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Search for CVM Interim Dean
In an e-mail to the CVM community, Dr. Calvin Johnson announced he will resign October 1, 2012, as acting dean to resume his appointment as department head of Pathobiology. By doing so, he will become eligible to apply as a candidate for the permanent position of dean.
University policy states any interim dean, interim department head, or interim department chair is disallowed from being a candidate for the corresponding permanent position. The policy promotes a spirit of openness and fairness in the search process.
A search committee will help identify outstanding candidates for interim dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. The interim dean's appointment will be effective on October 1, 2012, and will continue until a permanent dean is in place. Dr. Emmett Winn, associate provost, is the committee's chair.
The Provost is seeking a tenured full professor and veterinarian or emeritus professor and veterinarian to serve as interim dean. Internal applications are currently being accepted from qualified faculty. For the position description and application process, visit our Web site.


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[Windows] Create reliable backups with Cobian Backup
Posted By Justin On December 7, 2012 @ 10:00 PM In Windows | 6 Comments
[1]If you're looking for a backup program that has all of the "bells and whistles" of a paid program, but you don't want to pay a dime, then you may want to consider Cobian Backup. This is a free program that has a shocking amount of features. Best of all, the program is very reliable.
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Cobian Backup is a free backup program for Windows. It can be used to create backups of your files in case you ever need to restore things for whatever reason. The best thing about this program is the fact that it offers as many features as a paid backup program would offer, but Cobian Backup gives them away for free.
Take note Cobian Backup is a file-level backup tool, not system-level.
[2]I have tried a lot of free backup programs in my time. Most of the free ones are nothing to write home about. They offer the bare minimum. If you want anything with substance, you have to spend your hard-earned cash. That is why I was so shocked when I tried Cobian Backup. Not only does it offer all the basic features you have come to expect from a backup program, but it also offers features that some paid programs don't even offer.
Creating a new backup with Cobian Backup is about as easy as it gets. You simply create a new name, and then decide what files/folders you want to include in this backup. From there, you can even create a schedule to help remind you to back up your files. All of this is pretty basic, but if that is all you are looking for, you can bet that Cobian Backup can handle it.
Of course, the fact that it handles these basic commands is not what makes this program so great. It is the other features it offers that makes it better than most other free programs. For example, Cobian Backup also offers file compression and encryption options. This is a feature that I have not seen included in many free backup programs. Heck, this is a feature I have seen missing from some paid backup programs! The encryption (password protection) service offered is great if you are going to be storing your backups on a USB device, which can be easily misplaced.
The biggest problem I had with Cobian Backup is the long wait time. For whatever reason, this program seems to take a really long time to back up your files. This can be annoying, but may be worth the wait if you really want these extra features. However, the long wait time is what keeps this program from being a must-have.
Overall, I highly recommend Cobian Backup to people who are looking for a great free backup program. That being said, if you are not good with long wait times, I would steer clear from this one. If you can get over that, you may find a great replacement for your current backup program in Cobian Backup.
Price: Free
Version reviewed: 11.2
Supported OS: Windows XP / 2003 / Vista / 2008 / 7
Download size: 18.8MB
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South Africa to seek oil from African countries
South Africa will explore ways to source its oil from other African countries in a effort to cope with spiralling global prices.
Reports say Energy Minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka disclosed during her department's presentation to Parliament's joint budget committee, that her department would join the Association of African Oil Producers.
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There has been lots of talk about money around here lately. First off, Tara and I recently worked with a business coach who forced us to take a look at our streams of revenues, our expenses, our income and basically crunch the numbers. We've also been talking to our own clients and mastermind groups about packaging their creative process in ways that people know how to buy, as well as pricing their products and services appropriately based on how much money they want to make against how many hours they want to be working a week. It's all simple math, really - so why does a numbers game feel like such an emotional tug-of-war?
Because for us creatives it's not just about making money. It's about living the dream, designing portfolio-worthy work, and working with dream customers who really care about what we're doing for them. And let's face it, money is an easy and standard way to measure success. So if we're not making very much of it we feel bad. But if we're making lots of money but are working with mean and disrespectful clients we feel even worse (and a bit like hookers).
So, today I want to give you more details on the single most powerful tool we use to not only track our income but also to attract our dream customer - the chalkboard wall.
When Tara and I first started Braid Creative we worked with our life coach, Jay Pryor, to help us cope with the transition of a stable day job to the uncertainty of self-employment. After three months and zero clients we started feeling a little anxiety around this so-called dream job we had created for ourselves. Jay told us that the universe abhors a vacuum and that we simply needed to create a vacuum. "Now do what?" I asked as I started to visualize deconstructing my Roomba to somehow magically manifest a paycheck. He explained that we needed to create space for our clients - that if we build it, they will come. Jay also instructed us to create a mantra to manifest not just cash, but the kind of dreamy clients that make your job well ... a dream.
So as instructed, I created space for these potential clients by drawing 10 big empty spaces on the chalkboard wall I had painted in my home office. It was nothing less than terrifying. Then Tara drew a magnet with a cupid's arrow through it to represent our mantra which was: "We are attracting dream customers with cash." Jay also instructed us to create space for "unexpected extra" - that way we weren't constrained by our own self-limiting goals.
A week later all 10 spots on our chalkboard were filled. A week after that the "unexpected extra" spaces were filled with fun projects too. Now, it sounds a little Law of Attraction woo-woo. And while I'd like to believe there was some universal magic at play, I think what the chalkboard system really did was guide our conscious minds into action around what was possible. Tracking our progress was also a huge confidence boost. And now, it's become an almost superstitious act of faith.
To this day we still use our chalkboard every fiscal quarter to not just track our 1:1 dream customer engagements but also to track and manifest personal goals, projects, social media stats, and ECourse enrollments. And every quarter it feels just as scary as the first time to create all those new blank spots - but every time we manage to fill them. Oh, and we still have our good luck magnet and we still create space for those unexpected extras. We also recommend each and every one of our clients use this method for tracking and attracting - like us they're scared and resistant at first, but without fail we always get bewildered and excited emails that it actually works. So go forth, make a chalkboard wall!
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We get more specific about how we currently track what we attract in our Braid ECourse Dream Customer Catching - which will be in-session again in mid-September. But for now, you have through tomorrow, Thursday July 18th, to register for our popular Braid ECourse for creative entrepreneurs Shape Up Your Content: Tame Your Ideas and Tell People How to Buy You. We promise you'll come away from it with new ideas for working with your ideal client without becoming an order-taking pixel pushing hooker. Register and learn more about that Braid ECourse here. Use the code JULY2013SHAPEUP50 to take this $75 ECourse for $50.
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Need even more help around getting right with money? Check out the new book The Declaration of You by Jessica Swift & Michelle Ward. The Declaration of You, gives readers all the permission they've craved to step passionately into their lives, discover how they and their gifts are unique and uncover what they are meant to do! This post is part of The Declaration of You's BlogLovin' Tour, which I'm thrilled to participate in alongside over 200 other creative bloggers. Learn more -- and join us! -- by clicking here.
This book isn't your typical dry & stuffy business book. You can tell it's written by witty ladies who are wicked smart but with a sense of humor. The whimsy design and fun exercises will appeal to your inner 12-year-old in the best way possible. I especially loved the interviews with real creative entrepreneurs - they'll make you feel less alone in your own struggles and insecurities around topics like money, self-care, and success.
(If you're reading this post through an RSS feed or email be sure to click through to watch the video.)
You guys may already know that we're huge fans of Instagram. But lately we've found ourselves recommending it more and more to our creative entrepreneur clients. Instagram is an awesome way to visually connect with your friends, network with potential dream customers or brand advocates, and "show your tell". But it's also a great way capture, shape, and share who you are, and what you do – in a consistent, curated, behind-the-scenes of your life and work kind of way.
Instagram is great for creatives like life coaches and consultants who aren't necessarily photographers or designers, but still want to show of their goods, and their personal brand in a visual way, and look good doing it.
So this is how I, myself, and Braid's creative entrepreneur clients, are using Instagram to capture, shape and share their business and personal brand. Now "capture, shape and share" is a three step approach I talk about a lot, especially when it comes to my blogging strategy (for both my personal blog and the Braid blog.) But really, you can just as easily overlay those three principles to a platform like Instagram – like a microblog approach I mention below (but with less writer's block).
• Capture the Details:
Instagram gets me thinking about capturing the small brand experiences I
encounter – from a hand stamped placemat in my favorite restaurant to
the way a lemon rind and oversized ice cube sits in my whiskey.
• Capture Inspiration: Instagram is a great tool for visual note taking on the fly. For example, I've used Instagram to scout locations and capture test shots for brand videos.
• Capture the Process: Instagram is an awesome way to share the behind-the-scenes process and tools you use to create for your clients.
• Shape the Image:
One of the things I love about Instagram is the ability to actually
shape the final photograph with different filters (though, I prefer
"rise") and tilt-shift blur options. I also like to go in and add
typographic overlays or multiply color over my images in Photoshop when
taking my Instagram photos to my blog. But even if you're not a graphic
designer, filtering your images through Instagram is a great way to
create consistency with the images you're sharing.
• Shape your Point-of-View:
Go through your entire collection of Instagram snaps and start to find
patterns. What colors do you capture a lot? What subjects? Do you
consistently shoot from a certain angle or point-of-view? You'll notice
that the Instagram with the most followers (like one of my favorites, A Merry Mishap) have a consistent point-of-view.
• Shape the Story:
You can include a description with your Instagram images and treat it
almost like a daily microblog. I often use Instagram to capture images I
will later craft an in-depth blog post around later.
• Share on Instagram: One
of the things I like about Instagram (vs. other camera apps like
Hipstamatic – which are awesome for photo editing, as well) is the built
in community designed for sharing. Just like Twitter you can explore
hashtagged topics – one of my favorites is #WHP. #WHP stands for
"Weekend Hashtag Project" where Instagram challenges users to capture a
topic or theme like "birds on a wire" or "from where I stand" and tag
it. It's so cool to see what everyone else comes up with. Check out Instagram's blog or follow @Instagram for interesting users and hashtags to follow and participate in.
• Share Elsewhere:
You can also send your Instagram photos out to Twitter, Facebook and
Tumblr as you post them to your Instagram feed. This is a great way to
flood all your social media platforms with beautiful, and consistent,
images that share you and your brand. Different audiences may be
following you in different places but you can add more information or
tidbits to avoid becoming redundant if you find you have the same
followers across your social media platforms.
• Share in Real Life: One of my favorite new companies, Artifact Uprising, is designed to easily get your photos m your phone to print books and calendars. You can also use Pinstagr.am
for miniprints, posters, and stickers. You can decorate your office or
use these prints as self-promotional materials to send to your favorite
dream customers.
Are you using Instagram to capture, shape, and share your business and personal brand? Let us know your Instagram tips, advice, or insights on our Facebook page. P.S. You can follow my Instagram account here.
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Liz here. We definitely have word-weaving and message-crafting on the brain at Braid this week. A lot to do with the second offering of the Braid ECourse: "Shape Up Your Content: Tame Your Ideas and Tell People How to Buy You." So why have Tara and Kathleen asked me to share my point-of-view and perhaps a few helpful pointers for creatives on sharing content through visuals – as opposed to only the written word? Well, I can certainly appreciate (and aspire to create) simple, memorable statements in lieu of those daunting "one thousand words" when it makes sense to do so. And, this shouldn't really come as a surprise, but some enrollees of the messaging-focused Ecourse last time around, requested a little more insight into shaping their image-based content (the ECourse itself peppered with infographics, photos, and videos).
For visual people, sometimes it just makes more sense to share images more often than words. You can usually articulate something – a feeling, a sense of place, a moment in time – that words would only begin to describe. Plus writing is hard! Sometimes "the telling" can feel contrived coming from someone who could nail the same sentiment with a single, well-art-directed image (or a quick candid video, or a tricked-out infographic). What are some ways to create a consistency over time with those images that clues people into the fact that this content is coming from... you?
If your strengths translate better through visual content, the goal here is to make sure that visual content is consistent. Whether you're sharing your gifts of knowledge with followers, or sharing your creative process with potential clients, consistency helps create a bridge between those beautiful images you're showing and the beautiful ideas behind them. It also builds trust – once you start to define and maintain a consistent visual sharing style, followers will start to equate your type treatment / favorite color and texture combo / Instagram filter with your brilliant brilliance (overt redundancy! – yet another trick of the visual-thinker-turned-writer).
are, you already have a defined visual style, you maybe just don't
think of it that way. But you definitely have a natural tendency to look
at things a certain way. Think back to some of your favorite
photographs or images:
- Do you always zoom in super-close with your camera, to capture details?
- Are your favorite photos birds-eye view?
- Do you frame everything consciously centered and balanced, or asymmetrical?
- Does everything look better in black and white to you?
- Are you drawn to all things vibrant and saturated?
- Is everything always perfectly in focus (or perfectly out-of-focus)?
- Do you keep returning to a particular typeface, or color, or texture?
Find a few overarching themes, and see if any of them can combine to create a style that's authentically you. Culling a style from what you're already drawn to and capturing is also an easy way to assure that you'll keep creating this kind of content in the future.
Braid's visual system evolved from Kathleen's blog - most specifically, how she shared her life-changing trip to Nepal. Her "bold yellow or white type and graphics overlaid on travel photography" style morphed into Braid's "bold yellow or white type and graphics overlaid on one well-loved chalkboard wall" style. It's simple, it's straightforward, and its become an absolutely essential piece of our content-sharing puzzle. We use it across every platform we share on - our blog posts, in our ECourses, and on our Facebook wall - so you always know Braid content the moment you see it.
Your visual consistency should also carry over to platforms other than your blog. Instagram is a great way for visual people (especially photographers and stylists) to showcase their eye.
Photographer Jason Hudson wrote about a great guide for creating lovely, personal-brand-solidifying consistency on Instagram here. One tip is to limit yourself to one filter (Jason prefers the moody, desaturated Brannan), so that regardless of what you're capturing, all your images will have a similar tone and palette. It's an easy way to stay consistent without having to think about it constantly.
Did you know, for example, that Kathleen exclusively uses the Rise filter on her Instagram? I didn't, until recently. It gives everything she posts this kind of soft, early-morning zen glow, and tints everything with a little bit of the yellow that's so prevalent on her blog. I feel like a kid in a vintage-filter candy store every time I go to post something – so I'm impressed by her ability to limit herself to just one filter. Consistent!
Okay, but if the idea of getting your words equally consistent still appeals to you, we're gonna agree: the pairing of the visual with the verbal is really going to really give you the greatest content memorability.
So, of course Tara and Kathleen would want me to mention our Braid ECourse "Shape Up Your Content: Tame Your Ideas and Tell People How to Buy You" is only open for registration through end of day Thursday and is in session January 11-20! It's designed to help creative professionals, bloggers, entrepreneurs and aspiring-to-be's wrap their head around all their ideas, focus on the ones that are content-worthy, weed out the ones that cause distraction and confusion – and make what they are writing and saying less generic, more authentic, and supportive of their actual vision for themselves and their creative business (whether they're showing or telling). Go here to register and learn more.


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Native people may have shown up a bit earlier to the party
Found this pretty interesting piece a few days ago in Indian Country Today:
Scholars are pushing evidence of human habitation in North America well beyond the non-Native accepted wisdom that places it at a relatively recent 13,000 to 14,000 years ago...
A perhaps-controversial 33,000 years ago, "and probably long before that," people lived here, according to Steven R. Holen...
Several scientists, me included, are producing evidence of a much older Native American occupation of the continent," he said...
Oral tradition is disounted so much of the time, but it is interesting to me that so many times science proves oral tradition correct. The Tlingit people have a history that tells of our people not originally being from the Southeast area, coming from more northern/eastern areas. Thousands of years after the Tlingit began telling this "myth," science showed this to be true.
In an anthropology class, I was amazed to discover how much of what is discovered in archeology must be supposed, gaps filled in. Of course there are solid facts and science, but the further back you go, the more you have to fill in the lack of evidence.
In any case, it will be interested to see what comes of this. As the article says, it is quite controversial, and history and science books would have to be re-written a bit, but the truth is usually worth that. I always hope that scientists will take things like oral tradition a little more seriously, too. Although it may not be "fact," it is shown again and again to be a pretty good guide.
Thanks for this story.
Which is stronger...the nation that rules the world for 300 years or the tribe that existed for 1,000?
If it is health and long life, there is irrefutable evidence that people on this continent, specifically some northwest tribes of Native people, regularly lived to see 100+ years. Not the exception - a regular occurrence. Not many can say that today. What's more, as a population, Native people didn't suffer from anywhere close to the amount of cancer, depression, diabetes, suicide, flu, or hundreds of other diseases and illnesses.
If it is wealth, that is certainly in the eye of the beholder. For some reason many people have this idea that the Native people of the Americas were barely scratching out a living. In Western Alaska alone, it is shown that, because of the way they lived, they were able to spend up to 60% of their time in leisure and spiritual activities, and nearly 40% of the food take went for trade and winter festivities. Only the decently rich can talk about numbers like those today.
It is interesting that you only mention the stereotypical Native lifestyle in your "caveman" description of the indigenous people of these continents. Thousands and thousand of miles of cultures, and you can't find any "advancements"? Did you know that today, 2/3 - a majority - of agriculture grown today was first grown by Native people of the Amercas? It took a goodly amount of time for us to develop the tomato, potato, corn, thing the "old continent" didn't have in the pre-Columbian era - and it was no accident.
South American Natives developed a calendar to rival the best European calendars thousands of years before European civilization. My own people, the Tlingit, were living in wooden houses with plank floors hundreds of years before the first popped up on the other side of the ocean. Metal working, pyramids, complex political systems - I think you are basing your assumptions off of not knowing much about Native America.
In your small effort to see what Native Americans did not have, you might add other things we did not have - we did not have widespread pollution, we did not have near the suicide numbers even the non-Native modern population has, we did not have a need for a smallpox vaccine.
Although you might think it was superior techonology that won the continents - in fact it was disease more than anything. Estimates now guess that nearly 90% of the Native population could have been wiped out by disease before most ever saw a European face. There about a few hundred books and a few thousand studies that confirm this. One, 1491 by Charles Mann might be worth a look. It challenges the common assumptions made about pre-Columbian America.
But, again, I don't want to get in a contest arguing which was the most technologically advanced, because to me that is irrelevant. It implies that that is the more valid measure of a society...and it isn't.


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When I feel like cruisin down the highway, I put on my bad ass Johnny Knoxville sunglasses, roll down all the windows, let my hair down, and I slide into the cd player the Greatest hits of Celine Dion. Yeah baby! Doesn't matter which song...the mere sound of that voice just gets all the adrenaline rushing! No kid!
Wow, I have always liked Celine Dion, but I never would have thought about blasting it down the highway. Especially, if you are in the zone just letting the v8 roar.
Posted April 10 2007 - 04:23 AM
The Scorpions - The Zoo
Led Zeppelin - Trampled Underfoot
Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
Motorhead - Built For Speed
Queens of the Stone Age - Six Shooter
Queens of the Stone Age - Go With The Flow
The Outlaws - Green Grass & High Tides
Electric Six - Devil Nights
Electric Six - Danger High Voltage
Fu Manchu - King of the Road
Fu Manchu - Saturn III
Fu Manchu - Over The Edge
Fu Manchu - Weird Beard
Iron Maiden - Prowler
Muse - New Born
Kyuss - Gardenia
Kyuss - Hurricane
Electric Wizard - Burnout
a large collection of Ac/Dc songs, stand outs being Highway To Hell, Night Prowler, Beating Around The Bush, Damned
The Hellacopters - Sixteen With A Bullet
Music to drive to is important to me, the place I listen to music the most is in my car. The songs above are stand outs that come quickly to mind.
Measuring a summer's day, I only finds it slips away to grey,
The hours, they bring me pain.
Tangerine, tangerine,
Living reflection from a dream.
Posted April 10 2007 - 04:35 PM
Motorbreath - Metallica
Ride the Lightning - Metallica
Hangar 18 - Megadeth
Rattlehead - Megadeth
The Antichrist - Slayer
Black Magic - Slayer
Battering Ram - Black Label Society
... just to name a few
Posted April 10 2007 - 05:53 PM
"Somnambulist Pedophile" by Sleep Terror
"Children Of Decadence" by Children Of Bodom
"Raining Blood" by Slayer
"Ripped Apart By The Juggernaut Of Fornication" by Destroy Destroy Destroy
"Punish My Heaven" By Dark Tranquillity
"Worship Depraved" By Arsis
Posted April 10 2007 - 06:18 PM
"All our lives we sweat and save, building for a shallow grave. Must be something else we say. Somehow to defend this place" ~ Jim Morrison
Posted April 11 2007 - 10:14 AM
"Date Rape (live)" -Sublime
"Blue Orchid" -White Stripes
There's actually too many and they vary by where you're going, the people in the car, the time of day, and the mood overall...
Free Your Mind...
Loveminx ^_^
Posted April 14 2007 - 10:40 AM
Hunting for Witches by Bloc Party
When the World is Running Down...by the Police
Posted April 15 2007 - 08:34 AM
Sammy Hagar~I can't drive 55


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Travelzoo Announces Management Changes In Local & Search
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Mark Webb, president of Travelzoo Local, is leaving the company on May 1, 2014. Michael Stitt will assume leadership of the company's Local business in North America. Mr. Stitt joined Travelzoo in 2004 and launched Travelzoo Local in 2010. In Europe, Travelzoo Local will report to the respective country manager in each market.
Travelzoo also appointed David White to lead Travelzoo's Search business. Mr. White joins Travelzoo from Yahoo!, where he served as senior director of product operations. Prior to his position at Yahoo!, he developed and ran Efficient Frontier's European business. Mr. White holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.
The management changes are made in response to the continued weakness in the company's local voucher sales and declining search revenues.
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@Mor - I don't know if taking these kinds of travel vacation packages really count as that kind of travel though. I've been on a couple and they tend to be very sanitized. In fact you might as well stay home in some cases, because they really don't let you do anything by yourself or discover anything off the beaten path.
I think they can be a good introduction to a new place, but I also think that people should think outside the box when they are traveling and try to experience the place from a local point of view. This is particularly true of cruise passengers. They can spend a month long vacation without ever stepping foot on foreign soil or tasting foreign food, but they would still claim to have visited the place. I just don't think it should count as real travel.


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Last week, Chaos Group announced that their V-Ray for Softimage is now ready for public Beta testing. This is the latest rendering solution by Chaos Group, due to release towards the end of the year.
News Round-Up: Monday 3rd Oct 2011
Following on from last week's announcement about our Weekly Round-Up of news, here are the stories that I have picked up over the past week. If you have suggestions for stories I missed, just drop me a line or post a comment.
The Foundry Announce New Product
Though a very powerful compositing tool NUKE has been missing a component many artist could benefit from. HIERO is a new product in development at The Foundry that hopes to provide the missing link for a more efficient shot management system in your VFX pipeline.
Jellyfish Pictures & The Making of Planet Dinosaur
Since the introduction of HD to our television screens, we're starting to see a huge push from a number of channels to deliver a broader range of quality viewing in HD, and the BBC are no exception. Their latest project Planet Dinosaur aired on BBC ONE from September 14th and is an exceptionally ambitious six part series, exhibiting the findings from dinosaur research over the past decade. Each episode is entirely computer generated, and it was one lone company based in London that produced this work completly in house. The company I'm referring to is Jellyfish Pictures, and we at Escape Studios were involved with kitting them out in preparation for this difficult project. Jellyfish now have a completely up to date system, and are in a great position to offer future clients the very latest software and hardware, putting them ahead of the rest for a couple of years.
News Round-Up: Monday 26th Sep 2011
Here is my usual Weekly Round-Up of news with the stories that I have picked up over the past week. If you have suggestions for stories I missed, just drop me a line or post a comment.
Autodesk 3ds Max Design Competition
Autodesk have an awesome competition running at the moment, with great prizes for the winning and runner-up entries. They are calling out for submissions of a scene or design created on either 3ds Max 2012 or 3ds Max Design 2012. The winning entry will be featured on the 3ds Max Design 2012 box cover and splash screen. Entries will not be judged on production quality, but rather on imagination, innovation and an ingenious use of the Max logo. They are looking for inventive concepts or renderings of architectural designs as well as mechanical or industrial production design. So be adventurous.
News Round-Up: Monday 19th Sep 2011
Following on from last week's announcement about our Weekly Round-Up of news, here are the stories that I have picked up over the past week. If you have suggestions for stories I missed, just drop me a line or post a comment.
CityEngine: Mapping Out The Locations on Pixar's 'Cars 2'
Pixar, renowned for their cutting edge animation, know better than anyone the advantages of saving time where possible. The technical directors and supervisors on Cars 2 were faced with the challenge of building locations for this feature length animation. Those of you who have seen the sequel will remember that the lead character, Lightning McQueen, is being sent around the globe to race in the world Grand Prix. The challenge for the Pixar creative team was to build recognizable cities, on a very broad scale.
Free MARI Tuition at Escape Studios
For those of you who have always dreamt of using MARI, now is your chance. The Foundry and Escape Studios are running two training programs, each broken down over two evenings for MARI and the NUKE <> MARI bridge, both held at Escape Studios.
News Round-Up: Monday 12th Sep 2011
For some time now, I have been doing a weekly round up of news for our own internal use at Escape Studios. I never actually thought of sharing it more widely until someone pointed out to me last week, that actually, maybe it would be useful to the people who read this blog.
23 MARI Tips In 23 Days on Twitter
MARI is a relatively new piece of software, and is becoming more popular with artists as its reputation for efficiency and adaptability becomes more widely known. As with any piece of new software there is a period of trial and error before you really get to know its full capability. It is in light of this that Henry South, lead texture artist at Framestore, is offering to share his top 23 tips when working with MARI.
New Event: Andy Bechtolsheim Discusses the Solution for a Better Network Platform
Ever find yourself wondering about a better alternative to your current network setup? Could there be a larger, faster and more predictable solution out there for your server / storage requirements? You are not alone in asking this question. This is fast becoming a major concern for many IT teams in the media and entertainment sector. That's why we will be addressing this very topic at a special event being held in London on September 16th, 2011. Andy Bechtolsheim, a highly respected figure in the Information Technology industry is coming to London to share his expertise on this issue. Andy has been involved in the IT industry throughout his career. He has witnessed first-hand how computing infrastructures have scaled over the decades, and how network speeds have failed to keep up.
An Evening with NUKE and MARI; A Huge Success
In a fast paced industry, where new technologies are being introduced more frequently, it can be difficult to stay on top of which products successfully aid efficiency and quality in our work. It's great to know that some companies take an opportunity to show off their products and how they are being utilised in the industry. Last Thursday I made a special effort to attend an event for NUKE and MARI software. The torrential down pour that evening made venturing out difficult, so I was glad to see so many people were able to attend. Armed with umbrellas and rain coats well over one hundred of us braved the weather to enjoy an evening with NUKE and MARI, an event hosted by Escape Studios in collaboration with The Foundry and HP.
Autodesk 3D Subscription Advantage Packs, Coming Soon…
Our friends at Autodesk have just announced that from 27 September 2011, selected 2012 versions of Autodesk software will be available for download for subscription customers. Autodesk Subscription Advantage Packs offer early access to new product enhancements, giving you the very latest in Autodesk software. Subscriptions are available to contract managers, software coordinators or anyone who has been granted access to Autodesk product extensions.
What Happened at the London RenderMan UGM
We hosted the much-anticipated London Pixar RenderMan User Group Meeting last week, and all I can say is that it was pretty packed.
An Evening with NUKE & MARI in London
We're going to be hosting an event with The Foundry and Hewlett Packard called An Evening with NUKE and MARI in London on August 18th. The event is designed for professional artists who want to take a peek at the new features of NUKE, NUKEX and the newly launched bridge between NUKE and MARI. It will definitely be exciting to see first hand all that's new in these products.
Mantra for Maya & Other Renderers
I have been looking at Maya to Mantra today, and thought: "Great! Means that sometime soon we'll be able to try out Houdini's Mantra Renderer in Maya".
Mocha Pro Event In London Was A Huge Success
Thanks to everyone that attended out mocha Pro Event in Soho last Tuesday evening.


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Recreating Tumblr's "Updating…" page using pure CSS3
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This is an experiment in progressive enhancement. Dig in if you're into CSS3 stuff and overkill optimizations.
This is an experiment in progressive enhancement. Dig in if you're into CSS3 stuff and overkill optimizations.
I collected 5 new, awesome premium Wordpress plugins which you will just adore.
Results of the first Codeforest giveaway.
First giveaway on Codeforest is giving away a banner on the right for one full month. Read more to learn how to apply.
Membase is a distributed key-value database management system, optimized for storing data behind interactive web applications. I will show you how to use it on a Windows machine.
I developed several applications for my clients that need a multilingual support. This article will show you how to properly localize your application.
I was looking at Google Instant Search the other day, and asked myself : What if I do the similar thing to login functionality. I had to try it, so here it is, a jQuery Instant Login and how to do it.
This is a guest post by Zoran Jambor, great designer, slicer and front end developer. He'll show you how to create an animated spiral using only CSS3 techniques.
Today I am going to explain usage of key/value tables in database design. This has nothing to do with NoSQL initiative or databases. Just an interesting approach to database design with its pros and cons which I will explain through nice example.
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DURHAM (AP) -- Disgraced prosecutor Mike Nifong didn't show up in court today for a hearing to consider his immediate removal as Durham County district attorney.
He's already been suspended and pledged to resign next month.
The veteran prosecutor was disbarred for breaking more than two dozen rules of professional conduct in his handling of the discredited Duke lacrosse rape case.
Nifong told the attorney hired to prosecute his removal that he plans to resubmit his resignation Monday, making it effective immediately.
Superior Court Judge Orlando Hudson says he'll reconvene the hearing Monday. He could accept Nifong's new resignation or issue an order kicking him out of office.
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The World Languages and Cultures Learning Center, also known as the "Language Lab," is located in 307 Kinard and is available to World Languages and Cultures students and instructors for teaching, learning, and practicing foreign languages. Consisting of a classroom and a conference room, the Language Lab gives students and instructors access to state-of-the-art multimedia equipment, computers, and software in a language-focused environment. After an extensive planning period and with numerous contributions, the Language Learning Center officially opened on June 17, 2002 with a ceremony honoring the South Carolina Cable Television Foundation for its contributions. With these contributions, the old language lab was upgraded to accommodate the rapid changes in technology and education.
Affected by this upgrade were rooms 307 and 311 in Kinard Hall, which now house modern language classes taught in the most innovative ways recommended by educators. As part of the renovations and upgrades to the site, old speech booths were replaced with networked computers linked to a control room and a teacher station in each room. Instructors can now show their screens to individuals or groups of students using the existing local area network, listen to students speaking, and assist groups in the language learning process.
The classroom (Room 307) is designed for teaching classes for World Languages and Cultures students. It has 24 multimedia-capable PCs and an instructor station, all of which are equipped with flat panel displays, DVD drives, international keyboard layouts, and internet access.
The conference room (Room 311) is designed for small classes, faculty-meetings, or as a presentation room. It offers the same equipment as the classroom but in a more open setting for classes and small groups. It has 9 multimedia-capable PCs and an instructor's station. In addition, both rooms are equipped with a Worldwide VCR, a CD/DVD player (all of which can be projected), as well as a high quality sound system device. Some multimedia equipment is available for faculty to check out for use in class. The Language Lab is staffed by Dr. Elizabeth Evans, the Language Lab Director, and one Lab Assistant. Limited tutoring in Spanish is available during the hours the Lab Assistant works. Check the schedule posted outside the lab entrance. For more information, contact the lab director at email@example.com.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Although the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), as the name suggests, is primarily a defensive army, our soldiers place their lives at stake on a daily basis. Over time, almost every family has lost relatives in defense of the Promised Land.
Protection and preservation can come only from the Almighty but we can show our appreciation of the efforts of our soldiers and reservists. Let us show our men and women in uniform that we stand behind them, in prayer AND in deed! In the coming weeks, we are planning to distribute Winter Packages for 'our children' - our soldiers! (The majority of IDF soldiers are young men and women just out of school.)
This Winter, our lovingly-prepared package contains the following items:
Give your gift today for a Soldiers Winter Package, and let the forces know that there are very special people who care, and appreciate their sacrifice and their duty.
Israeli soldiers admitted seven wounded Syrians into Israel, administering emergency medical treatment at the border and transporting the hurt to area hospitals. These brave men and women risk their lives to treat any wounded individuals, friend and foe alike. You can help Israel Today show them that we care and appreciate their contribution to the Land of Israel.
Israeli soldiers are on alert 24/7. They do not take time off, and even on holidays, they must be ready to protect the people of Israel. Help be a comfort and show your appreciation for them.
The United States has decided to lift the ban on women in combat units. Women have served on Israel's front lines for almost 20 years.


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A stay-dry tee With the evolution of breathable, sweat-wicking fabrics, this closet staple keeps skin dry so you're cooler during workouts. Look for those with antimicrobial fabrics, too, which can help prevent sweaty, post-workout aroma. And always opt for bright colors (other than white) to help boost your mood, confidence—and your desire to work out. Our tip: Have plenty on hand for frequent workouts.
The gym-to-street shoe Don't underestimate the power of cool-looking and comfortable sneakers. A flexible yet supportive fit with a cushioned sole, and a ventilated outsole, keeps feet comfortable and fashionable throughout the day—no matter whether you're on an afternoon power walk or heading about town for your daily or weekly errands.
An all-around parka A streamlined "soft-shell" jacket is lightweight and breathable but protects you from wind, snow and rain. Wear it to yoga class, for an outdoor jog or just running around on weekends. In the winter, if you add layers of fleece underneath it for core warmth, you won't need to bother with a huge, bulky overcoat.
A supportive bra You need at least five of these (or one for every day of the week on which you work out). Replace them every year—stretched-out fabric won't give you the support and figure flattery you need for a smooth, jiggle-free silhouette. Pick fun colors if you don't plan to wear a T-shirt over it.
Comfy lounge pants Who doesn't love coming home to a pair? In fabrics like terry cloth, cotton or velour, you can pull them on for yoga or wear them to the grocery store (with a pair of comfy shoes) without feeling sweatpants-sloppy.
Music to go Mix up your workouts with a take-everywhere MP3 player. Carry it to the gym, the track or wherever you normally go to work up a sweat—to play your most inspiring tunes. It's sure to motivate you to run, jump and boogie to your best body. Click here to get Shape's playlists.


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Slow Cooker Apple Bourbon Pork Chops
Slow Cooker Apple Bourbon Pork Chops
Lisa @ Onceamonthmeals.com
- 1.5 pounds boneless pork chops
- 1 teaspoons sea salt
- 0.5 teaspoons pepper
- 1.5 cups granny smith apples, diced
- 6 Tablespoons bourbon (substitute: 2 teaspoons vanilla extract plus 6 teaspoons water for each Tablespoon of bourbon.)
- 0.33 cups sucanat
- 0.5 cups applesauce
- 1 Tablespoons honey
- 1 Tablespoons worchestershire
Season pork chops with salt and pepper. Place pork chops in the bottom of slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine apples, bourbon, sucanat, applesauce, honey, and worchestershire. Pour glaze over the chops. Cook on low for 4 hours.
Freezing Directions:
Season pork chops with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, combine apples, bourbon, sucanet, applesauce, honey, and worchestershire. Divide meat and sauce among gallon freezer bags. Label and freeze. TO SERVE: Thaw. Cook in slow cooker on low for 4 hours.
Servings: 4
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John Constantine leaves a trail of secrets in his wake and only we know what they really are. That's why we're here to tease you with all the #DCTV Secrets hiding in each episode. If you really want to know some of the answers to these questions, check out the spoiler section... and find out the answers to the burning questions.
All week long, we've been giving away awesome prizes to fans in celebration of hitting the one million follower mark on Twitter. But if you've missed out, don't worry. If you're reading this the day we posted it, then you're reading this on the day of our very last giveaway. And we've definitely saved the best for last.
Who'd like a gorgeous signed Jim Lee lithograph?
SPOILER ALERT: If you have not read GRAYSON #6 yet and do not wish to know what happens, stop reading this post now (major spoilers ahead!).
Guess what, fans and friends? It's time another amazing giveaway! We're continuing our celebration of one million Twitter followers, this time with the help of our friends from DC Collectibles. They've assembled an amazing prize pack that has a little something for everyone, including this beautiful Joker and Harley Quinn statue that's not yet available in stores.
Yesterday, we announced a week of giveaways in honor of reaching one million followers on Twitter. We told you the prizes would be must-haves for any DC Comics fan. Well, today we kick things off right with a copy of ABSOLUTE BATMAN, INCORPORATED.
On Monday, we kicked off a weeklong celebration in honor of our (now over) one million Twitter followers. As a part of that celebration, we asked you to tweet your favorite DC moment from 2014 using the #DC1Million hashtag, and you certainly didn't disappoint. Your tweets made us smile, made us laugh, made us think and made us very, very excited about what's ahead in 2015.
Our week of celebrating you—our fans—by giving you—our fans—awesome stuff has another surprise for you. Any Green Arrow fans out there? Yes, Arrow fans totally count. Okay, how about Kevin Smith fans?
NBC's Constantine returns this Friday with a new episode and a new timeslot—8 p.m. (7 p.m. CST). This week's new episode, "The Saint of Last Resorts, Part 2," picks up right where last month's cliffhanger of a midseason finale left off. Of course, you've been watching, so you know where that is… right?
Each week, DC Comics will be releasing a free—that's right, FREE—digital comic book issue featuring a sample chapter from one of our 25 Essential Graphic Novels as well as sample pages from the 2014 Essentials catalog. This week: Wonder Woman #1!
For DC Comics fans, Sunday was a big day for small screen news as The CW made some exciting announcements at the Television Critics Association's winter press tour. But if you were distracted by football and the Golden Globes and missed all the news, never fear. We're here to bring you up to speed. Here are last weekend's three big "gets."


text: Brilliant Vapors electronic cigarettes, also known as vapor cigarettes, e-cigarettes or e-cigs are a high tech product developed to provide smokers with a clean alternative to smoking. Using the electronic-cigarette triggers a vaporizing process that releases a simulated smoke (actually a vapor mist) which evaporates into the air within a few seconds. The smoker inhales a Vapor that looks and feels virtually the same as smoke from a real tobacco cigarette.


text: Hop Valley is the featured brewery in the house at NWIPA on Thursday, January 31. "We will be serving up $4 pints of Alpha Centauri on draft. Each pint will enter you into a raffle for free swag. They will also be pouring from the year round line up as well as some special seasonal treats." -publican Jackson Wyatt


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Before you shake off the idea of getting unlocked iPhone 4 on BB 3.10.01, consider nerd_v3n0m. He has posted two video claiming to have unlocked his iPhone 4 on iOS 4.2.1 baseband 3.10.01. Since Gpower is really buggy, nerd_v3n0m is touting the imminent arrival of his own iOS 4.2.1 compatible unlock for iPhone 4 very soon. Hit the video showing jailbroken iPhone 4 running on T-Mobile network.
iPhone 4 Baseband 3.10.01 Unlocked [VIDEO]
Few hours back, he even released iOS 4.2.1 Untethered Jailbreak video, without having 4.2b3 SHSH blobs saved on Cydia. Check out the video
iPhone 4 iOS 4.2.1 Untethered Jailbreak [VIDEO]
Currently, he is working on problem where signal takes around 3-5 minutes to reach max bars after reboot. We don't know, if it is a legit one, however, Musclenerd of iPhone Dev Team claims to be a Fake one. Hmmm.. he is not showing the model which can prove that it is not the factory unlocked iPhone. Interestingly, the new hacker hasn't named the tool, which most of the FAKE people do!! What do you say?
We will update you when more information about unlocking iPhone 4 Baseband 02.10.04, 3.10.01 comes-in. Do not forget to follow us on twitter or join our facebook fanpage to keep yourself updated on iPhone, ipad and iPod Touch news.
[Update 1]: Beta version of the tool will be released after testing it on iPad.
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Butler's Semester in Latin America is currently underway. Over the course of the Fall 2010 semester, students will live and learn in the following locations:
Panamá, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Mexico
This study abroad program is traveling in Latin America while completing four core classes plus a two week homestay & internship experience. Taught by Butler professors - all with field experience in the region - the classes will be a blend of classroom and on-site lectures, discussions, site visitations, written assignments and exams. Learn in context by traveling to:
The group will spend three weeks in Panamá, four weeks in Nicaragua, a week in Guatemala and five weeks in Mexico connecting with cultures and the environment along the way.
Students will earn a total of 16 credit hours that fulfill core or general elective requirements and waive one semester of Change and Tradition (C&T) or Global and Historical Studies (GHS) upon successful completion of the program. Spanish language was NOT required (though helpful).
You will pay your regular tuition to Butler University and will be able to apply 100 percent of your institutional aid (i.e., Butler scholarships) to your tuition costs.
Environmental Biology
(5 credits - CC214: Natural World/Current Core: Division 4)
Taught by Dr. Carmen Salsbury (Biological Sciences) in Panama (3 weeks)
Frontiers in Latin America
(3 credits - GHS 204: Global and Historical Studies/Current Core: Division 2)
Taught by Dr. Craig Auchter (Political Science) in all four countries (3 weeks)
Caribbean Coast Family Homestay & Internship
(2 credits - PO403: Internship/Elective Credit)
Directed by Dr. Craig Auchter (Political Science) in Nicaragua (2 weeks)
The Mexican Revolution and the Archeology of Knowledge
(3 credits - CC213: Social World/Current Core: Division 3)
Taught by Dr. Ageeth Sluis (History) in Mexico (2 weeks)
Latin American Cities
(3 credits - CC211: Texts and Ideas/Current Core: Division 1)
Taught by Dr. Gabriela Muniz (Spanish) in Mexico (2 weeks)


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Amnesty Will Create Millions More Democrats; the GOP Wants This?
Not a shred of tangible evidence exists to support the widely made claim that if the GOP supports a broad amnesty, they'll gain Hispanic voters. Nevertheless, the mainstream media, Congress and the ethnic identity lobby insist that the Republican Party is doomed if it doesn't immediately jump on the amnesty bandwagon.
The reverse is true. Hispanics are a natural Democratic constituency. According to Census Bureau data, of U.S.-born Hispanic households that have children, 50 percent are headed by unmarried women (compared to 29 percent of U.S.-born whites), 40 percent use one or more major welfare program (U.S.-born whites: 19 percent) and 45 percent have no federal income-tax liability (U.S.-born whites: 29 percent).
Simply stated, Hispanics are a natural, big government, liberal constituency. Consider Puerto Ricans living in the United States who are American citizens and for whom immigration is a tangential issue. In Florida, 83 percent of Puerto Rican voters backed Obama and helped deliver the state's 29 electoral votes.
The New York Times analyzed November exit poll data and found that even if Mitt Romney had more than doubled double his Hispanic vote total in certain swing states, he still would have lost the general election by a wide margin. The Times recommended that any Republican hoping to win the 2016 White House based solely on Hispanic outreach should reconsider his priorities.
In conclusion, any targeted Republican effort to appeal exclusively to Hispanics as a specific voting bloc at the expense of other voters, namely white, middle class Americans, is doomed. While amnesty may be great for those on the receiving end, it's costly for the taxpayers who have to fund it.
As grim a picture as exit polling painted for Republicans, a recent Pew Hispanic Center report found that the more Hispanic immigrants admitted, the more Democratic voters created. To most readers, the Pew report's logical conclusion comes as no surprise. Yet, even the most basic and painfully obvious fact that immigrants are natural Democrats has, based on their recent clueless amnesty cheerleading, eluded Republicans.
Pew wrote that U.S.-born children of Hispanic immigrants regardless of their country of origin or their ethnicity are more likely than their parents to identify themselves as Democrats. As they integrate into American life, second generation Americans maintain strong ties to their Mexican and Asian cultural heritage. By the time they have completed their high school and college educations, they view themselves as liberal and on social issues considerably to the left of their parents. Their liberal leaning extends to gay rights, abortion and immigration. Most tellingly, 83 percent of second generation Americans favor big government.
This bodes poorly for Republicans and their collective futures especially in light of President Obama's 80 percent voting support from non-white and ethnic voters.
Republicans would be well advised to campaign on fiscal conservatism including frank talk about immigration's cost. Robert Rector, a Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow puts the proposed amnesty's cost at more than $2.5 trillion over the next two decades. Another ignored immigration topic among Republican candidates is that increasing immigration levels hurts low skilled immigrants already living in the United States and struggling to find jobs that pay a living wage.
If Republicans want to improve their lot at the voting booth, they have a plethora of common sense arguments without foolishly marching in lockstep with Democrats on amnesty.
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Tumor Diagnosed via Throcoscopy
Tumor in Greyhound Diagnosed via Thoracoscopy
by Kristine McComis
Shadow is a 10 year old male castrated retired racing Greyhound that presented to the Veterinary Hospital with severe pleural effusion, dyspnea, and a suspected middle lung lobe mass. The owners had noticed the dog's shallow breathing during the night and took Shadow to their primary veterinary the next day. The referring veterinarian performed radiographs and ultrasonography that suggested the pleural effusion and a possible mass in the middle lung lobe. An EKG showed atrial fibrillation. One and a half liters of dark red watery fluid was removed from the thorax on two consecutive days. Shadow's appetite decreased although he was drinking a lot of water.
The dog was admitted to The Ohio State Veterinary Hospital on October 26, 2009 for diagnostic evaluation by Dr. Guillermo Couto, professor of Oncology and Hematology. As is often the case, neither echocardiography nor thoracic radiographs revealed a definitive cause for the pleural effusion. Cytologic analysis of the fluid showed reactive mesothelial cells, another non-specific finding. Unfortunately, Shadow's owners were in the difficult position of knowing that their dog had a serious problem, but did not have adequate information to make decisions on therapy. Dr. Couto consulted with Dr. Christopher Adin, assistant professor of Surgery. Traditionally, exploration and biopsies of thoracic structures were performed through thoracotomy incisions. In dogs without a localized etiology, median sternotomy was required for examination of both hemithoraces. More recently, thoracoscopic surgery has revolutionized the ability to perform exploration of the thorax using minimally invasive techniques. In Shadow's case, veterinarians determined that thoracoscopic exploration would provide an excellent view of the thorax, as well as a method for obtaining biopsy samples from the pleura, lung and any masses that may be detected on direct examination.
The following day, thoracoscopy was performed, revealing a two centimeter mass on the sternum and a mass on the pericardium, which had not been seen on the ultrasound or radiographs. The masses were consistent with mesothelioma. Several other nodules and white plaques observed throughout the pleural cavity. The mediastinum was opaque and appeared thickened. Multiple biopsies were obtained to confirm the diagnosis. Two pleural ports were placed during surgery, one on each side of the chest. The pleural ports would provide a method for easy withdrawal of the pleural effusion after surgery, and would also provide a means of instilling intracavitary chemotherapy. Shadow was placed in the ICU, with a chest tube and needed oxygen. He remained comfortable post-surgery. Shadow was released on October 30th when his respiratory rate was within normal limits without supplemental oxygen. His owners were instructed on how to drain the thoracic fluid from the ports. We recommended chemotherapy to reduce the production of pleural fluid to help him breathe better, but unfortunately, the mesothelioma was not curable.
Although Shadow did not respond well to the chemotherapy and experienced continued pleural effusion, his owners were extremely appreciative that they were provided with a rapid diagnosis with minimal discomfort experienced by their beloved pet.


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Log Horizon
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If you are looking for the guild, see Log Horizon (Guild)
Log Horizon (ログ・ホライズン Rogu・Horaizun?) is a Japanese novel series by Mamare Touno. It was originally posted on a site called Shōsetsuka ni Narō starting in 2010, but was later published by Enterbrain in 2011. There have been four manga adaptations and an anime adaptation began airing on October 5, 2013. A second season for the anime was announced at the end of the last episode, which began October 4, 2014.
The light novels are published by Enterbrain! in Japan, Kadokawa Taiwan in Taiwan, and were recently licensed for an English release by Yen Press.
The story takes place in a universe where 30,000 Japanese players and several hundreds of thousand players worldwide are trapped in a fantasy online game world called Elder Tale. For these players, what was once a "sword-and-sorcery world" is now the "real world"! The main character is a male named Shiroe who teams up with his old friend Naotsugu and a beautiful assassin named Akatsuki as they try to survive in this new world.
- Light Novel (original) (ongoing)
- Log Horizon manga (hiatus)
- Anime (Season 1) (covers volumes 1-5) (completed)
- Anime (Season 2) (covers volumes 6-9) (Fall 2014)
- Log Horizon: People of the West Wind manga (alternate retelling) (ongoing)
- Honey Moon Logs manga (alternate retelling) (ongoing)
- Log Horizon: Nyanta's Fortune Recipes manga (alternate retelling) (ongoing)
- Log Horizon TRPG
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I'm using Mitotracker Green FM to measure mitochondrial mass on cells on separate days. Following staining, I run the cells through our FACSCalibur with the same settings every.
The problem is that my my geometric mean varies from 50-200 depending on the day for the same cell line and treatment. I run an unstained sample and it is fairly consistent plus or minus ~3. Immediately this makes me think there is variance in my staining. I aliquot my stain and never reuse aliquots. My staining concentration and time is the same. No matter what I still have a lot of variance.
Is it possible that this variability is from the flow cytometer PMTs? Other than using calibration beads is there anything I can do to correct for these day to day variances?
Any help would be apprecaited
Submit your paper to J Biol Methods today!
Flow Cytometry Inconsistent Between Days - Mitotracker Green FM Staining
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Here I am, in all my glory, on CTV Morning Ottawa explaining the intricacies of some of our Hammocks. Although Treeka.com (our former sister site) is being promoted, rest assured that this is in fact HammockUniverse.com.
P.S. I promise those aren't socks with my sandals - the bad camera lighting only makes it look that way. :-)


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I have been chosen to present at the Sahabhaga festival of participatory performance organised by the Srishti School of Art in November this year.See http://sahabhaga.blogspot.in
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working on a telecommmunication project
I'm working on a 'telecom' project, making videos and graphics about telecommunications and the technologies that they involve.Its with the Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore.It sounds technical but its an important technology.So I'm at CIS for a while, lets see how it goes.
TV and yonder.
I started work at an Urdu Channel called 'Women's TV' while I was in Hyderebad.It was fresh and untilled territory and exciting for a while but the channel didn't take off because of problems in broadcasting in the old city.
I would love to work on TV again.Is anyone out there listening!
The International Institute of Art, Culture and Democracy is a Bangalore based organisation focused on cultural democracy and begun in May 2008 by an inter-disciplinary group with expertise in design anthropology, new media art, technology and art history. The group shares the common vision and agenda of programmatic advocacy for cultural democracy.
I have been lucky for the grace that brought me to it; I'm working on some ideas for their website.Take a look at
mental health
Watching the 'Satyamev Jayate' episode on health care makes my life seem uncanny as well.Mental health is one of the most tricky of all areas of human activity.Anyone can be proclaimed as 'mentally ill' and its' one of most fuzzy of areas, you can find yourself ridden of all control over your life; and at the mercy of family without having warranted 'family'
Partners in crime
reviews for 'Bad Boy's Guide…' say its flaky at best.So this is some kind of pop-corn fluff by some-one who had enough resources and access to publish a book.
I'm training my blog posts on this woman.
Originally posted on k a u n t e x t:
What happens when you are set -up against a person barely worthy of your example?I think that I have just come through a difficult conundrum.
And is actually happening.This woman who according to me is a criminal who should be brought to the book, is actually celebrating the launch of a book. I think that people should boycott both the 'book' and the 'author' in question.
So this is a book about a blog.I wish I didn't have to do this but there will be blogs and there will be books.
And the subtitle of the book is, now this is telling, 'Bantering with Bandits'! Not that one expects such a person to adopt a moralistic stance, at least she admits to the company she keeps.It is indeed your 'known turf'.
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sexual abuse a means of fighting/Being men in a man's world
Comfortable women often use sex abuse as a means of getting rid of competition.It is a way of dehumanising, bestializing and othering their competition.
One is already weary of trying to work through patriarchal structures; to also have to deal with other women who you may have worked with and who think that you're somehow in their way.( to be contd…)
class 3 at vivekananda
In the last class we did the following: screened parts of 'Sister Act'. worked on some dance and movement using music from Asian Dub Foundation,Talveen Singh, State of Bengal and Nusrat .
the google art project at vivekananda
I get to use the Google Art Project at Vivenkananda School where I am teaching art at a pilot program during the Summer.
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Wet forecast pushes back tournament start to Saturday
April 18, 2013
NEW ORLEANS — A 90-percent chance of rain has postponed Friday's tennis matches — including those of Xavier University of Louisiana's men and women — in an NAIA unaffiliated group qualifying tournament at Jonesboro, Ga.
Intellicast.com predicts showers and thundershowers Friday morning, then cloudy with rain likely in the afternoon, perhaps with thunder. But sunny skies are expected for the weekend, with highs of 67 on Saturday and 70 on Sunday. Overnight lows will be 42 and 45.
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Quarterfinals — Saturday, April 20
#1 Xavier has a bye
#4 SCAD Atlanta vs. #5 Reinhardt, 9 a.m.
#3 Tennessee Wesleyan vs. #6 Tougaloo, 9 a.m.
#2 Milligan vs. #7 Fisk, 9 a.m.
Semifinals — Saturday, April 20
Xavier vs. SCAD Atlanta-Reinhardt winner, not before 2 p.m.
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Championship — Sunday, April 21
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Friday's first-day schedule at Clayton County Tennis Center was moved to Saturday. For the Gold Rush,
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The championship duals will be played Sunday. Meet director Glen Hill, the SCAD Atlanta men's and women's tennis coach, wrote in an email to participating schools that an early simultaneous start of the men's and women's finals is possible to help with return travel. That could be a blessing for the Rush and Nuggets, who will try to make it home in time for Xavier's athletics award banquet Sunday night.
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Here's a clever idea and a total surprise – instead of just dumping some samples on you, the folks at Akai have built a whole Reaktor ensemble full of analog drum samples, set up by default to work with their excellent, ultra-compact LPD8 pad controller. Now, because it's in Reaktor, you can edit the ensemble. You know what that means: this thing is screaming to be modified or dropped into your own ensemble with custom effects. If anyone feels up to the task, I can try contacting Akai and see if they'll be willing to distribute a couple of mash-ups of this ensemble.
For those of you who haven't seen it, the LPD8 is pictured below. It's similar to the Korg nano Series, but is slightly larger and thicker (and has knobs); you sacrifice a bit of the ultra-portability of the nano in favor of a bit more playability. (I'm becoming addicted to small controllers, so I may just have to get all of them.)
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Productivity in the nonfarm business sector—as measured by output per hour—increased at a revised seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2002.
A preliminary estimate of -0.2 percent had been reported in February, based on information available at that time. The upward revision was mostly due to a larger increase in output than originally reported.
Output in the nonfarm business sector increased 1.7 percent in the fourth quarter, revised upward from a preliminary estimate of 0.8 percent. Hours of all persons were up 0.9 percent, slightly less than the 1.0 percent previously reported.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Upward revision of fourth-quarter productivity growth on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2003/mar/wk1/art05.htm (visited March 06, 2015).
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The bed looked much lighter online than in actuality. It's more of an espresso color. I read the question from someone, asking if a boxspring was needed. The customer service rep replied that it go either way because of the slats. Our mattress is 10" thick, and if we didn't have boxsprings, the mattress would come way below the cushioned part on the headboard. Very dumb-looking! We got low-profile box springs and they work perfectly. Our 5" boxsprings and 10" mattress puts the top of the mattress right at the bottom of the cushioned part on the headboard. Regular boxsprings would probably work, but I thought it'd look too high. I love the low footboard on this bed! The headboard is very heavy and will stand flush against your wall. Nice cushion, too. Bed seems sturdy, but we had to cut more slats. The five provided for a king bed just aren't enough. The slats for the king have little pieced that go down to the floor for support. Shipping was fast, but the boxes used for the product are junk and tore up. Fortunately, none of the bed was damaged. I'm happy with our purchase.
The bed frame is nice overall, the design is contemporary and it feels kinds fancy with that headboard. But you can't really lean against that headboard if you wanna read, you feel it leaning backward, it's not attached firmly. The frame only has five slats, with a supporting leg in the middle of each one. That is not enough to support a mattress, you need box springs or boards. We got regular boxes at first, but the mattress ended up too high, so we replaced them with low profile, which made the height better. The worst part is the corners. They stick out about 2", which has almost broken my knee after just a few weeks of use. When getting up in the dark, and walking close to the bed to find my way, I banged my knee into that projecting part, ouch !.. It's better to have flush corners, even rounded if possible. The bed frame comes in two separate cartons, assembly is easy. Overall it's a fair value for the price.
Bed was great, needed a few extra slats for underneath :)
If you like modern this is a great bed. Shipping was great, easy to put together. One person recommended getting extra slacks to hold the bed since the five sent did not look sufficient to hold a king. We got the extra slates and I would recommend doing so, very inexpensive. Overall not a bad product. Do I expect it to last 20 yrs? No but a good 5-7 is good considering the price.
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"To see somebody dying over 10 years, little by little, that's the worst punishment," Vergara recently said of her troubled brother in Parade magazine. "Now he's like another person."
The star also indicated that her brother has been fighting addictions to alcohol, pot, cocaine and crack, which his arrest record backs up. Most of his nearly 30 arrests came in Miami-Dade, and charges have included drinking in public, petty larceny, assault and battery, grand theft, cocaine possession and, most frequently, marijuana possession.
In fact, Julio was once picked up three times in a single month back in February 2010 and arrested each time for marijuana-related charges.
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It was a special day in the Capital city of Sontar, even a majority of the workers received the day off to observe the military parade in one way or another, either in person or usually on the view port - a device similar to a television but with far less variety. It was as good an excuse as any to get the bulk of the work force away for a day to optimize the lines and increase efficiency with automation, leader even hoped that someday the working caste could be replaced either all together or downsized to simple maintenance duties of said machines that performed every other task but that would be years in the future most likely. For now, the working caste was necessary and therefore would be tolerated.
And so the army marched in formation around the massive vessel being carried on an enormous flatbed down the main highway of the capital to the launch site. The people stood at attention and saluted from the sidelines, while those at home or in a public place saluted the screen they were watching in respect as an unnatural silence of pride washed across the world. An age forged of fire and steel, refined by circuitry and servo motors and powered by an unfaltering desire to expand.
"May Leader watch over us," were the only words spoken in ominous respect as the massive engines began to blaze forth into a firey glory. The vessel's initial takeoff was guided remotely from command central and thankfully without incident. The hulking frame lifted from great slab beneath it and began to increase in speed ever so steadily and ripped through the clouds as if it were a massive knife meant to slay the very sky. And so the vessel sped, towards the heart of their system the sun as the crew were going through the slow process of being 'hatched', the term somewhat coined from an initial trial long ago when they still used glass spheres where the clone was stuck in its development fluid that had failed to drain and the life support had disengaged - long before they had safety installed for this kind of scenario mind you and the science team had to smash open the pod with an axe to save the mans life. They would be fully awake, cleaned, clothed and ready to take over operation of the vessel when they neared the planet closest to the sun which would humbly be named according to the peoples system of cataloging as P0A; P for planet, 0 for home system and A for closest explored spacial body to a sun or the center of the system whichever was prevalent.


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The Volkl Power Bridge V1 Midplus, like its predecessor, the DNX V1, offers putaway power with a comfort oriented feel. The Power Bridge technology adds stability to the yoke to help make the racquet more powerful and dynamic. Our testers found the V1 Midplus to offer a large sweetspot with plenty of forgiveness. At net, the 102 square inch head size provided a crisp punch while offering plenty of maneuverability. There was plenty of power as well as spin to be had when serving with the open 16/19 string pattern. All in all, this is a versatile stick and a nice update to the Catapult V1, offering the Power Bridge technology for better comfort. Recommended for players from 3.5 to 5.0 levels.
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