Michael Pierce is a producer of feature films, television commercials and music videos. Pierce is a native of Southern California and was born in Newport Beach, CA in 1969. Pierce is the youngest of two sons and his mother and father emigrated to California from Connecticut during the aerospace boom of the 1950's. Pierce's father was an engineer for Lockheed and his mother was a hair stylist and successful entrepreneur, opening a successful beauty salon in Newport Beach, CA. during the 1980's and 1990's.
Pierce's recognition as an artist came early, at the age of 7, when he and classmate Scott "Damien" Riley won first prize at the Orange County Fair for their collaboration on "Swimmy the Turtle", a story about a wayward turtle that mended friendships. His athletic prowess as a baseball player during his youth and adolescence was well noted. He was a three year member of the varsity baseball team at Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, CA. He was voted most inspirational player of the 1986 squad and was the starting catcher on the school's 1987 state championship team. Although highly recruited to play collegiate baseball Pierce's baseball career sputtered after high school graduation.
At the age of 15, Michael Pierce had open heart surgery for a congenital heart disease called Wolf Parkinson White. The disease, if left untreated, is generally fatal during puberty. Pierce was initially diagnosed and treated by Dr. David Cannom of Los Angeles' Good Samaritan Hospital. His corrective surgery, a panacea in his case, was performed in March of 1985 by Dr. James Cox of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Pierce began his career in the film industry shortly after graduating from the University of Southern California in 1992. His early exposure as a production assistant or producer's assistant placed him on high profile projects with directors such as Oliver Stone, Paul Thomas Anderson and Clive Barker. Pierce's first foray as a film producer on 1996's was a true indie film survival story. The film was produced with his then roommates, Joseph Lawson and Scott Burgin, and financed on credits cards and loans from friends and family. The film received a very positive review in Variety and was an official selection to the SXSW (South By Southwest) Film Festival. His current film, Raised in the Ring, is currently in Post Production and was featured on ABC's investigative reporting show 20/20 featuring Elizabeth Vargas.
Pierce has also produced numerous television commercials and music videos. Those of note include the award winning [Microsoft "Realizing Potential"] campaigns of 2005-2006, [Faith Hill's "Cry"], Jurassic 5's "The Influence" and Jewel's "Break Me".
Pierce's recognition as an artist came early, at the age of 7, when he and classmate Scott "Damien" Riley won first prize at the Orange County Fair for their collaboration on "Swimmy the Turtle", a story about a wayward turtle that mended friendships. His athletic prowess as a baseball player during his youth and adolescence was well noted. He was a three year member of the varsity baseball team at Capistrano Valley High School in Mission Viejo, CA. He was voted most inspirational player of the 1986 squad and was the starting catcher on the school's 1987 state championship team. Although highly recruited to play collegiate baseball Pierce's baseball career sputtered after high school graduation.
At the age of 15, Michael Pierce had open heart surgery for a congenital heart disease called Wolf Parkinson White. The disease, if left untreated, is generally fatal during puberty. Pierce was initially diagnosed and treated by Dr. David Cannom of Los Angeles' Good Samaritan Hospital. His corrective surgery, a panacea in his case, was performed in March of 1985 by Dr. James Cox of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Pierce began his career in the film industry shortly after graduating from the University of Southern California in 1992. His early exposure as a production assistant or producer's assistant placed him on high profile projects with directors such as Oliver Stone, Paul Thomas Anderson and Clive Barker. Pierce's first foray as a film producer on 1996's was a true indie film survival story. The film was produced with his then roommates, Joseph Lawson and Scott Burgin, and financed on credits cards and loans from friends and family. The film received a very positive review in Variety and was an official selection to the SXSW (South By Southwest) Film Festival. His current film, Raised in the Ring, is currently in Post Production and was featured on ABC's investigative reporting show 20/20 featuring Elizabeth Vargas.
Pierce has also produced numerous television commercials and music videos. Those of note include the award winning [Microsoft "Realizing Potential"] campaigns of 2005-2006, [Faith Hill's "Cry"], Jurassic 5's "The Influence" and Jewel's "Break Me".
Command Carriers are the capital ships of the Peacekeeper fleet in the fictional Farscape universe. They appear in numerous episodes as threats in pursuit of Moya and her crew, particularly the Carrier under the command of Bialar Crais.
Command Carriers serve as a mobile base of operations for the Peacekeepers; they are immense ships with a crew complement of about 50,000. Many Peacekeepers live their entire lives on a command carrier, and they have all the creature comforts needed to sustain their large crews (including large indoor "gardens" that simulate a planet's surface and which are also used for combat training exercises).
Command carriers primarily rely on their large complements of Prowlers and Marauders to project Peacekeeper power where needed. They are however powerful battleships in their own right, armed with Frag Cannons, each mounted on a track that allows them to move along the horizontal axis of the ship to engage targets both directly in front of, behind or to either side of the ship (though not directly above or below the ship). They are protected by powerful defence screens. Frag cannons are the heavy artillery of the Peacekeeper fleet, and are primarily used to engage capital ships. Against enemy fighters, strike craft and other lighter classes their tracking speed and rate of fire is too low to be of much use.
They are also quite fast, as the crew onboard Moya have to routinely starburst away when a command carrier gets too close, but they never seem to stay ahead of them for very long. While used as a plot device in the series, this indicates that Command Carriers and most other space vessels in the Farscape universe are not equipped to achieve instant FTL speeds, as possible in other popular science fiction universes. They can however accelerate to FTL speeds.
Larger variants of Command Carriers exist and are attached to fleets as flagships. If these vessels are destroyed whole fleets can be thrown into disarray and will eventually crumble.
Command Carriers serve as a mobile base of operations for the Peacekeepers; they are immense ships with a crew complement of about 50,000. Many Peacekeepers live their entire lives on a command carrier, and they have all the creature comforts needed to sustain their large crews (including large indoor "gardens" that simulate a planet's surface and which are also used for combat training exercises).
Command carriers primarily rely on their large complements of Prowlers and Marauders to project Peacekeeper power where needed. They are however powerful battleships in their own right, armed with Frag Cannons, each mounted on a track that allows them to move along the horizontal axis of the ship to engage targets both directly in front of, behind or to either side of the ship (though not directly above or below the ship). They are protected by powerful defence screens. Frag cannons are the heavy artillery of the Peacekeeper fleet, and are primarily used to engage capital ships. Against enemy fighters, strike craft and other lighter classes their tracking speed and rate of fire is too low to be of much use.
They are also quite fast, as the crew onboard Moya have to routinely starburst away when a command carrier gets too close, but they never seem to stay ahead of them for very long. While used as a plot device in the series, this indicates that Command Carriers and most other space vessels in the Farscape universe are not equipped to achieve instant FTL speeds, as possible in other popular science fiction universes. They can however accelerate to FTL speeds.
Larger variants of Command Carriers exist and are attached to fleets as flagships. If these vessels are destroyed whole fleets can be thrown into disarray and will eventually crumble.
John Roggeveen (b. 1960,Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian lawyer and politician from Alberta.
Education
After graduating from Archbishop O’Leary High School in Edmonton, Alberta in 1978, he attended the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours), first class, in psychology. From there, he went on to attend law school at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, obtaining his Bachelor of Laws in 1986.
After graduating from law school, he articled with the downtown Calgary law firm, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer, and was admitted to the Alberta bar in 1987.
Legal Career
He remained as an associate at Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer until 1989, after which he joined the McLeod & Company law firm in south Calgary. He left McLeod & Company in 1995.
In 1996, he started his own law practice, and in 1997 joined McConnell MacInnes Graham where he remained until early in 2002, to set up his practice in the Midnapore area of Calgary.
He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association.
Political Experience
He has been President of the Calgary Shaw Provincial Liberal Association of the Alberta Liberal Party since 2004 and Vice-president of the Calgary Southeast riding association for the Liberal Party of Canada since 2005. He was co-campaign manager for James Ludwar, the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate in Calgary Southeast in the 2006 federal election in Canada.
He ran in the 2004 Alberta provincial election for the Alberta Liberal Party in the constituency of Calgary Shaw, finishing second. He is now the Alberta Liberal Party candidate for the 2008 Alberta General Election.
Education
After graduating from Archbishop O’Leary High School in Edmonton, Alberta in 1978, he attended the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science (Honours), first class, in psychology. From there, he went on to attend law school at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, obtaining his Bachelor of Laws in 1986.
After graduating from law school, he articled with the downtown Calgary law firm, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer, and was admitted to the Alberta bar in 1987.
Legal Career
He remained as an associate at Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer until 1989, after which he joined the McLeod & Company law firm in south Calgary. He left McLeod & Company in 1995.
In 1996, he started his own law practice, and in 1997 joined McConnell MacInnes Graham where he remained until early in 2002, to set up his practice in the Midnapore area of Calgary.
He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the Alberta Civil Trial Lawyers Association.
Political Experience
He has been President of the Calgary Shaw Provincial Liberal Association of the Alberta Liberal Party since 2004 and Vice-president of the Calgary Southeast riding association for the Liberal Party of Canada since 2005. He was co-campaign manager for James Ludwar, the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate in Calgary Southeast in the 2006 federal election in Canada.
He ran in the 2004 Alberta provincial election for the Alberta Liberal Party in the constituency of Calgary Shaw, finishing second. He is now the Alberta Liberal Party candidate for the 2008 Alberta General Election.
On January 29, 2007, 32-year-old Brian Sterner was being booked into the Hillsborough County, Florida jail on a traffic infraction when deputy Charlette Marshall-Jones threw him from his wheelchair on to the floor. Brian Sterner is a former emergency services telephone dispatch operator and has been a paralyzed quadriplegic since he broke his neck at the age of 14.