This is some video of Tony Baxter presenting at D23. I just found this on Youtube. I had to share it with this sub since I know many people will be interested. (Sorry if it's a repost.)
It has a lot of footage of the making of Disneyland that I had never seen before. AND THEN, around 48:35, Tony goes on to share a lot of info about the Western River Expedition. This part is especially interesting if you are an EPCOT fan.
Sometime in the very early 1990s, I was read a story that took place in the old (American) west, or possibly the Oregon Trail. I don't remember if the story was fiction or nonfiction.
There was an expedition of men sometime in the nineteenth century (IIRC) that lost all of their belongings. I can't remember if they were raided or victims of a natural disaster. The men had no choice but to walk back to civilization. One of the men was incredibly overweight, and for the first few days of their walk back, he was slowing the party down, and they had to send somebody back to make sure he made it to their resting destination each night.
However, as the rest of the men grew weak from hunger, he became fit and had remaining energy. In addition to starving, the men had no water. In the climax of the story, the man killed an animal, I think a deer, with his bare hands, and drank some of the blood to sate his thirst. He ended up saving the expedition.
Was Aizawa's work initially thought of as paranoid ramblings that came to be vindicated in hindsight, or was he working within already-developed currents?
I am planning to move to Cleveland around June. Grad student at Case, and I'm moving in with a S/O.
My eyes were set on Brighton Chase apartments, but I wanted some input from others.
Traffic-wise, what's the commute like to Case Western from Rocky River or Westlake. Going to be coming in with two cars, so parking is important.
Max rent would be around 1500ish but ideally would prefer less. I was also wondering what utilities are like in the area, if anyone knows.
Alternative locations anyone would recommend?
Any help is much appreciated!
Even the combined forces that could have been mustered from Macedon and Greece at the start of Alexander's conquests, surely would not have lasted throughout the entirety of the Egyptian and Persian campaigns.
Reinforcements must have taken an incredibly long time to travel from Macedon all the way to Persia or Bactria when Alexander was nearing the end of his conquests. How much of his army was actually made up of Macedonians after the first few years? Did some soldiers accompany him all the way from Macedon, and then die in Bactria never having seen their families or homeland again?
Not to mention that Alexander didn't just blitzkrieg his way around Asia, he established an empire as well - which means not only losing soldiers in combat, but also leaving portions of his army in recently-conquered territories while the rest of them marched on. How did he even manage to maintain an empire if he just quickly departed after conquest?
This summer I'm going to the Wind River Wilderness, I know I'm provided with tons of information on what to pack/ carry before I leave for Wyoming. But are there any specifics that anyone would recommended I should take with before hand / buy from NOLS on site before the trip?
Three men are on a river expedition in the Amazon. One from England, one from France, and one from New York. A few days into the trip they encounter some rapids and wreck their boat. They wash up on shore and are immediately captured by a local tribe. The leader of the tribe steps forward and says "we are cannibals, but we are not wasteful and we are respectful people. After we eat your flesh; we use your skin to waterproof our canoes, we make weapons from your bones, and we use your blood as paint. As a thanks for your sacrifice; we will let you choose how you want to die."
The English man steps up and says "I choose my revolver," And he shoots himself.
The French one says "I choose to be hanged" and the tribe does so.
Finally, the New Yorker walks up and says "Uh, ya. Gimme a fork". The tribe look around at eachother confused, but they decide to give him the fork. The New Yorker starts frantically stabbing himself all over, the tribe is horrified and shocked. They try to stop him but he pulls away and continues stabbing himself all over.
The leader grabs him again and yells "what the hell are you doing?"
The New Yorker stops and looks at him and says "I'm fuckin up your canoe"
