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Some months ago I participate in this curious product commercial.
For Optix Studio in Germany.
I did animation on the Girl's hair and the hands with the ring.
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Some months ago I participate in this curious product commercial.
For Optix Studio in Germany.
I did animation on the Girl's hair and the hands with the ring.
hope you all like it!
Some months ago I had the chance to do some animation for the project Smurfy Hollow from Sony Animation.
I worked as part of the animation team of Sergio Pablos The Spa Animation Studios.
It was great to do this little blue creatures since this were one of my favorites cartoons and comic books when I was a little kid.
I hope you like to see some good old 2d traditional animation!
I had the pleasure of animating the short film OA along with my good friend and Director and co-founder of TigoboAnimation Studios, Reno Armanet.
Now the short film is running for the Oscar selection.
The animated short film OA will be screened at:
Laemmle Theatres, Royal (room)
11523 Santa Monica Blvd.
West L.A., CA 90025
The dates for the screenings are:
Friday 6th – Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th at 11:25 am & 12:25 pm
And on Sunday at 12:25 pm the screening will have the presence of the director Reno Armanet
If you're near, go and support this great short film, you'll have a great time for sure.
or if you're not around, you can always put a "like" in the TigoboAnimation Facebook page.
SUPPORT OA on its new facebook PAGE/// LIKE OA///
I had the opportunity to put my hands on the brand new device that Wacom had released a few days ago.
I was asked to participate in the opening campaign for this new device and here it is the video that shows the device and some of the technical details.
I use the device for one day and I have to say that I'm amazed with it.
Probably I'll write a more deep review about it when I can get me one and work with it a bit, but so far I can say that it is a very powerful device.
Full Windows 8 OS, intel i7, 8gigs of fast ram, and the bigger model comes with a 500 gigs fast hard drive. Several usb's 3.0, two cameras Internet access by WIFI.
Possibility of install any software package you may need, it is a full portable computer so the same possibilities here than there.
In resume, a very powerful computer condensed in the format of a Cintiq 13hd, with all the specs of the Wacom Cintiq products.
It is the perfect companion for sketching on the go, or use those dead hours of wait in the airport while traveling to your studio after a meeting overseas!
More info about it when I can try one for a longer period!
You can follow it too on Facebook Wacom's Creative Pro's
The new feature film of Ari Folman (Waltz with Bashir) The congress will open the Director's Fortnight at Cannes.
I'm proud to say that I been part of the animation team for this great movie, I'm anxious to see it!
The movie, it is a mix between parts of live action and traditional animation.
Despite of what many sites say, there was no rotoscopy on the film, or at least, not in all the scenes and sequences I did :)
Starring Robin Wright and Harvey Keitel between other renowned actors like Paul Giamatti and Danny Huston.
Enjoy the Trailer and I hope that soon when the movie releases I can post some of the rough animation I did for the film.
Now that the movie had been released I can post my work for this feature film.
Le Jour Des Corneilles.
I did traditional animation for some of the main characters in the film, supervisor of this scenes was Daniel Alcaraz
The studio for which I worked was Studio 352
Hope you like to see some good old traditional animation!
The movie had been released so you can find it on DVD or Bluray I think.


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The rugged gear merchant is not alone in this trend, as Dick's Sporting Goods has similarly seen a rise in payment processing over the past year, with revenue reaching $5 billion, as reported by Investor Place. The source explains that while sporting goods companies have moved into the ecommerce realm to cater to tech-savvy shoppers, they have continued to earn a sizable portion of their income via face-to-face transactions. Unlike other markets, sporting goods sellers often lure customers into physical stores where buyers can interact with merchandise in person.
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Zdeno Chara and Joffrey Lupul are in Russia, Tyler Seguin is in Switzerland, and Clarke MacArthur is in Germany. But where are Phil Kessel and John-Michael Liles? Where are Shawn Thornton and Brad Marchand?
Where are the Boston and Toronto players who should be speaking up against Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs and Maple Leafs owner Larry Tanenbaum?
Jacobs and Tanenbaum, along with four others NHL team owners — Calgary's Murray Edwards, Pittsburgh's Ron Burkle, Tampa Bay's Jeff Vinik, and Winnipeg's Mark Chipman — are meeting with NHL players in New York on Tuesday. And while there are 18 players in New York today, including two from Pittsburgh (Sidney Crosby and Craig Adams), one from Calgary (Michael Cammalleri), Tampa Bay (Martin St. Louis), and Winnipeg (Ron Hainsey), Boston and Toronto are noticeably absent.
VANCOUVER — The NHL lockout showed little sign of progress, so Mike Commodore decided to take action.
But his decision to sign a 25-game professional tryout offer with the AHL's Hamilton Bulldogs was not just an effort to salvage a season.
"I need to be playing, in my opinion, if I want to have a good chance of continuing my career," he said while the Bulldogs visited the Abbotsford Heat for a pair of games last weekend. "So here I am."
The 33-year-old Sherwood Park, Alta., native was among a long list of unrestricted NHL free agents who were left in limbo when the previous NHL collective bargaining agreement expired Sept. 15. Teams raced to sign younger, core assets before the old CBA expired, but took a pass on older UFAs until new financial parameters, notably the salary cap maximum and contracting rules, are established.
"Obviously, they were looking to lock up guys long-term with the expiry coming up," he said. "But for guys like me, there wasn't a real rush, and then the lockout started."
Commodore split last season with the Detroit Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning. He is now in his 13th pro season, and has played for almost as many teams in that span.
Since being drafted by New Jersey in the second round (42nd overall) in 1992, he has logged 484 career NHL regular-season games with the Devils, Calgary, Carolina, Ottawa, Columbus, Detroit and Tampa. He has also suited up in 53 playoff games.
He won a Stanley Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2005-06, played for the Calgary Flames squad that fell in seven games in the 2003-04 Stanley Cup finals to Tampa Bay, and was a member of Canada's world championship-winning squad in 2007.
He has 23 NHL career regular-season goals and 83 assists along with eight post-season points.
"The last two years for me, without getting too deep into it, haven't really gone in my favour," said Commodore, who is slated to receive a pro-rated salary of $105,000 after earning $1-million last season. "I haven't played nearly as much as I would have liked, and it all happened very quick."
Commodore, who is sought for his physical play and has racked up 683 career penalty minutes in the NHL, fell out of favour in Columbus after Scott Arniel took over as coach from Claude Noel in 2010-11. Shortly after getting rare time on the power play, the rearguard was dispatched to Springfield of the AHL for the rest of the season.
His career took a turn for the better the following summer as Columbus bought out the remainder of his five-year $18.75-million contract and he signed as a free agent with Detroit. But he struggled to get into the Red Wings lineup and was sent to Tampa Bay at the trade deadline.
"I loved Columbus. … I worked my [butt] off there, and how it ended, I don't think was right at all," he said. "But that's how it works sometimes. In Detroit, I had a great time. Great guys. Really good organization, obviously. There just wasn't an opportunity there for me.
"I signed there on July 1, an hour into free agency, on a time limit, and I was supposed to get an opportunity to play, and that didn't happen. I was scratched til Christmas. I'm not sitting and complaining. It happens every year to somebody else."
Now, he finds himself back in the league where he spent the last lockout, after spending 2004-05 with Calgary's former Lowell Loch Monsters farm club. The six-foot-four and 225-pound blue-liner considered playing in Europe this season, but opted for a loop that he knew.
"I'm playing in front of people that I would like to see me play — NHL scouts, GMs and stuff like that," he said. "I'm just trying to put myself in the best situation."
Commodore finished even in the plus-minus department as Hamilton split a pair of games with the Heat. Playing his first game since last spring, he went minus-1 in a 5-1 loss, while racking up eight penalty minutes, all on minors. In the second game, he was on the ice as rookie Brendan Gallagher scored the only goal the Bulldogs needed in a 3-0 upset of the league-leading hosts.
In the process of trying to earn another NHL job, Commodore is showing Montreal Canadiens prospects like Gallagher and Jared Tinordi, both 20-year-old rookies, what it takes to have a long pro career.
"It's different," Commodore said. "It's fun. I was 20 once, too, playing in the American Hockey League [with the Albany River Rats] my first year, and I remember older guys that were on my team and how they treated me. By no means do I think I'm old. But for hockey, I've been around for a little while.
"It's just funny to listen to the guys talk. It's nice to be around some young blood and some fresh players. I'm enjoying it so far."
Abbotsford coach Sylvain Lefebvre said Commodore and former Edmonton Oiler Zack Stortini, who has been with the Bulldogs all season, serve as role models for younger players inside and outside the boards.
"They have NHL experience," Lefebvre said. "They've gone through the rigours of schedules and travelling and all that. On the ice, not only do they bring their experience, but also they have poise. They don't panic, and that's important when you have a young team."
How long Commodore's minor-league stint will last remains to be seen. There is no guarantee he will stay beyond his 25-game trial period, and the Bulldogs could release him in the meantime. But, based on what happened after the 2004-05 NHL season was scrapped, he expects the current lockout to create opportunities — and hopes to get one.
"I don't know where I'm going to end up," he said. "I have absolutely no idea. Right now, all I'm worried about is putting it together down here.


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When it comes to covering the cost of college tuition, you might wonder how much financial aid is available, who qualifies and whether it's even worth applying for, says Chris Conway, MA, University of Phoenix® financial education initiatives director.
To better inform prospective college students about their financial options, the University teamed up with the Chicago branch of the Federal Reserve to make five three-minute videos that offer straightforward information about financial aid and cover everything from scholarships to student loans.
It's important that students understand that … choosing a college also means figuring out how to pay for it.
The videos were produced for Money Smart Week, a weeklong national public awareness campaign by the Federal Reserve aimed at educating the public about financial issues. The videos may be viewed on the University's YouTube™ channel.
"It's important that students understand that the process of choosing a college also means figuring out how to pay for it, and it's not something you decide in a day," Conway emphasizes. "In order to be successful, you need to develop a solid plan ahead of time."
Using colorful, graphic animation, the videos cover such tips as how to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), options for repaying debt and guidelines for calculating how much you can afford to borrow.
"We kept the information broad so that it would be helpful to everyone across the spectrum," Conway explains. "Many people feel they won't qualify for student aid because they make too much money, and so they never try. But it's always a good idea to apply."
Conway hopes the videos will reach an extensive audience. "If people better understand their options associated with college costs," she says, "the better chance they'll have at creating a realistic plan that allows them to make better and more responsible choices."
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That's one of the few widely popular pro sports I like to watch... never played though--wasn't a lot of ice around here growing up!
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"Not to(o) many doctors or lawyers come from low income schools. They are not given those opportunities."
Aside from the fact that many do (trust me, I know a lot of doctors... my wife is one... so lets give them credit) a disproportionate number of high achievers DO come from more affluent communities. And you're right... that's something we need to address as a nation. But you seem to be confusing "low in come schools" with "low income families," like a lot of people. Again, our knee-jerk reaction is to blame the school, and not the family... the parent... the community... Schools are an easy target, because our taxes go toward funding them, and the salaries of teachers and we have a right to speak out against them. It's ok to attack a school system or personally attack a school administrator on youtube. Somehow, that's acceptable, but it only goes one way. If a teacher or principal attacked a parent on youtube, right or wrong, they'd never work in public education again.
Don't get me wrong... public education, IMO, has a long way to go. But shallow thinking critics, who are most often the most vocal, have NO CLUE what drives education, and the depth of the issues that plague our schools and communities. Do bad things happen to good teachers and good students... absolutely. I've seen it myself personally. But don't think that just because somebody posts a rant in the social media that they're right.
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So intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics.
A hushed, small-scale masterpiece that moves into the shadowlands of tragedy.
Jackson has a genuine epic gift: Few filmmakers have ever given gross-outs such resplendence.
An astounding, one-of-a-kind movie.
A rare example of first-rate filmed opera.
You've seen the rest; now see the best.
A love affair between performer and filmmaker. The director shows off his ardor by eliciting from his actors aspects of their gifts that they themselves may not have known they had.
The most visceral and cumulatively powerful account of civil war since Gillo Pontecorvo's "The Battle of Algiers."
The most deeply and mysteriously satisfying animated feature to come along in ages.
It has what the most heartfelt Disney animated features used to have: rapturous imagery matched with real wit.
The most joyously cinematic movie I've seen this year. Chomet's astonishing imagination conjures images you could swear you've seen in your dreams.
Jackson is rare among the makers of epic movies in that he knows how to do the small stuff, too. The Return of the King has "heart"--how else could it pump out all that blood?
The most powerfully entrancing children's film in years. Of course, a true kid's classic is just as magical for adults.
Sweetest, funniest, most humane movie I've seen all year.
The sleek beauty, crafty wit, family warmth, and impeccable slapstick suffusing The Incredibles immediately vaults it to a new, higher level of entertainment.
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One of the most realistic documentaries I've ever seen--and, dry as it is, one of the most devastating in its implications.
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Bird clearly knows the great silent clowns: The slapstick he devises is balletic.
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Might be the most provocative teen sex comedy ever made; it is certainly one of the most convulsively funny.
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Anderson's fearless, bighearted filmmaking is an antidote to the toxic cloud of Manifest Destiny. He has made a mad American classic.
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It has taken an animated film to go where live-action dramas and even documentaries haven't--to tickle our synapses and slip into our bloodstream.
Hats off to Olivier Assayas's plain yet hauntingly beautiful Summer Hours, a true--albeit nonsecular--meditation on art and eternal life.
The end of The Cove is as rousing as anything from Hollywood. Manipulative? Sure--but isn't that fitting? Capitalism has driven an entire village to massacre dolphins and keep its work hidden.
Pantheism, Cameronism: In Avatar, what's the diff? Now he's king of a world he made from scratch.
For grown-ups, the film will touch something deeper: the heartfelt wish that childhood memories will never fade.
For all the horror, it's the drive toward life, not the decay, that lingers in the mind. As a modern heroine, Ree Dolly has no peer, and Winter's Bone is the year's most stirring film.
The self-satire of The Kids Are All Right is so knowing, so rich, so hilarious, so damn healthy that it blows all thoughts of degeneracy out of your head.
This is, no doubt about it, a tour de force, a work that fully lives up to its director's ambitions.
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The vision is as hateful as it is hate-filled, but the fusion of form and content is so perfect that it borders on the sublime.
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Spielberg has been ridiculed for shooting his actors from below against impossibly Spielbergian skies and a denouement that lays the love on copiously. But there's nothing simpleminded about how he uses movie magic, as a spell to dispel nihilism, to save us from the worst of ourselves by summoning up the best.
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Everything he did in live-action movies with rolling boulders and runaway convoys he does bigger and better - by a factor of ten - in every frame. At the end of two hours, my jaw ached from grinning.
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The Deep Blue Sea is not a showy or pronounced movie. Open yourself up to it, however, and it might destroy you.
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Once the action starts - and it starts very quickly - The Raid is relentless, breathtaking in its sheer propulsive majesty. But it's also shot through with moments of bleak poetry amid the carnage.
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The Avengers is both campy and reverential. Comic-Con nerds will have multiple orgasms. I had a blast.
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Pi has designed his own terrarium to keep from staring directly into the abyss. It's not denial. It's faith in something else: the transformative power of storytelling. The film is transcendent.
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As a moral statement, Zero Dark Thirty is borderline fascistic. As a piece of cinema, it's phenomenally gripping - an unholy masterwork.
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Something sacred passes between Trintignant and Riva. The actress's eyes signal deep awareness as the sounds coming out of her mouth become animalistic.
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Fruitvale Station will rock your world — and, if the life of Oscar Grant means anything, compel you to work to change it.
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It's true that the number of whales in captivity isn't huge. But they've now become the mightiest symbols of our cultural hubris — of our inability to manage creatures we have the power to capture and imprison. It's a metaphor for the ages.
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This is by light-years the most entertaining movie of the year. How many apocalyptic sci-fi action extravaganzas leave you feeling as if the world is just beginning?
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The movie is as cornball as all get-out and — once you discern the narrative arc — as predictable. But then there's the part that's — as we serious cinephiles like to say — infuckingcredible.
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The movie is a slot machine that never stops spitting quarters.
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The lifelong friends in Fred Schepisi's marvelous Last Orders actually seem like lifelong friends.
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A comedy in the best sense--it draws its life from the pitch-perfect authenticity of its characters.
A mesmerizing documentary.
Polanski's strongest and most personally felt movie.
Moodysson captures exactly the preening narcissism and gumption of these frazzled would-be revolutionaries trying to wriggle out of their bourgeois straitjackets.
Linklater must have recognized a kindred spirit when he read Belber's play. He's given us a reality-fantasy game, a psychodrama, a harangue, and a detective story all rolled into one.
The funniest and most emotionally charged erotic road movie since Bertrand Blier's "Going Places."
The Pinochet Case is a searing album of remembrance from those who, having survived, suffered most.
A movie that really zips along; it offers some of the same pleasures as the silent slapstick comedies, particularly the Keaton films, with their sense of how sheer velocity carries its own wit.
A flashy, nasty triumph
Sophisticated and nuanced, and every character is bursting with emotional contradictions.
A brilliant, disturbing, but unstable and half-crazy piece of work.
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New battles are flaring up over El Paso's controversial stormwater fee. This time, it's El Paso County who says it shouldn't have to pay
The issue came up during Monday morning's County Commission meeting. The county has already paid more than $36,000 dollars since March to the PSB.
By the end of the year more than 52,000 dollars will be collected in stormwater fees.
Monday, Commissioners voted unanimously to draft a resolution that they will take as part of their legislative agenda in Austin.
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Dance can evoke a range of emotions. From modern dance rooted in folk music to broadway blockbusters, the Univerisity of Louisiana at Monroe Dance Department presented its Fall Fusion concert Friday December 2 in Brown Auditorium.
Assistant Professor of Dance Tina Mullone presented original works inspired by the popular musical group "Carolina Chocolate Drops." She also brought to the stage her country suite titled "Cane River," which includes three movements: "Sunrise," "Midday," and "Evening" based on her family's roots near Natchitoches, Louisiana. She says she's been inspired at how students in the ensemble adapted to the work.
Director of Dance Robin Stephens' works featured dancing excerpts from the American Broadway musicals "42nd St.," "Damn Yankees" and "Chicago." ULM's Visual and Performing Arts will mount a full production of "Chicago" in March.
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"Every meditation is like a snowflake, no two are the same." - davidji
Does meditation get easier with practice?
It's a great question and one that students, friends, and colleagues ask me often. There are plenty of days I ask myself the same thing. My answer is that for me personally, some days are easier than others and we need to try to accept the present moment as it is - without trying to change it or make it different.
When you're trying to create a new healthy habit like meditation, the first thing you need to do is accept that every meditation will be different. This is true for anything we do in our lives. In whatever we do, we have good days and bad days. Some days at work our mind just isn't as focused - we need to accept it without judgment.
Highs and lows are a part of life. We need to accept them without holding on to the feeling that something isn't as it should be. Meditation is the same way. Some days we experience more mental turbulence than others. As we practice meditating, and let go of trying to control or change things to make it better, over time we'll find that those highs and lows even out.
Keep in mind, we will always be practicing. After all, I call it my meditation "practice"… because I will always be practicing to accept what's happening right now… as it is.
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Neurotoxicity due to o-Quinones: Neuromelanin formation and possible mechanisms for o-Quinone detoxification
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o-Quinones are easily formed by oxidation of physiologically relevant catechols. These reactions mainly occur in two specialized cells, catecholaminergic neurons and melanocytes. Both types of cells are related ontogenetically, as they arise from the neural crest during the developmental differentiation. o-Quinones are used to form melanin, a protective pigment formed by different mechanisms in melanocytes and catecholaminergic neurons. However, the reactivity of these quinones makes their presence in the cytosol dangerous for the cell survival and these compounds have been proposed as degenerative and apoptotic agents. Thus, melanin-producing cells show several potential mechanisms to protect themselves against the noxious effects of o-quinones. In melanocytes, the most effective autoprotecting mechanisms are the existence of melanosomes as a confined site for melano-synthesis and the action of tyrosinase related protein 2 (TRP2) to derive L-dopachrome to 5,6-dihydroxy-indole-2-carboxylic acid minimizing the formation of 5,6-dihydroxyindole. In catecholaminergic neurons, recent data suggest that glutathione transferase (GST M2-2 isoenzyme) and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) are very effective in preventing long-lived formation of dopaminechrome and nora-drenochrome, although the detoxification reactions are different (conjugation to GSH or isomerization respectively). These mechanisms are less efficient for adrenochrome, although MIF and GST M1-1 could also catalyze similar reactions using this compound as substrate. In addition, the formation of adrenochrome is still under discussion, and adrenolutin formation could contribute to deactivate its harmful effects. The contribution of D-dopachrome tautomerase to these mechanisms is yet unknown, although in contrast to MIF, that enzyme does not recognize cate-cholaminechromes as substrates. Diaphorase could also be protective against quinones, since this enzyme catalyzes their bielectronic reduction back to catechols, thus preventing the formation of chrome species. This activity has been described in melanocytes and neurons, so that its contribution should be further investigated. In contrast to diaphorase, cytochrome P450 reductase should not be considered a protective enzyme, since its monoelectronic reduction of quinones leads to formation of semiquinones, that is even more noxious than the quinones.
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- Neurotoxicity due to o-Quinones: Neuromelanin formation and possible mechanisms for o-Quinone detoxification
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Neurotoxicity Research
Volume 1, Issue 3 , pp 153-169
- Cover Date
- 1999-09-01
- Print ISSN
- 1029-8428
- Online ISSN
- 1476-3524
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Keywords
- o-Quinone
- Neurotoxicity
- Neuromelanin
- Detoxification
- Dopaquinone
- Dopachrome
- Catecholamines
- Catecholaminechromes
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Francisco Solano (1)
- Vincent J. Hearing (2)
- Jose C. García-Borrón (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology B and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Murcia, Apt. 4021, Campus de Espinardo, 30071, Murcia, Spain
- 2. Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 20892, MD, USA


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Cultural tour of Southern Transylvania
General Information
- Type:
- Cultural
- Price from:
- 1439 EUR /person
- Phone:
- 0040 364.405.641
- Fax:
- 0040.264.313.112
- Payment Types:
- Cash
- Credit Card
- Cheque
- Travellers cheque
- Paypal
- Wire Transfer
- Duration:
- 8 days
- Duration:
- 9 hours
- Location Start:
- Budapest
- Location Finish:
- Budapest
- Start time:
- 12.00 pm
- End time:
- 11.00 am
- We Speak:
- English, Hungarian
Last updated: 10/26/2007
Stroll around the streets of old cities, designed for carriages and coaches, true live museums, get in contact with the genuine peasant culture by exploring the houses of famous craftsmen!
Day 1
*The most famous Castles in Romania - Peles Castle - the most beautiful royal residences in Europe and Bran Castle - Dracula's castle in Transylvania,
*Bruckental Museum in Sibiu, Romania - Rubens, Tiziano, Van Dyke paintings; the finest, most exquisite selection of museums in Transylvania.
*Renowned citadels - Transylvania's most impressive citadels, including Sighisoara, the best preserved and still inhabited medieval citadel in Europe.
*Legendary castles in Romania - Lazarea, Corvinestilor, Savarsin - a real historic testimony.
*A unique artist - Emil Muresan the only one who uses spider web for his paintings, a meeting privileged by the cultural holidays.
*Sibiu, Romania - chosen as the European Cultural capital of 2007, former capital of Saxons in Transylvania.
*Bears Cave - got its name from the skeletons of some very old species of bear (Ursus Spelaeus) that were found here.
*Bicazului Gorges - the highest Romanian gorges and the famous Red Lake also called Killer Lake due to the pine trees that point out of the water like a forest of stakes.
Budapest - Oradea
Welcome in a cultural tour of Southern Transylvania. You'll discover that the cultural holidays are so rewarding: exploring places rich in history, meeting genuine characters, tasting traditional food, attending traditional events, everything so you can absorb the Romanian culture. Our guide welcomes you at the Budapest Airport and leads you in Oradea, Romania for dinner and accommodation. You'll cross the old centre of the town or the Varadinum Citadel as it was called in Latin
Day 2
Oradea - Bears Cave - Girda - Turda - Cluj Napoca
From Oradea your tour of Transylvania will take you to Bears Cave which got its name from the skeletons of some very old species of bear that were found here. Visit the Open Air Museum in Chiscau with its old cars and domestic objects. You'll then cross the mountains through Vartop Pass and enter Motzilor Land. Here you'll have a nice traditional picnic lunch at the mouth of Poarta lui Ionele cave, something you shouldn't miss on a Transylvania tour. Depart for Turda to visit one of the most beautiful and original salt mines in the world - Turda's Salt Mines. Tip: try a vampire menu for dinner in an exquisite restaurant in Turda! Accommodate in Cluj Napoca.
Day 3
Cluj Napoca -Turzii's Gorges - Lazarea
The cultural holidays cannot miss a nice challenging walk - today through Turzii's Gorges, the most important Reservation in the Apuseni Mountains! On the way to Targu Mures, admire the noble castles Luncani and Iernut. In Targu Mures you'll visit the famous Palace of Culture. Then head to Seklers land and stop in Lazarea, a typical seklers village, for dinner and accommodation in country-inns.
Day 4
Lazarea - Red Lake - Miercurea Ciuc - Brasov
In Lazarea you'll visit the castle of the noble family Lazar and the monastery near by. You'll then head to Red Lake also called Killer Lake and in the area we can have a nice easy walk through Bicazului Gorges. Another important medieval centre you should explore in a Transylvania tour is Brasov. On the way to your accommodation in Brasov, you'll visit Ciucului's Sekler Museum in Miercurea Ciuc and the Museum of Mineral Water in Tusnad. Have a special medieval dinner in "Citadel" a restaurant in Brasov.
Day 5
Today is castles day! The first one on your list is Peles castle, the most beautiful royal palace in Europe, a genuine highlight of a cultural tour. Then cross the mountains to visit Bran Castle also known as Dracula's Castle in Transylvania. Absorb a genuine rustic atmosphere while visiting Rasnov Peasant Citadel. Drive to Brasov for a traditional dinner with folk show and wine tasting
Day 6
Brasov - Fagaras - Agnita - Sighisoara - Biertan - Medias - Sibiel - Sibiu
Travel to Fagaras to visit the citadel and the Museum of Fagaras Country. Explore the most beautiful citadel in Europe, Sighisoara, the essence of all cultural holidays. Visit here the Clock Tower, the Torture room and The Medieval Weapon Collection. Depart for Biertan to admire the fortified church. In Medias you'll make the acquaintance of the only artist who uses spider web for his paintings. Travel to Sibiu, for accommodation. Carriage ride from Sibiel to Mioritica country-inn for dinner. Module: attend a witch trial set on the street like in the old days! Tip: in Sighisoara you can enjoy your lunch in a special location - Casa Vlad Dracul Restaurant, the place where Vlad Dracul, the father of the one who bares the stigma of the bloody count Dracula, was born!
Day 7
Sibiu - Deva - Arad
Your Transylvania tour takes you today to Sibiu which will welcome you with the famous Bruckental Museum, a baroque edifice which houses the works of some famous artists, such as Rubens, Van Dyke and the largest ethnographic museum in Transylvania - the Village Museum. Drive to Hunedoara and visit Corvinestilor Castle, continue with the castle in Savarsin and end the road in Arad for accommodation and dinner.
Day 8
Arad - Budapest
Before saying good-by to Romania you'll end your cultural tour of Southern Transylvania by visiting the historic centre of Arad and the beautiful Art Museum. Depart for Budapest
Extra Information
- Inclusions -
- Entry fees to: Bears Cave in Pietroasa, Salt Mines in Turda, Turzii's Gorges, Lazarea Castle, Ciucului's Sekler Museum in Miercurea Ciuc, The Museum of Mineral Water in Tusnad, Peles Castle, Bran Castel, Rasnov Peasant Citadel, Museum of Fagaras Country, Clock Tower, the Torture room and The Medieval Weapon Collection in Sighisoara, Fortified Church in Biertan, Spider web painter in Medias, Brukental Museum in Sibiu, Village Museum in Sibiu, Corvinesti Castle in Hunedoara, Savirsin Castle in Savirsin, Art Museum in Arad.
- Exclusions -
- Photo & video tax and other not mentioned
- Extras -
- For 2008, Cultural Tour of Southern Transylvania, is guaranteed to depart on the following date:
August 1
Private tour prices:
£2089* - $4079* (â¬3119) per person, double occupancy,
based on 2 persons traveling together
£1399* - $2739* (⬠2089) per person, double occupancy,
based on 4 persons traveling together
Single Supplement: £ 169* - $329* (⬠249)
Solo Traveler: £3949* - $7719* (⬠5899)
* price in GBP is for guidance only; balance will be paid in EURO.
The prices above are based on buying the itinerary as listed on tour page. We can customize the tour to meet your exact travel needs: change hotels, shorten or lengthen the tour. For any customization implying a new base itinerary, a tailor made fee of GBP 159 + VAT (EURO 240 + VAT) is required and will be added to the tour cost.
Couldn't find what you're looking for? Check out more tours & excursions in Brasov
1-day tours
- Bran, Rasnov & Sinaia - from 50 EUR
- A Bird - from 159 EUR
- 3 Castle Tour - from 48 EUR
- Light Aircraft Scenic Flying Tours in Transylvania, Brasov... - from 125 EUR
- The Citadel of Sighisoara Tour from Brasov - from 75 EUR
- Tour of Saxon Fortified Churches from Brasov - from 65 EUR
- Tour of Sibiu from Brasov - from 75 EUR
- Historic Brasov Private Tour - from 40 EUR
- Bran Castle & Rasnov and Sinaia Tour from Brasov - from 75 EUR
Long tours
- Rock Climbing School For Beginners In Transylvania - 7 days from 1634 EUR
- The medieval Saxon villages and towns of Transylvania - 8 days from 846 EUR
- Hiking Tour of the Southern Carpathian Mountains in Romania - 6 days from 565 EUR
- Transylvania - 5 days from 1299 EUR
- Transylvanian Landmarks Buget Tour - 8 days from 789 EUR
- Helicopter Skiing in Transylvania - 5 days from 8859 EUR
- Dracula Tour Vampire in Transylvania - 7 days from 1159 EUR
- Transylvanian Walking Tour Hiking tour for leisure walkers - 7 days from 1429 EUR
- Medieval Holiday and Festivals in Transylvania - 8 days from 1549 EUR
- Hora at Prislop - 8 days from 1499 EUR
- Romania CyclingTour - 7 days from 1499 EUR
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- Return To The Middle Ages Short Break Tour of Sinaia and... - 2 days from 220 EUR
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512776525990515196.post312827202163075136..comments2012-12-22T12:27:55.450ZComments on Windy's Blog: Analysis of the goal conceded against Rubin Kazan (3/11)Windyhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512776525990515196.post-83115556890561568942011-11-06T08:25:01.575Z2011-11-06T08:25:01.575Z@anon 13:40 Definitely not so "shocking"...@anon 13:40

Definitely not so "shocking" coming from Seb... he always seems to put us in this type of a eff'd up situation.elwehbi@ibleedhotspurhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512776525990515196.post-17390613113893168522011-11-05T10:36:25.869Z2011-11-05T10:36:25.869Zyeah, like bonse i was also surprised that apart f...yeah, like bonse i was also surprised that apart from Pav nobody jumped in the wall... Bassong's error was still out of character, i would like to think:) but it did bother me that he was laughing his head off with Defoe when Gallas was walking off - all with him having just cost us a goal, that was likely to result in defeat for the team.one of the thousands of Hungarian Spurs fans:)email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512776525990515196.post-87601277711107824042011-11-04T15:05:42.403Z2011-11-04T15:05:42.403ZI'va always wondered why, when opposition play...I'va always wondered why, when opposition players line up on the end of the wall, doesn't the goalie shift the wall over towards the near post, basically leaving their players in the wall defending their own free kick. This gives the keepe a clear sight and leaves our players to defend.
But Yes, Bassong was email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512776525990515196.post-54713145351075963382011-11-04T13:58:29.689Z2011-11-04T13:58:29.689ZSeb also had another touch on the left exactly the...Seb also had another touch on the left exactly the same less than 5 minutes later if I recall correctly. My concern is why was the wall made up of the smallest people and why were'nt any of them firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512776525990515196.post-25205166921432281322011-11-04T13:40:11.340Z2011-11-04T13:40:11.340Zshocking error by Seb, always capable of something...shocking error by Seb, always capable of something firstname.lastname@example.com


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David Stoddard, who is accused of killing a pregnant teen, was indicted on murder charged with death penalty specifications on Wednesday.
Murdered Akron teenager was four months pregnant
Suspect may have been looking for ex-girlfriend
AKRON, Ohio - The Summit County Medical Examiner identified the pregnant, teenaged girl who was shot and killed on Sunday. In addition, Akron police released the name of a 19-year-old woman who was also shot, but survived.
Anna Karam, 16, was found dead early Sunday morning in the living room of an East Archwood Avenue home. Akron police said Karam was four months pregnant. She withdrew from Barberton High School in 2011, according to superintendent Patricia Cleary.
"It was senseless. Everyone loved Anna and Anna loved everyone. The person who shot her was her friend. He killed my baby and he killed my grandbaby," said Patricia Karam, Anna's mother.
Karam's friend, Jessica Halman, 19, of Norton, was found in the kitchen with a gunshot wound to her head. Halman remains hospitalized at Akron General Medical Center. Her condition was critical Sunday, but an update on Monday was not available.
Police say David Stoddard, 24, of Barberton, broke into the Firestone Park home on East Archwood Avenue, shot both girls and then took off around 4 a.m.
In a dramatic 911 call, two people described the situation to a dispatcher, after detailing where Karam was shot.
CALLER: "(Karam's) heart's still beating please hurry. Please hurry, please hurry, please, please. Now, please...Oh my gosh, her (expletive) heart stopped."
DISPATCHER:" Who had the gun?"
CALLER: "I can't tell you until you get here. "
Then the group finds Halman in the kitchen and sheer chaos breaks out until police arrive.
CALLER: "Somebody else was shot in the (expletive) head too. There's blood everywhere...Jessica's still moving and blinking her eyes."
Karam had been living at the home with Jennifer Risten, 21, and Risten's brother, 18-year-old David Nelson, since last February, according to Karam's mother.
Nelson said he had words with Stoddard after he came through a back, sliding glass door. Nelson said he tried to get Stoddard out of the home after he said he had guns.
"He just came in ruthlessly, just started shooting," Nelson said.
Nelson said Stoddard was angry because he couldn't find Risten, his ex-girlfriend, who wasn't home at the time of the shooting.
"I guess he was looking for me is what everybody said. I don't know, and if he came here loaded, that means he was looking to kill me," Risten said.
Nelson said Stoddard tried to kill him too, but a bullet jammed in the chamber and the gun couldn't fire. Nelson saved the bullet after if fell from the gun to the floor.
"He went to fire it again, and I still have the bullet that saved my life... or we wouldn't be here right now," Nelson said.
Hours after the fatal shooting, police tracked Stoddard down at the Legacy Inn on High Street in Wadsworth, where officers burst into his hotel room and arrested him.
Stoddard has been charged with aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault. He appeared in Akron Municipal Court on Monday where he pleaded not guilty. Bond was set at $250,000 cash and Stoddard remains in the Summit County Jail.
Autopsy results on Karam determined she died from a single gunshot wound to her head. Her death has been ruled a homicide.
NewsChannel5 was unable to reach Halman's family for comment on Monday.
"The last we heard, she was in the ICU. She was moving her fingers and she was talking to the doctors and that was last night," Risten said.
Friends of Karam's are organizing a candlelight vigil for 6:30 Monday night at the shooting site, 261 East Archwood Ave. in Akron.
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People came out to remember a pregnant 16-year-old shot and killed and to pray for her 19-year-old friend, who was seriously injured in the attack.
The Summit County Medical Examiner identified the 16-year-old, pregnant girl who was shot and killed on Sunday. In addition, Akron police released the name of a 19-year-old woman who was also shot, but survived.
A Barberton man has been charged with aggravated murder and more after police said he broke into a familiar home and shot two girls, killing one in Akron.
An Akron man wanted in connection with a double shooting is in custody after being arrested Sunday morning at a Wadsworth motel.


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Fun on Down to Yuma's Main Street Block Party!
Date: Friday, July 26, 2013
Time: 6:00 PM until 11:00 PM
Location:Downtown Main Street, Yuma , AZ
Bring the whole family and come down to Main Street and celebrate with us.
* 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. - Music by DJ Norieja
* 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. - YFD will be misting the 100 block every 15 minutes, so children and adults can "cool down." Shoes are required.
* 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. - Adult beverages are available at Lutes; Da Boyz & Yuma's Main Squeeze
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On Friday, Governor O'Malley sent a letter to the Public Service Commission calling for an investigation into Pepco's response to the recent storm resulting in more than 300,000 power outages in late July largely in Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, some for as long as five days in record heat. Governor O'Malley wrote in part, "Customers deserve a prompt review of Pepco's handling of these outages, as well as a more comprehensive examination of Pepco's storm preparedness."
Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett has also reached out to the PSC with a similar request. Read County Executive Leggett's letter here.


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Ok, I am getting ready for my summertime make-up routine, so I kept seeing these ads for Black Opal. I had used the foundation stick many moons ago but with my oily skin, it was a big no no. This time, I go to the web site and see the Perfecting Powder foundation and I am intrigued since it is made for oily skin. I run to the closest CVS and pick up the Truly Topaz. When I go home to try it out, I am amazed by the coverage and the non-make-up look it gives. I also purchased the oil absorbing loose powder and my face looks skin-like matte.
While this foundation provides medium coverage, I also purchased their maximum concealer/foundation in Heavenly Honey for underneath my eyes and to cover some cystic acne scars on my chin and jaw line. My scarring is bad enough where I previously purchased Dermablend to cover. The Black Opal maximum concealer is the best and it looks good when paired with the Perfecting Powder Makeup. It does not transfer (much) and it really controls the oiliness on my face. I love this line so much, I went to their website and also purchased the oil contol mattifier, the oil control pressed powder and another maximum concealer in Truly Topaz. Truly Topaz is a perfect color match for MAC NC 45 complexion. Heavenly Honey is great as a highlighter color.
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i use this product in truly topaz and i love it! I first started using foundation last year (2008) and it was Mac's studio fix compact and i had terrible breakout. I started using proactiv and it cleared me right up but i still had those stubborn acne blemishes. i was scared to wear foundation again but those acne scars bugged me so i did some research and thought black opal would be a good start. I ve been using it for about 6 months now without any breakouts! and its not too much to the point that i look all made up. it gives me a natural and even canvas. i love it!
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I used to wear this for years. It was the best foundation ever until it started giving me dry patches around my nose so I went in search of another matte foundation that wouldn't do that and found it in Iman foundation stick. Unfortunately I reached the bottom of the stick and started feeling grains. When I put it on my skin under my eyes started to develop wrinkles so stopped using it immediately, ran for the Palmers Coca Butter and after a week of using that and no foundation at all the wrinkles disappeared so returned to my Black Opal Truly Topaz again. I also bought Black Radiance Matte soufflé in 3401 Pecan and the colors and amazing similar. I actually like them both equally now and can't choose between them at all. Great coverage.
Update: I mix all 3 (foundations and cocoa butter) together and apply and they still work great and make me look flawless.
Found one of these in Beautiful Bronze while cleaning out my stash. Decided to give a try. Even though I love my BO sticks, this is a winner too!!!!! Especially for the winter months. Goes on a cream and dries to a powder. Great coverage w/o looking fake. Buildable cover. Used Face-International Antishine underneath. Brush powder(BO Oil Blotting, Ben Nye 'Topaz' or Iman 'Light/Med' Oil Blotting, ) over the top to kill shine and add more yellow. Colors are a bit different from same shade in BO stick. A bit more red undertone. Will try Nutmeg & Hazelnut. (NW45ish or HIP820)
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Great stuff. Makes u look perfect. I'm dark but with red undertones - the beautiful bronze is my hg. I keep going back to it.
Actually, this is an update. it seems they changed their formula or something. Or perhaps the ones I've been buying recently have stayed too long in the store or something. Its dry and hard to blend now - the way it'd be if you left the pan lid open and exposed the product for days. Had to throw away the last three I bought without using them more than once.
I have seen this product forever, and passed it time and again...even though I love their skin care products, and used to wear their stick foundation, but now I find it looks and feels too heavy and is a little red for me, BUT:
This stuff looks and feels natural and AMAZING!
I have the Oily Skin formula for my very oily, yet dry and patchy surfaced acne prone skin (they have a dry skin formula as well) in color Heavenly Honey (their lightest shade) and it looks as good as my favorite mineral foundation (which now breaks me out, so I had to give it up *sad face*)...
SISTAHS (black, brown, red, olive and yellow) if your skin is oily and you need decent coverage that dries to oil absorbent powder finish, hides flakes and looks natural, this is worth a try!
I LOVE it so far and can't wait to take it for a full faced night out on the town...
I will update this review again in a few weeks...
Was starting to run out of this as I pull it out constantly in a pinch and realized I could not live without it - so off to Eckerd I ran to get another one and a stick foundation in the same shade for good measure just to reevaluate it because I DO remember it looking fab and with my Ben Nye yellow powder on top...it might just be perfect, too...
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Take Two for September 6, 2013
Immigration reform takes back seat to conflict in Syria
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Immigration activists stage a civil disobedience action, blocking a street in front of Varick Street Detention Center, in New York, August 22, 2013. Leaders of immigrant rights group staged the protest against what they call the US unjust deportation policies and lawmakers delaying in passing an immigration reform for some 11 million people living in the US without papers.
When Congress left for August recess, immigration reform was a front burner issue. The Senate had approved a sweeping bill that established a path to citizenship for millions of people who are in the U.S. illegally.
The House was deliberating, but immigrant advocates were optimistic that legislation would pass this year.
What a difference a month makes. The prospect of American involvement in Syria's civil war and a looming budget battle have taken center stage. That's got proponents of immigration reform drawing up contingency plans.
Leslie Berestein Rojas covers immigration for KPCC. She joins the show with more.


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Thanks for the description and providing the source. Gets my mind to thinking about how to do something really decadent with this approach. Got my mind whirling.
Hi Clay,
It's a flourless cake bottom placed strawberries then poured over chocolate mousse then another thin cake layer then ganache. It's from Marcel Desaulniers Death by chocolate, great book. In his book he does 10" cake but I adapted to this size. Thank you
Fresh strawberries are stuffed into a frame and you are pouring what over them? Is this cake batter? Then you bake and glaze and arrange a slice of strawberry over the top (the other photo)?
:: Clay
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