Emily Dickinson was born on the 10th od December 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, the second child of lawyer Edward Dickinson and Emily Norcross Dickinson. In 1840 Edward sells his half of the family home in Amherst. Emily enters Amherst Academy, where students are taught a 'modern' curriculum including astronomy and pre-Darwinian geology. Her father gets elected Sate Senator in 1842 and re-elected in 43. Religious revival in Amherst in 1846, Dickinson expresses doubts to her friend Abiah Root and in 1847 she enters Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (MHFS). She withdraws from Mount Holyoke in 1948. Another religious revival occurs in Amherst on the 1850, her father, sister Lavinia and her friend, Susan Gilbert, join First Church of Christ. Emily travels to her sister in Boston in 1851 and her father is elected to the US House of Representatives in 52. Edward moves his family back into The Homestead in 1855 which Emily will stay for the rest of her life. In 1858 Dickinson started to write poetry. In 1861 Springfield Republican prints poem 'I taste a liquor never brewed', altered and titled 'The May-Wine'. Between 1862-3 Dickinson writed about 300 poems but undergoes a personal crisis. Shares Amherst's grief for loss of men killed in the Civil War. 1864 she goes back to Boston for seven months for an eye treatment and two more poems are printed. And by the end of 1865 about a thousand poems were written. In 1866 Springfield Republican prints 'A narrow Fellow in the Grass' in a much-altered form. In 1876 Helen Hunt Jackson, Amherst-born poet, becomes literary friend with Dickinson and begs her yo publish her work. 'Success is counted sweetest' is published anonymously at Jackson's urging in 1878. In 1880 Judge Otis Lord calls frquently at The Homestead and duscusses marriage but he is turned down. Emily Dickinson's mother dies in 1882 and in 1884 the first attack of kidney diseas occurs to Dickinson. She dies on the 15th of May 1886 from kidney disease. Despite Dickinson's prolific writing, fewer than a dozen of her poems were published during her lifetime. After her younger sister Vinnie discovered the collection of nearly eighteen hundred poems, Dickinson's first volume was published four years after her death in 1890.
Emily's themes were about nature, love, death and immortality as she did spend most of her years on her own writting her poems. Half of her work, if not to say all of it, is untitled and when they published some of her poems they numbered them. Here is a few of her most popular poems.
67 Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need.
Not one of all the purple Host Who took the flag today Can tell the definition So clear of victory
As he defeated - dying - On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear!
The killer whale or orca(Orcinus orca), less commonly, blackfish or seawolf, is the largest species of the dolphin family. It is found in all the world's oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to warm, tropical seas. Killer whales are versatile and opportunistic predators. Some populations feed mostly on fish while other populations hunt marine mammals, including sea lions, seals, walruses and even large whales. They are considered the apex predator of the marine world, having no known predators. There are up to five distinct killer whale types, some of which may be separate races, subspecies or even species. Killer whales are highly social; some populations are composed of matrilineal family groups, which are the most stable of any animal species. The sophisticated social behavior, hunting techniques, and vocal behavior of killer whales have been described as manifestations of culture Although the killer whale population as a whole is not considered to be an endangered species, some local populations are considered threatened or endangered due to depletion of prey species and habitat loss, pollution by PCBs, captures for marine mammal parks, and conflicts with vessels. In late 2007, the killer whales known as the "southern resident killer whales," were placed on the Endangered Species list. Wild killer whales are usually not considered a threat to humans. There have, however, been isolated reports of captive killer whales attacking and, in at least one instance, killing their handlers at marine theme parks. There is also a level of confusion surrounding the term "whale". While killer whales are members of the dolphin family, they, and all other members of the dolphin family, are members of the sub-order Odontoceti and the order Cetacea, meaning "toothed whale" and "whale", respectively.
Killer whales are distinctively marked with a black back, white chest and sides, and a white patch above and behind the eye. Calves are born with a yellowish or orange tint, which fades to white. Killer whales have a heavy and stocky body and a large dorsal fin with a dark grey "saddle patch" at the fin's rear. Antarctic killer whales may have pale grey to nearly white backs. Males typically range from 6-8 m long (19-26 ft) and weigh in excess of 6 tonnes. Females are smaller, generally ranging from 5-7 m (16-23 ft) and weighing about 3 to 4 tons. The largest killer whale ever recorded was a male off the coast of Japan, measuring 9.8 m (32 ft) and weighing over 8 tonnes (17,636 lb). Calves at birth weigh about 180 kg (350-500 lb) and are about 2.4 m long (6-8 ft). The killer whale's large size and strength make it among the fastest marine mammals, often reaching speeds in excess of 56 km/h (35 mph). Unlike most dolphins, the pectoral fin of a killer whale is large and rounded—more of a paddle than other dolphin species. Males have significantly larger pectoral fins than females. At about 1.8 m (6 ft), the male's dorsal fin is more than twice the size of the female's and is more of a triangular shape—a tall, elongated isosceles triangle—whereas the dorsal fin of the female is shorter and generally more curved. Adult male killer whales are very distinctive and are unlikely to be confused with any other sea creature. When seen from a distance in temperate waters, adult females and juveniles can be confused with various other species, for example, the false killer whale or Risso's dolphin.
Killer whales are found in all oceans and most seas, including (unusually for cetaceans) the Mediterranean and Arabian Seas. However, they prefer cooler temperate and polar regions. Although sometimes spotted in deep water, coastal areas are generally preferred to pelagic environments. The killer whale is particularly highly concentrated in the northeast Pacific Basin, where Canada curves into Alaska as well as the Johnstone Strait area and Washington state. They are making a bigger presence in California too. There are also large populations off the coast of Iceland and off the coast of northern Norway. They are regularly sighted in Argentina and the Antarctic waters right up to the ice pack and are believed to venture under the pack and survive breathing in air pockets like the beluga does. In the Arctic, however, the species is rarely seen in winter, as it does not approach the ice pack. It does visit these waters during summer.
There are at least two types of general killer whale behavior: resident and transient. Each type also has different food sources. The day-to-day behavior of killer whales is generally divided into four activities: foraging, traveling, resting and socializing. Killer whales are generally enthusiastic in their socializing, engaging in behaviors such as breaching, spyhopping, and tail-slapping. Killer whales often spy-hop. This behavior is when the killer whale propels itself half-way out of the water. A killer whale may do this for one of two reasons.The first, and most common, reason is that they are looking for food. The other reason is a lot less common. They might spy-hop to see where they are, or more to see how close they are to shore. Type-C and Type-B killer whales may engage in a certain behavior to get seals on a lone, small iceberg. This behavior is where they nose the ice berg back and forth until they slide the seal off the iceberg into one of the killer whale's mouths. Another eating behavior is where they gain speed in the water and aim themselves at the shore. On this shore there are many seals. The killer whale will almost beach itself, scaring the seals off the shore, and into the waiting mouths of the other members of its group.
The indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast have featured the killer whale prominently in their culture through history, art, spirituality and religion. In the tales and beliefs of the Siberian Yupik people, the wolf and the killer whale were thought to be identical: killer whales were said to appear as wolves in winter, and wolves as killer whales in summer. Killer whales were believed to help people in hunting on the sea: they were thought to assist the sea hunter in driving walrus. Thus, reverence was expressed in several forms: the boat represented the image of this animal, and a wooden representation of a killer whale also hung from the hunter's belt. Small sacrifices could also be given to killer whales: tobacco was strewn into the sea for them. It was believed that the killer whale was a help to the hunters even if it was in the guise of a wolf: this wolf was thought to force the reindeer to allow itself to be killed by the hunters.
A group of Orcas teach their kids how to deal with a sealion who has evaded them.
The Birth of Betty The first appearance of Betty Boop was in the 6th Talkartoon starring Bimbo, entitled "Dizzy Dishes" (1930.). Grim Natwick was the first animator to draw Betty, who had not yet been officially named. He took inspiration for Betty's spit curls from a song sheet of Helen Kane, commonly called the "Boop Oop a Doop Girl". Betty started out being designed as a human-like dog, only her black button nose and floppy ears hinting at her canine nature. These ears later became her round earrings, in part due to the fact that the Fleischer animators had a tendency to change animating styles and features of characters from cartoon to cartoon, and sometimes within the same cartoon. (In "Bum Bandit"-1931- Betty's nose changes from black to white and then back again in the same cartoon.) Her high baby voice, like her spit curls, were in imitation of singer Helen Kane. Her first starring role was in "Betty Coed" (1931), which also marked the first time the name Betty was connected with the character. In "Any Rags" (1932), Betty became completely human, and her ears permanently became earrings. As for her famous garter, Betty started out with two, then early drawings showing her still with ears show the garter on her right leg. When she became a regular, however, and her features were officially set, the garter moved to her left leg, and stayed there.
Betty's Return Betty's series ended in 1939 with "Yip Yip Yippy". In the years to follow, she would appear in clumsily colored re-releases (1970) on television, but her real revival came about during the late 60's and early 70's, when her cartoons began to appear in late night showings at college town theaters, as well as part of psychedelic light shows. Since then she has remained popular, with a fan following that becomes larger every day. The 90's celebration of her 60th anniversary brought her back into the public eye even more. To commemorate the event, A&E did a Biography special on her and on the Fleischers, and the American Movie Classics channel (AMC) has shown several of her cartoons. Her cartoons are now available to the general public in an 8 tape set from Republic Pictures.
Betty's Strip In 1934, Betty began appearing in comic strips drawn by Bud Counihan (though they were signed with Max Fleischer's name.) The daily strip ran for one year (1934-1935), then was released only on Sundays until 1937. Appearing with Betty in the strips were a whole cast of regulars, who never made it to the big screen. Several were caricatures of male stars of the time, including Van Twinkle (A dark haired man with a cane and a fancy cigarette holder. Van Twinkle had a baby brother named Percy who was the same age as Billy, Betty's little brother.), Van Arsdale (a moustached star), Van Hart (a blonde), and Val Velour were a few. More regularly appearing were Von Script (Betty's director), Aunt Tillie (A large woman with a quick and violent temper, and tattoos of anchors on her forearms) and Betty's baby brother called Billy or, (when he lost the baby bonnet and grew a little hair) Bubby or Bobby. The plotlines in general followed Betty's adventures as an actress, as well as her dealings with her temperamental little brother and his acting career. Another character featured in the strips, never seen but often mentioned, was "The Chief", from whom Betty and her director took their orders. Pudgy appeared in several strips as a generic dog, or "Hugo" or "Spunky", but never Pudgy. Also shown during contract disputes were Betty's lawyers, a group of four double chinned and balding, bespectacled men. (These collected strips are available in Betty Boop's Hollywood Chronicles, Avon Books, New York.)
Betty's Friends In 1932 Betty took over as the Fleischer star, and Bimbo was relegated to the role of her companion. He didn't seem to mind, even when she stopped being a dog and became human. Other regular co-stars included Ko-Ko the clown, who had been retired for some years from his previous cartoon series, and Pudgy, her faithful puppy companion (created by Myron Waldman). Also seen in many cartoons with Betty were Grampy (who appeared in over 10 Betty cartoons), and the pretty boy Freddy, her sometime love interest, as well as a host of other personified animals (most of whom disappeared after 1934). Only appearing once with Betty were Henry, the Little King and Little Jimmy, all adopted from other cartoon strips. As for romantic connection, she was seen not only with Freddy, but also with Bimbo on a regular basis, and Ko-Ko, with slightly less regularity. Ko-Ko was occasionally given the singing voice and dance moves of Cab Calloway during his guest appearances.
Betty's Voice Among those who provided Betty's voice were Margie Hines, Kate Wright, Bonnie Poe, Mae Questel and Annabel Little. Ann was the first to be chosen, and made a few cartoons before taking Betty on the road in a vaudeville act. Mae Questel was in her teens when she won a Helen Kane look alike contest, and was hired by Paramount, who had Kane's contract, to appear in the RKO chain of theaters for publicity. In 1931, Max Fleischer saw Mae and invited her to do Betty's voice, which she did until the series ended in 1939. Many other star voices appeared in Betty cartoons, among them Rudy Vallee (Rudy Valee Memories), Louis Armstrong ("I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You") and Cab Calloway ("Minnie The Moocher", "Snow White" and "Old Man of the Mountain") .
Betty's Sex Appeal Unlike Disney, Fleischer Studios' only real competitor at the time, Fleischer allowed several racy images and scenarios to enter his cartoons. In several cartoons, Betty loses the top of her dress ("Any Rags"-1932 and "Poor Cinderella"-1934), exposing a frilly strapless bra, and in others her skirt flies up ("Dizzy Red Riding Hood"-1931 and "Barnacle Bill"-1930.) You can even catch a glimpse of her breast in "Betty Boop's Rise To Fame", while she changes into her hula outfit, but only if you look quickly (The scene lasts only 1/24th of a second.) In the same picture, she performs the hula dance with only a strategically placed flower lei to cover her chest. In a couple of cartoons ("Mysterious Mose"-1930 and "The Old Man of the Mountain"-1933), Betty loses her dress completely, but is conveniently hidden behind a tree or in her bed. Very often Betty's curved silhouette could be seen through her clothing as she passed before a fire or other light. By 1935, in the era where sitcom married couples slept in separate beds, Betty was toned down. Her skirt was lengthened and her strapless dress given a top and short sleeves. Thankfully, today censors are not so strict, and Betty has returned to her former self.
Betty's Legal Troubles All was not wine and roses for Betty. In April 1934, Helen Kane, whose popularity had waned since her debut in 1929, filed suit against Max Fleischer, Fleischer Studios and Paramount Pictures for $250,000. She claimed that Betty Boop had stolen her fans. Max Fleischer gave testimony that Betty Boop was not based on Helen Kane (which was untrue - Kane was one of the main inspirations for Betty, though she developed other features on her own as the years progressed.) Five of the women who had been the voice for Betty Boop appeared in court to deny that they had attempted to imitate Kane's voice. The judge even watched and compared several of Betty's cartoons with some of Helen Kane's films. There was testimony that the "Boop Oop a Doop" phrase came long before Kane's popularity, as one witness claimed to have heard the phrase uttered in an Edith Griffith song. And on May 2nd, Paramount Pictures was able to locate a film clip of another singer, Baby Esther, who used the same phrase in a song in 1928.
Betty Today The first Boopabelia hit the stores in 1934, decorating such items as coats, tea sets, cards, dolls and watches with her now familiar image. Today, you can find anything from t-shirts and shower curtains, to personalized checks and nail polish, each bearing Betty's charming likeness. A new line of Betty Boop dolls from Precious Kids has just been released, including some talking dolls. Her cartoons have been released and re-released, and her complete set of cartoons is now available in an 8 tape set, celebrating her 60th year, (available at any major movie retailer, and Amazon.com.) She remains popular in Europe and in Mexico, as well as other places around the world. With her round wide eyes and her pouty mouth, she has boop-oop-a-dooped her way into the hearts of hundreds, or even thousands.
This video is a compilation from sweet Betty Boop.
The life of John Christopher Depp II, better known as Johnny Depp, is a tale worthy of Hollywood itself.
He was born on the 9Th June of 1963 in Owensbore, Kentucky. He was raised in Florida and at 15 years of age he dropped out of school in the hopes of becoming a rock musician. He fronted a series of garage bands including The Kids, which once opened for Iggy Pop. Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison, who introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He made his film debut in A nightmare on Elm Street (1984). In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series "21 Jump Street".
In 1990, after numerous roles in teen-oriented films, his first of a handful of great collaborations with director Tim Burton came about when Depp played the title role in Edward Scissorhands. Following the film's success, Depp carved a niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer, consistently selecting roles that surprised critics and audiences alike. He continued to gain critical acclaim and increasing popularity by appearing in many featured before re-joining with Burton in the lead role of Ed Wood (1994).
In 1997 he played an undercover FBI agent in the fact-based film Donnie Brasco, opposite Al Pacino, in 1998 he appeared in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, directed by Terry Gilliam and then in 1999 he appeared in the sci-fi/horror film The Astronaut's Wife. The same year he teamed up again with Burton in Sleepy Hollow, brilliantly portraying Ichabod Crane.
Depp has played many characters in his career, including another fact-based one, Insp. Fres Abberline in From Hell (2001). He stole the show from screen greats such as Antonio Banderas in the finale to Robert Rodriguez "Mariachi" trilogy, Once upon a Time In Mexico in 2003. In that same year he starred in the marvelous family blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The curse of the Black Pearl (2003) , playing the character that only the liked of Depp could pull off: the charming, conniving and roguish Captain Jack Sparrow which also played part two and three of Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man's Chest and at World's End.
In 2005 Depp collaborated with Burton again in a screen adaption of Roald Dahl's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Depp latest movie again working with director Burton which is based on Stephen Sondheim's worldwide stage sensation musical, Sweeney Todd The demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Off-screen, Depp has dated several female celebrities, and has been engaged to Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne Allison in 1983 but they divorced her in 1986. Depp is living with French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis, with whom he has two children: Lily-Rose Melody, born in 1999 and Jack, born in 2002.
Virtual Communities is a group of people with similar interest who communicate and interact in an online environment.
Some web communities operate only relating to a certain topic or objective.
We have three rules for virtual communities which are as follow:
First Rule:
You are dealing with real people, this rule is sometimes lost in the pursuit of good design or community objectives.
Second Rule: Make it easy for people to contribute to the community.
Third Rule:
Give people something interesting to respond to. People wont comment if theres no topic, wont get excited about press releases and you have to express a point of view.
An Overview.
When developers and users see that they will get more from the virtual community than they give, the community starts to expand quickly. The role of the main developers team is very important. Virtual community grows from the genuine need to work for the community, has to fit the individuals objectives.
In time members of the community will find resources that they can use to the benefit of the virtual community and also benefit from that so its a win to win situation.
We also have Brand Communities which are Networks of customer relationships which built on context and relevance of content.Its mutual responsibility. Traditionally connected through mass media.
A few elements of Brand Community:
Its legitimacy
Celebrate brand history
Share brand stories
Get new users to join
Exchange
Some examples of Brand communities such as:
Harley Davidson - Harley Owners Group,
Jeep - Camp Jeep,
Oracle - Oracle Open World,
Dewalt - Contractor's Night.
As Muniz and O'Guinn say (2001) "Brand communities represent a form of human association situated with a consumption context".
The Transmission of voice or data over radio waves. Wireless devices are those that send or receive data without any form of cables.
The use of Broadband Internet Access is growing dramatically
broadband services deployed in guestrooms, meeting rooms, conference centers, and public areas create a tremendous revenue opportunity for the hospitality industry. Guests want to be "connected" with colleagues, friends, and family members at all times.
Guests expect high speed, easy to use, secure and reliable broadband services in the guestroom. It is important that the hotel select the right technology to ensure that the guests' demands are met.
Mobility Definition:
The ability to be on the move
Mobile applications are any applications that can be used when on the move: PDAs, laptops, mobile phones.
Wireless Broadband Internet Access can be implemented at hotel lobby, lounge, restaurant, poolside, cafe, bar and any other open areas to improve guest mobility within the hotel environment. Guests can be at any of these locations enjoying their time and yet able to surf the net, read email and conduct e-business transaction with ease.
Other Forms of wireless internet.
Mobile Generations.
Started with networks for voice communication. Digital wireless networks, primary for voice communications, limited data transmission capability. Introduced a step towards 3G on the unites states and high speed, mobile, supports video and other rich media, always on transmission for email, web browsing, instant messaging etc.
Bluetooth:
Bluetooth is the popular name for the 802.15 wireless networking standards, which is useful for creating small personal area network. It can link up to eight devices with in 10 meter area using low power, radio based communication and can transmit up to 722 Kbps in the 2.4 GHz band. The name bluetooth comes from the 10th century Danish King Harald Blatan (Bluetooth). Ericsson was the first to develop this specification. Wireless phones, keyboards, computers, printers and computing devices using bluetooth can communicate with each other and even operate each other without direct user intervention.
Here is a few explanation of a Samoyed Dog, and a few pictures.
The reason im writing this down is because any time i tell people what time of a dog i have nobody knows what it is and i always have to relate him with huskies which okay, they are from similar families but at the same time different.
Samoyeds have a lot of vitality, and well cared for Samoyeds are known to retain their youthful, energetic spirit well into their senior years. The average livespan for this type of dogs is 12 to 16 years. Being a working breed, they have excellent stamina, and without daily exercise they will become bored and/or depressed, which can lead to excessive barking, destruction, weight gain, irritability, and escape artist behaviour. (And thats all very well but even when they have some exercise they are still mad in the head, i can tell from experiences HA!!)
Samoyed eyes are usually black or brown, and are almond in shape. Blue or other colour eyes can occur but are not allowes in the show ring.
The samoyed tail is one of the breed's more distinguishing features.
Their tails carried curled over their backs and in cold weather they might sleep with their tails over their noses to provide additional warmth.
This dogs are also known ad "The smiley Dog" because they usually have a permanent smiling look that makes them appear please to see everyone. (And this is a real fact too).
I hope that this has been a bit of help for people to undetsand the breed and to notice the difference between a Samoyed and a Husky.
Chronology of Dickinson's Life.
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