text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Fired, one month accomodation? Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Fired, one month accomodation? Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message kiwiboy_nz_99Joined: 05 Jul 2003Location: ...Enlightenment... Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:20 am Post subject: Fired, one month accomodation? I've just been fired from a uni position. Now they're telling me I need to get out of my digs. I heard that it's law that I can have one month accomodation after the firing date. Is that true? Back to top BTMJoined: 20 Jan 2003Location: Back in the saddle. Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:33 am Post subject: I haven't heard that, but does it say anything about 4 weeks notice (or otherwise) in your contract? (My university declined to pick up my contract, but I have my apartment until September, even though I'm not working, since that's when the contract ends. Were you fired, or just non-renewed?) Anyway, sorry to hear it, and good luck. [edited : spelling] Back to top kiwiboy_nz_99Joined: 05 Jul 2003Location: ...Enlightenment... Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 2:53 am Post subject: Actually they said they will call it a resignation because it would be better for me, kind of sensitive I thought. Aside from the fact that they cited totally picky small reasons that would not have got a uni teacher fired in any other country i know of, plus they were all things that other teachers had done, or were doing. Basically nsomeone there doesn't like me. In my resignation letter I stated that i would resign at the end of the first half year, in other words i would not return for the fall semester. I'm hoping that means they pay me for August which is holiday time. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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Update: This contest is over. The winners are Trang from Lancaster, PA, Samantha Jo Jordan from Charlottesville, VA, and Adrienne Rankin from Greenville, SC. Congrats!
Isn't it nice to be selfish sometimes? There's no need to share your caramel cupcake – it's all for you! Along the same line, have you ever considered the feelings of your cupcakes? They are so often forced into crowded conditions, sharing tight living quarters with their peers on large stands. With Sweet Stands, each of your empowered cupcakes can have a stand of its own.
Sweet Stands (featured in my yogurt and honey cupcake post) would be so cute at your next dinner party, and Hello Hannah (the maker of Sweet Stands) has offered to give three packages of Sweet Stands away to Cupcake Project readers!
How to Win
When I started thinking about this giveaway, I began to ruminate on the word "stand." I wondered about everyone reading this post and where in the world each of you are standing. I thought it would be fun for us all to share where we live and (while we are at it) at least one of our favorite places to get dessert in our towns.
I trust that any Cupcake Project reader knows his/her desserts, and I, for one, would love to check out your top picks if I ever make it to your neck of the woods.
So, to enter:
- Leave a comment on this blog with your hometown and one of your favorite places to get dessert (your kitchen doesn't count).
- For a second chance, become a Facebook fan and leave a comment on this post on Facebook with your hometown and your second favorite place to get dessert (it must be a comment on this post, not just a comment on my wall).
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- All entries must be in by Thursday, September 30, 11:59 PM CDT.
- Only two entries are allowed per person (one on Facebook and one on this blog).
- Blog entries must include an email address or a link to a profile with an email address.
- I will randomly draw three winners and post the winners on this post on October 1.
- If I do not hear back from a winner within one week, I will draw a new winner.
- Sorry, the prize can only be shipped to an address in the continental U.S. However, just for fun, I'd love to hear from international readers. Maybe, if you win, you'll know someone in the States that you'd like me to send the prize to.
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|Gluten-free chocolate chip cookies from Free Range Cookies
As most of your know, I'm from St. Louis, Missouri. I have so many favorite places to get dessert. But, the place that I want to highlight today is Free Range Cookies. Linda of Free Range Cookies makes the very best gluten-free baked goods that I have ever had (I'm not gluten-free and I still love her stuff). Aside from her fine pastries, I chose Free Range Cookies because of this:
Lynda is not only the one person who asked me to sign the copy of People Magazine that I was featured in, but she actually hung it on the wall (not even my mom did that!).
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Is EBV the cause of MS? #MSBlog #MSResearch
"Having been here from the beginning I incorrectly assume that all our readers would have gone back and read all our previous posts. How could they have there are now over 2600 to read. This paper has been covered before, but it is a very important paper. It shows that in EBV-negative people who go onto to develop MS, 100% of MSers EBV positive prior to the onset of MS compared to only 36% of control subjects. Why is this important? To claim that EBV causes MS you have to show a clear temporal pattern, i.e. of being exposed to the virus before the onset of the disease. I have also covered causation theory on this blog and this is one of the criteria you need to fulfill to claim that X causes Y, in this case EBV causes MS."
"I personally think there is enough evidence to claim that EBV causes MS. To prove this we need to show that if you prevent people being infected with the virus we prevent MS. This is easier said than done and can only really be done with an EBV vaccination study at a population level. Another option is to target EBV, with anti-viral drugs, and if this reduces MS disease activity it will support EBV as the cause of MS. This is the primary aim of the Charcot Project."
Objective: To determine whether MS risk increases following primary infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV):
Methods: A nested case-control study, was conducted, including 305 individuals who developed MS and 610 matched controls selected among the >8 million active-duty military personnel whose serum has been stored in the Department of Defense Serum Repository. Time of EBV infection was determined by measuring antibody titers in serial serum samples collected before MS onset among cases, and on matched dates among controls.
Results: Ten (3.3%) cases and 32 (5.2%) controls were initially EBV negative. All of the 10 EBV-negative cases became EBV positive before MS onset; in contrast, only 35.7% (n = 10) of the 28 controls with follow-up samples seroconverted (exact p value = 0.0008).
Conclusions: The investigators' concluded that MS risk is extremely low among individuals not infected with EBV, but it increases sharply in the same individuals following EBV infection.
"Did you know that almost all highly-effective DMTs target B-cells the cells where EBV resides? I have been trying for years to get EBV biomarkers added into clinical trials to test the hypothesis that these drugs are working via an anti-EBV mechanism. Unfortunately, it seems as if Pharma are not interested in proving their drugs work in this way. Why would they? This would simply lower the hurdle and open the door for anti-viral studies.Why would we want to kill the goose that is laying the golden eggs?"


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INX Digital introduces MSS Eco Solvent Inkjet Inks
Thursday, May 02, 2013
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San Leandro, CA – Continuing with a strategic approach to produce innovative new products that are friendly to both the planet and printers, INX Digital has introduced its new MSS eco-solvent inkjet inks. Designed to be used in conjunction with Mimaki® JV33™ and JV34™ wide format printers, these Triangle® brand line inks offer a host of environmental solutions.
"We recently completed beta testing at a number of sites in North America and these inks passed with flying colors. The results and the comments we received were very impressive," said Ken Kisner, INX Digital's Vice President of Business Development and CTO for digital division ink technologies.
"For a very long time, INX has demonstrated a commitment to corporate responsibility in developing new products that are less harsh on the environment. Printers using the MSS eco-solvent inkjet inks will benefit from less waste with cartridge-by-cartridge changeover or by taking advantage of our other bulk use ink systems. In addition to being a cost-effective solution that does not spare quality, these are tremendous advantages that sign graphics and other specialty printers should consider."
INX Digital has formulated the MSS inks so they are color and chemically compatible with Mimaki SS21 inks. They offer a wide range of compatibility with vinyl banner media and are available in CMYK. No flushing or re-profiling is required, so printers will experience less waste when changing the 440 ml cartridges. Options include one liter bottles for use with the EasyFill Bulk system, or the Eco Bulk ink system that houses ink in a 2000ml bag-in-box format. It can contain up to two liters of ink, delivers greater consistency and saves money with less waste.
Fast drying with excellent adhesion, MSS inks are supported by the INX Digital worldwide outdoor durability and ink train warranty that is a standard offering on most Triangle brand ink products. MSS also is part of the company's recycling program, which accepts any empty wide format ink cartridges – Triangle, OEM or other alternative ink branded cartridges. The main requirement is that printers must return a minimum of 25 cartridges and free shipping is available.
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Sodexo helps James Beard Foundation with conference
Oct. 19—Sodexo has partnered with the James Bead Foundation for The System on Our Plates, the foundation's first conference.
Founded in collaboration with the Sustainable Food Laboratory, the invitation-only event will focus on public health and sustainability through the lens of the foodservice industry. It will be held in Washington, D.C. next week.
The agenda is based on a series of regional meetings hosted by the foundation and and the Sustainable Food Laboratory, which were held in Portland, Ore., Portland, Maine, Kansas City, Mo., Long Island, N.Y. and New York. Through various presentations and panels, the conference will address topics such as what can large foodservice operations learn from the experiences of chefs in small, independent restaurants and vice versa and beyond the sourcing of ingredients, how should foodservice operations best address sustainability issues such as water and energy consumption, waste and labor? Guest speakers include Sam Kass, White House chef and senior policy advisor for healthy food initiatives; Mike Strain, commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry; and Chef Nora Pouillon, owner of Restaurant Nora in Washington, D.C.
"Sodexo is proud to have a role in the diverse local and national programs initiated through the James Beard Foundation and its launch of The System on Our Plates," Arlin Wasserman, vice president, sustainability and corporate social responsibility for Sodexo, said in a press release. "We look forward to contributing fresh insights from our unique vantage point in the foodservice industry."


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This is my clone of the popular game Agar.io (by Agario)
This is my clone of the popular game Agar.io (by Agario)
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★ Eat dots (agar) or other players to grow and dominate the board.
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Evidence | Genetic Phenomena | Genetic Processes | Genetics | Genetics and Genomics | Genetic Structures | Genomics | Investigative Techniques | Law | Life Sciences | Other Genetics and Genomics
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University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, "Crime Scene Investigation: TV versus Reality" (2013). Center for Human Identification Oral History Project. 6.
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Woodlands Pure Vegetarian South Indian Cuisine
Where: 6040 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando (between Oak Ridge and Lancaster roads). Contact: 407-854-3330 The lowdown: Walk through the door of Woodlands in south Orlando and into the vegetarian kitchens of southern India. Unless you are familiar with dosai, uthappam, pullaos and curries, the 81-item menu is daunting at first. If it's lunch time, the buffet is a bargain at less than $10, and it offers an excellent sampling of the menu. The price includes masala dosai, thin rice crepes stuffed with chopped potatoes and onions. Woodlands is part of a small chain of three restaurants with other locations in Charlotte, N.C., and just a few hours drive south of Orlando in the Fort Lauderdale 'burb of Lauder Hill.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The woman who married a notorious Rockefeller impostor and bore his child told jurors in his murder trial Tuesday her story of a 12-year-marriage to a man whose identity was a lie.
Sandy Boss said she was charmed by the bright, quirky man who called himself Clark Rockefeller and she believed everything he told her about himself.
They met in 1993 when she was studying for her MBA at Harvard and was invited to a cocktail party at his New York apartment. The theme was the game "Clue," and they came in costume.
"I was Miss Scarlett and he was Professor Plum," she recalled. "I liked him. I thought he was intelligent, very funny, quirky, flattering and complimentary. A good person to get to know."
They began dating and by 1994 she had graduated, had a finance job in New York and moved in with him. He told her he was an heir to the Rockefeller fortune but was on the outs with the rest of his relatives and never saw them.
He said his parents had been killed in a car crash in 1978.
"I assumed that what he was telling me was true," she said. "I didn't have reason to think he was not the person he said he was."
When he proposed marriage in June 1994, she accepted and they married the next year.
But once they married, she said his charming demeanor dissipated and he became demanding of secrecy in all their affairs. He handled finances but she provided the funds and signed blank checks for him to use. She said he put charges on her credit cards and had none in his own name. He installed multiple phone lines and had their mail delivered to post office boxes. They moved frequently.
He also had an aversion to certain places. He refused to visit California which he said he hated and would never set foot in Connecticut. Unknown to her, he was under investigation in both places in connection with a missing persons case.
He is charged with the 1985 murder of John Sohus who disappeared from his San Marino, Calif., home with his wife, Linda. The man's bones were unearthed a decade later. Linda Sohus has never been found.
Boss didn't know her husband was a German immigrant named Christian Gerhartsreiter who had once lived in San Marino and was under investigation in the couple's disappearance.
He told her he was doing third world debt negotiations.
Their daughter was born in 2001, she said. But in 2007 Boss became aware that he was not Clark Rockefeller and she left him.
"I hired private investigators who told me they couldn't tell me who I was married to," she said.
Boss, 45, was composed on the witness stand but never mentioned her ex-husband's name, referring to him as "the defendant."
She lives in London with their 12-year-old daughter. A pretrial ruling barred prosecutors from asking her about his kidnapping of their daughter, which sent him to prison in 2009.
Defense attorneys deferred cross-examination of Boss until Wednesday.
Earlier, a key witness linked the defendant to a truck bought by the man he is charged with killing in California more than a quarter-century ago.
Christopher Bishop, who became an Episcopal priest, testified that in the 1980s he met a man who called himself Christopher Crowe. Bishop was a film school student and was told by his father, a priest, that there was a new young man in their Greenwich, Conn., community who was a filmmaker. He introduced them and they became friends.
Bishop said Crowe talked of producing films and one day he offered to give him a truck he said had been used on a production shoot. He suggested Bishop contact California to get license plates. But when he did, he said, he was told there was a lien on the vehicle for $6,000.
"I got a bright idea to buy a cheaper model of the same truck, take the plates off and register it. I was a poor film student then," the witness said sheepishly. He said he drove the truck around with fake plates and then abandoned it at a train station. He never saw it again, and it has never been found.
Bishop acknowledged lying about the saga when he was first questioned by police.
"I lied," he said. "I said I knew nothing about a truck. I was pretty panicked.... This was a person I trusted."
He added, "It was not my finest hour."
Bishop said the next time he talked to Crowe he told him a detective had been inquiring about him, and angrily asked, "Who the (expletive) are you?"
"He said, 'I gotta go,' and that's the last I saw of Chris until this case," the witness said.
Other witnesses have said victim John Sohus and his wife, Linda, bought the truck just before they vanished in 1985. At the time they lived in a suburban San Marino home owned by John Sohus' mother and defendant Gerhartsreiter — using the name Christopher Chichester — occupied a guest cottage.
Defense attorneys claim that victim John Sohus was not killed by their client but by his wife, who vanished at the same time he did.
There has been no evidence of a motive for either Gerhartsreiter or Linda Sohus to kill John Sohus.


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Fashion Marketing& Management
I'm all about the business of Fashion.After the styles have been sketched, developed and created, someone needs to draw consumers into the boutiques and drive them to the fashion websites. If you have the energy, passion, and tenacity to make that your mission, our Fashion Marketing & Management degree program is your starting point. Working with hardware and software used in the business world, you can learn about the business of fashion—from gaining key insights into consumer behavior to managing a retail operation to finding new ways to increase in-store and online traffic. It's about giving you the skills to compete in a fast-moving industry. You'll be surrounded and inspired by other talented, creatively driven students. And you'll be pushed, challenged, and, above all else, supported by experienced faculty* committed to helping put you in the front line of fashion.
*Credentials and experience levels vary by faculty and instructors.
Degrees Offered
Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Marketing & Management
Bachelor of Arts in Fashion Marketing & Management
See ge.artinstitutes.edu/programoffering/5255 for program duration, tuition, fees, and other costs, median debt, salary data, alumni success, and other important info.
Classroom Experience
Don't sell me the program. Just show me the ropes.
It takes more than a love of fashion to carve out a career in such a highly competitive field. It takes confidence, drive, and hard work. And it takes the skills our program can help you build. You'll start with fundamentals like color theory, fashion drawing, pattern-making, accessory design, and life drawing, then begin to add to your skills in areas including fabric and fiber selection, color trend analysis, and target market research. You'll explore concept development, technical drawing and design, specialty design markets, and product development. You'll study current designers, apparel trends & concepts, and managing the apparel product development process. See our gainful employment pages for possible careers that match the program that interests you.
Meet Our Almuni
Derek BrownDigital Filmmaking & Video Production , 2011
"I enjoy [being] a digital storyteller."Read More
Derek Brown
Derek J. Brown works as a production associate for Rocky Mountain PBS in Denver. He was part of the team that created "Urban Rez," a nationally distributed documentary about the legacy and modern effects of American Indians relocating to urban areas that won a 2013 Emmy Award in the Heartland Chapter regional competition. His other accomplishments include earning the President's Scholarship at The Art Institute of Colorado and a nomination for the 2009 Heartland Chapter Emmy Awards.Read More...
He's proud of his Navajo heritage and enjoys using his career as a vehicle to tell stories about his tribe's history. Derek also served his country, earning the rank of Sergeant in the United State Marine Corps and serving as a Marine artillery for seven years.
Derek, who in 2011 earned a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Filmmaking & Video Production from The Art Institute of Colorado, says his education taught him the importance of being original. He encourages current students to stay focused and to learn from the advice, criticism, and encouragement of fellow students and instructors.
See ge.artinstitutes.edu/programoffering/916 for program duration, tuition, fees, and other costs, median debt, salary data, alumni success, and other important info.
Diana GormleyFashion Marketing & Management , 1996
"[My education] helped to solidify that the fashion world was for me."Read More
Diana Gormley
Diana Gormley is the director of the modeling division at Donna Baldwin Agency/Revolution Management in Denver, Colorado. She scouts, develops, promotes, markets, books, and places commercial and fashion models worldwide. Diana spent 12 years in New York City at two major fashion modeling agencies. She's now proud to be running a successful agency in the Rocky Mountains.Read More...
Diana is inspired by fashion, music, art, society, people, and literature. She enjoys the freedom and ability to be creative every day. "[It's] never the same thing twice watching my models achieve their dreams."
Diana, who in 1996 earned an Associate of Applied Science in Fashion Marketing from The Art Institute of Colorado, says that her education taught her discipline and commitment to a goal. "It helped to solidify that the fashion world was for me." She recommends that current students stay strong and work hard. Diana explains that her business is a lifestyle. "If you want a career that defines you, that you will love every day, go into fashion and never take no for an answer."
See aiprograms.info for program duration, tuition, fees, and other costs, median debt, salary data, alumni success, and other important info.
Elise WigginsCulinary Arts , 1998
"I always say when I teach classes that you need to let the food [talk to] you. A recipe is a great guideline but you need to let the food tell you what to do with it."Read More
Elise Wiggins
Named 2017 Chef of the Year by Eater Denver
Elise Wiggins is the owner and executive chef at Denver's Cattivella Restaurant, featuring Italian dishes with a strong community following. Her talents and reputation were recognized by Eater Denver, which named her 2017 Chef of the Year. Prior to opening her own restaurant, Elise made a name for herself as the executive chef at Panzano Restaurant.
She urges students to work with recipes—not just follow them exactly. "You don't know if that recipe was made on the East Coast or West Coast or further North in America because climates are different. Flours are different, sugar is different, salt is even different. You need to expose yourself to the different ingredients."
Elise remains connected to The Art Institute of Colorado by mentoring graduates of the school's culinary programs. One of these grads earned the distinction of 'Best 30 Under 30' in Zagat. "That was tremendous." Elise says.
The demands of the culinary industry are not for everyone, she cautions. "Making a thousand raviolis a day is hard but you need to appreciate the tedious stuff. It has to ring your bell. You have to really enjoy it. Otherwise you will burn yourself out." Elise believes that repetition builds knowledge of food and preparation techniques. "If you are making pasta dough over and over the years, you will realize that the pasta dough changes with the weather. The more moisture that is in the atmosphere, the more moisture is in the dough. The time of year the flour was milled has an impact on the flour and the moisture. The more you handle a product, the more it speaks to you."
Elise, who in 1998 earned an Associate of Science in Culinary Arts from The Art Institute of Colorado, says that her education built upon her existing love of culinary arts. "[A chef where I worked] actually encouraged me to go to culinary school. [He said] if you don't know the why and the bases and how to dice things in the proper sizes, then you don't understand how the end product comes out." She encourages current students to focus on the "why" in culinary school. "You really need to have that in order to get where you need to be, at the level of where you want to be. If you really want to be a chef you need to get as much education as you possibly can."Read More...
Eric LindInterior Design , 2006
"The collaborative nature of studio classes created a healthy competitive environment not unlike the workplace."Read More
Eric Lind
Eric L. Lind is working as an interior designer for Gensler, an integrated architecture, design, planning, and consulting firm in Denver, CO. He is assigned corporate workplace projects to create functional spaces that protect employees' health, safety, and welfare. "I am the leader of the 'Revit-guru' team within the workplace studio at Gensler Denver, which means that I regularly participate in conceptualizing designs and am heavily engaged in the virtual modeling of solutions and producing the construction documents," he says.Read More...
Eric's most noteworthy project to date is the San Jose International Airport terminal renovation that he completed while working at a previous firm. "It has received numerous awards and is quite a progressive design which integrates modern technology while focusing on an unrivaled passenger experience." He adds that the best thing about interior design is the ability to impact lives by shaping experiences within a space. "Designers bring expertise to realizing a built environment that helps clients take their business to a new destination. We support habits and encourage the development of new ones through creative design solutions."
Eric, who in 2006 earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design from The Art Institute of Colorado, says that his education focused on technology and critical practice areas that provided a strong foundation for his career. "Passionate and experienced instructors challenged students to seek innovative design solutions while teaching vital skills for execution. The collaborative nature of studio classes created a healthy competitive environment not unlike the workplace." Eric encourages current students to network and make their own opportunities. "Wear your passion on your sleeve and do not accept the first solution as the right one. Never burn a bridge. The design community is very tight knit even in large markets."
See ge.artinstitutes.edu/programoffering/923 for program duration, tuition, fees, and other costs, median debt, salary data, alumni success, and other important info.
Eric YoungstromVisual Effects & Motion Graphics , 2014
"[My education] taught me that hard work pays off. I used school as an introduction to the software, sort of a 'hello' to the basic terminology and skills that now I'm on my way to mastering."Read More
Eric Youngstrom
Eric Youngstrom is a motion graphics artist for Altitude Sports & Entertainment in Colorado. He's responsible for art direction, design, and animation of in-game and promotional graphics for the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Mammoth, and Colorado Rapids. A typical day consists of Cinema 4D work mixed with After Effects to complete—start to finish—graphics for the five television shows his company produces and broadcasts.
Eric's work includes everything from conceptualizing to storyboards, texturing, lighting, animation, rendering, compositing, editing, and sound design. The end result is a complete television show package that includes opens, caps, rejoins, transitions, in-show elements, and logos. Eric counts his dad as his hero. "He has taught me patience and to be honest and hard working. Growing up I took all of that for granted but now I can see where it is all coming into play." He also looks up to his instructor, Ognian Bozikov, who instilled in him a passion for VFX and compositing. His favorite studios are Framestore, Image Engine, Pixomondo, Digital Domain, and Method Studios.
Eric, who in 2014 earned a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Effects & Motion Graphics from The Art Institute of Colorado says that his education helped him to learn industry-relevant software and push his imagination. "It taught me that hard work pays off. I used school as an introduction to the software, sort of a 'hello' to the basic terminology and skills that now I'm on my way to mastering." He encourages current students to understand the challenges of a career in visual effects. "It has to be something you're truly passionate about because the industry doesn't accept half [efforts]."
See http://ge.artinstitutes.edu/programoffering/930 for program duration, tuition, fees and other costs, median debt, salary data, alumni success, and other important info. Read More...
Morgan GutshallGraphic & Web Design , 2013
"My education was, and still is, very valuable in getting a career started. Not only do I have the technical skills that I learned from all of my classes, but I have the critical thinking skills that I developed in my time at school."Read More
Morgan Gutshall
Morgan Gutshall is a graphic designer for Pure Strategic in Boulder, Colorado. She designs promotional assets and associated graphics and website comps for the company's clients. Morgan enjoys being able to express herself within a creative environment. "I enjoy the freedom that I have to suggest better solutions in my graphic design work. I like that I can strategically plan out and make decisions in everything I do—and have [the knowledge] to back up my [opinions]," she says.Read More...
Morgan is proud to have been the first person in her office with multimedia experience. "[I enjoy] working with my hands just as much as I like working with pixels. Any chance I get, I will use my artistic skills to bring whatever I am creating to the next level." She accomplishes this by styling and photographing 3D objects rather than clipping out and combining stock images. "I'm also really proud of the cookbooks I've created here—those are pretty neat!"
She lists her creative influences as Jessica Hische and Stefan Sagmeister. "I really appreciate their artistic style, and continue to look through their work when I feel like I am in a creative block." She also looks to fellow designers and her family for inspiration. "My dad is my artistic hero. Without him, I would not have explored my artistic talents and I would not be where I am today."
Morgan, who in 2013 earned a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design from The Art Institute of Colorado, says her education provided valuable technical and critical thinking skills she uses daily in her career. She recommends that current students take time and absorb from those around them after graduation. "You learn [so] much being in the actual field [after graduation]. Don't feel bad if you don't feel proficient at everything right off the bat. Every year since graduating, I look back at the year before and see how much I've accomplished and I am thankful for all of the new things I have learned—and am still learning."
See http://ge.artinstitutes.edu/programoffering/918 for program duration, tuition, fees and other costs, median debt, salary data, alumni success, and other important info.
Seth MillerMedia Arts & Animation , 2014
"[My education] provided a sense of self-reliance. No excuses, and it stressed the importance of a great portfolio."Read More
Seth Miller
Seth Miller is working as a forensic animator for Kineticorp in Greenwood Village, Colorado. He specializes in 3D animation software and techniques for both accident scenes and vehicles. "I use these skills in three-dimensional modeling, rendering, lighting, camera matching, motion capture, character animation, and video analysis to further the field of accident reconstruction," he says. Seth is proud to be the lead author and presenter of a research paper at the upcoming SAE International conference. SAE International is the premiere world resource for the design, manufacturing, operation, and maintenance of automobiles and aircraft.Read More...
He adds that he enjoys his career because it gives him a sense of purpose and fulfillment. "I go to work each day and know that my contribution directly affects the business and its success." Seth says that movies and video games were the original inspiration for his choice of study, but he quickly discovered that he wanted to work in a different field. "I felt those industries were too unreliable for me. I wanted a secure field where I could truly create a career."
Seth, who in 2014 earned a Bachelor of Arts in Media Arts & Animation from The Art Institute of Colorado, says that his education taught him the technical skills he needed to succeed in the industry. "It also provided a sense of self-reliance. No excuses, and it stressed the importance of a great portfolio." Seth says that current students need to remain focused on their studies. "If you're a slacker, you will fail. Employers want someone who is dedicated. They want someone who they can count on to complete a task when it needs to be done."
See ge.artinstitutes.edu/programoffering/925 for program duration, tuition, fees and other costs, median debt, salary data, alumni success, and other important info.
What Will I Study?
I know I have to earn it. I'm ready to start.
The Fashion & Retail Management curriculum will immerse you in the business side of fashion. And from day one, it'll test your abilities and your commitment. You'll focus in on building the tools to compete in an industry that rewards those with a knack for creative problem solving as you study:
- Sales and Event Promotion
- Consumer Behavior
- Textiles
- Brand Marketing
- Visual Merchandising
- Retail Operations and Technology
- Apparel Evaluation & Production
- Business Management
- Financial Management
- Merchandise Management
- Advertising
- Trends and Concepts in Apparel
- I'm looking for my proving ground.
I'm looking for my proving ground.
At The Art Institutes system of schools, creativity is our core, our calling, our culture. Our Fashion Marketing & Management degree program is built on that creative foundation. It's also built on our knowledge that a creative career is not for the faint of heart. Every day is a new challenge, a new test, a new hurdle. And because it's tough out there, it's tough in here. But we'll support you along every step of your journey. That's why we provide mentoring and real-world experience, with faculty* who've worked in the field and internship possibilities at successful businesses. You'll be encouraged and expected to be bold. To take risks. To push yourself and the people around you. It won't be easy. In fact, it'll be the hardest thing you'll ever love.
*Credentials and experience levels vary by faculty & instructors.
Meet Our Faculty
Edward PopovitzGraphic & Web DesignRead More
Edward Popovitz
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?Read More...
When I was young, I painted the sign for my mom's beauty shop. Everyone loved it. I did not know who, what, where, or why, but I did know that I wanted to work in art. From photography for ads to designing menu boards to creating layouts for magazines, I realized that art and design were a way life.
How do you weave your professional background into the classroom experience?
My work in the design community puts me in touch with many resources so I make it a point to bring real-world projects into the classroom. I provide experiential opportunities for my students. We visit professional studios and I bring in guest speakers to enrich the classroom experience.
What class assignment exemplifies your approach to teaching and mentoring?
My pre-press and production project invites students to create books that are a personal statement about something significant in their lives. I like this project because it involves both digital and handmade craftsmanship. Students are challenged to practice everything they have learned—from designing a layout to sourcing materials to measuring, cutting, and assembly.
How does collaboration contribute to students' success?
I create opportunities for students to work together. Group projects, critiques, and teamwork build relationships and help bridge programs.
What's the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
Look around and be amazed. We all spend too much time on our devices. Engaging with people, visiting places, and looking for new experiences will inform your design choices more than any software or any class.
What's the most critical advice you would offer any student embarking on a creative career?
Get involved in a professional organization. Every discipline has a one, and that's the place to make connections.
Shannon Hayashi, CEC, M.Ed.Culinary Arts
Dedication and integrity are two valuable ingredients for success.Read More
Shannon Hayashi, CEC, M.Ed.
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?Read More...
One's destiny is determined by the first breath one takes. As a child, teenager, and young adult, I was always an educator, mentor, and coach, in and out of the classroom, never knowing that would be my destiny. Cooking never crossed my mind, but when I entered the restaurant field I knew that I had a gift for cooking. I never looked back from that moment.
In your opinion, what makes a great chef?
I feel that a great chef does not necessarily make a great educator. It takes compassion, dedication, sincerity, and, above all, continual research and professional development to instill greatness and success in the student.
How would you describe your approach to teaching and mentoring?
Here are a few thoughts I pass along to my students that I feel have contributed to their growth and success: Be accountable for your education. Learn once, and learn forever. Immerse yourself as you would to learn a foreign language and respect your profession.
What's the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
Dedication and integrity are two valuable ingredients for success.
What's the most critical advice you would offer any student embarking on a creative career?
First, be curious, and discover on your own. Second, think of ideas that can help improve the way we live together. And lastly, decide what will be your contribution to your community.
Anything else you'd like to share?
The opportunity to be able to influence the careers of students is an honor that an educator should never take for granted.
Steven PierceGame Art & DesignRead More
Steven Pierce
Was there a defining moment when you knew you were destined to become a creative professional?Read More...
Even as a child I could draw, paint and take photographs. As a college biology major, I signed up for a non-art major sculpture class. My teacher saw something in my artwork and became a mentor as I worked toward a double degree in art and horticulture.
What class assignment exemplifies your approach to teaching and mentoring?
I believe that when students work in teams to create successful level designs, they build confidence and self-esteem. The game development process is not easy. But when new team members work with more experienced students, they quickly learn what works and what does not work. Success breeds confidence. When students share in the design process, they each feel more engaged. They are empowered to take creative chances, which puts them on the path to innovation. Expanding creative innovation is something that is needed in business today. I see this play out in the projects I assign in my classes: Level Design and Game Prototyping, as well as in Pre-Production, Production, and Post-Production.
How does collaboration contribute to students' success—particularly when students from various programs work together?
Video game development is the art of the 21st century. From 2D and 3D design to story, audio, and animation to programming, creating interactive experiences is demanding, and students need support from other disciplines. Cross-program collaboration generates excitement and creates connections that can help build professional networks after graduation.
What's the most important thing you impart to students to help them succeed in class and the real world?
Be persistent. Work and work, then keep working and learning. Learning is a lifelong endeavor.
What's the most critical advice you would offer any student embarking on a creative career?
Tough artistic problems demand varied solutions. Be persistent and follow through with quality and professional courtesy.
I'm challenged by the opportunity to take my ideas and bring them to life. Marlon Munoz
Visual Effects & Motion Graphics, Miami International University of Art & Design, 2008


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Exciting news today for Elder Scrolls fans. On September 10th (and September 13th in Europe), we'll be releasing The Elder Scrolls Anthology on PC. This premium box set (shown above) includes all five main games from the series – Arena, Daggerfall, Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim – as well all the official add-ons and expansions for Morrowind, Oblivion, and Skyrim.
To help you explore the expansive world of Tamriel, the Anthology also features a set of five physical maps detailing the lands of Tamriel, Iliac Bay, Morrowind, Cyrodiil and Skyrim.
In case you haven't been with us since 1994, here's a recap of all five titles that will be included in the $79.99 package (€59.99 / £49.99 / $89.99AUD)
Arena – Assume the role of a lone prisoner and travel to Tamriel's most famous and dangerous sites to collect the shattered Staff of Chaos and save the Empire from the evil Imperial battlemage, Jagar Tharn. The Anthology features the original version of Arena and will launch within a DOS emulator.
Daggerfall – The ancient golem Numidium, a powerful weapon once used to unify Tamriel has once again been unearthed. In the power struggle that follows, the King of Daggerfall is murdered and his vengeful spirit haunts the kingdom. The Emperor Uriel Septim VII sends you on a heroic path to put the king's spirit to rest and ensure that the golem does not fall into the wrong hands. The Anthology features the original version of Daggerfall and will launch within a DOS emulator.
Morrowind – To fulfill an ancient prophecy, the Emperor sends you, an unknown Imperial courier, to the island of Vvardenfell to rid the land of Morrowind of a dark curse. Through a series of dangerous and magical quests, you are transformed into one of the Empire's most enduring heroes. Also includes: Tribunal and Bloodmoon add-ons, plus The Elder Scrolls Construction Set.
Oblivion – With the Empire ready to crumble, the gates of Oblivion open and demons march upon the land. In the shadow of evil, a hero will rise from the ashes of a fallen Empire. You must find the true heir of the Septim line and restore him to the Imperial throne, while unraveling the sinister plot that threatens to destroy all of Tamriel. Also includes: Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles expansions.
Skyrim – Dragons, long lost to the passages of the Elder Scrolls, have returned to Tamriel. The future of Skyrim, even the Empire itself, hangs in the balance as they wait for the prophesized Dragonborn to come; a hero born with the power of The Voice, and the only one who can stand amongst the dragons. Also includes: Dawnguard, Hearthfire, and Dragonborn add-ons.
Wanna see more? Check out our slideshow below featuring additional images from the collection.
What versions of the games are included with Anthology?
The Elder Scrolls Anthology is the same content you would get if you purchased the boxed version of each game.
- Arena and Daggerfall include a pre-configured version of DosBox that gets installed during installation and allows you to play on modern machines.
- Morrowind GOTY and Oblivion GOTY are based on the retail versions of the game, which do not require Steam activation. For Oblivion, this means that the disc version of the game does not include the smaller add-ons (Horse Armor, Fighter's Stronghold, Mehrunes' Razor, etc)… more on that below.
- For Skyrim, the disc is based on the Legendary release of the game, which requires Steam activation.
As a bonus, the included Steam key will activate Steam versions of Morrowind GOTY and Oblivion GOTY Deluxe. Like the disc release of Oblivion, the deluxe versions include the main game, Knights of the Nine, and Shivering Isles, but it also adds English versions of the Wizard's Tower, Fighter's Stronghold, Orrery, Thives' Den, The Vile Lair, Mehrunes' Razor, and Horse Armor. These add-ons are not compatible with the disc version of the game, so you will need to use the Steam version to access them.


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Odyssey House calls for residential drug rehabilitation beds in country Victoria
A leading Victorian drug rehabilitation provider is calling for extra residential rehabilitation centres in country Victoria, to combat a 100 per cent increase amphetamine-related problems in the last two years.
Most of the increase in amphetamine use can be attributed to the drug ice.
Odyssey House says its existing 15 bed residential facility at Benalla in the north-eastern Victoria has a waiting list of up too three months.
Odyssey House chief executive officer Dr Stefan Gruenert says new centres are desperately needed in Mildura, Gippsland and the Barwon areas.
"One of the real tragedies of any sort of drug treatment is that when people come knocking on the door asking for help and you've got a waiting list of two or three months and you can't give it to them straight away," he said.
"That's really heartbreaking. We'd love to be responsive immediately to everyone who knocks on our door."
He says addicts need to be treated in their own communities.
"We see a number of people in regional Victoria that say they want to access services in their local area, instead of going to a big facility in the city."
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Platinum OP Series order picker models feature Ergolift, a design feature that reduces operator stress and increases overall productivity. The Ergolift design incorporates a secondary mast on the fork carriage that allows the operator to raise and lower the pallet to comfortable heights while stacking and retrieving. Ergolift reduces the need for operators to stress their backs with constant bending because pallets are always at the correct height. The Platinum OP models also provide efficient performance with dual control pods that allow simultaneous drive and lift/lower functions. The series includes two models with the choice of nine mast heights and capacities up to 2,200 pounds.
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Visitation: 3:00 -8:00 pm family present 3-5 & 6-8 pm January 11, 2010 at Powell Funeral Home, Wellman
Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m. January 12, 2010 at Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church
WELLMAN- Ora Lynn Marner, was born June 16, 1912 in rural Iowa County, Iowa, the son of Eli G. And Elizabeth (Kinsinger) Marner. He has lived in the Parnell and Wellman area throughout his lifetime. On December 1, 1935, he was united in marriage to Eunice Lenore Reber, at the home of John Y. Swartzendruber in Johnson County, Iowa. They settled on a farm and made that their occupation. They lived and worked together there for 49 years, before moving to Wellman in 1984. Ora was a member of the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church, the Farm Bureau and an active volunteer for many years for the Mennonite Disaster Service and also donated his time to help with building projects at IMS, Lower Deer Creek Church and Pleasantview Home. Ora died on Friday, January 8, 2010, at Parkview Manor, in Wellman, Iowa at the age of 97 years. He is survived by his children: James Marner and wife Charleen of St. Louis, MO, and Loris Miller and husband Merle of Granger, IA; 8 grandchildren: Michelle Pashos, Kevin (Carol) Marner, Marta (Kevin) Guckes, Vonda (Chris) Briles, Lisa (John) Allen, Kimberly Roby, Krista (Brian) Kielty and Scott Reagan(Ann) Miller; 20 great grandchildren: Michael (Joanna), Nicholas, Zachary and Alexis Pashos, Megan (Matt) Viox, Kendra (Chad ) Stearman, Brycen (Kacey) Marner, Aaron, Jessica and Carmen Briles, Emma and Amie Kielty, Allison and Benjamin Roby, Wilson, Samuel and Elliot Miller, Danielle, Audrey and Rachel Guckes; 6 great great grandchildren: Brooke and Luke Viox, Chase Stearman, Michael Pashos II, Christopher and Drew Courtright. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Eunice, a brother John Marner and two sisters: Vertie Marner and Susan Roth. Celebration of Life Service will be held10:30 AM on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at the Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church, near Wellman. Rev Don Patterson will officiate. Burial will be in the Lower Deer Creek Cemetery, near Wellman. Visitation will be Monday from 3:00 to 8:00 pm at the Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Wellman. The family will greet friends from 3:00 to 5:00 and 6:00 to 8:00. A memorial fund has been established for Lower Deer Creek Mennonite Church or Hospice of Compassus. Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com under obituaries.


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The members of Fralinger String Band are amazed and grateful that the warehouse fire which threatened an entire block somehow did not destroy most of the props that figure to be a significant part of their production in the 2013 SugarHouse Casino Mummers Parade. Several members expressed to me their gratitude for the Philadelphia Fire Department. This photo shows the Fralinger members who quickly moved the props out of the warehouse the next day, as soon as fire officials said they had a safe few minutes to do so.
The fire started in an auto repair shop adjacent to the area in which Fralinger's props were housed. Fralinger rented a part of the warehouse for storage and has no relation to the auto business. The collapsed portion is obvious in the photo. Next to that is the section of the warehouse where the props were stored. Lots of water went on it. But, a firefighter explained to me that Fralinger benefited from a great firewall that held and also that where the props were stored was a section that was like a box within a box.
Fralinger had initially feared that its own props were destroyed and opened the Fralinger Fire Fund. It did lose tools, but now with word that 95% of the props are salvageable, mostly water damage that can be repaired, Fralinger says it intends to distribute most of any money raised to the families adversely affected by the fire or by the water damage in fighting it.
Fralinger, of course, won 8 First prizes in a row until a couple of years ago. This year they are going up 17th, last in the String Band Division, and that historically is a strong place to be. The band's theme this year is a "haunted" theme. Fralinger is determined to succeed and although the fire has put them a couple of days behind schedule, they also pledge to intensify their efforts, for the families affected, for the Mummers community that has offered assistance, such as places to temporarily store props, and because, well, it's Fralinger. You might be able to take away their props, but you can never take away their professionalism.
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A better way to improve organizations using overlooked employee talent has taken a top award from a notable management group. Marguerite Schneider, an associate professor in NJIT School of Management, is the co-author of "Leadership a Complex Adaptive System: Insights from Positive Deviance." Curt Lindberg, of Complexity Partners, Bordentown, NJ, was her co-author.
The paper received the 2012 Best Paper Award from the Organization Development and Change Division of the Academy of Management. It will be presented in August at the organization's annual meeting in Boston and published in the Academy's Best Paper Proceedings. Sage Publications, United Kingdom, also accepted a more detailed article developed from the research project for publication next year in its journal Leadership.
The research focus resulted from a long-term project to reduce the Staphylococcus aureus (MSRA) infection at Maine Medical Center through an organizational change technique, known as "Positive Deviance." It had been clear for some time that the transmission rate of infectious diseases can be reduced by frequent hand washing and other obvious techniques. Yet, complicated patient care issues and policy along with power differentials (such as hospital staff who witness doctors neglecting to wash their hands but fear the doctor's wrath for pointing this out) are among the hurdles to overcome in reducing this deadly infection.
"Our theory was that good people who are accomplishing excellent results already exist in organizations and can become wonderful agents of change," says Schneider. "But oftentimes their accomplishments remain unknown. We wrote this paper to call attention to the good work that is already being done, but is either unnoticed or unappreciated. My hope is to encourage more people to look more deeply within their own organizations to effectuate positive change."
The technique is based on the application of complexity theory to organizational leadership. It encourages behavioral change through revealing and tapping into "positive deviants" or notable individuals who come to lead the change process from within based on their own behaviors that deviate from the organization's norms and accomplish extraordinary results using ordinary resources.
"How do they lead this change?" Schneider asks. "They are wise regarding the organization's work processes, history and norms. The change and development process known as positive deviance unearths these folks, and their stories become compelling and motivating to others. But rather than merely train others to copy the deviants' behaviors, the positive deviance process is also about continuous improvement and generation of new ideas and behaviors through a team-based, collaborative effort."
Themes that emerged in the study include the roles of anxiety, attachment and relationships in facilitating change efforts; and power shifts and the subsequent emergence of leadership that occurred across the MSRA collaborative.
It is important to realize that organizational change efforts cause anxiety and skepticism among even the best employees, and this must be acknowledged and overcome for any change to occur. The means for overcoming anxiety and skepticism include tapping into our need for attachment/affiliation and relationships. If people experience the change together, support each other, and reflect upon and share their experiences with the change, the change becomes part of their culture and identity, and they embrace rather than fight it.
In terms of power shifts, complexity theory illustrates that leadership is often an "emergent" process coming from the bottom-up or occurring laterally among peers.
One of the strongest leaders in fighting MRSA infection at Maine Medical Center was a patient transporter/van driver, who had developed great practices and ideas but was initially filled with fear and intimidation at the idea of talking about his positive deviance practices.
The study illustrates that several major changes in patient care policy occurred based on the Positive Deviance initiative.
Yet, the study also illustrates the requisite role of top management in an often bottom-up organization. In order for the change effort to be successful, top management must sincerely endorse and support the effort with resources, emotion, and interest; and must recognize and reward those associated with the effort.
Further, powerful groups such as doctors must learn to understand that patient care comes first, and that the lowest-level employee is doing his/her job by reminding a busy, distracted doctor to follow practices that reduce infection transmission.
One nurse's aide described how she realized that deep change had occurred when she overcame her fears and corrected a doctor politely in front of several patients, as the correction needed to occur at that moment, and the doctor sincerely thanked her for the reminder. So some aspects of traditional hierarchical and positional power remain, but they must evolve to become more egalitarian in order for all employees to have voice and contribute toward improving the organization's performance.
The application of complexity theory to leadership is one of Schneider's research interests. "I am thrilled," she said, "that this work is helping to illustrate the human side of complexity-informed change in organizations, and does so within a healthcare setting."
|Contact: Sheryl Weinstein
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Collective Health CEO Turned 'Horrible' Insurance Tale Into Startup
What happens when a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur feels gouged and taken advantage of by a health-insurance company?
You get Collective Health, a new software-as-a-service company that says it will put more power into consumers' hands when getting medical bills reimbursed by health insurers.
The company this week announced a Series A round from Founders Fund, the Social+Capital Partnership and angel investors.
Co-founder and CEO Ali Diab, a veteran of Qwilt Software Inc., AdMob Inc. and Ripple TV Inc., said insurance companies purposely keep their coverage and pricing calculations under wraps, which opens the door for over-charging consumers and businesses.
Companies with more than 5,000 employees have increasingly opted to insure their own workforces in the hope that doing so will increase transparency and bring costs under control. But Mr. Diab said smaller companies cannot afford the expensive and time-consuming process of setting up self-insurance, and are stuck signing on to major health plans.
Collective Health is aiming to cut significant costs out of the process by automating a good deal of the work, which may put self-insurance within reach for much smaller businesses.
Mr. Diab recently talked to Venture Capital Dispatch:
Q: What is Collective Health doing that has not already been done?
A: Well, it's not practical today for a smaller company to self-insure. There is a lot of workflow, quite a lot of human-resources work and cost. You must contract with a health-benefit consulting company, and this can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. It's a significant speed bump for smaller businesses. What we are doing is using software on this consulting aspect, which will make it accessible to many more people. Consultants charge you an arm and a leg to build a model of your risk. Our software models risk and performs analysis. It helps people set up a plan and budget for it. It handles customer support and claims administration.
Q: How come something like this has not been done before?
A: This is not easy to do. It involves a lot of technology expertise, and a lot of subject-matter expertise. It involves dealing with thorny, hairy systems. This not an app, it's a whole cloud-based system.
Q: Where did the idea for the company come from?
A: I had a terrible experience myself with reimbursement of health-care costs. Last year, I had this condition where my intestines got twisted, and it cut off blood supply. It was dangerous, and I had to get surgery. It just happened, it was just bad luck. Then my health insurer claimed that it did not have to pay a lot of the charges. I battled with them, and there was no transparency. In the end, I had to pay quite a lot of money out of pocket. It was a horrible experience. Soon I started working with a friend who is a physician and an economist. He's our chief health officer now.
Q: Now that you have launched and are on the hunt for customers, how would you describe the need for a software product like this?
A: There is a tremendous need because of the never-ending premium and cost increases of insurance companies. In the last decade, the average premium has gone up 13% each year, which is far more than the actual rising price of health care. Spending on health care in America is growing twice as fast as GDP. Insurance companies used to bear risk. Now they function as middlemen, and there is little transparency into the issue of costs. We want to help people insure themselves without a middleman.
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One of the problems with MSI's Andy Tung's statement was that it was impossible to say if the figures extended beyond MSI's own Wind, and if it was possible to apply this claim to the general netbook market. Canonical's marketing manager, Gerry Carr, confirms in an interview that retun rates for netbooks running open source software is indeed higher than that of those running Windows XP. "We don't know what the XP return rates are," Carr states, "But I will say that the return rate is above normal for netbooks that offer open-source operating systems."
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As some have noted, it's interesting that people who switch from Windows to Mac OS X do not seem to have this problem. Personally, I believe that there are some logical reasons why this is the case. I think most people buy a Mac after having it seen in operation at a friend or relative, or even after having played with it at an Apple Store or an official retailer. Also, I think most people already know that Apple is different than Windows, and as such, when they choose to purchase a machine from Apple, they are aware it's going to be different. There is also a psychological effect at work; an Apple computer is not cheap, and post-purchase rationalisation will certainly play a role here.
These factors do not play much of a role in the purchase of a netbook. They are much cheaper, and often, online resellers are unclear that they do not come with Windows. In addition, people are simply less familiar with the whole concept of Linux than they are familiar with Apple - it is easier to deal with something new and different if you know there's going to be something new and different in the first place. And to make matters worse, there are probably very few 'real' retail stores who carry Linux machines for prospective buyers to test.
All in all, I agree with Carr when he says that it doesn't really matter how good or bad desktop Linux is; the fact that it's different is in and of itself reason enough for its adoption rate to be slow.


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Sebastian's Jungle-City
Name: Sebastian or Mavis (due 1/1/12)
Location: Salisbury, CT
Color Inspiration: More recently my husband and I moved from Toronto, Canada to the sleepy town of Salisbury, CT (pop. <2000). Jungle/Jalapeno Green was our inspiration as it was lively and fresh yet, was gender neutral as baby is due in January and we are waiting to find out the sex. In an attempt to bring a little city to our newborn, I painted a cityscape and lion/taxi cab motif on two of our walls. Green was a perfect compliment to the jungle vines that are escaping from the rooftops!
Tip for Using Color: GO FOR IT!! It's a kid's room and it should be fun so why not make it fun, inviting and full of color! I typically have stayed away from using multiple colors but for this room we started with jalapeno green and white and then added a little punch with teal and grey for our furniture accents.
Colors Used: Jalapeno Green, White, Miramichi Teal/Aqua and Sweatshirt Grey.
Thanks for your colorful entry Nattalie and good luck!
What's at stake? Bragging rights AND $1000 worth of prizes from P'kolino!


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Just wanted to see if this has ever happened to anyone else and what the result ended up being?
I took a FRER this morning (SMU) and it showed up positive (faint, but not a squinter) about 45 seconds into the test. It was well after the urine had cleared the window and the control line was in place. I didn't even second guess it - I was like "omg! This is a positive test!" And it remained positive for several mins. Long enough for me to take numerous photos and oogle it's beauty before it began to fade. By right around the 10 min mark, it had all but faded into what I'd classify as bfn. Now it's no longer there at all. Pretty much stark white (although I can convince myself to see something if I really try - but if I'm being honest with myself, nothing is there).
For what it's worth: I'm currently on CD49. (Cycle lengths vary from 28-48 days). My last cycle was the longest I'd had in a long time at 48 days. I don't chart... don't know when I O'd... but had what I thought might be IB 10/31-11/4. Light brown tinted discharge only every now and then when I wiped. I have taken about 3 tests since then. All were BFN, including one yesterday at CD48, so I assumed all the "symptoms" I'd convinced myself of having were just me wanting to see something that wasn't there.
This is now one day beyond my longest cycle length and this test happens so now I'm confused.
I'll attach a pic that I took about 7 mins into the test. Thoughts? Similar stories? Outcomes?


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Many agricultural experts expected the worst when temperatures began to rise and the rain stopped falling in the Midwest last summer. But stronger hybrids and biotech traits resulted in higher grain quality and fewer problems with aflatoxin than anticipated. Iowa State University's Charles Hurburgh says corn, in effect, "committed suicide" and transferred nutrients to the kernels rather than leaves and stalks, increasing test weights. Hurburgh was a speaker at Iowa State's Integrated Crop Management Conference in Ames, Iowa.
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Release Date: 2006 |
Album Rating: 4.0I'm eagerly anticipating for their next release and I hope I won't have to wait for too long.
Album Rating: 4.0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBJuQz1riY0
The album on Youtube.
This band needs more love.
Album Rating: 3.5I thought this was kind of boring and nowhere near as good as their first three releases, but it was a step up from the stuff that came after them.
Album Rating: 3.7Good call for the review John, this is a great album aligned in a series of nothing but great Solitude Aeturnus albums.
I saw this incarnation of the band live and it was awesome.
If they ever decide to record again, they should also consider Brian Balich from Argus/Penance doing the vocals.
The result of the bands next two albums wasn't satisfactory
I humbly beg to differ, Downfall is awesome and Adagio is a flawed gothic/doom metal masterpiece, if that makes sense.
Album Rating: 4.0Well, it was certainly better than Downfall and Adagio.
Thanks Vod, I really hope to see these guys live sometime.
I can't imagine this band with anyone else on vocals than Robert Lowe.
Album Rating: 3.7You should listen to the last two Argus albums - their second one is streaming at their website - the man's voice is right for the job.
Album Rating: 4.0Will do, thanks man.
Nice review man, have a well deserved pos.
Where does one start with these guys?
Didn't know Treb was in this band
"Their debut for sure."
Thanks Jac, they seem to have a solid discog.
2nd one is almost as good too man
Album Rating: 4.0Manosg, you are invited to start with any of their first 3 albums, as all of these three are truly
great. Personally, I would suggest you to begin with their second, as I think it's their best.
Great band and great revieiw, pos'd.
One thing you might want to consider revising:
It seemed as they had pulled abruptly the plug.
Nice. A friend of mine loves this band.
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Album Rating: 4.0Thanks Jamie for the correction. I knew that I had made a mistake there in the first place, but I just
couldn't think of the appropriate sentence.
Nice work man. Have to check some time their previous albums.
Album Rating: 4.0Thought you had already dude.
Album Rating: 4.0Great review, surprisingly good album. Can we have more, please?
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Album Rating: 4.0Thanks man, I'm glad you liked the album.
Album Rating: 4.5Their peak, what a monster of an album. They truly are better than Candlemass.
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Apple/Samsung Jurors Admit They Finished Quickly By Ignoring Prior Art & Other Key Factors
from the rushing-to-get-things-done dept
As we said on Friday, that certainly raised significant questions about how carefully the jury actually reviewed the issues in question. While some said it could have just been a clerical error in answering all the questions, that appears not to be the case. Because after the judge instructed the jury to fix the mistakes, they didn't reassign those damages elsewhere, they just wiped them off the slate. Besides, even if you were to argue it was merely a mistake, that's no excuse. This "mistake" could have ended up costing millions of dollars. That's quite a "mistake."
Over at Groklaw, they're discussing this and other evidence of jury misconduct. The awarding of damages for things they found didn't infringe was already pretty bad, but some of the other details highlight how the jury clearly did not read the jury instructions (or bother to comprehend them).
A Reuters interview with the jury foreman demonstrates conclusively that the jury ignored the rules. Foreman Velvin Hogan told Reuters that they wanted to punish Samsung:
"We wanted to make sure the message we sent was not just a slap on the wrist," Hogan said. "We wanted to make sure it was sufficiently high to be painful, but not unreasonable."That sounds nice, except... patent awards are only supposed to be about making the patent holder whole, not about punishing the infringer. And, in fact, the jury instructions clearly stated this:
The amount of those damages must be adequate to compensate the patent holder for the infringement. A damages award should put the patent holder in approximately the financial position it would have been in had the infringement not occurred, but in no event may the damages award be less than a reasonable royalty. You should keep in mind that the damages you award are meant to compensate the patent holder and not to punish an infringer.And yet here's the jury foreman flat out admitting that they decided to use the award amounts to punish Samsung. Elsewhere, it becomes pretty clear that Hogan was hardly an impartial juror. He has his own patent, 7,352,953 on "recording and storing video information." That, by itself, does not automatically make one biased in favor of the system (I know plenty of people with patents who hate the patent system), but he admitted elsewhere that he ended up making decisions based on how he would feel if it was his patent at stake, rather than on what the law actually says -- and then said he needed to rule as if he were speaking out "for all" patent holders. In an an interview with Bloomberg, he made that bias clear:
"When I got in this case and I started looking at these patents I considered: 'If this was my patent and I was accused, could I defend it?'" Hogan explained. On the night of Aug. 22, after closing arguments, "a light bulb went on in my head," he said. "I thought, I need to do this for all of them."He then told Bloomberg that "he explained his thinking to his fellow jurors" and that seemed to drive the discussion. An interview with another juror, over at News.com, confirmed that Hogan's views focused the jury, with one juror admitting that they just started ignoring prior art, because that question was too time consuming. Seriously.
"It didn't dawn on us [that we agreed that Samsung had infringed] on the first day," Ilagan said. "We were debating heavily, especially about the patents on bounce-back and pinch-to-zoom. Apple said they owned patents, but we were debating about the prior art [about similar technology that Samsung said existed before the iPhone debuted]. [Velvin] Hogan was jury foreman. He had experience. He owned patents himself...so he took us through his experience. After that it was easier. After we debated that first patent -- what was prior art --because we had a hard time believing there was no prior art."Yeah. Read that sucker again. The jury instructions are again clear that the jury needs to consider the prior art, but according to this juror, Manuel Ilagan, after foreman Hogan talked about his own experience with patents, they decided that prior art was "bogging us down" and they might as well "skip" it.
"In fact we skipped that one," Ilagan continued, "so we could go on faster. It was bogging us down."
In the long run, the jury verdict probably won't matter much, because this case would have been appealed no matter what. But these kinds of stories certainly give Samsung plenty of fodder to ask the judge to toss out the jury verdict already. It also raises questions, yet again, about why we allow juries on patent trials. This has been a big problem for a long time and the results here only serve to emphasize that fact.


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A fabulous early Radio Interview with our brilliant Jim Carrey at just 20 years of age. Jim is being interviewed by Don Harron, a Canadian Comedy Actor and Journalist for his program - Don Harron's Morningside.
Don starts the interview in awe of Jim's bursting repertoire of impersonations, 150 and counting at just 20 years old.
Then they both go on to describe Jim's first encounter with Don, at Don's book signing when Jim was a kid, a lovely cute story and Jimbo even then the funny little organic wit he still is today.
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(It is my understanding that this is what happened with MD5, and is potentially also happening with SHA-1... Breaking hashes this way seems to be purely a matter of time, given that you have some skilled mathematicians at hand)
For cryptographically secure hash algorithms, it's not really feasible time-wise to do this.
"Which properties of a hash algorithm make it cryptographically secure ?"
This isn't the answer you want, but probably the one which is closest to the truth: The property of having been seriously analyzed by thousands of cryptographers in public and still remaining standing.
Haha...ok I wont avoid the question. In principal, the the hash bits must not reveal any information about the input bits. In practice, this means:
Any single bit change must, on average, effect 50% of the hash. There must be no calculable correlation between any input bit and output bit. Linearly sequencing through input values must not produce any pattern in output values. Any bias whatsoever indicates a weakness.
All else being equal, a slower hash function is theoretically more secure than a faster one (after both having been optimized as much as possible). If the faster one requires X operations to brute force, the slower one may take X*100 operations to brute force.
As you were saying, even the ideal hash function is vulnerable to deliberate collisions every 1/(2^bit) iterations, therefor the bit length must be chosen such that the fastest conceivable cracking machine will be unlikely to uncover any collisions in it's lifetime.
Some research is being done to make cryptographic primitives which are not only computationally hard, but also "memory hard". Most hash functions today don't need more than a few hundred bytes of ram, which hypothetically makes it possible to brute force millions of instances simultaneously on a single chip. If a hash function uses 50MB of state, then clearly the parallelism potential of these chips is sharply reduced.
Also something worth noting. Anyone can build a database of forward hashes regardless of the algorithm, and then lookup the reverse hashes on demand. For this reason, it is unwise to hash secret data without random salt.
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Do people behave differently at free concerts?
Following the publication of my review of the Joan Jett & the Blackhearts show at Artpark last week, I received an abundance of feedback. Most of it was positive. Some of it was far less so.
The majority of the letters, comments and posts regarding my review were not particularly concerned with Jett & the Blackhearts. After all, the band delivered a strong, incredibly tight set at Artpark. Any fan of the band would most surely have found the gig to be a successful one on that front. It was my implication that the crowd was tame to the point of rudeness that seemed to hit a nerve with readers.
My suggestion that folks who are going to a show might want to do a little research into what they're going to see raised the ire of some readers, who claimed that I'm acting as "the concert police." (That would be a great band name, by the way. Just a thought.) This suggestion is a few miles wide of the mark, but let's get to the subtext of my argument. I've been thinking about this for a few years, as we've seen the number of free and soft-ticketed shows in Western New York increasing toward the point of critical mass. This question has been bouncing around my brain-box whenever I attend one of these shows: Do people behave differently at concerts that they are either attending for free, or for a $5 to $15 admission fee, than they do at a show they paid a full ticket price for?
It seems to me that they do.
I'll paraphrase the particularly nasty responses to the Jett review thus: Why should we pay attention to these old farts who are well past their prime? They aren't worth our interest. And by the way, don't tell us how to act at a concert, you punk!
OK, then. This begs the question: Why did you go?
Is it merely a social event at this point? Is the music simply to be treated as a jukebox, background music for conversation and drinking? Have we really sunk that low?
Jett & the Blackhearts are certainly past their commercial prime. The band hasn't had a big hit in a few decades, despite the fact that Jett's influence on younger bands who routinely fill stadiums is vast and obvious. Musically speaking, Jett still delivers the goods. If she was playing a club in the region, and the ticket price was, say, $25, her name would likely bring something in the range of 500 people to the show. These 500 people, though, would be there because they wanted to be there – not because it was outdoors, free or inexpensive, and the sun was shining. For Jett and her band, playing to a few hundred die-hard fans willing to take part in the concert experience would surely trump playing to several times that number in an atmosphere marked by a disheartening apathy.
"Most of the people around us were just talking amongst themselves and not even looking at the stage, which sucked for those of us excited to see Joan Jett and enjoy the show," one reader from Rochester wrote in response to my review.
"Joan Jett delivered, and then some," opined another reader. "Crowd was lame. Could not understand it. Fortunately, had moved myself and my daughters – 14 and 12 – down to the front standing area, to feel some energy, and there, it was a terrific time. When we moved back for the middle portion of the show, it was quiet as a church. Subsequently moved back down, for the final 6 songs, thankfully."
"Sounds like a typical WNY middle-aged crowd at a show put on by a rock star of their past," wrote an out-of-town reader. "They are there for the radio hits only, and have no interest at all in hearing anything new or unfamiliar. Too bad for them, as they are missing out. Have seen the same thing numerous times."
Haven't we all?
Some clarification is certainly in order here, in response to the whole "concert police" tag that disgruntled readers sought to hang on me after the Jett review ran. I am not interested in dictating some sort of code of behavior for free-thinking concert attendees. That goes against my own beliefs, and the core tenet of rock 'n' roll, which is at heart a music that celebrates nonconformity and freedom.
However, I do have a beef with the concert attendee who comes to a show just because it's free or cheap, and then proceeds to suck the life out of the room for the rest of us. Concert performances are about give-and-take between musician and listener. When the audience gives nothing back, the performance inevitably suffers. Add a purposeful disrespect into the equation – a sort of "Who cares? It's free!" attitude, often signified by loud talking throughout the show or a complete lack of respect for the concertgoer who might actually be there to engage with the performance – and a negative vibe becomes noticeable.
If you have no respect for the performer, and are not interested in engaging with them – of if you are like some of the readers who reacted to my review, and are disgusted with the amount "classic rock" acts who frequent our region in the summertime – why not stay home? Make a "mix tape" of your favorite songs, invite a few friends over, and talk and drink beer in your backyard.
The situation at the Jett concert was certainly not unique to Artpark. In fact, the Lewiston venue addressed the issue – indirectly, perhaps – when it began to charge a small fee for the formerly free Tuesday in the Park shows last summer, and capped its attendance capacity at 12,000. The result has been a positive one in terms of traffic flow and the general comfort level of the concert experience.
I'd argue that a fair ticket price would alleviate some of these problems at free and soft-ticketed events in the summer. At present, it seems that we are either asked to pay way too much money for our tickets, or next to nothing (if not actually nothing). There is no middle ground. Market value does not seem to be something that we can discern any longer. It may well be a symptom of capitalism that consumers can't see the value of something if they aren't asked to pay for it. Which may be why we appear to be on a slippery slope toward a place where music ends up lacking value in our culture. We shouldn't let this happen.
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