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ISBN 0-939738-54-6 | 01Nov1935 | Ewald Ammende
Human Life in Russia
In 1925, Dr. Ammende became Secretary General of the European Congress of Nationalities, which was an NGO committed to the protection of the numerous national minority groups in post-WWI Europe. As such, Dr. Ammende was intimately familiar with the various ethnic minorities in Europe and especially the Soviet Union.
For the next several years, he observed the agricultural situation in the Soviet Union closely. "On Sunday, December 29, 1929, the Neue Zurcher Zeitung [in Switzerland] published a letter from myself [Ammende] written to attract public attention to the danger of a new and acute famine arising in Russia." Unfortunately, his warning was ignored and the famine [Holodomor] developed as he had predicted as a result of the Kremlin's agricultural policies.
"On June26, 1933, the Vienna Reichpost published a letter from me [Ammende] containing a full account of the position [situation], together with suggestions for putting an end to the ravages of the famine." Once again, all his efforts proved fruitless due to the adamant denial of the famine by Moscow and the political hypocrisy of the American and European powers.
Dr. Ammende wrote his book in 1935 in German and issued an English version in 1936. To my knowledge, this is the only book from that era written on the subject of the Holodomor. I would urge readers to obtain a copy from their library or via the Internet to obtain an understanding of the situation and political realities of that time. This is succinctly summarized in the footnote at the bottom of page 300:
A well-known Geneva correspondent observed to the writer: "What is the use of all this talk about people who are dying in Russia? You are pushing at an open door. No one but Herriot thinks of denying that there is a famine in South Russia. But, for the well-known political reasons, there is no possibility now of a discussion of the famine, an awkward question for Moscow and so for its friends too – let alone any talk of relief."
Rather than write a book review, I will simply highlight interesting information appearing in every chapter. In light of all the evidence presented by Dr. Ewald Ammende, no one can claim that the decision-makers of the world were unaware of the Holodomor and its genocidal nature.
Will Zuzak
Excerpts from "Human Life in Russia" by Ewald Ammende (1935)
by James Mace, July 1984
James Mace has consistently stated that the Holodomor was genocide of the Ukrainian people: "The struggle against the nationalities began before the famine." He roughly estimates the death toll to have been 7,454,000.
by Lord Dickinson, 1936
"Dr. Ammende has died, a victim of his own unceasing activity."
by Ewald Ammende, November 1935
(Information as above.)
Causes of Famine in Russia (p29)
- Refers to Gareth Jones' visit to Ukraine in March 1933 and his subsequent death by bandits in China in 1935.
- a policy of systematic starvation of agricultural population.
(2) The
Catastrophe (p54)
- Anastas Mikoyan visiting Kyiv in April 1933 ordered reserves destined for the Red Army to be diverted to the population.
- Malcolm Muggeridge referred to state of war and military occupation.
- Neue Zurcher Zeitung description by foreign engineer of corpses in the streets of Kharkiv.
- American visitors Mr/Mrs Stebalo in New York Times 29Aug1933; Matin of Paris, 30/31Aug1933.
- At conclusion of the Zionist Congress in Prague, Harry Lang visited the various Jewish settlements in Russia [Ukraine] as an ordinary Intourist traveler, journeying by car with his wife. (See New York Jewish paper Forward -- Jewish people were terrified and resigned.)
- "The
state of things across the
Dniester is, therefore,
thoroughly appreciated in Bessarabia [Moldova]". (See Deutsche Zeitung
Bessarabien (German,
Tarutino) at end of
- Walter Eidlitz in Neue Zuricher Zeitung
- Ravalsche Zeitung
- Kronstadter Zeitung
- German agricultural concession "Drusag" in Northern Caucasus led an independent existence in Russia for nearly 10 years. Managed by Dr. Fritz Dittloff [Dietloff], it was a positive oasis in the desert of the Northern Caucasus famine area. Starving German peasants from surrounding area flocked there for food. [It was later liquidated, some 5,000 German citizens were allowed to evacuate to Germany, but the rest were either sent to Siberia or starved to death.] Articles in Rigasche Rundschau, Deutsches Volksblatt in Neusatz and Nordschleswigsche Zeitung confirm extinction of the German settlements in Russia.
autumn 1933 to autumn 1934 (p71)
- Soviet initial claim of 89 million ton harvest was later seen to be only 55-60 million tons – about the same as in 1932. [However, there were presumably real drought conditions in 1934 in many parts of the Soviet Union.]
- Articles in Pravda, 10Mar1934 indicate great difficulties.
- Dilo in Lviv describes escape of refugees across Zbruch River.
- Germans fled to Manchuria, Jews escaped to Persia [Iran]
- German settlers who reached Harbin were eventually resettled to Brazil.
- Brothers
Adamovitch (Polish
Americans) flew across the
Atlantic to Poland. Later as guests of the Soviet Government they
permission to visit their sister in Ukraine. Two thirds of inhabitants
had died
of hunger; their sister was unrecognizable.
-America (organ of Catholic émigrés from Ukraine)
- Dilo, 31Oct1934
- Arthur Just in Memeler Dampfboot
Phase: autumn 1934 onwards (p84)
- Harold Denny (assistant to Walter Duranty) in New York Times 26Jul1934 describes the military-like battle orders issued by the Kremlin to collect grain, which entailed forcible carrying out of the collective system and destruction of the remaining independent peasants.
- Quoting a local paper in Cheliabinsk, Western Siberia, the Sunday Times, 28Oct1934 reports three officials condemned to death for protesting excessive grain collection.
- "As Mr. Chamberlin [Christian Science Monitor] has pointed out in his reports, the Soviet Government exploits the famine in order systematically to destroy certain categories of people."
- Ammende
tries to estimate number
of deaths:
- Neue Zurcher Zeitung states that the loss of life in Ukraine alone was 6 million.
- Chamberlin of Christian Science Monitor estimates 3 to 4 million.
(3) The
Struggle of the Nationalities (p104)
- "Parallel to the fight for bread, a determined fight against the nationalities, their rights and their cultural individuality, has been carried on for some time."
- "Of those old comrades drawn from the "alien" peoples in Russia, the chief was Lenin's old friend, the Ukrainian Skrypnik."
- "It is superfluous here to take sides in the dispute whether the Ukrainians are an independent people or, as many Russians claim, are only one tribe of those that form the Russian nation."
- "At the head of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic … was a pure-blooded Ukrainian, Lenin's friend Skrypnik."
- "The Communists under Skrypnik had no separatist tendencies, but felt justified in vigorously maintaining the linguistic and cultural rights of their people in the Soviet Ukraine."
- "In other words, Skrypnik wished the Soviet Union to be really a federation of independent peoples with territories of their own, and not a structure of states autonomous only in name."
- "The views of the Ukrainian Communists agree with those of many Communists in White Russia, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan and other districts having a non-Russian population." [As opposed to Moscow Communists as expressed by Postyshev. ]
- As the famine progressed, "Skrypnik and the Ukrainian Communists protested openly."
- The 14Dec1932 decree and Stalin's instructions to Postyshev "were not only to break all resistance to the gathering of the harvest, but to obliterate everything resembling the stressing of a distinctive Ukrainian nationality."
- Ammende discusses at length Postyshev's pronouncements, speeches and actions such as purging 25% of Ukrainian Communist Party -- firings, arrests, executions. A special department under Kaganovitch replaced all local authorities with Moscow stooges.
- "Any attempt by the starving peasants to take grain from the fields or to hide part of it , every protest by Ukrainian Nationalists, was crushed: Postyshev, the Political Sections and martial law held the field."
- At a
Communist Party of Ukraine
meeting on 10Jun1933
Skrypnik protested against the genocidal policies, but he was roundly
by Postyshev and relieved of his post. Skrypnik committed suicide on
- "Skrypnik had been removed and the last obstacle to Moscow's fight against the Ukraine was gone."
- At end of
WWI, about two million
Germans lived in
the German Volga Republic, which
possessed an independent State existence. [Catherine II decree of
granted autonomy to German colonists in the Volga region. Moscow decree
28Jul1918 placed Volga Germans under Moscow's control.]
- "The White Sepulchre" by Pastor A. Kern (Lutterworth Press, London, 1935) describes destruction of Germans during the Famine.
(p142) - The leadership and administration of the Soviet State is today to a considerable extent in the hands of Jews. It is a fact which none can deny. "Indeed, it can fairly be said that non-national Jewry has played and plays a very large part indeed in shaping of the Soviet Russian regime; this applies not only to the Soviet Government, but, further, to the activities of the Komintern." These Jewish circles see those Jews who cling to their nationality, religion and customs as an element which must be destroyed . That is why the Soviet regime is attacking the believing Jews in Ukraine, White Russia, etc. The so-called "Yiddish Institutes" in Kyiv, Minsk, etc. are simply intended to have a disintegrating effect on the surrounding communities.
(p145) - "The new [nationalities] programme means war to the knife on all the national movements, whether among the Ukrainians, the White Russians, the Caucasian peoples, the Germans, the Finns or the Jews."
– "Moscow
now has
a direct interest in the destruction of a large part of the generation
living in the Ukraine and in other autonomous districts."
- "The nationalities of these districts, especially the Ukrainians, are thus engaged in a struggle for their existence and for the salvation of a part of their national being."
(p147) – Moscow has instituted a policy of evacuating "nationalities" from the Western border areas to Siberia.
(p149) – W.H. Chamberlin, Christian Science Monitor, 29May1934: The Soviet Government "has employed famine as an instrument of national policy on an unprecedented scale and in an unprecedented way."
Ammende concludes: "I think I have shown that this war is directed in particular against the members of the various nationalities, millions of whom have already been sacrificed to it."
(4) Moscow's
Attitude (p150)
- American Communist Andrew Smith, New York Evening Journal, 29May1935 – quoting Sklar: "Suppose 6,000,000 more people die from hunger, what of it? It is still worth the price of Communism…"
- Stalin "was the first to grasp that the existence of millions of peasant properties inevitably meant the fiasco of the Communist order in Russia."
(p160) - "In view of the ten million dead lying in the common graves of the Ukraine, Northern Caucasus and Western Siberia …"
(p164) - Until the appearance of the National Socialist movement (i.e. Hitler), the Third International had succeeded in organizing a large part of the population of Germany under its direction and in making for far-reaching preparations for a Communist revolution. After losing its influence in Germany, Moscow turned its attention to France.
(p169) - The White Sea – Baltic Canal … will always be associated with the destruction and sufferings of banished "enemies of the state" from the Ukraine.
(p172f) – A
system of privileges
has been developed for
supporters and enforcers of the Communist dictatorship: the Bolshevik
leadership; the GPU; Red Army garrisons in the capitals; industrial
workers in
Moscow and Leningrad; lower State functionaries such train personnel,
doctors; the peasant class on the collective (or independent) farms at
- For example, one kilogram of meat with a ration card costs 3.18 roubles; without a ration card in a State shop it costs 30 roubles.
- "Renegades are banished from the blessed island [of privilege] and are cast out into the sea of the starving."
(p178) – Because of the famine … "It was now possible to settle once and for all with the real and imaginary enemies and to exterminate them more systematically than before."
(p183f) –
Sanger of Moscow Daily
News related how tens of
thousands of Kuban Cossacks that revolted were deported in 1932, while
that remained starved to death in 1933.
- Witting Williams wrote that the Kuban Cossacks were being deliberately starved, such that whole communities were exterminated.
- Osservatore Romano (August 1934) quotes Stalin: "The Cossacks have a middle-class mentality. I have no doubt that they will take the first opportunity of rebelling against us. We must exterminate them as a class and a caste, and even their memory must be destroyed."
- Moscow's aim is clear: the present generation (based on nationhood, religion, family) is to be exterminated to clear the way for the conquest of the rising generation (unencumbered by God, nation or family).
(5) Propaganda
Methods (p186)
- OGPU controls contacts of foreign visitors; inhabitants are always under OGPU surveillance and threats.
- Pierre Berland in Temps 18Jul1933 explains the silence of the press concerning the famine by noting that foreign journalists that do not toe the line are expelled. (They lose their jobs.)
- Early in June 1934 a decree legalized reprisals against relatives of those escaping the Soviet Union.
(p193) – Moscow correctly gauged that perceived political or economic advantages would trump any humanitarian concerns in the West.
(p198) – Division of labour between Russian Press and Communist organs outside the Soviet Union. Russian press is completely silent on famine conditions; while Communist organs attack any articles on the famine published in the West.
- A U.S. tour by German Communist Willi Munzenberg in 1934 "For Peace and Against Fascism" morphed into praise for Communism and promotion of Communist revolutions in the West.
(p205) - G.B. Shaw and Lady Astor extolled Russian life in the Manchester Guardian, 02Mar1933.
(p207f) - Wireless propaganda to the outside world has been extremely successful. For example, there was a Christmas Day 1934 broadcast in German from Kyiv extolling the extraordinary prosperity of the Ukrainian peasants.
(p216) - Litvinov at World Economic Conference in London in 1933 brazenly stated that Russia was "the only country in the world unaffected by the economic crisis" and no one rose to contradict Litvinov.
(p218f) - Moscow demonized Cardinal Innitzer's initiative to provide relief to starving Ukrainian peasants as "pure inventions"; whereas former French Prime Minister Herriot was very useful to Kremlin propaganda.
(p222) - "Anyone who dares to write or speak about matters disagreeable to Moscow must be prepared for the most venomous attacks on his credibility and his personal qualities both from Moscow and from Moscow's friends and helpers from abroad."
(6) The
Testimony of Monsieur Herriot (26Aug - 09Sep1933)
- "M. Herriot's categorical declaration that there was no famine in Russia naturally made the very greatest impression throughout Europe." It completely scuttled relief efforts.
- Ammende describes Herriot's visit in detail and with scorn. Nevertheless, he admits that Moscow manipulated his visit and media coverage masterfully -- immediately, in the medium term and in the long term.
(p255) - Herriot states in French: "The Russian famine is nothing but the product of Hitlerian propaganda". He plainly declares that Ukraine was not so much endangered by hunger as by separatist machinations enjoying the support of German National Socialism. "(… Herriot sees in the National Socialists, especially in Alfred Rosenberg, the wire-pullers behind Ukrainian separatism, while Postyshev suspects the Polish aristocracy, Sir Deterding and others.)"
(p256) - "The claim that under the patronage of Berlin there is collaboration between Ukrainian separatists and the Russian émigrés must seem wholly grotesque to anyone aware of the violent antipathy" between the two. (Russian chauvinists do not even admit the existence of a Ukrainian people.)
Ewald Ammende concludes that Herriot "is apparently not aware that his own account of the causes of recent developments in the Ukraine is a defamation of wide circles of an entire people, uttered at a moment when this people, deserted by the entire world, is fighting desperately for its future, for its nationhood, and perhaps for its bare existence."
(7) The
World and the Soviets (p258)
- "Indeed, I do not hesitate to assert that the Embassies, Legations, Consulates and trade delegations in Moscow were possessed of authentic material, fully documented reports, eyewitnesses' accounts and photographs illustrating the catastrophe."
(p259) -
Two main
reasons why Western world is interested in Moscow and refuses to
(a) Trade: capitalists want State credit guarantees on trade with Russia. "Moscow, by preference, places orders in accordance with political considerations."
(b) Treaty of Rapallo during Easter 1920 between Russia and Germany prevented a united non-Communist front against the Communist threat from the Soviet Union. Thereafter, there was a scramble for business with Russia.
(p262) - A special relationship exists between Germany and Russia since hundreds of thousands of German peasants have settled in that country for more than two centuries. But to Germany good business relations with the Soviet Union is more important than the fate of the starving German peasants.
(p263) - [Hitler's] National Socialist campaign made the destruction of Communism in Germany its primary endeavour. Moscow regarded the National Socialist regime as the chief and most fundamental enemy of Bolshevism and hence of the Soviet State. A feeling of insecurity [due to Hitler's rise to power] induced France to seek co-operation with the Soviet Union.
(p267) – The relationship of France and Germany with respect to the Soviet Union has flip-flopped.
Dr. Ammende
next analyzes the
relations between the
Soviet Union and various countries:
- Britain, before signing a treaty, successfully insisted that food supplies sent to British citizens would be allowed in duty free. However, the treaty allowed Communist infiltration of British institutions and society.
- In Italy there is an unnatural friendship between Communism and Fascism.
- Japanese aggression in the Far East had a softening effect on the USA. American capitalism and Moscow Communism work hand-in-glove. However, on 05Jan1935 William Randolph Hearst broadcast a speech referring to the Innitzer Committee, which was published in the New York Times.
- Poland rejected Moscow's overtures, when they sent Karl Radek (born in Poland, but joined the Bolsheviks and their attempts to conquer Poland in 1920) to negotiate a treaty.
- Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania are in a similar uneasy position as Poland.
- Soviet Russia has conceded Bessarabia [Moldova] to Roumania.
- Switzerland seems to be the only country that took a hard line concerning the famine as the League of Nations voted to accept the Soviet Union for membership in 1934.
"At present the Vatican supports relief works on behalf of people suffering from famine in ever way."
(8) The
of Rendering Assistance (p281)
Ammende argues that one of the factors to the "conspiracy of silence" is that the subject is unpleasant and painful.
(p285) - Since
food parcels were rejected, the European Central Office for
Inter-Church Aid at
Geneva started aid in 1930 via the Torgsins (which only accepted gold
foreign currency as payment). It proved to be a diabolical scheme to
foreign currency. The
confiscated the peasant's food. Relatives sent money to allow the
peasant to
buy back some of the food at an exorbitant price. The OGPU would often
and deport the recipient for foreign subversion.
- On 15Mar1935 the German Government forbade remittances via Torgsins. Although the Soviet Government officially closed the Torgsin program in the autumn of 1935, the still allowed banks to forward roubles (calculated at an exorbitant exchange rate).
(p294) - "Above
all should be mentioned an appeal issued by issued from Lviv by the
Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Unified Church , the aged Count Andreas
Sheptytsky", such that on 20Aug1933 Archbishop of Vienna , Cardinal
Innitzer issued a world appeal for relief aid to the starving peasants.
Ukrainian and Russian organizations supported this relief program.
(p296f) -
Premier Dr. Mowinkel agreed to submit the proposal to the League of
Nations. He
tried and failed at a stormy two hour meeting. He was told to approach
International Red Cross instead, which was powerless to do anything.
(p304) -
In July
1934, Lord Charnwood and the Archbishop of Canterbury raised the issue.
(p305) - During the summer and autumn of 1934 in Winnipeg, Canada, emigrants from Russia (Ukrainians, Russians, Germans and Jews) and local churches (Mennonites, Catholics, Lutherans, Orthodox Church, etc.) united under the presidency of Dr. Mackay of the United Churches. They wrote a joint manifesto to the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Bennett, begging that Canada should give her consent to the admission of Soviet Russia into the League of Nations only on condition that measures were taken to save the victims in Russia.
(p307) -
"Assembly" in Geneva, M.
Motta of
Switzerland made an impassioned speech against the admission of the
Union (citing fomenting revolution, suppression of the nationalities,
state of
miseries in famine areas) for which he received "enthusiastic applause
those very delegates who were obliged to vote for Moscow's admission."
[W.Z. In light of all the evidence presented by Dr. Ewald Ammende above, no one can claim that the decision-makers of the world were unaware of the Holodomor and its genocidal nature.]
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Objectives: To determine the role of Bcl2 and p53 gene expression in the pathogenesis of antral-predominant non-atrophic gastritis (APNG) according
to Helicobacter pylori (HP) cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) status.
Methods: Multiple antral biopsies were taken from 78 patients for rapid urease test, histopathology, Bcl2 and P53 immunohistochemistry and HP
CagA in situ hybridization.
Results: CagA was detected in 74.35% cases. There was no significant difference in Bcl2 expression among CagA+ and CagA− APNG cases. Significant
differences in polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) and lymphocytes grades were detected among CagA+ and CagA− APNG cases. There was no
significant correlation among patients' age, inflammatory infiltrates, Bcl2, p53 expression. CagA has positive correlation with p53 (p=0.001), PMNs
grade (p=0.027), lymphocytes grade (p=0.003), inflammation intensity (p=0.006), and inflammation activity (p=0.007). Bcl2 has no significant
correlation with p53, CagA, PMNs, and lymphocytes indexes. P53 expression has significant correlation with PMNs and lymphocyte grades (p=0.000),
inflammation intensity (p=0.003), and inflammation activity (p=0.002). PMNs grade has positive correlation with lymphocyte grade, inflammation
intensity, and activity (p=0.000). Lymphocyte grade has a significant correlation with inflammation intensity and activity (p=0.000). Inflammation
intensity has a significant correlation with inflammation activity (p=0.000).
Conclusions: CagA cytotoxin has direct effect on P53 gene and indirect effect on Bcl2 gene expression in APNG cases. Bcl2 and P53 expression do
not get affected by patient's age and gender. PMNs grade, lymphocytes grade, inflammation intensity, and inflammation activity affected directly by
P53 and CagA cytotoxin expression and indirectly by Bcl2 expression. The balance of P53-Bcl2 pathways play a vital role in pathogenesis of HP and
CagA-induced APNG.
Keywords: Antral-predominant non-atrophic gastritis, Bcl2, p53, Helicobacter pylori, Cytotoxin-associated gene A.
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Spore-forming bacteria are responsible for a number of serious diseases in humans, including tetanus (Clostridium tetani), and anthrax (Bacillus anthracis). These endospores pose a serious threat to human health and national security, as highlighted by the 2001 anthrax attacks, where the spores of bacterium Bacillus anthracis were used. A key problem in dealing with these endospores is that they are extremely resistant to normal sterilization means such as heat, oxidizing chemicals, and UV irradiation. For instance, some Bacillus spores can be 100-fold more resistant to UV light than the corresponding vegetative cells. This highly unusual UV resistance is due to the unique spore DNA photochemistry. In spores, the genomic DNA is bound by a group of DNA binding proteins named small acid soluble proteins (SASPs), which allows the DNA to adopt an A-like conformation. This unique DNA conformation determines that upon UV irradiation, a thymine dimer, 5-thyminyl-5,6-dihydrothymine, also called spore photoproduct or SP, is generated as the exclusive DNA photoproduct.
We aim to understand the reaction mechanism for SP photo-formation. By employing deuterium labeled dinucleotide TpT, we demonstrated that SP is formed via an intramolecular H atom transfer process between two thymine residues,answering a key question in SP photoformation. By using a neutral formacetal linker instead of a phosphate between the two thymine residues, we successfully obtained the first crystal structure of SP 50 years after its discovery.These findings provide us a solid foundation to understand the SP photochemistry. We are in the process of investigating how the SASP-DNA complex in endospores controls the DNA conformation, making SP the sole photo-damage product under UV irradiation.
The SP damage in endospore genomic DNA is repaired by an enzyme spore photoproduct lyase (SPL) at the bacterial early germination phase, thus posing little threat to the spores' survival. SPL is a member of the radical SAM superfamily, which was defined by the characteristic CXXXCXXC motif. The three C residues serve as ligands for three irons in the [4Fe-4S] cluster, with the fourth iron being coordinated by the S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) in a bi-dentate manner, with its amino and carboxylate moieties serving as the fourth and fifth ligands to the cluster. The cluster at its +1 oxidation state donates an electron to SAM to cleave its C-S bond, generating a 5′-deoxyadenosyl radical (5′-dA●) to mediate the SP repair reaction.
Utilizing dinucleotide SP TpTs with the two H6 atoms selectively labeled by deuterium, we proved that it is the H6proR atom that is taken by the 5′-dA•, confirming that the SPL reaction is highly stereo-selective. However, the resulting TpT radical does not take the H-atom back from 5′-dA as predicted by the previously hypothesized mechanism, but from a conserved cysteine residue, C141, in Bacillus subtilis SPL, to yield the repaired TpT. The radical is thus transfer to C141 and the resulting thiol radical must be able to mediate the rest of the enzyme catalytic cycle - namely the SAM regeneration process. We are currently investigating how the thiol radical mediates the SAM regeneration and finishes the catalytic cycle.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It has infected 0.6% of the world population and claimed more than 25 million lives since its discovery in 1981. In HIV infected cells, wybutosine (Y), a guanine derivative found at 37 position of eukaryotic tRNAPhe, is found missing. The lack of this guanine modification causes frameshifting to increase 400% during translation in HIV infected cells, which enables the synthesis of reverse transcriptase, the key enzyme for HIV virus replication. Further analyses revealed the lack of Y is due to the malfunction of a tRNAPhe modification enzyme TYW1, which modifies the 1-methylguanine (m1G) to imG-14, a guanine derivative with a fused tricyclic-aromatic ring. However, despite its importance to the development of AIDS, little mechanistic information is known about TYW1.
TYW1 contains a C-X3-C-X2-C motif, which is the definitive feature of the radical SAM superfamily. Supported by a NIH R21 grant, we will elucidate how TYW1 mediates the tRNAphe modification reaction as well as how the malfunction of TYW1 contributes to the development of AIDS.
* Faculty from IU schools of Medicine and Nursing listen to Vice President Joe Biden open the national cancer moonshot summit, discussing goals including doubling progress in research and treatment. Lei was at the summit hosted by the IU Simon Cancer Center, with discussions including integration with the new IU Precision Health Initiative.
* Lei was featured in the June/July issue newsletter at IU Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer center.
*Lei was invited to give a talk "To Quantify a DNA Photolesion via LC/MS and Immunoassay" at the "Human Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms & Disease" Gordon Research Conference, June 12-17, 2016, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.
* Lei was invited to present our SPL research at the special section honoring Nobel Lauret Professor Aziz Sancar during the American Socity for Photobiology Annual Meeting at Tempa, FL this May.
* Our studies to reveal the correlations among thymine photodimer formation, genome instability and skin cancer occurrence will be funded by the American Cancer Society via a Cancer Research Scholar grant!
* Lei has been accepted as a full member of the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center!
* Our review "Photochemistry and Photobiology of the Spore Photoproduct: A 50-Year Journey" has been chosen as the cover story by Photochem Photobiol.
* Lei was invited to present our research at the Nucleasides, Nucleotides & Oligonucleotides GRC 2015.
* Lei has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure effecive on July 1st, 2015.
* Our research on spore photoproduct lysase has been funded by a NSF CAREER award.
* Our paper "Reactivity of Damaged Pyrimidines: Formation of a Schiff base intermediate at the glycosidic bond of saturated dihydrouridine" has been accepted in J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015


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Reedsport-Butch Harrison, 54, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 2, 2019.
Butch was born on August 27, 1964 in Pomona, California to Orval and Mildred (Petersen) Harrison. Butch was raised in Pomona and eventually graduated from Rubinous High School. He met and married Delda (Petersen) Harrison on December 7, 1985 in Reedsport Oregon, the couple were later divorced. Butch lived in Reedsport, Lincoln City, Riverside California, and Victorville California. He spent his working career as a commercial fisherman. Butch loved fishing, watching NASCAR racing, NFL football, baseball and riding his bicycle. He was a member of the Moose Organization in Reedsport.
Butch is survived by his former spouse, Delda Harrison, his children; Kelly Froats, Paul Froats, Jamie Harrison, and Casey Wilmesherr , brother Time Harrison and aunt, Linda Petersen. Butch was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Tom Harrison.
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This is the start of the third day of the Denman Diamond celebrations - here are pics of some of the amazing floral displays around the grounds of the college. We have had 1500+ visitors through in the last 2 days. So there is quite a buzz here!
Scattered throughout the photos below are some pics of my newest sashiko panel in progress - I'll be taking more photos of it day by day.
For more info about the event, click here. Tickets are available "on the door" too. Maybe see you here?
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as thread says, if somebody knows, i want to know it too. ive searched and searched, but 24dbi is most powerful wifi / wireless antenna they produce. im not talking about custom ones that can go beyond like 500km or more. its extremely hard to build one on your own as i have stated in other topic, but i really want to know why is 24dbi most powerful out there.
is it illegal to produce more than 24dbi or something ? factory details about 24dbi grid / dish antennas is that it can get signal from about 2500 - 4000 meters on straight line, which is very good indeed, however cant even start to compare to the ones that can go beyond 500km.
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Ethical Dilemmas
HMS scientists advocate for ethical guidelines on synthetic human tissue with embryo-like features
HMS scientists advocate for ethical guidelines on synthetic human tissue with embryo-like features
Recent scientific advances have made possible the reprogramming of ordinary adult cells, such as skin cells, into undifferentiated, or so-called pluripotent, stem cells that can become many other cells, tissues or organoids. The technique promises to unravel intractable diseases, ranging from developmental disorders to neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's, and lead to new therapies, including cell replacement and organ repair.
Emerging evidence, however, reveals that under certain conditions such reprogrammed cells could acquire biological features similar to those seen in the earliest stages of human embryonic development, a situation that sparks ethical questions.
Writing in eLife on March 21, a team of Harvard Medical School scientists call for the development of guiding principles to address this cluster of rapidly emerging ethical challenges created by advances in synthetic biology.
The Harvard team was among many in the world working to develop and perfect tissue-engineering techniques when it first encountered indications of tissue developing embryolike features. Then a pivotal experiment conducted elsewhere and published in 2014 brought the Harvard team to the realization of the broader ethical implications of this work. In that experiment, synthetically engineered tissue showed a so-called primitive streak, a trait that heralds the formation of central nervous system in embryos.
The primitive streak develops roughly 14 days after fertilization, and current guidelines prohibit the research use of any human embryos past day that point.
Yet, there are no comparable guidelines for research with synthetic tissue made of reprogrammed adult human cells, which leaves researchers operating in a gray zone.
That gap, the HMS team writes, should be closed now, before any red lines are crossed.
"Emerging research in synthetic tissue engineering cannot be fully and meaningfully addressed by current ethical frameworks and the guidelines that emanate from them," said John Aach, the lead author on the paper and lecturer in the Department of Genetics at HMS.
Scientific advances have often emerged before society has had a chance to grapple with their ethical implications. Past examples include in vitro fertilization, now a common practice, and the development of recombinant DNA—genetic material obtained from various organisms. Recombinant DNA is now used in a range of therapies, including hepatitis B vaccine, insulin for the treatment of diabetes and anticlotting factors for people with bleeding disorders.
The authors emphasize that human synthetic tissue bearing features of early embryonic development is not anywhere close to an actual embryo. Yet, they caution, given the speed at which science is moving forward, scientists are bound to encounter more and increasingly challenging instances of engineered tissue mimicking embryonic features.
"Nobody would mistake these human tissue samples for an embryo but they bear certain molecular features reminiscent of one so we need to figure out how to tackle these situations," said HMS geneticist and synthetic biologist George Church, senior author on the article. "Where is the threshold of ethical concern? This question is far too big for scientists to answer, so we're hoping to stimulate a broad conversation that involves professional organizations, ethicists, policymakers and the society at large."
The HMS team calls for an entirely new set of guidelines, specifically formulated to address the biological idiosyncrasies of human synthetic tissue.
Current embryo research guidelines—written in the 1970s and updated periodically thereafter—cannot meaningfully address the range of scenarios and ethical conundrums bound to arise in years to come. This is because human synthetic tissue made from reprogrammed adult cells may develop differently from embryonic tissue, the authors say. Such critical differences in biologic behavior, they add, render current embryonic research guidelines inapplicable in cases involving synthetic tissue.
For example, the newest engineering techniques are already making it possible for scientists to develop tissue that progresses to neural development without the telltale primitive streak, rendering the 14-day rule an unreliable gauge for the onset of nerve tissue development. In other words, human synthetic tissue may develop features of concern without the established hallmark that signals the experiments should be stopped.
"Current guidelines use the primitive streak as a stop sign, which works for human embryonic development because it progresses along a well mapped-out, linear trajectory," Aach said. "But synthetic tissue doesn't necessarily develop the same way. Moreover, advances in synthetic biology may allow synthetic tissue to 'travel off road,' bypassing the road sign and veering into restricted territory."
The new guidelines, the researchers caution, would apply only to synthetic tissue that can raise ethical concerns—such as neural tissue or reproductive cells—and not to just any lab-engineered cells. Liver tissue, for example, would be of no concern in this case, they say.
"It is critical to get the boundaries right because synthetic tissues are invaluable for research," Church said. "They allow scientists to study the mechanisms of disease and test possible treatments without using invasive methods in humans."
Additionally, synthetic tissues with embryonic features may provide the only way to study serious disorders that arise during embryonic development, the team says.
The new guidelines should, at a minimum, include the following:
Any new guidelines, the scientists conclude, should aim to address the ethical dimensions of synthetic tissue research without unduly hindering scientific exploration.
"The quest to understand human development and human disease and to formulate therapies for them should be carefully weighed against the moral concerns that arise in the course of these scientific inquiries," says co-author Jeantine Lunshof, philosopher and ethicist in the Department of Genetics at HMS and an assistant professor at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. "The time to start the conversation on how to achieve that is now."
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Christmas Ride is beginning its First Theatrical Run this Friday in Laemmle's Music Hall 3 at 9036 Wilshire Blvd in Beverly Hills, California. Hope you will see the movie if you are in the area and let your Los Angeles friends know about it too!I think this family friendly movie will entertain you. The movie includes ghosts and angels, miracles and madness, tragedies and truths, and is set in the early nineties, before personal cell phones and the internet became ubiquitous.
It will be screening four times a day from September 19 – 25 at 1:20, 4:10, 7:00 and 9:45 PM.
It's the story of an artist, by an artist, on an urgent road trip with her children and a mysterious neighbor.
I'm going to be at the Q & A's for the 7PM shows 19 and 20th. Also, cast member Russell Walden plans to attend as well.
Click here for ticket info There are special rates for groups of ten or more at the box office. Also, teens ages 14 – 18 get tickets for $5.00 for CHRISTMAS RIDE only.
More about it in this recent press release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/Christmas_Ride/LA_New_Movie_Debut/prweb12161402.htm
Christmas Ride is an Art Promotions LLC film produced in cooperation with Yarbrough Media Productions.
Karen Francis
Art Promotions, owner & artist
Producer, screenwriter: Christmas Ride
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So you've heard about the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. If from nowhere else other than yesterday's post, you know about it. Also lovingly called the NSale, this sale is the sale to end all sales. The ultimate savings shopportunity. So what exactly is it? Read on.
First things first. When is the sale? Here are the 3 dates to need to know.
JULY 13th: Early Access starts for card holders only*
JULY 21st: Sale opens to the public
AUGUST 6th: Sale ends
*If you're not a card holder, get one here ASAP!
How to Get Early Access
In order to have first dibs on thousands of items at a reduced price on July 13th, you need to have a Nordstrom Credit card. Added bonus: You can earn $20 off to shop the sale if you apply for a Nordstrom card by July 9th. You'll earn rewards throughout the year by shopping at Nordstrom anyway but this is a little something extra right now. You can earn rewards at Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, and Hautelook with this card!
Why is it such a big deal?
The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale isn't like any other sale. All of the items are actually BRAND-NEW FALL and WINTER items marked down! It's crazy! Is it worth it? Absolutely. Items sell out FAST in this sale. Often times even before the sale opens to the public. There is nothing worse than seeing Tory Burch riding boots 50% off and sold out in your size. Trust me. That is an item I will be looking for this year!
Shopping online is highly recommended as inventory in-store is different everywhere. I try to avoid fighting crowds and being stalked by salespeople while I shop so I always order online!
What is in the sale?
Tons of really good fall items. If it seems weird to be shopping for fall mid-July, it is. I was so skeptical last year. However, there are some incredible pieces to look out for that you will wear through the end of the year.
Items to Watch For
There are thousands of items in the sale which can sometimes be overwhelming. So, have an idea of what you need for fall before you start. Here are the list of things I will be stocking up on
- Great basics under $50. I wore these items on repeat (and still do) last year. Basic solid and striped tops will be going into my shopping cart first thing! I usually look for pieces by BP, Hinge, and Treasure & Bond!
- Beauty products. This seems weird but last year, I got my favorite GLAMGLOW mask with 2 more sample masks for the same price as one mask at Sephora! Look out for some amazing deals from your favorite brands like Hourglass and Philosophy.
- Booties. My boots got torn to pieces after one real winter in Chicago. I'll definitely be stocking up on more of these. Last year's sale had a ton of great deals on Vince that were so cute. I have my eye on a few Rag & Bone booties from the catalog below too (page 22)!
- Boots. Especially Tory Burch riding boots. I wore mine out this past year and I'll be looking to replace mine! Even if you're not a Tory Burch fan, there will be other brands – possibly even some Stuart Weitzmans! While Stuart Weitzmans are definitely an investment, I wore mine weekly if not multiple times a week last year and they still are in great shape. Since they don't need replacing, I'm planning to just expand my color collection!
- Bags. Take this opportunity to get a Rebecca Minkoff on sale! They will have tons of new fun styles in the sale! Tory Burch will be in there too!
- Sweaters. These cardigans fly off the racks (figuratively). I also stocked up on a few turtlenecks and cozy v-necks last year.
- Outerwear! Plan on picking up at least one good wool coat from this sale to get you through winter. My girls in the Northeast and the Midwest know this is a matter of survival! Kenneth Cole usually has a few classics as part of this sale!
Sneak Peek
Nordstrom released a catalog prior to the sale with their #NSale top picks. Bookmark or save your favorites so you can shop quickly once the sale opens. I spotted some adorable Vince loafers in blush pink already! For a better idea of what you can expect, see last year's posts on the 'best ofs' the sale: boots, sweaters, outerwear, dresses, and beauty deals.
Promo Codes
There is no promo code needed for this sale! Prices are as marked. You will see the full price listed too to give you an idea of how much you're saving and also, what the price will be after the sale (should the item still be in stock or get re-stocked).
Are you excited yet? Make sure to bookmark this page and check back once the sale starts! I will be updating it with the best items as well as sharing my top Nordstrom Anniversary Sale picks into new posts here on Visions of Vogue.
Here were some of my favorite outfits from last year!


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Property ID : 1234
Sold $469,000 - Home, Ocean View
Casa Yoli (Sayulita, Mexico)
This private and secluded home has an amazing 360 degrees panoramic view from its roof palapa to ocean, mountain, jungle and town. Two bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Located on top of a hill in the exclusive North end of Sayulita. There is a 2 car garage plus off street parking. Other covered patio areas allow you to enjoy the ocean breeze and view. Quiet neighborhood, completely enclosed, large yard, laundry and ample storage. All floors tiled, as well as granite counter tops and baths, local hardwood cabinetry and doors. Casa Yoli sells completely furnished and ready to move in!
All prices are in USD. For more information on this property, contact us direct. If you are calling within the U.S., you can reach us Toll-Free at (800) 743-2616. Outside the U.S. our office number in Sayulita, Mexico is 1+(329) 291-3759.


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Tuesday, 22 March 2011
~ is what I have been doing this week as spring has well and truly arrived bringing with it much frothiness of blooms including cherry blossom . "Just perfick" as Pop Larkin would have put it.
You will find more on the letter J over at ABC Wednesday ~ I jest you not!
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Oh, YES! We have sun today and I am JUMPING for JOY!! Terrific post for the day and gorgeous capture! Hope your week is going well!ReplyDelete
ABC Team
Very interesting J and so pretty too.ReplyDelete
Please come and meet the J's in my Family, hope to see you around, thanks!
I love Spring and it definitely makes me Jump for Joy.ReplyDelete
Isn't Spring just the best time of the year. Your pictures are great and I'm just going to stay a while and bask in the beauty.ReplyDelete
Hi Anna,ReplyDelete
Lovely photo! :)
I was shotting my cherry again today and guess what flew into the tree less than a metre from my face? A LTT! I didn't get my camera facing it quickly enough and instead had to make do with shots of it on the feeders - bit rubbish because I had the macro lens in.
Wonderful little bird, and such beautiful blossoms really made my day.
a lot of joy this week; spring will do that...ReplyDelete
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
Gorgeous and inspirational. Not a spot of green here - but the snow has been blown away by a strong wind. Maybe soon...ReplyDelete
Lovely! Flowering fruit trees is one of the wonderful things I like about spring.ReplyDelete
Another wonderful day here again today. It does make my heart jump for joy.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous23 March 2011 at 16:37:00 GMT
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It's snowing here in New York! Spring is not quite here yet, although I am quite ready for it.ReplyDelete
Joy for sure. And your photo inspires it! :-)ReplyDelete
Jumping Jupiters - that is so pretty!! ;)ReplyDelete
pretty flowers let us jump for joy always :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 March 2011 at 18:50:00 GMT
What a marvellous time of the year with blossom bursting out everywhere - so exciting. What a lovely photo. Thank you RonnieReplyDelete
Perfick indeed - there is nothing quite like frothy new blossom and a clear blue sky to put a smile on the face.ReplyDelete
All your comments are much appreciated and treasured. I wil try to reply to everyone who leaves a comment, but it may take me a few days, especially when I start spending more time in the garden and at the lottie. I know that you will understand :) I am sure that I will also visit your blog if I have not already done so. If you have any specific questions I will either reply to them here or you can email me at : email@example.com
- Anna.


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