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Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen – who have their own Wal-Mart clothing line – go high-end to model for Badgley Mischka's new ad campaign, due in print publications next month. It's the twins' first time promoting a brand other than their own. Says designer Mark Badgley: "We always thought that they had great personal style."
Mary-Kate and Ashley pose at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. "They are definitely young women who are coming into their own," says designer James Mischka about the Olsens' grown-up look and professionalism on the set.
(To see more, pick up this week's issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.)
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Britney Spears, wearing both floral and zebra prints, goes shopping Tuesday at the West Hollywood department store Fred Segal. Later this month the Louisiana native will celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
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Nicollette Sheridan makes a splash as the hostess with the mostest at the Pussycat Dolls' Valentine's Day burlesque show in Las Vegas.
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HAPPY 'V'-NIGHT
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SG-1 Season Eight
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Teal'c is trapped in a virtual reality simulation, in which he must defend the base from a Goa'uld super-soldier incursion.
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ORIGINAL AIR DATE: 08.13.04
SYNDICATION AIR DATE: 10.24.05
DVD DISC: Season 8, Disc 2
WRITTEN BY: Damian Kindler
DIRECTED BY: Martin Wood
Bill Dow (Dr. Bill Lee), Andrew Airlie (Dr. Carmichael), Gary Jones (Walter Harriman), Dan Shea (Sergeant Siler), Dan Payne (Kull Warrior)
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Sergeant Walter Harriman calls out a threat level as Teal'c and several soldiers pile towards the Gate Room. Once inside it is clear that a single Kull warrior has invaded Stargate Command. General O'Neill is shot down, and Teal'c snatches a Kull disruptor-armed weapon from a fallen comrade and fires at the drone, disabling it.
He awakens, attached to a virtual reality chair obtained from P7J-989 ("The Gamekeeper"), Dr. Bill Lee beaming with excitement. Teal'c reports that he found the simulation unrealistic, but agrees to work with the team to modify the device further in the hopes of making it more realistic. Lee's team has engineered software to use the V.R. chairs for training purposes, and the technology is capable of learning from the player and continually adapting.
Teal'c soon goes back into the game, but almost immediately is taken out by the super-solider in the Gate Room, who has anticipated his entrance and kills him immediately upon opening the door. The game resets and he tries a new tactic, this time going around to the other side of the missile silo. But when he enters all he finds is O'Neill, dead at the bottom of the ramp. The drone kills Teal'c again, this time from the opposite entrance.
In the real world, Teal'c is being jolted by a small electrical charge each time a plasma blast hits him. Dr. Lee did not anticipate this, and is relieved they did not apply anything to the game that could be lethal. Still, Colonel Carter is concerned.
Teal'c is no longer taking risks. He goes straight for the armory, puts on a vest and obtains a disruptor-armed weapon. Down the hall two warriors flank him from both ends, and he is shot down again.
The game continues to reset to the beginning each time Teal'c is killed. He has been told that there are two ways to end the game: beat the scenario and save the base, or head to the elevator and take it to the surface to give up. When he seemingly wins by defeating the warrior, he learns (fatally) that the objective has changed — there are more warriors, for example.
In the eleventh round Teal'c gains aid from the game's simulated versions of Colonel Carter and several Airmen. They corner the two drones in a corridor, but this time they are unexpectedly invulnerable to the Kull disruptors. As Carter is killed, Teal'c orders the men to fall back — but he is shot as well.
In the real world, the S.G.C.'s Dr. Carmichael notices that Teal'c's adrenaline levels are slowly rising, as well as his heart rate and blood pressure. The modified V.R. chair itself cannot kill him, but the danger now is that if the game does not quit, each time Teal'c is killed will accumulate to his eventual death by an unavoidable heart attack.
The game resets, and Teal'c and Carter proceed to her lab to obtain a frequency modulator chip to counteract the Kull's new adaptive armor. Teal'c succeeds in destroying both warriors just as the base self-destruct activates, but after Carter shuts it down, the game does not automatically shut off. They haven't won.
Teal'c tries to figure out why the scenario has not ended as he is treated for an arm injury in the virtual reality infirmary. Without warning the self-destruct begins again. This time Carter can't shut it off, and Stargate Command is destroyed. The game resets. Realizing that the game's objective is changing every time, Teal'c finally gives in and hurries to the surface via the elevator shafts.
The real Carter, Jackson, and Lee watch the game display monitor, relieved that Teal'c is willing to give up and exit the V.R. simulation. But when he reaches level one, the game resets again; Teal'c is unable to escape.
Outside his teammates are clearly worried that the game is not going to let him win, as it continually provides new twists, essentially moving back the "finish line." Dr. Carmichael provides Teal'c with an injection of adrenaline to keep him going, but it will not sustain him indefinitely. Teal'c is literally playing for his life.
Not only has the game added a third Kull warrior, but this drone possesses an invisibility device. Teal'c and Carter manage to take them all out, but as that is done Sergeant Siler reports a naquadah generator is overloading. When Carter and Teal'c attempt to activate the Stargate and throw it through, Dr. Jackson zats Sergeant Harriman before the dialing sequence is complete, revealing himself to be a Goa'uld! The naquadah generator explodes and the program resets once more.
Teal'c, suffering from exhaustion and realizing that he cannot win, slouches down against the concrete wall of the corridor and lets the game reset again and again. He cannot play any longer.
Meanwhile, Carter conducts experiments on an identical chair using an imprint of Teal'c's memory taken six years ago on P7J-989, but the results are virtually the same. She fears that the game will not let him win the game until the Goa'uld themselves have been totally defeated — and that, six years ago at least, Teal'c might have truly believed the Goa'uld could never be defeated. If his views have not changed, and the game he's trapped in is serving as a microcosm for the battle against the Goa'uld as a whole, it might never let him win.
O'Neill suggests hooking up a joystick to another chair to help Teal'c, giving Carter and Lee an idea. They devise a means to add an additional player into the game, but with a two-second advantage to help Teal'c win. Jack, Daniel, and Sam all volunteer, even knowing that if they can't beat the game they will be trapped with Teal'c. Daniel is chosen and joins in the simulation, with the ability to see events two seconds before they happen (thanks to the interface's time lag from the game's processor) — and is immediately killed by Teal'c, who still believes that Daniel is a Goa'uld.
The game resets and this time Daniel tries to reason with him, but Teal'c shoots Daniel again. In the next round, Jackson takes up his own strategy and zats Teal'c to the ground to force him to listen. Soon Teal'c understands the truth — this is the real Daniel — and the two join forces to defeat the game.
Their first attempt is a failure, and Teal'c's heart stops. Carmichael is able to get him moving, but that the agent he just injected will not work again.
This time Teal'c and Daniel successfully take down all three drones, but find Carter and O'Neill in a storage locker trying to deactivate the overloading naquadah generator. Sam swears that Siler (unconscious in the corner) was the Goa'uld, but the two players don't know who they can trust. Teal'c and Daniel raise their weapons and end off in a tense stand-off with the virtual Jack and Sam. With the generator counting down to overload, Teal'c and Daniel decide to lower their weapons.
Carter manages to deactivate the device — but Siler leaps to his feet, revealing that he is indeed a Goa'uld. Teal'c takes him out, and the game finally ends.
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Dr. Lee and his scientists have been working on the game chair for over two years, hoping it would one day enhance the training of SG team members.
Since the incident on P7J-989 six years ago, the residents built in a shut-off switch within the V.R. chair technology to ensure that no one can be trapped inside against their will. In this S.G.C. simulation, a player must simply proceed to the secondary elevator and head for the surface in order to exit. (Unfortunately for Teal'c, the game's adaptive programming overrode the exit protocol.)
A thermographic sensor is capable of detecting a Kull, even with its invisibility shield active. The virtual Samantha Carter had also developed a modulator chip capable of destroying a Kull warrior should they adapt their armor to the energy weapon created from Ancient healing device ("Death Knell").
Fortunately, there is no evidence yet that the real-world super-soldiers are capable of invisibility (without the aid of a personal cloaking device) or of adapting to the energy weapon.
Stargate Command's threat level "FA-6" ("Foxtrot Alpha Six") signals an invasion of the base by Kull warriors, though this threat level may only exist within the virtual reality training simulation.
The game's memory core is adaptive and accumulative, as it essentially learns from its user with each replay.
There is a 2-second delay between the chair's processor and the user's experience.
P4M-523 is an uninhabited world (at least in the game).
Will Stargate Command continue to use the V.R. chair technology for training scenarios? Can the fundamental flaws that trapped Teal'c be overcome?
Does Teal'c truly believe that the Goa'uld cannot be defeated? Did he really believe that six years ago?
(Read more on this episode "In the Making …" by Joseph Mallozzi)
Actor Andrew Airlie, who plays Dr. Carmichael, first played the Orbanian Kalan in Season Three's "Learning Curve."
The computer-generated video game footage in this episode was created by Perception, the same Australian company that developed the Stargate SG-1 PC / console game Stargate SG-1: The Alliance. (The game itself was scrapped late in production, and never released.)
"It's a V.R. game. They're using the chairs from 'The Gamekeeper.' And now we're back in those chairs and we've modified them, and they are allowing us to program our own V.R. game to check out how certain scenarios can be played out. In this case, Teal'c gets trapped in a scenario of his own making because he never gives up and the game is playing until he gives up — and it's not going to happen. It's a very cool episode."
"'Avatar' repeats and repeats and repeats and repeats, and looks a little bit like 'Groundhog Day' or 'Window of Opportunity.' But it has a twist to it in that it completely resets brand new every time. So it's not like we just start again; Teal'c goes through and resets his game every time he gets killed. But there are subtle differences because the game is adapting to him." (Director Martin Wood, in an interview with GateWorld)
"We're doing an interesting story, working with the people who just got the rights to do the games. I don't know if you read about a company in Australia that just signed a multi-million dollar deal with MGM to do a PlayStation2 platform game? We're doing a story where we're using the chairs from 'Gamekeeper,' and we're working with those scientists. We've created what we think is a virtual reality simulator, a combat scenario, for training S.G. soldiers. Teal'c is testing it out and he gets trapped inside of it. A programming error gets him caught in this simulation. And we're actually using footage from the video games as representation of what he's going through. It's inter-cut throughout the show." (Executive producer Robert C. Cooper, in an interview with the Richard Dean Anderson Web Site)
"'Avatar' is the video game, the 'Gamekeeper' simulation. The V.R. chairs have never left. If you look really closely at 'Point of View,' you'll see them in the Area 51 lockup. The chairs are on the shelf as we go through Area 51, when we end on the quantum mirror, and long-hair Carter and Kawalsky come through. You quite clearly see that the chairs are on the shelf there, because we recovered those chairs from the planet. We took them, from Dwight Schultz, who's very upset! Dr. Lee and his group of scientists program a V.R. chair for the purposes of simulation, for training purposes.
"And Teal'c is in there, and he's playing his first person shooter video game, trying to deal with potential foothold situations that they might come across. In this particular scenario, it is if an Anubis drone got onto the base, how they would handle that battle. It's the same premise as Tron. He can't get out, Matrix, if you will, he won't give up, the game is getting harder and harder, and then suddenly his life is at stake." (Director and consulting producer Peter DeLuise, in an interview with the Richard Dean Anderson Web Site)
"I've never been a huge fan of virtual reality episodes as there are only so many ways you can go with them. Still, what makes an episode special isn't so much its premise but the light it sheds on our main characters — in this case, Teal'c. So, what do we learn about Teal'c in this episode? Well, for starters, we learn he has a really big head. There were two versions of that V.R. helmet he sports in the episode. The first was built prior to any proper head measurement and, as a result, would only fit us mere mortals. The prop department had to come up with a completely different helmet to accommodate Chris's, er, roomier head." (Writer / producer Joseph Mallozzi, in a post at his blog)
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Woodrow Wilson was elected the 28th US President in the US Presidential Election 1912 and continued in his office till 1921 after being re-elected in the US Presidential Election 1916. As a stalwart of the Democratic Party, he has defeated Republican rivals as formidable as William Howard Taft and theodore Roosevelt.
It was during the reign of Woodrow Wilson that US sent its army in the World War I.Despite taking part in the World War I, Wilson took many radical measures to restore peace in the world. the peace initiatives won him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919.
Woodrow Wilson was born in the year 1856 in Virginia. He was fathered by Reverend Dr. Joseph Wilson. Woodrow Wilson spent a large portion of his childhood in Georgia. He also stayed in South Carolina and North Carolina. Finally he graduated from Princeton. He earned his Ph.D. in the subjects of Political Science and History in 1886 from Johns Hopkins University. He made a mark in the history of US Presidents for being the only President with a Ph.D.
In the early part of his career, Woodrow Wilson served as a faculty in a number of institutions namely Wesleyan University, Bryn Mawr College, Evelyn College for Women, New York Law School, and Princeton University. The trustees of the Princeton University elected Woodrow Wilson as its president. He resigned from the Princeton University in 1909 after which, he moved into the state politics of New Jersey.
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In the US Presidential Election 1912, Woodrow Wilson won a large number of electoral votes, which helped him become the US President. During his Presidential tenure, Wilson approved a number of Acts into laws.
Full Name: Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Date of Birth: December 28, 1856, Staounton, Virginia
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Children: Margaret Woodrow (1886-1944); Jessie Woodrow (1887-1933); Eleanor Randolph (1889-1967)
Religion: Presbyterian
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Government ranks: New Jersey governor
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Did Joe Simpson cause Jessica-Tony break-up?
Washington, June 5 (ANI): Jessica Simpson's controlling dad might just be the real reason behind her split with quaterback Tony Romo, it has emerged.
According to a source, the 27-year-old singer's dad Joe Simpson had offered a broker a deal to sell his engagement and wedding to a magazine.
"'If you guys have a marriage, I can do the same [sell it] that I did with Ashlee,'" a source quoted Joe as saying.
Moreover, he also asked the 'Dallas Cowboys' star to drop his agent so he could take over his NFL career along with a 67.5 million dollar contract.
This indeed enraged Romo and he gave Jessica an ultimatum to tell her dad to back off.
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"Anyone who does not want to shop with an inclusive retailer is welcome to shop elsewhere"
Sainsbury's has won an army of fans after the person left in charge of their social media skillfully shut down people asking why there is no 'white history month'.
The comment came at the start of Black History Month, which began as 'a way of remembering important people and events in the history of the African diaspora' and has been marked in the UK since 1987.
A number of Twitter and Facebook users took to the social media platforms to ask: "Where is white history day".
To which Sainsbury's official account replied: "At present there is no nationally recognised day or month called White History Month and in an ideal world we wouldn't need a specific month to celebrate any group of people, because we would all be celebrated equally and at all times.
"Instead it could be said that it is more common for us to celebrate the achievements and historical contributions of white people than any other ethnic or racial group.
"Therefore to expand our view of the world, it is helpful for us to have specific days and months of focus for other ethnic groups that have been historically marginalised or pressed."
People took to social media to praise the response.
Broadcaster James O'Brien tweeted: "This Sainsbury's social media chap has a better grasp of reality than the best-paid columnists in the country."
Lou Kyme tweeted: "It's such a perfectly crafted response. The 'What About White History Month?' person tee'd them up beautifully."
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Sainsbury's tweeted: "We are proud to celebrate Black History Month together with our Black colleagues, customers and communities and we will not tolerate racism.
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Pearl Bailey At Disneyland!
Pearl's Here! Showcased on Disneyland's all new "Rivers of America" floating stage! This was before the hideous and permanent Fantasmic stage existed. The floating stage was smaller and floated out in front of the Old Mill on Tom Sawyer Island. This ad ran in the L.A. Times on Wednesday, November 24th, 1976 and was advertising the park's entertainment for Thanksgiving weekend.
In addition to Pearl Bailey, we have the big band sounds led by Louie Bellson, Les Brown and Teddy Buckner. Over in Tomorrowland, there's Papa Doo Run Run and Sunshine Balloon! And this is all at regular admission prices! Don't forget that Disneyland is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays!
Let's flash forward now to 1981. Disney's "The Fox and the Hound" is released that year and Pearl Bailey provides the voice of the character Big Mama. And THEN, that summer...she's back! Back at Disneyland and back on the Rivers of America floating stage! I saw her at Disneyland that summer. She came out and did a set of songs including "The Best Of Friends," from "The Fox and the Hound." She was wonderful. I have a whole series of photos from that day (looks like I will have to do another vintage trip report!) but out of all the photos I took, I wish I had taken just one photo of Pearl Bailey performing on that stage, but alas I did not!
And in case you were wondering what's on the reverse side of this vintage Disneyland advertisement.....it's an ad for another Southern California attraction!
I loved Busch Gardens in Van Nuys and still miss it to this very day!
I want to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving!!!
Labels: 1976, Busch Gardens, Disneyland, Ephemera, Fox and the Hound, Newspaper Ads, Pearl Bailey, Thanksgiving Weekend
Thanksgiving Weekend at Disneyland - 1984
Today we have an L.A. Times Disneyland advertisement for Thanksgiving Weekend of 1984. Matthew Wilder was appearing at the park! This was one year after his song "Break My Stride" reached #5 on the Billboard chart. Turns out the song that's listed in the ad, "Bouncing Off The Wall" only hit #52 on the chart. Maybe that's why I don't remember that one. I was wondering what he's been up to since then, so I Googled him. Turns out he has been a record producer for artists such as Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson and No Doubt (he produced their album, "Tragic Kingdom") He was also the singing voice of Ling in the Disney film, "Mulan" and was nominated for an Academy Award for his collaboration on the film's original music score!
Oh yeah, and the Dazz Band and New Edition were also at the park. I've never heard of that Dazz Band song that's mentioned in the advertisement either. Their biggest hit was the Grammy winning song, "Let It Whip," which hit #5 on the Billboard chart and #1 on the R & B chart. And just FYI.....New Edition's "Cool It Now" reached #4 on the Billboard chart and #1 on the R & B charts.
Making it's debut at the park that year, was the Country Bear Jamboree Christmas show and there was also a new film in the Circle Vision Theater. Check out this post over at Vintage Disneyland Tickets for the park brochure from that same Thanksgiving weekend. It includes ticket prices and additional entertainment information!
Labels: 1984, Disneyland, Ephemera, Matthew Wilder, New Edition, Newspaper Ads, Thanksgiving Weekend, The Dazz Band
A Disneyland Trip Report from 1982 - Part 2
This is a continuation of my last post , which was a vintage Disneyland trip report from November of 1982. During that visit, my friend Tonya and I rode the Skyway to get a sneak peak at the new construction (and sadly, the demolition) of Fantasyland. The Skyway at that point was "round trip." That meant they weren't letting guests off at the Fantsyland station. When the Skyway gondolas entered the station, you had to stay inside the vehicle and the cast members would push you around the curved section of track and back onto the cable in order to send you back over to Tomorrowland.
The view at this time was spectacular....or horrific, depending on your outlook. I really didn't have too much of a problem with the "New Fantasyland," EXCEPT for the fact that Captain Hook's Pirate Ship and Skull Rock had to be sacrificed in the process. I think they both should have stayed at any cost and that Dumbo could have been relocated somewhere else. After all, Dumbo was originally supposed to be relocated to where Videopolis/The Fantasyland Theater ended up being built. It was going to be part of a "Dumbo/Circus" themed area that would have been an entirely new land for the park. But as usual, plans change when it comes to future attractions at the Magic Kingdom.
Oh, but I digress. Let's begin our 1982 round trip excursion on the Skyway! You won't see any aerial shots of Tomorrowland here. This is back in the days of film, so I saved every remaining shot I had for the Fantasyland portion of the ride. First up, is a view of the Alice In Wonderland attraction. It would not be opening in 1983 with the rest of the New Fantasyland. It's reopening would have to wait one more year.
Sniff, sniff.....bye, bye Pirate Ship!
Bye, bye Skull Rock....okay, now I'm just getting mad all over again!
The west wing of the castle was shut down for rehab first (just after the Christmas season of 1981/82), while Mr. Toad and Peter Pan remained open. That's why the Snow White & Pinocchio side of Fantasyland is so much further along in these next two photos. I remember that the east wing's construction went much faster....it would be completed by May of 1983. Again, these photos were taken in November of 1982.
Here's a pic of the Village Haus Restaurant under construction. Big Thunder Mountain used to tower over Fantasyland....at least until the pine trees grew taller.
I have many more photos of the New Fantasyland construction. Some were taken earlier than this visit and some later. During that time period, we always had to ride the Skyway to check on the construction progress. I will post more of these construction photos in the future!
Labels: "Vintage Trip Report", 1982, Alice In Wonderland, Construction Photos, Fantasyland, Kodak 110 Instamatic Camera, New Fantasyland, Skyway, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Trip Report
Well it's November and you know what that means....Mickey turns another year older on the 18th! He's a Scorpio! Let's go back to the early 80's when his birthday used to be the cause for a month-long celebration at the park. That's right, it's Mickey's Month at Disneyland!
You met my friend "Alvin" (or at least his reflection in the window of the Candy Palace) during my vintage trip report from November, 1980 (link). Now it's November of 1982 and my friend "Tonya" is going with me on this trip. My friend Alvin and I were still going to the park together...I was lucky enough to have two fellow Disneyland-obsessed friends to go to the park with. In fact, I'm still good friends to this day with both Alvin and Tonya!
So anyway, it's November 1982 and when we first arrive at the park, we find that they are handing something out to all guests at the entrance. Hey, it's Mickey's birthday, but WE get the gifts...lucky us! The gift is a spongy bath mitt in the shape of Mickey. It has now been stored in a box in the dark for 27 years, but somehow the color faded around the edges anyway. How does that happen?
While we're at the main gate, we better pick up the entertainment brochure for the day. Hmmm, I don't want to miss the birthday parade. And how about that Mickey's Birthday Lunch at the Space Place? Maybe we should eat over there since someday that will be turned into the entrance and Fast Pass area for Space Mountain.
Now we're in the Plaza and there's a huge birthday cake sitting in the center planter (Mickey, Walt...are you under there?) Hey, where are all the people?
That cake is making me hungry. Let's head on over to the Space Place in Tomorrowland for that birthday lunch. Looks like the Mousketeers are going to be back on the Space Stage once again. We've seen their reunion show before (see the link above for my 1980 trip report), so maybe we'll just skip the show this time. I love the openness of the Space Stage area though. Too bad they had to wall it all in and put a ceiling over it. It ruined the whole feel of the original Space Mountain complex.
Well, the meal has been served, along with a piece of birthday cake and here comes our free birthday balloon....free with the price of the lunch, that is. Suzy (or is it Perla?) from Cinderella is helping the cast member hand out the balloons.
Here comes the guest of honor, Mickey himself! Let's all sing happy birthday to him!
Oh, and here's the birthday hat that was included with the meal. I think I'll save mine for a few years. Well, at least 27 years. Okay, maybe longer!
Now let's go check out the birthday parade.
By the way, I wish Disneyland would sell the parade soundtracks for ALL of their parades like Tokyo Disneyland does!
Hey Mickey, you turned around....and Minnie, you're blocking your face! Don't you hate it when that happens? Oh well!
Look, the American Egg House is still open with outdoor patio dining! Why isn't this space still a restaurant today?
Well, that's it for today, but how about a "part two" to this vintage trip report? A "part two" where Tonya and I board the Skyway in Tomorrowland for a ROUND TRIP ride over Fantasyland to view the demolition and construction for the all "new" Fantasyland. Stay tuned!
POST UPDATE: For part two of this trip report, click here.
Labels: "Vintage Trip Report", 1982, Buttons, Ephemera, Kodak 110 Instamatic Camera, Mickey Mouse, Mickey's Month, Parades, Souvenir, Space Place, Space Stage, Trip Report
More EPCOT in Anaheim
In my last post , I included photos of some figures from EPCOT's World of Motion attraction that found their way to both Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure. Let's take another look at those figures as well as some of the others that made the long trek from Orlando to Anaheim.
Here again, is the sea serpent from World of Motion's "Christopher Columbus scene."
He is surrounded by other props in the Hollywood Backlot area. With the upcoming changes planned for DCA, I wonder if these items will be staying?
I've been reviewing old attraction footage trying to figure out if these other props are from WOM as well. I haven't come to a definitive conclusion yet. Maybe I need to see some better footage!
Here are the pirate, the horse and the goat from Pirates of the Caribbean that were mentioned in my last post. All three of these figures were originally from WOM. I wonder where they are now?
And just a few feet to the right of these figures, was a pig from WOM that used to sit next to the "gluttonous pirate" in the chase scene. Notice the pirate's belly sticking out under his sash...that was a 1997 addition. Thank goodness they covered it back up when Jack Sparrow was added to the attraction in 2006. And that cat that used to rise up on a platform from inside the barrel was just plain ridiculous!
Here's the partner of the pirate that was seen pulling on the rope in my last post. (He can also be seen in the background of this photo.) This squatting figure was originally from the Assyrian scene in WOM, where he was attempting to get a seated Zebra to stand up.
I hope everyone enjoyed this peek at some old EPCOT remnants. My next post is going to be another vintage trip report from Disneyland in the 1980's. Get your time machines ready!
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Labels: "Vintage Disneyland Remnants", Audio-Animatronics, Disney's California Adventure, EPCOT, Hollywood Pictures Backlot, Pirates of the Caribbean, World of Motion
EPCOT In Anaheim
Once upon a time in EPCOT, there was an attraction called World of Motion. It was housed in a large wheel shaped building and was a 15 minute Omnimover ride through the largest assembly of Audio-Animatronics ever produced in Disney history....188 figures in total.
The attraction was similar to Spaceship Earth, but instead of tracing man's achievements in communication, World of Motion traced the development of transportation from man's earliest forms of mobility, up to present times (and even hinted at some possible future methods.)
Another difference between this attraction and Spaceship Earth was that most of the scenes in World of Motion were infused with humor. Here's one of the scenes from the attraction showing an encounter between Christopher Columbus and a sea serpent during his search for the New World.
Unfortunately, after entertaining guests for 14 years, World of Motion closed in 1996 and was eventually replaced by Test Track. So what happened to all those set pieces and figures? Well, a small number of them went on to have a life after WOM. The sea serpent from the Christopher Columbus scene can actually be found today in Anaheim, at Disney's California Adventure. I'm wondering how many people right now are saying, "Where in the heck?" Well, he is hidden behind the buildings on the north side of the Hollywood Backlot, just next to the Hollywood Backlot Stage. He's surrounded by some wooden barriers that have "Props Dept." stenciled on them, as well as a few other props such as some Roman columns and a Chinese rickshaw. I haven't yet been able to confirm whether or not these are also from World of Motion, but I would tend to believe that they are. Maybe someone out there can say for sure.
Here's the sea serpent in his new home.
Now let's go back to EPCOT. Does this figure from World of Motion look familiar? He should. He resided in Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean from 1997 to 2006. He was one of the two pirates right before the chain lift that were trying to make off with a heavy load of treasure.
Below, is a photo from Daveland (used here with permission) showing how this figure appeared at Disneyland. His partner that was bent over in a rather unflattering position while trying to help lift the load, was also from World of Motion.
There were other figures that were taken from World of Motion and installed in Pirates of the Caribbean during it's 1997 redo, but I need to find some photos of them in order to show the comparisons. These figures included the pirate from the "chase scene" that was trying to keep a basket of fruit away from a horse and a goat (both from WOM as well) and the pig that used to sit next to "the pooped pirate/gluttonous pirate" in that same scene. If anyone has photos of any of these World of Motion figures from either Orlando or Anaheim and would like to share them, please let me know!
***Post Update*** Click here for my next post: More EPCOT In Anaheim to see more figures from WOM that ended up in Anaheim's Pirates of the Caribbean.


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Pequeñeces es una novela escrita por el sacerdote jesuita Luis Coloma, publicada entre 1890 y 1891.

Historia
La novela tiene como origen la relación de Luis Coloma con el también novelista José María de Pereda. Esta relación comenzó en 1885 de forma epistolar. Pereda insistió al padre Coloma (hasta entonces solo autor de relatos cortos) de escribir una novela más larga. Según Ricardo Serna, el argumento estaría ya formado hacía 1887.

En enero de 1890 comenzó a publicarse por entregas en El Mensajero del Corazón de Jesús, publicación dirigida por los jesuitas. La última entrega fue publicada en mayo de 1891.

Entre 1890 y 1891 también sería publicada en forma de libro, en dos volúmenes sucesivos.

En 1950 fue adaptada al cine por Juan de Orduña, teniendo como intérprete de la protagonista, Curra Albornoz, a Aurora Bautista.

La novela fue adaptada en 1971 por la televisión mejicana al México de principios del siglo XX en una telenovela.

Desde el último cuarto del siglo XX ha sido objeto de diversas ediciones críticas.

Descripción
La novela se divide en cuatro libros, seguidos de un epílogo. En el primero de los libros se incluye un prólogo.

En la obra se presentan un gran número de personajes (Ricardo Serna apunta 474) entre los que destacan unos nueve que se encuentran más desarrollados.

La novela presenta una visión sobre la alta sociedad madrileña durante el período conocido como Sexenio Democrático. La novela incluye el poema Dulcísimo recuerdo de mi vida, escrito por el sacerdote jesuita Julio Alarcón y dedicado a la Virgen del Recuerdo.

Véase también

 Pequeñeces ... (película)
 Pequeñeces (telenovela)

 Dulcísimo recuerdo de mi vida

Referencias

Novelas de España del siglo XIX en español
Novelas adaptadas a la televisión
Novelas adaptadas al cine

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(I know it must seem as if I have been missing in action--too lazy to write about my own take on the previous piece from the L.A. Times and this piece from my own inbox, and yes, you might have a point. But the truth is, my oldest, closest girlfriend was in an car accident that totaled her recently purchased Honda, but it also totaled the new car of the young man who ran a stop sign and hit her. What is nearly miraculous that both drivers limped away from this wreck that demolished both newish cars. More on this later.)
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From the Los Angles Times
John McCain, Barack Obama both sell themselves as agents of change
Dave Kaup / Getty Images; Joe Burbank / Associated Press
Left, Palin joined McCain at a campaign rally in Missouri today. Right, Hillary Clinton campaigned for Obama in central Florida.
The candidates campaign in Missouri and Michigan, respectively. The Republican's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate has given him a boost in polls.
By Peter Nicholas and Michael Muskal, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
September 9, 2008Flint, Mich. -- Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain clashed today over which presidential aspirant was the best person to bring about change.
Both candidates have claimed to be the true agent for change, an idea polls show most voters support. The latest polls also show that McCain's standing has improved since he was nominated last week, in part, because of his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.
McCain and Palin campaigned today in Missouri, a key battleground state, while Obama was in Michigan and his running mate, Joe Biden, campaigned in Wisconsin and Iowa. The Democrats stressed the need to fix the economy.
In Lee's Summit, Mo., the Republican duo again portrayed themselves as the ticket of mavericks, unafraid to take on their own party on such issues as congressional earmarks and political corruption. Energy independence, including offshore oil drilling, and the improving security situation in Iraq continue to be among their key issues.
"Change is coming, change is coming," McCain said.
Speaking in Flint, where the unemployment rate is 12%, Obama said McCain is attempting a wholesale makeover after running a campaign based on his Washington experience.
"John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, at the [Republican] convention asserted that they were the agents of change," Obama said. "Now they're trying to repackage themselves. We've been talking about the need to change this country for 19 months. I guess it must be working because suddenly John McCain is saying 'I'm for change too.' "
With about eight weeks to go until election day, the candidates concentrated on battleground states. To counter Palin's increasing success with conservative voters, Democrats dispatched Hillary Rodham Clinton to Florida, another swing state, where she too stressed the economy.
Earlier today, Republicans attacked Obama for allegedly requesting nearly $1 billion in earmarks for his home state of Illinois, a figure sharply contested by the Obama campaign.
Alaska Gov. Palin again said that she had rejected an earmark for the so-called "bridge to nowhere," and the Obama campaign immediately retorted that Palin kept the more than $230 million for the bridge and used it for other transportation purposes.
Taking direct aim at Palin, Obama accused her of flip-flopping on her claim to have opposed the bridge that has become a symbol of government pork.
"She was for it until everyone started raising a fuss about it," said Obama, standing against a backdrop of hybrid SUVs. "You can't just make stuff up. You can't just re-create yourself. You can't just reinvent yourself. The American people aren't stupid. What they're looking for is someone who has been consistently calling for change."
In her appearance, Palin again praised McCain for backing the increase of U.S. troops in Iraq as an example of how he was willing to support unpopular positions.
Some in Washington saw the war as lost, she said, with no hope for any candidate "who would rather lose an election than lose the war," she said, using the McCain campaign applause line.
"But the pollsters and the pundits, they forgot one thing when they wrote him off," Palin said to cheers today. "John McCain refused to break faith with the troops who have now brought victory in sight.
"I'll tell ya, as a mother of one of those troops, that's exactly the kind of man I want as commander in chief," said Palin, whose eldest son is heading to Iraq.
The latest polls show the general election essentially neck and neck, which was where it was before the party conventions. A CNN/Time poll showed the race deadlocked at 48%, largely unchanged from the previous week, when Obama led McCain by 49% to 48%.
But another poll by USA Today/Gallup, gave McCain a 4-point edge among registered voters and a 10-point lead among likely voters -- a big increase for McCain, who trailed Obama by 3 points among likely voters.
McCain senior aide Mark Salter said the campaign was thrilled about the numbers -- but cautioned that it was a post-convention bounce and that another milestone looms in the upcoming debates.
"Obviously we had successful convention. People were reminded of who John McCain is. I don't expect the Obama campaign to take it lying down. We have two months to go," Salter said.
"We're very confident that we've been able to use both his vice presidential choice and his convention to remind voters that John McCain's whole public career has been about change. We've been under siege that John McCain is running for George Bush's third term. We've successfully reminded people that this is who he is," he said.
So far, the polls indicate that whatever bounce the Democrats received after their convention last month was short-lived, at best. Republicans did get a bounce, generally attributed to the surprise choice of Palin as McCain's running mate.
Blog: Top of the Ticket
2008 electoral vote map
Campaign '08 Daily Newsletter
The polls indicate a greater enthusiasm among the Republican faithful after the nomination of Palin, who appeals to conservatives who were lukewarm about McCain.
Democrats, responding to McCain's surprise pick of Palin, sent Clinton to Florida today for the second time in as many weeks to campaign.
With some Clinton supporters still angry that Obama did not select the New York senator as his running mate, aides said that Obama will lunch Thursday in Harlem with former President Bill Clinton while he is in New York to mark the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Campaigning in Kissimmee, Fla., Hillary Clinton focused on economic issues, a topic Democrats have made the centerpiece of their effort to tie McCain to the unpopular president.
Clinton argued that it was Democrats in the past who were eager to create jobs and improve the economy.
"Choosing a Republican to clean up this mess is like asking the iceberg to save the Titanic. It is not going to work," she said.
There's "a tough road ahead of us, a difficult election," she said. "People need to think hard about who will make the difference in your life. . . . People are working hard and falling further behind.
"Florida is critical and central Florida is the key to who wins Florida in November," she said, adding what has become one of her campaign taglines, "No way, no how, no McCain, no Palin."
Palin, at 44 the youngest and first female governor in Alaska's history, was originally to begin campaigning on her own this week. But she's proving a draw on the campaign trail, so the 72-year-old McCain decided to keep her at his side as they stump in battleground states such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri.
Palin's ability to motivate the Republican base also prompted Zondervan, the Christian book publisher owned by HarperCollins, to rush out a biography on the governor that will "explore themes from her career in politics, her life as a hockey mom, and her strongly held Christian faith," the publisher announced today. The book will be published Oct. 10.
peter.nicholas@latimes.com
michael.muskal@latimes.com
Nicholas reported from the Obama campaign in Michigan and Muskal from Los Angeles. Staff writers Maeve Reston contributed from the McCain campaign in Lee's Summit, Mo., and Johannna Neuman reported from Washington,
Labels: Barack Obama, John McCain, Los Angles Times, Sarah Palin


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The hostel is ideally located in the centre of Bordeaux. The property is located few steps away from Place Gambetta. S'cool Hostel Bordeaux is located in a lively area, perfect for those who want to discover the richness of the city.
S'cool Hostel Bordeaux offers comfortable shared rooms up to 4 people. All rooms are equipped with bathroom including shower, sink and toilet. In addition, all rooms have a wardrobe per person (which can be locked with a padlock), a desk and a chair per person.
Payment types accepted at this property: credit card and debit card.
No 24-hour front desk. Opening time is: from 8 am to 11.30 am. From 4 pm to 8 pm.
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Nice Hostel,very cool staff,good breakfast but a bit pricy!!
This is a very pleasant hostel in Bordeaux. The rooms are spacious and the hostel is very clean. Staff are polite, informative and speak English and French. There is a simple breakfast included and luggage space if you are arriving/leaving before check-in/departure time. My only criticism would be the lack of security for the rooms. Although you need a code to access the hostel after 8pm, it would give extra piece of mind to know your belongings are completely safe in the room.
There was minimal security throughout the day at the hostel, but at night there was a code. Breakfast was included (bread, jam, coffee) and the staff were happy to point out what to do and where to go. The rooms were clean and spacious and the beds were ok. The rooms had a bathroom in them which was very convenient. The hostel is located walking distance to most things in Bordeaux.
The staff could not have been more friendly and helpful. The place was absolutely spotless. The only negative was that the doors into the dorms couldn't be locked. In spite of this I felt completely safe in the hostel, lovely atmosphere!
I really nice hostel close to the train station, which will take you to within a few hundred meters of the hostel itself. No kitchen and you have something to eat for breakfast; toast, tea, & coffee. It was still a great place and I'd be happy to go back.
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News Bytes 02/8/2019 34 Comments
The U.S. Army is developing a new, more grueling and complex fitness exam that adds dead lifts, power throws and other exercises designed to make soldiers more fit and ready for combat.
Commanders have complained in recent years that the soldiers they get out of basic training aren't fit enough. Nearly half of the commanders surveyed last year said new troops coming into their units could not meet the physical demands of combat. Many senior officials think that the existing fitness test does not adequately measure the physical qualities needed for the battlefield.
The new test, "may be harder, but it is necessary," said Gen. Stephen Townsend, head of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.
Reaching the new fitness levels will be challenging. The old fitness test graded soldiers differently based on age and gender. The new one will be far more physically demanding and will not adjust the passing scores for older or female soldiers.
For example, in the current test — two minutes of situps, two minutes of pushups, a two-mile run — younger soldiers must do more repetitions and run faster to pass and get maximum scores than those who are older or female.
Townsend said the new test was designed based on scientific research that matched specific exercises to tasks that soldiers in combat must do: sprint away from fire, carry a wounded comrade on a stretcher, haul cans of fuel to a truck.
While not adjusted for age or gender, the scoring will be divided into three levels that require soldiers with more physically demanding jobs, such as infantry or armor, to score higher.
The six events in the new test take nearly an hour and are done in order with only a few minutes rest in between:
—a dead lift, with weights between 140 pounds and 340 pounds
—a standing power throw, which requires soldiers to throw a 10-pound medicine ball backward and overhead
—hand-release pushups, completing as many as possible in two minutes
—the "sprint-drag-carry" that includes a 50-yard sprint, a 50-yard backward sled drag, a 50-yard lateral, where soldiers shuttle sideways down the lane and back, a 50-yard carry of two 40-pound kettle bells and a 50-yard sprint
—after a short rest, the soldiers do the leg tuck pullup, as many as possible in two minutes
—a two-mile run
"We needed to change the culture of fitness in the United States Army. We had a high number of nondeployable soldiers that had a lot of muscular/skeletal injuries and medical challenges because we hadn't trained them from a fitness perspective in the right way," said Army Maj. Gen. Malcolm Frost, commander of the Army's Center for Initial Military Training and the officer in charge of developing the new fitness test. "The goal is about a having a more combat-ready army."
Frost said that about one-third of the soldiers who come into the service leave before their third year, many because of muscular skeletal injuries. The new test, he said, will help screen out recruits who are less physically fit and mentally disciplined. Those who make the cut are more likely to stay in the service.
Across the country, 63 battalions are working on the final test development and will eventually go back to their units and train others. By October 1 this year, the entire Army will be using the test. By October 2020, it will be the official exam that all soldiers will have to pass.
(In this Jan. 8, 2019, photo, U.S Army 1st Lt. Mitchel Hess participates in a weight-lifting drill while training to be an instructor in the new Army combat fitness test at Fort Bragg, N.C. AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Permalink On Fri, 02/08/2019 - 12:01 | BY LEAH P
Yikes! that looks really heavy but i guess that you need to be fit
Hmm, not that bad of an idea.
Permalink On Fri, 02/08/2019 - 14:18 | BY TABITHA B
We do need to make sure that our soldiers' are fit and ready for deployment/combat. But being fit/ healthy is not only exercise, it it is also about the diet one has. If you don't eat healthily (which isn't the "healthy " that most people think of as low fat, high carb, and high protein) but true, real healthy foods such as good meats, fish, vegetables, fruits, etc., then you really aren't being fit/healthy. And if the military does not reinforce a good diet, then they are not gonna have the healthy/fit/combat ready soldiers that they are wanting. If they do enforce a good, wholesome diet, then way to go! This is a great idea. If not...
Permalink On Fri, 02/08/2019 - 15:20 | BY TRISTAN C
In the picture he's only deadlifting 315. I've done 360 before.
Personally i think this is a
Permalink On Fri, 02/08/2019 - 17:40 | BY PHILLIP G
Personally i think this is a good thing, world war 3 could happen any second because kim jung un has been being really sketchy lately.
Permalink On Mon, 02/11/2019 - 08:23 | BY GRANT G
Great idea. After all, we can't have wimps in the US Army, now can we?
cool! Im glad they are
Permalink On Mon, 02/11/2019 - 10:58 | BY NELLIE H
cool! Im glad they are getting very strong but those exercises are very intense!!
@Grant G.
Permalink On Mon, 02/11/2019 - 12:42 | BY ZACK W
No, you don't have to be strong to serve in the army
Permalink On Mon, 02/11/2019 - 14:06 | BY DAVID U
Good one, Phillip G. And I agree with Grant G. because I've seen some pretty wimpy army soldiers, and you guys haven't seen Air Force soldiers. They don't require as much training as Army, Marines, or Navy Seals. Yeah, and my Dad is in the Air Force, but he's not as wimpy. However, he doesn't just get wimpy guys at his station, he also gets lazy ones who complain too much. Most of the time he'll get good ones who are working to support their family.
@David U.
Permalink On Mon, 02/11/2019 - 14:22 | BY ALYSSA S
Wow! it's cool your dad is in the air force! I bet he tells you lots of stories:)
uh...
Permalink On Mon, 02/11/2019 - 22:46 | BY KEZIAH G
anyone know who wrote this article?
This is cool, though! (TICT)
I have an uncle who is in the army... well, I think he might be training, but idk
@ZACK W
Permalink On Tue, 02/12/2019 - 09:17 | BY GRANT G
Yeah, you do have to be strong ZACK!!
It seems like you would also
Permalink On Tue, 02/12/2019 - 10:22 | BY ALYSSA S
It seems like you would also have to be very strong emotionally, because you don't want soldiers having nervous break downs on the battle front!!
Permalink On Tue, 02/12/2019 - 13:05 | BY ZACK W
I'm sure it helps if you are strong, but not all positions in the army require strength.
@Zack W.
Kind of feel bad
My uncle is also in the army and he's a really high rank (I don't remember which one though).
Permalink On Wed, 02/13/2019 - 11:08 | BY GRANT G
You have to be strong to be
Permalink On Thu, 02/14/2019 - 12:30 | BY NADIA A
You have to be strong to be in the army unless your a paperwork person.
That's just my opinion.
No offense to anyone. That's
No offense to anyone. That's just my opinion.
Nadia A.
Permalink On Thu, 02/14/2019 - 18:51 | BY PAUL P
Ok. The new fitness test is great and all but women should never be in the army! In less if they are nursers
@Paul P.
Permalink On Thu, 02/14/2019 - 22:46 | BY ZACK W
Excuse me, WHAT. If a woman wants to serve in the army, she shouldn't be restricted. This isn't the 19th century, I'm disappointed that people with your opinion still exist. I disagree with most far left feminists, but the fact that some people still don't think women should have basic rights like this is honestly depressing.
@Paul P
Permalink On Fri, 02/15/2019 - 08:08 | BY ANNA C
I don't see why not? I have been interested in the navy, and they let women in. Or what are your reasons for saying that women shouldn't be in the army?
@ Paul P
women can do a lot of good have saved thousands of lives like Florence nightingale and Clara Barton
but I think that its good to have your own opinion
I think women know what there getting into.
Permalink On Fri, 02/15/2019 - 12:27 | BY NADIA A
If a woman wants to joun the Army then she must be aware of what they do for training, right.
Am I right??
@Nadia A.
Permalink On Fri, 02/15/2019 - 18:02 | BY ALYSSA S
Yeah, I wonder if I could go through that training if I wanted to join. At least I could easily do the run, but.....
Permalink On Fri, 02/15/2019 - 18:45 | BY EMELIA G
Okay so there are some things that women can"t do as good as men, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be allowed to do what they want. Plus if a women makes it through all that hard training than she definitely deserves to be in the Army.
I think that if a woman wants to be in the Army she can. If she can get through training why do you care? I would like to be a plane pilot for the army.
Nadia A
I want to join the armed
Permalink On Sat, 02/16/2019 - 20:37 | BY ELIZABETH H
I want to join the armed forces or the police or something along those lines. if I had to pick I would choose to be in the CIA.
And I think women should be allowed to do anything men can. I mean, the only differences between us aren't that big.
I also understand changing the rules for women in the army. After all, an enemy wouldn't be nicer to women just because! :)
@Emilia g :-)
Permalink On Sun, 02/17/2019 - 17:16 | BY NADIA A
Thank you, I don't think eneyone has agreed with me before.
I mean in riten form.
You know like wrightig: @Nadia A I agry .
Woops!!
Spelling coretion AGREE not. Agry.
That's sad, Nadia:(
@AlyssaS
Permalink On Wed, 02/20/2019 - 10:03 | BY NADIA A
Mabey they agreed in there head? I do that a lot.
:-[
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