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the twilight zone tower of terror a theme park ride at disney's hollywood studios and disney california adventure park displays a replica of henry bemis' broken glasses in the lobby it is noted that while they are indeed reading glasses burgess meredith wears them the entire episode to make bemis look more bookish |
the comic book version of the simpsons simpsons comics published a story called the last fat man based partially on time enough at last and includes a short scene where homer simpson a bespectacled man who is reading a book out of a nuclear bunker so he can eat in it unintentionally taking shelter in it |
in twilight zone the movie ( 1983 ) albert brooks recounts the episode to dan aykroyd as they drive along an empty stretch of highway this thing freaked me out when i was 7 years old says brooks' character adding i bought another pair of glasses just in case that would happen |
the episode's title was borrowed by a 2004 independent film about a man who tries to escape an office building the film's official website listed the webmaster's e @@ mail alias as |
the pixar movie wall @@ e ( 2008 ) which takes place in a desolate future also contains a scene in which a pair of broken glasses can be seen in the foreground |
the pc game fallout tactics ( 2001 ) includes a librarian in a desolate world who wants the player to find his missing glasses so he can read his books |
the episode's title was borrowed by a song on the fall's 1992 album code selfish ( 1992 ) |
there are numerous notable television spoofs of the episode examples include |
stephen colbert's a colbert christmas the greatest gift of all ( in the dvd's second alternative ending ) |
family guy ( at the end of the season 2 episode wasted talent ) |
futurama ( during an episode of the scary door [ a twilight zone @@ style tv show that airs in the year 3000 ] on a head in the polls ) |
spongebob squarepants |
the adventures of jimmy neutron boy genius ( return of the nanobots ) |
the drew carey show ( y2k you're ok ) |
episodes of other television shows that refer to time enough at last include |
the modern family episode airport 2010 references time when the screen on jay's electronic reader gets broken jay pours the broken glass to the floor while saying not fair it's not fair |
episode 12 of revolution titled ghosts has jim hudson's character who goes by the name of henry bemis henry ( jim ) has become the town librarian until miles convinces him to help the rebels and go back to his real name |
the line seconds minutes hours they crawl by on hands and knees was referenced to in the powerpuff girls season 2 episode speed demon where the villain him torments the powerpuff girls before revealing that they have unknowingly arrived 50 years into the future landing in a townsville that him now controls |
the hωmega man segment of the simpsons episode treehouse of horror viii features homer who accidentally survives by hiding in a nuclear bunker and comes out to discover that he is apparently the last person alive |
in the season 14 episode of the simpsons strong arms of the ma a postman is accidentally trapped under a car in front of the simpson house he intends to read the twilight zone magazine but discovers that his glasses were broken in the accident and says that's not fair while the twilight zone main @@ theme music is heard in the background |
the sitcom two and a half men made references to it when the character alan has a nervous breakdown in a bookstore |
this episode was mentioned in the cbs drama series under the dome's third season |
time enough at last has been released in numerous formats over the years |
in 1988 it was available on vhs as part of a twilight zone collector's edition |
two releases were made in 1998 and 1999 as part of a more widely available two @@ episodes @@ per @@ tape release scheme |
although similar individual multi @@ episode dvds were released it is now exclusively available as part of the twilight zone the definitive edition the first volume of which was released december 24 2004 included is an audio @@ only interview with burgess meredith as well as the clip of the drew carey show's parody of the episode |
the story which inspired it has been released in ebook and mp3 form capitalizing on the success of the episode |
in 2003 the falcon picture group produced a series of radio dramas based on the series stating in the 1950s many radio series were turned into television series so why not the reverse which were broadcast on about 200 stations through the usa time was included in volume six |
in 2005 time became one of the first twilight zone episodes offered for download via google video and later on sites such as amazoncom |
dead head fred ( japanese ～ ～ hepburn ~ tantei no ~ ) is a horror @@ themed action @@ adventure video game for the playstation portable developed by vicious cycle software and published by d3 publisher it was released in north america on august 28 2007 and is powered by vicious cycle's proprietary vicious engine it features a premise that is a combination of 1940s @@ style noir and contemporary horror dubbed twisted noir by the design team |
the game is a single @@ player experience whose title character fred neuman is a private investigator with the ability to switch heads fred has recently been murdered and decapitated and has few memories of the events leading to his death the plot follows fred as he pieces together the clues of his murder and tries to get revenge on the man who killed him unlike many action game heroes fred has no conventional weapons he relies solely on the powers available to him from the severed heads of fallen enemies |
the game received generally positive reviews with reviewers mentioning its dark humor and noir @@ inspired motif as high points it received criticism for its controls and lack of combat depth in 2008 it won the writers guild of america's first @@ ever award for video game writing |
dead head fred is a third @@ person action @@ adventure game that incorporates a variety of gameplay styles including combat platforming and puzzles the core gameplay of dead head fred revolves around fred's missing head and his ability to switch heads by defeating certain enemies decapitating them and collecting their heads ( referred to as headhunting ) as fred explores the city of hope falls he can collect an assortment of heads each of which has unique abilities examples include the stone idol head which fred can use as a battering ram and the corpse head which can be used to suck up and spit out water gasoline and other materials fred uses these heads to navigate the city of hope falls and certain parts of the city are not accessible until certain heads are found the high level of radiation in hope falls has led to a proliferation of grossly mutated worms which the player can collect and use to upgrade fred's heads and temporarily increase his fighting abilities among other benefits also collectible are money and special items which can be earned by defeating enemies or completing various side @@ missions there are several minigames unrelated to the plot such as pinball and fishing scattered around the city |
in combat players have several attacks at their disposal depending on the head fred is equipped with these attacks include combos head @@ specific counterattacks and ranged attacks during a counterattack the player can complete a quick time event to instantly kill an enemy by removing its head which gives fred rage points rage energy builds up over time and the player can use it to unleash powerful attacks on multiple foes dealing a large amount of damage to an opponent will stun them during which time fred can remove their head collected heads can be traded at head shops for a usable version |
there are several types of environmental puzzles that the player has to solve in order to progress through the game each one requires a specific head the bone head gives fred sharp claws which allow him to climb on the sides of buildings while the head decreases his size dramatically and lets him navigate platforming levels such as a saw mill there is also a mannequin head that fred must use to socialize with the residents of hope falls because they are terrified of his other heads there are nine available heads seven of which are suitable for combat |
dead head fred takes place in hope falls new jersey a once @@ prosperous area based on american cities in the 1940s the city has steadily fallen from grace since a business mogul named ulysses pitt began accumulating power pitt has a background of petty crime and there are allegations that he was somehow responsible for the disappearance of vinni rossini an influential hope falls businessman pitt's new nukular plant has recently finished construction and has caused a high level of radiation in the city leading to strange phenomena like mutated wildlife and undead monsters |
hope falls is composed of several areas the first that fred has access to is dr steiner's castle the ancestral home of the steiner family where fred has been resurrected outside of the castle is a large cemetery that borders the forested area of creepy hollow in hope falls proper are the urban areas of downtown uptown old hope falls and downtown is the home of pitt's headquarters and fred's office is found in old hope falls as its name suggests is overrun with zombies and most of its residents have fled the neighborhood or barricaded themselves in their homes two other rural areas border the city freak farms where fred owns a small cabin and the a highly irradiated area where the nukular reactor has been built each area contains several teleporters in the form of sewer manholes which fred can use to quickly move from one area of hope falls to another |
the protagonist of dead head fred is fred neuman ( voiced by john c mcginley ) a private detective fred is the only playable character but since each head gives him a different set of animations he could be considered nine separate characters as he does not have a proper face fred's mood is portrayed by the tone of his voice and by face @@ like expressions formed by his eyes and frontal lobes fred has a wisecracking sarcastic personality and occasionally breaks the fourth wall such as heckling the player when he dies ulysses pitt ( jon polito ) the game's primary antagonist is a small @@ time hoodlum turned racketeer pitt employs many henchmen throughout hope falls the most prominent of which is his lieutenant lefty whose right leg has been amputated and replaced with a tommygun fred makes several allies throughout the game including dr steiner who resurrected him his girlfriend jeanne rossini ( kari wahlgren ) and his former partner benny salazar fred's enemies are generally employees of pitt like the skeletal bone thugs or creatures created by hope falls' radiation like zombies and animated scarecrows |
the game begins with fred waking up in the castle of a dr steiner an employee of ulysses pitt fred soon learns that he has been murdered and subsequently resurrected and his head is missing in its place is a liquid @@ filled jar that contains his brain and eyes steiner explains that fred is a private detective who had been investigating pitt but pitt had discovered that fred was on to him and had him murdered many of fred's memories are missing as a result of the trauma to his brain and before steiner can explain further pitt and several of his henchmen arrive as fred hides in steiner's lab pitt's thugs apprehend steiner and announce that he is to be taken to the horseman a minion of pitt's who resides in creepy hollow |
fred leaves steiner's castle and meets a blue @@ skinned hunchback in the cemetery outside the hunchback introduces himself as sam spade a gravedigger and head merchant who can help fred by providing him with quality interchangeable heads fred continues to creepy hollow where he defeats the horseman and rescues dr steiner steiner however has little information regarding fred's investigation and suggests that he question the residents of hope falls to learn more about his demise fred begins exploring hope falls meeting many strange personalities along the way he reconnects with his old girlfriend jeanne who is the daughter of a prominent hope falls citizen vinni rossini fred learns that mr rossini had been reported missing by jeanne and jeanne had subsequently hired fred to find him fred had eventually followed the trail to pitt who had bribed fred's partner benny salazar into betraying him fred was promptly caught by pitt's henchmen and shot to death by his right @@ hand man lefty |
armed with the knowledge of his death and the events leading up to it fred continues his investigation and recovers a videotape of vinni rossini's murder that incriminates pitt pitt learns that fred is still alive and kidnaps jeanne to use as leverage against him fred confronts the mobster at his headquarters after shutting down the centerpiece of the his criminal enterprise the pitt nukular plant and defeating lefty lefty however was exposed to nuclear waste during the fight and subsequently mutated into a huge beast who comes to pitt's aid in the game's final battle fred ultimately defeats both pitt and lefty atop the pitt building pitt is killed during the battle but lefty manages to escape and retreats to the remains of the nukular plant after the battle fred's head which along with jeanne had been held hostage by pitt is shown tumbling into an open manhole near the pitt building unbeknownst to fred the final scene of the game shows fred and jeanne having dinner at a restaurant to celebrate with fred lamenting the loss of his head |
dead head fred uses the vicious engine a game engine created and maintained by game design company vicious cycle software considered middleware in the video game industry the engine was designed as a simple set of creation tools that could be used across multiple consoles the game was originally conceived as a platform game based on the character geo vicious cycle's president eric peterson and some of his staff developed a conceptual world called prime where geo lived geo had the ability to switch his head between several different shapes ( a cube sphere cylinder and pyramid ) that would help him solve puzzles fight and move around prime in his quest to stop the evil king who was trying to destroy prime each of geo's shaped heads had unique properties that gave him different abilities the sphere head allowed him to roll around very quickly for example |
the geo concept was described by the development team as similar to other platform games like rayman or spyro and skewed towards a younger audience when the concept was complete the development team presented it to several publishers who stated that they liked the idea but its geometry @@ based core too strongly resembled edutainment and that they were interested in developing a more edgy adult premise the nintendo gamecube had been an early choice for hosting the game before the psp was chosen |
vicious cycle went back to the drawing board and produced a new concept that they felt was darker and better suited to an older audience the head @@ switching game mechanic had been praised by the potential publishers and was kept but this time the cartoonish childlike geo was replaced by an angry vengeful private detective named fred neuman the world of prime was replaced with the bleak film noir @@ esque city of hope falls where fred would seek revenge against those who had wronged him vicious cycle presented the new project to sony who promptly approved the game for the psp despite it not having secured a publisher shortly afterwards the project was picked up by d3publisher |
vicious cycle then submitted the concept to art company massive black studios to develop initial character sketches massive black's artists were allowed to use their imagination while developing fred but the one stipulation vicious cycle made from the beginning was fred's head the developers wanted it to be a liquid @@ filled jar with the detective's brain and eyes floating around inside massive black came up with several different versions of fred including some with guns which lead designer adam cogan had already decided the game would not include after receiving the sketches vicious cycle chose several that portrayed fred with a squat childlike appearance that retained some of the youthful focus of the scrapped geo project the publisher d3 decided to present all of the concept art to a test group to the developers' surprise the test group was much more interested in a darker more intimidating portrayal of fred than the cartoonish playful look they had chosen the developers decided to flesh out the concept and took the chosen sketches back to massive black this time the art came back darker with similarities to dirty harry and the matrix and the evil dead and a norman rockwell @@ inspired look that would influence the game's art style towards a more violent theme |
d3 provided the development team with more focus groups and as a result the game slowly incorporated more combat and less platforming and puzzles fred's combat capabilities were revamped to give him more attacks counterattacks and combinations d3 also gave vicious cycle more time to develop the game with the hope of receiving better reviews and potentially turning dead head fred into a franchise the delay pushed back the game's release from january to august 2007 d3publisher bought vicious cycle two months before the game's release but the company's headquarters remained in north carolina and the staff was retained |
the music of dead head fred was composed by rod abernethy and jason graves and recorded at abernethy's studio audio abernethy and graves had worked on previous games by vicious cycle like curious george the composers were interested in developing a sound for dead head fred that was retro @@ futuristic and borrowed from other death @@ themed pieces like stubbs the zombie and beetlejuice the development team did not have any substantial ideas for the game's music beyond the theme and mood of hope falls giving the composers free rein on the soundtrack's direction |
a crucial area of development was the formation of the game's mood theme and story to give it a dark yet humorous quality hiring a hollywood screenwriter to create the script was proposed but ultimately vicious cycle designer dave ellis was given the task of writing the game's cutscenes and voiceover script while cogan focused on the in @@ game dialog ellis referred to several noir films for inspiration especially miller's crossing and who framed roger rabbit during this time eric peterson cast several voice actors including john c mcginley from the tv show scrubs and jon polito from the aforementioned miller's crossing mcginley was cast as fred because of his scrubs character's sarcasm and wit while polito was cast in the role of mob boss ulysses pitt which was very similar to his role of johnny caspar in miller's crossing |
the development team then set about recording the game's dialog which proved to be challenging because of vicious cycle's location on the east coast all of the recordings were done over the phone at a studio in hollywood despite this and the fact that fred alone had over 1000 lines of in @@ game dialog the recording went smoothly with the exception of one unidentified actor who walked out in the middle of a session the original script had only one instance of the word fuck but several recording sessions with mcginley resulted in a great deal of colorful improvisation the design team liked the recordings and the script was modified to permit mcginley and other actors to curse more mcginley focused on portraying fred as pissed off and having a chip on his shoulder because his head was missing |
no this guy was unique because well his head was gone with him you could really just open up your imagination and roll out a cavalcade of eccentricities and see what makes sense to you it was pretty much unlike anything i ve ever done before |
dead head fred was first announced at the electronics entertainment expo ( e3 ) video game convention in may 2006 where a trailer was shown to the public following this little was heard about the game until cogan started a developer diary on vicious cycle's website in march 2007 three diary entries were written by cogan and ellis which provided details about the game's pre @@ production conceptualization and voice work in may 2007 d3 announced that john c mcginley would be voicing fred and the next month the company issued a press release stating that the game was finished and ready for mass production however the game was delayed allowing d3 publisher to show it at e3 2007 it was eventually released on august 28 2007 in north america after nearly two years of development it was released on october 26 in europe november 2 in australia and march 19 2008 in japan in december 2007 d3 reduced the price of the game and in october 2008 it was made available for download on sony's playstation network the soundtrack was released on itunes by lakeshore records on september 18 2007 |
dead head fred was designed specifically for the psp and vicious cycle intended it to be their flagship title for the system however the game's designers have hinted that the game could potentially be ported to the playstation network or xbox live arcade with a few months' work as of march 2009 d3publisher has announced a sequel but the designers have stated that subsequent titles were discussed during the game's development john c mcginley has expressed interest in reprising fred namco bandai games ( the parent of d3 ) were impressed with the game and wanted to publish the sequel because they' wanted' to test out vicious cycle's gameplay on the psp |
dead head fred received generally favorable reviews from critics the game's writing and dialogue were considered the main strengths of the game with gamespy's reviewer stating that in the vast sea of psp titles dead head fred stands' head and shoulders' above the rest ign said the tale of revenge in a dark world is twisted [ and ] unapologetically humorous other publications were not as impressed however with one reviewer stating the overused profanity just makes it feel like it's been designed by teenagers desperately trying to be edgy the game's supernatural themes elicited comparisons to the darkness and grim fandango gamesradar included it in their list of the 100 most overlooked games of its generation editor jason fanelli felt that psp games often lacked creativity and that dead head fred was the exception |
many reviewers were pleased with the game's premise and setting variously describing it as weird wacky and silly hope falls especially the area of creepy hollow was compared to the work of tim burton dead head fred's graphics were warmly received with gamespy noting the game looks simply phenomenal on the psp screen pocket gamer uk said graphically the game won't blow your head off but it is undeniably stylish pocket gamer also felt that the game's level design with its emphasis on changing heads to solve environmental puzzles made up for the mediocre combat system the character design was praised gamespy said fred is one of the most interesting and entertaining characters to ever hit gaming and gamezone said fred s freakish form is like looking at a car crash you really don t want to stare but you just can t help it |
the voice acting in particular john c mcginley's portrayal of fred was widely praised as was the rest of the game's audio gamezone's natalie romano said there s also some great music in the game and the sound effects are wonderfully detailed |
the sound for the title however is fantastic the majority of it is centered around the voice acting which is anchored by john c mcginley of scrubs and office space fame mcginley expertly brings his dry sarcastic delivery to fred's lines and consistently delivers humorous lines across the entire game |
the focal point of reviewers' criticism was dead head fred's gameplay specifically the combat it was generally considered tedious and repetitive australia's pal gaming network described the combat as one of the poorest elements of the game and game informer called the combat mechanics awful the performance of the camera was also criticized with ign noting considering that the camera will sometimes choose some horrible angles for you in battle or during puzzles it's annoying to have to fight it as well as mutants that want you dead gamezone said i just wish the camera wouldn t be such a hindrance sometimes reviewers were also unhappy with dead head fred's loading times eurogamer considered them excessively high and ign said the only downside that crops up when it comes to the visuals are the continual loading times on just about every single area |
dead head fred was nominated for several awards including the writers guild of america's first award for video game writing which it won during e3 2007 the game was nominated for the best of e3 2007 best handheld game award by the game critics awards a group of prominent media journalists dead head fred lost to the legend of zelda phantom hourglass for the nintendo ds but was notable for being the only new intellectual property nominated in the handheld category the audio was nominated for two awards at the game audio network guild's 6th annual ceremony best soundtrack of the year and best handheld audio dead head fred lost to bioshock and syphon filter logan's shadow respectively |
albert alexander ox wistert ( december 28 1920 march 5 2016 ) was an all @@ pro american football tackle in the national football league ( nfl ) for the philadelphia eagles he played his entire nine @@ year nfl career for the eagles and became their team captain he was named to play in the nfl's first pro bowl as an eagle during most of wistert's career there were no football all @@ star games although he was named to the league all @@ pro team eight times |
wistert played college football at the university of michigan he is one of the three brothers along with whitey and alvin who were named all @@ american tackles at michigan and later inducted into the college football hall of fame he was the first michigan alumnus to be selected to the national football league pro bowl the wistert brothers all wore jersey no 11 at michigan and are among the seven players who have had their numbers retired by the michigan wolverines football program their number will be put back into circulation starting on november 10 2012 before a michigan home game against northwestern as part of the michigan football legend program |
wistert who was born in chicago illinois was from a lithuanian family his father wistert was a spanish american war veteran who was later killed in the line of duty while working for the chicago police department the story of the wistert brothers at michigan began when whitey's carl schurz high school classmate john kowalik was invited to visit the university of michigan at the time whitey wistert had a factory job where he was involved with building majestic radios kowalik took whitey with him on his visit to ann arbor and according to alvin that's how it started the of michigan |
after graduating from foreman high school wistert became the second of the wistert brothers to play for michigan where he wore number 11 like his brothers and played from 1940 to 1942 he was a consensus all @@ american and team mvp in 1942 he played in the 1943 east west shrine game he is well remembered among other things for his exploits in a 1942 game against the notre dame fighting irish football team and he was inducted into the college football hall of fame in 1968 one year after his brother francis in 1981 he was named to the university of michigan hall of honor in the fourth class of inductees alongside his brothers only five michigan football players earned this honor before him |
michigan posted a 20 5 1 record during wistert's three years on the team in 1940 the team's only loss in its eight @@ game season was to the eventual national champion minnesota golden gophers football the wolverines followed that season with 6 1 1 and 7 3 marks in the next two years wistert served as captain of the college all @@ star team that beat the sammy baugh @@ led national football league champion washington redskins 27 7 in chicago he was the only one of the three brothers not to play on a national championship squad at michigan |
after being drafted in the fifth round by the philadelphia eagles and signing for $ 3800 ( $ 51 @@ 965 today ) he encountered animosity from veteran players for having signed such a large contract ( though they thought he signed for $ 4500 ) he earned all @@ pro honors in eight ( five by consensus ) of his nine seasons as a two @@ way player he played his entire nine @@ year career for the philadelphia eagles ( who operated as a merged team with the pittsburgh steelers for one season during world war ii ) the national football league had no all @@ star games between 1943 and 1950 thus although wistert was a perennial all @@ pro selection it is difficult to compare him to more modern players who are often measured by pro bowl invitations he served as eagles captain for five consecutive seasons from 1946 to 1950 and was named all @@ pro in each season in wistert's next to last season he was selected to the first pro bowl in his final season he recovered three fumbles the eagles won the 1948 and 1949 national football league championships with wistert these were the only consecutive national football league champions to win by shutout his number 70 was retired by the eagles in 1952 according to his college football hall of fame biography during his career he started every game the eagles played except for the 1950 season opener against the cleveland browns however according to other statistical databases he only started about 2 / 3 of his career games his is one of only seven retired eagles jerseys wistert lamented not having been enshrined in the professional football hall of fame and on philadelphia eagles honor roll |
wistert was inducted into the philadelphia eagles honor roll on september 29 2009 along with randall cunningham in 2003 he was named to the pro football researchers association hall of very good in the association's inaugural hovg class |
after football wistert became a successful life insurance salesman he sold insurance for 40 years among the places he has lived since retirement are california and grants pass oregon he was married to his late wife ellie for 61 years and has three daughters ( pam dianna and kathy ) and three grandchildren at one point he was both coaching football at riverside high school in riverside township new jersey and playing professionally according to brother alvin their father was born and he anglicized it when he came to america to wistert |
wistert died on march 5 2016 in grants pass oregon at the age of 95 |
si una vez ( english if i once ) is a song recorded by american recording artist selena for her fourth studio album amor prohibido ( 1994 ) it was written by pete astudillo and produced by selena's brother @@ producer ab quintanilla si una vez is a mariachi fusion song and draws influence from cumbia and latin dance music lyrically selena questions why she ever fell in love with an abusive partner saying she will never repeat her mistakes the lyrics suggest unrequited love and female empowerment |
si una vez received positive reviews from music critics who found the song to have showcase the singer's vocal abilities the broadcast music inc recognized it as the single of the year at the 1996 bmi pop awards many musicians have since recorded the song and released it on their respective albums including mexican mariachi singer alicia villareal american reggaeton performer ivy queen american indie rock band girl in a coma and american salsa singer manny manuel the latter's version peaked at number one on the united states billboard tropical songs chart and ended 1995 as the fourteenth most successful us tropical song |
si una vez was written by selena y los dinos backup dancer and vocalist pete astudillo the song was co @@ written by selena's brother @@ producer ab quintanilla who along with argentine musician bebu silvetti served as producers keyboardist of the group ricky vela retold in a 2002 interview how the band hired a professional to record parts of the song si una vez is a spanish @@ language mariachi fusion track with influences of cumbia and latin dance music author deborah paredez called si una vez as having punk music undertones in 2002 ab spoke on how amor prohibido was experimental music @@ heavy and commented on how si una vez was an example of his ideas of keeping the band's image modern the song makes use of the guitar under a cumbia beat |
si una vez is written in the key of d minor and is played in a moderate groove of 84 beats per minute it incorporates music from several musical instruments including the piano and guitar lyrically selena reminiscences her failed relationship and wonders why she ever fell in love with an abusive partner who betrayed and left her vowing to never allow a man like that back into her life the lyrics suggest unrequited love and female empowerment |
si una vez was named by the latin times as one of the top @@ ten best karaoke songs sung in spanish writing for the latin times maria valdez called the song fun especially when running into your former partner at a karaoke party and found the track to showcases a singer's vocal abilities texas public radio's nathan cone said the song resonates best with south texas entertainment weekly contributor david browne commented on selena's vocals as being full @@ throated warbling and that it recalls lydia mendoza conjunto's leading lady a new university writer found the recording to have showcase [ the singer's ] passion with her vocals |
selena performed the song on her final performance on march 19 1995 during the calle ocho festival in miami which attracted over 100 @@ 000 fans selena was shot and killed by yolanda saldívar her friend and former manager of the singer's selena etc clothing boutiques on march 31 1995 selena's performance of the song during her houston astrodome concert on february 26 1995 was emulated by jennifer lopez as her role as the singer for the 1997 biopic film about selena si una vez is considered by billboard magazine to be one of selena's signature songs terra named si una vez as one of selena's most famous works along with her other songs el chico del apartamento 512 amor prohibido and fotos y recuerdos the broadcast music inc ( bmi ) recognized si una vez at the bmi pop music awards as single of the year in 1996 |
mexican singer mary recorded the song for the tribute album mexico recuerda a selena ( 2005 ) mexican mariachi singer alicia villareal performed and recorded si una vez for the live televised tribute concert selena ¡ vive in april 2005 american reggaeton singer ivy queen covered si una vez for her fifth studio album flashback ( 2005 ) she said in an interview how she felt honored to be able to cover one of selena's songs ivy queen chose to cover si una vez finding it to be identifiable to her and because of the song's message which the singer stood for jonathan widran of allmusic called her versions a reggaetón @@ ed up twist in 2010 indie rock group girl in a coma recorded a punk cover of si una vez the group decided to record the song because it was their favorite recordings of selena girl in a coma performed the song live during the 2010 tejano music awards as a homage to selena in april 2011 ab' s band kumbia all @@ starz performed their version of the song during their tour for la vida de un genio ( 2010 ) in bolivia colombian singer kali performed si una vez at the 2015 sxsw festival vibe magazine found ' performance to have given them shivers |
american merengue musician manny manuel covered the song on his debut album el rey de corazones ( 1995 ) out of the five singles released from the album si una vez was manuel's most successful single off of the el rey de corazones album the song debuted at number 29 on the united states billboard hot latin tracks and number three on the us tropical songs chart the following week si una vez rose to numbers 22 and two on the hot latin songs and tropical songs chart respectively on october 14 1995 the track climbed to number 21 on the hot latin songs chart while it fell to number four on the tropical songs chart in its fourth week si una vez jumped to number 18 on the hot latin songs chart while over at the tropical songs chart the song rose to number three despite increased airplay spins si una vez fell to number 20 on the hot latin songs chart on november 11 1995 si una vez peaked at number one on the tropical songs chart for one week airplay honors that week |
all credits were taken from the album's liner notes |
the sicklefin lemon shark or sharptooth lemon shark ( negaprion acutidens ) is a species of requiem shark belonging to the family carcharhinidae widely distributed in the tropical waters of the indo @@ pacific it is closely related to the better @@ known lemon shark ( n brevirostris ) of the americas the two species are almost identical in appearance both being stout @@ bodied sharks with broad heads two dorsal fins of nearly equal size and a plain yellow @@ tinged coloration as its common name suggests the sicklefin lemon shark differs from its american counterpart in having more falcate ( sickle @@ shaped ) fins this large species grows up to 3 @@ 8 m ( 12 ft ) long it generally inhabits water less than 92 m ( 302 ft ) deep in a variety of habitats from mangrove estuaries to coral reefs |
a slow @@ moving predator feeding mainly on bony fishes the sicklefin lemon shark seldom travels long distances and many individuals can be found year @@ round at certain locations like other members of its family this species is viviparous with females giving birth to no more than 13 pups every other year following a gestation period of 10 11 months although they are potentially dangerous to humans and known to respond vigorously to any provocation under normal circumstances sicklefin lemon sharks are cautious and tend to retreat if approached the iucn has assessed this species as vulnerable its low reproductive productivity and rate of movement limits the capacity of depleted stocks to recover off india and southeast asia this species has been severely depleted or extirpated by unregulated exploitation for its meat fins and liver oil |
the sicklefin lemon shark was first described as carcharias acutidens by german naturalist eduard rüppell in the 1837 fische des rothen meeres ( fishes of the red sea ) in 1940 australian ichthyologist gilbert percy whitley moved this species to his newly formed genus negaprion the type specimen designated in 1960 is a 68 @@ cm @@ long individual caught in the red sea off jeddah saudi arabia the specific epithet acutidens is derived from the latin acutus meaning sharp and dens meaning teeth the sicklefin lemon shark may also be referred to as shark indian lemon shark indo @@ pacific lemon shark or simply lemon shark |
based on microsatellite dna evidence the sicklefin lemon shark is thought to have diverged from its sister species n brevirostris 10 14 million years ago when the closure of the tethys sea separated lemon sharks in the indian ocean from those in the atlantic the ancestral lemon shark species may have been n the fossilized teeth of which occur in both the united states and pakistan morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses suggest that negaprion is grouped with the whitetip reef shark ( triaenodon ) and the shark ( ) in occupying an intermediate position on the carcharhinid evolutionary tree between the most basal genera ( galeocerdo rhizoprionodon and scoliodon ) and the most derived ( carcharhinus and sphyrna ) |
the range of the sicklefin lemon shark extends from south africa to the red sea ( including mauritius the seychelles and madagascar ) continuing eastward along the coast of the indian subcontinent to southeast asia extending as far north as taiwan and the philippines and as far south as new guinea and northern australia this species is also found around numerous pacific islands including new caledonia palau the marshall islands the solomon islands fiji vanuatu and french polynesia this species likely colonized the central pacific by infrequently hopping from one island to the next significant levels of genetic differentiation between sicklefin lemon sharks in australia and french polynesia 750 km ( 470 mi ) apart suggest that little intermingling occurs between regional subpopulations |
an inhabitant of coastal continental and insular shelves the sicklefin lemon shark occurs from the intertidal zone to a depth of 92 m ( 302 ft ) this species favors still murky waters and is most common in bays estuaries and lagoons and over sandy flats and outer reefs sometimes an individual may venture into open water one was filmed in the 1971 documentary blue water white death in the vicinity of a sperm whale ( physeter macrocephalus ) carcass juvenile sicklefin lemon sharks are often found on reef flats or around mangroves in water so shallow that their dorsal fins are exposed in herald bight off western australia a known nursery juvenile sicklefin lemon sharks frequent open areas and mangroves in water under 3 m ( 9 @@ 8 ft ) deep but not areas covered by the seagrass posidonia australis |
the sicklefin lemon shark has a robust stocky body and a short broad head the snout is rounded or almost wedge @@ shaped with small nostrils bearing triangular flaps of skin in front the eyes are small with no spiracles short furrows are present at the corners of the mouth thirteen to 16 ( usually 14 ) tooth rows occur on either side of both jaws not including the tiny teeth at the symphysis ( the jaw midline ) the upper teeth have a large cusp rising from a broad base with a notch on each side these teeth become increasingly angled towards the corners of the mouth the lower teeth resemble the upper teeth but are narrower and more erect the teeth of sharks over 1 @@ 4 m ( 4 @@ 6 ft ) long are finely serrated |
the fins ( especially the dorsal pectoral and ) of the sicklefin lemon shark are more falcate ( sickle @@ shaped ) than those of the otherwise very similar american lemon shark the first dorsal fin is positioned closer to the pelvic than the pectoral fins the second dorsal fin nearly equal to the first in size is located over or slightly forward of the anal fin no ridge is seen between the dorsal fins the pectoral fins are long and broad originating below the space between the third and fourth gill slits the anal fin has a strong notch in the rear margin the precaudal pit ( a cavity just forward of the caudal fin ) is oriented longitudinally the large dermal denticles are overlapping and bear three to five horizontal ridges each the coloration is a plain yellowish brown or gray above and lighter below with more yellow on the fins this species attains a maximum known length of 3 @@ 8 m ( 12 ft ) though it typically does not exceed 3 @@ 1 m ( 10 ft ) |
a sluggish species the sicklefin lemon shark is usually seen cruising sedately just above the sea bottom or lying still on it as unlike most requiem sharks it is capable of actively pumping water over its gills however it will approach the surface in pursuit of food this shark seldom undertakes long @@ distance movements a study at aldabra atoll in the seychelles found of the tagged sharks that were later recaptured over 90 were still within 2 km ( 1 @@ 2 mi ) of their initial tagging location another study at moorea in french polynesia found that some of the local sharks were year @@ round residents of the island while others were more transitory and visited only occasionally |
over 90 of the sicklefin lemon shark's diet consists of and shore @@ dwelling teleosts including herring mullets mackerel silversides needlefish smelt @@ whitings porgies sea catfish triggerfish parrotfish and porcupinefish occasionally they may also take cephalopods and crustaceans and older individuals have been known to consume stingrays and guitarfish this species may be preyed upon by larger sharks known parasites include the tapeworms paraorygmatobothrium phoreiobothrium and platybothrium sicklefin lemon sharks have been documented resting on the bottom and eliciting cleanings by bluestreak cleaner wrasses ( labroides dimidiatus ) during which they may open their mouths and stop respiring for as long as 150 seconds to give the wrasses access to their mouths and gills |
as with other members of its family the sicklefin lemon shark is viviparous the developing embryos are sustained by a placental connection formed from their depleted yolk sacs females give birth to one to 13 ( usually six to 12 ) pups every other year in shallow nursery areas following a gestation period of 10 11 months unlike in the american lemon shark cant evidence indicates this species is philopatric ( returns to the site of their birth to reproduce ) parturition occurs in october or november at madagascar and aldabra and in january at french polynesia ovulation and mating for nonpregnant females takes place at around the same time the embryos develop a placenta after around four months of gestation when they still possess vestiges of external gills the young are born at a length of 45 80 cm ( 18 31 in ) juvenile sharks grow slowly at a rate of 12 @@ 5 15 @@ 5 cm ( 4 @@ 9 6 @@ 1 in ) per year both sexes attain sexual maturity at a length of 2 @@ 2 2 @@ 4 m ( 7 @@ 2 7 @@ 9 ft ) |
several apparently unprovoked attacks on humans have been attributed to the sicklefin lemon shark due to its formidable size and teeth it is regarded as potentially dangerous and certainly this species has been known to defend itself quickly and vigorously if touched speared or otherwise provoked or alarmed once agitated this shark can be a persistent adversary in one case a shark forced a swimmer to seek refuge atop a coral head and circled for hours before giving up however observations by divers show that normally this shark is shy and hesitant to approach even when presented with bait often the shark will move away when a diver enters visual range young sharks are reportedly more aggressive and inquisitive than the adults at moorea sicklefin lemon sharks are the main attraction of daily shark @@ feeding ecotourism dives this shark adapts well to captivity and is displayed in public aquariums |
the iucn has assessed the sicklefin lemon shark globally as vulnerable it is harvested using anchored and floating gillnets beach nets and longlines the meat is sold fresh or dried and salted for human consumption the fins used for shark fin soup and the liver oil is processed for vitamins the sicklefin lemon shark is highly susceptible to local overfishing due to its slow reproductive rate and limited movements off southeast asia this shark has become scarce under the pressure of expanding unmonitored and unregulated fisheries and has been assessed there as endangered by the iucn widespread habitat degradation including pollution and blast fishing on coral reefs and deforestation in mangroves poses an additional threat to the survival of this species in the region already the sicklefin lemon shark has been extirpated in parts of india and thailand and has not been reported from indonesian markets in recent years despite being historically abundant there off australia the sicklefin lemon shark is taken in only small numbers intentionally and as bycatch and has been listed under least concern |
the flammulated flycatcher ( deltarhynchus ) is a species of bird in the tyrannidae family and is the only species in the monotypic genus deltarhynchus although it is closely related to the birds of the genus myiarchus it is endemic to the dry deciduous forest arid thorn forest and scrubby woodland of mexico s pacific coast the flycatcher is an olive to gray @@ brown bird with a streaked pale gray chest white throat black bill dark gray feet and dark brown wings it is a skulking bird that typically remains hidden in the underbrush it feeds by gleaning insects off of leaves and twigs that it spots from an exposed perch the female lays approximately three eggs in a nest made in a shallow tree cavity |
the species was first described in 1875 by ornithologist george newbold lawrence who placed this species in the genus myiarchus however in 1893 it was split from myiarchus into the new monotypic genus deltarhynchus by robert ridgway because of its shorter and broader bill more rounded wings and partially streaked underparts this change was upheld in 1901 by richard bowdler sharpe and by subsequent authors however in 1977 ornithologist melvin alvah traylor jr while upholding its status as a monotypic genus said that the species should be lumped back into myiarchus if its nesting habits were similar to those of that genus these doubts were put to rest by wesley lanyon's research of the flycatcher in 1979 which confirmed the bird's placement in a monotypic genus |
deltarhynchus is similar to the genus myiarchus but is distinguished from it by a broader and shorter bill more rounded wings a different face pattern pale cinnamon wing and tail edgings voice streaking on the chest and the bird's skulking habits the flammulated flycatcher's generic name is derived from the ancient greek words delta which means delta @@ shaped or in this case wedge and rhynchos which means beak its specific epithet is derived from the latin word which means little flame the flycatcher has no subspecies |
the flammulated flycatcher is approximately 6 to 6 @@ 5 inches ( 15 @@ 16 @@ 5 cm ) in length and has a chunky body adult males and females are similar in plumage with each possessing olive to a worn gray @@ brown upperparts and head a whitish supraloral stripe and crescent are behind the bird's eyes it also has a dusky lore the throat is whitish and the chest is a pale gray with inconspicuous dusky streaking while the belly and undertail coverts are a pale yellow additionally this species has dark brown well @@ rounded wings with pale cinnamon @@ edged coverts and remiges the wings are about 3 inches ( 76 mm ) long the tail is also a dark brown edged with a narrow band of pale cinnamon it is barely shorter than the wing and slightly rounded the bird's bill is black broad and triangular with a slightly paler base and about half the length of the its head the legs are a dark gray and end with large curved and sharp claws it has an orange mouth and a brown eye the juvenile is similar to the adult although the tail has a broad band of pale cinnamon |
the flammulated flycatcher mostly sings from april to august which includes its breeding season and tends to remain hidden while singing the song of the flycatcher is a plaintive whistle followed by a short but quick roll it can also give a plaintive and slurred chew call which is often sung three to five times in a descending series as well as a squeaky chatter calls are the same for males and females and are given throughout the day to give a location identify an individual sound an alarm and mark the limits of a territory among other functions during the breeding season males give what is known as a dawn song every morning which includes the calls chee @@ bee beet and churr @@ r @@ r @@ bee bee in alternation |
this flycatcher is endemic to the pacific lowlands of mexico's western coast from sinaloa to western chiapas while possibly extending into guatemala although this has not been confirmed the total area that it lives in is estimated to be 66 @@ 000 km2 ( 25 @@ 482 @@ 7 sq mi ) its range is discontinuous and it is found in low densities when present it lives in dry deciduous forest arid and semi @@ arid thorn forest and scrubby woodland at about 1000 1400 meters ( ft ) above sea level this species is non @@ migratory |
the flammulated flycatcher is listed as being of least concern on the iucn red list due to its large range and the belief that the total population numbers over 10 @@ 000 individuals however no precise estimate on the bird's population exists while the species is known to be uncommon in parts of its range its population is not believed to be declining enough to pass the threshold of 30 in ten years or three generations necessary to be listed as near threatened although the exact population trends also have not been quantified |
this flycatcher is a sluggish and skulking species that usually remains in the underbrush when excited either by an intruder or when attempting to attract a mate this species raises the feathers on its crown to form what appears to be a crest however unlike the closely related genus myiarchus it does not bob its head while displaying the crest |
the flammulated flycatcher forages by perching on an open branch and looking outward and downward for prey which primarily consists of insects once it spots a potential meal the flycatcher rapidly and directly flies at the insect which is normally on the exposed upper surface of a leaf or twig it hovers briefly before the insect before grabbing it in its beak and flying away to typically a new perch |
the flycatcher breeds around june of each year it nests in shallow tree cavities that are surprisingly close to the ground at approximately 90 centimeters above it the nest is shaped like a cup and is composed of fine vegetable fibers dried leaves and shredded bark unlike the similar myiarchus flycatchers it does not use snakeskin or other materials to build its nest the female lays three eggs that are creamy to pinkish in color and are decorated with brown and gray splotches |
king's highway 89 commonly referred to as highway 89 is an east west provincially maintained highway in the southwestern portion of the canadian province of ontario stretching 107 kilometres ( 66 mi ) from the junction of highway 9 and highway 23 in harriston in the west to highway 400 just east of cookstown in the east the principal urban centres along the highway include alliston shelburne and mount forest outside of these towns the highway travels through rural farmland across a large part of southwestern ontario |