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With high enough DMG (any Orc/Human/Halfling with conversions, Rogue w/wo conversions, Berserker -II-, anyone with a symbol, etc.) having a repeatable death protection on a glyph gives too much power for little to no investment.
I feel this was only a serious issue on the first generation of vicious levels, which had relatively low-HP bosses with obscene damage output and the occasional nasty status ailment. Of course CYDSTEPP was going to dominate them.
Furthermore, I've already stated that I believe it's the Avatar's Symbol and the Rogue that are the problems, not the glyph. High attack power is a dominant approach regardless of defensive measures you utilize.
The whole point of repeatable glyphs is being able to divert your mana through them to somehow convert it into damage. You can do this with BURNDAYRAZ, PISORF, HALPMEH, and even BYSSEPS in a pinch. Different monsters/class/prep combos may cause you to prefer one type of glyph over others.
HALPMEH blows CYDSTEPP out of the water for fighting tank bosses like Frank or SMM. PISORF is roughly on par with CYDSTEPP (provided you can get things lined up) for taking on Bleaty. The only cases where CYDSTEPP went nuts were those crazy-statted high-damage/low-HP vicious bosses in the Demonic Library and Namtar's Lair, or comboed with the over-specialized rogue or avatar's symbol.
Either JJ, the gnome or the warlord's the issue IMO, not cydstep.
Two separate issues; JJ Gnomes and the Warlord.
The Warlord currently gets classic CYDSTEPP while everyone else has gimped CYDSTEPP. He's basically got an entirely different spell at his disposal and it simply cannot be treated the same way.
With the JJ Gnome, it's more a matter of the obscene amounts of mana he can pick up for virtually no cost. For every mana potion he loses, his max mana rises fast enough to more than offset his losses. For everyone else the lost mana potions add an extra sting to the trade, but for the gnome it's almost inconsequential.
I, never having any love for either Warlord ot the cydstepp rogue, and positively hating playing dedicated cydsteppers because of misclick issues
Dedicated CYDSTEPP'ers were never really good outside of Rogue and Warlord anyways. Heck, without Avatar's Symbol the Warlord is only passable as a dedicated CYDSTEPP'er. Seriously, the problem is the Rogue and Avatar's Symbol, it's not the glyph. Go boot up the alpha and try to play as a CYDSTEPP'er Priest. It doesn't work well unless you draw a boss like Aeq or Gharbad.


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Few fast-casual eateries can lay claim to formulating their own signature curry powder, creating a distinctive blend of both warming and sharp spices unique to the establishment. Naturally, Health in a Hurry is no typical grab-and-go place, despite having all the speed and ease of ordering there. Though far from the only spice blend that we utilize in the kitchen, it has captivated me with its subtle sweetness and mellow heat; an incredibly flavorful mixture without the harsh bite of more potent chilies. It's what keeps our signature Lemon Curry Rice on the menu year round, and a perpetual best-seller, too. With so much spicy potential right within arm's reach every time I came in to work, I couldn't leave this one alone. Pinching off a small container of the powder with permission from the wonderful chef and owner, Sue Cadwell, I took to my own home kitchen and began to play.
Keeping it simple was the best course of action to allow the delicate balance of ingredients to really shine. Hummus, that perfect blank canvas and familiar friend, is an ideal way to showcase such an ingredient. Gentle enough to embrace the most timid of palates, a similarly sweet curry powder is key here. Though I can't divulge the secret formula of spices ground and mixed in-house, there are plans in the works to make bottles of the finished blend available for purchase online. For the time being, go with your favorite homemade blend, or Madras curry powder.
PS, if you're in the area, you can grab a half-off Groupon for another day and try out curry (and other seasonal dishes) first hand!
Curry in a Hurry Hummus
1 (15.5 Ounce) Can Chickpeas, Rinsed and Drained
1 Garlic Clove
1 Tablespoon Sweet Curry Powder, like Madras
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil, Divided
3 Tablespoons Lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon Tahini
1 – 2 Tablespoons Water
Salt, to taste
Fresh Parsley or Cilantro, Chopped
Measure out and reserve a tablespoon or two of the drained chickpeas for topping. Take the rest of the beans, along with the garlic, curry powder, and 2 tablespoons of the oil, and combine them in your food processor. Pulse until the beans are mostly broken down. Add in the lemon juice, tahini, 1 tablespoon of the water, and salt as needed. Puree thoroughly, pausing to scrape down the sides of the bowl occasionally to make sure everything is getting incorporated, until completely silky-smooth. To achieve the best texture, have patience; this could take 5 – 8 minutes. Add in the remaining tablespoon of water if the mixture seems too thick for your taste. Though best when allowed to sit and chill for at least 24 hours, the hummus is still quite delicious if served immediately.
Transfer the creamy puree to a serving bowl, and top with the reserved chickpeas, remaining tablespoon of oil, and chopped herbs. Finish with an additional light sprinkle of curry powder if desired.
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Sometimes a well written inspirational quote can say it better than a long collection of sentences and paragraphs. Here are few favorites found at Pinterest.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Need A Bit Of Inspiration?
Posted by Janell @ House of Fifty at 5:00 AM
Labels: Inspiration
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- Conspicuous Style Design Blog said...
I LOVE this Janell! It's so nice to read these types of posts once in a while, especially when I am trying to get a blog post done at 11:45 pm and am feeling a little overwhelmed!
- July 25, 2011 at 8:46 PM
- Crystal @ Ordinary Days said...
Thanks for the inspiration! It's always good to be reminded of these things! :)
- July 26, 2011 at 5:31 AM
- The English Organizer said...
Very nice... "25 other letters" is my favorite.
- July 26, 2011 at 7:24 AM
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I love all of this! You magazine is amazing!! I was just looking through some of the pages!
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|2012-01-01, 15:53
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Prefectural Magical Girl
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Paris, France
If you like ecchi, romance and fantasy, I suggest you watching Qwaser of Stigmata. It's full of action, has decent amount of high-level ecchi. Most of characters (except Sasha who was a 13 years old male protagonist and Katja, a 10 years old loli sadist) are 15+ aged characters.
You can also check out C3 -Cube X Cursed X Curious- : it's about a highschool boy who meets a cube in a form of a human girl who was formally tortured in the Middle Ages. It's a dark harem fantasy who contains a healthy dose of romantic comedy. Every characters (even the cursed tools who were 100-ish years old, even though they have a younger appearance) are 15+ aged characters. The same goes for Is This A Zombie ?, a lighthearted ecchi romantic comedy who also possess a dark side of zombie fantasy and magical boy (male equivalent of magical girl).
For the romantic comedy titles who were devoid of action, check out R-15 : it's about a 15 years old boy who works as a erotic writter. Despite being popular, he was feared by every teenage girls. One day, he enters a academy where only geniuses can be accepted and met a young, shy flutist. The embarassing adventures starts badly for him !
You can also check the upcoming Highschool DxD (waiting for english subs), an highly ecchi dark harem fantasy about a boy who gets killed by his girlfriend before being ressurected as a devil by a powerful devil girl.
|2012-01-01, 16:43
|Link #162
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
I had already checked the first ones (i thought i stated it in the first post); anyways, i didn't like them because:
1) Seikon no qwasa: ok that it contains huge loads of ecchiness, but the plot is just random and convenient: what the fuck is that, sucking breasts to gain energy? It's too unreal/ridiculous for my tastes.
2) C3: i passed half of this anime (I think arrived at ep8), but i didn't like much the tones of the anime, beside that the story wasn't that clear to me. What also screwed me a bit is that the anime started on a kinda comedy/random base (girl appears to boy's house, is hungry and eats like a dinosaur) but then it starts off with gruesome killing and mutilations, introducing mentally deviated sadist guys. It's not that i'm scared or shaken by blood scenes (i actually liked animes like hokuto no ken or berserk), but i just find it out of place alterning such scenes with funny ones like it was a natural thing. Also, the girl's mind is just too fucked up: she summons torture chambers out of nowhere, hellraiser's style(old horror movie with bad effects but wicked plot/characters), and the boy's childhood friend is a sword lolwut. Dropped it
3) Didn't start kore wa zombie because the plot didn't appeal me at all; boy that has to dress like a girl, noway i'm gonna sub in such confused protagonist.
4) R-15: i kinda remember the plot of this, but never began it because i'm not really much in otaku culture or novel of whatever genre writing or other things that can be seen only in japan (i'm eu). Due to lacking of titles tho, i might give it a try, so thank you for bringing it up again.
As far as Highschool DxD is concerned, i like the idea, i really like it. Hope it gets subs as soon as possible. I'd like aswell to reborn as a devil haha
Anyways, finished mashiroiro symphony, but i didn't expect such developing from the middle of the anime (I thought all the way that the girl to end up with the protagonist was Sena, the blond one, since they even bathed together and were getting along; since i was putting my hopes in her, when Shingo began going for Miu, i slowly lost my hopes and even tho the final was perfect, with a good ending, since it wasn't with the girl i wanted him to be, i was disappointed) This is another case of anime that fits my requirements but evolves against my previsions and hopes. I'd have rated it 9.5 if he ended up with Sena. I'll go for a 9 nonetheless, since it was fitting. Noone's at fault here, just that this anime misleads a bit in the beginning (5 episodes focused on Sena, then she disappears from the plot, wtf, at least leave her aside from the beginning D: )
I think i'll start Steins:Gate. Hope it's something like Angel Beats, because i really need something like that at the moment.
Watched the first episode, and i can tell you it's just the perfect kind of anime for me. Just from the first episode i can tell you this is a 11/10. Gonna swim in it, i like time travelling mindfucking, coupled with fucking cool protagonist. Just thank you.
No seriously, i'm really loving it: the voice actors are just fucking cool and suit the characters perfectly. Oouououohin is so madly cool, spits out random laugh and perverted jokes, he's some mad rational mind and just cool. he just became my favorite male protagonist ever. Kurisu(tina)'s voice is also awesome, i've heard it somewhere else and i love it. Also, i love the intro and the music. Who is the genius of this opera? Prepare to find other titles similar to this.
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|2012-01-02, 02:56
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
I will be following this thread and watching most of the recommendations. I started watching Steins;Gate as well and loving it. Who is Oouououohin? Okabe?
Code Geass
Mirai Nikki(ongoing) both use cellphones
Noien since they travel through time and sci fi
|2012-01-02, 17:44
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I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
Finished watching Steins:Gate. I have no words. I think it's the best thing i have ever seen in these 20 past years, ever. Neither the best movies could appeal as much as this series did, even tho it's a jap anime aired like any other animes. I am really thankful to you for having brought up this title. I think i might want to stop watching anime with this title just because this satisfied all my needs. It's like when you finish fucking: you don't get the desire of anything else.
This thing surpasses Haruhi's companions and all other stuff by miles. I've always been appealed by time travelling theories, made my own, discovered that such thing can't be done and i was super happy when i found that this anime's time travelling theory just follows what i've always thought: it is impossible to time travel. BUT they introduced an important thing that could have made time traveling possible (that in reality is indeed out of discussion): if someone still keeps the memories of his future self, then he can change the past. The reasons why i don't think time travelling is possible is because, even tho you managed to go back to (let's say) 5 hours, you wouldn't remember what you did 5 hours later, and therefore your actions would just be the same, without the possibility to change the past. If you can keep memories of your future self tho (that is logically and rationally impossible) you can actually do it. That is the fantasy factor that plays the whole role in this anime, leaving anything else just normal and realistic. And i loved it.
That is the main reason why i loved it. Even this reason alone would have made this title my favorite, but no, it was even more than that:
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2) The artwork is awesome or at least, it suits my tastes 100%. It's just flawless, there are no memes or chibi figures or retardly funny expressions/faces; mh, don't know how to say it, it's a "serious" animation but it still gave me so many laughs (All those perverted jokes, mad laugh, all that bullshit about agency and north gods and the thing of talking to a turned off phone, they were all fucking fantastic)
3) The characters in it are just awesome and deep: the protagonist actually gives the feeling of him being the protagonist, and since what i was looking for was a "only one guy's pov" (Like Kyon of Haruhi), Okabe just became my favorite character. Kurisu was pretty, just like the 1st and 5th girls of Amagami SS, and was a tsundere.
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4) The opening and the music that accompanies it is awesome. This is the only anime of which i watched the opening every episode, without skipping it.
If i had to give a color to this anime, i'd choose gray (or perhaps black and white) with some stray red point. Why did i come up with this sentence? I actually don't know, but i just felt like saying it. The atmosphere was just like that, and i loved it.
There is still a sea of things i'd say about this anime, but i'll stop here. It's just to let you know how much liked this anime and how much i'm thankful to you for having suggested it in the first place, so thank you.
Forgot to rate it: ∞. Yes, infinite, because if i rated it 10/10, other titles would just drop to 0.00001/10 or 0.00002/10 at the very best.
Now that i remember it, i know the reason why i didn't start Death Note: when it was airing, i wasn't giving a flying fuck in general about japanese animation, and when it finished airing, some retards started spoiling the ending around(X dies), and therefore the whole mistery/suspense that would have pleased me went to hell. That's why i never started it.
Perhaps, on a second thought, i'll watch FMP to kill the time. Afterall, i do not expect to get anything better than S:G, so any other anime is equally inferior (If you think about it, either 1 or 1000 are just nothing compared to infinite, therefore any other anime is worth just like the other titles in this case = i'll pick up titles randomly from now on, since they'll all be on the same level)
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|2012-01-03, 08:05
|Link #166
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
I thought about it aswell, but then read up the synopsis and it doesn't really look like S:G. The graphic is different, and the characters are too much colored (S:G actually contained red/pink haired girls, but beside red being acceptable, and since that the pink haired girl had a secondary role, i liked it very much for portraying normal hair colors (most were black/brown))
I didn't say it around, but i prefer normal hair colors. I prefer blonde girls over all, back being the second(This is why i love boku wa tomodachi... the main heroines got respectively black noir and blonde hairs). Colors like pink can be acceptable to some extent (I loved Louise, but only because pink kinda reminds me of blonde under another spotlight). I kinda dislike blue/azure hairs (Only Nagi of Kannagi was ok for my tastes, but i think it was more due to the animation being good). I plain don't like gray hairs. I hate green hairs. I'm ok with white hairs depending on the character, but often white is just like gray to my eyes. Orange is too wicked and out of discussion.
Despite this, i can easily accept this color variation as long as the anime fits my requirements. Still, i preferred animes like Steins Gate for portraying a kinda realistic reality, adding the sci-fi element that made it become some monster wonderful opera. I think i also loved it because i could easily follow the plot and because i found that topic about black holes and time travelling really interesting (I myself am going to become a scientist, so well, you can guess why Okabe is my favorite character)
At the moment i finished watching the 12th episode of FMP. Since it got dubbed in my own language, i can relax some more without the needs of subs (they actually aired it in my country long ago, but i wasn't interested in it at that time). Also, even tho the story of Fumoffu is lighter, the first season of FMP is just as fine: it only contains a bit more action, but the plot always plays around Sosuke and Chidori, with actually a bit more interaction. I also find fucking funny Sosuke, always acting like he's at war even at school, throwing granades everywhere haha
|2012-01-03, 10:29
|Link #167
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Brazil
Age: 25
TBH, Chaos;head sucks.
But I heard the VN is better than anime.. so if you are going to watch Chaos;head, try the VN.
|2012-01-04, 08:06
|Link #169
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
Looking around i came across these titles; what do you think about them?
Fate/stay night
Lunar Legend Tsukihime
Also, once again i was mistaken: the mecha title i hated back then was indeed FMP and not FMA(At the moment i'm almost done with FMP, and i could bear it; probably it's because i'm relaxing out with this title). As far as i could see, FMA doesn't even provide the mecha element, so i actually never watched it. Moreover, i always thought that the protagonist of FMA was a girl haha, didn't notice he's a boy. So, would you suggest me watching FMA?
PS: Can you exactly tell me why a title like Madoka magica, concerning a maybe 10 years old girl, is so famous and considered one of the best anime of 2011? I really don't get it. Perhaps i'm still very unexperienced in this field.
|2012-01-04, 09:53
|Link #170
Black Steel Knight
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Indonesia
Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Zero, and Lunar Legend Tsukihime are adaptations from the same author, Type Moon. All of those titles are connected, especially Fate/Stay Night and Fate/Zero. Most of Type-Moon stories are focused on magic and mystery although there's action and romance too.
I'd say, the most romantic of those three are Fate/Stay Night and Lunar Legend Tsukihime. Most Type-Moon avid fans consider those two to be very bad adaptations, but that's only if you are a true fan of Type-Moon. As for the casual anime fans like me, I'd say that Fate/Stay Night is a good romance-fantasy-action anime and Tsukihime is a so-so romance-fantasy anime.
You can watch Fate/Zero when you done watching Fate/Stay Night, but this series focus more on the magic and action even though there's little romance too. Fate/Zero is a prequel to Fate/Stay Night but you don't have to watch it first. In fact, you'd better watch it after Fate/Stay Night.
Higurashi is a drama-horror-mystery-psychological thriller anime while Baccano is an adventure-comedy-fantasy anime. Both are great animes for their genre although I doubt it's what you're looking for.
Madoka Magica is famous because of its deep story and a little twist in the magical-girl genre. So, it's really help if you have good enough experience with anime and know one or two things about magical-girl genre before you watch this series.
If you want a more casual romance-comedy-school life animes, you may want to check the titles I suggested to you a page ago.
As for Fullmetal Alchemist, it's one of the greatest animes out there. Still, it focuses more on the journey of the two alchemist brothers and their search for philosopher's stone which then became a story about revolution. Romance is still there even though it's not the center stage. There are two series of FMA: Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The later is more true to the source manga while the former creates its own version of the story half-way through.
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|2012-01-04, 20:38
|Link #172
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
Good, i found something to watch.
I'll now finish FMP and then switch to Fate/Stay night, followed by lunar legend and FMA. Thank you for your suggestions. Steins;gate was just so wonderful that it made me change preferences. It just was the anime for some wicked mind like me.
|2012-01-04, 21:49
|Link #173
Black Steel Knight
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Indonesia
PS: You can start a new thread if you want animes from other genre.
|2012-01-05, 00:06
|Link #174
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
As i said in some previous post, with Steins;Gate i was kinda realized. The thing nearest to it is The disappearence of Haruhi Suzumiya, that i have already watched (and loved). So basically S;G stopped my hunger towards animes. However, when i haven't got really nothing to do, i feel like watching some anime, but this time more carelessly and with no real priority. So well, i'm still looking for some romance anime, with the only difference that S;G opened new horizons, and the school setting requirement can go get fucked.
Actually, the only requirement is that it hasn't to be too old (before 2002 and such), characters age must be 15 - 18 (even 14 and 19-20), the boy must be the protagonist and he must not have childish look/voice/behaviour. Saying that it has to contain cute girls is pointless. I'm open to fantasy, mystery, thriller, or anything else but keep in mind that the main hated things are: mecha element, hybrid-humans (cat girls and such), feudal japan setting(I'm okay if the setting is in some medieval or still ancestral era BUT filled with the fantasy element. Something like ZnT setting is pretty much acceptable). Ah ye, it is severely preferable if the romance goes beyond holding hands, perhaps a kiss is even enough. If you get some uncensored hentai with some plot it's okay anyways, lol (Already checked discipline and BB, but they were funny in their own way, if you get what i mean. The latter was a bit too dark and weird. The graphic was okay, but avoid ridiculous things. Also avoid tentacles or other weird stuff, old men and monsters with 4x4 dick). How much plot do they have to contain? Plots like the ones of Yosuga no sora or Aki sora are enough. Ah ye, almost forgot: the anime titles mustn't be shit, no matter how much they fit the requirements. If they just suck, don't name them.
Thank you again for your attention
|2012-01-05, 08:54
|Link #175
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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You can check Chaos;HEAd.
|2012-01-05, 11:35
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Brazil
Age: 25
|2012-01-05, 20:56
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I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
Finished watching Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu, but it sucked dick. I didn't understand the plot untill the end (when i got some hints about this world and what was going on). The romance was depressing and the girl... always leaking blood, fucked up brain with killer personality, autism and other weird things. The guy was like "oh look i don't give a flying fuck tho i act good because the plot says so" and i don't understand why, when running away with the girl on the railway, he tells her all those mean things (I actually would have said the same, but at the same time i wouldn't have even begun such travel with this sniveling whore, and if he really loved her, why such harsh words out of nowhere?). The end was also sad, but the guy didn't care anyways and the story behind the girl sucked aswell. Not developed characters at all. Didn't really like it, 5.5.
|2012-01-05, 21:31
|Link #179
I miss Haruhi
Join Date: Sep 2011
I have an important question about Inukami: i started watching it, but it looks like i'm missing something: the story already starts out with the boy and the girl, that are already together, fighting perverted demons. Where is the story about the boy actually meeting for the first time this girl? Or perhaps i'm watching some second season of this anime? Anyways, i like it very much for the humor, that perv demon was fucking laughable at haha.
|2012-01-05, 21:47
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I stopped watching on the first episode tho im pretty sure that it shows theme together but the other episodes might show how they meet. Why I think this is because there is no other season.
Rec-romance, very short
Futakoi-harem, romance
Elfen Lied-romance,dark,supernatural,gore
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Sonja Foos 5/6/2004 7:40:11 PMThis is so cute. I love this shot. The expression is priceless. #125329
Dr Silly 5/7/2004 10:19:42 AMI like this shot. This would also look good in B&W with the popsicle in color.
Serena Pierce 6/15/2004 3:59:39 PMAnother one!! Congratulations!!! #596447
Dr Silly 6/16/2004 2:27:35 AMCongratulation on your ribbon, go for the gold
Sherri Conley 6/16/2004 7:46:46 PMToo cute! Wonderful job, Jim! #600277
Donna W. Neal 6/17/2004 4:16:38 AMCongratulations Jim, wonderful expression captured on this one. #600758
Kelly Abernathy 6/17/2004 5:38:58 AMSo cute! Congratulations on your win! -K #600990
Lori Ditlefsen 6/17/2004 7:11:35 AMVery cute Jim! Congrats on the win! #601233
Serena Pierce 6/17/2004 7:38:47 AMCongratulations!! #601310
Evy Johansen 6/17/2004 9:04:49 PMCongratulations, Jim! #602563
Patrick Campbell 6/18/2004 7:39:41 AMGreat catch! Congrats, Jim! #603565
Susana Matos 6/18/2004 10:49:39 PMCongratulations on your win!
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 6/19/2004 10:55:29 PMThis is funny. Great capture. #605899
Dolores Neilson 6/20/2004 7:59:44 AMI echo Sonja's comment! Priceless! A terrific shot I would have been proud to have taken! ENjoy your well deserved win! #606572
Jim Powers 6/21/2004 5:12:13 PMAll, thanks for your comments. It's easy taking pictures of this young fellow as he is so animated and curious. #609030
Jim Mires 6/22/2004 7:50:03 AMCongratulations on the win Jim. Very amusing shot! #610220
Angela Tull 7/8/2004 1:59:56 PMVery creative thinking, Great shot. I enjoyed viewing your gallery. #637921
Kathleen R. Struckle 7/14/2004 9:03:36 PMCongrat's on your win Jim!! Well done! #648090
Karen Engelbreth 7/29/2004 12:15:14 AMFantastic image, Jim - Congratulation! #674897
F3.5, 1/320, 200mm, ISO 200, 70/200 F2.8 IS L, I can't tell if he's anticipating the popsicle or the brain freeze.
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Twin Sister create the kind of hypnotic pop you've been dreaming about since Galaxie 500 fizzled, cut with Tusk-era Fleetwood Mac thump, and a shot of Lynchian weirdness for good measure. They're slack yet focused, a spark in the dark distance on a desert highway where speed is relative. Formed in Long Island two years ago, Twin Sister want to make music which you could feel comfortable cheating on someone to.
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Mike Lazaridis, Chair of the Board of Directors of Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), is pleased to announce the appointment of The Honourable Kevin Lynch and Dr. Steve MacLean to the Institute's Board.
The Honourable Kevin Lynch is a distinguished former public servant with 33 years of service with the Government of Canada. Most recently, Dr. Lynch was Clerk of the Privy Council, Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service of Canada. In these roles, he served as the principal public service advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada, managed the Cabinet process on behalf of the government, and led the 260,000-strong federal public service. Prior roles included Deputy Minister of Finance, Deputy Minister of Industry, and Executive Director (Canada, Ireland, Caribbean) of the International Monetary Fund. Dr. Lynch was made a Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada in 2009. He is presently the Vice-Chair of BMO Financial Group.
Dr. Steve MacLean is President of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), a role he has held since 2008. A physicist by training, he received a B.Sc. Honours and PhD in Physics from York University. In 1983 he was selected as one of the first six Canadian astronauts, and in 1992 he flew onboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on Mission STS-52. His second mission to space came in 2006 on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, where he became the first Canadian to operate Canadarm2 on the International Space Station, and the second Canadian to walk in space. In addition to senior roles within the CSA and his extensive experience with NASA and the International Space Station, he is a strong supporter of science literacy and child education.
According to Mike Lazaridis, PI Board Chair, "Kevin Lynch and Steve MacLean are exceptionally strong additions to Perimeter's team. They bring decades of hands-on experience, ranging from policy, finance and management expertise to scientific research and outreach interests. We look forward to their participation as we advance PI's ambitious plans for the future."


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The Los Angeles Timesleads with the bloodiest day in Iraq since most U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week. Bombings in Baghdad and northern Iraq killed at least 54 people yesterday. The worst attack was in the northern town of Tal Afar, where two suicide bombers killed 34 civilians. There are continuing worries that Sunnis who fought against al-Qaida will begin to make deals with militants if the Iraqi government doesn't give them jobs. The New York Timesalso leads with Iraq but focuses on how the country's Kurdish leaders are moving forward with a new constitution for their semiautonomous region. It's another sign that the tensions between Kurdistan and the central government in Baghdad aren't going away anytime soon. The Wall Street Journalleads its online world-wide newsbox with the Group of Eight summit, which will close with a disappointing note today as the world's leading nations couldn't agree on much. Yesterday, the world leaders agreed to commit $12 billion to a "food security initiative" for the poorest countries, which is less than the $15 billion President Obama had promised. At the end of the day, the leaders "largely punted on big decisions or promised future action," declares the paper.
The Washington Postleads with a look at how local governments may run mass vaccination campaigns against pandemic flu at schools for the first time since the polio epidemics of the 1950s. The government expects to get around 100 million doses of vaccine by mid-October, which would cover more than 80 percent of the people considered especially vulnerable to the new strain of the influenza virus. Obama told health officials yesterday they should be preparing for a "significant outbreak" of what most people still refer to as swine flu within the next few months. More than 1 million Americans have contracted the disease already and 47 have died. Around the world, the virus has killed at least 420 people. USA Todayleads with a look at how some in the Pentagon want troops to be banned from smoking and the military to stop selling cigarettes at its facilities. One study says tobacco use is costing the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs too much money and should be banned over a period of several years. A ban would involve a huge change of culture among servicemembers, one in three of whom use tobacco. Those who have seen combat are 50 percent more likely to use tobacco.
The WP says the bombings in Iraq seem to be targeting Shiites, in what some think might be an attempt to reignite the sectarian battles that were once commonplace. The LAT doesn't quite see it that way—roadside bombs in a Sunni district of Baghdad killed 13 people yesterday—and rather highlights that militants seem to be focused on the north, where Kurds want to appropriate some oil-rich land. There are worries that these tensions might flare into a Kurdish-Arab war.
Last month, Iraqi and Kurdish leaders began meeting quietly to resolve the long simmering issues between the two. The Kurds have long wanted to claim a 300-mile stretch of land, where Kurds had been expelled under Saddam Hussein. Of course, by claiming the land Kurdish leaders also want to claim all the oil and gas that's underneath. By ignoring the talks and moving forward on the constitution, which is scheduled for a referendum later this year, Kurdish leaders want to make sure the central government knows they are frustrated by the pace of negotiations and are ready to play hardball. The move faced denunciation from Iraq's leaders who say the constitution is nothing but a step toward splitting up the country.
In an interview with the WSJ, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki accused the Kurdish government of "provocations" but insisted they could solve their differences by dialogue. "I am struggling for the unity of Iraq, and Iraq cannot be divided into two." Maliki is scheduled to visit Washington later this month and plans to thank American troops for their help. "We have [achieved] a combined victory against terrorism, and there have been sacrifices from both sides that brought fruitful results and democracy to Iraq," Maliki said.
The WP off-leads, and the WSJ goes inside with, word that American International Group has asked the administration's compensation czar whether it should pay retention bonuses that it had previously agreed to hand out to employees next week. The WP has the most details about the payments due next week, which include $2.4 million in bonuses for 40 executives at the insurance giant. Those payments are for 2008 performance, which doesn't technically fall into the job description of the new czar, but AIG has asked for his approval anyway in order to avoid the controversy that its bonuses caused earlier this year. The WSJ says there's about $235 million in retention bonuses still due to be paid out to AIG's controversial financial products unit.
The LAT fronts, and everyone else goes inside with, news that the parents of Sen. John Ensign gave $96,000 to his mistress and her family. The money, paid out in $12,000 increments, was given "out of concern for the well-being of longtime family friends during a difficult time," said a statement by Ensign's attorney, and was "consistent with a pattern of generosity" by the wealthy parents of the Republican senator from Nevada. The lawyer also insisted the money came from personal funds. This latest revelation came after the husband of Ensign's mistress gave an interview in which he said Ensign pursued his wife even after the affair had been discovered.
Nobody fronts the first mass street demonstrations in almost two weeks in downtown Tehran, as thousands of opposition supporters used the anniversary of a student uprising a decade ago as an opportunity to protest the result of the June 12 presidential election. Security forces were out in huge numbers and quickly broke up the demonstrators with tear gas and batons. It doesn't look like the security forces fired on the protesters, but many were apparently arrested.
The WP tries to shed some light into the claims that the CIA kept something hidden from lawmakers without actually revealing what that something involves. It seems that CIA Director Leon Panetta found out four months into his tenure that there was an intelligence program that had been hidden from Congress, so he canceled it immediately and quickly informed the House and Senate intelligence committees. It apparently involved an attempt to create a new intelligence capability that is somehow related to collecting information about suspected terrorists. Everyone emphasizes it has nothing to do with interrogation.
Republicans tried to play down the program, saying it was small and never actually used and said Democrats are using it as an opportunity to protect Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has insisted the CIA never told her about water-boarding. Democrats, on the other hand, are focusing on what seems to be a deliberate attempt by the CIA to keep something from Congress, regardless of what it involved. One former Bush administration official characterizes it as "off and on program" and says that if it could be revealed, it would be seen as "no big deal." But Rep. Peter Hoekstra, the ranking Republican in the House intelligence committee, tells the NYT he doesn't think Congress would have approved of executing the plan. "Maybe on Sept. 12," he said.
The LAT hears word that the Los Angeles County coroner's office has issued subpoenas for Michael Jackson's files from a number of doctors who treated the singer throughout his life. Jackson had more than a dozen doctors since 1993, and investigators are trying to get a complete picture of his medical history. Some of the doctors were easy to identify from the bottles of medications that were recovered from Jackson's home, but some didn't have any labels, so it remains a mystery how he got them. One "longtime Jackson associate" tells the paper that the King of Pop never had trouble finding doctors eager to prescribe him drugs. "They rotate in and out," he said. "There were a lot of doctors over the years. … They liked to be known as Michael Jackson's doctor."
The LAT's editorial board thinks Los Angeles should be embarrassed about the way it handled Jackson's memorial service. While the Police Department and traffic officers carried out their duties perfectly, City Hall's "bumbling makes Los Angeles look laughably low-tech, shamefully disorganized, simultaneously an easy mark and a swindler, and cheap and pathetic besides."


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WASHINGTON — As chief technology officer for President Obama's reelection effort, Harper Reed oversaw the development of projects such as Narwhal, an intricate platform that linked the campaign's myriad databases and allowed officials to plot strategy with new precision.
The heady and exhausting 19-month gig convinced Reed, former technology officer for the online T-shirt retailer Threadless, that he should launch his own venture.
"When you go from building T-shirts to software for a presidential campaign used by a cast of millions, it's pretty easy to think, 'OK, we can build something pretty big,'" Reed said.
He and his business partner, Dylan Richard, the campaign's former director of engineering, now are "looking to do something large" with their new business software start-up, he said. They're not the only ones.


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Moviegoers are no strangers to seeing big-screen blockbusters taken from the pages of popular literary works. But rather than looking for the next "Hunger Games" or "Harry Potter," Hollywood is turning its attention to an older and even more famous book for inspiration: the Bible.
A number of major studios have big-budget biblical epics in the works, which audiences can expect to see in theaters over the next two to three years. The floodgates will open with this month's "Noah," a $130-million retelling of the Old Testament story written and directed by Darren Aronofsky and boasting a star-studded cast led by Russell Crowe and Anthony Hopkins.
Moses will make his return to theaters soon after in "Exodus," with "Dark Knight" star Christian Bale taking the lead role and director Ridley Scott behind the camera. Another film centering on the story of Moses, "Gods and Kings," will have Oscar-winner Ang Lee as the director after Steven Spielberg bowed out of the role.
And that's only the beginning. Other movies on the way include "Mary," with Ben Kingsley as Herod; a film on the life of Pontius Pilate, with Brad Pitt rumored to star; a Will Smith project loosely based on the story of Cain and Abel; a new adaptation of the classic novel "Ben-Hur," and a film version of the best-selling book "Heaven is For Real," among others.
Faith-based films are nothing new, but what led to Hollywood's sudden surge of interest in the Scriptures?
Daughters of St. Paul Sister Rose Pacatte, director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies in Los Angeles, said the success of last year's highly rated History channel miniseries "The Bible" brought renewed attention to the genre of religious movies. Portions of the miniseries covering the life of Jesus have even been compiled into a feature film, "Son of God," which was scheduled to be released Feb. 28.
But Sister Rose believes the genesis of the biblical revival in Hollywood started even earlier.
"This increase in Bible films all started with 'The Passion of the Christ,'" she said. That film, released in 2004, grossed more than $370 million in the United States alone, proving modern audiences will turn out for biblical films. "The TV series released last year reflected the fact that people will watch things about the Bible," Sister Rose said. "But these films take years to come out, so this didn't happen overnight."
Barbara Nicolosi-Harrington, a Catholic screenwriter who penned the original version of the screenplay for "Mary, Mother of Christ" (which has since been shortened to "Mary"), added that the Bible's well-known stories and built-in audience are attractive to major studios, which are hesitant to take a chance on new, unproven ideas.
"Hollywood is in a crisis of storytelling," said Nicolosi-Harrington. "They are straining to find material to base stories on, and the Bible offers epic stories that will allow them to use all of their wonderful spectacle-generating technology and have natural high stakes and name recognition. So it is kind of the best of all possible worlds for Hollywood studios."
Biblical films have historically proven to have a wide appeal, with classics like "The Ten Commandments" and "Ben-Hur" being major box office hits. Yet others — like 2006's "The Nativity Story," which attempted to capitalize on the buzz generated by "The Passion" — failed to draw big audiences.
While a certain niche audience will always be drawn to Christian movies, what makes this round of films uniquely appealing is the involvement of so many top-level names from Hollywood. Writer and producer Nancy Bevins, president of Catholics in Media Associates (CIMA), said having well-known directors like Ridley Scott and Ang Lee attached to the projects is likely to be a big draw — and an opportunity to spread the Bible's stories to an entirely new audience. "As soon as you start to have these kinds of names, I think people are going to want to see these movies who are not necessarily Christian and who wouldn't go to these movies otherwise," said Bevins.
Ultimately, she said, the success of these films will depend on how well they are made, how they are marketed, and whether there is a significant buzz among audiences that spreads via word of mouth. "So it is a combination of things," Bevins said. "And hopefully it is the Holy Spirit drawing people to these pictures, too."
Whatever the draw, the studios are banking on these films being big money-makers. "It is all about box office," Sister Rose said. "This is market driven. It has nothing to do with Hollywood wanting to be more Christian."
The lack of a faith-based motivation behind these upcoming projects concerns Nicolosi-Harrington, who noted that many of the people involved in making the films are not believers themselves.
"All of these big budget movies about the Bible, none of them are coming out of people in the Church," she said. "People are attached to these projects in major creative roles who not only don't believe this stuff, they disdain the Bible. This is very problematic."
Nicolosi-Harrington contrasts this type of film with "The Passion," which she said had theological depth and insight because it was an artistic expression of director Mel Gibson's own faith. While she doesn't expect that level of profundity from the forthcoming films, she still believes they may have some redeeming value.
"I think that insofar as these biblical epics preserve some of the basic parts of the biblical stories, then they will have spiritual power," Nicolosi Harrington said. "They can be edifying, and maybe combined with the beautiful design and production value, they can be a thing of grace for people. The question is whether they will be preserving the biblical story."
Scott Alessi writes from Illinois.
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August 24, 2006
Get directions to Wabash College Fine Arts Center
Wabash College is pleased to announce seven Visiting Artists Series events for the 2006-2007 year.
In 2006-2007, seating for Visiting Artists Series events will be by general admission, though free tickets are required for the programs
Tickets for Fall Semester events will be available Monday, August 28, 2006. Tickets for Spring Semester events will be available Monday, January 22, 2007.
Contact the Fine Arts Center Box Office by email at email@example.com; phone: 765-361-6411; or by mail at Fine Arts Center Box Office, Wabash College, P.O. Box 352, Crawfordsville, IN 47933-0352. Box Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon and 1:30 to 4 p.m. The box office will open 90 minutes before curtain time for Visiting Artists events. Tickets not claimed at the Box Office 10 minutes prior to curtain will be released to the general public.
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Diva Jazz Orchestra, 8 p.m., Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
Led by drummer Sherrie Maricle, Diva is an all-female jazz orchestra steeped in the history of jazz but infused with the progressive harmonies of today. Based in New York City, the group plays contemporary big band jazz composed and arranged by band members and some of the genre's most renowned writers. Diva has performed at top venues around the world, including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, television's CBS Sunday Morning, and a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall. "The band punches, kicks, and swings with a disciplined abandon and an unaffected joie de vivre."—The Jazz Times
October 18-19, 2006
La Espada de Madera: Don Quijote de la Mancha, 8 p.m. Experimental Theater, Fine Arts Center (In residence October 17-21)
La Espada de Madera (The Wooden Sword) is a prize-winning troupe of puppeteers and performers from Ecuador that has entertained adults and children at festivals in Latin America, Europe, and the United States. Founded in 1989 and dedicated to the magic of theater; the troupe will perform Don Quijote de la Mancha and work with Wabash students and faculty during their four-day residency at the College.
Thursday, November 9, 2006
Hubbard Street 2, 8 p.m. Ball Theater, Fine Arts Center
Hubbard Street 2 is a vibrant company of six dancers performing a repertoire that mirrors the variety and vitality of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's main company. Led by Artistic Director Julie Nakagawa Bottcher, formerly featured dancer with Twyla Tharp Dance and the Cleveland Ballet, HS2's inspired and energetic young dancers perform a diverse repertoire of works by some of the nation's most promising choreographers.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Bachmann-Kilbonoff in Concert, 8 p.m. Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
Hailed by The New York Times as "a violinist of soul and patrician refinement," Maria Bachmann has rocketed to international prominence through her acclaimed recordings and performances. She was the top prizewinner of the Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition in Vienna and has been selected by Newsday as an Outstanding Artist of the Year. An eminent proponent of contemporary music and a favored collaborator with the world's leading ensembles, Bachmann is joined on the Salter Concert Hall stage by pianist Jon Kilbonof, with whom she recorded the 1995 CD Kiss on Wood and 2005's Fratres.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Amarcord, 8 p.m. Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
Five former choristers from the famous St. Thomas Boys Choir in Leipzig have become continental Europe's finest male a cappella quintet. The blend of humor, charm, elegance, flawless intonation, rarely heard homogeneity, and unwavering vocal virtuosity have left audiences delighted since the ensemble's debut in 1992. Amarcord's versatility is suggested by the ensemble's recordings: Insalata a cappella—secular music through the ages; In adventu Domini—music for Advent and Christmas from Gregorian chant to Gospel: and its latest, And So It Goes, an album of popular and show tunes.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Lucia Pulido and Palenque, 8 p.m. Salter Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
A pioneer of Nueva Cancion (New Song) in Colombia, Lucia Pulido moved to New York City in 1994 and continues to mine the musical traditions of her native country while incorporating elements of jazz, contemporary music, and Latin American song in her ongoing search for new musical possibilities. Pulido has one of the richest voices on the Latin American musical scene, and her musical explorations include collaborations with musicians from Argentina, Japan, and Brazil. In February 2006, she recorded with Palenque, a guitar, clarinet, and percussion ensemble that will perform with her on the Salter Concert Hall stage.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Brigit Pegeen Kelly, poet, 8 p.m. Korb Classroom, Fine Arts Center
Brigit Pegeen Kelly has won some of the most prestigious awards available to poets, including the Lamont Award of the Academy of American Poets, a Pushcart Prize, and the Theodore Roethke Prize from Poetry Northwest. The author of The Orchard, Song, and To the Place of Trumpets, her work was chosen for volumes of The Best American Poetry. "Imagine a tapestry in which every color, itself resplendent, is couched next to another, equally brilliant hue. Such is Kelly's work—so gorgeous in its language, so vivid in its sonorousness."—Booklist
To read about Wabash College 2006-07 Theater Season click here
Top Photo: Diva Jazz Orchestra, September 7
Middle Photo: Hubbard Street 2, November 9
Bottom Photo: Lucia Pulido, March 30


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Fri. May 15th 2015 @ The Duke Saloon (No Minors)
10 - 2 doors at 8
Presented by: Gone Country Live Events
The best damn Country band around brings their high energy show every Friday night to The Duke Saloon, located at 502 Discovery St in Victoria. Get your boots on get ready to rock out with these guys as they play hits from Kenny Chesney, Eric Church, Keith Urban, Jason Aldean, Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson, and so many more!
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I have a handful of mystery photos which I will feature on this blog. This one has a surname on the back: Nelligan. If anyone is related to the person in the photo, I would love to return it. The Thomas Nelligan and Maurice Nelligan families were either somehow related to or merely neighbors and friends of the Maurice Ahern (alternate spelling Ahearn) family in Cambridge, MA.
Many of the Nelligans appear on the census listings living on and around Dublin St. which later became Sherman St. Thomas Nelligan was married to Hanorah "Hannah" and their children were: Mary Ann b. circa 1866, Margaret b. circa 1868 (married name was Hayes), Hanora b. circa 1869, David b. circa 1873, Thomas b. circa 1875, and John P. Nelligan b. circa 1878 who became a doctor and appears with his family on the 1920 census on Mass Ave in Cambridge.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Ray Prohaska: Art Reps & Art Directors
In 1956 Ray Prohaska received an Award of Merit for the piece below from the New York Art Directors Club. (Tony Prohaska writes, "I remember posing for one of the kids on the jetty.")
That year, Ray's illustration was at last featured in the top spot of a Lester Rossin group ad in the back pages of the '56 Art Director's Annual.
Tony had a summer job one year at Rossin's studio. He describes what it was like:
"Lets see...Rossin's was one floor... a receptionist, and maybe six people in the bull pen, including one very good letterer, another guy who did airbrush, and several people who did layouts, spots, and retouching. I think there were either three or four salesmen, maybe more, but I don't remember... and Rossin did sales too. I was in the production department, and did deliveries, mattes, wrapping packages, that kind of stuff. There were two of us gofers and a production manager, named Charlie Stubbs. My fellow gofer was Fred Travelena, who became a well known comedian, and died just a couple of weeks ago."
"I'm not sure if Ray ever had an other full time agent in N.Y., beside Rossin. He thought that all agents were crooks, but that you had to find a crook that wasn't too bad. Rossin occassionally would have one of his in-house studio people do a fake Ray Prohaska. I found that out when I worked that summer job for Rossin. Ray said he knew about it, figured it wasn't out of control."
"He was friends with a guy who'd been an agent and who moved out to Amagansett around the time we did, named Jim Perkins."
Looking over James Perkins' and Lester Rossin's artist lists, we can see some of the biggest names in the New York illustration scene of the day - and see also how close knit the entire community of graphic arts professionals were, socially and professionally.
But did Ray get all his jobs by way of his rep, or did he also take his portfolio around to show to art directors?
Tony writes, "He did get quite a few jobs direct, without Rossin, but I suppose he'd pay him anyway, I'm not sure. Also, his relationship with J. Walter Thompson was an old one, and he kept that up, went up to their offices quite a bit. I think he felt that he was treated o.k. by [Saturday Evening Post AD] Frank Kilker..."
"I'd have to say that one of his favorite jobs was a job he did for Frank Zachery, who was then at Holiday, I'm sure you know of him... it was an illustration of an African scene. He loved Frank. Frank rented the house next door to us one summer, and after that, rented down at the beach every year for several years."
"In general though, art directors were the bane of his existence, and we were under strict orders not to tell them he was fishing, or they'd think he wasn't busy."
"You had to be busy or you were dead, was how he put it."
* Tony Prohaska has put together an extensive website devoted to his dad's life, where you can read a very thorough biography and see many more examples of the artist's work. Go to The Art of Ray Prohaska for more.
* My Ray Prohaska Flickr set.
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- Howard Chaykin7:38 PM
Lester Rossin! I was art boy/gofer at what was then called THE ROSSIN CREATIVE GROUP back in the late 1960s--until, on assignment to cut a matte for a comp, I accidentally sliced the fleshy tip of my middle finger off, and got blood all over the artwork.ReplyDelete
From such humble beginnings...
I have very little memory of the joint--other than that the AD was a pretty hip, good guy--and Mac Conner was in the stable.
Needless to say, I got fired.
Memories are made of this.
That Rossin Group ad is really cool. I am a graphic designer, and a Saul Bass fan, and seeing these illustrators juxtaposed there really helps put things in context. Thanks for continuing to keep the quality so high. (Did I mention TI is my homepage at work?)ReplyDelete
*Ouch* You've just dredged up an unhappy memory of my own matte cutting adventure gone wrong... in my case it was at my early days at O&M, the knife skittered up onto the metal straight edge I was bracing and skated down the length of the ruler at great speed, coming to a dead stop in the side of my thumb. Good times!
Btw, how very cool that you had that brief opportunity to be a part of a studio with such a storied past. Thanks for sharing that. :^)
Brutes In The Hall; thanks for speaking up - you made my day - not just for saying my blog is your home page, but that seeing this material I present has given you a greater sense of how it all fits together. "My work here is done." :^)ReplyDelete
- Charlie Allen12:46 AM
Late to comment.....but an impressive list of illustrators for the Perkins Reps. Noticed Harry Diamond's name on the roster. Harry was a west coast design/cartoonist original, I think L.A. He illustrated a monthly gig for Lane Publishing's 'Sunset Magazine'....a monthly article titled 'Chefs of the West'. I've looked for clips....just can't find them....but they're great. Maybe someone will turn up with some examples....hope so!ReplyDelete
- Judy7:39 PM
I was the receptionist at Rossin in 1967. What fun we had...was just there for a year as I married and moved on....ReplyDelete
I see this is an old post, but was just trying to find some information on Lester Rossin and this link came up.ReplyDelete
Lester was my grandfather and was so proud of all the work he did. He talked fondly of the his days of working in NY with some great artists. There are many prints left behind in his studio of the work that his agency did.
He just passed away this week at the age of 99. He will be greatly missed!
R.I.P. Lester Rossin 5/30/14 - 7/5/14
- Leslie Johnson Leech4:06 PM
Lester was my "second Dad." My parents became close friends with the Rossins in 1947 (I was 3) and we spent wonderful holidays and vacations at the Rossins' beautiful home in Connecticut. We always enjoyed meeting Lester's associates from the art world. He spoke so highly of all the talented artists who were part of his life. Re: Saul Bass...one evening, when I was a teenager, Lester told us we were going to have "an evening at the movies." We ended up watching 2 1/2 hours of Saul Bass titles...amazing stuff!! I have been a fan ever since. I will miss Lester so much but I have some pretty wonderful memories of him and his entire family!ReplyDelete
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Google has settled a U.S. government probe into its business practices without making any major concessions on how the company runs its Internet search engine, the world's most influential gateway to digital information and commerce.
Thursday's agreement with the Federal Trade Commission covers only some of the issues raised in a wide-ranging antitrust investigation that could have culminated in a regulatory crackdown that re-shapes Internet search, advertising and mobile computing.
But the FTC didn't find any reason to impose radical changes, to the relief of Google and technology trade groups worried about overzealous regulation discouraging future innovation. The resolution disappointed consumer rights groups and Google rivals such as Microsoft Corp., which had lodged complaints with regulators in hopes of legal action that would split up or at least hobble the Internet's most powerful company.
Google is still trying to settle a similar antitrust probe in Europe. A resolution to that case is expected to come within the next few weeks.
After a 19-month investigation, Google Inc. placated the FTC by agreeing to a consent decree that will require the company to charge "fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory" prices to license hundreds of patents deemed essential to the operations of mobile phones, tablet computers, laptops and video game players.
The requirement is meant to ensure that Google doesn't use patents acquired in last year's $12.4 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility to thwart competition from mobile devices running on software other than Google's Android system. The products vying against Android include Apple Inc.'s iPhone and iPad, Research in Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry and Microsoft's Windows software.
Google also promised to exclude, upon request, snippets copied from other websites in capsules of key information shown in response to search requests. The company had insisted the practice is legal under the fair-use provisions of U.S. copyright law. Nonetheless, even before the settlement, Google already had scaled back on the amount of cribbing, or "scraping," of online content after business review site Yelp Inc. lodged one of the complaints that triggered the FTC investigation in 2011.
In another concession, Google pledged to adjust the online advertising system that generates most of its revenue so marketing campaigns can be more easily managed on rival networks.
Google, though, prevailed in the pivotal part of the investigation, which delved into complaints that the Internet search leader has been highlighting its own services on its influential results page while burying links to competing sites. For instance, requests for directions may turn up Google Maps first, queries for video might point to the company's own site, YouTube, and searches for merchandise might route users to Google Shopping.
Although the FTC said it uncovered some obvious instances of bias in Google's results during the investigation, the agency's five commissioners unanimously concluded there wasn't enough evidence to take legal action.
"Undoubtedly, Google took aggressive actions to gain advantage over rival search providers," said Beth Wilkinson, a former federal prosecutor that the FTC hired to help steer the investigation. "However, the FTC's mission is to protect competition, and not individual competitors."
Two consumer rights groups lashed out at the FTC for letting Google off too easily.
"The FTC had a long list of grievances against Google to choose from when deciding if they unfairly used their dominance to crush their competitors, yet they failed to use their authority for the betterment of the marketplace," said Steve Pociask, president of the American Consumer Institute.
John Simpson of frequent Google critic Consumer Watchdog asserted: "The FTC rolled over for Google."
David Wales, who was the FTC's antitrust enforcement chief in 2008 and early 2009, said the agency had to balance its desire to prevent a powerful company from trampling the competition against the difficulty of proving wrongdoing in a rapidly changing Internet search market.
"This is a product of the FTC wanting to push the envelope of antitrust enforcement without risking the danger of losing a case in in court," said Wales, who wasn't involved with the case and is now a partner at the law firm Jones Day.
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said the outcome "is good for consumers, it is good for competition, it is good for innovation and it is the right thing to do." Before reaching its conclusion, the FTC reviewed more than 9 million pages of documents submitted by Google and its rivals and grilled top Internet industry executives during sworn depositions.
The Computer & Communications Industry Association, a technology trade group, applauded the FTC for its handling of the high-profile case.


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Award requirements
The National Honor Patrol Award is given to patrols whose members make an extra effort to have the best patrol possible. Your patrol can earn the award by doing the following over a period of three months:
- Have a patrol name, flag, and yell. Put your patrol design on equipment and use your patrol yell. Keep patrol records up to date.
- Hold two patrol meetings every month.
- Take part in at least one hike, outdoor activity, or other scouting event.
- Complete two good turns or service projects approved by the patrol leaders' council.
- Help two patrol members advance one rank.
- Wear the full uniform correctly (at least 75 percent of the patrol's membership).
- Have a representative attend at least three patrol leaders' council meetings.
- Have eight members in the patrol or increase patrol memberships over the previous three months.
The National Honor Patrol Award is an embroidered star worn beneath the patrol medallion, and will spotlight a patrol as a high-standard group. Help your patrol become a National Honor Patrol.
Source: Boy Scout Handbook, revised 1998
This award was once known as the "Baden-Powell Patrol Award."
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|2012-12-16, 02:16
|Link #21
The Interstellar Medium
Join Date: May 2008
Location: [SWE]
Age: 29
The Fluff and those following summarized my thoughts on it. Let it remain on the profile, no need to let it publicly show. I've seen first-hand what it can lead to and posters should be judged based on their posts, not post counts.
|2012-12-16, 02:16
|Link #22
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 36
|2012-12-16, 05:14
|Link #23
blinded by blood
I like the fact that post count isn't displayed. I wish it wasn't displayed in my profile, either. Every time I look and see how high it's gotten I feel bad about wasting so much time bumming around a message board.
TheFluff has a good point. The only thing I'm missing is the rep system's "instant troll detection" functionality. People with red squares or disabled rep always raised a red flag with me--not that everyone with disabled rep is a troll, but a lot of folks disabled rep because all they received was negative rep for their trolling or highly inflammatory posts.
|2012-12-16, 09:31
|Link #24
Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
|2012-12-16, 10:15
|Link #25
Feeling comfy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 44
Member since April 3, 2006. Total posts, including this one, 3,970.
I take some pride in getting where I got in terms "reputation" with that average post count.
On a more serious note, no, please don't make post counts any more "public" than they need to be. As TheFluff said, we really don't need another number to judge the "quality" of membership. Let's return the focus to where it always should have been, the content of one's post in any given discussion.
|2012-12-16, 16:36
|Link #26
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Los Angeles, California
Age: 34
yeah it solves a lot of issues associated with that. . .personally I also think that the join date should be removed too, just put in the persons profile like the post count, It'll pretty much FORCE people to be more observant, and use their brains to determine who the good posters are. It'll help people think more critically in the long run, and cull the posters that just post for their ego's sake instead of posting to add contribute to a discussion. I think that people/communities who feel they "need" any kind of measuring system do so to mask the fact that they a)feel not so adequate in their own life, so they have to use these petty systems on a discussion forum to make them feel better (and forums are not psychiatry offices) and b)promotes behavior to mask that feeling of inadequacy. . .kinda like how anime tends to rely on fan service once the directors/writers realize that they cant make a decent show without a ton of flaws.
It's actually insulting to the intelligence of people that post on the site. There is no way that someone CAN'T tell if a poster is a good poster or not, a good poster is able to present their points in a way that can shine light on why they have a certain opinion, and do that WITHOUT passively aggressively attacking the opinions of others. . .that's pretty much what taking away all these unnecessary measurements would promote. It would be like taking the training wheels of the bike, or taking the alcohol away from a drunkard etc etc. . .in the long run people will be able to just make better posts, and recognize those who make those posts. Those that can't do either, wont be a part of the community, leaving the rest of those still here to make the community here way better than it is. . .which in turn would draw more new people who can have or can learn the aforementioned skills (being a good poster/recognizing good posters)
Measuring systems arent needed at all.
|2012-12-16, 16:45
|Link #27
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 33
But looking at your suggestions, why not take it a step farther? How about we get rid of user accounts all together and have a system like 2ch or 4chan, where it's all completely anonymous? Sure, it would create a very warped sense of community (and if you want to talk about psychiatry offices... well, hmm) but then you'd really be judging the post based on the post, itself.
I hate the idea, because I like to get to know who else is participating in the community. It adds flair and flavor to the forum. But I'm interested to know, what do you think about that idea?
|2012-12-16, 17:41
|Link #28
I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
I don't really care either way (about the post count), but as for figuring out who's worth reading or not... Won't those who invest time in the forum figure it out soon enough? As for the others, won't they just not care?
I don't like the idea of an anonymous forum either. For much the same reasons.
|2012-12-16, 18:09
|Link #29
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: East Cupcake
As for the OP...well, it's a little silly to focus on amount of posts (or rep, join date, amount of friends, amount of threads started, amount of pms/vms received, or any other statistic you can mention) as indicators of anything beyond possible experience in using the various forum tools or knowing your way around the different sub-forums. My amount of posts does not make me a better or worse discussion partner on these forums nor should it add or detract the weight of my post (being a moderator should do that automatically ). Quantifying membership seems downright prejudicial and very unnecessary.
|2012-12-16, 22:25
|Link #30
Join Date: Mar 2006
Veterans know who veterans are by participation in the community. As a very old member (gets out cane and mumbles something about kids these days), I've seen a lot of people come and go. And honestly, join date and posts aren't even a good measure. Veterans remember the forum crash that wiped out everything - even my join date is a "lie". I've been around here since 2004 as a lurker, but in 2005 my account was part of the crash and I had to re-register in 2006. I didn't post much back then until after I registered the second time.
Frankly I'd much rather see discussion be less "Facebook" and more quality, meaning people going back to making posts with good content and not vain appeals for attention. And yes, I say that as someone who is basically max on rep, and have been for a while. I built the rep by being a constant presence in the community, but I didn't do it for the rep, and I won't stop because the rep is gone. I did it to build a name, which is what I hope people notice when they see my posts and hopefully they associated it with good things (although I'm sure that's not anywhere near as true as I hope ).
I don't want my eventual fading from the forums to be "oh yeah, that guy with all those decorations", I want it to be "oh yeah, that guy made a lot of good posts".
One of my favorite quotes:
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives." - Jackie Robinson
|2012-12-17, 00:11
|Link #32
Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
|2012-12-17, 00:38
|Link #33
Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
|2012-12-17, 05:40
|Link #34
In counting post counts.. does it include the "unreported troll post and jokes"?
and another thing for example
Member A joined in 2004 posted only 1000 post but are very helpful and intelligent in content....
Member B joined in 2010 but posted 5000 post 3/4 are video links, jokes, questions etc...
Based on the example wouldn't it make Member B appear more active and "superior" to Member A?
Don't get me wrong, just asking...
|2012-12-17, 12:10
|Link #36
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
Eyah, I see enough posts from people who joined many years ago but who apparently never read the forum rules (e.g. "wears the warez!!!?") or people who consistently toss out pointless one-liners no matter what their join date to worry about post counts.
My post counts only reflect that I read fast and type fast ... whee ;P
|2012-12-17, 12:51
|Link #37
Join Date: Mar 2006
Just look at the responses from the decision to put the rep system on hiatus temporarily, and it's not hard to see why we tend to keep things as status quo for (probably) longer than we should. Truth is, we're very much a site and forum that was built for a somewhat different community than exists today. This makes every notable change all the more difficult to do, as every change (or suggestion of change), no matter how seemingly simple or innocent in intent, becomes controversial.
|2012-12-17, 13:14
|Link #38
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 33
But what does it matter? The hard reality is that you can't please everyone, and having seen the staff advising some upset members that they might want to seek out a different forum, I believe they've accepted that fact. Once you've accepted that the forum can't be everything to everyone, and once you've decided to make changes that aren't determined by public opinion, knowing full well that some forum members (including the "old ones") will be unhappy, what's really holding you back from making even more changes?
On the topic of scrubbing even more information from underneath a user's avatar, I really don't understand the request. The argument for removing that information seems to be that somehow people will focus more on the content of the post, instead of on who's writing it. As I've mentioned before, this makes me think of forums like 2ch and 4chan, where there's no such thing as a user account: people can use a handle with their posts, but most are anonymous, and nothing prevents multiple people from using the same handle. Is that really what people want?
I like western-style forums, with their user accounts, because the sense of community is greater. You can take interest in the people you're talking with, and not just the basic information in their post. Age, join date, gender, choice of user avatar, location - all of these are intriguing facts about the person whose thoughts and opinions you're reading and interacting with. They add "flavor" to posts and can aid in understanding what a person is trying to say, and why they're saying it. I don't think I'm unique in saying that I am not blinded by user information or that it heavily biases me when I read someone's posts. This concern that the personal information somehow gets in the way of discussion really seems like a non-issue. My worry is what effect this drive for "depersonalization" would have on the sense of community in the forum.
|2012-12-17, 13:24
|Link #39
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv168
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 32
Frankly, I don't really care if the join date stay or is removed (and the idea never crossed our mind in the mod team), but talking about it, I surely see no reason to keep it either.
It is really not the same as username, avatars etc: username define the user (obviously) so not only you can track their posts later on and identify them, whereas Signature and Avatar give a quick idea of what they currently like/promote and so on.
However, what is the importance of the join date here? I sincerely see nothing much aside of how long the member has been around, and that doesn't say much if they went on hiatus for a long time, to which happened to various members, "unknown" or "popular" alike.
It doesn't define the "identity" of the user, unlike age and gender. It is probably because I hardly have any notion of "elder - junior" regarding any community in the internet, but frankly I put personality on a specific member with their tastes (anime list, avatar, signature, title), arguments and writing style, and other interactions if there is any.
Pretty much like Solace, that pulled me a "yeah why not?" but hardly anything to debate, considering it doesn't really harm anything (unlike post count that surely have potential negative effects, and the rep system).
|2012-12-17, 13:40
|Link #40
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 33
When I join a new forum I take an interest in join dates. It's a quick way to see who's invested in the community. While it's true that someone could make an account, disappear for a few years, and then return, that's pretty uncommon (and our own forum statistics back that up - or at least, they did when NightWish collected them about a year or two ago). It's also an easy way to spot "griefers" - someone exhibiting a bad attitude with a recent join date likely isn't invested in the community, and if the poor behavior is fairly consistent in a short span, it becomes very apparent what their purpose on the forum is. (This was particularly useful on forums lacking a reputation system.)
Within AnimeSuki, I find it useful as a way to orient myself. I disappear for months at a time, during which new members join and take up positions within the community. Their join date allows me to know whether these are members who joined while I was absent, or if they've always been on the forum but just spent most of their time in areas that I didn't frequent. If they're brand new, I'll occasionally go out of my way to welcome them to the forum. Community feel and all, you know? It can also be a nice excuse to strike up conversation via the fancy visitor message system.
That's my brief take on it (I can probably write up an essay on other uses and interpretations), but I doubt it will persuade anyone who believes that a forum should be 99% focused on the content of posts. I'll say again, scrubbing this information and/or hiding it away in the user profile would be depersonalizing the forum for a concern that doesn't seem to exist in reality. What's the point of it, and is it worth the potential drawback?
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Yaw Nyarko
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Yaw Nyarko is a professor of Economics at New York University, and one of the most highly ranked African academic economists in the world. A theoretical economist, his current work focuses on models where the economic actors engage in active learning about their environments and human capital models of economic growth and development. He is the author of many published research papers and the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including many from the National Science Foundation. He is the Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Theory, previously Associate Editor of Economic Theory. He has been a consultant to many organizations including the World Bank, the United Nations, and the Social Science Research Council.


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Exploring Seismology in the Classroom Using the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program DataAccess Earthquake Data from the USGS Earthquakes Hazards Program (EHP)
The Dataset
Earthquake Data from the USGS Earthquakes Hazards Program (EHP) provide data on global earthquakes for the last 7 days and highlights the history of earthquake occurrences around the world. Earthquakes are represented on maps with links to data including latitude, longitude, magnitude, and time. Symbols representing earthquakes are varied in size, representing magnitude, and in color, representing time of earthquake occurrence (within the last hour, the last 24 hours, or the last 7 days). The site also provides general trends and statistics, documentation of the largest earthquakes to ever occur, the most destructive in history, those with high death tolls, earthquakes listed by year, and the 15 largest US earthquakes.
Use and Relevance
The National Earthquake Information Ceneter (NEIC) is part of United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP). Data from the EHP are used by response agencies to determine how to direct resources. Scientists use this dataset to determine how earthquakes effect an area and whether seismic data can be used to predict future earthquakes. Engineers use this dataset to study how shaking effects structures and how structures can be built to withstand damage.
Use in Teaching
This dataset can be used to teach the following topics and skills in geophysics and structural geology:
Map depicting location and depth of global earthquakes occuring during the past 8 to 30 days, map generated by the USGS EHP.
- Natural hazards
- Solid earth
- Plate tectonics
- Seismic networks
- Earthquakes
- Understanding the collection and transmission of seismic data
- Interpreting earthquake data parameters, including location, depth, and magnitude
- Using seismic data to map plate boundaries
- Using seismic data to determine the highest probability area where an earthquake might occur
- Examining relationships between earthquake parameters and the underlying rock structure
The Earth Exploration Toolbook has a chapter on Investigating Earthquakes: GIS Mapping and Analysis that uses USGS and IRIS data to conduct GIS analyses. Users interpret earthquake distribution and activity and analyze the potential for predicting future earthquakes.
Exploring the Data
Data Type and Presentation
Data are represented graphically on maps, illustrating earthquake location, magnitude, and time. Symbols are used to represent the magnitude of the earthquake. The relative size of the symbol is proportional to magnitude, while the symbol colors represent whether the earthquake occurred in the last hour, day, or week. Recent and historical data are provided graphically and information about specific earthquakes (such as latitude, longitude, time, and depth) is presented in HTML format as a preliminary earthquake report.
Accessing the Data
Data can be accessed in several formats including:
- Latest Earthquakes: This section provides maps of earthquakes on a global scale and for the USA. Maps are provided at a high resolution for earthquakes within the US.
Maps depicting earthquake location can be accessed and downloaded as GIF files by choosing USA or World maps that can be explored further by selecting specific regions. Earthquakes are depicted on maps as squares (representing magnitude and time). Preliminary Earthquake reports, which provide information including latitude, longitude, location, and depth, can be obtained by clicking on the earth quake symbol. The reports also provide access to summary information for earthquakes in that region and maps of the regions in various formats, including seismic hazards maps and USGS aerial photos. Scientific data and technical information provide historical moment tensor solutions (similar to fault-plane solutions) and theoretical P-wave travel times.
- Feeds and Data: This section provides a variety of interfaces for examining real-time global earthquakes.
- RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feeds: Users can sign up to receive feeds providing information on magnitude, location, date, and time for recent earthquakes.
- Google Earth and KML files: This section allows users to view KML files of real-time earthquakes in Google Earth. Clicking on the KML links within the USGS page will automatically start up Google Earth and open that particular view of the data.
- CSV files: This section allows users to download ASCII files that provide data on location, depth, magnitude, and time for earthquakes occurring in the last hour, 24 hours, or 7 days.
- Recent Earthquakes: This section provides a list of of global earthquakes for the last 8 to 30 days.
Users can download Earthquake Reports in HTML format for earthquakes occurring during the past 8 to 30 days (includes latitude, longitude, depth, time, tensor moments, and theoretical P-wave travel times data.
- Historic Earthquakes: This section provides access to data and information on significant, high impact historic earthquakes.
- The 'Top 10 Lists and Maps' section provides a variety of data sources and statistics, including a map illustrating the location and intensity of damaging earthquakes in the US from 1750 through 1996, and tables providing information on number of deaths from historic earthquakes.
- The 'Significant EQs' section provides links to Earthquake Reports in HTML format for earthquakes occuring globally from 1692 through 2006.
- The 'Earthquake Search' query option allows users to search download earthquake data, including location (latitude and longitude)and magnitude in a variety of formats including comma delimited HTML format, tabular HTML format, and maps that can be downloaded as GIF images.
- http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/ 'Did You Feel It?': This section provides archived information on earthquake intensity and damage that is provided by citizens who have felt an earthquake and reported information to the USGS 'Did You Feel It?' data collection site.Users can obtain data by choosing a region of interest from the US map, which provides a list of recent and historic earthquakes. Users can choose a specific earthquake to obtain a map (as a GIF image) that displays earthquake shaking and damage data. To get detailed information on reported data, users can access the statistics for the earthquake they are examining. The statistics page provides data including distance from epicenter, number of reports, and reported intensity levels.
Manipulating Data and Creating Visualizations
- One way that students can process this dataset is to superimpose earthquake locations onto a global map. This process will allow students to visualize the relationship between earthquake locations and plate tectonic boundaries.
- Students could also process data by importing tabular earthquake data into a spreadsheet application such as Excel to graph the number of earthquakes per day or to calculate and graphically represent averages over time.
Tools for Data Manipulation
- Real-time earthquake data are presented as KML files (files that are used to display information in Google Earth). In order to use this feature, users need to first download Google Earth (a free version is available). Accessing the USGS KML files allow users to display real-time data (including magnitude, location, and time since earthquake) using Google Earth.
- Raw data can be downloaded and imported into a spreadsheet application such as Excel for further processing. The Starting Point site provides a tutorial for using Excel.
About the Data
Collection MethodsData are collected by seismic instruments and transmitted to a central computer via several mechanisms including the internet, phone lines, microwave telemetry, or satellites. The USGS EHP maintains FAQs related to measuring earthquakes.
Limitations and Sources of ErrorBackground noise is a common source of error in seismographic data. Sensors pick up vibrations, resulting in a low noise background. Conversely sensors can become saturated when the magnitude of shaking is off scale. Errors also occur in transmission of data and their is background noise in transmission of data via microwave telemetry.
References and Resources
Scientific References that Use this Dataset
- The USGS provides a library of USGS publications and products and publications related to earthquakes.
- The USGS EHP provides information on interpreting earthquake maps.
Education Resources that Use this Dataset
- The Earth Exploration Toolbook has two chapters Investigating Earthquakes with ArcVoyager GIS and Investigating Earthquakes with ArcExplorer GIS that use USGS and IRIS data to conduct GIS analyses. Users interpret earthquake distribution and activity and analyze the potential for predicting future earthquakes.
Other Related Scientific References
- 'Earthquake prediction: A seismic shift in thinking' is a article from Nature that discusses the debate regarding accuracy in predicting earthquakes.
- 'Mantle Convection and Plate Tectonics: Toward an Integrated Physical and Chemical Theory' is an article from Science that reviews the physics of plate tectonics.
Other related Education Resources
- The Broadband Seismic Data Collection Center maintains an education section with activities of relevance to students and teachers.
- The USGS EHP maintains a http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/index.php 'Learning and Education' section that contains numerous links to educational content and activities about earthquakes.
- The USGS EHP provides a http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/ 'visual glossary' of terms relevent to studying earthquakes.
- Mapping Plate Boundaries is an interactive lecture example from Starting Point.
- The Teach the Earth Portal contains teaching activities related to plate tectonics and earthquakes.
Related Links
- The Seismological Society of America website contains information on earthquakes and a collection of issues related to teaching about earthquakes.
- Earthquake preparedness information is available from FEMA.
- The National Geographic website Forces of Nature provides information on natural hazards, including earthquakes.
- Earthquake FAQs
- Earthquake Resources for teachers


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Revs' 30-minute recap and highlight show returns to MyTV New England
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The new 30-minute show dedicated to the New England Revolution – "Inside the Revolution" – returns on Saturday, Oct. 16, on MyTV New England. The second episode of the three-show run to close 2010 will air at 1:30 p.m., with re-airs at 6:30 p.m., and on Sunday, Oct. 17, at 10:30 a.m.
Hosted by Revolution play-by-play man Brad Feldman and revolutionsoccer.net's Jeff Lemieux, "Inside the Revolution" recaps the Revs' recent results, features Revs personalities and looks ahead to upcoming games.
Saturday's episode includes an exclusive one-on-one interview with Taylor Twellman, a free kick breakdown from Marko Perovic and a feature on goalkeeper Matt Reis. Additionally, Feldman and Lemieux will offer highlights and insight into the Revs' recent matches, including a statistical breakdown of Shalrie Joseph against other central midfielders in the league.
MyTV New England (WZMY, Ch. 50, Derry, N.H.) is available on cable and satellite systems throughout New England. Check your local listings for the specific channel listing for your area.
The Revolution (8-15-5, 29 pts.) returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 16, when the club hosts the Kansas City Wizards at 8 p.m. Comcast SportsNet will televise the game live on its alternate channel, while 98.5 The Sports Hub will have the call of the game on the radio on its HD2 channel. For more information, visit revolutionsoccer.net or call 1-877-GET-REVS.