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Originally posted by expresso
I had not heard of venturebeat until I started snooping around articles on the website. The second article I read after this horrid exageration was an article stating there are rumors of Nexon and NCsoft buying valve. They obviously just take anything that is even remotely able to be talked about and ramp it up, nobody can buy valve, gabe said it himself. This is just a really obnoxious news source that will bite at anything.
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Well I can't speak for anyone else but I have to say gameplay wise MoP is EASILY the worst expansion, even if you ignore the panda-ness entirely. The instances are boring and extremely easy even by WoW standards.
After my 10th quest I was literally nodding off. The game has just failed to evolve with the genre and in turn has released a "done to death" expansion that can no longer even trick people into thinking it's fresh. Even visually, every new area looks like a rehashed version of an old one. Buy this game at your own risk, you were warned.
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Originally posted by JimmyYO
This is what I'm really dreading when my Pandaren hits max. I really enjoyed Cataclysm because it made you actually have to pay attention during Heroics. Then they nerfed the Hell out of the game just a couple of weeks after I hit max level. I quit shortly after. If I find myself nodding off during instances once more you can be sure my sub will be short-lived. It's why I quit Wrath and why I quit Cata.
And no, I'm not into raiding, which is unfortunate since it seems to be where the only challenge is found.
It really irks me that Heroics are made super easy. The whole point of Heroics was to provide the same content but in a harder version so you couldn't watch TV while playing. Now both difficulty levels are for people not interested in any challenge, just like Wrath.
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"See how I reward those who fail me!"
It seems most people are buying it digitally from the Blizzard store these days. Apparently I'm the only guy I know who bought it from a retailer. That probably explains why retail sales of MoP are so low compared to previous expansions.
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Originally posted by Deathenger
Xfire is THE benchmark for MMO statistics, because 2% of all MMO gamers use it. ^^
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Originally posted by expresso
It is not about avability and not. Players in China don't have to buy WoW expansions. When they come to China they just are applied to servers and avabile to every player afaik So WoW expansions will never have any sales in China.
They are paying by hour for playing though.
Think this site is trying to tell 600-700 thousand + digital in first 24 hour vs 3,3 Cata in 24 hour. So that's why they have not brough 4,7 mln first month. MOP is not one month on market. Kinda logical no?
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There's clearly a very big issue here. Anyone trying toi brush it away as just digital is being delusional. 60% down on retail is a massive difference. Unless your going to imply digital went up by a massive amount (when digital may as well have gone down) stating digital sales is pointless.
That's ignoring that the Eu Blizzard store is overpriced so many in the EU may not have in fact bought digital and may have been more likely to buy at retail.
Obviously this isn't the full picture but the information doesn't bode well for the expansion
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I see you guys dont understand much about statistics .
Even if 1% of MMO players use Xfire. That data could be used to gauge game activity and popularity rise / drops.
Same goes for digital vs retail sales. You know what is the ratio of digital vs retail buyers. Than you use this ratio on retail sales data.
If the retail had disappointing sales - it points out poor interest in the game.
BTW - As someone who bought D3. I can tell you that I went for retail. Because Blizzard charges same for both (?).
But if you buy retail you get a very nice box.
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Originally posted by superniceguy
Yet even with those numbers it still hasn't gotten near GW2 launch xfire numbers.
With that in mind I'm beginning to wonder if MoP hasn't in fact sold as much as GW2. Granted XFire isn't the be all end all of indicators but it's a pretty handy tool for trends, if a little basic.
At least with articles such as this starting to come out, it will prompt Blizzard to show off their numbers. Assuming they can disprove them of course. A silence at this point would be very telling.
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Lobotomist you're right up to a point: problem is xfire users are a very specific population. It's like taking the 1% richest people in a country and saying they represent the country (might work up to a point if you're a Republican though...): xfire users are dedicated enough to want to show off how many hours they played.
However, it should be indeed possible, by comparing with Diablo 3 percentages of retail/online to have a fair estimate of the number of online sales. I guess that's approximately the math they did at the consultant (maybe adding a "margin of error" due to the fact that an expac must have more online sales). In any case, not definitive by far, but we'll have to see
ps: on the xfire thing, look it up. Although the number of hours is big, there are nearly as many players in WoW as in GW2 (the pop of which has stabilised, although they play a small number of hours). It's certainly not a tsunami.
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Originally posted by FrodoFragins
Of course it is. It's almost ignorant to release figures like they have when they don't have access to digital sales figures. Still though, I would imagine a lot of people are like me - This is the first time I have not purchased and participated in a World of Warcraft expansion. I've simply had enough of it. Level to new cap, grind for gear all over again and raid Dungeons like we've been doing since 2005.
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Originally posted by Panther2103
Massively bit as well, on both accounts. I consider them a pretty stand-up site personally.
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Originally posted by Lobotomist
No it couldn't. You would need to determine if that 1% is a true reflection of that particular MMO's playerbase and X-fire does not provide that explanation.
At best you could say that X-fire is a representative of people who know about games and play enough of them to have heard of X-fire. It is a whole different ballgame to say that that group is the same as a true reflection of the random person in the said game.
If you just go by X-fire you are looking at a skewed or misrepresentation of the population.
Quit worrying about other players in a game and just play.
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This crap again. Everytime there a big launch of anything its this crap.
And please note that digital sales of games have increased a lot since 2010 (and box sales gone down).
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Everyones a mmo vet these days :P
Well today I walked into five stores all big box ones, EB games , gamestop , walmart , ect and I have noticed TONS of MOP expacs just sitting there ,I was like hmmm thats strange because the previous expacs were gone in a day or two now hell the one EB games I went too had 10 collectors versions still sitting there and at the other stores were alittle higher and some alittle lower , but not by much.
Even the reps at these places said that the game is not selling well at all , I think that the giant is taking a dive, and if that is'nt proof goto your retailer and check , still have some in stock yep! Hell I had a hard time trying to get borderlands 2 , took me five days to land me a copy!
P.S and the giant takes a dive!
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Im not surprised at all that retail sales would be so low. In the UK at least, you'd struggle to find any retailer that would even sell PC games, you either bought online from amazon etc, or.. and this is probably what most did, upgrade your account directly at Battlenet, press a button vs mail order.. retailers have been losing out on game sales for PC's now for a good long time, and when Consoles finally catch up and start doing the same, then boxed games will most probably cease to exist. it would not surprise me in the least, if 95 percent of MoP sales were digital. Thats how i bought my 'copy' of MoP, and its also how i buy most of my games now, usually through Steam. When figures are finally released for MoP sales, including Digital ones, then i have no doubt we'll be seeing some very impressive figures. As for venturebeat, its for the kiddies, nobody with any sense takes them seriously, their a bit like the Sun newspaper, if it wasnt for the pictures on page 3, nobody would read it
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Originally posted by VengeSunsoar
There's common sense and mathematics that plays a large part you can't ignore or dismiss the data. It may not be a completely accuarate meausre but we just don't have that. 1% is pretty massive source. Consider typical statisctic polling 1000 particiapants with correct population representation. Consider how these 1000 people represent the opinions of millions. Also consider how two people with the same background ethnicty etc can have very different views. It's inherently flawed but it's about as accurate as we can get considering time and money constraints. Now consider a source of ten's/hundreds thousand's in comparison to a few million. It may not have ideal representation but the volume itself in comparison to the source does make up a fair bit of that. If you add in the correct margin's of error, and trends it's still a viable polling source.
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Originally posted by Lobotomist
You don't know much about statistics, either, it seems. Your argument is only valid if that 1% equals a random selection of MMO players. In my experience, it don't - XFire seems to mostly attract semi-experienced players, I've never heard anyone who consider him-/herself a vet claiming to use it.
Retail doesn't prove shit about the interest in the game. I have 7 friends who play WoW. When Cata released, at least 5 of them bought the retail (I didn't). None of them bought the MoP retail, we all bought digital. I'm pretty sure we're far from the only ones going completely digital.
Nice box? Well, I have bought quite a lot of games digitally, both on steam and others places. It suits me just fine NOT having 200+ boxes gathering dust in my shelves.
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Magic Propels my Rolly Chair.
So why are we throwing around accusations without complete statistics?
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OK little additional facts
1 the actual source is Banque Lazard, which not is not above error but certainly reliable. These guys are investment banks, not your average mmorpg fan/"journalist". They tell people where to put their money, and don't give a **** about the actual future of the game apart from its financial reports, so I think they can be trusted. (And they very certainly aren't your average consultant: they are the real deal)
2 They predict a sales decrease of 60% from the record of Cata; 3.3*40%= 1.32, meaning they think digital sales make up 50% of sales, which given the broad appeal of WoW (not only guys like you who surf the internet all the time) and the "events" at launch in shops sounds reasonable (and is based on numbers from D3 and such; I downloaded D3 and so did most of you I guess, but 50% of people bought it retail -ps: younger crowds often get things bought in shops, by their parents)
So all in all maybe they are wrong and digitals make up twice as much as retail, in which case it goes up from 1.3 mill to to 1.8... in any case it's half of what Cata sold in the same period of time.
Oh other comparison: GW2 sold 1Mill retail (VGchartz numbers) and 2Mill in all. So 50% digital for an MMORPG seems to be a good estimate.
Hope this helped get the conversation straight


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Artichokes Au Gratin
3 Sep 2010
|Frozen artichoke hearts
|18 Ounce (2 Boxes, 9 Ounce Each)
|Italian dressing/3 jar, 6 ounce each marinated artichoke hearts
|1 1⁄2 Cup (24 tbs)
|Green onions
|12 , chopped
|Garlic cloves
|2 Large, minced
|Fresh mushrooms
|1⁄2 Pound, sliced
|15 Small, beaten
|Soda crackers
|16 , crushed
|10 Dash
|Dried parsley
|4 Tablespoon
|Shredded cheddar cheese
|1 Pound
Thaw artichoke hearts and cut in half or quarters. Marinate artichoke hearts in Italian dressing overnight. Or, if using jars of marinated artichoke hearts, simply cut into halves or quarters, reserving the marinade.
Pour dressing from artichoke hearts into a skillet. Heat on medium setting and add green onions and garlic. Saute until tender.
Preheat oven to 325°. Lightly butter a casserole dish or a 10" X 13" baking pan.
Combine artichokes, dressing, onions, garlic, and remaining ingredients, except cheese. Transfer to baking dish and sprinkle top with cheese. (You may assemble casserole completely and refrigerate overnight, or until ready to bake.)
Bake at 325° for 40 minutes.
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Thread: Newborn: Wolfman
July 20th, 2009 #1
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After tonight's full moon, he will never be the same.
Not much time left in the contest. I hope I can get this done.
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a really dynamic pose and nice light effect.
In the ongoing work I would pay attention to the scale- at the moment he looks really big compared to the size of the window.
Experiment a little with trees or such things coming into the picture.
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Thanks for the feedback and advice.
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cool, love werewolves!
I think compared to the window he looks a tad to big.
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I knew I was going to run out of time for this. Which is too bad because this is probably one of the better contests to enter. I mean, you have the chance for a cover spot on an international magazine. That in-and-of-itself is reason enough to enter!
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Hatsune Miku Gets An Awesome Transforming Mech FigurineBy Ishaan . November 18, 2014 . 4:30pm
Hatsune Miku is getting a transforming figurine that can switch between a mecha Miku and race car forms.
Hatsune Miku is getting a transforming figurine that can switch between a mecha Miku and race car forms.
Earlier last month, Kingdom Hearts creator of Square Enix, Tetsuya Nomura, revealed his rendition of Hatsune Miku during an art exhibition for the Vocaloid that took place last month.
Nomura emphasizes that if they were to do a collaboration, it would be up to Vocaloid producers Crypton Future Media to decide.
In addition to artwork created by numerous artists including original Hatsune Miku illustrators in KEI and Zain, the above is a look at one of the works done by Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura as part of a collaboration.
Hatsune Miku has made all kinds of cameos ranging from Sega's 7th Dragon 2020 series to Divine Gate from GungHo Online Entertainment. For a limited time, the popular Vocaloid idol will also make an appearance in Brave Frontier.
Tetsuya Nomura's version of Hatsune Miku that is shown on a billboard seen at Wallplay, where the The Hatsune Miku Art Exhibition – Universal Positivity is held.
In June, players will be able to join an event where you'll come up against Hatsune MIku, Luka, Kaito and the rest of the main cast.
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Teaser site promises a Hatsune Miku reveal on April 12.
The PSP game includes the track "The Singing Passion of Hatsune Miku" where the Vocaloid idol dances with some of Wada-don's drum buddies. Keep a combo going strong and some of Hatsune Miku's friends will join the party.
Two unrevealed projects in development, according to a Twitter account associated with the Project Diva team.
Sega are teasing a new Hatsune Miku project that they say will kick off this Thursday in Japan.
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Okay, I gotta vent.
I've spent the last 14 months saving up for a trip to Disneyland. This would be my first time paying for a family trip, and the initial plan was just to take my parents this past February, as a late anniversary gift. So just the three of us. They were really excited, initially, but soon felt it would be insensitive of us to go to Disneyland and not invite my sister's two kids. This revelation tacked a couple thousand more bucks onto the trip, and pushed it back by 6 months, but I was fine with it.
A little background. My sister and her husband are total mooches, and in my opinion everything that is wrong with American society. They have awful credit. They make awful business decisions. They quit jobs for the silliest reasons ("my boss wanted me to be at work at nine", "their internet was slow"). They moved back in to my parents' house a couple of years ago, due to their poor credit, and have slowly but surely taken over most of the house (whilst continually promising to move out 'soon'). They get tons of hands-up (or hands-out) and they never say thank you. I feel so bad for those kids. It's common to overhear exchanges between the kids and parents, which go like "Mom? Can you take us to see this movie? When I was little Grandma and Grandpa never took us to see movies!" or "Mom? Can I ask Santa Claus for a Buzz Lightyear this year? When I was a little kid, Santa Claus wouldn't bring us toys!" Which is a bold-faced lie, because I grew up with her, and she got loads of SWAG as a kid, and saw new movies every weekend. Meanwhile when a paycheck does come in, whatever doesn't get garnished, goes straight to Best Buy. The Mom & Dad have a 60" TV & a PS3 in their bedroom. Do the kids get to play with it? No. Would you care to guess who does take those kids to new movies, and who does spend $60 on Buzz Lightyears come Christmas? This guy. Do you want to know how many times she's said thank you? Big old goose egg, that's how many times: 0.
So when my parents suggested that we take the kids along, my immediate reaction was "Yeah, those kids definitely need a vacation." I started asking for extra hours at work. I was putting extra money away, all while holding the trip a secret. Well today I called the Walt Disney Travel Company, got the trip priced out, and I've got enough. This trip is happening. So I meet up with the grandparents, and tell them that it's time to break the news to my sister. She comes upstairs, and we tell her, and this is her reaction:
Now tell me, if someone came up to you and offered to take your kids off your hands for a week, and take them to the happiest place on earth, would your reaction be "Thank you!" or "Go to hell!"? I'm this close to rescinding the offer, and saving my money, but those are some really good kids, decent kids, and they don't deserve to be punished because their mother is a twerp. Oh, I really need a cheeseburger right now....Quote:
Her: "Ugh.... WELL, Bob (her husband) hates California, so he won't go."
Us: "Well, we just want to take the kids... get them out of your hair for a week. That way you and Bob can have some time together, alone."
Her: "But what about Timmy (her kid in this story)? He has school."
Us: "He doesn't have school that week (year-rounder). We checked."
Her: "Yeah, but I think it's really unfair to take them when we need them."
Us: "Need them for what?"
Her: (She mumbles.) "I hate you."
(We all look around, dumbfounded.)
Her: "It's just really unfair what you're doing!"
Us: "What? Why?"
Her: "Go to hell!" (At this point she runs downstairs and slams the door behind her.)


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Do I need drawing skills to study animation?
I have a main interest in film editing and visuals in general but lately Ive been considering animation. Thing is Ive only taken a couple of drawing classes in college, and Im hoping that I have enough skills to have me be a good animation student. The classes I've taken werent demanding, somehow even though I lacked drawing & art skills I still was able to be top of my class. Teachers seem to think I stand out, but I know my art is both bad and frustrating. I understand some fundementals to pencil drawing, but I can't say that I'm particularly good at it at all. I want to know if I need said skills and if I do then why since animation isnt concept art?
On a relevant matter, is it okay to do 2 year degree in animation school? Its kinda costly but i know if somehow I could be good at it, it would be worth it. I just dont want to make a mistake.
Hide this ad by registering as a memberNovember 5th, 2012 #2
Drawing is always a plus because - composition, lights etc. also apply to animation. But I think the best about drawing for animator is gesture and anatomy cause it will help you pose your characters and understand how things move. Also, concept art is part of animation and it's always a great thing to understand things related to your profession.
And about schools, I don't know. But I think http://conceptart.org/forums/showthr...considering-it always applies
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Can I "learn" drawing fundemtals whilst I learn animation? Or does one need to precede the other? I dont want to feel like im handicapped by this in the future.
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It is important but its not that if you don't know how to sketch you cant be a good animation artist
just try to sketch more and more and you will be an exoert in it..But for animation its just a plus point
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You should check the John K's blog, peruse the posts and you will find out what it takes to be a good animator.
I think everyone can learn to be a decent draughstsman by simple observation and busting of his own ass by sitting and practising.
If you really like it, go for it.
November 13th, 2012 #7
Drawing is always helpful because it shows that you can see the world around you. depending on the route you want to take it could be very important or it could be an after thought.
if you study strictly 3-d animation in a sort of trade program, you may not need to know how to draw, because you will focus only on how to make a character move, and look alive; often you work on pre-made riggs and models, and only focus on animating it/ making it appear to act.
If you study 2-d animation, you will need to know how to draw because there is no animation without thousands of drawings. 2-d requires a lot of drawing.
If you study a full 3-d program, you will need to draw. a good computer animation program teaches you a foundation in drawing, 2-d, and even modeling and rigging. this allows you more options once you graduate.
many schools will not accept you without a portfolio, so when looking up schools look to see what they ask for and what level of drawing ability you will be expected to have.
Since you are looking at short time schooling for animation, maybe look at animation mentor. it's a year and a half long, and many people seem to say good things about it. It's more trade based and may not need much drawing potential.
If you are looking into going into a 4 year school, they often expect you to come through the door with at least a basic skill set. they want to see that you can draw what you see, and that you can understand the human body, and the body in motion.
4 year schools teach you from the ground up, and the best schools seem to teach as much as they can in those 4 years.
usually the first year is called the foundation year. this year focuses on figure drawing, color, design, and concepts.
from there things tend to develop rapidly. good schools teach you traditional animation, as well as what ever specialization you may be focusing on. some schools go more of an experimental route, with clay-mation and mixed media, while others focus solely on 2-d or 3-d. 2-d seems to focus on timing, motion, and film dynamics. there is a long history in 2-d and a lot of information to gain, but with the rapidly growing 3-d industry many of those programs seem to be becoming foundation classes.
3-d has to go through a gamut. The good schools won't teach you to the software, as that is regularly changing, but they will instead try to teach you a foundation that you can use to work in any program. many schools teach you lighting, rigging, molding, concept design, story boarding, production, development, and of course animation.
if you just want animation- I'd say definitely look into animation mentor, as that is what it focuses on; but that's it. you are trained to be an animator, but nothing else. a four year school, will teach you more, but it takes a lot longer, and it costs a lot more.
if you want to learn to draw (and why not), just start drawing what you see. all the time. Draw on the bus, drinking coffee, sitting down, standing up. just draw and draw and draw. then paint. but focus on what you see. drawing observationally is the best way to learn. and remember if you do decide you want to draw; draw what you see; not what you think. all drawing is is having the ability to see.
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November 13th, 2012 #8
To be submitted to an art school you probably need to show some basic drawing skills.
And while you're at the art school you probably have to make a few hand drawn animations and follow life model classes. (lots of fun!)
But you don't need drawing skills to become a good 3D animator. I personally know quite a few 3D animators that never draw in their spare time and are marvelous at animation.
If you know how to draw, then your preproduction phase becomes a lot stronger (concept art, model sheet, storyboard) and you become more complete, but it doesn't really affect your sense of movement or acting out your characters.
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November 13th, 2012 #9
As what many people said up above, Drawing is always a great asset to your artistic skill set! Now reading your first post you sound more like a MOTION DESIGNER not an animator. You should look up stuff about motion design. Motion design examples include Iron Man graphics, Tron graphics, film intros like in the new Sherlock Holmes, visual graphics in any movie or commercial, typography motion.
Motion Design is combining computer animation and graphic design. Motion designers use programs like After Effects, C4D, Zbrush, Nuke. Traditional Animation (ie renaissance Disney) or Digital Animation (ie Pixar) are more cartoon based and focuses on character building using programs like Maya. Motion Design is NOT cartoon based. It's not based on those quirky fun characters.
I'm talking a lot about Motion Design vs 3D/2D Animation. I'm saying this because Motion design doesn't draw that much. If you want to study 3D/2D animation you need to eat, breathe, live drawing at every moment. I have a ton of 2D/3D animation friends and if you can't draw you're doomed to fail. Motion doesn't require much drawing. It helps a lot to know drawing and it's a great asset. But I know some fantastic motion designers who can't draw.
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Matt Bambach is a grad student at the University of Maryland. A 2011 graduate of Michigan State University, Matt specialized in 3D animation. He interned at Bryan Christie Design and the Seattle Times and joined the Toronto Globe and Mail upon graduation. He left last summer to go back to school. He's currently interning as a studio intern at Baltimore's Globe Collection and Press. Find his web site here and his Flickr gallery here.
Keith Claxton is a former designer and an editorial content manager for business, money and real estate pages of the Chicago Tribune. A 2001 graduate of the University of Missouri, Keith spent a year there in 2007 teaching infographics. He's currently working on a master's degree in information services at DePaul University. He's also taught at DePaul as an adjunct. Find his Twitter feed here. Keith turns 36 today.
Darlene Horn is the San Diego editor for Zagat. She's also a longtime food blogger who created and runs the web site My Burning Kitchen. A 1995 graduate of San Diego State University, Darlene spent nearly eight years as an editorial design assistant for the San Diego Union-Tribune. In 2005, she moved to the Los Angeles Daily News as a business section desk editor and designer. She moved again in 2006 to the Orange County Business Journal and leaped to the San Diego Business Journal a year later. The SDBJ laid off a number of staffers in 2013, including Darlene. Later that year, she launched Zagat's San Diego web site. Zagat is owned by Google. Darlene is married to former Union-Tribune graphics wiz Paul Horn, who now freelances and produces a web comic.
In 2012, they collaborated on a collection of Darlene's writing and Paul's cartoons called the Girl with the Donut Tattoo. Find that book for sale here. Find Darlene's Twitter feed here.
Martin Huisman is art director for Het Nieuwsblad in Antwerp, Belgium. A 1981 graduate of the design academy at Eindhoven, Martin spent eight years as assistant art director for Geïllustreerde of Amsterdam and four years as the same for a weekly magazine called Nieuwe Panorama before being promoted to art director in 1993. He was named art director of Mediaxis in 1998, art director of Ché — a monthly magazine — in 2000 and then art director of de Morgen in 2001. He moved to his current position in 2010.
Justin McGuire is major league baseball editor for the Sporting News in Charlotte, N.C. A 1990 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Justin spent two years as a reporter for the Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont before moving to Silver Spring, Md., as a reporter and editor for Business Publishers. He then became managing editor of Capitol Publications in Alexandria, Va. He spent nine years as an assistant city editor and then city editor for the Herald in Rock Hill, S.C. He moved to the Sporting News in 2008. Justin turns 47 today.
Ken Mowry is vice president of e-commerce for Orvis, an outdoors-type retailer of Sunderland, Vt. A 1986 graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Ken worked as a graphic artist for the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette and the Lexington, Ky., Herald-Leader before becoming assistant art director of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1989. He became graphics director of the News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., in 1992. He hired me a few months after he got there. Five years later, Ken made the leap into the digital world, working as creative director of Total Sports, creative director of e-commerce for Kohl's stores and then director of customer experience for Sears. He spent nearly three years as a senior vice president of user experience at Bank of America and then moved to Charming Shoppes, a women's clothing retailer based in Bensalem, Pa., in 2009. Ken returned to Wisconsin in 2012 as general manager of retail at BuySeasons Inc. He moved to Red Envelope, an online gift store in San Diego in 2013 and then to his current gig last fall. Find his Twitter feed here.
Jamee Tanner Urrea is director of creative services for Central Michigan University. A 1994 graduate of Ohio University, Jamee spent a year as a graphic artists with the Akron Beacon Journal and another year with the Detroit News before leaving the newspaper business in 1996 to become a media specialist for InfoCision of Akron. She moved to the Lansing State Journal in 2001, spent 11 years as a design editor and audience editor and left the business again in 2013. Find her web site here and her Twitter feed here. Jamee turns 43 today.
Rachel Van Blankenship is a features designer for the Gannett Design Studio in Phoenix, Ariz. A 2006 graduate of the University of Montana, Rachel spent a year as a designer for the Standard Times of San Angelo, Texas, and then five years with the Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader before moving to Phoenix in 2012. Find her web site here, her blog here and her Twitter feed here. Rachel turns 31 today.
Darlene, Rachel, Keith, Matt, Martin, Jamee, Justin and Ken share a birthday with actors Lindsay Lohan, Ashley Michelle Tisdale, Ronald Arthur "Ron" Silver, Sal Rubinek, George Fisher (better known as Brock Peters) and Curtis Wain Gates (better known as Ken Curtis); musicians Devin Star "Dev" Tailes and Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch; comedian David Hale "Dan" Rowan; TV writer and producer Lawrence Eugene "Larry" David; model Jerry Faye Hall; sports greats José Canseco Capas Jr., Ángel Manuel Pagán (both baseball), Chad Steven Henne and Carlos Cornelius Rogers (both football), John Garvin "Johnny" Weir (figure skating), Alexandra Patricia "Alex" Morgan (soccer), Samuel Jon "Sam" Hornish Jr. and Richard Lee Petty (both auto racing); Mexican leader Vicente Fox Quesada; shoe collector Imelda Remedios Visitacion Romualdez Marcos; physicist Hans Albrecht Bethe; novelist Herman Hesse; civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers; Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and hamburger salesman David "Dave" Thomas.
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This is an interesting question - I've just spent a rather large chunk of time when I should be working in my darkroom, to re-reading "Alfred Stieglitz - A Biography" by Richard Whelan.
The first encounter - serious encounter - that Stieglitz had with photography was on the "chemical" side - with, "Herr Professor Doktor Hermann Wilhelm Vogel of the Technische Hochschule's department of chemistry and metallurgy (Berlin) in 1884. Despite his portentious title, Vogel, who turned fifty in 1884, was not a pompous and punctilious Prussian. He was said to have an `extremely likable personality' and to be a `kindly critic'".
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Funny how the ATI fans storm a totally NV biased site to defend their toys against a product which won't be available for at least a month.
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I've been judged, and I was not guilty of what they said.........
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It's more plesant to be nice to the downtrodden for whatever reason.
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Airing anything about or having to do with Charlie Sheen is stupid. He is either mentally ill or alcoholic. Should be intreatment, not roasted. Plus, he is 100% trash.
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Brooke is a cocain addict and a spoiled brat ! she needs to get a life and a reall grip on her addiction! GROW UP! you can't sue someone for making fun of them ! Get a real job and quit being a cry baby!
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This is going to be the best Roast in a while. Would be better if Greg Giraldo was there... RIP
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it should be funny..wait until jeffery ross gets to the podium..it should be fun.
- Thursday 07 JulyBy Michael
Self rightous BI*CH!!
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OMG is that F**KING MORON still alive?
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- Thursday 07 JulyBy Rick
Get a life Brooke. Just think of Kathy Griffin's act.You & Charlie are the poster children of her act. LAugh at yourself then it will all be behind you. You'll be yesterday news like Miss Vicki from Tiny Tim.
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what a pathetic little A-Hole. Do you want cheese with that whine, F'n twit.
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So can we make fun of the thin-skinned uppity biatch here?
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Hey Gloria Alred, your phone is ringing !
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Why would anyone even show up ? What's the matter Chuck can't stand not being in the spot light? You had a great thing going before you blew it or should I say snorted it ! Like we learned in Psychology the boy will act out and get even beat for any attention what a pity Chuckie. Get back to your hotel and hookers no one cares anymore.
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The fact that there's even going to be a Roast at all is just sad...
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ya know it was BOUND to happen
- Thursday 07 JulyBy Pat Vasquez
It is Hollywood trash like Mueller ans Sheen that keep the Mexican drug cartels in business!
- Thursday 07 JulyBy stan
Just another way to get some more of Charlie's money
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This is going to be like driving past a terrible accident. Most people will drive by, but there are those who just have to stop and look at the messy scene.
- Thursday 07 JulyBy MARY
I see some jealousy in these post. Bet he makes more money than the posters who trash him. He is doing what he wants to do and it is no ones business how he lives his life.
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United States joins international treaty that bans landmine use
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"Today at a review conference in Maputo, Mozambique, the United States took a step of declaring it will not produce or otherwise acquire any anti-personnel landmines (APL) in the future," said Caitlin Hayden, National Security Council spokeswoman.
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Scientists plan on breeding bald, heat-resistant chickens
The inevitability of intensifying global warming isn't just a problem for humans - it's a problem for the world's livestock too. Now, to make chickens a little less susceptible to the heat, one team of scientists has started research to breed poultry that are born bald.
Carl Schmidt, a geneticist at the University of Delaware, is embarking on a mission to Uganda and Brazil, where chickens have naturally shed their feathers over the years, according to Gizmodo UK. Schmidt's worried about feeding the world by 2050, adding that it'll be made even worse "if the climate does continue to change."
"We're going to be seeing heat waves that are both hotter and longer," Schmidt said in an interview with Modern Farmer. "We need to learn how to mitigate the effect of climate change on animals - we need to figure out how to help them adapt to it." For now, Schmidt plans a programme of selective breeding rather than alterations to their core genetics. But as well as breeding a whole new race of heat-resistant super-chickens, Schmidt and the team are also investigating other elements of selective pressure. "We're isolating the genetic variants that have allowed them to survive," Schmidt said.
NASA Orion crew capsule successfully completes parachute test
Since the space shuttle fleet retired, astronauts in the US have had to hitch a ride into space with Russia to get to the ISS. That will all change eventually when the US gets its Orion crew capsule ready to take astronauts into space in a method similar to what we used in the Apollo days.
The crew capsule that will eventually let the US put its own astronauts into space is the Orion capsule, and that capsule has completed an important test. An Orion test capsule was strapped into the back of a USAF cargo plane and dropped out of the back of the aircraft at 35,000 feet.
NASA says that a drop from an aircraft at that altitude is the most realistic test yet for simulating reentry from space. In this test, the Orion was allowed to free fall for ten seconds to gain speed before the parachutes were activated to put additional stress on the chutes. Orion is set for its first space test in December, that test will be unmanned.
Scientists say after spending $10 billion: the universe doesn't exist
Just minutes after the Big Bang, scientists theorize that the universe blinked itself out of existence - that's the current, new theory, anyway. After spending $10 billion, decades of research and tests, and the world's largest particle accelerator, scientists theorize the universe itself doesn't exist, or that it shouldn't exist.
One of the researchers said thanks to finding the Higgs Boson particle, it shows that the universe may have blinked out of existence moments after the Big Bang itself. This researcher continued: "This is an unacceptable prediction of the theory ... if this had happened, we wouldn't be around to discuss it!"
Australian astrophysicist Dr Alan Duffy says: "I love this idea of bringing together two discoveries found at the biggest extremes of size you can imagine. From studying the Higgs Boson at tiny scales much smaller than an atom to (potentially) measuring Inflation by searching into the distant past of our enormous universe".
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North Korea successfully test fires three short-range projectiles
The North Korean military successfully launched three short-range projectiles during a missile test, likely aimed at antagonizing political leaders in South Korea. It's not uncommon for North Korea to conduct military exercises off its eastern coast when it wants to raise political tensions and frustrate U.S. leaders.
The projectiles flew an estimated 115 miles into the Sea of Japan, and South Korean officials are trying to determine what was fired.
"We are analyzing our data to try to figure out what type of projectiles they were and why the North fired them," said a South Korean official. "Our military has increased its monitoring activities in case the North should fire more projectiles."
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U.S. Navy wants Humvee-mounted anti-drone lasers ready for troop use
The U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) is interested in developing a Humvee-mounted anti-drone laser able to disrupt the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that might attack patrols. If successful, the Ground-Based Air Defense Directed Energy On-the-Move (GBAD) will help Marines on the ground, using hardware that can be placed on light-tactical vehicles.
There is greater concern of enemies using UAVs to track and target Marines, so they are able to be more effective when launching attacks. The anti-drone laser system will be deployable on a Humvee or Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, after officers requested mobile directed-energy weapons that can eliminate threats.
"We can expect that our adversaries will increasingly use UAVs and our expeditionary forces must deal with that rising threat," said Col. William Zamagni, ONR expeditionary Maneuver Warfare and Combating Terrorism Department head, in a statement. "GBAD gives the Marine Corps a capability to counter the UAV threat efficiently, sustainably and organically with austere expeditionary forces."
Curiosity rover finds evidence of ancient glaciers on Mars
NASA has been operating the Curiosity rover on the surface of Mars for an entire Martian year, which is 687 Earth days. Curiosity is currently rolling across Gale crater and has found new evidence that millions of years ago the crater was covered by an icy glacier and liquid water. Glacial evidence shows that they were particularly prominent in areas around the central mound of Gale crater called Aeolis Mons.
NASA has evidence that these glaciers exist thanks to images captured with the HiRISE and CTX cameras on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and the HRSC on the Mars Express probe. Images for those spacecraft have revealed evidence of a concave basin and lobated structures along with moraines and fan-shaped deposits.
All of that evidence hints that glaciers once covered the area. The team of scientists say that the glacier on Mars was likely similar to one that is on Iceland today here on Earth, that glacier is called Breiðamerkurjökull. This evidence supports the theory that millions of years ago, Mars was a much colder and wetter environment.
MIT students to send three satellites to Mars in three years
Students from MIT and other universities are preparing to make a time capsule mission that will go much further than putting something in the ground on Earth to be dug up years later. These students will be sending three satellites to mars that will be packed with stuff having to do with life on Earth.
The contents taken to the red planet by the satellites will include video, messages, voice recordings, and pictures. Students will encapsulate the content in CubeSats and the project will have the assistance of NASA and Explore Mars. Currently, the launch date for the project is set for 2017.
Executive director of Explore Mars Chris Carberry wants this project to spark curiosity of the public. He said: "Every member of this team wants to send humans to Mars one day, and this is one way to inspire the public. A group of students having the motivation to put together a viable mission like this and raise the funds themselves, that in itself is inspiring."
White dwarf star may be the coldest and dimmest ever discovered
Astronomers have discovered what might be the coolest and dimmest white dwarf star ever discovered. The faint star is believed to be so cool that its carbon has crystallized making it into something akin to a diamond the size of the Earth.
The star was discovered by David Kaplan and colleagues using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Green Bank Telescope and Very Long Baseline Array. Other observatories were also used to make the discovery.
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SpaceX postpones Falcon 9 satellite launch again
SpaceX has officially postponed the planned launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with six commercial satellites onboard marking the third time that the launch has been postponed. The launch was supposed to take place on Sunday at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The six satellites aboard the Falcon 9 rocket are owned by Orbcomm Inc and are designed to provide messaging services around the world. SpaceX is a private firm owned and operated by Elon Musk, the same man who is head of EV maker Tesla.
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As a whole, there probably aren't tough athletes in the country than hockey players. They sprawl out in front of 90+ mile per hour slapshots without flinching. They take pucks and high sticks to the face, go to the locker room for stitches and return within the same game. So when it comes to questioning other athletes' levels of toughness, hockey players have free reign.
When LeBron James went down like a ton of bricks in Game 4 Tuesday night, many originally thought he was suffering from something pretty serious. He had to be carried off the floor and wasn't able to put weight on either leg. James was diagnosed with leg cramps. And when it was announced during the broadcast, hockey players teed off on Twitter.
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It is kinda funny having played the game & understanding hockey as I do, to see Basketball players go down over a finger in the face, elbow or a small cut. The biggest men in the world are the biggest babies. Hockey is the only real man's game left along with football. Basketball & baseball are played by spoiled babies. And they're the worst to the fans as well.
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@WHATHA: I have never responed to a post in any category until I saw the ignorance in yours. First off, as far as anerobic exhaustion is concerned, most hockey players can only play once every 4 minutes if they Second, there isn't a sport in the world where you have to combine every aspect of every other sport, then do it on skates. Yes, the fighting gets out of hand and I could do without most of it, but even modern day basketball is making hockey players look like chess players. A goaltender (which I was for 25+ years) and played D2, typically looses 5-7 pounds of water weight a game. Although I am nothe best, nobody on earth can match the lightning reflexes of a top notch goaltender. It is not uncommon to get a Potassium or Saline IV in between periods due to cramping and anerobic muscle fatigue. How about a baseball player that stands in one spot for hours on end, jogs to and from his position and is lucky to see 3 balls in a 4 hour game. I can go on and on but sounds to me like you have some serious warped misconceptions of how hard the game is, obviously you have never played it. BTW, if you look up the NCAA D1 and D2 academic stats, The first 4 slots belong to women. Then number 5 spot is hockey players, and guess what, there isn't another male sport that breaks the top 10 to include baseball, football and of course basketball. I have coached multiple sports and there is nothing left like youth hockey. The kids are disciplined, respectful and play hard. That's what putting a pair of skates on when you are 4 and having a season that lasts from September to MArch, 3 practices a week, one game saturday and one game sunday gets you. That doesn't include tournaments and end of season playoffs. I coached baseball here 6 or 7 years ago and its nothing but a 60 day babysitting service. Pound for pound a hockey player will dominate aerobically, physically, mentally and stamina wise any player from any other sport.
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|Fat free half and half/Heavy cream
|2 Teaspoon
Soak the urad dal and rajma overnight in plenty of water and pressure cook it the next day with enough water, salt, half a tsp of freshly grated ginger, and 1/2 tsp red chili powder until very soft. You need to make sure that you can easily press the dal between your fingers after cooking it. (A way to cheat is to pressure cook it with a couple of pinches of baking soda..it will cut down on the cooking time.)
Drain the water from the dal and reserve 2 cups of the dal water and set it aside.
Heat 1 tsp oil and 1/2 tsp butter in a pan and add the cumin seeds to it. (It would be good to use a cast iron pot or any heavy bottomed pan with a tight lid when making this)
Once the cumin seeds pop, add the onions and fry it till it turns a deep golden brown.
Add the ginger- garlic paste and let it fry up for another minute, stirring constantly.
Add the chopped tomato and 1 tsp red chili powder and cook it until the tomato turns pulpy.
Add the cooked urad dal and rajma to this gravy, and the garam masala and cook it on a low flame covered, for at least 45 minutes stirring ever now and then (the longer you cook this dal the better it tastes)
Add some of the dal water if the dal looks too dry (couple of cups or however much you'd like to add depending on the consistency of dal you prefer)
Taste the dal for seasonings, adding more or less salt or spices as you deem necessary.
Right before serving add the fat free half and half or heavy cream and a small blob of butter.
Serve piping hot with butter naans, tandoori rotis or pulao.