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Photosynthesis is the series of reactions that capture light energy and use it to make ATP and sometimes reducing equivalents (e.g NADPH). There are many different versions of photosynthesis. One of the simplest is found in purple bacteria where the process results in formation of a proton gradient that's used to drive ATP synthesis.The ATP produced by this process is used for everything in the cell, including DNA synthesis, protein synthesis, lipid/membrane synthesis, and carbohydrate synthesis. It's used to fix carbon dioxide (CO2) as well.
The Calvin Cycle] [The Calvin Cycle: Regeneration]. That pathway is found in chloroplasts and it uses up a considerable amount of the ATP and NADPH produced by photosynthesis. That's because plants make a lot of cellulose and starch.
The Photosynthesis Song and a Pet Peeve].
Undergraduates are given the impression that the Calvin cycle is only found in photosynthetic species but this is also false [Carbon Dioxide Fixation in the Dark Ocean].
As a result of this misinformation, students grow up to be scientists who still labor under the misconception that photosynthesis includes the Calvin cycle.
Let's look at a paper that's just been published in Nature Communications.
Kono, T., Mehrotra, S., Endo, C., Kizu, N., Matusda, M., Kimura, H., Mizohata, E., Inoue, T., Hasunuma, T., Yokota, A., Matsumura, H., and Ashida, H. (2017) RuBisCO-mediated carbon metabolic pathway in methanogenic archaea. Nature Communications 8: artilce number 14007 [doi: 10.1038/ncomms14007]RuBisCo is the enzyme that fixes CO2 at the beginning of the Calvin cycle [Fixing Carbon: the Rubisco Reaction ] [Fixing Carbon: the Structure of Rubisco]. It's been known for some time that RuBisCO is found in non-photosynthetic species; a point the authors are aware of even though they don't explain it very well. It's been established that these bacteria can fix carbon and make carbohydrates even though can't capture light energy to make ATP.
Abstract: Two enzymes are considered to be unique to the photosynthetic Calvin–Benson cycle: ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO), responsible for CO2 fixation, and phosphoribulokinase (PRK). Some archaea possess bona fide RuBisCOs, despite not being photosynthetic organisms, but are thought to lack PRK. Here we demonstrate the existence in methanogenic archaea of a carbon metabolic pathway involving RuBisCO and PRK, which we term 'reductive hexulose-phosphate' (RHP) pathway. These archaea possess both RuBisCO and a catalytically active PRK whose crystal structure resembles that of photosynthetic bacterial PRK. Capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometric analysis of metabolites reveals that the RHP pathway, which differs from the Calvin–Benson cycle only in a few steps, is active in vivo. Our work highlights evolutionary and functional links between RuBisCO-mediated carbon metabolic pathways in methanogenic archaea and photosynthetic organisms. Whether the RHP pathway allows for autotrophy (that is, growth exclusively with CO2 as carbon source) remains unknown.
The paper addresses a variant of the Calvin cycle that occurs in methanogenic archaea. It's interesting, but hardly revolutionary.
You wouldn't know that from reading the press release published by Kobe University: Mechanism for photosynthesis already existed in primeval microbe. Here's part of that press release ...
Photosynthesis, creating oxygen and carbohydrates such as glucose from solar energy, water, and CO2, is indispensable for many species on this planet. However, it is unclear exactly how or when organisms evolved the ability to photosynthesize. These questions have fascinated scientists for a long time.The main problem here is the one biochemistry teachers have created by confusing photosynthesis and the Calvin cycle. They are separate reactions. Each of them can exist without the other.
The research group discovered that Methanospirillum hungatei, a microbe (methanogenic archaeon) which is thought to have existed since before the development of photosynthesis, possess genes similar to those that play a role in photosynthesis. Through analysis of the enzymes synthesized by these genes and by investigating the metabolic substances within the organism, carrying out metabolome analysis to locate the trapped CO2, the team proved that Methanospirillum hungatei uses a primitive pathway that closely resembles the metabolic pathway used in photosynthesis to synthesize carbohydrates such as glucose.
We have a pretty good idea how photosynthesis (sensu stricto) evolved because there are plenty of simple examples in bacteria. In my textbook, I describe a probable evolutionary pathway to the complex pathway seen in cyanobacteria and plants. That idea has been around for decades.
Similarly, the ability to fix CO2 using Calvin cycle enzymes has been thoroughly studied. It is not news that this pathway is used in nonphotosynthetic bacteria. It is not news that the ability to fix carbon dioxide evolved long before the ability to make ATP by photosynthesis.
We need to stop teaching undergraduates that photosynthesis is coupled to fixation of carbon dioxide and synthesis of carbohydrates. That's an archaic idea that can be traced back to a time when nobody knew anything about photosynthesis in bacteria.
(Even worse, almost half the biochemistry courses in North America don't even teach photosynthesis because it's not on the MCAT. We haven't been teaching it in my own department ever since I stopped teaching introductory biochemistry. The excuse is that we teach in a Medical School and students in our courses aren't interested in plants.)


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Team Romney's big ad-spending advantage… This week alone, it's outspending Team Obama nearly 2-to-1… And that advantage has been present for much of the past month… But it's a different story on Hispanic TV… This week's 10 hottest advertising markets… Obama hammers Romney on taxes… How does the Romney camp respond (beyond hitting the Tax Policy Center)?... On the trail: Romney stumps in Colorado, while Obama campaigns in Florida and Virginia… And what the Chick-fil-A controversy tells us.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney delivers foreign policy remarks at the University of Warsaw Library, July 31.
*** Team Romney's big ad-spending advantage: While it's technically correct that the Obama campaign is outspending the Romney campaign in TV advertising in the battleground states, you can't say the same thing when adding all the outside groups. Right now, Team Romney -- the campaign, the RNC, and all the GOP-leaning outside groups -- is outspending Team Obama (campaign, DNC, outside groups) this week by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, $25 million to $14 million. That $25 million, in fact, is more than we've seen from one side during any other week this cycle. Here's the full breakdown on this week's ad spending (from July 30 to Aug. 5), according to data from SMG Delta: Obama $12.8 million, Crossroads GPS $9.7 million, Romney $8.1 million, Restore Our Future $3.8 million, RNC $2.5 million, Priorities USA $1 million, American Crossroads $940,000. Note that Crossroads GPS is outspending the Romney camp right now, and the Koch Brothers' Americans for Prosperity has booked a multimillion buy slated to begin next week.
*** And it's been that way for the past month: What's more, Team Romney has enjoyed this ad-spending edge for much of the past month. Last week (starting July 23), for example, it was Team Romney's $22 million vs. Team Obama's nearly $15 million; the week before that (July 16), it was Team Romney's $19 million vs. Team Obama's $10 million; and the week before that (July 9), it was Team Romney's $13 million vs. Team Obama's $9 million. You have to go back to July 2 to see when there was true parity between the two advertising forces. So while some -- like Karl Rove in today's Wall Street Journal -- might observe that the Obama campaign's ad spending hasn't really moved the needle, you could also make another argument. For the past month, Team Romney has enjoyed a sizable ad-spending advantage, and that hasn't moved the needle, either. (And considering what's popping inside some of the polls, you can make an argument that Team Obama appears to be, for now, getting more bang for its buck.)
Time's Rick Stengel joins Morning Joe to discuss why this year's race for the White House will be both the most expensive campaign in history and the most negative campaign in history.
*** But it's a different story on Hispanic TV: Yet one place where Team Obama has a definite ad-spending edge over Team Romney is on Hispanic media -- a total of $6.1 million to $521,000. Here's the breakdown on Hispanic media to date: Obama campaign $3.6 million, SEIU/Priority USA $2.5 million, and Romney camp $521,000. By the way, this week is Romney's first major expenditure on Hispanic TV; it had bought an occasional market here or there this summer, but this week marks the campaign's first full entry into the Hispanic arena in a slew of states. In fact, here's a current market-by-market snapshot of this ad spending for this week:
Orlando (Obama$68K, Romney $20K)
Denver (Obama $66K, Romney $21K)
Las Vegas (Obama $46K, Romney $16K)
Miami (Obama $37K, Romney $12K)
Washington DC (Obama $34K)
Tampa (Obama $31k)
Reno (Obama $24K, Romney $4K)
Colorado Springs (Obama $19K, Romney $4K)
Cleveland (Obama$10K, Romney $5K)
Raleigh (Romney $7K)
Columbus (Obama $5K)
Richmond (Obama $4K)
*** This week's 10 hottest markets: And speaking of markets, here's our weekly look at the 10 hottest advertising markets of the week (in terms of advertising points from July 30 to Aug. 5). The observations here: Three of the top 10 markets are in Ohio, including top-ranked Cincinnati (if you've ever wondered whatever became of your attack ads, they are living on the air in Cincinnati); three are in Virginia; two are in Nevada, including Las Vegas, which makes its first appearance on our list; and two are in Colorado, which comes back to our list after the Aurora shooting. Two battleground states NOT on this list: North Carolina and Iowa.
1. Cincinnati, OH (Obama 1600, Romney 1100, Crossroads 880, RNC 190, ROF 275)
2. Richmond-Petersburg, VA (Obama 1300, Romney 1200, Crossroads 895, RNC 215, ROF/200, Priorities/170)
3. Reno, NV (Crossroads 1500, Obama 1200, Romney 700, RNC 150, ROF 120)
4. Columbus, OH (Obama 1300, Romney 1000, Crossroads 700, RNC 200, ROF 200, Priorities 200)
5. Colorado Springs, CO (Obama 1250, Romney 975, Crossroads 620, RNC 240, ROF 225, Priorities 140)
6. Las Vegas, NV (Obama 1100, Crossroads 1100, Romney 775, RNC 200, ROF 120)
7. Cleveland, OH (Obama 1400, Romney 800, Crossroads 450, RNC 215, Priorities 200, ROF 150)
8. Norfolk-Portsmouth, VA (Obama 1100, Romney 1000, Crossroads 720, RNC 200)
9. Denver, CO (Romney 1100, Obama 700, Crossroads 575, RNC 300, ROF 300, Priorities 250)
10. Roanoke Lynchburg, VA (Obama 1000, Romney 900, Crossroads 700, RNC 200, Priorities/180)
*** Obama hammers Romney on taxes: On the campaign trail, the Romney camp is learning the lesson that if you don't provide the details of your plan, then others will do that for you. And that's precisely what Team Obama is doing with this new Tax Policy Center report. "They found that if Gov. Romney wants to keep his word and pay for this [tax] plan then he'd have to cut tax breaks that middle-class families depend on," Obama said yesterday in Ohio, per NBC's Ali Weinberg. "The average middle-class family with children, according to this study, would be hit with a tax increase of more than $2,000." And today, the Obama camp is up with a new TV ad making this same point. It concludes, "Mitt Romney's middle-class tax increase: He pays less, you pay more." The Romney campaign's response to this charge is particularly telling. First, it charged that the non-partisan Tax Policy Center is liberal and that one of the report's co-authors worked in the Obama White House. (But it turns out that another co-author worked for George W. Bush.) Second, it says that the report underestimates the economic growth that will come with the tax reform, but that's just an assumption and, well, it's hard to do math based on assumptions. To their credit, the Tax Policy Center did their best to use any mathematical assumption they could in Romney's favor and still came to the conclusion that they did.
*** How will the Romney camp respond? With this attack, the Romney campaign faces two choices. One, it could announce what tax loopholes it plans to close to pay for its tax cuts (so the Obama camp and Tax Policy Center aren't doing it for the campaign). Or two, it could decide that its big tax cuts won't be paid for. Well, it looks like Team Romney might be choosing Option 1. At 9:30 am, the campaign is hosting a conference call "to discuss Mitt Romney's plan for a stronger middle class," according to a press release. Will we see the offsets from this plan or in this conference call? And here's a final point to make here: How the Obama campaign is hammering Romney on taxes is EXACTLY what it did to John McCain four years ago. Indeed, it's striking that in last week's NBC/WSJ poll, Obama held a two-point advantage over Romney (40%-38%) on which candidate would be better on taxes. If you're the Republican Party -- whose entire modern identity has been built on lowering taxes -- you don't want to be essentially even with Obama on this question.
*** On the trail: Romney today holds his first campaign events since returning from his overseas trip. He stumps in Golden, CO (outside of Denver) at 1:15 pm ET and joins GOP governors (who are meeting in the state) in Basalt, CO at 5:50 pm ET… Obama, meanwhile, campaigns in Winter Park, FL (outside of Orlando) at 2:40 pm ET and then in Leesburg, VA at 7:40 pm ET… And First Lady Michelle Obama is in New Hampshire.
*** Issues of substance, eh? A day after Romney got back from his trip to Europe and lamented to FOX that the media doesn't want to talk about issues of substance -- outlining things like the economy, possible wars, the direction of Afghanistan, etc. -- Romney's campaign and the RNC were focusing on other matters. Instead, they turned their attention yesterday (in emails and a conference call) to things like 1) a lack of transparency from the White House for Jim Messina having meetings at Caribou coffee, 2) the proposed closing of the base in Ohio Obama was flying into, and 3) accusations of bias from the Tax Policy Center. Wonder why David Brooks feels like this campaign has been all "intellectual stagnation?"
*** Eat Mor Chikin: The controversy surrounding Chick-fil-A has certainly been a shiny metal object. But if anything, it does show how culturally divided this country still is. And it shows that social issues can surface at any moment. And it's a reminder how easy it is for politicians to look like silly grandstanders. But, of course, that's not new.
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Opening this weekend is Dredd 3D. As most of you know, Dredd is an adaption of the 2000AD comics character Judge Dredd, and it stars Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, and Lena Headey. The film follows Dredd (Urban) and rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson (Thirlby) fighting through a tower that's crawling with thugs in their attempt to bring down drug overlord Ma-ma (Headey). Unlike the Stallone version from the 90's, this version of Dredd is gritty, ultra-violent, and really worth your time. For more on the film, here's Matt's review, a featurette, a TV spot, and all our previous coverage.
At this year's Toronto International Film Festival, I was able to speak with Urban before the premiere. We talked about how the last few months have been since we spoke at Comic-Con (watch that interview here), what does it mean to premiere at TIFF, has he thought about Dredd sequels, his involvement in the post production, what props he's taken home from set, and more. In addition, we also talked about the Riddick sequel, the Star Trek video game, The Loft, what kind of projects is he looking to do in the future, and will he be going to the premiere of The Hobbit in New Zealand. Hit the jump to watch.
- How have the last few months been since Comic-Con
- What does it mean to be the opening midnight madness movie of TIFF
- How involved was he in the post production process
- The stigma of "reshoots"
- Has he thought about a possible sequel and what he'd like to see happen
- What props has he "borrowed" from set
- The rumored Star Trek sequel Comic-Con footage
- Talks about the Riddick sequel. Says he only shot a day on it
- Was he surprised he was able to do another sequel to Riddick
- The Star Trek video game
- Talks about Overdrive and The Loft
- What is he looking forward to doing in the future
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(Phoenix, AZ—July 17, 2003) Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard today called the conviction late yesterday of a Yuma man on drug-related charges "a major victory for law enforcement."
Noel Haro had been indicted on 17 counts in January of 2002, including selling or transferring cocaine and marijuana and money laundering. A jury in the Superior Court in Maricopa County yesterday found him guilty of all 17 counts. Because the jury found Haro to be a "serious drug offender" in four of the counts, he could receive a maximum penalty of 260 years in prison.
Haro, 28, was one of 50 individuals indicted after a three-year investigation into a major drug ring in the Yuma area and the first one to be tried. Of the other 49 individuals named in the original indictment, two were dismissed, ten are awaiting trial, 36 pled guilty and one is still a fugitive.
"This is a terrific win for the people of Arizona," said General Goddard. "Through the thorough work of our attorneys and the representatives of the other participating agencies, the flow of drugs to our streets and our kids has been slowed."
Billie Rosen prosecuted the case for the Arizona Attorney General's Office. "This not only sends a serious criminal to prison for a long time, "she said after yesterday's sweeping convictions, "but also sends a message to others that drug crimes will be vigorously prosecuted; that perpetrators will be severely punished." Assistant Attorney General Kristen Hoffmeyer helped prosecute the case.
The investigation began in this case in April of 1999 and involved cooperation among federal, state and local entities.
"Certainly the high level of collaboration among the Attorney General's Office, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Customs Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Southwest Border Alliance, the U.S. Border Patrol, the Yuma County Attorney's Office, Yuma County Sheriff's Department and Arizona Child Protective Services was a factor in putting together such an overwhelmingly strong case," said Rosen.
Haro had a separate indictment last November on 31 counts, including conspiring to kill witnesses and to deal drugs from his jail cell. Apparently, Haro continued to write threatening letters to witnesses even during his trial. "Arizona is going to be a safer place with this guy out of circulation," added Rosen.
Sentencing has been set for August 22, but may be delayed.
Among those working on the case was DEA's Angeline Woolbright who was called to active military duty last March. She was pulled off active duty as a military intelligence officer for the four-week trial and is scheduled to go back to active duty on Sunday.


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Christians live with hindsight and foresight. We look back to our redemption: the once-for-all finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross on our behalf. And we look forward to restoration, where there is a total do-over, a make-over on Planet Earth, and Jesus Christ rules and reigns.
As we look forward, how should we live? The Apostle Paul wrote in Titus 2:12-13: "Live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ."
As we anticipate, what should we know? What should we be aware of? Consider the parable of the fig tree that Jesus tells in Matthew 24:32: "Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near."
Notice that Jesus did not say, "Interpret what the fig tree means." He simply said, "Learn a lesson from it." He didn't say, "Now you go to your theological libraries and try to figure out every little meaning of every detail." He just said, "Look at the fig tree. Take a lesson from it."
I believe there is a simple, straightforward meaning to the parable of the fig tree: You can tell what's coming ahead by what you see right now. Jesus gave a series of signs earlier in this chapter–massive worldwide persecution (Matthew 24:2-13); worldwide evangelization (Matthew 24:14); the abomination of desolation and the mass exodus of the Jews from Jerusalem (Matthew 24:15-20); and the cataclysmic catastrophes that occur on the earth and in the heavens (Matthew 24:21-31).
Jesus said these signs would be "the beginning of sorrows." The word that is used to mean sorrows is the same word that means birth pains. Birth pains are different from abdominal pains. Birth pains are more frequent and more intense. And when the birth pains come, you know the birth is about to take place.
If you ever travel to South Dakota, there's a little town there known as Wall, and there is a drug store called Wall Drug. When Ted Hustead started the store back in the 1930s, he knew it would not get much traffic from his small town, so he put up signs–everywhere. He decided that everyone should know about his store. So he put a sign in all 50 states that tells the distance from that state to Wall Drug, S.D.
In Memphis, the sign reads: "Wall Drug: 1,192 miles." In Paris, France, it says: "Wall Drug: 5,961 miles." At the South Pole: "Wall Drug: 9,333 miles." There's a sign in Moscow and Kenya. There's one outside the Taj Mahal in Agra, India. But if you're driving on Interstate 90 and you're 45 miles outside of Wall, you can count 53 signs in that 45-mile stretch leading into the little town. The signs get bigger and brighter. So, just seeing a sign for Wall Drug isn't necessarily an indication that you're close, but when those signs become more frequent and more intense, you know you're almost there. Jesus gave a whole list of signs, or time indicators, so that already we can say, "I'm noticing the world shaping up toward His coming."
Matthew 24:35 gives us a promise: "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away." There are two parts to this promise: The world of men will end, and the Word of God will endure. If you're a materialist, I feel sorry for you. If your only hope is that new home or that wonderful garden or the new car, enjoy it now, because it's all going to burn. The Lord has been faithful to remind me of this throughout the years. It seems that every time I buy something new, even though I try really hard to take care of it, it gets dinged or scratched. It still works, but it's as if the Lord is saying, "It's all going to burn."
Matthew 24 closes with a parable about a wealthy master who leaves for a period of time and places all that he has with a servant. He comes back and catches his servant "in the act." But what does he catch his servant doing? If the servant is wise, he is working; if the servant is foolish, he is wasting time.
The foolish servant says, "The lord is delaying his coming," inferring that his master wouldn't come for a long time, if at all. And in this section of Scripture Jesus goes on to tell two other parables. One speaks of 10 virgins going to meet the bridegroom, and the bridegroom is delayed in his coming. The other is the parable of the talents, in which a man gives his servants money and immediately goes on a journey. In that parable Jesus said, "After a long time, the lord of those servants came and settled accounts with them."
It seems to me that, in telling these parables, the Lord was preparing His disciples for what would turn out to be a long absence. He was using imagery to say, "I'm going, and I'm coming back–but it's going to be a long time."
And the question for us is this: What are we to be doing in the meantime?
The answer is found in this story in Matthew 24. There are two kinds of servants: wise and wicked. The wise servant is caught in the act of faithful service. The wicked servant is caught in the act of fickle selfishness.
We who follow God are His servants. He is the Master. I want to remind you that if you are a Christian, Christ owns you. When you gave your life to Christ, you gave your life to Christ. He is the Boss. He calls the shots. You can never see your life as independent from God. In fact, that's the very essence of sin.
Jesus says, "Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?" (Matthew 24:45). This indicates a task done in God's household, the church. How are you helping to build up other believers in God's household? How are you sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ with those who don't know Him?
Notice that the first servant is given two adjectives, faithful and wise. Let me ask you: What if your car started one out of three times? Would you say the car is faithful? What if you didn't show up for work two or three days a month–just because you didn't want to? Would your employer say you are faithful? What if you decided to make your mortgage payments most of the time, but a couple times a year you didn't, because you wanted to buy something else? Would the bank say you're faithful? In the same way, if you just come to church sporadically, but not enough to get involved, are you faithful?
Wise is the second adjective. Wise means you have enough insight that would prompt your obedience. Do you know that the wisest way for you to live is in absolute surrender to Christ? Romans 12:1 says "I beseech you, therefore, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." It's the smartest way to live. It's faithful and it's wise.
And it's how we are to live in light of the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.


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Lethal Dose wrote: a Chevy man myself.
coldharvest wrote:Lethal Dose wrote: a Chevy man myself.
you're a man?
Lethal Dose wrote:coldharvest wrote:Lethal Dose wrote: a Chevy man myself.
you're a man?
... Yawn... What are you, 6?
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Do you ever have anything remotely interesting to say, or is it always childish one-liners and pictures of feminine hygiene products? ... Just curious.
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Football is not only a game. With this API we could carry out the app 'resultados de futbol', the most complete one on the market, at a very competitive price. The other options we have studied were expensive or didn't permit us to reach the level of details we obtain with this API.
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I grew up in Perth, Western Australia with my three sisters and loving parents. I left home at the age of 18 and moved to Melbourne where I guessed starred in various leading Australian dramas, such as ABC's 'The Slap, and also did various commercials and hosting work. I Graduated last year from Melbourne's elite acting school, '16th Street actors studio' and just recently moved to Los Angeles.
I am loving it here! The weather is incredible and the energy of the city keeps me really focused on being the best artist I can be. The opportunities here are endless. For the short time I have been living here, I have kept myself busy with USC films, studying at some of the top studios and doing some modeling work on the side. I am so grateful to be a part of this industry and so excited to see where it takes me.
Its tough being away from from my family and friends but knowing that they support and love me unconditionally makes me want to be a better artist everyday.
I am also incredibly athletic, running (track &field) was in the state netball team in WA and was a competitive water polo player. I also completed an 'Advance Diploma of Event Management' at the end of 2010.
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This Dava Grip Tips Combo bag players pack features three different types of plectrum which offer a variety of what Dava have to offer! With 2x Delrin, 2x nylon and 2x gels it's a great selection of some of the best picks available!
These are great as you can grip the tip if you want a heavy gauge, or release the flexible centre section for a lighter gauge pick.
The 1mm tip is made from a highly polished gloss plastic and gives a crisp sound and a fast release of the string.
The Dava Grip Tip Plectrum is very versatile and can be used for everything, from hard picking to rhythm strumming. It's all in the way you hold it!
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On a dare, a kid in New York City licked an entire handrail at the entrance of the subway for a dollar -- and presumably all the benefits of YouTube stardom. This, it goes without saying, is gross. But we wanted to know exactly how gross it is.
"If anyone dares you to lick anything in public, lick a toilet seat," says Charles P. Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona. "It would be safer to lick a toilet than a handrail on a bus."
Gerba has examined levels of germs in public places such as bus seats, bus handrails, indoor handrails and toilet seats. He found that about 50 different microorganisms live on a toilet seat while a handrail provides refuge for hundreds of thousands of germs.
"Americans are terrified of butt-borne diseases," he says, explaining why toilet seats are so clean. Most people wipe off toilet seats or use seat covers, but we give little thought to the condition of railings.
"We've studied the microbiology on public buses," Gerba says. "The handrail is fairly bad."
Gerba found e-coli (a bacterium often responsible for food poisoning); MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a staph infection that's resistant to most first-line antibiotics); and fecal matter on handrails. Fecal matter is on 50 percent of all handrails (people, it's time to seriously wash your hands after using the bathroom). It's not uncommon for handrails to have flu, staph bacteria, and respiratory and cold viruses, as well. Previous research in England found that people are more likely to get a cold from handrails than any other public surfaces.
After all, as Gerba reminds, "you don't know if the last guy washed his hands after using the toilet."
He recommends that public transportation riders apply hand sanitizer after arriving at their destination.
Even though the rail licker exposed himself to as many as 300,000 microbes, he probably won't get sick.
"I think the likelihood that he will get ill is very low. We all have bacteria in our mouth that are normal that will provide us with protection," says Mary Jo Kasten, an assistant professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic. "If [the railing] has fecal matter on it, maybe [he] could get hepatitis A or another infection."
As disgusting as it looks, licking a railing isn't the best way to transmit infectious diseases. "Licking an inanimate object is not a way that I think of people getting infected. He's more likely to transmit a virus if he actually kissed someone," Kasten says. (The existence of this video exponentially decreased his chances of actually kissing anyone).
Gerba says that no amount of money would entice him to lick a handrail (he's not interested in licking toilet seats either, despite knowing they're cleaner). Is there anyway he'd ever lick a handrail? "I'd have to drink a lot," he jokes.
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Mark Ballas: Our rehearsals have been a million times better since that first-ever argument with Bristol
Posted by Dr. Fay on October 14, 2012
From Mark Ballas' DWTS blog at USA Today:
All in all, I think it was a successful week, jumping up 4.5 points from last week. Even though we're still at the bottom of the leaderboard, I was happy with that.
Monday's episode showed the first-ever argument between Bristol and myself. It's really hard to capture the full breadth of a 45-minute conversation in a 90-second recap.
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A lot of people have been asking why I "missed a rehearsal." I had a family matter involving my mom that morning, and I did everything a cast member is supposed to regarding a rehearsal cancellation or a time change. I called production and told them I wouldn't make it and that we should reschedule for that evening. We did make up the lost rehearsal time that night. And thankfully, my mom is doing much better.
On the upside, our rehearsals since then have been a million times better. We are much stronger as a team, and ready to push forward. I love what I do and love doing it for the fans. I always give 100% and am proud to be a member of this cast.
This week's theme is "Rock 'n' Roll," which is one of my favorite styles and favorite genres of music. In terms of dance style, it calls for a mix of the Lindy Hop, jitterbug and the like. Bristol, however, is finding the speed and over-the-top personality of the dance challenging.
I had to completely change the creative approach and choreography, which is hard because this season is "All-Stars" and the bar has been raised that much higher. I just hope we can push through and make this routine as great as it should be.


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I love, love, love my slow cooker. I love the ease of "set it and forget it". I especially love the way my house smells after something yummy had been in the slow cooker all day. I walk through the door and am welcomed by this wonderful aroma, the house feels warm, and somehow cozier, just because of that slow cooker. The icing on the cake is that I feel like someone else has cooked dinner for ME…what a welcome change! The only problem is that, in the past, I have only used my slow cooker to roast a whole chicken, or to make beef stew. I need to find more recipes. Well today I used my slow cooker; I made 'Steak Tip & Gravy'.
How is 'Steak Tips & Gravy' different from beef tips & gravy? Well, it is pretty much the same, except I added steak sauce to not only the slow cooker while the beef was cooking, but to the jar of gravy that I bought, and it tasted great! My 9-year-old was hesitant to try beef tips and gravy because he had it at school for lunch and did not want to try it. He does, however, LOVE steak, so I had a light bulb moment and it worked, he ate it all.
Steak Tips & Gravy
1 ½ lbs. beef tips
2 cups water
½ cup steak sauce
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
1 onion, sliced
2 cups cooked rice
Seasoning Salt or Mrs. Dash
1 jar beef gravy
¼ cup steak sauce
Season and brown the beef in a pan, then drain and transfer to the slow cooker. Add onions (I did not have an onion, so I used chopped dried onion), steak sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. I added more seasonings, but that is just how we like things. Cook on slow for 8-10 hours. Spoon beef onto cooked rice.
For the gravy: pour a jar of beef gravy in a small saucepan and add steak sauce to taste, about ¼ cup, depending on how much gravy you use.
The Verdict
'Steak Tips & Gravy' was a hit in my house. The beef was fork tender and the gravy really made the difference. Now, I need to find a recipe to make my own gravy.
What about you?
What are your favorite slow cooker dishes? Do you know a trick to use the slow cooker, without having the meat fall apart? Please share your ideas!


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Since the beginning of the month, our Advent calendar has presented pictures of Earth from space going back more than four decades — but today's offering is as fresh as fallen snow on Christmas morning. In fact, it's a picture of our blue planet that incorporates image data from this morning.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites — also known as the GOES satellites — monitor weather phenomena continuously from a 22,300-mile orbit. Infrared and visible-light images of weather systems are overlaid on a full-color "Blue Marble" picture of Earth to produce the kind of view you see above. The detailed GOES imagery is used by meteorologists to figure out, for example, how bad the next winter storm will get. You can check out the latest GOES pictures on NASA's project website, and learn more about the GOES system as well.
Back in 1968, the "Earthrise" picture served as a reminder of Earth's beauty and fragility. Today, near-real-time Earth images such as this one remind us that the legions of satellites in outer space bring good things to all of us here on this good Earth. May the new year bring us still more good things, from Earth and from space.
Click on the links below for a recap of this year's Cosmic Log Advent Calendar, plus other Advent calendar offerings with space themes:
- The full Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar
- Door 1 for Dec. 1: Shuttle in spotlight
- Door 2 for Dec. 2: 'Alien' lake seen from space
- Door 3 for Dec. 3: Egypt's river of light
- Door 4 for Dec. 4: Tallest building reaches for the sky
- Door 5 for Dec. 5: Russia's dazzling delta
- Door 6 for Dec. 6: Space skipper vs. the world
- Door 7 for Dec. 7: Pearl Harbor from the heavens
- Door 8 for Dec. 8: Listening for E.T.
- Door 9 for Dec. 9: Blast from the past
- Door 10 for Dec. 10: Volcano caught in the act
- Door 11 for Dec. 11: Chronicling climate change
- Door 12 for Dec. 12: Happy St. Lucy's Day
- Door 13 for Dec. 13: Viva Las Vegas
- Door 14 for Dec. 14: Don't wake the volcanoes
- Door 15 for Dec. 15: Stairways to heaven
- Door 16 for Dec. 16: White Christmas in the Midwest
- Door 17 for Dec. 17: Tracks in the sky
- Door 18 for Dec. 18: Amelia Earhart's final resting place?
- Door 19 for Dec. 19: Lunar eclipse as seen from space
- Door 20 for Dec. 20: Our pale blue dot
- Door 21 for Dec. 21: Celebrate the longest night
- Door 22 for Dec. 22: Wild West Africa
- Door 23 for Dec. 23: Holy Land from on high
- Door 24 for Dec. 24: From the moon to the earth
- The Big Picture at Boston.com: Hubble Advent calendar
- Planetary Society: Solar system Advent calendar
- Zooniverse Advent calendar
Connect with the Cosmic Log community by hitting the "like" button on the Cosmic Log Facebook page or following msnbc.com's science editor, Alan Boyle, on Twitter (@b0yle).


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Recipe from Dawn Bennington of Fostoria, Ohio
Recipe Name: chicken salad
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 30minutes
5lbs cooked chicken breast
6 celery stalks
2 apples (green)
1 tsp. dill weed
1 shredded carrot (optional)
3 heads of romaine lettuce
1 1/2cups of mayo
3/4 cups balsamic vinegar
Pre-cook chicken breast the day or morning before and chill in the fridge for 4 hours or over night.
Cut chicken, apples, and celery into small squares.
Put in bowl along with the dill weed and shredded carrot.
In a separate bowl, mix mayo and vinegar until its completely mixed.
Add dressing to chicken mixture, toss well.
Last, chop romaine lettuce up and toss into the bowl.
Ready to serve, store in fridge covered with plastic wrap.
Servings: 6 to 10 people depending on portion size
Comments: Will stay fresh for 5 days before romaine lettuce wilts. Freezable.
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When you protect a controller method via identity, unauthenticated or unauthorized users are redirected to the login page. Is it possible to make a difference between a user that is not logged in, i.e. unauthenticated (redirect to login page) and a logged in user that has not enough credentials, i.e. is unauthorized (redirect to a "access denied" page)?
Yes, you can, by setting an identity failure URL callable or by explicitly checking permissions and redirecting manually in your controller methods.
You can set the configuration setting identity.failure_url to a callable, which will get evaluated every time an IdentityFailure exception occurs. In this function you can then, for example, check
and return different URLs depending on this information.
from turbogears import config, identity, url
def failure_url():
if 'Maintenance downtime' in errors:
return url('/maintenance')
if identity.current.not_anonymous:
return url('/access_denied')
return url('/login')
config.update({'identity.failure_url': failure_url})
See the source code for module turbogears.identity.exceptions (see function set_identity_errors and class IdentityFailure) and module turbogears.identity.conditions (see class Predicate and function require) for particulars.
As a simpler, but less general alternative, you can test for the required permissions within your controller method and then just do the redirect manually. If you are just redirecting to a "Access denied" page, you probably don't need to care about retaining request parameters across redirects, as redirecting via the IdentityFailure exception does.
from turbogears import controller, identity, redirect
class MyController(controllers.Controller, identity.SecureResource):
def bla(self):
if not 'foo' in identity.current.permissions:
if identity.current.not_anonymous:
raise identity.IdentityFailure
We have created a TurboGears example project, which uses a custom identity failure URL callable. It is attached to this page and can be downloaded here:


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The 4chan community site has been home to all manner of jokes, pranks, intentionally offensive imagery, and other juvenilia since it launched in 2003, but one thing it apparently takes very seriously is "Moot," the online handle of its founder, Christopher Poole.
As reported by the Betabeat website, attorneys for Poole sent a cease-and-desist letter to Moot.it, an Oregon-based startup that has yet to launch, alleging that the company's name infringes upon Poole's "protectable right of publicity." As the letter states:
Mr. Poole interacts with the massive 4chan community and publicly represents the website under the pseudonym MOOT, and has done so since its inception in 2003. Moot also utilizes the verified Twitter handle @MOOT and the email address email@example.com to promote 4chan. As a result of Mr. Poole's continuous efforts, the name MOOT has become firmly associated with Mr. Poole and 4chan.
As a result, the lawyers claim, "the term MOOT functions as a famous trademark utilized by 4chan."
It's not just the use of the name Moot that the 4chan founder takes issue with, though. The placeholder website at Moot.it (when it hasn't been knocked off the internet) says that the company intends to offer "forums and commenting re-imagined" – a purpose that Poole's lawyers claim too closely parallels the function of 4chan itself:
In view of the strong association in the minds of a substantial part of the Internet community between MOOT and commenting and discussion, it is unavoidable that your continued use of MOOT as a trademark would lead to confusion.
Naturally, the founders of Moot.it disagree, and they refuse to change the name of the company. In a letter addressing Poole's complaints, Moot.it's own attorneys argue that to describe 4chan as a comment and discussion site is a bit of a stretch.
4chan is primarily an image-sharing board, they contend; to post new topics, participants must attach images. (Poole originally founded the site as a place to share anime-related images, though it later evolved into what is perhaps the most patently NSFW site on the web.) By comparison, Moot.it's lawyers say:
Images, videos and the like – all of which detract from substantive, meaningful conversation – will not be part of the Moot experience. Rather, Moot is placing conversation at the forefront of the user experience. The aesthetic influence will be minimal and clear.
Ouch! Take that, /b/!
The letter goes on to state that there is no evidence that "Moot" is a term that identifies the goods or services provided by 4chan and that "'Moot' is not a trademark of 4chan anymore than 'Steve Jobs' was a trademark of Apple Inc."
Moot.it may be in some tricky territory there. Earlier this year, Apple threatened to sue Chinese toymaker InIcons over its plans to produce a Steve Jobs doll. Although the validity of the threat was questionable, the toy was eventually scrapped anyway, leaving the legal issue unresolved.
For their part, 4chan's legal beagles have yet to take any legal action against Moot.it beyond sending their letter, though they claim they could. In closing, they state:
Given that you have not begun use of the trademark, we respectfully suggest that you begin an orderly transition to a name that doesn't cause confusion with the rights of our client. Were you to begin use of MOOT.IT as a trademark, my client would have to investigate all options available to it.
Your Reg reporter can't help but note that those "options" might actually help clear up the alleged confusion. The Oxford English Dictionary lists one definition of moot as, "To complain, argue, plead, discuss, dispute, esp. in a law case; to bring an action to court, to litigate." ®


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It's taken a long time for Fez to get finished. It's taken a long time for Indie Game: The Movie to get finished, too. So, when filmmakers Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky showed the documentary to gamemaker Phil Fish—who, along with Braid creator Jonathan Blow and the two-man Team Meat, is one of the indie developers spotlighted in the movie—it made for an emotional moment. Fish says that the movie will inspire game developers of the future and it's likely his game will, too, once it makes it out into the world. You can find out more about the film over at the official site.
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Clarke shares blame for Pakistan loss
Australian skipper Michael Clarke admitted on Saturday that he had been wrong in choosing to bat first against Pakistan in the second one-day international between the two teams in Abu Dhabi on Friday.cricket Updated: Sep 01, 2012 14:52 IST
Australian skipper Michael Clarke admitted on Saturday that he had been wrong in choosing to bat first against Pakistan in the second one-day international between the two teams in Abu Dhabi on Friday.
Pakistan thumped Australia by seven wickets to level the three-match series at 1-1, leaving the propspect of an intriguing third match in Sharjah on Monday. Australia won the first match by four wickets in Sharjah.
Clarke said that electing to bat first after winning the toss had backfired.
"We trained here and there was nowhere near that much dew, so it was certainly a surprise for all of us once we walked out to field," Clarke said. "So it was the wrong decision after winning the toss to bat first."
Sparked by a resolute 61 from Michael Hussey, Australia posted a score of 248-9 in their 50 overs withr Pakistani
off-spinner Saeed Ajmal taking four wickets for 32 runs.
Australia's bowlers then found the ball hard to grip because of the excessive dew, with the pace pair of Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson in particular struggling.
Opener Nasir Jamshed smashed a 98-ball 97 to put Pakistan on track before Azhar Ali (59 not out) and Misbah-ul Haq (39 not out) helped Pakistan chase down the target with 6.2 overs to spare.
"I gtive full credit to Pakistan. I thought they played really well, they bowled really well, then they came out and played really well with the bat, so I don't want to take anything away from Pakistan, they outplayed us," said Clarke.
"We were off (on Friday), we didn't play as well as we'd have liked, no doubt about that, but we beat Pakistan in the first one-dayer in conditions we're about to go back and play in, so we can take a lot of confidence out of that."
Misbah agreed it was a good toss to lose.
"It was a good toss to lose," said Misbah. "Both the teams were not sure about what was going to happen because there wasn't much dew on Thursday night. But dew was a major factor on Friday."
Misbah praised youngsters Jamshed and Ali.
"The way Jamshed and Azhar batted made it easier for us. Jamshed and Mohammad Hafeez are aggressive players and the start was the key for us, it set us to chase that total," said Misbah about the 66-run start to the innings.
Misbah hopes his team builds on the win in the next match.
"It depends on what sort of wicket we get and one more thing we have to keep in mind is that if we bowl second then there will be a problem for the spinners as well, so we need to build on the win," he said.
Pakistan will wait and decide on the fitness of allrounder Shahid Afridi, who missed Friday's game because of a back injury.
Australian paceman Starc complained of a chest injury and is an unlikely starter for the series-deciding match.
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December is upon us, so I've just added a Christmas card design to my shop. I've probably already missed the boat but, hey, I'm not keen on premature dangling of baubles.
I've been designing Christmas cards for many years. It formed a large part of my freelance work for a while. Some of these have been published commercially; some were for speculative work; and some were just my personal annual card designed for friends and family. All designs are my copyright now – click to view gallery:


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The mission economy supported tens of thousands of Guaraní Indians and made the Jesuit reducciones (1609 to 1767) the most populous and financially prosperous of all the missions among native peoples of the Americas. The communal structure of collective labor, shared ownership, and redistribution of communal property formed the basis of the mission economy and seemed to leave little room for the possession of private property, independent trade, and economic initiative on the part of the resident Guaraní. Late 18th century Jesuit authors reinforced such an understanding in an attempt to defend their order and its actions in Paraguay. They argued that the Guaraní were incapable of managing their own affairs and that Jesuit management of the communally structured economy was indispensible for the wellbeing of both the missions and the Guaraní. Such accounts overlook evidence to the contrary. Mission Guaraní did in fact own private property—yerba mate, horses, clothing, and jewelry—and Jesuit leaders repeatedly issued orders for the missionaries to allow the Guaraní to independently trade yerba mate. Furthermore, although Jesuit authors repeatedly denied that they paid mission Guaraní wages—to do so would go against the communal structure that they so vehemently defended—the missionaries acknowledged that they paid mission Guaraní bonuses as a reward for their skills or extra labor. These bonuses served as a way to motivate individual economic initiative or agency within the framework of the missions' communal structure. In sum, the communal structure allowed for more flexibility in the ownership of private property, independent commerce, and economic initiative by the Guaraní than has been portrayed in both the 18th century writings of Jesuit authors and much of the current literature.
Keywords: Guaraní, Jesuits, missions, Río de la Plata, Paraguay, ethnohistory, mission economy, yerba mate
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In Case that you missed first post about this single incl. video check here
Warrior's Dance" will be the twentieth single released by the British electronic band The Prodigy. It is expected to be released on May 11, 2009, and it will be the second commercial single from the album Invaders Must Die after Omen and the free "promo" single Invaders Must Die.
The track's chorus is a sample of "Take Me Away" by Final Cut with True Faith.
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The Prodigy – Warriors Dance (Benga remix)
I really like this track,back to 90s!We hope soon @ top 10 UK singles chart,Invaders Must Die is still @ Top 10
The Prodigy – Warriors Dance – Live – Birmingham Rainbow Warehouse – May 17th 2008
The Prodigy – Warrior's Dance (Live @ Oxegen Festival)
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Naomi Watts Sparkles as Princess Diana in Biopic: See the Trailer
Watts stars in Diana biopic, set for September release
She was the people's princess, a global fashion icon and, at times, a strained symbol of royalty on the rocks. Now in a new movie, the late Princess Diana comes vividly to life, played uncannily in Diana by Naomi Watts.
A trailer for the film shows Watts, 44, as Diana caught amid the pressures of fame after the former Sloane Ranger married her prince, gave birth to two sons, and then struggled to adhere to the confines of a measured life that seemed against her free-spirited soul. (Watch it below.)
From red carpets and designer ball gowns, to glamorous European yachts and the near-constant onslaught of paparazzi, the biopic focuses on the finals years of Diana's life as she sought new love away from Buckingham Palace. She died after a car crash in a Paris tunnel in August 1997, a tragedy that shocked the world as fans and royal watchers grieved with her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.
Watts has it all down including Diana's layered short haircut, her long, spiky eyelashes, and her shy, head-down, eyes-up trademark smile, which along with her global charity work, earned her the nickname "Princess of Hearts."
The film is set to open in theaters on Sept. 20 in the U.K., but there is no official released date yet for the U.S.


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Aicraft History
The Mustang was built as a private venture by the US manufacturer North American Aviation. Company designers Raymond Rice and Edgar Schmued produced the design concept for the NA-73 in response to a 1940 British Purchasing Commission suggestion that the company build the Curtiss P-40 for Britain. From design to prototype took just 102 days with the first flight occurring on 26 October 1940. It was a measure of either confidence or desperation that a British order for 320 NA-73 aircraft had already been placed on 26 May 1940. The British named the aircraft the Mustang I with the first being delivered in late 1941 and used operationally for the first time in July 1942.
The United States Army Air Force evaluated the aircraft which they called the P-51 & P-51A and placed an order for 460 aircraft. Despite good speed at low level for ground attack, the aircraft was handicapped by its General Motors Allison V-1710 engine which did not provide the power required for higher altitude air combat roles and failed to fully exploit the Mustang's highly efficient 'laminar flow' wing The substitution of the Rolls-Royce Merlin in Britain proved to be the answer and the resulting P-51B & P-51C (Mustang II & III) quickly established their role as long-range escort fighters with the USAAF daylight strategic bombing campaign over Germany. The 1944 P-51D (Mustang IV) was radically redesigned with a new fuselage and 'bubble hood' giving excellent visibility for the pilot. Armament was increased from four to six .50 calibre machine guns.
In April 1943, the Mustang was selected by Lawrence Wackett for production by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation at Port Melbourne. A P-51D was delivered in 1944 for use as a pattern aircraft. Tooling was received from North American. The CAC CA-17 Mustang Mk. 20 first flew in May 1945 although the number required was cut back due to the end of the war with Japan in August 1945. Eventually CAC produced 200 Mustangs by 1951 with the designations CA-17 and CA-18. These used different Merlin engine models, some being equipped with cameras. In addition there were 298 US-built Mustangs delivered to the RAAF in 1945 but these did not see combat before the end of the war. Many of these were flown to Japan as part of Australia's contribution to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF). In Italy, 3 Squadron RAAF had received RAF Mustangs in 1944 and flew them in combat until May 1945.
The last RAAF BCOF Mustang unit in Japan, 77 Squadron was about to return home when the Korean War broke out in June 1950. The Squadron was immediately deployed to Korea and bore the brunt of early fighting before being re-equipped with the Gloster Meteor jet in 1951. The Mustang remained in use with RAAF Citizen Air Force units until the late 1950s. Some surplus Mustangs were used as targets during the nuclear tests at Maralinga. In recent years the Mustang has enjoyed popularity as an airshow performer and a large number are flying or under restoration around the world.
Model History
This 1:30 scale model of a CAC Mustang was donated to the Museum in 1954 by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, along with several other models representing the company's aircraft production. It is finished in a standard post-war silver scheme with rondels and fin flash with a black anti-glare panel painted on the top of the engine cowling. The Museum acquired the model from the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in 1954 at the conclusion of the 'Jubilee of Flight' exhibition at the former Science Museum of Victoria in 1953-54. It had been loaned to the Museum for the exhibition but was then donated by CAC Manager Sir Lawrence Wackett. It is apparently a factory model used for promotional or display purposes. It is painted to represent A68-63 a CA-17 Mark 20 Mustang built in 1946 and operated by No. 22 Squadron RAAF between 1947 and 1953.
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Donation from Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, 05/02/1954
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Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1945-1950
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Air transport, Aircraft, Model propeller aircraft - military
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Model Scale
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Conservation and Environment in Peru: Monthly Updates
TARICAYA RESEARCH CENTRE: February 2012
As the heavens opened here in Peru it was a nervous few weeks deep in the rainforest as the rivers swelled and threatened to burst their banks. As other parts of the country suffered flash floods and localised states of emergency we were lucky at Taricaya with the river failing to flood by a matter of inches as the rainy season hit in earnest. Our often languid river, Madre de Dios, became a raging torrent with whole trees floating down, occasionally with stranded wildlife aboard! Whilst the total rainfall for this wet season appears to be lower than in previous years the fact that 80% of it arrived in the space of a couple of very wet weeks meant that the rivers struggled to move the quantities of water down from the foothills and flash floods affected many areas. Nevertheless, the rain was welcome in the reserve as our many depressions started to fill; providing sanctuaries and breeding areas for so many of the reserve's frog and reptile species. Trees sucked up the fresh water to produce fruits for so many of the jungle's bird and mammal residents. In short, the jungle is alive with the sounds of new life being born; males protecting their territories and large groups reunited during this time of relative abundance. The drawback: to see any of this we must virtually swim the trails in some places just to get around! Such inconveniences are not a problem at Taricaya, many volunteers learned quickly it is best to keep a set of wet clothes for heading out into the reserve and others for work closer to home. With only the heaviest storms keeping us indoors we were able to accomplish a lot in this the shortest month of the year. As usual, where to begin?
This month I would like to start with the pilot farm. Being our longest running project I tend to overlook the hard work and dedication it takes to keep the farm operational and running. It is not that I consider the farm any less important it is simply that I have become accustomed to all the sweat and blisters it requires on a weekly basis. Nonetheless, this month has been tough with the quick-growing pioneer species threatening to overrun our established plants and so large groups toiled hard clearing these weeds and transplanting some of our nursery saplings. This is the ideal time to move our young plants from the shaded nursery into the farm itself as the heavy rains and tropical sun provide perfect growing conditions. At the moment we are working with three different types of tree: ironwood, cedar and "huayruro". The first two are timber species and the third a quick growing palm tree that can be used for timber but has also beautiful red and black seeds used by the locals in their artesanias and hand crafts. As our long standing mahogany trees start to dominate the view it is time to start studying the growth of other important species. Our germination beds are providing enough saplings to work at the farm and continue our agro-forestry project downriver at the Ese'eja community of Palma Real.
This month we paid two visits to the community and whilst large groups of volunteers continued working on our reforestation transects others helped in the health controls of the community's pets. Medication for parasites was administered and vitamins injected into those animals that were emaciated and under weight. The veterinary work is an ongoing battle but we try to help when we visit. It is just unfortunate that caring for pets is a cultural problem and the general attitude in most of Peru is that if the animal dies we just get another one! Still, it was good to get out and work in a different area and we shall continue our efforts over the coming months. Back at Taricaya it is time to select some of our 7-year old mahogany trees for felling allowing us to work the timber and freeing up space for the sturdier individuals to keep growing. More next month!
Back at the research centre the storms caused chaos around the animal rescue centre and out on the trails with trees crashing down around us. As a safety precaution, we fell any potentially dangerous trees wherever we build but the ferocity of this weather was remarkable. Fortunately the majority of the tree falls were out on the trails and so we now face a few weeks of tough work clearing our routes again. The biggest problem for us at the rescue centre is the rain. We must walk the paths around the rescue centre several times a day and the quantity of water had made the whole system a quagmire. The only solution was to haul up gravel from the river banks and lay it around the centre. With close to 400m of paths this was not going to be achieved overnight and so we programmed two days a week when we all jump on the boats with hundreds of sacks and bring back the stones to lay the routes. It is very physical labour and working conditions are better in the rain which is ironic since that is the cause of the problem. I want to thank everyone who has toiled on this project over recent weeks and I am confident that we will finish next month. Fingers crossed!
The wet season is a herpetologist's dream as swamps fill and water abounds and every night the chorus of frogs provides a wonderful harmony to fall asleep. Therefore it was logical to head out into the reserve at night and see what we could discover. At this stage in our research it was very unlikely that we would find a new species for the reserve as we have been studying the amphibians and reptiles for over 5 years. That said; wading through the swamps collecting beautiful specimens to photograph whilst the beady orange eyes of caiman glow in the distance is a fantastic experience. We caught some wonderful tree frogs and there is the possibility that we did capture something new after all. We have sent the photos to another expert for confirmation but we might have found yet another treasure previously unrecorded in the area.
In parallel to the herpetology walks we continued with our mammal survey and monitoring our released group of spider monkeys (Ateles chamek). This month volunteers were often seen wading through chest high swamps in search of some of the more elusive residents of the rainforest. Whilst conditions are perfect for most of the jungle's mammals finding them becomes harder as we are hampered in our movements by the water but we managed some great sightings nonetheless. We saw coatis (Nasua nasua), brown capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella), red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus) and one lucky group saw the very rare giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis). A group of six giant otters had come into the creek on a foray from the nearby lake Sandoval as water levels were so high. A great sighting for the fortunate few! The wet ground meant that tracks abounded and we saw jaguar prints at several different locations around the reserve. All these sightings indicate a healthy ecosystem and, reinforce further just how much of a positive impact we are having in the area after ten years of dedicated work.
Next month will see us reach capacity for the first time in 2012 and with 38 volunteers at Taricaya there will be lots of projects running in conjunction with a healthy mix of hard labour, relaxing wildlife observations and pioneering research. Lots to look forward to....
Stuart Timson
Conservation Director
Projects Abroad
7th March 2012


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Implement create in folder support for adding bookmarks
Ok, nailed the toolbar wrapping. Resizing stays nice and fast too. Killer.
Teaching the personal toolbar how to wrap to multiple lines.
Fix a lot of warnings and some bad method calls. Also change use of keyWindow to mainWindow so commands still work when the find panel is the key window.
Fix drawing glitches on personal toolbar when deleting bookmarks.
Personal toolbar now works with folders and responds to add/remove of bookmarks.
Adding a page proxy icon to the location bar.
Personal toolbar works. Kick ass.
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New bookmark icon. WOrking on the personal toolbar.
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A Who musical cameo during Wednesday's Grammy nominations special on CBS Wednesday night proved a highlight of a show filled with relative youngsters. The appearance came two days after the surviving members of Led Zeppelin visited "Late Show With David Letterman" in the afterglow of receiving Kennedy Center honors from President Obama.
Zep's Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones went on Letterman to hawk a CD and DVD set of their 2007 reunion concert, which they swear, unfortunately, will be their last performance. But next week's 12/12/12 Sandy benefit concert at Madison Square Garden boasts a bill that includes The Who and Paul McCartney, who is set to bring his Hofner bass to "Saturday Night Live" Dec. 15.
Nearly 50 years after the Beatles led the British Invasion, the Stones, Who, Zeppelin and McCartney are still making big news – and in most cases, music. The endurance and enduring appeal of the surviving members of the four most successful British bands that shot to fame in the 1960s is worthy of, to paraphrase Zeppelin, a celebration day.
There's something both comforting and exhilarating in timeless music that packs the same youthful punch as when it debuted on vinyl – even if the creators are now in their sixties and seventies. The Big Four also give us an increasingly rare intergenerational pop-culture experience. The Who's "Quadrophenia" gig in Brooklyn drew an audience ranging from teens to sixty-somethings, all wind-milling in unison with Pete Townshend, who, as a 20-year-old, wrote the lyric, "Hope I die before I get old."
Sadly, each of the major Brit band lost at least one member long before they got old, physically or otherwise. We've just passed the 11th anniversary of George Harrison's death. As the Stones hit the stage Saturday night, Beatles fans will gather about eight miles away at Central Park's Strawberry Fields to mark the 32nd anniversary of John Lennon's murder.
Great music, though, can lift us past nostalgia and bittersweet longings for times lost – and provide new moments to be cherished and shared. Which is probably why, even more than the megabucks they probably don't need, that these rockers roll on. The latest British Invasion wave marks a sign that "My Generation," at least when it comes to classic rock, has morphed into "Our Generations."
As the Stones prepare to wow Brooklyn, check out relatively recent videos featuring of some of our favorite geriatric rockers:
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The Kennel Club (KC) and the British Veterinary Association (BVA) currently operate health schemes for hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia and inherited eye diseases.
The schemes have been developed over more than 30 years, and aim to provide scientifically based expert opinion on these inherited conditions. The KC/BVA screening programmes help conscientious breeders to identify those dogs that are clinically free of such diseases so that the best possible choices for breeding programmes may be made.
BVA/KC Canine Health Schemes Pricing for 2019
Hip scoring and elbow grading is done only once for each dog, at a minimum age of one year, while eye examinations should, in general, be conducted annually. Dogs are certified either affected or unaffected for the eye conditions that are known to be inherited in that breed at the time of examination.
Re-examination is important as some inherited eye conditions have a later onset. All results are recorded on the Kennel Club database and published in the Kennel Club Breed Records Supplement and on progeny registration certificates. There are in excess of 30,000 results produced under the schemes each year.