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Josée sends us pictures of Easter Dragon eggs. She writes:
I’m sending a couple of pictures for display for the meeting this Saturday. They are elemental dragon eggs. Each one represents an element of nature : fire, water, earth and air. I also made a special base for each egg.
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Dan Kenney has been constructing ratlines for his Chinese Junk/Pirate ship.
Wayne Glover has been building the HMS Bounty, scale 1/110
More of Wayne’s models, all at the same scale 1/72:
Special for this meeting: Expo package from Joe Aspler, to accompany his presentation: Visions of the Future.
Winners are welcome to pick up their prizes from Joe in Kirkland, (especially the book & the poster) to save the club money on mailing.
. Expo 67 poster: 19″ x 25″. This is an original poster, the most popular end-of-Expo souvenir. This is printed on lightweight coated paper, not heavy poster stock, so it’s a bit creased around the edges. Shipped in a mailing tube.
. Expo 67 Theme Pavilions – a large illustrated book, bilingual text, with preface by Commissioner-General Pierre Dupuy and Introduction by Gabrielle Roy. Man the Creator, Man the Producer, Man the Explorer, Man the Provider, Man and His Health, Man and the Community, Habitat 67, Labyrinth [Experimental National Film Board of Canada pavilion; the forerunner to IMAX]. Hardcover, 27cm x 29cm, 156 pages, colour
My personal Expo collection: 2,500 pictures (mostly mine, plus estate sale slides and a few pictures from the internet), plus scans of documents, press releases, magazines, brochures, programs, etc. I supply this on a 32GB USB key, which the winner can then keep! The 1967 pictures are mostly scanned B&W negatives – B&W was my budget at the age of 13. Later pictures and estate purchases are mostly scanned from colour slides.
Mecha Japanese Capsule Toy, donated by Brian Knapp
Stug III Neko Girl, Japanese Capsule toy, donated by Brian.
From Sylvain’s legacy: A set of Dr Who Trading cards
From Sylvain’s collection, a bag of 20 LotR heads, 4 cm tall, sample image:
Young Miles by Lois McMaster Bujold, hardcover, pages a bit yellowed, Sylvain’s legacy
Sequel to King Kong, being released just nine months after and is the second entry of the King Kong franchise. Sylvain’s collection
Three issues of Mad Magazine from the 1970s, including January 1978 – their very first Star Wars parody.
Boris, series 1, from Sylvain’s legacy, box of 90 cards, each card described on the back
First of a duology by Ben Bova & A J Austin, dust jacket a bit scuffed, otherwise looks unread.
Telescopes then and now. We have been watching the stars for centuries and our tools have changed dramatically since the time of Ptolemy and early astronomers. This panel will explore how tools and practices have changed over time.
Sajjad Nikfahm-Khubravan will trace the history of tools and ideas down from Greek astronomers to Islamic observers, and from the golden age of Islamic astronomy to European observers. Dallas Wulf will balance this historical tour with a talk on the powerful tools used by astronomers today. Join ROAAr and the McGill Space Institute for this special collaborative panel, and get a peek at some of the history of astronomy treasures in the McGill Library’s rare and special collections with librarian Lauren Williams.
On page 4, an interesting LoC from GrayJay, one of our members, regarding unicorns.
Table of Contents
Art
Front Cover … Stormtrooper by Jose Sanchez
Back Cover … C3PO by Jose Sanchez
4 … Editorial
4 … News
4 … Letter of Comment (GrayJay)
Anime
5 … Winter 2022 First Impressions – Shenmue the Animation … by Jessi Silver
7 … Winter 2022 First Impressions – FreakAngels … by Jessi Silver
Comics
9 … Shogun Warriors … by Thomas E. Simmons
13 … Mister Jinx, Recalled by Will Mayo
13 … Will Mayo Reviews Dick Tracy
SerCon
13 … Frederik Pohl Bio-Bibliography by Jon D. Swartz, Ph.D.
Short Stories
16 … Will Mayo Reviews Ray Bradbury’s The Pedestrian
Music
16 … Will Mayo’s Review Of Elton John’s Rocket Man
Contents
A Wooden Leg Named Psmith ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
Look! It’s Roy Orbison! …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
The Cherokees Is Invaded Fort Mudge! ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
The Turks Have Taken Vienna!………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
Houses Sprout New Ears! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2
From A Fool’s Errands ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3
Excerpt from How to Human ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4
LoCs …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
It Came in My Email …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE: Earth-orbiting satellites have just detected a powerful explosion on the sun. The X1.3-class flare on March 30th (1737 UT) caused a shortwave radio blackout over the Americas and has almost certainly hurled a CME toward Earth. Follow this developing story @ Spaceweather.com.
Don’t miss another solar flare: Subscribers to our Space Weather Alert Service received a text message about this X-flare while it was happening. Such prompt notifications allow ham radio operators, amateur astronomers and others to react to flares before they fade away. Above: The extreme ultraviolet flash from today’s X-flare. Credit: NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
A ‘CANNIBAL CME’ IS APPROACHING EARTH: A strong G3-class geomagnetic storm is possible later this week when a ‘Cannibal CME’ hits Earth’s magnetic field. It’s a ‘cannibal’ because it ate one of its own kind en route to our planet. The mash-up of two CMEs could spark naked-eye auroras visible from northern-tier US states. Full story @ Spaceweather.com.
Aurora Alerts: Sign up for Space Weather Alerts and get instant text notifications when geomagnetic storms are underway. Above: This frame from a NASA animation shows one CME overtaking another. The resulting merger is called a ‘Cannibal CME.’
SOLAR FLARE, TSUNAMI, AND RADIATION STORM: A strong flare on the sun this morning kicked off a remarkable sequence of events: a solar tsunami, a solar radio burst, a solar proton storm, a terrestrial radio blackout and a polar cap absorption event. The explosion also (almost certainly) hurled a CME toward Earth. Developing story @ Spaceweather.com.
Solar Flare Alerts: Sign up for Space Weather Alerts and get instant text notifications when solar flares are underway. Above: An M4-class solar flare and shortwave radio blackout (inset) on March 28, 2022.
Submarine USS Skipjack , Runabout (DS9) , Eagle (Space 1999) , MK 9 Hawk (Space 1999), MK 1 Starfury (Bab 5) , Type 16 Shuttle (Star Trek) , CF-105C Arrow, Lancaster BK 1
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