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Image Credit:  Winifred Casson, Accident, (ca. 1935)

via the Harry Ransom Center

The university's own Harry Ransom Center has been getting a lot of press lately. Although much of the attention involves the opening of the David Foster Wallace archive, many are talking about the center's new exhibit.

Video Credit:  Twitter and World Simulation      

I’m always impressed (and, I have to say, sometimes a bit bewildered) when I hear of instructors who are especially successful in using online social networking in a classroom setting. For an example of what’s lately leaving me pedagogically awe-struck, take a look at the video, posted above. More, after the jump.

            Image Credit: "Hermine Heads Inland," the Weather Channel

Not only is it the beginning of the semester for us, but it’s hurricane season  and we, in central Texas, are feeling the effects of Tropical Depression Hermine. Today, I’d like to share a few visual representations of severe weather and begin an investigation of their effects on the viewing public.