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This is a request map from ElViceJeffe, showing the world of the Draka-screw fanfics "Proof Through the Night" and "Breaking Strain" (
In this world, the US made a negotiated peace with Japan to turn their full attention to the Draka, and launched a nuclear first strike against their homeland while they had their hands full in Europe. After some serious messiness, the Drakan Empire collapsed, and the US, the British Empire, and South America - about the only parts of the globe _not_ fucked over or Japanese - set about picking up the pieces.
In the middle east reestablishing states wasn't too hard - where the locals hadn't been exterminated, the occupation was only a generation old, and the locals were able to recall what things had been like before, although hampered by a serious shortage of former local leadership (all exterminated). In Africa, however, much of the area had been under Draka control for a lifetime or more, and state reconstruction was more often state creation: the US did it's best, and smacked the UK's fingers when they started talking protectorates and stages of self-government, but things were often pretty muddled. The new African states launched into the future with better infrastructure and more industry than OTL (even after the nukings) and with a trained class of engineers, agriculturalists, etc., but not a soul trained in banking, politics, economics, history, administration, etc., and peoples deeply scarred by often generations of slavery.
Some African tribes were almost exterminated or entirely displaced from their homelands: a great deal of fuss and bother took place as a result of millions trying to "return home" only to find other people living there. The Somalis were fortunate in having a chunk of largely worthless desert to return home to: other peoples (see, Afghanistan on the map) were less fortunate. Some areas were so ethnically messed up and culturally crushed that entirely new multiethic states were created, usually with the Draka version of English as a common language given the lack of anything else.
(There was some talk of creating a unified black free Africa, but the international authorities felt that the results would most likely be bloody chaos, and if it worked, well, then you would get a new great power composed of angry, anti-white black people, no? Can't have anyone controlling that much of the world's raw materials, anyway: not in the US/British/Brazilian/whatever interest...)
Another ethnic hodgepodge was Madagascar, which made it more justifiable to "return" the non-Draka locals to the mainland to create a Draka "reservation" there (dickish to the Malagasy blacks and asians? Yes, but the trouble is that with Draka around everyone else looks so civilized they have trouble realizing that they are being dicks when they're not, say, impaling babies). The Draka were dumped there to sink or swim, and embargoed for a wide variety of technical and industrial goods. In spite of basic food aid, some starved in the early years.
Europe, invaded by the Draka as well as overrun by *Nazis [1], was even more devastated than in our WWII, taking nearly two decades to get up to speed economically, although it was spared the further joys of Communism in the east, and is a bit poorer in the west than OTL relative to the US, although without said joys Eastern Europe is actually relatively a good bit wealthier. France and the Low countries were only briefly Draka-occupied, and Spain and Portugal weren't occupied at all (they were nuked during the Draka's abortive invasion, but those were little Hiroshima-type bombs with limited radius of destruction and fallout). Having also missed out on Franco's nastiness, Spain is close to France in standards of living and ahead of either Italy.
Germany was more thoroughly de-*Nazified than OTL, and this leads to a certain resentment of Americans in the older generations, who lost parents and brothers and friends to US and UK-run trials. Still, there is no *Nazi revival in Germany, and Germans are often ostentatiously anti-racist and internationalist, to the point of being rather annoying.
The former USSR, overrun first by Nazis and then by Draka, lost another 15 million or so over the OTL losses, and was reconstituted by fragments of the Red Army and Party holding out in Siberia: starting off as a "pinkish" military regime in the postwar period, it has developed into a Russian-nationalist regime with a few threadbare remnants of Socialism (it still calls itself the "Union of Socialist Republics", the "Soviet" having been dropped somewhere along the way) with a standard relative to the US comparable to OTL South Korea: not having suffered the demographic collapse of OTL, in spite of its even larger losses it is only slightly less populous than the same area OTL, with perhaps 190 million inhabitants. The regime managed to extend its control temporarily into the chaotic post-Draka south Caucuses (Baku in particular) but later withdrew to consolidate its Slavic core.
India is a struggling Great Power to Be, with a multiethnic and multireligious internal politics of byzantine complexity.
The most noteable political process of the last half-century was the almost-cold-war between Japan and the US, between racist imperialism (often accused of being "Draka lite") and US democratic assimilationism. The Japanese cooperated with the US in the postwar era, helped set up this world's equivalent of the UN, helped bring order to the chaotic post-Draka situation, etc. But once the Japanese had their own atomic bomb and the means to deliver it to the US, they began to compete ferociously for influence with the US, world wide. If their population and capacity for supporting a vastly bloated military were less than than of the USSR, they were also better at converting pure science into useable products and weapons, and kept up with the US technologically rather better than the USSR. Although the arms race never got as intense as between the US and USSR (there never was a Fulda Gap to worry about), it got rather unpleasant at times, especially with the "Madagascar missile crisis" of 1964, in which extremist elements of the Drakan population allied with the Japanese to make Madagascar Japan's regional catspaw.
Fortunately the situation was resolved, in part due to the Draka government itself defeating the accompanying coup attempt and carrying out some ferocious purges: and Japan in the end found the project a total propaganda flop, since any Japanese-Draka alliance was a red flag to both Africans and Middle Easterners: it took _decades_ for Japan's reputation to recover.
As of 2012, a tepid Detente exists between the Japanese and the US, Japan finding paying the bills for a proper Cold War increasingly difficult as their population grow goes negative (if later than OTL: traditional mores continued longer with no US occupation) and productivity gains drop. Japan was driven out of China by protracted guerilla warfare supported both by independent China and the Russians, and hangs on grimly in Korea: Taiwan is fairly quiet so far (at this statement millions of Japanese knock on wood). The Japanese have a number of allies, but they are mostly third-world dictatorships of one sort or another.
China has had a different experience than OTL, if just as messy. The Tai'ping were rather more successful and for a while ruled over almost all of China, but their empire fell apart messily, and Japan and other European nations moved in. Currently a Tai'ping remnant surives in the south, allied to Japan to avoid being swallowed by China proper. In a world with the Draka and the mega-USA, people still think conquest and imperialism _works_: the idea that Tai'ping China (majority God-followers nowadays) might be unassimilable is out of place.
The US is effin' huge: it has assimilated most of America north of the southern continent, as well as the Philippines. Catholics are the single largest denomination, although a plurality rather than a majority: economic convergence has meant an early demographic transition (although Filippinos still like kids) and there has been a fair amount of conversion from Catholicism to evangelic Christianity. It is by far the world's largest economy, and is some 60% richer than Europeans on a per capita level, and it has been long enough since the Draka were destroyed that the gratitude has largely faded.
Technology is more advanced than OTL: there was more of a "first world" and the Japanese were higher-tech compeditors than the USSR. It has not gone wizzing off into the empirian as in the baseline Drakaverse, though. There is working fusion power and genetically engineered guard-bears and bases on the Moon and advanced cancer-fighting gene therapy and even the internet (the rather insanely security-conscious computer systems of the Drakaverse did not develop), but nobody is genetically re-engineering themselves into supermen or building conversion drive starships (although the Japanese are screwing around with antimatter, somewhere in the north of Sakhalin island).
And what of the Draka? The Madagascar Missile Crisis made a lot of people go "oh, there go the Draka again", but the fact that the radical faction ended up crushed by the legitimate government made people thoughtful. It is nowadays seen as a turning point: people came to note the Draka's real grudge as to raids and terrorist attacks by African mainlanders and the eternal "Malagasy Liberation Front" which technological restrictions limited their ability to defend against. And others noted with a certain grudging admiration the extraodinary efforts the Draka had made to make Madagascar support their twenty-plus millions (lack of those black nursemaids plus the simple problem of feeding new mouths had put a serious wrench in the Draka drive for large families).
The Draka move to redemption in US and other American eyes was slow, slower for Europeans (the Japanese authorities had rarely given a crap about Draka atrocities). But over five decades, there has been a slow normalization and removal of the more onerous restrictions on the Drakan economy and military. Today, in 2012, although the Draka are bound by international law from developing nuclear weapons, its navy and airforce can see off any African invader. A regular form of republican government is in place, and the standard of living is comparable to, say, Spain. The Draka republic is increasingly seen as a "normal" state, at least in places they didn't invade.
And yet...
The Draka are still a people "few, and not liked." They are still loudly loathed and condemned in a vast swathe of land from Italy to Iran, from the Black Sea Straits to the Cape. Birth rates are up, and there are now 35 million people in Madagascar. Military service remains universal. The Draka do not trust the rest of the world to let them be normal. Stregnth and the ability to defend themselves are still important. The modern generation is fascinated by technology, and like the oddball Arabians, seek to make their nation a center of high tech. There is a fascination with space travel, with cybernetics, with genetic engineering and transhumanism...
(Note I have made a few changes from the baseline scenario, so don't come complaining about Newfoundland not being British or something).
[1] Nazis, with a divergence a century and a half earlier? Later Stirling said something re Hitler being blond and having an eyepatch, but meh.
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Nov 2, 2012
Read 'Proof through the Night,' and I was a little disappointed by the lack of view points from the occupied Europeans, but whatever.
I'd like to ask about the fates of the various European Resistance Organizations (as well as whatever count's as 'bushmen' in the middle east) and the Janissaries left behind who would have undoubtedly fought it out to decide who now ruled the now Drakanless Europe and the Middle East. In the epilogue, 'Proof through the Night' there was a enclave in La Spezia that was taken over by the Master Sergents, and I wonder what became of them.
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Nov 5, 2012
Hey there,
There's a discussion thread going on over at
about the story. I have some notes on the state of Europe before the nuclear strikes, but after is never anything I mapped out in detail...which, of course, means it's open for someone to write.
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Oct 31, 2012
I would like to add that I seem to recall the original story having the USSR still broken up and the various rumps in Siberia, etc. being puppets for Japan and/or quarrel-pieces in the Cold War
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Oct 31, 2012
Er, no. I read the original story and the author thinks the USSR's territory would be reunited by local forces: just that they'd be too weak to play a role in the Cold War save as a puppet or a battleground.
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Nov 1, 2012
That's correct.
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Oct 31, 2012
Great-my only complaint is that the US should have control of Panama-it's stated to have such as part of it's integral territory in the series.
Also, I wouldn't be too sure about Manchuria and Mongolia being pulled out of the Japanese sphere-They were pretty well entrenched there even in OTL. In Draka-verse, where they controlled Manchuria since 1905, it would be even harder to break. Korea, I can see, though. There was ALWAYS resistance there. Taiwan would probably stay in, it almost did OTL, and with a little more time, I would call them basically assimilated (albiet with a little bit of persecution). As for Japan being pushed back by an independent China-WHAT independent China? China was basically split between the Draka and the IJA. Then the Japanese pushed the Draka out in 1945, in Through the Night. They might well have a larger part of the mainland.
Also, it's hard to tell the Japanese allies due to the color being similar to the base color, and some of the borders are too small to see-could you make this bigger?
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Oct 31, 2012
If all of China is occupied by the Japanese, then they bleed and bleed and bleed...why don't you ask the original author about the 1965 details? Or can't you see ChaserGrey's posts?
As for Panama, I changed a few things deliberately to lessen the horrible butterfly immunity the Draka TL often has. Gran Columbia is going to be harder to push around and steal territory from than our Columbia (in the books, heck, it includes south Peru as well), and the US already has Nicaragua, so they can make a Nicaragua canal instead, no?
Make the map bigger for your convenience? Sure! How do you want to pay me? Check or paypal?
Happy Halloween!
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Oct 30, 2012
I'm ChaserGrey, and I approve this message! Always bowls me over that people are interested in my little efforts, fueled by equal parts love for Naval Aviation and absolute hatred for how the Draka turned out in canon.
This is really fascinating, the kind of thing I always wanted to sit down and do, but didn't have enough confidence in my own knowledge of African and Asian history. Awesome job, dude. Some things that stick out at me:
1) Good call on the Draka Republic and the position of the Draka in general, it's pretty much what I envisioned at the end of Breaking Strain. The Draka are earning back a measure of trust, they'll be allowed more leeway for self-defense, but it'll take literally centuries before people are willing to really *accept* them again.
2) Interesting question: is the Quarantine still there? If so, what about the extraterritorial base at Venta Bellagrium (aka East London, SA)? Could be an interesting flashpoint as the new Africans states flex their muscles.
And on your note 7: What Ukrainians? After Stalin, the Nazis, and the Draka, I can very easily see there just not being enough of them *left* to form their own country. Probably also true of the other Soviet minority groups to an extent, but the Ukrainians in particular were in everybody's crosshairs.
Note 25: You read my mind on this one. As you probably guessed, the Sultanate did not long survive the events of Breaking Strain. The Sultan tried to cater to the kill-the-Draka faction with covert Japanese support, then switched horses at the last minute and tried to stop things when it became clear he might otherwise be visited by Reprisal and company. Not a very smart move. I had him penciled in for a military coup, which fits here- after all, "Republic" can cover a lot of territory...
Once again, really awesome, thanks! There's still a thread on alternatehistory.com, you might want to post a link there. I think folks would be interested.
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Oct 30, 2012
Glad you liked it! But re the destruction of the Ukranians, I'm a bit puzzled: the Draka want slaves, right? Can't have slaves if you kill everyone. Sure, they're always happy to kill 50% to persuade the other half to submit, but they're not there for the genocide, unlike the Germans. Why would there be a worse death toll from Draka occupation than from Nazi occupation? (Save incidentally, due to collapse of internal distribution networks and resulting famine...)
(Re 25, I was thinking "republic" in the sense of having a president, a political party, and regular voting for that aformentioned one legal political party
I'd imagine the base is still there: judging from OTL, the US is awfuly reluctant to abandon military bases once they have them...
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Oct 30, 2012
I was thinking that a) the Draka would be an additional winnowing down on top of the Nazis and b) while they do want slaves, by the end of the Eurasian War they expect to have more slaves than they can absorb, or not be around to worry about having slaves. The Ukraine is in the Draka's rear area during the European campaign, so I'd expect them to be...heavy handed about suppressing any problems. You can always repopulate from the Police Zone later.
Re: 25, Yeah, sounds about right. You're free to vote for anyone on the ballot...of course, there's only one guy on the ballot. But still!
On the base: That was my thought as well. Like I said, interesting flashpoint. There'll probably be a forward-deployed carrier there for at least a bit longer to keep an eye on the Draka, similar to what the US now does with Japan. In '64 _United States_ had just been relieved on that duty by _Reprisal_, and good thing too...
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I was talking to a few friends about having a rough time sticking to it, they said trying to get their money back was the best motivation, so I'm gonna try it too!
The only sucky part, you have to take a full body photo of yourself before and after, and of course a pic of what the scales read too.
So I'll be on here A LOT more for meal ideas and especially support, which you all are so great at!!! :high5:
And the first thing to do is get the pile of clothes off of the treadmill!! :hyst:
Good luck! That does sound like great motivation! As they say money talks!
I'm starting a dietbet online on Monday too, in my group the bet was $25. Sent in my official starting weight today. Let the games begin! It is no more than I have been losing, but it is intimidating to see the 4% number all at once!
My cycling team is doing a weight loss challenge, we all put $10 into the pot and the person who loses the most % wins the pot. It is great incentive!
Interesting idea! Good luck, and don't forget to post an update at the end. :)
This sounds interesting, but I admit I am a bit nervous about sending pics. The $ are sent through pay-pal which I like.
And when I get my money back, notice I said WHEN, I plan on doing another one.
yeah this actually sounds like something that can be lucrative for me... especially since I might be unemployed pretty soon!
When you say full body shot do you mean face included? Also do you really get the $ back if you lose the 4%? I guess I am confused how the sponsor makes a profit? Thanks for any info!
And 4% isn't really that much in 4 weeks.
PS - And yes, you do get your money back, plus an equal share of the pot of those that didn't get their 4%.
You could probably put a black box over your face if you want.
Thanks for the laugh!
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To ensure the icing sets, use heavy cream which contains 36% more milk fat
servings1 bowl
total time10 minutes
Ingredients1 stick unsalted butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 1/4 cup unsweetened coca powder
pinch of salt
1 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tsp instant coffee granules
2 tsp vanilla extract
PreparationMelt butter in large saucepan over medium heat
Stir in sugar, cocoa, and salt. Mixture will be thick and grainy.
Combine heavy cream, sour cream, and instant coffee in a large measuring cup, mixing until smooth.
Gradually add cream mixture to chocolate until blended and smooth. Cook until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is smooth and hot to the touch, 6-8 minutes. Do not boil.
Off the heat, add vanilla. Cool icing at room temperature until spreadable, 2-3 hours.
Icing may be chilled ahead of time and warmed in microwave until spreadable. Heat on high at 20 second intervals stirring well after each interval.
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Did they show blood being splattered? Of course not. Did they show a member of the cast being eaten? Of course they didn't!
Heck, if we're going this far, let's look at the Haunted Mansion. There are tons of screams, it is obviously alluded that the bride chops all of her husband's heads completely off, the fingers on the clock are covered in blood, there are terrifying screams coming from the doors, I could go on forever!
So my question is, what is the difference in Alien encounter and the Haunted Mansion? The answer is simple. Parents complain about DUMB things. I am a lifeguard, so I should know that parents can be quite silly about things sometimes. The haunted mansion in my opinion is even worse (but it is my favorite ride)!


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If you love musicals, you should run, don't walk to the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music this weekend for the short run of Singin' in the Rain. It's a fabulous recreation of the iconic 1952 movie that featured Gene Kelly. It's about the transition from silent to talking pictures in the late 1920s. Even if you've never seen the film, I'm bet you know Kelly's iconic splash down a movie-set street, joyously stomping in puddles and swinging from a lamppost. That's what's onstage at Corbett Auditorium — a whole stage full of tap dancers and a torrential rainfall! But it's only there through Sunday afternoon; shows at CCM seldom run more than one weekend. So if you want to see this one, call for tickets right away: 513-556-4183. There's water falling on another stage right now: The touring production of Flashdance: The Musical is at the Aronoff through Nov. 10, and its star, Jenny Mueller as the free-spirited welder who aspires to be a dancer concludes the first act with a memorable sequence where she performs at a club, culminating in a backlit shower. Mueller is a fine dancer and onstage from start to finish, but the show is full of shallow characters and too many subplots that make for slow going. Tickets: 800-982-2787. One more musical item: I gave the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park's production of Cabaret a Critic's Pick, and it's definitely worth seeing. Despite the fact that it first appeared on Broadway 50 years ago, it's still a powerful piece of theater — about intolerance and willful ignorance. But it's framed in a great story with a memorable score by John Kander and Fred Ebb (who also created Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman and more) with a new production by Broadway veteran Marcia Milgrom Dodge. Tickets: 513-421-3888. If you're in the mood for something more serious, there are plenty of choices that have received good reviews: Check out Cincinnati Shakespeare's staging of Of Mice and Men or their joint project with Xavier University of The Crucible. Tickets: 513- 381-2273, x1. And I hope you have on your radar Know Theatre's staging of Bull (which runs throughout November) by Mike Bartlett, the same playwright who wrote Cock, presented last spring. It opens tonight. Tickets: 513-300-5669.Find reviews of Flashdance, Cabaret, Of Mice and Men and The Crucible at citybeat.com.
The Crucible (Review)
Collaboration between Cincy Shakes and Xavier is a powerful production of a timeless story
Stacy Sims
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 30, 2013
It was a perfect storm when Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Xavier University decided to collaborate on Arthur Miller's The Crucible.
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The Cincinnati Playhouse's production of Cabaret is a must-see for anyone who is a fan of musicals. (CityBeat review here.) Kander and Ebb's Tony Award winner from the late '60s has been brought to the main stage with inventive verve by veteran Broadway choreographer and director Marsha Milgrom Dodge. Sure, it's set in 1929 Berlin, populated by amoral entertainers and Nazis rising to power. But its scrutiny of prejudice and bigotry in the context of jaunty, thoughtless entertainment is a fascinating way to bring attention to topics that are timeless. Dodge has assembled a cast of triple-threats (who can sing, act and dance), given them choreography rooted in the 1920s, costumed them in period clothing (and some clever get-ups for the cabaret routines) and set them spinning on a stage arrayed with Expressionist imagery. It's a winning combination. Cabaret just opened on Thursday evening; you have until Nov. 16 to catch it, but it's likely to be a hot ticket, so this is a good weekend to head to Mount Adams. The other choice at the Playhouse, Seven Spots on the Sun, is in its final weekend on the Shelterhouse stage. It's a powerful drama set in a Latin American nation, torn asunder by civil war. Serious theatergoers have been giving this one a thumbs-up. Tickets: 513-421-3888. Cincinnati Shakespeare hasn't gotten around to any Shakespeare plays yet this season, but no one's complaining. Last weekend they opened a moving production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, featuring top-notch performances by Jeremy Dubin and Jim Hopkins as a pair of Depression Era migrant works who have to stay one step ahead of trouble because man-child Lennie (Hopkins) doesn't know his own strength and has emotions that are seldom reined in. Great acting, worth seeing. (CityBeat review here.) Through Nov. 10. Tickets: 513-381-2273, x1. Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati finishes its run of Gina Gionfriddo's Rapture, Blister, Burn this weekend, hot from Broadway in its regional premiere. (CityBeat review here.) A story about modern women and what satisfies — and dissatisfies — them. Three generations end up debating choices made: It's both entertaining and thought-provoking, a showcase of excellent local actors. Through Sunday. Tickets: 513-421-3555. As Halloween draws closer, you might want to check out a show or two inspired by the "season." Dracula at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts (tickets: 513-241-6550) tells the familiar tale of the legendary vampire. (CityBeat review here.) Slasher at Falcon Theatre (Monmouth Theatre in Newport; tickets 513-479-6783) is a tongue-in-cheek piece that originated a few years back at the Humana Festival in Louisvile. It's about people making a horror flick and how it affects their lives. Lots of humor, but some thoughtful moments, too.
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Stage Door: Choices, Choices
My best recommendation for this weekend is Ensemble Theatre's staging of Gina Gionfriddo's Rapture, Blister, Burn. This is an ultra-natural piece of writing with several generations of women arguing and contesting over the ways women should behave. (CityBeat review here.) It's focused on two women, once friends, one married to the other's ex college boyfriend. It's years later and neither woman is very happy with her present life. How that plays out will keep you engaged from start to finish. Some exceptional acting, with strong direction by D. Lynn Meyers. Tickets: 513-421-3555. The Playhouse's world premiere of Martín Zimmerman's Seven Spots on the Sun is a powerful drama that engages all your senses as well as your imagination. The products of a devastating civil war in Central America are played out in painfully personal ways. Potent script, strong performances make this a show worth seeing. (CityBeat review here.) This weekend at the Playhouse also offers a series of previews (hence, more affordable tickets) of Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, a show that's been around for a long time — but still has a saucy kick that makes it feel very in the moment. Playhouse box office: 513-421-3888. Need to starting getting into a Halloween state of mind? Covedale Center opened a production of Dracula on Thursday (it's onstage through Nov. 10) for you to sink your teeth into. Or vice versa. Tickets: 513-241-6550. Cincinnati Shakespeare kicks off its production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men this evening. It's a tale of friendship in the midst of the Great Depression, two men who are migrant workers, often staying one step beyond serious trouble caused by oafish Lennie. Cincy Shakes' regular Jim Hopkins plays the simple-minded giant who's protected by the pragmatic George, brought to life by veteran Jeremy Dubin. It's a thoughtful, sad story. Opens Friday evening, continues through Nov. 10. Tickets: 513-381-2273, x1. Speaking of Cincinnati Shakespeare, the company is involved in bringing National Theatre Live broadcasts from London to Cincinnati. If these screenings generate any profits, Cincy Shakes will get some financial benefit. So assemble a group and head to Springdale 18's Cinema de Luxe on Sunday evening at 7 p.m. You'll see a powerful performance of Othello featuring Adrian Lester (an Olivier Award winner) as the title character and Rory Kinnear (featured in a couple of recent James Bond films) as the manipulative Iago. Here's a link to buy tickets, $19 in general, $15 for seniors and students. Take a kid to see a show and you're likely to create a lifetime theater lover. That's what happened to me when my grandfather took me to see the musical Brigadoon. So you can give this theory a try this weekend as the Children's Theatre of Cincinnati opens its 89th mainstage season with Annie JR. at the Taft Theatre. It's a shortened version of the Broadway hit about a spunky orphan who charms everyone (and which happens to be back on Broadway this fall in a full-length production). Public performances today, tomorrow and Sunday. Tickets: 800-745-3000.
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Rick Pender
0 Comments · Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is partnering with the theater program at Xavier University to stage Arthur Miller's The Crucible. (Oct. 25- Nov. 3; tickets are $15-$30; 513-745-3939.) This came about because Stephen Skiles, who heads XU's theater program, is friends with Brian Isaac Phillips, CSC's artistic director. Skiles was an acting intern at the Cincinnati Playhouse 16 years ago when Phillips was recruited to fill out a cast.
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Stage Door: Memory Lane
Perhaps this weekend you want to take a last-chance trip down Memory Lane. You have that option as the Showboat Majestic is wrapping up its production of Showboat Follies, the final show that Cincinnati Landmark Productions will stage on the historic vessel. It's a revue of songs and skits that should be fun if not profound, but if you go (final performance is Sunday), you'll be able to tell you foriends that you were among the last to visit this nostalgic Cincinnati venue. (Unless the City of Cincinnati finds another operator — which they've been seeking with no success.) Tickets: 513-241-6550. This weekend also offers the final performances of Oliver Twist at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. It's a tale of crime and child abuse from the Victorian era, and not terribly chipper — think A Christmas Carol without any holiday spirits. But as always with Cincy Shakes, there's some fine acting — and they've added some musical elements that keep things interest, too. Through Sunday. Tickets: 513-381-2273, x1. The most engaging theater onstage right now (and sticking around until Oct. 4) is Fly at the Cincinnati Playhouse. It's a creative portrait of four aspiring African Americans striving to be Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. The challenges they faced — prejudice, rigorous training and life-threatening aerial combat — not only made them pioneers who addressed civil rights issues decades before the rest of America, it made them heroes, too. Making this production all the more interesting is a modern tap dancer who "underscores" many of the scenes with movement and rhythm. I suspect you've never seen anything quite like this. Tickets: 513-241-3888. If you're a movie fan I suspect you've seen Carrie (based on Stephen King's novel about a bullied girl who unleashed her telekinetic powers) and Ghost (about a guy who's murdered but comes back with the help of a crazy psychic to save the lover he's lost). They've both been turned into unmemorable musicals that are onstage locally for you to see. I've seen them both, and I'm sorry to say that — despite some fine voices (in Carrie at the Carnegie, presented by Showbiz Players) and a lot of video and special effects (a touring production of Ghost at the Aronoff Center) — I believe you might be better off to pull out your DVD of either film to watch. I haven't seen it, but I'm intrigued by Northern Kentucky University's production of Moby Dick Rehearsed. Herman Melville's great American novel is brought to life onstage when a company of Shakespearean actors stop rehearsing King Lear and consider a new play drawn from the tale of the Great White Whale. Theater elements become aspects of the Pequod as the crew is lashed along in Captain Ahab's obsessive hunt for the beast that took his leg. Through Oct. 6. Tickets: 859-572-5464.
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Stage Door: Back in Business
Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati is typically the first professional theater in town to start the season, and that's the case for 2013 with Other Desert Cities that opened a week ago. You can read my review; I really appreciated the powerhouse cast performing the show. That led me to give Jon Robin Baitz's provocative family drama about strife between generations a "Critic's Pick." (It's onstage through Sept. 22.) A tip option for seats is an added 7 p.m. performance on that final Sunday. If you enjoy ETC's productions of fresh new plays, you owe a debt of gratitude to its founding supporters. Longtime friends Ruth Sawyer and Murph Mahler got the ball rolling back in 1987 and faithfully guided the company for two decades, sustaining the company financially, artistically and spiritually. Mahler passed away in 2009 and Sawyer earlier this year, so ETC is commemorating their dedication with a special free event this Sunday evening at 7 p.m. The program will offer songs and stories performed by some of ETC's best artists. Seating is limited, so you need to RSVP: 513-421-3555.I attended the opening of the Cincinnati Playhouse's 2013-2014 season last evening. Fly is a heart-grabbing piece of history, the story of four Tuskegee Airmen, some of those bold African Americans who overcame prejudice in the 1940s by joining the Army Air Corps and serving America valiantly during World War II. The show is imaginatively presented, using a modern tap dancer to punctuate the storytelling. There's plenty of excitement, conveyed with video and sound — but mostly with some excellent acting. The full-house audience, which included four veterans of the training program, responded warmly. Through Oct. 5. Tickets: 513-421-3888. Cincinnati Shakespeare's Oliver Twist is a stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' dark 1838 novel about crime and child abuse in Victorian London (CityBeat review here). It's a grim drama, definitely not the chipper rendition you might recall if you've seen the musical Oliver! Cincy Shakes' acting company rises to the task, but I suspect you'll leave the theater glad you weren't a child — or an adult — in that era. Through Sept. 29. 513-381-2273. A few years back a play was commissioned about Cincinnati as A City of Immigrants. It's a fine piece of theater about the place we call home and how it's rooted in people who came here from elsewhere. It gets presented periodically, including tonight (Friday) at 6 p.m. at the Freedom Center, 30 East Freedom Way on the Banks. (Doors open at 5:30.) There's no charge for admission; it's definitely worth seeing. The event is to mark the kickoff of the local celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Oliver Twist (Review)
Cincinnati Shakespeare's remake of a classic generally "well-cured"
Stacy Sims
1 Comment · Monday, September 9, 2013
Michael Evan Haney, an associate artist at the Cincinnati Playhouse ably directs Neil Bartlett adaptation of Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens' classic orphan tale. While it features several songs, it's definitely not the jaunty 1960 musical Oliver!
Fall Arts Preview
A Flavor for Every Taste
Rick Pender
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Here are three categories designed to satisfy different tastes: theatergoers who love musicals, those who yearn for the classics and anyone with a taste for new plays. Since this is CityBeat's fall preview, these are shows you can catch before the holidays.
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Stage Door: Comedies and Classics
Summer is flying by, or so it seems. This is the final weekend for you to see Cincinnati Shakespeare's production of The 39 Steps (CityBeat review here), a satiric adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1935 film of espionage and intrigue. Making it all the more amusing is the fact that the story is performed by four actors, two of whom play most of the citizens of London and beyond, using a lot of quick changes and quick thinking. It's a very entertaining evening of tomfoolery, featuring four of Cincy Shakes' most talented comedic actors. Your last chances to see the show are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. 513-381-2273.Another entertaining production is Lauren Gunderson's very new play, Toil and Trouble (CityBeat review here), at Know Theatre. It's a comedy about contemporary slackers trying to make a quick buck that's got a very Shakespearean ring to it — Macbeth, to be precise. The humor presses a bit too hard at moments, but if you go to have a good time, you'll definitely find one. Instead of warriors and kings vying for the throne, this one focuses on 30-year-olds trying to strike it rich without working too hard — but the echoes of the Elizabethan tragedy can't be missed. There's a steady stream of sports talk, too, making comparisons between baseball and life. It's a strange brew, but plenty of laughs. Through Aug. 24. Tickets: 513-300-5669. Musicals are always popular, but for some reason they seem especially attractive fare in the summer months. So we can say thanks to the Carnegie in Covington for serving up a tasty one, Kander and Ebb's Chicago, an all-time Broadway favorite. This production — the sexy, salacious tale of murderous women in Chicago in the 1920s — features choreography by Broadway veteran and Cincinnati native David Baum in his local professional debut. Word has it that he's put together some of the most inventive choreography seen on local stages in a long time. The production opens on Saturday evening (7:30 p.m.) and repeats on Sunday (3 p.m.). It continues for two more weekends, through Aug. 25. 859-957-1940. Also onstage this weekend (and running through Aug. 25) is Woody Allen's hit Broadway comedy, Don't Drink the Water. Amusingly, it's on board the Showboat Majestic (where you definitely don't want to drink the water) — but it's a humorous tale of tourists caught in an American embassy behind the Iron Curtain. Lightweight entertainment, but a lot of fun. 513-241-6550.
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Bruce Wayne Looney, 37, who was out on bond, was scheduled to be sentenced in 30th District Court on Friday morning for possession of a controlled substance, penalty group 1, over 1 gram under 4 grams, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Looney completed a half plea of guilty at an earlier court date in connection with an assault that occurred about 2:30 p.m. June 2. Looney went to a man's home in the 1900 block of Tilden and beat him with a metal pipe that had black electrical tape at the bottom used as a grip, reports stated.
Looney encountered the victim about 45 minutes before the incident while riding by the victim's home on his motorcycle. Looney told the man his name was Bubba Looney and he would be back.
Looney and several other men and woman approached the victim and beat him, according to the affidavit. The victim's head was bleeding when officers arrived.
Looney has several prior convictions, including criminal trespass, driving while intoxicated, theft over $1,500, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, criminal nonsupport and possession of a controlled substance, according to Public Data.
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Is it just me or is anyone else completely freaked out that it is already almost September. It's impossible to believe that kids are heading back to school and it is about time to start planning for the holidays.
It's been a crazy few months at TPG worldwide for so many reasons. I have been working events and then hopping on planes to places all over the country to teach conventions, attend seminars, arrange parties and TV segments.
Here are a bunch of hip ways that you can entertain on a budget.
Go Outside Your Comfort Zone
If you aren't in the mood to have a party in your space, why not look into renting a studio, loft or gallery space in your area? Ask around and see who is looking to rent out their space in exchange for a great bash. Your guests will be thrilled for a change of scenery and excited to be in a cool, creative space. Utilize the lighting and sleek, modern architecture to create a unique environment.
Get Personal
Place card holders should be fun and festive enough to glam up the table while also letting guests know where they will be sitting. Instead of spending money on gifts for your guests, why not let them take their place setting home? It's personalized and unique to them. Maybe include seeds they can plant at home, so they're taking away a memory which will last longer than a boring paper place holder.
Be Healthy… Drink Tea!
Tea has gotten a big boost in the media lately for all of its healthy antioxidants. But it is also easy to make and a really inexpensive addition to your bar menu. Get creative with options like Sweet Tea with Rum and Funky Tea-ni's that will get your buzz on.
Create Edible Centerpieces
Individual sweets on a pedestal in the middle of each table double as decor and dessert. Example: Picture candy apples dipped in caramel or chocolate and then individually wrapped in cello with beautiful ribbon and nested among evergreen sprigs.
The bottom line? Do something different. If you always serve beer and wine, try creating a new cocktail or some other fabulous specialties. Get inspiration from ezines like this, blogs and friends. Mix it up a little but most importantly! Have fun.
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I don't even know how to hype Spintires. It's a fun game, but trying to explain it to anyone... "It's an offroad sim... you drive Russian trucks through the Russian countryside... there's lots of mud... sometimes you haul logs. It's awesome." By the strict description of the game, and hell, even trailers, it defies logic that this game would be entertaining.
And yet the other night I spent a few hours trying to get a load of lumber from point A to point B and loved every minute of it. At one point I managed to get my truck wedged between two trees. Unable to free myself, I went and got a different truck, and attempted to push my first truck free. Then the second truck got stuck.
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After a lot of trial and error, and some crafty winch work, I managed to free the first truck and continue on my way, incredibly proud of my accomplishment. If I had been stuck in the mud for an hour in real life, I'd probably be pretty irritated. But being stuck in the mud for an hour in Spintires was fun. Weird.
I remember seeing this game when it was on Kickstarter... I didn't back it because it really didn't seem like my kinds of game. However when it launched this week and shot to number one on Steam for a few days, it caught my attention. I read a lot of positive things about it, and decided to just give it a shot. I'm glad I did.
It's a very raw, open-ended game. The map I was playing, for instance, didn't even outright tell me to deliver lumber. There just happened to be a lumber mill on my map, and I made my way there. How I I did so was limited only by my sense of exploration and the fuel in my tank. Otherwise, I was free to drive to my heart's content. It's like DayZ, in a way. The game presents you with a simulation, and how you choose to play within it is entirely up to you.
But getting from point A to point B is by no means a simple task. Not only must you contend with mud and water and trees, but also be wary of the damage your truck takes, and how much fuel you're burning. Then there's a hardcore mode to make it even more difficult.
You can truck alone or you can truck with friends. The game's coop mode allows multiple players per map, so you help eachother out when you inevitably get stuck in the mud.
The website also appears to offer a tech demo if you want to check it out... I'm not sure what content it contains, but I imagine it would at least give you a glimpse of the game's fantastic/entertaining mud physics.


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232M Sandstalker
The Sandstalker 232M has been on my build list for a while. It was the inspiration for the 250/9 I built last year and I kind-of consider that one practice for how the 232M gets built.
King Krote
The King Krote was an instant hit with MaK fans when it appeared in Model Graphix. It's big, looks like a big Krote, has big missile tubs on the side, has a big engine, is pretty good size and towers above the suits. So, the take-away is, the KK is large. And damn cool looking. There have been two garage manufactures of the King Kote in 1/20 . Project M and Rainbow Egg. Having built a Rainbow Egg GrosserHund before, I knew the quality of the KK would be high and a fairly straightforward build.
Glühkäfer Build Diary
This is a fun little kit bash project. The concept is inspired by one of the Junk Tank Rock designs The Viper. I loved the concept and decided to build something similar but with the kits I have on hand. The main fuselage is of course a 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109 the wheels and transmission are from a couple different 1/35 armored car kits.
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Kadant Inc. (NYSE:KAI) announced today that its board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $30 million of its equity securities effective November 6, 2011 through November 6, 2012. Repurchases may be made in public or private transactions, including under Securities Exchange Act Rule 10b-5-1 trading plans. The timing and amount of any repurchases will be at the discretion of Company management and will be based on market conditions and other considerations, including limitations contained in our credit agreement entered into on February 13, 2008. Through October 26, 2011, under the existing $20 million authorization that will expire on November 5, 2011, the Company has repurchased 429,715 shares of its common stock for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $9.4 million.
Kadant Inc. is a leading supplier to the global pulp and paper industry. Our stock-preparation, fluid-handling, doctoring, and water-management equipment and systems are designed to increase efficiency and improve quality in pulp and paper production. Many of our products, particularly in our fluid-handling product line, are also used to optimize production in other process industries. In addition, we produce granules from papermaking byproducts for agricultural and lawn and garden applications. Kadant is based in Westford, Massachusetts, with revenues of $270 million in 2010 and 1,600 employees in 16 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.kadant.com.
The following constitutes a "Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including forward-looking statements regarding any plans to repurchase our equity securities. Our actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those set forth under the heading "Risk Factors" in Kadant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2011. These include risks and uncertainties relating to our dependence on the pulp and paper industry; significance of sales and operation of manufacturing facilities in China; our ability to expand capacity in China to meet demand; commodity and component price increases or shortages; international sales and operations; competition; soundness of suppliers and customers; our effective tax rate; future restructurings; soundness of financial institutions; our debt obligations; restrictions in our credit agreement; litigation and warranty costs related to our discontinued operation and the court approval of the recently filed settlement; our acquisition strategy; protection of patents and proprietary rights; fluctuations in our share price; and anti-takeover provisions. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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Practical Science on Movement and Pain
Practical Science on Movement and Pain
very interesting point! actually, I don't remember a similar experience, but I guess your post will make me more aware of it happening
I love watching my child do something and then giving it a go myself, great way to learn all those deeply buried movement patterns and most of all … fun! Thanks for the ongoing great posts and looking forward to more in the following new year
yup, i experienced almost the same thing. last winter, 1.5 yrs. post-op from a total hip replacement (old rugby injury) i attended a 3-day Change Your Age teacher training program. the first day after we played with some short, clear movement lessons that developed the capacity to land efficiently and use ground forces effectively, like this:
we did a quick short lesson where we jumped up and eventually did a 360' rotation….i flew and landed effortlessly….it really amazed me and felt so fluid and free…they caught it on video here, i'm the one in the upper left corner gettin some air:
i had not attempted any kind of jump or hopping up to that point in my rehab. i so impressed, amazed really, with the lightness quality my movement and the springiness in my step and overall agility, something that had been lacking in my system for years while being injured and having to compensate for the dysfunction. i was surprised how quickly my was brain disinhibited and the autonomic effects of just increased bubbling vitality. looking back at that event in retrospect, i think i quickly learned to shut of the limbic-level regulator that was inhibiting my jumping ability…really cool feeling, and something that i continue to this day 10 months later.
there's lots of good research describing our brain's ability to predict impact forces and change muscle tonus "mid-flight" nowdays…like this excellent post about the latest barefoot running research and impact forces :
jump on up and clap yo hands, oh yeah!
Great post Todd! I had been doing similar movements during my workouts and seriously wondered why my knees didn't hurt. I called it the comic book landing. Glad to see I wasn't crazy to think or do it for that matter. I'll be linking back on my blog.
What you've said makes perfect sense to me. Trager asked the question long ago: Who can land the lightest? Then he built a career in bodywork.
I started off jumping in the manner you did and found that my body was more interested in protecting my low back than my knees. I no longer have low back pain, but this showed me the defenses are still there. I decided to back off and take a gradual approach.
I joined a climbing gym here in nashville about a year ago. I experienced the exact same feeling along with the endless amounts of physical advantages it has provided to me. Most notably when I am jumping off the tops of the bouldering problems. I recomend this to anyone having doubts about their ability to obsorb the falls because there are pads underneath you. Even with the pads there is a significant difference if you put your hands into action. Plus climbing is the most fun I have had since the Jean Claude Van Damme movie marathons I had with the super hot girl that babyat me.
Reminds me a lot of Scott Sonnons work.He is the writhing snakehead of a marketing machine now but if you can ignore all that and the "I'm a commando" stuff,his approach to movement in the context of his fear/reactivity writings is well worth looking at.
Hah, funny thing, I was about to point out the same thing as Rod. Scott likes to make everything sound really Whiz-Bang, but his basic point is that if you're scared to do a movement, even though your body is capable, your mind will shut you down, so you forget that you even can.
So it really makes sense that you'd have generally higher performance after facing a fear–you were probably subconsciously acting to protect yourself from pain that wasn't really there. Once you felt safe, you regained what was already yours.
fascinating! i've struggled with a lot of aches and pains in various parts of my body over the last few years and it's made me so fearful to move my body quickly. your post is making me think that perhaps i've gotten myself overly cautious. i actually cringe when i see folks at the gym jumping up and down from these platforms!
maybe i can try some little baby jumps! i am 55 and overweight so some caution is in order i think.
Todd – Great article. In the past year I've been teaching myself how to run differently, learning to use the forefoot as my 'spring-board', observing many others while they ran too. The idea of keeping your weight forward both in running and jumping has a way of utilizing the stored up energy in the calves that makes the two very enjoyable, as opposed to landing vertical (whether in jumping, running, or even going up/down stairs or hills). I've started teaching some of my clients to do mellow jumping on the forefoot, kind of like what Dwight eluded to earlier, as a way of revving up their own engines…and the feedback has been very positive.
And this is also related to the very first lesson in the 'Awareness through Movement' book "What is good posture". Moving your head forward, while your pelvis is moving backwards. The necessary counter-balance to make easy, low-effort sit-to-stand-to-sit movements also is used for jumping and landing those jumps with pleasure as opposed to pain.
Three years ago when I was first acquanted with my now step-son, he was 7yo and we'd go to the beach, and I would watch while he jumped from boulder to boulder. I quickly put my fears aside as I watched how well he landed on each boulder, his head almost coming to his hands, but always in control. A great teacher!
Hi…..suppose the moments passed but here goes anyhow! Really enjoyed that little story. Maybe oneday, we'll have gyms, etc, that are like adult playgrounds. I've spent a night just hopping from topic to topic via various websites (started with an article on fascia and connective tissue) and happily found myself at Better Movements! Took my dog for a walk and (ironically, she's got a touch of arthritis) but as she was chilling I took the time on a beautiful evening to play, play with a few jump squats, sprints, climbed a tree in the park, etc, just running around with that free spirit in some long grassed park in South Africa, and it made my body remember itself from long ago….everything was working and alive! Here's to jumping off walls like a crazy kid!!!Thanks James
Too right there. I love your conclusions by the way; that pain and weakness at a joint often result from the brain's opinion that the joint needs to be protected….that's something i think more clinican's need to understand. Instead of just treating the joint, thinking of why the brain think's that, and get onto removing that, aka coordination/motor control (with jumps being towards the later end of that training progressions). Thanks


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Get the Look: Scientific Interiors
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Whether you're a doctor or biologist by trade or just have a sideline obsession with all things scientific, there's definitely a place for adding scientific touches to your home. I love the look of antique high-school biology charts myself, and have used them for wall décor in the past. I also have friends that can't get enough of the stark, streamlined looks of medical office lights.
For a look at some of my fave scientific interiors finds, just read more.
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jossfan23 6 years
i'm in love with the brain plate! not surprisingly, i'm a cognitive neuroscientist. i also like the medicine cabinets!
designergirl 6 years
It would be so funny to eat brains on a brain plate. I love beakers and test tubes in the home.
designergirl 6 years
It would be so funny to eat brains on a brain plate. I love beakers and test tubes in the home.
flowidme 6 years
i do not like that brain plate.....
tdamji 6 years
i like the vintage medical cabinets and the beakers. i could see myself with those in my place.
bluesarahlou 6 years
I'm the same as Julie (but I'm a Microbiologist :) )...I love to incorporate glassware into my home. I have a few flasks (just like the one in the picture) that I use as vases.
gildthatlily 6 years
This surplus science supplies website has the best stuff: http://www.sciplus.com/category.cfm/subsection/1
julieulie 6 years
I'm a chemist, which naturally makes me a little nerdy, and I LOVE science influenced things for the home. You'd think I'd get sick of test tubes and beakers, but I think it's so much fun to take something practical and turn it into art. I have a fabulous spice rack at home that consists of test tubes in a test tube rack, and I am contemplating sneaking home a flask to use as a vase the next time we get in a new shipment of glassware. However, I'm engaged to a doctor, and he hates having to think about anything science/medical related when he's not in the hospital, so he does not appreciate my love for incorporating chemistry into our home.
Lovely_1 6 years
Yea...not for me...
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Yea...not for me...
katedavis 6 years
Oooh! I love science. Here are some more science inspired decorating pieces: Chemistry Flask Light: http://teamsugar.com/user/katedavis/casacravings/983555 This slide light reminds me of an x-ray light box: http://teamsugar.com/user/katedavis/casacravings/983557 Clio-home.com sells chemistry beakers and flasks that are etched with flowers, but they don't have them on their website. :( I'm not exactly into DNA art but it's out there and it's definitely science related: http://teamsugar.com/user/katedavis/casacravings/983556
aimeeb 6 years
That eye made me laugh... :rotfl:
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That eye made me laugh... :rotfl:
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This popular event is back for another exciting day filled with the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of Christmas.
Every Friday & SaturdayAn amazing tour of the Drive's Little Italy restaurants, cafe's, delis, and bakeries. This 2.5 hour walking tour captures the flavours of authentic Italian Cuisine. Experience 10 most popular locations! Only $49! Mangia! Mangia!
Welcome to the "parklet," a relatively new creature tucked into the urban landscape.
What do you do with your food waste?
Metro Vancouver's food waste disposal ban begins in 2015
In addition to a wealth of heritage homes, Commercial Drive has Vancouver's second-largest inventory of heritage commercial buildings — great for location filming!
New Business?
Be sure to contact us for your free business listing so customers can find you on our map of the Drive. There's lots of benefits to belonging.
Opened a B&B?
Let us know and we'll include your free listing under B&Bs Near the Drive.
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