#expo 98

[spoonyliger]

Inside joke for my fellow Portuguese millennials.

[blocodeespantamentos]

também eu, se voltasse atrás no tempo e visse tudo aquilo pela primeira vez, entrava na maquineta espantado e punha-me a dar voltas sem parar por cima duma Lisboa a estrear. Afinal, o bilhete não era barato e o teleférico dava para usar sem limites. E era bem mais giro do que estar duas horas numa bicha à porta do Oceanário.

Dos bebés da Expo ao homem do teleférico (*)

[worldwright]

An interesting thing I noticed at Geek Girl Con is the sheer difference in the number of people who recognized 98 Vash as compared to Sakura Con.

My working theory is that the demographic for GGC trends quite a bit older than for SC, and so I happened across a lot more people who were in the first wave of Trigun fandom decades ago.

This is honestly one of my favorite parts of this fandom -- just that it's Been Around, technically for longer than I've been alive. I see trimax art from 2013 reblogged and it just gives me warm fuzzies. This community survives. I'm so happy to be a part of it.

[64thyume]

Vash the Stampede: A Nature Documentary

YouTube randomly recommended this to me a couple months back, and I was recently reminded of it. If you've been in the Trigun fandom for a while or went to cons at a certain period of time, this probably will strike a cord with you...

[itsfantasticac]

Tokimeki Poster Collection was an A1 poster-dispensing prize machine, shown at AOU Expo in '98. As a joint venture between Konami and Banpresto, it would make use of the licenses in the "Banpresto Character Poster" line, including Tokimeki Memorial. It was never widely released.

Konami Look '98 Spring Edition, pg. 7

[numinousmysteries]

why don't you (x-phile edition)

inspired by the late, great diana vreeland, but zhuzhed up with a certain paranormal bouquet:

why don't you....

re-watch grotesque and join mulder on a terrifying descent into full-fledged profiler mode?

write a fic with that unpopular pairing you can't get out of your mind (mulder/melissa? scully/skinner?) and get surprised by how many others were thinking the same thing?

take a master class in the art of the perfect, hypnotic sentence and read (or re-read) Black Hole Season by Penumbra/ @mashnotesofthemythopoeic ?

sprinkle a few of your favorite lines into everyday conversation in a way that no one else would notice but that delights you? [can you get away with saying "lots and lots of files" at work?]

leave a comment on that comfort fic you've read and re-read dozens of times but haven't let the author know yet? (if you don't have one, may I suggest A Boy and His Fox by @sixhours?)

go to your local thrift store and see if you can find a former phile's discarded VHS tapes or X-Files '98 expo t-shirt?

start a podcast devoted to re-watching the series through a super-specific lens (scully's hairstyles, mulder's ties, decoding the decor of the basement office)? [i will listen.]

go for a walk around your neighborhood with Walking After You on repeat in your headphones?

re-watch i want to believe and not just the scratchy beard scene? [jk, no one should have to do that]

add your own ideas to the tags?

[rachelroams]

🫣 Want the honest truth?

… I’m not much of an aquarium (or frankly, even a zoo) person. 🤷‍♀️

It’s not that they’re not interesting — it’s that I’d rather be IN the natural environment, diving or snorkeling or roaming amidst the wildlife; experiencing the wonders of our world in that immersive way. 🌍

For that reason, I can honestly say that the @oceanariodelisboa blew my mind. One of Europe’s largest aquariums, this world-class attraction centers around a massive central tank that’s designed to represent the global ocean. 🦑 Visitors can make a circuit around the multi-story tank—and its adjacent open-air habitats—observing 400+ species from various ecosystems that range from the Antarctic to the tropical Pacific.

🚡 From there, visitors can explore the surrounding Parque das Nações, a modern waterfront neighborhood that was transformed from an old industrial area into a modern complex for the Expo 98 World Fair. Visitors may stroll along the Tagus River, rent a kayak from the marina, or take to the sky for a cable car ride with panoramic views. 😎

All in all, this is one aquarium that’s VERY well worth the visit! 🙌

Are you an aquarium fan? 🤔

[grusik]

Erró‘s giant mural ftrc.blog/parque-das-nacoes/ Lisbon's eastern edge was once a landscape of factories and industry. But that all changed when the vibrant Parque das Nações burst onto the scene! This formerly industrial area was completely transformed for the 1998 World Fair – also known as Expo '98, and some locals still call it by that name. Today, it's a spectacular district of elegant, stylish architecture – a nod to the past with nods to the future. I was there for a few days in May 2022 for a design conference and decided to use my free time to explore everything Parque das Nações offers. Here, I will share some tips so you can enjoy this part of Lisbon as much as I did. by ftrc

[tonguetyd]

Okay we don't really have mascots and such like you guys do, but we have this little guy. Meet Gil 🩵

He's a water drop 🥹💧

(Was the mascot for our internal expo in '98 - ocean themed - and up until somewhat recently, the mascot for our oceanarium. He's been replaced for a real-boy mascot character thingy, but his big-ass statues are still spread on this park. I used to say hi to him every morning while taking my driver's license 🥹💧)

I would fuckin die for Gil

HES JUST A LIL WATER DROP. A WET LIL GUY (we really are not beating the sad wet cat man lover allegations)

Thank you thank you thank you thank you for introducing us, I’m going to cry over his lil wave hair flip

[slasheru]

Heyyyyy Slasher Nation! 🖤 First of all - HOLY CRAP THANK YOU!! Even though the Kickstarter didn't hit the goal, the fact that 98 of y'all (!!) got us a SIGNIFICANT part of the way there (almost $3,000!!) is MINDBLOWING!! <3333 I can't thank you enough 😭

So What Now / Wait you had a Plan B the whole time?!

Yeah, man, you thought I was just gonna leave you guys hanging? ;) We're gonna try this again with a WAY smaller goal on Crowdfundr! (I'll talk more about this below!) Short pitch is: $1,125 goal (which we nailed in 48 hours here), keeps SU running, launches September 7th, Crowfundr is being hella cool and sponsoring it for SPX Spotlight, follow along HERE! [https://crowdfundr.com/slasheruact2]

But ALSO, holy crap, you guys are AMAZING:

I can hardly call this thing a wash, though, because the amount of love, attention, and SOLD COPIES OF SLASHER U: ACT 1 have been ABSOLUTELY FUCKING WILD. I just wanted to shout out to:

More than 600 new Slasher U: Act 1 players downloaded the game since the Kickstarter launched

Slasher U: Act 1: Alpha Edition maintains a whopping 4.9 out of 5 Stars average rating on itch (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I sold enough copies of Slasher U: Act 1 to cover MORE THAN HALF MY RENT THIS MONTH!! If this Kickstarter stopped right here, you guys would've been able to cover 4 MORE months of rent & production time! Which is HOG WILD.

We got shoutouts from:

Beautiful Glitch, the team behind Monster Prom, Monster Camp, & Monster Roadtrip!! Beautiful Glitch are one of my most inspirational/aspirational heroes of game dev, and the Monster franchise was a HUGE inspiration for SU, so I can't BELIEVE this happened!!!! Thank you guys SO MUCH!!! <333

WWAC (Women Write About Comics), where journalist Alenka Figa wrote SO MUCH NICE STUFF about my storytelling I'm gonna fuckin cry!!

Corinne Halbert of ACID NUN - she and I are actually gonna do an Acid Nun x Slasher U collab where you'll be able to unlock an Acid Nun player skin!! Shhhh!!

The crew at Lewdgamer who wrote an awesome writeup of the KS campaign!

Indiepocalypse - we made it into Issue #42 and Alex had us on his podcast, which was SO MUCH FUN!! According to Alex, Slasher U had one of the highest audience participation/engagements he's seen on Indiepocalypse Radio, and it was MEGA FUN watching him parse some of your saucy Sawyer questions, LMFAO.

And here's some Slasher U & SUKS stats for you:

More than 2/3rds of you ended up dating either Sawyer or Tate. >:)

In total, 94 of you backed the game here on KS!!! YOU ALL KICK SERIOUS ASS

Almost 1,000 new copies of Slasher U: Act 1 (both Regular and Premium) were downloaded during the campaign!

During the campaign, at least 3 people personally thanked me for Slasher U completely changing their life by discovering something about themselves or making them feel seen and heard, which is going to make me FUCKING CRY and is the ENTIRE REASON WHY I MAKE THIS GAME IN THE FIRST PLACE. I love you all so, so so sosososoososososos much, Student Disembody. :'))))))

So this "Plan B", eh?

Some of you know I'm a cartoonist by trade (I drew for the official FNAF franchise and more!). This year, I ended up talking to some sponsors for this upcoming SPX (Small Press Expo), which is like SDCC for indie comics, including Crowdfundr - one thing led to another, and now I'm partnering up with Crowdfundr and SPX to bring you a WAY SMALLER but also WAY MORE PERSONAL campaign to keep the lights on here at SU, as part of Crowfundr's SPX Spotlight event! For the non-comics folks here, Crowdfundr is basically the indie comics Kickstarter - I've been buddies with this crowd (pun vageuly intended) for a while and I'm psyched to be doing this with people I've been meaning to collab with!!

The new goal will cover the absolute bare minimum of making SU - $1,125, which includes font licenses, the Mac port, and taxes. Then, any EXTRA will go to more production time on Slasher U! Basically, I'm swinging the campaign around so the minimum amount is the goal, and the goal-goal's the reach goal. The GOOD NEWS is we apparently smashed this $1k goal within 48 hours of THIS Kickstarter, so I'm VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ROUND 2 OVER HERE.

(You'll ALSO still be able to snag one of those custom player skins I'm drawing - there's gonna be only 5 slots this time!) Aaaaand you can click to follow when the Crowdfundr launches in a month, here:

P.S: estimating the first Early Access build with *just* Laila's Act 2 content, plus some core extras, in the next month or month and a half >:)))

xoxoxooxoxoxoxo, love you guys SO FUCKIN MUCH, and, as we like to say on campus:

STAY HORNY!! xxoxooxox Professor Plutonium

[morbidsmenagerie]

How do you know when Asian forest scorpions are mature or not? I bought one at an expo the other day and thought it was not an adult yet, but honestly I'm not sure how to tell.

Depends on what species it is for one, 98% of all Asian Forest Scorpions in the hobby are Heterometrus silenus, though I have seen a few other types around.

These are Heterometrus silenus, the important thing to note is the matte black body, black telson (stinger), the relatively smooth claws with few bumps on the top margin, and the granulation on the cheeks.

Heterometrus silenus get smaller as adults, this is a relatively large adult male. Scorpions are measured from the mouth to the tip of the tail. Heterometrus silenus get 3-4" long as adults, and this male is about 3.5". It's unlikely he is going to grow anymore, so I would say he is adult at this size. It can get a little iffy if your scorpion is 3" long, because it could either be a small adult or a subadult that's going to get big. At younger instars, the telson can look lighter or look greyish, but in my experience it turns black fairly early.

These are all Heterometrus spinifer. Heterometrus longimanus look similar but I don't have any photos of them. Right away you can see they are a lot shinier (the green is a bit misleading he was in a strong light, in neutral light they look black), the granulation on the face is more extensive, they have red telsons, and more prominent spiny granules on the top margin of their claws. When they are immature, the telson looks white, and it will gradually change color until it turns red at subadult to adulthood.

They're much bigger than Heterometrus silenus, and get to be about 4-6" long. My male here was about 5", his size and red telson indicates he was an adult, but again if you have one on the smaller end there could be another molt coming.

So basically, first figure out which species you have, then you can make an educated guess based on size. Unfortunately there isn't a hard rule or change that happens when they mature, so usually it's just based on experience and an educated guess.

Hope this helps!

[dailykoreanpop]

Netizen Outrage Toward BPM Entertainment Grows As VIVIZ’s SinB and Umji Cancel Hi-Touch Event Appearance Due To “Poor Condition”

“You should have canceled the schedule to begin with.”

The We Bridge Music Festival & Expo is underway in Las Vegas, Nevada. The three-day event features hi-touch events, interviews, and music from an impressive line-up of K-Pop artists, including MONSTA X, Dreamcatcher, BamBam, ENHYPEN, VIVIZ, and more.

The festival is taking place only days after ASTRO Moonbin‘s tragic passing, a loss felt throughout the industry and worldwide as his family, fellow members, friends, and fans mourn.

We Bridge Music Festival & Expo announced they would be honoring Moonbin with a special tribute on Friday, with a moment of silence and a “Light Up Tribute.”

As the festival proceeds as planned, netizens continue to voice frustrations with the festival and BPM Entertainment (also known as Big Planet Made) for VIVIZ’s participation.

The VIVIZ members are known to be close to ASTRO’s Moonbin. SinB grew up with ASTRO’s Moonbin as a childhood friend, and they’re in a tight-knit friend group with some of K-Pop’s fellow ’98-liners, including VIVIZ’s Umji.

VIVIZ was pictured en route to the festival and broke fans’ hearts as they appeared solemn, dressed in all black ahead of their flight.

Netizens voiced their concerns for the members and outrage as it was discovered the VIVIZ members would be missing Moonbin’s funeral due to their participation in the We Bridge Music Festival & Expo not being canceled.

After netizens’ initial outrage, it was announced that VIVIZ would not be participating in the planned GRAMMY Museum interview and the red carpet event due to the artists’ “current conditions.”

Learning VIVIZ was able to sit out of those events did little to satisfy netizens’ disappointment in their company and the festival and, instead, continued to garner backlash.

Hours later, it was also announced that members SinB and Umji wouldn’t participate in VIVIZ’s scheduled hi-touch event, leaving Eunha to participate in the event on her own.

Netizens continue to express their outrage at the company’s and festival’s lack of consideration for the VIVIZ members in their time of mourning.

At this time, VIVIZ is still scheduled to perform at the We Bridge Music Festival & Expo concert.

Credit: Koreaboo 

[blocodeespantamentos]

«A posteridade não me interessa rigorosamente nada. Morremos e acabamos, não há mais nada.»

António Mega Ferreira, 1949-2022

[renaultportugal]

UMA PAIXÃO CHAMADA RENAULT 19 16S CABRIOLET

Com Ricardo Malheiro Carmo

Quando o seu olhar encontrou o Renault 19 Cabriolet, naquele Salão Automóvel de Lisboa, no início da década de 1990, Ricardo Malheiro Carmo sabia que tinha encontrado um amor para a vida. O reencontro só aconteceu em plena Expo 98… mas, desde então, o R19 Cabriolet vermelho é o centro das atenções deste professor de Economia e Contabilidade.

O destino tem destas coisas. A trabalhar na Expo 98, Ricardo Malheiro Carmo tinha um MGB que era alvo de cobiça. “O meu chefe na altura passava os dias a chatear-me para lhe vender o carro. Ele tinha tido um quando era novo e amava o MGB. Curiosamente, a minha namorada da altura (hoje, esposa) não gostava do carro porque era muito baixo e fazia-lhe impressão. Mas lá fui resistindo…”. A tentação estava, literalmente, ao virar da esquina. “Um dia, soube que um outro colega da Expo ia reformar-se após a exposição e estava a vender um Renault 19 16S Cabriolet. Nem queria acreditar! Não só era o automóvel que tanto queria, como, ainda por cima, na versão mais rara e desejada. Não perdi tempo e abordei o meu chefe com o intuito de lhe vender o MGB para poder comprar o R19 Cabrio. E assim foi. Aliás, foi praticamente troca por troca, o cheque que o meu chefe me passou serviu para pagar o R19!”.

Pouco rodado e imaculado

Na altura em que este professor de Economia e Contabilidade adquiriu o R19, este tinha poucos quilómetros e estava quase novo. “O carro estava imaculado. O senhor que o tinha andava muito pouco. A esposa, que era canadiana, não conduzia carros manuais e ele também preferia automóveis de caixa automática. Sorte a minha… Quando o comprei tinha pouco mais de 60 mil quilómetros, hoje tem mais de 130 mil”, refere. Matriculado em setembro de 1991, este R19 16S Cabriolet é da primeira série do modelo e um dos primeiros (senão o primeiro) a entrar em Portugal. “Anos mais tarde, descobri que esta unidade específica tinha sido usada para os testes de imprensa da altura. Tenho os recortes das revistas com o meu 19 cabrio e a matrícula confere”.

Mantido rigorosamente de série, este raro 19 cabriolet com o motor mais potente disponível na altura (1.8 16 válvulas com 140 cv) continua a ser uma das “joias” de uma frota pessoal que inclui outros Renault. “O 19 está completamente de série. As tampas das jantes estão guardadas na mala porque perdi a chave original e ainda não mandei fazer a nova. O rádio de origem também está guardado, mas optei por um muito discreto, mas com alta-voz, por uma questão prática e de segurança. Na família temos ainda uma Mégane 2 Phase II e uma Laguna Break, mas já passaram aqui por casa vários outros Renault, incluindo um R8 Gordini que chegou a ser do meu avô, um R9, um R19 1.4 e até um Twingo de 1997 com teto de abrir. Tenho tanta pena de ter vendido o Twingo, especialmente agora que tenho dois filhos que poderiam apreciar a condução dele”.

“Tramado” pela fiscalidade

Concebido pela Karmann, especialistas em descapotáveis, a empresa alemã aceitou o desafio da Renault e apresentou o primeiro protótipo em maio de 1988, mas só em 1991, no Salão de Barcelona, é que o Renault 19 Cabriolet viu verdadeiramente a “luz do dia”, passando a partir daí a ter uma produção de 75 unidades diárias. O processo consistia em três etapas: 1ª a Renault enviava à Karmann as peças de chapa (pré-montadas ou não) comuns à berlina; 2ª a Karmann reunia as peças fornecidas pela Renault com os seus próprios elementos específicos; 3ª todos os elementos já montados (incluindo a capota e os acabamentos) eram enviadas de volta à Renault para pintura e montagem da mecânica e dos estofos. Mas esta aparente complexidade nem sequer era a razão para o R19 cabriolet ser tão raro em Portugal. “Na altura, a fiscalidade penalizava os automóveis com mais de 1.750cc de cilindrada e o R19 16S tinha 1.764cc (código de motor F7P), o que atirava os valores de venda para lá de um BMW 318i Cabrio. Ou seja, foi tramado pela fiscalidade… Se não acredito que existissem muitas mais unidades. O carro era (e é) lindo e mecanicamente é muito competente e divertido de conduzir. Já dei 200 km/h de capota aberta e não se passa nada…”, revela Ricardo Malheiro Carmo.

De facto, as prestações eram assinaláveis para 1991. Segundo os dados oficiais, o R19 16S cabriolet era capaz de atingir os 208 km/h de velocidade máxima e acelerar de 0 a 100 km/h em apenas 9,4 segundos. Além disso, com quatro verdadeiros lugares, podia fazê-lo na companhia da família.

Uma paixão que perdura

Com dois filhos, parece que o legado desta paixão está assegurado: “O meu filho adora conduzir o carro, mas prefere andar com a capota colocada. Já a minha filha, que em breve também terá carta, gosta da capota aberta. A questão será qual deles poderá um dia herdar o R19 cabriolet? Mas não me preocupa muito porque, para já, sou eu que o utilizo. Cada vez menos, confesso, porque estou sempre com medo de que alguém me bata ou tenha um acidente. As peças para este modelo vão começar a rarear. Tenho por norma, à sexta-feira à tarde, sair para lhe esticar as “pernas” ou então aproveito os encontros de clássicos e os clubes Renault para passear um pouco. Muito diferente dos tempos em que cheguei a utilizá-lo como viatura do dia a dia. E foi sempre impecável em todos os aspetos. Nem os consumos eram por aí além”.

Curiosamente, Ricardo Malheiro Carmo refere que a atenção dada ao Renault 19 cabriolet é, hoje, muito maior do que na época. “Quando vou dar as minhas voltinhas não há quem não olhe e, se paro, vêm fazer perguntas e ficam deslumbrados com as soluções como a proteção de capota atrás. Como cada vez há menos, há pessoas, mesmo apaixonados da Renault, que nunca tinham visto um ao vivo e a cores, especialmente nesta versão desportiva 16S com o motor de 140 cv”, concluiu.

[atelierexpo-svito]

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[tsasocial]

ITMA ASIA + CITME exhibition in Singapore almost fully sold for next year

ITMA ASIA + CITME, Singapore 2025 has attracted strong response from technology providers keen to support the modernisation efforts of textile and garment manufacturers from the growing textile hubs in South and Southeast Asia.

Billed as The Leading Textile Technology Exhibition Driving Regional Growth, the exhibition will be held at the Singapore Expo from 28 to 31 October 2025. By the application deadline of 12 November, 98 per cent of the gross exhibition space of 60,000 square metres reserved at the Singapore Expo has been booked by 731 applicants from 32 countries.

An established manufacturer and exhibitor at ITMA and ITMA ASIA + CITME exhibitions, Mr Lieven Beke, Marketing and Product Manager, Picanol n.v. said, “If you look at the exhibitions that are taking place in Asia, ITMA ASIA + CITME is by far the most important exhibition. Therefore, the decision to participate was made very quickly. The exhibition is an ideal platform for us to promote new innovations and technologies specifically tailored for the Asian market.”

The combined exhibition is owned by CEMATEX (the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers), China Textile Machinery Association (CTMA) and the Sub-Council of Textile Industry, CCPIT (CCPIT TEX).

Mr Alex Zucchi, president of CEMATEX, said: “The response for the 2025 exhibition has exceeded our expectations. Amid a dynamic global business landscape, the region around Singapore is home to a thriving textile and garment industry that is modernizing rapidly and embracing automation and sustainable technologies to enhance its competitiveness.”

Mr Gu Ping, president of CTMA, agreed: “ITMA ASIA + CITME Singapore 2025 will provide more opportunities to manufacturers in South and Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.”

The exhibition has also attracted members of leading textile machinery manufacturers from key associations in North Asia, namely Japan Textile Machinery Association (JTMA) – a special partner of the combined exhibition, Korea Textile Machinery Association (KOTMA) and Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI).

Sector wise, finishing is the biggest sector in terms of number of applicants. It is followed by spinning and knitting. Finishing continues to be an important industry sector as sustainability is high on the agenda for textile and garment manufacturers.

Mr John Wu, Marketing Director, Texpro Precision Technology (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. enthused, "We are excited to present our comprehensive range of digital dyeing and finishing solutions, designed to assist the textile industry to upgrade toward intelligent and sustainable manufacturing. We believe ITMA ASIA + CITME, Singapore 2025 will serve as an excellent platform to connect with the increasing demand from manufacturers in leading textile hubs.”

Limited space is available for application on a first-come-first-served basis. To apply for space, please visit www.itmaasiasingapore.com/exhibitor-centre.