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The Spotted Marsh Frog, Limnodynastes tasmaniensis, is a light brown to olive green frog with a series of fairly regular blotched green patches along its back. In the Melbourne area, most Spotted Marsh Frogs have a vertebral stipe that is sometimes reddish in colour. They grow to a maximum length of around 50 mm.
Spotted Marsh FrogPhotographer: Peter Robertson / Source: Wildlife Profiles Pty. Ltd.
This is a widespread species found throughout most areas of Melbourne. It usually shelters under logs and stones on the edge of swamps, ponds and lagoons.
The diet consists mainly of invertebrates. Eggs are laid in floating foam masses on still waters and hatch after a few days. Tadpoles grow to a maximum length of 60 mm and take up to 5 months to develop into frogs.
Barker, J., Grigg, G. and Tyler, M. J. 1995. A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney.
Cogger, H. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Reed Books, Sydney.
Hero, J. M., Littlejohn, M. & Marantelli, G. 1991. Frogwatch Field Guide to Victorian Frogs. Department of Conservation and Environment, East Melbourne.
Tyler, M. J. 1992. Encyclopaedia of Australian Animals: Frogs. Angus & Robertson, Sydney.
Thanks for your questions. The list of books that you will find above are all great resources to help you with your research. The books are all available in the Discovery Cenre library and you are most welcome to come in and access them. There are also some websites listed above that will also be interesting for you, you can even listen to a frog call!
Hi Gabby - Spotted Marsh Frogs may have trouble getting back out of the water in the situation you have described as they do not have enlarged toe pads like the tree frogs, and therefore cannot climb well (pardon the pun). In this case a ramp or some other object that gives them easier option to leave the water would be a good idea.
Hi there, Millie. According to the "Field Guide to Australian Frogs," the larval life of this species is 3-5 months. Hope this helps!
Hi Gabriele,
As it says above, a good place is under logs and stones on the edge of swamps, ponds and lagoons. Hope this helps!
Hi Ashley, the vertebral stripe is a common morphological variation in this species and is unrelated to sex. Determining sex in this species is a little tricky, males may have a dark yellowy-green throat patch. Also, if they are calling, you can hear the call here on the Museum Victoria website, then it is definitely a male. If it is breeding season, males will also have dark-brown nuptial pads on fingers.
If it's a large frog, it's probably not had trouble eating, unless it has a water retention issue or some other condition. The most important thing is to offer it the right kind of food, and then it's health should be fine.
Hi Gabi, There are some frog friendly species of fish, but only to a limited extent. The best three species would be Murray River Rainbows, Whiteclouds or Zebra Danios.
Hi Lucy - we checked with one of our keepers on this, and they have said the following:
It is common when you start with any group of animals that some will do better than others. One will be outcompeted by the others and will quickly fall behind. As the others grow, they are stronger and can further outcompete the straggler causing him to fall further behind. Separating the straggler and intensively target feeding him is probably the best thing. Usually when they catch up to the others they can be re-introduced.
Spotted marsh usually do fine at normal room temps. Without more info on the husbandry conditions all we can suggest is maintain all the obvious things such as clean enclosure, fresh water and good food. The crickets should be dusted every second feed or so with a good quality calcium and vitamin supplement.
All this is assuming it is not something more sinister such as a disease or infection. As with all animals if unsure , a visit to the vet may be the best option.
Hope this helps
Hi Lucy, this question was referred to our resident frog expert in our Live Exhibits staff here at Melbourne Museum, who has the following reply for your query:
An accurate response to your questions would require more information, such as - How old/big are the frogs? Are they kept together? Enclosure size and set-up? It is common when you start with any group of animals that some will do better than others. One will be outcompeted by the others and will quickly fall behind. As the others grow, they are stronger and can further outcompete the straggler causing him to fall further behind. Separating the straggler and intensively target feeding him is probably the best thing. Usually when they catch up to the others they can be re-introduced.If it is a recent metamorph it may just not be meant to survive. Even in the best set-ups with the utmost care there can be a certain amount of mortality when raising frogs. This is one reason they produce such large numbers of young. Spotted marsh usually do fine at normal room temps. Without more info on the husbandry conditions all i can suggest is maintain all the usual things such as clean enclosure, fresh water and good food. The crickets should be dusted every second feed or so with a good quality calcium and vitamin supplement such as Repcal and Herptivite.
All this is assuming it is not something more sinister such as a disease or infection. As with all animals if unsure, a visit to the vet may be the best option.
Hi Leanne, as far as we know spotted marsh frogs don't require a licence but taking them out of the wild is illegal. So the best thing to do is put it back where you found it or in the safest water body nearby. If you have it in captivity legally, ie you bought it from a supplier, then you need to aerate the water with a water stone or pump and change it completely every week if it is a small body of water or every second week if it's a medium amount of volume. You need to feed it pinhead crickets with calcium and reptile/amphibian vitamin powder dusted over the crickets. It also will require a UV light that is attached above the tank and on for maybe 4-5 hours a day. Provide shade for it during this time in case it needs to escape the light or they can burn.
Change the water only with rainwater or with tap water that has sat in a bowl for 20 hours. This allows the chlorine to evaporate. Don't forget the calcium and vitamin powder on the crickets, its really important or they get brittle bones.
Hi Julie, crickets, cockroaches and mealworms are the standard food for frogs in captivity, but any insects of a suitable size will do. Worms, maggots and waxworms may also be available from pet shops, and it also helps to collect insects from the wild if they're available. The more variety the better.
Because most people get their insects from pet shops and because there often isn't a great variety, calcium dusting has become standard to make up for any potential dietary deficiency. The frogs may well survive without it, but it's an added insurance for healthy frogs.
Hi Julie - we ran this question past our Live Exhibits team here, and they have provided the following response:
The eggs will get sucked up by the filter unless you take steps to protect them. Some breeders move the eggs to a new tank to keep them separate from the adult frogs and from feed crickets, but eggs often don't do well after moving so it's generally safer to leave them where they are. You can cover the filter inlet with mesh, or for a more complicated setup you can build a mesh box around it to ensure a constant flow of water.
Once the eggs hatch, the tadpoles should be separated from the adults if you want as many of them to mature as possible.
We hope this helps!
Hi Denise, it's hard to say what the reasons might be without knowing more about your set-up and what conditions may have changed recently. She may be responding to a change in environmental conditions that may even be too subtle for you to notice. However, as a general rule any change in an animal's behaviour can mean something is wrong with the animal, so if you're concerned at all the best option is to take your frog to a vet.
Hi India - here is some information for you from our Live Exhibits staff.
The easiest way to sex Spotted Marsh Frogs (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) is that the males call audibly. During the breeding season males also have dark-brown nuptial pads on the fingers to aid during amplexis (mating).
When the frogs are still young, both sexes may have white under the chin but males later develop a dark olive patch under the chin. If the frogs were bought as tadpoles six years ago they will all be well and truly mature by now.
This species is particularly variable in colour and pattern, and yellow spots under the legs are nothing to be concerned about.
Hi Jasmine,
Thank you for your question, you were correct in asking for help and not releasing the tadpoles! All frogs, tadpoles, and spawn are protected in Victoria, but some species can be kept under licence. The collection of frogs from the wild or the release of frogs to the wild is prohibited. The release of frogs to your backyard or the raising of tadpoles for the purpose of release is also illegal, and this is mainly to stop diseases potentially picked up in captivity from being spread to wild populations.
The Licensing Unit of the Department of Environment and Primary Industries is responsible for the Victorian regulations, if you require more information. The only option open to you is give the tadpoles away to a pet shop. Many pet shops are licensed to trade in frogs and most of these will welcome new stocks of tadpoles, particularly if they are offered for free.
Good luck finding them a new home!
Hi Maite, the Water Dragons will most likely make short work of the frogs when they wake up, so adding the frogs to the dragon enclosure is not a good idea. Also, if they've been reared indoors under warmer conditions they will be more advanced than frogs reared outdoors, and may not be able to cope with the outdoor climate at this time of year. It would be worth waiting a few more weeks until the outside temperature is more consistently above 20 degrees.
Hi Linda, Spotted Marsh Frogs (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis) are generally easy to keep in captivity and the tadpoles should have a high survival rate. The best option is to move the adults out after the tadpoles have hatched and concentrate on keeping the tadpoles healthy. Egg rafts can be moved out of the tank but this does not have a good success rate. Tadpoles need to be cared for in captivity like any other aquatic vertebrate – the water quality needs to be maintained, and aerated, and changed at regular intervals. Tadpoles will eat lettuce leaves, although it's best to stay away from iceberg and cos lettuce, and it needs to be frozen first to break down the cell walls and allow the tadpoles access to the nutrients. They will also readily eat sliced cucumber. Remember that the more food you put in the tank and the more the tadpoles eat, the more often you'll need to check the water quality and do water changes.
An important part of taking on the care of any animal is to make sure you have a breeding plan. The plan may be to prevent breeding or allow it, in which case you need to have thought about what to do with the young. This is especially so in a school or kindergarten where children are learning about the proper approach to keeping animals in captivity. And in the case of frogs, it's very important never to release them into the wild. Chytrid fungus is a devastating disease that's killing off frog populations around the world, including Australia, and is spread to wild populations through the release of captive frogs or tadpoles.
Hi Sonni, our manager of Live Exhibits has said the only way to ensure the frog is generally healthy and not in pain from the injury is to take it to a vet, in particular a specialist frog vet. Frogs are usually good at fighting off general infections (as opposed to chytrid fungus and other pathogens) and the fact that the frog is behaving normally is a good sign. However, it appears to be a fairly major injury and exposed bones can easily become infected, even after some time has passed, and it can be difficult to say whether an animal is in pain purely be observation alone. These days a number of vets specialise in frog husbandry and care – a search on the internet should find your nearest one.
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ROSEMONT, Ill. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Junior Alec Brown (Winona, Minn.) and Keifer Sykes (Chicago, Ill.) have been named to the Preseason All-Horizon League teams, the conference announced at its 2012-13 men's basketball media day on Tuesday afternoon at the InterContinental Hotel in Rosemont, Ill. Brown was named to the preseason first team while Sykes was tabbed as a second-team selection.
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Ten years ago Ray LaMontagne released his first album, TROUBLE, the gold-certified start to a fiercely ambitious, Grammy Award-winning, critically praised career that's encompassed three more albums, several EPs, a slew of soundtrack compilations and arresting live performances fronting a variety of ensembles.
"It certainly feels like some time has passed," LaMontagne says now. "But I have to say, boy, time flies..."
And LaMontagne is still having fun all these years later -- and with his fifth album, SUPERNOVA, maybe more fun than ever.
"Fun is a trite word. I kind of hate to use it -- but at the same time, I don't know how else to say it," LaMontagne says of the 10-song set, which was produced by the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach and recorded at his Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville. "It was just an enjoyable process. These songs reflect just my joy of songwriting, what I enjoy about writing songs. they feel free to me. I didn't have to go searching around through cupboards to find the missing pieces; all the puzzle bits would just sort of burst to life in front of me. I just grabbed them and pieced them together and then would be surprised at what was in front of me -- like, 'Wow, that's cool!'
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And "Pick Up a Gun" is SUPERNOVA's noir epic, from its martial cadence to its airy ambience and lush keyboard textures.
"I know I was hearing certain different instrumentation -- a sharper sound, a broader sound," explains LaMontagne, who for the first time ever put together detailed, fully-rendered demos to give Auerbach "a sort of road map" of what he was after. "I sent him a note about the vocals, especially; 'You're going to hear my voice in a different place here.' Usually its' very round, very full, very up-front, and I wanted to sort of put them in a little bit of a different place this time and make them more a part of the overall sonic palette and not quite so in your ear as they've been in the past. I wanted my voice to be equally within the palette of colors and not be the focus."
LaMontagne did not come to this new place easily, however.
Coming off the success of 2010's GOD WILLIN' & THE CREEK DON'T RISE, which debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album ("Beg Steal or Borrow" was also nominated for Song of the Year), LaMontagne returned to his home in the foothills of the Berkshires mountain range in western Massachusetts ready to get to work on what would come next. His work ethic had been honed since his earliest days as a songwriter -- getting up each morning, breaking for lunch and dinner, working into the evenings. "I would force myself to finish the things I started," LaMontagne reveals. But things didn't quite pan out as they had before.
"I had a batch of songs that wasn't calling at me strongly enough," LaMontagne relates. "It was all good stuff. I felt like everything had potential. There were good melodies. But they weren't calling for my attention that strongly, so I just kept putting them down and not finishing them." This, not surprisingly, was troubling, so LaMontagne reached out to Elvis Costello, a friend and personal hero, for some counsel.
"He sent me back a really lovely letter that said, 'There have been times I've felt the same way, too,' and he just sort of said, 'You're the only Ray LaMontagne there is, so just trust that voice,' and that was really enough." LaMontagne followed that by digging into Costello's music -- specifically his second album, THIS YEAR'S MODEL -- for a crash course in what his mentor was talking about. "That record is just unapologetic. It's so...Elvis, y'know. He's just so unapologetically himself, and there was something about that that really struck me, and it was like a light bulb came on, like, 'Oh yeah, that's it! You've just got to be yourself.'
"I think that was sort of a turning point. I just kind of turned off the inner critic and got out of my own way and started making music."
LaMontagne began breaking some of his established rules, too. Rather than slavishly finishing off whatever he started, he allowed himself to be open to the muses that took him on tangents or in entirely new directions. "In the past I would push them aside and say, 'I don't have time to listen to you right now' and keep working on what I had going," LaMontagne says. "This time I said, 'Y'know, I'm going to follow you. I'm going to take today and just see where this goes' -- and there's 'Supernova,' bang! A new song. A new idea.
"The whole record was written that way. It was playful and really wonderful. It felt the way it feels in the beginning, when you're first writing songs. They're not precious in any way. It's just a joyful, emotional truth, not like anything that's being dredged up. I just ran with it, man. It was a great feeling."
And after crafting the first nine songs, "She's the One" came to LaMontagne in a half-day burst to finish off the album. "The whole thing came fully formed, like a gift," he notes. "Whatever song God is out there who'd been busting my ass for a year trying to pull songs together and hammer things out, that one was just a little present -- 'Here, just have this one for free.' "
LaMontagne says he's "never gone into the studio feeling as good about a batch of songs as I did with these," and his enthusiasm was matched by Auerbach, who played guitar as well as produced, and the core band that included drummer Richard Swift, bassist Dave Roe, keyboardist Leon Michaels and multi-instrumentalist Seth Kaufman and Russ Pahl. "It was really a very quick learning curve," LaMontagne recalls. "I hadn't met any of these guys before and didn't know anything about them, so it took a little bit to get comfortable. But they were all really, really, really smart and everyone had ideas and was enthusiastic, and what really pleased me and kind of surprised me a little bit was how excited they were about the songs. They were really excited. They thought they were interesting, which made me feel even better about them."
LaMontagne is now looking forward to giving SUPERNOVA's songs an airing on stage. He's put together a new band, and he anticipates a new wrinkle for his performances as well. "They give me a chance to play more electric guitar, which I love to do," LaMontagne says. "But I've always had such good players on stage, and so many of my songs are keyed into what I'm doing on the acoustic guitar. So I'm really looking forward to being able to set the acoustic down for half the set, finally. That will be a nice feeling."
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- AnonymousMay 3, 2012 at 2:55 AM
Hi, this is one of the Great post I ever come across. It helps me lot to understand the "Activities". I like to see one thing in Activity panel where the user can select the icon(for example:if the activity is "Watch Movies", the icon should represent the activity)to represent that activity. Thanks once again for the wonderful post.ReplyDelete
-Bas from India.
Thank you for your feedback!ReplyDelete
You can actually choose whatever icon you want for an activity, so what you are saying about movies is perfectly doable... I just didn't bother.
- StephenJune 3, 2012 at 4:48 AM
Hi, you've persuaded me to have another look at Activities which I've always found cumbersome and never really saw the point of in the past, if only to try and replicate the power profiles functionality of 4.7. Do you have any idea where to access the CPU frequency settings in 4.8, though? I used to have a power profile which I could access via the battery icon which selected the "performance" cpufreq governor. This was useful for gaming (certain games tended to behave strangely if the CPU frequency changed while they were running) and watching movies (the CPU would slow down during "low-action" scenes then the video would stutter when some action came along until the CPU went back to full speed).ReplyDelete
For the time being, I've put a couple of icons in my application menu to run cpufreq-set but it's an ugly hack.
(Also, have you noticed that the battery run-time estimate has once again gone AWOL? It used to be in the tooltip for the power management settings on KDE 3, then vanished for a while in KDE 4, then reappeared around 4.5 or 4.6, albeit requiring a click on the icon to bring up the settings popup in order to see it. Now it's gone from there again.)
I think CPU settings vanished as part of the simplification they attempted with 4.8. As for the time estimation, I believe KDE developers don´t like it, because it is a wild guess at best. I think it is a bit of a struggle for developers, because they don´t want to include it, but users think it comes handy.ReplyDelete
I dream for implementation of the sessions storing in all applications with different activities.
For example I am composting music and use jack server with lots of connections, applications opend and effects optioned. But I need it once at month so keep it is not right and open each time too.
Unfortunally non KDE applications don't have sessions. Libre office for instance.


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No Clue,
But I am really curious about the answers!!!!
with the 7.62X39 beltfed tried and true, im wondering if a 223 beltfed would be plausible.
the reason being, i can reload 223 for far cheaper than i can get 7.62X39
so it would be more of a fun range toy. say take a 223 AK and possibly get the m240(or whatever the 5.56 cal one is called) top cover and feed tray?
is this even possible to get a hold of such parts? or is there an easier way to get a belt fed 223/5.56?
No Clue,
But I am really curious about the answers!!!!
I can see no reason why not. You can use the RPD top cover and feed tray. Price wise, use a 5.56 NATO caliber PAR-3 or WASR-3 barrel and bolt/bolt carrier assembly.
Belts in caliber 5.56 NATO are available, although not that easy to find.
the 223 is too long for the rpd feed tray. the m249 top covers are available but expensive. there is one on sturm if your interested not mine.
im very tempted to attempt this build as i have tons of blasting 223 rounds.
i wonder if i could do it the same style as the mg47ES just use a 223 AK instead of the 7.62X39 one?
edit: anyone know where i can get an AK74 for a fair price or any other 223/5.56 AK variant?
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i figure i can use a mg42 grip stick to make it look more authentic grip wise, hell, to make it look like a m249 i figure building it from mostly custom or spare 249 parts would be the best route to go. and of course fabricate the receiver to match the 249 cosmetics, but use the internals of the mg47ES, all i really need is a 223 AK bolt and carrier and trunnion. anything other than that can be fabricated. im thinking a barrel that closer resembles the 249's would be ideal ,as ak barrels are pretty recognizable even if the gas block and other such things are removed and replaced with a different style.
i do believe i have my winter project now
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Why not copy the XT74 beltfed. It uses the RPD feed cover, and is in caliber 5.45 x 39. It seems to me that it should work just as well for the .223 round.
I have MORE than enough 249 belts if you need some.
See my post on the MG47ES thread. I tried a M249 belt in my MG47BP which has a RPD top cover and it would advance a cartridge and almost feed except the stripping lug on my bolt head was to wide for the M249 links and get stuck. I see no reason that with a narrower stripping lug you could not use the MG47ES receiver, a RPD top cover and feed tray and an RPK front end but with a heavy 223 barrel and create a M249 look alike. Fit it with a MG42/53 grip stick with FAL or AR FCG like DTM's FCG or the one on my original MG47. I agree with Shadow Walkeron the RPD TC. It would be a good project.
The bullets I tried in the M249 belt were soft point so they fit in the feed tray. I haven't tried to see if a standard militay issue FMJ will fit in a RPD feed tray so 357MAG could be right. If required, you could always lengthen the FT a bit. I think you will have to modify the feed pawls abit to work well with the M249 disinigrating links.
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I'd just be nervous about opening up the gas port on a 223 belt-fed gun... If the 7.62x39mm needs to be opened ~0.19" or so...
Wolf and many other low-cost ammo manufacturers (Winchester white box as well) have reduced their powder charge loads in the ammo they've put out in the last year or so! Their powder charges are now so incredibly 'WEAK' they cause many AR-15's to short stroke these days...
I'd be a bit worried about the ability to get them to cycle reliably in a gas-operated manner. I know the 7.62 Tokarev ammo version worked okay in a blowback/gas combo format, but the 5.56mm might have issues. If not issues of reliability in cycling, it might have issues with a gas port that's 85% the diameter of the bullet itself!!! YIKES!
That might seriously goof the accuracy or perhaps shave off some of the jacket unevenly to cause keyholing or who knows what...
How big is the gas port in a M249? You might have to do what I did on the originial MG47 prototype and make a bigger diameter gas piston and gas tube to get the shove you need from a smaller gas port. Doubletapme has built one in 5.54x39 using a RPD top cover, his XT74 and it works.


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We go rain, wind, cold temps, or shine. The other night here we received a soaking and every hour we were out. I have appropriate cold weather rain gear and Lisl just didn't care.
After every trip out I'd dry her off with her towel and pop it in the clothes dryer for the next trip.
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Maybe put a jacket on the dog.
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Your dog sounds awesome
Anyway, thanks for the advice, luckily the weather is somewhat getting better and I would consider letting him go inside but he's still sometimes holding it in while outside to wait until he comes back in so we're limiting his open crate time now until we can get back on track with housebreaking. Oh the joy of puppies.
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Your dog sounds awesome
Well Schatz and Cudi were pretty easy to potty train. Schatzi would wake me up every time she wanted to go and Cudi, honestly he hardly went at night. Anyways to answer your question when I got Schatzi it was raining here in so I would let her go here inside the house. However, I WOULD NOT PRAISE HER FOR IT. I wouldn't take her out in the cold nor rain when she was 2-4 months old. But she smart enough to figure out that the house is not a place to go because she still kept waking me up when she wanted to go after her accidents. At a young age I would try to keep them out of the cold and/or rain. When it would rain I would leave Schatzi inside when she was a pup and I had to go work. Nevertheless, she knew that outside was the place to do her business and she hasn't gone inside the house in months lol. She even showed Cudi where is the place to go
|I've never had a 7wk old puppy, I've always brought them home at 8weeks but no matter what we go outside, rain, snow, sleet or blazzing sun. I always go out with my pup and say "hurry up go potty". Lakota hated the heavy rain, she'd stand there all "blinky" eye'd.
New pup weather problems
So we finally got our pup Koda at 7 weeks on friday the 11th, he's sable and incredibly smart (at least it seems like it) he crate trained himself in the first 3 hours we got him and had almost no whining, he's really good at going to the bathroom outside, but i've also noticed in the last day or so he's gotten REALLY GOOD at holding it in, i set my alarm every 3 hours to take him out for the first day or so but he only goes maybe half the time. So i came up with this system after a potty break i let him run around the house let him chew up his stuffed chicken and chase a ball around, then he'd get really sleepy, crawl back into his crate and sleep. When he wakes up and leaves the crate that's when I take him out and he does his business. I only had him for 3 days, it worked for him the day before, yesterday he had a few accidents because he refused to go in the rain than last night i waited with him outside and he finally went *victory dance!* but today the temperature dropped pretty low and as soon as he goes out he shivers, he only needs to go about once every 3-5 hours. he slept through last night i took him out at 8 and he did fine, but after that it got really windy and cold and he had another accident at 1pm even though we just took him out 10min before that. He just wouldn't go and soon as he's outside he's whining and shivering like crazy, my partner gave in and took him back inside.
What do you guys do when this happens? Do you guys let them go on a pad indoors? he's only 7 weeks and his belly looks like it was shaved for his tattoo so he's missing some fur. I don't want to keep him out there until he goes I'm afraid he might get sick, since the grass is still soggy from all the rain last night.
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Hey everyone, I have been thinking about this long and hard for quite some time now, and I wanted to see what everyone on here thought. I'm trying to figure out how to get the suit to be wearable. I'm supposed to make it so everything snaps/pops/Velcro's/Magnets/whatever's together as a whole suit independent of the undersuit, so I could put it on with a regular T-Shirt. I know there are many many ways to do this set up, but I was wondering what everyone thought was the best way to set this up. I have seen different tutorials on different sites, but some seem easier than others, and each one gets it's own results.
So how did YOU attach your Clone suit together?
I have an old MG kit, so it's not as user-friendly as some of the newer kits I've been seeing around this place. I will post some pictures of the various parts in the next day or so so everyone can see the challenges I am dealing with.
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Cows staying warm on waterbeds in Geauga County
(AUBURN TOWNSHIP)-There are some lucky cows in Auburn Township on these cold frigid days. At Bill Timmon's farm in Geauga County the cows sleep on waterbeds! His 200 dairy cows get to sleep on 14 gallons of water concealed within the mattress'tough rubber exterior.
The liquid cushions the 1500 pound animals and their body heat warms the water as they essentially float on top of the mattress which is covered in sawdust.
Up until a few years ago the fifth-generation farmer housed the cows in an old barn on the 85-acre farm. The animals slept on beds of sawdust and shredded newspapers and the cows spent many hours on their feet. It's recommended cows spend 12 to 14 hours a day on their side.
Timmons says he's gotten a few laughs over the million dollar investment on his creature's comforts. But, he's having the last laugh. He says milk production goes up 3.5 pounds for every hour they spend on the waterbeds. Timmons was one of the first Ohio farmers to invest in the bedding. It debuted in Europe more than a decade ago.
Photos courtesy of Bill Timmons
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10 Reasons You Need to Go to Preview Day
1. Preview Day provides prospective AU students and their families with a sample of the AU experience. You can't get that from the website or promotional materials.
2. Explore AU's beautiful, thriving campus on a typical day during the academic year. Take a campus tour led by current AU student ambassadors—many of whom decided to come to AU when they came to Preview Day. By the way, did you know AU's campus is an arboretum? In addition, one of the landscape projects was recently recognized for its eco-friendly design.
3. It tells AU's Office of Admissions that you are interested, which could be beneficial when you apply. AU's admission evaluation process factors in the extent to which a student has demonstrated interest. A campus visit is the best indication.
4. Learn more about AU's academic programs. During the late morning Academic Overview sessions, students get the low-down on one of five AU schools of their choice: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Kogod School of Business, the School of Communication, the School of International Service, and the School of Public Affairs. Interested in more than one school? Go to one school's breakfast session and another school's Academic Overview.
5. Hear directly from current AU students about what it's really like to be an AU student—without your parents. Ask any question during this for-students-only session in the afternoon.
6. Get a taste of campus cuisine. At lunchtime, use a swipe card to eat at one of AU's campus dining venues, including TDR (Terrace Dining Room) and the Tavern
7. Find out if one of AU's unique first year (and beyond) programs would be right for you. Learn about the cohort-based three-year bachelor's degree programs, the prestigious Honors Program, or University College, AU's signature living-learning community.
8. During the Student Life Fair, get more information about the residence halls, dining plans, student activities, and even how you can become a member of the Blue Crew. Also learn about study abroad, opportunities to engage in service projects, the University Library, and numerous other campus offices that provide social, spiritual, health, or academic resources for students.
9. Meet Admissions Experts. Also, investigate options to help finance your education.
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Former Indonesian president Soeharto died and the nation went into mourning. The current Indonesdian government declared seven days of mourning in which to recall a man who was described as "our best citizen." As dictator of Indonesia, Soeharto killed hundreds of thousands of people in the 1960s during what was alleged to be a "communist plot." Bedjo Untung, chairman of the 1965 Murder Victims Research Fooundation said in a press conference: "I will nevere do that(hoist the flag at half mast) for a big violator of human rights like Soeharto." Bedjo said he was active in student affairs in 1965 and was sent to jail where he was tortured. Johan Pakasi, a resacher of the 1965 tragedy, said any attempt to make Soeharto a national hero should be rejeced. "There were more than three million people killed between 1965 and 1996 and mass graves can be found on any island in Indonesia."
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Preferred Upgrade
Based on the preliminary engineering analysis, the preferred upgrade for the US 59/Farm to Market (FM) 2021 intersection is a US 59 underpass. FM 2021 would stay at roughly the same elevation, while US 59 would go under an FM 2021 bridge.
Right of Way
In order to meet the highest design standards, with minimal traffic impact, additional right of way would be required. Most new right of way would be acquired on the eastern side of US 59.
To improve safety and mobility, direct access from properties adjacent to US 59 would be impacted. No access would be allowed at intersection corners and critical ramp locations.
In November 2006, we initiated a study of safety and mobility at the intersection with consultant firm, Arcadis.
In May 2007, we presented results of the preliminary engineering analysis and the above preferred upgrade at a public meeting.


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Equal Pay Day: Nine Examples Of Right-Wing Media Obscuring The Facts On Gender Wage Inequality
Breitbart.com and National Review Online (NRO) are using today's Equal Pay Day holiday to misinform about gender wage inequality. Right-wing media have routinely downplayed and obscured legitimate concerns about wage inequality.
Equal Pay Day was created by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) [1] in 1996 as a public awareness event to illustrate the gap between men's and women's wages. According to a White House proclamation [2] released on Equal Pay Day in 2012, "National Equal Pay Day represents the date in the current year through which women must work to match what men earned in the previous year, reminding us that we must keep striving for an America where everyone gets an equal day's pay for an equal day's work."
Breitbart.com [3] and NRO [4] both posted a video today that claims the gender wage gap is a myth, positing that the gap fails to account for women's choices, which are primarily responsible for any discrepancies in salary. The video comes from the conservative Independent Women's Forum, a group The New York Times described [5] as "a right-wing public policy group that provides pseudofeminist support for extreme positions that are in fact dangerous to women."
Although the wage gap has decreased since the 1963 passage of the Equal Pay Act, women's earnings remain far below that of men. A report [6] by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) found that "in 2011, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 77 percent of what men were paid, a gap of 23 percent." According to the National Women's Law Center, the wage gap for minority women is even worse: African-American [7] and Hispanic [8] women make 64 and 55 cents for every dollar their white, non-Hispanic male counterparts earn. The claim that personal choice is responsible for the gender wage gap has also been debunked, mostly recently in the AAUW's 2013 Gender Pay Gap Report [6].
Breitbart.com and NRO's misleading claims about gender wage inequality follow a long trend of right-wing media's misinformation on equal pay. Here are just a few examples since 2012:
- January 3, 2012: Rush Limbaugh Characterized Income Inequality As A "Myth." Rush Limbaugh claimed [9] on his radio program that there are "so many myths" about income inequality, including that "the income gap getting wider - it isn't."
- February 8, 2012: Fox News Host Eric Bolling Denied That Income Inequality Exists In The U.S. During a discussion of income inequality on The Five, co-host Bob Beckel stated "there has been a bigger number - a larger number of people who believe that there's income inequality in this country," to which Bolling responded [10], "Well, whatever. There is - not in this country, Bob."
- April 26, 2012: Wall Street Journal Op-Ed Claimed That "Women Earn Less Because They Work Fewer Hours." A Wall Street Journal op-ed claimed [11] that gender wage inequality is "to a considerable degree a gender-hours gap," despite research that still found pay inequality between men and women working full-time.
- April 30, 2012: Fox News Host Dana Perino Suggested The Paycheck Fairness Act Could "Actually Hurt Women." On Fox & Friends, Dana Perino called [12] the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation aimed at addressing the wage inequality between men and women, a "distraction" and claimed "there is an argument that it could actually hurt women."
- May 14, 2012: Fox News Host Bill O'Reilly Said "Income Inequality Is Bull." During a discussion of income inequality on The O'Reilly Factor, O'Reilly claimed [13] that "income inequality is bull. Nobody gives you anything, you earn it."
- May 25, 2012: Regular Fox News Guest Kate Obenshain Attacked The Paycheck Fairness Act As "A Real Joke." Fox's Eric Bolling and conservative commentator Kate Obenshain attacked [14] the Paycheck Fairness Act during Your World with Neil Cavuto, with Obenshain calling the legislation "a real joke."
- September 26, 2012: Fox Chief National Correspondent Claimed That Women Earning Less Than Men Is Not A "National Problem." Discussing President Obama's "Equal Pay for Equal Work" campaign on Happening Now, Fox News chief national correspondent Jim Angle denied [15] that wage inequality existed, calling the wage gap "not true," claiming that women work less hours than men and that it's the "result of personal choices." Angle even went so far as to say that though "there may be some discrimination somewhere, it is not the national problem President Obama says he's fixing."
- October 17, 2012: Fox News Reporter Called Gender Wage Inequality "A Myth That Has Endured For Years." On Happening Now, Fox News reporter Doug McKelway used [16] a gender wage gap question from the second presidential debate to claim that women earning 72 percent of what their male counterparts earn is "a myth that has endured for years."
- March 16, 2013: Kansas City Star Columnist E. Thomas McClanahan Dismissed The Gender Wage Gap As "Grossly Misleading." In his column for the Kansas City Star, McClanahan called [17] Equal Pay Day an exaggeration of workplace discrimination and dismissed the percentage of what women earn compared to their male counterparts as "grossly misleading."
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Flux Manipulation in Nanostructured Ceramic Superconductors
The manipulation of magnetic flux via patterning represents one of the most challenging research areas in the field of today's superconductivity. Nanoscale confinements of quantized flux (vortices) and directed vortex motion enable novel functionalities and new applications. Superconducting nano-and micro-devices based on the action of magnetic flux (so called fluxons) represent the basic elements for new fluxonic applications ranging from fluxon electronics and optics to fluxon quantum computing. In the framework of a European cooperation researchers at the University of Oslo and the Forschungszentrum Jülich have analyzed the guidance and mobility of vortices in nanostuctured high-temperature superconductors using a combination of electronic measurements, visualization of magnetic flux and simulation. The results are now published in 2 reviews.
Regimes of flux transport at microwave frequencies in nanostructured high-Tc films
R. Wördenweber, E. Hollmann, J. Schubert, R. Kutzner, and G. Panaitov
Phys. Rev. B 85, 064503 (2012)
Abstract: We report on combined dc and microwave electronic measurements of magnetic flux transport in micron and submicron-patterned high-Tc films. In a given temperature regime below the superconducting transition temperature Tc, the current-driven flux transport is restricted to flux motion guided by the submicron patterns. Via frequency-dependent measurements of the forward transmission coefficient S21 it is demonstrated that the mechanism of the guided flux transport depends on the microwave frequency and the geometrical size of the superconducting structures. At low frequencies, flux is transported via Abrikosov vortices leading to additional microwave losses. Above a geometrically defined frequency, a different mechanism seems to be responsible for flux transport that does not contribute to the microwave losses and most likely represents a phase-slip type mechanism. The limiting vortex velocity obtained from the frequency dependence of the microwave properties agrees with the Larking-Ovchinnikov critical vortex velocity that is determined via dc pulse measurements. In spite of the change of mechanism, guidance of flux persists in these nanopatterns up to high frequencies of several GHz.
published: 3 February 2012
Mechanism for flux guidance by micrometric antidot arrays in superconducting films
J. I. Vestgården, V. V. Yurchenko, R. Wördenweber, and T. H. Johansen
Phys. Rev. B 85, 014516 (2012)
Abstract: A study of magnetic flux penetration in a superconducting film patterned with arrays of micron-sized antidots (microholes) is reported. Magneto-optical imaging (MOI) of a YBa2Cu3Ox film shaped as a long strip with perpendicular antidot arrays revealed both strong guidance of flux and, at the same time, large perturbations of the overall flux penetration and flow of current. These results are compared with a numerical flux creep simulation of a thin superconductor with the same antidot pattern. To perform calculations on such a complex geometry, an efficient numerical scheme for handling the boundary conditions of the antidots and the nonlocal electrodynamics was developed. The simulations reproduce essentially all features of the MOI results. In addition, the numerical results give insight into all other key quantities (e.g., the electrical field), which become extremely large in the narrow channels connecting the antidots.
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By Chris Harris
Robin van Persie does not feel the pressure of scoring goals, according to Arsène Wenger.
The Dutchman grabbed his 30th and 31st of an incredible season at Liverpool on Saturday as the Gunners came from behind to record a dramatic 2-1 victory.
Van Persie will spearhead the Arsenal attack when they hunt goals against AC Milan on Tuesday in an attempt to claw back a 4-0 Champions League deficit.
And although Wenger would prefer his team to share the responsibility, he has no concerns about Van Persie's goalscoring mindset.
"No [he doesn't feel the pressure], as long as he scores regularly," said Wenger.
"I always tell him 'don't feel that you have to absolutely score in every game - other players can score. Focus just on your game.' He lives well with it but of course it is easy to live well with it when you score in every game and that is what is happening to him at the moment.
"We have players who deliver fantastic numbers of assists - I think Gervinho and Walcott are among the best providers in the world if you look at the number of assists. But I know there are more goals in them and I am sure from midfield we need some goals as well. They will be welcome tomorrow.
"We have seen as well that Walcott can score against Tottenham. He is a good finisher - if he finds himself in good positions, he will score."Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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Fox's Varney Imagines A Quarter Million Dropped From Labor Force
Fox Business host Stuart Varney vastly exaggerated the number of people who dropped out of the labor force in July, revealing the veteran business reporter's fundamental misunderstanding of unemployment statistics.
On August 2, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released [1] its monthly employment situation summary for July. The report showed non-farm payroll employment increase by 162,000 and the unemployment rate dropping [2] from 7.6 to 7.4 percent.
Reacting to the report on Fox News' America's Newsroom, Varney quickly cast doubt on the declining unemployment rate, claiming that it was mainly due to people dropping out of the labor force. He claimed that the rate drop was due to the fact that "240,000 people dropped out of the workforce, they just quit trying. That is how the unemployment rate came down to 7.4 percent, a quarter million people just dropped out."
Varney continued to claim that 240,000 people dropped out of the workforce on his Fox Business show, Varney & Co.
But Varney, a veteran business reporter and Fox's go-to source for parsing out economic statistics, is completely misreading the report.
The statistic that Varney cites is the number of people the BLS defines as "Not in the labor force." While the number did increase by 240,000 in the month of July, this is not solely due to people dropping out of the workforce. According [3] to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, those "[n]ot in the labor force":
Includes persons aged 16 years and older in the civilian noninstitutional population who are neither employed nor unemployed in accordance with the definitions contained in this glossary.
The statistic includes [4] people who are out of the labor force for any reason -- including stay-at-home spouses, retirees, and other members of the non-institutional population that would not be typically looking for work. An additional 240,000 people in this category is not out of the norm -- additions met and exceeded this month's figure multiple times throughout the 2000s.
Furthermore, the long-term trend in the number of those not in the labor force has been rising steadily for decades, most likely due to population growth, with little to no sign of acceleration in recent years:
Claiming that this number went up solely due to labor force dropouts is flat-out wrong. The more accurate way to gauge [5] labor force dropouts is to look at the change of the "Civilian labor force." And while July saw a net loss [6] of 37,000, the number is about one-sixth the amount cited by Varney.
Furthermore, economist Peter Newland claimed that the report, while weaker than expected, should not be overstated. According to NPR [7]:
Barclays Capital economist Peter Newland called it "a clearly weaker-than-expected report," The Associated Press reports. He adds: "But one should not overstate it -- the unemployment rate continues to trend down and average job growth of 175,000 will be more than enough to continue to push it lower."
This month's report mainly showed tepid improvement for the labor market, not a mass exodus of workers. Of course, economists have repeatedly [8] argued for increased spending to spur employment gains, only to be met with opposition from the likes of Fox News [9].
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Rick Ellis, a Box Elder County rancher, has been named to the Bureau of Land Management's citizen Resource Advisory Council for Utah.
Ellis, of Howell, will serve as the Wild Horse and Burro representative on the RAC. He is a resource manager in Promontory for Fort Ranch.
Ellis also serves on the Board of Trustees for the Utah Foundation for Quality Resource Management, a nonprofit that works to get government and private conservation groups to work together in partnerships.
In a news release the BLM said it has 29 RACs across the West. Each consists of 12 to 15 members, citizens chosen for their expertise in various disciplines across the natural resource use and management field.
Information about upcoming RAC meetings, which are open to the public, will be announced once it becomes available.


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These courses have no prerequisites and can be taken during the first
semester. VMD 100, 101, and 105 are foundation courses for all of our
certificates and degrees, and are prerequisites to most of the
advanced courses. As a new student, you should take these courses
before any others. If you believe you already have the skills taught
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VMD 100 (GRPH 23) – Orientation to Visual Media Design
Overview of the Visual Media Design industries and the requirements for programs of study. Lectures provide an overview of the areas of study, transfer options and employment opportunities. Studenys will identify the necessary skills to succeed in these fields and determine their program of study.
VMD 101 (DSGN 101) – Design Fundamentals
Foundational design course, covering the theories, processes, vocabulary, and techniques common to visual design disciplines. Students will develop and apply their knowledge through analysis, critique and individual and collaborative exercises and projects.
VMD 105 (GRPH 25) – Visual Media Digital Skills
A foundational hands-on Mac computer class for all Visual Media Design students. Topics of instruction will include computer hardware and OS software, networks, type and text formatting, raster and vector graphics, time-based media, layout for print and web, and best practices. Topics will be covered through lecture and practical exercises.
VMD 110 (GRPH 110) – History of Graphic Design
A study of the development of visual communication in art, graphic design, illustration and popular culture from the 19th century to the present. The influence of political, social technological and commercial forces will be discussed and analyzed, with an emphasis on the use and interpretation of imagery, symbols and type in design. (Required only for students who are in the AA or Certificate in Graphic Design programs).
VDM 111 (GRPH 27)– Print Processes for Designers
A practical course to familiarize design students with processes and workflows involved in producing digital and offset printed materials. Students complete in-class exercises for the stages of print production — prepress, press, and finishing — using digital and traditional equipment. (Required only for students who are in the AA or Certificate in Graphic Design programs).
VMD 113 – Current Topics in VMD
Exploration of current issues in multimedia production, including industry standards and innovations. Topics will include file formats and content/asset editors, as well as current and future trends. Other topics will vary. Prereqs: VMD 105 or as indicated for specific topic. Check current schedule for details.
VMD 114A (GRPH 92A) – Letterpress Printing I
The art and craft of letterpress printing and hand set type. Skills development in typesetting, proofreading, polymer plate usage, stock selection, calculation and presswork.
VMD 116A (GRPH 153) – Book Structures, Boxes, and Bindings
An introductory historical overview of contemporary book design and production techniques for promotion and portfolio use.
Design and Typography
The design and typography classes range from beginning to advanced
levels and cover topics related to both screen and print design.
Please note these courses have prerequisites. To learn about waiving
prerequisites, see the Department
Prerequisite Policy.
VMD 120 (GRPH 35) – Graphic Design I
A beginning graphic design course focusing on visual problem-solving skills including iterative design process and creative use of design elements and principles for visual communication. Introduction to typography, grid and non-grid layout, identity design, poster design and additional design principles such as Gestalt theory.
Prereq: VMD 101 (or DSGN 101 or ART 125)
VMD 122 (GRPH 36) – Graphic Design II
Continued study of conceptual development, iterative design process, typography and layout for graphic design. Prereqs: VMD 120 and VMD 152.
VMD 124 (GRPH 37) – Graphic Design III
An advanced graphic design class focusing on the development of a personal voice and conceptual approach to design thinking. Topics include: visual language, sequential design, information design and design writing and research. Design process is emphasized. Prereq: VMD 122
VMD 126 (GRPH 140) – Design for Interactive Media
A graphic design course focusing on interactive media products. Topics of study include information architecture, interface and user considerations, content/structure relationships, and visual design for computer and mobile devices. Students will research and design solutions for various interactive products. Prereqs: VMD 120 and VMD 140.
VMD 127 (MMSP 136) – User Experience
This course focuses on industry-standard concepts and vocabulary used in User Experience (UX) for interactive projects, including interface design, information architecture, and UX principles, processes, and techniques. Students explore key topics of user-centered design through a series of hands-on exercises and projects. Prereq: VMD 140
VMD 130 (GRPH 53A) – Typography I
Introduction to typography as key element of visual communication. Exploration of the fundamental aspects of typographic form and use. Students will develop the ability to see, select and use type in meaningful ways through exercises and assignments.
Prereqs: VMD 101 (or ART 125 or MMSP 125) and VMD 105. Coreq: VMD 152.
VMD 131 (GRPH 53B) – Typography II
Continued study of typography with emphasis on the development of an awareness of typographic form and structure. The role of typography in contemporary communications will be explored through practical exercises in typesetting and typographic design.
Prereqs: VMD 130 and VMD 152.
VMD 134 (GRPH 151) – Lettering and Type
Instruction in hand-lettering with an emphasis on the relationship between calligraphy and type design. Study of and practice in various hands and techniques; creative exercises in letterform design. Prereq: VMD 101. Advisory: VMD 130.
VMD 136 – Digital Font Creation
Hands-on experience in creating fonts for the Macintosh computer. Practice in all the digital aspects of the process from concept to execution. Discussion of standards, uses and techniques of type design, and of the current state of the industry. Prereqs: VMD 100, VMD 150. Advisories: VMD 130, VMD 134.
Digital Skills for Visual Media Design
VMD 140 (MMSP 130) – Web Production I
Overview of web development, planning and production through a hands-on approach. Topics include: multimedia planning, budget development, creating wireframes, and design, production and marketing techniques for a web site. Assignments will focus on pre-production planning and production of a web site. Prereq: VMD 105. Advisories: VMD 101 and 126.
VMD 141 (MMSP 135A) – Web Production II
Development for web and smart devices using Dreamweaver and professional level code editors. Topics include separating markup, presentation and content. Section 508, production of accessible web sites and using HTML5 and Cascading Style Sheets are also covered. Prereq: VMD 140. Advisory: VMD 101.
VMD 142 (MMSP 135B) – Web Production III
Overview of advanced tools for designers interested in developing web sites using professional level code editors. Topics include static versus dynamic websites, database-driven websites, creating and styling web forms, adding web form input validation, online databases, creating and styling dynamic web pages, and standards-based web production. Prereq: VMD 141.
VMD 150 (GRPH 100A) – Illustrator I
An introductory course in Adobe Illustrator, covering concepts of vector-based image creation. Students reproduce existing images to learn the various tools available within the application. Accuracy and control of Bezier curves is emphasized. Prereq: VMD 105. Coreq: VMD 111.
VMD 151 (GRPH 100B) – Illustrator II
An advanced course in Adobe Illustrator. Creative projects are used to help students to develop a deeper understanding of Illustrator as a design tool. Prereq: VMD 150.
VMD 152 (GRPH 101A) – InDesign I
An introduction to Adobe InDesign for print and screen page design. Topics include introduction to interface, typesetting, styles, master pages, creating objects, importing graphics, layers, transparency, preflight and packaging. Emphasis on best practices. Prereq: VMD 105.
VMD 153 (GRPH 101B) – InDesign II
Continued study and use of Adobe InDesign for print and screen with emphasis on advanced features and design projects. Introduction to tables, books, interactive documents for web and tablets.
Prereq: VMD 152. Advisories VMD 120 and VMD 130.
VMD 154 (GRPH 98A) – Photoshop I
This is an intensive, hands-on course using Adobe Photoshop. A broad understanding of raster image creation and editing is achieved through in-class projects. Prereq: VMD 105.
VMD 155 (GRPH 98B) – Photoshop II
An advanced, hands-on course in Adobe Photoshop. Creative projects are used to help students develop an understanding of Photoshop as a design tool. Prereq: VMD 154.
VMD 156 (MMSP 140) – Flash
Adobe Flash, including drawing, animation, sound and interac
tivity using beginning ActionScript 3.0. This course prepares students for advanced multimedia classes in 2D animation, Flash web design and Flash game development. Prereq: VMD 105.
VMD 162 (MMSP 146) – 2D Animation
An introduction to techniques used in animation. An overview of the industry of animation, as well as the specific tools and techniques currently used in industry. Prereq. VMD 101 (or ART 125 or DSGN 101) and VMD 105.
VMD 164 (MMSP 147) – 3D Animation
Introduction to techniques used in 3D modeling and imaging. An overview of the 3D industry, as well as the specific tools and techniques used in multimedia. Prereqs: VMD 105 and VMD 101 (or ART 125 or DSGN 101).
VMD 166 (MMSP 145) – Storytelling and Storyboarding
This course aids in the generation and development of content for multimedia projects. Using traditional storytelling methods, personal writing, script writing techniques and performance exercises in and outside of the classroom, the student will explore multiple ways to generate and script content. Emphasis on development of skills and techniques of storyboarding. Prereq: VMD 101 (or ART 125 or DSGN 101).
VMD 168 (GRPH 133) – Visual Development for Animation
An overview of techniques of visual development for animati
on. Students will be exposed to developmental stages including character development and storyboarding. Prereqs: ART 130, VMD 150, VMD 154. Advisory: ART 132A.
VMD 170 (GRPH 110A) – Digital Illustration I
This course covers techniques in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator for illustrators. While gaining technical knowledge, students will also begin to explore stylistic options and build a body of work. Sketching and other techniques for developing concepts are also covered. Prereqs: VMD 150, 154, ART 130A. Advisory: VMD 100.
VMD 172 (GRPH 110B) – Digital Illustration II
An advanced course in digital illustration focusing on the development of conceptual and narrative skills as they apply to a range of illustration projects. Prereq: VMD 170.
VMD 178 (GRPH 118) – Portfolio Development for
A course in portfolio development, copyright law and professional practices for aspiring digital illustrators. Prereq: VMD 170.
VMD 180 (GAME 100) – Exploring Game Worlds
An introduction to the history and status of interactive games. Students examine games as an art form and as part of an ever-growing industry. Includes an introduction to the career opportunities in the game industry. Students will learn how individual games are made, distributed and sold.
VMD 182 (GAME 130) – Game Production Workflow
An introduction to the history and status of interactive games. Students examine games as an art form and as part of an ever-growing industry. Includes an introduction to the career opportunities in the game industry. Students will learn how individual games are made, distributed and sold. Prereqs: VMD 164 and VMD 180.
VMD 184 – Team Production of Games
This course provides students with the experience of working in a videogame development team. It enables students to understand the collaborative model employed in the commercial videogame production environment where different departments each bring special skill-sets to a single product. Prereq: VMD 182. Advisory: VMD 192.
VMD 188 – Career Portfolio for Games
Development of a portfolio for employment in an entry-level position as a designer or producer in the interactive game industry. This course will include resume writing, demo reels, design documents, informational interviewing, licensing issues and other topics based on students' particular track and special interests within the industry. Prereq: VMD 182.
Professional Development
VMD 190 (GRPH 149) – Portfolio Development
This course will assist advanced students in the conceptualization and development of a portfolio for employment or other uses. Topics covered include portfolio design strategies, format options, editing and sequencing, production and presentation for print and interactive media projects. Prereq: Third semester standing.
VMD 191 (MMSP 131) – Social Media For Professionals
This course teaches students how to use online social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube to develop, integrate and leverage online social networks. Students learn how to set up a professional media campaign as they engage clients with these tools. Students also critique current social media practices. Prereq: VMD 105 or BCST 119. Advisories: VMD 140 and CNIT 129.
VMD 192 (GRPH 148) – Professional Practices
Advanced course focusing on graphic design professional practices: resume and portfolio development, freelancing and small business issues, fees, contracts, taxes, copyright, helpful resources and other related topics. Prereq: Third semester standing.
VMD 194A (GRPH 197) – Internship/Work Experience I
Application of skills and development of proficiency in a supervised
work environment. Students must complete a total of 60 hours for 1 unit credit. Prereq: VMD 122 and VMD 131, or VMD 126 and VMD 126.
VMD 194B (MMSP 160) – Internship/Work Experience II
Application of skills and development of proficiency in a supervised
work environment. Students must complete a total of 120 hours for 2 units credit. Prereq: VMD 122 and VMD 131, or VMD 126 and VMD 126.
VMD 196 (MMSP 151) – Independent Study
This class will allow students to work on individual projects within the CCSF community. This will allow students to gain more real-world experience while serving the CCSF community.
VMD 200A (GRPH 68) – Design Studio Practicum
Emerge Studio, our in-house communication design studio, provides an environment for developing real-world skill proficiency. Students will gain practice with client communications, iterative design process and project management for individual and collaborative design projects, including posters, marks, brochures, booklets and journals, campaigns and other projects. Prereqs: VMD 120, VMD 130, VMD 150, VMD 152, VMD 194.
VMD 200B (GRPH 68) – Design Studio Practicum
Continued experience in Emerge Studio, our in-house communication design studio. Students will take on greater responsibilities in project management and client relations. Students will encounter larger projects and work with greater autonomy and independence. Prereqs: VMD 120, VMD 130, VMD 194, VMD 150, VMD 152
Design Collaborative
Design Collaborative classes offer students a unique experience in design education. Our multidisciplinary approach is geared towards students interested in exploring many creative fields and solving design problems through multiple perspectives. Students will gain collaborative skills that will help distinguish them in today's highly competative workforce and increase their ability to be successful in the evolving marketplace of art and design.
DSGN 105 – Survey of Collaborative Design
A survey of influences and forces throughout history that drive change in design. Focus will be given to how collaborative processes lead to change. Students will research, analyze, and discuss design case studies.
DSGN 110 – Rapid Visualization
A free hand drawing course for the development of Visual thinking, covering processes, skills and techniques for the rapid visualization of design ideas. Practical application through individual and group exercise and projects.
As of Fall 2014, all GRPH and MMSP course prefixes, numbers and names
will have changed. Old course identifiers are listed after the new
ones. For a comprehensive list of name changes, click to download the
VMD Course Name Conversion Chart.


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|I had the same problem with my bi xenon's on my 2011. I had to get the upgrade kit that didn't cost me any more bc of the flickering. That made it all better but then after like a year the ballast's died
My headlights themselves seem to be great. I bought these off of nickster in the forums and he didn't experience much or any problems to my knowledge.
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If the H13 bulb is a dual filament bulb creating the high and low beam physically it may fit but the reflective plate inside will give you problems. If it's down then your high beam will get cut off and rendered useless. If it's single it might and you might be able to try it but I would consult someone who deals with HID on a regular basis. Just keep in mind the moving reflective plate inside. I'm currently in the process of trying to get my money back. When my set was wired in the housing there were electrical problems the mechanism controlling the plate was fried on both lights and I can't fix them.
keeps me posted about your lights.
I have the same lights. Using H11 HIDs. Why wouldn't we be able to use H13s in the projectors? They just wont fit?!
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Over the past couple of weeks some things came to light with my aftermarket headlights;
1st: Every mechanic and custom shop I took them too all said the same thing. Projection headlights are not originally meant to be a dual beam setup (high/low) hence why there was only a single filament bulb in the unit. The original factory headlight uses a dual filament bulb so that one bulb switches between high and low beam. So this aftermarket headlight set shouldn't have one bulb for the headlight. They were all baffled as to how it was supposed to work with a projector and a single beam bulb.
2nd: After finally getting a response from the company I ordered them from they explained why there was only a single filament bulb in the unit. Yes, there is a single beam H11 bulb (high beam). What makes it a high and low is that there is a reflective plate in the unit (all projectors have them) but in this particular setup the plate moves. None of the guys I took my lights too have seen a projection light with a reflective plate that moves, it did come up in the brain storming between a few of us. So when I have it on low beam the plate is supposed to cut off the light and then in high it allows for the beam to raise higher.
3rd: The company said that there is probably a short in one of the wires and instructed me to inspect all of their wires/work to see if there is a wiring problem. My first mechanic said while he was working on it he thought it smelled as is something was burnt. This leads me to think that there is a short, which is blowing my fuse but possibly not before burning up the motor controlling the reflective plate. I hope that isn't the case and that the motor(s) are alright.
The next step for me is to try the headlights one at a time and inspect them accordingly. If one works then that is a good step forward and I'll tear apart the other.
I will keep everyone posted and look more into this. I also called other companies and that sell the same lights made by other companies and they said that they use a dual filament bulb. I'm not sure if they do or don't with out actually looking at them but just knowing that there are projectors out there with moving internal parts is a big help because like I said my custom guys have never seen this before.
|Are you using a relay harness? The highbeam circuit controls the solenoid only and is not used to ignitr the ballasts and bulbs. The relay uses tge stock fuse naybe 10 amp. Only one lowbeam connection is used. The relay also uses the cars 10 amp fuse. Separate fuses are used coming from the battery to the relays to power the ballasts and solenoids maybe 10 amps. The realys are rated for either 20 or more amps. Make sure you are using heavy enough gauge wires as if they ard to small they will heat up increading resistance and thus amperage. My headlights are on a harness but my fogs are directly plugged into my factory wires. Never popped a fuse yet. But on the fogs there are sometimes theyboth wont ignite and will just flicker
yeah it's a cheap ballast. I just got my car back and I took it apart, put my stock lights back in and am now looking at everything. The ballast it's self doesn't have a "brand name" it just says ballast and is a 35w.
I've also come to the understanding that unlike my stock bulb the HID kit and housing isn't using a motored bulb to switch from low to high. Is the plate in my projector what moves between the two?
I apologize again for all the questions I'm new to the electronic and light world of cars... it's costing me a bit of cash having to take it to other people all the time.
|Yeah it sounds like the Hid bulbs or ballast they sent with the headlights are crap. Order some ddm tuning hids or morimotos and this should fix your problem. They will work perfect in your eagle eyes(halo projectors). I run the ddm tuning ones in mine. 55w 8k kit.
|Moved to MK2 Focus.
Any idea what ballast and HIDs came in that kit? not all parts are created equal, some of the cheaper ones are just that, cheaper. Lots of good results have came from people that used theretrofitsource.com for parts (whether their ballast, projectors, bulbs or complete kits.) HIDplanet.com has a wealth of information on HIDs as well, might not be a bad idea to join up over there and ask if you dont get good responses here.
fuse blowing sounds like it might be a wiring problem, ground or something wrong with the ballast. Is this a 35 or 50watt kit?
Here is a good write up that A7xschecter6661 did on a retrofit on his second gen. Might help seeing some of the wiring or to shoot him a PM and see if he can help
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Free college tuition boosts future outlook for 40 unemployed students
October 24, 2011
Elliott Peppers
(630) 829-6079
Lisle, Ill.~Brimming with new confidence, 40 nontraditional students began their journey toward earning academic degrees aimed at ending years of unemployment.
Participating in Benedictine University's "Illinois Back to Work" free tuition program, the students, many who are parents, listened attentively to important information provided during their new student orientation.
By the time these 40 students graduate, assuming all applicable financial aid remains constant, the University will have given away nearly $1 million in free tuition.
Benedictine President William J. Carroll welcomed the diverse students, encouraging them to believe in their ability to successfully complete their respective degrees and assuring the students that all the resources of the University are available to support them in this challenging endeavor.
"It has given me hope that everything is going to be OK. It's wonderful that they are giving us this opportunity to excel," said new student Cynthia Prewitt.
Ten years has passed since Prewitt, 48, last attended college. At that time, she had one year remaining before circumstances forced her to abandon her degree pursuit. Now she enthusiastically states she will not only complete her degree this time, but also complete it at a university she never thought she could afford to attend.
"I had heard about Benedictine being a great place to learn. As far as me being able to afford to go here (before the free tuition grant), it was not an option," Prewitt said.
That option changed when Prewitt learned of Benedictine's Illinois Back to Work program. Benedictine University, based in Lisle, Ill., just outside Chicago, launched the program earlier this year to offer free tuition to the long-term unemployed who had not earned a bachelor's degree. Benedictine is the first university in the country to lead in helping the unemployed pay tuition. Although the program is for unemployed Illinois residents, Carroll hopes universities nationwide will offer similar programs aimed at re-educating an experienced workforce.
"I throw out a challenge to every college in this country that there is no reason that they should not be doing the same thing," Carroll said. "People are going to ask (grant recipients), 'how are you affording it?' They can say, 'I got a scholarship,' because they did," Carroll told the thankful recipients.
"A program like this -- where you are actually going out helping the unemployed and the non-traditional student -- I think is just wonderful," said Illinois state Rep. Rich Brauer (R-100th). "Anytime you can take someone who is at a difficult point in their life --such as being laid off -- and you give them some technical training or some additional skills, they are able to better themselves and be a lot more employable."
Carroll emphasized that he went against the norm to build the Illinois Back to Work Program because "it was the right thing to do" and a reflection of Benedictine values such as being concerned with the development of each person.
Donald Henschel, chair of the undergraduate Business Department at Benedictine, echoed Carroll's sentiments, reflecting upon the quality of students accepted into the free tuition program.
"The students who I talked to were all good people with solid career track records. They had just fallen upon hard times in a difficult economy. They expressed a genuine interest in our programs and had backgrounds suitable for entry. They just needed someone to give them a chance for a comeback," Henschel said.
Making a comeback is at the forefront of each day's agenda for adult students like Ben Horbacz of Naperville.
"Today's my birthday and aside from winning the lottery, I could not ask for a better gift," said Horbacz, 63, on his acceptance into Benedictine's free tuition program. Armed with an associate degree and years of experience in business management, Horbacz plans to add a Bachelor of Arts degree in Management toward increasing his marketability and returning to the workforce.
LeAnn DeFalco, a divorced mother of two young children, sees Benedictine's Illinois Back to Work tuition-free program as the means to ending three long years of unemployment. An experienced administrative assistant, DeFalco consistently faced hiring challenges by employers who demanded more than experience.
"I have been to many interviews and they would say that I have the experience but not the degree," a frustrated DeFalco said. She plans to earn an Associate of Arts degree in Business Administration and possibly pursue a career in human resources.


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The City of Lakeland is seeking input from citizens on values and priorities of the community. There are TWO ways to make sure your voice is heard. Attend a meeting or participate in an online survey. Either option allows citizen feedback on City services and programs.
Visit lakelandvalues.com and spend 5-10 minutes of your time in taking the survey. Citizen opinion is very important and the City is going to use the information gathered from the survey to help with City of Lakeland strategic and budgeting initiatives. The survey is available online January 23rd – Feb 24th.
There will be a series of Community Workshops to gather information and opinions on City of Lakeland services. Workshops are designed for small groups of citizens to discuss community values and priorities. Those wanting to participate can sign up for a workshop by going to lakelandvalues.com or they can call 834-SWAN. Community Workshops will be held on the following dates:
· February 25th at 6 p.m. - Kelly Recreation Complex (404 Imperial Blvd.)
· February 26th at 6 p.m. - Coleman Bush Building (1104 MLK Jr. Blvd.)
· February 27th at 12 p.m. - Magnolia Building (698 E. Orange St.)
· March 2nd at 9 a.m. - Kelly Recreation Complex (childcare available)
Please take the time to participate in a workshop and take the online survey. Citizen input will help plan for Lakeland's future. Those that participate in the Community Values Survey or Workshop are eligible to win a golf package at Cleveland Heights, Tickets to a Lakeland Center event, a VIP Package to a Detroit Tigers Spring Training Game (tickets and food) or Kelly Recreation Complex/Gandy Pool passes. Visit www.lakelandvalues.com or call 834-SWAN for more information.


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Hey, pretty cool idea! It's always nice to put a face with the text...
I think it's safe to say that it's pretty safe for everyone to post their pics of themselves here, I mean after all... We're all packin! :-)
Here's me...
Yea, I thought it would be kinda fun to see everyone. That's why I started it :-D
This is all I have online at the moment..
My webhost doesn't allow remote loading, but I'm currently working on a .htaccess script to "bypass" that restriction.
use www.photobucket.com
it's free and easy and it's what I use for hosting my pics.
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No acct needed. Ya just u/l the pic.
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I promise it wasn't me. :P
The one and only L8models.
I hope this works. I know, that's not a handgun. But it is a recent photo.
real name's Russ. anything else you wanna know, just ask, i might even answer you. lol
My real name is Dale. My computer is named Hal... :roll:
Me last year
Yeah, this pic is old from when I was 12, but I don't take good pics and this is like the best pic I ever had taken of me
Ugly aint I? :P
Here I am last year
Here is another one. This is usually the ranges I shoot at ;-)
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It seems as though there is an ever-increasing occurrence of inappropriate language and unnecessary comments in this forum. There is no need for a great deal of things posted in response to others for the public to all see. Just typing in curse words and letting the censor modify it with a * is still very much implied in the context of the sentence(s). Like clockwork, each negative out of the blue comment leads to another and then to another.
Here is an example of the guidelines set by the administration for this site sent to me:
we have a PG-13 rule here for language, etc.. F words or acronyms there of are off limits, as that really gets the owners ire big time, so not allowed.
I am attempting to hopefully remedy possible future implications before they even need to be an issue. If any members on the Texas forum feel that any of this is unfair or not just, please feel free to contact Bubba (Admin2) to voice any concerns that I, or any of the other Texas forum moderators cannot help with.


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Save the date! Cape May County Ducks Unlimited will be hosting its 4th Annual Waterfowler Hunter and Sportsman's Party on October 26, 2013. We've had a lot of fun growing this event the past few years. Please help us raise money for a great cause!
I will post more details when the become available. Please call 609 624 0905 for more info, or visit ducks.org.