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Myriam Abdelaziz is an Egyptian / Swiss / French freelance documentary photographer. Born in Cairo, she grew up in Geneva before returning to Cairo in 1987 and then to Paris in 1996. She speaks fluent Arabic, French and English. Myriam received her BA in Political Science from01 the American University in Cairo and a Master in Journalism from Paris X University. After starting a career in International Communication in Paris, Myriam moved to New York to focus on photography. She graduated from the International Center of Photography and has been based in New York since 2005.
Mark Aranha: I've been using a camera for just over three years. I was hooked after I discovered, to my surprise, that even strangers just open up to the person with the important looking camera. As Someone Important once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big lens'.
Nick Atlas, at twenty-seven, is defining himself as one of America's brightest young photographers and social commentators. Raised in New York City, Nick truly blossomed as a photographer whileattending Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he earned an honors degree in sociology and received awards for outstanding achievements in photojournalism. After college he briefly studied at the International Center of Photography, but began traveling nearly full-time in 2003. Nick has photographed in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and throughout Central and North America. His personal projects include documentaries of festival culture and life on the road, although the bulk of his work is street photography. Nick currently resides in New York, where he freelances both as a photographer and as a writer. His art can be viewed online at
Kim Badawi, a freelance photojournalist of French, Egyptian and Slovenian background, was born in Paris, France in 1980. He studied at l' Ecole Superieure des Arts Graphiques, in Paris. He ultimately graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2003, from the School of Visual Arts, in Manhattan. While working as a photo assistant at Magnum Photos, Contact Press Images and Time Inc, in New York City, he participated in various group exhibitions in both Manhattan and Washington DC. In 2005, he covered the plight of surviving refugees' families from Mississippi to Texas during the Hurricane Katrina disaster. As of recently, Kim is a recent alumnus of the Documentary and Photojournalism Certificate program at the International Center of Photography in New York. Kim's work has appeared in magazines such as Newsweek, Rolling Stones Magazine, New York Magazine, La Repubblica XL Magazine, Politeken Magazine, Sabado Magazine, NOX Magazine, Epsilon, The Texas Observer, The Sun, The Guardian, and broadcasts such as BBC UK, MSNBC, and CNN. Kim is fluent in English, French, Spanish and Italian but also has a clear knowledge of Arabic and Slovenian worldwide using multiple citizenships.
Betsy Bell lives in Brooklyn, New York. She shoots much of her fine-art photography with a plastic Holga camera, which is known for its simple structure and serendipitous light leaks. Her shooting technique, which includes blurring hard edges and creating distorted bands of light, is used to explore the emotional underbelly of her subject matter. Her images render dreamlike and surreal. Betsy recently completed a month long residency at Art-at-the-Bridge in West Cornwall, CT. She has had solo shows both in New York City and Grand Rapids, Michigan, and she has participated in a number of group shows both in and outside of New York. Her work was recently published in Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity.
Jude Vela Diallo, a multimedia artist, was born in Manhattan and raised in the U.S. Virgin Islands in St. Croix. He recently graduated from New York University with a B.S. in Digital Communications and Media with a concentration in Film and Video Production. Jude, a self described sketch artist, fell in love with the art of Photography, and shoots Black and White Film, develops his own negatives and his own prints. He met the love of his life Lonne Dickerson on MySpace and flew out to California to see her and is now a new resident of Seal Beach. Jude is now spreading love, building L.W.E.M.P.H (Live Wire Enterprise Multimedia Publishing House), NYC Public Sketch Art Gallery and making Sketch Plates.
Joanna Ebenstein is a photographer and graphic designer living in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Her photography has appeared in numerous group and juried shows, and will be featured in an upcoming solo show, a photographic survey of medical museums entitled "Anatomical Theatre." She has contributed photography to The New York Times, NPR, V Magazine, K48 Magazine, Soft Skull Press, and The Museum of the Moving Image, among others. You can view some of her work at
Melanie Einzig lives in New York City. She completed an MA in photography at New York University and the International Center of Photography. From 1997 to 1999 she worked for the Associated Press in New York and since then she has been freelance, photographing a combination of editorial, portraiture and event photography as well as continuing personal projects. Her photos have appeared in many national and international newspapers and magazines including the New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker. Since 1995, her personal work has been exhibited in several group shows, at the Ariel Meyerowitz gallery in New York and The Van Brunt Gallery in Beacon, NY. Her photos are included in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, SF MOMA's e-space, Princeton University Museum and other private collections. In 1997 she received the Aaron Siskind Foundation Fellowship for her project titled "Midtown." Melanie is presently working on a street photography related book exploring who we are as Americans and how we display our identity in our shared spaces.
Felipe Garcia was born in Puerto Rico, and is a self-taught photographer. "Creating images allows me to to show my love for what I like and respect," he says. "Making pictures gives me a sense of freedom and the opportunity to share a part of me with others. The satisfaction I derive from my work comes from the response of the viewer, and also from a combination of technical, cultural, nostalgic and personal elements." In 2007, he had a one-man show entitled "Ritmos Surenos: Bomba, Plena y Ponce - an exploration of Puerto Rico's African roots" at Hostis Art Gallery. He also participated in the "Images of Dignity" show, held at the Museum of the Arts in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.
Leslie Granda-Hill is a versatile freelance photographer whose work has appeared in movies such as "The Devil Wears Prada", the upcoming "Baby Mama" and TV's "Law and Order SVU". She has a degree in Fashion Design from The Fashion Institute of Technology and is continuing her education at The International Center of Photography in New York City. She has won many international and regional recognitions, most recently the grand prize winner of the "Capture Inspiration" contest sponsored by Janovic Plaza. She has exhibited and won top honors in many juried art shows. Her collection of abstract images entitled "Tapistre" was recently on exhibit at the Paula Barr Chelsea gallery. In September 2007, she will have a solo exhibition called "Condemned: The Last Days of the Essex County Penitentiary", documenting the demise of this 19th century building. This is part of photo documentary project Leslie is working on entitled "Condemned Places", that captures historical buildings before they are demolished and their beauty disappears forever. She is a member of "Professional Woman Photographers" in NYC. Leslie excels in digital capture and manipulation and is also known for her photo illustrations that are meant to make the viewer look twice- sometimes the image isn't what it first appears to be.
Gavin Guerra is an amateur photographer who has been taking pictures of different cultures and exotic locations for over 15 years. He finances this hobby by serving as a Visual Effects Supervisor in the Film and Television arena, creating and overseeing Computer Generated Imagery for such clients and products as McDonald's, Listerine, Olympus, MTV, Fox, Lexmark, and Panasonic, as well as feature films like "X2: X-men United" and "Vertical Limit". Having traveled the world extensively he keenly realizes that there is always more to see and learn, and he hopes to set foot on as much of the world as he realistically can.
Tania Guinsberg, was born in Brisbane, Australia, and has spent the last ten years traveling and photographing all over the world. She spent her twenties working with indigenous peoples in the outback and National Parks of Australia and there realized the connectedness of human interaction and the land. One of the recurring themes of her work has been that of indigenous cultures and their outward reflection of an inward spiritual path. Her photographs at the Buddhist Monastery in DUMBO are examples of communal moments of spiritual celebration and worship.
Marcia Bricker Halperin has been photographing in a documentary style since the 1970's. After having received an M.F.A. in Fine Arts from Brooklyn College she worked as a freelance photographer and instructor. Recently she has been engaging in documentary filmmaking, combining her vintage photographs and video footage to tell unique stories.
María Fernanda Hubeaut was born in the city of Santa Fe, Argentina. At the age of 15, she discovered her interest in documentary and artistic photography, and became fascinated by the infinite possibilities of communication and expression of the medium. María Fernanda received a Masters Degree in Communications and Arts from the National University of Entre Ríos, Paraná City, Argentina, were she organized and directed workshops in photojournalism for several years. Her graduate work focused on the use and education of the photographic image as language. She conducted research on various genres in photography for more than three years. Her work is strongly linked to reality, trying to capture emotions with delicate attention to the contrast of lights and shadows. In 1998, María Fernanda traveled around Europe and Latin America to reinforce her documentary experience and photographic interests. Two years later, she established herself in New York City working as a photographer and freelance writer for several publications and Spanish newspapers like "Hora Hispana," Daily News; "Nuestra Comunidad," Gannett New Jersey; "El Nuevo Día," Puerto Rico; "Poder;" and "Hispanic Magazine." Her work has been exhibited in several art galleries including Rutgers University, Soho Black and White Space, Café Galería Carlitos in Harlem, and previously, in various Argentine galleries in the cities of Santa Fe, Paraná, and Buenos Aires.
Noel Jefferson: Photojournalism has, since childhood, always interested me, but my true focus triggered on 9/11 during the WTC tragedies. Following a SoHo Group Exhibit, a dozen of my images traveled throughout the USA, and then Europe. After one image appeared at the MoMA, the dozen were selected for the NYC Main Library's permanent collection. One of my candid shots, photographed during the making of "Flannel Pajamas", became the poster for the film at the Sundance Film Festival and it also appeared in newspapers, magazines and represented the film in its Official Guide Book. My architectural images, primarily shot in Lower Manhattan, are now on exhibit at The South Street Seaport Cultural District, located at 206 Front Street, Corner of Beekman Street. Additionally, I am shooting the stills for my environmental documentary film I am writing and producing, about the excessive amount of diesel fuel storage in Tribeca.
Jenny Jozwiak conceived, produced and curated the "Diversity of Devotion" exhibit, and is also a participating photographer. Jenny has been a photographer for 24 years. Beginning as a newspaper and street photographer, she has since evolved into a art/travel photographer, visiting 37 countries so far. Her award winning portrait and travel work has been published internationally and collected by the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell and individual private collectors. Her work was exhibited in the United Nations as part of their indigenous peoples exhibit, and prior to that, Elliot Erwitt chose her work for the international "Celebration of Humanity" photography competition and traveling exhibit which opened in New York at the Vanderbilt Hall Gallery in Grand Central Station. Her work was included in one of the three hard-cover companion books (published by Harper Collins) entitled, "Family". Jenny was recently awarded an honorable mention from both the Gordon Parks Documentary Competition and from Michelle March of Aperture West, for the traveling exhibit, entitled: "Transformations". She was commissioned by the Queens Museum of Art to photograph religious diversity in Flushing, Queens for their upcoming exhibit on the Flushing Remonstrance. Jenny was selected by Cynthia Dantzic, to be one of the featured photographers in the upcoming hard cover art-book entitled, "100 New York Photographers" published by Schiffer Publications. Jenny has lectured about travel photography and presented her work at Columbia University, Barnard, CS First Boston, GAP Adventure Travel and The Learning Annex. She continues to teach photography privately.
Kitty Katz is a documentary photographer and writer whose work is inspired by the vast panorama of history and cultural diversity in her native New York. Her photographs and articles have been published and exhibited in the U.S. and internationally, most recently in the online venue Shabbat Shalom. Following a long tradition of street photographers whose images of everyday life illustrate human nature and changing times, her current series on Williamsburg is part of a larger visual exploration of Jewish New York that serendipitously coincided with the "Diversity of Devotion" project.
Stephanie Keith studied photography at the International Center of Photography and received a Master's in Photography from New York University. Upon graduation, she worked for a variety of newspapers including Newsday, the New York Daily News and the New York Times. She has been published in a variety of media including Time, Rolling Stone online, the Village Voice, Saudi Aramco World magazine, and the Speaking of Faith web site. Her work on Voudoo was also featured on NPR.
Simon Koo is a freelance photographer living in Queens. His experience in photography spans three years and for the last year has been working as a wedding photographer and photo assistant.
Jack Lasky was born in Russia, but for the last 33 years has lived in Australia. By profession he is an accountant, but has taken to photography during the past two years of my life and truly loves it!
Scott Lewis While many are drawn to the fringes, Scott finds a challenge among stories, issues and people more ordinary. He is known for making images that bring the exotic to the familiar, as well as connecting viewers to the more exotic. All assignments, whether they be news, features, sports, portraits or projects, big or small are taken as opportunities to grow. Major projects include essays on american suburbia and the role of spiritual and secular rituals to bind believers to their faith communities in the U.S. Scott has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Arts from the University of Missouri - Columbia's school of Journalism.
Soon Chung Lim is an amateur photographer with 5 years of experience. He has worked with non-profits in Singapore to document the Orang Asli (forest people) children from a village in Malaysia and an elephant hospital in Thailand. He currently lives in New York City.
Mary Ann Lynch, is an American photographer, writer, filmmaker and educator. Her artistic endeavors explore popular culture & the arts, ancestry and spiritually charged places. Over her 35-year career, she has received many honors and awards, had her work published and exhibited throughout the world, and appeared as guest artist, lecturer, juror and panelist at colleges and universities from New York to the far Pacific. In 2007 she received eight awards from the 5th Annual Lucies/International Photography Awards, professional division. Her work is in collections including the Center for Creative Photography, the Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Academy of the Arts, and the Leon Constantiner Collection. Lynch is also a prolific writer on popular culture and the arts, senior editor at Camera Arts, and a frequent portfolio reviewer on the national scene. Close to her heart is the Not for Profit Photography Network: Photographers Seeking Social Change, which she founded in 1998 and directs. She divides her time between New York City and the Saratoga area upstate.
Mark Manley, is a graduate of the Photo Journalism and Documentary Photography program at the International Center of Photography in New York City. He grew up during the later half of the Vietnam era and civil rights movement, and was deeply influenced by images of those events seen in LIFE magazine. His influences include the photographers Larry Burrows, Bruce Davidson, Robert Frank, Andre Lambertson, Christopher Morris, and Eugene Richards. He has been, and continues to be, profoundly influenced and inspired by his colleagues from ICP. Past work has included projects documenting the anti-war movement, surveillance and security in America post 9/11, New Orleans street musicians and long-term projects like "Scenes Inside the Botanica" a look inside Botanica shops that sell religious supplies catering to religions of Afro-Caribbean descent including Santeria and Voodoo. Prior to photography, Mark's previous professional incarnations have included many years in mental health work and a prolonged stint in corporate America.
Tammy Meadows has been a freelance photographer for the past 10 years. She specializes in event photography, photojournalism and capturing cultural events. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
Omar Mullick was born and raised in London. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He spent six years in fashion photography and the commercial film industry before turning to documentary photography. Since then his work on Muslim Americans has appeared in the New York Times and National Geographic, winning awards with the Western Knight Center for Journalism and Annenberg, along with recognition from the American Academy of Religion. He is currently working on a long-term photography project on Muslims in the West.
JuAnne Ng studied photography at the Fashion Institute of Technology where she learned the technical aspects of operating different types of cameras, lighting, printing techniques and basic composition rules. It was invigorating being around people who were creative and who wanted to push their own creative boundaries. After experimenting with photography in fashion and beauty, she realized that telling real-life based stories of people and places was the photography she enjoyed the most. Not only is it challenging to tell a story in one image but to do so in under different variables such as the environment and the subjects keeps this photographer technically and creatively challenged.
Katharine Quevedo is a Guatemalan graphic designer and writer who lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Nura Qureshi was born and raised in Germany, moved to the San Francisco Bay Area when she was eighteen to study photography and has lived in Brooklyn since 2003. She was immediately drawn to portrait photography because of the challenge in creating an intimate connection between herself and her subject and the potential to capture revealing, if fleeting, emotions. The power of photography, and of the compelling image which tells a story, is one of two major inspirations behind Nura Qureshi's work. The camera is also a ticket and an excuse to enter new worlds that would otherwise be inaccessible. The combination of these two forces has lead Nura to photograph drug dealers and hop-hop artists in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood, native inhabitants of the Peruvian Amazon and the Bofgvlivia Altiplano, homeless New Yorkers living underground in New York City's subway system, and the culture of boxing rings across the country. She is currently working on an exhibition that will be shown in Germany.
Courtenay Morgan Redis Raised in the suburbs of New York City, Courtenay's first formal instruction in photography was a darkroom class while at school at the University of Notre Dame. After graduation, she moved west and worked for more than 10 years as a social worker, while also taking pictures of the homeless families with whom she worked so that they would have photos of themselves (something most never had before). She went on to assist photographers Elizabeth Opalenik, Donna Ferrato and James Nachtwey; and study at the International Center of Photography in NYC. Courtenay is now working as a freelance photojournalist and doing an extended personal project on elite Ethiopian runners living in the Bronx.
Nadia Sablin was born in Leningrad, in the Soviet Union. Having emigrated to the United States as a child, nadia grew up as an American, developing a strong interest in the arts and photography. After receiving a BFA in photo illustration at the Rochester Institute of Technology, she moved to the former Soviet Union to document its changing culture. The world she remembered from her childhood was being slowly replaced by franchises and brand names. For two years, she worked on recording what was left of the old world. Currently, nadia sablin is based in New York City, where she works as a freelance photographer. www.nadiasablin.com
Kathy Shorr I was born in Brooklyn and grew up in both Brooklyn & Queens. I have lived in Manhattan since I turned 18. I attended the School of Visual Arts for undergraduate studies and NYU for graduate studies in fine arts and photography. I became a Teaching Fellow in the NYC public schools and teach art at a public high school in Manhattan. I am also the founder of Summer in the City, a group that brings children from New Orleans to NYC for a week of art, culture and fun. My photo work is primarily documentary. I am interested in telling a story and looking at cultural differences and similarities. I am currently involved with two projects "ExArt" and "63 Scholes Street". My images have appeared in the Visa Pour L'Image Show in Pepignan France, Howard Greenberg Gallery, Visual Arts Gallery, Tunnel Gallery, Sariedo Gallery, The Salon, Eleven Ten Gallery as well as newspapers and magazines.
Mindy Stricke started making photographs in 2001 when she became happily downsized from her corporate job, and hasn't stopped. She studied photography at the International Center of Photography in New York City, and has shown her work nationally. To balance the often solitary experience of making art, she also shoots portraits and develops community art workshops. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Time Magazine, Time Out NY, and Newsweek, among others. She divides her time between Toronto and New York City.
Jacqueline L. Patten - Van Sertima My introduction to photography began when I was about nine years of age. My elder brother, Ronald, was an inherently multi-gifted artist, thus a "natural" as a photographer. Our father's pen and pencil drawings lined the entranceway to our home. So, my indoctrination into the arts was, possibly, a natural progression for me, as well. Though I successfully pursued academic avenues of formal study, the arts always remained an intricate part of my life. With luck on my side, I worked with Max Waldman, a giant in the field of theatre and dance photography, studied under Roy DeCarava, professor and inspirational master photographer and enjoyed the camaraderie of award-winning Reginald Wickham, who breathes love and excitement into his work every moment of his life. Although in awe of each mentor's work and style, I did not wish to emulate, but to use their instruction to become unique in my own right. They, in kind, appreciated and encouraged my independence and self expression. As a fine art photographer, my specialty is hand-painted black and white (film) photography, a very time-consuming, focus-intensive process. My work is primarily, sociologically based. The objective of my positive images is to expand awareness, thus providing incentive for inner growth and, ultimately, social change. My presentations have been well received and recognized for, both, content and technical artistry.
Chris Vilardi, a native New Yorker, received his B.F.A. from Parsons School of Design in New York City and has studied art at The State University Of New York at Farmingdale and The University of Houston. He has exhibited his paintings and sculpture in numerous galleries and private collections in the United States, Europe and Australia. His most recent commission "The Epiphany of Saint Ignatius", is a ten-foot tall bronze and granite sculpture. One of an edition of two, the sculptures were installed on the northwest corner of Columbus and 60th street in Manhattan, N.Y.C on November of 2005.
Julian Voloj is a German-born photographer and writer who explores aspects of identity and heritage in his work. His photos appeared in various newspapers and magazines such as the New York Post, PresenTense Magazine and the Brooklynite. In 2006, the Forward commissioned Voloj to portray prominent New Yorkers such as Edgar Bronfman and Ed Koch for its anniversary book "A Living Lens" (Norton 2007). Voloj lives in Sunnyside, Queens.


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To Vote For 'Bomb Iran' Romney & Obama Is EvilSubmitted by legalizeliberty on Fri, 08/24/2012 - 18:34
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
-- Thomas Jefferson
The evil machine has made its choice clear.
We must respond.
There is a presidential candidate who will be on the ballot in all 50 states -- his name is Gary Johnson.
Gary Johnson is the only candidate who wants to repeal the Patriot Act the NDAA stop illegal unconstitutional wars and end the war on drugs which is in fact a war on the people.
Once he gets into the presidential debates (first one is on Oct. 3rd) he will go viral.
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EAST CHICAGO | The City of East Chicago, Marina Port Authority and Mayor Anthony Copeland will host their annual Independence Day Festivities at 5 p.m. on Wednesday July 3 at the E.C. Marina Boardwalk with fireworks at dusk.
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I have been provided this laptop for work purposes and have been using it for past 1 year. Here is a review of the features that will help you decide if you are interested in Thinkpad T60
The good points are
1) Thinkpad: Thinkpads have long defined the perfect office laptop. Very reliable and even though now its under Lenovo, the quality is very good
2) Performance: My laptop has 2gb of RAM and for normal office software (Lotus Notes, MS Office , Oracle) the laptop performs very well
3) Keyboard: Thinkpads have one of the nicest keyboard and typing my long documents is made easy thanks to it
4) Quiet, Cool & reliable: The laptop comes with Active Protection that stops the hard disk if it falls. Good if you are clumsy and drop laptops :O
But, there are some bad points as well
1) Heavy: Its not a perfect laptop as its little too heavy to carry from along the whole day. The X Series of thinkpad does better
2) Not for Multimedia: There is no widescreen option and the video memory is ok. Not the laptop if you want it for watching movie and games
3) Price: Reliability comes with a price tag and thinkpads are very expensive machine
Overall, i would recommend this laptop for anyone who is looking for a office laptop. Its reliable and you can trust all your work to it.
If you are a home user, you are better off going for a Sony or Dell.
You'll be glad to the new, thin, light, full-function power of the latest ThinkPad T60 Series notebooks. Plus, Lenovo takes a system-wide approach to durability - combining a magnesium-alloy roll cage with the ThinkVantage Active Protection System and a shock-mounted hard drive. That way, your system and data are protected against potential damage caused by cab drivers, drops and airline security.


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Police raid clubs in corruption probe- 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00
Police have raided the premises of Newcastle United, Portsmouth and Glasgow Rangers football clubs as part of an investigation into alleged corruption within football.
The action, which is connected to the inquiry into discrepancies in 17 FA Premier League transfers being undertaken by Lord Stevens' Quest organisation, saw police issue search warrants on the three clubs' grounds and two homes of unnamed individuals.
Newcastle United were quick to issue a statement confirming the club was visited by police but distancing it from any wrongdoing.
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Lee Purdy believes he has what it takes to beat Carson Jones in London next week
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Lee Purdy: Could make a name for himself against Carson Jones (pic leighdawneyphotography.com)
Lee Purdy is looking to make a big statement when he takes on Carson Jones at London Olympia on December 8.
Purdy faces the man who took Kell Brook all the way in their fight in July, and another barnstormer is in the making.
"Of course it's a step up, he's a world ranked fighter, but it's a step I'm capable of winning and in style."
Lee Purdy
"I see it as a great fight, we both like to come forward and pressure our opponents," he said. "I believe I'll be stronger than him and hit harder.
"I think he'll be on the back foot. He's coming into it thinking it will be a walk in the park for him but believe me this is not going to be an easy fight for Carson Jones."
It was not long ago that Purdy was losing his British title but he now finds himself climbing the world rankings and he acknowledges this is his stiffest test.
"Of course it's a step up, he's a world ranked fighter, but it's a step I'm capable of winning and in style," he added.
"The first half of the Brook fight Kell hit him at will, pushed him back, and I think I'm stronger than Kell and hit harder.
"When I hit Carson he's going to realise he's in there with a massive puncher. Kell had nothing left for the second half of the fight, and Carson Jones couldn't capitalise. He's got a lot of credit for that and I don't know why."
And while not looking past his opponent on Saturday week, Purdy knows even bigger paydays are around the corner should he maintain his winning streak.
"Kell's going out to America in January and I'd like the winner," said. "Hopefully it will be Kell and we could have a big domestic fight later in the year."


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Underwater footage from EOS 1D-C in forum
Wetpixel member Chris Parsons of Nauticam USA has posted some macro footage shot at Blue Heron Bridge, Florida with a Canon 1D-C on the Wetpixel forum. He feels that if footage captured with the camera "is exposed and color balanced correctly while shooting, the video is beautiful."
HP Red Sea National Team category at Marseille 2013
Photographers from the same country will be invited to team-up during the 2013 HP Red Sea shoot-out and to put together a portfolio for submission into a National Team category. The judging phase and awards ceremony will take place during the fortieth Festival Mondial de l'image Sous Marine from October 31 to November 3, 2013, in Marseille, France. The category's judging panel will cast their votes live on stage during the Festival, in a "Eurovision" type event.
Sharkwater filmmaker's new film released
Rob Stewart, producer and filmmaker of Sharkwater, has released his follow-up film Revolution to Canadian theaters. The film continues Rob's journey, "one that will take him through 15 countries over four years, and where he'll discover that it's not only sharks that are in grave danger – it's humanity itself."
Wetpixel's Steve Williams to speak at LAUPS
The Los Angeles Underwater Photography Society's 17 April meeting will include a presentation by our own Wetpixel moderator and FinFoundationImages.com curator Steve Williams. Steve will be describing five ways to think differently about improving our imagery based on the model that was developed on one of our threads here titled "Good to Amazing" and illustrated by his photographs and the images of the contributing Fin Foundation photographers.
Call for submissions: SDUFEX
The 2013 San Diego Undersea Film Exhibition is calling for submissions. The event will be held on 11 and 12 October in the Qualcomm Hall, San Diego. Films that have been selected will be projected in a High Definition format in a state of the art venue onto a 30 ft. screen. There are no prizes and an independent panel of distinguished judges will select the approximately 30 films to be shown during the two night event.
Wetpixel @ ADEX 2013
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Wetpixel Southern Channel Islands trip
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Paper investigates white sharks scavenging whale carcasses
A new research paper published in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE journal has studied multiple white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) feeding events on dead baleen whales in False Bay, South Africa, and compared this to feeding events on Cape Fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) that occurred in the area at the same time.
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I wake up. The first thing I do is cover up, because while I can't comfortably sleep with a shirt on, the idea of being seen with my upper body bare is absolutely terrifying. My morning routine of brushing my teeth and using the toilet is stressful, if there is anyone in the bathroom when I wake up, I immediately begin to feel anxiety because my routine has been thrown off. Not only that but I begin to feel that the other people in the house are deliberately trying to keep me from using the bathroom comfortably. I start my day off feeling victimized and ganged up on.
Once that is taken care of (or while waiting if the bathroom is occupied), I begin checking social media. My computer stays on while I sleep so I don't miss anything. I check for IMs and email first, then check IRC for any instances of my name in any channel I am in. I also check over Twitter for any replies or mentions of me. I have to be careful, because if I read any of this too closely and see that my friends are in fun/exciting/interesting conversations without me, it can set off a panic or trigger my issue with feeling left out. The idea of missing anything, though, is so frightening that I absolutely NEED to check.
I also need to check my work email at this point. I am in a new job that is very important to me, so I cannot even begin to relax about it. I read every email that comes through my box, in fear of missing something important or missing being called out for having done something wrong. Especially since the previous night, I encountered an issue in which I had bad information, so I am on edge hoping I don't get yelled at or told off for it. Even though I know I am safe and know it wasn't my fault, I can't stop worrying over it.
At this point, people should be saying good morning to me online. If they don't, I will also begin to get upset. I need people to acknowledge me and if I don't get it, I get frightened that I am not worth saying hi to or exciting to see. If any of the people who are usually around when I wake up are not there, I will start to panic. Are they hurt? Did they find something better to do? Did they forget me?
On this particular day, I accidentally look a little too deeply into Twitter and I notice three or four friends of mine engaged in conversation with someone I don't know. Instead of curiosity or the urge to meet this person, I am flooded with dread. Panic begins. My heart begins to race, my breathing starts becoming difficult. My mind races. I'm not involved. My friends have a new friend that is way more interesting than I am. They'll have no further use for me. They'll all abandon me.
This panic carries on for quite a while, since no one is really around to try to reassure me and I am too afraid of being laughed at or worse, rejected for voicing those fears directly to my friends. I can't even imagine trying to just join in on the conversation, even though I know that's what most people would do. I begin to berate myself for not being normal and not being able to just deal with a normal social interaction.
After several minutes of beating myself up, I decide I need to stop and distract myself. A video game is a good idea! I load one and don't feel like playing it. I load a second and also feel disinterested. Now the anxiety begins again. Why can't I decide on a game? I like all of these games. What is wrong with me? Why can't I just pick something and stick to it? In disgust, I close all of the games and simply turn on some music, hoping to calm myself down by distracting myself with singing along with something I enjoy.
The music and singing helps. At this point I am 2 and a half hours into my day and I have already gotten incredibly anxious or panicked over three or four things. My stomach begins to rumble, because my last meal was more than 12 hours ago. I need breakfast at this point, but no one is going to offer it to me. My roommate is not paying attention to me, and no one else cares. More anxiety. I can't handle the idea of cooking for myself in the house that I live in - too many people, too much clutter, too many issues with people being possessive over food, so I need my roommate to help.
The problem is, I can't bring myself to ask. I know she won't offer it unless I say something, because she has her own issues with ADD and motivation, but I feel like asking is the scariest thing in the world. I am humiliated that I am a grown woman and I need to ask someone to help me get food. I feel anxious about speaking up. I feel unhappy and hurt and neglected that she doesn't understand what a big issue this is for me and is obliviously playing video games. This turns into a huge internal struggle for 10 or 15 minutes, with me getting more tense and upset with myself the entire time. It's so minor. Why can't I handle it on my own? Why can't I just ask? But saying something is so scary and I want so badly for someone to want to ask me.
By the time I finally manage to ask my roommate to go get some food, I am barely holding it together and my head is absolutely spinning with stress and fears. At this point, I notice a friend of mine talking on Twitter to a couple of mutual acquaintances that were nasty to me recently. Why would my friend be talking to them? Doesn't he care how harsh they were to me? What if he agrees with them? He must. Or maybe he just doesn't care. People bullying me is so unimportant that he'll shrug it off. I must be completely worthless to him. If I'm that worthless to my friends, I must have no value at all. I'm struggling to keep from crying at this point.
By the time my roommate is back with food, I am so upset that I am disassociating. Not only am I panicked that my friend is talking to these people that hurt me, all of my feelings of betrayal and hurt and humiliation over these two former friends attacking me on Twitter are refiring. My emotions can do that. When something happens to remind me of a negative incident, I feel it again. These feelings can not only refire, but they will do so on a loop, prolonging the hurt and fear by unimaginable lengths. I can and do still cry over being treated poorly by people years ago, because if I am reminded of it, I feel it again.
After eating and talking about the problem with the people who were harsh to me on Twitter, I am calming down a little. However, at this point, my Dom, an agendered individual named kitty has a crisis pop up as well. I understand the need to go deal with someone else, especially someone living in kitty's household who is having a bad time as well, but that doesn't stop me from feeling abandoned when I am in need. That begins the process of building up into anxiety and feelings of being unwanted and worthless all over again. Often, kitty is the only person who seems to actually empathize with my feelings and is generally incredible at helping me remain calm. When left to my own devices however, it is incredibly hard for me to calm back down on my own.
By the time I am ready for work, my roommate's mother has elected to get drunk and be incredibly verbally abusive to my roommate in front of me. All of my feelings of self-loathing end up clashing against the intense urge to do something about that injustice, as well as my terrible fear of drunk people due to my own childhood of trauma and abuse at the hands of a heavy drinker. At the least though, this external crisis for me to deal with has forced me out of my own head and defused some of the heavier threads of anxiety and out of control emotion.
As I head to work, I stop to get gas and find myself telling myself how I am 'not a good girl' and 'don't deserve anything good' as I walk out of my car to pay. I am not even sure where these impulses are coming from, but I continue to mutter abuse at myself as I pump my gas. I turn music on while I drive, to force focus onto something else. Once I arrive at work, I am all smiles and friendly banter with my co-worker, until I am once again alone.
Immediately, I begin feeling overwhelmed with negative emotions, feeling drained and exhausted, and a faceless dread that something terrible is going to happen. I throw myself first into any work I can find and then into writing this in order to try to keep it together. Currently, I am working on unloading a delivery that the office got. As I walk through the building, the muttered abuse of myself continues. "I'm not a good girl. Why am I so bad all the time? No one understands and no one will."
That's my day. I have only been awake for 8 hours, so far. This isn't a complete documentation of everything that has run through my head, of course. I certainly hope though, that it paints a clear picture of just how hard a day is for me. People see the often 'normal' facade I am capable of putting up and assume that I am a neurotypical person who acts out when angry. The reality is that I am a vastly sick person that is sometimes very good at pretending I am not.
In looking back on 2012, the most important thing I can relate is that I did not plan to experience this year. I had planned, since I was 18 years old, to commit suicide on February 3rd, 2012 just before the stroke of midnight. I made a promise to myself as a teenager that if I had not gotten my life together and gotten better (whatever that meant at the time) that I would not allow myself to turn 30 a failure.
The year began inauspiciously. I will homeless and living on someone's floor, working at a minimum wage job that I was complacent with, but did absolutely nothing to support me or make me happy. I had few friends, but they were notable ones.
One, the girl of my dreams. We had been friends or in a relationship of one form or another since we were teenagers; well over a decade. We had plans to marry in the fall, on our adopted anniversary of Halloween. My dream was to emigrate to the UK and spend my life with her.
Another was a friend I had made at conventions and on the internet, an artist who I thought was a kindred spirit and someone I could trust. We had known each other for a year or so and become fast friends, and she spent time with the girl of my dreams and I, playing games and laughing. Things seemed great there.
January brought something new into my life, engagement in the furry community through a friend I met on Twitter and felt sparks with at FurCon. He introduced me to many more friends, and it seemed as though everything was right in the world.
February came and when my expiration date came up, I didn't hurt myself. The day passed and I continued to breathe, because I thought I was on my way. Life was finally starting to work out.
Things changed.
The girl of my dreams and I broke up, encouraged by whispers from the fast friend.
The fast friend and I began dating and she quickly turned abusive.
The furry friend became closer and made promises that warmed my heart, but he proved to be untrue and betrayed me as deeply as I have ever been.
My own mother even stole my car.
My disorder began spiraling out of control, thanks to these events.
I felt hopeless, I felt afraid, I felt like I had no future and no goals.
In short, I felt like that not committing suicide before I turned 30 was the biggest mistake I had ever made.
It's always darkest before the dawn, though. Out of all those shadows and fears and dark moments, some seeds began to take root.
I had met the most caring, compassionate, giving person I have ever met. Someone who has made something of a career out of helping people around them fix their lives. That someone has given me so much, from my first laptop I've ever owned, to a free trip to the East Coast for a convention to see friends.
I have a Dom for the first time. Not someone who is willing to pretend to top for me when they are up to it, but someone who genuinely considers me their submissive and does their best to take care of me and my needs.
The caring person helped me find a job. Not another minimum wage thing, but a real, career building job. I am making more than twice as much money as I have ever made in my life. I find myself, for the first time, searching for an apartment of my own. I am no longer scraping by, barely managing to live on someone's floor, Now I have the chance to build my own adult life without having to choose between food or gas.
My Dom helped me find therapy, so that I can learn to live with my borderline personality disorder and begin to work on my gender issues. There is the hope for the first time that I might be able to transition and be the girl outside that I know I am inside.
Throughout all of this, there have been ups and downs. New friends who have come into my life only to spurn me when they lacked the empathy to understand that I have a personality disorder. Friction with people who wanted more from me than I could give them. The usual growing pains of a new social life and finding people I just simply don't like.
As we come up to my birthday here in 2013, I am nearly a full year removed from when I chose to die. It is hard some times. There are struggles every day for me, but I hope that I will get better, with the help of my therapist and of my new friends, That's the key thing for me, as 2013 comes on.
I hope.
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Steppin' to the AM: Giants report to campOhm Youngmisuk
It's that time of the year again. "Steppin' to the AM" means only one thing -- training camp is here. For those of you who don't know, I'm an old school hip-hop head. So the daily camp morning prep blog is named after 3rd Bass' song. We're all fa...Blog | July 26, 2013
Camp preview: Defensive lineOhm Youngmisuk
We're counting down to training camp with a look at the Giants, position by position. Position: Defensive line Jason Pierre-Paul#90 DE New York Giants2012 STATS Tot66 Solo43 Ast23 FF1 Sack6.5 Int1Projected starters: DE Jason Pierre-Pau...Blog | July 22, 2013
Tuck: D must change mindset, carry GiantsOhm Youngmisuk
Justin Tuck knows the New York Giants will go as far as Eli Manning takes them. Still, the defensive captain wants his unit to start thinking that it must carry the Giants and not have to rely on the offense to lead the way to victory. "I hope ...Blog | July 01, 2013
Canty prefers Flacco over ManningOhm Youngmisuk
One thing to love about Chris Canty is his candid and often direct point of view. The former Giant usually doesn't hold back anything he says, like when he declared that the Giants suffered from a Super Bowl hangover last year. Chris Ca...Blog | May 25, 2013
Agent: Giants' 'toe in water' for WoodsonOhm Youngmisuk
Charles Woodson is one of the many veteran free agents still available, and the Giants are always in the market for veterans on the cheap. Woodson's agent, Carl Poston, told ESPN's Josina Anderson that "The Giants have just put their toe in the w...Blog | May 16, 2013
Canty: 'Super Bowl hangover is real'Ohm Youngmisuk
Chris Canty believes in the Super Bowl hangover. The former Giants defensive tackle and new Raven plans to share what he learned from the Giants' failed title defense with the new defending champs. "I've talked to the guys about that," Canty ...Blog | April 25, 2013
Draft preview: Defensive lineOhm Youngmisuk
This is the seventh installment in a position-by-position analysis of the Giants as they prepare for the draft: Position: Defensive line. Depth chart: DE Jason Pierre-Paul, DE Justin Tuck, DE/LB Mathias Kiwanuka, DE Adrian Tracy, DE Adewale Ojo...Blog | April 22, 2013
Draft preview: Giants defense/special teamsOhm Youngmisuk
At the end of the Giants' failed 2012 title defense, Jerry Reese made it clear that he felt the roster was not "that far off" from contending again. But the disappointed general manager said his team "will look a little differently" in 2013. As t...Blog | April 16, 2013
Polian breaks down ReeseOhm Youngmisuk
As is often the case, Jerry Reese didn't make any huge, sexy splashes in free agency. But the Giants general manager still managed to address the areas of need for his roster all while managing a tight salary cap. ESPN's Bill Polian recently ...Blog | April 09, 2013
Reaction: Patterson adds more muscleOhm Youngmisuk
John Mara said he wanted to see his team get stronger against the run. Clearly, GM Jerry Reese heard the team's co-owner. Reese added yet another defensive tackle by signing Mike Patterson on Wednesday. Patterson is the second Eagles free-agen...Blog | April 03, 2013
Notebook: Murphy is a 'knife'Ohm Youngmisuk
Jerry Reese believes Louis Murphy will add a new dimension to the Giants' offense. The Giants made the Murphy free-agent signing official Tuesday and Reese thinks his new wideout will help spread the field for Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz. "He...Blog | March 19, 2013
Lawrence Tynes era likely overOhm Youngmisuk
The Giants will continue to lose longtime veterans this offseason. It certainly appears that Lawrence Tynes' days with the Giants are coming to an end. A source confirmed the Giants will sign kicker Josh Brown, which was earlier reported by the Ne...Blog | March 13, 2013
Giants bring in LB BrinkleyOhm Youngmisuk
The Giants might not have a ton of money to spend in free agency, but they are focused on doing what they can to improve their defense. A source confirmed that the Giants will have Vikings linebacker Jasper Brinkley in for a visit on Wednesday. S...Blog | March 13, 2013
Canty lands in BaltimoreOhm Youngmisuk
The first of the released Giants veterans has found a new home. Chris Canty tweeted that he signed with the Ravens today. ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reports that Canty signed for a deal similar to the one his replacement with the Giants, Cull...Blog | March 12, 2013
Tuck likes Jenkins signingOhm Youngmisuk
Justin Tuck knew the Giants had a big gap to fill when Chris Canty was released. That's why the Giants' defensive captain likes the signing of defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins, who could end up being the team's biggest addition of this offseason. ...Blog | March 11, 2013
Giants beef up defense with JenkinsOhm Youngmisuk
The New York Giants might not be a big player in free agency due to their salary cap situation, but on Sunday night they made what could be a pretty big addition. The Giants plugged a hole in the front line of their defense by reaching an agreeme...Blog | March 10, 2013


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Criminal Damage Skinny Hoodie Charcoal
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Why Frugal? Why Thriving?
Welcome to Frugal and Thriving, a website that celebrates all things frugal. I believe that a frugal way of life is the key to happiness. That we can not only survive but thrive on less.
What you will find at Frugal and Thriving
- tips and resources for saving money
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- ideas on how to find happiness outside of economic circumstances
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What is Frugal?
While there are traditional definitions of being frugal, on this website being frugal is defined as:
Saving money – The key to financial success no matter what your income is to spend less than you earn. You can be frugal whatever it says on your paycheque. When we save money on the little things, it enables us to spend on what is really important.
Conserving resources and reducing waste – Being frugal is also about conserving resources (natural and individual ones too like time and health) and reducing waste. Reduce, renew, reuse, recycle is the frugal mantra. We accept that we're responsible for our individual impact on the environment.
Emphasising a value driven life – When we have clearly defined values, it's easy to make choices. For example, we choose to live in a smaller, cheaper house, so that I can stay at home and raise our kids. Frugality is about not spending on impulse and then working overtime to cover this expenditure. You don't have to keep up with the Joneses, and you feel great about it. Life is purpose driven and we are happier for it.
Intelligent consumption – After six years working in retail I can tell you that happiness is not found at the shopping centre. Intelligent consumption involves more than reducing the amount of "stuff" that we buy. It's about reducing waste, considering value as opposed to cost, and taking into account the social and environmental impact that the purchase of goods have.
Independence – when you think about it, we rely on someone else to do almost everything in our lives for us. We rely on someone else to make our food, someone else to make our clothes, someone else to build our shelter, even someone else to entertain us. DIY means taking back some of our independence. Learning and practicing new skills not only ensures we are less dependent, it is a source of pride, increased self-esteem and happiness.
Being frugal is not about being a miser, being stingy or being a cheapskate.
Why Thriving?
Being frugal is both a means to an ends and an end in itself.
Frugality is a means to an ends because by saving money we are able to meet financial goals, such as paying off the mortgage early or going on that holiday.
Being frugal is and end in itself because it is a way of life based on reducing our negative impact on the world around us, and instead creating a positive and lasting legacy. We become free of the work to consume cycle.
The exciting thing about saving money is that it has a positive impact on every other aspect of our lives. By eating whole foods that we prepare at home, we save money and improve our health. Reducing our electricity consumption reduces our carbon footprint. Turing off the TV and spending quality time with our family improves our relationships. Learning new skills empowers us, increasing our self esteem. All of these things increase our happiness.
There is a correlation between happiness and money. Happiness peaks when we have enough money to meet the basics plus a little extra. More money does not equal happiness. Some of the happiest nations in the world have much less money than we do.
About the Author
Hi, my name is Melissa, and I live in Queensland, Australia with my husband and two children (a pre-schooler and a toddler – life is busy!).
I have always been pretty frugal without knowing it. Necessity dictated that I automatically adopt many of the principles of frugal living: spending less than I earn, recycling, reusing, mending, menu planning, shopping smart. I still wear socks that I first darned about 7 years ago (well, they still do the job)! Necessity certainly encourages creative money skills.
While I knew about being frugal, I became conscious of money management just after finishing university. After majoring in English and History and with no real career in mind, I was working as a retail assistant in a department store when I happened across the Rich Dad, Poor Dad book. This was my introduction into the world of personal finance.
I began learning skills to take our financial situation from living paycheque to paycheque to thriving on less. We make plenty of mistakes along the way, and I still have days where I "want it all" – there is still so much to learn.
I went back to school to study accounting and worked as an accountant. My absolute favourite aspect of accounting is budgeting. Give me an Excel spread sheet any day and I can be excited for hours (which is pretty ironic for and English Lit major!).
Starting this website has enabled me to rekindle a lifelong passion – to be a writer. I currently devote my time between caring for my son, "home duties", writing, reading everything and crafting whenever I get the chance. Many posts on this blog reflect our real life, as we're living it.
I hope that you enjoy Frugal and Thriving and I look forward to hearing from you.
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Information Visualization
Those of you who are in compsci major, I recommend specializing in "Information Visualization". Here are some articles that will tell you what it is. Another article will be coming from the same author when it is published. I do a lot of datamining...so more powerful the Infovis, more you can do with it.
Tapping the Power of Visual Perception
By Stephen Few
September 4, 2004
Business intelligence software alone doesn't enable you to make sense of data and effectively present it to others. Working with information to understand it, determine what should be done about it, and effectively communicate that message to others requires more than knowing where to click with the mouse. Business graphs and, to a lesser degree, tables of data communicate visually. The degree to which your data presentation effectively and efficiently communicates depends on how well you tap into the power of visual perception. To do that, you must know something about visual perception: what works, what doesn't, and why. Just making a graph pretty isn't doing your job. You need to paint a clear and powerful picture that makes people sit up, take notice, and say "Ah ha!"
Whenever I'm asked to describe myself, whether professionally or in general, one of the first terms that come to mind is "teacher." Part of what drives me at a core level is a desire to help people learn so that their lives are enriched with important new information and skills. This trait is intimately related to another that also fundamentally defines me: I am a "learner." I love to understand things. I don't just want facts; I want explanations. How does it work? Why does this work, and that doesn't? What is it about this that makes it stand out from the others? I believe that most people perform better at their jobs, even jobs that are seemingly mundane, when they understand what works, what doesn't, and why. This is especially true for knowledge workers.
Better than anyone else that I've encountered in my work, Colin Ware explains how visual perception works and how it applies to data presentation. In the preface to his book, Information Visualization: Perception for Design, he explains why he believes it is important to understand visual perception:
"Why should we be interested in visualization? Because the human visual system is a pattern seeker of enormous power and subtlety. The eye and the visual cortex of the brain form a massively parallel processor that provides the highest-bandwidth channel into human cognitive centers. At higher levels of processing, perception and cognition are closely interrelated, which is the reason why the words "understanding" and "seeing" are synonymous. However, the visual system has its own rules. We can easily see patterns presented in certain ways, but if they are presented in other ways, they become invisible.... If we can understand how perception works, our knowledge can be translated into rules for displaying information. Following perception-based rules, we can present our data in such a way that the important and informative patterns stand out. If we disobey the rules, our data will be incomprehensible or misleading."
When compared to our other senses (hearing, smell, taste, and touch), which are like narrow alleyways paved in cobblestones, vision is like a superhighway.
From Light to Thought
Figure 1 provides a visual representation of the primary components of visual perception. We don't actually see physical objects; we see light, either emitted by objects or reflected off of their surfaces. This light enters our eyes through an opening in the iris called the pupil. When we focus directly on objects, the emitted or reflected light shines on a small area on the retina at the back of the eye called the fovea. The retina consists of millions of light receptors, subdivided into two basic types, rods and cones. Rods sense dim light and record what they detect in black and white. Cones sense brighter light and record what they detect in color.
Cones are further subdivided into three types, each of which detects a different range of the color spectrum: roughly blue, green, and red. The fovea is simply an area with an extremely dense collection of cones. As a result, light that shines on the fovea can be seen in extremely fine detail. We're capable of seeing up to 625 separate data points in a one-inch square area, such as a dense collection of dots in a scatter plot. Perception of visual stimuli detected by parts of the retina other than the fovea is much less detailed, but it's capable of simultaneously processing vast amounts of information throughout one's span of vision, ready to notice a point of interest that invites greater attention (for example, the peripheral approach of a speeding car), which then leads to a quick shift in one's gaze to that area of interest. Rods and cones translate what they detect into electrochemical signals and pass them on, through the optic nerve, to the brain where they can be processed. Our eyes sense visual stimuli, then our brains perceive that data, making sense of it.
FIGURE 1 - Diagram of the visual perception system. (Eye and brain graphics created by Keith Stevenson.)
Role and Limitations of Memory
Just like computers, our brains use various types of storage to hold information while it's being processed and, in some cases, to store it for later use. There are three fundamental types of memory in the brain: iconic, short-term, and long-term. Iconic memory is similar to the graphics buffer of a computer, for it briefly stores what the eyes see until it is either moved into short-term memory (also known as working memory) for conscious processing or is discarded as nonessential. Short-term memory is like random access memory (RAM) in a computer: readily accessible for high-speed processing but limited in capacity. Information that's deemed worthwhile for later use is moved from short-term memory into long-term memory where it's stored and indexed in one or more ways for future retrieval, just like on a permanent storage device of a computer (for example, a hard disk). Despite a common misconception, we don't retain memories of everything we experience in life. Long-term memory is limited in its capacity, but amazing in its flexibility. It maintains and constantly rearranges a complex network of links between memories in an effort to keep memories available and optimally useful.
FIGURE 2 - Example of a graph that exceeds the limits fo short-term memory.
Short-term memory is where the real work of sense-making is done. New data is passed in from the world through the senses and old data is swapped in from long-term memory, working much faster than the conscious speed of thought to help us make sense of the world. Given our extraordinary cognitive abilities, it's incredible that all of this is achieved using short-term memory that can only hold from three to seven chunks of data at a time. This limitation must be considered when designing data presentations.
Figure 2 exhibits a common problem in graph design: the meaning of the nine separate data sets represented by the nine differently colored lines can't be concurrently held in short-term memory. The readers are forced to shift attention back and forth between the legend and the lines of data to remind themselves over and over what each line represents. If you want someone to make sense of the graph as a whole, then you must limit the number of data components that encode distinct meanings to seven at most and safer yet, to no more than five.
Fundamental Attributes of Sight
The rods and cones that populate the retina are tuned to detect a limited set of visual attributes, such as shape and color. When we perceive an object, that perception is constructed from a combination of these simple visual attributes. Even though an object as a whole might take some conscious effort to identify, the basic visual attributes that combine to make up that object are perceived without any conscious effort. Perception of these basic visual attributes is called "preattentive" processing, in contrast to the conscious part of perception, which is called "attentive" processing. Preattentive processing is extremely fast and broadband in that we can simultaneously perceive a large number of these basic visual attributes, called "preattentive attributes." Preattentive perception is done in parallel, but attentive processing is done serially and is, therefore, much slower. Here's an exercise that illustrates the difference between these two types of visual perception. Take a few seconds to count how many times the number "5" appears in Figure 3.
FIGURE 3 - Example of attentive processing.
The visual differences between the shapes of the various numbers that appear in Figure 3 (for instance, the difference in shape between a "3" and a "5") are too complex to process preattentively. To count all the 5's involves serial attentive processing. Now count the 5's in the same set of numbers in Figure 4.
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FIGURE 4 - Example of preattentive processing.
This time perception was easy and immediate, because the 5's were encoded with a different preattentive visual attribute from the other numbers in this case, a different color. Why is this important to note? Because if you want to visually encode information in a manner that can be perceived instantly and easily by your readers, you now know that you should visually encode the data using preattentive attributes, and if you want some of the data to stand out from the rest, you should encode it using different preattentive attributes.
Here's a list of the preattentive attributes that are of particular use in visual displays of data:
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FIGURE 5 - Preattentive attributes of visual perception most applicable to data presentation.
These visual attributes aren't perceptually equal. Some are perceptually stronger than others. Some can be perceived quantitatively and can therefore be used to encode numeric values, and others can't. The graph in Figure 6 falsely assumes that quantitative values can be encoded as variations in hue.
Does intuition or even convention dictate that red equates to low values, black to mid-level values, and blue to high values? Even with the legend below the graph, which attempts to equate hues with quantitative values ranging from $6,848.70 at the low end to $419,867.24 at the high end (ignoring the inappropriate six decimal digits of precision), this graph is far too difficult to interpret. Only two of the preattentive attributes can be accurately used to encode quantitative values: 2-D location (for example, the location of data points in a scatter plot) and line length (for example, the length of a bar in a bar graph).
Color intensity, such as different shades of gray ranging from white to black (that is, "grayscale") can be quantitatively perceived to a degree by making one value darker, for example, we can tell that it is greater than another but not well enough to decode specific shades into specific values without a lot of work. An object's size, as in its 2-D area (simultaneous perception of both length and width), is another attribute that can be perceived quantitatively, in that we can tell that one object is bigger than another. However, it's difficult to determine by how much they differ. Our inability to reliably compare the sizes of 2-D areas makes pie charts difficult to interpret. It's hard to accurately compare the slices of a pie. It doesn't seem like it should be, but it is. Our ability to perceive differences in 2-D areas hasn't evolved to the same level of accuracy as our perception of differences in 2-D position, perhaps because it was more important for survival that our ancestors could detect the exact location of the saber-toothed tiger, rather than its exact size.
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FIGURE 6 - Example of a misuse of hue for the display of quantitative values. (Notes: This is a screen capture of a graph that was constructed using interactive examples on Visualize's Web site.
Attributes that can't be perceived quantitatively can still be used in graphs, but their use is restricted to distinguishing categorical differences, such as the use of hue to distinguish different lines in a line graph, sets of bars in a bar graph, or sets of points in a scatter plot. Of these attributes, some convey stronger categorical distinctions than others. In Figure 7, which preattentive attribute does a better job of grouping the two data sets in the scatter plot: orientation on the left or hue on the right? They both work to a degree, but hue works better.
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FIGURE 7 - Comparison of the relative strength of two preattentive attributes: orientation and hue.
Thriving With Information
The better you understand the strengths and weaknesses of visual perception, the better equipped you'll be to make use of your readers' abilities to detect structure and patterns in data when it's visually displayed. Edward R. Tufte, the foremost authority of visual data presentation, says:
"We thrive in information-thick worlds because of our marvelous and everyday capacities to select, edit, single out, structure, highlight, group, pair, merge, harmonize, synthesize, focus, organize, condense, reduce, boil down, choose, categorize, catalog, classify, list, abstract, scan, look into, idealize, isolate, discriminate, distinguish, screen, pigeonhole, pick over, sort, integrate, blend, inspect, filter, lump, skip, smooth, chunk, average, approximate, cluster, aggregate, outline, summarize, itemize, review, dip into, flit through, browse, glance into, leaf through, skim, refine, enumerate, glean, synopsize, winnow the wheat from the chaff, and separate the sheep from the goats.
"Visual displays rich with data are not only an appropriate and proper complement to human capabilities, but also such designs are frequently optimal."
What science has discovered about visual perception and the many ways that this knowledge can be applied to data presentation extends far beyond this article. I hope I've sparked enough interest to inspire you to study it further. According to William Wright (see Resources), "There is virtually unlimited freedom in how we represent data. The difficult question is how best to represent it."
Stephen Few is the founder of Perceptual Edge, a consulting firm that specializes in information design for analysis and communication. His new book, Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten, is now available from Analytics Press.
Ware, C., Information Visualization: Perception for Design, Academic Press, 2000.
Tufte, E. R., Envisioning Information, Graphics Press, 1990.
Wright, W., from the research report "Information Animation Applications in the Capital Markets," published in Information Visualization, Stuart K. Card, Jock D. Mackinlay, and Ben Shneiderman, Academic Press, 1999.
I always wondered why there aren't more tools to visualize data. Even something simple like a tool that lays out an entire program's source code visually, showing the connections between various modules. Or the same tool for databases. One that does it in real time, as the DB is being interacted with, would be very interesting.
Tools are designed for specific people in mind. In case of upper management, the numbers are small. For example, as a consultant, I did a data analysis for a retail company and found all sorts of stuff that saved them millions of dollars. The same function can only be provided by the Vice President of Strategy. For him to do the analysis, he needs a tool that only he can use because it crosses all departments with sensitive information.
But to do a tool that he can use will cost $300,000 or more because tools are sold by user numbers. It would be lucky for a company to build such a tool to sell 15 companies at $300K a pop. That is one problem.
The second problem is the guy who is the VP of Strategy. Usually they do not have any clout. It is a ceremonial post without any real budget. The ones I met, any time I came up with an idea, he wanted to run to the CEO, COO, CFO and the CIO. The COO is too busy putting out fires or acting like it.
So, now you know why there are no real and good Visualization tools. It all depends on how many people are going to use it and why?
What about more general tools?
An Oracle database uses the same rules no matter what it's used for, the information and interaction between entries is always different, but it should be possible to develop a program that will show these things for any Oracle DB. Each entry gets a visual representation, when it's accessed it blinks, when it's changed it blinks a different color, when it accesses another entry a line is drawn between the two and so on. More of a visual monitoring program.
Same could be done with complex computer programs, a sort of visual debugging tool. As the program runs you can advance step wise to see what each instruction really does on a visual map containing all the programs elements.
The idea being it's always easier to follow what's going on when you've got a clear picture of the whole system in front of you, being updated in real time.
Many years ago, I worked on a chemical manufacturing batch program from Yamatake-Honeywell. I loved that program. It was so intuitive that I did not need pen and paper to write it down first. I did it on the fly. When finished I could run the program and see it step through each logic. Then I can insert smart logic such that if sensor fails the program will know what to do and recover from a dead end step to carry out other steps.
Too bad, people do not make programs like that anymore. We do not even have programs to automate stuff you do at home. Long ago, there was a WinBatch program that you could do stuff. I expected, Vista will come with a database as part of the OS to make things easy...but nooo...
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