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Polar soil bacterial and fungal biodiversity survey [soil_bacteria_fungi]
It contains the raw sequences (.fasta files) quality scores (.qual files), flowgram data from the 454 instrument (.flow files), an index of each sequence read and the sample to which it belongs (.groups ...
Physical and Biological Factors Associated with Avian Cholera in Wetland Ecosystems [brdnwhc0002]
Survey of Selected Microbial Pathogens in the Salton Sea [usgsbrdnwhc_d_microbpathogens]
This data documents the distribution of known and potential microbial pathogens in the Salton Sea ecosystem to provide baseline information for those tasked to evaluate proposed engineering projects ...
High level of inter-genera gene exchange shapes the evolution of haloarchaea in an isolated Antarctic lake. [AAS_2899_haloarchaea]
See the referenced paper for additional details. Sample collection and processing for metagenomics from Deep Lake. Water samples were collected from DL (68o33?36.8S, 78o11?48.7E), Vestfold Hills, ...
Metabolic Activities and Gene Expression of Marine Psychrophiles in Cold Ice [NSF-ANT07-39783]
The mechanisms enabling bacteria to be metabolically active at very low temperatures are of considerable importance to polar microbial ecology, astrobiology, climate and cryopreservation. This research ...
Metagenomics of Antarctic Lakes: a Model for Defining Microbial Biogeochemical Processes in the Cold - Ace Lake Data [ASAC_2899_Ace]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2899 See the link below for public details on this project. We conducted a genomic analysis of Archaea and Bacteria collected from lakes in the Vestfold ...
Freshwater samples from McMurdo Dry Valleys in Victoria Land collected in 2012 [KPDC_FS_MDV_VLC_2012]
Analysis of microbial diversity based on 454-pyrosequencing in freshwater samples from McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, collected in 2012-2013
Sea Ice Main Biology Sampling collected during the SIPEX II voyage of the Aurora Australis, 2012 [SIPEX_II_Phytoplankton]
Five (out of a possible 7) ice stations were sampled for the Main Biology Site, collected from -63.88S 119.9E off East Antarctic in September to November 2012 during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystems ...
Diversity and metabolic abilities of Antarctic bacteria - DGGE fingerprinting of bacteria [ASAC_2341_DGGE]
Bacterial community structures in soils collected from eight sites around Casey Station, Antarctica, were investigated using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of amplified 16S rRNA gene ...
Comparison of Serum Free Broth Media for Growth of Renibacterium Salmoninarum [LSC_serumfreebrothmedia]
Renibacterium salmoninarum is the Gram positive bacterium that causes salmonid bacterial kidney disease (BKD). This bacterium is very slow growing and difficult to isolate and culture, in vitro. Although ...
Detection of covert Aeromonas salmonicida infection in Atlantic salmon and other salmonids [LSC_Aeromonasinsalmon]
During the early 1900s, several researchers cultured Aeromonas salmonicida, cause of furunculosis disease, from the kidneys and intestines of apparently healthy trout. Home (1928) speculated that ...
Evaluation of the Genetic Diversity of Flavobacterium Psychrophilum from Various Origins [LSC_Flavobacteriumpsychrophilum]
The US Fish and Wildlife Service along with the Washington Department of Fisheries and Wildlife work in cooperation on the Pacific salmon restoration effort. For a number of reasons, population numbers ...
List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature [sbsv_lbnsn]
The List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature includes, alphabetically and chronologically, the nomenclature of bacteria and the nomenclatural changes as cited ...
Modeling Water Quality in the Tualatin River, Oregon, 1991-1997 [WRIR_01_4062]
The calibration of a model of flow, temperature, and water quality in the Tualatin River, Oregon, originally calibrated for the summers of 1991 through 1993, was extended to the summers of 1991 through ...
Resistance of Atlantic salmon to Major Bacterial Pathogens of Atlantic Salmon [LSC_Atlanticsalmonbactpath]
Specific causes of mortality are multifaceted, differ amongst locales, and even temporally within the same environment. Many specific factors influence the resistance of an organism to disease. The ...
Studies to Evaluate the Potential for Mutual Bacterial Pathogen Transfer in Freshwater Mussels and Salmonid Fishes [LSC_bacterialpathogentransfer]
Over 70% of the approximately 300 species of freshwater mussels native to the US are categorized as endangered, threatened or of special concern. There are a number of factors contributing to the ...
Studies to determine if Renibacterium salmoninarum culture metabolite will enhance its virulence [LSC_Renibacterium_salmonarum]
Bacterial kidney disease, caused by the Gram positive bacterium Renibacterium salmoninarum, is a serious disease of wild and hatchery reared salmonid fish species. The disease is especially serious ...
Virulence of Selected Salmonid-Pathogenic Bacteria in Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) [LSC_ArcticChar]
Arctic char are a very important commercial and sport fisheries salmonid species, particularly in northern geographic ranges such as northern US, Canada and in Scandinavian countries. Recently, interest ...
Diversity and metabolic abilities of antarctic bacteria - Polyhydroxyalkanoate production by Antarctic soil bacteria [ASAC_2341_PHA]
Bacterial isolates were obtained from soil samples collected from various locations around Casey station. Soil samples were serial diluted in sterile water and plated on low-strength nutrient agar ...
Distributions and diversities of viruses and bacteria in the Larsen A in the Anatarctic Weddell Sea [KPDC_DDVBLA_AWS_2012_1]
The collapse of the Larsen A Ice Shelve at the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula occurred in 1995. However, no information is available on the spatial distributions of abundances and compositions ...
Isolation, identification, and diversity analysis of bacteria able to degrade humic substances from Alaska tundra soil [KPDC_IIDABATDHS_ATS_2012]
Three different kinds of soil humic substances were extracted from soil and plant debris samples in cold environments of Alaska tundra region. A total of 143 cold-adapted bacterial strains having ...
Metagenomics of Antarctic Lakes: a Model for Defining Microbial Biogeochemical Processes in the Cold [ASAC_2899]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2899 See the link below for public details on this project. We conducted a genomic analysis of Archaea and Bacteria collected from lakes in the Vestfold ...
Molecular analysis of microbiota trapped in ancient antarctic glacial ice [ASAC_2763]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2763 See the link below for public details on this project. Ancient Antarctic glacial ice is a potential resource of trapped microorganisms dating back ...
Proteorhodopsins in Southern Ocean Bacteria [AAS_3127]
Metadata record for data from AAS Project 3127 See the link below for public details on this project. Bacteria in marine environments have been found to be able to partially support growth by using ...
Subantarctic zone oceanography - SAZ Project 1997-1998 - Iron Related Data [ASAC_2256_Iron]
Oceanographic processes in the subantarctic region contribute crucially to the physical and biogeochemical aspects of the global climate system. To explore and quantify these contributions, the Antarctic ...
Latitudinal Gradient Project - Australian contributions [LGP]
This record relates to the Australian component of the Latitudinal Gradient Project. The LGP is largely a New Zealand, US and Italian venture, but a small contribution has been made by Australian ...
Community composition survey at Terra Nova Bay with similar samples collected at Cape Evans Cape Armitage and Turtle Rock [K043_2008_2012_NZ_5]
Five ice cores were collected from Terra Nova bay in the vicinity of Gondwana station. From each core the top, middle and bottom sections were sectioned and processed as described earlier. In addition, ...
Life In The Ice: Microbial Diversity and Function in Antarctic Sea Ice Ecosystems [K043_2010_2012_NZ_2]
Our hypothesis is that ?spatial and temporal variations in diversity and ecosystem function of the sea ice microbial community are sensitive indicators of changing climatic conditions?. The research ...
Species 2000 [Species2000]
Species 2000 has the objective of enumerating all known species of plants, animals, fungi and microbes on Earth as the baseline dataset for studies of global biodiversity. It will also provide a simple ...
World Biodiversity Database [WBD]
ETI's World Biodiversity Database is a continuously growing taxonomic database and information system that aims at documenting all presently known species (about 1.7 million) and to make ...
GIS analysis, biological samples (soil microorganism, invertebrate and plant), automatic weather station data and vegetation and invertebrate surveys to determine the terrestrial biocomplexity of the McMurdo Dry Valleys [K020_2008_2012_NZ_1]
The McMurdo Dry Valleys are the largest area of snow-free land in Antarctica. Managers ability to promote and protect these areas would benefit if we knew the biodiversity present and what controls ...
Fungi isolates from physical samples (soil, rock, wood, foodstuff, air, artifacts, etc) from heroic era sites in the Ross Sea Region to determine fungal biodiversity [K021_1998_2012_NZ_1]
Physical samples of soil, rocks, wood, foodstuffs, air and artifacts were collected from six Heroic era sites in the Ross Sea Region over the period of January 1999 to January 2008. These sites included ...
Life at the Extreme: Resolving the Genetic Basis of Microbial Endemism in the Super-Heated Soils of Mt Erebus, Antarctica [K023_2008_2012_NZ_1]
The study of high temperature extreme environments continues to challenge our understanding of the upper tolerances of microbial life and how life may have originated on earth and possibly other planets. ...
Aurora Australis WOCE Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au9601 [au9601]
Oceanographic measurements were conducted along WOCE Southern Ocean meridional section SR3 between Tasmania and Antarctica from August to September 1996. A total of 71 CTD vertical profile stations ...
Oden Southern Ocean 2008-09 - Yager - Sea Ice microbial biogeochemistry [YagerOSO08]
The Oden Southern Ocean 2008-2009 expedition (OSO08), which was an international collaborative research project, took place between November 2008 and January 2009 and traveled across the poorly studied ...
Environmental protection, management and classification of terrestrial ecosystems in the Ross Sea Region [K123_2010_2012_NZ_3]
Soil samples from a diverse range of soil types have been collected from the Wright and Victoria Valley Systems, to determine whether soil distribution patterns aid prediction of microbial abundance ...
Fungi isolates from physical samples (soil, rock, wood, foodstuff, air, artifacts, etc) from heroic era sites in the Ross Sea Region to determine fungal biodiversity [K021_1998_2011_NZ_1]
Physical samples of soil, rocks, wood, foodstuffs, air and artefacts were collected from six Heroic era sites in the Ross Sea Region over the period of January 1999 to January 2008. These sites included ...
Viral abundance and productivity in the Southern Ocean [BROKE-West_viralabundance]
Data acquisition Samples were collected at the 3 sites at 9 different depths. Depths included the bottom depth as well as 8 samples in the top 200M. 50ml samples were collected from the niskin bottles ...
Environmental Impact Assessment of the Davis Sewage Outfall [DAVIS_STP]
CHILD DIFs
Untreated, macerated wastewater effluent has been discharged to the sea at Davis Station since 2005, when the old wastewater treatment infrastructure was removed. This environmental assessment was ...
SRE4 Effects of hydrocarbons on Antarctic Marine Sediment Ecosystems [SRE4_Microbial]
CHILD DIFs
Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4 (SRE4) was a large, long term (5 year) field experiment run at Casey Station (from 2001 to 2006) testing the effects of 4 different hydrocarbons on marine sediment ...
Bacterial numbers in year five of SRE4 experiment by most probable number count [SRE4_hydrocarbondegrading_MPN_2006]
Most probable number counts of bacteria in sediment samples from the Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4. Samples were taken immediately after the collection of sediment, after the addition of the oils ...
Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria in SRE4 experiment by most probable number count [SRE4_hydrocarbondegrading_MPN_2001]
Most probable number counts of bacteria in sediment samples from the Sediment Recruitment Experiment 4. Samples were taken immediately after the collection of sediment, after the addition of the oils ...
Biology of the Mertz Glacier Polynya - Protist Data [ASAC_1101_Protists]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 1101 See the link below for public details on this project. ---- Public Summary from Project ---- Most of our knowledge of the Antarctic marine ecosystems ...
Characterisation of aquatic resources in McMurdo Sound region of Antarctica: water chemistry, biological identity and genomic samples [K081_2009_2010_NZ_1]
Aquatic environments in Antarctica have changes over time with a changing climate. Small aquatic zones on the surface of glaciers ablation zones are comparatively constant and represent perhaps the ...
Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance from Human Sewage to the Antarctic Environment [ASAC_2936]
Metadata record for data from AAS (ASAC) project 2936. Public Antibiotic resistance is common in bacteria associated with humans. This characteristic is often used to identify sources of environmental ...
Change of eco-epidemiological parameters for the seabird-tick-Borrelia host-parasite system on Hornoeya, Eastern Finnmark, Norway [333_1_IPEV_FR]
Long term spatialised eco-epidemiologic data obtained as part of a CNRS/IPEV (French Polar Institute) research program aiming at examining the response of animal populations to environmental variability ...
Data from the JGOFS Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series Study (BATS), Including Hydrographic, CTD, Sediment Flux and Primary Productivity [BATS_JGOFS_BOTTLEDATA]
The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) is a 10 year project (1988-1998), with primary funding from NSF Ocean Chemistry and Ocean Biology. BATS is part of the Joint Global Ocean Flux Study ...
Genetic information about the seabird-tick-Borrelia host-parasite system [333_3_IPEV_FR]
Sequences of population genetic marquers (microsatellites) and flabB gene of Borrelia burdgoferi obtained as part of a CNRS/IPEV (French Polar Institute) research program aiming at examining the response ...
Geochemical and biological linkages in glacier ecosystems [ASAC_2750]
Metadata record for data from ASAC Project 2750 See the link below for public details on this project. Glaciers are not frozen rivers, but another aquatic ecosystem in the cryosphere. Most life on ...
Aurora Australis SAZ Southern Ocean oceanographic data, cruise au9701 [au97_9801]
Oceanographic measurements were conducted in the Subantarctic Zone south of Tasmania in September 1997. 5 sediment trap moorings were deployed, and a total of 10 CTD vertical profiles were taken. ...
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Frame 352 from the Patterson-Gimlin film, alleged by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin to show a Bigfoot, and by some others to show a man in an ape suit.[1]
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Bigfoot, also known as sasquatch, is the name given to an ape- or hominid-like creature that some people believe inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid. The term sasquatch is an anglicized derivative of the Halkomelem word sásq'ets.[2][3]
Most scientists discount the existence of Bigfoot and consider it to be a combination of folklore, misidentification, and hoax,[4] rather than a living animal, because of the lack of physical evidence and the large numbers of creatures that would be necessary to maintain a breeding population.[5][6] A few scientists, such as Jane Goodall,[7][8] Grover Krantz, and Jeffrey Meldrum, have expressed interest and some measure of belief in the creature.[9]
Bigfoot is described in reports as a large hairy ape-like creature, in a range of 2–3 m (6.6-9.8 ft) tall, weighing in excess of 500 pounds (230 kg), and covered in dark brown or dark reddish hair.[5][10] Purported witnesses have described large eyes, a pronounced brow ridge, and a large, low-set forehead; the top of the head has been described as rounded and crested, similar to the sagittal crest of the male gorilla. Bigfoot is commonly reported to have a strong, unpleasant smell by those who claim to have encountered it.[11] The enormous footprints for which it is named have been as large as 24 inches (60 cm) long and 8 inches (20 cm) wide.[10] While most casts have five toes — like all known apes — some casts of alleged Bigfoot tracks have had numbers ranging from two to six.[12] Some have also contained claw marks, making it likely that a portion came from known animals such as bears, which have five toes and claws.[13][14] Proponents claim that Bigfoot is omnivorous and mainly nocturnal.[15]
Before 1958
Wildmen stories are found among the indigenous population of the Pacific Northwest. The legends existed prior to a single name for the creature.[16] They differed in their details both regionally and between families in the same community. Similar stories of wildmen are found on every continent except Antarctica.[16] Ecologist Robert Michael Pyle argues that most cultures have human-like giants in their folk history: "We have this need for some larger-than-life creature."[17]
Members of the Lummi tell tales about Ts'emekwes, the local version of Bigfoot. The stories are similar to each other in terms of the general descriptions of Ts'emekwes, but details about the creature's diet and activities differed between the stories of different families.[18]
Some regional versions contained more nefarious creatures. The stiyaha or kwi-kwiyai were a nocturnal race that children were told not to say the names of lest the monsters hear and come to carry off a person—sometimes to be killed.[19] In 1847, Paul Kane reported stories by the native people about skoocooms: a race of cannibalistic wild men living on the peak of Mount St. Helens.[13] The skoocooms appear to have been regarded as supernatural, rather than natural.[13]
Less menacing versions such as the one recorded by Reverend Elkanah Walker exist. In 1840, Walker, a Protestant missionary, recorded stories of giants among the Native Americans living in Spokane, Washington. The Indians claimed that these giants lived on and around the peaks of nearby mountains and stole salmon from the fishermen's nets.[20]
Various local legends were compiled by J. W. Burns in a series of Canadian newspaper articles in the 1920s. Each language had its own name for the local version. Many names meant something along the lines of "wild man" or "hairy man" although other names described common actions it was said to perform (e.g. eating clams).[21] Burns coined the term Sasquatch, which is from the Halkomelem sásq'ets (IPA: [ˈsæsq'əts]),[2] and used it in his articles to describe a hypothetical single type of creature reflected in these various stories.[13][21][22] Burns's articles popularized both the legend and its new name, making it well known in western Canada before it gained popularity in the United States.[23]
After 1958
In 1951, Eric Shipton had photographed what he described as a Yeti footprint.[23] This photograph generated considerable attention and the story of the Yeti entered into popular consciousness. The notoriety of ape-men grew over the decade, culminating in 1958 when large footprints were found in Del Norte County, California by bulldozer operator Gerald Crew. Sets of large tracks appeared multiple times around a road-construction site in Bluff Creek. After not being taken seriously about what he was seeing, Crew brought in his friend, Bob Titmus, to cast the prints in plaster. The story was published in the Humboldt Times along with a photo of Crew holding one of the casts.[13]
Locals had been calling the unseen track-maker "Big Foot" since the late summer, which Humboldt Times columnist Andrew Genzoli shortened to "Bigfoot" in his article.[24] Bigfoot gained international attention when the story was picked up by the Associated Press.[13][25] Following the death of Ray Wallace – a local logger – his family attributed the creation of the footprints to him.[5] The wife of L.W. "Scoop" Beal, the editor of the Humboldt Standard, which later combined with the Humboldt Times, in which Genzoli's story had appeared,[26] has stated that her husband was in on the hoax with Wallace.[27]
1958 was a watershed year not just for the Bigfoot story itself but also for the culture that surrounds it. The first Bigfoot hunters appeared following the discovery of footprints at Bluff Creek, California. Within a year, Tom Slick, who had funded searches for Yeti in the Himalayas earlier in the decade, organized searches for Bigfoot in the area around Bluff Creek.[28]
As Bigfoot has become better known and a phenomenon in popular culture, sightings have spread throughout North America. In addition to the Pacific Northwest, the Great Lakes region and the Southeastern United States have had many reports of Bigfoot sightings.[29]
Prominent reported sightings
About a third of all reports of Bigfoot sightings are concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, with most of the remaining reports spread throughout the rest of North America.[13][30][31] Some Bigfoot advocates, such as John Willison Green, have postulated that Bigfoot is a worldwide phenomenon.[32] The most notable reports include:
- 1924: Prospector Albert Ostman claimed to have been abducted by Sasquatch and held captive by the creatures in British Columbia.[33]
- 1924: Fred Beck claimed that he and four other miners were attacked one night in July 1924, by several "apemen" throwing rocks at their cabin in an area later called Ape Canyon, Washington.[34] Beck said the miners shot and possibly killed at least one of the creatures, precipitating an attack on their cabin, during which the creatures bombarded the cabin with rocks and tried to break in. The supposed incident was widely reported at the time.[35] Beck wrote a book about the alleged event in 1967, in which he argued that the creatures were mystical beings from another dimension, claiming that he had experienced psychic premonitions and visions his entire life of which the apemen were only one component.[36] Speleologist William Halliday argued in 1983 that the story arose from an incident in which hikers from a nearby camp had thrown rocks into the canyon.[37] There are also local rumors that pranksters harassed the men and planted faked footprints.[13]
- 1941: Jeannie Chapman and her children said they had escaped their home when a 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall Sasquatch approached their residence in Ruby Creek, British Columbia.[38]
- 1958: Bulldozer operator Jerry Crew took to a newspaper office a cast of one of the enormous footprints he and other workers had seen at an isolated work site at Bluff Creek, California. The crew was overseen by Wilbur L. Wallace, brother of Raymond L. Wallace. After Ray Wallace's death, his children came forward with a pair of 16-inch (41 cm) wooden feet, which they said their father had used to fake the Bigfoot tracks in 1958.[5][13] Wallace is poorly regarded by many Bigfoot proponents. John Napier wrote, "I do not feel impressed with Mr. Wallace's story" regarding having over 15,000 feet (4,600 m) of film showing Bigfoot.[39]
- 1967: Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin reported that on October 20 they had captured a purported Sasquatch on film at Bluff Creek, California. This came to be known as the Patterson-Gimlin film. Many years later, Bob Heironimus, an acquaintance of Patterson's, said that he had worn an ape costume for the making of the film.[13] However, Patterson and Gimlin claimed that they sought various experts to examine the film. Patterson claimed to have screened the film for unnamed technicians "in the special effects department at Universal Studios in Hollywood ... Their conclusion was: 'We could try (faking it), but we would have to create a completely new system of artificial muscles and find an actor who could be trained to walk like that. It might be done, but we would have to say that it would be almost impossible.'"[40]
- 2007: On September 16, 2007, hunter Rick Jacobs captured an image of a supposed Sasquatch by using an automatically triggered camera attached to a tree,[41] prompting a spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Game Commission to say that it was probably an image of "a bear with a severe case of mange."[42] The photo was taken near the town of Ridgway, Pennsylvania, in the Allegheny National Forest.[43][44]
Proposed explanations for sightings
Various types of creatures have been suggested to explain both the sightings and what type of creature Bigfoot would be if it existed. The scientific community typically attributes sightings to either hoaxes or misidentification of known animals and their tracks. While cryptozoologists generally explain Bigfoot as an unknown ape, some believers in Bigfoot attribute the phenomenon to UFOs or other paranormal causes.[45]
In 2007, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said that photos the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization claimed showed a juvenile Bigfoot were probably of a bear with mange.[43][47] Jeffrey Meldrum, on the other hand, said the limb proportions of the suspected juvenile in question were not bear-like, and stated that he felt they were "more like a chimpanzee."[48]
Both scientists and Bigfoot believers agree that many of the sightings are hoaxes or misidentified animals.[12]
Bigfoot sightings or footprints are often demonstrably hoaxes. Author Jerome Clark argues that the Jacko Affair, involving an 1884 newspaper report of an apelike creature captured in British Columbia, was a hoax. Citing research by John Green, who found that several contemporary British Columbia newspapers regarded the alleged capture as very dubious, Clark notes that the Mainland Guardian of New Westminster, British Columbia, wrote, "Absurdity is written on the face of it."[49]
On July 14, 2005, Tom Biscardi, a long-time Bigfoot enthusiast and CEO of Searching for Bigfoot Inc., appeared on the Coast to Coast AM paranormal radio show and announced that he was "98% sure that his group will be able to capture a Bigfoot which they have been tracking in the Happy Camp, California area."[50] A month later, Biscardi announced on the same radio show that he had access to a captured Bigfoot and was arranging a pay-per-view event for people to see it. Biscardi appeared on Coast to Coast AM again a few days later to announce that there was no captive Bigfoot. Biscardi blamed an unnamed woman for misleading him and the show's audience for being gullible.[50]
On July 9, 2008, Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton posted a video to YouTube claiming that they had discovered the body of a dead Sasquatch in a forest in northern Georgia. Tom Biscardi was contacted to investigate. Dyer and Whitton received $50,000 from Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., as a good faith gesture.[51] The story of the men's claims was covered by many major news networks, including BBC,[52] CNN,[53] ABC News,[54] and Fox News.[55] Soon after a press conference, the alleged Bigfoot body arrived in a block of ice in a freezer with the Searching for Bigfoot team. When the contents were thawed, it was discovered that the hair was not real, the head was hollow, and the feet were rubber.[56] Dyer and Whitton subsequently admitted it was a hoax after being confronted by Steve Kulls, executive director of Squatchdetective.com.[57]
In August 2012, a man in Montana was killed by a car while perpetrating a Bigfoot hoax using a ghillie suit.[58][59]
Bigfoot proponents Grover Krantz and Geoffrey Bourne believed that Bigfoot could be a relict population of Gigantopithecus. Bourne contends that as all Gigantopithecus fossils were found in Asia, and as many species of animals migrated across the Bering land bridge, it is not unreasonable to assume that Gigantopithecus might have as well.[60]
The Gigantopithecus hypothesis is generally considered entirely speculative. Gigantopithecus fossils are not found in the Americas. As the only recovered fossils are of mandibles and teeth, there is some uncertainty about Gigantopithecus's locomotion. Krantz has argued, based on his extrapolation of the shape of its mandible, that Gigantopithecus blacki could have been bipedal. However, the relevant part of mandible is not present in any fossils.[61] The mainstream view is that Gigantopithecus was quadrupedal, and it has been argued that Gigantopithecus's enormous mass would have made it difficult for it to adopt a bipedal gait.
Matt Cartmill presents another problem with the Gigantopithecus hypothesis: "The trouble with this account is that Gigantopithecus was not a hominin and maybe not even a crown-group hominoid; yet the physical evidence implies that Bigfoot is an upright biped with buttocks and a long, stout, permanently adducted hallux. These are hominin autapomorphies, not found in other mammals or other bipeds. It seems unlikely that Gigantopithecus would have evolved these uniquely hominin traits in parallel."[62]
Bernard G. Campbell wrote: "That Gigantopithecus is in fact extinct has been questioned by those who believe it survives as the Yeti of the Himalayas and the Sasquatch of the north-west American coast. But the evidence for these creatures is not convincing."[63]
Extinct hominidae
A species of Paranthropus, such as Paranthropus robustus, with its crested skull and bipedal gait, was suggested by primatologist John Napier and anthropologist Gordon Strasenburg as a possible candidate for Bigfoot's identity,[64] despite the fact that fossils of Paranthropus are found only in Africa.
Michael Rugg, of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum, presented a comparison between human, Gigantopithecus and Meganthropus skulls (reconstructions made by Grover Krantz) in episodes 131 and 132 of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum Show.[65] He favorably compares a modern tooth suspected of coming from a Bigfoot to the Meganthropus fossil teeth, noting the worn enamel on the occlusal surface. The Meganthropus fossils originated from Asia, and the tooth was found near Santa Cruz, California.
Some suggest Neanderthal, Homo erectus, or Homo heidelbergensis to be the creature, but no remains of any of those species have been found in the Americas.[66]
Scientific view
The scientific community discounts the existence of Bigfoot, as there is no evidence supporting the survival of such a large, prehistoric ape-like creature. The evidence that does exist points more towards a hoax or delusion than to sightings of a genuine creature.[5] In a 1996 USA Today article, Washington State zoologist John Crane said, "There is no such thing as Bigfoot. No data other than material that's clearly been fabricated has ever been presented."[17] In addition to the lack of evidence, scientists cite the fact that Bigfoot is alleged to live in regions unusual for a large, nonhuman primate, i.e., temperate latitudes in the northern hemisphere; all recognized nonhuman apes are found in the tropics of Africa and Asia.
As with other proposed megafauna cryptids, climate and food supply issues would make such a creature's survival in reported habitats unlikely.[67] Great apes are not found in the fossil record in the Americas, and no Bigfoot remains are known to have been found. Scientific consensus is that the breeding population of such an animal would be so large that it would account for many more purported sightings than currently occur, making the existence of such an animal an almost certain impossibility.[6] In the 1970s, when Bigfoot "experts" were frequently given high-profile media coverage, the scientific community generally avoided lending credence to the theories by debating them.[68]
A few scientists have been less skeptical about the claims of the existence of Sasquatch. Idaho university professor Jeffrey Meldrum characterizes the search for Sasquatch as "a valid scientific endeavor",[citation needed] and says that the fossil remains of an ancient giant ape called Gigantopithecus could turn out to be ancestors of today's commonly known Bigfoot.[69] John Napier asserts that the scientific community's attitude towards Bigfoot stems primarily from insufficient evidence.[70] Other scientists who have shown varying degrees of interest in the legend are anthropologist David Daegling,[71] field biologist George Schaller,[17][72][73] Russell Mittermeier, Daris Swindler, Esteban Sarmiento,[74] and Carleton S. Coon.[75]
Jane Goodall, in a September 27, 2002, interview on National Public Radio's "Science Friday", expressed her ideas about the existence of Bigfoot. First stating "I'm sure they exist", she later went on to say, chuckling, "Well, I'm a romantic, so I always wanted them to exist", and finally: "You know, why isn't there a body? I can't answer that, and maybe they don't exist, but I want them to."[7] In 2012, Goodall said, "I'm fascinated and would actually love them to exist."[8]
Bigfoot DNA claim
After what The Huffington Post described as "a five-year study of purported Bigfoot (also known as Sasquatch) DNA samples,"[76] Texas veterinarian Melba Ketchum and her team announced that they had found proof that the Sasquatch "is a human relative that arose approximately 15,000 years ago as a hybrid cross of modern Homo sapiens with an unknown primate species." Ketchum called for this to be recognized officially, saying that "Government at all levels must recognize them as an indigenous people and immediately protect their human and Constitutional rights against those who would see in their physical and cultural differences a 'license' to hunt, trap, or kill them."[77]
Failing to find a scientific journal that would publish their results, Ketchum announced on February 13, 2013 that their research had been published in the DeNovo Journal of Science. The Huffington Post discovered that the domain had been registered anonymously only nine days before the announcement. The only edition of DeNovo was listed as Volume 1, Issue 1, and its only content was the Bigfoot research.[77][78]
Bigfoot organizations
There are several organizations dedicated to the research and investigation of Bigfoot sightings in the United States. The oldest and largest[citation needed] is the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO). The BFRO also provides a free database to individuals and other organizations. Their internet website includes reports from across North America that have been investigated by researchers to determine credibility.[79]
Wikinews has related news: Reported Bigfoot sighting in Clarence, New York a hoax |
Popular culture
Bigfoot has had a demonstrable impact as a popular culture phenomenon. It has "become entrenched in American popular culture and it is as viable an icon as Michael Jordan" with more than forty-five years having passed since reported sightings in California, and neither an animal nor "a satisfying explanation as to why folks see giant hairy men that don't exist".[80]
See also
- Ape Canyon
- Bigfoot
- Bigfoot trap
- Harry and the Hendersons
- Hibagon – Japan's Bigfoot
- List of cryptids
- Mogollon Monster
- Sasquatch, the Legend of Bigfoot
- Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science
- Skookum cast
- The Legend of Boggy Creek
- Tsul 'Kalu
- Wild Man of the Navidad
- Yeren – Mongolia's Bigfoot
- Yeti – The Himalayas' Bigfoot
- Yowie – Australia's Bigfoot
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- ^ Blu Buhs 2009, p. 241
- ^ Driscoll, John (October 30, 2008). "Birth of Bigfoot". The Times-Standard (Eureka, CA).
- ^ Daegling 2004, p. 35
- ^ "Geographical Database of Bigfoot/Sasquatch Sightings & Reports". BFRO. Archived from the original on February 28, 2009. Retrieved April 10, 2009.
- ^ "Geographical Database of Bigfoot/Sasquatch Sightings and Reports". Bigfoot Field Research Organization. Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ^ Cartmill, Matt (January 2008). "Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend/Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 135 (1): 118. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20691.
- ^ Green, John Willison (1978). Sasquatch – The Apes Among Us. Hancock House Publishing. p. 16. ISBN 0-88839-123-4.
- ^ Boys Life Magazine. Page 34 Published by The Boy Scouts of America. October 1980
- ^ Beck, Ronald A. "I Fought the Apemen of Mount St. Helens, WA.". bigfootencounters.com. Archived from the original on June 22, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ "Gorilla Seeahtik Indians and prospectors," Engineering and Mining Journal-Press, Aug 16, 1924, p.242.
- ^ Beck, Fred; told to Ronald A. Beck. (1967) I Fought The Apemen of Mount St. Helens, WA.
- ^ Halliday, William R. (1983). Ape Cave and the Mount St. Helens Apes. ISBN 1-886168-00-8.
- ^ Sanderson, Ivan T. "Sasquatch Classics: Ruby Creek".
- ^ Napier 1973, p. 89
- ^ Hunter and Dahinden, 119.
- ^ "Jacobs Photos – Pennsylvania, 9/16/2007". Bigfoot Field Research Organization. September 16, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ "Is It Bigfoot? Hunter's Photos Ignite Debate". Foxnews.com. October 28, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ^ a b "Is this Bigfoot ... or is it a bear with bad skin?". Mail Online. October 30, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2008.
- ^ Hart, Josh (October 30, 2007). "Rick Jacobs Bigfoot Pictures: Multiple Photos Now Online". Retrieved January 12, 2010.
- ^ Boston, Rob (December 2003). "Scenes from a Bigfoot Conference". Skeptical Inquirer. Retrieved August 19, 2008.
- ^ "Jacobs Photos". Retrieved September 16, 2009.
- ^ "Hunter's pics revive lively Bigfoot debate". MSNBC. October 29, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ^ "Young Sasquatch? ''Earthfiles Podcast 10-31-07''". Earthfiles333.com. October 31, 2007. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ^ Clark, Jerome (1993). Unexplained! 347 Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences and Puzzling Physical Phenomena. Visible Ink. p. 195. ISBN 0-8103-9436-7.
- ^ a b "Georgia Bigfoot body in freezer". Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ Boone, Christian; Kathy Jefcoats (August 20, 2008). "Searching for Bigfoot group to sue Georgia hoaxers". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008.
- ^ "Americans 'find body of Bigfoot'". BBC News. August 15, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ "Body proves Bigfoot no myth, hunters say". CNN. August 15, 2008. Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ Ki Mae Heusser (August 15, 2008). "Legend of Bigfoot: Discovery or Hoax?". ABC News. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ Wollan, Malia (September 16, 2008). "Georgia men claim hairy, frozen corpse is Bigfoot". Fox News. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
- ^ Keefe, Bob (August 19, 2008). "Bigfoot's body a hoax, California site reveals". Cox News Service. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
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- ^ Lynch, Rene (August 28, 2012). Bigfoot hoax ends badly: Montana jokester hit, killed by car. L.A. Times.
- ^ Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 36 #6, Nov. 2012, p. 9
- ^ Bourne, Geoffrey H.; Cohen, Maury (1975). The Gentle Giants: The Gorilla Story. G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 296. ISBN 0-399-11528-5.
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- ^ Cartmill 2008, p. 117
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- ^ Napier 1973
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- ^ Napier 1973, p. 197
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- ^ Radford, Benjamin (February 14, 2013). "'Bigfoot DNA' Study Seeks Yeti Rights". Discovery.com. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
- ^ Coleman, Loren (2003). Bigfoot!:The True Story of Apes in America. Simon and Schuster. p. 233. ISBN 1439187789.
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- Blu Buhs, Joshua (2009). Bigfoot: the life and times of a legend. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-07979-0.
- Daegling, David J. (2004). Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America's Enduring Legend. Altamira Press. pp. 62–63. ISBN 0-7591-0539-1.
- Napier, John Russell (1973). Bigfoot: The Sasquatch and Yeti in Myth and Reality. E.P. Dutton. ISBN 0-525-06658-6.
Further reading
- Arment, Arment (2006). The Historical Bigfoot. Coachwhip Publications. ISBN 1-930585-30-6.
- Coleman, Loren (2003). Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America. ISBN 1439187789.
- Debenat, Jean-Paul; Paul H LeBlond; Christopher L Murphy (2009). Sasquatch/Bigfoot and the mystery of the Wild Man. Hancock House. ISBN 978-0-88839-685-3.
- Guttilla, Peter (2009). The Bigfoot Files. ISBN 9781892264152.
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As we approach the end of the penultimate month of 2013 it's time to round up some of the most interesting and noteworthy social campaigns we've seen in the past 30 days or so.
This time it includes efforts from MTV, Red Bull, Manchester City, Sony and ASOS.
If you've spotted any other decent social campaigns in November please flag them up in the comments...
Read more...
by David Moth 26 November 2013 14:44pm 1 comment
American Airlines' approach to social has undergone a huge period of transition in the past few years.
The evolution came thanks to a new strategy that was aimed at developing social as a responsive, efficient customer service channel.
At Socialbakers' Engage NYC event today American Airlines' social communications analyst Katy Phillips described how and why the company's approach to social had developed since 2011.
Up until two years ago American's social channels were handled in partnership with a PR firm, however it was felt that in order to properly resolve customer service queries social needed to handled exclusively in-house.
by David Moth 21 November 2013 16:37pm 2 comments
"If there's one thing you have if you run a small business, it's time. If there's one thing you probably don't have, it's money."
I have to credit the above statement to Will Critchlow, it condenses what I'm about to discuss in a simplified way.
Essentially social media costs nothing but can be a fairly time consuming practice depending on how many platforms you choose to use. Social media is also the key way for a small business to develop awareness, raise its profile, gauge its market and interact with existing and future customers.
As a small business you're in a great position to start exploiting social media for all its worth.
As the UK is celebrating its first Small Business Saturday on 7th December 2013, here I present the first in a series of posts that will take a look at each individual social media platform, and highlight how your small business can wring the best out of each one.
Let's begin with Twitter.
by Christopher Ratcliff 21 November 2013 16:08pm 6 comments
Snapchat, the equally popular and controversial photo-sharing site, has edged out Facebook in being the most frequently used platform to upload photos.
Out of 809m daily photo uploads in November 2013 so far, Snapchat has a 49% share (accounting for approximately 400m daily uploads), with Facebook now at 43%.
This 400m figure has grown from the reported 350m in September 2013 and a previous figure of 200m in June 2013.
by Christopher Ratcliff 20 November 2013 11:01am 5 comments
Only 74 of the top 5,000 YouTube channels are from brands.
This research comes from Touchstorm's latest study, The Touchstorm Video Index, covering Q3 2013 and concentrating on the 'YouTube 5,000', an elite group of channels with at least 43m views each.
Of those 5,000 channels, only 2% are owned by brands. That means there are 4,926 teenagers with webcams, older people with camcorders, vloggers with flipcams, bedroom animators with smartphones and various other fashionistas, musicians, close-up magicians, action figure critics and amateur film-makers who are completely dominating the platform and squeezing out the big companies.
What can brands do about this? Is there any hope for them?
Here are some key findings from the report, along with our own insight, ideas for strategy and a look at the brands who are using YouTube successfully.
by Christopher Ratcliff 19 November 2013 15:04pm 3 comments
Last month Twitter added an image preview feature that causes pictures and Vines to automatically appear in users' timelines.
Prior to the update users had to manually expand the media or click through to view the full tweet, but we're now shown a small preview window whether we like it or not..
As with all alterations to the Twitter interface, the update was met with outrage from users who always seem surprised when agile and innovative tech companies seek to evolve their product.
The new image previews can occasionally cause problems, like this morning when my colleague Ben Davis caught a glimpse of a very NSFW picture that someone I follow had tweeted, but in general I find they add some much needed variety to my Twitter timeline.
by David Moth 12 November 2013 13:08pm 8 comments
Twitter wallpapers/backgrounds aren't integral to business, but if a user has found themselves on your profile page, why not hit them between the eyes with some marketing?
Perhaps upcoming events, a product showcase, or something of your history.
There are many things one can do with a Twitter background, and here's a selection of what's out there that you can replicate.
by Ben Davis 11 November 2013 11:44am 6 comments
As Twitter grows, it's more difficult to digest your own activity, to search for trends and content, and to find the right people to engage with.
To the already swollen ranks of Twitter clients comes Tame. Tame claims to provide further context for the user.
I asked a few questions of their team, to find out more about the service.
by Ben Davis 11 November 2013 09:18am 0 comments
This week's stats roundup is all about shopping, including conversion optimisation, mobile-friendly web design, showrooming and eBay.
There's also room for some beefy stats on Facebook and Twitter (after Twitter's IPO) and some interesting detail on web standards and ad complexity.
Feed your brain with this week's rare and juicy stats - watch that white shirt! And for more digital marketing stats, check out our Internet Statistics Compendium.
by Ben Davis 08 November 2013 12:35pm 1 comment
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article entitled Fight Club! Netflix, LOVEFiLM and NOW TV: a UX comparison. For this I had to sign up to their respective VoD services. You know, for the greater good of journalism.
Now the time has come to quit these VoD services because it seems there really is such thing as too much choice... plus I'm not made of money... and there's only so many hours in a day. I do have a job you know!
Based on recent research that suggests 72% of customers expect complaints on Twitter to be answered in one hour, I'll be taking a look at each company's Twitter customer service channel compared to their site's own customer service, then finally I'll see how easy it is to quit and how easily they let me go.
by Christopher Ratcliff 08 November 2013 10:43am 13 comments


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Your Turn
When you were little, what did your friends have that made you think they were rich?
When you were little, what did your friends have that made you think they were rich?
Class rings. :/
A trampoline
a swimming pool
Not anything my friends had, but when I was little, I had "Barbie's Magical Motor-home" - I begged my parents for us to move into a motor-home and thought it was really crappy that our house was built into the ground and you couldn't drive it anywhere.
Inground pool and big house. Even though, looking back, the house was probably only 1600 sq ft. Compared to my family's house (800 sq ft) it was huge. Lol
A barbie room...entire room dedicated to my barbie collection, which included about 100 barbies, zillions of clothes, my barbie dream house/pool/rv/3 corvettes etc. I ruled the playground...lol
Trampoline and tennis court because they WERE rich.
For me, it was the three-story mansion with seven bedrooms and a swimming pool that seemed impressive. Although it was in a little town in the Rocky Mountains, and they listened to Tammy Wynette and Buck Owens on their expensive stereo system.
HBO. It was just new. We had 10 channel cable. They had naked ladies and movies.
A satin comforter. Darn that first bff of mine. Christmas morning she would call and list everything she got then ask what I got.
HBO. It was just new. We had 10 channel cable. They had naked ladies and movies.
cable tv!!! (my parents didn't get cable until the mid 1990's)
I don't remember thinking anyone was rich. But I do remember thinking my friends were poor when we were enjoying a bag of generic cookies at their house. Remember the yellow packaging with giant black writing that just said what the contents were...."Cookies"? As generic as you could get. My mom was partial to brand names.
I know this sounds sad - but divorced parents. My friends had 2 of everything and I only had one. I eventually figured out that it wasn't a good thing.
A Porsche
Simply being aware of the fact that we were the poor relations in the family because my father was a teacher and the other husbands/brothers were all successful businessmen in law, medicine, real estate and finance.
So yeah, my aunts tended to hold it over my mother's head.
We knew.
I told my friend she was poor because her mum didn't work. I was a horrible child.
Lunchables and non generic cereal!
Lol. It was a basement! Where I live that water table is so high, you can't go 8 feet down without 2 inches of that being mud. : ) I was impressed they could afford to keep it dry.
I was a teenager, but I went to a graduation party at a house which was modern and beautiful. They had a gorgeous houndstooth sofa and smoked mirrored walls (this was the 70's). It looked so sophisticated to me. They WERE rich and the family still is. They are nice, too.
Anyone who had stairs leading to another level in their home seemed rich to me. Also cable tv (my parents waited to get DirecTV until afte I left for college).
My friend Darryl had a pin ball machine and a pac man game, the big arcade one in their basement.
A ping pong table AND a pony.
Not a damn thing because even though I always knew we didn't have a lot of money, I had my six brothers and my sister, and we travelled all around the US because my Dad was in the service and it was a time when the Government didn't mind sending sailors and their families from one coast to the other. I was better travelled and better loved than almost everyone I knew. And I appreciated it.
I grew up living in an apartment, so anyone who lived in an actual house seemed rich to me!
when I was very young I grew up in a coal camp neighborhood, with plain wooden houses, a few of them were 2 story homes, but when we got a chance to go out with the parents, and travelled to a small town about 5-6 miles away, I noticed that those houses were painted, all of them, so I thought only rich people lived in painted houses.
Cable tv.
Guess brand jeans.
Designer clothes. Mine were decent, but they were rarely name-brand. I wanted Guess and Ralph Lauren clothes and a Liz Claiborne purse SO badly. Funny thing, though...I couldn't give less of a shit now.
A refrigerator in the garage.
not much we were all pretty much the same
All my friends were rich compared to me. I will never forget being picked up for a date, and the asshole telling me that he would never want to live in an area where he had the least amount of money.
diplomatic immunity.
When I was young, I went to a Christmas party at a huge house that had TWO beautifully decorated Christmas trees. It blew my mind. I thought that was the ultimate luxury.
super. fucking. nintendo.
A Delorean.
Store bought Barbie clothes and the freakin' house too. We made both with scraps from old clothes and a cardboard box respectively. I even fashioned wax fruit and a phone too. The Princess phone looked awesome!
I agree with all of the Barbie accessories. My childhood bff had the corvette and the townhouse, and all of the Barbie clothes for the dolls. I had another friend who literally lived in a castle but I was smitten by the Barbie collection. As it turned out, my bff's mother was on welfare (not that there's anything wrong with that, just illustrating my point) and my bff was from a broken home so her mother made up for it with Barbie loot. My bff and I went our separate ways when she slept with my husband (and the husband was booted too) I'm still friends with the girl that grew up in the castle :)
Clothes from Macy's.
A lot of friends were actually rich, but I didn't realize until I was older.
The only one was some dude whose parents had an English friend called "Donald" he (compulsive liar, on the other part) told me he was one of the World richest people who gave him coins from all over the world for his collection. I had heard sometime before that a "Donald Trump" fit the description, so I thought it was him (remember that I was very young and British people and American people were the same to me). Years after it, I knew he was just a sailor/fisherman who traveled a lot because of his job. That was the last nail in my friend's credibility coffin.
Color TV, I'll never forget seeing The Flintstones for the first time in color at my bff's house.
I never thought like that, but we had something I was sure would impress any of my 11 year old classmates: a cut glass whiskey decanter, mostly for show, it was empty. But I thought to pour water for your friend out of that would just mean the height of elegance, lol. Never came to pass tho. Lol
A piano.
Good one.
A pony!!!!!!!
I remember going to Graceland on vacay with my folks (I know) when I was 9 and thinking it tacky and small compared to my great grandmother's home (with it's two kitchens, horse barn, etc)
Growing up, when the Cape Verdean families in my neighborhood would summer vacation on Martha's Vineyard, I thought they were rich.
When 2 of my friends turned 16 they got new cars for their birthday.
My parents were the world's worst procrastinators, so I lived in an unfinished and messy house. I was able to live in a lot of holes after that; never bothered me. *L* But all my friends had clean, tidy houses with full walls and stuff. I hated them.
10 Car garage filled with restored classic cars, pool, 8 bedroom mansion, frequent safaris, horse farm etc. I didn't think they were rich, I KNEW they were rich.
Parents that cared about them.
For my fifth birthday I asked for Jordache jeans and an Alligator shirt, "just like Allison" had. She was the richest girl in my nursery school class. (And yes, she had every Barbie ever made.) Luckily, I had a Godmother who spoiled me rotten and damn if I don't still have pictures of me on the first day of kindergarten wearing that outfit.
Nintendo and Genesis
I have six siblings..and most of my friends came from much smaller families--two or three kids max. I figured less mouths to feed--more money in the bank.
Sandwiches wrapped in foil. Mine were in wax paper.
An Easy-Bake oven. The thing was real, my friend could make real cookies or whatever with it.
Barbie's dream house.
I had a friend who lived in a nicer, larger house. For Christmas, she would get a jar of pickles and other food items. It was weird. And I am not talking about stocking stuffers. She and her brothers had their names in marker on the lids in the fridge.
Our neighbors had a ridiculously large Sony TV with a tall projection screen like we had in school. There were 3 huge lights on the bottom that streamed process colors when it was turned on.
They also had a top-loading VCR and one of those circular telephones with a hole in the middle that looked like a big bracelet or a bagel.
Flashy mother f*ckers. They're probably broke now.
A soda stream. Seriously we were broke.
A mom that didn't work, because if if the mom doesn't work then the dad must make a lot of money (and they also had nice things, nice house, etc). Also, a two-story house because we had a one story and I thought the two-story was so nice. It's funny because I just bought a house and didn't want a 2-story, so I found that funny (to me a 2-story isn't as nice as a 1-story with a lot of square footage). Also, if they had fancy clothes and always looked so put together.
Atari and Nike Cortez sneakers. And their parents had matching Caddilacs. My dad worked for the town, my mom was a school teacher... I thought they were LOADED.
A Swimming Pool!
THey had 2 liters of Dr. Pepper and Coke on their counter and you could just have whatever you wanted anytime. We only had tea and lemonade at our house.
It's funny, I always thought my neighbors were rich with nice sized houses & in ground pools. It wasn't until I had friends come over & them be impressed with my stuff did it occur to me that not everyone lived like we did. Also now as an adult, I realize not everyone vacationed like we did or got to go to so many professional sporting events. I have been to games people would kill to go to & was bored simply bc I didn't understand how special it was.
When I was about 5 a friend brought her own box of bandaids AND the jumbo box of crayons to use at our summer day care. Does it get any better? Later, in 2nd grade a boy had fake rubys about the size of a quarter. A whole bag of them. I still remember telling about it at dinner that night, and my parents laughing and telling me the rubys probably weren't real. I was convinced he was a secret prince, or at least a millionaire.
Real papagallo purses with tons of covers. ;)
Mansions. Expensive cars. Parents who were doctors/lawyers/politicians.
They WERE rich.
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Here is a look at the life of Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of South Africa.
Personal: Birth date: July 18, 1918
Death date: December 5, 2013
Birth place: Mvezo, Transkei, South Africa.
Birth name: Rolihlahla Dalibhunga Mandela
Father: Gadla Henry Mphakanyiswa, a counselor to the royal house of the Thembu tribe
Mother: Nosekeni Fanny Mandela
Marriages: Graca (Machel) Mandela (July 18, 1998-December 5, 2013, his death); "Winnie" (Madikizela) Mandela (1958-1996, divorce); Evelyn (Ntoko) Mandela (1944-1958, divorce)
Children: with Winnie Mandela: Zindzi, 1960 and Zenani, 1959; with Evelyn Mandela: Makaziwe, 1953; Makgatho, 1950-January 6, 2005; Makaziwe, 1947-1948; Thembekile, 1946-1969
Education: University of South Africa, law degree, 1942
Other Facts: He was given the name Nelson by a school teacher. He was sometimes called Madiba, his traditional clan name.
Mandela was called both "the world's most famous political prisoner" and "South Africa's Great Black Hope."
Timeline: 1941-1943 - Mandela meets Walter Sisulu who helps him get a job at the law firm of Witkin, Sidelsky, and Eidelman.
1944 - Joins the African National Congress and helps found the ANC Youth League.
1951 - Becomes president of the ANC Youth League.
1952 - Opens the first black law partnership in South Africa with friend Oliver Tambo.
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MSC: S'mores Cupcakes
It's the 15th of the month which means it's a posting day for the Martha Stewart Cupcakes Club! This month's selection was chosen by Mary Ann of Meet Me in the Kitchen: s'mores cupcakes! The photo of these cupcakes in the book was absolutely gorgeous - the frosting looks so billowy. I tried a different recipe for s'mores cupcakes around this time last year and I loved them so I was excited to see how these would compare.
The first challenge was to find the graham flour that the recipe calls for. I had to visit 4 or 5 stores but finally I was successful (for anyone looking, Bob's Red Mill). The recipe indicated that these cupcakes needed to be served within a short time after being made and since it was just the two of us, I scaled way back. I made 1/3 of the recipe, which yielded 8 cupcakes, but only frosted 3 of them, sticking the rest in the freezer for another time. The topping is actually two parts - first a chocolate ganache and then on top of that, a marshmallow frosting. Since there are three components to the recipe, it is a bit fussy, but not difficult.
I knew these would probably not be a favorite after I made the cupcakes. As they cooled, I felt them and could tell they were very dense. I kept an eye on them as they baked so I'm fairly certain they weren't overdone, but I'll be interested to see what everyone else says about their cupcakes. The chocolate ganache was my favorite part of the cupcake - great consistency and wonderful flavor. It was also really shiny! The marshmallow frosting was a bit of a disappointment for me too. It hardens quickly after being made so you have to pipe immediately. I thought it was too rubbery when I sampled one of the cupcakes; I guess I'd hoped for soft and gooey like a toasted marshmallow. As I expected, my cupcakes were also really dense - so much so we didn't end up eating the ones I topped. I probably wouldn't make these again, but it was fun trying them once!
Thanks to Mary Ann for her selection this month! We don't post the recipes, but you can find it on page 150-151 of Martha Stewart's Cupcakes book. And if you don't have the book, you could always try the s'mores cupcakes I posted last year :)
39 comments:
- Jessica @ How Sweet said...
These look amazing!! Smores are one of my favorite flavors!
- February 15, 2010 at 9:10 AM
- Rebecca said...
I tried a different recipe for the frosting (no gelatin) which seemed to work better. I also thought these were pretty dense, but my husband liked them. Yours are beautiful!
- February 15, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Maria said...
Girl, your cupcakes are GORGEOUS! Nice photos and I am sure they taste amazing too!
- February 15, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Stephanie said...
They may not have been that great taste wise, but they certainly look beautiful. Very elegant cupcake liners. Peace, Stephanie
- February 15, 2010 at 9:44 AM
- k.a.r.e.n said...
Your cupcakes look just like the ones in the book! PERFECT! You never cease to amaze me!
- February 15, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- mike said...
Now those are the perfect toppers! Wonderfully browned Tracey! Mine fell flat since I didn't get Bob's flour and thought ground graham crackers would work (stupid me)! These look stunning! The perfect s'mores cupcakes!
- February 15, 2010 at 10:30 AM
- Fearless Kitchen said...
The cupcakes look great, sorry you weren't so into them. I've had mixed results from this particular book myself.
- February 15, 2010 at 10:54 AM
- Mary Ann said...
Sorry you didn't like these, Tracey! I knew the texture of the cupcake was probably going to be a problem, but I liked it b/c it tasted like a graham cracker to me.
Yours turned out absolutely gorgeous. Picture perfect.
Thanks for baking along! - February 15, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Jennywenny said...
Nice! I made these and I really liked the cupcakes, but then I'm a crunchy granola kind of girl! I cheated a little and went for 7 min frosting which was much quicker!
- February 15, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets said...
Wish these had been better! They're sooo cute though.
- February 15, 2010 at 12:58 PM
- Chic Cookies said...
Beautiful! They look gorgeous!
- February 15, 2010 at 2:48 PM
- Judy said...
yeah, i didn't enjoy these as much either! it was soo dense and a bit gritty due to the graham flour!
your cupcakes are gorgeous, though! love the cupcake lining! - February 15, 2010 at 3:53 PM
- TeaLady said...
ditto on what you found. dense cuppys. rubbery frosting. but the ganache was good.
Yours ARE pretty. - February 15, 2010 at 4:33 PM
- megan said...
i'm with you on not liking dense cupcakes. but that chocolate looks so good it just might make up for it!
- February 15, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- Amanda said...
Those are insanely gorgeous!
- February 15, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- Alyssa said...
I love how your cupcakes look just like Martha's in her book!
Where do you buy your liners? - February 15, 2010 at 6:39 PM
- Tracey said...
Alyssa - I picked those liners up at Home Goods a few months ago. I suspect you could probably also find similar ones at some of the online baking supply shops. I hadn't even noticed they looked similar to the ones in the book - guess I'm not very observant :)
- February 15, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- The Bahens said...
Lovely cupcakes! If they can't taste super, at least they look amazing!
- February 15, 2010 at 7:16 PM
- Kayte said...
I can't believe after all this work that you didn't even eat them! I so need you to move into my neighborhood and send leftovers to the guys...you would be their favorite neighbor! They look wonderful, very elegant with those wrappers, too. It was fun baking with you. I had good luck with that marshmallow frosting, nice and gooey...very gooey in fact!
- February 15, 2010 at 7:18 PM
- Megan said...
I didn't care for the frosting either - but we loved the cakes.
- February 15, 2010 at 8:31 PM
- sarahe said...
these look great! i agree about the frosting, and the cupcakes were dense but i enjoyed the flavor (subbed whole wheat for the graham flour though)
- February 15, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- Monica said...
I agree with everything you said. Mine looks great too, but tasted okay. Great job! YOurs are beautiful.
- February 15, 2010 at 9:42 PM
- lakegirl said...
Your cupcakes look fantastic! I liked these but I think I am in the minority.
- February 15, 2010 at 10:19 PM
- Neev said...
they look so pretty...which tip did you us to pipe the frosting.
- February 16, 2010 at 7:00 AM
- Yudith said...
WOW!! They look absolutely amazing!!! I agree with you, they got dense pretty quickly after. I ate one right out of the oven and that was it. I took the rest to work. Your frosting was incredible, nice job!~
- February 16, 2010 at 7:57 AM
- Janine said...
Your cupcakes LOOK great! I'm going to try your other recipe - because the idea of a smores cupcake sounds yummy - just these ones weren't.
- February 16, 2010 at 11:11 AM
- Jeannette said...
yum! they look great! i ground up graham crackers until it became a fine flour like consistency and my cupcakes were deliciously light and fluffy!! and i used the 7 minute frosting instead and it was heaven. but i'd dial back on the sugar cus woo boy were they sweet!
- February 16, 2010 at 1:10 PM
- Lauryn said...
well, they certainly look stunning!!!! Too bad they weren't as tasty as you had hoped, but seriously, your photos are gorgeous!! Great job!
- February 16, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
Sorry you didn't love these cupcakes... They look so pretty, though! Did you use a torch to get the pretty toasted look on the marshmallow topping?
- February 16, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Katy (The Balanced Foodie) said...
They look delicious! I hope you had better reviews then you expected! I would love to try a spin on this. :)
- February 16, 2010 at 5:36 PM
- Sugar Loves Co. said...
Gorgeous!! Just...so lovely!!!
- February 17, 2010 at 11:38 AM
- Tracey said...
Neev - I used a large plain tip to pipe these. It's from my Williams-Sonoma pastry bag so I'm not sure what the comparable Wilton tip # would be.
Jen - Yep, I used a torch for the frosting. It melted it a bit but it did hold up. Too bad it wasn't tasty :) - February 17, 2010 at 1:47 PM
- SUGAR B said...
Great job! You found the actual flour!
I didn't even bother and subbed it out with graham cracker crumbs instead. I figured it should taste like a graham cracke anyway.
Thanks for baking along! - February 17, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- vickys said...
I just discovered your blog and am liking it alot! Love how it's always so clean and bursting with happiness :)
- February 17, 2010 at 10:30 PM
- Nina said...
These look amazing!
- February 18, 2010 at 3:10 AM
- Teanna said...
Well they are absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I have been on a quest to find the perfect smores cupcakes, so if you find them, please do share!
- February 18, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- Megan said...
Oh yum, these look absolutely delicious! Cupcakes are so fun to bake, and I love all the endless versions there are. This is definitely on my list of ones to try next! Thanks for sharing :)
- February 19, 2010 at 8:53 PM
- goodiegirl said...
These look fantastic. You can't turn away SMORES!
- February 24, 2010 at 4:28 PM
nice post. thanks.
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If procuring a stylish, reliable, fun-to-drive vehicle is on your agenda, plan a visit to our Crystal Lake showroom and explore our entire new 2013-2014 Honda inventory firsthand. Among local patrons' personal favorites are the Civic, Accord, CR-V, CR-Z and Ridgeline. Just be forewarned, only a few minutes with the brands' signature comforts and advanced, in-car connectivity technologies have proven long enough to convert even the most skeptical drivers into loyal enthusiasts. We also want you to know that we stock a variety of hybrid and green vehicles for sale in the Crystal Lake region.
Perhaps a new vehicle is not in the cards right now. Or, maybe you simply prefer gently used cars to new ones. Whatever the case may be, Brilliance Honda has you covered with a handpicked mix of used cars available now, at our Crystal Lake showroom. Carefully inspected from front end to rear bumper, roof to underbody, each promises long-term satisfaction.
Once you find your perfect new Honda, or used car, match, Brilliance Honda will custom-craft a car loan or lease designed not only to help you comfortably meet immediate financial goals but long-term plans as well. Whoever said financing is the hard part is wrong. Don't be intimidated by the auto loan or lease process. The auto loan and Honda lease experts here will do the work for you to ensure you get the lowest possible rate on your car loan or lease in Crystal Lake.
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Curious to learn more about the experience you'll have at Brilliance Honda? Contact us online, read our available reviews or, better yet, drop by our showroom at 680 West Terra Cotta, Crystal Lake, Illinois and meet our professional staff. You will not find another Honda dealership in the Crystal Lake or Elgin, Illionos region that can match the same level of service, price, and professionalism you will find here at Brilliance Honda.


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It's the World Series of Melodic Thrash Metal Poker and representing Norway at one of the final tables is Susperia. They often find themselves holding a pretty good hand of cards, but are failing to play them with an optimal strategy, resulting in various levels of success. Also playing for Norway is Blood Tsunami. Their chips are increasing, not because they keep picking up the right cards, but because they have a style of play they are sticking to rigidly and are using to outwit the other players. The Haunted started strongly, but seem to have lost their way, whilst Destroyer 666 is playing consistently and is quietly confident. Susperia continually glance over at another table to see Testament wiping the floor with their opposition, and decide to borrow a few tricks. The opposing players see right through them and they backfire, so they build their way back in the game with patience and a few solid plays of their own that work well, but aren't coming as thick and fast as they need to. They put up a good fight but drop out, ranking mid to high table - kicking themselves.
Released on Candlelight records, Attitude is Susperia's fifth studio album. It's great to see this band trying to pull away from being a living testament to… an unnamed thrash band, but as wonderfully unique and recognizable as Athera's mid-to-high range vocal tone is, it's all too easy to draw comparisons to the rest of his performance, having moved from the Lemmy-ed Chuck Billy sound of previous releases to a sort of Chuck-Billy-does-David-Draiman (gulp) sound. Either way it somewhat undermines a guest spot from the actual Chuck Billy on the rioting "Live My Dreams" and doesn't help the over-whelming Disturbed-a-like sound that turns up invited every now and again.
The riffs are aggressive and very digestible, crunchy like dry cereal, washed down with a can of Red Bull, whilst the lead parts sound clear and rounded, retaining the same sense of melody as older songs like "Chemistry." Most tracks have a good vocal melody and at least a decent hook in the chorus, which is lucky for the likes of "Elegy and Suffering" and "Another Turn" which had to be saved from a bad case of Metallyric Genericus.
The earlier tracks pump blood uncontrollably and are very promising, the title track being the anthemic entity that needs to be aimed for more often, but when Susperia lose that formula that makes them sound like themselves, it's frustrating. For the final track "The One After All" they manage to regain their identity, like a sea-washed sailor with his passport in his pocket, but the overwhelming early In Flames feel of "Character Flaw" and the aforementioned Disturbed echoes of "Mr. Stranger" ruin the flow. They are by no means bad songs, but they are seriously holding back a good band that should have ultimately refined their sound after five albums.
Susperia break even. They will undoubtedly pick up a few small prize pots on the circuit in the near future, but need to try harder if they are to win big on their own terms.