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Topic: Get Away Special


  
 DVD Review: Fly Away Home: Special Edition
Paquin stars as 13 year-old Amy Alden, whose mother passes away in a car crash as the film opens in one of the few scenes in the movie that might be scary for the youngest viewers.
Overall, "Fly Away Home" is a rare (these days, at least) movie that the whole family can enjoy, with a good message that's not too heavy-handed and performances that are splendid.
It's terrific that the studio has decided to include this superb special feature for the DVD - it's a very educational and extremely informative piece that parents should play for their children after the film is finished.
www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews3/flyawayhomesedvd.html   (1120 words)

  
 Special Olympic Beanie Babies
The Special Olympics organization is recognized by Canada as the main provider of these services to people whose primary diagnosis is mental retardation, although some participants also have associated physical challenges.
All four of these bears have brought in a considerable sum for the Special Olympics over the past four years, and have been donated by Ty Canada, so the authenticity of the bears are guaranteed.
You are able to get a Special Olympics Halo by purchasing the bear for $20.
www.geocities.com /collectiblezz/SpecialOlympics   (1045 words)

  
 CSA - Nanocrystal Get Away Special
The Nanocrystal Get-Away Special (NANOGAS) was a space shuttle GAS payload designed to grow high-quality crystals of an advanced new class of materials called crystalline nanoporous semiconductors.
NANOGAS was one of two Canadian Get-Away Special (GAS) experiments that flew on mission STS-77, along with others from the United States, Germany and China.
GAS experiments are a low-cost means of putting an experiment on board the Shuttle because they are located in the Cargo Bay and require very little intervention from astronauts.
www.space.gc.ca /asc/eng/sciences/nanogas.asp   (199 words)

  
 NASA Fact Sheets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
GAS is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., for the Office of Space Flight, Washington, D.C. Since those flights, Get Away Specials have carried experiments by such disparate organizations as a large aerospace firm, a public school district, and a motion picture producer.
Get Away Special fees are based on required container volume and experiment weight.
Transfer of ownership of a Get Away Special requires NASA consent and is limited to one transfer of each payload.
www.gsfc.nasa.gov /gsfc/service/gallery/fact_sheets/spacesci/gas.htm   (861 words)

  
 DVD Review - Cast Away
He spends four years surviving instead of living, and, when given the chance to get off the island, must come face to face with what he's left behind...
It's hard not to like a film where Hanks plays Hanks, and gets to be by himself for a good portion of the film with nothing but waves crashing on the soundtrack.
There are also 5 special effects vignettes, with audio commentary by visual effects supervisors Ken Ralston and Carey Villegas.
www.thedigitalbits.com /reviews2/castaway.html   (707 words)

  
 Preschoolers Today: When Bedwetting Doesn't Go Away: Special Needs Teens and Enuresis
Dealing with the problem of wetting the bed, or nocturnal enuresis, for the special needs teen would be no more difficult than it would be for their counterpart without special needs.
Wheeler is passionate in her efforts to guide families, educators, therapists, medical professionals and caretakers in teaching techniques that treat special needs children, adolescents and adults with dignity and respect.
To help your special needs teen remain dry at night, Dr. Henry Roane, of the Marcus Institute in Atlanta, believes that there are a number of interventions useful in treating nocturnal enuresis, though these interventions tend to vary in terms of their long-term effectiveness and intensity.
preschoolerstoday.com /resources/articles/snteens.htm   (1224 words)

  
 Cast Away: Special Edition (2000)
As is usually the case with the films of director Robert “I love spoilers!” Zemeckis, the previews gave away an awful lot of the story.
Through lots of footage from the set and some interview snippets with crew members and Hanks, we get a basic history of how Wilson came to be and see many of the shots in which he was involved.
DVDs don’t get much better either, as Cast Away combined superb picture and sound quality with a slew of extremely interesting extras; from the fine audio commentary to the more than two hours of documentaries and interviews, this set provides a vast amount of strong data about the movie.
www.dvdmg.com /castaway.shtml   (4011 words)

  
 DuVal High School Get Away Special Program   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Caron's responsibilities are to upgrade the Technology Education curriculum and facilities at DuVal to reflect the new technology graduation requirements in Maryland.
His responsibility with the Get Away Special class is to assist students to utilize the engineering process to solve a real life problem.
Harden co-teaches the Get Away Special class with Mr.
analyst.gsfc.nasa.gov /duval/GAS5.html   (261 words)

  
 Intelliflix: Rent Cast Away (Special Edition/ Widescreen) on DVD
They have their Christmas in the car--and Chuck plunks an engagement ring into her lap right before he gets on the plane, telling her, "I'll be right back." But an unexpected storm cuts the plane's crew off from radio contact and blows them off course.
From director Robert Zemeckis, CAST AWAY is a story of adventure and discovery surrounding one man's will to stay alive.
Director Robert Zemeckis could have tightened the film a bit here and there, but "Cast Away" is still an engaging adventure story about how the will to live can help us survive.
www.intelliflix.com /movie_view.dvd?id=16962   (293 words)

  
 Fly Away Home (Special Edition)
N.C. rarely gets fame.), and when her dad runs out in the yard in his under ware.
The price is extremely reasonable on the Special Edition version (twelve dollars and twenty-six cents), and it is a movie that should get a good deal of replayability for many years.
The Special Edition includes a featurette and documentary that tells not only how they started this migration effort with geese but how they have now helped reintroduce Whooping Cranes to the East coast of the US.
elipsiselectronics.com /B00005LK94/Fly_Away_Home_Special_Edition.html   (1398 words)

  
 DVD.net : Cast Away : Special Edition - DVD Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
One of the more special features on this disc, and probably the most interesting of extras that any disc could include is a feature on Focusing on Technical effects (8:17).
This is where you can marvel at just how good the special effects wizards of today are where they can transform and back lot car park into the pinacle of a mountain on an island and turn a daytime sea shot into a night time shot with a curious whale making it's presence felt.
Not the greatest film ever made and probably a good indication of it's merits with Hanks getting his 4th nomination for best actor but not winning, Cast Away is a very good story of hope 'not' lost in the most lonliest of places.
www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=895   (1511 words)

  
 Little House on the Prairie - I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away (TV Special) - Deep Discount DVD Store - Buy Little ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In a very unclear and probably intentionally confusing marketing move, this and all of the other "2-hour TV special" Little House DVDs being released separated are actually included on the Complete Season box sets being released by the same company.
I purchased three of these "specials" before realizing that they were all 2-part episodes to be found on the complete season sets.
Hands down, "I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away" is a classic in the "Little House on the Prairie" series and is something you'll definitely want to see if you're a fan of the show.
uk.affordable-cheap-web-hosting.com /store/Online/Shopping/Center/CustomerReviews/Mall/B00009QG5S/pages.html   (618 words)

  
 Remarks at the funeral of NASA's Get Away Special Program - An open letter to Dr. Michael Griffin | SpaceRef - Your ...
After Fletcher and Yardley had described their Get Away Special concept in the plenary session of the conference, I implored them and Chester M. Lee, Director of Space Shuttle Utilization, to allow university undergraduate and high school students also to participate in this program.
I know that the SSIP, Get Away Special and Hitchhiker personnel at the various NASA Centers have long ago been reassigned, and the program support hardware has been mothballed, so that's the end of that.
Utah State University has kept successive generations of students building Get Away Special experiments, year after year for the past twenty-three years, because they always had the expectation that their experiments were going to fly while they were still in college.
www.spaceref.com /news/viewnews.html?id=1009   (1816 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Get away special : the first ten years.
Find in a Library: Get away special : the first ten years.
Get away special : the first ten years.
WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/36b8d0754e27bd47a19afeb4da09e526.html   (65 words)

  
 Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi (2001)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the case of Spirited away, I'm glad I did not know what I was getting myself into, otherwise I might not have come (and surprisingly, not for the reasons you likely assume).
Upon investigating the theme park, things are obviously very "wrong" (at least to the little girl- her parents seem woefully oblivious) and as it gets closer to sunset, things just get worse.
Some rather disturbing scenes of characters getting eaten alive (and some threats thereof) but even the eaten characters return unharmed later in the film.
www.imdb.com /Title?0245429   (1049 words)

  
 Cast Away: Sensormatic Special Edition 2-Disc Set on DVD - MovieWeb
Cast Away - Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock.
His fast-paced career takes him, often at a moment's notice, to far-flung locales -and away from his girlfriend Kelly, played by Helen Hunt.
Chuck's manic existence abruptly ends when, after a plane crash, he becomes isolated on a remote island - cast away into the most desolate environment imaginable.
movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?024543017912   (564 words)

  
 DVD Verdict Review - Fly Away Home: Special Edition
Fly Away Home is based on the true story of Bill Lishman, a Canadian artist who proved that geese could be taught a new, safer migration pattern as winter approached.
Though I had a fair amount of interest in seeing Fly Away Home, I was expecting it to be general kiddy fluff.
Three separate featurettes are included: "HBO Special: Leading the Flock," "Operation Migration: Birds of a Feather," and a 49-minute documentary titled "The Ultra Geese." All three of these documentaries are well produced, "The Ultra Geese" being the best of the three.
www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/flyawayhomese.php   (1635 words)

  
 Chattanooga: Sky Harbor Bavarian Inn - Deals and Reviews - Our special get-away - TripAdvisor
The view, along with the many splendid trees, and just plain old nature, was enough to make one forget about day to day hassles.
The location is close to just about anything you want to do, but the location makes it seem you are far, far away from civilization.
I would love to give it an EXCELLANT rating but I hesitate since the bedding (sheets and pillowcases) was past the age of retirement.
www.tripadvisor.com /ShowUserReviews-g54946-d291279-r2790044-Sky_Harbor_Bavarian_Inn-Chattanooga_Tennessee.html   (736 words)

  
 EI > DVD > Cast Away: Special Edition (2003)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
"Cast Away" is the ambitious and powerful tale of a FedEx systems engineer nearly consumed by his precision-demanding job, until his life is nearly taken away in the blink of an eye when a storm crashes his plane in the middle of the ocean, eventually trapping him on a small, barren and isolated island.
Told in three acts, Chuck's (Tom Hanks) efforts to return home to the woman he loves becomes a spiritual journey that shows him not only what he's made of, but also what it truly means to be alive.
However, as a DVD, "Cast Away" is surely a rental, if not a great addition to your DVD library.
www.einsiders.com /reviews/dvd/show_dvd.php?review_dvd=161   (748 words)

  
 ATITD.net Forum - ATITD beta give away and special item
We've agreed to hold a competition giving away beta accounts and a special item that will be "highly desired" for the winners, to enjoy in game.
As I've mentioned here every time I post, we support the Indy games and ATITD is well it starts with an "A" so basically it tends to be the first on our list when we have room to offer some space on our site.
The beta keys are the same you can get at other sites the special item is what makes it "different".
www.atitd.net /forum/showthread.php?t=2627   (619 words)

  
 Little House on the Prairie - I'll Be Waving as You Drive Away (TV Special) - DVD
He is devastated to learn that she will most certainly lose her sight and for a while cannot bring himself to tell her the truth about her condition.
When Mary does go blind, Charles and Caroline decide it would be best for her to attend a special school in Iowa.
Although reluctant to participate and learn in the beginning, Mary develops a special bond with her teacher, Adam Kendall that changes her outlook on life.
www.wensstyle.com /product/B00009QG5S.html   (866 words)

  
 TheBoxSet.com :: CAST AWAY - SPECIAL EDITION - Disc Review
Well, with Cast Away you get all that and more with the team of Robert Zemekis, Tom Hanks, and William Broyles Jr.
Being a certified sailor (a fact you can pick up on if you pay special attention to the contents of his living room early in the film), he is able to fashion a raft and wait for the right time to shove off with the assistance of his trusty cave-lit calendar.
Back on shore and with ice in his glass, Noland is forced to deal with the fact that his girlfriend at the time of his disappearance has moved on, and is now married with child.
www.theboxset.com /review.php?id=68   (1227 words)

  
 Amazon.com: DVD: Cast Away (Widescreen Double Disc Edition) (2000)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Cast Away is a rather optimistic vision of how an ordinary man, obsessed with the clock, is forced to let go of the notion of time, physically and emotionally.
Cast Away is brilliant showing us how irreversible is the past and how marked we are with our experiences.
The one area I didn't get into this movie was the romance between Hank's character and that of Helen Hunt.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00003CXRP?v=glance   (2148 words)

  
 Robert Anton Wilson--Reality Is What You Can Get Away With   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This does not mean that censorship laws for the net will not get enacted; I feel sure such laws will appear rapidly, first in the U.S. and then in other banana republics.
The fact that nobody can really enforce such laws only means that they will get "enforced" very selectively.
For a while the FCC will become as much a menace to freedom as the ATF or the DEA or any other contraption trying to spy on and control the people of an alleged democracy.
www.newfalcon.com /excerpts/reality_is_what_e.htm   (1202 words)

  
 DVD : Fly Away Home (Special Edition)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
There are some filmmaking teams that invariably bring out the best in each other, and that's definitely the case with director Carroll Ballard and cinematographer Caleb Deschanel.
They previously collaborated on The Black Stallion and Never Cry Wolf, and Fly Away Home is their third family film that deserves to be called a classic.
Inspired by Bill Lishman's autobiography, the movie tells the story of a 13-year-old girl (Anna Paquin) who goes to live with her estranged, eccentric father (Jeff Daniels) following the death of her mother.
www.ajeno.com /B00005LK94/Fly_Away_Home_Special_Edition.shtml   (421 words)

  
 Special Features | Away.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Get the scoop on trekking with Thai hilltribes, the Vietnam renaissance, where to dive in Indonesia, and more!
Start planning that perfect outdoor outing for you and your brood, whether your thing's bonding hikes in the Rockies or surf school for the young 'uns while you read a book on the beach.
Everything you need to know to get to the Land Down Under—an interactive map, photo galleries, a glossary of Aussie slang, active profiles, national parks, World-Heritage sites, and more.
away.com /special-features   (289 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: DVD: Cast Away [Special Edition] [2 Discs]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Cast Away reteams director Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks for their first film together since the Award winning Forrest Gump.
Cast Away suffers in the scenes off the island as they filled with movie cliches and are stiff.
Me and her lost contact with each other until 2002, when I was able to find where she was and to finally get in touch with her again.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00003CXRP   (1527 words)

  
 Amazon.com: DVD: Fly Away Home (Special Edition) (1996)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The multiple chords struck by Carrol Ballard's heartbreaking work "Fly Away Home" are so universal, it is difficult to imagine a person of any gender or any age not being touched in some way by this genuine family film.
But the story is the key, and during a time of changing family dynamics amidst a society of shrinking nature, I can't imagine a film utilizing both themes with such skilled and relevant ease.
"Fly Away Home" is such an important film, not only because a female protagonist breaks away from traditional bonds to find herself (no boy and his dog here), but because a self-centered man/father overcomes his weaknesses to find not only himself, but the person/daughter/child who defines his soul.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005LK94?v=glance   (2046 words)

  
 Spirited Away - Special Edition (2 Disc Set) DTS @ DVD Realm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
From Hayao Miyazaki, one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animated cinema, comes the Academy Award winning masterpiece, Spirited Away.
Spirited Away is a wondrous fantasy about a young girl named Chihiro who discovers a secret world of strange spirits, creatures and sorcery.
When her parents are mysteriously transformed, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and return her family to the outside world.
www.dvdrealm.com.au /proddetail.php?id=7515   (145 words)

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