text: Theatre Arts – Performance Program (P104) View PDF of this Program View PDF of all Programs for the School of Media and Performing Arts Apply Now Apply Now Add To Compare 51539608938 Program Comparison PROGRAM Theatre Arts – Performance CODE P104 SCHOOL School of Media and Performing Arts LOCATION Young Centre for the Performing Arts DURATION 3 years (6 semesters) STARTING MONTH September CREDENTIAL Ontario College Advanced Diploma YEAR OF STUDY 2016-2017 2017-2018 METHOD OF STUDY FT The Theatre Arts – Performance program offers you vigorously concentrated, career-oriented training in the fundamental skills, practicalities, traditions and professionalism needed to work as a professional actor in theatre, television and film. Expand All Full Program DescriptionsDescription The Theatre Arts – Performance program at George Brown's School of Media and Performing Arts offers you vigorously concentrated, career-oriented training in the fundamental skills, practicalities, traditions and professionalism needed to work as a professional actor in theatre, television and film. The conservatory, hands-on training is an integrated curriculum in which all subjects are related directly to the acting profession. Five skill courses form the core of our classical approach to training the actor: voice, speech, movement, music and dance. The acting curriculum features improvisation, contact improvisation, storytelling, poetry, text analysis, contemporary and classical scene studies, neutral mask, character mask, clowning, commedia dell'arte, television and film technique, and audition preparation. Further classes include: stage combat, dialectology, theatre history, the business of acting, and the Alexander Technique. 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Program learning outcomes are statements that describe the knowledge and skills that students are expected to demonstrate by the end of their program of study. Programs are designed to deliver both vocation or discipline-specific learning outcomes and more generic essential employability skills (including communication, numeracy, critical thinking and problem solving, information management, interpersonal and personal skills). In addition to the aforementioned learning outcome requirements, College programs are required to provide students with exposure to a breadth of learning beyond their vocational field, to increase their awareness of the society and culture in which they live and work. This breadth requirement is addressed through additional mandatory General Education courses in the program curriculum. 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Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent** Grade 12 English (C or U) Interview Audition - Entrance into this program is based on in-person auditions and/or interviews. All applicants who meet the academic requirements will receive an audition appointment. Auditions take place in April and May for September intake. There is no January intake. Visit the Theatre Arts program page at georgebrown.ca/performingarts/auditions/ for information about audition requirements. ** Mature Student status (19 years of age or older and no OSSD) Course Exemptions: College or university credits may qualify you for course exemptions. Please visit georgebrown.ca/transferguide for more information. International students: Visit the International Admissions page for more information. How Do I Apply to the Program Entrance into the three-year, professional, actor-training course (P104) is based on in-person auditions and/or interviews. 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The past couple of posts I've written have dealt with books that attempt to look to the global South for the source of the next big era in Christianity. Citing explosive conversion rates and growing populations, Thomas Oden, Philip Jenkins, and Jehu Hanciles all assure us that the shifting tide of global Christianity is already pulling toward the South and that revitalization of the faith in the North and West will, most likely, come from there as well. But even the amateur student of history knows that these kinds of global shifts do not happen in isolation. While there may be chicken-egg debates among historians, theologians, anthropologists, economists, and others about which gave rise to which, there is no denying that global shifts in religion have nearly always correlated with other world-changing movements. Even a brief, leapfrogging look at Christianity highlights a few of these synchronizations. The first century spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire could not have happened without the innovation of the Roman road system also being near its zenith. The Protestant Reformation and its emphasis on a return to the scrutiny of Scripture would not have been possible without the advent of the moveable type printing press. Nonconformists in England may have been quelled altogether had there not been a newly discovered land separated by a vast expanse of ocean to use as haven. Evangelicalism's roots in early American history could not have found soil more fertile than the seedbed of a country founded on an ideology which upholds individual liberty and prosperity. Therefore it is inadequate to discuss what might happen in Christianity globally without also paying some attention to what else may also be happening during the same time and on the same scale.
Rob Salkowitz's Young World Rising is a book that does just that. He looks at regions and countries where populations are trending younger and growing and seeks understand the role that information communication technology and entrepreneurship might have on these young and emerging economies. These economies will likely be, as Salkowitz puts it, part of the "knowledge economy." Instead of more traditional goods and services, "[t]he new kind of knowledge economy entrepreneurship made possible by information and communication technology holds even more potential . . . It is the creation of something–content, data, insight, entertainment–from nothing except human talent and imagination" (16). Appealing to the ubiquitous presence of cell phones, the rapidly growing reliability of wireless and satellite high speed internet, and the affordability of smart phones, Salkowitz sees us entering into an era where connectivity will launch us over the hurdle of knowledge access, enabling individuals and communities to participate in direct entrepreneurship as never before. This sounds a lot like the kind of impact that the printing press had on the dissemination of ideas 500 years ago. Beyond access, however, Salkowitz sees emerging economies becoming players on the world stage through their contributions. "The bottom line is that the countries that have been the drivers of innovation and productivity for the past several centuries are running out of juice" (20). The countries that gave rise to the digital revolution will likely be left behind in the wake of a culture they helped to create but to which they never adapted. Lingering legacy structures will languish as decentralized, highly collaborative, rapidly adaptable networks of talent and capital reach across borders and cultures. A blurring of private, commercial, professional, social, and cultural networks into an amalgamated whole will shift focus away from carving out neat institutional ideologies and toward sector collaboration. To this point, the book is highly congruent with the three authors mentioned above. Salkowitz is describing a massive global shift that will likely catch the West napping, unless there is some sort of wake up call. One could easily replace Salkowitz's entrepreneurship and wealth creation language with that of Christianity and missiology and the book would land quite nicely alongside Oden and Jenkins. Salkowitz goes a bit futher, however, by offering up a chapter on "Engaging the Young World" in which he outlines what he believes are key strategies and takeaways for Western enterprises to lean into this global shift and emerge on the inside looking out, rather than the other way round. This kind of perspective is sorely missing in Oden, Jenkins, and Hanciles, all three of which hint that there are practical things Christians in the West ought to do to anticipate the coming global shift, but each is reticent to get too specific about what those things are. In short, Salkowitz urges business in the West to identify and partner with Young World emerging talent now by reshaping current structures to align more closely with the values of emerging entrepreneurs. This will result in attracting young talent into existing organizations. Once in the door, Salkowitz asserts that the job is not yet done. These young bucks must be given some deference and allowed to shape the business or organization in a way that is reflective of the emerging market desires. Business as usual cannot continue, and it does no good to put new wine in old wineskins (so to speak). Instead of a "watch and wait" approach, Salkowitz is advocating a "hire and shape" approach. What might this look like if transferred to existing institutional structures within Christianity? How might historical denominations fare in America if they intentionally sought young, vibrant leadership from Africa or Latin America and allowed that leadership to make decisions? Hanciles dealt with this some, but his assessment was not broadly optimistic. Looking at the role that the Episcopal church plays in the the global Anglican communion, he noted that though a large number of Anglican fellowships in the global South have decried the Episcopal church's ordination of openly homosexual clergy, the broader Anglican fellowship has been reluctant to make a formal redress due to the large percentage of capital the Episcopal church generates for the worldwide fellowship. Yet, in the spirit of entrepreneurship, there are some enterprising Anglicans in Rwanda and Nigeria who are not content to let Anglican Christianity in America become completely dominated by an increasingly theologically liberal Episcopal Church. Seeing America as fertile soil for mission, the Anglican Mission in the Americas (under the oversight of the Anglican Church of Rwanda) and Convocation of Anglicans in North America (under the oversight of the Anglican Church of Nigeria), both have ordained bishops and are actively (even aggressively) planting churches throughout North America. Their hope is to offer an end-around to the Episcopal Church, making communion with the global Anglican fellowship in a theologically traditional stream possible on the continent. It remains to be seen what direction these newly appointed bishops and prelates will take as their numbers and influence grows. One of these, Todd Hunter, is a graduate of George Fox Evangelical Seminary (where I am doing my DMin studies) and a former leader in the Vineyard association. His movement over to Anglicanism is multi-faceted, but I wager would not have been possible if the Episcopal Church in America was his only option. What impact will he and his colleagues have on the Rwandan Church? What impact with their Archbishop have on them? That will be interesting to note as it may signal a way forward in other existing global Christian institutions such as the Catholic Church, the UMC, and the Southern Baptist Convention.

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we are going to Moscow for new year, arriving the 29th Dec and leaving 1st Jan. Want to see Lenin and other sites, we have Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning for visits, does anyone know what is open/not open during that period and any recommendations for New Years Eve Dinner. I understand the Kremlin is the place to be for New Year fireworks, any suggestions on when to get there, where to position ourselves, what to be aware/cautious of. Anything help greatly appreciated!
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There are some palaces open for New Years Eve balls, but they are pricey (we're helping a group go to St. Petersburg for this). What are your thoughts as to how much to spend for the evening?
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hmm... I'm not sure the Lenin Mausoleum will be open during this time.
What hotel are you staying in? You might have a good view from a centrally located hotel of Red Square...
I personally have never been over the New Year holidays, but I'm sure it will be fabulous!
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thanks - price is not an issue, we are staying at the SAS Raddison
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If money is not a concern, then Moscow is the place for you!
This is one of the most expensive world capitals these days... so have fun, keep my Russian friends in business! (I think Moscow is in the top 3 for the number of billionaires in a world capital currently!)
But seriously, I would imagine that one of the fabulous central restaurants would have a deal or two going for those who can afford it... I would recommend you call the Rad. Slavyanskaya and find out what they would recommend, within your price range.
As far as precautions, just treat Moscow as any other major city. Don't think you can have as much champanskoe as your Russian counterparts can... keep a good head on and enjoy the festivities!
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I just pulled up a few Russian websites to see what would be a good possibility... there is a restaurant called "National" on Tverskaya, building 1- part of the National hotel.
It would be a great place to eat a fantastic meal, and possibly see fireworks from there, too! They have a view of the Kremlin.
Very historic sight... I wish I could be in Moscow for this major holiday... I guess Albany will do though!
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Club Monolit has spectacular parties; also as Katya suggested the National has a restaurant overlooking Red Square. In addition the Baltschug Kempinski overlooks Red Square and has some wonderful restaurants. Also the Park Hyatt has a bar from which you can see the fireworks. Restoran Godunov is centrally located just off Red Square and has a nice New Years' Eve dinner, but you can't see the fireworks from the restaurant. The biggest issue is that often these are rented out for private parties. It would be best to book your New Years' Eve reservations now (possibly through the hotel's concierge) as the better events are sold out well in advance.
At least in previous years there were no special security or ticketing issues for standing in Red Square—but these often do change at the last moment so verify this when you are in Moscow.
Also, you'll probably want to book a driver in advance for the trip back to the SAS Radisson as getting a taxi can be very difficult on holiday nights.
As for museums and the like, almost all have their normal hours for the week before New Years. During the period from January 1-8 (the Russian Orthodox Christmas is January 7) many museums have special hours (sometimes reduced, sometimes increased) for the holiday period.
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Finally some restaurants have posted their menus and prices for New Year's Eve menus:-
Godunov $360
Noah's Ark (Noev Kovcheg) $379
Baltschug Kempinski $700
Uzbekistan $1000
Restaurant in the Metropole $1012
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And here is how the trip went and our advice to independant travellers..
We had a brilliant time, the Kremlin was closed from the afternoon 31st December 2005 until 10th January 2006, we took a guided tour with Capital Tours (located in gostiny Dvor behind GUM) do not attempt to do it on your own at this time of year!! The Kremlin hosts childrens parties over the holiday period, so all entrances and rules change for this short period, but the info is only in Cyrillic -
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We got seriously lucky for New Nears eve, we found a small intimate cafe and restuarant (el Sol) on the top floor of GUM facing Lenin's tomb) with clear views of red square - our all inclusive dinner was $200 each and included as much wine, vodka beer (oh and food) you could consume, entertainment from a 4 piece band, magicians, singers and participant games (in which we participated)! What was truly priceless was the other diners - made up only of local Moscovites, both families and youngsters, we shared a table with a family who owned a small trucking business (we learnt all this using hand signs!) and Vladimar became my husbands' vodka drinking partner for the night, we saw midnight chimed in by the famous Red Square clock and all the action on the red square from our prime location - thoroughly recommend this place!!
As for getting around, it was safe but we are streetwise, we actually walked back to our hotel at 4.00 a.m. without incident (2 miles) as the metro closed at 2.00 a.m.
TIP - make sure your metro maps and street maps are in cyrillic as this is the only language used - without this it is very hard, most of our maps had the words but using Roman letters - useless!
Terrific place, terrific friendly warm people, had a super time - Happy New Year!!
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Dear Wendy,
Thanks for your report. Sounds like a fantastic New Year's Eve.
We've visited Moscow twice, and agree that it's a fantastic city.
Best wishes in 2006, SusanEva
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I'm so glad to hear that you had a fun time in Moscow! S novym godom!
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On the second anniversary of the Bali bombings what messages would you like to pass onto the victims' families? Please stay on the topic and keep your comments brief.
This topic is now closed - this is what you said.
To 'Demand Freedom from Religion', your comments are as filled with hatred as the people you are criticising. I agree that those who kill in the name of religion are the worst sorts of criminals. I also agree we must see each other as people first and accept our differences. These differences do include our beliefs, whether they be religious or otherwise. Tolerance and respect is required and your posting shows neither.
Don't pressure the Balinese people into creating a memorial there just yet. I lost a friend in the bombing and I understand the pain and the need to build a memorial. But understand that in their culture, sites of such tragedy and death need time to heal, the spirits are still restless and yet to find peace. The ground is still impure from the deeds of evil that took place two years ago today. Time doesn't heal all wounds, but give the Balinese people time to honour the people who lost their lives in their own way.
People have long realised the line from Downer and DFAT to be ridiculous and Bali is still a safe and wonderful place to visit. So ignore the silly political rhetoric and enjoy this lovely island and its people
John Byrne
It was an amazing time in my life. It effected me in a very personal way. We take an anuual trip to Bali 10s and that year my wife was pregnant so my wife and I didnt go. My team mates that were on the tour called early that Sunday morning and told us of the horrific events of the evening before. Shocked we turn on the TV and saw terror in our backyard and in our lives not in the middle East not somewhere else but here effecting us. My mates that survived showed the most amazing courage and spirit that Sunday in differing ways. Each were affected differntly and each did what they thought would help out in the situation. They should true digger spirit, some helped in the morque, some went to give blood, some gathered people together to check numbers and others just sat and held injured and dying peoples hands in the hostpital, talking them through their darkest hours. They did what it took to get everyone involved through it. I am so proud of them, we must always remeber this, remember the poor people that lost their lives the families in Bali and all over the world that lost loved ones, we must never forget their pain and loss. Here in Singapore we have organised a Bali Memorial Game of Rugby and we play for the Bali Cup it is North Hemisphere V Southern Hemisphere so all are involved, we raise money for families and this year we are raising money for those families in Bali to help them get through this as well two years on. We must all do our bit to never forget and always support our friends in need and especially our way of life.
Lest We Forget.
Having recently returned from a month in Bali and seen first hand the desperation of the people and the massive effect the blast had, (especially away from Kuta where tourists now rarely venture to) i was furious at some comments made of how little the Balinese have done at the bomb site. Everything in Bali happens slowly and the government seem too tight to share the wealth. Families cant afford to send their kids to school and universities are empty. Why arent the powers doing more for these people? Why are there still travel warnings for this piece of paradise, there have been no signs of terrorism in Bali for 2 years! Its OK to return.
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My heart goes out to them all. A stupid act of evil by evil people who use their religious affiliation as a cover. All religions are about power for some and mind control of the many. Let us all stop revering people's beliefs and start revering humanity and life on Earth. There is no 'Supreme Being' watching over us and requiring unending grovelling and hideous sacrifice. The purveyors of various religions that require their adherents to murder non-believers are just garden variety crime bosses like Al Capone. Only when we all see each other as human beings, no matter what colour or creed, will the cycle of revenge and violence end.
Demand Freedom from Religion
A friend of mine was killed in the blast and a day never goes by when I dont think of her.
I hope that all Australians will take a moment to remember all of them.
Stay strong. Keep faith.
Mine and my family's thoughts are with you. Hold on tight to the memories of your loved ones and know that in time your wounds too will heal.
may they rest in peace.
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I cannot imagine the families suffering. It is a tragic loss perpetrated by non-humans.
Being Agnostic I do ,however, hope that there is a God (Heaven) and a Hell, so that the scum who promote terrorism go to where they deserve and that the victims can smile at them from above.
A thought, can someone please tell me why Governments, The United Nations, or whoever, doesn't shut down the Radical websites that promote terrorism? Surely they must be hosted somewhere and surely that can be tracked... then blow the bloody thing up. They're getting a free kick promoting their sick ideals using Western technology.
This must stop
Let's hope the healing has begun and these poor souls find peace. This ghastly act was performed to divide and intimidate. We must all ensure that the perpetrators do not succeed in this task. Today, let us mourn for the dead. Tomorrow can again reflect upon our role in this corner of the globe.
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His real earn is software, every office in Britain having Microsoft Office at some point, his complex license arrangements with all the worlds jurisdictions meaning he would make billions from his office software alone. Right now I have Microsoft Office 2010, which consists of Microsoft Word, Outlook, Access, One Note, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint. The Microsoft Office Tools package included in the two discs set adds extra stuff like imaging, photography and scanning software etc to integrate what you have. This version has two Microsoft Office discs for two separate downloads with a separate 25 digit product key for each. If you want to pass it around with your mates you can always scalp a fee 25 digit code off the internet so they can have the same software, as most of you do. Best not to pass it around too much though as Microsoft marries the code with IP numbers and can shut down software when you are deemed a pirate. I have suffered this with an unlicensed copy of Windows XP and they slowly shut down applications on it until you get the black screen, a bit like the universe slowly becoming extinct and collapsing in on itself.
You all know Microsoft Word, the ubiquitous word processor we have all grown up with, the one that irritatingly corrects your spelling with American substitutes. But it's good kit and if you know how to use it you can set it on Auto Correct and get lazy and type gibberish with your eyes shut and it will all be wonderful correct as those red and green wavy lines disappear and it all sorts itself out on its own. Users notoriously underuse word processors and don't exploit their full potential. Just right click your mouse with the pointer over the command bar and all its extras will be revealed. They have a lot of power. Paintbox is good on this one and you can do some photo cropping too.
Excel is for your spreadsheets and accounts, a far trickier affair and so rarely used in the home. Access covers databases and stock control, again something you need to learn how to use and, perhaps, the trickiest of the lot. Basic spreadsheets are easy to learn if you read the manual but not the sort of ting your mum will want to get involved in if she is one of those mums who can't program the DVD player or get the screw top off the pickles.
PowerPoint is all graphs and bar charts and stuff to do presentations and reports for work or clubs and organizations you may be involved in with, easy software you can fiddle around with to learn pretty quickly on your own. As I tell my mum. You can start again if you get things wrong on the computer. No one is going to tell you off.
Outlook, of course, is your email editor and a bit redundant these days as online email like Hotmail and Yahoo can do most of those jobs now with the help of the cloud, the thing they keep rattling on about but no one really cares for. Outlook is still used in the work place for in-house security and continuity reasons. It remains very familiar to the Pas and secretaries of the world. One Note is fairly new to Office packages and used like a note pad to share information in the office or the home. You could say it's a community notice board and you can add photos and videos and stuff on top of that to anyone in your network that needs to see them. It doesn't replace the old notebook application as that is, and never has been, a notebook, mostly used by the I.T guy to fix Windows issues. It's a useful bit of maintenance kit if the truth be told that goes back to the days of DOS where you can still generate critical exe.files and stuff that windows software and operating systems are made up to rescue your computer if your computer can't find the certain boot or operating files. I remember having Windows 98 and Office Professional 97 and they wouldn't run together, an intense Google search of various chartrooms and websites for help eventually revealing that I had to generate a share.exe file in notepad, which I did indeed manage and dropped it into the correct WIN98 yellow file as instructed and it worked.
I wouldn't say there are many noticeable improvements on Office 2010 from previous version as they release a new one every year like a Premier league team does a football shirt. If you do need upgrades just go to the Windows Update website and get them there. It's as good as ever and I have never looked anywhere else. My only one gripe would be better access to the internet from Word so you can integrate more with the WWW.
I think you can pick this up for around a £100 on EBay or Amazon but silly money on some of the retail sites. If you are going to buy Office now you would buy 2013. I, of course, will just pass the discs around and not worry about it, my version costing just £40 from a car boot sale last year, upgrading from Office 2003. It's a quick and easy download although make sure you have your product key ready!
Introducing Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus!
This most recent version of Microsoft Office that was released for Windows is Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus, the perfect office suite software for many different uses including home and office work. This time, Microsoft have finally decided to give the whole layout a change and to include more interesting and useful features to help us with our day-to-day office tasks like writing letters or designing presentations! This incredible new version of MS Office is also easy to navigate around because they have scrapped the old drop down menu and they have designed a quick access toolbar which has tabs instead of drop down boxes!
What does this version of Office include?
Due to software design becoming more complex and advanced, Microsoft has been able to include more easy use software in this version.
This version includes:
Microsoft Word,
Microsoft PowerPoint,
Microsoft Publisher,
Microsoft Access,
Microsoft Excel,
Microsoft InfoPath,
Microsoft OneNote,
Microsoft Outlook,
Microsoft Lync,
Microsoft SharePoint
Why should I choose this version of MS Office?
This version Office as mentioned previously has many different features included in it to improve the user's experience.
Reasons to why you should:
*Helps make your work stand out more than before,
*Instantly share your work,
*Respond quicker when your away from the office with Microsoft's new web apps,
*MS Office 2010 Professional Plus is compatible with PC's, Smartphones and Web Browsers,
*Plus much more!
MS Office 2010 Professional Plus is definitely a reliable Office suite and helps you get your work completed much more efficiently and faster!
Negative Side!
The only problem with this version of Microsoft Office is that it can become very slow at times due to it being a bigger size than the older versions!
To get this software cheaper search for 'Software 4 Students' on the internet. This company only lets you purchase this software cheaply if you are eligible. To be eligible, you must be a parent/guardian, teacher or student in full time education!
I conclude that this incredible version of Microsoft Office is perfect for home and office use. It has many different and useful features for designing publications, presentations, letters, webpages and lots more! This product is definitely worth purchasing.


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Your essential Christmas movie • Page 2
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Bump from the ghost of xmo past.
So I'm trying to put together the definitive list, this is what I've got thus far, if you've got anymore I want to hear them.
Die Hard
Home Alone
Trading Places
Jingle All The Way
Muppet Christmas Carol
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Rare Exports
Bad Santa
Nightmare Before Christmas
Miracle on 34th Street
It's a Wonderful Life
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No one has mentioned A Christmas Story - for shame.
"You'll put your eye out!"
White Christmas.
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Star Wars.
If there's one movie to remind me of childhood Christmases it's the one that was on TV for practically every single one of the fuckers.
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Bad Santa, rare exports or nude nuns with big guns.
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Black Christmas?
Billy_Sastard wrote:Psst... Groundhog Day is February 2nd.
[edit] Also Groundhog Day @ Dirtbox.
Tis indeed. Ironically I'll be watching most of this list with a girl from them nether parts of America, so she'll spot that immediately.
Batman Returns
Die Hard 2 is set on Christmas Eve as well.
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DDevil wrote:And not as bad as people make out.
Die Hard 2 is set on Christmas Eve as well.
People say it's bad?
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The Snowman
The Santa Clause
[John shows his wedding ring] Just the fax, ma'am. Just the fax.
Holly! Here's your fucking landing light. Whoo!
Best Die Hard ever.
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The ones I usually watch are the ones I watched all the time when I was kid, which are A Christmas Story, Gremlins, ET (not Christmassy but it was my first VHS I ever owned and got it as a Christmas present), Home Alone, and Muppets Christmas Carol.
Edited by chasejamie at 22:47:23 01-12-2011
Uncle Buck + Trains, Planes and Automobiles.
Edit: The Rocky films are also essential christmas viewing.
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Me and the missus always watch jingle all the way when feel christmas has kicked off properly.
12 Monkeys
Citizen Kane
Ghostbusters 2
LA Confidential
Lethal Weapon
Sleepless in Seatle
Toy Story
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It's a wonderful life! tip of the hat to anyone else who mentioned it
Also Die Hard
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A Christmas Carol - The John Williams animated version from the 1970s. Sheer quality.
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Top list that Deebs. For me it's always Gremlins, Die Hard, Scrooged and Christmas Vacation. With Elf and Bad Santa.also in the running these days. Having never seen It's A Wonderful life, I may have to put that right this year
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Muppet Christmas Carol
Home Alone
Die Hard
Also like watching Shrek every Christmas
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When you stay at Hilton Kansas City Airport in Kansas City, you'll be in the business district and convenient to Harley-Davidson Factory. This hotel is within the region of Zona Rosa and Weston Bend State Park.
Make yourself at home in one of the 347 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. Cable programming and video-game consoles are provided for your entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
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Featured amenities include a business center, express check-out, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Planning an event in Kansas City? This hotel has 21000 square feet (1951 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available 24 hours).
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It's a rare thing that unfolds, like the mystery of happening upon dozens of dragonflies in the bushes outside a favorite bookstore. "Think of me whenever you see a dragonfly," she said shortly before dying. "Why the dragonfly?" I inquired, curious. There had been no special mention of dragonflies between us prior to then. No hilarity [Read More…]
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1.) Ponycraft II: Princess of the Swarm
2.) Ponies meet Headless Horse
3.) Fillies
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 11:12 PM
Labels: Media, Not-Fanfiction, PMV, Video
Time for custom covers!
1.) Big Mac X Smarty Pants
2.) You Raise The Sun (You Raise Me Up cover/parody)
3.) Prison - DISSKORD (Parody of "Yonkers" by Tyler, the Creator)
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Honestly, I thought this series was going the path of Sailor Moon after the pilot episode. I'm so glad that isn't the case...
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So far every single one of these episodes has been epic. Sibsy/Jayson/Lauren/Flashinthepan didn't lie when they said it would blow us away.
What kind of poll do you guys want to see next? Drop it in the comments. (Not my email box! :p)at 8:00 PM
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1.) [Thank You Rap] Been Dreamin'~
2.) Thorinair - A Rare Gem (Original Mix)
3.) Old Mare's Tale (Octavastia Your Flank)
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I wonder if we will ever see a pony Vegas?
Have some music.
1.) Interrobang Pie befriends General Mumble - Dreaming of Slot Machines
2.) Evil Enchantress (Diabolical Dance Remix)
3.) Rainbow Factory (DJSF Remix)
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[Dark] [Sci-Fi]
Author: G.I.U.L.I.O.
Description: A message from Nightmare Moon makes Princess Luna wary of what the stars could bring. When a massive human colony ship arrives, old forgotten legends surface and a new age dawns. But will it be one of peace or distrust?
Colonization: First Contact
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I can't wait until they think of something better than a touchpad.
Source 1
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Author: Saintspirit
Description: The earth pony named Silver Wonder was born blind, but yet she did against all odds discover that she had talents, believed by many to be impossible for a pony with her handicap.
Silver Wonder: Prologue
Silver Wonder: Chapter 1
Silver Wonder: Chapter 2 (New!)
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Author: Midnight Shadow
Description: Summer Sparkles and Apple Blossom want to ask the grand matriarch of the apple clan for her consent to their marriage, and get an answer - and a task - they don't expect.Nightfall at Sweet Apple Acres-Chat Room
Additional Tags: sadness, life, gifts, marriage, memories
All Parts after the Break!
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And some super deep Pinkie Pie below.... So deep.
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1.) Lunar Luminescence
2.) Celestia's Faithful
3.) Pony Space - Mane Theme
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Random Video: Doctor Whooves and Assistant [Episode 3] / PMV Mini-Madness S2 E04 / Super Pony Time 3by Sethisto
Random stuff this time around! First off, we have the third installment of the Doctor Whooves Assistant series, then a couple of PMV Hells. Crazyness.
1.) Doctor Whooves and Assistant [Episode 3]
2.) PMV Mini-Madness S2 E04
3.) Super Pony Time 3
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July 15, 1998: A unique levitation furnace that flew on the Space Shuttle in 1998 is being eyed for upgrades to fly on future Shuttle and International Space Station missions.
"TEMPUS on MSL-1 provided it was operationally reliable," said Dr. Ivan Egry, the project scientist at the German Space Agency (DLR). "I am really surprised at how much scientific data we are still squeezing out of it."
Egry spoke Tuesday morning to the third Biennial Microgravity Materials Science Conference sponsored by NASA.
TEMPUS - built by the DLR and used jointly by DLR and NASA - is the German acronym for containerless electromagnetic processing in weightlessness. That, simply put, is what TEMPUS does. An electromagnetic coil inside the TEMPUS facility positions metal samples with about 1/1,000th the force needed on the ground to work against gravity and keep the samples from touching the container walls. A second coil pumps in radio wave energy - a bit like a microwave oven - to melt the sample.
This approach is vital in a number of research areas because touching the container walls will instantly cool the sample and levitation on the ground often involve forces great enough to disturb the sample. Scientist don't want either to happen when they are trying to make precise measurements of fundamental properties that can help them refine manufacturing processes on Earth.
TEMPUS flew on the Microgravity Sciences Laboratory-1 mission in 1998, and on the second International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-2) in 1994. Data are still being analyzed, but Egry gave a preview Tuesday, including benchmark data that will let scientists correct the surface tension measurements for one type of metal, and make the first-ever reliable viscosity measurements.
"Many things were surprising," Egry said when asked about the data from TEMPUS. Among them were the first experimental measurements of the electrical conductivity of cobalt-palladium in both its liquid and solid states.
TEMPUS demonstrated its value by making repeat measurements that matched very closely with one another. Consistency is crucial when one is trying to establish basic physical properties. For example, one line of experiments involved cooling metals, such as zirconium, far below their normal freezing point and then recording the point where they froze, how much heat they gave off, and other details. The zirconium sample was put through 120 melt/freeze cycles.
"It's really amazing to see how one undercooling cycle follows the other," Egry said as he showed a graph showing precise repeatability in the data.
All told, the MSL-1 mission hosted 22 experiments comprising 197 hours of test run and 437 melting cycles.
Spurred by this success, DLR is looking at adapting TEMPUS to fly on Spacelab, and to incorporate better sample handling and video capabilities, and a broader temperature range. DLR also is looking at an Advanced TEMPUS that would allow scientists to replace samples in orbit - so the furnace would not have to be brought back - and add other improvements to enhance the science.
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Publicist guy says: "We think you'll like this -- it sounds like Coffins." So, we decide to check it out because we love Coffins. And yes, we can hear that a bit but we hear even more similarities to Mitochondrian and Decibel favorites Incantation. These are promising comparisons for extreme metal. Despite throwing out a few names to bait the hook we'll also say that Outer Heaven doesn't really sound like these bands as much as they exude a similar claustrophobic vibe. It's new school death metal with an old school feel without the shelf dust.
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Kunming World Horticultural Expo Garden is now divided into five big exhibition halls, seven special gardens and three outdoor showplaces. The five exhibition halls include the China Hall, the International Hall, the Man and Nature Hall, the Science and Technology Hall and the Grand Greenhouse. Seven theme gardens are the Vegetable and Fruit Garden, the Bamboo Garden, the Bonsai Plants Garden, the Tea Garden, the Medicinal Herb Garden, the Tree Garden and the Garden of Famous Flowers and Strange Stones (It was found after the 1999 Kunming International Horticulture Exposition). The three outdoor showplaces are the International Exhibition Gardens, the Domestic Exhibition Gardens and the Exhibition Area for Enterprises.
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After visiting the Grand Greenhouse, the tourists can see the Domestic Exhibition Gardens to the north. It is composed of 34 sections according to China's provinces and regions. With different characteristics, these provincial gardens stand in four solid lines. Walking forward to the World Horticultural Expo Garden, visitors encounter the International Exhibition Gardens, which include 33 sections in total. The five big exhibition halls and the seven special gardens are scattered here.
Kunming World Horticultural Expo Garden transplants and cultivates 2,551 kinds of plants with a total census of more than 2 million. Among them, 112 categories are rare and endangered species. With the theme of Man and Nature, it shows that human beings are interrelated with Nature in a harmonious way.
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