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Safaga, Egypt
Trip Start
Apr 02, 2011
Trip End
May 15, 2011
blasts of sub-zero wind on the Great Wall of China in -8 degrees temperature.
Today we were hiking thru the Valley of the Kings in +110 degrees
temperature. Our adventure continues from the frigid north of China to
the hot deserts of Egypt. But that is current; today we are going on adventure
into the past. We are going back almost 5000 years to the time of the Pharaohs
and the glory that was ancient Egypt. For several days we have been attending lectures on Ancient Egypt. Today we will be visiting the Temple at Karnak, The Valley of the Kings, and the Temple at Luxor. To visit the sites we will need to travel
from Safaga on the Red Sea inland to Luxor on the banks of the Nile. We will
visit both sides of the Nile; the east side of the Nile; the Land of the
Living; and the west side of the Nile; the Land of the Dead. The Nile was and
is the life blood of Egypt. It brings the water that is used for irrigation and
drinking. In ancient Egypt, the land to the east of the Nile was for the
living. This is where the temples and farming was. But on the west side of the
Nile, it was for the Dead. This is the hot arid desert where the pharaohs and
people were buried. The Nile brought life and prosperity to the people of
Egyptian. The Nile was the life water to these people living on the eastern
edge of the Sahara Desert. To the West of the Nile, lies the arid and barren
Sahara desert which the ancient Egyptian referred to as the Land of the
We awoke early this morning as our tour was to last from 07:00AM until 09:30PM;
a long day full of buildings and artifacts of ancient Egypt. As there were no
competing tours for the day, we formed a large group of a little more than 400
that was spread out over nine buses. We had arose early to prepared for the
trip with breakfast, dressing with long pants and long sleeved shirts over
short sleeved T-shirts. Even though the temperature would soar to 110 degrees,
we needed protection from the Egyptian Sun which is extremely strong and
merciless. We join with some other couples that we knew on the ship and were
ticketed for the same bus. Our long anticipated trip into ancient Egypt was
delayed for almost an hour while missing security escort cars were located for
our nine bus convoy. But this delay was not of any consequence to us as we
settled into our air-conditioned bus and full of excitement as we waited to
start our adventure into Egypt. At last the convoy was completed and started it
journey into the heart of Egypt. From the port we headed out on to the dry and
barren Red Mountains that lie along the coast of Egypt. It is a hot barren
range of mountains that is only sparsely populated by Bedouins that have set up
small tribal villages where the men can work in local towns and the women can
care for the family plot that forms their home. The barren landscape is broken
up by stops at Police Inspection Stations that were areas where both lanes were
stopped and one lane at a time would move thru the station around barricades and
speed bumps that would only allow extremely slow traffic to move thru the
station area. The seriousness of the stations was brought into sharp focus by
the location of gun towers on both ends of the station. So for over an hour we
travel thru the desert mountains that are; with the exceptions of the sparse
Bedouin settlements; devoid of vegetation and signs of live. The sand, dirt,
and rocks that make up the Red Mountains continued on with us while we traveled
deeper into the Land of Egypt heading for that fertile Nile valley that lies
just past the desert mountains. As we reached the far side of the mountain
range; we began our descent into the fertile plains of the Nile Valley. The
Nile was the cradle of the Egyptian Civilization during its 5,000 year reign as
the center of the human world.
As the bus descended into the valley, vegetation began to appear. Sparsely at
first then gradually greening until small farms, villages, and irrigation
canals became the dominated features of the landscapes. As we traveled thru the
valley on our way to the Nile, we followed an ancient canal that has brought
the fertility of the Nile River further out into the valley for thousands of
years. The road runs directly next to the canal with villages and farms on both
sides of the corridor made up of the road and the canal. This would be our view
for the next couple of hours. Although the villages are the living habitation
of the current local population; their design and location have probably not
changed since time was. The age of the buildings are confused by the fact that
there is not a tradition to paint building. This lack of paint gives the
building a patina that makes them appear much older than they
are. There is a dichotomy of design in that practically all of the buildings
have at least one satellite dish on its roof. The dress of the locals appears
to not of changed for thousands of years. All of the farmers and villagers were
dressed in robes and turbans. One of the main methods for transporting produce
and other materials around the villages and across the farms was donkey cart.
Donkeys were being heavily utilized both on the farms and in the small villages
along the canal. The only part of the cart that indicated the newness of the
cart was that the wheels were car wheels. Camel sightings were few; mostly
donkeys, cattle, horses, dogs, and geese were viewed and with the frequency of
the sightings in the order listed. Wheat and Sugar Cane appeared to be the
major crops planted in the small farms along the canal. Villages were very
numerous along the canal, but no evidence was seen from the bus that indicated
that there were villages further out into the fields away from the canal.
Besides farming, there were some examples of fishing as nets were strung across
the canal. This was the landscape that continued until we enter the area and
city of Luxor.
As we entered the Luxor area, the small villages disappeared as a larger older
city took over the landscape. Traffic which was always moving along the road
that we were traveling increased and slowed as we entered the city. Suddenly we
were there; we were at the Temple of Karnak. On one side of the road was the
City of Luxor as it appears today and on the other side of the street was the
Temple of Karnak which although in ruins from its previous glory was still
showing the majesty that made it the largest temple to any god in the history
of mankind. The 5000 years of history of the Egyptian Civilization was there.
Although ran by the High Priests of Egypt, the temple have been in constant change for thousands of years as succeeding pharaohs added improvements that would make that specific pharaoh, the greatest and best loved of all the children of the god of Egypt. Every Pharaoh was believed to be a child of the god, Ra which was the greatest of all of the gods of Egypt. This divinity of the pharaohs was the reason that they could have the dedication of the people that would be required to garner the wealth and labor that was necessary to build and maintain these large temples and other structures that are so identified as the part and fiber of ancient Egypt. These temples
are testaments to the power of and love of the pharaohs of Egypt.
For the past 4 hours we have been on a journey from the Red Sea into the Nile
River Valley, now we were at our first stop and we would be leaving our
air-conditioned bus that had served as our window into the current Egypt. As we
stepped off the bus, we realized that the weather forecast of 100+ temperatures
was correct. It was hot, but it was dry. A very slight breeze was stirring but
offering no relief from the heat. We knew that we were in the desert even if
the greenery that bordered the Nile Area disputed that fact. A desert can exist
even in the absence of large flowing sand dunes. Even the short distance from
the buses to the entrance of the temple was sufficiently long enough to
re-assure us of the correctness of our decision to wear long sleeves and pants
as protection from the Egypt Sun. But as we entered the Temple of Karnak, the
high heat issue moved from the foregrounds of our minds to the background. The
temple grounds, full of sphinxes and heroic statues of Egyptian Pharaohs and
gods, brought the full force of the history of Egypt directly down upon us. We
were in an area where pharaohs, kings, high priest and other inhabitants that
had worked, lived, and visited this temple for 5,000 years had walked. The
enormity and detail of the site was overwhelming. Heroic statues of 30 to 40
feet in height guarded the entrance to the temple. In front of the Temple was
the start of a long avenue of over 9 1/3 miles long that connect the Temple of
Karnak to the Temple of Luxor on the other side of the city. This avenue was
originally lined with over 2,000 sphinx-like statues with ram heads. We entered
the temple thru gates of wood from the cedar trees of Lebanon that originally
stood over fifty feet in height. As we walked into the temple we quickly saw
the 134 large columns that supported the original ceiling and floor of the
Library of Egypt. Egyptian Pharaohs had continued to reign over Egypt even thru
the occupations of the Greeks, the Romans, and the Arabs. But they were gone
for the latter occupations of the Ottomans, the French and the English; that
continued to dominate Egypt until Egyptian Independence in 1959. But when the
temple was first built, Egypt was the main civilization and power of the world.
Toward the center of the temple were two large obelisks that towered above the
temple buildings. One that was built by Queen Hatchepsut was 97 feet in height.
Queen Hatchepsut was the only female pharaoh of ancient Egypt. Every wall,
column and ceiling of the temple was covered originally with paintings and
reliefs of gods, pharaohs and other figures that help detail the life of ancient
Egypt. To explore the temple in a manner that its history would dictate would
take days and for Egyptologists it would take years. But our time was short and
as cruisers, we were scheduled for a luncheon on the banks of the Nile.
The Hotel that provided our luncheon was just a short distance from the Temple
of Karnak. It was tightly squeezed between other buildings on the banks of the
Nile River. The short period that we were back on the bus and headed to lunch
provided a welcome relief to the heat of the day. As we entered the hotel we
escorted thru the hotel out to the back open terrace to a set of steps that
would take us to a lower level that was open by windows to the Nile River.
Being on the inside ensured a luncheon in air-conditioning that was a luxury
here in the desert. The food was very good and Harriet and I were able to
sample the local beer called Stella. Even from the days of the pharaohs, the
Egyptians have been brewing and drinking beer. The beer was cold and a welcomed
addition to our meal. After the meal we were informed that one of our tour
group had died earlier in the day. He suffered a heart attack. Although we had
not known him well, we had talked frequently with him during our activities
aboard the ship. He, like us, was a frequent exerciser at the ship's gym. His
wife returned to the ship after her husband was taken to Port Said there to
wait for the Tahitian Princess and then he will be taken by the Tahitian
Princess to Athens. There he will be shipped back to his home accompanied by
his wife. There was also three other incidents during the day. The first was
when a passenger fell on the gangplank exiting the ship. During the day two
other passengers suffered mild attacks of heat exhaustion. This was an unusual
port with this amount of personal tragedy.
After our lunch, we again boarded our buses and headed for a bridge that
crossed the Nile and took us from the east bank of the Nile to the west bank of
the Nile which was the Land of the Dead for ancient Egyptians. The Valley of
the Kings was located on the western bank of the Nile River. This area was
started in the last Kingdom of Egypt, in the first and middle kingdoms of
Egypt, the pharaohs would build large pyramids which would be monuments by
which the souls of the pharaohs could use to find their bodies for their
afterlife. The main reason for the pyramids and Valley of the Kings was the
ancient Egyptians belief in an afterlife. The ancient Egyptians believed their
soul would return, find and then restore their body for the afterlife. They
also believed that they would come back as they were in their first life. If
they were a pharaoh, they would return as a pharaoh. If they were a doctor,
then they would return as a doctor. That is why the pharaohs and others buried
their processions with their bodies. They would use the processions in their
new life. This also showed the importance of the body. If the body did not
survive then the soul would not be able to find the body and thus be unable to
start the afterlife. Thus the mummification of the body would ensure that the
body would survive and be ready when the soul returned to it. Another fact was
that the Pharaohs realized that the pyramids were quickly plundered and the
processions removed and not available for the later use of the pharaohs. So the
power of the soul was upgraded in the religion so the soul would not need a
landmark to find the body. With this change the locations of the pharaohs'
burial sites could be hidden from the grave robbers.
When we arrived at the Valley of the Kings, the hot temperature of the morning
was superseded by the extreme heat of the midday. The temperature had risen to
the 110 degrees. To protect the known and unknown tombs of the valley, buses
are no longer allowed into the valley floor of the tombs. We exited the buses
and boarded small trains pulled with electric vehicles, much like you would see
at a large American Amusement Park like Disneyland in Anaheim. So in the hot
temperature of the day, we boarded the first car of the train. Boarding with us
was a local man selling postcards for an amount that needed to be reduced thru
negotiating. We bought three sets of postcards for $1.00 US. This was something
that we believed would be beneficial as no photography was permitted inside of
the tombs. Video photography was also not permitted anywhere in the valley.
Thus we arrived in the small ancient valley fully dressed and ready for outdoor
only photography. We were also carrying a couple of bottles of water. Harriet
added an umbrella to her outfit so that she could provide herself with much
needed shade in the heat of the afternoon. The valley floor is narrow and
sloped slightly uphill with no shade except for a couple of man-made covers. At
the front of the valley near the entrance to the King Tut Tomb is a new
excavation site that is currently being explored. It has the potential for
being an important find that could be announced later this year. Our Ship's
Lecturer is an Egyptologist that said we should pay extra attention to the site
as it may become an important site later. It was a hole on one side of the
valley that was roped off and had lots of pieces of pottery stored on the side
of the hole. No current activity was occurring as this was the summer months
and too hot for excavating. That work was reserved for the cooler winter
months. We examined the area and took some photographs of the excavation site.
The valley is narrow and windy so that from this location we could not see to
the end of the little valley. To reach the end of the valley, we started
walking up the valley passed the major tombs toward the far end of the valley.
Although not a steep incline it is still an uphill walk to the end of the
valley and the temperature is extremely hot. At the end of the valley was a
single steep staircase that climbed from the floor of the valley up the its
walls to yet another tomb that was located up near the top of the valley. With
the heat and our limited time at the site, we decided to not continue up the
ladder but to return down the valley to the sites of two tombs that had been
recommended by our bus guide, who was also an Egyptologist. So we went down the
valley toward the entrance of the first tomb. It is a special feeling walking
down into the tomb thru a square man-made tunnel in the side of the valley that
was dug thousands of years before to house the earthly remains and prized
procession of an Egyptian pharaoh. The walls were covered in plaster and
painted with pictures and hieroglyphics that told about the pharaoh and his
life, as he had wished it to be told. The burial chambers were normally located
near the end of the tomb along with satellite rooms to hold the pharaoh's
processions. We viewed the two recommended tombs. The first was KV8 - Akhenaton
and the other was KV9 - Ramses IX. The valley was sand, dirt and rock that were
baked in the hot Egyptian Sun. Besides making the site extremely hot, the sun
also contributed the light that bathed the area in a brightness that could only
be endured with the use of sunglasses. While at the tomb area we met a couple
of the numerous Tourist Police who monitored and protected the archeological sites.
Here at this site was some dark skin Egyptians that were close to the original
race of Egyptians. Since Egypt was occupied by the Arabs, the majority of
Egyptians now look more like the other Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula. There is
a large group of Egyptians in the south of Egypt that has remained more
isolated from the Arab influence and has the dark skin look of the original
The day was passing and our time in the Valley of the Kings had been exhausted.
It was now time to board the buses for two photography stops before crossing
back across the Nile to the Temple of Lexor. The first stop was at the Temple
of Queen Hatchepsut. Although called a temple it was a funeral preparation site
that was for the preparation of the dead for burial. This was reason that it
was on the West Bank instead of on the East Side of the Nile. As it was not a full
stop, but a short photo stop we did not get to go inside of the Temple but were
able to view it from a short distance. It was a large temple carved directly
into the cliff on the side of the mountain. This was the last stop we made on
the west bank. From here we again crossed the Nile back to the East side, the
side of the living.
We headed back to Luxor and the Temple of Luxor. But before we entered the city,
we passed an open field that had two large seated statues. They were the
Statues of Mennon which once stood at the entrance to a large and impressive
temple that has since been lost to the ravages of time. The two large statues
are now standing guard over a large vacant field. They stand as silent
testimonies to a time that was once and now is gone. We only spent a short time
at the site, just long enough for a few photos and a wondering as to what the
site must have looked like when the statues were first put in place in front of
a grand palace of a pharaoh.
By the time the bus reached the Temple of Luxor, the sun was sinking in the
lower in the sky and the evening was cooling the temple site down to a more
comfortable temperature. It was now comfortable to walk thru the temple.
Although smaller than the Temple of Karnak, the Temple of Lexor which was at
the other end of the Avenue of the Sphinxes was equally impressive. Inside of
the temple was references to a pharaoh of Egypt that was not a native of the
country but one of the conquerors of the country. His name was Alexander the
Great. It is believed that his body was returned to Egypt after his death for
burial, but that is note a confirmable fact. Also inside of the temple
was a painting of a group of people that looked more like later Romans than
earlier Egyptians or Greeks. This is one fact that I will need to explore with
our Egyptologist on board.
Our day visiting the sites of southern Egypt had finally come to an end. We
boarded our bus as the sun dipped below the horizon and darkness fell on the
land of the pharaohs in Upper Egypt.
With the coming of darkness and lower temperatures the people of the area came
out of their homes and met in the open areas of the city of Luxor and the
villages along the canal leading back to the Red Mountains. With the heat of
the day gone, it was time for the locals to enjoy the company of their friends
and neighbors. With the coming darkness, lights came on from all of the buildings and
sites of the area. From most of the homes we could see the televisions glowing
in the darkness of the room. Away from the villages was the dark road that was
only illuminated by the lights of passing traffic. Thru this darkness our buses
sped back along the canal, up and thru the Red Mountains and out on the shores
of the Red Sea to the Port of Safaga where the White Lady waited for us to
return. Because of the numerous security stops and having to wait several times
for a change of security escorts, we were becoming later and later in our
return to the ship. Our time to return to the ship came and went. We were not
yet back in port. The time for the gangplank to be lifted came and went and we
were still not back at the port. Finally the convoy entered the port area and
we were driven back to the ship. An hour and a half late, we arrived late but
fully satisfied with our tour and the marvels of the ancient world that we had
seen during the day. It was a long day of over 16 hours in which we had an
adventure not only of distance, but of time as well. It was a memorable day
that we will long remember.
Tomorrow we will enter the Suez Canal and head to Port Said on the
Mediterranean Sea. But that will be another blog entry.
Where is Harriet? Hunt
This hunt for Harriet will be in the Land of the Pharaohs which is a location
not only of place but also of time. She will be waiting for you to find her.
Linda Fergueson on April 15, 2009
This time I think she
is at the far right of the picture standing in the small crowd of people a
little apart and to the left of the two people in red shirts and by another
person in red top and tan skirt. Harriet is in white top and dark pants. Does
this make any sense? Linda


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Today is Friday, Nov. 9, the 314th day of 2012. There are 52 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 9, 1938, Nazis looted and burned synagogues as well as Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in a pogrom that became known as "Kristallnacht."
On this date:
In 1620, the passengers and crew of the Mayflower sighted Cape Cod.
In 1872, fire destroyed nearly 800 buildings in Boston.
In 1918, it was announced that Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II would abdicate. He then fled to the Netherlands.
In 1952, Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel, died.
In 1953, Welsh author-poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at age 39.
In 1961, U.S. Air Force Maj. Robert M. White became the first pilot to fly an X-15 rocket plane at six times the speed of sound. The Beatles' future manager, Brian Epstein, first saw the group perform at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England.
In 1963, twin disasters struck Japan as some 450 miners were killed in a coal-dust explosion, and about 160 people died in a train crash.
In 1965, the great Northeast blackout occurred as a series of power failures lasting up to 13� hours left 30 million people in seven states and part of Canada without electricity.
In 1967, a Saturn V rocket carrying an unmanned Apollo spacecraft blasted off from Cape Kennedy on a successful test flight.
In 1970, former French President Charles de Gaulle died at age 79.
In 1976, the U.N. General Assembly approved resolutions condemning apartheid in South Africa, including one characterizing the white-ruled government as "illegitimate."
In 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West; joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall.
Ten years ago: President George W. Bush said in his Saturday radio address that Saddam Hussein faced a final test to surrender weapons of mass destruction.
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Scientists Unravel Role of Fusion Gene in Prostate Cancer
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Researchers Show How Mutation Found in Half of All Prostate Cancers May Lead to Disease Development and Other Cancers
Newswise — NEW YORK (May 22, 2012) -- Up to half of all prostate cancer cells have a chromosomal rearrangement that results in a new "fusion" gene and formation of its unique protein -- but no one has known how that alteration promotes cancer growth. Now, Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have found that in these cancer cells, the 3-D architecture of DNA, wrapped up in a little ball known as a chromatin, is warped in such a way that a switch has been thrown on thousands of genes, turning them on or off to promote abnormal, unchecked growth. Researchers also found that new chromosomal translocations form, further destabilizing the genome.
These findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), are the first to show how this chromosomal mutation likely contributes to early development of prostate cancer -- and suggests a model for how other chromosomal translocations, common to many tumor types, are linked to cancer formation and growth.
"This is likely a phenomenon that occurs in many types of cancers when oncogenic fusion genes are over-expressed," says the study's senior author, Dr. Mark A. Rubin, The Homer T. Hirst Professor of Oncology in Pathology and vice chair for experimental pathology at Weill Cornell Medical College.
Dr. Rubin adds that if such an oncogenic protein has the power to throw the switch on thousands of genes, a novel treatment may be able to turn that switch off. "If we understand how this works, then we may be able to borrow that trick to target many genes simultaneously. This discovery would hold a lot of promise for cancer therapy," he says.
The study also adds to the growing understanding of how remodeling of the chromatin regulates genes linked to cancer, says the study's lead author, Dr. David S. Rickman, assistant professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. The genome's DNA, along with specialized proteins, has to be packed into the chromatin bundle so that it can fit inside a cell's nucleus, and when genes need to be expressed, the chromatin opens up a bit, allowing transcription. Emerging evidence suggests that, within this package, the genome organizes itself according to a non-randomly-assembled, 3-D architecture of hubs and domains that affect when and where individual genes are turned on.
This study shows the oncogenic ERG protein, produced by the ETS prostate cancer fusion gene, binds to specific sites in the genome, which then forces the 3-D genome architecture to vastly change, creating different hubs and domains, Dr. Rickman says. This results in additional chromosomal translocations, as well as a coordinated expression of genes known to be relevant to aggressive prostate cancer, he says.
The research shows just how complex genetic regulation really is and how distortions in this process can lead to cancer, says Dr. Rubin, who is also a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and professor of pathology in urology at Weill Cornell Medical College.
"We used to think everything related to gene expression was linear, that one promoter affected the gene located right next to it," he says. "Now we are beginning to understand that what happens in the 3-D space of tightly bundled DNA is also important -- how DNA opens up and undergoes changes that efficiently turn on whole sets of genes that aren't located anywhere near each other."
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Reaching these findings required a collaborative team of scientists, says Dr. Rubin, who co-discovered the ETS fusion gene. For this project, he sought the expertise of Dr. Rickman and Dr. Olivier Elemento, an assistant professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and assistant professor of computational genomics in the Institute for Computational Biomedicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, and a co-senior author of the paper. Dr. Elemento and his lab provided the expertise in computational biology and mathematical analysis needed to interpret the complex data produced by the experiments run by Dr. Rickman, his lab and members of the Rubin laboratory.
Joining them were nine other scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College, and two from Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Dr. Elemento, Dr. Rickman and their laboratory colleagues used numerous techniques to understand the effect of the ERG oncoprotein. They first used an experimental technique called Hi-C to query chromatin interactions throughout the genome. "Chromatin interactions are inherently complex and it is easy to grasp why this is so," says Dr. Elemento. "There are about 25,000 known genes in the human genome therefore there are possibly 25,000 x 25,000 interactions between genes -- which is 625 million -- and that is only scratching the surface."
To treat the high volume of data the researchers needed to develop new statistical methods to detect chromatin interactions and the changes that occur when ERG is over-expressed.
Then, to understand why these chromatin interaction changes occurred in the first place -- what it is that ERG does to generate new interactions or abolish existing ones -- they performed additional experiments, which produced even more data. They used a technique called ChIP-seq to map where on the genome ERG likes to bind, and then used the RNA-seq tool to determine which genes are expressed or shut down when ERG is present.
More analyses were needed to identify genes and regions on the genome whose interaction patterns changed most when ERG was over-expressed. Finally, they reached what Dr. Elemento called a shocking revelation: "ERG binds very often near the genes whose interaction patterns change the most, thus indicating that ERG directly mediates the interaction by binding to these regions."
The researchers then discovered that genes whose expression was collectively increased or shut down, and which were involved in chromatin interactions, were those that are involved in cell invasion, a key feature of aggressive prostate cancer. "We thus think that ERG may contribute to prostate cancer phenotype by rearranging chromatin interactions to promote the expression of these key malignancy genes," Dr. Elemento says.
ERG also seems to push the formation of new chromosomal translocations, he says. "This is exciting because it points to a completely novel, non-transcriptional role for ERG in cancer," Dr. Elemento says. "We think that it is possible that many genes like ERG -- which bind to the DNA -- could promote the formation of novel genetic alterations by rearranging chromatin interactions."
Dr. Rickman agrees, "These findings extend beyond the context of the prostate as many driving genetic lesions in other cancer types involve abnormal expression of transcription factors due to genomic alterations."
The researchers are now conducting studies to unravel the mechanism that accounts for these architectural changes. "Achieving this will provide a new understanding of cancer and novel ways to treat and prevent its progression," Dr. Rickman says.
The work was supported by funding from a U.S. Department of Defense New Investigator Award, a National Science Foundation CAREER Grant, a National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute Grant and by the Starr Cancer Consortium.
Other co-authors include Dr. T. David Soong, Benjamin Moss, Dr. Juan Miguel Mosquera, Jan Dlabal, Dr. Stéphane Terry, Theresa Y. MacDonald, Dr. Karen Bunting, Dr. Francesca Demichelis and Dr. Ari M. Melnick from Weill Cornell Medical College; and Joseph Tripodi and Dr. Vesna Najfeld from Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
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Parts 1 and 2 - Early Philco Models |
Radio Survey Results Part 1 - Models 20 & 21Excerpted from the July, 1994 issue of Antique Radio Classified by permission of the authors and ARC.© Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995 ARC, Ron Boucher and Ron Ramirez. Charts and graphs © Copyright 1994, Ron Boucher.
The goal of this survey was to gather enough data on the early Philco cathedrals to determine when various versions and features were introduced. What made
this study possible was the fact that Philco often stamped dates of manufacture under the early cathedral cabinets. About 44 percent of the radios in this report had dates.
The survey data enabled us to produce a graph whereby the approximate date of manufacture could be determined from a serial number. The graph appears [below] as Figure 1. Only radios with serial numbers and dates were used for this graph. The circles indicate individual data points, and the solid line is
our best guess as to where most of the radios would fall. There are several data points that are way off this line. We believe these to be mismatched cabinet/chassis combinations. It's possible that these were the result of a cabinet or chassis being taken off the assembly line and sent back for repair. A match up of cabinet and chassis known to be not original was not included in this graph.
Figure 2 includes all the serial numbers we have surveyed [as of July 94]. Each radio is represented by a small circle. Serial numbers were issued throughout the model year, and where there is a high concentration of circles, we can say that there were many of these serial numbers being assigned to Model 20. Where there are few circles, we can say that Philco was concentrating on producing other models. For more detailed analysis and commentary, please refer to the original July, 1994 ARC article and Part 3 of the series in the July, 1995 ARC.
Radio Survey Results Part 2 - Models 70, 570, 35, 90, 90X, 50, 51by Ron Boucher and Ron RamirezExerpted from the May, 1995 issue of Antique Radio Classified by permission of the authors and ARC. Charts and graphs ©1994, Ron Boucher
This second report in the series covers the Models 50 and 35 (battery versions of the 70), 51, 70, 90, and the grandfather clock radio, Model 570. Models 70 and 90 are shown below.
The goal was to gather and present this information in such a way as to make it possible to estimate closely the date of manufacture of any given radio by simply knowing the serial number. Many design changes were made throughout the production of these sets, and we hoped to pin down when these changes were made.
Figures 3 and 4 are the graphs that were produced using the data from this survey. The first graph (Figure 3 below) shows the relationship of chassis serial numbers to dates stamped under the cabinet. It wasn't necessary to produce a separate graph for each model because there was one serial number series for all models.
By leaving out five radios that were obvious mismatches, we were able to obtain a graph that showed a nice correlation between cabinet dates and serial numbers. Figure 3 includes about 50 radios [as of May 95], and in some areas there is such a high concentration or data points that it's hard to distinguish
individual radios.
Figure 4 includes all the survey responses and shows the serial number grouping for Models 50, 70, and 90. We acquired data from almost 170 radios or about .03 percent of the total made. Even with this small sampling, we can see evidence that the numbers were issued for various model in batches. Usually where there is a group of model 70s, for example, there will be no Model 90s.
There were two exceptions in which there was a Model 90 tucked in with a group of Model 70s. One is in the 168000 range when Philco was first introducing these new models to the public. Another is in the B35000 range when the company was starting to make the first Type 3 Model 90s. For more detailed analysis
and individual model characteristics, please refer to the original May, 1995 ARC article.
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Maybe it's just that I'm not a fan of luke-warm shrimp, but this didn't work out for me. The broth is a little too salty at the end to really turn it into something useful afterwards and the shrimp don't take on enough of the flavor. I guess as a base to build upon it's a good start, but sure not impressive by itself.
Great dish, I agree the shrimp need to be left in the marinade longer than suggested in the recipe. I followed that advice from the comments and was pleased! My Farmer's Market didn't have habanero or Scotch Bonnet, I substituted serrano chiles (hotter than jalapenos) and felt they came out well.
Great recipe, but if you have scotch bonnet peppers use those over the habeneros, gives a way more authentic taste.
Oh my! These were incredible! This is the best peel and eat we have ever had. Be sure to SMASH the garlic, or you could lose some of the flavor. I used home grown habaneros and they were balistic!! We will make this many more times. The serving size is listed as 4 - it made an entree size of 2 servings. We served with black beans and rice. Excellent!!!!!
My wife and I have been going to Jamaica for 10 years. A highlight of the trip is always the shrimp ladies near Savanna la Mar. Can't stop eating them! This Recipe is the real deal. We've made the recipe 4 times now and have NEVER had leftovers! A couple of hints: Mince the garlic very finely instead of using a garlic press....it will not be as bitter. And wear gloves for cutting the Scotch Bonnets so you don't burn your fingers from the capsicum. Shrimp, peas and rice, Red Stripe......Yah Mon.
This recipe is outstanding! Be careful with the hot peppers though if the recipe is used for a party. Many guests did not like the hot-hot-hot flavor. Next time I will use Jalapeno peppers. They are not as hot.
This recipe is fabulous. We did this for a cocktail party. The cooks in the kitchen were eating the shrimp straight from the pan and commented "we should live this in the kitchen" just for us! Followed the recipe exactly.
Like the previous reviewer, I too have had the pleasure of sampling these shrimp at the source in Westmoreland, and actually read this issue of Gourmet while on my honeymoon in Negril! This recipe brings us back great memories of our trip. I use 4 minced jalapenos instead of the scotch bonnets (I'm a wuss), reduce the water to 1.5c, and use a few good dashes of ground allspice instead of whole berries. Excellent snacking!
We've vacationed in Negril Jamaica several times. A highpoint of the trip has always been a trip to Savannah La Mar to but from the pepper shrimp ladies. Been looking for a recipe for years. THIS IS IT! The picture is exactly how hey are sold. The broth is no intended to go over rice. Serve this with Jamaican Peas (beans) and rice and a bucket of cold Red Stripes. Yah Mon!!!!
My husband loved the taste of the shrimp. I liked it, but made the mistake of serving it over white rice with some of the broth. The broth was too watery. Next time, I would strain the shrimp and serve it without the broth. I would also chop the peppers instead of halving them so that you get a little taste in every bite.


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No, Ben didn't throw the game, but I had to throw UP a couple times DURING the game.
No, Ben didn't throw the game, but I had to throw UP a couple times DURING the game.
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Throw the game? Nonesense
no...bad OL will cause these types of problems....
I rewatched parts of the game. It looks just as bad today as it did yesterday.
Ben is my favorite NFL player. He is also the biggest drama queen in NFL history. First his mini feud with Cowher. Then the same with Whiz. Then the over-playing of injuries. I watched Ben get his facemask removed on a stretcher vs Cleveland only to be fine and play shortly after. Its always something. Its always been something.
Those fumbles were horrendous. I would love to think Ben wouldnt do that. His history makes me wonder. One thing I know for sure is there was a big part in that game where every member of this team looked like they would rather be anywhere else.
I thought it looked like that too. But when you watch the replay you realize the Bear guy punched the freaking thing out of his hands and made it look like he flipped it backwards.
Way to much pressure all game. Near impossible to win a professional game with that level of O line play. Actually, the interior of the line, while not flawless, was at least decent.
We got beat up the middle. We got beat outside. The lines problems are bigger than just the tackles.
This is what I was mentioning in another thread, Ben can't even rely on the pressure coming form the same place two consecutive plays, let alone rely on the line to actually give him a second or two and when they do provide time he's probably shocked. The line is so bloody erratic that it makes for near impossibility to play behind it. At least, if one side could play consistently okay Ben can worry about the other, but he needs to look and see where the jail break will come from before he can even begin to read routes. It's a mess up front and what's with rotating Beachum and Gilbert? At first, I thought, good they made a decision right or wrong they've benched Gilbert, then I look up on the next play or series and he's in the GD game. WTF?
1.30) Taco Charlton, DE, Michigan (McKinley or Williams)
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The referee said that you hit Brian Sipe too hard. Did you hit him too hard?
I hit him as hard as I could - Jack Lambert
Ben missed plenty of passes over the last two games especially...
Ben can easily protect himself by completing some of those passes...
Ben didn't throw the game but he looked like crap for the 2nd week in a row.
The o-line wasn't that bad and they weren't that good. There is no excuse for Ben including the normal scapegoats (i.e. Haley and o-line).


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The wait for laughs lasts the entire length of "Waiting ...," first feature from writer-director Rob McKittrick. What talented B-list mainstream thesps like Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris are doing in this C-grade timekiller is a mystery. Even more mysterious is pic's braving theatrical waters when it practically screams "rental."
The wait for laughs lasts the entire length of "Waiting …," first feature from writer-director Rob McKittrick that aims to be a "Clerks"-type comedy set in a chain restaurant but ends up somewhere below a "Porky's" sequel. What talented B-list mainstream thesps like Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris are doing in this C-grade timekiller is a mystery. Even more mysterious is pic's braving theatrical waters when it practically screams "rental." Hardtop career will be drive-through speedy, with ancillary likelier to cash in on project's appetizing-enough appearance.
Plotless series of tepid gags is set during one afternoon-to-closing shift at Shenanigan'z Bar & Grill, a middlebrow eatery in the vein of Applebee's or Sizzler. This is the first day at work for high school-age trainee Mitch (John Francis Daley), whose nonplussed reactions are meant to underline just how wild 'n' wacky the staff here is. Waitpersons are led by snarky, underage-womanizing Monty (Reynolds), his cynical onetime g.f. Serena (Faris), his nice-guy housemate Dean (Justin Long), latter's equally nice on/off g.f. Amy (Kaitlin Doubleday), foul-mouthed Naomi (Alanna Ubach), and neurotic Calvin (Patrick Benedict). Their manager is older, dorky Dan (David Koechner), who wields his puny power with a heavy hand while desperately trying to be everyone's pal. Staff includes cranky horn dog cooks led by Raddimus (Luis Guzman), psychiatric wisdom-dispensing dishwasher Bishop (Chi McBride), hot lesbian bartender Tyla (Emmanuelle Chriqui), and very-nearly-legal Natascha (Vanessa Lengies), who teases every guy into a Lolita-jonesing lather. Twenty-two-year-old Dean is offered an underwhelming "promotion" to assistant manager by Dan the same day he learns a former classmate has just gotten his degree in electrical engineering. Should he bail before what started out as an after-school job turns into a dead-end, life-sucking-dry "career"? You can guess where that strand is headed, and there's precious little surprise — let alone comic invention — in the parade of obnoxious customers, bad tippers and employee revenge tactics (spitting in food, etc.) that consume remaining screentime. Of course, how high can one's hopes be raised by a movie whose central running gag revolves around something called "the penis-showing game"? (Interestingly, eventual fleeting close-ups of both male and female private parts suggest the MPAA "R" smiles upon comedy genitalia, recoiling from equally brief but "serious" anatomical exposure, as in concurrent unrated "Where the Truth Lies.") Puerile, inert and drab, "Waiting …" makes "Car Wash" look like a classic ensemble workplace comedy by comparison. Allowing for possibility that feature may have been sitting around for a while (it sports a 2004 copyright), it still surprises that Reynolds had nothing better to do than more-or-less reprise his "Van Wilder" character here. Apart from one outburst in which she cuts him down to size, Faris is entirely wasted. She does, however, get two lines that nail the film's most loutish tendencies: Calling the boys' behavior "an exercise in retarded homophobic futility," and cracking "If you guys go five minutes without referencing your genitals, I'll be amazed." Rest of the cast would be funny if they had anything to be funny about. Even the wigger riffing of perfectly cast Max Kasch and Andy Milonakis — as teen busboys who annoy all with their stoned wannabe-gangsta posturing — is just mildly amusing because the script does nothing to freshen up a done-to-death satirical target. Shot in New Orleans — though the city isn't mentioned or its locations made the least use of — package is mediocre in every department. Queries as to its original shooting format (at times image looks vid-shot) went unanswered.Waiting ...
A Lions Gate Films release of an Eden Rock Media, Element Films and Wisenheimer Films production. Produced by Jeff Balis, Rob Green, Stavros Merjos, Jay Rifkin, Adam Rosenfelt. Executive producers, Thomas Augsberger, Paul Fiore, Chris Moore, Sam Nazarian, Malcolm Petal, Marc Schaberg, Jonathan Shestack. Co-producers, Chris Fenton, Dean Shull, Randy Winograd. Directed, written by Rob McKittrick.
Camera (color), Matthew Irving; editors, Andy Blumenthal, David Finfer; music, Adam Gorgoni; music supervisor, Pete Soldinger; production designer, Deborah Herbert; art director, Morgan Blackledge; set decorator, Raymond Pumilia; costume designer, Jillian Kreiner; sound (DTS/Dolby Digital/SDDS), Stew Bernstein, Scott Sanders, Richard Dwan; assistant director, Brian Pitt; casting, Anne McCarthy, Jay Scully, Amy Staub, Tommy Staub. Reviewed at Variety Club Screening Room, San Francisco, Sept. 26, 2005. MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 93 MIN.
Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long, David Koechner, Luis Guzman, Chi McBride, John Francis Daley, Kaitlin Doubleday, Patrick Benedict, Alanna Ubach, Vanessa Lengies, Max Kasch, Andy Milonakis, Dane Cook, Jordan Ladd, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Wendie Malick, Monica Monica, Travis Resor, J.D. Evermore, Clay Chamberlain, Skyler Stone, Melissa Morgan, Don Brady.


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Stephen Luce
Stephen Bleecker Luce | |
Admiral Stephen B. Luce, USN
Born | Albany, New York |
March 25, 1827
Died | July 28, 1917 Newport, Rhode Island |
(aged 90)
Place of burial | St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, Rhode Island |
Allegiance | United States |
Service/branch | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1841–1889 |
Rank | Rear Admiral |
Commands held | USS Nantucket Training Squadron Newport North Atlantic Squadron Naval War College |
Battles/wars | Mexican-American War American Civil War |
Stephen Bleecker Luce (25 March 1827 – 28 July 1917) was a U.S. Navy admiral. He was the founder and first president of the Naval War College, between 1884 and 1886.
Born in Albany, New York to Dr. Vinal Luce and Charlotte Bleecker, Stephen B. Luce was one of the Navy's outstanding officers in many fields, including strategy, seamanship, education, and professional development. He is best known for being the founder of the Naval War College. In 1854 Luce married Elizabeth Henley, who was a grand niece of Martha Washington, wife of President George Washington. Their children included daughter Caroline (1857-1933), who became the wife of Montgomery M. Macomb, a Brigadier General in the United States Army.[1]
Luce entered the Navy, at the age of 14, on October 19, 1841 as a midshipman. He was instructed at the Naval School in Philadelphia until the newly instituted United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland was opened in 1845. He graduated from the Academy in 1848 and was warranted as a passed midshipman to date from August 10, 1847. He was promoted to lieutenant on September 15, 1855.
Luce served with the Atlantic coast blockaders during the American Civil War, and commanded the monitor Nantucket at the siege of Charleston, South Carolina. He was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1862. He was assigned to the US Naval Academy in Newport, RI from January 1862 to October 1863. In 1862, while serving as head of the Department of Seamanship at the U.S. Naval Academy, he prepared one of the first seamanship textbooks used by the Academy. During the war he also commanded the USS Sonoma (1862), USS Canandaigua (1862) and USS Pontiac (1864).[2]
He was promoted to commander in 1866.
After the Civil War, Luce organized the Navy's apprentice training program to prepare seamen and petty officers for fleet duty. He was promoted to captain in December 1872 and served at the Boston Navy Yard until 1875. He commanded the USS Hartford from November 1875 to August 1877. From August to December 1877 Captain Luce was inspector of training ships. From January 1878 to February 1881 he commanded the training ship USS Minnesota.
He was promoted to commodore, in 1881 and commanded the US Navy Training Squadron in Newport from April 1881 to June 1884.[2]
While in command of the Training Squadron, Luce developed and implemented the apprentice training program - the first formal program for training enlisted sailors for service in the Navy. Luce's plan was to have bright and healthy young men (in the age range of 14 to 17 years old) serve a three-year apprenticeship with the Training Squadron during which they received an academic education as well as hands on training to learn various seamanship skills.
The "boys", as the apprentices were officially referred to, were typically enlisted by their parents until they would reach the age of 21 whereupon they could decide if they wished to extend their service in the Navy. Previously, the Navy had taken recruits with no prior experience and all training of enlisted sailors was "on the job". The problem with this approach was that many recruits lacked the discipline and skills necessary to be useful to the Navy. Luce's vision from the apprentice program was to develop sailors who were fully trained and accustomed to navy life prior to joining the fleet. The program ended when the United States entered the First World War in 1917 as the Navy needed to train sailors rapidly for service during the war.
From July to September 1884 Luce commanded the North Atlantic Squadron with the USS Tennessee as his flagship.
Based on Luce's urgings and exhaustive reports, the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, was established 6 October 1884 with Luce as its first president. In 1885 he was promoted to rear admiral, and in 1886 he was succeeded as president by Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, whose writings had greatly influenced the Navy's decision to establish the War College.
Luce was also instrumental in starting the U.S. Naval Institute and its publication, Proceedings. He served as the Institute's president from 1887 to 1898.
From June 1886 to February 1889 Luce commanded the North Atlantic Squadron with the USS Richmond as his flagship. This was his last assignment at sea before retiring, having reached the mandatory retirement age of 62, on 25 March 1889.
Despite being retired, Luce continued his interest in the improving the efficiency of the Navy. He returned to the War College in 1901 and served for nearly a decade as a faculty member. He finally retired in November 1910 at the age of 83.[2]
Luce belonged to several military societies. In 1894 Luce joined the Aztec Club of 1847, a military society of officers who had served during the Mexican War, and served as its president from 1910 to 1911.
He joined the Military Order of Foreign Wars (MOFW) and became the founding commander of the Rhode Island Commandery of the MOFW in 1900. He was also a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (insignia number 13,113) and the Naval Order of the United States.
In 1901 he was elected to the board of directors of the Redwood Library in Newport.[3]
Luce was an active member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was a vestryman of All Saints Memorial Chapel in Newport, Rhode Island and was also a parishioner of St. John's Episcopal Church in Newport where he served as a vestryman and as a warden.
Death and burial[edit]
Luce died on 28 July 1917[2] and was buried in the churchyard of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.[4][5]
Note – Much of the above information can be found in Luce's obituary in The New York Times on July 29, 1917. Another excellent source is Dictionary of Admirals of the U.S. Navy. Vol. 1, 1862-1900. pp. 100–101.
In 1863 David Van Nostrand published Stephen Luce's textbook Seamanship which is now available from Google Books. It was prepared for use at the United States Naval Academy. A new edition was prepared in 1905.
In Dec. 1891, The North American Review published Luce's paper The Benefits of War. The paper is now available from JSTOR.
He also edited The Patriotic and Naval Songster (1883).[6]
Dates of Rank[edit]
Reference – U.S. Navy Register, 1899. p. 70.
- Midshipman – 19 October 1841
- Passed Midshipman – 10 August 1847 (Note - Some sources state 10 August 1848.)
- Lieutenant – 16 September 1855 (Note - Some sources state 15 September 1855.)
- Lieutenant Commander – 16 July 1862
- Commander – 25 July 1866
- Captain – 28 December 1872
- Commodore – 25 November 1881
- Rear Admiral – 5 October 1885
- Retired list – 25 March 1889
- Retired on active duty - 13 February 1901
- Final retirement - November 1910
Three ships have been named USS Luce in his honor.
The United States Naval Academy and the Naval War College both have buildings named Luce Hall in his honor.
The auditorium at the former Naval Training Center, San Diego, California named Luce Auditorium, constructed 1941.[7] The library at the State University of New York Maritime College is the Stephen B. Luce Library.[8]
There is a memorial window at St. John's Episcopal Church in Newport in Luce's honor.
The is a plaque in honor of Admiral Luce at the corner of Kay Street and Rhode Island Avenue in Newport.
Military offices | ||
Preceded by George H. Cooper |
Commander-in-Chief, North Atlantic Squadron 26 June 1884–20 September 1884 |
Succeeded by James E. Jouett |
Preceded by none |
President of the Naval War College 1884-1886 |
Succeeded by Alfred Thayer Mahan |
Preceded by James E. Jouett |
Commander-in-Chief, North Atlantic Squadron 18 June 1886–28 January 1889 |
Succeeded by Bancroft Gherardi |
- ^ White, James Terry (1967). The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. 20. New York: J. T. White. p. 212.
- ^ a b c d "Luce". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ New York Times. August 25, 1901.
- ^ "USS Luce (DL-7/DLG-7/DDG-38)". navsource.org. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ Stephen Bleecker Luce at Find a Grave
- ^ New International Encyclopedia
- ^ "Luce Auditorium/Future Civic Arts & Culture Center". sandiego.gov. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- ^ "Stephen B. Luce Library". sunymaritime.edu. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- 1827 births
- 1917 deaths
- Members of the Aztec Club of 1847
- Presidents of the Naval War College
- American university and college presidents
- Union Navy admirals
- United States Navy admirals
- People from Albany, New York
- People of New York in the American Civil War
- United States Naval Academy alumni
- Naval War College faculty
- American military writers
- United States Navy personnel of the Mexican–American War


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I upgraded to the T4i from a T3i. I was optimistic given the reviews, and after a few days of use am happy with the decision. Basically, Canon bred the T3i with the 60D, threw in some brand new features, and the result is a very powerful camera. The sensor has been updated to permit continuous autofocus during video. I don't have an STM lens yet, but it works just fine with my 24-105mm L. Although I rarely shoot in Live View, the ability to pick your focus point by touching the screen is great. The touchscreen is very responsive and very helpful for changing settings quickly. The T4i picks up the shutter mechanism and autofocus points from the 60D. Five fps is noticably faster than 3.7 in the T3i, and with a UHS-1 card I am getting 7-8 shots per burst in RAW. The new Digic 5 processor seems to add a lot, it has 6x the processing power as the Digic 4 chip. My low light sunset pictures have much less noise, the clarity is amazing. Best of all, all of my T3i accessories work with the T4i. My Canon battery grip and remote and wired shutter releases carry right over. I've seen some reviews online that claim the improvements over the T3i are slight, but I disagree. While outward appearances are almost identical, the guts of this camera have been significantly upgraded on all fronts. Good job, Canon!
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I've been a Canon user since I was a kid who fell in love with films and cinema. I used to steal my fathers 8mm Canon camcorder to make "films" with my friends. I've since progressed to Canon Super 8 camera, Canon miniDV, Canon HDV, and finally Canon HDSLR. I've never had a camera that was not Canon, and I've had every generation of Canon video cameras except for the Cinema EOS which I cannot possibly afford. I could almost make a Canon museum. I am now a fimmaker, an independent filmmaker as they tend to classify us nowadays. Recently, I bought a 650D, as soon as it came out, even before there were tests on the internet. I had a 600D and that was good but had some issues in video mode so I presumed that because of the new processor in 650D there would be no line skipping (and no moire and aliasing) and that maybe image quality would be somewhat better, especially in the details. It is a new generation of camera after all so it should be better in some ways. I have enormous trust in this company and I thought, "there's no way Canon would let the competition take over the DSLR video market. There's no way Canon is going to stand and watch while the competition is getting better and better. If others have made cameras with less moire and aliasing then Canon will certainly match that and go a few steps further as always!" When I came home I was disappointed to find out that the image quality in video mode was almost the same as 600d, if not exactly the same, minus the crop mode. Having been a Canon user for my entire life I am bitterly disappointed that Canon would launch a camera in 2012 that has no image quality improvements (in video mode) over the 550d which was launched in early 2010, especially when pocket sized mirrorless cameras now have better picture quality in video than many DSLRs, with much less moire and aliasing issues. It also hurts me to see that the new 650d got a processor from their compact line of cameras instead of getting the new Digic 5+. I was not expecting this from Canon. Yes, I understand that this is a stills camera and that if I want a video camera I should buy a Cinema EOS. But as a young independent low budget professional filmmaker who is starting out I cannot possibly afford a Cinema EOS, even the C100. So, it is of vital importance for Canon to keep up and be better than the competition who also make still cameras but in their last generation they have resolved many problems with video such as moire, aliasing and line skipping. Still, I didn't go for their products, I went for Canon out of loyalty, and what I expect is to get that loyalty from Canon too. Because if they stop being loyal to me (when I say me I mean customers like me) I'll have no reason to be loyal to them. If I, for example, have a Canon DSLR as a filmmaker who is starting out I will through time acumulate Canon lenses, and equipment and then after a while when I am able to afford a more expensive camera I'll buy the Cinema EOS because of all the lenses that I would have aIumulated by then. If however Canon decides to stop developing video in DSLRs and people like me buy another brand camera instead, the chances are then that when they progress they'll go for that brand's professional level camera and Canon will have lost them forever. So as they lose the entry level filmmaker they'll lose a potential Cinema EOS customer. Meanwhile, I will keep the 650D, but please Canon do something serious with it with a firmware update. I also understand that because the 7D is still not replaced you cannot allow an entry camera to have better video than the current 7D but at least give us video without line skipping, at least that because we know that the new processor is capable of doing that. Please! It is a very good stills camera though, I cannot argue with that. I quite enjoy it for photography!
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By Chuck in AZ
from Tucson, AZ
Comments about Canon EOS Rebel T4i Digital SLR Camera With 18-135mm Lens:
I replaced a Canon XTi with this one and I was surprised at how much sharper my images are as I mainly got it for the new features. I liked the idea of a touch screen but quickly learned that was the worst thing they ever added. After a couple of outings where I accidentally screwed up my images from resetting the camera by bumping the screen with out knowing it, I quickly disabled that feature (once from RAW to small images). I do like the live view with the multi-angle screen so I can see it from many angles. I also do not use the video so I wish that I had not purchased the STM lens as it does a great job on auto focus but that is at the expense of manual focus. You have to turn the focus ring so many revolutions that, for practical purposes, it doesn't have manual focus. A few times it has locked up for no apparent reason and the only way to reset is to remove the battery. One trivial thing, I wish the sound of the shudder release was more substantial as it sounds rather cheap. Over all, it takes great daytime pictures and some (with luck) at night but the auto focus doesn't work on stars and neither does the manual focus. One previous reviewer stated he wished he could put date on the front. I can't even imagine doing that with a serious camera and serious photos. That is what the metadata is for (or point and shoot cameras).
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Upgraded from T3i
By Spencer
from Lilburn, GA
Great camera for taking personal photos. Not looking be be professional but the images are spectacular. I added a battery grip for extra capacity and bought a 45 mb card. I still had to refer to website support to obtain my 5 frames p.second. The self help and reference are awesome! This camera and it's lenses are a little pricey but worth the investment. Our kids play sports and we can reach out and touch them from the sidelines. It requires a trip to the library to grasp all the functions, but it wouldn't be worth it without all the bells and whistles. I hope to purchase a 28-250 IS lens to keep me from constantly changing lenses.
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By Steviewonder
from Atlanta, Georgia
I had an XTI with lenses so I did an upgrade with the T4i Body only. All lenses work very well. Bought Class 10 32GB Memory cards for the camera. Am using the camera in Manual for Video as my lenses are not STM, which is a silent focus lens. Video is really sharp. Stills snap out at you. Have not had to do much post processing except cropping so far. Build quality is very good with very good fit and finish. Using an aftermarket Battery Grip unit that holds 2 batteries. Also bought aftermarket batteries that have 1700MA capacity versus the 1100 that comes from Canon. Two of these batteries is 3X the single Canon battery
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missing important feature
By AZ Cowboy
from Sun City West, AZ
After purchasing camera I discovered it can not put "date taken' on the front of the picture. I am retired, take lots of long trips and hundreds of pics on each trip. My other camera applies 'date taken' to the front of my pics., I download them to my PC and when I view them the 'date taken' info is very helpful. With the T4i, it downloads the pics to my PC without "date taken' on front of pic. After the download I must then use Canon ImageBrowser EX software to manually add "date taken" to each pic. This is a VERY time consuming task, can often take several hours.I The Canon software developers seem to have dropped the ball, I am certain it would be simple to make this feature available. When I use my T4i I ask myself "do I really want this pic, if I do then I know in advance I am going to be hunched over my PC using Canon Imagebrowser to complete a task that should have happened when I snapped the pic.
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noise on the video
By LOUIE
from NEW YORK
The lens makes way to much noise on the video.. It is so bad I will not take a video with it.. That is the only thing that I do not like about this camera..
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Smart and fast
By 1Dlover
from București, Ro
EOS 650D is smart, fast, and has a semi pro image quality. I use it as 1Ds mk2 cropping partner.
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By Pilcrow
from utah
I was one of the first people to review this camera on here. Now after owning it sense july. I must add, I still love this camera! There is only one thing I don't like about it still. I wish you where able to record while digitally zoomed in 5x or 10x. This option is available on the canon 60D and it comes in handy a lot during distance recordings. So I hope and wish canon would release an updated firmware that will activate this option. I also wish they would update the aperture feature. I usually shoot with 5.6. leaving the background blurry. But Lately I been wanting to get the whole scene in focus. Even with the aperture at 40. There is still a large portion of the scene that is blurred and there isn't much difference between 5.6 and 40. Canon, hook us up with a firmware update already! Thank you!
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Great first DSLR
By benmej
from Orange County, CA
This camera is perfect for beginners. It is very easy to use and is a powerful tool for the art of photography. I am learning a lot through this camera and it is preforming very well.
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Exceeds expectations
By g man
from Houston, TX
To whom it may concern: This is the best camera I've experienced using. I have to thank you for the design, it's ease of use and photographic qualities, I stretched the personal budget to optain it, it has not disapointed me, again Thank you.
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Lock lens?
By PalaDolphin
from Saint Paul, MN
The 18-135mm IS STM comes with no documentation. So, when I used the EOS Rebel T4i Instruction Manual to look up what the Lock button on the lens does, it is nowhere to be found. None of the other lenses I bought had it. It appeared to do nothing. I discovered its use accidentally. The button only slides when in its in its widest position. Once locked, you can no longer zoom. That's all it does. It doesn't lock in any position, only in its widest position. There is no documentation for this feature.
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