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Filer's Files
By George Filer
MUFON Eastern Region Director
June 26, 2002
George Filer: email@example.com
See all the photos at: www.nationalufocenter.com
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UFO SIGHTINGS: New Hampshire sphere, Virginia flying triangle, Georgia flying triangle, Florida flash, Arkansas daylight cylinder, Texas daylight disk, Nevada flying triangle, California orb, Washington triangle, Canada lights, Argentina mutilations reach 100 +, UK flashing lights and Scotland claims to be top UFO spot.
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN said in Chicago on May 5, 1988, "But I've often wondered, what if all of us in the world discovered that we were threatened by an outer -- a power from outer space, from another planet." "Wouldn't we all of a sudden find that we didn't have any differences between us at all, we were all human beings, citizens of the world, and wouldn't we come together to fight that particular threat?" Question-and-answer session after a speech about human rights and the Soviet Union. At the height of the Cold War it was thought inconceivable that the Soviet Union and the US would become allies. Truth is often stranger than fiction.
The Earth narrowly missed being struck by an asteroid the size of a football field last week. Astronomers apparently failed to spot the asteroid that missed Earth by only 75,000 miles until three days after it flew past. This is a comparatively close miss that could have caused major damage on Earth. If the asteroid hit Earth in a populated area the explosion could have caused major damage. The asteroid was not detected until three days after it came close to the Earth on June 14, 2002. It is not known if classified military satellites had picked up the object. The object passed by Earth at less than a third of the distance to the moon. If the asteroid hit in a populated area it could have caused considerable loss of life similar to a nuclear explosion. Hitting the ocean the asteroid would have likely caused damaging tidal waves. The asteroid, provisionally named 2002 MN, was traveling at more than 23,000 mph when it was spotted. NASA concentrates its efforts on bodies bigger than a one kilometer across. Asteroids of this size could potentially destroy civilization as we know it. Comparatively small amounts of money are spent to spot and protect Earth from incoming visitors. Currently, there is no dedicated program searching for objects of 2002 MN's size although Britain is testing telescopes on the Spanish Island of La Palma that might eventually spot smaller asteroids.
MANCHESTER -- The witness was sitting on my back porch having a cigarette on June 10, 2002, at 9:15 PM, and saw something I thought was a little strange. I live in Manchester, which has an airport and I have seen many airplanes, but this was different. I happened to look up and I saw a sphere, definitely at a high altitude moving across the sky. I have seen planes at this high altitude, but am able to see their flashing lights. This was just a white sphere. The light from it seemed to dim and grow at certain points, but it could have been cloud cover, I am not sure. However, this craft had no visible blinking lights, which I thought was strange. It was moving at a good speed over the middle of the city heading in a south east direction. I only saw it for a minute, but definitely strange. ( NUFORC Note: Peter Davenport reports the ISS was visible from NH at 21:58 hours. We do not know how accurate the time of the incident is here.)
VIRGINIA BEACH -- The witness reports that on June 6, 2002, "I went to meet a friend for a walk on the board walk to observe the storm coming in at 8:15 PM, and we looked at the southern gray sky and saw a black flying triangular object in the sky." At first I thought it was a plane, but realized that it did not move. This black triangle occupied exactly the same spot in the sky while I walked two blocks, and stopped a neighbor and asked her if she saw something, she looked and said, "What is it?" I said I don't know, she decided it was a kite. The object had not moved and was high enough for the clouds to occasionally pass between the object and the ground. In the next 5 minutes the stormy sky became too dark to see the object. The black flying triangle had silently hovered at cloud level for ten minutes before the darkness and storm obscured it. Thanks to Peter Davenport NUFORC http://www.ufocenter.com/
CHARLESTON -- Donna J. Bullock writes, " Since I moved from Texas to South Carolina almost a year ago, I had not had any sightings until Friday, June 13, 2002. At about 10:30 PM, I saw a wobbler in the southeastern sky. "It was too far away to describe and appeared only as a light in the sky, but acted like the usual object, skittering here and there, going up and down and putting on a show." It definitely was not a star, nor was it an airplane; an airplane did cross underneath it on its way to land at the Charleston airport. I really miss the open Texas skies. There are too many trees for a skywatcher here. Thanks to Donna J. Bullock.
FLOWERY BRANCH -- The observer was fishing off the bow of his boat looking at the stars and noticed one of the brighter stars, did a U turn and took off and disappeared on June 6, 2002. I know this wasn't a satellite as it moved way too quickly. It moved across the sky maybe two hand lengths then started to distance it's self, till I could no longer see it.
TIFTON -- MUFONGA's Dr. Joye Pugh, a MUFON Consultant contacted State Director Tom Sheets on Saturday, June 8, 2002, at about 10:30 PM, the witness and her husband was traveling northeast on Highway 319 toward Ocilla. About four miles out of Tifton her cell phone rang and a female apologized for a wrong number. Dr. Pugh thought this unusual as it had never happened before. Shortly thereafter, she noticed some specific lights low above the trees off to the left. The sky was overcast but the glow of the city lights from Tifton lit up this section of cloud cover. They considered these particular lights to be unusual because they were so low. Proceeding on, they approached closer and she observed an aircraft shaped like an elongated triangle. She further noted there was a white light at each corner and a red light in the bottom center. She was close enough that she could clearly see the dark triangle shape against the glow of the overcast. Traffic prevented her from pulling over, so she drove on a short distance and turned into a water tower area. Quickly looking back, she saw the lights slowly move across the road. She turned around and drove back to get a closer look, but could not locate it. She drove back toward Tifton and turned off onto another road in her search, then encountered two additional but indistinct craft with lights to her front, but they were opposite the glowing overcast and against a black sky. They could hear the sound of roaring jet engines apparently coming from the lights/craft, as they seemed to fly along very slowly. These lights went back to the area where first observed, and as Dr. Pugh got turned around and drove to the tower, once again she observed the hovering lights. Headlights from passing traffic blinded her momentarily, the lights then crossed the road again and disappeared as she continued to negotiate traffic. This, in my opinion, is a classic triangle encounter made even more UNUSUAL by what Dr. Pugh described as secondary indistinct slow moving craft ('things') with lights, accompanied by a sound like roaring jet engines. Dr. Pugh made a valiant effort to close with these unknown craft. John Bodin, MUFONGA's Deputy Director for South Georgia and Dr. Pugh will investigate further. Thanks to Tom Sheets, SD MUFONGA
BOCA RATON -- The witnesses' husband couldn't sleep on June 6, 2002, so he was working on the computer in the kitchen at 5:30 AM. After calling him numerous times he finally came to bed, and as he laid down a bright flash of light came in the window. It was a bright strobing light that soon went out. We both looked out the window and did not see anything. Our yard which is fenced in so no light from the streets can get in. I stayed awake for about 1/2 hour and watched out my window for anything strange. About 6:00 AM, it flashed again on the side. We went outside to look and found nothing. Two weeks before about 4:00 AM, I saw small lights in the yard around the pool and our 150 palm trees. I saw two lights about the size of a small flashlight in the trees about 3 feet from the ground. Another light was in the top of the palm on the opposite side of the yard. I woke up my husband and said look at the lights in the yard. They flashed like large bugs, but they would have to be a foot long to produce a light of that size, so I assumed it was not bugs. One flew by the window and went straight up over the house. The other two were still in the bushes. He decided to go outside in the screened patio to see up close and was only 3 feet from the bushes with the lights. He called to the lights and they flew around the back of the bushes and flew up into the air and disappeared but they sure scared us! Thanks to Peter Davenport NUFORC.
LONSDALE -- Richard B. Baccari writes, "I live in rural town and have been watching the sky since my mother had a sighting 30 years ago. Until today I was always able to explain whatever I had seen. I was pulling into my road at 3:55 PM, on June 14. 2002, and just happened to glance at the clear sky and saw a white bar or cylinder. I could only see two dimensions. At arm's length it was the width of two fingers and the thickness half a finger. It was definitely close enough to establish that there was no wing, tail, window, or rotor configuration. It was just plain dull white and was not a reflective surface? It made me think cylinder as it was traveling east very slowly without making any noise. It flew over in less then a minute. I realized then I had stopped the car in the middle of the road, took a quick glance in the mirror to see if I was blocking any one, and looked up and it was gone. This was no ordinary craft. Thanks to at Richard B. Baccari firstname.lastname@example.com
LAS VEGAS -- The witness reports that on June 6, 2002, a glowing orange light was seen at 10:30 PM. We watched it disappear then reappear three times over a sixty-second period before going behind the mountains. The last time we saw it, the orange glow was coming from three orange lights in a triangular shape. The object was large and had mass but there was no sound.
(Peter Davenport reports, "This was the date that 'The Amazing Kreskin," predicted a dramatic UFO sighting would occur over Nevada. On June 7, 2002, he retracted, and stated that the "prediction" had been a hoax, designed to show how gullible human beings can be regarding the UFO phenomenon. Sounds like he was pretty gullible to retract his prediction. Thanks to NUFORC.
CONCORD -- On Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 10:45 AM, two workers saw two balls about the size of a basketball flying overhead. The objects were chrome in color and one seemed to be moving up about as high as a passenger jet flying overhead. The witness stated, "The second one was dropping toward us and moving west. The bottom was transparent. They were getting further apart from each other with the higher one moving up and out of sight in three minutes. The second kept getting closer moving west faster and dropping at about 4 to 5 thousand feet. It just seemed to slow and stop. It seemed to stay just outside the landing patterns of our local airport and after five minutes of watching this (orb) it accelerated so fast to the west you would have missed it if you blinked your eyes. Thanks to NUFORC.
BRANTFORD -- At 3:20 AM on June 3, 2002, a very bright object appeared just south of URSA Major in the night sky. The bright object suddenly appeared and glowed very brightly and moved slowly southwest. The object was two or three times brighter than Venus and was a white/yellowish color. It stayed bright for only 4 seconds then faded to a point of light for another 15 seconds until it disappeared. There was no noise at all.
AURORA, ONTARIO -- The witness reports that on June 6, 2002, "We were sitting in the car and then out of no where, this greenish white egg shaped thing flew across the sky at 11:35 PM. It moved too slowly to be a shooting star, and too fast to be a plane, it soared downward to the ground, in almost a round line; like a semicircle. Thanks to NUFORC
MUTILATION -- This report of a mutilated six year old Charolais bull was reported to me by the owner and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. When I arrived, I very carefully assess the situation, walk the perimeter at hundred yards and all the area close to the animal etc. This I do to check for any tracks, odd smells, and anything unusual, like the behavior of the animals. This was an authentic mutilation, and one of the most interesting cases in the six years. This bull was lying in a small clump of Willow trees facing West. The tongue was removed as well as the left eye and left ear. The penis was sticking out, and the testicles and rectum were removed. On the stomach area was a very neat laser type incision, oval shape 14 inches by 9 inches. The skin was never found and the flesh had not been touched. The was also removed with the same precision. Samples of blood, soil and grass were taken Laboratory results show that only pure Hemoglobin remained and that very sophisticated equipment was needed to reduce the blood to only hemoglobin. This like doing Brain surgery in the kitchen with kitchen tools. Claudia Scheffer, another local, witnessed an intense light outside, while the lights in my house dimmed. The dogs were barking and I went out and saw a light in the sky, as did others. Thanks to firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com
JUAREZ -- The Grupo Juarense de Investigacion Ovni is investigating the mysterious mutilations of sheep in that region--possibly the first since 1996-1997. More information will be posted as it is received. Thanks to Scott Corrales Institute of Hispanic Ufology
SALLIQUELÓ --*Doctor Daniel Belot, a SENASA Technician in Salliqueló, was the veterinarian who analyzed the first animal mutilation in the area. He has examined over a dozen cases for which he can find no explanation, and is disconcerted. He is convinced that the perpetrators arrived by aerial means and is certain that the animals were slain elsewhere and subsequently dumped in the field. He asks that all strange animal deaths be reported promptly. Dr. Belot, who is a technician for SENASA, claims having never seen anything similar and believes that only those who have seen any such case can understand the magnitude of the events. The expert has been asked to analyze over a dozen cases, and common patterns appear but no explanation can be found. The near-certainty that the perpetrator arrives by air, and the certainty that the deaths occurred 3 to 4 days earlier at a location other than where the carcasses were found only adds to the state of confusion. He is an acknowledged professional with a solid reputation and an official for a national delegation of SENASA. Dr. Belot urged cattlemen to report any anomalous case immediately to aid the investigations.
Dr. Belot was called in by a cattleman who found half his bovine skinned to the bone. Dr. Belt suggested some animal must have eaten it, which the cattleman rejected, saying that no animal eats in a straight line. Upon investigation, "I was confronted by an unnerving sight, "The animal lay on the ground, and the entire left side of its face was skinned to the bone beneath the eye. All of its molars were visible." "When we performed the necropsy we found that it was missing its tongue, vocal apparatus, there was no blood inside or outside the animal. It was perfectly clean with no tearing of the flesh like predators do. "It is a deed that appears to have been carried out by humans, but even so it's something very hard to do." Dr. Belot sent samples to the University of Buenos Aires' School of Pathology and the only response he received is that they cannot determine how the incisions were made. He did not establish the animal's cause of death, blood samples taken from other animals to detect strange substances "have yielded no results so far.
Dr. Belot, says vital organs were missing in most of them. "In the first case, the animal was missing all of its maxillaries, but others were missing testicles and penises, ears, mammary glands, rectums and vaginas. All of this suggest some kind of scientific research, but don't ask me why a scientist is going to conduct research in different farms without asking for permission. There were no tracks around the mutilated animals and strange for no other animal to come near. When Dr. Belot reached the animals many had been dead for 3 or 4 days. "In many cases they were not yet bloated and did not give off any odor. In others, they presented normal alterations, which increases the uncertainty." "The only marks I saw within a ten meter radius, is that the grass has continued to grow, but no animal will step into that circle, despite the fact that the grass is in good shape." Belot points out that "after some time, the dead animals have been attacked by predators. But until recently, they wouldn't come close." The veterinarian noted that generally the rest of the animals sort of "mourn" the deceased animal, but that has not occurred and they appear indifferent, looking from a distance without coming close." Belot emphasized, "The animals were killed elsewhere and dumped there, this is inferred by the way the carcasses have been positioned. Sheep and at least four horse mutilations have also been reported. These fields are often practically inaccessible; it was only possible to reach them on a tractor and it often necessary to cross flooded areas.
Santa Rosa -- Police officers claimed to have witnessed an UFO in the Pampan community of "25 de Mayo" and are looking into the possibility that UFOs have something to do with the dozens of mutilated animals found in the provinces of La Pampa, Rio Negro and Buenos Aires. The incident can be added to a similar event which occurred June 19, 2002, in the Las Leñas tourist complex of the province of Mendoza, where dozens of witnesses saw a UFO fly over. Thanks to Diario "Nuevo Día" (Coronel Suárez, Prov. of Buenos Aires) Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology. Translation (C) 2002. Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi.
Editor's Note -- Ranchers are sending their families to town, and keeping watch over their fields 24 hours a day. Various lights have been reported hovering above the fields. Large tanks of water holding thousands of gallons of water are found dry. Other reports have indicated that an underwater base exists off the coast of Argentina and craft are frequently seen entering and departing the ocean. Its possible these events could be connected. See map www.nationalufocenter.com
The discovery of a dead cow On June 24, 2002, whose tongue, eyes and genitals were extracted in a livestock region of the Uruguayan interior has raised concern in the country. The first case was reported today in the Department (province) of Durazno, some 300 km from Montevideo. Mayor Carmelo Vidallin tried to cool down rumors by saying that "we must await the expert's verdict", referring to the Ministry of Livestock and Agriculture, which is working at the site. The mayor said, " No signs of blood or a struggle between the animal and its victim were found." Obscure esoteric practices could be at work has not been rejected, since they are common throughout the country. However, the animals sacrificed in these rites have been chickens and hens. Thanks to Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology. Translation (C) 2002.
STROOD, KENT -- On Monday, June 10, 2002, "at around 11:30 p.m.," a family staying aboard their boat at the Hoo Marina on the River Medway, near Rochester and Strood, Kent, saw traveling from west following the river, a brightly lit UFO. "We are moored in Hoo Marina, and it went right over the top of us, and it was around one-and-a-half times the size of our vessel, which itself is almost 50 feet (15 meters) in length the witnesses reported. "Loud helicopter noises were preceding it but the object of interest had no discernible sound. Flying at treetop level, it should have been extremely loud." But the UFO made no sound. The object took two minutes to go into the near-distance, at which point it hovered for approximately one minute, and then carried on. Very bright white lights on each corner. Each was flashing in synchronization, at half-second intervals, especially at the leading part and center. None of these lights seemed to illuminate either the ground or cast any reflection on its own surface. The object was either black or dark, though, if the latter, certainly not light enough to be seen as gray in color. Main lights were flashing, although no beam effects were noticed at all. "Our Doberman dog was agitated and on edge during the time. Thanks to Eric Adams and Chris Rolfe of UFO Monitors-East Kent and UFO ROUNDUP Vol # 25 June 18, 2002 Editor: Joseph Trainor
The London Observer claims that Scotland is usually associated with spectacular mountains and tumbling rivers. But Scotland has a proud new boast; it has become the landing strip of choice for flying saucers and other mysterious, metallic, hovering craft. More odd incoming craft have been tracked over the hills and glens than anywhere else on Earth, and UFO enthusiasts are flocking north to experience close encounters of the Caledonian kind. A survey published reveals that 300 UFOs are seen in Scotland each year -- four times as many as in France and Italy, which appear to be aliens' next favorite destinations. When you think of the number of sightings in Scotland compared to the size of its population, it is phenomenal. Yet it is not remote Highland that play host to the visitors. The Nineties saw a sudden surge of sightings in the central Scottish areas of West Lothian and Stirlingshire, and particularly around Bonnybridge, near Falkirk. 'The area has become known as the Falkirk triangle. Some people have encountered shimmering discs just yards away from their bodies, while others said they had been attacked by UFOs. The most famous such incident occurred in 1979, when forestry worker Bob Taylor claimed a gang of large shimmering spheres, with spikes protruding from them like naval mines, set upon him. Thousands of reported encounters and UFO spotters followed. There are three airports and a gas-flaring oil terminal within a 30-mile radius. Craig Malcolm took footage of a ball of light dog-legging back and forth across a clear sky. A plane-like object with no wings sent 'black reek belching out the back of it as it soared off.' Bonnybridge's status as a UFO capital prompted one councilor to call for it to be twinned with Roswell and ambitious plans have been mooted to build a multi-million-pound UFO theme park. 'There have also been a substantial number of sightings in the Glasgow area. VisitScotland, the tourist board that commissioned the latest survey, sees it as a growth market. The Falkirk triangle has already attracted hundreds of visitors. Thanks to Stephen Khan, June 23, 2002 http://observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,742352,00.html
Nancy Talbot reports that there are normally numerous crop circles reported by this time of year. There has been a surprise drop in the number so far this year. Five have been reported in England, two in Holland and three in Germany.
Gary G. Ford writes, in last weeks Filer's Files #25, you discussed 13 new planets found in space. Isn't it curious that scientists claim terrestrial planet sized moons in recently discovered large planets are usually not considered suitable for life? In our Solar System, some scientists imagine Europa or even Ganymede and Callisto -- having life, but generally judge them as too cold. While Europa currently appears to have a large ice covered ocean, The Galileo Probe magnetometer data suggests that large deposits of underground water apparently grace otherwise icy Ganymede and Callisto, both of which actually have much exposed land, in contrast to Europa, which is deeply ice covered. Some of the newly found large planets may have moons that could support life. In this case, moons in proximity to a giant planet, warm and close to a star, provides nighttime warming infrared illumination of large close-in planetary moons, while nearly half the time any close-in moons will be protected from direct exposure to the star's light and particle radiation, when the moons are in the shadow of their primary. Moons close in to a Large Planet apparently have a tendency to keep the same side toward the planet, and the opposite side away from the Primary Planet which they orbit. This effect will greatly leverage the fraction of a 'day' in which the Primary Pointing moon face will have to endure the blaze of a relatively close in sun.
Therefore such moons can have a more constant temperature facing their Primary, Major Planet, while the opposite -- or 'outside facing' side cycles between extremes of exposure to the cold dark of space and baking from the direct illumination in close proximity of even a small, when close, star. One might expect volatiles, to periodically condense on the 'far side' during 'night' and to be re-evaporated and move towards the more shielded 'in-facing' side during day. Such an arrangement would generate 'Weather' and may promote better retention of volatiles than a terrestrial planet. I suggest that large moons of large planets close in to small red/orange stars can be possibly fertile grounds for life. What about intelligent life escaping such a moon? The large planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in OUR Solar System all have multiple moons. Large moons allow gravity assist or 'energy theft' by passing space probes. Jupiter's System is the best example of this effect, where on small fuel consumption's, the Galileo Space probe has been enabled to lace its orbits close into and far out from the Primary Planet Jupiter, while stealing and giving orbital energy and momentum, to/from the Galilean moons. This has greatly facilitated the Galileo Probes mission to the Jovian System, in exploration of the Galilean Moons. Extra terrestrials could use the multiple moons to enhance space travel and expeditions between two planet-moon systems may be possible.
Furthermore, using the planets to gain orbital energy and momentum might be possible to allow a 'moon dancing' and inner-planet dancing strategy to greatly assist in reaching the outer planets. 'Planet Dancing' between the 3 known large planets at 55 Cancri may even allow for escape of space ships into interplanetary space. Long-lived robot or Reptilian-like Hibernating Bio-Intelligences could mount an expedition from 55 Cancri to our Solar System, using Planet and Moon Dancing over the centuries. The use of Solar Energy is feasible on Mars, in addition to Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen from chemi-processing of compressed atmosphere, and Water, Hydrogen and Oxygen is available from melted ice and electrolyzed water. Mineral wealth should also be fairly easy to exploit from Solar or CO+O2 {from the breakup of Solar or Nuclear Powered breakup of CO2). Planet and Earth 'dancing' should allow expeditions to Earth and our Luna Moon! And of course who is to say that 55 Cancri is unique? Multiple large planets, orbiting long-lived, smaller stars, some 'close in' to the central star, and with many large-moons around the large planets, may even be a better configuration for intelligent life to develop and eventually attempt interplanetary travel! Thanks to Gary G. Ford, firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.swimp.org/
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The problem I see is that Washington D.C. is actually a part of Virginia and I believe they should abide by the laws that are on the books for that state. I don't believe we have any county governments in any state that are able to enact laws which are in direct opposition to that particular states statutes.
The constitution is for all Americans. And if they don't consider themselves a part of that, they have no right to tax us. They also have no right to govern America if they choose to be separate. Maybe they should form their own little country and pick and choose their own rules.
Why should the District of Columbia be any different than any other place in the United States? Let's be honest here. What is a state? It's an imaginary border, and that's it. It's nothing but a bunch of made up lines and names, separating a larger landmass. In theory, how is the District of Columbia any different than a state? What makes them so special? They should be able to follow the same rules and regulations as everyone else, for better or worse.
The fact that the District of Columbia is not a state has no effect on its obligation to follow the Constitution. All territories must follow the Constitution, including Puerto Rico, Guam, etc. Therefore the Supreme Court was able to rule that the D.C. handgun ban violated the Second Amendment and overturn the law.
The Constitution is something that was brilliantly written, with room to grow. Unfortunately, a lot of lawmakers like to make that room to grow into loopholes, to make the Constitution null and void. Clearly, the forefathers did not intend for the Constitution to be ignored on the grounds of some geographical technicality. The reason that D.C. is not a state is antiquated anyhow. The residents of D.C. are still U.S. citizens living on U.S. soil, and the Constitution should be upheld, without a doubt. Ban only the politicians working in D.C., if you want to be correct.
Though it is not a state, it is still our country's capital. There are citizens there who should have the right to bear arms. Washington, DC is not known as the safest area in the United States. The reason for the ban does make sense to me, though. It is sort of a catch-22.
If D.C. is not a state, and thus not subject to American laws, then what is it? If it is not it's own state, should it not be forced to be part of some other state? D.C. is acting more like its own country, or an Indian reservation, than a part of the U.S. I do not see why they are allowed to pick and choose which U.S. laws they wish to follow, while maintaining all the benefits of being part of the United States.
Whether a state or not, D.C. is still governed under the constitution, therefore they are subject to the same restriction contained therein. The constitution is meant to give rights to the people, not to allow freedoms to be taken due to technicalities such as whether or not an area is certified as a state. If the people of D.C. are not allowed the freedom to bear arms from the second amendment due to not living in a 'state', what about the freedom of speech, the right to vote, the right to a fair trial? By the same reasoning, can D.C. refuse to follow other rules nationally mandated to states? Even if technically not a state, the spirit of the constitution should still apply as opposed to the letter of the law.
The lengthy 5-4 decision of the Supreme Court in Heller v. District of Columbia underscores the complexity of this issue, as does the simple act of reading the text of the Second Amendment, a text that highlights both collective ("a well-regulated militia") and apparently individual ("the right of the people to keep and bear arms") aspects of the behavior being protected. But as has been observed elsewhere, the Bill of Rights in general protects individual rights, so to regard the Second Amendment as exclusively a license for states to maintain militias without offering individual protections seems unfair. The District's ban was quite sweeping, and it seems fair to ask it to pursue its public safety objectives in a more targeted manner, at least until a record of failure accrues, showing that a broad ban is necessary.
It may not be a state, but its located within the US. I think its absurd for the hand gun band to be in effect. I think the right to bare arms, is the right to bare arms. Especially in DC where the crime right is so high. I'd want the right to own a gun!
D.C. had one of the highest crime rates in America and, just because it is not a state, does not mean it is outside the Second Amendment. But, there is also safety of the citizens to think of also.
The second amendment says nothing specifically about handguns; it only states that United States citizens should have the right to "bear arms." As long as the District of Columbia's ban does not affect all kinds of armament, it does not violate this amendment. One does not need handguns to "bear arms." (This opinion has nothing to do with DC's statehood as the Constitution still applies to that area).
The 2nd Amendment of the constitution makes one thing clear: "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." (2nd amendment, U.S. constitution) This amendment clearly states that a militia is important, that is, a military. This is in references to states. The amendment differentiates the right of the people from the right of a militia. So the notion that DC is not a state and should not be afforded the same rights to individuals in other states is not sufficient, because the amendment draws a distinction between state militia (the military) and individual rights. The amendment then reads "the right of the people to keep and BEAR ARMS shall not be infringed" - this as I understand it, means every individual, no matter where they reside, has the right to bear arms.
D.C. Is not a state .Its it's own country and the laws they make only apply to d.C. . They were delegated certain powers and that's it . The 13 colonies were a union and they created the federal to perfect what they had. The 14th amendment (not ratified) enslaves and distracts from the fact its its own country and not of the union of states.
DC residents do not have a vote in Congress, nor can they elect a mayor. Congress decides how DC is run, not the Constitution. It has its own set of laws. Logically, the first question should concern voting rights, not gun control. The rabbit hole goes much further in the purpose of having DC the way it is.
The Federal government (of which the District is a part) can, if it wishes, ban individuals from owning tanks, Nuke missiles, drones, machine guns, and any other arms deemed dangerous and unsuitable for individuals to own. It would only be unconstitutional for the Federal government (or any state, or the District) to ban all arms.
Some say the only arms protected by the Second Amendment are the types extant in 1789, like single-shot muskets. Others go farther and observe, as the Supreme Court did 70 years ago, that the Amendment protects the right of states to form armed militias. (The legislative history of the Amendment makes clear that it was an attempt to protect states from a despotic central government.)
Yes, a Gun Ban is allowable in DC because it is not considered a state.
The 2nd Amendment of the constitution makes one thing clear: "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." (2nd amendment, U.S. constitution) This amendment clearly states that a militia is important, that is, a military. This is in references to states. The amendment differentiates the right of the people from the right of a militia. So the notion that DC is not a state and should not be afforded the same rights to individuals in other states is sufficient. The Amendments were crafted in order to assuage any concerns the states had in regard to the Federal gov't attempting to grab power at some future date. The 2nd Amendment limits Federal power while limiting NONE of the states' power.
While there is a ban on assault weapons, a homeowner can still possess a handgun. They just have to be registered with the government. The owner must renew that registration every three years. Additionally, I respect the court of appeals' recent decision that upheld the constitutionality of the law this October.

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FUBAR is a great rule set and all, but lately I've found myself playing more games of Forge of War. So, in the hopes of resurrecting this section: here's the workup for my latest 15mm army.
The Shadow Worlds are located on the furthest reaches of known space. They were discovered late during humanity's colonization frenzy. Their name comes from the first impression of the star systems - so many moons and planets that the colonized worlds seemed to be in perpetual eclipse. But the Shadow Worlds quickly diverged from most of their human counterparts because of a key discovery. The planets were home to numerous alien artifacts - so technologically advanced that they had a near-mystical quality. Mankind had generally shied away from these artifacts, preserving them, slowly analyzing them, and trying to integrate them into our own scientific advances. But the Shadow Worlders used these artifacts openly and directly, with little real understanding. War was inevitable, and warriors from the Shadow Worlds were the stuff of nightmares.
Here's the army so far. More pictures and details here: http://basementgamingbunker.blogspot.com/2012/01/growing-skirmish-force-into-full-army.html
The core figures in this army are from the Laserburn Redemptionists line. Some of you have seen these before - I used them as Enemies Of Man when we were playtesting ItEN. I've fleshed out a bit of background for them now. They are now the Inner Circle of the Shadow Worlds - individuals who have studied in the ruined temples and learned to wield the ancient alien weaponry.
They are often accompanied by Enforcers (Laserburn Redemptionists in Dreadnought Armor). The Enforcers are the personal guard of the Shadow Worlds' rulers.
I used Ground Zero Games Islamic Federation troopers for the Shadow Worlds' rank-and-file soldiers.
And for their armor: Ravenstar Studios' Stalker Tank. These are big and intimidating compared to my other MBTs, so they seemed like a good fit for this army. Much like the AT-ATs in Star Wars, these were designed more for terror than for battlefield efficiency, but are extremely lethal in combat.
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The Department of Art and Art History at Swarthmore College invites applications for a three-year temporary position specializing in Asian art to begin Fall 2018 and extend through Spring 2021; an extension may be possible. We seek an art historian who can teach a broad array of courses in the history of Asian art, ideally both pre-modern and contemporary. We welcome candidates with research and teaching interests in cross-cultural encounters and interdisciplinary exchanges. The strongest applicants will be dedicated teacher-scholars with a well-developed primary field of specialization, an interest in developing courses with thematic, geographical, and temporal breadth, and a commitment to pedagogically-creative undergraduate teaching in a liberal arts context. We are particularly interested in candidates who can work effectively with students from diverse backgrounds.
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In North Africa, Libya To Restart Oil Exports
Libya has lifted force majeure from the Ras Lanuf and Es Sider oil ports at 15:00 local time, paving the way for exports to resume, a spokesperson for National Oil Corp (NOC) said on Sunday.
A group of rebels ended an almost year-long blockage of the two eastern export terminals last week.
Last week, rebels agreed to allow the resumption of oil exports from the two major ports, ending an almost year-long blockade to press financial and political demands.
The port reopening would restore part of oil output fallen to a trickle of the 1.4 million barrels a day the OPEC member used to pump last summer when a wave of protests started.
The state oil firm had declared force majeure, a waiver of contractual obligations, when the rebels seized the ports last year.
Ali Al-Ahrash, commander of the state Petroleum Facilities Guards (PFG) in charge of protecting oil facilities, said the ports were ready to resume exports.
"The situation at the two ports is safe and the National Oil Corp can resume work at Ras Lanuf and Es Sider," he told Reuters. "We officially notified them about this." Under Libyan rules the PFG force needs to notify NOC by letter that the ports are under full government control before exports can resume.
Disputes over Libya's vast oil resources have been among the many triggers for conflict between rival brigades of former rebels and allied political factions since civil war ended four decades of Muammar Gaddafi one-man rule in 2011. Port rebel leader Ibrahim Jathran had agreed in April to reopen two smaller eastern ports, Zueitina and Hariga, and then gradually free up Es Sider and Ras Lanuf.
After that deal, shipments from Zueitina were delayed because of damage from the blockade, while Hariga has seen only a few tanker loadings, hampered by a separate protest temporarily closing the port again.
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A star-studded roster of actors, singers, athletes and other celebrities will bring even more sparkle to next month's 10th anniversary celebration of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" when host Regis Philbin and the smash hit return to ABC for a two-week primetime event. As a special feature, each episode will conclude with a celebrity player taking the hot seat, hoping to correctly answer a single question worth $50,000 for his or her favorite charity.
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Human Rights Council - 30th Regular Session
Item 10
Australian statement on Somalia
29 September 2015
Australia welcomes the oral update on the human rights situation in Somalia.
Australia welcomes the commitment of the Federal Government of Somalia to improving human rights in Somalia and, in this respect, also welcomes the formation of the Ministry of Women and Human Rights Development as the lead Federal Government body to advance the human rights agenda in Somalia.
Australia remains concerned with the situation in Somalia and condemns the grave human rights violations that continue to be perpetrated against civilians, including women, children, journalists and human rights defenders, and urge the Federal Government of Somalia to immediately address this.
Australia strongly condemns the recent use of the death penalty by Somali authorities. Australia is opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances.
Australia expresses serious concerns that internally displaced persons continue to bear the brunt of ongoing violence and abuses, especially those most vulnerable, like women, children and persons belonging to minorities. We condemn widespread sexual violence against women, including female genital mutilation, and abuses against children.
Australia urges a zero-tolerance policy on violence against women and children. Women are critical to achieving peace and security in Somalia, and must be given protection, and the opportunity to participate safely in decision-making without fear of violence and reprisals.
Australia encourages continued work toward meeting the goals established in the Somali Compact, and were pleased to attend the successful High-Level Partnership Forum held in Mogadishu in July 2015. We strongly encourage the Federal Government of Somalia to finalise and adopt a constitution as soon as possible, and to hold credible, transparent and inclusive elections in 2016.
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Distributed Systems: Concepts and Design
This chapter aims to provide students with conceptual models to support their study of distributed systems. The models will motivate the study of many of the design problems and solutions described throughout the book. They are of two types:
These provide a high-level view of the distribution of functionality between components and the relationships between them. They will assist readers to organize their knowledge of system components and the patterns of communication (or interaction) between them. Architectural models determine the distribution of data and computational tasks amongst the physical nodes of the system and are helpful when evaluating the performance, reliability, scalability and other properties of distributed systems.
These are vertical views or slices, representing some key aspects of distributed systems. Each fundamental model represents a set of issues that must be addressed in the design of distributed systems. Of course, the three fundamental models presented in this chapter do not encompass all of the design issues for distributed systems. Rather, they represent key areas and provide examples af a design approach by which related sets of design issues are extracted and reasoned about independently of the rest.
Middleware, as represented for example by CORBA and Java/Jini, provides essential support for distributed application development and is likely to offer greater support in the future. But the end-to-end argument implies that some aspects of communication support cannot always be abstracted away from applications.
The client-server architecture is predominant, but there are many variations, some of which differ markedly from the client-server model. All of those mentioned in Section 2.2 are important.
In an asynchronous system, for example, the Internet, no bounds can be set on process execution speeds, message delays or clock drift rates. In these conditions, it is impossible to synchronize computer clocks. Synchronous systems can be built, by supplying processors with clocks with bounded drift rates and providing sufficient processor and network capacity to satisfy known resource requirements.
Processes and communication channels can fail. The classificaton of their failures is useful for the analysis of failures of protocols. Components that exhibit byzantine or arbitrary failures may do anything at any time. Timing failures occur only in synchronous systems. Most failures in distributed systems are benign (e.g. omission but not byzantine failures). A service may mask the failures of the components from which it is constructed, for example, reliable one-to-one communication may be built by masking omission failures.
The security model discusses the possible threats to processes and communication channels. It introduces the concept of a secure channel, which is secure against those threats.
The end-to-end argument (p. 33) may seem counter-intuitive for those who take a bottom-up approach to system engineering. As Dave Reed points out in [ www.reed.com ], it was the subject of much debate between experienced designers and engineers during the early development of the Internet; the outcome was firmly based on end-to-end primciples (e.g. for TCP, DNS and the Web) and the current scale of the Internet would have been inconceivable had it not been so.
The system architectures of Section 2.2.2 can be related to the Internet. For example, Figure 2.2 could be an illustration of browsers and a web server which uses a local file server. Or Figure 2.3 could illustrate a replicated web service. Figures 2.4 and 2.6 already refer to web examples.
In discussing the synchronous/asynchronous models of distributed systems, try to bring out what is really needed for the former. Exercise 2.11-12 address some of the issues.
Before embarking on the failure model, try asking students to suggest all the possible things that can go wrong in a distributed system. Exercise 2.10 could be used to relate failures to Section 2.2.5 on the use of caching and replication.
When discussing the classification of their failures, mention that the classes will be used again in the discussion of the characteristics of the Internet protocols (UDP and TCP in Chapter 4). Use Exercise 2.14-15 to illustrate theuse of the classification.
To help with the idea of a service masking the failures of the components from which it is constructed, see Exercise 2.16, or discuss the use of checksums in network protocols to mask wrong values (byzantine failures) and replace them with omission failures.
In discussing the integrity property of reliable communication, point out that integrity can be broken both by failures and by security breaches.


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text: After four years of medical education, students at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine gather to learn of the next chapter's promise. Fourth-year student Alexandra Coria said leading up to the event, "You just feel on the cusp of all kinds of potential for your future. I think it's going to be just a very emotional but very exciting day."


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But aesthetically, which do you prefer?
I think it's a case of the cane in its rightful place. The crookhandled cane somehow strikes a pang of fear in the pit of my stomach when I see it hanging on the door when I walk into the study. And it looks foreboding just laying there on the top of the desk while Mistress gives me the lecture I thoroughly deserve. A straight cane, which is never quite straight is it, just doesn't stir the same emotions in me in those situations.
I suppose it's because I associate the crook handle cane with schoolrooms, where the cane might be hanging next to the blackboard. Or on the headmaster's desk when you are stood there getting that lecture. I wish I'd experienced that fearful episode at school. And where you might see a crookhandled cane, you know it's going to get a lot of use.
Mistress just doesn't have that same degree of severity with the crook handle cane in her hand but that's maybe because she doesn't actually like using one? And I'm aware of that so in my head I know she's not at ease?
But Mistresses standing there, flexing the straight cane, with its leopardskin binding on the handle (ours come from Quality Control and you can get different colour bindings) is a totally different thing. That whispy thin yellow rod just adds to her air of authority.
I suppose that relates to the images of Governesses that I've seen over the years. And I, rightly or wrongly, associate the straight cane with more judicial type punishments, punishments with a higher degree of severity than a typical school-type six of the best.
I know that scholars of the cane would argue that the crook handle of the traditional school cane imparts a degree of stiffness at the handle end for greater control. But on the other hand, isn't a straight cane more whippy and therefore, capable of imparting an even smarter sting? Opinions please?
Talking of aesthetics, when we use to play CP games (my term for our pre D/D lifestyle) Mistress used to dress for the occasions, sometimes in PVC or leather outfits, shiny boots or stilettos, sometimes even a long black or deep red dress – or even a short black skirt with white blouse. But since we adopted this D/D regime those outfits are left in the warddrobe. She's not change at all and the entire punishment routine is carried out in her normal attire – whatever she happens to be wearing at the time. There have been times we've come in from shopping and she simply throws her coat of the sofa and tells me to fetch the cane.
I, of course, still have to present myself for punishment in what I'm told to wear, normally nothing more than my plastic punishment pants.
But although my fantasies used to be very strong on the typically thigh-booted dominatrix theme, I have to say that Mistress not dressing up for the occasion has actually been the right thing for both of us. When you live a domestic discipline regime the dynamic changes. It's not like planning to go to see a professional disciplinarian where you map out a plan for each visit and describe your likes, dislikes and get what you pay for. And you get your head in the right space for that appointment.
In our lifestyle, Mistress is in charge and therefore determines who wears what and what the punishment might be. And when.
And, that's the important factor. You don't plan. You never know when punishment might occur (apart from our weekly maintenance sessions) which also means that you never quite have your head in the right place to prepare for it either.
But that also means you live with a different mentality. I think that knowledge that the cane can be used at any time increases my submissive nature and, as a result I am 'much better behaved' towards Mistress than if we didn't have this regime in place.
And by not going through the rigmarole of getting changed to beat me, I think Mistress is actually sending me a message that this is not a game, she is very serious about her position as head of house and therefore any punishment session is going to be very real.
Have any of you gone through this kind of change in style in your punishment procedures over the years?


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OCT1 required for therapeutic effects of diabetes drug Metformin
The drug metformin is among the most widely prescribed drugs for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and results in an array of therapeutic benefits. Although it has been used for over 30 years, only recently have studies begun to reveal the molecular events responsible for its therapeutic effects. Notably, these studies have shown that metformin acts by phosphorylating the enzyme AMPK, the cellular "energy-sensor", leading to a variety of cellular responses important in diabetic therapy.
A set of mouse and human studies led by Kathleen Giacomini from the University of California, San Francisco and reported in the May 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, show that mice lacking organic cation transporter 1 (OCT1) have reduced effects of metformin on AMPK phosphorylation and a decreased ability to control glucose levels. The authors also identified seven mutations in OCT1 in humans that reduce metformin uptake. These studies indicate that OCT1 is important in mediating the therapeutic effects of metformin and that genetic variation in OCT1 in diabetics may contribute to the varied patient responses to this drug.
In an accompanying commentary, Marc Reitman and Eric Schadt from Merck and Rosetta Inpharmatics, respectively, discuss how the identification of individuals that possess specific mutations in certain genes, which are known to affect the action of a particular drug, may eventually help clinicians devise personalized treatment regimes that ensure administration of the right drug for the right person at the right time. They conclude that "tailoring therapeutic choices to the individual should allow lower and better-tolerated doses of drugs that are simultaneously safer and more efficacious. One could eliminate trial-and-error periods of switching among the nine classes of diabetes drugs."
TITLE: Effect of genetic variation in the organic cation transporter 1 (OCT1) on metformin action
Kathleen M. Giacomini
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
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View the PDF of this article at: https://www.the-jci.org/article.php?id=30558
TITLE: Pharmacogenetics of metformin response: a step in the path toward personalized medicine
Marc L. Reitman
Merck Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, USA.
Phone: (732) 594-4609; Fax: (732) 594-3337; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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One genetic mutation heals another in blistering skin disease
Mutations in the laminin beta 3 (LAMB3) gene cause the blistering skin disease epidermolysis bullosa (EB). In the May 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Marcel Jonkman and colleagues from the University of Groningen in The Netherlands describe 2 unrelated patients with junctional EB who underwent revertant mosaicism, a spontaneously occurring process in which mutations at second sites within the LAMB3 gene in skin cells known as keratinocytes were capable of correcting the inherited mutation, restoring LAMB3 protein expression to normal, and triggered areas of previously affected skin to return to a clinically healthy state. The presence of the patients' own naturally corrected keratinocytes opens up the possibility of applying revertant cell therapy to other individuals with EB caused by LAMB3 mutations.
In an accompanying commentary, Jorge Frank and Rudolf Happle from Maastricht University and Philipp University, respectively, suggest that, in the future, skin grafts from areas of an EB patient's own normal-appearing skin could be transplanted to affected skin regions on the same patient (after first removing the affected skin). This approach would avoid triggering immune reactions that are often responsible for graft rejection. Alternatively, in LAMB3 revertant mosaic patients, the patient's own naturally corrected skin cells could be isolated and increased in number using special laboratory techniques and then used for grafting. Frank and Happle conclude that "this encouraging report is just the beginning of a new era in which laboratory researchers and clinicians will intensify their efforts to develop and improve strategies of gene therapy for potentially fatal skin diseases."
TITLE: Revertant mosaicism in junctional epidermolysis bullosa due to multiple correcting second-site mutations in LAMB3
Marcel F. Jonkman
University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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TITLE: Cutaneous mosaicism: right before our eyes
Jorge Frank
Maastricht University Center for Molecular Dermatology, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Why wounds are slow to heal in diabetics
Individuals with diabetes often experience slow or limited wound healing. Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), which derive from bone marrow, normally travel to sites of injury and are essential for the formation of blood vessels and wound healing. In a study reported in the May 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Omaida Velazquez and colleagues from University of Pennsylvania Medical Center reveal why the numbers of these vital EPCs are decreased in the circulation and at wound sites in diabetes.
The authors examined diabetic mice and found that increased oxygen levels (hyperoxia) enhanced the mobilization of EPCs from the bone marrow to the peripheral blood circulation. The high oxygen levels increased the activation of the bone marrow enzyme eNOS, which stimulated nitric oxide production, helping to produce greater numbers of EPCs. However, local injection of the chemokine stromal cell-derived factor 1 alpha (SDF-1alpha) was required to recruit these EPCs from the circulation to the wound site. The increased presence of EPCs at the wound site resulted in accelerated wound healing. The authors concluded that impaired eNOS activation and decreased SDF-1alpha expression in diabetes are responsible for the defect in diabetic wound healing.
In an accompanying commentary, Harold Brem and Marjana Tomic-Canic from Columbia University and Cornell University, respectively, reinforce that future therapeutics for diabetic wound healing will have to correct multiple deficiencies simultaneously. Therapeutic interventions, including correcting EPC activation via hyperbaric oxygen therapy and correcting EPC homing via administration of SDF-1alpha, may significantly accelerate diabetic wound healing by correcting the deficit in EPC number that is inherent to diabetic wounds.
TITLE: Diabetic impairments in NO-mediated endothelial progenitor cell mobilization and homing are reversed by hyperoxia and SDF-1alpha
Omaida C. Velazquez
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Phone: (215) 662-6451; Fax: (215) 662-4871; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Marc Kaplan
Director of Communications
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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TITLE: Cellular and molecular basis of wound healing in diabetes
Harold Brem
Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
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Researchers create 2 distinct mouse models of Omenn syndrome
Omenn syndrome (OS) is a rapidly fatal immunodeficiency disease in which a defect in the immune response against pathogens coexists with autoimmunity. Most patients have mutations in the genes RAG1 or RAG2 that affect T and B cell function. Our understanding of OS has been limited due to the absence of a suitable animal model of disease. In the May 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, two separate studies each report a distinct mouse model of Omenn syndrome and provide insight into the genesis of this disease.
In the first of these two reports, Anna Villa and colleagues from Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche, Milan created mice carrying an R229Q mutation in the Rag2 gene, a mutation that has been identified in several OS patients. They found that B and T lymphocyte precursors were arrested in the early stages of development, causing multiple symptoms of human OS. In an independent study, Masaaki Murakami and colleagues from Osaka University discovered a spontaneous R972Q mutation in the Rag1 gene in mice; this mutation was identical to a mutation found in an OS patient. A number of alternations in B and T cell function were also observed in these animals.
In an accompanying commentary, Serre-Yu Wong and David Roth from New York University School of Medicine use these 2 reports to discuss the mechanisms at work in the development of immunodeficiency and allergy/autoimmunity in OS. Both research groups have established their Rag mutant mice as valid murine models of OS. Future studies of these animals may clarify the source of the variation in the symptoms of OS and distinguish the contributions of environmental and genetis factors to this complex disease.
TITLE: Homeostatically proliferating CD4+ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of an Omenn syndrome murine model
Masaaki Murakami
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
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View the PDF of this article at: https:/
TITLE: A hypomorphic R229Q Rag2 mouse mutant recapitulates human Omenn sydnrome
Anna Villa
Istituto di Tecnologie Biomediche, Milan, Italy.
Phone: 39-02-2642-2636; Fax: 39-02-2642-2660; E-mail: email@example.com
View the PDF of this article at: https:/
TITLE: Murine models of Omenn syndrome
David B. Roth
New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
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Deficiency in enzyme GGTase-I delays onset and severity of lung cancer in mice
Geranylgeranyltransferase type I (GGTase-I) has been suggested as a drug target in the treatment of cancer and a host of other diseases. Several inhibitors of GGTase-I (GGTIs) have been synthesized and tested. However, different GGTIs have had very different properties, and a clear picture of the impact of GGTase-I deficiency and GGTI treatment has not yet emerged. Now, in a study appearing in the May 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Martin Bergo and colleagues from Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden describe the impact of GGTase-I deficiency in mammalian cells.
The authors found that, in mice, loss of the gene encoding GGTase-I in cells that would normally produce lung tumors driven by the oncogene K-RAS, resulted in delayed onset and decreased severity of lung cancer in these animals. The findings suggest that, if these results hold true in humans, then inhibiting GGTase-I may be a useful strategy to treat K-RAS-induced malignancies.
In an accompanying commentary, Mark Philips and Adrienne Cox from New York University School of Medicine explore the actions of GGTAse-I and conclude that this new mouse model of disease is likely to be an invaluable tool in assessing the role of GGTase-I in oncogenesis.
TITLE: GGTase-I deficiency reduces tumor formation and improves survival in mice with K-RAS-induced lung cancer
Martin O. Bergo
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden.
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View the PDF of this article at: https:/
TITLE: Geranylgeranyltransferase I as a target for anti-cancer drugs
Mark R. Philips
New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Phone: (212) 263-7404; Fax: (212) 263-9210; E-mail: email@example.com
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Mixture of grasses, clovers and medics chosen to do well in areas of high temperature and low rainfall. This mix will grow in areas with 12" to 24" of annual rainfall, so some irrigation will be needed in the more dry climates.With this "browsing" mix, the plants are intended to be eaten by the tortoises up off the ground a few inches. Because of this, it's best to keep the tortoises away from this area until the plants get some height to them. Eating it as it grows in doesn't allow the plants enough time to get their beneficial leaves out in order to be "browsed." This is a good general mix for the testudo tortoises which will pick and choose the preferred plants for the day, and the added leaves will be a welcome treat for the grazing species like leopards, stars and sulcatas.
We use about 1 oz of this mix for every 60 square feet of enclosure space.
For a similar mix with no grasses, see our Broadleaf Testudo Mix, Clover Mix or Dry Climate Clover Mix.
*Some of these seeds are nitro-coated to aid in seed germination.


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- SimplyPinkPeony
- 5 years ago
Hi Bees!
Long time lurker/stalker, first time poster here! So a little back story before I get to the good stuff! Boyfriend or Best Friend and I are unofficially engaged. We have a wedding date set and venders booked, just waiting on the ring! Definitely untraditional, but it's just how it worked out. I've been obsessively reading posts and researching for several months now and when I came across moissanite on this board, I knew it would be the perfect choice for us! Boyfriend or Best Friend was down with it after a little hesitation and a little more convincing from me. We decided to go to local jewelers to look at settings and try to find someone who would work with a moissy. The first place we went to said that they would! Wonderful! After a few more stops at other stores and some rude comments, we went back to the first store and I found a setting I fell in love with. I really wanted an Amora and I figured I could hold out and wait until they had them back in production. Well time passed and passed again and still no luck. I put my name on both moissaniteco and betterthandiamond's waiting list. I even had some customizations made on my setting and it had already been finished and paid for… just sitting in the jewelry store.
I pretty much gave up on waiting, so Monday we ordered a Forever Brilliant… and crazy enough, the very next day I got the email from betterthandiamond that my Amora was ready for purchase. So we ordered that one too! lol I figured it would be the perfect opportunity to compare the two! The FB came in first. It's beautiful! Definitely some yellow at times, but the sparkle is beautiful! I took it over to my parents' to compare it with my mom's diamond and there is definitely a difference in how they "sparkle" as expected. That was no surprise to me. I had done enough research to know what I would see. But it really was even more sparkly than I had imagined… which to me, was a good thing! Because of the faint yellowish tint, I was even more anxious to see the Amora, as I've heard that recent Amoras appear yellowish too.
A few hours later, the Amora arrived (Alas!!) I immediately noticed it was whiter. I was hoping it wasn't wishful thinking, but compared right next to the FB, it was whiter! I took some pictures because I know through all my research, pictures posted were helpful. I will say that the Amora is bright white in most light, but I can still see a tiny hint of yellow in it in under some conditions. It doesn't bother me though, I still think it's beautiful! We'll be sending the FB back to moissyco. I'm bringing the Amora to the jeweler tomorrow for them to set it, sooooo there might be an engagement in the near future!!! I'll have to try my hardest not to peek at my setting. I haven't seen it since the customizations were finished. Since I picked it out, I wanted to wait to see the whole package when he proposes.
Ok, so these pictures were all taken in my parents' kitchen under horrible fluorescent lighting with my iPhone camera…which tends to cast blue lighting in photos. Probably not the best pictures, but it does show a difference between the two. It does NOT show the true beauty of the moissanite!
On yellowish countertops. FB on top. Amora on bottom. Both are 7mm (1.25equiv):
In the top of a white box. FB on left. Amora on right:
I did take a few more, but the moissy had a bluish tint from my camera, which looks nothing like the stone did IRL. I'll see if I can get some better pics tomorrow… hopefully we'll have some sun! Sorry my post ran so long!! But I hope I can help out for anyone debating between the two!


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Gov. Martinez learned how to govern at our expense. The "special session" cost us taxpayers tax revenues we could have better used for schooling, teacher pay, etc. Why we get saddled with "special sessions" every legislative period is beyond me- — just how many laws and restrictions do we need anyway? Yet, we keep allowing our fearless "leaders" to convince us we "need special sessions" only to pay the attorneys to do our elected officials' jobs.
A group of visitors from Colorado Springs attended the third annual Ain't Got No Frijoles Blues Festival and gave Casa de Cultura a mil gracias of their own, reiterating what we citizens already know "This is quite a historic town and a super event."
Casa wants to thank them as well as visitors from Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Springer, Raton, Mora and other communities of El Norte.
On behalf of the Las Vegas FFA Chapter, we would like to greatly thank the Bank of Las Vegas for their help in reimbursing the $500 that was stolen from the chapter a few weeks ago.
The Bank of Las Vegas has always been one of our biggest supporters, whether they are buying animals at the fair or just donating us some extra funds for us to go on our competition trips. They always support us in whatever we do. We are lucky to have a bank in our community that cares so much about our FFA program at Robertson High School.
Now that the Republicans have alerted the populace that there is a class war in the USA, protests are springing up all over the country. Twenty percent of all American children lives in poverty. This is not fair. Americans are protesting against greed. Republicans will regret this class war.
The military-industrial complex is outnumbered by the rest of us. The Republican leadership continues to defend the rich.
The protesters want to clean the environment, help small business owners, the working class, the old, the sick and the poor.
Thank you for the poignant and very pertinent article (Oct. 3) regarding the effects of fracking. This is just one more example of corporate greed and disregard for the environment and health.
Until we hold corporations accountable and prevent them from doing anything they want to do for profit, we are doomed. Until we all are more self-governing in doing what is right in a seventh-generation model, we need government regulation to protect us and the planet. I applaud any government official who is willing to stand strong against corporate greed.
The questions that Tom McDonald asked at the end of his piece "A Look At Fracking" (Oct. 3) are the pertinent questions on this issue. Thanks for asking them.
Leslie Hammel-Turk
Las Vegas
I am still reeling from Richard Baca's acquittal. The prosecution asked the jury if three bullets for three punches was fair, and the jury said "yes."
Perhaps it was justifiable self-defense; but as Mr. Baca himself testified, as a soldier he is trained to use non-lethal methods before lethal force.
His training seems to have failed. It makes one wonder about the training methods of our military services, and if this war has not turned our sons into indiscriminate killing machines.
Everyone has a story about a nurse who is extra special — the one who went the extra mile for you or a family member. I have such a story. This nurse had worked at our community hospital for 40 years.
She started at St. Anthony's, Las Vegas then Northeastern Regional, and finally Alta Vista Regional Hospital. She's the one who all the other nurses would call to start an IV on an infant, child, IV drug abuser, or emaciated adult because no one else had the expertise.
I like to think of myself as a good listener and observer. I don't always see or hear myself and at times that can prove to be very embarrassing.
It is always innocent but being corrected can make you uncomfortable for a while. Like when I mispronounced the name of Highlands' president.
Pronounced it like I was ordering at McDonald's. I know that chances are I won't do that again.
Yellow journalism is a type of journalism that presents no legitimate well-researched news and instead uses eye-catching headlines to sell more newspapers. Techniques may include scandal mongering or sensationalism. That according to Wikipedia.
A man is arrested for robbing a fastfood manager at gunpoint. A woman is arrested for escaping from police custody. Another man is arrested for a stabbing incident. A man is stabbed to death in his home.
These are all police cases within the past month.
All were reported in the Las Vegas Optic.
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