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	Impostor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Impostor (1953) is also the name of a short story by Philip K. Dick and of a 2002 film, starring Madeleine Stowe and Gary Sinise, that is based on the short story.
		Impostors are usually aware of not being who they say they are; they are not the proverbial lunatics who think they are Napoleon.
		Many temporary impostors are criminals who maintain the façade for a time of a caper to defraud their victims (like Wilhelm Voigt).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Impostor (1281 words)

	Impostor
		Impostor will claim to be fl, white, rich, poor, young, old, straight or gay, and if he's good he can pull it off - at least for a while.
		Of course, there are sinister, even criminal reasons Impostor would lie about who he is, but more often he fakes it to lend weight to his arguments, or simply to amuse himself.
		Impostor's requisite imagination and good writing skills can make him a formidable enemy, but even the best Impostors will eventually blunder and reveal their true identity.
	redwing.hutman.net /~mreed/warriorshtm/impostor.htm (144 words)

	Delphi3D - Rapid OpenGL Development
		Now that you have the impostor texture ready for use, rendering it is simply a matter of placing a viewport-aligned sprite where your 3D object used to be.
		The second situation in which the impostor needs to be updated is when the angle between the object and the camera view vector changes by more than a few degrees.
		All in all, impostors are a very useful technique to increase the polygon budget of your 3D environments.
	www.delphi3d.net /articles/viewarticle.php?article=impostors.htm (1234 words)

	Review: Impostor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For Philip K. Dick, who penned the short story "Impostor" in the early 1950s, the political climate of the time (the Cold War and the dawn of the Atomic Age) shaped his grim view of what was to come.
		Impostor was originally designed as a 40-minute short (to be one-third of a two-hour trilogy).
		However, while this question is compelling, the movie chooses not to dwell on its consequences or the implications for the man who may not be who he thinks he is (the idea of a missing "soul" is briefly mentioned, then discarded).
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/i/impostor.html (743 words)

	Impostor
		Although the increasingly reptilian Gary Sinise seems game with all of his Steppenwolf method in tendon-popping tow, his sickly earnestness seems misplaced in an exercise that is essentially a strobe-lit pseudo-philosophical sci-fi opera that a major studio wisely declined to release for twelve full months.
		Impostor wants to be a poignant examination of humanity, but as neither Sinise nor Stowe nor D'Onofrio ever convince that they are human, there's not much surprise or pathos should one, all, or none of them turn out to be machines.
		Still, Impostor would have passed as an agreeably inane bit of noisy nonsense if not for a poorly thought-out and arbitrary closer that reeks of desperation and explains by itself why the film rotted for so long before being dumped into the tepid post-Oscar doldrums.
	filmfreakcentral.net /screenreviews/impostor.htm (638 words)

	IMPOSTOR PHENOMENON IN TERTIARY STUDENTS
		Impostor scores were found to correlate significantly with optimism/pessimism and with low need for cognition.
		The impostor's fear that exposure is a possibility effectively may deprive the individual of faith in a benign future.
		She found that individuals high on impostor dimensions also were high on certain items from a fear of success scale, notably those items that suggested that success in our society is overly valued, and can bring personal unease, sadness and loneliness.
	www.aare.edu.au /98pap/yat98153.htm (3066 words)

	Social Behavior and Personality: IMPOSTOR TENDENCIES AND ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: DO THEY CHEAT THEIR WAY TO SUCCESS?
		Because impostors state that they self-handicap, and that they believe they do not deserve their successes (Cowman & Ferrari), it is possible that impostors would engage in academic dishonesty in order to "prove" to others that they do not deserve success.
		If impostors engage in self-handicapping, then it seems possible that impostors might cheat more than other students do, and that they would need to cheat in such a way as to increase their likelihood of being caught.
		Impostors, compared to nonimpostors, would not report the use of dishonest means (cheating and plagiarism) to obtain academic success.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3852/is_200501/ai_n9520810 (1265 words)

	Salon Directory
		What "Impostor" really is, of course, is a leftover, a time traveler far from home, an orphaned work of dystopian science fiction in this season of epic fantasy.
		"Impostor" gets off to an impressive start with its home-movie-style introduction of Spence Olham (Gary Sinise), who loses his father to Earth's worsening mid-21st-century war against the advanced race of Alpha Centauri 1 and becomes a weapons designer to avenge Dad's death.
		The problem with "Impostor" isn't its source material but its utter absence of inspiration, and in that sense it really is a cyborg: It looks like the real thing but has no soul.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2002/01/04/impostor (976 words)

	Impostor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Impostor reveres him so much that within five minutes Dick already has two on screen credits.
		Apparently, this is a ploy to trick people into thinking that Impostor is a much better movie than it actually is. What it is is actually one long, tedious chase sequence book ended by dull exposition.
		Impostor is the first film of 2002, and it sets a low standard for the rest of the year.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/impostor.html (465 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Impostor at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Impostor is based on a short story, so there really isn’t enough material for a full length movie.
		Impostor was originally meant to be part of a science fiction trilogy as a short movie.
		There were some things about Impostor that just didn’t make sense to me. Hathaway, the ESA agent, is willing to kill people he believes are replicant assassins with little evidence to support his beliefs.
	www.epinions.com /content_73461501572 (2101 words)

	Impostor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Impostor has as its backdrop a 30-year war between Earth and some imperialistic meanies from the Alpha Centauri galaxy.
		Impostor’s performers act as if they’re only meeting the terms of a judge’s alternative sentencing, giving the movie the dour reek of a drunk-driving school.
		Impostor also includes a real head-scratcher of a cameo: Lindsay Crouse, looking starchier than ever, as the chancellor of a worldwide dictatorship.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies3/Imposter.htm (589 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Impostor
		There are so many scenes in Impostor that remind one of director Andrew Davis' The Fugitive that it's almost eerie: a chase in the woods, a SWAT team of cops, an ending where Spencer and Hathaway finally meet…in fact, had Impostor been renamed The Fugitive 3: Cosmic Crisis, I don't think anyone would have noticed.
		Impostor includes the now standard twist ending, and while it's somewhat of a shocker I can't say that I was all the surprised.
		Impostor is found guilty of being mediocre, though free on bail for being at the very least watchable.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/impostor.php (1132 words)

	SPLICEDwire \| "Impostor" review (2002) Gary Fleder, Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe
		But there is a good behind-the-scenes featurette and a really cool bonus: "Impostor" was originally supposed to be a short film -- part of an anthology called "Alien Love Triangle" -- and this DVD includes the original 45-minute film.
		The story he tells has less credence than the ominous and utterly enveloping future world in which it takes place -- but he tells it with such atmospheric ballast that shrugging off the plot's persnickety problems is simply a matter of going into the movie in a shrugging mood.
		Any and all problems with "Impostor" stem from the fact that it is structured as one long chase scene.
	www.splicedonline.com /02reviews/impostor.html (900 words)

	Search Results for "Impostor"
		Impostor is the more common spelling, but imposter is also acceptable.
		French imposteur, from Latin impostor, one who assigns a name, from impostus, variant of impositus,...
		...Mary Robinson, married to John Hatfield, a heartless impostor, executed for forgery at Carlisle in 1803.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Impostor (268 words)

	Impostor nurses infecting Arizona
		Impostor nurses are applying for jobs all over the state, from a senior-living home in Tucson to a Phoenix hospital.
		She said employers are not required to check the original document, so impostors have often altered copies of documents.
		Kappel said it's difficult to track the number of impostors on a national level or to compare the numbers in Arizona to other states because some impostor nurses fall in between the cracks.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/local/articles/0728imposter28.html (1116 words)

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		When an impostor submits a modified, simulated or reproduced biometric sample, intentionally attempting to relate it to another person who is an enrolee, and he/she is incorrectly identified or verified by a biometric system as being that enrolee.
		When an impostor submits his/her own biometric sample and claiming the identity of another person (either intentionally or inadvertently) he/she is incorrectly identified or verified by a biometric system.
		Where an impostor uses his or her own biometric sample and claims the identity of a different enrolee.
	www.afb.org.uk /docs/glossary.htm (3245 words)

	Impostor - PittsburghLIVE.com
		It was adapted from "The Impostor," an early 1950s short story by Philip Kindred Dick (1928-82), who specialized in science fiction but who was much more interested in character than in technological gimmickry.
		"Impostor," which has had more scheduled opening dates than the Tower of Pisa, is set in 2079 in a world that has no visual resemblance to the one we know (typical of sci-fi films today).
		Like recently opened "The Majestic," "Impostor" labors to make itself a fable - the word "parable" would flatter it - about the Communist witchhunt of the late 1940s and early 1950s in which, the film notes, people were accused of being what they were not.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/entertainment/movies/reviews/s_10841.html (481 words)

	Impostor (Rental) (2002)
		Impostor falls well short of those cinema greats, but fares better than the mediocre Screamers, also based on a Dick short story.
		What makes Impostor a rewarding viewing experience is an earnest screenplay that strives to be original and for the most part succeeds.
		Impostor is by no means a great film, but deserves credit all the same for providing a thought-provoking plot that at least shows a spark of intelligence, something that can't be said about a lot of Hollywood fare of late.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=2388&SID=17&PID=104658 (1092 words)

	Top Box Office Movies - Impostor
		"Impostor" leads the pack as the first sci-fi thriller to bombard movie audiences in 2002.
		The so-called "impostor" in this case is scientist Spencer Olham (Gary Sinese), a 21st century scapegoat (in the year 2079 specifically) who comes to the realization that his hide is wanted by the authorities.
		"Impostor" started out as a 30-minute short story until some brilliant filmmakers figured they could stretch this one-note concept into a festive and frolicking sci-fi feature length fantasy.
	www.theworldjournal.com /special/movies/2002/impostor.htm (655 words)

	ASCB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The term "Impostor Phenomenon" was coined by psychology professor Pauline Rose Clance and psychotherapist Suzanne Imes in 1978 to describe a sample of more than 150 high-achieving women.
		Making the effort to find an effective mentor and assemble a support group for yourself may be the key not only to survival but also to improving your self esteem during your grad school experience, job probationary period, or even the middle or advanced stages of your career.
		Cherpas, C. The generalizability of the impostor phenomenon to adults employed in professional and nonprofessional occupations.
	www.ascb.org /news/vol20no10/wicb.html (1363 words)

	Impostor (2002)
		Though never boring, Impostor is downright depressing because it's so easy to catch glimpses of the knockout film that lies buried underneath Fleder's mangled direction.
		But the fugitive finds an ally, Cale (Mekhi Phifer, O), among the "zoners" outside the shield, and the two plan a run into the medical compound — Olham to prove himself biologically pure, and Cale on a humanitarian mission of his own.
		Like the more developed Blade Runner, Impostor raises the questions, "What does it mean to be human?" and "Does an artificial life-form have a soul?" And, like Total Recall, this earlier tale of persecution explores the terrifying malleability of reality, memory, and even identity.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=130897&buy=closed&Tab=reviews&CID=13 (863 words)

	IMPOSTOR SYNDROME
		External proof of intelligence and ability in the form of academic excellence, degrees, and recognition, is routinely dismissed.
		Rather than offering assurance, each new achievement and subsequent challenge only serves to intensify the ever-present fear of being "found out." Many students bounce from one project to another (a self-protection mechanism that is typical of "impostors"), always on the move for fear of being found out, and convinced of his/her incompetence.
		People from all walks of life and at all stages of their college and professional careers want to discover what it takes to overcome the Impostor Syndrome, so they may enjoy the satisfaction of claiming their accomplishments and seeing themselves as capable and competent.
	usfweb2.usf.edu /counsel/SELF-HLP/impostor.htm (466 words)

	Impostor targets female athletes / Posing as reporter, he deceives collegians nationwide - police can't do anything
		Sandrik would learn that she was one of dozens of victims of a mysterious impostor who, for nearly a year, intruded into the lives of America's female college athletes in an increasingly frightening pattern of activity traced in a Chronicle investigation.
		The impostor was in town, and he was pressing hard to meet his targets.
		The impostor was not seeking the high-profile athletes, the hard-to-gets.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2002/06/30/MN184901.DTL (3911 words)

	impostor syndrome: page 1
		She uses this label to refer to persistent feelings that one has fooled others into believing that one is smarter/more competent than one really is. Impostors fear "discovery," are perfectionistic, and have trouble internalizing success.
		I've also found that female impostors tend to have strongly conflicting "possible selves." Possible selves are mental constructions of how we think we might be.
		Impostors have communally oriented ought selves, that appear to stem from stereotypical conceptions of femininity, and agentically oriented ideal selves, that resemble stereotypical conceptions of masculinity.
	talentdevelop.com /impostor.html (1283 words)

	The History of Cinema. Abbas Kiarostami: biography, reviews, links
		The man (the impostor) has the script of a movie by Makhmalbaf and the wife offers to buy it, but the man gives it to her for free and claims he is the director.
		The impostor leaves the court and is met by a man on a motorcycle: it is the real Makhmalbaf, and the scene is being filmed (awkwardly) by Kiarostami.
		The impostor confesses that his first motive was to get some food and only later his passion for art.
	www.scaruffi.com /director/kiarosta.html (2923 words)

	Impostor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Given its less than celebratory entry into the marketplace, Gary Fleder's "Impostor" is a surprisingly effective sci-fi thriller that delves into the familiar themes of body snatching, mind tampering and paranoia.
		Based on a 1950s short story by science fiction master Philip K. Dick, "Impostor" presents an intriguing chase where you are thrust into the point of view of the prey but never entirely certain you shouldn't sympathize more with his pursuers.
		Originally designed as a 30-minute portion for an anthology film, Dimension retooled "Impostor" into a full-length feature, which was shot two years ago.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/search/search_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1234955 (630 words)

	Impostor Syndrome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On Oct. 15 in Olin Hall, EGSA, together with the Office of Research, Graduate Study and Professional Education and two women's engineering groups, brought Impostor Syndrome expert Valerie Young to campus to lead a workshop on a problem that appears to trouble many students.
		Young was once an "impostor" herself but didn't realize it until she sat in on a graduate school lecture that changed her life.
		Now a "recovered impostor," Young is able to joke confidently with her audience about her "creative spelling" and the "coffee cup meets keyboard snafu" that caused her to leave her workshop Power Point presentation at home.
	www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/03/10.30.03/imposter_syndrome.html (593 words)

	DVD & Movie Reviews: Impostor
		However, I can tell you that Impostor is not one of those 'stinker' sci-fi efforts and is actually a pretty damn good yarn of a troubled world of the future.
		Impostor follows Olham's efforts to not only survive, but also prove his innocence.
		Transfer-wise, Impostor is a beauty and the sound had heads turning in the office as the desks started to shake.
	www.webwombat.com.au /entertainment/dvds/impostor.htm (325 words)

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