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It can be quicker and easier to sequence a genome than to analyze the resulting data—now one startup thinks it has a solution to this data-crunching bottleneck.
The genomic data generated from next-generation sequencing machines doesn't amount to much more than alphabet soup if it's not subjected to significant computational processing and statistical analysis. For the data to be useful, the trick is to turn those As, Ts, Gs, and Cs into a manageable description of disease risks and other genetic predispositions. That requires a lot of computational power and time—already a significant bottleneck for some genomic analysis companies (see Bases to Bytes, May/June, 2012).
Several companies are looking to the cloud as a way to help them analyze all the data. The idea is that researchers can send their data to a Web-hosted analysis service that will process raw data into a genetic profile. However, the data files generated by sequencing machines are so massive (see "Bases to Bytes," March/April 2012) that the mundane issue of uploading large files to the cloud becomes its own issue. The strategy of a Redwood City, California-based startup called Bina Technologies is to divide and conquer: give customers an in-house data-crunching machine that will turn a mountain of raw sequence into easily shared genetic profiles. Those profiles can then be quickly uploaded to Bina Technologies' cloud-hosted site for data management, sharing, and aggregation.
The group plans to sell its so-called "Bina Box" preloaded with software that can reduce the 300 gigabytes or so of raw data from a human genome into a few hundred megabytes of genetic information. The box will upload the compressed dataset to Bina's cloud service for storage, sharing, and further analysis. The Bina Box can do the initial heavy lifting and make the data small enough to send to the cloud, says Narges Bani Asadi, founder of Bina.
Bina Technologies says its system does this initial processing of genomic data at speeds that are orders of magnitude faster than tools made available by the Broad Institute, the MIT-Harvard joint genome center. What takes about a week using the Broad's genome variation analysis pipeline on a high-end eight-core machine on Amazon's cloud can be done in about two hours on a Bina Box, says Asadi. The company expects to publish a full description of its comparison to other analysis pipelines in the coming months.
Bina Technologies plans to work with a few genomics groups as part of a pilot test phase for its system. One group in early conversation with Bina Technologies is Foundation Medicine, a Cambridge, Massachusetts, cancer genomics company (see "Foundation Medicine: Personalizing Cancer Drugs," March/April 2012). While the team responsible for prepping samples and generating raw sequence data has been able to scale up its processes to meet demand, the same is not true for the computational analysis, says Maureen Cronin, senior vice president of research collaborations with Foundation Medicine, and an advisor to Bina Technologies. She says all the data streaming off Foundation Medicine's sequencing machines has "created quite a computational problem."
To be certain of the mutations they identify, says Cronin, Foundation Medicine sequences a patient's genome at an average of 500X coverage—that is, every one of the three billion base pairs in the human genome is replicated about 500 times. This raw data, billions of short blips of the genome, each a few dozen base pairs in length, must then be processed into longer chromosomal sequences. This "assembly" process is followed by a comparison of an individual's genome to a standard of reference—the result of the human genome project. All this must happen before any clinical interpretation of a tumor or other genome can even begin. "It's an incredibly computationally intensive process," says Cronin.
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UNIVERSITY OF AIREAL DYNAMICS (UAD) DEPARTMENT OF TURBULENCE (LIQUID AND GASEOUS) BOWLSHIRT CREEK, NORTHWEST CENTRAL QUAD Well things are starting to brighten up here on the banks of the beautiful Bowlshirt! And the O'l Doc has had mud up to his a... ah, elbows from muckin around in the depths, workin the old kick screen, turnin over rocks, tryin to see what in the blazes Trout eat! Yeah, I know that they eat bugs, I mean I'm the Bug Doc! It says so right on my lab coat. I was on a quest to find out just what kind, and how many. While going through my vast library of books and papers on the subject, I ran across the latest Surfing issue, with a piece on page 139 pertaining to Silverfish.....very interesting I must say. But I am getting side tracked, so lets get back to the subject at hand. Non-Anadromus (or in this case "local kine") fish populations around the world have a rather small feeding area compared to the greater land mass in general. Hence the food distribution system is small, and the fish have tuned into that adapting to a precise diet. In my research, I concentrated on 3 particular studies. 2 were done here in the U.S. and the other in New Zealand. The first by noted Research Fishery Biologist William R. Meehan written in 1996 and called Influence of Riparian Canopy on Macroinvertebrate Composition and Food Habits of Juvenile Salmonids in several Oregon Streams, showed that over a 3 year period "all aquatic sample types, including fish stomachs, confirmed that Diptera and Ephemeroptera were the predominant invertebrates". The fish stomach numbers are as follows: Diptera - 18,774 Ephemeroptera - 11,237 Tricoptera - 4,767 Homoptera - 4,010 Plecoptera - 3,359 In a similar study by M. Dedual and K.J. Collier, Aspects of juvenile Rainbow Trout diet in relation to Food Supply during the summer in lower Tongariro River, New Zealand, for The Department of Conservation in New Zealand, the study confirmed that the stomach contents consisted of a whoping 74% Diptera! The only difference here being that Tricoptera was second at 19% and Ephemeroptera third at 6%. The third study I think ties this all together, and was NOT conducted on fish. Called Nutrient and Energetic Charictaristics of Sweepnet Collected Invertebraytes by Robel, Press, Henning, Johnson, Blocker and Kemp of Kansas State University, this study was conducted on....BIRDS! And heres the deal. Diptera was part of there diet too! Both Fish and Fowl have the same intrest in mind when it comes to food. Both will "Maxamize there net energy and chose there diet accordingly". This "Energy" derived from a particular food source, will directly effect the growth and health of the offspring. Animals have "Common" and "Prefered" food items, the latter being chosen for fat, or other particular content, Fat being the one that gives the most energy! Same food, Two different Species, same outcome!!!! I LOVE THIS! It just goes to show how important the balance of ALL Natures actions are to each other. In conclusion, even though the fish have a narrow window for feeding, It is the same window that other animals rely on, just on a smaller scale. The Bug Doctor THIS ENDS THIS TRANSMISSION |
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have these been confirmed as legit? I really hope not...
btw do most games like these follow the anime story to the letter or do they have alternate endings and such? Because if these spoilers are true then we're in for one downer ending...
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side note: I don't know where to post but it just occured to me that none of the lead suits in this arc are in traditional lead color. even the age 1 due to it's armor in contrast the main lead gundam has the traditional one.
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It looks like those spoilers come from the post of almost 10 people and there are many conflicts between them especially about Zera Gin's fate and the final battle. |
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Ya know, it is possible some of these spoilers might just be for the game. Level 5 had to have known that the game would spoil the show because it releases like 3 weeks before the show finishes. They might have changed some things.
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As long as Asemu doesn't die and whips Zehearts hind parts I'm cool! It's kinda of poetic justice really for Asemu to put Old Purple Down. And I have to ask this question. Does Flit even love Emily?! You can look at AsemuXRomary and see there madly in love with each other. Flit doesn't even mention his Wife. I think she was his consulation prize after Yurin died.
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lets take that with a grain of salt, but lol, is that Sid strapped onto a MS's back?
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News from the 8th NIH Clinic for
Pediatric & Wildtype GIST
by Becky Bensenhaver
The 8th Pediatric and Wildtype GIST Clinic was held January 18th through 20th, 2012 at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The Clinic, which is held every six months, is a collaborative effort between clinicians, research scientists and advocates who share the goal of helping pediatric and adult Wildtype Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (WT GIST) patients. The Consortium for Pediatric and Wildtype GIST Research (CPGR), coordinated through the National Institutes of Health, was formed in 2008 to gather data and investigate what can be done to improve the outcome for WT GIST patients. The photo shows the participants in the 8th Clinic.
GIST originates from the pacemaker cells that produce the slow mechanical muscle contractions responsible for moving food through the digestive tract. Most GIST tumors have a mutation in either the c-KIT or Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor alpha (PDGFRA) gene. GIST tumors bearing either KIT or PDGFRA mutations are referred to as being KIT-mutant or PDGFRA-mutant GIST, respectively. 85% of children with GIST, and a small subset of adults with GIST (10-15%) do not have a mutation of either the KIT or PDGFRA genes. These patients are described as having Wildtype (WT) GIST. The term wild type refers to the fact that there are not any known KIT or PDGFRA gene mutations present, likening them more to the phenotype found in the wild or the natural population. KIT-mutant and PDGFRA-mutant GIST patients frequently have a very good response to imatinib (Gleevec) leading to a nice reduction in tumor growth or actual tumor shrinkage. Imatinib has been shown to be less effective with WT GIST.
So what have we learned since 2008?
Most GISTs are caused by KIT/PDGFRA mutations resulting in defects in growth factor receptors located on the cell surface; this makes the cell growth switch stay on all of the time. These GIST cells have an activating oncogene that can be likened to having a stuck accelerator in a car. In contrast, WT GIST cells do not possess the defective KIT or PDGFRA activating oncogene. Instead, the causal mechanism behind tumor growth appears to a defect of the tumor suppressor gene Succinate Dehydrogenase (SDH).
In WT GIST tumor cells the Succinate Dehydrogenase (SDH) protein is frequently nonfunctional. Patients who have KIT/PDGFRA-mutated GIST do not have impaired SDH function. When a stain for the "subunit B" part of this protein is applied to KIT/PDGFR-mutant tumor samples they turn brown, confirming the presence of Succinate Dehydrogenase B within the cells and normally functioning SDH. This is referred to as being SDH+ (SDH positive). Conversely, WT GIST tumor samples frequently display a deficiency of the protein Succinate Dehydrogenase subunit B. These SDH- (SDH negative) staining tumors do not turn brown, indicating a nonfunctional SDH protein in the cells. This biologic difference has led to speculation about treatment implications. The SDH-negative WT GIST patients appear to be less likely to respond to drugs such as imatinib. Some patients who are SDH-negative have mutations of the SDH subunit genes, but others do not.
Unlike KIT or PDGFRA, the SDH protein is located inside the mitochondria of the cell. It is part of the machinery that converts food into ready-to-use energy, known as the "Krebs cycle" or "citric acid cycle" or "cellular respiration." This is carried out through a sequential process that breaks down nutrients and transports them into the cells in order to extract the energy the cells need to grow and survive. During the process, an enzyme called Succinate Dehydrogenase (SDH) converts the metabolic by-product Succinate into Fumarate, and Fumarate Hydratase converts Fumarate into Malate. The circle continues to spin around in order to liberate all the energy from the nutrients. SDH-deficient patients are missing Succinate Dehydrogenase, resulting in an accumulation of Succinate during the energy conversion cycle.
Dr. Fernanda Arnaldez of NIH kindly provided this simplified illustration.
Meanwhile, while the cell is busy trying to get energy out of food, there are other things going on. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is normally a survival signal unleashed when cells are under low oxygen conditions (hypoxia). A build-up of Succinate caused by defective SDH enzyme activity will cause an aberrant build-up of HIF, even under normal oxygen levels, a situation referred to as "pseudohypoxia". Some of the downstream consequences of this include an accumulation of the growth factors VEGF and EGFR, leading to the oncogenic problem.
Dr. Fernanda Arnaldez of NIH kindly provided this simplified illustration.
How do we test this theory?
Scientists typically use a cell line for the particular type of cancer in question in order to test treatment hypotheses. Cell lines are cancer cells that are growing in the lab. Experiments can be conducted with them by exposing the cells to different reagents and conclusions can be drawn. Unfortunately, we do not have WT GIST cells lines available, although the scientists at NIH are working very hard to try to grow them. An alternative approach is to use an animal model, but there are none for GIST from which to draw conclusions. So the next available mechanism of scientific study involves the study of other types of tumors that behave in a similar way. There is a very specific type of kidney cancer where the protein that is absent is the next one down the energy transformation chain, Fumarate Hydratase (FH). When this is absent, Fumarate accumulates. As with Succinate, this build-up results in elevated HIF, VEGF, and EGFR, leading to proliferation of the cancerous tumors. Blocking of VEGF and EGFR appears to result in a striking reduction in tumor growth and survival. It is speculated that dual inhibition of the VEGF and EGFR proteins could likewise effectively inhibit growth of SDH-deficient GIST tumors.
How would we test this hypothesis?
Last year the drug Vandetanib received FDA approval for the treatment of medullary thyroid carcinoma. Vandetanib is an oral, dual inhibitor of VEGF and EGFR (as well as additional proteins that are important in other cancers). Pre-clinical data in the laboratory are encouraging, showing that SDH-deficient and FH-deficient cells stopped growing when exposed to the drug. A Phase I clinical trial has already been conducted at the NIH administering Vandetanib to children with medullary thyroid carcinoma, helping the process of designing a safe and effective trial dedicated to GIST patients. The side effects of Vandetanib included diarrhea, rash, nausea, high blood pressure, fatigue, and headache. The NIH Pediatric Oncology Division is striving to open a Phase II clinical trial of Vandetanib in children and adults with WT GIST and decreased SDH expression. It is hoped that this trial will be starting soon.
You can watch a video of the lecture given by Dr. Fernanda Arnaldez to the 8th clinic participants at this NIH link: The 8th NIH GIST Clinic Invitational Lecture
In this video Dr. Arnaldez discusses the proposed trial.


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Texas Instruments New OMAP(TM) 3 Architecture Will Spark Development of a New Class of Mobile Phones
Industry's Highest-performing Application Processor Boosts Entertainment and
Productivity Features
Feb 14, 2006, 00:00 ET from Texas Instruments Incorporated
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Offering a breakthrough in how a mobile phone can work for you, Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) today announced its new OMAP(TM) 3 architecture for mobile phones at a press conference at 3GSM World Congress. The OMAP 3 platform will transform the mobile phone into a personal and professional tool that allows consumers to integrate work and entertainment into one device. OMAP 3 application processors will power a new class of mobile phones that will improve entertainment and productivity features and integrate capabilities of cameras, gaming devices, portable video and music players, laptops and PDAs. TI's first OMAP 3-based device, the OMAP3430 processor, will be the industry's highest-performing application processor and is believed to be the first wireless processor to use 65-nanometer (nm) process technology. The OMAP3430 processor will sample this year (visit http://www.ti.com/omap3 for more information). "Cool consumer electronics products are migrating to the cellular platform, enabling consumers and business travelers to experience mobile entertainment and workplace productivity on the road," said Gilles Delfassy, senior vice president of TI's Wireless Terminals Business Unit. "New OMAP 3 processors will enable a radical change in how the mobile phone will be used, making it an indispensable work/life tool." The new OMAP 3 architecture will empower consumers with faster accessibility to databases, spreadsheets, presentations, e-mail, audio and video attachments, web browsing, and videoconferencing. OMAP 3 is the industry's first application processor platform to be based on the new ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-A8 superscalar microprocessor core, which delivers 3X more performance than the ARM11 core used in OMAP 2 processors. Combined with TI's DSP technology, the increased ARM performance boosts productivity and entertainment applications on the mobile phone, while maintaining power efficiencies expected in a handset. "TI's OMAP 2 platform took multimedia performance on mobile devices to a new level. The OMAP 3 platform is yet another major breakthrough in performance with the new ARM Cortex-A8 core," said Petri Haavisto, Vice President, Symbian Product Platforms, Nokia. "These new OMAP processors will enable the design of a new breed of mobile multimedia devices, combining state-of-the-art entertainment capabilities and laptop-like experience in a low-power handset class of products." OMAP3430 Processor Improves Imaging, Video and Graphics This new OMAP 3 processor will offer the first high-definition (HD)- quality player in a mobile phone processor, allowing users to download movies onto their phone and watch them on an HD monitor. The OMAP3430 processor also offers the first DVD-quality camcorder capability in a phone -- a 4X improvement from the OMAP2430 processor -- enabled by IVA(TM) 2+, a second- generation, power-optimized version of TI's imaging, video and audio accelerator used in TI's DaVinci(TM) technology. Leveraging the increased capabilities of the IVA 2+ accelerator, the chip will enable mobile phones to record and play movies at DVD quality for all popular standards, such as MPEG4, Windows Media Video 9 (VC-1), H.264 and RealVideo(R) 10, in addition to videoconferencing. The OMAP3430 processor will support all known mobile DTV decode standards worldwide, making it a perfect companion for TI's Hollywood (TM) mobile DTV chip. The OMAP3430 processor will also include S-video output support for higher quality video display on an external TV monitor or projector, enabling easy sharing of multimedia presentations. By leveraging the combination of ARM performance and 2D/3D graphics core, the OMAP3430 processor will further accelerate the rapid momentum of gaming applications in mobile phones. Capturing images at 12 megapixels with less than one second shot-to-shot delay, the OMAP3430 processor enables capabilities of today's highest performance point-and-shoot digital still cameras, a 2X improvement over the OMAP2430 processor. This is accomplished through the integration of a camera Image Signal Processor (ISP) to lower system cost and offer handset manufacturers differentiation in image quality. The OMAP3430 processor ISP is based on proven, high-quality TI digital still camera technology shipping in volume today and is optimized to address mobile imaging requirements. With the increased popularity of using mass storage devices for saving digital media, the OMAP3430 processor boasts fully compliant interfaces for seamless connectivity to even the largest hard-disk drive (HDD) devices. This enables the storage of 100s of hours of video, 1000s of hours of music and 1000s of photographs, transforming the handset into a digital library. OMAP3430 Processor Offers a Breakthrough in Power Management, Security The OMAP3430 processor is believed to be the industry's first application processor manufactured in 65-nm process technology. TI's leading-edge, low- power 65-nm process, in volume production today, delivers more processing performance for advanced applications without increasing power consumption. The OMAP3430 processor leverages TI's SmartReflex(TM) technologies to dynamically control voltage, frequency and power based on device activity, modes of operation, process technology and temperature variation, saving power. The OMAP3430 processor will also include TI's M-Shield(TM) advanced hardware and software security framework, which enables robust protection of high-premium copyrighted digital media content, secure protocol applications and e-commerce applications like ticketing, banking, brokering and shopping. M-Shield technology enables new value-added services and increased terminal security, allowing operators, content providers and manufacturers to secure sensitive assets and usage rights, protecting against revenue loss. TI's OMAP Ecosystem - Software, Applications and Support The OMAP3430 processor has been designed to support all major high-level operating systems (HLOS), including Linux(R), Symbian OS(TM), and Windows(R) Mobile. Like all of TI's OMAP processors, the OMAP3430 processor will be supported by the OMAP Ecosystem, which is comprised of the OMAP Developer Network and OMAP Technology Centers, a worldwide network of third-party software and hardware developers, as well as systems integrators, development tool providers and leading content providers. Availability TI's OMAP3430 multimedia processor is expected to sample in mid-2006, with volume production scheduled for 2007. For additional information regarding the OMAP3430 processor, please visit http://www.ti.com/omap3 . Texas Instruments - Making Wireless TI is the leading manufacturer of wireless semiconductors, delivering the heart of today's wireless technology and building solutions for tomorrow. TI provides a breadth of silicon and software and 15 years of wireless systems expertise that spans handsets and base stations for all communications standards, wireless LAN, Bluetooth, A-GPS, mobile TV and Ultra Wideband. TI offers custom to turn-key solutions, including complete chipsets and reference designs, OMAP(TM) application processors, as well as core digital signal processor and analog technologies built on advanced semiconductor processes. Please visit http://www.ti.com/wirelesspressroom for additional information. About Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com . Trademarks OMAP, DaVinci, Hollywood, SmartReflex, and M-Shield are trademarks of Texas Instruments. All registered trademarks and other trademarks belong to their respective owners. Safe Harbor Statement Statements contained in this press release regarding development in the wireless industry and other statements of management's beliefs, goals and expectations may be considered "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. The following factors and the factors discussed in TI's most recent Form 10-K could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements contained in this press release: development of alternative solutions, market demand. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release.
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I do sorta remember a handful of kids really liking reading, though. They were always talking about how reading allowed them to travel to different worlds and be other people and stuff. Of course, these were the type of kids that probably wished they could be anyone else almost daily, you know what I'm saying? Still, the pictures on some of those sci-fi novels they were reading looked pretty cool, so there's that.
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I *thought* about getting a placebo, and didn't get the flu.
I'm suggestible as hell.
I hope Research in Motion's Perimeter Institute takes off.
Perimeter Institute is unrelated and not part of Research in Motion. A substantial chunk of original funding and enthusiasm was provided by Mike Lazaridis.
Oh, and if you really need a line, next time someone says its cute, respond with, "Yeah, it's a 10-incher, just like my cock." Problem solved!
Wow! You've got a 10 inch rooster to match your laptop? Cool!
The difference is like driving a Porsche 911 after driving a pickup truck all your life.
You mean, beautiful, smooth, fast, elegant, and impractical?
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Author: Film Festival Team
Following our Best of the Fest announcement, we've done some scouring of the internet to find the most glittering reviews of the cream of the crop from EIFF 2016. Best of the Fest features our favourite films from the 70th edition of EIFF at the slightly cheaper price of £7. Winner winner popcorn dinner.
The EIFF 2016 staff have taken time out of their busy schedules to pick their favourite films from the festival thus far. In case you're feeling overwhelmed by the vast array of screenings on offer, we've collated a digestible breakdown that should make life a little easier for you.
Short film programmer Lydia Beilby offers a tantalising peek into some of the treasures contained within this year's programme.
Inside EIFF: Tips on Submitting Your Film
Emma van der Putten, Submissions Intern, talks about why she wanted to work at EIFF and gives some top tips on submitting your film to film festivals.
Focus on Mexico
Programme Advisor for our Focus on Mexico strand, Xose-Ramón Rivas, discusses Mexican films you can see during the last weekend of EIFF 2015.
World Premiere Animation at EIFF #McLarenAward
Our Animation Programmer Iain Gardner discusses the McLaren Award and asks filmmakers how they feel about premiering at EIFF.
Review: Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD
Forbidden Planet blogger Joe Gordon reviews Paul Goodwin's documentary Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD.
HiBrow Trilogy: New Free Cinema
Mark Cousins guest blogs for EIFF and introduces the HiBrow Trilogy.
The 'Dead By Dawn' Blog: Horror films from Ireland
Dead by Dawn, Scotland's International Horror Film Festival is delighted to be hosting the screenings of The Hallow at the EIFF this year and we want to show you why!
What does VHS mean to you?
Sean Welsh from Physical Impossibility guest blogs about three VHS related documentaries showing at EIFF 2015.
Comic fans, EIFF is calling
Forbidden Planet blogger Joe Gordon takes over the EIFF blog to explain the influence of comics and explains why he's looking forward to the documentary Future Shock! The Story of 2000 AD.
Masters of Animation at EIFF 2015
Our Animation Programmer Iain Gardner explains what to expect from the Masters of Animation series.
EIFF Visits Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinema.
EIFF programmer, Lydia Beilby, writes about her recent trip to the Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Canada
Don't Miss! Final Sunday Selection
Want to make your final EIFF Sunday a little more super? Look no further!
Here's our Sunday run-down to help you make some easy pickings on the final day of the Festival.
Don't Miss! Saturday Selection
Wondering what to do this weekend? EIFF 2014 has just begun! Our programme is packed with top films. Check out what's in store for you today and head on down to our Box Office!
Top Tweets! The First Few Days at EIFF
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Friday Night Films
Living for the weekend? Here are our selections for Friday night!
Smells Like Teen Spirit... Again!
The Teen Spirit strand, selected by the EIFF Young Programmers team, proudly portrays young people in a manner that is sensitive, warm and all encompassing. Let's take a closer look.
Get Connected!
EIFF kicks off in just a few days! Here are some ways that you can get involved at the Festival.
Iain Gardner's McLaren 2014
This off-season we've been taking you along with us to teach you about the process of putting EIFF together. Today our animation expert Iain Gardner is here to tell you more about the Fetival's long-standing association with animation pioneer Norman McLaren.
A Day in the Life with Guest Services
The Guest Services team at EIFF is responsible for looking after all of our special guests of the Fest. They ensure that everyone has a room and an itinerary, makes their appearances and perhaps most importantly isn't left behind at the airport! Emma Fyvie tells us how it's done.
A Day in the Life of a Techie
This year we've featured a selection of 'A Day in the Life' blog posts from various EIFF departments; our submissions viewers, the Industry team, and the programming department.
This week we'd like to introduce you to our unsung heroes: the Technical department! Here's Ali Blaikie on how they prepare for the Festival and how they work hard to keep our screenings running smoothly.
Throwback Thursday: David Cairns, Filmmaker & Attendee
David Cairns is a local filmmaker and long-time attendee of Edinburgh International Film Festival. We asked him to share some of his favourite experiences and memories from EIFF throughout the years. So, without further ado, here's David with his personal Top 5 Favourite EIFF ephemera!
A Day in the Life of a Short Film Programmer
Today on the EIFF blog we're continuing our FIlm Festival Team series, A Day in the Life! Here's are a few words from Lydia Beilby, the Short Film Programmer at the Festival, on how she and her team select the best short-form filmmaking to screen each June.
Twitter Competition T&Cs
Today we're running a quick-fire RT to win! Here are the Terms & Conditions.
A Day in the Life of a Marketing Placement
Recruitment for EIFF 2014 is currently open, and the Marketing team is looking for fresh blood! To give you a taste of what it's like to join the team, we invited Rosie Kew, a former Marketing Placement at the Festival to tell you what the job is all about.
A Day In The Life: The EIFF Industry Team
This year, we're bringing you more behind the scenes stories from the creation of Edinburgh International Film Festival than ever before. Today, let's hear it from the Industry team! Here's Holly Daniel with more.
EIFF Programming visits IDFA film festival
This year we're bringing you more behind-the-scenes stories from the festival-making process. Today EIFF documentary programmer Jenny Leask shares her experience from the IDFA film festival in Amsterdam.
Don't Miss! Super Sunday Picks
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Don't Miss! Saturday Selection
Wondering what to do this wet weekend? Remember, EIFF 2013 is not over yet. In fact the tail-end of our packed programme is bound to keep you busy (and dry) as we have saved some of our best films for last.
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It was a family affair on Sunday in Beverly Hills.
Grey's Anatomy star Ellen Pompeo's Twitter feed describes her as "Professional assistant to Stella Luna Ivery."
Stella Luna is Pompeo's 3-year-old daughter.
Over the weekend, Pompeo, hubby/music producer Chris Ivery and Stella stepped out at the first annual Children Mending Hearts event in Beverly Hills.
Guests including Kelly Preston, Hilary Duff, Topher Grace, Minnie Driver, Hailee Steinfeld, Kyle Richards, Jaime Chung, Josh Gad and Bryan Greenberg, among others, enjoyed a shopping event, with 100% of the proceeds going to to CMH, an organization devoted to global children's causes.
Kelly Preston presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Quincy Jones. Carson Meyer, daughter of Hollywood exec Ron Meyer, presented the Young Humanitarian of the Year award to Jade Iovine, daughter of music mogul and American Idol mentor Jimmy Iovine.
While Stella Luna looks shy in this shot, she wasn't shy in a photo her mom shared on Instagram before the event. Pompeo posted a cute photo of her daughter on Saturday sporting sunglasses and striking a confident pose. Mom wrote: "It's official. I've been outsassed."


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It always makes me happy to end the week with pink. After trying to strike it from my life, I've pulled a complete 180 and have embraced choosing it as a color for just about everything. So it seems fitting to wrap up this week with some gorgeous pink designs from Bonnie and Neil in Australia. From watercolor tea towels to printed pillows, they've got some beautiful pink options that are perfect for summer. I'd like to sew the tea towels into a dress and wear it to work every day, but until then, my kitchen will have to be content wearing them instead. If you want to check them out in more detail or place an order, you can see all of their latest designs right here.
I'm heading out a little early today because tomorrow is my 31st birthday. It looks like it's supposed to rain, so I'm going to end work early and soak up some sun in my neighborhood before the clouds roll in. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and I'll see you back here on Monday. xo, grace
Below is a summary of this week's highlights:
- After the Jump: Meg Mateo Ilasco Interview (mp3)
- Living In: Carrie
- City Guide: Twin Cities {UPDATE}
- Biz Ladies: 3 Steps to Kickstart Your Campaign
- DIY Projects: Copper Tubing Side Table
- Sneak Peeks: Pete & Bailey McCarthy, Jane Cameron of Fête Magazine, Annabelle Kerslake of Fête Magazine
- Before & After: Old Sailcloth Chairs & Curtains, Girl's Bedroom Turned Office, Full Home Transformation
- In the Kitchen With: The Best of Gluten-Free
- What's in Your Toolbox: Maura Ambrose
- Sewing 101: Reverse Applique Place Mats
- Artwork: Malissa Ryder, Michael Cina
- Misc.: Rollbahn Hot Pink Notebook, Color Wonderful at Leif, Hot Air Balloon Desk (aka the coolest desk ever), Geometry, Gadgets for Your Summer, New from Bold & Noble, Citrine Blocks, Weekday Carnival DIY Geometric Shade, Hand-carved Stamps: 50 of My Favorite
PINK PILLOWS! PRETTY pink pillows! You made my day with these.
I love how painterly these pillows are – definitely heading over to their website now to learn more!
Happy Birthday! Hope you enjoy the weekend and get some good weather!
Truly, madly in love. Thank you for sharing!! Just pinned a bunch of things from Bonnie and Neil. Happy weekend. xoxo
The happiest of birthdays, ever, to you, Grace……..
I love your blog.You inspire me to redecorate with all of the ideas you use with color.
Can't help but think it looks like someone spilled the gluten free ice cream from the last post onto your pillows. Oops! ;)
Why did I think that pink made me feel insecure? These are beautiful. Thank you.
those pillows are just what ive been looking for ~ thank you!
What's life without a little pink?! Love it!
A happy birthday to you, Stephie x
Love the watercolor pink…these are uber cool! Hope you had a fabulous birthday and thanks for sharing these pillows!


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How does she do it all?
I'm so glad that my children don't act like that.
Wow, her house is amazing!
How can they allow that in their home?
I'm clearly not as patient/kind/loving/pretty/thin/stylish/name-that-admirable-trait as that mom is.
How do they afford those vehicles?
Hmm. She *fill in the blank with a super-mom skill*. Maybe I should do that, too.
It must be nice to be able to afford a mother's helper at home!
And on and on and on it goes. Have you been there? I have. Are you there right now? Don't worry, I just might be, too.
Comparison is such a tricky thing.
I can't quite get into the mind of a man, but it certainly seems to me that as women, we are so prone to comparing ourselves to others.
I don't think this is always necessarily harmful. There have been many times when I have looked to more mature and experienced Christian women as examples. I've seen their strengths and they have helped me in my weaknesses. I've asked myself what I think they would do or how they might act in a certain situation to help me make the right choice. As they've followed Christ in their lives, I've been able to follow their example and benefit from it.
However, I've found myself much more likely to compare myself to someone else in a less-than-beneficial manner more often than I'd like to admit. Sometimes it's just a fleeting thought. Sometimes it's something that I think about for minutes or off and on for days. If I let it take root in my mind, I can start to build up a complex of ideas that either I'm inadequate, superior, or to be pitied, and all of those ideas are wrong.
My oldest daughter got caught up in some comparison the other day when we were going to visit a friend of mine. She's become good buddies with one of my friend's daughters, but on our recent get-together, another friend was joining us with her children. My little Miss L was so worried when she found out, and her insecurities echoed so strongly with what I still battle as a grown woman! What if she likes her more than me? Do you think that they will be best friends? What if I feel left out? What if she doesn't like me anymore? It took a lot of reassurance for her to feel confident in going, and thankfully her insecurities were quickly to put to rest as the day went on. But oh, how I could relate!
As a Christian woman, I want to walk humbly and fulfill the roles that God has planned for me. In our online world filled with beautiful Pinterest and Instagram pictures, innumerable and edifying blogs, constant Facebook updates and tweets, and limitless opportunities for hobbies, interests, and activities, it is so easy to feel like I could or should be doing more.
I have to constantly go back and remind myself to be faithful in what God has laid on my heart to do, and let other women be faithful in their callings. I don't believe that God has called me to have a huge blog following and post faithfully every morning, though I'm so very thankful for the outlet of blogging and the readers that join me. I don't believe that God wants our family to have a fully self-sustaining mini-farm operation at our home, though I do hope to eventually have some small animals to compliment our gardening. I don't believe that God has asked me to have a perfectly decorated home, though I do want to grow in that area and get rid of our everywhere-beige walls.
He's asked me to invest in my marriage, my children, my home, my church, and my community, both online and locally. He's asked me to fulfill His plans for all Christian women as laid out in His Word and to work to bless the vision my husband and I have for our unique family.
My calling is not your calling; and your calling is not mine. If we can all be faithful in what God has asked us to do, we can rejoice in each other's callings instead of building up unnecessary, and often false, feelings of insecurity or superiority. If I can remember to keep those thoughts of comparison in check, I am certain that it will only help me focus on working towards God's callings for my life. Would you like to join me in that effort?
Do you find yourself often comparing yourself to others? How do you feel this influences you?
Linking up at: Mama Moments, Better Mom Monday, Modest Monday, Teach Me Tuesday, Tuesday Baby Link Up, Titus 2sday, Encourage One Another, Healthy 2day Wednesday, Homemaking Link Up, Wise Woman Link Up, Simple Lives Thursday, Natural Living Link Up, Proverbs 31 Thursday, Hearts 4 Home, Fresh Bites Friday, and Weekend Whatever.


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Edible Flowers – Crystallizing Primroses for Cakes and Desserts
Though most people think of flowers as ornaments for the home or garden, many of them are in fact edible. Lavender buds can be pressed into cookies, the essence of roses is used to make Turkish Delight, and Nasturtiums brighten up a summer salad with their peppery orange blossoms. There are dozens of edible flowers to choose from and when used fresh they add a beautiful and colourful element to both sweet and savoury dishes. But if you'd like to preserve the flowers for longer, one of the prettiest ways to do so is to crystallise them in sugar.
Primroses are one of the most common and beautiful spring flowers and they also happen to fall into the edible category. Though personally I don't think they taste like much on their own, when coated with sugar they transform into a beautifully sweet and natural decoration that can be used on desserts and cakes.
Primroses are low-growing plants with rough, tongue-like leaves. The colour of the flowers may vary but they'll likely be a creamy yellow with a darker yellow centre if you find them growing wild in the countryside. You may well have them growing in your garden as well and in that case they can be pink, purple, white, or a range of other colours. All colours of primrose are edible.
4. Once hardened, use the flowers to decorate cakes, cupcakes, and desserts. You can also crystalise Primroses well in advance since they can last for up to a year if stored in a dark, dry place. These flowers are also so pretty that they're perfect for decorating a spring cake or even being packaged up in tissue paper and given to a friend as a gift.


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A Burst of Confidence
True Story, Exhibitionism, Masturbation, Teen Male/Teen Female
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Gender: male Age: N/A Location: N/A
Posted Sat 7th of July 2012
A university girlfriend and I get some private time in a remote part of the building
Hi there. I've been reading and enjoying the stories on this site for a long while now – some of them have even helped give me the confidence to try new things with new women, and for that I'm immensely grateful. So here's to this site – my sex life wouldn't be what it is, without you.
So let's start.
My name is Joseph Cains. At the time of writing I was slim and toned. I was never too worried about keeping my body within any parameters – I happened to be the way I was because I cycled an hour or so every day and I slept very little. The body burns up a lot more fuel when you habitually get too little sleep, so I stayed thin even when I was positively stuffing myself with sweet and sickly foods and drinks – the sort of thing you guzzle when you're a student and you haven't really grown up yet.
This story comes from my stint at university. I shan't say which one for fear of offending their PR department, but suffice to say that it was a small university with no more than ten thousand students – and this story is about one of the many ones who got away.
Mariana Popa was Romanian. She was a few years older than the other students – but that was fine, so was I. We'd spent a couple of months flirting online before she'd come to the university, and our first few meetings were rather confusing for the both of us – there are always differences between your idealisation of someone and their real self, that's for sure.
But here we were, a couple of months in to the first term, and we were in a computer room surrounded by my friends again. As always.
That's the thing about Computing. We really do have primarily male students, and of those, a disproportionate number of them have no idea about social norms. So there was no way they were going to let us flirt quietly in a corner without pestering one of us for assignment help – either me for my age and presumed seniority, or her simply because she was both beautiful and remarkably intelligent.
I realise now of course that I have not described her. I'll do that now.
She stood tall, even slightly taller than I: six feet, two inches. She was slim, but not too slim. Her hips swayed a little when she walked, and she had a habit of wearing skintight plaid trousers and a perfectly tight jacket top that flared out at the bottom. For easily the first two weeks that she'd been in the department, nobody had been able to concentrate when she was walking away from them – or towards. She didn't wear low-cut shirts, because she didn't have to. Her hips drew inward to a perfectly toned stomach and of course she wore close-fitting shirts that nearly let you see the lines of her musculature. Her breasts weren't huge, but they really didn't have to be. A C-cup, I think? I know very little about bra sizes, but I do remember that they fit very nicely into my hand, and I have fairly large hands for a guy. I suspect that she had that mathematically perfect ratio of measurements, but she never did explicitly confirm that. Just gave me a knowing smile the only time I asked.
She got up, said her farewells, and left the room. As the door closed behind her, she looked back through the gap at me and scowled slightly. I shrugged, just a little, so as not to show the others that I was still looking at her.
They still teased me for a few minutes, but that was pretty much normal.
I looked back at my machine and the problem I had to solve today. It didn't look difficult – just a matter of optimisation. But just as I was getting my head into it, my phone buzzed.
A text from Mariana.
Come upstairs
, it said.
We need to talk.
That didn't sound good at all.
I stood up and wandered out of the room with as little purpose as I could. Hopefully the others would think that I was just going to the bathroom.
I trotted up the stairs, straight past the bathroom, and in to the third room on my left. It was a small room, with an old printer and an even older watercooler in it. Mariana was leaning against the printer – she turned round and smiled at me.
"I'm not in trouble?" I was confused. Of course I was going to ask. I closed the door behind me.
"Oh, dear boy." She had an odd way with words. But then, anyone whose first language isn't English will pick up some odd constructs here and there. "You do confuse me. I was thinking that you need to show me more affection when we're around your friends. But now you come upstairs, and, well. You never seem to just... reach out and take what you want."
Was that... what was that?
This time I locked the door. It was, and I was going to take advantage of it quite thoroughly. I turned back to her and she was smiling again, even as I strode over to her, raised my hand behind her head and kissed her solidly. She let out a little noise and I knew I was doing the right thing. Her back arched, my hand landed just above her gorgeous rump, and suddenly her entire body pressed up against mine. I could feel the shape of her through our clothing – her soft breasts, the firmness of her stomach, the fullness of her hips, the yearning of her libido. This had become a teenage boy's dream situation, and fast.
Here's the thing about the room we were in. The back wall is a set of tall, thin windows separated by solid concrete pillars. It faces another building over a stretch of grass that nobody ever really walks on. So when she kissed me back with quite the fever and started backing up against the glass, I was quite surprised. She had always been reticent til now, as though (strangely enough) she might never have needed to initiate these proceedings with a guy.
I pressed her against the window and kissed her hard. My hands couldn't get enough of just her curves – they slid and squeezed her backside, her waist, her stomach, her breasts.
She broke off the kiss and mock-scowled at me. "So now you want me," she said. "Now, when I don't have any condoms with me."
A few days ago she had invited me back to her room and I had given her a long and sensual massage. She had made the condoms on her side table quite obvious but I, at the time quite afraid to mis-step, hadn't taken the opportunity.
"Well, I'm sorry," I said. "Sometimes the impulse just kind of takes over." My hands were at her shirt, unbuttoning it at quite a lick. I planted kisses on her throat and down the swell of her breasts as I finished undoing it, then came back up to undo the clasp – and found that there wasn't one.
"Round the front, dear boy..."
In my haste I had missed it. I threw aside all thoughts of embarrassment and planted feather-soft kisses on her breasts, unclasping her bra and exposing those gorgeous breasts completely. She had fairly small nipples and by God were they hard. I gravitated to them with my lips and my tongue and my fingertips, and she hissed when I pinched a little too hard – she was sensitive, that was certainly good.
I kept at my work, not stopping until each nipple was visibly taut and her breath was ragged. I blew gently over her nipples and she shuddered – I was doing it right, and all I'd done was read about that particular tactic.
She glared at me. "Why aren't we back in my room, dear?"
"Well," I said. "We do have lectures in about ten minutes."
She chuckled. "Nerd."
I blew on her nipples again and she gasped quietly, arching her back and pushing them up into my face. A kiss and a lick and I stood back up straight, caught her lips, kissed her, and started turning her around.
She glared at me again, and then I pushed her against the window, squashing her already excited breasts up against the cold glass and she made a quiet noise, and my arousal pressed up hard between her buttocks and her voice caught in her throat and became an outright moan.
"You can't make love to me in here," she said.
"Perhaps not. But I'll be damned if I'm walking out of here before you hit orgasm, at least." My hands went to her waistline and true to their form, her tight-fitting trousers unbuttoned easily and the zip went down and my hand slid straight into her panties (I'd picked that one up from her already) and found her absurdly wet pussy and started sliding up and down, from clit down to the base of the hole and back, teasing the entrance for now but not actually slipping in.
Her breath was completely gone. She shivered and her thighs tried to tighten on my hand, but I started grinding my obvious arousal up between her buttocks and she bucked back, and I started pressing my middle finger inside her and she moaned again, this time turning her head as far back as she could to kiss me and muffle her voice in my mouth.
Very quickly this progressed, and before I realised it I was sinking three fingers into her, using my other hand to paint her nipples with her own pussy juices, pulling and tweaking on them and coming dangerously close to orgasm myself as I ground hard up against her gorgeous firm rump. My fingers made a quiet squishing noise as they sank into her over and over, and I briefly considered what it would be like to fist this tall, slender, beautiful creature – until she tightened up on my fingers, the tightening of her thighs pushing her hard up against the window again, squashing her breasts for any passer-by to see, the tightening of her buttocks very nearly posing a serious problem for me, and she let out a long low "fuck" – the only time I had ever heard her swear. I could feel her vaginal walls trembling around my fingers, squeezing them tight, and I could hear the tremor in her breath as she shivered her way through the orgasm.
She pushed herself away from the window, grabbed my wrist and used it to pull my hand out of her trousers. She looked at my sticky fingers contemplatively, then leaned over and put one in her mouth. She sucked it clean, then the other two, then she took hold of my head and pulled me gently down to her nipples. "Just lick them," she said. "You've ruined my panties but I want my bra to at least be comfortable." I considered arguing back but then I saw a warmth in her eyes that hadn't been there before and I slowly, meticulously licked her breasts clean of the juices I had daubed on them earlier.
She grinned at me. "You forgot your camera," she said, and squeezed her breasts once before reclasping her bra and starting to do her shirt back up. I, stuck for something to do, refastened her trousers – for which I was rewarded by Mariana's shaky sigh – and kissed her.
She finished doing her shirt up and she said "You know I don't like it, but... maybe one day I might try... oral. If you're good."
My mental response must have been blindingly obvious because she smirked at me, gave me a peck on the lips, unlocked the door and left.
Two minutes later I got another text.
Think of me when you bring yourself off
I did just that.
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anonymous reader
2012-07-16 10:06:19
pal you a great writer
2012-07-13 21:37:00
Very true story. And nowhere near the best, either. She's gone off and gotten married now, though.
anonymous reader
2012-07-09 04:16:20
very nice work:) true story???
anonymous reader
2012-07-09 01:43:33
i liked it
it was to the point but yet descriptive
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2012-07-08 00:16:37
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