"A flash mob (or flashmob)[1] is a group of people who assemble suddenly in apublic place, perform an unusual and sometimes seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, artistic expression, or in some cases violence.[2][3][4] Flash mobs are organized viatelecommunications, social media, or viral emails.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
The term, coined in 2003, is generally not applied to events and performances organized for the purposes of politics (such as protests), commercial advertisement, publicity stunts that involve public relation firms, or paid professionals.[7][11][12] In these cases of a planned purpose for the social activity in question, the term smart mob is often applied instead."
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"Flash robs"
In the United States, in 2009 and 2010, the city of Philadelphia experienced a wave of flash mobs that either started with the intent or led to the destruction of private property, rioting, violence, and personal injury.[17] As a result, police used pepper spray to disperse crowds and arrests were made.[38][39] Law makers and lobbyists in the city are pursuing enacting bylaws to counter flash mobs by extending curfew hours, limiting the hours of bus passes, and holding parents more accountable for the actions of their children.[17] Bill Wasik has expressed "surprise by the new focus of some of the gatherings" and called it "terrible that these Philly mobs have turned violent".[17]
Violence by African-American flash mobs resumed in the summer of 2011, drawing condemnation from mayor Michael Nutter, who said that participants "damage [their] own race".[40] A curfew of 9pm was imposed in two districts.[41]
Summer 2011 brought additional "flash mobs", "flash robs" or "flash thefts" to Maryland, Cleveland, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Ottawa, Ontario.[42][43]
[edit]See also
- Critical mass
- Crowd manipulation
- Flash crowd
- Flash mob computing
- Happening
- Improv Everywhere
- Smart mob"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/17/new-video-surfaces-showing-unprovoked-attack-by-philadelphia-teens/
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| Every FLASH MOB member has HERD the news about an upcoming "cool" happening in his or her life of quiet desperation. |
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Do you see any heart shape in the bisons maxicard?
Yes? Me, too.
No? Me, neither.
You haven't looked hard enough...
Which reminds me of an old joke:
"-Why do elephants have red eyes?
-...?
- To hide in a cherry-tree. But have you ever seen one in a cherry-tree?
- No.
- Then he must have hidden well!"
I could say that I see a congested yellow heart, with the upper lobes compressed laterally into each other and the line between them visible, a few millimeters below the letters SH from the word Washington, in the postmark.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2011
Guest Heart Thursday #71
Welcome to Guest Heart Thursday -
A place to share YOUR heart!
I've heard of flash mobs but have never seen one myself. There was one in downtown Portland last summer where a hundred people jammed into Pioneer Courthouse Square and at the stroke of noon didn't move a muscle for like 5 minutes. Someone caught it on tape and it made the news.
ReplyDeleteI see the heart you mentioned ... after I enlarged the card ... and I see ANOTHER heart here! In the stamp ... isn't his nose an upside down heart??? :=}
I see the nose one!
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