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onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com The Absolute Best Cosplay of 2013

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This was an amazing year for creative costumes and clever tributes — so it was a lot of work to do all of it justice. We looked through a whole year of costuming at every convention, Halloween outing or simply talented people messing around online and we found a massive collection of exceptionally talented costumers. Here are our absolute favorite cosplayers from 2013.

First up top we have a great bit of cosplaying — NOT just because all the Disney Princesses are Superheroes but mostly because of what they did to Vanellope von Schweetz. Images by Eurobeat Kasumi Photography.

Princess Deadpool via Gamewire Girl (many, many more cute shots at the link):

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Post Apocalyptic Little Mermaid at NYCC via The Mary Sue.

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Ape Frodo and Gandalf is from NYCC 2013 via Geeks Are Sexy.

Daria Cosplay. Makeup By Faulty Frame and Kate Stark. Photos by Annet Voronaya. Via Best of Cosplay.

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The Gentleman Ghost at SDCC 2013 via ScreenRant.

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The Sanderson Sisters! From Hocus Pocus (and their ex-boyfriend!). Photo by Joits Photography, Costumes by Lauren of Castle Corsetry. Via Fashionably Geek.

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Lady Khan NYCC 2013 via Nicoltergeist.

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LED Baby created by Dopplerizer.

Kif and Zapp Brannigan at NYCC 2013 via io9.

How about the invasion of ADORABLE Commander Hadfields we saw this year. MY HEART IT BEATS "BABY MUSTACHE!" Tons more 'lil Hadfields over here.

But this one's definitely our favorite:

@Cmdr_Hadfield you're an inspiration to us all! This Hallowe'en we are representing, albeit in an adorable way :) pic.twitter.com/mqSpc7gqP2

— Lollybug (@TheLollybug) October 27, 2013

DJ Ruby Rhod (in formal attire) at NYCC 2013 via io9.

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Gollum via Flickr!

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Cosplayer Enayla is COMMITTED to her Hanging GLaDOS Cosplay.

Homer Vegata taken by Victor Gamez at SDCC 2013.

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Rick Baker as Steampunk Frankenstein. Via Reddit.

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The Tooth Fairy! Taken by Victor Gamez at SDCC 2013.

The actual actress Nicki Clyne at New York Comic-Con 2013 in her FULL Callandra Tyrol uniform from Battlestar Galactica. AMAZING, via io9.

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Game of Thrones, Morphing Throne! Via IGN.

Guinan NYCC 2013 via io9.

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Cassandra and her attendants, moisturize! NYCC 2013 via io9.

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Shredder and the Turtles (sorta) NYCC 2013 via io9.

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Dead Castiel via Vulcan4Ever.

A White Walker. Via io9's Halloween Costume Roundup.

Pacific Rim original cosplay, The Brooklyn Typhoon via Brooklyn Robot Works.

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Gandalf the Pink. Created by Jimmy and submitted to our very own io9 Costume Party.

Rob Cockerham from Cockeyed dressed up as Disneyland... all of it.

Old Republic's Darth Malgus from Darth Malgus Costume Test via Kotaku. Astounding.

Interview with a Vampire Gang NYCC 2013 via io9.

Doc OC NYCC 2013 via io9.

Tangled Jedis NYCC 2013 via io9.

Lady Kaneda NYCC 2013 via io9.

Rocket Raccoon NYCC 2013 via io9.

Cylons Taken by Victor Gamez at SDCC 2013.

Powdered Toast Man at SDCC 2013. Via io9.

Not our favorite episode, but definitely our favorite cosplay. Found by Alcblueyes on the Doctor Who Cosplay Livejournal group.

We will continue to love you forever cosplaying Renly Baratheon. Found on the ScotchTrooper Tumblr.

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Thanos via Geeks Are Sexy.

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Carpet Cosplay so good, they got sued by the hotel.

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Marceline and Simon cosplay from Adventure Time. WEEP. Created by Twinzik Cosplay.

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Mr. Freeze NYCC 2013, photo by Getty Images

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Many Lady Thors NYCC 2013, photo by Getty Images

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Pradator Pals NYCC 2013, photo by Getty Images

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London Olympia Convention, photo by Getty Images

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Bebop & Rocksteady at Cos & Effect Photography from the The Will Box. Via Fashionably Geek.

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Labyrinth Family from reddit via Jezebel.

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Dino Rider SDCC 2013. Photo by Denis Poroy/Invision/AP

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Amazing Dredd Time-lapse. Via Topless Robot.

Who did we miss? Put any favorite we didn't see in the comments! And good costuming to you all in 2014.

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Weinsteins refuse to release Snowpiercer without cuts AND voiceovers onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com Weinsteins refuse to release Snowpiercer without cuts AND voiceovers

Apparently negotiations between Snowpiercer director Bong Joon-Ho and producer Harvey Weinstein have broken down, because Playlist is reporting that Weinstein refuses to release the movie in North America at all unless he gets to give it what many in the industry call "the full Blade Runner."

The irony that Weinstein would be cutting 25 minutes (out of an 126-minute movie) of what pure character development (according to BFI's Tony Rayns), and then demand to awkwardly spell out that character development via these new voiceovers seems to be lost on him. He even wanted Neil Gaiman to write the voiceovers, as if that would class up this infinitely classless move in the slightest.

Harvey Weinstein doesn't just think you're too stupid to see Snowpiercer, he thinks you're too stupid to understand any movie where actors try to convey their thoughts and emotions through mere acting. Obviously you need to have it told directly to you, lest your brain explode trying to process the crazy "moving pictures" on screen without some kind of storytelling hand-holding.

[The Playlist via Gamma Squad]

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How cholera evolved to be one of the deadliest diseases in history onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com

onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com How cholera evolved to be one of the deadliest diseases in history

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Cholera has long been a known disease, but it wasn't until the 1700s that it was recognized as a worldwide plague. It became one of the most feared diseases in the world because it adapted to humans enough to take control of our basic bodily functions.

Love in the Time of Cholera is a beautiful novel that illustrates two things - that cholera was once so pervasive and sweeping that it marked out a whole time period, and that cholera has been so successfully repressed in the developed world that we use it in romantic novels despite the fact that it kills people by making them shoot all the liquid in their body out of their anus. Yeah, that title looks different now, doesn't it? It's not as romantic to think of Florentino and Fermina wading through - and narrowly avoiding eating - other people's crap. But that is how cholera spreads, and that is why there was a "time" of it.

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Cholera Multiplies in the Body

Cholera is the name of the disease caused by ingestion of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Once in a human body, the bacterium perpetuates itself via an incredibly efficient process. It shoots vigorously through the digestive system until it comes to the small intestine. The small intestine is responsible, among other things, for keeping the right balance of water in the body. It does this by passing water back and forth through a layer of epithelial cells. Often these cells grab the extra water molecules out of whatever is making its way through the intestine and retaining the water for the body. When a person eats something that disagrees with them, either because it has parasites or because it is poisonous, the body pumps water from the body through the layer of cells and into the small intestine, which lets the misbehaving food flow through quickly out of the body and do as little damage as possible. The process involves stealing a lot of water from the rest of the body, which is why it's so important for people who have diarrhea to drink liquids. They need to replace the water they lost.

When Vibrio cholerae enters the body it puts out a certain toxin that attacks the junctions between the epithelial cells, ripping them apart. Water pours through the breaks between the cells and goes out the only available exit. So many epithelial cells come off during this process that they resemble small confetti-like flakes and have given the excretions of cholera patients the name "rice water." "Rice water" is also filled with more bacteria, which go out into the world ready to spread the disease. These bacteria were once quite mild-mannered, and even today can be managed with clean drinking water and, if necessary, a couple of IV bags of fluid.

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Cholera Multiplies In the World

That's where humans come in. For most of human history, clean drinking water wasn't too far away. When people wandered in small groups, they could excrete gallons of bacteria-filled fluid and the people caring for them could move upriver for clean water. Even small settlements had no difficult time setting aside areas for clean drinking water. If a strain of Vibrio cholerae was to be successful, it couldn't wring a person out like a dishrag and kill them quickly. It was the strain that lingered, keeping its host sick but alive, that had the best chance of spreading - through a moment of carelessness - to the people nearby.

It was when people began crowding together in larger groups, when drinking water and waste water started mixing, that the balance between the more benign cholera and the more virulent cholera shifted. Suddenly there was no percentage in sticking around and hoping that the people around the human host got careless as to where they put their hands (and how soon afterwards they put their hands in their mouths). The advantage went to the bacteria that reproduced like crazy and spread themselves through the dense population. This is when cholera turned into a fast, terrifying killer. By the 1800s, cholera could kill people twelve hours after their first symptoms appeared. They were drained of up to fifteen percent of their body weight within a few hours. For the most part they died of dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, but not before spewing out more bacteria into the general water supply.

And this is why the developed world is no longer in the time of cholera. Certainly, knowledge of how it spreads, and how it can be combated, helps. What helps more is the fact that sewage systems and drinking water systems exist, and are kept separate. It's also why any large human settlements that by disaster or bad design accidentally mix the two systems suddenly dip back into the bygone era again. This is a time we carry with us.

[Via UCSD News, The Ghost Map]

Virus Images: Dartmouth College

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