28.4.07

Space Adventures’ Client, Charles Simonyi, Returned to Earth After Completing Longest Duration Private Spaceflight.





Software developer advanced civilian spaceflight, assisted with space station research and involved youth in the science of space travel during ISS stay.



April 21 2007
Space Adventures, Ltd., the world’s leading space experiences company, announced today that Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., successfully landed in the Kazakhstan steppes after a 14-day visit to the International Space Station (ISS). Dr. Simonyi returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-9 with Expedition 14 crew members Michael Lopez-Alegria and Mikhail Tyurin, who both spent seven-months aboard the ISS.

“Seeing the space station for the first time from inside the Soyuz was such an unforgettable experience. Seeing the Earth from space, so beautiful, majestic and calm, has filled me with great optimism,” said Dr. Simonyi. “I think it is written into our DNA to explore. Space exploration is so important to humanity, that to have been able to participate in it, even in a very small way, was such a privilege.”

“We, at Space Adventures, applaud Charles, not only for pursuing his lifelong dream of space travel, but for taking his own personal step toward opening up the space frontier for all of us. Charles is an inspiration and it has been a pleasure and an honor to help make his goal of spaceflight a reality,” said Eric Anderson, president and CEO of Space Adventures.

Earlier in the month, on April 7, Dr. Simonyi launched aboard Soyuz TMA-10 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. He joined Expedition 15 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and flight engineer Oleg Kotov for the flight. They arrived at the space station on April 9 and were greeted by the Expedition 14 crew.

In preparation for his spaceflight with Space Adventures, Dr. Simonyi completed a training program at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center located in Star City, Russia. During his 11-day stay aboard the ISS, Dr. Simonyi assisted several international space agencies by conducting experiments, communicated with hundreds of high school students via HAM radio signal in cooperation with Amateur Radio on the ISS (ARISS) and celebrated Cosmonautics Day by presenting a gourmet meal to the space station crew.

Dr. Simonyi has been chronicling the details of his mission, from training to landing, on his Web site, www.charlesinspace.com, with photos, video, audio, in-depth blogs, answers to questions posed by visitors to the site, and much more. Now back on solid ground, Dr. Simonyi will continue to share his experiences on his site, expanding upon the accounts of his time aboard the ISS, and providing insights into his landing and return to Earth. Additionally, children can continue to visit the site’s “Kids’ Space” and earn an official “Charles in Space Certificate of Achievement.”

Dr. Simonyi’s mission to the ISS is the latest destination in a life defined by exploration and discovery. Born in Budapest, Charles Simonyi earned his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering and mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley and a doctorate in computer science from Stanford University. From 1972 to 1980, Dr. Simonyi worked at Xerox Corporation's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). He left PARC to join Microsoft Corporation, where Dr. Simonyi held the titles of Director of Application Development, Chief Architect and Distinguished Engineer.

In August of 2002, Dr. Simonyi left Microsoft and founded Intentional Software Corporation, a software engineering company focused on improving the way organizations write software. He then founded the Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences in 2003 to support arts organizations, science programs and educational institutions. Dr. Simonyi is a trained pilot in multi-engine aircraft with current licenses in jets and helicopters and more than 2,000 hours of flying time.

Space Adventures, the only company to have successfully launched private explorers to space, is headquartered in Vienna, Va. with offices in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Moscow and Tokyo. It offers a variety of programs such as the availability today for spaceflight missions to the International Space Station and around the moon, Zero-Gravity flights, cosmonaut training, spaceflight qualification programs and reservations on future suborbital spacecrafts. The company's advisory board includes Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, Shuttle astronauts Sam Durrance, Tom Jones, Byron Lichtenberg, Norm Thagard, Kathy Thornton, Pierre Thuot, Charles Walker, Skylab astronaut Owen Garriott and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Usachev. For more information, please visit www.spaceadventures.com.

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Μια διαστημική κηδεία



O «Σκότι» του Σταρ Τρεκ ταξιδεύει στο Διάστημα

Associated Press
Ο Τζέις Ντούαν πέθανε το 2005 σε ηλικία 85 ετών
Ούπχαμ, Νέο Μεξικό


Μια μικρή τεφροδόχος με τις στάχτες του ηθοποιού Τζέιμς Ντούαν, γνωστού από το ρόλο του μηχανικού «Σκότι» στο Σταρ Τρεκ εκτοξεύτηκε το Σάββατο από ιδιωτικό διαστημοδρόμιο σε μια σύντομη, υποτροχιακή πτήση.

Η κάψουλα που μετέφερε λίγα γραμμάρια από την τέφρα του Σκότι έφτασε σε ύψος 112 χιλιομέτρων, λίγο πάνω από το επίσημο όριο του Διαστήματος, και στη συνέχεια έπεσε σε απόσταση 50 χλμ από το σημείο εκτόξευσης.

Ο πύραυλος της αμερικανικής εταιρείας UP Aerospace Ιnc. μετέφερε τις στάχτες 200 ακόμα ατόμων, ανάμεσά τους ο αστροναύτης Γκόρντον Κούπερ της αποστολής Apollo 7, καθώς και ένα CD με συλλυπητήρια και ευχές από 100.000 φαν του Σκότι.

Τον πύραυλο SpaceLoft XL πυροδότησαν οι χήρες του Ντούαν και του Κούπερ.

Ήταν η πρώτη επιτυχής εκτόξευση από το Spaceport America, ένα ιδιωτικό διαστημοδρόμιο που κατασκευάζεται στην έρημο του Νέου Μεξικού.

Τις διαστημικές κηδείες οργάνωσε η αμερικανική Celestis, θυγατρική της Space Services, η οποία εκτόξευσε στο Διάστημα το 1997 τις στάχτες του δημιουργού του Σταρ Τρεκ, Τζιν Ρόντενμπερι, έξι χρόνια μετά το θάνατό του.

Ο Τζέιμς Ντούαν πέθανε τον Ιούλιο του 2005 σε ηλικία 85 ετών.

Η εκτόξευση ενός γραμμαρίου στάχτης σε υποτροχιακή πτήση κοστίζει 495 δολάρια, ενώ η εκτόξευση στο εξώτερο Διάστημα, μια υπηρεσία που σχεδιάζει να προσφέρει η Celestis από το 2009, θα τιμάται γύρω στα 12.500 δολάρια.



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21.4.07

ΧΩΡΙΣ ΣΧΟΛΙΑ

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XRONIA POLLA ή ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΠΟΛΛΑ

ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΠΟΛΛΑ Ω ΕΣΕΙΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΡΟΙ ΠΟΥ ΜΑΣ ΣΩΣΑΤΕ ΑΠΟ ΤΙΣ ΧΟΥΝΤΑΣ ΤΟ ΚΑΚΟ!
XRONIA POLLA O ESEIS FASISTES AKRODEXIOI VASILOXOUNTIKOI POU MAS XOSATE STIS XOUNTAS TO KAKO!
ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ ΕΓΩ ΠΟΥ ΚΑΤΟΥΡΙΣΑ ΜΙΑ ΦΩΤΟ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΠΑΔΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ ΠΙΣΩ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΣΧΟΛΕΙΟ ΑΛΛΑ ΤΟ ΕΠΩΝΥΜΟ ΜΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΑΚΡΩΣ ΧΟΥΝΤΙΚΟ ΠΟΥ ΑΝΗΚΩ?
ΑΝΗΚΩ ΣΤΗΝ ΔΥΣΗ Η ΣΤΗΝ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΗ?
ΣΤΟΥΣ ΜΠΛΕ Η ΣΤΟΥΣ ΚΟΚΚΙΝΟΥΣ?
ΚΑΙ ΓΙΑ ΝΑ ΜΗΝ ΕΧΕΤΕ ΑΥΤΑΠΑΤΕΣ ΟΛΟΙ ΣΑΣ
ΑΝΗΚΩ ΣΤΗ ΣΙΩΠΗΛΗ ΠΛΕΙΟΨΗΦΙΑ ΠΟΥ ΘΑ ΣΑΣ ΜΑΥΡΙΣΕΙ ΣΤΙΣ ΕΠOΜΕΝΕΣ ΕΚΛΟΓΕΣ ΑΡΙΣΤΕΡΟΔΕΞΙΟΙ ΑΠΑΤΕΩΝΕΣ!


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Leonard Nimoy the ARTIST..






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Leonard Simon Nimoy
Born
March 26, 1931 (1931-03-26) (age 76) Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Spouse(s)
Sandra Zober(1954-1987)Susan Bay(1988 - present)

Notable roles
Spock inStar Trek (TV 1966-1969)Paris inMission: Impossible (TV 1969-1971)Miller inCatlow (1971)Dr. David Kibner inInvasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Leonard Simon Nimoy (born March 26, 1931) is an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. He is well known for having played the character Spock in the Star Trek franchise.

Life
Leonard Nimoy was raised in Boston, Massachusetts by Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants. After a short enrollment at Boston College, he left formal study to move to California to pursue acting. Nimoy spent much of his early career doing small parts in B-movies, TV shows such as Dragnet, and serials such as Republic Pictures Zombies of the Stratosphere in 1952. He fondly recalls playing in pinochle tournaments and selling his body for medical experiments to pay for tap dance lessons. In 1961 he had a minor role in The Twilight Zone episode "A Quality of Mercy". His Bostonian upbringing can be heard in his pronunciation, for example his pronunciation of the word "rather" in Star Trek episodes.
Nimoy served in the U.S. Army Reserve, receiving final discharge in November 1955 as a Sergeant. According to the National Archives and Records Administration, Nimoy's U.S. Army service record was destroyed in the 1973 National Archives Fire.
Nimoy has long been active in the Jewish community, and is an adherent of Reform Judaism. One of his better-known roles was that of Tevye the milkman, in the musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on the series of short stories by Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem. In 1997 he narrated the documentary A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, about the various sects of Hasidic Orthodox Jews. In October 2002 Nimoy published Shekhina, a photographic study of women intended to visualize the feminine aspect of God's presence, inspired by Kabbalah (esoteric Jewish mysticism).
Nimoy has been married twice. In 1954, he married actress Sandra Zober, whom he divorced in 1987. He had two children by her, director Adam Nimoy and Julie Nimoy. In 1988, he married actress Susan Bay.






Career

Stage and screen

Nimoy as Spock in Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS)
Nimoy's most famous role is the half-Vulcan, half-human Spock from Star Trek, the original series (TOS; 196669). He earned three Emmy nominations for playing this character.
In a strange twist of fate, Nimoy and William Shatner (who would go on to play Spock's commanding officer, Captain James T. Kirk) found themselves on the opposite side of the Iron Curtain in the 1964 episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., "The Project Strigas Affair". With his saturnine looks, Nimoy was predictably the villain, with Shatner playing a reluctant U.N.C.L.E. recruit. Nimoy went on to reprise Spock's character in a voice-over role in Star Trek: The Animated Series, in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and in six Star Trek motion pictures featuring the original cast.
Following the cancellation of TOS, Nimoy immediately joined the cast of the spy series Mission: Impossible, which was seeking a replacement for Martin Landau. Nimoy was cast as an actor-turned-spy known as "The Great Paris". He played the role from 1969 to 1971, on the fourth and fifth seasons of the show.(Coincidentally, as noted by Patrick White in The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier, Landau had been an early choice to play Spock.) It was during the run of the show that Nimoy fell ill with a stomach ulcer.

Leonard Nimoy and Donald Sutherland in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
He co-starred with Yul Brynner and Richard Crenna in the Western movie Catlow (1971). Nimoy also appeared in various made for television films in this period, such as Assault On The Wayne (1970), Baffled (1972), The Alpha Caper (1973), The Missing Are Deadly (1974), Seizure: The Story Of Kathy Morris (1980), Marco Polo (1982) and he received an Emmy award nomination for best supporting actor for the TV film A Woman Called Golda (1982). In 1973, Nimoy also appeared on an episode of the popular television series Columbo called "A Stitch In Crime". He played a murderous doctor and was one of the few criminals at whom Columbo ever really became angry. In the late 1970s, he hosted and narrated the television series In Search of..., which investigated paranormal or unexplained events or subjects. He also has a memorable character part as a mad scientist-type New Age psychologist in Philip Kaufman's remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It was during this time that Nimoy won acclaim for a series of stage roles as well. He has appeared in such plays as Vincent, Fiddler On The Roof, The Man In The Glass Booth, Oliver, Six Rms Riv Vu, Full Circle, Camelot, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, The King And I, Caligula, The Four Poster, Twelfth Night, Sherlock Holmes and My Fair Lady. When a new Star Trek series was planned in the late 1970s, Nimoy was to be in only two out of every eleven episodes, but when the show was elevated to a feature film, he agreed to reprise his role.
After directing a few television show episodes, Nimoy broke into film directing in 1984 with the successful third installment of the Star Trek film series (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock). Nimoy would go on to direct Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and move beyond the Trek universe with Three Men and a Baby in 1987. Nimoy also did occasional work as a voice actor in animated feature films including the character of Galvatron in Transformers: The Movie in 1986 and The Pagemaster in 1994.

Literary works
Nimoy has written two autobiographies, the first one called I Am Not Spock (1977). The title of this book was controversial, as many fans incorrectly assumed that Nimoy was distancing himself from the Spock character; however, Nimoy's stated intention was merely to remind the public at large that Spock and Nimoy were not one and the same. In the book, Nimoy conducts dialogues between himself and Spock.
His second autobiography was entitled I Am Spock (1995), and this title was meant to communicate that he finally realized that his years of portraying the Spock character had led to a much greater identification between the fictional character and the real person. Over the years, Nimoy had much input into how Spock would act in certain situations, and, conversely, Nimoy's contemplation of how Spock acted gave him cause to think about things in a way that he never would have thought if he had not portrayed this character. As such, in this autobiography Nimoy maintains that in some meaningful sense, he really is now Spock, and Spock is he, while at the same time maintaining the distance between fact and fiction.
Nimoy has also written several volumes of poetry, some published along with a number of his photographs. His latest effort is entitled A Lifetime of Love: Poems on the Passages of Life (2002). His poetry can be found in the Contemporary Poets index of The HyperTexts. In the mid '70s Nimoy wrote and starred in a one man play called Vincent based on the play Van Gogh by Phillip Stephens.
In 1995, Nimoy was involved in the production of Primortals a comic book series published by Tekno Comix that involved a first contact situation with aliens that had arisen from discussion between him and Isaac Asimov. There was a novelization by Steve Perry.

Music career
During and following Star Trek, Nimoy also released five albums of vocal recordings on Dot Records, including Trek-related songs and cover versions of popular tunes. The albums were extremely popular and resulted in numerous live appearances and promotional record signings that attracted crowds of fans in the thousands. The early recordings were produced by Charles Grean, who may be best known as the composer of "Quentin's Theme" for the mid-sixties goth soap opera, Dark Shadows. These recordings are generally regarded as unintentionally camp, though his tongue-in-cheek performance of "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" received a fair amount of airplay when Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films were released.
In addition to his own music career he also directed a 1985 music video for The Bangles' "Going Down to Liverpool". He makes a brief cameo appearance in the video as their driver. This came about because his son Adam Nimoy (now a frequent television director) was a friend of Bangles lead singer Susanna Hoffs from college.

Current work
Starting in 1994, Nimoy began to narrate the Ancient Mysteries series on The History Channel including "The Sacred Water of Lourdes" and "The Last Days of the Romanovs". He also appeared in advertising in the United Kingdom for the computer company Time Computers in the late 1990s. He had a central role in Brave New World (film), a 1998 TV-movie version of Aldous Huxley's book where he played a character wonderfully reminiscent of Spock in his philosophical balancing of unpredictable human qualities with the need for control. In 1999 and onwards, he had cameos in Futurama, usually as either himself or Spock. In 2003, he announced his retirement from acting in order to concentrate on his photography, such as his recent exhibit for nude pictures of overweight women, but has subsequently appeared in several popular television commercials with William Shatner for Priceline.com. He also appeared in a commercial for Aleve, an arthritis pain medication, which aired during the 2006 Super Bowl. Nimoy also provided a comprehensive series of voiceovers for the 2005 computer game Civilization IV. He also did the TV series "Next Wave" where he interviewed people about technology. He is the host in the documentary film "The Once and Future Griffith Observatory" currently running in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater located at the recently reopened Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California. In January of 2007, he granted an interview to Fat free film where he discussed his early career and the benefits of being type-casted.

Filmography

Director
Vincent: Based on the play "Van Gogh" by Phillip Stephens (1978-1981)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Three Men and a Baby (1987)
The Good Mother (1988)
Funny About Love (1990)
Holy Matrimony (1994)
episodes of T.J. Hooker, The Powers of Matthew Star, and Deadly Games

Actor
Kid Monk Baroni (1951)
Rhubarb (1951)
Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)
Them! (1954) (uncredited)
Satan's Satellites (1958)
The Brain Eaters (1958)
The Twilight Zone – "A Quality of Mercy" (1961)
General Hospital (1963)
Perry Mason (1963)
Deathwatch (1966)
Get Smart (1966)
Star Trek (1966-1969): Lieutenant Commander/Commander Spock
Mission Impossible (1969-1971) Amaging Parris
The Alpha Caper (1973) (TV)
Columbo (1973) (TV)
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-1974)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Vincent: Based on the play "Van Gogh" by Phillip Stephens (1978-1981)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
A Woman Called Golda (1982) (TV)
Marco Polo (1982) (mini) TV Series
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
The Sun Also Rises (1984) (mini) TV Series
The Transformers: The Movie (1986) Galvatron
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
The Simpsons, "Marge vs. the Monorail" (1993)
Never Forget (1991) (TV)
Star Trek: The Next Generation – "Unification" (1991) (two-part episode): Ambassador Spock
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Lights: The Miracle of Chanukah (1993) (voice)
The Halloween Tree (1993) (voice)
The Pagemaster (1994) Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde (voice)
The Time Machine (1994) (audio drama) The Time Traveller
The Simpsons, "The Springfield Files" (1997)
Brave New World (1998)
Futurama, "Space Pilot 3000" (1999)
Seaman (2000): Narrator (voice)
Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001): King Kashekim Nedakh (voice)
Becker (2001)
Futurama, "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" (2002)
Civilization IV (2006): Narrator (voice)
What's going on up there? (2006): Narrator/Introduction (voice)

Writer
I Am Not Spock (1977)
Vincent: Based on the play "Van Gogh" by Phillip Stephens (1978?)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) (Contributions uncredited)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) (Contributions uncredited)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
I Am Spock (1995)

Discography
See also: Leonard Nimoy discography (includes compilations and re-issues)
Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space (Dot Records), (1967).
The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy (Dot Records), (1968).
The Way I Feel (Dot Records), (1968).
The Touch of Leonard Nimoy (Dot Records), (1969).
The New World of Leonard Nimoy (Dot Records), (1970).


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Ο ΓΙΑΚΟΥΜΠ!!!


Ο ΥΦΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣ ΓΕΡΑΣΙΜΟΣ (ΜΑΚΗΣ) ΓΙΑΚΟΥΜΑΤΟΣ a.k.a ΓΙΑΚΟΥΜΠ
ΜΟΙΡΑΖΕΙ ΣΠΙΤΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΑΤΡΑ!
Α ΡΕ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ ΛΑΪΚΗ ΔΕΞΙΑ.

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EUCHOREUTES NASO

ΧΩΡΙΣ ΣΧΟΛΙΑ!!

ΕΝΑ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΣΠΑΝΙΑ (ΥΠΟ ΕΞΑΦΑΝΙΣΗ) ΖΩΑ!
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ΑΦΙΕΡΩΜΕΝΟ!!


ΓΙΑ ΜΙΑ ΦΙΛΗ ΣΤΑ ΞΕΝΑ ...ΚΑΠΟΥ
ΜΑΚΡΥΑ ΚΑΙ ΑΝΑΤΟΛΙΚΑ!!

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ΟΜΟΛΟΓΟ; ΠΟΙΟ ΟΜΟΛΟΓΟ;


ΤΟ ΑΛΛΟ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΤΟΤΟ ΤΟ ΞΕΡΕΙΣ;

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yoda


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the doorway to heaven

Humanity has finally reached beyond the stars. Scientific progress has provided a key to the door of the universe, and Beliar Systems has opened it. Introducing Heaven’s Gate, the latest in multi-dimensional transport technology. With Heaven’s Gate, not only can you travel anywhere in the universe; you can travel to any of the infinite untold universes surrounding it. But that’s not all! Heaven’s Gate can take you even one step beyond that. It can take you to heaven itself. Just step through, and you’ll be transported to a universe of pure bliss, where everything you ever imagined can come true. All this for the price of a trip to Sirius! Just think. Heaven is only a thought message away.
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ΟΡΓΟΥΕΛΙΚΑ ΚΤΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΙΝΑ



ΑΞΙΖΕΙ ΝΑ ΤΟ ΔΕΙΤΕ, ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΟΝ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ ΣΥΝΤΟΜΟ ΜΕΛΛΟΝ

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16.4.07

kingdom hearts



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14.4.07

Zardoz (1974)



Director: John Boorman


It's the year 2293. Zed (Sean Connery) is an exterminator, whose role it is to cull the population of brutals, primitive humans. He and the other exterminators receive orders from their god, Zardoz. This is a flying stone head, which makes pronouncements like "The gun is good, the penis is evil" and provides the exterminators with all the ammunition they need.



One day, Zed stows away inside Zardoz and finds himself inside the Vortex, in the land of the eternals. The eternals are immortal, so reproduction is no longer required. As a result, women dominate and men are impotent, and the eternals' culture has settled into a lazy, bored decadence.


May (Sara Kestleman), a scientist, wants to keep Zed for testing, and soon finds herself attracted to him - much to the disgust of Consuella (Charlotte Rampling), who wants to have Zed killed...

Made on a very low budget on attractive locations (mostly around Boorman's home in County Wicklow), Zardoz doesn't always make a lot of sense. This isn't helped by a story construction that withholds vital information for about half the running time, and a frequently obscure second half. It's certainly not as profound as it thinks it is, portentous dialogue and allusions to Nietzche and T.S. Eliot notwithstanding, and The Wizard Of Oz... hence the title.


But what it has in its favour is Boorman's visual flair (helped by Geoffrey Unsworth's scope camerawork) and willingness to take risks.


When it doesn't work, which is often, it falls flat on its face. But you do have to admire Boorman's nerve, and you can't help liking the end result.



Zardoz flopped badly on its original release, but has since picked up a considerable cult following. Perhaps in recognition of this, Fox have put together an excellent DVD (encoded for both Regions 2 and 4). The disc has an anamorphic picture in the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio, with the soundtrack remixed from mono to Dolby digital 3.0 with extras: director's commentary, a very psychedelic trailer, a stills gallery, four radio spots.


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OΜΕΓΑΛΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΝΙΕΡΗΣ





Μάο Τσετούνγκ
Από τη Βικιπαίδεια, την ελεύθερη εγκυκλοπαίδεια


Ο Μάο Ζεντόνγκ, γνωστός περισσότερο ως Μάο Τσετούνγκ (26 Δεκεμβρίου 18939 Σεπτεμβρίου 1976) υπήρξε ηγέτης της Κινεζικής Επανάστασης, σπουδαίος πολιτικός και στρατιωτικός επιστήμων του 20ου αιώνα. Υπήρξε επίσης ποιητής και εξαίσιος καλλιγράφος.


Βιογραφία


Τα πρώτα χρόνια

Ο νεαρός Μάο Ζεντόνγκ.
Ο Μάο γεννήθηκε στις 26 Δεκεμβρίου 1893 στην περιοχή Σαόσαν του Δήμου Σιάνγκταν της Επαρχίας Χουνάν της Κίνας σε μια αγροτική οικογένεια. Την άνοιξη του 1913 ενεγράφη στην Τέταρτη Παιδαγωγική Ακαδημία στην πρωτεύουσα της ίδιας Επαρχίας, Τσανγκσά, όπου και αποφοίτησε το καλοκαίρι του 1918.
Την πολιτική του καριέρα ξεκίνησε τον Απρίλιο 1918 ως ιδρυτικό μέλος της Νέας Εταιρείας Λαϊκής Μόρφωσης, μιας προοδευτικής οργάνωσης, ενώ προσχώρησε στον κομμουνισμό τον Νοέμβριο του 1920, ιδρύοντας την κομμουνιστική ομάδα στην Τσανγκσά.
Τον χειμώνα του 1920, παντρεύτηκε την πρώτη από τις τρεις συζύγους του, Γιανγκ Καϊχούι, με την οποία απέκτησε αργότερα τρία παιδιά.
Στις 23 Ιουλίου 1921, συνήλθε το 1ο Συνέδριο του Κομμουνιστικού Κόμματος της Κίνας (ΚΚΚ) στη Σαγκάη, στο οποίο συμμετείχαν 12 εκπρόσωποι από τις κομμουνιστικές ομάδες απ’ όλη τη χώρα –ανάμεσά τους ήταν κι ο Μάο–, αλλά και δύο εκπρόσωποι-παρατηρητές από την έδρα της Γ΄ Διεθνούς. Κατά το ίδιο συνέδριο, ιδρύθηκε και επισήμως το ΚΚΚ.
Έως το 1927, εργάστηκε ως επαγγελματίας πολιτικός.

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Ο Μάο στη κομμουνιστική βάση της Επαρχίας Τζιανγκσί (1931).
Στις 9 Σεπτεμβρίου 1927, ο Μάο ηγήθηκε της Εξέγερσης του Θερισμού στην Επαρχία Χουνάν, όμως αυτή απέτυχε παταγωδώς. Μετά την αποτυχία οι εξεγερθέντες αναγκάστηκαν να αποτραβηχτούν στο Βουνό Τζινγκάνγκ. Εκεί ίδρυσε την πρώτη κομμουνιστική βάση, αλλά και τον Κόκκινο Στρατό.
Το φθινόπωρο 1928 παντρεύτηκε τη δεύτερη σύζυγό του, Χε Ζιζέν, με την οποία απέκτησε δύο παιδιά, τα οποία όμως αναγκάστηκε να εγκαταλείψει αργότερα σε αγροτική οικογένεια όταν ξεκίνησε η Μεγάλη Πορεία. Δεν τα ξαναείδε ποτέ.
Η τότε κινεζική κυβέρνηση υπό τον Τζιανγκ Καϊσέκ προχώρησε σε πολλές εκστρατείες κατά της Βάσης Τζινγκάνγκ, την οποία κατάφερε να καταλάβει στις αρχές 1929. Ωστόσο, ο Μάο σύντομα ίδρυσε μια ακόμη μεγαλύτερη βάση στην Επαρχία Τζιανγκσί. Έως το καλοκαίρι 1934, έγιναν πολλές πολεμικές συγκρούσεις μεταξύ Τζιανγκ Καϊσέκ και Μάο Ζεντόνγκ. Περίοδος κατά την οποία ο Μάο τελειοποίησε την περίφημη θεωρία του ανταρτοπόλεμου.
Παρά τις επιτυχημένες αποκρούσεις των δυνάμεων καταστολής, ο Μάο κατηγορήθηκε από την τότε ηγεσία του ΚΚΚ για τις τακτικές του ανταρτοπόλεμου, ότι επρόκειτο για ατολμία, και απαλλάχτηκε από τα κομματικά και διοικητικά του καθήκοντα.
Τελικά οι μετωπικές συγκρούσεις και τον πόλεμο χαρακωμάτων που επέλεξε η νέα ηγεσία του Κόκκινου Στρατού, αποδείχτηκαν ολέθρια για τη Βάση, η οποία και καταλήφθηκε από τον κυβερνητικό στρατό τον Οκτώβριο 1934, οπότε και ξεκίνησε η Μεγάλη Πορεία.
Φτάνοντας ο Κόκκινος Στρατός στην πόλη Ζουενγί της Επαρχίας Γκουιζόου, έλαβε χώρα σύσκεψη του Πολίτμπυρο, κατά την οποία αποκαταστάθηκε η ορθότητα του Μάο. Από τότε απέκτησε τον έλεγχο του κόμματος.

Ανάληψη της κρατικής εξουσίας

Κηρύσσοντας την ίδρυση της Λαϊκής Δημοκρατίας της Κίνας την 1η Οκτωβρίου 1949.
Μετά τη Μεγάλη Πορεία η οποία τερματίστηκε επισήμως στις 20 Οκτωβρίου 1935, ο Μάο ίδρυσε νέα βάση στην Επαρχία Σαανσί.
Το φθινόπωρο 1937 ξέσπασε ολομέτωπα ο Σινοϊαπωνικός Πόλεμος, μ’ αποτέλεσμα τα δύο μεγάλα εθνικά κόμματα της Κίνας, ΚΚΚ και Εθνικιστικό Κόμμα (ΕΚ) του Τζιανγκ Καϊσέκ, να καθίσουν στο τραπέζι των διαπραγματεύσεων, η οποία και θα καταλήξει σε συμμαχία κατά της Ιαπωνίας.
Το 1938, παντρεύτηκε την τρίτη σύζυγό του, Τζιανγκ Τσινγκ, με την οποία απέκτησε μια κόρη. Η Τζινγκ ήταν γνωστή και ως επικεφαλής της Συμμορίας των Τεσσάρων.
Ο πόλεμος κράτησε έως τον Αύγουστο 1945, οπότε η Ιαπωνία παραδόθηκε άνευ όρων. Ήταν και η λήξη του Β΄ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου. Ωστόσο στα μέσα Μαρτίου 1946 ξέσπασε ο Εμφύλιος Πόλεμος μεταξύ του ΚΚΚ και ΕΚ, ο οποίος ανέδειξε τελικά νικητή το πρώτο.
Στις 1 Οκτωβρίου 1949, ο Μάο κήρυξε την ίδρυση της Λαϊκής Δημοκρατίας της Κίνας ως Πρόεδρος της χώρας.

Ως Πρόεδρος της Χώρας

Τον Οκτώβριο 1950, η Κίνα ενεπλάκη στον Κορεατικό Πόλεμο, ο οποίος τερματίστηκε τρία χρόνια αργότερα, με την υπογραφή της συνθήκης ανακωχής στις 23 Ιουλίου 1953, δημιουργώντας μια αποστρατικοποιημένη ζώνη στον 38ο Παράλληλο. Κατά τον πόλεμο, σκοτώθηκε ο πρωτότοκος γιος του Μάο Ανγίνγκ.
Το 1958 κήρυξε την έναρξη του κινήματος «Μεγάλο Άλμα προς τα Εμπρός», κατά το οποίο η χώρα σύρθηκε σ’ ένα πυρετό παραγωγής χάλυβα. Το Μεγάλο Άλμα, αλλά και σωρεία λαθών που διέπραξε το καθεστώς, είχαν ως άμεσο αντίκτυπο την οικονομική και οικολογική καταστροφή την τριετία 1959-1961, κατά την οποία η χώρα θρήνησε εκατομμύρια θύματα.
Το 1966 ο Μάο κήρυξε την έναρξη της Πολιτιστικής Επανάστασης, η οποία διήρκεσε έως και τον θάνατό του, το 1976. Η Πολιτιστική Επανάσταση βύθισε τη χώρα στον αναρχισμό. Εκδιώχτηκαν πολλοί διανοούμενοι, αλλά και πάλαι ποτέ στενοί συνεργάτες του, με χαρακτηριστικό παράδειγμα τον Λιου Σάοτσι, δεύτερο τότε στην κομματική ιεραρχία, ο οποίος πέθανε φυλακισμένος και στην εξαθλίωση το 1969.

Ο θάνατός του

Διακρίνεται στο βάθος το Μαυσωλείο του Μάο στην Πλατεία Τιαν-αν-μέν.
Ο Μάο Ζεντόνγκ πέθανε στις 00:10 της 9ης Σεπτεμβρίου του 1976 στο Πεκίνο. Ένα χρόνο μετά τον θάνατό του, στο νότιο μέρος της Πλατείας Τιαν-αν-μέν, απέναντι από την Απαγορευμένη Πόλη, κατασκευάστηκε ένα μαυσωλείο, όπου και αναπαύεται έως σήμερα.




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