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Kurt writes:
Dear Vincent,
Sorry I missed your visit to NU- my teaching duties in Evanston prevented it!
Several of my students attended both and had good reports all around. Your work on ISGs sounds like it is coming along well.
I just today listened to the TWiV netcast myself and not only did I understand the Monty Python references, but I wanted to give the answer to one mystery.
I was the 'former student' who framed the Maxam-Gilbert combs for Bob Lamb -- In fact there are two- one made by Bob and the other made by me (I needed more wells as I recall). Little did I know that I passed the sniff test back then! Those ~50bp were hard won and very costly compared with the ease of deep sequencing today.
Best and hope to see you next time,
Jamison writes:
Wow! This episode is bookmarked for relistening. I was really drawn into the scope and frank discussion of core concepts that literally run the world of science as I have come to know it. I have always admired Vincent and companies opinion regarding the need for openness and transparency of science, but even then I had no idea how incredibly dire the need was until it was ranked it terms that your average joe could digest. I assumed that the 21st century system for funding, disseminating, and application of scientific research is primarily based on universally grounded principles itself and it appears that it is just not so. Competition is an essential tool for some areas of science, how much did we gain as an aside because Edison and Teslas ideas fought for supremacy? Never the less it can also cost us unmeasured leaps in human progress when we waste effort competing for the same end. Brilliant astronauts and cosmonauts died fruitlessly because governments define the benefits of competition as gospel rather then dynamic. Discouraging cooperation/collaboration of data amongst scientific experts is irrational far beyond sharing the vapid benefits of prestige and wealth a hundred times over. In words that make the most sense to a tax payer like me: why the hell isn't the science of science based on the science of science? There is no shades of grey here... A scientist should believe that data and research is either open source or close minded, period.
Ferric Fang writes:
Arturo and I are thrilled and honored that you featured our essays on reforming science in TWiV. I listened to the entire netcast this evening and thoroughly enjoyed your thoughtful and entertaining discussion with Rich and Alan (Arturo is presently traveling and heard it earlier today from Madrid). We certainly understand the general pessimism about achieving a wholesale reform of science. Nevertheless we are encouraged by the interest expressed by scientific leaders such as yourselves and hope that momentum can build for substantive changes that will make science better.
By the way, my parents named me "Ferric" because they had decided to give all of their kids names starting with the letter "F" and wanted a strong name for their #1 son (iron). I'm just grateful they chose the more stable oxidation state.
Thanks so much--
Arturo Casadevall writes:
Hello from Madrid where I had the pleasure of listening to the webcast. I thought the discussion was superb. Although I agree with you that change would be incredibly difficult, I believe it is possible because the young people in science are so dissatisfied with the system. Everywhere I go 'reform' is the major topic that people want to talk about. We are working on a set of specific ideas. For example, imagine if the Nobel prizes were given for a human accomplishment instead of to a person - what would this do the economics of science? Imagine if the past year the Nobel Foundation had given a prize 'For the discovery of Toll Like receptors' instead of singling out two people and leaving a lot out. What if collaborative papers were given higher value in promotion process that papers that come from a single lab? Simple changes could have tremendous impact. I am not naïve enough to think that this would be easy but to me the fact that you and your guests talked about this is already progress for discussion is always the beginning.
Again, thank you for bringing attention and new perspective to the problem.
Matt Frieman writes:
Hello Podcast Pioneers, Virology guild members,
I listened to the TWIV 184 on Reforming Science last week and heard the callout to hear my experiences with the life of a young scientist. If you talk to anyone that knows me in science, they will tell you that I love love love this gig. I think it is amazing to have a job where you are doing things on a daily basis that no one has ever done before and when you get a piece of data, it is an answer that no one else in the world has. It is a truly remarkable enterprise that we work in. And I get to share this love of Science with students, techs and postdocs every day.
It is also true this is a rough game sometimes. As a PI, you are constantly being rejected by reviewers of grants and papers who deem your stories insufficient for one reason or another. I am in a constant standoff between spending time writing papers or grants and doing Science. Now with my own lab, unfortunately it is mostly the students and techs doing the work and I get to spend more time at the desk, which I do not enjoy. However it is part of the game we all play.
The other part of the gig that you talk about are the issues with publishing and funding. There is great competition for an ever-shrinking piece of the funding pie. We have been blessed with an RO1 for my research, which allows us to breathe a bit and take the time to do the work the right way instead of rushing to get data for grants. It also allows us develop complete stories for papers rather than rushing out small crappy papers just to build up a CV list for grant review. As discussed in the articles, there is a huge explosion in the numbers of journals, meaning that more crap science can be published in journals that no one reads, again to just make your CV heavier. As for grant reviews, they are getting pickier and pickier. You didn't talk about the numbers in the show but there are basically only 2-3 grants per study section that get funded from smaller labs. The other 4-5 grants go to the big labs that already have multiple grants and contracts. I have also heard from people on study section that as a new investigator, the chance that I will get a second RO1 shortly after receiving my first RO1 is slim to none. I still try, because I like to prove people wrong, but I know the next RO1 has to have a fully developed story backed by 2-3 papers before it is going to get a funded score.
Another big problem, which is touched on in the papers, is that the next generation of scientists, those in graduate school now, do not want to go into academic science. In my experience, most aren't even considering academic postdocs. They see the other professors scraping for cash from NIH or other assorted agencies. They think that they will have no chance of getting grants for their own lab since all of the big cheese labs are also scrambling and fighting for the same cash. It is those, like myself, who are stubborn enough to be keep getting back up when you are told NO over and over again. The good news is that everyone is being told NO all the time in this game. However, the future of science will have to change soon to accommodate the changing times.
I don't know what the answer is. I do think that there should be a cap on the amount of NIH money a lab can get. I do think that there should be more money for training grants for students and postdocs, which will alleviate stress on labs. I do think that we need to talk to the public more about what Science does for them. It is time to get past the next great cancer cure BS that shows up on the Today Show every week. That is not helping our cause with the public. Educating people to how Science really works is the key. Carl Zimmer and Ed Yong do this very well every day. Students out there in high school and college need to be shown how awesome it is to work in a lab. I still have a picture of my first DNA gel I ever ran. Kids are all techies now. We don't have to dumb it down very much to get them interested. It is time to initiate a new wave of creative and intelligent kids into the guild that we practice on a daily basis. And hopefully, by the time they get into grad school, we will have this whole funding/publishing/grant review mess figured out.
OK, time to finish my plaque assay!
Matt Frieman
The University of Maryland School of Medicine
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Thomas writes:
Hello Vincent, Alan, Dickson and Auxiliaries ;)
I have come across this apparently new Bunyavirus that emerged in Germany Recently.
here is a link http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/Forms/ECDC_DispForm.aspx?ID=795
Seems like a pretty strange virus. Hope you guys could do a twiv on it (because it "might" make humans sick too)
greetings from china
Jeff writes:
Hey TWIV,
This is an article I came across and thought of you guys!
Your podcast is great! I've listened to about half of the TWIV ones in the past month or so.
Thanks for your service
Neva writes:
Hi Fellas- Vince, Dickson, Alan & Rich,
Once again I must say I love your podcasts! Thank you for sharing them.
Below is the url for a blog post from my dear friend Ken Wilson of Dripping Springs Texas. He is a person of many talents and interests including expert silversmithing, collections of antique photographs, documents and postcards, kayaking and Texas history.
This blog entry describes finding a shard of pottery that leads to the tale of an incredibly successful (financially) malaria-and-what-ails-you 'cure: Wm RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER, a patent "snake oil" medicine created in the 1880s by William Radam, a Texas nurseryman who had previously invented several potions to kill blight and fungi on plants.
Sadly, as you mentioned in a recent TWIP, snake oil products -especially for malaria in Africa- is still a thriving business.
Hope you find this interesting,
Buda, Texas
Simon writes:
Hi TWiV!
Firstly, brilliant show it is very informative and easy to listen to!
I have only just downloaded and started listening the podcast, so am catching up, if this topic has already being discussed please let me know.
I would like to make a suggestion for a show topic...
Viruses, infectious diseases and hygiene
What I'd like to hear about is your experiences with viruses in terms of what protection is needed in the lab. Have you any experience in the higher bio safety levels; what viruses are kept in the various safety levels and why? What happens if someone is accidentally infected by an agent in a lab, are they isolated there and then?
I think it is interesting from a public health perspective to know the process of virus handling safety and how these procedures can be used to influence public behaviour during pandemics.
During the 2009 Swine Flu Pandemic we were advised (in the U.K) to use alcohol gel frequently and cough into the elbow rather than hand etc...This was intended to impair the spread of the influenza. Are governmental guidelines sound or should an individual do more during a pandemic (i.e. stay home) avoid crowded places etc. What measures did you take during the 2009 pandemic?
What hygiene measures would you recommend/ have used for infectious diseases...particularly in public transport?
On another note when someone is tested for antibodies how exactly does the procedure work? Does the researcher look for a specific antibody or is there a testing method that lists/displays the antibodies found in a sample?
Ricardo writes:
Hello TWIV members.
Thank you for TWIV 171. All of it, but specially the last part. We truly learn a lot of Virology from this show, but from a long time now I have noticed some other things we can learn (especially students as they are so many, I bet); enthusiasm for what you do, even if it is Science, an enormous desire for knowledge and the ways of getting it in a proper fashion...
This afternoon we learned that it is possible you can make a mistake, it is ok to be told about it, and mainly, it is ok to face it and accept the criticism. I'm proud to recommend TWIV.
Please keep the good work, because You guys are doing it fine.
Ricardo Magalhaes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Microbiology
Faculty of Health Sciences of Fernando Pessoa University
Rua Carlos da Maia, 296
P-4200-150 Porto
Sven writes:
Dear TWIV team,
I really enjoy your Podcast (Podcasts I should say, including TWIM). I have been thinking about going back to academia for a while now after I worked for ~5 years in biotech. Your podcast helped my decision making significantly since I realized that I want to do more hands-on research.
I am a trained molecular virologist with >10 peer-reviewed papers (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=enterlein) and several years of BSL-4 experience. I published the first successful rescue of a recombinant Marburgvirus from cDNA a few years ago. My dream is to get an academic position at University of Hawaii since my interest has always been emerging infectious diseases and I am sure that my experience could help the Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, especially with the new BSL-3.
I have been out of academia for 5 years but I hope that this is not too long to step back into academia. Do you have any suggestions for me that could help me in my endeavors?
Many thanks and best wishes from Maryland.
John writes:
I enjoy your podcasts and always learn a lot. The problem is though is that I rarely have enough time to listen to the typical hour and twenty to hour and forty minute program. I respectfully request that you work to reduce program length to one hour. Maybe you could consider shortening the introductory and ending discussions and have less chit-chat in the middle.
Jim writes:
I see discussions about the Science-Technology-Engineering-Mathematics initiative, but no mention of bio sciences. Is there a similar initiative under way? Bio science developments are certainly appearing at every turn, so a need for more help must exist.
Sergio writes:
Dear TWI(V)(M)(P)ers:
It has been a long while since I decided I wanted to write to you again, so I ask for your apologies if the ideas on this mail fall all over the place.
When I discovered TWIV I was still a naïve an innocent master student in Japan. I was hooked immediately (kudos to Vince's son and the gaming chapter). Many years later (also a new iPod, one daughter, a baby soon to come, an earthquake, a tsunami, and a nuclear accident later) I came back to my country (Bolivia) a year ago, with a Ph.D., a family to look for, and many dreams (needless to say, very little money).
Unfortunately, I am still looking for a stable job (Ph.D.'s are not in a high demand in developing countries) but I try to keep up with TWIV, TWIM and TWIP (Sorry to say that being used to a super-fast connection in Japan, it now seems it takes ages to download each episode…but I keep waiting every one of them, although now I am sort of behind in all three podcasts).
Well I am an Agronomist (I bet now Vince knows what that means after being in Brazil) and I specialized in plant pathogens in general (therefore I find all of your podcasts fascinating). My doctoral dissertation was about a bacterial plant pathogen, Ralstonia solanacearum, and its survival in water and soil, so I guess you could say that I am sort of a plant epidemiology/microbial ecology guy. Nevertheless, virology still is fascinating to me (plant viruses obviously) and I learned a lot about parasites as well (nematodes are very important plant pathogens. By the way, where is Dickson lately?). That also explains why I am a little biased in preferring stories about bacteria and fungi.
I have written to you previously wanting to know about dengue fever (I hope I am not suffering that right now: fever, malaise, runny nose, etc. "Welcome to the tropics"), about gene silencing in plants and funding (I am the guy who put Rich Condit in the spot asking for suggestions on how to get funded, sorry about that).
Since I do not have (yet, I am always optimistic) a fixed job, I have been doing consulting jobs (awkwardly enough, for university projects) in biological control and plant pathology. The last of those little jobs brought me to the middle of the Bolivian sub tropic, where I am 8 hours away from the city (my hometown LaPaz) through the most dangerous road of the world (I am not making this up, check this,
they call it the death road), and I get to teach to tropical agronomy students about plant disease integrated management. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences in my life, because thanks to internet and open access (in which of course the TWI(V)(M)(P) media empire is included) I am able to give to farmer kids, who have never had access to the latest knowledge sources, the best information I can. Of course they have deficiencies (the education system is very bad as you can imagine), but I can see there is potential if these students get the opportunity to get a better education).
So, after such a long intro I have the "weekly pick" suggestion. Since I am a plant pathologist, I have been using for the classes I mentioned, mainly info I found in the American Phytopathological Society website (APSnet). They have education material, suggestions for professors, photographs, lessons, etc. and it is all free! They even hove some material translated to Spanish, Chinese and Portuguese. So I think it is a nice pick for TWIM (since plant pathogens are microbes), and they deserve some publicity for the valuable material they put out there for third world countries. I must say that you are also on the same page, perhaps the language is a barrier, but being completely open you allow bilingual people such as myself to get informed and then pass this information to less fortunate folks. Believe it or not, it is a great service that you can't always realize from a lab bench in a prestigious university. So there you go, a pick and a compliment.
Another excellent podcast that is on the same vein is "El mundo de los microbios", which is the podcast in Spanish of ASM (conducted by another Bolivian, go figure!!). There they touch human microbiology but have also dealt with plant pathogens some times.
Finally, as I always do, I would like to suggest some more episodes on plant viruses (in TWIV), and plant parasitic nematodes (in TWIP). I hope this long mail didn't exceed your patience due to its length. Once again, thanks for your great podcasts, and keep them coming. We will keep listening.
Ph.D. in Biocontrol Science
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
United Graduate School of Agricultural Science
Biocontrol Science Department
Instituto de Investigaciones Fármaco-Bioquímicas
La Paz, Bolivia
Gopal writes:
I wonder if any one has drawn your attention to this article published in the British newspaper, the Guardian:
The remarks of Dr. Jeremy Farrar, a specialist who has been seeing serious cases of avian H5N1 infections for many years now in Vietnam, are, I thought, particularly noteworthy:
The genetic mutations that made Fouchier and Kawaoka's viruses so transmissible in ferrets would not necessarily be the same ones that help bird flu jump into humans. But if the details were published, Farrar said he could at least screen for them and learn whether the mutations appear only singularly in the wild, or start appearing in clusters of twos, threes and fours. More importantly, knowing how the mutations transform the virus would help scientists spot other mutations that could make bird flu adapt to humans. "All of this surveillance is not much value if the experimental work, which is mostly done in western labs, is not made available to the countries where it's most needed. We can't be blinkered into thinking these are the only mutations that matter, but the information could be important for us," Farrar said.
People of dying of H5N1 infections in Asia and places like Egypt, not in Europe or America. If the H5N1 virus was killing people in America, would this crazy debate created by the NSABB ever have taken place? I doubt it.
Gopal Raj
Science Correspondent, The Hindu newspaper, India
Stephanie writes:
Dear TWIV crew,
I noticed an editorial in the March 29th 2012 edition of nature asserting that the low success rate of clinical trials based on pre-clinical data was due to the sloppiness of scientists. Isn't it a bit strange for someone to assume that effective treatments in animal models should necessarily work in humans? Shouldn't the severe limitations imposed on clinical trials by both cost and patient number be considered here? What do you guys think of this accusation?
[Here's the editorial: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7391/full/483509a.html and comment: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7391/full/483531a.html]
Howard writes:
Hi TWiV(s),
First, congratulations to Dr. Racaniello on receiving the Peter Wildy Award. Certainly a well deserved honor.
Next, two letters on TWiV #176 strongly resonated with parts of my experience. The letter from the graduate student who was upset at the lack of professional respect shown when a presumed colleague appropriated her intellectual property reminded me of a similar incident when I was a graduate student in Medical Microbiology. In my case the trusted individual Xeroxed my master's thesis and subsequently got a position at a prestigious research lab working on the same microorganism at Harvard University. He repeated and confirmed my unpublished work and published it without attribution. The upside is that the results helped initiate a couple of research projects by the PIs in his lab and their scientific ability and intellectual prowess resulted in discoveries in areas I might not have investigated. It is satisfying to be part of the process, even if unacknowledged.
The next letter about the possible Epstein Barr Virus etiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome also hit close to home. Some years ago my wife and one son were exposed to a diagnosed severe case of Infectious Mononucleosis. They both developed typical symptoms with my wife's being a bit more severe although her physician was skeptical that she also had Mono because she was almost 40 YO and would be presumed to have contracted it as a young adult like our son had. I requested a more complete lab workup and discovered she had a high titer of anti-EBV antibodies of the IgM class indicating a recent first infection. Her symptoms then progressed over the next several weeks into what we later discovered were "typical" CFS symptoms. Working with her physician, we ruled out other possible diagnoses and an immunological workup at the Cleveland Clinic showed a CD+8 T cell response that was typical for chronic EBV infections and which is associated with CFS. She gradually improved but over the years she has had flare ups with inflamed lymph nodes and nodules under skin and near muscles, generalized pains, and extreme fatigue but symptomatic treatment allows her to bounce back. My suspicion is that having a severe EBV infection as an adult rather than as a youngster or young adult may lead in some cases to the chronic condition diagnosed as fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome. Maybe this is analogous to having an initial infection with polio virus or the mumps or measles virus as an adult where the infection and sequalae are more severe. However none of the above precludes the involvement of another infectious agent being required for the observed outcome.
And finally, thank you and your crew for the educational and entertaining TWiV, TWiM, and TWiP series. They are good for my brain and the rest of my body too because I often listen to them while working out and have extended my time doing aerobic exercise so as not to finish before the end of the podcast.
Best regards,
Howard, Ph.D.
Mentor, Ohio
Peter writes:
Dear TWiV team.
This research looks interesting, a variation in a single gene (IFITM3) can make influenza life-threating for some people and a relatively mild disease in others.
Particularly interesting to me as I have always been prone to respiratory infections, and they seem to persist for longer than in most people.
The protective mechanism is not yet known but if a test is produced to show who has the less effective form of the gene then they could be given preferential vaccinations.
Neva writes:
Hi TWIVers all,
I am sure you have read the interesting Wired Science article "Should Science Pull the Trigger on Antiviral Drugs...".By Carl Zimmer. Dr. Racaniello is quoted in the piece. It might be a good pick for your listeners.
A note on the pronunciation of Buda (Texas). The name origin story locally is that the town was named after a boarding house/eating establishment on the railroad stop run by two widows. The Spanish word for widow is "viuda" so the name became Buda pronounced "Beu dah". Most folks hereabouts are pretty laid back so if you say Buddah, what the heck.
Love your podcasts,
Buda TX
Manoj writes:
Dear Prof. Racaniello and the dear old gang,
I'm a big TWIV fan and have listened a lot over the past few years, first walking to and from work at Imperial College London (Dept. Infectious Disease Epidemiology) where it (and TWIP) have really helped me to learn about virology, parasites and biology. My background is in physics and math and I have had to retrain as a biologist (albeit a mathematical biologist). Your chat with Alan, Dickson, Richard and now Michael is terrific fun and very informative! My latest position is in Atlanta, where I have moved with my wife, at CDC. I have been trying to put together projects and people for an infectious disease mathematical modeling unit and, so far, I'm working my proverbial butt off on several projects concerning viral and bacterial infections. But it's enormously exciting and challenging.
Regarding episode 173 (Michael Walsh's last appearance): Michael was talking about issues relating to the kind of work I have been trying to kick start at CDC and I would enormously welcome such a chat (please let Michael know and take him up on it)!
Keep up the great work. Your listenership seems rightly devoted and delights in every show.
Yours, Manoj PhD
Imperial College London & CDC, Atlanta, USA
Robin writes:
When an entity is not metabolically active, it is not, at that time, alive. It is living in the context of appropriate time and ecological frames. A mammoth-specific virus recovered from permafrost would be neither alive nor (in this age) living. it could be "reVIVED" if a mammoth was successfully cloned. A virus particle is not alive. In itself, it is not living any more than a human being would be living outside the ecosystem that sustains the human: a human without a spacesuit on the moon would not be alive or living.
Abstracted as an individual entity, a virus particle is no more live than a frozen bacterium.
"Living" can be a verb, unlike •alive".
Allison writes:
I won't lie, I've taken a long hiatus from listening to your podcast. I blame it on a bad experience with a few virologists and consequently you and my passion for virology were casualties. At the time I was taking a virology class and I found a few of the organizing faculty were rather snotty toward my non-virology background/research. The experience ended badly and I took it as a clear indication that my path was set away from virology. So now a couple years later I have defended my Ph.D. (yay!) and in my pursuit of a post doc in an area of research I am interested in I am once again thinking about virology. But the question remains as to whether a switch is even feasible. Do you have an advice for obtaining a post doc in virology if you are coming from a non-virology field?
David writes:
Dear TWiV
In TWiV 168, Vincent's pick of the week was a blog post about the use of technology in the classroom. I've tried all kinds of technology in teaching and allow my students to use laptops and ipads in class. The most frequent comment I get however is that the use of one specific technology is most helpful: the oldest technology available in every classroom, the blackboard. Perhaps they assume that if I'm writing it on the blackboard, it must be important and noteworthy.
Also in TWiV 168, a listener's e-mail asked about endogenous retroviruses and whether they could be removed. Welkin mentioned that those sequences now play an important role in the overall architecture of the genome. I'd like to add to that discussion by mentioning that some of those ancient retroviral integrations are essential in other ways too. Formation of the placenta depends on expression of proteins called syncytins, which drive the fusion of cells to forms the syncitiotrophoblast. Syncytins appear to be env genes of retroviral origin, which of course, have fusogenic activity. A process critical to the development and evolution of placental mammals, thanks to an ancient virus. I wouldn't be surprised to find other important processes that are the result of ancient viral integrations.
Tom writes:
Dear Vincent, Dick, Rich, Alan and whoever your guest is today,
I wrote to you some weeks ago regarding the "So ..." preface to answers, and mentioned that my wife's name for whatever variant of CFS she has as WBD (Wierd Butt Disease).
In addition to TWIV, I'm now following along on Vincent''s W:3310: Virology course in iTunes U. This is a wonderful resource, and is greatly enriching my understanding of the TWIV conversations.
In Lecture 3, a student asks you if there are viruses that tap into the mitochondiral DNA replication machinery. You respond that you (we?) don't know of any, but there could be.
My first thought was, there MUST be. Mitochondria are often described as symbionts that presumably evolved from some independent life form. Over the course of evolution it's hard to imagine that distant ancestor staying immune to viruses. If nature provides a resource (such DNA replication), some other aspect of nature will evolve to tap into it.
My second thought was to wonder if this could be at least part of what is going on with CFS.
From the onset of my wife's illness, the symptomatic description that always fit best was that her mitochondria had a greatly diminished capacity to produce ATP. (Some doctors provide symptomatic relief to CFS patients using glutathione supplementation to boost ATP production.)
Coupling that to patients' frequent accounts of their illness onset resembling the body's viral defense response, I think this could be something to investigate. It may also explain why, despite symptomatic and epidemiological hints that CFS may be viral, research along those lines has so far failed.
Tossing things back in your court as a null hypothesis, how would one go about establishing that a mitochondria virus does not cause CFS? Can you think of a line of research that could probe this question?
Keep up the good work. And Alan, your punning is contagious, if not outright viral.
Austin, Texas
P.S. Vincent, I apparently missed something you said in your lectures. Several times you've presented a slide showing the seven viral genomes, based on their respective paths to mRNA, but the labeling circles with roman numerals only go from I to VI. Where's the seventh genome?
Joe writes:
I listen to Science 360 radio, which broadcasts all of your This Week in ______ shows. Love them all! I am especially interested in virology, so I try to pay close(er) attention to that. Any chance you guys give an episode just based on the basics of virus replication? If you've already done then apologies. Also - I'm an undergrad biochemistry major/physics minor. I may be involved in some biophysics (neuroscience) undergrad research since the virus research at my university is very limited and out of my dept (biology dept is protective of their undergrad research spots). Would this cause problems regarding any chance of my getting into a virology program? Any other advice? Thanks a ton.
Big fan!
Ben writes:
Greetings TWIV chiefs,
first of all I'd like to offer congratulations to Vincent for receiving the Peter Wildy Prize (although it was, of course, only a question of when in my opinion). I have to say that TWIV is the only podcast, science or otherwise, consistently on my iPhone every week since I started listening to it in, oh my, I think 2009. Furthermore, this veritable goldmine of free and easy-to-use knowledge on your webpage is just stunning. Please continue just the way you do, I wish we had more people like you (and of course the rest of the TWIVome).
After getting this off my chest, allow me to chirp in on a tangent to your recent episode (176 - all email), where you mention it would be a good idea to have a cell version of ChronoZoom. I just love the idea, the closest thing I could come up with is - I hope you didn't mention this on any earlier show - the Nature biology online textbook. You can register as a teacher there, they'll give you free trial access and once you subscribe, you can have your whole class use their iOS/Android/watchamacallit devices to acces this. It's an interactive textbook with great illustrations, animations, and films, links to related Nature articles, and, best of all, it's updated whenever something profound is discovered in a field covered by the book.
Sorry if I sound like a Nature marketing person, I just love the idea. So, how about a digital virology textbook? I guess you'll need a second life though. Anyway, thanks for listening, keep up the great work,
PS: Sorry, I know TWIV chiefs isn't the most original address. I know one for your spouses, though: TWIVes. How about that?
David writes:
I wanted to point out one of the important aspects of science that is often brought up in TViW podcasts, to hopefully invoke some discussion. That point is that science is a pursuit of the truth in nature. Truth is often hidden or obscured, sometimes by the complexities of nature, sometimes by people unknowingly, and sometimes by people by design.
One important aspect of scientific investigations is the process taken to prevent us from deceiving ourselves. Science is a process, with checks and balances, partly because some truths are hard to discern. With all the different cognitive biases we are susceptible to, it is easy to be mislead by others or by ourselves. I warmly compliment all the TWiV contributors for being open to correction, a healthy attribute few seem to cultivate (especially in an election year). As Richard Feynman put it, "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool."
David from Austin
P.S. I don't think that check and balances are confined to science; they occur in other fields of investigation designed to ferret out the truth. For example, journalism's "who, what, when, where, why, and how" and criminal investigation's (at least on TV) need to establish "means, motive, and opportunity".
A couple of cognitive bias links:
Stephen writes:
Dear TWiV team,
With all the discussion of note taking software recently I couldn't help but notice, and be surprised by the fact, that no-one mentioned Microsoft Onenote. I print all of my powerpoints and pdfs into OneNote and annotate around them (as seen in attached). It's probably the most robust note taking software available, but generally has to be stored locally unfortunately. There is an option to store all of your notes on SkyDrive but the size of each page I was creating was too large for it. Although recently they increased the size allowed so I will have to test it again. You can also record audio or video into the page.
Just thought I would contribute my bit as I think it is the perfect solution for students.
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Amber writes:
Really interesting show, well explained and super informative. I will be back, great job!
Cale writes:
Dear TWiV,
Thank you so much for such an informative and fascinating podcast. I am a young unemployed fellow, so I spend a lot of time writing cover letters, walking the streets of brooklyn, and lifting weights at the gym. After discovering your podcast a couple weeks ago, your dulcet voices and revelatory viral musings have been the soundtrack to this strange lifestyle. After listening to TWiV 175 I started working my way through your back catalog and I'm in the mid-thirties already. I can't thank you enough for the free educational service you provide! Thank you so much!
Tarwin writes:
I've been listening to your podcasts for a few years now and, along with the Australian Science Show and Futures in Biotech you've now managed to teach me enough science to be able to converse, and maybe even contribute to conversations, with working scientists.
I was always interested in science, but was put off by how slow it went in high school, and ended up as a designer and programmer instead. It's interesting how many of your listeners seem to be from tech. I think it's partly because tech people listen to a lot of podcasts, but also because they think in similar logically creative ways. And really, when it comes down to it, playing with life is so much cooler!
Your "How to read a paper" in TWIV #169 was very useful and actually helped me track down, slowly connecting the dots, a paper that had information in it that might be able to help my housemate further his research when he thought it was at a dead end.
On another topic, how do you track how many people listen to your podcasts? The simple count of how many people subscribe through iTunes + other places may not be the best indication. Do you [technical] track the number of downloads through server logs, which would give the best idea of the actual number of downloads.
Anyway, thanks again. No need to read this on air. Just wanted to say thanks!
Tarwin (from Australia, recently Silicon Valley)
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Congrats on your new purchase. I love my P380 and carry it every day when the weather is warm as a BUG.
I think your holster request is a challenge. Kind of hard to find a good holster that will do the double duty you are expecting. I carry mine either in a Tommy Theis horsehide IWB holster (Theisholsters.com | Home | Custom IWB Holsters) or a Mika Pocket Holster (Mika's Pocket Holsters - Custom Made Pocket Holsters, Waistband Holsters, Vest Holsters, Tactical Pocket Mirrors And Much More.). Both are great holsters that work well for me. The Theis can be worn either at the 4:00 position or in the appendix carry position quite comfortably. The Mika is an ugly duck, but it holds the handgun very securely and what I like best, is that the presentation of the grips and the draw are unparalleled in any thing else I've used. (believe me, I've tried a lot, have a box full to show you!) Both of these companies are one man shows that excel in customer service and satisfaction. Right now, they are quoting about a two to four week turn around.
Break in may be smooth or frustrating for you. My P380 took about 450-500 rounds before I was comfortable carrying. Lots of fail to feed issues and wouldn't always go into battery. Now the the kinks are worked out, I have yet to have a failure. Seems to be a very ammo sensitive gun. You'll need to find the right one for your particular gun. On the other hand, my PM9 ran well right out of the box, have had not one issue with it. Your experience may vary, but trust me, the possible agony will be worth the effort. I love both my Kahr's!
For range/target ammo, I've had good luck with the WWB semi wadcutters. Feed well and are relatively inexpensive (380 ammo ain't cheap!) Defensive ammo, I've had varying luck with. Tried Fiocchi HP's with no luck, also had issues with Speer Gold Dots. Have had good results with the Hornady FTX and Winchester PDX1 rounds. Am getting a few boxes of Winchester Ranger T HP's to try.
I've also put the rubber style Talon Grips on both the Kahr's. These really give me a better grip on the guns, wet or dry conditions. I have the skateboard sandpaper version on one of my Glocks, but sandpaper is a little too coarse for my liking for carrying on the waist. Tends to chew up any fabric it comes in contact with!
Hope you enjoy your new handgun! It should serve you well.
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text: I ask this after seeing Ashley win Skate America getting those scores for those jumps and Carolina winning worlds didn't help. It seems like ladies' skating is going backwards and men's skating is moving upward and onward. In my opinion the ladies are pretty much taking zero risk jump wise and getting rewarded for it and the men are flinging themselves in the air with all of their strength. All I can hope is that with the Russian ladies coming up other skaters will start in increase the technical jump content. I'm just disappointed.


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'It's believed six teams — Washington, Carolina, Los Angeles, Buffalo, Atlanta and the Islanders — have shown an interest in Comrie, who made $3 million last season…Former 67's captain Randy Cunneyworth is ready to leave the Sabres organization and is a candidate to join the Senators' staff.'
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'"It's just frustrating because we felt like we had a team that could pursue a Stanley Cup for the last two years," Sabres goalie Ryan Miller said. "We're going to have to retool, regroup."'
Archives for February 2008
Sabres, Campbell part ways
A sad exit from Buffalo for Campbell
'"I've had two guys in Darcy Regier and Lindy Ruff that have trusted me and put faith in me and watched me grow," Campbell said. "It's probably not to the extent of a father watching a son leave, but it gets to that extent in a lot of ways."'
Bernier happy to be in Buffalo
'"This is a real hockey city and I'm excited to be here."'
Bernier ready to make his mark with the Sabres
'"The only thing I want to do is what I'm supposed to do on the ice," he said. "My goal is just to have fun, and that's what I'm going to do. I'm nervous, but sometimes nervous is good."'
Bernier To Skate Wth Roy And Vanek
'Jason Pominville will take Brian Campbell's place on the point of the first power play unit. Dmitri Kalinin is paired with Jaro Spacek in place of Campbell for even strength hockey. Nathan Paetsch moves from the press box to the ice. Paetsch will be paired with Nolan Pratt.'
Ruff Addresses Deadline Deal
'"Yesterday was a tough day," Ruff said during his weekly appearance on The Howard Simon Show. "Brian's been a big part of our team. I went with our daily routine and we were in our video meeting and I went back in the room and got Brian. Darcy and I sat down and talked to him."'
Campbell ships out; Sabres get winger, pick in trade with Sharks
'"You recognize that if you allow everyone to go to the unrestricted free agent market, and I'm not blaming anyone here, your draft cannot support the makeup of your hockey club," Regier said. "Subsequently, in the best interest of the club, you have to get something back. Otherwise, you won't have enough players and you won't have enough quality."'
Sabres made the most of sad situation
'The difference between the Sabres' laughable three-year offer and the one he'll receive this summer could be $20 million, maybe more, in guaranteed money. Taking a hometown discount is one thing, and using common sense is quite another. Put yourself in his skates.'
Sabres react to Campbell trade
'"It's just frustrating because we felt like we had a team that could pursue a Stanley Cup for the last two years," said goaltender Ryan Miller. "We're going to have to retool and regroup. The attitude needs to remain the same. We have a core group of guys who understands what it takes. We're just going to have to find our spot, find our way, make the playoffs and play well."'
It's back to business of making the playoffs
'"I've got a lot of work to do right now," he said. "There's some things I want to clean up in my game. I've had a couple rough outings. I want to get back to where I'm just playing hockey. Maybe Brian moving on and getting past this situation we can all kind of go about our business."'
To a 13-year-old's delight, Sabres stars are waiting for her o in the basement
'Diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia in June 2005, Kaitlyn was recently granted her one true wish, courtesy of the Make-A-Wish- Foundation of Western New York. That is, to have her family's basement redone as an homage to the Sabres.'
Sabres to Miller: We won't pay o or win
'In once again failing miserably to sign a key player, the Sabres confirmed what every one of their players already knew too well: Winning is not the ultimate objective.'
Sekera's ready for his shot
'"We will see what Buffalo wants to do with me," said the second-year defenseman, whose development curve with the Amerks is quite similar to that of Campbell. "It opens the door for me a little more. It means there might be a little more space to do some things."'
Darcy got the best deal o again
'But if Bernier does become the forward many think he could, and if the Sabres penchant for hitting on first-round picks continues, Buffalo fans will look back at the pro-active approach with a smile down the road, something they can't do when revisiting the exits of J.P. Dumont, Mike Grier, Chris Drury and Daniel Briere.'
Wednesday's Nashville Coverage
Game preview: Predators at Sabres (Nashville Tennessean)
Nashville (32-24-8) at Buffalo (30-24-9) (AP)
Sabres face Predators after trade of All-Star Campbell (Sportsticker)
Nashville Predators (32-24-8) at Buffalo Sabres (30-24-9) (The Sports Network)


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I'm about to order painted chest armor from BM, but I'm at a loss of what to do with the chest light. BM said that I could just tell him if I had the chest display of TK409 or Shackman, and he would get me the right fitting chest pieces for it.
Now, the problem is that it seems TK409 has stopped making these, and Shackman I haven't heard from in months. I would have opted for a Schackman's display if I could but they also seem to be unavailable at the moment (If anyone has got any spare of these, please PM me).
Also, there's a new chest display from Fettronics available now but BM hadn't seen these so he didn't know how they fit his chest pieces. Does anybody know?
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Hello photography lovers,
check out our project at Kickstarter - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/732431717/photo-time-machine
Photo Time Machine is going to be a resource which lets people discover visual history of the world through old photographs and tell their own stories - about their families, places and things they love!
Support us, we are making a cool thing!
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I dont quite understand what this concept will accomplish. It seems like just another search engine, except this time for photos only. To be quite honest, you can look all of this stuff up on Google, but I do admire your attempt at this concept.
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"English Second Language Learners" tells the story of the collaboration of a content area teacher and an ELL specialist at Christopher Columbus High School in Bronx, New York. Their collective efforts to adapt materials, re-think teaching techniques, and steadily raise expectations for ELL students resulted in outstanding results for all.
The video, divided here into three parts, provides practical advice — and inspiration — for anyone struggling to ensure that ELL students catch up with their counterparts for whom English is their first language.
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Cemetery records 1797 – 2004 for Oldham, Lancashire are now available online on familysearch. The site gives this information ….
This collection contains cemetery registers from Hollinwood, Failsworth, Royton, Crompton, Chadderton, Lees, and Greenacres cemeteries in Oldham. Most registers contain, name, address, date of death, date of burial and burial location.
The records start from when the cemeteries were established so don't expect records from 1797 for all the cemeteries. There is a more details explanation about the records if you click on the "learn more" button.
The records are very extensive featuring Burial Registers, Crematorium Registers, Stillborn Registers, Armed Services & War Dead Registers, Grave Plans & Family Plot Registers. There are indexes, but you can also browse through scans of the original documents. Wonderful resource. It's just a pity that I don't have anyone from Oldham !!


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The following student organizations offer special experiences and opportunities for students studying art at Ball State. American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA)
This organization promotes an understanding of the graphic design profession and related issues. Activities include on-campus lectures by professionals in the design field, student social events, and field trips to design firms and printing companies. To find out more information, contact the School of Art at 765-285-5839, e-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit our web site.
Art Education Club
This organization provides orientation and support for students in the area of art education. This club sponsors projects to further the awareness of art education and art related topics on campus and in the community.
Clay and Metal Guild
This organization is open to students that are clay/metal majors. Contact adviser Pat Nelson, 765-285-5800, for more information.
Fine Arts League
This organization provides fine arts students with a forum for planning activities that are pertinent to their profession and interests in fine arts. For more information, contact adviser Hannah Barnes.
Student Art Development
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The purpose of this organization is to provide an ongoing venue for all levels of student artwork, to provide a real-life learning experience for students in regards to running a gallery and submitting artwork for exhibition. Student Art Gallery website.


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By Rob Kelly
Arsenal legend Robert Pires believes that Santi Cazorla is at the perfect club to make the most of his many talents.
The Spain international made an immediate impression on his Premier League debut against Sunderland, coming close to scoring on three occasions and also setting up a late chance for Olivier Giroud.
Pires believes that Cazorla's performance was just a taste of things to come and is convinced that the 27-year-old will shine in English football.
"Santi called me when the offer from the Club arrived and I told him that it was the perfect club for him," Pires told the Official Arsenal Magazine.
"The way the team plays will suit him perfectly and he is the kind of player Arsène loves too. He is a very exciting player, very gifted technically with both feet. He has an impressive creative touch and he can play in the centre or on the wings.
"His vision and the quality of his passing is brilliant but he can also take people on. Despite still being quite young, he has big experience with the Spanish national team and has also played in the Champions League.
"Finally, he has a very good mentality and is a real team player. He will need a bit of time to settle but I'm convinced he will adapt very quickly and will be a great signing for Arsenal."
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Spiny Norman wrote:
Yes, it's difficult because there are so many different interpretations and approaches. There is for example no concensus on how the 4 tetrads of anapanasati should be interpreted - I've read 5 or 6 commentaries, and they all say something different.
I've reverted to a fairly simple approach, which seems to work for me.
Yep. Lots of different instruction out there, confusing to navigate.


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This LED EL T-shirt is made of 100% cotton. It has an electro-luminescent EQ meter emblazoned across the front that reacts to and "pump" with whatever you're listening to. And it also gives a visual rhythm guide to others.It is powered by a battery pack that put inside the T-shirt.
- Size: XL
- Color: Black
- Fabric: Cotton
- Power Supply: Standard 4*AAA batteries(not included)
- Slide switch to operate power
- Collar Height: Approx.12cm
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- Please do not bend or press the flash panel
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Tenants with Disabilities and Reasonable Accommodations
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Tenants with disabilities can ask their landlord to accommodate their disabilities. For example, a tenant could ask a landlord to allow a service animal in a "no pets" apartment complex; a tenant who receives a disability benefits check on the third day of each month could ask to pay the rent on that day with no late fees; and a tenant with a wheelchair could ask a landlord to allow the tenant to build a ramp to the entrance of the unit. The law requires this because it allows tenants with disabilities to access housing just like tenants without disabilities. A landlord whose property is covered by Fair Housing laws must grant a tenant's request unless the requested accommodation is unduly burdensome or a fundamental alteration of the landlord's program. Failure to grant a tenant's reasonable request for accommodation of a disability is a violation of Fair Housing laws. Also, the landlord's failure to grant a request for an accommodation may be a defense against eviction. It is always good to make requests for reasonable accommodations in writing and provide a reasonable deadline for the landlord to respond. However, the law does not require your request to be in writing, and you do not have to use any special language to make the request.
If you believe that your rights have been violated because of your landlord has denied your request for a reasonable accommodation of your disability, or if your landlord is discriminating against you because of your disability, you should contact the Fair Housing office in the city where you live or the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) office in your area. You can also call HUD's national number for discrimination complaints, 1-800-669-9777, and HUD's website is www.hud.gov. HUD's online complaint is located at http://www.hud.gov/offices/fheo/online-complaint.cfm. You may want to contact your local tenant association or an attorney for advice. If you file a complaint with a city Fair Housing office or HUD, they must investigate the claim and get back to you with their findings. You must file such an administrative complaint within one year of the violation. You can also file a lawsuit in court for damages, fees, and costs, and you have two years from the date of the violation to file such a lawsuit.


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Happy Music Monday! Halloween is almost upon us, so we've got to get our ducks in a row. Today Scott's looking at songs that are dark and sinister, perfect for a scary-yet-rockin' playlist. He'll be doing an official Halloween theme next week, so save your "Monster Mash" posts until then! This week's for the gothy, smokey, and lightly menacing. Here's an example of what we're talking about:
The Sisters Of Mercy - Dominion/Mother Russia
A band once-beloved by teen vampires in the '80s, "Dominion" hits most of the important Top 40 goth scene notes. There's mysterious Nostradamus-style lyrics that are just vague enough, there's a steady beat you can sway defiantly with, and the short version looks like Highlander 3. But never let it be said that Andrew Eldritch ignores his bandmates. After all, drummer Doktor Avalanche has been a full partner for years.
See? That's the kind of music we're gonna enjoy today. Put on your black lace gloves and a studded wristband and head inside… IF YOU DARE!! Which you probably do, because the music we've picked isn't really very scary at all. See you inside…
As always, remember our Spotify playlist will be featuring a great selection from last week's Music Monday comments. The theme of the mix this time is Animal Pop and we think it'll drive you wild. Get it? GET IT???? Anyway, check out these other songs before you reminisce.
The Beatles - Helter Skelter
When the Fab Four wrote this song, Charles Manson wasn't yet a household name. But listen to it, especially when compared to their earlier work. This is a really an aggressive and freaky song and a huge break from All You Need Is Love. You can really feel that things are starting to reach a breaking point, both inside the band and in the world around them.
Nine Inch Nails - The Perfect Drug
Imagine a Moulin Rouge! directed by Tim Burton and Jack White and you'd probably be thinking of this video. "Perfect Drug" showed up at a good time in Trent Reznor's career, when he was already established but maybe not yet in Rock Valhalla. Even though it was for a movie, and it was an experiment, and it wasn't really something he liked, he still scored a respectable hit off this track. It might not be his darkest, but a dark enough blue sure looks like black.
The Girls - Jeffery I Hear You
There's not much I can say about these The Girls, because they didn't exist for very long and then other people started using the name. I myself haven't heard any other song by this band, but I'm glad I know this one. It's a nice little ghost story told in about five minutes through a scream of vocals, guitar and electronic beeps. I can't think of another song that even attempts what this one achieves. Good stuff for pre-Halloween.
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
A tribute to the late, great, best known Dracula, this atmospheric song is a Halloween mixtape favorite. Maybe it's not as authentically creepy as Terror Couple Kill Colonel, but it's still a classic. And it'll sound great on the Spotify playlist next week, right?
Hey, speaking of which, add your songs in the forums and help us make a dark and spooky mix! Remember, save the Halloween songs for seven more days, because that'll be next Monday's theme. In the meantime, come hang out in our Turntable.fm room for the regular Music Monday enjoyment and some crazy new Halloween avatars. Also, let us just remind you: some images come from the corresponding Wikipedia page and are here under fair use.
This just might be the horrifying song ever: Comus' Drip Drip
Oh crap, though, you want that dance-y '80's stuff, so here: Believers of the Unpure by Christian Death (Valor-led edition)
mossygreen wrote:Oh crap, though, you want that dance-y '80's stuff, so here: Believers of the Unpure by Christian Death (Valor-led edition)
It doesn't have to be danc-y!
How about anything off this record?
(Edit: I guess pictures aren't working. Soundtracks for the blind though, by swans}
Or anything written by Michael Gira in general? I listened to Swans Exclusively for a couple months and went into the strangest depression. Music can really mess you up, especially if you just listen to swans.
Here's a song from one of their earlier albums - Blind Love by Swans
Yeah I know the song is 18 minutes long.
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra's cover of "Polly" by Nirvana. Holy god.
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Here are some possibilities:
"Jeremy", by Pearl Jam
"Enter Sandman", by Metallica
If you want a happy sounding song with dark lyrics, I'll give you:
"I Don't Like Mondays", by the Boomtown Rats
Hopefully these are in the vein of being dark but not full-fledged halloween scary...
Laibach - Sympathy For The Devil
Ministry - (Everyday Is) Halloween
Back when Ministry was young and kind of campy, but still, how could this not be included?
Front 242 - Tragedy For You
Actually the video is a tragedy, I have no idea what the connection is.
Some great suggestions so far!... Here are a few that I think are pretty darn dark:
"Raining Blood" by Slayer
"Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)" by Concrete Blonde
"Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo--don't let the catchy melody let you look past the very dark lyrics!
Interesting choices.
I was thinking more like Mercyful Fate reading the post title, but that The Girls tune put me in a mood for...
Night Soil Man - Ant Farm - YouTube [NSFW]
BOMB - Health Food and Heroin - YouTube
Coffin Break - Lies - YouTube
D.I.-Richard Hung Himself - YouTube
Nomeansno - Forget Your Life - YouTube
Gen X represent!! :p
Slydon wrote:It doesn't have to be danc-y!
But Helter Skelter notwithstanding, you want the '80's, right? You might be dating yourself, sir.
I might as well join in, with some kick-ass Foetus:
English I'm tactless, yet rude. /Nothin Man
Honey I'm Home
Diabolus in Musica (instrumental)
And a special ladies edition, featuring Ms. Lydia Lunch:
Afraid of Your Company
Death Valley 69
all 16 minutes and 15 seconds of The Agony is the Ecstasy/Drunk on the Pope's Blood
A different kind of dark:
Little Dead Bodies by Algegra Suicide
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Or anything written by Michael Gira in general? I listened to Swans Exclusively for a couple months and went into the strangest depression. Music can really mess you up, especially if you just listen to swans.
My goodness, why would you do that to yourself?
But that reminds me, Roli Mosimann was in Wiseblood:
0-0 (Where Evil Dwells)
How about a little Tubeway Army? Gary Numan - Down in the Park (live 1979) - YouTube
mossygreen wrote:But Helter Skelter notwithstanding, you want the '80's, right?
JUST DARK any era is fine, for real
Misery is the River of the World....or about 1,500 other Tom Waits songs....
Nobody chose the worst song ever? DOA
pstrnutbag44 wrote:Misery is the River of the World....or about 1,500 other Tom Waits songs....
I heard that Misery Is A Butterfly.
I'm surprised no one has thrown down with some Floyd.
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The Mid-Career Master in Public Administration Edward S. Mason Program (Mason Program) is the Harvard Kennedy School's flagship international program. Each year, approximately 80 demonstrated leaders from developing, newly industrialized and transitional economy countries participate in this intensive one-year master's degree program designed to prepare them to address the world's most compelling development challenges. The emphasis of the program is on developing the broad range of analytical and leadership skills required to initiate and implement major political, social or economic change.
The Mason Fellows bring an impressive range of backgrounds and experience to Harvard. Mason Fellows come from all across Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Eastern and Central Europe as well as the former Soviet Union and they are engaged in every aspect of economic, social and political development. A typical Mason class includes experienced professionals who have assumed leadership roles in education, energy, defense, housing, transportation, foreign affairs, public enterprise, rural and urban development, environmental preservation, central banking, journalism, politics and economic planning.
Mason Fellows are enrolled in the Mid-Career Master in Public Administration (MC/MPA). Simultaneously, they participate in a year-long co-curricular program that complements the MC/MPA by exposing the Mason Fellows to the ideas and strategies of leading thinkers and practitioners in economic, political, and social development. Participation in the co-curricular program is a requirement for the Mason Fellows and culminates with the award of the Mason Certificate in Public Policy and Management at the end of the year in addition to the MPA.
The Mason Program begins with two intensive summer sessions. In the first session, known as the Mason Fellows Summer Seminar, participants use cases developed by the Kennedy School faculty as well as cases drawn from their own professional experience to explore questions of leadership, strategic management, communication and policy decision-making. In the second summer session, known as the MPA Summer Program, participants develop their knowledge of applied economics, quantitative analysis, political institutions and globalization. The content of the two semesters of graduate study that follow the summer sessions is largely determined by the student.
More specific information about the program can be found in the links in the upper left corner of this page.
Fadumo Dayib MC/MPA Mason Fellow 2015 recounts her story growing up as a Somali refugee and explains how her life's experience has pushed her to mount a 2016 run for president in her homeland.
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Hiking in style
Dover woman to hike Appalachian Trail in style
By JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent | March 09. 2014 6:20PM
Whitney Silberblatt, 33, of Dover is no stranger to battling extreme conditions, like summitting Mount Osceola during a snow storm, to achieve a new goal. She is excited to take part in the Thru-Hike Syndicate, which will allow her to test new camping gear while hiking the Appalachian Trail. (COURTESY)
After climbing all of the 4,000-foot mountains in New Hampshire, including North Twin Mountain which features views of the Presidential Range, Whitney Silberblatt, 33, of Dover feels ready to start a six-month trek to tackle the 2,200-mile Appalachian Train later this month as part of the Thru-Hike Syndicate. courtesy
Whitney Silberblatt of Dover, who will soon celebrate her 34th birthday while hiking from Georgia to Maine, was one of 11 hikers chosen through a nation-wide search for the Thru-Hike Syndicate to hike the 2,200-mile trail with equipment issued from five outdoor companies, including the Dover-based Nemo Equipment Inc., Vasque, Osprey Packs, Leki Trekking Poles and Darn Tough.
"Along with the unique opportunity to use some of the industry's best gear, the hikers will also have access to product support, VIP treatment and a platform for sharing their tales from the trail with interested followers," according to a release by Nemo.
The 11 hikers will all begin their journeys sometime between the middle of this month or the beginning of April.
"I got an email a month later asking if I still had plans to hike the AT and the rest is history," Silberblatt said in an email.
While she loves to cook "creative camp meals," Silberblatt said she's found that the freeze-dried and dehydrated meals "are so much easier to deal with and I really don't think they taste that bad."
"I remind myself often that there will be days where I am uncomfortable and unhappy and that I must remember on those days why it is I am out there and to focus on that and not the downside," Silberblatt said.
After hiking all of the "White Mountain Four Thousand Footers" — 48 peaks including Mt. Washington — Silberblatt said she's almost finished with ascending them all again in the winter. She only has about eight left to go and anticipates completing the task this month.
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I have been doing some research on my own and I am getting preparing myself for tefl. There is a lot of great information on this forum thanks to the veterans and I hope to learn a lot from you.
I am trying to decide on the best course of action for my current position. Mainly I want to know which are the best places for a tefl newbie to go first for jobs and to gain experience. I have a few places/countries in mind but also I want to be realistic about my chances of success wherever I do decide to go first.
I am a 29yo male with no degree from the Bahamas and I am looking to take either TEFL or CELTA (not sure which yet). I have worked in the IT field for a number of years and some of that time has involved training users, though usually on a one on one basis. I speak some spanish but I am not fluent at this time.
Here are my concerns at this point:
1. I know that not having a degree will be a problem in some places.
2. I have read that some places do turn down applications from black teachers or they are treated differently either on the job or within the society they choose to take up residence. I would rather not waste an expensive plane ticket to a place just to be turned down everywhere (korea?) and to avoid putting myself in a possibly dangerous situation (russia?). If I'm being too paranoid don't be afraid to smack me upside the head
3. I would like to go some place with a good social environment outside of classes, possibly where there are a fair amount of other english speakers.
4. The age groups I am thinking of at this point would be either young children or adults.
5. With my previous background I would be very interested in private tutoring since I do well in that type of teaching environment already (also the pay is better).
6. Hopefully being a citizen of a commonwealth nation counts for something in terms of getting work visas and other travel/work essentials in fellow commonwealth nations?
The countries that I have considered range from south america to southeast asia to europe (mainly western). As you can see I'm all over the place lol.


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Thanks wet dog!! Earl hammer writing! Jeanette Nolan starring!
Can't go wrong! Thank you happy easter!! P.s. my favorite too!! Bill
This one is for you Jafo220.
My all time favorite Twilight Zone episode, The Hunt.
Thanks for the first hand experiences. It's nice to know that I'm not crazy in hearing those sounds.
Rocky was such a stink when he was a pup. I worked the night shift. Leaving my wife to fend for him and one child on her own. There were times she told me years later and going through the things we go through with Cruz, that she was about to give Rocky away. She never really would have, but he drove her to that point many times. Then at around one year of age, he totally flip flopped into this awesome dog. I think all the adverse instances with her and Rocky were bonding moments happening, though at the time she never realized until later.
He was a funny pooch. I remember that he was never allowed on the furniture. But he would get on the couch through the day while we were at work. He knew our vehicles or something, because when we walked through the door, all the pillows would be on the floor, and he would be sitting there are laying in close proximity to the couch. You could walk over and feel the seat cushions and they would be very oddly warm. Hmmmm. He never got into trouble for it, he never hurt anything. The cat Jacob, probably talked him into it. They were buds. Like to brothers poking at each other all the time but never escalating into anything bad. Jake would walk up to or behind Rocky and nip his ears or his front paws forcing a yep from Rocky. Jake would just sit there and do it over and over. Rocky would look up to one of us with an expression of "are you just gonna sit there?". Or "can I bite back?". Once in awhile, he would pin Jake to the ground with his mouth and role his eyes up at us looking for praise, but mom would be yelling to let Jake go! and he always did. He was just putting Jake back into his place in the pack.
Now, if I let Cruz near our current cat Neko, it may be the end of the line for Neko. How times change with different situations.
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|Very sorry to hear about your loss of Rocky. It sure sounds like you guys enjoyed his wonderful life together. I sure can relate with how the emptiness that a missed GSD in a home feels. I have never heard sounds but I do feel a presence that feels like their there. Long live your memories of Rocky. Good boy!
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|another weird one from years ago. I was lighting a candle for one of my passed dogs and told him to send me a good Collie one day. In these day that was what I was researching. Honestly, the next day an acquaintance (who didn't know anything about my preferences) emailed me and asked if I knew someone who could take in two male Rough Collies. My own passed dog had always been crazily obedient but I told him to not take things too literally as I was way not ready for that. What are the chances of such a thing?
|I have a friend who told me that after her dog passed, she heard sounds of him and she kept it to herself. Almost a year later her husband confessed to her that he had been hearing sounds of the dog, and they realised they were both hearing the same sounds at the same time. She said that they stopped hearing the sounds when she finally found peace with his passing away.
Good friend of mine lost her heart dog to cancer. For months she said she could hear him barking outside.
I lost a dear girl about a year later. From the great beyond, Morgan sent me a puppy to cuddle. Random chance meeting adorable gold sable pup, Morgan was a gold sable.
About 2 months later, when I was ready to think about opening my heart, breeder friend announced her V litter had been bred. I had always joked that Morgan was named after a war goddess, I'd never do that again, the next bitch would be Venus after the goddess of love. Kismet on the V litter.
Sometimes Venus is so much like Morgan I swear she's the same dog come back to me. Little things, her favorite spots, how she plays, how Venus is wise beyond her age. Past life experiences in humans, the concious mind doens't know who we were in the last life.
|Personally, I'm not really certain about what you're talking about however, my wife will be sitting at her desk and she will feel something brush up against her leg and she will look down and there's nothing there - the little white dog name Spanky seems to cruise around the house at times and she does feel his her presents as unusual as it is for me to admit, I think my wife is right. Spuds, if you're out there - we can see you playing hide and seek, and we remember that you ate all of the bark out of the planter at the apartment that you lived in -- quite a feat..
|I rarely have dreamed of my boys. Not too long ago I had a glimpse of them in a dream heading toward the back door, like I was following behind them. I awoke with the intent of getting up and letting them out. The morning after Cody died I was so upset laying there, and then like a sparkle in my mind I heard a voice say very clearly " it's ok". When I had to board Clipper (Cody's brother) to go see my new grandson, when we returned and had picked up Clipper & Hooch, I was so glad to have Clipper home safe ( he was 12 years old) we heard a noise in the kitchen and I just felt Cody was going to come out and join the reunion! I believe they come to us! I wish I could see them in my dreams more! Usually just a glimpse, like the profile of pointed ears, shifting the way they would, something like that. I've heard toenails when the house was still and the other dogs laying still where I could see them. I won't want to move either, I'd hate to leave their yard and house behind!
|I haven't had to make this difficult step in my life yet and I dread the day when any of my animals reach that point. I have watched my mom do it over and over again throughout the years and I don't know what's worse for her. The actual goodbye or the last few weeks when they are bouncing from good to bad and having to know the exact right time to do it. She always tried to give them the longest life possible without prolonging the suffering and I feel she's a much stronger woman than I will be when the time comes. Also, I should not read threads like this when I'm in a hyper emotional state. Every single post made me cry.
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Irish-bred Artiste Royal, a multiple Grade I stakes winner, is scheduled to run in the third race Friday. Trained by Neil Drysdale, Artiste Royal will face six rivals in a 1 1/16-mile allowance race on the Lakeside Turf Course.
Artiste Royal will be making his first start since winning the Grade 1 Charlie Whittingham Handicap at Hollywood Park on June 7. A consistent 7-year-old ridgling, Artiste Royal has finished in the money in 18 of his 25 career starts while earning $773,990.
Wild Promises has 10 wins, four seconds and a third in 15 career starts and $323,950 in earnings. Victorina has won 12 of her 22 lifetime starts and $573,875. Both distaffers race for the Estate of Harry J. Aleo.
Saturday's card will feature the $75,000 Sausalito Stakes, a six-furlong dash for 3-year-olds and up. Entries for the Sausalito will be taken Wednesday and Gilchrist said he may have his 3-year-old fillies High Resolve and Indyanne tackle the boys in the feature.
"I'm definitely going to run one of them and I might run them both," said Gilchrist.
High Resolve is a four-time stakes winner who has amassed six victories, a second and a third in eight career starts. Indyanne is 5-for-6 lifetime and owns three stakes victories. Indyanne had a poor start when running second in the Victory Ride Stakes at Saratoga in her lone defeat.
Bamaha Breeze, a 3-year-old colt who is undefeated in four career starts, will make his stakes debut in the Sausalito. Bamaha Breeze is trained by Steve Miyadi.


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Discussion in 'TV ALERTS' started by Iceman, Jan 22, 2013.
Any live streaming other than Raisport2 which is geoblocked?
Eurosports coverage in the UK is worse than bad. Awful. The least amount they have ever shown.
They are showing football & tennis repeats instead of live skating. Eurosport will soon be a three sport channel. Snooker, tennis & football.
Channel CNOPT (Sport) on TVteka (russian pay website) will show complete coverage of europeans. You have to suscribe, 12 dollars per month (non automatic renewal)
Also Russia 2, will have live coverage of the free skate, but only last 2 groups. There are severall links, just have to search for this channel
Is there a page to sign up and pay for TVteka in English? Thanks!
Open it in Chrome and it will translate all the relevant bits.
SVT Play will show everything but I assume it'll be geo-blocked as usual.
This seems like a possibility. I THINK i have watched a few things on it in USA. I might be wrong but at least worth trying.
and Cnopy2
This is Cnopт2 Ukraine so they will not show ECh
short dance is showing here now 6 43 usa est
Thanks, Iceman!
It worked well until 14:45
Then, unfortunately, stopped.
Hi all. Does anyone know if Free Dance is being shown on a different station other than Cnopт2 through TVTeka? I recall one of the fall competitions where some events were on a different channel. Or do we just have to watch soccer and be patient.
Any websites open to UK to watch? Tried links below but seem to be blocked :-(
I'm not in the U.K., but try this: http://fsnews.ru/page-al-ec2013.html
It works for me in the U.S.
Brilliant! It's working. Thank you I had just about given up!


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when a user with a postcount of less than 50 clicks submit, do the following:
- check to see if the thread was started > 1 year ago. if so, deny the post
- put up a splash page with a "did you try searching the forum for this? are you sure you really want to post it?"
joking aside, does vbulletin support moderator approval for members with postcount < threshold?
for example, i recently signed up at colonialfleet.org. new members can't start threads, only reply to existing ones. the first 5 posts require moderator approval before they show up on the board.
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Also, I've found a few ex-tutorials on here... I say "Ex" because all the images to go with the text have disappeared, or all the links in the tutorial are 404ing now.
Am I missing one up-to-date and working link somewhere?


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Curated List of Penetration Testing Reports
Julio Cesar Fort has started putting together a curated list of penetration testing reports from a variety of security consultancies. While the list is new, and not exhaustive yet, it's on the right track and I look forward to seeing it grow. It's always interesting to see how different companies do their reporting, and there is a lot to be learned in these reports. If you're a professional penetration tester, the layout, structure and formatting choices are probably more interesting than the actual content in this case.
The list is on GitHub, so I'm sure we'll start seeing others contributing soon: https://github.com/juliocesarfort/public-pentesting-reports
Honeyport Python Script with Local Firewall and Dome9 Support
Following on from my linux bash honeyport script (read this first if you don't know what a Honeyport is), I wanted to write a script that works across platforms to accept connections on a given port and block that IP using the local firewall – IPFW on Mac OS X, iptables on Linux, or Windows Firewall – or using the Dome9 service (I'm hoping to add Unix support soon).
I chose to write this one in Python as the cross-platform language of choice, and it's compatible with Python 2.7 to 3.4. One feature of this script is that you can optionally configure it to run another Python script whenever a client connects to the honeyport. The client's IP will be passed to the called script as an argument, allowing you to do whatever you want with it. The script's output is then sent back to the connected client before they are blacklisted.
Check it out on GitHub, improvements and additional ideas are welcome!
Honeyport Script Dome9 Blacklist TTL Update
Dome9 just introduced the ability to set a time-to-live (TTL) option for blacklisted IPs, something I may have bugged them for about once or twice! This is nice as it allows items on your blacklist to expire after a pre-determined amount of time instead of living on in perpetuity. It's particularly beneficial when you run something like my Honeyport that can end up blacklisting over 400 unique IPs in about two months — it saves having to go in and manually remove blacklisted IPs periodically.
I've updated my Honeyport script to include the option to set a TTL on blacklisted IPs when using Dome9. Note this doesn't yet work when using IPtables as it doesn't have an easy TTL-style option for rules. This functionality for IPtables is on my TODO list.
Check out honeyport-0.2.sh here!
Linux Bash Ncat Honeyport Script with IPTables and Dome9 Support
After securing systems by hiding them completely from the network/internet using Single Packet Authorization, I've recently been interested in doing more so-called 'active' defense, by implementing solutions to delay, confuse, or thwart attackers. Completely hiding one's system is not always feasible (ie. in the case of an internet-facing server), and monitoring, apart from being purely reactive, is not always easy and requires the involvement of a human. An alternative to these is to do some automated active defense. One simple tool in the bag of active defense tricks is the honeyport. Read more
Lock Screen Bypass in iOS 7 Beta 1
A new version of iOS, a new lockscreen/passcode bypass! Luckily this one was caught early in the first Beta of iOS 7 released to developers at WWDC 2013. Although this lockscreen bypass is simpler than some of the previous ones that required some tricky steps to pull off, it's probably worth pointing out that it will only allow access to the phone's photos, and the ability to delete, email, tweet or upload the stored image files. It does not allow access to any other apps.
I should point out that I played with iOS 7 for a day, and it was so buggy that I had to downgrade back to iOS 6. Luckily Apple has plenty of time to fix all these issues come the release date this fall.
To bypass the lockscreen simply follow these easy steps:
- Pull up the Control Center
- Tap the Calculator icon to open it
- Pull up the Control Center again
- Tap the Camera icon to open it
- Tap the photos icon in the bottom-left corner to get full access to the photos
Check out the video below to see it in action.
iPhone and iPad Activation Lock Coming in iOS 7
Those of you who have been diligent in securing your iOS devices with passcodes, wiping and Find My iPhone, just to have a thief restore your device and keep on going – well – your prayers have been answered. Coming in iOS 7 is a great feature called 'Activation Lock'.
With Activation Lock enabled, even if your iPhone or iPad is restored to its factory settings, the user will need to activate the device using the Apple ID of the previous user. Also, if the device was put into Lost Mode in Find My iPhone, the lock screen will continue to display the fact that it is lost until the device is activated.
This is a hugely useful feature that, if used properly, will make iPhones and iPads a significantly less attractive target to thieves, as the stolen devices would be rendered useless to them. It was nice to see Apple address one of the main concerns that users have been expressing about the bypass-ability of Find My iPhone. Check out Protecting and Recovering Your iPhone and iPad from Loss and Theft (will be updated soon with this new feature).
Hi, I'm a Pen(etration) Tester!
The first thing people think when you tell them you're a Penetration Tester:
What people think when you tell them you're a Pen Tester:
Protip: Go with the first one.
New Lockscreen Bypass in iOS 6.1
In a vulnerability that's quite similar to one in iOS 4.1 a couple years ago, another lockscreen bypass has been discovered in iOS 6.1 which allows someone with physical access to your iPhone to make calls, view and modify your contacts, send an email to your contacts, listen to your voicemail, and access your photos (by attempting to add one of these to a contact).
The method for this bypass is fairly simple (see the video below for it in action):
- Swipe to unlock and then tap Emergency Call
- Make an emergency call (eg. 112/911) and immediately cancel it (please don't unnecessarily call the emergency services ;)
- Press the power button twice
- Slide to unlock
- Hold down the power button for a couple seconds and then tap Emergency Call again.
- …
- Profit!
I should point out that this doesn't seem to work on my iPhone 4 for some reason. Something does happen, but I just get a black screen until I press something whereupon I'm booted back to the lock screen.


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Prosecutors want synthetic drug law changed
A year ago synthetic drugs were an epidemic in the Tri-Cities; then a new state law closed the shops selling the drugs and helped slow down the problem.
But in the courtroom, convictions have not always been a slam dunk. "Even though the law has been very effective, we believe it needs to be tweaked and improved," says Sullivan County District Attorney Barry Staubus.
District attorneys across the state are pushing lawmakers to make a simple one-word change in how the law is written.
Staubus says some of the manufactures have found a way to chemically alter the drugs to where they do not appear as direct links to illegal drugs. "The problem is the producers have become more sophisticated and found a way to produce drugs that are dangerous," says Staubus.
Current law says prosecutors must prove a substance is made using an already illegal drug and it has no medicinal purpose with negative effects.
But it seems the makers have found a way to chemically hide what truly in their product from forensic chemists.
"We have had some cases that they could not say this is an analog," says Staubus, "what I attribute that to is the ever growing sophistication of the people producing these drugs."
Now they want to change and to or meaning prosecutors only have to prove one of the two criteria in the courtroom.
"We can look at the properties it has in it, it's dangerous, has no medicinal use, look at the effect of the drug has on an individual, take the criteria its sold, the amount its sold for and what the people selling it represent it will do," explained Staubus.
The district attorney says this is not uncommon for a new law to need adjustments soon after being passed.
He even warned the lawmakers last year during his testimony they might have to make changes down the road.
Bristol state representative Jon Lundberg plans to introduce legislation that would tweak the current law and Kingsport state representative Tony Shipley plans to introduce a bill that would expand the synthetic drug laws even more.


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