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I'm just curious, how far into the future is the farthest long term plan of anyone on this site?
I'll begin with my honest answer: I have a fairly clear four month plan, semi hazy eight month plan... and I'm reserving future planning for when I get more details. None of my planning markers are dollar amounts. They're all creation goals with strategies to create the dollar amounts to perpetuate forward movement. The final goal is to create an episodic series telling the tale, of a thing wot I think wants telling. So anyways, how about anyone else. What's at the end of your rainbow... and how far in the future does that pot of gold lie?
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Good topic Marius.
The farther I plan into the future the more ambiguous the picture becomes. My feeling is that the future is not fixed. There's a myriad of directions and possibilities that are forming up in the present so I try to be flexible while still staying on a progressive path.
I go day to day on my planing, week to week and month to month based upon the way I'm currently operating. If I were in a production situation that would naturally change depending upon the nature and timeline of the project.
Career wise my plans involve developing areas that I've left untapped until now. That's mostly month to month at the present as I'm sitting on several projects at different stages of development with paths forming up a little more each day.
Long term is being happy in the present while cultivating the future through the perspective of a wide view lens. My ambition is to be completely immersed in the creative process all the way up to the moment when I leave this earthly realm.
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
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"My feeling is that the future is not fixed."
I agree. I believe the future becomes what you focus on...
I am 35 now. I feel in fairly ok physical health. I can work hard for mebbe another 15-20 years, more if I take better care of myself. I will work hard with or without a plan. Planning, just keeps me on course and efficient. Day by day plans can change, and I let them... and account for the change the next day. I find when I find myself on schedule, going according to plan I actually can create the freedom of responsibility for small periods of time to actually enjoy the life bit as well. If I'm on schedule, I allow myself to live, if I'm off schedule, or completely off plan, I make myself work until that reality changes, and then I allow myself to live. I've been living in a struggle state while I have been thinking on things, and very recently my reality changed. I'm comfortable in this new frequency I've JUST hit. I feel I can somewhat sustain this. I don't wish to waste any of the last 15-20 years of productivity I might still have in me, so I think and plan as I work, to best make use of that time. I dunno if that's a right or wrong way to live, but it feels responsible to me, and I'm just trying to do the responsible thing first. I can have fun second, but first I need to be responsible. In an industry where we need each other to plan our goals and dreams, I figure maybe we should have an overview plan. Speaking for my own personal benefit, if the industry had a plan, I'd not have to spend all my time worrying and stressing and trying to come up with a plan, which is in all honesty seeming like an exercise in futility. I have my own personal plan away from the industry, and am just now exploring the ideas of planning within it, as well as away.
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Long-term, I want to have a 3d-animated short film or two under my belt by the time I'm 40. Longer-term, I just hope whatever I come up with amounts to more than just another demo piece. A more far-fetched goal is to eventually make a series of shorts that could be combined into a feature.
The near-term is all about the ground work - drawing characters & comics, planning the film(s), building an audience online... With a little luck and a lot of determination, I'm hoping to be ready to start a crowdfunding campaign in a year or two.
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Hey JaredL, thanks for sharing! Your goals sound realistic, strategies sound solid, and timeline seems reasonable. I'm sure with continued focus you will get there. So I'd like to ask a question on the far fetched goal bit. The series of shorts. Is the medium for that visualized to be for online distribution through independent means, or through the conventional animation institutions (partnering with a studio to produce/distribute them)?
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I'd probably lean more toward online distribution, either through streaming or iTunes. I think Lulu offers on-demand DVDs, so that might be another option.
The mainstream studios... I don't trust them, and my ideas aren't for them to begin with, let's put it that way. What I have in mind doesn't exactly fit their usual demographic for animation.
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Sounds like a very solid and realistic plan sir, nothing far fetched about it and seems completely achievable within your own dominion. I wish you the best of luck, and would love to hear of your updated progress.
So if you don't mind one more question, this one is now geared towards this line "The near-term is all about the ground work - drawing characters & comics, planning the film(s), building an audience online"
While you do those steps, how do you sustain your existence? Do you work a job in the industry?
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Currently I'm a freelance animator, in the game industry. Not the most exciting work, but it covers my expenses and leaves me with enough time to work on my own stuff.
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As a freelance animator in the game industry, do you find your daily working assignments help you improve upon your artistic abilities, do they hinder your artistic abilities, or does it do absolutely nothing one way or another to your artistic abilities. Also, as a freelance game animator, are you pleased with the working pipeline you exist in? I'm not talking about anything outside of the job... but as far as the job goes, is it structured in a manner you approve of, or are there any areas you would improve? And lastly, is gaming animation considered part of the animation industry? (I believe the answer is yes), and if so.. is it recognized by the animation industry's union?
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Might be getting off topic here...
As far as I know, the union is for film & tv animation. They've talked about expanding to games and visual effects, but so far nothing's come of it. Plus, the game industry isn't nearly as centralized as film, and hasn't shown much interest in unionizing (as far as I know).
As far as my work goes... It's work. It keeps me animating, but it's repetitive. I've spent the last several years attempting to learn film-level rigging techniques, because games animation isn't very satisfying for me. So in a way, it's helping my goals by making me hungry for more.
Pipelines vary from client to client, or sometimes game to game.
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True that sir. I was merely asking, cause I'm trying to figure out where the animation industry fits into the scheme of things in the plan. So my understanding then is, right now you work in an industry outside of the centralized industry, and are developing properties and a fanbase that you wish to keep separate from the centralized industry system?
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I think that's what's called "independent".
I look at it like this - At studios like Disney or Dreamworks, assuming the idea wasn't rejected outright, it would need to be run through a family-friendly filter to appeal to a wider audience, and I'd have to surrender all rights and creative control. The end result would be unrecognizable, and if it were successful I'd only have any say in furthering the story if they let me.
Even the few studios who deliberately avoided the family-friendly filter still screwed up their films, either by taking things too far, not far enough, or by forgetting that they still needed to produce a coherent & watchable story.
Screw them. My characters, my story, my filter.
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It's interesting and helpful to see where you guys are and what you're planning.
I'd like to add that with what I'm working on for future purposes none of it involves going the route of the current system. I won't be knocking on studio doors or soliciting the status quo. Everything I'm looking at and working on deals with utilizing New Media and emerging technologies through an independent approach.
Opportunities in these areas are vast and the field is wide open to all as compared to the alternative which is not something that interests me at this point in my life.
Freedom and flexibility is what I'm intrigued by along with the option to go in virtually any direction I want, creatively and otherwise. I've been fortunate in working independently through my own business for many years and that's given me the strength to endure and the confidence to explore outside of the mainstream.
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Charles, here's a question for you. Does any of your planning involve the use of a crew? If so, where will the crew members come from? Will it be built using the same recruitment methods as the studios?
Also, do big studios HAVE to be mainstream? Or could that just be their present strategy to generate revenue? If they get properties with built in audiences, would big studios still be as mainstream as they tend to be? Is there any value to the distribution elements that big studios have access to, both locally and globally? Is there any value to the production pipelines they employ? If the pipelines were designed by the creator of the property, would studios be of any value in execution of the production?
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At the moment my plans revolve around publishing and in pursuing personal creative projects which I've been distracted from for a long time. My main goal is to create again like I used to. Not so much as the nature of the work but in dedicating time to creating.
I'm organizing content and researching ways to distribute it such as ebooks which are becoming a standard method of publishing. I'll be printing a series of small books prior to that which is what I'm working on currently. Primarily educational and creatively inspiration in purpose.
I also have a character based property in storybook format ready to go online that I'm enthusiastic about. Plus lots of other projects in the wings.
Crowdfunding is definitely an area I'll be getting into soon as well. Most of what I'm doing will be associated with crowdfunding efforts in one way or another. Either as rewards or as campaigns in their own right.
As far as developing a crew, that's always a possibility. I could use one now to be honest and when the time is right to expand in that direction it'll be an option to consider. I've organized crews before. Right now I prefer working alone or with small groups of individuals.
In answer to the questions you pose about big/mainstream studios, of course there's value through associations with them. They have great resources. I don't have interest in them mostly from past experience plus it's an environment that doesn't appeal to me. I think establishing a project or property independently is the way to go for many reasons. Among them, positioning. I'd be open to a dialogue with a major studio once I'm in a position of independent strength. Everything they have to offer can nowadays be found somewhere else. Funding, distribution, an audience, all of that can be developed without them. The world does not begin and end with them any more.
When I visualize what I want for myself in the future I see a harmonious environment where extremely creative and unusual projects are developed in a broad range of mediums for a wide audience. I envision a situation that could best be described as a studio of my own as opposed to hooking up with or being under the umbrella of a major established studio in the system. Partnering is a possibility but not being controlled by them. I don't mind being out of the status quo studio system. I see independence as a more promising long term path than what the studios have to offer at this point in my career.
Meanwhile my responsibilities are demanding enough on a daily basis. I stay busy with what's in front of me. The biggest challenge is in dealing with the day to day things that call for my immediate attention.
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I can dig that answer sir. I can go with that. It's become abundantly clear that the industry itself is not stable enough to plan on, and planning to stabilize it seems impossible,as well as a waste of time/energy drain. I can rest at peace knowing I actively tried to find a solution. Now, free of guilt I can create freely on my own. Thanks for the encouraging atmosphere sir.
by the way, I'm actually interested in how that local publisher works out for you, as far as self-publishing goes.
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So far the printer is working out well. He made a proof of the first ashcan formatted book I'm working on and I'll be going in to get the rest of the copies made most likely by the end of the week. Here's the link... http://www.araprinting.com/
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When i hear 'long term' I think Big Project. In my experience bigger projects are hard to follow through because as Charles/John said, life happens when you're busy making plans. I'm trying to focus on projects that I can realistically get done. when i was younger i focused on overambitious projects that were unrealistic, many that i never finished. It's a daunting task to do them solo and it might not even pay off in the long run. I think skills can better be developed by starting small and simple and going from there. Walk before you can run. Coincidentally, it just so happens shorter simple content is what is popular. Working in studios I have learned a lot of what NOT to do in a production or project. I believe in streamlining the animation process. You can still achieve a level of quality but it's not necessary to go down the Richard Williams path and spend the majority of your life animating an epic feature on 1's with complex scenes only for it to wrap up in a unfortunate way. I've been watching the Pink Panther shorts of the 60's and 70's. While a lot of people might not consider them as important as 40's and 50's animation what i see them is very smart economical cartoon-making. A clever way of making limited animation and it's still entertaining. To go back to the idea of sustainable business models, again shorter smaller projects provide you with a larger library of content. This will make it easier to build an audience. The same way webcomics might deliver a page of a story a day/3 days a week, instead of releasing the entire comic in one post. Sometimes i find that in the internet model quantity wins over quality. It's almost the same reason why people visit sites (cough cartoon brew) with low quality, if only because it is something they can look at everyday regardless of whether it is good. But having both quality and quantity and maintaining consistency is the ideal and i think your fans will respect that more.
In essence i think the ideal long term plan is to keep following through on short term plans. It all adds up cumulatively and it's a realistic approach to working on solo independent projects.
A side note, but my friend and I have been working on music projects for years. He was smart enough to get some of our music into licensing deals. We now get checks here and there from our songs being used in different shows. Just goes to show that owning your intellectual properties and employing them in a smart way can make you a passive income. Sure beats all the money you are not making from the properties you work on/develop/create at major studios but don't own.
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Man, if the future was what I set my eyes on then I'd be somewhere else. hahaha
The best laid plans don't necessarily get you laid the way you planned...just don't fuk yourself!
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Sometimes preparation is better then planning. And they are different. I have stories and mini goals to keep me going with big dreams. I prepare for them all. So when the opportunity comes I can seize it. Sometimes being too rigid in your vision can keep you from seeing.


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When you're the son of the world's most legendary superheroes The Commander and Jetstream, there is only one school for you - Sky High, an elite high school that is entrusted with the responsibility of molding today's power-gifted students into tomorrow's superheroes. The problem is that Will Stronghold is starting with no superpowers of his own and, worst of all, instead of joining the ranks of the "Hero" class, he finds himself relegated to being a "Sidekick." Now he must somehow survive his freshman year while dealing with an overbearing gym coach, a bully with super speed and a dangerous rebel with a grudge (and the ability to shoot fire from his hands)not to mention the usual angst, parental expectations and girl problems that accompany teenage life. But when an evil villain threatens his family, friends and the very sanctity of 'Sky High,' Will must use his newfound superpowers to save the day and prove himself a "Hero" worthy of the family tradition.
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Bruce Campbell, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Michael Angarano
Produced by: Andrew Gunn
Directed by: Mike Mitchell
Written by: Paul Hernandez
Running time: 1hr 42min
Opens: Jul 29, 2005 Nationwide
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On one of the nicest days of the year to date, more than 100 seniors gathered in the Lakeshore Medical Center lobby for the annual Senior Springfest. The free program, organized by Weiss Memorial Hospital and Home Instead Senior Care, included fitness and art classes, yoga instruction and taste tests. Seniors could also register for free massages, haircuts and manicures.
"Spring is a time to feel refreshed and renewed," said Caren Perlmuter, vice president of outreach development and geriatric services at Weiss. Perlmuter organized the event, and added, "The temperatures are rising and the flowers are blooming—a perfect time for seniors to feel revitalized with new beauty and health routines."
Dr. Martin Siglin, geriatrics physician at Weiss, greeted attendees at 9 a.m. during his keynote address. "Welcome, this is a feel good day for everybody!" he said. "Every day, we need to feel in the moment. We need to smell the flowers, look at a tree, and listen to the birds around us."
He went on to discuss health concerns particular to seniors—among them stress, depression and memory loss. The proteins in our bodies, Dr. Siglin explained, constantly break down, repair themselves and break down again in an aging cycle that eventually doesn't hold together so well. Keep your mind active, he said, by learning a new language, writing with your non-dominant hand, playing Scrabble or working a crossword puzzle.
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Urinalysis, Complete, Includes Microscopic
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
The kidney plays a key role in the excretion of by-products of cellular metabolism and regulation of water, acid-base, and electrolyte balance. Urine is produced by filtration of plasma in the renal glomeruli, followed by tubular secretion and/or reabsorption of water and other compounds.
Abnormalities detected by urinalysis may reflect either urinary tract diseases (eg, infection, glomerulonephritis, loss of concentrating capacity) or extrarenal disease processes (eg, glucosuria in diabetes, proteinuria in monoclonal gammopathies, bilirubinuria in liver disease).
Useful For Suggests clinical disorders or settings where the test may be helpful
Screening for urinary tract diseases and some nonrenal diseases
Interpretation Provides information to assist in interpretation of the test results
Osmolality is an index of the solute concentration of osmotically active particles, principally sodium, chloride, potassium, and urea; glucose can contribute significantly to the osmolality when present in substantial amounts. The ability of the kidney to maintain both tonicity and water balance of the extracellular fluid can be evaluated by measuring the osmolality of the urine. More information concerning the state of renal water handling or abnormalities of urine dilution or concentration can be obtained if urinary osmolality is compared to serum osmolality. Normally, the ratio of urine osmolality to serum osmolality is 1.0 to 3.0, reflecting a wide range of urine osmolality.
In a random urine specimen, a protein/creatinine or protein/osmolality ratio can be used to roughly approximate 24-hour excretion rates. The normal protein-to-creatinine ratio for males 18 to 83 years is <011 mg/mg creatinine and for females 18 to 83 years is <0.16 mg/mg creatinine. The normal protein-to-osmolality ratio is <0.27.(1) For patients <18 years of age and >83 years of age no reference range has been established.
Reference values for osmolality:
-0-12 months: 50-750 mOsm/kg
->12 months: 150-1,150 mOsm/kg
-Please note above the age of 20 there is an age-dependent decline in the upper reference range of approximately 5 mOsm/kg/year.
This test detects the presence of overt proteinuria (>300 mg/day). However, normal urinary protein excretion is <30 mg/day. The presence of microalbuminuria (30-300 mg/day) is not detected by this method. Overt proteinuria is seen in both renal (eg, glomerulonephritis, renal tubular diseases, pyelonephritis) and nonrenal diseases (eg, myeloma, congestive heart failure, dehydration).
Reference values for protein:
<22 mg/dL
Reference values have not been established for patients <18 years of age.
Reference values have not been established for patients >83 years of age.
The test is specific for glucose. No other substance excreted in urine is known to give a positive result, including other reducing substances (eg, galactose, fructose, and lactose). This test may be used to determine whether the reducing substance found in urine is glucose. Glucosuria occurs when the renal threshold for glucose is exceeded (typically >180 mg/dL); this is most commonly, although not exclusively, seen in diabetes.
Reference values for glucose:
-< or =15 mg/dL
Urine pH is affected by diet, medications, systemic acid-base disturbances, and renal tubular function. pH may affect urinary stone formation. For example, urine pH <6.0 may help reduce the tendency for calcium phosphate stones and pH >6.0 may reduce the tendency for uric acid stone formation.
Produced during metabolism of fat, increased ketones may occur during physiological stress conditions such as fasting, pregnancy, strenuous exercise, and frequent vomiting. In diabetics who are unable to efficiently utilize glucose due to a lack of insulin, starvation, or with other abnormalities of carbohydrate or lipid metabolism, ketones may appear in the urine in large amounts before serum ketone is elevated.
Bilirubinuria is an indicator of liver disease and biliary tract obstruction.
Hemoglobinuria is an indicator of intravascular hemolysis. The test is equally sensitive to myoglobin as to hemoglobin. The presence of hemoglobin, in the absence of RBCs, is consistent with intravascular hemolysis. RBCs may be missed if lysis occurred prior to analysis; the absence of RBCs should be confirmed by examining a fresh specimen. The presence of myoglobin may be confirmed by MYGLU / Myoglobin, Urine.
Reducing Substances:
Urine can contain a variety of reducing substances (sugars [glucose, galactose, sucrose, fructose, lactose, maltose], ascorbic acid, drugs, etc), compounds so termed because of their ability to reduce cupric ions. The primary reducing substances of medical significance are the sugars, glucose (diabetes), and galactose (galactosemia). Other sugars may be found but are not of clinical significance. Because glucose also is detected by glucose-specific dipstick reagents, the test for reducing substances is performed to detect galactose.
RBCs, WBCs, renal tubular epithelial (RTE) cells, transitional epithelial cells, squamous epithelial cells, casts, sperm, free fat, oval fat bodies, bacteria, and pathologic crystals are reported. RBC casts are almost always indicative of glomerulonephritis. White cell casts are typically an indication of acute interstitial nephritis or pyelonephritis, but can also be seen in glomerulonephritides because there is often a component of accompanying interstitial nephritis. Fatty casts and free fat are often seen in patients with nephrotic syndrome or other glomerular diseases associated with significant proteinuria. Granular casts are observed in a number of disorders and are thought to be formed from partially degraded cellular casts, or are protein-derived casts. Hyaline casts are not thought to be indicative of any disease process, but increased numbers may be seen in concentrated urine specimens. Waxy casts and broad casts are most often observed in advanced renal failure. Increased numbers of RTE cells are indicators of renal tubular injury. Increased numbers of RTE may be caused by drugs with renal tubular toxicity (eg, cyclosporine A, aminoglycosides, cisplatin, radio-contrast media, acetaminophen overdose), interstitial nephritis, hypotension (surgical, sepsis, obstetric complications), or heme pigments from hemoglobinuria or myoglobinuria from rhabdomyolysis (eg, alcoholism, heat stroke, seizures, sickle cell trait). Newborns often shed RTE cells in their urine. The presence of squamous cells suggests that the specimen may not have been an optimal clean-catch specimen and could be contaminated with skin flora.
Recommendations by an American Urological Association panel, based upon careful review of all available published outcome studies that contained results of detailed hematuria workups within actual patient populations, are that patients with more than 3 RBCs per high-power field in 2 out of 3 properly collected urine specimens should be considered to have microhematuria and, hence, evaluated for possible pathologic causes. However, the panel also noted that there is no absolute lower limit for hematuria, and risk factors for significant disease should be taken into consideration before deciding to defer an evaluation in patients with only 1 or 2 RBCs per high-power field. High-risk patients, especially those with a history of smoking or chemical exposure, should still be considered for a full urologic evaluation even after a properly performed urinalysis documented the presence of at least 3 RBCs per high-power field. In certain patients, even 1 or 2 RBCs per high-powered field might merit evaluation.(1)
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
-Urine glucose monitoring for the management of diabetes mellitus has essentially been replaced by more accurate and reliable fingerstick blood glucose determination. Also, as a screening test for diabetes mellitus, urine glucose testing has a low sensitivity (though reasonably good specificity).
-Drugs: No interference was found at therapeutic concentrations using common drug panels.
-Normal neonatal infants during the first 10 to 14 days of life may excrete urine giving a positive reaction due to glucose, galactose, lactose, and fructose.(2) The hexokinase method on the chemistry analyzer is specific for glucose only.
-Substances causing false-positive results are bromsulphalein, phenolsulfonphthalein, phenylketone, cephalosporin, aldose-reductive antienzyme, and L-Dopa.
-Fasting or starvation diets may cause positive results.
-Elevated specific gravity, elevated protein, and large amounts of ascorbic acid may cause false-negative results.
-Oxidizing substances such as hypochlorite and chlorine may cause false-positive results.
-The test is equally sensitive to hemoglobin and myoglobin. The presence of hemoglobin, in the absence of RBCs, is consistent with intravascular hemolysis. RBCs may be missed if lysis occurred prior to analysis; the absence of RBCs should be confirmed by examining a fresh specimen. The presence of myoglobin may be confirmed by MYGLU / Myoglobin, Urine.
-False-positive results may be obtained with highly buffered, alkaline urines and large amounts of hematuria.
-Contamination of the urine specimen with quaternary ammonium compounds (eg, from some antiseptics and detergents) or with skin cleansers containing chlorhexidine also may produce false-positive results.
-Microalbumin tests are necessary to pick up early increases in urine protein excretion.
Reducing Substances:
-This test reacts with sufficient quantities of any reducing substance in the urine; it is not specific for glucose.
-Low specific gravity urines containing glucose may give slightly elevated results.
-Metabolites of some sulfa drugs and methapyrilene compounds may interfere with the sensitivity of the test.
-X-ray contrast media in urine produces reduced and false-negative glucose results.
Reference Values Describes reference intervals and additional information for interpretation of test results. May include intervals based on age and sex when appropriate. Intervals are Mayo-derived, unless otherwise designated. If an interpretive report is provided, the reference value field will state this.
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Clinical References Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Wilson DM, Anderson RL: Protein-osmolality ratio for the quantitative assessment of proteinuria from a random urinalysis sample. Am J Clin Pathol 1993 Oct;100(4):419-424
2. Bickel H: Mellituria, a paper chromatographic study. J Pediatr 1961 Nov;59:641-656
3. Morgenstern BZ, Butani L, Wollan P, et al: Validity of protein-osmolality versus protein-creatinine ratios in the estimation of quantitative proteinuria from random samples of urine in children. Am J Kidney Dis 2003 Apr;41(4):760-766


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La Plata High School teacher Michele Bingham won the Patricia Behring High School History Day Teacher of the Year award for 2012.
The award is given to outstanding History Day educators.
Bingham learned that she won when her name was announced as the award recipient at the history fair state championship last year.
"It's almost overwhelming the first time you go because there's just so much to see," said Bingham, who attended the state championship for the first time last year. Although she has been involved with history fair for 14 years, Bingham has always been in the classroom in previous years.
History fair is the equivalent of an annual science fair for history students across the country. Students, teachers and projects from across Maryland compete at the state championships in Baltimore.
"They're all awarded and judged again based upon the History Fair criteria," Bingham said.
A history teacher from each Maryland county is nominated for the award.
Bingham said the award, which includes two plaques, is the first she has received as a teacher. The award was accompanied by a gift bag of history books, including books about the history fair and Charles County's history.
This summer, Bingham will be trained to teach Advanced Placement U.S. history classes. She is currently La Plata High School's coordinator for history fair and a co-coordinator for Charles County.
As a History Day Fair county co-coordinator, Bingham was part of a team that designed a packet to help students and teachers through the History Day process. According to Bingham, the packet, which is an equivalent of the curriculum in Charles County, has been requested by other Maryland counties.
"It's a very big deal because History Fair is across the state," La Plata High School Principal Evelyn Arnold said. "So there is a history fair nominee from across the state, [one from each county] in Maryland. So for Michele to win is very prestigious."
La Plata is Bingham's first assignment as a high school history teacher. She previously taught U.S. history to eighth-graders for 10 years. She has been a teacher at La Plata for six years.
Bingham originally attended school to be a dental assistant and worked for two years. During that time, she thought about how she would return to school so she could become a teacher. The opportunity presented itself when her mother got a job at Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, where Bingham grew up.
"That was a blessing," Bingham, who lives in La Plata, said.
At Seton Hill, Bingham majored in elementary school education, then returned to school to obtain further teacher certification. She is now certified to teach K-12.
"I've always loved history," Bingham said. She shared the interest with her father and grandfather.
Bingham explained that she teaches beyond history textbooks in her classes by sharing with students "the good gossip" and the stories behind the usual facts, dates and names.
"[La Plata High School has] a reputation for excellence, and kids learn excellence from seeing it modeled," said Arnold, who has been principal for five years. "And certainly Michele is an excellent teacher and a good role model, so it's very prestigious for us too."
Arnold said that when she became aware of Bingham's nomination for the award, she felt confident Bingham would win.
"I'm just glad to see Michele recognized," Arnold said. "She puts in a lot of long hours above and beyond the school day to do these types of things."
Arnold added that Bingham is always looking for a challenge, which is why she will begin teaching AP courses.
"She is a very hands-on, very engaging teacher. I think the kids will benefit from [Bingham teaching AP courses]," Arnold said.
For Bingham, going above and beyond her duty as a teacher comes easily because of the support system she has at La Plata High School.
"I wouldn't know to do these things or be comfortable to do these things if Mrs. Arnold wasn't there to give us the support we need also," Bingham said.
"We're very grateful for all [Bingham] has done," said Maryland Humanities Council Program Officer Judy Dobbs, who added that 17 of Maryland's 24 counties participate in Maryland History Day. Charles County has the highest participation rate.
Patricia Behring is the wife of philanthropist Kenneth Behring, who has donated funds to National History Day and the National Museum of American History. Dobbs said that Patricia Behring wanted to support a special fund for History Day teachers, and an award in her name was the result. Every year, a high school and a middle school history teacher from each state are awarded the Patricia Behring History Day Teacher of the Year award.
Maryland History Day is open to public, private, parochial and home-schooled students in grades 6 through 12. This year's theme is "Turning Points in History."
The 2013 Maryland History Day state competition will be held April 27 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, with more than 600 students and 150 judges from throughout the state.
The national competition, which will be held June 9-13, takes place at the University of Maryland with more than 3,500 students from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Guam, American Samoa, China, Korea and South Asia.


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Master of Education (Ed.M.)Our National Association of School Psychologists (NASP)-accredited Master of Education program requires 69 points of coursework. The course of study stresses a firm grounding in the core areas of psychology, especially cognitive psychology, as well as in the tools traditionally used by school psychologists to apply their knowledge and skills to school settings. Completion of the Ed.M. program in School Psychology can lead to certification as a school psychologist in New York State and National Certification in School Psychology (NCSP).
Ed.M. students should plan on three years of full-time attendance, including summers. Although part-time attendance is possible, full-time attendance leads to a richer educational experience. Ed.M. students must be available to spend a minimum of one full day per week for practica in their first year and two full days per week for fieldwork in their second year. Internships are full-time.
Suggested sequence of courses by year and semester:
First Year:
- HBSK 4025 Professional and ethical functions of school psychologists
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- HBSK 5320 Individual psychological testing I
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- HBSK 6380 Practicum in psycho-educational assessment with culturally diverse students
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- HBSK 4030 Multicultural issues in school psychology
- ORL 5362 Group dynamics: A systems perspective
- HBSK 6584 Seminar: School psychology consultation
Second Year:
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- HBSK 5050 Therapeutic interventions for school psychologists
- HBSK 5070 Neural bases for language and cognitive development
- HBSK 5280 Fieldwork in school psychological services
- HBSK 6382 Advanced practicum in psycho-educational interventions in schools
- CCPJ 6362 Group practicum
- HBSK 4074* Development of reading comprehension strategies and study skills
- HBSK 5051 Child-adolescent PTSD and related disorders
- HBSK 5280 Fieldwork in school psychological services
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Over the years, Loeffler Randall has developed quite the fan club — their classic yet cutting-edge looks are always a hit with the cool girl crews everywhere. With that in mind, LR's pre-fall '12 lookbook is an ode to those oh-so-stylish ladies that inspire their designs. The team snapped their friends, family, and real-life fashion stars (read: no models here) in locales all around NYC, making the final product a true portrait of chic city life."I design for myself and for my friends," said co-founder and Creative Director Jessie Randall. "Being real and authentic is something that is very important to me. The modern woman is interesting in her reality — her quirks, the way she is different. We have so many cool, interesting fans who wear our brand...we thought what better way to promote our product than by taking our friends and the real girls who wear our brand and profiling them." While we of course live for the clothes — think effortlessly cool skirts and dresses, and, naturally, sky-high wedges — we can't get enough of these photos. They are rife with wardrobe inspo galore, especially when there's no airbrushed model disconnect. Real talk.


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Delightful kids' magic taken to the extreme! Kids love to make noise. And this really makes noise!
Here's how it goes:You drag out a funny looking box and proclaim, "Here is my Crazy Washing Machine. Why is it called the Crazy Washing Machine? Beacuse you have to be crazy to use it! So it's just the thing for me! This marvelous machine will wash clothes and use no water or soap!
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In this guest blog, ASPCA Director of Disaster Response Dick Green tells us what it's like to be a disaster responder during National Preparedness Month. He also shares his tips for disaster preparedness.
September is National Preparedness Month, and it has certainly lived up to its name! September began just after Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Louisiana. Isaac not only "landed" seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina but took a very similar path. Not nearly the size of Katrina, Isaac still wreaked havoc as a Category I storm that just sat and spun off the coast, bringing more than 20 inches of rain to New Orleans and causing extensive flooding in St. John and Plaquemines parishes.
The Louisiana State Animal Response Team (LSART) asked us to help prepare for the storm and be ready to assist with assessment and rescue. Working in conjunction with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, LSART and the ASPCA provided sheltering support, evacuation, and water and land rescue throughout the impacted areas.
Following Isaac, three members of the Field Investigations and Response Team presented at the National Animal Control Association's Disaster Academy. My presentation, "Trends in Disasters," showed that disasters are increasing worldwide and that, unfortunately, the U.S. is a hotbed—consistently number one or two each year in terms of frequency and impact.
Next, six ASPCA staffers delivered talks at the National Alliance of State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs Summit. I provided a cost analysis for emergency animal sheltering. The take-home message was that shelters that house both people and their pets are the only way to go. My team also conducted nearly 40 interviews throughout the country over the last couple of days, sharing these key tips:
1. Have a Plan. That plan needs to be more that just evacuating with your animals. We hope everyone will do that! Your "all-family" plan needs to include how you will transport your animals, possible routes you will take and your destination/sheltering options. Practice that plan at least yearly and share it with your family and friends.
2. Build a Kit. Don't forget a photo of your pet, medical records, vaccination records, and any special food or prescriptions.
3. Stay Informed. Keep an eye on the weather, follow the projected storm path and don't get caught unprepared. Staying informed also means knowing which shelters house both people and pets, monitoring possible road closures and having alternate travel plans.
4. Know your Neighbors. Now is a great time to have a block party. Develop a telephone tree and determine who is home when. If a disaster occurs when you are at work, your neighbor may be the only one able to reach your pets.
5. Vaccinate and Microchip your Pets. If you are ever required to shelter your pets, you will want them protected against disease. And the single most important piece of advice we can offer is to microchip your pets. It is truly their ticket home. And remember to update your contact information if it changes.
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our baby girl 550 days old but can't speak like another baby girl that 400 days old.
we are worry about this. my baby girl understand anything but when she want to speak , she Screams.
she start to standing and walking in 8th month but that baby girl start walking on 12th month.
people says:
those babies who start walking early, will start talking late and vice versa .
is this true?