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Anyone out there have what it takes to grow mushrooms and would be willing to share spore and information on how to grow ?
I have wanted to grow mushrooms for forever but havent a clue what I need or need to do.
Looking forward ( hopefully) to hearing from someone who does.
Hi Signet
I don't have any mushroom spawn but I do have the know how. I used to work in a fungal mycology lab and I have the series of books put out by Paul Stamets which are the best on the topic. Do you know what species you would like to try growing? Would you rather use a prepared bed of woodchips, grass clippings etc. or use some old logs that you could inoculate with plug spawn? There are different methods for different species but using an old stump or log and plug spawn is probably the best method to get a good return of fruiting mushrooms.
If I get my act in gear I could always come to the garden swap and bring a book for you to look at. I have still to get my seedlings started so not much to trade other than Hoya cuttings right now.
Here is a link that might be useful: Fungi perfect and Paul Stamets
I have shaggy mane mushrooms, mainly in the late summer and fall. Check out the link below. I can give you some starter liquid that is poured on the ground. They are inky cap mushrooms, so the starter is a liquid and they grow well on disturbed ground and wood chips. They are not recommended eating with alcohol, however.
Here are some info links:
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Common garden plants which provide splendid fragrance
I've tried to fill my gardens with a wide variety of plants and as many plants that provide pleasant fragrance. Enough fragrance so that when I walk down my garden paths I don't have to bend over and stick my nose into the plants.
Here is a photo of spring in one of my gardens. That variegated iris has a WONDERFUL scent of grape koolaid or grape crush soda. In addition, I have a large variety of peonies and they really provide a lot of fragrance.
This is a photo of Dancing Butterflies (peony) which has a wonderful sweet fragrance. It is a wonderful peony which holds up for a long time.
Here are several more of my peonies which really tantalize ones olfactory.
BUT...my very favorite time walking through my gardens or sitting on the deck is when my lilies are blooming. I have a couple hundred different varieties and WHOA baby does my yard smell fantastic when they begin blooming. Here are a few in this photo.
Another photo of my lilies.
And...lastly I can not forget my roses. They really put on the best show in Sept up through freeze in October. Here is a photo of one of my very favorite roses called Dreaming Spires on the left side of the photo. This rose is a beautiful yellowish rose that has peach tones infused withing the petals and has a fruity with a tinge of spice fragrance. Absolutely stunning.
What do the rest of you have in your gardens that you HAVE to have, to allow you a little heady scent while you are relaxing in your yard?
What an Eden you've created! Stunning! 400 kinds of lilies! You must be at least a little bit mad! Your special Irises, Lilies and Peonies don't sound like common garden plants.
When I think of North Dakota, I imagine blizzards and hot dusty summers. I've been corrected, thank you.
If I could have but a single fragrant species, it would be
Tabernaemontana holsti (Pachysihon holsi) in the Apocynaceae. The fragrance is truely special being strong and sweet but with more notes, for which I lack words. It has large spiraling flowers that are striking, and even flower buds are attractive. It is a shrub or small tree from Uganda. I have seen a plant said to be the same species in Thailand. The one I have has wider more open flowers, so to my eye more beautiful.
In S. FL it blooms ca. 8-9 months. The flowers are short lived but sequential. Not common. I propaged mine from a tree in the Kampong in Coral Cables. It took three tries for a cutting to finaling root under mist!
For a Very Common garden plant I like 4'Clocks. The fragrance is sweet and again complex. The fragrance begs to be deeply inhnaled. It grows well in tropical and temperate areas, and self seeds, but I have not heard that it is invasive in natural vegetation.
I have a special 4'oclock memory. I am a child sitting in front of the tv after school. My mother comes home from work and kisses me. I feel her cold check, the ticking fur coat collar, and the fragrance of 4'Oclocks!
Happy Sniffing.
Thank you for the nice comments. I went out and did a little reading about Tabernaemontana holsti (Pachysihon holsi) it sounds like a fantastic plant that would do very well in my greenhouse. I have to watch for this one. The only place I could find it was Tropical 9 and they did not even have it for sale. You are fortunate to have propagated yours.
4'Clocks were something that we grew up with on the farm too. My parents always made me collect a jar full of seeds for the next season. I don't remember smelling them and have not grown them since. I will have to grow a few plants now. :) aaahhh your 4'clock memory is endearing.
ND does have it's fair share of blizzards and usually our summers are hot and DRY. The dryness is the worst part.
Have a great weekend...and if you ever see Tabernaemontana holsti (Pachysihon holsi) on sale somewhere...please let me know.
ladylotus, gardino has it. I want it too ;)
And I love your peonies! So pretty! I wish I could grow them :)
Oh my God ! That is spectacular!
You know, I may not have a yard as big as that or that many plants with that many fragrances, but I have a 4 fragrances that come from the same plant!
In the spring it smells of green grass, the summer it smells of hay, then in the fall is smells of dried grass, and then in the winter it smells of rot! lol
Any way, I wish I could take a stroll through your yard! I have always just wanted to park my but somewhere among such beauty on a park bench and read a good novel with the sounds of birds and sweet fragrances that fill the air! I will even bet that you see humming birds too, right?
I must agree with you on the Lilies. I have dozens of them in one area, actually surrounding the whole perimeter of my yard and when they are in bloom, wow, they will knock the socks off anyones feet. I actually have neighbors that come here to just sit and breath.
Funny thing that you brought this up. Most of us here have lots of fragrant houseplants and it seems to carry over to the ones we keep outside too. I will not plant a thing in my yard unless it has a fragrance.
A couple of my most splendid plants if you do not already have them are....
The fragrant Azalea "Viscosum' and the 'Vibernums'...Oh my God are they nice! I have 5 of each. I have Magnoila trees and Honeysuckle.
I also have Peonies, Aster, Sweet Wood Drift, and Liliacs. Must I go on?lol
Ok, I can not go back and check my spelling because time fleeted by, but I am fun I spent some time with you on this subject.
If you could let me know where you got that Rose you speak of, I would love to get one. It sounds so nice!
Have a great day.
Ladylotus et al.
I have grown two holstii. One was put in an unirrigated yard underneath an oak canopy. It slowly died and never flowered. The other one was (is) in a pot and I repotted every once in a while as it grew. It is under the same oak canopy and has flowered from early on. It is now in a very big pot and has a new beautiful big fragrant flower today. The flower is too high for me to smell directly! Fortunately, the branches are flexable so can be bent down to enable smelling.
MeyerMike your Eden sounds most appealing! Fragrant plants are also the only thing I buy now. I have mangoes and other fruit trees, not all of which actually bear fruit. I also have a big patch of flowering plants (mostly Verbescina virginiana, Ruellia tweedyi, goldenrod and Tecoma stans) for solitary bees and butterfies. The verbescina is a native of the southeast called frost weed. My frost weeds are seven feet tall often teem wih butterflies. It pop's up all over the yard from runners
I recently took out a lychee tree, whose fruit I love, because it would not produce and was slowly dying. I will put fragrant plants or plant there. I am thinking of an orange champaca. I am a little worried that its fragrance may be too dominant, especially after its big. You all probably know that it is a temple plant for Hindus. I like temple plants many of which are fragrant familiar. Fragrant temple plants would be a good thread, right?
I am probably going to do some gardening in northern GA where it is very hot and humid for many months. Do you think these big lilies can withstand the heat and humidity?
Happy Sniffing
Wow! Ladylotus your garden is absolutely stunning and worthy of being featured in a garden mag!
Do you like Mock Oranges? I have a Philadelphus 'Snowbelle' which I absolutely adore when it blooms. I love the scent. If you sited it in a protected spot I think it would do fine.
Mike - Actually, I do agree with you about grass. It sure is wonderful when I cut grass and that smell wafts through my open windows. Now, it is a good thing it is too cold to open my windows in the winter...rot? ha ha
I do get a few hummingbirds in the spring and fall migration but I don't see them mid summer. I sure wish they would stay around. I feed birds and have a large variety. My favorite are the birds that eat the grape jelly I put out. I have several different orioles and a catbird that loves the jelly. It is fun watching the wildlife here.
I wish I could grow Azaleas or Magnolias here. Our soil is not acidic enough and they generally wither away no matter how much acid fertilizer I put on them. But I bet they must be magnificent in your yard.
I purchased Bloomerang Lilac and have been taking cuttings so that I can surround a garden right under my bedroom window with them. This lilac is supposed to bloom all garden season long. I hope that is accurate and they have a nice strong scent, as I'm ripping out about 50 rugosa roses and will be replacing them with my Bloomerang cuttings. The roses just did not form a nice hidden/secret garden like I was trying to acquire and did not produce enough scent.
I got the Dreaming Spires rose from Pickering in Canada. I LOVE it. In fact this was one that the owner at Pickerings suggested I get.
Orchidbee - Thank you for the information on your holstii it sounds to me like they will do very well in a pot. That is perfect for me as I would have to grow it in my greenhouse. I am going to wait until spring to get one just so that it has a good start in my greenhouse before the weather cools down.
The orange champaca you mention sounds wonderful. I wish I could grow something like that out in my gardens. You really have some neat plants you mention. I love looking them up and reading about their growing requirements.
I do believe the lilies can withstand the heat and humidity. The only thing I can think of is that the humidity will really intensify the smell. We don't have humidity very often but we had a lot of flooding this year which created a LOT of humidity and there were times with all the lilies I have that the smell was actually overpowering and just hung in the air. You could grow a lot of the oriental lilies and trumpet lilies which are very fragrant and are borderline hardy in our area.
Robert - oh yeah!!! Mock Orange trees really do have a wonderful scent. I have one called Blizzard which really does smell awesome. I really like the look of Philadelphus 'Snowbelle' I may have to purchase that one for a spot right by my patio.
Thank you all for your very kind comments.
Ladylotus, thank you for the beautiful photos! Will you give us a run-down of your favorite lilies, either here or in a separate post? I have just become interested in fragrant Lilium and would like to learn more! :-)
Thank you,
Mrao - Thank you for the nice comments. I did get a little carried away with my gardens. I have large gardens and at times I wonder what I was thinking when I kept expanding.
Ispahan - There are so many that provide fantastic fragrance. Below I listed some that are very fragrant and do very well for me. I think any of the oriental, orienpets and trumpets have the strongest fragrance. If you grow any of these you will NOT need to bend over to put your nose in the plant. You can smell them across the yard.
Oriental/Trumpet hybrid 'Anastasia'
Oriental 'Time Out'
Oriental 'Tom Pouce'
Oriental 'Siberia'
Oriental 'Marco Polo'
Orienpet 'Silk Road'
Orienpet 'Luminaries'
Orienpet 'Mother of Pearl'
Orienpet 'Orange Crush'
Orienpet 'Caravan'
Orienpet 'Anastasia'
Orienpet 'Alchemy'
Longiflorum/Oriental 'Prince Promise'
Longiflorum/Oriental 'Queen's Promise'
Oriental 'Casa Blanca'
Also, if you can grow Trumpets...they are THE most fragrant and grew for me but as time went on they diminished and eventually perished due to the cold and the clay soil.
Good luck. There is a huge number of lilies that one can purchase. I added quite a few LA hybrids in the past few years also, but I can not say if they have a strong fragrance. I will have to do some smelling this summer.
Here are a few of my lilies;
Oriental 'Salmon Star' - This one is extremely fragrant.
Oriental/Trumpet hybrid 'Red Hot' - This one is also very fragrant and just stunning. This plant towers at 5' so that you can not miss this beauty.
Asiatic 'Karen North' - This one is so beautiful. It only has a very light fragrance but it too stands 5' tall and has many many blooms. They just dance in the air.
I will have to take more photos of my lilies next summer. They are so stunning in their garden presence as well as their fragrance.
Ladylotus, your lilies are beautiful! Thank you so much for posting this information. I see from your list of recommended varieties that you are a fan of The Lily Garden and Judith Freeman. I just recently discovered The Lily Garden and placed 5 separate orders with them this fall (blushing). I have been blown away by the quality of Judith's bulbs as well as her generosity.
I recently purchased and moved into a property with soil that seems to be ideal for lilies and even a few raised beds already installed. Deep, deep sand with lots of organic matter. I even inherited a huge clump of Asiatics that yielded about 60 mature bulbs when I dug them up to divide and relocate this fall. I have no idea what color they are, so it will be a surprise next season. If anything, most of my soil here is so well drained that it will be a chore keeping the lilies moist enough during the growing season. And not to mention that it is alkaline (like all of Chicago), but guess nothing is perfect.
That said, I have gone crazy planting lilies this fall. They include the following:
Trumpets: Lilium regale, African Queen, Pink Perfection, Golden Splendor.
Orienpets: Anastasia, Silk Road, Alchemy, Caravan, Quintessence a selection from Luminaries), Invasion, Robina, Conca d'Or, among others.
LOs: Triumphator, El Condor.
Lightly Fragrant Asiatics: Karen North, Ariadne, Eurydice, Eros, Antique Lace, Rosepoint Lace, Peach Lace, Tiger Babies.
Other Non-Fragrants: Lilium henryi, Lilium pumilum, Citronella, Red Velvet, Scheherazade, White Henryi, Leslie Woodriff, Last Dance.
Because I do not have acid soil, I am staying away from the Oriental hybrids for now. I have heard they just dwindle away in alkaline soil and I never really see them thriving around here. I did plant quite a few Lilium speciosum (both rubrum and album) in one of my raised beds but I also sprinkled a large amount of slow release garden sulfur over the top of the bed to bring down the pH. Hopefully that will do the trick, especially if I remember to sprinkle sulfur periodically.
I am really excited about my new lilies, although I know many will take a year or two or three to really settle down and show me what they can do.
I do order a LOT from The Lily Garden and have spoken to Judith on numerous occasions about hybridizing lilies. She is a wonderful person with an abundance of plant knowledge.
Have you grown the Trumpet lilies before? I will be very curious if you are able to get them to grow in your area with your sandy soil. I have very alkaline soil also and hard clay which I work hard to keep amending. I bet you do have to water a lot with your sandy soil. I have trouble keeping the trumpets alive here and the orientals do ok. If I can get the orientals going they really do well. I use a lot of peat moss in the holes of my orientals. That seems to have really helped.
I do not have Invasion or Robina I will have to look these two up. The others you ordered are all very awesome plants. They really make a wonderful statement in the garden with their tall, airy appearance and their strong beautiful fragrance. Sadly, I JUST can not seem to get enough lilies in my gardens.
I can not wait to hear from you next summer once they all begin blooming. You will have to be sure to let me know how they all do for you.
Here is a photograph of Tiger Baby. It is a very tall GORGEOUS plant.
And a close up of Tiger Baby
Here is another must have...Asiatic 'Red Velvet'. It is beautiful and has multiplied quite quickly for me.
Ladylotus, Tiger Babies and Red Velvet are stunning! I planted both this fall, Tiger Babies from The Lily Garden and Red Velvet from B-D. I can't wait to see them bloom next season. I know Red Velvet is supposed to be scentless, but how is the fragrance on Tiger Babies? The Lily Garden states that it is "lightly fragrant".
Invasion and Robina are Dutch OTs that were mentioned by posters on the Lily Forum at DG as being exceptionally fragrant so I just had to try them! :-) I found Invasion at The Lily Pad (they sent beautiful bulbs, too!) and Robina at B-D. B-D also has a pure white OT that looks much like Casa Blanca called Hacienda. It is supposed to be fragrant, too. I am so tempted to order it but I must resist...
I have never grown Trumpet lilies before so I am also curious to see how they perform. I live within a mile of Lake Michigan so my temperatures are somewhat moderated compared to even a few miles west. We seldom dip below 0 F and usually not for very long (windchill is another story however), and snow cover has been somewhat reliable for the past several years.
The best part of my sandy soil is that it was very easy to plant all of my bulbs deeply, and the bulbs themselves should be able to adjust their own depths in such friable soil. I am worried about the alkaline part, but was reading that most Trumpet hybrids and most hybrids with Lilium henryi and Lilium lankongense blood are somewhat lime tolerant. Have you found this to be true?
Thank you again for your beautiful photos!
Your garden pictures are splendid!!!! What great combinations of fragrant plants. Your pictures remind me of my visit to the botanical garden. They are quite inspirational, and I can only hope that I can get my garden to this level one day. Thanks for posting such gorgeous pictures.
Petunias don't get the attention they deserve in regard to fragrance. Not all are fragrant but the ones that are smell wonderful, and strong enough to waft.
A nice patch of cheddar pinks (Dianthus gratianopolitanus) can be very fragrant.
Purpleinopp, I completely agree about *some* petunias. The old-fashioned vining petunias sold by Seed Savers Exchange have a sweet, powerful, delicious, wafting fragrance that could compete with almost any fragrant flower I know. I have grown them now for several years and every year I am surprised by the strength and quality of the scent. It is nothing like the coarse, sickening fragrance of modern petunias. Some of the popular Wave petunias have a scent that turns my stomach.
Woo hoo! I'm glad to hear about the old-fashioned vining petunias by Seed Savers Exchange having a delicious scent. I just received some in the mail and am looking forward to experiencing them next year. I've a soft spot for petunias since they were one of the earliest flowers that I grew after an old woman down the street kindly shared some seeds with me when I was a young boy. :)
Wow, that is some serious gardening talent! Only thing I might suggest might be some viburnums-
Restoner, very nice suggestion. I do not have that viburnum and am going to have to look into getting one. I see it is hardy to my area too. Do you have one of these? Does it have a really strong fragrance?
I do have a couple virburnum, Blueberry Muffin and a variegated one that has the most beautiful foliage called Viburnum lantana variegata. This is one gorgeous shrub.
Here is the Viburnum lantana variegata behind a purple lupine.
Also, a very good strong smelling shrub is the Mock Oranges as mentioned by Robert. Here is a picture of my Mock Orange behind Morden Snow Beauty rose.
So many wonderful plants that a person can add to a garden that allows a bit of a treat for the olfactory.
An amazing houseplant that I never knew flowered was the Dracaena Massengeana or Corn Plant. I had the opportunity to smell a mature plant flower and it was amazing. Large arching spires of cream tiny flowers with probably the most powerful scent I have smelled...You really can't get that close to it without getting a headache but the wafting power is unlike anything I have experienced..and I am a huge fragrance buff. Although not your common garden plant outside...many of us have these rather bland plants in our homes right under our own noses...no pun...and just are not giving the right growing conditions...

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jahhnJune 6, 2010
Hi everybody,
Last year we planted a dozen Bower Vines along our fence, with the intent of obscuring the fence over time. They are living and healthy, but don't seem to be actually growing or crawling much, if at all.
Any advice as to what I can do to get these guys to start spreading and growing?
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When I turn on my blinker the menu on the dash scrolls and the turn signal indicators don't light up but the lights outside work. Also noticed the glove box light and vanity lights in the visors don't work either. Can all these be related? I didn't find any bad fuses under the hood or in the fuse box inside the car
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Answer #1G. T. Service Center (4245 Answers) , Stephenville, TX - (254) 638-3236ProfessorG March 10, 2014, 11:10Master
Sounds like a feed back issue, check grounds, battery, engine, body grounds.
ReplyE2theT, March 11, 2014, 05:50Rookie
I'll have to wait a couple days to get time to check all the grounds. The previous owner installed a different radio and it picks up serious engine noise so I know it has a bad ground some place. I'm wondering if the aftermarket stereo or improper installation of said stereo could be causing some of my problems as well.
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Disconnect the stereo and see if it quits.
Replyjesus7, April 28, 2014, 00:25Rookie
Mine does the same thing after an aftermarket stereo was installed! I dont know how to fix it!
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If stereo installation caused the issue must be the install. Did you use the adapter install kit. It should be available and easier.
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|1 Clove (5 gm), crushed
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|White bread cubes
|3 Cup (48 tbs)
|2 Teaspoon
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|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Small stuffed green olives
|4 Ounce, drained
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|Readymade roast turkey gravy
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- "You have been called upon to serve. You will be trained - and you will become the best we can make of you. You will be the protectors of Earth and all her colonies."
- —Dr. Catherine Halsey to the SPARTAN-II recruits
The SPARTAN-II program, originally known as the ORION Project, Generation II,[3] was the first proper iteration of the SPARTAN programs, an effort to produce elite soldiers through mechanical and biological augmentation. The SPARTAN-II project would be the first in the series to meld advanced exoskeleton technology with the soldiers' superior physiques.[4][3]
- 1 History
- 2 Facilities and organization
- 3 Personnel
- 4 Equipment
- 5 Trivia
- 6 Gallery
- 7 List of appearances
- 8 Note
- 9 Sources
In the years following the deactivation of the ORION Project in 2506[5] the effectiveness of small special forces combating the Insurrectionists became too large for the UNSC to manage. As insurrectionist forces become more effective and the military's responses consequently become more forceful, the need for large scale military campaigns became more and more obvious.
Around 2510, the Office of Naval Intelligence began to reexamine the Carver Findings, which had warned of instability in the Outer Colonies years earlier.[6] The report rationalized that the instability would continue to escalate, and unless drastic military measures were taken, would result in a massive war between the Inner and Outer Colonies. ONI's own projections at that time and up to 2525[7] concluded the same as Dr. Carver's findings. Meanwhile, then-eighteen year old civilian scientist Dr. Catherine Halsey had been improving upon Carver's report on her own. Her independent conclusions predicted an even darker future than Carver's model, with UNSC inaction against the rebel leadership resulting in a minimum of thirty years of war and five billion dead; the maximum was a conflict of indeterminate length potentially leading to the downfall of human civilization. Halsey presented her results to Vice Admiral Michael Stanforth of ONI Section III, finding that they had come to the same conclusions. Determined to prevent the predicted carnage, Halsey agreed to work for ONI, specifically Section III's Special Projects Division, on creating a solution.[3]
The SPARTAN-II project was initiated in 2511 as the successor to the ORION project and the best possible solution to end the widespread insurgency that raged throughout UNSC space.[3] The project was created with several goals in mind. The first goal was to create a group of elite soldiers meant to subdue insurrections in their infancy, without substantial military casualties. The second goal was to minimize civilian casualties and avert civil war. The third goal was to substantially reduce the cost of conventional means of pacification.
Dr. Halsey's proposal for the project detailed radical changes from ORION in many different fields. The first and most controversial was the subjects themselves, who were selected by a gene-candidate pool, and must fit into a certain age restriction protocol. They must also have possessed superior physical and mental attributes. The trainees must be instilled with military value, and the understanding of war; something that cannot be taught to enlisted soldiers. This narrowed the candidates down to children who would be raised and taught in the art of warfare and military values, from a young age. Using such controversial means of creating a soldier meant that the project would have to be carried out in the highest form of secrecy.[3]
Though conventional body armor had protected soldiers for centuries, the SPARTAN-II project's second radical change involved integrating the subject with a new powered exoskeleton device, designed to help keep its user safe and provide a powerful means of combating enemy forces. The drawback of this new armor is its requirement for augmenting the subject, effectively turning the SPARTANs into human guinea pigs.[3]
Despite the tremendous risk and the unethical means of creating new soldiers, the SPARTAN-II project was greenlit by the top brass within the Office of Naval Intelligence, who concluded that the lives that could be saved far outweighed the risks involved. The project was initially granted funding for 300 candidates, though funding was later reduced to half this number.[3] By 2517, 150 suitable candidates had been identified through DNA gathered from the UNSC's Outer Colony vaccination program, though funding had been further reduced to support only half that number. Seventy-five children, all six years old and of both sexes, were kidnapped. In order to preserve the program's secrecy, the children were replaced by flash clones, which would die soon thereafter due to numerous medical complications associated with flash-cloning an entire human being.[3]
Dr. Halsey's use of cloning, following the dissemination of information on the SPARTAN-II project to the rest of ONI, came to be regarded one of the most controversial decisions involved with the program. In particular, the decision drew the anger of Admiral Margaret Parangosky, Commander in Chief of ONI, who interrogated Halsey after her capture and demanded to know her reasoning for the use of flash clones. Parangosky viewed the clones as unnecessary, maintaining that Halsey replaced the abductees with clones for personal, moral reasons, believing that she was giving the families closure and thus easing her own conscience.[3]
Halsey was not satisfied with the original name of "ORION Project, Generation II"; thus, she renamed it out of personal preference, as well as to distance the project from the failures of ORION in the minds of the politico and military bureaucrats who controlled the project's budget. In order to pay homage to the sacrifice of the ORION project, she chose to call the project SPARTAN-II. She considered several other "bellicose" names, including Praetorians, Landsknecht, Immortals, Minutemen, Titans, Argonauts, Odysseus, Olympians, Zulu, Kronos, Promethean, Armor, Nemesis, Daedalus, Hercules, Viking, and Hyperion; the latter two were quickly excluded.[3]
- Main article: SPARTAN-II training
After being kidnapped and sedated, the SPARTAN-II candidates were taken to the colony world Reach, where they began their training under Chief Petty Officer Franklin Mendez and the AI Déjà, who also acted as an aide for Halsey on the program. To marginalize the civilian lives they had once led, their names became a combination of their given names and a number, with family names being discarded.[8] Based mainly within the Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex, the Spartans endured a great deal of hardship during their first years of training: they were placed into situations and drills that pushed their abilities to their very limit and beyond. Their hard training was complemented with high-level education, which included mathematics, science, history, reading, writing, and military tactics.
Although his training methodology was tough, even brutal in some regards, Chief Petty Officer Mendez always instilled discipline, honor, and respect into the Spartans. He taught the Spartans how to kill, but at the same time he taught them the difference between right and wrong. During this time, John-117 rose to be the de facto leader of the Spartans. Mendez trained the Spartans until 2525 when, at the age of fourteen, the they would go through the toughest part of their training: the biological augmentation procedures, which would kill 30 of the 75 conscripted children and cripple twelve others who would "wash out" of the SPARTAN-II program, going on to join the Office of Naval Intelligence; only 33 survived the procedures without physiological deformities. The bodies of those candidates who "washed out" were either placed in cryo-suspension, in the hope that they could some day be resuscitated; or used cognitive impressing to create "smart" AIs, such as Durga. At least some of the candidates who were crippled were eventually rehabilitated.[3]
Human-Covenant War[edit]
The Human-Covenant War marked a change in objectives for the program; originally intended to quell rebellions, the Spartans were now forced into battle against a superior opponent to the insurrectionists: the Covenant. This new threat accelerated the Spartans' training to its final phase: Project MJOLNIR. With the MJOLNIR armor, the Spartans would be the first major UNSC response to the alien threat.[9] The Spartans continuously proved highly effective against all threats; their heroic rearguard and delaying actions saved countless human lives from the genocidal Covenant onslaught. In 2547[10], The SPARTAN-II program was revealed to the public in an effort to boost morale among the UNSC.[11] The Spartans' prowess was not lost on the Covenant, who came to fear, and in the case of the Sangheili, respect the Spartans as Demons.
Inevitably the small number of SPARTAN-IIs dwindled as casualties were sustained. As the exploits of the Spartans were a major propaganda boom to the UNSC, Section II of the Office of Naval Intelligence issued Directive 930[11], which stated that Spartans killed or wounded would be listed as "missing in action" (MIA) or "wounded in action" (WIA), thus maintaining the illusion of the Spartans' invincibility. By August 27, 2552, twenty-five of the twenty-eight remaining NAVSPECWEAP-oriented SPARTAN-IIs,[12][13][14][15][16] except Gray Team, had been recalled to Reach, some from combat,[12] to receive new orders for Operation: RED FLAG, a mission that HIGHCOM hoped would end the war.[17] They would commandeer a Covenant vessel, locate the Covenant homeworld, and return with captured Covenant leadership to force a ceasefire. The artificial intelligence construct Cortana, carried within John-117's Mark V MJOLNIR armor, would serve as the strike force's hacker and technology specialist.
However, all preparations were interrupted and subsequently canceled by the Covenant's invasion of Reach. In the ensuing disaster, most of the SPARTAN-IIs were killed, although some took shelter in ONI's CASTLE Base. Two escaped aboard the UNSC Pillar of Autumn, one of whom was place in cryostasis aboard the ship after sustaining life-threatening injuries during the battle on Gamma Station. The Pillar of Autumn soon arrived at Halo Installation 04, which John-117 ultimately destroyed to prevent the spread of the Flood. Following the Battle of Installation 04, the survivors returned to Reach and were able to rendezvous with the remaining SPARTANs. The survivors then carried out a raid that resulted in the destruction of a Covenant fleet anchorage, stalling a Covenant plan to invade Earth. SPARTAN-IIs would go on to play pivotal roles in the Battle of Earth, the Battle of Installation 05, the Battle of Onyx, and the Battle of Installation 00. Ultimately SPARTAN-II commander, John-117, would eliminate the Covenant leadership with the help of the Flood and Thel 'Vadam, effectively defeating the Covenant and ending the war. However, he ended up trapped in space on the back half of the UNSC Forward Unto Dawn and was declared Missing In Action.
Only nine SPARTAN-IIs are confirmed to have survived the Covenant War: John-117, Fred-104, Kelly-087, Linda-058, Naomi-010, Otto-031, Victor-101, Margaret-053, and Roma-143. Others, such as the Gray Team and three members of Red Team (Douglas-042, Jerome-092 and Alice-130) were alive but out of contact with the UNSC as of their most recent sightings; the status of these Spartans following the war remains unknown, although it has been noted that many SPARTAN-IIs initially believed dead or MIA have since returned to contact with the UNSC.[18] Following the ceasefire, the surviving SPARTAN-IIs were offered the choice of integrating into the newly formed Spartan branch along with the remaining SPARTAN-IIIs.[19] However, at least Blue Team remained under NAVSPECWAR's operational command by 2557.[20] Some SPARTAN-IIs are known to have taken part in the training of SPARTAN-IV personnel.[18]
In 2557, John-117 played a pivotal role in the new galactic conflict, stopping the Ur-Didact's attack on Earth after linking up with the UNSC Infinity on Requiem after being missing in action for over four and a half years. John subsequently reunited with Blue Team who faced the Didact again shortly afterward; after defeating the Promethean for the second time,[21] the team continued to serve in the field in a number of classified operations.[20][22] Team Black was stationed on Installation 03,[23] until they were killed by Promethean forces, dwindling the known number of active SPARTAN-IIs down to five.[24]
Facilities and organization[edit]
The SPARTAN-II program was based in a dedicated compound within the Reach FLEETCOM Military Complex. Most of the Spartans' training was carried out in the various facilities within the complex as well as the surrounding wilderness of Reach's Highland Mountains, with classroom sessions provided by Déjà in the Reach Naval Academy. The SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures were conducted in an ONI medical facility in orbit over Reach.
The majority of the Spartan-IIs serve under Naval Special Weapons,[1][2] a division of the UNSC Special Forces with heavy ties to Section Three of the Office of Naval Intelligence, which initiated and operated the SPARTAN-II program.[25] This remains unchanged despite the formation of the new Spartan branch in the post-war era.[20] All Spartan-IIs graduated to the rank of petty officer second class at the conclusion of their training,[26] though many have since risen to a higher rank.
The Spartan-IIs enjoy a large degree of operational autonomy in the field and typically operate in teams of three to five and even individually,[18] although the size and composition of these teams is heavily mission-specific; a team leader will typically pick the Spartans best suited for the mission at hand according to their personal talents.[27][28][29] However, with the original Spartan-II group dispersed across the battlefields of the Covenant War over the decades, certain team arrangements became more established than others.[30] Spartan-II teams are assigned color-based designations on a mission-specific basis, Blue and Red teams being the most prominent of these.[28] On some missions, Red Team has formed smaller splinter units (designated with Greek alphabet) to better suit the mission objectives at the time. Some Spartan-II teams appear to have been more well-established since their training, namely Black and Gray teams which continued to operate with their compositions unchanged over the Covenant War.[31]
- "Die? Didn't you know? Spartans never die."
- —Lieutenant Commander Kurt Ambrose to Fleet Master 'Mantakree, referencing ONI Directive 930[32]
The identities of the Spartans' full names have been deleted from all military records. Only Dr. Halsey had secret files that contained the full names of all the Spartans on Reach; unfortunately, the records were destroyed after the the planet was glassed.[8] The only other copy of these records is in the possession of Admiral Margaret Parangosky.[33] Within the military and to the public the Spartans are only known by their service tags, consisting of "SPARTAN" followed by a numerical ID; only a select few outsiders know even their first names.[34]
The Spartan-IIs' training emphasized dedication to one's duty as well as winning at any cost, values most of the active Spartan-IIs remain committed to. They frequently ignore concerns over their personal health as long as there remains a mission to complete[35] and have shown to become incredibly frustrated when prevented from acting in a combat situation; because of this they prefer planetary operations to being based aboard starships with no way to contribute to an engagement.[36][37]
The Spartan-IIs enjoy a great deal of solidarity and camaraderie within their group due to them having grown up together; indeed, they consider their fellow Spartans family,[38][31] something that was encouraged in their indoctrination from a young age.[39] Having been taught to refrain from overt emotional displays, the Spartan-IIs most commonly convey their emotions through subtle body language and cryptic gestures. They possess numerous unique internal habits and signals conveyed through simple gestures or statements, making interactions among their group largely indecipherable to outsiders.[40] Only a select few outsiders are privy to some of the best-held secrets within the group, including Dr. Halsey and Déjà. Their familiarity with each other's body language allows the Spartan-IIs to function in perfect synergy in combat, their teamwork abilities having been described as borderline telepathic.[41] Although the Spartan-IIs often have difficulty socializing with baseline humans outside situations of a strictly military nature, they are rather gregarious among themselves and habitually cluster together while out of the battlefield, commonly engaging in activities such as playing cards, exercising together, reading, or maintaining their personal equipment.[42]
Most humans view the Spartan-IIs with awe, sometimes even revulsion, due to both their reputation and intimidating presence,[43] the latter complemented by the seemingly unnatural speed, precision and grace of their movements.[44] Few outsiders are willing to as much as touch a Spartan, such as shaking one's hand.[45]
Class I[edit]
The following is the list of all known SPARTAN-II subjects conscripted in 2517. Of the 150 children considered for the program, only seventy-five were conscripted. The only known candidate who was not conscripted was Candidate 095: Caleb F. Aagard.
Successfully augmented[edit]
Deceased Spartans are assumed to be officially listed missing in action or wounded in action, even if known with certainty to be KIA. This is for morale purposes, to allow command to claim that no SPARTAN has ever been killed. Those who truly are missing are listed as such.
- James-005 - Missing in action. Assumed KIA during the mission to Gamma Station in the Fall of Reach (8/30/2552).
- Jai-006 - Out of contact with UNSC as of 2551.
- Li-008 - Assumed KIA during a battle inside an anomalous form of slipspace (August-September 2552).
- Naomi-010 - Active as of April 2553.
- Daisy-023 - Confirmed KIA during the Harvest campaign (early 2531).
- Joshua-029 - Assumed KIA during the Fall of Reach while assaulting a Covenant cruiser (8/30/2552).
- Vinh-030 - Assumed KIA while attempting to escape Reach (9/7/2552).
- Samuel-034 - Confirmed KIA aboard the Covenant vessel Unrelenting. First SPARTAN-II to be killed in action (11/27/2525).
- Randall-037 - Went MIA in during the Battle of Vodin in 2532; augmentations partially curtailed and discharged from service by ONI in 2546.[46] Confirmed KIA during the Mission to Alpha Shard. (February 2556)
- Isaac-039 - Assumed KIA while attempting to escape Reach (9/7/2552).
- Douglas-042 - Last seen aboard UNSC Spirit of Fire in February 2531. Listed as MIA (2/10/2534).
- Will-043 - Confirmed KIA during the Battle of Onyx (11/3/2552).
- Anton-044 - Assumed KIA during a battle inside anomalous form of slipspace (August-September 2552).
- Keiichi-047 - Listed as MIA as of March 3, 2558
- Kurt-051 - Confirmed KIA after the detonation of two FENRIS nuclear warheads at the core of Onyx (11/3/2552).
- Jorge-052 - Confirmed KIA during Operation: UPPER CUT in the Fall of Reach (8/14/2552).
- Linda-058 - Active as of July 2557. Clinically killed during the Fall of Reach (8/30/2552) but resuscitated after the Battle of Installation 04 (9/22/2552).
- Malcolm-059 - Confirmed KIA during the Fall of Reach (8/30/2552).
- Sheila-065 - Confirmed KIA during the Battle of Miridem (2544).
- Solomon-069 - Confirmed KIA during a mission to rescue Dr. Halsey (2544).
- Arthur-079 - Confirmed KIA during the mission to rescue Dr. Halsey (2544).
- Kelly-087 - Active as of July 2557.
- Jerome-092 - Last seen aboard UNSC Spirit of Fire in February 2531. Listed as MIA (2/10/2534).
- Grace-093 - Confirmed KIA during Operation: FIRST STRIKE (9/13/2552).
- Fred-104 - Active as of July 2557.
- Adriana-111 - Out of contact with the UNSC as of 2551.
- John-117 - Active as of July 2557.
- Mike-120 - Out of contact with the UNSC as of 2551.
- Joseph-122 - Status unknown. Last seen in 2525.
- Alice-130 - Last seen aboard UNSC Spirit of Fire in February 2531. Listed as MIA (2/10/2534).
- Carris-137 - Status unknown. Last seen in December 2510.
- Cal-141 - Confirmed KIA during an assassination operation on Heian (between 2540 and 2551).
- "Beta-Red Actual" - Assumed KIA during the Fall of Reach (8/30/2552). Presumably synonymous with one of the aforementioned Spartans.
- "Red-Fifteen" - Confirmed KIA during the Fall of Reach (8/30/2552). Presumably synonymous with one of the aforementioned Spartans.
- Unidentified Spartan - Confirmed KIA during the Harvest campaign (February 2531).
- Two unidentified trainees - Committed suicide after escaping the program in 2525.[47]
Twelve SPARTAN-II candidates were discharged from the program after failing the augmentation procedures, most becoming severely crippled. The majority of these former candidates were later reassigned to the Office of Naval Intelligence. However, Dr. Halsey hoped that some might be rehabilitated and enter service as fully functional Spartans.[3]
- Kirk-018 - Discharged. Possibly rehabilitated, for which Halsey had expressed hope.
- Maria-062 - Retired active duty and assigned to UNSC reserves. Last seen working at SWC Songnam in October 2552.
- Soren-066 - Discharged due to failures in augmentation process in 2527.[48] Listed as missing in action on Reach after defecting to the insurrectionists. Presumed killed before or during the Fall of Reach.[49]
- Cassandra-075 - Discharged due to failures in the augmentation procedures in 2525. Residing on the M25L Recovery Station as of October 2552.[50]
- René-081 - Discharged after "washing out". Possibly rehabilitated, for which Halsey expressed hope in her journal.
- Fhajad-084 - Discharged and reassigned to ONI. Suffered uncontrollable muscle spasms due to failures in augmentation. Current status unknown; possibly rehabilitated, for which Halsey had expressed hope.
- Musa-096 - Forced into a wheelchair for the rest of his life due to the augmentation procedures. Later became a commander and one of the creators of the SPARTAN-IV program.[51]
- Ralph-103 - Failed to adapt fully to augmentations; discharged due to experiencing irreparable psychological trauma after escaping the program in 2525. Later joined the UNSC Marine Corps. Killed in action during the Harvest campaign in early 2531.[52][53]
Officially, thirty Spartan candidates were killed when they failed to adapt to their physical enhancements; the only known fatality was SPARTAN-073.[54] However, at least five of the candidates allegedly killed by the augmentation procedures actually lived and were pressed into ONI service, their survival kept secret from their peers. Serin-019 became an ONI operative while the four-member Black Team came to perform high-risk, low-oversight missions in hostile territory, also under ONI jurisdiction.[55]
This was presumably made possible by Halsey's insistence that no invasive autopsies be performed and that the funeral for those killed by the procedures be closed-casket, the cadavers instead remaining in cold storage. The doctor considered that some of the deceased Spartans may some day be resuscitated and placed into active service; by June 27, 2525, rehabilitation protocols were in development for 80% of the washouts, with AIs predicting a total survival rate as high as 50%. Halsey also noted her consternation over what ONI may do with a secret team of officially deceased Spartans, coincidentally predicting Black Team's survival.[3]
- Serin-019 - Rejected most physical augmentations; physical damage largely repaired by ONI. Recruited as an ONI field agent, adopting the surname "Osman". Later became the protégé of Admiral Margaret Parangosky and was handpicked by the latter to lead the black ops team Kilo-Five. Serves as Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence as of February 2558.[56]
- Otto-031 - Confirmed KIA on Installation 03 (7/25/2557).
- Margaret-053 - Confirmed KIA on Installation 03 (7/25/2557).
- Victor-101 - Confirmed KIA on Installation 03 (7/25/2557).
- Roma-143 - Confirmed KIA on Installation 03 (7/25/2557).
Class II[edit]
After the graduation of the first class of SPARTAN-IIs in 2525, Dr. Halsey began planning for the next wave of Spartans; her efforts, however, ran into problems. There were too few candidates that were in sync with her age and genetic restriction protocols and a majority of her funding was going towards MJOLNIR maintenance and construction; this left little room for continued training efforts. By 2531, the majority of her funds had been diverted to other projects, most notably the top-secret, eyes-only SPARTAN-III program.[57] Halsey eventually gave up on Class II and left the program, after she judged the candidates to be of an inferior standard.[58]
Around six years later, however, enough candidates were within the right age range to begin a second class. One of the most notable candidates, six-year-old Yasmine Zaman, was abducted and replaced by a flash clone. However, she died during the augmentation procedures. Among those who survived was Nicole-458.[59] Another girl, Janissary James, was selected as a suitable candidate for training. However, her father, an ORION Project member now known as "James James", killed the would-be kidnapper.[60][notes 1]
ONI Directive 930[edit]
In order to maintain morale among the other forces of the UNSC, the Office of Naval Intelligence created Directive 930. According to it "any Spartan casualties are to be listed as Missing In Action (MIA) or Wounded In Action (WIA), but never Killed In Action (KIA)." Eventually this directive was applied to the SPARTAN-IIIs as well. However, the protocol is no longer applied to members of the SPARTAN-IV program and the Spartan branch, the UNSC opting to honor their sacrifices accordingly rather than maintaining an aura of invincibility for propaganda purposes.
Project MJOLNIR[edit]
- Main article: MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor
The MJOLNIR armor was created in parallel to the SPARTAN-II project and is the most technologically advanced piece of hardware in human hands. It can provide a SPARTAN-II with an incredible amount of protection and strength. The onboard computer system relays basic tactical information including IFF tags, a motion tracker, weaponry information, and health and energy shield level readouts. Later models of the MJOLNIR system are capable of carrying a starship-grade AI which can provide tactical data in the field.
Specialized neural interface[edit]
- Main article: SPARTAN neural interface
This specialized version of the neural interface is implanted into the skull of a SPARTAN-II. The standard neural interface provides the neural link between the SPARTAN-II and the MJOLNIR armor. This device allows a starship-grade AI to be carried "between" the host's brain and later models of the MJOLNIR armor. John-117 was outfitted with this upgrade due to his need to carry the AI Cortana on a mission to capture the Covenant leadership.
Spartan augmentation procedures[edit]
- Main article: SPARTAN-II augmentation procedures
One of the essential and most dangerous aspects of the SPARTAN-II program was the biological augmentation procedures. The process consisted of many injections and surgeries. Only a small percentage of subjects survived the process and fully recovered.
- The SPARTAN-II seal closely resembles the modern Seal of the President of the United States. The Halo 3 achievements "UNSC Spartan" and "Spartan Officer" are represented by the SPARTAN-II seal. A cloth patch bearing the SPARTAN-II program's insignia is included with the Limited and Legendary Editions of Halo: Reach.
- The SPARTAN-II program is reminiscent of the Adam Project depicted in the 1998 film Soldier. Both feature children brutally trained and indoctrinated (in the film, the candidates are selected as infants) to become stoic and ruthless commandos to be deployed against human insurgents. The Spartans' naming also echoes that shown in the film: a first name followed by a numeric designation (Soldier's protagonist is named Todd 3465). Certain aspects of the soldiers' training also show close similarities; in the film, the children are forced to watch a pack of dogs devouring a boar whereas in Halo: The Fall of Reach, the Spartans are shown a display of wolves hunting a moose.
John-117, the best-known member of the SPARTAN-II program
Kelly-087, Frederic-104, and Kurt-051 during the Battle of Onyx
Four SPARTAN-IIs being briefed on the mission to rescue Dr. Halsey
Members of Spartan Red Team active during the Battle of Shield World 0459 in 2531
ONI agents abducting Daisy-023 into the SPARTAN-II Program
Frederic-104, Linda-058, John-117 and Joshua-029 wearing various variations of the Mark IV armor
A Spartan backflips off a Jiralhanae Chieftain in combat
List of appearances[edit]
- ^ The Class of 2537 has not been referenced in any official media barring the quasi-canonical ilovebees. The timeline of SPARTAN-III Alpha Company mirrors that of Class II, though no official work has called attention to this coincidence. Notably, both editions of the Halo Encyclopedia reference Yasmine Zaman as a member of the Class of 2525. Though Nicole-458 is said to be based on a "real and properly defined Spartan", the ambiguity of this statement leaves the canonical existence of Class II in doubt.
- ^ a b Halo: The Essential Visual Guide, page 121
- ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 175 (2001)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Dr. Halsey's personal journal
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia page 81
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia page 34
- ^ Halo Encyclopedia page 44
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 58
- ^ a b Sybex Halo PC Strategy Guide Page 2
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach page 103
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx page 139
- ^ a b Halo: First Strike page 249
- ^ a b Halo Waypoint - Data Drop 5
- ^ Halo Wars timeline
- ^ Halo: First Strike (2010), Adjunct
- ^ Halo Waypoint - Defiant to the End
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Library - Pelican
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach page 240
- ^ a b c Halo Waypoint: Spartans
- ^ Halo: Glasslands, pages 382-389
- ^ a b c Halo Waypoint - John-117 is no longer blue leader (Catalog's answer)
- ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue #10
- ^ Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Catalog Interaction - Page 6
- ^ Halo: Escalation, Issue #8
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 224 (2001)
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 99 (2001)
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 78 (2001)
- ^ a b Halo: First Strike, page 4 (2003)
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 158 (2003)
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 240 (2001)
- ^ a b Halo: Blood Line
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 372
- ^ Halo: Glasslands, page 433
- ^ Halo: The Flood, page 90
- ^ Halo: First Strike, pages 124-125, 242 (2003)
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 107 (2001)
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 157
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page 123 (2003)
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 30 (2001)
- ^ Halo: First Strike, pages 120-121, 166, 268, 299 (2003)
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 74 (2001)
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 102, 276 (2001)
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, pages 7, 174 (2001)
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 173
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 58
- ^ Halo Waypoint: Randall Aiken
- ^ Halo Legends: Homecoming
- ^ Halo: Evolutions Pariah page 42
- ^ Halo: Evolutions Pariah page 55
- ^ Conversations from the Universe page 10
- ^ Halo: Initiation, Issue #1
- ^ Halo.Bungie.org: Re: Spoiler-free thoughts on the new episodes: "Ralph failed out of the program."
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, 2010 edition bonus content
- ^ Scanned
- ^ Halopedia interview with Fred Van Lente
- ^ Spartan Ops, S1E8 Expendable
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx page 45
- ^ Halo: Glasslands pages 72-73
- ^ Halo Waypoint forums — Canon question to 343i about Nicole
- ^ Axon Clips Chapter 12


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Mobile Location-Driven Associative Search in DBpedia with Tag Clouds
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A primary contextual source for today's context-sensitive mobile phone apps is the user's location. The recent surge in the availability of open linked data can provide location-oriented semantic context, still wanting to be explored in innovative ways. In PediaCloud, the Android tool described here, the authors show how, they can use the associative structure of the semantic web at a geographical location, visualize location information with tag clouds, and allow users to follow the associations of the semantic web enabled by the tag cloud, with the aim of enabling the users to construct an understanding of the \"Place\" around them.
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'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Teaser Hits Theaters
It's an exciting day for 'Star Wars' fans! The teaser for the new installment to the franchise, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' debuted today (Nov. 28).
It's an exciting day for 'Star Wars' fans! The teaser for the new installment to the franchise, 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' debuted today (Nov. 28).
Shia LaBeouf claims he was raped during his Los Angeles #IAMSORRY installation earlier this year.
Check out the New 'Pan' movie trailer. Look for this blockbuster in the theatre Summer 2015 starring Hugh Jackman.
Released in 1993, 'Jurassic Park' is still one of the biggest movies of all-time and one of the best action-adventure movies of the blockbuster era. How is it that the visual effects in a movie from 1993 look better than most movies made today? You can find out about that, and all other things 'Jurassic Park' in the latest episode of You Think You Know Movies, which focuses on Steven Spielberg's prehistoric classic. Hold on to your butts!
It's no secret that Academy Award winner Christoph Waltz has been cast as the main villain in the next James Bond adventure (which we're all just calling 'Bond 24' for the moment). However, the exact nature of the role may have been revealed and, if it's true, 007 fans all over the world will rejoice. Yes, it's exactly what you think it is: Waltz may be playing Bond's old arch-nemesis, Ernst Stravo Blofeld.
There's going to be a lot of blood and ink spilled across the internet on the subject of the opening weekend for 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.' Yes, the third film in the series did open significantly lower than its predecessors. Yes, there are definitely people at Lionsgate wringing their hands and trying to figure out why the film opened below expectations. And yet, that opening weekend is still massive. It's three day total is larger than most movies ever have a chance to make in their entire runs. So, let's have some perspective as we dive into this week's top 10.
It's been three years since 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' was unleashed upon an unsuspecting populace, convincing even the most die hard fans of Disney's lucrative franchise that Captain Jack Sparrow needed to take a break. Maybe forever. And yet, these past years have been filled with rumors and casting and almost-casting for 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.' Like it or not, this film is coming and now it has the young up-and-comer Brenton Thwaites in its drunken, slurred, overlong clutches.
It's time for our favorite thing, like ever: The latest installment of celebrities reading mean tweets on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'! This edition include stars such as Britney Spears, Lena Dunham and Chloe Grace Moretz.
A sequel to Ben Stiller's 'Zoolander' has been a long time coming. The original movie, which followed the hilariously dumb misadventures of a male model named Derek Zoolander (Stiller), opened in the fall of 2001. 13 years later, work is finally starting to ramp up on the follow-up. Actor and writer Justin Theroux will direct 'Zoolander 2' (which should be called '2lander,' for obvious reasons), and Stiller will reprise his role as Zoolander, along with Owen Wilson as his model buddy Hansel and Will Ferrell as the world's most evil fashion designer Mugatu. Deadline says that the returning cast now has its first new addition in the form of the lovely Penelope Cruz.
"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me..."
That is one of the most famous lines from one of the most famous scenes in all of cinema: Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin trying not to be seduced by Anne Bancroft's Mrs. Robinson, his father's partner's wife in 1967's 'The Graduate.' The film was just the second directed by Mike Nichols, the enterprising comedian turned theater and cinema director, who died Wednesday at the age of 83.
Hey, remember that Tinker Bell sketch from 'SNL' a while back, when Aidy Bryant played a bawdy version of the beloved Disney fairy? If only we could have a film version of that. Well, prepare for the next best thing. Melissa McCarthy is set to star in a live-action Tinker Bell film from 'Night at the Museum' director Shawn Levy and 'Neighbors' writer Nicholas Stoller. Magical!
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In an already dysfunctional family where the mother suffers from dissociative identity disorder and has at least two additional personalities that emerge when she's under stress, the blue collar husband and their two teenagers have to make a lot of adjustments.
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So my company is offering me a week at one of our 3 vacation homes (Ketchum, Idaho, Bend, Oregon, Whistler, British Columbia) and I want to make a hunting trip out of it but I have no experience at...
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Any one of the sheep, but if I had my choice....it would definitely be a Dall Sheep hunt in Alaska.
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University Town Plaza
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University Town Plaza is an outdoor shopping mall in Pensacola, Florida. It is being developed on the site of the former University Mall, which operated from 1974 to 2013.
University Mall opened in 1974 with J. C. Penney, Sears, and McRae's, in its first location outside Mississippi.[1] The mall was largely damaged by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, but all three anchor stores soon reopened.[2] Plans were first announced in 2007 to redevelop the mall, which had been losing stores, but retain all three anchors.[3]
Belk, which bought the McRae's chain, closed its store at the mall in 2011 and consolidated into a newly relocated store at Cordova Mall.[4] In 2013, Simon began demolition of the mall property, and announced the newly redeveloped mall would include Academy Sports + Outdoors, Burlington Coat Factory, and Toys "R" Us. The first phase of renovation would also include a new series of inline shops including Famous Footwear, Motherhood Maternity, and a Jimmy John's restaurant.[5] J. C. Penney and Sears have remained operational at the mall.
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A new Forrester Research study finds advertisers in a quandary over how to deal with ad-skipping technology and ready to explore other media options.
With TiVo predicting it will surpass 1 million subscribers next year, a new study has discovered advertisers are uncertain about the effects of personal video recorders (PVRs), and are ready to take the axe to TV ad budgets.
The survey of 112 marketers, completed by Forrester Research and the Association of National Advertisers, found 68 percent of advertisers feeling unprepared to deal with ad-skipping technology, while 75 percent said they would cut their ad budgets as a result. Of those marketers saying they would cut spending on TV ads, 75 percent said they would scale back at least 21 percent.
In a related research report, Forrester estimates PVRs will lower spending on TV commercials by $7 billion in 2007. However, interactive and video on demand (VOD) advertising will nearly make that up, growing from $106 million this year to $6 billion in 2007.
While customers like the ease and convenience of PVRs, more than half said the ability to skip commercials was their favorite new TV feature. Forrester estimates that one in five ads will be skipped over the next five years.
A consequence of the marketers' uncertainty about TV advertising's continued effectiveness is that advertisers will look to other media for their marketing dollars. Advertisers in the study said they were likely to increase spending on alternative media, with half saying email marketing and Web advertising would get more money.
Forrester said PVR penetration is still small, at just fewer than 2 million households, but with the potential for explosive growth. The researcher asked consumers to identify favorite TV enhancements and they named PVR or VOD technologies as seven of their top 10 features.
With consumer interest expanding, Forrester expects PVR penetration will grow rapidly, with half of all households having some form of on-demand TV by 2007.
With more viewers skipping traditional TV commercials, Forrester said marketers would shift spending to TV initiatives unaffected by ad-skipping viewers. However, advertisers are more likely to embrace tried-and-true concepts, like sponsorships and product placements, rather than newer vehicles, such as interactive commercials. Two-thirds of respondents said they planned to bump up spending on sponsorships, and 46 percent said more money would go to product placement.
While advertisers see PVRs as a threat, the study found little stomach for fighting the new technology in Congress or the courts. Only 12 percent said that pushing for Congressional action was a good idea, and 14 percent favored suing PVR makers, like last year's suit brought against ReplayTV maker SONICBlue by a group of networks.
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