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Internet is full of boring popups. So, it's a time to break this trend. That's why I created "Layered Popups" (WordPress popups plugin). With this plugin you can realize your imagination and make unique multi-layers WordPress popup windows. You can create multiple layers with whatever-you-want content and add custom transitions/animations for each layer. You can embed AJAX-ed subscription/contact form which works with 20 email marketing providers (MailChimp, AWeber, Constant Contact, GetResponse, iContact, Mad Mimi, Sendy, Interspire, Benchmark, Campaign Monitor, ActiveCampaign, MailPoet (WYSIJA), SendPress, MailerLite, Your Mailing List Provider (YMLP), Ontraport (Office Auto Pilot), FreshMail, SendReach, SalesAutoPilot (MailMaster) and MyMail) and collect users' names and e-mails. You can raise popup window on page load, on exit intent, on scrolling down or show it on click event. Moreover you can use any popup as a part of post/page content. Make your website more attractive and pay users attention to certain stuff.
This is WordPress popup plugin. For non-WordPress websites try Layered Popups – Standalone Script.
Please visit official Layered Popups demo page and check out demo popups. With "Layered Popups" plugin you can create your own popups. You are limited only by imagination.
- Unlimited number of popups: create as many popup as you wish.
- Multiple layers: each popup can contain any number of layers.
- Custom layer duration/animation: customize layer duration/animation with ease.
- 20+ CSS3 layer animations: driven by Animate.css.
- A/B tests: create unlimited number of A/B testing campaigns, get statistics and choose the best popup for your purposes.
- Social buttons supported: easily add Facebook Like, Google +1, Twitter Tweet, LinkedIn Share buttons to popup.
- Subscribe with Facebook: YES! Now you can allow your visitors to subscribe with their Facebook account.
- Subscribe with Google: YES! Now you can allow your visitors to subscribe with their Goolgle account.
- Google/Universal Analytics event tracker supported: track "show" and "subscribe" events.
- KISSmetrics tracking supported: identify the current person with a e-mail address submitted through opt-in form.
- Opt-in locker (optional): users must subscribe to close popup.
- Social locker: users must share via Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn to close popup.
- Contact Form popup: use Layered Popups as a contact form for your website.
- Welcome E-mail option: subscribers may receive Welcome E-mail after successful subscription.
- 600+ Google Fonts: use any of 600+ webfonts.
- Subscription form: AJAX-ed name/e-mail subscription form.
- 2-steps opt-in process: yes, you can do it now.
- Contact form: AJAX-ed name/e-mail contact form.
- Email marketing providers supported: MailChimp, Constant Contact, GetResponse, iContact, Campaign Monitor, Active Campaign, Mad Mimi, AWeber, Sendy, Interspire, Benchmark, MailPoet (WYSIJA), SendPress, MailerLite, Your Mailing List Provider (YMLP), Ontraport (Office Auto Pilot), FreshMail, SendReach, SalesAutoPilot (MailMaster) and MyMail supported.
- Extended e-mail address validation: check MX records according to the host provided within the email address.
- Page speed load optimized: minimum resources loaded with pages – Google will love you .
- Enable/disable popup preloads: this is a part of page speed load optimization.
- Export/import feature: you can easily export popup settings from one website and import to another website.
- On-page-load event handler: raise any popup on-page-load event.
- On-scrolling event handler: raise any popup when user scroll down the page.
- Different popup per page, post, custom post type: assign different popup per page, post or custom post type.
- Auto open delay: popup window might be opened with delay.
- On-exit-intent event handler: raise any popup when user moves mouse pointer to the top of browser window assuming that he/she going to close/exit the page.
- Display modes: you can display popups every time, once per session or only once.
- Inline mode: use any popup as a part of post/page content.
- Remember subscribed visitors: plugin set cookie on user machine to avoid repeated popups for subscribers.
- On-click-event handler: show any popup on-click event.
- CSV Export: list of subscribers can be exported as CSV-file to be used with any newsletter systems.
- Set of predefined popups: use any of 26 predefined popups as a template for your work.
- Design your own popups: it's easy – check out video tutorial.
- Responsive design: popup window looks nice on small screen devices.
- Realtime preview: edit popup/layers and view changes immediately.
- Shortcodes supported (experimental): add WP shortcodes into layer content.
- Font Awesome supported: use any Font Awesome icon on submit buttons.
- Attach popups to menu items: it's easy – check out video tutorial.
- Enable/disable modules: enable/disable e-mail marketing providers, social buttons, etc. modules.
- 9 popup positions: place popup on desired screen position.
- Enable/disable overlay: enable/disable overlay.
- WooCommerce compatible: compatible with WooCommerce general and product pages.
- Minified CSS and JS: turn on/off using minified JS and CSS files.
- Easy to install: install and activate the plugin as any other plugins.
- Translation ready: plugin might be translated to any language.
- WordPress Best Practices: no any alerts from Plugin Check and WP_DEBUG.
- Install and activate the plugin. Once activated, it creates menu "Layered Popups" in left side column in the admin area.
- Click left side menu "Layered Popups >>> Settings" and configure "on-page-load" and "on-exit-intent" event handlers if you need it.
- Click left side menu "Layered Popups >>> Create Popup". Create and customize your popup and it's layers. You also can use pre-defined popup as template for your modifications.
- Read FAQ section ("Layered Popups >>> FAQ") to find answers for most common questions.
- Enjoy your popups.
Please watch this video tutorial. It shows how to create new popups. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RFgeTWAPDc
Dude, just to want to drop a word and say thanks! Your plugin is the best popup plugin here in Codecanyon (I already have 7 of them). Keep rocking!
Lightweight, plenty of customizations, and I love the fact that the author included his sample layered popups in the download, just in case you need a kick-start to learn how to most effectively use the plugin. It really enhances your website in a professional manner!
I have to say that i LOVE this plugin. I just installed it on a new site and used the click to trigger it. It works flawlessly. I love the many templates available, the flexibility and the ease of using it. Thank you sooooo much!
Just wanted to post a note and say thanks. We have now purchased two of these layered popups for two websites. This is not the first popup plugin we have bought on Codecanyon, but it is by far the best, and the customer support is excellent.
If you need pop-ups, you need this plugin!! I tried anyone under the sun, including custom coding FancyBox pages, and especially Pop-Up Domination, for WP and as stand-alone, and NOTHING beats this plugin. The author is PHENOMENAL in his support! He cleaned up the code for page loading speed overnight. He integrated OntraPort for us overnight, he responds to every question within hours. Seriously, I have never come across a more helpful and willing plugin-developer in my life. And we haven't even talked about the plugin yet… This plugin is AWESOME!!! So flexible, so easy to use. I literally created over 200 different pop-ups for the various sign up options and areas of our website within hours. ALL are split-testing. You need pop-ups, you need this plugin and no other. The code on the page is super clean and really uses the minimal amount of scripting in the page, which can't be said about other plugins at all. For the price, this is a steal!! If I was the author, I would charge at least the $97 that competitors are charging, with way messier code, and really the same old, boring, out-of-date pop-up designs! This is an amazing plugin, from a fantastic author!!
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An incredible plugin. Phantastic. It works perfect and the settings are so comprehensive AND easy. Love it.
Excellent plugin, great creative idea and 1st class support.
Excellent idea. Really opens the door wide for creativity. Nice work!
What can I say, oh yes luv it, luv it, luv it!!! It's an awesome plugin.
Much better than Ninja Popups: cheaper, more options and open to your creativity…
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This is the first layered animation POPUP I've seen in the market. Congratulations for this excelent Wordpress useful file.
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If you have problems regarding using the plugin, please contact me and I'll help you.
2014-09-17 – version 3.60 released
Constant Contact supported [BETA] Minor bugs fixed
2014-09-10 – version 3.52 released
Improved compatibility with defer javascript loading. Added curl checking.
2014-09-05 – version 3.51 released
Improved onClick handler.
2014-09-03 – version 3.50 released
Added option to set different popups (or disable ones) for desktop and mobile devices.
2014-09-02 – version 3.47 released
Upgraded Font Awesome to latest version 4.2.0. Added option to disable Font Awesome CSS loading for better compatibility.
2014-08-27 – version 3.46 released
20+ CSS3 layer animations driven by Animate.css. Option to use minified JS and CSS files.
2014-08-22 – version 3.44 released
9 popup positions Enable/disable overlay
2014-08-18 – version 3.42 released
MailChimp groups added SalesAutoPilot (MailMaster) supported
2014-08-12 – version 3.40 released
"Subscribe with Facebook" feature "Subscribe with Google" feature KISSmetrics support Minor bugs fixed 2 additional demo popups included Upgraded Facebook API to version 2.0
2014-07-28 – version 3.34 released
Added SendReach integration. Added Double Opt-in for MyMail integration. Upgraded MailChimp API to version 2.0. Compatible with WooCommerce general pages and product pages.
2014-07-26 – version 3.32 released
Added FreshMail integration.
2014-07-23 – version 3.30 released
Added On Scroll settings - raise any popup when user scroll down the page. Improved On Exit Intent popup behavior. Fixed minor bugs.
2014-07-22 – version 3.29 released
Added Your Mailing List Provider (YMLP) support. Fixed minor bug.
2014-07-21 – version 3.28 released
Added Welcome E-mail option.
2014-07-18 – version 3.27 released
Added MailerLite support. Added option to sort popups and campaigns lists. Replaced radio-buttons list by select box on Settings and post/page editor page. Updated FAQ.
2014-07-16 – version 3.24 released
Added SendPress support. Added option to customize button CSS. Added option to customize input fields CSS.
2014-07-14 – version 3.22 released
Added Interspire support. Added option to customize buttons size through layer size.
2014-07-13 – version 3.20 released
Page speed load optimization. Enable/disable popups pre-load. Multi-steps opt-in process.
2014-07-11 – version 3.12 released
Added Ontraport (Office Auto Pilot) support.
2014-07-10 – version 3.10 released
Added option to enable/disable plugin modules. Added Social Buttons module. Added Social Locker mode.
2014-07-07 – version 3.00 released
Optimized internal architecture.
2014-06-27 – version 2.80 released
Added MailPoet (WYSIJA) support. Added ActiveCampaign support.
2014-06-25 – version 2.71 released
Added Font Awesome spinner to buttons.
2014-06-24 – version 2.70 released
Added Font Awesome support. Added input field border width/radius customiztion. Added button border radius customiztion.
2014-06-18 – version 2.60 released
Added Benchmark support. Added Sendy support.
2014-06-07 – version 2.50 released
Added A/B testing campaigns: create unlimited number of A/B testing campaigns and get statistics. Added Google/Universal event tracker [beta]: track "show". and "subscribe" events with each popup.
2014-06-04 – version 2.30 released
Added "inline" mode. Now you can use any popup as a part of post/page content.
2014-05-26 – version 2.21 released
Added Mad Mimi support. Added extended e-mail address validation (through MX-records).
2014-04-25 – version 2.10 released
BETA: Added option to display popup on exit intent, popup is displayed when user moves mouse pointer to the top edge of browser window assuming that he/she is going to close/exit the page.
2014-04-18 – version 2.05 released
Added option to add several admin e-mails (for notification) for each popup. Added option to load only OnLoad popups (for people who use OnLoad popups only and don't use OnClick popups).
2014-02-06 – version 2.00 released
Added contact form option Added confirmation layer option Updated default popups
2014-01-13 – version 1.80 released
Added MyMail integration Added layer scrollbar (experimetnal)
2013-11-18 – version 1.70 released
Added feature to add different popup per page, post, custom post type through post/page editor.
2013-11-10 – version 1.65 released
Opt-in locker Multisite installation support Autoclose delay for on page load popups Option to send subscription form details to admin ESC-button handler
2013-11-07 – version 1.62 released
Added option to attach popups to menu items
2013-11-02 – version 1.60 released
Added AWeber support Added shortcode support Added 2 more demo popups Improved video popups Fixed FireFox issue
2013-10-30 – version 1.40 released
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia • Now that she has finished the hajj and is returning home to Egypt, Magda Bagnied says her family will no doubt try to convince her to put on the headscarf to demonstrate her religiosity after a pilgrimage meant to cleanse her of sin and bring her closer to God.
She fully expects that from her parents. But she doesn't want that kind of pressure from her government or leaders.
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"Leave religion to the people," said Bagnied, a media professor at Ahram Canadian University, in Cairo's suburbs.
The annual pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites offers Muslims a chance to reaffirm their faith and root themselves more firmly in their beliefs. It comes at a time when several Arab nations are facing a similar issue on a political level after uprisings that toppled longtime leaders and brought Islamists to greater power: The question of how much a government should be rooted in Islam.
Egypt in particular is struggling with that question. Elections since the fall last year of Hosni Mubarak elevated Mohammed Morsi, who hails from the Muslim Brotherhood, to president. The Brotherhood was vaulted to become the country's strongest political force, along with even more conservative Islamists known as Salafis, who follow a strict Saudi-style interpretation of Islam.
As pilgrims were making their way around the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure in Mecca that observant Muslims pray toward five times a day, and performing an elaborate set of rituals in Saudi Arabia over the past week, Egypt was in a bitter struggle over the writing of the new constitution.
Salafis are pressing for the document to explicitly root Egypt's laws in Shariah. That has raised liberals' fears that it will bring stricter implementation of Islamic law and empower Muslim clerics in a political role, limiting women's rights and freedoms of worship and expression. The assembly writing the constitution is dominated by the Brotherhood and Salafis.
The Egyptians who performed the pilgrimage this year may be united in the importance they give to their faith in their lives. But it doesn't mean they all agree on the mix of religion and politics. More than 90,000 Egyptians were on the pilgrimage, which largely wrapped up on Monday. They hailed from all segments of Egyptian society, the rich and the poor, and from all corners of the Arab world's most populous nation.
Wearing the seamless terrycloth garments worn by male pilgrims to symbolize equality and unity during hajj, Sayid Zeid said Egypt's constitution should represent all Egyptians — and, he added, it must be based on the Quran.
How can it be both, given the large Christian minority and the sector of liberal Muslims?
"Shariah will be applied by God ... It should be applied as it came down from God," said Zeid, who is a reporter with Egypt's state TV, though he was performing the hajj, not covering it.
For some, it seemed only natural that Islamic law would benefit a Muslim-majority nation, putting aside questions of who would interpret it or implement it.
Making his way to midday prayers at Mecca's Grand Mosque, which houses the Kaaba, Abdel-Muntalib el-Fikky said there is no reason to fear Shariah or the Islamists.
"Why are we all here? We are all here for God," he said of the pilgrims. "Our constitution, God willing, will be good. It will move us forward."
Anwar Saad, a 32 year-old teacher from Egypt's Beheira province, stood on Jabal al-Rahma in Mount Arafat, in the desert outside Mecca during a rite of prayer on Thursday that many feel is the pinnacle moment of hajj.
"The Brotherhood have moderate views. They are not conservative like the Salafis. We hope they will apply a moderate form of Shariah for Egypt," he said. "We want God to help Morsi succeed ... There were 30 years of corruption and this will not be fixed in 100 days. Be patient with the president."
Notably, hajj itself shows the variety in interpretations of Islamic rules. For example, in most of the Muslim world, men and women are segregated during prayers. But in the Grand Mosque, the two sexes pray side by side. For most of the hajj rites, women are not allowed to wear the veil that covers the entire face, even though ultraconservative Muslims insist a woman's face should be hidden from males not related to her.
Bagnied, the media professor, said she does not fear Shariah but those who would try to interpret and apply it.
"What kind of Islam do they want to apply? Afghanistan, Iran or Saudi Arabia?" she said. Bagnied, who does not wear the headscarf that many Egyptian Muslim women don to cover their hair, said she can resist her family's urging her to start wearing it. But she worries that an Islamist government will start to apply political pressure as well on such personal choices.
She said many people voted for Morsi hoping that because he is a pious Muslim and will apply "God's law" that their lives will improve.
"I think many Egyptians don't know the content of the constitution," she said. "Egypt is full of people talking about politics, but there is a large amount of ignorance in the country and you can convince people (by using Islam) that they have to obey their leaders, who are sheiks and politicians."Next Page >
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Who needs to go to school when all of life's most important lessons can be learned at the bus stop. The Gosselin children were taught a new trick to show Kate at the dinner table that night when
Chris Robinson some mad ass parent gave the paparazzi (and us) a special R-rated double feature of "fuck yous." THINK OF THE CHIRRUNS.
Although, ole' dude probably didn't teach the Gosselin children anything new. I mean, if you were raised by a pair of assholes you'd probably figure out how to flip a ho off before learning how to walk.


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Jordan created and programmed his first hit game, Karateka, as a Yale undergraduate. A 1980s classic and #1 bestseller, Karateka was one of the first games to blend fluid animation with cinematic storytelling. Karateka is now available for modern game consoles and mobile devices.
Introducing Karateka Classic
Update: Karateka Classic is now live in the App Store and on Google Play.
I've heard from a lot of people who've expressed the desire to replay a certain 1984 side-scrolling, bird-punching game that traumatized them in childhood, exactly the way they remember it — on their mobile devices.
So, by popular demand, I'm happy to announce that Karateka Classic is coming to the App Store and Google Play this Thursday. It's not a remake, not a port, but a faithful pixel-perfect emulation of the original Apple II game, with Olivier Goguel's ActiveGS emulator running my 6502 assembly language code, graphics, and my dad's music.
In engineering the app, Olivier has added a number of nifty touches, including the ability to choose between color CRT, amber, or green screen, as well as a few touchscreen-friendly updates, and a certain peculiarity of the 5.25″ floppy disk version which I won't spoil here.
I'll be curious to hear your thoughts. Does Karateka Classic match your memories? How does it compare to the Karateka remake? And is it better to kick, or always punch the hawk?
Download links will be posted here late Wednesday night. Oh, and the price will be 99 cents.
Karateka in the App Store
I'm happy to announce that for the first time since 1984, Karateka is once again available for state-of-the-art Apple devices. You can download it for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch in the App Store. (Karateka requires iPhone 4S or newer, iPad 2 or newer, or 5th generation iPod Touch.)
And if you don't have an iOS device, the new remake is also out on Sony Playstation, Xbox 360, and PC. Don't forget to punch the hawk!
Making and Remaking Karateka
Update: Karateka is now available in the App Store and for Sony Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and Steam.
The modern remake of Karateka (out today on Steam) has given me a great reason to dig into my archives and revisit the long-ago era when I developed the original Karateka on a 48K Apple II.
If you're interested in making games, you may enjoy this series of short videos about the creative and technical process of making Karateka, then (1982) and now (2012). Each episode focuses on a different aspect of production: Inspiration, Animation, Sound and Music, and Gameplay. They're posted below.
The game industry has changed a lot in thirty years. And yet the more things change, the more they stay the same. For readers interested in delving deeper into the old days, check out the rest of this post below the videos.
Episode 1: Inspiration
Episode 2: Animation
Episode 3: Sound and Music
Episode 4: Gameplay
From My Old Journals
When I started the first Karateka, in 1982, I was a 17-year-old Yale freshman and avid gamer, trying to balance a college courseload with my aspiration to become a published game author. Karateka made that dream a reality. It launched my career and paved the way for my next game, Prince of Persia.
That same year (1982), I started keeping a private journal — a habit I'd keep up for the next decade, as readers of The Making of Prince of Persia (1985-1993) will know. More surprisingly, I never got around to destroying it. And now it's in the distant-enough past that, rereading it, I'm able to laugh rather than cringe (OK, so maybe it's a bit of both).
As a time-capsule record of that early Apple II era, and a window into the maniacal brain of a teenager obsessed with "breaking in" to making games and/or movies, it may be of interest to others. So here it is (as DRM-free pdf, epub, and Amazon Kindle ebook, with print edition to follow): Volume One of my old journals, The Making of Karateka.
And, of course, I hope readers will check out the new Karateka.
Karateka is Back!
I'm excited to announce that my new remake of Karateka — the game I've been working on with a small, independent team for the past 18+ months — is now available on Xbox Live Arcade for the Xbox 360. (Versions for PlayStation 3, Steam, and Apple iOS are coming soon.)
Here's our official launch trailer — written and directed by Adam Lisagor, who infused the trailer with his nostalgic memories of playing Karateka at age six on an Apple II:
I'll post more in coming weeks about the process of making Karateka, then and now: in 1982-84 as a college student on a 48K Apple II, and in 2011-12, as creative director of a bigger (but still small) team using modern game development tools. It's a great excuse to dig into my archives and uncover old-school souvenirs like this one.
My goal in remaking Karateka was to recapture the simplicity of the original in a compact, reasonably priced (under US$10) downloadable game, with gameplay so straightforward that players of all ages could immediately grasp it and start having fun right away — while enjoying a dramatic human story.
I hope readers will give the new game a try. I'd love to hear your reactions, whether you played the original Karateka in the 1980s or are encountering it now for the first time. Send me a tweet (@jmechner on twitter), post your comment below, or (if you have a question of general interest that you'd like to see answered on the site) email me.
The Karateka website has up-to-date information on game availability on the various platforms. And don't forget to punch the hawk!
Raiders of the Lost Archives
Two weeks ago, my Dad shipped me a box that, to my joy, contained the original Apple II Prince of Persia source code archive I'd stowed away 20 years ago and had given up for lost.
Despite my eagerness to see what's on those disks, I've yet to pop them in a drive. As readers of this site have cautioned me, digital media degrade with age; if the disks are in a fragile state, normal handling could damage them further and even render them unreadable.
In today's guest post, digital archivist Jason Scott explains why reading 20-year-old floppy disks is trickier than it sounds — and why he's volunteered to fly from NY to LA on Monday with special equipment to tackle the job himself.
Monday will be an exciting day. Much like opening a long-sealed sarcophagus, I truly have no idea whether we'll find what we're hoping for, or just data dust. For anyone who wants to share the suspense, we'll be live-tweeting our progress. Hashtag: #popsource. (I wanted to use #sourcecode, but it was taken!)
Meanwhile, here's Jason's story, offering a glimpse behind the scenes of a profession whose existence I couldn't have foreseen or imagined when I was making Prince of Persia in the 1980s: Digital archeologist.
I first heard about Prince of Persia in a somewhat strange fashion; a high school friend said that David's older brother was working on a new game to follow up his big hit Karateka. I asked what it was about, and he said it was something about Persian princes and acrobatics. I left it at that, but I knew it'd be great, if Karateka was any indication.
I went to Horace Greeley High School after Jordan, and knew his brother, David, who graduated the same year as me. David was the motion model for Prince of Persia. Jordan was this talented figure somewhere out in the fog of the real world, who was making actual, sold-everywhere games with a company I really liked and respected (Broderbund), and was basically living the dream I hoped to live one day: game developer.
(My own dream was fulfilled — I did work for a short time at Psygnosis, makers of Wipeout, as a tech support phone monkey, and another year stint at a startup game studio, before moving on to other places in the computer world.)
It wasn't until a couple years ago that I moved away from jobs like system administration and backup-watcher into the world of computer history and documentary filmmaking, where I am now. As one of the Adjunct archivists of the Internet Archive, I seek out new collections of data and help preserve current ones — anything from digitized books and audio to long-forgotten shareware CD-ROMs and obscure information files uploaded years ago. It's a great time, and most importantly, it affords me the flexibility to travel when I'm needed somewhere.
So this was why, when Jordan announced he'd gotten back the Prince of Persia disks he had in his own collection, a lot of friends of mine started linking me to the article and saying "Well?" It was a perfect fit. I had seen Jordan for a few moments after his recent appearance at GDC, so it made sense to have us talk about my coming in to oversee the retrieval of data from the disks. What a nice journey — from hearing the game was being worked on in my youth to helping make sure Jordan's work lasts for future generations!
Pulling data off dead media in the present day is both easier than it ever has been, and as frustrating as ever. Continue Reading
Deathbounce Kickstarter: Fully Funded!
In my PAX keynote yesterday, I mentioned that although Karateka is the game that launched my career, I actually had just as high hopes for the Apple II game I made right before it, as a 17-year-old freshman in college: Deathbounce, which I submitted to Broderbund Software founder Doug Carlston but he declined to publish.
A clamor immediately arose in the audience, offering to support a Kickstarter campaign for an iOS/Android version of Deathbounce.
I tried to discourage this, pointing out that Doug's judgment that Deathbounce was unlikely to set the gaming world on fire was well founded even in 1982. Nevertheless, ever since yesterday, people have been coming up to me at PAX and trying to give me money.
It turns out I actually have a disk image of Deathbounce on my MacBook Air. Continue Reading


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(Pikeville, Ky.) - Kentucky State Police Post 9, Pikeville welcomes 15 new Troopers to the Post 9 family. On Tuesday November 19, 2013 Kentucky State Police Academy presented diplomas to 62 new Troopers at ceremonies held in Frankfort. These 62 Troopers started the 91st Kentucky State Police Academy on June 19, 2013, completing the 23 week Academy on November 19, 2013. Post 9 Pikeville welcomes these new Troopers, look forward to introducing them into the counties that Post 9 covers and preparing them to serve the citizens of the commonwealth. The new Troopers assigned to Post 9 are as follows; Tpr. Michael Cameron Allen of Richmond, Ky., Austin M. Brashear of Richmond, Ky., Derek C. Coleman of Teaberry, Ky., Jon G. Hall of Lexington, Ky., Jonathan M. Hedges of Owensboro, Ky., Hunter W. Hensley of Danville, Ky., Robert M. Martin of Morehead, Ky., Joshua L. Neace of Vancleve, Ky., Jacob T. Roberts of Manchester, Ky., Harold C. Rowe of Olive Hill, Ky., James O. Royal of Berea, Ky., Jonathan D. Walls of Stanford, Ky., Joseph L. Weddington of Richmond, Ky., Derek M. Welch of Utica, Ky., and Adam L. Wright of Beaver Dam, Ky.


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Vegan Chocolate Online Fundraising Auction TOMORROW! »
Guys! Tomorrow from 9am-8pm PDT (so that's noon to 11pm for us East Coasters), there's an online vegan CHOCOLATE auction to benefit Food Empowerment Project!
You know we love FEP here so I hope you will support this fundraiser. PLUS AUCTIONS ARE THE FUNNEST! And chocolate is the chocolatiest. So it's perfect.
It'd be super fun if you get stuff and tell me in the comments what you got! I just want to know. And I barely ever ask you for anything so jeez just do me this one favor gawd!
∞ posted at 13:26 by youtalkfunny
The spectacular lauren ornelas of the Food Empowerment Project discusses the power of our food choices at TEDxGoldenGatePark. This is an incredibly moving talk about why giving a damn about what we eat is so important; share it widely and often!
Watch it and then give FEP all your money for their stellar, impactful activism.
∞ posted at 12:03 by laurahooperb
Awesome vegan non-profit needs your help, STAT! »
Just last week, your Vegansaurs were kind enough to post a blurb I wrote encouraging everyone to come out to Food Empowerment Project's first official event. It was a smashing success and I hope some readers were in the crowd.
BUT! I've returned with an even more important request.
For many years, folks have rightly bemoaned the lack of accessible resources and support for new vegans. Sure, there's a constant push to "make new vegans," to educate folks on the issues and encourage them to move away from consuming animals. That important work is going strong, and it's part of what F.E.P. strives to do, too. But what about folks who come to agree but find themselves struggling, for whatever reason, a month or two in?
To plug this kind of gap, F.E.P. is trying to launch Food Chain, a vegan retention newsletter. In 12 monthly installments, it will provide new vegans with a booster of information, ideas, and encouragement to keep them in the fold. Our goal is to make Food Chain freely available to individuals who are considering veganism, or who've recently decided to pursue a more healthful and compassionate way of life.
The content's already prepared and the layout done (and they look awesome – F.E.P. founder lauren Ornelas shows them in the linked video), but we need funds for broader production and distribution to make this work. The campaign is just past its halfway point and we're more than halfway to our target, but we desperately need some help pushing it across the finish line.
I'm very aware that times are tough for a lot of us, but if you could chip in anything, it would be supremely appreciated. (You also get cool shit, so there's that.) Maybe skip that last beer/coffee/ill-advised delivery order and donate instead? Hit up your friends/family/neighborhood tech billionaires? Share this on your networks, especially?
Anything would help, for real. This could be a rad thing that helps new vegans stay vegan, while drawing attention to a whole range of issues. It would be nice if F.E.P. could pull it off for free (like basically everything else we do), but we can't on this one.*
So, HELP OUT IF YOU CAN is the point. And spread the word, please and thank you.
* (Unless you run a pro bono union print shop that uses recycled materials and environmentally safe ink, and also have a really profound in with USPS – in which case, call me!)
Guest post by Rick Kelley!!
∞ posted at 10:36 by laurahooperb
Food Empowerment Project's first public event this Saturday in S.F.! »
Food Empowerment Project, the awesome vegan food justice organization that makes frequent appearances here on Vegansaurus, is holding its first "official" event this Saturday, and you should be there!
The event, which runs from 6 – 9 on Saturday evening at 518 Valencia in the Mission, will feature screenings of two short films about the chocolate industry, a short video about dairy cows, and a Q&A with F.E.P. founder lauren Ornelas. There will be treats and such (though you should bring your own water), and a whole bunch of goodies raffled off, ranging from sweet donations from Food Fight!, Herbivore Clothing, The Vegan Zombie, and others to (drum roll) a $100 gift certificate to Millenium. F.E.P. will also be gathering food donations for the Mary Ann Wright Foundation, a local food bank – and your donation gets you a raffle ticket, too, so bring something!
Check out the full list of sponsors and additional details on the Facebook event page.
It's $10 suggested donation, $5 for students, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds (or for giving more). Hope to see you there!
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∞ posted at 15:43 by laurahooperb
Guest post: Support Food Empowerment Project by eating vegan food at Saturn Cafe. It's easy! »
Hey, Bay Area vegans! Come on out to Saturn Café in Berkeley on Wednesday, Feb. 20, and 10 percent of your (vegan) meal will go to help fund the all-volunteer Food Empowerment Project.
If you aren't familiar with Vegansaurus favorite FEP, we're a vegan food justice organization focused on issues like food access, environmental racism, and workers' rights. Here are the event details:
Come any time between 11 a.m. and midnight with the printable flyer on the page and Saturn will donate 10 percent of the cost of your vegan meal to help fund our efforts to create a more just and equitable food systems.
Volunteers will be hanging out from 6 to 10 p.m. if you want to learn more about how to get involved.
There will also be flyers up front assuring your 10 percent, so don't worry about printing. Just come hang out! FEP's Lauren Ornelas will be there, and we'll have literature and what have you, but mostly you should just eat some food and say hi. Saturn Café is located at 2175 Allston Way in Berkeley.
∞ posted at 10:46 by Rick Kelley
Product review: Nibmor ethical vegan chocolate got FEP-approved just for this post! »
I love Nibmor chocolate. First of all, it tastes damn good, ticking all the boxes to make my vegan chocoholic heart happy: free from refined sugar, vegan, and organic. The two flavor varieties Nibmor sent me, original and mint, were both rich and smooth, the right balance of dark, fruity cacao and creamy richness.
But while Nibmor tastes like joy incarnate, what I may love most about it is that when I told the company I couldn't review its chocolate until it was certified ethical vegan by the Food Empowerment Project, Nibmor jumped to the occasion, contacted FEP, and became certified! FEP's Lauren Ornelas just did an amazing interview about the dark side of chocolate; I highly recommend listening to it!
Nibmor is truly ethical and delicious dark chocolate. Get some online, or at Rainbow Grocery and other local health food stores.
∞ posted at 14:00 by queerveganfood
David Lebovitz's chocolate sorbet, from his book The Perfect Scoop! Kristen Miglore at Food52 has the recipe and it looks gorgeous. Obviously, you conscientious angels would make it with vegan chocolate on the Food Empowerment Project's chocolate list, so please try this recipe AT ONCE. Eat your way through summer!
Tip: While you're at Food52, check out the recipe for fried asparagus with miso dressing, from Nobu's Vegetarian Cookbook. Holy moly. Laura's right, frying is the superlative food preparation.
[photo by Nicole Franzen for Food52]
∞ posted at 07:24 by seriousmeaveness
Update on the Real Bar! We knew it was vegan and yummy but we didn't know if it was on the Food Empowerment Project's green light list. I will keep you in suspense no longer!: FEP says it's all good! Eat with reckless abandon! My words, not theirs.
∞ posted at 12:17 by youtalkfunny
Product Review: Endangered Species Vegan Chocolate! »
Endangered Species was recently greenlighted to Food Empowerment Project's list of ethical vegan chocolate companies. Note: Only their organic* chocolates make the list.
FEP is run by my friend and former co-worker Lauren Ornelas' vegan advocacy nonprofit. While I interned at the Center For Environmental Health several years ago, she and I became acquainted through her work at Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. I saw Lauren speak at Vegan Prom in San Francisco, and am pretty much in awe of her dedication to protecting humans, animals, and the planet. Seriously, look her up! I am also so inspired by her work to promote ethical vegan chocolate companies that do not trade in human or animal suffering.
According to the Endangered Species media kit, the company donates 10 percent of net profits to support animal protection and sound environmental practices. And they also identify themselves as non-GMO, and 100 percent ethically traded.
Cacao good for people an animals? Sounds dreamy! But is their chocolate delicious? Yes! Sweetened with beet sugar, which is a better choice than refined white sugar, if you ask me (though I must admit tend to prefer raw cacao and raw sweeteners, being a good Vegansaurus raw correspondent!), the varying degrees of cacao intensity do deliver a punch. My favorite is the 88 percent dark bar, which is pretty damn close to pure cacao. It's the darkest that ES sells, and comes with information on black panthers inside the package. How convenient! More cacao equals less sugar, and a greater benefit of magnesium, antoxidants. It also satisfies chocoholism. Enjoy whatever vegan (non-milk chocolate) version you wish! Note: Vegan chocolate by ES is very clearly labeled as "vegan," so just make sure you see that on the label and you're good to go!
Other great varieties of Endangered Species dark chocolate include their dark chocolate with cherry, dark chocolate with orange, and peppermint squares. They even sell individually-wrapped bite-sized chocolates that are perfect for stuffing in lunches/your unisex handbag/bra. Yay for ethical chocolate!
This is Vegansaurus raw correspondent Sarah E. Brown's latest post! Read more by Sarah on Vegansaurus, and visit her personal blog, Queer Vegan Food.
*Note: This post originally stated that Endangered Species vegan chocolates were approved by the Food Empowerment Project. In fact, it is Endangered Species organic chocolates that received FEP approval. Vegansaurus regrets the error.
∞ posted at 06:19 by seriousmeaveness
Clif Bar + child slavery = sad everyone »
My coworker Andrew's desk drawer.
As energy bars go, Clif is totally my favorite. Chocolate-dipped coconut Luna bars are essentially dessert, Clif shots and blocks power my running, and those Mojo bars are addictive. Part of the reason I'm such a Clif groupie is that almost everything they make is vegan, holla.
But it turns out Clif may have something to hide [pdf] about where it gets its chocolate. At the very least, the company is being disappointingly closed-lipped about its sourcing. Wanna bug them with me?
Since last May, the Food Empowerment Project has been asking Clif to disclose the country it gets its chocolate from. That's because some countries, especially in West Africa, have high prevalence of child slave labor on cacao plantations, and no one wants to support child slavery. (Unless it involves getting me a beer, but that's probably not the kind of stuff we mean here.) Clif ain't talking. That doesn't necessarily mean your Clif Crunch bar supports child cruelty, buy wouldn't it be nice to know for sure? That's FEP's stance:
We all know why companies like Nike and Apple took so long to disclose information on their supply chains: because they had something to hide. But does Clif?
How could a company that prides itself on social responsibility choose to not be transparent about an issue as important as child slavery? What does Clif have to hide?
Join us in asking them.
You can email them, call them at (800) 254-3227, and write them at:
Clif Bar & Company
1451 66th St.
Emeryville, CA 94608
Let us know if you have questions and we would appreciate you sharing with us their response.
In the meantime, I'm cutting back to my Clif bar intake, which, as you know if you even read a third of this post, makes me very sad. Which brings me to my PS: what's your favorite bar for hiking or running or snack or whatever?
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My wife upgraded to the new Kindle and gave me the old one. In true Boglehead fashion I would like to get only their free books. How might I do this?
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The Arizona Daily Star reports that the college's governing board will consider the matter on Feb. 27.
Arizona residents who are full-time students at Pima now pay $63.50 per credit-hour. Non-residents pay $319 per credit-hour.
The Maricopa County Community College District in the Phoenix area already provides in-state tuition discounts to students issued federal work permits under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
The program is for illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and who have no felony convictions.
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From Proteopedia
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High resolution crystal structures of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine
Thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC) is a CC chemokine that is mainly expressed in the thymus. TARC interacts primarily with the CCR4 receptor and to a lesser extent with the CCR8 receptor. The structures of TARC have been solved by molecular replacement in two space groups, triclinic (P1) and tetragonal (P4(1)), and refined to resolutions of 1.72 and 2.1 A, respectively, with R factors of 19.8% (R(free) = 24.1%) and 19.8% (R(free) = 27.7%), respectively. The search model originated from the crystal structure of another chemokine, RANTES, and proved to be only modestly similar to the refined structure of TARC. Whereas the tetragonal structure was easily solved using the program AMoRe, solution of the triclinic structure proved to be quite challenging and was obtained by combining the results from four different molecular-replacement programs (AMoRe, CNS, BEAST and EPMR), with subsequent extension of the gathered information. The tertiary structure of TARC is similar to that of other CC chemokines, with a three-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet flanked by a C-terminal helix. Both quaternary structures consist of dimers, which in the triclinic crystals pack further into tetramers. The TARC dimers are similar to those observed previously in the crystal structures of both MCP-1 and RANTES.
Structures of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC)., Asojo OA, Boulegue C, Hoover DM, Lu W, Lubkowski J, Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2003 Jul;59(Pt 7):1165-73. Epub 2003, Jun 27. PMID:12832759
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
About this Structure
1nr4 is a 8 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
- Asojo OA, Boulegue C, Hoover DM, Lu W, Lubkowski J. Structures of thymus and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC). Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2003 Jul;59(Pt 7):1165-73. Epub 2003, Jun 27. PMID:12832759
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MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - Dozens of volunteers are combing through two parishes looking for a missing Rayville man. Joshua Berry left his home the morning of September 13 and never came back.
A farmer found his truck wrecked the next day and no one, including his mother, has heard from him since. "This is out of character for him, he is one that is going to stay in touch." said Berry's mother Lonnie Berry. The missing 35 year old has two young daughters and his wife Jessica is pregnant with their third child. "Everyday I wake up and say I want to hear something today, I want to know something today and we haven't yet." said Jessica Berry. Joshua Berry's phone records show his phone hasn't been used since he disappeared, raising suspicion for police. "With the time that he's been gone and the lack of contact with his family, it's got us concerned." said Richland Parish Sheriff Lee Harrell. "We can't sit home here and wait, we've got to start somewhere and his truck was here." Now dozens are combing these fields, looking for any clues that may lead to answers. "That's all I want to know. He's ok safe and alright." said Jessica Berry.
News of the search has brought complete strangers out to help and you'd never guess which local celebrity is lending a hand. "My neighbor told me about this going on, I thought I'd come out here and see if I could help." said Tim Guraedy also known as "mountain man" from Reality Show Duck Dynasty."Mountain Man" from Duck Dynasty says he's just trying to be a good samaritan and offer his skills to the family. "I'm a pretty good tracker, you know, I've tracked deer and a lot of wild life through the woods, but never a human." said Gurady.
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An Aurora woman was killed when the vehicle she was driving left Interstate 88 and landed in a retention pond near Eola Road on Aurora's far northeast side Saturday night.
Emory Sepulveda, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:11 a.m., according to the DuPage County Coroner's office.
Three passengers in the vehicle — Irene M. Affatati, 48, of North Aurora, and two juveniles — were rescued and taken to area hospitals. No updates were available on the their injuries.
At 7:26 p.m. Saturday, Illinois State Police responded to a report that vehicle that had veered off I-88 near Eola Road and was submerged in a retention pond. The vehicle was pulled from the pond shortly thereafter, according the police.
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Darwin Day is a fantastic opportunity for your secular student group to take part in a national celebration of education and science. Groups around the country, and around the world, will be taking part and celebrating the birth of one of the most important scientists of the modern era.
We encourage your group to take part as a way to not only educate your own group members on the importance of Evolution and Darwin's work, but also as a way to reach out to your wider campus and community to foster a better understanding of the theory of evolution and its place in modern biology. There are many types of events you can hold, from having a birthday party (complete with cake!) to hosting a speaker on his life and/or evolution; more ideas can be found below.
This year (2014), Darwin Day will be on Wednesday February 12th. Even if you cannot hold an event on the exact day, you can hold an event sometime that week.
Event ideas for Darwin Day:
- Darwin Birthday Party (complete with cake or cupcakes)
- Darwin Day Tabling - Have materials on hand to explain and promote evolution and biology as well as be willing to handle related questions
- Host a speaker on evolution or another science theme. This speaker can often be a professor at your school or a member of the SSA Speakers Bureau
- Have a general discussion meeting about evolution and how to combat pseudoscience and creationism in schools
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Magura Thor 2010 Forks
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Product DescriptionUnique Albert Select+ damping featuring optimized damping through the complete speed range. Superstiff 32 mm upper legs. Cold forged Aluminium 6082 T6 fork crown with integrated cablestops for the RCL remote control. Maxle 360 thrux-axle system with q/r. All adjuster knobs made of high quality aluminium.
Magura Thor 2010 Forks Pro Review
I have been riding the new Magura Thor 140mm All Mountain fork for almost 5 months now, and have had it in all sorts of terrain, and have been able to compare it against several competing forks, and I must say it is an exceptional fork. The Thor, also known as the MT 140AM, is Magura's new All Mountain fork, and is an adjustable travel fork, with 32mm stanchions and a 20mm thru-axle using the Maxle 360. Continue reading →
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Date Reviewed: January 15, 2012
Strengths: Stiff, Plush, Light
Weaknesses: This fork has very little oil in the stanchions. No biggie, right? Wrong. Magura designed the fork to weep oil, so this fork has to go in for service about every 6 months. Also, it is very difficult to balance the positive and negative air chambers.
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Price Paid: $499.00
Purchased At: Online
Similar Products Used: Fox Vanilla RLC, Rock Shox Lyric U Turn Coil, Argyle RCT
Bike Setup: MSC Catal (hardtail XC), Mavic 819's, XTR
Date Reviewed: August 18, 2011
Strengths: Very burly so far, 20mm axel is nice along with double crown. Easy to access inflation valve, finger dials are pretty easy to turn.
Weaknesses: Have not installed remote yet but am not looking forward to it breaking like it has for so many others. Still on the fence if I will even install it.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $500.00
Purchased At: ebay
Similar Products Used: Spec. future shocks
Bike Setup: s-works stumpy fsr, Stans Flow rims, hadley racing hubs, sram xx 2x10 drivetrain, magura marta sl brakes
Date Reviewed: July 19, 2010
Strengths: plush, plush and more plush! tracks like it is on rails, easy setup. light weight. no pedal bob when standing with the platform damping engaged, and very little with it off. remote for travel adjust handy too.
Weaknesses: none so far
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Price Paid: $450.00
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Similar Products Used: Marzocchi bam freeride, 600xc
Bike Setup: Commencal Meta 55, fox float rear shock, sram, truvative drivetrain, hope/mavic 719 front wheel, wtb hub/ sun equalizer front, wtb Raizen tires.
Date Reviewed: March 31, 2010
Strengths: Feel, adjustability, rigidity, looks, weight.
Weaknesses: Sensitivity to setup, paint chips and scratches easily, slightly flawed rear arch design.
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I run it at 140mm the whole time, including all climbing. with this air pressure it has about 55-60mm of sag. But this gives a butter smooth ride that is perfectly controlled and damped. Its stiffness then ensures it tracks perfectly wherever you point it. It never really seems to bob when climbing or sprinting, I find myself looking down quite often to see if its working, but it always is. I get full travel out of it too, well about 132mm, but very rarely bottom out.
Many will considder this type of fork overkill for XC, but I wanted to put it on a bike that could do it all. This fork can, from XC endurance races, to proper hard technical trails at maximum effort.
I have a couple of gripes:
The rear arch is designed so that it traps water and mud, so instead of letting it fall out it holds it next to the stanchion and seal.
The paint is very soft, it chips and scratches with little force.
The remote for the travel adjust is naff and looks like it will break very easily.
Because I had one of the first sets of 2010 ones available, back in Sept 09 I paid £650 for them They can be had new for just over half that now!!
But given all that I would still highly recomend them to anyone.
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Price Paid: $650.00
Purchased At: LBS
Similar Products Used: Lefty Max
Bike Setup: Chameleon setup for hard and fast trail use plus occasional races.
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Hi guys, I have recently bought a set of 2012 Thor forks. Im just reading the manual and online reviews and they seem extremely simple to set up. The only thing I can't figure is whether to set up the Albert select how i like it and then keep it on all the time or should I get into the habit of t ... Read More »
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Aloha, I need some help and advice. I have a 2008 Magura Thor. Just got done servicing it (new seals, oil etc). Before I did the service, I turned the compression and rebound knobs so I'd know exactly where I would like them set when I put it all back together. Unfortunately, the rebound adju ... Read More »
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Anyone try a Thor140 on the Heckler? I've been wanting to put my HecklerV5 on a diet and the heavy 07 marz All Mtn 150(20mm axle) looks like a good place to start. looks like I'll lose about 18mm in A2C(538-520), adding about .75 to my head angle. The bike has been mainly my "Out West" bik ... Read More »
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Like the title says. It's new fork time and I'm leaning towards the Magura Thor. I had the chance to ride one the other day and it impressed me on several levels. Wondering if anyone is rolling a similar setup. Base rig is a '10 S-Works Stumpy FSR. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.Read More »
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Ok so i cant find any shop that stocks blood type 5 or its not in stock for another 2 weeks so i need a replacement . I went to my LBS where he said he used mainly 7.5w oil for lube in the lower legs and he said it would be ok to use in mine but i would need to replace the oil in the air chamber a ... Read More »


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Since graduating, Seamus Patrick Burke '08 has completed two compilations based off his webcomic "Oh Goodie!" The first volume "Introduce Yourself" was released in spring 2011. The sequel "Working Man" was released in spring 2012, which premiered at the 3rd annual Chicago Comic Entertainment Expo (C2E2) and at Anime Central two weeks later. "Working Man" in particular also features his sci-fi spoof "Trifectica" and his Halloween special "Eddie Van Helsing."
Published: June 22, 2012
Dr. Kris Belden-Adams (Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts) presented "'Quack, Quack!': Photography as a Remote Radionics Healing Agent" at the Eighth International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society in January 2012. The presentation and conference were held at the University of California in Los Angeles, California.
Cindy Gilbert (Faculty and Program Coordinator of Sustainable Design Online) was an invited judge for the 2011 Biomimicry Student Design Challenge contest for The Biomimicry Institute. The student team winners were awarded a grand prize of $5,000.
Continuing Studies Instructor Holly Robbins is working with AIGA Minnesota to revitalize the annual Green Leaf Award that recognizes novel sustainability projects in the field of graphic design in the Minnesota region. The team hopes to bring national attention to this award and instate it as a national AIGA award in the future.
Continuing Studies Professor Arlene Birt was an invited presenter at the annual IXDA conference in Dublin, Ireland. Her workshop focused on how to leverage information design to communicate sustainability messages, and how to develop individual sustainability "background stories."
Dr. Anna Tahinci (Liberal Arts Adjunct Faculty) delivered a lecture titled "Rodin and America: Auguste Rodin and his American Collectors" at Macalester College in January 2012.
Tahinci also delivered a lecture titled "French Women Artists and exhibiting the feminine side of a permanent collection: the "Elles" exhibition at the Centre Georges Pompidou (2009-2011)" at Macalester in February 2012.
Rochelle Schultz Brancato '00, was appointed to the Board of Directors for Museum Alliance of Rapid City, Inc. dba, The Journey Museum. Located in Rapid City, South Dakota, The Journey Museum brings together four major prehistoric and historic collections to tell the complete story of the Western Great Plains. Brancato also chairs the Board's marketing and public relations committee.
Work by Howard Quednau (Acting Chair/Associate Professor of Fine Arts) was selected for the Top Purchase Award at the 46th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Melissa Breitenfeldt '06 unveiled her project for Victory Motorcycles at the Australian Motorcycle Expo on the Gold Coast in February 2012. All artwork was hand drawn with Sharpie markers onto a motorcycle, which took over sixty hours of research, planning, and hand sketching to finish all seven scenes on the bike. All scenes are filled with symbolism of justice and victory.
Dr. Kris Belden-Adams (Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts) published her paper "Reconsidering Roland Barthes: Tense Collision as Photographic 'Punctum'." She presented the paper at the Fourth Biennial Art History Symposium "The Madness of Photography" in February 2012 at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Belden-Adams' paper was one of four selected from forty submitted abstracts.
Recent 2012 graduate Loriana Tosca (BFA, Photography) was the first Photography intern at the Walker Art Center from March to May 2012. She worked as assistant to Cameron Wittig (MCAD MFA alum) and Gene Pittman.
Liberal Arts Professor Dr. Anna Tahinci presented her paper "Constructing, Deconstructing, and Reconstructing the Mediterranean in Contemporary Greek Art: Kostas Tsoklis, Jannis Kounellis, Dimitris Alithinos" as part of the panel titled "Redefining Mediterranean Aesthetics" at the College Art Association annual conference in Los Angeles in February.
An article by Dr. Kris Belden-Adams (Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts) , "Don't Hate the 'Index': Reconsidering the Promise of Peirce for Photographic Theory," appeared in the winter issue of Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism.
Faculty member Dr. Thomas O. Haakenson was awarded a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board for the 2012 Fulbright German Studies Seminar, which took place in Berlin, Germany and Brussels, Belgium, from June 12-23, 2012.
Lauren Zuckerman '82 was the editor of Billy Bob Thornton's Jayne Mansfield's Car, a 1960s era drama about two families from different countries whose cultures clash. Zuckerman attended the film's premiere at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival this past February.
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Work by Stephen Klassen '09, MFA, was exhibited in Meditation on Trees. The exhibition was held at the Foster Gallery of the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire in February and March of 2012.
Published: June 21, 2012
Kevin Russell '08 has been promoted to Senior Editor at Splice, an entertainment design firm in Minneapolis.
Patrick Kelley '06 was awarded the grand prize in the 2012 National Geographic Montana photography contest. He was also featured in a group show at the Two Tigers Gallery titled The View From Earth.
Kayla Plosz '12 held an exhibition at Soo Visual Arts Center in February/March 2012. The show was Plosz's first solo exhibition. This is the tenth year that SooVAC has hosted an exhibition of selected works from the MCAD MFA Program.
Bethany Kalk '05 exhibited in group exhibition Here in the Strata at the Rowan County Art Center in Morehead, Kentucky. A collaborative project by Kalk, Caleb Coppock, and Daphne Eck, the show is an art-based interpretation of Rowan County, Kentucky using elements from the physical landscape.
Ned Hurley '11 created the short film Keys, which was featured in the 2012 Sonoma International Film Festival in California.
MFA '08 graduate Gregory Euclide's installation "held within what hung open and made to lie without escape" has been featured on designboom.com.
Euclide created several dioramas, constructed from found trash he accrued in the park, in order to sculpt a world depicting what he sees as "the same kind of fake control over nature that allows us to be comfortable with the destruction of it."
An article by faculty member Diana Green entitled "Horror Camp: Homoerotic Subtext in EC Comics" was published in Comic Books and the Cold War, 1946-1962.
Defining beauty and creativity are forever debatable. But there's little disagreement that adding art to cityscapes and supporting local artists is a good thing.
David Friedman, MFA '67, held his Color as a Second Language exhibition at Gallery on the Pali in Honolulu, Hawaii in February and March 2012. Friedman's luminous canvases capture the brilliance and vitality of Hawaii's extraordinary beauty. He also co-founded Electric Gallery, a virtual gallery on Hawaii community television.
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