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Εμφάνιση αναρτήσεων με ετικέτα STORIES. Εμφάνιση όλων των αναρτήσεων
Παρασκευή 16 Μαΐου 2008
πως γινονται οι Υπερ-ηρωες οταν γερασουν!!
γεροι συνταξιουχοι......περασμενα μεγαλεια και παλιες δοξες...
Τρίτη 15 Απριλίου 2008
STAR TREK: ΔΙΔΑΚΤΟΡΙΚΗ ΔΙΑΤΡΙΒΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΔΙΑΧΡΟΝΙΚΗ ΣΕΙΡΑ
Forging new frontiers in academic exploration: Dr Djoymi Baker with Star Trek fans (from left) Angelo Kene, Scott Liston and Ben Kimberley.Photo: John Donegan
It’s the PhD thesis that boldly goes where no thesis has gone before.
It’s the PhD thesis that boldly goes where no thesis has gone before.
Djoymi Baker watched 700 episodes - 624 hours without ads - of Star Trek and its spin-offs, dating from 1966 to 2005, in the name of research.
She analysed the series armed with an exhaustive knowledge of the characters and storylines of ancient mythology - from Homer’s Odyssey down.
It may sound like torture for those with an aversion to William Shatner’s campy theatrics but, six years and 90,000 words on, it has earned Dr Baker a coveted chancellor’s prize for excellence at Melbourne University. And the respect of academics and Trekkies alike.
“I was interested in where myths turn up in less obvious forms, and there wasn’t much work on the early years of television and its relation to myth,” Dr Baker said.
Importantly, she was also a fan of the series.
“I don’t think just because a study is serious and that I’m connecting Star Trek to a broader history of TV and ancient myths that it means there is not also a fun side - I can see the fun side as well.”
Among the dark corners where Dr Baker’s thesis - titled Broadcast Space: TV Culture, Myth and Star Trek - shines light is the changing link between the starship Enterprise’s intergalactic adventures and the real world’s space race.
Shatner’s monologues were inspired by the visionary speeches of JFK, advocating greater exploration. Thirty years on, the roles were reversed, with astronauts from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration guest-starring on Star Trek spin-offs to promote their underfunded existence.
Since finishing her thesis last year, the 34-year-old has had a daughter and is turning her thesis into an academic text.
She’s also writing an introductory piece for a Star Trek exhibition at the Victorian College of the Arts in October.
may the force be with you
& remember "A verbis ad verbera"
Copyright © Demetrios the Traveler
She analysed the series armed with an exhaustive knowledge of the characters and storylines of ancient mythology - from Homer’s Odyssey down.
It may sound like torture for those with an aversion to William Shatner’s campy theatrics but, six years and 90,000 words on, it has earned Dr Baker a coveted chancellor’s prize for excellence at Melbourne University. And the respect of academics and Trekkies alike.
“I was interested in where myths turn up in less obvious forms, and there wasn’t much work on the early years of television and its relation to myth,” Dr Baker said.
Importantly, she was also a fan of the series.
“I don’t think just because a study is serious and that I’m connecting Star Trek to a broader history of TV and ancient myths that it means there is not also a fun side - I can see the fun side as well.”
Among the dark corners where Dr Baker’s thesis - titled Broadcast Space: TV Culture, Myth and Star Trek - shines light is the changing link between the starship Enterprise’s intergalactic adventures and the real world’s space race.
Shatner’s monologues were inspired by the visionary speeches of JFK, advocating greater exploration. Thirty years on, the roles were reversed, with astronauts from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration guest-starring on Star Trek spin-offs to promote their underfunded existence.
Since finishing her thesis last year, the 34-year-old has had a daughter and is turning her thesis into an academic text.
She’s also writing an introductory piece for a Star Trek exhibition at the Victorian College of the Arts in October.
may the force be with you
& remember "A verbis ad verbera"
Copyright © Demetrios the Traveler
Τετάρτη 19 Μαρτίου 2008
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke ..ΕΦΥΓΕ ΑΠΟ ΚΟΝΤΑ ΜΑΣ ΠΡΙΝ ΑΠΟ ΛΙΓΟ Ο ΠΑΝΤΟΤΕΙΝΟΣ ΕΦΗΒΟΣ!
Sir Arthur C. Clarke
ΓΕΝΝΗΜΕΝΟΣ ΣΤΟ ΣΩΜΕΡΣΕΤ ΤΗΣ ΑΓΓΛΙΑΣ ΤΟ 1917,
ΕΦΥΓΕ ΠΛΗΡΗΣ ΗΜΕΡΩΝ, Ο ΠΑΝΤΟΤΕΙΝΟΣ ΕΦΗΒΟΣ!!
ΕΙΧΕ ΠΕΙ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΖΩΗ :
"Life is just one big banana.
Science fiction allows us all to peel open the reality and discover the yellow truth inside."
may the force be with you
& remember "A verbis ad verbera"
Copyright © Demetrios the Traveler
Δευτέρα 25 Φεβρουαρίου 2008
Μπλογκοπαίγνιο με βιβλία
Απαντώντας στην πρόσκληση του ESTARIAN, λαμβάνω μέρος στο ακόλουθο παιχνίδι :
1. Πιάσε το βιβλίο που βρίσκεται πιο κοντά σε σένα.
2. Άνοιξε το βιβλίο στη σελίδα 123 (αν το βιβλίο διαθέτει λιγότερες από 123 σελίδες, άφησέ το και πήγαινε στο επόμενο κοντινότερο).
3. Βρες την πέμπτη περίοδο (=από τελεία σε τελεία, αν θυμάσαι) της σελίδας.
4. Ανάρτησε τις επόμενες τρεις περιόδους (δηλ. την έκτη, την έβδομη και την όγδοη).
5. Ζήτα από πέντε ανθρώπους να κάνουν το ίδιο.
Το κοντινότερο βιβλίο, είναι το The Spanish Inquisition( a historical revision) του Henry Kamen, Folio Society London 1998
Έχουμε και λέμε λοιπόν :
Inevitably some condemned books filtered into the country. In Barcelona in 1569, the bookshops were still selling “many forbidden books”. The continuing entry of books is demonstrated by the case in Madrid of Joseph Antonio de Sala, knight of the order of Calatrava, whose library was offered for sale to the public on his death in 1651.
Καλώ και γω για συμμετοχή στο ευγενές τούτο άθλημα την elafini,την TMT, τον Simon, τον μαύρο γάτο και την Κατερίνα στην εξώπορτα.
may the force be with you
& remember "A verbis ad verbera"
Copyright © Demetrios the Traveler
Δευτέρα 18 Φεβρουαρίου 2008
Τρίτη 12 Φεβρουαρίου 2008
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA...ΜΕ ΤΗΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΜΥΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ
ΘΑ ΒΡΟΥΝ ΤΟΝ ΔΡΟΜΟ ΠΡΟΣ ΤΗΝ ΓΗ....
ΣΤΗΝ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΗ ΦΑΝΤΑΣΙΑ ΤΟ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΟ,
ΔΙΝΕΙ ΠΑΝΤΑ ΤΟ ΠΑΡΩΝ!
ΙΔΙΑΙΤΕΡΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΟΝΟΜΑΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ,
ΑΛΛΑ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΛΟΚΗ.
Η ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΜΥΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ Η ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ,
ΔΙΝΟΥΝ ΣΕΝΑΡΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΗ ΦΑΝΤΑΣΙΑ.
ΟΠΩΣ ΣΤΟ ΣΥΓΚΕΚΡΙΜΕΝΟ ΕΠΕΙΣΟΔΙΟ ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΤΗΛΕΟΠΤΙΚΗ ΣΕΙΡΑ:
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
ΔΙΑΒΑΣΤΕ ΤΟ ΣΧΕΤΙΚΟ ΑΡΘΡΟ ΕΔΩ
may the force be with you
& remember "A verbis ad verbera"
Copyright © Demetrios the Traveler
& remember "A verbis ad verbera"
Copyright © Demetrios the Traveler
Τετάρτη 9 Ιανουαρίου 2008
να γιατί μερικοί λαοί είναι έτη φωτός μπροστά μας
ενα καταπληκτικο ποστ απο το ΕΛΑΦΙΝΙ
ενα ποστ περιεργο, ενναλακτικο, ιντριγκαδορικο!
διαβαστε το ποστ ΕΔΩ!
αξιζει να διαβασετε και το συνολο των σχολιων που εχουν γινει στοhttp://www.dezeen.com/2007/12/04/a-shop-in-a-church-by-merkx-girod-architecten/
may the force be with you
& remember "A verbis ad verbera"
Copyright © Demetrios the Traveler
Τετάρτη 5 Δεκεμβρίου 2007
by NIKOLAOS KAZANTZAKIS
The Butterfly
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly
One day a small opening appeared
He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours
It struggled to force its body through that little hole
Then it seemed to stop making any progress
It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could
And it could go no farther.
So the man decided to help the butterfly
He took a pair of scissors and snipped off
The remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily, BUT,
It had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings
He continued to watch the butterfly
He expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge
And the body would contract
Neither happened!
In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling
Around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.
It was never able to fly.
The man acted with well-intentioned kindness
But he didn't understand the consequences.
The restricting cocoon and the struggle required to get
Through the tiny opening, were nature's way of forcing fluid
From the body of the butterfly once it achieved it's freedom
From the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.
If nature allowed us to go through life without any
Obstacles, it would cripple us.
We would not be as strong as we could have been
And we could never fly
Have a great day, great life, and struggle a little.
Then fly!
Nikos Kazantzakis
may the force be with you
and remember "A verbis ad verbera"
Copyright © Demetrios the Traveler
A man found a cocoon of a butterfly
One day a small opening appeared
He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours
It struggled to force its body through that little hole
Then it seemed to stop making any progress
It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could
And it could go no farther.
So the man decided to help the butterfly
He took a pair of scissors and snipped off
The remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly then emerged easily, BUT,
It had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings
He continued to watch the butterfly
He expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge
And the body would contract
Neither happened!
In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling
Around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.
It was never able to fly.
The man acted with well-intentioned kindness
But he didn't understand the consequences.
The restricting cocoon and the struggle required to get
Through the tiny opening, were nature's way of forcing fluid
From the body of the butterfly once it achieved it's freedom
From the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.
If nature allowed us to go through life without any
Obstacles, it would cripple us.
We would not be as strong as we could have been
And we could never fly
Have a great day, great life, and struggle a little.
Then fly!
Nikos Kazantzakis
may the force be with you
and remember "A verbis ad verbera"
Copyright © Demetrios the Traveler
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