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Grown-up drinks: On every table at Pegu Club are droppers with lime juice and mixers for individualized drink calibration--if the obsessive bartenders didn't master your concoction from the get-go.
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Are We There Yet? Test How Migratory Birds Navigate
How do you figure out how to get places? Do you ask for directions, look at a map, or consult a compass? There are many ways for people to figure out how to travel from one place to another, but how do other animals do it? In this science fair project, you'll use real data, collected by biologists, to figure out how migratory birds manage to navigate more than 2,000 miles from their breeding grounds to their wintering grounds.Objective
Use existing scientific data to determine if white-crowned sparrows can find their way to their wintering grounds from a location more than 2,200 miles away.
Melissa Bowlin, PhD
Martin Wikelski, PhD
Sandra Slutz, PhD, Science Buddies
This science fair project was based on research described in this scientific article:
- Thorup, et al. (2007). Evidence for a navigational map stretching across the continental U.S. in a migratory songbird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 104, No. 46, 18115-18119, Retrieved November 20, 2008, from http://www.pnas.org/content/104/46/18115.full?sid=6813ba59-f6f8-46d0-ba5c-cf8697557a2b
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Can you imagine traveling over 2,000 miles to a brand-new place for the first time, without a printed map or directions to get you there? That is exactly what Gambel's white-crowned sparrow (scientific name: Zonotrichia leucophyrs gambelii or Z.l. gambelii, for short) does! This sub-species of sparrow migrates from breeding grounds in Canada and Alaska down to warmer wintering grounds in California and Mexico. From years of observation, biologists have learned that these sparrows are solitary migrators. Rather than migrating in flocks, each bird takes off on his or her own and navigates his or her own route between the breeding and wintering grounds. This includes the juvenile birds who are hatched in the breeding grounds and need to find their way to wintering grounds that they've never seen before, without a parent's help!
Imagine you were out hiking in the wilderness where there were no guided trails. You'd need two tools to help you navigate: a map and a compass. The compass would tell you in which direction you were headed, and the map would tell you where you were in relation to the location you wished to go. For example, if you were lost and trying to get back to camp, the compass would tell you what direction you were walking, but not which direction camp is in. But a map would tell you that. For example, let's say the map showed that the camp was north, but without a compass, you wouldn't know which direction you were facing. Some migratory animals may be able to "get away with" just using a compass: if they know the wintering grounds are south of them, they can simply move south. However, these animals will not be able to reach the wintering grounds if something moves them off the normal migratory pathway (such as getting blown several hundred kilometers to the east or west of the migratory route by the wind); whereas, if these animals also have a map that allows them to migrate, they will know that they are off-course and can correct for that movement.
Scientists have long speculated that in order to complete its long migratory journey, Z.l. gambelii must use some sort of internal map and/or compass. But do juvenile birds making their first migration and adult birds who have made the journey before rely on the same navigational methods, or is the internal map of an adult bird modified by their previous journeys? In an effort to answer these questions, a research team coordinated by Dr. M. Wikelski conducted an experiment where they displaced 30 migrating Z.l. gambelii (15 adults and 15 juveniles) from their migratory route in Sunnyside, Washington all the way across the country to Princeton, New Jersey. They fitted the birds with radio transmitters and released the birds. Using antennas, both on the ground and on airplanes, they tracked the signals from each bird's transmitter to determine their flight paths as the birds resumed their migration. This system of using radio transmitters and antennas to gather data about animals out in the wild is known as radio telemetry. You might have seen it used on nature programs where they attach radio collars, which hold large radio transmitters, to mammals like bears or wolves. The transmitters you'll be studying in this science fair project are similar, just miniaturized so that they can be attached to small birds like the 7-inch-long Gambel's white-crowned sparrow.
What where the results of this high-flying experiment? Did the birds head toward their normal wintering grounds or were they disoriented after being displaced by more than 2,200 miles from their typical migration path? Did adults and juveniles behave similarly or differently? And what does this experiment tell us about how the birds navigate—does it seem likely that they have an internal compass? How about an internal map? This science fair project will give you access to the raw data from the experiment and you can analyze the data and answer these real-world research questions yourself!
Terms and Concepts
- Gambel's white-crowned sparrow (scientific name: Zonotrichia leucophyrs gambelii or Z.l. gambelii)
- Sub-species
- Migration
- Juvenile
- Compass
- Radio transmitter
- Antenna
- Radio telemetry
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Cardinal direction
- Stacked bar chart
- Statistics
- Chi-square test
- Categorical data
- What are the current theories about how birds navigate? Do all birds appear to use the same method(s)?
- How does radio telemetry work?
- What are some applications of radio telemetry?
- How do you read and use longitude and latitude coordinates?
These resources offer more information about radio telemetry:
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources. (n.d.). Radio Telemetry. Retrieved November 12, 2008, from http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12143-70426--,00.html
- Wikipedia Contributors. (2008, November 12). Telemetry. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 12, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Telemetry&oldid=251349388
These references are good resources for more information on migration:
- Lincoln, F. (1935), Peterson, S. (1979), Zimmerman, J. (1998). In Anatasi, P. (Ed.), Migration of Birds. Retrieved November 20, 2008, from http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/migratio/index.htm
- Long, M.E. (1991, June). Secrets of Animal Navigation. Excerpts from National Geographic. Retrieved November 20, 2008, from http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/02/popup/article.html
This resource explains latitude and longitude:
- National Atlas of the United States. (2008, April 29). Latitude and Longitude. Retrieved November 24, 2008, from http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/mapping/a_latlong.html
These resources can help you understand what the Chi-square test is and how to use it:
- Lemmon, A. R. (n.d.). Statistics: Chi-Square Test. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from http://www.evotutor.org/Statistics/St4A.html
- Nebraska Wesleyan University. (n.d.). Chi-square Tutorial. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from http://biology.nebrwesleyan.edu/courses/Labs/Biology_of_Animals/Chi-Square_Flash.html
- GraphPad Software Inc. (2005). Chi-Square Example: Compare Observed and Expected Frequencies. Retrieved November 21, 2008, from http://graphpad.com/quickcalcs/chisquaredEx.cfm
Use the program listed below to complete the mapping portion of this science fair project:
- Google. (n.d.). Google Earth. Retrieved November 24, 2008, from https://support.google.com/earth/answer/176160?hl=en
This science fair project was based on research described in this scientific article:
- Thorup, et al. (2007). Evidence for a navigational map stretching across the continental U.S. in a migratory songbird. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. Vol. 104, No. 46, 18115-18119, Retrieved November 20, 2008, from http://www.pnas.org/content/104/46/18115.full?sid=6813ba59-f6f8-46d0-ba5c-cf8697557a2b
Other migration and animal tracking data sets are publicly available at various websites; here is one such example:
- National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. (n.d.). Fly Away! Instructional Resources. Retrieved November 24, 2008, from http://www.nps.gov/akso/parkwise/Teachers/Nature/DENA_FlyAway/resources.htm
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Materials and Equipment
- Computer with Internet access
- Google Earth, a free mapping program available for download from http://earth.google.com
- Lab notebook
- Graph paper
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Familiarizing Yourself with the Data and Data-Analysis Program
Before you begin analyzing the data, it's important that you understand what type of data you're looking at and how to work the Google Earth program, which you'll use to help analyze the data.
In this science fair project, you'll use real data collected from radio-tagged birds.
Open this bird migration pdf
containing migration data for the Gambel's white-crowned sparrow.
Familiarize yourself with each column of data.
- "Age": Birds are either adults or juveniles.
- "ID": Each bird has its own unique identification number.
- "Release Location": For experimental reasons, all the adult birds were released from the Princeton Airport and all the juvenile birds were released a couple of miles away at Princeton University's Stony Ford Research Station.
- "Date and Time": This column shows the date and time that each position reading was taken on. The time is in 24-hour (military) clock time. For example, 6:00 is 6AM and 18:00 is 6PM.
- "Position": The geographic location of the bird is reported as longitude and latitude coordinates. Make sure you understand how to read these coordinates. Consult the references in the Bibliography for more information on longitude and latitude. Some birds have more data points than others, because working in the wild can be difficult and not every single movement of each bird can be tracked.
To analyze the data, you'll need to download a free version of Google Earth from
https://support.google.com/earth/answer/176160?hl=en. Google Earth is a program that allows the user to customize his or her own maps. You'll use it to mark the flight paths of each bird in the migration experiment.
- Follow the onscreen instructions to install this program.
Once Google Earth is installed, play around with it to figure out how to find a location, mark that location, select colors for your place-markers, and measure the distance between two locations or along a path.
- Consult the Google Earth User Guide for help.
Mapping the Data
Once you're familiar with what each piece of data represents, and how to use Google Earth, you're ready to create a map showing the flight direction of each released bird.
Using Google Earth, create a place-mark at the location from which each bird was first released.
- Since all the adult birds were released from one location (Princeton Airport) and all the juvenile birds were released from another location (Princeton University's Stony Ford Research Station), you'll only need to create one place-mark for each bird age group.
- Make all place-marks that correspond to data about adult birds one color, and all place-marks that correspond to data about juvenile birds another color. This will make it easier to quickly spot any patterns in the mapping data. Note: You'll want to apply this same color-coding to all the place-marks and lines in subsequent steps, too.
- Give the place-marks informative labels, like Adult release point and Juvenile release point so that you don't forget what they represent.
For each bird, put additional place-marks at every position the bird was tracked to, including the last position the bird was tracked to.
- Give each of these place-marks an informative label, like Bird 1, 9/22, 20:17, which includes the bird ID, and the date and time the bird was at that location.
Using the Google Earth path tool, draw a path connecting all the place-markers for each bird.
- The paths represent the observed flight path of each bird. There should be a total of 30 paths, one for each bird.
Now create hypothetical travel lines (one from each release point, using a color-coding method for the lines that makes sense to you), showing which direction the birds would be heading if they were going each of these places:
- Traveling back to Sunnyside, Washington, the place from which they were originally dislocated.
- Traveling along the same cardinal direction (south), as if they thought they were still in Sunnyside, Washington and needed to fly south to reach their normal wintering grounds in southern California and Mexico.
- Traveling to their normal wintering grounds. Since the actual wintering grounds are a range encompassing much of southern California and Mexico, use San Diego, California (which is on the border of California and Mexico) as an approximate location for the wintering grounds.
Analyzing Your Data
- Look at the Google Earth map you created. Did the birds in the experiment appear to be flying in the general direction of any of the hypothetical travel lines? Or were the birds completely disoriented and flying in directions not predicted by any of the lines?
To quantify your results, make pie charts or a stacked bar chart showing the percentage of birds traveling along each hypothetical travel line.
- You may need to add other categories to your chart if you find that for some birds, none of the three hypothetical travel lines describes their flight path. For example, you may need a category for birds that did not resume migration and instead appeared to stay at the release site.
Look at the charts, did the adult birds and juvenile birds behave similarly or differently? To confirm your conclusion, you can use a statistical test called the Chi-square test.
- The Chi-square test is often used on categorical data to decide if the data observed during an experiment met the expected results. Categorical data is any data divided into named groups, for example the groups in your charts, as opposed to represented by numerical measurements, such as a person's weight or height.
- In this science fair project, there is no clear expected result, so to compare the adult versus juvenile bird categorical data, you'll need to choose one bird age group to take the place of the expected result. For example, you could frame the question as: "Do the juvenile birds behave in the same manner as predicted by the adult birds' behavior?". In this case the adult birds would represent the expected result, and the juvenile birds would represent the experimental results.
- Use the references in the bibliography to familiarize yourself with what the Chi-square test is. Then use the online Chi-square calculator from GraphPad to help you calculate the result.
- Based on your data analysis, what can you conclude about the navigational tools of Gambel's white-crowned sparrows? Do they have internal maps? How about internal compasses? Does having completed a migration previously (as is the case for the adults, but not the juveniles) alter their navigational abilities?
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- If fewer data points were collected, would you still come to the same conclusions? Try creating a second map where only the first and last position points are used to create a flight path for each bird. How do the two maps compare?
- Try analyzing other publicly available bird migration data sets (or any other species of animal you're interested in and can find a tracking data set for). The types of questions you can ask depend on the type of data collected. One possible data set to examine is a multi-year project tracking the migration of golden eagles from Denali National Park and Preserve to their wintering grounds, and back again.
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Solar eclipses in fiction
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of fictional stories in which solar eclipses feature as an important plot element. Mere passing mentions are not listed.
Written works[edit]
- King Solomon's Mines, by Henry Rider Haggard (1885).Note: It was a lunar eclipse in this novel
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain (1889), protagonist predicts solar eclipse in 528 CE.
- Pharaoh, by Bolesław Prus (1895), historical novel with culminating solar eclipse in 1085 BCE, predicted by priest Menes.
- The Secret Mountain, by Enid Blyton, a group of children and their guardian, captives of a sun-worshipping African tribe, escape by threatening to kill the sun, having prior knowledge of an imminent solar eclipse.
- Voyage: a novel of 1896, by Sterling Hayden (1976), depicts a solar eclipse of the titular year, viewed from the South Pacific.
- Nightfall, by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg (1990 novel based on Asimov's 1941 short story of the same name).
- El Eclipse, by Augusto Monterroso (short story).
- Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne, by Stephen King (both 1992), feature and are connected through the total eclipse of 1963.
- Illegal Alien, by Robert J. Sawyer (1997). Aliens visit Earth and observe a total solar eclipse. Their scientist host speculates that Earth may be the only planet in the entire universe whose moon covers its sun perfectly (with only transits or occultations occurring on other planets). Although it is not explicitly stated in the novel, Sawyer has noted that the eclipse was the historical eclipse of August 11, 1999, which allows the reader to ascertain the time the novel takes place.[1]
- Eclipse of the Sun, by Phil Whitaker (1997), set in India has at its centre a dramatic attempt to organize a public viewing of the Solar eclipse of October 24, 1995.
- Solar Eclipse, by John Farris (1999).
- Sunwing, by Kenneth Oppel (1999).
- The Eclipse of the Century, by Jan Mark (1999).
- Pitch Black: Fight Evil with Evil, by Frank Lauria and David Twohy (ca. 2000).
- Eclipse (2000) and Shroud (2002), by John Banville, interlinked novels set against the backdrop of a solar eclipse.
- Eclipse, by Erin Hunter (2008). Part of the Warriors series, the solar eclipse occurs during the battle between all the Clans, foretold by a strange cat by the name of "Sol".
- Midnight Never Come, by Marie Brennan (2008).
- The Strain, by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan (2009).
- Every Soul A Star (2008) by Wendy Mass
- A Memory of Light (2013) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
- Our Gang short, Little Sinner (October 1935)
- King Solomon's Mines (1937)
- Fantasia (1940)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
- Barabbas (1961)
- Incubus (1965)
- Faraon (1966, adapted from Bolesław Prus' 1895 novel, Pharaoh)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
- Dragonslayer (1981)
- Himala (1982)
- Dune (1984)
- Ladyhawke (1985)
- Little Shop Of Horrors (1986)
- The Seventh Sign (1988)
- Baraka (1992)
- Eclipse (1994)
- Dolores Claiborne (1995)
- Out to Sea (1997)
- A Knight in Camelot (1998)
- Angela's Ashes (1999)
- Judy Berlin (1999)
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)
- The Mummy (1999)
- Pitch Black (2000)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
- Darkness (2002)
- The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration (2003)
- Apocalypto (2006)
- The Sea Prince and the Fire Child (1981)
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Will of Fire (2009)
- Arceus: To the Conquering of Space-Time (2009)
- Arctic Blast (2010)
- The Last Airbender (2010)
1984 eclipse and Witness[edit]
While director Peter Weir was filming Witness (1985) in the Amish region of Pennsylvania, a genuine solar eclipse occurred on May 30, 1984 at his location. Weir filmed several of his actors in costume, responding to the eclipse, with a vague intention of revising the film's storyline to include a solar eclipse.[citation needed] Ultimately, however, the eclipse footage was not included in the final edit.
- An episode of the 1980s science-fiction comedy/drama The Edison Twins when the twin siblings foiled a bank robbery attempt in a major city bank when employees are focusing on the solar eclipse.
- A solar eclipse appears in two episodes of the animated cartoon The Simpsons.
- In "Marge vs. the Monorail,"" a solar eclipse induces a temporary power failure of the solar-powered monorail, causing it to stop for a few seconds.
- In "Gone Maggie Gone," Marge goes temporarily blind after looking directly at a solar eclipse.
- Sailor Moon: In season four, two eclipses grant power to the villainous Dead Moon (Circus).
- Heroes features eclipses prominently within the continuity and symbolism of the show. The title card and logo, for example, both feature an eclipse. An eclipse occurs in the pilot episode, "Genesis," described as a "global event" and commonly understood to be the catalyst that activated the characters' abilities. Another eclipse appears in the first episode of season two, during which Hiro Nakamura teleports to 1671 feudal Japan. The two-part season three episode, "The Eclipse" deal with the consequences of a third eclipse which removes all the characters' abilities as well as the unknown connection between eclipses and evolved humans.
- The Recess episode, "Outcast Ashley," partly revolves around Gretchen's attempts to view the solar eclipse occurring that afternoon, and whom she views it with.
- In one of his cartoons, Bugs Bunny accidentally travels through time to the Middle Ages. While there, he tricks everyone into believing that he has put out the sun with a spell. This was a parody/homage to Mark Twain's novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
- In an episode of Darkwing Duck, the title character accidentally travels to the Middle Ages and is about to be executed as a warlock when he remembers that his execution is timed exactly with an eclipse. He threatens everyone that he will black out the sun unless released and begins to speak gibberish, pretending to put a spell on the sun. However, he has misread the date of the solar eclipse by one day, and stands on the gallows for 24 hours, continuing the gibberish until the eclipse happens.
- In the 1993 first season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, evil witch Rita Repulsa causes a solar eclipse to drain the Megazord's power in the five-part episode, "Green With Evil."
- The opening credits of Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001) feature a CGI-generated solar eclipse.
- The 2001 TNT miniseries The Mists of Avalon features a solar eclipse during the death of Viviane, suggesting the Mother Goddess' grief at the event.
- In the 2001-4 Samurai Jack animated series, Aku is able to escape the tree he is sealed in due to an eclipse.
- In the 2007 Avatar: the Last Airbender episode, "The Day of Black Sun Part 2: The Eclipse", Aang and his allies plan for the day of the invasion of the Fire Nation capital on the day a solar eclipse would occur, leaving the firebenders without firebending for about 8 minutes. The plan was expected to end the war. The plan fails because Azula, the princess of the Fire Nation, learned of the upcoming invasion beforehand.
- The 2007 Sci-Fi channel miniseries Tin Man is centered on a "double eclipse" which will give power to one of the two princesses of the O.Z.
- The CSI: Miami episode "Sunblock" features a murder in which the killer struck during a solar eclipse due to an allergy to the sun.
- The final two episodes of Berserk, "The Great Eclipse" and "Time of Eternity," take place during a solar eclipse, which in the series universe happens only once every 216 years and marks the birth of a new member of the Godhand. During these episodes, Griffith, once the leader of the Band of the Hawk, betrays and sacrifices his men in order to become the fifth member of the Godhand, Femto.
- The Mad Men episode "Seven Twenty Three" features the solar eclipse that occurred in July 1963.
- The final three episodes of Raven the Island. An eclipse allows the warriors to enter Nevar's fortress.
- In the third season of House of Anubis, a ceremony to re-awaken someone cursed by Anubis to sleep for eternity could only be performed during a total solar eclipse. Robert Frobisher-Smythe, who was central to the series' back story, had been cursed by Anubis in this manner. As an eclipse approached, an attempt was made to re-awaken Robert. One of the people who performed the ceremony, Caroline Denby, was impure of heart and caused Robert to be re-awoken evil.
- Episode 61 "He Who Would Swallow God" in the anime series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood empowered stone fragments are activated by the eclipse's umbra.
- In the Sixth Season of The Vampire Diaries, episode 4, Black Hole Sun, an eclipse presence in the missing dimension in 1994 when Damon and Bonnie are trapped.
- Prince Igor (opera by Alexander Borodin, left unfinished at his death in 1887, completed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov, and first performed in 1890): in the "Prologue", a solar eclipse takes place to general consternation; two soldiers, Skula and Yeroshka, desert Prince Igor just before the opening of his military campaign, feeling sure that Prince Galitsky will offer them work more to their liking.
- Prisoners of the Sun (The Adventures of Tintin comic album by Hergé). Tintin uses a prediction of a solar eclipse to gain favor with the Quechua people who are about to kill him.
- The cover of the 1972 Tangerine Dream album, Zeit, shows a solar eclipse.
- The cover of the 2000 Kitaro album Ancient, shows a solar eclipse.
- The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game The Darkness includes a solar eclipse in the final chapter.
- The PlayStation game Heart of Darkness (game) features a solar eclipse when Andy and his dog, Whiskey, are walking in the park.
- The Japanese visual novel 12Riven ―the Ψcliminal of integral― takes place on May 20–21, 2012, when, in the real world, there will be an annular solar eclipse observable in Japan; some important elements in the visual novel are also named after eclipse.
- Carly Simon's song "You're So Vain" includes the lyrics: "Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia / To see the total eclipse of the sun"
- The Nintendo DS game "Golden Sun 3: Dark Dawn" concerns an artificial solar eclipse (the "dark dawn" of the title) caused by a tower's sudden rise.
- In the game Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, the story begins with a total solar eclipse on the year 2035 where is supposed to be sealed Dracula's castle.
- The game Terraria features a solar eclipse as a rare event that causes monsters inspired by popular horror fiction and films to attack the player.
- The Japanese visual novel Virtue's Last Reward has both a lunar and solar eclipse as a plot point.
- ^ "Illegal Alien Reading Guide - The Official Website of Robert J. Sawyer". Retrieved May 20, 2012.


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Wasieef, a Maaz Al Shami (Damascene goat), won the first prize for the "Most Beautiful Goat" title in the female category at a recent event in Amman, Jordan. The Mazayen al-Maaz competition was the first such event held in the desert kingdom. If you would like to see Wasieef looking right at you, a portrait is after the jump.
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Politically charged music always raises some questions, not only about the politics of the music but also the purpose. Do the politics overtake the quality of the music? Would the music be better simply on its own, allowing the listener to derive their own meaning, or should the purpose of music always be stated? Where does the line between propaganda and art lie? For nearly a decade, a particular branch of post-rock has dealt with this issue. Spearheaded and popularized – if you can call any post-rock aside from Explosions in the Sky popular – by Godspeed You! Black Emperor and the following projects of its members, politically charged post-rock has always used the grand scope of its music to convey the emotional intensity of particular issues. And when it is excellent like the aforementioned Godspeed, it is some of the most moving, intense music around.
From Monument to Masses have released their first album of new material since 2003 with On Little Known Frequencies. The political landscape has certainly changed since that album, The Impossible Leap in One Hundred Steps. America alone saw small things such as, say, Hurricane Katrina, the election of Barack Obama, and a mass financial meltdown. But as the album title might imply, From Monument to Masses are concerned with less-popular pressing issues.
Which brings us back to the topic at hand: the line between politics and musical purpose. On this album, the music never gets so caught up in its politics that it becomes pretentious and pedantic. In fact, it seems to ignore the politics more than the press releases and album summaries might want a listener to think. To get their messages across, the band uses vocal samples, usually spoken-word, aside from the end of "checksum" (sic). Sometimes the accompanying music swallows up the words, making it all the harder to derive the meaning of the song. The aforementioned sung vocal sample at the end of "checksum" brings a necessary melodicism to the music, but the lines are quite vague: "If this is living, what is death? / If this is progress, what comes next? / If life can happen for the rest…" Some of the song titles make little sense given their musical counterpart, such as "A Sixth Trumpet", which likely refers to the Book of Revelation in the Bible, where John prophesies the destruction of one third of mankind by hordes of demonic horsemen. The song itself is, for the first half, calm and pretty, and in the second half, epic and heroic. It's the prototypical post-rock song that seems to have little to do with the apocalypse, unless the band is getting really cynical.
Given the indistinguishable vocal samples and surrounding ambiguity, the music is mostly left to stand for itself. Luckily, it succeeds on a lot of occasions. Opening track "checksum" is a quick-paced, technically proficient composition that incorporates math-rock rhythms not normally seen in this brand of post-rock. "Beyond God and Elvis", which the band released as a single, a tactic rarely seen in the genre, is an anthemic rocker, full of catchy guitar riffs, changing drum grooves, and synth arpeggios that embellish the general simplicity of the music. Recalling a more exuberant Mogwai or This Will Destroy You, it contains only one sample, with the punchline of "This machine don't give a shit". While other songs are less original and simply emulate the typical post-rock song, everything is composed well, and the band hardly missteps in their performance. "An Ounce of Prevention" has it all – slow-building crescendos, more funky uptempo grooves, glitchy electronic breakdowns, and perhaps the most well-placed sample on the album.
Still, some songs fall on their face due to lack of originality or a failure in executing its purpose, such as "Let Them Know It's Christmas Time", which is full of those indistinguishable samples and From Monument to Masses' signature mix of uptempo math rock and slow-building post-rock. At such a late point in the album, and after most of the same material was perfected in earlier tracks, the song is simply stale. The same goes for "Hammer and Nails", making a one-two punch of lengthy lackluster songs to close out what could have been a great musical album.
On Little Known Frequencies certainly raises the question of the role of politics in music, giving a different perspective on the issue. Instead of loading the album with political undertones throughout, the album lacks in distinguishable meaning to advertise it truly as an album with a political agenda. While the music usually stands comfortably on its own, it is hard to distinguish whether the band achieved its means. The listener gets little meaning from the music, as the album becomes more about providing entertainment than provoking thought.
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One note on the impression from reading about pnw flies - I agree that most publications are prone to using the 2-1/0 range as common hook sizes, but this should not be thought of as limits on either end. Many people fish tiny flies with success, as well as huge flies.
I think the key difference is that in the PNW people move the fish to the fly whereas in the very cold winter fishing conditions I saw on Lake Ontario tribs the fly is moved to the fish, which are barely thawed in the icy water.
In "winter" fishing, flies of #2 to #2/0 or even bigger are well suited to the often glacially tinted rivers of the pacific northwest. Most flyfishing is done in late winter and the seasons are infinitely milder than other parts of the country at that lattitude. There is never split shot or slinkies or weight added so the fly operates on it's own weight and swimming ability is really key as opposed to creating the impression of a small vulnerable object like a nymph which was the more common presentation I saw on the Salmon River in Pulaski NY (made 3 trips there). But bigger and smaller winter flies still work, but are not the most common.
In summer, the use of too small a fly will result in literally hundreds of smolts. You don't want to go too small when the river is bursting with all kinds of juvenile species. I prefer to go with #6 on the small side and #2 on the large side in summer, depending on the hook style and I try to keep the fly in the big fish water. I consider a #8 very small for summer steelhead, and a 1/0 large. For muddlers I use a xlong #6 0r #4, summer bunny rats a #2 TMC, pupa flies #4 TMC 200R. I mostly use Tiemco hooks because of the high quality.
Just to summarize the presentation in the PNW is more like the classic atlantic salmon swing than a deep bottom drift and thus the larger flies are just the ticket for swimming the fly in a tantalizing manner across and down the fish's lie. For more background you could refer to some of the older British texts on tying low water patterns on really large hooks.
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Boost and Virgin Intro 4G Service Plans and Devices
May 8, 2012, 8:27 AM by Eric M. Zeman @phonescooper
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Sprint's pre-paid businesses Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA today announced new 4G plans and 4G devices. Both companies are using Sprint's WiMax network to provide 4G services, which are available in 71 markets, in addition to Sprint's existing CDMA 3G footprint. Both devices have been updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Sense 3.6. Each has its own, carrier-skinned appearance, but otherwise the hardware is completely unmodified when compared to the Sprint versions that have been available since 2011.
- Boost Mobile: Boost is offering unlimited (voice, messages, data) pre-paid 4G service starting at $55 per month. The Android Monthly Unlimited plan for 4G devices is compatible with Boost Mobile's Shrinkage policy, which drops the monthly fee by $5 for every six months of on-time payments. Starting May 31, Boost customers can purchase the HTC EVO Design 4G for $299.99.
- Virgin Mobile: Virgin's 4G service plans start at $35 per month, which includes unlimited data and messaging, but not unlimited voice. Voice can be added separately. Virgin is offering the HTC EVO V 4G, which also goes on sale May 31 for $299.99, for this Beyond Talk plan. Additionally, Virgin is adding the Overdrive Pro 3G/4G mobile hotspot and U600 3G/4G USB Stick to its Broadband2Go service. These devices costs $149.99 and $99.99, respectively.
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Why dont they just release all or divide the rest of the Wi-max phones for boost / virgin mobile to use? Its not too may many of those phones and since they are pushing towards LTE and not making any more phones for Wi-max it would make sense unless they want to release them here & there to make more money down the line or they felt these 2 phones were the best option for either carrier and chose to leave it at that. Here are the list of the other Wi-max phones
HTC EVO Design 4G / Hero S (CDMA) - Boost
HTC EVO Shift 4G
HTC EVO V 4G / EVO 3D (CDMA) - Virgin
Motorola Photon 4G / Electrify
Samsung Conquer 4G
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Get an overview of this hotelVerona hotel 10 minutes from Fratelli Bolla
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Situated in the Citta Antica neighborhood of Verona, this hotel is a 10-minute walk from Fratelli Bolla, and 1 km (a half-mile) from both Museo Castelvecchio and Arena Di Verona.
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Best Western Hotel Firenze offers 3 conference/meeting rooms with audio-visual equipment and complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests can unwind at the hotel's bar.
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Air-conditioned guestrooms at Best Western Hotel Firenze feature satellite TVs with premium channels. Bathrooms provide spa tubs, slippers, and complimentary toiletries.
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Best Western Hotel Firenze features 3 conference/meeting rooms with audio-visual equipment and complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests can relax at the hotel's bar and enjoy a buffet breakfast every morning. There is also an Internet point. Multilingual staff can assist with currency exchange. The hotel offers concierge services and a 24-hour front desk with a safe deposit box, as well as laundry facilities. For a surcharge, a 24-hour airport shuttle and onsite parking are available. Relax and enjoy complimentary newspapers in the lobby. You can use complimentary bicycles nearby.
- Free newspapers in lobby
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- Total number of rooms - 49
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Room service is available during limited hours.
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- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2 per person, per night, up to 5 nights. This tax does not apply to children under 15 years of age.
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Following his feature documentary "Into the Abyss" and its companion piece, the docuseries "On Death Row," Werner Herzog is set to return to narrative filmmaking for his next project, Variety reports. Herzog will direct an adaptation of D.B.C. Pierre's 2003 Man Booker Prize winner "Vernon God Little" scripted by Andrew Birkin ("The Name of the Rose," "The Cement Garden").
The novel centers on the titular character, a teenager who flees to Mexico after authorities link him to a high school shooting perpetrated by his best friend.
What this means for Herzog's other brewing narrative project, the Gertrude Bell biopic "Queen of the Dessert" set to star Naomi Watts and Robert Pattinson, remains to be seen. Herzog will next be in theaters acting as Tom Cruise's nemesis in the Christmas actioner "Jack Reacher," which opens Dec. 21.


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Lesnar Advertised For WrestleMania, Tallest Wrestlers In WWE History
– The latest issue of WWE Magazine, cover-dated November 2012, features a promotional advertisement for WrestleMania XXIX tickets going on-sale Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. via Ticketmaster and Brock Lesnar is featured despite his character quitting the sports-entertainment promotion on the Raw following SummerSlam.
Also featured on the advertisement are Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and John Cena. Lesnar is featured in the center of the ad, with Johnson featured on the left and Cena on the right. No other WWE Superstars are acknowledged in the ad.
To view the ad, click here. WrestleMania XXIX will be held on April 7, 2013 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
– The official WWE website has compiled a photo gallery highlighting the tallest wrestlers in the history of the sport. Those featured include Giant Gonzalez, The Great Khali, Giant Silva, Big Show, Andre the Giant, Kevin Nash, Kurgan, Giant Baba, The Undertaker, Kane, Big Daddy V, Sid Vicious, Big John Studd, One Man Gang and Nathan Jones, among others.
– WWE's CM Punk – Best in the World is currently available to rent or own on Vudu.com.


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The scene at downtown Fort Lauderdale's Poor House on any given Friday or Saturday night is familiar. Young men and women pile into the club's close quarters to hear the band and unwind. People sit at the bar and swap stories while a handful of tipsy patrons spills out into the street, oncoming cars be damned. A man in a soiled apron wipes his forehead as he drags to the curb a trash can heavy with empty beer bottles and watches the garbage water leak out onto the street. The air is an intoxicating mix of sweat, smoke, and pizza. The usual suspects are all here -- hanging out at this bar has been the equivalent to cruising the ol' high school parking lot for well over a decade.
On the corner south of the Poor House, Bobby Johnston (ex-singer for '90s sludge rockers Load) sits with friend and bandmate Dan Ceratelli, romanticizing his well-known vices. "You know me, man," he laughs. "I snuck a flask into Barfly and laughed at all the girls who thought Mickey Rourke was ugly."
The lanky, denim-clad Johnston has contagious energy. He'll bounce up and down when he's telling you a story, his wispy, shoulder-length blond hair bouncing with him, punctuating his sentences. Beneath his effusive exterior lies a hint of Southern charm, making Bobby's front-man persona a natural. "I used to be a drummer," he says, "and I just got sick of all these Jim Morrison types, and I figured, you know, if Circle Jerks and Black Flag could do it -- I could do it!"
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Together with bassist Pat Joyce, guitarist Ceratelli, and drummer Jeff Contaldo, they make up Southern Flaw -- a band of veteran SoFla musicians who have enough history together for their own Behind the Music. Joyce says the name choice was easy: "Bobby was talking about some girl with a Southern drawl, and we thought, 'How about Southern Flaw?'"
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"We're flawed, and we're from Florida," the 33-year-old Johnston explains. "We're a bunch of fuck-ups. I've got a Florida tattoo on my forearm. I've tried to move away, but I didn't see anything that was better than down here."
Their sound is as sleazy and Southern as Anna Nicole Smith when she still worked at Wal-Mart. Joyce sums them up as a "dirty, drunk, loud, and loose band" whose influences stretch back to their junior high AC/DC and Rolling Stones records.
The group's résumé is a laundry list of old local bands: Los Diablos, the Hell's Anglers, Load, R.H. Johnston (Bobby's acoustic one-man show), Boffa, the Holy Rolling Hellfires, and the Nikki Taylors (until they got a Fed-Ex package from her management to cease and desist). Now in their 30s, the members have known one another since they were teenagers and were in several less-inspired bands. Thirty-four-year-old Joyce's first band was a glam romp called Trix. "It was like Kiss with colors," he says. "It was totally stupid as hell, but I was 15."
When the band formed two years ago without a singer, Johnston, like a stray cat, led himself to the mic. "I tried to fight it, but he kept showing up at the damn warehouse," Joyce says. "He sang on one of the songs, and it was awesome, so we said, 'You're in. '"
"I was a punk kid who secretly liked bands like Hanoi Rocks or Joan Jett, and they're glam guys that were secretly into punk rock," Johnston explains. "We kinda met each other in the middle."
To complement the band's heavy blend of punk and Southern-fried rock, Johnston's lyrics are covered with a layer of autobiographical grit. On "Weak Constitution," he sings, "Your mom kicked you out of the house/Now I can't pay the rent/Might as well take the rest of the rent/And get fuckin' bent." It's no secret that Johnston's legend in the local scene hinges heavily on his on-again/off-again relationship with the bottle. It seems every scene veteran has a story about him, and many still refer to him as "Bobby Load." You could almost see him as Rourke's character in Barfly; he exudes an unpredictable intensity and embodies the down-and-out poet shrouded in cigarette smoke, always asking the bartender for another round.
Their gritty, Budweiser-splattered live shows are unpredictable too, whether Johnston's screaming wildly in an audience member's face or just too tired to finish -- the latter of which actually happened at a Poor House show. "The last two songs I sang, and [Johnston] ended up falling asleep on the side of the stage while we were playing," Joyce recalls. "I wish someone had a picture of that."
You can catch Joyce saying "these kids" a lot, but the band's youthful fan base and bombastic shows help ease the aging process. "All these kids [in local bands] are like ten years younger than us," Joyce says. "I remember seeing older guys at the Button South and being like, 'God, you're 30 -- give it up! Get a normal job, and get married!' You know, 'cause we were kids, so we'd rag on 'em. But now, me and Dan just rag on each other."
Being the grownups in a scene of younger bands isn't all bad, though. After ten years as the throat-straining front man of Load and battles with various vices, Johnston says, "I'm just happy I've made it this far. When I was younger and partied, I thought, 'Please just let me make it to 21.' When I was younger, I couldn't wait until I got to this age so people would respect me a little more. But you know what they say -- 'Don't trust anyone over 30. '"
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The very second we got word our dear Abby's home would grace the pages of Domino Magazine, we put on our party hats and happy dances ensued. Because to say we heart Domino is basically the understatement of the century, and when two loves collide? Well, that's something worth celebrating. Now that Abby's At Home with Color feature is in full reveal, she's sharing the design process details that pulled her out of the neutral-only box.
With Suzanne & Lauren McGrath of Good Bones, Great Pieces by her side, Abby once beige-heavy home was transformed into a place of happy hued style. Designed with thoughtfully chosen, colorfully curated pieces, they brought her family's New England adobe to life and the results are pretty gosh darn gorgeous, don't you agree?
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Commissioner Roger Goodell said Saturday the NFL's expansion from two to three regular-season games in London starting next season has the league exploring how to grow its International Series brand. He said more games could come to London, but he added the city would need a franchise before it can play host to the Super Bowl.
ESPN.com reported that Goodell wants franchises in London and Los Angeles, and that he has no preference over which city gains one first. The NFL has not had a franchise in Los Angeles or Orange County since 1995, when the Rams left Anaheim for St. Louis and the Raiders returned to Oakland.
"I'd love to be back in Los Angeles," Goodell told ESPN.com. "But it has to be done the right way, we have to do it successfully."
The two leading stadium locations for a potential NFL franchise are AEG's downtown Farmers Field and the Grand Crossing site in the City of Industry.
Seattle coach Pete Carroll said after practice that Percy Harvin, a receiver acquired in the offseason from Minnesota, will not play when the Seahawks face the Rams on Monday night in St. Louis. Harvin, who has yet to play this season after having hip surgery Aug. 1, returned to practice this week, but Carroll said he was rested later in the week as the team works him back slowly.
Seahawks receiver Golden Tate, who was limited early in the week because of a shoulder injury, will play, Carroll said. …
Washington ruled out safety Reed Doughty for today's game at Denver because of lingering effects of a concussion. He was limited in practice Wednesday and Thursday, but did not practice Friday.
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Myers' Silver Highlights GW Women's Swimming on Day 2 of A-10s
Senior Led Colonials With Second-Place Finish in 500 Free
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WHO: GW Women's Swimming
WHAT: 2014 Atlantic 10 Swimming & Diving Championships | Championship Central | Schedule of Events
WHERE: SPIRE Institute – Geneva, Ohio | Directions | Tickets
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 19 – Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014
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GENEVA, Ohio – Senior Caroline Myers earned a second-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle to lead the George Washington women's swimming team on the second day of the 2014 Atlantic 10 Swimming and Diving Championships at the SPIRE Institute on Thursday evening.
One of just two programs competing without a diving team, GW is in ninth place through two days with a total of 103.5 points.
Myers paced the Colonials on the evening when she picked up silver in the 500 free for the second time in her career, touching the wall with a career-best time of 4:50.46. Sophomore Madison Reinker finished fourth in the B Final of the 500 free and 12th overall with a time of time of 4:57.51.
The Buff and Blue secured a school record-setting performance for the second straight day when the 200 free relay team of senior Sloan Saunders, sophomore Kally Vanderbilt, junior Morgan Zebley and senior Sydney Saunders set a new program mark of 1:35.45 and earned a seventh-place finish.
In the 50 free, Sydney Saunders took home fourth in the B Final and finished 12th overall with a time of 23.98 seconds. Classmate Remy Neville finished sixth in the B Final of the 200-yard individual medley and 14th overall with a career-best time of 2:05.75.
Reigning champion Richmond sits in first place with 236.5 points and Massachusetts is in second with 159 points, followed by Fordham in third (156), George Mason in fourth (150) and La Salle in fifth (145). Duquesne is in sixth place (138.5), Rhode Island is in seventh (129), St. Bonaventure is in eighth (112) and Saint Louis trails GW in 10th (66.5).
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Me, systech, and Jayge started it up on December 17th, got it turned around in 3 weeks. Brought in natetodamax as a hired gun to help us close it out, and here we are.
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- Main quest walkthrough
- sidequest walkthrough (including unnamed sidequests)
- Unique weapons information (still in progress)
- Achievement guide
- DLC for later
- Bobblehead locations
- Perks by level
- SPECIAL and skill breakdown and analysis
- Guide to all available companion characters
- Weapons schematics locations and required components
So yeah, use it please, and leave comments or feedback :) We'll be finishing up the weapons section shortly and continuing to revise any problems that come to light.


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Boston Police officers helped city residents of all ages stay cool by doling out free ice cream across the city.
The department parked its ice cream truck outside Flaherty Pool in Roslindale Tuesday afternoon, where children and teenagers quickly lined up for a cold treat. Next
Police Sergeant Michael McCarthy handed out Hood's classic chocolate and vanilla ice cream cups as part of the department's Operation Hoodsie Cup.
Operation Hoodsie Cup makes stops in various neighborhoods about three times a week, McCarthy said.
Children hurried from the playground and pool to the afternoon snack before running back to swim or play. Next
Sergeant McCarthy handed out ice cream and spoons quickly, and the line moved fast as children were reminded to say "please" and "thank you." Next
Some swimmers climbed right in the truck to eat their ice cream and keep their feet off the hot parking lot. Next
The ice cream giveaway wasn't just for kids. Sergeant McCarthy tossed a few cups to men working on a construction project outside. Next
A Flaherty Pool lifeguard took an ice cream break, too. Next
One young ice cream lover was late getting to the truck. His missed the line but not the ice cream. Next
Operation Hoodsie Cup's special ice cream truck also planned to stop at the Boston Centers for Youth & Families Mildred Avenue Community Center in Mattapan and Gertrude Howes Park in Roxbury Tuesday to help city residents cool down. Back to the beginning


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still as cool and awesome as always! the true Cloud Strife!
.. by the way... how did you make that shoulder pad?
wow awesome cloud costume u make a cool cloud and the pose i love it :D
Your cloud wig is perfect!!
Good job(^^)
I really love the shot of you on the stairs from the back - it's really emotive!
I still think you're the best Cloud ever :3 All of your costumes are sooo amazing! You - legend.
don't know how but it keeps getting better 0.0 look out for the random encounters cloud!
its a great cosplay don't see how it could be improved
haha this was such a cool cos and was so funny me and you rockin to the tunes in the line lmao YOOOOOOOOO
We'll stop wearing these on day, you'll always be my cloud though lol ;).
Anyway I wish I had taken a pic with that wing, looks really cool. We need to give these costumes a proper send off at Minami!!! Awesome stuff!
great cloud hun you looked amazing was great seeing you at the expo
I only saw you briefly at the Expo, but you pull Cloud off so well! You really suit him! Right height, body type etc! You look completely authentic!
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Such an excellent Cloud. Love the sword and the wig.
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Creepy Love: 14 Movie Stalkers to Avoid
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Passion is supposed to be for lovers, but not every lover is one you want to have pining away for you. Sometimes the person in love with you is actually an obsessive stalker. When that happens in the real world, a restraining order can usually fix the situation; however, in the world of cinema, those situations aren't so easy to resolved.
It can be difficult to discern when puppy love or simple infatuation has turned into a scary, life-threatening stalker situation. Have no fear, though – we're here to help.
Pull your shades down low, make sure all your doors are locked and have the police on speed dial as you check out our list of 14 Movie Stalkers to Avoid.
EXAMPLE: Esther (Isabele Fuhrman) – Orphan
The psychopathic liar will do and say anything to be with the person he/she is obsessed with and when he/she finds out that the person in question doesn't want him/her back, things usually take a turn for the worse.
The pint-size Esther suffers from a condition called hypopituitarism, which makes the 33-year old woman have the appearance of a 12-year-old girl. She dupes unsuspecting parents into adopting her then kills the wife to be with the husband. If that doesn't work out (and really, how could it NOT?), then she kills the husband and tries again with another couple.
HOW TO AVOID: Do a thorough background check on any potential lover.
EXAMPLE: David McCall (Mark Wahlberg) – Fear
Some girls are just attracted to bad boys. There's nothing wrong with that unless the bad boy turns out to be highly obsessive and has problems letting go of the relationship when the girl decides to end it.
David's reaction to being dumped by Nicole Walker (Reese Witherspoon) was to lose his mind. He beats up her friends, trashes her dad's car, builds a creepy shrine in her honor and carves her name into his chest – you know, a normal reaction to breaking up.
HOW TO AVOID: Only date nerds.
EXAMPLE: Lisa Sheridan (Ali Larter) – Obsessed
A lot of relationships and affairs begin at work. Spending 8-10 hours a day with the same person five days week can lead to familiarity and flirting, but that's not to say it's a healthy way to have a relationship. More often than not, someone will come away hurt from it.
When Lisa starts working at Derek Charles' (Idris Elba) company they very briefly flirt, which in Lisa's mind means they're supposed to be together forever. So she manipulates every aspect of Derek's life, which includes having his wife kick him out of his own house.
HOW TO AVOID: Spend more time ensuring your TPS reports have a cover page and less time flirting at work.
EXAMPLE: Max (Jeffery Dean Morgan) – The Resident
Most landlords are just simple, nice people doing their jobs, making sure their tenants are happy. Unfortunately, there are some who use this opportunity to fulfill their depraved, voyeuristic obsession by spying on and falling in love with their tenants.
That's exactly what happened to Juliet Devereau (Hilary Swank) when she started renting an apartment where Max was the landlord. Unbeknownst to Juliet, Max began watching her day and night through various peepholes scattered throughout her room. His simple voyeurism turned into a full blown obsession and soon he was watching her sleep – from about six inches away!
HOW TO AVOID: Watch an episode of House Hunters and buy a bungalow for yourself.
EXAMPLE: Adrienne Forrester (Alicia Silverstone) – The Crush
Anyone who's ever dealt with a teenager knows they can be a volatile firework of emotion just waiting to explode at some unsuspecting person. These young, oftentimes fragile psyches need to be handled with care or things could get very bad very quickly.
Writer Nick Eliot (Cary Elwes) found out the hard way that a teenager with a crush can be a dangerous thing when his 14-year-old neighbor took an unhealthy liking to him. After he didn't return her feelings (for obvious reasons), she turned bitter and began making his life a living hell.
HOW TO AVOID: Keep clear of high schools and One Direction concerts.
EXAMPLE: Seymour Parrish (Robin Williams) – One Hour Photo
Everyday we meet helpful strangers at the grocery store, the gas station, and the bank. Most of them are just employees doing a job with a smile on their face, moving from one customer to the next, but sometimes they can take an unhealthy obsession with our personal lives.
That's what happened to the Yorkin family when photo technician Seymour became obsessed with them after years of developing their pictures. With every snapshot he processed, "Sy" became more enraged and filled with jealousy at what he didn't have. He eventually held Will Yorkin (Michael Vartan) and his mistress hostage – while of course taking pictures of them.
HOW TO AVOID: Learn to shop and pay your bills from home.
EXAMPLE: Hedra Carlson (Jennifer Jason Leigh) – Single White Female
When you're single and on a shoestring budget, you look for any way you can to save money. That can sometimes include taking in a roommate to help share the bills. What you give up in privacy and personal space can usually be worth the $300-$400 gained each month, but other times…it can be deadly.
When software designer Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) advertised in the classified section looking for a roommate, she didn't realize it would be the worst mistake of her life. The unstable "Hedy" tried to control Allie's life by impersonating her then sleeping with her boyfriend Sam in an attempt to break them up. Hedy wanted her roomie all to herself.
HOW TO AVOID: Get a pet or move in with your parents to save money.
EXAMPLE: Thomas Barclay (Wes Bentley) – P2
There are dozens of people at work that we only know in passing. We say "Hi" to them in the elevator and usually don't give it another thought – we're just being friendly. However, some disturbed people can take friendliness as an invitation for a more intimate relationship.
Angela Bridges (Rachel Nichols) was just expecting a helpful hand from the security guard when her car broke down in the parking garage on Christmas Eve. Instead, she was drugged, kidnapped and terrorized by the delusional Thomas.
HOW TO AVOID: Don't be overly-friendly or flirty with people you hardly know at work.
EXAMPLE: Madison Bell (Erika Christensen) – Swimfan
There are some people in the world that use their bodies to get exactly what they want. That's a very unhealthy and mentally unstable person to date, as they usually turn out to be manipulative, pathological liars.
High school swim star Ben Cronin (Jesse Bradford) learned this lesson the hard way after a late night romp in the pool with the new girl in school. After he blew her off, she retaliated by attempting to make him look foolish in front of his family, having his best friend set him up as a drug user and trying to drown his girlfriend.
HOW TO AVOID: Stay away from scenarios which gives the loon the upper hand.
EXAMPLE: Gil Renard (Robert De Niro) – The Fan
Some people think teenage girls are the most obsessive members of society, but those shrieking Justin Bieber-females can't hold a candle to the most hardcore sports fan.
San Francisco Giants player Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes) discovered that Gil idolized him so much he was willing to give up his job and even kill another player just to show his loyalty. When Rayburn understandably rejected the man's fanaticism, Gil kidnapped his son and threatened to kill him unless Rayburn hit a home run.
HOW TO AVOID: Simple – don't play professional sports.
EXAMPLE: Asami Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina) – Audition
The dating scene can be hard for anyone, even more so after losing a spouse to tragedy or disease. There are plenty of traditional ways to date out there, though, so going to extreme measures is not usually necessary.
Widower Shigeharu Aoyama's (Ryo Ishibashi) son thought he was doing his dad a favor by suggesting he use a casting couch to "audition" women to be his new wife. However, he soon realized that dating is dangerous because the insane Asami was keen on chopping up her would be lovers and keeping them in a burlap sack.
HOW TO AVOID: Stick to Match.com or something similar for a different way to meet your potential mate.
EXAMPLE: Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter) – Play Misty for Me
Celebrities can have it rough when it comes to stalkers, as some people with personality disorders can become attached to someone they only hear on the radio or see on TV or in the movies.
Late night radio DJ Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood) was duped by an obsessed listener, Evelyn (Jessica Walter, A.K.A. Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development), when they met by "accident" at a bar. After sleeping together, she was determined to become a part of his everyday life.
HOW TO AVOID: Another simple one – stay out of the limelight and away from being a celebrity.
EXAMPLE: Max Cady (Robert De Niro) – Cape Fear
This type of stalker is hard to avoid because once they set their sights on you, you're all they'll focus on. You can't outrun them. You can't reason with them. It's virtually impossible to get rid of them without someone getting hurt.
Lawyer Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) and his family found out exactly how the mind of an unremorseful sociopath works when one of Bowden's former clients, Max, was released from jail and set out on a violent path of vengeance. Max used the law to his advantage to harass Bowden, poisoned his dog and instilled fear in those he cares for through violence.
HOW TO AVOID: Nothing you can do here but call the police and protect yourself by any legal means available.
EXAMPLE: Alex Forrest (Glenn Close) – Fatal Attraction
The old adage "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned" seems like it's just a silly saying, but try ticking off a mentally-deranged woman one day and see how long you can survive her wrath.
Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) discovered just how furious a woman's scorn can be after a brief but passionate weekend fling with publishing editor Alex Forrest. Her obsession with him and his family took an extremely unhealthy turn after Dan refused to see her again as Alex cut her wrists, boiled his pet rabbit and kidnapped his daughter.
HOW TO AVOID: Don't ever tick a woman off to the point that she wants to have unapologetic revenge on you.
We hope that with the help of our list you can now easily determine what type of stalker you have lurking in your bushes and peeping through your windows late at night.
However, there are plenty of other examples of Movie Stalkers to Avoid that we didn't mention. Are there any that you can think of that we didn't? Let us know in the comments.
Follow me on Twitter – @MoviePaul – but not too close or I might get a restraining order.


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Hackers are Heroes: Gary Hamel Melts Faces
Gary Hamel is my new hero. I had a chance to hear him speak at the Willow Creek Leadership Summit on the future of the church from a management perspective. Gary, unbeknownst to me, is the bee's knees when it comes to business management strategy and innovative thinking. Check out his blog here.
Gary was dropping all sorts of bombs at his talk, and no one was safe. (For a great summary read, check out Tim Schraeder's site for the notes.) One of my favorite fire-starters from Gary's talk at the Summit was "Listen to the positive deviants. Learn from them. Learn to be one." He didn't know it, but he was giving me one of the biggest shout-outs I've ever received (Hey, this site is called BeDeviant!)
One of the areas Gary touched on was managing the next generation of leaders, i.e. the "Facebook Generation." I caught one of his earlier posts on the subject on his blog and wanted to share the 12 keys to managing Generation Y as they begin to migrate into the work force.
1. All ideas compete on an equal footing.
2. Contribution counts for more than credentials.
3. Hierarchies are natural, not prescribed.
4. Leaders serve rather than preside.
5. Tasks are chosen, not assigned.
6. Groups are self-defining and -organizing.
7. Resources get attracted, not allocated.
8. Power comes from sharing information, not hoarding it.
9. Opinions compound and decisions are peer-reviewed.
10. Users can veto most policy decisions.
11. Intrinsic rewards matter most.
12. Hackers are heroes.
For a more in-depth explanation, check out Gary's original post here. But make no mistake about it, the emerging generations need to be led differently than the previous ones. Are you ready?


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Fabio Enes: Conce Terror Contest VI (Chile, 2017)
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017Fabio Enes (Brazil) took first place at the Conce Terror VI Pro Contest (2017) in Concepcion (Chile). Filmed & edited by Emerson Vallejo Leiva.
Fabio Enes (Brazil) took first place at the Conce Terror VI Pro Contest (2017) in Concepcion (Chile). Filmed & edited by Emerson Vallejo Leiva.
Razors Skate Co and Sunshine Distribution present a 9to5Mixtapes production: Children of the Future (2012).
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Razors Team Videos: Un.Cloned (2001, by Beau Cottington), Steal this video (2002, by Jan Welch), Closer (2003, by Beau Cottington), Ego (2005, by Adam Johnson), Icons (2007, by Adam Johnson), Game Theory (2010, by Brazillionaire).
Update: Fabio Enes posted a new picture of his Razors Cult pro model on Instagram.
Prototype (the final skates won't be released with the SL soulplate).
Photos: FliptheScript & Blade or die.
Featuring Fabio Enes (2:00), Pietro Mario (0:0), Samantha Samy (1:25), Fabio Madruga (2:55) & Tomaz Edson (3:40).
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Featuring (in order of appearance): Jason Segeleski, Kevin Lapierre, Julien Cudot, Diego Guilloud, Adrien Anne, CJ Wellsmore, Franco Camayo, Nicolas Auroux, Tyron Ballantine, Roman Abrate, Antony Pottier, Clement Milot, Allan Beaulieu, Stephan De Freitas, Max Iangaev, Jacob Juul, Fabio Enes, Josh Glowicki, Danny Jensen.
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As Auckland merges to create a supercity, the Herald looks back at how Auckland has changed over the years. Click here to view the full series.
Although Peter Lewis also noted the Windy City, the Garden City and Dunedin (rhymes with freezin') in his classic celebration of New Zealand rock'n'roll scene Four City Rock, he kicked off most convincingly with his salute to Auckland - a city which has long been the alluring end of a brightly coloured rainbow for entertainers.
From jazz musicians in the 20s and 30s coming to play in the Orange Ballroom and the Civic, through to Maori musicians in the 50s, then the rock'n'roll generation following Johnny Devlin (the Wanganui Elvis) to the bright lights and dark nightclubs of the big smoke, entertainers of all persuasions have inevitably made their way to Auckland.
This was where there were venues, music stores, recording studios, professional - if sometimes dodgy - promoters, television studios and talent agencies, like-minded fellow-travellers and most importantly, an audience.
Right across the city, from the Dixieland Ballroom on Queen St to Coronation Hall in Pt Chevalier, from the Moulin Rouge in Remuera to the Click-Clack Cabaret in Newmarket and Ye Olde Pirate Shippe in Milford - Auckland was where that exciting new sound called jazz first got a foothold in the 20s and 30s.
The orchestra pit of the sophisticated Civic Theatre, which opened in late 1929, provided employment for decades of musicians, and clubs like the Peter Pan were where they could go for after-hours entertainment.
Auckland must have seemed glamorous and racy to those living in the provinces and so they came, generation after generation - a significant percentage of them Maori as part of the drift, then rush, to big urban centres in the post-war period.
The huge Maori Community Centre which opened across from Victoria Park at the end of the 1940s (long since demolished) became a meeting ground for musicians, and in the 1950s rock'n'roll got a foothold in the milkbars across the city.
The Queen City was calling, and down in Christchurch Max Merritt and the Meteors, and Ray Columbus and the Invaders heard it. Both bands, after considerable local - but localised - success, arrived in Auckland in late '62 and started shaking the city at clubs like the Shiralee and the Oriental Ballroom.
The following year with the Beatles kick-starting pop music again, clubs were thriving and trying to accommodate all the bands which were forming. There was the Shiralee, the Top Twenty, the Platterrack (where the Dallas Four had a two-year residency), the Monaco, the Surfside in Milford, the short-lived Beatle Inn with a resident band the Merseymen (who weren't) which became the Latin Quarter, the Embers for jazz and folk fans...
Auckland had Eldred Stebbing's busy recording studio (the Zodiac label on which early New Zealand rock'n'roll like Haka Boogie through to the La De Das appeared), it was where television shows like Kevan Moore's snappy pop programme C'Mon (7pm on a Saturday) and light entertainment showcases were made and beamed to the nation, and church halls around the suburbs hosted Saturday night dances.
The Mercury Theatre was drawing large audiences, international acts of all persuasions played at the Town Hall, St James and His Majesty's, restaurants and hotel bars employed musicians and cabaret acts, and there were dozens of movie theatres.
Radio Hauraki shook up the airwaves from studios in central Auckland and a pirate ship in the Hauraki Gulf that passed into legend.
The Queen City was booming and the sound could be heard throughout the land. Diane Lee (who became Dinah Lee) moved from Christchurch for a residency at the Top Twenty, Larry Morris and the Hunter brothers of Dragon heard the call in Taumaranui...
The punk movement in the late 70s roared to life in pubs like the Windsor Castle and clubs such as Zwines (above the old 1480 Village), and by the end of the 80s Roger Shepherd, founder of Flying Nun, had relocated his business from Christchurch to rooms on Queen St - because that was where the music industry was.
The main offices of all the major international record companies and many independent ones such as Ripper, Propellor, Pagan, Wildside/Southside, Tangata and others were in Auckland, a city which also had a Town Hall, Supertop, Western Springs and Mt Smart for those massive international concerts, the Powerstation and the Aotea Centre. There were places to play and any number of people prepared to do so.
The Polynesian reggae of Herbs out of Ponsonby, then much of the urban hip-hop of the 90s, came from the streets of Auckland. This has filtered through much of Auckland's music. Would Neil Finn have used Cook Island drummers on his Together Alone album if he had lived in Wellington?
And the sheer physical breadth of the city allows us to speak of North Shore bands (from Push Push to the Checks) as much as Westie rockers (Jan Hellriegel, and Steriogram, two of whom came from Whangarei) or South Auckland hip-hop (artists on Dawn Raid).
Auckland's diverse cultural make-up and geographic reach means there is a home for all newcomers, and residents, in which they can practice their art in a supportive environment. Although...
Some years ago I wrote a story for the Herald about the old clubs where rock and pop had got their start in Auckland: The Jive Centre on Hobson St where Johnny Devlin played to packed houses and recorded his first single Lawdy Lawdy Miss Clawdy one Sunday afternoon in the Beatle Inn in Little Queen St; the Shiralee which later became the Galaxie (where the Underdogs, Larry's Rebels and others played); the Top 20 which Max Merritt opened in '63 and became the 1480 Village where the Pleazers and others made their names; Charlie Grey's Island of Real on Airedale St where Hello Sailor, Th' Dudes and Citizen Band made their noises; the Java Jive in Ponsonby, Squid and The Box/Cause Celebre in High St which were hip and fashionable in the 90s...
All of them and many more including His Majesty's and the Gluepot were gone. The neglected St James remains a blot on our conscience.
You could be nostalgic and weep for the losses but other venues, notably the Vector Arena, have opened. The bands play on and every day musicians and entertainers of all persuasion come to Auckland seeking... What?
A shot on a reality show, a gig at the King's Arms or to dance on the Aotea Centre stage, to be part of the Comedy Festival or Pasifika... a chance to shine under a spotlight.
And the Queen City is still calling.
Graham Reid is a former Herald feature writer.


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WASHINGTON -- Metropolitan, built by free blacks and former slaves
as a connectional church for the African Methodist
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American history. Frederick Douglass, whose funeral was
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"Sundays at the Met" is designed to highlight and acknowledge the importance of family, culture, community and history in American heritage and the significant role of individuals whose achievements have made a notable contribution to the nation and the African American legacy. Dr. Roland Carter will direct the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Alumni Choir. Sherrod, Carter and Dr. Louis Sullivan, president emeritus of Morehouse School of Medicine, will each receive the "Metropolitan Legacy Award."
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text: Results from The Twitter Blog for: December 2007I <3 Twitter, tooThursday, December 27, 2007 | By Jack (@jack) [20:07 UTC]Robert Scoble started (and iJustine continued) something I had to participate in: writing in the sand.Thank you all for making 2007 a great year! :)Read more...Twittering for The ChildrenWednesday, December 26, 2007 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [00:51 UTC]Yesterday I received this email from one of our Dutch Twitter fans.Read more...Search Twitter MoreSunday, December 23, 2007 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [19:28 UTC]The folks over at Terraminds created a Twitter search tool.Read more...We bought the office a WiiFriday, December 21, 2007 | By Jack (@jack) [19:17 UTC]to go with our tea.Read more...Frozen Pea FridayFriday, December 21, 2007 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [16:47 UTC]It's Frozen Pea Friday! Lots of folks are changing their Twitter photo icon so it has some peas in it to help raise awareness. There's more info at Techcrunch. You can change your Twitter photo here. Happy Friday!Read more...Working at TwitterThursday, December 20, 2007 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [04:41 UTC]Read more...Hooray for (Virtual) Gifts!Wednesday, December 19, 2007 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [19:44 UTC]OMG this is fun: Virtual gifts over Twitter: "Tweetgift is a simple way to show a little appreciation to a friend. all you need is a twitter account. Just reply to tweetgift and use our syntax to send gifts to your friends. Every gift starts with @tweetgift, then a friend's username, and the gift with an optional message."Read more...The SwitchMonday, December 17, 2007 | By Jack (@jack) [18:06 UTC]Twitter is humming along now after a late night. Our team worked earnestly into the night and morning on our largest and most complex maintenance project ever. Everything went pretty much according to plan except for one thing: an incorrect switch.The switch in question caps traffic an unacceptable level. In order to correct this, we'll need to get some hardware installed. Unfortunately, that means we're not done with our datacenter move just yet. This type of work can be frustrating but it's all towards Twitter's highest goal: reliability.Read more...T-Mobile Mix-Up Was TechnicalMonday, December 17, 2007 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [16:35 UTC]Last week Twitter stopped working over T-Mobile without notice. We were confused and jumped into the conversation on Get Satisfaction with limited information. Over the weekend we were able to determine that this was purely a technical issue between T-Mobile and Ericsson, the folks who serve our SMS traffic.Read more...Downtime Rescheduled, ShorterSunday, December 16, 2007 | By Biz Stone (@biz) [01:42 UTC]We announced on Friday that we were going to be doing some maintenance on Twitter all day today. It turns out we were able to do most of the work without taking Twitter offline. It may have been better referred to as a "maintenance window" but we wanted to make sure you were aware just the same.Read more...Load morePages……Older posts


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