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Adding to the theme will be singers donning "Star Trek" apparel, transporter beam special effects and a laser light show. The cast even includes narrator George Takei, who played Mr. Sulu on "Star Trek."The shows are at 8 tonight in Bethesda and at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday in Baltimore. Tickets range from $15 to $84. The Music Center at Strathmore is at 5301 Tuckerman Lane. The Meyerhoff is at 1212 Cathedral St.For tickets or more information, call 877-BSO-1444 or go to www.bsomusic.org.Chili warm-upSample hearty chilis paired with wines at Boordy Vineyards' Chili Winter Days event held Saturdays and Sundays this month in Hydes.The event, held 1 to 5 p.m. both days, also features winery tours and hot wassail samples. Admission is $12 per person, $15 with wine glass.Boordy is at 12820 Long Green Pike.
WEB UPDATE: Parents and students discussing uniforms in Huron
Educators across the country have waged war on the fashion industry, outlawing items like flip-flops, ripped jeans and mini skirts in schools. Huron City Schools is considering going a step further. A number of parents have expressed interest in requiring uniforms in the district. But students themselves have mixed feelings about the issue. Read the complete story in Saturday's Register. .
State's energy plan must boost renewables
With its coastal location, New Jersey should pursue wave and wind power to meet more of the state's electricity demand. Corzine also should do more to encourage more solar-power use, especially in new construction. The state's utility and some businesses are urging the governor to consider expanding reliance on nuclear power and even "clean" coal-fired power. But coal shouldn't be a top choice. Clean technology reduces harmful fossil-fuel emissions, but cannot eliminate them. The governor should not allow new coal-fired plants to be built in this state, especially when New Jersey already is dealing with harmful emissions blowing in from Midwestern coal-fired power plants. Rather, utility operators have a point about keeping nuclear power in the mix. It should be considered because it doesn't add to the air pollution and its widespread use in Europe has demonstrated it is a reliable and safe energy source.
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Sects, lies and videotape
It's really fun because there is nothing better than going out there and fighting the fight." Scientology knows all about brawling. Fighting hard, particularly in the courts, has been its survival strategy from the first. Even as millions watched Cruise blathering on the net this week, the cult was scrambling its lawyers to pull the eight-minute clip down, denouncing its posting as a criminal infringement of copyright: "This is a video work that is exclusively for the use of our client to be shown in its Churches of Scientology throughout the world." Those threats did no good. The clip was soon everywhere. Highlights made the television news. As we go to press the Cruise confessions are scoring five stars and hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube. As the world's most famous Scientologist says: "There's nothing part of the way with me." His hand mimes a racing car.
What's on TV?
Ninth Annual Family Television Awards," 8 p.m., KOCB-34. The winners won't be thanking the academy or the fans, but the sponsors. These awards for TV deemed suitable for all ages are given by the Family Friendly Programming Forum, created by the Association of National Advertisers. Among the shows and stars being honored are "Ugly Betty" and its star, America Ferrera, and "High School Musical 2" and its leading hottie, Zac Efron. Host is Phil Keoghan ("The Amazing Race"). .
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That's the meaning of the quick demise of blogger Jeff Coryell – hired to blog, apparently to show the morning newspaper is innovative and exciting. He was one of four bloggers chosen to write for Wide Open on the PD site Cleveland.com. Well, Wide Open became Selectively Closed rather quickly, after some six weeks. What's important about Coryell's dismissal is that it reveals that Goldberg carries on a tradition of censorship well fashioned at the Pee Dee. The story goes that Coryell to continue blogging for the paper's website was asked not to write about Rep. Steve LaTourette. The issue was that Coryell had supported and contributed financially to LaTourette's opponent in the last election. LaTourette apparently discussed this fact with Pee Dee editorial uber-boss Brent Larkin.
Reshaped Braves aim toward spring training
We've pretty well exhausted this Kotsay topic since I first posted a blog last Wednesday speculating the Braves' interest in the 32-year-old Oakland outfielder, especially after Kotsay told me Friday that A's GM Billy Beane called him that morning and said a possible trade was in the works with Atlanta. So we'll not devote this blog to more debate over whether it was a good trade, though you are certainly free to continue that topic if you'd like. My last word (for now) on the subject: I think it was a very good trade provided Kotsay is healthy, because the Braves only pay $2 mill (A's paying other $5 mill of his $7 mill salary, plus the $350,000 bonus he gets for moving, which was part of his contract). And they give up a hard-throwing reliever who hasn't panned out yet and probably wasn't going to be more than a middle man if he made this year's bullpen.
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