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Masaru Emoto (江本 勝, Emoto Masaru^?, born July 22, 1943) is a Japanese author and entrepreneur, best known for his claims that human consciousness has an effect on the molecular structure of water. Emoto's hypothesis has evolved over the years of his research. Initially Emoto claimed that high-quality water forms beautiful and intricate crystals, while low-quality water has difficulty forming crystals. According to Emoto, an ice crystal of distilled water exhibits a basic hexagonal structure with no intricate branching. Emoto claims that positive changes to water crystals can be achieved through prayer, music, or by attaching written words to a container of water.

Since 1999 Emoto has published several volumes of a work titled Messages from Water, which contains photographs of water crystals next to essays and "words of intent." In addition to his books, Emoto also sells various water products from his websites and catalogs, which are purported to have healing properties derived from his research and experiments.

Emoto's ideas appeared in the popular documentary "What the Bleep Do We Know!?". Like the film, Emoto's work is widely considered pseudoscience by professionals, and he is criticized for going directly to the public with misleading claims that violate basic physics, based on methods that fail to properly investigate the truth of the claims.^[1][2]

Biography[link]

Born in Yokohama, Japan, Emoto graduated from Yokohama Municipal University with courses in International Relations. "In 1986, he established the I.H.M. Corporation in Tokyo and is currently the head of the I.H.M. General Research Institute, Inc., the President of I.H.M., Inc., and the chief representative of I.H.M.'s HADO Fellowship".^[3] In 1992 he received certification as a Doctor of Alternative Medicine from the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines in India, an unaccredited institution.^[4][5] "Subsequently, he was introduced to the concept of micro-cluster water and Magnetic Resonance Analysis technology in the United States, which began his quest to discover the mystery of water".^[6]

Emoto is President Emeritus of the International Water For Life Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Oklahoma City, founded in 2005. He has three children with his wife Kazuko. ^[7]

Emoto's water crystal experiments consist of exposing water in glasses to different words, pictures, or music, and then freezing and examining the aesthetics of the resulting crystals with microscopic photography.^[8] Emoto claims that there are "many differences in the crystalline structure of the water" depending on the type of water source, which were taken from all over the world. For example, a water sample from a "pristine mountain" stream would purportedly show a "geometric" design that is "beautifully" shaped when frozen. On the other hand, "polluted water" sources will supposedly show a "definite distortion" and will be "randomly formed".^[3]

Criticism[link]

Commentators have criticized Emoto for insufficient experimental controls,^[9] and for not sharing enough details of his approach with the scientific community.^[10] In addition, Emoto has been criticized for designing his experiments in ways that leave them open to human error influencing his findings.^[11]

In the day-to-day work of his group, the creativity of the photographers rather than the rigor of the experiment is an explicit policy.^[12] Emoto freely acknowledges that he is not a scientist,^[13] and that photographers are instructed to select the most pleasing photographs.^[14]

In 2003, James Randi publicly offered Emoto one million dollars if his results can be reproduced in a double-blind study.^[15]

In 2005, Kristopher Setchfield (a graduate of Castleton State College in Vermont with a BA in Health Science) published a paper^[16] that analyzed deeper motives regarding Emoto's study. In his paper, Setchfield writes,

Unfortunately for his credibility with the scientific community, Dr. Emoto sells products based on his claims. For example, the products page of Emoto's Hado website is currently offering "geometrically perfect" "Indigo water" that is "highly charged hexagonally structured concentrate," and supposedly creates "structured water" that is "more easily assimilated at the cellular level" for $35 for an eight-ounce bottle. Without providing scientific research references for the allegedly amazing qualities of his Indigo Water, Emoto's commercial venture calls to mind ethical concerns regarding his intent and motivation—questions that would not be present if any scientist had published research supporting his claims.

In 2006, Emoto published a paper together with Dean Radin and others in the journal Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. They describe that in a double blind test approximately 2000 people in Tokyo could increase the aesthetic appeal of water stored in a room in California, compared to water in another room, solely through their positive intentions.^[17]

Triple-blind study[link]

A better-controlled "triple-blind" follow-up study published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration did not yield positive results. More than 1,900 of Mr. Emoto's followers focused gratitude on water bottles in a vault over a period of three days. The water was then frozen and compared to two different sets of controls in a very elaborate protocol. Crystals from all three groups were not, on average, considered to be particularly beautiful (scoring 1.7 on a scale of 0 to 6, where 6 was very beautiful). Crystals from the experimental group were also rated slightly less beautiful than a set of controls. An objective comparison of contrast did not reveal any significant differences among the samples.^[18]

There were, however, potential problems with the "triple-blind" follow up. As the study explains:

In any experiment involving intention, the intentions of the "investigators" cannot be cleanly isolated from those of the nominal participants and this in turn constrains how one should properly interpret the results. In addition, there were many uncontrolled degrees of freedom in this experiment which may have allowed ‘‘unintended intentional’’ effects to creep in. They all involve human decisions, e.g. selecting six specific bottles of water from a huge population of available bottles, randomly assigning those bottles to three conditions, selecting and preparing the water drops, placing the water drop samples inside the freezer, searching for and photographing ice crystals on the frozen water drops at different magnification levels, choosing one of a large possible set of image processing algorithms to provide an objective measure of image contrast, and so on."^[19]

Physician Harriet A. Hall writes, about the ideas of Emoto, that "This watery fantasy is all very entertaining and imaginative, full of New Age feel-good platitudes, holistic oneness, consciousness raising, and warm fuzzies; but it's hard to see how anyone could mistake it for science."^[1]

Books[link]

Emoto has sold 2 million copies of his books.^[20]

• Messages from Water, Vol. 1 (June 1999), Hado Publishing, ISBN 4-939098-00-1
• Messages from Water, Vol. 2 (November 2001), Sunmark Pub. ISBN 0-7881-2927-9
• The Hidden Messages in Water (April 2004 Eng., 2001 Jap.), Beyond Words Publishing ISBN 1-58270-162-8
• The Message from Water III: Love Thyself (January 2006), published by Hay House ISBN 1-4019-0899-3
• Water Crystal Healing: Music & Images to Restore Your Well Being (17 October 2006), published by Atria Books ISBN 1-58270-156-3
• The Shape of Love: Discovering Who We Are, Where We Came From, and Where We are Going, Doubleday, 2007. ISBN 978-0-385-51837-6

See also[link]

• Water memory
• Polywater
• Penta Water
• Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Lab
• Pseudoscience
• Water (2006 film)

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Sheridan, Patricia (September 26, 2005). "Masaru Emoto". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05269/577778.stm. Retrieved 2007-05-19. 
• Lafee, Scott (March 22, 2006). "Money can buy love – an additive to bottled water". The San Diego Union-Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20060322/news_1c22singular.html. Retrieved 2007-05-19. 
• Felt, Susan (April 27, 2005). "Good vibes: Author says water holds love, gratitude". The Arizona Republic. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0427emotoqqnda270.html. Retrieved 2007-05-20. 
• Norrell, Brenda (March 16, 2004). "News from the Southwest". Indian Country Today. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927172553/http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1079449171. Retrieved 2007-05-20. 
• Berlin, David (February 10, 2007). "Let them count the ways to court your sweetie". The San Diego Union-Tribune. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070210/news_1b10vday.html. Retrieved 2007-05-20. 
• Pasternack, Nancy (February 12, 2005). "Water-enlightening doctor comes to S.C.". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930200936/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2005/February/12/local/stories/11local.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-20. 
• Zander, Carly (October 13, 2005). "Global Water Guru Considers Research Center in Big Bear, Says the Native Voices Foundation". Send2Press. http://www.send2press.com/newswire/2005-10-1013-003.shtml. Retrieved 2007-05-20. 

External links[link]

• Masaru Emoto's web site
• Emoto's section of the web site of the movie What the #$*! Do We Know!?
• James Randi's 1 million dollar challenge
• Gary Greenberg, a biomedical researcher and artist with patents for microscopes, challenges Emoto to explain why his work has not been peer reviewed
• Research paper on Emoto's findings
• Water-related pseudoscience

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Sadistic Intent
Sadistic Intent at Jalometalli Metal Music Festival in Oulu, 2008
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California
Genres	Death metal
Years active	1987-present
Labels	Dark Realm Records

Sadistic Intent is a death metal band from Los Angeles, California.^[1]

Biography[link]

Sadistic Intent formed in 1987. Two years later they released a small run of demo cassettes, called Conflict Within, followed by the release of a few rehearsal tapes and demos. Eventually Sadistic Intent signed with a rising label, Wild Rags Records. In 1990 the 'Impending Doom' EP was released and a few tours followed in Mexico as well as the United States. The following year, after bitter disputes with the label, they moved on and self-released a limited edition (1,000 copies) 7" EP A Calm Before The Storm. Due to line-up problems, the band would not release any material until late 1993.

In 1994 Sadistic Intent released the Resurrection MCD, bassist Bay Cortez singing for the first time. After sorting out another line-up problem in 1995, they released Ancient Black Earth as a limited edition (500 hand-numbered copies) MCD through their own record label, Dark Realm Records. Sadistic Intent also recorded a tribute song to Celtic Frost for Dwell Records. In 1998, a split 7" EP with the German Black metal group Ungod was released through the German label Merciless Records. 1999 saw more tribute recordings and releases from Sadistic Intent. One was for California's legendary Possessed, which featured original Possessed front man Jeff Becerra on vocals; in 2007 Sadistic Intent played back-up at the reforming of Possessed. The other tribute song was for a Dwell Recordstribute to legendary Los Angeles metal band Slayer.

Their career spans two decades, earning them a respected place in the local Los Angeles thrash/death/black metal community as well as in the international underground scene.^{[citation needed]}

Dark Realm Records and Store[link]

Sadistic Intent is linked to the record label and record store Dark Realm Records in Downey, California, since the owners of the store, Bay Cortez and Rick Cortez, are both Sadistic Intent members. The store has been compared to the infamous black metal gathering site and record store Helvete in Norway. The record label of the same name has released Sadistic Intent's albums, as well as albums by Dark Angel, Pentacle, Witchmaster, and Draconis.

Discography[link]

• Conflict Within (Demo, 1989)
• Impending Doom (EP, 1990)
• A Calm Before the Storm (EP, 1991)
• Live at the Deathcave (Demo, 1993)
• Resurrection (EP, 1994)
• Ancient Black Earth (EP, 1997)
• Eternal Darkness/Phallus Cult (Split 7" EP, 1998)
• Resurrection of the Ancient Black Earth (Best of/Compilation, 2000)
• Morbid Faith (EP, 2002)

References[link]

1. ^ "Sadistic Intent's metal-archives page". http://www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2007-08-03. "Sadistic Intent. Genre(s) Death metal." 

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sadistic Intent

• http://www.myspace.com/666sadisticintent official Myspace page
• http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=1470 metal archives page

Rainn Wilson
Wilson attending the premiere of The Union at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
Born	Rainn Dietrich Wilson (1966-01-20) January 20, 1966 (age 46)[1] Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian, director, art collector
Years active	1997–present
Religion	Bahá'í
Spouse	Holiday Reinhorn (1995–present)

Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20, 1966)^[2] is an American actor and comedian. He is primarily known for his Emmy-nominated role as the egomaniacal Dwight Schrute on the American version of the television comedy The Office. He has also directed three episodes of The Office: the sixth season's "The Cover-Up", the seventh season's "Classy Christmas", and the eighth season's "Get the Girl".

Early life[link]

Wilson was born in Seattle, Washington, the son of Shay Cooper, a yoga teacher and actress, and Robert G. Wilson, a novel writer, artist, and business consultant who wrote the science fiction novel Tentacles of Dawn. Rainn showed the book and read from it on Jimmy Kimmel Live! March 22, 2011. Wilson attended Central Middle School and Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, Washington, where he played the clarinet and bassoon in the band.^[3] He transferred to and graduated from New Trier High School after his family moved to Winnetka, Illinois to serve at the Bahá'í National Center.^[4] Wilson has a theatre background from Tufts University and the University of Washington, and has taught acting classes. He holds an MFA from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts^[5] and was a member of The Acting Company.^[6] While acting in theatrical productions in New York, he drove a moving van to make ends meet.^[7]

Career[link]

Wilson at the Heroes for Autism event, Hollywood, California

In addition to his starring role on The Office, Wilson appeared as the eccentric Arthur Martin—the intern at Fisher & Diaz Funeral Home—on HBO's Six Feet Under. He has also appeared in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, CSI, NUMB3RS, and Entourage, in the last portraying a sleazy entertainment journalist based on Harry Knowles^[8] of Ain't It Cool News. Wilson guest-starred as a murderous baseball fan in an episode of Monk titled "Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame" and as a virologist in an episode of "NUMB3RS" titled "Vector." He appeared in the "Coyote Piper" episode of Charmed as an alchemist named Kierkan. On February 24, 2007, Wilson hosted Saturday Night Live, becoming the second cast member from The Office to host (after Steve Carell). During the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Wilson appeared in ads for the 2007 United States women's national soccer team as public relations manager "Jim Mike." Wilson has made a guest appearance in two episodes of the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim-bloc series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job. Wilson has also appeared on Reno 911.

Wilson was also in the music video for Andy Grammer's "Keep Your Head Up" as the "creepy elevator guy."

Wilson made the final cut for the role of Gob in Arrested Development, but was beaten out by Will Arnett for it

His film credits include Almost Famous, America's Sweethearts, BAADASSSSS!, Galaxy Quest, House of 1000 Corpses, Sahara, The Last Mimzy, Juno (in which he played convenience store clerk Rollo), The Rocker, and My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

Wilson starred in the Fox Atomic comedy The Rocker, released on August 20, 2008.^[9] His 2009 films include Bonzai Shadowhands, which he co-wrote and co-produced;^[7] Renaissance Men, which he wrote and is co-producing;^[10] the DreamWorks Animation film Monsters vs. Aliens, for which he voiced the villainous alien overlord Gallaxhar;^[11] and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, in which he played a university professor.^[12] 2011 brought him another lead role as the unhinged protagonist of Super.

Wilson wrote in-character as Dwight Schrute on his NBC blog, "Schrute-Space".^[13] In June 2008, Wilson confirmed that he no longer writes the blog.^[14]

SoulPancake[link]

Wilson founded the website SoulPancake. Since its launch in March 2009, it has had over 1 million visits, and has been featured on Oprah Winfrey's Satellite Radio Show.^[15]

Personal life[link]

Wilson is married to writer Holiday Reinhorn. They met in an acting class in college and married on the Kalama River in Washington. The couple have a son, Walter Mckenzie, born in 2004, and they currently reside in Agoura Hills, California. They have three pit bulls, Oona, Barry, and Pilot.^[16] He and his family are members of the Bahá'í Faith.^[17][18][19] A short film inspired by his character in The Office was selected and shown at the 2009 Dawn Breakers International Film Festival in Zurich.^[20]

On Bill Maher's Real Time, Wilson described himself as a diverse independent, voting for Republican, Green Party, and Democrat candidates. Wilson's charitable works include fundraising for the educational organization The Mona Foundation.^[21]

Wilson and his father, both art collectors, buy and sell fine art and represent contemporary artists on their website.^[1]

Filmography[link]

Films[link]

Television[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Rainn Wilson

• Rainn Wilson at the Internet Movie Database
• Rainn Wilson on Twitter
• Rainn Wilson at the Internet Broadway Database
• Rainn Wilson at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• SoulPancake.com