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After Effects Guru: Animating Logos
This episode of After Effects Guru combines the powers of Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and Illustrator to help you make polished logo animations for your clients. Learn how to use the Keyframe Assistant to build animations with multiple repeating elements, and animate with color, starting with grayscale values you'll use to generate different hues. Ian Robinson also provides some project-saving advice for what happens when you don't have access to the full-res version of a logo. Last, you'll learn about the best formats for outputting animated logo bugs and animations that contain transparency.
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- Welcome to another episode of AE Guru. In this course, we're going to learn a little bit about how to animate logos. We'll cover some interesting topics, like how to get your colors consistent across the entire creative suite. We'll look at using some different animation techniques using the keyframe assistant with some repeating animation elements. We'll look at techniques used to animate with colors, starting with a basic gray scale layout and then using those gray scale values to actually generate different colors. We'll look at how to finish and polish your animation using textures and we'll even talk about what to do when you're in the tough situation of not having access to the actual full resolution or vector based version of a logo.
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According to his obituary, Wesley Sultan died at the age of 63, leaving behind three children, a wife, an ex-wife, a brother, a sister, and a life-long business career. According to his obituary, Wesley Sultan led a quiet, respectable, and unremarkable life. Our narrator, however, is about to discover that nothing could be further from the truth.
Using Sultan's obituary as a road map to the unknown terrain of the man himself, our narrator discovers dead-ends, wrong turns, and unexpected destinations in every line. As he travels from the bleak Michigan winter to the steamy streets of Miami to the idyllic French countryside, in search of those who knew Wesley best, he gradually reconstructs the life of an exceptionally handsome, ambitious, and deceptive man to whom women were everything. And as the margins of the obituary fill with handwritten corrections, as details emerge and facts are revised, our mysterious narrator–whose interest in his quarry is far from random–has no choice but to confront the truth of his own life as well.
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Writer and director David Michod spent nearly eight years working on the screenplay for his debut film, Animal Kingdom. The feature is an inside look at a Melbourne-based family of bank robbers and drug dealers struggling to stay afloat as the police close in on them.
Both Michod and Jacki Weaver, who plays cold-blooded matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody, join Dave Davies for a discussion about the film — which won the World Cinema Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival — and has been praised for its unglamorous portrayal of the daily lives of criminals.
"Animal Kingdom is like ... the third act of Goodfellas," explains Michod. "All of the crime that you see in the film is defensive, backed-into-a-corner retaliatory crime. It's a film about a gang of armed robbers in which you don't see them committing armed robbery. What you see is them backed into a corner and committing the crime of paranoid retaliation."
Weaver's performance — praised by critic Bob Mondello for being one "you shouldn't — and can't — take your eyes off of" — has also earned critical praise from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Australian Film Institute, and the National Board of Review Awards. She has also appeared in The Two-Wheeled Time Machine and Caddie.
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This wiki provides users with the opportunity to develop a collaborative personal learning network (PLN) through contact with practicing K-12 professionals and college students enrolled in education related coursework. This PLN will provide a forum for life-long learning as members provide access to a wide variety of existing and emerging electronic resources.
What I hope will make this wiki different than others that simply list Internet links is that posts here will contain detailed information regarding not only resources, but engage members in dynamic discussions about ideas and methods for implementation and follow through to provide opportunities for reflection after implementation as our members build best practices.
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Levi William received the most points from the judges in the Nebraska Blues Challenge (NBC) finals May 20 at The 21st Saloon and will represent the Blues Society of Omaha in the 2013 International Blues Challenge in Memphis. Catch William after 9 p.m. on Friday, May 25, at Lincoln's Zoo Bar.
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Pablo Francisco, Ashley Fils-Aime, and Sean Savoy were in Omaha this past weekend at The Funny Bone performing shows May 17th through May 20th. Those three guys have been traveling together for a while now and feed off each other's energy quite well. Pablo is always full of energy with his many impersonations and actions on stage.
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Target's New 2012 Spring Home CollectionJan Halvarson
Target has their new 2012 spring home collection out on the shelves this week featuring three different themes. Modern Morocco, Bullseye Bodega, and Golden Days. Golden Days (above) features a romantic look with vintage-inspired florals, picture frames and birds. Love the gold pouf which would be perfect for a bedroom.
Modern Morocco (above) features Moroccan-inspired motifs with lots of blacks, reds and ethnic graphics. The baskets are a definite must-have!
Lastly the Bullseye Bodega with a red and turquoise palette has architectural elements such as vases and bookends and geometric sculpted candles in grey and red.
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Police to search MI driveway for Jimmy HoffaBreaking News
DETROIT – A tip from a dying man could finally be the missing clue in the mystery of what happened to Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, who vanished 37 years ago.
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It appears this is the week the 76ers will finally hire a head coach. But the prolonged coaching search isn't surprising.
The Sixers offered the job to San Antonio Spurs assistant Brett Brown on Friday, 110 days after former coach Doug Collins resigned. This weekend both sides are trying to work out the details of a long-term contract.
ESPN reported Saturday that the Spurs were bracing for Brown to accept the job.
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At TechEd in Boston (on 6/12) we opened the first public offering of the Microsoft Certified Architect program. The offering was for the first 250 applicants or until July 14th, whichever came first. We've been developing this program for over two years and have been hosting review boards for over 1.5 years, selecting the people that participated. We currently have 70 certified architects based around the world.
The first public application window is now closed but from the number of emails I've received it sounds like a number of people were not able to take advantage of the offering and wanted to. They've asked me when we would open the application process again and how often it would open. The short answer is sometime early in 2007 and as we have capacity in the program. Two things I want to cover in this entry are what the overall process looks like and when/how often we plan on opening the process.
To achieve the certification, a potential candidate must:
- Apply for entry into the program - People that are interested in the certification must apply for entry into the program. We have limited availability for candidates to go through the process because this is a high-touch process and requires a lot of interaction with people that have achieved the certification. Also, the cost to the candidate in time and money is significant and the role of IT architect is ill-defined (currently). Before we have a person go through the effort and cost required we want to make sure they have a good chance of being successful and that they are the type of architect we are certifying.
- Be selected to enter the program - We will take more applications than we have slots available in the program. We ask the applicants to submit documentation highlighting their experience and background. Though a series of processes we will stack rank each of the applicants and invite as many applicants as we can to enter the program until the availability is gone. The cap I've currently set is a 5:1 ratio but that may change as we fine-tune the process.
- Complete four mentoring sessions - The person accepted into the program will work on their own for the most part, but will have the opportunity to work with four different MCAs. The idea behind the mentoring is to help the candidate prepare for the interview process that is the certification. It is not to transfer architectural skills and knowledge from the mentor to the mentored.
- First session, the candidate will talk to the mentor about the project or case study to present to the review board and help the candidate select the one that will best display their skills and experience as an architect to the review board. The mentor is providing advise to the candidate, but ultimately it is the candidate's decision what they present to the board.
- Second session the candidate has completed a draft of the documentation that they will submit. The three documents are a resume/CV, a document describing how they have demonstrated expertise in each of the seven competency areas (~500 words per competency), and a 20-page brief on a solution or case study that they designed. The brief should cover the project through the IT lifecycle describing the business problem, design, development, testing, and handoff to operations for the project, provide physical, logical, and functional diagrams, describe the metrics used to determine success, overall cost (capex and opex) of the project, and insights the candidate gained that they will employ on future projects.
- Third session is a mock interview. The candidate will present their solution (in 30 minutes) and then the mentor will question the candidate in the 7 competency areas. This is meant to prepare the candidate for the types of question they will get and to make sure the candidate is at the right level to be successful during the interview.
- Fourth session is a mock interview. This is the "final" check ride and the mentor is an MCA that has served on a review board. They are also the gatekeeper for scheduling the actual interview; they have to approve you to go for the interview.
- Go for your interview - The interviews are a week long event where we have 13 candidates go for their interviews in front of the review board. The events are scheduled regularly and will be hosted around the world. The candidate will be given a time and date for their interview. For them, the interview process is 2 hours long. The candidate has 30 minutes to present their solution/case study and then the review board has a total of 40 minutes to question the candidate about what they presented. The candidate then has a 5 minute break and comes back for a second round of questioning. The second half of the interview is also 40 minutes in length. The first half of the interview is to give the review board an understanding of the overall level of the candidate. The second half is to identify the areas that require futher investigation and then to validate the candidate's level of competency in those areas.
As you can tell, the process requires a lot of interaction with a certified architect. Once you get your certification part of the requirements to maintain the certification are to support the community and the program; a portion of that is to mentor others going through the process. Still, there is a limit to the amount of time the MCA can invest in the program and that throttles the number of candidates we have enter the program. As we have more certified architects and more robust self-mentoring tools for the candidates we will be able to increase capacity.
We'll open the application process several time a year once we have a critical mass of certified archtects to support the program. Until then, entry windows will be limited and less often. That said, I plan to open one early in 2007 but cannot provide a specific date. As we get close to that date I'll post here and on our public web site. Stay tuned...


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I'm looking for a logging framework and it seems log4net is or was very popular. The last release was over 2 years ago. It has not been updated for .net 3.0 or 3.5 or even visual studio 2008. Is there something more recent (other then entlib) I should be considering?
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Log4j (which was the basis for log4net) hasn't been updated in years. There are other alternatives from the same author (slf4j and logback) and others, but log4j is still used plenty and plenty viable. It isn't dead, it just got to the point where there was nothing more really was needed for it. Nothing that justified the work or wouldn't break backwards compatability. When that happens to a commercial project, the company has to invent a whole other purpose for the product or do something else and the product does indeed die. In open source, not really.
As a point of comparison, JUnit was basically going nowhere for years. Then Java got annotations, JUnit got competition (TestNG) and it is suddenly moving along again. Now the original developers may not end up being around in every case, but then the project would be forked or adapted. For example, TestNG allowed a smooth migration path from JUnit.
So the bottom line is if it is popular and used, it will not die on you.
log4net is a port of something originally written in java. The port is more or less complete.
Additionally, the port targeted the .Net 2.0 runtime and .Net 3.0 and .Net 3.5 are also built on top of that same runtime. Therefore you can load log4net into Visual Studio 2008 and use it in a .Net 3.5 project if you want to. So as I understand it there's no real need to make a new version specifically for .Net 3.5 or Visual Studio 2008 at the moment. Visual Studio 2010 may of course change that (new runtime).
I am going with its dead.
To me bug like this (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4NET-132) sitting around for years means a project is dead
Use NLog instead
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Absolutely overcharged!!!! I tell my teenage sons all the time, I am grateful I am not a teenager in this day and age. There is no room for mistakes anymore. We all have done stupid things as kids. With the internet, the smallest mistakes now become national news. Give them community service and move along.
- 3:15 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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Yes, the teenagers were needlessly and intentionally overcharged. Overcharging is another form of law enforcement corruption.
- 3:16 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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Welcome to the court system kids. Add excessive charges so you can plea down to a more appropriate charge. It's the same thing as listing a car on KSL for $1000 more than it's worth because the buyer will want to talk you down.
- 3:24 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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If you or a child encounter multiple scrapes with the law, your eyes get opened
to the significant amount of bullying, overcharging, constitutional violations,
and fabrications that are committed by law enforcement and prosecutors. I spent
my first 50 years blissfully inexperienced with law enforcement, with full
respect of police, always giving them the benefit of the doubt when I heard
conflicting stories from accused individuals.
For 3 years, my last child struggled with some very poor decisions, many of which ran afoul of the law. In nearly every case, the actual offenses were bad enough, and deserved attention and legal consequences. But, law enforcement in most cases created additional offenses which did not occur, or included clear deceptions to either enhance the violation or increase the penalties. In court, the overreaching and deceptions typically get caught and thrown out, but not until a lot of time and money is spent defending against what never should have been charged in the first place.
I'm not so quick to reject the overcharging allegations any longer. It does occur much, much more often than typical law-abiding people would ever imagine.
- 3:35 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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Law abiding people may make a random 'poor choice', but making them over and over and over again does not a law abiding person make. Sadly, in a hurry to push things through the legal system, deals are made so to secure any type of justice for the victim law enforcement has to many times over charge in order to get anything near justice for the Victim after the deals are made. Sad but remember it is about justice for the Victim and not mitigating the punishment for the perpetrator. Pranks? Sit for a few hours calming a young child or animal who becomes terrified from the noise/aftermath of the 'prank'. In this day and age of mass murders, terrorist attacks, and the like do families need the added stress of trying to distinguish between a real attack and a prank? Do these acts really reflect well on a 'Miss Riverton' or a representative of the LDS church? Is this the type of person I want to teach my family about right and wrong and religion? Jail time and community service probation will help them reflect on what is a prank and what is a crime.
- 4:28 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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When the law is applied in an arbitrary and capricious manner its a sign the government might be the enemy of the people rather than the servant. They can charge some and excuse others, I hope the judge throws the whole thing out.
- 4:30 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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It appears the magic is in the makeup for Miss Gill. Her mug shot doesn't even really look like her.
- 4:51 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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They are being charged under State Statute 76-10-306 as it pertains to chemical bombs. During my career as a bomb technician (now retired) I do recall a court ordering two juvenile defendants to pay restitution in the amount of $7,000 to replace a newly poured concrete driveway that had been damaged as a result of the acid contained in the devices thrown onto a homeowner's property. I also remember on a number of occasions staying up through the night patrolling a neighborhood of worried citizen's including children who were scared and could not understand what was going on. Oh, and by the way, who covers the needless expense for the $100,000 of equipment and man-power that rolls out in the middle of the night to respond to these harmless pranks? The point is there is so much more that goes on when these stupid pranks take place that does have a significant emotional and financial impact on the community that may not get reported.
- 4:58 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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While Ms. Gill possibly may be overcharged, after watching her on the news a few minutes ago, I am not convinced that she understand that she could have caused serious injury. She she should be charged for what happened, not what could have happened. Still, I am not sure she gets it.
- 5:25 p.m. Aug. 29, 2013
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@sukiyhtaky - those are very similar to my thoughts before "entering"
the system firsthand with my son. I don't know who you're talking
about breaking the law over and over and wanting to be called "law
abiding." Those kids in this article haven't broken the law over and
over again, and if you're referring to my comment, I never said my son was
a law abiding person. I have been. You've probably been as well, so you
think overcharging chronic law-breakers is a good idea to arrive at ultimate
Walk in the shoes awhile and see what you think about police who are actually violating Constitutional rights when they intentionally overcharge. See how you feel to spend $5000 defending against a bogus DUI charge because police wanted to send a message to a kid who didn't dress the way they like.
No, the act doesn't reflect well on a "Miss Riverton." That's why she stepped down - to take responsibility. A poorly conceived prank of this nature does not warrant a lifetime scarlet letter of felony. The overcharge is a despicable act of bullying - a shameful law enforcement or prosecutorial weapon.
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Youtube is full of these noisemakers that are now called terrorists bombs.
This is just sick, disgusting people creating the drama they crave at the expense of this girl and her friends. I doubt it would go so far if it we're so sensational that she was a pageant winner.
A dark cloud over Utah.
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Faded Glory @ Sukyhtaki,
You both sounds like curmedgeonly old people who need to lighten up.
Sukyhtaki: If you really need to calm your child for hours every time they hear a loud bang or see a bunch of teens through a pop bottle out the window that explodes, then I really feel for you during the 4th and 24th of July. It must be mass hysteria around your placeon those days.
Fadedglory, you make a decent point about the costs of vandlism/pranks etc. However, the point of the article is that the kids were overcharged. Do we really want to label these kid prankters as felons? Charge them with a misdemeanor and fine them and give them community service. But jail time, felony. Please...
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To the apologists:
You'd be talking differently, if your home was one of those targeted ... and you'd be really angry if you'd have caught that chemical bomb in your face, blinding you.
You say "they are charged for what might have been". So let's let the shoe bomber out of jial, and how about the Times Square inept bomber. After all, their devices didn't really hurt anyone, either..
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That's what will end up happening.The game city prosecutors and the police play is to overcharge so you don't bother to fight it and take a plea deal instead. So let's say that the police pulled someone over who had a small amount drugs in there car. No question, that's illegal, but instead of charging them with just possesion, they will say that it's intent to distribute because they have a pack of cigaretts with the plastic wrap on the bottom that you could put drugs in(this actually happened to a friend). Now that will never hold up in court, but it might discourage you from fighting the charge because instead of being charged with a crime that carries a fine and community service, your charged with a felony were you could get 5-15 years in prison. So you take the plea deal. It saves the prosecutor money, and allows them to get convictions on questionable evidence. That's why I personally fight any court action, including speeding tickets.
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They will not serve one day in jail, sorry sukiyhtaky. They will however enter into a plea and abeyance agreement with the court, pay restitution or whatever and then move on. And by the way there is a difference between loud fireworks in the middle of a street during the 4th and 24th that end at a certain time and these devices in question which can be quite nasty. You can "undercharge" this case all you want , all I'm saying there is an impact to the community which can be quite unsettling for some and expensive to others who have suffered damage. Finally, the attorney in this case ,while perhaps trying to help his clients through media attention, is only going to make matters worse. And by the way unbiased, I have been to too many er's and burn units to lighten up even if it was only a prank!
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These sound like good kids that made a stupid mistake, but they got caught.
I don't buy the defense's arguments here. It does not matter how famous they are, the law still applies the same. This is an opportunity to send the right message to teens.
Let's not waste this away.
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The parents ought to be ashamed...obviously, the involved teens have way too much time on their hands...additionally, the fact remains someone could have been seriously injured.....the charges are correct and just.
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Who was responsible for leveling those charges?? What an absolute display of poor decision making. If guidelines dictate certain charges than think about the purpose of the charges. Too many people are taught to follow without thinking.
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Whoever heard of a young women winning her hometown beauty contest, then going
out with friends to enjoy a night of bomb throwing entertainment?
This story is almost to strange to believe.
Best that she and her buddies learn there are consequences for such peculiar, dangerous, and thoughtless behavior.
Is community service the correct punishment?
Serving as "Miss Riverton" should be the ultimate in community service for it's recipient.
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A similar "prank" took place in my neighborhood on the 4th of July.
Someone placed bombs identical to the ones described in this situation in
several mailboxes all around our area. When they exploded, they blew some of
the mailboxes to pieces. They blew off the doors or blew out the back. The
police were called and failed to find any helpful evidence leading to arrest or
It cost at least 12 homeowners $20 each for new mailboxes. My neighbor is in his 70's and on a fixed income. He could hardly afford the price. I bought his when I bought mine, too.
It was not a "harmless prank." I am glad no one was hurt, but I didn't think it was funny. I still don't. I don't feel safe in my own home anymore. What will they blow up next?
I am glad that the offenders in Riverton got caught. I hope they learn their lesson.
I would rather see this type of behavior stopped early than let it progress to the point that it crosses the line into REAL felony territory.
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BEIRUT, Sept 14 Pope Benedict appealed for a stop to arms imports to Syria on Friday, saying it would help end the civil war there, and said the Arab Spring was a positive "cry for freedom" as long as it included religious tolerance.
Benedict spoke in his plane flying to Beirut, only 50 km (30 miles) from the border with Syria, for a three-day visit focused on promoting peace in the Middle East and harmony between its minority Christians and majority Muslims.
Christian, Sunni and Shi'ite Muslim and Druze religious leaders joined Lebanon's political elite in greeting Benedict on his arrival, displaying a harmony not seen elsewhere in a region now rocked by protests against a U.S.-made anti-Islam film.
"The import of weapons has to finally stop," Benedict, 85, told journalists on the plane. "Without the import of arms the war cannot continue. Instead of importing weapons, which is a grave sin, we have to import ideas of peace and creativity."
The Arab Spring uprisings against authoritarian regimes were "a positive thing. There is a desire for more democracy, more freedoms, more cooperation and renewal," he said.
But he added that it had to include tolerance for other religions. Asked about Christians' fears about rising aggression from Islamist radicals, Benedict said: "Fundamentalism is always a falsification of religion."
All main faith groups in the country, which fought a civil war along sectarian lines from 1975 to 1990, have welcomed the visit. Among banners greeting Benedict on the road from the airport were several from the militant Shi'ite group Hezbollah.
In Christian districts of the capital, pictures of the German-born pope were plastered in every street and church bells rang out on Friday morning.
"The pope is with us," was the headline in Al-Nahar newspaper, which said more than 5,000 military and security personnel were being deployed to protect the pontiff.
Clashes from the Syrian war - an opposition group says more than 27,000 people have been killed in the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad - have occasionally spilled over into Lebanon, evoking fears of renewed strife here.
Tensions have been rising between Lebanon's Sunni Muslims, who generally back the uprising led by Syria's Sunni majority, and Shi'ites who usually support Assad's minority Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam.
Benedict said Lebanon "surely demonstrates to the whole Middle East and to the rest of the world" that Christians can live peacefully with other churches and other religions.
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In case you've missed the big announcement in July, 2015, the AVMA has re-branded itself. The new AVMA focuses on "Our Passion. Our Profession" as it protects, promotes and advances the profession and advocates for its members. Watch this short video to learn about these exciting changes.
H.R.3136, the Enforcement Transparency ACT (ETA)
H.R.3136, the Enforcement Transparency ACT (ETA) is a newly introduced bill that would require the USDA to release the guidelines used in the formulation of any civil penalties for violations of the Animal Welfare Act. This bill, sponsored by Rep. Rod Blum (R-IA), would require the USDA to post a table of penalty guidelines for violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act on USDA.gov, making it available to the public.
The USDA previously acknowledged creation of this table in a 2010 press release but has not released it to the public or Members of Congress. Several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests for the table from interested stakeholders were denied by USDA. USDA also refused to provide the information when requested by Members of the Senate and House.
While an overwhelming majority of the regulated community (researchers and veterinarians at colleges, universities, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals) has a strong record of compliance, they, and the public, have a right to know what penalties can be levied by USDA for non-compliance with the AWA. This right to know is the crux of open, transparent government, especially when the issuance of financial penalties could impact American competitiveness. If the general public can have knowledge of other penalties like littering, jaywalking, or speeding, the same should apply to laws enforced by USDA.
Publication of the table does not affect the deliberative process of USDA's enforcement of the AWA. The table is intended to be a simple guide to issue a specific dollar amount, where no debate or deliberation is required. USDA, at this point, would have already determined that an institution was not in compliance with the AWA. In fact, USDA claims in the May 2010 press release that the table is meant to serve as a deterrent to violating the AWA. Knowledge of potential penalties could certainly serve as a deterrent and bring trust, clarity and understanding to USDA's enforcement actions.
USDA has denied the public access to these documents because it has said it allows the regulated community to weigh the estimated cost for violation of the AWA. This is an instant and unfair assumption that research institutions choose noncompliance. Seventy eight percent of USDA's inspections of animal research facilities result in no citations for items of noncompliance. Additionally, no research program, private or federal, has budget items designed specifically to address levied fines.
For these reasons, ASLAP urges a position of "active pursuit of passage" of H.R. 3136 by the AVMA, and asks that constituents kindly request their representatives to cosponsor and support the bill.
2014 Salary Survey is now here!
The 2014 Salary Survey is now available in the members-only section under the "Member News" heading.
The purpose of this economic survey is to assess the total annual professional income of laboratory animal veterinarians working in the United States, reflecting also the details and differences between types of employment, job specifics, and levels of experience and responsibility of professionals working in this field. It is repeated every three years under joint sponsorship of ACLAM and ASLAP. The results of this work have been used for a variety of purposes, including peer-comparisons of salary for recruitment and retention efforts by employers and for indirect indications of market place employment conditions of the laboratory animal veterinary medical specialty.
Click here to see the 2014 Salary Survey
AVMA Wellness Website!
As professional care providers, unfortunately many of us wait until we are emotionally fatigued before we turn inward to reflect and address our own care needs. The stresses of workplace management and financial burdens, combined with placing the needs of clients and patients first, can lead quickly to burn out and/or compassion fatigue. Unfortunately poor personal wellness is common in the veterinary profession and all too often support resources are not available or openly discussed.
This year the AVMA felt it was imperative to being having an open and honest conversation about personal and workplace wellness, as the devastating repercussions are indiscriminate in their impact. The 2014-2015 AVMA Future Leaders class developed a comprehensive wellness website that begins with the Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) assessment. The ProQOL is a widely validated, self-scored assessment tool that measures the positive and negative effects of helping others and provides a point of introspection to focus on one's own self-care needs. Individuals are then directed to a comprehensive self-care tool kits with topics ranging from understanding our own vulnerabilities to stress management practices.
Take a moment to complete the self-assessment and explore the toolkit http://www.avma.org/wellness to begin your own wellness journey.
ASLAP is now on Facebook and LinkedIn
ASLAP members can now visit ASLAP Facebook and LinkedIn. On each service you can find ASLAP groups listed under the full name of the organization, American Society of Laboratory Animal Practitioners. Each site is private and access is allowed only by permission.
To visit either our Facebook or LinkedIn site, follow the links above to the respective sites and follow the instructions on the page to request access. Since the sites are private, membership in Facebook or LinkedIn is required. Once your membership in ASLAP has been confirmed, you will be granted access. If you participate in these services, we would very much appreciate your leaving comments and suggestions at each site.
U.S. Certificate Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine
Applications are currently being accepted for enrollment in the U.S. Certificate Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine. This academic program of study provides continuing education and applied training for licensed U.S. veterinarians working in the field of Laboratory Animal Medicine.


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Comment from: Alan, 45-54 Male (Patient) Published: September 11
I am a 50 year old. I am over weight and have been all my life. You would suspect that I would have breasts (gynecomastia). My weight seems to be more located in the chest area. I have had all the name calling throughout both my youth and adult life. Summer is the worst time of year having to wear less and thinner clothing. I recall one summer about 4 years ago walking near my home, a young man said hey, you need a bra. I was so embarrassed. However as I have wanted to lose weight I put my appearance to one side and do go to the gym and swimming. Yes I am always the fattest one there but I am doing something about it. I have seen other men my size (weight) yet they do not have such large breasts. They are obvious no matter what I am wearing. I have asked about surgery but have been refused saying that I must lose at least 3 stones, I am presently 20 stones. I have lost some weight but my breasts have remained the same size.
Comment from: Concerned mom, 13-18 Male (Caregiver) Published: September 03
I have a brilliant, loving 16 year old son. My son was recently diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Along with this, he's been really working on his diet and exercising. He's losing weight, unfortunately he still has large male breasts. It kills me to see him constantly pulling on his shirts so they're not form fitting, won't swim unless he has a T-shirt on, and his self-esteem is quickly decreasing. With school beginning, he dreads gym class. Thanks to all the above for sharing your stories.
Comment from: hotpot70, 65-74 Male (Patient) Published: December 06
I work out 3 times a week, noticed enlarged left breast with tenderness and some pain after work out on butterfly machine about 3 weeks ago. It was extremely tender, swelling, and painful under certain body movements, even taking deep breaths, it's painful. It got worse on a daily basis, I think it has peaked out. I will start medical treatment after doctor's diagnosis.
Comment from: AnoN, 13-18 Male (Patient) Published: August 28
One day I turned over while laying down, and my left breast hurt from something. I looked at it the next day, and felt a small hard lump beside or under my nipple. I was worried that it was cancer, but researching a bit relieved my worries? It was tender for 4 days, and the pain has gone away. Before this, I had no other symptoms of puberty, other than a bigger appetite. It has been 2 weeks since I noticed the lump. I will be going to the doctor's in a month.
Comment from: Anon., 13-18 Male (Patient) Published: April 15
I started to see my nipples enlarge over a period of a month or two, and when I felt them it was as if there were lumps inside them, which I now know to be mammary glands. However, now, about six months after first noticing, it has subsided a little but is still detectable. It knocks my confidence. I have to wear looser t-shirts so they are less noticeable and I quit swimming class because of it. I am dreading a school trip where we go to a water park, as I am slightly overweight and don't want all the girls to see my huge nips. I hate this condition, but I am glad it isn't as bad as it could be.
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