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Dissertation Title: The Social Production of Community Garden Space: Case Studies of Boston, Massachusetts and Havana, Cuba
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Community gardens in Boston and Havana are in the midst of major transition – transition both in terms the physical structure of the gardens, as well as transition with respect to the social structure of the garden organizations. As a result, many community gardeners feel that they are being marginalized by forces of socioeconomic change.
In Boston, a primary force of socioeconomic change impacting community gardeners is a phenomenon that geographers refer to as neighborhood succession. In essence, the 'old guard' of established gardeners in Boston's community gardens is gradually giving way to a new wave of gardeners. Each new wave of gardeners comes with its own set of cultural norms, values, and motivations to garden. As the demographics of participation in the gardens changes over time, the physical nature of the gardens changes correspondingly to reflect the values, norms, and motivations of the new wave of community gardeners. In this regard, community gardens serve as a window by which neighborhood-level demographic transformations can be observed.
In Havana, the main force of socioeconomic change impacting community gardeners, particularly the diversity of participation in gardening as an activity, is industrialization. Although the food crisis that hit Cuba after the collapse of the Soviet Union during the 1990's is largely responsible for catalyzing the urban agricultural sector, the more recent force of change is industrialization. Unlike the neighborhood succession that Boston's gardens are facing, Havana's gardens are facing a succession of a different sort: a succession of land uses as industrial uses usurp agricultural uses in the urban corridor.
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In a very Noah's-Ark-like turn of events, Pyrrha and Deucalion (Pandora's and Prometheus's kids) were said to be the only survivors of a great flood that Zeus sent to destroy all humanity. (Source.)
Prometheus's name translates to "forethought." What you do think: does he have any? (Source.)
Pandora got her time to shine in Sophocles' satyr play called Pandora. But just her luck—the play is now lost. (Source.)


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March 26, 2009
The academic year is coming to an end and, after a remarkably varied six months, my highlights have been:
- Best Campaign: as part of Holocaust Memorial Day, Leeds University JSoc acquired more than 12,000 bottle tops to create a centrepiece for the university's new Hillel House, to represent just one per cent of those who suffered. Support came from far and wide; large numbers from the Limmud conference and, bizarrely, contributions from Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur football clubs.
- Best comment: When asked to justify Oxford's under-21 rugby team's "Bring a Fit Jew" bar night, team captain Phil Boon claimed that he "didn't see what the problem was" with his event. Mr Boon later conceded: "I can understand why it might have offended some people, but it would have been an awesome social." Duh.
- Biggest hotheads: LSE, the historic hotbed of student political activism, this year maintained its energy in its rebuke of Operation Cast Lead. The height of the tension came in the form of a sit-in over several days in the university's largest lecture theatre, complemented by a rally, at which George Galloway addressed the crowds, encouraging people to join him on his Viva Palestina convoy.
- Best event: celebrated Jewish chef Silvia Nacamulli visited the London student centre earlier this year in an attempt to lift her audience from their pasta-based student diets. Some may suggest that making pan-fried chicken breast in red wine and mandarin sauce on a repeated basis is a slight stretch for a student loan. A chip sandwich is more likely.


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Friday, January 25, 2013
Shop Update and Puddin'
I have to fight it still.
9 comments:
- Auntie Bliss said...
Tomorrow I hope to photograph and put in the shop, a gathering of vintage linens, some embroidered, some appliqued.
- January 25, 2013 at 8:01 PM
- La Table De Nana said...
I love the header:)
- January 26, 2013 at 6:15 AM
- susan@avintagefarmwife said...
You make me laugh, Puddin' 'n Tane!
- January 26, 2013 at 7:30 AM
- nancygrayce said...
Is that book for sale in your shop? I love that poem and it is so true ! Love all your things!
- January 26, 2013 at 7:37 AM
- JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes) said...
Had to laugh at Puddin' Tane - hadn't heard that in years. Lovely post.
- January 26, 2013 at 10:21 AM
- see you there! said...
When I click on your Etsy shop I keep getting kicked off (might be me). You know I'm going to be here first thing in the morning looking for linens tho.
- January 26, 2013 at 11:53 AM
- Beth said...
Stopping by from Susan's blog to say hi!
- January 26, 2013 at 6:28 PM
- Kathleen Grace said...
Wow, looks like you're just about sold out in the shop! Cute hanger, mind if I just call you Pud'n?
- January 30, 2013 at 3:03 PM
- Paige Thomas King said...
around our house, we always ask for the "morote" when we want to change the TV channels. Kendall's daughter Ryleigh has always called it that and it seems fitting--considering the quality of most programming these days.
loved this post!
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Lincoln box office: Steven Spielberg's historical drama opens strongly at 11 venues
Lincoln opened with a solid $268,000 at 11 North American theaters this past Friday, November 9, according to studio estimates found at Box Office Mojo. Directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis as U.S. president Abraham Lincoln, the historical drama about Lincoln's fight to put an end to slavery in the United States has mostly received enthusiastic acclaim. Lincoln currently enjoys a 94 percent approval rating and 8.4/10 average among Rotten Tomatoes' top critics. (Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's historical drama.)
Lincoln's per-theater average, $24,364 on Friday, could well reach $75,000 by Sunday evening. If so, that'll land Lincoln somewhere around the top 30 highest weekend per-theater averages ever (ignoring inflation), near those of David O. Russell / Mark Wahlberg's The Fighter ($75,003) and Stephen Gaghan / George Clooney's Syriana ($74,900).
Now, The Fighter and Syriana opened at, respectively, 4 and 5 locations. In other words, Lincoln is screening at nearly three times more theaters than The Fighter and at more than twice the number of Syriana's locations. Remember, all things being equal, the fewer the number of theaters, the higher the per-theater average should be. That means Lincoln, relatively speaking, may turn out to be considerably more successful than those other two titles, especially taking into account Lincoln's longer running time. [See also "Lincoln trailer in HD."]
A closer comparison to Lincoln, in terms of number of theaters, would be Jason Reitman / George Clooney's Up in the Air, which averaged $78,763 at 15 venues – about 1.3 more theaters than Lincoln – in early December 2009. Up in the Air went on to gross $82.83 million domestically. Having said that, to extrapolate from Up in Air's domestic cume a similar box office trajectory for Lincoln would be foolish as the two movies have radically different themes and star attractions.
The box office prospects of Lincoln will be put to the test next weekend, when Spielberg's movie will be screening at 1,500 venues.
Lincoln movie cast
In addition to Daniel Day-Lewis, the Lincoln cast includes Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, David Strathairn, Hal Holbrook, John Hawkes, James Spader, Lee Pace, Jared Harris, Joseph Cross, Tim Blake Nelson, Jackie Earle Haley, Bruce McGill, Michael Stuhlbarg, and countless others. Tony Kushner received credit for the screenplay based on a couple of chapters from Doris Kearns Goodwin's book. [See International Lincoln trailer.]
Official studio estimates will be made available on Sunday morning. Domestic weekend box office actuals will be released on Monday.
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I bought the 1983 HONDA CX 650 for Sale early last summer. The 1983 HONDA CX 650 C has good tires (75%), a good clutch and a new batter.
It's got 32,000 miles on it and a clear PA title.
The transmission, electric system, the brakes (they are worn), the driveshaft, the rear wheel drive and exhaust works properly.
It rides nice but is not pretty. The custom started when I bought it but there is some rust, the seat is ripped, the handlebars are bent and it has been outside during the fall and winter seasons.
I rode the motorcycle across New York and PA on a road trip and the cooling system failed. I also discovered a rear water pump cooling system leak and the engine was knocking as it slowly overheated.
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Mike Paque, Executive Director – Among the responsibilities of Executive Director are developing and maintaining an effective relationship between the GWPC, its member components, and the USDOE and USEPA; monitoring legislation, rule making and guidance development related to groundwater issues; increasing membership; developing position papers; and representing GWPC on national and federal work groups and committees.
Dan Yates, Associate Executive Director - Dan is the initial contact person for all GWPC Board and Committee related communications. He is the lead staff in developing grants, developing and overseeing project management plans, and overseeing reporting on grant related projects. Dan is also the staff lead on source water related issues.
Ben Grunewald, Chief of Operations – Ben serves as the chief project development and financial management officer for GWPC. In addition, he coordinates the development of agendas for all GWPC events ensuring timely and efficient information for GWPC members. He is responsible for coordinating conference planning committees, shepherding the development of conference agendas, coordinating with outside groups, and overseeing all aspects of GWPC events and outreach.
Paul Jehn, Technical Director – Paul has twenty-five years experience in environmental assessment, policy development, evaluation, remediation, pollution prevention and management. His duties include providing technical assistance to states, local governments, citizen groups and individuals in ground water, Class V injection wells, wellhead, and source water protection. Paul is the lead staff person on all RBDMS projects.
Mike Nickolaus, Special Projects Director – Mike has over thirty years of geologic experience, including twenty years as a state regulatory official. He is responsible for the coordination of activities to support state UIC programs including project development, presentation preparation, technical document preparation and review, and special report development in areas such as arsenic contamination in ground water, environmental regulations for oil and gas exploration and production, and CO2 geo-sequestration. Mike is the lead staff person for FracFocus.
Len Erikson, GWREF Support Coordinator – Len manages our efforts to acquire private contributions to the Ground Water Research and Education Foundation.
Brenda Short, Administrative Assistant – Brenda coordinates the logistical aspects of GWPC events. In addition to meeting coordination, she provides executive level support to both the Executive and Associate Director, provides reception and secretarial duties for all staff, and has several bookkeeping and general office management duties.
TJ Groves, IT Manager - TJ primarily works on the FracFocus system by providing customer support to the user help desk, aiding in workplan management for upgrades to the system, reviewing updates to site security, and updating and maintaining documentation. TJ also lends support on select RBDMS projects.


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Best Community Involvement
Owner: Bob Ladd Location: Staunton, Va. Store size: 37,700 sq. ft. Vehicle brands: Buell, Harley-Davidson URL: www.shenandoahhd.com
In 2008 Shenandoah Harley-Davidson hosted the Freedom Relief Ride VII, which offered a free trip to the World War II memorial in Washington D.C. for WWII veterans and one other person. More than 200 veterans and their guests took a police-escorted bus ride to D.C. where they were given a catered lunch provided by the dealership. Along with the buses, there were more than 200 motorcycles leading the caravan to the memorial. The store was a Dealernews June 2008 cover dealer.
Says Ladd in his Top 100 entry, "The view of the hundreds of motorcycles and the buses was breathtaking. It has to be the most memorable even in Shenandoah H-D history, and we were able to positively impact so many people's lives that day." Because many of the veterans were over 80, the dealership provided nurses, wheelchairs and snacks to make the trip comfortable. The event cost Shenandoah Harley-Davidson only $3,000 due to donations from the bus company, local businesses and the trip fee.


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Definition of biting midge in English:
biting midge
A minute fly which typically occurs in large swarms. The female has piercing mouthparts and feeds on the blood of a variety of animals, including humans.
- Family Ceratopogonidae: numerous genera and species, including the common European Culicoides obsoletus.
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- Similarly, the Mosquito Magnet mimics a human by emitting a plume of carbon dioxide, heat and moisture, and an attractant, octenol, which targets mosquitoes, biting midges, black flies and sandflies.
- Other blood feeding insects or mites that may occasionally be pests of poultry include: chigger mites, biting midges, and black flies (turkey gnats).
- Haemoproteus is transmitted by sandflies, or biting midges, of the genus Culicoides, and by louse-flies, both of which occur in the Lesser Antilles.
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Hello. My background in design (outside of interaction issues) is kind of weak, so I'm interested in some continuing education. Specifically, I'd like some training in industrial design, and I've found a couple of graduate level programs (e.g., SCAD) that offer eLearning in that discipline. My question concerns the effectiveness of eLearning in this case.
Hi Everyone,
I´m starting the redesign of a huge amount of eLearning Content for a University, a lot of the redesign consist in the implementation of Interactive Activities instead of the "info...info... info... quiz" model.
Does anyone know about a design model for this? also any tips or advice would be appreciated


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Sighting Basics
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My best friend was in Foley, AL, outside smoking a cigarette and noticed the full moon just after 10 pm. As she looked she saw a star-like shape bottom right of the moon that just appeared odd. She kept glancing and looking as she never remembered seeing a star in that position like that. When she had finished her cigarette the light just seemed so different and she couldn't shake the feeling that it was very unusual. She decided to pull out her iphone and take a picture. She said she knew how interested in the UFO phenomenon I am, so she thought I would like to see the shape she caught. We talk on the phone every night but she had forgotten all about the incident until about 2 weeks later. She texted me the pic and I immediately knew that was no star. I enlarged the pic on my iphone and saw the curve/bowed shape of the lights. I then downloaded the pic to my laptop to get a better look with a bigger pic. I have the windows live gallery program and was able to enlarge and adjust contrast on the pic. When I saw the shape of the object silhouetted by the light of the moon, I can't express how dumbfounded I was. And still am. My impression of what I see is that the craft looks like a WWII Sherman tank that's seen better days! Something you would see right out of Star Wars parked outside the cantina. A used, beat up vehicle with a whole lot of miles on it. I know experts say there's no way to determine size, but I think this thing looks huge. Am I going overboard to wonder if all the smaller lights to the left of the craft could be smaller craft coming and going? And look at that one that looks like a porthole. So the "star" was observed about 20 minutes in the same position while she smoked her cigarette, and then she went back inside.
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Joss Stone
The Soul Sessions Vol. 2
Stone'd/S-Curve Records
On the sequel to her 2003 debut effort, The Soul Sessions, the British belter whips up a batch of 15 more covers showcasing the powder-keg potency of her pipes. It helps that she chose great tunes, of course, originally recorded by the Chi-Lites, Honey Cone, Sylvia Robinson, Diana Ross and the Casinos, to name a few. Stone gives them her all, turning up a revolution on "(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People," kicking up a raspy storm on "While You're Out Looking for Sugar" and slowing the pace to a pained hush of a heartbreak on "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye." She was born to sing these kinds of songs. Stone is a British woman with a whole lot of American soul.
The Trishas
High, Wide & Handsome
The Trishas Music
Austin's the Trishas — vocalists Jamie Wilson, Liz Foster, Kelley Mickwee and Savannah Welch — weave forlorn harmonies into an absorbing amalgamation of country, R&B and rockabilly. On the quartet's first full-length album, High, Wide & Handsome, the ladies come quick with a handful of gems, "Mother of Invention," "Liars & Fools," "John Wayne Cowboy" and "Why." The music is beautifully homespun, airy and acoustic-based, while the production democratically shifts the focus from voices to instrumentation. If there's one quibble here, and it's a minor one, it is that the songs remain on an even keel throughout the disc. So there are some lulls. Still, it doesn't diminish the organic charm of this worthy project.
Leela James
Loving You More … In the Spirit of Etta James
There is so much soulful, passionate fire in Leela James' voice that the Los Angeles singer could turn even the most mundane words into compelling lyrics. So having her tackle tunes done by the late Etta James is a no-brainer. Thing is, Miss Leela can't just deliver a rote recitation of covers. She will put her stamp on these songs and even offer up a couple of originals in the process. The obscure number "I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby" is all seductive grooves and come-hither vocals. The oft-covered "At Last" is traditional yet contemporary. "Something's Got a Hold on Me" straddles juke-joint rhythms and hip-hop swagger. The originals, "Soul Will Never Die" and "Old School Kind of Love," funk it up with heavy bottom beats. Etta would have been proud.


text: Every organisation has them (at least a few cannot do without them) - 20-somethings, bright and full of spunk. Their managers marvel at their talent and fearlessness, though they struggle to come to terms with their insouciance. Generation Y is making its mark in India Inc and it is posing some sticky questions to its managers.


text: A 3-lb collar can slide on a horizontal rod which is free to rotate about a vertical shaft. The collar is initially held at A by a cord attached to the shaft. A spring of constant 2 lb/ft is attached to the collar and to the shaft and is undeformed when the collar is at A. As the rod rotates at the rate θ = 16 rad/s, the cord is cut and the collar moves out along the rod. Neglecting friction and the mass of the rod, determine (a) the radial and transverse components of the acceleration of the collar at A, (b) the acceleration of the collar relative to the rod at A. (c) the transverse component of the velocity of the collar at B.


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Equations and Inequalities
At a Glance - In the Real World
Believe it or not, there are lots of jobs where you'll need to know algebra—including some exciting ones involving explosives. Especially jobs where you're hired to blow up inequalities.
Check out the US Military site and search for algebra; it appears in quite a few job descriptions. You know, like You + Algebra = America.
Algebra is useful because it provides a convenient way to solve lots of different types of problems. If we can turn a problem into an equation or inequality, then we can solve the problem by solving the equation or inequality. We don't need to think about the original problem until it comes time to actually write down the answer, when we need to make sure we're answering the right question.
It's like the bus that takes you from Point A to Point B, and you only need to wake up five minutes before you get there to make sure you're getting off at the right stop. Point B, in case you've forgotten.


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Who Has Seen the Wind?
by Christina Rossetti
Analysis: Calling Card
Victorian Lyrical Rock Star
Yeah, yeah, we know it sounds funny but it's also right on point when it comes to Christina Rossetti's lyrical, Victorian, rock star ways. Let's make one thing clear though: our lady wasn't anything like your average rock star partying up a storm. She took her religion, her work, and her temper very seriously.
But since she was also super famous in her day, and continues to be so many years later, we can't help but call her a rock star. She wrote poems and lots of them, all of which tend to grapple with some heavy themes like religious devotion, gender, nature, pain, and loss. So although "Who Has Seen the Wind?" is a light little nursery rhyme, much of Rossetti's work is quite the contrary.
There are, of course, a few things you will always see in her poems: simplicity, symbolism, religious undertones, and richly colorful language that sought to capture nature through poetry. Our gal was part of (though not officially) the Pre-Raphaelite movement. These folks wanted to create work that was similar to the vibrant colors and austerity of the Renaissance (painter Raphael's time). So nature, rich figurative language, and a resistance in sounding too cute are all key contributors to Rossetti's work and more specifically, "Who Has Seen the Wind?"


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Partial dentures are primarily used in instances where some of your original teeth still exist in your upper or lower arch of the jaw. Complete dentures are only used when all the teeth fall out. Partial dentures are also called as removable partial dentures (RPD). There are several different types of partial dentures that are used depending on the material that is used to make them. Let us now study the types of partial dentures.
Partial Dentures Types
Treatment Partial Dentures Or 'Flippers'
Flippers are temporary partial dentures that are used when a person is awaiting dental implants. They are commonly used for the front teeth. They have wrought iron clasps that help to secure the teeth to the artificial gum base. Flippers that are used to compensate for front missing teeth are often referred to as 'stay plates'.
The plastic gum base is made up of acrylic and these are the least expensive of all partial dentures. One huge advantage of treatment partial dentures is that they can be re-fabricated to incorporate new teeth or a new denture base.
Thus, if the remaining original teeth develop decay and have to be extracted, new teeth can be added to the original denture base and the look and appearance of these dentures can be left intact. Many people hold on to flippers due to their cost factor and the ease of adding new teeth.
Cast Metal RPDs
Cast metal partial dentures are the oldest form of removable partial dentures known to mankind. The cast metal dentures are cast to fit the teeth. Since their framework sits on the teeth, they are fairly stable. The only glitch is that the teeth may have to be altered marginally beforehand so that the cast metal dentures can sit comfortably on them.
Since the teeth are altered beforehand, there are lesser limitations in the placement of claps. These dentures do not come into contact with the gums. The framework is made of a very strong alloy called chrome cobalt and hence is less likely to break. This is a convenient denture to use, as there is no hassle of sores in the mouth since the framework does not come into contact with the soft tissues.
Flexible Framework RPDs
These RPDs use different materials in their denture framework. The most commonly used substance is nylon, which is also called as 'flexite'. It is unbreakable and is made of a very thin material. The clasps curl beautifully around the teeth and hence the framework cannot be made out from the normal gums.
Vinyl composite is another material that is used to make the framework of the partial dentures. The material is malleable and easier to adjust in the hands of the dentist. The material is also very stable as the clasps sit very comfortably on the gums.
The cusil Partial Denture
This is a kind of flexible denture that has holes punched in its framework that allow the natural teeth to protrude through. This sort of framework is used to replace one or two teeth only while the other teeth remain intact.


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Rick Overton
Rick Overton is an actor, screenwriter, and comedian. Best known for roles on The Office, Kroll Show, and Childrens Hospital, and the films Willow and The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne. Overton's writing credits include Dennis Miller Live.
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For the past year, we've all been seeing giant blue letters "B" and "G" all over town. That's because the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau asked people you to put themselves in the middle and spell BIG (as in Big D, of course). The campaign is officially one year old, so we wanted to highlight some of the creative pics we've seen.
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The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific Xbox 360
- Publisher: Activision
- Release Date: Dec 4, 2007
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3
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Battle for the Pacific's presentation isn't bad but it's gameplay has too many flaws to be recommendable. These flaws become even more apparent in light of the increased FPS competition on the Xbox 360. Skip this.
The History Channel implementation, level setup and graphic selections are A+ choices; it's the execution that tanks the experience.
With the wealth of FPS options for 360 owners, Battle For The Pacific is hardly worth a passing thought.
The History Channel: Battle for the Pacific isn't necessarily an atrocious game, but it just isn't that fun and brings so very little to the table.
There are a ton of fine shooters hitting shelves this year that are good enough to go down in history. It would be a shame to waste your money paying full price for this heap, which instead takes history down with it.
Just too little and far too late. The WWII genre isn't exactly short on titles these days nor is the FPS genre. If you plan on releasing a game in either (and especially both) you had better bring your "A" game.
Official Xbox MagazineWhen a game's only achievement is that it's a better World War II shooter than "Hour of Victory"--and just barely--it's time to pack it up and just go home. [Feb 2008, p.79]
Ultimately, though, the biggest blow against the game is its brevity. You shouldn't have trouble clearing its single-player mode in two or three hours.
Xbox World 360 Magazine UKAs welcome as getting trench-foot. [June 2008, p.85]
Official Xbox Magazine UKA black mark for the History Channel. [June 2008, p.72]
User Score
Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings
User score distribution:
Positive: 7 out of 11
Mixed: 0 out of 11
Negative: 4 out of 11
Mar 16, 2011this game is as close as you can get to a real life world war sim, everything from the controlls to the graphics are quite simply amazing. thethis game is as close as you can get to a real life world war sim, everything from the controlls to the graphics are quite simply amazing. the gameplay is absolutely phenomenal and the pace is incredible too, this has set the bar for world war 2 shooters, one that maybe can never be matched in the near future. any call of duty fans that have not played this need to trade in their copies for this as it is an incredible piece of software.
from bone shattering explosions to next gen set pieces, this is a game that NO first person shooter fan should avoid.… Full Review »
[Anonymous]Jan 29, 2008Activision should be ashamed releasing such half-baked crap for anything more than $19.99. Thank god I manage a video game store and can Activision should be ashamed releasing such half-baked crap for anything more than $19.99. Thank god I manage a video game store and can steer shooter fans away from this horrible game. If you are willing to subject yourself to trench level, jungle path level, then the same trench level for 10 levels, then you will complete the game in only a few hours. I bailed after 7 levels when the commanding officer, who leads you by the nose got stuck on the environment in a trench level. The mission fails if you are too far ahead or behind this officer. It's tempting to deny this game any points because I wouldn't buy it for $1, but there were a few stupid shooting gallery/fish in a barrel moments that felt arcade cathartic. I'd hardly call it history though. Quite possibly a new low in FPS gaming.… Full Review »
MarkB.Jan 6, 2008This game is not worth the money. I ignored all reviews and still purchased it because it showed promise.(what was i thinking?) Ultimately i This game is not worth the money. I ignored all reviews and still purchased it because it showed promise.(what was i thinking?) Ultimately i was very disapointed. I have played a lot of first person shooters and this is the worst by far. I did not even bother to play this past the second mission. While the graphics are good - it's almost similar to Call of Duty 3 , the framerate sometimes drops. The game is full of bugs and flaws. On the Luzon stage I thought we killed all Japanese troops. I was wondering where this single rifle firing was from. When i joined my allies i saw one Japanese soldier standing behind him and repeatedly shooting him and he was doing nothing. Another ocasion i was exploring the vicinity admiring the scenery and my unit commander was talking to - a tree. They did not bother to tweak this so that the character at least follows where you are standing. Take a lesson from Brothers in Arms! And that was not even next gen. Another problem is that the AI is just plain stupid. They all move the same. They just stand there when you shoot them. They even die the same. It's like a shooting gallery of lemmings! You can predict when the Japanese Soldiers will come out because the Allied soldiers will stop kneel and aim one second before the enemy comes out. Gameplay is linear like Call of Duty but you feel no urgency of completing the mission. The aim button feels useless since it does not bring up the sights. while your may not be shooting from the hip, you're actually shooting from your stomach. Since they had the gall to title this game "History Channel..." I would like to point out that it is not accurate. The Bataan Stage here is presented like a Snakelike or S like ridge and your running in betwen that. I guess this is in effort to make sure you go where they want you to go. Now I may not be a WWII vet but i have been it's a 5 hour drive from where i live. And guess what? I never saw any snaking ridges like the one in the game. Bataan is a Mountain near the beach! Look it up on Google earth! Sound - While the sound is average, you get turned off by yet another glitch - Soldier Chatter. It's like the programmers programmed the soldiers to say random lines. - i have no problem with that. I think it's being done by most programmers anyway but, I do mind when they don't review the dialogue to be flexible. Immagine this- While just moving from one point to another your ally starts to scream - Die you.... or Take that you... I immediately looked for cover and found that there was not even one Enemy (i don't remember the exact lines, because i was laughing so hard) This game is not a dissapointment.... It's a disaster.… Full Review »


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Discussion in 'Star Trek - Original Series' started by leandar, Jul 21, 2012.
SPOCK: The stars?
RAHDA: Yes, sir. They're wrong.
Spock: Wrong?
RAHDA: Yes, Mister Spock. Look. Now here's a replay of the star pattern just before the explosion.
SPOCK: A positional change.
RAHDA: It doesn't make any sense. But somehow I'd say that in a flash we've been knocked one thousand light years away from where we were.
Spock: Nine hundred and ninety point seven light years to be exact, Lieutenant.
SCOTT: But that's not possible. Nothing can do that.
Spock: Mister Scott, since we are here, your statement is not only illogical but also unworthy of refutation. It is also illogical to assume that any explosion, even that of a small star going supernova, could have hurled us a distance of nine hundred and ninety point seven light years.
Scotty: The point is, it shouldn't have hurled us anywhere. Why, it should have destroyed us immediately, vaporized us.
SPOCK: That is correct, Mister Scott, by all the laws that we know. There was no period of unconsciousness. Our ship's chronometers registered a matter of only a few seconds. Therefore, we were displaced through space in some manner which I am unable to fathom.
Scotty: What you're saying is that the planet didn't blow up, and the captain and the others, they're still alive!
Spock: Mister Scott, please restrain your leaps of illogic. I have said nothing. I was merely speculating.
M'Benga [OC]: Sickbay to Mister Spock.
Spock: Spock here.
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M'Benga: You asked for an autopsy report. It's only preliminary, but the cause of death seems to have been cellular disruption.
Spock: Explain.
[McCoy's office]
M'Benga: It's as though every cell in the body had been individually blasted from inside.
SPOCK: Would any known disease organism do that?
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M'Benga: Doctor Sanchez has ruled that possibility out, sir.
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Waterstones BookstoreShopping in Dublin for books is a pleasure when you visit stores like Waterstones.
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NASA's shuttle Endeavour is poised to rocket into space this evening carrying six spaceflyers and teacher-turned-astronaut Barbara Morgan towards the International Space Station (ISS).
The space shuttle and its STS-118 crew are set to launch spaceward at 6:36 p.m. EDT (2236 GMT), with weather forecasts promising an 80 percent chance of favorable liftoff conditions.
"It looks like we have a very good vehicle on the pad," said NASA's launch integration manager LeRoy Cain. "The crew is ready. The team is ready."
In addition to Morgan, Endeavour will ferry shuttle commander Scott Kelly, pilot Charlie Hobaugh and mission specialists Tracy Caldwell, Rick Mastracchio, Alvin Drew, Jr. and Dave Williams - of the Canadian Space Agency - towards the ISS.
The astronauts plan to haul 5,000 pounds (2,267 kilograms) of cargo, a loaded spare parts platform and a new starboard-side girder to the ISS during their planned 11-day mission. The spaceflight could be extended three extra days if a new station-to-shuttle power transfer system aboard Endeavour performs as expected.
Endeavour's planned launch will mark the orbiter's return to flight status after nearly five years following a major overhaul.
"The folks that have worked on Endeavour are just feeling super right now," NASA launch director Mike Leinbach has said. "They are just ecstatic at having their ship so close to launch."
NASA's STS-118 mission is the agency's second shuttle flight in a turbulent year that has included a now-former astronaut's arrest and recent allegations of intoxicated spaceflyers allowed to fly on two occasions. ?
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For one Endeavour astronaut, today's launch day has been a long time coming.
Morgan, a former McCall, Idaho schoolteacher, has waited and worked through 22 years and two shuttle accidents for her planned evening launch aboard Endeavor. She first joined NASA in 1985 as the backup for New Hampshire high school teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first Teacher in Space who died with six other astronauts during the 1986 Challenger tragedy.
"I see this more of a continuation," Morgan said of her flight as it relates to McAuliffe's. "I think the great thing about it is that people will be thinking about Challenger and thinking about all the hard work that lots of folks, over many years, have done to continue their mission."
NASA called Morgan back into its spaceflying fold in 1998, this time as a full-fledged educator astronaut and mission specialist. She was assigned to Endeavour's STS-118 flight in 2002 after training to wield its robotic arm and speak for Mission Control as spacecraft communicator, or CAPCOM, but had to stand down until NASA's return to flight following the 2003 Columbia accident.
"It is great to see Barbara up there ready to fly," NASA shuttle program manager Wayne Hale said before today's launch attempt. "She's been working for a long time to have her time, her day on orbit."
Morgan will sit in the middle seat of Endeavour's middeck, flanked by Williams and Drew.
"I'm certainly going to squeeze the life out of her once we get to MECO and on orbit," Caldwell said of Morgan, referring to Endeavour's planned main engine cut-off (MECO) at the end of launch.
Space station assembly
Endeavour's STS-118 mission is NASA's second shuttle flight dedicated to ISS construction this year and features up to four spacewalks to attach the new Starboard 5 (S5) truss and other hardware to the station's exterior.
A small spacer truss, S5 will serve as the bridge between the stations newly-installed starboard solar arrays and a new pair of solar wings set to launch next year. Endeavour's crew will also deliver an external spare parts platform for the ISS and replace a broken gyroscope in the outpost's U.S. attitude control system.
"I think as an engineering accomplishment I think it's incredibly complicated," Mastracchio said of the ISS, adding so many of its components are built among many nations without ever seeing each one another before flight. "I don't know about you, but that is amazing to me."
NASA is broadcasting the launch of space shuttle Endeavour live on NASA TV. Click here for STS-118 mission updates and SPACE.com's NASA TV feed.
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When my crotch parasites came home to discover that my house, had, indeed been turned upside down and two formerly ugly rooms now had lickable colored walls (hey, purple's a fucking flavor, dammit), they were impressed. I could tell that they had no idea what "painting the walls" meant, because they assumed that somehow The Guy on My Couch and I had painted pictures to put on the walls as well. And if they had any idea what sort of artistic aptitude I have, they'd have known better.
I have to admit, however, that I did appreciate being taken as someone artistic for a moment – even if it was by a four-year old.
Well, the rooms were a gigantic success. Not only am I no longer Furious George when I stare at my walls, slack-jawed and thinking, but they're actually pleasant to be in.
Of course, there was an unexpected side effect. The moment my children realized that The Guy On My Couch and I hadn't actually painted pictures, but changed the color of the walls entirely, they began to clamor for us to change their bedrooms, too.
Their bedrooms – two of the rooms that had BEEN previously painted by Your Aunt Becky. Of course. Two of the four rooms I've painted, and they wanted to repaint them.
I managed to stall the boys who are in a fierce deadlock between Purple and Green, but my daughter, o! my daughter, she chimed in, asking me to paint her room her favorite color. My heart, of course, grew three sizes and melted into an ooey gooey pile of mush on the floor right at my feet.
That tiny voice said, "Mama, I want a PINK room."
Oh, my heart. My heart forever walking around outside my body.
Pink has been my favorite color well into my late twenties (I've now decided on a more grown-up "blue" as a favorite color, but only barely). As a tot, I loved pink – which horrified my hippie mother, who would've preferred that I like a nice brown burlap. I'd have shot someone dead for a pink bedroom (presuming, of course, I had access to a gun, which, hippies don't like).
Under normal circumstances, I'd have fallen over myself to make this happen. But the room she lives in now? It WAS painted pink. A pink I couldn't stomach. That room remained shut until I got pregnant with Alex, at which time Daver painted it a nice soft yellow.
My daughter is a rational creature, though, so I knew I could appeal to her logical brain.
"Okay, Mimi," I said, hoping she'd forget it all. "Would you like me to paint your room instead of buying you a birthday present?"
"YES!" she screamed happily. "I want a PINK ROOM."
For days, she told everyone we saw – including strangers wandering the aisles at Target looking for baking powder as well as the cashiers at Target – that she was getting a pink room.
So there you have it. For her third birthday, my daughter is getting a pink bedroom. Bubble gum pink if she has her way, which she will. You're only three once, after all.
I will SO miss that yellow.
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My baby (age 8 today) is a pink freak! She wanted a pink room too! So now she has a Pepto pink bedroom! It's a bit straining on the eyes, but when we go in there, we suddenly have no stomach upset.
My room was glow in the dark pink when I was really little, it was awesome. Your daughter's going to love it! My daughter wants bubble gum pink carpet. I may have to draw the line and offer paint instead…
You could always do what we did with my oldest daughters room we did stripes which I asume was easy, my mother and husband did it in a day LOL. One stripe it white for my daughter Mimi could of course pick any complimentary color to pink and the next stripe is pink. My daughter adores it. And we were able to turn it into a more mature Parisian themed room when she got older LOL. But we can never leave the pink behind. My youngest LOVES purple so she got popsicle purple as she calls it.
Awww cute! I'm glad they like the new colors — I feel like you're going to end up stuck with repainting every room in your home. 😛
That is so sweet! She will be so excited, and you can always paint it yellow again someday. 🙂
I think it's great that Mimi gets a pink room! I had to wait until I was 13 to get to choose my paint color (went with lilac- still my favorite).
It could be worse. My brother was around 5 or 6 when they decided to redecorate his room. They let him choose the paint. It would up being this extremely loud sour apple green. My mother was appalled but my brother LOVED it.
Also, take a gander at how one of the rooms in our house was painted when we bought it: http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm43/sillermoon/DSCN2219.jpg
Yes, that is a true representation of the color & not a camera artifact. They also painted the inside of the closet and the ceiling (!) that dark brown color as well. And the stripes were all uneven. Worst room EVER. 3 coats of primer to cover it. It's the only room we left white.
I physically recoiled and said "EH!" When the picture popped up. Wow.
I actually gasped at this. This is why friends don't let friends paint drunk!
We painted my daughter's room when she was about 6 and told her she could pick the color. We meant that. She choose NICKELODEON SLIME GREEN. That really was the name of it. It was this crazy rich, bright green. She was thrilled, but that room was really bright when the sun came through the windows.
Yay for pink! Not *my* favorite color, but I do love a good pink. That's awesome! <3
Cute! I'm hoping there will be some pics to follow
My mom made my room pink on pink when I was a little kid. Except I had asked for blue.
Ah, yes. The don't give your child a choice you don't want them to pick challenge. Been there; done that.
This made me giggle – girl won't be distracted!
I got to choose the decoration of my room when I was about 8 , in the middle of my extended monkey phase…my friends and I had a "monkey club" (yes we were that cool), people used to buy me monkey soft toys for every birthday and christmas, I was convinced that when I grew up I was going to SAVE ALL THE MONKEYS IN ALL THE WORLD. So obviously when it came round to decorating my room I wanted…a jungle. That's right, brown carpet, revoltingly green walls and the snazziest damn curtains you've ever seen, they had lions and hippos and zigzigs and everything! No idea why my parents agreed to this but I was so so pleased with myself. We moved out last year, and even the curtains hadn't changed. Was slightly less cool aged 19 I have to admit but totally worth it for the awesomeness at the time xx
PS This is my first comment, Aunt Becky my aunts are a bit rubbish…one lives in another country and the other makes the rest of the family look like sane rational human beings…no small feat. You may have another adopted niece, k? 🙂
PPS The soft toy monkeys? Yeah they still guard my bedroom at home.
I am totally envious. I would seriously live in that room today!
You ROCK!! Mimi will love that room forever! She will always remember how cool her mom was to paint her room pink. These are memories in the making!
I *love* pink. At 33, my room is pink (which may have something to do with my 2.5 yr celibacy) my bed and pillows and blankets? All pink. I was more of a purple when I was little (color and flavor). I'm so a pink though. Good choice!!
Awww, that's the sweetest thing you could do for her. 🙂
Although that being said, I think they may take away her "kid card" for saying she would take a painted room instead of an actual gift. Soon someone must instill in her the need for all things material. It's the RIGHT thing to do.
"Future husband: Would you like this 7 carat diamond for our anniversary?"
"Mimi: No thank you honey, but the living room walls could use a little sprucing up."
…….utter madness…….
She is going to love it. LOVE IT!!! My daughter has hot pink bathroom towels and floor mats. The walls are already bright blue with flowers so she went pink as the accessory color. It's like crayola threw-up in there but she loves it. I just keep the door closed.
I agree, the pink room must be. My daughter got the biggest room in the house when we lived in Oklahoma simply because it was already painted purple, with sponged walls on two sides. We found a can of purple paint we thought was the same and painted over one of the sponged walls to tone it down. Turns out it was a complimentary darker shade of purple. So I sponged some of that (doing a far better job than the original barf-job) over the remaining sponged wall. It was quite the purple room. She LOVED it. I left it that way when we sold it – the new owner had a daughter too.
Current thing my daughter has that I did in order to get her to love her new room? Pink chandelier. It has pink 'crystals' on it, and we bought a floral ceiling medalion to spruce it up a little. Combined with the canopy bed covered in my blue and gold sari, it's a true princess's room I'll take a picture for envy if you would like.
Pink and yellow are super sweet together! How fun! Take los of pics.
Sooo cute. I love that she gets to choose any colour she wants, I think that is so great. Makes it really feel like her own. Go pink or go home.
My niece is 5 and everything is pink, and it is a statement all right. I think she will grow out of it. Or maybe not. But she loves it, it makes her feel pretty and special and gets her thinking about choices… ROCK ON JENNA.
This is FULL of the awesome! I heart pink!! I heart little girls!! I have two and one pepto room myself. I wanted one wall gingham. Can't really paint gingham, so we did the unthinkable…..hung wallpaper, while I was 8 months preggo with my first princess. Wallpaper sucks but the room looks super-duper even 6 years later.
We are gonna definitely need to see a pic of this fabulousness, AB!
My daughter's room was just painted hot pink with zebra print accents and I have to admit I am crazy jealous of it.
I agree…you're only three once. Pink it up, Mimi!
When I was a kid, my room was florescent green and I loved it with all my heart. I had picked it out. One weekend, I went camping with my brother, uncle and cousins and came back to a horrible pepto pink room. I cried for days over it! Now I'm not so dramatic, well about pink at least.
Oh I'm so with you! I love pink too. I used to hide it thinking that as a modern woman, actor, and urban mom I should like something more sophisticated like black or grey, but no longer! Now I embrace my love of pink – but I'm also partial to a rich bold blue too!
My almost 8 year old daughter got to pick the color of her room when she moved from the "baby" room into a "big girl" room when her brother was born. Yep. We have a pepto bismol pink room in our house complete with curtains last seen at some sort of bordello (seriously, white sheers with disco ball spots and fake crystals hanging down – she cried when she saw them because they were "so beautiful"). I figure it's only paint and she will only be little once. I can always paint over it someday if I want.


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Barco brings Freddie Mercury back to life during Queen + Paul Rodgers' "The Cosmos Rocks" tour
KORTRIJK, Belgium, October 8, 2008. Barco, a world leader in Video Lighting Solutions, is proud to announce that its OLite 612 LED display was selected to support legendary rock band Queen + Paul Rodgers on their 2008 European tour, which kicked off in Kharkov, Ukraine on 12 September. A grand total of 2,500 OLite 612 LED modules are used to create a massive backdrop screen on stage which will give audiences across Europe a night to remember.
This year, historic rock band Queen, has teamed up singer/songwriter Paul Rodgers, and is releasing their first new studio album since the passing of their charismatic lead singer Freddie Mercury. With the release of "The Cosmos Rocks", Queen + Paul Rodgers are heading back on the road for a four month tour, taking them across fourteen different countries in Europe.
The stage set for the tour was created by renowned design company Stufish, who has created stage designs for Pink Floyd, U2, The Rolling Stones and many others. The giant backdrop screen, which forms the key visual element to the show, measures 17m wide and 5m high and contains 2,500 OLite 612 LED modules.
"Barco's OLite 612 fitted our design perfectly", explains Mark Fisher, Managing Director at Stufish. "We wanted to present the audience with a spectacular video and light experience befitting a band of this statue. OLite's modularity once again enabled us to create something very special with a unique mix of video and lighting effects."
The screen frame, custom made for the tour by Brilliant Stages (with integration by Barco's Innovation Designs), houses a creative mix of high and low resolution and combines elements of both video and traditional lighting into one screen. In the centre, Barco's OLite modules form a high resolution elliptical screen which delivers the main show video. Fanning out from the circle's edge, the OLite modules are spread apart giving a unique "checkerboard" effect during the visual elements of the show. A number of PAR 64 lighting fixtures are built in amongst the OLite modules on each side delivering a special mix of video and lighting effects. Thanks to an ingenious cabling system, the massive screen also splits into different sections during the show.
"We are proud to be accompanying Queen + Paul Rodgers on their 2008 tour," comments Andrew Healey Global Marketing Manager of Barco's Live Events business. "The design team at Stufish uses the modularity of OLite to brilliant effect delivering a very unique visual element throughout the show. This tour is another great example of how the worlds of video and lighting are converging."
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