tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48272154992141791992024-03-13T14:25:20.832-04:00Introspective WorldMark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.comBlogger1018125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-38539309270387202552016-02-11T17:27:00.001-05:002016-02-11T17:27:43.866-05:0013 Funny Because It's True Memes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby face mistake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Thug Life</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Surprise baby face</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best password thanks to Steve Carell</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bush's banana problem</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feline home invasion</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can trust him, he's on TV</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gordon Ramsay is so nice</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hogwarts students get a deal on Lasik</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Movie theater crime spree anchorman</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I would buy it</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yeah dating is cool</td></tr>
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-40222232127384919472016-02-11T16:49:00.000-05:002016-02-11T17:57:48.000-05:00Hering Illusion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hering Illusion</td></tr>
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In this geometrical-optical illusion, discovered by the German physiologist Ewald Hering in 1861, two straight and parallel lines look as if they bow outwards. Hering ascribed the effect to our brains overestimating the angle made at the points of intersection between the radiating lines and the red ones. But why do we miscalculate?<br />
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Researcher Mark Changizi of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York believes it has to do with the human tendency to visually predict the near future. Because there's a lag between the time that light hits the retina and the time when the brain perceives that light, Changizi thinks the human visual system has evolved to compensate for the neural delay by generating images of what will occur one-tenth of a second into the future. He explained the Hering illusion in a 2008 article:<br />
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"Evolution has seen to it that geometric drawings like this elicit in us premonitions of the near future. The converging lines toward a vanishing point (the spokes) are cues that trick our brains into thinking we are moving forward as we would in the real world, where the door frame (a pair of vertical lines) seems to bow out as we move through it and we try to perceive what that world will look like in the next instant."</blockquote>
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-23163693286035546782015-06-22T15:54:00.000-04:002015-06-22T15:56:50.579-04:00Bulldog Puppies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-43926676972051821232015-02-16T11:12:00.002-05:002015-05-14T07:56:05.020-04:00Black Dot Illusion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">How many black dots are in the image? How many black dots can you see?<br />
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Have you ever wondered if your mind is normal? Well, do this little mind exercise and find out ---- Free will or synaptic wiring? You be the judge.<br />
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Check out the following exercise, guaranteed to raise an eyebrow. There's no trick or surprise. Just follow these instructions, and answer the questions one at a time and as quickly as you can. Again, as quickly as you can but don't advance until you've done each of them...really.<br />
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-32937425085081409602015-02-11T05:50:00.000-05:002015-02-11T05:50:22.785-05:00The Hubble Telescope spots a 'smile' in space<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In the centre of this image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, are two faint galaxies that seem to be smiling.The grinning figure actually shows an enormous galaxy cluster. <a href="http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1506a/" target="_blank">SpaceTelescope.org</a> explains:<br />
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"You can make out two orange eyes and a white button nose. In the case of this “happy face”, the two eyes are the galaxies and the misleading smile lines are actually arcs caused by an effect known as strong gravitational lensing.<br />
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Massive structures in the Universe exert such a powerful gravitational pull that they can warp the spacetime around them and act as cosmic lenses which can magnify, distort and bend the light behind them. This phenomenon, crucial to many of Hubble’s discoveries, can be explained by Einstein’s theory of general relativity."<br />
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What do you think about this cosmos smile? Does anyone else think it looks a tad sinister?<br />
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-87274150746389494242015-02-07T13:04:00.006-05:002015-02-07T13:05:01.616-05:00Harley Quinn 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It'd be a shame to get blood all over my nice new outfit. </blockquote>
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Hush, little baby, don't say a word. Momma's gonna kill for you the whole damn world. </blockquote>
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Here's to Gotham's Commissioner G. You lock up the weirdos, the crooks, and the geeks. You're a hero to all the boys in blue. But this time, baby, the joke's on you! </blockquote>
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-66786938772191118192015-02-07T13:04:00.005-05:002015-02-07T13:04:01.096-05:00Harley Quinn 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Did you see the way I handled those creeps? Pow! Bam! Batgirl, eat your heart out! </blockquote>
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Sweetie, go get mommy's bazooka. </blockquote>
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-30129701674484382762015-02-07T13:04:00.004-05:002015-02-07T13:04:01.349-05:00Joker and Harley Quinn 5<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This city deserves a better class of criminal. And I’m gonna give it to them.</blockquote>
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If you’re good at something, never do it for free.</blockquote>
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-91461239026708072382015-02-07T13:04:00.003-05:002015-02-07T13:04:00.742-05:00Joker and Harley Quinn 4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh, come on, Puddin'! Don't you wanna rev up your "Harley"? Vroom vroom! </blockquote>
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-55770926158771192752015-02-07T13:04:00.002-05:002015-02-07T13:04:00.972-05:00Joker and Harley Quinn 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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How about a magic trick? I’m gonna make this pencil disappear. Ta-daa! It’s… it’s gone.</blockquote>
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-76729303475044493472015-02-07T13:04:00.001-05:002015-02-07T13:04:01.652-05:00Joker and Harley Quinn 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it. You know, I just… do things.<br />
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-6514586777095865442015-02-07T13:04:00.000-05:002015-02-07T13:04:00.340-05:00Joker and Harley Quinn 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Do you want to know why I use a knife? Guns are too quick. You can’t savor all the… little emotions. In… you see, in their last moments, people show you who they really are. So in a way, I know your friends better than you ever did. Would you like to know which of them were cowards?</blockquote>
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I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you…<b>stranger</b>.</blockquote>
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-42895562091142597502014-08-24T14:32:00.000-04:002014-10-12T10:33:49.832-04:008 Best Marketing Campaigns of all time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Advertising in business is a form of marketing communication used to encourage, persuade, or manipulate an audience (viewers, readers or listeners; sometimes a specific group) to take or continue to take some action. Most commonly, the desired result is to drive consumer behavior with respect to a commercial offering, although political and ideological advertising is also common. This type of work belongs to a category called effective labor.</div>
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The catchiest slogans have a way of sticking in your mind, or perhaps even challenging the way you view the product being advertised. This is certainly the ultimate goal of marketers when they develop their advertising campaigns. Not all campaigns are created equal, but the best of the best illustrate how these slogans are an integral part of brand recognition.</div>
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Why are these 8 marketing campaigns the best of all time? Because of the impact they had on the growth of the brand, and because they manage to hit on some universal truth that allows us to remember these campaigns years after they first began. In fact, many of us (myself included) might not have even been alive when these campaigns first aired! So here they are, in no particular order (rest assured, you can nominate your favorites in the comments) -- the best marketing and advertising campaigns of all time, and the lessons we can learn from them! </div>
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Nike: Just Do It.</h2>
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Did you know that there was a time Nike's product catered almost exclusively to the marathon runner? But they saw a fitness craze emerge, and knew they needed to get past their main competitor, Reebok. And yes, there was a time in our history when Reebok sold more shoes than Nike. But to succeed, they needed a new campaign -- they needed the "Just Do It." campaign.</div>
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The campaign was a hit. In 1988, Nike sales were at a measly (hah) $800 million; by 1998, sales exceeded $9.2 billion. "Just Do It." was short and sweet, yet encapsulated everything people felt when they were exercising -- and that feeling remains the same today. Don’t want to run 5 miles? Just Do It. Don’t want walk up 4 flights of stairs? Just Do It. It's a human truth we all could relate to, that drive to push yourself further. So when you're trying to decide the best way to present your brand, ask yourself what problem are you solving for your customers. What solution does your product or service provide? By hitting on that core issue in all of your marketing messaging, you will connect with consumers on an emotional level that is hard to ignore.<br />
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Not only was De Beers' "A Diamond is Forever" campaign a success -- in 1999 AdAge declared it the most memorable slogan of the 20th century -- the campaign proposed (pun intended) the idea that no marriage would be complete without a diamond ring sealing the deal. They created the idea that a diamond ring was a necessary luxury. The lesson here is to use your marketing to convince your consumers that life without your product would be an incomplete existence.<br />
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The truth is, diamonds are intrinsically worthless and have no value. With that being said, De Beers has a global monopoly on diamonds and every year creates artificial demand for diamonds by only selling a predetermined amount in order to maintain the high price. In effect, De Beers controls both the supply and demand of the global diamond market.<br />
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Thanks to success of ad campaigns De Beers has been able to create a market for <a href="http://1-100anniversary-gifts.blogspot.ca/2012/08/10th-anniversary.html" target="_blank">wedding anniversary gifts</a> in addition to engagement rings.</div>
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Apple: Get a Mac</h2>
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While there have been many great Apple campaigns, this one made the list above all others because no campaign has captured a consumer group's persona quite like "I’m a Mac." You know that guy; you know exactly who they were talking about as soon as they came on the screen; you wanted to be the Mac.</div>
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The Mac/PC debate ended up being one of the most successful campaigns ever for Apple, and they experienced 42% market share growth in its first year according to Softpedia. The campaign told you everything you needed to know about their product without being overt, and did it in a clever way. In other words, just because your product does some pretty amazing things doesn’t mean you need to hit your audience over the head with it. Instead, explain your product’s benefits in a relatable way so consumers are able to see themselves using it.</div>
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Pears transparent soap is a brand of soap first produced and sold in 1807 by Andrew Pears at a factory just off Oxford Street in London, England. It was the world's first mass-market transparent soap. Under the stewardship of Thomas J. Barratt, A. & F. Pears initiated a number of innovations in sales and marketing. According to Unilever records, Pears Soap was the world's first registered brand and is therefore the world's oldest continuously existing brand.</div>
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From the late 19th century, Pears soap was famous for its marketing, masterminded by Barratt. Its campaign using Millais's painting Bubbles continued over many decades. As with many other brands at the time, at the beginning of the 20th century Pears also used their product as a sign of the prevailing European concept of the "civilizing mission" of empire and trade, in which the soap stands for progress.</div>
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In the late 19th century, Pears used coins countermarked with "Pears Soap" as a way of advertising its soap. The coins used were French, imported by Pears. About the same size and shape as the British pennies at the time, these French coins were generally accepted as pennies in Britain.</div>
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Lillie Langtry's famous ivory complexion brought her income as the first woman to endorse a commercial product, advertising Pears Soap. Her fee was allied to her weight so she was paid 'pound for pound'.</div>
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Coca-Cola's advertising has significantly affected American culture, and it is frequently credited with inventing the modern image of Santa Claus as an old man in a red-and-white suit.</div>
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Coca-Cola has been prominently featured in countless films and television programs. Since its creation, it remains as one of the most important elements of the popular culture. It was a major plot element in films such as One, Two, Three, The Coca-Cola Kid, and The Gods Must Be Crazy among many others. It provides a setting for comical corporate shenanigans in the novel Syrup by Maxx Barry. And in music, in The Beatles' song, "Come Together", the lyrics said, "He shoot Coca-Cola, he say...". The Beach Boys also referenced Coca-Cola in their 1964 song "All Summer Long" (i.e. 'Member when you spilled Coke all over your blouse?)</div>
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This long-running slogan was first launched in 1993 to encourage consumers to drink more milk. Because of this campaign, milk sales in California rose 7% in just one year and to this day you still can't escape the millions of “Got” parodies. The lesson here is that G, S & P didn’t focus on people who weren’t drinking milk, but on the set of consumers who already were. Sometimes it’s not always about getting new people to use your products, but to get your current set of customers to appreciate your product more. Use your marketing and communications to tell your audience why they should appreciate the product or service you are already providing for them.</div>
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McDonald's is another company that has come up with a phenomenal number of catchy slogans over the years. In 1995, McDonald's asked consumers a simple question in their advertisements: "Have You Had Your Break Today?" This catchy slogan provided a revamp to the successful 1980 slogan, "You Deserve a Break Today." Other popular slogans that McDonald's has used over the years include, "Do You Believe in Magic" from 1993, "What You Want is What You Get" in 1992, "It's Mac Tonight" from 1985 and "I'm Lovin' It" in 2003 that featured a song by Justin Timberlake, in an attempt to use his star power to get customers into their restaurants. McDonald's current slogan is "There's something for everyone to love at McDonald's" since 2013–present.</div>
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The Marlboro Man ads were the epitome of what a brand could do if it created a lifestyle around its product. You want to be free. You want to be a man. You want to be on the open range. Well, that’s a Marlboro Man. The ads were effective because they captured that dream lifestyle that we all wish we could escape to someday.</div>
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-36354992768811849132014-08-07T11:53:00.000-04:002014-08-07T11:53:25.430-04:00"Death and His Brother Sleep"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<em>Who</em> is in charge of the clattering train?<br />
The axles creak, and the couplings strain.<br />
Ten minutes behind at the Junction. Yes!<br />
And we're twenty now to the bad--no less!<br />
We must make it up on our flight to town.<br />
Clatter and crash! That's the last train down,<br />
Flashing by with a steamy trail.<br />
Pile on the fuel! We must not fail.<br />
At every mile we a minute must gain!<br />
<em>Who</em> is in charge of the clattering train?<br />
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Why, flesh and blood, as a matter of course!<br />
You may talk of iron, and prate of force;<br />
But, after all, and do what you can,<br />
The best--and cheapest--machine is Man!<br />
Wealth knows it well, and the hucksters feel<br />
'Tis safer to trust them to sinew than steel.<br />
With a bit of brain, and a conscience, behind,<br />
Muscle works better than steam or wind.<br />
Better, and longer, and harder all round;<br />
And cheap, so cheap! Men superabound<br />
Men stalwart, vigilant, patient, bold;<br />
The stokehole's heat and the crow's-nest's cold,<br />
The choking dusk of the noisome mine,<br />
The northern blast o'er the beating brine,<br />
With dogged valour they coolly brave;<br />
So on rattling rail, or on wind-scourged wave,<br />
At engine lever, at furnace front,<br />
Or steersman's wheel, <em>they</em> must bear the brunt<br />
Of lonely vigil or lengthened strain.<br />
<em>Man</em> is in charge of the thundering train!<br />
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Man, in the shape of a modest chap<br />
In fustian trousers and greasy cap;<br />
A trifle stolid, and something gruff,<br />
Yet, though unpolished, of sturdy stuff.<br />
With grave grey eyes, and a knitted brow,<br />
The glare of sun and the gleam of snow<br />
Those eyes have stared on this many a year.<br />
The crow's-feet gather in mazes queer<br />
About their corners most apt to choke<br />
With grime of fuel and fume of smoke.<br />
Little to tickle the artist taste--<br />
An oil-can, a fist-full of "cotton waste,"<br />
The lever's click and the furnace gleam,<br />
And the mingled odour of oil and steam;<br />
These are the matters that fill the brain<br />
Of the Man in charge of the clattering train.<br />
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Only a Man, but away at his back,<br />
In a dozen ears, on the steely track,<br />
A hundred passengers place their trust<br />
In this fellow of fustian, grease, and dust.<br />
They cheerily chat, or they calmly sleep,<br />
Sure that the driver <em>his</em> watch will keep<br />
On the night-dark track, that he will not fail.<br />
So the thud, thud, thud of wheel upon rail<br />
The hiss of steam-spurts athwart the dark.<br />
Lull them to confident drowsiness. Hark!<br />
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What is that sound? 'Tis the stertorous breath<br />
Of a slumbering man,--and it smacks of death!<br />
Full sixteen hours of continuous toil<br />
Midst the fume of sulphur, the reek of oil,<br />
Have told their tale on the man's tired brain,<br />
And Death is in charge of the clattering train!<br />
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Sleep--Death's brother, as poets deem,<br />
Stealeth soft to his side; a dream<br />
Of home and rest on his spirit creeps,<br />
That wearied man, as the engine leaps,<br />
Throbbing, swaying along the line;<br />
Those poppy-fingers his head incline<br />
Lower, lower, in slumber's trance;<br />
The shadows fleet, and the gas-gleams dance<br />
Faster, faster in mazy flight,<br />
As the engine flashes across the night.<br />
Mortal muscle and human nerve<br />
Cheap to purchase, and stout to serve.<br />
Strained <em>too</em> fiercely will faint and swerve.<br />
Over-weighted, and underpaid,<br />
This human tool of exploiting Trade,<br />
Though tougher than leather, tenser than steel.<br />
Fails at last, for his senses reel,<br />
His nerves collapse, and, with sleep-sealed eyes,<br />
Prone and helpless a log he lies!<br />
A hundred hearts beat placidly on,<br />
Unwitting they that their warder's gone;<br />
A hundred lips are babbling blithe,<br />
Some seconds hence they in pain may writhe.<br />
For the pace is hot, and the points are near,<br />
And Sleep hath deadened the driver's ear;<br />
And signals flash through the night in vain.<br />
Death is in charge of the clattering train!<br />
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-36625530292407099282014-07-31T17:38:00.000-04:002014-07-31T17:38:00.547-04:00All My Friends are Dead<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"All my friends are dead" said the dinoraur.<br />
"All <i>my</i> friends are dead" said the dodo bird.<br />
"Most of my friends are dead, What? Oh, <i>now</i> all of my friends are dead" said the old man.<br />
"All my friends expired on Tuesday" said the milk<br />
"Please stop buying my friends if you are just going to slowly kill them" said the plant.<br />
"This job makes me feel so alive" said the Grimm Reaper.</div>
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-16563724163038659302014-07-31T09:47:00.000-04:002014-07-31T09:47:03.274-04:00Stephen King on Popular Movies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right int he face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend."<br />
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People aren't against you; they are for themselves.<br />
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Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world.<br />
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You learn more from failure than from success. Don't let it stop you. Failure builds character.<br />
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The most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.<br />
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Go where you're celebrated not where you're tolerated.<br />
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The person that you will spend the most time with in your life is yourself, so better try to make yourself as interesting as possible.<br />
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If you accept your limitations you go beyond them.<br />
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People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing. That's why we recommend it daily.<br />
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Everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.<br />
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Comfort is the enemy of achievement.<br />
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Mark Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06626497636180999274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4827215499214179199.post-44527945344942844272014-07-29T15:21:00.000-04:002014-07-29T15:21:54.877-04:00Golden-crowned sifaka<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Found in gallery, deciduous, and semi-evergreen forest, its restricted range includes 44 forest fragments, totaling an area of 44,125 hectares (109,040 acres; 170.37 sq mi), centered around the town of Daraina in northeast Madagascar. Its estimated population is between 6,000 and 10,000 individuals. It is primarily active during the day, although it also tends to be active at dawn and dusk during the rainy season. It sleeps in tall emergent trees and is preyed upon by the fossa. The golden-crowned sifaka lives in groups of around five to six individuals, containing a balanced number of adult males and females. Scent is used to mark territories, which are defended by growling, chasing, and ritualistic leaping displays. Reproduction is seasonal, with gestation lasting six months and lactation lasting five months. Infants are weaned during the wet season to ensure the best chances of survival.<br />
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The small range and fragmented populations of this species weigh heavily on its survival. Forest fragmentation, habitat destruction, poaching, slash-and-burn agriculture, and other human factors threaten its existence. The golden-crowned sifaka is listed by the IUCN Red List as Endangered. Its range was originally not covered by any national parks or protected areas in Madagascar, but a new protected area was established in 2005 to include a 20,000 ha (49,000 acres; 77 sq mi) portion. Attempts have been made to keep the golden-crowned sifaka in captivity at the Duke Lemur Center in Durham, North Carolina. The small colony was maintained from 1988 to 2008. In Madagascar, lawlessness resulting from the 2009 political coup led to increased poaching of this species, and many were sold to local restaurants as a delicacy.<br />
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Taxonomy</h3>
The <i>golden-crowned</i> or <i>Tattersall's sifaka</i>, known locally as <b>ankomba malandy</b> (or <i>akomba malandy</i>, meaning "<i>white lemur</i>"), was discovered in 1974 north of Vohemar in northeast Madagascar by Ian Tattersall, who observed but did not capture the animal. Unsure of its classification, Tattersall provisionally considered it a variant of the silky sifaka in his 1982 book, The Primates of Madagascar, citing its mostly off-white to yellowish fur, but also noting its uncharacteristic orange crown patch and tufted ears. Driven by a report in 1986 that the forest where Tattersall had observed this unique sifaka was contracted to be clear-cut for charcoal production, a research team from the Duke Lemur Center, led by Elwyn Simons, obtained permits to capture specimens for a captive breeding program. Simons and his team were the first to capture and observe the golden-crowned sifaka, formally describing it as a new species in 1988 and naming it in honor of Tattersall. The specimens were found 6 to 7 km (3.7 to 4.3 mi) northeast of Daraina, a village in the northeast corner of Madagascar.<br />
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There have been conflicting studies regarding the taxonomic status of the golden-crowned sifaka. When described by Simons in 1988, size, vocalizations, and karyotypes (the number and appearance of chromosomes) were compared with the other sifakas. In terms of size, general morphology, and vocalizations, the golden-crowned sifaka is more comparable to the western forest sifakas in that it is smaller in length and weight. Its karyotype, however, is more similar to that of the eastern forest sifakas.<br />
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Anatomy and physiology</h3>
The golden-crowned sifaka is one of the smallest sifaka species with a weight of 3.4 to 3.6 kg (7.5 to 7.9 lb), a head-body length of 45 to 47 cm (18 to 19 in), a tail length of 42 to 47 cm (17 to 19 in), and total length of 87 to 94 cm (34 to 37 in). It is comparable in size to the sifakas inhabiting the southern and western dry forests, such as; Coquerel's sifaka, the crowned sifaka, Von der Decken's sifaka, and Verreaux's sifaka. It has a coat of moderately long, creamy-white fur with a golden tint, dark black or chocolate-brown fur on its neck and throat, pale orange fur on the tops of its legs and forelimbs, a white tail and hindlimbs, and a characteristic bright orange-gold crown. It is the only sifaka with prominent tufts of white fur protruding from its ears, making its head appear somewhat triangular and distinctive in appearance. Its eyes are orange, and its face is black and mostly hairless, with dark gray-black fur with white hairs stretching from beneath the eyes to the cheeks. Its snout is blunt and rounded, and its broad nose helps to distinguish it from other sifakas. Occasionally the bridge of the nose will have a patch of white fur. Similar to other sifakas, this arboreal animal has long, strong legs that enable it to cling and leap between tree trunks and branches.<br />
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Geographic range and habitat</h3>
The geographic range of the crowned lemur overlaps the range of the golden-crowned sifaka.<br />
The golden-crowned sifaka lives in dry deciduous, gallery, and semi-evergreen forests and is found at altitudes up to 500 m (1,640 ft), though it seems to prefer lower elevations. Surveys have shown it to be limited to highly fragmented forests surrounding the town of Daraina in an area encircled by the Loky and Manambato rivers in northeastern Madagascar. The golden-crowned sifaka has one of the smallest geographic ranges of all indriid lemur species. Out of 75 forest fragments studied by researchers, its presence could be definitively reported in only 44, totaling 44,125 ha (109,040 acres; 170.37 sq mi). This study, published in 2002, also estimated the total species population and observed population densities. Home range size varied between 0.18 and 0.29 km2 (0.069 and 0.112 sq mi) per group. With an average group size of five individuals, the population density ranged between 17 and 28 individuals per km2. The forested area available to the species within its desired elevation range was estimated at 360 km2 (140 sq mi), yielding an estimated population of 6,120–10,080 and a breeding population between 2,520 and 3,960 individuals. In 2006 and 2008 Quéméré et al. conducted line transect distance sampling in 5 of the main forest fragment of its distribution range yielding an updated estimate of the population size of ~18,000 individuals.<br />
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The species is sympatric (coexists) with two other medium-sized lemurs: the Sanford's brown lemur and the crowned lemur.<br />
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Behavior</h3>
The golden-crowned sifaka is primarily active during the day, but researchers have witnessed activity in the early morning and evening during the rainy season (November through April). In captivity, it has been observed feeding at night, unlike captive Verreaux's sifakas. It travels between 461.7 and 1,077 m (1,515 and 3,533 ft) per day, an intermediate range compared to other sifakas of the eastern forests. The golden-crowned sifaka can be observed feeding and resting higher in the canopy during the dry season (May through October). It sleeps in the taller trees (the emergent layer) of the forest at night.<br />
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When stressed, the golden-crowned sifaka emits grunting vocalizations as well as repeated "churrs" that escalate into a high-amplitude "whinney." Its ground predator alarm call, which sounds like "shē-fäk", closely resembles that of Verreaux's sifaka. It also emits mobbing alarm calls in response to birds of prey.<br />
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Social organization</h4>
The social structure of the golden-crowned sifaka is very similar to that of Verreaux's sifaka, both averaging between five and six individuals per group, with a range between three to ten. Unlike the Verreaux's sifaka, group sex ratios are more evenly balanced, consisting of two or more members of both sexes. Females are dominant within the group, and only one female breeds successfully each season. Males will roam between groups during the mating season.<br />
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The world's smallest species of monkey.</h2>
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The pygmy marmoset is a small New World monkey native to rainforests of the western Amazon Basin in South America. It is notable for being the smallest monkey and one of the smallest primates in the world at just over 100 grams (3.5 oz) (Madame Berthe's mouse lemur is smaller). It is generally found in evergreen and river edge forests.<br />
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About 83% of the pygmy marmoset population lives in stable troops of two to nine individuals, including a dominant male, a breeding female, and up to four successive litters of offspring. The modal size of a standard stable troop would be 6 individuals. Although most groups consist of family members, some may also include 1-2 additional adult members. Members of the group communicate using a complex system including vocal, chemical, and visual signals. There are three main calling signals that depend on the distance the call needs to travel. These monkeys may also make visual displays when threatened or to show dominance. Chemical signaling using secretions from glands on the chest and genital area allow the female to indicate to the male when she is able to reproduce. The female gives birth to twins twice a year and the parental care is shared between the group.<br />
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The pygmy marmoset has been viewed as somewhat different from typical marmosets, most of which are classified in the genera Callithrix and Mico, and thus is accorded its own genus, Cebuella, within the family Callitrichidae. It is listed as Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as it is common across its wide range and not at immediate risk of widespread decline. The biggest threats to the species are habitat loss and the pet trade.<br />
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Physical description</h3>
The pygmy marmoset is one of the world's smallest primates, and is the smallest true monkey, with a head-body length ranging from 117 to 152 millimetres (4.6 to 6.0 in) and a tail of 172 to 229 millimetres (6.8 to 9.0 in). The average adult body weight is just over 100 grams (3.5 oz) with the only sexual dimorphism of females being a little heavier. The fur colour is a mixture of brownish-gold, grey, and black on its back and head and yellow, orange, and tawny on its underparts. Its tail has black rings and its face has flecks of white on its cheeks and a white vertical line between its eyes. It has many adaptations for arboreal living including the ability to rotate its head 180 degrees and sharp claw-like nails used to cling to branches and trees. Its dental morphology is adapted to feeding on gum, with specialised incisors that are used to gouge trees and stimulate sap flow. Its cecum is larger than usual to allow for the greater period of time gum takes to break down in the stomach. The pygmy marmoset walks on all four limbs and can leap up to five meters between branches.<br />
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Geographic range and habitat</h4>
The pygmy marmoset can be found in much of the western Amazon Basin, in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. The western pygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea pygmaea, occurs in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, eastern Peru, southern Colombia, and north-eastern Ecuador. The eastern pygmy marmoset, C. p. niveiventris, is also found in Amazonas, but also in Acre, Brazil, eastern Peru, and northern Bolivia. The distribution of both subspecies is often limited by rivers. It typically lives in the understory of the mature evergreen forests and often near rivers. Population density is correlated with food tree availability. It can be found between ground level and about 20 metres (66 ft) into the trees but generally does not enter the top of the canopy. It is often found in areas with standing water for more than three months of the year.<br />
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This monkey has a specialized diet of tree gum. It gnaws holes in the bark of appropriate trees and vines with its specialized dentition to elicit the production of gum. When the sap puddles up in the hole, it laps it up with its tongue. It also lies in wait for insects, especially butterflies, which are attracted to the sap holes. It supplements its diet with nectar and fruit. A group's home range is 0.1 to 0.4 hectares (0.25 to 0.99 acre), and feeding is usually concentrated on one or two trees at a time. When those become depleted, a group moves to a new home range. Brown-mantled tamarins are generally sympatric with pygmy marmosets and often raid pygmy marmosets' gum holes.<br />
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Pygmy marmosets have adapted insect-like claws, known as tegulae, to engage in a high degree of claw-clinging behaviors associated with plant exudate exploitation. Exudate is any material that oozes out of a plant, including gum, sap, resin, and latex. Claw-clinging is primarily used during feeding, but also during plant exudate foraging.<br />
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A pygmy marmoset group, ranging from two to nine members, contains one or two adult males and one or two adult females, including a single breeding female and her offspring. Interbirth interval ranges from 149–746 days. In contrast to other callitrichines, there is no relationship between the number of adult males and the number of infants and offspring. However, there is a significant positive relationship between the number of juveniles and the number of adult and subadult group members. Young marmosets typically remain in the group for two consecutive birth cycles. The pygmy marmoset uses special types of communication to give alerts and warning to its family members. These include chemical, vocal, and visual types of communication. It is believed to serve to promote group cohesion and avoidance of other groups.<br />
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Infant pygmy marmosets, along with their parents, twin, and other siblings, form cooperative care groups. Babbling, or vocalizing, by the infant marmoset is a key part of its relationships with its family members and is a major part of its development. As the infant develops, the babbling gradually changes to resemble and eventually become adult vocalization. There are many similarities between the development of vocalization in infant pygmy marmosets and speech in infant humans. Vocalizing gives the infant advantages such as increased care and allows the entire family to coordinate their activities without seeing each other.<br />
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Siblings also participate in infant care. Infant marmosets require the most attention, so having more family members participating in the care decreases the cost for any individual and also teaches parenting skills to the juvenile marmosets. Members of the group, usually female, may even put off their own reproduction through a temporary cessation of ovulation in order to care for the offspring of others in the group. The ideal number of caregivers for an infant marmoset has been shown to be around five individuals. Caregivers are responsible for finding food for the infants as well helping the father watch for predators.<br />
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The pygmy marmoset is a non-seasonal breeder and usually gives birth to twins once or twice a year. However, single births occur 16% of the time and triplet births 8% of the time. The pygmy marmoset is usually monogamous though there is some variation within the species in terms of breeding systems. Polyandry (female has more than one male mate) also occurs as male marmosets are responsible for carrying the infants on their backs. Having a second male to carry the offspring can be beneficial as marmoset litters are often twins and decreases the cost to any particular male. The daily range of the pygmy marmoset, however, is relatively small, which decreases the rate of polyandry.<br />
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Male and female pygmy marmosets show differences in foraging and feeding behavior, although male and female dominance and aggressive behavior varies within the species. Males have less time to search out food sources and forage due to the constraints of their infant caring responsibilities and predator vigilance. Without an infant to carry, female pygmy marmosets have greater freedom to forage, giving them an apparent feeding priority. This priority may serve to compensate mothers for the energetic costs of carrying and lactating for two offspring at a time. However, the fact that feeding priority is also given to females without offspring weakens the argument. Instead, female feeding priority may have evolved through sexual selection. Females may choose mates who invest more time in infant care and predator vigilance. Such males have less time to look for food, allowing the female feeding priority.<br />
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The pygmy marmoset is well known for its communication abilities including an intricate system of calls. The trill is used during feeding, foraging, and when travelling and the group is close together. The J-call is a series of fast notes repeated by the caller and is used at medium distances. Both calls are used as contact calls. The long call is used when the group is spread out over distances greater than ten meters or in response to a neighboring group. The pygmy marmoset uses the trill for short distance communication, J-calls for intermediate distances, and long calls for long distances; these have respectively decreasing frequencies. It is capable of distinguishing both the type of call and the individual making the call. Research based on audio playback tests shows that calls recorded from different individuals in captivity varied significantly in all seven auditory parameters analyzed for each type of call. Behavioral responses to trills were greatest when the caller was the dominant male of the group. Responses to J-calls were greatest when the caller was the monkey's mate or a same-sex monkey from outside the group. Varying responses to individual callers were only observed when the call was given spontaneously from another animal rather than being played back from a recording, with one exception. That exception was that male monkeys responded to playbacks of their own calls differently from those of other monkeys, when the call was played back from a familiar location. It is thought the pygmy marmoset reacts at first to the type of call that is being made and then adjusts its behavior slightly to react to the specific individual that is making the call. This allows the marmoset to react appropriately to all calls but show some variation when the call gives extra information.<br />
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Environmental factors play a role in communication by affecting the frequency of the signal and how far the signal can travel and still be audible to communicate the desired message. Since the pygmy marmoset is often found in the rain forest, plant life, and the humid atmosphere, add to the normal absorption and scattering of sound. Because low frequency calls are affected less by the disturbances than their high frequency counterparts, they are used for communication across longer distances. The pygmy marmoset changes the characteristics of its calls when its social environment is changed. Adult marmosets will show modifications in the structure of their calls which mimic that of their group members. In addition to changes of existing calls, novel calls may be heard from marmosets after pairing.<br />
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The pygmy marmoset has other ways to communicate information about matters such as the female's ovulatory state. New World monkeys do not show genital swelling during ovulation as female Old World monkeys do. Instead, a lack of female aggression towards males can serve as a signal of ovulation. Scent glands on its chest, anus, and genitals are also rubbed on surfaces which leave chemical signals about the reproductive state of the female. The pygmy marmoset also performs visual displays such as strutting, back-arching, and piloerection when it feels threatened or to show dominance.</div>
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The <b>NATO phonetic alphabet</b>, more accurately known as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet and also called the ICAO phonetic or ICAO spelling alphabet, as well as the ITU phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used spelling alphabet. Although often called "phonetic alphabets", spelling alphabets are not associated with phonetic transcription systems such as the International Phonetic Alphabet. Instead, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) alphabet assigned code words acrophonically to the letters of the English alphabet so that critical combinations of letters and numbers can be pronounced and understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of language barriers or the presence of transmission static.<br />
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The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.<br />
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The pronunciation of the code words varies according to the language habits of the speaker. To eliminate wide variations in pronunciation, recordings and posters illustrating the pronunciation desired by the ICAO are available. However, there are still differences in pronunciation between the ICAO and other agencies, and the ICAO has conflicting Roman-alphabet and IPA transcriptions. Also, although all codes for the letters of the alphabet are English words, they are not in general given English pronunciations. Assuming that the transcriptions are not intended to be precise, only 11 of the 26—Bravo, Echo, Hotel, Juliet(t), Kilo, Mike, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Whiskey, and Zulu—are given English pronunciations by all these agencies, though not always the same English pronunciations.<br />
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Letters</h3>
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<tr><th align="center" bgcolor="#EEEEEE" height="45">Letter</th><th align="center" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">Code word</th><th align="center" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">US Army standard</th></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">A</td><td><b>Alfa</b> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">ATIS: <b>Alpha</b></span></td><td>AL fah</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">B</td><td><b>Bravo</b></td><td>BRAH voh</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">C</td><td><b>Charlie</b></td><td>CHAR lee</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">D</td><td><b>Delta</b></td><td>DEL tah</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">E</td><td><b>Echo</b></td><td>EKK oh</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">F</td><td><b>Foxtrot</b></td><td>FOKS trot</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">G</td><td><b>Golf</b></td><td>Golf</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">H</td><td><b>Hotel</b></td><td>HO tell</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">I</td><td><b>India</b></td><td>IN dee ah</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">J</td><td><b>Juliett</b> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">ATIS: <b>Juliet</b></span></td><td>JEW lee ett</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">K</td><td><b>Kilo</b></td><td>KEY loh</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">L</td><td><b>Lima</b></td><td>LEE mah</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">M</td><td><b>Mike</b></td><td>Mike</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">N</td><td><b>November</b></td><td>NOH vem ber</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">O</td><td><b>Oscar</b></td><td>OSS car</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">P</td><td><b>Papa</b></td><td>PAH pah</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">Q</td><td><b>Quebec</b></td><td>keh BECK</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">R</td><td><b>Romeo</b></td><td>ROW me oh</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">S</td><td><b>Sierra</b></td><td>see AIR ah</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">T</td><td><b>Tango</b></td><td>TANG go</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">U</td><td><b>Uniform</b></td><td>YOU nee form</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">V</td><td><b>Victor</b></td><td>VIK ter</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">W</td><td><b>Whiskey</b></td><td>WISS key</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">X</td><td><b>X-ray</b> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">or <b>Xray</b></span></td><td>EKS ray</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">Y</td><td><b>Yankee</b></td><td>YANG kee</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">Z</td><td><b>Zulu</b></td><td>ZOO loo</td></tr>
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(hyphen)</td><td><b>Dash</b></td><td>DASH</td></tr>
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<tr><td align="center" height="45">0</td><td><b>Zero</b></td><td>ZEE-RO</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">1</td><td><b>One</b></td><td>WUN</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">2</td><td><b>Two</b></td><td>TOO</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">3</td><td><b>Three</b></td><td>TREE</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">4</td><td><b>Four</b></td><td>FOW-ER</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">5</td><td><b>Five</b></td><td>FIFE</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">6</td><td><b>Six</b></td><td>SIX</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">7</td><td><b>Seven</b></td><td>SEV-EN</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">8</td><td><b>Eight</b></td><td>AIT</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">9</td><td><b>Niner</b></td><td>NIN-ER</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">100</td><td><b>Hundred</b></td><td>HUN-dred</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" height="45">1000</td><td><b>Thousand</b></td><td>TOU-SAND</td></tr>
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