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It doesn't have any seats. Or carpet. Or door panels. Or doors, for that matter. But it starts and runs. And at Corvettes at Carlisle, it turned heads and raised eyebrows as it made its official debut. "It" is Project C4orce, and, in addition to being the subject of a seminar at Carlisle, it also appeared at Mid America Motorworks' site on the Manufacturers' Midway. Project C4orce was greeted with enthusiasm and curiosity at both locations-gratifying because Trey Hanson and Jody Gregg of Speed Hound Performance burned more than their share of midnight oil finishing up all the last minute details that always bite in a very tender part of the anatomy.
Aside from the inevitable 11th hour adjustments and alterations, Project C4orce has been proceeding fairly smoothly. After Trey installed the Vmax Motorsports-modified cylinder heads and an LS6 intake manifold (that Speed Hound Performance had leftover from a supercharger project), he completed the intake system with a cable-actuated Camaro/Firebird throttle body, which had also been modified by Pete Incaudo of Vmax. Modified (or ported) throttle bodies are available from a variety of sources, but we've found a fair amount of variation in both the quality of the modifications and the results they produce. Pete has a truly unique understanding of air flow, which invariably translates into cylinder heads, intake manifolds, and throttle bodies that offer unrivalled performance. (I'm frequently reminded of that when someone in a uniform asks me for my license and registration.)
At this point in time, we don't have actual horsepower numbers because the car isn't in "dynoable" condition, but according to the flow bench, we've got a killer throttle body. Its flow characteristics will definitely allow the engine to take maximum advantage of the performance potential of the new camshaft and cylinder heads.
Considering the vast array of off-the-shelf camshafts that are available, you may be wondering (then again, you may not) why we elected to have Comp Cams grind a special "C4orce profile." Unless your departure from the turnip truck is fairly recent, you're probably well aware that developing a "combination," as opposed to simply choosing components out of a handful of catalogs, is the key to maximum performance. Since our turnip truck days were more years ago than we care to remember, we wanted a cam profile optimized for this particular engine and the conditions under which it will operate.
Power output is obviously the primary concern, but that has to be tempered by drivability and low-speed torque considerations. One of the most common mistakes people make when selecting a cam is they focus on the "golden ring" of horsepower and never consider they don't have the support necessary to be able to reach up and grab it. It doesn't make any sense to choose a cam that produces "maximum horsepower" yet kills so much low-speed torque that the engine is a dead player at speeds below 5,000 rpm. In addition to making a vehicle unpleasant to drive, camshafts with excessively long duration can actually be a performance liability-by the time an engine reaches the rpm at which the cam starts to deliver significant power, whatever vehicle was in the next lane is long gone.
In the case of our C4orce profile, we kept duration reasonably short, but selected lobe designs with exceptionally fast opening and closing rates. This combination of characteristics delivers an exceptionally broad torque curve and more than enough horsepower to embarrass the same people who snickered at the idea of installing a 5.3-liter "truck" engine in a C4.
Before we could start the engine, the PCM had to be reprogrammed to accommodate a number of the changes we had made. In addition to replacing the original injectors with a set from an LS1 engine, we had also eliminated the mass air sensor and hadn't yet connected the oxygen sensors. The engine was also connected to a manual five-speed transmission (a TKO 600 from Classic Chevy 5-Speeds) instead of the original 4L60E automatic.
Apparently, the Lord of Semiconductor Technology (LOST to those of us who deal with him on a regular basis) wasn't happy with me because the original calibration with which I reflashed the PCM would allow the engine to fire, upon which it immediately died. After checking and rechecking and finding no apparent cause for the problem, I fired up the EFILive tuning program again, built another calibration using a different operating system, and reflashed the computer once again. That must have brought a smile to LOST's face because the first time we hit the key, the engine started and ran perfectly.
One of the many advantages of EFILive software is the vast array of tables to which it provides easy access. When working with an engine conversion, access to those tables is particularly important because so many aspects of engine control are significantly different than they were in the original installation. (EFILive also includes a number of custom operating systems that include features ideally suited to engine conversions.)
If you attempt a C4orce-type conversion, keep in mind that in addition to all the standard considerations, the PCM calibration must be properly configured if alterations (from the configuration for which the PCM was originally programmed) are made in:
>>Air measurement type (from mass air to speed density) >>Injector flow rate (a change in injector size necessitates changes in the injector flow rate table)>>Fuel system type (return to returnless or vice versa)>>Oxygen sensor installation (if the sensors are eliminated, the PCM must be set to operate in open loop) >>Transmission type (changing from manual to automatic or vice versa)>>Rear axle ratio and tire diameter>>Desired idle speed>>Catalytic converter installation
Most of these calibration changes cannot be made with a typical handheld reprogrammer, so you'll either need to obtain the required scanning and tuning software, or find an experienced tuner who can build an appropriate calibration and reflash your PCM. Another option is to use a stand-alone aftermarket ECM, but that's considerably more expensive than working with an original equipment PCM, which likely was supplied with the engine.
Whether you plan to use the injectors that were already with the engine or buy another set, it's a good idea to have them flow tested. Unless an injector is brand-new and in its original packaging (and sometimes not even then), you never really know the amount of fuel an injector flows. I've had brand-new injectors that didn't flow anywhere near their rated capacity, and I've had nasty-looking used injectors that were spot on.
Even though we knew the complete history of the LS1 injectors we used, we sent them to Chuck Leeper of Cody Motorsports to clean and test. The injectors had been removed from their original home about two years ago, and even though they had been sealed in a plastic bag and stored in an air-conditioned and heated shop, there was a good chance that evaporated fuel or the always-dreaded foreign matter would negatively affect at least one injector. According to Chuck, the most common problems with used injectors are leaks and poor spray pattern. Electrical problems (internal short or open circuit) are another possibility, although they are relatively rare.
The injectors in this set checked out on-the-money, and that minimized drivability issues. Using a milk crate for a driver's seat (literally, as many people who were at Carlisle can attest), attempting to alter the VE curve for anything other than idle conditions was neither practical nor prudent (although we've rarely let the latter consideration interfere with our plans). But since we knew actual injector flow rate, we didn't have to alter the original VE table very much to achieve good drivability. The only changes required were to accommodate the camshaft characteristics at and just off idle. Had rated and actual injector flow capacities not been spot on, VE table alterations would have been a protracted trial-and-error affair, with error being the operative term.
Following Carlisle, we hauled Project C4orce off to Mid America Motorworks, where it was on display and the subject of a seminar at the company's Funfest event. Prior to Funfest, we sent the car to Performance Choice, Mid America's manufacturing division, where Steve Wiedman and his crew designed and installed new upholstery and gave the rest of the interior some much-needed attention. Steve came up with a clean distinctive design that you'll be able to see in a future issue.


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Diabetic Retinopathy
Diabetic retinopathy is a diabetes-related eye disease that can lead to vision loss. It causes damage to the blood vessels of the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of your eye. By keeping your diabetes under control and getting regular eye exams, you may help save your sight.
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Retinopathy begins with small areas of swelling in the retina's blood vessels. As the disease gets worse, some of these blood vessels become blocked. Eventually, so many blood vessels get blocked that several areas of the retina are deprived of the nourishment they need from the blood supply. In response, these areas of the retina signal the body to grow new blood vessels. The next and most advanced stage of the disease is called proliferative retinopathy. At this stage, new blood vessels grow in response to the signals sent by the retina. Unlike the healthy blood vessels, the new ones are abnormal, with thin, fragile walls. If these blood vessels leak blood, the result can be vision loss or even blindness.
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Maintaining good diabetes control is important to avoiding retinopathy. Keep your eyes healthy with these tips:
Keep your blood glucose under control, and do not smoke. Research has shown that tight control can slow the onset and progression of retinopathy.
Treat high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Studies show that controlling these factors can help reduce the risk for vision loss.
Have a professional, dilated eye exam at least once a year, even if your vision seems fine.
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Even if you take steps to prevent retinopathy, you may still develop the condition. In the early stages, retinopathy often has no symptoms. That's why it's so important to have a dilated eye exam every year. In this type of exam, special drops are placed in your eyes to widen the pupils. This lets your eye healthcare provider look inside your eyes for signs of disease. As retinopathy progresses, you might notice a few spots floating in your field of vision. These are actually specks of blood. Tell your provider right away if you see spots or have blurry vision. The earlier you get treatment, the more effective it's likely to be.
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The treatment for retinopathy depends on how the eyes are affected. Some people with retinopathy develop macular edema. This problem happens when fluid leaks into the macula. This is the part of the eye needed for sharp, straight-ahead vision. The fluid causes the macula to swell, causing blurry vision.
Macular edema is treated with focal laser surgery, which helps reduce the risk for vision loss. The surgeon makes numerous tiny laser burns in leaky areas of the retina near the macula. These burns stave off further leaking. This procedure may be needed more than once. Diabetic macular edema can also be treated with injections. These include steroids or other medicines that can slow the growth of new blood vessels.
Proliferative retinopathy is treated with scatter laser surgery. The surgeon makes 1,000 to 2,000 laser burns in areas of the retina farther away from the macula. This procedure may be done during 2 or more sessions. This treatment shrinks abnormal blood vessels. It's helpful if the vessels haven't started to bleed yet or are bleeding just a little. With proper treatment, people with proliferative retinopathy have a much smaller chance of developing blindness within 5 years.
In both types of laser treatment, the eye is numbed with special drops before the surgery. The area behind the eye may also be numbed to prevent discomfort. It's possible that you may feel a stinging sensation during the procedure. Tell your provider if you experience pain in your eye after the procedure.
If you have a lot of blood in the eye, vitrectomy may be needed. This is surgery to remove the vitreous gel in your eye that is clouded with blood. It is replaced with clean, clear fluid.
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Monday proved to be another up-down day on Wall Street as major equity indexes failed to hold on to gains as the trading session drew to a close. News of China's trade surplus widening more than expected last month was largely overshadowed by fiscal cliff woes at home, which will likely continue to plague investors' confidence until policymakers present a concrete solution. Greek debt drama is also lurking; however, many are anticipating that policymakers will agree on another "band-aid" solution to avoid an outright default this week [see ETF Insider: Fiscal Cliff Woes Set Volatile Tone].
With no major economic data releases taking place on the homefront, investors will turn their attention overseas where GBP consumer price index data is slated to come out later today. As such, the Rydex CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Trust (FXB, A-) is our ETF to watch because it may gap at the opening bell following the overnight reaction to the latest United Kingdom inflation report. Analysts are expecting for an uptick in CPI, with estimates coming in at 2.4% versus last month's reading of 2.2% [see King Dollar ETFdb Portfolio].
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FXB is currently trading in a "sweet spot," as the ETF flirts with support at its 200-day moving average (yellow line). This ETF does have a history of managing to bounce higher after it touches its 200-day moving average, however, recent price action suggests that this pattern may not hold true this time around. Since failing to summit $161.50 a share (red line) for the second time this year in late September, FXB has endured a choppy correction; notice how this ETF has posted a series of lower-lows and lower-highs for the past two months, perhaps suggesting that buyers are still on the sidelines in anticipation of a more attractive entry point [see 5 Important ETF Lessons In Pictures].
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GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies left-hander Drew Pomeranz made the Majors on the fast track, but not as quickly -- or as impressively -- as White Sox lefty Chris Sale.
But it appears Pomeranz is gaining his bearings.
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies left-hander Drew Pomeranz made the Majors on the fast track, but not as quickly -- or as impressively -- as White Sox lefty Chris Sale.
But it appears Pomeranz is gaining his bearings.
Pomeranz was chosen fifth overall and Sale went 13th in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft. The Indians selected Pomeranz but traded him to the Rockies in 2011, and he was in the Majors and in the starting rotation before that year ended. The White Sox sent Sale on a whirlwind 11-game tour of the Minors and had him in their bullpen before 2010 ended.
After spending the next season in the bullpen, Sale went 17-8 with a 3.05 ERA his first year in the rotation. Pomeranz has started all 26 of his games in the Majors and is 4-10 with a 5.01 ERA.
But when the two faced off Monday, Pomeranz pitched right with Sale. Pomeranz gave up two runs, one on a Paul Konerko first-pitch homer in the second inning, and four hits, while striking out three against two walks in a 3-1 loss to the White sox. Sale gave up three hits, one a Yorvit Torrealba homer, and struck out two in five innings plus two batters in the sixth.
With Pomeranz showing improvement with his secondary pitches and having found the delivery that gives him a mid-to-upper 90s fastball, he is showing signs of the confidence to go with the talent that made him a top-five pick.
"It's good to know you can just go out there and throw, and not sit there thinking, 'What am I doing this time?'" Pomeranz said. "Just get it and go."
Pomeranz ran into a delivery issue -- allowing his momentum to drift to the third-base side, instead of straight to the plate -- from the stretch. But he was able to correct on the go. Last year, when he went 2-9 with a 4.93 ERA in 22 Major League starts, he was trying to survive without knowing when he was out of whack.
The Rockies' rotation is led by Jhoulys Chacin and Jorge De La Rosa, who missed extensive time last year because of injuries, and veteran Jeff Francis, who has been forced to rely on guile when shoulder injuries robbed him of velocity. Having a talented young pitcher like Pomeranz hit his stride could shore up a rotation that could render a high-scoring offense and a dependable bullpen moot.
"I don't care what's being said," Pomeranz said. "I'm more worried about how I feel and being around the zone."
Manager Walt Weiss said Pomeranz on Monday was "a lot more in control of the at-bats. You didn't see the big misses."
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb.


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PHILADELPHIA - Within the realm of professional wrestling, having a competitive drive to overcome adversity when the pressure is on can mean the difference between crawling in arduous anonymity, to standing tall in the celebrity spotlight. Nevertheless, what really defines someone as a competitor in an industry that is not looked upon as a competitive sport?
If you ask NWA/TNA grappler Simon Diamond, he will tell you that having that elusive advantage for the wrestling game, or anything else you pursue, comes down to having the mental edge.
"I'll never lose my athlete mentality that I have," said Diamond in an interview with SLAM! Wrestling at the Pro Wrestling WORLD-1 show in Philadelphia recently. "I've had it since I was a kid. Part of that athletic mentality is you have to adjust and adapt to each and every situation."
Diamond is in an envious position when it comes to having the sporting tenacity to succeed. With a stellar collegiate background in baseball and one-time draft pick for the San Diego Padres, the former ECW standout has always been in an environment where competition forced him to meet challenges head on.
"With baseball, you're adjusting and adapting with every pitch when you're at bat," he explained. "I'm lucky that I was always a benefactor of phenomenal coaching throughout all my athletic career. A lot of the guys in wrestling don't have that background, so are they going to be able to adjust and adapt the way you need to be."
With the dramatic upheavals that have washed over the wrestling scene in recent years, Diamond is very much an expert on the topic of adapting to the new reality of the squared circle business.
It was 2001 when ECW folded, with Diamond having elevated his in-ring abilities to that of a stand out tag team tactician. Now faced with imminent unemployment and no substantial offers from elsewhere that would stand the test of time, Diamond had a problem, or more precisely, a choice.
To use a baseball analogy, he could pack up his gear and leave the ballpark for good, or climb out of the dug out and keep playing ball.
Not only did Diamond choose to continue pursuing his love for professional wrestling, he also became reacquainted with his passion for what gave him his foundation for competing, baseball.
"I started playing baseball again two years ago at the request of some guys at the gym where I work out who play with a semi-pro league up in Jersey," Diamond said, admitting that at first, he wasn't too keen on returning to the ball diamond.
However, prompting from his long-time fianc�e, WWE Diva Dawn Marie, changed Diamond's mind, as he recounted her reaction to his initial refusal to step back on the ball diamond. "When I spoke to Dawn about it she said 'Why?' and I said 'Because, Dawn, I can't go from being at the level I played at to now, because that will just mess with me mentally.' And she was like 'Just have fun for once in your life and stop worrying about being the best.'"
As it turned out, playing baseball again has garnered the kind of therapy cherished by those who seek an escape from the harsh rigors of a demanding career. "I can't tell you how much fun I've had. I never realized how much I missed it," admitted Diamond. "Here I am at 34 years old and I'm hitting like I'm 20 years old again."
In addition, being a part of a team outside of wrestling has provided a refreshing brand of camaraderie. "In wrestling, there's a certain etiquette and things you have to follow," remarked Diamond. "In baseball, I'm hitting .350, you're hitting .300, I'm gonna bust your balls and you can't say a thing about it. We go out after games and we drink, it's just the camaraderie."
Diamond continues to pursue his role as a tag team specialist in NWA/TNA, along side his long-time partner in crime, Johnny Swinger. Although the two are currently feuding with each other in the Nashville-based promotion, Diamond had nothing but glowing accolades for Swinger. "The guy is like a brother to me. I really do consider Johnny Swinger to be my best friend in the business. That adds to the chemistry we have as a team."
As for any aspirations for a run as a singles competitor, Diamond confided that he is more than happy in the tag team ranks. "I enjoy tag team wrestling because I think it's a dead art," Diamond said, pointing that NWA/TNA has provided an environment of resurgence for tag team wrestling. "To be a part of this rebirth in tag wrestling is good. But at the same point, if they needed me to be singles wrestler, I think I can be a singles wrestler. I enjoy being a tag wrestler though."
In addition to his commitments to NWA/TNA, Diamond is also a proud member of the Extreme Horseman faction, made up of ECW Alumni C.W. Anderson, Steve Corino and Justin Credible. He admitted that being tagged with the Horseman moniker, originating from the famed Four Horsemen of wrestling, comes with the responsibility to uphold a prestigious aura.
"You've got big shoes to fill. They are probably the single most influential group in all of professional wrestling," said Diamond. "Tully Blanchard was like a god to me. I sat there and I would watch and study his mannerisms and approach. There's a lot pressure not to choke on the Horsemen name. We certainly don't consider ourselves to be the Four Horsemen, or even the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame," added Diamond, a long time fan of the Notre Dame football team.
In his recent tenure with Pro Wrestling WORLD-1 promotion, Diamond once again saw action as a tag team participant. This time, he was joined up with another long time tag partner, C.W. Anderson.
"He is a phenomenal wrestler," praised Diamond. "He's just a joy to be around. He and I have the same chemistry that Swinger and I have. I'm watching him and I know exactly what he's going to do and I know exactly where he's going to be. He's fun to watch."
As for his outlook on the future of wrestling, he was blunt in his assessment that if the industry expects to climb out of it's current slump, it must be done from within. "We're certainly responsible for it. The easiest thing is to do in a negative situation is to point a finger. The hard thing to do is look internally and dissect the problem. Everybody needs to be little more creative, everybody needs to be a little more hungry."
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Steven C. Amstrup, chief scientist for Polar Bears International and recipient of the 2012 Indianapolis Prize, will visit the campus of DePauw University on Sunday, September 30, for a public lecture. Dr. Amstrup, who is regarded as the most influential person working on polar bear conservation today, will speak at 3 p.m. in the ballroom of DePauw's Memorial Student Union Building, 408 S. Locust Street [UPDATE 9/16: the location has been changed to Pulliam Center for Contemporary Media, Watson Forum]. The lecture, "Polar Bears and Global Warming: Reliable Predictions and Hope in an Uncertain World," is presented free of admission charge and is open to all. (photo by Daniel J. Cox, Polar Bears International)
The Indianapolis Prize is the world's leading award for animal conservation. Amstrup will be presented with the award on September 29, the day before his DePauw appearance, in recognition of his life-long work to transform the world's understanding of and efforts to save polar bears. The presentation will take place at the JW Marriott in downtown Indianapolis.
In 2007 Dr. Amstrup led an international team of researchers to assess the likely future impact of global warming on polar bears. The group's nine reports, relied on by the Secretary of the Interior, became the basis for the 2008 listing of polar bears as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. This listing is significant because the polar bear is the first species -- and only species to date -- to be listed on the basis of threats posed by global warming.
Early in his career as polar bear research leader for the U.S. Geological Survey, Amstrup solved the decades-old mystery of where Alaskan polar bears go to give birth to their young. His finding that more than half of the mother bears denned on drifting ice floes, which are highly susceptible to rising temperatures, was a prescient indication of the vulnerability of polar bears to a warming world. This and other discoveries regarding the polar bear's dependence on sea ice led to Amstrup's 2007 projection that two-thirds of the world's polar bears could disappear by midcentury, and all could be lost by the end of the century, if greenhouse gas emissions continue on the present course. Those discoveries also showed that changing our greenhouse gas emissions path could save polar bears.
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"Steven's fieldwork in the Arctic opened the door to understanding that the deterioration of the polar bear population is at our doorstep, while verifying that this is not an irreversible situation," states Robert Buchanan, president and CEO of Polar Bears International. "His passionate outreach has helped the world understand how sea ice losses from a warming climate threaten polar bear survival. His message is one of hope and determination to have future generations see polar bears roam free in the Arctic."
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Born in Fargo, N.D., Amstrup earned a B.S. in forestry from the University of Washington (1972), a M.S. in wildlife management from the University of Idaho (1975), and a Ph.D. in Wildlife Management from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (1995). He has been conducting research on all aspects of polar bear ecology in the Beaufort Sea since 1980.
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- 1 Protocols
- 1.1 Cell Culture Protocols
- 1.2 Protein Protocols
- 1.3 DNA Protocols
Cell Culture Protocols
Bacterial Cell Cloning / Inoculation of Cells
Entire procedure is done under flame
- For small test tubes add:
- 5mL LB media
- 500µL 20% glucose (final conc. 0.2%)
- 7.35µL of CM (final conc. 50µg/mL, working stock: 34 mg/mL)
- Add the cells
- If from glycerol stock, stab with pipette tip.
- If from LB-agar plate, pick the colony (mark it on the cap) and stab the colony
- Incubate on shaker overnight
Bacterial Cell Culture Solutions
LB media
- For 1L of LB media add:
- 10g Tryptone
- 10g NaCl
- 5g Yeast extract
- Fill to 1L with DI water
- Autoclave at P6 setting
LB-Agar Plate media
- For 1L of LB-Agar media, mix:
- 960mL water (860 mL if adding glucose)
- 10g Tryptone
- 10g NaCl
- 5g Yeast extract
- 15g Agar (add agar last)
- Autoclave (liquid option): 30 min. sterilization / 20 min drying
- Cool to 50˚C in water bath
- Next three steps are under flame
- (if adding glucose: add 100mL of 20% glucose, final conc. 2% glucose)
- Add antibiotics to the specified final conc:
- Chloramphenicol (CM): 50 µg/mL
- Ampicillin: 100 µg/mL
- Tetracycline: 50 µg/mL
- Kan: 50 µg/mL
- Pour onto the petri dishes
- Mark petri dishes using the following key:
- Ampicillin: one black line
- Chloramphenicol: two black lines
- Kan: one blue line
- Glucose: one red line
Chemically Competent Cells Transformation
This protocol uses NEB Chemically Competent Cells (ie Turbo Competent E. coli High Efficiency)
- Thaw chemically competent cells on ice.
- Transfer 50 µl of competent cells to a 1.5 ml microcentrifuge tube (if necessary).
- Add 2 µl of assembled product to NEB competent cells.
- Mix gently by pipetting up and down or flicking the tube 4-5 times. Do not vortex. Place the mixture on ice for 30 minutes. Do not mix.
- Heat shock at 42°C for 30 seconds. Do not mix.
- Transfer tubes on ice for 2 minutes.
- Add 950 µl of room temperature SOC media to tubes.
- Place the tube at 37°C for 60 minutes. Shake vigorously (250 rpm) or rotate.
- Warm selection plates to 37°C.
- Spread 100 µl of the cells onto the plates with appropriate antibiotics. Use amp plates for positive control sample.
- Incubate plates overnight at 37°C.
Qiagen MiniPrep
For overnight cell cultures 1~5mL of E. Coli in LB medium:
- Transfer cell culture into centrifuge tubes
- Centrifuge for 5 min. at 4,000 rpm
- Discard the supernatant
- Resuspend pelleted bacterial cells in 250 µl Buffer P1 and transfer to a microcentrifuge tube. Ensure that RNase A has been added to Buffer P1. No cell clumps should be visible after resuspension of the pellet.
- Add 250 µl Buffer P2 and mix thoroughly by inverting the tube 4–6 times. Do not vortex. Continue inverting the tube until the solution becomes viscous + slightly clear blue. Do not allow lysis reaction to proceed for more than 5 min.
- Add 350 µl Buffer N3 and mix immediately + thoroughly by 4-6x inverting the tube. The solution should become cloudy.
- Centrifuge for 10 min at 13,000 rpm (~17,900 x g) in a table-top microcentrifuge.
- Apply the supernatants from the previous step to the QIAprep spin column by decanting or pipetting.
- Centrifuge for 60 s. Discard the flow-through.
- Wash QIAprep spin column by adding 750µL Buffer PE and centrifuging for 60 s.
- Discard the flow-through, and centrifuge for an additional 1 min to remove residual wash buffer.
- Place the QIAprep column in a clean 1.5 ml microcentrifuge tube. To elute DNA, add 50 µl Buffer EB (10 mM Tris·Cl, pH 8.5) or water to the center of each QIAprep spin column, let stand for 1 min, and centrifuge for 1 min.
Protein Protocols
BLACaM Assays
- Set up plate reader
- Plate should be read at 405 nm
- Shake plate for 2-3 s before reading
- Calculate concentrations and amounts needed to reach a total reaction volume of 150 μL
- Possible conditions to vary
- Ca amount
- EGTA amount (removes Ca)
- Peptide type and concentration
- Other small molecule interactors
- Possible conditions to vary
- Dilute peptides down to working stock concentration (1.25 μM) with 20 mM HEPES buffer (should be room temp)
- Dilute working stock of peptides into multiple tubes to create range of concentrations required by assay
- Note that only 50 μL of the 150 μL well volume will be the peptide, so any concentration will be further diluted by 3x
- Usually no peptide is over 500 nM final concentration in well
- Dilute BlaCaM stock with 20 mM HEPES buffer
- Note that only 20 μL of 150 μL well volume is BlaCaM stock, so final concentration will be 2/15 of diluted stock
- Final concentration of BlaCaM in well should be 125 nM
- Add CaCl2 to 20 mM HEPES to create 10mM Ca concentration
- Plate mixtures in order onto mixing plate (buffer, CaCl2, EGTA, peptides, other molecules, BlaCaM)
- Must use non-binding plates (Corning 3641) for both mixing and assay plates to prevent binding of peptides and BlaCaM to plate
- 75.5 μL 20 mM HEPES + 10 mM Ca to all wells (5 mM final concentration)
- 50 μL 20 mM HEPES (no Ca) to BlaCaM only controls
- 70 μL 20 mM HEPES (no Ca) to blank (no BlaCaM, no peptide) controls
- 50 μL peptide to all but control wells
- Each concentration of peptide should be assayed at least three times
- 20 μL BlaCaM to all wells but blank controls
- Mix each well and incubate for 60 min on shaker (22-24°C)
- At 50 min prepare assay plate by adding 2-3 μL CENTA substrate
- Aim for final CENTA concentration of ~150 μM
- Add 97-98 μL of incubated mixture to assay plate and mix well
- Creates a total assay plate volume of 100 μL
- If possible, use Liquidator pipette system so all 96 wells can be transferred at once
- Immediately take read in plate reader and take reads every 2-3 min for 20 min
GLucCaM Expression
DNA Protocols
Agilent Herculase II PCR Amplification
Agilent Herculase II PCR Amplification Protocol:
- In a PCR tube, mix (50 µL final volume):
- 35 µL water
- 10 µL HercII Buffer (5X)
- 0.5 µL dNTP (25mM each, 100mM total final)
- 1.25 µL forward primers (10 µM)
- 1.25 µL reverse primers (10 µM)
- 1 µL Template DNA (diluted to 10 ng/µL)
- 1 µL HercII DNA polymerase
- Give the tubes a brief spin
- Thermocycling conditions (see diagram below):
- Step 1: 95˚C, 2:00
- Step 2 X30
- Phase 1: 95˚C, 0:15
- Phase 2: (Tm - 5)˚C, 0:20
- Phase 3: 72˚C, 0:30 per 1kb
- Step 3: 72˚C, 3:00
Primer Prep
- First dilution: dilute to 100 µM (shortcut: amount_in_nMoles X10 µL)
- Second dilution: dilute to 10 µM
Gibson Assembly
For 2-3 fragment assembly
- Set up the following on ice in PCR tube (total volume 20µL):
- 0.02–0.5 pmols of fragments: 50-100ng of vectors with 2-3 fold of excess inserts.
- 10 µL of Gibson Assembly Master Mix (2X)
- Fill to 20µL with DI water
- Incubate in a thermocycler at 50˚C for 60 min.
- Wipe the lower and upper measurement pedestals with 2µL DI water
- Measure blank by pipetting 2µL of sample solvent (usually water or DNA elution buffer) on the lower pedestal
- Measure conc. of samples by 2µL on the lower pedestal
ZYMO DNA Clean & Concentrator
ZYMO DNA Clean & Concentrator - 5 Kit was used to purify DNA from PCR.
- Add 2-7 Volumes of DNA Binding Buffer to each volume of DNA sample.
- For plasmid or genomic DNA 2kb, add 2 volumes.
- For PCR or short DNA fragments, add 5 volumes.
- For ssDNA purification, add 7 volumes
- Load the mixture into a Zymo-Spin Column in a Collection Tube.
- Centrifuge at full speed (≥10,000 x g) for 30 seconds. Discard flow through.
- Add 200 µl of DNA Wash Buffer to the column and centrifuge for 30 seconds.
- Repeat previous step, this time centrifuging for 1 minute.
- Place the Zymo-Spin Column into a new 1.5 ml tube. Add ≥6 µl of DNA Elution Buffer or water directly to the column matrix and spin (30 seconds) to elute the DNA.
GeneWiz Sequencing Prep
The following protocol should be followed to prepare DNA for submission to GeneWiz for sequencing.
- Complete online order form.
- Label PCR tubes with the appropriate names form the order form print out.
- Concentrate template DNA according to the table below.
- Mix 10 µl of DNA template with 5 µl of primer.
- Attach PCR tubes to order form and submit GeneWiz mailbox.


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The fourth-root trick for the staggered determinant has long been controversial. Most recently, the debate has been rekindled by a series of papers by Mike Creutz, in which he argues that the rooting procedure fails in specific ways. While some of the arguments have been refuted by members of the staggered community, criticisms related to the question whether the rooted staggered theory can describe the axial anomaly correctly remain important. A direct physical probe of the axial anomaly is given by the η'-η splitting. Unfortunately, the determination of this splitting requires the evaluation of disconnected contributions to the η' correlator, which are very noisy and cannot be measured with sufficient precision to make a clear statement at the current time. In his recent paper, Stephan Dürr approaches the question of the correctness of the rooting procedure from the angle of a theory in which sufficient statistics can be readily obtained, namely the Schwinger model.
The Schwinger model is simply QED in 1+1 spacetime dimensions, as far as its action is concerned. Its physics is, however, radically different from that of QED in 3+1 dimensions, since firstly there is neither spin nor a physical gauge boson degree of freedom in 1+1d, and secondly the 1-dimensional Coulomb potential is linear and hence confining. The Schwinger model therefore has a spectrum similar to that of QCD, with a mass gap and meson degrees of freedom (note that there are neither baryons nor "photoballs" due to the abelian nature of the interaction [although there aren't any glueballs in 1+1d QCD either due to the absence of the gauge boson as a degree of freedom]), and can therefore serve as a laboratory for ideas in QCD. The basic meson η of the Schwinger model, which Schwinger demonstrated to have a mass squared of m2=e2/π (where e is the dimensionful gauge coupling in 1+1d), in particular, is an analogue of the η' in QCD, since its mass is mainly due to the axial anomaly.
The Schwinger model is much easier to simulate than QCD both because two dimensions are easier than four, and also because it turns out that reweighting works very well in two dimensions where the fermionic determinant can be evaluated exactly due to its comparably small size, so that one can generate quenched ensembles and include the fermionic determinant via reweighting. In particular the latter feature allows the generation of huge statistics (80,000 configurations in this case). Dürr employs an algorithm incorporating the introduction of instantons and antiinstantons as well as parity transformations to optimise the sampling of topological sectors. The resulting ensembles are then used to simulate the Nf=1(2) Schwinger model via reweighting with the rooted (unrooted) staggered fermion determinant. The latter is correct by construction; testing the former is the motivation for the study.
Using all-to-all propagators and U(1)-projected triply APE-smeared gauge links, Dürr is able to show the validity of the staggered index theorem with impressive precision. Turning to the meson spectrum, he finds that the connected part of the η has the same mass as the Nf=2 π meson up to cut-off effects, so that the mass of the physical η in the chiral limit comes entirely from the disconnected part. The ratio of the disconnected to the connected Green's functions for the η approaches the correct limiting value expected if the rooting trick works correctly. After a continuum and chiral extrapolation, he finds that the mass of the Nf=1 η meson agrees with Schwinger's analytical result.
This paper provides a very interesting study that adds to the empirical support for the correctness of the rooting procedure for staggered quarks. Of course it remains to see if this result will carry over to QCD, but I'd be honestly surprised if it didn;t. An analytical construction demonstrating the correctness of the rooted staggered formalism would of course be very welcome. Perhaps some of the recent results regarding the connection between staggered and overlap fermions will point the way in that regard.


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We are an online toy store providing wooden and eco toys for children of all ages. Other items that we may possibly sell are arts and crafts for older children that are also eco-friendly.
Our target audience are all lovers of wooden and green toys including:
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Ulery, Orville B. (1880-1945)
Orville B. Ulery was a Brethren in Christ leader and businessman. He developed a greenhouse business in Springfield, Ohio, and with income from this business liberally supported many church activities, especially missions.
In 1910 he was elected to the ministry and in 1914 he became bishop of the Clark County district of southern Ohio. He served his denomination as evangelist and became known for illustrating his sermons with fluorescent rocks. He was chairman of the Publication Board from 1917 to 1944; under his leadership, the church paper, the Evangelical Visitor, became a holiness paper. From 1923 to 1927 he served as acting editor of the Evangelical Visitor. At the same time, from 1928 to 1943, he was secretary of General Conference. He was twice moderator of that body.
Ulery was a strong peace advocate. When General Conference in 1938 created a Nonresistance Committee, he served it first as secretary and then as chairman. As its chairman, he was the liaison between the Brethren in Christ and the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) during the war years. He served on the subcommittee of MCC that was concerned with the Civilian Public Service camps. He was also chairman of the Committee on Labor Union Affiliation (BIC) which considered cases of conflict between members of the denomination and labor unions.
Evangelical Visitor supplement (24 September 1945): I-VIII.
Sider, E. Morris. Nine Portraits. Nappanee, IN, 1978: 308-336.
Wittlinger, Carlton O. Quest for Piety and Obedience: The Story of the Brethren in Christ. Nappanee, IN: Evangel Press, 1978: 325-327, 333, 335, 349, 402.
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Four Norwich candidates owe back taxes
Norwich - Two Republican and two Libertarian candidates running for City Council or Board of Education this fall owe back taxes to the city ranging from $238 to $578 mostly on motor vehicle taxes, according to the city tax collector's office.
Libertarian council candidate Cyndia Shook owes the highest amount, totaling $578.08 in taxes and interest on one vehicle over the past two years. Fellow Libertarian council candidate Chandler Alfred, Jr. owes $402.43 over the past three years on one vehicle.
Republican council candidate William Nash, a former alderman, owes $298.12 for one year on a vehicle.
Republican Board of Education member and candidate Dennis Slopak owes $189.71 on a vehicle over the past year and another $54.78 on business equipment for his real estate appraisal business.
Tax bills as of Sept. 1
Tenley Nelson, collector of delinquent taxes for the city, calculated the back taxes and interest owed by candidates at the request of The Day. The amounts represent taxes and interest owed as of Sept. 1, Nelson said.
School board member Aaron Daniels owed a total of $238.35 on four vehicles over the past year according to Nelson's calculations. But when contacted by The Day on Saturday, Daniels said he paid the taxes Saturday night online on the city's website.
"I took care of it," Daniels said. "I thought it was already done. The money was sitting in the bank ready to go."
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The only Dragon Soul boss strat I have left is Madness of Deathwing. ...Here goes. I don't suspect it'll be brief.
First things first: A note on speccing and gearing for this encounter
Haste is a tricky aspect of this encounter. Part of the mechanics for this encounter gives us an additional 20% Haste. Since you can Bloodlust twice, have at least one Haste Cooldown with Icy Veins, and can spec for other haste abilities such as Netherwind Presence and Early Frost, it's quite easy to bring your Frostbolt under the GCD.
As Frosties may or may not know, there is a sort of soft Haste-Cap, where your Early Frost Frostbolt will be at exactly 1.0 seconds during Icy Veins. Assuming that your raid has the 5% Haste Buff, the Haste ratings for this cap are 1144 with 2/3 NWP, and 1424 without NWP. If you are at the Haste Cap, you will quite often be under the GCD. Here are some cast times I wrote down. These are all with 0 Stacks of Stolen Time, so if a spell is within .01 second of the GCD, it will likely fall under the GCD at higher Stacks. Without further ado:
Haste-Capped, Raid buffed, no CDs: 51.68% Haste
FB: 1.32 s
Haste-Capped, Raid buffed, Icy Veins active: 82.01%
FB: 1.1s
EF: 0.769s
FFB: 1 37s
Haste-Capped, Raid buffed, Bloodlust/Heroism Active: 97.18%
FB: 1.01s
EF: 0.71s
FFB: 1.27s
Haste-Capped, Raid buffed, Icy Veins & Bloodlust Active: 136.49%
FB: 0.845s
EF: 0.592s
FFB: 1.06s
As you can see, it's very plausible to have Frostbolt fall under the GCD, even without Early Frost.
I thought about ways to fix this; it probably is no help in this encounter to have Early Frost, and could be done without. And yet, Frostbolt still comes in danger of falling under the GCD if Bloodlust is active, and will definitely fall under the GCD if BL/IV are active simultaneously.
We could also lower our Haste levels dramatically, and spec out of NWP (if we're specced into it; I generally don't anymore). But, if you look at the cast time of FB when Bloodlust and Icy Veins are up, it's 0.845 seconds; you'd have to spec out of a lot of Haste, and it would be for nothing more than a fringe situation that only comes up twice. Not to mention, since virtually every damned piece of Tier 13 Cloth gear has Haste, it could be difficult to do that without replacing our current gear for inferior pieces in the first place.
Thus, I make the following recommendations:
1. Optionally, spec out of Early Frost. One GCD Frostbolt every once in a while won't kill us; but, if you can make a spec that doesn't include it, go for it.
2. Don't bother removing Haste. While I do recommend taking Impact over NWP this tier (and especially for this encounter), don't make a separate reforge or gear set for this fight. ...Except trinkets. If you're running a Haste Trinket, I would recommend switching it out if you have anything comparable. Good trinkets for this encounter are Will of Unbinding, Variable Pulse Lightning Capacitator, and Cunning of the Cruel. I would super-duper not-recommend Insignia of the Corrupted Mind - you don't need a few-thousand points of Haste messing with you mid-fight.
3. If/When your Frostbolt falls under the GCD, switch to Frostfire Bolt.While its chance to Crit will be lowered, it can still proc Fingers of Frost, and it certainly can still Crit, proccing Ignites - not a bad tradeoff at all. Now, we don't have to worry about having Icy Veins and Bloodlust active simultaneously.
If your raid progression is on this fight, I would recommend this spec: http://www.wowhead.com/talent#oZfc0bZcfMzsIszro:
Normally, I hate Reactive Barrier; but, it's honestly the only thing we can spec for instead of Early Frost that won't be a waste. Deathwing doesn't heal himself, nor does our Water Elemental come in danger of dying, so Permafrost is out. We don't need to snare anything, so Improved Cone of Cold and Shattered Barrier are out. We'll never need a 40-yard Ice Lance, and there are no moving adds without aggro tables, so we don't need to max out Ice Shards. Thus, Reactive Barrier is the only reasonable choice.
I would spec for Impact, as it can be a huge boon for the AoE sections of this fight. If you can, make sure your Haste Rating is at least 1424. You can still spec for NWP and probably not see a huge difference, although I don't like to admit it; thus, if it will be too inconvenient to spec out of NWP, go ahead and keep it instead of Impact.
Naturally, if you have this fight on farm, just spec and gear in whatever way is most convenient for you.
The Encounter: Phase 1
There are four platforms, which Deathwing hangs onto with his arms and wings. Before we kill Deathwing, we need to knock out both arms and both wings - hereafter "limbs" - one representing each platform. Each platform goes like this:
A few seconds after reaching the platform, Deathwing summons a Mutated Corruption on the opposite end of his limbs. The Mutated Corruption needs to be dealt with by both tanks (unlike the limbs which don't attack and have no aggro tables, so wait for the tank!). Mutated Corruptions will occasionally Crush an opponent, hitting anyone who is lined up vertically with its target; so, spread our horizontally as best as you can, trying to make sure no one is in front of you or behind you.
At some point while fighting the Mutated Corruption, Deathwing will cast Elementium Bolt. The bolt itself is an add which can be attacked. If the bolt lands on your platform, it will deal a TON of damage to your raid, and will probably kill people who aren't topped off/using defensive cooldowns, so don't let it happen unexpectedly.
After dealing with the Corruption and Bolt, the raid will go back to killing the limb. Deathwing will eventually channel a spell called Cataclysm, which is a mini-enrage for each platform. We'll need to kill the limb before the cast is finished, or the group will wipe; but, we also need to deal with two different sets of adds during this part:
- Regenerative Bloods, which will spawn about 90 seconds into a platform. They need to be picked up by a tank and AoE'd down by the group, because they place a stacking debuff on whomever they attack, and will also regenerate all of their health if not killed within a certain timeframe.
- Blistering Tentacles, which will spawn when the limbs are at 70% and 40% health. The tentacles place a stacking debuff on the raid which deals damage to everyone, and increases over time. They need are also immune to any attack that can hit more than one target, so they need to be focused with single-target attacks and killed immediately.
Also, Deathwing's limbs are constantly casting Burning Blood, which deals raid-wide Fire damage. This damage is trivial at first, and ramps up as the limb's health drops.
Repeat this process four times and we've finished Phase 1.
However! What makes this Phase interesting is that we have four special raid buffs placed on the group by our Dragon buddies, which help us with healing, damage, defense, and add control. Here they are:
Ysera: Increases Healing by 20%, and allows all players to use a Defensive Cooldown called 'The Dream", which lowers all damage taken by 50% for a few seconds.
Alexstraza: While she is active, she will kill the Blistering Tentacle adds extremely quickly (about 5 seconds), allowing your raid to continue DPSing the limbs instead.
Nozdormu: Increases Haste by 20%, and also places a circular AoE on the platform called "Time Zone." The Time Zone slows the attack speed of all enemies within it by 50%, making it an ideal place to tank the Regenerative Bloods. The Time Zone will also slow down the trajectory of the Elementium Bolt, allowing the raid to destroy it before it lands.
Kalecgos: Increases Damage by 20%, and all attacks proc an ability called Spellweaving, which deals additional damage to enemies near your target. This makes AoE spells very powerful, allowing us to kill the Regenerative Bloods very quickly.
Each Dragon represents a specific platform, and once the limb on a platform has been killed, the corresponding Dragon's buff will be removed from your raid until Phase 2. The platforms can be dealt with in any order, and it's up to you to be aware of how the situation changes. I'll do my best to go over my thought process for each platform, from the beginning to the end:
- Don't be afraid to use DPS cooldowns as they come up, unless Kalecgos's platform is down; in which case, I'll want to try and save them for the Elementium Bolt and Blistering Tentacles.
- If you have The Dream from Ysera, just use it on cooldown in Phase 1. Save the healers some heartache and just do it.
- Be sure to spread out horizontally when the Mutated Corruption spawns. Also, I rotate my camera so that I can see the Corruption and the Limb, as my Water Elemental is frequently in range to cast Freeze on the limb, but not the Corruption. Don't wanna be missing out on FoF procs!
- When the Bolt comes down, switch to it immediately. If we have Nozdormu's platform up, the Bolt won't hit right away, so I don't need to worry about how to defend against the impact. Speaking of Impact, the Bolt is very close to the limb at this time, so be sure to spread Ignite to the Limb for additional damage.
On the other hand, if Nozdormu's platform is down, I'll need to take necessary precautions. If I have Ice Block, I'll cast it right before the Bolt lands and prevent all damage, then DPS the bolt right away. Otherwise, I'd turn on all my cooldowns (The Dream if I have it, Ice Barrier, Mage Ward, and Mana Shield), then get as far away as possible. After the Bolt lands, I'll Blink back in range and DPS the Bolt as hard as I can.
- Once the Corruption is dead, focus on the limb. I try my best to get into the Time Zone aura (if Nozdormu is still up).
- When the Bloods spawn, I immediately cast Blizzard immediately. If I get BF+FoF+Impact, I'll try and hit the target with the most HP with a Frostfire Bolt, then spread Ignite to all the rest of the Bloods, at which point I'll continue with Blizzard. For one set of slightly stronger ticks, I also use Pet Freeze if it's ready.
A note: spreading Ignite instead of using continuous Blizzards may be a DPS loss if Kalecgos's platform is still up, as you're losing about two seconds of Spellweaving on each individual target. Unfortunately, the DPS numbers are super high, there are many variables, and the encounters are long, so I can't test this. However, if Kalecgos's platform is down, you'd be crazy not to spread Ignite.
- When the Blistering Tentacles Spawn, I'll keep DPSing the limb if Alexstraza is up. If she's down, however, it falls to us to kill them. I'll help the melee DPS out by hitting the ones in the far back so that they don't have to move as much. If the Tentacles are out at the same time as the Bloods, I'll focus the Tentacles first, as they are causing more damage to the raid overall. If Kalecgos is down, I'll make a mental note to save powerful cooldowns for the tentacles.
- After the first Blistering, the damage from Burning Blood begins to become noticeable, so I'll use Ice Barrier (and The Dream if I have it) to prevent as much damage as possible. If things begin to get desperate, I'll use Evocation to heal myself, and even Mage Ward (I wouldn't do this until things start getting really bad though, as Mage Ward usually drops off before the GCD is even finished!).
- When the limb dies, we can switch platforms. If we're jumping two platforms over in any direction, my strategy will change depending on one or two things.
If we're skipping a platform where a tentacle is still alive, I don't hesitate to cast anything I can at it. My priority is:
1. Deep Freeze
2. (Brain Freeze) Frostfire Bolt, to gain additional stacks of Stolen Time
3. (FoF) Ice Lance
4. (Brain Freeze) Frostfire Bolt, if I already have 8-10 stacks of Stolen Time
5. (Early Frost) Frostbolt
6. Fire Blast
7. Ice Lance
This is especially important with Will of Unbinding, since the stacks fall off after only ten seconds.
If we're skipping over a platform that has already been completed, I cast Blink to move across the platforms as quickly as possible. I also switch to Mage Armor until just before I'm about to reach my destination, to try and get as much Mana back as possible, too.
The Encounter: Phase 2
Phase 2, thankfuilly, is a very short portion of the fight. Hop on over to Ysera's platform and Deathwing's head will fall to the ground. Start to kill him, and he will spawn two different types of adds:
1. Elementium Fragments, which put a debuff on random players called Shrapnel. Shrapnel will absolutely kill a player without a Tanking cooldown/Guardian Spirit, so be sure to use The Dream to mitigate the damage. The spawn location of the Fragments is random; if you're using Impact, be partial to Fragments that are right next to each other, as you can get some extra damage out of it.
2. Elementium Terrors, which need to be tanked in the time zone. Make sure you let the tanks pick them up before touching them, as they place a very, very dangerous stacking debuff on anyone they attack. Be sure to focus down one at a time.
These adds are spawned on specific timers, so if there are no adds up, be sure to burn Deathwing as much as possible. If your raid still has Bloodlust, use it some time after killing the Terrors - either the first set that your raid kills or the second set. DW will likely hit his enrage before you can kill a third set of adds, so if you didn't do it the first time, do it the second time! Once you pop Bloodlust, you'll probably be burning the boss, in which case, ignore any new adds that spawn at this time.
A last note: When to use Bloodlust?
Simply put, there's two ways to handle Bloodlust:
1. Use it at the start of the encounter, and then it'll be ready to use again on Phase 2
2. Save it for a sticking point in Phase 1. For example, my raid group did the platforms in the following order: Ysera, Alexstraza, Nozdormu, Kalecgos. This means we had only one Bolt we couldn't kill before it landed. Back when we were still working on the fight, our tanks did not have their 4t13 sets, and mustering up the cooldowns to survive was hard...not to mention the Corruption could usually kill the tank afterwards by doing some nasty stuff that I didn't mention in this strategy guide. So, we used Bloodlust on the fourth platform to try and kill the Corruption before the Bolt landed, preventing the possibility of the Corruption killing raid members immediately afterwards.
If you're going to use it for a sticking point, take some time to find out what they are, and how Bloodlust will help.
As a Frost Mage, Your Ice Barrier, as usual, is the biggest advantage you can bring, and it's nothing to scoff at in this encounter, either. The end of each platform can get rough for your healers, especially after Alexstraza is down. Anything you can do to take some of the weight off them is good. You can also Ice Block the largest amount of times - technically, at least four times - making you perhaps the most low-maintenance spec for surviving Elementium Bolts in the game, especially when factoring in your Ice Barrier for the times Ice Block is unavailable. Taking down Nozdormu's platform early should be no problem whatsoever for you.
As a pet class, you have a slight advantage in being able to spread your DPS. For example, if your raid triggers tentacles while bloods are coming, you can have your Water Ele attack a tentacle while your raid group deals with the bloods. Having Impact (if you specced for it) will keep you afloat for killing bloods in Phase 1 if Kalecgos is taken out early, and is also good for dealing with the adds in Phase 2. Admittedly, though, Fire can do this better; Impact for Frost is mainly a point we have over Arcane.
For Glyphs, I would recommend Ice Barrier, Evocation, and Blink. Ice Barrier...well, yeah. Evocation can be handy in emergency situations. although the fight is so long that we might wind up using Evocation for its intended purpose for a change. Glyph of Blink allows us to cross a platform as quick as possible when skipping platforms.
Hooray! These are all my strats for Dragon Soul normal. Here's to the possibility of seeing some Heroic Frost Mage strategies.


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Mikemak had een nieuw logo ontwerp nodig en lanceerde daarom een wedstrijd op 99designs.
Een winnaar werd gekozen uit44 ontwerpen ingezonden door12 freelance designers.
Moving Inn
Young property lettings and Sales agency (26 Months) providing a service within South London wants to develop relationships with existing clients as well as secure relationships with a client base in a higher end market. Moving Inn would like to attract landlords and sellers with higher end properties, with the potential for greater sales and revenue. We will be producing outdoor sales boards for the first time and are looking to develop a complete rebrand based on this new style.
Landlords with desirable properties to let/rent and sellers with high value properties. The logo should also appeal to those looking to let a good quality accomodation or buy a high quality home.
Strong design that can be recognised easily when passing by a sales board outside a property.
Logo will be at the centre of a full corporate brand relaunch and establishment which will be encompassing Print, Web, iPhone, Mobile and Social Media channels. Hopes to generate recognition and loyalty with existing clients and move into a higher end marketplace where Brand loyalty, Honesty, Trust and efficiency will be key drivers.
Clean and Stylish/slique design that will work well with White and Black. Key colour focus is Blue color="#8098de". Professional/formal Font based around straight lines and sharp angles. Needs an icon to accompany the full logo that must be eye catching and unique on property sales/lettings boards placed outside residences. 3 colours max for print purposes. Logo connections with 'London' such as skyline, London non copyrighted landmarks etc may be considered but not essential. Logo to be professional, perhaps edging towards a more 'Crest'/icon style without being overly formal or detailed like a standard crest.
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1. Introduction
The NEX Sony system was launched in May 2010 making it the youngest mirrorless system so far. Because of that, the offer of system lenses is currently very modest – it consists of two devices, which have been already launched and one, which is scheduled to hit the shelves soon.
Such a limited choice of lenses means that these devices which are already available must satisfy very high requirements because they simply lack any system alternatives. In such a situation the quality of those few already on the market indicates the quality of the whole system to a considerable degree; it might also become the bottleneck.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Creditors of bankrupt broadband owner LightSquared Inc can vote on competing plans by LightSquared, its creditors and its primary shareholder, Harbinger Capital, on how to restructure the company, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
Judge Shelley Chapman, in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, said she would sign off on each of the competing plans after the sides resolved disputes surrounding certain disclosures in the language of the proposals.
LightSquared, controlled by Phil Falcone's Harbinger, is trying to stave off an aggressive bid by Dish Network Corp (DISH.O), owned by Charlie Ergen, for control of its spectrum. The assets are likely to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with Dish having already made a baseline offer for some of the spectrum.
LightSquared and its lenders have pushed competing proposals for the parameters of a sale, while Harbinger has put forth a plan that would restructure LightSquared without a sale.
LightSquared filed for Chapter 11 in May of 2012, after the Federal Communications Commission tentatively stopped it from building its network amid concerns in the GPS industry about potential signal interference from a swath of LightSquared's broadband.
Subject to final court approval over the revised language in the plan outlines, creditors will have the right to vote for any of the proposals by December 5.
LightSquared's restructuring plan, along with two other plans proposed by different groups of lenders, contemplates an auction of the company's assets while LightSquared continues to pursue FCC approval to develop its suspended spectrum.
Harbinger's proposal does not contemplate a sale, instead focusing on reaching a regulatory solution with the FCC, which Harbinger has said would boost the value of the company to $5.65 billion. LightSquared would then repay current outside creditors in full with proceeds from new financing.
Harbinger wants to retain control of LightSquared, and auctioning off the company's assets would undermine that effort. But LightSquared has received bids for its assets, including Dish's, and with no clear resolution in sight to its regulatory obstacles, Judge Chapman has pushed the company to solicit additional buyers through an auction.
In July, an acquisition vehicle owned by Dish set a baseline bid of $2.22 billion in cash and about $1.3 billion in assumed contractual obligations for spectrum belonging to LightSquared's operating company. If another suitor tops Dish's proposal, LightSquared would owe it a $51.8 million break-up fee.
Dish's current bid would remain valid for 60 days after LightSquared chooses another buyer, which offers the company some protection in case the transaction falls apart, particularly for regulatory reasons.
In August, MAST Capital, the sole backer of LightSquared's $63 million bankruptcy loan, bid the full amount of the loan, plus $1, for spectrum leases at LightSquared's parent company.
Bidding procedures enabling other suitors to bid for some or all of the company's assets were finalized last week.
Further complicating matters for Harbinger is the effect of sequestration on the FCC. The agency's workers have largely been furloughed, which could delay FCC clearance for the company.
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Boris needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Not a complex corporate logo, instead something that is friendly and makes you hungry for Thai food.
if you go to the current website and look at the top on the banner, we need a logo to replace the current one there. The logo should also include the text you see (2 lines, "Yummy Thai Cooking", "Classes by Chef Saithong")
The Logo we would ideally want is something that looks like a Thai (or at least asian) women stirring a pot or bowl. Something that makes you think of asian cooking and ideally makes you hungry and excited about food. Maybe some steam coming from the bowl/pot?
This logo will be used for that website, and also on business cards and t-shirts, etc.. The background will always yellow, so the logo should be Purple. It doesn't have to be the same purple as the website (that may change) but it should be a nice color of purple that will look good on top of a yellow background, and also on white paper. It should also look ok in black/white.
Winners of this auction, may later be hired for more work on website improvements, etc. This is just the first project to find someone talented.
We need two variations, one just the logo without the two lines of text, and one including the two lines of text (like on the website banner).
as for the two lines of text, the first line should probably be a bit bigger then the second line, but not too much.
Ideas from other websites:
we like this font for the text "thai thai" in this website
Here are some websites that have thai women cooking...none are exactly what we want, but some ideas...
Good Image of Thai Lady
Older Thai Lady
Another Thai Lady
- In Vector Format
- One Logo including 2 lines of text, another one without the text
- Some variation of a Purple color which looks good on top of yellow background
- functional in Black and White
- Should look good even in small size (like on business card)
- Should look good in big size (like on t--shirt)
- Something that looks bad when shown in a small size
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