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Water Parks
Disney Springs
- Marketplace
-- Bibbidi Bobbidi
Boutique - Town Center
- The Landing
- West Side
-- Cirque du Soleil
-- DisneyQuest
-- Splitsville
Disney's BoardWalk
Tours and
Special Experiences
- Fishing Excursions
- Golf
- Miniature Golf
--Fantasia Gardens
--Winter Summerland - Parasailing
- Running/Jogging Trails
- Surfing Class at
Typhoon Lagoon - ESPN Wide World of Sports
Disney Vacation Club
Disney Cruise Line
Other Fun Things
-- AllEars® Trading Cards
-- Close Your Eyes and Blink Yourself to WDW
-- Photo of the Week
- Audience Participation
- Birthday Ideas: Adults
- Birthday Ideas: Kids
- Carriage Rides
- Collecting Character
Autographs - Desktops/Wallpapers
- Grand Floridian
Adventures for
Kids - Hidden Mickeys
- Overlooked Attractions
- Photography
--Digital Tips
--Videotaping Tips - Pin Trading Guide
- Pixies at WDW!
- Pressed Penny &
Quarter Guide - Scrapbooking Magic!
- Specialty Cruises
--IllumiNations Cruises
--Pontoon Rentals
--Resort Park Cruises
SeaWorld Orlando
Writers' Corner
- Character Warehouse
Outlet - Directions from
Airport - Grocery Stores
- Ground Transportation
- Radio/TV Stations
- Religious Services
- Telephone Numbers
Miniature Golf
Winter Summerland Miniature Golf
is located near the entrance to Blizzard Beach and is themed as Santa's
permanent off-season retreat. The elf-sized course is divided into two
18-hole experiences. One course carries the snow-clad Florida look reminiscent
of Blizzard Beach, and the other has a more tropical holiday theme, with
ornaments hanging from palm trees.
OPERATING HOURS: 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. daily
TRANSPORTATION: Park your car in the Blizzard Beach lot or take a Disney transportation bus from your Disney hotel to Blizzard Beach. Bus transportation is available during Blizzard Beach operating hours. Guests may take Walt Disney World transportation directly to Blizzard Beach and walk to Winter Summerland. After Blizzard Beach closes and up until 9 p.m. nightly, guests can take the bus route that includes stops at All-Star Resorts, Blizzard Beach, and Epcot.
Adults: $14 + tax;
children (ages 3-9) $12 + tax per round.
50 percent off the second same-day round; must show receipt for proof
of purchase.
Annual Passholders may be entitled to a discount.
You do NOT have to have a Blizzard Beach admission to play golf. There is a separate charge for the mini golf.
Excerpts from a Disney Press Release
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Santa and his elves have joined Walt Disney Imagineering to create Disney's Winter Summerland, a new 36-hole miniature golf course located near the entrance to Disney's Blizzard Beach water park.
The wacky, elf-sized golf course is divided into two 18-hole experiences. One course (Snow or Winter course) carries the zany, snow-clad Florida look reminiscent of Blizzard Beach, while the other (Sand or Summer course) takes a more tropical, holiday theme, with ornaments hanging from palm trees.
Like all Disney attractions, this miniature golf course has a story behind it. Late one moonlit Christmas Eve, as Santa was flying over Florida on his way back to the North Pole, he glanced down and could not believe what he saw. Santa found snow in a place that is usually hot. After surveying the strange location, he decided to build a vacation destination for his off-duty elves -- a Winter Summerland.
The only thing Winter Summerland lacked was a golf course. So the elves divided into two camps, one that enjoyed the warm Florida sun and another that preferred the snow and cold of the North Pole. In this Winter Summerland, the elves built two distinctly different 18-hole golf experiences -- a sand course and a snow course.
Both courses
at Winter Summerland are loaded with interactive elements that will entertain
and engage golfers of all ages. On the snow course, Squirty the Snowman
sprays water on unsuspecting guests when their golf balls pass beneath
him. On the sand course, guests putt over a slumbering Santa buried underneath
a tremendous sand mound.
Although the elves were split into different camps, they agreed that the
last couple of holes should converge within an old log campground lodge.
Guests will need pinpoint accuracy to tap the ball between two model trains
that circle below a fully decorated pine tree.
Upon sinking their last putt on hole 18, guests journey through cyberspace via the WinterNet as a computer downloads a special greeting from Santa. Winter Summerland also features Santa's winterbago, a converted travel trailer that houses the starter booth, and small snack and gift shops.
For a great photo opportunity guests can sit behind the reins of Santa's sleigh or gather in front of the surfing Santa statue, an elf-made tribute to jolly old St. Nick.
Winter Summerland is the second themed miniature golf course at Walt Disney World Resort. Fantasia Gardens, Disney's first miniature golf experience, is located along Buena Vista Drive adjacent to Disney's BoardWalk.


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Vermont Military Records
United States U.S. Military Vermont Military Records
Military records identify millions of young men who served in the military or who were eligible for service. Evidence that an ancestor actually served may be found in family traditions, census records, naturalization records, biographies, cemetery records, and records of veterans' organizations. Military records can give birth dates, marriage dates, death dates, spouse and children names, localities of residence throughout the life of the family. Many military records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives.
For each war listed below, additional federal sources are listed in United States Military Records. It contains search strategies and information to guide you to the best records for your objective.
- Fort Dummer - Brattleboro, Vermont
- Fort Ticonderoga - guards Lake Champlain
- Fort Ethan Allen - Chittenden County, Vermont
Colonial Wars
Vermont was originally disputed between the Province of New Hampshire and the Province of New York before declaring its independence from the two in 1777.
"The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Vermont: First Year Book 1906" (Google Books) lists members and abstracts of their claims for membership (genealogies) in the society. See pages 29-133.
See also: New Hampshire Military Records and New York Military Records.
Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
Vermont was an independent republic from 1777 to 1791. It was not admitted as the 14th state until 1791. Nevertheless, Vermont militia served during the Revolutionary War and records are available in both federal and state records.
If a person supported the Revolution, he may be mentioned in records as a rebel, patriot, or Whig. Those who opposed the Revolution were Loyalists or Tories.
Service and pension records and indexes for patriots are available on film at the National Archives and the Family History Library. See U.S. Military Records for these sources. Sources including information specifically about Vermont soldiers are:
- Fisher, Carleton Edward. Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War, Vermont. Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1992. (Family History Library book 974.3 M2f.) The book indicates the soldier's birth date and place, residence, and company. It may also include the name of the spouse and death or burial date and place.
- Goodrich, John E. Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775 to 1783: The State of Vermont. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle, 1904. FHL book 974.3 M2g; film 896965; fiche 6046670 Digital version at Internet Archive. These rolls consist largely of payrolls, pay-table orders, and receipts. Information varies but it generally indicates soldier's name and rank, days in service, pay per day, miles, and total. It is arranged by year and then by unit. It is indexed by name.
The 1835 Pension Roll
On June 5, 1834, the U.S. Senate required the Secretary of War to submit a statement showing the names of pensioners who were on the pension rolls or had previously been on the pension rolls. For more information on the 1835 Pension Roll see Revolutionary War Pension Records. The Pension Roll for Vermont is available online.
- Report from the Secretary of War... Vol. I (Google Books)
- The Pension Roll of 1835, Vol. I - Ancestry ($)
- Vermont Pensioners, 1835 - Ancestry ($)
For Loyalist records, see Canada Military Records, and also:
- Sequestration, Confiscation, and Sale of Estates. State Papers of Vermont, v.6. Montpelier, Vermont: Secretary of State, 1941. FHL book 973.6 B4s v.6; film 1321236, item 4. This source includes an index. During the Revolutionary War, many residents would not sign an Oath of Allegiance to the rebel government. Their lands and property were confiscated, and by 1778 many fled to Canada. In 1783, after the war, many returned to Vermont, decided to sign the Oath of Allegiance, and petitioned to have their property returned. This 465-page source lists their names, claims, and value.
- Burleigh, H.C. Sequestrations, Confiscations, and Sale of Estates. Toronto: United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada, 1970. (Family History Library book 974.3 A1 no.55.) Most of the names on this 10-page list show only the Vermont town (court) where their property was confiscated. A few records mention their service to the British. These records were abstracted from records in the New York State Library.
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States confirmed the separate existence of the United States and the future Canada.
See the Wiki article, Vermont in the War of 1812, for information concerning military records, histories, links to relevant web sites, etc. for Vermont.
There are helpful nationwide records for soldiers of the War of 1812. For more information, see United States in the War of 1812.
Mexican War (1846-1848)
The Mexican War was caused by the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845. Most volunteer regiments were from southern states. Records of Mexican War veterans might exist in a state where the veteran later resided.
- Mexican War Index to Pension Files, 1887–1926. (NARA T317). FHL films 0537000–13 Alphabetically arranged and includes the veteran's name, rank, and unit; names of dependents; date of filing and application; certificate numbers; act filed under; and state from which application was made. Also available at:
- United States, Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926 (FamilySearch) Free digital copy. (Learn more.)
- United States, Mexican War Pension Index, 1887-1926 (FamilySearch) Free digital copy. (Learn more.)
- Robarts, William Hugh. Mexican War Veterans : A Complete Roster of the Regular and Volunteer Troops in the War Between the United States and Mexico, from 1846-1848… Washington, D.C. : Brentano's, 1887. FHL book 973 M2rwh Digital version available at Internet Archive.
Click on these links to learn more about the Mexican War and about Mexican War pension records.
Civil War (1861–1865)
See Vermont in the Civil War for information about Vermont Civil War records, web sites, etc. with links to articles about the Vermont regiments involved in the Civil War. The regimental pages often include lists of the companies with links to the counties where the companies started. Men in the companies often lived in the counties where the companies were raised. Knowing a county can help when researching more about the soldiers and their families.The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System allows name searching for soldiers. The result set gives the regiments for the soldiers. Then you can check the Wiki regiment pages to determine counties. Often knowing the counties that had men in a regiment will help you determine if a soldier was your ancestor.
Militia Records, 1861–1867
Town clerks created lists of those men in the state of Vermont who were eligible to serve in the military.
- Vermont, Enrolled Militia Records, 1861-1867, in FamilySearch's "Historical Records Collection." Indexes and images for the following counties: Addison, Bennington, Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orange, Orleans, and Rutland. For more information, see Vermont Enrolled Militia Records.
Also see:
- Vermont, Town Records, 1850-2005 in FamilySearch's "Historical Records Collection." For more information, see Vermont Town Records.
Spanish-American War (1898)
The Spanish-American War was largely fought in Cuba and the Philippines. Spanish-American War records might exist in the state from which the soldier served or in a state where the veteran later resided.
- United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 (NARA T288). (FamilySearch) Free digital copy. The index covers veterans of the Civil War, Spanish‑American War, Philippine Insurrection, Boxer Rebellion (1900 to 1901), and the regular Army, Navy, and Marine forces. (Learn more.)
- United States, Index to Service Records, War with Spain, 1898 (FamilySearch) Free digital copy. (Learn more.)
A published roster of soldiers is:
- Vermont in the Spanish-American War. Montpelier, Vermont: Herbert T. Johnson, 1929. FHL book 974.3 M2vs; film 1320525, item 9 Digital version at Internet Archive. This source is arranged by unit or branch of the service, then by name. It includes residence, birthplace, age, and enlistment date. Some entries indicate the soldier's date of death, rank, and muster out date and place.
Click on the link to learn more about the Spanish American War.
World War I (1917-1918)
World War I was a global war fought on multiple continents with several nations involved. Over four million men and women served from the United States.
- United States. Selective Service System. Vermont, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M1509. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1987–88. (On 17 Family History Library films beginning with 1984059) Also available at:
- United States, World War One Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (FamilySearch) - free
United States World War I Draft Records provides additional information.
For a list of men and women in the military, see:
- Vermont. Adjutant General's Office. Roster of Vermont Men and Women in the Military and Naval Service of the United States and Allies in the World War, 1917–1919. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle, 1927. FHL book 974.3 M2vav At various libraries (WorldCat). In addition to the name, this includes the soldier's residence, town of birth, age, enlistment date, organization, and discharge date.
World War II (1941-1945)
On April 27, 1942, the Selective Service conducted the fourth of six draft registrations related to WWII. The "World War II Selective Service Draft Cards: Fourth Registration, 1942" is often referred to as the "Old Man's Registration" or the "Old Man's Draft" because it included men with a date of birth from April 28, 1877 to February 16, 1897. Since there is overlap in the WWI and WWII Selective Service registration, men born in the years 1877 to 1900 may have registered twice and have both WWII and WWI draft records.
- United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (Image Browse) (FamilySearch) - free
- United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (images with partial index) (FamilySearch) - free
- Also available at:
For a list of Vermonters in all services, see:
- Vermont. Adjutant General's Office. Roster of Vermonters in Uniformed Service in the United States During the Second World War, 1941–1945. 2 vols. Montpelier, Vermont: Adjutant General's Office, 1972–74. FHL book 974.3 M2var At various libraries (WorldCat). This roster includes the name of the soldier, full date of birth, town of birth, residence, and dates of enlistment and separation from the service. For additions and changes, see:
- Vermont. Adjutant General's Office. Additions and Changes to the Roster of Vermonters, WWII, 1941–1945. Montpelier, Vermont: Adjutant General's Office, 1976?. (Family History Library book 974.3 M2var supp.)
World War II United States Military Records provides additional information.
Korean War (1950–1953)
The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea (and its communist allies) and South Korea (with support of the United Nations, primarily the United States). See the Korean War wiki article for information on records and their availability.
Vietnam War (1964–1972)
The Vietnam War was a conflict between North Vietnam (and its communist allies) and South Vietnam (with support of its anti-communist allies, including the United States). See the Vietnam War wiki article for information on records and their availability.
Web Sites
- Vermont Military Records - Rootsweb
- Vermont Military Records (Vermont Genealogy)

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Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement after President Barack Obama finalized new fuel economy standards for cars and light-duty trucks to the equivalent of 54.5 mpg by Model Year 2025:
"President Obama's action fulfills the promise of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, a bipartisan law designed to increase energy efficiency, save drivers money, reduce pollution, and strengthen our security by making America less dependent on foreign oil. Building on the work of Democrats in Congress, the President has taken another step to strengthen our economy, support the auto industry, and create good-paying American jobs. Thanks to policies like those contained in the 2007 law, dependence on foreign oil has dropped by 25 percent since President Obama entered office. Meanwhile, our domestic oil and gas production is at record levels.
"On the campaign trail, Governor Romney has pledged to abandon this broad, bipartisan consensus to boost fuel efficiency standards -- placing him at odds with automakers, auto workers, middle class consumers, and President George W. Bush, who signed this common-sense measure into law.
"America cannot afford a Republican leadership pulled to the most extreme positions of its party, leaving jobs and our energy future hanging in the balance. Democrats are committed to working with President Obama to continue driving innovation, protecting consumers, and putting Americans back to work in the clean energy jobs of tomorrow."
Source: http://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/2012/08/pelosi-statement-on-new-fuel-economy-standards.shtml


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This cream can be a good companion to Pro-Gest cream when it comes to helping maintain balance at midlife. It absorbs quickly and works with the natural rhythms of your body to provide a natural balance. This cream was not formulated for vaginal use.
Emerita Phytoestrogen Body Cream includes the phytoestrogens Dong Quai, Licorice, Chaste Tree Berry, Black Cohosh and Red Clover. Vitamin E is included in Emerita Phytoestrogen Body Cream for its antioxidant properties and moisturizing benefits.
Who knew a little tube of cream could change the world?
In 1978 we had a revolutionary idea: that there was not enough real choice when it came to peri/menopause support. So we created Pro-Gest, Phytoestrogen Cream and Personal Moisturizer to give women much-deserved alternatives. When you buy our products, you're joining a group of women who believe that real choices are worth fighting for.
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Goblin - An insanely good 15 watt 6V6-powered guitar amp originally manufactured by Reverend Guitars. The Reverend Goblin was produced in small numbers (roughly 200) and I'm lucky to own one of those. Thanks to our friends at Cusack Music, the Goblin is back, and better than ever. The Cusack amps are hand-made in the US and built to withstand the rigors of the road.
If you haven't had the pleasure of playing a Goblin, start saving now. With wattage switchable between 5 and 15 watts and the brilliant 3-way Schizo switch, the Goblin is an amazing recording amp that has enough power on tap to keep up with a pounding drummer.
This Goblin isn't a grotesque creature. But it does offer various temperaments and abilities and delivers everything from pristine cleans to glorious power-tube distortion at less than ear-bleeding levels. I can't wait to try one out.


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Palestinian statehood vote: Italy will approve of state in U.N
ROME (AP) — Italy says it will vote to recognize a Palestinian state in the General Assembly of the United Nations.
The decision was announced Thursday, hours before the vote in New York that would make Palestine a non-member observer state.
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Premier Mario Monti telephoned President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority to inform him of the decision. He also phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to assure him that the decision does not mean any weakening of Italy's traditional friendship with Israel.
The Italian government says the decision is part of its commitment to work for a two-state solution.


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January 26, 2012
Daily Housing News Round-up
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Estelle Richman participates in the District of Columbia Homeless Point-in-Time Count. Secretary Donovan talks about the refinance proposal in Milwaukee and Las Vegas. While companies in Las Vegas are urged to offer housing assistance for workers. Affordable housing for […]


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Thank you so much. I had never seen a heel like that on a pair of Church's, but that doesn't mean a whole lot. They just didn't seem right, but the shoes themselves were so pretty (and priced well) that I couldn't resist.I just can't seem to find any other models with two eyelets. I'm just wondering about the age.Thank you so much VegTan, I had not thought to use the logo to get a sense of the age. Maybe that will be a promising approach.
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text: Personally I don't think the G26 is practical at all for pocket carry unless you wear VERY baggy pants. Even then, I think it would be heavy and awkward. The .380 ammo is quite a bit more expensive, but if I wanted a pocket gun (which some day I will) then I would buy a .380 and not look back. It depends on how much you really want a pocket gun. IMO, the G26 is not one and cannot be one. IMO the difference in size is well worth the difference in price for ammo. This won't be a range gun, you will shoot it to test function every once in a while (once it is broken in) and that will be it. Just my .02


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Today's adorable duo, Claudia + David, have a deep love + appreciation for music, history, and their hometown of Los Angeles! So naturally, their carefree + elegant DIY wedding reflected those fun aspects of their relationship, along with so much more. The paper goods from this super fun fête are some of the raddest we've seen in a while! We'll let Claudia share a bit about those in just a sec, but first let's hear a bit about their venue + overall inspiration for the day:
I had attended an industry party over a decade ago at the Hotel Figueroa and the imagery there always stuck with me. As soon as David saw the overgrown lush bohemian vibe of Hotel Fig, we knew it was totally us. The hotel has a Moroccan feel and before the wedding we booked a trip to Morocco and explored the country for 10 days getting more excited for the now fast approaching wedding. I was lucky in that I got to plan every little detail and the day was sprinkled with bits and pieces of tradition, symbolism and lucky Irish magic! We didn't want a wedding that felt stiff, uncomfortably formal or impersonal. And since we host a lot of parties for our friends, we wanted our wedding to have the same relaxed + elegant feeling.
Big thanks to Yuna Leonard for the gorgeous images + congratulations to C + D on a beautiful day!
Loving these right?! Here's what Claudia has to say:
For our Save the Date + Thank You cards we splurged and used Minted. The quality was absolutely fantastic and a nice STD really sets the right tone for the wedding. I worked with L A Xpress Printing to make our invitations. I used inspiration from examples from boutique letterpress printers and had a friend teach me Adobe Illustrator to build the files. The 4" dye cut record, which served as our RSVP card, was a big hit and paid homage to my husband's musical roots. And for our programs, I decided to print at home and fell in love with the petit program, (3×5") an idea I saw on MarthaStewart.com. I liked that you could put it in your pocket or purse and save it!
Processional: Bridal Party: 2HB – Roxy Music, Instrumental Version Played Live by Seamus Garrity ; Bride: Bach Prelude in C Major, Played Live by Seamus Garrity
Recessional: 2HB – Roxy Music
First Dance: Into my Arms – Nick Cave
Hotel Figueroa is seriously such a dream!
Such a beautiful day! Congrats, again, to Claudia + David! We wish you all the best!
photography: Yuna Leonard Photography // venue + catering: Hotel Figueroa Los Angeles, California // month-of coordinator + florals: Sweet Emilia Jane // photo booth: Magnolia Photo Booth // after party photos: Dylan Gordon // wedding dress: Ulla-Maija Couture via Saks Fifth Avenue Bridal Salon // shoes: Jimmy Choo // bridesmaid dresses: J.Crew // hair + makeup: Veronica Lane // groom suit: Brooks Brothers // videography: Matt Fore // paper goods: LA XPress printing // cake: Sweet Lady Jane // cake topper: Ready Go // djs: Katxx, Louisahhh, Moby, Cooper Saver


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We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young
Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
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The New York Times bestseller, hailed as a "powerful and epic story . . . the best account of infantry combat I have ever read, and the most significant book to come out of the Vietnam War" by Col. David Hackworth, author of the bestseller About Face
In November 1965, some 450 men of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Harold Moore, were dropped into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was brutally slaughtered. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. They were the first major engagements between the US Army and the People's Army of Vietnam.
How these Americans persevered—sacrificing themselves for their comrades and never giving up—creates a vivid portrait of war at its most devastating and inspiring. Lt. Gen. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway—the only journalist on the ground throughout the fighting—interviewed hundreds of men who fought in the battle, including the North Vietnamese commanders. Their poignant account rises above the ordeal it chronicles to depict men facing the ultimate challenge, dealing with it in ways they would have once found unimaginable. It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor.


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If players from both Northeast and Father Judge compared notes before their football game Friday night at Charles Martin Stadium, the teams probably would have discovered they had a lot in common.
They don't award championships for winning on Thanksgiving. But for the Archbishop Ryan and George Washington football teams, victory in their annual Far Northeast showdown would be a welcome, yet bittersweet consolation prize.


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Cronos (film)
Cronos | |
Theatrical release poster
Directed by | Guillermo del Toro |
Produced by | Arthur H. Gorson Bertha Navarro Alejandro Springall Bernard L. Nussbaumer |
Written by | Guillermo del Toro |
Starring |
Narrated by | Jorge Martínez de Hoyos |
Music by | Javier Álvarez |
Cinematography | Guillermo Navarro |
Edited by | Raúl Dávalos |
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Fondo de Fomento Cinematográfico
Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía Universidad de Guadalajara Iguana Producciones Ventana Films |
Distributed by | Prime Films S.L. (Spain) October Films (United States) |
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Running time
92 minutes[1] |
Country | Mexico |
Language | Spanish English |
Budget | $2 million[citation needed] |
Box office | $621,392[2] |
Cronos is a 1993 Mexican horror film written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring veteran Argentinean actor Federico Luppi and American actor Ron Perlman. Cronos is del Toro's first feature film, and the first of several films on which he collaborated with Luppi and Perlman. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 66th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3][4]
In the year 1536, an alchemist in Veracruz developed a mechanism that could give eternal life. In 1937, an old building collapsed and the alchemist, who has marble-white skin, is killed when his heart is pierced by the debris. Investigators never revealed what else was discovered in the building: basins filled with blood from a corpse.
In the present, an old antique dealer, Jesús Gris, notices that the base of an archangel statue is hollow. He opens it and finds a 450-year-old mechanical object. After winding the ornate, golden, scarab-shaped device, it suddenly unfurls spider-like legs that grip him tightly, and inserts a needle into his skin which injects him with an unidentified solution.
A living insect — entombed within the device and meshed with the internal clockwork — produces the solution. However, Gris is unaware of this detail until later. Eventually, he discovers that his health and vigor are returning in abundance, as is his youth. His skin loses its wrinkles, his hair thickens and his sexual appetite increases. He also develops a thirst for blood. This at first disgusts him, but he eventually succumbs to the temptation.
Meanwhile, a rich, dying businessman, Dieter de la Guardia, who has been amassing information about the device for many years, has been searching for the archangel statue with the cronos device. He has appropriated several archangels already. He sends his thuggish nephew, Angel, to purchase the archangel at the antique shop.
During a party, Gris sees blood on a men's room floor and decides to lick it. Angel finds Gris and tries to beat him into giving up the device. When Gris faints, Angel places his body inside a car and pushes it off a cliff. Gris dies but later revives and escapes from an undertaker's establishment before he can be cremated. He later reads the program for his funeral and opens his mouth which had been sewn shut. He returns to his home where his granddaughter, Aurora, lets him in. He works on a letter to his wife in which he comments on the changes that his body has made and tells her that after completing some 'unfinished business' he will return to her. He notices that his skin burns in the presence of sunlight and sleeps in a box to avoid it.
Eventually, he and Aurora bring the device to Dieter's business headquarters, where the businessman offers him a "way out" in exchange for the device. Gris comments on his damaged skin and the businessman tells him to peel it off because he has new skin underneath, which is marble-white like the dead alchemist. Gris agrees to hand it over in exchange for knowing the "way out", whereupon Dieter stabs him. Before being able to strike the killing blow to the chest, Dieter is incapacitated by Aurora. The mortally wounded Dieter is found and killed by his nephew, Angel, who is tired of waiting for his inheritance. Angel confronts Gris on the rooftop of the building and beats him severely. Gris throws them both off the roof, killing Angel. Upon awakening, Gris destroys the device after he is tempted to feed off his granddaughter, and returns home. Gris lies in bed, Aurora and his wife by his side.
- Federico Luppi as Jesús Gris
- Ron Perlman as Angel de la Guardia
- Claudio Brook as Dieter de la Guardia
- Tamara Shanath as Aurora Gris
- Margarita Isabel as Mercedes
- Daniel Giménez Cacho as Tito the Coroner, a character that also appears in the 2010 horror film We Are What We Are.
- Mario Iván Martínez as Alchemist
- Farnesio de Bernal as Manuelito
- Jorge Martínez de Hoyos as Narrator
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Critical response[edit]
The film was very well received by critics; Rotten Tomatoes reported that 89% of the critics gave the film positive reviews, with an average rating of 7.3 and the critical consensus being: "Guillermo del Toro's unique feature debut is not only gory and stylish, but also charming and intelligent."[5] It was also entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.[6]
In the early 2010s, Time Out conducted a poll with several authors, directors, actors and critics who have worked within the horror genre to vote for their top horror films.[7] Cronos was placed at number 96 on their top 100 list.[8]
Box office[edit]
In North America, the film was given limited release to 2 theaters where it grossed $17,538 its opening weekend and grossed a total of $621,392 playing at a total of 28 screens.[2]
Home media[edit]
Cronos was first released on DVD by Lionsgate Home Entertainment on 14 October 2003 as a "10th Anniversary Edition", which includes two commentaries, one by del Toro, and the other by three of the four producers, two behind-the-scenes featurettes, two galleries for production photos and concept art, and an easter egg which plays the theatrical trailers of four films, including Cronos.[9] On 7 December 2010, The Criterion Collection released Cronos on both DVD and Blu-ray. The disc contains two audio commentaries by cast and crew, a video tour of del Toro's home office, several interviews, and Geometria, a 1987 short film (although finished in 2010) written and directed by del Toro.[10]
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- Vampire film
- List of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- ^ "CRONOS (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 29 August 1994. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ a b "Cronos (1993)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Frook, John Evan (30 November 1993). "Acad inks Cates, unveils foreign-language entries". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
- ^ "Cronos (1993)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixter. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
- ^ "18th Moscow International Film Festival (1993)". MoscowFilmFestival.ru. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ^ "The 100 best horror films". Time Out. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ NF. "The 100 best horror films: the list". Time Out. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ Bovberg, Jason (14 October 2003). "Cronos: 10th Anniversary Special Edition". DVD Talk. DVDTalk.com. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^ "Cronos". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
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- English-language films
- Films directed by Guillermo del Toro
- Screenplays by Guillermo del Toro
- Directorial debut films
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Pink Princess is a new addition to the Princess fragrance line by Vera Wang; a limited interpretation of the original Princess from 2006 for 2013. The fragrance promises to be girlish, lively, spontaneous and energetic, intended for your charming and always happy "inner princess."
The composition is a fun floral bouquet that opens with luminous pink grapefruit and raspberry sorbet, introducing the heart of pink hibiscus and creamy honeysuckle. An accord of marshmallow and white amber provide some sweetness to the base of the perfume.
The fragrance is available as 30 and 50 ml Eau de Toilette
Perfume rating: 4.00 out of 5 with 271 votes.
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I cant smell this on me. when i put on a ton i can only smell it when my nose is touching my wrist. I don't understand people's association with marshallow to this perfume. I just smell very sweet raspberry and hibiscus
if you want a good marshmallow perfume buy calgon marshmallow body spray. I know it's pricey for a body spray but it's worth every penny. it most certainly has >10,000x the silage and longevity of pink princess. pink princess doesn't even have the silage of the length from my neck to my nose. Valentines day happened to be the 1st spring day up here in San Jose and I wore it and it made me happy to apply but had to keep reapplying to no avail. by dinner date time I was happy to wear a half squirt of calvin cline euphoria. a week later my 2 fantasy perfumes came in the mail and right before I opened them my pink princess fell off my dresser and broke into a million pieces. I didn't care a bit
smells like bubble bath. no bueno
I have had a sample of, or have owned every Vera wang princess flanker. This is by far my favorite. I still buy discontinued bottles on eBay as other marshmallow scents don't please me (guimauve, royal Hollywood). This scent is amazing, but the reviews are true, sillage and longevity are lacking, but I buy anyways. Try putting a carrier oil on before spraying. Just is too good to stop buying.
I have a problem with this perfume because I like its scent but I don't like its sillage. The sillage is weak. The fragrance is of a moderate strength but only for, let's say, the first 30 minutes and then it stays very close to skin, for more than 6 hours on mine.
I have a sample but if I had bought a bottle, I'd have been disappointed with its lack of power.
The fragrance itself reminds me of Viva La Juicy! by Juicy Couture. Marshmallows, raspberry, honeysuckle and amber are the most recognizable for me. A sweet fragrance, not cloying thankfully, pleasant, happy and dark fuchsia.
Viva La Juicy! is more powerful, hyper, while this one is more girly and calmer.
I really really wanted to like this perfume but I can't. It's a nice sweet scent marshmallows and raspberry without being chokingly sweet and cloying. However it disappears on me instantly. I spray it on my skin and within 15 minutes I have to put my nose against my skin to smell it and within an hour and a half all I can smell is the scent of my skin. I don't know if this is a problem for the perfume itself or if it's just my skin that eats it up but if I had known I wouldn't have wasted my money.
I blind bought this after reading the notes and reviews. I dislike the original 'Princess' but was curious. The bottle is hardcore girly. It is quite cute but messy when glitter falls off. The actual scent is okay, but reads as just another sweet fragrance to me. It is not significant in anyway to me. Though the first spray is less strong and sweeter, 'Pink Princess' is very similar to Katy Perry's 'Purr' on me. Different opening notes, but same drydown pretty much. I will use this liberally as a body mist as the longevity is weak. All in all it is just Okay, and the bottle is the best part of this fragrance.
Sugary sweet. Overly sweet. Yes -marshmallows, bit of raspberry, hint of honeysuckle. The bottle really suits the scent -pink glittery, quite young.As does the name. It is overly sweet, cloying though. A bit young smelling for teenagers even - even though I dont like to say only certain people of certain ages can wear certain scents,and I'm not sure about giving perfumes to children really. Maybe if it was combined with another very light scent -an airy,fruity floral I would prefer it. As I said the bottle/design/colour and name fits it perfectly though.I associate pink grapefruit with being very zingy and bright, and it does have a slight hint of some fruit but not quite pink grapefruit. Just..sugar really. I dont actively dislike it-at first I thought I liked it but then it got too much. Theres certainly scents I would take more offense to.Girly! Lasting power isnt bad...a whole evening.
I really like this perfume. It's sweet and girly, which is a perfect daytime scent for me. I got this perfume for really cheap however and I think that's all it's worth; I wouldn't pay full price for this or however much it originally went for. Someone else mentioned that it smells a bit like Taylor Swift's "Wonderstruck" perfume, which I agree, however Pink Princess smells a tad bit sweeter. Overall this is a sweet scent, but I don't think it's my favorite out of the Princess line.
I just finished the last of my 30ml bottle and I won't be repurchasing. Pink princess is all sugared raspberries, there's nothing hidden up its sleeves, what you smell is what you get. Though entirely nondescript, its still pleasant. I'd suggest it for a young girl who is just beginning to get into fragrances since its youthful, but really, any age could enjoy this. Lasting power isn't great, about two hours, and it can be found pretty inexpensively. I think I paid $14 for mine at tj maxx. It's been likened to Taylor Swift's Wonderstruck perfume, though I have to admit I like Taylor's better, since it has that tea note. Overall, it's good, not great, and I won't be buying again. I did enjoy it while it lasted though.
Also, caution while wearing this outside in the evening! You WILL attract bugs, mostly mosquitoes, they seem to love the sugary scents!
What a little gem of a fun scent this is! As far as smelling like Wonderstruck...maybe similar, but not exact. Wonderstruck has more berry-fruity sharpness at the opening, whereas Pink Princess is just sugary-fruity sweetness all the way through. On me, it lasts about 2 hours, but I don't mind respraying if I'm at home or out for a short time in the daytime. I'm 41, but I don't feel too OLD for this scent - I have a rather fun personality so when I'm in the mood, I reach for this :)
Bought this on sale at Winners because I figured why not? It was limited edition and as a complete girly-girl myself, how could I not love something COVERED in glitter by the name of "Pink Princess". After wearing it I knew it wasn't the love story I had imagined. By the end I never wanted to smell raspberries ever again and now recoil when I see raspberries as a perfume ingredient. Pink Princess and I just didn't get along and I sent her back to where she came, not even worth the discounted ~$30 I had paid for her company.
To strong. Gives me a headache and thats saying something
One of my favorites!!!
This one on me is subtle & light...a light sweet berry with a hint of marshmallow & vanilla scent. I love it! On me its not long lasting but I do get compliments when I wear this and my husband loves it on me as well!
This one is perfect for those warm spring & summer days!
I'm not a fan of this scent. It was a blind buy for me. It's sickly sweet and very "loud". I do prefer softer florals. I wish I had checked this site first but I left my phone at home. I'll defiantly be giving this to a friend
MY #1 FAV PERFUME!!!!! i just bought this today! Before i recieved it, me and a male friend of mine we were at the mall and we tried this perfume out and i was immediately in love! the smell is fruity at first, then when it sets in its smells like candy. So many men out there REALLY LOVE this scent on women! TAKE NOTE GIRLS!! When my guy friend was at the mall and tried it he immediately decide to buy this for his girlfriend cuz he loved it so much and it was very affordable! The cons about this is that this lasts about 2 hours, maybe 3 at most,(wish it stayed longer) and the exterior of the bottle looks kind of childish and the glitter that falls off here and there.. Anways i think women who should wear this be age of (17-35).. smells delicious! i will buy more as soon as i start to run out! rating out of 1-10 i rate this a 9 . I wouldve rated this a 10 if only the smell lasted longer. This is already on of my fav perfumes!!
I got this perfume today, and to me it smells exactly like Wonderstruck. I actually put them both on my wrists to compare, and I cannot tell any difference, besides wonderstruck is a little more powerful. I like the perfume, but I don't think I will purchase it again, then I'd rather go for Wonderstruck.
Pink Princess is one of the most pretty and girly EDTs I have ever smelled. This is perfect for every girl's inner princess. Unfortunately, it does not last long on my skin.
I really want this!! I have the original princess and sweet perfumes are my favourite.
This is so yummy! Its very simelar to BS midnight fantasy :)
Pink Princess is a soft and 'fluffy' perfume. The Original Princess's younger & cute sister.
I bought this for only £12.95 for a 30ml bottle and I am absolutely in love with this one!
It is sweet, soft, gentle florals & the raspberries add a juicy and refreshing edge to the perfume. I'm really indulging my inner child with Pink Princess, especially the over-the-top pink sequin bottle! It has a soft presence yet lasts around 4-5 hours which I am happy with.
Overall, I love Pink Princess! Of course none of Vera Wang's 'Princess' line is to be taken seriously but sometimes you need a little cheering up and I feel Pink Princess does just that!
I highly recommend for anyone who wants a sweet & cute perfume in their collection.
Pink Princess reminds me of the Strawberry Shortcake dolls from the 80's! I mean this as a compliment, I loved the way those dolls smelled, their hair and their gummy shoes. Definitely a strawberry scent, fresh and punchy. I find the bottles's design fun, as glitter makes everything better! ;) All though I can't wear the original Princess, as it goes way too spicy with my chemistry, this flanker could be an option. But it might be a bit strong in the fruit department for my normal taste. For 80's toy nostalgia, this one is a winner.
This was a blind TJ Maxx purchase for my 9 year old's birthday. The description seemed like there was no way I could go wrong, but I don't care for it. I don't smell raspberries but a sweetness that's too mellow and cloying- it almost smells slightly sleazy or musky-powdery or something to me. Maybe the honeysuckle? I prefer crisper top notes I guess.
Strawberry, sugar then a subtle vanilla. This fragrance is lovely, but doesn't last long.
The packaging and the bottle recieve full marks from me. No denying the presentation is beyond beautiful. The little hot pink, sequined bottle looks divine on my makeup table.
I wouldn't buy again though. It's delicious, fruity and girlie, but it just vanishes on me after 20 mintues, so it wasn't worth the hefty price tag I paid.
Totally and completely girlie, I LOVE this. Pink princess epitomizes a sweet, feminine, sugary, fruity scent. On me it starts out with a strong blast of fruit, and evolves into a vanilla sugary smell, just lovely. I wish the sillage was better, especially for the price. Worth a buy though, and looks awesome on my vanity.
Wearing this today and I just couldn't think of what it reminds me of. Then it hit me it smells just like Viva La Juicy noir by Juicy Couture! This lasts much longer than the original Vera Wang Princess. Find the bottle a bit annoying with pink glitter falling off in my handbag but other wise it is a perfect sweet fragrance.
Bubble-gum, Barbie, candy, flowy floral dresses and picking flowers in the sunshine.
This fragrance is girly, carefree fun. True definition of "pink."
However it's not for me because it's too sweet for my taste- like raspberry-flavored powder candy.
A whiff of this sets up a scene of giggling young girls having a tea party, dressed in their favorite Disney princess costumes.
Pink Princess is whispering sweet nothings in my nose. No, I mean it literally smells like sweet nothing! Princess Night opens with red berries and dries down to the caramel of Jessica Simpson's Fancy, the original Princess smells like a cousin of BS Fantasy and Pink Sugar Sensual with it's slightly aquatic abstract nuances, but this is just "pink" and sweet. It doesn't even smell like berries.
But you know what? I like it. I like the smell of "sweet", and that's all this is. Soft and sweet nothing. After all, marshmallows are mostly made of air...
Super sweet and fruity. Literally smells like a sweet raspberry marshmellow to me.
IMO I love it, but it certainly doesn't last long, by the time it dries down, it's pretty much gone.
A friend of mine owns this and let me wear it when we went out together. It lasted for a very long time on me and I had men telling me that I smelled incredible. I still prefer Viva La Juicy, but this wouldn't be a bad perfume to wear during the day when I want a break from my true love (VLJ). I might buy this.
I like this one better than Princess :) you can smell it more clearly but at the same time is not offensive. This is a perfume you are able to get compliments from
I just got Pink Princess and I have to say - it smells almost exactly like one of my other favorites, BCBG Maxazria. Very light and fruity and delicious!
Pink Princess is definitely my favourite in the Princess collection. I've had my eye on this for a long time and just got it as a Christmas gift. It's such a fruity perfume and it makes me feel so girly and giddy when I wear it. I can easily see this becoming my new signature scent, because it's not too heavy or offensive. Absolutely love it!
ok i like it but it fade quickly after 20 minute
This is my other favorite from the Princess line, along with Princess Night. It is very creamy and sweet, perfect for those who like scents similar to Britney Spears Fantasy. I get a burst of raspberry sorbet with the initial spray, but that quickly fades into sweet marshmallow. This fragrance certainly won't be for everyone, but it's right up my alley and I adore it.
I did an experiment because I had read that Wonderstruck smells very similar to Pink Princess. So....I had Wonderstruck on my right wrist and sprayed Pink Princess on my left wrist, they did in fact smell very similar, but the Wonderstruck was a bit less sweet and a bit more musky. I really like them both and already own the Wonderstruck, I may ask for Pink Princess for Christmas. The longevety on both perfumes was fabulous, over 8 hours on both! The PP seemed a bit less than WS in the sillage department but both projected pretty well, I could smell them both from a fooot of so away from my wrists. Now for the bottles, I really like the Wonderstruck bottle, it is pretty and the charms are a nice touch, the Pink Princess bottle however is so kind of "kindergarden arts and crafts" it is cute, overly cute and babyish and it feels bizarre in the hand. I don't collect the bottles though, the perfume means more to me than the bottles 95% of the time.
All in all, yes the perfumes smell very similar but there is a bit of difference in the sweetness and I would like to own the PP in addition to my Wonderstruck.
Very sweet, nice fragrance. I don't smell any citruses in it. It doeesn't last very long. I bought it and now I regret it.
WOW! This really DOES smell like Wonderstruck! Oh Vera! I still like it though. And I LOVE the glittery pink bottle! I'm going to have to get it eventually. : )
Smells very similar to Taylor Swift's first fragrance, Wonderstuck. This is less shophisticated though but quite fun and delicious smelling.
I like this waaaaaaaaaay more than I'm willing to admit. I mean, 'PINK' "princess"!?? Not really my style. I don't mind young and girly, but this is VERY girly. On my skin it is a sweet raspberry but not candy sweet, with a touch of pink grapefruit. No marshmallow creaminess on me (I think I'd die from sweetness if it was detectable on my skin)
...Like others though, unfortunately there's not enough depth for me, so it's not worth purchasing. Merely, Pink Princess is a guilty pleasure best enjoyed spraying on your skin at the department store... then moving on.
Berry marshmallow fluff. It's a brand new release, but I have definitely smelled this before. Similar to Taylor Swift Wonderstruck (but toned down a notch on sweetness), Katy Perry Purr (minus the berries), Hot Couture EDT, and Bath & Body Works Secret Wonderland. A little bit like a softer, berry-flavored Pink Sugar. Sweet and likeable, but... meh.
I like the way it smells but not enough to buy it. I have always thought Vera Wang perfumes were overpriced, this is no exception. Also the sillage and longevity aren't worth the price. It smells good, though.
This is my least favorite of all the Vera Wang Princess line.
It smells like extremely sweet red berries and sugar. It sort of mellows out after a while, but that's basically it. It has a teeny bit of depth that keeps it from being too little girl childish and more appropriate for the teenage crowd. Sadly, I get no floral notes or amber.
It's of the same vein as Britany Spears Fantasy or Taylor Swift Wonderstruck.
It's a nice, sweet, young scent. I really smell the berries and the marshmallows. I think it smells very similar to Coach Poppy.
Finally tested it. It's pretty, girly and candy sweet. The raspberries and marshmallow are so delicious and yummy and the grapefruit is so sugary and candied.
It reminds me of a sweeter, younger version of Dolce & Gabbana's new Pour Femme. I own Princess Night but I think I prefer this latest Pink Princess. The glitter on the bottle looks so beautiful and vibrant. The only downside is that it doesn't stick around for very long. But if Pour Femme is too expensive for you, give this one a shot. It's gone on my wish list :)
Love it! everything about it! the smell is very pretty. soft and sweet and the bottle is just gorgeous! love.
Love this one!!!!!! it smells just like Big Pony 2. wow!!! It's a sweet/fruity fragrance, a little strong, so more for the begining, or end of those summer days. Too bad it only sells in the 30ml at my local drug store :(
This one is similar to Cherry In The Air, and also RL Big Pony 4. It has those same tangy sweet fruity notes. Raspberry blended with grapefruit really brings out a delicious pulpy tartness. With the first spray I could have sworn I smelled watermelon! But upon drying down it is definitely zingy tart fruit deepened by a little amber, and sweetened by a hint of marshmallow. It is more substantial than CITA, but less syrupy sweet than BP4. A nice balance between the two. I happen to like this type of scent. It is fun and cheery and very fem. Contrary to most of the other reviews I really found this to last a long time - at least 8 hours - and that was from one small spritz.
citrus fruits with sugar powder is the best way to describe this fragrance it is tasty smelling and mouthwatering. It is a positive uplifting fragrance that is adorable & happy feeling. In two minds whether to buy it though as the lasting power is so short its ridiculous i couldn't smell it after 20 minutes on me and i sprayed a generous 6 times. I love a sugary powdery fragrance but perhaps this one is too light & powdery as you can barely smell it after the initial spray on the skin. An absolutely delicious fragrance though truly lovely.
This is very young and candy sweet, lovely for a 15 year old, cute bottle cute scent, but aimed at the very young,Vera Wang catters a lot to teenagers it seems..I hope she comes up soon with a more complex scent..!
The bottle is cute, however it is childish. The scent is sweet and fruity. It lasted a whole 30 minutes then I couldn't smell anything. Did not amaze me. The fact that it disappeared in no time makes it not worth the heavy price tag. It's more like a body splash. I'll pass.
I could definitely smell the citrusy part of it first, then the vanilla sweetness for a moment then on as it dried to a powdery fresh smell. It's a soft scent, very pretty. I don't like the cheapness of the bottle and wished maybe if it had little sparkly diamonds on it, that would catch the eye better. The fragrance didn't last very long on my skin though, so I'm not sure I'd pay that much for something that doesn't last that long!
the bottle is to die for its so pretty! it smells very sweet and young too! I love vera wang's perfumes and bottles!
Firstly, the bottle is very gaudy and childish and the material feels rough and looks cheap. It looks like a 5 year old's arts and crafts project. The scent itself is nothing special, Vera Wang did well on the original princess but the flankers have yet to impress me.
This is gorgeous! I bought it yesterday at Ulta and I it's just awesome!
This one is very fruity on first blast, on me after about 5 mins it mellows into a sweet vanilla that reminds me somewhat of Taylor Swifts 'Wonderstruck' at this stage the fruityness is completely gone. This is well done, but very unoriginal and uninspiring. It would be a good gift for a younger girl or someone who wants to smell 'nice' and isn't really interested in perfume. Having said that longevity on me was very poor which really surprised me given that it is Vera Wang!
Starts off smelling very fruity, lots of lovely raspberry, however it fades quickly along with the freshness, shame really, such a promising start.
Have just purchased this, and I think it is delightful. I find it lasts and lasts. I keep getting lovely wafts of it, even though I can't smell it so much on my wrist. Very sweet and unusual smell. I am 66 years old but do not find it too young. Highly recommend this one!
I tried this in store and I have to say it's not my favourite out of the Princess range, that would have to go to Princess Night, but if you're a fan of fruity sweet scents then it's for you.
I would have loved this except it has honeysuckle in it which sadly seems to always tip the balance for me in a fragrance, making the scent a bit too sweet for my personal tastes.
Even though I'm probably going to leave it in store, I believe it's going to be another hit for Vera Wang. Looking forward to seeing what her next fragrance will be like.
I had this as a sample and really don't like it its like a childs fragrance and smells like a pick a mix, I'd never wear it. Yeuch.
this smells like sweets lol it's not sickly sweet like britney's fantasy/midnight fantasy, it's lighter, it reminds me of pick 'n' mix.
I just spotted this in Debenhams today and I quite like it. It does not smell anything like original princess but I like this one better. It is pretty much similar to night princess but the latter is a bit darker and heavier. This one, however, is very sweet and fruity, probably suitable for girls under 25. I like it but prefer night princess as it is a bit more mature.
Sooo yummy! Smells very Britney Spears Fantasy-esque but in my opinon it's better. If that's your type of smell you will lurrrve this. Not sure if it's too sweet for me but the smell is lovely. Thumbs up!
This is great.
There's loads of raspberry in the beginning with the brightness of the grapefruit. It's very sweet, juicy and candy like. I love this stage, it's so vibrant and inviting. The middle becomes creamier with the marshmallow but the fruits are still present. It dries just a tamer version of the middle notes. I didn't get any florals in this, it's just sweet and fruity.
Sillage is great in the beginning as the juiceness lingers around but it does tame rather quickly and lasting power is just decent. The fragrance on a whole is fab though.
Saw it, got it, love it!
I saw this advertised today as a new fragrance and, as I got money for my birthday and was after a perfume with grapefruit notes, I bought it.
It is soo scrummy. The downside is that it does not last at all. However, I decided to overlook this because every other perfume I tried just paled in comparison after I'd tried this!
Grapefruit notes are there, I can mostly smell a strawberry and a citrus 'tang'.
My boyfriend said it reminds him of Britney Spears Fantasy, or "The Britney one" as he calls it, it has the sweetness, but is much softer and I am hoping, more suited to summer. :)
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Andrew took a trip around the world and learned that the "Great Power" had smiled on all cultures and peoples:
In China I read Confucius; in India, Buddha and the sacred books of the Hindoos; among the Parsees, in Bombay, I studied Zoroaster…I had a philosophy at last. The words of Christ 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within you,' had a new meaning for me. Not in the past or in the future, but now and here is Heaven within us. All our duties lie in this world and in the present, and trying impatiently to peer into that which lies beyond is as vain as fruitless (206).
When wealthy men become wise they give their wealth to worthy causes: "I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution…Shakespeare had placed his talismanic touch upon the thought… 'So distribution should undo excess, And each man have enough'" (255). And "of all my work of a philanthropic character, my pension fund gives me the highest and noblest return" (279).
Clearly he believed in education, as his money talks: all the libraries, a fund for university professors, for the Tuskegee Institute: "and to know Booker Washington is a rare privilege…No truer, more self-sacrificing hero every lived: a man compounded of all the virtues."
I recommend reading this biography and his autobiography at the same time.
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Posted on 04/22/2004 1:10:49 AM PDT by F14 Pilot
Wednesday, April 14th, 2004 Heads Up... from Michael Moore
I have never seen a head so far up a Presidential ass (pardon my Falluja) than the one I saw last night at the "news conference" given by George W. Bush. He's still talking about finding "weapons of mass destruction" -- this time on Saddam's "turkey farm." Turkey indeed. Clearly the White House believes there are enough idiots in the 17 swing states who will buy this. I think they are in for a rude awakening.
I've been holed up for weeks in the editing room finishing my film ("Fahrenheit 911"). That's why you haven't heard from me lately. But after last night's Lyndon Johnson impersonation from the East Room -- essentially promising to send even more troops into the Iraq sinkhole -- I had to write you all a note.
First, can we stop the Orwellian language and start using the proper names for things? Those are not contractors in Iraq. They are not there to fix a roof or to pour concrete in a driveway. They are MERCENARIES and SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE. They are there for the money, and the money is very good if you live long enough to spend it.
Halliburton is not a "company" doing business in Iraq. It is a WAR PROFITEER, bilking millions from the pockets of average Americans. In past wars they would have been arrested -- or worse.
The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush? You closed down a friggin' weekly newspaper, you great giver of freedom and democracy! Then all hell broke loose. The paper only had 10,000 readers! Why are you smirking?
One year after we wiped the face of the Saddam statue with our American flag before yanking him down, it is now too dangerous for a single media person to go to that square in Baghdad and file a report on the wonderful one-year anniversary celebration. Of course, there is no celebration, and those brave blow-dried "embeds" can't even leave the safety of the fort in downtown Baghdad. They never actually SEE what is taking place across Iraq (most of the pictures we see on TV are shot by Arab media and some Europeans). When you watch a report "from Iraq" what you are getting is the press release handed out by the U.S. occupation force and repeated to you as "news."
I currently have two cameramen/reporters doing work for me in Iraq for my movie (unbeknownst to the Army). They are talking to soldiers and gathering the true sentiment about what is really going on. They Fed Ex the footage back to me each week. That's right, Fed Ex. Who said we haven't brought freedom to Iraq! The funniest story my guys tell me is how when they fly into Baghdad, they don't have to show a passport or go through immigration. Why not? Because they have not traveled from a foreign country -- they're coming from America TO America, a place that is ours, a new American territory called Iraq.
There is a lot of talk amongst Bush's opponents that we should turn this war over to the United Nations. Why should the other countries of this world, countries who tried to talk us out of this folly, now have to clean up our mess? I oppose the U.N. or anyone else risking the lives of their citizens to extract us from our debacle. I'm sorry, but the majority of Americans supported this war once it began and, sadly, that majority must now sacrifice their children until enough blood has been let that maybe -- just maybe -- God and the Iraqi people will forgive us in the end.
Until then, enjoy the "pacification" of Falluja, the "containment" of Sadr City, and the next Tet Offensive oops, I mean, "terrorist attack by a small group of Baathist loyalists" (Hahaha! I love writing those words, Baathist loyalists, it makes me sound so Peter Jennings!) -- followed by a "news conference" where we will be told that we must "stay the course" because we are "winning the hearts and minds of the people."
I'll write again soon. Don't despair. Remember, the American people are not that stupid. Sure, we can be frightened into a war, but we always come around sooner or later -- and the one way this is NOT like Vietnam is that it hasn't taken the public four long years to figure out they were lied to.
Now if Bush would just quit speaking in public and giving me more free material for my movie, I can get back to work and get it done. I've got four weeks left 'til completion.
Michael Moore
. . . and it smells real bad in there now.
Michael, have you met Monica Lewinsky?
By the way, fatass...way to blow your guys' cover.
People get the real message.
You haven't seen an old fire truck with the 'City of Poynor' on the doors have you? (see post #5)
The quote in the cartoon above is from a Michael Moore letter to his fans. First he asserts that the insurgents killing our soldiers are not the enemy, and then he compares the insurgents to America's revolutionary-era Minutemen. In other words, he wants us to believe that our soldiers are the oppressive, colonial enemy of freedom-fighting Iraqis. The truth is just the opposite -- it is the militant Islamists who seek to establish another dictatorship, and it is America who fought to depose the previous one. But Moore is not known for letting the facts get the way of his message. Right-Thinking.com gave the letter a thorough critique. Hopefully people will remember this quote when his next "documentary" is released.---http://www.coxandforkum.com/
More coffee.
We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!
Who was President during that previous 4 year period of time? Kennedy, Johnson, or Nixon...?
AIC you don't seem to know Michael Moore. He is not one of us. HE IS ONE OF "THEM!" Michael Moore is doing everything within his power to support the downfall of our God fearing Constitutional Republic. I don't toss this out lightly, HE IS A TRAITOR, twisting a knife in the spine of our nation.
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Sony DSC-H55
14.1MP | 25-250mm (10X) ZOOM | $199/£209
The Cybershot DSC-H55 is something of a break from previous Sony H-series travel zoom cameras, being a much more traditionally 'compact' design than the DSLR / squirting toy camera-influenced H10 and H20. In fact, the H55 looks pretty much like all of the other travel zoom cameras that we're testing, but fortunately it does offer a few cool features that help to set it apart from the competition, amongst them Sony's 'Sweep Panorama' and DRO (dynamic range optimisation) modes.
- 14.1 effective Megapixels
- 25-250mm equiv lens with 10x optical zoom
- 1280 x 720p HD video recording
- 3.0-inch LCD with 230,000 dots resolution
- Sony SteadyShot Optical Image Stabilizer
- ISO sensitivity up to 3200
- Face Detection, adult or child-priority face detection, and smile shutter
- DRO dynamic range optimisation mode
- 15 shooting modes including 10 Scene modes
- In-camera retouching (trimming, red-eye correction and sharpening)
- Battery life: 310 shots (still capture)
Click here to view the original news story and full specification (opens in new window)
Ergonomically, the Cybershot DSC-H55 couldn't be more different to the H20 that we tested in last year's travel zoom roundup. Sony has ditched the DSLR-inspired styling, but the feature set (with the exception of lens specification) remains more or less the same. Some of our criticisms of the H20 have been addressed in the H55, perhaps the most significant of which was the poor placement of the 'smile' button on the older model, which was all too easy to mistake for the similar in appearance on/off button. The H55 has a smile button, but it has been repositioned to the 4-way rocker switch on the rear of the camera.
The H55 has a handgrip of sorts, but in reality it is little more than a subtle bulge on the extreme right of the camera, with no texture to aid a firm grip. A small depression serves as a thumbrest on the rear of the camera, but again, it isn't textured, and we've found that with hot or wet hands, the camera can easily slip. Some texture here, or some rubber accenting would make the camera easier to use one-handed, as well as (arguably) adding an extra touch of quality.
The H55's standout features aren't new in this camera. Sweep Panorama has been around for a while, and so has DRO, but this doesn't mean they're not worth having onboard. DRO is a simplified version of the system which Sony uses in its Alpha DSLRs, and is designed to get the most possible tonal information from a single image. Again, it works well. Sweep Panorama is explained a little further down this page.
Key Features
Image quality and performance
The most nagging frustration that we have with the H55 is its operational speed, which in some respects verges on the soporific. A startup time of 2 seconds (approx) is fine, but 1.6 seconds to bring up a review image is a little slow. Likewise, the H55 suffers from the same 1 second (approx) lag between pulling the zoom toggle and the camera actually zooming into an image in review mode as it's near-relative the HX5. In combination, this means that from pressing the playback button to seeing a magnified image of the picture you just took takes around 3 seconds, which soon becomes frustratingly long if you're trying to capture a shot of a tricky subject, like a child or pet. On the subject of image review, something else that might also be an issue for you is that the Sony's LCD screen shows a slight but noticeable 'shimmer', which is most apparent in areas of fine detail, especially in review mode. The dpreview office is split between those of us who don't notice it, those of us that notice but don't mind, and those of us that find it very distracting.
The H55's 25-250mm lens zooms through its entire span in a reasonable 2.2 seconds, but shot to shot time is a little sluggish, at approximately 3.5 seconds, including AF acquisition.
In terms of critical image quality, the H55 delivers a lot of detail, and reasonable definition when viewed at 100%. Like all of the 14Mp cameras in this test, however, diffraction means that you shouldn't expect to get significantly 'better' images than you might expect from a 10Mp or 12Mp sensor - just slightly bigger files. The H55's high ISO files are nothing much to shout about, but none of the cameras in this test perform brilliantly when the light gets really low. We were disappointed with the results we got from the H55 in our low light 'real world' scene though, which were rather dark compared to the majority of other cameras. Although high contrast detail is reasonably well-retained by the H55 at all ISO settings , the overall murkiness of the exposures in dark conditions makes the camera less useful than it could be. Flash exposures are bell-balanced though, and the H55 makes a good companion for social photography, albeit one that is prone to occasional overexposure in skin tones.
Something that surprised us about the H55 (and the HX5) is that it's automatic 'always on' optical image stabilization system is not as effective as the systems in most of the other cameras in this test. A 40% hit rate of sharp images in our test environment is ok (the HX5 manages 60%), but not great. To be fair, 1/30sec exposures at the long end of the zoom is a pretty harsh test, but the H55 doesn't have the longest telephoto reach of the cameras in this group, and it is clear that it's OSS system isn't as effective as some of those that can go longer, like the Samsung HZ35W and Nikon Coolpix S8000.
As we would expect, the H55 generally turns out bright, nicely saturated, print-ready images with very little need for manual intervention. From our various studio and real world tests, it is clear that the Sony's various systems are generally very capable, and left at its default settings, we have no complaints with the overall quality of the H55's output. This is lucky, since the H55 offers very little in the way of customization apart from some basic 'cookie cutter' scene modes designed to boost saturation for landscapes, beach scenes, etc.
Overall then, the H55 does exactly what it is designed to do. However, there are better cameras in this group, in terms of critical image quality, versatility, and value for money. The H55 isn't a bad camera, by any means, but despite the addition of an 'M' mode it is in most respects an 'auto everything' compact, and there are cameras in this group that offer more.
We like: Capable key systems, good image quality at low ISO settings, uncomplicated ergonomics, dual SD/MS slots
We don't like: Very limited customization, OSS not as effective as rival systems, smudgy output at high ISO settings.
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H55 Category: Travel Zoom Compact Camera |
Build quality Ergonomics & handling Features Exposure and focus accuracy Image quality (jpeg) Flash performance Low light / high ISO performance Optics Performance (speed) Movie / video mode Value | PoorExcellent | ||||
Conclusion The Sony Cyber-Shot H55 is a very capable point-and shoot camera which packs an impressive feature set. As long as you don't want to take a lot of control over your photography the H55 will serve you well, but slow operation, slightly sketchy image quality and a lack of customization mean that the Sony doesn't score as well as other cameras in this group. | |||||
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Billions of years agoEdit
According to an okudagram showing a planetary scan, the planet Theta VIII is "7.2 ×1010 solar years", i.e., 72 billion years old. (TNG: "The Royale")
16 billion years ago Edit
- The universe is formed in the instantaneous expansion that scientists call the "Big Bang". The "Big Bang" has been theorized to be caused by destabilizing Omega molecules. (VOY: "The Omega Directive")
- This point in time represents a hideout for members of the Q Continuum. The USS Voyager was briefly transported here by Quinn in order to escape Q, but he too had once used this hideout and was thus able to find the ship. (VOY: "Death Wish")
The age of the universe was given in VOY: "Good Shepherd" as 16 billion years, which was the estimated age during the filming of the episode. Current real-world scientific evidence indicates the age of the universe to be 13.798 ± 0.037 billion years.
9 billion years ago Edit
- Hundreds of protostars collapsed in close proximity to one another forming the astronomical phenomenon later known as a black cluster. (TNG: "Hero Worship")
5 billion years ago Edit
- The star Sol begins to form out of nebular dust and interstellar gases. (VOY: "Death Wish")
- Female Q is born. (VOY: "The Q and the Grey")
4.5 billion years ago Edit
- The Guardian of Forever was asked its last question until 2267, when it told Captain James T. Kirk and Spock that it had awaited a question "since before your Sun burned hot in space." (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
- The ancient humanoids, one of the oldest known sentient species, seeded the oceans of many worlds with DNA codes, directing the evolution of life towards a physical pattern similar to their own. The varieties of lifeforms that carried this seed code to fruition include the Humans, Vulcans, Klingons and Cardassians, and likely many other humanoid species of the galaxy. (TNG: "The Chase")
4 billion years ago Edit
- Q and Q begin their romantic involvement around this time. (VOY: "The Q and the Grey")
- The planet Pollux IV forms in the Beta Geminorum system. (TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?")
3.5 billion years ago Edit
- On Earth, in a region later known as France, amino acids combine to form the first proteins. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
According to current real-world science, there is evidence that suggests life took hold on Earth already between 3.8 and 4.1 billion years ago [1] and flourished in the oceans by at least 3.7 billion years ago. [2]
2 billion years ago Edit
1 billion years ago Edit
- The Slaver Empire is the master of all intelligent beings in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Slavers and all of their subjects were exterminated in a massive war which caused all intelligent life to re-evolve. (TAS: "The Slaver Weapon")
Millions of years ago Edit
400 million years ago Edit
- In the Devonian period, Eryops, the last common ancestor of cold-blooded and warm-blooded organisms, lives on Earth. (VOY: "Distant Origin")
According to real-word science, Eryops lived some 100 million years later during the Permian period.
300 million years ago Edit
- An alien ship of unknown beings is invaded by a magnetic organism. Trapped in orbit of Questar M-17, the crew disable their own ship to prevent the spread of the entity. (TAS: "Beyond the Farthest Star")
87 million years ago Edit
65 million years ago Edit
- A mass extinction occurs at the end of the Cretaceous period on Earth when an asteroid impacts the planet, wiping out the dominant reptile superorder, the dinosaurs, amongst others. (VOY: "Distant Origin"; ENT: "Azati Prime")
- According to the Distant Origin Theory, some of Earth's dinosaurs belonging to the hadrosaur genus survive the mass extinction. Although the dominant reptile superorder was almost wiped out, these surviving dinosaurs continue to develop, likely on a secluded, by now destroyed landmass. Sometime thereafter, they possibly become one of the first interstellar species in the galaxy when they leave Earth and travel to the Delta Quadrant, laying the foundation for the Voth civilization. (VOY: "Distant Origin")
While Dr. Forra Gegen suggests this hypothesis for the origin of the Voth, Cmdr. Chakotay later theorizes that the Voth's ancestors left before the extinction event, the impending catastrophe being what motivated them to do so in the first place.
20 million years ago Edit
- Now considering themselves a race indigenous to the Delta Quadrant, the recorded history and identity of the Voth dates back to around this time. (VOY: "Distant Origin")
1 million years ago Edit
- On Earth, the ancestors of Humans begin to distinguish themselves from their primate ancestors by their intelligence and reasoning skills. (TOS: "A Taste of Armageddon")
- Construction of the vast city around the Guardian of Forever, stretching out to the horizon of its planet. Spock estimated the age of the ruins to be "on the order of ten thousand centuries" in 2267. (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
Indeterminate Edit
- The inhabitants of Organia evolve to beings of pure energy. (TOS: "Errand of Mercy")
Ayelborne said that his people had evolved beyond the need for physical bodies "millions of years ago."
Hundreds of thousands of years ago Edit
600,000 years ago Edit
- The Tkon Empire collapses. (TNG: "The Last Outpost")
- The humanoid ancestors of Sargon's race colonized the galaxy. Their colonists may have caused, or influenced, the rise of intelligent life on Vulcan. (TOS: "Return to Tomorrow")
500,000 years ago Edit
Captain Jean-Luc Picard stated in his log that the ancient Bajorans had flourished "when Humans were not yet standing erect". Homo Erectus existed on Earth from about 1.8 million years to about 200,000 years ago. Homo Sapiens began to emerge at about 200,000 years ago.
- Sargon's species is destroyed in a massive civil war when the atmosphere is ripped from their planet. Only a few survivors escape by preserving their consciousnesses in a cave deep below the surface. (TOS: "Return to Tomorrow")
- The planet Exo III becomes uninhabitable after its sun begins to go dark. The inhabitants resettle beneath the surface and construct androids to serve them. (TOS: "What Are Little Girls Made Of?")
According to Star Trek: Star Charts, on page 34, the Talosians became warp-capable.
200,000 years ago Edit
- The Iconians, a highly developed civilization, are presumed destroyed in an orbital bombardment of their homeworld. (TNG: "Contagion"; DS9: "To the Death")
- The large bioplasmic organism, dubbed as the "telepathic pitcher plant" is born in the Delta Quadrant. (VOY: "Bliss")
- By at least this point, the Borg have begun their evolution into cybernetic beings. (TNG: "Q Who")
Star Trek: Destiny presents a different point of origin for the Borg.
100,000 years ago Edit
- The subspace network which will be later claimed by the Hirogen is constructed by an unknown race. (VOY: "Message in a Bottle", "Hunters")
- The ocean planet, later home of the Monean civilization, is created by extracting all water from a class M planet and containing it inside an immense force field. (VOY: "Thirty Days")
Tens of thousands of years ago Edit
50,000 years ago Edit
- The Horta of Janus VI begin their latest cycle of rebirth. (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")
- Bele begins to chase Lokai, who has led a revolution on the planet of Cheron. (TOS: "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield")
45,000 years ago Edit
- Around 42,600 BC, extraterrestrial visitors, known as the "Sky Spirits", visit a people on Earth who become the indigenous inhabitants of South America. (VOY: "Tattoo")
30,000 years ago Edit
- The Verathan civilization, originally from the Verath system in the Gamma Quadrant, reaches its height, spanning two dozen star systems. (DS9: "Q-Less")
- An ancient city is built on Bajor with walls and a stone tablet that were dated to be over thirty millennia old. Trapped inside the tablet are two antagonistic non-corporeal lifeforms, a Pah-wraith and a Prophet. (DS9: "The Reckoning")
28,000 years ago Edit
- On Earth, the Neanderthals become extinct. (ENT: "Dear Doctor")
25,000 years ago Edit
- The stone tablet city in Bajor is abandoned, sediments bury the ruins, and eventually the ancient city of B'hala is built on top. (DS9: "The Reckoning")
22,000 years ago Edit
- The first of at least 947 archaeological expeditions is conducted at the ancient ruins on Tagus III. (TNG: "Qpid")
- The Trill begin their life as a joined species. (TNG: "The Host")
20,000 years ago Edit
Circa 17,627 BC to 17,600 BC
- The Bajoran Holy City of B'hala is lost to history. (DS9: "Rapture")
- The Bajorans begin celebrating the Bajoran Gratitude Festival. (DS9: "Fascination")
12,000 years ago Edit
- An artisan known only as the Master of Tarquin Hill on Kurl, during the Third Dynasty, creates small ceramic figurines, called naiskos, that embody that culture's belief that within each person is a community of individuals, each with its own desires, views, and voices. (TNG: "The Chase")
10,000 years ago Edit
- According to Quinn, this was the last time that "ordinary" Q in the Q Continuum had to speak with each other. (VOY: "Death Wish")
- Circa 8268: When their sun is about to go nova, the Fabrini leave their system on a propelled asteroid known as the Yonada. (TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky")
- The machine-god Vaal on Gamma Trianguli VI is built. (TOS: "The Apple")
- The civilization on Sigma Draconis VI which is currently at its technological peak, advanced well beyond 23rd century Federation capabilities, experiences a catastrophic glacial age. As a result, the inhabitants of the planet begin to de-evolve to a primitive level, and the male and female inhabitants experience a great schism in their society. (TOS: "Spock's Brain")
- A species of intelligent spacefaring organisms which form symbiotic relationships with humanoid lifeforms that live within their bodies become nearly extinct. Gomtuu is the last known survivor. (TNG: "Tin Man")
- The first of the Orbs is discovered by the Bajorans in the sky above their planet. Over the next ten millennia, a total of nine of these extraordinary objects are discovered, inspiring revelations that shape Bajoran religion. (DS9: "Emissary")
- The Ferengi discover currency and the concept of profit. (DS9: "Little Green Men") The first Grand Nagus, Gint writes the Rules of Acquisition during this time. (DS9: "Body Parts")
- The Bajoran archaeologists begin their unsuccessful, ten thousand year search for the lost city of B'hala, which is not uncovered until the year 2373. (DS9: "Rapture")
In the DS9: "The Dogs of War", Weyoun euphorically claims that "the Dominion had not surrendered in battle since it was founded ten thousand years ago." However, this statement contradicts what Weyoun said in DS9: "To the Death", when he stated that "the Dominion has endured for two thousand years [...]."
Indeterminate Edit
- The Custodian was built by the Progenitors on the planet Aldea. (TNG: "When The Bough Breaks")
Duana stated that this was "hundreds of centuries ago."
Thousands of years ago Edit
9,000 years ago Edit
- The Zakdorn earned a reputation as brilliant strategists. (TNG: "Peak Performance")
Assuming Vulcan years to equal Earth years, the Vulcan year 0 would correspond to 6640 BC. (TAS: "Yesteryear")
7,000 years ago Edit
- circa 7600 BC
- A path on a Delta Quadrant planet was said to be cut out by unknown spacefarers. The path endured into the 24th century, when it was used by Mikhal Traveler's who had an outpost on the planet. (VOY: "Darkling")
6,000 years ago Edit
- circa 4000 BC
- Unknown aliens take or abduct several Humans from Earth to be eugenically bred on a distant planet, lest humanity destroy itself in its early technological age. Gary Seven, Agent 201 and Agent 347 will be among their descendants. (TOS: "Assignment: Earth")
- Akharin is born in Mesopotamia on Earth. A soldier felled in battle, he soon realizes that no injury can kill him. He goes on through many aliases, becoming the immortal known as Flint. (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah")
- circa 3733 BC
- Landru of Beta III preaches peace and coexistence among his people, ending a period of savagery. He creates a powerful computer to guide and protect his people after his death. (TOS: "The Return of the Archons")
5,000 years ago Edit
- circa 2700 BC
- Earth is visited by aliens who settle in the region near Greece and the Mediterranean, where they are worshiped by the Greeks as gods. (TOS: "Who Mourns for Adonais?")
- Sarpeidon experiences an ice age. Zarabeth is exiled to this time period, and Spock and Leonard McCoy are briefly stranded here as well. (TOS: "All Our Yesterdays")
- By this time, Vulcans are still barbaric, war-like and "nearly killing themselves off with their own passions". (TOS: "All Our Yesterdays")
- circa 2600 BC
- The Egyptians build the pyramids of Giza. They are observed by anthropologists from the future (specifically, the year 2769). (ENT: "Cold Front")
- circa 2500 BC
- Vulcans begin to mentally train themselves to suppress their emotions. (VOY: "Random Thoughts")
4,000 years ago Edit
- circa 1800 BC
- The Xindi-Avians build a concealed fortress on a planet that will one day become the home of the Xindi Council. (ENT: "The Council")
- circa 1735 BC
- According to Spock, this is when Humans begin to glorify organized violence. (TOS: "Dagger of the Mind")
- Humans on Earth begin the tradition of confining law-breakers to prisons. (TOS: "Dagger of the Mind")
3,000 – 2,000 years ago Edit
- circa 950 BC
- Flint lives the life of King Solomon on Earth. (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah")
- circa 850 BC
- The Vulcan monastery on P'Jem is built. (ENT: "The Andorian Incident")
- circa 730 BC
- The Kalandan outpost planet, "a few thousand years old" in 2268, may be constructed around this time. (TOS: "That Which Survives")
- circa 630 BC
- The Bajoran prophet Trakor first encounters the Orb of Prophecy and Change, and writes a series of prophecies concerning the Emissary of the Prophets. (DS9: "Destiny")
- The Battle of Thermopylae is fought on Earth between the Spartans and the Persians. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
- circa 400 BC
- Survivors from the Sahndara system supernova arrive on Earth. Their sojourn coincides with the time of the philosophers Socrates and Plato. "After the death of the Greek civilization they idolized" they move on to the planet Platonius. (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren")
- Flint lives the life of Alexander the Great on Earth. (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah")
- The Lighthouse of Alexandria is built under Ptolemy II. (VOY: "11:59")
- Construction begins on the Great Wall of China on Earth. (VOY: "11:59")
- Hipparchus died. (VOY: "Future's End")
- Parmen, future leader of the Sahndaran refugee community, is born on Platonius. (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren")
- Philana, future wife of Parmen, is born on Sahndara. (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren")
- Philana, now 30, stops aging. (TOS: "Plato's Stepchildren")
According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia (3rd ed., p. 453), Socrates is born in 469 and dies in 399.
Indeterminate past Edit
- An unknown race, possibly of extragalactic origin, builds a massive planet killer. (TOS: "The Doomsday Machine")
- The population of Talos IV is largely wiped out in a war thousands of centuries ago. Forced to live beneath the surface, the Talosians develop their mental powers, while neglecting their technological knowledge and skills. (TOS: "The Cage", "The Menagerie, Part I", "The Menagerie, Part II")
- "Eons ago", Changelings evolved from non-metamorphic lifeforms, who were limited to one form like other humanoids. (DS9: "Behind the Lines")
- According to Klingon mythology, Kortar, the first Klingon, destroys the gods who created him. (DS9: "Homefront"; VOY: "Barge of the Dead")
- A neutron star in a binary star system in the Kavis Alpha sector begins exploding every 196 years. (TNG: "Evolution")
- A power struggle occurs within the highest ranks of a race called the Saltah'na, which ultimately destroys them. Before their extinction, the Saltah'na create a collection of energy spheres which preserve a record of the events leading to the species' destruction via a telepathic matrix, which can be transferred into the minds of some humanoid species, causing them to reenact the power struggle. (DS9: "Dramatis Personae")
- A scientist named Lazarus discovers the alternative warp, constructing a space-time vehicle which can transverse the corridor between two universes over both time and space. He begins his relentless pursuit of his nemesis "the thing" across centuries of time, who is fact Lazarus's own counterpart from the alternate universe. (TOS: "The Alternative Factor")
Dawn of time | Timeline | 1st century |
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Is it safe to eat cold cuts or lunch meat during pregnancy?
There are at least two areas of concern in regard to eating lunch meats while you are pregnant: nitrates and listeria.
Pre-packaged lunch meats often contain high levels of a preservative called sodium nitrate. There have been few studies related to the effect of sodium nitrates on pregnancy, but some experts suggest that nitrates may cause problems during pregnancy.
The biggest concern with lunch meats during pregnancy is the risk of listeria. Listeria is a bacteria that can be found in deli meats as well as vegetables and processed foods. This bacteria can cause an illness known as Listeriosis, which can cause any number of problems during pregnancy such as:
– Miscarriage
– Premature delivery
– Infection to the newborn
– Death to the newborn (about 1/4 of the cases of perinatal Listeriosis result in stillbirth or neonatal death.)
Symptoms of Listeriosis may include mild flu like symptoms, headaches, muscle aches, fever, nausea and vomiting. If the infection spreads to the nervous system it can cause stiff neck, disorientation or convulsions. Infection can occur at any time during pregnancy, but it is most common during the third trimester when your immune system is somewhat suppressed. Be sure to contact your health care provider if you experience any of these symptoms.
To avoid getting listeriosis from cold cuts, reheat the cold cuts until steaming. In addition, avoid soft cheeses, refrigerated pates, uncooked seafood, and practice safe food handling.