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Bter is a Bitcoin Exchange platform where users can buy, sell, and trade bitcoins and other crypto-currencies. The Bter API can returns the ticker for a selected currency, the market depth including ask and bid orders, and recent trade history. The service uses REST calls and utilizes SSL and two-factor authentication for security.

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TORONTO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index ended flat on Wednesday, as Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM.TO) reported quarterly results that missed analysts' expectations and investors took a pause from a dizzying rally in recent months.
The S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE unofficially closed down 1.62 points, or 0.01 percent, to 10,918.91. (Reporting by Jennifer Kwan; editing by Rob Wilson)


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With the year still young, design ideas have sprung and newly inspired us. With a clean design canvas to fill, we've compiled a list of the latest and greatest in decor design trends making its rounds on designers' lists. Themes this year bring to mind a nostalgia for the past and a hope for a more eco-friendly future. Needless to say, we're very much looking forward to this year's design prospects, and hope that you'll be as inspired as we are!
Traditional Style
With the introduction of Downton Abbey's Season 3 this year, a renewed fervor for vintage and traditional style furnishings have also hit this side of the Atlantic with feverish storm. Whether or not you're a fan of the show, traditional and classic furniture have never really gone out of style. From distressed or aged finishes to elegant wood carvings, from a well-worn aesthetic to a classic Old World charm, there's so much to love in furniture designs from eras past, which is why they've appealed to us time and again.
Green furniture has also garnered much attention of late, and with the climate issues our world is currently facing, it's no wonder many are concerned that their purchases will be sustainable and earth-loving. Consumers wish to ensure that their furniture will not need to be replaced within only a few years' time, which means high quality materials and craftsmanship play a more substantial role in the furniture and design industry.
Natural Materials
Solid wood, stones, among other natural materials are also gaining momentum in design trends this year, as people are increasingly inspired by the purity and beauty of nature. Nature reminds us of beauty in simplicity. A piece cut from reclaimed or reforested wood such as the Rebanada Coffee Table by Taracea below, will not only inspire awe with its raw beauty, but one can also appreciate the original tree's essence, which is purposefully retained in the final design.
Handcrafted Furniture
In a world where mass manufacturing reigns, the distinctiveness of handcrafted furniture shines like a beacon. One can easily sense the dedication put into what is essentially a one-of-a-kind piece, as each item was crafted individually, and the varying factors bring a distinctive character into the piece as a whole.
Staying Neutral
The inclination for bright colors in last year's design movements have now taken a backseat for more neutral tones this year. Complementing the design trend of natural materials, there's a renewed interest for colors that lend a calming and soothing effect. Shades of sand and stone create a neutral palette that can be easily complimented with other neutral shades, or effectively contrasted with accent colors.
The future of interior design is more exciting than ever. The beauty of taking popular trends is that you can mix-and-match various pieces such as furniture from Savannah Collections, Baker furniture, Century furniture or even Lexington furniture, and utilize these new design ideas to suit your home and lifestyle.
Friday, March 01, 2013
Interior Design Trends for 2013
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- Karen Shoener said...
Environmental concerns such as awareness of how deforestation impacts climate change and the effects of toxic finishes on the air inside homes have led furniture buyers to demand green furniture. Thanks for sharing wonderful post.
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Flickr photo by orphanjonesLooking for outdoor spring activities with the kids? How about flying a kite?
There nothing more romantically spring and summer than flying a kite. A gentle but gusty wind, a young child steadily guiding the kite from the string spool, the colorful kite ducking and turning against the sunny blue sky.
Okay, so I've never flown a kite in my life! But I've always wanted to!
Here's a quick read to start. Daily Candy shares Tips for Successful Kite Flying today from the Chinatown Kite Shop in San Francisco.
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Fusing British Heritage and a wide experience of travel, the Debrett's small portfolio wallet is smart, chic and practical.
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Transform: Primary Health Care is a USAID funded project to improve healthcare outcomes to End Preventable Child and Maternal Deaths (EPCMD) in Ethiopia, which in turn supports Government of Ethiopia's efforts within the Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP). Transform: Primary Health Care Project will operate in the four most populous regions of Ethiopia (Amhara, Oromia, Tigray and Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region). This will be accomplished in part by: mitigating the drivers of child and maternal mortality in these regions through the facilitation and implementation of quality health service delivery; improved management and performance of health systems; and implementation of innovative and evidence-based social behavioral change and communication interventions. The Project will strengthen the capacity of the health system to effectively use management tools and implement best practices at all levels of the health system and health care delivery with a major focus at the primary care level that includes primary hospitals and PHCUs.
Receives purchased items, stores items properly and issues them when they are needed; maintains proper records and prepare periodic reports. S/he will be responsible for coping program/operations documents of the regional office.
Establishes the maximum and minimum stock level for each stock item as required;
Requests the purchase of materials when they are below the minimum stock level;
Undertakes appropriate inspection, counting, weighing of materials, supplies, commodities, etc. received through purchase or donation;
Receives goods against official Goods Receiving Note (GRN);
Checks goods against purchase orders, suppliers invoices and/or packing lists, and ensures that the goods are in good condition before receiving them;
Whenever there are missing, damaged, broken or spoiled items, reports immediately to the Supervisor, and writes the condition on the relevant goods receiving note;
Keeps under his/her custody all materials, supplies, spare parts, commodities, fixed assets, etc. of the organization;
Issues materials, supplies, commodities, etc. to requisitioning departments/units upon receipt of duly signed store material requisition;
Dispatches all items/commodities against approved official Store Issue Voucher.
Designs appropriate storage arrangements in the stores for efficient utilization of the available space, and to allow easy movement of people in the store;
Gives identification labels to shelves or racks. Sorts out all goods received by types and according to their classifications, and stores them, allocating available space of the store economically and diligently, reduces holding goods and minimizes material damages;
Ensures the security of materials in the store against damage, theft, deterioration, pilferage, hazards, such as dirt, fire, rain water, etc. and makes sure that necessary protective equipment and chemicals are provided for and the store is kept neat and clean;
Identifies and reports slow moving dead or obsolete inventory items for disposal to the supervisor;
Takes physical inventory count annually and during the year at regular intervals to ensure that physical inventory and bin card balances always tally;
Supervises loading, unloading of items/commodities and performance of laborers;
Informs the supervisor of any storage problems.
Records all incoming and outgoing goods in bin cards. Bin cards are to be stuck or hung on the shelves to facilitate identification and inventory counting;
Files properly all documents such as purchase requisitions, purchase orders, suppliers packing lists or delivery order, GRN, Bin Card, etc.;
Periodically check records against stocks held and submits report;
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Coordinate daily laborers loading and unloading work and keep the time record for payment
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KO taking it to the trolls!
Aug 28, 2013 news stories
Go KO! I loved this story.. does anyone like patent trolls?
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Ex-Clicker Susie Roach dropped this over to me for posting.. send inquiries to: Morgank {at} glam(.)com
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Aug 14, 2013 boring posts, history
Maybe not what you expected, but 10 years ago today, a number of us slept on the floor on the 16th floor of 450 W. 33rd as it was the biggest blackout in NYC history. Some memories:
- After about an hour or so, the toilets stopped working, as they worked on electric pumps
- Ted Dill and some others went out and got us chinese food. No elevators worked, so they had to work down & up 16 flights. You don't forget those little things
- We needed to use our Blackberries as flashlights in the stairwells, no lights
- I slept on a yoga mat in the board room. It was quiet and cooler – as it was away from the exterior.
- It was hot and muggy, not ideal weather to have no A/C
- A handful of us walked to midtown the next morning and took a bus to Westchester, where Nadia's (engineer) husband drove us home
- My house had electric within a few hours, so my family had food, A/C, light and power. In 450, we had phones.
It wasn't even that horrible at the time.. but it all contributes to a wealth of lifetime memories for the time with DCLK.
7 rounds of layoffs?
Aug 7, 2013 news stories
I didn't realize it was that many.. but I know how miserable people were that they promised "no more layoffs" – then had many more rounds.
DCLK: $268 to $11
Aug 6, 2013 boring posts
I was emailing someone and decided to see if I could find the DCLK stock and when it went off a cliff. 2000. It went from $268 to $11 in less than a year. But it was hard to find more robust data, but this tells some of the story. If anyone knows how to get a more robust dataset, let me know, I'd like to grab a chart or two.
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SOMERSET - North Star's varsity golf team improved its undefeated record to 6-0 Monday with a 207-249 victory over Berlin at Somerset Country Club.
The host Mountaineers also fell to Ferndale 227-249, but beat Rockwood 249-261.
The Rockets' Nick Sanner fired an even-par round of 36 to capture medalist honors.
Individual results were:
North Star: Tony Berkebile 39, Adam Fitzgerald 39, Trevor Anderson 42, Josh Ryan 42, Robbie Reckner 45
Ferndale: S. Riffle 43, A. Waters 43, S. Rager 43, J. Virgin 45, J. Nugent 53
Berlin: Evan Hartman 47, Jeremy Harbaugh 45, Adam Powell 51, Pat Krupper 51, Eric Good 55
Rockwood: Nick Sanner 36, Cody Sanner 51, James Harbaugh 63, Matt Snyder 56, Anthony Sanner 55
Bedford tops Somerset
BEDFORD - Andrew Ferguson shot a 36 to claim medalists honors while leading Bedford to a 194-223 victory over Somerset in scholastic golf action here Monday.


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Police investigating the murder of Bollywood star Laila Khan and her family say they now believe the murders could have been planned in advance, and were not a spontaneous act as first thought.
On 9 July Parvez Tak, Khan's stepfather, confessed to the murders after police recovered six skeletons near a farm at Igatpuri, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Tak said that, on 8 February 2011, he killed Khan's mother, Saleena, in a fit of rage, before killing her five children because they had witnessed him commit the act.
In his confession, Tak said he became involved in a heated argument with Saleena because she had given her second husband power of attorney over her properties, and was planning to move with the rest of the family to Dubai - even though he did not have a passport and thus could not join them.
However police sources have subsequently said that, following close examination of the sequence of events leading up to the murders, they believe Tak was executing a careful plan to wipe out Khan's entire family.
It is now thought that Tak began to carry out his plan in December 2010, when he fired the watchman at the Igatpuri farm, and replaced him with a loyal personal associate, Shakir Hussain Wani.
Furthermore, according to a police official. "Tak had been consistently calling Laila and [her sister] Azmina, insisting they come [to the farmhouse]. Laila seemed to be disinterested and kept on postponing it.
"Tak, along with Saleena, finally came down on February 7 to pick up Laila and her siblings, and they agreed to go to the farmhouse."
Police are now searching for Shakir, who is thought to have abetted Tak's murders by attacking several family members with a knife, and absconding with Tak in the aftermath.
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There is one group that advocates quite vocally for their side in today's society that I cannot stand, and they are the Westboro Baptist Church. I myself am not a Baptist, but I am a Christian and the mere thought that I am in some way connected to these backward people is unsettling. To almost any other Christian, God is seen as a loving, caring, and forgiving deity. These people attempt to depict God as a vindictive and easily angered vengeance seeking deity. While they are not the only religious group who protests homosexuals, they are the group who calls them slurs and wishes them an eternity in Hell, a total contradiction to what Jesus taught. The most disturbing thing, however, is that they have the tastelessness and audacity to protest the funerals of soldiers. They cheer the deaths of the very men and women who fought to give them the right to protest, and they have the indecency to protest at their funeral and say to the faces of their grieving parents and loved ones that God wanted them dead. Is it possible to be a greater antithesis to what God's love is about?
On their website, which in itself is a rhetorical appeal with its heinous name (which I would rather not include so as to prevent anyone from clicking on it and giving Westboro the satisfaction of having another viewer of their website) that invites anger and curiosity. Furthermore, once one is on their website, they attempt to justify their hate and spite by including a link to quotes in the Bible that are taken way out of context in order to shape an image of God that lends credit to their position. This is a classic use of clickbait and information manipulation to rhetorically appeal to anyone who may be on the fence about their position. This rhetorical appeal provides them with ethos and credibility to the highest moral power, God.
By using the clickbait to appeal to the highest moral authority, they established credibility with the church. Taking their credibility a step further,they included an article of when the Supreme Court ruled in their favor that they are allowed to protest at the funerals of soldiers. With this, they now have credibility from the highest moral and civil authorities in the country. They cleverly manipulate these facts and use semantics to make it appear as if since both the Church and state agree with them, how could you not? They even take it a step further talk in a way that muddies the actual decree of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court ruled that they had the right to protest under free speech, not that they agreed with or even condoned the action. The Westboro Baptists took the ruling and made it appear as if the courts had given them a mandate for their actions and validation for their actions.
These people are in direct contrast to what the Bible teaches and what the moral conscience of the country believes in. And yet, their website is able to attract and even convert people to their perverse side. How is that possible? It is possible simply because they are able to persuade viewers by using the rhetorical appeal of establishing ethos. By manipulating quotes from the Bible and from the Supreme Court ruling, they are able to make it appear as if they are receiving a mandate from both the highest moral and civil authorities in the country to continue to do their work.


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Friends that will be together forever.
The teachers that helped me through this
Roo & Penny..........6
Ruuxa & Raina.......10
More about silike chickens......18
More about cheetahs.........19
About the author..........20
Meet Alicia William who has some unusual friends. Roo and Penny. Now these friends sound like normal people but, they're not. Roo is a two legged chihuahua. Now, Penny has two leg but isn't a dog. Penny is a silkie chicken. Both fur-tastic friends were rescued from terrible situations.....
Now, there not the only adorable friendship you'll meet. There's also Ruuxa and Raina. The cheetah and Rhodesian Ridgeback go together like Peaunt butter and jelly. Also, a growth abnorblity that threatened Ruuxa's paws.......
Penny was rescued from a testing facility. She had finished her duties and was going to be "disposed" of. Until, Willams a nearby college student stepped in to rescue her. Roo's story is a little bit similar. Roo was born with deformed legs. So, he didn't have his legs. And a hole in his skull that will never close. The weather in which Roo was found spine-chilling. If he wasn't found then, he would probably have froze to death that night. His owner abandoned him and left him in a ditch in a nearby park. Someone found him and brought him to duluth animal hospital, where Willams works. They nursed him back to health. Williams fell in love with him so, she adopted him.
Since, Roo only has 2 front legs Williams realized that he needed a wheelchair. Then one day, a wonderful lady walked in and saw Roo. When she started talking to Williams and she mentioned that she needed money for the wheelchair. After their chat the lady left. After a couple days she came back. That nice lady handed the money right over. Williams refused but, she insited. The woman never mentioned her name and never came back.
Once they took Roos
measurements the wheelchair was made by a special company. At first Roo hated it like a kid hated broccoli. But, Williams had a plan. Every time that Roo is in the wheelchair everyone would give him treats. Thus, the problem was solved. The wheelchair even has a little stand, where Penny can stand on it.
Now he does everything in it. From eating. To playing with Penny. He practically lives in it. Sometimes you can even catch him taking naps in it.
Williams takes Roo & Penny to work every single day. When people come into Duluth animal hospital, where Williams works people are very surprised to see Roo & Penny. Especially Penny, because those people have never seen a silkie chicken!
So you think that they don't ride in the same carrier? Well, you thought wrong. Every single time they go out, or anywhere they ride in the same exact carrier. When they get to Williams work, in the front desk they have a pillow in which they can sit on. Also, a little stair structure where they sit. Behind the reception desk is Penny's little "domain". Even sometimes she lays eggs back there. Which are edible!
Wherever they go they are always playing. Whether it's outside or at their house or even at Duluth Animal Hospital. Nothing can break them up. Not even a killer storm will tear apart this friendship. And even though there are waymore other dogs, Penny still prefers Roo.
When Roo & Penny met it was friendship at first sight. They instantly hit it off. When they sleep , they sleep together. Sometimes when Roo is sleeping, Penny will sit on him like an egg! The reason they love sleeping together is that Penny is Roo's big teddy bear. They sleep together every single night.
There friendship is one of a kind. They're practically inseparable. In fact when they met roo started chewing on Penny's soft, silkie feathers. and he still does that today! Williams understand that they want to do everything together. From eating and cuddling and taking a shower. Also, since a silkie chickens lifespan is almost as long as a dog's life there perfect together. They're like two magnets who don't wanna come apart.
Meet Ruuxa the cheetah. Born as an only child Ruuxa was abandoned after a couple of days by her mother. Shortly after the San Diego Zoo adopted her. When a cheetahs are born they are usually born 5-6 cubs. When a only cub is born, the mother usually disowns them. Mostly because, they think the cub will not survive in the wild.
Since, Ruuxa was a only cub the San Diego Zoo they needed to get Ruuxa a comapain and fast! That's when Raina comes in. Raina is a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy. First, they were introduced through the glass. Then, they were allowed to sniff each other. Finally, they were both put in the same cage. They immediately hit it off. First, they started just sniffing each other. Then, they started touching each other. Finally, they started snuggling for warmth. Awww!
At 3 and 4 weeks old they formed a strong bond at small ages. Which will help their friendship even more When they grow up to ages of 1 their bond grew even stronger. And so on and so on. And even though it's crazy to form a bond of a cheetah and dog they're a perfect match.
Everything was going well until the zookeepers
noticed something peculiar about Ruuxa. Ruuxa's front paws were growing inward on each other. So a specialist was brought in to look at her paws. There worst fears were confirmed. Ruuxa had a growth abnormality in both her front paws.
So Ruuxa had to undergo a surgery to
save her paws. The whole time Raina was standing off at the side worried for her best friend. After 3 or 4 hours the surgery was done. The surgery was a success. After the sleeping medicine wore off, Raina and Ruuxa were allowed to see each other.
While Ruuxa's paws heal he has to wear casts. Which means Raina and Ruuxa couldn't play like they used to. So while Ruuxa paws were in the casts they were bored out of there minds. Since, they practically spend every minute together they didn't have a lot of options, during that time.
After Ruuxa's casts were taken off they were reunited. After they could finally take their giant walks all over the zoo. When Ruuxa was fully healed they could wrestle and play together how they used too. Sun to Moon they play together. Sometimes they will play way after the moon rises. Their unique love has no condition.
After Ruuxa's casts were taken off they
were reunited. After they could finally take their giant walks all over the zoo. When Ruuxa was fully healed they could wrestle and play together how they used too. Sun to Moon they play together. Sometimes they will play way after the moon rises. Their unique love has no condition.
The End
Silike chickens get there silike apperance from there feathers. Due, to the lack of barb's in their feathers. Silike chickens come in various colors. Also, silike chickens seem to not have eyes but, they do. These chicken's are chicken's that love company.
Silike chickensn are great moms. They sometimes have ducklings and goosinglings. Their suprised when their baby takes to the water!
Cheetahs are the fastest land animal in the world. Their slender long bodies are built for speed.
In 1900, there were about 100,000 cheetahs. Now there is about 9,000 to 12,000 cheetahs in the wild. There is about 200 cheetahs living in isolated populations.
Cubs are brown-black in color with long, woolly hair running down their backs. This color is thought to camouflage cubs in grass, hiding them from predators. Mothers move cubs to new hiding places every few days, so they won't be found. At 5 - 6 weeks, cubs follow the mother and begin eating from their mothers food.
Sofia Delgado lives in a quaint little house in scarsdale. Lives with 12 people. She still is in middle school and loves her friends. She plans on entering college to become a fahion degesiner and produce lines of fashion that everybody will love. She loves going to parties and eating pizzza. She loves her family and hopes that one day she will get a husky or simase kitten.


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Yes, you read the title right. We ca run Microsoft Windows Failover Clusters on VMware ESXi hosts, and believe it or not, a lot of companies are doing it nowadays. It's cheap, and it does the job very well. All we need is at least one ESXi host and two Windows Server VMs that will run …
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Dec 17 2017
How to deploy VMware VCSA 6.5 in VMware Workstation 14
Looks like VMware Workstation got to version 14, and starting with this version we get a new neat feature, and that's support for the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). Previous to this, if we wanted to run VCSA in VMware Workstation we had to import the appliance from the .OVA template, then
Oct 10 2017
Join VCSA 6.x to an Active Directory Domain
We started deploying our VMware vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) either with an embedded PSC or an external one, and once the deployment was finished we noticed that we can't use our Active Directory domain credentials to log in into vCenter. The only way we can get in is by using the
May 09 2017
VMware vSphere 6: Configure VMCA as a Subordinate CA
I must say that VMware has done a great job with the vCenter server appliance. Not only is easy and fast to deploy but it also gives us the ability to change its certificate using a nice menu screen that they called it vSphere 6.0 Certificate Manager. As you know, changing certificates
Apr 26 2017
Deploying the VMware vCenter 6.0 Appliance (VCSA) with an External Platform Service Controller (PSC)
As you know, starting with vSphere 6.0 VMware introduced the Platform Service Controller (PSC) which changed quite a bit how their Data Center applications interact with each other. They are all tight to the PSC, because the PSC is the one that deals with the identity management, generation of SSL certificates, license keys, global permissions,
Sep 01 2016
Upgrading from VCSA 5.x to VCSA 6.0 with an Embedded Platform Service Controller (PSC)
Since version 6 of the VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) has performance improvements, stability and new features, your management or design team decided it's time to upgrade your existing vCenter server infrastructure running on version 5.x. I call this upgrade since VMware calls it the same, but it's actually a migration. You are basically deploying …
Apr 07 2016
Deploying the VMware vCenter 6.0 Appliance (VCSA) with an Embedded Platform Service Controller (PSC)
Starting with version 6, VMware has completely changed the way we deploy the vCenter server appliance (vCSA). If in older versions we had to use the import template wizard from the vSphere client, now we have a web interface just for that. I can't say which one is better because it's kinda the same thing, …
Nov 09 2015
Adding a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) to a Virtual Machine
As you might know, in a VMware virtual machine besides of the traditional virtual disk (VMDK) you can also add a so called RAW Device Mapping (RDM). This type of disk is used in special situations where SAN snapshots are required, VMFS virtual disk(s) become to large, applications that need to make direct calls to …
Apr 14 2015
Installing and Configuring VMware vSphere 5.x Syslog Collector
Starting with vCenter 5.0 VMware introduced the vSphere Syslog Collector tool. This was made in order for admins to centralize their ESXi systems logs in one place, since these logs by default sit locally on the hypervisor system partition or on a datastore. You could use
Jan 13 2015
Deploying and Configuring VMware vCenter Server Appliance 5.x
VMware vCenter Server Appliance or vCSA for short, has greatly improved compared to previous versions, and in version 5.5 which I'll discuss in this article some most wanted limitations were lifted. Now it can support up to 100 vSphere/ESXi hosts and 3.000 virtual machines with the integrated vPostgress database, which is more than enough for …


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USDA's monthly report of meat and poultry exports indicates that shipments for April were mixed across the three largest species with pork exports smaller, beef exports larger and chicken exports up very slightly for the month, according to Steve Meyer and Len Steiner of the Daily Livestock Report sponsored by the CME Group.
Some key items from Monday's release include:
Pork exports dropped from 486.6 million pounds, carcass weight, in March to 450.6 million pounds in April. The April total, however, was 6.9% higher than one year ago, breaking a monthly trend toward smaller and smaller year-on-year changes. March pork exports were, in fact, 0.8% smaller than one year earlier. April pork production was 2.9% higher than one year earlier, so exports actually increased as a share of total production this year.
U.S. exporters shipped pork products worth $444.3 million in April. That figure is 1.8% higher than last year and brings the year-to-date total to $1.899 billion, 15.7% higher than in 2011. Variety meat exports, though down in volume by 13% through April, have increase sharply in value, gaining 26% so far in 2012.
Japan and Mexico remain the two largest customers for U.S. pork with China/Hong Kong remaining in third position. April exports to Japan were 6.2% smaller than one year ago, while shipments to Mexico and China/Hong Kong were up 32% and 124%, respectively.
Year-to-date U.S. pork exports remain well above (+13.5%) last year though that percentage is getting progressively smaller each month.
Whether U.S. pork exports can keep up with the 2011 pace as we get into the summer and fall months, which was driven last year by a surge in purchases by China/Hong Kong, will depend greatly, of course, on the level of exports to those countries for the remainder of 2012. But the past three months suggest some stability is being established at about 74 million pounds, carcass weight, per month. If that level of shipments persists for the remainder of 2012, total annual shipments to China/Hong Kong will end the year 11.6% larger than in 2011.
Or shipments to China/Hong Kong can drop to 62 million pounds, carcass weight, per month for the rest of 2012 and still match the 815.9 million pounds shipped to these markets last year. The flip side of these hopeful arguments is, of course, that product out-shipments from August through December will still be under either scenario much smaller than last year — at a time when U.S. pork production is expected to increase by 2.5 to 3.5%.
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From historic residence halls like Morehouse-James with its antebellum porches to the newer Suites that offer upper-class students an apartment-style environment, almost 1,400 women live on campus in one of Spelman's 11 residence halls. First- and second-year students are required to live on campus for various reasons.
"For first year students, it's primarily a matter of transition, connection and a more vibrant experience because they're engaged in the out-of-class experience more if they are living on campus," said housing director Alison Cummings. "For sophomore students, more schools have implemented programs in the residence halls to help keep them connected.
"The convenience of living in a safe student community is the number one benefit to living on campus as students have immediate access to faculty, staff and a variety of community resources. In addition, there are numerous out-of-class programs and activities on the evening and weekends throughout the Atlanta University Center Consortium."
Your Safety is Our No. 1 Mission
Safety is indeed a big part of residence life, with Spelman's public safety staff work to provide a safe and secure campus community.
"The professionals in public safety really do set the tone," said Cummings, "and the staff communicate this commitment and expectation to our students."
While freshman are assigned to halls at the discretion of the housing staff, rising sophomores can select where they want to live by entering the school's lottery system.
What House Will You Choose?
Students will often make choices based not just on amenities such as fitness facilities and social lounges, but to be close to others who share similar interests. For instance, many students who live at Laura Spelman Hall are science majors.
"We do not assign to Laura Spelman based on the sciences, but students in the sciences gravitate toward it for proximity to their academic classes," said Cummings.
At Bessie Strong Hall, students experience a living learning community in proximity to Sisters Chapel and WISDOM – Women in Spiritual Discernment of Ministry. Students who live in Bessie Strong work closely with chapel staff and focus on spiritual and ethical development. Students living in MacVicar Hall, which is physically connected to Spelman's health services, are often interested in health-related fields or health education.
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The newest residence hall is The Beverly Daniel Tatum Suites, which houses juniors and seniors. The residence hall features suites where students share a common living space, bathrooms, and a kitchenette, but have single, private rooms.
"Upperclass students are better able to navigate the college experience as they are developmentally ready to engage in an independent living experience. They have established themselves in the Spelman community and are engaged in good academic performance, campus organizations and other leadership activities," said Cummings. "Our goal is to make your stay on campus safe, comfortable, engaging and a home away from home."
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Cold Therapy
Cold therapy can be an effective treatment for inflammation, pain and swelling if applied early in the disease process. Cold therapy inhibits the mechanical, physical and chemical actions of pain and inflammation. Cold therapy can be applied using ice and gel packs which can be purchased commercially. Homemade ice packs, towels and cold-water soaks can also be used.
Benefits of Cold Therapy:
- Vasoconstriction (reduce blood vessel size that limits blood flow)
- Decrease swelling
- Reduce cellular chemical reactions
- Pain Relief
Cold therapy works by shutting down blood flow to a damaged area, which minimizes leakage of fluid, thereby reducing swelling. Cold temperatures inhibit cellular chemical function making it effective in preventing the damaging effects of inflammation. To prevent excessive cooling, application of cold therapy should be limited to multiple short sessions (5-15 minutes four times daily). It is best to improve comfort of this application by placing a pillowcase or towel between the cold source and the skin. Cold therapy should not be used in debilitated animals, animals with low body temperature, or animals with circulatory disease, diabetes or pressure sores.
IVDD can occur acutely. Acute expulsion of the intervertebral disc causes intense inflammation of the spinal cord, spinal nerve roots and ligamentous structures of the vertebrae. Cold therapy applied directly to the affected disc area can be effective in reducing the impending swelling. In cases of thoracolumbar disc disease, the pet may be seen to jump off furniture and scream or yelp. There may be pain over the middle of the back or the pet may have a hunched appearance. The application of a cold pack over this area may prevent significant swelling in the spinal canal, thereby reducing the amount of spinal cord damage from the event. Homemade ice packs (alcohol, water, ice slush bags made with ziplock bags containing crushed ice and rubbing alcohol) are more effective than gel packs or gel beads purchased commercially. Apply the ice pack over a wet or dry towel between the skin and the cold pack. Apply for 15 minutes every 6 hours.
Heat Therapy
Heat therapy increases blood flow, blood vessel permeability and cellular chemical reactions. Heat stimulates inflammation and invigorates wound healing. It also relieves pain, relaxes ligaments and tendons, and decreases muscle tension and spasms. Heat can be applied using hot packs, heat lamps, warm towels, warm-water blankets, therapeutic ultrasound, laser therapy, warm-water baths and hydrotherapy units.
- Increased circulation
- Pain Relief
- Increased tissue relaxation
- Decreased muscle spasm
Hyperthermia stimulates the same nerves of the skin as TENS and Acupuncture, resulting in activation of the Gate Control Theory of Pain. This theory postulates that activating a series of nerve fibers in the skin can inhibit other nerve fibers traveling up the spinal cord to the brain. Active stimulation provided by heat therapy reduces pain sensation. This stimulation also causes the release of opioids from the spinal cord and brain. The combined effect of decreased pain, increased circulation, and earlier mobility result in improved healing.
Hot packs are the most effective mode for applying heat. They include many forms, from canvas bags filled with cracked corn, beans, silicate gel, or other inert materials; electric heating pads, damp microwaved towels; or circulating water blankets. Infrared lamps give off heat and can be used for heating larger areas of the body. They should be positioned 15 to 24 inches away from the pet. Any form of heat should be tested by placing your hand under the heat lamp or hot pack for several minutes to see if it is too hot. A pet will try to move away from a heat source that is too hot. Heat therapy should be used with caution in obese pets, pets with poor circulation, or pets with poor heart function.
Pets with Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD) can benefit from heat therapy 72 hours after the event or surgery. Localized heat to the area of concern should be applied for 15 to 20 minutes four times a day. Massage therapy and passive range of motion exercise is good during and after the heat therapy.
Passive Range of Motion
Passive range of motion (PROM) exercises external force such as your hands used to move a limb through its range of motion. The range of motion refers to the controlled movement of the limbs and joints in flexion, extension, adduction (moving the limb toward the body), and abduction (moving the limb away from the body) by you, with no effort being exerted by the animal.
- Prevent soft tissue and muscle contracture
- Prevent joint cartilage atrophy and deterioration
- Increased tissue relaxation
- Improves blood flow
- Improves sensory awareness of the affected joints and limbs
PROM is not a replacement for normal weight bearing or voluntary active movement. PROM should be instituted immediately after surgery, trauma, or event that renders the limbs ineffective. PROM should be continued until the patient begins to walk normally.
PROM is performed with your pet relaxed and laying on its side. The joint or joints are flexed or extended to the point that there is resistance without pain, and held for 10–30 seconds and returned to a normal position as if the pet were standing. These cycles are repeated for 10–15 complete cycles of flexion and extension. Caution should be taken not to overstretch the joint tissues. PROM with too much force may tear the structures supporting the joint.
IVDD pets with neurologic disease need PROM to reduce muscle atrophy and improve blood flow. Most important, though, are the neurologic signals that are sent from the paralyzed leg up to the spinal cord, then to the area in the spinal cord where the compression or damage is. These damaged nerves will receive the movement signals generated by PROM causing them to secrete chemicals of healing; chemicals that attract and activate local stem cells to heal the spinal cord. PROM and other therapy modalities that improve muscle, nerve, and spinal cord communication enhance the likelihood of a successful outcome for your pet.
Therapeutic Massage
The effects of massage are both mechanical and neurologic. The neurologic effects are due to the stimulation of the nerves in the muscles and skin that connect to the brain resulting in the release of opioids and other neurochemicals that cause relaxation. The mechanical effects are due to increased fluid and venous blood drainage removing swelling and metabolic waste along with increased arterial circulation, which enhances tissue oxygenation and wound healing. Physical manipulation of scar tissue increases range of joint motion.
- Increased circulation in the area of massage
- Reduced muscle spasm
- Reduction in swelling
- Breakdown of scar tissue formation
Massage techniques in pets are similar to human massage.
- Effleurage –(Latin, effluere, "to flow out") is a form of superficial or light stroking massage, and is generally used in the beginning of all massage sessions to relax and acclimatize the pet to gentle touch of the area.
- Pétrissage –Deep kneading and squeezing of the muscles and surrounding soft tissues.
- Cross fiber –Cross fiber is also a deep massage that is concentrated along lines of restrictive scar tissue and designed to promote normal range of motion of the joints.
- Tapotement –Tapotement involves the percussive manipulation of soft tissues with a cupped hand or massage equipment and is most commonly used to relax spastic muscle contraction or enhance postural drainage for respiratory conditions.
Instances when massage therapy should not be used include unstable or infected fractures or tissue, and the direct manipulation of a malignancy. In most instances, massage is an indispensable therapy when animals are in intensive care and have restricted mobility.
IVDD patients enjoy properly performed massage. Start with your pet lying on its belly on a soft pillow or bed. Begin stroking initially to relax your pet, starting at the head and working toward the back. When stroking, start at the body and move toward the foot. Place the entire hand in contact with the skin of your pet and maintain a gentle but firm pressure.
Once your pet is relaxed begin effleurage. Effleurage is usually the beginning of the massage and the end of the massage. It is used to remove tissue fluid that builds up because of inactivity and to stimulate circulation. If you know the anatomy of the lymph nodes, you should move your hands in the direction of the lymph nodes to stimulate drainage of fluid. Effleurage is also a diagnostic evaluation of the tissues to assess for tightness, spasms or scar tissue and the need for additional massage techniques. Begin at the lower end of the area. or at the foot and move toward the lymph nodes. You may use both hands, one hand, or your fingers, depending on the size of your pet. Contact the skin and apply even pressure to sink into the tissues under the skin. Make a sweeping movement to the top of the area or limb, molding your hands to the contours of the body and maintaining the same depth of pressure. Bring your hands towards you as you work using the heel of your hand. Keep your fingers and palm in contact with your pet. Overlapping strokes are used, continuing until the entire body or area is covered.
Pétrissage is a compression and or wringing movement that can be used all over the body, but is most effective on large muscles. Begin at the area closest to the center of the body or at the top of the limb. Contact the skin and press into the tissue. Continue to move toward the foot or away from the center of the body. The skin is moved over the underlying tissue in a circular manner, bunching up the skin on one side and tightening the skin on the other. Pressure is applied to deeper tissues, similar to the effort used to open child proof bottles - push down and twist. If both hands are being used on a large area they go in different directions, right clockwise and left counterclockwise.
Wringing is another form of Pétrissage, and is applied using both hands. One hand brings the tissue toward you, the other moves it away. Hold this for 5 seconds, then slowly release. The hand then moves up the body or limb to perform the wringing on the adjacent tissue.
Cross Fiber or Deep Transverse massage is done over areas of scar tissue formation. Scar tissue forms within muscles because of injury. Deep pressure is applied with the tip of the thumb or fingers. The tissue is compressed to the depth of the scar tissue. Small rotary movements are performed on the deep structures while maintaining constant pressure. This is repeated 10 times and performed in sets of 3 to 10.
Percussion or Tapotement is used to stimulate circulation, provoke reflexes, provide gentle stimulation, stimulate muscle tone, or assist in clearing airways of congestion. Clapping, Hacking and Pounding are all techniques that feature light percussion on the skin and outer tissues of the pet. Clapping is done with a cupped hand applied like slapping to trap air between the hand and skin. Rapid light, brisk strokes are used over the entire area. Hacking is like a karate chop, with the border of the little finger striking the pet. Both hands are used lightly and rapidly, moving at the wrist over the area. Pounding uses loose fists which strike the skin alternately and rapidly. Gentle Effleurage and stretching is used to finish the massage.
Therapeutic Exercise
Exercise is being recognized as an important part of rehabilitation, and the earlier the better. Controlled active therapeutic exercise may be safely performed when closely assisted and attended to by the therapist or the attentive owner.
The benefits of therapeutic exercise are abundant. Exercise helps build strength, muscle mass, agility, coordination, and cardiovascular health. In addition, therapeutic exercise may be used as a preventive measure to improve general health, reduce obesity, and increase performance in all pets. Prior to initiating therapy, all animals must be fully evaluated and assessed by a veterinary rehabilitation specialist.Controlled active exercises are:
- Walking with assistance
- Sit-to-Stands and Sit-to-Downs
- Walking up or down stairs
- Using inclines and hills to walk
- Weight shifting using inflatable devices
When performed appropriately and in consultation with the veterinarian or rehab specialist, these activities can be performed early in the postoperative recovery period and modified and intensified to promote cardiovascular and musculoskeletal fitness.


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Saturday, 29 October 2011
Influence Map
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King Solomon's Mines - 2004 version
The Decent
The librarian Return To King Solomon's Mines
India Jones And Crystal Skull
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Wednesday, 26 October 2011
Metropolis Review
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Metropolis is a Science-fiction expressionist film from 1927 and directed by Fritz Lang. The film is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and metropolis society is split up into two classes, the managers who live in nice big skyscrapers and the workers living underground. "The story tells of a great city whose two halves--the pampered citizens of the surface and the slaves of the depths." (Roger Ebert, March 1998)
Metropolis was founded and built by Jon Fredersen but the main protagonist is Fredersen son Freder who lives a luxurious life with all the other sons of the managers.
The scene when Freder is in the eternal gardens he sees a young woman (Maria) who has a load of workers children to show the upper class what the working class is going through. Stunned and intrigued by the woman, Freder who was unknown and blind to what goes on in the working world goes down and sees what going on in his father's city, searching for the woman. "The city leader's son on an odyssey to the depths in pursuit of saintly workers' advocates Maria." (Peter Bradshaw. September 2010).
Lighting is used effectively in Metropolis, the scene when Maria is running away from Rotwang, he chases her with a spot light/torch and even though its just a light moving around her, she's scared and shows this well in her acting.
"There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator". (Maria, Metropolis). The workers are the hands and Jon Fredersen being the brain, have no connection with each other until Freder goes into the depth to look for Maria and becomes the heart and connects them.
Freder's character is a noble caring man who shows this when his father fires Josaphat and Josaphat doesn't know what to do and decides to kill himself but just before he does Freder stops him and helps him out. Then at the head shows is heroic side by risking his life to save the children from drowning.
Make-up plays an important part in this film especially when Maria is pure and innocent she has little make-up to show purity but when her double is made from the robot her make-up is dark and gothic around her eyes to show evil and help the audience tell the difference between them both.
"Narrative logic takes a backseat to rampant expressionism". (Nev Pierce, January 2003). The movement of the actors were in sync with the music beat. Also the way the actors move and run was very theatrical and over the top.
Overall the film has a lot of similarities with "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" obviously for both are silent horror films from the 1920's but they both use music, make up and acting to make both films understood without speaking.
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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
King Solomon's mines Book
King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist SirH. Rider Haggard. It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.
The book was first published in September 1885 amid considerable fanfare, with billboards and posters around London announcing "The Most Amazing Book Ever Written". It became an immediate best seller. By the late 19th century, explorers were uncovering ancient civilisationsaround the world, such as Egypt's Valley of the Kings, and the empire of Assyria. Inner Africa remained largely unexplored and King Solomon's Mines, the first novel of African adventure published in English, captured the public's imagination. It is now classified as children's literature but was originally read by adults.
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Monday, 24 October 2011
The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari Review
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Fig Two - Scene from the film
The cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) is a silent horror film directed by Robert Wiene. The film is about the deranged Dr. Caligari and his faithful sleepwalking Cesare, who are linked to a number of murders in a mountain villiage.
"The first thing everyone notices and best remembers about "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" (1920) is the film's bizarre look."(Roger Ebert, June 2009). The setting of the film is what is the most unique thing about it, everything is asymmetrical and odd looking, buildings and streets are more like canvases for scenery and objects.
"It is difficult to imagine the film done better with the benefit of sound, colour, or any innovation since." (Nick Hilditch, March 2001). The music plays a massive part in the film, setting the scene and emotion of the film. There's a scene where Jane is anxious so the music picks up speed to show this to the audience as the actors can only portray so much emotion in the acting.
"A ghostly looking Francis (Friedrich Fehér) recounts to an equally pale friend his strange tale of woe involving his fiancée Jane (Lil Dagover)." (Cole Smithey, October 2011). The make up in the film on the main protagonists is heavier around their eyes to make their eyes stand out more to help caption emotion their feeling, which also gives the film a gothic feel towards it.
Drama staging rules are present in the film as the actors never really have their backs towards the camera, the drama rules mainly stood out near the end an actor goes to grab another actor to his right so naturally he would use his left arm but so he doesn't show his back towards the camera he uses his right arm to grab the other actor instead.
Overall the film is unique with, no other film like it. Over the top acting and music to set the emotions in the film, there's elements of gothic in the makeup which is also used to help show emotion through the actors expressions.
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Thursday, 20 October 2011
Anatomy Final Image
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Life Drawings
All my life drawings so far, a mixture of pencil, charcoal, and small quick drawings of different poses.
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Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Black Swan Review
Fig one - Black Swan Poster
Black swan review
The black swan directed by Darren Aronofsky, is about a young girl called Nina who is a ballerina and has always wanted to play the main part in the play "swan lake" and finally gets her chance but at a cost.
"But to master the role, Nina must perform as both the rigid and timid White Swan and the unbridled and passionate evil twin, the Black Swan". (MATT NEAL 6th February 2011). Nina pushes herself to the limit of perfection throughout the film but lacks passion of lust in her performances which is noticed by her director and he begins to flirt with. Getting more progressively more vigorous with her by rubbing her sexually or forcing a kiss upon her, she refuses him and he tells her to have sexual encounters or masturbate to show feeling in her performance.
Fig Two - Scene from Black Swan
"The camera lurches, leaps, and pirouettes; in some scenes, it feels as if it's being tossed around the stage along with Portman". (J.Hoberman, December 1st 2010). Camera angle shots in the film make the viewing claustrophobic, through the film there is never a decent view of the scene its always close to the actors also following Nina from behind never getting a clear view where she's heading.
"psycho-melodrama is a glittering, crackling, outrageously pick-able scab of a film".(Peter Bradshaw, Thursday 20th January 2011) physiology plays a big part in the film, throughout the film Nina keeps seeing her face on other people this is a sign of death coming, her mum is a very possessive woman controlling every think Nina does, this is mainly because Nina is living her mums dreams as her mum gave up her dreams to have Nina. Yet at moments her mum seems to want to ruin her daughter by buying a massive cake and trying to serve a big slice to Nina even though they both know Nina can't eat much because she has to maintain her figure for ballet.
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Thumbnails - 31 (51 All Together)
adding all my thumbnails together I have done 51.
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Face Drawings
I decided to only spend 30 mins each on each face, which is probably why some look slightly different from my actual face, also i have done 6 because i cant count.
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Feet Drawing
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Final Image Progression
Starting off with a white silhouette to get a basic structure and posture of my hybrid. Then progessing with little detail on where my hybrid is and slight shading. the third image I start to go into colour with the skin and fourth image just progessing with the image and changing where one of the wings is postioned.
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Monday, 17 October 2011
Maya - Materials
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8.Glow in the dark
These all roughly took me 10 -20 mins to finish.
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SEO is a super specialised arena of net marketing. There are a lot of self-proclaimed experts yet the proof of the pudding comes when a company can consistently rank several types of internet sites from diverse industries in different search engines. A top flight SEO business will have a range of skill sets available in its team if it is to be successful.
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Origin Technologies Corporation offers LaserGauge Automation, a robotic system for measuring vehicle gap/flush on a moving assembly line. "This cost-effective and flexible system is designed to deliver LaserGauge measurements quickly and accurately on solid body panels and around windows, headlights, tail lights and other translucent surfaces," said a company spokesperson.
"Previously Origin incorporated the cross-vector scanning technology into our LaserGauge line of handheld products. Later we added that same capability to end-of-arm automation tools for measuring on moving assembly lines. Now, we have added Blue Laser Technology for measuring gap/flush around transparent panels to our automation solution. Utilizing the cross-vector scanning technology, Blue Laser and the LaserGauge Virtual Gauges, the system produces accurate measurements on many different surface types, including those that are translucent or transparent," said Brad Powell, Origin Technologies Corporation Co-Founder. "Flexibility and ease of set-up have been designed into the system. Using a standard Ethernet connection, the sensor can communicate using any number of industrial networks such as Profibus, DeviceNet, Modbus DP, etc.
The Automation software and the robot controller use two-way communications to control sequencing and operation. With its modular design, LaserGauge Automation can be installed by the plant's robot integrator, and can be expanded to utilize two, four or more robots at one station. The flexibility of the system allows the plant to develop new inspection routines or modify existing ones without having to call in a programmer.
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Nowadays, merely undertaking interesting research is not enough to build a successful career as a researcher.
It's also crucial in the competitive world of academia to be able to demonstrate the impact, influence, and reach of your research.
This week we explore the benefits of setting up Researcher Identifiers to create an accessible online presence for your outputs. You can use them to track and measure the impact of your scholarly research publications.
There are a number of researcher profile systems or researcher identifiers that can link your research outputs and help you create a unique scholarly identity. Some are open-access initiatives, others are linked to subscription citation databases, and increasingly these various systems are becoming interlinked.
If you don't have research outputs (although conference presentations do count and can be recorded!) we will also cover your online university profile – this is an essential tool for all staff, including professional staff and doctoral candidates.
Benefits of researcher identifiers
Researcher identifiers increase your online visibility and thus the chances of your research being read and being cited. Researcher profiles can be browsed by other researchers, prospective research collaborators, students, journalists, and funding bodies.
Researcher identifiers also uniquely identify you. If another researcher has the same name, if you change your name, if your name appears in different formats, or if you change institutions, your research identifier will remain with you only.
You may be required to list your publishing 'track record' or 'top' publications as evidence of scholarly impact for academic tenure, promotion, and funding applications. The gathering of this information can be time-consuming if done manually. Researcher profiles and identifiers assist with the easy compilation of research impact report.
Also, it's quick to check who has been citing your papers!
Google Scholar citations
Google Scholar Citations profiles assist in providing citation data from a variety of sources. Google Scholar indexes a broader range of publication types than the subscription citation databases; for example, it also includes working papers, government reports, theses, and book chapters.
A Google Scholar Citations profile will help you to keep track of who is citing your publications, graph citations over time, and calculate different citation metrics. We recommend that Google Scholar Citations profiles are made public (the default is private), so that they appear in Google Scholar results, which makes it easy for others to follow your work.
For example, have a look at the public Google Scholar Citations profile of Steve Leichtweis from our Centre for the Creative Application of Technology in Education (CreATE). Note the automatic compilation of Steve's publication metrics such as 'h-index.'
Other researcher identifiers
Thomson Reuters, producer of Web of Science, provides the free ResearcherID service which can be used even if your publications are not indexed in Web of Science. With a ResearcherID you can build a biographical profile and an online publication list, which is not restricted to journal articles but can also include patents, conference proceedings, grants, and so on. The ResearcherID can provide citation counts for any of your Web of Science-indexed papers, and an h-index is automatically calculated on these.
You can see an example ResearchID page here: Steve Leichtweis. For more information on ResearcherID, see this fact sheet.
Scopus, another of the large subscription citation indexes, provides citation counts for the articles and authors published within the Scopus journal set. Publications indexed in the Scopus citation database are automatically assigned Scopus Author Identifiers. If your publications are indexed in Scopus you'll be assigned an Identifier, which you can use to can create your Citation Overview, calculate your 'h-index' and view other metrics for publications from 1996 onwards.
If you haven't already done so, you can register for your Scopus Author identifier.
Both ResearcherID and Scopus Author Identifier can be linked to your Auckland University Research Outputs profile and your ORCID identifier (see "Explore further" below).
Staff profiles (The University of Auckland)
For University of Auckland staff, the Staff Directory is your primary institutional profile, and is a heavily-used resource by the public, journalists, prospective research collaborators, and students as well as funders. It's therefore worth ensuring that your profile is up-to-date and accurate. This Thing's activity involves an update to your staff profile (see Try This below).
Research outputs (The University of Auckland)
Research Outputs is a University-only site for staff. Individual researcher profiles currently include: publication and citation data, professional and teaching activities and grant information. Research Outputs aggregates citation information sourced from the University as well as online data sources like the ResearcherID and Scopus identifiers.
Caveats and comparisons
You need to actively monitor your researcher profiles to keep them up-to-date and ensure that all your publications are included. A number of the publication lists are generated automatically and we've sometimes seen incorrect publications assigned to authors, which skews the accuracy of automatically generated metrics.
No single tool can provide a comprehensive measurement of research publication impact. Tools providing citation analysis can only track the journals indexed within the individual database. This means that results obtained from the different citation tools are not comparable since their coverage varies. Similarly, these tools are not comprehensive listings of all global research publications: i.e., not all researchers publish in journals indexed by Web of Science or Scopus, and not all publications are indexed in Google Scholar. And, of course, citation counts alone are not an indication of excellent research. They should be used with other qualitative measures.
Researcher ID
Google Scholar Citations
Scopus Author Identifier
Staff Profiles
Thomson Reuters
Open-source, non-profit
University of Auckland
Citation counts
User privacy controls
Open, public profile
Need to know
Stand-alone webpage. Public or private. All publications can be added. Provides citation data for Web of Science-indexed publications.
Need to ensure no erroneous publications are assigned automatically. Make your profile public, so that it will appear in Scholar results when your name is searched.
Scopus automatically generates an Author Identifier. Only offered to authors with papers published in journals indexed by Scopus. Cannot attach publications from other sources.
Being used by publishers, citation databases, funders.Can link to your other identifiers e.g. Scopus, ResearcherID, or LinkedIn.
Uni of Auckland staff public profile. Linked to publication collection from Research Outputs. Other data entry via multiple channels.
Need help?
University staff and graduate students can consult with either a member from the CreATE Team or the Faculty's subject librarians for assistance with setting up researcher identifiers.
The Epsom Campus Library's subject librarians can assist with publication citation analysis and journal impact metrics to support grant and promotion applications.
The library's Track Your Impact webpage also provides links to tools for measuring and monitoring the impact of research. The page covers citation impact, journal impact, book impact, h-index, altmetrics and other impact measurements.
Try this
We recommend that all researchers set up and edit their research identifiers. However, for this Thing we will only focus on your university profile.
Find yourself in the Faculty's staff directory and then log into your full staff profile:
Review your profile and update it where possible. You could check your profile image (photo) and either upload a headshot if you have not done so previously or update your existing photo to something more recent. You can also add links to any other media that you want to highlight: your blog or Twitter feed, for example.
Send us an email (email@example.com) to let us know that you've updated your profile.
More detailed information on updating your staff profile can be found at editing my profile. You can also contact the CreATE Team for more assistance.
All uploaded information is moderated by the Faculty's Communications & Marketing Team and they aim to moderate all profiles within 24 hours.
Explore further
More information about the H-Index:
"My external identity is blossoming. It is becoming more and more intertwined as computers pick up these identifiers and I build cross-links between them."
Allow Me to Introduce Myself
ORCID is an open, non-profit, and internationally recognised registry of unique researcher identifiers. Unlike the identifiers above, it is discipline- and corporate-neutral.
What is ORCID and Why is it Important?
*(addition: 19 Aug 2015) The University of Auckland is now recommending that staff should register and create their own unique ORCID identifier. A new website has been developed to assist staff with this effort: ORCID portal
The University of Auckland:
About Research Outputs
Quick start guide
Full user guide
Parts of this Thing were adapted from 23 Research Things @ Melbourne / CC By-NC-SA 3.0
Header image: Todd Martin / Flickr / CC By-NC 2.0
Icons: Everaldo Coelho and YellowIcon / GNU Lesser General Public License
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
RIP, I-Phone 4
It's funny how you can never remember things when it matters most. Long story short: At about 12.15AM last night, while watching SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, I went for my cell phone and realized it was gone. And I couldn't remember when I'd had it last. How could I not remember? I called it seven, ten, twenty times, right to voice mail, which meant it was in the house somewhere and dead, in a snow bank, or in a safe somewhere. Where was my phone? Of course I didn't download the FIND YOUR I-PHONE app, so no luck there. We tore the house apart, searched the car, drove through the neighborhood at 1AM. Nada. Nothing. We called Longfellow's where we had dinner, Best Buy, JC Penney's, and Hannaford, all other Saturday night stops. Nobody saw a black I-Phone 4 with black cover.
Last night I went to bed without my I-Phone on my end table for the first time in almost two years. It was like a family member was out there, somewhere alone and cold, and I didn't know where. All night long I dreamed of that phone, and in my dream it said the phone was in the compartment between my car's front seats. When I woke up I went and looked, and BAM, it wasn't there. So began Black Sunday without my missing black I-Phone. I already hate Sundays. This was going to be a bad one.
Because my contract isn't eligible for an upgrade until May, Verizon Wireless told me $650.00 for a new phone, about $300.00 for refurbished. We put the word out to friends who might have old I-Phones to loan us a few months. Nothing. So in the end I went the E-Bay route. $180.00 for an I-Phone 4 in perfect condition, which means I should be back in business by mid week if this isn't a total ripoff. Until then it's the old, dust-covered I-Pod, and of course, no phone.
The thing that bothers me most, besides the money I have to spend and the fact that I'm phoneless for several days at least, is the fact that I was dumb enough to let that phone get away. What's wrong with me? In many ways it was like a family member, full of photos, and notes, and my bank info, and my contacts, and text messages. It's just a total bummer to be without my phone and know that somebody out there might have my whole life in their hands. Live and learn, I guess.
I-Phone 4
Brian Huba
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Monday, January 21, 2013
My Magic Bar
The highways were all mine from 11PM to 2AM. The sunroof was open and the music played as I drove past Hartford lit up then Springfield and finally Albany. All those city lights. I couldn't help wondering about the young people having a Magic Bar Night beneath them. It got me thinking about my Magic Bar. For everyone there's that one place you always went to in college or just beyond. The place where all the drama happened, all the great nights had. And now, when you hear a certain song on the radio, it brings you back to that time and place.
This bar was your place for a period of time. Then that period ended and you were done. Maybe it's closed down now. But for you it was the best bar in the world. It was your Magic Bar. You owned it. You loved it.
There were a lot of great places for me. Oasis and the Lamppost in the beginning. McGeary's after Alive at Five. The Plaza Grill. Even the Mad River every so often. I had a Madison Ave run way-way back, when my friend was a bouncer at Michael's. I had some incredible times at Bogie's. At the tail end of my bar time, Lion Heart was a great place to get it going. And of course of course: the Big House first floor. But the Magic one for me was the Bayou Café.
I did ALL my college in the Albany area. Not going away to school is the biggest regret of my life. So, in regards to the Magic Bar conversation, I don't have quite the same exclusivity that my wife (for instance) had with a place like Dapp's and Siena friends. But I felt like I could walk on water at the Bayou Café. Every time we went there I had a blast. On Friday nights when the crowd was coming in, all my boys with me, a smile a mile wide on my face. I just knew it was ALWAYS going to be a great night. If we went on Saturdays, it was a cover band and girls as far as the eye could see. The Bayou was great times in a bottle, just walk in. I knew the workers, loved the regulars, and felt 100% alive when we were there.
Everyone has a Magic Bar.
The Bayou Café was mine.
Then one day the Magic ended. It was Halloween about six years ago. I went in there, dressed up and excited. And POW, BAM, it was over. The Bayou no longer belonged to me and my friends. We were too old, too slow, too long in one spot. With no forewarning the next generation of Bayou-goers just swept in and took it, and the Magic was no more. I never went back. It was over.
Present Day: My penultimate move on the three-hour drive from Foxwoods was a brief detour through Downtown Albany to check on my once-Magic Bar. Downtown Albany looked depressing at 2AM. The Bayou was dead and the street was quiet. Maybe that's how it looked to someone driving by way back when I was inside. In my memory Pearl Street, circa 2005ish, was brimming with life.
Fifteen minutes later I pulled to a park in my garage, exhausted from an endless Saturday. I opened the door and went inside, where I was met by three crazy dogs, happy to see me. Behind them, my wife waited. And to myself I thought: I drove all night to get to you. (Seems I think certain thoughts in Cyndi Lauper lyrics.) I was home safe, nowhere else I'd rather be. Now that's Magic.
Bayou Café Website: http://www.bayoucafe.com/albany/index.html
Cyndi Lauper Video: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2xiw_cindy-lauper-i-drove-all-night_news#.UP23ckko7IU
Brian Huba
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Not that there's anything wrong with that
Is it obvious why none of this is adding up? Why sports experts across the country can't put the pieces together? Why Notre Dame would support their historic star? Only one theory keeps coming back to me: He's gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Why would Te'o keep his sexuality in the closet in 2013? Why work to create a fake girlfriend to throw everyone off the scent? First, I can't imagine being a football player and being openly gay would be easy. Second, he's about to enter the NFL Draft. Admitting he's gay could potentially cost him millions in marketing dollars. It could even drop him down in the draft order. It's sad, but true. Of course Notre Dame, that Roman-Catholic institution, would stand behind Te'o, promote this tale of him being the victim of a cruel, on-line hoax. Sweet, innocent Te'o was fooled from the jump. They don't want their most-celebrated player ever and the face of their Dream Season to be a homosexual. I keep coming back to that. Nothing else makes sense, does it? It's sad, but true.
Sometimes the most obvious solution is the right one. Occam's Razor. Could I be wrong? Of course. Do I have proof? Not a shred. Just my gut. This story is going to take twists and turns, and people are going to grapple to understand what's happening here. And this whole thing is blowing up in Te'o's face because he's trying to keep it in the closet. Ask Lance Armstrong how that story ends. That's the only solution I can come up with.
At the end of the day, Te'o didn't cheat the sport or commit a crime. This isn't Penn State or Lance Armstrong or even Pete Rose. It's a confused kid trying to keep his professional career as profitable as possible. In my opinion, that's it.
Ask me: He's gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Read More:http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/college/football/released_tale_takes_turn_for_the_lzirp8FP8NquEulcfAPAQJ
Read More: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/meet_dame_in_grid_fauxmance_eouFDP9Ayr5kqGZ2Lyz91K
Brian Huba
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
How far will this fight go?
The gun lovers believe this is America's first step towards taking ALL the guns. Really? Why? Nobody cares about your handguns and reasonable hunting rifles. What you're seeing is a bunch of politicians using this hot-button issue to their advantage. That's it. I can't count how many times some knucklehead has told me that Sandy Hook was staged so the government could disarm us against their attack. First of all, if you had twenty assault rifles on your wall, and the government wanted you gone, you'd be getting buried with those rifles. So you can forget that whole "what about my second amendment rights" nonsense. Civilian Militias in 2013? Don't see a need for it.
My greatest fear is Colorado guy leading the underground charge against gun reform. Why not? Because of the obvious lack of common sense on this debate, I fear this may be the issue that prompts someone to take a shot (a JFK shot) at Obama, believing his attack on guns is akin to what Hitler did to start Nazi Germany. I've heard that Hitler thing a few times already. Is one of these assault-rifle-wielding nuts crazy enough to take to heart something Alex Jones says and plot against Obama because of it? Who knows?
Don't believe there are people dumb enough to stretch this ridiculous fight that far? Take a walk through your local Wal-Mart. That's a small sample of what this country is becoming. Now take a walk through a Wal-Mart in Kentucky. Oh, boy. I don't think it's outrageous to think that bullets might fly for this issue (no pun intended). Why? How's this: Our "Black President" is emboldened by the fact that he doesn't need reelection, and he's pitted himself against guns, and who's he to take away my Second Amendment? I could see how that logic would grab some guy who wears #24 t-shirts and whose gun rack used to hold a much better collection.
Read More: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Cuomo-signs-sweeping-gun-control-package-4195504.php
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQPZ-taYBs
Brian Huba
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
I'm a Blue Grass Fan??
I had no idea what Blue Grass or the Gibson Brothers was going into last night's concert. When I saw the size of the theatre I was sure the event would bore me to tears. Not to mention, the average audience member was about 65 years old. I had to be wrestled from an upright slumber three or four times during the one-hour opening act. Then the Gibsons took the stage, five guys dressed in suits with guitar, banjo, and mandolin in hand. My wife's family knows the band and got us the tixs. They were excited. I was skeptical.
If you don't know anything about Blue Grass I'm sure I can't capture or describe it for you. But I thought the performance was incredible. The songs about small-town living and down-home fun were so catchy and well performed. Between each song the band members bantered back and forth then tied the banter into the next tune. These Gibsons cast a spell on me. I don't know how or why, but I was into that show. This coming from a guy who's usually unmoved by anything less than Petty or McCartney. I connected with the performers and the stories. It was a chance to watch real professionals at work, and I left that small theatre a fan. And trust me, I didn't go in with an open mind.
I'm not much of a concert guy, I'll admit. I don't understand people that follow bands or festivals around the country. And I did the whole DMB thing in my 20s, but I just can't keep up with all the carrying on anymore. But I do love music, and I am moved by seeing performers who have devoted their life to turning out a quality product. That's what I saw with the Gibsons, a group of men who had worked their craft since they were old enough to walk, I'm sure. When it's genuine and well done I can't help but come along with you, even if I don't want to. Maybe that's the way every concert is, I don't know. Like I said: Not much of a concert guy.
My first thought was to see it as a failure that a group of performers as good (and as decorated) as the Gibson Brothers could only book 400-seat theatres after 20 years of trucking. That tells you how hard the music business is. Then I thought more and realized how great their story was. To be able to survive off performing alone is the dream, to do what you love and have people pay money to watch you do it, at any level. Wow. To be a household name in music and/or an arena performer is such rarified air. And I guess I got an inside look at the "levels" of music success last night. The Gibsons success just looks different (and pays far less) than Petty's or McCartney's, even though their music is maybe just as good. It was weirdly an eye-opening experience for me.
In today's America, if you have dreams of playing sold-out music tours or tasting big-screen stardom, let me tell you right now: You better have through-the-roof talent and off-the-charts work ethic PLUS a willingness to put EVERYTHING second to the art form. Then maybe, just maybe, after pounding at it for a lifetime, you get a return on your sweat. It is that hard to put something out there that people want to spend their time and money on. Watching the Gibsons you could feel the lifetime journey in every note they plucked and lyric they sang.
Right now I'm sure they're bussing it to the next 400-person theatre for a Saturday Night Show that pays small money. Missing family and friends and normal weekend things. Why? Because living the dream in any profession doesn't come without paying a hard price.
Read More:http://www.gibsonbrothers.com/
Brian Huba
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Sunday, January 6, 2013
RIP, 60-Inch Rear-Projection TV
Two weeks later I lost that job, and suddenly the world was a dark place, with a big TV in the middle of it. That TV got me through some hard weeks after that firing. With no job $400 a month became $100 a month with 22.99 percent interest tacked on top (thirty-seven hundred when it was paid off). I did not work full time again for years, and my mother carried me through some of the payments as scraping together more than a few dollars a month was impossible with lacking income. Without my mom I would've lost that TV and been ruined credit wise. It took four years to pay it off, and two guys to move it out of my parents' apartment when I left.
Moving out with the TV was hard. While it lived home my whole family gathered around it for three straight days watching 9/11. It was the TV we watched Thursday Night FRIENDS and Sunday Night SOPRANOS on. When my guys came home for the weekend from college, we'd pregame with the TV going. I watched Shaq & Kobe win three straight NBA rings on that TV. It was a permanent fixture in my otherwise turbulent twenties. It was my best friend, and it was there as I finished graduate school and began my career. Of course it came with me when I moved out, into an apartment with a woman.
I lived a few months with that woman in that apartment then me and my TV moved out, got our own place in Troy. But soon we got lonely, we loved that woman, so we moved back. This woman thought it was time for me to leave the TV behind, but I said no way. So I rented an extra moving van, got my guys, and moved that big TV again. When I went to turn it on: Nothing. The TV was dead. I had bumped it on the move, and I had two choices: Let it die or bring it back. Six hundred bucks later, the TV was good as new. Never leave a man behind.
A few years later I bought a house with that woman, and the big TV was done living the apartment life. We had a house in the Suburbs. Wow! How far we had come since those dark days of my early twenties. We celebrated by paying another repairman to get it going again. The woman I lived with quietly prayed for its death but never protested. She knew what the TV meant to me. I proposed a few months later. My TV was so happy for me, for us.
By the time I married that woman and started talking kids, the big TV was really showing its age, a grainy old boy in an HD, flat-screen world. Again talk of putting the TV out to pasture swelled. Again I refused all such talk. This is the TV I watched Eli & Coughlin win two Super Bowls on. This TV had been with me through thick and thin. It wasn't going anywhere.
Then Thanksgiving came this year and the whole family began to complain about the graininess, all choosing to go downstairs and watch sports on the flat screen HD. I stayed up with my big TV and watched alone, knowing the end was near for us, no more denying it. After everyone left, me and my wife had "the talk." Yes, I agreed, it was time to put the TV to rest. My best friend was dying. The next day we bought another flat screen, and the green blanket was thrown over the old rear projection. I wheeled it from the living room with the blanket over the screen humming Amazing Grace, into the Electronics After Life. Now the living room looks modern, with a sleek, flat-screen HD TV where a 60-inch rear projection once sat.
With that TV gone--after thirteen up-and-down years--a small part of me went away too. I lost a best friend when I wheeled that big screen away. But sometimes in life you have to let go of the past to welcome the future. Now the family comes and watches and comments on the clarity of the new TV. And that's what matters, I suppose. As for me, no TV will ever be better than that 60-inch the first night in the dark when I was twenty, the picture bigger than the Atlantic Ocean.
RIP, 60-Inch Rear-Projection TV.
Brian Huba
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Sure Step Case Study
Industry: Professional Services
Solution: Microsoft Dynamics and Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step
When MIG & Co. presents Sure Step methodology in their project kick-off meetings, confidence in the upcoming implementation project goes up. The customer sees the logical flow of the implementation phases.
MIG & Co. is a successful Microsoft Dynamics Gold-Certified Partner founded in New York City in 1998. With locations across the United States, they have been implementing and consulting on industry-leading business solutions including Dynamics GP, Dynamics SL, Dynamics CRM and SharePoint since 2005. Specializing in widely used financial and business management solutions for MidMarket to Enterprise Clients, MIG & Co. has the experience and the local presence to provide solutions specifically catered to clients' needs.