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GlassCobra
Boston, Massachusetts
Hello! I run Mac OS X on an Unibody MacBook Pro, and use Google Chrome. As of March 12, 2014, I am 1859th on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits. I am also an administrator, feel free to ask me if you need any help!
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Prometheus is a 2012 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott (pictured), written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, and starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron. In the late 21st century, the crew of Prometheus follows a star map seeking the origins of humanity; they arrive on a distant world and discover a threat that could cause the extinction of the human race. The film was initially conceived as a prequel to the Alien franchise. In late 2010 Lindelof and Scott rewrote a Spaihts script relying on the Alien universe, but exploring its own mythology and ideas. Principal photography began in March 2011, with an estimated $120–130 million budget. The film was released in 2012 in Britain and North America, and grossed over $403 million worldwide. Reviews praised the film's visual aesthetic design and the acting, especially Fassbender's performance as the android David. The plot drew a mixed response from critics, who faulted elements that remained unresolved or were predictable. A sequel, Alien: Covenant, is scheduled to be released in August 2017. (Full article...)
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- ... that Petra Lang, who performed the parts of Brangäne and Ortrud at the Bayreuth Festival as a mezzo-soprano, was the Isolde of 2016?
- ... that fearsome Hindu and Buddhist deities are depicted wearing a garland of severed human heads?
- ... that future New Jersey Assemblyman Arthur Barclay won the state Tournament of Champions as basketball team captain, alongside future NBA player Dajuan Wagner?
- ... that Queen Elizabeth II was presented with a crate of ale when she visited the Bridge Inn, Topsham?
- ... that author Annette Lyon loves chocolate so much that she helped out with the Utah Chocolate Show, and wrote her own chocolate cookbook?
- ... that the outer bark of the downy birch can be stripped off without killing the tree, to make canoes, drinking vessels and roof tiles?
- ... that the director David Pountney was once part of a mercantile silence, but now is part of the noise?
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- BNG05 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • nuke contribs • logs • edit filter log • block user • block log) – actions evidently indicate a vandalism-only account. ElectricBurst(Electron firings)(Zaps) 18:48, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
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- User has been incorrectly or insufficiently warned. Re-report if the user resumes vandalising after being warned sufficiently. It's not clearly vandalism only, either. -- Ed (Edgar181) 21:19, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
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- User has been incorrectly or insufficiently warned. Re-report if the user resumes vandalising after being warned sufficiently. it's a library, one warming in a year Ronhjones (Talk) 21:26, 26 August 2016 (UTC)
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