on the space station and we run into Klingons and Vulcans at the local store, now is it? I love when someone puts on these forms the option "other". That's where I mark the box and type in the word "Human". I know of no other race here on Earth.
When I asked Smarter Child of AOL AIM to define "race", this is what he/she came up with: "A local geographic or global human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics." And that's from the definition provided by The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright© 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Being human we are all different in some way or another. But we are all of the same human race. The more we try to segregate ourselves from the human race as a whole, the less we become one in the body.
This article has been inspired by Bishop Joey Johnson of The House of the Lord in Akron, Ohio. And Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek: Deep Space Nine .
AmyLynn is one of our regular contributors. She runs a brilliant, fun and informative site called Annika's at groups.msn.com/Annikas. Would you like to see your own opinions on science fiction in our newsletter? Please contact us at kinda@msn.com. All science fiction lovers are welcome.
Captain k'alaa's Corner
Common Mistakes New Webmasters Make
This is a partial list of common mistakes. If anyone wishes to add to this list, please contact me at kinda@msn.com, with the title Common Mistakes, and the place where you read this article.
1. Make a message board with no idea of how to get along with others.
2. Create a website for fans with no idea of what other fans like.
3. Post ads on other people's message boards for their own site with no other content in the message.
4. Put messages on their message board or website that makes other people upset or mad for no good reason.
5. Never realize that a popular website caters to its members, its members do NOT cater to it.
6. Have the idea that once your site is complete, up and running, it will never EVER need any changes or updating.
7. Does not care what he or she says to members, because the feelings the webmaster has are the only ones he or she cares about.
8. Does not encourage new members, mainly because they make small mistakes in their spelling, grammar, or facts.
9. Create a contest with no feedback to the participants.
10. Exclude people based on where they live rather than what language they speak.
11. Make fun of new members.
12. Ban people because he or she feels like it, rather than a substantial reason.
13. Create a site and then promptly abandon it.
14. Create links or join webrings and never update them or let the webrings know you have either changed your email address, moved your site, or have decided to close it down.
15. Asks for donations, but tells new people they cannot come to this site to read it, accusing them of being lurkers instead of new members looking for an appropriate site.
16. Forget what it is like to be new to the Net.
17. Obtaining members, then arguing with them constantly, causing them to leave.
18. Not making your meaning understood (whether in a post, a block of text, or an explanation).
19. Taking content from other websites without acknowledging this, at least in passing.
20. Hotlinking pictures or graphics from other sites.
21. Claiming your site is designed for a certain age in mind, but then continually disregarding this with the content actually posted.
22. Making himself or herself (or the site) seem more important by finding faults with other sites.
Reviewer's Retreat
A Word From The Founder
This month, Admiral Mudd reviews the first episode of the second season of the new Doctor Who, entitled New Earth. Starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler.
This was a great start to the second season of the new Doctor Who. We finally visit another planet, and get to meet some old "friends". Russell T. Davis (the executive producer/writer), has often been said to have not written the best of stories for DW. But this story was definitely an improvement on some of his earlier work. Sure, there were plot problems and parts of the story didn't make much sense -- for example, how come all the clones spoke perfect English, despite allegedly having never been in contact with any other human?
David Tennant was fantastic in this episode. His joy at playing the Doctor is evident, as he strolls hands in pockets around the hospital. One of my favorite lines of this episode was " I AM the Doctor, and if you want to take it to a higher authority, there isn't one. It stops with me!"
Billie Piper as the possessed Rose was excellent, showing this woman really can act. The special effects are an improvement on last year, with New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York (that's what the Doctor called it!) looking spectacular -- not that we saw much of it.) 
Part of the B-story is that the Doctor will learn a great secret told to him by The Face of Boe (Yes, he's back too!). Well, if he does hear it, I'll let you find out when you watch the episode. But the Face's role in the episode was brief.
The ending is very bittersweet and I challenge you all not to have a tear in your eyes by the time the credits roll.
Admiral Mudd is the founder of the AMAFSR. He regularly writes reviews and articles for our Newsletter. You can too! Just contact us at kinda@msn.com, and we can tell you how.
Superman: Easy, miss. I've got you.
Lois Lane: You, you've got me? Who's got you? -- Christopher Reeve and Margot Kidder, Superman, the Movie
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