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	Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeida
		Numbers of albatrosses have declined in the past due to harvesting for feathers, but today the albatrosses are threatened by introduced species such as rats and feral cats that attack eggs, chicks and nesting adults; by pollution; by a serious decline in fish stocks in many regions largely due to overfishing; and by long-line fishing.
		Albatrosses are very long lived; most species survive upwards of 50 years, the oldest recorded being a Northern Royal Albatross that was ringed as an adult and survived for another 51 years, giving it an estimated age of 61.
		Albatrosses are thought to undertake these elaborate and painstaking rituals to ensure that the correct partner has been chosen and to perfect recognition of their partner, as egg laying and chick rearing is a huge investment.
	www.avianweb.com /albatrosses.html (4834 words)

	Albatross (composition) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Albatross is an instrumental by Fleetwood Mac, released as a single in 1968.
		It has been suggested that the song is associated with the metaphorical use of the word albatross to mean a 'wearisome burden'.
		The use of the word "Albatross" to mean an encumbrance (literally around somebody's neck) is an allusion to Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albatross_(song) (229 words)

	Albatross - Wikivisual
		Three albatross species, the Black-footed Albatross and the two sooty albatrosses, vary completely from the usual patterns and are almost entirely dark brown (or dark grey in places in the case of the Light-mantled Sooty Albatross).
		Albatrosses are colonial, usually nesting on isolated islands; where colonies are on larger landmasses, they are found on exposed headlands with good approaches from the sea in several directions, like the colony on the Otago Peninsula in Dunedin, New Zealand.
		It is from the former poem that the usage of albatross as a metaphor is derived; someone with a burden or obstacle is said to have 'an albatross around their neck', the punishment given in the poem to the mariner who killed the albatross.
	en.wikivisual.com /index.php/Diomedeidae (4279 words)

	Wandering Albatross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The albatross lays one egg: it is white, with a few spots, and is about 4 inches long.
		The early explorers of the great Southern Sea cheered themselves with the companionship of the albatross in their dreary solitudes; and the evil fate of him who shot with his cross-bow the "bird of good omen" is familiar to readers of Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
		The metaphor of "an albatross around his neck" also comes from the poem and indicates an unwanted burden causing anxiety or hindrance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wandering_Albatross (411 words)

	albatross - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Albatross (bird) any of 13 species of large, short-legged, long-winged seabirds.
		The albatross has a large, hooked bill characterized by tubular,...
		Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds allied to the procellariids, storm-petrels and diving-petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses...
	encarta.msn.com /albatross.html (140 words)

	Albatrosses - info and games
		Albatrosses are amongst the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses (genus Diomedea) have the largest wingspans of any living birds.
		An albatross is a central emblem in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; a captive albatross is also a metaphor for the poète maudit in a poem of Charles Baudelaire.
		Of the four genera, the North Pacific albatrosses are considered to be a sister taxon to the great albatrosses, while the sooty albatrosses are considered closer to the mollymawks.
	www.sheppardsoftware.com /content/animals/animals/birds/albatross.htm (1615 words)

	Reference for Albatross (metaphor) - Search.com
		In the poem, an albatross starts to follow a ship, and is seen as a good omen.
		However the titular mariner shoots the albatross with a crossbow, and is made to wear the bird around his neck as a penance by his shipmates.
		I was born with the charm of innocence
	www.search.com /reference/Albatross_(metaphor) (552 words)

	Albatross - Reading Room - love earth
		The metaphor having ‘an albatross around your neck’ comes from the punishment given in the poem to the mariner who killed the albatross.
		Albatrosses can glide for hours without rest or even a flap of their wings.
		Albatrosses have been flying over the oceans for 50 million years - 100 times longer than we have been walking the earth.
	www.loveearth.com /readingroom/quickguides/albatrossSPE (486 words)

	The Amazing Albatrosses \| EcoCenter \| Smithsonian Magazine
		Albatross eggs and even adult birds were bowled off their nests by the wind, and Scofield observed more than one parent try to push an egg back onto the nest with its bill—a challenge analogous to rolling a football up a flight of steps with your nose.
		Scofield and other albatross researchers return year after year to their field studies knowing that albatrosses are one of the most threatened families of birds on earth.
		With the albatrosses lacking nesting material in subsequent years, the breeding success rate dropped from 50 percent to 3 percent: the birds laid their eggs on bare rock, and most eggs were broken during incubation.
	www.smithsonianmag.com /specialsections/ecocenter/alba.html (4389 words)

	Reference for Albatross - Search.com
		Albatrosses combine these soaring techniques with the use of predictable weather systems; albatrosses in the southern hemisphere flying north from their colonies will take a clockwise route, and those flying south will fly counterclockwise.
		Albatrosses are held to undertake these elaborate and painstaking rituals to ensure that the appropriate partner has been chosen and to perfect partner recognition, as egg laying and chick rearing is a huge investment.
		The name albatross is derived from the Arabic al-câdous or al-ġaţţās (a pelican; literally, "the diver"), which travelled to English via the Portuguese form albatroz ("gannet"), which is also the origin of the title of the former prison, Alcatraz.
	www.search.com /reference/Albatross (6223 words)

	Albatross presented in Animals section
		Albatross is the common name for large web-footed marine birds belonging to the family Diomedeidae, order Procellariiformes.
		Albatrosses are concentrated in southern oceans but are also seen in warmer northern waters and may migrate farther north in the summer.
		Albatrosses live on land only during the breeding season, usually nesting in colonies on the shores of remote oceanic islands.
	www.newsfinder.org /site/more/albatross (437 words)

	SeaWeb - Related Writings
		Many albatrosses, however, are killed each year when they dive after bait, become hooked, and are dragged downwards on the weighted lines.
		Albatross pave the surface, while napauca shrubs, bonzaied to umbrella shapes by wind are studded with the stick nests of frigate birds and red-footed boobies nesting precisely one-bill lunge apart.
		Albatross help teach us that we need to think about the affects we have, that are not at first obvious.
	www.seaweb.org /resources/writings/writings/baron.php (5538 words)

	Reference for Wandering Albatross - Search.com
		The Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), is a large seabird from the family Diomedeidae which has a circumpolar range in the Southern Ocean.
		It was the first species of albatross to be described, and was long considered the same species as the Tristan Albatross and the Antipodean Albatross (in fact a few authors still consider them all subspecies of the same species).
		The early explorers of the great Southern Sea cheered themselves with the companionship of the albatross in their dreary solitudes; and the evil fate of him who shot with his cross-bow the "bird of good omen" is familiar to readers of Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
	www.search.com /reference/Wandering_Albatross (920 words)

	Wandering Albatross: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The best known Albatross (Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight) is the Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans), which occurs in all parts of the Southern Oceans.
		The length of the body is 1.2 m (4 ft), and the weight is from 6 to 11 kg (15 to 25 lb).
		At breeding time the bird resorts to solitary island groups, like the Crozet Islands (additional info and facts about Crozet Islands) and the elevated Tristan da Cunha (additional info and facts about Tristan da Cunha), where it has its nest, a natural hollow or a circle of earth roughly scraped together on the open ground.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/wandering_albatross.htm (384 words)

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		The albatross diet is predominantly cephalopods, fish and crustaceans, although they will also scavenge carrion and feed on other zooplankton.[12] It should be noted that for most species, a comprehensive understanding of diet is only known for the breeding season, when the albatrosses regularly return to land and study is possible.
		The name albatross is derived from the Arabic al-cdous or al-gattas (a pelican; literally, "the diver"), which travelled to English via the Portuguese form albatroz ("gannet"), which is also the origin of the title of the former prison, Alcatraz.
		This Black-browed Albatross has been hooked on a long-line.Of the 21 albatross species recognised by IUCN on their Red List, 19 are threatened, and the other two are near threatened.[30] Two species (as recognised by the IUCN) are considered critically endangered: the Amsterdam Albatross and the Chatham Albatross.
	home.maine.rr.com /imyunnut/myalb.html (3786 words)

	Chicago Audubon Society: EYE OF THE ALBATROSS, Visions of Hope and Survival
		Eye of the Albatross is an ambitious book that covers a lot of territory with a rare grace of language, metaphor and fact.
		The ratio of wingspan to wing width of a Wandering albatross is 18 to 1, similar to the best-perfected human-made gliders."
		Albatross spend 95% of their time at sea, most of it in the air.
	www.chicagoaudubon.org /pages/20-06_04.shtml (1185 words)

	Albatross, Birds, Albatross, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Along with the related Petrels and Shearwaters, albatrosses are the most marine of birds.
		Albatrosses live on land only during the breeding season, usually nesting in colonies on the shores of remote oceanic islands.
		Because of the albatross theme in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the bird's name has become a metaphor for a troublesome burden.
	www.4to40.com /4to40.com_non_ssl/earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?cou... (233 words)

	programs
		Symbols are the language of the Soul, and metaphors carry these symbols that open up a direct line of communication from the interior world of our soul.
		Metaphors help us to interpret and understand those aspects of our lives that mystify us the most.
		Because metaphors capture the the essential nature of an experience, a deeper investigation into metaphors such as these can be very powerful and freeing.
	www.towardwholeness.com /programs.htm (446 words)

	Six Metaphors in Search of the Internet
		We conclude with an acknowledgement of the arbitrariness of the metaphors we have actually used and a call for an abductive proliferation of metaphor examination along the very lines of the medium under study--that is, we seek a thread of metaphors.
		The albatross is lucky that it is a mainly a waterfowl.
		If we have created six metaphors that sit in their cages, like creatures in a zoo, to be stared upon by our readers, then we have failed to make our point.
	www.und.nodak.edu /dept/ehd/journal/Fall2002/shank.html (5538 words)

	Faust Sandcastings
		Albatrosses, described as "the most legendary of all birds", are large seabirds, and are amongst the largest of flying birds.
		Albatrosses live long - upwards of 50 years - and they mate for life.
		The usage of "albatross" as a metaphor ('an albatross around their neck') is derived from a poem by Charles Baudelaire.
	www.faustsandcastings.com /cgi/faust/shop.cgi?ud=AAMECQsGAQkKAxQUEhwcEgUICQUCAAcJCQcXHQAA&t=main.htm&storeid=1&sortby=categories,itemid&cols=4&categories=00001&&c=detail.htm&itemid=SAND-ALB-FS&bcount=1 (111 words)

	The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
		Most species of albatrosses wander the southern seas, from tropical regions down to Antarctica, drinking sea water and feeding on squid, cuttlefish, and other small sea creatures.
		Albatrosses have an astonishing ability to glide in the wind, sometimes for hours, but have difficulty staying aloft without a wind.
		The places are as follows: (1) a street or byway in a locale with a hall in which a wedding reception is being held; (2) a sailing ship with 201 crew members, including the ancient mariner; (3) the Atlantic Ocean; (4) the South Pole; (4) the Pacific Ocean; (5) the mariner’s native country (undisclosed).
	www.cummingsstudyguides.net /Guides3/Rime.html (2607 words)

	The Tree of Life & Epistemology of The Recursive Evolutionary Algorithm
		This perspective offers a metaphor of an inside view of a deep philosophical idea, ‘the inner root of life being as a heaven and the branches reaching all the way to Earth, the outer world’.
		This metaphor is based on inherent sensibility and empirical verifiability brightening up insight and understanding with both the strong explanatory power the idea carries stemming from its practical applicability.
		By metaphor these are often spoken of as the eight limbs of Yoga, the Asthavangani.
	hem.bredband.net /columbia/epistemology.htm (2144 words)

	Issue of September 3, 2004
		The word "albatross," dating to the late 17th century, is probably an alteration of the Spanish "alcatraz," meaning "pelican" (which the albatross isn't), perhaps influenced by the Latin "alba," meaning "white" (which the albatross is).
		The albatross is a majestic bird and the sight of one far out at sea has been considered good luck by mariners for centuries, which brings us to that "burden" business.
		As punishment, the other men force the mariner to wear the dead albatross around his neck, and it is not until everyone else on the ship has died and the mariner truly repents that he is freed of his burden.
	www.word-detective.com /090304.html (6123 words)

	Albatross_ (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Albatross is an independent structure that will roam the space until the end of its life, mapping and scanning the area.
		This theological approach is eradicated by the metaphor of the mechanism, as applied to the sciences during the 18
		The metaphor of life has been used to describe the power of an artifact’s aura or the strength of the idea that it signifies.
	www2.sva.edu /~ilias/Albatross/Albatross.htm (4555 words)

	Music Associates of America ~ MadAminA! Editorial Spring 1992
		To summarize, for those who may have forgotten, the ship is driven by a storm into frozen seas and seemingly certain destruction when, with the appearance of an Albatross, comes a warm southern breeze and salvation.
		As symbol of his wanton act, the Mariner is forced to wear the Albatross around his neck.
		The Albatross drops off only as the Mariner matures to a reverence for all living things.
	www.musicassociatesofamerica.com /madamina/1992/editorial_spring1992.html (1006 words)

	Oh crap
		Albatross is supposed to eliminate the need for most of what you describe above.
		I think that Albatross needs an explicit pattern library, in the documentation if possible (or perhaps patterns can be migrataed from the wiki into the documentation with each new release) - like the Python Cookbook edited by Alex Martelli, which is very, very useful.
		I admit to using this more than I should and Albatross has the tag which is a much better way of doing what I wanted in the example I posted.
	www.object-craft.com.au /pipermail/albatross-users/2003-July.txt (17460 words)

	Albatross, Birds, Albatross, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia
		Date : 12/17/2005 Time : 7:59:56 AM Albatross is the common name for large web-footed marine birds belonging to the family Diomedeidae, order Procellariiformes.
		Albatrosses are concentrated in southern oceans but are also seen in warmer northern waters and may migrate farther north in the summer.
		Albatrosses range in length from 50 to 125 cm (20 to 50 in).
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=0 (233 words)

	Brand Tasmania >> Innovate >> issue 34 - Story Back the Albatross in their race for survival
		The situation is as serious as the fate dolphins faced from tuna fishermen in the 80s before public awareness and pressure brought about a change in fishing techniques.
		Coleridge immortalised the Albatross and turned it into a metaphor for man's profligate management of the natural environment.
		The Tasmanian Shy Albatross is one of more than 20 species spread across 4 genera (Thalassarche, Phoebetria, Diomedea and Phoebastria), but is the only one endemic to Tasmania.
	www.brandtasmania.com /BrandIndividual.php?t=Story&issue=34&tl=2 (432 words)

	Modern mariners threaten albatross with extinction
		Just as the massive and wandering sea bird was presented as a central metaphor of hope and omen of good in the Romantic poet’s most famous work, its needless slaughter by the mariner also progresses to tell a tale of man’s guilt and the destruction of nature.
		Out of 21 species of the bird, 15 are considered endangered, with two, the Amsterdam albatross, with a world population of 90, and the Chatham albatross with between 10,000 and 11,000 birds.
		The albatross is the world’s largest bird in terms of its wingspan, which can measure 11ft.
	www.eurocbc.org /page803.html (482 words)

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