Meet the Hering illusion:
So, it appears that there is a large fire burning inside Universal Studios in Los Angeles California. This fire has consumed several movie sets, though its not known which ones have been burned for sure. To me, the most interesting part of the story came from this quote from the MSNBC story:
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Ok, so its really not that big of a deal, but if you turn on your sports news, you’ll find out that Robby Ginepri is now the first American to break into the sweet sixteen at the French Open since 2003. Pretty cool, but it kind of raises some questions in my mind as to why the U.S. doesn’t do well in certain sports.
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Ideally, we would all start learning to play our preferred musical instrument starting as a very small child, and continue to practice until we had achieved effortless mastery. However, except a very select few, this doesn’t happen to most of us. Maybe our parents didn’t have any interest in getting involved in music, or maybe we played instrument we later gave up due to lack of interest. Whatever the reason, there are many out there who have reached adulthood without mastering a musical instrument.
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So, as a chronic over achiever type myself, I was surprised to read the story about how Anjali Datta, a student with a 5.898 GPA (how does that work, anyways? I’m used to AP classes being weighted at 5) who didn’t get to be her high school valedictorian because of an odd interpretation of the rules. Since she didn’t actually attend school for the full for years (she graduated early), she technically didn’t get to become valedictorian, and thus lost out on a one year college scholarship. Suckage!
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So, Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay (an online auction you may have heard of), has invested millions of his own money into the the small solar thermal start up company Sopogy. In doing this, Omidyar joins other prominent tech industry members in investing in green energy startups. By investing in the promising solar thermal technology, Omidyar will helpfully help kick start the alternative energy industry in Hawaii, and hopefully the effects will be spread around the nation if the plant is a success
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MSNBC has a story about how Spam, everyone’s favorite canned meat, is making somewhat of a comeback due to the declining economy. Apparently, those squeezed by the tight economy precipitated the mortgage crisis, gas prices, and other issues are finding the canned meat product to be an affordable alternative to “real” meat.
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I’m not much for celebrity gossip, but when I saw the story about George Clooney’s split with his girlfriend Sarah Larson, I knew that this would be massive tabloid fodder, as well as serious water cooler conversation for single women everywhere. It’s funny, I’ve never noticed guys getting as excited about big celebrity breakups as women are.
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Recently, the Mexican resort of Zihuatanejo was hit with three shark attacks within a months time. Zihuatanejo is known a beautiful vacation spot, with great surfing and beautiful beaches. Attacks like this raise questions in many peoples minds about the safety of the vacation spots they choose. Even though resorts such as Zihuatanejo offer sand, surf, and good times, they aren’t always the paradise vacationers would hope, as these attacks have proven. However, this is the first such vacation to be hit by such a disaster.
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So, this isn’t really a formal movie review, but rather my basic impressions of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Like many, I was quite worried about this film. The previous Indy movies were masterpieces of adventure film, and set a very high standard. After the relative debacle of the Star Wars prequels, I was worried to see what this sequel would bring. Would they capture the fun and adventure of the original, or simply devolve into ridiculous silliness? There was only one way to wind out, and that was to fork over the big buck to the movie theater.
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