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O's play key roles in American League's All-Star win
Hardy drives in Jones, Davis sets up first run and Machado makes sparkling play
NEW YORK -- In the 84th All-Star Game, the trio of Orioles voted in as starters -- Chris Davis, Adam Jones and J.J. Hardy -- and reserve Manny Machado all lent a hand in the American League's 3-0 victory over the National League on Tuesday night at Citi Field.
"I thought we represented Baltimore well," Davis said. "We wanted to come out here and show what we've been doing in Baltimore all year, and we did that. I was happy with the way the guys played and we're happy to get the win."
The AL starting lineup featured three Orioles for the first time since 1997, when Cal Ripken Jr., Roberto Alomar and Brady Anderson all started for the AL.
In AL manager Jim Leyland's lineup, first baseman Davis hit cleanup, center fielder Jones batted seventh and shortstop Hardy was in the ninth spot. Third baseman Machado and pitcher Chris Tillman also made the All-Star team.
Davis and Jones succumbed to Mets rookie Matt Harvey's magic in their first at-bats; Davis flew out to center on an 89-mph changeup in the first inning, while Jones struck out on a 98-mph four-seamer in the second.
"I don't mind facing Harvey one at bat and then having him come out of the game," Davis said. "The guy's got electric stuff. Obviously he has a power arm and the Mets have a guy they can count on for a long time."
In his first at-bat, Hardy lined out to center on an 88-mph slider from Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw for the first out of the third.
In the fourth, with the Tigers' Miguel Cabrera on second base, Davis ripped a slider from D-backs lefty Patrick Corbin to right field -- off the glove of Reds first baseman Joey Votto -- for a base hit. Cabrera advanced to third on the play, then scored on Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista's sacrifice fly to center to give the AL a 1-0 lead.
Jones led off the fifth with a double, lining a 2-2 cutter from Phillies lefty Cliff Lee to left. Jones advanced to third on a single by Minnesota's Joe Mauer, then scored on a ground ball by Hardy to give the AL a 2-0 lead.
Davis got a third and final at-bat in the sixth, striking out on an 84-mph curveball by Marlins rookie Jose Fernandez.
Davis was replaced in the sixth by the Tigers' Prince Fielder. Davis went 1-for-3 with a strikeout and left two runners on base.
Machado also entered in the sixth, replacing Cabrera at third.
In the seventh, Machado robbed the D-backs' Paul Goldschmidt of a hit with a sparkling backhanded grab on a sharply hit one-hopper down the third-base line. He turned and threw across his body to nail Goldschmidt at first.
Jones got his third and final at-bat in the seventh, facing Reds reliever Aroldis Chapman. He struck out swinging on a 101-mph four-seam fastball. Jones was replaced by the Royals' Alex Gordon, who went to left field, moving the Angels' Mike Trout to center. At the same time, Hardy was replaced by Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta.
Davis, Jones and Hardy were all voted as starters by the fans, with Davis, the Major League's home run leader, coming in as the top vote-getter. Machado was selected as an AL reserve and Tillman was named to the team on Sunday in place of Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander, who was unavailable to pitch after starting Sunday in Detroit.
Davis set an AL record with 37 home runs before the All-Star break and is second in the Majors with 93 RBIs. The 27-year-old slugger also participated in the Chevrolet Home Run Derby on Monday night, reaching the second round.
Davis opened a blister on his hand midway through the Derby and had his palm bandaged for the game, but he suffered no ill effects.
"The skin came off a little bit," Davis said. "It wasn't going to stop me; I didn't come here to sit the bench."
Jones, 27, finished the first half with a .296 batting average, 19 home runs and 67 RBIs. The two-time Gold Glove Award winner also appeared in the '09 and '12 All-Star Games, and was named Most Valuable Oriole in '11 and '12.
Hardy, 30, is a defensive stalwart who won a Gold Glove last season, but is also the only shortstop to hit more than 20 home runs in the last two years. He has already hit 16 homers in 2013.
Hardy was feeling the pressure of the packed All-Star schedule.
"With all the interviews and the signings, there's really not much time to prep," he said before the game. "It's maybe stressing me out a little bit, but once the game starts, I will be fine, when it's all about the baseball."
Machado, one of the league's top young players, turned 21 earlier this month. He hit 38 doubles before July 1, the second-most in the Majors since 1921, and had a career-high 14-game hitting streak earlier this season. He ranks second in the AL with 128 hits and 11th with a .310 batting average.
Tillman, 25, leads the Orioles with 11 wins and has a 3.95 ERA in 19 starts this season. He has 89 strikeouts in 111 2/3 innings, but did not appear in Tuesday's game.


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Town troubles: Louisa loses another chief
It ain't easy for Louisa to hang on to her chief.
John Wilson made it almost a year before he resigned the town's top police job last week, a pretty good record in this burg that changes its police chiefs nearly as often as it changes the oil in its squad cars. Wilson's predecessor, John Cetrulo, held on for only five months before he was fired.
Signs of trouble for Wilson loomed publicly last fall. Several citizens complained about his ticket-writing zeal, and one of them, Joy Lloyd, accused him of stalking, a charge Wilson denied.
Then came the infamous alleged hitting-below-the-belt incident. That New Year's Eve wrangle led to both Wilson and another officer, Sgt. Robert Rigsby, filing charges of assault and battery against one another.
And now some Louisans are wondering why the town decided in April 2003 to hire a law enforcement officer who had been charged in 2002 with obstruction of justice in Newport News, a charge that would have shown up on the criminal background check done before Wilson was hired.
Wilson was charged then after he was stopped for speeding. The charges were dropped, and in September 2003, Wilson filed a $1 million lawsuit against Newport News and one of its officers.
Louisa Mayor Charles Rosson did not return calls from The Hook, but in December he said Wilson's past had been carefully examined because of the turmoil in 2002 when Cetrulo was fired and the town manager resigned.
However, the council couldn't have known about Wilson's six-week stint as chief in Shenandoah, where he was accused of driving a police car to North Carolina without authorization. That's because Wilson didn't include that job on his application, according to a story in the Daily Progress. Wilson denied using the car for out-of-state travel.
Louisa town manager George Hayfield declined to comment on whether Wilson was asked to resign. He did say the troubled five-man police force is down to three officers now that Rigsby is suspended, and Assistant Chief Stan Batten, the force's highest-ranking officer, is in charge until a new chief is found.
Wilson's resignation came after a closed session with the town council two weeks before he goes to court on the assault and battery charges.
In the December 31 incident, Rigsby claims that Wilson struck him in the groin. Rigsby reported the incident immediately, and when he felt the town was doing nothing about his allegation, he filed charges.
Rigsby was in the news in 2002 when former chief Cetrulo suspended him for wearing gold chains and showing too much chest hair.
"Officially, Rigsby followed proper procedures in reporting the alleged incident," says Major Donald Lowe, who was assigned to investigate the charges from the Louisa County Sheriff's Office. "The chief's resignation is probably the best thing he could have done."
Wilson filed assault charges two hours after he was arrested January 22, but he had never reported earlier his allegation that Rigsby grabbed him by the shoulder and shook him. Nor did he take any disciplinary action against Rigsby.
On January 22, he told the Progress his contretemps with Rigsby was "joking and horseplay." Wilson did not return a call from The Hook.
Louisa's next chief-finding strategy is to hire a professional consultant to do a management study and base hiring on "whatever comes out of that," says Hayfield. Will the town do anything differently as it hires its next chief?
"I couldn't say at this point," says Hayfield.
Joy Lloyd, who appeared before the Town Council and demanded that Wilson be fired for stalking and intimidation, isn't totally thrilled with Wilson's resignation. "I would have preferred for him to be fired with cause," she says.
She is happy Wilson will be leaving Louisa, "but I'm sad for wherever he goes," she says.
Lloyd has been subpoenaed as a witness in Sgt. Rigsby's case. She offers suggestions for what she'd like to see in a new chief: "One who doesn't spit, stalk, or nut crack."
Wilson, who frequents the message board on louisaonline.com as Chief054, posted a message February 19 saying he's heading back to the Hampton Roads area.
He signed it "Chief054nomore."
John Wilson's tumultuous tenure as Louisa police chief included charges of assault and battery.
Joy Lloyd (right): "I'm sad for wherever he goes."

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Your son is 2 years old and still isn't talking. He says a few words, but compared with his peers you think he's way behind. You remember that his sister could put whole sentences together at the same age. Hoping he will catch up, you postpone seeking professional advice. Some kids are early walkers and some are early talkers, you tell yourself. Nothing to worry about...
This scenario is common among parents of kids who are slow to speak. Unless they observe other areas of "slowness" during early development, parents may hesitate to seek advice. Some may excuse the lack of talking by reassuring themselves that "he'll outgrow it" or "she's just more interested in physical things."
Knowing what's "normal" and what's not in speech and language development can help you figure out if you should be concerned or if your child is right on schedule.
It's important to discuss early speech and language development, as well as other developmental concerns, with your doctor at every routine well-child visit. It can be difficult to tell whether a child is just immature in his or her ability to communicate or has a problem that requires professional attention.
These developmental norms may provide clues:
It's important for kids this age to be watched for signs that they're using their voices to relate to their environment. Cooing and babbling are early stages of speech development. As babies get older (often around 9 months), they begin to string sounds together, incorporate the different tones of speech, and say words like "mama" and "dada" (without really understanding what those words mean).
Before 12 months of age, babies also should be attentive to sound and begin to recognize names of common objects (bottle, binky, etc.). Babies who watch intently but don't react to sound may be showing signs of hearing loss.
Kids this age should have a wide range of speech sounds in their babbling (like p, b, m, d, or n), begin to imitate and approximate sounds and words modeled by family members, and typically say one or more words (not including "mama" and "dada") spontaneously. Nouns usually come first, like "baby" and "ball." Your child also should be able to understand and follow simple one-step directions ("Please give me the toy," etc.).
Though there is a lot of variability, most toddlers are saying about 20 words by 18 months and 50 or more words by the time they turn 2. By age 2, kids are starting to combine two words to make simple sentences, such as "baby crying" or "Daddy big." A 2-year-old should be able to identify common objects (in person and in pictures), points to eyes, ears, or nose when asked, and follow two-step commands ("Please pick up the toy and give it to me," for example).
Parents often see huge gains in their child's speech. Your toddler's vocabulary should increase (to too many words to count) and he or she should routinely combine three or more words into sentences.
Comprehension also should increase — by 3 years of age, a child should begin to understand what it means to "put it on the table" or "put it under the bed." Your child also should begin to identify colors and comprehend descriptive concepts (big versus little, for example).
Speech and language are often confused, but there is a distinction between the two:
Although problems in speech and language differ, they often overlap. A child with a language problem may be able to pronounce words well but be unable to put more than two words together. Another child's speech may be difficult to understand, but he or she may use words and phrases to express ideas. And another child may speak well but have difficulty following directions.
If you're concerned about your child's speech and language development, there are some things to watch for. An infant who isn't responding to sound or who isn't vocalizing is of particular concern.
Between 12 and 24 months, reasons for concern include a child who:
Seek an evaluation if a child over 2 years old:
Many things can cause delays in speech and language development. Speech delays in an otherwise normally developing child can sometimes be caused by oral impairments, like problems with the tongue or palate (the roof of the mouth). A short frenulum (the fold beneath the tongue) can limit tongue movement for speech production.
Many kids with speech delays have oral-motor problems, meaning there's inefficient communication in the areas of the brain responsible for speech production. The child encounters difficulty using and coordinating the lips, tongue, and jaw to produce speech sounds. Speech may be the only problem or may be accompanied by other oral-motor problems such as feeding difficulties. A speech delay may also be a part of (instead of indicate) a more "global" (or general) developmental delay.
Hearing problems are also commonly related to delayed speech, which is why a child's hearing should be tested by an audiologist whenever there's a speech concern. A child who has trouble hearing may have trouble articulating as well as understanding, imitating, and using language.
Ear infections, especially chronic infections, can affect hearing ability. Simple ear infections that have been adequately treated, though, should have no effect on speech. And, as long as there is normal hearing in at least one ear, speech and language will develop normally.
If you or your doctor suspect that your child has a problem, early evaluation by a speech-language pathologist is crucial. Of course, if there turns out to be no problem after all, an evaluation can ease your fears.
Although you can seek out a speech-language pathologist on your own, your primary care doctor can refer you to one.
In conducting an evaluation, a speech-language pathologist will look at a child's speech and language skills within the context of total development. Besides observing your child, the speech-language pathologist will conduct standardized tests and scales, and look for milestones in speech and language development.
The speech-language pathologist will also assess:
If the speech-language pathologist finds that your child needs speech therapy, your involvement will be very important. You can observe therapy sessions and learn to participate in the process. The speech therapist will show you how you can work with your child at home to improve speech and language skills.
Evaluation by a speech-language pathologist may find that your expectations are simply too high. Educational materials that outline developmental stages and milestones may help you look at your child more realistically.
Like so many other things, speech development is a mixture of nature and nurture. Genetic makeup will, in part, determine intelligence and speech and language development. However, a lot of it depends on environment. Is a child adequately stimulated at home or at childcare? Are there opportunities for communication exchange and participation? What kind of feedback does the child get?
When speech, language, hearing, or developmental problems do exist, early intervention can provide the help a child needs. And when you have a better understanding of why your child isn't talking, you can learn ways to encourage speech development.
Here are a few general tips to use at home:
Whatever your child's age, recognizing and treating problems early on is the best approach to help with speech and language delays. With proper therapy and time, your child will likely be better able to communicate with you and the rest of the world.
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OWASP Israel 2010
Location and Time
The 2010 annual OWASP Israel conference was held at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) on September 6th in the Efi Arazi school of computer science. Map of the venue can be found here.
All presentations were in Hebrew.
The conference was sponsored by:
For further details contact Ofer Maor (ofer.maor at owasp.org)
Pictures of the event can be found here.
Agenda & Presentations
|Gathering and Socializing
|Opening Words Ofer Maor, Hacktics - OWASP Israel Chairman (Download Presentation)
|Hacker Intelligence: 6 Months of Attack Vector Research Tal Be'ery, Imperva (Download Presentation)
|CSA Israel & The Challenges of Cloud Security Guy Alfassi (Download Presentation)
|Beyond Negative Security: Signatures Are Not Always Enough Or Katz, Trustwave (Download Presentation)
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|Practical Mod Security: Beyond the Core Rule Set Josh Amishav-Zlatin, Pure Hacking (Download Presentation)
|PCI:DSS and the New PA:DSS Standards: Myths, Trends and Pragmatic Methods for Building Secure Software that Complies Shay Zalalichin, Comsec (Download Presentation)
|Accelerating Multi-Pattern Matching on Compressed HTTP Traffic Yaron Koral, IDC (Download Presentation)
|Real Life Application DoS Attacks Ziv Gadot, Radware (Download Presentation)
|Runtime Hardening Erez Metula, AppSec (Download Presentation)
|Cloud Computing Security: Mapping Concepts to Practical Techniques Gilad Parann-Nissany, Porticor (Download Presentation)
|Closing Words Ofer Maor, Hacktics - OWASP Israel Chairman
The people behind the conference
OWASP Israel is made by the people who contribute their time and brain to its success. The following people are working to ensure that OWASP Israel 2010 is a success.
If you feel that you also can contribute or have interesting ideas regarding the conference, don't hesitate to contact me.
- Adi Sharabani (IBM)
- Dr. Anat Bremler-Barr (Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya)
- Avi Douglen
- Ofer Maor (Hacktics)
- Ofer Shezaf (Better Place)
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Please note that uploads to friend slots are not counted as uploads at all, when it comes to ratio calculations. So uploads to friends slots may cause you to get lower download speed. Se the description for ZZ TransferRatioBalance for more info about how the ratio works.
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text: RonJonSurfer 15 Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 (edited) Let's see if this improves the fuctionality of this wildly popular game..... Here's a newer game that is based on David Letterman's nightly Top 10 List. We'll start with "The Top 10 (blank) and fill in a list of 10 wildly humorous answers. See Dave's Top Ten Reasons Britney should not have any more kids..in the News section for an example....wildly hilarious, right?? I want everybody to contribute. All of you of the witty retort gang....get your butt's over here and contribute. All you have to do is copy and paste the list from the last post into a new one and add your answer to the list. the person who gives the number one reason must start the next Top 10. If you don't...who cares, somebody else do it. I'll start with a very general topic: THE TOP 10 REASONS EMPLOYERS HATE SONGFACTS? 10. They are jealous that they aren't goofing off here. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Edited August 26, 2008 by Guest title Link to post Share on other sites


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The LaCie Little Big Disk SSD is the second Thunderbolt-based storage device we've worked with and it's quite different from the first one, the Promise Pegasus R6. If the Pegasus is considered huge, heavy, and offers a ton of storage space, the SSD-based LaCie is tiny and comes with just 240GB of capacity. (There are also hard-drive-based versions of the drive that offer up to 1TB of storage--still much less than that of the Pegasus.)
The LaCie shares something with the Pegasus, however, by supporting only the Thunderbolt connection and offering superfast data transfer speeds. While not as fast as the Pegasus in our testing, it's still significantly faster than any other storage devices of similar configuration, and even faster than some internal solid-state drives.
On the downside, the drive doesn't have any built-in support for USB, FireWire or eSATA. It's also really expensive at around $900 and is a little noisy. Still, if you're looking for a superfast portable and rugged storage device and have a Thunderbolt-enabled Mac, there's no better choice than the LaCie Little Big Disk SSD. On the other hand, if you also need as much storage space as possible, then also check out Promise's Pegasus R6.
|Drive type
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|Connector options
|Available capacities
|Product dimensions (LWH)
|5.5 x 1.6 x 3.3 inches
|1.4 lbs
|Capacity of test unit
|OSes supported
|Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later
|Software included
|Intego BackUp Manager Pro
Design and features
The Little Big Disk SSD bears the same signature design of LaCie's storage devices: sturdy, eye-catching, and bold. The compact device is housed in a full-metal body with a round blue button on the front that works both as a power and indicator light. On the back, you'll find the power port and two Thunderbolt ports.
You can use one of these ports to connect the drive to the host computer using a Thunderbolt cable, which, as with the Pegasus, is not included and costs another $49. With the other port, you can daisy-chain up to five other Thunderbolt devices, or a mini DisplayPort monitor without reducing the connection bandwidth. We tested the LaCie together with a Pegasus R6 indeed suffered no reduction in performance.
The drive comes with a detachable base and a flexible power adapter that works with virtually any type of power sockets in the world. Despite how compact the drive is, you'll need to use the power adapter since it's not bus-powered: the Thunderbolt cable doesn't provide enough juice to power it.
Despite the necessary separate power adapter, the Little Big Disk SSD's power status works in sync with that of the computer to which it's connected. For example, when the computer turns off, the drive also turns off and turns back on when the computer restarts. The drive also turns itself off when the computer goes into sleep mode and turns itself back on when the computer wakes up. We found this power management nifty and very helpful. On the other hand, note that you won't be able to turn it on without plugging it in to a supported computer.
Unlike the Pegasus, which has five drive bays, the LaCie is a single-volume drive. On the inside, it hosts a 240GB solid-state drive (SSD). This means that the speed of the storage solution depends entirely on the speed of the SSD itself, which is 6Gbps at best (compared to the Thunderbolt standard of 10Gbps), if the internal SSD supports the latest SATA 3 standard.
There's nothing to setting up the Little Big Disk. Out of the box, it's preformatted in HFS+ and once connected to a computer via Thunderbolt, it's immediately available on your Mac, just like other external storage devices. There's nothing prestored on the drive, but it's accompanied by a CD that contains Intego Backup Manager Pro software and digital copies of the manual and user guide. Since the drive is supereasy to set up and it's probably best to use it with your Mac's Time Machine for backing up purposes, it's safe to skip this CD.
We tested the LaCie Little Big Disk the same way we did with the Promise Pegasus R6, which is similar to the way we test external storage devices: by copying large amounts of data from one place to another and measure the device's throughput speed. We actually used the R6 as part of the test since it's the only other storage device we have that's equipped with Thunderbolt.


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Modeling Bone Strength Using Isotropic and Anisotropic Materials
The question of exactly how strong living bones are poses many important considerations for the medical industry. There is not currently a single-purpose device in the field to test bone strength. However, it is possible for researchers to get measurements of bone strength by modeling the entire makeup of the bone and using multiphysics simulation to perform stress and strain analyses. Simulating bone strength starts with a simple map of the external topology of the bone and then delves into its complex internal structure and composition.
FEM Is a Leg Up on Modeling Bone Strength
When researchers from the Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Colombia set out to determine the geometry, dimensions, and mechanical strength of a human femur, they employed the help of multiphysics simulation. Using COMSOL Multiphysics, the researchers experimented with different finite element models to determine the best way to design a model that most closely resembled a real bone. The results of their study were presented in the paper "Determination of Mechanic Resistance of Osseous Elements through Finite Element Modeling" at the COMSOL Conference 2013.
One of the modeling techniques that they explored was the implementation of isotropic materials, materials that respond the same way to forces applied in different directions, and anisotropic materials, those that have different physical properties depending on the direction of the applied force. Previous femur models assumed that the human femur was composed entirely of isotropic materials; however, these models failed to predict the correct fracture patterns that occur when a femur is exposed to high stress. By using both isotropic and anisotropic materials in their models, the researchers found the material composition that produced results that most closely matched data from experiments done on real human femurs.
Simulating Isotropic and Anisotropic Materials in a Femur
The researchers began by scanning a human femur using a three-dimensional laser scanner, and then using this information, they constructed a 3D finite element model. This gave them the external geometry of the bone; however, in order to determine the internal composition of various tissues, they consulted previous studies on bone strength and tissue composition.
A femur is made up of several sections: the trabecular bone, cortical bone, and medullary canal (shown below). The cortical bone is a type of osseous tissue that is very compact and that provides support, protection for organs, levers for mobility, and the ability to exchange chemical elements. Trabecular bone is spongy and closer to the center, and the medullary canal is the vessel where bone marrow is stored. The material composition of a bone can be determined using a type of radiography called dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) that works to measure bone mineral density. Medical professionals aim two X-ray beams with varying energy levels at the bone tissue, then they subtract out the absorption level to get a reading of the bone mineral density. In addition, the experiments the researchers consulted used quantitative computed tomography (QCT); this is a technique for displaying an X-ray or ultrasound cross-section.
Internal structure of the human femur. Image courtesy of
E. Isaza, L. García, and E. Salazar and adapted from their paper.
The researchers modeled the head of the femur, as a generalized isotropic and anisotropic model. The trabecular and cortical bones were then simulated as either an anisotropic material or isotropic material in multiple different simulations that tested the material properties taken from previous experimental studies.
These models where then compared to experimental results ("Femoral strength is better predicted by finite element models than QCT and DXA.", Cody et. al.) to determine which material properties most closely predicted the fracture load of that of a real bone. Their results are presented in the graph below:
As the graph shows, the anisotropic materials more closely matched the data from the physical experiment. By simulating and measuring the stress patterns in both the anisotropic and isotropic models, the researchers were able to test the validity of this model as it corresponds to known stress patterns. The model below depicts the different stress distributions in the femoral head of the femur in the anisotropic and isotropic models, where the anisotropic model demonstrates a more accurate depiction of the mechanical resistance. Analyses such as these could potentially help to understand and predict the fracture patterns in low density bones.
Stress in the femur head in an isotropic model (left). Stress in the femur head in an anisotropic model (right).
Both isotropic and anisotropic materials can be modeled in COMSOL, allowing for the easy implementation of multiple models to test different material compositions. This data could help individual patients lower their risk of disease, weakness, and vulnerability in bones. The large-scale impact could be improved medicine and treatment and a better understanding of the makeup of one of our most important structural systems.
Further Reading
- Check out the full paper "Determination of Mechanic Resistance of Osseous Elements through Finite Element Modeling" that was presented at the COMSOL Conference 2013.
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LinkedIn has become a dominant player in the recruitment and human resource space in the past few years, with 150 million members and availability in 200 countries. Its launch on the NYSE was reminiscent of the dot com boom -- shares began trading at $US45 each and quickly topped $US100. It has successfully carved out its own niche in a social media landscape dominated by Twitter and Facebook.
LinkedIn has become the place to establish connections and find links to career opportunities, and it is frequently used by IT professionals. As of 31 December 2011, signup rates topped more than two new members per second. Last year, LinkedIn members did nearly 4.2 billion professionally-oriented searches on the platform. We take a look at the A to Z of LinkedIn -- minus some of the trickier letters.
Some may view LinkedIn as simply an online version of their resume, but features such as applications allow you to personalise your profile with information relevant to your industry. Applications such as polls and events encourage your network to talk and interact.
"It's important your profile of record is what people find when they Google your name or company, and obviously you want to be as well represented in that profile as possible," managing director of LinkedIn Australia and New Zealand, Clifford Rosenberg, says.
You may be solely focused on the image your organisation is presenting online, but your personal brand is just as important. Ensuring your profile represents who you are is vital when engaging with your audience.
Company profile
"You can set up a profile for your company. We have well over a million companies who have profiles on LinkedIn," Rosenberg says.
It's also a great way to attract talented staff as potential recruits can keep tabs on companies they want to work for. Activating a company profile puts a personal face to your organisation. It is a simple way to see a snapshot of any enterprise -- just be aware that your competition will be keeping an eye on you also.
LinkedIn isn't about a one way conversation -- it is based on interacting with other professionals. The discussion tab on each group page is there to allow people with similar interests to post questions and share experiences.
It may seem obvious, but just because LinkedIn is online doesn't mean professionalism should diminish. Interacting with colleagues politely when asking for something like a recommendation is important if you are to create a positive impression.
LinkedIn users are able to access their personal RSS feeds through the social network. You can subscribe to industry discussions as well as external feeds from sources such as Google.
There is a variety of open and closed groups on LinkedIn. Joining those relevant to your industry is a must for CIOs. You can discuss issues among peers and make new connections in the industry. Discussions in open groups can be viewed by anybody, whereas closed groups are for members-only.
CIO Australia group is where Australian CIOs and IT leaders can connect and share their ideas on using IT to create business value and make the most of opportunities in a growing local market. The group is open to CIOs, IT directors, COOs, CTOs and senior IT managers. You can be working for an Australian organisation, heading up APAC operations or an ex-pat living and working overseas but the group is not open to sales executives, consultants, recruiters, business development managers or IT service executives.
If you're searching for the next IT star to join your place of employment, you might want your HR team to place a job advertisement on LinkedIn. You can share the advertisement using other social networks such as Twitter and Facebook and post them to LinkedIn groups. "Because CIOs are always on the lookout for skilled talent, and with a war for talent out there, having a good profile allows members to connect and network," Rosenberg says.
Including an up to date, professional and appropriate image as your LinkedIn profile picture is vital for IT leaders in order to make a more personal impact and connect with colleagues. Making sure that this image is consistent with your online brand is necessary too.
Job seekers
Having relevant information on your profile is not only important to maintaining good relationships -- it could land you your next big career change. LinkedIn also allows users to browse for jobs by company and informs you once a colleague or contact leaves his or her current position.
Keeping up to date
Having an up to date profile with the right information is vital. It lets you reap the benefits of any career opportunities, so updating your profile with current position, location and other details is a must.
Learning centre
The learning centre, also known as the Help Center of the social networking site, is where you can find relevant and up to date information about several topics. It is a must for anybody new to LinkedIn.
There are LinkedIn apps for several mobile platforms, including Apple's iPad and iPhone as well as phones and tablets running the Android and BlackBerry operating systems.
"On certain Optus and Vodafone/3 plans you can actually get free use of LinkedIn on your mobile," Rosenberg says. "We've realised that more and more of our members are mobile and not tethered to their PCs. We really want to be available where our members are."
Without networking there would be no LinkedIn. Being the world's largest professional online network, LinkedIn is a great way to get in touch with old connections and establish new ones through groups and associations with similar interests to yours.
LinkedIn Outlook Connector lets you access LinkedIn from Microsoft Outlook. You can view updates from members of your network and send invitations to new contacts to connect using LinkedIn.
Public profile
While keeping your Facebook profile private from your colleagues can be a good move, leaving your LinkedIn profile with some information visible to others is vital according to Rosenberg.
"Make sure you have a fully complete profile; make sure you have an updated photo of yourself and preferably one that represents you in a professional light," he says.
Questions and answers
LinkedIn's Answers section allows members to pose questions to other members of the site, as well as respond to others' questions. People who provide the best answers to questions in certain categories are flagged as experts on their profiles.
"Recommendations talk about credibility; it shows trust," Rosenberg says. "Because the recommendations are linked to someone's profile, one can very quickly see it was a colleague or a boss or someone in the same industry that posted the recommendation."
One easy way to complete your profile is to get past and present colleagues to recommend your work. You may want to reciprocate by writing a recommendation for them.
Specialties and skills
Adding specialties to your profile allows other LinkedIn users to get a better idea of exactly what it is that you're good at. This doesn't need to be a large amount of text, but provides a little more detail than your standard resume would. LinkedIn also includes Skills & Expertise tracker.
Adding your Twitter name to your LinkedIn profile provides another way for users to contact you. LinkedIn also allows you to share updates using your Twitter account.
Unique URL
A unique URL allows you to include a link on emails or on the cover letter of a resume. It not only saves time, it shows potential employers that you care about being contacted via LinkedIn.
Want to know who is looking at your profile? Click on the 'edit profile' button to see who has viewed your account, depending on their privacy settings, and what industries they work in. You can also see how often your profile has turned up in search results.
This is a variety of widgets available for Linkedin. You may want to add a snapshot of your LinkedIn profile to your blog, for example. You can also add a 'Share on LinkedIn' widget to your website, which lets people share your content with their LinkedIn network.
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Samuels hits 260 as West Indies take command
Marlon Samuels smashed a magnificent 260 to guide the West Indies into a commanding position against Bangladesh on the third day of the second and final Test in Khulna on Friday.
The 31-year-old Jamaican notched his maiden double century, putting on a 326-run stand for the third wicket with Darren Bravo (127) and another 177 for the fourth wicket with Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who ended the day 109 not out.
Denesh Ramdin finished not out on four.
The run-feast gave the West Indies a healthy 177-run lead over Bangladesh's first innings total of 387 -- a position of strength from where they will look to force a series win after taking the first Test in Dhaka by 77 runs.
Samuels thrived on a lifeless pitch before being caught at point off a rising delivery from paceman Rubel Hossain, falling just one short of Ramnaresh Sarwan's 261 not out -- the highest by a West Indian batsman against Bangladesh -- made at Kingston in 2004.
The right-handed batsman hit 31 fours and three sixes during a dominating 455-ball knock.
The seasoned Chanderpaul was not left far behind, as he reached his 27th Test hundred in the dying moments of the day when he steered spinner Sohag Gazi for a single towards mid-off, following up on his 203 not out in the first Test.
The 146-Test veteran has so far hit ten fours and a six off 206 balls.
The Samuels-Chanderpaul stand also improved the previous best for a fourth wicket against Bangladesh, erasing the 176-run stand involving Samuels and Sarwan in Dhaka ten years ago.
Samuels survived a confident leg-before shout off paceman Hossain's first over after lunch before steering the same bowler for a single to complete his double hundred.
Earlier, Samuels and Bravo continued to punish the hapless Bangladeshi bowlers after the West Indies resumed at 241-2.
Bravo hit Hossain for two boundaries in one over for his scored to enter the 90s before taking a couple and a single to complete his fourth Test hundred.
In the last over before lunch, Bravo was adjudged leg-before off spinner Gazi as he tried to cut the ball, which hit the pad first and then the bat. Bravo hit ten boundaries during his 288-ball innings.
Bangladeshi bowlers were found wanting on the slow track and their problems were compounded by edges falling short and a dropped catch in the slips by Naeem Islam off paceman Abul Hasan when Samuels was on 117.
Samuels took full advantage of the lapse and bettered his previous highest Test score of 123, which he made against New Zealand in Kingston earlier this year.
Gazi and Hossain finished with two wickets apiece.
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A recent post on the Graphic Design Blog showed the results of their readers top five logos of all time.
I guess I really wasn't that surprised to see the Apple logo sitting at number one.
Although I am old enough to remember the original Apple Corps logo used by the Beatles pop group. Apple and the Beatles: The End of a Long and Winding Road?
This talk of logos got me thinking about the power of brands and trademarks in protecting products and services.
The harsh truth about business, is that if you are successful you will have competition, even if you have an invention protected by a patent.
An example would be the Dyson vacuum cleaner, whose Dual Cyclone technology is protected by patents, and yet the courts have allowed a somewhat similar looking cleaner from rival firm VAX to compete – Dyson loses design case.
My favourite brand of all time would have to be Marmite yeast extract spread.
This is not because the logo or image are particularly strong, but because since the creation of its secret recipe in 1902, it has managed to maintain a virtual monopoly, with the only rivals being Australian Vegemite and Swiss Cenovis. With sales of 60 million jars a year at over £5 each, one would assume this a market to attract heavy competition.
However, the Marmite brand is so strong that no-one seems to be trying, or certainly succeeding in competing.
As with many products not everyone is a fan, and Marmite have very cleverly used the strong reactions to the flavour of the spread in their recent marketing campaigns.


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In 2005, Seshadri Ramkumar and his team at the Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech leveraged the absorbent capabilities of cotton to create the Fibertect wipe that can absorb and neutralize gases and liquids that might be used in chemical warfare.
"To be recognized by the U.S. cotton industry as one of seven inventions is humbling, as it showcases the practical use of cotton technology developed at Texas Tech," Ramkumar said. "The need for decontamination wipes, such as the kind we've created here at TIEHH, were a top priority for the Department of Defense. Years ago, we began the research, developed a product, and met a top national security issue. Now we're finding even more uses for the material."
The process to make Fibertect® has received a patent and has been validated for use as a low-cost decontamination wipe for the U.S. military. Also, the wipe's qualities were re-engineered to create a better absorbent material to pick up the "chocolate mousse" oil slicks inundating Gulf Coast beaches following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Amit Kapoor is president of First Line Technology, which commercially distributes Fibertect that is manufactured by Hobbs Bonded Fibers Inc. He said that unlike synthetic materials like polypropylene that are currently used in many oil containment booms, Fibertect is made from environmentally friendly raw cotton and carbon.
"This summer, Fibertect was taken to the empty beaches of Grand Isle, La., and then laid out on top of a blob of oil that had settled on the beach," Kapoor said. "It worked very well in absorbing and containing the oil. First Line technology is really pleased to take the laboratory technology into marketplace. Fibertect is a platform technology and is finding applications in military and oil spill situations."
Kater Hake, VP of agricultural and environmental research at Cotton Incorporated, said that cotton has been essentially a source of textile fiber for six millennia. However, creative organizations such as Texas Tech are evolving the use of cotton and, in the process, its future.
"At Cotton Incorporated, we define sustainability as practices that create an environmental, economic and societal benefit," Hake said. "The developments of these organizations certainly address those three tiers of sustainability, and demonstrate the seemingly infinite uses for the cotton plant."


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Greater Texas Capital Corporation Wins Award for Securing 58.8 Million in Loans for 65 Small Businesses Statewide; 51 in DFW Alone
SBA 504 industry funded $6 billion in loans to nearly 10,000 small businesses nationwide.
Dallas – February 2014 – The Small Business Administration (SBA) recently gave the Greater Texas Capital Corporation (GTCC) a Pinnacle Award for being the number one Certified Development Corporation (CDC) in 504 lending in the Dallas-Fort Worth district. In fiscal year 2013, GTCC secured $58.8 million for 65 Texas small businesses. Fifty-one of those loans, totaling $40.4 million, were in North Texas.
"GTCC is grateful and proud so many banking partners and North Texas businesses entrust us with their SBA 504 loan needs," says Greg Dunn, GTCC Director of Sales and Marketing.
GTCC partners with small community banks, as well as regional and national banking organizations, to provide property and equipment financing solutions to a wide range of small businesses, including start-ups as well as existing and expanding businesses in manufacturing, retail and service industries.
Because we can offer a lower down payment and long-term fixed rate options that banks can't, the SBA 504 loan program is one of the best options for small businesses looking to finance their commercial real estate and long-term fixed assets," says Dunn.
Loan proceeds can be used to finance the acquisition of major fixed assets, including the purchase, construction or renovation of owner-occupied commercial real estate and/or acquisition and installation of heavy-duty machinery and equipment. The SBA 504 program is good for both borrower and lender.
Dunn says, "While our program allows the borrower to maximize their terms and preserve equity, it also benefits the participating bank partner by enabling them to offer 20-year fixed rate financing up to 40 percent of the financing request."
The SBA 504 industry is constantly striving to develop new and better debt-refinancing products for small businesses. John Hart, GTCC President, says, "This year, we are cautiously optimistic that small business owners will be able to refinance the commercial real estate debt into the 504 loan product, allowing them to recapture equity they may have in their property and to take advantage of long term fixed interest rates."
About Greater Texas Capital Corporation: One of the country's fastest-growing Certified Development Corporations, Greater Texas Capital Corporation helps businesses secure favorable fixed asset financing. As a Certified Development Corporation, we are a nonprofit company specifically established to contribute to economic development. We work with the SBA and other lending partners to provide loans to small businesses requiring real estate and equipment financing with long-term, fixed rates to acquire major fixed assets for expansion or modernization throughout Texas. Additionally, we cooperate with other CDCs to create solutions anywhere in the USA.


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REB Bill Payment Process (USSD)
REB user bill payment through USSD is a flexible way to pay your bill from your mobile. You can dial USSD short code (*727#) and follow the instructions to browse different sections of bill payment including registration, balance check etc.
You can even directly reach a particular portion like for bill payment you can dial *727*2#. The details of User Bill Payment is as follows:
Dial *727# for Main menu :
Type 1 for registration
Type 2 for Bill Payment
Type 3 for more option
Dial *727*1# directly to access subscriber registration menu::
Noticed that from one wallet account you can pay maximum three bills.
Details process for Subscriber registration:
Dial *727*1#
Type 1 for subscriber registration & type your SMS Account number & type your Contact number then type your name.
Reply : Mr. Shokkur Ali, Account Number (1069076335150), ID (960275), Contact No: 01554841966.
Details process for Wallet registration:
Type 2 for wallet registration & Type your SMS Account Number & Type your National ID number& type your Contact Number & type your Name then press yes.
Reply: Congrats ,Mr. Shokkur Ali successfully registration complete for REB bill Payment, Your ID is (96025), pin (6667),contact Number :01554841966.
Bill Payment Details process:
Type 2 for Bill Payment ( from main menu) or (Directly Dial *727*2#)
You can pay bill from your own mobile number in 3(three) methods:
First method : Dial *727*2* Customer ID* bill_month*bill_year#
Second Method : Dial *727*2# then you follow the below steps:
_->Please type your Customer ID
->Please type your bill_month
->Please Type your bill year
Third Method: Dial *727*2*bill no# to pay bill through Bill Number.
Then subscriber will get first reply &will be asked 4 digit pin number. After typing pin , subscriber will get 2nd reply.
1st Reply: Mr. Shokkur Ali, Account No (1069076335150), Bill Amount (105), Bill Month (1),Please type your pin for Payment.
2nd Reply: Mr. Shokkur Ali, Bill No: (10690710182178467), Bill Amount (105),: Bill Payment successful. Transaction ID:0000000029432254. Last Balance : 285 tk.
For other Help option using USSD code for Bill payment related information.
Type 3 for more option from main menu or (Directly Dial *727*3#)
"more option" are as follows:
1. Type 1 for Bill status.
2. Type 2 to change contact number.
3. Type 3 to change name.
4. Type 4 to know balance or (Directly Dial *727*3*4#).
5. Type 5 to know Customer ID & info.
To change pin or new pin number for REB bill payment from customer own mobile :
Dial *727*3*6*customer_id# (To change pin or new pin)
Balance Transfer using USSD code from retailer to Subscriber:
Dial *727*9*155XXXXXXXX*155XXXXXXXX*360*password#
Subscriber registration process flow:
Dial *727# to get menu:
Then customer will get a customer ID for REB bill Payment.
Then customer will get customer ID & Pin for REB bill payment from his/ her wallet.
3. How to pay REB bill from Teletalk Subscriber Handset:
Dial *727*2# to get following menu:
4. How to use other REB Help option from Teletalk Subscriber Handset:
Dial *727*3# to get following menu
5. How toBalance Transfer using USSD code from retailer to Subscriber:
Dial *727*9*155XXXXXXXX*155XXXXXXXX*360*password#
"Noticed that from one wallet account you can pay maximum three bills per month".


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We are proud to introduce to you our latest video production. Our model Natalie is a mother and teacher who was quite enthusiastic about getting her haircut. She was very entertaining and extremely animated to work with. With long below shoulder length hair, Natalie went through 8 different haircuts from long to an extreme buzzed high and tight. This production features 80 minutes of haircut playtime, an assortment of haircuts, buzzing action, interviews and good all-around humor.
Duration: 80:57 minutes
File size: 765.86 mb
Playback format: MP4
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Bananas and strawberries go SO well together that we couldn't resist whipping up this twist on our classic Strawberry Cloud. Especially once we saw the latest over-caloried slurpable concoction being churned out at Carl's Jr. Read, blend, and sip... Ingredients: 2/3 cup light vanilla soymilk 1 tbsp. sugar-free fat-free banana-flavored instant pudding mix Half a 2-serving packet (about 1/2 tsp.) sugar-free strawberry powdered drink mix (like Crystal Light Energy Wild Strawberry) 4 frozen unsweetened strawberries, partially thawed Half a medium banana, sliced into coins and frozen 1 1/2 cups crushed ice or 8 - 12 ice cubes 2 tbsp. Fat Free Reddi-wip Directions: In a large glass, combine soymilk, pudding mix, and powdered drink mix. Stir thoroughly, until mostly dissolved. Transfer to a blender. Add all remaining ingredients except Reddi-wip. Blend at high speed until thoroughly mixed. If needed, remove blender from the base, stir mixture, and blend again. Pour into the large glass and top with Reddi-wip. Enjoy!! MAKES 1 SERVING
Serving Size: 1 shake (entire recipe) Calories: 146 Fat: 1.5g Sodium: 348mg Carbs: 29g Fiber: 3g Sugars: 14g Protein: 4.5g PointsPlus® value 4*
This may be the most ridiculous name for anything ever... and the most deceptive. Most people in a hurry (like us) would read it off the menu board and think, "Oh, it's a smoothie! That's a good choice; it's not like it's a milkshake or anything." NO! STOP! It IS a milkshake! Get this -- "Strawberry Banana Smoothie" is the FLAVOR. That's CUCKOO! And you'll wanna sit down for this next part -- the crazy thing has 700 calories and 34 grams of fat! There's even a malt version, with 770 calories. This junior of Carl's has got some nerve. Luckily, we've put together a refreshing swap that has bananas and strawberries and no deception whatsoever. Unless the term "cloud" has you expecting a visible mass of condensed vapor. In which case, you definitely won't be interested in our Death by Chocolate Cupcakes...
Serving Size: 1 shake Calories: 700 Fat: 34g Sodium: 260mg Carbs: 86g Fiber: 0g Sugars: 73g Protein: 14g PointsPlus® value 19*
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Rajan had on Thursday called for more global coordination in monetary policy and the creation of a global safety net administered by a multilateral body such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF). These would avoid the impact of measures like the sudden expansion of global dollar supply and its withdrawal as the US Fed did and which made emerging economies go into a tailspin. Rajan made the comments in the context of the US Fed under Bernanke having increased the pace of withdrawal from quantitative easing this year.
India has been forced to rapidly build up its foreign exchange reserves to keep the rupee stable.
The RBI Governor took the stage alongside central bankers from the US, Europe, and Brazil at the high-profile event. In a world where international liquidity can dry up quickly, the world needs bilateral, regional, and multilateral arrangements for liquidity, Rajan said while addressing the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. But Bernanke, speaking to Rajan from the floor after the speech, said there is no evidence that emerging market economies would have been better off if the US had not resorted to quantitative easing. (Your) speech just reflects the fact that you are very skeptical of unconventional monetary policies. You say that the rules of the game should prevent policies with large adverse spillovers and questionable domestic benefits. If you have a different empirical assessment than I do, that in fact, emerging markets would be better off if they hadnt been used, then you would have a different view.
Rajan, a former chief economist at the IMF and professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business drew Bernankes ire for his policy prescription. Bernanke claimed he wanted to take Rajan to task for ignoring money. He said unconventional policies like the US Feds of increasing money supply increased demand in the economy, whereas exchange rate interventions like the tariffs of the 1930s were demand diverting. At its peak the Fed had pumped in $85 billion each month of additional money supply to boost demand in the US and other markets.
Rajan said this, however, increased cheap money for economies like India with foreign investors rushing in. When the tap is shut off the volatility in the emerging markets spike, as the same foreign investors pull their money back.
Charles Evans, president of the Chicago Federal Reserve was also critical of Rajans position. Seated with Rajan on the stage, ECB vice president Vitor Constancio too voiced his opposition. I would not subscribe to the criticisms, he said, noting that emerging economies were much closer to full employment than rich nations. Constancio said past efforts at global coordination failed in part because emerging economies refused to accept that their currencies would have to appreciate in the face of policy easing in developed world.


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It's never been harder to attract great employees than it is now, but in my opinion it's never been easy either. Getting a job is not as hard as it used to be, and potential employees have a ton of options. So when you finally hire someone, it's important to make him/her feel part of the family fast -- with a capital F.
Maybe it's because I'm a girl, or maybe because I'm a Virgo, but in the seven years since I started VerticalResponse, I have felt it is extremely important to make sure new employees feel welcome and were completely set up when they arrived on their first day.
I remember one of my "first days on the job," I showed up to work and my office space was set up Cagney and Lacey style with no divider. That would have been fine, however my officemate was a "loud talker" and even carried on multiple conference calls a day, with just him (and me) in the room. (If you do this, pick up the phone and talk please). I couldn't work my computer (it was a PC) so I asked if I could have a Mac. My boss gave me his credit card and said, "Walk down the street and get yourself a computer."
Wow, I was on my own.
So when I started this company, I decided I would be the one who went to the office supply store to buy pens, a pen holder, business card holder, floor mat, and garbage can. I'd work off of my "new hire" list. I'd also walk to the chair store down the street and actually sit in the chair to make sure it would be ok. When our new employee started, I would take them around our tiny office and introduce them to everyone along with walking them through their job function.
After we started growing and it became someone else's job to set up a new employee, I was relieved to find that the same "new hire" list was being used and that work areas were being set up properly. New employees were being introduced to others and the training process had begun. I have to admit I was a bit worried that my welcome wagon might get watered down.
Then I had one employee who sent me this email entitled "Great First Week!"
Hi Janine,
I wanted to let you know that I had a great first week and I'm glad to be aboard! I'm impressed by the little things -- e.g. everything was set up for me from the phone and computer to pens and post-it notes. (I love the MacBook Pro - what a relief after years of PC/MS slavery.) Best of all, the people I've met so far are friendly, helpful, and funny. Plus, I love the beer and wine stocked fridge - excellent! Anyway - just thought you might be curious about what the new guy thinks.
Cheers, - Bryan
So even though these things might not seem like a lot to you, think about the major life-changing decision your new employee just made.
Now, why not make them feel like they made the best decision of their lives to come and work for you?


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Hey guys! If you're a big webcomics reader, you're probably already quite aware of what Patreon is, but if not, it's a platform where you can set up a monthly, recurring donation to help connect a creator to the resources they need to make the work you want to see from them.
Alpha Flag has been quite susceptible to the tidal forces of my freelance day job, but with Patreon I'd love to have your help in making more time for comics. I'd love to put out comics for you at a much faster rate. If you'd like that, too, please check out my patreon campaign. I've got some rewards tiers that might interest you if you're already a fan of my work. The first few milestone goals are specifically about ensuring that both Renee and I can produce Alpha Flag with regularity, and after that, expanding the side comics (Untitled SF, Terminal Hair, and more) I put out for you, too.
– Jon
The Start of Hotel + Alone and Forgotten 14
Sorry for the missed update on Alone and Forgotten! Renee got slammed by a work-related crunch period and I was out of the country/AFK. Alone and Forgotten 14 is going to be the last page of the story, when Renee gets out from under the crunch, but in the meantime we're going to start running what we have of the next chapter, Hotel, starting tomorrow.
The beautiful chapter cover, Hotel 00, was drawn by the incomparable Der-shing Helmer of The Meek and Mare Internum fame. If you haven't already read both of those fantastic comics, go do, and then become her Patron!
The first story page, Hotel 01, should go up next Thursday.
State of Alpha Flag, June 2016
With the completion of Golf last week with page 10, we'll be running the remaining pages of The Only Thing I'm Really Afraid of is the Thought of Dying Here Alone and Forgotten for the next five weeks, starting with today's Alone and Forgotten 10. If you need a refresher on the short story, you can start here. While Alpha Flag turns into the Renee show for a month, I'll be hard at work getting ahead on the next chapter: Hotel.
Speaking of which, we've got a really exciting guest cover artist lined up for Hotel 00, which we'll be posting
on July 7th! Which means Hotel 01 will be uploaded the following Thursday, July 14th. Change of plans! I need an extra week to pull some things together, so Hotel 00 will be posted (as scheduled) on July 14th, now, and Hotel 01 will post the following Thursday.
In other news, I'm currently building a Jon Cairns Patreon that'll launch alongside the new chapter next month, and I'd love your input on what you'd like to see from me for that. The first milestone will be ensuring that Alpha Flag can keep updating 4 times a month, like it has been since our return. After that, what kind of content would you like to see from me (more Untitled SF, Terminal Hair, Shorts, or just more Alpha Flag)? What kind of rewards would interest you? I'm open to all suggestions! I've got a pile of my own ideas, but I want to make sure that it represents what you guys want to see, so we can work together to get cool stuff in front of your eyeballs and in your hands.
– Jon
Beyond in the Store
I've added the last few copies of the Beyond anthology that I have on hand to the store, as well as a motivational poster that my friends have been bugging me to print for literally years (the drawing is from 2010–the last thing I inked with a Pentel Color Brush before switching to Kolinsky sable brushes), and a bundle of all of the current Alpha Flag and Untitled SF issues (at a discount with an added bonus sketch).
✨ http://alphaflag.storenvy.com ✨
If you're interested in those, I'll be selling them for the next two or so weeks (or while supplies last on the Beyonds) to lighten my suitcase for my trip back the Europe. If you're over on the Old Continent, give it a month or so and I can get you some better shipping rates.
New Site Feature Rundown
So over the weekend we switched over to the new site. It's running on more modern code now, and with that comes new features! I wanted to point out a few to you guys:
Aspect Tagging
There's now a page dedicated to Aspects under the About entry in the menubar. It should be more convenient than constantly having to swap back and forth between the comic and wikipedia, like some of you have done in the past. All of their appearances are now tagged in each page. I mostly built it off of Known facts so far in the comics, and from a few of your (scarily accurate) guesses. Pictures of the aspects as they appear in the comic are still going to be obfuscated (with a mouseover) behind their flags if you don't want any sort of spoilers in that area.
I've also left the comments section open there for you guys to use how you see fit. I also included a few shreds of new/unspoken information for you to chew on. It's not plot-important stuff, but those of you who love speculation might be interested.
Scheduled Buffer
In the column of widgets to the right of the blog entries and comments under the comics, there's a new one called Scheduled Buffer. It tells you what content we have scheduled to post, and a date for when it'll be posted on the site. I know we've caused you guys a lot of anxiety with missed updates and slowness in the past, so I wanted to kind of peel back the curtain a little bit an expose ourselves so you can see if we're on track or not.
Other smaller things like improved keyboard navigation, a cleaner archive, new descriptive copy throughout, social media links, and new comics on my personal site, too. Just general refreshes all around.
So let me know if anything's broken or not working for you. Otherwise, enjoy! (And see you on Thursday)
– Jon