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My first inkling of labour came on at approximately 4pm one Saturday afternoon. It had been quite a hot day and I was feeling very big and uncomfortable. I had reached that point where you "just wish this baby would come out". I was only 3 days past my due date, but it felt like an eternity. Earlier in the afternoon I had lay down for a nap and when I stood up, something was noticeably amiss. My pelvis felt much heavier, as though the baby had suddenly dropped down and I was experiencing a strange sensation in my back that I haven't felt before. Looking back I know that this was a definite sign of birth beginning – however I'd had a show a week before with no change and my Braxton Hicks had been regular and strong for the last fortnight, so I just assumed that this was yet another uncomfortable sensation of late pregnancy.
Like clockwork, my Braxton Hicks started at 6pm (as they had done for the last 2 weeks) and continued steadily every 20 minutes for the next 3 hours. Thinking I was no where near having this baby, I waited until they stopped and then took myself off to bed – oblivious to the fact that I was actually in the process of birth.
At about 1:15am the next morning I woke up feeling very uncomfortable. The contractions had definitely started and they were 15 minutes apart. Still doubting that I was in labour, I assured Dan that I was fine and ambled out into the kitchen by myself to make a cup of tea. I was doing okay for about ½ hour – leaning over the back of a chair to ease my back pain and then pelvic rocking myself through the contractions. Then suddenly I seemed to crumble into an emotional wreck. Throughout my pregnancy I had always said that I wanted to birth my baby at night. I felt an affinity with the darkness and coolness of night-time and had been quietly confident that it would be this setting that I would birth in. Now, here I was at only 15 minutes apart and it was only a few hours before dawn. If this was an average length birth for a first baby, I wouldn't be seeing this little bub until at least mid afternoon the next day! Looking back I can now laugh at the urgent insanity of my birthing mind – but at the time I was devastated at the prospect of birthing through a long, hot day.
Just when I thought my fate had been decided – I stood up and felt quite a loud and strange POP! Immediately I knew that my water had broken and I laughed as I pondered upon whether I would have enough time to get to the toilet before the gush. I yelled out to Dan and the next thing I knew I was sloshing around in what was now a pair of very full ugg boots.
Suddenly the house seemed to come alive. The kitchen light went on and the energy within the room took on a nervous kind of excitement. My contractions were now 10 minutes apart and Dan was asking me if I wanted him to ring the midwives. I said NO! – they had told us that 10 minutes apart for most women was still early days, so I didn't want to be a pain in the butt and get them out of bed in the middle of night for nothing. I seemed to coping well, so we chose to go on birthing by ourselves. Over the next ½ hour I spent all my time getting off and on the toilet. I had this overriding need to do lots of wees and poos – especially at the height of a contraction! Although I was finding this a little tedious, I felt strong and positive.
As time went by, the contractions were definitely getting stronger, but they were still only 10 minutes apart. Dan could obviously see the changes that were occurring and finally after another hurried trip to the loo, he convinced me that we should ring Robyn and Betty. As I had expected, Robyn told Dan that 10 minutes apart was still too early for them to be heading down this way just yet. She reassured him that if I seemed calm, that the pain couldn't be all that bad yet and so we should just continue as we were doing and remember to take in lots of fluids. Then, just as Dan was hanging up the phone, I fell to my knees with 2 enormous contractions. I remember Dan relaying Robyn's message to me very calmly as I sat there crumpled over with "real pain" thinking that if this was just the start, then there was absolutely no way that I was going to make it.
Suddenly, I felt an amazing rush of heat through my whole body and I stood up and ran through the house tearing my clothes off as I rushed towards the cool bathroom. Before I knew it, I was down again. These contractions, sure didn't feel as though they were 10 minutes apart anymore! I called out to Dan to follow me with a stop watch, I was starting to feel panicky and I wanted to know how far along I was. It took a few contractions, before we could convince ourselves that we were calculating the time right – but eventually we knew that they had jumped to 2 minutes apart.
I had been holding off getting into the shower for the last hour, because I hadn't wanted to use all my pain relief "tricks' too early on – but now that I knew I was so close, wild horses couldn't have stopped me from getting into that bathroom! I jumped into the shower aHHHH – HOT water, the magical elixir of childbirth. As I stood in the shower, Dan called Robyn back with the latest update. Of course, this sent everyone into a wild panic – they lived 45 minutes away, and if I continued to progress this quickly, there was no way they were going to make it here for the birth.
Dan returned just as I was climbing into the empty bath – having decided that the shower was far too hot – and that what I really needed now was to lie down, in someplace nice and cool. We had planned to have a water birth all along, so it was only natural that I would eventually find myself gravitating intuitively towards the bath – however at this point I had no idea how close I was to actually delivering my baby.
As Dan lit a few candles around the room, I could feel myself start to shake quite violently. I was starting to feel cold and panicky, and before I knew it this overwhelming sense of FEAR came over me. Dan had just popped out of the room to get me a drink and I remember kneeling in the bath and having to really come to a point of reckoning within myself. The pain was strong. It had moved down into my bum and legs and I was having to hold tightly onto the edges of the bath to get through the contractions. I remember saying to myself "I know why people choose to have drugs in birth" – the pain was so confronting – there was no escape. I called out to Dan to come back – previous to this I had wanted to be left alone – but now, something had changed and I needed company if I was to get through this phase. As I waited for him, I suddenly realised that I was in Transition. Now everything made sense – the shakes, the cold, the fear and insecurity. Before this realisation, I was seriously doubting how I was going to get through the rest of this labour. I had friends that had experienced 2 minute contractions for many hours before the actual birth – and based on the intensity of what I was feeling, I doubted that I could go for much longer. Having no previous experience of birth, I had, up until this point, still believed that I was in the beginning of 1st stage! As soon as I realised that I was close to delivery, I seemed to gather up all this inner strength and courage, that I had no idea was inside me, and from that moment I knew that I could birth this baby alone.
Transition seemed to pass as quickly as it came. As soon as I had made peace with the idea of us delivering our baby alone in our bathroom, there was this incredible stillness. It was almost like my whole body and mind took one big, long, deep breath. The pain stopped and I seemed to enter this kind of surreal reality – which I can now only remember as a hazy, slow motion type of film. I turned to Dan and said, "The baby is coming….are you okay with this?" and he said "Mel, if you're okay with this….then let's just do it". There was no doubt in my mind that I wanted to birth this baby, in that bathtub. I had no thoughts of the midwives or the hospital or anything else, it was too intense – and of course, much too late even if I'd wanted to transfer.
Then the contractions returned. Strong and downward. I could feel the baby's head coming down and I asked Dan to fill the bath, so we could have our dearly wanted waterbirth. As the water rushed out of the tap, as fast as it could possibly come – I leant my forehead against our bathroom wall, and on hands and knees delivered our baby into the waiting hands of his deliriously happy Dad.
The actual birth was bliss. I don't remember pushing and according to Dan, I didn't. The contractions were strong and powerful, and after only 3 enormous waves, our baby had entered the world. He made the tiniest squeak as he took his first breath and was then silent and peaceful as he looked around the candlelit room with his big, wide eyes. I was amazed at how alert and attentive he was – listening to our voices, obviously recognising them from when he was inside. In what seemed like the most amazingly peaceful and beautiful 20 minutes I had ever experienced, we sat as a little family, quietly taking each other in. He never cried, not even when he was weighed or dressed for the very first time. For me, this was a sign of how peaceful and calm, he had experienced his birth to be.
I delivered my placenta and about 5 minutes later, our midwives knocked at the door. They had made their best effort to be there – but this little boy had just come too fast. What was doubly amazing was that Betty, our midwife had dreamt that our birth would be like this, a few nights before, but had chosen not to tell us, in case we had become frightened and unsure of ourselves. They were so proud of us – and rightly so, we had delivered our own baby in our own home, after only 2 ½ hours of active labour.
For me, Finn's birth was the most empowering experience of my life so far. I had wanted a homebirth right from the start and I was so proud of myself for achieving this dream. Dan did an amazing job as "midwife". He never faltered, became scared or ran from the challenge of so called "unassisted birth". For that I am ever indebted to him. His close involvement with Finn at his birth has definitely made the bond between them so much more special.
People often ask me whether I would consider having another "unassisted" homebirth, since my first experience was so positive. For those women who are lucky enough to have partners who have a knowledge and experience of birth, this option would be the best and most special decision you could make. I had a beautiful birth with my partner in attendance – but looking back I can definitely say that I would still choose to have a midwife at my next birth. This is not to say, that I support medical intervention or believe that women cannot birth their own babies. I believe all women birth their own babies (in one way or another), what is significant in a birth experience is how well supported a woman feels in the process of birthing herself into a mother. I was lucky enough to have an outstandingly supportive and loving person by my side during my birth, however when I look back there were definitely times when I would have greatly appreciated the presence of another "experienced" woman within the room. Just to have someone to assure me that things were going fine or that the pain I was experiencing was not mild, 1st stage labour pain – but real, honest to goodness 2nd stage labour, would have really helped to relieve the intensity of my experience.
Throughout my pregnancy, I drew strength from my midwives, other Mothers, my knowledge of natural birth medicines and the support that Kylie Poloni (Illawarra Homebirth Support Group) offered to me. Whilst I was the one that birthed my baby, I feel on reflection, that my birth experience was the result of all the loving support and education that my little "birth network" provided for me. I often wonder how well Dan and I would have coped with the birth if we had chosen to go "solo" from the very beginning of the pregnancy.
Overall, I feel that our birth experience was proof, that Homebirth (under any circumstances) is the safest and most sacred kind of birth that two parents can offer their child. When the time is right, we will definitely be choosing this option again.
Written by Melinda Whyman
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What a beautiful and positive birth story, and encouraging to read, as I prepare for the birth of my third child. I am hoping again to have a waterbirth, after delivering my first two children in waterbirths. Both times, the midwives were there to assist and both times I delivered my babies unassisted as you did, and found the experiences extremely empowering. Our bodies are designed so amazingly, if we can let go and trust ourselves to do give birth to our babies. I did the Calmbirth course with Peter Jackson during my first pregnancy, then a refresher in my second pregnancy. This gave me the confidence and belief that I could birth my baby naturally. This time around I have re-read Ina May Gaskin's book "Guide to Childbirth", one of the resources recommended and used by Calmbirth. Educating yourself through a course such as Calmbirth is the best preparation you can give yourself leading up to the birth of your baby.


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The Top 3 Aquent/AMA Webcasts So Far This Year
Much like your favorite TV show, Aquent is on an AMA Webcast 'hiatus' for the summer. Since things might be a bit slower for you right now, we thought we'd share our three most popular webcasts from the first half of the calendar year – just in case you want to take some of your downtime for professional development.
Marketing to Your Customer's Brain – In this webcast, Roger Dooley, author of Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade and Convince Consumers with Neuromarketing, talks about the latest neuromarketing research that will help you understand how to market directly to your customer's brain.
Driving Change With Creativity – In this webcast, Tommy Lynn, Global Creative Director at Dell, speaks on how in today's business landscape, design can be the catalyst that drives businesses to innovate, find solutions to business needs, and provide the vision needed to grow your business in new ways.
How To Do More With Less: Exploring Decoupling Strategy and Execution for Marketing Projects – In this webcast, Tom Reynolds, Vice President of Enterprise Solutions, at Aquent Studios, discusses how and why brands around the world are adopting the the practice of "decoupling" – and saving real marketing dollars.
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Elihu Reynolds (left) and Ivan Posavec celebrate their IRA medals after crossing the finish line.
Team Scoring Chart (PDF) | Day 1 Recap | Day 1 Photos | Day 2 Recap | Day 2 Photos
CAMDEN, N.J. —The Harvard heavyweight second varsity eight earned a bronze medal, while the varsity eight took fourth place and the Crimson finished fourth in the team competition as the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships wrapped up Saturday on the Cooper River.
Harvard's freshman eight also raced in its grand final, placing fifth, while the Crimson won the open four petite final and varsity four third-level final. Harvard finished with 165 points in the Ten Eyck Trophy team-scoring formula, two fewer than third-place Cornell. Washington won the trophy, with varsity champion California placing second.
"I thought all of our crews raced really well today," said Harry Parker, the Thomas Bolles Head Coach for Harvard Men's Crew. "We would have liked to have finished higher in some races, but the level of competition is extremely high and we're very proud of the way they competed."
The Harvard varsity eight crossed the line four-fifths of a second after third-place Cornel and finished 7.2 seconds back of the winning Cal crew that missed the course record by about one-fifth of a second. The Crimson and Washington were the early leaders, with the Huskies going ahead after 250 meters and Cal passing them after another 250. The Golden Bears continued to lead with Washington in pursuit, and the two pulled away in the third 500. The Big Red went ahead of the Crimson in that stretch as well and made it to the finish just before Harvard crossed in 5:31.106.
The Crimson second varsity finished its season on a high note, pulling away from the bottom three finishers to capture bronze. After 500 meters, Brown and Washington were ahead of the field, with the other four crews racing level with one another. Harvard charged ahead of the pack near the 800-meter mark and held a one-seat lead on fourth-place Wisconsin after 1,000. The Crimson lengthened the lead from there, finishing 3.9 seconds ahead of the Badgers in 5:38.789. Washington edged Brown by less than two-fifths of a second to win in a new event-record time of 5:32.083.
Harvard's freshman eight placed fifth in a close grand final. Washington jumped on top early, followed by Cal, with the Crimson, Stanford and Princeton racing even for third. The Crimson charged toward the Golden Bears after a kilometer, but Cornell also made a move. Cal and Princeton responded, and Harvard could not catch up to the medal-winners in the sprint. The Crimson finished in 5:41.979, 6.2 seconds back of the champion Huskies. Cal and Princeton edged Cornell for the final two medals.
The varsity four got Harvard off to a winning start, comfortably taking the third-level final by 11.9 seconds. The Crimson gained an open-water edge in the second 500 meters and had 1.5 lengths of open water with 500 to go. Harvard continued to push from there and finished in 6:30.033. Holy Cross placed second.
The Crimson open four made it two victories in as many races, winning the petite final by 2.6 seconds in 6:33.031. Through 500 meters, Harvard trailed Boston University by a half length and was even with Yale. The Crimson then made its move, drawing even with the Terriers by 800 meters in and going up a half-length by 1,000. The margin reached a length after another 250 meters. Runner-up Princeton finished 1.4 seconds ahead of BU.
Team Standings
Washington 193
California 180
Cornell 167
Harvard 165
Brown 154
Boston University 126
Syracuse 119
Princeton 116
Wisconsin 95
Columbia 90
Northeastern 86
Dartmouth 79
Yale 76
Navy 72
Stanford 64
Penn 42
Oregon State 31
Jacksonville 5
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Washington 5:24.160
Cornell 5:30.356
Harvard 5:31.106
Brown 5:40.513
Syracuse 5:43.902
Second Varsity Eight
Grand Final
Washington 5:32.08
Brown 5:32.425
Harvard 5:38.789
Wisconsin 5:42.688
Cornell 5:45.094
California 5:48.192
Freshman Eight
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Washington 5:35.796
California 5:37.615
Princeton 5:38.094
Cornell 5:38.291
Harvard 5:41.979
Stanford 5:51.216
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Third-Level Final
Harvard 6:30.033
Holy Cross 6:41.933
Loyola 6:44.292
Saint Joseph's 6:49.031
Navy 6:51.222
Drexel 6:53.192
Open Four
Petite Final
Harvard 6:33.031
Princeton 6:35.623
Boston University 6:37.027
Navy 6:39.384
Yale 6:40.834
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Aratana Therapeutics Expands Senior Management Team with Appointment of Julia A. Stephanus as Chief Commercial Officer
KANSAS CITY, Kan. and NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2013 -- Aratana Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative medicines for cats and dogs (companion animals), today announced it has appointed an experienced animal health executive Julia A. Stephanus as Chief Commercial Officer, as part of a recent strategic expansion of the senior management team. Ms. Stephanus is a commercial leader in veterinary pharmaceuticals and Aratana expects to leverage her significant marketing and commercialization expertise as the Company continues advancing its pipeline of companion animal medicines.
Ms. Stephanus has more than 25 years of animal health marketing experience. Throughout her career, she has developed and successfully launched new products for companion animals, including innovative first-in-class products such as Rimadyl®, the first NSAID approved for osteoarthritis in dogs, and Revolution®, the first topical endectocide for heartworm and fleas in dogs and cats. In her most recent role at Ceva Animal Health, she led the companion animal franchise, overseeing the commercial development of new products as well as global marketing for strategic companion animal products.
Steven St. Peter, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer of Aratana Therapeutics, stated, "As we look ahead to Aratana's future success as a premier animal health partner and provider of innovative medicines for companion animals, we are very happy to add Julia to lead our commercial team. Her 'brand-builder' philosophy and proven track record for marketing successful products will be critical for Aratana as we advance our pipeline and begin positioning our products for commercialization."
Ms. Stephanus stated, "Aratana has built a strong pipeline of companion animal medicines that fulfill significant unmet needs in the market. I look forward to developing and marketing these innovative therapies, as well as helping to expand the current product pipeline by adding new assets that have significant market potential."
Julia A. Stephanus
Prior to joining Aratana, Ms. Stephanus was Director of the Companion Animal Global Franchise for Ceva Animal Health, a role she assumed following the acquisition of Summit VetPharm by Ceva in 2010. Ms. Stephanus founded Summit VetPharm in 2005 where she developed and launched Vectra®, a new companion animal parasiticide product line. Following the acquisition, Ms. Stephanus transitioned the business and continued building and expanding Vectra, which is expected to become a $100+ million blockbuster global brand.
Prior to founding Summit VetPharm, Ms. Stephanus worked in various sales and marketing positions for Pfizer and its legacy companies, where she had the commercial responsibility for the development and global launch of two blockbuster companion animal products (Rimadyl® and Revolution®), as well as numerous other pharmaceuticals and biologicals. Ms. Stephanus graduated from Indiana University with a B.A., and has continued her executive training at top institutions, including Harvard, Columbia, and the Wharton School of Business.
About Aratana Therapeutics
Aratana Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company positioned to deliver high quality new medicines that address significant therapeutic needs for cats and dogs (companion animals). Aratana licenses and develops proprietary, patent-protected compounds acquired from human pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and then develops strategies to maximize the value of the programs for the animal health market. For more information, please visit www.aratanatherapeutics.com.


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Major NLE Updates Coming at NAB? What Adobe and Avid Should Do to Improve Their Products
NAB is an exciting time of year for us filmmaking folk. While there are certainly some exciting things on the horizon in terms of cameras, rigs, lenses, lights, and what have you, I'm making an educated guess that this will be another significant year for NLE development, especially from post-production giants Avid and Adobe. Avid is likely to make the jump to version 7 of its flagship Media Composer, and if they follow their previously mentioned product cycle plan, Adobe will release version 6.5 of their popular Creative Suite. With much of the editing market still undecided between the three major players in post-production, these new updates could be a crucial stepping stone into the future for these companies.
First and foremost, I should mention that these are the two NLEs which I use regularly. Premiere has taken over as my go-to editing platform, and I use it for most, if not all, of my personal work and for smaller films. Avid, on the other hand, is generally my tool of choice on larger scale productions where media management tends to be a little more unruly, or if it's something I'm collaboratively editing with another person. So as someone who uses both of these on a consistent basis, I have a solid idea of what I would like to see out of the programs in future versions. So without further ado, let the speculation begin.
The folks at Avid have found themselves in a peculiar predicament as of late. They still dominate the high-end broadcast and film markets with their various software solutions -- as evidenced by their near sweep in several post-production categories at this year's Academy Awards. Despite this seeming success, however, Avid has been hurting financially for the past several years as their sales have continued to decline. This financial downward spiral seems to be boiling over for the company, seeing as how they recently postponed the release of their 2012 4th quarter earnings, something widely regarded by both the business and editing communities as a desperate move.
It seems to me that if Avid really is in desperate financial trouble, they're going to need to make a splash at NAB in order to stimulate new sales of their software solutions. For them to accomplish this, they are going to need to implement a major overhaul of the Media Composer interface and make it more accessible to younger editors, while simultaneously maintaining the level of professional precision that has made the application an industry workhorse for the past 20 years -- and they're going to have to do all of this while significantly lowering their price points.
Beyond these exterior changes to the software, Avid is going to have to heavily refine the way the software works internally. While they've subtly been doing this for the past 2 or 3 years with features such as AMA linking, OpenGL support, 3rd-party I/O options, and most importantly, 64-bit base code, Avid is still lagging well behind both Adobe and Apple in terms of performance and taking advantage of modern hardware. They need to follow in Adobe's and Apple's shoes with OpenCL support and background rendering. Beyond that, they need to bring resolution independence to both their project settings and to individual clips so that editors aren't restricted to the standard TV and film options that Avid currently offers.
However, despite the fact that a revamped version of Media Composer would likely get Avid's software division back on the track to profitability (especially if they could do the same with Pro Tools), whether or not the company has the cash or credit to cover the costs of the sure-to-be hefty research and development for such an overhaul is highly questionable. If the new version of Media Composer fails to gain traction in the broadcast and film communities, and Avid continues to lose money, it's likely that we could see some kind of company restructuring or even the sale of the company or its individual parts.
Adobe, unlike Avid, seems to be thriving these days. After having snatched up many an editing professional after the Final Cut Pro X conundrum, and with the potential downfall of Avid, Adobe is now in a position to take the lead in the professional NLE market. In order to do this, however, they're also going to have to keep innovating with their suite of video post-production tools.
First and foremost, and I don't think I'm alone in this, it's time for Adobe to develop and embrace their own proprietary codec, a la ProRes or DNxHD. While the success of codec independence is part of what makes Premiere great, the performance of certain native codecs within the program is not what it could or should be. With a proprietary codec, Adobe would be able to completely optimize the performance of the software for that codec, as opposed to having a piece of software that deals with some codecs well, and others not nearly as much. Considering that many narrative-style films already transcode their raw camera data for both dallies and offline editing, it would be fantastic for Adobe to develop something to aid in that process. Sure, Cineform has been a decent 3rd party solution to this point, but it's time for Adobe to step up their game and cater to both independent folks as well as high-end professionals.
I would also like to see better integration of the Production Premium suite with its newest member, Adobe SpeedGrade. The acquisition of SpeedGrade from Iridas last year was an excellent move for Adobe in terms of putting together a comprehensive suite of tools for the video professional. However, the implementation and insertion of SpeedGrade into the suite has been clunky, to say the least. If Adobe can manage to integrate the program with the same dynamic linking technologies that have made it a breeze to shoot back and forth between Premiere, After Effects, Audition, and Encore, then they'll finally have a complete, integrated set of high-end tools for the video professional. As it stands now, it's just as easy to take a sequence from Premiere into Resolve as it is to take it into SpeedGrade. This needs to change if they want SpeedGrade to become a more viable option for the folks already using their products.
What do you guys think? What would you like to see out of the new versions of Media Composer and Premiere Pro? What would Avid have to do with Media Composer to keep it relevant and profitable? Conversely, what do you think Adobe would have to do to catapult Premiere Pro into industry dominance? Let us know in the comments.
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I think all of these questions should be taking a backseat to the far more interesting question re Adobe's recent announcement that everyone must get into their cloud after April 30.
That's right! After April 30, Adobe will no longer ship physical discs. Your computer must log into their cloud at least once every 30 days or it'll stop working. And, of course, that means that whatever plugins you have installed will stop working too.
Adobe now calls their cloud-only access to its apps a "membership". You will no longer own the software - no matter that you may have paid for it over the course of a year or two or three years or whatever number of years you have been subscribed. Once you stop paying, you are kicked out of the cloud and your workstation is inoperative for Adobe software and your plugins thereto.
Adobe does not really state this in it's online sales literature. I had to demand that the Adobe store sales rep I spoke with be honest about that and he then admitted this.
Personally I don't wish to be a member of Adobe's cloud. I wish to purchase and own outright.
Wake up Sheeple!
March 27, 2013 at 11:33AM, Edited September 4, 11:21AM
I'm confused about a lot of this cloud stuff. If I purchase Premiere on disc(s) before they become unavailable, would I be able to run that software indefinitely without being part of this cloud nonsense?
And, Mr. Monahan, are you hearing all those people saying they have very unreliable internet connections?
I live in Los Angeles and even my internet connection (Time Warner) is pretty spotty, at best.
Please tell me if I'm wrong but, seems to me, that issue will reduce your customer base significantly.
I just can't see how making a box of discs available, even at a slightly higher price to cover the packaging and shipping, would be a bad thing. Not to mention how some companies, these days, are forcing users to work according to the company's policy instead of the users wishes. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should.
March 27, 2013 at 12:56PM, Edited September 4, 11:21AM
Hi Dixter,
To answer your question: you can always go back to your physical discs and use those indefinitely.
However, I want to make sure you aren't under what I perceive to a fairly common misconception. That is that you need to always be connected to the Adobe's cloud at all time for the apps to work at all.
Not true. You do, however need to allow your workstation to connect to internet at least once every thirty days to validate your license. Failure to do so will render your suite (and all installed plugins) unusable until you do allow a connection.
My problem is that you can pay for the cloud for a long time and never really own the suite or an upgrade to the suite. I'll use myself as an example: I have CS6. As I recall, the upgrade from CS5 was about 350.00. Now if I do get on Adobe's cloud because CS7 is compelling, the first year of cloud access is 360.00 (at the intro price for current users). Thus I could pay for a full year but still not own the upgrade.
A new convert to Adobe (from FCP for example) can "pay for a cloud" for enough time to represent an amount equal or exceeding the current cost of CS6 but never own the product. That convert could also have invested a small fortune in plugins and not have access to those if he/she suddenly jumps out of the cloud.
No good for me.
By the way, in order to keep on topic of this thread, here are my improvement requests:
I have some major problems with Encore in the form of a very longstanding bug that Adobe was apparently loath to admit was a bug. They did so only after being escalate to the highest support level and lots of time wasted. I'm talking about the dual layer DVD "layer break" bug. That is due to a bug in the software that Adobe licensed from Sonic called "Sonicfire" or "Sonic Fire" My interest is long-form programs of entertainment events that require dual layer DVDs. The required workarounds required are horrendous and unacceptable to me. Thankfully I have a replicator who's advanced and expensive disc checking software identifies the problem even though Adobe's does not and is able to do the workaround for me, for a fee. This bug has been around since Encore was released and I've given up hope that it'll even be fixed.
Lot's of people labor under the falsehood that one should only use Verbatim discs (false), and also use two other technically arcane freeware solutions (true).
My other problem is just a big fat annoying problem with Adobe randomly forgetting where a given project's files are located on my storage. Cut me a break! When nothing has changes and I have repeatedly pointed it to where those files are a number of times, it's just too dumb to remember.
Today, out of curiosity, I called Adobe to learn what I could about Adobe's support policy and programs for the so-called "members" of Adobe's cloud. I had to call them and they had to call somebody and I challenge you find it on their site. Here's what you get by becoming a "member":
90 days of unlimited support, online or phone, once you call support fort the first time, for each update.
You don't have to upgrade to a new version when Adobe releases one but you can only get support for the a version up to 90 days after a new version is released. Thus you are compelled to finish your projects and upgrade to the next version. Heaven help you if are on a project that get's stalled by producers etc, and need help with a bug (assuming Adobe deigns to be kind enough to escalate your issue and admit a bug.
So, you are now compelled to get into Adobe's stinking cloud and become a perpetual payer or your workstation and plugins will become useless until you cough up the ransom.
I suppose 30.00 per month is not so bad in terms of price but after one year it'll be 50.00 per month and even there I'd be more receptive if unlimited phone support were available (not that I use phone support unless I get a insurmountable problem due to bug. My main issue is that 50.00 per month is 600 per year and after a year I still own nothing.
Prior to the emergence of news that I'll be forced into the cloud, I have felt strongly inclined to sit out an upgrade unless the layer break bug is fixed. What I need most doesn't seem like it'll ever be fixed. And yet Adobe has the desire to compel me into it's buggy cloud and I now hate Adobe and I really used to love them before this.
Something tells me that if everyone is forced to the cloud, Adobe has less incentive to expeditiously fix bugs if everyone is forced to be a perpetual player.
Moreover, we have now seen a huge, ongoing DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack orchestrated by a spammer lashing out at Spamhaus for blacklisting them as spammers. The scale of this wildly unprecedented attack has slowed the entire internet and is roughly 5 times bigger than anything the banks have ever seen when they were under attack.
Adobe itself has had a public relations nightmare when it's secure certificate servers were hacked they do cartwheels to fix .
The internet is increasing subject to being brought to it's knees and Adobe cannot cover it's own buttocks sufficiently. I am sure we'll see many outraged Adobe users who cannot reliably reach Adobe's cloud to get an upgrade when they need it. This will be fatal to users in parts of the world that don't have broadband access.
I'd rather either pay a reasonable premium for physical discs or get the suite from the cloud but NOT be in a position of not owning, outright, what I have paid for.
I have a suggestion for Adobe: Let user own what they pay for; charge the customary price for the suite ort the upgrade as the case may be. Charge them that price for access to the cloud until the next version is released and then shut them out until they renew their subscription. But let them own the app that they have paid for.
I don't need or want to be a member of Adobe. Being a member of a club signifies a willingness on both the club as well as the member. I feel like this is some kind of forced ransom where I only get visitation rights of my child if I pay it.
March 28, 2013 at 4:01PM, Edited September 4, 11:21AM
At this juncture I only film underwater in 3D. Adobe needs to add native 3D support and can use the implementation of Edius 6.5 as an example. The Cineform 3D solution takes too long, is not real time, and creates monster .avi files. Avid Media Composer has the best 3D solution (still needs to add native MVC support that is in Edius 6.5). Adobe is way behind relying on Cineform (that is owned by GoPro).
Lastly, both Avid and Adobe need to add support for the simple ability to burn a 3D Blu ray for playback. It is frustrating that a $65 NLE (Cyberlink Media Composer 11) has the ability to create a 3D Blu-ray with a simple way to produce chapters and navigation capabilities and the major players can not. Persons using Cineform with Premier Pro to edit 3D footage have to take the end render from Premier and create a 3D Blu-ray using either Sony Vegas Pro or Cyberlink. What a joke.
April 2, 2013 at 2:14PM, Edited September 4, 11:21AM
"If Adobe can manage to integrate the program with the same dynamic linking technologies that have made it a breeze to shoot back and forth between Premiere, After Effects, Audition, and Encore, then they'll finally have a complete, integrated set of high-end tools for the video professional."
Premiere and Audition do not link that well. Audition is incredibly unstable when working on projects exported from Premiere. I don't make this comment lightly but after hours and hours of work and unfortunately many hours of wasted time and lost work.
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Drivers, please take the time to clean off your windows and windshields after a snow event. I am amazed at the number of people who don't do this. How safe can it be driving with snow-covered windows when pulling out into traffic or merging onto the highway? You know you can't see everything that is around you.
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Once again the editorial board has appeased the pro-choice crowd by printing the latest op-eds from members of the ACLU while ignoring the fundamental issue in the abortion debate. Once again people such as Amber Duke and Derek Selznick have used the same old emotionally based arguments of "reproductive freedom," "convenience" and "cost" in favor of allowing women and doctors to destroy the life of unborn children. Duke mentions "high quality medical care" — what is "high quality" about destroying a child?
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I recommend that that one of the bridges be named after President Abraham Lincoln. He was born in Kentucky and is the only native son of Kentucky to be president.
He lived for many years in Indiana. Since the bridge connects both states, naming it for him is natural.
He kept the United States, both the North and the South together.
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and that alone merits his being honored.
He visited Kentucky many times. His wife was from Kentucky.
There is a bridge in Illinois named the Lincoln Bridge but it does not have the obvious connections that this naming would have.
Please give consideration to this proposal,
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Eat Your Way to a Lucky New Year with Eight Great Lucky Foods
Whether it's long noodles for longevity, lentils for wealth and abundance, or pork for prosperity, there's a lucky food to suit any palate.
Check out my SDNN.com article "Eight Great Lucky Foods for a Prosperous New Year," for 24 delicious recipes for New Year's Day. Happy New Year!
Long noodles are symbolic of a long life; just be careful not to break them when eating them, or you risk a shortened life -- Yikes!
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- Siri said...
Dear Susan,
Wishing you and your family a very Happy and Joyous 2010...Off I am to check out the article..:)
- December 31, 2009 at 7:13 PM
- Susan @ SGCC said...
Wishing you happiness, health and prosperity in 2010, Susan. Felice Anno Nuovo!
- December 31, 2009 at 9:11 PM
- ♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said...
Hi Susan,wishing u a brite and happy new year...
Want so muc to tell ya that have just tried ur italian biscotti which was really good but didn look as good as urs...maybe some mistakes i made...jus posted about it
will leave u a link on ur post ok....thanx a ton...
- December 31, 2009 at 9:25 PM
- Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...
Welcome to 2010 Susan. It is so full of possibilities. Can't wait to see what is in store for FB.I ate 12 grapes last night for good luck.
- January 1, 2010 at 4:54 AM
- Ivy said...
All my best wishes to you and yours. Have a wonderful and happy 2010.
- January 1, 2010 at 5:04 AM
- Kelly said...
Happy New Year Susan!
- January 1, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- Cynthia said...
Happy New Year!
- January 2, 2010 at 8:10 AM
- The Teacher Cooks said...
Love your blog. Happy New Year!
- January 2, 2010 at 2:35 PM
- Annie said...
Susan I would be so nervous eating those noodles for fear I will die young if my fork accidently broke one,- haha!
I wish you and your family long healthy lives, abundance and prosperity in the new year!
- January 3, 2010 at 4:38 PM
- Homemade Heaven said...
Wishing you a very Happy New Year, filled with all the love, health, wealth and happiness you desire.
Many happy meals with lots of long noodles, lentils and pork! (not lucky for the pigs hey?)!
- January 4, 2010 at 1:08 AM
- Debbie said...
Hope you have a very happy and healthy new year Susan!
- January 4, 2010 at 4:01 AM
- Lori said...
Looks so yummy!
Happy New Year!
- January 5, 2010 at 5:18 AM
- Mrs. L said...
I actually did several of these to bring good luck (and I didn't have chicken or lobster...two things I did not know about!)
- January 5, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- Susan from Food Blogga said...
siri-Thank you! Same to yours!
susan-Thank you and same to you!
vanillastrawberry-It's important to follow the recipe exactly. I have learned that from lots of experience! Happy New Year!
val-12 grapes? You're set for 2010!
ivy, kelly, cythnia, teachercooks-Happy New Year to you all!
annie-I thought the same thing, actually!
rose-Nope, not so lucky for the pig. ;)
debbie-Same to you!
lori-Thank you!
mrsl-Isn't that lucky? :)
- January 8, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Aparna Balasubramanian said...
I'm rather late at wshing you a very Happy New Year, Susan. But better late then never, right? :D
- January 9, 2010 at 2:29 AM
- Jeanne said...
And a very happy new year to you too! Off to read the article to see what I should serve next year..
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2. By means of service provision, Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd transmits only such rights onto the customer to which Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd is authorized to having in regards to the immaterial and other rights of the game operator.
3. Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd is authorized to withdraw from the contract as far as it does not receive the object of services despite previous conclusion of a contract. Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd will immediately inform the customer regarding the failure of the delivery to us from our suppliers and will refund the already received payment promptly without delay in case of the customer's withdrawal from the contract.
IX. Service time and default
1. The rendering of services takes place after the payment has been received on the account of Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd.
2. The delivery deadline is to be gathered from the article description. The customer is authorized to withdraw from the purchase if the rendering of services is not possible due to extraordinary situations.
3. In case of a failure to comply with the delivery deadline for other reasons, the customer is further authorized to set an adequate grace period in writing under penalty of refusal and to withdraw from the contract after the unsuccessful expiration of the contractual services or delivery. Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd reserves the right to partial performance if this option seems beneficial for a speedy processing and is reasonable for the customer.
X. Receipt of Services
1. The modalities for services and receipt of services by the customer are adjusted to the respective circumstances of the online game and are to be taken from the article description.
2. For the provision of virtual goods, acts of cooperation by means of the contract partner might be necessary, especially regarding a virtual manner of acceptance in such a way that one of each contract party's characters meet in the online game in order to exchange the virtual goods. In such a case, Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd will suggest date, time and location of the meeting to the customer and take the customer's wishes into consideration as far as possible.
3. The services for "high-skilling" or "high-leveling" comply with the online game's guidelines. It requires at least the transmission of the account dates (login-name and password and further information) by the customer to Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd. In the course of the service provision and the use of the account by Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd the customer is not allowed to use the account simultaneously.
XI. Limitation of Liability
The liability of Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd for contractual breaches of duty as well as offense is limited to criminal intent and criminal neglect. This does not apply for injuries of life, body or health of the customer or claims regarding breach of cardinal obligations or compensation for damage caused by delay. In the aforementioned respect, Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd is liable for any degree of fault.
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The guarantee takes place according to the legal provisions. XIII Reservation of Ownership Rights transferable to the customer in compliance with § VIII.2 of these regulations by Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd do not precede until the complete payment. XIV. AOB
1. The stated prices are retail prices including the legal sales tax not including costs of delivery if applicable.
2. The contract data consisting of the wording of the contract and the general terms and conditions are saved by Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd. The customer can request the saved data after the conclusion of the contract from Fortune Oceans Holdings Ltd via Email (Email address: firstname.lastname@example.com) The customer can furthermore print or save the contract data within the context of the order transaction via the browser's menu navigation or via keyboard combinations (Strg p, Strg s).
3. The contractual language is in English. Contends in other languages on this webpage are non binding translations.
4. If the customer is a merchant or has no general jurisdiction (legal domicile) within the country, Hong Kong is the exclusive local jurisdiction for any disputes arising from this contractual relationship.
5. Hong Kong law applies to the exclusion of the Uniform Law on the International Sale of Goods (CISG).
6. Should one clause of this agreement become completely or partially ineffective or loses its validity later on, the validity of the remaining regulations remains unaffected. In place of the ineffective regulation the legal specifications apply.
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Prognostic value of MGMT promoter hypermethylation and other genetic markers in malignant glioma patients treated with temozolomide
Prognostische Bedeutung der MGMT Promoter-Hypermethylierung und anderer genetischer Marker für mit Temozolomid behandelte Patienten mit malignen Gliomen
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Objective: The present study investigates the potential prognostic significance of various molecular parameters, including MGMT promoter methylation, MGMT sequence polymorphisms in exons 3 and 5, as well as MGMT protein expression, for progression free survival [PFS] and overall survival [OS] of patients with malignant gliomas. In addition, we determined the prognostic significance of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on 1p and 19q, as well as aberrations in the TP53, CDK4, MDM2, PDGFRA and EGFR genes in the same patient series.
Methods: 95 patients, including 23 anaplastic gliomas of WHO grade III (AG) and 72 glioblastomas of WHO grade IV (GBM) were treated with temozolomide (≥3 cycles) as first line chemotherapy after tumor resection (no biopsies included) and radiation therapy. Acquired clinical data included i.a. age, Karnofsky score and tumorr volume (before and after resection, before chemotherapy and every 3 months), PFS and OS. The tumor tissue was investigated for hypermethylation of the MGMT promoter, six different MGMT sequence polymorphisms, immunohistochemical expression of MGMT protein, mutations in the TP53 gene (exons 5-9), amplification of the CDK4, MDM2, PDGFRA and EGFR genes, as well as LOH 1p and 19q. Molecular genetic findings were correlated to PFS and OS.
Results: Mean OS was 53 months (AG) and 20 months (GBM). Statistical analyses revealed that MGMT hypermethylation was significantly associated with longer PFS and OS in AG (p=0.02 and p<0.0001 respectively, log rank test [LRT]) and GBM (p=0.02 and p<0.0001 respectively, LRT). MGMT protein expression correlated with MGMT hypermethylation (chi-square test, p=0.03). The six investigated MGMT polymorphism were not associated with survival. In the AG group, LOH 1p was associated with longer OS (p=0.026) while TP53 mutation was associated with shorter PFS and OS (p=0.027 and p<0.036 respectively). Interestingly, 4 GBMs showed LOH on 1p but shorter PFS and OS as compared to GBMs with intact 1p.
Conclusions: Our study corroborates MGMT hypermethylation as a clinically important prognostic marker that correlates with longer PFS and OS in both AG and GBM patients. In contrast, the presence or absence of MGMT polymorphisms does not appear to be related to patient prognosis. LOH 1p and TP53 mutation were associated with prognosis in our group of AG patients. All other investigated genetic alterations do not appear to be of prognostic value in malignant glioma patients.


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Murray in the nets for DU, as Pioneers try to salvage split against 2-21-1 UAH
Junior goalie Adam Murray is starting tonight, his first action since going down with the groin injury Nov. 19. He is 5-2-1 on the year, with a 3.40 GAA and .902 save percentage. Freshman Jussi Olkinuora (5-6-2, 2.26, .921) struggled Friday, stopping just 17 shots in the Pioneers' unsightly 3-2 loss to a Alabama-Huntsville team that had just won one previous game.
The other lineup change for DU is this: freshman wing Zac Larraza is scratched, and senior Nate Dewhurst is in. The Pioneers are again going with five defensemen and 13 forwards. The extra winger is freshman Larkin Jacobson, who made his NCAA debut Friday. Also, junior Shawn Ostrow has replaced freshman Danny Doremus at right wing on the Nick Shore-centered line.
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I thought that analogy was particularly apropos.
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Life With Archie #14
'Archie Loves Veronica': It's Halloween so Veronica gets into the swing of things by hosting a spook-tacular bash at the Lodge Estate to celebrate and everyone's invited! Everyone, that is, except for her estranged husband Archie. Left to fend for himself, Archie takes a trip down Memory Lane examining his life with Ronnie and imagining another with Betty. The madcap adventure continues in 'Archie Loves Betty' as Archie's universe is turned upside down upon catching sight of Mr. Lodge conducting a secret rendezvous with Mr. Lodge? And who is the masked stranger who seems to be guiding this evening's events?


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Vintage Sniper Riflescopes A Hit at SHOT for Leatherwood/Hi-Lux Optics
Long range marksmen of all ages are thrilled to see the growing selection of vintage military sniper scope models being brought back to life by Leatherwood/Hi-Lux Optics. Just catching a glimpse of the modern recreations of the 8x external adjustment USMC scope or the 2 1/2x U.S. Army M73B1 model dating from World War II was enough to cause many of those attending the 2013 SHOT Show in Las Vegas in January to make an immediate 90-degree turn…right into the Leatherwood/Hi-Lux Optics booth. The icing on the cake for many was when they discovered, on display for the first time, the remake of the 3-9x40mm range finding USMC M40 scope dating from the Vietnam era.
Interest in recreating and reliving the accuracy of military tactical rifles of the past has never been greater. Spurring much of that renewed interest has been the CMP's vintage sniper rifle matches, which allow the rifle models and optics dating from 1953 or earlier. The anticipated addition of a Vietnam era class of competition is expected to bring still even more shooters into these matches. Two of the most widely used rifles of that era were the Winchester Model 70 and the Remington Model 700, which are still in production and readily available. Now, Leatherwood Hi-Lux Optics is offering authentically featured modern copies of period and style correct scopes for those rifles.
Original U.S. military issue scopes in excellent condition can fetch from $5,000 to more than $7,000 – and due to their age and rarity, few shooters/collectors will subject these scopes to the rigors of match competition – and why should they? At just a small fraction of what those collector scopes are worth, shooters can now rely on totally modern manufactured models that are identical in design, but built with far superior fully multi-coated optics and modern internal construction. The Leatherwood/Hi-Lux Optics new-made copies of these scopes come with a Limited Lifetime Warranty.
For more details and pricing, go to www.hi-luxoptics.com , drop the company an e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com, or give them a call at 888 445-8912.