![]() ![]() It's an undeniably fun mechanic that just about wards off accusations of repetitiveness across its two campaigns (the second is a more apocalyptic, Day of the Dead-style campaign entitled Camp Nowhere) thanks to the near-constant introduction of new weapons and tougher enemies.įrom tank-like brutes that need a sniper rifle bullet to the head to leaping, razor-nailed ladies that are best squashed under a giant breeze block or steamrollered with a boulder, there's always something new to slaughter in an original way.Ĭollecting stars for kills puts cash in Joey's pocket, which he can spend on extra weapons and explosives to improve his survival rate. The limbs of your mostly mindless attackers flail comically in the air, and are prone to flying off in different directions. The gratuitous, yet resolutely cartoony, ragdoll physics result in some splendidly entertaining deaths. Your primary defensive tactic is to use the wonderfully playful flick system, which enables you to launch zombies into the air and then smash them into the ground. ![]() In vintage castle defence style, your everyday hero Joey finds his home besieged by invaders - only this time, his home is a flimsy wooden barn, and the invaders are intent on munching on his noggin. Quite why it's taken so long for mega-publisher Zynga to port this title across is anyone's guess, but it's heartening to discover that this satisfying game of undead flicking and dismembering has landed on Google Play in immaculate condition. Like a reanimated corpse slowly twitching into life, ZombieSmash has finally shuffled onto Android - a mere two years after it first sprayed gory comedy blood on iOS. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Note that the above information can change at any time. ![]() United Airlines operates out of Concourse B, which is located in the main terminal building. NATA-certified refuelers, and flight crew and guest amenities. More than 700,000 people from 134 nations throughout the world speak an impressive 105 languages in Columbus. 12 miles southeast of downtown Columbus, Ohio Easily accessible from I-270, I-71, I-70. The capital of the Buckeye State, Columbus has a surprisingly large, diverse population. The airline offers nonstop service to several destinations, including Chicago, Denver, Houston, Newark, and Washington, D.C. Columbus definitely has small-town charm, but it’s a spirited city that offers a warm welcome to all who visit. United Airlines is another major air carrier serving John Glenn Columbus Airport. Southwest Airlines operates out of Concourse C, which is located in the main terminal building. The airline offers nonstop service to several destinations, including Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, and Orlando. Southwest Airlines is a popular low-cost carrier serving John Glenn Columbus Airport. Located 10 km from the city center, Port Columbus International Airport (CMH) is the main airport for the entire Columbus. Delta Air Lines operates out of Concourse A, which is located in the main terminal building. The airline offers nonstop service to several destinations, including Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Delta Air Linesĭelta Air Lines is another major air carrier serving John Glenn Columbus Airport. American Airlines operates out of Concourse B, which is located in the main terminal building. ![]() Award-winning service, the most legroom in coach, free wi-fi, live TV, movies, snacks. The airline offers nonstop service to several destinations, including Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Miami, and Philadelphia. Book JetBlue flights and vacation packages to 100+ destinations. Prices and availability subject to change. American AirlinesĪmerican Airlines is one of the largest air carriers serving John Glenn Columbus Airport. Explore your options and book your Tampa to Columbus flight with Southwest today When you fly Southwest Two bags fly free® No change and no cancel fees Flight credits dont expire Free entertainment and 8 Internet Low fare alert Tampa, FL to Columbus, OH departing on 6/5 one-way starting at 183 Book now Restrictions and exclusions apply. The cheapest flights to Westchester County found within the past 7 days were 219 round trip and 284 one way. On a daily basis, the airport handles over 100 flights and offers nonstop service to more than 40 destinations. It is served by several major air carriers, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines. Rebook or cancel up to 15 minutes prior to scheduled departure without penalty. Our point-to-point network means no connections for an easier, quicker and nicer journey. John Glenn Columbus Airport (CMH), located in Columbus, Ohio, is a major airport in the region. Breeze Does it Better Our Perks Straight to the point. Take a taxi to save time, or pre-arrange an airport shuttle for direct service.Your Guide to Airlines Serving John Glenn Columbus Airport Local buses connect several locations across greater Columbus to the airport, but plan enough time for the route. On this CMH flight arrivals page, you will see a listing of all flights arriving to Columbus John Glenn Columbus Airport. For flexibility, drive and choose from short- and long-term parking. COTA AirConnect, Columbus’ public transportation system, provides direct service between the airport and downtown Columbus. Public buses 52 and 92 offer frequent connections between various points of the city and the airport. The following list includes all current and scheduled service, along with the airlines serving those destinations. Access the airports’ free Wi-Fi to keep track of all your travel details while waiting to board your flight from Columbus. John Glenn Columbus International Airport, formerly known as Port Columbus Airport, is the primary airport serving the region, located only six miles east of downtown Columbus, while Rickenbacker International Airport is located 10 miles south of downtown. Columbus is served by John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH) and by Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK). ![]() ![]() ![]() ‘Phantom island’ The almost invisible Sandy Island is believed to be huge off the coast of Australia. It could be just formed from the contrast between different colours of sand. Located on a hill formation located in Gharb, Darfur, in Sudan is what looks like luscious lips. Sudanese ‘lips’ A hill formation is shaped like lips in Sudan, Africa. It most likely a Yagi antenna array, which is used for weather tracking and atmospheric research. Google Mapsĭeep in China’s Gobi Desert is a bizarre array seemingly random zigzagging white lines. Gobi Desert The unusual pattern of white zig zags is found in China’s Gobi Desert. It’s thought the pattern could be due to the movements of red harvester ants. This image shows an odd assembly of polka-dots near the cinder cone volcano in Arizona known as Vulcan’s Throne. Vulcan’s Throne Red harvester ants apparently created a dot illustration by a cinder cone volcano in Tuscan, Arizona. ![]() It’s the largest aeroplane graveyard in the world. The aircraft ‘boneyard’ is located in Tucson, Arizona. This image shows the place where planes go to die. The ‘boneyard’ Hundreds of abandoned aircraft lie at the Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. However, it’s now thought the pentagram is the outline of a park made in the form of a star. This mysterious pentagram is located in a remote part of Kazakhstan.įor years it’s been linked with occult movements. Kazakhstan Pentagram A baffling pentagram is seen over in Kazakhstan. ![]() The Desert Breath is an artwork created in the Egyptian desert by a team of Greek artists. Google Maps ‘Desert Breath’ The Desert Breath, located in the Egyptian desert is a work of art created in 1997. The mysterious pyramids discovered in Egypt. There’s ongoing debate as to whether it’s a natural or artificial structure. This image from Google Earth shows an image some have suggested could be an unexcavated pyramid in Egypt. We’ve trawled through the images to find some of the coolest - and strangest - Google images. The incredible spiral artwork was made by Greek artists in Egypt. Google Maps – in part created by Australian software engineer Noel Gordon, brings together a plethora of technology including Street View images collected by vehicles. Google stitches together billions of satellite and aerial images to create the Google Earth observation data. Hidden among the millions of Google images are some weird, incredible and downright terrifying photos. ![]() ![]() Regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Bryant won five NBA championships, and was an 18-time All-Star, a 15-time member of the All-NBA Team. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Kobe Bean Bryant was an American professional basketball player. On July 24, the top coronavirus queries on Google were "coronavirus update” and “coronavirus news,” followed by searches for other general updates and state-specific information. Meanwhile, clicks to phone calls have increased nearly 90% from pre-outbreak levels, which should continue motivating healthcare marketers to ensure their local listings have updated websites, phone numbers, and other contact information.įor a full picture of July’s coronavirus search trends, Google Trends has daily updates for the top 100 places searching for coronavirus and the top related queries – what people type when searching for the virus. Coronavirus updateĬlicks on healthcare companies’ Google My Business (GMB) profiles rebounded more rapidly, now up 32% from February click volume. It also includes the searchers’ country and region. The dataset, collected from users’ search habits and anonymized to protect their privacy, is primarily made up of the volume of searches of “more than 400 symptoms, signs, and health conditions, such as cough, fever, and difficulty breathing,” according to the company’s blog post. Last week, Google made public its data on search trends related to Covid-19 symptoms. Other items related to the pandemic became trending searches in 2020 as well, including “stimulus checks” and “unemployment." 5. Shares of Zoom are up over 500% this year. (NASDAQ: ZM) saw “Zoom” become a trending search term in 2020 due to the surge in businesses and schools using the platform for remote work and learning. It was filed on behalf of her son, Josey Hollis Dorsey, by Ryan Dorsey - Rivera’s ex-husband and the boy’s father and guardian - and also on behalf of her estate. The suit was filed on Tuesday against Ventura County and managers of Lake Piru over her accidental death on 8 July at the lake north-west of Los Angeles. ![]() ![]() A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed over the drowning of Glee actor Naya Rivera, who died in July while boating with her four-year-old son on a lake in California. searches was the shocking death of actor Naya Rivera ("Glee") who died in July at 33. Naya RiveraĪlso ranking in Google’s top 10 overall trending U.S. As per the search engine giant, when people turned to search this year, the company realized they were counting on it to provide them with a sense of knowledge, certainty, and trust. With the year coming to an end, Google has taken out its list of topics that trended in 2020 in India. ![]() ![]() ![]() We have no idea of the true cost and investment partners behind this project. But by not mentioning these details at all while asking fans for literally millions of dollars for a project with so much secrecy in terms of budget and funding? The whole thing begins to look a bit shaky. If this is what it takes to get Shenmue 3 made, so be it I'd rather live in a world where Shenmue 3 has a chance of being released than it being a dead project. It's not an issue that the team is seeking outside funding there have been many Kickstarters that combined the money raised through the service with internal and external funding to create great products. But not enough to turn a $47 million game into a $2 million game. The team makes a lot of good arguments about the changes in game development by using Unreal Engine 4 and the much-improved middleware of the modern industry, the cost and time of production should be decreased dramatically. ![]() If the budgets are similar, and if the Kickstarter had "only" raised the $2 million asking price, that would leave $45 million unaccounted for. During a 2011 Game Developers Conference presentation, he said the original Shenmue cost $47 million to make. Suzuki did say he hopes the budget will be similar to past Shenmue games. When we asked whether Sony was providing any funding for the project, we were told that no further questions would be answered on this topic. "So I'm asking for everybody's help to help make this game" I can't get into specifics, but for right now I just want to keep the comment that yes, I have funding sources outside Kickstarter that I collected through my company YS Net, and that will combine with the Kickstarter for this project." "I really can't get into that, but there are other sources of funding that will be put together with the Kickstarter. We asked how dependent the project is on these outside sources of funds, and were again shut down. ![]() "But for right now that's all we can say." "For right now, all I can tell you is that YS Net has been looking at other sources of funding and we're preparing other sources of funding, so for the Shenmue 3 project it will be what we can source from outside plus the Kickstarter," Yu Suzuki told Polygon when asked about the budget. Shenmue 3 is much more of a mystery, and the people behind it don't want that to change that any time soon. This is different from Kickstarters like Bloodstained obfuscating the true cost of the game a bit that campaign was upfront and transparent about other sources of funding and the budget of the game. We're being asked to jumpstart a project whose scope we don't really know, with business considerations we're being told won't be discussed. Which is part of my problem with this project: The fans are being asked to "fund" the game, but we have no clue what the actual budget of the game will be, nor where the funds will ultimately come from. It's clear the fans are behind the project, and Sony is happy to bring the final product to the PlayStation 4 upon completion the company is even contributing to the development of the game. The campaign was funded in a number of hours, and Shenmue 3 will likely become one of, if not the, most funded games in Kickstarter's history. as long as fans were OK with providing $2 million via Kickstarter. Sony gave a significant portion of its E3 press conference to the announcement that Shenmue 3 is going into production. ![]() ![]() ![]() This deck of Monster cards is the clock in Last Bastion. Skulls are particularly bad, if there are ever three skulls on the board during a player’s turn, they lose the game. Sometimes these activations will bring in more Monster cards, or skulls. After that the player checks their board, if it is full they would activate a board power specific to their board, otherwise they draw another Monster card and place it in an appropriate spot and activate any icons on the left bottom of the new card. Meaning they have an icon in the center bottom of the card, in the example above, the skeleton drummer does not have an icon in the center, so they would not do anything. The Monster phase consists of activating any Monster cards on your board that need to be activated. ![]() On a turn each player has two phases to work through, the Monster phase and the hero phase. There are black Monster cards that can be placed anywhere and if a players board is filled and you need to place another card there, you may place it on another board. If it is not, on your turn you will draw one of the Monster cards and place it on the appropriate board, matching colors if possible. If your board is full on your turn there is an action you take, usually bad. Each of those boards can hold three monsters. Each hero at the beginning of the game is given a Monster board in one of the four colors. These Monster cards come in five different colors, four of which are shared with the heroes. The game is propelled forward by a deck of cards, this deck is full of all of the evil that the Baleful Queen can summon to attack the bastion in an attempt to gain her power back. Each location in the bastion has a unique power that the players can use when they stop on it. This is where the heroes will take their stand to defend what is theirs. Each square is a different location in the last bastion for the heroes. Which is why the game is just created to feel so darn difficult, you need that difficulty to make it feel desperate, to make it feel like a challenge, which is what we always should strive for in gaming, but definitely in cooperative gaming.Ī majority of Last Bastion is played out on a three by three board. There is no clock, at least in the traditional sense, in Last Bastion or Ghost Stories though, this is not real time. The speed of the game is important, you don’t want a tower defense game to feel slow and plodding, you don’t want to feel like you have more than enough time to do everything. It’s a difficult design to pull off in the world of cardboard, usually there are lots of things going on that need to be managed in a short time frame. You generally see this a lot more in the video game world than in board games, but the genre has been prevalent over the past few years, especially with recent releases like Cloudspire from Chip Theory Games. The basic tenets of a tower defense game are that the players are defending a base from waves of enemies through the use of obstructions, including themselves. Last Bastion, like it’s predecessor, is a tower defense game. Currently Ghost Stories is sitting at number 238 on BoardGameGeek. Ghost Stories was legendary in it’s difficulty, maybe not Yggdrasil levels of difficulty, but still, Ghost Stories was known as an unforgiving and unrelenting game and that helped push it up the rankings. A long awaited re-working of the insanely difficult to win cooperative game, Ghost Stories. ![]() I am going to give a bit of a longer rules overview than Dale did, so if you prefer the shorter overview, go check out Dale’s and come back for my thoughts. Back in October, Dale took a “ First Look at Last Bastion”. ![]() ![]() ![]() If you have that team member with a desire to learn, this just might be the program for them. And here is the best part-if the student decides to continue their educational journey and become a credentialed veterinary technician, the CVA courses transfer to DEVTP. Upon completion of the Veterinary Assistant Program, students are eligible to take the TVMA CVA Level I Exam. It was both my belief in DEVTP and my experience with the success of the Texas CVA program that I had in mind as I worked with Kelly Black, DVM, to develop this program, which includes online courses such as: That’s why AAHA has decided to partner with Dallas College and TVMA to develop a shorter and more affordable option: the Veterinary Assistant Program. Committing to two years of education can be scary. While DEVTP is right for people at a certain point in their career, we’ve always understood that not everyone will want to go down this road. Announcing the Veterinary Assistant Program Upon graduation, DEVTP students are qualified to take the Veterinary Technician National Examination (VTNE) to become credentialed veterinary technicians. DEVTP is approved by the AVMA Committee on Veterinary Education and Activities (CVTEA/AVMA). The goals were simple: To be a respected program that is trusted by the profession, and to provide a convenient way for those who have full-time jobs to learn. ĪAHA developed DEVTP more than 30 years ago with Dallas College as a way to train team members who currently work in practice and want to become credentialed veterinary technicians. DEVTP: A path to being a credentialed veterinary technicianįast forward to my time at AAHA, where I got to see the impacts of another great program, the Distance Education Veterinary Technology Program (DEVTP). I received countless letters and emails from students around the nation who went through the program, some of whom were even inspired to make that leap and go on to veterinary school. It was amazing to see how much the CVA program empowered people. It is the only program developed and recognized by TVMA and by the Texas Veterinary Licensing Act to certify veterinary assistants. TVMA veterinarians developed the Certified Veterinary Assistant (CVA) Level I Exam to specifically address issues of staff training and satisfy some of the thirst for knowledge on the practice team. While I was there, I witnessed something incredible. As someone who has worked in this profession for more than 25 years now, I have experienced firsthand how challenging it can be to find time to train those new team members with a great attitude and willingness to learn-you know, the ones who have that thirst for knowledge and want to soak up every ounce of skill and education that pertains to veterinary medicine.īefore joining AAHA as the learning programs manager, I had the pleasure of working at the Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA) as the director of credentialing. ![]() ![]() ![]() This popular and aesthetically pleasing way of tracking progress can take some getting used to, so this guide is helpful for beginners. This guide helps you get organized to track your goals through bullet journaling. “ How to Bullet Journal: The Absolute Ultimate Guide” If you don’t know about bullet journaling, here are some resources to get you started: Journalingīullet journaling can help you track and remember goals. This study by Stanford University followed 1.4 million people who wanted to lose weight-a common New Year’s resolution-and found that those who wrote down their goals and tracked their activity and calories in an app achieved higher weight loss than those who did not. ![]() In addition to writing down your initial goal, it is also useful to track progress toward your goal. Display your goals where you'll see them often, such as at your desk, to remind you of what you’re trying to achieve. Gail Matthews found you are 42% more likely to achieve your goals if you write them down, because doing so helps you visualize them and keep them top-of-mind. When working toward your goals, it’s important to set yourself up for success in all aspects you can control, and that means keeping the best options oriented around your goal nearest to you and avoiding temptation and distraction. Your ability to achieve your goals has a lot to do with the influences you allow to surround you. According to Clear, scientists refer to the impact that environmental defaults can have on our decision-making as choice architecture. If your kitchen is full of sugary snacks, you’re more likely to eat them.Ĭontrolling your environment can have a direct impact on achieving your goals. If you have an organized workspace, you’ll be more likely to work. According to author James Clear, many of us make decisions based on our environment. In addition to your actions, you can also control your environment. If there are outside situations that may affect your progress, think about what you can do to positively influence the situation. Positive actions move you closer to achieving your goal. SMART Goals are:Įxamples of SMART Goals would be “earn my degree by January 2021” or “receive a promotion at my next review.” Both of these are goals that can be measured, attained, and have due dates. When goal-setting, it’s often important to think SMART. ![]() Break your attainable goals into mini-goals that are measurable, so you can monitor your progress and adjust strategies as necessary. Working toward something that is impossible to accomplish can hurt your progress and self-confidence. You’ll find a goal setting worksheet at the end of this article-download it and fill it out to help you stay on track. Here are some goal setting tips and best practices to set yourself up for success in 2021. That means there's a clearer path to achieving them. Goals are more effective than resolutions because they're specific and actionable. News & World Report estimates that 80% fail to keep them. Most people set New Year's resolutions, but U.S. Every new year brings new opportunities to improve yourself and work toward your goals. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Technical Program Committee member “ ACM International Conference on Multimedia Retrieval (ICMR)”, June 6-9, New York, USA.Technical Program Committee member “ACM Multimedia (ACM MM)”, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Area Chair (Track 3: Image, Speech, Signal and Video Processing) “23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR)”, Dic.Guest editor Multimedia Tools and Applications, special issue on CBMI 2015.Membro del comitato di gestione del Centro per la Comunicazione e l’Integrazione dei Media – Università degli Studi di Firenze.Video chair " ACM Multimedia (ACM MM)", Amsterdam, The Netherlands.Technical Program Committee member “IEEE International Conference on Multimedia (ICME)”, July 10-14, Hong Kong, China.General Chair “ 15th International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI)”, June 19-21, Firenze, Italy.Google is sponsoring female computer scientists participating to ACM MM 2010, through conference and travel grants !.The best three submissions will be awarded with a nice and large selection of programming books ! Manning Publishing and O'Reilly are sponsoring the Open Source Software Competition of ACM MM 2010. ![]() ACM Multimedia 2010 workshops announced ! Check the workshop page.Hints for participants to ACM Multimedia 2010 on my blog.The call for papers for ACM Multimedia 2013 is out !.Check the description of the 2nd Workshop on Web-scale Vision and Social Media (VSM).Since April 2015 I'm associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Multimedia.In the recent past I have worked for the organization of ACM Multimedia 2010, that was held in Florence in October 2010, helping with the organization and as co-chair for the Open Source Software Competition. I've also helped for the organization of the 31st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2012), organized in Florence on 15-18th October 2012. I've been involved in the organization of the European Conference on Computer Vision 2012, held in Florence on 7-13 October, and in the organization of ECCV workshops, in particular in the Workshop on Web-scale Vision and Social Media (VSM 2012) and ARTEMIS 2012. I've been involved in the organization of the 4 editions of the Workshop on Web-scale Vision and Social Media (VSM). I'm currently General Chair of the 15th International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI) that will be organized in Florence on 19-21 June 2017. I've been member of several technical and organizational conference committees. ![]() ![]() ![]() coli and to potentially avoid unwanted immunogenic problems. For many of these applications there has been a drive to move towards smaller antibody formats, both to allow efficient recombinant production in E. The ability to raise antibodies with high affinity and specificity to almost any biomolecular target has made antibodies essential components in many biomedical fields, both in diagnostics and in the active targeting of drugs and contrast agents for molecular imaging. ![]() These proteins are promising building blocks for the chemoselective functionalization via NCL of a broad range of nanoparticle scaffolds, including micelles, liposomes and dendrimers. ConclusionĪ novel procedure was developed to obtain soluble, well-folded single-domain antibodies with reactive C-terminal thioesters in good yields. These thioester-functionalized single-domain antibodies allowed synthesis of immunomicelles via native chemical ligation in a single step. On column purification and 2-mercapthoethanesulfonic acid (MESNA)-induced cleavage yielded single-domain antibodies with a reactive C-terminal MESNA thioester in good yields. coli allowed efficient production of correctly-folded single-domain antibody (sdAb)-intein fusions proteins. ![]() However, current methods to generate antibody fragments with C-terminal thioesters require cumbersome refolding procedures, effectively preventing application of NCL for antibody-mediated targeting and molecular imaging. Expression systems based on self-cleavable intein domains allow the generation of recombinant proteins with a C-terminal thioester, providing a unique handle for site-specific conjugation using native chemical ligation (NCL). Classical bioconjugation strategies for generating antibody-functionalized nanoparticles are non-specific and typically result in heterogeneous compounds that can be compromised in activity. ![]() |
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