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79 human-flesh-search-machine: Celia Hatton, “China’s Internet Vigilantes and the ‘Human Flesh Search Engine,’” BBC News Magazine, January 28, 2014, accessed August 21, 2014, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25913472.
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80 his first time on the cover: “Brad Pitt: The Sexiest Man Alive,” People, November 13, 2000, accessed August 21, 2014, http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20132898,00.html.
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81 “The old MIG welder works”: “MIG Welding FAQs,” Lincoln Electric, accessed August 21, 2014, http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/support/welding-solutions/Pages/mig-faqs-detail.aspx.
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82 passed Angel Island to starboard: “Angel Island State Park,” California Department of Parks and Recreation, accessed August 21, 2014, http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=468.
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83 eBay Park’s pier: “AT&T Park,” San Francisco Giants, accessed August 21, 2014, http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/ballpark/.
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84 Art Hodes: Jon Pareles, “Art Hodes, a Pianist Known for the Blues in the Old Style, 88,” New York Times, March 6, 1993, http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/06/arts/art-hodes-a-pianist-known-for-the-blues-in-the-old-style-88.html.
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85 ship mission center: Jay Sego and Jim Downey, “Life at Sea Aboard DDG 1000,” Surface Warfare, accessed August 21, 2014, http://surfwarmag.ahf.nmci.navy.mil/feature_ddg_1000.html.
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86 “calling it Blackwater”: August Cole, “Blackwater Vies for Jobs Beyond Guard Duty,” Wall Street Journal, October 15, 2007, accessed August 21, 2014, http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB119240518691958669.
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87 “the history of wine itself”: Tom Standage, A History of the World in Six Glasses (New York: Walker, 2006).
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88 inside the 3-D environment: Betsy Book, “Virtual Worlds: Today and in the Future,” BCS, March 2006, accessed August 21, 2014, http://www.bcs.org/content/conwebdoc/3336.
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89 submerged rendition of Las Ramblas: “City Visit of Las Ramblas District in Barcelona,” Barcelona.com, accessed August 21, 2014, http://www.barcelona.com/barcelona_city_guide/city_visits_of_barcelona/ramblas.
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90 a liver shot: Eric C. Stevens, “Analysis of the Liver Shot: Throwing and Defending,” BreakingMuscle.com, accessed August 21, 2014, http://breakingmuscle.com/martial-arts/analysis-of-the-liver-shot-throwing-and-defending.
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91 “at DevGru with me”: Brandon Webb, “DEVGRU/SEAL TEAM 6,” Sofrep.com, accessed August 21, 2014, http://sofrep.com/devgru-seal-team-6/.
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92 “cognitive augmentation”: Ed Boyden, “In Pursuit of Human Augmentation,” MIT Technology Review, September 17, 2007, accessed August 21, 2014, http://www.technologyreview.com/view/408686/in-pursuit-of-human-augmentation/.
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93 “JSOC”: “Joint Special Operations Command,” U.S. Special Operations Command, accessed August 21, 2014, http://www.socom.mil/Pages/JointSpecialOperationsCommand.aspx.
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94 “One Hundred Sixtieth helo drivers”: “160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne),” U.S. Army, accessed August 21, 2014, http://www.soc.mil/ARSOAC/160th.html; the Persistent Operations Group is a fictional special-mission unit.
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95 penthouse suite number 3: “Moana Surfrider Room Types,” Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, accessed August 21, 2014, http://www.moana-surfrider.com/roomsandsuites/roomtypes/.
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96 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters: “AH-1Z Super Cobra/Viper,” U.S. Marine Corps, accessed August 22, 2014, http://www.marines.com/operating-forces/equipment/aircraft/ah-1z-cobra.
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Part 4
1 the Republic of Kalaallit Nunaat: “Greenland: Oil Fortune to Fund Independence,” United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.unric.org/en/indigenous-people/27308-greenland-oil-fortune-to-fund-independence.
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2 massive oil fields were discovered: “U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey USGS Fact Sheet 2008-3049 2008 Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal: Estimates of Undiscovered Oil and Gas North of the Arctic Circle,” U.S. Geological Survey 2008, accessed August 23, 2014, http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3049/fs2008-3049.pdf.
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3 the U.S. Coast Guard had only one: “USCGC Healy (WAGB-20),” U.S. Coast Guard, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcHealy/.
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4 steadying a spotting scope: Geoffrey Ingersoll, “New ‘One-Shot’ Rifle Sight Could Make Snipers Deadlier Than Ever,” Business Insider, October 12, 2012, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.businessinsider.com/new-one-shot-rifle-sight-technology-does-the-aiming-for-every-sniper-2012-10.
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5 a QBU-88 rifle: “QBU-88,” World Guns, accessed October 6, 2014, http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sniper-rifles/ch/qbu--e.html.
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6 with a TrackingPoint spotter: “What the Shooter Does,” Tracking Point, accessed August 23, 2014, http://tracking-point.com/.
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7 Hawaii’s first radar defense network: “Mount Kaala, Oahu, HI,” Radomes.org, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.radomes.org/museum/recent/KaalaAFSOahuHI.html.
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8 Gulf of the Farallones: “Welcome to Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary,” National Ocean Service, August 7, 2014, accessed August 23, 2014, http://farallones.noaa.gov/.
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9 at full EMCON A: “Emission Control,” U.S. Navy, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.navair.navy.mil/ibst/03_E3/emcon.html.
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10 stealthy unmanned surface vessels: Sandra I. Erwin, “Navy Will Deploy Swarms of Autonomous Robots to Protect Warships at Sea,” National Defense, October 5, 2014, accessed October 5, 2014, http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=1628.
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11 The American military had gotten the idea: Ellen Nakashima and Craig Whitlock, “With Air Force’s Gorgon Drone ‘We Can See Everything,’” Washington Post, January 2, 2011, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/01/AR2011010102690.html.
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12 “what you should fear”: Jack Pemment, “Blame the Amygdala: The Neuroscience of Crime and Violent Behavior,” Psychology Today, April 5, 2013, accessed October 27, 2014, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/blame-the-amygdala/201301/what-would-we-find-wrong-in-the-brain-serial-killer.
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13 the way sandtiger sharks cooperated: “Co-Operative Hunting in Sandtiger Sharks,” ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.elasmo-research.org/education/topics/b_coop_hunting.htm.
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14 Mark 81 rocket-powered torpedo: Eric Adams, “Supercavitating Torpedo,” Popular Science, June 1, 2004, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-06/supercavitating-torpedo; fictional weapon.
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15 idea from that video game: “Call of Duty: Ghosts,” Activision, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.callofduty.
com/ghosts/home.
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16 dehydrated roast pork and mooncakes: Gregory Mone, “Eat Like a Taikonaut,” Popular Science, July 25, 2007, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.popsci.com/article/2007-07/eat-taikonaut.
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17 fired an antisatellite missile: Peter Grier, “The Flying Tomato Can,” Air Force Magazine, February 2009, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.airforcemag.com/magazinearchive/pages/2009/february%202009/0209tomato.aspx?signon=false.
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18 “Out of the blue”: Steve Hammond and David Pierce, “Space Pirates,” Flash Fearless Vs. the Zorg Women, Parts 5 & 6, 1975, performed by Alice Cooper, http://www.allmusic.com/song/space-pirates-mt0011871423.
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19 Ehukai Beach: “Ehukai Beach Park,” Hawaii Beach Safety, accessed August 23, 2014, http://oceansafety.ancl.hawaii.edu/v/2.0/?i=oahu&shid=1&bch=ehukai.
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20 a small black lobster: Maryann Lawlor, “Lobsters Populate Navy Robot Platter,” Signal Online, May 2004, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.afcea.org/content/?q=node/135.
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21 the lobster made a final sprint: Joseph Ayers, “Biomimetic Underwater Robot Program,” Northeastern Marine Science Center, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.neurotechnology.neu.edu/.
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22 suppressed HK 416 rifles: “HK416 A5,” Heckler and Koch, accessed August 17, 2014, http://www.heckler-koch.com/en/products/military/assault-rifles/hk416-a5/hk416-a5-11/overview.html.
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23 swim to shore without oxygen tanks: “110 Predictions for the Next 110 Years,” Popular Mechanics, December 10, 2012, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/news/110-predictions-for-the-next-110-years.
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24 The Tallyho had originally been: “Spaceships: Virgin Galactic’s Vehicles,” Virgin Galactic, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.virgingalactic.com/overview/spaceships; fictional spaceship.
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25 Harry Winston in London’s Mayfair: “Harry Winston,” Bond Street Association, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.bondstreet.co.uk/shop/harry-winston/.
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26 the image had stuck with Sir Aeric: Thom Patterson, “Overheard on CNN: New Shuttle Needs Space Plane ‘Coolness,’” CNN.com, June 8, 2012, accessed March 18, 2014, http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/08/us/space-shuttle-overheard-on-cnn/index.html?hpt=hp_c2.
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27 a love that would never come: Christopher Paul et al., “Paths to Victory: Detailed Insurgency Case Studies,” RAND Corporation, 2013, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR291z2.html.
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28 civilian-style Great Wall pickups: “Wingle 5,” Great Wall Motors, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.gwm-global.com/wingle5.html.
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29 the two metallic hands: Francie Diep, “A Mind-Controlled Robotic Hand with a Sense of Touch,” Popular Science, February 5, 2014, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.popsci.com/article/science/mind-controlled-robotic-hand-sense-touch.
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30 “lenses of the wrong prescription”: Emily Gold Boutilier, “Thinking the World into Motion,” Brown Alumni Magazine, January 2005, accessed August 23, 2014, http://archive.today/hf0P9.
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31 “William Gibson’s 1984 novel Neuromancer”: Ed Cumming, “The Man Who Saw Tomorrow,” Guardian, July 27, 2014, accessed August 23, 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/28/william-gibson-neuromancer-cyberpunk-books. Also see http://williamgibsonbooks.com/books/neuromancer.asp.
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32 the five-foot-tall spider-bot: Lance Ulanoff, “3D-Printed Spiderbot Is Stuff of Dreams and Nightmares,” Mashable.com, July 5, 2013, accessed August 24, 2014, http://mashable.com/2013/07/05/3d-printed-spider-robot/.
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33 sifting through rubble: Dan Nosowitz, “Meet Japan’s Earthquake Search-and-Rescue Robots,” Popular Science, March 11, 2011, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-03/six-robots-could-shape-future-earthquake-search-and-rescue.
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34 “What we observe”: Werner Heisenberg, as quoted in Robert Pine, Science and the Human Prospect (Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1999), online edition, accessed July 15, 2014, http://home.honolulu.hawaii.edu/~pine/book1qts/chapter8qts.html.
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35 a Type 98 bayonet knife: Fan Zhibin, “Regiment in Bayonet Training,” People’s Daily Online, accessed August 24, 2014, http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90786/7689290.html.
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36 QSZ-92: “NORINCO QSZ-92 (Type 92) Semi-Automatic Pistol (1998),” MilitaryFactory.com, September 2, 2011, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=392.
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37 Taser X26: “Taser X26 CEW,” Taser International, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.taser.com/products/law-enforcement/taser-x26-ecd.
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38 the pain pump implanted: “What Is a Drug Pump?,” Medtronic, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.medtronic.com/patients/chronic-pain/device/drug-pumps/what-is-it/.
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40 “It’s a float vest”: Matthew Cox, “Navy Upgrading Its Aircrew Survival Vest,” Kit Up (blog), Military.com, December 20, 2013, accessed August 24, 2014, http://kitup.military.com/2013/12/navy-upgrading-aircrew-survival.html.
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43 “make the fun of the Orzel”: “ORP Orzel,” Polish navy, accessed August 24, 2014, http://www.navy.mw.mil.pl/index.php?akcja=orzel.
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46 arching eyebrows, a wide mustache: Monica Nickelsburg, “A Brief History of the Guy Fawkes Mask,” Week, July 3, 2013, http://theweek.com/article/index/245685/a-brief-history-of-the-guy-fawkes-mask.
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47 “We are Anonymous”: Singer and Friedman, Cybersecurity and Cyberwar, 80–84.
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48 General Atomics Avenger stealth drone: “Predator C Avenger UAS,” Gene
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