City Snow Globes

'Burn Notice' recap: "Bloodlines" (Season 5, Episode 2)

Michael Westen is on vacation in Costa Rica with Fiona now that he is no longer burned. He and Fiona are riding around chasing each other on dirt bikes, but they are interrupted by two men in military fatigues. Fiona, rather upset, says that for their next vacation they will be going to the Riviera, rather than a government training facility.

The scene changes to a view of the Miami skyline, and then the Nuclear Engineering and Technology Global Conference inside a hotel. Max, the CIA agent, walks up to a bar where Michael is seated. Michael greets Max without turning around, before Max can even indicate his presence. Max smiles and steps up to the bar to the left of Michael, asking him how his trip to Costa Rica was. Michael replies that it wasn’t bad “for government-funded R&R” and thanks Max for setting it up.

Max proceeds to fill Michael in on their next job, which is to guard Carson Huxley, a British scientist who is apparently a valuable asset to the CIA. The scene cuts to a man in glasses taking a shot of tequila—Michael comments that he looks like he is about to eat the worm.

Max fills Michael in on Huxley, saying that he has the IQ of a rocket scientist and the libido of a rock star. He is a top nuclear engineer for the British government, who likes to cheat on his wife at scientific conferences. Max is afraid that he will be blackmailed if someone gets photos of him with another woman.

Michael, in voice-over, says that intelligence groups spend more money trying to protect secrets than they do trying to steal them. But no security measures can protect information that is leaked from “an indiscreet asset’s mouth.” Max decides to take the first shift when they see Huxley flirting with a woman at another part of the bar.

In the next scene, a realtor is showing Fiona an empty apartment, telling her about the great view and features of the apartment. The realtor mentions to Fiona that it will be a great bachelorette pad, and that she should have showed Fiona this apartment before the others. She gives Fiona a few minutes alone to think, suggesting that she “imagine the possibilities”.

Fiona mentions that the balcony is the perfect size to lay prone with a sniper rifle, but that she can’t see a place for her snow globe collection. Michael, who is standing out on the balcony, is clearly distracted and doesn’t hear her. He receives a phone call from Jesse, telling Fiona they have to go so they can meet him. Fiona mentions to the realtor when she returns, that Michael can’t concentrate unless an international conspiracy threatens his life.

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Precisely when the first snow globe (also called a" waterglobe", "snowstorm", or "snowdome") was made remains unclear, but they appear to date from France during the early 1800s. They may have appeared as a successor to the glass paperweight, which became popular a few years earlier. Snow globes appeared at the Paris Universal Expo in 1878, and by 1879 at least five companies were producing snow globes and selling them throughout Europe. In 1889, a snow globe containing a model of the newly built Eiffel Tower was produced to commemorate the International Exposition in Paris, which marked the centenary of the French Revolution. Snow globes became popular in England during the Victorian era and, in the early 1920s, crossed the Atlantic to the United States of America where they became a popular collectors item. Many of these globes were produced by Atlas Crystal Works, which had factories in Germany and America. Fiber Optic Media Converter In the 1950s the globes, which were previously of glass construction, became available in plastic. Currently, there are many different types of snow globes available. These globes are produced by a number of countries and range from the mass produced versions of Hong Kong and China to the finely crafted types still produced in West Germany. Snow globes feature diverse scenes, ranging from the typical holiday souvenirs to more eclectic collectibles featuring Christmas scenes, Disney characters, popular icons, animals, military figures, historical scenes, etc. Snow globes have even been used for election campaigns. Initially snow globes consisted of a heavy lead glass dome which was placed over a ceramic figure or tableau on a black cast ceramic base, filled with water and then sealed. The snow or "flitter" was created by use of bone chips or pieces of porcelain, sand or even sawdust. As they became more sophisticated, the glass became thinner, the bases were lighter (Bakelite was popular during the Art Deco period) and the snow was made out of particles of gold foil or non-soluble soap flakes, although nowadays, for health and safety reasons, small pieces of white plastic are used. Later, the liquid was changed to light oil, then water with antifreeze (glycerin or glycol). An added benefit was that glycerin and glycol slowed the descent of the snow. Beginning in 2005, many U.S. stores sell inflatable snow globes as part of their Christmas dcor.

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