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This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police fired thousands of rounds at the MOVE house, city officials approved dropping an explosive device on the roof, the resulting fire was allowed to burn, 11 people—including five children—died, and 61 homes were destroyed. Philadelphia City Council later called it a “brutal attack carried out by the City of Philadelphia on its own citizens” and acknowledged that no individual faced criminal consequences for the bombing. One timeline correction worth preserving for the BHP record: the major previous MOVE-police confrontation was August 8, 1978, about seven years before the bombing, not a year or two earlier. Officer James Ramp was killed, other police and firefighters were wounded, nine MOVE members were later convicted, and television cameras recorded police beating Delbert Africa during his arrest. The 1985 MOVE Commission later specifically criticized city planners for failing to adequately use lessons from that 1978 confrontation. And that actually strengthens the point you’re making: 1985 did not happen without precedent or institutional memory. There had already been a deadly confrontation with MOVE, years of conflict, negotiations and police involvement before Osage Avenue.

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Katherine Johnson — Mathematics to the Moon

Katherine Johnson’s mathematical calculations helped guide some of America’s most important early space missions while she confronted the racial and gender barriers faced by Black women in twentieth-century America.

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Lego Digital Designer

LEGO Digital Designer
Developers
Release24 July 2003; 23 years ago (2003-07-24)[2]
Final release
4.3.12 / 18 November 2019; 6 years ago (2019-11-18)[3]
Operating system
Size276 - 285 MB
Available inEnglish, German
TypeComputer-aided design
LicenseClosed source (Freeware)
Websiteldd.lego.com Edit this on Wikidata

Lego Digital Designer is a discontinued CAD software made by Qube Software and the Lego Group. It allows people to design a virtual model using a selection of virtual Lego bricks. These models could be saved locally as well as be uploaded to the Lego website for sharing and ordering as a physical product.[4][5]

It was available for macOS and Windows, but only as a 32-bit application, which means that it didn't run on newer versions of macOS. The program allowed users to build models using virtual Lego bricks, in a computer-aided design like manner. Until 16 January 2012, these could be uploaded, along with instructions and a box design, to the Lego Design byME website, from where the models could be ordered for delivery as a real, packaged set. Users could also take screenshots of their models and store the models on their computer in an .LXF file. On 9 November 2011, Lego declared that the Design byME service was going to end on 16 January 2012, due to its failure to meet quality expectations and for being too complex. In its absence, custom brick orders have had to be made via the Pick a Brick service. The closing of Design byME has not affected the ability of users to print custom instructions for their models.[6]

On 21 January 2016, Lego announced the project had been defunded, and would not receive any more significant updates,[7] although it continued to receive updates occasionally.[8] In early 2022, Lego Digital Designer was officially discontinued, with BrickLink Studio becoming its replacement.[9][10]

A special version of Lego Digital Designer (Hollywood Edition) was used in the making of the Lego Movie franchise.[11] The Hollywood Edition has also been used in the creation of Forza Horizon 4 - Lego Speed Champions.[12]

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References

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  1. ^ "Qube Software – LEGO Digital Designer". Archived from the original on 22 July 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Qube Software". Archived from the original on 31 July 2003. Retrieved 25 February 2024. 24-Jul-2003 – LEGO Digital Designer ships !
  3. ^ "LEGO Digital Designer 4.3.12.0 Download for Windows / Old Versions / FileHorse.com". www.filehorse.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Lego.com Digital Designer Virtual Building Software - Download". © 2011 The Lego Group. 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  5. ^ "The Lego Group Lego Digital Designer 2.0 - reviews - Software and Services - Education - PC World Australia". © 2011 IDG Communications. ABN 14 001 592 650. 2011. Archived from the original on 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
  6. ^ "Changes to Design byME in January". Lego. 2011-10-09. Archived from the original on 2011-10-29. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  7. ^ "Lego Digital Designer officially defunded and unsupported [News]". The Brothers Brick. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  8. ^ "Lego Digital Designer 4.3.9 available now!". thebrickblogger.com. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
  9. ^ Chris (2022-01-12). "LEGO fully discontinuing LEGO Digital Designer in favor of BrickLink Studio". The Brothers Brick. Retrieved 2026-01-15.
  10. ^ "About LEGO® Digital Designer". Lego. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  11. ^ "The Lego Movie Complete B-ROLL (2014) - Will Ferrell, Nick Offerman Movie HD". Movieclips Coming Soon. 2014-01-27. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  12. ^ "Forza Horizon 4 - Lego Speed Champions Behind the Scenes Part 3". Forza. 2019-06-13. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-01-01.

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BrickLink Designer Program

The BrickLink Designer Program, now known simply as the Designer Program, is a crowdfunding program ran through BrickLink where a selection of sets designed by Lego fans are produced for a limited time. Builders use BrickLink Studio to create models which are then submitted for a voting process and review, after which five designs are selected. The designs are then crowdfunded into production and pre-ordered for a limited period of time.

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BDP

BDP may refer to: BDP Quadrangle, Canadian architects Boogie Down Productions, hip hop group BrickLink Designer Program, a crowdfunding program Building Design Partnership, UK architects Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder (BdP), German Scouting and Guiding organisation

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Lego Digital Designer

Lego Digital Designer is a discontinued CAD software made by Qube Software and the Lego Group. It allows people to design a virtual model using a selection of virtual Lego bricks. These models could be saved locally as well as be uploaded to the Lego website for sharing and ordering as a physical product. It was available for macOS and Windows, but only as a 32-bit application, which means that it didn't run on newer versions of macOS. The program allowed users to build models using virtual Lego bricks, in a computer-aided design like manner. Until 16 January 2012, these could be uploaded, along with instructions and a box design, to the Lego Design byME website, from where the models could be ordered for delivery as a real, packaged set. Users could also take screenshots of their models and store the models on their computer in an .LXF file. On 9 November 2011, Lego declared that the Design byME service was going to end on 16 January 2012, due to its failure to meet quality expectations and for being too complex. In its absence, custom brick orders have had to be made via the Pick a Brick service. The closing of Design byME has not affected the ability of users to print custom instructions for their models. On 21 January 2016, Lego announced the project had been defunded, and would not receive any more significant updates, although it continued to receive updates occasionally. In early 2022, Lego Digital Designer was officially discontinued, with BrickLink Studio becoming its replacement. A special version of Lego Digital Designer (Hollywood Edition) was used in the making of the Lego Movie franchise. The Hollywood Edition has also been used in the creation of Forza Horizon 4 - Lego Speed Champions.

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BrickLink Studio

BrickLink Studio (also known as Studio 2.0) is a freeware CAD software developed by BrickLink which allows for the creation of virtual 3D models with Lego bricks. It replaced Lego Digital Designer as the official Lego design software.

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Greenwood / Black Wall Street

Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.

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TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE DAY

What prosperous Tulsa district became widely known as “Black Wall Street”?

The Greenwood District.