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Wiki #9: The Village

The Village is a movie that deals with a group of adults who decide to leave the present world after they all suffer heartbreak due to it's evils, and recede into a secluded 19th century village. In the village they fabricate a story that their are creatures in the woods that will threaten the village if anyone enters. This keeps the future generations from wanting to leave for the towns, until one of them wants to go fetch medicine. The village elders, however, refuse to allow this because the towns are "wicked places where wicked people live" and they do not want others exposed to this. However, an act of violence soon shows them that violence is not only limited to the outside world and they allow one girl to go through the woods and fetch medicine for her dying fiance. The main point that I find in the story is that grief is unavoidable, whether due to evil or nature, and that hope may be found for someone where only grief exists for another.

Wiki #8: Lorings Fat-Ten-U

Lorings Fat-Ten-U was a weight gain product that was popular in the 1800's as a weight gain product, with advertisements most often targeted towards women. With Lorings Fat-Ten-U a woman could "healthily" gain weight. This sounds very similar to all of the weight loss supplements that make up much of today's advertisements. These too are targeted towards women, but boast about how much weight you can lose "healthily." The difference in what is advertised today and what was advertised then shows how trends and definitions of attraction and beauty change over time. The advertising companies then use the trends to market products that are supposed to help you achieve the look that is trending at that time, even though it may not actually work or it may be harmful towards your health.

Wiki # 7: Photography Stealing the Soul

The religious belief that a photograph can steal a soul, imprisoning it within its frame is still shared by many cultures across the globe. From Native Americans to the Aborigines of Australia, there are those who refuse to be photographed. This belief evolved in different ways for many cultures, occasionally revolving around the beliefs in the power of mirrors. In folklore, mirrors have the power to steal souls. The superstition of breaking a mirror and causing bad luck stems from the belief that a mirror contains the soul and breaking it causes damage to the soul. Some practitioners of Voodoo believe in "sympathetic magic" in relation to their photograph being taken. Sympathetic magic principles state a powerful link exists between entities that are similar in appearance or come into contact with each other. Items such as photographs, nail clippings, hair and other objects may be used to create an "image" of another person. This "image" may be used to cast a curse or spell. For this reason, there are some practitioners of Voodoo who are cautious of photographs, as they are powerful items capable of harm.Ultimately whether one believes in the ability of photography to capture souls or not, respecting the beliefs and culture of the photographic subject should be paramount to any photographer.

Wiki # 6: 3D Printers

3D printers are used to make an object by layering a type of resin, polymer, or similar substance. The printer builds the object using multiple layers of the substance, and can then be reinforced with other materials such as wax or laminate. There are various types of 3D printing which include inkjet printing, digital light processing, and the use of LED's to solidify polymer. With inkjet 3D printing layers of powdered plaster or resin are spread and bonded together. In digital light processing liquid polymer is exposed to light in certain areas. The exposed areas harden, and another layer can be poured. After the polymer reaches the desired shape and is hardened the excess liquid can be poured away. There are other methods as well, that are still being developed or are unique ti certain companies. These include depositing molten materials to form an object, using lasers to arrange and cure gels, and direct metal laser sintering. All of these methods are new to print media, because they are creating 3D, usable objects, instead of 2D words or images.

Wiki #5 Woodblock Printing

Woodblock printing was a technique used in East Asia dating back further than 220 A.D. The image or text intended for printing were carved into wooden blocks, which were then coated with ink and applied to the paper or cloth. The image would then appear where the ink did not transfer onto the cloth or paper, and would be within a rectangular border. This technique was later replaced by techniques in which the image was raised and ink applied to it, instead of applied around it, reducing the amount of ink required. It was also replaced by movable type set, which allowed the same stencil to be used in many different combination, instead of carving a new block for each word or letter needed.

Wiki #4: Infinity

Infinity is defined as something without a limit. It is often used in math to describe the number of integers that exist, but is also present in code breaking to describe the number of letter combinations that can be made with the English alphabet, and in cosmology to theorize on how large the universe may be and how many different "dimensions" may exist outside of what we have discovered in space, bringing about the question if space goes on forever. However, in pop culture it has also been linked to evil, with the notion that evilness has no boundaries or limits. The question is, though, does infinity truly exist if it cannot be fully defined because it cannot be fully discovered?  

Wiki #3: Numb3rs

Numb3rs was a TV show that aired six seasons between 2005 and 2010. The show storyline was, according to Kenneth Chisholm "In the Los Angeles office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent Don Eppes and his team investigate critical and baffling crimes with a special edge. That advantage is Don's brother, Charlies Eppes, a brilliant  mathematician who uses the science of mathematics with its complex equations to ferret out the most tricky criminals. With this team, the forces of evil learn their number is up." Through out each episode it is shown that "math is more than formulas and equations. It's logic. Rationality. It's using your mind to solve the biggest mysteries we know."

Wiki #2: The Butterfly Effect

The butterfly effect basically says that one seemingly insignificant change in an event can drastically affect the events outcome. The term is often used when talking about weather forecasts, because Edward Lorenz made the term popular when he entered a rounded off decimal instead of a complete one when he was calculating a weather forecast. He discovered that by rounding the number, the results were drastically different than the original results with the full decimal. He then used the term "butterfly effect" to show that even a

small, insignificant thing, such as a rounded number or a butterfly, can create a chain of ripples that have more impact than expected on the final outcome. It is also related to time-travel theories and pop culture, where one change in a past event affects the entire future. It is evident in the films It's a Wonderful Life, and The Butterfly Effect, though both movies deal with more significant changes in the past that effect the future than what the definition of the "butterfly effect" determine necessary to affect the future.