Dogs of Denver book party celebrates funds for Freedom Service Dogs

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Orbit is taught to pull laundry from the dryer at Freedom Service Dogs in Englewood on Friday, March 8, 2013. (Anya Semenoff, Your Hub file)

A fundraising effort to benefit Freedom Service Dogs in Englewood was a success, and Dogs of Denver is hosting a party.

Freedom Service Dogs is a 27-year-old nonprofit that rescues abused or abandoned dogs from shelters and trains them to be helping partners for people with disabilities, including wounded veterans.

Sean McNeil of McNeil Designer Portraits started Dogs of Denver to raise enough money to fund the training of one dog. He put together a coffee table book that features portraits of dogs from around the metro area whose owners paid $250 to have their dog photographed.

The project raised more than $40,00 for Freedom Service Dogs.

"I have a rescue dog of my own, and when I heard about Freedom Service Dogs and what they do, I was sold," McNeil said in a news release. "I knew that I needed to get out into the community and raise enough money to sponsor a dog for their program."

On Wednesday, Oct. 22, McNeil and Dogs of Denver will host a launch party for the book at Lone Tree Brewing Company at 8200 Park Meadows Dr. from 6 to 8 p.m. No RSVP is necessary, and "friends, family and pups" are welcome to attend.

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This Is One of the Most Incredible Animal Rescue Videos EverWatch Now!

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Freeing the most iconic symbol of freedom in U.S. history? That's the most American thing to ever happen!

Except it happened in Canada. Oh, well. It's still a really cool animal video to watch.

Fishermen in Canada came across a bald eagle that was stuck in the lake, though it's unclear how it got stuck in the water and if it was truly in danger. The majestic creature does look like it's too water-logged to fly away, or maybe it's just going for a casual swim after hunting for fish. Regardless, the men on the boat wanted to rescue the mighty bird before something terrible happened.

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After a couple of failed attempts to get the bird out of the water, the eagle is finally taken aboard, where the fisherman puts a towel over its head presumably to calm it down so he can dry it off. Later, he gently spoon-feeds the animal some water and hopefully not beer, which is probably what an American would do in this situation.

And that is when this magical moment happens:

It's like he's using his freedom eyes to gaze directly into our soul! Or he's quietly and intensely plotting the death of the fishermen.

Eventually, the bird is well enough to fly on its own, and the fisherman sets it free.

And thus ends the tale of how our Canadian neighbors protected America's freedomsymbolically, at least.

(H/T Daily Picks and Flicks)

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Dr Ernst Rdin Swiss Torment Trio Eugenics CH T4 Franz Riedweg, Dr Kurt Brderlin & Emperor Hirohito – Video

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RF elements Announces The Simper, the Breakthrough Line of Wireless Products

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Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) October 17, 2014

RF elements announced the new product line of wireless equipment at WISPAPALOOZA 2014 in Las Vegas, NV. The new line of radios named The Simper, as a tickling acronym of SIMplicity and PERformance, demonstrates industry changing approach to wireless networking.

The Simper introduces highly scalable, easy to deploy eco system of wireless products with improved RF performance. Announced products feature TwisPort, proprietary patent pending connection system between Simper radios and compatible antennas. "TwistPort will change the industry; the only question is how quickly it will happen," says Juraj Taptic, Managing Director of RF elements. "We are well known for our unconventional approach to product design, and the idea of TwistPort is the best example of it. Connection between radio and antenna is virtually lossless, and it is brilliantly simple to use it in field. With TwistPort, deployment of the radio is a simple twist-and-lock. TwistPort has a huge potential to become the new industry standard."

First Simper radios will be based on MikroTik RouterBoard technology, will feature the newest 802.11ac, and will be running MikroTik RouterOS, the most advanced wireless networking platform today. More Radios will be released during H1 2015 offering compatibility with main wireless platforms.

Together with Simper Radios, RF elements announced wide range of TwistPort antennas, including Symmetrical Horn antennas and UltraDish TL parabolic dishes. The highly scalable ecosystem is also ready to embrace existing pool of traditional connectorized radios. The Simper Radio Adaptors will enable industry leaders' radios, such as Ubiquiti Networks Rocket M5, Rocket 5ac, and Cambium Networks ePMP1000 AP and CSM, to be compatible with TwistPort.

Expected Product availability is Q1 2015. More product information to be released before the end of 2014.

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SNOA Sleepwear Supports Eco-awareness and Polar Bear Habitat Protection

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 17, 2014

Representatives of SNOA Sleepwear announced today that the company has taken steps toward going green in its effort to help aid the planet and the evolving fashion industry.

Anh Oppenheimer, company founder of SNOA Sleepwear, a luxury sleepwear line that allows women to feel both warm and sexy, explained that SNOA has a strong commitment to local production, sourcing all-natural and biodegradable fabrics, and empowering its customers with the ability to vote with their dollars for eco-friendly clothing.

Oppenheimer went on to point out that SNOA contributes a portion of all proceeds to Polar Bear Habitat Conservation through the Center of Biological Diversity. The Center fights for the protection of Polar Bears, among countless other animals, whose survival is threatened by the effects of global warming.

One of the SNOAs reasons for contributing to the cause, according to Oppenheimer, is the fact that unchecked global warming could eradicate two-thirds of polar bears by 2050 and the rest by century's end if greenhouse gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. SNOA sees their contribution as a way to prevent the planets loss of one of some of the most majestic creatures.

Additionally, according to the Center for Biological Diversity, the Obama administration continues to allow drilling in the Alaskan Arctic, even after the disastrous April 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Centers main objective is to secure federal protection for polar bears and fight for the preservation of their fragile eco-system.

SNOA Sleepwear is proud to be able to contribute to this cause in any way we can, Oppenheimer said. SNOA has been moved by the Center's work. Over the years, we have chosen to focus on polar bears as we feel that their plight, as a result of the climate crisis, is a symbol of the plight of the planet itself.

For more information, please visit http://snoasleepwear.com/eco-conscious-commitment/ and http://snoasleepwear.com/blog/why-go-eco/

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SNOA Sleepwear was created when its founder, Anh Oppenheimer, climbed into bed wanting to feel not only sexy, but warm.

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Sydney beaches safe for swimming after massive storm

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Regular early swimmers in the harbour Guy Klamer and Alan Sacharowitz at Murray Rose Pool. Photo: Peter Rae

Most of Sydney's beaches should again be safe for swimming this weekend after the biggest storm in years on Tuesday night sent pollution levels soaring.

As of Friday, Beachwatch was predicting pollution at seven of the 25 Sydney harbour beaches it monitors, while contamination levels were also expected to be high at 13 of the 20 southern beaches tracked, with conditions likely to improve further by Saturday.

Stuart Khan,an associate professor in the UNSW School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, said simple geography meant it was likely that ocean beaches would be the first to recover, with much higher levels of water flow to flush out the pollution than those bounded by an enclosed harbour.

Beaches near the harbour are also closer to sewage and stormwater drains, the overflowing of which is the main source of contamination for inner-harbour beaches. These sites typically become significantly dirtierafter rain.

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"Those risks are real people should obey that advice not to swim in harbour pools or beaches after heavy rainfall," Dr Khan said. "It can only take between 10 and 20 millimetres [of rain]".

The city hadabout 80 millimetres ofrain in just over a day while southern suburbs were drenched in120 millimetres or more, causing minor flooding on the Cooks River flowing into Botany Bay.

Guy Klamer, a 32-year-old from Vaucluse who swims daily across a number of harbour beaches with his triathlon team the Magnesium Men, said they were mostly very clean.

"I swam at Watson's Bay after [Tuesday's] storm and it was putrid, bottles were washed up things like that," he said. "I think they're [usually] pretty clean, I can usually see to the bottom of the water, which is why I keep coming back."

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Wobbling of a Saturn moon hints at what lies beneath

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Using instruments aboard the Cassini spacecraft to measure the wobbles of Mimas, the closest of Saturn's regular moons, a Cornell University astronomer publishing in Science, Oct. 17, has inferred that this small moon's icy surface cloaks either a rugby ball-shaped rocky core or a sloshing sub-surface ocean.

"After carefully examining Mimas, we found it librates - that is, it subtly wobbles - around the moon's polar axis," Radwan Tajeddine, Cornell research associate in astronomy and lead author of the article.

"In physical terms, the back-and-forth wobble should produce about 3 kilometers of surface displacement. Instead we observed an unexpected 6 kilometers of surface displacement," he said.

"We're very excited about this measurement because it may indicate much about the satellite's insides. Nature is essentially allowing us to do the same thing that a child does when she shakes a wrapped gift in hopes of figuring out what's hidden inside," Tajeddine said.

The astronomy team used a technique called stereo-photogrammetry to interpret images taken by the Cassini Imaging Science Subsystem to measure the libration.

In this technique, astronomers employ Cassini photographs of Mimas taken at different times and from various vantage points to build precise 3-D computer models of the locations of hundreds of surface reference points. From these, the researchers determined the moon's shape and were able to notice that the satellite didn't rotate smoothly but rocked back and forth a bit as well.

The amount of the to-and-fro motion indicates that Mimas' interior is not uniform. These wobbles can be produced if the moon contains a weirdly shaped, rocky core or if a sub-surface ocean exists beneath its icy shell.

Mimas is about 400 kilometers in diameter, and its possible internal global ocean is located under an icy crust ranging in thickness between 25 and 30 kilometers.

The moon itself is thought to have been formed either by the slow agglomeration of ring particles (a gradual buildup of matter) or direct growth within the primordial planetary gas nebula. The odd-shaped core would favor gravitational flattening by nearby Saturn, Tajeddine said. The moon's relatively smooth and roughly spherical icy surface covers up whatever is underneath.

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Image guided radiation therapy is commonly used to ensure accuracy in treating pediatric tumors

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Contact: Michelle Kirkwood press@astro.org 703-286-1600 American Society for Radiation Oncology @ASTRO_org

Fairfax, Va., October 17, 2014Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) is a commonly used modality to ensure treatment accuracy in the management of pediatric tumors; however, consensus recommendations are needed in order to guide clinical decisions on the use of IGRT in treating pediatric patients, according to a study published in the September-October 2014 issue of Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), the official clinical practice journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

IGRT is the process of using frequent imaging, typically performed in the treatment room prior to radiation delivery, throughout a patient's course of radiation therapy treatment to improve localization of the target and normal structures, which allows for more precise and accurate radiation delivery. IGRT is a common practice in both photon (traditional radiation therapy) and proton therapy to treat tumors close to sensitive structures and organs or in areas of the body prone to movement or change in shape.

This study, "Practice patterns of photon and proton pediatric image guided radiation treatment: Results from an International Pediatric Research Consortium," evaluates the use of IGRT in treatment planning for pediatric cancers in an international consortium comprised of seven institutions using either photon or proton therapy with dedicated pediatric expertise. Choosing optimal IGRT regimens that spare healthy tissue and organs is a particular concern for pediatric patients to help prevent potential late effects associated with the distribution of the radiation dose and the total radiation dose the patient receives.

Nine international institutions were selected to participate in the consortium and were sent a 53-item survey comprised of mixed dichotomous, rank order, constant sum and open-ended questions to evaluate patterns of IGRT use in definitive radiation therapy for patients 21 years old. Seven of the nine institutions completed the survey. The seven institutions treated a total of approximately 750 pediatric patients, on average, per year. Five institutions use photon therapy alone, one uses proton therapy alone and one uses both photon and proton therapy.

Among the seven sites, an estimated 623 patients were treated with photon therapy annually and up to 133 patients were treated with proton therapy annually. The central nervous system (CNS) was the most frequent treatment site at four of the seven institutions, comprising 25 to 65 percent of treated cases across the facilities. The two facilities using proton therapy most commonly treated CNS and head and neck cancers.

Both proton facilities used kV-planar IGRT in 100 percent of proton cases. One photon facility used IGRT in 100 percent of cases, and IGRT use in the other photon facilities varied. At all seven sites, IGRT was used in 90 to 100 percent of CNS cases and in 100 percent of head and neck cases. IGRT use was inconsistent in abdomen or pelvis site treatment, ranging from 20 to 100 percent of cases across the seven facilities.

IGRT use also varied across consortium facilities depending on tumor type. All seven institutions used IGRT for treatment of ependymoma (cancer of the tissue of the brain or spinal cord), abdominal and pelvic sarcoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma (cancer of the muscles attached to the bones). Five facilities implemented IGRT for management of medulloblastoma, neuroblastoma and extremity sarcoma.

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Private Mars Colony Project May Not Be Feasible, Study Suggests

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Organizers of a private Mars colonization effort may have to rethink their ambitious plans, a new study reports.

An analysis led by students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has identified a few purported problems with the blueprint laid out by the Netherlands-based nonprofit Mars One, which aims to land four people on the Red Planet in 2025 as the vanguard of a permanent settlement.

"We're not saying, black and white, Mars One is infeasible," study co-author Olivier de Weck, a professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems at MIT, said in a statement. "But we do think it's not really feasible under the assumptions they've made. We're pointing to technologies that could be helpful to invest in with high priority, to move them along the feasibility path." [Mars One's Red Planet Colony Project (Gallery)]

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The study team looked at many different aspects of the proposed Mars One mission, from the rockets needed to get gear to the Red Planet to the details of how settlers would grow their food. The results are sobering for would-be colonists, more than 200,000 of whom have applied to be a one-way Mars One astronaut. (There are no plans at the moment to bring the settlers back to Earth.)

For example, Mars One aims to source the colony's drinking water on-site by baking Red Planet soil, which is known to harbor water ice, at least in some locations. But the technology needed to do this is not yet ready to fly on a space mission, study authors said.

Furthermore, the new analysis suggests that growing crops within settlers' habitats, as Mars One envisions, would generate enough oxygen to make the living spaces a fire hazard.

Piping in nitrogen could lower the oxygen to safe levels, researchers said, but this fix would likely deprive the colony of a vital gas needed to compensate for leakage into the surrounding Martian atmosphere. The possible end result? A space that would quickly become unlivable, suffocating colonists after about 10 weeks, the study found.

There are ways to prevent this scenario growing food in isolated greenhouses, for example, or implementing an oxygen-extraction system. But the best alternative is to nix the idea of Mars farms and bring all the colony's food from Earth, the study determined.

"We found [that] carrying food is always cheaper than growing it locally," said study lead author Sydney Do, an MIT grad student. "On Mars, you need lighting and watering systems, and for lighting, we found it requires 875 LED [light-emitting diode] systems, which fail over time. So you need to provide spare parts for that, making the initial system heavier."

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