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Saturday, March 1, 2014

Google Ramble 2

Welcome to the second installment of Google Ramble.  Today I searched for Raven, and got a wide variety of results.

First and foremost was a Wikipedia entry for the bird of the same name.
A raven is one of several larger-bodied members of the genus Corvus. They have black plumage and large beaks. In Europe the word "raven" normally refers to the Common Raven.
Species are:
·         Corvus albicollis  White-necked Raven
·         Corvus corax  Common Raven
·         Corvus coronoides  Australian Raven
·         Corvus crassirostris  Thick-billed Raven
·         Corvus cryptoleucus  Chihuahuan Raven
·         Corvus mellori  Little Raven
·         Corvus rhipidurus  Fan-tailed Raven
·         Corvus ruficollis  Brown-necked Raven
·         Corvus tasmanicus  Forest Raven
Extinct:
·         Corvus moriorum  Chatham Raven
·         Corvus antipodum  New Zealand Raven
Smaller-bodied species in the genus Corvus include the crows, jackdaws, and the rook.

Next came the DC Comics superheroine. 
Raven is the half-breed daughter of a human mother named Arella and the interdimensional demon Trigon. She grew up in an alternate dimension called Azarath, with pacifisticinhabitants whose spiritual leader was the mystic Azar. She was taught to "control her emotions" by Azar, in order to suppress her inherited demonic powers.
During this time, Raven rarely saw her mother and grew detached from her. Upon Azar's death, Arella began the task of raising and teaching Raven. Around this same time she met her father face to face for the first time. Soon after her 16th birthday, Raven learned that Trigon planned to come to her dimension; she vowed to stop him.
Raven initially approached the Justice League, but they refused her on the advice of Zatanna, who sensed her demonic parentage.[1] In desperation, she reformed the Titans as the New Teen Titans to fight her father. The team consisted of Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Starfire, Cyborg, and Beast Boy. Raven and her new friends later came to think of one another as family.

Following that and peppering the page were a few technology companies/software featuring the name. 
There was, of course, the IMDb entry for Raven Symone.

There is a U.K. Thrash Metal band called Raven lunatics, which I thought was interesting

Finally there’s a site for identifying the bird

I think that’s all for now, I hope you enjoyed reading this and I hope you come back again to read what other bit of randomness comes out of my head.  My contact info is at the bottom as always in case you have any questions or comments.  Until next time, Toodles ^^

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Running in the Tall Grass 4

Welcome back to Running in the Tall Grass.  Actually, tonight, this post has a different title:  Attack of the Killer Dust Clouds. I say this because there wasn't a lick of grass to be found.  I was only on one route today, Route 13, or Lumiose Badlands.  I actually saw all the Encounters on this route by running around and getting attacked by the dust clouds.  I encountered a total of 25 Pokémon of 3 different species across all areas I ventured:

11 Trapinch- 44%
7 Dugtrio- 28%
7 Gible- 28%

As you can see, slim pickin’s this time, why the Kalos government put a power plant out in the desert is beyond me, but hey, if it finds me Pokémon to destroy, all the better.  All of them ambushed me from dust clouds, some would even follow me as I tried to fight the powerful winds.  Not a single rare encounter between the three of them.  Kinda wish I had Rock Smash so I could try and find the other two Pokémon in this area, but I’m no completionist, though that does sound like a good idea next time I play Pokémon Y.  Try and see how many Pokémon I find til I find all of them in an area. 

Anyway, not really much to say about this one, so I think I’ll cut it off here, I hope you enjoyed reading this and I hope you come back again to read what other bit of randomness comes out of my head. My contact info is at the bottom as always in case you have any questions or comments.  Until next time, Toodles ^^

Here's the encounter table for the Lumiose Badlands:
Route 13