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Kara Deniz
Kara Deniz, December 1975:
How could I ever forget the name? For nearly a year, it spun through my head daily. I had accompanied my aunt to the Turkish travel agency on Mustafa Kamil Square, where at the time it was possible to book the tickets for a cruise on the Kara Deniz. The lady from the travel agency had explained to us that the ship would embark from Alexandria on 4 July and then call at the ports of Naples, Genoa and Marseille. We reserved one passage each for my aunt, my sister and me. From that day, my sister and I waited expectantly for July to finally arrive. Almost every day we dreamed of that Turkish word, which – we knew this much by then – meant "Black Sea." Why a ship by the name of "Black Sea" should actually cruise the Mediterranean Sea that we Arab-speakers called the "White Sea"? It was quite clear that the Turks wished to express that the water of the rivers and seas flow together sooner or later, like the blood in our bodies. I was thirteen years old at the time, my sister was eight. It was our first journey to Europe. Until then, I was familiar with Europe mainly through the French teachers and the French curriculum at our school, and, of course, from books. I can still remember clearly that a young French teacher just that year had given us the assignment of compiling Egyptian adages and translating them into French. He wanted to attempt to find a French equivalent to every Egyptian adage. We were quite surprised when it turned out that there was a more or less identical counterpart for almost every Egyptian figure of speech in French. When I went on board the Kara Deniz with my aunt and my sister, I was utterly convinced that all the talk of the huge differences between the inhabitants of the countries to the north and the south of the Mediterranean Sea was absolute nonsense.
Naples, 1976:
Before we went ashore in Naples, a young Italian carabiniere boarded the Kara Deniz to give us passengers an earful of warnings to be very careful. It was apparently a daily occurrence for tourists to be robbed in broad daylight in Naples. We had barely trod upon solid ground when we landed in the middle of a mass rally by Italy's communist party. I can well remember the face of the young protester who handed me a red rose. All of Naples was a red sea of flags and banners. At some point we encountered someone who called to us in broken French, "Injustice is everywhere, as far as the eye can see!"
Marseille, 1976:
I had imagined Marseille differently. And bigger, somehow. We came across miserable looking workers and sailors everywhere. How far this harbour city was from splendid Alexandria, the comely mermaid of the Mediterranean! What a contrast! Why, for heaven's sake, had our teacher told us Marseille was the most beautiful city in southern France? As I was asking directions, I had a brief conversation with a worker. He told me that most of the labourers in Marseille lived in poverty.
Marseille, 2006:
Thirty years later: I remembered Marseille differently. Smaller somehow, as well. How far away shabby Alexandria was from this swank city! What on earth had happened over the past thirty years? How could it be that we in Egypt were moving more and more into the Middle Ages at dizzying speed while the Europeans were steering exactly in the opposite direction at the same speed? How could Alexandria have mutated from a dazzling metropolis into a backwater hick town, meanwhile old man Europe cured itself of the deep wounds of the Second World War and awoke to a flourishing life? How could it be that we – once again – were unspeakably standing in our own way? And why did I suddenly see Europe no longer merely as a continent of poets and philosophers, of architects and scientists, but increasingly also as a continent of savvy politicians who hungered for world domination?
Paris, 2008:
I was in Paris when the Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi threw his shoes at then US President George W. Bush during the meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. I learned about the shoe attack that evening in the television news on France 2. A French reporter described Muntazer al-Zaidi as a "Shiite journalist" – he did not use the word "Iraqi," no, he had to call him "Shiite." No idea how this French reporter should know Muntazer's religious tenet so accurately. Perhaps he could see down to the bottom of his soul... I heard that Muntazer al-Zaidi was a communist sympathizer. I really know nothing at all about him, but I can hardly imagine that he ever called himself a "Shiite." So, why did the French reporter use this label? Without realizing it, European journalists (and the same applies for some writers) in general fall prey to the treacherous temptation to use well-worn generalizations and long-outdated imperialist phrases.
Cairo, 2011:
During a dinner with friendly writers and poets, at some point we began talking about our personal relationship with Europe. As it turns out, the majority of Egyptian intellectuals appear to be at a loss when it comes to this topic. For 400 years the Europeans have tirelessly been waving the banner of enlightenment. And yet, bursting with self-satisfaction, they have never eschewed imperialism in word or deed. One of my friends found this rather confusing. "Europeans constantly use these ugly expressions that suggest Europe's central role. Middle East, for instance, or Far East. East, seen from where? And the middle from whose viewpoint? Or far?" Apparently, one of my other friends said, Europeans are entirely occupied by their own view of the world, which they have upheld for 300 years in their conviction that their roots lie solely in Greek and Roman antiquity. They constantly speak of the huge difference between Europe and the "other" continents, yet in the same breath of equality between peoples. Just as stubbornly, the European media disseminate their value judgements about the rest of the world. The latest are terms like "Islamic world," "Middle East," "Arabic world," "North Africa," "Orient" and many other catchwords devoid of meaning. But don't anyone dare call their continent the "Christian world" or similar! Europe is and remains Europe. And Europe is and remains the centre of the world.
Alexandria, 2013:
I am looking at the Mediterranean Sea from the new library. A Norwegian engineering office designed the building. I am quite enraptured by the simple beauty of the clear, streamlined lines. The January sun is shining. Next to me, a group of young people is discussing the present situation. An energetic young woman chimes in, loudly vents about Morsi's visit to Germany. It's deplorable that such a earnest nation as Germany would receive a head of state who comes from the orbit of a terrorist group. She means the Muslim Brotherhood. Her standpoint astonishes me as well as the fact that the other young people appear to agree with her wholeheartedly. They apparently see Europe as some kind of international moral watchdog. Another young woman speaks up. She looks strikingly like my grandmother. Well, except for the hairstyle perhaps, which is about a hundred years apart from my grandmother's. But otherwise the similarity is really uncanny. It could be that my imagination is simply running wild again. It's always the same when I am in Alexandria. My grandmother always shows up somewhere. Then I am thinking about how she told me about her encounter with the Italian engineer who, back in the early twentieth century, supervised the construction work on the Corniche... But then my grandmother disappears suddenly from my mind's eye when a young man loudly declares that the tensions in Egypt are getter ever worse, that he no longer wants to be part of the machine that drums ideas from faraway times and places into people and that he would soon begin a new life on the other side of the Mediterranean whether the people there like it or not.

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Mayim Bialik and her husband, Michael Stone, are getting divorced after nine years of marriage, "The Big Bang Theory" actress announced Wednesday.
"After much consideration and soul-searching, Michael and I have arrived at the decision to divorce due to 'Irreconcilable Differences,'" she wrote on her blog at Kveller, a parenting website. The couple has two sons, 7-year-old Miles and 4-year-old Frederick.
"The hands-on style of parenting we practice" — the onetime "Blossom" star is the author of a book on attachment parenting — "played no role in the changes that led to this decision," she wrote; "relationships are complicated no matter what style of parenting you choose."
She previously described to the L.A. Times some of the principles of attachment parenting: Concepts include sleeping with your child, wearing your child in a sling rather than pushing him around in a stroller and "honoring a baby's voice, meaning honoring a baby's cry and not seeing babies as manipulative," Bialik said in March. "Attachment parenting is not permissive parenting, but the general notion is children have feelings that should be valued."


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Tuffin Dress
Added Sep 15, 2013
by alekat
Sydney, Australia
I have been reading the Foale and Tuffin biography recently and as an insight to the name of this dress, I have named it after Sally Tuffin. Dress designer of the pair of "two cocky, feisty bolshy, arty, clever-clogs young women"
For those of you who might not be familiar with them, Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin met at the Royal College of arts in 1955 and eventually went on to design wholesale together for various retail stores including Woollands 21 shop, before opening their own store. They were featured early in their careers in Vogue in 1962 and travelled with Mary Quant and few other British designers to America for the 'Youth quake' tour in 1965. They made clothes worn by Cathy McGowan, Modelled by Jenny Boyd and with Mary Quant and Barbara Hulanicki, form my own version of the "holy trinity"
The pattern of this dress is the Burda Mondrian Dress. The dress pattern is very interesting – a creative version of a drop-waist dress, with a nod to 1965. The Burda version is colour-blocked with a different colour for each piece.
As shown in the illustration, this dress is supposed to have a belt and pleated skirt. But through mainly happy accidents, my version ended up as such
The instructions don't give you a pattern piece for the skirt, so I just measured out a piece as it said. Maybe I was supposed to double it or something because the skirt just ended up a plain skirt without the pleats. I decided I liked the straight skirt as a pleated skirt could become the victim of a gust of wind and show everyone that which they are not supposed to see!
I did actually make the belt, but it didn't sit as nicely as I'd hoped and the only buckle I could find was quite heavy and just made the fabric sag down at the front so I took it off.
I think I'd rather it in this minimalist version – just the red and white without the fussy decorations.
The dress is actually a wraparound dress – and closes at the left shoulder, kind of like a dentists jacket. I used a few different sized press studs to close the dress. The while buttons are purely decorative but pop against the red
If you like 60s style sewing pop over to my blog for more!
Material Notes
The fabric I used was a Ponte de Roma – a stable double knit which is light enough for summer and wrinkle resistant. I added white bias to the arms and left-hand closure.
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Sep 29, 2013, 03.27 PMby Yuki M
Sweet mod style as always ! Love the red and white contrast. I like your version more than original as everyone say.
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Oct 1, 2013, 11.29 AMby alekat
Thanks! I hoping someone else will make it now too! Its a pretty comfy pattern
Sep 16, 2013, 04.04 AMby Manic Pop
Ahh! I've wanted to make this dress! I saw the pattern before on here and was like, "Hmmm…" So cute on you! I think it's odd that they wouldn't include the pleated pattern, but maybe because it would take up too much printing paper?
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Sep 16, 2013, 04.11 AMby alekat
i think so, and because it would just be a boring shape to include. I'm pretty sure i measured it correctly, but it just wasn't enough!
you should totally make it! you could make it like your other dress with the alternating fabrics?
Sep 16, 2013, 03.46 AMby bethmaryharley
Wowee! This dress rocks! I like your version much better than the original – it's a bit Sergeant Pepper! :-)
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Sep 16, 2013, 04.11 AMby alekat
oh thats a great compliment! Thanks
Sep 15, 2013, 10.46 PMby flowergirl22
that is really lovely,, funky 60's is perfect for you
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Sep 16, 2013, 04.12 AMby alekat
Sep 15, 2013, 06.14 PMby caireen
Your dress is super cool. I love the contrast between the red fabric and the white bias tape and buttons. Yours looks better than the original in my opinion!
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Sep 16, 2013, 04.13 AMby alekat
thanks! I think this pattern suits a mod look, with white and red
Sep 15, 2013, 02.50 PMby kihli
I love your version of this dress! It's great with the colour combination and the white buttons! I also like your skirt variation (no matter that it was unintended).
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Sep 16, 2013, 04.15 AMby alekat
Thanks! i think in this fabric, the pleats wouldn't have sat well anyway
Sep 15, 2013, 11.58 AMby Mary Athey
Gorgeous dress, i love what you've done with this pattern. the dress looks fabulous on you and i much prefer your version. x
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Sep 16, 2013, 04.17 AMby alekat
thanks Mary! You always have the nicest things to say!
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Chum wrote:Quazza wrote:Chum wrote:Quazza wrote:a little off track but here's one of me and the missus. Lol, go nuts
"I'm just going to smile and pretend it's Kobe."
just quietly, she's more a Chris Paul kinda girl. Has his jersey and all lol
Dude, she's a hottie AND she likes basketball!
The only way I can get my wife to watch basketball is if I actually take her to a Ducks game and even that is iffy. You are a lucky man, and you're ugly, so I'm guessing you must have blackmailed her
Smack to the head their Chum, but I'll take that as a laugh and sure Quazza will too, we're all men ofcourse
So you're married Chum? Can i ask what age you are?


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (June 8, 2010) - Junior Chas Byrne (Johnson City, Tenn.) became the first Buccaneer to be drafted since C.J. Lee in 2007 as the Kansas City Royals drafted Byrne in the 16th round of the Major League Baseball draft on Tuesday.
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The NHM's new Dinosaur Hall is one of the most extraordinary dinosaur exhibits in the world, and the premier dinosaur experience in the western United States. Inside are more than 300 real fossils, and 20 complete dinosaurs and ancient sea creatures.
One of the centerpieces of the exhibit is the T. rex growth series — the only trio of different aged T. rex specimens in the world.
One of the great things about the Dinosaur Hall is how close the design lets you get to the fossils! Look a Triceratops in the eye, or walk under the neck of a 68-foot Mamenchisaurus that's longer than a city bus!
All 20 of the complete dinosaur and sea creature mounts have either never been on display before, or have been re-posed according to the latest research. Many were discovered in the last several years by the Museum's in-house Dinosaur Institute.
The Dinosaur Hall doesn't just have fossils. The exhibition is also packed with multi-media stations where you can "excavate" specimens and watch never-before-seen footage of a real dinosaur hunting expedition.
Land ho! 1542. Imagine what it was really like to explore the California seacoast more than 450 years ago. Look for the elaborate diorama that recreates, in cross-section, the San Salvadore, the ship captained by Spanish sailor and explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo. Details of the crew and supplies are based on actual records from the original ship log. Check out the California History Hall >
A little pueblo known as Los Angeles. How does L.A.'s current population compare to the early "founders" or "pobladores"? The city of Los Angeles has a current estimated population of almost 4 million. But the original settlement consisted of only 44 people — a total of 11 families. The pobladores were multi-racial of Indian, African and European origin — a preview of the city's dynamic multi-ethnic population of today.
Come fly with me. Los Angeles has a longstanding reputation as an automobile-dependent town. But the city is not just about cars and freeways. L.A. has a significant history as an aviation center that goes as far back as the early 1900s when, due to its open geography and climate, the city was heavily promoted as a prime location to test and manufacture airplanes.
City of the future. Despite its rich history, Los Angeles is continually changing and reinventing itself. Evidence of the city's past is sometimes quite elusive. If you're seeking solid proof that L.A. didn't just spring up overnight, inspect the fascinating aerial map of L.A in 1894 or survey the elaborate 3-D scale model of downtown L.A. in the 1930s, which catalogues the city, block by block. Time doesn't stand still in L.A., but these snapshots bring the city's invisible past into sharp focus.
Spider school. Much of the information people have heard about spiders is often incorrect or completely fabricated — based more on myth and misconception than reality. To better understand these fragile, reclusive creatures, take some time to appreciate the variety of spiders in the Spider Pavilion and even meet one up close in this safe environment.
Small creatures, enormous thrill. Spiders are often described as scary bugs and they seem so foreign to many of us. Although most people see spiders as venomous monsters, nothing in the Spider Pavilion is dangerous. Take this opportunity to face these gentle spiders, two eyes to eight eyes.
Being a spider is not easy. Spiders are some of the world's most misunderstood creatures, yet they are important players in most habitats. They are extremely shy and most of them are very fragile. The world that spiders inhabit is a perilous place and they must worry constantly about being crushed or eaten.
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Avoiding the limelight. Bugs certainly aren't trying to get attention. Most of them are quite shy. The Insect Zoo presents these elusive creatures in a way that allows you to observe them from all angles so you can see how they really act and live.
Now you see them, now you don't. Insects have some amazing traits to help them survive, including camouflage. Some disguise themselves and move ever so slowly so as not to be detected. Watch patiently. Are those cases empty, or are those twigs and leaves actually some incredibly camouflage insects?
Snacks to avoid. Some bugs are brightly colored and have such distinctive patterns that they really stand out against their surroundings. This instant recognizability can actually work to everyone's advantage. For instance, Monarch butterflies are poisonous and are best not eaten. Their markings warn predators to stay away, simultaneously protecting the predator from poison, and the butterfly from becoming someone else's meal.
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Always something new to see. Our world-class dioramas were first created in the 1930s, and are so packed with specimens and environmental details that you'll always discover something you haven't seen before. Plus we're constantly updating these exhibits with new specimens.
The fine art of natural history. The magnificent backdrops for the dioramas were painted by noteworthy artists and are valued pieces of fine art in their own right.
Care and feeding. The animals in our dioramas may not need the same level of care as live creatures, however, creating and maintaining the realistic-looking and accurate dioramas for our halls is an ongoing process. Many institutions display dioramas, but the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is unique in that it has, since the 1920s, maintained a full-time diorama program with dedicated staff artists. Learn more about the diorama artists >
Stand face-to-face (and fearless) with wild and dangerous creatures. If you ran into many of these creatures in the wild you'd want to get as far away as possible. But here you can take your time and closely study dozens of ferocious or elusive animals. Go ahead and count every one of the grizzly's sharp teeth if you want, risk-free.
Rock your world. The diversity and beauty of minerals on our planet is astounding and so is our Hall of Gems and Minerals. Be sure to catch the breathtakingly beautiful Gem Crystal exhibit (at the far end of the hall near the exit), which highlights some of the Museum's best gem and mineral specimens using dramatic fiber-optic lighting.
The next time you stub your toe on a stone at least you'll be able to curse it by name…. Discover the geological richness that exists right where you live. Explore the finest display of California minerals in the world and learn about the rich array of minerals and gems in the region.
Gorgeous Geology. Our Hixon Gem Vault houses one of the finest, most captivating gem displays in the country including exquisite rubies, sapphires and emeralds as well as many rare and little known gems. Jewel enthusiasts have a tough time dragging themselves out of the vault.
Heavy metal. Our Gem and Mineral Hall contains one of the largest exhibits of all-natural gold in the world, featuring over 300 lbs total weight in gold, displayed in many of its most surprising forms. Learn more about the hall >
Not your typical safari. The African Mammal Hall, first opened in 1930, realistically represents creatures and habitats from an Africa that is fast disappearing. To create the elaborate African mammal dioramas, the Museum would send an entire crew on location, including a collector, a museum curator, taxidermists, and an artist or two to sketch the environment and gather native rocks and plant material.
The fine art of natural history. The magnificent backdrops for the dioramas were painted by noteworthy artists and are valued pieces of fine art in their own right, worthy of display in an art museum. Lest we take ourselves too seriously, one of our artists was also renowned for painting backdrops in his underwear! Learn more
See "invisible" creatures. Some shy, solitary or nocturnal creatures represented in the African Hall often elude the human eye and are rarely seen in the wild. The greater kudu first appeared in the fossil record about 1.8 million years ago. However, this animal is rarely seen due to its highly effective camouflage. Here's your opportunity to actually see one!
Top drawer. Feel free to slide open the drawers in the bird hall to examine an assortment of specimens. You'll discover a surprising variety of bird feet, wing shapes and eggs (large and small). You can even see how bird specimens are prepared for behind-the-scenes study. Learn more >
Visit a prairie marsh at sunrise — and leave your rubber boots at home. Our immersive marsh exhibit will make you feel like you're actually trekking through wetlands teeming with life.
Our dense rainforest is home to dozens of birds and other rainforest creatures. Look carefully or you could walk right by some of the most interesting displays — subtly and realistically camouflaged within the thick greenery.
Avian Architects. More than just a place to store a few eggs, bird nests are often feats of architectural ingenuity. Nest types are incredibly diverse. Some are simple depressions in the ground, while others are long pendulous hanging structures. Building methods and materials run the gamut too — stones, leaves, feathers, branches — there are even nests made entirely of bird saliva.
Locals, mostly. Many of the most remarkable specimens in this exhibit called SoCal home. The Simi Valley mastodon stomped around the area through which the Ronald Reagan Freeway now runs; the mysterious paleoparadoxiid spent its days in the hills of modern-day Laguna; and both the giant jaguar and saber-toothed cat stalked their prey right in the heart of what we now know as the Miracle Mile.
Be a Paleontologist! Besides the amazing taxidermy and skeleton specimens you'll encounter in Age of Mammals, the Museum's scientists and exhibition designers have created fun, interactive kiosks that will make you think you're out in a fossil field, or inside a paleontology lab like the one here at the NHM. You'll be able to "excavate" the paleoparadoxiid bones, figure out where they belong, and assemble the skeleton yourself!
Continents shift and climates change. We hear so much about global warming in the news because we're currently experiencing a period of dramatic climate change, but there's nothing new about it. Age of Mammals presents a long-range perspective to our contemporary situation. Earth's climate has been changing for millions of years, and those changes have influenced the evolution of mammals — our evolution. When Antarctica was isolated through continental shift millions of years ago, the Earth got cooler and dryer. Vegetation changes came in the form of fewer forests and more grasslands, and then mammals, our ancestors included, evolved to their changing environments. And came to become the remarkable range of species we witness on Earth today.
Mastodons and mammoths were not the same. Although the American mastodon was a relative of prehistoric mammoths, they were distinctly different animals. Mastodons like the one you'll see in Age of Mammals stood at about half the height of taller mammoths. The two animals had different diets, and therefore evolved different types of teeth, too. The mastodon's simple and low-crowned teeth tell us it was a browser; it tended to eat leaves and twigs. Mammoths (like the Columbian mammoth on view at the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits were grazers; their tall teeth were ideal for munching on grass, much like present-day cows.
Orange County Native. A most mysterious mammal. Paleoparadoxiid, or "Mystery Mammal," is a previously unknown species of mammal that lived in coastal Southern California about 10 to 12 million years ago. The specimen on display in Age of Mammals is the first known individual of its kind, uncovered in Orange County, CA, during construction of a golf course. Paleoparadoxiids were herbivorous, creatures, and in life they probably four legged, amphibious looked and acted like hippos. Their closest living relatives are elephants, sea cows and manatees.


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Citation: Teixeira DE, Benchimol M, Crepaldi PH, de Souza W (2012) Interactive Multimedia to Teach the Life Cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi, the Causative Agent of Chagas Disease. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 6(8): e1749. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001749
Editor: Yara M. Traub-Csekö, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Brazil
Published: August 28, 2012
Copyright: © Teixeira et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: This work has been partially supported by Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ; http://www.faperj.br). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Parasitic protozoa are important agents of human and veterinary diseases, which are widely distributed throughout the world. The parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is the causal agent of the human disease known as Chagas disease, affects approximately 8 million people and causes more than 14,000 deaths per year in Latin America. It is estimated that in Brazil there are around 2 million individuals infected [1]. T. cruzi has a complex life cycle involving both vertebrate and invertebrate hosts in three well-defined developmental stages: (1) amastigotes, which are the proliferative forms found inside the vertebrate host cells; (2) epimastigotes, which are the proliferative forms found in the intestine of the invertebrate host; and (3) trypomastigotes, which are highly infective and originate from the amastigotes at the end of the intracellular cycle following their release into the intercellular space and into bloodstream [2]. Trypomastigotes also arise from epimastigotes in the posterior regions of the digestive tract of the invertebrate host [3].
The present work aims to use a cell biologic approach to create multimedia materials that present basic aspects of the life cycle of T. cruzi and the morphology of its various developmental stages, as well as some biological processes such a division, motility, and endocytic activity.
The current teaching method is based upon formal lectures using classic material with little emphasis on the use of three-dimensional (3D) animation models. In this report, we present new instructional material with modern schemes and dynamic models that include 3D animations (Box 1). These educational tools will be useful for a broad audience, which includes students in face-to-face and distance education, teachers, researchers, and any member of the general public that are interested in parasites. As an instructional tool, the animations are more effective than the static graphics for teaching dynamic events [4]. Studies in biology courses have shown that animations lead to increased student understanding and retention of cell biology information [5].
Box 1. Advantages and Disadvantages of Scientific Animation
- Animation is a powerful tool to communicate abstract scientific ideas that are difficult to visualize and interpret when described with words or using static images
- Increase student understanding and memory retention
- Animations are playful and accessible to undergraduate students and enable them to understand complex processes more easily
The 3D models and animations were produced by designers working at the CECIERJ Foundation (Fundação Centro de Ciências e Educação Superior a Distância do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - CEDERJ Consortium).
Our analysis is based on information obtained by our group in the last 20 years using video microscopy and light microscopy as well as scanning and transmission electron microscopy, which show various aspects of the structural organization of the protozoan and its interaction with host cells. Our analysis also used information obtained by different research groups. All animations and images were produced using software such as 3ds Max, Maya, Poser, and Flash.
Results and Discussion
Life Cycle
During its life cycle, T. cruzi infects both invertebrate and vertebrate hosts. Figure 1 shows a general view of its life cycle of the basic aspects of the life cycle of T. cruzi in the human host (video: http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=242) and in the triatomine insect (video: http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=243).
1. The insect vector (female or male) bites a mammalian host and ingests trypomastigotes located in the blood. 2. Metacyclic trypomastigotes. 3. Trypomastigotes transform into epimastigotes and some spheromastigotes. 4. Epimastigotes multiply in the midgut. 5. Epimastigotes transform into metacyclic trypomastigotes in the hindgut. 6. The insect vector passes the metacyclic trypomastigotes in feces near a bite site after feeding on a mammalian host. 7. Metacyclic trypomastigotes form. 8. Metacyclic trypomastigote infects macrophages. 9. Metacyclic trypomastigote transforms into amastigote. 10. Amastigote is released from the parasitophorous vacuole. 11. Amastigotes multiply in the cytoplasm. 12. Amastigotes transform into trypomastigotes. 13. Trypomastigotes burst out of the cell. 14. Amastigotes and trypomastigotes form. 15. (a) Trypomastigotes and (b) amastigotes infect macrophages. In the central portion of the figure, we added the most important animal reservoirs involved in the maintenance of the parasite in the domestic and peridomestic environment.
Morphology of T. cruzi
On the basis of several images obtained by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, we made 3D figures that illustrate the general shape of the various developmental stages of T. cruzi as well as the presence and distribution of structures and organelles, as shown in Figures 2–4. A more detailed 3D animation of the ultrastructure of each developmental stage is shown in the videos found at http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=253, http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=252, and http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=251.
(A) 2D and (B) 3D models. These images were made based on micrographs of light microscopy as well as scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
(A) 2D and (B) 3D models. These images were made based on micrographs of light microscopy as well as scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
(A) 2D and (B) 3D models. These images were made based on micrographs of light microscopy as well as scanning and transmission electron microscopy.
Dynamic Processes
We analyzed some of the dynamic processes, which take place in the T. cruzi cell cycle as (a) cell division (Figure 5 and http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=250), (b) the highly polarized endocytic activity where the epimastigote forms uptake macromolecules from the medium as previously discussed in a recent review [6] (Figure 6 and http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=249), and (c) the structural organization of the paraflagellar rod (PFR), which is a structure closely associated to the axoneme and a component of the flagellum of most of the trypanosomatids [7], [8]. On the basis of the images obtained using atomic force microscopy (AFM) and transmission electron microscopy of freeze-fractured and deep-etched cells, we were able to propose a model for the PFR [9]. A schematic motility is represented as a 3D hypothesis of the PFR (Figure 7 and video: http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=248).
(A) In the preliminary phase of cell division, the nucleus displays condensed chromatin and a single nucleolus. (B) The early phase of the division process begins with the decondensation of chromatin and the disappearance of the nucleolus. (C) In the equatorial stage, there is early lateral growth of the kinetoplast and the appearance of a new basal body. This change is followed by the appearance of an arranged set of ten dense plaques in the equatorial region of the nucleus. These plaques are associated with an intranuclear spindle formed by microtubules. (D) The early elongational phase begins with the splitting of dense plaques, which migrate toward the nucleus poles. The nucleus elongates, and the spindle microtubules modify their distribution. The new flagellum emerges from the flagellar pocket. (E) In the final phase of elongation, the split dense plaques begin to migrate toward the nucleus poles, which exhibit an hourglass shape. This form represents the last stage of nucleus constriction. (F) In the reorganizative phase, the microtubules fade out in a stepwise fashion, the nucleolus begins to reconstitute, and the chromatin begins to condense. In this phase, the nuclei and kinetoplasts are already individualized. (G) At the stage of constriction, cytokinesis occurs and culminates with the formation of two independent amastigotes (H). These images were made based on micrographs of transmission electron microscopy.
(A) Endocytosis occurs in two sites of macromolecular ingestion: the cytostome-cytopharinx complex and the flagellar pocket. (B) In cytostome-cytopharinx complex the macromolecules migrate through the cytopharynx and are internalized via small vesicles, which are formed in the final portion of the cytopharynx. (C) Subsequently, the macromolecules cross through the early tubular endosomal network and are delivered to a reservosome (D). (E) The macromolecules are also internalized via vesicles that form in the flagellar pocket. (F) The endocytic pathway continues through a network of long tubules and vesicles extending to the posterior end of the cell body, returning to the opposite direction and eventually merging with the reservosome. (G) Our model also suggests that cruzipain molecules, as well as other proteases, are processed and leave the Golgi complex. (H) Vesicles containing these molecules also interact with the endocytic pathway and are transported to reservosomes. These images were made based on micrographs of transmission electron microscopy.
(A and B) Show the flagellum in a straight state and (C and D) in a bent state. (A and C) Schematic 3D representation and (B and D) deep-etching replica images. Axoneme (light pink), filaments that link the PFR to the axoneme (purple), proximal and distal domains of the PFR (red), and the intermediate domain (salmon). These schematic 3D representations were made based on micrographs of transmission electron microscopy (image courtesy of Gustavo Rocha).
The Behavior of T. cruzi in the Invertebrate Host
Figure 8 and the video at http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=243 show the life cycle of T. cruzi in the invertebrate host.
(A) Insect vector ingesting trypomastigotes present in the blood of the vertebrate host during a blood meal. (B) In the stomach of the insect, trypomastigotes transform into epimastigotes and spheromastigotes. (C) Epimastigotes multiply in the midgut and attach to the perimicrovillar membranes of the intestinal cells. (D) Note that this adhesion occurs predominantly through the region of the flagellum. (E) At the most posterior region, many of the epimastigotes transform into metacyclic trypomastigotes and adhere to the cuticle lining the epithelium of the rectum and the rectal sac of the insect. (F) When the parasites leave the epithelium, the metacyclic trypomastigotes may be eliminated in the urine or feces of the insect. These images were made based on micrographs of transmission electron microscopy and video microscopy.
The Interaction of T. cruzi with Vertebrate Host Cells
As part of the life cycle, the infective trypomastigote and amastigote forms of T. cruzi interact with different types of cells in the mammalian hosts, such as macrophages, muscle cells, epithelial cells, and neurons. This interaction has been studied in some detail in cell culture (both phagocytic and non-professional phagocytic cells). Figures 9–11 and the next three videos illustrate the macrophage interactions with the non-infective epimastigotes as well as the infective amastigote and trypomastigote forms. For epimastigotes, the destruction of the intravacuolar parasite occurs (Figure 9, video: http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=247). In trypomastigotes, fusion of the lysosomes with the parasitophorous vacuole (PV) occurs even during gradual transformation of trypomastigotes into amastigotes (Figure 10, video: http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=246). A similar process occurs when amastigotes infect host cells (Figure 11, video: http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=245). Figure 12 and the video at http://www.imbebb.org.br/conteudo.asp?idsecao=244 show the process of infection in heart muscle cells, where the intracellular cycle resembles that described for macrophages.
(A) Attachment of epimastigotes to the macrophage surface. (B) This attachment triggers the internalization process via phagocytosis with the formation of pseudopods (C) and is followed by the formation of a parasitophorous vacuole. (D–G) Host cell lysosomes migrate toward and fuse with the parasitophorous vacuole, releasing their contents into the vacuole and subsequently digesting the intravacuolar epimastigotes (H). These images were made based on micrographs of transmission electron microscopy and video microscopy.
(A) Attachment of the trypomastigote form to the macrophage surface. (B) The process of internalization via phagocytosis begins with the formation of pseudopods and is followed by the recruitment and fusion of host cell lysosomes (C). A parasitophorous vacuole is subsequently formed. The lysosomal content is released into the vacuole, and the parasite is not affected. (D) In the vacuole, the trypomastigote transforms into the amastigote form. (E) This transformation is accompanied by the digestion of the parasitophorous vacuole membrane. (F) The amastigote is released into the cytoplasm of the host cell and divide several times. (G) Following division, the amastigotes transform into trypomastigotes, which show intense and constant movement. (H) The host cell bursts and the parasites reach the extracellular space and, subsequently, the bloodstream. These images were made based on micrographs of transmission electron microscopy and video microscopy.
(A) In this example, attachment of the amastigote form to the macrophage surface is observed to initiate the process of internalization via phagocytosis. (B) The formation of pseudopods is followed by the formation of a parasitophorous vacuole (C). The lysosomes fuse with the parasitophorous vacuole and discharge their contents. (D) Subsequent digestion of the parasitophorous vacuole membrane occurs. (E) Note that the amastigote is released into the cytoplasm of the host cell and divides several times (F). (G) Following division, the amastigotes transform in trypomastigotes, which display intense and constant movement. (H) Finally, the host cell bursts and the parasites are released into the extracellular space and reach the bloodstream. These images were made based on micrographs of transmission electron microscopy and video microscopy.
(A) Attachment of the trypomastigote form to the surface of heart muscle cells. This attachment initiates the process of invasion and is followed by the formation of a parasitophorous vacuole (B). (C) Inside the vacuole, the trypomastigote transforms into an amastigote form and this transformation is accompanied by the digestion of the parasitophorous vacuole membrane. (D) The amastigote is released into the cytoplasm of the host cell and divides several times (E). (F) Following division, the amastigotes transform into trypomastigotes, which are released into the extracellular space. These images were made based on micrographs of transmission electron microscopy and video microscopy.
Taken together, the 3D schematics shown in Figures 9–11 and the dynamic 3D videos of interaction between the forms of T. cruzi and macrophage cells allow a better visualization of the various developmental stages of T. cruzi, including dynamic cellular processes as well as the interaction of the protozoan with vertebrate and invertebrate hosts. The multimedia materials described herein will present a comprehensive view of the protozoan life cycle to students. These materials also offer dynamic models that improve our understanding of some important biological processes.
This work has been partially supported by FAPERJ. The authors would like to thank Celso Sant'Anna, Gustavo Rocha, Kildare Miranda, Danielle Cavalcanti, Tecia Maria Ulisses de Carvalho, Rodrigo Leite, Marcelo Xavier and Ricardo Amaral for their support during the development of this work.
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Korean vampire grapples with morality in 'Thirst'
May 18, 2009 (AP) -- Director Park Chan-wook may have invented a new genre with "Thirst," his film about a priest turned bloodsucker who doesn't like to kill. The movie combines horror, suspense, social satire and humor in the story of a man of faith transformed into a vampire by a medical experiment gone wrong.
If pushed, Park calls the film "a vampire romance." But he doesn't like labels.
"I didn't set out to make a vampire film that would infuse fresh new blood into the genre," Park said through an interpreter. "I didn't want to make a completely new vampire film. I wanted to make a completely new film with priests in it."
Park is one of South Korea's most respected directors, with a resume that includes the gory "Oldboy," which won Cannes' second prize in 2004.
"Thirst," co-produced by Universal Pictures, is the first Korean film made with Hollywood backing.
The central character's faith in God makes "Thirst" the story of a spiritual struggle. Priest Sang-hyung (Song Kang-ho), experiences a crisis of faith and morality when he discovers he must drink human blood to survive.
"This is a man who believes in God, who turns into something more akin to a devil or a monster," Park said. "This downfall causes him to question why this has happened to him."
At the same time, "he struggles to take responsibility for what has happened."
The film mines humor from the hero's attempt to avoid killing anyone to slake his bloodlust -- he takes to drinking from the IV tube of a comatose hospital patient. It's also a serious portrait of a man questioning the God he has always believed in.
"This is a character who is acutely aware of the unethical aspects of drinking someone else's blood," Park said. "He recognizes this as bad behavior."
Newly awakened to carnal desires, Sang-hyung falls in love with unhappy housewife Tae-ju (Kim Ok-vin), and the pair embark on a passionate romance that leaves her, too, with a taste for blood. While Sang-hyung struggles, Tae-ju embraces her new identity, dispatching victims with gusto.
"She says 'This is not what I wanted, to become a vampire, but since I am one, I am going to enjoy it.' She almost feels a sense of liberation," Park said.
"Thirst" moves away from the revenge theme of Park's best-known films, the trilogy that included "Lady Vengeance" and "Oldboy." His last feature, "I Am a Cyborg, But That's OK," was a romantic comedy set in a mental institution.
Park says "Thirst" is "a culmination of all my previous work."
"All contained aspects of religion, aspects of a desire for redemption," he said. "This is a film where finally they are at the fore."
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Highschool of the Dead (UK - DVD R2)
Marcus tries to kill zombies but keeps getting distracted by all the boobs...
After a teacher gets bitten though the school gates by a zombie, an outbreak sweeps across the highschool and takes out students and teachers alike. Now struggling to survive and with the realisation that this outbreak has taken over the entire country and most of the world, a group of school kids battle the undead and try to find a new life post Z-Day.
With an absolutely fantastic opening sequence that ends with lots of zombie bashing and lead character Takashi Komuro screaming "What the fuck is going on?!!" Highschool of the Dead immediately feels like classic, high octane anime with some awesomely delicious visuals. Thankfully its sticks to that and what could have coasted as a pretty madcap zombie bashing event for it's entire twelve episode run actually molds itself into a very solid take on the age old zombie apocalypse blueprint.
The highschool setting for the first few episodes is used well and the coming together of the students as well as their top heavy school nurse Shizuka Marikawa really gets you involved with the team as they enter the larger over-run city and begin their city wide zombie bashing adventures. Everything feels well paced, the character development is good and despite the anime visuals and moments of melodramatic inflection, HOTD still has its own dramatic stamp on a world taken over by zombies.
However, where HOTD forges its own path and sets itself apart from the rest of the zombie crowd is with its high volume of bouncing cleavage shots, intentional up skirt angles and a natural ability to show slivers of female undergarments however and whenever it can. Now, this in a live action movie would probably undermine the overall feel of the horror but somehow in anime this just makes everything a little bit cooler in my eyes. It's like HOTD already had anime guys with cool hair and it already had adrenaline fueled blood spraying action sequences and it already had beautifully animated girls in school uniforms kicking zombie ass, so hey, why not go the whole hog and include another anime spectacle and go with a little tongue in cheek naughtiness from time to time, right? It's probably because I'm a seasoned manga and anime fan but this stuff has always been something I love in the Japanese arena. Even in the goriest of movies, the sweetest of love stories, the craziest of comedies there's still room to fit in a boob gag or some embarrassing blush inducing moment for someone over something a little risqué and weirder still, they manage to keep it 'sweet' or 'cute' even at its most inappropriate. It's really something that only works in animation and now having witnessed this in a zombie movie it just makes me love the world of anime a little bit more.
As for where all this zombie bashing goes over the twelve episodes, I have to say I was pretty impressed. It's certainly the most fun I've had with an animated series since Stand Alone Complex and the entire run really keeps up a good pace (despite a few repetitive elements) all the way up to the pretty epic finale. Highschool of the Dead takes the tried and tested zombie formula and has fun with it. It's brutal, it's dramatic, it's sexy and more than that, it's fun. I'd totally jump on a second season when and if it arrives and I can see me rewatching a fair few of the episodes here as well (especially when I get hold of the Blu-ray).
For starters the artwork here is consistently fantastic. I love the designs, from the girls all the way through to the dead eyed zombies and some of the action is animated in ways that live action just can't match. Thankfully the transfer does plenty to present it to us well (even if I really did feel the lack of 1080p power due to my love of 2D in HD). Colours are bathed in sunlight, giving the entire show a very high quality look and while this can sometimes give a hazy look on DVD it still doesn't hide the many cool visual tricks at work here. Shading and shadowing is solid, small animated touches such as hair movement and blood sprays looks sharp and the varied and wild colours (mainly for female characters' hair) all pop off the screen in ways only anime can muster. This is a solid transfer with only the standard definition weaknesses holding it back.
The English 5.1 track is pretty straightforward with dialogue in the front and music living in the back. There's the odd swoosh or splat that bring the two together but considering some of the crazy action on screen the audio track felt a little simple to really sell the good stuff. Outside of the lack of dynamics, the track often has a few layers working well together (zombie 'urrgghhhs' and shouting and guns) and the dialogue is always crisp but it's all pretty standard and doesn't do much to reach beyond its TV origins.
The textless opening song (01:29) and closing songs (20:23) are the only extras across the two discs, so if crazy Japanese credit music is your thing it's here for you.
I liked Highschool of the Dead a whole lot. It lifted my enjoyment of the zombie genre again (after The Walking Dead's first season wound up being a non event), it made me want to seek out a few more anime series (which I haven't wanted to do for a while) and my appreciation of T&A being shoe horned into any movie situation was solidified too, so all in all I call this one an across the board success. The disc has solid A/V, so that's good news but the total lack of any real extras is a bit disappointing, would have been nice to see some of the comic books for this one.
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I had a watch of this before I sent it to you and I found it pretty enjoyable. Sure it's a bit odd, what with all the giant boobs and love triangles (and that bathroom scene was right out of a soft-core movie), but it still held together well. I'd like to see a second series.
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The manga is actually still incomplete, so the anime producers are still waiting for it until the chapters are enough to make another season. Man, the wait is killing me. Moreover, there is a 1 episode OVA which not included in this release that took place right after the end of the season. The episode is really 'refreshing'^^.
Also, did the bathroom scene in this edition shows some nipples (not boobs covered by bubbles/steam)? That's one indication. If it doesn't, chances are, you got the cut edition coz I've already seen two different takes of those scene before ^^.
Also, did the bathroom scene in this edition shows some nipples (not boobs covered by bubbles/steam)? That's one indication. If it doesn't, chances are, you got the cut edition coz I've already seen two different takes of those scene before ^^.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 29th August 2012
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Stereo 2.0 Japense
Subtitles: English
Extras: Textless Songs
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Various
Cast: Junichi Suwabe, Marina Inoue, Ayana Taketatsu, Eri Kitamura
Genre: Action, Animation and Horror
Length: 288 minutes
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Cleveland Indians pitcher Roberto Hernandez, the former Fausto Carmona,pitched the first five inningsthe Clippers today in Huntington Park against the Rochester Red Wings in a rehab assignment. He allowed five runs on nine hits with two wallks and a wild pitch.
In the game, theRed Wingsrallied for two runs in the top of the 12th to defeat Columbus 10-8. Wilkin Ramirez broke an 8-8 tie with a solo home run off Tyler Sturdevant. Tsuyoshi Nishiokahad an RBI single to add an insurance run.
Rochester got a solo home run from Chris Parmelee in the top of the 11th inning to take an 8-7. But Jason Donald led off the bottom of the inning with his fifth hit of the game and scored from third base on a wild pitch by Deolios Guerra with two outs to send the game to the 12th.
The Clippers trailed 7-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning but erupted for five runs to tie the game and send it into extra innings. Jason Donald had a two-run double in the rally with Vinny Rottino cutting the deficit to 7-5 with a sacrifice fly. Matt LaPorta tied matters with a first-pitch home run off Rochester closer Lester Oliveros.
Hernandezwas on pitch and innings limits of 6 and 90. He reached neither. Former Cleveland pitching coach Tim Belcher is in the ballpark watching him.
Hernandez got a ground out to start the game from Tsuyoshi Nishioka. He walked Pedro Florimon on four pitches but retired Matt Carson and Chris Parmelee on routine fly balls. He threw 12 pitches overall, 7 for strikes.
The Clippers took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first on an RBI double by Matt LaPorta.
The Red Wings made the second inning a busier affair for Hernandez. Clete Thomas led off with a single to right and Eduardo Escobar moved him to third on a hit-and-run single that also went to right field. Hernandez got Wilkin Ramirez to ground to Jared Goedert at third to start an around-the-horn double play. Thomas did score to tie the game at 1-1. He walked Brian Dinkelman before Danny Lehmann ended the inning with a fielder's choice grounder.
The Clippers regained the lead at 2-1 in the bottom of the second. Chad Huffman doubled to start the inning and scored on a one-out single by Gregorio Petit.
But Rochester replied in the third against Hernandez. Nishioka turned on a 2--0 pitch and doubled over the head of Tim Fedroff in center. Florimon followed with a single to move him to third and he scored on Florimon's grounder to Petit at shortstop to tie the game at 2-2.
The Red Wings continued to square up Hernandez in the fourth. Escobar started the inning with a bunt single and went to second on Goedert's throwing error. Ramirez doubled to right to give the Red Wings a 3-2 lead. He scored on Dinkelman's single to center. Lehman singled before Nishioka fouled out to LaPorta at first for the first out. Florimon lined out to LaPorta and Carson grounded out to end the inning.
Parmelee lined a double down the right field line to begin the Rochester fifth. He went to third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch by Hernandez that jumped the lead to 5-2.
Scott Barnes relieved Hernandez in the sixth. He allowed a run without giving up a hit. He walked the first two batters he faced. Nishioka dropped a sacrfice bunt and Florimon delivered a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 6-2.
Rochester added a run in the ninth on a solo home run by Parmelee.


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The announcement that European Council president Donald Tusk will make a statement on Brexit early on Friday morning added to talk that the Prime Minister had made progress.
Under-pressure Mrs May had been hoping to make a new offer by Friday on the Irish border to satisfy both Dublin and Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, which props up her Government.
A mooted agreement between the UK and EU on divorce issues including the Irish border, which would allow talks to progress to the future trade relationship, was torpedoed on Monday by the DUP.
On Thursday evening, Mrs May spoke to European Commission president Jean Claude Juncker, after he had phoned Irish PM Leo Varadkar.
Mr Juncker's chief spokesman Margaritis Schinas said after the calls that an early morning meeting and "press point" on Friday was "possible", but added: "We are making progress but not yet fully there. Talks are continuing throughout the night."
Downing Street did not comment on suggestions that Mrs May could fly to Brussels very early on Friday to seal a deal.
Confirming the PM's calls, a Number 10 spokesman said: "Discussions about taking forward the Brexit process are ongoing."
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The DUP objected to plans for "regulatory alignment" between Northern Ireland and the Republic to maintain a soft border between the two, arguing it would amount to the drawing of a new frontier with the UK mainland in the Irish Sea.
The Prime Minister is under intense pressure to get leaders at the December 14 European Council summit to declare "sufficient progress" has been made on divorce issues so trade talks can begin.
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Advisory 11/2005: Multiple vulnerabilities in Contrexx
Hash: SHA1
Hardened PHP Project
-= Security Advisory =-
Advisory: Multiple vulnerabilities in Contrexx
Release Date: 2005/07/21
Last Modified: 2005/07/18
Author: Christopher Kunz <email@example.com>
Application: Contrexx < 1.0.5
Severity: Cross-Site Scripting, SQL injection and information
disclosure, password hash disclosure
Risk: High
Vendor Status: Vendor has released an updated version
References: http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_112005.59.html
Contrexx is a commercial content management system that has been released as
an open source product lately. It features typical CMS features like content
pages, polls, news, RSS feed aggregation and newsletters, split up in modu-
The search and the blog aggregation module are vulnerable to Cross-Site
Scripting, allowing malicious users to hijack user or admin sessions. Unfil-
tered user input in the poll module allows for MySQL version disclosure, and
might faciliate further SQL injection attacks under MySQL 5 with subselects.
SQL Injection in the gallery module can be used to select arbitrary data,
including a complete list of username/password hash combinations.
A bundled XML file discloses the Contrexx version in use.
1) SQL injection in poll module
The poll module in Contrexx is made up like any other web-based poll: users
can vote for one of several choices by clicking a radio button and submitt-
ing the poll form. The value of the radio button is an integer value that
is passed to the SQL abstraction layer without any checks or casts:
$query="SELECT voting_system_id from ".DBPREFIX."voting_results WHERE
id=".$_POST["votingoption"]." ";
By saving, changing and submitting a modified poll form to the server, an
attacker can get the MySQL server to disclose its version.
On top of that, the results of aforementioned query are fed directly into an
UPDATE statement that thus can be modified by changing the WHERE clause.
This can be used to spike polls and may be used for other injection with
MySQL5's subselects. With magic_quotes_gpc=Off, more evil can be done.
This is faciliated by the ridiculous input filtering that basically checks
for SELECT, UPDATE, AND and OR, but leaves /**/SELECT, UPDATE/**/, &&, ||
2) SQL injection in gallery module
The pId parameter in Contrexx's gallery module is passed to the database
layer completely unfiltered:
if(isset($_GET['pId']) && !empty($_GET['pId'])){
and in method showPicture():
$objDb->query("SELECT id,name,path,linkname,link,size_show
FROM ".DBPREFIX."module_gallery_pictures
WHERE id=".$pictureId);
An attacker can append arbitrary SQL to the pId parameter, including UNION
SELECT. However, since there is some - err - "filtering" going on, keywords
like SELECT, UNION, AND or similar need to be pre- or postfixed with an
empty SQL comment.
Using this injection, it is very easy to obtain a full list of usernames and
password hashes which can then be cracked with a premade MD5 rainbow table.
3) XSS in the search form
Plain and simple XSS, exploitable via GET and POST on the front-end search
form. See below for PoC, it's very straightforward. The input sanitation
functions seem to differ between Contrexx versions - it was possible to
inject script code without any additional characters on the Contrexx web
site (http://www.contrexx.com/).
Contrexx' input filters filter out "<script>", but, for some unknown reason,
do not touch "<scr\ipt>".
4) XSS in blog aggregation module
Blog aggregation is used to create a "blog roll" for daily perusal by admin-
istrators or normal web site users. A malicious person could use their leet
social engineering skills to persuade a Contrexx administrator that their
blog is worth a daily read - prompting said admin to include this blog in
their Contrexx blog aggregation.
Then, the attacker could embed script code in one of their blog entries.
Since no input filtering is done on incoming RSS aggregations, this script
code is displayed in the front-end aggregation module and also in the admin
backend (if the administrator clicks on "preview"). With the resulting XSS
an attacker could steal the admin's cookies and hijack their session.
5) Version information disclosure
In a default installation of Contrexx, a file named "config/version.xml" is
created upon installation. It contains the exact version information for the
Contrexx installation.
Proof of Concept:
1) Modify one of the poll "votingoption" parameters to read like this:
value="1 /*!50030%20s*/"
and submit the form. Repeat until no SQL error is displayed - you have
found the MySQL version running on the server.
More SQL injection:
value="123 UNION/**/ SELECT/**/ '1 OR 1=1'"
2) /index.php?section=gallery&cmd=showCat&cid=41&pId=1%20/**/UNION/**/%20
3) /index.php?section=search&term=%22%3E%3Cscr\ipt%3Ealert(%22xss%22)
4) Create a blog entry with the title <script>alert('xss')</script>. Have
this blog aggregated by Contrexx. Stir. Enjoy.
5) See /config/version.xml in your Contrexx installation.
Disclosure Timeline:
08. July 2005 - Vendor informed.
10. July 2005 - One more bug disclosed to vendor, including PoC.
19. July 2005 - Vendor has released updated version.
20. July 2005 - public disclosure
We strongly recommend installing the updated version, 1.0.5, which is avail-
able from the vendor's homepage, www.contrexx.com.
You can discuss this and other vulnerabilities in our forum at
http://forum.hardened-php.net/ - an up-to-date list of advisories can be
found at http://www.hardened-php.net/.
pub 1024D/0A864AA1 2004-04-17 Hardened-PHP Signature Key
Key fingerprint = 066F A6D0 E57E 9936 9082 7E52 4439 14CC 0A86 4AA1
Copyright 2005 Christopher Kunz / Hardened PHP Project. All rights reserved.
Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org


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- 100% Polyester
- Hand wash
- Imported
- Center back to hem: 22" (26 cm)
- Model is 5'9" and wearing a US size S
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Resizing the system partition with parted magic live cd
If you installed any custom firmware of your choice you might soon run into some problems because you do not have enough space on your system partition. This article shows how it is possible to change the partitions with the Parted Magic Linux Live CD.
Things to know
I recommend to disconnect all hdds from your computer and only connect the hdd you want to repartition. Then nothing can harm your normal Windows/Linux/MacOS installations on your normal HDDs.
The advantage of doing this + being a LS Live/LS Pro user is that you can directly follow my article without rethinking as i had only the LS-HDD connected as well....the devicename /dev/sda will be the same on your system. In case you have other hdds connected make sure you are messing with the right one.
PPC/MIPSel based boxes
The system partition /dev/sda1 cannot be mounted easily because of the ext2_magic_superblock-issue.....you need to correct this first by downloading fix_ext2_magic and make the partition mountable.
Read here how to do this: Fix_ext2_magic.
After fixing the ext2_magic superblock on the system partition it should be possible to repartition your box. In contrast to the arm9-boxes it should even be possible to repartition the hdd without loosing the data on the data-partition (/dev/hda3) as ext2/ext3 is directly resizable via GParted.
As this article was written for repartitioning of the arm9-hdds notice that you want to apply this steps instead:
- Decrease /dev/hda3 in size at the beginning
- Move /dev/hda2 (swap) to the right
- Increase /dev/hda1 in size
If you use ext3 then it should be possible to decrease /dev/hda3 in size...and you do not even need to delete /dev/hda3...which means all your data should be there afterwards. Backups are still recommended to have.
The concept is the same as outlined here.
flavoie notes on ext3 resizing:
You will need to delete partition3 for this to work. ext3 resizing in parted requires the start of a partition to be unmoved. So that means that you could not move the start of partition3, which then restricts the size available to the 1st and 2nd partitions, which are usually the ones you'd like to increase. http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/features.shtml look at *1 - The start of the partition must stay fixed.
Realistically... keep partition1 and delete p2 and p3 and p4. Then increase p1 to the size you want, and recreate p2 and mkswap. Then create p3 to use the rest.
ARM9 based boxes
All data on the data partition(s) will be lost
As it is not possible to shrink XFS partitions the only way to make them smaller is to delete and recreate them. So make sure you have a backup of the data and don`t blame me because you did not read this carefully.
Terastation Pro v2, Terastation Live
I haven`t tested this, but i think you can repartition in the same way. you will have to do exactly the same partition layout on all hdds.
General Procedure
I have done this with a Linkstation Live (arm9) with an 500 GB HDD. I wanted to resize the system partition from ~ 480 MB to 3072 MB ~ 3 GB. This is what i did....
The first thing anyone should do is to look into the manual.
We need to open a shell (there is a button at the bottom right) and load the XFS kernel module.
Done. now we start the Partition Manager GParted. It is the first Icon on the bottom right.
There we see the current partition layout. The first thing to do is to delete the big XFS data partition /dev/sda6 so we have space for making the other things bigger.
Now we need to move the Swap partition a little to the right so we can make the logical partition /dev/sda4 smaller.
I moved it 2585 MBs to the right because 2585 + 485 are aproximately 3 GB.
Now we resize /dev/sda4 which is the container for the logical partitions for swap and the data.
We cut off 2585 at the beginning of /dev/sda4
Now there is a gap bewteen /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda4...we can make /dev/sda2 bigger now.
I dragged the right arrow to the complete right...this is how it looked before...
and thats how afterwards.
Last thing to do is to recreate the data partition.
Use the FS of your choice. Note that you need to change /etc/fstab on the system partition later to automount the new FS if you changed it to something else.
Apply everything.
Swap gets moved...
The system partition gets resized....
I was too slow to create a screenshot for the /dev/sda6 recreation step. A report is presented to you. Do not wonder about the 4 warnings...they are related to XFS. Parted_Magic does not have the utils for checking the Filesystem inside.
On some systems the growing of the xfs-partition fails. In this case, you need to select the xfs-partition in gparted and Use Partition -> Check. After this, the growing should work.
Thats how the LS Live`s partition table looked in the end.
FreeLink was installed before. I just put the hdd inside the LS Live again, powered it up..and it booted directly. Here is the proof that everything worked.
Good Luck!