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"From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
 
  

Dr. Roland E. Tiefeld, president

August 5, 2409

Students, faculty, administrators and staff of the Institute!

I am pleased to announce the addition of three new members to the Deedlit Satori Mandeville faculty for the upcoming school year.

Jeremy Clarkson - Dr. Clarkson will be the primary instructor for our new Automotive and Transportation Engineering program in the Advanced High School and University Divisions. In this capacity, he will also be serving as faculty advisor for the newly established Motor Club. As an enthusiastic proponent of hands-on investigation, complete student involvement, and the personal style of instruction, he will, we feel, be a perfect fit for the Institute community. [N.B. Legal guardians of all non-emancipated minor students will be required to submit Form 34-C Waiver of Instructional Liability to the Registrar's Office before enrolling in these courses or joining the Motor Club.]

Sir James May CKE KCVO GC TCBC - Sir James comes to the Institute at the personal recommendation of, and as a replacement for, Professor Kraalgh vestai-Kalaan upon the latter's return to the Klingon Empire. An accomplished Klingon linguist and student of military history, he is also a duelist of some renown, which will stand him in good stead as he assumes Professor Kraalgh's role as faculty advisor for the Institute Duelists' Society. In addition to the Klingon language and literature classes formerly taught by Professor Kraalgh, Sir James will be offering courses in 20th- through 22nd-century military history and assisting with the work of the Music and Performing Arts Department.

Richard Hammond - Mr. Hammond needs no introduction to our more artistically-inclined students, I'm sure, since his work as a painter, automobile designer, and architect is well-known throughout the galaxy. He is also a licensed structural engineer with extensive experience in industrial and architectural accident investigation. He will be the principal instructor for our Crash and Failure Science course, replacing departing guest professor Adam Savage, and lead practical classes in two- and three-dimensional art as well as participating in Dr. Clarkson's engineering lectures and serving as a second advisor for the Motor Club.

Please join me in welcoming these three colorful and well-qualified individuals to the DSM family!

With warm regards,

Roland E. Tiefeld
President, Deedlit Satori Mandeville Memorial Institute

P.S. Yes, they are those three blokes off Top Gear.


RET/fh


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  RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld mdg1 Jun-28-11 3
     RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld Star Ranger4 Jun-28-11 4
         RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld Pasha Jun-28-11 5
         RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld mdg1 Jun-28-11 6
         RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld WengFook Jun-29-11 9
             RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld Star Ranger4 Jun-29-11 10
  RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld zojojojo Jun-28-11 7
     RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld Star Ranger4 Jun-28-11 8
         RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld mdg1 Jun-30-11 11
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     RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld Gryphonadmin Jul-08-11 13
         RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld Prince Charon Jul-08-11 14
             RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld Bushido Jul-08-11 15
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                 RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld Prince Charon Jul-08-11 17
                 RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld Star Ranger4 Jul-08-11 18

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1. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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>P.S. Yes, they are those three blokes off Top Gear.

Teaching a bunch of teenagers. Really, how hard could it be?

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2. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   >>P.S. Yes, they are those three blokes off Top Gear.
>
>Teaching a bunch of teenagers. Really, how hard could it be?
>
*sighs and hunkers down for the inevitable explosion that follows such cockyness.

Cap'n Slow is... no, that makes sense given the material we see in Road Film (with fighting)

And now, we see the real reason the 'Autobahn' was included in the DSM project, even if no one else did(then)


Of COURSE you wernt expecting it!
No One expects the FANNISH INQUISITION!
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   Now I'm picturing the Stig as a TA....

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4. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   >Now I'm picturing the Stig as a TA....

He'd really work better as a RA, though... just sort of wandering the halls and managing to put a kibosh on whatever just by happening to being in the right place at the right time. cause, IMO, TA's need to interact with the students... talk to them about what their doing wrong and ya know... answer questions?


Of COURSE you wernt expecting it!
No One expects the FANNISH INQUISITION!
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5. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   >>Now I'm picturing the Stig as a TA....
>
>He'd really work better as a RA, though... just sort of wandering the
>halls and managing to put a kibosh on whatever just by happening to
>being in the right place at the right time. cause, IMO, TA's need to
>interact with the students... talk to them about what their doing
>wrong and ya know... answer questions?

Actually, all the Stars-in-Reasonably-priced-cars who've ever brought him up have had nothing but glowing praise for his instructional abilities. Only one, however, hinted that he actually *spoke* when doing said instructing. :)

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6. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   Campus Shuttle?

Mario


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9. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   >>Now I'm picturing the Stig as a TA....
>
>He'd really work better as a RA, though... just sort of wandering the
>halls and managing to put a kibosh on whatever just by happening to
>being in the right place at the right time. cause, IMO, TA's need to
>interact with the students... talk to them about what their doing
>wrong and ya know... answer questions?

Having his hands folded and a blank helmet staring at you until you concede IS a form of interacting. :D

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10. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   >Having his hands folded and a blank helmet staring at you until you
>concede IS a form of interacting. :D
>
Yes, but as I said, one better suited for a 'you know you're not supposed to be doing that here' sort of interaction than providing actual Instructional support.


Of COURSE you wernt expecting it!
No One expects the FANNISH INQUISITION!
RCW# 86


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7. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   why do i get the feeling that this all started with "hey, i bet i can be a better teacher than that blighter may" and we'll end up with another top gear special out of it... ? :)

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   >why do i get the feeling that this all started with "hey, i bet i can
>be a better teacher than that blighter may" and we'll end up with
>another top gear special out of it... ? :)
>
*SNERK*


Of COURSE you wernt expecting it!
No One expects the FANNISH INQUISITION!
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11. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   For no reason, I'm suddenly picturing a round of "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" with Captain Justy Ueki Tylor.

Mario


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12. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   >Sir James May CKE KCVO GC TCBC

Odd that he's the only one with a knighthood.

OK, trying to figure out the post-nominal letters:

CKE is a restaurant parent company, as far as Wikipedia knows, but it might be the Klingon equivalent of CBE, KCVO and GC are current British honours, and TCBC appears to be the Trevelyan College Boat Club, at Durham University, which I don't think May attended. That one's probable another fictional Order, possibly from an alien species.

So, how did I do?

“They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.”
-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington


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13. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   >>Sir James May CKE KCVO GC TCBC
>
>Odd that he's the only one with a knighthood.

Well, he's the only one who makes a point of it, anyway.

In order:

CKE - Companion of the Order of Knights Eternal: the Zetan honor that carries with it the Omega-2 retroviral treatment. (See also Virginia Shepard's BPGD entry.)

KCVO - Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order: bestowed upon those who have rendered a significant personal service for the British Crown.

GC - George Cross: the UK's highest decoration for out-of-combat valor.

TCBC - Targ's Claw with Blood Crescent: a Klingon military decoration roughly akin to the Distinguished Service Cross. (The Blood Crescent is a modifier to the award meaning, basically, "only more so.") Utena Tenjou has one of these for the Valiant's capture of the Amar.

So you were two for four. :)

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14. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   Well, two and a half, since I guessed that one of them was a Klingon honour, but got which one wrong.

Is there more than one level of honour in the Order of Knights Eternal, or are they all just 'Companions'?

“They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.”
-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington


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15. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   Presumably those with the authority to grant admission to the order would have a higher rank.

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16. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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>Is there more than one level of honour in the Order of Knights
>Eternal, or are they all just 'Companions'?

The vast majority of them are, as that's the basic level of membership. (There aren't "sub-knighthood" levels in the OKE, since, well, given the order's name that wouldn't make a ton of sense.) There's also LKE (Lieutenant of the Order of Knights Eternal), which is mainly the preserve of the early Wedge Defenders who received Omega-2 before the Order was created (the so-called Original Hundred, though there were actually only around 77 of them), and GCKE, Grand Cross of the Order of Knights Eternal, of which there are seven in 2410: Gryphon, Zoner, ReRob, Kei (we hope), Yuri, Field Marshal Dave Ritchie (Supreme Commander WDF), and Grand Admiral Noriko Rose Takaya (C in C WDF Navy). In practice there is little difference between the three grades apart from how elaborate the dress-uniform sash is.

Above them there's only the order's "sovereign", Baron von Fahrvergnügen, who remains the nominal, if not practical, head of state of the Republic of Zeta Cygni. As he hasn't been seen in years, in practice most of the job of running the order falls to Daver and Noriko. And it must be admitted that there isn't really much to that, as there aren't dues or functions associated with it. It's not like an alumni association, there aren't picnics or fundraising drives. :)

It's a common misconception that one has to be a member of the Wedge Defense Force in order to be inducted into the Order of Knights Eternal. This is not actually true, but it does improve one's odds considerably.

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17. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   >It's a common misconception that one has to be a member of the Wedge
>Defense Force in order to be inducted into the Order of Knights
>Eternal. This is not actually true, but it does improve one's odds
>considerably.

Mmm. I seem to remember a certain Nakajima in the CFMF being quite excited about gaining Eternal Knighthood after Second Zeta Cygni (just before she found out she was going to be a PE teacher for a while, IIRC), so I kind of suspected that.

I will not be surprised if Utena (among others) gets into the OKE at some point. I'm not entirely certain she'd need it, though.

�They planned their campaigns just as you might make a splendid piece of harness. It looks very well; and answers very well; until it gets broken; and then you are done for. Now I made my campaigns of ropes. If anything went wrong, I tied a knot; and went on.�
-- Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington


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18. "RE: From the Desk of President Tiefeld"
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   >It's a common misconception that one has to be a member of the Wedge
>Defense Force in order to be inducted into the Order of Knights
>Eternal. This is not actually true, but it does improve one's odds
>considerably.
>
good point, mostly cause its the WDF types who tend to get into the sort of stuff that earns one said honor.


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