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At Arsuz (between Antioch and Iskenderun) 20,000 to 30,000 people participate in this daylong ceremony that climaxes when the salt water turns fresh and everyone wades into the sea, leading approximately a quarter of a million head of livestock. It is an annual fertility rite enacted in high religious fervor. One of our informants who had attended this ceremony at Arsuz testified with solemn oath to the miracle that occurred that day: "By Allah, out there I drank the sea water, and it was as sweet as sherbet." (By way of parenthesis, it may be observed here that collecting information about rites of this type is usually difficult and often dangerous. Orthodox Islam is strongly opposed to the elevation of Hizir from the role of a saint to that of a god, and thus much of the ritual of the cult has been driven underground, open only to the initiate. Furthermore, many of the larger shrines are controlled by communities of the minority Shi'ite or Alevi sect, which is fiercely protective of the secrecy of all its forms of worship. On July 1, armed guards are posted for miles along the shore to prevent other Moslems and Christian infidels from witnessing thefertility ceremony.)


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Beauty of Blends
Blending is an art—an act of expression and creation. We select the varietals in the blends to play different roles in the composition of the wine. In addition to influencing fragrance and taste, some grapes enhance a wine's structure—the balance and sequence of flavors in the mouth— while others impart body and roundness.
We blend wines to produce an appealing diversity of perfumes and flavors. We take care to select the right varietals, harvested at the right levels of ripeness. Savvy blending creates complex, intriguing wines. Our blends include these varietals, which evoke particular flavors when grown in Long Island's maritime climate:
Chardonnay (featured in the Bouké White blend and Bouquet White Dessert Wine) gives appealing scents of orange blossom, clementine, and even orange confit not found elsewhere.
Pinot Gris (featured in the Bouké White blend) is an early-ripening variety that exudes particularly rich aromas of exotic fruit, including pineapple, lychee, and passion fruit.
Merlot (featured in the Bouké Rosé and Bouké Red blends) offers fantastic dark-fruit aromas and flavors. Think blackberry, blueberry and black currant, with soft tannins that make for a smooth and luscious feeling in the mouth.
Cabernet Franc (featured in the Bouké Red blend and Bouquet Cabernet Franc) is rich with cherry, currant, liquorice and herbal flavors. With Long Island's sandy soil, this varietal's tannins are less aggressive and take less time to soften, for earlier drinking.


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Are you fully aware of the licencing requirements for providing credit advice? Even when referring clients to a credit provider (provider) your actions may be caught as a regulated credit activity which would require you to be licensed under the National Credit Code. Whilst there are specific exemptions for 'mere referrals', the conditions for the exemptions must be followed precisely or you may find yourself inadvertently engaging in a credit activity which requires an Australian credit licence. This is particularly concerning for accountants, lawyers, real estate agents and similar professionals, who may recommend particular providers or types of credit contracts on a regular basis.
A real estate agent, while showing a property to a consumer, tells the consumer they should contact a particular finance broker to arrange a home loan and provides the contact details of the broker. The agent receives a 'finder's fee' for referring the consumer. If the agent does not fully disclose this finder's fee to the consumer, the agent will be participating in a regulated credit activity by acting as an intermediary between a provider and a consumer. This is the case even if the consumer has not yet made a decision about which provider to apply to.
Originally the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth) provided only a very narrow exemption for referral activity. However, the government has amended the allowable exemptions for referral arrangements in the National Consumer Credit Protection Regulations (NCCPR). Under regulations 25(2), (2A) and (5), a referrer may be exempt from the need to hold a credit licence for 'mere referrals'. These exemptions apply only in limited circumstances, however, and care must be taken to meet the requirements if you intend to rely on an exemption.
The first exemption applies where a referrer:
- informs the consumer that a provider (that is, a licensee or registered person, or their representative) provides particular credit activities;
- passes on the provider's contact information; and
- at the same time, discloses any benefits (such as commission) the referrer or an associate of the referrer might receive as a result of the referral. This disclosure of benefits must be provided to the consumer in the same form as the provider's information. For example, if the referrer gives the information about the provider in writing, the disclosure will also have to be in writing.
The Regulation does not define "benefit", and only provides commission as an example. It would be prudent to disclose any form of benefit you may receive upon referring the consumer to the provider (such as the return of business).
While this may seem simple, if the referral involves providing any credit assistance, such as suggesting that the consumer apply for a particular credit contract with the provider, the exemption will not apply. Additionally, any type of endorsement of the provider or its products may put the referral activity at risk of being regulated.
Importantly, this exemption does not cover a situation where the referrer gives the consumer's contact details to the provider or facilitates the consumer contacting the provider, such as via a website (see Exemption 2 below).
The second exemption is very similar to the first exemption, with one key difference. Instead of the referrer merely giving the provider's details to the consumer, the referrer takes the extra step of making arrangements to enable the consumer to contact the provider by means of a website link.
The third exemption was an interim provision that was superseded by the fourth exemption on 1 October 2010.
This exemption covers activity that is engaged in under an agreement between the referrer and the provider. This agreement, which can either be in writing or based on an offer made in writing and accepted by the provider, must specify the conduct that the referrer can engage in (namely, the conduct to which this exemption applies).
To access the exemption, the referrer's activity must consist only of:
- informing the consumer that the provider is able to provide a particular credit activity or a class of credit activities and disclosing any benefit the referrer may receive (exactly as in Exemptions 1 and 2); and
- with the consumer's consent and within 5 business days after referring the consumer, giving the consumer's name and contact details to the provider, along with a short description of the purpose of the credit or consumer lease (if the referrer knows the purpose).
Importantly, the referrer must not be banned from engaging in the credit activity the consumer is referred for, and the referrer cannot require the consumer to pay a fee for the referral.
As the referrer is passing on consumer details rather than just facilitating a consumer to contact a provider, stringent conditions must be met for this exemption to apply.
Firstly, the main business of the referrer cannot be making contact with persons in order to give their name or other details to another person, or operate out of "non-standard business premises", such as a stall in a shopping centre.
Additionally, obligations exist on providers who have these types of agreements in place with referrers. The provider must maintain, or have access to, a register of referrers under these agreements, which must be made available to ASIC on request. This register must include the referrer's name and contact details, the date and details of the agreement between the two parties, and the day on which the referrer first started referral activities.
The provider must contact the consumer within 10 business days after receiving the referral, and must disclose from whom they have received the consumer's details and any commission involved.
The referral exemptions are a very useful tool for professionals who wish to provide incidental services in respect of credit products or simply want to assist clients in making suggested referrals to providers, but they must be mindful of the stringent conditions of the exemptions to avoid needing to be licensed. Any professionals not licenced to provide credit services should make this fact clear, and emphasise when discussing different credit options available to a client that they are not recommending one over another.


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Volunteer Cookie Bakers Needed!
Last year, we sold out of cookies in just 2 hours!!!!
We are seeking donations of the following things:
---- Holiday-themed cookies
---- Breads
---- Candies / Caramels / Fudge
---- Pies
---- Gluten Free / Sugar Free
* Please bring donated treats in a disposable container. Thank you!
Cookie Drop Off Times Are:
Thursday, December 6th between 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday, December 7th between 7:30 AM - 8:00 PM
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Saturday, December 8, 2018, from 8 AM - 11 AM at the Bear Creek Services Building (3108 Highway 52 North, Rochester, MN 55901)
For just $7 per pound, you can cross your holiday baking off your to-do list while supporting a good cause! The cookies and baked goods are made by hundreds of local community bakers!
This is a fun family event!!! While you sip coffee or hot chocolate and chat with others, the kids will be entertained by coloring books and holiday music provided in our play area. Santa and Mrs. Claus and the Bear Creek Services Bear will also be available for FREE PHOTOS!!!
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Carry-out bags
Cash, check or credit card is accepted at check-out. And don't forget to visit the Giving Tree to see how your donations impact the lives of people we support!


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Adam Brody & Zachary Qunto: 'Lovelace' NYC Screening!
Adam Brody is dapper while attending a screening of his latest flick Lovelace held at MoMa on Tuesday (July 30) in New York City.
The 33-year-old actor was joined at the screening by Zachary Quinto, Zosia Mamet, Chris Noth, Joan Smalls, and Carrie Preston.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Adam Brody
Earlier in the day, Adam promoted the film during a press conference with his co-stars Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Sharon Stone, and Debi Mazar.
FYI: Carrie is wearing a Milly dress.
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We've just put our latest designs online and taken delivery of some of our most popular pairs - The Journeying Sock in both adult sizes and The Praise Sock in a dark blue.
The Forgiveness Sock. We're told to forgive, and we are forgiven. Not an easy thing sometimes.
and The Lamp - a thicker style sock made for serious walking. Click here for more details.
Masham Sheep Fair
We have quite a few designs which feature sheep so we thought we'd just visit Masham Sheep Fair in North Yorkshire. We'd been at the Cathedral and Church Shops Association exhibition in Sheffield and it was on the way back home so we took our gazebo and socks and went along. We set up on Friday evening and were all ready for Saturday morning. The Girl Guides had a different sort of sheep race and there was geese herding in the ring.Read More
Remembering when .............
in spring 2010, we took a stand to Iona.
The Iona Communities shop had sold Holy Socks for some years before they asked for a display stand in 2010. We were happy to oblige and take both Holy Socks and a stand all the way from South West Scotland to the Island of Iona.
Biking in East Lothian
URC Big Day Out, Southport
Saturday was the United Reformed Church's Big Day at Southport.
Holy Socks at CRE
With CRE 2017 just a few months away, I've been looking at some of the photos from CRE's gone by.
The first venture of Holy Socks to The Christian Resources Exhibition was in October 2002 in Edinburgh.
There are several things that make any exhibition for me. The people who visit the Holy Socks stand, their reaction to and comments on Holy Socks. It's always great to chat with people, who are now old friends. My abiding memory of that first event was of the many and diverse areas God calls his followers to serve in. I had never heard of Send a Cow. but loved it at first sight and hearing. It made me, then and still, want to bring everyone (particularly those who had no knowledge of God) and show them what God was up to.
It was two years and four months since Holy Socks had started their walk. We didn't have many designs but our best seller was Daniel and the Lions.
I was helped by Jane Mackichan who had been my tutor on The Life of Prayer course which I had completed through the Scottish Churches Open College. Sadly I didn't take so many pictures in those days and don't have any of the stand - or Jane.
Someone took a photo of the then Bishop of Edinburgh who opened the exhibition and then visited our stand.
We were also mentioned in The Scotsman article: http://www.scotsman.com/news/clothes-cross-line-between-faith-and-fashions-1-860697
It's sometimes difficult to make the time to go round the exhibition and see all that's on offer, but it's so worthwhile and so useful to find out what God has got His followers involved in. In 2002, I hadn't a clue what God had planned for Holy Socks!
Carpenter at work
The Holy Socks Carpenter has been busy again and produced a lovely stand.
What will we put on it?
Some of our Glory Golf Balls .....
and some Biblical Brollies.
All set and ready to go to @CREonline in October. Look forward to seeing you there.
Holy Socks @ SPRF
Holy Socks is a member of the Scottish Pilgrim Routes Forum and we went along to Govan Old Church for the spring meeting on April 27th.
We were introduced to 'Saints and Stones – the Christian legacy of Govan Old' by Alan Macquarrie – author and Council member, Friends of Govan Old.
We were also updated on the development of pilgrim routes the length and breadth of Scotland, from Orkney to Whithorn and Iona to St. Andrews and most points in between.
Find out more about pilgrimage in Scotland from the SPRF site.
Thanks to Julia Muir Watt (Whithorn Way) and Sarah Kettles (Fife Pilgrim Way) for the photos.
And speaking of Rallying with Holy Socks .....
The Contest at Mearns Castle
A couple of years later CRE returned to Edinburgh and Holy Socks brought along our new Glory Golf Balls. These caught the imagination of Fred Macauley who at that time did the morning live programme on BBC Radio Scotland. He and CRE press officer, Steve Goddard are featured in this live broadcast.


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24 years old (September 12, 1990), mexican citizen, single and the youngest son of a traditional family with two sisters and one brother.
Aug 2009 - Jul 2013
Universidad Iberoamericana
Average grade: 8.6/10.
Outstanding acheivment in CENEVAL's EXIL and EGEL exams (top 10%).
Social Service: Spent 2 months in Chiapas in an Engineering Project for Tsomanotik, a non for profit organization.
Extracurricular Activities:
Participated in the Student Association "Suelta tu Libro" as Treasurer.
Jan 2003 - Jan 2009
Work experience
Jun 2011 - Present
Senior Analyst
Dadoo & Asociados
Dadoo & Asociados is a Boutique Investment Banking firm, specialized in M&A.
Joined as a Summer Intern and stayed ever since.
Dec 2010 - Present
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Seeing the opportunity for organic honey in the domestic and european market, talked a friend into starting our own beekeeping business.
With a small investment and our spare time we now produce around 4 ton/year of gourmet honey.
Develop myself in the professional world before starting my own business, applying the knowledge acquired as a chemical engineering student and Investment Banking Analyst.
Work my way in production or business development, later develop into managing positions adding value to the business strategy, with specific interests in agribusiness, chemical industries, ecological sustainability and viability of new technologies.
Finance: CFA Level I
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PC Philip Olds, who was unarmed, was shot at point blank range by Stuart Blackstock in 1980 during an armed robbery at an off-license in Hayes, West London.
Olds suffered severe spinal damage and was left paralysed and wheelchair-bound. Like PC Rathband, he did much to demonstrate his dignity and determination to show that he could survive the trauma, even volunteering to take part in pioneering technology scheme in the hope he would walk again.
But he could not fight his demons forever, and became increasingly tormented by his paralysis. Six years later he took a massive overdose of drink and drugs and killed himself.
Blackstock, 26 at the time of the shooting and a Hell's Angel, was found guilty in 1981 of wounding with intent to resist arrest for which he was given a life sentence.
He later caused fury when, following his release in 2000, he was awarded £7,000 by the European Courts after claiming that a two-year delay in the review of his status, which he argued put back his release date, were a breach of his human rights.
After the shooting, Pc Olds was awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal for his bravery.
Bob Elder, chairman of the Constables' Central Committee, said of him: "Becoming a police officer was his life's ambition and he had an older brother who was in the job. 'There is no doubt that Phil
took his own life because of the injuries he received that day when Blackstock shot him.
"'Phil was a larger than life character, confident and outgoing."
A coroner recorded an open verdict at the inquest on Pc Olds, saying there was no evidence that he intended to take his own life.


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The community is invited to enjoy a free movie and popcorn at the Pioneer Memorial Community Church on Friday, March 23, beginning at 7 p.m. sharp.
This month's featured movie is "Jumping for Joy."
Next Wednesday, March 28, will be a big day at the Glenwood School. Those interested in competing in the Chili Cook-Off should drop their entries off at the school by 3:30 p.m. Judges will select their favorites from among student and community entries at 4:30 p.m. Following the judging, all entries will become part of a free dinner including cornbread, beverage and dessert that will be served from 4:30 until 5:30. This event is hosted by Glenwood School students.
Following the chili dinner -- community members and students will entertain the audience at The Glenwood's Got Talent Show. The talent show is also a free-public event that will begin at 6:30 in the gym. Please note that participants wishing to perform in the Glenwood's Got Talent Show must attend the rehearsal on Tuesday, March 27, beginning at 6:30 p.m. As in the past, everyone from the community is invited to share their talents in the show.
Wednesday marks the end of the third term of the 2011-2012 school year! Three down, one to go! The honor roll list will be reported in the very near future.
Thank you to everyone who supported and worked at the Glenwood Volunteer Firemen's annual turkey dinner on March 17.
Coming Events:
April 17: Ballots are due for the 2013 and 2014 Glenwood School levies.
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The Pentagon reportedly made preparations for mandatory budget cuts in just over six weeks, including imposing a hiring freeze and delaying some defense contracts.
As part of Congress's sequestration deal, the set of budget laws last year that imposed large, automatic spending cuts if an agreement to balance the budget couldn't be reached, the Pentagon is set to endure about $500 billion in budget cuts over the next ten years.
A decision on what to do about those "sequestration" cuts was postponed for at least two months in a "fiscal cliff" deal passed by Congress in early January.
The cuts had been expected for more than a year, but the Pentagon refused to prepare for them, urging Congress to pass legislation that would allow them to be exempt from sequestration, because, they claimed, it would harm national security.
But the proposed cuts to defense budgets are, frankly, puny. The harshest scenario for defense cuts would only put budgets back at about the 2007 level, and they aren't even really "cuts" to defense spending; they are reductions in the rate of growth of defense spending.
Now that they're preparing for the cuts, the scaremongering from the defense establishment about loss of employment and harm to national security has been revealed as plain old politics and concern over not being able to eat up more of the American tax payer's resources, not genuine concern.
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Jacob Monod Hypothesis Essay Topics
In 1961, François Jacob and Jaques Monod, two French biologists, publicized their two part theory that was later coined the Jacob-Monod hypothesis. They postulated that ribosomes were not manufactured anew each time a protein was made and that the ribosomes did not contain the template necessary for the manufacture of the chains of amino acids and hence the proteins.
Jacob and Monod proposed that ribosomes are general structures which, when supplied with the appropriate instructions, can manufacture any proteins. They are merely assembly areas. Primary to the hypothesis was the idea that each deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) cistron (a length of functional DNA) produced a short-lived piece of ribonucleic acid (RNA). The produced RNA would have the amino acid sequence coded within its nucleotide sequence and would then move from its production site within the nucleus to the main body of the cell. Once there, it would join into temporary association with a ribosome, and then the ribosome would read the message on the RNA and use the information contained to produce a protein. Because of its specialized role in the cell, this type of RNA was termed messenger RNA (mRNA). After the manufacture of several molecules of protein, the mRNA template becomes worn out and the molecule disassociates. This allows the ribosome to accept another piece of mRNA and produce another protein.
The Jacob-Monod hypothesis accommodated the observed characteristics of protein synthesis and the arrangement of the cell. The ribosomes were known to be constant, unchanging structures within the cytoplasm and, yet, also capable of manufacturing all the proteins necessary for the functioning of the cell and the organism as a whole. The proposal that the ribosomes were factories that worked on the blueprint, which was provided by DNA through the intermediate mRNA, aligned with what was already understood about their function. The rapid and sometimes short-lived production of protein was also explained by this theory.
At the time the theory was introduced, mRNA was not known as a separate molecule, but before the end of 1961, its existence was independently proven by several scientists. The Jacob-Monod hypothesis is now accepted as the paradigm for the processes that occur within the cell as part of the transcription and translation process.
In 1965, Jacob and Monod, along with Andre Lwoff, were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their contribution to molecular biology.
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It is the time of year we revisit the classics: An annual reading of Dickens's A Christmas Carol perhaps, or maybe Auden's For the Time Being: a Christmas Oratorio (for you highbrows). Familiar songs of the season are all around us—inescapably so—and movies we've practically memorized line by line are watched again as if for the first time. Some traditions have dishes we anticipate at this time of year, whether they actually taste good or not (lutefisk…fried eel…fried eel?). In this spirit of reconsidering timeless things, I reread a classic paper in the field of molecular biology; not just any classic, but THE classic paper on gene regulation in the history of the topic: the blockbuster 1961 publication "Genetic Regulatory Mechanisms in the Synthesis of Proteins," by François Jacob and Jacques Monod (J. Mol. Biol. 3:318-365).
With Andre Lwoff, Jacob and Monod would go on to win the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis." Although this paper includes graphs and tables from numerous experiments, it combines simple experimental microbial systems to advance a comprehensive model explaining how genome information is translated into proteins that do the work of the cell. The findings described by Jacob and Monod provided answers to dominant questions in cell and molecular biology at the time. These—and those of experiments that emanated from this paper in the few years following—laid the foundation for developing tools and technology that are still widely used. The paper—and the spirited men and women who carried out the simple but revealing experiments it describes—are memorialized for a broader audience by Horace Freeland Judson in his brilliant history of molecular biology, The Eighth Day of Creation.
Figure from an experiment showing beta-galactosidase expression increase during cell culture growth in the presence of an inducer. Source.
The paper starts with–and really is all about–the question of how cells produce new enzymes only in the presence of the substrates for those enzymes; i.e., how substrates "induce" production of the enzymes that break down those substrates. Of ascendant value in addressing this question was the system encoding beta-galactosidase from the gene lacZ, as well as co-expressed genes for a permease (lacY) and an acetylase (lacA) as well as a regulator lacI and an operator lacO. The whole story was based on a simple observation: that cells grown with a beta-galactoside sugar produce approximately 10,000 times more units of enzyme compared to cells that are grown in its absence. This simple system of inducer-dependent expression had by then become a principal tool for studying gene regulation, spawning clever and cute experiments like the eponymous "PaJaMo" experiment (Arthur Pardee, François Jacob, and Jacques Monod), which firmly established the inducible nature of gene expression. The major question in the field of molecular biology that Jacob and Monod wrestled with in their classic then came down to: how does information transfer from genes to proteins after addition of inducer? For this, they adopted the concept of a "messenger" that conveys gene-encrypted information into protein synthesis. Their hypothesis arose from an emerging consensus among biologists that ribosomes are essentially nonspecific contributors whose role was directed by instructions provided by a messenger.
In contemplating the nature of the messenger, they argued that it is likely not long-lived, citing both published and unpublished research (their own and others') in which enzyme production—and its cessation—occur very rapidly after addition and removal, respectively, of inducer: if the messenger were long-lived, then it should enable continued production of enzyme synthesis even if inducer were removed. Not incidentally, but of continued relevance today, is that their interest in induction had them examine numerous galactosides as inducers of the lac operon. They concluded that whether or not the beta-galactosidase enzyme could actually bind to and cleave the inducer was irrelevant to the amount of induction observed. In fact, the index compound against which all others were compared was one that was recognized with 10 times less affinity than lactose, but which induced enzyme synthesis nearly 10 times better. This was isopropyl thiogalactoside, or IPTG, which is of course routinely used today to control gene expression in a range of experimental and even therapeutic settings. The Jacob and Monod work on induction is thus exhibit A for the high-value return on basic science investments.
Another then-emerging concept they elaborated on was the operon, which they defined as a "genetic unit of co-ordinate expression". The year prior to the JMB paper, Jacob and Monod, along with David Perrin and Carmen Sanchez, had discussed the operon in a short publication of the French Academy of Sciences (Jacob et al., Comptes Rendus des Seances de L'Academie Des Sciences, 250:1727); that same paper suggested that these proposed messenger RNAs are "cytoplasmic replicas" of the operon. In the lac system, the three genes responding to inducer (zya) are all physically linked, and this was a feature of other examples Jacob and Monod provided to support the operon theory. Physically linked, multiple open-reading frames on a single transcript like this are common in bacteria and archaea, where transcription and translation are coupled, but not in eukarya. Nevertheless, anticipating a potentially more complex future for this concept, Jacob and Monod concluded their discussion of the operon with this statement: "One may…wonder whether it will be possible experimentally to extend this concept to dispersed (as opposed to clustered) genetic systems." Of course, today, we routinely encounter examples of complex, unlinked, transcription activity in response to single signals through a specific regulator.
Lest we think these demigods always and ever drew only correct conclusions or foreshadows in their writing, on a couple points they were famously wrong or misguided. In addition to induction of the lac operon, they also raise the concept of "negative adaptation," which to them meant inhibition, or repression, of enzyme gene expression, as opposed to its induction. They suggested that induction is principally for synthesizing enzymes involved degrading things (i.e., catabolic effects), while repression is used for enzymes that synthesize things (i.e., anabolic effects). They also reviewed work that was being carried out on phage lambda, whose lytic growth is also controlled by a repressor. They thus posit in their models that regulation is essentially the domain of repressors, and that gene expression occurs after some mechanism for inactivating repressors. Their generalized conclusion that protein synthesis is controlled this way held sway for several years, and had an impact on delaying the acceptance of later landmark work by Ellis Englesberg and others on the arabinose operon (Genetics 198:455–460, October 2014 ). Arabinose catabolism is by the AraC protein, which activates ara gene expression in response to arabinose, as those many of us who use the pBAD promoter for expressing genes well know.
Another misconception advanced by Jacob and Monod, albeit softly, and with some trap doors in case it turned out not to be so, came from their pondering about the nature of the regulator gene, which they called "i" (and which we now call lacI). Mutations in lacI led to constitutive expression of beta-galactosidase (hence their conclusion that it is a repressor), but in considering evidence from many experiments about how lacI worked, they suggested that the repressor is an RNA molecule. Even in being flat-out wrong here, they unintentionally foretold a future when RNA as a regulatory molecule has become well established.
Just as frequent re-reading of Dickens is enjoyable because of one focuses on something different each time, what is most interesting about the Jacob and Monod paper changes on each reading. In this visit, their concept of "the messenger" was intriguing. The factor that conveys genetic information from the genetic code outward to functional enzymes had been a hazy notion, but by 1961 was starting to emerge as an understood, identifiable, actual thing. The ideas swirling about the field at that time, based on experiments by many different investigators studying bacteria, phage and even yeast, were that the genetic messenger (i) is of similar base composition as the genes and (ii) may be associated with ribosomes, where proteins were likely synthesized. After reviewing key findings of others, Jacob and Monod describe some "recent observations" made by studying E. coli that had been infected with phage T4. Using radioactive labels for proteins and nucleic acids, and some exceptional experimental design and technique, Sydney Brenner and Jacob, along with Matthew Meselson, demonstrated that, upon T4 infection, labeled phage RNA could be found associated with ribosomes that had been made in the bacterial host before phage infection. Furthermore, labeled phage protein was also found associated with ribosomes, before showing up in the cytoplasm. The experiment provided very strong support to the "messenger RNA" hypothesis, that a copy of the gene was being sent over to the protein synthesizing ribosomes to direct protein production (Brenner et al., Nature 190:576). While Jacob and Monod appropriately describe these findings in academically detached fashion, the history of how this experiment came to be is one of many compelling episodes from the Eighth Day of Creation. Brenner and Jacob had discussed the experiment over several meetings, with great excitement, and were eager to carry it out. Brenner, working in England, and Jacob, in France, arranged to visit the CalTech lab of Matthew Meselson to carry it out (Meselson, working hard to discover the molecular basis of genetic recombination, later indicated that he was basically along for the ride on the messenger experiment, as Brenner and Jacob had done the deep thinking on it without his input).
The story Judson tells of the period leading up to and including the month that Brenner and Jacob were together in Pasadena reads like a science thriller, liberally quoting from interviews with the many legendary scientists who were involved in the effort. At one point we learn that Brenner and Jacob had an epiphany on the experiment while taking a day at the beach near the end of their time in California.
The Jacob and Monod JMB paper remains a vivid account of the most advanced knowledge of that time about the most important molecular processes in the cell. Except for the few points of error or overreach, it is not outlandish to suggest that Jacob and Monod essentially outlined pretty much what there is to know about gene regulation, and we have spent the ensuing 50+ years coloring in the rest. The work they describe induced a historian to enquire more about the amazing people who were making these earth-shattering discoveries, and to write a beautiful story of discovery, insight and personality. The complete joy in uncovering knowledge comes through in their writing, which is also very logical and thought provoking. In their work, one clearly sees what Jacob later said to Judson in discussing the messenger experiment: "Science is almost always done best by [the young]… We were like children playing."
Which papers and reviews from our era that will have the sort of influence that the Jacob and Monod paper had? Do you recognize one with such far-reaching implications? Or are we somehow, sadly, beyond the point where one paper can have such a lasting impact on our knowledge and on the questions we ask? In any event, take the time to reread the classics in your field, the ones you find compelling and deeply insightful. It is not a chore, or at least don't make it one. Listen to Jacob…approach the work with the fresh eyes of a child playing at a game.
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"Dream a lot louder"
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the Earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise (Psalm 98:4).
The definition of noise in the passage is "to shout, raise a sound, cry out, or to give a blast." Another variation in the Strong's Concordance is "to shout with a religious impulse." Voilà! Those are the words I was looking for to describe this movie. It is an entertaining, formulaic film that "shouts with a religious impulse"—made only for adults and teens. [When I say religious, I am not referring to the most positive connotations of this word.] When you think of the movie "Make a Joyful Noise," think Southern Gospel singing competition, meets "Glee", and travels to "American Idol." If you've seen the trailer, you have seen quite a bit. But read my objectionable content below before you think it is passable for Christian viewing.
While it's not a secret that Dolly Parton professes to be a Christian, this is not a Christian film per se. It's really more of a fluffy, romantic piece of entertainment with some family values folded into the mix, along with some finely seasoned spices that have a Christian flavor—that's about it. I didn't say it wasn't entertaining, but probably more along the lines of suitable for television (after language editing), streaming or DVD release. Yes, it is refreshing to hear the name of Jesus praised openly in a movie, but it wasn't the main reason for the film. The focus and emphasis of this plot is on the creature and not the Creator. Sad to say, God's presence in the film is more incidental to the kind of church-going lives that often reflect obligation and habit, as opposed to "relationship with Christ" for many "so-called" American Christians.
The setting is a small southern town in Georgia. It's there in the local church that the plot develops between two families. Dolly is the quintessential church supporter of well-to-do means, while Queen Latifah, is a struggling nurse whose husband left to go back into the service for a two year stint—leaving her with a lot on her plate, including two teenage kids to raise.
One child is her 16 year old coming-of-age-daughter, Kikki Palmer, who sings with her in the church choir, but has her eyes on the world just a bit too much (see the film "Preacher's Kid") and the other is her younger son with Asperger's Syndrome, who is always talking about "one hit wonders" and wearing sun glasses indoors like Stevie Wonder.
When Dolly's husband, the choir director (Kris Kristofferson), dies in the opening scenes (not really a spoiler), the Pastor has to choose his successor. Will it be Dolly, his widow and major church financial supporter or will it be Latifah, the more humble devotee to all that is "Christian" in the sometimes stricter religious sense of the word?
Next, add into the plot a not-so-surprising love interest for Keke. Parton's grandson Randy (Jeremy Jordan) returns to the town of his youth after getting kicked out his parents' house in New York. Big-city-white-boy-hottie meets charming-angelic-Keke who stirs him deeply with her strong set of pipes. (It's kind of like a "Footloose" feeling that's created—only it's singing, not dancing.) Latifah doesn't think he's changed much from his youth and predictably doesn't want her daughter to have anything to do with him. Naturally, he joins the choir for all the wrong reasons, at least at first.
That's the backdrop for the big build-up to the gospel competition they keep entering as a church choir, year after year—always losing to a Detroit group that scorches the stage (Kirk Franklin cameo). Will they take advantage of some musical changes and ideas that Randy comes in with, or stick with the old-time spirituals of both the Pastor and Latifah? With some surprises and quick turns in the plot, the story gets exciting with a "We're-going-to-Hollywood-baby!" moment. There are a couple scenes and songs that should probably have been scrubbed on the cutting room floor at this point in the second act. [I noticed I wasn't the only one yawning.] But the final 20 minutes brought me back. The excellent singing performances by Latifah, Keke, Jeremy and Dolly (along with great real life gospel choirs) really are the structural support to the success of the film.
Spiritual lessons and possible objections
There is a strong sense of family values promoted in the film. A devotion to family, spouses, and extending grace to wayward children and grandchildren are also noted. Probably the single best scene, and definitely the best dialog, occurred in a verbal knock-down between mother and daughter near the climax that you knew was going to happen right from the beginning of the film. While spiced with some obscenities and a violent slap, it had a lot of gritty truth that rang true—the kind teenagers everywhere need to hear once in a while. Their often selfish and self-centered ways need to be confronted now and then with a harsh dose of reality (Proverbs 22:6 came to mind). The fact that prayer occurs before meals (1 Thes. 5:18) and even the name of Jesus is used properly or song about in the film is also a plus (Luke 19:40). Finally, the consistency of showing up for choir and church on a weekly basis is also a credit to the perseverance of the saints in the church (Gal 6:9).
On the other hand, the ease with which they fling around several obscenities or profanities in the script is disconcerting and unnecessary. While it may be realistic, it doesn't seem to fit the tone of this setting or the genre overall. There is also a lot of kissing, touching, hugging and alone time between a 16 year old girl and a boy who appears to be over 18 (his age not clear)—another thing that is slipped seamlessly into the plot without much objection. I am sure there will be someone to respond with even more, that I didn't spell out, but let it be said here, I didn't miss it.
The most unattractive part of the film is the way they turn a "one night stand," (fornication between two single choir members) into an ongoing comedic element in the story. It just doesn't sit well. Lines like, "They're all probably saying 'if they tap that they'll die'," just doesn't bode well for Christians, especially singles, who are struggling to stay on the straight and narrow. While the "one night stand" isn't promoted, it seems like it is almost accepted as part of life and—to some degree—the consequences are turned into a joke.
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The end of Psalm 98 which I started with in this review ends with: "Let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the Earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity." The movie ends upbeat, with some elements of biblical grace mixed in with the more traditional love of family and friends. Only God can truly judge this film with righteousness and equity. While it is truly musically entertaining, and it is a pleasure to see Dolly back on screen after a 20-year hiatus, I can only give the film an average in morality. For a script that is buried in the Christian genre, the team could have taken this message a step further and not colored so far out of the lines with the sexual references and objections I mentioned earlier. It's definitely not for children, and I would recommend only mature teenage viewing.
Violence: Minor / Profanity: Moderate ["God," "My God," "Oh Lord" and "Oh my God"—each used one / "s" words (7), _sses (6), d_mn (1), hell (1), "tap it"—slang for sex (1), 6 asses, 1 damn, 1 hell] / Sexual references: Moderate (nudity limited to some cleavage)
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Today's Gospel: Mark 7:1-13
Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin
Like St. Scholastica's brother, at some point doesn't every sincere Christian face the temptation to elevate her prayer tradition or devotional practice above her relationship with God?
As a non-Catholic, I assumed Bible study was the only proper prayer. When I worked outside the home, I thought morning prayer at dawn was the only acceptable way to pray. When I became a Secular Carmelite, I switched to thinking that praying the Office properly was the only "right" way to pray.
When God was teaching me to depend on Him for my needs, He removed all my relationship crutches. Once I learned that lesson, He kept sending me to community to be taught. In all of these circumstances, I experienced anxiety almost to the point of panic when He changed up the routine.
If my traditions and disciplines and devotions become an impediment to my relationship with God, to charity, don't I want Him to remove them? What if the circumstance that prevents me from my usual routine is meant to draw me more closely to Him in another, new way?
The Doctors of Prayer teach me that God routinely switches up my routine in order to ensure that my ritual is not an end in itself – that what I seek is not the empty fulfillment of a duty, but the Person of Christ.
Lord, is there any area of my life in which I have placed my preferred tradition above charity?
With all my heart, I follow You, Lord. I ask you to point out any impediment I have placed between You and me.
We thank our friends at The Word Among Us for providing our gospel reflection team with copies of Abide In My Word 2015: Mass Readings at Your Fingertips. To pray the daily gospels with this wonderful resource, visit The Word Among Us.
Copyright 2015 Sonja Corbitt
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Emigre Exits (and the influence of design magazines on my career)/
"Everything must come to an end, and after publishing Emigre magazine for over 21 years we're both relieved and just a little bit sad to announce that #69 will be our final issue. This milestone issue features a behind-the-scenes look at the history of Emigre magazine, while our contributors and colleagues bid us farewell. It was quite an experience." —Rudy VanderLans & Zuzana Licko
Emigre, the magazine and font foundry, has been a significant influence in my design education. I studied visual communications at the Alberta College of Art & Design from 1992-95, so Emigre had already been around for decade when I first became aware of them. It was in the monograph published on occasion of their 10th anniversary where I discovered the origins of digital typography and design.
I remember a most significant purchase made at SWIPE books while on a visit to Toronto. I bought my first issue of Emigre and a copy of the British publication Eye. On my student budget, this was a thoughtul, weighty purchase. And it was the start of what can only be described as a design magazine addiction!
Actually, Communication Arts was the very first magazine to influence my career — in fact, it lead me to my career. I first discovered the magazine in the Saskatoon Public Library when I was in highschool. Until feasting my eyes on its lush glossy pages, I had not realized that my love of images and letters could translate into a real profession. My parents generously paid for the expensive subscription as a Christmas present and very soon afterwards, I made up my mind to become a graphic designer.
Communication Arts has long been my measure for the ultimate in top-quality design, so it was a huge thrill and milestone that my Leaflet project was included in the 2004 Design Annual (and featured on the cover design!). I am equally pleased that they have selected the UPPERCASE line of typographic greeting cards for this year's Annual.


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Embracing heritage, and the future, at Puerto Rican Day parade
Celebración. Puerto Rican Day parade down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway celebrated Puerto Rican and Latino heritage.
In the middle of the sequined skirts, one-star flags and waves of beautiful women that formed a meandering line down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, a family pumped signs and chanted "Cheka."
The family of Franchesca "Cheka" Alvarado, the 22-year-old Hunting Park native who never returned home from a trip to Atlantic City with an older male companion in March 2012, brought a message to the annual Puerto Rican Day parade that celebrates Puerto Rican and Latino heritage: Stop the violence.
"This city needs to hear it," said Mia Casteing, Cheka's older sister.
In the aftermath of last year's parade, veteran Lt. Jonathan Josey punched a woman in the face during a scuffle at a post-parade party. The incident, caught on video, outraged the Latino community. After a brief suspension, the officer was eventually reinstated in August.
Also in August, a shoe with the skeletal remains of Alvarado's foot washed ashore at a New Jersey beach. Now that the family has come to terms with the fact that their loved one is likely dead, their cause has shifted from finding Alvarado to avenging her — and to embrace an anti-violence crusade.
Casteing, who wore a shirt with her sister's face spray-painted on the front encircled by the words "Puerto Rican Princess," noted that among the festivities, the Latino community and the city as a whole needs to also reflect on the future — how to make better choices, how to bridge the gap between neighbors.
She peered down the parkway, and gazed at the bouncy dancers and bright-colored cars.
"We need to move forward," she said. "But let's celebrate first."
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Book 1: Second Chance Bite
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Book 3: Wolf Harem Series
November 2010
Silver Publishing
174 Pages
M/M, Paranormal
Rating: 5 Cups
Spencer is the alpha of his little band of werewolves. He also happens to be rich as Midas, but personally he could care less about the money and does not touch his trust fund, instead choosing to live off his investments.
Ryder is Spencer's first partner, and a former prostitute and junkie. Kicked out of his home at a young age for being gay, he loves Spencer and his other partners with a vengeance, though he has a difficult time loving and forgiving himself for his past.
Luc is Spencer and Ryder's third partner and wants to be a veterinarian. Spencer and Ryder saved his life by turning him when a group of men who hate gays beat him so severely he would have died.
Dean is a hitchhiker that the three picked up on their way to moving to South Dakota. They turned him in order for him to regain his leg.
Ethan is a man who has terminal cancer and has been sent by an enemy to kill Spencer because he changed his will designating others control of his corporation.
When a box with a bomb arrives and nearly takes out Spencer and Dean, Ryder is beside himself with worry. Fortunately for him, he does not have to go through it alone since Luc is also there and uninjured. By the time Ryder gets rid of the cops and brings in the wolf doctor, he is relieved to discover that his two injured lovers will be fine. However, that does not mean they are out of the water yet, because someone wants Spencer dead. Spencer has changed his will leaving his corporation to his lovers in the event that he should be killed. Someone does not like this and will do anything to get Spencer out of the way so he can keep control. Spencer and his lovers put a plan into motion that will take care of the man responsible, but the man in question is not done with them yet, and sends another man to kill Spencer. However, Ethan, the small man that is sent is dying and is being blackmailed into doing this. Spencer and the others convince him that they can help him, and they begin the process of doing so. However, the man in question that wants Spencer dead has one more ace in the hole, will these five men survive it, or will someone close to them die?
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General Practitioner, Rheumatologist, Gastroenterologist, Neurologist, OB/GYN, Nephrologist, Endocrinoligist, Dermatologist, and Allergist. And then my wonderful and oh so godly dentist, and my optometrist.. and then theres my favorite three ER physicians. Whew... looking at it on paper, thats a lot. I'll bet my insurance company hates to see my name in the stack... LOL!
Hey Dakata and victoria, well the weather here looks pretty nice but I ain't going out to find out. (is it spring yet)?
I'm sorry you all have so many doctors to see. I had no idea. Heck half of them I don't even know what they do. I have to admit my stack is getting larger as well.
I don't want much I'm just looking for a maricle so I eon't have to meet any more doctors.
thanks for sharing ladies. It must completely drive you out of your mind. If this is what things are going to be like for me I think I'll have to straighten out my filing cabinet and put all the doctors in alphebetical order.
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Boy you all are a real eye opener for me. I had no idea that there were so many doctors involved. speaking of which I have a doctor appt in the morning so I guess I better go to bed soon. I need to throw some clothes in the dryer. The home health care came out and put in a hand held shower sprayer and a chair in the tub. Everything has been approved now all I need is somone to show up and help me out around here. Hopfully somone will come this week.


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This is a bit off topic, but the big news in the world of soccer blogs (and Morrissey blogs) this evening is that English pop melancholist Morrissey was on the sidelines at Thursday night's Chivas USA-LA Galaxy superclassico (Chivas won 3-0) at the Home Depot Center, wearing a (red and white) Chivas jersey.
It's decided, then. Major League Soccer is a success.
Update: Belated photographic evidence here.


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This page is a list of outfits created by or with the Haus of Gaga through the Born This Way era.
Collaborations with Tom Tom Fashions
They made together a 'Born This Way' jacket [A] in December of 2010. The following collaboration was the Apostles jackets featured in the Judas music video [B]. Later, they made a pair of boots along with a jumpsuit by Mugler to which Tom Tom Fashions added gold items into it for Good Morning Americaon May 27 [C].
GL10 Instant Mobile Printer
The GL10 Instant Mobile Printer is one of the three products thats part of the Polaroid Grey Label by Haus of Gaga and Polaroid. It is compatible with all Bluetooth capable cellphones except iPhones, which wil not connect for unknown reasons. The GL10 also works seamlessly with its own smartphone app giving phone users many creative options. The app lets users capture, crop and add effects, including photographic filters and a wide range of custom-designed borders.[1]
How it Works
If a photo is taken on a cellphone with bluetooth capability, then it can send pictures to the printer. You have to go to your 'Manage Connections' and turn bluetooth on. Then you go to 'Set Up Bluetooth' and search for the device. The device name is "Polaroid 000000". Send a photo using Bluetooth to the printer, insert the password, and in about 40 seconds the picture will be printed. A USB cord can also be connected that allows printing photos from computers or the GL20 Camera Glasses.
- Advanced Technology: The newest instant printing experience begins with the embedded dye-crystal ZINK® Zero Ink® Technology from ZINK Imaging. Patented ZINK PaperTM is an advanced composite material with cyan, yellow, and magenta dye crystals embedded inside. Before printing, the embedded dye crystals are clear, so ZINK Paper®, looks like regular white photo paper. The GL10 Instant Mobile Printer uses heat to activate and colorize these crystals.
- Superb Print Quality: The GL10 Instant Mobile Printer uses ZINK's second-generation thermal technology, delivering image quality that rivals a photo-lab. Prints emerge fully developed and protected by a smudge-proof, water-resistant coating.
- Aesthetically Pleasing and Environmentally Responsible: Designed for both form and function for use both in the present and future. ZINK technology requires no messy ribbons, toner or inkjet cartridges. The GL10 Instant Mobile Printer will be available in May 2011 (US $149.99 MSRP). ZINK 3x4" Paper will be available in May 2011 at a price that's to be announced.
During Lady Gaga's speech at the CES 2011, Lady Gaga revealed the inspiration for this printer. When Polaroid asked Lady Gaga what the camera of the future is, Gaga responded that cellphones were. She went on to explain, "I have tons of fans. I have arena shows every night with 20,000 thousand little lights flashing at me as they take pictures on their cell phones the entire show. So I said 'How can we bring the cell phone into Polaroid? How can I take something that is digital, that is almost never printed, into something that is instant? ' So we created this printer."
GL20 Camera Glasses
The GL20 Camera Glasses is one of the three products that's part of the Polaroid Grey Label by Haus of Gaga and Polaroid. They were inspired by the iPod LCD Glasses.
How it Works
They are capable of being worn out in public. They can take pictures and videos. The pictures are able to be sent to the GL10 Instant Mobile Printer. The pictures and videos register to the arm-piece which serves as a USB port that can be removed and connected to a computer. Videos and photographs can be uploaded onto the camera for display. The user can either manually take pictures or set up a shutter that snaps a photograph either every 10, 30, or 60 seconds.
- Merges Fashion With Photography: Never before has the world seen fashion, photography and technology come together in one, singular product.
- Tells Your Story to the World: Users can instantly capture or upload photos with the built-in camera and then display the images on the glasses' LCD screens for others to see.
- Expresses True Artistry and Originality: Only Lady Gaga could create a hybrid that's part fashion statement, part revolutionary technology and part tool for self-expression.
During Lady Gaga's speech at the CES 2011, Gaga revealed the inspiration for the glasses. "These are something I envisioned many years ago when I did The Fame Ball Tour. I made these glasses out of iPod screens (iPod LCD Glasses) that I strung together to make glasses that can play movies, and I thought 'Wouldn't it be wonderful if these were functional.' So we created the first ever camera that is also sunglasses".
GL30 Instant Digital Camera
The GL30 Instant Digital Camera is one of the three products that's part of the Polaroid Grey Label by Haus of Gaga and Polaroid. It is set for a holiday 2011 release.
How it Works
The camera is able to take and view pictures before printing. It takes regular Polaoid pictures that registers digitally as well as a regular photo. Each cartridge can print up to ten photos. It is capable of sending the photos taken to social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and/or MySpace.
• Brings the Polaroid Instant Experience to Life: Introducing a new generation to the joy of instant photography, the GL30 uses next generation ZINK Zero Ink Technology from ZINK Imaging.
• Fuses the Digital and Physical Worlds: Featuring the benefits of a digital camera, instant photo printer and digital display, the GL30 is a creative tool that delivers the best of the digital and physical worlds.
• Pays Tribute to Polaroid's Legacy: Reminiscent of Polaroid cameras of the past, the GL30 is clearly a significant departure from a typical camera. Designed for longevity, the GL30 is not only for the future, it's an object of desire. Users can select from a number of filters and borders to create truly original images that instantly fit in the palm of your hand.
Born This Way motorcycle
The Born This Way motorcyle used on the front cover of the standard edition of the Born This Way album cover was custom made by Nick Gale Custom Cycles for the 2009 European Motorcycle Biker Build Off. Nick Gale gave the name "Predator" to his creation.
In order to create the cover, they shot Lady Gaga's body and the moto separetely and merged them with Photoshop afterward. Lady Gaga's art directors took the liberty of digitally revamping the bike with Easy Rider flair, throwing on a big, Capt. America-style banana seat, switching out the exhaust to upswept '70s chopper-style pipes and removing the original chin spoiler from the front of the downtubes.
The Translucent Vessel is an egg-shaped pod created by Haus of Gaga in collaboration with Hussein Chalayan. The Haus of Gaga came up with the idea while on tour in Amsterdam. Jim Henson Company took a month to construct it. It was used by Lady Gaga at the 53rd Grammy Award Ceremony. She was carried onto the red carpet while "incubating" inside of the vessel by her dancers, who were led on by a 'supermodel nurse'. Gaga remained inside of the vessel until her very first performance of "Born This Way", in which the top slid back and Gaga "hatched". While inside, it was necessary for Gaga to have an oxygen tank and mask in order to avoid suffocation due to the extended period of time she was in the pod. While on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Gaga said that she was inside for 3 days prior to the event. She also said that the vessel was temperature controlled. After the award ceremony, during an on-air interview with 103.5 KTU, Gaga said that the vessel is currently in an archive. The egg was reused for her performance om Saturday Night Live on May 22, 2011.
- "This is Nicola, Haus of Gaga: Gaga is in incubation. Tonight's performance is in collaboration with Hussein Chalayan and House of Mugler. X"
- 12:57 PM Feb 13th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Laurie-Ann Gibson talked to Access saying "It's actually a vessel."
- "She was incubating, in birthing the new race, she had to go through a DNA transition, so before she was born, we had to actually transfer her in a med box to keep the process going."
- "The vessel represents the incubation period. The time where you've got to deal with the pain, let it go… It's a representation of what people feel every day."
- "What really shocks me is that [the media is] trying to break this thing down. You can't break down greatness, you're either in or your not!"
Medical box
Prior to the vessel, Gaga arrived at the Grammys inside of a translucent coffin called The Medical Box. The main difference between the two are the shapes of the vessels.
Boudoir organ
The Boudoir Organ is an organ played by Lady Gaga at the 53rd Grammy Award Ceremony. The concept comes from the lyrics of the song performed, "Born This Way". The organ solo that Gaga played at the ceremony was Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in D minor", made famous through The Phantom Of The Opera (1962).
A piano version was used for the final leg of The Monster Ball Tour.
Heart shaped sunglasses
Gaga's Judas shades were hand made in solid 14K gold by Jack's Eyewear for Haus of Gaga.
Lipstick gun
The Lipstick Gun is a prop created by Tom Talmon Studio used in the music video for "Judas". It was used to smear lipstick on Judas' face. An image of the gun was released on Lady Gaga's twitter the day preceding the release of the video as a thank you to her fans for trending #JudasVideoTomorrow.[2][3]
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Norman Reedus, who portrayed Judas in the video, discussed the creation of the gun. He stated:[4]
|That was actually a real last minute thing, I was going in for the kiss and then Jesus and I looked at each other like, "Are we going to make out? What's going to happen?" But then she runs over in that outfit and she goes, "I got an idea! I'm going to pull out this gold gun, one that shoots lipstick out of it, and then I'm going to put it on you!" and then gave me a look like, "Is that cool with you?" and I just said, "Rad!" So she said, "Great!" It was totally last minute.
—Norman Reedus
The Lipstick Gun started off as an Air-Soft Desert Eagle. It was then rigged to twist Mac "Ruby Woo" lipstick out of the barrel and finally Gold plated.
Unicorn piano
The Unicorn Piano was created by the Haus of Gaga and was first seen on Good Morning America on Friday, May 27, 2011 during Lady Gaga's performance of "Hair".
The creation features a matte black unicorn with a purple horn atop it's head with a piano constructed into the side of its body. It's tail is constructed from blond and black hair pieces.
The Haus of Gaga costume designer Perry Meekcreated these following outfits. As of now, only the Born This Way outfit was not confirmed to be the work of Perry Meek.
Hairpin sunglasses
The hairpin sunglasses were created by the Haus of Gaga and seen in the music video for "Yoü and I."
Pearl masks
Pearl masks are a creation by the Haus of Gaga. Lady Gaga was seen wearing them upon arrival in Seoul, South Korea, on April 20, 2012.
Disco scepter
The Disco scepter is the third version of the Disco Stick. Lady Gaga used it for her performance of "LoveGame" on the opening night of The Born This Way Ball Tour.
Born This Way Ball Tour outfits
The Haus of Gaga designed these outfits for The Born This Way Ball Tour.
- [A] ^aCustom made by Perry Meek in collaboration with the Haus of Gaga.
- [B] ^bCustom made by Brandon Maxwell and Void of Course in collaboration with the Haus of Gaga.
- [C] ^cCustom made by Versace in collaboration with the Haus of Gaga.
Born This Way Ball Tour unicorn
The Haus of Gaga designed these outfits for The Born This Way Ball Tour.


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Brownies Go Boo! With Frankenstein Frosting
Let's say you don't have any festive cookie cutters for Halloween, but you still want to decorate (and devour) some frosted brownies: Channel your inner Dr. Frankenstein. Put them together with frosting, sprinkles, and a few candy eyes for a frightfully delightful treat. Here's what you'll need and how to make them.
First, Make the Brownies
Before you can cut a pan of brownies into these cute Halloween treats, you'll need to bake up a pan. Below is our recipe for homemade chewy brownies, but your favorite box of brownies works just as well (here's our readers' favorite brownie box mix). If you're in the business of baking up a brownie for one, we've got you covered there as well.
The recipe: How To Make Chewy Brownies
Other Items You'll Need
- A small batch of vanilla frosting
- Purple and black food coloring
- Sprinkles in green, chocolate, or dark purple
- Edible candy eyes
- A small piping tip
How to Make Frankenstein Frosted Brownies
Cut the brownies into nine squares or slight rectangles. Frost each as follows: Cover completely with purple frosting. Pipe on a patchwork mouth and two eyes and sprinkles for the hair until you've created your very own monster!


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One of the things I've determined when churning out dinner rolls to go with a roasted bird is that the optimal time to put the rolls in the oven is as soon as the bird comes out. The oven temp will be perfect (325, cranking it up to 350 if using a conventional oven), and for a 20-25 minute bake, the rolls can be pulled from the oven, brushed with softened butter and get a few minutes to cool down while the bird is carved. The timing just works out well.
This also means that the timing of the dough formation, bulk fermentation and bench rise should be calculated against the time the bird comes out of the oven. Working backwards, then:
My bird will come out at 3:30pm.
90-minute bench rise takes us to 2:00pm.
15 minutes for shaping takes us to 1:45pm.
360-minute bulk fermentation in the fridge takes us to 7:45am. (This is for sanity's sake; the dough is horrifying to shape at room temp.)
10 minutes with the dough hook on high speed takes us to 7:35am. (It's done when the dough cleans itself off the bowl. You won't think it will. It will.)
30-minute autolysis takes us to 7:05am.
5 minutes for scaling out the ingredients and giving it a brief stir to combine takes us to 7:00am.
And 60 minutes to get ingredients up to room temp gives us a 6:00am start time.
For dinner rolls. 6:00am. But so worth it. (The photo is from two Thanksgivings ago. I am particularly thankful on this day for Instagram, since I seem to have deleted the photo from my iPad sometime between then and now!)
The Dough (for 12 rolls)
- 450g all-purpose flour
- 4g yeast
- 7g salt
- 48g sugar
- 120g water
- 240g milk (room temp; buttermilk is also delightful)
- 1 egg (room temp)
- 90g butter (room temp); use the remainder of the stick for a post-bake shine


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