MooPig's Dictionary and Thesaurus Moment :: Define 'deregulate'

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Define 'deregulate' | Dictionary and Thesaurus:
English


Verb


To remove the regulations from.


Translations:


to remove the regulations from
Czech: deregulovat
German: deregulieren

EXCERPT | " ... Deregulation 1970-2000

'Deregulation' gained momentum in the 1970s, influenced by research at the University of Chicago and the theories of Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von Hayek, and Milton Friedman, among others. Two leading ‘think tanks’ in Washington, the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute, were active in holding seminars and publishing studies advocating deregulatory initiatives throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Alfred E. Kahn played an unusual role in both publishing as an academic and participating in the Carter Administration's efforts to deregulate transportation. ... "

'via Blog this'

Do you think the Ferengi would put up with Regulations? REally?
Retrieved by Pat Darnell | Jan 15, 2012 | Bryan TX

1. Once you have their money ... never give it back.
2. Never pay more for an acquisition than you have to.
3. Never allow family to stand in the way of opportunity.
4. A man is only worth the sum of his possessions. (From Enterprise, episode "Acquisition"; sloppy script-writing, as rule 6 (see above) was already given in DS9)
5. Keep your ears open.
6. Small print leads to large risk.
7. Opportunity plus instinct equals profit.
8. Greed is eternal.
9. Anything worth doing is worth doing for money.
10. A deal is a deal ... until a better one comes along.
11. A contract is a contract is a contract (but only between Ferengi).
12. A Ferengi without profit is no Ferengi at all.
13. Satisfaction is not guaranteed.
14. Never place friendship above profit.
15. A wise man can hear profit in the wind.
16. Nothing is more important than your health--except for your money.
17. There's nothing more dangerous than an honest businessman.
18. Never make fun of a Ferengi's mother ... insult something he cares about instead.
19. It never hurts to suck up to the boss.
20. Peace is good for business.
21. War is good for business.
22. She can touch your lobes but never your latinum.
23. Profit is its own reward.
24. Never confuse wisdom with luck.
25. Expand, or die.
26. Don't trust a man wearing a better suit than your own.
27. The bigger the smile, the sharper the knife.
28. Never ask when you can take.
29. Good customers are as rare as latinum -- treasure them.
30. There is no substitute for success.
31. Free advice is seldom cheap.
32. Keep your lies consistent.
33. The riskier the road, the greater the profit.
34. Win or lose, there's always Hyperian beetle snuff.
35. Home is where the heart is ... but the stars are made of latinum.
36. Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.
37. Beware of the Vulcan greed for knowledge.
38. The flimsier the product, the higher the price.
39. Never let the competition know what you're thinking.
40. Ask not what your profits can do for you, but what you can do for your profits.
41. Females and finances don't mix.
42. Enough ... is never enough.
43. Trust is the biggest liability of all.
44. Nature decays, but latinum lasts forever.
45. Sleep can interfere with profit. (DS9 season 2, episode 7 - "Rules of Acquisition")
46. Faith moves mountains ... of inventory.
47. There is no honour in poverty.
48. Dignity and an empty sack is worth the sack.
49. Treat people in your debt like family ... exploit them.
50. Never have sex with the boss's sister.
51. Always have sex with the boss.
52. You can't free a fish from water.
53. Everything is for sale, even friendship.
54. Even a blind man can recognize the glow of latinum.
55. Wives serve, brothers inherit.
56. Only fools pay retail.
57. There's nothing wrong with charity ... as long as it winds up in your pocket.
58. Even in the worst of times someone turns a profit.
59. Know your enemies ... but do business with them always.
60. Not even dishonesty can tarnish the shine of profit.
61. Let others keep their reputation. You keep their money.
62. Never cheat a Klingon ... unless you're sure you can get away with it.
63. It's always good business to know about new customers before they walk in the door.
64. The justification for profit is profit.
65. New customers are like razortoothed grubworms. They can be succulent, but sometimes they can bite back.
66. Employees are rungs on the ladder of success. Don't hesitate to step on them.
67. Never begin a negotiation on an empty stomach.
68. Always know what you're buying.
69. Beware the man who doesn't make time for oo-mox.
70. Latinum lasts longer than lust.
71. You can't buy fate.
72. Never be afraid to mislabel a product.
73. More is good ... all is better.
74. A wife is a luxury ... a smart accountant is a necessity.
75. A wealthy man can afford anything except a conscience.
76. Never allow doubt to tarnish your love of latinum.
77. When in doubt, lie.
78. Deep down everyone's a Ferengi.
79. No good deed ever goes unpunished.
80. [Quark's rule] When Morn leaves, it's all over. (Jacob, Stephen. Jan 15, 2012. LINK )

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http://deregulate.askdefine.com/
http://www.sjtrek.com/trek/rules/
http://www.thefunniestwebsiteeverbuild.com/ferengi
http://sundaycomicsdebt.blogspot.com/2011/03/shoes-army-toolbox.html
http://www.wwco.com/photos/20060105LasVegasCES/StarTrek/slides/Ferengi.html
http://showmethemoney-tbone.blogspot.com/2011_04_10_archive.html

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MooPig TV Series Reviews :: WWGD ?

What Would Geordi Do?
by Pat Darnell

Geordi was the chief engineer aboard the flagship Enterprise of Star Trek -- the Next Generation, NG for short. In the TV series he is without sight, a bachelor, and plausible.

He might have been a stock room supervisor in charge of shrinkage at a Wal-Mart had he not landed this mejores role in Star Trek. But as a sightless, black man of average height, with the elocution of a Harvard professor, Geordi, Levar Burton, LaForge had a multitude of barricades to hurdle.

Luckily he did not have a hard upbringing, as both his role parents are admiral or better in Star Fleet Command. He does not have a need to wear a hopped version of the regular uniform worn by all, because of his ethnicity. Although the resident Klingon, Worf, has to jazz his uniform a bit. But with his head gear, blind Geordi is brilliant; enough said.

LeVar Burton, American actor, director and author first came to prominence portraying Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley.

In his TV role with Next Generation, Geordi had replaced the previous token black Star Trek actress, Officer Uhuru, and the Irish hard-ass chief engineer Mr Scot. Geordi could never fill her shoes, and his accent was 100% LA; so he had to find a different angle of approach to his role. He tweaks the Enterprise with some engineering feats, while cruising the decks thinking outside his cubicle.

His best friend it turns out is an OCD android officer, Data, who he visits just to whisk out the day's chaos, chew the fat or tell some funnies. They usually discussed some freakish mechanical enhancement that they had tried, or jabbered on about Data's lack of emotion. We experience Data through Geordi's chortles, churns, and disambiguaitons.

For all of this, it turns out, blind Geordi LaForge didn't play slide, nor did he flat pick. But he does put a special visor on his eyes. This visor, which looks like a plastic gator hair clip that girls in the eighties wore, allowed Geordi to see above and beyond typical human spectrums. If no one else was detecting, Geordi was detecting.

The toothed visor attaches to "implants" at Geordi's temples. This means he is hot wired often to "detect" things "out there." They usually put fiber optic threads into his head, and had him stand next to a Japanese jungle gym.

So when we say WWGD, "What Would Geordi Do?" it involves detection. "I'm not picking up any tachyon , pistachio, mustachio, stanchion, nor Hitachi wave lengths out there... " is what Geordi might say. It deepens our thirst for mystery that must be quenched before the hour is up.

Of course, WWGD? -- he would fix it, by gosh!

We won't really know until we experience an off-shoot of LeVar Burton's Chief Engineer, through a new personality developed by the Star Trek Universe.

Feb. 16, 2009 – Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr., who played Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” (1987-1994), turned 52 last year.

He also hosted the PBS series “Reading Rainbow” (1983-2005).

MooPig's Insider Peek at CHIK Flik: "2009 Star Trek" movie set.... Cast and Cli'vage

[Challenge: some nudity and cleavage in this review]
"Hi, I'm Chief Mistress Admirable Lt. Sargent Uhura, Cli'vage Receptionist on Deck setting the trend for generations to follow."

"There's going to be lots of surprises on this Movie Set. Some of the new appointments and fixtures are shown below. This movie is for me and the notoriety I never received! Cheap ass Roddenbury!"

"We're going to show more cleavage per inch of film than ever thought possible. We're going to have a Cameo appearance by President Obama in the new Captain's Urinal. [A spoiler: Barack meets Worf and it gets ugly; a pissing match]."

"We will introduce the "Bea Arthur Coffee Clutch and Avon Room" breakroom with a view, with Whoopi who is going to bring her pets. It will be everything the View wishes it could be."

"Believe you me, you're going to love me as Zoe Saldana... long, sleek, fine."

Only Worf and the President will be live performers, the rest of the men, including Geordi LaForge, will be actually done by Henson studio as hand puppets strictly for the pleasure of us -- the women of Star Trek."

"Besides without us there wouldn't be any men around to be in this Pre-quel to the Sequel of pre-quel el el el..."

PHOTO: Though shown, Bea Arthur is not in this one.
Star Trek is a 2009 science fiction film [of the CHIK FLIK Genre] directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the eleventh Star Trek film and a prequel to The Original Series, featuring characters such as Kirk (played by Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), McCoy (Karl Urban), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Sulu (John Cho) and ChekovAnton Yelchin). The film will also depict Kirk and Spock's childhoods. Leonard Nimoy reprises his role as the older Spock, and Eric Bana appears as the villainous Nero. The film will be released on May 8, 2009 in North America.

Star TrekStar Trek’s New Uhura and New Urinal? Posted by Sam on Thursday, 30 Aug 2007

TrekMovie.com is reporting that they have heard from sources close to the production of the new J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie that actress Zoë Saldana (”Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl”) has been offered the part of Uhura - the USS Enterprise’s communications officer originally played for 40+ years by Nichelle Nichols. Nichols reprised her role of Uhura in the upcoming and highly anticipated Tim Russ online independent Trek feature “Of Gods and Men.”

Saldana is currently starring in James Cameron’s mega-film “Avatar,” and a scheduling conflict could nix the Trek deal unless something can be arranged.

That now makes three casting choices for the new film: Zachary Quinto as Spock, Anton Yelchin in the role of Pavel Chekov and now Saldana, if it pans out, to be Uhura. Still, the big unanswered question - Who will be Kirk?

Kirk, are you up for it?