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The Ultimate Guitar University At Home
PC - Windows 7, Vista, XP                           Mac - requires program such as Parallels Desktop - (to run windows software on a Mac)
GUITAR MAGIC EVOLUTION DVD software offers the best structured beginner, intermediate and truly advanced guitar music school quality lessons, practice lab and private instruction at home. This is the ultimate, all-in-one, interactive guitar teaching and practice workstation for your computer. Offers the best value and the best guitar instruction for any serious player who desires a rewarding and powerful music and guitar education.
This guitar software will transform you from a frustrated, unfulfilled player, to one with a whole new level of proficiency and understanding of the guitar fretboard, guitar music theory and practical musical application.
- Maximize Your Time, Money, Study, And Practice With The Most Efficient One Source Guitar Resource
- Learn Guitar Faster - In A Whole New Way
- Understand Guitar Music Theory Completely
- See And Visualize The Guitar Fretboard To Play Like Any Player Without Limitation
- Master Guitar Soloing And Improvisation to An Advanced Level
- Progress Quickly With The Most Complete, Interactive Study Of Guitar Chords, Scales, Arpeggios
- Achieve Total Muscle Memory Imprinting Of All Chords, Scales, Arpeggios For Full Fretboard Mastery, Increased Speed And Dead On Accuracy By Playing Along With The Ultimate Guitar Practice Trainer
- Learn The Secrets Of How To Mentally Understand The Whole Spectrum Of Complex And Confusing Musical Concepts And How To Apply Them In the Most Easy Way
- Master Your Guitar With The Best Guided Guitar Learning Software for Any Level Player Who Is Ready To Break Through Limiting Guitar Learning Barriers To A Whole New Level Of Knowledge And Playing Ability
- Get Professional Software Teaching Technology, Revolutionary Visual Lesson Presentation, Unprecedented Lesson Content, And A Consistent Guitar Method For Maximum Clarity Of Learning For Real World Guitar Playing
You will learn and achieve a level of skill and knowledge in playing the guitar, that you have never thought possible for yourself.
It is a simple fact that the ability to acquire a high level of knowledge and proficiency with the guitar is very difficult and expensive. It is therefore very inaccessible to, and a lifetime of struggle for so many people. You need a comprehensive, systematic guitar method that you can understand and apply in the real world. As one of our customers commented: "At this point I have all of this information swimming around in my head but it hasnt clicked yet. Somehow I need to tie it all together."
"You give great value for the money. In fact you give so much value that you guys are shooting yourselves in the foot on a dollar for dollar basis compared to all the instructional dvds out there and what they cost and how misleading a lot of them are."                      Harry G - Greece
It is one thing to learn songs and play enough to impress others, and quite another to have any real clue about "what it is", that you are actually doing. Our guitar software gives the you the means to achieve your desired level of guitar playing ability by choice. Often, it is not choice, but the complex and overwhelming world of learning guitar that blocks many serious guitar players from being able to achieve their guitar playing goals, or to even come close to doing so.
Learning to play the guitar is outright tremendously overwhelming for most people. Many guitar players, even good ones, are very unsatisfied with their knowledge and proficiency with the guitar and musicality as a whole.
It may be easy to pick up the guitar and "get jamming" at some level fairly quickly, but quite another to really comprehend the instrument and its musical world.
The great amount of time and money a person spends learning and practicing the guitar compared to the amount of any real progress he or she actually makes, is for most people highly unbalanced. This guitar software will change that equation.
The aspiring intermediate to advanced guitar player will immediately recognize the cost and time value of acquiring a serious, hands-on, world class guitar teaching course and unprecedented guitar practice trainer.
It is difficult for a beginner to realize this wthout the experience of playing for many years without accomplishing much, which is why many guitar players give up, and never get past the beginning level, and fewer yet ever become even true intermediate players, or even comprehend aspiring to an advanced ability.
What does this mean? "The ultimate interactive, computer software based virtual guitar teaching and practice workstation." - "in a completely integrated system."
First, is the revolutionary combination of tools and technology used for teaching, demonstrating, and practicing. All well integrated together for fast, easy access and use.
Second, it means that the "quality, quantity, and innovation of content and teaching methodology is fully integrated with the tools and technology.
The combination of these gives you a total learning and practicing workstation at your fingertips, anytime you desire. A whole new program, one that is an evolution to a whole new level or paradigm of guitar instruction - GUITAR MAGIC EVOLUTION.
Lesson Navigator - all material accessable via a single screen
Library - scale, chord, arpeggio interactive reference
Main Lesson View - 2 core technologies: virtual guitar
and virtual teacher
Lesson View Option 2 - 3rd core technology simultaneous rhythm and lead
Lesson View Option 3 - 4th core technology scrolling tab/notation
Lesson View Option 4 - full screen lesson window option
Practice Timer/Tracker/Scheduler - 5th core technology
Guitar Lessons Navigator
- Access all guitar lessons quickly and easily with the powerful, innovative user interface.
- It is the incredible simplicity and ease of lesson subject navigation in regards to a vast compilation of material, that makes the Lesson Navigator so impressive and innovative.
- The highly structured and precisely designed organization of subject matter is entirely unique. This alone gives the guitar student a window to understanding how to approach, think about, and practice the world of guitar and musical knowledge.
Virtual Guitar Teacher
- The ultimate evolution in guitar instruction, combining the real person with the virtual guitar fretboard and virtual blackboard.
- Hours of guided audio / visual guitar lessons with complete user playback control.
- The ability of the Virtual Guitar Teacher to discuss and visually show in an incredible level of detail the concepts being taught, instantly cuts through years of confusion that guitar students face.
- Better than any other method of instruction available, due to the unique design of the Virtual Guitar Teacher, which removes visual learning barriers that are inherent limitations of all current teaching mediums including real person to person teaching, videos, books, and online guitar lessons.
- Lessons can be studied over and over again at your convenience with the ability to quickly and easily navigate all parts of each lesson.
Virtual Guitar Fretboard Roadmaps
- The ultimate guitar fretboard display system. See, Hear, and Play-Along-With thousands of MIDI fretboard demonstrations.
- Defaults to right handed player. Left handed guitar neck view for left handed guitar players.
- The multi-track, multi-fretboard presentation sets an unprecedented and cutting edge standard for a graphical fretboard display. It gives you all the "extra" and "essential" display information that is absolutely necessary to really learn from the graphical fretboard, instead of just note for note practice.
- Turns your computer into an unparalleled guitar instruction and practice workstation.
- Visually see the music theory come alive on the fretboard, not just the note playback. Shows in real time all guitar pattern info and type info for scales, chords and arpeggios in all songs and exercises.
- There is no room for questions as all relevant information is displayed in real time such as scale, chord and arpeggio names, pattern names, notes, degrees, fingerings, and more. Color coding highlights notes, degrees, strum direction, and specific note playback.
- Dual fretboard display allows you to see rhythm and lead guitar playing at the same time. Rhythm and lead guitar demonstrations are integral to the instructional system.
- Mixer control gives you the power to adjust playback for everything from tempo to track volumes and balances, step playback, looping and instrument selection.
Guitar Fretboard Software Playback Control
- Learn by seeing and playing along with features such as looping, tempo control, step note playback, click track, volume and selective track muting.
Guitar Scrolling Music Notation And Tablature Staff
- See where the guitar exercise is going ahead of time. It is helpful to be able to look ahead during playback to see what is coming up next while playing along with the fretboard.
- Set start points for playback. Set playback to start on any measure within the song, so you can instantly jump to a section that you need more practice on or that you want to take a closer look at for musical analysis.
- Set looping points for playback. Loop any section over and over for targeted practice.
- Great for step by step playback. Step through any exercise note by note for total playback control.
- Helps you better develop guitar rhythm and timing. See the note values while hearing and practicing along with the staff and the fretboard at the same time with precision metronome accuracy.
- Helps you to read music. See where the notes are located on the treble clef music staff in relation to the guitar fretboard, as well as the duration of note symbols.
- Learn guitar tablature. Tablature is always on the staff so you can see how it translates to the fretboard.
Guitar Practice Timer / Tracker / Scheduler
- The absolute ultimate in efficiency, time management, discipline, skills tracking and development. A truly revolutionary concept and tool completely integrated into your guitar software.
- Perform all of your guitar practice sessions in timed segments. This allows you to do two things: manage your time, apply disciplined practice, and measure your progress. One way to use you timer, is for actual exercise practice on your fretboard. World class athletes, musicians, and other professionals, all use measurements of time to measure their progress over time. This allows you do to that easily and effortlessly. Another way to use your timer is to manage your study and practice time in regards to various subjects, that is instead of neglecting chord practice for scale practice or music theory progressions study for some other subject, you can spend specific time segments on various subjects. Discipline is difficult even for those who are good at it. The timer helps you really focus on what you are doing for given period of time and this will produce dramatic results.
- Track all practice sessions with details. Tracking what you have studied or accomplished in a given practice session, will help you to look back over any given period of time such as a month, etc. and see what you have and "therefore have not" studied or practiced. Tracking will also be key to measuring your progress as for any given exercise, you can make your memo comments on how fast you practiced (the tempo), your clarity with that, and how much of the exercise or exercises you were able to complete in a specific time period.
- Schedule all practice sessions. Managing your time and disciplining yourself is the key to your success with the guitar. This is based on your time spent with practice and study. Scheduling your practice and study sessions will help you really keep on track.
- In our busy and hectic times, we need all the help we can get to manage our time and get the most done in the least amount of time possible. Plus we want to progress significantly with our guitar, and even if we have all the time and money in the world, we still need the right combination of discipline, teaching methods and learning tools/technology to get there as fast as is possible for each of us.
Ultimate Interactive Guitar Encyclopedia - Library
- An awesome array of scales, chords and arpeggios in all keys, all positions. This is the most complete, professional interactive encyclopedia of guitar scales, chords, and arpeggios for real world playing. Tremendous compilation of types and patterns covering the whole fretboard in the most powerful, useable methodology available!
- See and hear and play along with everything on the virtual fretboard with detailed type and pattern information.
- Easily toggle the display between note names, scale degrees, and fingerings.
- Fully controllable playback lets you play along at your own pace using the adjustable metronome. This is critical for proper timing and improved accuracy and clarity.
- Remove questions. It is can be diffficult to determine if you like the sound of a partcular chord -scale - arpeggio shape or pattern, or to determine if you are playing it correctly, if you can't hear it and play along with it.
- Comparison feature for musical analysis lets you select any number of scales, chords and arpeggios of any types or positions and put into a special section for comparison with each other to see important relationships.
- Includes an interactive musical staff view that shows you all the information in notation as well.
More Guitar Software User Features
- Customizable "Look and Feel" - User changeable look and feel option for your own personal touch.
- Lesson Organizer - Lets you create your own "favorites" groupings of lessons for instant access to your own customized learning focus.
The Best Guitar University Software For Beginning, Intermediate To Advanced Guitar Lessons
Aside from the powerful tools and technology shown above, is the actual quality, quantity, innovation of content and teaching methodology that the GUITAR MAGIC EVOLUTION guitar lessons and exercises provide.
This guitar teaching methodology is unique in that it starts off from the very beginning with a highly directed, professional and intensive learning path. It "insists" that you learn all the fretboard knowledge, musical theory and fretboard/musical application right away. We are not concerned with whether or not you are ready to learn the things that you need to learn. You just need to do it! The problem is that most aspiring guitar players are not getting the level of instruction, skills and knowledge which they need, which is absolutely essential, to achieving any serious enjoyment out of the world of guitar and music.
This program offers more than just a great quantity of great lesson material. An unprecedented level of thought and design with tremendous detail has gone into the development of every aspect of every lesson, concept, explanation and exercise.
You will achieve a level of self-satisfaction, confidence, understanding of music and its application on the guitar, if you simply go through this program, practice, study and "just do it".
The Ultimate Guided Guitar Practice Trainer
- The most comprehensive fretboard curriculum available to completely master the guitar fretboard. For the first time ever, you have an awesome guided practice system for your guitar picking hand and fretting hand. Designed to give you the fewest, most comprehensive number of drills and exercises to warm up, work out, and teach you the most comprehensive fretboard curriculum as fast as possible and to provide a long term core skill enhancement workout/practice system.
- One: Specific picking hand drills are used for warmup of the picking hand and more importantly for development of steady, consistent, accurate and fast picking moving from string to string as well as repetitive picking on any single string.
- Two: Specific and intensive fretting hand drills are used for warmup of the fretting hand and more importantly for development of speed, accuracy, hand strength, flexibility and finger stretch. Includes chord drills. The great factor about the comprehensive fretting hand drill is that it will take your fretting hand through a workout that you may not always get in any given practice session. Therefore you will always be developing maximum fretting hand potential regardless of the rest of your practice session that may not require the full range of movement covered in this workout.
- Three: The ultimate fretboard scale, chord and arpeggio step by step, guided, systematic, total guitar practice workout with complete, full range fretboard coverage. You will learn a completely detailed, versatile, comprehensive system of scales, chords and arpeggios. See below under Scales, Chords, Arpeggios. And just as important, this gives you a long term, intensive practice system to develop to your speed and accuracy potential and your ability to be fluid on your fretboard to move and play anywhere you desire quickly, easily and with understanding of exactly where you are and what you are doing.
- This whole section was specifically designed to be used with your Practice Timer/Tracker/Scheduler for extreme guitar skill development.
Learn Guitar Scales, Chords, Arpeggios Completely
- Total integration is the theme of your scale, chord and arpeggio core study. They are not separated into individual subjects. Scales, chords and arpeggios are taught both in guitar fretboard methodology and guitar music theory as one unit, all integrated together at the same time. This is the most logical, practical, fast and effective way to learn, understand and apply the essential building blocks of guitar.
- The second approach to your scales, chords and arpeggios includes specific, separate (non-integrated) intensive studies and exercises. The combination of both integrated study, and separate, specialized study, gives you the most detailed, thorough and complete study and practice with your scales, chords and arpeggios that you have ever had.
- All types of scales: Major with all Major / Minor Modes, Harmonic Minor and Modes, Jazz Melodic Minor and Modes, Whole Tone, W/H and H/W Diminished, Bebop scales. All types of pentatonics, major, minor, blues, modal pentatonics, dominant pentatonic, all 6 note pentatonics variations. All variations of these with degree targeting (see degree targeting).
- Master your scales with a complete knowledge and understanding of what you are doing with them, why you are doing it, your variety of options, and a total structured, mental and visual way of how to think about scales and how to apply them everywhere on your fretboard with maximum effectiveness. This complete system will give you not only a world class grip of your guitar fretboard, but it will allow you to "see", "understand" and "apply" the seemingly "off-the-wall" application of scales that you sometimes may encounter when studying or learning various licks or songs from your favorite guitar players.
- You will become more versatile and fluent than you ever imagined with the Whole Tone, W/H, H/W, and Diminished scales. Unparalleled coverage of these, with a system that makes it easy to not only learn them fast, but to be able to do more with them and play them easily anywhere on the fretboard in with total versatility in a number of ways.
- Learn all chord and arpeggio types and extensions in the most complete, extensive manner, all over your fretboard from your each string and multiple finger positions.
- The chord method is not only extremely extensive and comprehensive but goes beyond previous methods and gives you the ability to visualize partial chords and with all extensions not only from your lower strings, but even more difficult in nature, from your higher strings perspective. All in a way that makes very advanced and complex chord approaches easy to visualize.
- Master arpeggios in a number of different ways. In-position, symmetrical, in segments, connecting throughout the fretboard. Transform your knowledge and ability to apply scales, chords and arpeggios with all musical concepts and theories throughout your fretboard with total confidence, fluidity .
- Transform your knowledge and ability to apply scales, chords and arpeggios with all musical concepts and theories throughout your fretboard with total confidence and fluidity to a level of proficiency and professional accomplishment that you never thought possible.
Ultimate Guitar - Degree Targeting / String Degrees
- Degree targeting is the essential key of all soloing and improvising. The Degree Targeting exercises/lessons and the String Degrees method will give you the ultimate ability to perform with a higher level of musicianship than you could previously think possible.
- Revolutionary and completely unprecedented is the Degree Targeting system. This system provides exercises targeting every possible degree from every fretboard pattern for all major and minor based scales all over the fretboard. Including explanations for conceptually understanding what you are doing when targeting these degrees.
- Revolutionary and completely unprecedented is the String Degrees method. The String Degrees visual sound map is a powerful method and memorization tool for instantly and easily locating any degree that is inside or outside of any scale, chord or arpeggio from any point or position, anywhere on the fretboard.
Complete Guitar Fretboard Visualization Studies
- The ultimate way to mentally think about and visualize all guitar chord, scale, and arpeggio shapes - patterns - forms - fingerings, in all positions and connecting patterns, across the entire fretboard. Master your guitar fretboard with a method that you can quickly understand and utilize from the basics to a very advanced level.
- Includes the complete visualization of all guitar Modes and relationships of all scales, (major key modes, harmonic minor modes, melodic minor modes, etc.) to your fretboard shapes methodology. This results in the fastest way to understand and apply "advanced scale concepts and modal theory from all tonalities" easily and effortlessly.
- Complete and innovative Octaves studies. Understanding and mastering your guitar octaves is of tremendous value to understanding fretboard concepts and relationships.
- Complete and innovative Notes on Fretboard studies. Mastering your notes on the guitar fretboard is essential using your fretboard.
- Complete and innovative Intervals studies. Understanding and mastering your guitar intervals is a key to your fretboard patterns, degree targeting, chord makeup, patterns and extensions, and overall musical expression.
- Exercises with symmetrical patterns, 3 note per string pentatonics with various approaches, scale sequencing, sequencing using legato, string pairs, string skipping, shape skipping, pedal point all provide a thorough foundation and skill development for musical application with the guitar.
Guitar University To Master Guitar Music Theory
- Transform your understanding of music theory to a level you never thought possible. All integrated for maximum effectiveness, understanding and ultimate useable, practical application to a very high, professional level.
- You get a guitar university education in music theory. There are theory concepts that teach you how to become not just a world class guitarist, but also a world class musician. While other teaching environments use excuses such as "Well it just works", we explain to you "Why" it works. We take the mystery out of the whole subject of the guitar music theory and application, which is key to having freedom with your instrument and musical expression.
- Get the most out of the songs or artists that you are interested in. Learning a song note for note is fun and has benefits, but it does not do much for you if you do not understand what the artist is doing. You can't learn from it and therefore you won't be able to apply and incorporate the concepts into aspects of your own playing. It is also much more difficult and time consuming learning songs and licks when you have no idea of what the artist is doing.
- Play your guitar with other musicians in a band, in the studio, in church with confidence.
- This knowledge is essential for understanding the concepts of songwriting and using your guitar to compose or to add more creativity to any song or music that your write or contribute to.
- Jump into any style of music: classical, metal, rock, blues, pop, jazz, fusion, country, r&b, funk, etc. playing rhythm or lead, with ease.
- Start out learning your guitar fretboard like on a piano covering the essential foundation of scale, chord, and arpeggio theory and fretboard pattern concepts. For the first time ever, this complete introductory lesson dispels years of potential confusion by presenting the information on the guitar fretboard in the same manner as a piano keyboard. The piano keyboard is 100% consistent in layout, making it easy and clear for the student to understand the essence of theory and that is what the guitar player needs to get started. Intermediate guitar players find this very enlightening as well. As one of our customers mentioned, "Teachers and instructional products talk about this, but no one shows you how to do it, how it actually works. This core lesson actually cleared this up for me."
- Learn all scale theory with all modes, variations, functions.
- Learn all chord / arpeggio theory with all extensions and functions.
- Learn from the ground up the whole foundation and application of scale, chord, arpeggio construction, theory, function and application.
- Learn Modal Tonality.
- Learn Harmony.
- "Pyramid of Improvisation" - the ultimate instant visual view of the relationships of scales to chords in regards to soloing and improvisation. Cut through a lifetime of confusion with the ultimate simple visual approach that instantly turns a complex subject into a clear framework.
- "Chord / Scale Function Guide" - the ultimate instant guide to the relationships of chords to scales in regards to "Function" which is the "Master Key" to understanding the big picture and micro detail of what your soloing choices are, and why.
- "Guide to Improvising and Soloing" - the most comprehensive, complete and detailed analysis of the approaches to improvising and soloing that you will most likely every encounter in your lifetime.
- In-depth analysis of Chord Progressions / Key Changes.
- In-depth analysis of Chord Substitutions.
- In-depth analysis of Scale Substitutions.
- Music theory is covered throughout the entire course. It is integral to every part of the instructional system. You are getting both traditional music theory, innovative modern theory, and completely new conceptual and visual theory methods which altogether break through the barriers and limitations you'll encounter in current teaching approaches and methods.
Guitar Picking / Guitar Speed and Accuracy
- Complete analysis of picking - alternate / economy / sweep with hammer - pull off - tap variations.
- Full analysis of approaches and ways to practice for greater speed and accuracy.
Guitar Music Reading - Notation
- Easiest / Fastest method to reading any guitar note on any position anywhere on, above or below the music staff, treble clef.
- Master the notation to fretboard translation. You will be able to accurately read the notes-i.e. E, G, F#, etc. from any part of the staff and exactly know where to play them on your guitar fretboard.
Guitar Jam Tracks - Musical Examples - Rhythm And Lead Styles
- You will find nothing like this system anywhere for teaching and demonstrating the art of guitar soloing and improvisation.
- Our dual guitar fretboards simultaneously show you rhythm and lead guitar parts so there is nothing left for you to question.
- Chord Progressions / Rhythm and "song structure" are an integral part of the musical examples.
- You will greatly develop your playing skills as you practice them. Full multi track rhythms and leads are integral to the guitar lessons.
- You will learn in a very short time how to solo over any style of music, quickly, professionally and with confidence. In combination with your music theory lessons and the intensive and detailed explanations and visual demonstrations in the musical examples, we show you from square one how to solo over any style of music, in any musical situation. This is also demonstrated and shown to you on virtual fretboards. You will be quite surprised at the truly revolutionary approach that will get you soloing and improvising like a seasoned professional guitar player.
- All the 3 note per string, sweep arpeggios, chord arpeggio licks, pedal tone, pedal point, osstinatos are found in the licks throughout the styles and exercises in the program.
- Musical examples are demonstrated through various styles: Rock / Metal, Neo-Classical Fusion, Blues, Jazz, Fusion, Pop, Classical, Country. However, it is important to understand the fact that the goal is not to learn a particular style here. No matter what particular style you are most interested in developing, each example covers and demonstrates important concepts that are used by all artists in all styles.
- Intensive lead guitar examples to the level of Yngwie Malmsteen and Vinny Moore.
- The theme of the musical examples is to just do it and to get down to business. If you are concerned or thinking about any particular style, you are missing the boat. Studying and practicing the musical examples will provide you a tremendous framework and pro level understanding and application of chord / song structure, rhythm, soloing and improvisation.
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What a great read!
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks both sides of the Donald Sterling scandal.
The last paragraph sums it up best!
"So, if we're all going to be outraged," the former NBA star wrapped up, "let's be outraged that we weren't more outraged when his racism was first evident. Let's be outraged that private conversations between people in an intimate relationship are recorded and publicly played. Let's be outraged that whoever did the betraying will probably get a book deal, a sitcom, trade recipes with Hoda and Kathie Lee, and soon appear on 'Celebrity Apprentice' and 'Dancing with the Stars.'"
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Bachelor Degree Programs
To receive a baccalaureate degree, students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours, and satisfy all curricular requirements, grade point average, and residency requirements for the specific major. Students must also complete all general education core requirements.
- Business Management (ABE/Traditional)
- Criminal Justice Studies (ABE/Traditional)
- Entrepreneurship (Capstone Degree offered via ABE)
- General Studies in General Studies (Traditional)
- Health Services Administration (ABE)
- Liberal Arts (ABE/Traditional)
- Organizational Leadership (Capstone Degree offered via ABE)
- Sport Management (Traditional Program)
- Supply Chain & Logistics Management (Traditional)
Associate Degree Programs
The Lincoln College transferable associate degree programs (Associate of Arts and Associate of Science) are based upon the College's overall mission. Each program lays a foundation of general education courses that prepare students for transfer to another post secondary institution or for continuation in one of the bachelor degree programs offered at Lincoln College-Normal.
To earn any Associate's Degree from Lincoln College-Normal, students must satisfy all requirements of the student's specific degree program, complete coursework with a cumulative LCN grade point average of 2.00 or above, and complete the last 27 credit hours at Lincoln College-Normal.
- General Studies
- Law Enforcement (ABE/Traditional Program)
- Cosmetology
- Massage Therapy
Certificates are not academic degrees but are provided to document knowledge in certain professional fields for those students aspiring to employment in that field or for current professionals seeking to acquire new knowledge for professional advancement. Classes used to satisfy the requirements for a certificate carry academic credit and may also be used to satisfy major and minor degree requirements.
- Criminal Justice Studies
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Cathedral Prep rolls past McDowell
Cathedral Prep quarterback Billy Fessler entered the season in the shadow of Damion Terry.
But in the Ramblers' biggest game of the season on Friday, Fessler broke out of that shadow and left his mark in school and District 10 history.
Fessler completed 21-of-39 passes for a school-record 438 yards and six touchdowns as Prep routed rival McDowell 45-17 in front of more than 5,700 fans at Gus Anderson Field.
"It's always a good time when you play McDowell and beat them in any sport," Fessler said. "The whole team did a great job, especially our line. No sacks today and I can't be more proud of them. Guys were going out there and making plays and did a great job. The defense did what they do."
The win moves Prep to 6-0 overall and 2-0 in Region 6. The Ramblers have won 21 games in a row, which is a city-record winning streak and longest active winning streak in the state of Pennsylvania.
"Now that we have the record, it means a lot," Prep coach Mike Mischler said. "I have a lot of pride in this school and this program. I don't think it's arrogant when I say the Ramblers should have the record, and our goal is to keep winning and keep getting victories."
Prep dominated McDowell (2-4, 1-1) from the start in all phases of the game. While the Ramblers' defense was completely shutting down the Trojans, Fessler had one of the all-time greatest performances in District 10 history.
Fessler's 438 yards ranks second all-time in D-10 for most passing yards in one game, behind Oil City's Mark Kulinski, who threw for 444 yards and four touchdowns against Slippery Rock in 2010.
Fessler's 438 yards also shatters the old Prep record of 361 yards, set by Terry in 2011 against Bradford.
"I think Billy might have broken out of Damion's shadow a while ago," Mischler said. "I understand it was a big shadow, but he is his own person and has been performing admirably all year. To have a game like that against your archrival on their field says everything about him and our receivers."
Fessler's six touchdowns also tied Terry's school record for a single game. Two of those touchdowns were to Division I defensive back Felix Manus-Schell, who had six catches for 132 yards.
Manus-Schell caught a 17-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter before taking a medium-range pass early in the fourth quarter and using his blazing speed to score a 75-yard touchdown.
Fessler got the Ramblers going in the first quarter with a jump ball to his brother Charlie from 7 yards out. Charlie Fessler simply outjumped his defender to make one of the top catches of the season in District 10.
"We've been practicing that play a lot in the backyard and in practice," Charlie Fessler said. "It's been awesome playing with Billy. We've been playing football together since forever and we have a solid connection on the field."
Billy Fessler also found Marlon Tyree (17 yards), Jake DeHart (30) and Alex Greenawalt (52) on touchdown passes.
Billy Fessler was etching his name in the Prep and D-10 record books, while the ferocious Rambler defense held McDowell to 164 yards of total offense.
"I've always said that defense is the character of this team and McDowell is a very good team no matter what their record is," Mischler said. "I think we stepped up and made a statement tonight."
TOM REISENWEBER can be reached at 870-1707 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNreisenweber. Read the Varsity blog at GoErie.com/blogs/Varsity and post comments.


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Dell introduced Tuesday a refresh of its Latitude notebooks, OptiPlex desktops and Precision workstations. All the systems will be available with Intel's second-generation Core processors, codenamed Sandy Bridge.
Tucked in among traditional PCs is a 10-inch, "business-ready" tablet that Dell is aiming at a number industries, particularly healthcare, manufacturing and education. The device will have a Sandy Bridge processor, run Windows 7 and have the same security and management capabilities of the company's PCs. The tablet's touch screen will allow finger and stylus input.
The biggest design change in the latest PCs is in the Latitude notebooks. Dell has incorporated aluminum elements to the chassis to make it more durable. Those changes include a brush aluminum back and metal inserts behind the LCD screen that make it 69% more rugged, Lord says. In addition, all the models use the same modular bay that can support an optical drive, external hard drive or battery. This kind of similarity is expected to make it possible for businesses to buy external components in volume and use them in any of the Latitude systems. "If you know one system, you know them all," Lord says.
The OptiPlex desktops come in four sizes, ultra-small, small, mini-tower and standard desktop. The Precision workstations include a new entry-level model. The T1600 is the successor to the T1500. The latest system is a single-socket PC designed for 2D and entry-level 3D applications. Customers can choose a Xeon server processor over a Sandy Bridge chip.Related:Dell Readies Windows 7 Business Tablet More Images:Dell Windows 7 Business-Ready 10" Tablet Dell Latitude E5520
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Advanced degrees valued in education jobs
The reason Mississippi has an advanced degree requirement for state superintendents, and not other states, is that it is understood that no one with only a bachelor's degree would be considered in the other states. (Editorial, July 22.)
It is sad that our state must add that requirement because some decision makers are unable to see how important the advanced degree is for credibility among educators. In the education world, advanced education degrees are valued and expected. Just as in the business world, it would be difficult to follow the lead of a supervisor with less experience or less education than those he or she would be directing. It is a tragedy that Judy Rhodes did not pursue an advanced degree at an earlier time in her life.
It would have been a benefit to our entire state had she acquired at least a master's degree. But she chose not to do so.
James Denton
Weather radios preferred over sirens
I have been a volunteer weather spotter for about 40 years and in my experience, the storm sirens are a waste of money.
By the time the sirens are activated the storm system usually has passed.
Also, the repeated lengthy sounding of the sirens during and after a storm tends to lull the public into a sense of complacency thus defeating the purpose.
A far better investment of the $210,000 would be to buy 7,000 NOAA weather radios. I do not think the government should furnish these units to everyone because at about $30 each, most households could afford one. These radios can furnish instant warnings to the individual household or business before the storm sirens can be activated. In addition to furnishing almost instant warnings, these units also furnish forecasts and general weather information on demand.
The sirens would be better utilized if they could be activated when needed and then turned off once the storm had passed the area and not allowed to sound for many minutes after the event. The warnings issued by the weather radio network specify the exact location of the storm and the areas to be involved. Thus the individual can take the appropriate action as needed.
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Bicyclist thanks those
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Thanks, Tupelo.
I recently rode my bike. Thank you to the man on West Jackson Extended who waited 10 seconds and allowed me to safely turn left.
Thanks to the "Todd's Big Star Man" who patiently waited 5 seconds to back out of his driveway then gently came around me giving me more room between my bike and his truck on Filgo Road. To the lady on Chesterville who waited a few extra seconds until she could safely see over the hill to pass, gracias! Thanks to the City of Tupelo for the wide lane on Coley Road and for sweeping it to help keep it clear of things that could so easily cause a flat or a blowout.
A big thank you to the man who realized that lane ends at Frito Lay, and moved over to allow me room to ride.
How I wish all drivers could be like those I encountered. I could be their child's teacher, their surgeon, dentist, chiropractor, auto mechanic, radiologist, physical therapist …
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Pontotoc water fluoridation necessary
At a time when the nation is debating the ways and means of health care in our country, it is appalling that the City of Pontotoc has decided to stop one of the truly miraculous public health benefits ever discovered. A fluoridated public water system is the most cost effective program the citizens of Pontotoc get for their tax dollars. At a time when job security and family incomes are being threatened, employer provided medical and dental insurance plans are being lost and there is uncertainty of healthier being provided in the future, stopping this water fluoridation program which has clear, certain and provable benefits defies logic and reason.
As a practicing pediatric dentist, I daily see the ravages of poor dental care in a vulnerable pediatric patient population. I also see the benefits derived from fluoridated water supplies, fewer cavities in primary and permanent teeth. I urge the good citizens of Pontotoc to demand that this terrible decision by the Board of Aldermen to stop fluoridating the public water supply be reconsidered and rescinded.
Richard Warriner, DDS
Gray's column hit
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Columnist Lloyd Gray's remarks about embellishments to the Star Spangled Banner by self-absorbed "celebrities" were spot on. But he failed to include the most disgraceful performance of the Anthem I have ever seen: Rosanne Barr's parody of our national anthem before the San Diego Padres game on July 25, 1990.
Her deliberately screeching rendition of the song, accompanied by spitting and tugging on her crotch in imitation of ballplayers "adjusting" themselves when stepping up to the plate, was the most egregious thing I have ever witnessed on live television.
I remember as a small child during World War II going to the movies with my parents. Whenever our flag appeared on the screen in the film or in a newsreel, the audience would applaud! The fact that Ms. Barr was not booed out of the ball park shows how much things have changed in our nation since then.
Of course, her actions were protected by her freedom of speech rights under the First Amendment to our Constitution. But too many brave Americans have bled and died defending those rights and the nation that the flag represents for her to dishonor their service in such a crass manner.
But I have extracted my revenge. To my knowledge, no apology was ever made to the nation by the network (ABC) for this disgraceful scene, so ABC is no longer welcome in my home. I have never watched anything on ABC since then, and I never will.
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Catfish official says
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While many accusations have been leveled at the domestic catfish industry and its pursuit of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspections, the intent of the U.S. catfish industry has always been very clear – consumer safety.
U.S. consumers currently believe that their seafood is subject to the same rigorous inspection standards as those imposed on meat and poultry products. However, that is not the case under the existing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards, and the domestic catfish industry is dedicated to fighting for increased consumer food safety.
Seafood consumption in the United States now exceeds 4.9 billion pounds annually. Of this amount, over 83 percent is imported, and less than 1 percent of our seafood imports ever sees an inspector. Furthermore, only a fraction of that amount is ever tested for contamination from illegal drugs and chemicals.
It is of great concern that inspections by the Canadian government along the U.S. border and testing by the agriculture departments of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi have found dangerous and illegal drugs and chemicals in Asian fish imports that had already been cleared by the FDA. To say that the FDA leaves U.S. consumers vulnerable is an understatement.
The first and foremost responsibility of the elected officials of this country is to ensure the safety and well being of its citizens. The assurance that the food we eat is safe should be an integral part of that responsibility. Taking action to eliminate any threat to the safety of the American public, including food safety, should be non-negotiable and off-the-table in any political arena.
Let's hope our elected officials do the right thing.
Joey Lowery
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Taxes are immoral;
GOP doesn't see it
Do you want to know why taxes keep going up and up? It is because conservatives (especially Republicans) have not understood this simple fact: Taxation is immoral.
Taxation is government seizure of your possessions, by force. If you doubt the forceful nature of taxation, try not paying them. Then you will discover first-hand this truism: Liberty ends where force begins.
No number of "tea parties" or protests will ever succeed in altering the tide of taxation while those who protest taxes on April 15 praise taxes on May 15 when they receive refunds for having children and for paying interest on their mortgage. These are the same people who profess pride in socialized education (public schools via taxation) while cursing socialized medicine (doctor care via taxation). Do you see the contradiction?
Taxation is a brazen violation of man's liberty. Stop lusting for its benefits and stop debating its proper form. It has no proper form and no proper place in the lives of free men. Legalized theft by the will of the people is still theft and still evil. Taxation ought to be abolished and expunged from the Constitution.
Do you know why the Revolution came in 1776 instead of 1756? It is because the colonists believed the Crown was proper, and necessary, and even hallowed. When enough colonists finally realized how wrong that assumption was, their minds were ripe to seize their liberty and hold on to it. What an intellectual leap!
Are you ready to make an intellectual leap and understand the immorality of taxation, all taxation?
Long live Lady Liberty!
Nathan B. Laser
Sanctuary Hospice
praised by a family
May we tell you about a wonderful place in Tupelo called the Sanctuary Hospice House? We can tell you from first hand experience about the great nurses and the entire staff. It is a place where you can truly feel the presence of God when you walk into the building.
We would like to give a big thank you to those who had a vision and a dream to build a facility such as this and worked so hard to make it a reality. Also to those donors who help sustain it and especially the nurses and staff for all the love and hugs and prayers and even tears when our loved one was a patient there.
They will never know how much it meant to us to know that our dad was so well cared for.
They will always have a special place in our hearts.
The Russell Lanphere Family
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May 26, 2009, 12:25 AM
I couldn't believe my luck today! I was out for a walk with my fiance, and stumbled across this fledgling great horned owl. It was pretty damn amazing! Hope y'all appreciate the photos.
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May 26, 2009, 12:53 AM
very cool!
May 26, 2009, 12:54 AM
I couldn't believe it let me get right up to it. I took those pictures with my cell phone at all of a foot away!
May 26, 2009, 02:32 AM
Beautiful! If he can learn not to let predators that close again...he'll grow up to be a huge bird.
Smokey Joe
May 26, 2009, 10:21 AM
.45 Guy--Nice happenstance! Glad you had the camera along. About the pix--all I can say is, "Whoo!" :D
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May 26, 2009, 10:58 AM
Those are awesome birds for sure. Great shots.
Good thing mom wasn't close by, she might not have appreciated the interest. We had a similar experience once at our place in E. Texas. At first we thought it was injured, and about the time we got close enough to see that it was simply a fledgling, mom about took us out. She was very animate about the fact we leave the area then and now, and didn't seem to care about the windshield on the truck being in her way either.
One of those times I wished the video camera was along.
May 26, 2009, 11:47 AM
Nice find! The few times I've seen a great horned owl in the wild, they've been suprisingly tolerant of being approached.
May 26, 2009, 01:49 PM
they've been suprisingly tolerant of being approached
Look at those claws.
And they can fly.
I wouldn't want to tangle with that bird. Gorgeous shots - especially for a cell phone camera. I'd get those transfered to some paper fast.
Looks great
May 26, 2009, 03:36 PM
VERY cool.
Momma owls tend to make their claws into fists when they are trying to run off interlopers, someone I know said it's like getting popped with a major league fastball.
May 26, 2009, 10:22 PM
Man that's crazy. Nice pictures.
May 26, 2009, 10:47 PM
Fully Awesome!
May 27, 2009, 08:28 AM
Look at those claws.
And they can fly.
He definitely wanted to eat my lunch when I got close. After snapping the pictures, we made our way out in the opposite direction.
May 27, 2009, 08:36 AM
Oh yes, and to make this gun related.... I was carrying a 6 1/2" Smith 14-3 in a Don Hume shoulder rig at the time...:D
June 4, 2009, 11:37 AM
Are you sure that a "Horned Owl"?
Looks more like a Barn Owl or some such as I don't see horns. Perhaps they haven't developed yet.
Smokey Joe
June 4, 2009, 11:57 AM
Scottjute--The subject of the photos is NOT a Barn Owl. They have a white face, and it extends down to the beak area. Also, the young would be in a cavity (like a barn--they like old barns to nest in, or a hollow tree or such.) The Barn Owl's breast (chest area) is creamy, not striped.
It isn't a Great Grey Owl, either, if the photos were shot in the USA--Great Grays nest further north, and the Great Gray's facial disk around the eyes is larger.
Could possibly, just possibly, be a Barred Owl, but they have vertical striping on the breast, not horizontal striping.
Ergo, all it could be is a Great Horned. You can see where the "horns" (actually ear tufts) are coming, although I'll give you that they aren't there yet. Sometimes they don't show well, even on the adults. And yes, this juvenile is old enough to expect it to look pretty much like an adult.
June 4, 2009, 10:04 PM
Nice pics, thanks for sharing!
June 4, 2009, 11:08 PM
Owls are so cool, with their big eyes...they can see straight to your soul.
June 5, 2009, 09:43 AM
Definitely a great horned owl. The ear tufts were there, just not really visible in the photos.
June 15, 2009, 01:30 AM
Thats awesome. A beutiful bird of prey.
June 17, 2009, 10:35 AM
Nice catch you got there, sir! Owls fascinate me being nocturnal ones. lol!
And I must agree, it was one lucky day.. =)
June 20, 2009, 11:48 AM
I have been having good luck seeing critters lately. I just snapped a picture of a sharp shinned hawk that snatched a chipmunk from under the bird feeder at work. I attempted to get a closer shot as he was hopping up and whacking it on the ground with no luck.
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About Gary Bonner
Hello! I'm Gary and I first learned of the Blueprint for Financial Prosperity Website when I linked from one of Jim's friendly colleagues to a post on "Don't Pay Your Dues" that Jim had written in his "Devil's Advocate" column. The article hit the the truth on the nose. I wrote a comment on my own experience in business from the perspective of 35 years of "business warfare." Jim e-mailed me and asked me to write a guest column that I titled "Making a Living Or Making a Life."
Jim asked me to become a regular columnist for Blueprint for Financial Prosperity to comment on things I've learned that have been helpful to me over the years. He also asked that I comment on current financial and economic conditions. I realize that non-financial consumers can have a lot of different messages, products and services dished on their plates without context or "the big picture." The amount of information and products offered can be overwhelming at times even to a financial professional.
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Traveling as a banker across the United States I examined and investigated companies, their operations, financial condition and management in diverse sectors. The industries ranged from aerospace, electronics, micro-chip technology to industrial machinery, wholesale distribution, construction and petroleum. Another interesting niche was the garment industry, from textiles to department stores.
Later in my career, I was National Leasing Manager for a Fortune 200 IBM compatible mainframe peripheral manufacturer. We sold millions of dollars of then state of the art equipment worldwide. I left that company and started a small business to broker used mainframe equipment. The company grew quickly and ultimately employed 14 people. The business was designed to be short lived as the equipment sold became both economically and functionally obsolete in a little over 2 years. Surveying the odds in the personal computer market, it was obvious that Apple, Dell and Compaq (now HP) were on their way to dominate the newest personal computer technology.
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The sounds of the '50s and early '60s will open the 2012-13 season of the Warren Civic Music Association.
Cornell Gunter's Coasters perform the music of the vocal group that had 10 top 40 hits between 1957 and 1961, including ''Young Blood,'' ''Yakety Yak,'' ''Charlie Brown,'' ''Along Came Jones'' and ''Poison Ivy.''
The Marvelettes were one of the first Motown acts to achieve commercial success on that label. Its run of '60s hits included ''Please Mr. Postman,'' ''Playboy,'' ''Beechwood 4-5789'' and ''Don't Mess With Miss Bill.''
Larry Marshak's Tribute to The Platters will draw from a repertoire of 22 top 40 hits released by The Platters. It's best known for such ballads as ''Only You (And You Alone),'' ''The Great Pretender,'' ''My Prayer,'' ''Twilight Time'' and ''Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.''
None of the three acts feature original members of the groups whose songs they sing.
The three acts will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Warren.
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WHAT: Cornell Gunter's Coasters, Larry Marshak's Tribute to The Platters and The Marvelettes
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday
WHERE: Packard Music Hall, 1703 Mahoning Ave. N.W., Warren
HOW MUCH: Single concert tickets are $35 and are available online at www.warren civicmusic.com and by calling 330-399-4885.
It is the first of six concerts that will be part of the upcoming season, and a limited number of season tickets still are available. Other attractions include:
Oct. 16 - Greg Bonham, an Australian-born singer and musician who has sold more than 14 million records internationally.
Nov. 14 - Jive Aces with Toni Elizabeth Prima, a UK jive and swing band that will be joined for the Warren concert by the daughter of famed bandleader Louis Prima.
Dec. 11 - Mandy Barnett, a county/pop/jazz vocalist who starred in the musical ''Always ... Patsy Cline'' in Nashville.
March 7, 2013 - ''Hooray for Hollywood,'' a salute to movie musicals.
April 16 - SIX, an a cappella vocal group named Best Show and Entertainers of the Year in Branson.
Season tickets good for admission to all six concerts are $80 and $32 for children ages 17 and younger.


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Book review: Computers & Typesetting Millennium edition by Donald E. Knuth
Professor Donald E. Knuth doesn't need an introduction: he created TeX (a powerful typesetting system) and METAFONT (a program to design fonts). He also designed a font family, called Computer Modern, which is the default choice of TeX.
Mr. Knuth is known to write sharp and enlightening books. His books about typesetting are no exception: he wrote five books dedicated to these topics, and Addison-Wesley now sells them all in one box, entitled "Computers & Typesetting Millennium edition".
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Art patrons strolling Julia Street during Whitney White Linen Night on Saturday (Aug. 2) kept their cool as any true New Orleanian would -- with a drink in one hand and a fan fluttering in the other. But there also was a misting tent and cafe tables in the street for those who needed more help dealing with the hot, muggy weather.
The annual art bash took place at the Contemporary Arts Center, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, plus the 200-600 blocks of Julia Street, and surrounding Warehouse Arts District.
The event, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, featured coordinated gallery openings and a street party with food, cash bars and music along Julia Street. The entertainment lineup included Egg Yolk Jubilee, Mahayla, and The Unnaturals.


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Diadema antillarum is found in the shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean, in the Bahamas, and the Western Atlantic from eastern Florida to Brazil. In the Eastern Atlantic D. antillarum is found in Madeira, the Gulf of Guinea, and the Canary, Cape Verde, and Annabon islands.
Biogeographic Regions: atlantic ocean (Native )
- Hendler, G., J. Miller, D. Pawson, P. Kier. 1995. Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
In Panama this species been collected in the Caribbean from:
-Galeta Island (USNM E 26602, USNM E 26687, USNM E 28260, USNM E 38607; Centroid Latitude: 9.4067, Centroid Longitude: -79.8667)
Portobelo (USNM E 11402, USNM E 27448)
-Limon Bay, Colon (USNM 39448, USNM E 26606)
-3.5 miles North of the Piedras River (USNM E 18817)
-Miria Island, San Blas (USNM E 26686)
Physical Description
Diadema antillarum is a regular (round) urchin, and displays the pentamerism of echinoderms. Mature individuals of D. antillarum can reach up to 500 mm in diameter. Diadema antillarum has thin spines that range from 300-400 mm in length and can be up to four times the diameter of the test (skeleton formed inside the body). The spines are thin, hollow, and break easily. The test is rigid and there is a reduced amount of soft tissue in the body wall as compared to other species in the family Diadematidae.
The test and spines of a mature adult are typically black, but lighter colored spines may be intermixed, and in rare cases the urchin will be almost entirely white. The spines of juveniles are always banded with black and white. When the urchin dies, the spines falls off and the test remains.
At the base of the urchin are branched tentacles called tube feet, which help in gathering food, respiration, locomotion, and mucous production.
Other Physical Features: ectothermic ; heterothermic ; radial symmetry
- Banister, K., A. Campbell. 1985. The Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life. New York: Facts of File Publishing.
- Nichols, D., J. Cooke. 1971. The Oxford Book of Invertebrates. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Diagnostic Description
References and links
Mortensen, T. (1940). A monograph of the Echinoidea 3(1). Aulodonta. Copenhagen. 370 pp., 196 figures, 77 pls, pages: 269-275.
Lessios, H. A. (1988). Population dynamics of Diadema antillarum (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) following mass mortality in Panamá. Marine Biology 99: 515-526.
Lessios, H. A., Robertson, D. R. & Cubit, J. D. (1984). Spread of Diadema mass mortality through the Caribbean. Science 226: 335-337.
Lessios, H.A., Kessing, B.D. & Pearse, J.S. (2001). Population structure and speciation in tropical seas: global phylogeography of the sea urchin Diadema. Evol. 55: 955-975.
Coppard, S. E. & Campbell, A. C. (2004). Taxonomic significance of spine morphology in the echinoid genera Diadema and Echinothrix. Invertebrate Biology, 123 (4), 357-371.
Coppard, S. E. & Campbell, A. C. (2006a). Taxonomic significance of test morphology in the echinoid genera Diadema Gray, 1825 and Echinothrix Peters 1853 (Echinodermata). Zoosystema 28(1), 93-112.
Coppard, S. E. & Campbell, A.C. (2006b). Systematic significance of tridentate pedicellariae in the echinoid genera Diadema and Echinothrix. Invertebrate Biology 125(4), 363-378.
Synonymised taxa
Centrechinus antillarum (Philippi, 1845) (transferred to Diadema)
Centrechinus setosus Jackson, 1912 (subjective junior synonym)
Cidaris (Diadema) antillarum Philippi, 1845 (transferred to Diadema)
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 64 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1814
Temperature range (°C): 4.280 - 27.802
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.114 - 22.294
Salinity (PPS): 34.964 - 36.548
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.284 - 4.984
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.055 - 1.545
Silicate (umol/l): 1.019 - 28.202
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 1 - 1814
Temperature range (°C): 4.280 - 27.802
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.114 - 22.294
Salinity (PPS): 34.964 - 36.548
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.284 - 4.984
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.055 - 1.545
Silicate (umol/l): 1.019 - 28.202
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Diadema antillarum favors quiet waters, and is found most often in coral reefs. This species can also be found in turtle grass beds and on rock bottoms.
Range depth: 0 to 400 m.
Habitat Regions: tropical ; saltwater or marine
Aquatic Biomes: reef
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 64 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 1 - 1814
Temperature range (°C): 4.280 - 27.802
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.114 - 22.294
Salinity (PPS): 34.964 - 36.548
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.284 - 4.984
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.055 - 1.545
Silicate (umol/l): 1.019 - 28.202
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 1 - 1814
Temperature range (°C): 4.280 - 27.802
Nitrate (umol/L): 0.114 - 22.294
Salinity (PPS): 34.964 - 36.548
Oxygen (ml/l): 4.284 - 4.984
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.055 - 1.545
Silicate (umol/l): 1.019 - 28.202
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Trophic Strategy
Diadema antillarum grazes on the algal turf of coral reefs primarily during the night. Foods eaten include algal turf, young corals and zoanthids.
Animal Foods: aquatic or marine worms; cnidarians; other marine invertebrates; zooplankton
Plant Foods: algae
Primary Diet: carnivore (Eats non-insect arthropods, Eats other marine invertebrates); herbivore (Algivore); omnivore
Diadema antillarum feeds on the algal turf of the coral reefs. The algal turf grows rapidly, and without the urchin's control, can destroy the reefs. Diadema antillarum clears the reefs, making room for coral larvae to settle and grow. However, the urchin actually wears away at the calcium carbonate of the reef, too.
Commensal/Parasitic Species:
- Tuleariocaris neglecta, black urchin shrimp
- Many species of cardinal fishes Apogonidae
The spines of Diadema antillarum are brittle and will fragmentize if wounded. The pieces are difficult to remove, and often cause infections as they carry bacteria. The mucous coating of the spines, normally used to kill organisms that live in the spines, carries a mild poison that also aids in deterring smaller predators. Diadema antillarum has been observed to gather in groups as an added protection.
Known Predators:
- queen triggerfish (Balistes vetula)
- Caribbean spiny lobsters (Panularis argus)
- Caribbean helmets (Cassis turberosa)
- two species of toadfish (Antennariidae)
- Carson, R. 1955. The Edge of the Sea. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Life History and Behavior
Diadema antillarum has a highly developed light sensitivity. When a shadow appears, the urchin waves its spines in the direction of the shadow and moves away from the shadow, often into a more protected area. In this sense, D. antillarum can almost 'see' predators. It is not known how individuals communicate with each other to aggregate.
Communication Channels: chemical
Other Communication Modes: photic/bioluminescent
Perception Channels: visual ; tactile ; chemical
- Waller, G. 1996. SeaLife: A Complete Guide to the Marine Environment. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Life Cycle
The fertilized egg has two forms: the blastula and the gastrula. These swim close to the surface of the water with the aid of cilia, and can be dispersed quite far, depending on currents. These larvae are known as the echinopluteus, and can remain in the larval stage for an average of 4-6 weeks. As the larvae mature, a vestibule is created in what will be the oral side of the urchin. Tentacles grow from this opening, on which suction areas eventually emerge. When the tentacles have suckers, they are primary poda, which serve as locomotive tools when the larva sinks to the ocean floor. At this point the skeletal plates begin to develop. When the 5 ambulical plates are developed and the terminal plate lies next to the genital plates, the urchin is fully developed, though it will continue to grow for the rest of its life.
Development - Life Cycle: metamorphosis
- Grzimek, B. 1972. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. New York: Van Norstand Reinhold Company.
Life Expectancy
The lifespan of D. antillarum is closely related to temperatures and food availability. Populations in warmer climates tend to have a quicker rate of development and shorter lifespan than those in colder climates.
Average lifespan
Status: wild: 6 years.
Typical lifespan
Status: wild: 4 to 8 years.
Some populations of D. antillarum have been observed to congregate during their spawning season. There is no mating of individuals as fertilization and gestation occur in the open water.
The spawning of D. antillarum appears to be connected to the lunar calendar. During the summer season, the egg and sperm are released once during each lunar month. This spawning period is dependant upon temperature; populations in different hemispheres may spawn at different times depending on when the warm season occurs.
The egg and sperm are released into the water where they are fertilized and develop into the larval echinopluteus. Egg size has also been observed to change during the month. Spawning occurs when the eggs are largest.
Breeding interval: Spawning is temperature dependent.
Breeding season: In summer, eggs and sperm are released each lunar month.
Key Reproductive Features: seasonal breeding ; gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); sexual ; fertilization (External )
There is no parental involvement post-spawning.
Parental Investment: pre-fertilization (Provisioning)
- Anonymous, 1967. The Larousse Encyclopedia of Animal Life. Verona, Italy: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
- Grzimek, B. 1972. Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia. New York: Van Norstand Reinhold Company.
- Hendler, G., J. Miller, D. Pawson, P. Kier. 1995. Sea Stars, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Diadema antillarum antillarum
No available public DNA sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Diadema antillarum antillarum
Public Records: 5
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1
Barcode data: Diadema antillarum
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 2 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Diadema antillarum
Public Records: 2
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
Conservation Status
US Federal List: no special status
CITES: no special status
Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
The spines of D. antillarum are very sharp and can easily pierce skin, shoes, and wetsuits. Contact with a spine is not extremely painful, but the shattering of the spine leaves organic material in the wound that can cause intensely painful infections. The poisonous mucous seems to have very little effect on humans.
Negative Impacts: injures humans (bites or stings)
The gonads of sea urchins are considered a delicacy in many coastal regions, but D. antillarum is not one of the more preferred species.
Sea urchin eggs are used extensively in embryological research.
Positive Impacts: food ; research and education
Diadema antillarum
Diadema antillarum, also known as the lime urchin, black sea urchin, Grabaskey's bane or the long-spined sea urchin,[2] is a species of sea urchin in the Family Diadematidae.
This sea urchin is characterized by its exceptionally long black spines.
It is the most abundant and important herbivore on the coral reefs of the western Atlantic and Caribbean basin. When the population of these sea urchins is at a healthy level, they are the main grazers which prevent algae overgrowth of the reef.
Diadema antillarum has a test, or "shell," similar to most other sea urchins. What distinguishes the Diadema is the length of its spines. Most sea urchin spines are 1–3 cm, but the spines in this species are usually 10–12 cm in length, and can grow as long as 30 cm in very large individuals.
Life habits[edit]
This species usually lives at 1–10 metres in depth on coral reefs. They will often lodge themselves in a crevice, so that only their spines can be seen, but individual urchins who can't find a suitable crevice will live in more exposed situations. Individuals that have been able to find a crevice usually will roam about one metre from their crevice at night during feeding. Diadema is very sensitive to light, and will often pick its crevice or resting place based on how much shade there is.
Diadema mostly eat algae, and sometimes seagrass. Starving urchins have been known to become carnivorous.
Ecological Importance[edit]
Diadema antillarum is still, in some tropical areas, one of the most abundant, widespread, and ecologically-important shallow-water sea urchins. It is found in the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean, including the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the northern and eastern coasts of South America (as far south as Brazil). It is also found in the East Atlantic at the Canary Islands. This species is ecologically important because it consumes algae that can otherwise grow to such an extent that they can smother coral reefs. They live in holes that are in the reef.
Die-off of urchins[edit]
In 1983, throughout the Caribbean faunal zone as far south as South America and north to the Bahamas, Diadema antillarum underwent mass mortality, with more than 97% of the urchins dying.[3] Since this time some Caribbean reefs have been overgrown by foliose macroalgae. This inhibits coral growth and has further compounded the ongoing decline of scleractinian corals. It also has an overall negative effect on coral reef resilience, which encompasses the ability of a system to resist and recover from changes stemming from perturbation events. Recent studies done in Discovery Bay, Jamaica,[4] and other locations[citation needed] appear to show a massive comeback of Diadema, and great regeneration of the reefs.
Human relevance[edit]
When the sea urchins died due to an unknown disease, the biodiversity of the marine life of the coral reefs suffered a great deal. The resulting lush algae growth stunted and even reversed the development of coral, and the fish and other animals living on the reefs declined in numbers due to less food and shelter.
The reduced biodiversity of the coral reefs affected tourism in several small countries, which depended on the natural beauty of their reefs to help attract visitors, and because tourism was a major part of the income for these countries, the decreased flow of guests stressed their economy.
Low-density populations, predators, and waves from high-powered storms tends to impede the repopulation of Diadema antillarum. In the fertilization process, male and female urchins excrete fluid to alert other urchins to respond by releasing their eggs and sperm in mass reproduction. With more gametes available, there is a higher chance of fertilization. However, in areas of low-population, a few sea urchins may not be enough to initiate fertilization. After fertilization, there is still a high chance that predators may consume the vulnerable juveniles. Because of the movement of water in powerful storms, urchins can get swept away from their habitat and expire. It is possible to aid the increase in population growth of the urchin with more research and volunteers.
Research on re-population of the species[edit]
Research on the species Diadema antillarum is still in its early stages. The urchins can be grown in laboratories and then relocated. Returning the mature individuals into the wild can have a positive effect on the urchin density of the reef. The increase in population can also be aided by the artificial building of reefs: material such as concrete can encourage the growth of coral, and provide more niches for the urchins to hide from predators such as larger fish.
When there are still some areas of high-density urchins, it is possible to relocate urchins to other, low-density reefs. With these methods and the help of volunteer workers, it seems that the shift back to coral-dominated reefs and away from algae-dominated reefs is possible.
When re-locating Diadema it is necessary to remove most mature algae from the re-location area since there are toxins in mature algae that kills the Diadema.
- ^ a b Kroh, Andreas (2013). A. Kroh & R. Mooi, ed. "Diadema antillarum Philippi, 1845". World Echinoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
- ^ Long-spined Sea Urchin
- ^ Osborne, Patrick L. (2000). Tropical Ecosystem and Ecological Concepts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 464. ISBN 0-521-64523-9.
- ^ Edmunds, Peter J.; Robert C. Carpenter (April 2001). "Recovery of Diadema antillarum reduces macroalgal cover and increases abundance of juvenile corals on a Caribbean reef". PNAS 98 (9): 5067–5071. doi:10.1073/pnas.071524598.
- Greenberg, Idaz (1986). Guide to Corals & Fishes of Florida, the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Seahawk Press. pp. 60–61. ISBN 0-913008-08-7.
- Marine Inverebrates of Bermuda
- Life Histories and Environmental Requirements of Coastal Fishes and Invertebrates
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Also coming in August: Sony Pictures' new development, the Hot Ticket. The movie studio will be delivering live entertainment, including music concerts, to 400-500 movie screens in theaters across the U.S., with tickets expected to cost $20. The first planned events include the final performance of Cirque du Soleil and the final performance of the worldwide tour of Rent (interestingly enough, though Sony doesn't own either of these properties, it has been a distributor of filmed Cirque du Soleil performances and it did produce the film adaptation of Rent). My guess is that they'll be featuring a number of Sony recording artists in live music events, as well.
It's only a matter of time before the other major studios follow Sony's lead and venture into alternative theatrical entertainment with special non-movie divisions, too. It seems to be a profitable business, as has been shown by NCM Fathom. That company has been delivering events such as pre-recorded concerts for years, though it really proved to be a success last November when it sold out movie theater auditoriums for its live-via-satellite broadcast of a Garth Brooks concert. In fact, the event was so popular that Fathom ran an encore presentation of the concert the next night.
In addition to live (as in happening at that moment, but not in-person) concerts showing to sold out crowds in movie theaters, another big deal lately is certainly the concert documentary, which presents live (as in live once, and now pre-recorded, but neither at that moment nor in-person) concerts, sometimes strictly as nothing more than captured performances (that is, without interviews or additional narrative). Both U2 3D and Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light (featuring the Rolling Stones performing in a former movie palace!) have so far crossed the $10 million mark at the box office (including international b.o.), a feat celebrated recently as part of the recognition that so far four documentaries have domestically grossed more than $1 million (the other two are Expelled: No Intelligence and Young @ Heart, which you could also say is a live music doc). And that's not even counting the blockbuster success of Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour (technically a doc, right?), which opened at #1 at the box office the first weekend in February and has gone on to take in almost $70 million worldwide.
To think, 70 years ago, most live entertainment venues probably felt threatened by the movie business. I even recently heard that after sound pictures were introduced, Broadway theaters sought to keep alcohol out of cinemas because it felt that was the only thing keeping audiences attending its live shows. Now, of course, we have hugely popular Broadway musicals that are based on unsuccessful movies. So, which industry really had the longer legs? That's right, the one with live (as in at that time and in-person) performances.
And I doubt it's because of the booze, though serving alcohol is one of the other big trends going on in the exhibition industry, which is desperately trying out new ways of attracting customers (yes, customers, as opposed to simply moviegoers). It's more likely because live music, live theater and other live entertainments (sports, opera, you name it, it's coming to your multiplex) are more unique experiences. Whether merely broadcast via satellite or actually in-person.
Certainly we don't have to worry that big blockbusters like this fall's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince won't have room at the multiplex because the screens are being taken up by a live performance by Harry and the Potters (or even a band actually big enough to warrant a theatrical concert event), and obviously it's relative that live entertainment, which has been around for tens of thousands of years, is viewed as a more dependable business than movies, which have only been around for a century. Still, it's a bit disappointing as a cinema lover to see the two businesses no longer just existing side by side in the world but now co-existing in the same theater.
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