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Stephen R. Haynes holds a Ph.D. in Religion and Literature from Emory University, the M. Div. from Columbia Theological Seminary, an M. A. from Florida State University, and a B. A. from Vanderbilt University. Professor Haynes has been at Rhodes since 1989 and offers courses on the Holocaust, religion and racism, and religion and literature. In addition to these subjects, he has research interests in Jewish-Christian relations, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and religion and higher education. Dr. Haynes serves on the Church Relations Committee of the US Holocaust Memorial Council. He was ODK Untenured Teacher of the Year at Rhodes in 1993 and SGA Outstanding Faculty Member in 1995. In 1997 he received the Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Research and in 2001 was awarded the Clarence Day Award for Outstanding Teaching. He is also a graduate of Leadership Memphis.
Prospects for Post-Holocaust Theology: ′Israel′ in the Theologies of Karl Barth, Jürgen Moltmann, and Paul van Buren, American Academy of Religion Academy Series, Volume 77 (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991).
To Each Its Own Meaning: An Introduction to Biblical Criticisms and Their Application, edited with Steven L. McKenzie (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1993; second revised edition, 1999).
Reluctant Witnesses: Jews and the Christian Imagination, Macmillan Studies in Literature and Religion (London: Macmillan, 1995; Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1995).
Holocaust Education and the Church-Related College: Restoring Ruptured Traditions, Christianity and the Holocaust: Core Issues Series (New York: Greenwood, 1997).
The Death of God Movement and the Holocaust: Radical Theology Encounters the Shoah, edited with John K. Roth (New York: Greenwood Press, 1999).
Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery, Religion in America Series (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002).
Professing in the Postmodern Academy: Faculty and the Future of Church-Related Colleges, Religion and Higher Education Series (Waco: Baylor University Press, 2002).
The Bonhoeffer Phenomenon: Portraits of a Protestant Saint (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2004).
The Bonhoeffer Legacy: Post-Holocaust Perspectives (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006).
Bonhoeffer for Armchair Theologians (co-authored with Lori Brandt Hale) (Lousiville: Westminster/John Knox, 2008).
The Last Segregated Hour: The Memphis Kneel-Ins and the Campaign for Southern Church Desegregation (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012).
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary
M.A., Florida State University
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I really enjoy staying up and walking around when most go to sleep.
The world becomes a different animal.
This one I shot in Kyoto, Japan. I was cold but so worth it. The cherry blossoms or sakura were out and the streets lined with lights just to light up the trees.


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We are Target Who and with the help of our friends we are freely distributing books to schools wherever we can reach. Small bundles passed from person to person, slowly working their way to their chosen destination. Some of our books travel for thousands of miles before reaching schools. Those of you following our Facebook page may have noticed a small bundle recently arrived in New Zealand for distribution by my good friend Megan Gourlay.
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Kia Ora from New Zealand Turns out Target Who has a far reaching audience! I delivered a bundle of books Nova Montessori School in Christchurch last week. This school has had significant damage from the February earthquakes we had here 3 years ago which is why I chose this school - and both my Godsons go to this school. I also gave them my collection of Artemis Fowl novels - they were all so excited!!
The school kindly provided a photo of some of their pupils with the books who can now enjoy an adventure with one of the first seven Doctors.
We are Target Who and as you read this many more books are slowly moving around. Maybe one of them is heading your way.
Target Who would like to thank Megan Gourlay for her support in our mission.


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Learn about my new book and family fun game, "The Animal Game". The book is now available in kindle format and soon print.
One time in the car my daughter wanted to play the animal game. She said that I was a cat and my husband was a cow. We made the sounds of our animals. But then we started combining animals. For example a sheep cow: Baa Moo! Or a monkey cat: Eee ooo Moo! We giggles and had fun. That fun game gave me the idea for the book the animal game.
This book has fun images for each animal. You can even make up your own animals later. A fun game for a giggle before bed time or in a short car ride to the store. I hope you enjoy this book and game with the kids in your life too.
As a former instructional designer and stay a home Mom, I think this book is great to learn about animals, and grow a relationship with a child.
The Animal Game book can be found on Amazon in kindle format. A great little book for a baby shower or birthday party.
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http://bo-po.com/#bopofun This nail polish was fun but did peel off easily. I did like that I did not have to remove it.


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DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah — After a seven-year, 2.9 billion-mile round trip, a space capsule floated down to a landing in the Utah desert early Sunday, bringing back interstellar dust and comet samples that scientists hope will yield clues to the origins of the solar system.
"All stations, we have touchdown," mission control announced at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., sparking a round of applause.
NASA's Stardust mission came to a climax in the middle of the night, starting with the sample return capsule's release from its mothership when it was 69,000 miles (110,000 kilometers) away from Earth. The shuttlecock-shaped capsule streaked through the atmosphere at about 29,000 mph (46,000 kilometers per hour), representing the fastest re-entry of any human-made probe.
Parachutes eased the final phase of the descent, ending with the landing at a military test range about 3:10 a.m. MT (5:10 a.m. ET).
"It's an absolutely fantastic end to the mission," said Carlton Allen of NASA's Johnson Space Center.
The mission marked the first time a spacecraft flew into deep space and brought back tiny fragments of a comet. Most of the granules are so small that a microscope will be required to study them.
The Stardust mothership will remain in permanent orbit around the sun, at the ready in case another mission could make use of its camera and other scientific instruments.
Comets are frozen bodies of ice and dust that formed soon after a gaseous disk collapsed to create the sun and planets 4.6 billion years ago. Comets formed from what was left over, and studying them could shed light on the solar system's birth.
The cosmic samples were gathered from Comet Wild 2 in 2004 during Stardust's seven-year journey. The spacecraft used a tennis racket-sized collector mitt to snatch the dust and store it in an aluminum canister.
The mission cost $212 million.
Dust from birth of solar system
Scientists believe about a million samples of comet and interstellar dust — most tinier than the width of a human hair — will be returned.
The dust grains, believed to be pristine leftovers from the birth of the solar system, contain many of the organic molecules necessary for life. Some of the particles are thought to be older than the sun.
Video: Stardust return A helicopter recovery team located the capsule and prepared to bring it to a clean room at Michael Army Air Field in Dugway for processing. From there, it will be flown to the Johnson Space Center in Houston for analysis.
Stardust's comet samples represent the second robotic retrieval of extraterrestrial material since 1976, when the unmanned Soviet Luna 24 mission brought back lunar rocks and soil.
The first was NASA's Genesis probe, which crashed at Dugway Proving Ground in 2004 during a failed midair attempt by Hollywood stunt pilots in helicopters to snag it. Scientists spent several days picking through the wreckage to salvage the fragile wafers containing solar wind atoms.
The accident was caused by the faulty installation of gravity switches designed to trigger the parachute release. Engineers reviewed Stardust's blueprints and rechecked its systems to make sure it wouldn't happen again.
Seven years, almost 3 billion miles
Launched in 1999, the Stardust spacecraft traveled nearly 3 billion miles (4.6 billion kilometers), looping around the sun three times.
In 2004, it flew through the comet's coma, a fuzzy halo of gas and dust. Outfitted with armored bumpers, the spacecraft survived a hail of debris to trap comet dust with a collector mitt packed with aerogel, a porous material made up of mostly air. The cosmic particles were then tucked inside the capsule for the trip home.
Along with the comet dust, the spacecraft also captured interstellar dust — tiny particles that stream through the solar system thought to be from ancient stars that exploded and died.
The spacecraft also beamed back 72 black-and-white pictures showing broad mesas, craters, pinnacles and canyons with flat floors on the surface of Wild 2, a craggy comet about 500 million miles (800 million kilometers) from Earth at Stardust's launch.
Stardust's sample return is the latest mission designed to study comets up close.
Six months earlier, NASA sent a probe into the path of an onrushing comet. The high-speed collision with comet Tempel 1 set off a celestial fireworks display in space and exposed the comet's primordial interior.
Scientists have been analyzing the voluminous debris hurled from the comet's belly and are trying to figure out the size of the crater caused by the impact.
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Deciding on what snorkeling fins to get is really pretty easy, compared to fitting a mask, or even choosing a snorkel. Here we describe all the options, give our insights, and recommend specific fins.
First, do you need snorkel fins? Yep, fins are pretty much an essential item. You can swim without fins, but you gain so much efficiency and speed with them. And this may not appear to matter until you are in a strong current, and then you will bless those flippers. They also protect your feet from accidental contact with rocks and coral (you should not be kicking coral, but if it happens, it can really tear up unprotected feet). You can also tread water more easily, saving lots of energy, which could be a life saver.
When making your choice, comfort should be one of our top priorities. You should not have any hard spots rubbing on you. You should be able to snorkel for an hour or two without any major discomfort (blisters, etc).
What is the difference? Check out the two pictures on the left. The top fin is a classic closed foot snorkeling fin, also called full foot fin. And the second is an open foot snorkeling fin, also called an open heel fin. It is open on the back with an adjustable strap.
Benefits of Open Foot Snorkeling Fins
The primary reason to use an open foot fin is it allows you to wear a boot. Mostly divers wear boots because they need the insulation (colder water at depths), and because they often are walking with a lot of heavy gear, over rocky shores. A snorkeler can also benefit from wearing boots. If you enter the water on a rocky beach very many times, you will know why.
Keep in mind that divers have more weight in gear, and more drag through the water because of this gear. And some open foot fins are designed for divers to help with those issues. These fins can be stiffer, much heavier and bulkier than most closed foot styles.
Benefits of Closed Foot Snorkeling Fins
There are a couple reasons why a closed foot fin is our choice. First, compared to heavier dive fins, they weigh less. Extra weight at the end of your foot means you have to work harder to move it. Not to mention the extra heft and size in your luggage (packing in a suitcase is essential for us). Second, efficiency tests have proven that a closed fin is more efficient than an open fin. We are not exactly sure why. It could be because they are less bulky, offering better hydrodynamics around the foot area. Or it could be because your connection to the fin is more positive (without a boot between).
So for us, we like a closed fin. And when we need foot protection entering and exiting the water we wear flip-flops or water shoes, and then just hang the shoes on a belt when snorkeling.
The top picture on the left is the classic paddle fin again. The second picture is of a more modern split fin.
The split fin vs. paddle fin for snorkeling is one of those heated type of debates with people hot under the color about their perspective.
But really it is a pretty simple issue. There are benefits to both, and you just choose what you like the best. Or better yet, choose both, and sell the ones you don't like as much. The most important choice is comfort and fit and the quality of what you buy.
Benefits of Traditional Paddle Fins for Snorkeling
Paddle fins do work great. We have used them for years, in a variety of conditions. Generally speaking, the benefit of a good pair of paddle fins is that you have a lot of quick thrust available (fast accelerating speed), and you have good control and maneuverability when you are in close or are trying to carefully move around coral. You can also use a variety of kicking strokes with a paddle fin. But paddle fins are not considered as efficient or as fast over a longer swim as split fins.
With a paddle fin, you get your power from long, slow, powerful strokes of your legs. And if you are used to this style of swimming, and try to use that method with a split fin, you will think they don't work. Good split fins work great, but you have to kick differently with them.
Benefits of Split Fins
The theory behind split fins (fairly well proven through testing and user reports), is that the design of the split fin directs the water force more directly behind the fin than a paddle fin. This propels you forward easier for the amount of energy you put out. So for longer swims, you will save energy with a split fin, and if used correctly, will be able to swim faster.
Your leg stroke with a split fin is very different. Instead of long forceful strokes, you make much smaller, easier, and more rapid kicks in a split fin (sometimes called a flutter kick). You feel less resistance with this type of stroke, through the water, and through your fins.
The things folks don't like about split fins is that they don't provide as much feedback, because you don't push against the water as hard with them, and they are considered to be less precise for control of movement and position in the water. They are not supposed to be as good for back paddling, frog kicking, turning, etc. They are better for moving forward. But we have had no problems with them.
Quality is very important with split fins. If money is an issue, we would buy cheap paddle fins before we bought cheap split fins. Split fins are more of a technology that has to be done right. Paddle fins are more basic in terms of technology.
Finally, don't choose a split fin over a paddle fin if it is not a perfect fit and comfortable. That is most important.
You may be enticed by luggage space-saving travel fins. Generally this type of snorkeling fins are short, wider and open foot. They lack the power and swimming speed that you need if you get in a current (which you will), and they are less efficient so you will use much more energy while snorkeling.
That said, the ScubaPro Go Fin looks like a great option for traveling snorkelers. It is an open heel design, with an adjustable heel strap, that can be used barefoot or with a thin boot. The heel strap (available in different colors) reduces its length, so they fit in carry-on bag. They stack together with a little hook on the end that latches into the other fin, helping them take up less room. They are also lightweight and durable.
We recommend closed foot split fins, which are getting difficult to find. Nicole uses the Oceanic Vortex V-6 Full Foot Split Fins. They are light weight, slightly stiffer, with quick thrust and she loves them. Galen uses a previous version of the TUSA X-Pert Evolution Full-Foot Split Fins. Both of these fins have been discontinued. Before Nicole got split fins she could not keep up with Galen, but that is no longer a problem.
The closed foot split fin available option right now is the Atomic Aquatics Full Foot Split Fins. They are not quite as light weight as the Oceanic fins, but still travel-friendly and quick in the water.
For paddle fins good options that are well reviewed right now are the Cressi Pluma Fins and the Mares Superchannel Fins. We also spotted the new Tilos Voyage Full Foot Fins when we visited DEMA and and found them to be surprisingly lightweight, with a soft scoop in the center near the tip that is supposed to act like a parachute to thrust water with each kick.
And some of our favorite cheap and comfortable paddle fins for traveling are the classic U.S. Divers Sea Lion Fins pictured at right (we used them for years - they are very portable). Read the user reviews on Amazon if you buy these fins to get the right size.
And if you are buying more than just your fins, try to buy it all in a snorkel set and you are sure to save some money.
Make sure they fit correctly. You want them to be a bit snug, but not too tight. As your feet cool in the water they will shrink a little. So your fins will get looser in the water than when dry and slip more. So a little tighter fit is better than loose. Nothing is more irritating than snorkeling fins that slip off when you are trying to kick hard.
Also make sure there are no hard spots that dig in when you flex your foot back and forth. These often happen at the sides where hard plastic parts meet the rubber of the foot box. The foot area will stretch a little, but not at those spots.
If you are going to buy open foot snorkeling fins, make sure and get your boots first, and try your fins on with them. And make sure your boots are very comfortable and will not rub raw spots when you kick in them for an hour.


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I've been following JR Forasteros around the internet for the last few years, impressed with his knowledge of geek culture, as well as the way he pastors his church in Rowlett, TX. When he asked me to talk about his new book, Empathy for the Devil, on the show, I absolutely had to say yes! So, in this episode, I have more of a discussion about the book than a review. (Bear with me, I was up late reading and recording.) Huge thanks goes out to JR. and InterVarsity Press for sending me a review copy.
- Book Synopsis: Do we have anything in common with the villains of the Bible?
The sins of wrath, idolatry, and abuse of power are closer to us than we think. How do we guard against them? We learn not only by following moral exemplars—we also need to look at the warnings of lives gone wrong.
In this fictionalized narrative, JR. Forasteros reintroduces us to some of the most villainous characters of Scripture. He shows us what we can learn from their negative examples, with figures such as Cain, Jezebel, King Herod, and even Satan serving as cautionary tales of sin and temptation. Forasteros vividly tells their stories to help us understand their motivations, and his astute biblical and cultural exposition points out what we often miss about their lives.
We soon discover that we might have more in common with these characters than we would like to admit. Take a fresh look at the scoundrels of Scripture, and find sound pastoral guidance here to walk the path of righteousness.
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Emerging data suggest that hypercholesterolemia has stimulatory effects on adaptive immunity and that these effects can promote atherosclerosis and perhaps other inflammatory diseases. However, research in this area has relied primarily on inbred strains of mice, whose adaptive immune system can differ substantially from that of humans. Moreover, the genetically induced hypercholesterolemia in these models typically results in plasma cholesterol levels that are much higher than those in most humans. To overcome these obstacles, we studied human immune system-reconstituted mice (hu-mice) rendered hypercholesterolemic by treatment with AAV8- PCSK9 and a high-fat/high-cholesterol Western-type diet (WD). These mice had a high percentage of human T cells and moderate hypercholesterolemia. Compared with hu-mice having lower plasma cholesterol, the PCSK9-WD mice developed a T cell-mediated inflammatory response in the lung and liver. Human CD4+ and CD8+ T cells bearing an effector memory phenotype were significantly elevated in the blood, spleen, and lungs of PCSK9-WD hu-mice, while splenic and circulating regulatory T cells were reduced. These data show that moderately high plasma cholesterol can disrupt human T cell homeostasis in vivo. This process may not only exacerbate atherosclerosis but also contribute to T cell-mediated inflammatory diseases in the setting of hypercholesterolemia.
Jonathan D. Proto, Amanda C. Doran, Manikandan Subramanian, Hui Wang, Mingyou Zhang, Erdi Sozen, Christina Rymond, George Kuriakose, Vivette D'Agati, Robert Winchester, Megan Sykes, Yong-Guang Yang, Ira Tabas
Genetic forms of vitamin D–dependent rickets (VDDRs) are due to mutations impairing activation of vitamin D or decreasing vitamin D receptor responsiveness. Here we describe two unrelated patients with early-onset rickets, reduced serum levels of the vitamin D metabolites 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, and deficient responsiveness to parent and activated forms of vitamin D. Neither patient had a mutation in any genes known to cause VDDR, however, using whole exome sequence analysis we identified a recurrent de novo missense mutation c.902T>C (p.I301T) in CYP3A4 in both subjects that alters the conformation of substrate-recognition-site 4 (SRS-4). In vitro, the mutant CYP3A4 oxidized 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D with 10-fold greater activity than wild-type CYP3A4 and 2-fold greater activity than CYP24A1, the principal inactivator of vitamin D metabolites. As CYP3A4 mutations have not previously been linked to rickets, these findings provide new insight into vitamin D metabolism, and demonstrate that accelerated inactivation of vitamin D metabolites represents a previously undescribed mechanism for vitamin D deficiency.
Jeffrey D. Roizen, Dong Li, Lauren O'Lear, Muhammad K. Javaid, Nicholas J. Shaw, Peter R. Ebeling, Hanh H. Nguyen, Christine P. Rodda, Kenneth E. Thummel, Tom D Thacher, Hakon Hakonarson, Michael A. Levine
Immune evasion and the suppression of anti-tumor responses during cancer progression are considered hallmarks of cancer and are typically attributed to tumor-derived factors. Although the molecular basis for the crosstalk between tumor and immune cells is an area of active investigation, whether host-specific germline variants can dictate immunosuppressive mechanisms has remained a challenge to address. A commonly occurring germline mutation (c.1162G>A/rs351855 G/A) in the FGFR4 (CD334) gene enhances STAT3 signaling and is associated with poor prognosis and accelerated progression of multiple cancer types. Here, using rs351855 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) knock-in transgenic mice and Fgfr4 knockout mice, we reveal the genotype-specific gain of immunological function of suppressing the CD8/CD4+FOXP3+CD25+ve regulatory T cell ratio in vivo. Furthermore, using knock-in transgenic mouse models for lung and breast cancers, we establish the host-specific tumor-extrinsic functions of STAT3-enhancing germline variants in impeding the tumor infiltration of CD8 T cells. Thus, STAT3-enhancing germline receptor variants contribute to immune evasion through their pleiotropic functions in immune cells.
Daniel Kogan, Alexander Grabner, Christopher Yanucil, Christian Faul, Vijay Kumar Ulaganathan
Paclitaxel is among the most widely used anticancer drugs and is known to cause a dose-limiting peripheral neurotoxicity, the initiating mechanisms of which remain unknown. Here, we identified the murine solute carrier organic anion–transporting polypeptide B2 (OATP1B2) as a mediator of paclitaxel-induced neurotoxicity. Additionally, using established tests to assess acute and chronic paclitaxel-induced neurotoxicity, we found that genetic or pharmacologic knockout of OATP1B2 protected mice from mechanically induced allodynia, thermal hyperalgesia, and changes in digital maximal action potential amplitudes. The function of this transport system was inhibited by the tyrosine kinase inhibitor nilotinib through a noncompetitive mechanism, without compromising the anticancer properties of paclitaxel. Collectively, our findings reveal a pathway that explains the fundamental basis of paclitaxel-induced neurotoxicity, with potential implications for its therapeutic management.
Alix F. Leblanc, Jason A. Sprowl, Paola Alberti, Alessia Chiorazzi, W. David Arnold, Alice A. Gibson, Kristen W. Hong, Marissa S. Pioso, Mingqing Chen, Kevin M. Huang, Vamsi Chodisetty, Olivia Costa, Tatiana Florea, Peter de Bruijn, Ron H. Mathijssen, Raquel E. Reinbolt, Maryam B. Lustberg, Lara E. Sucheston-Campbell, Guido Cavaletti, Alex Sparreboom, Shuiying Hu
T cells specific for neoantigens encoded by mutated genes in cancers are increasingly recognized as mediators of tumor destruction after immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy or adoptive cell transfer. Unfortunately, most neoantigens result from random mutations and are patient specific, and some cancers contain few mutations to serve as potential antigens. We describe a patient with stage IV acral melanoma who obtained a complete response following adoptive transfer of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL). Tumor exome sequencing surprisingly revealed less than 30 somatic mutations, including oncogenic BRAF V600E. Analysis of the specificity of TIL identified rare CD4 T cells specific for BRAFV600E and diverse CD8 T cells reactive to non-mutated self-antigens. These specificities increased in blood after TIL transfer and persisted long term suggesting they contributed to the effective antitumor immune response. Gene transfer of the BRAFV600E-specific T cell receptor (TCR) conferred recognition of class II MHC positive cells expressing the BRAF mutation. Therapy with TCR engineered BRAFV600E-specific CD4+ T cells may have direct antitumor effects and augment CD8+ T cell responses to self and/or mutated tumor antigens in patients with BRAF mutated cancers.
Joshua R. Veatch, Sylvia M. Lee, Matthew Fitzgibbon, I-Ting Chow, Brenda Jesernig, Thomas Schmitt, Ying Ying Kong, Julia Kargl, A. McGarry Houghton, John A. Thompson, Martin McIntosh, William W. Kwok, Stanley R. Riddell
Combination checkpoint blockade (CCB) targeting inhibitory CTLA4 and PD1 receptors holds promise for cancer therapy. Immune-related adverse events (IRAEs) remain a major obstacle for the optimal application of CCB in cancer. Here, we analyzed B cell changes in patients with melanoma following treatment with either anti-CTLA4 or anti-PD1, or in combination. CCB therapy led to changes in circulating B cells that were detectable after the first cycle of therapy and characterized by a decline in circulating B cells and an increase in CD21lo B cells and plasmablasts. PD1 expression was higher in the CD21lo B cells, and B cell receptor sequencing of these cells demonstrated greater clonality and a higher frequency of clones compared with CD21hi cells. CCB induced proliferation in the CD21lo compartment, and single-cell RNA sequencing identified B cell activation in cells with genomic profiles of CD21lo B cells in vivo. Increased clonality of circulating B cells following CCB occurred in some patients. Treatment-induced changes in B cells preceded and correlated with both the frequency and timing of IRAEs. Patients with early B cell changes experienced higher rates of grade 3 or higher IRAEs 6 months after CCB. Thus, early changes in B cells following CCB may identify patients who are at increased risk of IRAEs, and preemptive strategies targeting B cells may reduce toxicities in these patients.
Rituparna Das, Noffar Bar, Michelle Ferreira, Aaron M. Newman, Lin Zhang, Jithendra Kini Bailur, Antonella Bacchiocchi, Harriet Kluger, Wei Wei, Ruth Halaban, Mario Sznol, Madhav V. Dhodapkar, Kavita M. Dhodapkar
Nearly 50% of prostate cancers harbor gene fusions that lead to overexpression of the transcription factor ERG, while a mutually exclusive 10% of prostate cancers harbor recurrent mutations in the gene encoding the E3 ubiquitin ligase SPOP. Recent reports suggest that SPOP acts as a ubiquitin ligase for ERG and propose that ERG stabilization is the oncogenic effector of SPOP mutation. Here, we used human prostate cancer samples and showed that the vast majority of human SPOP-mutant cancers do not express ERG. Comparison of SPOP-mutant and ERG-fusion organoid models showed evidence of divergent, rather than common, transcriptional programs. Furthermore, expression of prostate cancer–associated SPOP mutations in genetically engineered mouse models of SPOP-mutant prostate cancer did not result in the expression of ERG protein in histologically normal prostate glands, high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, invasive adenocarcinoma, or prostate organoids. In summary, we found no evidence that ERG is an effector of SPOP mutation in human prostate cancer or mouse models.
Jonathan Shoag, Deli Liu, Mirjam Blattner, Andrea Sboner, Kyung Park, Lesa Deonarine, Brian D. Robinson, Juan Miguel Mosquera, Yu Chen, Mark A. Rubin, Christopher E. Barbieri
Medulloblastoma, an aggressive cancer of the cerebellum, is among the most common pediatric brain tumors. Approximately one-third of medulloblastomas are associated with misactivation of the Hedgehog (Hh) pathway. GLI family zinc finger 2 (GLI2) coordinates the Hh transcriptional program; however, the GLI2 targets that promote cancer cell proliferation are unknown. Here, we incorporated a Gli2-EGFP allele into 2 different genetic mouse models of Hh-associated medulloblastoma. Hh signaling induced GLI2 binding to the Cdk6 promoter and activated Cdk6 expression, thereby promoting uncontrolled cell proliferation. Genetic or pharmacological inhibition of CDK6 in mice repressed the growth of Hh-associated medulloblastoma and prolonged survival through inhibition of cell proliferation. In human medulloblastoma, misactivation of Hh signaling was associated with high levels of CDK6, pointing to CDK6 as a direct transcriptional target of the Hh pathway. These results suggest that CDK6 antagonists may be a promising therapeutic approach for Hh-associated medulloblastoma in humans.
David R. Raleigh, Pervinder K. Choksi, Alexis Leigh Krup, Wasima Mayer, Nicole Santos, Jeremy F. Reiter
Primary immunodeficiencies are often monogenic disorders characterized by vulnerability to specific infectious pathogens. Here, we performed whole-exome sequencing of a patient with disseminated Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Streptococcus viridians bacteremia, and cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia and identified mutations in 2 genes that regulate distinct IFN pathways. The patient had a homozygous frameshift deletion in IFNGR2, which encodes the signal transducing chain of the IFN-γ receptor, that resulted in minimal protein expression and abolished downstream signaling. The patient also harbored a homozygous deletion in IFNAR1 (IFNAR1*557Gluext*46), which encodes the IFN-α receptor signaling subunit. The IFNAR1*557Gluext*46 resulted in replacement of the stop codon with 46 additional codons at the C-terminus. The level of IFNAR1*557Gluext*46 mutant protein expressed in patient fibroblasts was comparable to levels of WT IFNAR1 in control fibroblasts. IFN-α–induced signaling was impaired in the patient fibroblasts, as evidenced by decreased STAT1/STAT2 phosphorylation, nuclear translocation of STAT1, and expression of IFN-α–stimulated genes critical for CMV immunity. Pretreatment with IFN-α failed to suppress CMV protein expression in patient fibroblasts, whereas expression of WT IFNAR1 restored IFN-α–mediated suppression of CMV. This study identifies a human IFNAR1 mutation and describes a digenic immunodeficiency specific to type I and type II IFNs.
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Age-related changes in the hematopoietic compartment are primarily attributed to cell-intrinsic alterations in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs); however, the contribution of the aged microenvironment has not been adequately evaluated. Understanding the role of the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment in supporting HSC function may prove to be beneficial in treating age-related functional hematopoietic decline. Here, we determined that aging of endothelial cells (ECs), a critical component of the BM microenvironment, was sufficient to drive hematopoietic aging phenotypes in young HSCs. We used an ex vivo hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell/EC (HSPC/EC) coculture system as well as in vivo EC infusions following myelosuppressive injury in mice to demonstrate that aged ECs impair the repopulating activity of young HSCs and impart a myeloid bias. Conversely, young ECs restored the repopulating capacity of aged HSCs but were unable to reverse the intrinsic myeloid bias. Infusion of young, HSC-supportive BM ECs enhanced hematopoietic recovery following myelosuppressive injury and restored endogenous HSC function in aged mice. Coinfusion of young ECs augmented aged HSC engraftment and enhanced overall survival in lethally irradiated mice by mitigating damage to the BM vascular microenvironment. These data lay the groundwork for the exploration of EC therapies that can serve as adjuvant modalities to enhance HSC engraftment and accelerate hematopoietic recovery in the elderly population following myelosuppressive regimens.
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On the shoulder of Route 20 in Wilbraham, Massachusetts, at the Wilbraham Department of Public Works building.
Sara and her son, who just turned four.
This looked like a geohash that would be possible to get to without a GPS, because it's in front of the third tree shown on Google satellite view, and the point is not very far from my kids' school where I had to pick up my son today anyway. On the other hand, the site didn't look very interesting to me, and I had driven by there before, so I almost decided not to go.
The only reason it looked uninteresting was I was failing to take into account my son's great interest in vehicles.
My son and I drove over there after I picked him up from nursery school. In the car on the way over, he said that if I was going to take pictures of him, he also wanted to take pictures of me.
After some whining about how long the drive was taking, we arrived at the Wilbraham Dept. of Public Works. I took a picture of my son in front of a digger, and then we went over to the row of trees next to the road and together we counted off three trees. There was no asphalt to mark with chalk, so I made an X with sticks.
By this time, my son had gotten control of the camera and had figured out that the wrist strap doesn't go over one's head, and he was having a great time trying to photograph the many cars and trucks driving by on Route 20. I managed to get the camera away from him for a moment to take a couple pictures. He would have wanted to stay there all day photographing vehicles, but the camera's batteries were running out.


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Many months ago, Robb and I received a wonderful early wedding present: a gift card to buy fabric at Purl Soho. Sigh...
The gift was from Melanie, which she spontaneously decided had to happen after a phone conversation we had one day where I told her about my dream of having handmade napkins at my wedding. More specifically, I asked if she had heard anything about Purl having a moving sale, because my wedding budget was getting a little tight. (At the time, Purl was packing up to move from their tiny beloved little shops on Sullivan Street to the glorious behemoth shop they've now opened on Broome.) She said she'd give Joelle a call to find out, and then promptly called up the shop and ordered up a gift card for me and Robb to buy our napkin fabric.
When I did finally manage to make my way into the shop, I thought that choosing fabric would be the hardest thing on the planet. Almost every fabric that Purl stocks is tip-top gorgeous. Cute, bright, fresh. It just makes you feel good to look at it all together. But when I walked in, my eye immediately went to the left wall, three shelves up, where I found Denyse Schmidt's Hope Valley range. But which colors and prints to choose?? I wanted them all! I left the shop without buying a thing, befuddled as to how one can even begin to narrow down her options within such a pretty range.
When I told Melanie about my predicament--that there were just too many options--she very nonchalantly informed me that she had a fat quarter stack of every color and print in the Hope Valley range in her office. Marveling at the fact that Melanie is apparently some kind of magician, I took the stack home so that Robb and I could play with the options. We finally settled on the floral prints in every color.
For such a wonderful wonderful gift, I decided that Melanie needed to be thanked with a gift. While flipping through Joelle's Last-Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts one day, I spotted the pincushion and couldn't believe my luck. What better way to showcase the eight floral fabrics in one tiny, bright little package? And Melanie loves to hand-sew! And doesn't she need a pretty little pincushion?
I got to work right away. And let me tell you, Joelle doesn't lie--it's quick to make, and it really does belong in the "2-4 hour gift" chapter. I snipped out the leaf-shaped pieces from some spare fabric and sewed each one together (attempting to keep the points straight). Once the pieces are attached and turned right-side out, it makes this sad, deflated-looking hacky sack. But a few good handfuls of stuffing, and you've got yourself quite a rotund little pincushion!
The book advises you to loop embroidery floss around the pincushion seams in order to make a nice, uniform shape. Unfortunately, my seams were so sloppy that I needed something a little thicker to cover them up--that's why you'll find Rowan's All-Seasons Cotton yarn delineating the sections in mine. A little chunkier than floss, but better than sloppy seams any day of the week.
Once I spend a little time making a gift for someone, I find it impossible to just shove it in a gift bag and hand it off. So to wrap it up, I grabbed one of the leftover wedding napkins (washed, of course!), and did a little improvised furoshiki.
First, I laid out the napkin in a diamond shape with the cushion in the middle. Then I folded in the corners to meet the cushion.
Next I folder over each side of the napkin.
I then folded up the bottom, folded the top into a point, and pressed it down envelope style.
Since I didn't have a card on hand, but I DO have a sewing machine, I zigzag stitched around a piece of cardstock with hot pink thread...
Wrote a big note of gratitude, and pinned it on top.
Voila! And that's what I call a gift for a gift.


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Hairstyle, hairdo, "lowering of the ears" or haircut refers to the styling of hair, usually on the human head. The fashioning of hair can be considered an aspect of personal grooming, fashion, and cosmetics, although practical, cultural, and popular considerations also influence some hairstyles. Everything starts with a stylish haircut – you know you've got a good haircut, if it falls into place when you're styling it at home without being a pain.
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Yesterday one of my most recent design projects was featured on Glitter Guide! How cool is that? Make sure you head over to check it out and get some design tips on how to decorate a rental. This one was quite the challenge because not only could we not paint, but it was in a basement with no windows!!!! Photographer Rima Brindamour is a genius with a camera, because it was not an ideal room to shoot.
This room is one of my all time favorites, because I literally love every piece in it, but one of my absolute favorites is the elephant artwork.
When I was shopping for this room I saw the perfect piece of artwork when I was browsing through One Kings Lane:
Only problem was that it was too large for the space so I decided to make a DIY version myself for my needs.
I found a free elephant clipart and then used FotoFlexer to change my image to orange:
The backgrounds look black, but it's that way because the elephants actually don't have a background so that you can layer them over a colored background.
With the help of FotoFlexer I was able to layer it over the lilac shade I picked. You can also do all this with photoshop, but I'm still learning how to do use it.
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Friday French Favourites.
Obviously starting to struggle in the old Blogtoberfest daily posting, so thought I would pop in with a Friday French Favourite. Today's is a little village we visited while in France called Perouges.
Perouges is a medieval village that has been preserved and restored and is now a popular tourist attraction. Many French period films have been filmed here using the gorgeous cobbled streets and medieval homes as their backdrop.
We had a great day here wandering around, eating galettes and drinking apple cider. It was one of only two optional extras we decided to take on the cruise. Well worth the visit.


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The Miracle When You're Sinking
"So Peter went over the side of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink. 'Save me, Lord!' he shouted." Matthew 14:29 (NLT)
Peter's example is so helpful to us. He jumped overboard in faith, started walking on water, and then took his focus off Jesus. I read this and think, "That's so totally me." Don't you love the character of Peter? Don't you love that he's in the Bible and that he's like you and me? The passage tells us,
"But when he saw the strong wind and the waves, he was terrified and began to sink."
In other words, when Peter looked past the storm into the eyes of Christ, God gave him the power to walk on the water. But, when Peter looked at the stormy circumstances around him, the wind and the waves, he became fearful and started to go under. When Peter looked at the waves, he forgot about Jesus and felt like he was all alone in the storm.
I imagine you've heard this lesson from this miracle before. But, I think this simple teaching has another layer of meaning. When we look at Jesus, we see reflected in His eyes an image of ourselves, our true worth, our real value. Our faith in Him yields a confidence in who we are in Him. When we are looking to find our miracle and we look into the eyes of Jesus, we see ourselves as He sees us – beloved, cherished, and worthy. But, when we look away, when we see the circumstances that surround us, when we see the waves of problems we face, when we no longer see our reflection in Jesus' eyes, suddenly we question who we are, what we can do, and if we can overcome. We lose faith in the miracle that God may have for us, because our view of the world no longer has Christ in it.
Maybe you're looking around at the waves that are crashing against you, and it feels as if you're all alone. No. The God of the universe is with you. It's just that you lost your focus on Jesus. You focused on the fear and stopped looking at the One who loves you with His life. Here's a simpler way to say it: When we look at ourselves, we become overwhelmed by our powerlessness. When we look at Jesus, we become empowered to jump overboard into the miracle He has for us.
It's no accident that so many songs and hymns speak about our seeing Jesus, looking toward Him, and fixing our eyes on Him. "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus", "Be Thou My Vision", and "Open My Eyes That I May See" all call us to look into the eyes of Jesus and see our circumstances in the context of the great Miracle Worker.
As you seek your miracle, remember Peter walking on water as he looked into Jesus' eyes. Peter was doing fine until he looked away from Jesus and became overwhelmed by his circumstances. Remember this lesson: focus on Jesus. Don't focus on the perfect storm that's in your life. Focus on the perfect love of your Savior that will never let you go.


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Clearly we needed to head back to the peat bogs of the Galloway hills: I have a new pair of boots and Jazz has just been groomed. Both need to be dunked into their natural element. So over the traditional breakfast planning meeting we worked out a circular wander joining some old favourite sections and a couple of new ones. Continue reading
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Craignaw: RIP Hat
The last time we were in the Dungeon Hills we ran out of time to do Craignaw and so a return was needed: as this is a Donald we couldn't leave it out. And contrary to your expectations, this did actually involve a modicum of planning. It needed to be:
- before the summer when the bracken in Glen Trool is awful;
- after a dry spell to avoid a mud bath;
- with a breeze to keep the insects at bay;
- on a decent day when I had a pass from my domestic servitude.
Well today was the confluence, and we had a great day, if a bit on the tough side. Continue reading
As regular readers know, "planning" is the watch-word here at FishBox HQ. Nothing is done without months of diligent research and planning. So it will come as no surprise to you that today's walk came about over the coffee and toast this morning with the maps scattered about. The bothy at Tunskeen caught the eye and with barely a "We haven't been there yet, have we Jazz?" a plan for an easy saunter along forest tracks hatched. And, of course, plans change…
Clatteringshaws to White Laggan
Normal service is resumed. No more Android development this time: no, we're back to Man+Dog wandering around the soggy uplands of south-west Scotland. After this week's storms we decided a good solid path was in order and so we ended up on a forestry section of the Southern Upland Way connecting up two previously walked sections: from Clatteringshaws Loch to the White Laggan bothy at Loch Dee. Continue reading
Mullwharchar and Dungeon
Mullwharchar apparently comes from the Gaelic meall na h-adhairce meaning "big lump of granite sitting in the middle of nowhere" (I'm paraphrasing here). It's the remoteness rather than its height that makes this a challenge (although it is a Donald). No matter which way in, it's a slog. Jazz and I did a reconnaissance back in January using the route over the Wolf Slock and thought a trek in from Glentrool would be the better bet. Well, today was the judge – and, guess what, we were right – just. Continue reading
The Wolf Slock
One of this year's walking goals is to climb Mullwharchar: one of the most remote Donalds in Galloway and so a bit of challenge. The standard route in is from Glentrool but I thought there might be an alternative by going over The Wolf Slock, and so today's walk was a recce of the possibility. To be honest it was really too good a name to miss! 1 Continue reading
- The Ordnance Survey's glossary of place-names says that it means a hollow between two hills favoured by wolves (in days of yore). ↩
Sound of Silence: Shalloch on Minnoch
Have you ever listened to silence? Not just the quietness you get when the resident teenager switches off her music, but real silence. The sort of silence where the auditory part of your brain goes "Who pulled the plug out?". Well, that's what I got today on Shalloch on Minnoch. The sort of silence when there is no wind, water, insects, birds, planes, cars, people, or mad Spaniels doing something noisy and stupid. After a few minutes even the blood in your ears calms down and you hear: nothing. It's rare and magical. Continue reading
Alwhat and Alhang
This circuit is at the end of the Water of Ken valley: probably the most remote road in D&G. These two hills with the strangely odd and similar names are both Donalds which is the only reason, to be honest, that we were here in the first place. It turns out the hills were totally underwhelming but they had lovely surprises, and if you want to know what, you'll have to read on. What a tease! Continue reading
Rig of the Jarkness
What a superb name for a hill! This is a lovely circuit of a walk starting off from the Bruce Stone car park at the head of Glentrool. It is a great walk with lovely scenery and no people. Continue reading
Tarfessock and Kirriereoch
The first walk of the year, so something not too demanding to break us in. These are the middle hills in the "Awful Hand" stuck between Shalloch-on-Minnoch (highest in Ayrshire at 768m) and The Merrick (highest in south-west Scotland at 843m). (You've just got to love the names of the hills in this part of the world).
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Another great idea for the US Military this new sniper rifle uses advanced technology to ensure the soldier to tomorrow will never miss his target. TrackingPoint is an Austin, Texas-based applied technology company that created the first precision guided firearm (PGF), a long-range rifle system.
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Leh – people
People here are generally nice. They speak Hindi or Ladakhi language. I realized I understood so little Hindi, sadly. I almost always have to stop them and ask them to politely repeat in English whatever they said in Hindi. Most times they are able to converse in English. And then they would say you look Indian so and 'kaha se ap?' which I gather would mean where are you from… Rarely I hear, ' ap ke nam se?' I remember the formal ' Tum hare nam se? And mera nam se' from movies I think. I heard from a friend that the Ladakhi language and Hindi is not similar. And you know some people don't really know where Singapore actually is. Oh well, it's a small little island near Malaysia, is what we would say. Some people have the impression that Singaporeans are rich.
I really like the way the Ladakhi ladies dress here with the shalwar khamis, a matching cardigan for the cold and their tupeda over their shoulders. Muslim girls have a tudung and then the tupeda over their tudung. There are girls in their modern outfit but few. Older Ladakhi women wear the typical Ladakhi dress over their clothes which is usually a long black or brown dress with many pleats at the waist.
Men are dressed similar to men around the world with their shirts and jeans; leather jackets or a vest for the cold. Older men also dress in their typical Ladakhi dress which is similar to womans'.
People stare at us for reasons unknown to me. Perhaps it's my coat or the way I look or my tudung?
People are polite when you enter their shops with a 'ha ji? Which means yes' or sometimes 'julay!' which means hello or goodbye.
People are of mainly 2 religions here; Buddhist and Muslims. There are people of other religions too. Sometimes it's not easy to tell them apart.
The people of Leh look Indian, Chinese, Tibetan and mixed. The Indians here are mostly fair and they are quite good looking.
According to husband, the Muslims he met in Jama' masjid during the Friday prayers were of all type – as mentioned above.
Leh – Friday prayer
There was an azaan at 12.45am and another at 1.50pm. The khutbah was at 1pm in Hindi. Prayers finished at 2.15pm but people all around him was praying the sunnah prayers so he was stuck. We suspect they are of mazhab Hanafi. According to our Buddhist friend who is into all religions, there are 2 mosques in Leh; one is Sunni and the other is Shia. We don't really know which is which, husband just went to the mosque which appears open most times.
Leh – accommodation
Guest writer: the husband
We stayed at juniper guesthouse. It had nice rooms but it was still an overall bad experience because (I) room was cold (ii) no electricity for the majority of the time (iii) no hot water when there was no electricity (iv) door was difficult to open and close. Maybe the lack of electricity would apply to any guesthouse but I hear other guesthouses use solar heaters. I don't like cold very much so I don't understand why the hostels in Leh cannot have heaters like in Europe. Luckily the wife got a discount for the last five days. Oh and because it was undergoing renovation there was loud knocking during the day and we were on first floor so we had to keep the curtains closed all the time making the room dark.
The pros of this guesthouse is that it has rooms with attached bathrooms, the furnishing is modern and bed is good enough. Most importantly for me is the toilet has to be clean, modern and has hot water. And this guesthouse has it all. Though I have to admit, electricity is available only during some parts of the day especially night time. And the water heater is only on once or twice a day. Our heater seems to be problematic…there is enough hot water only for 1 bath a day for each of us.
At times there is no water so we can't pray. I think the water from the water tank has finished. We have to alert them and they will lift the water.
Owner says there is a shortage of water and there is no light to lift the water. Honestly, I have no idea what that means only that we have to wait for water. I thought 24 hours hot water meant we can bath anytime of the day and not ask for hot water when we needed to bathe. Oh well this is not Singapore where we have no water of our own yet we have water – hot and cold anytime. Alhamdulilah for living in Singapore.
Owner also said that we shouldn't wash our laundry because there is shortage of water. Ok I never considered this but we need water for a lot of things; bathe, small business, big business, wash hands if we snack, wash apple, wash leg, take wudu' before we pray, brush teeth and wash face if we don't bathe before sleeping. We drink bottled water so that is not on the list.
We only use hot water when we bathe because that is what we can afford. Otherwise it's freezing water for everything else. We will come into the room from the toilet feeling really cold.
I feel chided for not using water wisely. I mean we don't even complain about electricity which comes on so rarely during the day. We don't complain for not having hot water most times. Husband has all the other complaints above.
Owner was hospital most times and even prepared breakfast for us on the first day we arrived and it was good breakfast. Breakfast cost Rs100 per person per day. There is no free breakfast for all guesthouses in Leh from what I know. Owner is Muslim and she is a nice lady who greets us everytime we meet and provides hot water for drinking when we requests etc.
This guesthouse is situated off tukcha road which is off main bazaar area. 5 minutes walk to main bazaar.
Nonetheless I still think Juniper Guesthouse is one of the better guest houses in Leh.
We looked at a number of guest houses before deciding on Juniper.
Reeyul Guesthouse
It was our second choice and he wanted to give us the room for Rs 500 as well and it was a good room. Maybe we should have tried that. Toilet was modern as well. This is situated along tukcha road which is off the main bazaar area. Like a 3 minutes walk from main bazaar.
Moon land Guesthouse
The guesthouse was clean, rooms were ok but there was no attached bathrooms which meant that inconvenience everytime I need to pray or go to the toilet. We didn't get a chance to see the bathroom because someone was bathing. Costs Rs400. This is situated behind the main bazaar.
Babu Guesthouse
We stayed a night here and owners were nice and warm people. Pretty basic for Rs300 which was a room with a bed and window. The ceiling was made of wood (directly from trees kind of wood). There is light only in the evenings till daylight. Toilets are outside and they are quite bad by my standards and I cannot bathe in such toilets. Hot water is on the bucket system.
This is situated behind the main bazaar and it is quite far from main bazaar. It is near the palace though.
As an aside, I watched a movie while in the plane to Delhi and the hotel the lady stayed in wrote on its board that they provide running hot water. When the lady asked for hot water in the morning, the owner told her that she had to request for hot water and the little boy would come running with a hot water bucket to her room.
Skitpo Guesthouse
I remember it being not so good. Can't remember anything else about this guesthouse. Owner was nice though.
There were many other guesthouses along changspa road which we explored one morning after breakfast. We didn't go check them out because we have packed and unpacked enough over the past few days and Juniper Guesthouse is good enough for me.
Leh – food
Guest writer: the husband
The food in leh was generally cheap and filling. Especially the rice portions. It was also quite tasty but it was also very oily! Plus most restaurants only open after 12 so there were few breakfast choices. In the middle of our stay in leh we found a halal Reataurant serving Tibetan cuisine so we look forward to trying that out! So far fried momok tastes like murtabak and fried thukpa tastes like mee hong kong.
We normally have our meals at Master Chef, Wazwan planet and Amdo Cafe. And we try to keep to 2 meals a day, breakfast and lundin. I must have breakfast and I get hungry during Subuh which is around 5am but we can only have breakfast at 9ish. Breakfast would be varieties of toast and omelette. Lundin have been butter chicken, Wazwan chicken, thukpa, fried rice, mo mok etc.
Leh – shopping
We shopped for cloths, books and shawls mainly along main bazaar. They are famous for their pashminas which I didn't get any of though it was soft as silk. I got a few unstitched suits, shawls and 3 books for the transit. Of all the suits, i got 2 stitched at Raj Tailors as recommended by the shop owner who sold us 2 suits. Really cheap like Rs150 per suit and Rs30 for the rubber which I didn't really want but he said there is no other way. There are so many tailors around so that shouldn't be a problem.
We spend Rs550 on food and Rs51 on 3 bottles of water daily.
I got henna done on one hand front and back. I wanted simple design but the girl doing henna called me her friend and told me the complicated design was nice and she liked it.
There is some shopping area along Changspa road and old road as well. More shopping area at the end of main bazaar area towards the taxi stand and further downhill.


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The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Birmingham and 29 miles (47 km) north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the middle of the city, overlooked by the twelfth-century Worcester Cathedral. The site of the final battle of the Civil War, Worcester was where Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army defeated King Charles II's Cavaliers, resulting in the English Interregnum, the ten-year period during which England and Wales became a republic. Worcester was the home of Royal Worcester Porcelain and the birthplace of the composer Sir Edward Elgar. It houses the Lea and Perrins factory where the traditional Worcestershire Sauce is made, and is home to one of the UK's fastest growing Universities, The University of Worcester, which has a growing academic reputation.


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The ministerial handbook used at national level permits a level of state-funded luxury for ministers that is not morally justifiable, Democratic Alliance parliamentary leader Athol Trollip said on Wednesday.
"Government spin doctor Jimmy Manyi's accusation that the DA's expose of government's R183-million spending spree on mansions for (Cabinet) ministers was a barefaced move to embarrass the executive, misses the point entirely," he said in a statement.
"It is not the DA's questions that are embarrassing, but the government's answers that embarrass the executive."
Manyi's attempts to justify "this splurge" on the grounds that it adhered to supply chain management processes and was permitted by the ministerial handbook rang hollow when so many South Africans continued to live in poverty.
Spending money that could have been used to build 2000 RDP houses on 34 new ministerial mansions was "just plain wrong whatever the ministerial handbook says".
"The fact is that the ministerial handbook used at national level permits a level of state-funded luxury for ministers that is not morally justifiable.
"This is precisely why the DA government in the Western Cape produced its own handbook with stringent regulations to limit this kind of expenditure," Trollip said.
It was clear that the national ministerial handbook needed to change.
Otherwise, the excuse would always be "because the handbook says we can".
Faced with a public outcry over spending on luxury cars for ministers, the government made a big noise in 2009 about amending the handbook.
Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi promised it would be done certainly before the World Cup. In April this year, he said it would be completed "soon, very soon".
"So where is it? No amendments have been made and the spending spree continues unabated," Trollip said.
Since Baloyi promised to change the handbook, the DA calculated that R693m had been spent on luxury cars, perks for the president's spouses, and buying and decorating ministerial houses.
"No wonder there is no rush to produce a new ministerial handbook," he said.
On Tuesday, Manyi said the latest attempt to focus attention on ministerial housing was a "barefaced move" to embarrass the executive.
The government had indicated in 2009 that it planned to buy and upgrade housing for ministers, Members of Parliament, and top government officials, he said.
At the time, R150m had been earmarked as planned spending on ministerial housing in line with the government's budgetary and supply chain management process.
The increase in spending on ministerial housing was "dictated by the reconfiguration of the national executive".
Six new Cabinet positions were created in May 2009 and 17 new deputy ministers appointed in October 2010 to ensure "maximum performance" of the executive.
"There is nothing wrong in ministers and deputy ministers having two residences (one paid for by the state and another by themselves) as currently regulated by the existing ministerial handbook," Manyi said. - Sapa
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I have watched the movie The King's Speech 4 times now. It is so compelling to me. I am drawn in by Bertie's struggle, by the roles his life people play to him, by his inability to give up and let go. And every time that movie ends, I want to cheer for him. And watch his speech again.
As I think about why that movie haunts me, I am able to pinpoint the reason it calls to me: the precise moment where his story echoes mine. It is the scene where he is preparing for the coronation and Lionel is sitting in the chair, baiting him. Bertie escalates in tone and emotion until he cataclysmically yells in Westminster Abbey, "I HAVE A VOICE!"
I have no throne to ascend, no Lionel in my life, and my Westminster Abbey is a far less famous sanctuary. Nonetheless, there is a Force at work in my life goading me to the point of acknowledging that I, too, have a voice. Life can get in the way. Choices are defined for you by immediacy and needs and commitments and the beloved familial duty. What comes naturally, the path of familiarity, is not always the path we are to stay on.
As Bertie stepped outside the lines to become the first successor to ascend with his predecessor alive and well and loved, perhaps we, too, are all meant to step outside the lines. It's a bit treacherous, this contemplation of a new path. I told someone last night, "I like my rut. It's a comfortable rut. I know it, it knows me." But, as much as I hate to admit it, my rut may be evolving into a grave – a death of what my heart needs and longs for, and certainly a silencing of my voice.
I heard a song yesterday called Awaken. I am fairly well versed in music. I listen to it often and I had not ever heard the song before. I looked it up last night, only to find it is perhaps as old as 2007. Natalie Grant records it. I know, for me to hear it yesterday for the first time, when shackled with the weight of the words, was a message. To my heart. To my voice. Awaken.
I can't help but think of the ancient maps, the ones where they didn't know what lie past the edge. They would write, "There be dragons ahead". And while I am certain there are NOT in fact dragons ahead, I do not know what DOES lie ahead. But, I will press on in this journey to awaken my voice.


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Hazelnut Coffee Chocolate Cups
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125ml (½ cup) coconut oil, warmed
80g (¾ cup) raw cacao powder
90g (½ cup) syrup sweetener
Pinch of unrefined salt
1 ½ tbsp Oxfam fair coffee (espresso style)
2 tbsp toasted and roughly chopped hazelnuts, extra to serve
Beat all the ingredients together until combined.
Put 12 tiny patty cases in a muffin try and fill with the chocolate mixture.
Garnish with extra nuts, if using.
Place in the freezer for about 10 minutes to set.
Serve and eat or store them in the freezer for up to 2 months.
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The # 224 in the Rolling Stone list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" was originally released in 1964. Orbison co-wrote the song with Bill Dees on a Friday afternoon in July 1964 at his house. Orbison's wife Claudette came in and said she was going downtown for shopping and asked for money. Bill said, "Pretty woman never need any money". Orbison sang that line while Bill was banging his hand on the table to the beat of Mrs. Orbisons high heels clicking on the pavement when she was walking down the street.
At the time she returned the song was finished. On the following friday the song was recorded and the next friday it was released. Bill recalls: "It was the fastest thing I ever saw."
In the 90ies the song gained much fame, when it was made the title song of the movie "Pretty Woman" feat. Richard Gere & Julia Roberts.
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Luna Chocolate Cupcake: $0.98/Walmart
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Decadent dark, dark chocolate in appearance with a light "frosted" zig-zag drizzle across the top. Sniff, sniff — swoon! Luna's Chocolate Cupcake smells just like its namesake. One bite transports me to a bakery – … read on …


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All I Want For Christmas 2016
1) Anything from the PONY Effect makeup line.
If you're into Asian skincare/makeup, you probably know who Pony is. If not, this is her YouTube Channel.
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2) Nintendo NES Classic Edition
My husband and I actually went to several stores the day this came out but all of them sold out so quickly. (There were peeps who lined up overnight.)
Thanks, Nintendo, for producing, like, only 20 of these. We have been on the hunt since, but alas, no luck. (I refuse to pay the inflated prices on Ebay.) Fingers crossed, you guys.
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I do love my 5-yr-old Canon S95, but yeah...5 years old. (Unfortunately, I just can't handle the bulk of a DSLR, so mirrorless cameras are what I'm looking for.)
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4) "The Book of Haps" and "Yokes" by Kate Davies
Because I just want to knit all the things from these books.
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If you've been reading my blog for awhile, you know how I love to play the ukulele (although not quite good yet). This is the one I've been wanting for years. If if it's good enough for Jake Shimabukuro, it's good enough for me:D
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Something Digital celebrates Brisbane's digital ecosystem and the incredible people that power it. Designed as a festival, its aim is to showcase the great innovations, businesses and initiatives which are based right here in our backyard and across Australia.
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Something Digital will bring together participants from all corners of the digital economy from startups to mature and traditional organisations, specifically in roles which foster thought leadership, tech development and marketing.
Centered around a digital showcase, the festival will feature multiple stages of mind blowing content; a mix of local and international speakers; plenty of opportunities to play and collaborate and a digital hangover to remember!
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5 ft 2 in Pro Model Ratboy
Ratboy Green Stripe: A smaller version of the Ratboy 5'6 Blue Stripe and 6'2 Red Stripe, with a straighter outline, accompanied by the subtle curve and lift throughout the rail line, give this board amazing speed that will leave you in disbelief and wanting more. The deck has a slight S deck contour, which allows your upper body to fit into the board, which makes catching waves have a more comfortable and natural feel. The Green Stripe is set up with two future boxes. The unique fin placement adds to dynamic control in the lip area. It works with all kinds of twin fin templates, great to experiment with and feel the differences. Just keep in mind that the Ratboy Green Stripes are designed to run the rasta keels by Futures Fins, as they feel "da bess" aka the best. The bottom contour is dug out in such a way that going from rail to rail is not complicated, making for super smooth transitions and making you feel like you're riding a single fin on each rail. It can be ridden in tiny to large surf, the only limits you'll find is your mind! Designed by Lance Ebert, for Jason "Ratboy" Collins. Do yourself a favor, free your mind and have "FUN" like you've never had before. FUN that only the FUN FACTORY can deliver. ALOHA
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length: 5'2"
nose: 16 7/8"
width: 19 7/8"
thickness: 2 3/16"
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Hello and welcome back to my blog. I hope that the information that you have seen so far has been helpful. With this post we will be continuing with our antenna series and be discussing Directional Antennas. So lets get to it…
Directional antennas are by a lot of people. As we talked about in the first part of this series, probably the most common use for a directional antenna is your TV. Whether you have satellite or over-the-air broadcasting, you probably use a directional antenna. With over-the-air TV, if you live close enough to the broadcast source, you may only use a pair of "rabbit ears" or maybe you used them when you were growing up. With the digital TV, the new antennas that have been made are also directional antennas. The big antennas that you might have seen outside peoples houses that have about 10 or so elements and are seem to be pointing in a certain direction, yep, directional antenna. The satellite dishes that are mounted to sides of houses everywhere are even directional antennas, parabolic dishes to be exact. Directional antennas are used in a lot of different functions other than ham radio.
What do you say we talk about the ham radio ones though? Yea? OK.
The most commonly used directional antenna is a yagi antenna. A yagi antenna consists of 4 basic elements, the Boom, Driven Element, Reflector and Director.
The above picture is a plan for a 2m Beam. The horizontal piece is called the boom. The element that is on the far left is the reflector, 2nd from the left is the driven element and the rest of them continuing to the right are reflectors. The boom supports the antenna structure and is the the mast is attached to. The reflector is the longest element by approximately 5% compared to the driven element and therefore does at it's name implies, reflects the RF energy away from itself. The driven element is what the coax/feed point attaches to. The driven elements are approximately 5% smaller than the driven element and basically enhances the radiated power of the transmission and drives it in the direction of the shortest element.
As I was doing some research for this post I found a couple nice websites and thought I would include them in this post. The first one, Javascript Electronic Notebook, then click on antenna design. It is an online antenna design page that allows you to put in the frequency, booms length, element size, etc and click submit and it will give you a diagram and a list of the sizes of each element, VERY COOL! Another site is Ham Universe, that has some antenna plans as well as a bunch of other hamradio related information.
Even though I have been a ham for over 15 years now, I never really dove into the home brew stuff that building antennas is included in so I really didn't know much about yagi's, other than the basics. I had planned on including "the formula" or set of them to help you build your very own. Come to find out the math that is involved in designing a yagi antenna is a lot! Any change that you make to the design changes the whole antenna. if you change the spacing of the elements, it changes the whole design. If you change the element diameter, it changes the whole design. I had no idea! Many things that I have read over the past few days has got my mind swimming with information and here I sit trying to dig out what I want. I think what it all boils down to is, rather than trying to do all the math yourself, use one of the many antenna design programs that you can find by doing a simple Google search or using the one I put a link for above.
Parabolic Dish Antennas
So let's move on for now. Another type of directional antenna is the parabolic dish. This type of antenna is mainly used on the higher frequencies, since the parabolic dish part of the antenna has to be larger than the wavelength of the radio waves used. The dish antenna has some of the highest gains and produces a very narrow bandwidth. This makes the dish antenna very directional! Just a few degrees off center and you might not hear anything. This is one of the major reasons that, to me anyway, dish antennas are probably not a good choice for an antenna for the average ham user. They are, however, a very good choice for things like a relay link for a telephone or televisions system, wifi wan/lan links for data communications and satellite communications. Another use for the dish antenna is for RADAR because the need to transmit a narrow beam of radio waves to locate objects. Probably the most commonly seen parabolic antennas are satellite dishes on the sides of buildings.
Quad Antenna
There is another type of directional antenna that I learned a little bit about while doing my research and that is the quad antenna. The quad antenna is kind of a yagi antenna doubled, with the double offset 90 degrees. I read several articles, how-to's, and blog posts about quads and there are two main things that I got out of everything I read. One: a quad and a yagi have basically the same gain and pattern of radiations. Two: a quad is more of a pain to build and maintain. So after reading all this, I'm asking myself, why would you build one over a yagi??? Some people may choose to build a quad over a yagi, and that's all fine and dandy, but as for me, IF I build a directional antenna, it will be a yagi.
So guys and gals, I think I will end this post here, my brain is a little mushy right now and reading and writing. I hope that you found this post interesting and I ask that you share this post and my blog with your friends whether they are a ham or not. If they're not, maybe it will help them get interested in the hobby. Our next post topic will be Antenna safety. I hope you will come back and read it as well. Also, please like my facebook page or follow me on Twitter, links to both can be found at the top right of this page.
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Further Reading:
- Antennas – Part 1
- Antennas – Omnidirectional – Part 2
- Antennas – Antenna Safety – Part 4
- Antenna Tuners
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Event Detail
Fri Mar 6, 2009
60 Evans Hall, 4:10–6 PM
|Logic Colloquium
Branden Fitelson (UC Berkeley)
The Wason Task(s) and the Paradox of Confirmation
I will sketch out the analogy between the Wason Task(s) and the Paradox of Confirmation. This will mainly involve going through some existing historical discussions concerning the analogy, and developing a precise framework for refining and critiquing the analogy. I will explain what I think is right about the existing literature, and also what I think is wrong with it (i.e., what I think the disanalogies are). Along the way, I will make various historical observations about confirmation theory and some of the contemporary evaluative assessments of the behavior of subjects faced with Wason Task(s).


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Tuesday, June 18, 2019
(PHOENIX, Sept. 20, 2016) The city of Surprise has won a Golden Prospector Award from the Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED) for its "Bell and Grand Intersection Project -- Business Retention," a multi-media communications effort.
The Golden Prospector Awards recognize excellence, innovation and creativity in economic development.
The city created a Bell/Grand Action Team to help support businesses when construction began on the Bell Road and Grand Avenue Intersection Project in November 2015. The team's marketing campaign included social media, marketing materials and one of the largest text campaigns in the nation.
Overall, 11 Golden Prospector Awards and seven awards of merit were presented at AAED's fall forum in Flagstaff.
AAED, founded in 1974, has a mission to serve as Arizona's unified voice advocating for responsible economic development through an effective program of professional education, public policy, and collaboration.
For more information on AAED, visit www.aaed.com or call (602) 240-2233.