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Newsletter - The Biology Genome
Fall 2016 - Volume 2, Issue 5 **current issue
Summer 2016 - Volume 1, Issue 4
Spring 2016 - Volume 1, Issue 3
Winter 2016 - Volume 1, Issue 2
PSU Biology alum Meghan Martin-Wintle from the Deborah Duffield lab partners with Oregon Zoo on "matchmaking" research to boost population of endangered giant panda. Martin-Wintle's research was recently published in Nature Communications.
Biology faculty Kenneth Stedman and Justin Courcelle each presented at the Oregon State University Microbiology Student Association's Research Symposium in Corvallis on Saturday, April 4th.
The title for Justin's talk was: The Importance of Finishing What you Start: The Completion of DNA Replication
p>Biology faculty member Deborah Lutterschmidt was selected as the recipient of the 2015 Gorbman-Bern New Independent Investigator Award by the North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology (NASCE). She will present a special lecture on her research at the society meeting in Ottawa, Canada in June 2015.For More information visit the NASCE website ishttp://nasce-snaec.com/
PSU receives $24 million Diversity Award from NIH, "Enhancing cross-disciplinary infrastructure training at Oregon (EXITO)", to establish collaborative partnerships between programs in Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, and Pacific Islands that will support education and training of students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds pursing careers in health sciences research! The EXITO team includes Carlos Crespo (CUPA; lead), Suzanne Estes (Biology), Thomas Keller (School of Social Work), Dawn Richardson (CUPA), and Thomas Becker and Cynthia Morris (OHSU).
Dr. Ken Stedman and PhD student James Laidler from the Center for Life in Extreme Environments are featured in the latest Journal of Virology for their article, "How do viruses get around?"
Dr. Ken Stedman and his student Geoffrey Diemer (PhD) won the 7th BioMed Central Research Award, supported by antibodies-online.com. The researchers received their award for their article titled "A novel virus genome discovered in an extreme environment suggests recombination between unrelated groups of RNA and DNA viruses."
YouTube trailer for "Edge of Life: Virus Among Us" starring Dr. Ken Stedman
Press for Rosenstiel et al. Nature paper: Science, Scientific American, Oregonian, OPB, New York Times
Nature News Blog: "Hot Spring Yields Hybrid Genome." Click here to read more.
Dr. Deb Duffield was featured in the Oregonian for her work with two whales that washed up on shore recently. You can read about it here.
Wernick, Riana, Dana Howe, Suzanne Estes, and Dee Denver. "Paths of Heritable Mitochondrial DNA Mutation and Heteroplasmy in Reference and Gas-1 Strains of Caenorhabditis Elegans." Frontiers of Genetics 7 (2016).
Millar J.A., Ballhorn D.J. (2013). Effect of mycorrhizal colonization and light limitation on growth and reproduction of lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.). Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality: 86(1): 172-179.
Stedman, K., "Mechanisms for RNA Capture by ssDNA Viruses: Grand Theft RNA" Journal of Molecular Evolution: Volume 76, Issue 6 (2013), pp 359-364.
Tidwell, K. S., D. J. Shepherdson, and M. P. Hayes. "2013 Interpopulaton Variability in evasive Behavior in the Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa)" Journal of Herpetology. 47: 93-96.
Tidwell, K. S. and M. P. Hayes. "Difference in Flight Initiation Distance of Recently Metamorphosed Oregon Spotted Frogs (Rana pretiosa) and American Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus)" Herpetological Conservation Biology. Accepted.
S. Cancellieri, M. Murphy. "Experimental examination of nest reuse by an open-cup nesting passerine: savings of time/energy, or nest site shortage?" Animal Behaviour. Accepted.
A. Shipley, M. Murphy, and A. Elzinga. "Residential edges as ecological traps: Postfledging survival of a ground-nesting passerine in a forested urban park" The Auk. Accepted.
Bartos-Smith, S., J. E. McKay, Jennifer K. Richardson, and M. T. Murphy. 2012. "Edges, trails and reproductive performance of Spotted Towhees in urban greenspaces." pp. 167-181, In Urban Bird Ecology and Conservation (Eds. C. A. Lepczyk and P. S. Warren). Studies in Avian Biology No. 45
Redmond, L. J., and M. T. Murphy. 2012. Using complementary approaches to estimate survival of juvenile and adult Eastern Kingbirds. Journal of Field Ornithology 83:247-259.
Ceballos, RM, Marceau, CD, Marceau, JO, Morris, S, Clore, AJ, Stedman, KM (2012). "Differential Virus Host-Ranges of the Fuselloviridae of Hyperthermophilic Archaea: Implications for Evolution in Extreme Environments." Frontiers in Extreme Microbiology.
Cheeke, T.E., Coleman, D. C., Wall, D.H. (Editors) 2012. "Microbial Ecology in Sustainable Agroecosystems. Advances in Agroecology Research." CRC Press.
Rosenstiel, TN, Shortlidge, EE, Melnychenko, AN, Pankow, JF, and Eppley, SM (2012). "Sex-specific volatile compounds influence microarthropod-mediated fertilization of moss." Nature.
Diemer, J. and Stedman, K. "A novel virus genome discovered in an extreme environment suggests recombination between unrelated groups of RNA and DNA viruses." Biology Direct, 2012; 7 (1): 13 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-7-13
Kautz S, Ballhorn DJ, Kroiss J, Pauls SU, Moreau CS, et al. (2012). "Host Plant Use by Competing Acacia-Ants: Mutualists Monopolize While Parasites Share Hosts." PLoS ONE 7(5): e37691. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037691
Lutterschmidt, D.I. "Chronobiology of reproduction in garter snakes: Neuroendocrine mechanisms and geographic variation." General and Comparative Endocrinology, in press. Invited Review.
Deshler, J., and M.T. Murphy. 2012. "The breeding biology of the Northern Pygmy-owl: Do the smallest of the small have an advantage?" Condor. 114:314-322.
Student News
Biology major Kimberly Gottschalx has been chosen for one of the coveted Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institution/MIT 2016 Summer Student Fellowships. The 2016 Summer Student Fellowship is a 12-week REU program sponsored by NSF on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Kimberly is a LSAMP & McNair Scholar as well as an EXITO peer mentor!
Timea Deakova, a PhD student from the Rosenstiel Lab won second place in the Graduate Outstanding Research Award for Biological Science at the 12th annual Sigma Xi C-W Chapter Student Research Symposium.
Lindsay Holden, Ph.D. Student in Biology, is a 2015 Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program awardee. The funding line for Bioscience applicants was ~3% in 2014. This program is through the National Defense Education Program and Lindsay's work has been sponsored by the US Army Public Health Command at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland. She is funded from August 1, 2015 - July 1, 2018 (stipend + tuition/fees = ~$153,500 over 3 years), plus 2 summer internships and a civilian job in toxicological research at the Public Health Command post-graduation.
Lindsay Holden also is a 2015 Summer Institute for Statistical Genetics scholarship awardee ($2400), hosted by the University of Washington Biostatistics department - July 6-15, 2015
Timea Deakova, Ph.D. student in Biology, Received 2015 Forbes-Lea Research Award. " The effect of variation in species and sex on moss BVOC emission".
Timea Deakova, a graduate student in the Rosenstiel lab, received an NSF graduate research fellowship.
Claire Riggs, a graduate student in the Podrabsky Lab received a NSF DDIG grant.
Adrienne Godschalx, a graduate student in the Ballhorn lab received a NSF DDIG grant.
Dr. Ken Stedman and PhD student James Laidler from the Center for Life in Extreme Environments are featured in the latest Journal of Virology for their article, "How do viruses get around?"
Undergrad Jess Millar has received the American Society for Microbiology Undergraduate Research Capstone Award. The ASM capstone program seeks to enhance the presentation skills of underrepresented minority students by providing them with resources to transition to disciplinary scientific meetings. Each ASM awardee receives a two-year ASM student membership and $1,500 in travel support to the ASM Capstone Institute and to the 114th ASM General Meeting.
Three PSU Biology students won awards for best posters at the Sigma Xi Columbia-Willamette Student Research Symposium held April 15. Grad student Timea Deakova won first place under the Biological Science category for her work titled, "Moss as a possible bioindicator for nitrogen deposition." Doctoral student Brittney Davidge won top prize under the Biomedical Science category for her work, "Temporal control of cyclin E levels by the ubiquitin proteasome system." Undergraduate Tan Nguyen received second place for undergrads for his poster, "Monitoring iron uptake onto gold nanoparticle surfaces for use as theranostic agents in cancer therapy."
Catherine Dayger has been funded to attend ComSciCon, a communication science workshop for graduate students hosted by Harvard University. Over 800 students applied for the 50 spots available.
Congratulations to Catherine Dayger, a Biology PhD student in the Lutterschmidt Lab! She received a Grants-in-Aid of Research from the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology for her proposal "Plasticity in stress responses: A role for glucocorticoid receptor?"
James Powell (PhD student) and Dr. Deborah Duffield were recently awarded research grants from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund ($18,474) and the Greenville Zoo ($1,000) for their work entitled "Bone Density of the Bottlenose Dolphin: A Model for Detecting Effects of Anthropogenic Contaminant Exposure."
In collaboration with CyberLogic, Inc., a research and development company based in New York City, James Powell (PhD student, Duffield Lab) was awarded a $150,000 Phase I NSF Small Business Innovation and Research grant for "Ultrasonic assessment of bone mineral density of the bottlenose dolphin: a proposed method for monitoring dolphin and ecosystem health."
James Powell (PhD student, Duffield Lab) received a $750 travel grant to assist in the 2013 Sarasota Dolphin Research Project Bottlenose Dolphin Health Assessments. Information about the research program can be found at http://sarasotadolphin.org/what-we-do/health-assessments/
The University Student Achievement Award Winners for the previous academic year were announced on June 13. The following is a list of Biology students who received this distinguished honor.
Dean's Award for Academic Achievement
Jess Millar, Undergraduate
Tanya Cheeke, Doctoral
Dean's Award for University Service
Eddie Ramirez, Undergraduate
President's Award for Academic Achievement
Geoff Diemer, Doctoral
Duffield lab members Matthew Holdgate (PhD) and Kessina Lee (MS) both won poster awards at the GIS in Action 2013 Conference held at PSU April 29-May 1. Matthew won the Spatial Choice Award for his poster titled, "Can GPS be used to improve zoo animal welfare? A case study of Asian and African zoo elephant movement." Kessina won the Real World Problem Solving award for her poster titled, "Sea lion mortality in Oregon & Washington, April to July 2012: GIS analysis of confirmed and suspected human interaction."
Undergraduate Jess Millar recently received two awards. One was a $800 travel grant from Harvard to attend an undergraduate professional development conference: America's Next Top Infectious Disease Model: HIV and Influenza; Center for Communicable Disease Dynamics in Chicago. She also received $4,000 for an Opportunities in Genomic Research Undergraduate Scholars Fellowship to study at the Genome Institute this summer.
Catherine Dayger (PhD) and Kyle Tidwell (PhD) tied for second place in the Graduate Biological Sciences division at the Sigma Xi Student Research Symposium held on April 5. Catherine's poster was titled, "Body Condition Modulates Responses to Capture Stress and Exogenous Corticosterone in Female Garter Snakes" and Kyle's title was "Quantifying the effect of the Invasive Bullfrog (L. catesbeianus) on the Oregon Spotted Frog (R. pretiosa)."
Geoffrey Diemer (PhD) won the 'Computational and high-throughput studies in genomics and systems biology' category award from the BioMed Central's Annual Research Award for his article, "A novel virus genome discovered in an extreme environment suggests recombination between unrelated groups of RNA and DNA viruses." Geoffrey will compete with nine other subject-specific category winners for the prestigious BioMed Central Research Award.
Luke Remond (Phd) won the Best Student Paper in the Journal of Field Ornithology for 2012.
Redmond, L. J., and M. T. Murphy. 2012. Using complementary approaches to estimate survival of juvenile and adult Eastern Kingbirds. Journal of Field Ornithology 83:247-259.
Amanda Kelley (PhD) was awarded a $500 travel grant to attend the 2013 SICB meeting in San Francisco where she will present her research on the ecophysiology of the invasive European Green Crab.
S.B. Sim, M. Mattsson, Jasmine L. Feder, D.H. Cha, W.L. Yee, R.B. Goughnour, C.E. Line Jr., Jeffrey L. Feder (2012). "A field test for host fruit odour discrimination and avoidance behaviour for Rhagoletis pomonella flies in the western
United States." Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
Kiley Hicks' (PhD student, Estes Lab) manuscript, "In vivo quantification reveals extensive natural variation in mitochondrial form and function in Caenorhabditis briggsae", was accepted for publication in PLoS One.
Sam Smith (MS Student, Estes Lab) was honored to receive the 2012 PSU Commendation Award and the President's Award for Outstanding University Service for his contributions to the Biology Department and to the university.
Fatema Fareh (Undergraduate Student in Biology) won the Cancer Research Training Award offered by NIH/NCL.
Matthew Holdgate (MS, Duffield Lab) was awarded the Pittsburgh Zoo's "PPG Industries Sustainability & Conservation" grant to study lateral recumbency in zoo elephants.
Catherine Dayger (PhD, Lutterschmidt Lab) received an ASIH Gaige Award for her research on "The role of corticosterone in reproduction: Implications for understanding the physiological impacts of climate change".
Christina Howard (MS, Lutterschmidt Lab) received an ASIH Gaige Award for her proposal entitled "Do melatonin and arginine vasotocin interact to regulate reproductive behavior?"
Matthew Holdgate (MS, Duffield lab) received "best poster" in the technical innovation category at the "GIS In Action" conference. The title of Matthew's poster is " Have Trunk, Will Travel: Using GPS to Understand Zoo Elephant Movement ."
Erin Shortlidge (PhD, Eppley lab) received an NSF doctoral dissertation improvement grant for work "Testing mutualistic function in a multi-trophic mating system in mosses."
Julia Ruppell, PhD, Murphy was recently awarded a Fulbright for her work with the crested gibbon in Laos. You can see her talk about her research here.
Nicole Paterson, an undergraduate researcher in the Stedman lab was just awarded a $5000 NASA Oregon Space Grant Undergraduate Research Scholarship for work on a novel DNA polymerase from an acidic hot lake.


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The Tourists have defeated the RiverDogs in six of eight games this season, but Asheville's clear head-to-head edge won't mean anything if the two teams end up with identical records, according to the SAL's tiebreaker rules.
Instead, the next scheduled regular-season game between the two teams will serve as a one-game playoff to decide the first-half title.
Such a system, which has been in place since 1982, doesn't sit well with Asheville manager Joe Mikulik .
"It's a bad rule, a ridiculous rule. You're telling me that you don't decide who the first-half champion is until more than a month after the first half ends?" Mikulik said to the Asheville Citizen-Times .
"We beat Charleston six of eight times, could tie them with the same record, and we aren't the champion? Is that fair?"
In the event of a tie, Asheville would not get home-field advantage. The first time Asheville and Charleston meet in the second half of the season is in Charleston on July 29, the first game of a four-game series.
BACK ON THE BENCH: Felipe Alou soon will be a manager again.
One day after his 73rd birthday, Alou was introduced as the manager of the Dominican Republic's team for the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The former San Francisco Giants manager and current special assistant to Giants GM Brian Sabean is considered a national hero in his native country.
"It's the biggest thing back home," Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta , the manager for the Dominican Republic in 2006, told MLB.com.
"It's still a year away, and every day in the papers there's something about it."
Alou was introduced as manager in front of the Dominican media on May 20. According to the Spanish news Web site 7dias.com, Alou told reporters he would settle for nothing less than a trip to the finals at next year's World Baseball Classic.
Alou could end up coaching his son. Moises Alou , who played for the Augusta Pirates in 1988, reportedly expressed interest in playing for his father in the World Baseball Classic in an interview last weekend with ESPN Deportes, prior to making his third trip to the disabled list this season.
BACK OFF THE BENCH: Former Glenn Hills and USC Aiken standout Cephas Howard is back in the minor leagues after spending the past two months in extended spring training. Howard was called up by the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Tuesday, and the 6-foot-5, 240-pound right-handed pitcher saw immediate action for the Class A Midwest League affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels.
Howard pitched a scoreless sixth inning in the Kernels' 4-0 shutout of the Beloit Snappers on Wednesday. He gave up two hits and struck out one batter in his first outing of the season.
BACK ON THE TEAM: The Augusta GreenJackets have picked up a third catcher while on their current six-game road trip. Eliezer Alfonzo , who started the year with Triple-A Fresno, was suspended 50 games on April 30 for testing positive for a performance- enhancing substance.
After the suspension was served, the San Francisco Giants put Alfonzo on a rehab assignment with the GreenJackets. He went 1-for-5 with two RBI in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Asheville Tourists.
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Touring Unity Hospital's Expansion Project
Recently, Senator Robach was given a tour of the Unity Health System Modernization and Expansion Project in Greece. Construction begin last year, and is expected to be complete in 2014. Here are more details regarding this project:
The expansion of the Hospital includes the construction of a fourth floor and will add 35 acute care medical/surgical beds. The construction also gives Unity the option of opening 50 additional beds if needed in the future. The plan was approved by the New York State Department of Health Project Review Committee last month and by the New York State Department of Health State Hospital Review and Planning Council last week.
The project also includes modernizing and expanding facilities for Unity Hospital's Joint Replacement Center, GI Unit, and Cardiology Unit; Unity Acute Rehabilitation & Physical Medicine, and Unity Dialysis Services in Greece. The forward-thinking design positions Unity Hospital for long-term growth to accommodate the existing and projected health care needs of the community, which government data indicates will increase. The largest capital project of Unity Hospital since it opened in 1975, the estimated cost is $158 million. Strategically planned, the project is cost-effective, and will provide minimal disruptions to patients.
"We are able to move forward with our plans, thanks to the hard work of many Unity staff members and the support of our community partners," said Warren Hern, CEO of Unity Health System. "The modernization and expansion of Unity Hospital will allow us
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Since 2003, the average occupancy rate of Unity Hospital has been well above industry standards of 85 percent. In 2009, Unity's medical/surgical beds routinely operated above 100 percent. In addition, the Emergency Center is often in "code red" status because of high patient volumes and lack of medical/surgical beds. In spite of these challenges, the satisfaction ratings from Unity Hospital patients consistently remain above 98 percent.
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Unity will remain the only hospital in Monroe County to have all private, single rooms. The renovated rooms will be larger, and are designed to accommodate state-of-the-art technologies and patient care modalities. The new layout and relocated services will enhance work efficiencies.
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Mini Snickers CheesecakesPosted in Dessert on January 15th, 2012 by admin – Be the first to comment
I don't normally go for gimmicky baking where the appeal is dressing up someone else's brand name, but my coworkers were going crazy over the idea of this Mini Snickers Caramel Cheesecake. I joked that I could go home right then in the afternoon and make it and I think they would have let me, assuming I actually came back with cheesecake in hand.
- 2 c. chopped Snickers Bars
- 2 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs
- 2 Tbl. granulated sugar
- 5 Tbl. melted butter
- 2 8oz packages softened cream cheese
- 1 c. granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 Tbl. pure vanilla
- 3 Tbl. caramel sauce
My biggest downfall in cooking is that I still am not good at reading recipes thoroughly before I start. First I misread 2 cups as two Snickers bars and had to go back to the store.
Then I missed the two mentions of sugar in the ingredients, so when I started making the crust I used the whole one cup and thought there was nowhere near enough butter to turn this powder into a crust.
That went in the trash and I had to start over.
- Place graham cracker crumbs, sugar and melted butter into a mixing bowl to combine. Spoon a couple spoonfuls of crumbs into each section of the muffin pan and press down and up the sides.Bake for 5-6 minutes or just until browned.
- Remove from oven.
Good to remember. It would be really hard to get the cheesecake in those little cups while still in the oven.
- In a stand or electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and sugar until smooth and creamy. Add in eggs and vanilla until well combined, scraping sides of bowl with a rubber spatula.
Looks like cheesecake!
- Beat in caramel sauce until well combined.
I keep saying that I bake for selfish reasons. It's not that I don't like making other people happy with sugary treats, which I do, but I also fill up on the compliments I receive back. And so I insist on using quality ingredients because my reputation is on the line – I want people to be excited when they see something made by me. That means, for example, no high fructose corn syrup in the caramel sauce.
- Pour about 1/4 c. of cheesecake mixture over each baked crust then top evenly with chopped Snickers
I augmented the original two bars with a bag of "fun size" and chopped as I went so the leftovers could go in the freezer. (Frozen Snickers – try it.)
- Bake for 23-26 minutes or until cheesecake edges are just starting to brown and centers are nearly set. Remove and let cool completely. While still warm, loosen all edges with a plastic knife to make for easier removal from pan.
This knife thing is a good idea because those melted candy parts are still gooey and not yet glued like cement to the pan – at least for the first 30 seconds.
My first impression was that these are the ugliest things ever… and the right out of the oven taste test was okay but not my thing.
However served properly after being refrigerated, topped with homemade whipped cream and the rest of the caramel…
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EDIT: The exact model number of my TV is KDL-40S3000
I have a Sony Bravia KDL-40 tv and I am trying to calibrate the picture settings to get the best picture. However, for both of my HDMI inputs, I cannot access certain picture settings.
I have an Xbox 360 and a small PC connected through my HDMI ports and a regular DVD player connected through component cables. For the DVD player, I have the option of three picture settings (Vivid, Standard, Cinema) and I am also able to adjust these settings for Contrast, Brightness, Color, Hue, etc.
For the other two devices that are connected to HDMI, I only have two picture options (Video, Text) and I do not have access to many of the advanced options. I can adjust Contrast and Brightness, however I cannot adjust Color, Hue, Sharpness, Noise Reduction and others (these options are grayed out in the menu)
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University of Chicago Press, vol. 78(3), pages 1073-1109, May.
- Charles Quanwei Cao & Zhiwu Chen & John M. Griffin, 2003. "Informational Content of Option Volume Prior to Takeovers," Yale School of Management Working Papers ysm422, Yale School of Management.
- Bessembinder, Hendrik, 2003. "Issues in assessing trade execution costs," Journal of Financial Markets, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 233-257, May.
- Ellis, Katrina & Michaely, Roni & O'Hara, Maureen, 2000. "The Accuracy of Trade Classification Rules: Evidence from Nasdaq," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 35(04), pages 529-551, December.
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- Kyle, Albert S, 1985. "Continuous Auctions and Insider Trading," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 53(6), pages 1315-1335, November.
- David Easley & Maureen O'Hara & P.S. Srinivas, 1998. "Option Volume and Stock Prices: Evidence on Where Informed Traders Trade," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 53(2), pages 431-465, 04.
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Utley receives injection as knee pain lingers
Utley receives injection as knee pain lingers
Utley has had patellar tendinitis in the knee since before Spring Training started. The Phillies prescribed rest and rehab after an MRI on Feb. 26, but the knee has yet to improve. So the Phillies took the next step Friday, when team physician Michael Ciccotti gave Utley a cortisone injection.
"There's always concern when you're not able to play," Utley said before Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Bright House Field. "From everything the MRI and the doctors have been saying, it seems like it can get better. It hasn't gotten better at this point. That's why we've taken the next step."
Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said they hope to know before the end of the weekend if the shot worked.
Utley indicated he has had shots in the knee before when he said, "I've had a few shots over the course of my career."
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If not?
"If not, we'll have to look more intently on it," he said.
Utley said doctors indicated to him there is no structural damage in the knee -- "a little wear and tear, nothing crazy," is how Utley described it -- but the Phillies are not ruling out anything at this point.
"Could it be more than that?" Amaro said. "Perhaps. Right now that's what we have."
Utley has had tendinitis in his knee in the past. And that appears to be the main concern: He has had this before, but not for this long.
The Phillies have 24 more days of exhibition games before the April 1 season opener against the Astros at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies would like Utley to play in 10 games to give him enough at-bats to be ready.
"Every year is a little bit different," said Utley, who has continued to hit, though he has been unable to run or take fielding practice. "There's times [in Spring Training] when I've felt great after 15 at-bats. There's times where I haven't felt great after 50 at-bats. That's kind of up in the air. Obviously I want to get out there as soon as possible, but we also have to look at the big picture as well. ... It's just kind of a step-by-step process at this point. The whole goal for me is to try to get this fixed as soon as possible, but also keep it in perspective. I've got to keep it right for the long haul as well. I feel like we're making the right progression. We'll see how it goes."
If not, then what?
"Those are things we'll have to discuss at that time, but they said it would take two, three or four days to kick in and see how it goes from there," Utley said. "We'll know more after three or four days."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Three-year-old We've Got This has only had one career start to date but trainer Greg Eurell already has big plans for the gelding come autumn.
After winning two barrier trials, Eurell took We've Got This to Cranbourne on October for the Equine Direct 3YO Plate Maiden (1200m), which the gelding won in a narrow but strong victory. He settled third on the rails before getting a split between runners to take the lead at the 100 metre mark. He then fought back well to win in a photo finish despite racing a little greenly.
"This is a really nice, scopy horse who might go a bit further than your average horse," Eurell told Racing Network on Monday.
We've Got This is due to run in the $100,000 VOBIS Gold Eureka Stockade (1400m) at Ballarat on Saturday but Eurell is already eyeing bigger and better future prospects during the autumn for his one start, one win three-year-old.
""Win, lose or draw on Saturday he'll go for a little break, then we'll get him back for the autumn," he said.
"I still have to sit down and map out what's the best for him, look at the races in Sydney and the races in Melbourne and work out which are the best for him," he added.
"Like I say, he's got a lot of scope and I think he'll run a mile (1600m)," he said.
The 2014 Gold Eureka Stockade is one of ten races running at Ballarat this Saturday during the huge stand-alone meeting, which will carry more than $1 million in prize money. The Stockade is for VOBIS-eligible horses only and will carry $100,000, which when divided includes $60,000 for the winner and a $23,000 Super VOBIS bonus.
We've Got You will have to beat home the likes of Quest Moonee Valley Handicap runner-up Devon Princess, Group 3 Red Anchor Stakes (1200m) fourth Shaf, and Mitchelton Wines Handicap (1209m) winner Profit Share.
Eurell pointed out that both Northroza and Sang Choi Bao, who finished second and third to We've Got This in his maiden win, have gone on to win their own maidens, which helps his own gelding's form.
"It's always good to see the form around your horse stand up, and it really has with him," he said.
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The Raid is meant to promote the permanent trails which link the Rhône valley to the Southern area of the Alps (West to East) and the Vercors to Provence (North to South) See www.chemins-du-soleil.com for detailed information. The raid is organised by the "Raid VTT" organisation in close partnership with the Drôme Conseil General and the Town Council of Gap.
Due to the total elevation gain it is considered a challenging event. The adventure trek (no time kept) allows to discover in 3 stages a trail usually done in five to seven days, whereas the non-stop race is an original and very tough challenge, with a night stage. The goal of merely completing the non-stop race is an extraordinary challenge, and there are no more than five or six teams which can hope to compete for the victory.
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Prednisone, a widely used medication, is used to treat airway inflammation, allergic reactions, and joint inflammation. "We're not surprised we would find that kind of number" of confirmations, Waterman said.In regard to NSAIDs, Waterman said it appears the industry is happy with medications allowed under current regulations. He said the tests didn't reveal any "non-esoteric" NSAIDs.The next priority for the task force is formation of a national organization to coordinate drug testing and a movement toward uniform policy. The new Racing Medication and Testing Consortium met July 16 and continues to sort through reports from various task forces.
In the second round of "super tests" performed under the guidance of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Racing Integrity and Drug Testing Task Force, there were no new positives for Class 1, 2, and 3 medications, according to a final report recently released.Results of the first round of tests on 1,272 blind samples were released last summer. They showed that 98.3% of samples were clean. The 324 additional tests found no Class 1, 2, or 3 drugs, which pushed that percentage to 98.7% for all 1,596 tests.There were, however, 454 positives for Class 4 therapeutic medications in the 1,596 tested samples. Prednisone and prednisolone, which fall in the corticosteroid category, accounted for 424 of the confirmations.The other cortiscosteroids found in samples were betamethasone (two positives) and dexamethasone (21 positives). Under the category of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, there were seven confirmations for ketoprofen.The Class 4 medications are commonly used in racehorses. Dr. Scot Waterman, executive director of the NTRA task force, said the test results for corticosteroids in particular are "tough to interpret.""They're useful therapeutics used fairly ubiquitously for a number of purposes," Waterman said. "It's not surprising they are being used. They are actually legal on race day in several jurisdictions."For cost reasons, the levels of therapeutic drugs in samples weren't quantified, so very small amounts may have been detected under the sensitive super-test standards. Waterman said it's possible 75% of the confirmations for therapeutics could have come from jurisdictions in which their race-day use is legal."We're simply reporting whether it is there or not," Waterman said. "That's a can of worms."


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I used white jersey (double layered for the top), and a green knit fabric. I made a circle skirt and attached it to the top.
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The Native Instruments Komplete 8 Software Suite supercharges your musical creativity with 27 full-version products, 11,000 presets and over 100 GB of samples. Other music production softwares pale in comparison to the amount of features and functionality available in Komplete 8. Komplete 8 includes includes the brand-new Kontakt 5 and Guitar Rig 5 Pro, both updated and enhanced to the very pinnacle of state-of-the-art software technology. Reaktor 5.6 racks up alongside Massive, Absynth, and FM8 for the ultimate synthesizer array. Komplete 8 also includes the very latest and greatest NI instruments and effects, including Transient Master and the groove powerhouse Studio Drummer!
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Stroke health centre
Stroke diagnosis and treatment
A stroke happens when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. It is a medical emergency.
Prompt treatment is vital for a better chance of reducing damage or permanent disability from a stroke.
Stroke awareness campaigns focus on the main symptoms of stroke with the word FAST: Face-Arms-Speech-Time.
Face - a person's face may drop on one side, affecting the mouth or eyes
Arms - a person may not be able to lift one or both arms and keep them up because of weakness or numbness
Speech - a person's speech may be slurred or garbled, or they may not be able to talk at all
Time - dial 999 immediately.
How do I know if I've had a stroke?
Doctors usually diagnose a stroke from the person's symptoms, studying images of CT or MRI brain scans and carrying out physical tests.
It is important to determine the type of stroke before deciding on treatment. The two main types of stroke are:
- Ischaemic stroke, the most common, due to a blood clot.
- Haemorrhagic stroke, caused by a weakened blood vessel supplying the brain bursting.
A similar condition to a stroke is a transient ischaemic attack or TIA. The supply of blood to the brain is temporarily blocked causing what's sometimes called a 'mini-stroke'.
Further testing
Swallow tests are essential after a stroke as swallowing difficulties affect more than a third of people after a stroke.
The person is given a few teaspoons of water to drink. If they can swallow this without choking and coughing they will be asked to swallow half a glass of water. If they have problems with this, further specialist assessments will be carried out.
Heart and blood vessel tests may be carried out to confirm the cause of the stroke. These may include carotid ultrasonography, catheter angiography (arteriography), echocardiogram heart imaging.
What are the treatments for stroke?
Ischaemic stroke
A clot-busting drug called alteplase is used for ischaemic stroke to dissolve blood clots, also called thrombolysis. This is only effective if started during the first four and a half hours after the start of the stroke. Not all patients are suitable for thrombolysis treatment.
A regular dose of aspirin is usually given to make platelet cells in the blood less sticky and to reduce the risk of further blood clots.
Additional anticoagulant medication may be given as well as medication to reduce blood pressure and statins to lower cholesterol levels.
If the ischaemic stroke was caused by a narrowing in the carotid artery in the neck, an operation may be needed to unblock the artery.
Haemorrhagic stroke
For haemorrhagic strokes, an emergency brain operation called a craniotomy may be needed to remove blood from the brain and to repair burst blood vessels.
After the operation, medication may be given to help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of further strokes.
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4. Network Information Service (NIS) (Overview)
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9. LDAP Basic Components and Concepts (Overview)
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Only NIS+ masters are allowed to write data to LDAP. NIS+ replicas can obtain updates either from the NIS+ master (which might or might not have obtained it from LDAP), or they can read data directly from an LDAP server. A combination of the two is also possible. Therefore, there are two principal ways to arrange for NIS+ replication.
Leave NIS+ replicas unchanged, and let them obtain their data updates from the NIS+ master.
This arrangement has the advantage of configurational simplicity (only the NIS+ master need have a connection to an LDAP server), and also maintains the old replication relationship (master knows about new data first, replicas later). It is probably the most convenient solution while NIS+ remains authoritative for naming service data. However, it also lengthens the path between LDAP and NIS+ replica servers.
Let NIS+ replicas obtain their data directly from LDAP instead of from the NIS+ master.
In this case, replicas could have updated data before or after the NIS+ master, depending on lookup traffic and TTLs for data derived from LDAP. This arrangement is more complicated, but can be convenient when LDAP is the authoritative naming services repository, and few or no updates are made directly to NIS+ data.
When an NIS+ replica is obtaining data for at least one object in a particular NIS+ directory from LDAP, the update timestamps printed by nisping(1M) do not necessarily indicate the degree of data consistency between the NIS+ master and the replica. For example, assume that the NIS+ directory dir1 contains the tables table1 and table2. When the replica is obtaining data for both table1 and table2 from the NIS+ master, you might see an output like the following.
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The LDAP data differs from that on the NIS+ master.
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If you cannot accept this type of data inconsistency, let all NIS+ replicas obtain their data from the NIS+ master only. Once you have configured the NIS+ master to get data from LDAP, you do not need to make modifications to the replicas.


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This Tesuque bowl was priced at $3900 by Barbara Miles of Miles & Miles Trading Co., Pacifica, California, who was exhibiting at the show for the first time. How did she know about the show? "I read about it on the Internet."
Dealer Lise Thomas of Modesto, California, whose vintage Mexican textiles and folk artifacts were new to the show, was asking $1800 for this Tehuantepec village dress. Everything is from Quiroga in the Mexican state of Michoacán.
Along with the show's new aesthetic, its old aesthetic (American country) continues to be well represented. The rocking horse on the left cost $1695, the gold weathervane horse in the center cost $1495, and the black-painted rooster on the right cost $3200 from Sandy Linderman of Thousand Oaks, California.
Los Altos, California
The New California Country & More Antiques Show is under new management, and it really shows. It remains the show that it has been for 27 years––an American country antiques show with quilts, firkins, and weathervanes–– but now offers a whole other aesthetic with a range of cowboys and Indians and Mexican material layered over it. At the event on June 9 in Los Altos, the combination proved harmonious and complementary.
The change was evident from the first booth at the entrance, a double (triple?) booth manned by two southern California dealers who displayed the variety (and new mix) advertised on the show's invitation postcard: Americana, folk art, and "treasures from California's Golden Past."
Twelve of the approximately 33 dealers were new to the show. Many of them offered highly decorative (and sometimes more than decorative) American Indian and Mexican material. Many of these new dealers are veterans of the Golden California show in Glendale, which is produced by this show's new owners, Ted Birbilis and Sandy Raulston, whose own taste and inventory at their show booths and Pasadena shop includes Americana, folk art, and those treasures from California's golden past. What looked to be many hundreds of copies of M.A.D. were available for the crowd to take home.
Although Ted Birbilis had never gone to the California Country Antiques Show either as an exhibitor or an attendee, he knew people who had. He "felt we were always on the same wavelength. I knew the show's reputation and what it had been. Tom [Baker, one of the show's previous and longtime producers] called me saying the show needed to be saved. I thought about it long and hard. The show needed some new life pumped into it. But we kept the core of the show—American country and folk art."
Although "a lot of dealers who had been exhibitors were no longer there," Birbilis continued, "everyone who was ever involved [in managing the show] was there." He listed Bea Teer, who founded the show; Lori Moore, a cofounder; Tom Baker; and Tammy Martin, who sold the show to Birbilis and his partner, Sandy Raulston.
Although he didn't have the actual numbers when he spoke to M.A.D., Birbilis said the exhibitors told him that there were more and younger people attending than in the recent past. "We ran out of food," he said. Attendees were attracted by e-blasts, Facebook postings, a Groupon offer, and ads in the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Jose Mercury News. "My goal was to pull in a more diverse crowd to go with a more diverse group of dealers."
Birbilis confirmed that there will be an October 20 show in Los Altos and that dealers are already signing up, even dealers who never have done the show or haven't done the show in years. "So many shows no longer exist," he said, "but people still want to go to shows."
For information see (www.californiacountryshow.com) or call (626) 437-6275.
This pair of circa 1850 chairs from the Odd Fellows Lodge in Wappingers Falls, New York, was priced at $1200 for the pair by Rob Kowalski of Halliday House Antiques, Napa, California. "We are very pleased with the new management," Kowalski told M.A.D. "The flow of attendees was solid through the day, and there was maybe a younger crowd. I hear the commitment for the October California Country show is firm."
Tom Baker of Baker & Company, Soquel, California, was asking $1395 for this early 20th-century New England hooked rug decorated with a running horse. Baker was the show's second promoter and ran it for 11 years. He said, "The new promoters, Ted and Sandy, are by far the best possible promoters to take over its reins, and I am very excited about the show's future under their leadership." Baker has exhibited at Roadside America's "successful Glendale shows," and they had exhibited at Baker's shows, but not previously at this show in Los Altos.
In the booth of Atherton Antiques, Menlo Park, California, this folky 19th-century Austrian painted chest cost $800. "The new promoters' ads seem to work," said Christal Hassun. "The attendance has been good; there were about forty people in line when the show opened."
Originally published in the September 2013 issue of Maine Antique Digest. © 2013 Maine Antique Digest


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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Police found a dozen bodies trapped in a grate in the Tigris River, and a roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers on a foot patrol south of Baghdad on Saturday as nearly 50 violent deaths were reported across Iraq.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki banned a Kurdish extremist party from operating in Baghdad in a move seen largely as a gesture to Turkey, which had threatened to send troops across the border to destroy the group's bases in northern Iraq.
Also Saturday, a state commission said nearly 30 top officials of the past two governments have been ordered to appear in court to answer allegations of corruption. They include former ministers of defense, labor and electricity, the commission said.
The 12 bodies were found in Suwayrah, 25 miles south of Baghdad, at one of a series of metal grates fixed in the river to block debris, Mamoun al-Rubaie of the Kut city morgue said.
All were men between 35 and 45 years old and had been bound, blindfolded and shot in the head or chest, al-Rubaie said. They appeared to have been the victims of sectarian death squads that operate in the religiously mixed communities in the Baghdad area.
Police also found 15 other bullet-riddled bodies of men who had been handcuffed and blindfolded in six neighborhoods throughout the Baghdad area, police Lt. Mohammed Khayoun said.
An additional 21 people were killed Saturday, mostly in Baghdad but also in Hillah, Mosul and Basra.
The U.S. military said two U.S soldiers were killed when their foot patrol was hit by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad, bringing to 23 the number of Americans killed in Iraq this month. No details of the latest deaths were released.
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text: Let me start this by saying I'm not very knowledgeable about this stuff, so user error could be a factor. I have a Wii connected to my Samsung LCD TV through a Pioneer receiver. It worked fine for a while, but now I get the audio but no visual. The Wii is connected to the receiver through a 3-pronged Monster component game cable and the receiver connects to the TV through a 3-pronged component cable. Has anyone had this issue? Thoughts on what I can do to fix it?


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The U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on openly gay troops ended yesterday, and as many outlets have noted, we're all still safe and sound. Check out the AP's story and video here.
If anything, military recruiting looks poised to improve, as a result:
- -Several top universities that had kicked ROTC off campus during the Vietnam War and then continued the ban due to protests against the DADT policy are now inviting military branches to return.
- -Thousands of soldiers and sailors who were discharged under DADT are now eligible to re-enlist.
- -And for an outside-the-box angle, check out this fascinating NYT story about Marine recruiters invited to a gay community center in Tulsa, Okla.
But now we wait and see, if there's going to be an exodus of chaplains from religious groups that believe homosexuality is sinful…
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Bracing for a Boomerang
Getting the United Nations to vote on Palestinian statehood is not as brilliant a move as some would think, dissenters warn
The decision to ask the United Nations in September vote in favor of accepting the state of Palestine as a member of the organization marks a new watershed in the internal Palestinian discourse. Initially, outside the inner circle surrounding Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian negotiators, the Palestinian Authority chairman's initiative was greeted with suspicion. It was shrugged off as a declarative "trick" meant either to force Israel into a verbal commitment to stop construction in the settlements and thereby enable Abbas to return to negotiations, or to prompt the United States into pressuring Israel.
Gradually, in wake of Israeli refusal and American silence, the date began to assume mounting importance. Young activists (who initiated the March demonstrations against the intra-Palestinian split ), expect that after September, "some substantial change" will take place, even if it is not yet clear quite what.
Hani al-Masri, director of Bada'el (Alternatives ), the Palestinian Media, Research and Studies Center, feels, like many other Palestinians, that there is no clear strategy behind the initiative.
As evidence, he notes how the Palestinian leadership was caught off guard when Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz recently ordered a freeze on the transfer of PA tax revenues. "If the PA is not prepared for even one anticipated act of revenge by Israel, what will happen after September, when we can expect a series of similar and more serious Israeli actions?" he asks.
The talk in political circles in Ramallah is that Prime Minister Salam Fayyad does not support the initiative to declare a state (and to request that it be accepted into the United Nations ).
This also indicates the absence of a clear strategy. Yet al-Masri believes that the act of going to the United Nations is in and of itself important. "What's important is that everyone understands that the period of negotiations, as we have known them for the past 20 years, is over," he said. In other words, negotiations not based on international resolutions or the right to self-determination, but rather, on Israel's military superiority.
Al-Masri belongs to a group of independent activists who have served for years as a bridge between Hamas and Fatah, working to bring about internal Palestinian reconciliation. He believes that the recent reconciliation agreement compensates for the absence of a clear strategy behind the UN initiative. This agreement, the anticipated UN vote in September and the fact that Palestinians have stopped deluding themselves about the negotiations, he believes, strengthen the probability of a popular uprising against the occupation. He objects to dismantling the PA after "September" - an option also proposed by Abbas. The PA should focus on its civil function as a "mega-municipality," he says, whereas the Palestinian Liberation Organization should reassume its role of leading struggle for a state within the 1967 borders.
Dr. Khalil Nakhleh, an anthropologist and sociologist, takes a different view. He believes that Palestinians expectations leading up to September are unjustifiably high and will strike back at the reigning Palestinian elite like a boomerang.
When the people realize that nothing significant has changed after September, he says, they will begin to ask their leaders tough and embarrassing questions.
Nakhleh, who worked as a project manager in non-governmental organizations, and afterward in the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education, thinks that focusing on the project of a small state is dangerous.'Not a turning point in PA politics'
Approaching the United Nations "is not a turning point in PA politics," he says.
"Having a state was always depicted as the ultimate achievement, and I think that they will accept any state they get, of any size, by the powers that be - Israel and the United States. Fatah, as a ruling party, doesn't have any legitimacy without having a state. Without a state, they cannot justify their existence here since 1994. If you look at it in retrospect, the only thing that comes to mind is a bunch of money-hungry capitalists who came and benefited from the situation here.
"They were always gripping the people at deadlines. Now it's the September UN deadline. The United Nations is part of the quartet setting our agenda. Why should it suddenly change? The diplomatic moves are another mechanism to derail the Palestinian popular struggle for legitimate Palestinian rights, and liberation from occupation, apartheid and economic dependency and exploitation, while preserving the economic illegal gains of those in power."
In the coming weeks Nakhleh's book "The National Sellout" will be released in Arabic (published with the support of the Rosa Luxembourg Fund in Ramallah ). Back in 2004, Nakhleh had published a book criticizing the policy of donations to the PA and the illusion of development.
In his latest book, he intensifies his criticism of the Palestinian business sector and puts the PA and donor relations in the context of globalization.Game about changing titles
Nakhleh asserts that the UN initiative is "a game about changing titles. If you push the idea that something is going to happen in September, then all dissenting views to the two-state solution are stymied. They're not allowed to surface. No other platforms are permitted. It becomes then a pretext of timing. The timing is wrong. How many times have we heard about the wrong timing?
"There is a big illusion that is being created. People who support or are not willing to argue about this September are the same people who accepted the notion of Oslo. A flag and a name in the United Nation will not get us anywhere, not one step toward liberating people or their minds. Our struggle is to ensure that our fate does not become the same as that of other indigenous people. While promoting the solution of a small Palestinian state, the PA is taking a position against 53 percent of the Palestinian people [who don't live on the West Bank or in the Gaza Strip]."
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A 3 year milestone, updates and our thanks
Article by Delusional posted Sunday 25th July 2010
Today we're happy to celebrate Cosplay Island's 3rd birthday! After every con we still see a surge in new members and we're really happy to still see a lot of regulars on the site. Many thanks to everyone who helps out with the site (no matter how little or much) and above all thanks to you, our community, for making this place what it is. Lastly a personal thanks to the one who keeps this site running smoothly, constantly full of ideas and without whom we'd definitely have problems. Three cheers for Amy-Lou!
As a mark of 3 years, we've also got some updates for you all (as proof that we haven't forgotten!) including some new cool features such as a watch list, embedded youtube videos, a shopping list tool and searchable photos. Read on for more information, and let us know any feedback in the forum or by contacting me.
Here's to the next 3 years!
"Watch list"
An alternative to the friends list, you can now save and follow specific costumes that you are interested in by clicking on the 'add to watchlist' icon on the costume page. Your Watch List can be accessed in your personal menu at the top of the page and lets you know when the costumes were last updated.
Searchable photos
You now have a new way to search content on the site from the photos page - this means that you can easily locate completed costumes, or perhaps help track down that cosplayer you saw last Expo..
"Shopping list"
A new feature for you to procrastinate...I mean, help keep on top of your finances with! For the heavily organised or just plain forgetful, use this to keep track of what you need to buy and how much you (didn't!) plan on spending.
Embedded YouTube videos
Proud of your elaborate walk on during a masquerade? Want to show everyone your skit that the costume was used in? You can now add a YouTube link onto your costume page, located in the edit costume options. (Please note - non-cosplay videos will be removed without warning!)
You can now backdate your journal entries, and any journal entry/edit will count as a costume update - displaying your costume avatar on the front page.
Bugs fixed and processes smoothed out
All across the site we've fixed minor bugs and taken out unnecessary steps, hopefully making your time on the site more enjoyable.
As always, we hope you enjoy the new updates. If you have any questions at all or find anything amiss, please either drop me a PM or raise a post in the forum.
Happy belated birthday! And
Happy belated birthday!
And CI will always be awesome, no matter what age it becomes!
Many congrats on your three
Many congrats on your three year anniversary CI! Is the symbol for three years leather? Seems appropiate to have a clothing material if so...
The watch list is a great addition and its nice to see the other updates also.
Can't believe its been going 3 years. Well done for making such a great site. Its my favourite place to vist. You have done really fab job. Heres to cosplayisland. Long may it run. xxx
CosplayIsland is old now
CosplayIsland is old now :D
I love the new Updates~ They were a surprise when I logged into CI the other day and noticed them XD
i go away for 2 days and this happens
It totally doesn't feel like it's been 3 years that's crazy. Maybe I'm the one that's old... D:
Hurrah updates! Although
Hurrah updates! Although with the Youtube video links, would it be possible to address the timeline issue? Which would allow us to take on the time code to jump through half the video? (#t=4m55s added to the end) Saves people watching 4 minutes or more of video not relevant to the costume.
Minor quibble though, will just have to find videos were I am near the start XD
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Happy birthday!
Congratulations on the success of Cosplay Island - three cheers for all of you! :-)
Some good new options there too, thanks.
Well done!!
Happy Birthday for your 3 year anniversery!! I've just tried to check out the YouTube video feature and added one on one of my cosplays, but no video is showing up?
Hiya, is this for your
Hiya, is this for your Watanuki costume? You've linked the channel rather than the video for that, so it won't know what to display - make sure you're on the specific video page before grabbing the url, and you should be fine :)
Pop me a PM if you have any further problems with it at all!
Happy Birthday cosplayisland
Happy Birthday cosplayisland and thankyou for the new updates, they will certainly come in handy :)
Congrats! I can't believe
I can't believe it's been 3 years.... Wow.
Loving all the new features, though, it's really nice to see a community site take on board what the actual /community/ has to say and adapt like that~
All the new features are so
All the new features are so useful and it's great to see them finally on the site! Been waiting for a watch list for a looong time XD
Congratulations on 3 years. It's awesome to be a part of this community.
I thought I spyed some new options as I procrastinated on the site when I should be doing costume work.
I think the new features are great! the journal one and the watch list one are pretty cool. Shopping list scares me.......I don't want to know how much I spend! >_< XD haha
Congratulations on your 3rd year of running, the sites great and the organisation and moderation has always been top!
Can't believe it's been 3
Can't believe it's been 3 years already!
You've all been doing such a fantastic job!
The new options are all great ideas. :)


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Protect Your Family and Home
Christmas trees, ornaments, string lights, candles, and other decorations play a big role in making the holiday season merry and bright, but they can also be dangerous if you do not take the proper precautions. Here are several holiday safety tips to help protect your family and home from fires and other mishaps.
Be Prepared
Before the holidays start, test the batteries in all smoke detectors. Make sure your fire extinguisher is in working order and check its pressure gauge. If you don't have a fire extinguisher, get one – and quick! Homeowners should have at least a Class B-C extinguisher, which is good for trash and paper fires as well as fires caused by grease and flammable liquids. Place the extinguisher in a central location in your home.
Smart Tree Placement
Real and artificial trees can both present potential fire hazards. Regardless of what kind you use, always place your tree several feet away from heat sources like fireplaces, radiators, candles, or heat vents. Also make sure the tree does not impede foot traffic or block doorways.
Artificial Trees
If you decide to use an artificial tree, choose one that has been tested for safety and labeled as fire-resistant. Avoid old-fashioned aluminum trees, as they can cause electrocution if they come in contact with a faulty string of lights. If you must use a metal tree, do not use lights on it. Instead, mount colored floodlights near the tree.
Chopped Trees
Christmas trees that have been chopped down can easily catch fire when they get dried out. Purchase your tree as close to the holidays as possible, so it is fresher. Look for a tree with vibrant green needles that are hard to pull off, and a trunk that is sticky with resin. Have the tree vendor cut off a few inches of the trunk to help the tree absorb water when it's set up in your home, and make sure you refill the tree stand at least once a day.
Potted Trees
The safest and "greenest" Christmas tree is a live potted tree, which won't dry out and can be replanted in your yard instead of thrown on the trash heap. The tree should be moved out of the house within three weeks, before it becomes too acclimated to indoor heat. Keep it in its burlap in the garage or a similar area until the ground thaws in the spring for planting.
Stable Tree Setup
A heavy, unstable tree poses a danger of falling over and hurting someone. That makes proper tree setup essential. Artificial trees usually come with their own stand, but if you choose a cut tree, you will have to pair it with a tree stand or base. Metal stands are generally more durable and sturdy than plastic, and last longer through the years. The width of the base is the key to a secure and steady setup. Check the packaging for information on the height and weight range the tree stand can support, and make sure your tree's measurements fall within those guidelines. The base should have four – not three – bolts or other restraining mechanisms. The bolts work in pairs to help you adjust the tree's position from front to back and side to side until it is standing completely upright. For added support, once you have the tree properly situated in its stand, you can even insert hooks into the ceiling or nearby walls and anchor the tree with fishing wire.
Smart Ornament Placement
If you have pets or small children, it's wise to be cautious and deliberate about ornament placement on your tree. To protect pets and kids from the threat of glass shards, carefully hang your most delicate and breakable ornaments up high, safely out of reach. Same goes for choking hazards such as small baubles, ornaments with small parts, and bells. If you have cats, you might want to forgo tinsel, which is particularly tempting to them and can be especially harmful if ingested. Light strings pose a threat as well. To ensure safety, make sure to unplug them when not in use and consider purchasing cord covers designed to discourage pet chewing. In general, never leave a toddler or pet unsupervised with your Christmas tree.
Beware of Toxic Seasonal Plants
The dangers of the poinsettia plant are generally overblown, but it's not entirely harmless. If ingested, it can irritate the mouth and stomach, sometimes resulting in diarrhea or vomiting. If the milky sap comes in contact with skin, irritation, including redness, swelling, and itchiness, may develop. Rarely, eye exposure can result in a mild "pink eye" reaction. A number of other common holiday plants are much more harmful. For example, eating holly berries will cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Acute stomach and intestinal problems result from nibbling on mistletoe's greenish, white berries. All parts of the yew plant (pictured), including the red berries, are highly toxic, causing dizziness, pupil dilation, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, racing heart, muscle weakness, and convulsions. If you choose to decorate with these holiday plants, take the utmost care to make sure children and pets cannot access them.
Before You Climb on that Ladder!
Climbing any ladder involves some risk. Some ladder safety tips to help you minimize risk while decorating your home for the holidays: Make sure your ladder has slip-resistant rungs and feet. Inspect it for cracked uprights, split rungs or loose rivets. Be sure a stepladder's spreaders are fully open and locked. Angle straight ladders 75 degrees from the ground (1 foot out for every 4 feet up) and extend them 3 feet beyond the roof or work area for proper stability. Always face a ladder when climbing and descending and don't go beyond the labeled highest step recommended.
Light String Smarts
Only use lights with the UL (Underwriters Laboratories) seal of approval. Old light strings can be dangerous, so check yours for signs of excess wear. Look for broken or cracked light sockets, worn or frayed wire and loose plugs. Make sure to use lights that are marked as suitable for outdoors for your exterior decorating and lights that are marked as suitable for indoors for your interior decorating. LED holiday lights are a great choice for both settings. In addition to being shatterproof and shock resistant, they produce almost no heat, making them safe to touch and greatly reducing the risk of fire. Whatever kind you choose, follow the manufacturer's limits for the number of light strings that can be connected together safely.
Outdoor Lights
Before stringing outdoor lights, check for overhead power lines. Never place yourself or any object, like a ladder, in a position where you or it may come in contact with a power line – the result can be fatal. To be safe, keep at least 10 feet away from overhead lines. Fasten outdoor lights securely to trees, house walls, or other firm supports to protect the lights from wind damage. Use only insulated staples, not nails or tacks, to hold strings in place. Before stringing lights on outdoor trees, make sure tree limbs haven't grown into or near power lines. Branches, entire trees and even the ground adjacent to a tree can become energized when trees contact power lines.
Indoor Lights
Use only smaller lights indoors. The larger, thumb-size lights get extremely hot and can cause a fire if they touch dried-out pine needles or paper decorations. Never run power cords under rugs or carpet, as this poses a fire hazard. Instead, tape the cords to the floor or carpet using blue painter's tape to prevent them from causing trips and falls. Finally, always turn off your holiday lights (both indoors and out) before you leave home or go to bed.
Before You Light that Fire!
Getting toasty warm in front of a roaring fire is one of the joys of winter, but there are special fireplace safety considerations to make during the holidays. Before lighting a fire, remove all garlands and other decorations from the fireplace area. Check to see that the flue is open, and always use an ash screen to prevent sparks from shooting across the room. Never burn wrapping paper or evergreen boughs in the fireplace. Do not remove embers or ash from the fireplace. If you must, place them in a metal container that has a lid and cover them with water. Do not place them in a plastic or paper bag or any other container that is not fire-resistant. Never leave the ash disposal container indoors or close to your home or another structure.
Smart Candle Placement
Accidental candle fires increase fourfold during the holiday season. Follow these candle safety tips in your home to reduce the risk of fire: Trim candle wicks to ¼ inch before use. Long wicks can cause uneven burning, dripping or flaring. Always use a candleholder specifically designed for candle use. For added safety, put a hurricane lamp around the flame. Always keep burning candles out of the reach of children and pets. Place candles where they will not be knocked down or blown over, and keep them well away from drapes and blinds. Never put lit candles on or within three feet of a Christmas tree or other greenery. Don't leave candles burning unattended or allow them to burn overnight. Don't burn a candle all the way down – stop using it when it gets down to two inches. If you have children living in or visiting your home, store candles, matches and lighters out of their sight and reach (preferably locked away).


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Moments after being approached in a shopping center parking lot, a San Diego man withdrew thousands of dollars from his bank account and handed it over to two con artists, officials said.
The theft began just before 1 p.m. on Monday, March 10 as the victim – a 71-year-old man – walked to his car outside the Home Depot on Broadway in Lemon Grove.
San Diego Crime Stoppers released an image of one of the suspects who they claim convinced the victim to withdraw $10,000 from his Wells Fargo Bank account and "donate" it to a charity.
Unfortunately, after the man withdrew the money the two suspects disappeared.
Investigators say this scenario involved the first suspect befriending the victim and asking for a ride to meet the second suspect outside another store.
Then, the two suspects went to work, asking the victim for a donation.
After suspect #2 pretends to withdraw $30,000 from what's presumably his bank account for the "charity" the victim follows suit.
Now both suspects are wanted in the elder abuse/theft case.
Anyone with information on this case should call the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (888) 580‐8477.


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Marie's memoir stays top of bestsellers list
AN Act of Love, the book by the late right-to-die campaigner Marie Fleming, is enjoying its second week at the top of the Irish Times bestsellers list.
An Act of Love, the book by the late right-to-die campaigner Marie Fleming, is enjoying its second week at the top of the Irish Times bestsellers list.
The book, which was 15 years in the offing, recounts Marie's life detailing the struggles she faces as she tried to run a household at the tender age of 14 years after her mother left the family home. Pregnant at 16, Marie then faced another battle, to keep her first-born child, a battle which showed a streak of the courage and dignity she was to become synonymous with her during her right to die campaign.
Published by Hachette, 'An Act to Love' will be part of Marie's legacy and fittingly it was placed in the coffin with her by Tom although tragically she never got to see the final product.
The book which was started by Marie originally as a novel and was then changed to her memoirs was the work not only of Marie but of Sue Leonard, who did most of the editing ,and also Ann Reed of Arklow and Ann Walshe of Greystones, who read back Marie's words and who also did a lot of the typing.
Marie's partner, Tom Curran said they have been delighted with the positive reaction to the book. 'We think it's great. We weren't expecting it so it's fantastic to be at the top of the list not just one week but two weeks. It's just a pity that Marie wasn't here to see it. Being on the top of the list has taken us all by surprise.
'So many people have approached me telling me they have read it and people have been very positive, especially local people who said there was so much about Marie that they didn't know. It's tremendous news and Marie would be thrilled.'
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BOSTON (CBS) – Endangered sea turtles nursed back to health here in Boston have been returned to the wild.
The Kemp's ridley sea turtles were rescued off Cape Cod in November. They were stunned by the cold weather.
Experts at the New England Aquarium treated the turtles for hypothermia and then flew them down to Sea World in Orlando.
On Tuesday, 15 of the turtles returned to the Atlantic Ocean.


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How to avoid being photographed in public?
Near where I live and work, there are sometimes people passing by taking pictures. Some of them appear to be tourists, while others might be locals taking pictures for fun or for work (e.g. photojournalists). Some people even take pictures inside malls.
As much as I can (and of course, within the bounds of reason), I don't want a stranger to take a picture with me in it. I have no problem having my picture taken when I want it taken (e.g. birthday parties, special events, etc.). However, I do not want a picture of me in an unflattering pose to circulate on the internet. Plus, there have been instances where a person's picture was used in an unauthorized way to communicate a message that the person might not agree with.
See http://blog.chron.com/momhouston/2011/04/texas-anti-abortion-group-sued-for-using-girls-photo-in-ad/
http://teachingsofdrjim.com/courses/molina/ (Alison Chang story)
(Note: examples for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to show positions that I agree or disagree with)
So, my question is: What are some ways that I could avoid being photographed in public? I am looking for rational approaches to avoid being photographed in public. For example, simply not being in public is not an option due to my work. Also, wearing strange disguises will also not be an option as it will probably cause more harm than good.
Looking forward to seeing your responses.
P.S. I am aware that surveillance cameras might be recording people and might therefore be taking pictures of me all the time. I am not concerned about surveillance cameras, as the pictures taken by such cameras are usually for internal use by a particular business or government entity and are usually not posted on facebook or other social media.
P.P.S. A related question: Is there a good way to tell someone politely that I would prefer not to be photographed?
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text: March 9th-10th is our first AAC Agility Trial. We have not been able to do any training since last fall but they have finally opened up the Indoor Arena that has been shut down for the past two years. We made arrangements to rent it for an hour on the 22nd, 29th and March 7th. They will be having "classes" for six weeks starting on the 14th of March but that is too late for this trial. We have the use of the Agility equipment that is stored there so works out great. I took Remmy and Kiska and my sister took Mikey and they had a great time. All three are Shih Tzu x Maltese. Really looking forward to this years Agility trials.